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Kenyan officials examine a metallic ring that fell from space.
  • Kenyan officials are investigating who owns a mysterious metallic object that fell from the sky.
  • The giant ring fell from space, crash-landing into Mukuku Village in Kenya on Wednesday.
  • No one was hurt, but space debris poses a serious threat to life on Earth and in space.

On Wednesday, Mukuku Village in Kenya got an


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Josh Hall and Christina Haack in July 2023.
  • Christina Haack and Josh Hall are getting divorced less than three years after they got married.
  • Hall was Haack's third husband, as she was previously married to two other HGTV stars.
  • HGTV shared a new clip of "The Flip Off" on Thursday that showed tension between the then-couple.

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"Elon Musk is wrong," Sen. Bernie Sanders wrote on X.
  • Bernie Sanders waded into an ongoing debate between Elon Musk and some on the right over H-1B visas.
  • Musk and the tech right generally support the visas, but some in the MAGA base oppose them.
  • Sanders argued that the system allows corporations to exploit workers and enrich

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The author, not pictured, is a teacher in North Haven, Maine.
  • I moved to North Haven to teach at the public school 20 years ago.
  • I learned the kids' parents felt comfortable letting them all outside alone.
  • I've been a parent for 10 years and offer my child independence as well.

When I moved to North Haven Island 20 years ago to work as the music teacher at Maine's smallest K-12


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Millennials and Gen Zers are moving to more rural areas in droves.
  • In recent years, remote work and affordable housing drove young Americans to move to rural areas.
  • Places like Dawson County, Georgia, are seeing growth among young people seeking space and savings.
  • It reverses a decadeslong trend of movement into cities.

Chase Voss, 36, moved this year from Hawaii to ru


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Apple agreed to a $95 million cash payout to settle a proposed class action lawsuit alleging privacy violations tied to the Siri voice assistant.
  • Apple agreed to settle a Siri privacy lawsuit that alleged privacy violations.
  • The plaintiffs said Siri recorded private conversations when unintentionally activated and shared them with third parties.
  • Apple denied wrongdoing as the settlement awaits

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Gen Xers are taking on more work amid cutting back on spending.
  • As many Americans struggle with a high cost of living, Gen X is in a particularly tight spot.
  • Ages 44 to 59, the generation hasn't experienced millennials' wealth spike or baby boomers' pensions.
  • Gen X has the highest income of all but also the highest debt.

America's generational middle child is feeling the squeeze.

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  • Unmarried women in the US without kids at home have a median wealth surpassing unmarried men.
  • The former tend to be baby boomers, who have benefited from stock and real estate booms.
  • Some of them told BI about how they are traveling solo and living life to the fullest.

Ruth Schick, 85, considers traveling in retirement her third career.

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Apple has agreed to pay $95 million in a class-action settlement alleging that private Siri conversations were inadvertently recorded and listened to by third-party contractors.

If U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White approves the proposed settlement, filed on Tuesday in Oakland, CA, federal court, users impacted will receive up to $20 per Apple device with Siri, such as the iPhone and Apple Watch.


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Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in "Wicked."
  • "Wicked" has received some criticism for its use of backlighting, as well as its color grading.
  • Director Jon M. Chu told BI that he thinks the film is "gorgeous."
  • Chu said that he wanted the film to feel "natural" and lived-in.

"Wicked" director Jon M. Chu has heard criticisms of the movie's visuals, and he's brushing them off.

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Joel Kaplan has been working for Mark Zuckerberg at Meta for years — here he is with Zuckerberg after visiting French President Emmanuel Macron in 2018. Now, he is going to be Zuckerberg's top policy executive.
  • Nick Clegg is leaving Meta. Joel Kaplan is replacing him as its top policy executive.
  • Clegg joined Meta in 2018 to navigate European regulators amid election interference

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Meta is shaking up its policy team ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, with global policy head Nick Clegg stepping down after seven years at the company. He’ll be replaced by Joel Kaplan, a prominent Republican and Meta’s current vice president of policy.

In a post on Facebook, Clegg says it’s the “right time”


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