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As a trained chef, I like to buy several high-quality ingredients at Costco.
  • I'm a trained chef who loves grocery shopping for my husband and me at Costco.
  • I stock up on fruit like lemons and cherries to make homemade beverages.
  • The Kirkland Signature Parmigiano-Reggiano and Foppen Norwegian-smoked-salmon slices feel gourmet.

Even though I no longer work in a professional kitchen



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FlyJets CEO Jessica Fisher said flying private can be affordable.
  • Jessica Fisher, FlyJets' CEO, says people can fly private for cheaper by booking "empty legs."
  • The startup developed a "fly empty" concept to match customers flying opposite routes.
  • Fisher says it's more affordable for customers and allows operators to generate more revenue.

While flying private is


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The modern chip bag took decades to evolve from a single sheet to a complicated mix of plastics and aluminum. The design, referred to as a multilayered package, is used in everything from juice boxes to ketchup packets to yogurt pouches. The use of so many materials means the packaging is almost never recycled. In India, one entrepreneur is tackling this ubiquitous waste stream by turning it into


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A US Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey conducts its flight demonstration during an air show in North Carolina.
  • The gearbox defect that caused the V-22 crash in 2023 had been found as early as 2013, reports show.
  • But a top Air Force official said the fatal Osprey crash was the first time the gearbox part failed.
  • The Pentagon was warned about the flaw in 2014



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An outdoor screen shows a news coverage of China's military drills around Taiwan, in Beijing on May 23, 2024.
An outdoor screen shows a news coverage of China's military drills around Taiwan, in Beijing.
  • China's could seize of some of Taiwan's most vulnerable islands within the next six months, war analysts warn.
  • An aggressive, short-of-war campaign could force the islands into a quarantine.
  • Involvement by the US and its allies will be critical in maintaining Taiwan's resistance



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Michelle Obama spoke at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.
  • Michelle Obama released her second book book, "The Light We Carry," in 2022.
  • She recalled how one teleprompter broke and the other was blocked by signs for her 2008 DNC speech.
  • Luckily, she had prepared by memorizing her entire 16-minute speech.

Michelle Obama overcame a teleprompter mishap


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The best thing about the free games that the Epic Games Store offers is they're genuinely yours to keep forever. They're not locked behind a subscription of any kind. The only form of payment you provide is a little personal information in the form of your email address and whatever else is required to create an Epic account. It might be worth signing up if you haven't already, as this week's free



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  • Once-niche aspects of Midwestern culture are inescapable in the 2024 election.
  • JD Vance and Tim Walz are highlighting their contrasting Midwestern identities to appeal to voters.
  • Chappell Roan's "The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess" has also made the Midwest mainstream.

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In May 2024, around 200 employees at Google DeepMind (representing roughly 5 percent of the division) signed a letter urging the company to end its contracts with military organizations, expressing concerns that its AI technology was being used for warfare, Time magazine reported.

The letter states that employee concerns aren’t “about the geopolitics of any particular conflict,”



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Google DeepMind workers have signed a letter calling on the company to drop contracts with military organizations, according to a report by Time. The document was drafted on May 16 of this year. Around 200 people signed the document, which amounts to five percent of the total headcount of DeepMind. 

For the uninitiated, DeepMind is one of Google’s AI divisions and the letter states that adopting