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China’s leading EV manufacturer, BYD, is catching up with Tesla in sales, according to sales figures published by Reuters. The company posted a 21 percent increase in electric vehicle sales throughout the second quarter. This totals 426,039 EVs from April to June, which is just 12,000 fewer vehicles than Tesla’s estimated deliveries for the same time period. This places BYD in a good position to

• Grand jury transcripts in Jeffrey Epstein's first Florida case were released this week.
• In 2006, prosecutors heard testimony that Epstein raped girls as young as 14, according to the documents.
• Epstein cut a deal for 1-and-a-half years in jail, with near-daily work release.

Grand jury transcripts in Jeffrey Epstein's first Florida investigation

• Suspected spy bases linked to China are expanding in Cuba, per a US think tank.
• The Center for Strategic and International Studies found a new potential site near a US naval base.
• Cuba's proximity to the US gives China an intelligence window that is

• Silversea invited me on a complimentary five-night cruise on its new 728-guest ship, Silver Ray. 
• The ship's cheapest 2024 itinerary is a seven-day cruise for $4,550 per person.
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• Jill Biden has led efforts to counter concerns about Joe Biden's age after his shaky debate.
• The first lady is unlikely to join calls for her husband to step down, experts say. 
• A former advisor to Jill told the New York Times that she doesn't want to have her hand forced. 

Joe Biden's inner circle is

• Becca Kufrin starred on "The Bachelorette" in 2018
• She's been engaged to three men she met through the franchise.
• She says she's always felt loved by her husband Thomas Jacobs.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Becca Kufrin. It has been edited for length and

• I took my first-ever cruise in February and realized cruising isn't for me.
• I had horrible weather and rough seas that left me feeling sick after the cruise.
• I don't want to roll the dice again, so I have no desire to go on another cruise.

I took my first-ever cruise in February and spent a week sailing around the Eastern Caribbean

If you've been looking to improve your home's security but don't want to spend a fortune, Amazon Prime Day presents an excellent time to shop for some new gear. An early Prime Day deal discounts this Blink Outdoor bundle by 63 percent. For $120 — down from $320 — you can get a Blink Video Doorbell and three Outdoor 4 smart security cameras with Sync Module 2. Like most Prime Day deals, this one is

• Scientists have debated for years about what's going on with Earth's inner core.
• A new study offers compelling evidence that the inner core reversed direction and is slowing down. 
• The shift happened in 2010, but it's unclear what triggered it or when the core will change back.

One of the key questions

Amazon Prime Day is just around the corner, and in usual Prime Day fashion, the savings are already starting to trickle in. Lots of deals are ready to shop as we speak, especially when it comes to Apple's beloved MacBooks (including the new M3 models).

Be

By the time Voyager returns home from the Delta Quadrant at the end of its seven-season run, Kathryn Janeway has seen more in her tour of duty than most Starfleet captains see in their lifetimes (even if she and her crew got to skip out on that whole, y’know, cataclysmic interstellar war thing). So it makes sense that…

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