I moved to the US from Italy and it's been a rollercoaster. Here's what has shocked and disappointed me the most about America.

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Oana Adamopoulos was born and raised in Romania and now lives in Florida with her family.

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  • Oana Adamopoulos moved to Washington, DC, in 2012 and then to Sarasota, Florida, in 2017.
  • When she first came to the US from Europe, she found it difficult to make friends.
  • She was also shocked by the lack of maternity leave and the cost of healthcare.

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Guatemala's first 3D-printed tiny home is 527 square feet and was designed to resist earthquakes — take a look inside

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3DCP Group and Progreso used COBOD's 3D printer to create what they say is Guatemala's first 3D-printed tiny home.

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  • Using a COBOD printer, 3DCP Group and Progreso have built what they say is Guatemala's first 3D-printed tiny home.
  • The palm leaf roof-topped unit was designed to resist 9.0-magnitude earthquakes, according to COBOD's cofounder.
  • The walls of the 527-square-foot

The UK AI summit's narrow focus on safety and existential risk means the real issues are being ignored, an AI ethicist says

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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Several groups have criticized the UK government's overemphasis on some of the more existential risks of AI.

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  • The UK's AI safety summit kicks off on Wednesday.
  • Some have already slammed the event for ignoring several key issues.
  • Several groups have criticized the UK government's focus on the existential risks of AI.

The UK's AI safety summit kicked off on

Some Tesla workers say they'd never work in a unionized factory, even as Ford and GM workers are set to get a major pay boost

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The UAW has said its set its sights on Tesla.
The UAW has said it's set its sights on Tesla.

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  • The UAW wants to unionize more US automakers after reaching tentative agreements with the Big Three.
  • While Elon Musk has spoken out against unions, a major Tesla factory reportedly has a UAW organizing committee that's speaking with workers.
  • Some Tesla workers

I tried paying with my palm at Whole Foods using Amazon's futuristic scanners. It was scarily convenient.

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Amazon One is coming to all Whole Foods locations by the end of the year.

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  • In July, Amazon announced all US Whole Foods stores would have palm payment tech by the end of 2023.
  • The system, called Amazon One, links a user's payment information and account with their palm print.
  • I decided to try it out, and while I was initially skeptical of scanning a body part, I can't deny it's

The Wagner Group is back, and led by a new Prigozhin, Russian regional media says

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A man is seen in front of a flag of Wagner group mounted on top of an old tank exhibited at the Leninist Komsomol park in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, on October 1, 2023.
A man is seen in front of a flag of Wagner group mounted on top of an old tank exhibited at the Leninist Komsomol park in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, on October 1, 2023.

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  • Russian regional media reported this week that the Wagner Group is hiring again in two oblasts.
  • One report also said that Yevgeny Prigozhin's son, Pavel, has assumed command of remnants of

Carlsberg would rather lose its Russian business than negotiate a deal with Moscow, and it shows how hard it is for companies to exit the market

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Carlsberg beer.

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  • The CEO of Danish brewer Carlsberg says Moscow has "stolen" its business in Russia.
  • Moscow seized Carlsberg's assets in July, weeks after the brewer announced it had found a buyer for its Russian business.
  • Carlsberg said it's cutting ties with its Russian business as it can't find an acceptable solution to resolve the issue.

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Nikki Haley wants the names and faces of every pro-Hamas protester to be published

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Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley.
“Publish every name of the pro-Hamas protesters in our cities and universities. They are siding with terrorists who chant 'death to America,'” GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Wednesday.

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  • Nikki Haley says she thinks the names of all pro-Hamas protesters should be published. 
  • "They are siding with terrorists who chant 'death to

Republicans clash for hours on the Senate floor as tempers flare over Sen. Tommy Tuberville's blockade of military promotions

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Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska and Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama

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  • Republican senators tore into their GOP colleague Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Wednesday night.
  • They'd had enough of Tuberville's months-long blockade of military promotions.
  • "There's a reason this has not been done this way for a couple hundred years," Sen. Lindsey Graham said at one point.

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Ukrainians in a Kherson village secretly worked as informants and used hunting and barbecuing references as codes to guide the next artillery strike on Russian positions: report

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A grain farmer stands in front of his destroyed barn in Bilozerka, Ukraine.

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  • Bilozerka, a village in the Kherson region, was seized at the beginning of Russia's invasion. 
  • A decentralized resistance movement formed among villagers, per The New York Times Magazine.
  • Some locals gave away Russian positions in the area to aid with artillery strikes.

Some Ukrainians in the small

These 24 House Republicans voted for the failed resolution to kick George Santos out of Congress

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Rep. George Santos of New York on Capitol Hill on October 24, 2023.
Rep. George Santos of New York on Capitol Hill on October 24, 2023.

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  • The New York Republicans' effort to expel George Santos went unexpectedly poorly for them.
  • 46 House Democrats voted "present" or against the expulsion resolution, and it failed 179-213
  • 24 Republicans voted to expel their scandal-plagued colleague.

Rep. George Santos is staying in Congress, for now.

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