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Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.
  • Mitch McConnell will announce that he is stepping down from GOP leadership.
  • McConnell will serve out the remainder of his term that ends in January 2027.
  • Some conservative members have increasingly called for McConnell's ouster.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will announce on Wednesday that he is stepping down from leading Senate


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In 2017, Apple CEO Tim Cook confirmed what the global auto industry had long feared: the tech giant was working on a driverless car.

“We’re focusing on autonomous systems. And clearly, one purpose of autonomous systems are self-driving cars,” Cook said in an interview with Bloomberg. “And we sort of see it as the mother



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The ranks of the super-rich increased last year, says Knight Frank.
  • Knight Frank's new wealth report shows that about 70 people a day became uber-rich last year.
  • The total number of people worth at least $30 million rose by 4.2% to about 627,000 worldwide.
  • The roaring US stock market and economy helped fuel the increase, but some luxury assets lost value.

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Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado with her husband and four sons.
  • Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado and her ex-husband, Jayson Boebert, got married in 2005.
  • In March, Lauren Boebert announced the oldest of their four sons, Tyler, 18, was going to be a dad.
  • Lauren Boebert filed for divorce in May. It was finalized in October.

In May, Rep. Lauren Boebert announced that, "with


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GOP House candidate JR Majewski at a Trump rally in Youngstown, Ohio on September 17, 2022.
GOP House candidate JR Majewski at a Trump rally in Youngstown, Ohio on September 17, 2022.
  • JR Majewski, a GOP House candidate in Ohio, recently called Special Olympics athletes "retarded."
  • He's faced calls to drop out and has been censured by the local county party.
  • But in a defiant statement Wednesday, he said he's not going anywhere.

JR Majewski, a controversial GOP House


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People in China are lining up to rent the Apple Vision Pro for as low as $13 an hour, according to the South China Morning Post.
  • Apple's Vision Pro hasn't launched in China yet.
  • Chinese denizens can rent the Apple Vision Pro for as low as $13 an hour, SCMP reported.
  • Some third-party vendors are seeing lines of customers eager to get their hands on the headset. 

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In response to reports that Wendy’s plan for new digital menu boards that can update throughout the day might increase prices of spicy chicken nuggets and other menu items at busy times, the fast food chain now claims this isn’t the case. Instead, Wendy’s says its “dynamic” pricing model will only result in “discounts and value” during