Some contractors who worked on OpenAI projects say Handshake AI is withholding thousands of dollars in pay

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Handshake AI abruptly cut off access to the projects and told some workers they'd violated their contract.

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America's average gas price saw its largest single-day jump in 4 years

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A Mobile gas station at night with its lights on. Three cars are filling up.
Gas prices across America rose quickly amid growing tension in the Middle East, according to AAA.

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Zohran Mamdani is rolling out his first wave of free childcare. See which NYC neighborhoods get free 2-K this fall.

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New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani interacts with children during his visit to a childcare center in Manhattan, New York, U.S., on December 11, 2025.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani visited a childcare center before getting sworn in.

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Meet the top private landowner in the US, who owns more than 2.7 million acres and is married to a Walmart heiress

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Los Angeles Rams owner E. Stanley Kroenke looks on during the game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Philadelphia Eagles on September 21, 2025 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, PA.
Stanley Kroenke is the largest private landowner in the US.

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Trump's major student-loan repayment overhaul completed a key phase — and is on track to be rolled out this summer

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President Donald Trump's student-loan repayment overhaul completed a key phase.

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A former MrBeast editor is on a mission to make the creator economy better for women

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Rachel Kisela, video editor and founder of EditHers
Rachel Kisela, a former MrBeast video editor, started EditHers to help more women like her find creator economy work.

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A new Brooklyn shelter offers unhoused families with kids a chance at more stability

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A playground that's part of the Westhab Family Center in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
The Fort Greene Family Center, a Brooklyn homeless shelter, has 105 units for families with kids.

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Photos show what Iran looked like before the 1979 revolution turned the nation into an Islamic republic

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The Shah of Iran and family
The Shah of Iran with his third wife, Empress Farah Diba, and their son Crown Prince Reza.

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This ride-hailing app lets drivers negotiate prices with riders. It's one of the most downloaded in the world.

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A man wearing sunglasses sits behind the wheel of a Honda sedan as he smiles and waves at the camera. The white sedan has an
InDrive lets drivers and riders negotiate prices for ride-hailing trips.

InDrive

From Tin Can phones to Barbie dolls and VHS, how millennials and Gen Z are bringing their childhood to their Gen Alpha kids

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Fairy figurines and Barbies
Ester Torres has given her daughter some of her old Tinker Bell toys and bought some 2000s Barbie dolls.

Ester Torres

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