As Hawaii mourns its dead, 'disaster vultures' are swooping in to make a quick buck

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A house on fire being circled by vultures while money falls from the sky
Disaster vultures are investors who take advantage of people who lost their homes to natural disasters in order to turn a profit.

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As Hawaii mourns its dead, investors are swooping in to make a quick buck

Disney's firefighters backed DeSantis as he feuded with the company. Now his new board ignored their pleas and stripped away their park benefits.

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The DeSantis campaign has been polling The Walt Disney Co. in early primary voting states, and found it's unpopular.
The DeSantis campaign has been polling The Walt Disney Co. in early primary voting states, and found it's unpopular.

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Georgia's GOP state legislative leaders said that calls to defund Fani Willis are 'theatrics' and impossible to accomplish

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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

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House Oversight Democrats ask GOP to subpoena Affinity Partners, Jared Kushner's $3 billion Saudi-backed private equity fund

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Jamie Raskin and Jared Kushner
Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin (left) of Maryland is raising questions about Affinity Partners, Jared Kushner (right), his $3 billion private-equity fund, and the sovereign wealth funds backing it.

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Putin is planning another trip to China, report says, a further sign of his dependence on Xi Jinping

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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21, 2023.
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21, 2023.

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Russian hardliners are fuming that the Kremlin wasn't able to top a string of embarrassing attacks on home soil

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Russian President Vladimir Putin sits at a table with two members of a tank crew
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with a tank crew at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia August 24, 2023.

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Europe's plan to wean itself off Russian fossil fuels by 2027 has a major flaw

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LNG tankers
The EU is importing more LNG — a supercooled version of natural gas that is transported on ships.

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Trump told NY officials he was too busy saving the world 'from nuclear holocaust' to commit business fraud

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US President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un talk before a meeting in the Demilitarized Zone(DMZ) on June 30, 2019, in Panmunjom, Korea.

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A 100-year-old tree collapsed on the Florida governor's mansion during Idalia, Casey DeSantis says the family is fine

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Casey DeSantis
Florida first lady Casey DeSantis

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AOC slams Ron DeSantis over his desire to send US special forces to Mexico to combat drug cartels: 'So reckless that it's difficult to even capture'

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.

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