Exclusive: British authorities surveilled FBI spy chief Charles McGonigal's secret 2018 meeting with a Russian contact

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Charles McGonigal, former special agent in charge of the FBI's counterintelligence division in New York, arrives to Manhattan federal court in New York, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, in New York.
Charles McGonigal, former special agent in charge of the FBI's counterintelligence division in New York, arrives at a federal courthouse in Manhattan on Feb. 9.

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What is a microaggression? 15 things people think are fine to say at work — but are actually racist, sexist, or offensive.

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Microaggressions are often subtle, so it's often hard to know whether you're committing one or if you're on the receiving end.

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I quit my job and biked around the world to find true happiness. Here are 5 truths I learned.

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Christopher Boyce quit his decade-long career as an academic and rode a bicycle around the world to learn about happiness.

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I was a manager at Amazon. My boss encouraged me to quit after I defended a high-performing employee who was about to get the lowest performance rating.

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According to a former employee, the company gave senior leaders
According to a former employee, the company gave senior leaders "unregretted attrition" numbers — the percentage of employees that managers aren't sad to see leave the company, whether voluntarily or otherwise.

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6 charts show that tech giants like Meta and Google have still grown like crazy even after layoffs

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Big Tech CEOs Marc Benioff, Andy Jassy, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Mark Zuckerberg have all led their companies to conduct layoffs in the last few months as a downturn leads to a slowdown in spending.

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My family owned a Chinese takeout restaurant. Here are 9 things we wished customers knew to avoid being offensive or inconsiderate.

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Su-Jit Lin with a large pastry

Su-Jit Lin

5 surprising reasons people get cosmetic leg-lengthening surgery, according to a surgeon

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Mahboubian standing with a patient before and after two surgeries.
Mahboubian standing with a patient before and after two surgeries.

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European militaries are emptying their arsenals to send heavy-duty howitzers to Ukraine

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A French Caesar self-propelled howitzer fires into the Middle Euphrates River Valley in December 2018.

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How to ask for a raise in an uncertain economy

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Overall raises are forecast to be 4.6% this year, according to a report.

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I started an Instagram fan page for luxury watches and turned it into an $8 million resale business — here's how

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Austen Chu, left, and Sean Wong, his cofounder.

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