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    News 'House of the Dragon' is HBO's top series premiere ever

    Nearly 10 million people saw the premiere of “House of the Dragon” on Sunday night, making the “Game of Thrones” spinoff HBO's most-watched series premiere in the network's history. HBO aired the episode four times on premiere night and it was also streamed on HBO Max. The viewership number is...
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    News Tesla hopes new investors go for the ride after stock split

    Unlike its cars, Tesla shares are about to get less expensive. Tesla is splitting its stock 3 for 1, so after the close of trading Tuesday, investors will receive two additional Tesla shares for every one they owned as of Aug. 17. In theory, that should drop Tesla’s share price by about...
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    News Bids for signed Warren Buffett portrait already top $30,000

    Billionaire Warren Buffett is auctioning off a high-tech signed portrait of himself to raise money for one of his favorite charities, and the bidding has already topped $30,000. The portrait of Buffett created by Motiva Art features a grid of letters over the picture that light up to spell out...
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    News UK shows Ukraine solidarity with sunflower display

    Prime Minister Boris Johnson has decided to show Britain’s solidarity with Ukraine by saying it with flowers on Tuesday. The outgoing U.K. leader created an arch of sunflowers — Ukraine’s national flower — outside his Downing Street office to commemorate the eastern European nation’s...
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    News 18-year-old Aventura babysitter arrested after leaving job early, 4-year-old alone

    An 18-year-old babysitter has been charged with child neglect after she left a 4-year-old child in her care alone, according to police. Aventura Police said Elizabeth Leon was hired to watch the child on Friday, Aug. 5 from 1:45 p.m. until midnight, but left the child alone for more than 2...
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    News US, Iran inch closer to nuke deal but high hurdles remain

    The Biden administration is expected to weigh in this week on Iran’s latest offer to resume its compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, but neither side is offering a definitive path to revive the agreement, which has been on life-support since former President Donald Trump withdrew from it...
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    News Whistleblower: bad news for Twitter, good news for Musk?

    Elon Musk might have just gotten a leg up in his effort to back out of buying Twitter. The billionaire Tesla CEO has spent months alleging that the company he agreed to buy for $44 billion undercounted its fake and spam accounts — and that he shouldn't have to consummate the deal as a result...
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    News More than cookies: Girl Scouts of Tropical Florida earn gold

    This summer, 28 young change makers earned the highest award bestowed by the Girls Scouts of Tropical Florida. The Gold Award honors high school girls who create sustainable change on a community or world issue. The 28 winners, which is the most in council history, hail from Miami-Dade County...
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    News Biden administration forecasts $1.03T deficit, down $400B

    The Biden administration is forecasting that this year’s budget deficit will be nearly $400 billion lower than it estimated back in March, due in part to stronger than expected revenues, reduced spending, and an economy that has recovered all of the jobs lost during the multi-year pandemic. In...
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    News EXPLAINER: Why is Wall Street back on the roller coaster?

    And back down goes Wall Street. After getting mauled most of the year, prices for all kinds of investments steadied in the summer and were heading back up. The recovery was so strong that some investors wondered if Wall Street's “bear market” was coming to an end. Now, such questions are...
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    News Officer won’t face any charges in Rayshard Brooks shooting

    A specially appointed prosecutor said Tuesday that he will not pursue any charges against the Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks more than two years ago. Pete Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, announced that he won’t pursue...
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    News Lt. Gov. sidesteps questions about controversial immigration comments

    Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez wouldn’t answer questions about controversial comments she made on a Spanish-language radio show last week, implying that Cuban migrants arriving in Florida would be bussed to Delaware, following an event in Homestead Tuesday. Responding to the host’s question...
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    News Parkland school shooter’s case: Record of jail calls

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    News Former Louisville cop pleads guilty in Breonna Taylor case

    A former Louisville police detective who helped write the warrant that led to the deadly police raid at Breonna Taylor's apartment has pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge. Federal investigators said Kelly Goodlett added a false line to the warrant and later conspired with another...
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    News Yelp to add more flags to anti-abortion pregnancy centers

    The online reviews site Yelp said Tuesday it is rolling out a new feature to protect users seeking abortions from being misled about anti-abortion pregnancy centers listed on its platform. Such centers are typically religiously affiliated and deter clients from having an abortion. On Tuesday...
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    News Independent Spirit Awards make acting awards gender neutral

    The Film Independent Spirit Awards will now feature gender neutral film and television acting categories and raise its budget cap to $30 million, the organization said Tuesday. “We’re thrilled to join the other festivals and award shows that are already moving to celebrate great acting without...
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    News More than 100 classified Trump docs recovered back in Jan.

    The National Archives recovered 100 documents bearing classified markings, totaling more than 700 pages, from an initial batch of 15 boxes retrieved from Mar-a-Lago earlier this year, according to newly public government correspondence with the Trump legal team. The numbers make clear the large...
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    News Miami duo stole more than a dozen catalytic converters, police say

    Two Miami men face a multitude of charges after officers found more than a dozen stolen catalytic converters after a traffic stop, according to police. According to Port St. Lucie police, officers pulled over 53-year-old Gerardo Reygada and 56-year-old Pedro Wong after observing their white...
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    News Gov. DeSantis channels Maverick in new campaign commercial

    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has released a new campaign spot, in which he hopes to capitalize off the success of the blockbuster hit Top Gun: Maverick. Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis unveiled the ad on social media tweeting, ”Top Gov… Dogfighting… Taking on the Corporate Media… Rules of...
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    News Testimony: Florida school shooter was intellectually slow

    Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz as a toddler was intellectually and physically behind other children, which caused him to isolate himself and hit and bite to get what he wanted, a daycare administrator and former neighbor testified Tuesday at his penalty trial for mass murder. Cruz's...
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