| Deal struck to pass $19 billion disaster relief package without border funds
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 Republicans senators say President Donald Trump has agreed to a $19.1 billion disaster aid bill, providing relief to a country beset by devastating floods, wildfires and hurricanes without funding for the border that the President had sought, and that the Senate is expected to vote as soon as Thursday afternoon to advance the measure.
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| Report: Mario Batali will face criminal assault charges in Boston
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 Charges stem from an alleged groping incident in Boston. One-time celebrity chef Mario Batali is expected to be arraigned on an indecent assault and battery charge in Boston on Friday, a spokesperson for the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said in a statement to NBC Boston. Read Full Story
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| Paris is about to get even more beautiful
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 The surroundings of the Eiffel Tower are getting a redesign for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. You would think that the Tour Eiffel site is majestic enough as it is, but Paris believes it can do much better for the 2024 Olympic Games. The city is redesigning the tower's surroundings, and the renderings look gorgeous. Read Full Story
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| Qantas Airways is hiding $20 first-class seats in Airbnb listings
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 Sadly, the perk is just for Qantas frequent flyers. Qantas has just revealed the details of its latest frequent-flyer perk, and it's a headline-grabbing treasure hunt: The airline is hiding first-class seats on Airbnb, disguising them as a $20 "cabins in the sky." There's just one, big, heart-breaking catch–the fun is just for people who are frequent flyers on the Australia-based airline. [Sad Trombone.] Read Full Story
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| 4 hiring practices that create workplace drama
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 Focusing on the right things during hiring can avoid headaches down the line. Unfortunately, workplace drama isn't unusual. Mistakes and bad practices happen, though some have more toxic results than others. You can eliminate some of the drama, however, by simply reviewing and revamping your hiring practices, says Patti Perez, a former employment litigator and author of The Drama-Free Workplace: How You Can Prevent Unconscious Bias, Sexual Harassment, Ethical Lapses and Inspire a Healthy Culture. Read Full Story
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| Trolls will now need to prove they watched a movie before trashing it on Rotten Tomatoes
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 Sorry, trolls, you can no longer tank a film's audience score without furnishing a ticket stub. Life can be pretty hard for a man sometimes. Women are now committed to stealing jobs that have long been strictly the province of men–jobs like Ghostbuster, Jedi, or space captain. Those who wish to see patriarchal traditions prevail have been forced to watch this mutiny unfold, their only recourse being organized efforts to lower the performance review grades of these women pioneers. Read Full Story
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| Here's a first look at Ikea's utopian urban gardening project
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 The Swedish company, alongside British designer Tom Dixon, is now turning its ambitious vision for local farming into a series of real products, coming to stores in 2021. The title of Ikea and the designer Tom Dixon's urban farming experiment, which has opened at the Chelsea Flower Show in London, is Gardening Will Save the World. The show is a tantalizing look at how to do that–a future where people in cities can grow their own food in kitchens and on rooftops with minimal energy consumption and near-zero carbon footprint. Read Full Story
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