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Verizon 5G deal gives free Apple TV YouTube subscriptions to customers

Richard Levine | Corbis | Getty Images A commuter walks past a poster advertising the AppleTV streaming video product, next to a Hulu ad, in the subway in New York. Verizon will offer customers who sign up for its new 5G internet service a free Apple TV box and a …

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Southwest tightens emotional-support animal policy bans pigs ferrets

Richard Atrero de Guzman | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images A dog is seen on the shoulder of its owner in a plane. Japan Airlines ‘wan wan jet tour’ allows owners and their dogs to travel together on a charter flight for a special three-day domestic tour to Kagoshima Prefecture, …

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Pentagon reaffirms it will identify remains returned from North Korea 

U.S. Air Force photo An honor guard detail of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command personnel conducts an honorable carry ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam , Hawaii, Aug. 1, 2018. Pentagon officials reaffirmed Tuesday the military’s commitment to identify the recently transferred remains believed to be those of U.S. soldiers killed in …

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Guinness opens first US brewery in 60 years

Larry French | Getty Images Guinness Open Gate Brewery & Barrel House, the first Guinness brewery in the U.S. in more than 60 years, held a ribbon cutting on August 2, 2018 in Halethorpe, Maryland. Opening to the public August 3, 2018 at 3pm EST.  U.S. fans of Guinness won’t …

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Kroger to sell products on Chinese e-commerce site Alibaba

Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images An employee bags a customer’s purchases at a Kroger store in Peoria, Illinois. Kroger will begin to sell its products on Chinese e-commerce site Alibaba, the latest in a series of initiatives to bolster its digital business. The Cincinnati-based grocer has over the …

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Wisconsin, Minnesota, Vermont, Connecticut hold midterm primary votes

Cheris May | NurPhoto | Getty Images Dannel Malloy, 88th and current Governor of Connecticut, speaks at First Lady Michelle Obama’s Veterans Homelessness Summit on November 14, 2016 in Washington, DC.  Republicans have a chance to make some races interesting this year in traditionally blue Connecticut. Unpopular Democratic Gov. Dannel …

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Square poised for further upside as Cash app overtakes Venmo

Cumulative downloads of Square’s Cash app have surpassed those of Paypal’s Venmo for the first time after a monster July, according to data from Sensor Tower and Nomura Instinet. Cumulative downloads for the Cash App now total 33.5 million, exceeding Venmo’s 32.9 million for the first time ever, after Square’s …

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Italian Freeway bridge collapses near Genoa with dozens reported dead

Luca Zennaro Rescuers at work amid the rubble after a highway bridge collapsed in Genoa, Italy, 14 August 2018. A large section of the Morandi viaduct upon which the A10 motorway runs collapsed in Genoa on Tuesday.  At least 11 people are reported to have died after a freeway bridge …

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Nvidia shares rise after chipmaker announces ‘utterly awesome’ new ‘Turing’ graphics chips

Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Simpson Chung uses a virtual reality headset during the NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference, which showcases artificial intelligence, deep learning, virtual reality and autonomous machines, in Washington, DC.  Nvidia’s new graphics chips are finally here after a two-year wait. The chipmaker on Monday unveiled …

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Trump calls Omarosa a dog after she says she’ll cooperate with Mueller

Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images Omarosa Manigault (L) who was a contestant on the first season of Donald Trump’s ‘The Apprentice’ and is now an ordained minister, appears alongside Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump during a press conference November 30, 2015 that followed Trump’s meeting with African-American …

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