Articles filed under Washington Post
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Amazon's Prime Day: 5 things to know before you shopJul 15, 2019 1:00 am - Prime Day, Amazon's made-up annual shopping event, is upon us. The two-day sale brings in billions of dollars for the company and has become one of its top-grossing even...
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Trump steps up attack on minority congresswomen, saying they 'hate our country'Jul 15, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Monday that he is not concerned by criticism that his tweets suggesting four minority congresswomen return to their home countri...
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Trump administration moves to restrict asylum accessJul 15, 2019 1:00 am - The Trump administration decreed sweeping changes to U.S. asylum policies Monday, in a move aimed at curtailing the soaring number of Central Americans who have arrived ...
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Boss' refusal to address employee's odor doesn't pass the smell testJul 14, 2019 6:00 am - Q: I have a co-worker, “Gus,” who smells really bad, like laundry that is dirty or has sat too long in the washer and become mildewed. My co-worker “Jane” thinks the sme...
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'What do you do?': A question everyone asks, but we all dread to answerJul 14, 2019 6:00 am - No one seems to particularly like the question: “What do you do?” While the query — a mainstay at cocktail parties, weddings and anywhere else where Americans mingle wit...
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When it comes to annuities, there are pros, cons and certain levels of riskJul 14, 2019 6:00 am - An insurance agent recently shared a story with me: In 2012, a “dear client” called and said he wanted to make sure his 84-year-old mother with $800,000 in the bank had ...
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How Facebook fought fake news about FacebookJul 13, 2019 6:22 am - A month before the 2016 U.S. presidential election, a rumor spread on Facebook. People were sharing a viral gimmick familiar to email spammers: Copy and paste this messa...
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4 tech start-ups looking to disrupt the affordable housing industryJul 13, 2019 6:12 am - The United States is in the grips of an affordable housing crisis with many people of low and moderate incomes struggling to find inexpensive places to live. Until recen...
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Wildlife traffickers use Facebook, Instagram to find black-market buyersJul 13, 2019 6:10 am - Ali Ahamed's black satchel was overflowing with turtles, their tiny heads poking out. Just a few feet away, on the hotel room floor, roughly 20 larger turtles with dark ...
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Ruthless, 'superhuman' poker-playing computer program makes elite players foldJul 13, 2019 6:08 am - Jason Les, one of the world's premier poker players, was representing his species when he faced off in May against a computer program named Pluribus. The game was multip...