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Blue and White’s Ashkenazi expected to quit party, leave politics

Foreign minister said set to announce he is exiting party by Wednesday; report says Gantz’s intention to stay on as leader of floundering movement drove his decision

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23andMe raises $82.5 million in new funding

DNA testing technology company 23andMe has raised just shy of $82.5 million in new funding, from an offering of $85 million in total equity shares, according to a new SEC filing. The funding, confirmed by the Wall Street Journal, comes

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CommonGround raises $19M to rethink online communication

CommonGround, a startup developing technology for what its founders describe as “4D collaboration,” is announcing that it has raised $19 million in funding. This isn’t the first time Amir Bassan-Eskenazi and Ran Oz have launched a startup together — they

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Live Updates: House Pushes Senate to Approve $2,000 Stimulus Checks – The New York Times

Live Updates: House Pushes Senate to Approve $2,000 Stimulus Checks  The New York Times Senate Republicans will decide fate of $2000 stimulus checks  CBS News Trump lashes out at Republicans after they override his veto  CNN Sen. Josh Hawley, Trump, Democrats want $2,000

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McConnell blocks Schumer’s bid to unanimously pass $2,000 stimulus checks – CNBC

McConnell blocks Schumer’s bid to unanimously pass $2,000 stimulus checks  CNBC House votes to override Trump’s veto of defense bill  CNN Senate Republicans will decide fate of $2000 stimulus checks  CBS News Sen. Josh Hawley, Trump, Democrats want $2,000 stimulus checks. Will GOP

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More than 2,900 health care workers died this year — and the government barely kept track

Fatalities from the coronavirus have skewed young, with the majority of victims under age 60 in the cases for which there is age data.

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As launch market matures, space opportunities on the ground take off

The space economy in the last few years has been in large part driven by the increasing cadence and reliability of launch services, and while that market will continue to grow, the new economy enabled by those launches is only

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Leading world in vaccine drive, Israel crosses half a million milestone

Health Ministry says a fifth of Israelis over 60 have received COVID-19 vaccine; Netanyahu: ‘My mission is to ensure the continuation of this pace’

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Seattle-based Madrona raises $320M for its eighth fund

Madrona Venture Group has been a mainstay of the Seattle and northwest United States startup ecosystem for years now, and it looks like it is going to continue that legacy going forward. In a filing with the SEC, the firm

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