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Jeffrey Epstein’s mentor — who once ran a Ponzi scheme — was found dead. He was 77

Steven Hoffenberg is believed to have died at least seven days before his body was found this week in Connecticut by police, who responded to a request to check on his welfare. (Image credit: Alex Brandon/AP)

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WATCH LIVE: NASA’s moon-bound Artemis 1 mission to launch new era of exploration

The uncrewed test flight, currently scheduled for Monday, Aug. 29, will send a novel spacecraft on a six-week journey around the moon and back to Earth.

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Webb Space Telescope Expected to Reveal a New Exoplanet Photo

At some point things were destined to settle down in the glassed-in mission control room at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Md. For much of this year, the Institute has been the center of the astronomical world.

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Fed Chair Signals More Rate Increases Ahead, Shaking Wall Street

The Federal Reserve chair pledged to resolutely fight rapid price increases, arguing the bigger mistake would be allowing inflation to become entrenched.

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An Alaska Native Has Never Served in Congress. Mary Peltola May Be About to Change That.

This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. For almost a half century, Republican Don Young represented Alaska’s interests in Washington. An unflappable and unyielding

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Stocks Plunge After Fed Chair Warns of ‘Pain’ From Inflation Fight

The S&P 500 fell 3.4 percent, its worst daily showing since mid-June, after the Federal Reserve chair spoke about the path ahead for monetary policy.

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China’s Scorching Heat and Hydropower Missteps Test Nation’s Power Grid

Documents reveal how officials’ underestimating a heat wave led to “lights out” on Shanghai’s Bund.

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Some Automakers Didn’t Take Climate Change Seriously. California’s New Gasoline Car Ban is Making Them Face Reality

Automakers like GM and Ford were giddy about electric vehicles (EVs) at the Detroit Auto Show back in January 2018, with plans to plow billions of dollars into building zero-emission cars. Fiat Chrysler, on the other hand, signaled they would

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China Will Ultimately Overtake the U.S. in Outer Space, a New Study Warns

The U.S. might be celebrating the impending launch of the Space Launch System (SLS) moon rocket and the serial successes of the James Webb Space Telescope, but according to at least some experts, there’s a potential skunk at the cosmic

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How politically beneficial is student loan forgiveness? – NPR

How politically beneficial is student loan forgiveness?  NPR Flashback: Liberal media was enthusiastic over student loan handouts, but now may have buyer’s remorse  Fox News Students, taxpayers deserve better than Biden’s reverse Robin Hood plan  Fox News Opinion | Is Biden’s Student Loan

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