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The animated comedy follows two South Jersey brothers through a series of wacky adventures funded by an income pilot program they were enrolled in after losing their factory jobs. By Angie Han ...

In 2020, amid widespread layoffs and economic turmoil brought on by the COVID pandemic, 1,000 low-income people in Texas and Illinois won something of a lottery. They were selected to receive $1,000 ...

Spotify is introducing a new “Basic” streaming plan in the United States, the company announced on Friday. The new plan costs $10.99 per month and includes all of the benefits of a Premium plan but ...

Sixty years ago, on May 1, 1964, at 4 am in the morning, a quiet revolution in computing began at Dartmouth College. That’s when mathematicians John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz successfully ran the ...

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The chemicals in our cleaning products can often be pretty sketchy. We’re learning new information about the safety (or lack thereof) of many of the ingredients commonly found in our household ...