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Lisa Holden is a news writer for Af News Agency. She writes health, sport, tech, and more. Some of her favorite topics include the latest trends in fitness and wellness, the best ways to use technology to improve your life, and the latest developments in medical research.

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On election night Polymarket’s 26 year old founder was on top of the world. 8 days later the FBI raided his home and his future is in jeopardy

In early November, Shayne Coplan had a week he will remember for the rest of his life: He received a phone call from the highest echelons of Mar-a-Lago. He went on TV for the first time. And he had his New York City apartment raided by the FBI. The eventful few days underscore the precarious […]

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Walking more could add as much as 11 years to your life, study says. Here’s how

Everyone has a different relationship with exercise. You might be a fitness junkie, hitting the gym five days a week or training for a marathon to push your body’s limits. But for most Americans, physical activity takes a backseat to everything else going on in life.  Only 26% of men, 19% of women, and 20%

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People are fleeing Elon Musk’s X for Threads and Bluesky. Welcome to the era of social media fragmentation

The deluge of goodbye messages from people leaving X began shortly after Donald Trump’s election victory last week. In explaining their decision, many in the exodus cited the same thing: The huge support Elon Musk, the social media service’s owner, gave the Republican candidate during the campaign and the increasing nastiness on his site. Jody

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Crypto Short Liquidations Exceed $100 Million

The crypto market experienced a significant liquidation of short positions, totaling over $100 million, with Bitcoin regaining the $64,000 threshold. The rise in price and resulting liquidations have caused quite a stir in the cryptocurrency trading community, highlighting the unpredictable nature of crypto markets.   Market Snapshot Bitcoin’s price surged to $64,173 on October 14, marking

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The Growing Appeal of Crypto Casinos: Privacy, Speed, and Control

As cryptocurrencies continue to reshape industries around the world, one area where their impact is particularly strong is online gambling. Crypto casinos are gaining momentum, offering players an alternative to traditional online casinos that rely on conventional banking methods.  With their emphasis on privacy, speed, and financial control, crypto casinos are becoming a popular choice

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Trump picks RFK Jr. to lead Health and Human Services, despite his history of skepticism toward vaccines and medicine

President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, putting him in charge of a massive agency that oversees everything from drug, vaccine and food safety to medical research and the social safety net programs Medicare and Medicaid. “For too long, Americans have been

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How to watch the NFL’s Thursday Night Football Week 11 of the 2024-2025 season live online for free—and without cable

Some Thursday night games, admittedly, are not what you would call must-see TV. But this week’s match-up of the Washington Commanders and Philadelphia Eagles has all the earmarks of an epic battle. The two teams are neck-and-neck for leadership of the NFC East, far ahead of the division’s other teams. And while the Commanders are

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Secret Level Trailer Reveals A-List Cast and Moving Imagery

Secret Level, the animated anthology series that brings us stories from fifteen video game franchises, has a new trailer out. This one not only gives us more glimpses from the upcoming fifteen episodes, but also reveals some of the A-list actors who lent their voices to the production. Some of those actors are Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Neptune Finance blows away the competition with highest real-time stablecoins lending rates

Bangkok, Thailand, November 14th, 2024, Chainwire Today, Neptune Finance (Neptune), a credit network lending protocol, announces the first month results of the rates competition study for the period of 8 October to 8 November. Neptune comes up in first position with a performance of 2.5x for USDT and 1.8x for USDC compared to the second

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Fed Chair Jerome Powell — no need to hurry on another interest rate cut

Chair Jerome Powell said Thursday that the Federal Reserve will likely cut its key interest rate slowly and deliberately in the coming months, in part because inflation has shown signs of persistence and the Fed’s officials want to see where it heads next. Powell, in prepared remarks for a speech in Dallas, said that inflation

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