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Betting Markets Favor Trump. But Their Record of Accuracy Is Mixed.

Organizations that track election polls, including The New York Times, currently show Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald J. Trump in a dead heat. Election forecasters like FiveThirtyEight, which consider the polls and other data to calculate the candidates’ odds of victory, also see the race as essentially …

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The Elon-ction + Can A.I. Be Blamed for a Teen’s Suicide?

Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube | iHeartRadio Hosted by Kevin Roose and Casey Newton Produced by Rachel Cohn and Whitney Jones Edited by Jen Poyant Engineered by Daniel Ramirez Original music by Dan PowellSophia Lanman and Rowan Niemisto Note: This episode contains mentions …

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Dan Price, Former CEO of Gravity Payments, Charged With Rape

Dan Price, a Seattle tech executive who rose to fame for publicly raising the salaries of his employees and as a progressive social media influencer, was charged with rape on Thursday in Riverside County, Calif., according to court records. Mr. Price, 40, was indicted last month by a grand jury …

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