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- An Instagram influencer named Hushpuppi was accused of trying to launder hundreds of millions of dollars through cybercrime. Apparently, a raid in Dubai resulted in the seizure of "nearly $41 million, 13 luxury cars worth $6.8 million and phone and computer evidence containing more than 100,000 fraud files and the addresses of nearly 2 million possible victims."
- The Republicans are reportedly "unnerved" by President Donald Trump's divisive speech at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.
- Also, Donald Trump Jr.'s girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle tested positive for COVID-19 before the the speech; the day before she was speaking at an indoor event in South Dakota with the state's governor, Kristi Noem.
- Trump Jr., who has tested negative, was spotted mask-less at a party in the Hamptons last weekend.
- Oklahoma police officers were arrested for killing a man by discharging their stun gun on him 50 times.
- Michael Cohen, the president's former lawyer, was spotted at an Upper East Side restaurant.
- The clear Conair landline phone is now a cultural icon.
- Time for an offshoot of Rose Apothecary: You can buy an "authentically designed 10-property" old west town in New Zealand for $7.5 million.
- Or you could buy this real farmhouse in Brooklyn for $3.2 million.
- And, finally, this is what a 7-week-old baby red squirrel sounds like:
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Published Jul 4, 2020
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