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Despite being jailed after allegedly murdering his wife after she filed for divorce, an Indiana man advanced in a local election in Tuesday’s primary election.

On Thursday, Rolling Stone reported that of the $7 billion in equity financing tech billionaire Elon Musk has acquired to execute his takeover of Twitter, a significant portion of it comes from people who have ties to former President Donald Trump.

E-commerce transactions have declined 1.8% from a year ago, while in-store sales rose 10%, Mastercard SpendingPulse said in a new report.

Americans are stretching their budgets to buy new homes, hustling to strike deals quickly to avoid higher mortgage financing costs later, according to the latest industry data.

Only 5% of plastic waste in the U.S. is being recycled, according to an Energy Department report. The report, released this week, found that roughly 86% of the 44 million metric tons of plastic waste managed in 2019 was sent to a landfill. Of that, 9% was combusted and 5% was recycled.