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EU elections 2024: European Parliament outcomes
A woman casts her ballot paper for the European elections at a polling station. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Populist, far-right parties won record support in this year’s European Parliament elections, according to provisional results on Monday. The far-right Identity and Democracy group made major gains, while the right-wing European Conservatives and…
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As much as $5 million in funding
Ira L. Black – Corbis | Corbis News | Getty Images The U.S. Small Business Administration plans to unveil new government-backed credit lines of up to $5 million for small businesses, SBA Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman told CNBC. The SBA is launching a working capital pilot program in the coming months that is designed to…
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DOJ settles CityMD Covid fraud allegations for $12 million
People wait in in a queue to enter CityMD, a health clinic that offers coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing, on the Upper West Side as the Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., December 19, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Walgreens-backed CityMD will pay $12.04 million to settle Covid fraud allegations…
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Lawsuit Settled For Kendrick Lamar Video In Faculty
A Connecticut town has agreed to pay $100,000 to a family that sued over their child’s reaction to watching a Kendrick Lamar video in school. According to the New Haven Register, Vernon agreed to settle the 2022 lawsuit this week. However, it’s still awaiting approval from the local Board of Education. The middle school student…
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Ingesting alcohol earlier than sleeping on flights presents well being danger: research
Woman sleeping on a plane. Rudi_suardi | E+ | Getty Images A popular pastime on long-haul flights — drinking alcohol before dozing off for a nap — may present health risks even to young and healthy passengers, according to a new study. The combination of alcohol consumption, sleep and the low oxygen concentration at high…
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Biden immigration government order labor markets and provide chains
U.S. President Joe Biden announces an executive order on enforcement at the U.S.-Mexico border, as he delivers remarks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 4, 2024. Leah Millis | Reuters President Joe Biden’s new executive order tightening asylum limits at the U.S.-Mexico border could have the double-edged economic effect…
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Stephen Colbert Viewers Chants Lock Him Up In Response To Trump Conviction
Stephen Colbert asked his audience for their thoughts on Trump going to jail, and the crowd chanted lock him up. Read: The Republican Presumptive Nominee for President is A Convicted Felon Video: Colbert played a clip of Trump saying, “‘I’m okay with it. I don’t know that the public would stand it, you know.…
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Paramount, Skydance conform to phrases of a merger deal
Paramount and Skydance have agreed to terms of a merger, CNBC’s David Faber reported Monday. A deal could be announced in the coming days, he said. A Paramount special committee and the buying consortium — David Ellison’s Skydance, backed by private equity firms RedBird Capital and KKR — agreed to the terms. The deal is awaiting…
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FDA approves Moderna RSV vaccine for seniors
The FDA has approved Moderna’s RSV vaccine for older adults. Courtesy: Moderna The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Moderna’s vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus for adults ages 60 and above, the company’s second-ever product to enter the U.S. market. The decision is a win for Moderna, which desperately needs another revenue source amid…
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Michelle Obama’s Mom Marian Shields Robinson Useless at 86
The Obamas are in mourning. Marian Shields Robinson—the mom of former First Lady Michelle Obama and the grandmother of her and former President Barack Obama‘s kids Malia, 25, and Sasha, 22—died on the morning of May 31. She was 86. “Marian Lois Shields Robinson—our mother, mother-in-law, and grandmother—had a way of summing up the truths about…
