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The IndependentFamilies of Max8 crash victims accuse Boeing of playing safety ‘roulette’ as troubled company reports $355m loss
The company was charged with fraud conspiracy in 2021
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Tupac’s estate threatens to sue Drake over AI-generated vocals on Kendrick Lamar diss track
In a cease-and-desist letter, the estate says it would ‘never have given its approval’ for Drake to make the song
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Santa Fe police shooting leaves suspect hurt
Santa Fe police shooting leaves suspect hurt
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Dow Jones Futures Fall As Meta Dives On Guidance; Chipotle Eyes Buy Point
The rally attempt paused Wednesday as Nvidia reversed lower. Meta, Chipotle and ServiceNow led key earnings late.
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UPDATE 1-Brazil's Assai posts 19% increase in first-quarter net profit
Brazilian food retailer Assai posted on Wednesday a 19.2% increase in its first-quarter net profit from a year earlier, as revenue rose benefited by a larger number of stores and better comparable sales. Assai reported a 93 million reais ($18.1 million) net profit for the quarter ended in March. Assai, which operates a chain of stores in a hybrid wholesale format, said in the earnings release it is entering in a "new stage" after years of strong expansion, which included the conversion of "Extra" hypermarkets bought from GPA .
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Deprivation linked to higher second cancer risk among England breast cancer survivors
Cambridge study finds those from poorest areas have 35% higher risk of second non-breast cancer
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Mark Ruffalo Says He Is Recognized ‘Way More’ for ’13 Going on 30′ Than for MCU’s Hulk
"There’s two types of people in this world. There’s Hulk people, and there’s '13 Going on 30' people," the actor said celebrating the 2004 rom-com.
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Changes coming to Grey Highlands community grant program
Grey Highlands council will be considering a number of changes to its community grant program. On April 24, council met as committee of the whole to consider a staff report recommending numerous changes and updates to the community grant program. The program provides financial assistance - either through direct cash grants or in-kind support like the waiving of rental fees for community halls – to local community groups holding events and programming in the municipality. A separate municipal com
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Survivors rejoice as Ohio lawmakers vote to make it illegal to drug, rape spouse
Ohio lawmakers have finally voted to make it illegal to drug and rape your spouse, closing a loophole that female legislators have been trying to fix for years.
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Revitalize T-Town provides free home repairs
Revitalize T-Town provides free home repairs
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Akron woman experiences rare skin reaction after allergic reaction to medication
A Northeast Ohio woman just spent fifteen days in a burn unit despite the fact she'd never been burned.
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New California rule aims to limit health care cost increases to 3% annually
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Doctors, hospitals and health insurance companies in California will be limited to annual price increases of 3% starting in 2029 under a new rule state regulators approved Wednesday in the latest attempt to corral the ever-increasing costs of medical care in the United States. The money Californians spent on health care went up about 5.4% each year for the past two decades. Democrats who control California's government say that's too much, especially since most people's
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Tennessee House kills bill that would have banned local officials from studying, funding reparations
Tennessee’s Republican-dominant House on Wednesday spiked legislation that would have banned local governments from paying to either study or dispense money for reparations for slavery. It easily cleared the Republican-controlled Senate last April, but lawmakers eventually hit pause as the House became consumed with controversy over expelling two Black Democratic lawmakers for their participating in a pro-gun control protest from the House floor. Interest in the reparations bill emerged again this year, just as lawmakers and GOP Gov. Bill Lee were in the process of finalizing the removal and replacement of every board member of the state's only publicly-funded historically Black public university, Tennessee State University.
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WWE releases rules for upcoming draft
WWE has released the rules for this year's draft ahead of the first round on Friday's SmackDown.
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UPDATE 1-Vale's net profit down 9% in the first quarter
Vale, one of the largest iron ore producers in the world, posted a $1.7 billion net profit for the quarter ended in March, while analysts polled by LSEG were expecting a $1.9 billion profit. The main impact on Vale's net profit when compared to the first quarter of last year came from lower realized prices of iron ore, nickel and copper, according to the company earnings release. Vale had already disclosed first-quarter output and sales figures last week.
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Australia and New Zealand honor their war dead with dawn services on Anzac Day
Hundreds of thousands of people gathered under a full moon across Australia and New Zealand for dawn services Thursday to commemorate their war dead on Anzac Day, as tensions mount in U.S.-China rivalry in the region. New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon attended a service in his country’s largest city Auckland, while Australian Prime Minister Prime Minister Anthony Albanese saw the sun rise at a World War II memorial in the wilds of Australia’s nearest neighbor, Papua New Guinea.
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Cuyahoga County in need of volunteers to help foster youth
The Child and Family Advocates of Cuyahoga County is in need of volunteers for youth in the foster care system.
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Investigation underway after person shows up to OKC hospital with gunshot wound
Investigation underway after person shows up to OKC hospital with gunshot wound
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Billionaire investor Howard Marks says AI's impact doesn't make it immune to a crash
"Every bubble starts from widespread conviction," Howard Marks told CNBC, saying that its hard to determine the winners of the AI wave.
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Think Olivia is a popular baby name? Hold my beer, says Jennifer, and Jenny, and Jen
If you're a parent and think your child's daycare is overstuffed with Olivias, Noahs and Olivers, please spare a thought for the moms and dads of the 1980s.Back then, you couldn't throw an alphabet block without hitting a Jennifer or a Michael.This week, as the Alberta government released the latest rankings of baby names given last year, CBC Calgary looked over a database of popular (and not-so-popular) baby names going back more than four decades, compiled by the province's vital statistics un