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  • Commerce Department launches grant program to help female and minority entrepreneurs

    Commerce Department launches grant program to help female and minority entrepreneurs

     

    The Commerce Department is launching a nearly $100 million grant program to help tens of thousands of female and minority entrepreneurs jump-start and scale their businesses, targeting structural barriers those groups face.

    ​The Commerce Department is launching a nearly $100 million grant program to help tens of thousands of female and minority entrepreneurs jump-start and scale their businesses, targeting structural barriers those groups face. 

  • Overall crime in NYC is up 23.5% this year, but shootings and homicides are down, NYPD says

    Overall crime in NYC is up 23.5% this year, but shootings and homicides are down, NYPD says

     

    New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Wednesday that shootings and homicides have decreased in New York City over the past year, despite an overall rise in major crime categories.

    ​New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Wednesday that shootings and homicides have decreased in New York City over the past year, despite an overall rise in major crime categories. 

  • RNC announces dates for 2024 convention

    RNC announces dates for 2024 convention

     

    Republicans will flock to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from July 15-18, 2024, for their national convention to formally select their party’s next presidential nominee, according to a Wednesday announcement from the Republican National Committee.

    ​Republicans will flock to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from July 15-18, 2024, for their national convention to formally select their party’s next presidential nominee, according to a Wednesday announcement from the Republican National Committee. 

  • 50 states sign up for Walmart’s opioid settlement framework

    50 states sign up for Walmart’s opioid settlement framework

     

    Walmart said it has reached settlement agreements with all 50 US states as part of a $3.1 billion nationwide opioid settlement announced last month.

    ​Walmart said it has reached settlement agreements with all 50 US states as part of a $3.1 billion nationwide opioid settlement announced last month. 

  • Biden administration offers to release Tamiflu from Strategic National Stockpile

    Biden administration offers to release Tamiflu from Strategic National Stockpile

     

    With an early and severe flu season straining resources, the Biden administration says it will release the prescription antiviral Tamiflu from the Strategic National Stockpile to states and territories that request it.

    ​With an early and severe flu season straining resources, the Biden administration says it will release the prescription antiviral Tamiflu from the Strategic National Stockpile to states and territories that request it. 

  • This is what the crisis along the US border looks like

    This is what the crisis along the US border looks like

     

    As a Trump-era migration policy remains in limbo, so are the lives of thousands of migrants waiting across the United States border, many sleeping out in the cold in encampments or overcrowded shelters, hoping to cross to request asylum.

    ​As a Trump-era migration policy remains in limbo, so are the lives of thousands of migrants waiting across the United States border, many sleeping out in the cold in encampments or overcrowded shelters, hoping to cross to request asylum. 

  • Elon Musk claims the FBI paid Twitter to ‘censor info from the public.’

    Elon Musk claims the FBI paid Twitter to ‘censor info from the public.’

     

    Elon Musk is misleading the public — again.

    ​Elon Musk is misleading the public — again. 

  • Sam Bankman-Fried seeks bail deal while being extradited to US

    Sam Bankman-Fried seeks bail deal while being extradited to US

     

    Lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried are negotiating with federal prosecutors in New York on a bail arrangement that would enable him to avoid detention, people familiar with the matter told CNN.

    ​Lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried are negotiating with federal prosecutors in New York on a bail arrangement that would enable him to avoid detention, people familiar with the matter told CNN. 

  • Amid brutal season of viral infections, children’s hospitals brace for impact of holiday gatherings

     

    Children’s hospitals are already full of sick kids and bracing for a potential increase in respiratory illnesses after holiday gatherings.

    ​Children’s hospitals are already full of sick kids and bracing for a potential increase in respiratory illnesses after holiday gatherings. 

  • B-2 nuke bomber fleet is temporarily grounded due to safety issue

    B-2 nuke bomber fleet is temporarily grounded due to safety issue

     

    The Air Force’s fleet of B-2 Spirit bombers is temporarily grounded after one of the aircraft had an in-flight malfunction earlier this month.

    ​The Air Force’s fleet of B-2 Spirit bombers is temporarily grounded after one of the aircraft had an in-flight malfunction earlier this month.