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Mar 21 2024
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Big grocery stores profited from pandemic more than smaller rivals, FTC says
Large grocery retailers’ annual profits rose during the COVID-19 pandemic and have remained elevated in the years since, which warrants deeper scrutiny, according to a report released by the Federal Trade Commission. The report collected information confidentially from retail giants Amazon.com Inc. and Walmart Inc. as well as chains like Kroger Co. for an investigation of grocery supply chain
Indianapolis Business JournalMar 25 2024
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Florida’s insurers are profitable after 7 straight years of losses—but it’s mostly because of dumb luck
For the first time in seven years, Florida’s property insurers turned a profit. Don’t get too optimistic, though: you can mostly just chalk their performance up to getting lucky during hurricane season. Insuring homes in Florida has become a tough business. The state’s population has continued to rise in recent years, even as frequent and more devastating hurricanes cause billions in property
FortuneApr 16 2024
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WIC income guideline change means more people will be eligible
Income guideline changes for a program that helps women and children means more Alabamians may now be eligible. The Alabama Department of Public Health released the new guidelines for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, better known as WIC. The program is intended for pregnant women; women who have had a baby within the past six months or are currently
AL.comApr 18 2024
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Montana sued over refusal to amend transgender people’s identity documents
Two transgender women sued Montana and several state agencies Thursday in a class-action lawsuit challenging a policy that prohibits transgender people from amending the sex designation on their birth certificates to accurately reflect their gender identity. Montana’s Department of Public Health and Human Services adopted the rule in 2022, after a district court blocked the state from
The HillMar 15 2024
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Local non-profit, venture capital fund partner to build the ‘Wikipedia of climate solutions’
Two Roaring Fork Valley-based organizations partnered to build such a tool. The Climate Impact Conduit launched last fall, a product of Pitkin County-based non-profit Global Warming Mitigation Project (GWMP) and decarbonization-focused venture capital (VC) fund VoLo Earth Ventures, which started in Snowmass. “The United States and the wealthy of the world are complicit in the climate situation
Aspen TimesApr 18 2024
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2 people taken to hospital after car crash in Mass., reports say
Two people were taken to the hospital after a crash in Framingham Wednesday night, according to multiple news reports.
One person was flown to the hospital by medical helicopter, while another was taken by ambulance, according to NBC10 Boston.
The single-car crash took place on Edgell Road near Frost Street in Framingham around 9 p.m. Wednesday, WCVB-TV reported.
MassLive.comApr 20 2024
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Nearly 500 people have been killed in school shootings since Columbine
It has been a quarter-century since the massacre at Columbine High School. On April 20, 1999, two teenage gunmen shot and killed 12 students and a teacher in Littleton, Colorado, before turning their guns on themselves. It ushered in the modern era of school shootings, and polls ever since have captured the fears of many parents that their children are in danger when they go to school. In
NewsweekApr 15 2024
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Multiple people injured in new stabbing incident in Sydney, Australia
The Australian city of Sydney was hit by another stabbing incident on Monday, two days after a man stabbed six people to death in a busy shopping mall before being shot by a police officer. New South Wales Police Force said in an update on X at 8.39 p.m. local time (6.39 a.m. ET) Monday that it was responding to reports that "a number of people were stabbed" in Wakeley, a suburb west of Sydney
NBC News (Online)Apr 19 2024
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Five people shot, two critically, in Pr. George’s park, police say
Five people were shot, two of them critically, amid gunfire Friday afternoon in a Prince George’s County park where hundreds of students from multiple high schools had gathered on “senior skip day,” according to authorities. Greenbelt Police Department spokesman, Rico Dennis, said between 500 and 600 young people were in Schrom Hills Park on Hanover Parkway, just outside the Capital Beltway,
Washington PostApr 17 2024
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Swedish Parliament votes to make it easier for people to legally change their gender
The Swedish parliament passed a law Wednesday lowering the age required for people to legally change their gender from 18 to 16.
Young people under 18 will still need approval by a guardian, a doctor, and the National Board of Health and Welfare.
The vote was 234 for and 94 against with 21 listed as absent.
Washington Post