Long-running blanket of heat threatens 130 million in US
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Roughly 130 million people were under threat Saturday and into next week from a long-running heat wave that already has broken records with dangerously high temperatures — and is expected to shatter more from East Coast to West Coast, forecasters said. Oppressive heat and humidity could team up to spike temperatures […]
Dem Donors Pledge $2 Million To Fund New Debates If Joe Biden Drops Out: Report
A group of wealthy Democratic donors has pledged $2 million to fund new debates among presidential candidates if President Joe Biden decides to drop out of the race, The Washington Post reported. The group, led by former Intuit and PayPal chief executive Bill Harris, is calling for an open Democratic primary to decide which candidate […]
Nicaragua Airport Agency, Flooding U.S. with Global Migrants, Nets $4 Million in First Trimester of 2024
The continued “weaponization” of U.S.-bound migrants by Nicaragua’s communist dictator Daniel Ortega netted the country’s airport authority more than $4 million in profits in the first third of 2024, a research institute has said. report Published by Nicaraguan newspaper La Prensa On Thursday. Starting in 2022, President Ortega has allowed migrants from other continents, including […]
Franz Wagner agrees to record $224 million Magic extension
Franz Wagner is the latest beneficiary of the NBA’s continuing salary inflation. Since being selected eighth overall in the 2021 NBA Draft, the combo forward has developed into a franchise cornerstone for an Orlando team that surprisingly earned the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference last season. Wagner, a Michigan product who turns 23 in […]
Trump Campaign Raises $331 Million in Year’s 2nd Quarter, Smashes Biden’s Haul
Loyal supporters of former President Donald Trump’s bid for the White House are speaking with their purse strings: The Trump campaign announced Tuesday that its fundraising in the second quarter of the year surpassed that of President Joe Biden, bringing in a reported $331 million. AP Report That figure far exceeds the $264 million raised […]
Crypto Liquidations Top $200 Million as Ethereum, Bitcoin Fall – Decrypt
Cryptocurrency market liquidations surged to a one-week high on Wednesday as the price of Bitcoin fell below $60,000. Over 74,000 traders lost $208 million in the past 24 hours. Coin Glass The data shows. Most of that – about $184 million – hit investors who had held long positions betting that prices would rise. The […]
GM will pay $146 million in penalties because 5.9 million older vehicles emit excess carbon dioxide
General Motors will pay about $146 million in fines to the federal government because 5.9 million older vehicles don’t meet emissions and fuel economy standards. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a statement Wednesday that some GM vehicles from model years 2012 to 2018 do not meet federal fuel economy standards. The fine […]
Biden Admin Awards $176 Million to Moderna for ‘Pandemic Influenza Vaccine’
The Biden administration will pay $176 million to Moderna Inc. to develop an “mRNA-based pandemic influenza vaccine,” with health officials citing “lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic.” The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announcement The big-ticket contract was awarded through the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority’s (BARDA) new Rapid Response Partnership […]
Meta’s Threads tops 175 million monthly active users, Zuckerberg says
FOX Business’ Kelly O’Grady appears on “Varney & Co.” to weigh in on Meta’s controversial use of public social media posts to train artificial intelligence. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg The company announced on Wednesday that its newest social media platform, Threads, has surpassed 175 million monthly active users (MAUs) as it nears its first anniversary. […]
DC staring at $4.4 million penalty for errors in paying out SNAP benefits
The federal government is fining Washington, D.C., $4.4 million due to what it considers a higher-than-acceptable error rate in its payments to recipients of food assistance programs. It is the second year in a row that district officials have exceeded the error rate in processing benefits in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The Department of […]