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June, 2023

May, 2023

  • 31 May

    Sonic Drive

    The owners and operators of six Sonic Drive-In restaurants in northwest Nevada have paid more than $70,000 in civil penalties for allegedly violating federal child labor laws. Federal investigators in the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division determined SDI of Neil LLC, which operates as Sonic Drive-In, committed more …

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  • 28 May

    Brad Smith, Microsoft president, says he believes A.I. regulation will happen in the coming year

    Brad Smith, the president and vice chair of Microsoft Corporation, said in an interview that aired Sunday on “Face the Nation” that he expects the U.S. government to regulate artificial intelligence in the year ahead.  The European Union and China have already crafted national strategies but the U.S. has yet …

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  • 23 May

    Massachusetts father and son sentenced to prison for $20 million lottery scam

    A father and son were sentenced to federal prison in connection with a massive “ten-percenting” operation that allegedly involved dozens of Massachusetts convenience stores, thousands of lottery tickets and more than $20 million in laundered profits, authorities said Monday. Ali Jaafar and his son Yousef Jaafar, of Watertown, were sentenced …

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  • 22 May

    Mystery buyer purchases California ghost town for $22.5 million

    What’s the going price for a town full of crumbling buildings and tumbleweeds nestled in the heart of the California desert? Big bucks, it turns out. A mystery buyer on April 17 paid roughly $22.5 million for the property and mining claims of Eagle Mountain, a former iron-mining town, according …

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  • 16 May

    Black Americans experienced 1.6 million excess deaths compared to White population over 22

    Despite years of efforts to reduce health disparities, a new study is calling attention to the drastic differences in mortality that continue to take a toll among Black Americans. Researchers found the Black population in the United States experienced more than 1.63 million excess deaths — and more than 80 …

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  • 15 May

    Jamie Foxx’s daughter announces the pair will host a music game show

    On Monday, Corrine Foxx confirmed on Instagram that she and her father, the actor Jamie Foxx, will be hosting the guessing trivia game show “We Are Family” starting in 2024.  The announcement came days after she addressed her father’s condition following a “medical complication” last month. “Verified WE ARE FAMILY …

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  • 15 May

    Vice Media, once a digital media darling, is bankrupt

    Vice Media, once a digital video upstart formerly valued at nearly $6 billion, on Monday filed for bankruptcy protection. Vice launched in Montreal, Canada, in 1994 as a free magazine focused on alternative music and culture. Backed by money from other media companies as well as blue-chip Silicon Valley investors, …

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  • 12 May

    Brennan Doyle, teen stabbing suspect, claims magic mushrooms made him do it

    When Donna Ongsiako opened her front door just after midnight to let in her cat, the last thing she expected to see was a stranger with a knife. It was July 7, 2013, and up to that point, Ongsiako says, it had been a routine weekend. Now she was face …

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