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[ad_1] A billionaire couple is giving $100 million to Atlanta’s Spelman College, which the women’s school says is the largest-ever single donation to a historically Black college or university. The donation was announced Thursday by Ronda Stryker and her husband William Johnston. She is the billionaire granddaughter of the founder of medical device maker Stryker Corp. and he is the…

[ad_1] Coinbase argued to dismiss an SEC lawsuit at a Wednesday hearing in New York. Read More [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] A decision last week by a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that revived a First Amendment challenge by former prosecutor Andrew Warren, who was suspended by DeSantis, should support Disney’s arguments against the governor, the company said Thursday in a court filing. “The same values are at stake here,” Disney said. After DeSantis and…

[ad_1] The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards, celebrating the best in American prime time television programming from June 1, 2022, until May 31, 2023, will finally air on Jan. 15. And Apple and ABC are the ones to watch. This is an unusual Emmy ceremony, as many of the shows being honored ran so long ago. For instance, the third season…

[ad_1] Vivek Ramaswamy, the biotech entrepreneur, self-styled conservative firebrand, and long-shot Republican presidential candidate, believes he and Tesla CEO Elon Musk see eye-to-eye on many important issues, such as free speech. And this weekend, ahead of Iowa’s presidential caucuses on Monday evening, Musk’s posts on X suggested not only his support for Ramaswamy, but a belief that he’ll do far…

[ad_1] A potentially dangerous winter storm forecast to hit the Buffalo region over the weekend led the NFL on Saturday to push back the Bills’ wild-card playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers from Sunday to Monday. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and the NFL cited public safety concerns for the postponement, with up to 2 feet of snow projected to…

[ad_1] The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum—to be held in Davos, Switzerland, next week—is on more radars than usual this year, thanks to the name of one of the sessions: “Preparing for Disease X.” What is ‘Disease X’? “Disease X,” according to the World Health Organization, “represents the knowledge that a serious international epidemic could be caused by…

[ad_1] Nearly 10,000 COVID deaths occurred globally in December, the World Health Organization said this week—this as “Pirola” JN.1 offspring spawn and begin their upward ascents in the U.S. and worldwide. The current global wave occurs after holiday gatherings, as expected, and comes as new, highly mutated COVID variant “Pirola” JN.1 dominates worldwide, the organization’s director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,…

[ad_1] Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis this week directed the state’s universities to make it easier for out-of-state students facing antisemitism and other religious harassment in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war to transfer to Florida campuses. DeSantis’ directive on Tuesday piggybacks on blowback some Ivy League leaders have faced in response to how they’re handling antisemitism and anti-Israel protests on…

[ad_1] If you’re looking to avoid COVID-19 infection and its potential long-term consequences—especially during this winter’s “Pirola” JN.1 surge—you may want to rethink your diet, according to new research published in the British Medical Journal. Scientists surveyed hundreds of Brazilians between March and July 2022, querying them about their weight, height, health conditions, physical activity, and eating habits. They also…