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A billionaire who previously donated £500,000 to the Conservatives has said he will be voting for Labour, and encourages others to do the same. John Caudwell, founder of Phones4U, was one of the biggest donors to the Tories ahead of the 2019 general election, when he gave half a million pounds to Boris Johnson’s campaign. […]
More than 100 vehicles have been donated to Ukraine under London’s Ultra Low Emissions Zone (Ulez) scrappage scheme, City Hall has said. Under the scheme, vehicles that do not meet emission standards can be sent to the war-torn country instead of being scrapped. A convoy of 20 vehicles were delivered to Ukraine over the weekend, […]
Crowds attending recent NBA games in downtown Oklahoma City and a University of Oklahoma spring football game enjoyed snacks and meals while they cheered for their teams. While not all the tidbits and treats offered during the sports events were eaten, the surplus food is getting to people in need thanks to a Tulsa resident’s […]
By Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has dismissed an ethics complaint against Justice Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the hush money criminal case against former U.S. President Donald Trump, a spokesperson for the judge said. “Justice Merchan said the complaint, from more than a year ago, […]
Maxwell Azzarello, the man who passed away after self-inflicted burns outside the Manhattan courthouse during Trump’s trial on Friday, was a registered organ donor, Action News Jax has learned. Despite the circumstances surrounding his death, Azzarello’s decision to register as an organ donor has saved the lives of two people in need. READ: ‘Said something […]
In 2020, the murder of George Floyd sparked social unrest that captured the country’s attention, and major corporations looked inward to see what they could do to improve racial disparities. Wisconsin-based Kohl’s Corp. is under scrutiny by an activist investor related to donations it pledged back in 2020. The National Center for Public Policy Research, […]
Nvidia, now one of the world’s most valuable companies with a $2.2 trillion market cap, was formed in an unexpected place. Exactly 31 years ago today, Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem met at a Denny’s restaurant, where Huang had once worked as a dishwasher and busboy. While Huang has been the face of […]
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Hundreds of students in northern Nigeria rushed to get food donated to their school by the government to help ease hardship, resulting in a stampede that left two dead and 23 others injured, school authorities said Friday. Africa’s most populous country is facing one of its worst economic crises in decades, […]
Feb. 29—Like many volunteer fire departments across the state, the Star City VFD has faced financial hardships in the past few years and given the tight budget, firefighters have been working with outdated equipment. A bit of fortune came their way, however, when they received a donation from the Terry Farrell Foundation based on Long […]
Americans are helping people pay off their medical debt via crowdfunding sites like GoFundMe — and some are also launching these campaigns for themselves. In a survey conducted from Jan. 25 to Jan. 29, using a nationally representative sample of 1,594 U.S. adults, a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll finds that 24% of respondents have donated […]
Each year in the United States, fertility treatment centers perform hundreds of thousands of assisted reproductive cycles in which eggs or embryos are handled. In 2020, for example, there were 326,468 such procedures. And of those procedures, 75,023 births resulted, accounting for approximately 2% of the country’s live births. Another 123,304 of those procedures involved […]