This week has been especially chaotic for the Middle East. On Saturday, a Lebanese rocket killed 12 children and youth at a soccer game in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights. (The victims were Syrian citizens with Israeli residency.) On Tuesday night, Israel took revenge for the rocket by killing Fuad Shukr, a commander in the pro-Iranian
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The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board announced yesterday that it has selected three new board members to four-year terms along with the new chair and vice chair that were announced last week. The new public members are Ahmed A. Abonamah, the former chief financial officer and director, Department of Finance, City of Cleveland, and Daniel L. Wiles,
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The American Federation of Teachers 88th National Convention centered not on workplace conditions or the resolution of deep issues rampant throughout the nations classrooms but underscored the unions longstanding devotion to progressive politics, culminating in a resounding endorsement of presidential candidate Kamala Harris. The convention, which hosts AFT delegates from across the nation to vote
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The World Health Organization Aug 2 2024 The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and the World Health Organization (WHO) today called on researchers and governments to strengthen and accelerate global research to prepare for the next pandemic. They emphasized the importance of expanding research to encompass entire families of pathogens that can infect humans–regardless
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Texas A&M University Aug 2 2024 Prior authorization-; the process by which a health insurance company denies or approves coverage for a health care service before the service is performed-; became standard practice beginning with Medicare and Medicaid legislation in the 1960s. Although research has uncovered disparities in prior coverage for cancer patients based on race, little
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Record inflation may have people questioning whether homeownership is still a good investment. Home prices have been rising faster than incomes, which can be a problem for homeowners because as the value of a home rises, so does the cost to maintain it. More than 1 in 4 homeowners with mortgages are considered “cost-burdened,” meaning
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A county in South Carolina cannot use bond proceeds for a sewer system that benefits only part of the county, a judge ruled, saying it should create a special tax district so only those who will use the system will pay for it. The state constitution bars this practice, Judge R. Lawton McIntosh said in
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Share Tweet By Billy Hallowell Editor July 31, 2024 A Tennessee city has drawn the ire of atheist activists after openly honoring God. Mt. Juliet authorities took an official stand July 22, passing a resolution calling the Lord the “Creator and King of all Glory,” and encouraging citizens to embrace prayer, if they’re so willing,
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