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New York’s $226 billion pension fund is dropping fossil fuel stocks

December 09, 2020

The fund will divest from many fossil fuels in the next five years and sell its shares in other companies that contribute to global warming by 2040. — NYT: Top Stories

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Zara Tindall, Queen Elizabeth’s granddaughter, pregnant with her third child: ‘Please be a boy’

December 09, 2020

Zara and Mike Tindall currently share two daughters: Mia Grace, 6, and Lena Elizabeth, 2.   — FOX News

Business, Cultural Corner, News Now!

Work-from-home scheme targeting Latinas netted $7 million, U.S. says

December 09, 2020

A federal lawsuit says that Moda Latina BZ, a Los Angeles County company, deceived consumers into thinking they could make up to $500 a week selling perfume, makeup and other items. — NYT: Top Stories

News Now!, Politics

AP sources: Biden picks Lloyd Austin as secretary of defense

December 08, 2020

FILE – In this Sept. 16, 2015, photo, U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. Lloyd Austin III, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Biden will nominate retired four-star Army general Lloyd J. Austin to be secretary of defense. That’s according to three people

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Safe harbor law locks Congress into accepting Biden’s win

December 08, 2020

In this Dec. 4, 2020, photo, President-elect Joe Biden speaks about jobs at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del. Other than Wisconsin, every state appears to have met a deadline in federal law that essentially means Congress has to accept the electoral

Health Care, News Now!, Politics, Science

Feds passed up chance to lock in more Pfizer vaccine doses

December 08, 2020

President Donald Trump speaks after awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor, to Olympic gold medalist and former University of Iowa wrestling coach Dan Gable in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, in Washington.

Health Care, News Now!, Travel & Venues

“Nobody knows“: Experts baffled by mystery illness in India

December 08, 2020

A patient is assisted by others to get down from an ambulance at the district government hospital in Eluru, Andhra Pradesh state, India, Tuesday, Dec.8, 2020. Health officials and experts are still baffled by a mysterious illness that has left over 500

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Uber giving self-driving car project to a start-up

December 07, 2020

Company executives once said having cars that can drive on their own would be a salvation for their business. But the effort turned into a legal and financial headache. — NYT: Top Stories

Business, News Now!

MSNBC names Rashida Jones as president

December 07, 2020

Ms. Jones, currently a senior vice president at the network, will become the highest-ranking Black woman in the TV news industry. — NYT: Top Stories

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