As cases of the new coronavirus continued to be confirmed in Texas licensed child care centers, Governor Greg Abbott ordered new rules Tuesday, less than two weeks after the state removed previous emergency restrictions for providers. Child care centers, such as day care centers, before and after school programs, and …
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Regeneron funneled bribes through patient charity, federal lawsuits
Drug maker Regeneron funneled tens of millions of dollars to a charity that paid out-of-pocket costs for patients who took the company’s expensive eye drug, and then lied to internal auditors about it, according to a lawsuit filed. Wednesday by federal prosecutors in Massachusetts. . The lawsuit, filed in the …
Read More »New photo rekindles speculation about Loch Ness monster
A new photograph taken in Scotland has rekindled speculation about the existence of the legendary Loch Ness Monster. But it’s probably just a big catfish. English tourist Steve Challice said he took the picture in September while visiting Urquhart Castle on the shores of the famous Scottish lake, capturing what …
Read More »Nunes can’t sue Twitter for accounts posing as his mother and a cow, judge says
Twitter is immune to Nunes’s defamation and negligence claims, the judge said, because the company is protected by a critical law at the heart of a political debate in Washington: Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. The court decision provides the most recent example of how the 1996 law …
Read More »The Hope diamond formed astonishingly close to Earth’s core
Two of the world’s most famous diamonds may have originated deep below the earth’s surface, near the planet’s core. All natural diamonds on Earth are first formed underground from our surface perspective. But from the perspective of this planet’s great mass, its usual births occur relatively far from the nucleus. …
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