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Mold, bugs found at Va. Boar’s Head facility tied to listeria outbreak
The Boar’s Head plant in southern Virginia at the epicenter of a deadly nationwide listeria outbreak was found with mold and insects, according to USDA reports.
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‘All so confusing’: Student loan borrowers in limbo after courts halt popular plan
The dueling court cases seeking to overturn the Save repayment plan are creating a harmful ripple effect throughout the federal student loan system.
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Lewiston’s Geiger appoints vice president of enterprise sales
LEWISTON — Geiger, a family-owned promotional products distributor, has appointed Jeff DePalma as vice president of enterprise sales. DePalma, who lives in New Jersey, joined Geiger in 2021 as the regional vice president for the Northeast. As vice president of enterprise sales, he is poised to lead Geiger’s efforts in expanding its reach on a […]
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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck may not have had a prenup, but you should consider one
One surprising thing about the singer’s split from her actor husband is that her divorce petition did not include any mention of a prenuptial agreement
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U.S. appeals court takes aim at Big Tech liability shield
A Pennsylvania mother won the right to sue TikTok over the death of her 10-year-old daughter.
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Lithium startups bet on high demand in battery-powered future
A new crop of startups is working on novel ways of producing the valuable metal and promising to open untapped lithium sources.
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U.S. economy expands at revised 3% rate on resilient consumer
Growth has cooled so far this year after accelerating the second half of 2023.
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Average rate on a 30-year mortgage eases to 6.35%, its lowest level in more than a year
Signs of waning inflation and a cooling job market have raised expectations the Federal Reserve will cut its benchmark interest rate next month for the first time in 4 years.
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Trump says he’ll announce a plan to make U.S. the ‘crypto capital’
Donald Trump has done a complete about-face toward the asset class, which he had considered a crime-riddled scam while he was in office.