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A first: U.S. Senate confirms transgender doctor for key post

Voting mostly along party lines, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed former Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be the nation’s assistant secretary of health. She is the first openly transgender federal official to win Senate confirmation. The final...

CEO says Prince Harry hire is a natural fit, not a publicity stunt

TERENCE CHEA and ANDREW DALTON, AP March 24, 2021 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The CEO of BetterUp Inc. said Wednesday that he hired Prince Harry as an executive because of his tenacious advocacy for the...

Yellen sees room for US to borrow, opens door to tax hike

WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen believes the U.S. government has more room to borrow, but said higher taxes would likely be required in the long run to finance future spending increases. Yellen appeared Wednesday before the Senate...

Hundreds of Massachusetts residents are slated to get refunds from Boston Sports Clubs

Hundreds of Massachusetts residents who were billed against their will by Boston Sports Clubs are now slated to get full refunds, according Attorney General Maura Healey’s office. Healey announced Tuesday that her office had secured $126,858 in refunds for...

COVID-19 law sparks dialogue on nursing home alternatives

WASHINGTON (AP) — With the memory of the pandemic’s toll in nursing homes still raw, the COVID-19 relief law is offering states a generous funding boost for home- and community-based care as an alternative to institutionalizing disabled people. Advocates...

Slower mail, fewer office hours part of Postal Service plans

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Tuesday announced plans to slow mail delivery standards and cut hours at some post offices as part of a 10-year strategy to stabilize the struggling agency. Details of the long-awaited plan come at a...

Charlie Baker defends 'incremental' reopening process

Massachusetts moved into the first step of Phase 4 of the state’s reopening plan on Monday, even as some urge Gov. Charlie Baker to be more cautious and the decline in COVID-19 infections stalls. Baker says he is being...

Ellen DeGeneres loses 1 million viewers after apologies for toxic workplace

When Ellen DeGeneres returned from a summer hiatus to open the 18th season of her daytime talk show in September, she came armed with an apology. “I learned that things happen here that never should have happened,” she said....

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sells NFT of first tweet for $2.9M

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has sold a digital version of his first tweet for more than $2.9 million more than two weeks after he announced a digital auction for the post. The tweet from March...

With Walsh's confirmation, Biden's Cabinet is nearly complete but hundreds of jobs are still open

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s Cabinet is nearly complete with the confirmation of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh on Monday. But the work of building his administration is just beginning, as Biden has hundreds of key presidential appointments to...
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Watch Kendrick Lamar Diss Drake, Perform With SZA & More at the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show

Even if you tuned in to watch Kendrick Lamar‘s electrifying 2025 Super Bowl...

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