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Visa Inc. said Tuesday that its board of directors approved a deposit of $600 million into a litigation escrow account that the company previously set up in response to a years-old merchant lawsuit. The account is set up so that funding of the litigation escrow account dilutes the value of the company's bank-owned class B shares relative to the company's class A shares. As such, the move functions like a buyback of Visa's regular class A shares because the conversion rate of class B shares is reduced. Читать дальше...

Sgt. Aquilino Gonell said on Tuesday that he'll never be in full uniform again due to injuries from rioters at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

More than 200 employees at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts have ratified a contract that includes better pay and benefits

Former President Donald Trump dismissed the presence of armed protesters headed to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and even endorsed their calls to “hang Mike Pence,” a key former White House aide told House investigators Tuesday, describing chaotic scenes inside and outside the executive mansion as Trump argued to accompany his supporters.Former President Donald Trump dismissed the presence of armed protesters headed to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and even endorsed their calls to “hang Mike Pence,”... Читать дальше...

Deborah James achieved some wonderful things in her final days, as she promised she would live her life to the fullest even with her devastating terminal cancer diagnosis

Wrote Friday that the Knicks had amassed “major momentum” in their pursuit of Jalen Brunson after draft night. There is a growing resignation in Dallas, sources say, that the Knicks are indeed Brunson’s top choice and his inevitable destination. More: https://marcstein.substack.com/p/brunson-sweepstakes-just-got-real
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ALL OR NOTHING: ARSENAL is a documentary series taking viewers behind the curtain during a crucial football season. When does it start on Amazon Prime Video?

The regulator says the auditing company has to pay for an outside probe that seeks to get behind the curtain protecting lawyers’ advice.

'you deserve more than an opportunist for a leader'

Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan said his office plans on ruling the child's cause of death heat-related after he was left in a car for nearly three hours.

Astronomers have observed a star that not only survived a stellar explosion called a supernova, but emerged from it brighter than before the blast. This white dwarf is gravitationally locked in orbit...

The American public’s views of the economy are declining as gas prices rise, according to a Gallup poll released Tuesday. Two-thirds of Americans surveyed in the poll conducted earlier this month said that gas prices are causing a moderate or severe financial hardship on their household. That figure marks an increase of 15 percentage points...

Fox News crushed cable competition during the news-heavy second quarter of 2022, finishing as the most-watched network among total and primetime viewers.

The Barclays AAdvantage Aviator Red Mastercard offers a free checked bag, priority boarding, inflight discounts, and other great travel benefits.

British socialite was found guilty on 29 December by a federal jury on five charges, including sex trafficking - follow for live updates

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One of the difficulties of cryptocurrency is figuring out who to believe. Case in point: the conflict between Mark Lamb, CEO of CoinFlex, and Roger “Bitcoin Jesus” Ver, an early Bitcoin investor. Lamb says Ver owes his company $47 million and is the reason the company froze customer withdrawals last week. Ver denies this and says that, in fact, CoinFlex owes him money.

Habitat for Humanity launched work on the relocated Pallesen apartments, the first project that's part of a $10 million Google investment.

Eric Adams says Rudy Giuliani should be investigated for falsely reporting a crime after claiming he was assaulted in a Staten Island supermarket.

If you are still concerned about COVID and want to continue mitigation practices, but are also wary of the CDC and suspicious that its COVID maps and recommendations are influenced by corporate interests (hint: the answer is yes, they are!), then I've found your people. — Read the rest

Turkey has lifted its opposition to Finland and Sweden joining NATO after previously insisting the countries change their stance toward Kurdish rebel groups.

A Dallas mother of three was fatally shot outside the XTC Cabaret after ramming her car into a group of security guards. One of the security officers suffered multiple broken bones.

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Next chapter will focus on "helping" Pinterest users to buy, co-founder and outgoing Chief Executive Ben Silbermann says.

Fuel and fertilizer costs have both doubled in just the last year, eating into the already razor-thin profits of local farmers.