The company says individuals and businesses will be able to use compensation in any manner they see fit, but the settlement doesn’t include or constitute any admission of liability, wrongdoing or fault.
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Michigan school shooter’s parents sentenced to at least 10 years in prison
Jennifer and James Crumbley, who were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, are the first parents convicted in a U.S. mass school shooting.
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Russia, China to partner on ‘counteracting’ U.S.-European alliance
Beijing and Moscow have intensified their diplomatic and economic partnership since President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine in 2022.
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Biden promotes ‘life-changing’ student loan relief in Wisconsin as he tries to rally young voters
The plan is smaller and more targeted than Biden’s original plan, which was killed by the Supreme Court last year.
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Vatican blasts gender-affirming surgery, surrogacy and gender theory as violations of human dignity
From a pope who has made outreach to the LGBTQ+ community a hallmark of his papacy, the document was received as a setback, albeit a predictable one, by trans Catholics.
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Palestinians returning to Khan Younis after Israeli withdrawal find an unrecognizable city
Families tried to find their homes along streets bulldozed down to the dirt, surrounded by landscapes of rubble and debris that were once blocks of apartments and businesses.
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New York appeals judge rejects Trump’s request to delay his hush money trial
The hush money trial is the first of Donald Trump’s four criminal indictments slated to go to trial and would be the first criminal trial ever of a former president.
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Biden administration announces $6.6 billion to ensure microchips are built in the U.S.
The funding is tied to a sweeping 2022 law that President Biden has celebrated and which is designed to revive U.S. semiconductor manufacturing.
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Huge crowds await the eclipse in North America. Clouds may spoil the view for many of them
The best weather was expected at the tail end of the eclipse in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, as well as New Brunswick and Newfoundland in Canada.
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Asbestos victims in Montana want Buffett’s railroad company held responsible
A trial is set to begin against BNSF Railway over the lung cancer deaths of two people who lived in a town where thousands of people were exposed to asbestos from a vermiculite mine.