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This $40 Million Caribbean Estate Is Like Your Own Private Resort
Robb Report
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June 25, 2025
Your next vacation home could well be in “America’s Paradise.” A quaint hilltop estate in the U.S. Virgin Islands has just hit the market for $40 million. Perched atop two hillside acres on the island of St. John, the aptly named Le Paradis (or...
New political party pushing for US linkage
Stabroek News
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July 8, 2025
A new political movement GoAMERICA short for Guyanese on Accountability, Meritocracy, Equality, Reform, Inclusion, and Collaboration with America has announced its entry into the September 1 general and regional elections with a bold and...
Charley Hull sends out a thoughtful gift for her golfer friend who she once practiced with at Northamptonshire
Sportskeeda
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July 8, 2025
Charley Hull recently made a kind gesture for her friend James Northern, gifting him a custom TaylorMade wedge. The club features the names “Albert,” “Ralphy,” and “Nicole” etched on it, along with the “Milled Grind” and “Proto” marks, making it a...
HHS OIG Continues to Highlight How Medicaid Fraud Control Units Recovered $1.4 Billion in FY 2024
National Law Review
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July 1, 2025
On June 25, 2025, the Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) released a short video containing the highlights of the Medicaid Fraud Control Units (“MFCUs”) Annual Report for Fiscal Year...
AG Labrador Secures $24 Million for Idaho in Purdue Opioid Settlement
Big Country News Connection - Washington State
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BOISE — Attorney General Raúl Labrador announced today that all 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible states and U.S. territories, agreed to a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family. The Sackler...
Sigh of relief for Prince Andrew as the FBI end probe into the royal's links to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein
Daily Mail
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July 7, 2025
By AIDAN RADNEDGE Published: 11:24 EDT, 7 July 2025 | Updated: 11:27 EDT, 7 July 2025 Prince Andrew has been given a boost as the FBI ended its probe into links involving the late paedophile financier and former friend Jeffrey Epstein. There had...
The last video of Jeffrey Epstein alive: Trump officials release tape of paedophile financier walking to prison cell where he allegedly killed himself
Daily Mail
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July 7, 2025
CCTV footage taken outside disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein's cell has now been released, six years after the notorious paedophile was found dead. Around 11 hours of CCTV footage taken from inside the Metropolitan Correctional Centre in New...
Newlywed Detained by ICE for 140 Days Says She Was Treated 'Like Cattle'
Newsweek
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July 4, 2025
A newlywed bride from Texas who was released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody on Thursday has said she was treated like "cattle" during her detention. Ward Sakeik, a 22-year-old stateless Palestinian woman married to a U.S....
Trump's DOJ issues final verdict on Jeffrey Epstein in attempt to silence swirling conspiracy theories
Daily Mail
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July 7, 2025
The FBI and the Department of Justice under Donald Trump have determined Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide and the fabled 'client list' does not exist. Sentiment was widely shared online that Epstein's 2019 death was made to look like a suicide,...
55 attorneys general agree to $7.4 billion Purdue settlement
The Register Herald - Ohio
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July 1, 2025
COLUMBUS — Attorney General Dave Yost last week announced the attorneys general of 49 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories have signed on to a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler...
Our freedoms as Americans
Marianas Variety
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Galvin Deleon Guerrero AS we celebrate Fourth of July, we pause to honor two defining moments — Independence Day as Americans, and Liberation Day as a Commonwealth. These are more than just holidays; they are powerful reminders of the freedoms we...
International News Briefs for Thursday, July 3, 2025
Havana Times
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July 3, 2025
HAVANA TIMES – Here are some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Thursday, July 3, 2025. GOP Leaders Advance to Final House Vote on Bill to Slash Social Programs and Cut Taxes on the Rich Jul 03, 2025 On Capitol...
This south Louisiana company has found success building metal studs. Here's how.
Nola - Louisiana
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After he left Georgia Tech in 2019 with a degree in mechanical engineering, Mateo Atwi returned to New Iberia and started a business with his brother Tiago creating buildings out of shipping containers. They built some modules for a medical clinic...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, May 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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July 3, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
GAO: Guam's public debt at $2.5B, faces risks despite stable economy
Pacific Daily News
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Guam’s public debt totaled $2.5 billion for fiscal 2023, a 4% drop from fiscal 2021, based on a newly released report of the investigative arm of the U.S. Congress. The Government Accountability Office’s analysis of audited financial statements...
“Special treatment”: How Republicans bought Lisa Murkowski’s vote
Salon
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July 2, 2025
Despite belllyaching from Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, over what she called an “agonizing” vote for President Donald Trump’s massive tax bill, the senator was able to secure an inordinate number of concessions from Republicans who were desperate...
AARP award helps Black Empowerment Community Council’s vehicle
Osceola News Gazette - Florida
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Body Thanks to a grant from AARP Florida, the Black Empowerment and Community Council will be able to expand services to seniors going forward. The BECC Empowerment Express, a van previous donated to the organization, will be transformed into a...
Stateless Palestinian woman 'treated like cattle' by US immigration
The National News
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A stateless Palestinian woman who grew up in the US was released this week from American immigration detention after four months in custody. Ward Sakeik, 22, a resident of Texas whose family is originally from Gaza, was arrested by Immigration and...
Companies Behind the Esencia Project in Puerto Rico Leave a Global Trail of Damage
Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
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July 2, 2025
The five foreign companies behind the Esencia megaproject in Cabo Rojo, on Puerto Rico’s southwest coast, have left a trail of environmental destruction and community disputes in the ecologically sensitive areas where they’ve developed previous...
Texas Passes Most Comprehensive AI Governance Bill
SecureWorld
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July 2, 2025
Texas is making waves in AI governance. Governor Greg Abbott recently signed House Bill 149, formally titled the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (TRAIGA), on June 22, 2025. The new law, effective January 1, 2026,...