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Science

New Orleans is sinking—and so are its $15 billion flood defenses

Parts of New Orleans and its surrounding wetlands are gradually sinking, and while most of the city remains stable, a…

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Business

Buffett donates $6 billion in Berkshire shares to charities

Warren Buffett will donate about $6 billion of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. shares to five foundations as part of a pledge…

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Business

Amazon, Google, Meta, and Uber hit with $2 billion retroactive tax bill

President Donald Trump said Friday that he’s suspending trade talks with Canada over its plans to continue with its tax on technology…

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Science

Earth’s oldest rocks date back 4.16 billion years

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. While rocks are not exactly living…

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Business

Snack stars are aligning as the FTC clears the $36 billion Mars-Kellanova merger for launch

Snack maker Kellanova’s shares rose Thursday on news that its proposed merger with Mars Inc. had cleared U.S. regulators. The U.S. Federal…

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Business

Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ bill would make immigration to U.S. more expensive and put $150 billion into deportation efforts

President Donald Trump’s spending cuts and border security package would inject roughly $150 billion into his mass deportation agenda over…

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CBD

The True Universe Age May Be 26.7 Billion Years Old

An intriguing new cosmic model—proposed in a Brighter Side report—has shaken fundamental cosmological assumptions. Leveraging recent James Webb Space Telescope…

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Business

Ukraine amasses $43 billion for defense industry, Zelenskiy says

Ukraine has accumulated $43 billion for its defence industry so far this year between local funding and aid from allies,…

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Food & Drink

Americans Spend $78 Billion on Tips Every Year, According to a New Report

In 2023, Americans spent $77.6 billion on tips, according to a LendingTree analysis based on USDA data on out-of-home food…

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Purdue Pharma, Sacklers reach new $7.4 billion opioid settlement : NPR

Grace Bisch hold a picture of stepson Eddie Bisch who died as a result of an overdose on outside of…

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