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Harvard raised tuition to $75,538 and continues charging students to wash their clothes, not out of necessity, but out of a refusal to stop extracting. The laundry system was revamped this fall, introducing a third-party app that forces students to preload $10 just to avoid extra fees, turning a basic chore into a financial hurdle. …
August delivered a jolt the labor market could not absorb. Employers added 22,000 jobs, far below the 75,000 forecast, exposing a system that is faltering under pressure. Unemployment climbed to 4.3 percent while wage growth inched 0.3 percent month-over-month and 3.7 percent year-over-year, missing projections. Each number reflects more than performance. It reveals cracks threatening …
Here comes a plot twist: As Skydance Media and RedBird Capital Partners work to close the Larry Ellison-backed takeover of Paramount Global this spring, a consortium of investors who previously bid on the storied media conglomerate is mounting an eleventh-hour $13.5 billion offer. Variety has obtained a legal letter that is being sent to Paramount’s …
How dumb is that governor? NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York state will fine fossil fuel companies a total of $75 billion over the next 25 years to pay for damage caused to the climate under a bill Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law on Thursday. The law is intended to shift some of the …
And it only cost us (taxpayers) $75,000… 🤦♂️https://t.co/PfwA81eU11 — Unbiased Crime Report (@UnbiasedCrime) July 5, 2024 A Baltimore jury awarded $75,000 on Wednesday to a man who was sprayed with tear gas at close range and tackled by police during the 2015 civil unrest following the death of Freddie Gray. Larry Lomax filed an excessive …
In a heartbreaking reflection of the current state of housing affairs, a staggering 36% of Gen Zers and millennials gearing up to purchase their first homes cling to hope in the form of cash gifts from family. This reliance on familial support speaks volumes about the bleak reality faced by young aspiring homeowners, forced to …
According to WPXI, Pittsburgh Police Chief Larry Scirotto says it’s part of an effort to cut down his department’s call volume from 200,000 to 50,000 calls per year. The changes come as the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police personnel prepare to transition from working five eight-hour days to four 10-hour days each week. The schedule change …
by Chris Black France is about to pass a bill which would criminalize insulting Israel. This law would punish anti-Israel speech with multiple years of jail time and tens of thousands of euros in fines. Note that these same lawmakers have yet to propose any law that would punish insulting France or French people. https://twitter.com/davidrkadler/status/1720461371316326556 …