Dateline: April 29 2038. Ahmad wipes the sweat from his brow, having just
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) —As part of Fred Meyer and QFC’s efforts aimed at ending hunger in the communities it serves, the grocer has donated 1,640,000 meals to local food banks in Oregon during 2023. Fred Meyer/QFC stores diverted almost 32,000 tons of product from the landfill during 2023 through the grocery rescue program. The program prevents
by Wm. Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, SUNDAY! It's the perfect time to catch up on some of the great reporting and stories the Mercury churned out this week! (PRO TIP: If you despise being "the last to know," then be one of the first to know by signing up for Mercury newsletters! All the latest stories shipped directly to your email's in-box and then YOUR HEAD.) • Portland Will Pay Nearly $1.6 Million for Independent Monitor to Oversee City's...
That’s exactly what has happened this month to residents in Greendykes and other parts of the city where they are part of a district heating scheme. People are angry, and with good reason. Out of the blue they found their heating account charges had suddenly gone up from five pence a unit to 26 pence, adding up to £200 a month to bills. No notice, no explanation, just an automatic adjustment to their online accounts. The Greendykes residents – some tenants, some owners - live in a new...
The state is ordered to pay more than $2 million for the “Kansas two-step maneuver.”
Adrienne Bailon, former Cheetah Girls singer and co-host of “The Real,” has candidly revealed the staggering cost she and her husband Israel Houghton endured on their fertility journey, totaling “easily over a million” dollars in in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments. After a six-year struggle with infertility, Bailon, 40, and Houghton, 52, welcomed their son Ever via […] The post Adrienne Bailon Opens Up About Costly Fertility Journey: ‘Easily Over a Million’ first appeared on The Source.
The parliamentary inquiry into the government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis is going to take three years, and it will be 2026 before public hearings are held, it emerged on Wednesday. A budget of over €7 million has been set aside for the inquiry during which prime minister Mark Rutte and former health minister Hugo de Jonge will be heard under oath. If MPs back the revised plan for the inquiry it will start in May. Closed interviews will take
CONTENT WARNING: This article discusses rape. Bruce Lehrmann went back to the lion’s den for his hat, and left with the new titles of “rapist” and “loser” — a privilege that could potentially cost him millions of dollars. So how much will Bruce Lehrmann pay for losing his defamation trial? In a historic end to the defamation case between Lehrmann and Network 10, Justice Michael […]
Special Report: The hunt for the origins of COVID-19 has gone dark in China, the victim of political infighting after a series of stalled and thwarted attempts to find the source of the virus that killed millions and paralyzed the world for months.
United Airlines was pushed into the red by Boeing and its ongoing quality issues, the airline said Tuesday. The company took a $200 million hit in the first quarter after the Boeing 737 Max 9 was grounded following the door plug incident aboard an Alaska Airlines flight. United did not say whether or not it expects to be reimbursed by Boeing for the cost of the grounding of its 737 Max 9s for three weeks following the January 5 incident. But it did say that it would have been profitable without...
Federal lawmakers face a year-end deadline to solidify or scuttle an array of COVID-era payment changes for telehealth services that include allowing people to stay in their homes to see a doctor or therapist.