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SoftBank’s PayPay moves closer to public markets with US IPO filing

Thursday, February 12 by SRN News

Feb 12 (Reuters) - Japanese payments app PayPay, which is backed by SoftBank, on Thursday made public its paperwork for an initial public offering in the United States. The move sets the stage for the first U.S. listing of a SoftBank-majority investment since the... Read More.

Four states sue Trump administration over cuts to public health funding

Thursday, February 12 by SRN News

By Jan Wolfe Feb 11 (Reuters) - Four Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit on Wednesday that seeks to block the Trump administration from terminating $600 million in public health funding. In a complaint filed in federal court in Chicago, the states - California, Colorado, Illinois, and... Read More.

Timeline of Guthrie siblings’ video messages to their mother’s purported abductors and the public

Wednesday, February 11 by SRN News

PHOENIX (AP) - "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie and her siblings have posted a series of videos online since their mother, 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, went missing earlier this month in a mysterious case that has gripped the nation. In the Instagram videos, Savannah, Camron... Read More.

US’s largest public utility says it now doesn’t want to close two coal-fired plants

Tuesday, February 10 by SRN News

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The nation's largest public utility says it now would prefer to keep operating two coal-fired power plants it had planned to shutter, changing course before a meeting of its board, which has a majority of members picked by the coal-friendly... Read More.

US to cut $600 million in public health grants to Democratic-led states, Bloomberg News reports

Tuesday, February 10 by SRN News

Feb 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is expected to cut about $600 million in public health grants to California, Minnesota, Illinois and Colorado because they do not align with the White House's priorities, Bloomberg News reported on Monday,... Read More.

Catherine O’Hara’s cause of death confirmed by public health department

Tuesday, February 10 by SRN News

(Corrects source to Public Health Department from Medical Examiner's Office in headline and paragraph 1) By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Catherine O'Hara, the comic actor known for "Schitt's Creek" and "Home Alone," died of a pulmonary embolism, according to her death certificate... Read More.

A timeline of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and the fight to make the government’s files public

Thursday, February 5 by SRN News

For much of two decades, police, FBI agents and prosecutors investigated allegations that Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused underage girls. Now, the Justice Department has released much of what they found to the public. The millions of documents comprise the most detailed look yet at the... Read More.

US Health Department pauses, then resumes $5 billion in public health grants, Bloomberg News reports

Sunday, January 25 by SRN News

Jan 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) restored about $5 billion in public health grants to states just hours after it sent notices pausing such grants, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday. A spokesperson for the agency said that states... Read More.

Jack Smith is set to testify at a public hearing about his Trump investigations

Thursday, January 22 by SRN News

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican lawmakers are poised to grill former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday at a congressional hearing that's expected to focus fresh attention on two criminal investigations that shadowed Donald Trump during his 2024 presidential campaign. Smith testified behind closed... Read More.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting votes itself out of existence

Monday, January 5 by SRN News

Leaders of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private agency that has steered federal funding to PBS, NPR and hundreds of public television and radio stations across the country, voted Monday to dissolve the organization that was created in 1967. CPB had been winding down... Read More.

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SoftBank’s PayPay moves closer to public markets with US IPO filing

Four states sue Trump administration over cuts to public health funding

Timeline of Guthrie siblings’ video messages to their mother’s purported abductors and the public

US’s largest public utility says it now doesn’t want to close two coal-fired plants

US to cut $600 million in public health grants to Democratic-led states, Bloomberg News reports

Catherine O’Hara’s cause of death confirmed by public health department

A timeline of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and the fight to make the government’s files public

US Health Department pauses, then resumes $5 billion in public health grants, Bloomberg News reports

Jack Smith is set to testify at a public hearing about his Trump investigations

Corporation for Public Broadcasting votes itself out of existence

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