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Billionaire Cari Tuna on why the organization she started will offer free advice to other donors

For San Francisco-based billionaire Cari Tuna, the most important decision a philanthropist can make is deciding what cause to support. Starting Tuesday, the organization she helped found will offer help to other major donors making those choices.

Tuna, 40, and her husband, Dustin Moskovitz, 41, first seriously started in philanthropy in 2010, when Tuna quit her job as a journalist and set out to give away most of their wealth, which Moskovitz initially made as a cofounder of Facebook. But as she spoke with people in the philanthropic ecosystem, Tuna said she found few others who... Read More

House heads toward vote on bill forcing release of Jeffrey Epstein files

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is headed towards a vote Tuesday on legislation to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, the culmination of a monthslong effort that has overcome opposition from President Donald Trump and Republican leadership.

When a small bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduced a petition in July to maneuver around House Speaker Mike Johnson's control of which bills see the House floor, it appeared a longshot effort — especially as Trump urged his supporters to dismiss the matter as a “hoax.”... Read More

Dozens of pregnant women flee from Sudan's el-Fasher, risking their lives and babies

CAIRO (AP) — A few weeks before the fall of her hometown to Sudan’s paramilitary group, Nadra Mohamed Ahmed, seven months pregnant at the time, trekked for nearly 40 kilometers (25 miles) across unsafe roads, along with her two children, until she found safe transportation to a shelter across the country.

“By the time I arrived here, I had lost a lot of blood," said Ahmed from her tent at the overcrowded displacement camp in the town of al-Dabbah in northern Sudan. "I was admitted to the ICU where I spent a few days and had a blood transfusion.”

Ahmed arrived in... Read More

First baseman Josh Naylor agrees to $92.5 million, 5-year contract with Seattle Mariners

SEATTLE (AP) — First baseman Josh Naylor and the Seattle Mariners finalized a $92.5 million, five-year contract on Monday.

Naylor gets a $6.5 million signing bonus payable within 120 days of the deal's approval by the commissioner's office and salaries of $10 million next season, $16 million in 2027. $18 million in 2028, $20 million in 2029 and $22 million in 2030. He has a full no-trade provision, requiring his approval to be assigned to any other team.

The 28-year-old became a free agent following a season in which the Mariners lost to the Toronto Blue Jays in Game... Read More

Judge approves opioid settlement for Purdue Pharma and Sackler family members who own the company

A federal bankruptcy court judge on Tuesday formally approved OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over the harms of opioids.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane gave reasoning Tuesday for approving the plan, which requires members of the Sackler family who own the company to contribute up to $7 billion over 15 years. Most of the money is to go to government entities to fight the opioid crisis that has been linked to 900,000 deaths in the U.S. since 1999.

A portion of the money is to be distributed next year to some people who had OxyContin... Read More

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Billionaire Cari Tuna on why the organization she started will offer free advice to other donors

House heads toward vote on bill forcing release of Jeffrey Epstein files

Dozens of pregnant women flee from Sudan's el-Fasher, risking their lives and babies

First baseman Josh Naylor agrees to $92.5 million, 5-year contract with Seattle Mariners

Judge approves opioid settlement for Purdue Pharma and Sackler family members who own the company

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