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What to know about the brain-eating amoeba that killed a boy swimming in a lake
A 12-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba two weeks after a holiday weekend on a popular South Carolina lake. The ...
FIBT rises in the ranks as one of America’s best banks
For the third year in a row, the First International Bank & Trust (FIBT) was included on the American Banker’s 20 ...
Record-breaking heat wave scorches Southeast US
Residents in the Southeast U.S. are no strangers to heat in the summertime, but this week’s sweltering hot weather set at ...
Lawyers for Epstein’s former girlfriend say she’s open to interview with Congress, if given immunity
Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned former girlfriend of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, is open to answering questions from Congress — but only if she is granted immunity ...
Why there hasn’t been a formal declaration of famine in Gaza
The leading international authority on food crises said Tuesday that the “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in Gaza.” It predicted “widespread death” without immediate ...
Dominican authorities chase a boat for more than 12 hours and net 1½ tons of coke
Authorities in the Dominican Republic said Tuesday that they chased a boat for more than 12 hours and discovered 1½ tons of cocaine aboard it. It’s one of ...
NYC mass shooter said he had CTE: What is the brain disease known to impact NFL players
The man accused of fatally shooting four people in a Manhattan office building before turning the gun on himself on Monday, claimed to suffer from a serious brain disease in a note he left behind.
Why value investing has worked better outside the US
I recently interviewed investor and author Daniel Rasmussen for The Long View podcast, where he commented that “value hasn’t worked in the U.S., but it’s worked fine internationally.” I was ...