#Vaccines are ‘personal’ after church member dies of COVID

#Vaccines are ‘personal’ after church member dies of COVID

“#Vaccines are ‘personal’ after church member dies of COVID” The founder of controversial megachurch Hillsong has defended a recently deceased congregant’s fatal refusal to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by calling the choice a “personal decision.”  “While many of our staff, leadership and congregation have already received the COVID-19 vaccine, we recognize this is a personal…

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#White nationalists mar George Floyd, Breonna Taylor mural

#White nationalists mar George Floyd, Breonna Taylor mural

“#White nationalists mar George Floyd, Breonna Taylor mural” A mural honoring George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery in Portland was vandalized by supporters of a white nationalist hate group, photos show. The artist who created the “We Stand With You” mural of Floyd, Taylor and Arbery last year revealed the damage left behind by…

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#Pandemic leaves Indians mired in massive medical debts

#Pandemic leaves Indians mired in massive medical debts

“#Pandemic leaves Indians mired in massive medical debts” NEW DELHI — As coronavirus cases ravaged India this spring, Anil Sharma visited his 24-year-old son Saurav at a private hospital in northwest New Delhi every day for more than two months. In May, as India’s new COVID-19 cases broke global records to reach 400,000 a day,…

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#Robinhood CEO interested in offering retirement accounts

#Robinhood CEO interested in offering retirement accounts

“#Robinhood CEO interested in offering retirement accounts” Robinhood Markets is considering launching US retirement accounts, CEO and co-founder Vlad Tenev said on Saturday in a webcast with users of its trading app looking to participate in its initial public offering, which is set to price next week. The online brokerage has about 18 million funded investment…

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#Bezos-backed fake meat and dairy company NotCo raises 5M

#Bezos-backed fake meat and dairy company NotCo raises $235M

“#Bezos-backed fake meat and dairy company NotCo raises $235M” NotCo, a Jeff Bezos-backed, fake meat and dairy company, has just joined the unicorn club. The Chilean-based company, which uses an artificial intelligence program called Giuseppe to make plant-based milk and meat products, said Monday it has raised another $235 million in a funding round that…

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#Second Olympian drops out of judo before facing Israeli

#Second Olympian drops out of judo before facing Israeli

“#Second Olympian drops out of judo before facing Israeli” A second judo athlete has dropped out of the Olympics before facing an Israeli in the 73-kilogram division — just days after another opponent withdrew for political reasons. Sudan’s Mohamed Abdalrasool didn’t show up to face Tohar Butbul in their round of 32 bout Monday despite…

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