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US health insurance giants doubled their profits as the coronavirus pandemic killed thousands of Americans — sparking a federal investigation. Three of the nation’s largest health insurers raked in a collective $10.7 billion in profits from April through June with the virus raging across the country, up from just $5.3 billion in the same period …
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The European Commission has placed its first official order for a coronavirus vaccine with a deal to buy 300 million doses of AstraZeneca’s experimental shot, officials said Friday. The body plans to donate vaccines to lower- and middle-income countries through its agreement with the British drugmaker, which gives it the option to buy another 100 …
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National treasure Dolly Parton has made a rare political statement, coming out in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Parton, 74, made the statement to Billboard in an expansive feature published Thursday. “I understand people having to make themselves known and felt and seen,” she said of the protests that erupted across the United …
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The show must go on. Dr. Terry Dubrow isn’t just back on TV with “License to Kill” and “Botched” — he’s helping other fan-favorite shows make their own return to the small screen. “If there was ever a show that could practice safely in this environment, it’s a surgical show. Let’s be honest,” Dubrow told …
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American Airlines is planning to drop flights to up to 30 smaller US cities if a federal requirement to continue those flights expires at the end of next month, an airline official familiar with the matter said Thursday. American agreed to keep serving those smaller cities as a condition of receiving $5.8 billion in federal …
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Christine Quinn is making million-dollar deals with million-dollar fashion to match. The “Selling Sunset” star, 31, donned a wide selection of outfits on Season 3 of the Netflix series, from her black wedding dress to a brown polka-dot bikini to a rainbow coat to a full-on Balenciaga sweatsuit. Her hairstyles didn’t disappoint, either, as she …
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Blame it on Jamie Foxx’s hip-hop IQ. That’s the reason why rapper-actor Machine Gun Kelly instantly bonded with his Oscar-winning co-star on the set of their Netflix movie “Project Power,” which premieres Friday. “I’ll never forget walking on the set my first day, and I hear [my song] ‘Rap Devil’ blaring,” Machine Gun Kelly told …
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White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow on Thursday said he expects the US unemployment rate to return to single-digit levels as early as this month and growth in the third quarter at 20 percent or more as the economy recovers from the recession triggered by the coronavirus pandemic. “The key point that I would make …
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The U.S. Labor Department reported on Thursday that 963,000 workers filed for unemployment benefits last week, the first time jobless claims have fallen below 1,000,000 since March. The drop in claims may fuel hopes that the labor market is improving after the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent mitigation efforts forced mass closures of businesses. Since March …
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Wendy Williams has finally sold her New Jersey home that she shared with ex-husband Kevin Hunter. The daytime talk show host, 56, unloaded it for $1.4 million, records show, after slashing the price from its original asking price of $1.895 million when they listed it in August 2019. She then reduced it to $1.575 million …
US health insurance giants doubled their profits as the coronavirus pandemic killed thousands of Americans — sparking a federal investigation. Three of the nation’s largest health insurers raked in a collective $10.7 billion in profits from April through June with the virus raging across the country, up from just $5.3 billion in the same period …
