NYC Mayor de Blasio denounced storing bodies in unrefrigerated and unmanned U-Haul trucks outside of Andrew T. Cleckley Funeral Home on Utica Ave. and Ave. M in Flatlands

The hefty payout comes after the federal Justice Department filed a lawsuit against the city Education Department in 2016 for allowing a “pattern and practice of discrimination” to flourish at Pan American High School during the 2012-13 school year.

USC athletic director Mike Bohn and coaches Clay Helton and Andy Enfield are giving back a combined $1 million in salary to help the school during the coronavirus pandemic.

Slick-fielding infielder Roberto Baldoquin cost the Angels $14 million to sign out of Cuba in 2015, but he was released recently because his bat didn't develop.

In a letter to the Los Angeles Times, the Governor's Office of Emergency Services insisted the contract with BYD does not have to be made public.

Major League Baseball teams agree to contribute $1 million each toward a fund that will assist ballpark workers during the suspended season.

The Angels will pay at least $1.2 million to workers who would have staffed games at Angel Stadium, including those contracted by third parties.

Gameday workers impacted during the COVID-19 pandemic will collectively receive $1.3 million in financial assistance from the Dodgers.

Former NFL star Brett Favre said Wednesday he would repay the state of Mississippi $1.1 million after a state auditor discovered the Mississippi Department of Human Services paid the ex-quarterback for speaking engagements that never happened.

Former NFL star Brett Favre said Wednesday he would repay the state of Mississippi $1.1 million after a state auditor discovered the Mississippi Department of Human Services paid the ex-quarterback for speaking engagements that never happened.

Former NFL star Brett Favre said Wednesday he would repay the state of Mississippi $1.1 million after a state auditor discovered the Mississippi Department of Human Services paid the ex-quarterback for speaking engagements that never happened.

About 60 UCLA donors have contributed almost $160,000 for training equipment and subscriptions to fitness and mindfulness apps for athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The star-studded event honoring Renée Zellweger featured a performance by the Jonas Brothers. Guests included Tom Ford, Katie Couric, Lisa Rinna and Paris Hilton.

Tourism officials estimate 75% of Los Angeles travel-related workers have been furloughed.

Earlier this week, Bookshop.org hit $1 million in earnings that will go to bookstores endangered by the coronavirus outbreak.

The longtime Bel-Air home of late automobile executive Lee Iacocca has sold for $19.5 million.

Looking to build your dream home? Take a look at what raw land roughly $100,000 buys right now in six L.A. County communities.

Need some space? Here's a look at what roughly $1 million buys on an acre or more in Lompoc, Santa Ynez and Solvang in Santa Barbara County.

In Bel-Air, a newly built, 41,000-square-foot mansion designed to evoke a Spanish villa is for sale at $100 million.

A jury ordered Toyota to pay $15.8 million to a dealer who alleged the company's recalls failed to remedy safety defects in its popular Prius models.

California's stay-at-home order due to the coronavirus reduced vehicle collisions on roadways by roughly half, saving taxpayers an estimated $1 billion.

The Sundance Institute's Keri Putnam speaks about the $1-million relief fund for artists and arts organizations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In recent years, global military expenditure has increased again and is now comparable to Cold War levels. Recent data shows global spending at over $1.7 trillion, despite the global economic conditions. It is still approximately 1% increase since 2008 when the financial crisis began, for example.

Not all nations have felt the impacts of the global financial crisis in the same way. Some have grown economically, including many Asian countries, which has allowed some of them to increase their military spending. There are geopolitical interests at stake for various powers, so economic troubles or not, military spending is seen as important to maintain, or at least to minimize possible reductions.

The highest military spender is the US accounting for 39% of the world’s spending, more than the next top 10 countries combined, and more than all its potential enemies, combined. But this represents a slight decline over previous years as other nations, especially China and Russia, increase their spending. At the same time, the US has reduced military spending for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, while Western Europe’s austerity programs affect their military spending budgets.

This update includes new and updated figures, graphs and charts exploring this further.

Read full article: World Military Spending

A SURGE in bitcoin prices has seen the cryptocurrency market jump by over $13 billion overnight.

Walter Goudy, 51, reached a settlement with the city of Anderson and the state of Indiana, according to city officials and and his attorney.

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The city of Indianapolis and the Indy Chamber announced a $10 million rapid response loan fund for small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic.

The parent company of Indiana's second largest coal company, with ties to the Trump administration, landed $10 million in coronavirus relief aid.

Formula 1 bosses will meet this week to discuss a reduction of the budget cap figure to $145m (£117m) in 2021.

The Economic Injury Disaster Loan program is now limiting both the amount and recipients it will consider for the emergency loans.

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My first gaming laptop cost $1,500 more than 10 years ago, and that was considered affordable. It wasn't a top-of-the-line model, but it wasn't a slouch either, sporting one of the better mid-tier graphics cards and a reliable processor/RAM combination.  

But my, how things have changed.

Today, you can go on Amazon and find plenty of laptops for less than $1,000 that would have been at least $1,500 a few years ago, thus opening doors to people who want to try out PC gaming for themselves. (And if it's Prime Day or Black Friday or Cyber Monday, you can expect deal prices to dip even lower.) But sorting through all of the options and deciding which is best presents its own unique challenge. Read more...

Despite strong growth, D2C companies are facing more headwinds   April 2, 2020 (New York, NY) — For the first time, we are breaking out direct-to-consumer (D2C) ecommerce sales. We define […]

The province is investing $1.5 million to support a housing project in Muskoka to help people with no place to call home.

The UK-based digital identity specialist managed to raise a bumper round during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, and is looking at ways to apply its technology to help combat the global crisis

More than 8,200 applications for the Anti-epidemic Support Scheme for Property Management Sector (ASPM) have been received, with over 3,850 approved, the Government announced today.

The approved applications involve subsidies of more than $140 million and will benefit around 22,000 building blocks and about 35,750 frontline property management workers.

Launched under the Anti-epidemic Fund, the ASPM provides subsidies to owners' organisations or property management companies of eligible buildings to provide hardship allowance to frontline property management workers.

It also provides the Anti-epidemic Cleansing Subsidy to owners' organisations or property management companies.

The scheme’s first phase covers private residential and composite buildings, while its second phase covers industrial and commercial buildings.

The ASPM is still open for applications and continues to disburse subsidies.

Contact the Property Management Services Authority at 3696 1156 or 3696 1166, or visit its website for details.

(University of Bath) For the first time, labs around the world can 3D print their own precision microscopes, thanks to an open-source design created at Bath.

A gofundme account has been launched with the hope of keeping animals feed and to preserve endangered wildlife at the Hope Zoo in St Andrew. Curator, Joey Brown, organiser of the fundraiser, indicated that as a non-profit organisation,...

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – The Government of Haiti has received funds amounting to US$16.1 million from the United States to help the country respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The funds from the United States Agency for International...

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – St Vincent and the Grenadines students in Jamaica wanting to return home amid the coronavirus (COVID-19, including locked borders, must each pay an estimated US$1,3339 for a return flight. In a letter to the...

A Virginia man waiting to cash in his $1,000 winning lottery ticket ended up winning an additional $177,777 before collecting his prize.

Northrop Grumman received a $123.5 million contract modification Friday to integrate the Department of Navy Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures system onto aircraft for the U.S. military and two allied governments.

Bell Boeing received a $10.2 million contract modification Tuesday for repairs of the V-22 Osprey multirole combat aircraft for the Navy, the Pentagon announced.

3M has signed a $126 million deal with the Pentagon to increase its production of N95 masks to 26 million per month beginning in October 2020.

Huntington Ingalls was awarded a $187.1 million contract modification Wednesday for the refueling complex overhaul of USS John C. Stennis, according to the Pentagon.

Boeing was awarded a $128.5 million modification to its Ground-based Midcourse Defense development and sustainment contract Thursday, according to the Pentagon.