Month: June 2022

Opening a Boston Restaurant: 92 Steps, 22 Forms, 17 Office Visits, $5,554 Fees

Opening a Boston Restaurant: 92 Steps, 22 Forms, 17 Office Visits, $5,554 Fees

A new report by the Institute for Justice highlights the excessive regulatory obstacles in the way of starting new businesses in cities across the United States. The report–titled “Barriers to Business”–is a remarkably detailed study that quantifies the regulations restricting new businesses in 20 U.S. cities. It should be a wake-up call for all of …

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Sick and struggling to pay, 100M people in the U.S. live with medical debt

Sick and struggling to pay, 100M people in the U.S. live with medical debt

Elizabeth and Nick Woodruff of Binghamton, New York, were sued for nearly $10,000 by the hospital where Nick’s infected leg was amputated. Heather Ainsworth for KHN and NPR hide caption toggle caption Heather Ainsworth for KHN and NPR Elizabeth and Nick Woodruff of Binghamton, New York, were sued for nearly $10,000 by the hospital where …

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Facebook Is Receiving Sensitive Medical Information from Hospital Websites

Facebook Is Receiving Sensitive Medical Information from Hospital Websites

This article is copublished with A tracking tool installed on many hospitals’ websites has been collecting patients’ sensitive health information—including details about their medical conditions, prescriptions, and doctor’s appointments—and sending it to Facebook. The Markup tested the websites of Newsweek’s top 100 hospitals in America. On 33 of them we found the tracker, called the …

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Illinois Rep. Sean Casten reveals new details about daughter’s death: ‘It was peaceful’

Illinois Rep. Sean Casten reveals new details about daughter’s death: ‘It was peaceful’

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rep. Sean Casten, D-Ill., issued a statement about the death of his daughter Gwen, including some words about how she lived her life and some details about the evening before she died. Gwen Casten, 17, died Monday morning, according to the congressman’s office, and so far no …

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Planning a 2-week vacation getaway? Experts say workers should think again

Planning a 2-week vacation getaway? Experts say workers should think again

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! On the surface, the thought of taking two weeks off from work for an extended vacation may seem like a dreamy break from all the pressures of work.  But before you book that two-week trip, there’s more to consider than merely being off the clock for 10 …

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Ex-PGA Tour pro rips Phil Mickelson ahead of US Open, says he should be removed from Hall of Fame

Ex-PGA Tour pro rips Phil Mickelson ahead of US Open, says he should be removed from Hall of Fame

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Brandel Chamblee, a former PGA Tour golfer who serves as an analyst for the Golf Channel, ripped Phil Mickelson and other LIV Golf competitors ahead of the U.S. Open this week. Chamblee tweeted Tuesday that Mickelson and LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman should be removed from the …

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North Korea reports another disease outbreak amid COVID-19 wave

North Korea reports another disease outbreak amid COVID-19 wave

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! North Korea reported a new “epidemic” of an intestinal disease on Thursday, an unusual announcement from the secretive country that is already contending with a COVID-19 outbreak and severe economic turmoil. It’s unclear how many people are infected in what the official Korean Central News Agency said …

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Chicago urges monkeypox caution at gatherings as US cases top 70

Chicago urges monkeypox caution at gatherings as US cases top 70

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Monkeypox and orthopoxvirus cases in the U.S. topped 70 on Wednesday, as officials in Illinois’ city of Chicago warned residents to take caution regarding transmission.  In a statement, the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) said Monday that it continues to investigate reports of cases in residents …

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Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to join Biden White House, top lawyer departs

Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to join Biden White House, top lawyer departs

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Biden is hiring the former mayor of Atlanta, Keisha Lance Bottoms, to replace Cedric Richmond as one of his most senior aides just five months before a high stakes midterm election cycle. The White House is also losing a key figure, as White House Counsel Dana …

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WaPo columnist ‘excited’ that top Dems and ‘many in the media’ want gun control

WaPo columnist ‘excited’ that top Dems and ‘many in the media’ want gun control

Texas cop trains with AR-15 rifle.  (Mark Herman, Harris County Constable Precinct 4) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Washington Post columnist Perry Bacon Jr. published an article on Tuesday saying he’s “excited” that America looks more poised than ever to start restricting guns. Bacon started his piece stating that the recent bipartisan …

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