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Iowa women's golf team announces 2025-26 schedule
Iowa City Today
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July 10, 2025
The University of Iowa women's golf team, led by head coach Megan Menzel, has announced its 2025-26 schedule. The Hawkeyes will host the Diane Thomason Invitational at Finkbine Golf Course for the second consecutive fall. The team's fall season...
Senate passes 'big beautiful bill,' expands tax-exempt financing to spaceports
The Bond Buyer - New York
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July 1, 2025
Vice President JD Vance, center, departs after breaking a tie to pass Donald Trump's $3.3 trillion tax and spending cut bill Tuesday after a furious push by Republican leaders to persuade holdouts to back the legislation.Bloomberg News The...
Puerto Rican Hotspot Wins the James Beard Award for Best New Bar
REMEZCLA
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June 17, 2025
The James Beard Award winners have just been revealed, and a Puerto Rican bar has topped the list for Best New Bar. Identidad Cocktail Bar, located in San Juan, Puerto Rico, topped the Best New Bar category, which awards “A wine bar, beer bar,...
Costco sales boosted by e-commerce and international growth in June
Proactive USA
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July 10, 2025
Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST, ETR:CTO) reported an 8% year-over-year jump in sales to $26.44 billion for the month of June, driven by membership loyalty, its e-Commerce expansion and international growth. Comparable sales were up 5.8%...
Moderna COVID shot for kids cleared in face of RFK Jr. criticism
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. FOOTWEAR Nike to replace Converse CEO in bid to reverse sales slump Nike Inc. is replacing the chief executive of its Converse...
Puerto Rico’s power struggles
MIT Technology Review
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June 17, 2025
By 2016, Puerto Rico could no longer afford to pay its bills. Since the law that gave the US jurisdiction over nonstate territories made Puerto Rico a “possession” of Congress, it fell on the federal legislature—in which the island’s elected...
Taylor gunning for victory ahead of third Serrano bout
RTE Ireland
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July 11, 2025
Once more unto the breach. For the third time in just over three years, Katie Taylor stepped onto the scales ahead of a world title clash with Amanda Serrano, cheered on by Irish fans peppered throughout the Madison Square Garden theatre. As music...
This abandoned New Orleans power plant could get new life with restaurants, more. See plan.
Nola - Louisiana
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The owners of the Market Street Power Plant have revived a plan to turn the riverfront property into a mid-sized New Orleans music venue, a project that could offer a needed boost to the River District neighborhood taking shape near the Ernest N....
USDA: 45 Million Acres of American Land Owned by Foreign Entities
The Virginia Star
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July 11, 2025
by Thérèse Boudreaux Nearly 46 million acres of forest and farmland are held by foreign investors, including by countries hostile to America, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Foreign Farm Land Purchases map,...
Introducing the 2025 Cheer Daily 40 Under 40
Cheer Daily
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July 10, 2025
The cheerleading industry is filled with passionate leaders, but some stand out for the way they consistently raise the bar—not just in performance, but in purpose. Cheer Daily’s 2025 40 Under 40 honors the coaches, choreographers, creators,...
The island begins to experience a slowdown in its trade balance
The Weekly Journal
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June 30, 2025
Although Puerto Rico ranked 45th out of 69 economies evaluated in the most recent competitiveness report from the Institute for Management Development (IMD), the analysis also revealed worrying signs regarding the island's performance in...
Frontier operates its first flight between Puerto Plata and Puerto Rico
Dominican Today
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Frontier Airlines inaugurated a route between Puerto Plata and San Juan last Thursday, strengthening the connection between the neighboring islands of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. “Frontier has proven to be a committed partner in the...
Caribbean Matters: Racist ICE raids target Dominicans in Puerto Rico
Daily Kos
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June 21, 2025
Approximately 100,000 Dominicans now live in Puerto Rico, of whom about 30,000 are thought to be undocumented illegal immigrants. Some Dominicans are en route to the USA, using Puerto Rico as a take off point, but most remain, forming a distinct...
DoDEA Launches Seal of Biliteracy to Prepare Students for a Global World
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 10, 2025
PEACHTREE CITY, GEORGIA, UNITED STATES 07.10.2025 Knowing multiple languages opens doors in a world where business, travel, and friendships cross borders with ease. Starting in the 2025-26 school year, the Department of Defense Education Activity...
Summer festival organizers concerned amid ICE enforcement efforts
NBC 5 Chicago - Illinois
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July 10, 2025
Summer festival organizers are considering extra protocols amid fears of deportation arrests and Immigration and Customs Enforcement efforts in Chicago. The National Puerto Rican Museum, slated to host this weekend's Barrio Art Fest in Chicago,...
Siena Heights University to close amid whistleblower lawsuit from former CFO
CFO Magazine
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July 10, 2025
Siena Heights University, a 106-year-old Catholic institution in Adrian, Michigan, will close its doors at the end of the upcoming 2025-2026 academic year due to financial and operational challenges. The move comes months after the firing of its...
Open & Shut: Milloh!; Bodega & Vino; The Cocktail Coach
Baltimore - Maryland
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July 10, 2025
OPEN Milloh!: Maybe it’s a twin thing, maybe it’s inherently the road you take when your family is in the restaurant business. Elmer Rodgriguez, the younger twin brother to Marvin by seven minutes, grew up making pupusas and other Salvadoran...
Crowley Marks Successful Operation with First US-Flagged LNG Carrier for Puerto Rico
SeaNews
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June 20, 2025
Crowley, a US-owned shipping and logistics company, celebrated the successful operation of its LNG carrier American Energy. This is the first US-flagged liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier to deliver US-sourced LNG to Puerto Rico. At full...
The Trump administration is using the arts to rewrite history
Baptist News Global
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July 10, 2025
I’ve written elsewhere about the role the arts have played in both creating and confronting shared identity and ethics across time. Art is a powerful medium. It has the potential to both reflect and to shape collective memory — which is why,...
The Year Arms Contractors Stopped Sponsoring Pride
Inkstick Media
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July 10, 2025
This year, corporations across the country have quietly pulled their sponsorship from local pride parades. Companies that once faced criticism for surface-level allyship — changing their logos to rainbow colors during Pride month, for instance —...