Spotify has stood by him amid calls for censorship and he does not intend to leave it, Joe Rogan told an audience in Texas during a stand-up performance on Tuesday. Rumble had offered Rogan $100 million over four years to move his podcast there. Rogan, who was in Austin for …
Read More »US military ordered to pay $230 million to mass shooting victims
A judge has ordered the US military to hand over more than $230 million to survivors and family members of those killed in a 2017 mass shooting in Texas, in which a former Air Force member took the lives of 26 people. The incident became the deadliest mass shooting in …
Read More »Native American tribes win $590 million opioid settlement
Native American tribes have reached a landmark $590 million settlement with Johnson & Johnson and three major US drug distributors over the devastation caused to indigenous people by opioid addiction. According to the deal, Johnson & Johnson is going to pay out $150 million over the next two years, with …
Read More »Congress seeks to spend $500 million of taxpayers’ money on Ukraine
The US House of Representatives is rushing a bill that would impose a series of sanctions on Russia and give Ukraine $500 million in military aid, skipping the committee mark-up process entirely, The Intercept reported on Tuesday, citing sources in Congress. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) reportedly told members on a …
Read More »Red Cross hackers steal info on half a million ‘vulnerable’ people
A massive hack of the International Committee of the Red Cross has compromised information from employees, refugees, detainees, migrants, and family members of all those groups, and the culprit remains unknown. Information on some 515,000 “highly vulnerable” individuals has been stolen the Red Cross revealed on Wednesday in a statement …
Read More »Sexual abuse victims to receive $490 million
Survivors of sexual assaults – mostly men – by the late sports physician Dr. Robert Anderson will collectively get a $490 million compensation from the University of Michigan. The university announced 1,050 people will share in the financial settlement. The victims and their attorneys will decide how to split the …
Read More »Over $250 million of counterfeit HIV treatments sold
In a statement released on Wednesday, drugmaker Gilead Sciences said the company has seized 85,247 bottles from 17 locations in nine US states after an investigation into counterfeit medication. The drugmaker claims that an unauthorized network of drug suppliers sold over $250 million worth of medication that was faked or …
Read More »Prosecutors ask $35 million bail for ex-president
Ukrainian prosecutors have asked a court in Kiev to set bail for former president Petro Poroshenko at $35 million, or send him to jail for two months. He faces accusations of treason, which he insists are politically motivated. To avoid jail, Poroshenko, now the one of the country’s main opposition …
Read More »Over 35 million US families face financial hit
A monthly benefit introduced by the US government in 2021 amid a sharp surge in the cost of living and the continued spread of Covid-19 saw its last payout in December, leaving millions of American families in a cleft stick. This weekend marks the first time in six months that …
Read More »‘Pharma Bro’ CEO ordered to pay $64 million, barred from industry
Martin Shkreli, dubbed the “Pharma Bro” by the media, has been ordered to pay $64.6 million in profits he and his company made off of the anti-parasitic drug Daraprim. He is also barred from the pharmaceutical industry for life. Shkreli, the founder and former CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, won’t be …
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