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Dem Mayor Running for Congress Nears Settlement With City Employee She Allegedly Fired for Supporting Her Political Opponent — 5h

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Chris Dalton Settling this case quietly lets the mayor avoid any real accountability for how she treated staff.

Dell Family Fund Buys SK Stake as Chairman Funds Divorce Settlement — 1dChey Tae-won agreed to sell a 1.34% SK Inc stake for 544 billion won ($406 million) to a Michael Dell family fund to help fund his divorce settlement.

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CVS Pharmacy reaches $315M settlement with Justice Department over controlled substance prescriptions1 source — 23h

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Derek Foss This fine might finally push pharmacies to verify scripts more carefully instead of rushing fills.

CVS Agrees to $315 Million Federal Opioid Settlement — 1dCVS will pay $315M to settle federal opioid-dispensing claims with no admission of liability, after Omnicare's $949M judgment and similar Walgreens and Walmart deals.

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Tom Gallagher Adding oversight on controlled substances is a step forward but it comes too late after years of overprescribing.

Siberian Bear Attacks Kill 22; Hunters Cull BearsEnvironment — 2dRussian authorities and local hunters are stepping up bear culls after a rise in deadly attacks, including fatal incidents near Siberian settlements. The country’s brown bear population has more than doubled in three decades, while food shortages and human waste are drawing bears closer to communities.

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AP Top 25 College Football TeamsRankingCollege football fans argue endlessly over which programs deserve the top spots in the AP Poll based on wins, schedule strength, and legacy.

Heal 360 Agrees to $20M COVID Claims Settlement — Oct 7, 2026Texas-based Heal 360 clinics and owner Dr. Mohammed Amer Mohiuddin agreed to pay $20 million to resolve allegations that they billed the federal COVID-19 Uninsured Program for higher-level medical evaluation services that patients did not receive, including at testing sites where patients generally received only nasal swabs. The settlement resolves allegations, not a finding of liability.

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Flint Water Settlement Claimants Face October DeadlinesPolitics — Oct 6, 2026Flint officials are urging water-crisis settlement claimants with otherwise approved claims to submit any missing information by the deadline in their individual notice; general deadlines are Oct. 8 for claimants represented by an attorney and Oct. 17 for those without one. Former minors and people who have moved should check whether documents were received, since approval alone does not guarantee payment.

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Lyft agrees to $272.5 million settlement in California driver lawsuitBusiness — Oct 7, 2026Lyft agreed to pay $272.5 million to settle California allegations that it misclassified drivers as independent contractors from 2016 to 2020, denying them minimum wage, overtime and other protections; about $237 million is earmarked for eligible drivers based on miles and hours worked. The settlement requires court approval and does not reclassify drivers, while Lyft maintains it classified them lawfully and says California voters later affirmed independent-contractor status through Proposition 22.

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Students worldwide pursue space science initiativesScience — 2dStudents in several countries are gaining hands-on experience in space science and engineering, through programs ranging from designing Mars missions and space settlements to competitions building space-system models. One U.S. college team is also sending a student-designed lubricant experiment to the International Space Station, while other initiatives aim to inspire young people and prepare them for future STEM careers.

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Kane Brown Bar Faces $2.4M Suit — 5dFormer owners of The Valentine are suing the companies behind Kane Brown’s on Broadway in Nashville, alleging they failed to pay amounts due under the 2023 sale and later settlement agreements. The suit seeks about $2.4 million and access to financial records; the claims have not been proven in court.

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Milan workers begin record payouts over alleged abusesWorld — Oct 7, 2026Nearly 480 workers begin signing shares of a 31-million-euro Caddell settlement over alleged abuses at Milan's U.S. consulate, averaging 45,000 euros each.

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Most Influential Women in World HistoryYourlist — RankingFrom ancient queens who ruled empires to modern activists who changed laws, these women left indelible marks on politics, science, and culture. Vote for who you think shaped history most profoundly.

Paramount Closes $81 Billion Warner Bros. Acquisition After Democratic AG Settlement — Oct 6, 2026Paramount completed its $81 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday, combining some of Hollywood’s most recognizable studios, television networks and streaming services under a new company called Skydance.

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Dana Whitfield The AG settlement cleared the way but these giant combinations always end up cutting jobs at the networks.

49ers Release Matthew Judon From Practice Squad — 6dThe 49ers released defensive end Matthew Judon from their practice squad after one game, making room for Ogbo Okoronkwo as Mykel Williams returned from the PUP list. Separately, amid a depleted receiving corps, San Francisco released Dante Pettis from injured reserve with an injury settlement and signed Xavier Smith to its practice squad.

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Paramount and state attorneys general defend antitrust settlement from Booker criticismBusiness — Sep 28, 2026

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UN adds 61 firms to settlement database — Sep 25, 2026UN Human Rights Office added 61 companies to its Israeli settlements database on Sept. 25, 2026, bringing the total to 214 firms from 11 countries.

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Derek Foss The UN is right to name these companies profiting from disputed settlements, even if Israel objects.

New York Pizza vs Chicago Deep DishYourlist — VS BattleThe foldable slice versus the fork-and-knife casserole — America's longest-running food fight.

Rochester Council Approves $1.15M for Peace VillagePolitics — Oct 7, 2026Rochester City Council unanimously approved more than $1.1 million in opioid-settlement funds to reopen Peace Village, a low-barrier homeless encampment with pallet shelters and tents. The plan places operations with Person Centered Housing Options and includes protections limiting armed security and the sharing of residents’ personal information.

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Anchorage Digital acquires Routable, plans stablecoin payoutsBusiness — Oct 6, 2026Anchorage Digital acquired corporate payments platform Routable, bringing its vendor and contractor payout network into Anchorage’s regulated digital-asset business. The companies plan to add stablecoin and tokenized-deposit settlement alongside traditional fiat payments, connecting blockchain-based assets to payment systems businesses already use.

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DoorDash agrees to $131.5 million NYC worker pay settlement — Sep 22, 2026DoorDash will pay $131.5 million—New York City's largest worker settlement—to about 260,000 Dashers after saying it "screwed up" on pay.

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Marcus Bell The calculation errors they admitted to sound like they were built into the system. Fines alone won't fix how these apps treat delivery work.

Texas COVID Billing Cases Yield $20M Settlement, IndictmentHealth — Oct 5, 2026Two Plano, Texas, clinics and their owner agreed to pay $20 million to settle allegations they falsely billed a federal COVID-19 program for office visits when patients received only nasal swab tests. Separately, Houston physician Joseph Montes was indicted over an alleged scheme to bill the program about $30 million for visits that never occurred.

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Caddell agrees to $35 million settlement in Milan consulate labor probe — Sep 27, 2026Caddell Construction agreed to pay about €30.9 million in a settlement tied to allegations that workers recruited from India for the new U.S. consulate in Milan faced low wages, exhausting shifts and unsafe conditions. Most of the money will go to workers, with additional payments to Italian authorities; the company denies the deal is an admission of wrongdoing, while the investigation continues.

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Anchorage, Standard Chartered Expand USD Accounts Beyond USFinance — Oct 5, 2026Anchorage Digital partnered with Standard Chartered to offer eligible institutional clients outside the U.S. USD accounts and international SWIFT transfers through its Singapore business. The service lets clients manage fiat and digital assets on one platform, with round-the-clock USD settlement available for transfers involving Standard Chartered Singapore account holders.

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SEC Seeks $3 Million Judgment Against Leech — Oct 6, 2026The SEC is seeking court approval of a consent judgment requiring former Western Asset co-CIO Ken Leech to pay a $3 million penalty and face securities-industry restrictions over an alleged trade-allocation scheme that steered gains to favored clients and losses to others; Leech did not admit the allegations. Combined with Western Asset’s $100 million settlement, the resolutions are expected to provide $103 million in relief to affected investors.

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California Judge Tentatively Blocks $100M TikTok Settlement — Sep 19, 2026Judge Wu tentatively kept TikTok's 2019 child-privacy decree, putting $100M of a $400M DOJ settlement at risk after finding no durable remedy.

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Tom Gallagher It's right to keep oversight on TikTok for protecting kids under 13 instead of letting the old consent order go.

Credit Acceptance Agrees to $710 Million Auto-Lending Settlement — Sep 17, 2026Credit Acceptance agreed to a roughly $710 million multistate auto-lending settlement, with $634 million in debt forgiveness for more than 55,000 borrowers and no admission of liability.

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Rachel Meyers Forgiving that much debt shows how many of these loans were unaffordable from the start.