Hoop hype: March Madness brackets get America talking again
Wagering on all those parlays and long shots on the betting app — fun. Filling out a bracket and waiting for the upsets to begin — that’s why they call this March Madness.
BALTIMORE, MD, October 8, 2024 – New findings from a team of renowned researchers calls for transparency and rigorous oversight of the U.S. Medicare Advantage (MA) program, the United States’ largest healthcare capitation program.
Hurricane Milton is barrelling toward the west coast of Florida. Meteorologists predict the storm will make landfall Wednesday at a level of either Category 3 or 4, in what one Wall Street analyst predicts could inflict between $50 to $175 billion worth of losses on the Tampa/Fort Myers region. Millions of residents have been ordered to evacuate.
Aided by intense pressure from senior Biden administration officials, the shipping companies, represented by the U.S. Maritime Alliance, significantly increased the raise they were offering the dockworkers to 62% from their previous offer of a 50% boost in pay. The International Longshoremen’s Association, the dockworkers’ union, was seeking a 77% raise, but it accepted the new offer, which will be phased in over six years.
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Wagering on all those parlays and long shots on the betting app — fun. Filling out a bracket and waiting for the upsets to begin — that’s why they call this March Madness.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Everyone is feeling the impact of the supply chain disruption. The disruption issues were blamed on the pandemic. Experts said the inability to get products from manufacturers to consumers quickly, and inexpensively, is causing prices to soar.
President Joe Biden is facing pressure to invoke the Defense Production Act to boost the domestic production of oil and gas.
When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the world “I need ammunition, not a ride,” what he really wanted was anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons.
As the Russian army tightens its grip in Ukraine, fears grow of an unintended consequence of the war: a food-security crisis.
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