Companies have waged a quiet revolution in package sizing that they use to squeeze more money out of us. But there’s a weapon to help consumers level the playing field: unit prices.
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Louisiana plantation where historic slave revolt started now under Black ownership
The Louisiana plantation home where one of the largest slave revolts in U.S. history began has Black owners for the first time. They say the 1811 uprising can inspire a new generation to fight racism.
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Bloomberg gives $1 billion to Hopkins to make tuition free for most medical students
Most students pursuing medical degrees at Johns Hopkins University will receive free tuition, thanks to a $1 billion gift from businessman Michael Bloomberg’s philanthropic organization.
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New parents in Baltimore could get a $1,000 ‘baby bonus’ to reduce childhood poverty
Organizers secured the necessary 10,000 signatures to bring the question to voters as a ballot initiative in November. The proposal is loosely modeled on a program implemented in Flint, Mich.
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White House physician says visits by neurologist were part of Biden’s routine physicals
The disclosures by Dr. Kevin O’Connor follow public concerns by Democrats about President Biden’s fitness for office and a report about a neurologist’s visits to the White House.
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3 Columbia deans ousted for texts that ‘touched on … antisemitic tropes’
The three were texting each other during a panel discussion on Jewish life on campus last May, mocking and disparaging students’ complaints of antisemitism.
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Russia strikes a children’s hospital in Kyiv and other sites across Ukraine
A barrage of Russian missiles hit Ukrainian cities Monday, killing at least 36 people and injuring more than 149, and destroying a large children’s hospital in Kyiv, the state emergency service said.
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Alice Munro’s daughter alleges mother stayed with her abusive stepfather
Alice Munro died in May at the age of 92. Her daughter Andrea Skinner wrote a Toronto Star op-ed revealing her stepfather abused her as a child for years.
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India’s Modi goes to Moscow for his 1st visit since Russia invaded Ukraine
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Moscow for a two-day visit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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With just one mention of abortion, Republican Party lays out its 2024 policy platform
Despite failing to unveil a new platform in 2020, the Republican Party Monday released its policy goals and aims in its official 2024 platform, where the languages sticks close to Trump.
