The money increases the grant maker’s endowment to about $65 billion.
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Atlantic City casinos betting new investments will pay off
But challenges lurk, with in-person gambling revenue down compared with 2019, before the pandemic hit.
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Food disruptions feared in U.K. as new Brexit rules kick in
The customs requirements for goods from the European Union take effect Saturday.
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Charges dropped against NYC corrections officers linked with Jeffrey Epstein suicide
The two were accused of sleeping on the job the night Epstein was found dead in August 2019 at New York’s since-shuttered Metropolitan Correctional Facility.
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‘So many memories’: Over 500 homes feared destroyed by fire
Tens of thousands of Coloradans driven from their neighborhoods by a wind-whipped wildfire are beginning to get a look at the damage done.
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How extreme climate conditions fueled unprecedented Colorado fire
This historic and devastating blaze fits into a pattern toward more of them and more often.
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Betty White, charming and enduring star of television, dies at 99
She was a TV mainstay for over 60 years and would have turned 100 on Jan. 17.
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Germany shuts down half of its 6 remaining nuclear plants
The German government plans to decommission all nuclear plants next year and then phase out the use of coal by 2030.
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‘Winnie the Pooh,’ ‘Sun Also Rises’ among works whose copyrights expire in 2022
Once a work enters the public domain it can legally be shared, performed, reused, repurposed or sampled without permission or cost.
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Wildfires burn hundreds of homes in Colorado, tens of thousands flee
At least one first responder and six other people were injured in the blazes that erupted outside Denver on Thursday morning.