| Medtronic co-founder Earl Bakken passes away - ![Medtronic co-founder Earl Bakken passes away]( "Medtronic co-founder Earl Bakken passes away") Bakken, who founded Medtronic with his brother-in-law in 1949, "passed away peacefully" on Sunday at his home in Hawaii, the company said in a statement. Bakken had retired as chairman of the company in 1989.
Sun, 21 Oct 2018 23:14:11 -0400
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| Lioness kills father of her cubs at Indianapolis zoo -  Zoo staff were alerted by "an unusual amount of roaring" coming from the lion pen on Monday and arrived to find the 12-year-old female lion Zuri in a fight with the 10-year-old male lion Nyack, the zoo said in a statement. "She had Nyack by the neck. A necropsy found that Nyack died of suffocation from injuries to the neck.
Sun, 21 Oct 2018 16:41:34 -0400
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| Trump administration trying to define transgender out of existence: NY Times - ![Trump administration trying to define transgender out of existence: NY Times]( "Trump administration trying to define transgender out of existence: NY Times") The Department of Health and Human Services has undertaken an effort across several government departments to establish a legal definition of sex under Title IX, the federal civil rights law that bans discrimination on the basis of sex, the Times said, citing a government memo that it obtained. Such an interpretation would reverse the expansion of transgender rights that took place under the previous administration of President Barack Obama. A spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) declined to comment on what she called "allegedly leaked documents" but cited a ruling by a conservative U.S. district judge as a guide to transgender policy.
Sun, 21 Oct 2018 14:18:56 -0400
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| U.S. Mega Millions lottery hits record $1.6 billion after no winners on Friday - ![U.S. Mega Millions lottery hits record $1.6 billion after no winners on Friday]( "U.S. Mega Millions lottery hits record $1.6 billion after no winners on Friday") The next Mega Millions draw will be on Tuesday, after no one hit all of the numbers of 15, 23, 53, 65, 70 and the Mega Ball 7 during Friday night's draw. "Mega Millions has already entered historic territory, but it's truly astounding to think that now the jackpot has reached an all-time world record," Gordon Medenica, lead director of the Mega Millions Group, said in a statement. The Mega Millions is coordinated by the Multi-State Lottery Association, along with several other lottery games including one called Powerball.
Sun, 21 Oct 2018 04:27:20 -0400
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| Trump says team working on tax cut for middle-income earners - ![Trump says team working on tax cut for middle-income earners]( "Trump says team working on tax cut for middle-income earners") U.S. President Donald Trump said the administration was studying a tax cut for middle-income earners that could be rolled out some time around the beginning of November, just before pivotal congressional elections. Trump mentioned the proposed tax cut in the same week the U.S. government ended the 2018 fiscal year with a $779 billion deficit, the Treasury Department said on Monday, as previous Republican-led tax cuts squeezed revenues. The deficit figure was the highest in six years.
Sat, 20 Oct 2018 17:53:04 -0400
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