When Stacey Devereaux’s property tax bill came this month, she knew something wasn’t right. The assessor had used sales data from other homes in her area to calculate the value of hers. But Devereaux’s home backed up to a busy section of Parkcenter Boulevard, making it more difficult to sell […]
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Fact check: Poland, Sweden and Norway did not file a lawsuit against the WHO for ‘infecting Europe’ with ‘chemtrails’
Posts on social media make the claim that Poland, Sweden and Norway “are suing” the World Health Organization (WHO) for “infecting Europe” with “chemical pneumonia” released from airplanes. Some iterations include the claim that Reuters reported on this alleged lawsuit. These claims are false: Reuters did not report this or […]
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Two major mall owners file for bankruptcy
CBL Properties (CBLPRD) and PREIT (PEI) filed for Chapter 11 on Sunday and both will continue operating while they navigate the restructuring process. The companies have previously warned they were in perilous positions because some of their largest tenants, including JC Penney, Tailored Brands and Ascena Retail Group, have filed […]
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Meet Whitney Wolfe Herd, the 31-year-old CEO of the female-led dating app Bumble that’s about to file for a $6 billion IPO
Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd. Getty/Vivien Killilea Once a victim of online harassment, Whitney Wolfe Herd is working to make the internet a kinder place for women with female-led dating app Bumble. Before Bumble, Wolfe Herd cofounded rival dating app Tinder, but left the company two years later and filed […]