Tag: Philanthropy
Wealthy donors pour millions into fight over mail-in voting
WASHINGTON (AP) - Deep-pocketed and often anonymous donors are pouring over $100 million into an intensifying dispute about whether it should be easier to...
Henderson voted player of year in England by soccer writers
LONDON (AP) - Jordan Henderson was voted player of the year by soccer writers on Friday after captaining Liverpool to its first English league...
Arts organizations establish ‘Literary Arts Emergency Fund’
NEW YORK (AP) - With a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, three major literary arts nonprofits have teamed to administer $3.5 million...
Indian leader’s virus fund won’t disclose donors, payments
NEW DELHI (AP) - Bejon Misra responded quickly to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal in March for donations to a new fund to...
Pandemic leads 7-Eleven to forgo free Slurpees on 7-11
DALLAS (AP) - The coronavirus pandemic has taken away another summertime tradition in the U.S.: There will be no free Slurpees at 7-Elevens on...
5 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. A MICROCOSM OF AMERICAN DISUNITY Places...
Trump donors among early recipients of coronavirus loans
WASHINGTON (AP) - As much as $273 million in federal coronavirus aid was awarded to more than 100 companies that are owned or operated...
After waves of COVID deaths, care homes face legal reckoning
PARIS (AP) - The muffled, gagging sounds in the background of the phone call filled Monette Hayoun with dread. Was her severely disabled 85-year-old...
Scottish grandmother climbs a mountain, one step at a time
LONDON (AP) - In the end, Margaret Payne scaled her mountain, one step at a time.The 90-year-old grandmother who launched an epic climb to...
Scottish grandmother climbs a mountain, one step at a time
LONDON (AP) - In the end, Margaret Payne scaled her mountain, one step at a time.The 90-year-old grandmother who launched an epic climb to...
