“The nation’s largest suppliers of HIV and AIDS medical care is accused of bilking Medicare and Medicaid in an elaborate $20 million dollar scam that spanned 12-states, according to a lawsuit filed in South Florida federal court.”
“local donors set aside a record $627 million for charity in 2014, double the amount given the previous year”
A foundation is awarding grants to 32 innovative projects working to improve cities, totaling $5 million in funding.
“A GOP senator’s questions over whether a foreign donor swayed Hillary Clinton’s decisions while secretary of state have triggered a nasty — and rather unusual — dispute with a fellow Republican.”
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, with the Bill & Melinda Gates and Simons Foundations has announced a new initiative to help outstanding early-career scientists in the US. The three grantmakers will invest $148 million in research support, possible over seventy grants to scientists who have potential to make contributions to their field.
According to the Dallas Morning News, “Southern Methodist University becomes the recipient Monday of the largest single gift in the school’s history, a $45 million grant from the Meadows Foundation.”
“There has never been a better time to be born female. Women and girls today have a much greater chance to live healthy and secure lives, and their fundamental human rights are now protected by law in many countries throughout the world.”
News reports: The NSA’s mass surveillance programme violates US laws on freedom of speech, alleges a lawsuit begun by the Wikimedia Foundation.
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