Northern Ireland hopes to tear down 'peace lines' Northern Ireland's leaders say they want to tear down the so-called "peace lines" of Belfast - dozens of walls that divide Irish Catholic and British Protestant neighborhoods - by 2023. More
US medicine spending shows rare dip Total U.S. spending on prescription medicines declined last year, a first in more than half a century. The dip was 1 percent, to $325.8 billion — a 3.5 percent drop after accounting for population growth and economic expansion, according to the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics. More
Microsoft may buy Barnes & Noble's Nook unit for $1 billion According to internal documents obtained by the website TechCrunch, Microsoft has offered $1 billion for the digital assets of Nook Media, Barnes & Noble's digital book venture. According to internal documents obtained by the website TechCrunch, Microsoft has offered $1 billion for the digital assets of Nook Media, Barnes & Noble's digital book venture. More
US casino revenue up nearly 5 percent in 2012 Things are looking up for most of the nation’s commercial casinos, as gambling revenue increased by nearly 5 percent last year and jobs held roughly steady. According to the annual survey of casinos by the American Gaming Association, America’s nontribal casinos took in $37.3 billion from gamblers last year, an increase of 4.8 percent over 2011. More
Catholic officials in Brooklyn agree to an independent oversight of clergy sex abuse allegations An independent monitor will oversee the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn's handling of sexual abuse allegations under a settlement between the diocese and New York Attorney General Letitia James. 04/17/2024 - 5:42 am | View Link
NY AG: Settlement of Diocese's 'Mismanagement' of Sex Abuse Cases Results in Reforms, Independent Monitoring The Brooklyn Roman Catholic diocese agreed that it failed to uphold the policies and procedures it adopted for investigating and responding to abuse complaints. 04/16/2024 - 9:54 am | View Link
AG Tish James, Diocese of Brooklyn reach settlement on clergy sex abuse reforms The Diocese of Brooklyn and state Attorney General Letitia James reached a settlement Tuesday on a host of reforms to address accusations of years of mismanaging allegations into priests who were ... 04/16/2024 - 7:59 am | View Link
N.Y. AG Tish James, Diocese of Brooklyn reach settlement on clergy sex abuse reforms The Diocese of Brooklyn and state Attorney General Letitia James announced a settlement Tuesday on a host of reforms to address accusations of years of mismanaging allegations against priests who were ... 04/16/2024 - 7:59 am | View Link
Clergy sex abuse survivors reject Diocese of Rockville Centre $200M offer to settle lawsuits Hundreds of clergy sex abuse survivors have “overwhelmingly” rejected the Diocese of Rockville Centre’s final offer of $200 million to settle their lawsuits after more than three years of ... 04/12/2024 - 8:51 pm | View Link