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Can a lottery winner run an effective foundation? Meet Roy Cockrum

In the early 1980s, soon after graduating from college, Roy Cockrum was trying to make it as an actor in New York

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Officers kill 3 coyotes at San Francisco Botanical Garden after attack on 5-year-old girl

Wildlife officers have shot and killed three coyotes at the San Francisco Botanical Garden after a coyote attacked a 5-year-old girl

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FBI raids homes in Oakland, California, including one belonging to the city's mayor

Federal authorities have raided a home belonging to Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao as part of an investigation that included a search of at least two other houses

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Killing of black bear cub splits town of Tahoe after homeowner shoots dead and claims it advanced on him and dog

‘I didn’t feel good about it at all, to be honest,’ resident says

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Homeless shelter staff didn’t check the bathrooms for a week for missing man. Then residents reported a rancid smell

The tragic incident has encouraged a wide range of reforms across the services and San Francisco’s homelessness department

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20 kids fall ill after ‘decades-old’ tear gas is used by police in training exercise near school

Students and one teacher reported burning eyes, noses and throats as the tear gas blew towards their school

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New York teacher fulfills promise first made to 1978 class and throws eclipse party

Patrick Moriarty brings together about 100 former students of his to watch solar eclipse from his driveway in Rochester

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In the Ogg House: Harris County DA Ousted in Primary

Challenger Sean Teare handily took out the embattled two-term incumbent Kim Ogg.

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Today's NYT Connections hints and answers — Wednesday, January 31, #234

We help you solve today's Connections answers with some useful hints and tips to win. Plus, we have the solution to yesterday's game.

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Today's NYT Connections hints and answers — Tuesday, January 30, #233

We help you solve today's Connections answers with some useful hints and tips to win. Plus, we have the solution to yesterday's game.

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Texas Observer: Covering What Others Won’t

From reader to publisher, Carlton Carl has been part of the Texas Observer for most of its 70 years. A look back at his time with us.

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Warren Buffett, James Simons and Phil Knight are among the top charity donors of 2023

Investment guru Warren Buffett topped The Chronicle of Philanthropy's annual list of the biggest charitable donations in 2023, with his $541.5 million gift to the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, named for his first wife, who died in 2004

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The $10 billion charity no one has heard of

A donor-advised fund devoted to supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals has leapt from being a relatively minor charity to one with an asset size comparable to behemoths like the Andrew W

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A grantmaker is betting a TV show for teen girls can help narrow the STEM gender gap

Dallas philanthropist Lyda Hill has devoted much of her giving to tackling social problems through science

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OpenAI seals deal for San Francisco office space after CEO Sam Altman calls remote work ‘experiment’ one of tech industry's worst mistakes

The move by OpenAI, and earlier ones by other AI firms, offer the city some "hope and optimism" amid fears of a "doom spiral."

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Brooklyn Org's rebrand ditches ‘foundation’ from its name for being 'old' and 'controlling'

To appeal to a new generation of philanthropists, the Brooklyn Community Foundation is ditching the word “foundation” and establishing itself with a new name: Brooklyn Org

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California official who opposed #MeToo movement accused of killing fiancee

Maga darling Joseph C Roberts arrested after Rachel Elizabeth Imani Buckner’s remains found on San Francisco Bay shoreline

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Latino charitable giving rates drop sharply — but that’s not the full story

The share of Latinos who give to established charities has dropped sharply since 2008, a new study has found

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Ranchers decry ‘arrogant’ Silicon Valley billionaires buying up land for ‘fantasy’ city near San Francisco: ‘We are now totally surrounded’

“If they want a new city, San Jose is ripe. Fix what’s there," suggested a Solano County rancher.

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Medicines360’s long and winding, $82 million road to create and distribute $50 birth control

Drugs and medical devices rarely come from the nonprofit world

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A San Francisco official organized a ‘doom loop’ tour. It flopped in spectacular fashion

City commissioner who called the event a ‘satire’ has since cancelled the tour and resigned from his position

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Causeway: Part stock fund + part donor-advised fund = A new bid for young donors

What might persuade affluent 20- and 30-somethings to give to charity

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MacKenzie Scott gave 17 nonprofits $97 million in the first half of 2023

MacKenzie Scott’s quest to give the bulk of her wealth to charity continues

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Succession actor treated in hospital after being attacked by otters in California river

Actor played an ATN producer in HBO series’ fourth season

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Foundations seek to advance AI for good — and also protect the world from its threats

While technology experts sound the alarm on the pace of artificial intelligence development, philanthropists — including long-established foundations and tech billionaires — have been responding with an uptick in grants

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