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Friday February 23rd, 2024 day edition

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A catering contract to celebrate Black Heritage Month turned into a tough lesson for a Black-owned bakery in the South Bay earlier this month.

What started as a $16,000 deal ended up costing the small business owner thousands of dollars instead.

On Valentine’s Day, the owner of The Giving Pies in San Jose's Willow Glen neighborhood received a pretty sweet call from a representative with Tesla: a catering job for thousands of mini-pies for a Black History Month event.

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But two days after taking the Tesla job, the bakery owner got a simple text message canceling the order.

She has a cancellation policy, but because Tesla hadn’t paid her yet, there was no way to recoup expenses.

A Tesla spokesperson did not respond to the specific questions but told NBC Bay Area they've been in touch with Rasetarinera. »

Moon landing: US lander successfully touches down in 'giant leap forward for all of humanity'

Authored by news.sky.com

The Intuitive Machines' lander is also the first US lander to successfully reach the moon in more than 50 years - since the last of NASA's Apollo programme in 1972.

Image: This was the scene at Intuitive Machines HQ in Houston after teams heard the spacecraft had reached the moon's surface.

Image: Intuitive Machines' lunar lander separating from the rocket's upper stage and heading toward the moon. »

Clackamas County exceeds rehousing goals with 65% drop in homelessness

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Clackamas County officials announced Thursday that homelessness is down 65% in the area from 2019 to 2023.

According to Clackamas County’s quarterly report on the Supportive Housing Services (SHS) Measure outcomes, the county has rehoused 314 people in six months.

This exceeds the county's annual fiscal year goal of rehousing 120 households by June 30, 2024. »

Nearly one in five Americans believe Taylor Swift-Biden conspiracy, poll finds

Authored by theguardian.com

Just under a fifth of Americans believe Taylor Swift is part of a conspiracy to help Joe Biden win re-election in November, a new poll found.

According to the New Jersey college, 18% of respondents said they believed in the conspiracy while 46% said they had heard about it.

According to the Monmouth poll, while 73% of respondents said they did not believe the Taylor Swift conspiracy existed, 9% said they did not know either way. »

President Biden met with Alexei Navalny's widow and daughter

Authored by nbcnews.com

President Joe Biden met with the widow of Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnaya, and their daughter, Dasha, in California on Thursday, less than a week after her husband died in a Russian prison.

Biden has expressed exasperation with former President Donald Trump for failing to blame Putin for Navalny's death.

At a fundraiser in San Francisco Thursday, Biden referred to Russia's president while talking about climate change. »