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Facebook confirmed to TechCrunch Evan Cheng, a director of engineering at the company, is the social media giant's new director of engineering for blockchain.

Starbucks plans to drop single-use plastic straws by 2020 across its 28,000 stores worldwide, the company announced July 9.

Honolulu police arrested a 35-year-old man July 8 after he allegedly assaulted a paramedic in Kai, Hawaii, according to KHON 2 News.

Former East Lansing-based Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine Dean William Strampel, DO, has retired, university officials confirmed July 6, according to the Lansing State Journal.

Facebook stock closed at $203.23 July 6 — an all time high — which propelled CEO Mark Zuckerberg beyond Warren Buffet to become the world's third richest person, according to Fortune and the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Mergers and acquisitions among consumer goods companies hit a 15-year high in 2017, according to CNBC.

A medical helicopter transporting a patient crashed July 7, injuring four people, one of whom is in critical condition, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Police arrested and charged a Miami-based Jackson Memorial Hospital employee July 6 who allegedly threatened "to kill the staff doctors and nurses" at the facility, according to the Miami Herald.

Community Medical Center Long Beach (Calif.), which opened in 1924, closed July 3 due to the inability to retrofit the hospital to meet California's seismic standards.

American consumers watch Netflix more than any other video streaming platform, according Market Watch.