Month: March 2023

Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, questions Lael Brainard, governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve, not pictured, during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats are pressing federal banking regulators to toughen
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Terence Hammonds (American, born 1976), Hope, 2022, HD print on aluminum, 24 x 18 in. Photo by the artist Universal Magnetic: New Works by Terence Hammonds is currently showing at the Taft Museum of Art in Cincinnati, Ohio. Hammonds’s works in Universal Magnetic feature collages that combine historical images with decorative motifs that adorn and memorialize representations of racial
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In this article VORB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The company’s 747 jet “Cosmic Girl” releases a LauncherOne rocket in mid-air for the first time during a drop test in July 2019. Greg Robinson / Virgin Orbit Virgin Orbit is ceasing operations “for the foreseeable future” after failing to secure a funding lifeline, CEO
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Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Chair Joe Drake had much to celebrate this morning. The studio reaped a record global and domestic box office debut for the John Wick franchise, with John Wick: Chapter 4 making $137.5M WW and $73.5M. The fourthquel was the best-received John Wick of all-time with audiences (A CinemaScore) and critics (95%
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HELSINKI — A major Chinese state-owned defense contractor is preparing to launch the first satellite for a very low Earth orbit constellation.  The China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) told Chinese state media in early March that its first satellite for a constellation of very-low Earth orbit (VLEO) satellites will launch in September. VLEO
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US President Joe Biden speaks during the Summit for Democracy virtual plenary on “Democracy Delivering on Global Challenges” in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Biden during the summit said he will seek $9.5 billion from Congress to promote democracy. Yuri Gripas | Bloomberg | Getty Images
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A consultant analyzing a mammogram. Rui Vieira | PA Wire | Getty Images A federal judge on Thursday struck down an Obamacare mandate that required most private health insurance plans to cover preventive care such as certain cancer screenings and HIV prevention drugs. These services included screenings for breast, cervical and lung cancers; tests for
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In BC times (before children and—yes, shrug—before Covid), shoe shopping was an act of indulgent self-care. Sky-high pumps, over-the-knee boots, oversize platforms were equal recipients of “hello, lover,” equitable math equations (who said my tour of duty at an investment bank wasn’t a learning experience?), and my hard-earned cash money. Decades later, a peep in
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Shammy is returning to Magnum P.I. For those new to Magnum this season, Shammy is Kenneth Shamberg, T.C.’s mechanic and co-pilot at Island Hoppers. He entered the Magnum gang when Rick and T.C. befriended the fellow Iraq War veteran on Magnum P.I. Season 1 Episode 6. The paralyzed Shammy was depressed and ready to die.
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