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2009 Photo: Penske Media via Getty Images Repeat Attenders: Models’ memorable Met Gala moments. Lila and Kate Moss, 2022. Photo: Gotham / Getty Images 1995 Photo: Ron Galella / Getty Images Repeat Attenders: Models’ memorable Met Gala moments. Fashion’s favorite spectator sport is the Met Gala. The guests are the “players” whose “stats” are times attended and what they wore. …

President Biden is expected to condemn a six-week abortion ban that will soon take effect in Florida — and blame former President Donald J. Trump for its enactment — during a speech on Tuesday in Tampa. The Biden campaign has made abortion one of its top issues, as polling shows it is one of the few subjects in which voters …

The coin’s potential has been very slow to materialize. A few weeks ago I decided to offload the vast majority of my Ethereum (ETH -0.90%) tokens after holding and accumulating them over the last few years. I don’t expect to buy more anytime soon, even if the price drops to attractive levels. Here’s why. 1. The coin’s price surpassed the …

Amazon said today that it has launched a new grocery delivery subscription for Prime members and customers with an EBT card (Electronic Benefit Transfer) in the U.S. if you’re living in one of the 3,500 eligible cities and towns. The company started testing grocery delivery in three locations last year: Denver, Colorado; Sacramento, California; and Columbus, Ohio. The subscription costs …

This is The Takeaway from today’s Morning Brief, which you can sign up to receive in your inbox every morning along with: This week, companies collectively worth nearly $17 trillion will report quarterly results. Next week, almost $13 trillion in market cap will follow. But the breadth and depth of corporate earnings set to be released don’t make this week …

A bipartisan knot of House members clustered in the well of the chamber just around 2 p.m. on Saturday. The House had just approved a $26 billion aid package for Israel, 366-58, which was the final of several roll-call votes on a clutch of foreign aid bills, including $61 billion for Ukraine. But members weren’t certain they were done yet …

Adobe is adding some new generative AI tools to its Photoshop creative software that aim to give users additional ways to control the designs they generate. Powered by Adobe’s new Firefly Image 3 foundation model, these new tools are available today via the Photoshop beta desktop app, and will be generally available “later this year” according to Adobe’s Press release. …

President Biden will travel to Florida on Tuesday to denounce that state’s six-week abortion ban — just days before the law goes into effect — in his latest push to blame former president Donald Trump for the erosion of reproductive rights across the country. Biden will deliver remarks on what he has called “reproductive freedom” in Tampa, visiting a state …

Céline Dion is holding her optimism close as she continues to battle stiff-person syndrome. The iconic Canadian vocalist appeared on the cover of Vogue France and opened up about dealing with the disease that has stopped her from performing for several years. She also shared what truly keeps her going amid her struggle with the disease. “I haven’t beat the …

Local Underwriting teams will be strengthened New set-up with two regional divisions Personnel changes at senior executive level – April 18, 2024 — Munich Re has grown strongly and profitably in Asia Pacific & Africa in recent years. One building block of this success has been the transfer of know-how and decision-making authorities to the region. We are now taking …

With Dune: Part Two, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Deadpool & Wolverine... and probably Dune: Part Two again, 2024 has truly become the year of the popcorn bucket. And if that trend is to continue, one filmmaker with a high-profile sequel coming later this year wants on board. What Did Tatiana See at the End of 3 Body Problem? Damien Leone, the …

Google employees based in the United States staged protests at the tech giant’s offices in New York City, California and Seattle last week to oppose a $1.2bn contract with the Israeli government. Known as Project Nimbus, the joint contract between Google and Amazon signed in 2021 aims to provide cloud computing infrastructure, artificial intelligence (AI) and other technology services to …

ElsvanderGun Investment Thesis One of the goals of active investing for any value investor is to find great companies that will outperform the market over time. Taking a note out of Peter Lynch’s approach: to pay attention to popular trends in your everyday life, The Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ:CAKE) is a popular restaurant chain that is always crowded in my area …

Victoria Asare-Archer has been tapped to adapt C.M. Ewan’s “The House Hunt” for Sony Pictures Television-backed Eleventh Hour Films. Asare-Archer is the lead writer and executive producer on Netflix’s Harlan Coben adaptation “Missing You,” which is currently in production. “The House Hunt” follows the story of Lucy and Sam, a young couple who reluctantly put their newly renovated house on …

Jeremy Hunt’s scope for a substantial pre-election tax giveaway has been hit after the latest set of official figures showed the UK’s public finances in worse shape than thought at last month’s budget. Figures from the Office for National Statistics showed the government borrowed £120.7bn in the 2023-24 financial year – £6.6bn more than the Office for Budget Responsibility had …

Amazon customers in California won’t be able to get drone deliveries anymore. The e-commerce company has closed its delivery site in Lockeford, which has been operational since 2022, and will now offer its personnel in the area opportunities at other sites. Amazon made the revelation almost as an aside in an announcement that it’s launching drone deliveries in the West …

Mutual funds can be complicated. It’s easy to go down a rabbit hole looking for information, especially for new investors who don’t know where to start. Many investors often passively trust their funds to a financial advisor or leave them undisturbed and unmonitored in their 401(k) plan. While advisors are useful and often irreplaceable partners in your financial journey, the …

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In the current Bitcoin halving cycle, Solana could skyrocket in value. Just about everyone agrees that the no-brainer cryptocurrency to buy right now is Bitcoin (BTC 0.16%). Not only is Bitcoin getting a huge lift from the recent introduction of the new spot Bitcoin ETFs, there’s also the halving, which is generally viewed as a very bullish catalyst. Combined, these …

What happens if you design a spacecraft to survive reentry, but launch without a green light from regulators to bring it back down? As we saw with Varda Space Industries, which fired a capsule into orbit last spring to make stuff in zero gravity, you might have to park in orbit until your Federal Aviation Administration paperwork is complete. In a …