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Robert De Niro asked my dad for advice

Parent Chat! Robert De Niro Asked Sebastian ManiscalcoK’s daddy for tips before taking on his role in an upcoming film about my father, The comedian, 49, said his father, Salvo, didn’t fully believe the 79-year-old Oscar winner would take on the role until he received a phone call from the man himself. “Robert called my dad and said, ‘I’d like you to come to Oklahoma where I’m shooting a movie, because I’d like you to help me analyze this script and maybe teach me some Italian and How do you...
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Jerome Powell Apology to Fed, Inflation Critics Template

Jerome Powell has taken a lot of abuse over the years. The Federal Reserve chairman was blamed for mischaracterizing the rise of inflation in 2021 as “fleeting”, a move that prompted him to keep interest rates close to zero after the COVID recovery. And even after Powell admitted that he had miscalculated the trajectory of inflation, he went back on that “fleeting” line and turned to interest rate hikes to fight consumer price increases in March last year. He could not pat his critics on the back. A new group...
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Inside the world's longest-running mermaid gathering: 'The first place I really belong' California

AleLast weekend, around a community pool near Sacramento, flippers were being unbuckled, glittery bubble crowns were secured with wigs, and dazzling eye makeup was applied: The annual American meeting of mermaids was underway . Hundreds gathered for the California Mermaid Convention: a three-day celebration of the increasingly popular practice of “mermaiding.” Part cosplay, part athletic endeavor, the hobby ranges from casual attire to certified divers who strap on “monofins” and float together in a pool or open ocean. Above all, mermaids are an inclusive community working to maintain their magic...
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Meet the American who created Air Jordan sneakers: Peter Moore, legend of global design

Peter Moore made footwear an art form.  Paired with a young sports star whose ascendancy defied gravity, Moore’s art form inspired a pop-culture phenomenon.  Moore designed the original Air Jordan sneakers.  MEET THE AMERICAN WHO LED 77 MINUTEMEN AGAINST 700 REDCOATS AT BATTLE OF LEXINGTON: CAPTAIN JOHN PARKER They were first worn by Chicago Bulls rookie basketball star Michael Jordan in 1984 and then released to the public before the end of the NBA season in the spring of 1985.  The sneaker biz has never been the same. “The Air...
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The Hottest Trend in Investing Is Mostly a Fad

IAnn March, 19 Republican governors issued a statement Warned of a “direct threat to the American economy, individual economic freedom, and our way of life”. The threat in question was not one of the classic objects of conservative concern, such as high taxes, government regulation or social medicine. Instead, it was a bugbear of a more recent vintage: ESG investing. ESG, which stands for “environmental, social and governance,” allows investors to put their money into companies that care about not only their bottom line, but their impact on the world....
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Biden may announce 2024 presidential campaign next week – report US Election 2024

US President Joe Biden and his team may announce his re-election campaign by video next week, according to a source familiar with the matter on Thursday. An announcement Tuesday by Biden, 80, would coincide with the anniversary of his 2020 campaign four years ago, said the source, asking not to be identified. Biden aides plan the long-anticipated launch of the president’s second, four-year term in 2024. Last week, Biden said he would launch his campaign “relatively soon”. He has long said he wants to run again, but the lack of...
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Chief Justice Roberts asked to testify in Senate on Supreme Court ethics amid Thomas controversy

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., on Thursday asked Chief Justice John Roberts to testify on May 2 about the ethics rules governing the Supreme Court, as controversy surrounds Justice Clarence Thomas’ visits continuing, which he took with GOP Mega. Giver. “I invite you, or any other justice you nominate, to testify at a public hearing regarding ethics rules before the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 2, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 216 of the Hart Senate Office Building.” “Control Supreme Court justices and possible improvements to those...
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Police: 8 people including girl injured in 2 DC firing

WASHINGTON (AP) – Eight people, including a young girl, were injured in two shootings Friday night in Washington, D.C., the Metropolitan Police Department said. Police said there were no casualties in the two shootings as they happened within a short span of time in the same area of ​​the city. Around 10 a.m. police responded to reports of shots fired on Lebaum Street and shot seven people who were not life-threatening, Assistant Chief of Patrol Services South Andre Wright said at a news conference at the scene. Wright said most...
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Democrats have already lost the debt ceiling battle

So Republicans are predictably unfair. But there’s no sign so far that Democrats are getting the result they hoped for — that voters will recognize that the GOP was acting in bad faith, forcing House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy to cave in. recent polling from ABC and Washington Post democrat gives narrow advantage, but not more than one. The same number of voters from each party – 78 percent – ​​would blame the opposite party for the default, which is not surprising given the level of partisanship at the moment....
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Truck collides with security barrier near White House; driver detained

A driver was taken into custody after a truck crashed into a security barrier near the White House on Monday night, officials said. The white U-Haul box truck crashed into barriers on the north side of Lafayette Square, at 16th Street, just before 10 a.m. ET. The Secret Service said the incident, which happened just a few hundred feet from the White House, may have been intentional. Investigators recovered a Nazi flag from the scene. “No Secret Service or White House personnel were injured, and the cause and manner of...
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