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[ad_1] Matt Damon and wife Luciana Barroso were color-coordinated while attending the Hermes fashion show on Thursday, September 14.While Damon, 52, kept it casual in a white T-shirt and sneakers, his gray dress pants matched his wife’s silvery sparkly long-sleeve dress. Barroso, 47, wore her dark hair up for the New York Fashion Week event and completed her look with black pumps and a matching handbag.It’s not the first time that the couple have synchronized their looks. Damon and Barroso both wore all-black outfits to the premiere of the actor’s film Air in March, posing for red carpet photos alongside…

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[ad_1] Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James Smith, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and Kevin McConville, the Sheriff of the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, announced today the unsealing of an Indictment charging HONG RU LIN, a/k/a “Bruce,” and KENA ZHAO, a/k/a “Angela,” with violating the Travel Act and conspiring to do so in connection with their use of facilities of interstate commerce to operate a prostitution business at multiple massage parlors in Putnam, Westchester, New York, and Queens County. …

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A military convoy on the way to Port Sudan on Aug. 30, 2023. Photo by AFP via Getty Images Mike Brand, University of Connecticut Mass atrocities are once again plaguing the people of Darfur, Sudan, with talk of a genocide taking place. Twenty years after genocide began in the region, recent conflict and tar geted violence have forced over 5 million people to flee their homes across Sudan in just five months. In Darfur, non-Arab unarmed civilians have been hunted down and massacred, according to eyewitnesses and survivors. Women and girls have been subjected to systematic rape, sexual violence and…

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[ad_1] Anne Arundel County released a study examining the County’s Small, Woman, or Minority Business Enterprise (SWMBE) program. County Executive Steuart Pittman requested the study to provide the County with data analysis around areas of County spending with low utilization of SWMBE firms, and to help the County better strategize on ways to increase spending in those categories moving forward.“Supporting Small, Woman, Veteran, and Minority-owned Business Enterprises helps our County and helps our local economy,” County Executive Steuart Pittman said. “This report helps bolster the work already in progress, while providing a roadmap for where we can improve our processes…

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Racial trauma can cause feelings of isolation among Black people.Taiyou Nomachi/Getty Images Char Newton, University of North Dakota Since European expansion into the Americas, white people have demonized Black people and portrayed them as undesirable, violent and hypersexual. Originally, the intent of this demonization was to legitimize the conquest and sale of African people. One consequence of this negative portrayal has been the documented psychological impact on Black people themselves. It includes self-hatred, internalized racism and an erosion of Black consciousness within the Black community. During the 1960s, Martin Luther King Jr. recognized the consequences of racist stereotypes and tried…

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[ad_1] Denying allegations of receiving a subsidy of Rs 10 crore from the government, Assam Chief Minister Himata Biswa Sarma’s wife said she will file a defamation against Congress Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi. Gogoi, who represents the Kaliabor constituency seat in Lok Sabha, has alleged the Assam CM’s wife received a Rs 10 crore subsidy under the PM Kisan Sampada Scheme for her entity. Assam CM’s wife Riniki Bhuyan Sharma issued a statement on Thursday stating her company PrideEast Entertainments Pvt Ltd. has adhered to the laws and received no penny from the Centre. In her statement on X,…

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[ad_1] “Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.”Katie Holmes brought her quietly sophisticated style out for a star-studded fashion dinner in New York City yesterday.The actor joined Elle Fanning, Camila Morrone, Dianna Agron, and others at Chanel and W magazine’s intimate bash to wrap up New York Fashion Week. For the evening, the Dawson’s Creek alum looked lovely in a frilly transparent white sweater with a knit diamond pattern, from Chanel’s Fall-Winter 2023/24 Ready-to-Wear collection; she wore it over a white top. She paired it with black wide-leg pants, glossy pointy flats,…

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Your bladder can signal the brain when it’s full, even while you’re asleep.Happyphoton/iStock via Getty Images Jennifer Ahn, University of Washington Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to cu***********@th*************.com. What happens if you have to go to the bathroom in your sleep? – Calleigh H., age 11, Oklahoma As you drink water during the day, your body turns extra liquid it doesn’t need into pee. Your bladder stores the urine and eventually alerts you when it’s time to take a trip to the…

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[ad_1] Titans of the oil and gas world like Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Shell, and BP have successfully adapted to countless societal changes over the past century – war, nationalisations, even the climate movement.But a major hurdle remains: Big oil has yet to appoint its first female chief executive – something BP could soon change.This week, the 114-year old British oil company parted ways with its charismatic chief executive Bernard Looney after investigations found he failed to disclose several workplace relationships. What the board knew and when remains unclear.BP’s interim leader, Murray Auchincloss, is also in a relationship with a BP…

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[ad_1] Olga Carmona celebrates the only goal of Spain’s Women’s World Cup final victory over England. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)The Spanish revolution culminated on a chilly winter evening halfway around the globe, at 10:02 p.m. Sunday in Sydney. It culminated with a bursting run and a beautiful goal, the only goal of the 2023 Women’s World Cup final. And it was fitting.Spain, amid a rapid transformation of women’s soccer back home, won its first title.Spain, just four years after winning its first-ever Women’s World Cup game, conquered the tournament with clockwork movement and precise passing, everything that its burgeoning…

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