Department of Water and Power wants women on the job, and a career expo is step one On Saturday, May 4, the DWP is hosting its second annual Women’s Career & Wellness Expo at the DWP Truesdale Training Center in Sun Valley, with more than 1,800 people registered to attend. The event ... 05/3/2024 - 11:20 am | View Link
Daisy Ridley stars as record-breaking swimmer in 'Young Woman and the Sea' Daisy Ridley, who plays Ederle, spoke about the tenacious swimmer. "The difficulties she faced was all the sorts of trials and tribulations of being a woman of that time. She just refused to be boxed ... 05/1/2024 - 6:42 am | View Link
Young Woman and the Sea's True Story & Gertrude Ederle's Real-Life Explained Daisy Ridley stars as Gertrude Ederle in Young Woman and the Sea, but the movie focuses mainly on her Channel crossing and not her full life story. Ederle's real success as an Olympic athlete and ... 05/1/2024 - 1:05 am | View Link
Many Maldivian women can’t swim. This instructor builds confidence, in water and out. Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ... 04/30/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
MPD: Woman dies at hospital after being rescued from Lake Mendota last week The Madison Police Department confirmed Tuesday that a woman died after being rescued from Lake Mendota last week.Officers arrived around 4:25 a.m. Friday to Iota Court after 911 callers reported ... 04/30/2024 - 9:33 am | View Link
Young America's Foundation, the American version of Hitler's Youth, and the college Republicans at the University of Wisconsin in Madison had collaborated to throw a wild shindig at the Library Mall in Madison. The invitation that they were sharing was something to behold:
They promised there would be American flags, free t-shirts, popsicles, Toby Keith and Freedom!
Well, isn't that interesting?
By Sneha Dey, The Texas Tribune
April 29, 2024
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The Colorado legislature convened Saturday for a final weekend of work in its 2024 session, which is set to end Wednesday. Major pieces of legislation are still pending, with lawmakers expected to debate gun regulations, housing, land-use policy, transportation, property tax reform and other priorities in the final days.
This story will be updated throughout the day.
Updated at 1:30 p.m.: A proposed Constitutional amendment to remove defunct language banning same-sex marriage will go to voters this November after a referred measure passed the Colorado House on Saturday.
The proposed amendment would remove a ban approved by voters in 2006.
Protesters chanted anti-war messages and waved Palestinian flags during the University of Michigan’s commencement Saturday, as student demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war collided with the annual pomp-and-circumstance of graduation ceremonies.
No arrests were reported and the protest — comprised of about 50 people, many wearing traditional Arabic kaffiyeh along with their graduation caps — didn’t seriously interrupt the nearly two-hour event at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, which was attended by tens of thousands of people.
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One protest banner read: “No universities left in Gaza.”
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Kate Middleton’s life changed significantly when she married Prince William in 2011, having met while studying at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.
Now Princess of Wales and next in line to be Queen, Kate married into a generationally wealthy family whose working members get official expenses covered by proceeds from their vast land holdings, and she and her husband have only gotten wealthier during their marriage.
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Russia has put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on its wanted list, Russian state media reported Saturday, citing the interior ministry’s database.
As of Saturday afternoon, both Zelenskyy and his predecessor, Petro Poroshenko, featured on the ministry’s list of people wanted on unspecified criminal charges. The commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, Gen.