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As Sam Brown lay in the Afghan desert, engulfed in flames and doused in diesel fuel, he knew he was about to die.It was September 2008, and Brown, then a lieutenant in the U.S. Army, was leading a platoon to rescue fellow soldiers who had been ambushed by the Taliban. Then his Humvee was hit by a roadside bomb. Amidst the explosion of fire and the sound of a concussion, Mr. Brown’s life was changed forever.”I remember lying face down in the dirt of the Kandahar desert, trying to scoop dirt to extinguish the flames without success, and thinking: How…
summary The inclusion of the heartbreak ballad “So Long London” as the fifth track on Swift’s new album, The Tortured Poets Department, reflects Swift’s tendency to make soulful songs the fifth track on her albums. is taking over. The Eras tour setlist narrowly avoided this trend by placing the moving and romantic “Lover” as the fifth song that Swift performs throughout the show. The next song on the Eras tour’s setlist after “Lover” is her very personal song “The Archer,” which is track 5 on the tour. mistress album. After barely avoiding it, Elas tour set list, Taylor Swift The…
Is there a darkness lurking in the family? We don’t know much about Caitlin Cronenberg, but in her new horror drama Humane, she’s about to earn her place in the halls of the macabre, like her father David and her brother Brandon before her. There is. The film, starring Jay Baruchel, Emily Hampshire, and Peter Gallagher, is set in a post-ecological-disaster future where the patriarch decides to participate in a new euthanasia program aimed at depleting Earth’s population. The focus is on families. “I enjoyed the fact that it was a family drama set in this strange, chaotic world,” Cronenberg…
Kutch, which is larger in area than Denmark, is India’s third largest and largest constituency. It is reserved for scheduled caste candidates. After its inception in 1952, the first member of parliament of Kutch was Bawanji Khimji of the Congress. He was re-elected in his 1957 year. The BJP first won the seat in 1989 and has held the seat seven times since 1996. BJP leader Pushdan Gadavi was elected from his constituency for four terms from 1996 to 2004. In 2009, voters in the constituency sent Poonamben Jat of the Bharatiya Janata Party to the Lok Sabha, followed by…
Venture capital (VC) management common catalyst It reportedly raised about $6 billion for technology startups. The company has invested in Stripe and Snap and Mistral, maybe you can do it. Close the latest fund The Financial Times reported on Sunday (April 28), citing sources, that the money will be invested in a variety of sectors including defense, space, climate change, fintech and healthcare in Europe and India. Reported. and US. The fund indicates the presence of institutional investors and endowments, the report said. and Foundations, known as limited partners, drought Impact the fundraising space. PYMNTS has reached out to General…
downward angle icon An icon in the shape of a downward facing corner. The FTC ordered Williams-Sonoma to pay more than $3 million. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images Williams-Sonoma must pay $3.1 million after the FTC filed suit citing violations. The FTC requires retailers to be honest about whether their products are made in the United States.FTC Chair Lina M. Khan said Williams-Sonoma used “deception.” Williams-Sonoma will pay $3.1 million in a settlement with the U.S. government for falsely labeling foreign-manufactured products as “Made in the USA.”The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice announced the civil penalty against the…
The Milwaukee Bucks trail the series 2-1 and will be without two of their best players in Sunday’s Game 4 against the Indiana Pacers.of Bucks announced early Sunday morningDamian Lillard and Giannis Antetokounmpo will likely miss key games.Antetokounmpo has missed six consecutive games since April 10th due to a calf strain. Lillard aggravated his Achilles injury late Friday night in Game 3 and was seen wearing a walking boot on Saturday. Head coach Doc Rivers told reporters Saturday that the team is awaiting the results of an MRI test before Lillard is ruled out Sunday.Damian Lillard and Giannis Antetokounmpo will…
WASHINGTON — Last June, in the White House’s anticipated turning point speech in Chicago, President Joe Biden introduced a new slogan aimed at touting economic recovery.The slogan was “Bidenomics.” And on this day, those words were plastered everywhere. They hung across the lecterns on either side of Mr. Biden, who spoke of improving the economy, and on the walls of Chicago’s historic post office, where Mr. Biden was speaking to hundreds of supporters. .For the rest of the year, Biden continues to tout “Bidenomics” every time he discusses the economy, trying to link his policy agenda of investing in manufacturing,…
The Salvation Army has opened disaster relief centers in Nebraska and Iowa to assist individuals and families affected by Friday’s tornadoes. The Omaha Salvation Army relies on partnerships with local businesses to support disaster relief efforts. The Salvation Army Disaster Relief Center is a temporary “free pop-up store” where donations of supplies are collected during disaster relief efforts. Sunday will be the first time the Salvation Army of Omaha will open a DRC since the 2019 floods. The Disaster Relief Center, based at Bright Idea, will be open for those in need on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.…
Sports media’s misogyny was alive and well this month. U.S. star basketball players Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese have been selected from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Sweet 16 to the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) draft in just a few weeks. This was discovered through a reporter’s investigation. They themselves have publicly apologized for reporting on women. First, Los Angeles Times reporter Ben Bolch drew criticism for describing Reese’s Louisiana State University (LSU) team as “dirty debutantes” in a since-edited NCAA Championship matchup preview. LSU coach Kim Mulkey slammed the article and those who didn’t criticize it. “If…