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Ken Paxton sues NCAA over transgender athletes’ participation in women’s sports

"Ken Paxton sues NCAA over transgender athletes’ participation in women’s sports" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Sunday he sued the National Collegiate Athletic Association, accusing the organization of misleading college …

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5 days, 4 hours ago

'Sabotage': Texas A.G. Ken Paxton takes legal action to stop border wall part auctions

Raw Story

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton late Tuesday asked a federal judge to determine whether the Biden administration is violating a permanent injunction by selling off unused border wall parts. “If these reports are true, the Biden Administration is violating a federal court order.” Paxton wants U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton to first order a status conference at the court’s “earliest …

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Trains, tracks, and tradition: Lionel celebrates 125 years of Christmas fun

NPR

Trains, tracks, and tradition: Lionel celebrates 125 years of Christmas fun toggle caption Sara Messinger for NPR As kids for generations have done, Landon Tennant looks longingly at a streamlined Lionel Santa Fe engine as it chugs around a tiny display with houses, mountains and bridges at TrainLand, a hobby shop on Long Island, New York. toggle caption Sara Messinger …

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6 days, 15 hours ago

How the WA Labor government has wielded its absolute power since its thumping 2021 election win

ABC

At the last election, WA Labor redefined the idea of a landslide by obliterating the already wounded opposition. Fast facts: More than 20,600 West Australians are on the public housing wait list More than 20,600 West Australians are on the public housing wait list Perth is now considered to be the least affordable capital city in Australia Perth is now …

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Iconic model Christmas train maker Lionel Trains celebrates 125 years

NPR

Iconic model Christmas train maker Lionel Trains celebrates 125 years A Lionel toy train around the Christmas tree continues to be a fixture of holiday tradition in some families. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: When you think of Christmas, you might picture a model train looping around a Christmas tree, and there's a good chance the train is made by Lionel. JEFF …

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1 week ago

Wamco Clients, Staff Head for Exits as Ken Leech Heads to Court

Live Mint

-- Outwardly, all is upbeat at Western Asset Management, which has invited its staff and clients to celebrate the New Year by watching the Rose Parade from Wamco’s balconies in Pasadena, California, and cheer on the firm’s flower-bedecked entry, “Float Like a Butterfly.” The parade’s theme is “Best Day Ever!” The same can’t be said today for Wamco’s star bond …

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Gypsy Rose Blanchard explains why her engagement to Ken Urker fell apart in new memoir

The Independent

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2 weeks ago

CSIRO finds renewables cheaper than Nuclear

ABC

Samantha Donovan: The CSIRO's annual assessment of the cost of future electricity generation has again concluded that a nuclear power plant would cost about twice as much as energy from renewable sources. Ken Baldwin: So the latest GenCost report has revised those figures slightly, but really it's not made a substantial difference to the relative cost of nuclear versus solar …

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2 weeks ago

Synagogue attack was 'likely' terrorism

ABC

Samantha Donovan: Hello, welcome to PM. Sarah Maunder: AFP Deputy Commissioner for National Security Krissy Barrett has confirmed last Friday's arson attack on the synagogue will be investigated as a terrorist incident. Marika Sosnowski: Sure, so obviously Hayat Tahrir al-Sham is one of the major groups involved here and its leader Abu Mohammed Al-Golani who's now actually going by his …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

MI5 forced to shift focus from terrorism to Russia due to ‘finite capacity’

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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy MI5 will be forced to turn focus away from terrorism …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Bitcoin surge: El Salvador president celebrates investment exceeding $600 million, Vancouver mayor consider similar move

Live Mint

Bitcoin surge: El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele celebrated as Bitcoin surpassed $100,000 level for the first time this week, hitting its all-time high and boosting the Central American government's investment in the crypto token to over $600 million, according to an AP report. And now, Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has said the city would also consider a similar investment in …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

2024 in pop culture: In a bruising year, we sought out fantasy, escapism — and cute little animals

Associated Press

NEW YORK — I’ll get you, my pretty! Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print It’s MET GALA time — or as it’s known in 2024, another early marketing moment for “WICKED.” ERIVO and GRANDE make fashion waves on the carpet and then musical ones at dinner, with a soulful performance of “When You …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Ken Martin, in DNC bid, calls for ‘massive narrative and branding project’ for Democrats

Politico

Several other Democrats, including Rahm Emanuel, the U.S. ambassador to Japan, Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, former Rep. Max Rose and Democratic strategist Chuck Rocha are all also considering bids. Martin’s candidate memo, titled “A New DNC Framework,” hits several themes espoused by Democrats for years, like doubling down on a 50-state strategy, focusing on non-federal races, energizing youth mobilization …

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3 weeks ago

PlayStation creator Ken Kutaragi reveals that everyone opposed the console, thought it would kill Sony

Firstpost

Before the PlayStation’s meteoric rise, Sony was collaborating with Nintendo on a CD-ROM reader for the Super Nintendo console. The partnership even led to a prototype machine, the “Play Station,” which could read both CDs and cartridges Nintendo viewed gaming as a toy industry, while Sony aimed to merge cutting-edge technology with entertainment. Image Credit: Reuters Imagine a world where …

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Bond trader at Pasadena firm shunted $600 million in gains to favored portfolios, U.S. alleges

LA Times

At first blush, the U.S. case against star bond trader Ken Leech centers on a quirk in procedures: The former co-chief investment officer for Pasadena-based Western Asset Management Co. placed his daily bets, then let hours lapse before assigning them to client portfolios. Leech’s attorney disputed the government’s case as “unfounded,” saying his client acted properly at all times and …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Ex-Wamco CIO Ken Leech Charged Over Trade Allocation Scheme

Live Mint

-- Ken Leech, the former co-chief investment officer for Western Asset Management Co., was accused by US authorities on Monday of improperly allocating trades to favored clients in a dramatic turn for the once-star trader. As alleged, Leech abdicated that all-important duty for years.” Jonathan S. Sack, a lawyer for Leech, said the “unfounded” charges “ignore key facts, including the …

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1 month ago

Book Box: Are You in a Reading Race?

Hindustan Times

Dear Reader, A view of a bookstore. Shortlist for the 2024 Women’s Fiction Prize Other reading deadlines come from our favourite communities – the book clubs. And there are many of these - the celebrity book clubs, the online book clubs, the offline book groups, reading communities like Gurgaon Reads or Juhu Reads that are mushrooming in every city. And …

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1 month ago

Bloomberg Open Interest 11/22/2024

Bloomberg

And we may actually have a Treasury pick. But I think what's really most important to consider here, Katie, is normally when you come out of a bear market like we're in 2022, Smallcaps outperform equity to outperform the cap weighted, but it didn't happen this time. Some are saying they the outlook is stabilize, up 5.4% on the week …

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1 month ago

Why Ken Martin Wants To Lead The Democratic National Committee

Huff Post

Ken Martin, the chair of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, addresses party faithful on election night this year in St. Paul, Minnesota. Christopher Mark Juhn/Getty Images Ken Martin, the chair of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party — as his state’s Democratic Party is known — on Tuesday officially announced his candidacy to head the Democratic National Committee, becoming the second person to …

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25 greatest tennis players of all time - which two female stars rank above Roger Federer and where does retiring Rafael Nadal finish up?

Daily Mail

As the dust settles on Rafael Nadal’s retirement, the question arises: where does the great Spaniard rank among the best players of all time? VENUS WILLIAMS Years active: 1994-present Grand Slam singles titles: 7 Tour titles: 49 Weeks as world No1: 11 Only her sister prevented her finishing far higher up this list. MARTINA NAVRATILOVA Years active: 1974-2006 Grand Slam …

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1 month ago

Ken Martin jumps into race for DNC chair

Politico

The battle for DNC chair will offer some of the first clues on how the Democratic Party plans to plot a path forward after losing the election this month to President-elect Donald Trump. James Zogby, a longtime DNC member from the progressive wing of the party, said he is backing Martin because he is “looking for someone who can build …

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Review: Ken Burns’ absorbing new Leonardo da Vinci doc on PBS sidesteps one important question

LA Times

Wild guess: You’ve probably heard of Leonardo da Vinci. The most fascinating is the complex compositional analysis of the figures in Leonardo’s second most famous painting, “The Last Supper,” that vast fresco in a communal dining room of a Dominican convent in Milan. Leonardo da Vinci’s 1494-98 “The Last Supper” fresco is in the Refectory of Santa Maria delle Grazie, …

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1 month, 1 week ago

In a first, Ken Burns trains his lens on a non-American subject: Leonardo da Vinci

NPR

In a first, Ken Burns trains his lens on a non-American subject: Leonardo da Vinci SCOTT DETROW, HOST: More than half a millennium after his death, Leonardo da Vinci is still one of the most well-known artists in the world, the rare artist who, when you name some of his most iconic paintings, most people will immediately picture the artwork …

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'The film is more optimistic than people consider': Why the poignant Kes is Britain's greatest coming-of-age story

BBC

'The film is more optimistic than people consider': Why the poignant Kes is Britain's greatest coming-of-age story Alamy First released in November 1969, Ken Loach's social-realist tale of a boy who adopts a kestrel still resonates and has become a timeless classic of British cinema. They insisted that Kes was a film for everybody and that the "central image of …

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Ken Paxton sues NCAA over transgender athletes’ participation in women’s sports

'Sabotage': Texas A.G. Ken Paxton takes legal action to stop border wall part auctions

Trains, tracks, and tradition: Lionel celebrates 125 years of Christmas fun

How the WA Labor government has wielded its absolute power since its thumping 2021 election win

Iconic model Christmas train maker Lionel Trains celebrates 125 years

Wamco Clients, Staff Head for Exits as Ken Leech Heads to Court

Gypsy Rose Blanchard explains why her engagement to Ken Urker fell apart in new memoir

CSIRO finds renewables cheaper than Nuclear

Synagogue attack was 'likely' terrorism

MI5 forced to shift focus from terrorism to Russia due to ‘finite capacity’

Bitcoin surge: El Salvador president celebrates investment exceeding $600 million, Vancouver mayor consider similar move

2024 in pop culture: In a bruising year, we sought out fantasy, escapism — and cute little animals

Ken Martin, in DNC bid, calls for ‘massive narrative and branding project’ for Democrats

PlayStation creator Ken Kutaragi reveals that everyone opposed the console, thought it would kill Sony

Bond trader at Pasadena firm shunted $600 million in gains to favored portfolios, U.S. alleges

Ex-Wamco CIO Ken Leech Charged Over Trade Allocation Scheme

Book Box: Are You in a Reading Race?

Bloomberg Open Interest 11/22/2024

Why Ken Martin Wants To Lead The Democratic National Committee

25 greatest tennis players of all time - which two female stars rank above Roger Federer and where does retiring Rafael Nadal finish up?

Ken Martin jumps into race for DNC chair

Review: Ken Burns’ absorbing new Leonardo da Vinci doc on PBS sidesteps one important question

In a first, Ken Burns trains his lens on a non-American subject: Leonardo da Vinci

'The film is more optimistic than people consider': Why the poignant Kes is Britain's greatest coming-of-age story