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What was the 2024 Met Gala theme? Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion, explained

NEW YORK – If you’re trying to explain the 2024 Met Gala theme, you can look to the classic fable, “Sleeping Beauty.” Watch our coverage of all the red carpet arrivals here, plus a recap of the biggest moments and best dressed stars. What was the Met Gala theme this year? This year’s theme for the Met Galastems from theCostume …

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Ingenuity, NASAs "little copter that could" (and did!)

In 2020, NASA’s Perseverance rover launched for Mars with a stowaway: a tiny drone, created by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The drone, named Ingenuity, was likened to a Wright Brothers’ plane on Mars, making the first flight on another planet. The entire drone had to be very light, because Mars has only 1% of the atmosphere of …

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Wisconsin police fatally shot student after he pointed pellet rifle at them, state DOJ says

MOUNT HOREB, Wis. —Police in Wisconsin fatally shot a student who had pointed a pellet rifle in their direction outside a middle school, according to the state’s Department of Justice. On Saturday, the Wisconsin DOJ released an update to its ongoing investigation into the fatal shooting outside Mount Horeb Middle School. The DOJ said someone called 911 shortly before 11:15 …

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Berkshire Hathaway has first annual meeting since death of longtime vice chairman Charlie Munger

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway gathered for its first annual meeting in an Omaha arena on Saturday, bringing together shareholders for the first time since the death of longtime vice chairman and right-hand manCharlie Munger. Tens of thousands of shareholders filled the arena eager to vacuum up tidbits of wisdom from billionaire Buffett, who famously dubbed the meeting “Woodstock for Capitalists” …

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29 iconic Met Gala looks from the best-dressed guests since 1973

NEW YORK —The Met Gala is Monday in New York City, and we’re counting down with some of the most iconic looks from the best dressed stars, like the one and only Rihanna and two ofthis year’s co-chairs Bad Bunny and Zendaya. Follow our coverage of all the red carpet arrivals here. Bad Bunny’s all white look, 2023 Met Gala …

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All the past Met Gala themes over the years up to 2024

The Metropolitan Museum of Art‘s Costume Institute Benefit, known around the globe as the Met Gala, took place this year on Monday, May 6, 2024, in New York City. The Spring 2024 exhibition, titled “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion,” highlights the sensory experience behind clothes and their transitory nature. But the dress code of the 2024 Met Gala — typically related …

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Massachusetts detectives affair exposed during investigation into his wifes shooting death

It was 1 p.m. on May 8, 2018, when Massachusetts State Police detectives arrived at a farmhouse in Westfield. 51-year-old Amy Fanion lay dead in the dining room from a single gunshot wound to the head. Amy Fanion’s husband, Brian Fanion, a detective in the Westfield Police Department, had called 911 minutes earlier, reporting that his wife had shot herself. …

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Trump Medias accountant is charged with "massive fraud" by the SEC

BF Borgers, the independent accounting firm for Trump Media & Technology Group, is facing allegations of “massive fraud” from the Securities and Exchange Commission, which on Friday claimed the auditor ran a “sham audit mill” that put investors at risk. The SEC said Borgers has been shut down, noting that the company agreed to a permanent suspension from appearing and …

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Here are the job candidates that employers are searching for most

What do Australia, Canada, the U.K. and the U.S. have in common beyond a common tongue? Try a dearth of nurses, mechanics and electricians. That’s according to a recentanalysisby career site Indeed.com that ranks the 10 job sectors with the most sought-after job candidates by employers and recruiters based on what resumes they searched for in 2023 across the four …

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Employers added 175,000 jobs in April, marking a slowdown in hiring

Hiring across the U.S. slowed in April, a sign the Federal Reserve’s efforts to shackle economic growth and curb inflation is chilling the labor market. American employers added 175,000 jobs last month, well below expectations of roughly 232,000 and off dramatically from the blockbuster job creationin March, when employers added a surprising and upwardly revised 315,000 jobs. The nation’s unemployment …

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