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Smithsonian American Art Museum Releases 10 New Digital Comics Exploring the Lives of Women Artists Represented in Its Collection
The Smithsonian American Art Museum has published 10 new digital comics, each celebrating a woman artist represented in the museum’s permanent collection. The trailblazing artists featured in the 2023 set of the series “Drawn to Art: Tales of Inspiring Women Artists” are Laura Aguilar, Tanya Aguiñiga, Emma Amos, Chitra Ganesh, Barbara Jones-Hogu, Sister Gertrude Morgan, Miriam Schapiro, Lilly Martin Spencer, Wendy Red Star (Apsáalooke/Crow) and Consuelo Jimenez Underwood. This latest group of comics marks the third installment of the museum’s online series since launching in 2021.
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Naked Wines Launches Opportunity Fund for Latinos in Wine
The new grant program will help support this underrepresented community via $80,000 in grants
Naked Wines, the largest 100% direct-to-consumer winery in America, today announced the Montoya Opportunity Fund to help empower the next generation of Latino winemaking talent. Driven by winemaker Macario Montoya, the grant program is a commitment to promoting diversity and inclusion in an industry where Latino professionals are vastly underrepresented. In California, Latinos make up only 1% of wine producers in the state and this fund is an effort to grow this number. The program, which is being overseen by Naked Wines with Montoya serving as lead advisor, is open for applications September 15 through October 31, 2023.
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US task force recommends expanding high blood pressure screenings during pregnancy
Everyone who is pregnant should be screened for disorders such as gestational hypertension and preeclampsia with blood pressure monitoring throughout the pregnancy, the US Preventive Services Task Force recommended Tuesday.
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Whoopi Goldberg defends Hasan Minhaj’s embellished comedy
Whoopi Goldberg came to Hasan Minhaj’s defense after the comic admitted he’d embellished some of the stories in his standup sets over the years.
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Whoopi Goldberg came to Hasan Minhaj’s defense after the comic admitted he’d embellished some of the stories in his standup sets over the years. Mandatory …
Published on September 19, 2023
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Five Americans back on US soil after release from Iranian detention
Five Americans freed from Iranian detention this week returned to US soil early Tuesday following an initial stop in Doha, Qatar, two US officials told CNN.
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Hundreds protest against Libyan authorities in flood-ravaged Derna
Protests have erupted in the eastern Libyan city of Derna with locals demanding the removal of those in power, a week after torrential rain caused two dams to collapse, sweeping whole neighborhoods into the Mediterranean Sea and killing thousands.
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Rudy Giuliani’s former attorneys sue him for more than $1.3 million in unpaid legal fees
A law firm that represented Rudy Giuliani during recent years of investigations and lawsuits is now suing him for more than $1.3 million in unpaid legal fees, as the former New York City mayor is facing growing bills related to fallout for his actions around the 2020 election for Donald Trump.
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This hospital chaplain has counseled thousands of dying patients. Here’s what he’s learned
Joon Park still thinks about his patients long after they’re gone.
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Federal judge upholds convictions of Oath Keeper associate
A federal judge on Tuesday upheld two federal convictions against a Navy veteran and Oath Keeper associate accused of helping the far-right group stash weapons outside Washington, DC, on January 6, 2021.
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Thomas Caldwell, a defendant charged with seditious conspiracy in his connection to the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, leaves a courthouse on November …
Published on September 19, 2023
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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich to remain in detention after latest appeal is denied
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich will remain behind bars after a Moscow court refused to hear an appeal against his pre-trial detention on Tuesday.
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UN secretary-general warns of ‘Great Fracture’ as world leaders begin debate
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of a looming “Great Fracture” in the world, describing existing global governance structures as failing to serve a changing world.
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UAW president has some harsh words for Trump
The head of the United Auto Workers union is publicly denouncing former President Donald Trump ahead of his visit next week to Detroit as part of a ple
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United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain is publicly denouncing former President Donald Trump ahead of his visit next week to Detroit as part of a …
Published on September 19, 2023
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Former NFL player Sergio Brown is missing after his mother’s death was ruled a homicide
Former NFL player Sergio Brown is missing after his mother died from injuries related to an assault and her body was found near a creek behind her suburban Chicago home, according to the Maywood Police Department.
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Suspect arrested in the ambush killing of a newly engaged Los Angeles deputy. This is what the sheriff wants the public to know
After an hourslong standoff, a 29-year-old man suspected of gunning down a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy was arrested Monday. But the reason behind the killing remains a mystery.
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Shannon Beador, ‘Real Housewives’ cast member, arrested for DUI and hit-and-run
“Real Housewives of Orange County” cast member Shannon Beador was arrested arrested for drunk driving and hit-and-run in Newport Beach, California over the weekend, according to police.
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Judge is skeptical of Trump-era DOJ official Jeffrey Clark’s bid to move Georgia election charges to federal court
A federal judge was skeptical Monday of former Trump-era Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark’s efforts to move his Georgia election subversion case to federal court.
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Texas Southern University Places Third at Moguls in the Making Entrepreneurial Pitch Competition
TSU team earned $5,000 scholarships for third place finish
