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The Loudoun County school board opposed an amendment to its Pride Month resolution which would have recognized biological differences between males and females, drawing criticism from Virginia’s Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin.School board member John Beatty proposed amending the Pride proclamation to add “whereas male bodies and female bodies are different, Loudoun County Public Schools recognizes the need for separate bathrooms to provide for privacy and safety.”  School board member John Beatty’s proposal would have protected separate male and female bathrooms. ( Martin Schutt)He also proposed an amendment adding “whereas male bodies and female bodies are different Loudoun County Public Schools recognizes…

Tech giants Alphabet and Meta were among the top-paying public companies in 2022. They’ve laid off around 33,000 workers since 2022 — but offer some of the highest median salaries. A real-estate company offered the highest median salary to its 22 employees. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app Alphabet, the parent company of Google, and Meta were among the top-paying public companies in 2022, according to an analysis by the Wall Street Journal. The Journal analyzed data compiled by public-company analysts MyLogIQ about…

US President Joe Biden speaks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, June 15, 2023. … [+] A Supreme Court decision on Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan is expected this month. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty Images Student loan borrowers have a lot to juggle right now. The student loan pause is ending soon, and millions of borrowers will be returning to repayment for the first time in over three years. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court is about to rule on President Joe Biden’s sweeping student loan…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Central Bank of Egypt’s headquarters is seen amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in downtown Cairo, Egypt February 25, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany/File Photo CAIRO (Reuters) – The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) is expected to leave its overnight interest rates unchanged on Thursday after President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi appeared to rule out any devaluation of the currency in coming months, a Reuters poll showed on Monday. The median forecast in a poll of 17 analysts is for the bank to maintain its deposit rate at 18.25% and its lending rate at 19.25% when its regular…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Telecom Italia (TIM) logo is seen displayed in this illustration taken, May 3, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo By Giuseppe Fonte and Elvira Pollina ROME (Reuters) – Telecom Italia (BIT:) (TIM) is leaning towards entering talks with KKR over the sale of its prized landline grid, two sources said, as the U.S. fund’s offer is seen as preferable to a rival bid tabled by a consortium led by state lender CDP. KKR’s approach incorporates a value for TIM’s fixed landline network that could top 23 billion euros ($25 billion). CDP and its partner, Australian fund Macquarie, have…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry arrives at the French foreign ministry to meet with Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna in Paris, France March 31, 2023. Michel Euler/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said on Monday that the United States and China – the world’s two biggest greenhouse gas emitters – must create a partnership to tackle climate change without allowing their differences on other issues get in the way. Kerry spoke to Reuters in front of St. Peter’s Square after he met Pope Francis, the first official…

Source: AdobeStock / JadeGet your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________Exchange newsThe Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE), the operator of Israel’s public equity trading platform, plands to expand authorized activities to allow customers of its nonbanking members to trade crypto. Per the press release, “the proposed structure will enable the customer to deposit money (Fiat money) that are designated for investment in crypto currency and withdraw monies originating from those currencies.”The former CEO of BitFlyer Yuzu Kano plans to return to his position and lead the…

Solitron Devices says prelim sales for Q4 to be down 24% at $1.5M

CNN  —  Donald Trump’s onetime Defense secretary said Sunday that the former president should not be trusted with the nation’s secrets again should the allegations made in his federal indictment over his handling of classified documents prove true. “Based on his actions – again, if proven true – under the indictment by the special counsel, no,” Mark Esper told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.” “It’s just irresponsible action that places our service members at risk, places our nation security risk. You cannot have these documents floating around. They need to be secured,” he said. Trump has pleaded…

Natasha Kulviwat recently won $50K at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair. She is 16 years old and a high school student with a passion for studying suicide prevention.  She researches the brains of people who died by suicide to identify biomarkers. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app Natasha Kulviwat is no ordinary high schooler. Starting last August, she spent six months in the lab at Columbia University studying the brain tissue of people who died by suicide.Her research investigated if…