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Meta, Mark Zuckerberg face shareholder pressure over efforts to protect kids online

Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg faces a possible rebellion at the company’s annual meeting on Wednesday as shareholders pressure the company to be more transparent about its efforts to protect children online. A group led by Lysette Cooper, vice chair of Franklin Templeton subsidiary Fiduciary Trust International and the parent of a child sexual abuse […]

Sand in the Face

Offering condolences for the butcher of Tehran is a gut punch to military veterans. As final confirmation came that Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died when his helicopter crashed in northern Iran, I was aghast to see the Biden administration offer its condolences for the death of a murderer. A press statement attributed to career Washingtonian […]

60-Year-Old Woman Wins ‘Best Face’ at Miss Argentina Beauty Pageant

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A 60-year-old woman watched her dream of becoming the oldest Miss Universe contestant ever disappear in a haze of sequins and selfies at Argentina’s annual beauty pageant on Saturday. Alejandra Marisa Rodriguez, a legal adviser to the hospital whose participation was hailed as an antidote to ageism in a youth-obsessed […]

Steward pensions face new questions with hospitals in bankruptcy – The Boston Globe

“Bankruptcy is [pension] “The plan is going to fail,” said Julie Pinkham, executive director of the Massachusetts Nurses Association and a trustee of the Nurses Retirement System. “We won’t know until we see how things play out for the hospitals.” The future of pensions — whether workers can count on them for the long term […]

Michael King ‘disappointed’ he won’t face Yankees in this series

SAN DIEGO — About 10 days ago, Michael King started combing through the Padres schedule to see if he could actually play against his old team. King might have gotten that exact wish hadn’t rained out in Atlanta last weekend, disrupting the rotation and delaying his start by a day. Instead, King was looking to […]

Rangers face injury obstacles heading into key Game 3 vs. Panthers

SUNRISE, Fla. — Having left Manhattan with their Eastern Conference finals series against the Panthers tied at 1-1, the Rangers arrived in the Sunshine State facing new obstacles to start the best-of-five series. The importance of having additional forward options became abundantly clear on Friday night when a hard hit from Florida’s temperamental forward Ryan […]