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A journey through the films of Powell and Pressburger, courtesy of Scorsese and Schoonmaker 07/15/2024 09:43am • NEW YORK (AP) — Martin Scorsese has spent a sizeable portion of his life talking about movies he loves. He’s made documentaries about Italian cinema (“My Voyage to Italy”), Hollywood studio films (“A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies”) and individual filmmaker Dumfries woman named Prince William County's Foster Parent of the Year 07/15/2024 09:27am • Dumfries resident Linda Cheeks is a salon owner, avid volunteer, veteran — and mother to many. The last role is what earned her the title of Prince William County 2024 Foster Parent of the Year from the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. In addition to raising her daughter (who Burberry appoints a new CEO as the fashion house warns it expects a first-half operating loss 07/15/2024 07:05am • LONDON (AP) — British luxury fashion house Burberry said Monday it has appointed Joshua Schulman, formerly head of Michael Kors and Coach, as its new chief executive officer as the company warned it expected to record an operating loss in the first half of the year amid slumping retail sales. Bur Nepal’s new prime minister has taken the oath of office at a ceremony in Kathmandu 07/15/2024 04:19am • KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s newly appointed prime minister took the oath of office Monday at a ceremony in Kathmandu. Khadga Prasad Oli, the leader of Nepal’s largest communist party, was named prime minister on Sunday following the collapse of a previous coalition government. Oli, 72, wil China's economy slowed in the last quarter as weak consumer demand dragged on growth 07/15/2024 12:42am • BANGKOK (AP) — China's economy expanded at a slower-than-forecast 4.7% annual rate in the last quarter, the government reported Monday, while emphasizing signs of improvement in factory output, income and investment. The expansion was sharply below the 5.3% annual pace of growth seen in the first Best Peer-to-Peer Lending Websites for Investors 07/14/2024 08:00pm • When fixed income just doesn't cut it, some investors turn to peer-to-peer lending platforms for above-market returns. Peer-to-peer lending has three competitive advantages: First, the platforms' proprietary credit evaluation algorithms can look beyond FICO scores to determine a borrower's creditwor 10 Apps to Use Now to Make Taxes Easier Next Year 07/14/2024 08:00pm • Taxpayers gave a collective sigh of relief after the April tax deadline passed. Another year of scrambling to gather receipts and calculate expenses is over. However, tax season doesn't have to be a mad dash. Instead of waiting until next spring to get organized, start now. Mobile apps make it quick Richard Simmons, a fitness guru who mixed laughs and sweat, dies at 76 07/14/2024 01:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Richard Simmons, television's hyperactive court jester of physical fitness who built a mini-empire in his trademark tank tops and short shorts by urging the overweight to exercise and eat better, died Saturday. He turned 76 on Friday. Simmons died at his home in Los Angeles, his p China tries to go for 8-for-8 sweep in diving gold at the Paris Olympics 07/14/2024 06:00am • Chinese divers won seven of eight gold medals at the last Olympics in Tokyo, termed one of the greatest performances in Olympic history. Even more is expected this time in Paris. China has ruled diving for decades. But it's never pulled off the elusive gold sweep at the Games. The People's Daily — One Tech Tip: Protecting yourself against SIM swapping 07/14/2024 12:07am • NEW YORK (AP) — SIM-swapping is a growing form of identity theft that goes beyond hacking into an email or social media account. In this case, the thieves take over your phone number. Any calls or texts go to them, not to you. Any protections consumers enabled to secure access to their financial What's worse than thieves hacking into your bank account? When they steal your phone number, too 07/14/2024 12:01am • WASHINGTON (AP) — One Monday morning in May, I woke up and grabbed my cell phone to read the news and scroll through memes. But it was out of cell service. I couldn't make calls or texts. That, though, turned out to be the least of my problems. Using my home Wi-Fi connection, I checked my email Spain and England to contest Euro 2024 final in a former Nazi stadium where Jesse Owens won gold 07/13/2024 07:11pm • BERLIN (AP) — An imposing stadium with a dark history will host the European Championship final between Spain and England on Sunday. Built for the 1936 Olympic Games, Berlin's Olympic stadium still bears the scars of World War II and contains relics from its Nazi past. But the Olympiastadion, as i New York's first female fire commissioner says she will resign once a replacement is found 07/13/2024 05:05pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The first female commissioner of the Fire Department of New York said Saturday that she plans to step down because it's time to “pass the torch” after two years in the job. Laura Kavanagh didn't say when she plans to resign. But she said in a statement that she plans to spend t This year's RNC speakers include VP hopefuls, GOP lawmakers and UFC's CEO — but not Melania Trump 07/13/2024 04:33pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Former first lady Melania Trump will attend the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee next week, making a rare political appearance. But unlike in years past, she is not expected to address the gathering where her husband, former President Donald Trump, will formally accept t With words, deeds and arms deals, allies make the case for NATO in terms that would appeal to Trump 07/13/2024 08:13am • WASHINGTON (AP) — European allies in NATO are stepping up their military spending, just as Donald Trump wanted. They're pointing to common interests, such as concerns over China. They’re creating American jobs by buying U.S. weapons. In words, deeds and arms deals, leaders of the United States�