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If you’ve been paying attention to the crypto market, you know that it’s currently in a bearish trend. For investors looking to buy cryptocurrencies at a lower price point, this is good news.In addition to buying coins on exchanges, there are other opportunities outside of exchanges that are an important part of any crypto investing strategy–one of the most important of which is cryptocurrency presales. If one can find promising projects with sound fundamentals before they hit the market, it’s possible to find tokens at steeply discounted prices.There are four popular token presales that have caught the attention of many…

Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services.  Coat check! If you ask Us, the best way to face freezing cold weather is by bundling up under a down jacket or parka. And one of the buzziest outerwear brands by far is Canada Goose. Featuring a signature emblem patch on the sleeves, this iconic winter wear is a street style staple. There are probably just as many Canada Goose coats on a given New York City block as taxi cabs! We rarely splurge on luxury labels, but we make an exception…

On this National Latina Pay Equity Day — set aside on Dec. 8 to focus on the pay gap between Latinas and non-Hispanic white men — advocates are pressing a distinct message: It’s worse than you think.Reports released Thursday show that the earnings for Latinas are lower if calculations are not limited to just full time, year-round working women, as they generally have been. Include the women who work seasonal or part-time jobs, and the earnings for equivalent work drop from 57 cents for every dollar earned by non-Hispanic white men to 54 cents, according to two reports released Thursday…

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen traveled to Texas Thursday to mark an important and historic milestone, touring the Fort Worth Bureau of Engraving and Printing facility to observe firsthand the printing of $1 and $5 bills with her signature for the first time. Yellen became the latest Treasury secretary to sign US currency and the first woman Treasury secretary to have her signature on a US banknote. US Treasurer Lynn Malerba also signed the note, marking the first time the signatures of two women are featured on US currency and the first time a Native American’s signature has appeared on…

Chiefs at the Assembly of First Nations are set to vote on whether to publicly oppose Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s proposed gun-control legislation. An amendment to Bill C-21, which is currently being debated by members of Parliament, aims to create a definition for “assault-style” weapons and enshrine it in law, allowing the government to ban hundreds of models of firearms.Some First Nations leaders take issue with that, arguing it may ban some types of rifles that are being used for hunting.Chiefs are set to vote on whether to press Trudeau’s government to exclude certain weapons that are commonly used by…

Smiling female professor reading an e-mail on a computer in the classroom. Copy space.Skynesher | E+ | Getty ImagesIn October 2021, the Biden administration announced a one-year opportunity for student loan borrowers pursuing the Public Service Loan Forgiveness to get closer to being debt-free.Signed into law by then-President George W. Bush in 2007, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program allows certain nonprofit and government employees to have their federal student loans canceled after 10 years, or 120 payments. However, the program has been plagued by problems, making people who actually get the relief a rarity.Thanks to the policy fix known…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House has passed a massive bill to fund the Defense Department for fiscal year 2023, teeing up a final vote in the Senate in the coming days that would send the $858 billion behemoth to President Joe Biden’s desk, where he is expected to sign it.The bill passed the Democratic-controlled House with a strong bipartisan majority, 350 in favor to 80 votes against it. Among the more than 4,000 pages of legislation is a requirement that the Pentagon drop its Covid vaccine mandate for active duty servicemembers within 30 days of its enactment.The mandate, originally put…

CNN  —  Former national security adviser Michael Flynn is appearing Thursday before an Atlanta-area special grand jury probing efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. CNN spotted Flynn, who was escorted by a small entourage, walk up the stairs of the Superior Court of Fulton County shortly before 1 p.m. on Thursday. Last month, a judge in Florida ordered Flynn to testify, saying the former Trump administration official “is indeed material and necessary in the special grand jury proceeding in the state of Georgia.” Flynn’s attorneys had argued that Fulton County…

Last year, she also spoke to Vogue about aging in Hollywood. “I do want to say to any woman who is trying to emulate a Hollywood look: it’s a myth. It’s honestly a myth,” she said. “For me, the secret to aging at any age, in Hollywood or not, is actually accepting who you are and accepting that we can’t fight change.” Beauty, she reminded us, comes from within.Kate walks the walk, too. Who could forget the Oscar winner’s admirably vanity-free (and critically-acclaimed) performance as Mare Sheehan in Mare of Easttown? Winslet seemed to revel in adopting her character’s grown-out roots,…

Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry warned Thursday that the global transition to green energy isn’t taking place fast enough.Nations around the world need to accelerate the transition from fossil fuels to green energy by “vast amounts” in order to stave off the potential future human and financial impacts of climate change, Kerry said during an event hosted by the Washington Post. The top Biden administration official particularly noted renewable sources and electric vehicles must be deployed at a significantly higher clip than they currently are.”We can’t run around and do one bespoke deal here, another bespoke deal there…