• Biden gives Medal of Freedom to Pelosi, Gore, Kerry, pro-LGBT priest, Matthew Shepard’s mother

    Without any serious guidelines, presidents are free to use the Medal of Freedom to reward political allies and promote ideological causes.

  • Katie Ledecky made her Olympic debut at 15, has more individual world medals than Michael Phelps, and has broken world records 16 times

    Among all the stars set to compete at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Katie Ledecky will be one of the most decorated. With seven Olympic gold medals to her name already, the US swimmer could well an

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    Biden reveals advice Obama is giving him

    CNN’s Erin Burnett talks to President Joe Biden about how he is facing Trump in the 2024 election, and what advice former President Obama is giving him.

  • Michelle Yeoh set to star in Blade Runner 2099

    Academy Award winning Everything Everywhere All at Once star Michelle Yeoh has landed a role in Prime Video‘s limited series Blade Runner 2099.  According to Deadline Yeoh has signed on to Prime Video’s sequel series, which will be set fifty years after the events of director Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049. Following strike-related delays, production on […] From blockbuster Hollywood movies to independent and British cinema, Flickering Myth has you covered. Read the original post here:...

  • Michelle Yeoh will lead Blade Runner 2099

    Michelle Yeoh continues her post-Oscar hot streak landing the lead of Blade Runner 2099, the Prime Video sequel series to Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 (which was a sequel to Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner). That’s basically all we know about the show so far, besides the fact that Scott is producing, Silka Luisa (Shining Girls, Halo) is showrunning, and Jonathan van Tulleken (Shōgun) is directing the first two episodes, per Deadline. Oh, and production recently began in Prague. Otherwise,...

  • Cambridge looks to give research ship Honorary Freedom of the City

    Cambridge City Council recognised people may be “bemused” by its plans to give the honour to the HMS Protector.

  • Catholic Olympic champion swimmer awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom

    WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Adding another distinguished medal to her already sizable collection, Katie Ledecky — the most decorated woman in swimming history — was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on May 3 in a White House ceremony. A native of the Washington area and a parishioner of the Church of the Little […] The post Catholic Olympic champion swimmer awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom first appeared on OSV News.

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    Want to show teachers appreciation? This top school gives them more freedom

    By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — When teachers at A.D. Henderson School, one of the top-performing schools in Florida, are asked how they succeed, one answer is universal: They have autonomy. Nationally, most teachers report feeling stressed and overwhelmed at work, according to a Pew Research Center survey of teachers last

    • KTVZ

    Want to show teachers appreciation? This top school gives them more freedom

    By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — When teachers at A.D. Henderson School, one of the top-performing schools in Florida, are asked how they succeed, one answer is universal: They have autonomy. Nationally, most teachers report feeling stressed and overwhelmed at work, according to a Pew Research Center survey of teachers last

  • Want to show teachers appreciation? This top school gives them more freedom

    BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — When teachers at A.D. Henderson School, one of the top-performing schools in Florida, are asked how they succeed, one answer is universal: They have autonomy. Nationally, most teachers report feeling stressed and overwhelmed at work, according to a Pew Research Center survey of teachers last fall. Waning job satisfaction over the last two decades has accompanied a decline in teachers’ sense of autonomy in the classroom, according to a recent study out of Brown University...

  • Bill to give Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport funding sent to Biden

    The designation would give the airport access to funding from FAA’s Airport Improvement Program.

  • House GOP has a new way to suck up to Trump: Give him a gold medal

    The first Congressional Gold Medal was struck in 1776 as a way of saying thanks to George Washington. Since then, the medal has been awarded just 184 times to hallowed figures including Mother Teresa, Rosa Parks, Nelson Mandela, and the Dalai Lama. Compared to the 647 civilian Presidential Medals of Freedom or the 3,517 military Medals of Honor, the Congressional Gold Medal is the rarest of the great honors awarded in America. Naturally, a group of Republicans is angling to present one to...