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Happy Monday, everyone!Wrap up Women's History Month at the National Women's History Museum's Black feminist exhibition opening this week, and then dive into more history at the new "Afrofuturism" showcase.Or, you can celebrate the cherry blossoms at an outdoor pink party.Best Things to Do This Week


"Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures."

Adnan Syed (center right) leaves the courthouse after a hearing on Sept. 19, 2022, in Baltimore.Syed, who was released from a Maryland prison this year after his case was the focus of the true-crime podcast "Serial," has been hired by Georgetown University as a program associate for its Prisons and Justice Initiative.

WASHINGTON President Biden on Friday said he would nominate Adriana Kugler for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board and would elevate Philip Jefferson, a current governor, as vice chair of the central bank.If they are confirmed by the Senate, the Fed would get its first Latina board member and its second Black vice chair, a move that could both make the Fed more diverse and build out its leadership team at a challenging economic moment.

The largest Catholic congregation in the U.S. is now in California's Central Valley.It serves more than 14,000 families.Its size relates to the dramatically falling number of Catholic priests.SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The largest Roman Catholic parish in the nation is now in California's Central Valley.The recently opened St. Charles Borromeo congregation serves tens of thousands of worshippers each week.

After thirty-eight years of building, managing, and growing Sugar Bowl Bakery as a family business, Andrew Ly, co-founder and current CEO & Chairman of the Board, has stepped aside from the CEO seat and appointed current President & COO, Joel Feldman, as his successor.Feldman will lead all cross functional activity and will formulate and execute the company's long-term strategy, while Ly will continue to guide Sugar Bowl Bakery serving as an ambassador of the company culture and the face of the brand as Chairman of the Board.

Certain mandates in the Affordable Care Act were ruled unenforceable by a Texas federal judge on Thursday.U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor struck down stipulations that required insurers to cover preventive care services at no cost to patients, such as cancer, heart and STD screenings as well as tobacco-cessation programs.

A federal judge in Texas said Thursday that some Affordable Care Act mandates cannot be enforced nationwide, including those that require insurers to cover a wide array of preventive care services at no cost to the patient, including some cancer, heart and STD screenings, and smoking cessation programs.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails There can be no commemoration of the Good Friday Agreement without properly recognising the role of women, the Irish premier has said.Speakers at an event honouring women's involvement in Northern Ireland's peace process praised the work of Mo Mowlam, who served as the secretary of state for Northern Ireland at the time that the Good Friday Agreement was signed, and Hillary Clinton, who was present at the talk at Georgetown University in Washington DC.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The Taoiseach has called on Irish banks to increase savings rates in response to the latest interest rate hike across the eurozone.Leo Varadkar said the 0.5% rise announced by the European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday was not unexpected, but acknowledged it was unwelcome for mortgage holders in Ireland.

These have been informed by the work of Matt Glassman, a senior fellow at the Government Affairs Institute at Georgetown University; the Congressional Research Service and the House historian.Do they have to vote Wednesday?Most simplistically, no, they do not.While the House is set to reconvene at noon, members-elect - technically speaking, in fact, all members are "members-elect" until a speaker is chosen - could adjourn again before taking another speaker vote.

William "Rick" Singer arrives Wednesday at the federal courthouse in Boston.He was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $19 million in restitution and forfeitures.Brian Snyder/Reuters Rick Singer, the man behind the notorious "Varsity Blues" college admissions bribery scandal, was sentenced Wednesday to 3 1/2 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $19 million about half as restitution to the IRS and the other half as forfeitures of money and assets.

Planning meals, traveling and shopping for gifts are widely understood holiday stress factors for a lot of people, but receiving presents can also stir up uncomfortable feelings  what's known as gift guilt.Some may gasp at this notion, but it's a real phenomenon.You may think you should feel lucky and grateful when given a gift but instead suffer pangs of guilt.

Daniel Brush in his studio surrounded by his art and his collection of antique machinery.(Fred R. Conrad/New York Times)Oliver Sacks, the neurologist who wrote about the peculiarities of the human brain, sometimes spent Sunday mornings at the Manhattan studio of his friend Daniel Brush, a hermit, polymathic artist and sculptor who, like a monk, swept his floor for three hours every morning before starting work.