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☆ Senate passes bill to include Native Hawaiian sexual violence survivors in funding
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Kimmy Yam | Kimmy Yam Is A Reporter For Nbc Asian America. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

While services allocated to specifically help Native Hawaiian survivors of gender-based violence were previously inadvertently excluded from that funding, the legislation would rectify that. As it stood, the legislation allocated money for native women but not, specifically, Native Hawaiian women due to language and drafting errors. “The people who suffer the worst of that are Native Hawaiian women," she added. Barriers to addressing violence against Native Hawaiian women can also be traced back to American colonization, Kanaʻiaupuni said. “And of course the majority of trafficked people are Native Hawaiian women and children.

☆ The 10 states with the highest average credit card debt—and they aren't New York or California
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Ryan Ermey | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Americans with credit card debt face a double whammy. At the same time, credit card rates are on the rise. Run a balance on your card and you'll have to pay it back at a rate of 18.1%, on average, according to Bankrate — the highest rate since 1996. The result: Americans now carry a near-record amount of credit card debt, with the average household owing $8,942, according to recent data from WalletHub. Here are the 10 states with the highest average household credit card debt, according to WalletHub.

Abortion rights demonstrators protest outside the House chambers in the Indiana Statehouse during a special session to debate banning abortion in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Cheney Orr/File PhotoSept 19 (Reuters) - A Planned Parenthood affiliate and other abortion rights groups and providers on Monday urged an Indiana judge to block the state's ban on most abortions, which took effect last Thursday. The ACLU sued to challenge the law alongside Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai'i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky and others. He argued the ban puts Indiana residents' health at risk and that Hanlon should put it on hold while she considers the case. "That history forecloses any legitimate claim to a right to have an abortion under the Indiana constitution," he said.

☆ John Travolta şi Bruce Willis vor juca, din nou, într-un lungmetraj, după 27 de ani
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-17 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: Jeff KravitzJohn Travolta şi Bruce Willis vor juca, din nou, într-un lungmetraj, după 27 de aniJohn Travolta şi Bruce Willis vor juca din nou într-un lungmetraj, la 27 de ani de la "Pulp Fiction". Cele două vedete hollywoodiene îşi vor da replica în filmul de acţiune "Paradise City" ale cărui filmări vor începe luni, în Hawai, anunţă site-ul de specialitate Deadline. Bruce Willis va fi Ryan Swan, un vânător de recompense renegat. Acesta va trebui să-şi croiască drum prin lumea criminalităţii hawaiene pentru a se răzbuna pe stăpânul său, jucat de John Travolta, care i-a asasinat tatăl. Prima dată a fost în 1994, în "Pulp Fiction" de Quentin Tarantino, care i-a adus Palme d'Or la Festivalul de la Cannes.

Persons: Jeff, John Travolta, Bruce Willis, Ryan Swan, John Drake, Corey, Chuck Russell, Quentin Tarantino, Palme Locations: Hawai, Miami, Cannes

☆ Un moldovean la Boeing: „Aici, în fiecare zi înveți ceva nou”
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-14 | by ( ) www.zdg.md time to read: +7 min

Nicolai Loghin s-a născut la Nisporeni, unde a și absolvit Liceul „Boris Cazacu”. După o facultate făcută la Chișinău, a decis să-și urmeze visurile, iar astăzi are deja în spate o carieră la Boeing. Housekeeping, chelner, pizza delivery, valet parking, prep cook, agent de asigurări, asamblarea aparaturii medicale și a automobilelor… Tot ce era disponibil. — Ce te pasionează în munca ta de specialist în controlul calității la Boeing și cum ai ajuns să-ți faci o carieră la această companie? — Ideea de a pleca din R. Moldova a venit după absolvirea universității.

Persons: Nicolai Loghin, Boris Cazacu, Nicolai, prep cook, Le, Ecaterina, Tatiana Popovici Organizations: Boeing, Washington State, Aerospace, NASA, Stația Spațială Locations: Nisporeni, SUA, Chișinău, Moldova, Washington, Alaska, Hawai, America

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