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Miss Manners: Her response to my compliment left me speechless

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:10:09 GMT

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was at a party for a financial business, where everyone was dressed up and having cocktails and hors d’oeuvres before a sit-down dinner and dancing.A woman stood nearby for several minutes with her back to me. When she turned and we caught each other’s eyes, I told her I had been admiring her dress and that it was a very interesting print.She responded, “Thank you, it’s a (something Italian).”I’ve heard of this type of response to a compliment before, but always thought it was some kind of joke — perhaps making fun of certain types of people, like the Housewives of Wherever. I was totally unprepared for her comment, and just grunted in response. My first thought was to ask if she had gotten it at a thrift store, but I wisely kept that to myself.I guess I don’t run in the right circles, so can you enlighten me as to the proper reaction? Or was her statement a natural response to my comment on the print? What do I sa...

Dear Abby: I forgave my wife’s affair and started one of my own. What do I do now?

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:10:09 GMT

DEAR ABBY: I’ve been married for a little more than 12 years. My wife and I have one child. Unfortunately, like a lot of relationships, we’ve been stuck in a rough patch for a while now.I learned that she was having an affair a few years ago, which rocked me to the core. I recognized there were cracks forming early on, but, admittedly, I didn’t do enough to try to fix them. I ultimately decided to forgive her, and we have tried our best to put things back together.Last year, I met someone through work with whom I connected on an incredibly deep level, and I found myself to be genuinely happy in a way I hadn’t been for ages. It led to an affair that has been going on for a year. This woman desperately wants us to have a life together, as do I, but I’m afraid of what it will do to my child.Walking away from my long marriage, even with everything that has happened, is difficult to fathom, as is the thought of destroying my child’s sense of family and...

Jill On Money: Bank failures put Fed in the hot seat

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:10:09 GMT

Federal Reserve officials were under fire as they convened their two-day policy meeting, during which they decided to raise short-term rates by a quarter of a percentage point to 4.75-5.00 percent. Despite uncertainty in the banking sector, the Fed said that still-high inflation required action.Related ArticlesEconomy | Summer travel is likely to remain hot this year, so book early Economy | How being neurodiverse affects your relationship with money Economy | Have a job and a side gig? Watch for these missteps Economy | How to fight the ‘pink tax’ amid inflation Economy | Credit or debit card for kids: Which is best? The rate decision, along with events of the previous two weeks at Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), Signature Bank, and Credit Suisse, have put the Fed’s policies and oversight in the hot seat.Although many of the problems at these banks were unique to them, the broader issue may be that the Fed a...

Malaysia, Cambodia sign pacts on Cambodian workers

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:10:09 GMT

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Malaysia and Cambodia signed two agreements on Monday on the employment of Cambodian migrant workers, as Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim made his first visit to Phnom Penh since becoming his country’s leader in November.Anwar was accompanied by his ministers of foreign affairs, religious affairs and human resources, Malaysia’s foreign ministry said ahead of his one-day trip.He held talks Monday morning with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and was to meet with King Norodom Sihamoni and top lawmakers later in the day.The two governments signed agreements on the recruitment, employment and repatriation of Cambodian workers in Malaysia. Malaysia, one of Southeast Asia’s richer countries, employs low-wage workers from Cambodia, one of the region’s poorer nations.Anwar’s trip comes during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. He was also scheduled to meet with members of Cambodia’s small Islamic community, almost all of whom belong to the Cham ethnic ...

Arrestan al actor Jonathan Majors por cargos de agresión en Nueva York, según la Policía

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:10:09 GMT

(CNN) — El actor Jonathan Majors, quien recientemente protagonizó “Creed III” y “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania”, fue arrestado este sábado por la mañana en una supuesta disputa doméstica, dijo la policía de Nueva York.Majors, de 33 años, fue detenido luego de una llamada al 911 realizada desde un apartamento en el vecindario de Chelsea en Manhattan, según un comunicado del Departamento de Policía de Nueva York.“La víctima informó a la policía que fue agredida”, dice el comunicado. La mujer de 30 años tenía “lesiones menores en la cabeza y el cuello”, dijo la policía.Majors enfrenta cargos de estrangulación, agresión y acoso, según la policía de Nueva York.Arrestan en EE.UU. al multimillonario chino Guo Wengui acusado de presunta conspiración de fraude por estafa a inversores por más de US$ 1.000 millonesJonathan Majors, visto aquí asistiendo al estreno europeo de “Creed III” en Londres, Inglaterra, fue arrestado el 25 de marzo de 2023 y enfrenta múltiples cargo...

Jefa del FMI advierte sobre “riesgos” para la estabilidad financiera mundial, pero China muestra signos de recuperación

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:10:09 GMT

Hong Kong (CNN) — La directora del Fondo Monetario Internacional pidió una mayor vigilancia sobre el sistema financiero mundial durante un discurso en China este domingo en el que también señaló los “brotes verdes” que están surgiendo en la segunda economía más grande del mundo.“Los riesgos para la estabilidad financiera han aumentado”, dijo la directora del FMI, Kristalina Georgieva, durante los comentarios en el Foro de Desarrollo de China en Beijing.Georgieva elogió la rapidez con que los responsables políticos actuaron en respuesta a la crisis bancaria, citando la reciente colaboración de los principales bancos centrales para impulsar el flujo de dólares estadounidenses en todo el mundo.“Estas acciones han aliviado el estrés del mercado hasta cierto punto”, dijo. “Pero la incertidumbre es alta, lo que subraya la necesidad de vigilancia”.Qué significa la crisis bancaria para las tasas hipotecarias en Estados UnidosKristalina Georgieva, directora del FMI, en un foro sobre de...

Chesapeake Bay restoration to receive over $1 million in federal funding

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:10:09 GMT

The Chesapeake Bay Trust nonprofit based in Annapolis, Maryland, will receive over a $1 million in funding from the federal government to strengthen tidal wetland restoration, public education, and bolster green infrastructure projects.In a news release Friday, Maryland Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman John Sarbanes announced that $1,129,063 in federal funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will go toward local projects to restore, preserve and protect the Chesapeake Bay.“The health of the Chesapeake Bay is vital to the health of our communities and our regional economy. We fought to pass the infrastructure modernization law — and within it to boost resources for our efforts to protect the Bay — in order to invest in projects like this that will help restore our wetlands and habitats that serve as essential filters to prevent pollutants from poisoning the Bay,” said Van Hollen.BISHOPS HEAD, MARYLAND — NOVEMBER 12: In this aerial view, Crab Po...

No more PJs? Changes may be coming to Fairfax Co. schools dress code

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:10:09 GMT

Changes may be coming to Fairfax County Public Schools’ dress code, including one that would prohibit students from wearing pajamas or sleepwear to class.As part of proposed changes to its Students Rights and Responsibilities handbook, students also wouldn’t be allowed to wear jackets with hoods up during class time or in the time in the hallways between classes.More Virginia NewsMore Fairfax County NewsThe county reviews the comprehensive guide, SR&R for short, every year. In a Zoom meeting with the school community about the proposed changes last week, Michelle Boyd, assistant superintendent for special services, said notable changes span several topics: dress code, substance misuse, harassment, hazing and bullying.Part of the drafted dress code includes a line that explains clothes that can’t be worn to school include “pajamas or sleepwear, unless worn during Spirit Week or pajama day.”However, it doesn’t elaborate on what the school system...

Tony Bennett’s daughter Antonia plays DC’s Blues Alley where she once found a ‘jazz cat’

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:10:09 GMT

Hear our full conversation on my podcast “Beyond the Fame.” toggle audio on and off change volume download audio WTOP's Jason Fraley previews Antonia Bennett at Blues Alley (Part 1) $(function () { $('.wtop-audio-container .fa-play').on('click', function(){ var audio_filename = $('div.wtop-audio-file').data("mp3-url"); ga('send', 'event', 'Audio', 'play', audio_filename); }); }); The phrase “jazz cat” usually describes a musician or fan of the genre, but it’s actually real in the nation’s capital.Antonia Bennett found a black-and-white stray feline wandering outside of the historic supper club Blues ...

Amenaza de tormentas fuertes se desplaza a la costa este de EE.UU. este lunes

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:10:09 GMT

(CNN) — Las tormentas severas se dirigen hacia la costa este de Estados Unidos este lunes después de traer casi 100 informes de tormentas este domingo, la mayoría de los cuales fueron a través del sureste.El Centro de Predicción de Tormentas ha emitido un leve riesgo de tormentas severas, nivel 2 de 5, para partes del sur de Georgia y el sur de Carolina del Sur, incluyendo Charleston, Savannah y Albany.Las principales amenazas son granizo grande, viento dañino y una probabilidad aislada de tornado.Un riesgo marginal de tormentas severas, nivel 1 de 5, se extiende por el sureste con vientos y granizo como factores principales. Estas tormentas remitirán a primeras horas de la tarde.Las tormentas y tornados de Estados Unidos dejaron 26 muertosEste lunes por la tarde también habrá tormentas en el sureste de Texas y en Luisiana, con granizo de gran tamaño como principal amenaza.En total, hay más de 20 millones de personas bajo amenaza de tormentas severas este lunes, incluyendo Hou...