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Epatha Merkerson as Sharon Goodwin, Oliver Platt as Dr. Daniel Charles. George Burns Jr/NBC Chicago Med is nearing 10 years on air as its milestone 10th season begins next month — and fans will have a lot to celebrate when the show returns. S. Epatha Merkerson, Oliver Platt and Marlyne Barrett will all be back amid shake ups in the showrunner department and there are a few new faces ready to mix it up in the ED. The new season will begin with an explosive story line, picking up one month after season 9’s May finale drama. “When a commuter…

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Wednesday announced the availability of $100 million in new, competitive grant funding that is designed to address bureaucratic impediments to the construction of new housing while lowering the costs to rent or buy a home. “Through HUD’s Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing (PRO Housing) program, communities across the nation are eligible to apply for funding to remove barriers to local housing production,” HUD said in an announcement of the competitive funding. Alongside HUD’s own announcement, the White House released a “fact sheet” to detail PRO Housing’s inclusion in the…

An editorial montage of the Japan flag and Japanese yen cash bank notes.Javier Ghersi | Moment | Getty ImagesThe Bank of Japan will adopt a more cautious approach to hiking interest rates to avoid rapid appreciation in the yen after the recent global market turmoil, Fitch Solutions’ BMI said in a recent note.”We expect that the BoJ will take a more cautious approach and only hike by 25bps this year to 0.50%, down from our previous view for 50bps,” said BMI’s analysts in a note on Wednesday. Interest rate hikes by the BOJ led to the unwinding of the popular yen…

Shafik drew criticism over her handling of Gaza war protests that rocked the university campus earlier this year.Minouche Shafik, the president of Columbia University, has announced her resignation after a tumultuous year marked by tensions with staff and students over her handling of campus protests against the Gaza war. The university announced her departure in a statement on its website on Wednesday. “This period has taken a considerable toll on my family, as it has for others in our community,” Shafik wrote in a letter to the university’s staff and students. “It has also been a period of turmoil where…

NASHVILLE, TN (CelebrityAccess) — Independent Secretly Distribution announced the singing of a global distribution deal with Oh Boy Records, the music label founded by the late, great John Prine. Under the terms of the deal, Secretly will distribute Oh Boy’s catalog, including albums from the Grammy-winning Prine such as his 2018 release The Tree of Forgiveness, as well as Kelsey Waldon, Swamp Dogg, Alice Randall’s My Black Country, the musical companion to Randall’s book of the same name. Upcoming releases include music from Oh Boy artist Dan Reeder, whose new album Smithereens will be…

The Pier 42 playground for younger children at noon is completely exposed to the sun. Photo: Sukjong Hong For months, Jennifer Aquilino’s three children have been asking her when the park they could see from their apartment terrace would open. They were excited, she said, because the Lower East Side, where they live, doesn’t have many playgrounds she feels safe taking them to, especially not those where she’s seen needles on the ground. “When they started building this park, I was like, ‘Great, at least we’ll have somewhere to go,’” Aquilino said. It’s been a long wait. The Lower East…

Columbia University President Nemat Shafik resigned on Wednesday.The Ivy League campus has been wracked by unrest and protests over the Israel-Hamas war for months.Shafik is the third Ivy League president to step down since the war began last year. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking “unsubscribe” at the bottom of the email. Columbia University President Nemat Shafik resigned on…

Columbia University President Minouche Shafik has resigned from her position amid a free speech debate over campus protests of the war in Gaza.Ms Shafik’s resignation comes only a year after she took the position at the private Ivy League university in New York City, and just a few weeks before the autumn semester is due to begin.In April, Ms Shafik authorised New York Police Department officers to swarm the campus, a controversial decision that led to the arrest around 100 students who were occupying a university building.The episode marked the first time that mass arrests had been made on Columbia’s…

Gena Rowlands, who famously played Allie in “The Notebook,” is dead … TMZ has learned. The retired actress died Wednesday afternoon at her home in Indian Wells, CA … where she was surrounded by family, including her husband, Robert, and her daughter Alexandra Cassavetes. We’re told her son, director Nick Cassavetes, had also been at the home frequently this week. While there’s no official cause of death yet, Gena had been battling Alzheimer’s disease. As we reported, Nick announced Gena’s diagnosis back in June … on the 20th anniversary of “The Notebook,” which he directed. Gena’s character in the flick…

Whether it’s refining your business model, mastering new technologies, or discovering strategies to capitalize on the next market surge, Inman Connect New York will prepare you to take bold steps forward. The Next Chapter is about to begin. Be part of it. Join us and thousands of real estate leaders Jan. 22-24, 2025. Homesellers have found themselves in quite a conundrum over the past two years as they’ve weighed the benefits of record home price appreciation against the risk of trading a sub-3 percent mortgage for a higher rate. Although moderating mortgage rates have eased some of those concerns, as evidenced by an uptick…