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Brooklyn: Re “Adams boosts job training for foster children” (March 30): A vocational training program for young people who exit foster care is crucial for their success. Equally important is ensuring that New York’s youth who age out of care at 21 have access to our organization, Fair Futures, a model that provides holistic one-to-one coaching, tutoring and other supports to help young people in foster care successfully move into adulthood.

More and more, Bay Area synagogues are dropping hard requirements for masks — but proof of vaccination is still a must.

More and more, Bay Area synagogues are dropping hard requirements for masks — but proof of vaccination is still a must.

Yonkers: Everyone knows about the failed Valkyrie plot to kill Hitler. Vlad the Invader is today’s incarnation of Hitler. I have a suggestion that might prove more successful than Valkyrie in ridding the world of this pile of feces while putting vast sums of money toward benefiting the entire world.

AGL Energy has modestly upgraded its full-year profit and brought forward the closure dates of its two major coal generators as it moves towards a demerger.

Results briefing | News and analysis on today’s profit results from AGL, AMP, ASX, CIMIC, Downer EDI, Mirvac, NAB, NBN, Northern Star and Vulcan Steel.  Find updated reports and analysis here.

Fine art isn’t just nice to look at – it’s also attractive to criminals trying to launder money, finance terrorism and trade illegal drugs and arms. And the Treasury Department wants art dealers and financiers to do something about that.

The agency recommends that financial firms and art dealers set up an information-sharing database to track how sales of fine art are linked to bad actors who make anonymous purchases.

Fine art isnt just nice to look at — its also attractive to criminals trying to launder money, finance terrorism and trade illegal drugs and arms. And the Treasury Department wants art dealers and financiers to do something about that.

The agency recommends that financial firms and art dealers set up an information-sharing database to track how sales of fine art are linked to bad actors who make anonymous purchases.