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  • Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen swears-in Lynn Malerba, as the Treasurer of the United States at the Treasury Department, Monday, Sept. 12, 2022 in Washington. Malerba becomes the first Native American to serve as Treasurer of the United States.
    Manuel Balce Ceneta
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    AP
    Mohegan Tribe Chief Malerba steps down as U.S. Treasurer after historic term
    Jeniece Roman
    Mohegan Tribe Chief Marilynn Malerba, appointed by President Joe Biden as U.S. Treasurer in 2022, made history as the first Native American to hold the position. After two years, she decided to step down, explaining in an interview with WSHU that she always planned to serve for one term.
  • Galinda (Ariana Grande) and Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) are opposites in every way, forced to room together at Shiz University.
    Giles Keyte
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    Universal Pictures
    'Wicked' defies gravity, if not time
    Aisha Harris
    Wicked, very loosely based on Gregory Maguire's Wizard of Oz revisionist novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, tells the origin story of Elphaba and how she became L. Frank Baum's emblematic villain.
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