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☆ Where Reena Virk's attackers, the 'Shoreline Six,' are 30 years after her murder depicted in 'Under the Bridge'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Nicole Cook started the assault, which ended in two others killing Virk. Nicole Cook started the attack by putting a cigarette out on Virk's faceChloe Guidry as Josephine Bell and Lily Gladstone as Cam Bentland in "Under the Bridge." In 2011, she told "Dateline" that she was the ringleader of the attack, which she started by putting out her cigarette on Virk's face. In the 2017 Vice article about the murder, Godfrey also claimed Virk told several boys that Cook had AIDs. The Shoreline Six were charged with assaultViritka Gupta as Reena Virk in "Under the Bridge."

Persons: Virk, Nicole Cook, —, Rebecca Godfrey, Riley Keough, Reena Virk, Viritka Gupta, Warren Glowatski, Javon Walton, Kelly Ellard, Izzy G, Nicole Patterson, Courtney Keith, Gail Ooms, Missy Grace Pleich, Chloe Guidry, Josephine Bell, Lily Gladstone, Cam Bentland, Darko Sikman, Cook —, Cook, Godfrey, Patterson, Keith, I'm, it's, Pleich Organizations: Service, Hulu, Vancouver Sun Locations: Saanich, British Columbia, Victoria, Hulu, Ellard, Vancouver

☆ ‘Baby Reindeer’: What you need to know about the Netflix show people can’t stop talking about
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Sandra Gonzalez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Gadd’s retelling of his real-life encounters with a stalker through the fictional Donny Dunn in “Baby Reindeer” is also a story of trauma and healing. (From left) Richard Gadd as Donny and Jessica Gunning as Martha in "Baby Reindeer." Ed Miller/NetflixGunning plays Donny’s stalker Martha, a troubled woman who claims to be a lawyer but is more than anything a career creeper and repeat offender. By the end of the journey, it’s clear that “Baby Reindeer” was made with purpose, something that often escapes projects that earn their popularity on the merit of being about incidents so messy (and sometimes horrifying) that you can’t look a way. “Baby Reindeer” might be is a sign that true crime TV is finally growing up.

Persons: Dateline ” –, bartends, Richard Gadd’s, Donny Dunn, Donny, Gadd, hasn’t, Jessica Gunnning, ”, That’s, Reindeer’s, Richard Gadd, Jessica Gunning, Martha, Ed Miller, Netflix Gunning, ” Nava, Teri, Shalom Brune, Franklin, Tom Goodman, Hill, Danny Kirrane Organizations: CNN, Dateline, Guardian, Netflix, HBO Locations: British

☆ NBCUniversal describes how it's using generative AI to match ads to viewers — and says they can perform up to 49% better
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

NBCUniversal is testing gen AI-driven ads, joining Google and Meta in the race to use generative artificial intelligence to sell advertising. Megan Pagliuca, chief activation officer at Omnicom Media Group, said the agency planned to test NBCU's approach with a number of advertising clients. The gen AI ads and other One24 initiatives come as NBCU and other TV sellers are looking for an edge leading up to the upfronts, TV's big annual selling period. It's also introducing shoppable TV ads aimed at sports fans and a new way for advertisers to see the effectiveness of their ads overall. Apple is also experimenting with using AI to sell ads, Business Insider has reported.

Persons: NBCU, it's, John Lee, Lee, Megan Pagliuca, It's, Max, Google Organizations: Google, Business, Omnicom Media, Disney, Meta, Apple Locations: One24

☆ Matthew Perry's stepdad says the actor was happy before his death, and it's unfair that he 'didn't get to have his third act'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read preview"Dateline" correspondent Keith Morrison is still feeling the ripple effects of his stepson Matthew Perry's death five months later. Morrison told Kotb that Perry's unexpected death has been particularly difficult on his mother. Morrison said that Perry was happy prior to his death. Advertisement"He said so, and he hadn't said that for a long time," Morrison told Kotb. "It's a source of comfort, but also, he didn't get to have his third act, and that's not fair.

Persons: —, Keith Morrison, Matthew Perry's, doesn't, Morrison, Suzanne Perry, Perry, Chandler Bing, Matthew Perry, NBC Perry, I've, Kotb, I'd, hadn't, didn't, that's, Reisig, Getty Morrison, John Bennett Perry, isn't, it's Organizations: Service, Business, NBC Locations: Los Angeles

As one of the first countries to the west of the international dateline, Tokyo is a full 17 hours ahead of Las Vegas. The two friends who secured tickets to Saturday’s last show said they started out as NFL fans and became “Swifties” after Kelce and Swift’s romance began. Roke Hiro (left) say they are originally NFL fans and became Swifties after Kelce and Swift began dating. Prior to her win of the coveted award, Swift was tied with Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder and Paul Simon, who along with her all previously won album of the year three times. Speaking at the Tokyo concert on Wednesday, she said she had planned to announce the new album at the Grammys if she won anything – and announce it in Tokyo if she didn’t win.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Swift, Travis Kelce, that’s, Kelce, Hiro, Swifties, Roke Hiro, Saki Toi, Ari Novianti, “, ”, Levi Myers, Seiko Inoue, Tricia Mears, ” “ Travis Kelce, He’s, ” Tricia Mears, CNN Swift, Welch, Patrick Smith, Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, she’s, – Organizations: Tokyo CNN —, Bowl, Kansas City Chiefs, dateline, Chicago Bears, NFL, CNN, Chiefs, AFC, Baltimore Ravens, T, “, Department Locations: Tokyo, United States, Japan, Las Vegas, Saitama, Indonesia, Kansas, Baltimore , Maryland

“What we’ve seen with the Taylor Swift tour is something that we’ve not really seen before,” said Richard Clarke, an analyst at investment firm Bernstein. Taylor Swift performs at the Staples Center in Los Angeles in 2015. From Taylor Swift On her birthday in 2019, Swift shared this photo of herself as a child. From Taylor Swift A 13-year-old Swift sings the National Anthem before an NBA game in Philadelphia in 2002. John Mabangalo/Pool/Getty Images Swift performs during a sold-out show at New York's Madison Square Garden in 2009.

Persons: Tokyo CNN —, Taylor, Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift, we’ve, ”, Richard Clarke, Bernstein, “ It’s, TikTok she’d, curating, Kane Ishiyone, Swift, –, Ishiyone, Richard A, Brooks, Clarke, “, that’s, Christopher Polk, Scott, Andrea Swift, Jesse D, Tim McGraw, Kevin Winter, John Mabangalo, Chad Batka, Bryan Bedder, Larry Busacca, Miley Cyrus, Lucas Till, Hannah Montana, Sam Emerson, Everett, Jonas, Frank Masi, I'm, West, Beyoncé, Jeff Kravitz, Lucy Nicholson, Christopher Morris, Josh Haner, Kevin Mazur, James Taylor, Charles Sykes, Matt Sayles, Mark J, Terrill, Invision, Jimmy Fallon, Douglas Gorenstein, Nicholas Harvey, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Laraine Newman, Bill Hader, Taran Killam, Kristen Wiig, Keenan Thompson, Fred Armisen, Kerry Washington, Betty White, Bradley Cooper, Dana Edelson, Andrea, Ethan Miller, Tim Boyles, Selena Gomez, Jordan Strauss, Mike Coppola, John Shearer, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Brandon Urie, Katy Perry, Republic Records Jack Antonoff, Aaron Dessner, Will Heath, Seth Wenig, Terence Rushin, David Eulitt, Mitsumasa Etou, Akazawa, haven’t, It’s, Michele Bullock Organizations: Tokyo CNN, People, Kansas City Chiefs, Taylor, Getty, Super Bowl, Chicago Bears, dateline, Vegas, Staples Center, NBA, of Country, Garden, New York Times, New York's Rockefeller Center, Walt Disney Co, Kanye, Madison, MTV, NBC, ACM, Academy of Country, New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, Universal Pictures, Coachella, Republic Records, New York University, Arrowhead, Chiefs, NET, Tokyo City University, Fuji, Tokyo, Reserve Bank of Australia, Reuters Locations: Tokyo, Las Vegas, Philippines, Fukuoka, Japan, Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Shibuya, AFP, Asia, Washington, Las Vagas, Los Angeles, West Reading , Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, New York, Auburn Hills , Michigan, Newark , New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Frankfurt, London, Arlington , Texas, Tampa, Chicago, Atlanta, Kansas City , Missouri, Asia Pacific, Singapore, Australia, East Coast

They propose a sixth category for storms with winds that exceed 192 miles per hour (309 kilometers per hour). Currently, storms with winds of 157 mph (252 kilometers per hour) or higher are Category 5. From time to time, experts have proposed a Category 6, especially since Typhoon Haiyan reached 195 mph wind speeds (315 kilometers per hour) over the open Pacific. Wehner said that as temperatures rise, the number of days with conditions ripe for potential Category 6 storms in the Gulf of Mexico will grow. “Perhaps I'll change my tune when a rapidly intensifying storm in the Gulf achieves a Category 6,” Corbosiero said in an email.

Persons: Michael Wehner, Brian McNoldy, Haiyan, Patricia, ”, Jim Kossin, Kossin, Wehner, Kerry Emanuel, Jamie Rhome, Simpson, McNoldy, Craig Fugate, Kristen Corbosiero, ” Corbosiero, ___ Read, Seth Borenstein Organizations: National Academy of Sciences, Associated Press, Lawrence Berkley National, University of Miami, dateline, NOAA, First Street Foundation . Pacific, MIT, National Hurricane Center, Emergency Management, University of Albany Locations: Philippines, Gulf of Mexico, United States, Australia, Jalisco, Mexico, Taiwan, China, Asia, Russia, of Mexico, Caribbean, Gulf, AP.org

☆ A former US Air Force officer spent $11 million searching for Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane — and may have found it
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Amelia Earhart, 40, stands next to a Lockheed Electra 10E, before her last flight in 1937 from Oakland, California. Amelia Earhart took off from the airport in her £10,000 Flying Laboratory for Honolulu on the first leg of her round-the-world flight. A map of where Earhart's plane is believed to have gone missing along her presumed flight path. Romeo and his company, Deep Sea Vision, discovered an object of similar size and shape to Amelia Earhart's iconic plane, deep in the Pacific Ocean. Advertisement"It's very deep water, and the area that she could've possibly been in is huge," Tom Dettweiler, a sonar expert, told The Journal.

Persons: —, Amelia Earhart, Tony Romeo, Fred Noonan, Romeo, I've, Dorothy Cochrane, Andrew Pietruszka, he's, Amelia Earhart's, we've, there'll, it'll, Earhart's, Tom Dettweiler, Earhart, Cochrane, I'm Organizations: Service, US Air Force, Business, Lockheed, AP, Kongsberg, Street Journal, Laboratory, Smithsonian Institution's, Air and Space Museum, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Smithsonian, dateline Locations: Oakland , California, Norwegian, Tarawa, Kiribati, Honolulu, Howland, Honolulu , Hawaii

☆ Nauru's Decision to Break Ties With Taiwan 'Unfortunate' - US Official
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Jan. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

(Corrects dateline location to Taipei, not Beijing)TAIPEI (Reuters) - The U.S. official who heads the body that handles unofficial ties with Taiwan said on Tuesday that Nauru's decision to break ties with Taiwan was "unfortunate." On Monday, the Pacific Islands nation of Nauru said it was breaking ties with Taiwan in favour of China, in what Taipei called a clear act of post-election maliciousness by Beijing. "We encourage all countries to engage with Taiwan," Laura Rosenberger, chair of the Virginia-based American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), told reporters in Taipei. In the poll's run-up, China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory, had repeatedly called him a dangerous separatist. (This story has been corrected to fix the dateline location to Taipei, not Beijing)(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)

Persons: Laura Rosenberger, Democratic Progressive Party's, Lai Ching, Ben Blanchard, Christian Schmollinger Organizations: U.S, American Institute, Democratic Progressive Locations: Taipei, Beijing, TAIPEI, Taiwan, Nauru, China, Virginia

☆ Best Banks and Credit Unions for 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-18 | by ( Martha C. White | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +13 min

While its checking interest rate is set much lower, you do earn interest on every dollar of your balance—its flagship checking account was also Buy Side’s top pick in the Best Checking Account category. CaveatsCapital One’s savings account APY beats most national banks and is competitive among online banks. The Ally Online Savings and Ally Spending accounts (the latter is the bank’s flagship checking account) were our top picks for digital banks in Buy Side’s Best Checking and Best Savings rankings. In Buy Side’s roundups, Alliant took the top spot among credit unions in our Best Checking and Best Savings rankings. How we pickedTo pick Buy Side from WSJ’s Best Banks, we evaluated dozens of banks and credit unions, looking for institutions that offered the best combination of high interest, low fees and flexible account options for savings, checking and CDs.

Persons: Martha C, you’ll, —, Ally, Ivy, Ivy doesn’t, Ivy Bank’s, Alliant, Foster, — Alliant, Banks Organizations: Wall, Best, Capital, American Express, Ally, Savings, Synchrony, Alto, Ivy Bank, Cambridge Savings Bank, Ivy, Bank5 Connect, CIT Bank, First, Alliant, Bank, Foster Care, Credit Union, Lake, Best Bank, Best Credit Union, National Credit Union Administration Locations: U.S, American, Massachusetts, California, Golden State, Lake Michigan

☆ The top 10 most popular podcasts of 2023, according to Apple
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Haley Tenore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Apple has released a list of the 10 most popular podcasts of 2023. Apple shared a roundup on Tuesday of the most popular podcasts of 2023. But today, we will be focusing on the top 10 podcasts overall, according to Apple. Denise Truscello"Stuff You Should Know" will, according to Apple Podcasts, teach you everything you need to know about science, history, religion, crime, and more. It is the top health and fitness-related podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, according to the podcast's website.

Persons: Apple, —, Josh Clark, Chuck Bryant, Denise Truscello, Clark, Byrant, Shankar Vedantam, Chance Yeh, Andrew Huberman, Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan, Drew Angerer, Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley, Urquhart, Kelley, Glass, Astrid Stawiarz, Ira Glass, Chicago that's, Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, Sean Hayes, Frazer Harrison, Manny Carabel, Amy Sussman, Getty, Ryan Reynolds, Jennifer Aniston, Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler, Gary Hershorn, It's, Michael Barbaro, Sabrina Tavernise, Ashley Flowers, Audiochuck, Brit Prawat Organizations: Apple, Service, SYSK, NPR, The Washington Post, National Public, Public Radio Exchange, Getty, NBC NBC Dateline, NBC, Nielsen Media Research, The New York Times Locations: Stanford, Boston

☆ Fact Check: Fabricated article claims Pete Buttigieg was arrested for killing dogs
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

An image saying that U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was arrested as a teenager in 1998 for killing several dogs was created by a social media account that has since been suspended. The image (archived) circulating online includes two different pictures and the text: “Why won’t anyone discuss why a teenage Buttigieg strangled 5 dogs? @CNN @washingtonpost @nytimes.”One picture shows a newspaper folded in half, so the name of the publication only reads “South Ben.” It says that a local teenager named Pete Buttigieg was arrested on suspicion of killing at least five dogs. There is no story about a teenager arrested for killing dogs or involving Buttigieg. A news clipping saying Pete Buttigieg killed dogs in high school is fabricated.

Persons: Pete Buttigieg, ”, “ Demoniacs, Alan Achkar, Buttigieg’s, Read Organizations: Transportation, Facebook, Reuters, South Bend Tribune, Thomson Locations: Ben

☆ Israel-Hamas war: Answering readers’ questions
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Jenna Zucker | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

Reuters editors took some of those readers' questions about the war received on Reddit and had two of our reporters answer. loadingHOW TO SPOT MISINFORMATION AND PROPAGANDAWhat level of misinformation is being released on both sides? * False or miscaptioned footage of reactions to the war in other countries, like this example or this one. loadingChristina Anagnostopoulos, U.S. Fact-Checking EditorThis is a war between two sides, both very skilled at presenting their own version. So it's an information war as well as a ‘real’ one.

Persons: Christina Anagnostopoulos, –, Stephen Farrell, “, haven't, that's Organizations: Yale Law, Reuters, Jerusalem Bureau, FAIR, Thomson Locations: Israel, U.S, Balfour, Rafah, Gaza, Galilee, Jerusalem, Iraq

☆ Fact Check: Paraphrased US military quote from 2018 has resurfaced amid Israel-Hamas war
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A screenshot with a quote attributed to a U.S. military general saying that American troops must be “ready to die for Israel” is not a direct quotation, and stems from 2018. It is being shared online as if it were a real and recent quote in the context of the 2023 Israel-Palestinian conflict. “Top US general says American troops must be 'ready to die for Israel”, reads the headline in a screenshot of the article circulating on X (archived), and Facebook (archived). The article circulating about U.S. and Israeli troops dates to March 2018. The quote in the headline paraphrases a longer statement made by a U.S. general at the time.

Persons: Israel ”, Richard M, Clark, Read Organizations: Facebook, U.S . Air Force, Hamas, U.S, Reuters, Thomson Locations: U.S, Israel, Jerusalem, Gaza

☆ Twitter's former head of safety posed as a child in sting operations to help catch potential pedophiles before joining the company
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Del Harvey helped catch potential pedophiles before she became the head of Twitter's trust and safety team, Wired reported. AdvertisementBefore she became the head of Twitter's trust and safety team, Del Harvey spent her time catching online predators, Wired reported. But before that, Harvey worked for the nonprofit group Perverted Justice, which specialized in posing as children online to try to catch potential pedophiles. She told Wired that being the head of Twitter's trust and safety team meant making tough decisions, sometimes with very little time. Since Harvey left and Musk bought the website, the trust and safety team has been gutted.

Persons: Del Harvey, Harvey, —, Lauren Goode, Elon Musk, isn't Del Harvey, it's, Musk, Goode Organizations: Wired, Twitter, Service, Elon, NBC's Dateline, Nazi

☆ Alex Murdaugh reaches plea deal days before trial in financial crimes case
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Juliette Arcodia | Erik Ortiz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Convicted killer Alex Murdaugh struck a plea deal Friday, days before the start of his trial in South Carolina's sprawling case against him in dozens of financial crimes. For more on the case, watch "The Murdaugh Murders: Inside the Investigation" on "Dateline" at 9 ET/8 CT Friday. Murdaugh has proclaimed his innocence in the fatal shootings of his wife and son since a grand jury indicted him in the murders last year. Prosecutors alleged he killed them to gain pity before he would be exposed for a slew of financial crimes. In return, his federal sentence must run at the same time as any sentence imposed in his state case.

Persons: Alex Murdaugh, Clifton Newman, Gloria Satterfield, Creighton Waters, general's, Murdaugh, Margaret, Paul, Murdaugh's Organizations: Prosecutors Locations: Colleton, South, Beaufort County, South Carolina's

☆ Former US astronaut Frank Borman dies at 95
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

NASA astronaut Frank Borman in an undated photo. Borman served as the commander of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the world. Born in Gary, Indiana, on March 14, 1928, he was the oldest American astronaut still living; that mantle now passes to Jim Lovell, who is also 95 but eleven days younger. Like most of his fellow generation of astronauts, he trained as a test pilot before being selected for NASA's second astronaut program in 1962. In 1970 Borman retired from NASA and the Air Force and became an adviser to Eastern Airlines.

Persons: Frank Borman, Borman, Jim Lovell, Borman's crewmate William Anders, Susan, Eric Beech, Dan Whitcomb, Bill Trott, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: NASA, Apollo, Handout, REUTERS, Former U.S, Eastern Airlines, American, Air Force, U.S . Military Academy, Gemini, Texas Air Corp, Politico, Thomson Locations: Former, Billings , Montana, Gary , Indiana, Arizona, Las Cruces , New Mexico, U.S

Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani, Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing, Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green and Courteney Cox as Monica Geller on NBC's "Friends." A spokesperson for Warner Bros., which owns the show's distribution rights, declined to verify or comment on the residual payments. What may happen to Perry's 'Friends' residualsWhen an actor passes away, residual payments are considered the actor's personal property. The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has contracts in which its members can list beneficiaries for residual payments upon death. Charity may have figured into Perry's estate

Persons: Matt LeBlanc, Joey Tribbiani, Matthew Perry, Chandler Bing, Jennifer Aniston, Rachel Green, Courteney Cox, Monica Geller, NBC's, ", Perry's, Charlie Douglas, Perry, Franklin, Douglas, there's, Tasha Dickinson, Pitney, David Johnston, Keith Morrison, David Oh Organizations: NBC, Getty, Warner Bros, CNBC, HH, Investments, American Federation of Television, Radio Artists, Finance, Wealth, Arta Finance Locations: California, Atlanta, Arta

Los Angeles CNN —Emergency responders found Matthew Perry “unconscious in a stand-alone jacuzzi” when they were called to his home on Saturday. “A rapid medical assessment, sadly, revealed the man was deceased prior to first responder arrival.”Perry was 54. The circumstances surrounding the actor’s death are being investigated by the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner, LAFD said. A law enforcement source told CNN that no foul play is suspected. Perry’s parents, John Bennett Perry and Suzanne Morrison, along with his step-father, “Dateline” correspondent Keith Morrison, were seen arriving at the actor’s home Saturday night amid the police response.

Persons: Matthew Perry “, “, ”, ” Perry, LAFD, John Bennett Perry, Suzanne Morrison, Keith Morrison, ” “ Matthew Organizations: Los Angeles CNN, Firefighters, Los Angeles Fire Department, CNN, Los Angeles Police Department, Angeles, Medical, Dateline

CNN —The body of “Friends” star Matthew Perry is now with the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office and an autopsy is pending, according to online records from that agency. No foul play is suspected, a law enforcement source told CNN, however, the incident remains under investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department Robbery-Homicide Division. Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey told CNN a 911 call came in Saturday at 4:07 p.m. for a water rescue emergency. Perry, 54, was found unresponsive in his hot tub, according to the Los Angeles Times, citing law enforcement sources. Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer and Matt LeBlanc co-starred alongside Perry on “Friends,” which ran from 1994 to 2004.

Persons: Matthew Perry, Brian Humphrey, Perry, John Bennett Perry, Suzanne Morrison, Keith Morrison, Perry’s, ” “ Matthew, “, ‘, ”, Tom Power, Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc, Marta Kauffman, David Crane, Kevin Bright, Matthew’s, Chandler Bing Organizations: CNN, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Medical, Office, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Fire Department, LAPD, Los Angeles Times, Dateline Locations: Los Angeles County

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Friends” star Matthew Perry, the Emmy-nominated actor whose sarcastic, but lovable Chandler Bing was among television’s most famous and most quotable characters, has died at 54. “Matthew was an incredibly gifted actor and an indelible part of the Warner Bros. Television Group family,” the company said in a statement. As Chandler, he played the quick-witted, insecure and neurotic roommate of LeBlanc's Joey and a close friend of Schwimmer's Ross. I ‘was’ Chandler.”Unknown at the time was the struggle Perry had with addiction and an intense desire to please audiences. But I could sometimes say a line and the audience wouldn’t laugh and I would sweat and sometimes go into convulsions,” Perry wrote.

Persons: —, Matthew Perry, Chandler Bing, “ Matthew, ” Perry’s, Drake Madison, ”, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Chandler, LeBlanc's Joey, Schwimmer's Ross, Perry, Matthew, Matty, Cox's Monica, “, ’ Chandler, ” “, ” Perry, Aniston, HBO Max, James Corden, Salma Hayek, Bruce Willis, Oscar, Oscar Madison, Walter Matthau, John Bennett Perry, Suzanne, Pierre Trudeau, Keith Morrison, Alicia Rancilio, Janie Har, Hillel Italie, Ryan Pearson, Anthony McCartney Organizations: ANGELES, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times, Warner Bros . Television Group, Associated Press, AP, HBO, White, CBS, Canadian, Dateline, ___ Associated Press Locations: Los, New York, Williamstown , Massachusetts, ___

(AP) — A Missouri prosecutor has dropped and refiled the murder case against Pamela Hupp, a killing that inspired a TV miniseries. Lincoln County Prosecuting Attorney Mike Wood charged Hupp with first-degree murder in July 2021, accusing her of killing her friend, Betsy Faria, a decade earlier. The original case had been moved on a change of venue to Springfield, about four hours away from Lincoln County. The Faria case was the subject of an NBC miniseries last year, “The Thing About Pam,” which starred Renee Zellweger. In that case, Hupp staged a fake kidnapping to divert attention from herself in a reinvestigation of the Faria killing, prosecutors said.

Persons: TROY, Pamela Hupp, Mike Wood, Betsy Faria, Russ, Wood, Louis, Besty Faria’s, ”, Hupp, Faria, Russ Faria, Pam, Renee Zellweger, Louis Gumpenberger, Gumpenberger Organizations: —, Louis Post, Dispatch, Prosecutors, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department, NBC, Dateline Locations: Mo, Missouri, Lincoln County, Springfield, Lincoln

But before shutting her eyes, she picks up her phone and presses play on her favorite true crime podcast. They don't understand how I could fall asleep listening to a true crime podcast," Gimson, 31, tells CNBC Make It. True crime is a genre of entertainment that details the events of a real crime, often quite salaciously. At night, he adds, true crime content can also give the effect of "ghost stories," a narrative people regularly associate with bedtime. Growing up, her family also watched true crime shows such as "Dateline" and "Unsolved Mysteries," and she bonded over the thrillers with her grandmother.

Persons: David Schmid, Schmid, she's, Gimson Organizations: CNBC, Apple, Spotify, Pew Research, University at Buffalo, of Justice Statistics, Violence Policy Locations: Canada

☆ Albania coach Sylvinho eyes Euro qualification after dream start
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Fernando Kallas | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

The Poles are struggling down in fourth on six points, two points behind Moldova and the Czechs with three games left. The 21,000 tickets were sold-out within a few hours for the clash at the Air Albania stadium in the capital Tirana. "We're aware of the enthusiasm of our supporters but the players know that's the external scenario, something we can't control. Since Sylvinho's debut in a hard-fought 1-0 loss away to Poland in March, Albania have had three wins and a draw. "We have to be here (in Tirana) because it is where our work will be developed," Sylvinho said.

Persons: Robert Lewandowski's Poland, Albania's, Sylvinho, Armand Duka, Pablo Zabaleta, Doriva, Duka, Gianni De Biasi, Asani, Fernando Kallas, Ken Ferris Organizations: Arsenal, Barcelona, Eagles, Moldova, Poland, Air Albania, Reuters, Albanian, League, Manchester City, Middlesbrough, Olympique Lyonnais, Corinthians, Brazil, South Korean, Gwangju FC, UEFA, Thomson Locations: Albania, Czech Republic, Germany, Tirana, Moldova, Faroe Islands, Poland, France, Warsaw, Macedonia

☆ Mali in meltdown as militants advance and U.N. withdraws
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Edward Mcallister | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

[1/5] A man walks toward Sankore mosque, also known as the former University of Sankore, in Timbuktu, Mali September 25, 2023. "This conflict is escalating fast," said Ulf Laessing, the Bamako-based head of the Sahel programme at the Konrad Adenauer foundation. Back in 2012, French forces and the U.N. intervened to halt the advance in Mali. In Mali, fighting began in August between the army and an ethnic Tuareg group called the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) around a base vacated by the U.N. "The problem is Mali has too few troops and too little mobility," said Michael Shurkin, director of global programs at 14 North Strategies consultancy.

Persons: Stringer, Sory Touré, jihadists, Ulf Laessing, Konrad Adenauer, Russia's Wagner, Jama'at Nusrat al, Michael Shurkin, Iyad Ag, Shurkin, Mohamed Massaya, Salaha, Aicha Sababou, Edward McAllister, Alexandra Zavis, Edmund Blair Organizations: University of Sankore, REUTERS, U.N, United Nations, Islamic, Reuters Graphics, CMA, Ghali, Transitional Council, Reuters, Authorities, Thomson Locations: Sankore, Timbuktu, Mali, DAKAR, jihadists, al Qaeda, Islamic State, West, Burkina Faso, Niger, Bamako, France, U.S, Sahara, Benin, Togo, Ivory Coast, Al Qaeda, Gao, Dakar

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