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☆ 'The Vince Staples Show' feels like an appetizer that only scratches the surface
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Sowmya Krishnamurthy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

"The Vince Staples Show" is a semi-autobiographical series featuring the rapper navigating life in Long Beach. "The Vince Staples Show" opens with this disclaimer. Each episode lacks enough time to give viewers what they really want"The Vince Staples Show" episode 5, season 1. Staples shines when it appears he's being himselfIn "The Vince Staples Show," season 1, episode 2, Staples recognizes the bank robber as one of his friends. "The Vince Staples Show" is a limited-run five-episode series that may very well be a teaser to gauge response before Netflix commits to more episodes.

Persons: Vince Staples, Staples, —, Netflix Staples, Kenya Barris, Ian Edelman, Ramona, serendipitously, Andrea Ellsworth, Anita, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Rick Ross, he's, George Clooney, Queen Latifah Organizations: Service, Netflix Locations: Long Beach, Long Beach , California, America, Long, Staples

☆ The US strikes on Iran-linked militants seem to be working, but that likely won't last long
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Paul Iddon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. But experts on the region say that Iran and its militant allies still have the arsenal and motivations to threaten the US. The US airstrikes on February 2 hit 85 targets in seven locations in Iraq and Syria, killing an estimated 40 militiamen . For militias like Kataib Hezbollah in Iraq, it’s to provoke US responses that increase opposition to the 2,500 US troops based in Iraq. “By responding to the attacks, the United States poisons its relationship with local allies and screws up its position in Iraq.

Persons: —, ” Michael Knights, Biden, Joe Biden, ” Joel Wing, Jesenia Landaverde, “, Aron Lund, they’re, They’re, ” Lund, “ They’ve, ” Nicholas Heras, ” Heras, it’s, ” Organizations: Service, Washington Institute, Business, Republican, Command, U.S . Air Force, 28th Bomb, Ellsworth Air Force Base, Staff, US Air Force, New Lines Institute, US, Coalition Locations: Iraq, Syria, Iran, U.S, S.D, United States, America, Baghdad, Lund, Gaza

☆ B-1B supersonic bombers sent a 'powerful' message to Iran's proxies all the way from Texas
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewIt's a long way to go from Texas to the airspace above Iraq and back to base, but it's a mission the B-1B Lancer can handle. AdvertisementA B-1B Lancer from Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, taxis down the runway before takeoff at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Feb. 1, 2024. US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Leon RedfernThe bombers took off from Dyess and flew nonstop to the Middle East. B-1B Lancers from Dyess and Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, sit on the flightline at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Feb. 1, 2024. An Airman from the 7th Munitions Conventional Maintenance shop prepares Joint Direct Attack Munitions at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 31, 2024.

Persons: —, 1Bs, I'm, Mark Gunzinger, Leon Redfern, Douglas Sims, There's, Gunzinger, it'll Organizations: Service, US Central Command, Business, Ellsworth Air Force Base, Dyess Air Force Base, US Air Force, Senior, Joint Staff, Pentagon, Armaments, Attack Munitions, Joint, Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, 7th Munitions, Munitions, Leon Redfern Targets, Texas Locations: Texas, Iraq, South Dakota, Dyess, Iran, Syria, Jordan, Gen, East, United States

☆ The 24 best places for Airbnb investments in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

New investors poured in, hoping for profits, only to see increased competition from other new hosts and host revenue dip nationwide in 2023. Some of the best places to invest in short-term-rentals today are in smaller cities near outdoor attractions, according to analytics site AirDNA, which ranks the best places for Airbnb hosts to invest each year. AdvertisementAirDNA also highlighted spots that bucked the national trend to show growth in host revenue last year. Take Marquette, Michigan, a town on the shores of Lake Superior, which initially ranked high among the best places to invest. AdvertisementHere are the best 24 cities and towns to invest in an Airbnb in 2024, according to AirDNA, which provided all the data.

Persons: —, Peggy Gascon, Ryan Villines, Jamie Lane, Lane, AirDNA Organizations: Service, Business, . Locations: Phoenix , Arizona, Montana, Ellsworth , Maine, Acadia, Port Angeles , Washington, . Columbus , Georgia, Chattahoochee, New York City, Dallas, Marquette , Michigan, Lake Superior

☆ Grace Wales Bonner Summons the Spirit Movers in Her MoMA Show
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Holland Cotter | More About Holland Cotter | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Every few years the Museum of Modern Art asks an artist to sift through its vast holdings and assemble a chamber-music-scale exhibition. Past guest curators have included Ellsworth Kelly, Elizabeth Murray and Amy Sillman. This year the invitation went to the London-based designer Grace Wales Bonner and what a fantastic work of poetic research she’s orchestrated in the show she calls “Spirit Movers.”The idea of sound embodied in material is her foundational theme. In 36 objects she covers a wide modern-contemporary cultural field, which includes figures well-known and overlooked, several with links to the Afro-Atlantic world. The resulting harmonic convergence of these various objects unfurls with a welcoming anthem in the form of Terry Adkins’s monumental wind instrument ensemble, “Last Trumpet,” and with a glowing fanfare in Agnes Martin’s 1963 gold-leaf painting “Friendship.”

Persons: Ellsworth Kelly, Elizabeth Murray, Amy Sillman, Grace Wales Bonner, Terry, Agnes Martin’s, ” Organizations: of Modern Art Locations: London

“Russia’s thinly veiled threats to use nuclear weapons remind the world that escalation of the conflict – by accident, intention, or miscalculation – is a terrible risk. New Construction at Russia's Novaya Zemlya nuclear test site, June 22, 2023. Lop Nur nuclear test site. “The Chinese test site is different than the Russian test site,” Lewis said. Both countries keep their strategic nuclear arsenals on “hair-trigger” alert, meaning that nuclear weapons can be launched on short notice.

Persons: Jeffrey Lewis, James Martin, ”, Cedric Leighton, “, Vladimir Putin, ” Lewis, Lewis ’, António Guterres, ” Guterres, Dmitry Medvedev, Putin, Alexander Lukashenko, Sergei Shoigu, Lewis, we’ve, Leighton, they’d, ” Leighton, Nur, Hans Kristensen, Kristensen, Israel –, Dyess, Frederic J . Brown, Fiona Cunningham, Yang Kun, ” Daryl Kimball, Kimball, Michael Frankel, James Scouras, George Ullrich, Soviet Union –, Russia –, We’re Organizations: CNN, James, James Martin Center, Nonproliferation Studies, Middlebury Institute of International Studies, US, US Air Force, Atomic Scientists, Soviet Union, United Nations, Russia’s Security, Russian Defense Ministry, Planet Labs PBC, Middlebury, Science and Global Security, Novaya, Middlebury Institute, China Observer, China’s Foreign Ministry, Planet Labs, Nevada National Security, National Security Administration, US Department of Energy, Office, National Security Council, International Monitoring, Federation of American Scientists, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Missile Defense, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Columbia, Northrop Grumman's Air Force, Getty, Control Association, ACA, NGO, PLA, Nuclear, Carnegie Endowment, International, Arms Control Association, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Soviet Locations: Russia, United States, China, Xinjiang, Nevada, . China, Moscow, Washington, Ukraine, Soviet, Belarus, Minsk, Novaya Zemlya, Zemlya, Soviet Union, Lop Nur, Japan, Lop, Beijing, Stockholm, United Kingdom, France, India, Pakistan, North Korea, Israel, Ellsworth, Palmdale , California, AFP, Yuli County, Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Baltimore, Russian, Hiroshima

President Joe Biden's administration has said it plans to appeal the 5th Circuit's decision as well. The 5th Circuit's decision partially sided with the anti-abortion groups and doctors who challenged mifepristone. In April, the Supreme Court granted emergency requests by the Justice Department and the pill's manufacturer Danco Laboratories to put on hold Kacsmaryk's order while litigation continued. Mifepristone is taken with another drug called misoprostol to perform medication abortion, which accounts for more than half of all U.S. abortions. Since last year's Supreme Court decision, at least 14 U.S. states have put in place outright abortion bans while many others prohibit abortion after a certain length of pregnancy.

Persons: Evelyn Hockstein, mifepristone, Joe Biden's, Jessica Ellsworth, Circuit upended, Matthew Kacsmaryk, Roe, Wade, Andrew Chung, Will Dunham Organizations: Alamo Women's, REUTERS, U.S, Supreme, Danco Laboratories, New, Circuit, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, FDA, Justice Department, mifepristone, Republican, Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, Defending, Thomson Locations: Carbondale , Illinois, U.S, New Orleans, Amarillo , Texas, New York

☆ Roy Lichtenstein and Irving Blum: They Go Way Back
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Robin Pogrebin | More About Robin Pogrebin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Irving made it possible for us to buy that work of art, pure and simple,” said Glenn D. Lowry, MoMA’s longtime director. Born Dec. 1, 1930, in New York, where his father owned furniture stores, Blum moved to Phoenix when he was 10. Blum met the collectors who came to visit galleries in the area. Blum came back with a painting by Josef Albers — a pioneer of color in abstract art — and he was on his way. Then in 1956 the gallerist David Herbert took Blum to meet Ellsworth Kelly.

Persons: “ Irving, ”, Glenn D, Lowry, MoMA’s, Warhol, ” Blum, Ellsworth Kelly’s, Frank Stella’s “, Blum, Hans Knoll, Betty Parsons, Sidney Janis, Eleanor Ward, Martha Jackson —, “, Sam Kootz, Florence Knoll, Josef Albers —, David Herbert, Ellsworth Kelly Organizations: Museum of Contemporary Art, Air Force Locations: Frank Stella’s “ Ctesiphon, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, Tucson, German, Knoll, Midtown Manhattan, Connecticut

☆ JPMorgan processed more than $1 bln for Epstein, US Virgin Islands says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Luc Cohen | Thomson Reuters | Reports On The New York Federal Courts. Previously Worked As A Correspondent In Venezuela | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs//File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Aug 31 (Reuters) - A lawyer for the U.S. Virgin Islands said on Thursday that JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N) told U.S. authorities it processed more than $1 billion for Jeffrey Epstein over 16 years. The U.S. Virgin Islands, where Epstein owned two private islands, is suing JPMorgan for at least $190 million and likely much more, saying it ignored red flags that Epstein was running a sex trafficking operation because he was a lucrative client. JPMorgan has denied knowing that Epstein was running a sex trafficking operation, and has faulted the territory for having a cozy relationship with him. "JPMorgan was a full service bank for Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking," Liu said. Ellsworth also disputed the U.S. Virgin Islands' claim that JPMorgan obstructed investigations into Epstein, saying the bank had asked federal authorities about their own probes into his conduct.

Persons: Caitlin Ochs, U.S . Virgin Islands, JPMorgan Chase, Jeffrey Epstein, Mimi Liu, Epstein, Liu, Jed Rakoff, Jeffrey Epstein's, Felicia Ellsworth, Ellsworth, Rakoff, Rakoff preliminarily, Luc Cohen, Noeleen Walder, Grant McCool Organizations: JPMorgan Chase Bank, REUTERS, U.S . Virgin, JPMorgan, U.S, U.S . Treasury Department, Reuters, Treasury, U.S ., Department, Deutsche Bank, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, U.S . Virgin Islands, Manhattan, New York

☆ What I learned about getting older: The scarlet letter ‘A’ is for aging
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( Dr. Sanjay Gupta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

But I don’t think we’re all aware of the age beliefs. To do that, researchers like him are targeting the essential biology of aging – the underlying reasons why we get old. When those biological processes fail or break down, we get sick – and aging is the biggest risk factor for that deterioration. In the meantime, though, remember this: Aging is probably not nearly as bad as you might imagine. And as my mom told me, we should all truly embrace getting older, because it sure as heck beats the alternative.

Persons: ”, “, Diana Nyad, ‘, Diana, I’m, Don’t, she’s, Dan Buettner, Dan, –, Becca Levy, Levy, It’s, Ellsworth, Wareham, Nir Barzilai, Barzilai, ” Barzilai, ’ ”, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s Andrea Kane Organizations: CNN, Yale, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Einstein Institute for Aging Research, FDA, CNN Health Locations: Cuba, Florida, United States, Japan, Ellsworth Wareham, Loma Linda , California

☆ At New York’s Coenties Slip, an Artist Colony and a ‘Rebellion’
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Walker Mimms | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

In “The Slip,” Prudence Peiffer’s tenderly researched group biography, six visual artists in different seasons of life and seeking different aesthetic ideals met Barr’s challenge with an unlikely spirit of concert. Beside him is his art school friend Jack Youngerman, painter of shaggy color fields in organic, almost floral forms. Grown bored in postwar Paris, the Jersey boy and the Kentuckian relocated to the abandoned sail-making lofts of Coenties Slip, an old manufacturing block in the toe of Manhattan. From 1956 to around 1964, an artist colony and some truly epochal art took shape there. That scene has long fascinated critics but never been the subject of a researched narrative history until now.

Persons: Prudence Peiffer, ”, Alfred H, Barr Jr, Jackson Pollock, Barr, Prudence Peiffer’s tenderly, Ellsworth Kelly, Jack Youngerman, Youngerman, Youngerman’s, Delphine Seyrig, Agnes Martin, James Rosenquist, Lenore Tawney, Robert Indiana Organizations: New York, Museum of Modern Locations: Paris, Jersey, Manhattan, New Mexico, Minnesota, Chicago, Europe

☆ In Business, ‘Flat’ Structures Rarely Work. Is There a Solution?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

But do flat structures work? Clifford Oswick, a professor of organization theory at Bayes, pointed out “inherent risks” of discrimination in companies with extremely flat structures. The companies may reflect the same biases as society, without safeguards to avoid them. He pointed to Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos, her health care technology start-up. In a 2015 interview, Ms. Holmes said that Theranos was “a very flat organization and if I have learned anything, we are only as good as the worst people on our team.”

Persons: André Spicer, ” there’s, aren’t, Andrew Rae, Jeri Ellsworth, ”, Ellsworth, Clifford Oswick, Oswick, “ you’ve, Mr, Spicer, Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos, Holmes Organizations: Bayes, School, Valve, People Make Locations: London, ‌

May 17 (Reuters) - Federal appeals court judges appeared to express support on Wednesday for opponents of the abortion pill mifepristone to pursue their challenge to its U.S. approval, which has potentially far-reaching consequences for abortion access across the country. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans to overturn last month's unprecedented ruling by U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Amarillo, Texas suspending mifepristone's approval. [1/2] A patient prepares to take Mifepristone, the first medication in a medical abortion, at Alamo Women's Clinic in Carbondale, Illinois, U.S., April 20, 2023. Circuit Judges James Ho and Wilson were appointed by Donald Trump. SAFE AND EFFECTIVEMifepristone remains available for now, following an emergency order from the U.S. Supreme Court putting Kacsmaryk's order on hold during the appeal.

[1/3] Signage is seen outside of the law firm WilmerHale in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 30, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File PhotoCompaniesCompanies Law Firms JPMorgan Chase & Co FollowMay 4 (Reuters) - A Jeffrey Epstein accuser suing JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) for allegedly aiding the late financier's sex trafficking of girls and women asked a judge to disqualify the bank’s law firm on Thursday, arguing it has a conflict of interest. Lawyers for the woman, who claims she was a victim of Epstein and is not named in court papers, said the judge should bar law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr from representing JPMorgan because it previously represented an anti-sex trafficking organization that supported a different Epstein accuser. Wild’s attorneys also consulted with WilmerHale attorneys on legal strategy, Thursday's filing said. Earlier on Thursday, the judge in that case allowed the U.S. Virgin Islands to serve legal papers on Google co-founder Larry Page, who has been linked to Epstein.

☆ Supreme Court protects access to abortion pill
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Ariane De Vogue | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The Supreme Court on Friday protected access to a widely used abortion drug by freezing lower-court rulings that placed restrictions on its usage. How the dispute over medication abortion is ultimately resolved could make it more difficult for women to obtain abortion, even in the states that still allow it. At issue is the scope of FDA’s authority to regulate mifepristone, a drug that the medical community has deemed safe and effective. The next step in the litigation will be a hearing in front of a New Orleans-based federal appeals court on May 17. The appeals court ultimately let stand the government’s approval of the drug, but agreed with Kacsmaryk that access could be limited.

CNN —Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday extended a hold on a lower court ruling that would have imposed restrictions on access to an abortion drug, a temporary move meant to give the justices more time to consider the issue. The case is the most important abortion-related dispute to reach the high court since the justices overturned Roe v. Wade last term. Alito issued a so-called administrative stay on the ruling while the high court considers an emergency appeal filed by the Biden administration and a manufacturer of the drug, mifepristone. Alito issued the order because he has jurisdiction over the federal appeals court involved in the case. Prelogar, the solicitor general, argued in her filing to the Supreme Court that the FDA’s expert judgment should not be challenged.

☆ Antiabortion group says appeals court lacks authority to block Texas abortion pill ruling
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The Alliance Defending Freedom's lead attorney, Erik Baptist, argued in a new filing to the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals late Tuesday that the court lacks authority to grant the Justice Department's request to block the decision. His decision is set to take effect a 12 a.m. central time on Saturday if the 5th Circuit does not block it. Baptist made a technical argument that Kacsmaryk's decision to suspend the approval date cannot be appealed to the 5th Circuit under federal law, in contrast to an injunction or a final court decision. He argued the case should continue to play out in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. They called on the 5th Circuit to immediately block the judge's order from going into effect early Saturday.

☆ DOJ asks appeals court to keep abortion pill mifepristone on market in case that may end up at Supreme Court
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Boxes of mifepristone, the first pill given in a medical abortion, are prepared for patients at Women's Reproductive Clinic of New Mexico in Santa Teresa, U.S., January 13, 2023. The DOJ asked the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to block U.S. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk's unprecedented decision by noon Thursday "to enable the government to seek relief in the Supreme Court if necessary." Kacsmaryk's suspension of the FDA's approval of mifepristone is set to take effect on Friday. "If allowed to take effect, that order will irreparably harm patients, healthcare systems, and businesses," the Justice Department lawyers wrote in a court filing. When asked whether Danco will stop distributing mifepristone if Kacsmaryk's decision takes effect this Friday, Ellsworth said the company will consult with the FDA about how to proceed.

☆ I'm an Air Force mechanic. It's a very stressful job, but I love it — here are the best and worst parts.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-28 | by ( Paul Krantz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Raymond Pendergraph has served all over the world as an E6 technical sergeant in the US Air Force. My dad was in the military, so moving around and living on Air Force bases was part of my life growing up. My first duty station was at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona. International assignments brought me to South Korea, Japan, and ItalyI spent a year working on Osan Air Base in South Korea. In the military, working hours really depend on your positionPeople working in administration or finance have pretty standard, set schedules.

☆ Former JPMorgan executive, ex-Barclays CEO Staley to be deposed next week
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Tatiana Bautzer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Lawyers for the bank said during a hearing on Thursday they would depose Staley, who also served as Barclays Plc's (BARC.L) chief executive, on March 23 and 24. JPMorgan has accused Staley, its former head of private banking, of "intentional and outrageous conduct" in concealing information about Epstein, with whom he had been friends. The lawsuit seeks to force Staley to return eight years of compensation and reimburse JPMorgan for damages the company might incur in the other lawsuits. Last week, Rakoff had ordered the bank to hand over more documents concerning its CEO Jamie Dimon. A separate trial involving an Epstein victim suing Deutsche Bank AG (DBKGn.DE) may also be rescheduled.

☆ Bed Bath & Beyond just missed another debt payment. See the full list of stores it will close, including Harmon and Buybuy Baby locations.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Avery Hartmans | Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +20 min

In addition to 87 more Bed Bath & Beyond stores, the company now says it will close all of its remaining Harmon health and beauty stores, and five Buybuy Baby stores. San Leandro: 15555 East 14th St., Suite 24015555 East 14th St., Suite 240 Burbank: 201 East Magnolia Blvd. Marina: 117 General Stilwell Drive117 General Stilwell Drive Vallejo: 105 Plaza Drive, Suite 107105 Plaza Drive, Suite 107 * Palm Desert: 72459 Highway 11172459 Highway 111 * Visalia: 3125 South Mooney Blvd. Arterial * Coralville: 2515 Corridor Way Suite 5Kansas:Lawrence: 3106 S. Iowa St., Suite 2153106 S. Iowa St., Suite 215 Manhattan: 425 3rd Place425 3rd Place * Olathe: 15335 W. 119th St.Kentucky:Elizabethtown: 1998 N. Dixie Ave.1998 N. Dixie Ave. New Hartford: 4805 Commercial Drive4805 Commercial Drive Kingston: 1187 Ulster Ave.1187 Ulster Ave. Plattsburgh: 73 Centre Drive, Suite 10073 Centre Drive, Suite 100 Farmingdale: 251 Airport Plaza Blvd.

☆ Haitians in the U.S. feel pressure to sponsor friends, family back home
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( Brian Ellsworth | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

"Many people unfortunately are not in a position to sponsor family members or friends back home, but they are receiving calls nonstop." She said her clients have described being expected to sponsor entire extended families and in some cases face threats. "I would say it's also a program that will place undue stress on families and cause family divisions." "People will say 'I have more than one cousin I would like to sponsor, I'm only able to sponsor one of them,'" Jozef said. She is also opposed to the expulsions of Haitians and other migrants arriving at the southwest border, many who are seeking U.S. asylum.

☆ Venezuela former chief justice indicted in U.S. for money laundering
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

CARACAS, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Venezuela's former chief justice Maikel Moreno has been indicted on money laundering charges related to bribe payments he allegedly received in exchange for influencing court decisions, the U.S. Attorney's Office for Southern District of Florida said. "During his tenure on the Supreme Court, Moreno received bribes in exchange for influencing actions in criminal cases, including dismissing criminal charges and arrest warrants or ordering home confinement for charged defendants," according to the statement. Moreno was replaced as chief justice in 2022, but retains a position as a judge on the court. Moreno is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, one count of concealment of money laundering, and two counts of engaging in transactions in criminally derived property, according to the statement. Reporting by Brian Ellsworth in Caracas; Editing by Frank Jack DanielOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Haitian police officers on Thursday blocked streets and forced their way into the country's main airport to protest the recent killing of officers by armed gangs expanding their grip on the Caribbean nation. "PM is still at the Airport, unable to leave for now," said the source, who asked not to be identified. Haiti's National Police and the Prime Minister's Office did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Roads around Port-au-Prince and in several cities to the north were blocked by protesters. The proposal was originally made three months ago but no country has offered to lead such a force.

☆ Nanny sharing, co-parenting, and the YMCA are helping parents meet their childcare needs as costs rise and shortages persist
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-22 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

They're turning to a variety of options to get by, including nanny sharing and co-parenting. Unable to find or afford childcare, many parents are exploring all their options on the table. While she told Insider this is meeting most of their childcare needs for now, it's costing them $1,000 to $1,500 per month. Some families have tried "nanny sharing" — when two or more families hire one nanny to watch their children at one of their homes and split the expense. "It seems that it eases the cost a bit," said Wilson-Demarco, who says she knows some families that have nanny shared.

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