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☆ Man Is Critically Wounded in a Shooting on a Subway Train in Brooklyn
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Claire Fahy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A man was in critical condition Thursday night after being shot in the head on a subway train as it arrived at the Hoyt-Schermerhorn station in Downtown Brooklyn during the Thursday evening rush hour, the authorities said. The shooting occurred after a 32-year-old man boarded a northbound A train at the Nostrand Avenue stop at about 4:45 p.m., Michael Kemper, the Police Department’s Chief of Transit, said at a news conferenceAs the train left the station, the man was confronted by a 36-year-old man who witnesses described as acting in an “aggressive and provocative” manner, Chief Kemper said. What started as a verbal confrontation quickly become a physical fight, the chief said, with the 36-year-old man displaying either a knife or razor blade at one point. Eventually, he pulled out a gun, Chief Kemper said.

Persons: Hoyt, Michael Kemper, Kemper Organizations: Nostrand, Police Locations: Downtown Brooklyn

☆ Opinion | Before Hillary Clinton, There Was Rosalynn Carter
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Azadeh Moaveni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Mrs. Carter had the canny instincts to know that a player who courts influence requires a court. Mrs. Carter’s charismatic press secretary, Mary Hoyt, led the fight for decent East Wing salaries, despite stiff opposition. President Carter was demanding sacrifice from all Americans and turning down the heat in the White House to cut costs. Feminists like Gloria Steinem faulted Mrs. Carter for not being sufficiently outré in her activism. “She creates neither love nor hate.”Neither America nor Washington was quite ready for Mrs. Carter at the time.

Persons: Carter, —, Mary Hoyt, Hoyt, Carter’s, Ford, ”, Kennedy, Gloria Steinem, “, Steinem, United Press International’s Helen Thomas, pettiness, Nancy Reagan, Katharine Graham, Andy Warhol, Mr Organizations: East Wing, Southern Baptist, White, United Press, Democratic Locations: Israel, Egypt, Washington, America, Wing, clogs, Georgetown, Georgia, Plains , Ga

☆ The earnings and economic data shows the consumer is still in control of the economy
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Tim Mullaney | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Moody's says that consumer savings rates are rising after bottoming out in June 2022. "We still see it as a normalization, not a deterioration story when we talk about consumer credit.'' But consumer loan delinquency rates are at 2019 levels, and below any level ever seen before 2014, according to Federal Reserve data. At JPMorgan, mortgage credit quality is so solid that the bank reported no net chargeoffs in the second quarter. Overall, the Bureau of Economic Analysis says consumer spending on new vehicles rose $40 billion to $642.4 billion in the first half of the year, with most gains coming in the second quarter.

Persons: Brandon Bell, Arun Sundaram, haven't, Alastair Borthwick, Moody's, Scott Hoyt, Jeremy Barnum, it's, Barnum, David Fieldhouse, Hoyt, Sundaram, Horton, Goldman Sachs, Goldman Organizations: Chevrolet, Knapp, Getty, Amazon, Walmart, Home Depot, Bank of America, CFRA, Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank, JPMorgan Chase, Federal Reserve, JPMorgan, Federal, Wall, General Motors, GM, Ford, U.S, Toll, Pride Locations: Houston , Texas

☆ First-quarter economic growth was actually 2%, up from 1.3% first reported in major GDP revision
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Jeff Cox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The U.S. economy showed much stronger-than-expected growth in the first quarter than previously thought, according to a big upward revision Thursday from the Commerce Department. The upward revision helps undercut widespread expectations that the U.S. is heading toward a recession. Consumer spending, as gauged by personal consumption expenditures, rose 4.2%, the highest quarterly pace since the second quarter of 2021. Core PCE prices, which exclude food and energy, rose 4.9% in the period, a downward revision of 0.1 percentage point. That was a decline of 26,000 from the previous week and well below the estimate for 264,000.

Persons: Dow, Scott Hoyt, Hoyt Organizations: Commerce Department, Gross, Social Security, Moody's, Federal, Fed, Labor Department Locations: U.S, department's

☆ US weekly jobless claims post biggest drop in 20 months as economy shows stamina
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Lucia Mutikani | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

"The economy is currently displaying genuine signs of resilience," said Gregory Daco, chief economist at EY-Parthenon in New York. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits decreased 26,000 to a seasonally adjusted 239,000 for the week ended June 24. Continuing claims covered the period during which the government surveyed households for June's unemployment rate. The unemployment rate was at 3.7% in May. GDP consumer contributionEconomists had expected first-quarter GDP growth would be raised slightly to a 1.4% pace.

Persons: Gregory Daco, Unadjusted, Rubeela Farooqi, Jerome Powell, Amira Karaoud, Scott Hoyt, Lucia Mutikani, Chizu Nomiyama, Andrea Ricci Organizations: Federal Reserve, Labor Department, Reuters, Financial, U.S, Treasury, REUTERS, Conference Board, Gross, Commerce Department, Thomson Locations: WASHINGTON, EY, New York, Minnesota, Ohio, California, Texas, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New Jersey, White Plains , New York, Spanish, Madrid, Louisville, U.S, West Chester , Pennsylvania

☆ Here are tax-savvy ways to donate money, according to a charitable giving expert
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Kate Dore | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

LAS VEGAS — Tax savings aren't typically the main reason for philanthropy. But if you're planning to donate money, certain charitable giving strategies provide a bigger tax benefit. Roughly 33% of taxpayers itemized deductions in 2017, compared with fewer than 10% in 2021, said Hoyt, speaking at the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' annual conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday. Given these constraints, investors can maximize tax breaks by "bunching gifts," Hoyt said. "Concentrate your gifts in one year, as opposed to spreading them over several."

Persons: there's, Christopher Hoyt, Hoyt, Ivy League acceptances Organizations: VEGAS, University of Missouri, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Finance, Ivy League Locations: Kansas City, Las Vegas

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailZipline releases new drone designed for rapid home deliveriesZipline's new delivery drone is designed for rapid, at-home deliveries within a 10 mile radius. The company gained success with its initial model, first used to deliver blood to hospitals and clinics in Rwanda. Now, Zipline is trying to gain a greater foothold in the U.S., delivering food and medicine straight to customer's doorsteps. While companies like DroneUp, Wing, and Amazon Prime Air are also working in this space, Zipline hopes to be the first to scale drone delivery in the U.S.

Here are 12 of the weirdest and most fascinating animal behaviors scientists spotted in 2022. Here are 12 bizarre and amazing things animals were spotted doing, some of which had never been seen before. It turned out that at least 12 species of primates had been reported doing so, a review published in the Journal of Zoology in October found. A dolphin swallowed 8 venomous sea snakesA sea snake (indicated with pink arrow), moments before it is captured and eaten by a Navy dolphin. Though animals have often been spotted using tools, these usually are used to give the animal a clear survival advantage.

☆ U.S. third-quarter economic growth revised up; goods trade deficit widens in October
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Lucia Mutikani | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Gross domestic product increased at a 2.9% annualized rate, the Commerce Department said in its second estimate of third-quarter GDP. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast GDP growth would be raised to a 2.7% rate. Gross domestic income (GDI) had contracted at a 0.8% pace in the second quarter. Profits from current production decreased $31.6 billion in the third quarter after rising $131.6 billion in the second quarter. Inventories subtracted from GDP growth in the third quarter.

☆ ‘There’s no rules. It’s crazy’: New money in NCAA recruiting leaves elite athletes ripe for exploitation
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-27 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Kit-Ramgopal-Byline.Jpg | Kit Ramgopal | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +15 min

Instead, the coveted junior recruit was benched, due to a decision from the state’s governing body for high school sports. Meanwhile, in a growing number of states, including California, even high school athletes can enter contracts. But boosters can pay prospective students through NIL deals, as long as the money is not contingent on enrollment or athletic performance. A University of Miami booster has earmarked $10 million to sign players to NIL deals through his companies. Cunningham’s message to high school athletes is “the grass isn’t always greener,” even in California.

☆ Texas set to execute man for killing pregnant ex-girlfriend and her son
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

He was condemned for the February 2005 deaths of Lisa Underwood, 34, and her son Jayden. Texas prison officials didn’t formally update their policy but said they would review inmates’ petitions on a case-by-case basis and would grant most reasonable requests. Prosecutors said Barbee killed his ex-girlfriend and her son because he didn’t want his wife to know Underwood was seven months pregnant, presumably by him. Barbee confessed to police he killed Underwood and her son but later recanted. If Barbee is executed, he would be the fifth inmate put to death this year in Texas.

☆ U.S. consumer sentiment slumps; inflation expectations edge up
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The University of Michigan's preliminary November reading on the overall index on consumer sentiment came in at 54.7, down from 59.9 in the prior month. The survey's reading of one-year inflation expectations edged up to 5.1% from 5.0% in October. Data on Thursday showed consumer prices rose less than expected in October, pushing the annual increase below 8% for the first time in eight months. While that is consistent with a shift in spending to services from goods, some economists do not expect a collapse in consumer spending. "The correlation between changes in monthly consumer sentiment and real consumer spending is low, especially for this measure and especially in the short run," said Scott Hoyt, a senior economist at Moody's Analytics in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

☆ More than 700 dolphins in the Black Sea have died since the war in Ukraine began. Scientists believe the fighting cripples their ability to navigate, find food, and talk to each other.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

There's been an increase in dolphin strandings around the Black Sea since the war in Ukraine began. Dolphins and porpoises talk and navigate via sound, which may be disrupted by the loud noises of war. "Russia's war against Ukraine escalated in February 2022 puts the entire Black Sea basin under a huge threat. Dolphins, porpoises, and whales have an acute sense of hearing and use echolocation to map out their environment. The areas were identified as important habitats for three species that the IUCN classifies as threatened or endangered: the Black Sea common dolphin, the Black Sea harbor porpoise, and the Black Sea bottlenose dolphin.

☆ True the Vote leaders jailed after being found in contempt
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. District Judge Kenneth Hoyt ordered Gregg Phillips and Catherine Englebrecht, leaders of True the Vote, detained by U.S. Marshals "for one-day and further until they fully comply with the Court's Order," according to a notice from the federal court in Houston. Lawyers for Phillips and Englebrecht did not respond to a request for comment. At the same time, the defamation case in Houston has raised questions about the data backing True the Vote's claims. True the Vote's research was behind the widely discredited "2000 Mules" film that claimed to have discovered widespread voter fraud during the 2020 presidential election.

☆ Inflation worries hurt U.S. consumer confidence; house prices decelerating
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Lucia Mutikani | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

The Conference Board's consumer confidence index fell to 102.5 this month from 107.8 in September. Consumers were also more inclined to buy a house, probably encouraged by a sharp slowdown in house price inflation. On a monthly basis, prices fell 0.9% in August, the second straight monthly drop. Prices fell 0.7% on a monthly basis after decreasing 0.6% in July. It was the first time since March 2011 that monthly prices posted back-to-back declines.

☆ 'Walker Independence' and 'The Winchesters' review: These are far from pioneering prequels
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-06 | by ( Review Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —If all shows were animated like “The Simpsons,” networks wouldn’t need to strain to keep them alive. Yet live-action dramas come with shelf lives, which explains the CW’s twin attempts to extend two of its franchises with prequels: “Walker Independence,” a back-to-the-Old-West adjunct to its Texas Ranger reboot; and “The Winchesters,” a one-generation-back rekindling of the “Supernatural” flame. The main problem with “Walker” is the events that set the show in motion feel much better tailored to a limited series than an open-ended run. For now, “Walker Independence” (which, yes, will follow “Walker”) and “The Winchesters” come blessed with name recognition, but creatively speaking, first impressions say that the network has dipped into the prequel well twice too often. “Walker Independence” premieres October 6 at 9 p.m.

☆ A powerful group of lobbyists and donors pushed Mitch McConnell to take a 'hard red line' that delayed a stimulus bill for months
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-16 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

A powerful group of business organizations has pushed for the liability shields and donated generously to McConnell and other Republicans. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty ImagesThe Chamber of Commerce's big giveThe Chamber of Commerce has been among the most vocal proponents of liability protections. Overall, however, Walmart's workers and PAC gave about evenly to Democrats as to Republicans this election. Its PAC gave $9,000 to McConnell's campaign and gave $3,000 to Cornyn. During the past three decades, McConnell has received robust support from some of the industries lobbying hard for liability protections.

☆ „Da’ dacă câșlig?” Ultimii bani pentru un dram de noroc
▼ + stars: | 2020-08-06 | by ( ) ziuadeazi.md time to read: +21 min

Mâna stângă îi este îngreunată de o torbă și o geantă. De sus în jos roade stratul sub care se ascund cifre și bani. Și ea a avut zile când nu avea bani nici de pâine, dar nu i-a părut rău în acele momente că a dat bani pe biletele la loterie și că nu a câștigat nimic. Istoricul povestește că de-a lungul timpului, viața acelor oameni, dar și a descendenților lor, nu s-a schimbat prea mult. Indiferent dacă tatăl lor a câștigat loteria sau a pierdut, viața fiilor lor arăta la fel.

Persons: ., Nică, Le, Alaiba, Loteria Moldovei, Vladimir Plahotniuc, Bulgarul, Vasil Krumov, Svetlana, Pensionara Maria Vicol, Maria, Hî, Milea, Maria Vicol, Specialista, Își, Mariei Vicol, Hoyt Bleakley, Tatiana, Anastasia Organizations: Varlaam, Moldovei, NGM Company, Universitatea Carnegie Mellon, Loteria, Licenţiere, Tace, SA Loteria Națională, Universitatea din Locations: Chișinău, Măgdăcești, Criuleni, ferestruica, Moldovei, Pennsylvania, Moldova, Plamen, Dubai, Chişinău, Vede, Scoreni, Strășeni, Inculeț, Orhei, Uniunii Sovietice, sovietică, Universitatea din Chicago, Georgia

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