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☆ Book Club: Discuss ‘James,’ by Percival Everett, With Us
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( Mj Franklin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Welcome to The Book Review Book Club. Every month, we select a book to discuss on our podcast and with our readers. In Everett’s latest book, “James,” Jim becomes, you guessed it, James. The broad strokes of Twain’s character are still there — James is still an enslaved man who runs away after he hears that his master is going to sell him. But in Everett’s hands, James is no longer a helpless companion.

Persons: Dolly Alderton, Barbara Kingsolver, Jim, Huckleberry Finn, ”, Black, Huck, he’s, Mark Twain, machina, Percival Everett, “ James, ” Jim, James Locations: Mississippi, American

☆ Olga Fikotova Connolly, Olympian in a Cold War Romance, Dies at 91
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Frank Litsky | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Olga Fikotova Connolly, who won a gold medal in track and field for Czechoslovakia in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, watched Harold Connolly of the United States win one the next day, and, in March 1957, married him as the highlight of a storybook Cold War romance, died on April 12 in Costa Mesa, Calif. She was 91. She died in her son Jim’s home, where she had been receiving hospice care, Ms. Connolly-Freund said. The governing body European Athletics said Olga Connolly had been the last living female gold medalist from the Melbourne Games. Her competitive record as a discus thrower was exceptional: five Olympic Games (four representing the United States as an American citizen), five American championships and four American records. Harold Connolly, a hammer thrower from Massachusetts, competed in four Olympics.

Persons: Olga Fikotova Connolly, Harold Connolly, Merja Connolly, Freund, Jim’s, Connolly, Olga Connolly Organizations: Czechoslovakia, United States, Melbourne Games, Olympic Games Locations: Costa Mesa, Calif, United States, American, Massachusetts

☆ Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe finds 'nauseating similarities' between Biden special counsel report and Hillary Clinton email case
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Andrew McCabe took issue with special counsel Robert Hur's report on Biden compared to Clinton. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Special Counsel Robert Hur declined to file charges against Biden for retaining classified documents from his time as Barack Obama's vice president. During an interview with CNN's Kaitlan Collins, McCabe suggested Hur was "attempting to even out the scales" with the report. “I think where we stepped far over the line and made a mistake was in Jim’s rhetoric clearly criticizing Hillary Clinton but of course not recommending that she be charged,” McCabe told Collins.

Persons: Andrew McCabe, Robert Hur's, Biden, Clinton, McCabe, Hur, —, Friday, Joe Biden's, Hillary Clinton's, Robert Hur, Barack Obama's, revs, Donald Trump, CNN's Kaitlan Collins, Collins, ”, James Comey, “, Hillary Clinton, ” McCabe, Comey, Jim Organizations: Service, FBI, Democratic, Department of Justice, House, Trump, White Locations: Clinton, Florida , Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin

The fallout has extended to Washington, where Republicans are hunting for evidence that could be used to impeach President Joe Biden. Republicans have highlighted a $200,000 personal check from Jim to Joe Biden on the same day — March 1, 2018 — that Jim Biden received an equal amount from Americore. Concerns that Jim Biden’s business ventures and missteps would cloud Joe Biden’s political career stretch back decades. Court records show the matter was dropped, and Jim Biden's representatives said the bill was paid. But he’s also angry at Jim Biden's brother.

Persons: ELLWOOD, Jim Biden, Joe Biden, Jim Biden wasn’t, Americore, It’s, Joe Biden’s, Hunter, Biden, Jim, ”, Paul Fishman, “, Ian Sams, Republicans won’t, ” Jim Biden, James Comer, he’s, ” Comer, Jim Biden's, Sara, Joe, Jill, Jim Biden’s, Barack Obama’s, Narendra Modi, Valerie, Frank, Beau, Beau Biden, ” Hunter, Uncle Jim, Hollywood Roosevelt, ‘, Let’s, ’ ”, Hurricane Irma, Tom Pritchard, Pritchard, ” Pritchard, Obama, Jim Biden “, ” Fishman, Michael Lewitt, Lewitt, Fishman, Biden’s, Grant White, ” White, Donald Trump, Scott Paglia, Paglia, ___ Suderman, Rhonda Shafner Organizations: ELLWOOD CITY, Health, House Republicans, Republicans, ., Democrats, Americore, Rep, Kentucky Republican, franchise, Senate, Delaware News, Oval, White, Indian, University of Delaware, Internal Revenue Service, CEFC China Energy . Records, American Express, U.S . Department of Veteran Affairs, Platinum Global Partners, Securities and Exchange Commission, Wall, Democratic, Associated Press Locations: Pa, Florida, Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, Washington, “, China, Philadelphia, Delaware, Mississippi, California, Los Angeles, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Florida, Delray Beach , Florida, Richmond , Virginia, New York

CNN —University of Michigan head football coach Jim Harbaugh was suspended for the three remaining games of the 2023 regular season after the Big Ten Conference announced on Friday the Wolverines football program was found to have conducted “an impermissible, in-person scouting operation over multiple years,” thus violating the Big Ten sportsmanship policy. “I want to thank coach Harbaugh,” Moore told the Fox broadcast with tears streaming down his face. The Big Ten Conference said Jim Harbaugh's suspension from coaching on game days was "not a sanction" of the coach. “This is not a sanction of Coach Harbaugh,” it read. “You may have removed him from our sidelines today, but Jim Harbaugh is our head football coach.

Persons: Jim Harbaugh, ”, Harbaugh, Sherrone Moore, ” Moore, Warde Manuel, ” Harbaugh, Jim Harbaugh's, G, “, Tony Petitti, ” Manuel Organizations: CNN — University of Michigan, Big Ten, Wolverines, Penn State, Michigan, Harbaugh, Fox, University, Athletic, Big Ten Conference, Getty, NCAA, Football, University of Michigan, Big, CNN Locations: G Fiume, Washtenaw County Michigan

☆ House speaker vote live updates: Rep. Jim Jordan won't hold third vote today
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Andrew Menezes | Matt Meyer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

We need to work on fiscal matters of the (Continuing Resolution) expiring 17 November. So I think for our country we need it, but I think it may delay the speaker’s thing. I believe it is a constitutional desecration to not elect a Speaker of the House. We need to stay here until we elect a speaker,” said Rep. Matt Gaetz. We have a job which is to elect a speaker, not a speaker pro tempore.

Persons: Patrick McHenry, Don Bacon, Jim Jordan, ” “, we’ve, We’ve, ”, Marc Molinaro, Jordan, “, Jim, —, Molinaro, Bud Light, Matt Gaetz, can’t, Andy Ogles, McCarthy’s, Ralph Norman, “ I’m Organizations: Republicans, Republican, ” Locations: Israel, McHenry

As House Republicans struggle to govern, the party suffered another black eye Thursday evening when Majority Leader Steve Scalise abruptly withdrew from the speaker’s race amid hardened opposition from more than a dozen holdouts. Tensions are boiling over among House Republicans frustrated at the impasse and concerned over the path forward. The problem for me though is it’s not Jim’s fault so I’m just grappling with that,” he said. House Republicans control just a razor-thin majority and a speaker candidate can only afford to lose four defections and still win. We had a group that sabotaged Speaker McCarthy and now we’ve had a group that sabotaged Steve Scalise, both of them great people,” he said.

Persons: Kevin McCarthy, Steve Scalise, Mark Alford of, Jesus Christ, Jim Jordan, Scalise, Jordan, Don Bacon, CNN’s Manu Raju, that’s, Jim, Steve, ”, “ There’s, Austin Scott, Raju, “, ” “ We’ve, McCarthy, we’ve Organizations: CNN, Republicans, Hamas, GOP, House Republicans, Republican, Ohio Republican, Judiciary Locations: Mark Alford of Missouri, Ohio, Jordan

When her husband, a UPS truck driver, nearly died from heatstroke, Theresa Klenk stepped in to help workers negotiate for air conditioning in all UPS trucks. At the time, she said, no UPS drivers wanted to speak up about the increasingly brutal conditions for fear of being reprimanded. According to UPS, drivers stop on average every three minutes — barely enough time for air-conditioning to make a dent. This year’s record heat caused dozens of deaths, filled some hospitals to pandemic levels and prompted government warnings about avoiding extended exposure to heat. It was a bittersweet victory for Jim and Theresa Klenk.

Persons: Jim Klenk, Klenk, Theresa Klenk, hadn’t, Jim, Theresa, Jim didn’t, ”, Zoe Todd, Jim’s, Joe Raedle, Jordan Barab, “, Michael Dwyer, Memphis , Tennessee —, Theresa said, didn’t, weren’t, ” Theresa, Mike Blake, Sean O’Brien, doesn’t, ” — CNN’s Clare Duffy Organizations: New, New York CNN, UPS, Teamsters, “, CNN, Occupational Safety, Health Administration, OSHA, US Chamber of, Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Postal Service, FedEx, Amazon, Kroger, Teamster Locations: New York, Freehold , New Jersey, heatstroke, Miami, Texas, Memphis , Tennessee, Atlanta, ”, L.A

☆ Jim Abbott: The night of that no-hitter
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Don Riddell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —Jim Abbott was used to dealing with uncomfortable social situations; in some ways, they were all he’d ever known. Abbott was about to pull off a no-hitter, one of the rarest feats in Major League Baseball. Baseball insiders will tell you that nobody ever sees a no-hitter coming, and that was certainly true for Jim Abbott. “I had some pretty serious anxiety about that game,” Abbott said in 2013. The Detroit Tigers scoreboard posting YANKEES JIM ABBOTT HAS THROWN A NO HITTER VS CLEVELAND INDIANS during Detroit Tigers vs Chicago White Sox at Tiger Stadium.

Persons: Jim Abbott, who’d, “, Abbott, ‘, ”, what’s, ” Abbott, John Zich, James E, Sullivan, Carl Lewis, Peyton Manning, Michael Phelps, Don Mattingly, ” Mattingly, he’d, Stephen Dunn, Jim Thome, Manny Ramirez, Albert Belle, Kenny Lofton, Matt Nokes, JIM ABBOTT, Chuck Solomon, Lofton, Felix Fermin, Bernie Williams, Carlos Baerga, Randy Velarde, it’s, Mattingly, I’ve, NASCAR's Busch, Kevin Winter, Jim’s, that’s, he’s, Nick Newell, Newell, Kevin Laue, Shaquem Griffin, “ There’s, Jim, Scott Halleran, He’s, wasn’t Organizations: CNN, CNN Sport, Yankee, Major League Baseball, University of Michigan, Wolverines, Big Ten, Pan American Games, Seoul, MLB, Yankees, Major League, California Angels, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Indians, Baseball, Cleveland, Detroit Tigers, CLEVELAND INDIANS, Tiger, Sports, Los Angeles Coliseum, Martial Arts, NFL, Toronto Blue Jays Locations: New York, Flint , Michigan, AFP, US, California, Bronx, Cleveland

☆ Billionaire killed in race car crash
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Bryan Mena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Washington, DC CNN —James Crown, a billionaire businessman who held several leadership roles including board member of JPMorgan Chase, died Sunday in a racing accident in Colorado. Crown, who also turned 70 on Sunday, died in the single-vehicle crash after colliding with an impact barrier at Aspen Motorsports Park in Woody Creek, Colorado, The Colorado Sun reported. Among his many roles, Crown was chairman and CEO of his family business, the investment firm Henry Crown and Company. In addition to serving on the JPMorgan board, he was also a board director at General Dynamics. “We extend our deepest condolences to Jim’s family and loved ones during this incredibly difficult time,” Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, said in a statement.

Persons: James Crown, JPMorgan Chase, Crown, Henry Crown, Jim’s, ” Jamie Dimon, Jim, ”, Jim Crown, Barack Obama Organizations: DC CNN, JPMorgan, Colorado . Crown, Aspen Motorsports, The Colorado Sun, Henry Crown and Company, General Dynamics, JPMorgan Chase, ”, Aspen Skiing Co, Aspen Institute, Museum of Science and Industry, Civic Committee, University of Chicago, Crown, President’s Intelligence, Local, Pitkin County Coroner’s, Forbes Locations: Washington, Colorado, Woody Creek , Colorado, The, Chicago, Pitkin County

“It is with profound sadness that I announce the passing of my husband, Jim Brown,” Monique Brown wrote on Instagram. Our hearts are broken…”The sole team Brown played for, the Cleveland Browns, tweeted, “Jim Brown Forever. Jim Brown, led the league in rushing in eight of his nine seasons with the Cleveland Browns and set the all-time record for rushing yards. Brown also made his mark as a civil rights activist, working with inner-city gang members and prison inmates. Jim Brown’s legacy will live on forever,” the NFL tweeted.

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