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☆ Brazil floods: At least 29 people killed as heavy rain and flooding lashes Brazil
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Michael Rios | Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —At least 29 people have been killed and a further 60 are missing as heavy rain and flooding hit the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul this week. Residents and a dog are evacuated from a flooded area in the city center of São Sebastião do Cai, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, on May 2, 2024. Rio Grande do Sul has been increasingly hit by extreme weather events in recent years. Volunteers use a fishing boat to rescue residents trapped inside their houses in São Sebastião do Cai, Rio Grande do Sul state. The proportion of high-intensity hurricanes, or tropical cyclones, has increased due to the warmer global temperatures, according to the UN.

Persons: Cai, Carlos Fabal, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, “, ”, Eduardo Leite, Anselmo Cunha, Lizzy Yee, Omar Fajardo Organizations: CNN, Authorities, Getty, Volunteers, UN Locations: Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, AFP, Dubai, Asia, Kenya, São

☆ How climate change is beginning to be built into employee pay and benefits
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Trevor Laurence Jockims | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

There are some companies all-in, as a brand, in fighting climate change , such as Patagonia. So-called green perks, also referred to as climate change benefits, could help to bridge that gap. A rising, though still marginal trend in the job market, employee enticement and compensation packages tied to climate change can help to make these abstractions clearer and more actionable in the workplace. "There's a nascent but growing interest in climate change benefits," Schneider said, pointing out that Google searches for commuter benefits, as an example, are trending up. Green perks are a benefits arena where the demand would seem to outstrip supply, and green commuter benefits may be the first indication of a wider adoption wave.

Persons: enticement, WTW, Caroline Mangiardi, Mangiardi, Lauren Schneider, it's, Schneider, Mercer, Lizzy Kolar, Kolar, Kolar's Organizations: Walmart, Apple, Bank of America, Compt, CSR, employee's CSA, Fortune Locations: Bentonville , Arkansas, Patagonia, Bentonville —, Bentonville, employee's

☆ I'm a chef who loves to shop at Costco — but there are 12 things I never buy there
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Lizzy Briskin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Instead of buying mixed salted nuts, I just buy the variety I need. It might be better to buy nuts that have not been roasted if you need them to last. Lizzy BriskinNuts are a fantastic snack and ingredient, but large bags or tubs of nut varieties that have been roasted and salted are a pass for me. And though roasting nuts certainly improves the flavor, it also significantly decreases their shelf life. Your best bet may be to buy Costco's single-variety packs of unroasted nuts and keep them in your freezer for maximum freshness.

Persons: Briskin Organizations: rancid Locations: Brazil

☆ Inside chef Duff Goldman's fridge, from the salads helping him lose 47 pounds to his current Costco buys
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Lizzy Briskin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Celebrity chef Duff Goldman lives with his wife and 3-year-old daughter in California. A peek inside Duff Goldman's fridge. Chilling cookie doughIt's no surprise to find cookie dough in Duff Goldman's fridge. Toom garlic dipToom is one of Duff Goldman's go-to dips. Toom Garlic Dip, Tyler Le/BIA bit hidden in Goldman's fridge is a highlighter-yellow tub of Toom garlic dip.

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Learn moreAmazon's third-generation Echo Buds are the brand's most budget-friendly headphones yet. Amazon Echo Buds (2023) Amazon's third-generation Echo Buds lack noise cancellation, but they sound solid for the money and include hands-free Alexa support on a budget. And unlike more expensive headphones, the third-gen Echo Buds don't come with active noise cancellation (ANC) to help reduce background sounds that might interfere with your music. Sarah Saril/InsiderDespite their drawbacks, the Echo Buds are still a solid budget choice for users of multiple devices. Sarah Saril/InsiderThe Echo Buds (3rd Gen) aren't for everyone, but they have their appeal.

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☆ I'm a chef comparing 5 popular store-bought red sauces, and I found the best is worth paying a little extra for
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Lizzy Briskin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

I used my expertise as a professional chef to review five brands of store-bought marinara sauce. Classico's marinara seemed more appropriate for pizza and the Newman's Own sauce was just OK.Rao's Sensitive marinara sauce, which doesn't contain onions or garlic, was my favorite. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementI used my expertise as a chef to find the best store-bought red sauce.

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☆ The Affair That Split New York High Society
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Liesl Schillinger | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

STRONG PASSIONS: A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York, by Barbara WeisbergThe touch of a hand from two centuries ago can spark powerful emotions in the present. In Jane Austen’s novel, their chemistry leads to marriage and the elevation of the heroine’s fortunes. But in New York in 1860, a real-life brush of hands “ignited a fiery and forbidden passion” between members of two prominent families. Their romance wrecked a marriage, destroyed the woman’s reputation and resulted in a lurid divorce trial whose salacious details filled pages of the nation’s newspapers. In “Strong Passions,” her riveting reconstruction of a scandal that “rocked genteel society,” Barbara Weisberg reassembles the story with the clear determination to treat both sides equally, and without leering.

Persons: Barbara Weisberg, “, ”, Jane Austen’s, ” Barbara Weisberg Locations: Old New York, New York

☆ 18 popular artists Noah Kahan has collaborated with, so far
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Jordana Comiter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Noah Kahan has become famous for working and collaborating with other popular musicians. Kahan has also performed live with Gracie Abrams, Lizzy McAlpine, and Zach Bryan. The internet has given singer-songwriter Noah Kahan many nicknames: the Folk Malone, the Jewish Ed Sheeran, and the American Hozier. But Captain of the Folk Avengers might be the most fitting because he seems to join forces with and bring together everyone's favorite indie artists. Here are 17 of the popular artists he's collaborated with, so far.

Persons: Noah Kahan, Kacey Musgraves, Post Malone, Kahan, Gracie Abrams, Lizzy McAlpine, Zach Bryan, Folk Malone, Ed Sheeran, he's Organizations: Post, Folk

☆ A former YouTube kids star says she made $100,000 in a year after turning to OnlyFans, and she has no regrets
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Lizzy Capri pivoted to OnlyFans from kids' content, and she's never been happier. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementLizzy Capri is turning 30 this year, and with that milestone, she wants to leave behind her legacy as a kids' entertainer. Capri started her YouTube channel in 2018 and hit a million subscribers within just a couple of months. Capri said she is still learning to cope with that, because YouTube views gave her such external validation for a long time.

Persons: Lizzy, she's, —, Capri, Lizzy Capri, Miley Cyrus's, OnlyFans Organizations: Service, YouTube, LinkedIn

☆ Inside Food Network star Katie Lee Biegel's fridge
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Lizzy Briskin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The Food Network star Katie Lee Biegel lives with her husband and 3-year-old daughter in New York. A look inside Katie Lee Biegel's fridge. KetchupKatie Lee Biegel has a lot of ketchup in her fridge. Milo's sweet teaBiegel's Southern roots still run deep, and she has two large bottles of sweet tea in the fridge to prove it. Bitchin' Sauce, Tyler Le/BIBiegel is "obsessed with Bitchin' Sauce," which she uses as a dip and a condiment.

Persons: Katie Lee Biegel, Rao's jarred, —, Ryan, Katie Lee, Tyler Le, she's, it's, she'll, Rao's, she'd, chow chow, Chow chow, Biegel, Hatch Organizations: Food, Service, Heinz, America, Union Square Farmers, New Locations: New York, New York City, The West Virginia, West Virginia, jalapeños, Brussels

☆ When YouTuber Lizzy Capri pivoted away from kids' content, she took a big financial hit. She says it was worth it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

In early 2023, YouTuber Lizzy Capri felt trapped in "creator prison." Starting in 2017, Capri became known online as "Lizzy Sharer" (she became "Lizzy Capri" in 2019). In the world of influencers, having a "niche" — specific content geared toward a specific audience — is often praised as an asset. In March 2023, she published a video titled "Goodbye to the old Lizzy..." to announce her content would change. Lizzy CapriThe hard pivot was tough financiallyWhen she pivoted, Capri did it more for herself than for the business.

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☆ A chef shares 6 breakfasts they'd never order at a restaurant and 6 they definitely would
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Lizzy Briskin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Ordering an omelet can be risky when you want your eggs cooked a certain way. I want my eggs to jiggle in the center. Shebeko/ShutterstockThis one may be controversial, but unless I know that the eggs will have plenty of jiggle in the center, I'm not ordering an omelet for breakfast. I'm a firm believer in the saying "done in the skillet is dry on the plate" — and dry takes on a whole new meaning by the time your meal makes it to the table in a restaurant.

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☆ How a chef turns Costco's $5 rotisserie chicken into a week of easy meals at home
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-08 | by ( Lizzy Briskin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

I turned Costco's $5 rotisserie chicken into five easy meals for two people. I like using the chicken to make quesadillas, burrito bowls, and pasta dishes. AdvertisementGrocery prices have been soaring, but one deal I can still count on is the big and juicy $5 rotisserie chicken at Costco. Although I'm a chef, I still love a shortcut here and there — and I can put together dozens of easy meals with cooked chicken. Here's how I turned my latest Costco five-buck-cluck into easy meals to feed two throughout the week.

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Strategizing an outfit for a concert, the 40-year-old communications professor at UNC Wilmington had gotten as far as a black stretch-knit dress from Susana Monaco. “But in photos on Instagram, a plain black dress doesn’t pop,” she said. Jones strapped on a $188 leather belt with an etched silver buckle, debonairly looping it around her dress’s slinky fabric. In the ’80s and ’90s, branded Gucci and Chanel belt buckles served as signal flares for yuppie shoppers. And gutsy dressers are cinching and sculpting sweaters, dresses, shawls and blouses with no belt loops at all.

Persons: KELLY JONES, Susana Monaco, ”, Jones, Halston, Tiffany, Elsa Peretti, Gucci, Miranda Kerr, Jennifer Lopez Organizations: UNC Wilmington, “

☆ A Historical Novel That Is Also a Mash-Up of the Centuries
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Lizzy Harding | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

But for Thirlwell, Celine is more like the chair in the corner of a bedroom where, by some quirk of gravity, everything always ends up. Just because Celine mistrusts language, seeking instead “something which language was pointing to but which escaped it forever”? To read a Thirlwell novel is to be forced to stroke one’s chin. Like Celine, Heti’s protagonist, Mira, communes with what seem to be voices of the universe and falls in love with other women. Then Celine was green too.” Let that sink in.

Persons: Celine, Thirlwell, Celine mistrusts, ”, Sheila Heti’s, Mira, ” Thirlwell Locations: Celine

☆ Supermodels, Sam Smith and a Giant Fur Ball: The Best Trends and Moments From the Spring 2024 Fashion Shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Katharine K. Zarrella | Lizzy Wholley | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

SPRING THINGS Among the top trends from the spring 2024 fashion shows was workwear-inspired fashion, like the outfits above. “IT’S NICE to feel calm sometimes,” said Luke Meier who, along with his wife, Lucie, designs Jil Sander. Their sterile Milan showspace had been made a sanctuary, with sunshine filtered through legions of white paper strips hung from the skylight. Guests in attendance seemed visibly soothed, as if waiting to ascend into heaven, or at least lounging in a five-star spa. This sense of ease pervaded spring’s best shows and clothes, which shirked recent seasons’ gimmicks, flash and frippery and instead brought women feel-good outfits for everyday.

Persons: ”, Luke Meier, Lucie, Jil Sander, Milan showspace, Ferragamo, Max Mara —, Stella McCartney, Loro Organizations: NICE, Prada Locations: Milan, New York, Bottega Veneta, Schiaparelli

☆ Elon Musk crashed Grimes' voice-recording session for 'Cyberpunk 2077' with a 200-year-old musket and 'insisted' on a cameo
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Haley Tenore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Grimes voiced a character for "Cyberpunk 2077" while she was dating Elon Musk. While she was recording, Musk entered the studio with a 200-year-old gun and asked for his own cameo. A new story about him showing up during a "Cyberpunk 2077" recording session is one of those times. Elon Musk's ex-girlfriend, Grimes, a musician whose real name is Claire Boucher, voiced a character in the video game "Cyberpunk 2077." Back in 2019, Elon Musk alluded to a collaboration between him and "Cyberpunk 2077" in 2019.

Persons: Grimes, Elon Musk, Musk, Walter Isaacson's, Elon, Elon Musk's, Claire Boucher, Lizzy Wizzy, Isaacson, Musk's, Tesla Organizations: Elon Musk, Service, CNBC, Robb Elementary School Locations: Wall, Silicon

I’VE ALWAYS hated dress shoes and, while it lasted, the professional obligation to submit to their sadism. Like many men, I used the pandemic to banish those Italian-leather C-clamps from my closet—and wear nothing but considerate sneakers. But once my office life in Manhattan resumed, that day-in-day-out sneaker rut began to feel schlubbly. I craved more formality. I did not crave pain.

Persons: I’VE Locations: Manhattan

The 44-year-old man was surfing near Lighthouse Beach, Port Macquarie when a shark launched a “sustained and prolonged attack,” New South Wales (NSW) police said in a statement. Police said a bystander applied a tourniquet before paramedics transferred the surfer to Port Macquarie Hospital in critical condition. “[He is in] a serious condition with life threatening injuries, sustained from the lower leg injuries, and also significant blood loss,” NSW Police Chief Inspector Martin Burke said. Australia ranked behind only the United States in the number of unprovoked shark encounters with humans last year, according to the Florida Museum’s International Shark Attack File. According to the Australian Shark Incident Database, there were 10 shark encounters in New South Wales in 2022, resulting in seven injuries and one death.

Persons: Martin Burke, “ Organizations: CNN, 9News, Police, Port Macquarie Hospital, ” NSW Police, Port Macquarie, Facebook, Department of Primary Industries, Fisheries, Life, NSW, Australia, Florida, Australian, Incident Locations: Lighthouse Beach, Port Macquarie, New South Wales, NSW, United States

CNN —Oil powers Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been invited to become members of the BRICS group of developing nations in its first expansion in over a decade. Total bilateral trade between Saudi Arabia and BRICS nations exceeded $160 billion in 2022, the Saudi foreign minister said. It also means Russia and Saudi Arabia — both members of OPEC+, a group of major oil producers — will join each other in a new economic bloc. The BRICS countries have also been talking about a common currency, an idea analysts have described as unworkable and “unlikely” in the near future. Existing BRICS members have “had enough difficulty trying to agree just between the five of them,” he added.

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☆ Cold drinks are hot at Starbucks. It's iced coffee season all year now
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The increase has been fast: Just five years ago, coffee, teas, lemonades and other cold drinks made up less than half of Starbucks’ beverage sales. Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesThis trend isn’t exclusive to Starbucks, as other coffee companies are catering to growing demand for cold drinks. Half of Gen Z consumers own a drip coffee brewer, compared to 60% of all coffee consumers, Mintel said. Younger consumers view cold coffee beverages as more refreshing, better tasting and more of a treat than hot coffee, the surveys show. Iced macchiato, iced specialty tea, iced espresso and iced americano have also ranked among the fastest-growing non-alcoholic drinks on menus tracked by Technomic.

Persons: Justin Sullivan, Keurig, Maxwell, Mintel, ”, Dorothy Calba, Lizzy Freier, Freier, “ Organizations: New, New York CNN, Starbucks, Euromonitor, americano, Technomic Locations: New York

☆ Stream These 10 Movies Before They Leave Netflix in August
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Jason Bailey | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

‘A Knight’s Tale’ (Aug. 31)Another period musical, this one from the writer and director Brian Helgeland (an Oscar winner for co-writing the “L.A. The movie’s writer, director and editor, Oren Peli, cleverly turns his technological shortcomings into bonuses, crafting a found-footage story of things going bump in the night with gooseflesh raising inventiveness. Naomi Watts provides a rooting interest as the cynical reporter investigating the tape’s mysterious origins and the spell it casts. ‘Salt’ (Aug. 31)Angelina Jolie fronted her fair share of action movies, but she never really seemed to find the right vehicle for her particular talents. operative, or both, or something else entirely — Jolie lands on the perfect role for her distinctive blend of butt-kicking athleticism, sensuality and intelligence.

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☆ The ‘Perfect’ Handbag, According to Women in Their 20s, 30s, 40s and 70s
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Lizzy Wholley | Photographs F. Martin Ramin The Wall Street Journal | Prop Styling Jill Telesnicki For Rj Bennett Represents | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Interviews with style-savvy New Yorkers of different ages and luxury retailers proved that most everyone craves purse pockets. She’d prefer to skip a bag altogether. Not because she doesn’t like purses (“I used to buy bags all the time!” she said) but because she abhors lugging extra weight. “I do need a bag for certain things,” such as her lipstick, mirror and pout-shaped cosmetics pouch, she conceded. For her, incredible lightness trumps plentiful pockets.

Persons: Gen Xers, Linda Rodin

IF YOU haven’t been bombarded by ads for mesh ballet flats this summer, you probably aren’t on social media. The rest of us are left wondering: What are these? Are they made of mosquito netting? Are they comfortable? Can you wear them outside?

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