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☆ Lauren Price: The new boxing ‘superstar’ who played international soccer and juggled training with driving taxis
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —When Lauren Price was eight years old, she wrote down three goals for herself – to become a kickboxing world champion, play international soccer for Wales and compete at an Olympic Games. At 12, she was a world kickboxing champion, a title she won another three times. “This is just the start,” Price, now the WBA, IBO and Ring Magazine welterweight champion, told broadcaster Sky Sports afterwards. Lauren Price won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021. My nan used to say ‘reach for the moon, if you fall short you’ll land on the stars,’” Price told Sky Sports.

Persons: Lauren Price, –, Price, Matt Lewis, Jessica McCaskill, McCaskill’s, ” Price, “, Katie Taylor, Derek, Linda, Buda Mendes, ’ ” Price, it’s, ”, Ben Shalom Organizations: CNN, Wales, Olympic, Soccer, London, Tokyo, WBA, IBO, Sky Sports, National Lottery, Tokyo Olympic Games Locations: Cardiff, Wales, Ireland

☆ Biden secures Democratic nomination with majority of delegates, NBC News projects
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Peter Nicholas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

President Joe Biden clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, NBC News projects, winning a majority of the necessary delegates and setting up what is expected to be a bitter, closely contested rematch with Donald Trump. By clearing the field for the 81-year-old Biden, Democrats have gambled that he remains the party's best shot at defeating Trump one more time. The general election campaign opens with Biden an underdog against an opponent who historians have ranked as the worst president in the nation's history. He ran for the party's nomination in 1988 and again in 2008 and never made headway with rank-and-file Democratic voters. Through sheer persistence, he is now finishing a presidential term while wrapping up his second party nomination in a row.

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☆ How Their Corporate Speak Turned Into a Language of Love
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Tammy Lagorce | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The message he finally got back six weeks later wasn’t quite as playful. “I’m thinking he’s going to be like, ‘Hey, Big Papa,’” Mr. McCaskill said with a laugh. Though the corporate speak they settled into just after wasn’t exactly a love language, Mr. McCaskill, then an independent diversity, equity and inclusion consultant in Harlem, felt a tug to pay it forward. Especially one who was younger.”Mr. McCaskill, 46, told Mr. Johnson, 30, to send him his résumé. “I was at a crossroads,” Mr. Johnson said, about a potential move between corporate jobs in Atlanta, where he lived.

Persons: Andrew McCaskill, Marcus Dwayne Johnson’s, he’s, Big Papa, ’, McCaskill, “ Marcus, Hi Drew, ”, ” Mr, Johnson, “, Mr Locations: Harlem, Atlanta

Democrat Tom Suozzi flipped a New York congressional seat blue Tuesday night, narrowing the GOP's already razor-thin majority in the House and boosting the spirits of Democrats fretting about President Joe Biden's strength in the fall elections. A centrist Democrat, Suozzi was seeking to get back the job he had before he left to run, unsuccessfully, for the gubernatorial nomination in 2022. Suozzi also faced an electorate unhappy with Biden in general and, in particular, the influx of immigrants over the border. A little-known Nassau County legislator, Pilip is a registered Democrat who was running on the Republican and Conservative Party lines. Democrats also scored a big win in Pennsylvania on Tuesday night, retaining control of the state House with Jim Prokopiak's unexpectedly lopsided victory over Republican Candace Cabanas.

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☆ When the Governor Shotguns a Beer (or Maybe a Spiked Iced Tea)
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Chris Cameron | More About Chris Cameron | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The group of men punctured their cans — the governor’s actually appeared to be spiked iced tea, rather than beer — and drained them in unison. Mr. Moore flattened his empty, barehanded, and high-fived the others. And a video capturing the moment ricocheted, approvingly, across the online sports world. It didn’t help the Ravens, who lost to the Kansas City Chiefs in Sunday’s A.F.C. Representative Jared Goldman, Democrat of Maine, shotgunned a Bud Light at a homecoming football game at the University of Maine in October.

Persons: Moore, It’s, Jared Goldman, shotgunned, Bud, Claire McCaskill, Dan Maffei, Stephen Colbert, Mr, Maffei Organizations: Ravens, Kansas City Chiefs, Democratic, University of Maine, Twitter Locations: Sunday’s A.F.C, Maryland, Maine, Missouri, New York

BAINBRIDGE, Ga. (AP) — Some local residents and an animal-rights group are protesting plans for a monkey-breeding facility in southwest Georgia. Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesThe Bainbridge facility would provide a domestic source of monkeys to offset imports, the company said. “PETA urges Bainbridge officials to withdraw their support and shut down this project before a shovel hits the dirt," she wrote. The company and local officials said the nonprofit and community's concerns are baseless. Local officials in December agreed to property tax breaks for the project — waiving them for the first 10 years and then gradually decreasing tax breaks until they end after 20 years.

Persons: didn’t, Charles River, we’d, ” Ted Lee, Lisa Jones, Engel, ” Jones, Bainbridge, Rick McCaskill, ” McCaskill Organizations: Council, Medicine, Charles River Laboratories, PETA, Development Authority of, Local Locations: BAINBRIDGE, Ga, Georgia, Bainbridge, Cambodia, Brazoria County , Texas, Houston, U.S, Development Authority of Bainbridge & Decatur County

☆ How to spot red flags of a stressful job before you even take it
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Work can cause a great deal of stress. More than half, 57%, of workers report experiencing the impacts of work-related stress such as emotional exhaustion, low motivation and a desire to quit, according to the American Psychological Association's 2023 Work in America Survey. Whether or not a job ends up being stressful can be the result of a series of factors. A toxic boss, an overwhelming workload and a lack of flexibility can all play into your experience. "What's best for [you] might not be for someone else," says Vicki Salemi, career coach at Monster.

Persons: Vicki Salemi, Andrew McCaskill Organizations: America Survey

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell announced Monday he will drop his bid to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley in 2024, and will instead make a run at a fellow Democrat — U.S. Rep. Cori Bush. Bell, 48, will oppose Bush in the 2024 Democratic primary for Missouri's 1st Congressional District seat that covers St. Louis and part of St. Louis County. Two years earlier, Bell pulled an equally surprising upset when he unseated Bob McCulloch as St. Louis County prosecutor. On Oct. 11, McCaskill posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, a St. Louis Post-Dispatch story headlined, “St. A St. Louis County grand jury declined to indict Wilson, who later resigned.

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Political Cartoons View All 1211 Images“Until we get more Black women into clinical trials, we can’t change the science. Black women are 40% more likely to die from breast cancer than white women and tend to be diagnosed younger. As recruiting continues, enrolling Black women and other women of color will “absolutely” continue as a priority, Pisano said. At the U.S. study sites, 21% of study participants are Black women — that's higher than a typical cancer treatment study, in which 9% of participants are Black, McCaskill-Stevens said. Her sister recently completed treatment for triple negative breast cancer, an aggressive type that affects Black women at higher rates than white women.

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The news outlet is hyper-focused on Trump's legal jeopardy, with a team of experts ready to dissect every ruling, every filing, every comment. “MSNBC has pretty well-established themselves as the leading anti-Trump network, certainly of late,” said Jon Klein, a former CNN president and news analyst. So far this year, Fox has averaged 2.18 million viewers, MSNBC 1.51 million and CNN 639,000. It was par for the course on a day Trump's legal issues made headlines. MSNBC has assembled a team of legal experts that has appeared throughout its lineup and gained trust through familiarity.

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☆ This common LinkedIn mistake can hurt your chances of landing a job offer—how to avoid it
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Your LinkedIn profile is a billboard for your career — to attract potential employers, it needs to be eye-catching and informative. "If you don't include the skills or keywords hiring managers are searching for on your LinkedIn profile, you're automatically disqualifying yourself from those opportunities," he explains. According to Jobscan, 87% of recruiters use LinkedIn to source and vet job candidates. People with five or more skills listed on their profile, LinkedIn reports, are contacted up to 33x more by recruiters and other LinkedIn members and receive 17x more profile views, than those with fewer skills listed. When recruiters search for job candidates on LinkedIn, they typically search for people by location, skills and other keywords in the role's description, McCaskill explains.

Persons: jobseekers, Andrew McCaskill, Jobscan, McCaskill Organizations: LinkedIn

☆ Trump’s Jury Pool for Jan. 6 Trial: A City That Remembers the Attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Amy Qin | More About Amy Qin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

All of this could add up to an enormous challenge for Mr. Trump and his lawyers. Lawyers for several Jan. 6 rioters have petitioned to have their trials transferred out of D.C., without success. Selecting a jury will mean sifting through a jury pool in a city where many residents have some type of connection to politics. The jury selection process to find the 12 district residents who will ultimately decide whether Mr. Trump is guilty could be lengthy. Finding people who don’t have a strong opinion of Mr. Trump or haven’t followed the Jan. 6 case could prove difficult.

Persons: Ms, Henderson, Trump, Ron DeSantis, Steve Bannon, Claire McCaskill, Bannon, haven’t Organizations: Twitter, Mr, Republican, Boston Marathon, Democratic Locations: Washington, West Virginia, Florida, Boston

CNN —At least 24 Black deaf students who attended a segregated school on the grounds of Gallaudet University in Washington, DC, in the early 1950s never received their high school diplomas. Kendall was the only elementary school for the deaf in the city, but Black deaf students were not allowed to attend and were forced to go to other schools in Pennsylvania and Maryland. Black deaf students attended separate classes than their White peers on the school built on Gallaudet's campus in the early 1950s. While the students attended the school division for Black deaf students, McCaskill said, their “education was mostly focused on vocational studies, but not academic, and they were not prepared for college.”Later, when the classrooms at Kendall School became integrated, McCaskill says Black deaf students were still treated differently and never got their high school diplomas. The experience of the 24 Black deaf students who attended the Kendall School in the early 1950s is only a small part of the history of the Black deaf community, McCaskill said.

Persons: “, ”, Carolyn McCaskill, Kendall, McCaskill, Brown, Kenneth Miller, Louise B, Miller, ” McCaskill Organizations: CNN, Gallaudet University, school’s, for Black Deaf Studies, Gallaudet, Kendall School, District of Columbia Board of Education, Court, District of Columbia, of Education Locations: Washington , DC, Pennsylvania, Maryland

☆ Avoid these 10 confusing phrases at work that 'can make you sound desperate,' say language experts
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Millennials use workplace jargon the most, while Gen Zers are the most annoyed by it. But, Wilson warns, using too much jargon "can make you sound desperate to belong." Office jargon doesn't just confuse the people you want to impress — it can also exclude or even offend them in some cases. Amidst the office jargon, there are also phrases with culturally insensitive undertones like "low on the totem poll," McCaskill points out. You might not be able to avoid jargon completely, but deferring to simple, clear language — and limiting how often you're using corporate colloquialisms — is the easiest way to sound smarter at work, McCaskill says.

Persons: Andrew McCaskill, Gen Zers, Hope Wilson, Wilson, —, Duolingo, McCaskill Organizations: LinkedIn, Ducks, Harvard Locations: United States, Australia, Japan, United Kingdom, U.S

☆ Tucker Carlson producer leaves Fox News after rogue on-air chyron text called Biden a 'wannabe dictator'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A former Tucker Carlson producer has resigned after a chyron called President Biden a "wannabe dictator." The rogue text flashed on a broadcast on Tuesday night before hastily being taken down. Alex McCaskill was a producer for Tucker Carlson before Fox fired the controversial host. McCaskill has stayed at Fox after controversial host Tucker Carlson was fired from the network on April 24. According to Carlson, the producer offered to resign with two weeks' notice but was told to leave immediately.

Persons: Tucker Carlson, Biden, Alex McCaskill, Fox, —, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, McCaskill, Carlson, Carlson didn't, Abby Grossberg Organizations: Service, Fox News, Fox, White, Twitter, AP

☆ Tucker Carlson takes a shot at Fox News for backpedaling on chyron text labeling Biden a 'wannabe dictator'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tucker Carlson took a dig at his former employer Fox News after it backpedaled on its "wannabe dictator" chyron. This week, Fox News labeled President Joe Biden a "wannabe dictator" in chyron text. The "wannabe dictator" message was on-screen for 27 seconds, the website Mediaite reported. Then the company issued a public apology for the 27-second-long 'wannabe dictator' line," Carlson said on his Twitter show. Carlson referenced her comments on his Twitter show before suggesting in a sarcastic rant that Biden is actually a "wannabe dictator."

Persons: Tucker Carlson, Joe Biden, Carlson, Fox News chyron, Donald Trump, Trump, Alexander McCaskill, McCaskill, He'd, Fox, Karine Jean, Pierre, Biden, Tucker, Axios Organizations: Fox News, Fox, Biden, White, Twitter, Dominion Voting Systems

☆ Two Former Tucker Carlson Producers Exit Fox News
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Katie Robertson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Two top producers for Tucker Carlson’s former show have left Fox News, in the latest fallout from the network’s benching of Mr. Carlson. Alexander McCaskill, a senior producer and formerly the managing editor of “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” wrote on Instagram that his last day at the network was Thursday. Thomas Fox, who was a senior editorial producer on that show, also departed this week, according to two people with knowledge of the moves. One of the people said Mr. McCaskill and Mr. Fox had been in discussions to leave the network before Tuesday, when a chyron that appeared on Fox News called President Biden a “wannabe dictator.”In a video posted to Twitter on Thursday, Mr. Carlson said the chyron had been posted by a producer at the network who had since left. While he did not identify Mr. McCaskill by name, Mr. Carlson listed facts about the person, such as his length of time at the network, that matched Mr. McCaskill.

Persons: Tucker Carlson’s, Carlson, Alexander McCaskill, “ Tucker Carlson, ”, Instagram, Thomas Fox, McCaskill, Fox, Biden Organizations: Fox News, Twitter

☆ Tucker Carlson helped broker the deal that made Kevin McCarthy House speaker after 14 failed votes, text messages show
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Tucker Carlson won concessions from Kevin McCarthy in a deal that made him House speaker, per his texts. McCarthy needed 218 votes to win his bid to become House speaker, giving him a small margin of error. The result was 14 rounds of votes that failed to produce a House speaker, making it the most contested speaker election in more than 150 years. Grossberg discussed some of the conversations between her and Carlson regarding McCarthy's House Speaker election in an interview with CNN on Tuesday night. On January 7, the House held its 15th vote for House Speaker.

☆ Fox News producer alleges Tucker Carlson's team plastered photos around the office of Nancy Pelosi in a bathing suit 'revealing her cleavage'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-21 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A Fox News producer alleges Tucker Carlson's team posted photos of Nancy Pelosi in a bathing suit around the office. The lawsuit alleges the photos revealed Pelosi's cleavage, with the "joke" being that she looked bad. Apparently, the 'joke' was that Speaker Pelosi looked terrible in a bathing suit," the lawsuit alleges. A producer for a different Fox News show, the lawsuit alleges, called Bartiromo "not as credible as male anchors" at the network. The spokesperson did not comment on the allegations regarding sexism in the workplace or the alleged images of Nancy Pelosi.

☆ Pelosi lamented that Biden would help raise 'a million dollars' for Marjorie Taylor Greene by mentioning her in a speech
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

President Biden recently alluded to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in a speech about his budget. While watching the speech, Pelosi lamented to a reporter that Biden shouldn't have done that. Pelosi also cringed at Biden referring to former President Donald Trump as "the former president — and maybe future president." Earlier this month, Biden said Marjorie Taylor Greene is an asset for Democrats. "You know, a little bit more Marjorie Taylor Greene and a few more, you're gonna have a lot of Republicans running our way," he said at the House Democrats' 2023 Issues Conference.

☆ The job market is still hot: How 2 laid-off workers quickly found new gigs after posting their layoff stories on LinkedIn
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Social media and social networks may be beneficial for these new job seekers — like LinkedIn. Similarly, Wen Huber was able to find a new job after being laid off by posting on LinkedIn, according to a Wall Street Journal article. "We are seeing this in real-time as the LinkedIn community has rallied around each other throughout the pandemic and even more so now in light of layoffs." For Huber, he said that "as a social media manager, I believe social media can be a great opportunity for some." Have you used social media to find a new job?

☆ Meet a woman who regrets quitting her job in July because the job search has gotten 'bleak'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

According to Joblist's second quarter of 2022 report, 26% of "job seekers who quit their previous job" regret the move. Kristen is still hoping things will work out and that she will land a job soon, but is feeling some regrets. I wish I would've not quit my first job," Kristen said. "I wish so many different things would've fallen into place. But, at the end of the day, I can't wish things away."

☆ It's the perfect time to find a new job — but don't wait because the window will close this year
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-05 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

It's still a good time to apply and get a job according to labor market data, survey results, and experts. "The best job seeker's market in over 50 years"According to Julia Pollak, chief economist at ZipRecruiter, now is a great time to find a job. "If I was a job seeker I would think this is still a job seekers' labor market," Nick Bunker, economic research director for North America at Indeed Hiring Lab, told Insider. But this is still very much a labor market that's giving lots of advantages to people who are looking for new work." Despite the strong labor market, some workers out of work or impacted by recent layoff announcements may have a hard time finding a job soon.

☆ Amid an uncertain economy, American workers are guardedly optimistic about the job market
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-22 | by ( Madison Hoff | Rebecca Knight | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Despite economic uncertainty, US workers are confident about the job market, LinkedIn data suggests. The findings point to American workers' resilience, nearly three years since the pandemic began. A recent LinkedIn survey of more than 2,000 US employees conducted in December offers fresh insight into how workers feel about the job market in 2023. Roughly two-thirds of American workers are considering changing jobs this year, mainly to boost their salary and improve their work-life balance, according to the results. At a time when many organizations remain desperate to hire and keep employees, American workers have seen their leverage in the job market grow.

☆ The 8 fastest-growing jobs in the US
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Madison Hoff | Rebecca Knight | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

LinkedIn has published its annual "Jobs on the Rise" report for the US, highlighting hot fields. These roles are among the fastest-growing in the US, according to LinkedIn's newly published 2023 Jobs on the Rise list. "People now think of their jobs as vehicles, not the destination," he said. Indeed, many of the jobs on this list have grown directly because of the pandemic's effect on the economy and the workplace, according to McCaskill. "A lot of jobs on this list are ones that help companies do more with less," he said.

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