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☆ I'm a startup founder who moved from Houston to Tulsa for a more affordable lifestyle. I've been impressed by Tulsa's thriving entrepreneurial scene and small-city charm.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Jhonathan Vazquez moved from Houston to Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 2021. My wife found a program called Tulsa Remote, which is a $10,000 stipend to bring remote workers to the city. AdvertisementI saw the acceptance rate for the Tulsa Remote program was low, but I figured we had nothing to lose. The Tulsa Remote program wanted people who wanted to be a part of Tulsa's community. Tulsa Remote helped set me up with the connections to start my company.

Persons: Jhonathan Vazquez, Vazquez, he's, —, I'm, Chandler, We're, We've, we've Organizations: Service, Titan, Tulsa, Tulsa Remote, Jhonathan Vazquez Tulsa Locations: Houston, Tulsa , Oklahoma, Houston , Texas, USA, Tulsa, Everything's, Dallas, Mexico

☆ Missed the dazzling northern lights show? You might get another chance Saturday night
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Ramon Sanchez | Ray Sanchez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco Chronicle/Getty Images The northern lights shine in the night sky above the Molenviergang in Aarlanderveen, the Netherlands, early May 11. Alexey Malgavko/Reuters The northern lights are seen in a rural area west of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Friday, May 10. Courtesy Luke Culver People photograph the northern lights from Whitley Bay, England, on May 10. Courtesy Jan Reed The northern lights glow in the night sky in Brandenburg, Germany, on May 10. Increased solar activity causes auroras that dance around Earth’s poles, known as the northern lights, or aurora borealis, and southern lights, or aurora australis.

Persons: Chad Myers, it’ll, Alastair Johnstone, Andrew Chin, Sanka Vidanagama, Carlos Avila Gonzalez, Josh Walet, Robert Nemeti, Jean, Christophe Bott, Max Slovencik, Alexey Malgavko, Luke Culver, Ian Forsyth, Robert F, Geoff Robins, Rich, Jan Reed, Patrick Pleul, Jenny Kane, Adam Vaughan, Jacob Anderson, Peter Byrne, Biden, it’s, Dr, Hakeem Oluseyi, Bill Nye, Guy, ”, “ Organizations: CNN, National Oceanic, Prediction, Midwest, Getty, San Francisco Chronicle, Keystone, AFP, Luke Culver People, Rockies, National Weather Service Locations: Alabama, Ohio, Pacific Northwest, North America, Gulf, ”, Sheffield, England, Manning, British Columbia, Christchurch , New Zealand, AFP, Berryessa , California, Aarlanderveen, Netherlands, Debrad, Slovakia, Anadolu, Le, Dessous, Switzerland, Vienna, Siberian, Tara, Russia's Omsk, Fort Lauderdale , Florida, Whitley Bay, Brunswick , Maine, London , Ontario, Ontario, Tennessee, Washington, Memphis , Tennessee, Rich Hill , Missouri, Brandenburg, Germany, Estacada , Oregon, Cumming , Georgia, Crosby , England, Edinburgh, Scotland, Crosby Beach, Liverpool, Texas, Coast, Sweden, South Africa, United States

☆ Trump May Owe $100 Million From Double-Dip Tax Breaks, Audit Shows
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Russ Buettner | Paul Kiel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Former President Donald J. Trump used a dubious accounting maneuver to claim improper tax breaks from his troubled Chicago tower, according to an Internal Revenue Service inquiry uncovered by The New York Times and ProPublica. Losing a yearslong audit battle over the claim could mean a tax bill of more than $100 million. The 92-story, glass-sheathed skyscraper along the Chicago River is the tallest and, at least for now, the last major construction project by Mr. Trump. But when Mr. Trump sought to reap tax benefits from his losses, the I.R.S. That move resulted in Mr. Trump reporting losses as high as $651 million for the year, The Times and ProPublica found.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, ProPublica Organizations: Internal Revenue, The New York Times, Mr, Times Locations: Chicago

☆ A New Jersey homebuilder who pays his workers over $100,000 wants young people to know construction can be a lucrative career that doesn't require college — and businesses are desperate to hire
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Bodei's family has been in the construction business for generations, so he'd seen how lucrative it could be to build and renovate upscale single-family homes in affluent suburbs. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Fewer construction workers means less — and slower — residential construction, which in turn leads to higher home prices. Mayra Beltran/Getty ImagesA labor shortage years in the makingThe US has faced a severe shortage of construction workers of all sorts for years. When the financial crisis crushed the housing market in 2008, the construction industry took a massive hit.

Persons: —, Michael Bodei, Bodei, he'd, it's, Sam Laureto, Mayra Beltran, haven't, Ken Simonson, Simonson Organizations: Service, Bodei, Business, Oaks, US, Associated Builders and Contractors, Associated, Contractors of America Locations: Morristown , New Jersey, Houston , Texas, South Florida

☆ Take a look inside a 45-room, 14,000-square-foot historic mansion once owned by the inventor of Morse code
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Inventor Samuel F. B. Morse spent summers at his Locust Grove Estate in New York's Hudson Valley. The 14,000-square-foot Italianate villa, built in 1852, has 45 rooms over six floors. AdvertisementWhen Samuel F. B. Morse wasn't creating Morse code, inventing the telegraph, or painting portraits, he was relaxing on the grounds of his Locust Grove Estate in upstate New York. Located about 80 miles outside New York City in Poughkeepsie, Locust Grove was built in 1852 on a bluff with views of the Hudson River below. The 14,000-square-foot Italianate villa has a total of 45 rooms over six floors.

Persons: Samuel F, Morse, — Organizations: Service, Business Locations: New, Hudson Valley, New York, New York City, Poughkeepsie, Locust, Hudson

A double line of concrete pyramids snakes its way across undulating farmland outside the city of Kherson. Anti-tank fortifications known as dragon’s teeth, the pyramids are a sign of the new defenses Ukraine is building in the south against an anticipated Russian offensive. In a village nearby, residents were focused on a more immediate task: collecting donations of building supplies. The people of the Kherson region have been slowly rebuilding their homes and livelihoods since a Ukrainian counteroffensive forced Russian troops out of the area west of the Dnipro River 18 months ago and ended a brutal occupation. Many have fixed their roofs, windows and doors, yet as they start to plant crops and tend their vegetable gardens, they are bracing for another Russian attack.

Locations: Kherson, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Dnipro

☆ The next union organizing wave is at Apple
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Apple store workers in Towson, Maryland, made history in June 2022 when they voted to form the first union at one of the tech giant’s sleek US stores. But the union vote in New Jersey this weekend, along with other efforts across the country, could just be the beginning. The Apple workers (possibly) going on strike is going to be a spark for other workers,” Bronfenbrenner said. Workers at the Towson Town Center Apple hold their new union T-shirts after their store employees decided to join the International Association of Machinists Union. Theirs is the first Apple store in the US to vote for union representation.

Persons: Apple, ” Kate Bronfenbrenner, ” Bronfenbrenner, Jay Wadleigh, Barbara Haddock Taylor, Bronfenbrenner, There’s, “, ”, Catherine Thorbecke Organizations: New, New York CNN, Apple, Big Tech, US, Employees, National Labor Relations Board, Labor Education Research, Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Oklahoma City, Towson, CNN, Maryland Apple, International Association of Machinists, Aerospace Workers Coalition, Retail Employees, Workers, Towson Town Center Apple, Baltimore Sun, Tribune, Service, Getty Images, Google, Union, NLRB, World Trade, US Labor Board Locations: New York, Washington, China, Towson , Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, New Jersey, New York City, United States, International Association of Machinists Union, Short Hills, Atlanta, Cupertino , California

☆ College Parent Arrested After Confrontation at Syracuse Campus Protest
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( Katherine Rosman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Mr. Torossian, who is Jewish and the parent of a Syracuse student, confronted a student protester who had a sign that said, “From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will Be Free.” University officials described him as “especially aggressive” toward students. When Mr. Torossian refused to leave, campus security arrested him. “Harassing behavior or conduct from anyone that creates a safety concern will not be tolerated,” the university said in a statement about the episode. The arrest followed an off-campus incident the day before involving a pro-Palestinian protester who the school says was not a Syracuse University student. The protester said “Heil Hitler” as he made a Nazi salute at a Jewish student and then punched the student in the face, according to a police report and an email from university officials.

Persons: Ronn, Eric Adams, Torossian, “ Heil Hitler ” Organizations: Syracuse University, Jewish, ” University, Nazi Locations: New York City, Syracuse, Palestine

☆ Beethoven’s hair reveals evidence of lead poisoning, scientists say
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Beethoven’s genome was made publicly available, inviting researchers around the world to investigate lingering questions about Beethoven’s health. Meanwhile, scientists continue to figuratively go over the authenticated locks of Beethoven’s hair with a fine-tooth comb, teasing out surprising insights. But at the time the researchers did not test Beethoven’s newly authenticated hair samples for lead. Because the researchers don’t have hair samples from earlier in Beethoven’s life, it’s impossible to understand when the lead poisoning started, Meredith said. But Rifai said he saw comparable lead levels when he conducted research in two villages in Ecuador where the main trade is to glaze tiles with lead from batteries.

Persons: Ludwig van Beethoven’s, Beethoven, ”, Christian Reiter, Hiller, Thayer, Anton Halm, William Meredith, Nader Rifai, Meredith, Rifai, Paul Jannetto, he’d, Johann Adam Schmidt, Beethoven’s, “, ” Meredith, Friedrich Schiller’s, Joy, it’s Organizations: CNN —, Center of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital, Mayo Clinic, Beethoven, Symphony, Ninth, Ninth Symphony Locations: United States, Ecuador, Vienna

☆ Nicholas Galitzine says he feels like a ‘cut of beef at a meat market’
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

In an interview with GQ magazine published Wednesday, Galitzine responded to a question about how playing a character who is considered good-looking made him feel. He replied: “I think the most important thing to me is that I’m taken seriously as a performer. FlixPix/AlamyShe said the auditions saw actors choose a song they would play to get Hathaway’s character to dance. She said of his choice: “I heard [the lead singer of Alabama Shakes] Brittany’s voice and I just started smiling. And he [Galitzine] saw me smile, so he relaxed, and we just started dancing.”Galitzine said of the same audition that their connection was “unlike anything [he] had ever experienced.”“We were flying.

Persons: Nicholas Galitzine, ”, Anne Hathaway, Galitzine, “, I’m, it’s, ” Anne Hathaway, Daniel Boczarski, Mary, George ”, Julianne Moore, Hathaway, Hayes Campbell, Harry Styles, Styles, George . FlixPix, ” Galitzine Organizations: CNN, GQ, V Magazine Locations: British, Coachella, Alabama

☆ Dine and dash: A couple admitted to running out on more than $1,400 in restaurant bills over 10 months
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A UK couple confessed to multiple 'dine and dash' offenses, accruing over $1,400 in unpaid bills. 'Dine and dash' offenses are on the increase in the UK, a police official said. AdvertisementA couple from the UK admitted to committing several "dine and dash" offenses, running up unpaid bills worth more than $1,400, according to multiple reports. Bernard McDonagh, 41, and his 39-year-old wife Ann, of Port Talbot, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to failing to pay restaurant bills, the BBC reported. Between August last year and April, the couple ran up vast bills at four restaurants, as well as a Chinese takeout.

Persons: —, Bernard McDonagh, Ann, Ciao, Bella Ciao, Shirley Xue, Donna Jones, MailOnline Organizations: Service, BBC, Fortune, Golden Fortune, Telegraph Locations: Port Talbot, Swansea

☆ Biden's student loan forgiveness plan gets a record number of public comments. Here's what people are saying
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Annie Nova | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

US President Joe Biden gestures after speaking about student loan debt relief at Madison Area Technical College in Madison, Wisconsin, April 8, 2024. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images'I plan on dying with student loan debt'"I think this is a great idea. I am 52 years old with a lot of student loan debt from years ago. I plan on dying with student loan debt. "As an African American millennial from River Rouge, MI, I believe it is crucial to support and approve student loan debt relief proposals.

Persons: Joe Biden, Andrew Caballero, Reynolds, Biden, they'll, Nobody Organizations: Madison Area Technical College, AFP, Getty Locations: Madison , Wisconsin, River Rouge , MI

☆ Brazil floods: Images from space reveal airport runway and football field submerged
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Paul P. Murphy | Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Overview of the Guaiba River in Porto Alegre, Brazil, captured on April 21, before the area was flooded, and May 7, during floods. Maxar Technologies Overview of the Guaiba River in Porto Alegre, Brazil, captured on May 7, amid flooding. Maxar Technologies Porto Alegre's Salgado Filho International Airport is pictured under flood water on May 7. Maxar Technologies Porto Alegre's Salgado Filho International Airport is seen before flooding, left, and with its runways submerged under flood waters, right. Maxar Technologies The Gremio Arena in Porto Alegre, Brazil, is seen flooded on May 7.

Persons: Cai Rivers, Salgado, Alegre's Salgado, El Niño, Neymar Jr, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Organizations: CNN, Technologies, Maxar Technologies, Porto, Maxar, Gremio Arena, Arena, Gremio, Brazilian Football Confederation Locations: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Pacific

☆ Elon Musk is a homeowner again, despite his claims of couch surfing
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Grace Kay | Jack Newsham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

As recently as April 2022, the billionaire Tesla founder claimed in an interview that he was couch surfing and didn't "even own a place right now." In redacted court filings from December, Musk said he purchased the home in February 2022 and that he still lives there. In 2023, the Austin property was appraised at nearly $7 million, county tax records show. Less than a year later, in April 2022, Musk said again that he didn't own a home and rotated between friends' spare rooms. Eight weeks later, the LLC that purchased the Austin house was formed.

Persons: —, Elon, Tesla, Grimes, Musk, Stefan Cassella, I'd, he'd, they'd, I'm, Austin, Ken Howery, Walter Isaacson, Tesla's Austin Gigafactory Organizations: Service, Business, Texas, State, Department of Justice, SpaceX, Street Journal, PayPal, Austin, Montessori Locations: Austin, Texas, California, San Francisco, Colorado, Bastrop , Texas, Tesla's

☆ How I found support in my journey through grief
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Emily Halnon | Personal Essay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Editor’s note: Runner and writer Emily Halnon’s new book, “To the Gorge: Running, Grief, and Resilience & 460 Miles on the Pacific Crest Trail,” was released on May 7. CNN —When my mom died, I spent a lot of time trying to stuff away my grief. My mother felt the weight of cancer, but she insisted on continuing to live in her wholehearted way. I was worried the Pacific Crest Trail run would be too much. But as I kept training, I discovered that running was one of the best places to process my grief.

Persons: Emily Halnon’s, “, Miles, ”, I’d, didn’t, She’d, that’d, you’ll Organizations: CNN, Pegasus Locations: Eugene , Oregon, Oregon, Vermont, Eugene, Salt Lake City, Willamette, Griefville

☆ Opinion | Europe Is About to Drown in the River of the Radical Right
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Lea Ypi | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Ahead of parliamentary elections widely expected to deliver gains to the hard right, European leaders can barely conceal their anxiety. What is power in contemporary Europe, and how should it be exercised by the European Union? Mr. Macron answered in princely fashion, showing awareness of both the finite nature of every political community — Europe is “mortal,” he said — and its cyclical vulnerability to crisis. Mr. Macron brushed aside the many Europeans who feel the bloc is aloof and inaccessible, describing their disenchantment as a result of “false arguments.” The dismissal was no aberration. This exclusion has changed the contours of the European landscape, paving the way for the radical right.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, Lorenzo de ’ Medici, Machiavelli, ” Machiavelli, Macron, ”, — Organizations: European Union Locations: Europe, France, Florentine Republic, European

☆ In Berkeley Public Schools, a War Gives Rise to Unusual Tensions
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Kurt Streeter | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On Oct. 18, hundreds of Berkeley High School students, with the blessing of some of their teachers, left their classrooms in the middle of the day and gathered at a nearby park. Just as on the nearby campus of the University of California — famed since the 1960s for its marches, sit-ins and progressive ideals — students at Berkeley High have a long history of hitting the streets in dissent. In the 1960s, they walked out to oppose the Vietnam War. More recently, they have shown up in droves to advocate for Black Lives Matter, immigration reform, reproductive rights and L.G.B.T.Q. But this walkout reverberated in unexpected ways through the Berkeley public school system and the city’s ordinarily tight-knit community.

Persons: ”, Becky Villagran Organizations: Berkeley High School, University of California —, Berkeley Locations: Gaza, Vietnam, Berkeley

☆ Bear Grylls helped baptize Russell Brand in the pristine waters of the River Thames
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Russell Brand confirmed that Bear Grylls was involved in his baptism in the River Thames. Grylls told the Daily Mail that it was a "privilege" to be with Brand during his baptism. In 2023, Brand was accused of sexual abuse by multiple women. AdvertisementMultiple women have accused Brand of sexual abuse and rape in the past. In September 2023, four women accused him of sexual assault in a joint investigation by several British media outlets.

Persons: Russell Brand, Bear Grylls, Grylls, Brand, —, Russell Brand's, Joe, Jordan, Jesus, Arthur Organizations: Daily Mail, Service, Daily, Prospect Magazine, YouTube Locations: Bethany

☆ Facebook's Oversight Board to consider if 'from the river to the sea' is hate speech
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( David Ingram | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The independent Oversight Board that hears appeals about content decisions on Facebook and Instagram said Tuesday it would consider whether the pro-Palestinian phrase "from the river to the sea" violates the platforms' rules including their ban on hate speech. In each of the three cases, other Facebook users reported the phrase, saying it violated platform rules on hate speech, incitement or violent organizations. The users opposed to the phrase then appealed to the Oversight Board. One of the Facebook posts being reviewed by the Oversight Board received about 8 million views, the board said. In one of its most significant decisions, the Oversight Board in 2021 upheld the suspension of former President Donald Trump from Meta's platforms but ruled that it was inappropriate to make the ban indefinite.

Persons: Instagram, Rashida Tlaib, Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, Donald Trump Organizations: Resistance, Facebook, Meta, Palestinian American, Hamas Locations: Manchester, United Kingdom, Israel, Gaza, Jordan, Palestinian, Palestine, Denmark

☆ Shipping giant Maersk says Baltimore port reentry decision is near as collapsed bridge cleanup progresses
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Lori Ann Larocco | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The remains of the Key Bridge in the Patapsco River entrance to Baltimore Harbor on May 2, 2024, in Baltimore, Maryland. Van der Steene says the Maersk team has seen less than 200 containers taken off the Dali over the last nine days. But based on North American freight orders from Asia, Van der Steene described 2024 as a "year of reinvigoration." Peak shipping season, which starts in June and continues through the summer for the back to school shopping and then the holidays, is expected to be normal in volume, Van der Steene said. "There's nothing that indicates that it would be a slower peak season or a bigger peak season," said Van der Steene.

Persons: Moller, Charles Van der Steene, Brendan Smialowski, Dali, Francis Scott Key, Van der Steene, Maersk, Kevin Dietsch, Van de Steene, Vincent Clerc, Good Hope, Chip Somodevilla, Van der Organizations: Maersk, Port, Unified Command, CNBC, Afp, Getty, Dali, Salvage, Francis Scott Key Bridge, North, Shipping, Imports, U.S Locations: Port of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maersk North America, Patapsco, Baltimore Harbor, Baltimore , Maryland, Port, Norfolk, Newark, Good, North America, Panama, Asia, U.S, Europe, Vietnam, China, Mexico, United States

☆ Putin orders tactical nuclear weapon drills to deter the West
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Russia's defense ministry said it would hold military drills including practice for the preparation and deployment for use of non-strategic nuclear weapons. "During the exercise, a set of measures will be carried out to practice the issues of preparation and use of non-strategic nuclear weapons," the ministry said. Russia and the United States are by far the world's biggest nuclear powers, holding more than 10,600 of the world's 12,100 nuclear warheads. No power has used nuclear weapons in war since the United States unleashed the first atomic bomb attacks on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Major nuclear powers routinely check their nuclear weapons but very rarely publicly link such exercises to specific perceived threats in the way that Russia has.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Alexey Danichev, Natalia Kolesnikova, Joe Biden, Andriy Yusov, Sergei Shoigu, Emmanuel Macron, Volodymyr Zelensky, Ludovic Marin, David Cameron, Dmitry Peskov, Putin, Abrams, Sean Gallup Organizations: Federal Assembly's Council, Reuters, Missile, Southern Military District, Military, Victory Day, Afp, Getty, Russian Federation, Federation of American Scientists, CNN, Ukraine, Kremlin, U.S . Senate, AFP, British, NATO, U.S . Army, British Amphibious Engineer Battalion Locations: Saint Petersburg, Russia, Reuters Russia, Moscow, France, Britain, United States, Ukraine, U.S, China, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Russian, Paris, London, Soviet Union, Gniew, Poland

☆ When Buying a Home Is Treated as a National Security Threat
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Amy Qin | Patricia Mazzei | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After years of living in dorms and subpar apartments, Lisa Li could not wait to close on her new home. The one-bedroom condo in Miami’s financial district had a view of the river, was in a safe neighborhood and, Ms. Li heard, had neighbors who were much like her — less party, more chill. So Ms. Li, a 28-year-old who came to the United States 11 years ago as a college student from China, put in an offer, had her bid accepted and began ordering furniture. At the last minute, the title company raised concerns about a small United States Coast Guard outpost near South Beach a few miles away. Under the law, Ms. Li could face prison time, and the sellers and real estate agents could be held liable.

Persons: Lisa Li, Li Organizations: United States Coast Guard Locations: United States, China, South Beach, Florida

☆ Hundreds of thousands of fish died in a single reservoir in Vietnam, another sign of how climate change is strangling the economy
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Meghan Morris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A prolonged drought in southeast Asia contributed to massive fish deaths in southern Vietnam. The climate crisis and human development threaten the Mekong Delta, a key global agricultural center. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . In Vietnam, the maze of wetlands that comprise the Mekong Delta is called the country's "rice bowl" because of the vast agriculture it supports. Related storiesMeanwhile, in southern Vietnam, hundreds of thousands of fish died in a reservoir last month as temperatures peaked over 100 degrees Fahrenheit and no rain fell for weeks, the AFP reported.

Persons: —, El Niño, they're, Ksor Phung, VnExpress Organizations: Service, Mekong Delta, country's Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment, World Bank, AFP, Residents, Business, Getty, Commission Locations: Asia, Vietnam, Delta, El, Mekong

☆ Death toll from southern Brazil rainfall rises to 78, many still missing
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A general view of flooded streets after the overflow of the Guaiba river on May 4, 2024 in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Rains have struck heavily the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul causing damages in the infrastructure and displacing more than 115,000 people. Authorities report over 78 fatalities and expect the death toll to increase while dozens of people are still missing. The death toll from heavy rains that have caused flooding in Brazil's southern state of Rio Grande do Sul has risen to at least 78, local authorities said on Sunday, with more than 115,000 people displaced. The death toll could still substantially increase as 105 people were reported missing on Sunday, up from about 70 the prior day, according to the state civil defense authority.

Persons: Rains, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Lula, Eduardo Leite, Fabiano Saldanha, Saldanha Organizations: Authorities, Volunteers, Porto Alegre Locations: Porto Alegre, Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Porto, Uruguay, Argentina

☆ Coming Soon to Little Island: An Arts Festival With Powerful Backers
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Javier C. Hernández | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Little Island, the $260 million park on the Hudson River that opened in 2021, was imagined as a haven for innovation in the performing arts. But the park’s cultural offerings — mostly sporadic, one-off works — have so far fallen short of those ambitions. Now Barry Diller, the billionaire media mogul who paid for the park, is setting out to deliver on the original vision, financing a robust, four-month annual performing arts festival on Little Island, the park announced on Monday. The festival, one of the most ambitious artistic undertakings in New York City in recent years, will promote new work in music, dance, theater and opera. “I want people to enjoy the originality and adventure of Little Island,” Diller said.

Persons: Barry Diller, Scott Rudin, Diller, Twyla Tharp, Mozart’s, Figaro, Anthony Roth Costanzo, “, ” Diller Locations: Little, New York City

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