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Dana White’s diplomatic ambitions were clear, if complicated: Un-cancel Bud Light. As the chief executive of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Mr. White was the arena-filling, Trump-loving, perpetually smirking public face of a multi-billion-dollar sport. more than 15 years earlier, was plainly hoping that a renewed affiliation might help its cause. Publicly, Mr. White appealed to friends across the conservative media, defending Bud Light’s parent company in interviews with Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson and Charlie Kirk. “The fact that Anheuser-Busch wants to be in business with me?” Mr. White said, arguing that this alone demonstrated the success of the backlash.

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☆ Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue, Through Miami’s Airport Yours Probably Flew
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Patricia Mazzei | Scott Mcintyre | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The roses that you buy this week from a florist, supermarket or website for Valentine’s Day in all likelihood arrived in the United States through one place: Miami International Airport, the port of entry for about 90 percent of the nation’s imported cut flowers. All year, farmworkers snip flowers by hand, mostly in Colombia and Ecuador, to be sent on cargo planes to Miami, where they are inspected and then loaded on trucks to reach every mainland state. Sometimes, flowers cut in the morning can be in South Florida, a three- or four-hour flight away, by the afternoon. It is a logistical feat, especially in the weeks leading up to Feb. 14 — one of the flower industry’s two peak holidays, along with Mother’s Day. Yet few consider that when they pick up bouquets for $20 at Target.

Organizations: Valentine’s, Miami International Airport, Mother’s, Target Locations: United States, Colombia, Ecuador, Miami, South Florida

☆ On the World’s Largest Cruise Ship, Thrills and Space to Chill
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Ceylan Yeginsu | Scott Mcintyre | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

One man got down on his knees and kissed the rug emblazoned with the ship’s logo. Another lifted his wife and swung her around, ecstatic to be among the roughly 5,000 passengers to embark on the inaugural sailing of the world’s largest cruise ship, the Icon of the Seas. For months, the 250,800-ton ship, which can carry nearly 8,000 people, has been making headlines — including some that have criticized its size and potential to damage the environment. But the passengers who plunked down $1,800 to $100,000 and boarded the ship at Port Miami in Florida on Jan. 27, said nothing could have prepared them for the vessel’s sheer scale.

Organizations: Port Miami Locations: Port, Florida

☆ Dementia and sport: These rugby players represented their country in their 20s, by their 40s, they had early onset dementia
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Amy Woodyatt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

Popham’s wife, Mel, would have a conversation with her husband and an hour later he would have “no recollection,” he tells CNN Sport. Richard Boardman, the lawyer representing the claimants, told CNN Sport that this is causing an “existential threat” to the game. “As far as the brain is concerned, it doesn’t matter what sport is played,” Michael Grey, a neuroscientist at the University of East Anglia, told CNN Sport. Nowinski, a WWE wrestler turned neuroscientist, told CNN Sport that head injury protocols need to go beyond treating concussion. The paper, which looked at 412 Scottish former international male rugby players aged 30 and above and 1,236 members of the public who had been matched for age, sex and socioeconomic status, found that the rugby players’ risk of a dementia diagnosis over time was just over twice as high.

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☆ In Florida, Affordable Housing Joins Luxury Complexes
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Deborah Acosta | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Bal Harbour complex is home to about 100 luxury retailers. Photo: Scott McIntyre for The Wall Street JournalBal Harbour Shops in Miami-Dade County, a premier luxury mall featuring swanky brands such as Chanel, Gucci and Tiffany, is getting into the affordable-housing business. Whitman Family Development , the shopping center’s owner, filed plans with the city on Tuesday to build a roughly 20-story luxury hotel and three residential towers with 600 units within the complex. One building with about 240 units will be reserved for workforce housing, as part of Florida’s new housing law known as the Live Local Act.

Persons: Scott McIntyre, Chanel, Gucci, Tiffany Organizations: Wall, Whitman Locations: Miami, Dade County

☆ G.O.P. Debate Fact-Check: Israel, Abortion and the Economy Dominate
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Michael Crowley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Debate Fact-Check: Israel, Abortion and the Economy Dominate Five Republican presidential candidates, again minus Donald J. Trump, looked to highlight their records while criticizing one another in an effort to stand out from the field — sometimes using questionable claims. Share full articleImage The five candidates delivered pointed criticism of one another — in addition to President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump — in an effort to stand out to voters as the first nominating contests draw near. Credit... Scott McIntyre for The New York TimesFive presidential candidates appeared onstage Wednesday at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami for the third Republican primary debate. This time, they delivered pointed criticism of one another — in addition to President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump — in an effort to stand out to voters as the first nominating contests draw near. In the process, they employed facts that were occasionally true, sometimes misleading and occasionally downright false.

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☆ Gucci, Chanel and Other Luxury Retailers Splurge on American Real Estate
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Kate King | Photographs Scott Mcintyre For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ The Subway CEO Doesn’t Like Slowpokes
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Heather Haddon | Photographs Scott Mcintyre For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Rambling Donald Trump dodged answering a question about his Christian faith at campaign town hall
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Donald Trump gave a rambling response to a question about his faith at a town hall. A woman in Iowa asked Trump how his faith has grown since he first ran for president and asked who has mentored him in his "faith journey." Trumn added that he has gotten to know evangelicals because of his presidency and name-checked prominent evangelists Franklin Graham and Paula White. Attendees pray together before President Donald Trump addresses the crowd at the King Jesus International Ministry during a "Evangelicals for Trump" rally in Miami, FL on Friday, Jan. 3, 2020. Pence joked that he had "once invited President Trump to a Bible study," calling it "an experience," according to The Washington Post.

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☆ Migrant Workers Flee Florida as New Immigration Law Takes Effect
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Deborah Acosta | Photographs Scott Mcintyre For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Persons: Dow Jones Locations: florida

☆ The Year in Pictures 2022
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( The New York Times | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +57 min

Every year, starting in early fall, photo editors at The New York Times begin sifting through the year’s work in an effort to pick out the most startling, most moving, most memorable pictures. But 2022 undoubtedly belongs to the war in Ukraine, a conflict now settling into a worryingly predictable rhythm. Erin Schaff/The New York Times “When you’re standing on the ground, you can’t visualize the scope of the destruction. Jim Huylebroek for The New York Times Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 25. We see the same images over and over, and it’s really hard to make anything different.” Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb 26.

☆ Donald Trump shares Truth Social photo proclaiming him as second only to Jesus
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Donald Trump shared a Truth Social post comparing him to Jesus Christ. The post by Truth Social user @austinnegrete said: "Jesus is the Greatest. Trump "ReTruthed," or reposted, the Jesus comparison to his 4.1 million Truth Social followers. In August 2019, Trump told reporters in reference to trade with China: "I am the chosen one." Trump told his supporters in North Carolina that Jesus Christ was actually more famous than him.

With the term “personal taxes,” however, Mr. Garten appears to be conflating income taxes with other federal taxes Mr. Trump has paid — Social Security, Medicare and taxes for his household employees. Fragments of Mr. Trump’s tax returns have leaked out before. Mr. Agalarov’s father, Aras, a billionaire who boasts of close ties to Mr. Putin, was Mr. Trump’s partner in the event. Mr. Trump’s avoidance of income taxes is one of the most striking discoveries in his tax returns, especially given the vast wash of income itemized elsewhere in those filings. When they got to line 56, the one for income taxes due, the amount was the same each year: $750.

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