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☆ Fisker employees are fixing some customers' cars with parts from the company's vehicle 'graveyard,' sources say
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Read previewFisker employees have been taking parts off pre-production vehicles and existing inventory to fix some customers' cars, according to several people familiar with the issue. Business Insider also viewed several photos of Fisker Oceans with missing parts that sources say were used for customer vehicles. A spokesperson for Fisker told Business Insider the information was false. Related stories"Every day was a fire drill of what car has this part that I need," a former employee told BI. Business Insider viewed an email exchange between a Fisker employee and Burrell that showed the employee offered to fix Burrell's car using a part off another Fisker car.

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☆ Mental-health professionals explore AI-powered digital therapeutics to treat patients and improve care
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Christine Macintyre | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The fusion of human ingenuity and machine intelligence is offering an innovative approach to personalized mental-health care. They can also use AI to assess the quality of their services and find ways to improve as providers of mental-health care. As technology becomes more involved in mental-health care, ensuring data security, confidentiality, and equitable access to services must be top priorities. How an AI platform is helping mental-health-care providers improve their servicesThe AI platform Lyssn is another tech-driven tool for mental-health services. Lyssn aims to hold providers accountable for improved care, especially because "the quality of mental-health care is highly variable," Imel said.

Persons: —, Christopher Romig, Stella, Shaheen Lakhan, Daniel Rimm, Haig Goenjian, Zac Imel, Michael Tanana, Imel, Darin Carver, Carver, It's Organizations: Service, Therapeutics, Click Therapeutics, Food and Drug Administration, Weber Human Services Locations: Tanana

☆ Doctors warn they’re seeing syphilis patients with unusual and severe symptoms
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Brenda Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Disease detectives in Chicago say they have been seeing a worrisome trend: Patients complaining of unusual symptoms like vision and eye problems, headaches and hearing loss or dizziness caused by the sexually transmitted infection syphilis. More than two-thirds of these patients (68%) lacked typical syphilis symptoms, like a rash or chancre sore, that might tip doctors off to the infection. Syphilis cases are surging across the US. In 2022, there were more than 207,000 syphilis cases reported, the highest number since the 1950s, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “There could just be an increase in untreated or inadequately treated patients, which is leading to more severe outcomes of syphilis,” Nham said.

Persons: ”, Amy Nham, Nham, “ They’re, —, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, ” Nham Organizations: CNN —, Intelligence Service Conference, Chicago Department of Public Health, US Centers for Disease Control, CNN, CNN Health, CDC Locations: Chicago, Atlanta

☆ In San Francisco, a Home Renovation Can Become a Battle Royale
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Heather Knight | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The project complies with city codes, and the San Francisco Planning Commission gave unanimous approval months ago; in many cities that would have been good enough for the remodel to move forward. But in San Francisco, neighbors wield unusual power over next-door renovations and modest improvements and can appeal even the replacement of rotted front steps. So on Tuesday, 11 members of San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors will serve as judges in home construction, hearing from Ms. Park and Mr. McDonald, their neighbors, lawyers, Planning Department experts and any members of the public who care to weigh in. The feud between wealthy neighbors is emblematic of the city’s languor when it comes to building anything. San Francisco has already drawn the ire of state housing officials, who have demanded that the city add 82,000 units in the next seven years, a goal that seems out of reach when many projects draw multiple rounds of challenges and years of delays.

Persons: Julie Park, Tom McDonald, McDonald Organizations: San Francisco Planning, San, Supervisors, Planning Department Locations: Francisco’s, San Francisco, San Francisco’s

☆ Los Angeles firefighters fought investments in safer streets. For decades, fire regulations have made roads deadlier.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Street safety advocates say fire officials' focus on speed is making roads more dangerous. Many of the city's residents want to take action to make their streets safer. In March, LA voted overwhelmingly for a street safety policy that will finally enforce a nearly decade-old mobility plan to make the city's streets safer for non-drivers. Fire departments across the country have for decades opposed safer street design. He said fire departments can be convinced to support safer street design if they're heavily engaged by planners.

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☆ German museum worker fired after hanging his own art in gallery
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Emily Blumenthal | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —For a brief moment, one German man achieved his dream: his artwork hanging in a famous museum. After security discovered the newest addition to the museum’s collections, they promptly took down the display and the man was fired. “The supervisors notice something like this immediately,” Tine Nehler told Süddeutsche Zeitung. This means that the public prosecutor’s office will now decide what happens,” Christian Drexler, chief superintendent of the Munich Police, told CNN. The man was banned from the museum as part of his termination agreement, Süddeutsche Zeitung reported.

Persons: –, ”, ” Tine Nehler, “, ” Christian Drexler, ” Drexler Organizations: CNN, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich Police, Security, Staff Locations: Munich, Germany, Bonn

☆ Progressive Candidate Could Upend the San Francisco Mayor’s Race
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Heather Knight | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

San Francisco residents have repeatedly told pollsters they don’t support Mayor London Breed. But as those mayoral contenders try to outmaneuver one another from the middle, they may have left an opening for a candidate on the left. Into that void has stepped Aaron Peskin, president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Mr. Peskin, 59, confirmed in an interview that he will file papers on Friday to run for mayor. Breed might be ousted by someone to her right, Mr. Peskin could win the race if enough liberals coalesce around him in a city known for its left-wing politics.

Persons: pollsters, Aaron Peskin, Peskin Organizations: London, San Francisco, of Supervisors Locations: Francisco

☆ Third-party candidates are the worrisome wild card amid Biden-Trump rematch in Wisconsin
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Jeff Zeleny | Gregory Krieg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

In 2020, Biden won the state by fewer than 21,000 votes, with no Green Party candidates on the ballot. Four years earlier, Trump carried Wisconsin by nearly 23,000 votes, with the Green Party’s Jill Stein earning more than 30,000 voters. When third-party candidates were added to the mix, both Biden and Trump saw their numbers fall by about 10 percentage points. “It really brings forward the idea that the two big parties just hand us candidates to choose from,” Anderson said. But Democrats have long viewed Stein’s campaign as one of the decisive factors in delivering Trump the state of Wisconsin and the presidency.

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☆ An employment lawyer explains the 3 things you should do the moment you're put on a PIP
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Jane Zhang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

While there are circumstances where an employee survives the PIP and keeps working there, those situations are rare. Decide if the PIP is reasonableOnce you've read the PIP, ask yourself, is this PIP designed for me to fail, or is it reasonable? AdvertisementA good PIP should be very clear about the areas where the employee is supposedly deficient. I don't think companies should use PIPs for the sake of trying to protect themselves from potential future issues. If you've been put on a PIP or put someone on a PIP and would like to share your story, email Jane Zhang at janezhang@businessinsider.com.

Persons: Craig Levey, there's, you've, it's, It's, Jane Zhang Organizations: Service, Bennett, Belfort, Business Locations: P.C, Cambridge , Massachusetts, janezhang@businessinsider.com

☆ New review database takes aim at some of the most protected bosses in America: state and federal judges
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Attorney Aliza Shatzman created a database for law clerks to review their bosses: state and federal judges. This month, LAP launched a new database for law clerks to leave reviews of their experiences working for their powerful bosses: state and federal judges. Related storiesThe judge Shatzman clerked for has not made any public statement regarding her clerkship or complaint or his subsequent retirement. Human resources for the courts told her nothing could be done because "HR doesn't regulate judges," Shatzman testified. AdvertisementA whisper network legitimizedSince beginning to collect reviews in 2022, LAP has gathered over 800 surveys from former law clerks about their experiences working for state and federal judges nationwide.

Persons: Aliza Shatzman, —, she's, Shatzman, there's, Douglas Nazarian, she'd, Title VII, We're, who've Organizations: Service, Business, Washington Post, Washington University, Louis School of Law, US, Office, Title, Civil, District of Columbia Commission, Judicial, BI Locations: Maryland, St

☆ The S&P 500 just turned in its best first quarter since 2019
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The S&P 500 index rose 10.2% during the first three months of the year, its best first-quarter performance since 2019. The S&P 500 on Thursday logged its 22nd record-high close of the year. Companies in the S&P 500 saw earnings grow 4.3% during the fourth quarter of 2023 from the prior year, according to FactSet data. Analysts polled by FactSet expect S&P 500 earnings to grow by more than 10% for all of 2024. About 140,000 cars a day traversed the I-35W bridge that once stood more than 100 feet above the Mighty Mississippi.

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On Tuesday, lawyers for Ms. Lake indicated she would not dispute the facts of a defamation lawsuit that Stephen Richer, the Maricopa County recorder, had filed against her. But they seem to be more durable and pervasive in Maricopa County, home to Phoenix, riling up residents long after campaigns have closed up shop. Credit... Rebecca Noble for The New York TimesThe numbers back up Arizona’s outsize role in election fraud claims. At a news conference on Monday, Gary M. Restaino, the U.S. attorney for Arizona, said seven of the nation’s roughly 18 federal cases regarding election threats involved people targeting Arizona election officials, though the suspects are not Arizonans. Image Bill Gates, a Maricopa County supervisor, during Arizona’s primary presidential election in Phoenix earlier in March.

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☆ Netflix's '3 Body Problem' makes some big changes from the book. Here's how the show and novels differ.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

AdvertisementNetflix's "3 Body Problem" is an adaptation of Liu Cixin's wide-ranging "Remembrance of Earth's Past" trilogy of novels. Speaking of Yun Tianming, he got turned into Will DowningWill Downing signs on to the Stairfacer Project in "3 Body Problem." Saul is based on a character named Luo JiSaul is chosen as a Wallfacer in "3 Body Problem." The VR headsets are way simpler in the seriesJack Rooney wears a virtual reality headset in "3 Body Problem." NetflixIn "3 Body Problem," Ye Wenjie's daughter Vera Ye dies by suicide in the first episode.

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☆ Mark Cuban says this common leadership style is a toxic trait: 'Trust the process or fix what's broken'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-22 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The 65-year-old billionaire entrepreneur weighed in on the common leadership style in a recent post on social media network X. If you find yourself constantly micromanaging the people around you, something's wrong, Cuban noted. Trust the process or fix what's broken if you always have to micromanage," Cuban wrote in his March 11 post. Cuban's post was a response to a thread about counterintuitive leadership principles written by Ofek Lavian, CEO of financial tech company Forage. In that thread, Lavian referenced a 20VC podcast episode from last year featuring Shopify CEO and co-founder Tobi Lütke, who embraced micromanaging.

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Six years ago, Illinois farmer John Ackerman didn't hire any contract workers at all. He enjoys mentoring young people, but says it's felt harder lately to justify hiring inexperienced workers when contract workers do the same hard, physical jobs faster and better. Climate change affects all farm workers, but advocates and researchers say this is a reason to focus particularly on these workers. The USDA data showed an uptick in the number of farms using migrant labor, both within farms that already hired contract workers and overall. He’s tried reaching out H-2A workers on nearby farms, but says their supervisors won’t let them talk to him.

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☆ Sacramento will soon give low-income Black and Native American families $725 a month, no strings attached
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The basic income plan is part of a six-step strategy to reduce child poverty in the county. It will offer $725 a month to low-income Black and Native American families. She said the guaranteed income program is just one piece of a six-step plan to eliminate child poverty. Researchers found that on average, program participants said they spent more than half of the cash they received on housing. The basic income pilot will start sending out payments in July 2024 and will distribute the payments for 12 months.

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☆ Andre Gordon: A Pennsylvania man is suspected of killing 3 people, including his teen sister, at 2 different homes
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Dalia Faheid | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

He carried out the attacks with an “AR-15 style assault rifle,” Falls Township Police Chief Nelson Whitney said. Around 11:38 a.m., the carjacked Honda CRV was found abandoned in Trenton, according to Falls Township Police. The pair of shootings were “domestic related,” Falls Township Chairman of Board of Supervisors Jeff Dence told CNN. Family members were present at both homes in Falls Township, according to Schorn. Gordon is also believed to have “family ties” to the Trenton house, she said in a news conference.

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☆ Falls Township, Pennsylvania, shooting: Active shooter reported, shelter-in-place in effect
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( Jeff Winter | Sarah Dewberry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —At least three people are dead after a shooting in Falls Township, Pennsylvania, Saturday morning, officials say. “Do NOT travel to Falls Township until further notice. We have directed the mall and Sesame Place to CLOSE until further notice,” the Middletown Township Police Department said. Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick, who represents Bucks County, said in an X post that there was a carjacking and two shootings in Falls Township. Falls Township is approximately 28 miles northeast of Philadelphia.

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As rural hospitals continue to struggle financially, a new type of hospital is slowly taking root, especially in the Southeast. Saving rural careThat was the case for Irwin County Hospital in Ocilla, Georgia, which was the second rural emergency hospital established in the U.S. “But ... we felt like we had to try.”Irwin County Hospital became a rural emergency hospital on Feb. 1, 2023. “We might have been closed if we hadn’t (become a rural emergency hospital), so ... something had to be done,” he said. Brock Slabach, the National Rural Health Association's chief operations officer, told the AP that upwards of 30 facilities are interested in converting to rural emergency hospitals this year.

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☆ Sheriff Had Cause to Take Maine Gunman Into Custody Before Shootings
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Jenna Russell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A commission investigating the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, concluded on Friday that local law enforcement officers should have taken the gunman, Robert R. Card II, into custody and seized his weapons before he killed 18 people on Oct. 25. The decision to instead give Mr. Card’s family responsibility for removing his weapons was “an abdication of law enforcement’s responsibility,” the commission wrote in its 30-page interim report, intended to provide early findings to legislators who are weighing several proposals for changes to the state’s gun laws, spurred by the events. The local sheriff’s department had “sufficient probable cause” to take Mr. Card into custody and remove his weapons because of a “likelihood of serious harm,” the commission said in its report. The seven-member commission has held seven public meetings since last November, collecting testimony from Mr. Card’s Army Reserve supervisors, local and state police officers, as well as survivors and family members of the victims. The panel has pressed witnesses for details of their actions in the months leading up to the shooting, when the gunman displayed increasingly erratic and paranoid behavior, convinced that people he did not know were calling him a pedophile.

Persons: Robert R, Card’s Organizations: Card’s Army Reserve Locations: Lewiston , Maine

☆ Tesla Settles Discrimination Suit With Former Factory Worker
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Jack Ewing | More About Jack Ewing | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Tesla and a former employee have agreed to settle a closely watched lawsuit that cast a harsh light on the carmaker’s treatment of Black workers. Lawyers for Tesla and for Owen Diaz, who worked at the company’s factory in Fremont, Calif., did not disclose the terms of the settlement in a legal filing on Friday. Organ, a lawyer for Mr. Diaz, said in an email, adding that he could not comment further. A supervisor drew a racist caricature near his work station, according to testimony in the case. Tesla did little to discipline the supervisors or address pervasive racism at the factory, the jury found.

Persons: Tesla, Owen Diaz, “, ” Lawrence, Diaz Organizations: Tesla Locations: Fremont , Calif, San Francisco, Tesla’s

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The shakeup of Walt Disney World's governing district more than a year after it was taken over by Gov. Ron DeSantis' appointees continued Wednesday with the departure of its board chairman who had been highly critical of Disney. In an email, DeSantis' communications director, Bryan Griffin, thanked Garcia for “successfully navigating” the transition of the district from a governing body controlled by Disney supporters to the current iteration controlled by DeSantis appointees. As punishment for opposition to the law, DeSantis took over the district through legislation passed by the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature and appointed a new board of supervisors. Disney sued DeSantis and his appointees, claiming the company’s free speech rights were violated for speaking out against the legislation.

Persons: Walt Disney, Ron DeSantis, Martin Garcia's, Glen Gilzean, DeSantis, Martin didn't, Bryan Griffin, Garcia, “, Garcia “, ” Griffin, Stephanie Kopelousos, Kopelousos, ”, Disney, Mike Schneider Organizations: Gov, Disney, Central, Republican, DeSantis, Florida Legislature, Straight Alliance Locations: ORLANDO, Fla, Central Florida, Orange County, Orlando, Florida

CNN —Indonesia’s transport ministry will launch an investigation after two Batik Air pilots fell asleep during a recent flight, according to state news agency Antara, citing the ministry’s civil aviation director-general M Kristi Endah Murni. The flight, BTK6723, lasted two hours and 35 minutes, and successfully landed in Jakarta, according to Antara and the preliminary report. Around 90 minutes into the flight, the second-in-command then “inadvertently fell asleep,” according to the report. Around 28 minutes after the last recorded transmission, the pilot-in-command woke up and realized the plane was not in the correct flight path. The preliminary report detailed that the pilot-in-command told the ACC that the flight had experienced a “radio communication problem” that had been resolved.

Persons: Antara, Kristi Endah Murni, “, ” Murni Organizations: CNN, National Transportation Safety, ACC, Air Locations: Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, Jakarta, ”, Indonesia

☆ Regional banks were all ‘guilty until proven innocent’ after Silicon Valley Bank, Citizens CEO says
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Elisabeth Buchwald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Other regional bank stocks got slammed: By the end of the day, most saw their stock down by double-digit percentages. Kori Suzuki/ReutersIt’s been exactly one year since that fateful day marked the start of a string of subsequent bank failures. Because of that, “there will be bank failures,” Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned senators in his semi-annual testimony last week. Bruce Van Saun: People like to call last year’s bank failures regional bank failures. Office real estate is just one component of commercial real estate, albeit the most worrisome to banks and economists.

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☆ Owners and managers at some Washington Subway stores kept $80,000 in staff tips and reduced workers' hours on their timecards, a federal agency says
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Owners and managers at 10 Subway stores in Washington state illegally took money from staff tip pools, the Labor Department says. The stores also reduced staff's hours on their timecards to avoid paying overtime, the DOL said. The stores have now given $196,000 in tips, overtime wages, and liquidated damages to 100 affected workers. AdvertisementOwners and managers at 10 Subway stores in Washington state illegally kept $80,000 in staff tips, the Department of Labor says. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act , business owners and managers are not allowed to participate in staff tip pools.

Persons: DOL, —, timesheets Organizations: Labor Department, Service, Department of Labor, Fair Labor, Act, Business Locations: Washington

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