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☆ Trump’s immunity case is another reminder that all roads now lead to the Supreme Court
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

CNN —The Supreme Court’s hearing Thursday on former President Donald Trump’s immunity claim will underline a historic power shift. Trump’s relationship has been complex with the court’s conservative majority – despite his instrumental role in establishing it. In sharp contrast, the court’s conservative majority has exerted its influence year after year, without interruption. “There is just much more intense vetting of Supreme Court justices,” said Pierson. “You can tell by the results of the court decisions over the past several years that it is fundamentally different.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, “, ”, Jeff Shesol, Franklin D, John Roberts, Amy Coney Barrett, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Paul Pierson, –, Barack Obama’s, Roberts, Joe Biden, Trump, they’ve, Michael McConnell, Jack Smith, Gore, outvoted, George W, Bush, MAGA, Michael Waldman, ” Waldman, Bill Clinton, Richard Nixon, Nixon, Waldman, ” McConnell, McConnell, Sandra Day O’Connor, Anthony Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, David Souter, George H.W, Pierson, Obama, Brett Kavanaugh, Barrett, Cecilia Munoz, Biden, “ It’s, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Clinton, ” Shesol, FDR, Shesol Organizations: CNN, White House, GOP, Republican Party, Trump, Republicans, University of California, Democratic, House, White, Constitutional, Center, Stanford University Law School, Brennan Center for Justice, New York University School of Law, Senate, Republican, Federalist Society, Alabama, Electoral, Citizens, Constitutional Law Center, New, Great Society Locations: Berkeley, Manhattan, Florida, “, George H.W . Bush, Shelby County

☆ Man 'who cared about the world' dies after setting himself on fire outside Trump trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewMax Azzarello, a 37-year-old from Florida, died after setting himself on fire outside the Manhattan courthouse where Trump's hush money trial is underway, The New York Times reports. AdvertisementSteven Waldman, a high school friend of Azzarello, told The Times his late friend was "heartbroken" when his mother passed." Related story"He was super curious about social justice and the way things 'could' be," a former classmate of Azzarello told The Times. AdvertisementTrump's historic hush money trial kicks offDonald Trump at the defense table in his Manhattan hush money trial with attorney Emil Bove. Reuters/Jane RosenbergTrump's hush money trial, making history as the first-ever trial of a former president, kicked off earlier this week with the selection of the jury.

Persons: —, Max Azzarello, Azzarello, Trump, Steven Waldman, Waldman, Larry Altman, We've, Bill Clinton, Aaron Bushnell, Bushnell, Donald Trump, Emil Bove, Jane Rosenberg Organizations: Service, The New York Times, New York Police, BBC News, Business, Collect, Times, Embassy, Newsweek, Reuters Locations: Florida, Manhattan, The, USA, Washington ,

☆ After 5,631 Yankees Games, John Sterling Calls His Own Walk-Off
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( David Waldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman had that special sort of radio relationship where they would often finish each other’s sentences, or more precisely, each other’s lyrics. They might have been announcing Yankees games, but that would not prevent them from dipping into musical theater, a passion for both of them. “It’s something sort of grandish,” Sterling might say on the air, using one of his signature phrases to describe a great play by the former outfielder Curtis Granderson, or perhaps it was a reference a grand slam someone had hit. “I just don’t want to do any more work,” he said Monday on WFAN. “I’ve worked for 64 years, and in July I’ll be 86, so let’s face it, my time has come.”

Persons: John Sterling, Suzyn Waldman, ” Sterling, Curtis Granderson, Waldman, Sterling, “, ”, “ I’ve, I’ll Organizations: Yankees, WFAN

☆ Opinion | Part-Time Employees: The Plight of the Mistreated
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To the Editor:Re “Part-Time Work Has a New, Predatory Logic,” by Adelle Waldman (Opinion guest essay, Feb. 20):This essay resonated with me. After retiring from academia and relocating to Maine, I took a part-time seasonal position at one of Maine’s iconic retailers. A way to get out of the house — and out of a significant other’s way a few days a week. The other group was consistent with the employees described in Ms. Waldman’s essay: people who needed the income and who juggled more than one part-time job, always desperate for more hours. In retail environments, the seasonal, part-time sales representatives are the public face of the company.

Persons: Adelle Waldman Locations: Maine

☆ Opinion | Adelle Waldman’s Journey From Brooklyn Literati to a Big Box Store
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Michelle Goldberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

But instead of capitalizing on her sudden stardom, Waldman didn’t publish another novel for more than a decade. “To my surprise, I just didn’t have another idea,” she told me over lunch near her house in the Hudson Valley town of Rhinebeck. Especially after the shock of Donald Trump’s election, she lost interest in exploring the romantic and psychological struggles of the upper middle class. At first, her shift started at 6 a.m.; then management abruptly changed it to two hours earlier. While “Nathaniel P.” had delighted me with its uncanny familiarity, this new novel thrilled me for the opposite reason.

Persons: Adelle, Nathaniel P, Obama, cads, Waldman didn’t, ”, Donald Trump’s, “ I’ve, “ Nathaniel P, Waldman Organizations: Love Affairs, Ivy, Target Locations: York, Brooklyn, Hudson, Rhinebeck

☆ High-Stakes Capers Starring Low-Wage Workers
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Alexandra Chang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Waldman focuses on members of “Team Movement” at Store No. 1512, who unload trucks, organize the warehouse and stock shelves before the store opens. Diego, an immigrant from Honduras, prides himself on being competent at work, but struggles in his personal relationships. Multiple Movement members struggle with alcohol, are single parents, live with parents or grandparents and have challenges in their intimate relationships. “Help Wanted” is structured around the collective, depicting the toll of capitalism on low-wage workers.

Persons: Waldman, Will, ” There’s Nicole, Diego, ’ Organizations: “ Locations: Honduras

☆ Opinion | The Mystery of White Rural Rage
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Paul Krugman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Will technological progress lead to mass unemployment? People have been asking that question for two centuries, and the actual answer has always ended up being no. It’s a big part of what has happened to rural America. This process and its effects are laid out in devastating, terrifying and baffling detail in “White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy,” a new book by Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman. Technology is the main driver of rural decline, Schaller and Waldman argue.

Persons: ”, Tom Schaller, Paul Waldman, Schaller, Waldman Organizations: Democracy, Technology Locations: America

One of the lesser-known problems facing many low-wage workers in America is unpredictable and scarce work hours — something the writer Adelle Waldman knows firsthand. She worked at a big-box store for six months to research her latest novel, about a group of employees plotting to overthrow their bad boss. In this audio essay, Waldman explains how her experience exposed her to the way inflexible hours can wreak havoc in people’s lives, from lack of health insurance to the inability to pick up a second job. (A full transcript of this audio essay will be available within 24 hours of publication in the audio player above.)

Persons: Adelle Waldman, Waldman Locations: America

☆ Opinion | It’s Not Just Wages. Retailers Are Mistreating Workers in a More Insidious Way.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Adelle Waldman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Most of my co-workers had been at the store for years, but almost all of them were, like me, part time. This meant that the store had no obligation to give us a stable number of hours or to adhere to a weekly minimum. The unpredictability of the hours made life difficult for my co-workers — as much as, if not more than, the low pay did. On receiving a paycheck for a good week’s work, when they’d worked 39 hours, should they use the money to pay down debt? Or should they hold on to it in case the following week they were scheduled for only four hours and didn’t have enough for food?

Persons: we’d, they’d Locations: America, New York

☆ Jenny Cavnar makes history as the first woman to serve as an MLB team’s primary play-by-play announcer
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —For the first time in Major League Baseball history, a woman will be the primary play-by-play voice of a major team. NBC Sports California said Tuesday it has chosen Jenny Cavnar, a broadcasting veteran with nearly two decades of baseball experience, for the prestigious role. “It is a dream come true to join the broadcast team for the Oakland A’s and their rich baseball history,” Cavnar said in a release. Doris Burke is among the NBA’s most well-respected color commentators, and she has been broadcasting national games for ESPN for 11 years. And in 2018, Andrea Kremer and Hannah Storm called an NFL game for Amazon, the first all-woman booth for a professional football national broadcast.

Persons: Jenny Cavnar, ” Cavnar, Cavnar, ”, Jenny, Matt Murphy, “ She’s, who’s, Suzyn Waldman, Jessica Mendoza, Doris Burke, Andrea Kremer, Hannah Storm, Chanda Rubin, CoCo Vandeweghe Organizations: New, New York CNN, Major League Baseball, NBC Sports California, Oakland Athletics, Oakland, “, Colorado Rockies MLB, NBC, MLB, NBC Sports, Yankees, ESPN’s, ESPN, Amazon, Tennis Channel, English Premier League, Sky Sports Locations: New York, Bronx

☆ An America Where Guns Do the Talking
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Rachel Louise Snyder | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

ONE NATION UNDER GUNS: How Gun Culture Distorts Our History and Threatens Our Democracy, by Dominic ErdozainWHAT WE’VE BECOME: Living and Dying in a Country of Arms, by Jonathan M. MetzlLast year, a friend from Brunei visited me in the United States. She is American but was raised in Sudan and has lived in Cambodia and Scotland, among other places. We were talking about the rise in anxiety among teenagers in America when another friend texted me; her daughter had just arrived home from school, where she’d spent the afternoon in lockdown. Are mass shootings, record suicides and endless homicides the new norm even for those of us who aren’t interested in accumulating arsenals? deliveryman knocks on Erdozain’s door, he dives for cover like a “shot fox.” As with the lockdown at my friend’s daughter’s school, the threat abates, but the emotional tremors linger.

Persons: Dominic Erdozain, Jonathan M, Metzl, texted, she’d, “ They’re, Carol Anderson, Michael Waldman, Akhil Reed Amar, we’ve, You’re, deliveryman Locations: Brunei, United States, Sudan, Cambodia, Scotland, America

☆ The Electoral College Is ‘the Exploding Cigar of American Politics’ - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Gail Collins | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Or it’s possible the founders just had a lot on their minds and threw the system together at the last minute. Confession: I was hoping to blame the whole Electoral College thing on Thomas Jefferson, who’s possibly my least favorite founding father. Anyway, no matter how it originally came together, we’ve now put the loser of the popular vote in office five times. One involved the Republican Rutherford B. Hayes, who won in 1876 even though the electoral vote was virtually tied and Samuel Tilden easily won the popular vote. George W. Bush lost the popular vote to Al Gore in 2000 — many of you will remember the manic counting and recounting in Florida, which was the tipping point state.

Persons: Waldman, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, who’s, Sally Hemings, Jefferson, it’s, we’ve, Republican Rutherford B, Hayes, Samuel Tilden, George W, Bush, Al Gore, Gore, Ralph Nader’s, Robert Kennedy Jr Organizations: Republican, Republicans, Southern Democrats, Black, White Locations: France, Florida

☆ With threats on the rise, many American Jews are buying guns, seeking training
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Ashley Williams | Ashley R. Williams | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

A rise in American Jewish gun ownership would come as a noticeable shift for a group that is historically liberal and a majority of which are registered Democrats. A 2018 American Jewish Committee poll showed 70% of Jewish respondents thought it was more important to control gun ownership than to protect Americans’ rights to own guns. The US government does not keep official statistics on gun ownership, including demographic information. Research from industry groups like the National Shooting Sports Foundation break down gun ownership by race and gender but not by religious affiliation. The spike in violence and hateful rhetoric has evoked fears within the Jewish community of another Holocaust, according to Daniel.

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☆ Mellanox co-founder Eyal Waldman on losing daughter in Hamas attacks and Israel's military response
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailMellanox co-founder Eyal Waldman on losing daughter in Hamas attacks and Israel's military responseEyal Waldman, Waldo Holdings chairman and Mellanox Technologies co-founder, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the emotions of losing family to the tragedy in Israel, how Waldman was able to locate his daughter, and more.

Persons: Eyal Waldman, Waldman Organizations: Waldo Holdings, Mellanox Technologies Locations: Israel

☆ Leaked email shows Nvidia is paying its Israel-based employees a bonus and raising $10 million in humanitarian aid for the Israel-Hamas war
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Nvidia is doubling down on its effort to help those affected by the Israel-Hamas war. In an internal email on Monday, obtained by Insider, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company will add a bonus in the upcoming paycheck for its Israel-based employees "to help in a small way." "The devastating war has caused unimaginable suffering and turned the lives of our families in Israel upside down," Huang wrote in the email. Nvidia is one of the US tech companies more directly affected by the war in Israel. Nearly 400 of those Nvidia employees have returned to military duty, Huang said in a separate email, viewed by Insider.

Persons: Jensen Huang, Huang, Nvidia's, Mellanox's, Eyal Waldman Organizations: Nvidia, Hamas, CNBC Locations: Israel, Gaza, Tel Aviv, Palestinian

A Meta logo is seen on a beach during the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in Cannes, France, June 19, 2023. The authors said in the OpenAI case that works like books and plays are particularly valuable for AI language training as the "best examples of high-quality, long form writing." Meta and OpenAI were also sued for copyright infringement in July by a separate group of authors that includes comedian Sarah Silverman, part of a growing list of copyright cases against AI companies. Meta published a list of datasets used to train its first version of the Llama model, which it released in February. The company did not disclose training data for its latest version, Llama 2.

Persons: Eric Gaillard, Michael Chabon, Chabon, Tony, David Henry Hwang, Matthew Klam, Rachel Louise Snyder, Ayelet Waldman, Meta, Sarah Silverman, Blake Brittain, Katie Paul, David Bario, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Cannes Lions International, Creativity, REUTERS, Meta, Google, Thomson Locations: Cannes, France, San Francisco federal, Washington, New York

Those lawyers and representatives for OpenAI did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Monday. The lawsuit is at least the third proposed copyright-infringement class action filed by authors against Microsoft-backed OpenAI. Companies, including Microsoft (MSFT.O), Meta Platforms (META.O) and Stability AI, have also been sued by copyright owners over the use of their work in AI training. OpenAI and other companies have argued that AI training makes fair use of copyrighted material scraped from the internet. The lawsuit requested an unspecified amount of money damages and an order blocking OpenAI's "unlawful and unfair business practices."

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Michael Chabon, Chabon, David Henry Hwang, Matthew Klam, Rachel Louise Snyder, Ayelet Waldman, ChatGPT, Blake Brittain, David Bario, Aurora Ellis Organizations: REUTERS, Microsoft, OpenAI, San, Thomson Locations: San Francisco, Washington

Ron DeSantis appointed a co-founder of Moms for Liberty, a “parental rights” group that has sought to take over school boards in multiple states, to the Florida Commission on Ethics on Wednesday. Tina Descovich was named to the nine-member, Tallahassee-based commission, which investigates alleged breaches of public trust by elected and appointed officials, as well as state employees. Moms for Liberty started with Descovich and two other Florida women fighting COVID-19 restrictions in 2021. Along with Descovich, DeSantis also appointed South Florida attorney Luis Fuste to the commission. Another vacancy on the ethics commission was created in June, when former member Jim Waldman's term ended.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Tina Descovich, Descovich, ”, DeSantis, Luis Fuste, Glen Gilzean, Gilzean, Jim Waldman's Organizations: — Republican Gov, Liberty, School Board, Florida Coalition of School, Heritage Foundation, Republican, Southern Poverty Law Center, South, Florida Senate, Central, Walt Disney, Disney Locations: TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Florida, Tallahassee, Brevard County, Tampa, Philadelphia, South Florida, Central Florida

☆ 4 Days, 690 Miles, Countless Stalls: Behold the ‘World’s Longest Yard Sale’
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Kendall Waldman | Photo Essay | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To the visitor driving in from out of state, the 127 Yard Sale seems like a kind of Ironman for thrifters. The “world’s longest yard sale” is a test of endurance and attention. Spanning six states, 690 miles and thousands of stalls, it traverses dramatic landscapes, delicate cultural terrain and two time zones. The 127 Yard Sale is fluid, kinetic, alive. Driving down 127, I started to see “yard sale” signs long before reaching its northernmost point in Addison, Mich. We asked some guys at a gas station where they thought it started.

Persons: Mike Walker Organizations: thrifters Locations: Jamestown, Tenn, Covington, Ky, Georgia, Alabama, Ohio, Michigan, Addison, Mich

☆ What’s driving sunscreen’s big boom
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Leah Asmelash | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

In 2020, the global value of sun care products was $10.7 billion. Millennial skin care favorites — Paula’s Choice ($34), Glossier ($25), Drunk Elephant ($34) — have all created their own luxury daily sunscreens. “I think there is a more pervasive media representation of (the benefits of) wearing sunscreen, like preventing aging and preventing skin cancer,” Waldman said in a phone interview. In a study published in 2021, scientists found that more children in middle and high school were wearing sunscreen, a trend researchers partially attributed to social media. Meanwhile, young influencers on TikTok parade their multi-step skin care routines, with many featuring products like retinoids and AHAs, celebrated for their role in minimizing signs of aging.

Persons: “ Sunscreens, ”, Luke Maxfield, —, Naomi Osaka, Pharrell, Naana, ” Boakye, “, ” Dr, Abigail Waldman, she’s, ” Waldman, ” Maxfield, Supergoop, they’re, Violette, Maxfield, Waldman, Boakye, you’re Organizations: CNN, Grand View Research, Prestige, Harvard Medical School, dermatologists, ” Research

The defamation case brought by actor Johnny Depp against his ex-wife Amber Heard came to an end on Wednesday after a seven-person jury unanimously ruled in favor of Depp. The jury awarded Depp $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages in his defamation suit. Depp also claims she is not the victim of domestic violence but instead the perpetrator. 2022On April 11, the weekslong defamation trial kicks off, with Heard and Depp appearing in court in Fairfax County, Virginia. The jury unanimously finds that Heard defamed Depp, awarding him $5 million in punitive damages and $10 million in compensatory damages.

☆ Justice Department's antitrust investigation of PGA Tour includes U.S. Golf Association
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Jack Stebbins | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The Justice Department's antitrust investigation of the PGA Tour's actions against the upstart LIV Golf league has also ensnared the Augusta National Golf Club and the United States Golf Association. The managing director of LIV Golf, Majed Al Sorour, had warned that LIV would start its own majors, but later walked back the comment on Twitter. Mickelson, meanwhile, told Sports Illustrated that he "wholeheartedly" expects to play at the Masters despite his LIV Golf affiliation. Both the PGA Tour and LIV Golf have been lobbying in Washington D.C. to state their case against the other. LIV Golf also filed its own antitrust suit against the PGA Tour in September, and the tour subsequently countersued, alleging that LIV Golf was anticompetitive because of its restrictive player contracts.

☆ U.S. FDA panel votes against Spectrum's lung cancer drug
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Signage is seen outside of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, U.S., August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File PhotoSept 22 (Reuters) - Advisers to the U.S Food and Drug Administration on Thursday voted against recommending Spectrum Pharmaceuticals' (SPPI.O) experimental drug for the treatment of patients with a form of non-small cell lung cancer. The FDA panel voted 9 to 4 against the oral drug, poziotinib, citing marginal efficacy, high level of toxicities, and lack of dose optimization. Poziotinib is intended to treat non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with a rare genetic mutation that affects 2-4% of total patients with NSCLC. There is no prior FDA-approved treatment for the rare lung cancer, and the patients suffering from the disease are given treatments similar to those with non-small cell lung cancer without the mutation.

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