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☆ Nikki Haley Can’t Count on South Carolina’s Newcomers for Help
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Jonathan Weisman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After Nikki Haley’s disappointing finishes in Iowa and New Hampshire earlier this year, she promised she would storm back in the next big Republican primary to deliver “a great day in South Carolina,” the state where she was born and raised and where she occupied the governor’s mansion for six years. South Carolina has, since 2017, had a net gain of 372,000 new residents who are old enough to vote. That means that nearly 10 percent of the current electorate did not experience Ms. Haley’s state leadership. South Carolina beat out Florida and Texas last year to be the fastest-growing state in the country. And the largest contingent of new South Carolinians hails from New York and New Jersey, many of them bringing with them an affection for the Republican front-runner, former President Donald J. Trump.

Persons: Nikki Haley’s, Donald J, Trump’s, Carolinians, Trump Organizations: Republican, South Carolina, United Nations, South Locations: Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Florida, Texas, New York, New Jersey

☆ Nikki Haley Goes After Trump and Biden in ‘Grumpy Old Men’ Campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Jazmine Ulloa | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Two curmudgeonly old rivals, reclusive spendthrifts, are marching toward a showdown that a lot of people really wish wasn’t happening. If that is the plot of a slapstick comedy, it’s also the latest knock from Nikki Haley on former President Donald J. Trump and President Biden as she fights for oxygen ahead of the Republican primary in South Carolina on Feb. 24. In a new series titled “Grumpy Old Men,” the Haley campaign on Wednesday plans to start unveiling online videos, digital ads and voter emails that will underscore the ways in which Ms. Haley has argued that the two party front-runners are alike. It also follows her more aggressive posturing toward Mr. Trump as the two head into a heated face-off in South Carolina, the state where she was born and raised, and which she led as governor. Attacks on Mr. Biden’s age did not play well during the 2020 Democratic presidential primary.

Persons: spendthrifts, it’s, Nikki Haley, Donald J, Trump, Biden, Haley, “, Profligate, ’ Organizations: Republican, Democratic Locations: South Carolina, Iowa

5 p.m. Search for a speakeasy in a former prison complexThe handling of colonial-era buildings — which can be painful reminders of oppression — is fraught in Hong Kong. One reimagined site is Tai Kwun , a 19th-century prison and police station in the city center, which was converted into a public arts compound in 2018. Make a game of seeking out 001 , a speakeasy behind an unmarked black door, hidden in a maze of walkways (Tai Kwun employees will help you find it, if you ask). Once you’re inside, reward yourself for the search with an Earl Grey martini (158 dollars). Use Tai Kwun’s app for self-guided tours of the compound — some focus on architecture; others highlight the best spots for photos.

Persons: Tai Kwun, Earl Grey Organizations: Kwun, Tai Kwun Locations: Hong Kong, Tai

PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Rosalynn Carter will receive her final farewells Wednesday in the same tiny town where she was born and that served as a home base as she and her husband, former President Jimmy Carter, climbed to the White House and spent four decades thereafter as global humanitarians. Coming from that town of about 600 — then and now — Rosalynn Carter became a global figure whose “effort changed lives,” her grandson said. But there is a wooden cross that Jimmy Carter fashioned in his woodshop and offering plates that he turned on his lathe. Church members, who are included in the invitation-only congregation, rarely talk of ”President Carter” or “Mrs. Her hearse will pass Plains Methodist Church where she married young Navy Lt. Jimmy Carter in 1946.

Persons: — Rosalynn Carter, Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter, ”, Jason Carter, Jimmy Carter's, Rosalynn, Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, Carter ”, Mrs, Carter, Mr, Jimmy ” Organizations: White, Maranatha Baptist Church, The Carter Center, Glenn Memorial Church, Maranatha, Methodist, Secret Service Locations: Ga, Plains, Americus, Atlanta, America, U.S, Methodist Church, American

Adelson, 78, is a medical doctor and widow of Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire founder and owner of Las Vegas Sands who died in 2021. Adelson and her family own the Las Vegas Sands and Las Vegas Review-Journal, Nevada’s largest newspaper. It's doubtful Adelson would try to move the Mavericks to Las Vegas, especially since Cuban will retain responsibility over basketball operations. “There’s no doubt that there’s enormous interest in this (Las Vegas) market,” Silver said at the time. Silver will also likely address the potential sale at the In-Season Tournament in Las Vegas when he speaks there during the Dec. 7-9 weekend.

Persons: — Mark Cuban, MIRIAM ADELSON, Adelson, Sheldon Adelson, Patrick Dumont, Israel Hayom, Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Adam Silver, ” Silver, Greg Abbott, Tilman Fertitta, ”, Trump, “, Silver, Tim Reynolds, Ken Ritter, Paul Weber, ___ Organizations: LAS VEGAS, Dallas Mavericks, WHO, Las Vegas Sands, Sands, Las Vegas, Nevada’s, Republican Party, Vegas Sands, Expo, Apollo Global Management, NFL Raiders, Raiders, Bank of America, Mavericks, Cuban, NBA, TEXAS, Texas Sands, GOP, Capitol, Republican Gov, Texas Legislature, Texas GOP, Republican, NBC, Governors, Pro Locations: Las Vegas, Las, U.S, Oakland , California, Vegas, Texas, Austin , Texas

☆ She Once Won Eurovision. Now She’s on Russia’s Wanted List.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Ivan Nechepurenko | More About Ivan Nechepurenko | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 after a popular uprising ousted a Russia-leaning president in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. Jamala won the Eurovision song contest in 2016 with a song dedicated to the Crimean Tatars who were deported in the 1940s after they were accused of cooperating with Nazi Germany. Her ancestors were deported to Central Asia, where she was born. “It happened in 1944, and then in 2014, and now again,” she said. In 1954, the peninsula was transferred from Russian to Ukrainian authority within the Soviet Union.

Persons: Jamala, ” Jamala, Volodymyr Zelensky, ” Organizations: Tatars, Soviet Union, Ukraine — Locations: Ukrainian, Crimean, Soviet Union, Russia, Crimea, Ukraine, Kyiv, Nazi Germany, Central Asia, Russian, Soviet, Moscow

☆ Wall Street and money moved into South Florida, driving up prices. Now some residents want to move out.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Kelsey Neubauer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

They're looking to nearby smaller cities in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. They're picking places like Knoxville, Tennessee; Greenville, South Carolina; Huntsville, Alabama; and Asheville, North Carolina; which she collectively refers to as "the Villes." AdvertisementAdvertisementWhy CEOs moved their lives — and their businesses — to FloridaWall Street moved to South Florida in droves in 2020 and 2021. Billionaire hedge-fund CEOs — like Citadel's Ken Griffin — paid record-shattering amounts for South Florida homes , added offices, and moved their businesses there entirely from New York, Chicago, and Silicon Valley. They bought a 2,400-square-foot, four-bedroom home on an acre of land for the same price in Greenville, South Carolina.

Persons: —, There's, Nicole Panesso, Holly Meyer Lucas, Meyer Lucas, Ken Griffin —, Brian Guzman, Guzman, Jonathan Miller, Ken Griffin, PATRICK T, FALLON, It's, Larry Ellison, Miller, Michael Bordenaro, Greg May, Marcia Straub, Keller Williams, Jill Cody, she's, Ryan Wilson, Jami, Alexander Spatari, Jami Wilson Organizations: Service, Sunshine State, Census Bureau, Orlando, Coral, Fort Myers, Florida Wall, Billionaire, Guzman Advisory Partners, Getty, West Palm Beach, Florida Atlantic University, Silicon, Oracle, South, South Florida metros, Fortune, Miami, Homes, Army Locations: Florida, Greenville, Knoxville, South Florida, Chattanooga , Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina , Georgia, Tennessee, Knoxville , Tennessee, Greenville , South Carolina, Huntsville , Alabama, Asheville , North Carolina, Realtor.com, Asheville, Miami, Gulf Coast, New York, Chicago, Silicon, West Palm, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach, Texas, North Carolina, Greensboro, Fort

I really do,” Lake told an adoring crowd of Michigan Republicans gathering last month on Mackinac Island. Lake will launch a U.S. Senate campaign for an Arizona seat in a splashy Scottsdale rally on Tuesday, having never conceded that she lost last year's race for Arizona governor. She is trying out new messages and courting the support of national Republicans she’s insulted in the past. That worries some Republicans who fear she will cost them a race that could decide control of the Senate. But Lake became a national figure on the far right with her television appearances and her defense of Trump's election falsehoods.

Persons: — Kari Lake, Who's, ” Lake, Republicans she’s, Donald Trump, Kari Lake, ”, Chris Baker, Kentucky Sen, Mitch McConnell, Lake, she's, Sen, Kyrsten Sinema, Sinema, Ruben Gallego, Steve Daines, Daines, Trump, Steve Bannon, John McCain, Katie Hobbs, Stephen Richer, Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb, Lake demurred, “, McConnell, Chuck Schumer, Schumer, It’s, Ted Cruz, ’, Steve Peoples, Linley Sanders Organizations: PHOENIX, Michigan Republicans, U.S, Senate, Arizona, Republicans, Kentucky, National Republican, GOP, U.S . Rep, Democratic, National Republican Senatorial Committee, “, Associated Press, AP VoteCast, Trump, Arizona Supreme, Republican, Arizona Republicans, Pinal County Sheriff, September's Republican, Democrats, AP, McConnell Locations: Michigan, Mackinac, Arizona, Scottsdale, an Arizona, Montana, Washington, California, America, ”, Phoenix, Iowa, Maricopa County, Pinal County, Ted Cruz of Texas, New York

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will be among those delivering remarks at Thursday’s memorial for the late U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the steps of San Francisco City Hall, where she served as the city’s first female mayor. She wasn’t afraid to go after what she wanted,” said Lawanda Carter, 48, of San Francisco. Former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, also of San Francisco, and Mayor London Breed were among the officials who paid their respects. Gavin Newsom, himself a former San Francisco mayor, and former California Gov. She steered San Francisco through the HIV and AIDS crisis, bringing attention to an epidemic ignored by President Ronald Reagan.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Chuck Schumer, Sen, Dianne Feinstein, Feinstein, ”, Lawanda Carter, ” Carter, Feinstein’s, Nancy Pelosi, Adam Russell, Joe Biden, Pelosi, Feinstein's, Eileen Mariano, Gavin Newsom, Jerry Brown, Barbara Boxer, ” Feinstein, George Moscone, Harvey Milk, Georgia Otterson, Feinstein wasn’t, “, Joan Baez, ” Otterson, Ronald Reagan, —, Newsom —, Breed, ” Breed, Dorothy Hudson, Cari Donovan, ” Donovan, “ I’m, Randy Herschaft, Christopher Weber Organizations: FRANCISCO, —, San, San Francisco City Hall, City Hall, Former U.S, Mayor London Breed, D.C, San Francisco, California Gov, U.S, U.S . Senate, Supervisors, Democratic National Convention Locations: U.S, San Francisco, Washington, San, Georgia, Castro District, Francisco, ” San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles

Feinstein's body will lie in state in the City Hall rotunda, with everyone from elected leaders to city residents expected to say goodbye. San Francisco would not be San Francisco without her. She really is,” said Riley, who signed a condolence book for the late senator at City Hall Friday. Mourners can pay their respects from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.A memorial service will be held Thursday outside City Hall. —-Associated Press journalist Haven Daley in San Francisco and researcher Randy Herschaft in New York contributed to this report.

Persons: Sen, Dianne Feinstein, Feinstein, George Moscone, Harvey Milk, Ronald Reagan, —, Francisco's, Barbara Boxer, ” Feinstein, San Francisco Mayor London Breed, Breed, ” Breed, Terrence Riley, “, ”, Riley, Nancy Pelosi, Gavin Newsom —, John Konstin Sr, Pelosi, Kamala Harris, Chuck Schumer, Joe Biden, Haven Daley, Randy Herschaft Organizations: FRANCISCO, San Francisco City Hall, D.C, San Francisco, of Supervisors, City Hall, Democratic National Convention, U.S . Senate, San Francisco Mayor London, City, Gov, San, Democratic, Breed, Hall, U.S, Associated Press Locations: U.S, San Francisco, City, Washington, Francisco, California, New York

☆ ‘A disguised welcome …’ Review: Finding Home
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( Brian Seibert | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The performance is strongest when Kamuyu is dancing. When she asks audience members if they know what it feels like to be othered, the question is merely rhetorical. Instead of reaching out to the people in front of her, she talks back to absent villains of privilege. Responding to the colonialist sound of a documentary about the Kikuyu chief Wangu wa Makeri, Kamuyu asks vital questions about who gets to recount history and who gets to express opinions — vital questions that are commonplace and elementary. She ends with the facts of where she was born and where she now resides, and her dancing body suggests where she is most at home.

Persons: Wangu, Kamuyu, “, Wanjiru Kamuyu Organizations: clarion Locations: France, Africa

☆ The Making of an Ivy League President: Two Women’s Stories
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Martha Southgate | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

One Black, one white. In 1995, Ruth J. Simmons, the elder of the two, became the first Black president of Smith, one of the largest of the Seven Sisters colleges. But that wasn’t her last first; in 2001, she left Smith to take the helm at Brown University, making history again by virtue of both her race and her gender — the first Black woman to lead an Ivy League institution, which she did until 2012. In 2007, Drew Gilpin Faust was named the first woman president of Harvard University, a post she held until 2018. As the youngest of 12 children, she had a comparatively easier time because she was the baby of the family.

Persons: Drew Gilpin, Ruth J, Simmons, —, Smith, Drew Gilpin Faust, She’s, ”, Read, “, ” Simmons Organizations: Seven, Brown University, Ivy League, M University, Harvard University, American Locations: Texas, East Texas

☆ Queer people in history: Figures to know
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Leah Asmelash | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

To commemorate the month, CNN is highlighting five major LGBTQ elders – some who have passed on, and some who haven’t – highlighting their achievements. From a drag king who fought discrimination on the streets of New York to a famous mathematician who stood up to adversity despite legal limitations, here are five LGBTQ figures to know. Miss Major Griffin-GracyMiss Major in the film "Major," a documentary about her life and campaigns. But a year after Stonewall, Miss Major was arrested for robbery, landing her with a five-year prison sentence. Decades after her release, Miss Major spent time as the executive director of the Transgender Gender Variant Intersex Justice Project.

Persons: Bayard Rustin, Martin Luther King Jr, Patrick A, Burns, Rustin wasn’t, Rustin, King, Sen, Strom Thurmond, Gavin Newsom, Larry Kramer Larry Kramer, Catherine McGann, Larry Kramer, “, ”, Kramer, Anthony Fauci, Miss Major Griffin, Major, Marsha P, Johnson, Miss Major, Mama, Michelle V, Stormé DeLarverie, DeLarverie, White, “ That’s, Alan Turing, Alan Turing’s, Turing, it’s Organizations: CNN, New York Times Co, Getty, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, California Gov, Village Voice, AIDS, Centers for Disease Control, ACT UP, AIDS Coalition, National Institute of Allergy, Miss, Stonewall, New York Times, Physical Laboratory Locations: New York, India, Montgomery, Washington, Chicago, Greenwich, New Orleans, England

☆ This startup wants to curb fast fashion by helping you rent out your closet
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Cait Freda | In Caitfreda | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

By Rotation, a U.K.-based clothing rental app, hopes to eliminate the need for fast fashion by making peer-to-peer clothing rental mainstream in the United States. Individual users decide if they are willing to ship their items to users in other states. Despite the expected growth, online fashion rental and resale has proven to be a difficult business, especially on Wall Street. As the app grows, the startup is taking steps to ensure renters are trustworthy and lenders' items are protected from damage. "I wanted to wear nice clothes on my holiday and I thought about renting but there was no sort of digital fashion rental player here in the U.K. or even Europe," she said.

Persons: Eshita Kabra, Davies, Uber, we've, Kabra, Randi Wood, Wood, Martha Petrocheilos, Esther Gross, Ester Gross Organizations: Research, European Environment Agency, Marathon Asset Management Locations: U.K, United States, New York City, U.S, London, Los Angeles, Mexico, Rajasthan, India, Europe, Africa, Asia, New York

☆ Palestinian-American authors bring their culture to the heart of children's books
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( Alaa Elassar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

Today, Moushabeck, 36, is part of a burgeoning movement of Palestinian-American authors publishing children’s books in English with Palestinians as the main characters. Letting Palestinian children be childrenDespite recent strides in the arts, Palestinian-Americans, along with other Arab-Americans, are still woefully underrepresented in books. Between 2018 to 2022, the Cooperative Children’s Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Education found that less than 1% of children’s and young adult books released by US publishers were about Arabs. The books also feature activities related to Palestinian culture, including a recipe for hummus and a tutorial for tatreez, traditional Palestinian embroidery. Bishara, whose own family was expelled from the Galilee in 1948, says it’s important to teach Palestinian children raised in diaspora about every aspect of Palestinian culture and history, including those that cause great pain.

☆ Pocket-sized Pearl is the world's shortest dog
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The two-year-old chihuahua, who measures around the same length as a dollar bill, has been named the world’s shortest dog by Guinness World Records. Born in Florida on September 1 2020, Pearl is shorter than a Popsicle stick at just 3.59 inches tall. Pearl is related to previous record holder Miracle Milly, who measured 3.8 inches tall. Pearl’s mother is one of Milly’s identical sisters, according to Guinness World Records. Guinness World RecordsPearl was recently unveiled on “Lo Show Dei Record,” Guinness’ TV talent show in Italy.

☆ With travel nurses making $150 an hour, hospital systems are forced to innovate
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-28 | by ( Bertha Coombs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

She set her sights on a job at St. Peter's Health Partners hospital in Albany, New York, and landed a position in the same maternity ward where she was born. Staff shortagesThe pandemic has exacerbated nursing staff shortages and resulted in contract nursing rates surging during successive waves of Covid infections. That amounted to three times the national average for full-time staff nurses. As hospitals have become increasingly reliant on contract nurses, travel nurse expenditures have risen more than 250% since the start of the pandemic. With more than 30,000 registered nurses in its system, nearly 1 in 10 of Trinity's nurses currently work through First Choice.

☆ Oksana Masters Had a Difficult Path to Athletic Triumph
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( Emily Bobrow | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

“A lot of people have no idea that I was living in a car right before Sochi”—the 2014 Winter Games, when she took home a silver and a bronze for cross-country skiing. Her 17 medals are also for rowing, cycling and the biathlon. “People see me now, but they don’t see the hard parts that came before,” she says. That is why she decided to write her new memoir, “The Hard Parts,” out Feb. 21. It also covers her formative years in several abusive orphanages in Ukraine, where she was born with webbed fingers, one kidney and no weight-bearing bones below the knees.

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