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Bill Nye the CNNThe massive solar storm could present “a real danger,” especially with the modern world relying so much on electricity, according to Bill Nye the Science Guy, a science educator and engineer. In comparison to tonight's event, Nye drew comparisons with another incident in 1859, known as the Carrington Event, when telegraph communications were severely affected. “The other thing, everybody, that is a real danger to our technological society, different from 1859, is how much we depend on electricity and our electronics and so on,” Nye said. "None of us really in the developed world could go very long without electricity." He noted that there are systems in place to minimize the impact, but “stuff might go wrong,” stressing that not all transformers are equipped to withstand such a solar event.

Persons: Bill Nye, Science Guy, Nye, ” Nye Organizations: CNN, Science

☆ Haiti crisis: Transitional government names new council president, proposes interim prime minister
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Hira Humayun | Tara John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A transitional council responsible for choosing Haiti’s next leadership has named one of its members as council president and proposed a new interim prime minister amid efforts to control the gang violence in the Caribbean nation. The council, which is responsible for paving the way for elections and addressing the country’s deteriorating security situation, on Tuesday named Edgard Leblanc Fils as its president and proposed former sports minister Fritz Bélizaire as new interim prime minister. It is tasked with the responsibility of naming a new prime minister and cabinet. The country’s former prime minister, Ariel Henry, resigned last week as the council was sworn in and the former finance minister, Michael Patrick Boisvert, has been filling the role on a temporary basis. One of the gangs’ leaders, Vitel’homme Innocent, told CNN recently that if the gangs do not get a seat, they would try other means.

Persons: Haiti’s, Edgard Leblanc Fils, Fritz Bélizaire, Ariel Henry, Michael Patrick Boisvert, Vitel’homme Innocent Organizations: CNN, Caribbean, UN Locations: Caribbean, Haiti

☆ Chicago Museum Says Investigators Have No Evidence Art Was Looted
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Graham Bowley | Tom Mashberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Art Institute of Chicago has rebuffed an attempt by New York investigators to seize an Egon Schiele drawing in its collection, asserting in a strongly-worded 132-page court filing that the investigators have produced no evidence that the artwork was looted by the Nazis as they claim. The drawing, “Russian War Prisoner,” was purchased by the Art Institute in 1966. It is one of a number of works by Schiele that ended up in the hands of museums and collectors and have been sought by the heirs of the collector Fritz Grünbaum, a Jewish cabaret entertainer from Vienna who was murdered in a Nazi concentration camp in 1941. In a court filing in February, the Manhattan district attorney’s office accused the museum of ignoring evidence of an elaborate fraud undertaken to conceal that the artwork had been stolen by the Nazis on the eve of World War II. But the museum in its filing on Tuesday argued that the drawing had legitimately passed from Grünbaum to his sister-in-law, who had sold it to a Swiss dealer after the war in 1956.

Persons: Egon Schiele, ”, Schiele, Fritz Grünbaum Organizations: Art Institute of Chicago, Art Institute Locations: New York, Vienna, Manhattan, Grünbaum, Swiss

☆ What is cloud seeding and does it work?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Mary Gilbert | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Officials at the country’s National Center of Meteorology have been cited as saying the rain was not caused by cloud seeding. Here’s what to know about cloud seeding. What is cloud seeding? Cloud seeding is a weather modification concept that attempts to draw more rain or snow out of a cloud than would occur naturally. Does cloud seeding work?

Persons: hasn’t, ” Daniel Swain, ” Swain, Rachel Ramirez, Angela Fritz Organizations: CNN, United, National, of Meteorology, Aircraft, UCLA, National Academies of Sciences, United Arab Locations: Dubai, United Arab Emirates, UAE, China, Oman, Iran, Gulf of Oman

☆ Haiti establishes transitional ruling council amid crisis
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Michael Rios | Mariya Knight | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —A transitional council responsible for choosing Haiti’s next leadership has been established after weeks of uncertainty, according to a decree published in Haiti’s official state journal. The move comes a month after Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced he would step down once the council is inaugurated and names a new prime minister and cabinet. The council, composed of seven voting members and two non-voting observers, is tasked with choosing and appointing a new prime minister as well as an “impartial” electoral council, the decree reads. “The establishment of the nine-member broad-based, politically inclusive Council signals the possibility of a new beginning for Haiti,” the statement read. CARICOM, which worked with Haiti last month to develop a framework for the transitional council, said there are still challenges ahead, but that it would support Haiti as it determines its future.

Persons: Haiti’s, Ariel Henry, Fritz Alphonse Jean, Louis Gérald Gilles, Edgard Leblanc Fils, Emmanuel Vertilaire, Smith Augustin, Lesly Voltaire, Laurent Saint Cyr, Frinel Joseph, Régine Abraham Organizations: CNN, Haitian, Caribbean Locations: Haiti

☆ Rare 4.8-magnitude earthquake leaves little damage after rattling Northeast
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Ray Sanchez | Alaa Elassar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

She found her neighbors describing the same rattling, realizing they had experienced an earthquake in a suburb about 20 miles east of New York City. New York City Mayor Eric Adams urged New Yorkers to "go about their normal day.” Brittainy Newman/APUSGS said the earthquake occurred at 10:23 a.m. Three neighboring homes in Newark, New Jersey, were evacuated after residents reported structural damage, according to the city’s public safety director. Good quality New York moment.”In Jersey City, New Jersey, Kristina Fiore was sitting at her desk in her apartment when her building shook for a few seconds. The epicenter was just northeast of Lebanon, New Jersey, less than 50 miles west of New York City, according to the USGS.

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Waldi, the official mascot of the 1972 Olympics, was modeled on a dachshund called Fritz (the real dog in the middle). Courtesy Kerstin Schwartz“The sausage dog is part of Germany’s cultural heritage,” Marion Michelet, chairwoman from the Deutscher Teckelklub Berlin-Brandenburg kennel club and owner of a dachshund called Pepper, told CNN Wednesday. Michelet told CNN that the “abnormalities of the skeletal system” could be seen as a ban on breeding for “any significant size deviation from wolves,” which are the ancestor of all modern-day dogs. Germany’s agriculture ministry denied that the new draft bill would amount to a ban on particular breeds, including the sausage dog. “For 136 years we have not changed our standard breeding practices.”“If the breeding ban happens it would have a significant impact” on dog breeders like her, she said, adding: “I hope it won’t come to that.”

Persons: CNN —, Snoopy, Fritz, Napoleon Bonaparte, Germany’s, Kaiser Wilhelm II, “ Erdmann, ”, Pablo Picasso, Le Chien, Germany's, Kerstin Schwartz, ” Marion Michelet, Pepper, Michelet Organizations: CNN, German Kennel, Bettmann, Olympic, Deutscher Teckelklub Locations: Germany, Brandenburg, Berlin

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Members of a transitional presidential council who will be responsible for selecting a new prime minister issued their first official statement on Wednesday, pledging to restore “public and democratic order” in Haiti. Photos You Should See View All 60 ImagesIn recent days, the violence has been largely focused on downtown Port-au-Prince. Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who remains locked out of Haiti, has said he would resign once the council is formally established. It is imperative that the entire nation comes together to overcome this crisis for the well-being of all and a future better for our country,” the council members said. Smith recently replaced former nominee, Dominique Dupuy, a UNESCO ambassador, who announced Sunday that she was resigning following political attacks and death threats.

Persons: “, ”, Ariel Henry, Fritz Alphonse Jean, Leslie Voltaire, Fanmi Lavalas, Louis Gérald Gilles, Henry, Laurent Saint, Cyr, Edgard Leblanc Fils, Emmanuel Vertilaire, Augustin Smith, Frinel Joseph, Smith, Dominique Dupuy Organizations: PORT, —, Montana Accord, EDE, UNESCO Locations: Haiti, Port

☆ Doctors are turning medical generative AI into a booming business
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

"There isn't a better place to be," Kenneth Harper, general manager of DAX Copilot at Microsoft, told CNBC in an interview. At HIMSS, Stanford Health Care announced it is deploying DAX Copilot across its entire enterprise. Gary Fritz, chief of applications at Stanford Health Care, said the organization had initially started by testing the tool within its exam rooms. Dr. Christopher Sharp, chief medical information officer at Stanford Health Care and one of the physicians who tested DAX Copilot, said it is "remarkably seamless" to use. Fritz said it is still early in the product life cycle, and Stanford Health Care is still working out exactly what deployment will look like.

Persons: Suki, Shiv Rao, Athenahealth, Kenneth Harper, DAX Copilot, DAX, Harper, Gary Fritz, Fritz, Dr, Christopher Sharp, Sharp Organizations: Companies, CNBC, HIMSS, Microsoft, Stanford Health Care, Stanford Locations: Orlando , Florida, HIMSS

☆ It's no wonder why 'Zone of Interest' earned 2 Oscars. It showed us the Holocaust like never before.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Mathias Döpfner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

The images and sounds from A24's "Zone of Interest," which has earned a little over $24 million at the global box office, have haunted me since that weekend. AdvertisementUnlike most Holocaust films, Jonathan Glazer, the director of "The Zone of Interest," tells the story from the perpetrators' — and thus the murderers' — perspective. More precisely, he tells the story of Rudolf Höss, the camp commander of Auschwitz, one of the worst criminals of National Socialism. 'Zone of Interest' perfectly captures a life with no loveA still from "The Zone of Interest." Shortly after the meeting, the Höss family once again goes swimming in the river.

Persons: Axel Springer, Mathias Döpfner, Jonathan Glazer, —, Palme, Martin Amis, Rudolf Höss, Hedwig Höss, Rudolf, it's Rudolf Höss, Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller, loveless, Hedwig, It's, Kurt Prüfer, Fritz Sander, Höss, Nora Mattaliano, Glazer, Queen, Mica Levi, resound, Höss strolls, Hannah Arendt, Eichmann Organizations: Service, Höss, Wannsee Conference, Holocaust, Museum Locations: WELT, Cannes, Auschwitz, Erfurt, Euphemistic, Berlin, Polish, Washington

☆ Not Your Grandpa’s Military Surplus
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Charles W. Mcfarlane | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On a chilly afternoon in February, Logan McGrath and Mack Fritz were preparing to shoot a video advertising the green Austrian army fatigue shirts they were selling on Americana Pipedream Apparel, the online military surplus store Mr. McGrath started out of his parents’ basement in Appleton, Wis., three years ago. Tall laundry bins held hundreds of American military canteens and current-issue British camouflage uniforms and equipment. They collected Greek camouflage jackets, West German military patches and packages of vanilla poundcakes from American military rations, assembling them for orders. In the back of the warehouse, they sorted through pallets of surplus that had arrived from as far as Indonesia and Pakistan, including about 1,500 grayish-green Austrian KAZ-75 field shirts. Nearby Mr. McGrath and Mr. Fritz, both 21, worked on a video to market the shirts on their popular Instagram page.

Persons: Logan McGrath, Mack Fritz, McGrath, Post Malone, McGrath’s, Austrian KAZ, Fritz Organizations: Pipedream Apparel Locations: Appleton , Wis, German, Indonesia, Pakistan, Austrian

☆ This husband and wife are the biggest trolls on TikTok — and it pays
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Christi Fritz and her husband have gone viral on TikTok for cutting the soles off their shoes to go barefoot. Advertisement"My husband and I have removed the bottoms of all our shoes," Christi Fritz says in a voiceover of their most viral TikTok video, with 56 million views. "We decided to start walking barefoot," Christi explains. ("Grounding" or "earthing" is a Gwenyth Paltrow-endorsed practice meant to commune with nature by walking barefoot on the soil. In a follow-up to their viral barefoot video, the Fritzes stroll down the streets of downtown Cleveland barefoot and into the public library.

Persons: Christi Fritz, —, Seth Fritz, Christi, Paltrow, ike, y oung, ideo, ealth, iral Organizations: Service, ritz, ust

☆ Are these the most beautiful coffee shops in the world?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( David Tran | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

The Budapest Café is one of many eye-catching businesses featured in “Designing Coffee: New Coffee Places and Branding,” a coffee table book — no pun intended — that puts the world’s most photogenic, eccentric cafés and roasters on display. Its "bright, playful design and color palette transform a former dental office into a bustling and vibrant bakery café," Kingston writes in "Designing Coffee." In an increasingly competitive coffee industry, coffee shop owners are putting thoughts into how their spaces are designed. Across its ambience and menu, the Genovese Coffee House in Sydney offers Australian consumers an "espresso" ticket to Mediterranean café culture. Anson Smart/Genovese Coffee House/Courtesy gestaltenElsewhere, Genovese Coffee House (pictured above) in Sydney, Australia drew inspiration from Italian coffee culture.

Persons: James Morgan, they’re, Wes Anderson, Lani Kingston, Kingston, Mikhail Loskutov, Yuh Nguyen, Luca Rinaldi, Jamie Yelo, Urbain, Jin Weiqi, Marco Pinarelli, Julius, Damir Otegen, Karin Pasterer, Hernan Taboada, Carlos Artalejo, Xavier Alexander, Alexander, ”, “, ” Alexander, ” Kingston, David Dworkind, ” “, ’ ”, Fritz, K Kim, Angela Wijaya, Fritz Coffee, Ben Hamilton, Anson Smart, “ It’s Organizations: Budapest Cafe, CNN, Portland State University, Melrose, Rupertinum, Salzburg's Museum of Modern Art, Kingston, Fritz Coffee Company, Coffee House, Genovese Coffee, Coffee Locations: Budapest, Chengdu, China, Odessa, Ukraine, Hanoi, Vietnam, Milan, Italy, Taipei, Taiwan, Montréal, Canada, Beijing, Ho Chi Minh City, Central Highlands, Kyiv, Ukraine's, Hong Kong, Forme, Beirut, Lebanon, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Salzburg, Austria, 220GRAD, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Caffettiera, Montreal, Asia, Seoul, South Korea, Belfast, Los Angeles, California, Sydney, Australia

☆ US Constitution encasement vandalized with red powder at National Archives
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Angela Fritz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The National Archives in Washington, DC, closed early on Wednesday after two people dumped red powder on the display that protects the US Constitution, Archives officials said in a news release. “The Constitution was unaffected in its encasement. The individuals were immediately detained by security at the time of the incident, around 2:30 p.m., and officials are investigating, the Archives said. The National Archives Rotunda will remain closed for cleaning Thursday, the Archives said, but the rest of the National Archives Building will be open on its regular schedule. The Constitution is on permanent display as part of the “Charters of Freedom” exhibit showing the United States’ founding documents, along with the Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights.

Persons: Colleen Shogan, Vincent van Gogh’s, ”, Claude Monet, of, Alicia Jennings, Rashard Rose, Laura Paddison Organizations: CNN, Archives, United, National Locations: Washington , DC, Giverny, “, United States

A lawyer for the chief witness against Representative Matt Gaetz, Republican of Florida, said on Friday that the witness was cooperating with a House Ethics Committee investigation into whether Mr. Gaetz had sex with an underage girl while he was serving in Congress. Fritz Scheller, a lawyer for Mr. Gaetz’s former friend and political ally Joel Greenberg, said he provided documents to the committee that he said backed up his client’s claims that he witnessed Mr. Gaetz having sex with a 17-year-old girl. Greenberg has and will cooperate with any congressional request,” Mr. Scheller said in an email on Friday. Mr. Greenberg, who pleaded guilty in May 2021 to charges including sex trafficking, is serving an 11-year prison sentence. He had previously cooperated with a Justice Department investigation into whether Mr. Gaetz had engaged in sex trafficking of a minor, a federal offense that carries a minimum of 10 years in prison.

Persons: Matt Gaetz, Gaetz, Fritz Scheller, Gaetz’s, Joel Greenberg, “ Mr, Greenberg, ” Mr, Scheller, Mr Organizations: Republican, Justice Department Locations: Florida

LONDON (AP) — Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek clinched a spot for the United States in the Davis Cup Finals group round by winning the doubles match against Ukraine on Friday for an insurmountable 3-0 lead in the best-of-five-match qualifying series in Vilnius, Lithuania. Ram and Krajicek beat Illya Beloborodko and Oleksii Krutykh 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Ukraine was supposed to host the United States for these qualifying matches. Then eight teams will make it to the quarterfinals in Malaga, Spain, in November, when a champion will be determined. 1 Novak Djokovic); South Korea at Canada; Germany at Hungary; Switzerland at Netherlands; Portugal at Finland; and Brazil at Sweden.

Persons: — Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Ram, Krajicek, Illya Beloborodko, Bob Bryan's, Sebastian Korda, Krutykh, Chris Eubanks, Taylor Fritz, Viacheslav, “, ” Ram, Bryan, Novak Djokovic, ___ Organizations: Ukraine, SEB Arena, Italy Locations: United States, Vilnius, Lithuania, Ukraine, Russia, Australia, Spain, Malaga, Slovakia, Serbia, South Korea, Canada, Germany, Hungary, Switzerland, Netherlands, Portugal, Finland, Brazil, Sweden, Belgium, Croatia, Israel, Czech Republic, France, Taiwan, Kazakhstan, Argentina, Peru, Chile

☆ Frustrated by healthcare's failings, the rich are investing in biotech to live longer and healthier
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Hayley Cuccinello | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

AdvertisementWinter is part of a growing group of family office principals, including heirs like himself and first-generation entrepreneurs, who are making direct investments in pursuit of longer and healthier lives. They are in good company; longevity startups drew global investment of more than $5.2 billion in 2022 , according to a venture capital firm, Longevity Tech Fund, which used PitchBook data. She and some of her clients are investors in Maximon, a Switzerland-based longevity fund that includes "healthspan clinics" in its portfolio. Eric Becker, cofounder of wealth manager Cresset , and his two sons founded a family office and picked Blue Zone Foods as its first investment. Courtesy of CressetFor Becker, whose daughter died of leukemia at 21, and his family, longevity is not an abstract topic.

Persons: Maximilian Winter, doggedly, Lyme, Fritz Winter, Peter Thiel, There's, Peter Fioretti, David Sinclair, Kathrin Genovese, ultrarich, Genovese, Eric Becker, Cresset, Dan Yadegar, Becker, Johnny Walker Organizations: Longevity Tech Fund, Harmonix, Biotech, UBS, Winter's Harmonix Fund, Blue, Foods, Becker Venture Partners, Newpath Partners Locations: Santa Barbara, Quinta , California, Maximon, Switzerland, Zurich

☆ Lise Meitner helped discover nuclear fission but never won a Nobel Prize for her brilliance despite 49 nominations
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( Adam Barnes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In 1944, Hahn won a Nobel prize for the discovery. It led to the atomic bomb , nuclear power, and a Nobel Prize in 1944 for German chemist Otto Hahn. ullstein bild Dtl./Getty ImagesMeitner was well respected by other physicists — Einstein called her "our Marie Curie" — comparing her to the trail-blazing, two-time Nobel Prize winner. Left to right: Otto Hahn, Dr. Hartmann, Lise Meitner, Werner Heisenberg, and Theodor Heuss. AdvertisementOverlooked for the Nobel PrizeHahn was awarded the 1944 Nobel Prize in chemistry for the discovery of nuclear fission.

Persons: Lise Meitner, Otto Hahn, Hahn, Meitner, —, Hahn's, Marissa Moss, Meitner's, Moss, — Einstein, Marie Curie, Nazi Germany Meitner, Hartmann, Werner Heisenberg, Theodor Heuss, Hitler, " Moss, Fritz Strassman, Amanda Macias, Strassman, wasn't, Otto Frisch, Frisch, Strassmann, Enrico Fermi Organizations: Service, Business, Kaiser Wilhelm Institute, Physics Locations: Berlin, Austria, Nazi Germany, Germany, Sweden, Ba

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Coco Gauff beat Marta Kostyuk 7-6 (6), 6-7 (3), 6-2 in an error-strewn match at the Australian Open on Tuesday to claim a place in the semifinals. The fourth-ranked Gauff saved two set points as she came from 5-1 down to take the opening set on the tiebreaker but was pushed to a deciding set before clinching victory after 3 hours, eight minutes. Gauff hit 51 unforced errors, nine double faults and just 17 winners but survived to set up a meeting with defending champion Aryna Sabalenka or No. The American has now won 12 straight matches in Grand Slam tournaments after winning the U.S. Open last September. 1 Novak Djokovic is in action later, taking on Taylor Fritz for a place in the semifinals.

Persons: — Coco Gauff, Marta Kostyuk, Gauff, Aryna Sabalenka, Novak Djokovic, Taylor Fritz Organizations: U.S Locations: MELBOURNE, Australia

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic held off Taylor Fritz 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 in 3 3/4 hours to reach the Australian Open semifinals for the 11th time on Tuesday. After Fritz held in the 11th game, Djokovic was agitated and gesturing to get the attention of his support team, calling for salts. After all that resistance, though, Fritz was broken in the second game of the third set when Djokovic converted his 16th chance. He hit back immediately, converting his second break point with a forehand that clipped the net and dropped for a winner. Djokovic had beaten Fritz in straight sets in all but one of their previous eight encounters, including last year's U.S. Open quarterfinals.

Persons: — Novak Djokovic, Taylor Fritz, Djokovic, he’s, Andrey Rublev, Fritz, Taylor, ” Djokovic, Coco Gauff's, Marta Kostyuk, Aryna, ___ Organizations: Melbourne Park, U.S Locations: MELBOURNE, Australia, Ukraine

☆ Novak Djokovic defeats Taylor Fritz to reach 11th Australian Open semifinal
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Novak Djokovic continued his pursuit of a record-breaking 25th grand slam title with victory against Taylor Fritz in the Australian Open quarterfinals. Remarkably, Djokovic is now on a 33-match winning streak in Melbourne and remains on course to win an 11th Australian Open crown. Fritz, meanwhile – playing in his third grand slam quarterfinal and first at the Australian Open – engineered two set points at 6-5 only for the world No. After taking the first set in a tie break, Djokovic was immediately broken and trailed for the remainder of the second set as Fritz leveled the match. One daunting statistic for his next opponent: Djokovic has never lost any of his 10 previous semifinals at the Australian Open.

Persons: CNN — Novak Djokovic, Taylor Fritz, Djokovic, Opta, Monica Seles, “, ” Djokovic, Fritz, meanwhile –, ’, Julian Finney, Margaret Court, – Djokovic, Daniel Pockett, Andrey Rublev Organizations: CNN, Getty Locations: Melbourne, Australian

☆ Novak Djokovic drops just three games and equals Roger Federer record as he reaches Australian Open quarterfinals
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Novak Djokovic produced a stunning performance to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals with a 6-0 6-0 6-3 victory over France’s Adrian Mannarino on Sunday. It is the 58th time the Serb has reached the last eight of a grand slam, equaling Roger Federer’s all-time record. Taylor Fritz reached his first ever Australian Open quarterfinal. Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/AP“The last three games of the match I really, really turned it on, almost like [I] was in a trance and everything,” Fritz said afterwards, according to the tournament’s website. “Yeah, I definitely do forget my age a lot.”She become the youngest woman to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals since Agnieszka Radwanska in 2008, where she will face Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk.

Persons: CNN — Novak Djokovic, France’s Adrian Mannarino, Roger Federer’s, Djokovic, “, I’ve, ” Djokovic, Taylor Fritz, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Fritz, Asanka Brendon Ratnayake, ” Fritz, It’s, Coco Gauff, Poland’s Magdalena Frech, Magdalena Frech, Eloisa Lopez, Reuters Gauff’s, ”, Agnieszka Radwanska, Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk Organizations: CNN, ATP, Australian, Poland’s, Reuters

☆ Macy’s is laying off workers and closing five stores
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

David McLane/NY Daily News Archive/Getty Images The first Macy's store, on New York's Sixth Avenue, is seen circa 1880. New York Times Co./Hulton Archive/Getty Images Workers sort parcels at a Macy's store circa 1942. Fritz Goro/The LIFE Picture Collection/Shutterstock Women show dolls to children at a Macy's store around Christmas in 1942. Fred Morgan/NY Daily News Archive/Getty Images The Radio City Rockettes march in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1966. Amy Sussman/AP Images for Macy's This Macy's store in West Palm Beach, Florida, was one of dozens of stores that the company announced it would be closing in 2017.

Persons: David McLane, Santa Claus, Fritz Goro, Bernard Hoffman, Rita Hayworth's, Nina Leen, Fred Morgan, Paul DeMaria, Jean, Erick Pasquier, Monica Almeida, Chris Hondros, Timothy Fadek, Andrew Craft, Eric Thayer, Eduardo Munoz, Andrew Kelly, Amy Sussman, Joe Raedle, Charles Krupa, Gary Hershorn, Macy’s Organizations: New, New York CNN — Veteran, CNN, Street Journal, Commerce Department, NY, The New, Historical Society, of Congress, Santa, Bettmann, . New York Times Co, Hulton, Getty, Keystone, Herald, Macy, City, Workers, Fayetteville Observer, USA, Reuters Shoppers, Reuters, Saxon Middle School Choir, Downtown Burlington High School, Corbis Locations: New York, ., France, Fayetteville , North Carolina, Bay Shore , New York, West Palm Beach , Florida, Burlington , Vermont, New York City, Santa Claus

Djokovic, Norrie and Fruhvirtova were not prepared to blame the ever-changing types of tennis balls used year-round at the sport's highest levels, but they weren't necessarily ready to absolve that issue completely, either. He said when the ATP asks male players at the end of each season what they think can be improved about the sport, he always mentions the fluctuations among the fuzzy tennis balls. Ten brands of tennis balls — and 19 distinct types — were used across the WTA in 2023. "It does change week by week." One significant difference between tennis and some other sports is that surfaces change, prompting ball changes.

Persons: Novak, Cam Norrie, Brenda Fruhvirtova, Norrie, Fruhvirtova, “, Milos Raonic, Taylor Fritz, didn’t, I’ve, ” Fritz, “ It’s, It’s, it’s, Katie Boulter, Carlos Alcaraz, Fritz, Alcaraz, Victoria Azarenka, ” Azarenka, AP Sports Writers John Pye, Andrew Dampf, ___ Organizations: Australian, Melbourne Park, WTA, ATP, ”, Wimbledon, NHL, Major League Baseball, FIFA, U.S ., U.S, Victoria, AP Sports Writers Locations: California, Melbourne, British, Australia, Turin, Italy

☆ Ben Shelton: US tennis star doesn’t want to ‘put a ceiling’ on what he can achieve
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-12 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —About this time last year, Ben Shelton was an up-and-coming tennis player taking his first-ever trip outside the United States. It figures, then, that Shelton enters his second full season as a professional tennis player with weighty expectations. “There’s not one path for everybody, and I don’t think that my path is perfect, but it really worked for me,” says Shelton. I don’t feel like I have too many miles on my body yet.”On the court, Shelton is physical and powerful. I think I’m also more comfortable taking away time and coming forward to the net.

Persons: Ben Shelton, Shelton, ” Shelton, Skip, Novak Djokovic, Brad Gilbert, Andy Roddick, Frances Tiafoe, Geoff Burke, Reuters It’s, Roddick, Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul, coy, someone’s, ”, Aslan Karatsev, Kazuhiro Nogi, – Carlos Alcaraz, Coco Gauff, Emma Raducanu, – Shelton, “ There’s, “, haven’t, Scott Perelman, Bryan, Djokovic, Mike Stobe, Shelton – Organizations: CNN, CNN Sport, Melbourne, ATP, Reuters, Football, Japan, University of Florida, NCAA, Roddick, Georgia Tech Locations: United States, Australia, Japan, American, USA, AFP, Georgia, Florida, Tokyo, Swiss, tennis

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