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☆ A Covid-19 memorial website, The WhoWeLost Project, offers pandemic mourners a digital safe space
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-18 | by ( Ashley Williams | Ashley R. Williams | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

A year ago, the World Health Organization declared an end to Covid-19 as a global public health emergency. On the fourth anniversary of Settle’s death – and driven by a need to mourn – Koenig wrote about his former partner on the Covid-19 remembrance website WhoWeLost. Greenwald expanded the website nationally after a 2021 story on the website from an NPR affiliate garnered widespread praise. “I think the need for the site, in a way, is larger because less people are paying attention (to Covid-19),” Greenwald told CNN. They can write those stories down here.”New York City resident Wiandy Santiago’s 65-year-old brother Wilmard Santiago died of Covid-19 in April 2020, a week after being placed on a ventilator.

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☆ From Taylor Swift tickets to gasoline — these days everyone feels like they’re being price-gouged. Are they?
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-18 | by ( Elisabeth Buchwald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Taylor Swift performs onstage during "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" at SoFi Stadium on August 09, 2023 in Inglewood, California. At the core of the increasingly common accusation of price gouging is the sense that the consumer is being exploited. Price gouging is in the eye of the bidderGavin Roberts, chair of Weber State University’s economics department and who studies the effect of anti-price gouging laws, said the laws themselves often don’t define what price gouging is. Corporations charging as much as they can, as painful as it may be for consumers, doesn’t mean they’re necessarily price gouging, said Roberts. Steven Suranovic, an economics professor at George Washington University who has also published research on price gouging, sees it differently.

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☆ US intelligence sees Russia step up disinformation campaign against Ukraine’s Zelensky
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Alex Marquardt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Russia has stepped up its disinformation efforts to discredit Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and raise questions about his legitimacy in recent months, US intelligence agencies have observed. Russia has spread disinformation about Zelensky since before the war started but recent intelligence shows “it’s definitely increasing,” the official said. The administration has also imposed sanctions against individuals and entities connected with Russian disinformation. Both Ukraine and Russia have been involved in disinformation efforts against each other for years. “Not only have we seen these disinformation efforts increasing but we also expect them to continue to increase.”

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☆ ‘Gavin and Stacey’ final episode will air this Christmas, James Corden announces
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Catherine Nicholls | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

London CNN —The beloved British sitcom “Gavin and Stacey” will be returning for its final episode this Christmas, James Corden, who co-writes and stars in the show, announced on Friday. We have finished writing the last ever episode of Gavin and Stacey,” Corden posted to Instagram, signing the announcement with his co-writer Ruth Jones. Love Ruth and James.”Joanna Page, who plays the show’s titular Stacey Shipman, also posted the news to Instagram, writing “O my god it’s happening!!! !”James Corden announced the final "Gavin and Stacey" episode by posting a photo of himself and Ruth Jones holding the script for the finale. The show’s 2024 finale will air on BBC One and iPlayer on Christmas Day, the BBC confirmed.

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Provoked Violence, Unchecked for Hours The New York Times used videos filmed by journalists, witnesses and protesters to analyze hours of clashes — and a delayed police response — at a pro-Palestinian encampment on Tuesday. On Tuesday night, violence erupted at an encampment that pro-Palestinian protesters had set up on April 25. The videos showed counterprotesters attacking students in the pro-Palestinian encampment for several hours, including beating them with sticks, using chemical sprays and launching fireworks as weapons. The melee began when a group of counterprotesters started tearing away metal barriers that had been in place to cordon off pro-Palestinian protesters. 12:26 a.m.Sean Beckner-Carmitchel via ReutersAt times, counterprotesters swarmed individuals — sometimes a group descended on a single person.

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☆ Turkey Halts Trade With Israel as Relations Deteriorate
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Gulsin Harman | Ben Hubbard | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

Peaceful protest is. Vandalism, trespassing, breaking windows, shutting down campuses, forcing the cancellation of classes and graduations — none of this is a peaceful protest. Threatening people, intimidating people, instilling fear in people is not peaceful protest. “Vandalism, trespassing, breaking windows, shutting down campuses, forcing the cancellation of classes and graduations — none of this is a peaceful protest. Peaceful protest is.”In calming some in his party, though, Mr. Biden took heat from others on the political left.

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☆ Florida’s 6-week abortion ban set to take effect this week
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Deidre Mcphillips | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —A stricter abortion law is set to take effect in Florida on Wednesday — dropping the state’s 15-week ban to a six-week ban — and it will likely affect thousands of people seeking abortion care within the first month alone. In Texas, the number of abortions provided within the formal health-care system dropped by about half after a six-week abortion ban took effect in 2021, and there were thousands more births than expected in the following year. Florida will join Georgia and South Carolina with a six-week ban. The Tampa Bay Abortion Fund anticipates that at least 90% of people who call their hotline will be impacted by a six-week abortion ban and will need to seek abortion care outside of Florida. The six-week ban will only exacerbate those barriers in the cruelest fashion,” Kris Lawler, president of the Tampa Bay Abortion Fund Board said in a statement.

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☆ Opinion | I’m a Young Conservative, and I Want My Party to Lead the Fight Against Climate Change
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Benji Backer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Not that long ago, Republican presidents were carrying out the Clean Air and Water Acts, creating the Environmental Protection Agency, expanding the National Park System and even initiating the country’s most authoritative report on climate change, the National Climate Assessment. Many of today’s Republican leaders stoke fear and anger by mocking the most divisive climate activists while claiming that every environmental solution is a radical one. If they’re not doing that, Republicans can often be found on the sidelines and disengaged from the issue completely. Instead of continuing the environmental legacy they were once known for, they have ceded the fight against climate change to Democrats, putting themselves on the wrong side of history. In other words, Donald Trump’s denial of climate change probably cost him the White House.

Persons: they’re, Biden, Donald Trump’s, Gavin Newsom Organizations: Environmental Protection Agency, Park System, Republican, stoke, University of Colorado, Democratic Party, Green Locations: Boulder, California

☆ Clear lets people skip the line at the airport. California lawmakers want to change it
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Clear is a service that lets people skip the security line at airports with nothing but a biometric scan and $189. Clear, a publicly-traded security company, lets members jump the line at airports, sports, concerts and other venues. About 10% of California travelers are Clear members, according to a legislative analysis of the bill. The bill, which appears to be the first in the United States, won’t block Clear at California airports, Newman said. But Clear, and major airlines like Delta, California airports, and business groups like the California Chamber of Commerce oppose the bill.

Persons: Gavin Newsom, ” Sen, Josh Newman, ” Newman, Newman Organizations: New, New York CNN, Transportation Committee, California, Assembly, Gov, Transportation Security Administration, TSA, CNN, Travelers, ” Clear, Association of Flight, American Federation of Government Employees, California Chamber, Commerce, Airports, Committee Locations: New York, California, haves, United States, Delta

☆ A San Francisco neighborhood threw a mini-festival to celebrate a public toilet that cost $200,000 instead of $1.7 million
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

San Francisco celebrated a new public loo with a mini-carnival complete with games, lemonade, and a live band. The public toilet initially cost $1.7 million with a multi-year deadline but had its price slashed to $200,000. AdvertisementThe scandal over a public toilet in San Francisco that cost $1.7 million has ended in celebration after the new loo opened on Monday with a much-discounted price tag of $200,000. That's according to The New York Times, CBS News, and The San Francisco Chronicle, who sent reporters down to the toilet's launch in the Noe Valley Town Square. AdvertisementCity officials said they were weighed down by high construction costs in San Francisco, as well as the need for environmental reviews and checks from multiple commissions.

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☆ Live Updates: Supreme Court Considers How Far Cities Can Police Homelessness
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Abbie Vansickle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Gavin Newsom of California ordinarily have little in common. One is a conservative think tank in Arizona, the other a Democrat leading one of the nation’s most liberal states. On Monday, the Supreme Court will consider an Oregon case that could reshape homelessness policy nationally. On its face, The City of Grants Pass v. Johnson asks how far cities can constitutionally go to restrict sleeping and camping in parks and on sidewalks. Advocates for homeless people, the American Psychiatric Association and several left-leaning states, including New York, Illinois and Minnesota, argue that criminalizing homelessness only worsens the problem.

Persons: Gavin Newsom, Johnson, Daniel Bress, Timothy Sandefur, ”, Newsom, “ Organizations: Goldwater Institute, Gov, Democrat, ., Appeals, Ninth Circuit, Democratic, Republican, American Psychiatric Association, Circuit, Arizona State Capitol, ”, ‘ Raiders Locations: California, Grants, Arizona, Oregon, The City, San Francisco, New York , Illinois, Minnesota, Phoenix, Oakland

☆ Top 10 U.S. cities for eco-conscious living—they're almost all on the West Coast
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Celia Fernandez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

In honor of Earth Month, realtyhop ranked the greenest U.S. cities for homebuyers. The report evaluated each city based on the following criteria: SustainabilityPolicy and infrastructureEnergyEnvironmentAffordability Overall, the study found that the majority of the greenest cities are on the West Coast — five are in California alone. Portland, Oregon is the greenest city in AmericaWith a total score of 62.34, Portland, Oregon took the No. The city uses green streets, eco-roofs, trees and more to manage the stormwater. Top 10 greenest cities in AmericaPortland, Ore. Washington, D.C. San Francisco, Calif. Seattle, Wash. Oakland, Calif. Spokane, Wash. New York, N.Y. Sacramento, Calif. San Diego, Calif. San Jose, Calif.

Persons: realtyhop, Gavin Newsom, Jordan Organizations: Earth, Energy, Coast, CNBC, Portland, Jordan Siemens, Getty, Environmental Services, Calif, D.C, Washington D.C, Istock Locations: U.S, homebuyers, California, Portland , Oregon, America, realtyhop, Portland, America Portland, Ore . Washington ,, San Francisco, Calif, Seattle, Wash . Oakland, Calif . Spokane, Wash . New York, N.Y, Sacramento, San Diego, San Jose, Washington

☆ Witnesses to Sydney Mall Stabbing Describe Harrowing Scenes
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( John Yoon | Isabella Kwai | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Witnesses to the stabbings at a mall in a Sydney, Australia, on Saturday described a scene of terror as shoppers fled from the knife-wielding man or huddled in stores as panic spread through the shopping center. Others ran out, screaming as they passed by bodies on the floor. When Gavin Lockhart, 37, saw people running as he sat inside a coffee shop at the mall, there was a moment of confusion. Then, Mr. Dunkley recounted, he saw a police officer attempt to stop the assailant. When the officer told the man to put his knife down, he lunged toward her with his weapon, the cafe owner said.

Persons: blared, Gavin Lockhart, ”, “ He’s, Michael Dunkley, Dunkley, “, Mr Locations: Sydney, Australia

☆ Overlooked No More: Lizzie Magie, the Unknown Inventor Behind Monopoly
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Gavin Edwards | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. In 1933, he copyrighted the game, Monopoly, as his own invention and began selling it in toy stores and department stores. It also made Darrow a millionaire. But credit for the idea behind it should not have been his. Rather, it belonged to a woman from Illinois with a versatile résumé that included writing, acting, engineering and working as a stenographer: Lizzie Magie.

Persons: Charles Darrow, Darrow, Lizzie Magie Organizations: Times Locations: Philadelphia, Illinois

☆ Ocean Heat Has Shattered Records for More Than a Year. What’s Happening?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Delger Erdenesanaa | The New York Times | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The ocean has now broken temperature records every day for more than a year. And so far, 2024 has continued 2023’s trend of beating previous records by wide margins. In fact, the whole planet has been hot for months, according to many different data sets. “There’s no ambiguity about the data,” said Gavin Schmidt, a climatologist and the director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. “So really, it’s a question of attribution.”Understanding what specific physical processes are behind these temperature records will help scientists improve their climate models and better predict temperatures in the future.

Persons: “, ”, Gavin Schmidt Organizations: NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, European Union

☆ Jim Cramer shares his thoughts on 5 stocks: Molson Coors, Freeport-McMoRan, Nike, Cisco and American Eagle
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Matthew J. Belvedere | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Molson Coors : Goldman Sachs upgraded the beer maker to a buy rating and raised its price target to $75 per share from $66. Jim Cramer said Tuesday beer retailers shuffle their shelf space allocations "twice a year." Freeport-McMoRan : Bank of America started the international mining company with a buy rating due to high-quality copper leverage and exposure to gold, which has been making new highs. "But that does mean you don't expect a bounce back" in Nike shares. American Eagle Outfitters : JPMorgan upgrades the specialty retailer's shares to a buy-equivalent overweight rating.

Persons: Jim Cramer's, Goldman Sachs, Jim Cramer, Cramer, Gavin Hattersley, Goldman, Piper Sandler's Organizations: CNBC, Club, Molson Coors, TAP, Modelo, Constellation Brands, Bank of America, Nike, Cisco Systems, Deutsche Bank, Eagle Outfitters, JPMorgan Locations: Corona, Freeport, McMoRan

☆ Making a TikTok layoff video 'is insanely risky for future job prospects' says ex-Google recruiter
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

On Jan. 9, TikToker Brittany Pietsch posted a video of her layoff from tech company Cloudflare. The video went viral, with various outlets weighing in both on how the company handled the layoff and Pietsch's choice to post it at all. "I documented my layoff because at that point I was already very active on TikTok," she tells Make It. "I think that this is insanely risky for future job prospects," says Nolan Church, former Google recruiter and current CEO of salary data company FairComp. You could still make a measured, professional post in that moment, but it would be just as easy to get emotional.

Persons: Brittany Pietsch, She's, Joni Bonnemort, Bonnemort, It's, Nolan Church, Phoebe Gavin, Gavin, they're Organizations: Google Locations: Utah

☆ San Quentin State Prison: Running provides a new lease of life for inmates
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Amy Woodyatt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Set up in 2005, San Quentin’s running club meets regularly and is run entirely by volunteer coaches from Marin County’s Tamalpa Running Club, who come from outside the facility to share their expertize and time with aspiring runners in the prison. For the most part, it’s poverty mixed with a lack of opportunity,” Thomas tells CNN Sport. “It hurt me inside because he was more like a mentor to me,” Taylor tells CNN Sport. That helped me in my recovery and transformation in my life,” Taylor, known as “Markelle the Gazelle” because of his athletic prowess, explains. “But there’s two million people in prison,” Thomas adds.

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☆ Florida’s 6-week abortion ban could displace thousands each month in a region where access is already severely limited
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Deidre Mcphillips | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —A six-week ban on abortion set to take effect in Florida next month will severely limit abortion access in a state that is one of the country’s most populous and one that has become a key access point amid widespread restrictions in the region. In South Carolina, there was a 70% decrease in abortions just one month after the state enforced a six-week limit. Florida will join Georgia and South Carolina with a six-week ban. “This six-week ban leaves an even narrower window for people to access care, and I think it’s going to be too late for so many. “We plan to remain open and continue to provide abortion care as long as we can,” she said.

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☆ Californians could pay $200 more a year for their Starbucks habit
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

At Starbucks, where each store is corporately owned, increased prices took effect as soon as the new law did, BI found. AdvertisementA roughly 15% price increaseBI found prices on Starbucks menu items increased from $0.50 to as much as $1.00 by comparing previous receipts to current prices. Others lamented that their typical order increased by a dollar or more. Baristas bear the brunt"As if we don't get harassed enough," a Starbucks barista posted on Reddit along with pictures of new signage reflecting the higher menu costs. Representatives for Starbucks United, which represents unionized Starbucks employees, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

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☆ Trump hush-money judge expands gag order to ban attacks on judge's daughter
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewDonald Trump's New York hush-money judge on Monday expanded his gag order to bar statements about the judge's daughter. Merchan's gag order was made public just four hours later. AdvertisementA gag with loopholesIt barred Trump from making statements about witnesses, jurors, case prosecutors, and court staff. A day after the gag, on March 27, Trump amped up his Truth Social attacks on Merchan's daughter, this time mentioning her by name. Trump falsely claimed that the daughter had a profile picture on her X account depicting Trump behind bars.

Persons: —, Donald Trump's, Trump, Juan Merchan, Prosecutors, Trump's, Stormy Daniels, Michael Cohen, Daniels, gagging Trump, Loren Merchan, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Hakeem Jeffries, Gavin Newsom, Attorney Alvin Bragg Organizations: Service, Business, New, Prosecutors, Trump, California Gov, Super Liberal Democrat, Merchan, Attorney Locations: York, Chicago, Manhattan

Starting Monday, fast-food workers in California at chains with more than 60 national locations earn $20 an hour, higher than the state's broader minimum wage of $16 per hour. California pay is already highwatch nowWhile the new fast-food minimum wage is among the highest in the U.S., California employers are used to paying more for their labor. Even when it is not mandated, restaurants usually find themselves paying more than the minimum wage to attract hourly workers. As a full-service restaurant chain, the company won't be obligated to pay its California workers $20 an hour. Advocates prepare to go biggerFrom start to finish, the California law, which was backed by the Service Employees International Union, has been controversial.

Persons: David Paul Morris, Gavin Newsom, Matthew Haller, Daniel Zhao, Zhao, Lauren Crabbe, she's, Crabbe, Matthew Clark, Jennifer B, Perez, I'm, it's, Newsom, Greg Flynn, Flynn Organizations: McDonald's Corp, Bloomberg, Getty, International Franchise Association, CNBC, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Service Employees International Union, Gov, SEIU Locations: Oakland , California, U.S, California, , California, Fresno, San Francisco, Long Beach

☆ For Disney, Small Shareholders Loom Large in Boardroom Fight
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Brooks Barnes | Lauren Hirsch | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Gavin Doyle used allowance money in 2009, when he was 11, to buy a few shares of Disney stock. He now owns a little over 400 shares — barely enough to be a speck of dust in the Disney investor galaxy. “I guess every vote matters,” said Mr. Doyle, 26, who runs MickeyVisit, a blog unaffiliated with Disney that focuses on theme park vacation planning. Powerful institutional investors like mutual funds and index funds typically run the show. But Disney finds itself in an atypical situation as it scrambles to thwart Nelson Peltz, an activist investor who is seeking two board seats, including one for himself.

Persons: Gavin Doyle, ”, Doyle, Nelson Peltz Organizations: Disney

☆ Defense asks hush-money judge to let Trump continue verbally attacking the judge's daughter
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Trump and Manhattan prosecutors are arguing over the scope of this week's hush-money gag order. AdvertisementLawyers for Donald Trump made an extraordinary request in his hush-money case on Friday: they want state Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan to affirm that Tuesday's gag order lets Trump continue verbally attacking the judge's progressive daughter. Their motion, if allowed, would ask the judge to "direct that defendant immediately desist from attacks on family members." The next step in this battle over Trump's hush-money gag order is now in Merchan's court, so to speak. Alternately, he could expand or clarify the gag order to protect family members, and deny further motions on the topic.

Persons: Trump, —, Donald Trump, Juan Merchan, Merchan, Loren Merchan, Joshua Steinglass, Steinglass, Susan Necheles, Todd Blanche, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Bragg, Trump's, Biden, Harris, Hakeem Jeffries, Gavin Newsom, — he'll Organizations: Trump, Prosecutors, Service, Social, Democratic, Attorney, California Gov Locations: Manhattan, Chicago

☆ Leader of Northern Ireland’s main pro-union party resigns after police charges
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Catherine Nicholls | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), Northern Ireland’s main pro-union party, is stepping down after he was charged with “allegations of an historical nature,” the DUP announced on Friday. “Detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland arrested and charged a 61-year-old man for non-recent sexual offences,” the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) statement said. Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill said Friday her “priority” was to “continue to provide the leadership the public expect and deserve” following Donaldson’s resignation. Under his leadership, the DUP refused to participate in Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government in protest over post-Brexit trading rules. The DUP announced on Friday it had unanimously appointed Gavin Robinson as interim party leader.

Persons: Jeffrey Donaldson, Mr Donaldson, “, Donaldson, Michelle O’Neill, ”, O’Neill, Sinn Fein, Emma Little, ” Donaldson, Gavin Robinson Organizations: CNN, Democratic Unionist Party, DUP, Northern Ireland’s, Party, Party Officers, Police Service of Northern Ireland, Police Service of Northern, Facebook, Northern Irish, United, Ulster Unionist Party Locations: Northern, Police Service of Northern Ireland, Newry, Ireland, Northern Ireland

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