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☆ Dawn Staley: South Carolina’s three titles in seven years speak volumes of coach’s remarkable tenure
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Ben Morse | Sarah Sidner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Caitlin Clark’s last dance in the NCAA dominated conversation ahead of Sunday’s women’s national championship game. Could the Iowa star cap off her historic time in college basketball with the final and so-far elusive accolade: a national title? Staley celebrates winning her third national title. After a year in Syracuse, she transferred to South Carolina in 2021, playing back-up to Boston during the team’s 2022 national title run. South Carolina players credit Staley for helping their development on the court.

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☆ Trump clinches delegate majority for GOP presidential nomination, setting up Biden rematch
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Ben Kamisar | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Former US President and Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump arrives for a "Commit to Caucus" rally in Clinton, Iowa, on January 6, 2024. Former President Donald Trump has secured enough delegates to seal the Republican presidential nomination, NBC News projects, setting up a 2024 rematch with President Joe Biden, who clinched the Democratic nomination earlier Tuesday night. Trump came into Tuesday's contests in Georgia, Hawaii, Mississippi and Washington as the presumptive nominee after vanquishing all his primary opponents, while Biden faced little opposition in his primary. While Biden ran virtually unopposed on the Democratic side, Trump steamrolled through a Republican primary that included a handful of prominent politicians. He won all but two contests (Vermont and Washington, D.C.) through Tuesday and retained his grip on the Republican primary electorate in the process.

Persons: Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Trump, vanquishing, Biden, Nikki Haley, Trump's, Chris Christie, Asa Hutchinson, Will Hurd —, Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy —, Mike Pence, Haley, DeSantis Organizations: NBC News, Democratic, Former United Nations, Republican, Trump, D.C, New, New Jersey Gov, Arkansas Gov, Texas Rep, Florida Gov Locations: Clinton , Iowa, Georgia, Hawaii , Mississippi, Washington, Milwaukee, Vermont, New Jersey, Arkansas, Florida, Trump

☆ Supreme Court keeps Trump on Colorado ballot, rejecting 14th Amendment push
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( John Fritze | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“The Supreme Court had the opportunity in this case to exonerate Trump, and they chose not to do so. Using the 14th Amendment to derail Trump’s candidacy has always been seen as a legal longshot, but gained significant momentum with a win in Colorado’s top court in December, on its way to the US Supreme Court. But in Colorado, a series of decisions by state courts led to a case that Trump ultimately appealed to the US Supreme Court in January. The Colorado Supreme Court, on a sharply divided 4-3 vote, affirmed the findings about Trump’s role in the US Capitol attack but said that the ban did, in fact, apply to presidents. Trump is appealing, and a state court paused those proceedings while the Supreme Court dealt with the Colorado case.

Persons: Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Trump, John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh –, “, ” Trump, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Amy Coney Barrett, Steve Vladeck, Sotomayor, Kagan, Barrett, Jackson, ” SCOTUS, Trump’s, State Jena Griswold, ” Griswold, ”, Norma Anderson, Trump “, Roberts, Kavanaugh, lobbed, Jonathan Mitchell, Barack Obama, ” Kagan, Jason Murray, CNN’s Marshall Cohen, Devan Cole Organizations: CNN, GOP, Trump, University of Texas School of Law, US Capitol, Republican, Colorado, State, U.S, Democrats, Citizens, Colorado Supreme, Biden Locations: Colorado, Washington, U.S ., “ Colorado, Colorado’s, Maine and Illinois, Minnesota , Michigan , Massachusetts, Oregon, Maine, An Illinois, United States

☆ Takeaways: Trump scores big win in Colorado 14th Amendment ballot challenge
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( John Fritze | Devan Cole | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Those actions, the state court ruled, violated Section 3 of the 14th Amendment and left Trump ineligible to appear on the state’s ballot. Monday’s Supreme Court decision appeared certain to shut down those and other efforts to remove the frontrunner for the GOP nomination from the ballot. Supreme Court avoids insurrectionist debateThe Supreme Court’s opinion doesn’t directly address whether Trump’s actions on January 6 qualified as an “insurrection” – skirting an issue that the courts in Colorado wrestled with. “While the Supreme Court allowed Donald Trump back on the ballot on technical legal grounds, this was in no way a win for Trump,” Noah Bookbinder, the group’s president said. That decision, they said, wasn’t before the Supreme Court in the case and would “insulate all alleged insurrectionists” from future challenges.

Persons: Donald Trump, “, ”, Trump, –, Amy Coney Barrett, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Barrett, Trump’s, ” Noah Bookbinder, ’ Barrett, ” “, ” Barrett, – Sotomayor, Kagan, Jackson –, wasn’t, insurrectionists ” Organizations: CNN, Capitol, Trump, GOP, US Capitol, Liberal Locations: Colorado, Colorado’s, Maine, Illinois, Washington, The Colorado

☆ Why readers are falling for romantasy stories
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

But when it comes to the literary flavor that’s dominating readers’ attention in 2024, it’s clear: “Romantasy” reigns supreme. When romantasy protagonists (such as dragon-riders, fairies and fallen angels) aren’t busy saving their worlds, they’re falling deeply in love — often with someone they formerly considered an adversary (the “enemies-to-lovers” trope does big numbers with romantasy readers). Romantasy is breaking through among readers who previously didn’t browse the fantasy aisle — and delighting readers who’ve loved it for years. We talk to authors, experts, longtime fans and recent converts about why readers are flocking to romantasy stories, in which treacherous quests are punctuated by steamy trysts. It’s what bookseller and romantasy fan Gideon Ariel calls “Swiss Army lit” — a subgenre that all readers can enjoy, from longtime fantasy nerds to newcomers.

Persons: Romantasy, aren’t, —, ”, Sarah J, Maas, Rebecca Yarros ’, who’ve, steamy trysts, Taylor Su, CNN Romantasy, Frankie Diane Mallis, Yarros ’, Violet Sorrengail, Gideon Ariel, “, Ariel, romantasy, Diana Gabaldon, Nalini Singh, who’s, couldn’t, Stephanie Meyer’s, ’, Jennifer L, Armentrout, Mallis, TikTok, Patti McConville, I’ve, Gemma Todd, Jayashree Kamblé, ” Kamblé, ” Ariel, Beth Gabriel, ” Mallis, Yarros, Todd, “ Harry Potter ”, ” Todd, Gabriel, She’s, Tracy Deonn, ” Sarah J, ” Rebecca Yarros, ” Travis, ” Silvia Moreno, Garcia, ” Scarlett St, Clair, ” Jennifer L, Ash, ” Rebecca Ross, ” Tracy Deonn, ” Frankie Diane Mallis, ” Nalini Singh Organizations: CNN, New York Times, Arcadia University, Army, Guardian, Bloomsbury, LaGuardia Community College, International Association for, Milwaukee Public Library Locations: bibliophiles, Madison , Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Crescent, Yarros, Wisconsin

WASHINGTON (AP) — Just a quarter of business economists and analysts expect the United States to fall into recession this year. But respondents to a National Association of Business Economics survey released Monday still expect year-over-year inflation to exceed 2.5% -- above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target – through 2024. But the economy unexpectedly kept growing and employers kept hiring and resisting layoffs despite higher borrowing costs. The Fed has stopped raising rates and has signaled that it expects to reduce rates three times this year. Another 85% are worried about political instability in the United States before or after the Nov. 5 presidential election.

Persons: –, ’ ’, Sam Khater, Freddie Mac Organizations: WASHINGTON, National Association of Business Economics, Fed Locations: United States, China, U.S, Taiwan

Gaza City, Hamas' main stronghold in the territory, is encircled. Israel says its troops have advanced to the heart of the densely-populated city while Hamas says its fighters have inflicted heavy losses on the invading forces. Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said Israel had "one target - Hamas terrorists in Gaza, their infrastructure, their commanders, bunkers, communications rooms". Gallant, the Israeli defence minister, said that after the war was finished, neither Israel nor Hamas would rule Gaza. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said a humanitarian convoy came under fire in Gaza City on Tuesday.

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Gaza City, the Hamas militant group's main bastion in the territory, is now surrounded by Israeli forces. The military said troops have advanced to the heart of the city, while Hamas says its fighters have inflicted heavy losses. Air strikes had also killed a Hamas weapons maker, Mahsein Abu Zina, and several fighters, the Israeli military said. The Israeli military had told them they should move south of the Wadi Gaza wetlands along the main Salah al-Din Road. Hamas's armed wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, said its fighters had destroyed an Israeli tank in Gaza City.

Persons: General Guterres, Khan Younis, Mohammed Abu Daqa, Daniel Hagari, Mahsein Abu Zina, U.N, General Antonio Guterres, Christian Lindmeier, Mohammed Al, Masri, Rights Israel, Salah, Al Shifa, Israel's, Yahya Sinwar, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Nidal al, Angel, Emily Rose, Maayan, Rami Amichay, Matt Spetalnick, Michael Perry, Angus MacSwan, Mark Heinrich, Simon Cameron, Moore, Peter Graff, Alex Richardson Organizations: Jihad, Reuters NEXT, REUTERS, Rights, Hamas, Reuters, ABC, U.S, Thomson Locations: Israel, GAZA, JERUSALEM, Gaza, Palestinian, Iran, Geneva, Beach, Gaza City, Wadi Gaza, al, Washington, Israeli, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv

☆ Moments in the ‘Buy Nothing’ Life
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Michelle Madden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

We post on Buy Nothing in order to give. One man’s trash may be another’s “lucky futon.”In today’s Buy Nothing feed: a retro keyboard “up for grabs” gets 25 likes. Or, a retro keyboard is the one you’ve been searching for your whole life. Or, a retro keyboard is junk and should be disposed of in an ethical manner. Three tubes that I personally made available “if anybody has a use.” Yes, the tubes were expired, but “probably still fine,” I said.

Persons: ”, insensate, “ Locations: Los Angeles

Republican presidential candidate Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at the New Hampshire Republican Party's First in the Nation Leadership Summit in Nashua, New Hampshire, U.S., October 13, 2023. When Troy Scheuermann, a chiropractor in Van Buren County stood up to introduce DeSantis at a campaign stop in Keosauqua (pop. For farmer Lance Lillibridge of Benton County, Iowa, a personal touch from DeSantis, a politician not known for his warmth, is what secured his support. RURAL ROADSIn a recent three-day swing through Iowa, DeSantis traveled through Davis County (pop. The Trump campaign said it has identified 1,800 in-state volunteers to support the campaign, as well as 200 county chairs representing all 99 counties.

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☆ Israel needs to have a vision for Palestine besides just destroying Hamas: ex-CIA director
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

David Petraeus told CBS that Israel needs a vision for Palestine, besides annihilating Hamas. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementA former CIA director says Israel needs to have a vision for Palestine post-conflict, besides just vanquishing Hamas. On October 7, Hamas launched a terrorist attack on Israel, attacking Israel by land, air, and sea, killing hundreds of people in Israeli towns, military bases, and at a music festival.

Persons: David Petraeus, Petraeus, Israel, —, Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, It's, reoccupy Organizations: CBS, Service, CIA, Hamas, ISIS, US Army Locations: Israel, Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Gaza, Baghdad

☆ Uber drives further up the road to redemption
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Uber branding is seen on private hire vehicle parking rank at Chopin Airport in Warsaw, Poland, March 22, 2023. NEW YORK, Aug 1 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Uber Technologies (UBER.N) Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi is shifting the ride-hailing company into a higher gear, but investors are lagging behind. Uber shares fell almost 6% on Tuesday morning, taking some of the shine off a stock that has almost doubled since the beginning of the year. Khosrowshahi remains some way from his destination on the road to redemption. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.

Persons: Dara Khosrowshahi, Lyft, Tony Xu, Jennifer Saba, Aston Martin, Steve Cohen, Peter Thal Larsen, Sharon Lam Organizations: Chopin, NEW, Reuters, Technologies, Twitter, Thomson Locations: Warsaw, Poland, DoorDash, Khosrowshahi, Japan, India

☆ Jonas Vingegaard Wins Tour de France Again After Vanquishing His Rival
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( Kevin Draper | More About Kevin Draper | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

When Tadej Pogacar slipped behind Jonas Vingegaard on the Col de la Loze mountain pass through the Alps on Wednesday, eight kilometers and a world away from the top of the hot, punishing climb, it was only briefly unclear why. Pogacar’s own voice, over his team’s radio and broadcast on television during the Tour de France’s 17th stage, provided an immediate explanation for the rare sight of him being left behind like a mere mortal. “I’m dead.”It was an astonishing bit of television, a moment that will be replayed on every Tour broadcast for decades. Most of Pogacar’s teammates did not wait for him. Pogacar, the 24-year-old from Slovenia who usually rides with a smile on his face, perpetually unbothered, tufts of hair peeking out of his helmet, was gone.

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GRUENHEIDE, Germany, July 18 (Reuters) - Tesla (TSLA.O) on Tuesday sought to assuage Brandenburg state residents' concerns by holding a question-and-answer session on the EV maker's planned expansion that would make its local plant the biggest car factory in the country. Tesla, which currently produces around 5,000 cars a week, hopes to double the plant's production capacity to 1 million vehicles a year and add 50 gigawatt hours of battery production capacity, though it has not provided a timeline. While Volkswagen still holds the highest EV market share in the region, Tesla is making its mark. Tesla has long argued that the plant's impact is relatively low and referred to the benefits of EVs in combating climate change. "Water isn't a Tesla problem - it's a general problem," said 68-year-old local resident Matthias Handschick.

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☆ Ukraine’s counteroffensive is now underway. Here’s what’s happened so far
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Tim Lister | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russian forces has not yet gained the momentum that some overly optimistic observers anticipated. Still it is a formidable task: in the south especially, Ukrainian forces must conduct a frontal assault against deeply prepared defensive positions, and critically they lack air superiority. It’s worth noting that Russian units in one heavily-contested area – belonging to the 58th Combined Arms Army – are among the most effective in the military. Ukrainian units in the area have had to adapt, often breaking down into smaller groups that are less easily detected. Dmytro Kuleba, Ukrainian Foreign Minister, has said that if the offensive succeeds in expelling Russian forces from Ukrainian land, “It will be the last.

Persons: CNN —, pare, Volodymyr Zelensky’s, Mykhailo Podolyak, ”, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Yan Dobronosov, Matthew Schmidt, Staff Valery Gerasimov, Mick Ryan, don’t, Gerasimov, Valentyna, Alexander Ermochenko, Olga Maltseva, Schmidt, “, Richard Haas, Charles Kupchan, Dmytro Kuleba Organizations: CNN, CNN — Ukraine’s, Russian, Ukrainian Land Forces, University of New, Staff, Army, Air Force, Reuters, Separate Territorial Defense Brigade, “ Aviation, Getty, Kremlin Locations: Ukraine, Crimea, Donetsk, Russian, Bakhmut, Ukrainian, Kharkiv, “ Ukraine, University of New Haven, Washington, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Zaporizhzhia, AFP

May 30 (Reuters) - Jensen Huang, the chief of chipmaker Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O), has joined an elite list of tech executives to head a company worth $1 trillion. Nvidia shares have been on a tear, rising on stellar sales projections from a boom in artificial-intelligence workloads and components. Huang was born in Taiwan but moved to the United States as a child, earning engineering degrees at Oregon State University and Stanford University. In 1993 he founded Nvidia along with Curtis Priem and Chris Malachowsky, securing backing from Silicon Valley's Sequoia Capital and others. As companies further adopt AI, Nvidia could be one of the key beneficiaries.

Persons: Jensen Huang, Huang, Inc's, Jeff Bezos, ChatGPT, Curtis Priem, Chris Malachowsky, Andrew Ng, Yuvraj Malik, Samrhitha, Stephen Nellis, Matthew Lewis Organizations: Nvidia Corp, Nvidia, Oregon State University, Stanford University, Valley's Sequoia Capital, BET, INTEL, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Intel Corp, Logic Corp, Devices Inc, Alphabet Inc, Baidu Inc, HK, San, Thomson Locations: Taiwan, United States, Taipei, Bengaluru, San Francisco

☆ Koepka Wins P.G.A. Championship, Vanquishing Demons and Boosting LIV
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( Alan Blinder | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

By the end of last year, he had a swelling hunch that his recovery was nearly done and that he could, finally, be relevant again. “He is back to being healthy,” said Cameron Smith, who won the British Open last summer and then joined LIV later in the year. Championships in recent decades, often evoking the rigors of the 2008 competition at Oakland Hills in Michigan. Of the 156 players who competed this past week, only 11 finished below par — a departure from 2013, when the P.G.A. Championship was contested at Oak Hill and 21 players finished in the red.

Victory Day, celebrating the Soviet Union’s vanquishing of Nazi Germany in 1945, is Russia’s most important secular holiday, although it is toned down this year as the war in Ukraine drags on. More than 20 cities, some thousands of miles from the battle lines, said they would forgo military parades, and organizers canceled a popular nationwide march honoring veterans. Here’s a look at the significance the holiday has taken on during President Vladimir V. Putin’s two decades in power. Why does Victory Day matter so much? Mr. Putin has helped transform Victory Day — meant to honor the 27 million Soviets who died in World War II — into one of the most important holidays on the Russian calendar, a nostalgic ritual that buttresses national pride and unifies a sometimes divided society.

☆ Russian Mercenary Leader Threatens to Pull Forces From Bakhmut Next Week
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Neil Macfarquhar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

“These are Wagner guys who died today; the blood is still fresh,” Mr. Prigozhin said, in a speech marked by frequent bleeped-out expletives. The Wagner chief has long criticized Russian military leadership openly, with some analysts attributing the tensions to rivalries for President Vladimir V. Putin’s favor. Mr. Prigozhin has never pointed a finger directly at Mr. Putin over Russia’s setbacks in the war. In February, Mr. Prigozhin accused Mr. Shoigu and General Gerasimov of treason, claiming they were starving Wagner of ammunition. The problem for Wagner was not a lack of ammunition, Mr. Cherevaty said, but a shortage of people to fight and die.

☆ Wagner Leader Threatens to Pull Out of Bakhmut: Russia-Ukraine War Live News
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Matt Surman | Ivan Nechepurenko | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

☆ Biden's campaign is selling 'Dark Brandon' T-shirts to mark 2024 reelection announcement
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

His campaign is selling $32 T-shirts that include the "Dark Brandon" meme on them. The shirt is “best worn while vanquishing malarkey,” according to Biden’s campaign website. Biden's re-election campaign is selling a T-shirt that includes "Dark Brandon" imagery. "Dark Brandon is crushing it," wrote White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates on Twitter at the time. Since then, the Dark MAGA meme has largely fallen out of fashion on the right — possibly owing to the proliferation of "Dark Brandon."

The current situation could not be further removed from the last time debt ceiling episodes really spooked markets in 2011 and 2013. The Fed is expected to raise rates again in May and could still even tighten again in June if policymakers think inflation and growth data warrant it. "Some people may be building some debt ceiling risks into their monetary policy expectations," said Benson Durham, head of global policy at Piper Sandler. "The debt ceiling and monetary policy are going to be more intertwined in the coming months." chartThe debt ceiling is the maximum amount the U.S. government can borrow to meet its financial obligations.

☆ Inside Disney it's 'Revenge of the Creatives' and 'Shields Up!' against outside foes as returned CEO Bob Iger is taking no prisoners
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( Claire Atkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Since returning as Disney CEO, Bob Iger has vanquished foes and dumped many of predecessor Bob Chapek's hires. But it's a supercharged Bob Iger who is really taking command. "If I'm inside Bob's head coming back, after the downfall of Bob Chapek, this is all about taking no prisoners," said Will Schutte, a high-level executive coach. Disney World is scheduled to host a major conference on gay rights in September, according to the Miami Herald. Even if he wants to be the Bob Iger of old he can't be.

☆ Djokovic seeks normal service at Australian Open to match Nadal
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Shrivathsa Sridhar | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] Jan 12, 2023; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Novak Djokovic of Serbia hits a backhand during a practice session on Rod Laver Arena with his coach Goran Ivanisevic at Melbourne Park. Mandatory Credit: Mike Frey-USA TODAY SportsMELBOURNE, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic resumes his Grand Slam title race with Rafa Nadal next week at the Australian Open, returning to what was his happiest hunting ground before the ugly controversy which led to his absence last year. While Roland Garros has been Nadal's domain for nearly two decades, Melbourne Park is almost as much for Djokovic, with the world number five capturing nine titles and holding an 82-6 record since 2007. Djokovic has also proven to be unbeatable in Australian Open semi-finals and finals with 9-0 records in both, making him the automatic favourite anytime he enjoys a deep run. The injury withdrawal of world number one and U.S. Open champion Carlos Alcaraz robbed the year's first Grand Slam of a genuine title contender.

Private insurance and Medicare cover eight at-home tests a monthSince January, the Biden administration has required private insurers and Medicare to cover up to eight at-home tests per month. Free at-home tests from the government are no longer availableThe federal program that distributed up to 16 free at-home tests to households through the mail ended Sept. 2 because of a lack of congressional funding. At-home tests (also known as antigen tests), meanwhile, rarely give false positives but can give false negatives, even if someone is symptomatic. For other people, Covid tests never come back positive even though they feel sick and were exposed to the virus. In a study of college athletes with Covid, meanwhile, 27% still tested positive one week after their first positive tests.

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