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The 38-year-old actor-turned-race-car-driver was wandering through the Daytona International Speedway infield on Friday with no idea where to go. It was the latest round of confusion for Muniz, who had to wait until last week to announce his racing plans for 2024. Muniz, who competed in the entry-level ARCA Series last year, will try to make his Xfinity Series debut in the No. He led the ARCA Series points standings at times and finished fourth despite a number of mechanical issues late in the 20-race season. Muniz used a Hollywood head shot, complete with one hand resting on his chin, for the photo on his NASCAR credential.

Persons: — Frankie Muniz, Malcolm, Muniz, Ford, Joey Gase Racing, ” Muniz, wasn’t, “, ”, he’s, He’s, Jeff Gordon, ” Gordon, Jayson Williams, Cody Banks Organizations: DAYTONA, Daytona, Associated Press, Ford, ARCA, NASCAR, NASCAR Hall of Fame Locations: Fla, Scottsdale , Arizona

☆ ‘Your Fat Friend:’ New documentary turns unflinching gaze towards anti-fatness
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Rusty could barely bring himself to say the word “fat” when filming for the documentary first began six years earlier. Under the pseudonym “Your Fat Friend,” she began blogging anonymously, spotlighting these ways in which the world makes life harder for fat people. “Just say fat,” Gordon says in an accompanying voiceover, reading aloud one of her essays. “Just say fat,” Gordon says in a voiceover in the film. There’s space for my parents to grow and change, there’s space for the audience to grow and change,” Gordon says.

Persons: Aubrey Gordon, Rusty, “, ”, ” Gordon, Jeanie Finlay, Gordon, Jeanie Finlay “ It’s, sidelong, —, Phil Sharp, ” Finlay, “ It’s, Aubrey, — Pam, Rusty —, Pam grapples, ” Jeanie Finlay “, Gordon’s, Finlay, “ I’ve, Darren Aronofsky’s, Hal ” —, I’m, Roxane Gay, Aidy Bryant, Annie Easton, Fatphobia, Kate Manne, Desiree Burch, Julie Murphy, Jennifer Aniston Organizations: CNN, SNL, Cornell University, Netflix Locations: Europe, Canada, Oregon, proofread, London, Fatness

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Donald Trump amassed another win at a Republican caucus held Thursday in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where officials flouted several GOP party rules, including holding the contest earlier than allowed. The caucus is the third Republican contest held this election season with delegates at stake, with Trump receiving 73.98% of the votes and Nikki Haley 26.02%. In addition, any contest held before March 15 must award delegates proportionally, while the U.S. Virgin Islands did so via ranked-choice voting. “The Virgin Islands didn’t break any rules,” Ackley said. However, the Republican National Committee has said the U.S. Virgin Islands has four delegates.

Persons: — Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, ” Trump, Thomas, “, John, we've, ”, Valerie Stiles, Stiles, St . Croix, Trump, Chris Christie, Ron DeSantis, Perry Johnson, Vivek Ramaswamy, Haley, U.S . Virgin Islands, doesn’t, …, ” Gordon Ackley, ” Ackley, Stephen Ohlemacher Organizations: JUAN, Republican, U.S ., Trump, ”, Republicans, U.S . Virgin, “, Republican Party, Associated Press, GOP, National Convention, Republican National, U.S . Virgin Islands Locations: Puerto Rico, U.S, U.S . Virgin Islands, St, St . Croix, St ., Iowa , New Hampshire, Nevada, Nevada’s, Virgin, Iowa, Nevada , New Hampshire, South Carolina, Wisconsin, Washington ,

☆ Supreme Court steps into a minefield
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-07 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

“First in war — first in peace — and first in the hearts of his countrymen,” Lee wrote of Washington. Joe Biden is 81, the oldest president ever and one who is struggling with John Adams-level unpopularity. On Friday afternoon the US Supreme Court announced it would hear arguments on the case February 8. Trump responded by accusing Biden of “pathetic fearmongering.”It’s been three years since Trump supporters stormed the Capitol on January 6. The name came from a letter Gordon sent to a friend explaining “how she, as a 350-pound woman, would like to be addressed.”“Just say fat,” Gordon reads from her essay in the film.

Persons: George Washington, Henry “, Harry ” Lee, “, —, ” Lee, ”, John Adams, Adams, Joe Biden, Clay Jones, Donald Trump, George W, Bush, Biden, Trump, ” It’s, Harry Dunn, ” Dunn, Black, Cupp, won’t, Trump Lisa Benson, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Mary, DeSantis, Patrick T, Brown, “ Haley, Julian Zelizer, ” Zelizer, John Avlon, ” David Horsey, Laura Belin, Haley, Iowa David Mark, Rob Davidson, Peter Bergen, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Frida Ghitis, Benjamin Netanyahu “, ‘ We’re, ’, Netanyahu, Israel, ” Claudine Gay, Bill Bramhall, Claudine Gay, Jeremi Suri, Gay, ” Suri, Nick Anderson, OpenAI, Seán O’Connor, Mona Lisa ” —, O’Connor, ” “, ” Don’t, Dean Obeidallah, Dave Chappelle, J, Barber, Will Leitch, Sophia A, Nelson, Hollywood William Wallace, Tess Taylor, Jill Filipovic, Keir Giles, Aubrey Gordon, Sara Stewart, Gordon, Jeanie Finlay, ” Gordon, incredulously, ” Stewart Organizations: CNN, Washington, Supreme Court, Continental Army, Trump, Capitol, Capitol Police, Police, Biden, Republicans, New, GOP, Florida Gov, Twitter, Agency, ISIS, Hamas, New York Times, University of Texas, Ivy League, “, Harvard, MIT, University of Pennsylvania, Tribune, Microsoft Corp, West Locations: Washington, Florida, Valley Forge , Pennsylvania, Maryland, Iowa, New Hampshire, America, Beirut, Israel, Lebanese, Iran, Red, Sarajevo, Bergen, Gaza, Austin, Tokyo, Hollywood

☆ Ghost kitchens were supposed to revolutionize restaurants. They’re crashing
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

But ghost kitchens are now crashing. Ghost kitchens are stripped-down commercial kitchens with no dine-in option. Sometimes called cloud kitchens, dark kitchens or virtual kitchens, ghost kitchens fulfill online orders from delivery apps like Grubhub and Uber Eats. Ghost kitchens also offered big chains a way to test new menu concepts, items and brands at lower rents and with less labor. So restaurants have shut down their ghost kitchens and funding for the concept has dried up.

Persons: Uber, Pat Greenhouse, ”, John Gordon, ” Wendy’s, Travis Kalanick, Applebee’s, “, Stephen Zagor, ” John Gordon, Tiffany Hagler, Wendy’s, Kalanick’s CloudKitchens, ” Gordon Organizations: New, New York CNN, Big, Kroger, Reef Technology, Boston Globe, Technology, Wings, Columbia Business School, National Restaurant Association, Geard, Bloomberg, Getty, Butler Locations: New York, South Boston, Dobbs Ferry , New York, U.S

21 Oklahoma State rallied from an 18-point deficit to beat BYU 40-34 on Saturday, securing a spot in the Big 12 Championship game. It's been that kind of year for Oklahoma State — unpredictable but, ultimately, successful. Political Cartoons View All 1265 Images“We sure make it hard on ourselves to get to where we want to go,” Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said. Gordon’s 15-yard touchdown with 53 seconds remaining put Oklahoma State ahead 27-24, but BYU’s Simi Moala blocked the extra point. But they couldn't sustain drives for most of the second half, allowing Oklahoma State to rally.

Persons: State's, Ollie Gordon II, Trey Rucker, Isaac Rex, It's, Mike Gundy, ” Gundy, They’ve, Gordon, Barry Sanders, ” Gordon, they’ve, ” Alan Bowman, Leon Johnson III, Jake Retzlaff, Retzlaff, Kedon Slovis, Simi Moala, Will Ferrin, Gordon’s, Gordon's, Bowman, Rashod Owens, Eddie Heckard, Keelan Marion, Kalani Sitake, “, outgaining, QUOTABLE Gordon, ___ Organizations: BYU, Cowboys, Oklahoma State, Big, The Cowboys, Oklahoma, UCF, Houston, ” Oklahoma, Texas, T, Cougars, Ferrin, ”, College Football, AP Locations: STILLWATER, Okla, Oklahoma, South Alabama, ”, Arlington , Texas, “, “ Texas

They said the court clerk, in charge of helping jurors and ensuring the trial ran efficiently, also had private conversations with the jury foreperson and pressured jurors to come to a quick verdict. And she pressured jurors to reach a guilty verdict quickly so she could profit from it,” defense attorneys Jim Griffin and Dick Harpootlian wrote. Hill’s book discusses how her Christian faith helped her navigate the sudden fame and responsibility that came with the Murdaugh trial. She said she became convinced of Murdaugh’s guilt when jurors and court officials visited the family home where the shootings happened. “I was mostly concerned about Alex being found innocent when I knew in my heart he was guilty,” Hill wrote.

Persons: —, Alex Murdaugh, Rebecca Hill, Clifton Newman, Murdaugh, Hill, “, Jim Griffin, Dick Harpootlian, didn't, Neil Gordon, “ I’ve, ” Gordon, Alex, ” Hill, Murdaugh didn't Organizations: COLUMBIA, Hampton County Guardian, South Carolina Attorney General's Locations: South Carolina, Colleton, Southern, Hampton County

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kyle Larson looked like a natural turning his first laps in an IndyCar. “Like I said in (a Cup car) you'd be really tight in (turn) one, like you're off the gas. You'd be tight in (turn) two and then you would have better balance in (turns) three and four,” Larson said. “ This has way more downforce and speed than a Cup car, but the balance of all four corners felt way more similar than a stock car. At one point, Larson accidentally hit a button on the steering wheel that he said prevented the car from moving.

Persons: — Kyle Larson, Larson, “, ” Larson, ”, Arrow McLaren, Tony Kanaan, ” Kanaan, We're, Rick Hendrick, Jeff Gordon, Gordon, I'm, ” Gordon, Hendrick, Borg Organizations: INDIANAPOLIS, NASCAR, Indianapolis, Indy, Hendrick Motorsports, ”, Warner Trophy Locations: Indianapolis, Las Vegas

☆ A painting valued at $15,000 turned out to be by Rembrandt. It could now sell for $18 million
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

London CNN —A painting valued at $15,000 just two years ago is now expected to fetch up to $18 million at auction after being identified as the work of the Dutch master Rembrandt. Extensive tests revealed changes that Rembrandt had made to the painting. The examination, which involved x-rays and infrared imaging, as well as intensive discussions with leading Rembrandt scholars, led Sotheby’s to conclude the painting is “an autograph work by Rembrandt.” It now values the work at between £10 million and £15 million ($12.2 million-$18.3 million). Thereafter, the painting was “entirely overlooked and completely ignored in the Rembrandt literature,” according to Sothebys. “This sophisticated painting is in equal measure a product of Rembrandt’s brush and his intellect.

Persons: Rembrandt, “, J.C.H, Christie’s, Sotheby’s, ”, Jesus, George Gordon, Kurt Bauch, Gordon, ” Gordon Organizations: London CNN, Christie’s, Rembrandt, Sotheby’s, CNN Locations: Heldring, Amsterdam, Dutch, Sotheby’s, Leiden, Constantijn, Hong Kong, New York, Los Angeles, London

DE PERE, Wis. (AP) — John Gordon, an artist who as a young art student helped design the Green Bay Packers' distinctive “G” team logo, has died at age 83. Gordon died Saturday, said Matt Cotter, the owner of Cotter Funeral & Cremation Care in De Pere, Wisconsin. Within 24 hours, Gordon’s sketched design was approved and the Packers’ original logo was born. The original “G” as designed by Gordon was shaped like a football, but it has been modified over the years to the current oval “G." Gordon was a lifelong artist who taught art at Parkview Middle School in Ashwaubenon before becoming an adjunct professor of art at his alma mater, St. Norbert College.

Persons: — John Gordon, Gordon, Matt Cotter, Cotter, “, ” Gordon, Gerald “ Dad ” Braisher, Vince Lombardi, “ Dad, Vince, Lombardi, Gordon’s, John, Packer, Cliff Christl, Norbert College, Dianne, Joan Gordon Organizations: PERE, Green Bay Packers, St, Norbert College, Packers, of Fame, Parkview Middle School, Norbert, Faith Lutheran Church Locations: Wis, De Pere , Wisconsin, Green Bay, Ashwaubenon, St

☆ Stock market minnows are grabbing most of the world’s IPOs
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Anna Cooban | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The US is still the biggest single IPO market. It is now the world’s fourth-biggest IPO market when measured by the value of deals, totaling $3.2 billion so far this year, according to data provider Dealogic. Further south, the year-to-date value of IPO deals on Turkey’s Borsa Istanbul has hit $2.3 billion, more than double the value of deals on the London Stock Exchange. Not a ‘pretty picture’The United Kingdom’s IPO market is in more profound trouble, and the loss of the Arm IPO to New York stung. Kerr attributes the decline in the UK’s IPO scene partly to Brexit but also to the growing strength of stock exchanges in emerging markets.

Persons: EY, ” George Chan, Chan, you’ve, they’re, ”, Hidroelectrica, Michael M, Kevin Gordon, Charles Schwab, ” Gordon, Germany’s, Samuel Kerr, Kerr Organizations: London CNN, Nasdaq, CNN, Center, United Arab, Bucharest Stock Exchange, Turkey’s Borsa, London Stock Exchange, Tech, IPOs, New York Stock Exchange, Getty, Federal Reserve, United, Wall, “ Companies Locations: Turkey, Romania, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Hong Kong, United States, United Arab Emirates, China, Jakarta, Frankfurt, Paris, Romanian, Turkey’s Borsa Istanbul, Europe, New York, London

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — It took more than a day of flying, including two refueling stops, for Vice President Kamala Harris to reach this year’s summit of Southeast Asian countries. Political Cartoons on World Leaders View All 226 ImagesPolitical Cartoons View All 1146 ImagesThis was her third trip to Southeast Asia since taking office — Harris heads back to Washington on Thursday — and she's visited more countries here than any other region. Harris' approval ratings remain underwater, and her announcements in Southeast Asia tend to be counted in the millions of dollars rather than the billions. “Everybody works their own way.”Harris' travel to Southeast Asia began in her first year in office, when she visited Singapore and Vietnam, but the trip almost didn't happen. But she’s put in the work," said Gregory B. Poling, who directs the Southeast Asia program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Harris, ”, ” Harris, — Harris, she's, “, Jake Sullivan, Joe Biden’s, she’s, Sullivan, Dinna Prapto, Phil Gordon, ” Gordon, Gregory B, Poling, David Rothkopf, Bill Clinton, there’s “, Biden didn't, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, it’s, Edna Tarigan Organizations: United, Associated Press, Lowy Institute, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN, U.S, ”, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Economic Cooperation, AP Locations: JAKARTA, Indonesia, United States, Washington, Southeast Asia, China, Central America, Asia, Australia, Beijing, Jakarta, Singapore, Vietnam, Afghanistan, South China, Thailand, Philippines, U.S, Philippine, Palawan

☆ ‘Splash Spots’ Reinvent the Hydrant Spray Cap and Save Water
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( James Barron | More About James Barron | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

He and an industrial designer named Colin Kelly came up with four prototypes called Splash Spots that have eye appeal. The Fire Department worries about low water pressure when hydrants are open, a potentially serious problem when a call comes in and fire trucks go out. Sprinkler caps, which firehouses can make available on request, cut the flow to 25 to 30 gallons a minute, by Kelly’s calculations. Splash Spots send out about half that, and unlike the Fire Department’s sprinkler caps, they can be turned on and off, saving even more when a sprinkler is not needed. “I was out for a run over the July 4 weekend, and I passed a street with a hydrant with a spray cap,” Gordon said.

Persons: Colin Kelly, ”, Jeffrey LeFrancois, Kelly, ” Gordon Organizations: Chelsea, Management Association, Fire Department Foundation, Department Locations: Meatpacking

London CNN —A rising number of British stores are using a facial recognition system powered by artificial intelligence to identify repeat shoplifters in what one human rights group has called the spread of “airport-style security” on the high street. Human rights groups say this type of technology flouts people’s right to privacy and often makes mistakes. Facewatch also retains shoppers’ data for only two weeks — half the amount of time a regular “CCTV” security camera in the UK typically stores footage. But Gordon is confident Facewatch’s system doesn’t have any bias and stresses that it is supported by human staff who’ve been trained in facial recognition. Last month, the European Parliament agreed to ban the use of real-time, AI-powered facial recognition technology in public spaces.

Persons: Simon Gordon, “ We’re, ”, Stephen Bell, ” Gordon, flouts, Madeleine Stone, ’ Gordon, “, Facewatch, Stone that’s, you’re, Gordon, who’ve, They’re, Stone, Suzie Howell Organizations: London CNN, CNN, Big Brother Watch, “, British Retail Consortium, Big Brother, New York Times Locations: “, United Kingdom, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, United States, Bristol

☆ SlamBall: The sport ahead of its time is making a long-awaited comeback
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Thomas Schlachter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“SlamBall is special because it’s a brand that has lived on in social media in a really powerful way. Making its comeback for a 2023 summer league, SlamBall will be back on TV screens, via ESPN, and hopes to attract new viewers. The sport has lived on via social media clips of crazy moves. SlamBall LLCDreams becoming reality“I had this recurring dream all the time,” Gordon says of the origins of the sport. “Social media didn’t exist, Twitter didn’t exist, TikTok didn’t exist.”With incredible dunks like George Byrd's on Kevin Cassidy, SlamBall has huge viral potential.

Persons: Mason Gordon, SlamBall, ” Gordon, ”, Gordon, “, Gerard Gordeau, Taylor Wily, Markus Boesch, Stan “, ” Fletcher, Fletcher, ‘, Stan, Jim Heath, “ I’m, Fletcher’s SlamBall, Michael Jordan, Julius “ Dr, J ” Erving, Mike Tollin, SlamBall’s, Ben Peppi, George Byrd's, Kevin Cassidy, Pat Ecclesine, BringBackSlamBall, Pat Ecclesine ‘, “ There’s, it’s Organizations: CNN, NFL, NBA, MLB, MLS, CNN Sport, ESPN, UFC, Mandalay Sports Media, Twitter, ’ Locations: Las Vegas, Los Angeles

☆ Rubens painting ‘lost’ for centuries could sell for $7.7 million
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A Rubens painting lost to history and misidentified for almost 300 years has re-emerged with the help of X-ray analysis and could now fetch up to £6 million ($7.7 million) at auction next month. Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens completed “Saint Sebastian Tended by Two Angels” more than 400 years ago. X-Ray analysis revealed Rubens' changes to the painting. Sotheby'sAnalysis revealed changes beneath the final painting as Rubens sculpted and molded his design to perfection for the first time. Initially, for example, Rubens painted Saint Sebastian facing the other way while he omitted another arrow piercing the saint’s right thigh in the painting’s final form.

Persons: CNN —, Rubens, Peter Paul Rubens, “, Sebastian, George Gordon, Sotheby’s, ” Gordon, Ambrogio Spinola, “ Ambrogio Spinola, …, Spinola, ”, Gordon, Laurent de la, Saint Sebastian, “ Rubens Organizations: CNN Locations: Flemish, Italian, Italy, Antwerp, Missouri, French, Rome, London

☆ On the Denver Nuggets, the Role Players Get to Be Stars, Too
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( Tania Ganguli | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“So we just go with the hot guy.”Jokic is the engine that powers the Nuggets, but Gordon also called him “one of the most unselfish basketball players.” Jokic is averaging a triple-double in the playoffs, with 29.9 points, 13.2 rebounds and 10.1 assists per game. That happened on Saturday, in the Nuggets’ 119-108 win in Game 3 with the Lakers. Jokic had just 5 points and 2 rebounds at halftime, then got into foul trouble by committing his fourth less than halfway through the third quarter. That means somebody else has to step up.’ I think that’s something our team has done time and time again.”The Nuggets’ players have not just accepted roles that require them to defer to others, but embraced them in service of winning a championship. Jokic was the team’s only All-Star this year and no Nugget made an All-Defensive team; Jokic has never played with someone who made those teams while playing with him.

☆ The Masters were caddied by only Black men for nearly 50 years
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

Located just three miles from The Masters venue, the historically Black district lay adjacent to Augusta Country Club. Eventually, many would hop across Rae’s Creek to begin work at Augusta National. A “good bag” at Augusta National would pay up to $5, Maben said, offering $20 for a particularly lucrative day’s labor. The 1983 Masters saw the first White caddies walk the greens at the major, with just 19 Black caddies on the bag, Clayton said. This year, the Lucy Craft Laney Museum will put the legacy of Augusta’s Black caddies – quite literally – center stage.

Persons: Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Willie Peterson caddied Nicklaus ’, Nathaniel “, ” Avery, Peterson –, –, Augusta, Nicklaus, Peterson, Augusta caddies, Leon Maben, Lucy, Lucy Craft Laney, Ward Clayton, “, ” Palmer, ” Clayton, …, Maben, Jerry ” Beard, caddie, Fuzzy Zoeller, John P, caddying, Willie “ Pappy ” Stokes, Stokes, Henry Picard, Ben Hogan, Hogan, Beard, Zoeller, Augusta “, Clayton, ” Maben, ” Beard, Heinz Kluetmeier, Tommy “, ” Bennett, Woods, scalding, John H, Stovepipe ” Gordon, Frank “, ” Stokes, Matthew “ Shorty Mac ” Palmer, Avery’s, Gordon, Gene Sarazen, Sarazen, Willie “, Perteet, Dwight D, Eisenhower, ”, ’, ‘, We’re, caddies, Jim Crow, Ron Townsend, Lee Elder, Elder, Andy Lyons, Townsend, ” Carl Jackson, Ben Crenshaw, Jackson, Crenshaw, “ Gentle Ben ”, Watson, Jamie Squire, Harvey Penick, ” Jackson, you’re, Andrew Redington, Avery, Palmer, Augusta caddies – Stokes, It’s Organizations: CNN, Augusta National, Bettmann, Getty, Augusta Country, Lucy Craft, Lucy Craft Laney Museum of, . Augusta National, ”, Augusta, ESPN, National, PGA, Augusta Country Club Locations: Georgia, Cedar Grove, Sand, Black, Augusta, caddies, Clayton, America, ”, Perteet

A lawyer for Johnson & Johnson’s subsidiary said in a statement that the company would seek a rehearing of the panel’s decision by the full 3rd Circuit court. Gordon’s strategy worked in bankruptcy court but set up J&J for failure when it faced the 3rd Circuit appeals panel. Gordon, at the bankruptcy conference, described the lawsuits as “completely unmanageable” and a dire threat to J&J that could go on for decades. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals is expected to hear arguments in coming months on a challenge to the 3M subsidiary’s bankruptcy. The litigation, they asserted, should be allowed to proceed against Georgia-Pacific because the parent company did not file for bankruptcy.

“Embryo adoption is not a legal ‘adoption’ at all, at least in the sense of a traditional adoption which occurs after birth,” the National Embryo Donation Center says. Risks of multiplesSoutheastern Fertility, which partners with National Embryo Donation Center, thawed the embryos February 28. There’s about an 80% survival rate when thawing frozen embryos, experts say. I have to have them all.”Philip and Rachel Ridgeway had twins born from embryos that were frozen for about 30 years. Studies have found that 25% to 40% of frozen embryo transfers result in a live birth.

☆ Far-right extremist guided 'army' of rioters to Pelosi's office on Jan. 6 , prosecutors tell jury
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Ryan J. Reilly | Ryan J. Reilly Is A Justice Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

WASHINGTON — A far-right extremist charged with aiding and abetting the theft of a laptop from Nancy Pelosi's office during the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, "led an army" towards the House Speaker's suite, prosecutors told jurors during closing arguments on Wednesday. Video features her encouraging rioters to take a laptop inside Pelosi's office, and urging the mob to push up against officers inside the Capitol rotunda. Williams, both prosecutors and the defense agreed, was obsessed with Nick Fuentes and his group the "Groypers," a far-right, white nationalist movement. To prosecutors, Williams was a leader who directed the mob. Williams was "surprised to be where she was" in Pelosi's office, Ulrich said.

☆ Dennis Ombachi: How the Kenyan rugby player learned to live with bipolar
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Alasdair Howorth | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

But it was Ombachi’s mental health that would take a bigger hit than his broken leg. With the Sevens circuit canceled and the Kenya Rugby Union terminating his contract, Ombachi suddenly was once again stuck indoors and without an income. That is one of the chief reasons he is so open with his mental health struggles. Plenty of athletes and social media figures have used their platform to speak out about mental health and partner with organizations and charities to spread awareness. Ombachi supports that work, but he also sees an important role for those with public profiles to simply embrace their struggles with mental health.

☆ Test scores dropped to lowest levels in decades during pandemic, according to nationwide exam
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

Across the country, math scores saw their largest decreases ever. But while reading scores dipped, math scores plummeted by the largest margins in the history of the NAEP test, which began in 1969. Every region saw test scores slide, and every state saw declines in at least one subject. Several major districts saw test scores fall by more than 10 points. In fourth grade, Black and Hispanic students saw bigger decreases than white students, widening gaps that have persisted for decades.

☆ Casino jackpot winner alleges Michigan bank wouldn’t cash her prize check because she’s Black
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-07 | by ( Antonio Planas | Antonio Planas Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

A Black woman from Michigan says she was racially discriminated against when three employees at a Fifth Third Bank told her a casino jackpot check she was trying to deposit was fraudulent, according to a recently filed federal lawsuit. Pugh’s attorney, Deborah Gordon, said Wednesday that the check was for about $12,000 after the casino deducted taxes from the $20,000 jackpot. Pugh, according to the lawsuit, was raised in Alabama during the Jim Crow era and retired from Detroit Public Schools after 36 years. Pugh ended up depositing the check at another corporate bank, Gordon said. And then they took her check,” Gordon said.

☆ Mary Gordon and Glenda Jackson Talk Poetry, Theater and the State of Feminism
▼ + stars: | 2018-03-21 | by ( Boris Kachka | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Finally, and just as surprisingly, Jackson returned to acting. Just after turning 80 two years ago, she won raves in London as a gender-blind King Lear. One morning in January in Manhattan, Gordon finally met her idol for a long conversation, which covered poetry, film and theater, but most significantly the state of feminism today. GLENDA JACKSON: It doesn’t have that effect on me at all. We’d played it in London to totally silent audiences, but in New York, they applauded the songs; they shouted, “Encore!”MG: Yes, I remember it.

Persons: Mary Gordon, Glenda Jackson, ” Gordon, Jackson, “ Marat, Sade, ”, Gordon, John Schlesinger, Alex, Peter Finch, —, King Lear, Edward Albee’s, MARY GORDON, it’s, GLENDA JACKSON, We’d, Lear Organizations: Company, Women, New York, Broadway Locations: America, London, Manhattan, New York

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