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☆ A year after a single mom stopped getting $500 a month through Chicago's basic income program, she's still holding down an apartment and making ends meet: 'It was every single thing that I prayed for.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Allie Kelly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Participants across the country have told BI they spent basic income money to pay rent, afford groceries, pay off debt, and support their children. In April, Chicago announced that it will restart it's basic income program. The renewed Chicago program will join a wave of over 100 basic-income pilots that have been launched since 2019. Fisher is still worried about costs, but Chicago basic income gave her 'a brand new start'When Fisher began receiving basic income, she felt immediate relief. With basic income payments, Fisher was able to afford daily expenses and buy the clothes and shoes she and her daughter needed.

Persons: —, Jennette Fisher, Sophia, Fisher, Fisher would've, Teri Olle, Chuck E, hadn't, She's, she's, Chicago's Organizations: Service, Business, SNAP, Economic Security, Chicago, father's Locations: Chicago, City, Economic Security California

☆ On Campus, a New Social Litmus Test: Zionist or Not?
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Joseph Bernstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The two had been close enough that the roommate had come to the bar mitzvah of Ms. Fisher’s brother. Ms. Fisher thought she had been careful to avoid inflammatory posts, but the roommate, Ms. Fisher said, accused her of racism. Around the same time, Ms. Fisher noticed something else strange. When they were in the same room, Ms. Fisher said, the big wouldn’t make eye contact with her. Ms. Fisher said that her big often posted about Students for Justice in Palestine, the campus group that Columbia had suspended in November for violating campus policies.

Persons: Sophie Fisher, Fisher, Fisher’s, —, ” Organizations: Barnard College, for Justice, Columbia Locations: Israel, Palestine, Gaza

☆ The 10 states where your pet is more likely to get sick from tick-borne diseases, viruses, parasites, and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Ellyn Lapointe | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementHere are the 10 riskiest states for your pet, the most common diseases to watch out for, and some basic tips for keeping your pet happy and healthy. Top 10 riskiest states for your petForbes Advisor created its own ranking scale based on data from all 19 diseases. Two of these 10 states, West Virginia and Maine, were also among the top three riskiest states for tick-borne diseases. The most common diseases to watch out forTicksTick-borne diseases like Lyme Disease, anaplasmosis, and ehrlichiosis are especially common in the spring and summer months. Fever, lethargy, loss of appetite, and joint stiffness or pain are all common symptoms of these three tick-borne diseases.

Persons: —, Alexandria Cremer, Peter M, Fisher, It's Organizations: Service, Forbes, Business, Center for Disease Control, American Veterinary Medical Association, York, West Virginia, Veterinary Clinic, Watch, Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine, American Society for, FDA, US, MetLife, Animal Foundation Locations: Jersey, Coast, Rhode, , New Jersey , Maine , New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maine, Arkansas, South Dakota , Wisconsin, New Mexico , Mississippi, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Mississippi, Brandywine

☆ A Brooklyn Sex Club Promised Freedom. Some Called It Rape.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Sarah Maslin Nir | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The landlord, a group called Hacienda, had a unique vision: creating a community of sexually adventurous people whose house rules preached consent above all else, particularly during the orgies they threw in the basement every week. Over the years that followed, Hacienda flourished, and sex positivity, a movement to destigmatize different types of sexual expression, became more mainstream. Ms. Fisher felt a measure of pride at being part of a community that had pushed for greater acceptance of her lifestyle. Ms. Fisher was in her kitchen at Hacienda in spring 2012 when she was approached and badgered into sex by a guest of the sex party she had left downstairs, she said. She awoke feeling that she had not given her consent to what had occurred — that she had been raped.

Persons: Jennifer Fisher, Fisher Locations: Bushwick , Brooklyn, Hacienda

Michael Paredes, 42, were ambushed and killed on June 14, 2022, while responding to a report of a stabbing at a motel near Los Angeles. He has a gun!” Zepeda said during the call. Santana's sister, Jessica Santana, said she believes the dispatcher should have relayed the information over the radio. El Monte Police Chief Jake Fisher said he stands by the actions of his dispatchers and officers. “We fully anticipate this finding to hold and that our DA will officially clear all involved officers and close the investigation,” Fisher said.

Persons: Joseph Santana, Cpl, Michael Paredes, Justin Flores, Maria Zepeda, Flores, Zepeda, Amber Montenegro, “, shouldn't, can’t, ”, Santana's, Jessica Santana, “ It’s, Santana, “ That’s, ” Flores, Jake Fisher, Fisher, ” Fisher Organizations: Calif, El Monte Police, Southern California News Group, ”, Sheriff’s Department, Office, DA Locations: California, Los Angeles, Montenegro, ” Montenegro

☆ In Maria Callas’s Career, La Scala Played a Major Role
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Farah Nayeri | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Following is an overview of some of Callas’s career highlights at La Scala. “Aida” (Verdi): April 12, 1950Callas’s very first performance onstage at La Scala was as a substitute for the much-adored Renata Tebaldi, who was unwell. “I Vespri Siciliani” (Verdi):Dec. 7, 1951This was the first time that Callas was headlining a La Scala production — kicking off the opera house’s season, in fact — and it was a triumph. It also “encapsulated so much” of the Maria Callas that audiences have come to know and revere. Musically, she gave it her all, triggering 24 minutes of applause (according to the Edwards biography), a La Scala record.

Persons: Aida ”, Renata Tebaldi, “ Maria Callas, Anne Edwards, Franco Zeffirelli, Callas, ”, Maria Meneghini Callas, Franco Abbiati, David Bret, Abbiati, ” “ Lucia di Lammermoor ”, Donizetti, Herbert von Karajan, —, Lucia, — Callas, barehanded, Cynthia Jolly, “, Bret, Violetta, Donizetti’s “ Lucia di Lammermoor ”, Bellini’s “ Norma, Luchino Visconti, Fisher, Maria Callas, Carlo Maria Giulini, Giuseppe Di Stefano, “ Anna Bolena ”, Visconti, Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII, Edwards Organizations: La Scala, Scala, della, Opera, The Times Locations: “ La, Belle

HAWSTON, South Africa (AP) — Nearly every house in Hawston has a boat in its yard, sometimes two. It's reduced the endangered South African abalone to unprecedented low levels, wildlife groups say. Political Cartoons View All 1256 ImagesAt first, the South African government banned abalone fishing completely. Hong Kong is importing between 2,000-3,000 metric tons of illegal South African abalone a year, the report estimated. Chan also rates South African abalone highly, as so many do, with its rich taste and slightly chewy texture.

Persons: Raphael Fisher, perlemoen, Fisher, ”, “ It’s, Wendy Chan, Chan, “, Keet, It's, Bertus van, van Oordt, Van Oordt, we'll, ” van Oordt, “ We'll, Markus Burgener, ” Burgener, Burgener, Zara, Toby, ” Fisher, Kanis Leung, Alice Fung Organizations: South, Global, Transnational, International Union for Conservation, Nature, Divers, Lookouts, Trade Monitoring, AP Locations: South Africa, Hawston, East Asia, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Taiwan, Gansbaai, HIK, Hawston's, Africa, africa

☆ The 20 Best Gifts for Your In-Laws—Including the Hard to Impress
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Karen I. Chen | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +11 min

“There is an unspoken pressure on nailing the perfect gift,” says Kristin Fisher, the Collegeville, Penn.-based founder of custom gift box company Bocu. Leah Inman, a Dallas-based gifting consultant, recommends ordering a custom house portrait for mothers-in-law, in particular. They likely already know about red light therapy, so this petite wand makes the perfect gift, according to Fisher. That’s why he recommends gift cards, such as one from Massage Envy, which has more than 1,100 locations in the U.S. and offers both massage and facials, as well as stretch therapy. Inman recommends gifting this compact jewelry organizer for your jetsetting sister- or mother-in-law.

Persons: Karen I, Chen, ”, Kristin Fisher, we’ve, Leah Inman, Tami Claytor, Fisher, “, won’t, ” Fisher, Carver, Patrick Kucharson, Inman, they’re, Eden Delaune, Sonoma, Kucharson, ” Kucharson, Delaune, ” It’s Organizations: Homes, Watercolor, Amazon Locations: Penn, Dallas, New York City, Cleveland , Ohio, Eden, Fort Worth , Texas, cardigan, U.S

☆ If you get sued for an AI-generated creative work, OpenAI says it will protect you while Anthropic says you're on your own
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Darius Rafieyan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

At its first ever developer's day conference earlier this month, OpenAI tried to tackle the situation head on by announcing Copyright Shield. That's a promise that OpenAI will pay the legal fees of its business customers in the event they're sued for something they made using its products. "We can defend our customers and pay the costs incurred if you face legal claims around copyright," said OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in his keynote speech. But OpenAI rival Anthropic, founded by former OpenAI researchers and backed by billions of dollars from investors like Google and Amazon is taking a different approach. But to the extent that liability does exist, Anthropic says it's the person using the product that bears the blame.

Persons: Anthropic, it's, OpenAI, Sam Altman, Janel Thamkul, Thamkul, Erika Fisher, Fisher, I'm, they've, Darius Rafieyan Organizations: New York Times, Business, Google, United States Copyright, Sega Enterprises, Accolade, Sega

Mississippi State fired Zach Arnett on Monday after less than one season as head coach, just under a year since he took over the Bulldogs after the tragic passing of Mike Leach from a heart issue. Mississippi State announced Arnett's dismissal on its athletics website. Mississippi State has games remaining against Southern Mississippi and rival Mississippi. The contract length was the maximum allowed under Mississippi state law. Mississippi State had scored just 23 combined points over its previous three contests, one of which was a 7-3 victory at Arkansas.

Persons: Zach Arnett, Mike Leach, Greg Knox, Arnett, Zac Selmon, ” Selmon, Selmon, Leach, Will Rogers, Kevin Barbay, Jimbo, Fisher, Rogers, Chris Parson, Mike Wright Organizations: Mississippi, Bulldogs, Mississippi State, Southeastern Conference West Division, SEC, Southern, Air, Texas, . Mississippi State, Arkansas, AP Locations: Southern Mississippi, Mississippi, Texas

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Fans have pushed the Fisher-Price Corn Popper into the National Toy Hall of Fame, elevating it from perpetual finalist to 2023 inductee, alongside baseball cards, Cabbage Patch Kids and NERF foam toys, the Hall of Fame announced Friday. Baseball cards, Cabbage Patch Kids and NERF toys were voted in in the usual way from among a field of 12 finalists, with input from a panel of experts. The winners are on permanent display at the National Toy Hall of Fame, which is located inside The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York. Cabbage Patch Kids continue to encourage imagination and storytelling for kids. Fisher-Price Corn Popper, which is a forgotten finalist no longer, is a great activity for toddlers," Bensch said.

Persons: Price, Popper, Fisher, Ken, Barbie, ” Christopher Bensch, Price Corn Popper, Bensch, “, grownups Organizations: National Toy Hall of Fame, of Fame, Fame's, Toy Hall of Fame, Museum of Locations: ROCHESTER, N.Y, Rochester , New York

☆ America’s Debt Crisis Burns While Congress Fiddles
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Tim Smart | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +9 min

Last month, the Penn Wharton Budget Model from the University of Pennsylvania came out with an analysis of the debt crisis entitled “When Does Federal Debt Reach Unsustainable Levels?”Their answer? The concern is that punting the problem into the future, continuing to raise debt even as interest rates rise further or hold at higher levels for longer, the debt will grow even faster in a “snowball” scenario. Similar proposals have been offered over the years but at the same time they seem to lack political support – indeed, Republicans have recently voiced the idea of cutting Social Security. The debt crisis is rapidly worsening at a time when the bond market is having its own set of problems. A recent government auction of debt, an occurrence that is becoming more common as the U.S. borrows more, saw weak demand.

Persons: Dick Cheney, Richard Neal, Democrats –, Blu Putnam, Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, Jerome Powell, ”, Gene Steuerle, Richard B, Fisher, probity, Kevin McCarthy, Kent Smetters, Boettner, Smetters, Richard Robis, Donald Trump Organizations: Capitol, Democratic, Massachusetts, The New York Times, Federal Reserve, Partisans, Democrats, Fed, CME Group, Social Security, Medicare, Urban Institute, California Rep, Penn Wharton Budget, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, Wharton, Social, Republicans, Treasury, Hamas, BCA Research, White House Locations: U.S, United States, Washington, China, Japan, Israel

☆ Head lice: What is it and what is the best treatment to get rid of it
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Jocelyn Solis-Moreira | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“I wanted to burn my house down.”Any parent dealing with head lice can probably relate to this situation. Head lice have unfortunately become a part of raising children today, said Deborah Altschuler, president of the National Pediculosis Association. Lauren Salzberg (R), also known as Lice-Lady, treats a customer for head lice in her studio, a converted garage, in Potomac, Maryland, in November 2015. Head lice are most common among young children — 6 million to 12 million lice outbreaks occur yearly in children between 3 and 11 in the US — though adults are vulnerable to head lice as well. The best way to check if a child has lice is with a lice comb, Altschuler said.

Persons: CNN — Marianne, Marianne didn’t, Anna, Marianne, ”, “, Deborah Altschuler, Lauren Salzberg, Andrea Barthelemy, Danelle Fisher, Altschuler, Fisher, You’re, it’s, ” Fisher, You’ll, Jocelyn Solis, Moreira Organizations: CNN, National Pediculosis Association, ZUMA Press, Providence St, Health, US Centers for Disease Control Locations: Potomac , Maryland, Brazil, California, New York

☆ UBS says this construction stock is a buy, can rally more than 30%
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Fluor could be ready to soar, according to UBS. The firm upgraded the engineering and construction stock to buy from neutral in a Wednesday note, and upped its price target to $47 from $35. UBS' new forecast implies 35.7% upside from Tuesday's $36.62 close. "The stock has had a nice run from the bottom, but the prices have fairly reflected the risks to date; we think the stock price today reflects the company today, but not its potential over the next 1-2 years." Fluor stock has ticked down 0.12% in 2023.

Persons: Steven Fisher, Fisher, Gordie Howe, Michael Bloom Organizations: UBS, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission Locations: North America

☆ The power grid needs repairs. These companies stand to benefit
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

A budding ecosystem of companies stand to gain as businesses and policymakers grow increasingly focused on improving the electric grid. President Joe Biden committed $95 million to shore up Hawaii's electric grid following the tragedy. Beyond that, Kalton said it's also just good business sense: Utility companies don't want their grids to go down and leave unhappy customers without power. And he said utility companies can grow earnings power by spending capital and increasing their base rate. An ecosystem of companies Beyond physically changing the grid, some companies are making progress elsewhere, said Chanin, whose ETF is up about 18% this year.

Persons: Neil Kalton, Joe Biden, It's, —, Said, Kalton, it's, Steven Fisher, doesn't, Fisher, Andrew Chanin, Chanin, Eaton, Michael Bloom Organizations: NBC News, Electric, UBS, Primoris Services, LSEG, Nvidia Locations: Maui, U.S, Wells Fargo, California , Colorado, Oregon, California, Florida, Texas

☆ Deloitte's human-sustainability chief wants to help employees beat burnout. She says the best solutions go beyond vacation and office yoga — and involve undoing 100 years of routine.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

To combat burnout, it will take more than vacations and a few yoga classes, she told Insider. To really fix what's wrong with work, Fisher said, we need to have deeper, more thoughtful conversations. Fisher said employers need to push back on the idea that workers who cut through piles of work must be in good shape. I was on my way to burnout and the downstream impacts of my actions and behaviors on my team were detrimental," she said. Her own journey toward a more balanced approach to work leaves Fisher optimistic that broader change is possible.

Persons: Jen Fisher, who'd, Fisher, Deloitte's Jen Fisher, Odette Fernandez Lopez, We've, we're, she's, they're Organizations: Deloitte, Service Locations: Wall, Silicon, chemo

☆ Why we're still reading 'The Body Keeps the Score' almost a decade later, according to author Bessel van der Kolk
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Aditi Shrikant | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Bessel van der Kolk didn't think his book "The Body Keeps the Score" would be such a mainstream success. Van der Kolk is a psychiatrist and researcher who has worked with trauma survivors for more than 30 years. "There is no precedent for this type of book so, no, we didn't know it would be this popular," van der Kolk tells CNBC Make It. "What traumatized people suffer from is that people don't believe them or people minimize it or say, 'it didn't really happen,'" van der Kolk says. Fisher, who has worked with van der Kolk, emphasizes that "The Body Keeps the Score" remains relevant because of its content but also because of how it is written.

Persons: Bessel, Van der, Megan Fox, van, Janina Fisher, Trump, der Kolk, it's, Donald Trump's, van der Kolk, Kavanaugh, Fisher, van der Organizations: The New York Times, CNBC, United

☆ Investor Bill Ackman, David Sacks' PAC donated to RFK Jr.'s presidential campaign
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

When asked at the time, he didn't say whether he had donated to Kennedy's campaign. Ackman is one of several prominent business leaders who donated to Kennedy's campaign in the second quarter. The Purple Good Government PAC, a committee that's been largely funded by investor and Elon Musk ally David Sacks, donated $6,600 to the campaign. Ken Fisher, the founder and executive chairman of Fisher Investments, donated $6,600 to the campaign, according to the filing. Veteran Wall Street executive Omeed Malik also donated $6,600 to the Kennedy campaign, the filing says.

Persons: Bill Ackman, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, that's, Elon Musk, David Sacks, Ken Fisher, Omeed Malik, Kennedy, Malik, Brett Messing, Anthony Scaramucci's, Eric Clapton, Sacks, Fisher, Clapton, Chamath Palihapitiya, Joe Biden, Kennedy's, Biden, Kevin Breuninger Organizations: Pershing, Capital, CNBC, RFK, Good Government PAC, Fisher Investments, Wall, Hamptons, Quinnipiac, Democratic Locations: England

☆ The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Even Control Which Cases the Justice - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Jeffrey L. Fisher | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

More often, the cases were relatively low-profile — lower court decisions refusing, for example, to apply civil rights protections that are already established. And here’s the thing: In many of those cases, the court ultimately reversed by an overwhelming vote. The lower court decisions were indefensible. But for the court to reverse a lower court decision refusing to honor a civil liberty, the case first has to be put on its docket. Seven years before, the Supreme Court had chastised the Louisiana courts for allowing exactly this kind of unconstitutional gamesmanship.

Persons: Hodges, David Brown, Brown’s, Brown, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan Locations: . Louisiana, Louisiana

☆ 2016 was the last time the court issued a major decision on affirmative action.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Adam Liptak | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In 2016, in its last major case on affirmative action in higher education, the Supreme Court upheld an aspect of an idiosyncratic admissions program at the University of Texas at Austin. The case was brought by Abigail Fisher, a white student who said the University of Texas had denied her admission because of her race. In Texas, students in roughly the top 10 percent of their high schools were automatically admitted to the public university system. That policy did not consider race but increased racial diversity in part because so many high schools in the state were racially homogeneous. Ms. Fisher just missed that cutoff at her high school in Sugar Land, Texas, and then entered a separate pool of applicants who were admitted through a system in which race played a role.

Persons: Abigail Fisher, Fisher Organizations: University of Texas Locations: Austin, Texas, Sugar Land , Texas

☆ The British Coronation: A TV Spectacle, Now for the Digital Age
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Alan Cowell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Some members of the British hierarchy wished to keep cameras out of the inner sanctum of Westminster Abbey, where the queen was crowned. “The world would have been a happier place if television had never been discovered,” the Most Rev. Geoffrey F. Fisher, then the archbishop of Canterbury, who presided over the queen’s coronation, was quoted as saying. Where his mother’s crowning bathed the monarchy in uncontested splendor, Charles’s challenge is to focus a much more diffuse spotlight. While Elizabeth’s coronation required only around 20 cameras, Charles’s crowning is set to be broadcast on the BBC’s hi-definition iPlayer streaming service, alongside television coverage.

☆ Digital “Chicago Plan” fixes many financial woes
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Edward Chancellor | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

The economists’ solution – often called the Chicago Plan – was to remove commercial banks from the money-creating business. One of the main problems of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) is that it would compete with old-fashioned bank deposits. With the digital money supply increasing in line with the economy’s potential growth, roughly as Friedman advised, inflation would soon come under control. Non-bank lenders like Apollo Global Management (APO.N) would have an enhanced role under the digital Chicago Plan. At present, there’s little chance of the digital Chicago Plan coming to pass.

CNN —Harry Belafonte, the dashing singer, actor and activist who became an indispensable supporter of the civil rights movement, has died, his publicist Ken Sunshine told CNN. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Belafonte, left, plays a school principal in a scene from the film "See How They Run" in 1952. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Belafonte poses with the Emmy Award he won in 1960 for the musical special "Tonight With Belafonte." Fred Sabine/NBCU/Getty Images Belafonte and other recipients of Albert Einstein Commemorative Awards display their medallions after being honored in 1972. He is survived by his wife Pamela, his children Adrienne Belafonte Biesemeyer, Shari Belafonte, Gina Belafonte, David Belafonte, two stepchildren Sarah Frank and Lindsey Frank and eight grandchildren.

☆ Eileen Fisher Is Back. Her Fans Are Younger Than Ever.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-08 | by ( Rory Satran | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Taylor Pierce wears Eileen Fisher. She is among the brand’s new cohort of younger customers. Fashion designer Eileen Fisher has earned die-hard fans for decades for her simple, refined clothing, as well as for her groundbreaking sustainability and management practices. Ms. Fisher, who has won pretty much every sustainability award in the fashion industry, today owns 60% of the Irvington, N.Y.-based company, with the remaining 40% owned by her employees. Despite those bona fides, Eileen Fisher has also, at times, been a punchline.

☆ ABC News staffers were stunned at the departures of veteran colleagues and 'outraged' about how the exits were handled
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-01 | by ( Claire Atkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Some ABC News staff were in tears on Thursday after layoffs of respected news veterans. Kim Godwin has made positive changes as ABC News president and has faced a string of complex situations. ABC News staffers are in shock over the departure of multiple senior-level colleagues, most notably Wendy Fisher, SVP news gathering. ABC News alone lost 50 staffers on Thursday as part of the slim-down and a leadership reorganization by division President Kim Godwin. A second ABC News insider said it was unprecedented to dismiss longtime veterans in such a manner.

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