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☆ Ryan Murphy says 'Monsters: The Erik and Lyle Menendez story' is the best thing to happen to the brothers in decades. There is one way the show could help their case.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

He said the show was the best thing to happen to Erik Menendez and Lyle Menendez in 30 years. Lyle Menendez and Erik Menendez killed José Menendez and Kitty Menendez in their family home in 1989. True crime has helped to exonerate peopleRyan Murphy at "Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story" premiere. Netflix's Menendez brothers shows wouldn't achieve much in courtLyle Menendez and Erik Menendez during their trial in 1994. Cooper Koch playing Erik Menendez and Nicholas Chavez playing Lyle Menendez in "Monsters."

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☆ NASA’s Europa Clipper gets the green light to launch
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-09 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The approval was a relief to the Europa Clipper team after the discovery in May of a possible issue with transistors on the spacecraft. Europa Clipper carries 10 science instruments that could determine whether life is possible on another place in our solar system besides Earth. Now, Europa Clipper has been approved to launch, with no changes to the mission plan, goals or trajectory. Exploring an ocean worldWhen Curt Niebur, Europa Clipper program scientist, began working at NASA in 2003, he faced the task of pushing a Europa mission forward. Each year, the effort to get Europa Clipper designed and built has seemed more difficult, he said.

Persons: NASA’s, we’re, ”, Nicola Fox, Jupiter’s, Jordan Evans, Evans, “, ” Evans, Curt Niebur, ” Niebur, It’s, we’ve, That’s, Niebur, Laurie Leshin Organizations: CNN, Clipper, NASA, Europa Clipper, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight, Science, JPL, “, Juno Locations: Pasadena , California, Laurel , Maryland, Greenbelt , Maryland, flybys, Europa, gush

☆ Opinion | Toxic Families: Is Breaking Away the Answer?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The purpose of therapy is to understand and resolve the many ways the parent relationship affected someone — and to understand the complicated person the parent is and why they may have acted in a way that created such pain. Part of healthy maturity and resilience is to be able to manage complicated relationships and not see people as either good or bad, but some mix. So much is embedded in the unconscious that without looking at oneself, rather than just blaming the other person, the child is more likely to repeat unhealthy patterns going forward. To the Editor:Encouraging family cutoffs, as described in this article, has been practiced by some therapists for a long time, even though it’s getting more attention now. It reflects a growing culture of hyper-individualism in which family bonds become disposable when they involve personal pain.

Persons: Ellen Barry, Patrick Teahan’s, Laurie Levi Merion, it’s Organizations: Science Times Locations: Pa

☆ Will the Debate Be ‘Rah-Rah’ or ‘Ruh-Roh?’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Jess Bidgood | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It’s debate week! She has a plan for Thursday’s presidential debate between President Biden and former President Donald Trump — and a plan B if things go south. “Bingo might turn into a drinking game instead if things go badly.”Last week, I asked you all how you were feeling about the first 2024 general election debate. But many of you, like Lowe and her friends, want Biden to do well but worry he will slip up. Some described real despair about the prospect of seeing Trump on a debate stage once more.

Persons: — Jess Bidgood Laurie Lowe, Laurie !, Biden, Donald Trump —, ” Lowe, “ ruh, Lowe, Trump Organizations: Democratic, Biden, Trump, roh Locations: Atlanta, Florida, “

☆ Donald Trump's allies are doing his dirty work while tiptoeing around his gag order
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-16 | by ( Geoff Weiss | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

But while the former president has been uncharacteristically restrained recently, a cast of Republican lawmakers and Trump surrogates have traveled to court to rail about the proceedings. It's raised questions about whether the "surrogates" could be violating Trump's gag order. Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, who has been floated as a potential VP pick, told Newsmax one reason he attended was to "overcome this gag order." Under the gag order, Trump is not allowed to comment about Cohen. But Neama Rahmani, a former federal prosecutor, told BI that "practically speaking," Judge Merchan can do little to stop lawmakers from speaking on Trump's behalf.

Persons: —, Donald Trump, Michael Cohen, It's, Mike Johnson, JD Vance, Ohio, Rick Scott of, Vivek Ramaswamy, Vance, Doug Burgum, Matt Gaetz, Michael M, Trump, Juan Merchan's, Andrew Rice, he'd, Sen, Tommy Tuberville, Lauren Boebert, Cohen, Boebert, Donald J, Andrew Lieb, Lieb, ANGELA WEISS, Laurie Levenson, Neama, Merchan, Rahmani, Jeff Modisett Organizations: Service, Republican, Trump, Business, Sens, Gov, Republicans, MSNBC, Caucus, Loyola Law, Former Indiana Locations: Rick Scott of Florida, Florida, Alabama, Colorado, Manhattan

☆ U.S. Awards $120 Million to Chipmaker to Expand Facility in Minnesota
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Madeleine Ngo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Federal officials will provide up to $120 million in grants to Polar Semiconductor to help the company expand its chip manufacturing facility in Minnesota, the Biden administration announced on Monday, the latest in a string of awards meant to strengthen the U.S. supply of semiconductors. Commerce Department officials said the grant would help Polar upgrade technology and double production capacity at its facility in Bloomington, Minn., within two years. The company produces chips that are critical for cars, defense systems and electrical grids, federal officials said. “We are making taxpayer dollars go as far as possible while crowding in private and state investment to create jobs, secure our supply chains and bolster manufacturing in Minnesota,” said Laurie Locascio, the under secretary of commerce for standards and technology. The law gave the Commerce Department $39 billion to distribute to companies to incentivize the construction and expansion of new plants in the United States.

Persons: Biden, ”, Laurie Locascio Organizations: Polar Semiconductor, Commerce, Commerce Department Locations: Minnesota, Bloomington, Minn, United States

The results will either buttress Trump's claims of massive wealth or expose him as a poseur. The biggest potential judgment comes in the civil fraud case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James. The court has already determined that Trump committed fraud by securing loans through false financial statements – including inflating the value of his properties. The fraud case is more complicated, experts say, since there was no clear victim identified. Judge Arthur Engoron, who will deliver the judgment on financial damages as well as the fate of Trump's businesses in New York, hasn't been sympathetic to the idea that Trump's fraud caused no harm.

Persons: Donald Trump, ”, Trump, E, Jean Carroll –, Laurie Levenson, Levenson, Carroll, Letitia James, Gregory Germain, Arthur Engoron, hasn't, Germain, He's, Anna Cominsky, –, William Thomas, Stephen M, Thomas, James, hamstringing Trump Organizations: Trump, New, Forbes, Bloomberg, Loyola Law, New York, Syracuse University, Donald Trump View, New York University Law, Federal, Commission, America, PAC, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan Locations: New York, Engoron

☆ NASA Ingenuity helicopter mission on Mars ends after three years
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —After completing 72 historic flights on Mars over three years, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter mission has ended. NASA/JPL-CaltechThe NASA mission team only expected the chopper to carry out five test flights in 30 days. The chopper flew over areas of scientific interest to capture images and help the mission team determine Perseverance’s next targets for detailed analysis. “The Mars helicopter would have never flown once, much less 72 times, if it were not for the passion and dedication of the Ingenuity and Perseverance teams. History’s first Mars helicopter will leave behind an indelible mark on the future of space exploration and will inspire fleets of aircraft on Mars — and other worlds — for decades to come.”

Persons: Perseverance, ”, Bill Nelson, Wright, Laurie Leshin, Nelson, “, Teddy Tzanetos Organizations: CNN, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Jet Propulsion, NASA, JPL, Caltech, “, NASA JPL, Caltech Communications, swatch, Wright Locations: Pasadena , California, Mars

☆ A top E.l.f. Beauty marketer reveals how the beauty brand uses platforms like TikTok and Roblox to develop products and drive sales
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Lauren Johnson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Beauty is known for making viral, lower-priced makeup products and promoting them on platforms like TikTok and Roblox. Besides Roblox, E.l.f. According to Circana's 2023 Makeup Consumer report, Twitch is a small but growing platform for driving makeup sales. Larissa Jensen, VP and global beauty industry advisor at research firm Circana, said that TikTok is a major driver in driving makeup sales. Fifty-two percent of makeup wearers said TikTok influenced their makeup purchases compared to 45% of makeup wearers who said that Instagram influenced their makeup purchases.

Persons: Laurie Lam, Lam, Twitch, TikTok, TikTokers, Larissa Jensen, Instagram, Jennifer Coolidge, Mike White, Coolidge Organizations: longtime L'Oreal, Business, Bowl, TV Locations: E.l.f

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump isn’t used to constraints. Trump is not only a former president, but also the leading candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Just days ago, he was fined $5,000 for violating the same gag order, which Engoron imposed after Trump targeted his principal law clerk on social media. Indeed, things are likely to get much more complicated for Trump in the coming months as his four criminal trials get underway. New York court officials have beefed up security for judges and court personnel involved in Trump matters in the wake of the threats.

Persons: — Donald Trump isn’t, Trump, “, ” Judge Arthur Engoron, ”, Jimmy Gurule, Engoron, Radical Left Democrat ”, Letitia James “, ” Gurule, jailing, Gurule, overshadowing, Laurie Levenson, he’s, —, Jack Smith, ” Levenson, Martin Shkreli, Hillary Clinton’s, Sam Bankman, Smith, “ weaklings, Aileen Cannon, Juan Manuel Merchan, ” Engoron, fining Trump, ___ Tucker, Durkin Richer, Michael R, Michelle L, Price, Jake Offenhartz, Jennifer Peltz Organizations: White, Republican, Notre Dame, Radical Left Democrat, New York, Trump, Loyola Law School, ” Prosecutors, Associated Press Locations: New York, York, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Washington, Trump, Boston, Sisak

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Psyche spacecraft rocketed away Friday on a six-year journey to a rare metal-covered asteroid. SpaceX launched the spacecraft into an overcast midmorning sky from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Scientists envision spiky metal craters, huge metal cliffs and metal-encrusted eroded lava flows greenish-yellow from sulfur — “almost certain to be completely wrong,” according to Elkins-Tanton. Led by Arizona State University on NASA’s behalf, the $1.2 billion mission will use a roundabout route to get to the asteroid. So instead of arriving at the asteroid in 2026 as originally planned, the spacecraft won’t get there until 2029.

Persons: —, NASA’s, “, ”, Laurie Leshin, Jim Bell, Jules Verne, Lindy Elkins, it’s, speck, It's Organizations: SpaceX, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Jet Propulsion, NASA, Arizona State University, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla, Arizona, Tanton, Elkins, Utah

☆ US to launch working group on generative AI, address its risks
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON, June 22 (Reuters) - A U.S. agency will launch a public working group on generative artificial intelligence (AI) to help address the new technology's opportunities while developing guidance to confront its risks, the Commerce Department said on Thursday. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a nonregulatory agency that is part of the Commerce Department, said the working group will draw on technical expert volunteers from the private and public sectors. "This new group is especially timely considering the unprecedented speed, scale and potential impact of generative AI and its potential to revolutionize many industries and society more broadly," NIST Director Laurie Locascio said. Regulators globally have been scrambling to draw up rules governing the use of generative AI, which can create text and images, and whose impact has been compared to that of the internet. Reporting by Rami Ayyub; editing by Jonathan OatisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Laurie Locascio, Joe Biden, Rami Ayyub, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Commerce Department, National Institute of Standards, Technology, NIST, Regulators, Thomson Locations: U.S

☆ NASA’s Psyche mission will launch to an unexplored metal world this fall
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The endeavor, known as the Psyche mission, was originally expected to lift off in 2022. But the launch window opened on August 1 and closed October 11 before the spacecraft’s flight software was ready. The analysis included ways to address issues with the mission as well as “JPL institutional issues” that caused the delay. This rendering shows how scientists think the Psyche asteroid appears up close. Rubin/NASA/JPL-CaltechThe Psyche asteroid is so metal-rich, some scientists believe it’s the exposed core of a planetesimal, or a planet in the making that separated into layers.

Persons: “, ”, Laurie Leshin, ” Leshin, Peter Rubin The, ’, Nicola Fox, Psyche, Rubin Organizations: CNN, NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, JPL, Engineers, Caltech, Arizona State Univ, Systems Locations: Pasadena , California, Florida, Arizona

NASA's Perseverance rover has collected several "tantalizing" rock samples from an ancient river delta on Mars, setting the stage for an elaborate future mission that aims to retrieve the specimens and bring them back to Earth. Perseverance has been exploring the 28-mile-wide basin of Jezero Crater since it touched down on Mars in February 2021. The rover previously found igneous rocks, likely formed deep underground through volcanic processes, on the crater floor. Perseverance has collected 12 "scientifically compelling" rock cores to date, along with one sample of the Red Planet's atmosphere. Subsequent missions will send another spacecraft to Mars to collect the samples and ferry them back to Earth for more detailed analysis.

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