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☆ 2024’s safest sunscreens for summer and year-round
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The annual report provides a database of products by brand and type, while also breaking them down into the top recreational sunscreens, the best daily SPF (sun protection factor) and the safest sunscreens for babies and children. Many of the safest choices will be mineral-based instead of chemical-based sunscreens, said Emily Spilman, EWG’s healthy living science program manager. Mineral sunscreens work by physically deflecting and blocking the sun’s rays, as opposed to sunscreens with chemicals that absorb UV rays and release heat as they break down. In 2019, oxybenzone was an ingredient in 60% of all sunscreen products tested by EWG, dropping to 30% in 2022. By 2023 and again in 2024, the chemical was used in only 6% of tested products, which included sunscreens and daily moisturizers and lip balms with sunscreen protection.

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☆ Evangelical America Is More Divided Than You Think - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( David French | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I’m afraid that an exit poll question has confused America. But in other ways, this exit poll identity misleads us about the nature and character of American evangelicalism as a whole. It’s far more diverse and divided than the exit poll results imply. In reality, American evangelicalism is best understood as a combination of three religious traditions: fundamentalism, evangelicalism and Pentecostalism. These different traditions have different beliefs, different cultures and different effects on our nation.

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☆ Opinion: Neither Russia nor the West know how this war will end
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Opinion Anna Arutunyan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

It is doing so in part because the plans and intentions of Ukraine’s Western allies are so vague. Just as the Kremlin is doing, Ukraine’s Western allies are signaling their resolve to “defeat” Russia without actually articulating what that defeat means. The military support Ukraine’s allies are willing and capable of offering stops precisely where Ukraine’s most pressing shortages lie: manpower. But Ukraine’s Western allies are failing to reckon with these realities and, amid growing reluctance by right-wing parties in the US and Europe to shoulder the costs, are resorting instead to triumphalist rhetoric. Western allies need to start recognizing their limited resources, or at least the limits to what they can or will offer Ukraine.

Persons: Anna Arutunyan, Mark Galeotti, Prigozhin, Putin, Read, Volodymyr Zelensky, Vladimir Putin’s, ” Putin, Anatolii Stepanov, Dmitry Peskov, Ukraine’s, ”, Emmanuel Macron’s, Zelensky, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Donald Trump Organizations: CNN, Ukraine, Kremlin, Getty, EU, Munich Security Conference, Estonian Ministry of Defense, Law Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Switzerland, ”, Moscow, Kyiv, Ukrainian, AFP, Ukraine’s Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, Kherson, Crimea, NATO, Luhansk, Europe

☆ New York sues Citibank for alleged failure to reimburse fraud victims
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Laya Neelakandan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Citibank for allegedly failing to protect and reimburse victims of electronic fraud, according to a Tuesday release. The suit claims that Citi does not have strong protections in place to prevent unauthorized account takeovers, misleads victims of fraud and illegally denies reimbursements. The attorney general's office said the alleged failure on Citi's part has cost New York account holders millions of dollars, and in some cases, their entire life savings. In a statement, Citi said the bank "works extremely hard" to prevent threats and assist customers who become victims of fraud. James alleged in the lawsuit that Citi must reimburse victims of fraud under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act.

Persons: Letitia James, Banks, James, we've Organizations: New, Citibank, Citi, Electronic Locations: York

☆ NY AG sues Citibank for failing to protect customers from fraud
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against Citibank on Tuesday, alleging the big bank failed to do enough to protect and reimburse victims of fraud. The lawsuit argues that New York customers lost millions of dollars — in some cases their entire lifesavings — to scammers and hackers because of Citi’s weak security and anti-fraud measures. According to the NY AG, Citi does not do enough to prevent unauthorized account takeovers, illegally refuses to reimburse fraud victims and “misleads” customers about their rights after their accounts are hacked. “Our actions have reduced client wire fraud losses significantly, and we remain committed to investing in fraud prevention measures to help our clients secure their accounts against emerging threats,” the Citi spokesperson said. Last year, federal regulators alleged Citi illegally discriminated against Armenian Americans for years, singling them out on credit card applications based on their last names.

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☆ Meta is now allowing lies about the 2020 election in political ads
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The policy means that Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, will be able to directly profit from political ads that boost false claims about the legitimacy of the 2020 election. The 2020 election was not rigged or stolen. Dozens of lawsuits attempting to challenge the 2020 presidential election results were dismissed at the state and federal levels in states across the country following a push to overturn the outcome that began in November 2020. But more recently, social platforms have shifted in how they handle election advertisements and misinformation related to the 2020 election. It also said it would prohibit political advertisers from using the company’s new, artificial intelligence tools that help brands generate text, backgrounds and other marketing content.

Persons: Meta, Donald Trump, X, Michael Aciman, –, Brian Fung Organizations: New, New York CNN, Facebook, Street, Washington Post, Meta, YouTube, Twitter Locations: New York, United States, Brazil, Israel, Italy, YouTube’s

☆ Trump Misleads on Energy and Jobs at Houston Rally
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Angelo Fichera | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

At a campaign rally in Houston on Thursday that opened with former President Donald J. Trump erroneously referring to jailed Jan. 6 Capitol riot defendants as “hostages,” the Republican primary front-runner used a series of false and misleading claims to make his case for another term in the White House. Here is a closer look at several of the claims Mr. Trump made during his speech. Army tanks have to go electric.” “Think of this, they want to make our Army tanks all electric for the environment.”False. Mr. Trump made these statements after referring to Mr. Biden’s “insane mandates,” erroneously suggesting that the White House has put such requirements in place. There are no mandates for electrifying all boats and Army tanks.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Jan, Biden’s, ” Organizations: Capitol, Republican, Army, White Locations: Houston

“This legislation will help tackle the risks of social media affecting our children and protect their privacy.”The regulations sought by James and Gov. The legislation in New York also follows actions taken by other U.S. states this year to curb social media use among children. In March, Utah became the first state to pass laws that require minors to get parental consent before using social media. The U.S. Supreme Court is preparing to decide whether state attempts to regulate social media platforms violate the Constitution. The justices will review two laws from Florida and Texas that mostly aim to prevent social platforms from censoring users based on their viewpoints.

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☆ Fact Check-Europe weather map comparison misleads about climate coverage
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A misleading comparison of two European weather maps is being touted online as evidence of escalating climate change fearmongering since the COVID pandemic. One map shows Europe coloured in a light green monotone, and icons – like a sun or clouds – hover over major cities. Thank you,” one Facebook user wrote in their caption, suggesting the green map was published prior to the start of the pandemic in 2020 and the other since. For instance, see the latest WeatherOnline map (here ), and the latest Wxchart for Europe (bit.ly/3DorvfH ). Both weather maps, which are from different sources, were published before the pandemic – and the red map was published a year earlier than the green map.

Persons: Read Organizations: Facebook, Reuters, WeatherOnline Ltd Locations: Europe, Reykjavik, Iceland, Madrid, Spain

☆ With the rise of AI, social media platforms could face perfect storm of misinformation in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Experts, and even some executives overseeing AI companies, say these tools risk spreading false information to mislead voters, including ahead of the 2024 US election. But they now face a perfect storm of factors that could make it harder than ever to keep up with the next wave of election misinformation. Experts worry that the proliferation of generative AI tools, like ChatGPT, could make it easier for bad actors to create election misinformation. OpenAI, the maker of the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT, issued a stark warning about the risk of AI-generated misinformation in a recent research paper. The platforms largely use a mix of human and automated review to identify misinformation and manipulated media.

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☆ Alito’s Reply in a Rival Publication Surprises ProPublica
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Katie Robertson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Stephen Engelberg, the editor in chief of ProPublica, said in a statement on Wednesday that ProPublica always invited people mentioned in articles to offer a response before publication. ProPublica has run several articles in recent months about possible conflicts of interests among some Supreme Court justices. “We were surprised to see Justice Alito’s answers appear to our questions in an opinion essay in The Wall Street Journal, but we’re happy to get a response in any form,” he said. “We’re curious to know whether The Journal fact-checked the essay before publication,” he added. Bill Grueskin, a professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, said that while essays on opinion pages usually got some form of fact-checking, The Journal would have been unable to do so in this case because the ProPublica investigation had not yet been published.

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☆ Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito wrote a WSJ op-ed instead of commenting for a story that revealed his ties to a billionaire who had 10 cases before SCOTUS
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A recent ProPublica report details how Alito took an expensive trip with a billionaire before reviewing cases involving him. ProPublica asked Alito for comment on the story, but the court's spokeswoman said he wouldn't comment. Hours later, Alito published his response to the Wall Street Journal. Hours after the spokeswoman said Alito wouldn't comment, Alito did comment — just not to ProPublica. Instead, the longtime justice published an op-ed to the Wall Street Journal titled "Justice Samuel Alito: ProPublica Misleads Its Readers."

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☆ Justice Samuel Alito admits taking luxury fishing trip with GOP billionaire who later had at least 10 cases before SCOTUS
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Justice Samuel Alito defended his relationship with GOP megadonor Paul Singer in a WSJ op-ed. He admitted to taking a fishing trip with Singer in 2018, but said their interactions were "brief." The op-ed was in response to a report that was being written by the investigative journalism outlet ProPublica. It said that luxury fishing lodge charged more than $1,000 a day. In response, Alito wrote the fishing lodge in Alaska was "comfortable but rustic", serving "homestyle fare".

Persons: Samuel Alito, GOP megadonor Paul Singer, Singer, Alito, —, Paul Singer, ProPublica, Alito's Organizations: GOP megadonor, Service, GOP, Singer, Elliott Management Locations: Alaska, Singer's, Argentina, Kobe

☆ Justice Samuel Alito: ProPublica Misleads Its Readers
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Samuel A. Alito Jr. | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Journal Editorial Report: The week's worst and best from Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson and Dan Henninger. Image: Richard B. Levine/Zuma PressEditor’s note: Justin Elliott and Josh Kaplan of ProPublica, which styles itself “an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism with moral force,” emailed Justice Alito Friday with a series of questions and asked him to respond by noon EDT Tuesday. They informed the justice that “we do serious, fair, accurate reporting in the public interest and have won six Pulitzer Prizes.” Here is Justice Alito’s response:

Persons: Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson, Dan Henninger, Richard B, Levine, Justin Elliott, Josh Kaplan, ProPublica, ”, Alito

☆ Live Nation and Ticketmaster pledge to show you exactly how many fees you're paying on concert tickets up front
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

President Joe Biden will meet Thursday with companies like Live Nation to discuss "junk fees." Before meeting, Live Nation, Ticketmaster, and SeatGeek agreed to show all additional fees up front. Live Nation Entertainment — made up of Live Nation and Ticketmaster — is doing away with unexpected "junk fees" amid pressure from frustrated concertgoers and President Joe Biden. Prior to the meeting, both Live Nation and SeatGeek agreed to show any additional fees up front during ticket purchases. "It is also just a first step towards addressing junk fees in the economy."

Persons: Joe Biden, SeatGeek, —, concertgoers, Biden, Taylor Swift, Drake, Robert Smith Organizations: Ticketmaster, Morning, Nation, Live, White, Department of Justice, Nation Entertainment

☆ Corporations are 'greenwashing' you. An expert explains how big companies mislead us into thinking they're making better choices for the environment when they could be making things far worse.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Tom Lyon | The Conversation | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

For example, a company may tout the $5 million in its renewable energy investments for the year. Lyon: Greenwashing is any communication that leads the listener to adopt an overly favorable impression of a company's greenness. You may get a company that says: Look at this, we invested US$5 million in renewable energy last year. Instead they're coming from a voluntary offset that's offered by some free-standing producer that's not included in a cap. You can look at the whole movement toward renewable energy and companies that produce solar or wind energy.

☆ Live Nation posts record $3 billion revenue amid backlash from concertgoers over Ticketmaster prices and accessibility
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Live Nation Entertainment reported this week it earned $3.1 billion in revenue in the first quarter of 2023. The ticket giant also reported it's sold a record-breaking 90 million tickets for 2023 shows year-to-date. Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster, predicted that 2023 could be the "biggest year of live music ever." Live Nation Entertainment CEO Michael Rapino attributed the record-breaking growth to the star power of musicians who sent fans into a buying frenzy with tour announcements. The company has also faced ire from Bruce Springsteen and The Cure fans, who complained about high prices and additional fees for shows.

☆ Drake fans are the latest to hit Ticketmaster with a lawsuit following 'It's All A Blur' tour sale
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Canadian law firm has filed a class-action lawsuit against Ticketmaster on behalf of anyone who bought "Official Platinum" seats. The firm alleges Ticketmaster "intentionally misleads consumers for their own financial gain," the Toronto Star reports. Ticketmaster recently garnered scrutiny from fans, musicians, and the US government. Legal firm LPC Avocat Inc. says a local man purchased two "Official Platinum" seats for the July 14 show in Montreal's Bell Centre for about $790 each. Some Swift fans also hit Ticketmaster with a class action lawsuit over the chaotic rollout that left some Swifties unable to buy tickets.

☆ Senate Republicans criticise Biden budget amid banking, market strains
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( David Morgan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Republicans have refused to raise the nation's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling unless Democrats agree to sharp spending cuts. "We have to use this debt ceiling issue to pry the nation's maxed-out credit card from Joe Biden's hands," Republican Senator Roger Marshall said. Not touching those, or failing to cut defense spending, leaves little chance of addressing the government's budget deficit. Young said the White House looked forward to seeing a Republican budget that suggests the programs are off the table. Republicans are determined to avoid tax hikes and to preserve tax cuts for the wealthy implemented under former President Donald Trump.

If you've ever been confused by miniature bottles branded as Fireball Cinnamon, the popular cinnamon-flavored drink found in gas stations and supermarkets, you're not alone — and now there's a lawsuit over the matter. Citing two news articles pointing out that the bottles, while displaying the Fireball label, do not actually contain whisky, lawyers representing Chicago plaintiff Anna Marquez are seeking unspecified damages against Fireball-maker the Sazerac Company. In the suit, Marquez and her attorneys say the mini bottles, which advertise "Fireball Cinnamon," falsely give consumers the impression that the drinks are merely smaller versions of regular Fireball whisky. "When viewed together with the Fireball distilled spirit brand name, the label misleads consumers into believing it is or contains distilled spirits," the suit states. A representative for Sazerac said the company does not comment on pending litigation and referred an inquiry to the company's Fireball Cinnamon FAQ page.

☆ Buyers of mini cinnamon Fireball bottles thought they contained whisky - turns out they don't, lawsuit claims.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Bethany Biron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A new lawsuit claims Sazerac is misleading consumers that its 99 cent "Fireball Cinnamon" product contains whisky. The product, which debuted in 2020, contains malt liquor flavored to taste like whisky. The suit claims the company created the "overall misleading impression" that it contains whisky. "It's not actual Fireball Cinnamon Whisky. It's a malt-beverage version called simply Fireball Cinnamon.

Companies Tesla Inc FollowTwitter Inc FollowJan 23 (Reuters) - Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk will take the witness stand again on Monday, as he defends himself against fraud claims that he lied when he tweeted in 2018 that he had funding to take the electric carmaker private. Millions of dollars are at stake as well as the reputation of Musk, whose personal stature is a central asset of the Tesla brand. The trial will test whether Musk's penchant for taking to Twitter to air his sometimes irreverent views misleads investors and damages the value of the company. Shareholders claim they lost millions after Musk tweeted that he had "funding secured" to take Tesla private. The defendants include current and former Tesla directors, whom Spiro said had "pure" motives in their response to Musk's plan.

☆ UN chief slams fossil fuel industry expansion in Davos speech
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Guterres pointed blame squarely at the fossil fuel industry when addressing the Davos crowd, composed of billionaires, politicians and business leaders, including dozes of high level executives from the world’s biggest oil and gas companies. And like the tobacco industry, those responsible must be held to account,” Guterres told the conference. A new report published on Tuesday by the campaign group Reclaim Finance revealed that dozens of banks and financial institutions with net zero pledges are still pouring money into fossil fuels. Since signing, however, it found members have invested hundreds of billions into fossil fuels. Guterres called on companies to “put forward credible and transparent transition plans on how to achieve net zero,” by the end of 2023.

☆ UK parliament considers recalling Amazon exec after lawmaker "unhappy" with testimony
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Martin Coulter | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

An Amazon spokesperson strongly denied the executive - European policy chief Brian Palmer - misled the committee. It cited legal filings related to U.S. court cases and testimony from workers at five warehouses in the UK. "We were extremely unhappy with his testimony," McDonald told Reuters. An Amazon spokesperson said that Amazon used CCTV cameras "to ensure the safety of employees and security of products". "To suggest that the use of these standard business practices amount to surveillance of employees is wrong," the Amazon spokesperson added.

☆ China accuses U.S. of distorting facts after aircraft clash
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

SHANGHAI, Jan 1 (Reuters) - A U.S. military plane involved in a confrontation with Chinese aircraft in disputed southern waters last week had violated international law and put the safety of Chinese pilots at risk, a defence ministry spokesman said. But Tian Junli, spokesman for China's Southern Theatre Command, said in a statement late on Saturday that the United States had misled the public about the incident near the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. He said the U.S. plane violated international law, disregarded repeated warnings by China and made dangerous approaches that threatened the safety of China's aircraft. "The United States deliberately misleads public opinion... in an attempt to confuse the international audience," Tian said. China claims almost the entire South China Sea as its sovereign territory, but parts of it are contested by Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei.

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