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☆ Live Updates: Justices to Hear Obstruction Case That Could Bar Charges Against Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Adam Liptak | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

Still, in an earlier case involving a different provision of the law, the Supreme Court said it should be tethered to its original purpose. Mr. Fischer is accused of entering the Capitol around 3:24 p.m. on Jan. 6, 2021, with the counting of electoral ballots having been suspended after the initial assault. But the question for the justices is legal, not factual: Does the 2002 law cover what Mr. Fischer is accused of? Indeed, the judges in the majority in an appeals court ruling against Mr. Fischer could not agree on just what the word meant. By a 5-to-4 vote, the Supreme Court agreed.

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☆ Morgan Stanley is betting on AI to free up advisors' time to be 'more human.' Nearly 100% of advisor teams use it, and here's how.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Hayley Cuccinello | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Now he can answer those questions mid-call by asking the bank's AI chatbot, which typically takes 15 to 20 seconds. Morgan Stanley plans to expand AI projects firmwide, promoting Jeff McMillan, the head of wealth-management tech, in March to lead the effort. It can reference only the bank's internal content, can't use metaphors or analogies, and answers questions related only to wealth management. When asked if Donald Trump would make a good president, AIMS declined to answer, McMillan demonstrated to Business Insider. Related storiesBefore AIMS, Morgan Stanley had a product called FAST that could answer about 5,000 questions.

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☆ Morgan Stanley is betting on AI to free up advisors' time to 'be more human.' Nearly 100% of advisor teams use it, and here's how.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Hayley Cuccinello | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Now, he can answer those questions mid-call by asking the bank's AI chatbot, which typically takes 15 to 20 seconds. Morgan Stanley plans to expand AI projects firmwide, promoting wealth management tech head, Jeff McMillan, in March to lead the effort. It can only reference the bank's internal content, can't use metaphors or analogies, and only answers questions related to wealth management. When asked if Donald Trump would make a good president, AIMS declined to answer, McMillan demonstrated to Business Insider. AdvertisementBefore AIMS, Morgan Stanley had a product called FAST that could answer about 5,000 questions.

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☆ When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, it opened the floodgates for abortion-related lawsuits
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Joan Biskupic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

CNN —The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear its first abortion case since the 2022 reversal of Roe v. Wade and upheaval of reproductive rights in America. All the while, public regard for the Supreme Court has degenerated. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is photographed at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in September 2015. Dirck Halstead/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images Breyer and his daughter Chloe jog with Clinton in May 1994. Mai/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images Breyer works in his office with his staff of clerks in June 2002.

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☆ My parents are in their 70s and I'm almost 40. I'm only just now getting to know them outside a parent-child relationship.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( Theresa Sam Houghton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

However, now that they're in their 70s and I'm almost 40, I'm getting to know them as people. I appreciate who they are to me now outside of our parent-child relationship. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . I go out for coffee with my dad at our favorite local spot and have long talks, adult to adult. Little by little, I'm finally learning to see the individuals my parents have become after a lifetime of experience.

Persons: I'm, —, Seuss, Mom, Dad, outdoorsman, whittle, he'd, doesn't, we've Organizations: Service Locations: Lincoln

☆ Sanfordiacaulis: New ancient tree species looks like it could be from the mind of Dr. Seuss
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Ayurella Horn-Muller | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The authors said these new and unusual fossil trees not only bear a surprising shape reminiscent of a Dr. Seuss illustration, they reveal clues about a period of life on Earth of which we know little. Few tree fossils that date back to Earth’s earliest forests have ever been found, according to Gastaldo. Most ancient tree specimens are relatively small, he noted, and often discovered in the form of a fossilized trunk with a stump or root system attached. Wilf noted via email that the “unusual” new fossil tree was a relic of a time period from which there are almost no tree fossils. The peculiar set of tree fossils presents proof of a “failed experiment of science and evolution,” Stimson added.

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☆ Disney's 'Wish' director dropped out of med school and got rejected by the studio multiple times: 'It took me a few tries to get here'
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Jennifer Liu | In Jljenniferliu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Before she was directing Disney's 100-year anniversary tribute, Fawn Veerasunthorn had been rejected by the studio several times over. While Veerasunthorn was in college, Disney closed the Florida animation studio where her mentor had worked. In 2011, about a decade after she started chasing Disney in earnest, she finally landed a job with the iconic film studio. Veerasunthorn began working on "Wish" in 2020 and co-directed the feature alongside Chris Buck, who's been with the company since 1978. She always considered drawing her hobby and studied computer science in high school before planning to go the medical route professionally.

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NEW YORK (AP) — The Pulitzer Prize Board has revised its longtime rules on eligibility for many of its arts and letters awards and will now allow those not born in the U.S. and other non-citizens to compete. The board announced Tuesday that permanent residents and those who have made the U.S. their longtime primary home will be eligible in the categories for books, drama and music. “This expansion of eligibility is an appropriate update of our rules and compatible with the goals Joseph Pulitzer had in establishing these awards.”Last August, hundreds of writers endorsed an open letter calling for the Pulitzer board to permit non-U.S. citizens to compete. Signers included Sandra Cisneros, Brit Bennett, Dave Eggers and Pulitzer winners Andrew Sean Greer and Diane Seuss. Joseph Pulitzer founded the prizes in 1917 with a mission to honor “American” journalism and literature.

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☆ 81st Street Studio, a Garden of Artful Delight
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Laurel Graeber | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But maybe most intriguing are two round screens, each featuring a blinking, animated eye. When a child approaches a screen, the eye shuts, and images from the Met’s collection take its place. The other eye screen, at toddler level, reveals images from modern video art. By turning dials, visitors can change variables like shadow, color, angle and distance and see how they affect the objects pictured. Art and science intersect again in the music station, whose instruments might seem more appropriate for Dr. Seuss than for a symphony.

Persons: ”, Nina Callaway, we’re, ” Holder, Seuss, Kip Washio Organizations: Yamaha

☆ I took a chance and wrote my college essay about wanting to be like Barbie. I was accepted into one of the world's top film schools.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Lauren Trippeer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

When I wrote my college-admissions essay, I took a risk and wrote: "I want to be like Barbie." I thought about what I liked; I liked film. Barbie chose all of her dreams, and through pursuing film as a career, I could too. With help from Barbie, I consistently chose it all, and through film, I could bring my ballerina-astronaut dreams to life. Now, two years later, I'm entering my sophomore year of studying film and television production at Chapman University, one of the world's top film schools.

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☆ Opinion | Readers, Show Us Your Wit
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

We invite readers to have a little fun by expressing their opinions in forms other than letters to the editor. Take a well-known song, poem or other kind of text (from Shakespeare to Seuss), and rewrite the words in response to something or someone in the news. For inspiration, look at what readers submitted when we solicited such “variations” a few years ago. Send in your submissions by Aug. 7. Please include your name, location and contact information, and put “variations” in the subject line.

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☆ Is Gen Z Down to Clown? The Circus Is Counting on It.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Emma Goldberg | More About Emma Goldberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The circus has to make money to keep its clowns clowning. Coming out of the pandemic, Cirque du Soleil was in trouble. After filing for bankruptcy protection in 2020, Cirque decided it had to be more than just a circus. It wanted to be a brand, something that could sell perfumes, sunglasses, tote bags and video games. So over the past year the circus brought in consultants, which yielded months of meetings peppered with phrases like these.

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☆ Dr. Seuss holiday favorite 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas!' is getting a sequel this fall — more than 60 years after the original was published
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( Aaron Mcdade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The holiday classic "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" Random House and Dr. Seuss Enterprises announced the follow up, slated for September. The story is the latest in a list of titles published under Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel's name since his death in 1991. is set a year after the original story ends, Random House Children's Books and Dr. Seuss Enterprises announced Thursday. Alice Jonaitis, executive editor of Dr. Seuss Publishing, said in a statement.

For decades, searching for such hard-to-reach plants and collecting samples was carried out by intrepid botanists who rappelled by rope down dangerous cliffs to hunt for what was lost. Now, we may have a little more time before extinction.”DIRE SITUATIONToday, two in five plant species globally are threatened with extinction. Kauai has 250 plant species that can be found only on the island. To protect species in the long run, botanists need to collect samples — seeds and genetic material — which they can cultivate in greenhouse nurseries. They might even use drones to bomb down collected seeds, packing them into sticky fertilizer balls that can adhere to steep cliffs.

☆ The secrets behind these Christmas movie classics
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Aj Willingham | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ was supposed to be a flop"A Charlie Brown Christmas" is a beloved special, but those involved in its production worried that they'd created a dud. Classic songs were reused, rewritten and dubbed for ‘White Christmas’"White Christmas" is a movie that has a lot of behind-the-scenes lore. Paramount/Kobal/ShutterstockThe 1954 film “White Christmas” is brimming with behind-the-scenes lore, especially when it comes to the music. The animators behind 1993’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” used about 400 different hand-sculpted heads to bring Jack Skellington to life. Michael Caine did a literal balancing act during ‘The Muppet Christmas Carol’The Ghost of Christmas Present, left, and Michael Caine, right, in 1992's "The Muppet Christmas Carol."

☆ Netflix, HBO Max, and more streamers are scrapping original kids series and battling for more IP-based hits like 'CoComelon' in a 'bummer year for animation'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Elaine Low | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

HBO Max's abrupt removal of dozens of series, mostly kids shows, took creators by surprise. You can't stream it on HBO Max or any subscription service; it's available only for purchase on iTunes. The move was a cost-saving one for HBO Max parent Warner Bros. HBO Max will continue to release new kids and animated programming but is expected to be more selective. "It's a small community" of animation creators, the animation exec told Insider, and those HBO Max cancellations hurt.

☆ It's a 'bummer year for animation' as HBO Max, Netflix, and more streamers scrap original kids series and hunt for the next 'CoComelon'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-07 | by ( Elaine Low | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

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