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New York Mayor Eric Adams is expected to face federal charges by prosecutors out of the Southern District of New York as soon as Thursday, two sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday night. Before news of federal charges broke Wednesday, Adams was at a reception at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which President Joe Biden also attended. “I do not see how Mayor Adams can continue governing New York City,” Ocasio-Cortez said on X. "However, it is clear that defending himself against serious federal charges will require a significant amount of the time and attention needed to govern this great city. The most appropriate path forward is for him to step down so that New York City can get the full focus its leadership demands."

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☆ CNBC Daily Open: Time to look at AI-adjacent plays
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. The Stoxx Europe 600 Bank Index fell 0.73% as investors monitored UniCredit's potential merger with Commerzbank . Done selling NvidiaNvidia CEO Jensen Huang is done selling the company's stock for now. In March, Huang set out a plan to sell up to six million Nvidia shares by first quarter of 2025.

Persons: Jensen Huang, Huang, Meta Organizations: CNBC, Dow Jones, Nasdaq, Commerzbank, Google, Microsoft Google, European Commission, European Union, Microsoft, Nvidia, Bain & Company, Labs, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Locations: Europe

☆ Oil prices little changed as U.S. stockpile drop offsets global demand woes
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Oil prices were little changed on Thursday after falling in the previous session as signs of higher fuel demand and falling stockpiles in the U.S., the world's biggest oil user, offset concerns over demand elsewhere, particularly in China. Oil prices were little changed on Thursday after falling in the previous session as signs of higher fuel demand and falling stockpiles in the U.S., the world's biggest oil user, offset concerns over demand elsewhere, particularly in China. Oil prices slumped over 2% on Wednesday as worries over supply disruptions in Libya eased and demand concerns continued despite China's latest stimulus plans. Oil prices initially rose following the stimulus announcement from the world's biggest oil importer. "Any revival in Libyan production would return to a market that is already beset by concerns of weak demand in the U.S. and China," ANZ Research said.

Organizations: Brent, U.S, West Texas, ANZ Research, Energy Information Administration Locations: U.S, China, Libya, United States

After her stone-cold expression went viral at the Paris Olympics, sharpshooter Kim Ye-Ji will play the role of an actual assassin in an upcoming Korean series. “Crush” is an action series that will follow characters from all over the Asian continent, Lee JungSub, writer and director of “Crush,” told NBC News. Kim Ye-ji, left, and Oh Ye Jin, at the end of the 10m air pistol women's Final during the Olympics in Paris, on July 28, 2024. Alain Jocard / AFP via Getty Images file“Kim Ye-ji’s casting as a global Korean assassin was a natural choice given her precision and performance at the Olympics — particularly her shooting skills,” he said. For fans, who compared Kim’s shooting skills and icy confidence in Paris to that of James Bond, this was a natural next step.

Persons: Kim Ye, Ji, Kim, Anushka Sen, ” Kim, Lee JungSub, “, ”, Ye Jin, Alain Jocard, toting Sen, James Bond Organizations: Paris Olympics, Asia Lab, NBC News, Getty, Olympics Locations: Asia, Paris, Korea, AFP

☆ AOC says embattled NYC Mayor Eric Adams should resign for the 'good of the city'
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Antonio Planas | Antonio Planas Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., on Wednesday called for New York City's embattled Mayor Eric Adams to resign. In a post on X, Ocasio-Cortez said the chaos in the Adams' administration is rendering his government ineffective. Adams' administration is the target of multiple federal investigations. "I do not see how Mayor Adams can continue governing New York City," Ocasio-Cortez said. In a separate investigation, the FBI searched the homes of at least two senior officials in the Adams' administration.

Persons: Alexandria Ocasio, Eric Adams, Cortez, Adams, —, Edward Caban, ” Caban Organizations: Rep, New York, New, New York Police, NYPD, NBC News, FBI Locations: Alexandria, Cortez, New, New York City, New York

The Summary Roughly one-third of former professional football players surveyed believe they have CTE, a study found. But the new research indicates that many former NFL players have experienced symptoms associated with CTE, including depression and cognitive difficulties. Roughly one-third of former professional football players surveyed believe they have chronic traumatic encephalopathy, according to a recent study. Evidence of it has been found in the brains of many former football players after death. “Most of the studies that have been done on CTE are much smaller studies on deceased players,” said Rachel Grashow, the lead author of the new study and director of epidemiological research initiatives at Harvard University’s Football Players Health Study.

Persons: CTE, ”, Rachel Grashow, Grashow, ” Grashow, Thor Stein, “, Stein, ” Stein, Tua Tagovailoa Organizations: NFL, Harvard University’s Football, Football, National Football League Players Association, American Football League, National Football League, Boston, Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Bills, Indianapolis Colts

☆ Judge to approve auctions liquidating Alex Jones' Infowars to help pay Sandy Hook families
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Jones’ personal social media sites, including his account on the social platform X, which has 2.8 million followers, would not be included. Murray also is expected to sell many of Jones’ personal assets. The Sandy Hook families who won the Connecticut lawsuit want Jones to lose his personal social media accounts. It’s unclear how much money would be raised by selling Infowars and Jones’ assets, and how much money the Sandy Hook families would get. If the debt is found to be valid, that could reduce any amount the Sandy Hook families ultimately get from the liquidations.

Persons: Alex Jones, Sandy, Christopher Lopez, Jones, “, ” Jones, Sandy Hook, ”, Jones ’, Lopez, Christopher Murray, Murray, Christopher Mattei, “ Alex Jones, ” Mattei, —, PQPR, wasn’t Organizations: Elementary, Free Speech Systems, Systems, PQPR Holdings, Speech Systems Locations: Houston, Austin , Texas, Newtown, Connecticut, Texas and Connecticut

☆ German Greens leadership quits after series of election blows
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

25 September 2024, Berlin: The German Green Party leaders Omid Nouripour and Ricarda Lang resign. Photo: Fabian Sommer/dpa (Photo by Fabian Sommer/picture alliance via Getty Images)The joint leaders of the German Greens, Omid Nouripour and Ricarda Lang said they would step aside, making way for a new leadership to be elected at the next party congress. The decision comes after a series of heavy election defeats for the party, which serves in Social Democrat Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition.

Persons: Omid Nouripour, Ricarda Lang, Fabian Sommer, Omid, Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Organizations: German Green Party, Getty, German Greens, Social Locations: Berlin

☆ My mom used to yell at me when I was a kid. I taught her about gentle parenting and she's now an amazing grandmother.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

My husband, Ryan, and I practice gentle parenting. We were pleased my parents moved cross-countryI was raised with a certain amount of dieting. My parents moved from Charlottesville, Virginia, to California in 2021 when my daughter was 2, and I was about six weeks pregnant with my son. Mulligan coached her mom in gentle parenting. The following year, Mom moved to a retirement community within 15 minutes of our house.

Persons: —, Joelle Mulligan, Ryan, Dad couldn't, Dad, Mulligan, Mom, I'm, millennials Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Santa Cruz , California, Charlottesville , Virginia, California

☆ Step inside a luxury Panama City resort attracting business travelers with its exclusive, Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course and high-end dining
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Monica Humphries | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Panama City's wealthy Santa Maria neighborhood is home to the city's only five-star resort. The Santa Maria Hotel is known for its Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course and high-end dining. Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. I was in Santa Maria, one of Panama City's most expensive neighborhoods. To celebrate my final night in Panama, I spent a night at the five-star Santa Maria Hotel and Golf Resort.

Persons: Jack Nicklaus, — Organizations: Service Locations: Panama, Santa Maria, Santa, Panama's Gulf, Chiriqui

☆ I tried out the alpha version of ChatGPT's Advanced Voice Mode. Here's what you can expect as it rolls out this week.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewOpenAI stunned viewers when it showed off ChatGPT's Advanced Voice Mode at its Spring Update event in May. AdvertisementOpenAI will also release five new voices to Standard and Advanced Voice Mode in addition to the four already available. I've been trying out the alpha version of Advanced Voice Mode over the last couple of weeks, so here's what you can expect once you get access. Advanced Voice Mode also didn't give the thoroughness or detail that the text mode offers. ChatGPT's Advanced Voice Mode feels a world apart from Siri or other voice assistants, which don't offer smooth back-and-forth conversations or pick up on emotion.

Persons: —, Scarlet Johanson — OpenAI, It'll, Edu, it's, I've, didn't, Siri Organizations: Service, Business, Enterprise, EU, American Locations: Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein

☆ 7 ways you're making your home look cheap, according to a luxury interior designer
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Samantha Grindell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Comfort is important, but you don't need to sacrifice aesthetics. A beautiful piece of furniture can be comfortable. "When people are going to buy furniture, they focus so heavily on the comfort and they don't focus on the style," he said. Prioritizing comfort above all else also frustrates Rehman because there are so many affordable, comfortable pieces with aesthetic appeal, he said. "Just take that little extra step and go find things that are the best of both worlds."

Persons: Robert Daly, Rehman, there's Locations: cupholder

CNN —New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted on at least one federal criminal charge, multiple sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. The indictment follows a monthslong federal investigation into campaign fundraising violations and foreign influence. The mayor is expected to have several days to turn himself in, according to sources familiar with the case. New York City campaign finance records show Arkan donated $1,500. As part of their investigation, FBI agents seized Adams’ cell phones days after the raid on Suggs’ home.

Persons: Eric Adams, Adams, “, ” Adams, He’s, Edward Caban, Lisa Zornberg, Adams ’, Zornberg, David Banks, Brianna Suggs, Suggs, Erden Arkan, Arkan, Suggs ’, ”, Jumaane Williams Organizations: CNN, New, New York City, The New York Times, Mansion, City Hall, US, Southern, of, NYPD, Democratic Party, New York Police Department, KSK, FBI, Democratic, Turkish Locations: New York, New, of New York, America’s, City, Brooklyn, New York City, Manhattan, Adams ’, Turkish, Turkey, Üsküdar

☆ Stop driving yourself crazy trying to be ripped, fit, and healthy. A nutrition coach to Olympians and CrossFitters shares how he strikes the right balance.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Rachel Hosie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Switching focus periodically"There's an amount of training that's going to help you get strong. There's an amount of training that's going to help you to lean out (with nutrition and everything too). And then there's an amount that's going to help you to perform at the highest levels of human performance," Molloy, who works with Olympians and professional CrossFit athletes, said. Molloy said many elite athletes essentially trade long-term health for elite performance, experiences, and, in some sports, "a boatload of money."

Persons: —, Mike Molloy, CrossFit, Molloy, Tyler Le, " Molloy Organizations: Service, —, Business Locations: Silicon

☆ Alex Jones’ conspiracy theory empire Infowars will be sold for parts to help pay Sandy Hook families
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Hadas Gold | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Anyone can place a bid for Infowars, including its dubious dietary supplement store, and use the property for any reason. Nothing would prevent him from continuing to broadcast under a new owner, although he would still need to pay off the debt he owes the Sandy Hook families with any earnings he may receive. There’s also nothing stopping Jones from continuing to speak about the Sandy Hook massacre or the families. The only way Jones would be prevented from speaking about Sandy Hook entirely is through a separate settlement with the families. But even if all of Jones’ personal intellectual property is sold off along with Infowars, it’s unlikely to make more than a small dent in the amount he owes the Sandy Hook families.

Persons: Alex Jones ’, Jones, Sandy, Christopher Mattei, Sandy Hook, Alex Jones, ” Mattei, There’s, “, ” Jones, ” Organizations: New, New York CNN, Free Speech Systems, Elementary, ThreeSixty, Systems, Infowars Locations: New York, Texas, Connecticut, Sandy

☆ A 20 year-old built a nuclear fusion prototype in his home for $2,000. Here's how he did it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Jessica Orwig | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The nuclear fusion prototype generates a glowing orb of plasma. Nuclear fusion reactors that can generate fusion are usually much larger, like this now-retired Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor at PPPL. It can't produce nuclear fusion, but it can achieve plasma, which is where nuclear fusion takes place and is a major step in the overall process. How Nazoordeen made his nuclear fusion prototype from scratchNazoordeen wasn't afraid to ask for help. Everything you need to make a nuclear fusion prototype can probably fit on your desk (banana included).

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☆ Biden finally seems comfortable talking about his age
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Alice Tecotzky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewAfter months of having to defend his age, President Joe Biden seems willing to discuss it — and its limitations — openly. Sitting for an interview on "The View" on Wednesday, he subtly acknowledged how age factored into his decision to drop out of the election. While Biden stopped short of pinning his decision on his age alone, he openly hinted at the toll being an 86-year-old president would have taken. At his State of the Union speech in March, Biden simultaneously joked about and worked hard to justify his age. When Whoopi Goldberg, one of the hosts, compared Trump to a bug, Biden slapped the table, miming killing the insect to raucous applause.

Persons: —, Joe Biden, Biden, Donald Trump, it's, he's, Robert Hur, Whoopi Goldberg, Trump, Kamala Harris Organizations: Service, Democratic, Business, Trump

☆ My boyfriend and I moved in with my mom so I could pursue my dream career. We don't pay rent, and our routine works for us.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Gemma Lewis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Meanwhile, my passion for writing, a flame kindled since I wrote my first "book" at age 5, was quickly being smothered. The thought of quitting my job to pursue freelance writing was pretty irrational, if you judge rationality by safety and stability. back-of-the-envelope math ensued, suggesting I'd need to publish about 15 articles monthly to cover London rent and groceries. Courtesy of Gemma LewisOur dynamic works for usLiving with my mom has, on the whole, been comforting and easy. I'm doing exactly what I'm supposed to be doing, and I'm doing it precisely where my obsession with writing and storytelling first began.

Persons: —, She's, I'd, she'd, Gemma Lewis, We've, it's, I'm Organizations: Service, Business Locations: London, Canada, North America, West Coast, Scotland, Vancouver, Francisco, San Francisco

☆ Mira Murati, OpenAI’s technology chief, becomes the latest exec to leave the company
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati — who has been instrumental in the development of ChatGPT and the artificial intelligence image generator Dall-E — said Wednesday she is leaving the company. “My six-and-a-half years with the OpenAI team have been an extraordinary privilege,” Murati said in a note to the OpenAI team, which she posted to X. Fellow OpenAI co-founder John Schulman exited in August to join rival Anthropic. Murati joined OpenAI’s leadership team in 2018 after working at augmented reality company Ultraleap (then called Leap Motion) and Tesla. During the debacle, Murati joined more than 500 fellow OpenAI employees in threatening to quit if Altman was not brought back to the company.

Persons: Mira Murati —, —, “, ” Murati, “ There’s, shakeup, OpenAI, Ilya Sutskever, John Schulman, Greg Brockman, Murati, Sam Altman, Altman, Mira, ”, ” Altman Organizations: New, New York CNN, OpenAI, Bloomberg, OpenAI’s, Tesla, o1 Locations: New York, Silicon Valley

☆ Hezbollah may have enough missiles to breach Israel's Iron Dome. But doing so could trigger its destruction.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

That may be enough to overwhelm Israel's Iron Dome air defense system and inflict huge damage on the country's cities and infrastructure, experts say. Two unnamed US officials told the publication that Israel believes the Iron Dome could be vulnerable, particularly in the north. The Iron Dome is one of the most advanced defense systems in operation today. Each battery consists of three to four launchers carrying dozens of Tamir interceptor missiles and a sensitive radar, US military Iron Dome contractor Raytheon Technologies said. AdvertisementIsrael's Iron Dome repelled a barrage of rockets from Hezbollah.

Persons: —, William Wechsler, JALAA, Wechsler, Israel, Tamir, It's, " Wechsler Organizations: Service, Hezbollah, Business, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Israel's, Middle, The Atlantic Council, Israel Defense Forces, CNN, IDF, Iron Dome, Raytheon Technologies Locations: Israel, Lebanon, Iran, Gaza, Israel's, Beirut, Tehran, Anadolu, United States, Tel Aviv

☆ OpenAI CTO Mira Murati announces she's leaving the company
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Mira Murati, chief technology officer of OpenAI, during an interview on "The Circuit with Emily Chang" in San Francisco on April 4, 2023. OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati said Wednesday that she is leaving the company after six and a half years. Murati also wrote that she is "stepping away because I want to create the time and space to do my own exploration. Murati became a well-known name when OpenAI's board abruptly ousted CEO Sam Altman last November and Murati was named interim CEO. Days later, Altman was back at the company and Murati moved back to her former role as CTO.

Persons: Mira Murati, Emily Chang, There's, Ilya Sutskever, Jan Leike, John Schulman, Anthropic, Murati, OpenAI, Sam Altman, OpenAI's, Altman, Sutskever, Helen Toner, Tasha McCauley Organizations: OpenAI, Reuters, Microsoft, Tiger Global, Nvidia, Apple, Tech, Street Locations: San Francisco, OpenAI

☆ Scientists discovered a unique line of Neanderthals and it's helping solve the mystery of humanity's last great extinction
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewScientists are one step closer to solving the mystery of humanity's last great extinction: why the Neanderthals died off. AdvertisementThis explained why Thorin's DNA seemed so much more ancient than his bones. His DNA resembles Neanderthals who lived over 100,000 years ago, but Thorin was 50,000 years younger, according to the recent study. Related storiesThat means, people within the community reproduced amongst themselves for more than 50,000 years, spawning a unique lineage distinct from other Neanderthal groups, according to the researchers. "We have this incredible extinction, which is the last great extinction of humanity," Slimak said.

Persons: —, Ludovic Slimak, MATTHIEU RONDEL, Thorin, Slimak, Bill O'Leary, Thorins, Nikola Solic, Nowell Organizations: Service, Business, Cell Genomics, Smithsonian Museum, Washington, Getty, Reuters, University of Victoria Locations: France, Thorin's, Massif, Krapina, Croatia

☆ Secret Service failures before Trump rally shooting were ‘preventable,’ Senate panel finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

But that information was not relayed to key Secret Service personnel who were interviewed by Senate investigators. The Senate report comes just days after the Secret Service released a five-page document summarizing the key conclusions of a yet-to-be-finalized Secret Service report on what went wrong, and ahead of a Thursday hearing that will be held by a bipartisan House task force investigating the shooting. "This was the result of multiple human failures of the Secret Service," said Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, the top Republican on the panel. Investigators found that many of the people in charge denied that they had responsibility for planning or security failures, and deflected blame. Democrats and Republicans have disagreed on whether to give the Secret Service more money in the wake of its failures.

Persons: Donald Trump, Butler, Michigan Sen, Gary Peters, Peters, Thomas Matthew Crooks, Trump, rallygoer, Crooks, Anthony Guglielmi, Kentucky Sen, Rand Paul, Ronald Rowe Jr, Republican Sen, Ron Johnson of Organizations: Senate Homeland Security, Governmental Affairs Committee, Democratic, Service, Communications, Republican, Secret Service, Senate, Trump, Secret, Advance, United States Secret Service, Republicans Locations: Butler , Pennsylvania, U.S, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Trump's Florida, Kentucky, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin

☆ Dating coach: This is the No. 1 type of question you should ask on a first date
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Aditi Shrikant | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

First dates can feel like job interviews in that you want to present the most appealing version of yourself. Almost half, 49%, of singles have been on a date where the other person didn't ask them a single personal question, according to a new report by dating app Plenty of Fish. The best way to make a good first impression is to focus less on yourself and more on your date, says Blaine Anderson, an Austin, Texas-based dating coach and founder of Dating by Blaine. "If your date mentions they had a crazy day at work, instead of shifting the conversation to your crazy day, you can ask your date what psychologists call a 'support question,' to learn more about what made their day crazy, and how they feel," Anderson says. To make your date feel heard, ask relevant questions that show you were listening.

Persons: Blaine Anderson, Blaine, Anderson, Matt Abrahams, Abrahams Organizations: CNBC Locations: Austin , Texas

AssumptionAn assumable mortgage will let a borrower transfer the mortgage to someone else even if they haven't fully paid it off. Assumable mortgagesIf you have an adjustable-rate mortgage or a government-backed mortgage (including FHA, VA, and USDA mortgages), you might have an assumable mortgage. Finally, if you want to transfer a property into a trust, a mortgage transfer may be able to help, too. Mortgage transfer processIf you think a mortgage transfer is the right move for your needs, follow this step-by-step process. If the lender doesn't approve a mortgage transfer, you will need to explore other options, such as refinancing your mortgage or selling your house.

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