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☆ A California DA is 'disappointed' that doctor who drove a Tesla carrying his family off a cliff gets mental health diversion instead of a trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) 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. A San Mateo County judge on June 20 granted Dharmesh Patel's request to participate in a mental health diversion program, which would allow him to avoid a trial on charges of attempted murder. AdvertisementThe ability to participate in diversion programs — for juveniles, veterans, or defendants struggling with mental health diagnoses or substance abuse struggles — is an increasingly popular alternative to jail sentences across the US. Wagstaffe told BI the charges against Patel have now been suspended and if he successfully completes the two years of the diversion program, the charges would be automatically dismissed. Under California law, defendants are ineligible for the diversion program if they have been charged with other offenses, including murder, involuntary manslaughter, and rape."

Persons: —, Tesla, Dharmesh, Steve Wagstaffe, Patel, Susan Jakubowski's, Jakubowski, Wagstaffe, Gavin Newsom Organizations: Service, Business, GPS, California Legislature Locations: California, Mateo County, San Mateo County, Northern California

☆ A gig worker says the Lyft CEO's depiction of easy earnings is nonsense
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Take one of Risher's latest LinkedIn posts, which details driving Lyft riders around Napa Valley on a Sunday in early summer. But one Pennsylvania-based Lyft driver told Business Insider that the reality is far different than what Risher describes. AdvertisementDuring one recent week driving in Pennsylvania, the driver told BI that he completed eight rides over about three hours and drove 85 miles. Uber and Lyft workers say they're regularly offered rides that pay $3 or less each. Do you work for Lyft, Uber, DoorDash, or another gig rideshare or delivery service and have a story idea to share?

Persons: —, David Risher, Risher, They're, aren't, Lyft, Uber, they're, that's Organizations: Service, Business, Lyft Locations: Napa Valley, Pennsylvania, Napa

☆ 911 call logs for Tesla's HQ reveal reports of 'terroristic' threats and attempted extortion
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

"Wire $300,000 dollars to bitcoin account within 12 hours," the email to Kirkhorn added, according to the incident report. The case was ultimately suspended and no arrest was ever made, according to the incident report and Dark. AdvertisementSome Tesla workers told BI that tight production deadlines and the intensity of the work could sometimes create a high-pressure environment. We were just standing outside the building waiting to go back to work," one worker, who was there during the ordeal, told BI. The sheriff's office told local news at the time that the building was cleared and there was "nothing to substantiate the presence of a shooter at all."

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☆ A gig worker says the Lyft CEO's depiction of easy earnings are nonsense
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Persons: —, David Risher, Risher, They're, aren't, Lyft, Uber, they're, that's Organizations: Service, Business, Lyft Locations: Napa Valley, Pennsylvania, Napa

☆ AIPAC is not the only reason Jamaal Bowman lost
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Read previewRep. Jamaal Bowman was roundly defeated in the Democratic primary for New York's 16th congressional district on Tuesday, making him the first member of the progressive "Squad" to lose reelection. AIPAC spent over $17 million on Bowman's primary. On the ground, AIPAC's offensive translated into TV ads attacking Bowman and praising Latimer, as well as a deluge of mailers at residents' doors. Congressman Jamaal Bowman won both primaries, upsetting former Congressman Eliot Engel in 2020, and beating two Westchester County legislators in 2022. Months before AIPAC began dropping millions of dollars on the race, polling already showed Bowman struggling against Latimer.

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☆ How the Midwest Floods Nearly Took Out a Century-Old Dam
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Mitch Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Rapidan Dam, a feature of the southern Minnesota landscape for more than a century, was “in imminent failure condition.”“We do not know if it will totally fail or if it will remain in place,” officials said on Monday as dead trees and other debris piled up at the dam and floods overwhelmed the Upper Midwest. At one point, a support structure alongside the dam partly failed and gushing waters carved out a nearby cliff. Video footage showed a nearby building collapsing on itself and being sucked into the river. But by Tuesday, the main part of the dam was intact, and water flows were beginning to slow. “The Rapidan Dam, we think, is going to continue to hold up,” Bob Jacobson, the commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, said late Tuesday afternoon after state officials flew over the dam to survey the damage.

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☆ I explored the ruins of an abandoned zoo on the coast of Florida, and it was completely overrun by nature
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Joey Hadden | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

In 2021, I explored the ruins of a Miami zoo that was abandoned after hurricanes ravaged the area. Nature has taken over Crandon Park Zoo since then. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementOn a corner of a South Florida beach, animals were once confined at the Crandon Park Zoo, according to the Miami Herald. In 1991, the zoo ruins reopened as gardens with the goal "not to destroy everything," Kevin Asher, a planner for the county, told the Miami Herald.

Persons: —, Kevin Asher Organizations: Service, Miami Herald, CBS Miami, Business Locations: Miami, Crandon, South Florida

San Miguel Gate, Tohono O’odham Nation CNN —The thermometer hit 111 Fahrenheit as we rolled up to a battered tent deep in the Tohono O’odham Nation reservation in Arizona. Chairman Verlon Jose, leader of the Tohono O’odham Nation, considered addressing them, and then turned away. CNNPeople wait to be taken in by Border Patrol after crossing the US-Mexico border near the San Miguel gate on the Tohono O'odham reservation, Arizona in June 2024. Evelio Contreras/CNNYou could drive for miles on the sprawling Tohono O’odham reservation without encountering anyone beside the free-ranging cattle. Some Tohono O’odham Nation members put out water or food for the migrants, others are afraid to.

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☆ Crews Race to Fortify Levees as Floods Swallow Midwestern Towns
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Mitch Smith | More About Mitch Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Midwestern towns were racing this week to strengthen their levee systems as rising rivers enveloped homes, drowned farmland and led to daring water rescues across three states. In Iowa, where hundreds of properties were destroyed, rivers were receding in some places but still rising in others. And in South Dakota, where one death was linked to the floods and some residents were advised to leave their homes, Gov. The Midwest has faced a range of weather extremes over the past several years, including record-breaking floods in 2019, persistent drought and relentless rainstorms this month. As climate change causes the planet to warm, such events will become more common, scientists say.

Persons: Kristi Noem, ” Jason Westcott Organizations: National Guard Locations: In Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, Union County, S.D

☆ These are the least difficult areas in U.S. to buy a home: NBC News Home Buyer Index
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Ana Teresa Solá | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

10'000 Hours | Digitalvision | Getty ImagesThere are areas in the U.S. that are considered to be the least difficult places to buy a home, according to a new real estate indicator. When the counties are sorted by index rank, Iroquois County, Illinois is the least difficult market to buy a home, according to the NBC News Home Buyer Index. Economic Instability: Macon County, Tennessee has the most stable local economy among measured areas. And finally, economic instability considers an area's market volatility, unemployment levels and interest rates. The NBC News Home Buyer Index was developed by NBC News alongside housing experts, such as a real estate industry analyst and a bank economist from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

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☆ Supreme Court Allows Suit Over Arrest Said to Be Politically Motivated
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Adam Liptak | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A former Texas city councilwoman may pursue a lawsuit claiming that officials had abused their power by arresting her in retaliation for exercising her First Amendment rights, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday. The court’s five-page opinion was unsigned, which is unusual in argued cases. Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. issued a 16-page concurring opinion, writing only for himself. The unsigned opinion said an appeals court had taken “an overly cramped view” of the evidence required to prove a retaliatory arrest. The appeals court should have considered, the opinion said, objective evidence presented by the councilwoman, Sylvia Gonzalez, that the criminal law under which she had been charged had never been used in the county in similar circumstances.

Persons: Samuel A, Alito Jr, Clarence Thomas, Sylvia Gonzalez Locations: Texas

☆ An Arkansas county doesn't want families to move. It's offering them up to $50,000 to build or renovate their homes.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Allie Kelly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

And, the incentive program is only available to employees of specific companies, like steel producers River Steel, US Steel, and Atlas Tube. Mississippi County's incentive program is part of a recent wave of efforts across rural America to increase populations and local businesses. Related storiesFor Mississippi County, this growing housing demand has provided an opportunity to build their towns and cities. The housing incentive program offers a 10% forgivable loan on a new home construction with a maximum home cost of $500,000, meaning some families can receive up to a $50,000 housing credit. As more families move to or settle in Mississippi County, Scott expects it will have a positive effect on businesses, the school system, and public spaces.

Persons: —, Farmers Bank & Trust Randy Scott, Scott, You'll, you'll Organizations: Service, Business, Farmers Bank & Trust, Steel, US Steel Locations: Mississippi County , Arkansas, Rock, Tennessee, Blytheville, Osceola, Mississippi County, . Mississippi, America, Lincoln County , Kansas, Tulsa , Oklahoma, Columbus , Georgia, Midwest, Mississippi, Missouri , Alabama , Mississippi , Wisconsin , Michigan, Colorado, Ohio, Arkansas

☆ Iran's upcoming snap elections: A battle of anti-western hardliners
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Natasha Turak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Iranian Leader Press Office | Anadolu | Getty ImagesIran is holding snap elections on June 28 following the sudden death of former Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. The election will take place against the backdrop of a battered Iranian economy, widespread popular discontent and crackdowns on dissent. He described Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei⁠ as the country's "only 'voter' of significance." Iran's Presidency | WANA | Via ReutersBut with Sunday's announcement of the approved candidates, "those hopes were largely dashed," he said. It comes after turnout for Iran's parliamentary election in March was also the lowest for a legislative contest in the Islamic Republic's history at 41%.

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☆ RV sales are picking up. That’s a good sign for the economy
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( Alicia Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

When consumer sentiment falters or the economy starts to teeter, RV sales follow suit, said Michael Hicks, an economics professor at Ball State University and director of Indiana University’s Center for Business and Economic Research. “People don’t make these large, luxury purchases unless they’re actually feeling better about the economy,” said Hicks, who follows the RV industry closely. “It’s so sensitive to interest rate changes, which often precede a downturn.”A Winnebago travel trailer at Motor Sportsland RV dealership in Salt Lake City on April 6, 2020. Nika Shneyder and her father and business partner, Alex Shneyder, standing by a Chill RV in Malibu RV Park, California, in 2019. They moved down to a historically strong, but noticeably smaller, 493,000 the next year, according to data from the RV Industry Association.

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☆ Nigel Farage: The US-style migration debate taking over Britain’s election
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

“It’s a bit like God’s waiting room.”But Clacton is the front line of Britain’s migration debate. The Reform leader uses divisive language on migration, warning supporters of what he calls an "invasion" of asylum seekers. Despite years of tough rhetoric and policies aimed at deterring the arrival of asylum seekers – devised largely to placate Farage’s supporters – Britain’s asylum system is creaking. Laws prevent most asylum seekers from working, so while taxpayers fund their accommodation, they cannot contribute formally to the economy. That could widen even further the chasm in understanding between his voters and Britain’s asylum seekers, experts fear.

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☆ Why Trump Will Win This Oklahoma County - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Scott Ellsworth | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

By almost any measure, Cimarron County is “out there.” Situated at the very tip of the Oklahoma Panhandle, and sharing borders with Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas, it is both rural and remote. Outside of Boise City, the county seat, the only substantial trees are those that surround isolated farmhouses, dark green islands floating on a golden ocean. In Boise City, pop. Cimarron County does not live in some 1950s time warp. The local Girl Scout troop just built a pickleball court, I saw Thai spices at Moore’s Food Pride, The Boise City News is on Facebook and fentanyl has made an unwelcome appearance.

Persons: Donald J, I’m, ” Organizations: Trump, Oklahoma Panhandle, Girl Scout, Food, Boise City Locations: Cimarron County, Kansas , Colorado , New Mexico, Texas, Boise City, Cimarron

☆ After he drove off an embankment and became stranded in a ravine, this man’s dog traveled 4 miles to find help
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Kaila Nichols | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

In town, no one had seen or heard from Garrett, Millhollin said. “I thought for sure when I was making the 911 call that I was calling just for a body recovery,” Tyree Garrett told CNN. The accident had happened when he started to fall asleep while driving, Garrett told CNN: “I thought I’d make camp and I didn’t. Garrett told CNN he sustained a hairline fracture in his foot and some lacerations. Three of Garrett’s dogs – including Blue – are with him as he recovers, but one still isn’t back from the veterinarian.

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☆ She’s Fighting to Save America’s ‘Last Best Place’ From Suicide
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Michael Corkery | Tailyr Irvine | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

On a typical day, Ali Mullen races from her job at the county health department in Helena, Mont., to pick up dinner for her three children, heads home to feed them and then goes back out for a violin lesson or a school play, crisscrossing the small city in her aging S.U.V., with a rainbow bumper sticker that reads “You Are Loved.”A big pack of gummy bears keeps her going, stashed in her handbag next to a different sort of lifesaver: a gun lock that she carries almost everywhere she goes. In a sparsely populated state where many people own firearms, the small metal contraptions, which fit around a trigger and cost less than $10 on Amazon, are one way Montanans are trying to reduce the high rate of people who kill themselves. For the past year, Ali, 46, has been giving gun locks away to anyone who wants one, her piece of trying to solve the puzzle of suicide in Montana.

Persons: Ali Mullen, Ali Locations: Helena, Mont, Montana

☆ Mountain Landslide Destroys Section of Highway to Jackson, Wyo.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Mike Ives | More About Mike Ives | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A landslide in the Teton mountains destroyed part of a highway that links Idaho to Jackson, Wyo., forcing the authorities to close the road indefinitely on Saturday just as the area was entering its summer tourism season. No one was injured when a section of the Teton Pass “catastrophically failed,” the Wyoming Department of Transportation said in a statement on Saturday. The highway west of Jackson had been closed to traffic before the road gave way, and crews were working to build a detour around a section where a crack had appeared in the surface days earlier. The department said it expected a long-term closure. Travel and tourism is Wyoming’s second-largest industry, according to the Jackson Hole Travel and Tourism Board, and the county took in about $1.7 billion in travel-related spending in 2022.

Persons: Jackson, Mark Gordon of Wyoming Organizations: Wyoming Department of Transportation, Gov, Teton County ., Jackson, Travel, Tourism Board Locations: Idaho, Jackson, Teton County

☆ A Republican Election Clerk vs. Trump Die-Hards in a World of Lies
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Eli Saslow | Erin Schaff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

“I hope you’re having a blessed morning,” Zakas said. “Unfortunately, a lot of people are still very concerned about the security of their votes. They’ve lost all trust in the system.”“I’d be happy to answer any questions and explain our process again,” Elgan said. Elgan recognized it as a recall petition, a collection of signatures from voters who wanted to remove an elected official from office. It had been more than 20 years since the county’s last successful recall, and Elgan leaned down to study the form.

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☆ 'Everyone is too scared to come': Taiwan's earthquake deals a blow to top tourism hotspot
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Jan Camenzind Broomby | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

As a bed and breakfast owner in Taiwan's Hualien County, Chen Rei-jia was used to the minor tremors that sometimes disturbed her work. Source: Jan Camenzind BroombyNow, survivors like Chen are facing a new challenge. "It might take five to 10 years for full recovery," Chang Chih-hsiang, director general of Hualien's tourism department, told CNBC Travel. Chang Chih-hsiang, head of Hualien's tourism office, estimates the area's tourism industry could take five to 10 years to fully recover. Source: Jan Camenzind Broomby

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☆ German national soccer coach Julian Nagelsmann condemns ‘racist’ poll which asked if team has enough White players
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Sammy Mncwabe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —German national soccer coach Julian Nagelsmann condemned a “racist” poll which asked participants if the team has enough White players, in a press briefing on Sunday. Nagelsmann said it was madness that the broadcaster asked this question and said he agreed with midfielder Joshua Kimmich who described the poll as racist a day earlier. Another of the questions asked in the ARD survey was whether it’s a “pity that the current captain of the German national team has Turkish roots.” Gundogan is the team’s captain. In April, German soccer authorities said they would redesign the number “4” on the country’s national jerseys amid claims it resembles a logo used by Nazi paramilitary units. Euro 2024 host Germany will kick off the month-long tournament against Scotland at Munich’s Allianz Arena on June 14.

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☆ A growing California wildfire spanning 14,000 acres is forcing residents to evacuate
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Jillian Sykes | Dalia Faheid | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A growing grass fire that began Saturday afternoon in San Joaquin County, California, has consumed 14,000 acres, forcing residents in its path to evacuate the area, officials say. The Corral Fire began in the City of Tracy around 2:30 p.m., according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. “Areas west of the California Aqueduct, South of Corral Hollow Creek, West to Alameda County and South to Stanislaus County should leave now,” the county said Saturday. A resident evacuates his horse as the Corral Fire bears down on ranches west of Tracy, California, on June 1, 2024. A section of I-580 is closed in both directions due to the “major grass fire, smoke, and zero visibility,” according to the California Department of Transportation.

Persons: Tracy, Kent Porter, Josh Silveira, Silveira, Kevin J Lincoln, CAL FIRE Santa Clara Unit’s, Baraka Carter Organizations: CNN, California Department of Forestry, Clover Community Center, The Press Democrat, AP, Alameda, Cal Fire Battalion, California Department of Transportation, National Weather Service, The California Department of Forestry, Fire Protection, Firefighters, CAL FIRE Santa Clara, Santa Clara Unit Locations: San Joaquin County , California, City, Tracy, California, South, West, Alameda County, Stanislaus County, San Joaquin, Tracy , California, Stockton, Sacramento, Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Stanislaus

☆ Why Americans Don't Get Enough Sleep: Money Stress, Jobs, Health
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Jeremy Ney | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

When we don't get enough sleep, it can influence everything from how much money we make to our likelihood of developing dementia, heart disease, and diabetes. Researchers have found that stress is one of the strongest indicators of poor sleep. On top of that, the county struggles with poor health, another major contributor to poor sleep. In our analysis, we overlaid the CDC's sleep data with a CDC survey on mental health and found a 79% correlation between mental-health problems and poor sleep. In the food-services industry, people juggle inconsistent shifts and low pay that often requires taking on multiple jobs, and 40% of workers don't get enough sleep.

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Louisville, Kentucky CNN —All charges against Scottie Scheffler have been dismissed less than two weeks after the world No. “Based upon the totality of the evidence, my office cannot move forward in the prosecution of the charges filed against Mr. Scheffler,” County Attorney Mike O’Connell said Wednesday in court. “He’s glad it’s over,” Romines said of Scheffler, who lives in Texas and had permission to miss Wednesday’s hearing. It appears to show an officer read Scheffler his Miranda rights before questioning the golfer about the incident. The officer, Detective Bryan Gillis, stopped Scheffler and attempted to give instructions.

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