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☆ Henry Cavill made a subtle dig at his Superman drama with WB and DC Studios: 'I don't have much luck with post-credit scenes'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Caralynn Matassa | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewHenry Cavill has moved past his scrapped Superman return and onto new projects, but he can still crack jokes about what could have been. In his introductory remarks before a screening of his new Guy Ritchie movie "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare" attended by Business Insider, Cavill made a subtle dig at his Man of Steel drama with DC Studios and WB. While praising his collaboration with Ritchie, Cavill noted that he'd worked with the director before, when he had a lead role in the 2015 spy film "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." I will, after all, not be returning as Superman," Cavill wrote. He also reunited with Ritchie already for the director's upcoming 2025 film "In the Grey," which will also re-team him with his "Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare" costar Eiza González.

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☆ South Carolina Coach Dawn Staley on Caitlin Clark: She is a superstar
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailSouth Carolina Coach Dawn Staley on Caitlin Clark: She is a superstarSouth Carolina Coach Dawn Staley and South Carolina Gamecocks Center Kamilla Cardoso to discuss the rising popularity of women's college basketball, Caitlin Clark's role in bringing more attention to the sport, and more.

Persons: Dawn Staley, Caitlin Clark, South Carolina Gamecocks Center Kamilla Cardoso, Caitlin Clark's Organizations: South Carolina, South Carolina Gamecocks Center

☆ South Carolina coach Dawn Staley says women's basketball will get 'better and better'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Jessica Golden | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Dawn Staley just finished leading South Carolina's undefeated season and witnessing the end of Caitlin Clark's record-breaking college career — and she thinks women's basketball is only getting started. The matchup, broadcast on ESPN , was the most-watched basketball game at any level since 2019, according to Nielsen. "I hope every school or university treats women's sports like South Carolina," she said. Staley, who is the second-highest-paid coach in women's college basketball, has a salary of $3.1 million per season, and earned a reported $680,000 more in bonuses following South Carolina's championship. Staley also reflected on Clark's effect on women's basketball, not only through drawing new audiences to the sport, but also by appearing on platforms such as "Saturday Night Live."

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☆ Opinion: Skimpy Olympic uniforms for women are an outrage
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Opinion Danielle Campoamor | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Nike’s new Olympic outfit designs for the US women and men were revealed last week, and the track and field uniforms have rightly been met with intense criticism. Just look at what Caitlin Clark, Dawn Staley and this year’s women collegiate basketball players did for the NCAA. For the uninitiated, prior to the settlement the women were earning as little as 40% of what the men were paid, despite winning four World Cup championships. A woman, Simone Biles, is the most decorated gymnast of all time, winning an astounding 37 World and Olympic medals… and she’s not done competing. Instead, while male athletes are simply referred to as “athletes,” we are “women athletes” who must shave and trim, wax and pluck our way into the hearts and minds of… men.

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☆ Opinion: ‘Civil War’ is more than a reflection on America’s divisions
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Opinion Noah Berlatsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Noah Berlatsky Noah BerlatskyAlex Garland’s “Civil War” has mostly been discussed as a reflection of, and a warning about, America’s current partisan divisions. Unlike the actual US Civil War, this one doesn’t seem to have any particular racial or racist connotations. But it’s the same kind of cop out that powers most of Hollywood’s most iconic Vietnam war movies. Hollywood Vietnam war movies generally aren’t about whether America did the right thing, nor are they about how America’s choices affected people in Vietnam. Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket" (1987), starring Matthew Modine as Joker, is based on the events of the Vietnam war.

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☆ A Boeing supplier says it tried using Vaseline, cornstarch, and talcum powder to lubricate a door seal before settling on Dawn dish soap: NYT
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Besides the soap, FAA auditors say they saw Spirit mechanics use a hotel key card to check a door seal. In March, The Times reported that Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) auditors saw Spirit AeroSystems' mechanics applying soap to a door seal. AdvertisementAccording to Buccino, Spirit also tried using other household products such as Vaseline, cornstarch, and talcum powder as a lubricant before settling on liquid Dawn soap. Buccino said the Dawn soap became their top choice because it didn't cause the door seal to degrade over time. Representatives for Boeing, Spirit, and the FAA did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider sent outside regular business hours.

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Some 4,000 revelers gathered on the night of Oct. 6 at a field in southern Israel, mere miles from the Gaza border, for the Tribe of Nova music festival. At dawn, thousands of Hamas-led terrorists stormed Israel’s defenses under the cover of a rocket barrage. About 1,200 people were killed that day, the deadliest in Israeli history according to the Israeli authorities, including 360 at the rave alone. Many of the ravers were under the influence of mind-altering substances like LSD, MDMA and ketamine as they witnessed the carnage or fled for their lives.

Locations: Israel, Gaza

☆ Dish Soap to Help Build Planes? Boeing Signs Off on Supplier’s Method.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Mark Walker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A recent Federal Aviation Administration audit of the production of the Boeing 737 Max raised a peculiar question. Was it really appropriate for one of the plane maker’s key suppliers to be using Dawn dish soap and a hotel key card as part of its manufacturing process? conducted the audit after a panel known as a door plug blew off a 737 Max 9 during an Alaska Airlines flight in January. The New York Times reported last month that the agency’s examination had identified dozens of problems at Boeing and the supplier, Spirit AeroSystems, which makes the fuselage of the 737 Max. But in the aftermath of the Alaska episode, Spirit says one thing has been misunderstood: its use of the dish soap and the hotel key card.

Persons: Max Organizations: Federal Aviation Administration, Boeing, Alaska Airlines, The New York Times Locations: Alaska, Renton, Wash

☆ Bon Appétit plans to cut about 25% of its union staff, and insiders worry it will undermine the rebuilding the brand has done after a racial reckoning
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Four years after a racial reckoning roiled Condé Nast's Bon Appétit, insiders worry that planned cuts could undo a fragile rebuilding effort. Included in that figure are 94 members, or 17%, of Condé Nast Union, which covers around 550 people across a dozen titles, including Vanity Fair, Vogue, and GQ. The Test Kitchen also benefited from a home cooking boom in the pandemic. But by August 2020, 10 of 13 members of the Test Kitchen had left. Members of the BA Test Kitchen in February 2020.

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☆ Severe Weather Bringing Tornado Threat and Flooding to Gulf Coast
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Derrick Bryson Taylor | Judson Jones | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Waves of intense weather were moving east on Wednesday, bringing flash flooding and tornadoes the New Orleans area and other parts of the central Gulf Coast, the National Weather Service said. The first tornado warnings have been issued for some rural areas, and more were expected through the morning. Forecasters warned that more than seven million people across Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama could experience extreme weather through the day. The Weather Service issued more than a dozen tornado warnings and watches that covered towns from Texas to Mississippi. One of the more significant bulletins was a tornado watch issued for the southeastern portion of Louisiana north to Columbus, Miss., until the early afternoon.

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☆ Exclusive: On board a B-52 bomber mission to China’s doorstep
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Oren Liebermann | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Sitting on the massive bomber’s sole bunk, the third pilot on the flight crew, Capt. This year, the Air Force began low-rate production of the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider, the next generation of stealth bomber. In October, Chinese fighter jets intercepted a B-52 bomber at night over the South China Sea, south of our position. Everyone is tired, especially as we approach the 24-hour mark of the flight, but the mission is not yet complete. On final approach, with Barksdale Air Force Base looming off our nose, the right main gear does not extend.

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☆ How Muslim Americans are observing Eid-al-Fitr in the midst of the crisis in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Harmeet Kaur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

In Gaza, it’s customary to make large batches of the cookies during Eid and other holidays to distribute to family and friends. Ahead of Eid, El-Haddad and her daughters prepare ka'ik, traditional ring-shaped cookies stuffed with date paste. Some other Muslim Americans aren’t in the mood to celebrateFor some other Muslim Americans, the ongoing assault on Gaza has cast a shadow over Eid festivities. Given the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, some Muslim American communities are not in the mood for elaborate Eid celebrations this year. So on Eid, El-Haddad will honor her aunt by cooking sumagiyya the way she knows how.

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☆ YouTube's relentless grind is causing an OG creator exodus. Jacksepticeye may be next.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Read previewRetirement could be on the horizon for gaming YouTuber Jacksepticeye — the latest sign of an OG creator exodus. AdvertisementThis admission shows that even the biggest and most successful content creators are struggling right now, feeling misplaced and confused about their future on an ever-changing platform. AdvertisementSince the Adpocalypse in 2017, when major companies threatened to pull their ads from YouTube, creators have been under increased scrutiny from the platform. The relentless content cycleBurnout has plagued content creators since the dawn of it becoming a legitimate career path in the noughties. When asked if he liked his fellow YouTuber, McLoughlin said "no."

Persons: —, he's, Seán McLoughlin, McLoughlin, I'm, Tom Scott, it's, I've, Forbes, trolled, Ulrike Gretzel, Tanja Schöllhammer, Brandon C Harris, YouTube McLoughlin, MrBeast, McLoughlin's, Harris Organizations: Service, OG, Business, YouTube, Mental, Journalism, Creative Media, University of Alabama

☆ People on a $1,150 special Delta eclipse flight didn't see a total eclipse, but they weren't mad about it
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Alexandra Bacon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewWhen Delta first announced its special solar eclipse flight from Austin to Detroit, it was so popular that they had to arrange a second flight from Dallas to Detroit. But it turns out that people on board didn't get to see the total eclipse, according to one passenger. AdvertisementThe view from the aircraft during the special solar eclipse flight. "Even though we didn't get it completely, it was a fun community experience," he told the outlet. The solar eclipse was expected to be a big boon for local economies along its path, with millions of visitors spending money to travel across the country to get the best viewing spot.

Persons: —, James Larounis, Larounis Organizations: Service, Delta, Passengers, Business, Dallas, Washington Post Locations: Austin, Detroit, Dallas, Washington, Atlanta

☆ CEO sold her house, liquidated 401(k) to start a beauty tech company—then she got a 6-figure ‘Shark Tank’ offer
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Seven years ago, Dawn Myers saw Lori Greiner invest in a woman-owned hair company on ABC's "Shark Tank." She felt inspired, and started her own hair company catering to curls and coils. Today, Myers is the founder and CEO of Washington D.C.-based The Most, a parent company for brands Richualist and The Most Curls. Myers, a lawyer by training, said her lack of beauty, tech and engineering experience made it hard to attract investors. She ultimately raised $1.1 million in venture capital while undergoing surgeries and chemotherapy treatments, a Richualist spokesperson tells CNBC Make It.

Persons: Dawn Myers, Lori Greiner, Myers Organizations: Washington D.C, The, CNBC

☆ 5 desserts for celebrating Eid al-Fitr
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Jocelyn Solis-Moreira | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Ramadan is coming to an end, which means it’s time to plan to celebrate Eid al-Fitr. A number of desserts make up the table during Eid al-Fitr. Arindam Dey/AFP/Getty ImagesA classic Eid al-Fitr dish is sheer khurma. Helou said these desserts are eaten all year round, but they are ever more present during Ramadan and Eid. iStockphoto/Getty ImagesA popular Eid al-Fitr dish is a sweet milk-based dumpling called rasmalai.

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☆ Opinion | The Economic Luminary Who Loved Solar Eclipses
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Peter Coy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In 1857, William Stanley Jevons was 22 years old and was working as an assayer for the Sidney Mint. Two eclipses passed over Australia that year, and Jevons enthusiastically tracked both. I think it’s interesting nonetheless, because Jevons went on to become one of the most important economists of his century. Your first glass of orange juice tastes great, the second less so, and the third you pour down the drain. So don’t buy that third glass of orange juice.

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☆ Opinion: Caitlin Clark is still the GOAT, but she’s not the only one
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Opinion Amy Bass | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

This year’s women’s tournament just kept getting better with every turn. That intensity is proof positive that women’s basketball has exploded. The valuation of the college game, too, is on a meteoric rise. Caitlin Clark talks with the media after Iowa's loss to South Carolina in the 2024 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament National Championship on April 7. “I want to personally thank Caitlin Clark for lifting up our sport… she carried a heavy load,” Staley said.

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☆ Dawn Staley: South Carolina’s three titles in seven years speak volumes of coach’s remarkable tenure
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Ben Morse | Sarah Sidner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Caitlin Clark’s last dance in the NCAA dominated conversation ahead of Sunday’s women’s national championship game. Could the Iowa star cap off her historic time in college basketball with the final and so-far elusive accolade: a national title? Staley celebrates winning her third national title. After a year in Syracuse, she transferred to South Carolina in 2021, playing back-up to Boston during the team’s 2022 national title run. South Carolina players credit Staley for helping their development on the court.

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☆ South Carolina wins NCAA women’s championship game over Iowa, Caitlin Clark
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-07 | by ( Jill Martin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

“Kamilla Cardoso was not going to let us lose a game in the NCAA tournament,” South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley said. While the spotlight was on Clark, South Carolina just kept winning. Ben Solomon/NCAA Photos/Getty Images Clark, right, and Kate Martin walk off the court after losing to South Carolina. Kirby Lee/USA Today Sports/Reuters Kamilla Cardoso of the South Carolina Gamecocks and Saniya Rivers jump for the opening tipoff. Ben Solomon/NCAA Photos/Getty Images South Carolina's Te-Hina Paopao walks onto the court during player introductions ahead of the game.

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☆ This new 'blended-wing' plane looks like a military stealth bomber and just got the green light to fly after decades of development
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-06 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

California aerospace startup JetZero got the green light to fly its new "Pathfinder" aircraft. The composite technology makes this new load bearing possible, Bragg told BI. "The product is essentially a new airframe and flight controls married to existing systems already certified for commercial flight," JetZero told BI. And most of those 200+ passengers would be in the middle section without a window, which Bragg told BI could put off travelers. Later, American aircraft industrialist and designer Jack Northrop built his famous "Flying Wing" aircraft in the 1940s, laying the framework for the eventual B-2 bomber.

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☆ The men's Final Four coaches earn on average nearly double the women's salaries for the same job. Here's how much all 8 head coaches make.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-06 | by ( Cork Gaines | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Four men's teams and four women's teams are competing to be the 2024 March Madness national champions. The average salary is $4 million for Final Four men's coaches and $2.15 million for women's coaches. Related storiesThe four men's basketball head coaches have an average salary of $4 million. Michael Conroy/AP ImagesThe gap in pay between college women's basketball and men's basketball head coaches is even more pronounced if we extend beyond the Final Four teams. The average salary of the top 20 women's basketball coaches is $1.5 million a year.

Persons: —, Dan Hurley, Dawn Staley, Geno Auriemma, Nate Oats, Matt Painter, Kevin Keatts, Lisa Bluder, Wes Moore, Michael Conroy, Bill, LSU's Kim Mulkey Organizations: Service, USA, University of Connecticut, UConn, Alabama, Purdue, Carolina State, Iowa, Final Locations: Dawn Staley of South Carolina, Carolina, Kansas

☆ Russia Pounds Kharkiv in Deadly Barrage, Straining Ukraine’s Defenses
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-06 | by ( Marc Santora | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Russian rockets slammed into residential buildings in Kharkiv before dawn on Saturday, Ukrainian officials said, killing at least six people and injuring at least 11 more in the latest assault on Ukraine’s second-largest city. “Russian terror against Kharkiv continues,” President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said in a statement. “It’s crucial to strengthen the air defense for the Kharkiv region. And our partners can help us with this.”Ukraine’s air defenses have come increasingly under strain since American military support stopped flowing into the country more than six months ago, and future assistance remains uncertain amid Republican resistance in Congress to a $60 billion aid package. Speaker Mike Johnson, Republican of Louisiana, has hinted that he would soon bring the issue of military aid for Ukraine to a vote in the House, but has also said that he might tie the issue to unrelated matters like domestic energy policies that could complicate its passage.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelensky, “, Mike Johnson Organizations: Republican Locations: Kharkiv, Ukraine, Louisiana

☆ Don't be surprised if you get left behind when you're late back, says TikToker on the cruise that left 8 passengers stranded
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Eight passengers were left stranded on São Tomé and Príncipe after missing a cruise ship's boarding deadline. After missing the boarding deadline, the eight people were stuck in São Tomé and Príncipe, an island nation of some 220,000 people off West Africa. It took them six days to get back on the Norwegian Dawn cruise ship, as they missed a chance to re-embark in Gambia before finally getting on board in Senegal. AdvertisementShe explained that cruise lines will hold the ship for passengers on an excursion organized by the company. Jill Campbell, one of the stranded passengers, told NBC News she believed Norwegian Cruise Line had fallen short in a '"basic duty of care."

Persons: —, Gracie O'Connor, O'Connor, Tomé, you've, Jill Campbell Organizations: Service, Norwegian, NBC News, Norwegian Cruise Locations: Norwegian, West Africa, Gambia, Senegal

☆ A group of cruise passengers stranded off the coast of Africa spent 6 days chasing the ship to get back on
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Eight passengers chased their cruise ship around Africa for six days. They were stranded in São Tomé and Príncipe and missed a chance to re-embark in Gambia. AdvertisementA group of passengers left stranded on a small African island after missing a boarding deadline finally managed to rejoin their cruise ship on Tuesday after chasing it for almost a week. The couple had considered not rejoining the ship, believing that Norwegian Cruise Line had fallen short in a '"basic duty of care," Campbell told NBC News. But, six days after being left behind in São Tomé and Príncipe, the cruise line confirmed the eight passengers, including the Campbells, finally re-embarked in Senegal on Tuesday.

Persons: —, São, Jill Campbell, Campbell Organizations: Norwegian Cruise Line, Service, Business, Príncipe Coast Guard, ABC, NBC News, Cruise, NBC, Campbells Locations: Africa, Norwegian, Senegal, Gambia, West Africa, Banjul, São, Dakar

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