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☆ UK's Sunak Says Russia Targeted Civilian Cargo Ship in Black Sea on Aug. 24
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

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Organizations: U.S . News, U.S News

☆ Explore How Income Influences Attendance at 139 Top Colleges
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Aatish Bhatia | Claire Cain Miller | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

Explore How Income Influences Attendance at 139 Top CollegesAt many selective private colleges, being very rich is a door to entry — students with parents earning in the top 1 percent attend at much higher rates than other similarly qualified students, new data shows. The data is available for 139 colleges, including the top private colleges according to Barron’s and many of the top public and private colleges in U.S. News & World Report. The researchers also had access to internal admissions data for several of the most elite private colleges. In much of the next tier of elite private colleges, rich students have a similar advantage. Even though college attendance rises with parental income, when it comes to educating the majority of America’s four-year college students, public universities play a vital role — regardless of how much their parents make.

Persons: Raj Chetty, Deming, Friedman, Professor Chetty, John N . Friedman of Brown, David J . Deming, ”, Jesse Rothstein, Chetty, They’re Organizations: U.S . News, Harvard, Dartmouth, Chetty, Ivy League, University of California, Stony Brook University, Carnegie Mellon Locations: U.S, Dartmouth, Georgetown, Berkeley, Los Angeles, California, Swarthmore, Wellesley

☆ Dozens of rich Norwegians worth billions have relocated to Switzerland to escape higher taxes
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Wealthy Norwegians are fleeing the country following a wealth tax increase last year. Røkke, who has a Forbes-estimated net worth of $4.9 billion, had reportedly been the country's biggest taxpayer. Switzerland has long been considered an attractive tax haven for affluent people looking to take advantage of its lower taxes. According to PwC, wealth taxes in Switzerland vary by canton – its 26 regions. It says that the result of this is an "overall personal net wealth tax rate between 0.02% and 1.03%."

Persons: Dagens, Kjell Inge Rokke Organizations: Service, Nordic, Aker ASA, Forbes, U.S . News Locations: Switzerland, Wall, Silicon, Norway

☆ The Great College Pricing Sham
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( James S. Murphy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +21 min

I use quotation marks, because merit aid is granted to half the students at public colleges and 84% at private colleges. Today the average merit-aid discount at private colleges is $23,000 — leaving the student to cover the remaining $30,000 or $40,000. At four-year public colleges, tuition now accounts for 52% of operational revenue, versus 48% from state funding. To make college more accessible, we need to make greater public investments — at both the state and federal levels — in higher education. James S. Murphy is a higher education policy analyst at Education Reform Now.

Persons: Joe Biden, YouGov, Gen, Gen Zers, You'll, Pell Grant, Dominique Baker, —, Getty, Ben Sasse, who's, Sasse, David Feldman, William & Mary, Ford, Feldman, they're, Sandy Baum, It's, There's, Baum, They're, Josh Shapiro, Spencer Cox, shouldn't, James S, Murphy Organizations: Insider, Harvard, of California, Southern Methodist University, Ivy League, U.S . News, Honda, Porsche, University of Florida, McKinsey & Company, University of Oklahoma, University of Kentucky, Ford, Apple, Fordham, Appalachian, William &, Technology, West Virginia University, WVU, Urban Institute, Google, Reform, Twitter Locations: United States, Italian, Appalachian State, America, Pennsylvania, Utah

☆ Talal Ansari — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Talal Ansari | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +2 min

Talal AnsariTalal Ansari is a reporter at The Wall Street Journal, covering U.S. news. He covers the news of the day while also working on exclusives and deeply reported stories. Prior to joining the Journal, Talal was a reporter for BuzzFeed News in New York City for four years, working on the investigative reporting team before moving to breaking news, covering everything from hate crimes to hurricanes. After leaving, Talal went into journalism and has worked at organizations such as Al Jazeera, the Los Angeles Daily News, and The Indian Express. Talal has a master's degree in long-form investigative journalism from the University of California Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

Persons: Talal Ansari Talal Ansari, Talal, Adnan Syed’s, Jameis Winston, Al Jazeera Organizations: Wall Street, BuzzFeed News, NFL, FBI, U.S . Citizenship, Immigration Services, American Mosaic Journalism, Knight Media, American, Los Angeles Daily News, Indian, University of California Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University Locations: Baltimore, America, Covid, New York City, U.S, Los Angeles

☆ A Delicate Dance: Gavin Newsom Promotes Biden, and Himself
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Adam Nagourney | More About Adam Nagourney | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Over the past four months, Gavin Newsom, the Democratic governor of California, has traveled to six Republican-led states. He has assembled a small staff of political advisers and created a political action committee to distribute $10 million to Democratic causes and candidates. Mr. Newsom said in an interview that he was not running for president, and that the time has come for Democrats to rally around President Biden. “The train has left the station,” Mr. Newsom said. It’s time for all of us to get on the train and buck up.”

Persons: Gavin Newsom, Ron DeSantis, Newsom, Biden, “, Mr, He’s, ” Organizations: Democratic, Republican, Fox News, United States Senate, White Locations: California, Florida, Tennessee, Sacramento

☆ Biden, Modi discuss rail deal, democracy as U.S. press sidelined
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Nandita Bose | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Biden and Modi last met in person in June when the Indian leader was the guest of a White House state visit. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen joined Friday's meeting, as did White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan, the White House said in a statement. Biden spoke to Modi about the importance of a healthy democracy, Campbell told reporters. Modi, of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, has faced criticism about shrinking press freedom in India since he took office. His allies attacked the reporter afterward, in a targeted online harassment campaign that the White House later called "unacceptable" and "antithetical to the very principles of democracy."

Persons: Joe Biden, Narendra Modi, Biden, We're, we've, Kurt Campbell, Campbell, Eileen Laubacher, Modi, amiably, Janet Yellen, Jake Sullivan, Subrahmanyam, Ajit Doval, Amit Dave, Nandita Bose, Steve Holland, Heather Timmons, Grant McCool Organizations: Indian, U.S, U.S . National Security Council, South, U.S ., General Electric, Treasury, Friday's, White, REUTERS, World Bank, Biden, Bharatiya Janata Party, White House, Thomson Locations: DELHI, New Delhi, India, East, Europe, U.S, South Asia, Washington, Delhi, China, Africa, Latin America, Asia, Vietnam, United States, American

☆ Mike Lindell's belligerent Dominion depositions: Hawking MyPillow dog blankets on Steve Bannon's podcast and scaring away court reporters
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Lindell insulted him, his lawyers, the judge, and took a break to go on Steve Bannon's podcast. When he stood up to take a call in the middle of questioning, Coomer's lawyers called it a day. In an interview with Insider on Friday, Lindell called Coomer's lawyers "creepy" and "evil." He said he had to take a personal "emergency call" before the deposition ended, and that Coomer's lawyers were aware it was coming. During the depositions, Lindell fiercely guarded his pillow company's brand and bristled at any suggestion that one of its latest products, the MyPillow 2.0, could be subpar.

Persons: Eric Coomer, Mike Lindell, Lindell, Steve Bannon's, Coomer, I'm, Bannon, Coomer's, —, Nina Wang, Wang Organizations: Dominion, Service, Dominion Voting Systems, Lindell, America Locations: Wall, Silicon, Texas, Wisconsin

☆ Australia, Philippines to Hold Annual Defence Ministers' Meeting
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

Organizations: U.S . News, U.S News

The annual Best Countries rankings from U.S. News may inspire hopeful chants of "USA!" The Best Countries survey gathered perceptions about 87 nations across 73 descriptive attributes, and Americans did view the U.S. as No. For instance, the world viewed the U.S. as No. A lower self-image was observed in several dozen other attributes as well, with the U.S. falling in rank when assessed by its residents compared with the full set of global respondents. Agreement elsewhere was more polarized, however, including on statements that assessed whether some of the most powerful countries are threats to the world.

Persons: – Organizations: U.S ., United States, U.S Locations: United, U.S, United States, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Switzerland, Myanmar, Ukraine, Bahrain, Jordan, Russia, China

☆ China Premier Li Met Vietnam PM at ASEAN Summit - Chinese Foreign Ministry
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

Australia, New Zealand Rise in RankingsThe far-flung but friendly nations of Australia and New Zealand are among the top 10 countries in the world, according to a U.S. News analysis, and their welcoming natures may be one of the reasons why.

Locations: Australia, New Zealand, U.S

On the overall list of the world’s Best Countries, Russia – where the survey was not fielded for the second year in a row – fell one spot to No. Among individuals in specific nations, the percentage of those agreeing this year that Russia is a “threat to the world” eclipsed 90% in several: Denmark, Finland, Japan and Poland. The only other countries with higher majorities agreeing that China is a global threat were Japan (91%) and South Korea (86%). Among respondents who do consider the U.S. a global threat, the highest share of agreement came from China at about 75%, while agreement eclipsed 60% among those from Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and New Zealand. Still, the possibility of geoeconomic conflict is troubling, according to Ellissa Cavaciuti-Wishart, head of the Global Risks Initiative at the World Economic Forum.

Persons: ”, Russia ” –, “, Russia that’s, Vladimir Putin, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Joe Biden, Richard Wike, ” Wike, “ They're, Biden, Ellissa Cavaciuti, Wishart Organizations: News, U.S . News, NATO, Wagner, Russia, The New York Times, Wagner Group, U.S, Best, Pew Research Center, Pew, Global, Economic Locations: Russia, Ukraine, U.S, China, United States, Denmark, Finland, Japan, Poland, Russian, Belarus, Moscow, Australia, United Kingdom, Eastern Europe, South Korea, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, New Zealand

☆ US's McCarthy Says China's Position on Fukushima Discharge 'Unfair, 'False'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

Locations: Australia, New Zealand, U.S

☆ A 4th FTX executive reportedly plans to plead guilty over crypto exchange's collapse, isolating Sam Bankman-Fried ahead of trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former FTX executive Ryan Salame is expected to plead guilty to criminal charges. Salame would be the fourth top official in the exchange to plead guilty to charges brought by the US Attorney's office in Manhattan. Sam Bankman-Fried, the company's former CEO and founder, is scheduled to go to trial on fraud and conspiracy charges in October. It's not immediately clear which charges Salame may plead guilty to and whether he will testify at Bankman-Fried's trial, as the other former executives are expected to. Within FTX, Salame connected Bankman-Fried to political power brokers and helped try to legitimize cryptocurrency in the corridors of Washington, DC.

Persons: Ryan Salame, Sam Bankman, Salame, It's, Fried, Caroline Ellison, Gary Wang, Nishad Singh, Haven, Egresitz Organizations: Service, US, of, Prosecutors, Alameda Research, Justice Department, Heritage, Democratic, Republican Locations: Wall, Silicon, Manhattan, Southern, of New York, Bankman, Massachusetts, Lenox —, Washington, DC, United States, Bahamas, Brooklyn

☆ Why Does Duke Have So Few Low-Income Students?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( David Leonhardt | Graphics Ashley Wu | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +31 min

Duke students, she thought, seemed more well rounded than students on some other campuses. I think it was me being a little bit naïve.” Other Duke students who identify as F.G.L.I. At Duke — as well as elite colleges that admit more low-income students — their graduation rate tends to be similar to the overall graduation rate. Over the past decade, as other elite colleges paid more attention to low-income students, they wooed some who once might have attended Duke. “Duke students are really oriented to the world,” she said.

Persons: Ben Denzer, Perkins, Duke, ” Juliana Alfonso, DeSouza, ”, Stephany Perez, Sanchez, University of Chicago —, Pell, Duke Duke, Melinda French Gates, Adam Silver, ” Gary Bennett, Grant, Bates, Brown, Pell Grant, ” Bennett, we’re, Ithaka, Yale Conn, —, Juliana Alfonso, Juliana, Duke Rice, Austin U.N.C, “, Karen Dong, ” Dong, ” Randi Jennings, Dong, Duke’s F.G.L.I, Duke —, ” Jennings, Randi, Jennings, Alfonso, David M, Rubenstein, “ It’s, ” Alfonso, Colleges don’t, Bennett, Caroline Hoxby, Christopher Avery, Louis, Holden Thorp, ” Thorp, Ron Daniels, Johns Hopkins, ” Daniels, Catharine Bond Hill, Thorp, Hopkins, Michael Bloomberg, Johns, “ Duke Organizations: Duke University, Perkins, Ivy League, Stanford, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Chicago, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Pell Grants, Duke, Pell Grants Harvard, Penn, Cornell, Dartmouth, Brown, Chicago, U.S . News, Colleges, Midwest, California Institute of Technology, Notre Dame, Bucknell, Georgia Tech, Oberlin, Reed, Tufts, Tulane, Wake, Universities, Wall Street Journal, University of California, University of South, College, Princeton N.J, Pomona Calif, Dartmouth N.H, Stanford Calif, Caltech Calif, Amherst Mass, Grinnell Iowa, Claremont McKenna, Vanderbilt, Opportunity, Elite, Spurs, Texas North, Southern Methodist University, Davidson, California Massachusetts, Stanford Harvard, Berkeley UMass Amherst, Amherst College Pomona, University of Texas, parka, Mardi Gras, Daily, West Union, LIFE, Uber, ” Colleges, Washington University, Hopkins, Vassar College, Johns Hopkins, University of Michigan, University of Virginia, University Locations: San Antonio, South Carolina, M.I.T, United States, Durham, N.C, Georgetown, Georgia, California, San Diego, U.C.L.A, University of South Dakota, University of South Florida, America, Middlebury, Northwestern, Pomona, Swarthmore, Harvard, Texas North Carolina, Texas, Canada, Myrtle Beach, Dallas, China, New Orleans, Irish, Camden , N.J, “, St, Johns Hopkins, Wash

From a survey data perspective, the countries’ moves up the Best Countries list come as they gained in some of the project’s 10 subrankings. In the Best Countries rankings, Neelam points to Australia performing well on an assessment of whether a country is perceived as corrupt. While she announced her resignation in January – before the Best Countries survey was fielded – Neelam says he “wouldn’t discount the Ardern factor” in New Zealand’s rankings rise. New Zealand does have other things going for it that mirror Australia in some ways. Murray, of Karamea, says the country – considered the most scenic among respondents to the Best Countries survey, with Australia at No.

Persons: Paul Murray, I’ve, he’s, ., –, Austin Billimack, he’d, “ Oz ”, ” Billimack, Zealand’s, Murray, Ryan Neelam, it’s, “, ”, Allan Behm, “ We're, Anthony Albanese, Scott Morrison, Albanese, Behm, Morrison, Morrison . New, Jacinda Ardern, – Neelam, Barack, Obama, Eric Crampton, Crampton, Ardern’s, Karamea Organizations: ” Global, U.S . News, FIFA, Australia, New Zealand, Lowy Institute, The Australia Institute, Labor Party, Best, New Zealand Initiative, Zealand Locations: Karamea, New, New Zealand, . Murray, Auckland, Wellington, Australia, Melbourne, Wisconsin, Australia’s, Oceania, Sydney, Australian, Canberra, Nauru, Morrison ., Christchurch , New Zealand, –, Canada

Through a U.S. News Lens: Decades of PhotographyAs U.S. News turns 90, a look back at the moments large and small documented along the way.

Organizations: News

“This is hugely important, both practically and symbolically,” said Tim Franklin, director of the Local News Initiative at Northwestern University's Medill journalism school. The Carnegie Corp., the Democracy Fund, the Ford Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and MacArthur are among a group of 20 initial funders. Philanthropies that recognize the need to strengthen democracy are beginning to see that progress on many different issues depends on the public's understanding of facts, said John Palfrey, MacArthur Foundation president. He said he expected other funding will be added in the coming months to boost the commitment beyond $500 million. Struggling local news sources have also attracted the attention of state governments, where things like tax breaks for advertisers or subscribers are being discussed, he said.

Persons: ”, Tim Franklin, Robert Wood Johnson, John Palfrey, Franklin, there's, “, Alberto Ibarguen, John S, James L, Ibarguen, wasn’t, ” Ibarguen, he's, Tom Rosenstiel Organizations: MacArthur Foundation, Foundation, Press, Local, Initiative, Northwestern University's Medill, Carnegie Corp, Democracy Fund, Ford Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, MacArthur, Associated Press, Knight Foundation, Texas Tribune, Shawnee Mission, University of Maryland Locations: United States, Northwestern, Shawnee, Kansas, Richland, Ohio, Chicago, Dallas , Texas, Pennsylvania, Minneapolis, Boston, Dallas, Seattle, Philadelphia

Organizations: U.S . News, U.S News

☆ ADL chief fires back at Elon Musk for waging campaign of harassment against the group
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Greenblatt told CNN on Wednesday that the ADL has seen a surge in threats directed at the organization since Musk began waging his campaign of bullying against the renowned institution. As a result, Greenblatt said, the ADL has been forced to increase its security. Nevertheless, despite the ominous climate, Greenblatt said that the ADL remains undeterred in its mission and insisted that it will not be intimidated. “For over 100 years, the ADL has been the leading anti-hate organization in the country fighting raging anti-semites, wild bigots, hardened anti-Zionists. Greenblatt said that while Musk is blaming the organization for its advertising woes, he has not been talking to advertisers.

Persons: CNN — Elon, Jonathan Greenblatt, Greenblatt, Musk, ” Greenblatt, “, It’s, —, We’ve, I’m, ”, Red Bull, Puck Organizations: CNN, Defamation, ADL, Twitter, Apple, Gatorade, Ritz Crackers, Samsung, NFL, MLB, Paramount, State Farm, IBM, Century Fox ., Washington Post, Street, The New York Times, Bloomberg, CNBC

☆ NATO Does Not See Indication of Intentional Russian Attack on Romania
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

Locations: Australia, New Zealand, U.S

“With us, you know what you get, which is rare nowadays!” Alexandre Edelmann, head of Presence Switzerland, a government agency that promotes the country abroad, says in an email. “People love our country without always knowing why,” says Jacques Pitteloud, Switzerland’s ambassador to the U.S. and a veteran diplomat. We are constantly leading the pack in terms of innovation.”This is evident in the prominent role Switzerland plays in some key areas of the global economy. Acknowledging "the elephant in the room," Pitteloud says Switzerland and the EU have "a complex relationship." And as a relatively small, landlocked country in which many areas are difficult to inhabit due to terrain, Switzerland is facing challenges related to population and resources.

Persons: Roger Federer, Philippe, –, Alexandre Edelmann, ”, Jacques Pitteloud, Pitteloud, ” Delphine Donné, Ruag, yearslong, ” Georg Klingler, Donné Organizations: Wimbledon, U.S . News, European Union, Bank, Presence Switzerland, Nestle, Roche, Novartis, Atlas, Logitech, ETH Zurich, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, EU, Greenpeace, Associated Press Locations: Switzerland, Europe, U.S, Swiss, France, China, Canada, Lausanne, Ukraine, Greenpeace Switzerland

The California bill would make gender affirmation one factor among many that courts already have to consider in custody proceedings, including whether a parent has been abusive and how much contact the child has with the parents. The bill would not require judges to prioritize whether a parent affirms their child's gender identity over other factors. The state Senate passed the resolution, and it now heads to the Assembly. State Sen. Shannon Grove, a Republican from Bakersfield, said she didn’t think other states would agree to that. The bipartisan California bill would not legalize the sale of the drugs.

Persons: Democratic Sen, Scott Wiener, they’ve, ” Wiener, ”, Sen, Kelly Seyarto, ” Seyarto, Gavin Newsom, Assemblymember Lori Wilson, Wilson, “, Alexis Sanchez, Sanchez, Newsom, Aisha Wahab, Wiener, State Sen, Shannon Grove, DECRIMINALIZING, it’s, Bill Essayli, Adam Beam, Nguyễn, ___ Sophie Austin, Austin @sophieadanna Organizations: Democratic, Republican, Democratic Gov, Sacramento LGBT Community Center, San Francisco, State, ., Associated Press, America Statehouse News Initiative, America Locations: SACRAMENTO, Calif, California, San Francisco, Southern California, U.S, Bakersfield, DECRIMINALIZING PSYCHEDELICS California, . Oregon, Colorado

☆ Magnitude 6.5 Earthquake Strikes Near Coast of Central Chile - GFZ
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

Organizations: U.S . News, U.S News

☆ The top 10 countries for a comfortable retirement
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Switzerland ranked at the top of U.S. News & World Report's Best Countries ranking both overall and for a comfortable retirement. Switzerland also topped last year's Best Countries ranking, which analyzes 87 countries on attributes including entrepreneurship and quality of life. The United States ranked 30th on the comfortable retirement list, while seven of the top 10 are in Europe. The US ranked higher on the best countries to start a career, coming in third behind Germany and Canada. Here are the top 10 countries in the world for a comfortable retirement, according to the U.S. News & World Report ranking:

Persons: Devon Haynie Organizations: U.S . News, Service, New Zealand, United States, US Locations: Switzerland, U.S, Portugal, Australia, New Zealand, Wall, Silicon, headquartering, Europe, Finland, New, Germany, Canada, India, Thailand, China, Mexico

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