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covers all things Hollywood. He joined The New York Times in 2007 and previously worked at The Wall Street Journal.

Organizations: New York Times, Wall Street

☆ German cockroaches’ unexpected origins revealed by genomic analysis
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( Amanda Schupak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The nocturnal critter was most likely a German cockroach, and its ancestors were pestering people more than 2,000 years ago in southern Asia, a new study found. German cockroaches, scientifically known as Blattella germanica, are ubiquitous in cities in the United States and around the world. The research team received 281 German cockroach samples from 57 sites in 17 countries and studied their DNA to trace their evolution. And we know that transatlantic trade routes probably were the culprit for the spread of German cockroaches. “For example, the German cockroach has insecticide resistance that is not detected in many other pests,” he said.

Persons: Qian Tang, ”, Tang, Carl Linnaeus, Matt Bertone, Jessica Ware, ” Ware, Amanda Schupak Organizations: CNN, National Academy of Sciences, Harvard University, American Museum of Locations: Asia, United States, Europe, India, Myanmar, Swedish, North America, Americas, New York City

☆ Opinion | ‘Accordion Hands’ and ‘Caterpillar Eyebrows’: Trump Meets the Female Gaze
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( Jessica Bennett | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When Donald Trump is relaxed — or as relaxed as someone can be while on trial for 34 felony counts of falsifying business records — you can see his socks. She takes it all in, and all of it, in turn, informs her work, which has been appearing in New York magazine. But rather than capturing key moments, or producing realistic renderings of the day’s events, Ms. Brourman’s expressive images cut across space and time. She uses watercolors, colored pencils, graphite, glitter pens; sometimes she tweezes for texture, or scrawls words in corners. In her portraits of Mr. Trump, he is both frenetic and hulking; her Stormy Daniels, shaded with blues and purples, looks emotionally bruised.

Persons: Donald Trump, Isabelle Brourman, Trump’s, Ms, Brourman, Mr, Trump, Stormy Daniels, ” Locations: New York

☆ Off-price retailers like TJX and Ross won't be slowing down any time soon — here's why
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-26 | by ( Gabrielle Fonrouge | In Gabrielle-Fonrouge | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Mario Anzuoni | ReutersOff-price retailers like TJX Companies and Ross are still posting sales gains and taking market share from rivals, but it's not just because consumers are under pressure and hunting for value. TJX and Ross both reported fiscal first quarter earnings last week that came in better than Wall Street expected, even as both companies lapped outsize growth from the prior-year period. Ross, which runs Ross Dress for Less and dd's Discounts, posted an 8% jump in sales, bringing revenue to $4.86 billion, compared to estimates of $4.83 billion, according to LSEG. "That's because they're providing consistent value to the consumer – and that's branded consistent value to the consumer at a discount price," said Roach. The dynamic is a bit different at Ross, which has more exposure to the lower- and middle-income consumer than TJX does and competes more on price, said Siegel.

Persons: Mario Anzuoni, Ross, it's, TJ Maxx, they've, Jessica Ramirez, Jane Hali, TJX, they'd, They've, Goldman Sachs, Brooke Roach, John Klinger, Michael Hartshorn, Roach, Simeon Siegel, Siegel, Ernie Herrman Organizations: Maxx, Reuters, TJX, Associates, Wall, Marshalls, CNBC, Walmart, BMO Capital Markets, Brands Locations: Pasadena , California, Homegoods, Ross

☆ And just like that… Has the tide turned on Carrie Bradshaw’s style?
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Carrie Bradshaw, the lead character played by Sarah Jessica Parker in the 1998-2004 TV series “Sex and the City,” has always been more of a fashion daredevil than a fashion darling. Parker spotted in one of her character's more outlandish looks while filming for the new season of "And Just Like That." “Definitely too much,” read one critique under @everyoutfitonsatc’s post of Jessica Parker in the latter look. So has Bradshaw’s style really changed, or have we? It seems like a ripe topic for the character’s newspaper column, and one Jessica Parker has thoughts on too.

Persons: Carrie Bradshaw, Sarah Jessica Parker, ”, Bradshaw’s, Carrie, could’ve, Bradshaw, Betsy Johnson, Simone Rocha, Ossie Clark, Parker, Jason Howard, Bauer, Griffin, Jessica Parker, florals, Ralph Lauren, Patricia Field, ’ wardrobes, “, Molly Rogers, Danny Santiago Organizations: CNN, City, HBO, Max, Warner Bros ., Guardian, Vogue Locations: New York City, Irish, YSL

☆ NASA's Webb Space Telescope discovered 3 rare galaxies that can help astronomers study the cosmic dark ages
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Lloyd Lee | Jessica Orwig | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewNASA's James Webb Space Telescope has detected three galaxies as they were likely forming during the universe's infancy, the space agency said Thursday. And it's all thanks to the tremendous observing power of the James Webb Telescope. AdvertisementThe James Webb Space Telescope helps astronomers study the very early universe. The Cosmic Dark AgesJames Webb Space Telescope has revealed 45,000 galaxies in this image, hundreds of which have never been seen until now. Astronomers study the Era of Reionization to understand the very early moments in our universe when galaxies and stars first formed and how.

Persons: —, James Webb, Webb, Kasper Heintz, NASA Heintz, Brant Robertson, Ben Johnson, Sandro Tacchella, Marcia Rieke, Daniel Eisenstein, Heintz Organizations: Service, NASA, Business, James Webb Telescope, University of Copenhagen, James Webb Space Telescope, ESA, CSA, UC, UC Santa Cruz, CfA, University of Arizona Locations: Denmark, UC Santa, Cambridge

A generic high blood pressure drug has become the most commonly prescribed oral medication to treat acne in women, overtaking antibiotics and birth control pills, a new report from Epic Research shows. Prescriptions for oral antibiotics — previously the go-to pill for acne — decreased from 41% to 27% in the same time period. While the drug was approved as a high blood pressure medication in 1960, it was in the 1980s that some doctors began prescribing it to women for acne. Birth control pills can also be an effective treatment for this type of acne, and indeed, can be prescribed by dermatologists for this reason. However, prescriptions of birth control for acne also fell from 2017 to 2023, Epic Research found.

Persons: spironolactone, John Barbieri, epidemiologist, Barbieri, “ There’s, ” Barbieri, Jessica Krant, ” Krant, Patricia Oyetakin, ”, Oyetakin, “, dermatologists, Krant, Deborah Bartz Organizations: Epic Research, NBC, American Academy of, Brigham, Women’s Hospital, Surgery, New, Research, Women’s Locations: Boston, New York, Atlanta

This is the first part in a series exploring Baltimore’s overdose crisis. People in Baltimore have been dying of overdoses at a rate never before seen in a major American city. In the past six years, nearly 6,000 lives have been lost. The city set ambitious goals, distributed Narcan widely, experimented with ways to steer people into treatment and ratcheted up campaigns to alert the public. Many of those efforts to fight overdoses stalled, an examination by The New York Times and The Baltimore Banner has found.

Organizations: New York Times, Baltimore Locations: Baltimore, American, Appalachia, York

is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and co-author of “She Said,” which recounts how she and Megan Twohey broke the story of sexual abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein, helping to ignite the #MeToo movement. Instagram •

Persons: “, Said, Megan Twohey, Harvey Weinstein, Instagram

☆ Does college still pay? Workers without a degree are doing better than they have in years, report finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Jessica Dickler | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

watch nowOutcomes for workers without a degree are improvingIn fact, young adults without a college degree are doing better than they have in years, according to Pew's analysis of government data. Since then, circumstances — and earnings — have continued to rise for workers with just a high school diploma or some college. Improving job opportunities for "new-collar" workers without a degree continues to drive more students away from college. Finishing college puts workers on track to earn a median of $2.8 million over their lifetimes, compared with $1.6 million if they only had a high school diploma, Georgetown's report found. Adults with at least a bachelor's degree report higher financial well-being than adults with lower levels of education, according to a Federal Reserve study on economic well-being of U.S. households.

Persons: Fry, —, Hafeez Lakhani, There's, Pew, Paul Steiner Organizations: Labor, Georgetown University Center, Education, Federal, College, ECMC Group, Virginia's Fairfax County Public Schools, Community Education Locations: New York, York, U.S, Virginia's Fairfax County

Signs of loss are scattered across Baltimore. Sprays of flowers in front of a boarded rowhouse. Makeshift memorials in the lobby of an apartment building or the therapy room of an addiction treatment program. People in Baltimore have been dying of overdoses at a rate never before seen in a major American city, a New York Times and Baltimore Banner examination has found. The epidemic has claimed almost 6,000 lives in the past six years.

Organizations: New York Times Locations: Baltimore, American

☆ Jessica Biel shares why she and Justin Timberlake left LA. They are part of a trend of wealthy families moving out of big US cities.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewJessica Biel said she and Justin Timberlake left Los Angeles in the hope that their children would have a better quality of life. The couple had their first child, Silas Timberlake in 2015 and their second, Phineas Timberlake, in 2020. Since 2018, there have been numerous reports of Biel and Timberlake moving out of LA to properties in Tennessee and Montana. In 2023, realtor.com reported that Timberlake was trying to sell his property outside Nashville, though this has not been confirmed. Justin Timberlake, and Jessica Biel seen out and about for Halloween with their son on October 31, 2018, in New York City.

Persons: —, Jessica Biel, Justin Timberlake, Silas Timberlake, Phineas Timberlake, Biel, Timberlake, Kelly Ripa, We're, realtor.com, Biel's, Robert Kamau, Getty Biel Organizations: Service, Business, Forbes, Street Locations: Los Angeles, LA, Tennessee, Montana, Florida, Dallas, Nashville, East Coast, West Coast, New York, Big Sky , Montana, New York City

☆ Chefs share 10 ways to make store-bought burger buns taste way better
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Sophia Mitrokostas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Buy the freshest buns possible. Suzanne Plunkett/ReutersJessica Formicola, chef and owner of Savory Experiments, told Business Insider if you're buying premade burger buns in the grocery store, you should always try to purchase the freshest pack available. "Fresh buns are always better than frozen or stale buns," Formicola said. "Frozen buns will be a little drier than fresh ones because freezing reduces their moisture content." Though frozen buns may be cheaper, your burgers will likely taste best if you opt for a fresh package.

Persons: Suzanne Plunkett, Jessica Formicola, Savory, Formicola

The synthetic opioid fentanyl, up to 50 times more potent than heroin, has taken over Baltimore’s illegal drug supply, contributing to more and more deaths. Credit... Jessica Gallagher/The Baltimore Banner, for The New York Times

Persons: Jessica Gallagher Organizations: Baltimore Banner, The New York

☆ Businesses push Biden to grant work permits to longtime undocumented immigrants
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Tami Luhby | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

She knows there’s a bigger pool of experienced workers out there, but she can’t hire them because they are undocumented immigrants. The coalition argues Biden can do more through executive action under current law, including by expanding work permits to spouses of US citizens. All of Indiana dairy farmer Steve Obert's employees are authorized to work, but he is among the business leaders advocating for more work permits for longtime undocumented residents. Courtesy Steve ObertAll of Obert’s 15 non-family employees are foreign born and have work permits. But he knows that undocumented workers contribute a lot to the industry, as well as to the communities where they live.

Persons: Lisa Winton, Winton, Biden, ” Winton, ” Lisa Winton, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Trump, , ”, Karoline Leavitt, “, ” It’s, Steve Obert, Jessica Vaughan, Rebecca Shi, ‘, ’ ”, Shi, Vaughan, Tara Watson, Bush, Obama, Kerri Talbot, Trump’s, Steve, ” Obert Organizations: CNN, Winton Machine Company, American Business Immigration Coalition, Employers, Time, Trump, Pew Research Center, Labor, National Agricultural Workers Survey, Center, American, National Milk Producers Federation, Immigration Services, Center for Immigration Studies, Department of Homeland Security, Migration Policy Institute, Williams College, Immigration, Indiana Dairy Producers Locations: Suwanee , Georgia, Winton, Georgia, America, Indiana

☆ Abortion rights advocates fight waiting periods and other limits amid political fallout of Roe reversal
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Tierney Sneed | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Longstanding abortion restrictions like waiting periods and provider regulations are now under legal attack in states where Roe v. Wade’s reversal prompted voters to amend their state constitutions to protect abortion rights. But the success abortion rights advocates have had in passing such measures in purple states and even Ohio – where Republicans have dominated recent elections – is notable. Anti-abortion activists say that abortion rights advocates are stretching the constitutional amendments beyond their meaning, suggesting that voters in other states should be wary. Abortion rights advocates say that the legal landscape differs state by state, so it’s difficult to predict the litigation that could come out of the proposed amendments if adopted. There are campaigns for initiatives to expand abortion rights in several other states, but only in a few states so far have abortion rights advocates cleared the required hurdles to guarantee the proposals will be on the ballot.

Persons: Roe, ’ pushback, Dobbs, ’ ”, Rabia Muqaddam, ”, Meagan Burrows, Katie Daniel, Susan B, Anthony Pro, Dana Nessel, Eric Restuccia, “, ” Genevieve Marnon, Casey –, Dave Yost, ” Yost, Casey, Yost, Jessica Arons, “ We’re, ” Arons Organizations: CNN, ACLU, Jackson, Health, Center for Reproductive Rights, Republicans, Democrat, Democratic, Republican, “ Voters Locations: Ohio, Michigan, In Ohio, Michigan and Ohio, California, Florida , Arizona , Missouri, Dobbs, Roe, Arizona

☆ Opinion | The Gender Pay Gap Is a Culture Problem
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Jessica Grose | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

American women made significant progress toward closing the gender pay gap in the second half of the 20th century, but that gap has barely budged over the past two decades. In 2022, according to Pew Research, “American women typically earned 82 cents for every dollar earned by men. While there are several factors at play, one of the key contributors to the gap is what’s known as the motherhood penalty and the corresponding fatherhood premium: Women’s pay decreases when they have children, while men’s pay increases. Somewhat surprisingly to me, his research, which builds on years of earlier scholarship, suggests that a country’s family policy has relatively little to do with how big the parenthood pay gap is. A society’s culture and norms seem to be much bigger factors in how big the motherhood penalty is: The more egalitarian the culture, the lower the gap.

Persons: don’t, ”, Henrik Kleven, Camille Landais, Gabriel Leite Organizations: Pew Research, of Economic Research

☆ Craig Mackinlay, UK lawmaker who lost four limbs to sepsis, returns to Parliament
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

London CNN —British lawmaker Craig Mackinlay has received a standing ovation in Parliament as he returned to the House of Commons after undergoing a quadruple amputation following a sepsis infection. The life-threatening condition requires urgent medical care to prevent organ damage and death. Mackinlay’s wife, Kati Mackinlay, told GB News that doctors told her he had only a 5% chance of survival, but she remained hopeful. “I always knew that Craig would pull through and he did.”The operation, in which his arms were amputated from the elbow and his legs from the knee, took around 4-5 hours, Mackinlay told GB News. “Get back into the saddle, get back into Parliament, get back doing the things I enjoy,” he told GB News.

Persons: Craig Mackinlay, Victoria Jones, ”, Mackinlay, Jessica Taylor, it’s, he’s, Kati Mackinlay, “, Craig Organizations: London CNN, Conservative, BBC, US Centers for Disease Control, Reuters Locations: South Thanet, England

☆ FCC is considering AI rules for political ads
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Washington CNN —The Federal Communications Commission is taking initial steps toward new rules that could require political ads on TV and radio to include disclaimers about the use of artificial intelligence. Under the proposed rules, political advertisers on those mediums would have to make on-air disclosures if their ads contain AI-generated content. The FCC move seeks to fill a yawning gap in the regulation of artificial intelligence in political advertising. In March, a bipartisan proposal by Minnesota Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski unveiled the AI Transparency in Elections Act, which could require AI disclaimers on political ads. Online platforms such as Meta have taken their own steps to address AI in political ads, requiring campaigns to disclose the use of deepfakes and banning the use of its in-house generative AI tools for political advertising.

Persons: Jessica Rosenworcel, ” Rosenworcel, I’ve, ”, “, Minnesota Democratic Sen, Amy Klobuchar, Alaska Republican Sen, Lisa Murkowski, Chuck Schumer Organizations: Washington CNN, Federal Communications Commission, “, FCC, Federal, FEC, Minnesota Democratic, Alaska Republican, Meta Locations: Alaska, New York

☆ We're in a 'vibecession,' experts say. Here's how to invest accordingly
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Jessica Dickler | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

And yet, consumer sentiment recently sank to a six-month low. That disconnect is what Joyce Chang, JPMorgan's chair of global research, calls a "vibecession." On the flip side, the combination of higher interest rates and inflation have hit working-class Americans particularly hard. Many of these households have exhausted their savings and are now leaning on credit cards to make ends meet. "Every client we've been talking to over the last several months has brought up the concern of, they're worried about inflation, worried they can't spend money," Garcia said.

Persons: Joyce Chang, JPMorgan's, Chang, that's, Courtney Garcia, they're, Garcia Organizations: Federal, CNBC, Payne Capital Management Locations: U.S

☆ It's not your imagination. Pickleball courts are everywhere
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Jessica Golden | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

In 2017, fewer than half of the largest U.S. cities offered formalized pickleball courts. "We have found New York City parks to really understand the popularity of pickleball and also the need for more courts," said Cannon. We're excited to meet the increasing demand and bring Pickleball Kingdom's premier indoor pickleball to the masses," said Ace Rodrigues, founder and CEO of Pickleball Kingdom. Pickleball courts are also popping up at gyms throughout the country. Life Time, an "athletic country club," currently boasts almost 700 pickleball courts across its 170 U.S. locations.

Persons: Wang Fan, Will Klein, Klein, pickleball, Erica Desai, Mary Cannon, Pickle, Cannon, Desai, Pickleball, Rodrigues, Andre Agassi, Bahram Akradi, Ben Johns, Collin Johns, Anna Bright, Tyson McGuffin, Mike Stobe Organizations: Central Park, China News Service, Getty, Trust, Public, Pickle, Long, PENN, Garden Locations: Central, New York City, pickleball, Louisville , Kentucky, Madison , Wisconsin, Honolulu, Manhattan , Brooklyn, Long Island City, Kingdom, Pickleball, United States, Pickleball Kingdom, U.S, Annapolis , Maryland, Madison

Multiple fatalities and some injuries have been reported in the small city of Greenfield, Iowa – about 50 miles southwest of Des Moines – after a tornado carved a devastating path through the community Tuesday evening, Iowa State Patrol spokesperson Sgt. “There is basically nothing left,” Clel Baudler, a former Iowa state representative who lives a half mile from Greenfield, told CNN on Tuesday. Power outages across Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois left nearly 200,000 homes and businesses in the dark as of Tuesday night, according to PowerOutage.us. A few tornadoes could strike from Texas to Arkansas, but hail and powerful winds are possible anywhere along the storms’ path. Heaps of rubble blanket Greenfield, Iowa, after a tornado touched down Tuesday.

Persons: Alex Dinkla, Dinkla, Clel, Kim Reynolds, Charlie Neibergall, Valerie Warrior, KCCI, “, ”, “ They’ll, CNN’s Jessica Jordan, Sara Smart, Amy Simonson Organizations: CNN, Midwest, Des Moines, Iowa State Patrol, Storm Prediction Center Locations: Iowa, Greenfield , Iowa, Des, Greenfield, Iowa , Wisconsin, Illinois, Texas, Vermont, Ohio, Great, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Dallas, Fort Worth, Nashville, St, Louis, Memphis, Cleveland, Tulsa, Columbus, Iowa , Minnesota , Wisconsin, Western Iowa, Prescott, Adams County, Montgomery County

covers the Biden administration and national security. He has been a Times journalist for more than four decades and has written several books on challenges to American national security.

Persons: Biden

This month, customers of FTX — Sam Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency exchange, which collapsed in 2022 — were told that they would get their money back, with interest. David Yaffe-Bellany, our technology reporter, explains what was behind this change in fortune and what it says about the improbable resurgence of crypto.

Persons: Sam Bankman, —, David Yaffe

☆ 'Bridgerton' star Claudia Jessie thinks there's 'room to play' with Eloise's love story
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Three seasons in, Claudia Jessie still thinks that Eloise Bridgerton is cool. Warning: Minor spoilers ahead for "Bridgerton" season three, part one. There's room for play as well. Claudia Jessie as Eloise Bridgerton in season three of "Bridgerton." "Bridgerton" season three, part two premieres June 13.

Persons: Claudia Jessie, Eloise Bridgerton, Jessie, Penelope Featherington, Nicola Coughlan, she's, Cressida Cowper, Jessica Madsen, Eloise, Penelope, Liam Daniel, Netflix Eloise, Lady Whistledown, it's, Nicola, we've, isn't, Cressida, Theo, Jess Madsen, We've, Jess, we'll, Daphne, Francesca, Benedict, I've, There's, there's, who's, doesn't, that's, Nothing's, I'm, I'd Organizations: Service, Business, Netflix, Guardian Locations: London

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