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☆ Debby’s aftermath leaves thousands in the dark; threatens more flooding in the Carolinas
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

With the ground already saturated from Debby, the National Weather Service said localized downpours could result in additional flash flooding throughout the coastal Carolinas. “Right now, it’s thundering, sprinkling and pretty dark so I’d say it’s going to start raining hard here pretty soon,” she said. Even in drier areas, more than 35,000 homes and businesses in Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania and Vermont still had no electricity as of Sunday afternoon, according to the tracking website PowerOutage.us. Debby’s last day and night over the U.S. inundated parts of New York, Pennsylvania and New England with rain and flash flooding on Friday, prompting evacuations and rescues. Officials announced plans to distribute water bottles and clean-up kits to residents impacted by flash flooding on Sunday and Monday.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential campaign was dealt a blow on Monday when a judge ruled that his petition to appear on New York’s ballot was invalid, saying Mr. Kennedy had used a “sham” address to maintain his New York residency. The ruling, if it stands, would keep Mr. Kennedy off the ballot in a state where he lived for much of his adult life and could endanger his efforts to be placed on the ballot in dozens of other states. His lawyer, William F. Savino, said in an email that Mr. Kennedy had “always planned to appeal any adverse ruling.” Later Monday, the campaign said it would file a lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan. “The 12th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution governs the residency of presidential and vice-presidential candidates, not state law,” said the campaign’s senior counsel, Paul Rossi. “If state court judges are going to ignore the Constitution, the federal courts must step in to protect voters’ rights.”

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☆ The 2024 campaign will now turn on whether Trump can blunt Harris’ soaring start
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —Donald Trump’s campaign, which has whiffed in its early attacks on Kamala Harris’ new presidential campaign, will grapple this week for a more effective foothold after the vice president transformed an election of stunning surprises. On Sunday, for instance, he spread a new false conspiracy theory over the size of Harris’ rally crowd in Michigan last week. Trump’s campaign was also forced on Saturday to deny a report in The New York Times that he’d privately referred to Harris as a “b*tch” as he bemoaned her momentum. Therefore, a debate expected between Trump and Harris on ABC on September 10 looms as a pivotal new moment in the campaign. But as Trump has shown in recent days, he still hasn’t worked out a way to respond to the suddenly changed circumstances of the campaign.

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☆ These Are New York’s Hottest Bus Stops. And Not in a Good Way.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Shayla Colon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

This is Street Wars, a weekly series on the battle for space on New York’s streets and sidewalks. Commuting by bus in New York City can be an exercise in frustration. And some bus stops are significantly sweatier than others. A recent study by Transportation Alternatives, a transit advocacy group, found that the absence of bus shelters or shade trees leads to higher temperatures on certain routes and at certain stops. While New York is home to more than 15,000 bus stops, only one in five have bus shelters and just one in three are near tree shade, according to the report.

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Dhaka, Bangladesh CNN —Using his sleeve to wipe tear gas from his burning eyes, 25-year-old Mugdho weaves through the crowd, handing out bottles of water to the protesters whose demands for reform would soon topple Bangladesh’s leader. Identical twins Mugdho and Snigdho were inseparable since birth – eating, sleeping and studying together, sharing clothes as well as secrets. “Because of him, people got the strength to do the protest,” Snigdho said. Cultural activists and members of civil society clashing with police at a march for victims killed during the recent nationwide student protests, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 30, 2024. Mohammad Ramzan Ali holds a photo of his 13-year-old son Mubarak, who was killed during anti-government protests in Bangladesh.

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☆ Musk Tees Up Softball Questions for Trump on X, After Technical Problems
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Michael Gold | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

What was supposed to be Donald J. Trump’s triumphant return to a social-media platform central to his presidency was marred by glitches on Monday night, when a livestreamed conversation on X between Mr. Trump and its owner, Elon Musk, was significantly delayed by technical issues. But once their chat began, 40 minutes after it was scheduled, Mr. Musk’s and Mr. Trump’s newly developed camaraderie was on clear display, with the billionaire tech entrepreneur lobbing softball questions that allowed Mr. Trump to rattle off the talking points that have animated his presidential campaign. The conversation offered little new information about Mr. Trump’s views. Over the course of more than two hours, Mr. Trump attacked Vice President Kamala Harris, his Democratic opponent, as a “phony” who, along with President Biden, failed to address crossings at the U.S. border with Mexico. Mr. Musk bought Twitter in 2022 and rebranded it as X last year.

Persons: Donald J, Trump’s, Trump, Elon Musk, Musk’s, Kamala Harris, Biden, Musk Organizations: Democratic Locations: U.S, Mexico, America

☆ Trump Is Trying to Regain the Spotlight by Returning to X
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Matthew Cullen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When Donald Trump was president, he used Twitter to set policy, attack his critics and appeal to his followers. Trump is scheduled to appear tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern on X for an interview with the website’s owner, Elon Musk. For Trump, the event could offer an opportunity to regain some of the spotlight from Harris, whose new and energetic candidacy has forced his campaign to recalibrate its strategy less than three months before Election Day. Polls by The New York Times and Siena College released this weekend showed Harris with leads in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. “When I talk to Trump allies and advisers, many of them view the last three weeks as Trump’s worst sustained performance in a very long time,” Jonathan Swan, our politics reporter, said.

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☆ Pompeii archaeologists find bodies of man and woman – and their treasure
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Barbie Latza Nadeau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Rome CNN —The skeletal remains of a man and a woman have been unearthed in Pompeii, along with a cache of coins and precious jewelry, archaeologists say. Clutched in her hands was a small cache of gold, silver and bronze coins, as well as gold and pearl earrings. “Trapped in the cramped little room, their deaths were caused by the pyroclastic flow that buried them,” the archaeologists said. A large bronze candelabrum was found on the floor. They have provided some of the most important discoveries ever made in the ancient city.

Persons: Gabriel Zuchtriegel Organizations: Rome CNN, IX Locations: Rome, Vesuvius

☆ Worried About a Convention Clash, Democrats Woo Uncommitted Delegates
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Jonathan Weisman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Thousands of demonstrators are expected in the streets and the parks of Chicago for next week’s Democratic National Convention, most of them to protest the U.S. role in the war in Gaza. But officials are concerned about the potential for a more embarrassing spectacle: prime-time disruptions inside the arena itself. State party leaders, led by Lavora Barnes, the chairwoman of the Michigan Democratic Party, and Ken Martin, the chairman of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party in Minnesota, have for months worked to defuse tensions and head off a high-profile clash. “I know these folks are anxious to be part of the process, they’re anxious to defeat Donald Trump. They recognize Donald Trump is not part of the answer here.”

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☆ X Spaces with Trump is off to a glitchy start.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Kate Conger | Ryan Mac | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Elon Musk’s live conversation with former president Donald J. Trump on X got off to a glitchy start on Monday, a setback for the social media service as Mr. Musk pushes the company to regain its dominance as an online epicenter of political discourse. Those who were able to get the livestream to work were met with hold music. The Spaces event was originally scheduled to start at 8 p.m. Eastern. Mr. Musk blamed a cyberattack known as a distributed denial of service attack, or DDoS, for the glitches. DDoS attacks work by flooding servers with malicious traffic and knocking them offline.

Persons: Elon Musk’s, Donald J, Trump, Musk Organizations: X

☆ Blink Fitness files for bankruptcy and may close some gyms
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Blink Fitness, the low-price gym chain with monthly memberships ranging from $15 to $45, filed for bankruptcy Monday and said it may close an unspecified number of its 101 clubs. Several major chains, including 24 Hour Fitness and Gold’s Gym, filed for bankruptcy. Blink’s bankruptcy shows the lingering impact of the pandemic on the fitness industry. “It’s a sign that this is an industry still going through growing pains post-Covid,” Rick Caro, the president of fitness industry consulting firm Management Vision, told CNN. The fitness industry faces other challenges, such as consumers cutting back on discretionary spending and the rise of GLP-1 drugs used for weight loss.

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Here’s the latest:S&P 500 futures were up slightly after fears of a slowdown in growth and hiring rocked the benchmark index last week. Investors endured both a stomach-churning rout on Monday and a bounce-back rally on Thursday. Despite that, the S&P 500 ended the week down just 0.04 percent. The big event this week is Wednesday’s inflation data. Investors are anxious after tepid jobs and manufacturing data suggested a slowdown was on the horizon.

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☆ A September Fed cut of 50bps would be an overreaction, says Turtle Creek’s David Spika
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | 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 EmailA September Fed cut of 50bps would be an overreaction, says Turtle Creek’s David SpikaCNBC’s Mike Santoli and Turtle Creek’s David Spika, joins 'Power Lunch' to discuss markets, the Fed and earnings.

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☆ Why fewer women are running for Congress this year
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-11 | by ( Simone Pathe | Hien An Ngo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The number of Republican women running for the House this cycle dropped about 36% from 2022, while the number running for Senate dropped by about 45%, according to data from the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers. “With fewer competitive seats up for grabs, fewer candidates in both parties are running overall, but there is still very strong interest and enthusiasm from Republican women recruits,” Danielle Barrow, executive director of Winning for Women, which works to elect GOP women, said in a statement. That began to change after the 2018 midterms – the huge success enjoyed by Democratic women that year inspired more Republican women to run in 2020. Another possible reason why there may be fewer women running is what Dittmar calls toxicity. Quality over quantityThe decline in the number of candidates running, however, doesn’t necessarily mean there will be fewer women coming to Congress next year.

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☆ Vance looks to turn tables on Walz
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-11 | by ( Eric Bradner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“Tim Walz gave his wife a nice, firm Midwestern handshake, and then tried to sort of awkwardly correct for it,” Vance said. Vance said “of course” he acknowledges the families of Harris and Buttigieg, and argued his comments were taken out of context. The Ohio senator said Republicans’ goal is to contrast the policies Trump stood for during his term in office with those of the Biden-Harris administration. “I think all President Trump was saying was that look, it’s kind of weird that you have so many bureaucrats making so many important decisions. “And I think that’s what President Trump was getting at.

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☆ How to increase your attention span amid digital overload
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-11 | by ( Riane Lumer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

While a dwindling attention span is not due to a personal failing (despite individual variability) a majority of the time, experts say there are changes you can make to regain control over your mind. “Tech companies and ad marketing companies use this information to construct profiles about us, and then they design algorithms that are targeted to capture our attention,” Mark said. “We have a tank of attentional resources (that) gets drained when we keep switching our attention,” Mark said. Additionally, he suggested using an app that places time limits on social media or websites you find yourself addicted to using. “The way I feel at the moment is like somebody is pouring itching powder over us all day,” Hari said.

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☆ Columbia University exec's New York apartment building vandalized with red paint and crickets
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

The Brooklyn, New York, apartment building of Columbia University’s chief operating officer was vandalized with red paint and crickets, police said. The Brooklyn, New York, apartment building of Columbia University’s chief operating officer was vandalized Thursday with red paint and crickets, police said. A preliminary investigation determined that two people threw red paint inside the building’s vestibule and unleashed a box containing crickets and mealworms, police said in a statement. Several other people involved caused “damage to the front of the building by throwing paint on the building and sidewalk,” according to police. Photos released by police showed red paint splattered across the sidewalk and on the wall of the building.

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☆ 'It’s mayhem and craziness': Californians react to Gavin Newsom’s order to remove homeless encampments
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Elleiana Green | Elleiana Green Is A Digital Politics Intern With Nbc News | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Gavin Newsom’s recent executive order requiring state agencies to remove homeless encampments on public property, leaving the homeless community caught in the middle and uncertain where they will go. Now it’s time for locals to do their job.”But members of the homeless community say they have nowhere to go. “It’s absolute mayhem and craziness,” said Jeni Shurley, a member of the homeless community in Los Angeles. San Francisco has about 8,000 homeless people — the second most in the state behind Los Angeles, with about 75,000. Barger added that the city was working to maintain the trust of the homeless community while working to dismantle the camps.

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Two executives at Smartmatic, a voting machine company, were indicted in Florida on Thursday for allegedly bribing officials in the Philippines to secure contracts ahead of the 2016 election there, the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of Florida announced. “No voter fraud has been alleged and Smartmatic is not indicted. These are the values that Smartmatic lives by,” the company said in a statement. Smartmatic has since filed a major defamation suit against Fox News and its parent company over the network’s reporting on the stolen election claims. Fox News promoted the indictment of the Smartmatic executives in an email to reporters.

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☆ Inside the Worst Three Weeks of Donald Trump’s 2024 Campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Maggie Haberman | Jonathan Swan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Aug. 2 dinner at the Bridgehampton, N.Y., home of Howard Lutnick, the Cantor Fitzgerald chief executive, was a high-powered affair. Among the roughly 130 people who dined under an air-conditioned tent were some of Donald Trump’s wealthiest supporters, including the billionaire hedge-fund financier Bill Ackman, who sat next to the former president, and Omeed Malik, the president of another fund, 1789 Capital. Some guests hoped Mr. Trump would signal that he was recalibrating after a series of damaging mistakes. He did not. According to two people present, Mr. Trump himself also brought up his remark, made two days earlier at a gathering of the National Association of Black Journalists, in which he had questioned Vice President Kamala Harris’s racial identity.

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☆ JPMorgan Chase is giving its employees an AI assistant powered by ChatGPT maker OpenAI
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Hugh Son | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

Rather than developing its own AI models, JPMorgan designed LLM Suite to be a portal that allows users to tap external large language models — the complex programs underpinning generative AI tools — and launched it with ChatGPT maker OpenAI’s LLM, said the people. ChatGPT banThe bank is giving employees what is essentially OpenAI’s ChatGPT in a JPMorgan-approved wrapper more than a year after it restricted employees from using ChatGPT. The number of uses for generative AI are “exponentially bigger” than previous technology because of how flexible LLMs are, Heitsenrether said. Ultimately, the generative AI field may develop into “five or six big foundational models” that dominate the market, she said. Heitsenrether charted out three stages for the evolution of generative AI at JPMorgan.

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The S&P 500 advanced 0.47% to finish at 5,344.16. This week marked the most volatile week of 2024 for the market. The Dow on Monday tumbled 1,000 points, while the S&P 500 lost 3% for its worst day since 2022. At the Monday lows, the S&P 500 was down nearly 10% from its recent all-time high. It is not just equity markets that have had a volatile week.

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☆ Former Twitter Board Member Sues Elon Musk’s X For $20 Million in Pay
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Kate Conger | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A former Twitter board member, Omid Kordestani, sued the social media company owned by Elon Musk on Friday, claiming that the billionaire refused to cash out more than $20 million worth of shares. Mr. Kordestani, who joined Twitter’s board in 2015 and helped oversee the sale of the company to Mr. Musk in 2022, received most of his compensation in stock. But after Mr. Musk bought the company, now called X, he refused to pay Mr. Kordestani for those shares, the lawsuit said. A representative for X did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Such a public battle between a former board member and the company he once helped manage is rare — most boardroom disputes are settled quietly behind the scenes.

Persons: Omid Kordestani, Elon Musk, Kordestani, Musk, X “, Kordestani’s, ” Organizations: Twitter, Elon, Court Locations: California, San Francisco

☆ BBC asks ex-presenter Huw Edwards to pay back $250,000 after he pleads guilty to having images of child sexual abuse
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Anna Cooban | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Edwards pleaded guilty to an appalling crime,” the publicly funded broadcaster said in a statement Friday. “Had he been upfront when asked by the BBC about his arrest, we would never have continued to pay him public money. On Wednesday last week, Edwards pleaded guilty to having 41 “indecent images of children,” all under the age of 18, on the messaging app WhatsApp, according to PA Media. London’s Westminster Magistrates’ Court, where Edwards pleaded guilty, heard that the presenter had been in contact with an adult man on WhatsApp who sent him 377 sexual images, 41 of which were indecent images of children. The court also heard that Edwards had told a man on WhatsApp not to send him images of minors.

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michelle goldbergI mean, I’m a huge Walz fan, and I was worried. ross douthatSo, yeah, I mean, I’m having made the case that this pick makes sense in vibes terms. michelle goldbergYeah, I don’t think that he necessarily overperforms among conservative voters strictly defined. You don’t think that there’s a part of the country that just finds joy like a really refreshing change? I’m going there.

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