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☆ Kevin McCarthy Has Just Two Weeks to Soothe GOP Critics and Keep Government Open
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( Siobhan Hughes | Eliza Collins | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Facebook cofounder Eduardo Saverin says the best companies come out of downturns, because they forge entrepreneurs behind firms like Apple and Alibaba
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Facebook cofounder Eduardo Saverin says the best companies come out of times of economic downturn. Saverin pointed to examples like Apple, Microsoft, Alibaba, Facebook, Uber, and Airbnb. He cited the examples of Apple, Microsoft, Alibaba, Facebook, Uber, and Airbnb, and said the best companies emerge from "not great" periods in the market. Zuckerberg diluting Saverin's Facebook shares and booting him from the company in 2005 formed the central plot of the 2012 film, "The Social Network." Since his departure from Facebook, Saverin cofounded B Capital Group in 2020.

Persons: Eduardo Saverin, Saverin —, —, Airbnb, Uber, Jack Ma, Saverin, Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes, Andrew McCollum, Zuckerberg Organizations: Microsoft, Facebook, Service, B Capital, Milken Institute Asia Summit, Apple, Federal Reserve, Social, B Capital Group, Bloomberg Locations: Wall, Silicon, Singapore

☆ Kevin McCarthy Dares GOP Critics to Try to Oust Him
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Siobhan Hughes | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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The psychedelic drug MDMA can reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, researchers reported in a new study published Thursday. “It’s the first innovation in PTSD treatment in more than two decades. Political Cartoons View All 1160 ImagesCommon side effects in the MDMA group were muscle tightness, nausea, decreased appetite and sweating. But only one person in the MDMA group dropped out of the study. After treatment, 86% of the MDMA group improved on a standard PTSD assessment compared to 69% of the placebo group.

Persons: ”, Amy Emerson, Barbara Rothbaum, ” Rothbaum Organizations: Corporation, Multidisciplinary, for Psychedelic Studies, Emory Healthcare Veterans Program, Nature, Food and Drug Administration, Drug, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: Australia, U.S, Atlanta

☆ Australian players have to get used to neck protectors, Inglis says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

PRETORIA, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Australia’s wicketkeeper-batsman Josh Inglis says he will have no problem wearing a neck protector on his helmet from next month despite not using them previously. Governing body Cricket Australia (CA) announced on Thursday that all their players will have to wear neck protectors on helmets when facing fast or medium pace bowling from October. Inglis said he would have to get used to a piece of equipment he had previously disliked. CA had recommended the use of neck protectors since the death of Phillip Hughes in 2014 but a number of top batsmen, including David Warner and Steve Smith, have resisted wearing them. CA's Head of Cricket Operations & Scheduling Peter Roach said in a statement earlier that protecting the head and neck was extremely important.

Persons: Josh Inglis, Inglis, I'm, ”, Phillip Hughes, David Warner, Steve Smith, CA's, Peter Roach, Roach, Cameron Green, Green, Mitchell Marsh, Mark Gleeson, Toby Davis Organizations: Cricket Australia, South, of Cricket Operations, Thomson Locations: PRETORIA, South Africa, Pretoria, Australia, Cape Town

Johnson & Johnson is signing off on a new logo. Johnson & Johnson itself narrowed its focus to pharmaceuticals and medical devices. The signature logo was “one of the longest-used company emblems in the world,” J&J declared in a 2017 website post. “Everyone washed their baby with Johnson & Johnson baby shampoo,” she said. New Brunswick, New Jersey-based J&J also will rename its Janssen pharmaceutical segment, changing it to Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine.

Persons: Johnson, James Wood, ”, Vanessa Broadhurst, ” J, J, Laura Ries, Ries, wasn't Organizations: Janssen, Johnson Innovative Medicine, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: New Brunswick , New Jersey

It marked the longest a genetically modified pig kidney has ever functioned inside a human, albeit a deceased one. “Two months is a lot to have a pig kidney in this good a condition. Political Cartoons View All 1160 ImagesSo-called xenotransplantation attempts have failed for decades — the human immune system immediately destroyed foreign animal tissue. Montgomery gambled that maintaining Miller's body on a ventilator for two months to see how the pig kidney worked could answer some of those questions. She recently got a card from a stranger in California who's awaiting a kidney transplant, thanking her for helping to move forward desperately needed research.

Persons: gurney, Maurice “ Mo ” Miller, “, Dr, Robert Montgomery, Montgomery, ”, Mary Miller, Duffy, Miller, ” Miller, Sue Duffy, Montgomery’s, immunologist Massimo Mangiola, Jeffrey Stern, Karen Maschke, Mangiola Organizations: NYU Langone, Food and Drug Administration, Associated Press, University of Maryland, FDA, NYU, Hastings Center, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: Newburgh , New York, California

☆ UAW ready to strike at big 3 plants
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | 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 EmailUAW ready to strike at big 3 plantsThird Way's Ellen Hughes-Cromwick and RBC Capital's Tom Narayan, join 'Power Lunch' to discuss the UAW potential strike and what it means for U.S. automakers.

Persons: Ellen Hughes, Tom Narayan Organizations: UAW, Cromwick, RBC, U.S

In its 33-page report, an independent team commissioned by NASA cautioned that the negative perception surrounding UFOs poses an obstacle to collecting data. “We want to shift the conversation about UAPs from sensationalism to science," NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said. Instead, the group relied on unclassified data in an attempt to better understand unexplained sightings in the sky. The government refers to unexplained sightings as UAPs versus UFOs. ___The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group.

Persons: UAPs, Bill Nelson, Nelson, ” Nelson, doesn't, “, ”, Dan Evans, NASA's, Scott Kelly, David Spergel Organizations: — NASA, NASA, Simons Foundation, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla, “, U.S

☆ Facing Fire, McCarthy Lays Out Plan to Avoid Government Shutdown
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Siobhan Hughes | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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NEW YORK (AP) — The National 4-H Council is growing in a new direction – online – by launching its e-learning platform Clover with a collaboration with Netflix and its new movie “Spy Kids: Armageddon,” the organization announced Wednesday. The innovation, Bramble says, comes in the way the Clover platform engages with the students by using gamification and entertainment, which led to the collaboration with Netflix. “When you think of the intent behind ‘Spy Kids,’ those kids are tackling some of the world’s most pressing issues and they’re doing this through coding and gamification. “We feel that Clover can support a way to catch up, but it can’t do it alone. It’s so valuable to have an in-person program that goes along with it -- the mentoring aspect that comes with 4-H.

Persons: Jill Bramble, ” Bramble, ”, Bramble, Bob Hughes, Melinda Gates Foundation’s, ” Hughes, “, Clover Organizations: Netflix, H, Associated Press, Melinda Gates Foundation’s United States Program, Lilly Endowment Inc, AP Locations: Manhattan , New York, Manhattan , Kansas

NEW YORK (AP) — The National Book Award longlist for young people's literature features a range of grownup topics, from the deadly famine in Ukraine in the 1930s to the 1963 March on Washington to the underpinnings of the Internet. The list of 10 was announced Wednesday by the National Book Foundation, which also released 10 nominees in literature in translation, with original languages including Korean, Arabic and French. The lists, along with those for fiction, nonfiction and poetry to be announced later this week, will be narrowed next month to five in each category. The winners will be revealed during a Manhattan ceremony Nov. 15. Drew Barrymore had been scheduled to host but was dropped this week by the foundation after she resumed taping her talk show in the midst of the Hollywood writers' strike.

Persons: Drew Barrymore, Katherine Marsh's “, Dan Nott's, Yohuru Williams, Michael G, Long's, Huda, Dan Santat's, ” Kenneth M, Cadow's, ” Alyson Derrick's, Betty C, Tang's, Juan Cárdenas, Lizzie Davis, Bora Chung, ”, Anton Hur, David Diop, Sam Taylor, Jenny Erpenbeck, “, Michael Hofmann, Stênio Gardel, Bruna Dantas Lobato, Khaled Khalifa, Leri Price, Fernanda Melchor, Sophie Hughes, Pilar Quintana's, Lisa Dillman, Astrid Roemer's “, Lucy Scott, Mohamed Mbougar Sarr's, Lara Vergnaud Organizations: National Book Foundation, Hollywood, Jobs, “ Locations: Ukraine, Washington, Manhattan, Ukrainian, Provinces, “, Miami

☆ LaLiga announces partnership with Llanfairpwll, a small Welsh team with a very, very big name
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Jude Bellingham, Robert Lewandowski, Luka Modrić – those are just some of the big names currently playing in LaLiga. Or, more accurately, the longest name: Welsh team Clwb Pêl Droed Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch Football Club. “This really is an outstanding partnership for us,” Samantha Jones-Smith, the club’s chairwoman, said as part of a LaLiga press release. Silvia Kusidlo/picture-alliance/dpa/APAccording to the press release, the jersey will debut on Saturday as Llanfairpwll, currently playing in the fifth tier of Welsh soccer, faces Holyhead Town. Llanfairpwll, which next year celebrates its 125th anniversary, isn’t the only Welsh team to achieve international distinction.

Persons: CNN — Jude Bellingham, Robert Lewandowski, Luka Modrić, ” Samantha Jones, Smith, “, Silvia Kusidlo, “ We’ve, ”, Gwydaf Hughes, LaLiga, It’s, Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenney Organizations: CNN, Spanish soccer, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch Football Club, Llanfairpwll FC, LaLiga, Welsh, Holyhead Town, Wrexham, League Locations: LaLiga, North Wales, Holyhead, Anglesey, Europe

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — For decades, preventing dengue fever in Honduras has meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and avoid their bites. Enriquez, a 52-year-old mason, had volunteered to help publicize a plan to suppress dengue by releasing millions of special mosquitoes in the Honduran capital. The Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that most commonly spread dengue have been resistant to insecticides, which have fleeting results even in the best-case scenario. SCIENTISTS SURPRISED BY BACTERIAThe Wolbachia strategy has been decades in the making. But along the way, O’Neill’s team made a surprising discovery: Mosquitoes carrying Wolbachia didn’t spread dengue — or other related diseases, including yellow fever, Zika and chikungunya.

Persons: they’ve, Hector Enriquez, Enriquez, ”, Scott O’Neill, Conor McMeniman, McMeniman, haven’t, Raman Velayudhan, Velayudhan, O’Neill, Oliver Brady, ” Brady, Bobby Reiner, “ It’s, ” Reiner, Edgard Boquín, Marlene Salazar, María Fernanda Marín, Lourdes Betancourt, Betancourt –, ” Betancourt, “, ___ Burakoff, Marko Álvarez, — Organizations: Mosquito Program, World Health Organization, Johns Hopkins University, WHO, London School of Hygiene, Mosquito, University of Washington, Workers, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduran, El, Australia, ”, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Fiji, Vietnam, Indonesia, COLOMBIA, Medellín, HONDURAS, Medellin, Northern Tegucigalpa, New York City

☆ House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Launches Formal Biden Impeachment Probe
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Siobhan Hughes | Katy Stech Ferek | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Most Americans should get an updated COVID-19 vaccine, health officials said Tuesday. Here is what you need to know about the new COVID-19 shots:WHO SHOULD GET THE UPDATED VACCINE? The agency's panel of outside exerts recommended the updated COVID-19 shots by a vote of 13-1. But federal officials said the new COVID-19 shots still will be free to most Americans through private insurance, Medicare or Medicaid. Similar to how flu shots are updated each year, the FDA gave COVID-19 vaccine makers a new recipe for this fall.

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NASA astronaut Frank Rubio now holds the record for the longest U.S. spaceflight. Rubio surpassed the U.S. space endurance record of 355 days on Monday at the International Space Station. But their stay was doubled after their Soyuz capsule developed a coolant leak while parked at the space station. By then, Rubio will have spent 371 days in space, more than two weeks longer than Mark Vande Hei, the previous U.S. record holder for a single spaceflight, Russia holds the world record of 437 days, set in the mid-1990s. “Your dedication is truly out of this world, Frank!” NASA chief Bill Nelson said via X, formerly known as Twitter.

Persons: Frank Rubio, Rubio, Mark Vande Hei, Frank !, Bill Nelson Organizations: NASA, Space, Twitter, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education, AP Locations: Russia, Kazakhstan

The advisers also told the FDA that studying phenylephrine at higher doses was not an option because it can push blood pressure to dangerous levels. This time, the 16 members of the FDA panel unanimously agreed that current evidence doesn't show a benefit for the drug. Additionally, three larger, rigorously conducted studies published since 2016 showed no difference between phenylephrine medications and placebos for relieving congestion. Those studies were conducted by Merck and Johnson & Johnson and enrolled hundreds of patients. Like many other over-the-counter ingredients, phenylephrine was essentially grandfathered into use during a sweeping FDA review begun in the 1972.

Persons: Allegra, Dayquil, ”, Mark Dykewicz, Johnson, Paul Pisaric, “, Jennifer Schwartzott, Peter Starke, drugmakers, Theresa Michele Organizations: WASHINGTON, Food and Drug Administration, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, FDA, Bayer, Archwell Health, University of Florida, Merck, Johnson, Consumer Healthcare Products Association, Congress, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: Oklahoma

Pennsylvania State Police posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, that the department was pursuing Danelo Souza Cavalcante in South Coventry Township. Cavalcante slipped out of the 8-square-mile (13-square-kilometer) search area over the weekend, stole a dairy delivery van that had been left unlocked with the keys in it. He abandoned it more than 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of the search area, after unsuccessfully seeking help at the homes of two former colleagues late Saturday, police said. Even though Cavalcante slipped through the perimeter, it won't make things easier, Caine suggested. Bivens declined to discuss whether Cavalcante has received assistance from others, but he said no such arrests have been made.

Persons: Danelo Souza Cavalcante, Cavalcante, George Bivens, ” Bivens, he’s, “, Válter Júnior Moreira dos Reis, Craig Caine, there’s, Caine, isn't, ”, Bivens, Eléonore Hughes Organizations: Pennsylvania State Police, South Coventry Township . Police, U.S . Marshal’s Service, New, Fugitive, Force, Associated Press Locations: Pennsylvania, South Coventry Township, Chester, Brazil, Tocantins, Figueirópolis, New York, New Jersey, United States, Rio de Janeiro

☆ Oil prices ease, supply cuts keep Brent above $90 per barrel
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Florence Tan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Brent crude fell 49 cents, or 0.5%, to $90.16 a barrel by 0022 GMT while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was at $86.77 a barrel, down 74 cents, or 0.9%. "Concerns about Chinese economic growth weighed on sentiment across commodities," ANZ analysts said in a note. "The move was exacerbated by a stronger USD, which kept investor appetite low," they added, referring to the greenback which has risen for eight straight weeks. The International Energy Agency and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) are due to release their monthly reports this week. "Any sign of strong demand from oil market reports from IEA and OPEC will likely push oil prices higher," ANZ analysts said.

Persons: Brent, Baker Hughes, WTI, Tony Sycamore, Florence Tan Organizations: cnsphoto, REUTERS, Rights, West Texas, ANZ, International Energy Agency, Organization of, Petroleum, OPEC, Thomson Locations: Zhoushan, Zhejiang province, China, Rights SINGAPORE, Saudi Arabia, Russia, United States, Europe

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. approved updated COVID-19 vaccines Monday, hoping to rev up protection against the latest coronavirus strains and blunt any surge this fall and winter. It’s part of a shift to treat fall updates of the COVID-19 vaccine much like getting a yearly flu shot. A CDC advisory panel is set to issue recommendations Tuesday on who most needs the updated shots. The FDA pointedly isn’t calling this latest round a “booster” but instead a vaccine updated to better match the currently circulating virus. But while the FDA's decision allows for wide use of the updated shots, the CDC will decide how strongly different groups are urged to get them.

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☆ Oil prices ease but supply cuts keep Brent above $90/bbl
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Oil prices eased in early Asian trade on Monday as economic concerns in China weighed on fuel demand outlook although Brent stayed perched above $90 a barrel, supported by tightening supplies after Saudi Arabia and Russia extended supply cuts. Brent crude fell 49 cents, or 0.5%, to $90.16 a barrel by 0022 GMT while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was at $86.77 a barrel, down 74 cents, or 0.9%. "Concerns about Chinese economic growth weighed on sentiment across commodities," ANZ analysts said in a note. The International Energy Agency and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC, are due to release their monthly reports this week. "Any sign of strong demand from oil market reports from IEA and OPEC will likely push oil prices higher," ANZ analysts said.

Persons: Brent, Baker Hughes, WTI, Tony Sycamore Organizations: West Texas, ANZ, International Energy Agency, Organization of, Petroleum, OPEC Locations: China, Saudi Arabia, Russia, United States, Europe

Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images2008: iPhone 3G, meet the App StoreWith the second version of the iPhone, Apple introduces the App Store and 3G connectivity. Stephen Lam/Reuters2016: iPhone SE, a budget optionTaking a step back, the iPhone SE is a cheaper, smaller device than the 6S, giving customers a chance to enjoy Apple’s phones at a much lower cost. People handle the new Apple iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max during a media tour at an Apple office in Shanghai, China, on September 21, 2018. Brendon Thorne/Bloomberg/Getty Images2020: iPhone 12 Mini, small but mightyThe iPhone 12 mini is smaller than the usual iPhone but packs a powerful punch. Mike Segar/Reuters2021: iPhone 13 Series, same price for more spaceThe iPhone 13 stays at the same price as the iPhone 12 with double the storage space, as well as featuring a much smaller top notch.

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☆ Hard-Line Conservatives Talk Tough, and Government Shutdown Looms
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( Siobhan Hughes | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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NEW YORK (AP) — Olympic gold medalist Sarah Hughes has decided not to run for Congress, in a race for a Long Island seat where several other Democrats are also vying to unseat the Republican currently in office. Hughes, an ice skater who took the top spot in figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics, announced her decision Friday about running for New York’s 4th Congressional District in a social media post. Long Island Republican Anthony D’Esposito is the incumbent. “For those interested, I have decided not to run for Congress at this time," she said on X, formerly known as Twitter. Hughes was 16 when she won her medal at the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Persons: Sarah Hughes, Hughes, Anthony D’Esposito, Proskauer Rose Organizations: Republican, New York’s, Congressional, “, Olympic, Yale University, University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University Locations: Long, Salt Lake City , Utah, Manhattan

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