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☆ Netflix's '3 Body Problem' makes some big changes from the book. Here's how the show and novels differ.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

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Persons: Liu Cixin's, —, David Benioff, Weiss, Alexander Woo, Auggie Salazar, Ed Miller, Wang Miao, Da Shi, Salazar, Eiza González, it's Wang Miao, Wang Miao's, Jin Cheng, Jess Hong, Jin, Copernicus, Wang, she's, Netflix Wang Miao, Cheng Xin, She's, Yun Tianming, Will Downing Will Downing, Will Downing, Oxford alums, He's, Jack Rooney's, Saul, Luo Ji Saul, Netflix Saul, he's, Saul isn't, Luo Ji, they're, Ye, ETO Jonathan Pryce, Mike Evans, Tatiana, Marlo Kelly, Sophon, Evans, Shimooka, Alicia Vikander, Evan Rachel Wood, Jack Rooney, we'd, Ye Wenjie, Vera Ye, Yang Dong, Yang Weining Organizations: Service, Netflix, intel, Stairfacer, Oxford, United Nations, UN, ETO, Trisolaris Organization, Red Coast Locations: China, England, San, Red

☆ When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, it opened the floodgates for abortion-related lawsuits
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Joan Biskupic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

CNN —The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear its first abortion case since the 2022 reversal of Roe v. Wade and upheaval of reproductive rights in America. All the while, public regard for the Supreme Court has degenerated. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is photographed at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in September 2015. Dirck Halstead/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images Breyer and his daughter Chloe jog with Clinton in May 1994. Mai/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images Breyer works in his office with his staff of clerks in June 2002.

Persons: Roe, Wade, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Dobbs, Biden, Elizabeth Prelogar, mifepristone, Prelogar, what’s, ”, Susan B, Anthony Pro, ’, Evelyn Hockstein, Breyer, Stephen Breyer, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Samuel Alito, Hodges, Trump, “, ” Breyer, Damon Winter, Stephen, Irving, Anne, Charles ., Chloe, Nell, Michael —, Joanna Breyer, Ira Wyman, Sygma, Byron White, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, John Harrington, Joanna, John Tlumacki, Bill Clinton, Clinton, Harry Blackmun, Dirck Halstead, Doug Mills, US Sen, Ted Kennedy, Laura Patterson, John Blanding, Colin Powell, George W, Bush, Mai, David Hume Kennerly, Seuss, Evan Vucci, Charles, Marcio Jose Sanchez, William Rehnquist, Clarence Thomas, David Souter, William Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Sandra Day O'Connor, John Paul Stevens, Chip Somodevilla, John Roberts, Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Samuel Alito's, Gerald Herbert, Cole Mitguard, Mourning, Penni Gladstone, Clara Scholl, Elise Amendola, Nicholas Kamm, Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, Alex Wong, ABC's George Stephanopoulos, Heidi Gutman, Andrew Harrer, Hu Jintao, Eli, Shutterstock Breyer, Britain's Prince Charles, Mandel Ngan, Tom Williams, Carolyn Kaster, Ben Bradlee, Bill O'Leary, Pete Marovich, Stephen Colbert, Jeffrey R, Win McNamee, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, Anthony Kennedy, Sonia Sotomayor, Maureen Scalia, Andrew Harnik, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, Erin Schaff, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Saul Loeb, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Patrick, Fred Schilling, Matthew Kacsmaryk, Erin Hawley, GYN, … Organizations: CNN, Alabama Supreme, Republican, Food, Drug Administration, FDA, Jackson, Health Organization, District of Columbia, America, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Alamo Women's, Reuters, Supreme Court, Democratic, Supreme, New York Times, Harvard Law School, Appeals, First Circuit, Circuit, Getty, White House, Airport, Boston Globe, US, Suffolk University Law School, Francisco's Lowell High School, San Francisco Chronicle, Belgium's Catholic University of Louvain, Georgetown University Law Center, Administrative, Administrative Conference of, Jewish American Heritage Month, Walt Disney Television, Bloomberg, White, Office, Committee, Washington Nationals, Washington Post, Financial Services, General Government, CBS, State, The New York Times, Library of Congress, Alliance, Hippocratic, Alliance for Hippocratic, OB, Department, Justice Locations: America, New York, Carbondale , Illinois, Cambridge , Massachusetts, Maine , Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, AFP, San Francisco, Lowell, Washington , DC, United States

☆ '3 Body Problem' hasn't been renewed for season 2 yet, but Netflix has plenty more material to draw from — here's what we know
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Here's everything that we know about a potential season two of "3 Body Problem." But Woo said at the SXSW Film & TV Festival in March that they had already begun working on a second season. What would '3 Body Problem' season 2 be about? Here's where we'll really get into some spoiler territory, both for the ending of season one of "3 Body Problem" and book spoilers that might also be potential season two spoilers. "3 Body Problem" is now streaming on Netflix.

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☆ What investors should know about the U.S. easing vehicle emissions rules
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

President Joe Biden speaks at the United Auto Workers political convention at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C., Jan. 24, 2024. The new Environmental Protection Agency rules released Wednesday aim to cut tailpipe emissions by 49% between model years 2027 and 2032. The EPA set a target for EVs to make up at least 35% of new vehicle sales by 2032. The EPA's new strategy for cutting tailpipe emissions doesn't focus only on EVs. The EPA's percentage targets for EV adoption are not mandates but expectations for how automakers could meet the emissions regulations.

Persons: Joe Biden, Saul Loeb, Biden, Emmanuel Rosner, Mary Barra, Ngan, John Bozzella, Stocks, Tesla, weren't, Chelsea Hodgkins, Martin Viecha, Chris Kapsch, Morgan Stanley, Adam Jonas Organizations: United Auto Workers, Marriott Marquis, Washington , D.C, AFP, Getty, DETROIT, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, EV, Detroit Automotive, Wall Street, Detroit, General Motors, Ford Motor, Chrysler, capex, Deutsche Bank, Chevrolet Silverado, Huntington Place Convention, Afp, Alliance for Automotive Innovation, United Auto Workers union, UAW, Toyota, Public Citizen, Sierra Club, Democratic, GM, Ford Locations: Washington ,, Detroit , Michigan, U.S, Detroit, Michigan

☆ Takeaways from Joe Biden’s State of the Union address
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Kevin Liptak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Washington CNN —President Joe Biden delivered a raucous third State of the Union address, one that could be among the most important speeches he gives during his presidency as he turns toward reelection. The result was the most raucous State of the Union in years, with the House chamber brimming with election year frission. President Joe Biden holds a "Say her name Laken Riley" button while delivering the State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 7. So it was unavoidable that Biden would face the issue during his State of the Union, whether he wanted to or not. And Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza, prompted by the terror attacks of October 7, has generated a humanitarian crisis that is dividing Biden’s political coalition.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Biden, Trump, Chip Somodevilla, –, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Laken Riley, Laken Riley ”, Saul Loeb, David, “, ” Biden, ”, it’s, Joe Biden's, Kent Nishimura, he’s, there’s, That’s Organizations: Washington CNN, Union, Trump Biden, Trump, NATO, Getty, Republicans, Social Security, Rep, Georgia Republican, Chamber, Biden, White, Jewish Voice, Capitol Locations: Thursday’s State, Russia, Washington ,, Ukraine, Gaza, Israel, Washington , DC

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Haley and her family walk back into the South Carolina State House after her inauguration in 2011. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Haley waves to the crowd during the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2013. Alex Wong/Getty Images Haley hugs her husband after his Army National Guard unit returned in 2013. Haiyun Jiang/Bloomberg/Getty Images Haley takes the stage at her election night watch party in Charleston, South Carolina, in February 2024. Haley “won’t just go away,” said Katon Dawson, a longtime Haley ally and former chair of the South Carolina Republican Party.

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☆ Brown University Will Reinstate Standardized Tests for Admission
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Stephanie Saul | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The NewsBrown University will reinstate standardized testing requirements for admission, joining Yale, Dartmouth and M.I.T. In its announcement, Brown said that test results were a clear indicator of future success. Brown also echoed concerns expressed by both Dartmouth and Yale that suspending test requirements had the unintended effect of harming prospective students from low-income families. Last year, Brown said it had received more than 51,000 applications for its fall 2023 class. For every school that is bringing back standardized tests, a number of institutions are going in the opposite direction, as part of a growing test-optional movement in the United States.

Persons: Brown, “ Organizations: News Brown University, Yale, Dartmouth, ACT Locations: M.I.T, Providence, R.I, United States

☆ Read the open letter Disney heirs wrote to shareholders, defending Bob Iger and slamming activist investors as 'villains'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Shubhangi Goel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The heirs backed Iger and his management for being "faithful" to Disney's "magic" and said the CEO has "grown this company in a modern world." Peltz's Trian Fund Management, which owns about $3 billion of Disney stock, has criticized Disney's leadership and is seeking seats on its board. In early February, Iger and Peltz threw jabs at each other following Disney's better-than-expected earnings report. They understand that the longevity of The Walt Disney Company isn't only the result of smart business decisions; it is rooted in the strong emotional connection Disney continues to forge with generations of people from around the globe. To the contrary, their "I alone can fix it" mentality makes clear that they are not interested in preserving the Disney magic, but stripping it to the bone to make a quick profit for themselves.

Persons: Iger, Peltz's, Disney's, Peltz, Roy O, Walt Disney, Walt, Roy, Snow White, Mary Poppins, Bob Iger, Saul Steinberg —, Nelson Peltz —, Roy P, Disney Susan Disney, Abigail E, Disney Tim Disney Organizations: Peltz's Trian Fund Management, Disney, Trian Fund Management, Variety, The Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney Company, Directors Locations: Iger

☆ Saul Leiter: The photographer who changed the way the world saw New York
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Christian House | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Saul Leiter had a thing for umbrellas. They pepper his mid-century photographs of New York, popping up over years of work: pink umbrellas, red umbrellas, yellow umbrellas. In “Saul Leiter: An Unfinished Word,” a joyous new retrospective on view at MK Gallery in Milton Keynes, England, these umbrellas sing out from the walls. Saul Leiter FoundationLeiter’s abstracted shots of New York seem radical, yet they are true to how we all see the streets: fragmented by traffic, building facades, doorways, angles and crowds. Saul Leiter Foundation“He never really settled into society,” says Morin.

Persons: CNN — Saul Leiter, “ Saul Leiter, Leiter, —, Saul Leiter, ”, Saul Leiter Leiter, Saul, Eugene Smith, Bonnard, “, Anne Morin, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Soames Bantry, Anders Goldfarb, Diane Arbus, Robert Frank, Morin Organizations: CNN, Saul Leiter Foundation, British Vogue, Bazaar, New York School of Photographers Locations: New York, Milton Keynes, England, Pittsburgh, British

☆ Israel's Six-Week Drive to Hit Hamas in Rafah and Scale Back War
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Feb. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +10 min

Gaza's ruling group can keep fighting and is prepared for a long war in Rafah and Gaza, said the official, who requested anonymity. A senior regional security official said Israel believed some Hamas commanders and hostages were in Rafah. UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron also told lawmakers that Britain and its allies "will look at the issue of recognising a Palestinian state, including at the United Nations". Yet for Netanyahu and many other Israeli officials, talk of a two-state solution amounts to a betrayal of the people killed on Oct. 7. "I say clearly to anyone still stuck in October 6: We will never lend a hand to the creation of a Palestinian state," Israeli Culture Minister Miki Zohar said on social media last month.

Persons: Samia Nakhoul, Jonathan Saul, Humeyra Pamuk, Benjamin Netanyahu's, Avi Melamed, Yoav Gallant, Joe Biden, Netanyahu, Biden, Gaza's, hasn't, Israel . Fighting, Khan Younis, Emad Joudat, Gallant, Israel, Yahya Sinwar, Antony Blinken, Washington, David Cameron, Britain haven't, Miki Zohar, Dan Williams, Nidal Al Mughrabi, Andrew Hay, Jeff Mason, Pravin Char Organizations: Humeyra Pamuk DOHA, Reuters, Military, Israel Defense Forces, Hamas, Israeli, America, . Senior, Palestinian Authority, State Department, Israel, United Nations Locations: Israel, Gaza, Rafah, Washington, Qatar, RAFAH, Hamas, Khan, Gaza City, Egypt, Cairo, U.S, Palestinian, Britain, Palestine, Doha, London, Jerusalem

☆ 40 Years Ago, This Ad Changed the Super Bowl Forever
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Saul Austerlitz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Four decades ago, the Super Bowl became the Super Bowl. It wasn’t because of anything that happened in the game itself: On Jan. 22, 1984, the Los Angeles Raiders defeated Washington 38-9 in Super Bowl XVIII, a contest that was mostly over before halftime. Conceived by the Chiat/Day ad agency and directed by Ridley Scott, then fresh off making the seminal science-fiction noir “Blade Runner,” the Apple commercial “1984,” which was intended to introduce the new Macintosh computer, would become one of the most acclaimed commercials ever made. It also helped to kick off — pun partially intended — the Super Bowl tradition of the big game serving as an annual showcase for gilt-edged ads from Fortune 500 companies. It all began with the Apple co-founder Steve Jobs’s desire to take the battle with the company’s rivals to a splashy television broadcast he knew nothing about.

Persons: George Orwell, Ridley Scott, Steve Jobs’s, — Scott, John Sculley, Steve Hayden, Fred Goldberg, Anya Rajah, JOHN SCULLEY, we’re, “ Organizations: Super Bowl, Los Angeles Raiders, Washington, XVIII, CBS, Apple, Fortune, Chiat, Businessweek, IBM Locations: Steve

☆ Harvard Is Accused of Obstructing House Antisemitism Inquiry
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Stephanie Saul | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A congressional committee examining campus antisemitism accused Harvard on Wednesday of obstructing its investigation, saying that the university failed to submit documents it had requested while flooding the committee with publicly available pages containing “inexplicable” redactions. Representative Virginia Foxx, a Republican of North Carolina, said Harvard was providing a “limited and dilatory” response to her investigation of the school’s handling of alleged campus antisemitism. Ms. Foxx, chair of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, threatened to use subpoena power to force Harvard to submit more documents. “Somehow, almost two months after the committee first informed Harvard of its intent to request production of specific documents, Harvard provided only a single meaningful document,” she wrote in a letter to the university. Harvard said that it was cooperating with the inquiry and that it “has provided extensive information” with the eight submissions it has made so far.

Persons: Representative Virginia Foxx, Foxx, Harvard, ” Organizations: Harvard, Representative, Republican, House Education, Workforce Committee Locations: North Carolina

☆ Nikki Haley goes after Trump and Biden as ‘grumpy old men’ even as she courts older voters in South Carolina
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Aaron Pellish | Kylie Atwood | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

But the Haley campaign is also courting the support of South Carolina retirees, a growing portion of the Republican primary voter pool. She said on Twitter that this was her first Christmas card when she announced she would be running for the South Carolina state legislature. Nikki Haley/Twitter Haley celebrates with her family after being elected governor of South Carolina in November 2010. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Haley and her family walk back into the South Carolina State House after her inauguration in 2011. Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post/Getty Images Haley visits a farm during a campaign stop in Grand Mound, Iowa, in September 2023.

Persons: Hilton, Nikki Haley, ” Haley, Donald Trump’s, Trump, Joe Biden, Haley, Maureen Bulger, intently, ” Bulger, “, ”, Biden, NBC’s, Ron DeSantis, Anna Memmo, it’s, ” Memmo, Ray Makalous, he’s, ” Makalous, Laura Holtzman, “ Trump, ” Holtzman, ” ‘, ’ Haley, aren’t, Larry Greenwold, ” Greenwold, Greenwold, he’d, Travis Dove, Michael, Nalin, Rena, Twitter Haley, Gerry Melendez, AP Haley, Chip Somodevilla, Tim Dominick, Getty Images Haley, Mitt Romney, Justin Sullivan, Alex Wong, Michael Haley, Rainier Ehrhardt, Jaswinder Singh, Narinder Nanu, Bobby Jindal, Jindal, Win McNamee, Sean Rayford, Saul Loeb, Mike Pence, Drew Angerer, State Rex Tillerson, Matthew Rycroft, Boris Johnson, Bryan R, Smith, Raad Adayleh, Brendan Smialowski, Spencer Platt, Evan Vucci, Kevin Lamarque, Don Bolduc, Brian Snyder, Jonathan Ernst, Jake Tapper, Will Lanzoni, Demetrius Freeman, Rachel Mummey, Jonathan Newton, Ed Spears, Spears, ” Spears, Carol Carty, ” Carty, “ It’s, that’s, “ I’ve, Trumper Organizations: , South Carolina CNN, South, Republican, Census Bureau, Biden, Hilton Head, New, Democratic, Republican Party, Trump, Florida Gov, Washington Post, Monmouth University, United Nations, CNN, State House, New York Times, Twitter, AP, Capitol, South Carolina State House, Getty Images, Conservative Political, Conference, Army National Guard, Getty, Louisiana Gov, National Governors Association, Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, United Nations Security Council, UN, State, British, Norwegian Refugee Council, Gali Tibbon, UN Security, West Bank, The United States, Anadolu Agency, Republican National Convention Locations: , South Carolina, South Carolina, New Jersey, United States, New Hampshire, Trump, Iowa, Virginia, Hilton Head, Kansas, New York, CNN’s New Hampshire, Columbia , South Carolina, Afghanistan, Amritsar, India, AFP, Charleston , South Carolina, Columbia, State, Syrian, Jerusalem, Gali, Kuwait, Gaza, Londonderry , New Hampshire, Des Moines , Iowa, Grand Mound , Iowa, Miami

(AP) — Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals roasted Barry Keoghan, best known for his roles in “Dunkirk,” “The Killing of a Sacred Deer,” “Eternals,” and “The Banshees of Inisherin,” on Friday with its 2024 Man of the Year Award. He also offered a quip about “Saltburn” — which includes a scene where Keoghan performs a nude dance. Annette Bening, a two-time Golden Globe winner who recently received her fifth Oscar nomination, was named Thursday as the 2024 Woman of the Year. Hasty Pudding Theatricals, which dates to 1844 and calls itself the third-oldest theater group in the world, has handed out a Man of the Year Award since 1967. Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ 2024 Woman of the Year Award dates to 1951.

Persons: Harvard, Barry Keoghan, ”, Keoghan, Hasty, “ Mr, Robert Downey Jr, Morton, “ I’ve, Paul Newman’s, “ It’s, ” Keoghan, “, Annette Bening, Bob Odenkirk, Saul Goodman, Saul, Clint Eastwood, Tom Hanks, Robert De Niro, Harrison Ford, Samuel L, Jackson, Ryan Reynolds, Bening, Diana Nyad Organizations: The, Harvard, Golden Globe Locations: CAMBRIDGE, “ Dunkirk, ”, —, “

☆ Bob Odenkirk better call King Charles. As it turns out, they are related
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Bob Odenkirk was royally amused to find out he has a famous relative. During an appearance on “Finding Your Roots” set to air on PBS Tuesday, the host Henry Louis Gates Jr. let Odenkirk know he was related to the British aristocracy, including a Duke. When Gates asked it how it made him feel, Odenkirk responded, “Like I’m part of history that I didn’t think I was any part of.”“But I’m an American, I’m not a monarchist,” the actor said. You know, I feel like it’s a little twisted. Gates then teased him that he hadn’t “been royalty more than five minutes” and already was trashing his family.

Persons: Bob Odenkirk, Henry Louis Gates Jr, Saul ”, Gates, Odenkirk, ”, I’m, “, ” Odenkirk, King Charles Organizations: CNN, PBS

☆ At Penn, Tensions May Only Be Growing After Magill’s Resignation
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Stephanie Saul | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Campus protests are not usually aimed at a single person. But last week at the University of Pennsylvania, professors staged a rally targeting Marc Rowan, the New York private-equity billionaire. A Penn alumnus and a major benefactor of the university, Mr. Rowan deployed his formidable resources in a relentless campaign against Penn’s president, M. Elizabeth Magill, leading to her resignation in December. Mr. Rowan sent a four-page email to university trustees titled “Moving Forward,” which many professors interpreted as a blueprint for a more conservative campus. Amy C. Offner, a history professor who led the protest, called the document a proposed “hostile takeover of the core academic functions of the university.”

Persons: Marc Rowan, Rowan, Elizabeth Magill, Amy C, ” Organizations: University of Pennsylvania, New, Penn Locations: New York

NEW YORK (AP) — After 46 years, Steve Replin has decided to give up his office space. About 23% of U.S. office space is available, compared with 16% before the pandemic, according to global real estate advisor Avison Young. Garnett is looking for a smaller space – 1,200 square feet or so -- in suburban Huntsville, closer to where most of his clients live. The pandemic taught her she could work in a smaller space, but she still saw value in having office space with a physical library. Saul said she was able to downsize her library, filled with samples and a necessary part of the firm’s office space.

Persons: Steve Replin, Avison Young, ”, Alan Pontius, Marcus, Millichap, Hunter Garnett, Garnett, I’d, Leslie Saul, she’d, “, Saul, Annie Scranton, Replin, ” Replin, He’s, ” Krueger Organizations: Pace Public Relations Locations: Denver, Huntsville , Alabama, Huntsville, Cambridge, Winchester, Manhattan, New York, Larchmont, Greenwood Lake, N.J, Maryland

☆ Pennsylvania Governor Proposes to Overhaul the State University System
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Stephanie Saul | More About Stephanie Saul | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, who has complained that his state’s higher education “isn’t working,” proposed on Friday a sweeping overhaul of the state’s sprawling system that would reduce tuition for many students and determine funding for schools based in part on their performance. The plan would consolidate 10 of Pennsylvania’s state universities and all 15 of its community colleges under one governance umbrella, boost state funding for public higher education, and require students with low to middle incomes to pay only $1,000 a semester in tuition. Most of the plan does not affect Pennsylvania’s best-known public universities, including Penn State, Pittsburgh and Temple. “After 30 years of disinvestment, too many of our colleges and universities are running on empty and not enough students have affordable pathways into good jobs,” Mr. Shapiro said in a statement.

Persons: Josh Shapiro, “, ”, Mr, Shapiro Organizations: Pennsylvania, Penn State Locations: Pittsburgh, Temple

☆ Pope Francis takes on vested interests to speak out on humanitarian crises
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Analysis Christopher Lamb | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

Pope Francis received an emotional welcome on the island during a visit showing solidarity with migrants fleeing war and poverty. ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images Pope Francis confesses in St. Peter's Basilica during the Vatican's Penitential Celebration on Friday, March 4, 2016. Alessandro Di Meo/AP Pope Francis arrives for his visit with prisoners in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, on Friday, July 10, 2015. Franco Origlia/Getty Images Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I address the faithful in Istanbul on Sunday, November 30, 2014. Gokhan Tan/Getty Images Pope Francis speaks during the feast-day Mass while on a one-day trip to Italy's Calabria region in June 2014.

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And the DeSantis campaign made many of them, his advisers, allies and supporters have acknowledged to CNN in interviews. Republican presidential candidate and Florida Governor, Ron DeSantis, speaks during a campaign event in Hampton, New Hampshire, on January 17, 2024. Michael Reaves/Getty Images DeSantis and his wife, Casey, have three children: from left, daughters Mamie and Madison and son Mason. But that approach was rejected by the woman who would be announced as DeSantis’ campaign manager, Generra Peck. And yet, in the face of this overwhelming rejection of his pitch to Make America Florida, DeSantis refused to change gears.

Persons: Ron DeSantis steeled, Donald Trump, DeSantis, Trump, “, Nikki Haley, Trump hadn’t, ” DeSantis, Elon Musk, ”, Curt Anderson, Alex Castellanos, Ron DeSantis, Joseph Prezioso, It’s, Casey, God, Rupert Murdoch’s, Will Lanzoni, Jane, Zuma Press DeSantis, Dunedin High School DeSantis, US Navy DeSantis, John Boehner, Charles Dharapak, Bill Clark, Tom Williams, Trey Gowdy, Al Drago, Zack Wittman, Patrick Farrell, Andrew Gillum, Chris O'Meara, Jeff J Mitchell, Stephen M, Dowell, Chris Kleponis, Lynne Sladky, Steve Cannon, Fernando Medina, Deborah Birx, Doug Mills, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Saul Loeb, Madison, Tori Lynn Schneider, Vera Leip, Joe Raedle, Michael Reaves, Mamie, Mason, WFTS DeSantis, Joe Biden, Hurricane Ian, Charlie Crist, Marco Bello, Reuters DeSantis, Sophie Park, Jordan Gale, –, Stormy Daniels, Jeff Roe, Ken Cuccinelli, Roe, scrappy, Ken Griffin, bankroll DeSantis, Griffin, Dana Bash, Generra Peck, Musk, ” Donors, Peck, Christina Pushaw, Bryan Griffin, Hugh Hewitt, Scott Olson, Ryan Tyson, Zuckerbucks, Kim Reynolds, Reynolds, Iowa –, Anna Moneymaker Organizations: CNN, Trump, New, GOP, Former South Carolina Gov, Christian Broadcasting Network, Elon, Republican, “ JV, ”, Politico, Florida Governor, Getty, Republican Party, New York Post, Disney, Florida Gov, Little League Baseball, Petersburg Times, Zuma Press, Dunedin High School, Yale University, US Navy, Navy, General's Corps, District, DeSantis, First, Bloomberg, Miami Herald, Tribune, Service, Democratic, Orlando Sentinel, White, Orlando Magic, NBA, Coronavirus, New York Times, Tallahassee Democrat, USA, Conservative Political, Conference, University of South, Reuters, Iowa State University football, PAC, “, Fox News, Florida, Central Bank Digital Currency, Iowa, Gov, “ Iowa Republican, Republicans Locations: Iowa, Florida, New Hampshire, Hawkeye, Hampton , New Hampshire, AFP, Wally's, Jacksonville , Florida, Dunedin , Florida, Windsor, V, St, Florida's, Tampa , Florida, Orlando, Jacksonville, Sanford , Florida, Tallahassee , Florida, Tallahassee, Pompano Beach , Florida, Miami, Surfside , Florida, University of South Florida, Covid, Tampa, Bedford, Bedford , New Hampshire, Ames , Iowa, New York, Dunedin, Newton , Iowa, Park City , Utah, Tennessee, South Carolina, Trump, Des Moines, West Des Moines , Iowa, Myrtle Beach, “ Iowa, America Florida

☆ Nikki Haley wants a two-person race. New Hampshire’s independents just might give her one
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Arit John | Jeff Zeleny | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Haley and her family walk back into the South Carolina State House after her inauguration in 2011. Tim Dominick/The State/MCT via Getty Images Haley campaigns for presidential candidate Mitt Romney in 2012. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Haley waves to the crowd during the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2013. Alex Wong/Getty Images Haley hugs her husband after his Army National Guard unit returned in 2013. Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post/Getty Images Haley visits a farm during a campaign stop in Grand Mound, Iowa, in September 2023.

Persons: Hollis, Hollis , New Hampshire CNN — Danielle Brown, John McCain, Barack Obama, Nikki Haley, ” Brown, Haley, “ Haley, Chris Sununu, Trump, Trump . Sen, Tim Scott of, ”, ” Haley, Sununu, “ Nikki Haley, ” Trump, Greg Moore, Charles Koch, Moore, “, ” Moore, Susan Rice, Trump . Rice, “ I’m, ” Rice, ” Michael Lewis, Donald Trump, ” Lewis, “ There’s, “ MAGA, GOP Sen, J.D, Vance of, Sylvia, ” Bill Jackson, “ She’s, She’s, we’ve, they’re, Trump –, Biden, Joe Biden, Ron DeSantis, Travis Dove, Michael, Nalin, Rena, Twitter Haley, Gerry Melendez, AP Haley, Chip Somodevilla, Tim Dominick, Getty Images Haley, Mitt Romney, Justin Sullivan, Alex Wong, Michael Haley, Rainier Ehrhardt, Jaswinder Singh, Narinder Nanu, Bobby Jindal, Jindal, Win McNamee, Sean Rayford, Saul Loeb, Mike Pence, Drew Angerer, State Rex Tillerson, Matthew Rycroft, Boris Johnson, Bryan R, Smith, Raad Adayleh, Brendan Smialowski, Spencer Platt, Evan Vucci, Kevin Lamarque, Don Bolduc, Brian Snyder, Jonathan Ernst, Jake Tapper, Will Lanzoni, Demetrius Freeman, Rachel Mummey, Jonathan Newton, Nikki Haley Prev, CNN’s KFile, “ You’re, Nancy Protzmann, ” Protzmann, –, don’t, Ebony Davis, Ali Main Organizations: Hollis , New Hampshire CNN, New Hampshire Republican, Democratic, South Carolina Gov, Trump, Hampshire GOP, Republican Party coalesces, Trump ., Republicans, Republican, AFP, White House, Republican Party, Hollis, NATO, Republican National, Convention, Fox News, GOP, Vance of Ohio, “ Republican, Marist, Biden, Florida Gov, State House, New York Times, Twitter, South, AP, Capitol, South Carolina State House, Getty Images, Conservative Political, Conference, Army National Guard, Getty, Louisiana Gov, National Governors Association, Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, UN, State, British, Norwegian Refugee Council, Gali Tibbon, UN Security, West Bank, The United States, Anadolu Agency, Republican National Convention, CNN, Washington Post, Social Security, Social Locations: Hollis , New Hampshire, Granite, New Hampshire, Haley’s, Hampshire, South Carolina, Trump, Tim Scott of South Carolina, Concord, Washington, Newfields, Hampton, Manchester, Portsmouth, Rochester, Maine, Kingston, Nashua, she’s, Iowa, Columbia , South Carolina, Afghanistan, Amritsar, India, AFP, Charleston , South Carolina, Columbia, State, New York, Syrian, United States, Jerusalem, Gali, Kuwait, Gaza, Londonderry , New Hampshire, Des Moines , Iowa, Grand Mound , Iowa, Miami, Hollis

☆ DeSantis ends 2024 presidential campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Steve Contorno | Kit Maher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

Accordingly, I am today suspending my campaign,” DeSantis said. Jeb Bush and Sen. Marco Rubio (the latter two of whom he bested in the 2016 Republican presidential primary). Patrick Farrell/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service/Getty Images DeSantis shakes hands with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum after a CNN debate in October 2018. Joe Raedle/Getty Images DeSantis speaks at the opening of the Conservative Political Action Conference in February 2021. Joe Raedle/Getty Images DeSantis helps hold a python as he kicks off the 2021 Python Challenge in Miami.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump’s, ” DeSantis, I’ve, Donald Trump, Anthony Fauci, Trump, Joe Biden, “, Nikki Haley, ”, DeSantis, Casey, “ DeSantis, Steve Deace, “ It’s, indicting Donald Trump, Haley, Jeb Bush, Sen, Marco Rubio, ‘, ’, Will Lanzoni, Jane, Zuma Press DeSantis, Dunedin High School DeSantis, US Navy DeSantis, John Boehner, Charles Dharapak, Bill Clark, Tom Williams, Trey Gowdy, Al Drago, Zack Wittman, Patrick Farrell, Andrew Gillum, Chris O'Meara, Jeff J Mitchell, Stephen M, Dowell, Chris Kleponis, Lynne Sladky, Steve Cannon, Fernando Medina, Deborah Birx, Doug Mills, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Saul Loeb, Madison, Tori Lynn Schneider, Vera Leip, Joe Raedle, Michael Reaves, Mamie, Mason, WFTS DeSantis, Hurricane Ian, Charlie Crist, Marco Bello, Reuters DeSantis, Sophie Park, Jordan Gale, –, Rupert Mudoch, Jeff Roe, caucused, Kim Reynolds, ’ ”, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Jeff Zeleny Organizations: CNN, Florida Gov, Republican, Iowa Republican, Trump, South Carolina Gov, Little League Baseball, Petersburg Times, Zuma Press, Dunedin High School, Yale University, US Navy, Navy, General's Corps, District, DeSantis, First, Bloomberg, Getty, Miami Herald, Tribune, Service, Democratic, Orlando Sentinel, White, Orlando Magic, NBA, Coronavirus, New York Times, Tallahassee Democrat, USA, Conservative Political, Conference, University of South, Reuters, Iowa State University football, House, Fox News, Twitter, GOP, Little League, Yale, Harvard, New York Post, PAC Locations: Iowa, Florida, Wally's, Hampton , New Hampshire, Jacksonville , Florida, Dunedin , Florida, Windsor, V, St, Florida's, Tampa , Florida, Orlando, Jacksonville, Sanford , Florida, Tallahassee , Florida, Tallahassee, Pompano Beach , Florida, Miami, Surfside , Florida, University of South Florida, Covid, Tampa, New Hampshire, Bedford, Bedford , New Hampshire, Ames , Iowa

☆ How Ron DeSantis learned to embrace mainstream media and turn off Fox News
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Steve Contorno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +21 min

“I came in not really doing as much media,” DeSantis told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on Thursday. After keeping the mainstream press at arm’s length early in his presidential campaign, DeSantis now will seemingly talk into any camera that is rolling. But ignoring it was worse.”A spokesman for the DeSantis campaign did not respond to questions from CNN about this story. Ron DeSantis Prev NextInstead, after launching, DeSantis engaged in a lengthy tour of the conservative media ecosystem – radio, TV and influential podcasters. “But conservative media is reactionary to what the mainstream media covers.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, “, ” DeSantis, Hugh Hewitt, DeSantis, Donald Trump, DeSantis couldn’t, Alex Conant, ”, Conant, Sen, Marco Rubio’s, CNN’s Dana, Brianne Pfannenstiel, Nikki Haley, liken, Kaitlan Collins, Hampshirites, Casey DeSantis, Shane Strum, Casey, Brian Kilmeade, “ We’re, Kilmeade, Florida’s, Christina Pushaw, Pushaw, ” Pushaw, “ He’ll, Jabin, Jane, Zuma Press DeSantis, Dunedin High School DeSantis, US Navy DeSantis, John Boehner, Charles Dharapak, Bill Clark, Tom Williams, Trey Gowdy, Al Drago, Zack Wittman, Patrick Farrell, Andrew Gillum, Chris O'Meara, Jeff J Mitchell, Stephen M, Dowell, Trump, Chris Kleponis, Lynne Sladky, Steve Cannon, Fernando Medina, Deborah Birx, Doug Mills, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Saul Loeb, Madison, Tori Lynn Schneider, Vera Leip, Joe Raedle, Michael Reaves, Mamie, Mason, WFTS DeSantis, Joe Biden, Hurricane Ian, Charlie Crist, Marco Bello, Reuters DeSantis, Sophie Park, Jordan Gale, ” Conant, you’re, “ He’s, Fox, “ gaslighting, Joe ” –, they’re, Laura Ingraham, ” Ingraham, “ Trump, –, Bret Baier, Rupert Murdoch, “ DEFUTURE, TalkTV’s Piers Morgan, Salena Zito, David, “ They’re, ” CNN’s Kit Maher Organizations: CNN, Florida Gov, White, Fox, Trump, Republican, Union, Des Moines, Hawkeye, Politico, Jacksonville, “ Fox & Friends, Washington Post, Little League Baseball, Petersburg Times, Zuma Press, Dunedin High School, Yale University, US Navy, Navy, General's Corps, District, DeSantis, First, Bloomberg, Getty, Miami Herald, Tribune, Service, Democratic, Orlando Sentinel, Orlando Magic, NBA, Coronavirus, New York Times, Tallahassee Democrat, USA, Conservative Political, Conference, University of South, Reuters, Iowa State University football, GOP, ”, Praetorian Guard, Fox News, Republican Party, ” Fox, House, Tampa Bay Times, New York Post, The, Republicans Locations: Florida, Tallahassee, “ State, Iowa, Casey, Kilmeade, Orlando, Jacksonville , Florida, Dunedin , Florida, Windsor, V, St, Florida's, Tampa , Florida, Jacksonville, Sanford , Florida, Tallahassee , Florida, Pompano Beach , Florida, Miami, Surfside , Florida, University of South Florida, Covid, Tampa, New Hampshire, Bedford, Bedford , New Hampshire, Ames , Iowa, London

Gould is more bullish than many on Wall Street, as the average price target of analysts polled by LSEG is $484.42. Analyst Harold Antor downgraded the stock to hold from buy and slashed his price target by $4 to $8. Analyst Jeffrey Stantial upgrade the sports betting stock to buy from hold and raised his price target by $5 to $45. Stantial's new price target implies shares can jump 19.9% over the next year from Thursday's close. UBS raised its rating on Texas Instruments to buy and increased its price target to $195 from $170.

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☆ Spelman, a Historically Black Women’s College, Receives $100 Million Gift
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Stephanie Saul | More About Stephanie Saul | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Spelman College, the women’s school in Atlanta, announced on Thursday that it had received a $100 million donation, which its officials called the largest-ever single gift to a historically Black college. The gift comes from Ronda E. Stryker, a trustee of Spelman, and her husband, William D. Johnston, chairman of the wealth management company Greenleaf Trust. Ms. Stryker serves as director of the medical equipment company Stryker Corporation, which was founded by her grandfather. In an announcement, Spelman College said that $75 million of the gift had been earmarked for scholarships, and that the remaining money would go toward improving student housing and developing an academic focus on public policy and democracy. In a statement, Spelman’s president, Helene Gayle, said the college was “invigorated and inspired” by the couple’s generosity, adding, “This gift is a critical step in our school’s mission to eliminate financial barriers to starting and finishing a Spelman education.”

Persons: Stryker, Spelman, William D, Johnston, Helene Gayle, “, ” Organizations: Spelman College, Greenleaf Trust, Stryker Corporation, Spelman Locations: Atlanta, Ronda

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