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☆ What two assassination attempts in two violent elections in the 1870s warn about today
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Dana Bash | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The Civil War was over, and Black men were legally allowed to vote and helped Republicans win in 1870. Two years later, Louisiana Democrats were determined to take back the state by preventing Black men from voting through intimidation and voter suppression. On Easter Sunday morning, White supremacists stormed the building and went on a killing spree, brutally murdering some 150 Black men. Another disputed election, more political violenceAs for the gubernatorial election dispute in 1872, it happened again in 1876. And while violence should never be the answer, it has occurred more than any of us would want to admit.

Persons: William Pitt Kellogg, Charles R, Railey, “, scoundrel, ” Railey, Kellogg, David Fisher, Donald Trump, Abraham Lincoln, James A, Garfield, William McKinley, John F, Kennedy, Theodore Roosevelt, Harry S, Truman, Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, John D, McEnery, McEnery’s, ”, wasn’t, White supremacists, Stephen Packard, Francis T, Nicholls, Packard, Ulysses S, Grant, William Weldon, Frank Hudson, Weldon, ” Packard, Jim Crow Organizations: CNN, Louisiana Gov, American, Republican, Black, Republicans, Louisiana Democrats, Blacks, The White League, Philadelphia Press Locations: Louisiana, New Orleans, Colfax, Grant Parish , Louisiana, Washington

☆ I'm a mom of 3 and I prefer to vacation with each of my kids individually instead of traveling as a family
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-14 | by ( Kate Loweth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

I always thought I'd do the same when I had my kids and spend our vacations exploring new places as a family. Now that I have my own three kids, I've found that I don't particularly enjoy family vacations. It's expensive to fly with five people, you always need two hotel rooms, and my husband doesn't enjoy travel. Related storiesSince then, I've sought out opportunities to travel with my kids individually, and it has become my favorite way to see a new city or country. AdvertisementTraveling with my kids individually lets me get to know them in a new wayMy three kids are all teenagers, and they'll likely go to college in the next few years.

Persons: I've, I'd, it's, they'll, I'm, Dad Organizations: Service, San Francisco Giants, Business, Catan Locations: Arizona, Florida, Wyoming, Costa Rica, Quepos, Alaska, Santiago

☆ The Van Epps family left town for a youth baseball tournament Then tragedy struck
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Thomas Lake | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The Van Epps family left behind two dogs, a stunned and grieving community, and an untold number of priceless memories. The Van Epps family in an undated photo from several years ago. The Van Epps family took a different route. James Ryan Van Epps pitched in a baseball tournament the morning of the plane crash. Courtesy Ansley Van EppsMeanwhile, she and others who loved the Van Epps family took care of other priorities.

Persons: Georgia CNN —, Ansley Van Epps, ”, Ryan Van Epps, Laura, Harrison, James Ryan, Roger Beggs, Van Epps, Regan Burr, Burr, Ryan’s, Ansley, Ryan, Christine Clements, Christine Marie, “ Harrison, Stefanie Gammage, ” Harrison, Rich Dennis, “, ” James Ryan, Brent Bechard, James Ryan’s, They’d, Chase Timms, Roger, James Ryan Van Epps, Erik Rank, Timms, ” Timms, ‘, ’, Piper, It’s, Walker, Laura wouldn’t, D.J, Jason, who’d, “ James Ryan Organizations: Georgia CNN, Perimeter, Roswell United Methodist Church, Roswell High School, Ridge Christian School, North Atlanta Football Club, Blue Jays, Baseball Hall of Fame, Mirage, Cooperstown, Team Elite National, Elite, Oneonta Municipal, National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB, JFK, Delta Airlines Locations: Milton, Georgia, New York, Catskill, Alpharetta, ”, Cooperstown, Savannah, Oneonta, Charleston , West Virginia, Atlanta, Lake Cecil, Masonville , New York

☆ Clarence Thomas accepted a free yacht trip to Russia and got flown out on a complimentary helicopter ride to Putin's hometown, 2 Democratic senators say
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Democratic senators have accused Justice Clarence Thomas of accepting undisclosed gifts and trips. He allegedly accepted gifts like a yacht trip and a chopper ride to St. Petersburg, Putin's hometown. Senators seek investigation into potential tax fraud and financial ties between Thomas and Crow. AdvertisementTwo Democratic senators have accused Associate Justice Clarence Thomas of accepting free trips to Russian President Vladimir Putin's hometown. The letter highlighted the "serious possibility of tax fraud" and accused Thomas of having "secretly accepted gifts and income potentially worth millions of dollars."

Persons: Clarence Thomas, Putin's, Thomas, —, Vladimir Putin's, Sen, Sheldon Whitehouse, Ron Wyden, General Merrick Garland, SCOTUS Organizations: Service, Oregon, Business Locations: St . Petersburg, Rhode Island

☆ Senators ask DOJ to investigate 'serious possibility of additional tax fraud' by Clarence Thomas
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewTwo Democratic senators have called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to open a special counsel investigation into Clarence Thomas. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Presented with opportunities to resolve questions about his conduct, Justice Thomas has maintained a suspicious silence." AdvertisementA spokesperson for the Justice Department declined to comment on the letter when reached by Business Insider. Thomas has previously denied any wrongdoing, arguing gifts from Crow and others fall under a "personal hospitality exemption," meaning they don't require disclosure.

Persons: —, General Merrick Garland, Clarence Thomas, Sheldon Whitehouse, Ron Wyden, Thomas, Harlan Crow, Mark Martin, Whitehouse, Thomas's, he'd, Crow Organizations: Service, Oregon, Supreme, Business, Judicial Conference, Wyden, Finance, Justice Department, Business Insider Locations: Sens, Rhode Island, Crow

☆ Opinion | The Talented Democrats Who Aren’t Running for President
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Mara Gay | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

At one table, a member of the United Auto Workers, the state’s powerful automotive union, told me that voting for President Biden was a duty he planned to perform. Then Representative Jasmine Crockett of Texas grabbed the microphone. “The Republicans remain steadfast as it relates to Roe v. Wade. We need that type of resolve!” Ms. Crockett boomed to the mostly Black crowd. Jim Crow life was better for y’all Black folk.’”

Persons: Harris, Biden, Jasmine Crockett, Roe, Wade, Crockett, Jim Crow Organizations: Biden, Democratic, United Auto Workers, Texas Locations: Detroit, Michigan

☆ Opinion | An Aversion to Political Protests
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To the Editor:Re “No, I Don’t Want to Protest,” by Pamela Paul (column, June 21):I often enjoy Pamela Paul’s well-expressed and proud contrarian views. As Ms. Paul acknowledges, “we live in a country born of protest.” Was not the Revolutionary War our grand protest against Britain’s oppressive colonial rule? My guess is that Ms. Paul disapproves of the recent student encampments protesting Israel’s aggressive actions in Gaza. It is all well and good that Ms. Paul chooses not to join protesters — that is, of course, her right. She should take pains, though, to respect and perhaps even be impressed by the earnest Americans who decide for moral and/or political reasons to demonstrate for causes that may very well produce a better world.

Persons: Pamela Paul, Pamela Paul’s, Paul, “, ”, Martin Luther King, Jim Crow Locations: Gaza

☆ Abolish HOAs: Homeowner Associations Make It Harder to Own a House
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Ned Resnikoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

These private quasi-governments are called homeowner associations, or HOAs. While California has the most HOAs of any state (50,000), Florida has far more HOA residents as a percentage of its population. The association also provided its residents with "the usual privileges of a citizen in any free state," Tullock wrote. Readers will not be shocked to learn that Clarke and Freedman also found that HOA residents were more likely to be white or Asian than non-HOA residents. (Cashin observed that several states, including New Jersey and Texas, had laws allowing HOA residents to subtract the cost of privately provided infrastructure from their taxes.)

Persons: Norman Rockwell, Ron DeSantis, HOA, Quinn Slobodian, HOAs —, Gordon Tullock, Tullock, it's, Jim Crow, Wyatt Clarke, Matthew Freedman, Clarke, Freedman, Robert Reich, Sheryll Cashin, Cashin, HOAs Organizations: Gov, Guardian, HOAs, George Mason University, HOA Locations: An, HOA, Florida, While California, Rossmoor , California, America, Pima County, New Jersey, Texas, That's

☆ The surprise election that could be a model for Democrats in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

I talked to Samuel Freedman, a Columbia Journalism School professor, about his recent book about Humphrey and the 1948 Democratic convention in Philadelphia. The book’s title, “Into the Bright Sunshine,” is taken from a line in Humphrey’s rousing speech on civil rights. In 1968, the Democratic Party was operating under old rules in which primary voters actually had relatively little direct effect on delegates. When Strom Thurmond and the Dixiecrats bolted from the Democratic Party in 1948, that’s the beginning of the vast majority of the White South becoming Republicans, stepping away from the Democratic Party. Show me a major Republican politician in the MAGA movement who is a fervent supporter of civil rights legislation.

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☆ Donald Trump’s potential vice president picks
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Kaanita Iyer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

CNN —Former President Donald Trump has been busy in recent weeks. Doug Burgum speaks during a campaign event with former President Donald Trump, in Laconia, New Hampshire, in January. Vance, shakes hands with former President Donald Trump during a rally hosted by the former president at the Delaware County Fairgrounds in Delaware, Ohio. He is also close with Donald Trump Jr.Vance, a former venture capitalist, veteran and author, is among the candidates who received vice-presidential vetting materials from the Trump campaign. Rep. Byron Donalds speaks before former President Donald Trump at the “People's Convention” of Turning Point Action on June 15, 2024, in Detroit.

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☆ Reggie Jackson, on live TV from Rickwood Field, shares stark stories of racism
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( C. Trent Rosecrans | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

Reggie Jackson played in Birmingham when he was in the minor leagues back in 1967. In his return to Rickwood Field, he shared his experience with racism and discrimination. Jackson played there just four years after four girls were killed in a bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church. The Giants wore the uniform of the San Francisco Sea Lions, a Negro Leagues team that folded after its only season in 1946. Giants manager Bob Melvin played at Rickwood Field in parts of three seasons in the early 1980s as a minor-leaguer.

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☆ How to live happily past 100, according to 7 of the world's oldest people
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Serafina Kenny | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A healthy 30-year-old woman today has up to a 22% chance of living to 100, according to the Stanford Center on Longevity. In contrast, a woman born in 1920 had around a 2% chance of living to 100, according to actuary Mary Pat Campbell. AdvertisementElizabeth Francis receiving her 'Oldest living Texan' plaque. Centenarians in the world's Blue Zones, where people live to over 100 more often than in other populations, also tend to eat plenty of vegetables and whole foods. Practice moderationJohn Tinniswood, from the UK — who is currently the oldest living man at 111 years old — and Japanese Kane Taneka — who was the second oldest person in recorded history when he died at 119 in 2022 — both do everything in moderation.

Persons: —, Jim Crow, that's, Mary Pat Campbell, Jack, Jack Van Nordheim, Elizabeth Francis, Emmanuel Rodriguez, LongeviQuest Van Nordheim, Francis, collard, expectancies, Van Nordheim, Katie MacRae, Bolton Clarke, MacRae, Janet Gibbs, Gibbs, Joyce Preston, who's, Von Nordheim, Preston, centenarians, John Tinniswood, Kane Taneka —, Yumi Yamamoto, Yamamoto, Kikue Taira, Nomoto Organizations: Service, Business, Stanford Center, Longevity, Research, LongeviQuest Locations: Southern California, birdwatch, Australia, Japan

☆ Opinion: Juneteenth, Haiti and the power of reinvention
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Opinion Nadine Pinede | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Juneteenth is a celebration of that hard-fought Black freedom, observed in honor of June 19, 1865 when slaves in Galveston, Texas, first learned from Union soldiers that they were free. Like my parents growing up in Haiti, she was used to seeing Black people in positions of power. She had freed herself from unjust rules meant to restrict education for Black Americans. Mark Felix/AFP/Getty ImagesIn Haiti, Hurston’s creative powers had the time and freedom to unfurl. As the author of “Barracoon,” a book based on interviews with one of the last enslaved Black Americans, Hurston almost certainly understood the significance of Juneteenth.

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☆ The trips Justice Clarence Thomas took with Harlan Crow — that we know of
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewSupreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is once again facing renewed scrutiny amid details about undisclosed trips he took with GOP mega-donor Harlan Crow. Advertisement"The Judicial Conference changed this provision last year, and Justice Thomas has fully complied with the new disclosure requirement," Berke said. GOP megadonor Harlan Crow has defended his relationship with Justice Clarence Thomas after a series of bombshell ProPublica reports. July 2019: Bali, IndonesiaThomas and Crow's 2019 Bali vacation was the centerpiece of ProPublica's original 2023 report. ProPublica previously reported on Thomas' trips to the gentleman's retreat.

Persons: —, Clarence Thomas, Harlan Crow, Thomas, Sen, Dick Durbin, Crow, ProPublica, Michael Zona, Committee's, Elliot S, Berke, Louis, New York ProPublica, Camp Topridge, Leonard Leo, Chris Goodney, Indonesia Thomas, Ginni Thomas, Michaela Rose, Bohemian Grove , California Thomas, Topridge, Topridge —, buddy's hideaway, Crow's, Justice Organizations: Service, GOP, Business, BI, Verizon, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Bloomberg, Getty, Washington Post, DC, Supreme Locations: Indonesia, Grove, Monte Rio , California, Montana, St, Kalispell , Montana, Dallas, New York, Crow's, Thomas, Savannah , Georgia, Georgia, Bali, Bohemian Grove , California, Bohemian Grove, Northern California, Washington, San Jose , California, New Zealand

☆ What Mitch McConnell's truce with Trump means
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewFormer President Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have decided to play nice, again. According to reports at the time and since then, the longest-serving GOP Senate leader came close to voting to convict Trump of inciting the violence. Now, the longest-serving Senate leader in history, McConnell has said he will step down from the role after the election. AdvertisementAmid his pique, Trump pushed Sen. Rick Scott of Florida to challenge McConnell for the right to lead Senate Republicans. "Well, as the Republican leader of the Senate, it should not be a front-page headline that I will support the Republican nominee for president," McConnell said.

Persons: —, Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, Trump, Kevin McCarthy, McConnell, McCarthy, Alex Burns, Jonathan Martin's, Biden, Sen, Mitt Romney, @realDonaldTrump, Ky, Tim Scott, Doug Mills, There's, Axios, he's, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Elaine Chao, Chao, Joe Biden, Rick Scott of, 5Z2RX4DTbI — Jonathan Swan, Jonathan Swan Organizations: Service, Capitol, Business, America's, Republican, GOP, Politico, National Republican, Democratic, Trump, US, Republicans, Senate GOP, Labor Locations: Trump, Utah, Milwaukee, Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, Montana and Ohio, Georgia, Rick Scott of Florida

☆ Trump got the perfect birthday present: complete capitulation by the GOP
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Donald Trump got his 78th birthday present a day early — a handshake from his longtime bitter critic, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, encapsulating the Republican Party’s complete submission to its presumptive presidential nominee. They were provoked by the president.” He said Trump was morally and practically responsible for the assault on his beloved Capitol. “There’s tremendous unity in the Republican Party,” the ex-president said. Vance, was asked how some senior Republicans who had condemned Trump after January 6 could meet and applaud him now. “I think it’s a good thing and the Republican Party is in a good place.”Vance is not wrong.

Persons: Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, encapsulating, Republican Party’s, Mike Pence, Keen, Florida GOP Sen, Marco Rubio, Trump, Texas Sen, Ted Cruz, McConnell, Doug Mills, Elaine Chao, ”, clasped McConnell’s, Nikki Haley, “, Evelyn Hockstein, Ohio Sen J.D, Vance, ” Vance, Utah Sen, Mitt Romney, Liz Cheney, Paul Ryan, Trump’s deportment, Biden, Joe Biden —, —, Donald Trump’s, It’s, Vladimir Putin, we’re, ” Biden, Volodymyr Zelensky, Putin, Joe Biden, Antonio Masiello, John Bolton, ” Bolton, Bianna Golodryga, Ronald Reagan, doesn’t Organizations: CNN, Republican, Capitol, Republicans, trouncing Democrats, Florida GOP, The New York Times, Kentucky, Trump, South Carolina Gov, Republican Party, National Republican Senatorial, Reuters, Former Wyoming, Fox News, Lawmakers, GOP, Domenico, Borgo, Former Trump, Zelensky, CNN International Locations: Florida, Texas, adulation, America, Washington, Utah, Italy, Ukraine, Fasano

☆ Thomas Took Additional Trips on Harlan Crow’s Private Jet, Documents Show
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Abbie Vansickle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Justice Clarence Thomas never disclosed three trips aboard the private jet of the Texas billionaire Harlan Crow, according to documents obtained by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The documents, obtained by Democrats on the panel, list three visits that have not been previously been reported: one to a city in Montana, near Glacier National Park, in 2017; another to his hometown, Savannah, Ga., in March 2019; and another to Northern California in 2021. The purpose of each trip was not immediately clear, nor was the reason for their omission on the justice’s disclosure forms. However, all of the flights involve short stays: two were round trips that did not include an overnight stay. The revelation underlined the extent to which Justice Thomas has relied on the generosity of his friends over the years and the consistency with which he declined to report those ties.

Persons: Clarence Thomas, Harlan Crow, Thomas Organizations: Senate Locations: Texas, Montana, Savannah, Ga, Northern California

☆ Clarence Thomas took more undisclosed trips paid for by GOP megadonor Harlan Crow, Senate committee chair says
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has omitted at least three private jet trips gifted by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow from his annual financial disclosures, a top Senate Democrat alleged Thursday. Those trips included private flights in 2017, 2019 and 2021 that Thomas failed to disclose, according to Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin of Illinois. The Senate probe of the Supreme Court "makes it crystal clear that the highest court needs an enforceable code of conduct, because its members continue to choose not to meet the moment," Durbin said in a statement. Spokespeople for Thomas and the Supreme Court did not immediately respond to CNBC's requests for comment. Thomas said in his latest disclosure that those two trips were "inadvertently omitted" at the time.

Persons: Clarence Thomas, Harlan Crow, Thomas, Dick Durbin of, Crow, Durbin, Spokespeople, ProPublica, Elliot Berke Organizations: Republican, Dick Durbin of Illinois, CNBC, Washington , D.C, D.C, Senate Locations: St, Louis , Missouri, Kalispell , Montana, Dallas , Texas, Washington ,, Savannah , Georgia, San Jose , California, Bali, Indonesia, Monte Rio , California, Crow

☆ Justice Thomas Raised Him 'As a Son.' Now He Faces Decades in Prison.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Lilian Manansala | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Clarence Thomas took in his grandnephew and raised him like a son. Mark Martin now faces more than 25 years on drug and weapons charges. The Thomas' guardianship is part of the scandal surrounding the Supreme Court justice's failure to disclose gifts from billionaire Harlan Crow. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.

Persons: Clarence Thomas, Mark Martin, Thomas, Harlan Crow Organizations: Business

☆ Clarence Thomas raised him 'as a son.' Now he's facing 25-plus years on weapons and drug charges.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

"For me, in so many ways, it's rewarding because it's brought me, again, full circle," Thomas told Lamb. Related storiesWhen neither placement prevented Martin from acting out with minor drug use and other petty crimes, the Thomases cut him off, Martin told BI. AdvertisementLast summer, according to court records reviewed by BI, Martin was arrested on charges of drug trafficking and weapons possession. Martin says he was eventually expelled from Randolph-Macon Academy for failing a drug test as a junior in high school. "I actually don't know if they know that I'm locked up — I'm not sure they'd care too much," Martin told BI.

Persons: —, Clarence Thomas, Ginni, Mark Martin, Thomas, Emma Mae Martin, Clarence, Ginni Thomas, He's, Harlan Crow, Martin, I've, Brian Lamb, it's, Lamb, Mark, ProPublica, Crow, Crow's, Myers Anderson, Anderson, SPAN Martin, Martin's, they'd, he'd, I'm, — I've Organizations: Service, Supreme, Business, BI, Detention, SPAN, Randolph, Macon Academy, Hidden Lake Academy, Lake Academy, Conception Seminary College Locations: Virginia, Jasper, South Carolina, Macon, Bali, California, Randolph, Georgia

☆ Kamala Harris blasts Rep. Byron Donalds for comments on Black families under Jim Crow
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Donald Judd | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Vice President Kamala Harris, in an interview published Monday, criticized a suggestion made last week by Republican Rep. Byron Donalds that Black families were “together” during the Jim Crow era of racial segregation. Ron DeSantis into Black history curriculums. “During Jim Crow, more Black people were not just conservative — because Black people have always been conservative-minded — but more Black people voted conservatively,” he said. “Everyone on that list has supported a Trump abortion ban in their state or has called for a national ban. Are we supposed to debate that?”The vice president has often served as the administration’s messenger on an array of hot-button issues.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Byron Donalds, Jim Crow, Donald Trump’s, Politico, Donalds, “ It’s, ” Harris, Ron DeSantis, “, Wesley Hunt, ” Donalds, ”, Harris, Trump Organizations: CNN, Republican Rep, Politico, Republican, Trump, Republican Gov, Texas Rep, Philadelphia Inquirer, Biden, Florida Republicans, of, state’s Department of Education Locations: Florida, Philadelphia, Jacksonville , Florida, Tucson

☆ The forgotten racial history of Red Lobster
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-08 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“Red Lobster cultivated Black customers. Red Lobster did not respond to CNN’s request for comment on current customer demographics. Red Lobster was not a “place we frequented a whole lot” in its early days, said Harold Dwight, who graduated two years after Boatwright in 1968. Red Lobster later named one of its signature dishes after King: “Walt’s Favorite Shrimp.” King died last year. Red Lobster brought the “outdoor fried fish experience” indoors, Autry said.

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☆ Beyoncé tickets, book advances, Bali trip revealed in new Supreme Court financial disclosures
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Jackson valued the four tickets at $3,711.84, according to her annual disclosure form, which covered all of 2023. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson disclosed receiving concert tickets from pop superstar Beyoncé, one of several notable items revealed Friday in the high court's latest financial disclosure reports. The Beyoncé tickets may have been the flashiest gifts given last year to a member of the nation's most powerful court, but they were not the only ones. The most recent justice to join the high court also disclosed more income from a book than any of her colleagues last year, the filings showed. Jackson is the only justice on the court who was nominated by President Joe Biden.

Persons: Jackson, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Beyoncé, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Clarence Thomas, Terrence Giroux, Alger, Barbara, Thomas, Harlan Crow, Crow Organizations: Supreme, D.C, Penguin Random, Alger Association, Republican Locations: Washington, Bali , Indonesia, Monte Rio , California

☆ Clarence Thomas, in Financial Disclosure, Acknowledges 2019 Trips Paid by Harlan Crow
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Abbie Vansickle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Justice Clarence Thomas acknowledged on Friday additional luxury travel he had accepted from a conservative billionaire, amending a previous financial disclosure to reflect trips he had taken to an Indonesian island and a secretive all-male club in the Northern California redwoods. The trips, taken in 2019, were earlier revealed by ProPublica, but it is the first time that Justice Thomas has included them on his financial disclosures. Other Supreme Court justices chronicled their gifts, travel and money earned from books and teaching. The financial disclosures, released yearly, are one of the few public records available about the justices’ lives, providing select details of their activities outside the court. A steady drumbeat of revelations about ties between some of the justices and wealthy donors has only intensified interest in the reports, particularly after disclosures that Justice Thomas had accepted lavish gifts and travel from affluent friends over decades.

Persons: Clarence Thomas, ProPublica, Thomas, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Lonnie Holley, ’ Organizations: Northern California redwoods Locations: Indonesian, Beyoncé, Alabama

Thomas received 103 gifts with a total value of more than $2.4 million between 2004 and 2023, the judicial reform group Fix the Court said in a report Thursday. Fix the Court's analysis found that Alito accepted 16 gifts worth a combined $170,095. Counting those gifts, Thomas' total two-decade haul is valued at nearly $4.2 million. The value and number of gifts Thomas received also eclipsed those accepted by eight retired or dead Supreme Court justices whose tenures overlapped his service on the court, which began in 1991. Antonin Scalia, a conservative justice who died in 2016 while on the court, accepted 67 gifts worth about $210,000 during his tenure, which began in 1986.

Persons: Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch's, Chip Somodevilla, Thomas, Alito, Harlan Crow, Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia, William Rehnquist Organizations: Supreme, Getty, Congressional Locations: Washington ,, Grove

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