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☆ Oakland’s Mayor Had Enough Troubles. Then the F.B.I. Came Knocking.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Amy Qin | Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Violent crime and burglaries had become enough of a problem that getting an In-N-Out burger and fueling up near the airport was considered a risky endeavor. The city’s last remaining major league sports team announced in April that it would leave town after 57 seasons. All of which served to drive signatures for a recall election against Mayor Sheng Thao only 18 months into her tenure — a rare ouster attempt in a city this large. Then, two days after the recall qualified for the ballot last week, F.B.I. agents raided the home of Ms. Thao and stayed there for hours.

Persons: Sheng Thao, Thao Locations: Oakland, Calif

☆ Supreme Court rejects appeals brought by RFK Jr-founded anti-vaccine group over Covid shots
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Lawrence Hurley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The Supreme Court on Monday turned away two Covid-related appeals brought by Children's Health Defense, the anti-vaccine group founded by independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. In the FDA case, the group claimed in court papers that Covid vaccines were "ineffective and lacked proper vetting." Circuit Court of Appeals found that Kennedy's group did not have legal standing to sue. Kennedy is listed as a lawyer on the Rutgers filing at the Supreme Court despite his leave of absence from the group. In a separate vaccine-related case, the court also turned away a challenge to Connecticut's decision to repeal a religious exemption for school vaccinations.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kennedy Organizations: Children's Health Defense, Food, Rutgers University, FDA, Circuit, Appeals, Rutgers, Democratic, Health Defense Locations: Phoenix , Arizona, New Jersey, Orleans, Philadelphia

☆ US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea as Russia-North Korea defense pact deepens regional fears
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Besides signing the defense deal with Kim Jong Un, Putin also linked security on the Korean Peninsula to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, threatening to arm North Korea should South Korea provide military aid to Kyiv. The aircraft carrier’s presence in Busan is just the latest in a series of US military moves to show Washington’s “ironclad” commitment to its own treaty ally in South Korea. Earlier this month, US Air Force B-1B bombers participated in a live-fire exercise on the peninsula, the first time in seven years those long-range strike aircraft have dropped live munitions in South Korea. The visit of the USS Theodore Roosevelt to Busan marks the second time a Nimitz-class carrier has visited South Korea in seven months. Neither the US nor South Korea would give details or exact dates of the upcoming Freedom Edge exercise.

Persons: Theodore Roosevelt, Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un, Putin, Kim, ” Putin, Carl Vinson, Roosevelt, “, ”, Dwight D, Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, United States Navy, DPRK, Democratic People’s, CNN, US Air Force, United Nations, South, Nimitz, Hornet, South Korean, Pentagon Locations: Hong Kong, South Korea, Washington, Seoul, Tokyo, North Korea, Russia, Busan, Japan, Russian, Pyongyang, Ukraine, Kyiv, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, North, Korea, Moscow, Yemen, Iran, Pacific, Yokosuka

☆ In San Francisco, Doctors Feud Over ‘Do No Harm’ When It Comes to War Protests
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Heather Knight | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The tents, the flags, the banners calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war. But this was at the University of California, San Francisco, one of the nation’s pre-eminent medical schools and teaching hospitals. And the chants of “intifada, intifada, long live intifada!” could be heard by patients in their hospital rooms at the U.C.S.F. The Israel-Hamas war has frayed social ties around the world, undermining family gatherings and school classrooms. Unlike other University of California campuses, U.C.S.F.

Organizations: University of California, . Medical, of California Locations: United States, Israel, San Francisco, U.C.S.F

☆ Biden and Trump's first 2024 debate will be different than any other in recent memory
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Read previewPresident Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are set to face off later this week in the earliest major presidential debate on record. The first presidential debate of the 2024 election will be Thursday, June 27 at 9 p.m. Then-President Donald Trump eyes former Vice President Joe Biden during the final debate of the 2020 election. In late April, Biden told radio host Howard Stern he would debate Trump. Trump will be in Virginia, a state that hasn't gone for the GOP in a presidential election since 2004.

Persons: —, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Morry Gash, Trump, Biden, Jake Tapper, Dana Bash, Biden team's, Daniel Dale, Tapper, David Chalian, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kena Betancur, Kennedy, Nicole Shanahan, Kennedy's, we’ve, hick, O, hite, ake, ike, orward, egan, orth Organizations: Service, Clear, Trump, Business, CNN, New York Times, Getty, O bama Locations: Max, Atlanta, AFP

☆ Judge Skeptical About Request to Limit Trump Statements on F.B.I.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Alan Feuer | Eileen Sullivan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The federal judge overseeing former President Donald J. Trump’s classified documents case posed tough questions on Monday to prosecutors who have asked her to bar him from making inflammatory statements that might endanger any F.B.I. At a contentious hearing in Federal District Court in Fort Pierce, Fla., the judge, Aileen M. Cannon, seemed disinclined to impose new conditions on Mr. Trump that would limit what he could say about the F.B.I. The court-authorized search was a crucial element of the government’s investigation, leading to the discovery of more than 100 classified documents that Mr. Trump kept after leaving office. The hearing was the latest clash between Mr. Trump’s lawyers and prosecutors in the office of the special counsel, Jack Smith. It centered on a knotty issue that has now cropped up in several of the former president’s legal cases: how to balance Mr. Trump’s right to attack the government — even falsely — against shielding the participants in the cases from threats of violence or harassment inspired by his incendiary remarks.

Persons: Donald J, Trump’s, Aileen M, Cannon, Trump, Prosecutors, Jack Smith, — Organizations: Federal, Court Locations: Fort Pierce, Fla, Mar, Florida

☆ Hollywood Sharpens Aim at Online Pirates
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Brooks Barnes | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In recent years, Hollywood has become much better at hunting pirates. But thieves are also getting better, moving operations overseas and taking advantage of the rising popularity of streaming to steal more content. official to lead the drive and renewing a push for federal legislation to combat online thievery overseas. The companies, which include Netflix, Disney, NBCUniversal and Warner Bros. as a special agent investigating computer hacking and intellectual property crimes and ultimately became the bureau’s fourth-highest-ranking official and highest-ranking woman.

Persons: Larissa L, Knapp Organizations: Hollywood, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon’s, Disney, Warner Bros, Association

☆ What to expect at Biden and Trump's first 2024 debate
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Read previewPresident Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are set to face off later this week in the earliest major presidential debate on record. The first presidential debate of the 2024 election will be Thursday, June 27 at 9 p.m. Then-President Donald Trump eyes former Vice President Joe Biden during the final debate of the 2020 election. CNN correspondent Daniel Dale rose to fame fact-checking Trump, but don't expect him, Tapper, or Bash to chime during the debate. In late April, Biden told radio host Howard Stern he would debate Trump.

☆ Flipping a famous fossil around reveals our earliest vertebrate ancestor, scientists say
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Mindy Weisberger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Scientists recently identified the animal’s nerve cord by using a topsy-turvy twist. In 2012, after decades of studying Pikaia fossils, researchers described its fossilized internal structures in great detail. However, recent analysis of Pikaia fossils by another team of scientists, published June 11 in the journal Current Biology, has upended this view and all other earlier studies about Pikaia. The presumed blood vessel was a nerve cord, a feature associated with the animal group known as chordates, in the phylum Chordata. While there are no living analogues for Pikaia, the fossil arthropod data gave the scientists a more detailed frame of reference for Pikaia’s nerve cord.

Persons: Charles Doolittle Wolcott, Giovanni Mussini, Pikaia, ”, Jon Mallatt, Mallatt, “ Pikaia’s, Jakob Vinther, Mussini, ” Mussini, we’ve, ” Mallatt, ” Mindy Weisberger Organizations: CNN, Smithsonian National Museum of, Royal Ontario Museum, University of Idaho, University of Bristol, University of Cambridge, Scientific Locations: Burgess, British Columbia, macroevolution, United Kingdom, mudskippers, chordates

☆ A return to the roots of presidential debates
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —CNN’s presidential debate will feel like something new for most Americans, but it is actually a return to the roots of presidential debates. J. David Ake/AFP/Getty Images Monica Moorehead, a presidential candidate from the Workers World Party, disrupts a presidential debate in Washington, DC, in 1996. Gerald Herbert/AP Barack Obama, right, and John McCain shake hands at the start of a presidential debate in 2008. Joseph Kaczmarek/AP Obama hugs his wife, Michelle, as Romney kisses his wife, Ann, after their third presidential debate in 2012. Ultimately, the commission was formed to create a nonpartisan framework for presidential debates – something that has been exported to other countries.

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☆ F.B.I. Offers Reward for Information About New Mexico Wildfires
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Alexandra E. Petri | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is offering an award for information about two wildfires in southern New Mexico that left two people dead, prompted the evacuation of thousands and scorched more than 24,000 acres. The agency is offering up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the “person or persons responsible for starting the fires” near the village of Ruidoso, N.M, the agency said in a statement. asked for the public’s help in identifying what sparked the blazes. Margot Cravens, a spokeswoman for the F.B.I.’s field office in Albuquerque, declined to comment on Sunday evening but confirmed that the agency was assisting with the investigation. The South Fork and Salt fires began on June 17 amid sweltering temperatures and were still burning on Sunday evening.

Persons: Margot Cravens Organizations: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Mescalero Apache, U.S . Forest Service Locations: New Mexico, Ruidoso, Albuquerque, U.S

☆ I don't let anyone load the dishwasher. I'm very strategic about it, and it has lasted us 19 years.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Jennifer Cannon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

If dishwasher loading were an Olympic sport, I'd be on my way to Paris this summer. We've had our dishwasher for almost 2 decadesThis year will mark my family's 19th year in our New Jersey home. There's no scraping and then depositing directly into the dishwasher with spaghetti sauce or other stray blobs of food over here. This is where Olympic competitors in my imaginary dishwasher loading event will put their spatial awareness skills to the ultimate test. AdvertisementWith regard to the now viral meme which likens partners in dishwasher loading to either a Scandinavian architect or a raccoon on meth, I am, literally, the Scandinavian minus the degree in architecture.

Persons: We've, ol, it's, today's, I've Organizations: Service, Olympic, Maytag, today's Locations: Paris, New Jersey, Scandinavian

☆ Election Updates: Trump says he proposed a ‘migrant league of fighters’ to the head of U.F.C.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Chris Cameron | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

‘I’m sure he’ll be prepared’“I say he’ll come out all jacked up, right?” Mr. Trump said, referring to Mr. Biden. Moments later, Mr. Trump, who has previously demanded Mr. Biden take a drug test before their debate, seemed to accuse Mr. Biden of using illegal drugs. He said Mr. Biden had done little to curb inflation and derided his energy and environmental policies, which Mr. Trump said are raising the cost of goods. Mr. Trump also said Mr. Biden had done little at the border. Mr. Biden campaigns frequently in the city, and its metropolitan area was critical to helping him win Pennsylvania by about 80,000 votes in 2020.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Biden, Joe, ’, “, Mr, ”, ” Mr, Trump’s, Emanuel Morales, Morales, ” Shabazz Boone, Boone, Boone —, —, Biden’s Organizations: Liacouras, West Wing, Service, Temple University, ’ International Union of North, Bronx, Mr, Trump, “, Philadelphia, Biden, Democratic National, Black Locations: Philadelphia, North Philadelphia, South Philadelphia, ’ International Union of North America, Manhattan, Detroit, Puerto Rico, U.S, Pennsylvania

☆ Larry Ray was accused of starting a sex cult of college students at Sarah Lawrence. Here's where he is today.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewBack in 2019, The Cut published a bombshell investigation into a pattern of concerning student behavior at Sarah Lawrence College. After "The Stolen Kids of Sarah Lawrence" was published in April 2019, a joint FBI and NYPD task force began investigating the allegations. Ray (born Lawrence Grecco) was indicted on charges including sex trafficking, forced labor, conspiracy, racketeering, tax evasion, and exploitation. In early 2023, Judge Lewis Liman sentenced Ray, then 63, to serve 60 years in prison. Later that year, several of the cult's survivors filed a lawsuit against Sarah Lawrence, saying the school failed to protect them.

Persons: —, Larry Ray, Ray, Talia Ray, Hulu docuseries, Here's, Talia, Ray ., Santos Rosario, Sarah Lawrence, Lawrence Grecco, Claudia Drury, Drury, William F, Sweeney Jr, Judge Lewis Liman, Liman Organizations: Service, Sarah Lawrence College, Business, Hulu, FBI, NYPD, Prosecutors, New York Times, York Magazine Locations: New Jersey, Manhattan

☆ Village on Ukraine's doorstep set to become NATO's biggest European airbase as Putin vows to go 'to the end' in the war
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Cameron Manley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Nicolae Crețu, the commander of the air base, told the outlet that the expanded facility would require "maintenance hangars, fuel stores, ammunition, equipment, aviation technical materials, simulators, feeding facilities, accommodation." Advertisement"Our objective here in Romania is to enhance our integration into NATO Air Power by honing and deepening our cooperation with the Royal Air Force and the Romanian Air Force", he added. Romanian air force F-16 fighter planes. AdvertisementNevertheless, Putin this week reiterated his threats to the West, vowing to go "to the end" in the war with Ukraine. Defeat in Ukraine, Putin said, would mean "the end of the 1,000-year history of the Russian state.

Persons: —, Nicolae Crețu, Rami Lindström, Andreea Alexandru, Charlie Tagg, Dorin Popescu, Mihail Kogălniceanu, Andrey Klimov, Vladimir Putin, ALEXANDER NEMENOV, Putin Organizations: Service, NATO, Euro News Romania, Business, BBC, Finnish Air Force, Royal Air Force, NATO Air Power, Romanian Air Force, AP, Federation, Committee, Foreign Affairs, Getty Locations: Odesa, Ukraine, Europe, Romania, Romanian, Norway, Andreea Alexandru US, Bucharest, Russian, Russia, Finland, Sweden

☆ ‘My vision went dark’: CNN reporter experiences 6G-force before hitching a fighter jet ride
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Four South Korean F-4 fighter jets fly in formation on May 8, 2024, during a commemorative final flight of the aircraft. That test would come a few weeks before the F-4 flight at a South Korean Air Force medical facility south of Seoul. Lendon in the back seat of a South Korean F-4 Phantom flying over southern South Korea on May 8, 2024. South Korean Air Force F-4s flying in formation with two KF-21 fighter jet prototypes over southern South Korea on May 8, 2024. A total of 120 are expected to be delivered to the South Korean Air Force by 2030, and the jet is expected to be exportable.

Persons: Douglas, Lendon, –, didn’t, I’m, It’s, Neil Armstrong, John Glenn, I’d, don’t, South Korea Brad Lendon, Daegu –, vomited, “, ”, wouldn’t Organizations: South Korea CNN —, South Korean Air Force, US Navy, CNN, US Navy Blue Angels, US Air Force Thunderbirds, hometown Cleveland National Air, South, McDonnell, US, Korean, Wright, Daegu Air Base, Daegu, General, KF, Korean Air Force, South Korean Air Force Korea Aerospace Industries, Phantoms, Boeing, South Korean Airforce, Suwon Air Base Locations: Suwon, South Korea, Midway, Japan, Vietnam, North Korea, Seoul, Greece, Turkey, Iran, Daegu, Ohio, Korean, South Korean

☆ Turkey 0 Portugal 3: Win secures top spot, a calamitous own goal and pitch invaders target Ronaldo
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Jacob Whitehead | Tim Spiers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

Both lay entangled in the Turkish net, sandwiched between a view of reality in front of them and the sound of insanity from Portugal’s fans behind them. So keen must Ronaldo have been to actually watch a Portugal goal being scored, he squared to Fernandes when in on goal for the third. Another, a fully-grown man, almost grappled the Portugal striker with his arm tightly around his neck, which Ronaldo then removed. Tim SpiersTurkey bring the noise, Ronaldo feels its forceWith 25,000 Turkey fans in Signal Iduna Park’s south stand — usually Borussia Dortmund’s Yellow Wall, today deep red — decibels became a construct. But here, in the shape of Portugal’s Ronaldo, there was a focal point to their anger, as well as their support.

Persons: Bernardo Silva’s, Samet Akaydin, Bruno Fernandes, Cristiano Ronaldo, Tim Spiers, Jacob Whitehead, Altay Bayindir, Bernardo, Joao Cancelo, Ronaldo, Akaydin, Bayindir, Zeki Celik, Dean Mouhtaropoulos, Kose, Kenzo Tribouillard, Jacob Whitehead Portugal, you’re Ronaldo, Nuno Mendes ’, Friso, Ronny, Fernandes, Rico Brouwer, Goncalo Ramos, hobbled, Ronaldo selfie, Roberto Martinez, Martinez, Cancelo, Joao Palhinha, Pepe, imperious, Mendes, Rafael Leao, Tim Spiers Turkey, Portugal’s Ronaldo, Ronaldo’s, —, howls Organizations: Premier League for Manchester United, Getty Images, Getty, European, YouTube, UEFA, Turkey, Borussia Locations: Portugal, Turkey, Dortmund, Germany, Spain, Czech Republic, AFP, Scotland, Albania, Slovenia, Georgia, Hamburg, Gelsenkirchen

☆ The reclusive billionaire who's spent $75 million on Trump and $25 million on RFK Jr.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

He has since given $25 million to the super PAC, including $10 million in April. At the same time, Mellon has contributed handsomely to the pro-Trump super PAC "Make America Great Again Inc.," pouring $25 million into the PAC from July 2023 to April 2024. But he's given millions of dollars to GOP causes and campaigns in recent years, including $20 million to a pro-Trump super PAC in 2020, $45 million to a super PAC tied to GOP House leadership, and $30 million to a super PAC associated with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. "MAGA Republicans are hellbent on propping up RFK Jr. to be a spoiler for Trump in this race," Corridoni said in a statementat the time. "This is even more proof that a vote for RFK Jr. is a vote for Trump."

Persons: —, Timothy Mellon, Donald Trump, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kennedy, — Mellon, Mellon, Trump, Andrew Mellon, he's, Greg Abbott, Mitch McConnell, Joe Biden's, Matt Corridoni, MAGA, Corridoni Organizations: Service, GOP, Business, Democratic, Trump, Inc, PAC, MAGA Inc, Federal, Forbes, Pan Am Systems, Bloomberg, Republican Gov, GOP House, Democratic National, MAGA Republicans, RFK Jr Locations: Kennedy's, Manhattan, Texas, Mexico, propping

☆ Special counsel adds to Trump gag order request, citing threats against FBI agent associated with Hunter Biden case
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Holmes Lybrand | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

On Monday, the federal judge overseeing the case will hold a hearing for both parties to present their arguments over the proposed gag order, and tensions between the two sides could quickly rise. Citing Trump’s continued mischaracterization of the FBI’s policy in place around the use of deadly force during the search, prosecutors say Trump’s false claims that he nearly escaped death from federal agents could lead to threats and harassment against them. Trump was in New York when agents searched the Florida estate. “Shortly after the execution of the search warrant at Mar-a-Lago, one of Trump’s supporters carried out an armed attack on an FBI office in the wake of Trump’s Truth Social statements regarding the search,” prosecutors wrote. Trump is welcome to make such comments to his heart’s content — they are simply not the Government’s concern.”

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump’s, Trump, “, Hunter Biden, ”, Trump boastfully, Prosecutors, Jack Smith Organizations: CNN, Prosecutors, Trump, FBI, Government, Biden Administration, Department of Justice Locations: Lago, New York, Florida, Mar

☆ Czech Republic denies Georgia its first ever major international tournament victory at Euro 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

CNN —Czech Republic denied Georgia its first ever victory at a major international tournament, as the two teams drew 1-1 in its Group F encounter on Saturday. Georges Mikautadze scored the opening goal of the game at Volksparkstadion in Hamburg, slotting home a penalty on the stroke of half time. The spot kick was awarded for a handball on Czech Republic’s Robin Hranáč, after the video assistant referee (VAR) recommended on-field referee Daniel Siebert consult the pitch-side screen. Czech Republic equalized on the hour mark, though, after Patrik Schick prodded home at the back post to level the scores. This is a developing story and will be updated.

Persons: Georges Mikautadze, slotting, Robin Hranáč, Daniel Siebert, Patrik Schick Organizations: CNN, Czech, Volksparkstadion Locations: Czech Republic, Georgia, Hamburg, Czech

☆ Katie Ledecky in SoFi Stadium: Plans Emerge to Supercharge the 2028 L.A. Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Kevin Draper | Jenny Vrentas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The organizers of the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles have promised to have the most ambitious sports program ever and sell more tickets than any other Games. LA28, the organizing committee, announced on Friday that the swimming competition at the 2028 Games would be held at SoFi Stadium, the home of the Rams and Chargers, the city’s two N.F.L. There will be at least 35,000 seats for fans, double the size of typical venues used for most Olympic swimming events — which, along with gymnastics and track and field, are one of the biggest draws for the Olympics. The decision to move the swimming events into the gleaming SoFi Stadium is a reflection of the economics of hosting the Olympics. This year’s Games, which begin in Paris at the end of July, may break even, officials have suggested.

Persons: “, ” Casey Wasserman Organizations: SoFi, Rams, Chargers Locations: Los Angeles, Paris

☆ Satellite images show apparent mock-ups of US fifth-gen fighter jets and a runway with blast marks and craters in a Chinese desert
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewSatellite images show what appear to be mock-ups of fifth-generation US aircraft, among other aircraft, out in a Chinese desert. Satellite image from April 19, 2024, show Chinese mock-ups of US aircraft in the Taklamakan Desert. Scorch marks and craters are evident at one end of the apparent runway, and some of the aircraft mock-ups appear wrecked. Satellite image from June 28, 2021, show Chinese mock-ups of US aircraft in the Taklamakan Desert. AdvertisementA satellite image of an apparent US Arleigh Burke class destroyer in the Taklamakan Desert, photographed January 1, 2024.

Persons: —, Africk, BjTHpgEWQI, Gerald R, Arleigh Burke Organizations: Service, Business, Planet Labs PBC, . Planet, American Enterprise Institute, Air, PLA Air Force, . Planet Labs PBC, Planet Labs PBC China, Ford, Alxa League Locations: China, Taklamakan, Xinjiang

President Biden has many adversaries in this year’s election. There are his Republican opponent, former President Donald J. Trump, and the independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.And then there is the distorted, online version of himself, a product of often misleading videos that play into and reinforce voters’ longstanding concerns about his age and abilities. In the last two weeks, conservative news outlets, the Republican National Committee and the Trump team have circulated videos of Mr. Biden that lacked important context and twisted mundane moments to paint him in an unflattering light. Among other things, they created the impression that the president:

Persons: Biden, Donald J, Trump, Robert F, Kennedy Jr Organizations: Republican, Republican National Committee, Trump

☆ F.D.A. Authorizes First Menthol-Flavored E-Cigarettes
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Michael Levenson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Food and Drug Administration said on Friday that it had approved the first menthol-flavored e-cigarettes in the United States, less than two months after the Biden administration delayed a fiercely contested decision on whether to ban traditional menthol cigarettes. said it had authorized four types of menthol-flavored e-cigarettes made by NJOY, part of the tobacco company Altria, making them the first flavored e-cigarettes that can be sold legally in the United States. said that evidence indicated that they could benefit adult smokers who want to transition to a “less harmful product.”Public health groups sharply criticized the decision, warning that e-cigarettes and flavored tobacco products were especially appealing to young people. The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids pointed out that, according to the 2023 National Youth Tobacco Survey, nearly a quarter of high school students who use e-cigarettes use illicit menthol-flavored varieties, which are often easy to find in gas stations and corner stores.

Persons: Biden, NJOY Organizations: Drug Administration, Tobacco, Tobacco Survey Locations: United States

☆ These are the 10 best cities for new college graduates—New York City didn't make the list
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Celia Fernandez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The Zumper study found that San Francisco, offered the highest earning potential for new grads, while Laredo, Texas, ranked as the worst overall city for recent college grads. One major city that didn't make Zumper's top 10 is New York City. It did score well, though, in the metric of the population for 18-34 years and the population of 25-year-olds with Bachelor's degrees. New York City also had the No. 1 highest concentration of young people, with Los Angeles ranking at No.

Persons: Zumper Organizations: American, New, Los Angeles Locations: Zumper.com, San Francisco, Laredo , Texas, New York City

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