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☆ Here's what you can expect if you get COVID-19 on a cruise ship according to a Royal Caribbean passenger who was given the option to quarantine on the ship even after the cruise ended
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Isabella Zavarise | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

If a passenger contracts the virus, cruise ships offer medical treatment and future cruise credits. Both the medical team and the guest services team called him regularly to check on him. CelebrityThe liner Celebrity Reflection cruise ship arrives at the French Mediterranean port of Marseille. Future cruise creditsMost cruise lines offer future cruise credits if a passenger gets sick with COVID-19, but Hochberg said that process has been challenging. In July, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ended its COVID-19 Program for Cruise Ships, putting the onus on cruise lines to create their own standards.

☆ Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says the stakes of the midterms are 'incredibly high,' with abortion access, Social Security, and Medicare on the line
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Isabella Zavarise | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

AOC said the stakes of the midterms are "incredibly high" if Republicans take the House. The party will roll back access to abortion and cut funding for Medicare and Social Security, she said. "It's very serious," she said on the "Pod Save America" podcast on Tuesday. "The stakes of this midterm are so incredibly high," Ocasio-Cortez told the podcast's hosts and former Barack Obama staffers Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor. In September, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy unveiled the GOP's 2023 "Commitment to America" platform, which would create stricter rules around abortion and potentially cut spending on Social Security and Medicare.

☆ Students demand Penn State cancel on-campus comedy show featuring Proud Boys founder: 'They're on the wrong side'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Isabella Zavarise | Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Students at Penn State want the administration to cancel an event with the founder of the Proud Boys. The Proud Boys have been labeled a terrorist organization by the Canadian government. He told Insider he's grateful Penn State is following through with upholding the First Amendment and said he wants the protestors there. When asked by Insider whether Penn State would provide comment on students' demands the event be canceled, the university reiterated the First Amendment. "Penn State is really fighting a losing battle on this one.

☆ Rep. Mary Peltola — the 'pro-fish, pro-family, and pro-choice' Alaska congresswoman — credits her father for the encouragement she needed to defeat Sarah Palin
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Isabella Zavarise | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

On September 13, Mary Peltola made history as the first Alaska Native sworn into Congress. Peltola told Insider she was on the fence about running until an encouraging call from her father. She's really been on my mind a lot lately," she said. Peltola is the first Alaska Native to serve in CongressOn September 13, Peltola was sworn into Congress, making history as the first Alaska Native. 'We built the table'When Dr. Michele Yatchmeneff, the Executive Director for Alaska Native Education and Outreach at The University of Alaska Anchorage found out about Peltola's win, she teared up.

☆ An AirTag led police to a dumpster filled with more than 100 stolen Democratic campaign signs
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Isabella Zavarise | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An AirTag led police to a dumpster filled with more than 100 stolen campaign signs in Philadelphia. The Tredyffrin Township Police Department received numerous reports of stolen political signs. In a press release, the police department said it received numerous reports of stolen political signs from community members between Oct. 10 to Oct. 13. Police said a person whose signs were stolen told them that one of their signs had an AirTag attached to it which led officers to a commercial dumpster behind the Valley Fair Shopping Center where they discovered more than 100 signs. The Apple AirTag has been used to track campaign signs before: In April, a candidate in Florida used an AirTag to track a stolen campaign sign located in a Jeep parked outside the home of his political rival.

☆ RNC chair predicts the Senate will be narrowly split following the midterms, Oz will surpass Fetterman, and the GOP will retire Pelosi as House Speaker
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( Isabella Zavarise | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

She also said that the GOP will "retire" House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. She told Decker she thinks the Senate will be very tight. The RNC chair added she's optimistic about Pennsylvania Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz, despite him trailing Democratic candidate John Fetterman in recent polling. When asked about the allegations surrounding Herschel Walker, the Georgia Republican nominee for Senate, McDaniel told Decker he's been "very forthcoming" about his struggles with mental health. According to FiveThirtyEight, Republicans are favored to win the House while Democrats are slightly favored to win the Senate.

☆ The Secret Service gave emails to the Jan 6 committee that could explain what happened inside Trump's limo, report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Isabella Zavarise | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

In July, the House committee investigating the Capitol riots issued a subpoena to the Secret Service. The Secret Service provided more than one million electronic communications to Jan 6 investigators. The messages could help investigators piece together information about efforts to protect Mike Pence. The communications include emails and other electronic messages from agents in the days leading up to and during the Capitol insurrection, as per NBC. Representatives for the US Secret Service did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

☆ Secretary of the Army warns officers to keep 'out of the culture wars' following the investigation of a Major who called out Tucker Carlson
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Isabella Zavarise | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Army Secretary Christine Wormuth warned leaders about engaging in social media at a press conference on Monday. Her comments come after an investigation found Maj. Gen. Patrick Donahoe's Twitter activity was inappropriate. In 2021, Donahoe criticized a Tucker Carlson segment about efforts to accommodate women soldiers. When only 9% of kids are interested in serving, we have got to make sure that we are careful about not alienating wide swaths of the American public to the Army," Wormuth said. In the segment, Carlson attacked the Defense Department for trying to make military service more accommodating to women by creating maternity uniforms, for example.

☆ Sergei Surovikin, the commander now leading Russia's attacks on Ukraine, has been described as 'absolutely ruthless' by former colleagues: 'I am afraid his hands will be completely covered in Ukrainia
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Isabella Zavarise | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sergei Surovikin is the new top Russian commander and has been nicknamed "General Armageddon" by colleagues. He is said to be behind Monday's deadly attacks across Ukraine. Surovikin led Russian troops in Syria during the early 2000s, according to The New York Times. Human Rights Watch reported the attacks killed at least 1,600 civilians and displaced an estimated 1.4 million people. On Feb. 23, a day before Russia invaded Ukraine, Surovikin was placed on a European Union sanctions list for supporting and implementing policies that undermine and threaten the independence of Ukraine.

☆ Trump said former President George H.W. Bush kept secret government documents in a combination bowling alley and Chinese restaurant and should be investigated. Bush died in 2018.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Isabella Zavarise | Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Bush stored documents at a former bowling alley turned Chinese restaurant. Trump said many other presidents stored millions of pages of documents in warehouses, "some of them without front doors that worked." Bush, "took millions and millions of documents to a former bowling alley pieced together with what was then an old and broken Chinese restaurant. Michael Cohen, a former lawyer for Trump, recently said the former president held onto documents for his own personal gain. Representatives for the George and Barbara Bush Foundation and Trump did not respond to Insider's request for comment.

☆ Mohamed El-Erian said the Fed made 2 big mistakes that will go down in history and spur a damaging recession that was 'totally avoidable'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Isabella Zavarise | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Top economist Mohamed El-Erian said the Federal Reserve made two big mistakes he thinks will go down in history. "I fear that we risk a very high probability of a damaging recession that was totally avoidable," he said Sunday. The Fed has been quickly raising interest rates in an attempt to cool down 40-year high inflation. "So yes, unfortunately, this will go down in a big policy error by the Federal Reserve," he said. "Even [Federal Reserve] Chair Powell has gone from looking for a soft landing to soft-ish landing to now talking about pain.

☆ All eyes are on DeSantis' relationship with Biden as Hurricane Ian approaches Florida. Here's how the previous 3 presidents worked (or didn't) with governors on disaster relief efforts.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Isabella Zavarise | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Governors usually work directly with the White House during disasters, relying on the government for federal resources. Here's a look at how the last three presidents handled disaster relief efforts and how Biden could address this crisis with DeSantis. However, on Tuesday evening, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tweeted that Biden and DeSantis had spoken to discuss steps the federal government is taking to help Florida. Here's how the last three presidents worked with governors in their disaster relief efforts. Biden declared a state of emergency as the storm approached, ordering federal assistance to supplement disaster response efforts.

☆ Rep. Nancy Mace, who voted against impeaching Trump, says there's 'a lot of pressure' on Republicans to impeach Biden: 'I think that is something that some folks are considering'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Isabella Zavarise | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Rep. Nancy Mace says there's "a lot of pressure" on Republicans to impeach President Biden. On NBC's Meet The Press, Mace said impeachment is being considered by some in the GOP. She told host Chuck Todd that if the party chooses to hold a vote, she believes it will be divisive. The South Carolina congresswoman answered, "there's a lot of pressure on Republicans to have that vote, to put that legislation forward. Kinzinger was referring to Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has made impeaching Biden part of her official platform.

☆ Liz Cheney says Republicans 'going through contortions' to justify classified documents at Mar-a-Lago shows how 'fundamentally destructive' Trump has been to the party
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Isabella Zavarise | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Liz Cheney called out Republican party members who continue to defend Donald Trump. Speaking at Texas Tribune Fest, Cheney said members of the GOP are "going through contortions." Cheney said it shows how "fundamentally destructive Donald Trump has been." The vice chair of the Jan 6 committee has been one of the few outspoken GOP critics of Trump. When asked by Smith whether former Vice President Mike Pence would testify, Cheney said she is hopeful.

☆ A judge says he will be 'forced' to give Rudy Giuliani jail time unless the former mayor pays his ex-wife $225,000 by next month
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Isabella Zavarise | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A judge ordered Rudy Giuliani to pay his ex-wife more than $225,000 by next month or risk jail. The New York Post reported the former mayor of New York City didn't attend a court hearing on Friday. Giuliani told the outlet he didn't know about the court date: "I have never missed a court date." On Saturday, Giuliani told The Post he didn't know about the court date: "I have never missed a court date. Judith Giuliani filed for divorce in 2018 after 15 years of marriage.

☆ Arizona is using a 121-year-old law — written more than a decade before it achieved statehood — to enforce a near-total abortion ban
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Isabella Zavarise | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

An Arizona judge on Friday ruled in favor of a 1901 law that would ban nearly all abortions in the state. The only exemption to the abortion ban is if the mother's life is in danger. The law banning abortion was created more than a decade before Arizona became a state in 1912. The decision came one day before a new law banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy was set to take effect in the state. In March, the governor wrote a letter: "In Arizona, we know there is immeasurable value in every life – including preborn life.

☆ Biden says the 'pandemic is over' despite the US maintaining one of the highest death rates worldwide with nearly 400 Americans dying of COVID-19 daily
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Isabella Zavarise | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

President Biden said the COVID-19 pandemic was over in an interview with CBS News on Sunday. "We're still doing a lot of work on it, but the pandemic is over," said Biden. Sign up for our newsletter to receive our top stories based on your reading preferences — delivered daily to your inbox. "The pandemic is over," Biden said, but acknowledged the virus is still a problem. In May, the President told Americans to not grow numb as the country's death toll rose to 1 million people.

☆ 12 GOP candidates refuse to say if they'll accept the midterm election results: 'We have become a nation of poor sports and cry babies'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Isabella Zavarise | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

12 GOP candidates declined to say whether they would accept the results of the midterm elections. 18 out of 19 Democratic candidates said they would accept the outcomes. The Post surveyed candidates in 19 of the most competitive races across the country, asking: "Will you accept the results of your election?" We have become a nation of poor sports and cry babies," O'Dea told The Post. A recent poll found that of the 529 Republican nominees running for office in this year's election, 196 denied the 2020 election results.

Two former White House officials, deputy national security adviser Matthew Pottinger and deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews, testified publicly. : Trump tweets a video of his speech at the Ellipse, when he'd falsely claimed the election "stolen." 2:38 p.m.: Trump tweets: "Please support our Capitol Police and Law Enforcement. 3:13 p.m.: Trump tweets: "I am asking for everyone at the U.S. Capitol to remain peaceful. Trump tweets: "I am asking for everyone at the U.S. Capitol to remain peaceful.

☆ Highland Park mayor says she's received a 'literal handbook' for mayors about how to deal with mass shootings in the wake of Fourth of July parade attack
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-06 | by ( Isabella Zavarise | Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Mayors who have dealt with mass shootings are contacting Nancy Rotering, the mayor of Highland Park. Rotering told Insider "they are telling me that this is going to take a long time to heal from." "They are telling me that this is going to take a long time to heal from," she told Insider. "They've shared with me a handbook for mayors of what to do post a mass shooting, which is just unbelievable that there's a handbook for mayors." Rotering told Insider she's a member of the United States Conference of Mayors and attended a seminar a few years ago with mayors who had experienced mass shootings.

☆ Meta launches Avatars store where users can buy designer brands like Balenciaga, Prada, and Thom Browne for their virtual selves
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-21 | by ( Isabella Zavarise | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The Meta Avatars Store will launch in the next few weeks in the US, Canada, Thailand, and Mexico. "Part of how people express themselves is through what they wear," said Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Balenciaga CEO Cédric Charbit said the collabs could create new territories for the luxury market. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Friday that customers will be able to buy outfits from high-end fashion brands such as Balenciaga, Prada, and Thom Browne. The Meta Avatars Store will launch in the next few weeks in the US, Canada, Thailand, and Mexico on Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger.

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