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An emotional President Joe Biden Tuesday denounced the "sheer evil" of the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, where at least 14 Americans are dead and others are being held hostage. Biden said U.S. ally Israel would be assured "whatever it needs" to take care of its citizens and respond to the attack. He said the United States is helping with intelligence and experts to assist in the hostage rescue efforts. Blinken is headed to Israel Wednesday to get an update and to see how the United States can assist. Biden and Jean-Pierre also said American authorities were on the alert for domestic threats that could come following the attack on Israel.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Kamala Harris, Antony Blinken, Benjamin Netanyahu, Jake Sullivan, Sullivan, Yoav Gallant, Gerald R, Karine Jean, Pierre, Vladimir Putin's, Putin, Jean Organizations: White, Israel, Hamas, “, ” National, Ford, Ukraine, White House Press Locations: Israel, Iran, United States, Gaza, U.S, Ukraine, America

☆ Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez's relationship timeline, from dating to marriage and their divorce
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

June 25, 2020: Grande posted her first selfie with GomezGrande posted this photo on June 25. June 26, 2020: Grande shared two photos with Gomez at her 'Midsommar'-themed birthday partyGrande posted these photos on June 26. July 16, 2023: Grande fueled divorce rumors when she appeared in public without her wedding ringJonathan Bailey, Ariana Grande, and Andrew Garfield attend the Wimbledon 2023 men's final. Then, on July 16, 2023, Grande attended a Wimbledon match with her "Wicked" costar Jonathan Bailey. AdvertisementSeptember 18, 2023: Grande and Gomez simultaneously filed for divorceTMZ broke the news that Grande had officially filed for divorce from Gomez, citing "irreconcilable differences."

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein, whose trailblazing career embodied the rise of women in politics, the movement for gun safety and, finally, a determination to keep serving her California constituents despite illness and advancing age, has died. In the past two years, it was apparent Feinstein was having memory issues, and sometimes appeared befuddled on Capitol Hill. Tributes from lawmakers in both parties flowed Friday morning, as somber Senate lawmakers mourned the loss of their colleague. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat and House speaker emeritus, sat in the Senate gallery, listening to the tearful tributes with Feinstein's daughter, Katherine. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Republican, lauded "the beauty of Dianne Feinstein" and chastised those who pressured Feinstein to step down, not appreciating the sacrifices the ailing California lawmaker made to serve her state.

Persons: Sen, Dianne Feinstein, Feinstein, Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, Feinstein's, Katherine, Republican Sen, Susan Collins of, Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Murkowski, Patty Murray, Murray, Joe Biden, Dianne, –, Biden, Jill, ”, George Moscone, Harvey Milk, Dan White, Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas, Thomas, Barbara Boxer, GOP Sen, Pete Wilson, Feinstein –, Ted Cruz, I've, Sandy Hook, John McCain, Barack Obama, Gavin Newsom Organizations: Capitol, demurred, New, New York Democrat, California Democrat, Republican, Alaska Republican, Washington Democrat, San Francisco City Hall, San Francisco, California, GOP, Democratic, CIA, Gov, Democrat, California Democrats, Democrats Locations: California, New York, Susan Collins of Maine, Alaska, Washington, San Francisco, San, Delaware, Ted Cruz of Texas, –, Connecticut, Iraq

☆ Review: In Berlin, Opera Scales Up to Fill an Airport Hangar
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Zachary Woolfe | More About Zachary Woolfe | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Benches come together to form the raft and are occasionally detached to use as platforms around the pool. As the shipwrecked passengers first scramble en masse toward the raft, splashing violently in the water, the sight is powerful. But near the end, the hangar’s tremendous door, near the side of the pool opposite the orchestra, slowly slides open. The survivors emerge from the pool and walk out toward the dark, vast expanse of Tempelhof Field, led by an emergency van. The Raft of the MedusaThrough Oct. 3 at Tempelhof Airport, Berlin; komische-oper-berlin.de.

Persons: Jean, Charles, Günter, Gloria Rehm, Idunnu Münch, It’s Organizations: Tempelhof Field, Tempelhof Airport Locations: Tempelhof, Berlin, komische

☆ Opinion | Civil Disobedience Against Book Bans?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But as banned authors, we sympathize more deeply with Iowa’s children, who deserve better from school officials than their dutiful execution (however reluctant) of laws that violate fundamental human rights. Those rights, including freedom of speech, depend on the actions of courageous citizens willing to take risks to defend them. Of course, it is human to protect one’s livelihood by following orders even when they violate one’s principles and the rights of others. Children and authors, and the freedoms they rely on, need heroes. Peter ParnellJustin RichardsonNew YorkThe writers are the authors of “And Tango Makes Three” and recently filed suit in Florida over the banning and restriction of their book in school libraries.

Persons: Bridgette Exman, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Peter Parnell Justin Richardson Organizations: Times, Peter Parnell Justin Richardson New Locations: of Iowa, Peter Parnell Justin Richardson New York, Florida

☆ A divided Chile marks 50 years since Pinochet's bloody military coup
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Natalia A. Ramos Miranda | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/5] A woman dressed in black holds a candle as she walks around La Moneda presidential palace during an event ahead of the 50th anniversary of the 1973 Chilean military coup, in Santiago, Chile, September 10, 2023. Victims of military rule and their families have ramped up a push for justice and accountability, but politically the far-right has gained ground amid growing fears over rising crime. "Some people don't know anything about what happened and aren't interested, others are tired that...even after 50 years, many people still don't know what happened to their disappeared relatives," said Elvira Cádiz, who was six years old in 1973. According to various Chilean human rights commissions, there are 40,175 victims classified as politically executed, disappeared, imprisoned and tortured during military rule. "We don't know if we will achieve complete justice, but what we do have to do is get to the truth, find out where they are."

Persons: Carlos Barria, Augusto Pinochet, Salvador Allende, Gabriel Boric, aren't, Elvira Cádiz, Boric, he's, Allende's, Pinochet, José Antonio Kast, Cristián Valdivieso, Allende, Pinochet's, Gaby Rivera, Luis Rivera, Argentina's Alberto Fernández, Colombia's Gustavo Petro, Mexico's Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Carlos Gonzalez, Natalia Ramos, Adam Jourdan, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Hawker Hunter, Reuters, Thomson Locations: La, Santiago , Chile, Chile, South America, Estación Central, Santiago, Allende

☆ Events in Iran since Mahsa Amini's death in custody
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

People light a fire during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police", in Tehran, Iran September 21, 2022. Security forces and demonstrators clash in some cities in Kurdistan province. Oct. 3 - Khamenei backs the security forces. March 7 - Iran says at least 53 members of security forces were killed during the protests. July 16 - Iran's morality police resume hijab street patrolsCompiled by Tom Perry and Parisa Hafezi, Editing by William MacleanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Mahsa, Mahsa Amini, Amini, Ebrahim Raisi, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Amini's, Khamenei, Emmanuel Macron, Raisi, Tom Perry, Parisa, William Maclean Organizations: West Asia News Agency, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Security, Authorities, Revolutionary Guards, Amnesty International, TV, Guards, Bushehr Petrochemical Project, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Tehran, Iran, WANA, Rights DUBAI, Iranian Kurdish, Iran's Kurdistan, Saqez, Kurdistan province, Kurdish, Iraq, Zahedan, Abadan, Bushehr

☆ Inside the talks leading to a step-down in the G20’s Ukraine declaration
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( Kevin Liptak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Four diplomats involved in the discussions described a pained process that resulted in a document that – despite public support from the White House – left many supporters of Ukraine deeply disappointed. Ukraine itself declared the document “nothing to be proud of.”The talks unfolded over 200 hours of meetings and 15 different drafts, according to the Indian government official responsible for shepherding the talks. Focus turned to the paragraph in last year’s G20 declaration adopted in Bali condemning Russian “aggression” in Ukraine. “This is not the statement the G7 or NATO would have written,” one European official involved in the talks said. Concluding the summit without a statement would have amounted to a major disappointment; no G20 summit in the past 15 years has ended without one.

Persons: Narendra Modi, –, ”, Emmanuel Macron, Biden, Russia’s, “, ” Biden, Modi Organizations: New, New Delhi CNN, NATO, White Locations: New Delhi, Ukraine, Russia, China, Bali, Russian, Moscow, Brazil, South Africa, Europe

☆ Affirmative Action Is Still in Effect. For Men.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Susan Dominus | More About Susan Dominus | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

The trend continued upward, so much so that by 1999 some universities had admissions policies that explicitly favored men. In doing so, the school managed to maintain a ratio of 45 percent men to 55 percent women. The young women’s lawyers argued that the extra points for men violated both the equal-protection clause and Title IX, which guarantees equal educational opportunities for men and women. But Title IX does not prohibit gender-based affirmative action in admissions at all schools. That Title IX exemption still stands, allowing private colleges and universities to privilege men during the admissions process.

Persons: Katie Lew, Marie Bigham, Pérez, ’ ”, — that’s, ”, Sourav Guha, “, You’d, ’ ” Jason England Organizations: University of Georgia, Georgia, system’s, Regents, Princeton, Trinity College, National Association for College, ”, Wesleyan University, Carnegie Mellon, Wesleyan

☆ Elon Musk says his daughter who ditched his last name 'doesn't want to spend time with me'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Elon Musk was "pained" by the fallout with his eldest daughter, his biographer wrote in a new book. Musk told Walter Isaacson that his daughter "doesn't want to spend time with me." Musk's daughter legally changed her name in 2022 and said she didn't want to be associated with him. AdvertisementAdvertisement"She went beyond socialism to being a full communist and thinking that anyone rich is evil," Isaacson said Musk told him. The biographer said Musk told him he'd "made many overtures," but "she doesn't want to spend time with me."

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, Walter Isaacson, doesn't, Elon, Walter Isaacson . Isaacson, Vivian Jenna Wilson, Jenna, Isaacson, Elon's, Nevada, Justine Wilson, Ashlee Vance, didn't, Tesla, he'd, transphobic, Musk's, Grimes, Wired, Kimbal, Christiana Musk Organizations: Morning, New York Times, Financial, Reuters, Twitter, Pride, Wired Locations: Los Angeles

☆ Iowa’s New Law Banning Books Hobbles Public Schools - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Bridgette Exman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The one book that especially pained me was “Friday Night Lights” by H.G. When I pulled the sole copy from its tidy place among the B’s to reread, I noticed its tattered, torn and taped cover. It gives me no joy to limit the books available to them, and I am grateful that in the end I was able to keep “Friday Night Lights” on the shelf. The law mandates that school libraries may only contain “age-appropriate” books free of any “descriptions or visual depictions of a sex act” as defined by Iowa Code. In a particularly draconian move, the law holds individual teachers and school librarians accountable for violations.

Persons: Iowa’s, ” Organizations: Iowa Locations: Iowa

"It is the tip of the iceberg publicly of what we used to see privately," Veronica Boquete, who captained Spain at their first World Cup in 2015, told Reuters. In the case of football, the women's team's efforts to combat sexism and achieve parity with their male peers date back nearly a decade. Boquete led a mutiny seeking the resignation of coach Ignacio Quereda after a woeful performance at the 2015 World Cup, the only one his teams reached in nearly three decades. Quereda resigned in 2015 in a statement issued by the federation making no reference to the players' mutiny. Boronat, who interviewed Spain's leading female players for her book "Don't Call Them Girls, Call Them Footballers", said players accused Vilda of micromanaging, such as instructing senior players what to say in interviews.

Persons: Jennifer Hermoso, Jenni, Luis Rubiales, Jenni Hermoso, Veronica Boquete, Boquete, Ignacio Quereda, Quereda, Roser Serra, Mar Prieto, Prieto, Jorge Vilda, Danae Boronat, Spain's, Vilda, Berta Collado, Enrique Cerezo, Carlota Planas, Planas, Boronat, Fernando Kallas, Charlie Devereux, Emma Pinedo, Aislinn Laing, Andrew Cawthorne Organizations: Soccer Football, America, FC Barcelona, Estadio Azteca, Club America, FIFA, MADRID, Spanish, Spain, Reuters, Quereda, men's, Atletico Madrid, Unik Sports Management, Regional, Thomson Locations: Mexico City, Mexico, Spanish, Spain, Cerezo

New Delhi CNN —More than a dozen workers have been killed after a bridge under construction collapsed in northeast India Wednesday, the latest in a string of infrastructure failures that have resulted in multiple deaths in the country. The collapse of the bridge in the town of Sairang, Mizoram state, killed at least 17 people and injured several others, according to its chief minister, Zoramthanga, who goes by one name. “Pained by the bridge mishap in Mizoram,” Modi wrote on X, offering a sum of nearly $2,500 to the next of kin of those killed and $600 to the injured workers. Mizoram is a hilly, mountainous state near India’s border with Bangladesh and Myanmar. Last October, a recently repaired suspension bridge gave way in the town of Morbi in Gujarat, killing 135 people.

Persons: New Delhi CNN —, Zoramthanga, “, ”, Narendra Modi, ” Modi Organizations: New, New Delhi CNN, Twitter, ” Locations: New Delhi, India, Sairang, Mizoram, South Africa, India’s, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Bihar, Morbi, Gujarat

CNN —A crowd vandalized eight churches and several homes following accusations of blasphemy against Islam in Pakistan’s most populated province of Punjab on Wednesday, according to government authorities and residents, stoking tensions between local Muslim and minority Christian communities. Multiple churches including the town’s Catholic Church, the Salvation Army Church and the Pentecostal Church, as well as the local Christian colony, were also vandalized and set on fire, Talib told CNN. Religious minorities in Pakistan are vulnerable to persecution under the country's strict blasphemy laws. Pakistan is among the countries where blasphemy is a crime punishable by the death sentence. Three years earlier, a mother of five from Punjab was convicted of blasphemy and sentenced to hang, after she was accused of defiling the name of the Prophet Mohammed.

Persons: “, Prophet Mohammed, ”, Yasir Talib, Talib, Ghazanfar Majidi, ” Pakistan’s, Anwaar, Haq Kakar, Bishop, Church of Pakistan Azad Marshall, ” Marshall, ” Riina Kionka, Asia Bibi Organizations: CNN, National Commission for Human Rights, Centre for Social Justice, Catholic Church, Salvation Army Church, Pentecostal Church, Police, . District Police, AP People, Getty, Church of, European Union Locations: Pakistan’s, Punjab, Jaranwala, Pakistani, Faisalabad, Wednesday, Pakistan, AFP, Church of Pakistan, EU, Lahore’s Badami Bagh

☆ Prosecutor, defense request house arrest for son of Colombian president
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Luis Jaime Acosta | Thomson Reuters | Luis Jaime Has Worked At Reuters For More Than Years. While He Chiefly Covers Colombia'S Armed Conflict | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Defendant and son of Colombian president Gustavo Petro, Nicolas Petro attends a hearing in Bogota, Colombia August 3, 2023 in this screengrab taken from a handout video. Colombian Prosecutor's Office/Handout via REUTERSBOGOTA, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Both the prosecution and the defense in a money laundering and illicit enrichment case against Nicolas Petro, the eldest son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, on Friday requested house arrest for the younger Petro. Petro, 37, was arrested last weekend in the city of Barranquilla alongside his ex-wife, Daysuris del Carmen Vasquez, who is being held on similar charges. Both prosecutor Burgos and Petro's defense attorney David Teleki supported a house arrest measure in a morning hearing, with Teleki citing the impeding birth of Petro's child with his current partner. According to the charges, Nicolas Petro received money from accused drug traffickers in exchange for including them in the president's peace plans.

Persons: Gustavo Petro, Nicolas Petro, Petro, Daysuris del Carmen Vasquez, Mario Burgos, Burgos, David Teleki, pained, Luis Jaime Acosta, Julia Symmes Cobb, Alistair Bell Organizations: Colombian Prosecutor's, REUTERS, Teleki, Thomson Locations: Bogota, Colombia, REUTERS BOGOTA, Barranquilla, Atlantico province

Before he was fired by Pope Francis over another issue, Becciu was one of the most powerful men in the Vatican. The Vatican sold the building last year, taking an estimated loss of about 140 million euros. The others on trial include several Vatican employees and two outside brokers who the Vatican has accused of extortion. He asked the court to confiscate 172 million euros of Mincione's assets and 71 million euros of Torzi's. At the time of Becciu's firing, he was also stripped of what the Vatican then said were his "rights associated with being a cardinal".

Persons: Becciu, Cardinal Angelo Becciu, Pope Francis, Alessandro Diddi, Diddi, Raffaele Mincione, Rene Bruelhart, Tommaso Di Ruzza, Cecilia Marogna, Phil Pullella, Andrew Heavens, Toby Chopra, Alison Williams Organizations: VATICAN CITY, Vatican, of State, Vatican's Financial Intelligence, Thomson Locations: London, Vatican, Swiss, Mali, al Qaeda

[1/5] Irish singer Sinead O'Connor performs on stage during the Carthage Jazz Festival in Tunis April 4, 2013. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi/File PhotoDUBLIN, July 26 (Reuters) - Sinead O'Connor, the Irish singer known for her stirring voice, 1990 chart topping hit "Nothing Compares 2 U" and outspoken views, has died at the age of 56, Irish media quoted her family as saying on Wednesday. "It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinead. However, it was track six on the follow-up album, "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got", that catapulted O'Connor to global fame. O'Connor converted to Islam in 2018 and changed her name to Shuhada Sadaqat, though continued to perform under the name Sinead O'Connor.

Persons: Sinead O'Connor, Zoubeir, Brash, – O'Connor, Sinead, O'Connor, Prince, Pope John Paul II, Leo Varadkar, Nua, Shuhada, Padraic Halpin, Graham Fahy, Suban Abdulla, Kylie MacLellan, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Carthage Jazz Festival, REUTERS, RTE, YouTube, Catholic, Twitter, U.S, Thomson Locations: Carthage, Tunis, Irish, Ireland, Dublin, Glenageary, London

☆ Singer Sinead O'Connor dies aged 56, Irish media reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Sinead O'Connor on stage at the Olympic Ballroom, 04/03/1988 (Part of the Independent Newspapers Ireland/NLI Collecton). (Photo by Independent News and Media/Getty Images)Irish singer Sinead O'Connor, known for topping the charts around the world with the 1990 song "Nothing Compares 2 U", has died at the age of 56, Irish national broadcaster RTE quoted her family as saying on Wednesday. "It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinead. Her family and friends are devastated and have requested privacy at this very difficult time," RTE quoted a statement from the singer's family as saying. Brash and outspoken — her shaved head, pained expression, and shapeless wardrobe a direct challenge to popular culture's long-prevailing notions of femininity and sexuality – O'Connor changed the image of women in music in the early 1990s.

Persons: Sinead O'Connor, NLI, Sinead, Brash, – O'Connor, Prince Organizations: Independent Newspapers, Independent News, Media, Irish, RTE, YouTube

[1/5] Irish singer Sinead O'Connor performs on stage during the Carthage Jazz Festival in Tunis April 4, 2013. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi/File PhotoDUBLIN, July 26 (Reuters) - Sinead O'Connor, the Irish singer known for her stirring voice, 1990 chart-topping hit "Nothing Compares 2 U" and outspoken views, has died at the age of 56, Irish media quoted her family as saying on Wednesday. "It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinead. 'PROTEST SINGER'Sinead Marie Bernadette O'Connor was born in the affluent Dublin suburb of Glenageary on December 8, 1966. O'Connor converted to Islam in 2018 and changed her name to Shuhada Sadaqat, though continued to perform under the name Sinead O'Connor.

Persons: Sinead O'Connor, Zoubeir, Brash, – O'Connor, Sinead, O'Connor, Prince, Pope John Paul II, Michael D, Higgins, Sinead Marie Bernadette O'Connor, Nua, Shuhada, Dave Fanning, Padraic Halpin, Graham Fahy, Suban Abdulla, Amanda Ferguson, Kylie MacLellan, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Carthage Jazz Festival, REUTERS, RTE, Church, Irish, Channel, Thomson Locations: Carthage, Tunis, Irish, Ireland, Dublin, Glenageary, London

☆ A Boy’s Life on the Front Lines
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Lynsey Addario | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

A Boy’s Life on theFront Lines In a Ukrainian town, an 11-year-old navigates a childhood transformed by war. He lived with his mother, Lena, and his 23-year-old half sister, Angelina, in a borrowed one-story home about four miles from Russian positions to the east. “I remember how I used to have fun here with my friends,” Yegor said. Now only his father, Sasha, remained there, trapped behind Russian lines caring for the home and animals on the road out of Mariupol. But the war had forced Yegor into a sedentary life, almost always behind closed doors.

Persons: Lena, Angelina, Lena didn’t, Yegor, ” Yegor, ”, “, ’, ‘, ‘ Sonny, Sasha, squander, they’ll Organizations: Yegor Locations: Ukrainian, Donbas, Ukraine, stretchers, Kramatorsk, Chernivtsi

☆ This video shows how Nvidia's AI could transform the experience of talking to video game characters
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Will Gendron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Nvidia debuted a new AI tool at Computex Taipei that targets the video game experience. One video game alone can have dozens — if not hundreds — of non-player characters, or NPCs. These characters will also be able to generate facial expressions based on the audio inputs they receive, Nvidia said. What separates this brief interaction from encounters in other video games is the way Jin reacts and responds to the player. "Although he is an NPC, Jin replies to natural language queries realistically and consistent with the narrative backstory — all with the help of generative AI," Nvidia said in its press release.

Persons: Tom Nook, Zelda, Hyrule, Jensen Huang, Jin, Huang Organizations: Nvidia, Nintendo Locations: Taipei, Santa Clara

☆ Call her Ivanka Kushner
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Ivanka Trump has been steadily distancing herself from her father's brand since he left office. A former adviser in the Trump White House, Ivanka now says she's done with politics. Despite the rebrand, Ivanka remains in legal trouble for her role in Trump businesses. Beyond public appearances or showings of political support, Ivanka's distance from the rest of the Trump family has also begun to show itself legally. They've got a lot going on over in the Kushner clan, and she has her kids and her family.

☆ ‘Succession’ Season 4, Episode 9 Recap: Dearly Departed
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( Noel Murray | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

(Caroline introduces Sally Ann as “my Kerry.”) These ladies share the bond of having loved a very difficult man; and when Marcia reaches out for Kerry’s hand, Kerry sobs. Logan’s fiery liberal brother, Ewan (James Cromwell), ignores his grandson Greg’s attempt to stop him from taking the pulpit. Roman has never had this kind of spotlight; and now his siblings expect him to “say the other side” of the Logan Roy story. Roman starts to give his generic “great, great man” speech, but then freezes and asks his family to bail him out. He acknowledges the pain his father could cause but he also celebrates how Logan made “bloody, complicated life” happen.

☆ 2 of our consumer stocks are in the headlines. Here's what we think about the news
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Consumer stocks Constellation Brands (STZ) and Procter & Gamble (PG) were the subjects of Wall Street scrutiny Thursday. Analysts are concerned about the stock's valuation and the risk to the company's volumes as P & G raises prices on its products. If uncertainty over the health of U.S. banks persists, analysts believe, P & G stock will "likely hold up." But they added, "If the issue dies down, we expect investors to move into less risk-averse stocks." Truist also thinks "investors may be overreading" the consumer goods giant's better-than-expected fiscal third quarter in April.

☆ Kerala, India: 22 killed after boat ferrying tourists capsizes in Malappuram
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Manveena Suri | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New Delhi CNN —At least 22 people, including women and children, have died after a boat capsized in India’s southern Kerala state on Sunday, fire officials said, as search and rescue operations enter a second day. The boat, which was ferrying tourists, capsized near Tuvalthiram beach in Malappuram around 7:30 p.m. local time, the district’s fire department told CNN. Rescuers carry out search operations on Monday, May 8, after a tourist boat capsized in Malappuram, Kerala, India. “Pained by the loss of lives due to the boat mishap in Malappuram, Kerala,” a tweet from Modi’s office said Sunday. Kerala, known for its lush forests, beaches and backwaters, is a popular tourist destination for many Indians and foreigners alike.

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