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☆ What to know about Bryan Spears, the older brother of Britney Spears, and his relationship with the pop star
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Esme Mazzeo | Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

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Persons: —, Britney Spears, Bryan Spears, Jamie Spears, Britney, Bryan, Jamie, Lynne, Chris Farina, Corbis, Getty Images Bryan, Elizabeth Arden, Jamie Lynn Spears, Jamie Lynn's, Mathew Imaging, Christopher Polk, Lynne Spears, Jamie Lynn, She's, Sam Asghari, Little, He's, who's, Lexie, Jayden James, Sean Preston, ichael Buckner, Graciella Sanchez, Sophia, Spears, Sanchez, influencer Amber Lynn Conklin, Bryan Spears didn't Organizations: Service, Business, Getty Images, Nashville, NBC, Variety, Penske Media, Getty Locations: Palms, Las Vegas, Washington, Asghari, Los Angeles

☆ Israeli Teenager Recounts Her Time as a Hostage in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Nadav Gavrielov | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Hila Rotem Shoshani had invited her friend Emily Hand over for a sleepover in Kibbutz Be’eri, Israel. For about six hours, Hila and Emily hid in the home’s safe room with Hila’s mother, Raaya Rotem, 54, as Hamas attackers overran the kibbutz. I didn’t notice,” Hila said on Friday in an interview in New York, before she spoke at a rally in support of the remaining hostages. She said she, her mother and Emily were taken to a home in Gaza, where they were put in a dark room with a couple of other hostages. At first, an armed guard stayed in the room, but eventually moved to the living room.

Persons: Hila Rotem Shoshani, Emily Hand, Emily, Raaya Rotem, “, ” Hila, Hila Locations: Kibbutz Be’eri, Israel, New York, Hila, Gaza

☆ Israel-Hamas War Israel Will End ‘Intensive’ Phase of War Soon, Defense Minister Says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Victoria Kim | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Hila Rotem Shoshani, 13, in New York on Friday. Hila Rotem Shoshani had invited her friend Emily Hand over for a sleepover in Kibbutz Be’eri, Israel. For about six hours, Hila and Emily hid in the home’s safe room with Hila’s mother, Raaya Rotem, 54, as Hamas attackers overran the kibbutz. About a month and a half into their captivity, the captors suddenly separated the girls from Hila’s mother. The separation of mother and child violated the terms of the exchange deal, drawing outrage in Israel.

Persons: Hila Rotem Shoshani, Kibbutz Be’eri, Emily Hand, Emily, Raaya Rotem, “, ” Hila, Hila, we’re, you’ll, ’ ”, hammam, ’ ” Hila, ”, Freedom, “ Mom, Raaya Locations: New York, Kibbutz Be’eri, Israel, Hila, Gaza

TEL AVIV—Their Hamas captors told 13-year-old Hila Rotem Shoshani and 9-year-old Emily Hand to keep their voices low when speaking. A day after the close friends’ release, safe in the arms of family and doctors, Hila was still whispering to Emily. Yair Rotem, Hila’s uncle, is now her primary guardian, as his sister Raaya remains a Hamas hostage. He said his niece doesn’t show emotion when talking about her time in captivity, held in the dark for 50 days with little food and no showers. He is reluctant to press her for details of what happened when Hamas’s bloody Oct. 7 attack on Israel interrupted a sleepover she was having with Emily at Hila’s house in Kibbutz Be’eri.

Persons: Hila Rotem Shoshani, Emily Hand, Hila, Emily, Yair Rotem, Hila’s Organizations: TEL AVIV — Locations: TEL AVIV, Israel, Hila’s, Kibbutz Be’eri

☆ Emily Hand: Father describes how his young daughter survived Hamas captivity
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Clarissa Ward | Rachel Clarke | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Tel Aviv, Israel CNN —Emily Hand had to run from house to house, forced to move by Hamas as Israeli forces attacked Gaza, her father Thomas Hand told CNN. This September 2023 photo shows Emily Hand near Kibbutz Be'eri, Israel. Yael Shahrur Noah/APFrom death to captivity to hopeEmily had been at a sleepover at Hila’s house when Hamas terrorists stormed Kibbutz Be’eri. But Emily told her father she thought he had been taken hostage too. A year.”Emily Hand embraces her father at a hospital in Israel after being released by Hamas on November 25.

Persons: Emily Hand, Thomas Hand, “, ”, It’s, Emily, Hila Rotem, Raaya, Hand, Israel –, Yael Shahrur Noah, Emily’s, ‘, She’s, ’, Kibbutz Be’eri, ” Thomas, “ She’d, Thomas, Johnsie, ” Emily Hand, ” Emily, Hila, Raya, “ Don’t Organizations: Israel CNN, CNN, Kibbutz, Israel Defense Forces, AFP, Getty Locations: Tel Aviv, Israel, Gaza, Be'eri, Hila

☆ Israel-Hamas War Israel Faces Decision on What to Do After End of Truce
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( Patrick Kingsley | Aaron Boxerman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

Hamas released a second group of 13 Israeli hostages on Saturday as part of a cease-fire deal, a day after it released another 13. (Read about the Israeli hostages who have already been released here.) “I want to start walking to where the decisions are made.”Sharon Avigdori, 52; Noam Avigdori, 12Image Sharon and Noam Avigdori Credit... Maya Regev, 21Image Maya Regev Credit... Regev Family, via Associated PressMaya Regev was at the Tribe of Nova music festival on Oct. 7 when Hamas attackers infiltrated Israel and massacred hundreds of young festivalgoers. Their mother, Yonat, was one of dozens killed in Kibbutz Be’eri.

Persons: —, Shoshan Haran, Rachel Gur, Associated Press Shoshan Haran, Avshalom Haran, Lilach, Evyatar Kipnis, Paul Castelvi, Haran’s, Adi Shoham, Shoshan, Naveh, Yahel, Tal Shoham, Shoham, Yuval Haran, Adi Shoham’s, “ I’m, ”, “, ” Sharon Avigdori, Noam Avigdori, Sharon, Sharon Avigdori, Avshalom, Hen Avigdori, Omer, Avigdori, Emily Hand, Yael Shahrur Noah, Associated Press Emily Hand, Natalie Hand, Emily, Thomas Hand, ” Ireland’s, Maya Regev, Regev, festivalgoers, Ilan Regev Derby, Omer Shem Tov, Mirit, Alma, Noam, Dror, Hila Rotem Shoshani, Hila Rotem, Rotem Shoshani, Raaya, texted, Noga, Shiri Weiss, Reuters Shiri Weiss, Noga Weiss, Kibbutz Be’eri, Oren Rubinstein, Rubinstein, Ilan Weiss, Shiri’s, Gil —, Jeffrey Gettleman Organizations: Associated Press, Associated, Noam, Israel’s, Embassy, The, Shiri, Reuters, YouTube, IDF, U.S . Special Forces, Be’eri Locations: Tel Aviv, Gaza, Be’eri, Israel, Jerusalem, Hod Hasharon, Irish, Kibbutz Be’eri, London, ”, Hila Rotem Shoshani, San Francisco, WhatsApp

Sharon Avigdori, a sister of Avshalom Haran and a drama therapist, was visiting her family in Be’eri with her daughter, Noam Avigdori, when they were seized. Her family initially believed she had been killed in the attack, but was later informed that she was kidnapped. Her older sister, Natalie Hand, told Israel’s Channel 12 that the family had cried for Emily when it was informed she had been killed. Maya Regev, 21Image Maya Regev Credit... Regev Family, via Associated PressMaya Regev was at the Tribe of Nova music festival on Oct. 7 when Hamas attackers infiltrated Israel and massacred hundreds of young festivalgoers. We will not stop until Itay and all the hostages get back home.”

Persons: Sharon Avigdori, Avshalom, Noam Avigdori, Hen Avigdori, Omer, Avigdori, “, ”, Emily Hand, Yael Shahrur Noah, Associated Press Emily Hand, Natalie Hand, Emily, Thomas Hand, “ I’m, ” Ireland’s, Maya Regev, Regev, festivalgoers, Ilan Regev Derby, Omer Shem Tov, Mirit Organizations: Associated Press, Israel’s, Embassy Locations: Be’eri, Hod Hasharon, Israel, Jerusalem, Irish, Kibbutz Be’eri, London, Gaza, ”

☆ Deal to Free Child Hostages in Gaza Inspires Hope and Anguish
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Isabel Kershner | More About Isabel Kershner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

And an infant, now all of 10 months, who has spent about a tenth of his life in captivity. They are among the more than 30 children abducted from their homes and taken to Gaza during the Hamas-led assault on southern Israel on Oct. 7. Almost a day after the deal was announced, the families had yet to receive any information from the authorities. Some, but perhaps not all, of the children are expected to be among the first hostages released in the coming days under a deal announced on Wednesday. Islamic Jihad, another armed group in Gaza, released the hostage video of Yagil Yaakov, 12, who was captured along with his brother Or, 16.

Persons: ”, Eylon Keshet, Kfir Bibas, Yarden, Shiri, Ariel, “, Yael Engel Lichi, Ofir Engel, Little, Yocheved Lifshitz, Yagil Yaakov Organizations: Be’eri Locations: Gaza, Israel, Gaza’s

More than a quarter of the community of 400 people in Nir Oz were either killed or kidnapped, residents say, making it one of the worst affected kibbutzim. RPG on houses, grenades on civilians.”The Barr family were lucky to have a safe room which locked from the inside. Yonathan and Uri Barr's house, safe room where they hid with lock on door. “(Uri) was crying in the safe room because of that.”The family with whom Yoav was staying also survived in their safe room, and the Barrs were reunited later that day, after the Israeli military arrived. “I don’t think we can go back to Nir Oz because what we’ve been through is horror,” Yonathan Barr said.

Persons: ”, Jonathan Dekel, Chen, Nir, “ It’s, Sagui, Sagui Dekel, Rebecca Wright, Dekel, ” Dekel, Israel, Nir Oz, Uri Barr doesn’t, Yonathan Barr, Uri, ” Uri, Noam, Dad, Yonathan, “, ” Yonathan, Barr, Uri Barr's, Yoav, Eitan, Uri Barr, Yonathan Barr Nir Adar, ” Adar, Adar, Rani, Tamir, he’ll, “ I’m, Nir Adar, Nir Adar ‘, what’s, Jake Sullivan, we’ve Organizations: Israel CNN —, CNN, Hamas, White, National Locations: Eilat, Israel, Iran, Yemen, ”, Red, Syria, Gaza, Jordan, Aqaba, Uri, “, Eden, Connecticut, United States

☆ Believed dead, then alive in Gaza - father of child hostage clings to hope
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Eli Berlzon | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

"Unofficial reports came in that she was found dead in the kibbutz," said Hand, who is now living in a hotel on the Dead Sea with others evacuated from Be'eri. I was relieved that she was dead and it was all over, it would have been pretty quick." Many were shot with their families or found dead with their hands bound. "Crazy thought, for a parent to say but, yeah, it was a relief thinking that she wasn't in Gaza." She's going to be 9 in the tunnels," he said.

Persons: Tom Hand, Emily, Israel's, Hand, Emily's, Liat, Hand's, Narkis, Thomas Hand, Emily Hand, She'll, Beyonce, she's, James Mackenzie, Crispian Balmer, Howard Goller Organizations: Gaza, Hamas, Reuters, DISNEY, Disney, Thomson Locations: Israel, Gaza, Be'eri, Palestinian, American

☆ Barbie who? Gen Alpha kids 'obsessed' with skin care could fuel holiday spending
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Gabrielle Fonrouge | In Gabrielle-Fonrouge | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Instead, something unexpected made it to the top of the list this year: skin care. During the crucial holiday shopping season this year, Gen Alpha's fascination with skin care is expected to fuel a boon in sales. Beauty – two brands that have used TikTok to win over young consumers – also said they expect sizable sales this holiday from parents looking for gifts for their Gen Alpha kids. She said her daughter's interest in skin care is "great," and better than playing around with makeup. He coined the term Gen Alpha and is considered a leading expert on the generation.

Persons: Melissa Fuentes, Tatiana, Fuentes, …, Gen, Ulta, Monica Arnaudo, Melissa Repko, –, We've, Shai Eisenman, Bubble's, Tarang Amin, It's, Amin, Piper Sandler, That's, Rick Aaron, Allie, Katie, Aaron, Rick Aaron's, it's, Marley, Rose, me Marley, she'll, Karla Joseph, skincare, Karla Joseph She, Joseph, she's, Amy Wechsler, Wechsler, Johnson, Jodi Gralnick, CNBC Wechsler, Alpha, Mark McCrindle Organizations: CNBC, YouTube, America's, Alpha, Walmart Locations: Coral Springs , Florida, serums, British, Salt Lake City, Sephora, New York City

☆ Israeli father said he punched the air with relief when he heard Hamas had killed 8-year-old daughter as the alternative would have been 'worse than death'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A father said he was relieved to find out that his daughter, 8, had been killed by Hamas. He said being taken as a hostage to Gaza would have been "worse than death." AdvertisementAdvertisementA grief-stricken father said he was relieved that his eight-year-old daughter had been killed in a Hamas attack because the alternative would have been "worse than death." Emily was killed by Hamas fighters who stormed Be'eri Kibbutz and massacred over 100 Israeli civilians in a terrorist attack. Hamas' attacks on Israel killed 1,300 people, the Israel Defense Forces said.

Persons: —, Thomas Hand, Emily, she'd Organizations: Service, CNN, Be'eri, Jewish, United Nations, Israel Defense Forces, Hamas, UN Locations: Gaza, Israel, Ireland, Hamas

We are used to the bombing, we know what is sounds like: ‘tat - tat - tat.’ But this was different. Tat - tat - tat - tat - tat - tat - tat,” Michal Pinyan, Lotan’s wife, told CNN. “And then some 45 minutes later, we started getting messages that there are terrorists in the kibbutz,” Lotan added. So death was a blessing,” he told CNN, his voice broken, tears streaming down his tired, ashen face. She told CNN that she knows her parents have died, because their bodies were identified by people who knew them personally.

Persons: Lotan Pinyan, Lotan, Michal Pinyan, It’s, ”, ” Michal Pinyan, ” Lotan, Amir, Mati Weiss, limor, Michal, Eddie, Mati, Michal’s, “, Baz Ratner, Tom Hand, Emily –, Hand, Emily’s, Emily, they’d, ’, ” Michal, wasn’t, –, Be’eri Organizations: Israel CNN —, CNN, Israel Defense Forces, IDF Locations: Israel, Be’eri, Gaza, Be'eri, Mati

☆ 16 Adults on the Virtues and Pleasures of Being Bad - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +14 min

They’re almost enough to make you forget the pleasures of being a little bit bad. We asked 16 writers — most of them respectable adults — about the irresponsible, immoral, indulgent things they do. Years later, we bumped into each other in public, resulting in a humiliating exposition that left everyone questioning my sanity. Can’t stop won’t stop ShopliftingWhenever I’m at the airport, I like to do a little shopping at the Free Store. Yes yes yes.

Persons: —, it’s, I’ve, Kennedy, Dan Cathy, Burger King, Jack, they’re, Chick, I’m, ”, Tell, Wranchers, pant, Henry Hill, Bob Hughes, — let’s, Kelly I, It’s, Saint Augustine, “, It’s icky, Jamieson Webster, Rinee Shah Organizations: Harvard, New York Times Locations: British, New York, “, YOLO, San Francisco

☆ Gen Z’s Housing Anguish
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( Anna Kodé | More About Anna Kodé | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For years, we’ve been told that what you pay for housing shouldn’t exceed 30 percent of your monthly income. I knew that sticking to that maxim was getting harder for many people because housing costs have soared in the past few years, which I’ve written about as a reporter for The Times’s Real Estate section. Not very, especially for many Gen Z adults who have recently moved into their first homes and are early in their careers. My colleague Karen Hanley and I spoke with dozens of them across the country for a story that recently published about how they’re living with high housing costs. Most said they couldn’t imagine a future in which they owned a home; some even laughed at the prospect.

Persons: we’ve, Karen Hanley, Ives Williams, It’d, ” Locations: Baltimore

☆ I do private Botox parties as a fun and lucrative side gig. Here's how I got certified and what they're like.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( Natalie Rahhal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Dr. Samantha Ellison worked at Botox parties on her days off as a traveling physician. Ellison says Botox parties can be really fun and lucrative, depending on how you market yourself. Botox parties are really laid-backA lot of these Botox parties occur in the evening, so it's popular to have a sleepover where people come in themed pajamas. Doing Botox parties can be really fun and lucrative, depending on how you market yourself and how good your network is. The biggest challenge of working as both a hospitalist physician and doing Botox parties is the mental switch it requires.

☆ My wife and I are raising 2 daughters with type 1 diabetes. It can be overwhelming at times.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-28 | by ( Joelle Speranza | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Val Emmich felt powerless when his elder daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. My daughters, 11-year-old Harper and 7-year-old Lennon, have Ttype 1 diabetes, a chronic condition in which the pancreas makes little or no insulin. That next day, Jill took Harper straight to the doctor. After examining Harper and running tests, the pediatrician took Jill aside and told her to bring Harper to the ER immediately. Raising two young children with type 1 diabetes is overwhelming.

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried disputed reports that FTX and Alameda employees were fueled by drugs: 'This has been totally on-label use of medication'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sam Bankman-Fried denied reports that employees of his now-bankrupt crypto empire were fueled by drugs and alcohol. When we had parties, we would play board games," he told reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin at the New York Times Dealbook conference on Wednesday. "I have been prescribed various things at various times to help with focus and concentration.... these have all been totally on-label use of medications," he said. FTX's in-house coach and psychiatrist, Dr. George K Lerner, told the New York Times earlier this month that some employees at FTX took A.D.H.D prescription medication but that the "rate of A.D.H.D. I was the CEO of FTX... That means that I was responsible ultimately for asking great things and I didn't.

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried says FTX had 'no wild parties' and most people didn't even drink alcohol, report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sam Bankman-Fried said FTX had "no wild parties," at the New York Times' DealBook Summit. He said people would play board games at his parties and barely consumed any alcohol. He told reporter Andrew Sorkin that he only drank half a glass of alcohol a year. "There were no wild parties here," Bankman-Fried said. He clarified that he "didn't see any illegal drug use" in the office and that his parties were just "having people over for dinner."

Pentru 20 de dolari pe noapte, fanii serialului american pot sta în apartamentul în care au filmat în 1994 celebrele personaje Monica, Rachel, Phoebe, Chandler, Ross şi Joey. Cu toate acestea, în cadrul campaniei intitulate „The Ultimate Sleepover”, oaspeții vor fi tratați cu un tur special, precum și cu o cină și băuturi. Totodată, fanii vor mai avea parte și de alte surprize, iar dimineața își vor bea cafeaua la cafeneaua Central Perk, anunță Booking.com. Serialul „Prietenii tăi/ Friends” a fost difuzat de postul NBC timp de 10 sezoane, între 22 septembrie 1994 şi 6 mai 2004. Sitcomul prezintă aventurile amuzante ale membrilor unui grup de prieteni din Manhattan şi a fost o rampă de lansare pentru cei şase actori din distribuţia sa: Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, Matthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow şi David Schwimmer.

Persons: Monica, Rachel, Phoebe, Chandler, Ross, Joey, Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, Matthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer Organizations: NBC Locations: New York, Manhattan

☆ Fanii serialului „Friends” pot închiria apartamentul în care locuiau Monica și Rachel; Cât costă o noapte de cazare // FOTO
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-15 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: ProfimediaFanii serialului „Friends” pot închiria apartamentul în care locuiau Monica și Rachel; Cât costă o noapte de cazare // FOTOSurpriză pentru fanii serialului „Friends”. Începând de vineri, 21 mai, pot închiria faimosul apartament în care locuiau Monica și Rachel, de pe booking. Pentru 20 de dolari pe noapte, fanii serialului american pot sta în apartamentul în care au filmat în 1994 celebrele personaje Monica, Rachel, Phoebe, Chandler, Ross şi Joey. Totodată, fanii vor mai avea parte și de alte surprize, iar dimineața își vor bea cafeaua la cafeneaua Central Perk, anunță Booking.com, citat de Digi24. Serialul „Prietenii tăi/ Friends” a fost difuzat de postul NBC timp de 10 sezoane, între 22 septembrie 1994 şi 6 mai 2004.

Persons: Monica, Rachel, Phoebe, Chandler, Ross, Joey, Digi24, Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, Matthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer Organizations: NBC Locations: New York, Manhattan

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