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☆ 3 intimate moments from Beyoncé's 'Renaissance' concert film
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

"Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé" hit theaters on Thursday night. Fans get a peek inside Beyoncé's relationships with her daughter Blue Ivy and her former bandmates. "Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé" — written, directed, produced, and narrated by Queen Bey — features performances from her blockbuster tour interspersed with behind-the-scenes moments, giving fans a peek into Beyoncé's creative process. AdvertisementHowever, one former member of Destiny's Child did not participate in the "Renaissance" reunion: Farrah Franklin. In the film, Beyoncé fondly recalls Jonny's influence; he really did make her prom dress by hand.

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☆ Democrats have no Biden backup plan for 2024, despite age concerns
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Jeff Mason | Thomson Reuters | Jeff Mason Is A White House Correspondent For Reuters. He Has Covered The Presidencies Of Barack Obama | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Despite weak poll numbers and questions, including from some Democrats, about his age, Biden has stuck to his plan to seek a second term after clearing the field of serious Democratic primary challengers when he announced in April that he was running again. Biden loyalists, citing his record in office, argue that the party does not need a backup plan to defeat probable Republican nominee Donald Trump, who Biden beat in the 2020 election. To the chagrin of the White House, Biden's age has become a defining part of the 2024 campaign. "If he continues to run, he will be the nominee of the Democratic Party. In 1972, then Senator George Eagleton withdrew as Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern's vice presidential running mate after revelations of his treatment for depression forced him out of the race.

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☆ Most parents agree: bedtime sucks. Here's how I'm changing my mindset about it.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Kat Storr | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Bedtime is the part of the day I dread the most, and I'm not alone. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementBedtime dread must be the most common topic of conversation I have with my friends who are also parents. I know I'm not alone in the struggleI take a lot of comfort in knowing that I'm not alone in struggling to get my kids to bed. But I would never want people to think I'm blaming my children for my dislike of bedtimes.

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☆ Opinion | Relax, Electric Vehicles Really Are the Best Choice for the Climate
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Stephen Porder | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

It has been a bumpy few weeks for carmakers who sell electric vehicles, which are moving more slowly off the lot than they were earlier this year. The electric Volkswagen ID. But I think something else may explain why so many Americans, including those who consider themselves climate conscious, have been hesitant to buy an electric vehicle. Electric vehicles are like digital cameras in their early iterations. And while there are environmental concerns with them, they are dwarfed by the benefit they provide regarding climate change — the biggest environmental threat to human well-being in the 21st century.

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The family of Avigail Idan, a small child whose parents were murdered in front of their children by Hamas militants at a kibbutz during the Oct. 7 assault, hoped that they would be able to celebrate her fourth birthday with her on Friday. “I find myself barely breathing through the last 24 hours,” her aunt, Tal Idan, said after the announcement of the agreement. Image An undated photo (from left) of Avigail Idan, Roy Idan, Michael Idan, Amelia Idan, and Smadar Idan. And in the Gaza Strip, Palestinians who have endured nearly seven weeks of intense airstrikes waited anxiously for the truce. Several international humanitarian organizations said the four-day cease-fire window was too tight to address the dire situation.

Persons: Mohammad Abu Salmiya, “, Tal Idan, ”, Avigail, Abigail ”, Idan, Roy Idan, Michael Idan, Amelia Idan, Smadar, Walaa Tanji, Tanji, Nagham, ” Shadi Hijazi, Catherine Russell Organizations: Al, Shifa, U.S ., West Bank, Qatar, UNICEF, . Security Locations: U.S, Nablus, Gaza

☆ Terry Richardson sexually abused a model after Trump's modeling agency dismissed her concerns about him, lawsuit says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Terry Richardson sexually abused a model on two separate occasions in 2004, a new lawsuit alleges. Advertisement"During their meeting, Mr. Richardson wore nothing but a robe. She "attempted to tell an agent at Trump Model Management about the assault," her lawsuit says, but the agency "insisted that she proceed with the appointment." Portillo, Richardson, and other members of the photography crew traveled in a van back to Manhattan from the shoot location. "Ms. Portillo alleges that this was the latter, and Mr. Richardson did not have the rights to distribute the images."

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BUENOS AIRES, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Argentines expressed a mixture of ecstasy and trepidation on Monday after libertarian outsider Javier Milei, pledging radical fixes to the economy, swept to power with an election win over Peronist government rival Sergio Massa. "It's a great unknown," said Guillermo Toledo, a 51-year-old university professor in the capital Buenos Aires, who said he did not vote for Milei. Milei's win brought flag-waving crowds on Sunday night out to the Obelisk in downtown Buenos Aires, a traditional rallying point for supporters to cheer election or soccer wins. [1/2]Argentine president-elect Javier Milei's supporters celebrate after Milei wins the runoff presidential election, in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 19, 2023. Milei gives me hope things can change," Bernal said.

Persons: Javier Milei, Sergio Massa, Milei, Donald Trump, Jair, Guillermo Toledo, haven't, Milei's, Leandro Boses, Javier Milei's, Adriano Machado, Massa, Claudio Bernal, Bernal, Julia Eva Saggini, Mauricio Macri, Lucinda Elliott, Candelaria Grimberg, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Peronist, Argentine, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, U.S, Buenos Aires

☆ Opinion | Grief During a Holiday of Gratitude
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Sarah Wildman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Grieving parents like me are told to gird themselves for anniversaries and holidays, for birthdays and religious events. Each holiday centered on family is now barbed. I love a holiday focused on gratitude and gathering, of food and camaraderie. I tend to cook when I’m sad or worried, and I’ve been both, a lot, of late. Living in loss is heavy; it is made all the more so by a world overflowing with grief, and parental pain.

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☆ Walmart and Target signal more cracks in consumer spending
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A day earlier, Target noted that shoppers continue to curb spending and delay purchases. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Walmart, which has previously appeared almost immune from the decline in consumer spending affecting other retailers, said Thursday that it saw an unexpected softness in October sales. "This year, we've seen more and more consumers delaying their spending until the last moment," Cornell said.

Persons: —, John David Rainey, Rainey, Brian Cornell, we've, Cornell, That's Organizations: Walmart, Service

☆ It's open enrollment season for health coverage. If you're self-employed, you can't afford to ignore it
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Cheryl Winokur Munk | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Picking health insurance on your own — without the help of a human resources department — can be daunting. Instead of throwing up your hands in frustration, here are answers to questions self-employed individuals often have about open enrollment. Doing nothing will mean they are automatically reenrolled in last year's marketplace plan. How much health insurance costs the self-employed Cost will vary, depending on the plan you choose, who is covered and what subsidies you're eligible for. If you want more specific help, you can also choose to work with an agent or broker who is trained and certified to sell marketplace health plans in the state they are licensed.

Persons: Anthony Lopez, Alexa Irish, Laura Speyer, enrollees, Lopez, You'll Organizations: Getty, Centers, Medicare, Medicaid Services, U.S . Department of Health, Human Services, deductibles, state's Department of Insurance Locations: trepidation, eHealth

☆ Opinion: Why I’m not going to have children
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Opinion Anna Lee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

But each day, the current state of the world dissuades me more and more from having children. Like many folks in Gen Z (those born between 1997 and 2012), my main concern is climate change. As environmental catastrophes reach a caliber we cannot predict or conceive, having children is becoming less of a risk I’m willing to take. Coupled with the resources and opportunities that the US provides, my hypothetical children likely wouldn’t be among the worst-affected by climate change. Under today’s environmental and political climate, I find it is better to regret not having children than regret having them.

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It was Vegas, it’s warm, it’s beautiful, we were ecstatic,” says Deanna Hodgins. “We thought he was kidding at first, because everyone was in such a good mood,” says Deanna Hodgins. Finally, as the cleaning team reached their row, the Hodgins still felt pressure to move, says Deanna Hodgins. “I was horrified to learn about another incident on an Air Canada flight. “It wasn’t the transport crew that told us to get off the plane,” says Deanna Hodgins.

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Cincinnati might be where Hamlin nearly died after going into cardiac arrest before being resuscitated on the field on Jan. 2. “I’m super thrilled. I’m super excited. It’s unlikely Hamlin — who missed practice Wednesday due to an illness — will suit up Sunday. I mean, we experienced it, but as long as he’s good, I’m good.”Safety Micah Hyde said Hamlin has motivated the entire team.

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LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Residents of Lewiston return to work and school Monday, the morning after coming together to mourn those lost in Maine’s worst mass shooting. More than 1,000 people attended Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul for a vigil in Lewiston, where days earlier a gunman fatally shot 18 people. Some put their heads in their hands as the names of the people who died in Wednesday’s shooting were read. Hundreds more watched a live stream of the vigil shown on a huge screen in front of the church. At Lisbon Falls Baptist Church, arriving church members greeted each other warmly but the atmosphere turned somber when the Rev.

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☆ Startup employees are reeling as they brace for back-to-back rounds of layoffs: 'When it happens again, you start to lose that confidence and faith in your leadership.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Samantha Stokes | Madeline Renbarger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

For the startup employees interviewed by Insider, the constant threat of layoffs is having a detrimental effect on company morale. said one employee working at a growth stage startup that's conducted three rounds of layoffs this year. For Reay, the former Sendoso employee, constant rounds of layoffs gave him and his surviving colleagues "strategy whiplash." "When it happens again, you start to lose that confidence and faith in your leadership." Some startup employees are reconsidering their future in the industryAs startup employees brace for the potential of more job cuts, they say that the experience has them second-guessing whether to stay in the industry at all.

Persons: Sean Reay, it's, Reay, SoftBank, Sendoso, what's, I'm, Raey, SchoolMint, I've, you'd, he's, Jackie Xu, Xu Talent, Kleiner Perkins, Xu, you've Organizations: Facebook, Meta, Twitter, Sendoso, GV, Google, Employees Locations: San Diego, That's, SPAC

☆ Morning Bid: US growth topping China as megacaps report
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

A street sign for Wall Street hangs in front of the New York Stock Exchange May 8, 2013. The combination of high-pressure growth and U.S. crude oil prices back up to their highest in two weeks has re-ignited inflation concerns. And with a 20-year Treasury bond auction also due later in the day, bond markets are back running scared. Two-year Treasury yields hit their highest since 2006 on Tuesday at 5.24% and held most of those gains overnight - while 20-year yields are hovering around 5.2% as well. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.

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☆ How Joe Biden got on board with a wartime trip to Israel – and what he hopes to accomplish
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Phil Mattingly Kevin Liptak Kayla Tausche Mj Lee Jennifer Hansler Alex Marquardt | Phil Mattingly | Kevin Liptak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —It took an explicit commitment from his Israeli counterpart to open Gaza for humanitarian aid for President Joe Biden to agree to make an extraordinary wartime trip to Tel Aviv. He spent Monday deliberating over the trip at the White House with his top national security and intelligence advisers. Satterfield will be meeting with Israeli officials on Tuesday to start to figure out the specific contours of the plan. There remains a good amount of trepidation that despite the many, many hours Blinken was in consultation with Israeli officials and others, some things may not gel. In Amman, Biden will meet with Sisi, Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

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☆ Stock futures are little changed ahead of Friday's big bank earnings: Live updates
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Stock futures were little changed on Thursday evening as traders braced for major bank earnings. S&P 500 futures and Dow Jones Industrial Average futures oscillated near the flat line. The S&P 500 slid 0.62%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite lost 0.63%. The S&P 500 is up 0.9%, while the Dow is up nearly 0.7% on the week. This is the third positive week in a row for the Nasdaq, and the second straight positive week for the S&P 500.

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Israeli assets and the shekel remain under pressure and oil and gold prices are marginally higher than last week. World Markets Impact From MidEast Attacks WanesBlackRock chart on its Geopolitical Risk IndicatorNOWHERE TO RUN TO... Last updated shortly before the weekend events in Israel, BlackRock's Geopolitical Risk Indicator - which attempts to capture market attention to political risks - had indeed crept up to six month highs. Releasing its World Economic Outlook on Tuesday, the International Monetary Fund warned that more volatile commodity prices were a possible reflection of both greater climate and geopolitical risk. And yet hand wringing about geopolitical risk in different corners of the globe can also deflect from rising political risks in core economies - not the least in the United States.

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☆ How the Senate GOP’s campaign chief is navigating Trump and messy primaries
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( Manu Raju | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Top Senate Republicans look at the prospects of a Donald Trump primary victory with trepidation, fearful his polarizing style and heavy baggage may sink GOP candidates down the ticket as their party battles for control of the chamber. Daines argues that Trump is “strengthening” among independent voters and that could be a boon for his Senate candidates – even in purple states like Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada and Pennsylvania. “What’s key is we want to make sure we have high-quality candidates running with President Trump,” Daines said. Kyrsten Sinema nor Joe Manchin could hold onto their seats if they ran for reelection in their states as independents. And that’s a losing strategy.”Daines is also in the middle of another internal party war – between Trump and Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell, as the two men have been at sharp odds since the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

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☆ Phone calls might be dying — but they're still alive at work. Here's how etiquette experts say you should handle them.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Etiquette experts say phone calls aren't going away at the office — even if they are personally. But even as phone calls fall out of favor in our personal lives, they're not extinct in a work setting. Etiquette experts say phone calls are still necessary in the office — there's just a certain time and place for them. Insider spoke to two experts about the state of work-related phone calls in 2023. AdvertisementAdvertisementVerizon Communications CEO Hans Vestberg makes about 30 work calls per week to "people that make a difference" at the company, CNBC reported.

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☆ She Pioneered Internet Fame, He Helped Draft a Constitution. Now They’re in Love.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Joseph Bernstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Still, there was an acculturation process — particularly for Mr. Feldman, who is not really the dance-like-no-one-is-watching type. To begin with, Ms. Allison was immersed in a scene, centered on Burning Man, about which Mr. Feldman knew nothing. “Many of Julia’s friends have jobs I didn’t know existed until I met Julia,” Mr. Feldman said. “To say Noah was having trepidation about Burning Man would be a major understatement,” Ms. Allison said. If you’re going to be with me, you have to go to Burning Man.

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☆ ABC News staffers ‘freaking’ out over reports Disney is in talks to sell the outlet
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Bloomberg’s Christopher Palmeri and Thomas Buckley reported that Disney has “held exploratory talks” about selling ABC to Nexstar Media Group. The duo also reported that media mogul Byron Allen has also spoken with Disney about a possible deal. “Everyone is freaking the f**k out,” one ABC News staffer bluntly told me about the state of affairs inside the network. Whether a deal to offload ABC and Disney’s linear stations is ultimately in the cards remains to be seen. “I’m ridiculously passionate about news,” Iger told senior company leaders.

Persons: Bloomberg’s Christopher Palmeri, Thomas Buckley, Byron Allen, ”, anxiousness, Will, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Disney, Bob Iger’s, ABC News’ers, they’re, Iger —, ” Iger, “ Organizations: CNN, ABC News, Disney, Magic Kingdom, ABC, Nexstar Media Group, Nexstar, CW, ESPN, Bloomberg, CNBC, Sun Locations: New York City

☆ College Students Have Always Wanted Freedom
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Michael Roth | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

My parents didn’t go to college, but they saved up so that their children could, and in 1975 I arrived with enthusiasm and some trepidation for my first year at Wesleyan University. At that time, my image of college students was that of young people demanding rights while chanting slogans and holding up protest signs. I had no idea that commentators were already lamenting that my generation of undergrads was so much less focused on politics and the public sphere and that we were “grinds” working away to climb the meritocratic ladder. For me, there was no ladder; being a student was about rebellion and freedom.

Persons: didn’t Organizations: Wesleyan University

☆ Dominic Pezzola: Proud Boy who smashed Capitol window on January 6 sentenced to 10 years
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Hannah Rabinowitz | Holmes Lybrand | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Images of Dominic Pezzola, nicknamed “Spazzolini,” using the police riot shield to first breach the Capitol building quickly became a symbol of the violence that day. “The reality is you were the one who did it,” District Judge Timothy Kelly said during the hearing Friday. “You were the one who smashed that window in and let people begin to stream into the Capitol building and threaten the lives of our lawmakers. Pezzola was the only one of the five Proud Boys defendants not convicted of seditious conspiracy. Two of Pezzola’s codefendants, Joseph Biggs and Zachary Rehl, were sentenced Thursday to 17 and 15 years in prison respectively.

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