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☆ Why California Officials Killed Cedar, a Little Girl's Pet Goat
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Usually, when a child sells an animal at the county fair, some local macher buys it for more than its market value. All they were waiting for, apparently, was approval from the Shasta County district attorney. "More important for livestock producers is how the Shasta County Fair and the Shasta County sheriff — both unencumbered by intelligence — created a bonanza for animal rights zealots." Cedar was livestock, and many people can't even conceive that livestock like Cedar can be something more than food. (The California Department of Food and Agriculture, the Shasta fair, and the county sheriff all declined my requests for comment.)

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RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — Prosecutors say they are planning a major announcement in their investigation of the suspected serial murders of a group of women whose bodies were found strewn along a coastal highway near Long Island's Gilgo Beach. The prime suspect in some of those killings, Rex Heuermann, is due in court Tuesday, months after he was charged in the deaths of three women. Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney is set to make the announcement after a court hearing in the case in Riverhead, New York. Heuermann was charged in July with the killings of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman and Amber Costello, whose bodies were found buried along a remote beach parkway. Prosecutors said Heuermann is also suspected in the death of Maureen Brainard-Barnes, who vanished in 2007.

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☆ At 31, ‘cash-strapped’ single mom started saving $25 a month—she used it to launch a business that brings in $440,000 a year
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

In 2000, Penny Bowers-Schebal was a 31-year-old "cash-strapped" single mother struggling to cover basic household bills. She wanted to "build financial security" beyond the 401(k) program at her employer, Progressive Insurance, she tells CNBC Make It. So, at the advice of Suze Orman, she started putting $25 per month into a Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP). Ultimately, her Home Depot investment brought her an annual return of roughly 13%. "I'm not a big investor, and this was a life-changing investment for me," Bowers-Schebal, now 55, says.

Persons: Penny Bowers, Schebal, Suze Orman, — Bowers, Bowers Organizations: Progressive Insurance, CNBC, Depot Locations: Geneva , Ohio, Erie , Pennsylvania

☆ ‘The Social Contract Has Completely Ruptured’: Ireland’s Housing Crisis
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Megan Specia | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Before sunrise each day, Aoife Diver, a teacher in Dublin, gets into her car and drives for up to 90 minutes from her uncle’s house to the opposite side of the Irish capital. After school, it is back in the car for the reverse commute. On a recent evening, Ms. Diver, 25, sat in stop-and-go traffic, the red of the brake lights in front glowing through the windshield, as dusk turned to darkness. She used to share a house with five friends close to the school where she works in South Dublin. But when her rent and bills reached almost half of her monthly salary last year, she knew she had to move back in with family.

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☆ Gilgo Beach murders: timeline of the case and investigation
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Emma Tucker | Authorities Find First Remains In Gilgo Beach Murders | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN has reached out to Heuermann’s attorney, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office and the Suffolk County Police Department for comment. Here is a timeline of the Gilgo Beach killings, how the investigation unfolded and what ultimately led to Heuermann’s arrest. Two days later, investigators discovered the remains of three additional victims – Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Amber Costello and Megan Waterman – strewn across a half-mile stretch on Gilgo Beach. Authorities later said they believed Gilbert’s death may have been accidental and not related to the Gilgo Beach slayings. The task force included the Suffolk County Police Department, the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office, the New York State Police and the FBI.

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☆ Lindsay Lohan was 'hurt' by a joke in the new 'Mean Girls' movie that referenced a derogatory rant about her from the 2000s
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewLindsay Lohan may make a cameo in the new "Mean Girls" film, but she's not thrilled about one of the jokes that made it into the new adaptation. "Lindsay was very hurt and disappointed by the reference in the film," a representative for Lohan said, confirming the statement to Business Insider. Related storiesAs BI previously reported, Megan Thee Stallion, who collaborated with "Mean Girls" star Renée Rapp on the track "Not My Fault," also appears in two social-media sequences in the film. Lohan, who played Cady Heron in the original 2004 "Mean Girls," walked the red carpet with the new "Mean Girls" cast at the film's premiere in New York City last week. Advertisement"I felt like if I could only get one person as a surprise, the original movie is really Lindsay's movie," Fey told EW.

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☆ Gilgo Beach Serial-Murder Case Hangs on a Hair and Its DNA
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Corey Kilgannon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After 13 years of dead ends and blown leads, the Gilgo Beach murder investigation finally turned on pizza crusts that Rex Heuermann had tossed in a trash can in Midtown Manhattan. It was a jackpot for investigators who had watched Mr. Heuermann for months. “Pizza crust is like a sponge — it allowed the saliva to seep into the dough,” Ray Tierney, the Suffolk County district attorney, said in a recent interview. The sample gave investigators the genetic match that helped connect Mr. Heuermann to four bodies found in 2010 on Long Island, and his arrest followed in July, Mr. Tierney said. Investigators say the DNA profile obtained from a male hair found on the burlap used to wrap one of the four victims found in 2010, Megan Waterman, corresponds to the pizza slice sample from Mr. Heuermann.

Persons: Rex Heuermann, Heuermann, ” Ray Tierney, Tierney, Heuermann’s, Megan Waterman Organizations: Mr Locations: Midtown Manhattan, Suffolk County, Long

☆ War or No War, Many Older Ukrainians Want to Stay Put
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Lynsey Addario | Megan Specia | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

They shelter in musty basements marked in chalk with “people underground” — a message to whichever troops happen to be fighting that day. Some waited their entire lives to enjoy their twilight years, only to have been left in a purgatory of loneliness. Homes built with their own hands are now crumbling walls and blown-out windows, with framed photographs of loved ones living far away. Some people have already buried their children, and their only wish is to stay close so they can be buried next to them. “I’ve lived through two wars,” said Iraida Kurylo, 83, whose hands shook as she recalled her mother screaming when her father was killed in World War II.

Persons: “ I’ve, ”, Iraida Kurylo

☆ Look inside a $3,500 deluxe ocean-view stateroom on the Disney Magic that comfortably fit 3 adults for 5 nights
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Megan Dubois | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

I've been on multiple Disney Cruise vacations, including a sail on the Disney Magic. My family and I stayed in a deluxe veranda stateroom, which had great views of the ocean. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. When my parents and I sailed on the Disney Magic for five nights in 2022, the three of us booked a deluxe stateroom with a veranda for about $3,500. But we thought the outdoor space would be worth the higher price tag.

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☆ Rocket Cos. Hires Former Airbnb CMO Jonathan Mildenhall as Its CMO
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Megan Graham | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Jonathan Mildenhall, who previously held marketing roles at Airbnb and Coca-Cola, is joining Rocket Cos. as chief marketing officer. Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesRocket Cos., the parent of mortgage lender Rocket Mortgage, has hired Jonathan Mildenhall to be its first chief marketing officer. The Detroit-based company said Mildenhall, a well-known marketing executive who is set to start on Monday, will be responsible for creating a more unified voice for Rocket Cos.’ businesses, which also include home search platform Rocket Homes, personal finance app Rocket Money and advertising company Core Digital Media. Marketing and communications teams for Rocket Cos.’ brands will report to Mildenhall, who will report to Rocket Cos. Chief Executive Varun Krishna .

Persons: Jonathan Mildenhall, Frazer Harrison, Cos, Varun Krishna Organizations: Cos, Rocket Mortgage, Core Digital Media, Marketing Locations: Detroit, Mildenhall

☆ Considering a move abroad in 2024? These are the best countries for expats
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Blane Bachelor | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +26 min

The survey, which has been running for a decade, reflects input from nearly 12,000 expats representing 177 nationalities in 181 countries or territories. John Coletti/The Image Bank Unreleased/Getty ImagesA longtime retirement destination for Americans, Mexico also has attracted more families and the digital nomad set over the past few years. Pros: Mexico ranked first in InterNations’ 2023 Expat Insider survey and has ranked among the top five countries since 2014. Cons: As is the case in Mexico and other countries with large expat communities, there’s growing backlash against the influx of foreigners, especially Americans, and especially in Lisbon. That popularity among auslanders has contributed to a housing pinch in major cities, especially Berlin, where finding accommodation is one of the most stressful aspects of a move.

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☆ A South Carolina man killed his son in 1989, then staged a scene discovering his body and walked free for 34 years, police say
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Michelle Mark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Justin Lee Turner was strangled in 1989, and news footage captured his father discovering his body. Sheriff S. Duane Lewis said the Turners created a "staged scene" after killing the child. Archival footage shot on March 5, 1989, by the local NBC affiliate WCBD showed Victor Lee Turner emerging from a camper and sobbing in apparent grief after purportedly discovering his son's corpse. Lewis told reporters that initially, the Turners told authorities that Justin got on his school bus on the morning of March 3, 1989, and never returned. BI could not immediately reach an attorney representing Victor Lee Turner.

Persons: Justin Lee Turner, Sheriff S, Duane Lewis, —, Victor Lee Turner, Megan Renee Turner, WCBD, Berkeley County Sheriff S, Lewis, Justin, he'd Organizations: Sheriff, Turners, Service, Authorities, Sheriff's, NBC, Berkeley County Sheriff Locations: Caroline, South Carolina, Berkeley, Berkeley County

☆ The Trump Voters in Swing States Who Are Returning to the Fold
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +11 min

To try to understand his enduring appeal, Reuters spoke to five Trump supporters in five general election battleground states: Nevada, Georgia, Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. Trump currently leads Democratic President Joe Biden in several swing state general election polls, suggesting he will be highly competitive in a likely re-match next November. None are full-blown "election deniers" backing Trump's false claims that he, and not Biden, won the 2020 election. The second issue that swung Ruiz back behind Trump was the multiple criminal charges against him. Johnson likes Trump's tough stance on migration, and believes Trump will slow the crossings and deport as many migrants as feasibly possible.

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☆ Opinion | Don’t Turn Away From the Charges of Genocide Against Israel
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-12 | by ( Megan K. Stack | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

With the question of whether Israel is committing genocide in Gaza now before the International Court of Justice, the Biden administration has struck a tone of glib dismissal. “Meritless” seems to be the agreed-upon term among U.S. officials. “The charge of genocide is meritless,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken intoned from a podium in Tel Aviv this week. “Meritless, counterproductive, and without any basis in fact whatsoever,” blustered the National Security Council spokesman John Kirby. Top Israeli political and military leaders have themselves helped to bolster the case against their government.

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☆ Shimmer is using AI to bring ADHD coaching to adults. Here's an exclusive look at the pitch deck the startup used to land $2.2 million in fresh VC funding.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-11 | by ( Samantha Stokes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. The startup, which provides digital ADHD coaching for adults, just raised a $2.2 million seed round led by Worklife Ventures and SeedtoB Capital. The startup offers access to live sessions with coaches and an AI program that helps users set goals and stick to them. offers ADHD diagnoses and various treatment options, including medication. The startup offers plans ranging from $140 to $345 per month, all of which include Shimmer's flagship 1:1 coaching sessions, which are all conducted by licensed professionals.

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☆ Sam's Club will stop checking receipts at the door — and instead use AI to snap photos of your shopping cart
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Sam's Club is ditching physical receipt checks for an AI shopping-cart scan. Waiting for receipt checks at the exit has long been a source of frustration for shoppers. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementShopping trips to Sam's Club are about to get a little shorter — at the exit, at least. The Walmart-owned warehouse club said Tuesday it's ditching physical receipt checks for an artificial-intelligence-powered scan of members' shopping carts as they roll out of the store.

Persons: —, Megan Crozier Organizations: Sam's, Service, Walmart, US's, Consumer, Business Locations: Las Vegas

☆ 17-year-old used $2,000 in savings to start an Amazon side hustle—now it brings in $34,000 a month
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-05 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Bella Lin, 17, started a side hustle to give her guinea pigs more quality of life. In those days, Lin let her three guinea pigs roam her parents' grassy, fenced-in backyard just outside of San Francisco. She assumed the first, Snoopy, had escaped and she continued letting her guinea pigs outside — until her dad watched an eagle fly away with another, she recalls. But the glass was too expensive to ship, and her smaller guinea pigs' feet got stuck in the floor. Lin has owned guinea pigs for years, and has kept up to 10 at one time, she says.

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☆ Best travel destinations to visit in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-01 | by ( Cnn Travel Staff | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +32 min

cdwheatley/iStockphoto/Getty Images Angola: Beyond the capital city of Luanda, pictured, Angola has some jaw-droppingly spectacular scenery and cultural treats. David ChiaFF/Alamy Stock Photo Mérida, Mexico: Yucatán state's capital city showcases a blend of Mayan and colonial heritage. Pavel Tochinsky/The Image Bank RF/Getty Images Morocco: This North African country is home to nine UNESCO sites, including the historic city of Meknes, pictured. Panama City is also the only world capital with a tropical rainforest within its city limits. And a historic city forever entwined with the famed Camino de Santiago.

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Dumpling Daughter CEO Nadia Liu Spellman didn't grow up in your average family-owned restaurant. That upbringing taught Liu Spellman the value of sharing authentic Chinese cuisine and inspired her to open her first Dumpling Daughter storefront in 2014. Liu Spellman married her childhood sweetheart, Kyle Spellman, and moved back to Boston at the end of 2010, the year after her father died. Three months after opening, Dumpling Daughter had lines "out the door and around the building" and frequently sold out, Liu Spellman says. Liu Spellman filed a federal lawsuit, and the competitors quickly asked to settle.

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download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. In a 15-second video released to YouTube on Wednesday night, President Joe Biden promised the move would lower prices. It's the latest health policy pitch from a White House gearing up to make its efforts to tackle drug prices a central theme in next year's reelection campaign. Pharmaceutical companies have pushed back on the idea that prices alone are enough for Washington to act against a drug's patent. The plan could threaten future drugs, according to the pharmaceutical lobbying firm Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, or PhRMA.

Persons: —, Biden, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Amy Klobuchar, Neera Tanden, Megan Van Etten, William Pierce, George W, Pierce Organizations: Service, Business, YouTube, White, Medicare, Health, Human Services, Pharmaceutical, Pharmaceutical Research, Manufacturers of America, HHS Locations: WASHINGTON, Sens, Minnesota, Washington

☆ He Designed Drugs to Save His Children. Now He’s Working to Save Biotech, Too.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Betsy Mckay | Photographs Clark Hodgin For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

John Crowley burst into the back hallway of a Cheesecake Factory in New Jersey where his daughter Megan and her nurse had just finished lunch. Megan, 26, was lying unconscious on the tile floor next to her wheelchair. She was grayish, her lips purple. Nearly a quarter-century after plunging into biotech to find drugs to save Megan and her younger brother, Patrick, from a rare and deadly genetic disease, Crowley feared the battle had suddenly been lost.

Persons: John Crowley, Megan, Patrick, Crowley Locations: New Jersey

☆ I went to school in the US and in Spain. My learning felt stagnant in the US, but my social life was fun.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Megan Thorson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

After moving back to the US for high school, I felt like my classes were a joke. When my family moved back to the US, I started my freshman year of high school. And while that learning stagnated a bit in the US, high school was great social fun. High school felt like a joke by comparison. Much of what I learned in my chemistry and algebra classes in high school was a repeat of 8th grade.

Persons: —, I'd, Franz Kafka's, you'd Organizations: Service, AP Locations: Madrid, Spain, British, Atlanta, Georgia

☆ Global Advertising Growth Is Expected to Slow in 2024, Excluding Elections Spending
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Megan Graham | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A digital billboard in New York. By 2028, spending on digital advertising will be larger than spending on the entire advertising industry was in 2022, GroupM said. Photo: Richard B. Levine/Zuma PressThe growth in global ad spending is poised to slow in 2024 to 5.3%, excluding U.S. political advertising, according to a new forecast from media investment group GroupM. That would mark a deceleration from the 5.8% increase that GroupM anticipates for this year, the forecast said.

Persons: GroupM, Richard B, Levine Organizations: Zuma Locations: New York

REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsDec 4 (Reuters) - Caterpillar (CAT.N) is investing in recycling technology developer Nth Cycle as part of a push to boost the reuse of metals used to make batteries and construction equipment. "The beauty of our system is that it's truly modular," Megan O'Connor, Nth Cycle's co-founder and CEO, said in an interview. Texas-based Caterpillar, which makes heavy machinery emblazoned with its iconic yellow paint, said Nth's Cycle's technology can "help get valuable materials" back into circulation. "Caterpillar's collaboration with Nth Cycle supports our commitment to helping our customers achieve their climate-related objectives and establishing a circular value chain," said Rod Shurman, Caterpillar's senior vice president of electrification and energy solutions, in a statement released by Nth Cycle. Equinor had invested in Nth Cycle's last funding round, announced in 2022.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Megan O'Connor, Nth's, Rod Shurman, Caterpillar's, Equinor, Ernest Scheyder, Kirsten Donovan Organizations: Caterpillar, REUTERS, Earth Ventures, Thomson Locations: Harbor, Brooklyn , New York, U.S, Massachusetts, Ohio, Texas

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ten of the top albums of the year, as chosen by Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman. Instead of embracing the antiquated practice of ranking very different albums against one another, we're celebrating the best next to the best. Leading the charge is Peso Pluma, whose third studio album, “Génesis,” became the highest-charting regional Mexican album of all time. “Hackney Diamonds,” The Rolling StonesPrior to “Hackney Diamonds,” the Rolling Stones hadn’t released an album of original material in 18 years. AP's Jocelyn Noveck put it best: This album is their best new work in decades — tight, focused, full of heart and swagger.

Persons: Maria Sherman, “ Barbie, “, Carín León, ”, Pluma, Olivia Rodrigo, Rodrigo, —, Joan Didion, ” Rodrigo, “ Lucky, Megan Moroney Let’s, Morgan Wallen’s “, Luke Combs, Tracy Chapman’s, Megan Moroney, Taylor Swift, Charlie Watts, Andrew Watt, Post Malone, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, AP's Jocelyn Noveck, Raven, Kelela, Shaadi Devereaux, ” Karol G, reggaetón, Daddy Yankee, J Balvin, Rauw Alejandro, Karol G's, there's, Ojos, Shakira, It’s, Carlos Niño, Rihanna, Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar’s, Arlo, Arlo Parks Organizations: ANGELES, Associated Press, banda, Tennessee, “ Hackney, Ojos Ferrari, Sun, Chicago, NFL, Carolinas, — Locations: Mexican, Mexico, Kelela, Será, Puerto Rican, Panamanian, , New York, Colombian, “ Carolina, California, Sunbeams, ”

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