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☆ Connor McDavid wins third Hart Trophy for NHL’s MVP after near unanimous vote
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Connor McDavid won his third Hart Trophy – awarded to the NHL’s most valuable player – on Monday after a near unanimous vote. McDavid enjoyed a stellar season for the Oilers, leading the league in goals, assists and points. Although the 26-year-old has yet to taste Stanley Cup success, the importance of his personal accolades is hugely significant to Hart. “Certainly, it’s not lost on me what these trophies mean in the grand scheme of our game,” McDavid said. The accolade is presented “to the most outstanding player in the NHL,” as voted by fellow members of the NHL Players’ Association.

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☆ Bedard offers Blackhawks a chance to fast-track the rebuild
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

There is no reason to think the Chicago Blackhawks will not use the top pick of the NHL Draft on Wednesday in Nashville to select Canadian Bedard, who has positioned himself as the best prospect since Connor McDavid entered the league in 2015. "Connor Bedard is one of those unique, elite talents who belongs in the same category as other generational talents before him such as Connor McDavid and Sidney Crosby," said Dan Marr, Vice President of NHL Central Scouting. At age 15, Bedard became the first WHL player to be granted exceptional player status to enter the league at an early age. The NHL Draft, featuring 224 selections, will take place over two days starting with the first round on Wednesday. Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto Editing by Toby DavisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Connor Bedard, Bedard, Connor McDavid, Sidney Crosby, Dan Marr, Western Hockey League's Regina, Patrick Kane, Kane, Frank Pingue, Toby Davis Organizations: Stanley, Chicago Blackhawks, NHL, NHL Central Scouting, Western Hockey League's, Western Hockey League's Regina Pats, WHL, Blackhawks, Chicago, Thomson Locations: Nashville, American, Toronto

☆ At the Top of Their Renovation Wish List: A Fire Pole
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Tim Mckeough | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

So they began casually looking at houses outside the city, just to get a feel for the market. Once they visited an oceanfront house in Marblehead, Mass., however, things began moving quickly. “We weren’t really looking. We were supposed to be educating ourselves,” said David, 45, who previously worked for tech start-ups but is now focused on raising their children. They also liked the quiet residential neighborhood, where they could imagine their children riding bicycles without having to worry about traffic.

Persons: David, Davin Wedel, ”, “, Davin, ‘ I’m Locations: Boston, Marblehead , Mass

☆ More than 100 U.S. political elites have family links to slavery
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Reuters Graphic | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +46 min

Then the war came, and according to the family history, Union soldiers plundered Sessions’ 27-room house. About 48 years old at the time, he did not stand a chance to succeed without slavery, the family history suggests. ‘A Better Nation’Some historians and genealogists say there is a valuable reason for white leaders – and other white Americans – to explore their links to slavery. Nicka Sewell-Smith, a professional genealogist with the family history website Ancestry.com, said people frequently ask her what to do with such documents. The top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Meeks said in an interview that he has spent years trying to trace his family history back before 1870.

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☆ Opinion: It’s not over yet in Russia, not by a long shot
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( David A. Andelman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Halted indeed was the immediate crisis, but not the underlying foundations that Prigozhin and Putin had laid long before. “The oligarchic clan that rules Russia needed the war,” Prigozhin said. Now, in theory, though he is beyond the long arm of Putin’s justice system, he could still be brandishing a powerful cell phone and laptop. Indeed, Prigozhin’s Wagner Group seems to be the only force that’s winning at all methodically in Ukraine these days. Russia is not winning this war that was supposed to be over in a matter of days or weeks more than a year ago.

Persons: David A, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner, Vladimir Putin —, Prigozhin, Alexander Lukashenko, Putin, ”, ” Prigozhin, scumbags, Konstantin Dolgov, renege, Prigozhin’s Wagner, Lukashenko, Dmitry Peskov, Antony Blinken, Dana Bash, “, Volodymyr Zelensky Organizations: CNN, French Legion of, The New York Times, CBS News, Kremlin, Putin, Twitter, Facebook Locations: Russia, Moscow, Belarus, Ukraine, Russian, Bakhmut, Kyiv, “ State

☆ Richard Ravitch, Rescuer of the Subways and New York’s Finances, Dies at 89
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Sam Roberts | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Richard Ravitch, a politically savvy, civic-minded developer and public citizen who helped rescue New York City from the brink of bankruptcy and its decaying subways from fiscal collapse, died on Sunday in Manhattan. His death, in a hospital, was confirmed by his wife, Kathleen M. Doyle. Mr. Ravitch never won elective office. He later served as New York’s lieutenant governor, enlisted by David A. Paterson in 2009 to lend gravitas to his teetering administration. (Mr. Paterson had succeeded Eliot Spitzer, who resigned in disgrace after a prostitution scandal.)

Persons: Richard Ravitch, Kathleen M, Doyle, Mr, Ravitch, David A, Paterson, Eliot Spitzer Organizations: New, Urban Development Corporation, Metropolitan Transportation Authority Locations: New York City, Manhattan, New

☆ To the Conductor Claudio Abbado, the Orchestra Was a Collective
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( David Allen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Achieving that ideal was no simple task with orchestras of long traditions and routines, though Abbado remade the Philharmonic in his image, and lastingly so. Striving to fulfill that promise led him not only to embrace the energy of youth orchestras, but also to support and found ensembles of like mind: the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the Orchestra Mozart. The most extravagant was the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, a coterie of colleagues and admirers with whom he gave critically sanctified summer performances from 2003 until just before his death. The breadth is extraordinary — what other conductor was as adept as Abbado in Rossini as well as in Webern and Ligeti? — yet it still excludes records he made for EMI, RCA and Sony, as well as most of his vaunted Mahler from Lucerne.

Persons: Abbado, Martha Argerich, Maurizio Pollini, Schell, “, ”, Karajan, Orchestra Mozart, Rossini, Webern, Ligeti, Mahler Organizations: Berlin Philharmonic, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Deutsche Grammophon, Decca, Philips, Universal Music Group, EMI, RCA, Sony Locations: Lucerne

☆ Secrets and Systems, Lost in the Video Age
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Rory Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Udinese knew about Alexis Sánchez long before he had been called up to play for the Chilean national team. It knew about him before he had played in the Copa Libertadores, before the rest of South America discovered him and before he had caught the acquisitive eyes of Europe’s biggest, richest teams. There is a chance that Udinese knew about Sánchez even before, on April 23, 2005, Jawed Karim stood outside the elephant enclosure at the San Diego Zoo, filming himself for a website he had helped to launch. “The cool thing about these guys,” Karim said, correctly, “is that they have really, really, really long trunks.” It may not have been David Attenborough, but it was the first video uploaded to YouTube. And it would, ultimately, be possibly the most significant event in Udinese’s modern history.

Persons: Alexis Sánchez, Jawed Karim, ” Karim, David Attenborough Organizations: Udinese, Chilean national, Copa Libertadores, San Diego Zoo, YouTube Locations: South America, Calama, Chile’s, Atacama

☆ Mexico's top court strikes down part of electoral overhaul
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MEXICO CITY, June 22 (Reuters) - Mexico's Supreme Court ruled in a lopsided vote on Thursday to strike down part of a legislative overhaul of the country's electoral authority which was championed by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Nine of the court's 11 justices voted to invalidate the reform, the court announced on Twitter, which overall would significantly shrink Mexico's national electoral institute INE and cut its budget. Critics of the reform drive counter that the electoral shake-up would cede power to state and local officials, many of whom are currently affiliated with Lopez Obrador's Morena party. In March, Lopez Obrador said he will seek a vote on a broader electoral reform just before leaving office, if Morena and its allies can win a supermajority in the next Congress which would be needed to enact constitutional changes. Reporting by Raul Cortes Fernandez and Valentine Hilaire; Editing by David Alire GarciaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Lopez Obrador, Lopez Obrador's, Raul Cortes Fernandez, Valentine Hilaire, David Alire Garcia Organizations: MEXICO CITY, Twitter, Thomson Locations: MEXICO, Lopez Obrador's Morena, Morena

☆ Mexico's 'super peso' keeps gaining, but exports will likely suffer
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Noe Torres | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The Mexican peso is among the top-performing currencies this year with a 12% surge against the U.S. dollar, after closing last year up about 5%. But the Mexican currency's recent strengthening to about 17 pesos per U.S. dollar, from 19.50 pesos per greenback last December, makes Mexican exports more expensive. In fact, Banco Base sees remittances loosing more than 10% of their spending power if the peso-to-dollar exchange rate holds steady. Mexico's peso is among the world's most liquid currencies since the country adopted a free-floating exchange rate in 1994. Bets for an even stronger peso on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange have grown since March.

Persons: Guillermo Mateos, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Jonathan Zuloaga, Noe Torres, Valentine Hilaire, David Alire Garcia, Diane Craft Organizations: MEXICO CITY, U.S, U.S ., Banco Base, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Thomson Locations: MEXICO, Columbus de Mexico

☆ I'm the CEO of Ancestry. Here are 6 things that are hard to admit as a working mother.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Deb Liu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Liu writes that being a full-time working mother is hard and no one can do it without support. that being a full-time working mother is hard and no one can do it without support. The truth is, being a full-time working mother outside the home, especially to young children, is hard. Realistically, most mothers work out of necessity, and they are the norm, even as they are judged negatively for making that choice. Nevertheless, the motherhood penalty is real, and it is felt by so many working mothers who silently struggle to keep all the plates spinning, hoping that none of them tip over.

Persons: Deb Liu, Liu, —, Jonathan, Bethany, Danielle, I've, it's, fatherswere, couldn't, David, we'd, we're, I'd Organizations: Service, American Association of University Women, Census, American, Sociology, American Sociological Association Locations: America

Jerusalem CNN —Four people were killed and at least four more were wounded in shootings near the settlement of Eli in the West Bank, Israeli authorities and emergency services said Tuesday. The four wounded were taken to hospitals in Jerusalem or Petach Tikva, the Magen David Adom rescue service said. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said terrorists had opened fire near a gas station and that one of them had been neutralized by a civilian. Israeli troops were pursuing additional suspects and have set up roadblocks in the area, the IDF said. The IDF confirmed that four civilians had been killed and said “a number of civilians” were injured.

Persons: Eli, David Adom, ” Organizations: Jerusalem CNN, West Bank, Israel Defense Forces, IDF Locations: Jerusalem, Petach Tikva

☆ The jury at Trump's potential trial may get a glimpse at some government secrets — but like Goldilocks, prosecutors have to make sure the classified documents are just right
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Donald Trump entered a not-guilty plea to 37 criminal counts related to the retention of classified documents. These same classified documents could now be used in a potential trial against the former president. A law known as the Classified Information Processing Act, or CIPA, guides the discovery process for cases involving classified documents. The 1980 law added procedures to determine which classified documents can be used. CIPA also outlines rules by which defense attorneys can request classified documents be revealed to help their own cases.

Persons: Donald Trump, —, Trump, David Aaron, Aaron, wouldn't, Trump's Organizations: Service, Justice Department, Washington Post, MSNBC

☆ Opinion: Trump, the hoarder in chief
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. Photos included in the 38-count indictment of former President Donald Trump and his aide Walt Nauta show bankers boxes stacked in a bathroom and other parts of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club. Trump has always hung onto news clippings, documents and other mementos,” The New York Times reported. “Trump is chaotic and unpredictable in a way that could lead other Republicans to believe that there is a chance he won’t make it to the convention. As Zelizer noted, “Trump has denied wrongdoing, claiming he is being unfairly targeted.”But “given this unusual context, Republicans have legitimate reasons to think that there could be an upset.

Persons: Harry Fellowes, Fellowes, Harry Fellowes couldn’t, Donald Trump, Walt Nauta, Trump, Kim Jong, Mr, Jack Smith’s, Peter Bergen, ” Bergen, Nick Anderson, David Zurawik, “, ” Zurawik, ” Clay Jones, ” Trump, Jill Filipovic, ” Dana Summers, John Avlon, MAGA hasn’t, Gautham Rao, Donald Trump’s, Dean Obeidallah, Hillary Clinton, Phil Hands, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, Julian Zelizer, “ Trump, ”, Facebook Trump, Zelizer, Republican Alice Stewart, Joe Biden, Mike, Pence, Agency Stewart, I’m, that’s, Chris Christie, Christie, Cupp, ’, Frida Ghitis, Mucutuy, –, Cristin, Tien Ranoque, ” Ghitis, David Andelman, Ruth Ben Ghiat, Brett Bruen, Sébastien Roblin, Michael Bociurkiw, Father’s, Edward S, Feldman, Harrison Ford, David G, Allan, Tom Hanks, ” Allan, I’ve, Ford, Indiana Jones, Steve Majors, Young, Joyce M, Davis, Pete Buttigieg, ” Davis, Buttigieg, Don’t, Tom Stiglich, Syndicate David Culver, Opal Lee, Dion Sims, Black, Juneteenth Scott Hodge, Roxanne Jones, LeBron James, NBA Joshua Douglas, Samuel Huneke, Jere Hester, they’re, Sir Paul McCartney, John Lennon’s, Yoko Ono, Lennon’s, McCartney Organizations: CNN, White, The New York Times, West Wing, Tribune, Agency, US, Trump, Miami Mayor, Republican, Twitter, Facebook, intel, New, New Jersey Gov, Paramount Pictures, “, Syndicate, NBA, Central Press, Hulton, Beatles, BBC Locations: Trump’s, Mar, Miami, New Jersey, China, Philadelphia, Atlanta , Georgia, Harrisburg , Pennsylvania, Jamaica

☆ Pixar’s ‘Elemental’ Falls Flat, Adding to Worries About the Brand
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Brooks Barnes | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“The Flash,” a Warner Bros. superhero spectacle that cost about $200 million, also struggled, taking in a lethargic $55.1 million, according to Comscore, which compiles ticketing data. Gross, a film consultant who publishes a newsletter on box office numbers. Questions about Pixar’s health have swirled in Hollywood and among investors since last June, when the Disney-owned studio released “Lightyear” to disastrous results. Or maybe, as some box office analysts speculated, Disney had weakened the Pixar brand by using its films to build the Disney+ streaming service. Starting in late 2020, Disney debuted three Pixar films in a row (“Soul,” “Turning Red” and “Luca”) online, bypassing theaters altogether.

Persons: ”, David A, Gross, “, Buzz Lightyear, Disney, “ Luca ” Organizations: Pixar, Warner Bros, Disney Locations: Hollywood

☆ IMF sees Honduran economic growth slowing to about 3% in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

TEGUCIGALPA, June 16 (Reuters) - Honduran economic growth is seen slowing to about 3% in 2023, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimated in a statement issued on Friday, pointing to fewer remittances and pressures on the energy and farm sectors stemming from drought conditions. Honduran authorities said earlier this week they would begin rationing electricity due to the drought's impact on the country's hydroelectric plants. A drought linked to El Nino weather phenomenon is affecting much of Central America and is expected to cut into the region's harvests. "Honduras remains one of the world's most vulnerable countries to climate disasters, with sizeable adaptation investment needs," the IMF statement said. Reporting by Gustavo Palencia; Writing by Valentine Hilaire; Editing by David Alire GarciaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Gustavo Palencia, Valentine Hilaire, David Alire Garcia Organizations: International Monetary Fund, Central, IMF, Thomson Locations: TEGUCIGALPA, Honduran, Nino, Central America, Honduras

☆ World Bank green lights $500 mln loan to boost Costa Rica's budget
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

SAN JOSE, June 16 (Reuters) - The World Bank approved a new $500 million loan to Costa Rica aimed at strengthening support for the government's budget, according to a statement from the international lender released on Friday. The loan will support the Central American country's post-pandemic efforts to grow employment and wages and assist small and medium-sized companies. "While Costa Rica has made much progress in the environmental, economic, and social spheres, the reduction of poverty and inequality remains an ongoing challenge," Carine Clert, World Bank country manager for El Salvador and Costa Rica, said in a statement announcing the new financing package. The 19.5 year loan includes a four-year grace period, with an interest rate based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) plus a variable margin in U.S. dollars, the statement added. Reporting by Alvaro Murillo; Writing by Valentine Hilaire; Editing by David Alire GarciaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Alvaro Murillo, Valentine Hilaire, David Alire Garcia Organizations: JOSE, World Bank, Central American, Bank, El, Thomson Locations: Costa Rica, El Salvador

☆ A Netflix camera crew says its boat was almost sunk in a 'horrific' tiger shark attack while filming in Hawaii
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Netflix camera crew's boat was attacked by two 15-foot-long tiger sharks, reports say. "But the first day the tiger sharks were around, the crew got into these inflatable boats — and two sharks attacked them. "This 'v' of water came streaming towards us, and this tiger shark leapt at the boat and bit huge holes in it. Ron Sanford/Getty ImagesDespite the crew's terrifying experience, the chances of being attacked by a shark are extremely low, Insider recently reported. The new Netflix series examines animal migration patterns and the impact of climate change on the natural world.

Persons: —, David Attenborough, Huw Cordey, Laysan, Cordey, Brian Skerry, Toby Nowlan, Nowlan, Ron Sanford Organizations: Netflix, Service, Radio Times, Getty Locations: Hawaii, Spain, Portugal, British, Laysan, Northwestern, Tiger Beach, Bahamas

☆ Prestigious Rose Breeder Names Its New Bloom for a Black Gardener
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Remy Tumin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For more than 60 years, David Austin Roses has bred the world’s most prestigious blooms. They are the Air Jordans, the Birkin bags, the Steinway pianos of roses, and have become what we know, smell and delight in as the modern English rose. And every year for more than 60 years, David Austin Roses has named one or two new varieties after historical British figures, including Queen Elizabeth II, Emily Brontë, Roald Dahl and Charles Darwin. At the Chelsea Flower Show in London last month, David Austin Roses introduced the Dannahue, an apricot-colored English shrub rose named after Danny Clarke, a gardener known to his social media followers and to television viewers in Britain as the Black Gardener. The shrub is available only in Britain for now but will be sold to American gardeners next year.

Persons: David Austin, Birkin, Queen Elizabeth II, Emily Brontë, Roald Dahl, Charles Darwin, David Austin Roses, Danny Clarke, Clarke, ” Organizations: Chelsea Locations: London, Britain

☆ World Bank green lights $500 million loan to boost Costa Rica's budget
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Persons: Alvaro Murillo, Valentine Hilaire, David Alire Garcia Organizations: JOSE, World Bank, Central American, Bank, El, Thomson Locations: Costa Rica, El Salvador

☆ Opinion | To Jail or Not to Jail
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Maureen Dowd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON — Studying “Hamlet,” the revenge play about a rotten kingdom, I tried for years to fathom Hamlet’s motives, state of mind, family web, obsessions. His consciousness was so complex, Harold Bloom wrote, it seemed bigger than the play itself. Now I’m mired in another revenge play about a rotten kingdom, “Trump.” I’ve tried for years to fathom Donald Trump’s motives, state of mind, family web, obsessions. The man who dumbed down the office of the presidency is a less gratifying subject than the smarty-pants doomed prince. Trump is feral, focused on his own survival, with no sense of shame or boundaries or restraint.

Persons: WASHINGTON, Harold Bloom, “ Trump, ” I’ve, Donald, Trump, ” David Axelrod, “, ”

☆ A 'fabulously gay' lifestyle put them $51,000 in debt. Now their net worth is over $1 million
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Ryan Ermey | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Instead, they had $51,000 in credit card debt and a lease on a basement apartment in Denver, Colorado. But one line item proved particularly shocking: interest charges from their credit card balance. It took the Auten-Schneiders less than three years to pay down $51,000 in credit card debt. Courtesy of Debt Free GuysThe couple used a 0% balance transfer to eliminate interest payments and stopped using credit altogether. Nearly everything they saved, they funneled toward paying down their credit card debt.

Persons: John Schneider, David Auten, they'd, Schneider, Auten, You'd Locations: Denver , Colorado, autopay

☆ Rare video footage shows a cannibalistic killer crab gobbling up babies. 'I have never seen this behavior before,' one expert said.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Every year, millions of Christmas Island red crabs make their way to the Indian Ocean to lay eggs. David Attenborough's Netflix series "Our Planet II," shows an adult crab feasting on baby crablets. The Christmas Island crabs are terrestrial, inhabiting the island's rainforests during most of the year. When the eggs hit the water, the red crab larvae hatch. You can watch "Our Planet II" on Netflix.

Persons: David Attenborough's, Lucy Turner, —, I've Organizations: David Attenborough's Netflix, Service, Netflix, University of Plymouth, Parks Australia –

☆ Opinion: A tail of two cities – how Parisians and New Yorkers take on rats
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( David A. Andelman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Indeed, if there’s one attribute shared by New York and Paris it’s rats. The mayor of Paris is forming a committee to look into the cohabitation of the city's citizens with its notorious population of rats. Thomas Samson/AFP/Getty ImagesNot surprisingly, there are some who believe ridding the city of rats with traps and rat poison is utterly inhumane. In contrast, Boulard with his anti-rat vengeance, sounds more like the mayor of New York than the mayor of Paris. Of course, Paris has a far longer history than New York with rats.

Persons: David A, Paris CNN —, David Andelman, Tony, ”, Pont, Pont Royal they’ve, I’ve, Anne Hidalgo, Geoffroy Boulard, quartiers, Boulard, Thomas Samson, PAZ, Douchka Marcovitch, Eric Adams, Ben Regenspan, Adams, Hidalgo’s Organizations: CNN, French Legion of, The New York Times, CBS News, Paris CNN, David Andelman CNN, America’s, Paris Olympics, Pont Royal, Paris’s, hyperlocal, Getty, New York Times, Twitter, Facebook Locations: France, Paris, New York, Raspail, Tuileries, AFP, Manhattan

☆ Former top SpaceX lawyer joins Surf Air Mobility as it prepares to go public
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

David Anderman, who recently served as SpaceX general counsel, is joining soon-to-be-public company Surf Air Mobility, CNBC has learned. Surf Air, a regional air travel and electric aviation company, plans to go public through a direct listing later this summer, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Using Cessna Grand Caravans as its aircraft fleet, Surf Air offers scheduled and private flights. Anderman is joining Surf Air as its chief legal officer, a person familiar with the matter told CNBC. Surf Air did not respond to CNBC's request for comment.

Persons: David Anderman, he's, Tom Cruise's, Anderman, George Lucas Organizations: SpaceX, Surf Air Mobility, CNBC, Surf, Securities and Exchange Commission, Cessna, Surf Air, Southern Airways Express, SEC, Hollywood, Lucasfilm, Disney

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