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☆ Trump and his allies are wielding immigration as a political weapon against Biden, and Ukraine is paying the price
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Negotiations on a deal on the border and aid could collapse thanks to Trump. AdvertisementRepublicans and Democrats have spent weeks carefully negotiating a massive, bipartisan immigration and foreign aid deal, leaving Ukraine in a wait-and-see position on critical support. As both sides moved closer toward a possible agreement, former President Donald Trump stepped in to torpedo attempts at a compromise. Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesDespite the border deal being notably to the right of the Biden administration's stances on immigration, the bipartisan bill could be a win for Biden ahead of the election. He appeared to be referring to a contingent of GOP lawmakers who have loudly denounced future US support for Ukraine.

Persons: Trump, —, Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, Trump's, McConnell, Joe Biden, Sen, Marco Rubio, Joe Raedle, Mitt Romney, Biden, Todd Young, America, Donald Trump grins, Chip Somodevilla, Mike Johnson, it's, Johnson, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Greg Abbott, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Artur Widak, Zelenskyy Organizations: Service, Republicans, Democrats, Punchbowl News, Miami - Dade Country Fair, Republican, CNN, Las, Immigration, Ukraine, Biden, Texas, Getty, US, NATO, Republican Party Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Iowa, New Hampshire, Miami , Florida, Las Vegas, Israel, Mexico, Rio, Warsaw, Poland, Washington, Russian

☆ Having too many options can paralyze investors. Here's how you can overcome 'choice overload'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Humans get overwhelmed by too many options, a behavioral finance concept known as "choice overload." How investors encounter choice overloadChristopher Ames | E+ | Getty ImagesIt's not just investing: The choice paradox can extend to things like ice cream flavors and apparel, for example. Given these behavioral biases, retailers and others have evolved, making it less likely consumers will experience choice overload "in the wild" today, said Dan Egan, vice president of behavioral finance and investing at Betterment. Do-it-yourselfers may have about one to two dozen investment options, at most, from which to choose, reducing the choice friction. If you don't give people an easy choice, "it's really hard for them," Blanchett said.

Persons: Philip Chao, Brian Scholl, David Blanchett, Samantha Lamas, Christopher Ames, Sheena Iyengar, Mark Lepper, Dan Egan, Egan, that's, Blanchett Organizations: Sdi, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Investor, Morningstar, Finance Locations: John , Maryland

☆ Kamila Valieva: Russian figure skater banned for four years by Court of Arbitration for Sport
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( George Ramsay | Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has been found guilty of an anti-doping violation by Switzerland’s Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and has received a four-year ban from competitions. In Beijing, Valieva’s Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team had finished first ahead of the US and Japan – with Canada finishing fourth – and no medals were subsequently awarded due to the doping controversy. CNN Sport has contacted the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the ISU, the Japanese Olympic Committee, the Canadian Olympic Committee, and the Russian Olympic Committee for further comment. RUSADA had changed its initial stance and sought a punishment that “may include or be limited to a reprimand” for Valieva, CAS announced in February last year. Russian athletes were competing as neutral athletes at the Winter Olympics in Beijing due to a previous ban for doping non-compliance.

Persons: Kamila Valieva, Valieva, Catherine Ivill, Ms Valieva, Travis Tygart, Sarah Hirshland, RUSADA, ”, Alexander Kogan, WADA, “, ” CNN’s Jill Martin, Thomas Schlachter, Anna Chernova Organizations: CNN, Switzerland’s, Sport, Valieva, Russian Olympic Committee, Canada, International Skating Union, ISU, Winter Games, CNN Sport, International Olympic Committee, Japanese Olympic Committee, Canadian Olympic Committee, Doping Agency, Olympic, Paralympic, Team USA, ”, IOC, RIA Novosti, Skating, Swiss Federal Locations: Russian, Beijing, Japan, US

NEW YORK (AP) — N. Scott Momaday, a Pulitzer Prize-winning storyteller, poet, educator and folklorist whose debut novel "House Made of Dawn" is widely credited as the starting point for contemporary Native American literature, has died. “His Kiowa heritage was deeply meaningful to him and he devoted much of his life to celebrating and preserving Native American culture, especially the oral tradition." Like Joseph Heller’s “Catch-22,” Momaday’s novel was a World War II story that resonated with a generation protesting the Vietnam War. Addressing a gathering of American Indian scholars in 1970, Momaday said, “Our very existence consists in our imagination of ourselves.” He championed Natives' reverence for nature, writing that "the American Indian has a unique investment in the American landscape." Audio guides to tours of the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of the American Indian featured Momaday's avuncular baritone.

Persons: Scott Momaday, Momaday, “ Scott, ”, Jennifer Civiletto, “, Kiowa, John Joseph Mathews, Marshall Sprague, Scott Momaday's, Joseph Heller’s “, Leslie Marmon Silko, James Welch, Louise Erdrich, Joy Harjo, Robert Redford, Jeff Bridges, George W, Bush, Regina Heitzer, Cael, Navarre Scott Mammedaty, Momaday's, Fran McCullough, Billy the Kid, ” Redford, Scott, “ I’m, ” Momaday, Russell Contreras Organizations: HarperCollins, PBS, American Indians, New York Times, Stanford, Princeton, NPR, of, Academy of American Poets, Kiowa Nation, Smithsonian Institution's Museum, Indian, University of Mexico, Associated Press Locations: Santa Fe , New Mexico, New Mexico, Jemez Pueblo, Vietnam, American, Columbia, Dayton, Lawton , Oklahoma, Arizona , New Mexico, North Dakota, Wyoming

He spent years spreading the lie that Barack Obama, America’s first Black president, was ineligible to hold office. But as he seeks the presidency for a third time, Trump is aiming to win over an unlikely constituency: Black voters. Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesFor Biden, the biggest risk isn’t a dramatic move among Black voters toward Trump. When he won the New Hampshire primary this week, Sen. Tim Scott, the chamber’s only Black Republican, stood prominently behind him. And in contrast to past Democratic efforts, the Biden campaign has opted for an early engagement strategy with core constituencies like Black voters.

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☆ Gypsy Rose Blanchard is everywhere. The woman behind her documentary says 'it's my fault.'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Gypsy Rose Blanchard-Anderson had just been released from a Missouri prison . Now I just say, "Gypsy, have you talked to Mia?" I think Gypsy is getting her footing to become a very strong advocate in the medical community about health, and Munchausen by proxy. I think she's going to bring a lot of change in that area, and I'm excited to watch her do that. "The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard" is available to stream in the Lifetime app.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Women lead the major categories at the Grammys this year – names like SZA, Taylor Swift, Victoria Monét, Phoebe Bridgers, Olivia Rodrigo and Brandy Clark top the list. If Taylor Swift wins for “Midnights,” she will become the first artist in Grammy history to win the top prize four times. (And, conversely, artists it loves to nominate but not award: both Lana Del Rey and Miley Cyrus have yet to receive a Grammy. I'd love to see a Cyrus win, but I’ve been burned before! She’s tied with the likes of Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus with six nominations, and I think it is her time to finally take home a trophy.

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☆ Australia marks national day that stokes patriotism and anger
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Angus Watson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Sydney CNN —“Australia Day is Dead!” Indigenous activist Gwenda Stanley chants into the loudspeaker, as a crowd of thousands breaks into applause. This is not a day to celebrate.”Nearby, Kevin Shaw-Taylor agrees January 26 is “absolutely not” an appropriate day for national celebrations. On the other side of the city, the Australia Day party was in full swing. A yacht sails in Sydney Harbor to mark Australia Day on January 16, 2024. Instead of guilt on Australia Day, a vast number of Australians “associate it with summer fun,” says Bongiorno, from the ANU.

Persons: Gwenda Stanley, It’s, Lynda, June Coe, Jenny Evans, ”, Grace, Elise, Kevin Shaw, Taylor, Arthur Phillip, Dan Himbrechts, EFE, Frank Bongiorno, –, Asanka Ratnayake, Chelsea Watego, “, Peter Dutton, ” Dutton, Dutton, Brad Banducci, Banducci, ” Banducci, Captain Cook, Queen Victoria, Queen, Diego Fedele, “ I’m, UQ’s, we’ve, we’re Organizations: Sydney CNN —, Indigenous, “, CNN, Australia, First Nations, Sydney, British Royal Navy, Australian National University, ANU, Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islanders, Voters, Nations, Curumba, Sea, Indigenous Voice, Coalition, Woolworths, Sovereign Movement, Blak Locations: Sydney, “ Australia, Belmore, Sydney’s, Australia, Sydney Harbor, Melbourne, Queensland, Queen Victoria

DENVER (AP) — The American founder of a Haitian orphanage who had charges of sexual abuse against him dropped in the island nation was set to appear in federal court Thursday on new charges brought by U.S. authorities. He has not yet entered a plea, but has vehemently denied past accusations of sexual abuse that had been levied against him. Oberkoetter was not present at Monday's hearing but is scheduled to represent Geilenfeld virtually at future hearings, according to court records. At some point, Geilenfeld and a charity associated with the orphanage, Hearts for Haiti, sued Kendrick in federal court in Maine. At Monday's hearing, prosecutors were granted their request that Geilenfeld be kept in custody while the new case against him proceeds.

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Sen. Todd Young speaks to reporters before a Republican Senate policy luncheon at the US Capitol Building on September 19, 2023 in Washington, DC. Samuel Corum/Getty ImagesStatus of border talks remains unclearFrustration reigned inside the Senate GOP on Thursday amid lingering confusion over the status of a border deal. Pressed on whether it was realistic to pass a border deal with Trump opposing it, Young said: “It may be possible. This is about security for our own country and so let’s keep pushing to get this border deal,” she said. Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, one of the Democrats involved in the border talks, expressed frustration about Trump seeking to inject chaos into the situation.

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☆ TikTok's Lunden and Olivia Stallings are straight people's favorite lesbian couple. What do they owe queer fans?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Kate Taylor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +29 min

Lunden and Olivia told me their mission as influencers was to "represent and inspire others to be their authentic self." Advertisement"I did feel represented by them," Asia said, but the tweets "showed me that they are still white women." "We are especially confident in our sexuality and the way that we feel and who we are," Olivia told me. Lunden and Olivia told me they want to advocate for all LGBTQ+ people, including those who don't look like them. It's a chance, the couple told me, to combat the hate and negativity LGBTQ+ parents face.

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☆ Man Arrested on 77 Counts of Murder in Johannesburg Building Fire
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Lynsey Chutel | John Eligon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The South African police have arrested a man who confessed to having caused a fire that killed 77 people in a derelict building in downtown Johannesburg last year after a drug dispute led him to strangle a man and set the body alight, a police spokeswoman and a victims’ advocate said on Wednesday. The man, a 29-year-old whose name has not been released, was arrested on Tuesday on 77 counts of murder and 120 counts of attempted murder, said Col. Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi, a spokeswoman for the police in Gauteng Province, which includes Johannesburg. Colonel Nevhuhulwi initially gave the figure as 76 counts, but then clarified that it was 77. The man made his confession during a hearing of a special commission investigating the fire, which tore through an overcrowded four-story building in the early hours of Aug. 31. The commission was later told that the exact death toll was unclear because of how badly some of the bodies were burned.

Persons: Dimakatso, Nevhuhulwi, incriminated, ”, Andy Chinnah, Norton Rose Fulbright Organizations: South, Norton Rose Locations: Johannesburg, Gauteng Province

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio has banned gender-affirming care for minors and restricted transgender women’s and girls’ participation on sports teams, a move that has families of transgender children scrambling over how best to care for them. The new law bans gender-affirming surgeries and hormone therapies, and restricts mental health care for transgender individuals under 18. The measure also bans transgender girls and women from girls and women’s sports teams at both the K-12 and collegiate level. One advocate, while singing that Jesus loves transgender children, was escorted out of the Senate chamber. At least 23 states have now enacted laws restricting or banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, and many of those states face lawsuits.

Persons: Mike DeWine’s, Sen, Nathan Manning, Kat Scaglione’s, Amity, Matt, Lexi, we’re, ” Scaglione, “ It’s, you’re, ” DeWine, Kristina Roegner, ”, Jesus, Biden, Nickie J, Antonio, “, Maria Bruno, ___ Samantha Hendrickson Organizations: —, Republican, Statehouse, Equality Ohio, Associated Press, America Statehouse News Initiative, America Locations: COLUMBUS , Ohio, — Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Amity, Ohio, Summit County, Arkansas, United States, Cleveland

☆ IRS has started simplifying millions of complicated taxpayer notices ahead of the filing season
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Kate Dore | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Ronda Churchill | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesWith the opening of tax season only days away, the IRS has unveiled a plan to simplify the millions of complicated notices sent to taxpayers every year. As part of the agency's multibillion-dollar modernization efforts, the IRS has started to review and redesign hundreds of IRS notices — such as letters about unfiled returns, taxes owed or filing errors — aiming to help resolve issues faster and boost compliance. Known as the "Simple Notice Initiative," the program will eventually cover the roughly 170 million notices sent to taxpayers every year, according to the IRS. The agency aims to "review, redesign, and deploy" the majority of IRS letters received by taxpayers by 2025. The program builds on the agency's paperless processing initiative announced in August, which now allows taxpayers to respond to IRS notices online.

Persons: Janet Yellen, Ronda Churchill, unfiled, Yellen, Danny Werfel, Werfel, filers Organizations: Treasury, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Bloomberg, Getty, IRS, National Taxpayer, Congress Locations: Las Vegas, Ronda

☆ Mom in Texas abortion case to be Biden guest at State of the Union
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The mother at the center of a high-profile Texas Supreme Court abortion case will attend President Joe Biden's State of the Union speech to Congress as a guest of the president and first lady Dr. Jill Biden, the White House said Wednesday. Abortions have been banned in Texas since shortly after June 2022, when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its half-century-old ruling in the case Roe v. Wade. To obtain an abortion, Cox was forced to travel out of Texas. "The first lady invited Kate to join her as a guest at the State of the Union and Kate accepted," Jean-Pierre said. Biden is scheduled to deliver his State of the Union address to Congress on March 7.

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“I say the general election begins tonight,” said Trump-adversary-turned-advocate Vivek Ramaswamy, who was standing at the former president’s side during his New Hampshire victory speech. Both Biden and Trump have loud detractors within their parties and glaring political liabilities. The earliest either Trump or Biden could clinch enough delegates to become his party's presumptive nominee is March. Haley beat Trump on Tuesday among Republican primary voters who identified as either moderates or independents, according to AP VoteCast, a survey of the electorate. About half of the state's Republican primary voters also said they are very or somewhat concerned that Trump is too extreme to win the general election.

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☆ Federal Trade Commission bans 'deceptive advertising' for free filing from TurboTax maker Intuit
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Kate Dore | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

As the opening of tax season approaches, the Federal Trade Commission has cracked down on "deceptive advertising" from Intuit , maker of tax filing software TurboTax. The FTC on Monday upheld a September ruling that found Intuit violated federal law by marketing free TurboTax software to filers who were not eligible, and were upgraded to deluxe and premium products, according to the opinion. The Commission's final order bans Intuit from advertising "free" services unless all filers can use the free software or the company "clearly and conspicuously" discloses eligibility. In May 2022, Intuit entered a multistate agreement to pay $141 million to lower-income Americans who wrongly paid for using the "TurboTax Free Edition" of its software. The agreement affected 4.4 million customers and the settlement began in May 2023.

Persons: Ed Mierzwinski Organizations: Federal Trade Commission, Intuit, Finance, FTC, U.S . Public Interest Research Locations: America

☆ Opinion: ‘Dear Omri…’ A love letter to a hostage husband
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Opinion Lishay Lavi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Editor’s Note: Editor’s note: Lishay Lavi’s husband Omri Miran, father of their two daughters Roni and Alma, was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 and remains captive in Gaza. I hope that you’ll return to Roni, Alma and me. Lishay Lavi and her daughters Roni and Alma with a poster of their kidnapped husband and father Omri Miran. You told me that you love me, and then Roni tried to run to you. But do know that while some are silent, and some are hateful, many others are loud and full of love.

Persons: Lishay, Omri Miran, Roni, Alma, Moshe Lavi, Read, CNN —, Omri, –, ” Roni, Lavi, Oz, Tsaci, Penelope, Odysseus Organizations: CNN, Mojo, United Nations, International Committee Locations: Gaza, Kibbutz Kramim, Nahal Oz, Kramim, Israel

☆ Martin Luther King Jr.’s youngest son Dexter has died at age 62
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Zoe Sottile | Olivia Laborde | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Dexter Scott King, the youngest son of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has died, according to statements from his family and the King Center. The third child of Dr. and Mrs. Coretta Scott King was married to Leah Weber King since 2013. Please keep the entire King family in your prayers, and in particular Dexter’s wife, Leah Weber.”The Rev. Coretta Scott King (L), widow of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., passes the Olympic Flame to her son Dexter Scott King on July 19, 1996, in Atlanta. Martin Luther King Jr. poses for a family portrait with his daughter Yolanda Denise King, son Dexter Scott King, his wife Coretta Scott King and son Martin Luther King III at their home in Atlanta in July 1962.

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And the DeSantis campaign made many of them, his advisers, allies and supporters have acknowledged to CNN in interviews. Republican presidential candidate and Florida Governor, Ron DeSantis, speaks during a campaign event in Hampton, New Hampshire, on January 17, 2024. Michael Reaves/Getty Images DeSantis and his wife, Casey, have three children: from left, daughters Mamie and Madison and son Mason. But that approach was rejected by the woman who would be announced as DeSantis’ campaign manager, Generra Peck. And yet, in the face of this overwhelming rejection of his pitch to Make America Florida, DeSantis refused to change gears.

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While vice presidential candidates typically aren't picked until after a candidate has locked down the nomination, Trump's decisive win in last week's Iowa caucuses and the departure of Florida Gov. That interest comes despite the fate of Trump’s first vice president, Mike Pence. Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesThe Trump campaign has held several events in both Iowa and New Hampshire with high-profile surrogates. Tim Scott’s a very, very good dude and would make a great vice president,” he said. “I absolutely love what she did, this whole thing with the Harvard.”Ingrahm-Kelly, who is leaning toward voting for Trump on Tuesday, said she also likes the idea of another woman vice president.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman charged with killing a high-profile marketing consultant and social justice advocate in film pleaded not guilty Monday. Jameelah Elena Michl, 36, entered the plea in Los Angeles Superior Court to charges of murder and burglary, with additional allegations that she used a firearm to commit the felonies. Prosecutors say she knocked on the door of the Los Angeles home of Michael Latt — then forced her way in and fatally shot him with a semi-automatic handgun on Nov. 27. Latt, 33, was a well-known consultant in Hollywood whose firm focused on social impact in film and entertainment. At the ceremony, Satter and the two directors she mentored who presented her the award, Coogler and Chloe Zhao, paid tribute to Latt.

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☆ Ethiopians Celebrate 'Timket' Festival That Marks Jesus' Baptism
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Dawit EndeshawADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Thousands of Ethiopian Orthodox followers gathered in the capital Addis Ababa on Friday and Saturday to celebrate Epiphany, also called Timket, a religious festival commemorating Jesus' baptism in the Jordan River. Although the religious festival was celebrated across the country, in some areas it was disrupted by conflict in the Amhara region. Gondar, Amhara region's second-biggest city, usually attracts many people during the Timket festival. But a few days prior to the festival clashes broke out between government forces and Fano, a local militia. "Many who planned to attend Timket in Gondar have already cancelled their plan," a resident of Gondar told Reuters.

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☆ Opinion: Our possibly short national nightmare
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

“My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over,” President Gerald Ford said. “Our campaign is the last best hope of stopping the Trump-Biden nightmare,” the former UN ambassador said. If not, it won’t be as protracted a “national nightmare” as the two-year-long Watergate scandal that put Gerald Ford in the Oval Office. Though, depending on your point of view, the real nightmare could begin after the swearing-in. Yet, John Avlon wrote, Trump and some members of the House GOP, want to tank an emerging compromise in the Senate that would couple border security measures with aid to Ukraine.

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☆ DeSantis ends 2024 presidential campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Steve Contorno | Kit Maher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

Accordingly, I am today suspending my campaign,” DeSantis said. Jeb Bush and Sen. Marco Rubio (the latter two of whom he bested in the 2016 Republican presidential primary). Patrick Farrell/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service/Getty Images DeSantis shakes hands with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum after a CNN debate in October 2018. Joe Raedle/Getty Images DeSantis speaks at the opening of the Conservative Political Action Conference in February 2021. Joe Raedle/Getty Images DeSantis helps hold a python as he kicks off the 2021 Python Challenge in Miami.

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