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☆ Brazil finds Pan Am gold at the beach and in the ring
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The silver was Canada's first medal in women's beach volleyball at a Pan Am Games. A silver medal came with a bonus prize with every fighter in the finals having secured a quota spot for the Paris Olympics. In the women's 75-kilogram Canada's Tammara Thibeault added Pan Am gold to her world and Commonwealth Games titles with a unanimous 5-0 decision over Panama's Atheyna Bylon. "Out of all the tournaments I've been to, I've been able to capture gold and I was missing Pan Ams," said Thibeault. That contribution helped power Mexico into second place on the medal table with 35 gold and 80 total medals.

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☆ Hitting the gym, dog-sitting, and actually showing up to meet constituents: Here's how House Democrats spent their 3 weeks without a speaker
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

House Democrats were mostly stuck in DC for 3 weeks as the GOP struggled to choose a new speaker. Some Democrats told Insider they found a silver lining, like hitting the gym or dog-sitting. That left Democrats, already lined up behind House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, scrambling to find other things to fill the time. "I almost forget what it's like to be in committee at this point," Rep. Becca Balint of Vermont told Insider on Tuesday. Balint said that a "personal source of joy" for her was getting to dog sit Rep. Sharice Davids' rescue dog, Peanut.

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☆ The Fed has the bond market by the horns, says Corient's Andy Kapyin
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThe Fed has the bond market by the horns, says Corient's Andy KapyinAndy Kapyin, partner at the wealth advisory firm Corient, and Angie Newman, portfolio manager at UBS Private Wealth Management, join 'The Exchange' to discuss the reversal in bond yields triggered by Bill Ackman's latest call, diversifying your portfolio with various maturities, and bonds outperforming equities in the next year.

Persons: Andy Kapyin Andy Kapyin, Angie Newman, Bill Ackman's Organizations: UBS Private Wealth Management

☆ Lying All the Way to the Bank in ‘America Fantastica’
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Noah Hawley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

AMERICA FANTASTICA, by Tim O’BrienWhen scientists take a core sample of fiction from the post-Trump era, they will discover American novelists struggling to unpack the political and social repercussions of his reign. Just as historians work to document the facts of the last 10 years, so, too, do novelists try to reveal their meaning. In “America Fantastica,” a manic road-trip-meets-crime-spree novel, O’Brien — the award-winning author of “The Things They Carried” and “Going After Cacciato” — speaks through an omniscient narrator, one who regularly interrupts the story to describe the spread of this so-called disease:Bullyism skyrocketed. husband, her scheming billionaire father, the married owners of the bank in question (who don’t report the robbery because they’re too busy robbing the bank themselves) and Angie’s homicidal, reality-challenged fiancé, who sets off in pursuit. But by adding a veneer of topicality, O’Brien aims to turn his characters into case studies for a nation’s moral failure.

Persons: Tim O’Brien, Tim O’Brien’s, Trump, O’Brien, ” —, Boyd Halverson, Penney, Angie Bing, they’re, fiancé, Elmore Leonard Locations: America, Fulda, Calif, Texas, Minnesota

☆ Watch CNBC's full interview with Corient's Andy Kapyrin and UBS' Angie Newman
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWatch CNBC's full interview with Corient's Andy Kapyrin and UBS' Angie NewmanAndy Kapyin, partner at the wealth advisory firm Corient, and Angie Newman, portfolio manager at UBS Private Wealth Management, join 'The Exchange' to discuss the reversal in bond yields triggered by Bill Ackman's latest call, diversifying your portfolio with various maturities, and bonds outperforming equities in the next year.

Persons: Corient's Andy Kapyrin, Angie Newman Andy Kapyin, Angie Newman, Bill Ackman's Organizations: UBS, UBS Private Wealth Management

☆ 2 GOP members of Congress said they received death threats after voting against Jim Jordan as speaker
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Nick LaLota voted against Jim Jordan for speaker on Wednesday. AdvertisementAdvertisementTwo Republican representatives said they've received death threats since they voted against fellow GOP Rep. Jim Jordan for speaker of the House. "My vote card belongs to me and the people of NY's First Congressional District," LaLota wrote. In response to the series of threats and vitriol spewed at Miller-Meeks, LaLota, and Bacon in recent days, Jordan wrote online that he condemns "all threats against our colleagues." That first occurred on Tuesday, when 18 Republicans voted for candidates other than Jordan and sunk his first speaker bid.

Persons: Mariannette Miller, Meeks, Nick LaLota, Jim Jordan, Don Bacon, —, they've, Jordan's, Lee Zeldin, LaLota, Miller, Angie, Jordan, Bacon Organizations: Service, GOP, New York Rep, Congressional, WTC Health Fund, Flood Insurance, Politico, Republican Rep, Miller, Washington Post Locations: Jordan

☆ Anonymous numbers texted the wife of a GOP congressman, pressuring him to vote for Jim Jordan as speaker
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Rep. Don Bacon is a Republican representative opposed to Rep. Jim Jordan's speakership bid. Politico reported that he and his wife have received several anonymous messages in recent days. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementThe wife of a Republican congressman opposing Rep. Jim Jordan's candidacy for speaker of the House received anonymous text messages in recent days urging her husband to vote for Jordan or else get voted out. "Talk to your husband tell him to step up and be a leader and help the Republican Party get a speaker," one message reads.

Persons: Don Bacon, Jim Jordan's speakership, Bacon, Jordan, —, Jim Jordan's, Don Bacon's, Angie, Olivia Beavers, Steve Bannon, Sean Hannity, Sean Hannity's Fox, Hannity Organizations: Republican, Politico, Service, GOP Rep, Republican Party, Sean Hannity's Fox News, Washington Post

☆ Danny DeVito, His Daughter and a Lot of Baggage (Onstage)
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Jazmine Hughes | More About Jazmine Hughes | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The script was still pliable, and both of them were grasping to achieve the fullness of their characters. Danny was memorizing his lines, looking up toward the heavens every time he drew a blank. His riffs bejeweled every line: When the script called on him to invite his daughter in for breakfast, he instead laid out a menu. While running those lines, Lucy pulled over to ask for directions from von Stuelpnagel: Where is her character, emotionally, right now? She’s really, really in there — she’s in there, digging, and that’s part of the whole idea,” Danny said a few weeks later during a break from rehearsals.

Persons: Danny, hunched, Lucy, von Stuelpnagel, Lucy smacking, ” Danny, “, She’s, Eager, DeVito, Martini Organizations: American Academy of Dramatic Arts Locations: Summit , N.J, New York

With lifespans longer and families more spread out, it's essential that I think about long-term care. Long-term care insurance comes in many forms at many costs. The days of an unmarried woman taking care of elderly relatives are a thing of the past, which is why long-term care insurance products are more popular. Long-term care insurance goes beyond the standard health care insurance policy. A long-term care insurance policy protects against the risk of having to pay out of pocket for in-home and/or out-of-home care services.

Persons: —, Robert Kircher, what's, What's Organizations: Service, Northwestern Mutual Insurance, Life Locations: United States, Massachusetts, Policygenius

As a result, books like “Call Me Max” have been challenged or outright removed from schools and libraries in Florida, as well as other states — and though some believe book bans lead to more book sales, authors say the effect of those bans is devastating for their careers. These bans “overwhelmingly” target books about race and racism, as well as books with LGBTQ characters, PEN America said in its September study on school book bans. The MoveOn Banned Book Mobile stops for an event with local authors and teachers on October 1, 2023 in Decatur, Georgia. “(A book ban) would make news, and people would say, ‘I’ll buy this book just to show them,’” Lukoff said of the once-common result of book bans. Lukoff said his first high-profile bans occurred in early 2021, in Austin and Salt Lake City, when book bans first started to accelerate.

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☆ House votes to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker, throwing the chamber back into chaos
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The House voted to vacate the Office of the Speaker on Tuesday, booting Kevin McCarthy from his job. The House, under interim speaker Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina, will now have to hold speaker elections once again, and it's not clear where that will lead. In 1910, House Speaker Joseph Cannon called the motion himself as he faced a mutiny from his own party, daring his own members to oust him. The Saturday measure, while supported by most House Republicans, ultimately passed with more Democratic than Republican votes. Gaetz and dozens of other House Republicans — potentially more than half — oppose sending more aid to the besieged country.

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☆ House Democrat was the victim of a carjacking just blocks from the Capitol
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar was carjacked Monday evening blocks from the US Capitol. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementDemocratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas was carjacked Monday evening as armed assailants attacked him as he was parking his car blocks from the Capitol. US Capitol Police said it has investigators working with DC Metropolitan Police given that the victim was a member of Congress. The Post previously reported how carjackings are on the rise throughout the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

Persons: Henry Cuellar, Cuellar, —, Jacob Hochberg, Angie Craig, Lawmakers, Craig, Joe Biden, Jessica Cisneros Organizations: Democratic, Capitol, Service, Metro PD, Capitol Police, Washington Post, Navy Yard, Capitol . US Capitol Police, DC Metropolitan Police, DC, Minnesota Democrat, Democrats, Senate, Washington Locations: Henry Cuellar of Texas, Minnesota

CNN —Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar was carjacked in Washington, DC, Monday evening, the congressman said. Cuellar said his sushi dinner, phone, iPad and car were all stolen, but later recovered. They recovered the car, they recovered everything,” Cuellar told reporters on Tuesday. “What really got me upset was they took my sushi, but anyway, that’s something else,” he said. In February, Rep. Angie Craig was assaulted in the elevator of her apartment building in Washington, suffering minor injuries.

Persons: Henry Cuellar, carjacking, Cuellar, ” Cuellar, ”, Angie Craig Organizations: CNN — Texas Democratic Rep, Southeast DC’s Navy, DC Homeland Security, Emergency Management Agency . Police Locations: Washington , DC, New Jersey, Southeast, Washington, city’s

☆ A Democratic representative just introduced the 'My Constituents Cannot Afford Rebellious Tantrums, Handle Your Shutdown Act' to halt congressional pay during a government shutdown
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

If members of Congress don't come to an agreement in 9 days, the government will shut down. A Democratic member of Congress just introduced a bill withholding their pay during a shutdown. On Wednesday afternoon, Craig announced that she had formally introduced the "My Constituents Cannot Afford Rebellious Tantrums, Handle Your Shutdown Act," also known as the "MCCARTHY Shutdown Act," with the expressed desire to halt members' pay for as long as the government remains shut down. If it ultimately passes, members of Congress will receive the full amount that was deducted from their paychecks at the end of the congressional session. Inter-group fighting between GOP members in the House has prevented House Speaker Kevin McCarthy from actually bringing a funding bill to the floor.

Persons: Kevin McCarthy, Angie Craig, Craig, MCCARTHY, Donald Trump Organizations: Democratic, Service, Inter, GOP, Republican Party, House Republicans, Patriots Locations: Wall, Silicon

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s decision siding with Black voters in an Alabama redistricting case gave Democrats and voting rights activists a surprising opportunity before the 2024 elections. Khadidah Stone, a plaintiff in the Alabama case, said the continuing opposition was “appalling” but “not surprising.” She noted that Alabama is where then-Gov. A similar dynamic is playing out in Florida, where Republicans are appealing a ruling favorable to Black voters to the Republican-majority state Supreme Court. But the continued pushback from Republican legislatures in control of redistricting means there is great uncertainty about whether –- or how soon -– new maps offering equal representation for Black voters will be drawn. Louisiana state Rep. Sam Jenkins Jr., a Democrat, said he is optimistic now that the matter is in the courts.

Persons: It's, “, ”, George Wallace, Shawn Donahue, ’ ” Donahue, general’s, Shelly Dick, Dick, Stuart Naifeh, Sam Jenkins Jr, Sen, Royce Duplessis, ” Duplessis, Ron DeSantis, Al Lawson, DeSantis, Angie Nixon, Nixon, ___ Gomez Licon, Kim Chandler, Kevin McGill Organizations: WASHINGTON, Black, Alabama Republicans, Republican, University of Alabama, State University of New, Republicans, U.S . House, U.S, Louisiana’s GOP, Circuit, NAACP Legal Defense, Educational Fund, Democrat, Gov, GOP, Florida Supreme, DeSantis, Democratic U.S . Rep, Democratic, Associated Press Locations: Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Texas, State University of New York, Buffalo, Black, U.S, Orleans, Baton Rouge, Jacksonville, Miami, Montgomery , Alabama, New Orleans

☆ Do You Flip Past Epigraphs? Don’t Tell Angie Kim.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Elisabeth Egan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This is understandable; dedications can be cryptic and the copyright information feels like it’s meant for someone else. Consider the three quotes at the beginning of Angie Kim’s best-selling “Happiness Falls,” which she said help explain what inspired her to write the novel. Ultimately Kim selected snippets from Emily Dickinson (“I lost a World — the other day!/Has anybody found?”); Stephen Hawking (“It’s a crazy world out there. Be curious”); and Antoine de Saint-Exupery, whose book “The Little Prince” provides the most important part of the trio, she said. “That was the first time I read ‘The Little Prince’ in English.”

Persons: Angie Kim’s, Kim, Emily Dickinson, “, Stephen Hawking, Antoine de Saint, Exupery, ”, I’m, —, ” Kim, ’ Locations: Seoul

☆ Elon Musk called Burning Man the 'best art on Earth' before thousands of mud-soaked attendees fled the disastrous event
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk called Burning Man the "best art on Earth" despite chaotic weather conditions. Elon Musk, who has been known to attend the arts festival in the past, praised the event as the "best art on Earth." In a Sunday post on X, formerly Twitter, Musk said: "Burning Man is unique in the world. The billionaire made the remarks in response to a joke video of a Balenciaga fashion show in Paris that was falsely labeled as Burning Man. Burning Man has long been a favorite among billionaires and tech elites.

Persons: Elon, hasn't, Elon Musk, Musk, Angie Peacock, hadn't, Musk's, Kimbal, Sergey Brin Organizations: Twitter, Rock City, Wall Street Locations: Nevada, Paris

☆ Ron DeSantis faces new leadership test as Hurricane Idalia barrels toward Florida
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Steve Contorno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —With the eyes of the country on Hurricane Idalia as it spins toward Florida’s Gulf Coast, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential ambitions are also under the spotlight as he puts his campaign on hold to manage the crisis at home. The Florida governor is also staving off a field of GOP contenders, who must now also balance sensitivities around Hurricane Idalia with their attempts to overcome DeSantis in the polls. DeSantis has also asserted that he could send his “Florida people” to the southern border to build a wall. “The governor of our state of Florida has created an environment ripe for this.”

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☆ Gov. Ron DeSantis, known for pro-gun and 'anti-woke' policies, booed at vigil for Black Jacksonville shooting victims
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A white gunman fatally shot three Black people in a racially motivated attack on Saturday. Ron DeSantis was booed at a vigil for the Jacksonville shooting victims. Ron DeSantis was booed and heckled on Sunday evening at a vigil for three people killed in a racially motivated mass shooting in the city of Jacksonville. Rudolph McKissick, senior pastor of the Bethel Church in Jacksonville, told AP that he believed DeSantis' policies had contributed to the division that led to the shooting. The shooting is the latest racially motivated attack against Black people, following the shooting in Buffalo, New York last year, and another at a church in Charleston, South Carolina in 2015.Insider has contacted DeSantis' team for comment.

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Some Hawaii residents who lost their homes and jobs said they could not see how they would be able to stay. Many said they feared Lahaina would simply re-emerge as another Waikiki, dominated by corporate-owned luxury brands and packed with tourists. Four of her employees lost their homes. Already, a friend who ran a jewelry business in Lahaina told her that he planned to move his family to Kentucky. She said she hoped officials would approve building permits for reconstruction and allow people to reopen businesses that employ workers quickly.

Persons: Angie Leone Organizations: Leones Locations: Hawaii, Lahaina, Waikiki, Kentucky

☆ Here are 21 stocks Jim Cramer is watching Thursday, including GE, Target and Kellogg
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Kellogg (K) has many critics but 52-week low, pure snacks and break-up value for classic brands is high. Applovin (APP) surprise blow-out quarter for marketing company that uses machine learning to figure out advertising. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio. If Jim has talked about a stock on CNBC TV, he waits 72 hours after issuing the trade alert before executing the trade.

Persons: Ralph Lauren, Kellogg, McCormick, Baird, Akamai, JACK, Morgan Stanley, Warby Parker, Oppenheimer, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Daniel Acker Organizations: IAC, SBA Communications, BofA, Mizuho, Realty, Barclays, General Electric, GE, PT, Deutsche Bank, Jim Cramer's Charitable, CNBC, Target Corp, Bloomberg, Getty Locations: France, BofA, Chicago , Illinois

☆ Caviar Gets Even More Refined
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

So it’s perhaps no surprise that chefs are turning their attention to something more rarefied than your everyday osetra: albino caviar, which ranges in color from alabaster to golden, and is the result of uncommon mutations. The most sought after is that of the beluga sturgeon but, says Hermes Gehnen, the founder of N25 Caviar, an international purveyor, “restaurants generally can’t afford it. Although white caviar stock is limited, they aren’t the only pale orbs worth chasing. Snail eggs, which have a mushroomlike flavor, have the same visual appeal despite their earthy taste. “Sometimes,” says Munk, “you’ll pay even more money for snail eggs than you do for caviar.” — Lauren JosephThe Thing: Jewel-Toned Glass Lamps From Hermès

Persons: Hermes Gehnen, ”, Angie Mar, Rasmus Munk, Araki, Marty Lau, Munk, “, ” — Lauren Joseph The Organizations: Trois, Alchemist Locations: New York, Copenhagen, London

☆ Good Eggplant Parmesan Takes Time. But It Doesn’t Have to Take Forever.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Eric Kim | More About Eric Kim | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The flavors and textures meld. No one component stands out. If you’re not using “a whole bottle of olive oil” when making eggplant Parm, he said, then what are you even doing? Like Elton John and Kiki Dee, Ms. Rito and Mr. Tacinelli finish each other’s sentences, often talking simultaneously — not over each other, but through. When asked, for instance, about the difference between Italian and Italian American food, the couple, who co-wrote the 2021 cookbook “Italian American,” baton-passed the answer.

Persons: Scott Tacinelli, Don Angie, Rito, ”, Elton John, Kiki Dee, Tacinelli Locations: Italian American

☆ PBS Explores Storytellers of the South - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Margaret Renkl | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Today, entertainment options abound, and the writers at the heart of this documentary work within many artistic and intellectual traditions. The diverse group includes Jericho Brown, Jason Isbell, Lyle Lovett, Amanda Shires, Mary Steenburgen, Angie Thomas and Natasha Trethewey, among others. And often they are writing from a perspective that was almost entirely absent — or violently silenced — in the South of Ms. Welty and Ms. Lee. “There’s this erasure of people, this erasure of the past, this erasure of these lived histories. These are the narratives that get woven out of the glorification of the South as a moonlight-and-magnolias place.”Other storytellers in this documentary may seem, on the surface, to have almost nothing to do with the Southern past.

Persons: Jericho Brown, Jason Isbell, Lyle Lovett, Amanda Shires, Mary Steenburgen, Angie Thomas, Natasha Trethewey, —, Welty, Lee, Jesmyn Ward, “ It’s, ”, Michael W, Twitty, “, Qui Nguyen, Adia Victoria Organizations: Ms, Southern, Memorial for Peace, Justice Locations: The Mississippi, Montgomery , Ala, Arkansas, Southern

☆ Coco Lee fans bid farewell to pop diva at her funeral in Hong Kong
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Jessie Pang | Thomson Reuters | Jessie Pang Joined Reuters In After An Internship. She Covers Hong Kong With A Focus On Politics | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

HONG KONG, July 31 (Reuters) - Fans, friends and family of the late Hong Kong-born, American singer and song-writer Coco Lee gathered for her funeral in Hong Kong on Monday, paying respects to the star who died at the age of 48 after a career spanning three decades. Lee was born in Hong Kong in 1975 and was the youngest of three children of a Hong Kong mother and Malaysian father. While she moved to San Francisco in her childhood, she was offered a recording contract in Hong Kong with Capital Artists after high school, prompting her to move back to her home city. In 1996, Lee signed with Sony Music Entertainment and her debut album, "Coco Lee", became the best-selling album of that year in Asia. In 2011, Lee married Bruce Rockowitz, a Canadian businessman who is the former CEO of the Hong Kong supply chain company Li & Fung.

Persons: Coco Lee, Lee, Angie Zhang, CoCo Lee, Coco, Carol, Nancy, Mulan, Oscar, Jackie Chan, Lee Xin's, Bruce Rockowitz, Fung, James Pomfret, Himani Sarkar, Christina Fincher Organizations: Queen Mary Hospital, Capital Artists, Sony Music Entertainment, Thomson Locations: HONG KONG, Hong Kong, American, Shanghai, Malaysian, China, Taiwan, San Francisco, Asia, Canadian

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