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☆ At least five dead and over 100 injured in Ukrainian strike in Russian occupied Crimea
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Zahid Mahmood | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —At least five people were killed and over 100 injured when missile fragments scattered over beachgoers during a Ukrainian strike on the city of Sevastopol in Russia-occupied Crimea, authorities say. “Unfortunately, we currently have 124 victims, of which three [are] dead children and two [are] dead adults,” Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said on Telegram. One of victims killed in the Ukrainian strike was the daughter of Oleg Averyanov, Deputy Mayor of Magadan. Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, it has come under sporadic attack from Ukrainian forces. Before Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Sevastopol – the largest city in Crimea – was a popular tourist destination for Russians.

Persons: Mikhail Razvozhayev, Oleg Averyanov, Yuri Grishan, Averyanov’s, Sofia, Razvozhayev, Dmitry Peskov, Vladimir Putin Organizations: CNN, ”, Russian Ministry of Defense, Russian Locations: Sevastopol, Russia, Crimea, ” Sevastopol, Ukraine, stretchers, Magadan, Washington, Kremlin, Ukrainian, Kyiv, Crimea –

☆ Opinion: Destined to be a lame duck
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. When Biden and Trump meet in a debate on CNN Thursday, expect part of the audience to be wondering exactly who and what will come next. Biden, who’s battling low approval ratings, is sticking with Vice President Kamala Harris, whose polls are also bleak. There were 28, and we’ve had 11 so far this year, Bridget Johnson noted in the first of a CNN Opinion series about America’s preparedness. “It’s a measure of his hold on American society that he’s still revered a half-century later,” wrote Frederic J. Frommer.

Persons: Franklin D, Roosevelt, “, ”, Alexander Wiley of, Adolph Sabath, Sabath, can’t, Joe Biden, Donald Trump —, Biden, who’s, Kamala Harris, Ronald Reagan’s, George H.W, George H.W . Bush, Trump, Julian Zelizer, Zelizer, it’s, Facebook “ Trump, ’ Trump, Hunter Biden, ” Terry Szuplat, Barack Obama, I’ve, that’s, Obama, Dan, ’, don’t, … Don’t, Melinda French Gates, Douglas Heye, Bob Good, Trump Dean Obeidallah, Clay Jones, we’ve, Bridget Johnson, Johnson, “ we’re, Richard Serino, Irma, Maria, Hurricane Maria, Mark Wolfe, ” Drew Sheneman, Anna Bershteyn, Michael Diamond, Roe, Wade, Karen Finney, Jennifer Tucker, Chuck Schumer's, Chuck Schumer, Schumer, he’s, John Kasich, Bill DeBlasio, Donald Trump, Sarah Palin, Biden’s, Jill Filipovic, Walt Handelsman, Luther Terry, Vivek H, Murthy, ” Kara Alaimo, Dolly Parton, Allison Hope, Dolly Parton “, Parton, ” Hope, Ericka Andersen, ’ Andersen, Andersen, Dolly, Nathan B, Baskind, Weeks, Samantha Baskind, Uncle Nate, Nathan Baskind, David, ” Samantha Baskinshe, ” Don’t, Phil Hands, Nadine Pienede, Frida Ghitis, Adam Plowright, Sara Stewart, Andrew McCarthy, Rohit Chopra, Willie Mays Bill Bramhall, Willie Mays, Frederic J, Frommer, ” Frommer, Mays, —, ” Mays, Vic Wertz, It’s Organizations: CNN, Republicans couldn’t, Democratic, GOP, Alexander Wiley of Wisconsin . Rep, Illinois Democrat, New York Times, Trump, Biden, Twitter, Facebook, UFC, Democrats, Braver, Trump Dean, US, FEMA, Hurricane, Ricans, Ledger, Agency, “, Independence, ”, Times, Federalist, Army, Journal, Tribune, New York Daily, Cleveland Indians, New York Giants Locations: Illinois, George H.W ., New York, American, ” “ Ohio, John Kasich , New York City, Donald Trump , Alaska, Switzerland, France, Normandy, Wisconsin, Juneteenth, Haiti, Putin’s, Korea, “

On the worst nights, when the thudding bass from a nearby nightclub rattled his windows and drowned out the sound on his TV, the noise in John Heaney’s home in Providence felt more like an intruder than a nuisance. “It’s a true violation because you can’t stop it,” he said. “It’s like someone has a key to your house, and they can come in whenever they want.”Driven to activism, Mr. Heaney, a retired software engineer, joined a small group of residents in the Rhode Island capital who have lobbied city officials in recent years to crack down on excessive noise. Their campaign, known as the Providence Noise Project, has won vocal support from Mayor Brett Smiley, a Democrat who took office last year. But it has also raised complicated questions about noise, including what to do when not everyone agrees it’s a problem, and how to fairly enforce limits.

Persons: John Heaney’s, ”, “, Heaney, Brett Smiley Organizations: Providence Noise, Democrat Locations: Providence, Rhode

☆ New dad Robert Pattinson heard gushing about his 3-month-old baby girl in Paris
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Robert Pattinson is loving his newest role: girl dad. Waterhouse posted a photo of herself cradling a baby believed to be the newborn that she and Pattinson share on Instagram in April. “Welcome to the world angel,” the “Daisy Jones and the Six” star wrote in the caption at the time. Waterhouse announced that she was expecting during her performance at the Corona Capital music festival in Mexico City last year, but did not mention Pattinson while on stage. The couple have kept their relationship mostly private since they were first spotted together nearly six years ago in London, but made their red carpet debut as a couple in 2022.

Persons: Robert Pattinson, Dior Homme, “, ” Pattinson, Suki Waterhouse, he’s “, ”, Waterhouse, cradling, Pattinson, Daisy Jones Organizations: CNN, Dior, Corona Capital, Sunday Times Locations: Paris, gush, Mexico City, London

☆ Opinion | The E.U. Is Revealing Its True Identity. Europeans Don’t Like It.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Christopher Caldwell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In European Parliament elections this month, voters in most of the European Union’s 27 countries rallied to parties that hold the union in contempt. Analysts have leaped to the conclusion that the European Union must have done something wrong. In Germany, where a hard-right party anchored in the formerly Communist East got more votes than any of the three governing parties, voters cited highhanded energy policies. But the European Union’s governing machinery in Brussels is never where voters’ hearts and hopes are. The union is looking more and more like one of those 19th- and 20th-century projects to universalize the un-universalizable, like Esperanto.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron Organizations: European Union, Communist Locations: France, Germany, Communist East, Brussels, Esperanto

The debate between President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump this week will be the highest-stakes moment of their rematch, plunging two presidents into an extraordinarily early confrontation before a divided and angry nation. For Mr. Biden, the debate in Atlanta offers an opportunity to remind voters of the chaos of his predecessor’s leadership, his criminal convictions and to warn of an even darker future should he win a second term. For Mr. Trump, it’s a chance to make his case that America has grown more expensive, weaker and more dangerous under his successor. A notable misstep — a physical stumble, a mental lapse or a barrage of too-personal insults — could reverberate for months, because of the unusually long period until they meet again for the second debate in September. “This is a big inflection point,” said Karl Rove, a leading Republican strategist who guided George W. Bush’s two successful presidential runs.

Persons: Biden, Donald J, Trump, it’s, —, ”, Karl Rove, George W, “, ’ Organizations: Trump Locations: Atlanta, America, “

☆ Why Mount Rainier is the US volcano keeping scientists up at night
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Yet, more than Hawaii’s bubbling lava fields or Yellowstone’s sprawling supervolcano, it’s Mount Rainier that has many US volcanologists worried. “Mount Rainier keeps me up at night because it poses such a great threat to the surrounding communities. Mount Rainier, a snowcapped volcano, looms over Puyallup Valley near Orting, Washington. Mount St. Helens, which cataclysmically erupted in May 1980, ranked as second most hazardous before Mount Rainier in third place. USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory geophysicist Rebecca Kramer works on station PR05, part of the Mount Rainier lahar detection network.

Persons: Liev Schreiber ”, Mount Rainier, ” Jess Phoenix, Liv Schreiber, ”, Ed Ruttledge, Rainier, Seth Moran, Colombia’s Nevado, … you’ve, ” Bradley Pitcher, ” Pitcher, Mount, del Ruiz, “, Hawaii’s, Jacques Langevin, Sygma, Moran, ” Moran, Rebecca Kramer, Rob Mertens, Dergan, Roald Reitan, CNN’s, ” Reitan Organizations: CNN, Sunday, Union of Concerned, Mount Rainier, Geological Survey, . Geological, Colombia’s, Columbia University, Geologists, Mount, Helens, Washington State Fairgrounds, Mount Rainier . U.S . Geological Locations: Mount, Washington, Rainier, Tacoma, South Seattle, Mount Rainier, Pacific, Puyallup, Orting , Washington, Vancouver , Washington, Ruiz, Armero, ”, Mount St, Helens, Colombia, Puget Lowlands, Valley, Alder, Mount Rainier . U.S, Sumner, Bonney, Orting, White, Carbonado

☆ Texas court exonerates man who spent nearly 20 years on death row for 1977 murder
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Kaila Nichols | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —After nearly 47 years, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals this week exonerated Kerry Max Cook for the 1977 murder of Linda Jo Edwards, declaring him innocent of a crime for which he spent nearly 20 years on death row. Cook was accused of the 1977 rape, murder and mutilation of 21-year-old Edwards in Tyler, Texas. A third trial in 1994 ended with a new conviction and death sentence. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the second verdict in 1996, stating misconduct by police and prosecutors. Before a fourth trial in 1999, the state offered Cook a “no contest” plea deal for murder.

Persons: Kerry Max Cook, Linda Jo Edwards, Bert Richardson, Cook, uncontroverted Brady, Edwards, Paula Rudolph, ” Cook, Appeals, Edward Scott Jackson, Cook’s, “, ” Jackson, Kerry Cook, “ Kerry, Glenn Garber, ” Garber, ”, Jacob Putman Organizations: CNN, Texas, Exoneration, ” CNN Locations: Texas, Tyler , Texas, Smith, Tyler, Smith County

☆ Cristiano Ronaldo: Portugal manager expresses ‘concern’ after several fans invade pitch at Euro 2024 to take selfies with star
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Even though Portugal defeated Turkey 3-0 and qualified for the knockout stages at Euro 2024 on Saturday, Cristiano Ronaldo still cut a frustrated figure at times as several fans invaded the pitch to try to take selfies with him. “I don’t think that should happen on a football pitch. There is a lot of security and a lot of protection and I don’t think that should happen. A pitch invader is carted off the pitch during the match. Although Ronaldo contributed an assist – his eighth at a European Championship, equaling the record – he is still searching for a goal at this tournament.

Persons: Cristiano Ronaldo, Roberto Martínez, it’s, you’re, Ronaldo, Portugal’s Gonçalo Ramos, Bernardo Silva –, Ronaldo –, Rico Brouwer, ” Organizations: CNN, Turkey, UEFA, Ronaldo Locations: Portugal, Dortmund, Germany, ”, European, Portuguese

☆ USA crashes out of T20 Cricket World Cup with defeat against England, ending historic run
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The USA crashed out of the T20 Men’s Cricket World Cup on Sunday, succumbing to a 10 wicket defeat against defending champion England in Barbados that scuppered its hopes of qualifying for the semifinals and ended its historic run at the tournament. It represented a remarkable string of results for the tournament’s underdog facing some of the best teams in the world, but the USA ultimately struggled to match its opponents in the second round of the T20 World Cup. And England ultimately outclassed the USA, chasing down its total of 115 in just 9.4 overs, led by captain Jos Buttler who scored 83 runs off only 38 balls. Such a comprehensive victory guarantees England’s progression by virtue of its net run rate. With a relatively low total in their sights, England’s opening batters Phil Salt and Buttler strode out into the middle and immediately displayed their mastery of this format.

Persons: Jos Buttler, Adil Rashid, Chris Jordan, Robert Cianflone, Nitish Kumar, Andries Gous, Aaron Jones, Rashid, Corey Anderson, Jordan, Phil Salt, Buttler strode, Buttler Organizations: CNN, England, Canada, West Indies, USA Locations: Barbados, Pakistan, India, USA, Africa, England

☆ Child Care, Cafés, Herman Miller Desks: It’s Not Your Average Gym
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Megan Willett-Wei | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

High-end gyms are no longer just places to sweat it out. The most exclusive ones offer not only state-of-the-art equipment, exercise classes and spacious locker rooms with cold eucalyptus-scented towels and fancy soaps but also “third places,” locations outside home and work where people can mingle and socialize. The gym also hosts events, like author talks and creative classes and workshops, for members. Nearby, the high-end gym Equinox opened a hotel in 2019 in Hudson Yards, and has plans for more hotels in North America, Europe and the Middle East. A Life Time Work membership includes gym access and will cost you a couple of hundred dollars to thousands per month, depending on what kind of workspace you want and the location.

Persons: Herman Miller Organizations: Chelsea Locations: New York, Hudson Yards, North America, Europe

☆ After Escaping China by Sea, a Dissident Faces His Next Act
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( John Yoon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The dissident’s lone regret after his 200-mile escape across the Yellow Sea was not taking night vision goggles. Nearing the end of his jet ski journey out of China last summer, Kwon Pyong peered through the darkness off the South Korean coast. As he approached the shore, sea gulls appeared to bob as if floating. “I had everything — sunscreen, backup batteries, a knife to cut buoy lines,” he recalled in an interview. In response, he said, he faced an exit ban and years of detention, prison and surveillance.

Persons: Kwon, ” Organizations: Communist Party Locations: China, Korean, South Korea

☆ Las Vegas monolith: Mystery column removed from hiking trail near Gass Peak
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A strange monolith found jutting out of the rocks in a remote mountain range near Las Vegas has been taken down by authorities. Members of the Las Vegas police search and rescue team found the object near Gass Peak, part of the vast Desert National Wildlife Refuge where bighorn sheep and desert tortoises can be found roaming. Then came sightings in Romania, central California, New Mexico and on the famed Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas. Fish and Wildlife Service, is the largest wildlife refuge outside of Alaska and can cover the state of Rhode Island twice. The department said it “discourages anyone from venturing off marked trails or leaving objects and items behind.”“This poses a danger to you and the environment,” Las Vegas police said.

Persons: Stanley Kubrick, Nick, didn’t, Christa Weise Organizations: CNN, Las, Wildlife, Utah’s Department of Public Safety, Authorities, U.S . Fish, Wildlife Service, Land Management Locations: Las Vegas, Las, Romania, California, New Mexico, Fremont, Las Vegas ., Utah, Alaska, Rhode, In Utah

☆ Afghanistan stun Australia to secure historic victory at T20 Cricket World Cup
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Australia won the T20 Cricket World Cup just three years ago, while Afghanistan has never progressed past the tournament’s second round nor defeated Australia in international cricket. But on Saturday, Afghanistan kept its hopes of progressing to the semifinals alive with a historic, comprehensive win over Australia, stunning its opponents by 21 runs. Afghanistan has been steadily improving over the past 20 years, roundly defeating England in October at the ICC Cricket World Cup and another heavyweight team New Zealand in the group stage of this tournament. Afghanistan has a chance to reach the semifinals of the T20 World Cup if it can defeat Bangladesh in its final Super Eights match and India beats Australia. If Australia wins its final Super Eights match against India, it will likely qualify for the semifinals.

Persons: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Pat Cummins, Afghanistan's Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ramon Espinosa, Travis Head, Naveen, Haq, Mitch Marsh, David Warner, Glenn Maxwell, Naib, ”, Gulbadin Naib, Glenn Maxwell of Australia, Gareth Copley Organizations: CNN, Australia, Cricket, AP Australia, “, ICC, England, ICC Cricket, New Zealand, Bangladesh, India Locations: Afghanistan, Australia, India

☆ Taylor Swift stuns London crowd by bringing Travis Kelce on stage during Eras Tour concert
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —For Taylor Swift, simply going “Instagram official” with Travis Kelce just isn’t big enough, apparently. On Sunday, Swift took it one step further by bringing Kelce on stage with her during her Eras Tour concert, according to videos posted to social media from the show at London’s Wembley Stadium. Kelce fanned himself with a hand fan, danced around and smiled at Swift while her dancers helped her with an on-stage costume change. Before she walked away to sing “I Can Do it With a Broken Heart,” Swift turned toward Kelce and appeared to blow him a kiss. The snap is the first photo of Kelce that Swift has ever shared to her main Instagram feed, marking their “Instagram official” post.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, Swift, Kelce, ” Swift, ”, William, Taylor, Prince William, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince, Wales Organizations: CNN, Wembley, Department, Poets Department

☆ The Nation Resurgent, and Borders, Too
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Roger Cohen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

That feeling, a vague but potent malaise, has many elements. The National Rally, whose anti-immigrant position lies at the core of its fast-growing popularity, has benefited from all this. “Well, it’s the same thing with a country.”In other words, nations need effective borders that can be sealed tight. This message, echoed by rising nationalist parties across Europe, and a central theme of Donald J. Trump’s presidential campaign in the United States, has proved potent. In France, it propelled Marine Le Pen’s National Rally to victory over President Emmanuel Macron’s party in voting for the European Parliament this month.

Persons: ” Jordan Bardella, Donald J, Emmanuel Macron’s Organizations: France Locations: France, North Africa, Europe, United States

☆ Wombat walker: Australia needs help looking after its cutest residents
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Lilit Marcus | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

East Coast Natureworld in Tasmania, Australia, is hiring a “wombat walker” who will help keep these fuzzy marsupials in peak physical condition. Tasmania is also looking for a volunteer paranormal investigator to spend a day (or night …) checking out a spooky abandoned asylum. Now, travelers are looking at Norway and Sweden in the summer while checking out flights for Greece in the cooler fall and spring. New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon alights from a Royal New Zealand Air Force aircraft. But New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon isn’t just any ordinary traveler.

Persons: ”, Petros Giannakouris, Sarah Hamouda, Christopher Luxon alights, Andrew Kutan, grumbling, Christopher Luxon isn’t, Luxon, Michelle Wibowo, Simon Jacobs, Edamame Sheeran, Benedict Cucumberbatch, it’s Organizations: CNN, Zealand, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Getty, Air New Zealand –, Qatar Airways, Virgin Australia Locations: Dubai, East Coast, Tasmania, Australia, Athens, Greece, Italy, Hong Kong, Norway, Sweden, AFP, Japan, Air, Doha, South Korea, Matera

☆ Gretchen Whitmer Wants a Gen X President — in 2028
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Lulu Garcia-Navarro | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Like many politicians with national ambitions, she has written a book about her life and her vision for the country. It’s called “True Gretch” (she told me that’s a play on the 1969 John Wayne classic “True Grit”). The book is coming out just as the presidential election is heating up, and she’s also raising her profile as a co-chair of Biden’s re-election campaign. I want to get the elephant out of the room: You’re releasing this memoir in the middle of the 2024 election cycle. It’s going to feel very dark at times, with the political rhetoric and this important election coming up.

Persons: Whitmer, —, what’s, It’s, John Wayne, she’s, Biden’s Locations: Michigan

☆ Opinion | The Biden and Trump Weaknesses That Don’t Get Enough Attention
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Ross Douthat | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Donald Trump and Joe Biden come into Thursday’s presidential debate as incredibly well-known quantities defined by shared unpopularity and competing weaknesses. But their most important liabilities — for the incumbent, his decrepitude and his record on inflation; for the challenger, an unfitness distilled and confirmed by the events of Jan. 6 — feel too well known to be worth discussing further until we see what happens on the stage. Maybe Biden’s entire campaign will implode when he answers a question about inflation with a Grandpa Simpson ramble about the price of a frozen custard on Rehoboth Beach in 1968. Maybe Trump will turn into Colonel Jessep under Jake Tapper’s questioning and claim full responsibility for the 2021 riot at the Capitol. But before the two men meet with those or other destinies, it’s worth giving some space to their crucial secondary weaknesses, the places where each candidate’s support might be undermined among those “double-hater” voters who regard each candidate’s primary liabilities as canceling the other’s out.

Persons: Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Grandpa Simpson ramble, Trump, Jessep, Jake Tapper’s Locations: Rehoboth Beach

☆ UK’s Nigel Farage sparks outrage from political opponents after saying West ‘provoked’ Ukraine war
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Rosa Rahimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Nigel Farage, a figurehead of the UK’s populist right, has sparked outrage from political opponents after saying the West “provoked” Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “We’ve provoked this war – of course it’s his fault – he’s used what we’ve done as an excuse,” he said. Farage – a former EU parliamentarian – claimed to be “the only person in British politics” to predict the invasion of Ukraine. “I am one of the few figures that have been consistent & honest about the war with Russia,” he wrote. He added that Farage has “shown that he would rather lick Vladimir Putin’s boot than stand up for the people of Ukraine.”

Persons: Nigel Farage, ”, Farage –, Brexit –, Farage, Putin, Nick Robinson, “ We’ve, –, “, “ Putin, Rishi Sunak, ” James, Ben Wallace, John Healey, Vladimir Organizations: CNN, BBC, NATO, European Union, ”, Conservative, Labour Locations: Ukraine, Brexit, EU, Russia, ”

☆ ‘Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple’ review: An HBO documentary traces his life from Bruce Springsteen to ‘The Sopranos’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Sometimes documentaries get all they need from the subject, and in the case of “Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple,” the who’s who of musical luminaries in his orbit don’t hurt either. When Van Zandt mentions the seminal experience of seeing the Beatles on Ed Sullivan’s show, it’s almost immediately followed by an interview with Paul McCartney. Ditto for other singers that Van Zandt mentions, like Dion DiMucci, Darlene Love and Gary U.S. Bonds. James Gandolfini and Stevie Van Zandt in "The Sopranos." “Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple” premieres June 22 at 8 p.m.

Persons: Stevie Van Zandt, Steven Van Zandt’s, Bruce Springsteen’s, “, ”, ” plucks, Van Zandt’s, Springsteen, Van Zandt, Leonard Peltier, there’s, David Chase, ” Chase, Ed Sullivan’s, Paul McCartney, Ditto, Dion DiMucci, Darlene Love, Bonds, James Gandolfini, Bruce Springsteen, Tony Soprano Organizations: CNN, Gary U.S, HBO, Little, Warner Bros . Locations: New Jersey, South Africa, USA, Asbury Park

☆ ‘My vision went dark’: CNN reporter experiences 6G-force before hitching a fighter jet ride
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Four South Korean F-4 fighter jets fly in formation on May 8, 2024, during a commemorative final flight of the aircraft. That test would come a few weeks before the F-4 flight at a South Korean Air Force medical facility south of Seoul. Lendon in the back seat of a South Korean F-4 Phantom flying over southern South Korea on May 8, 2024. South Korean Air Force F-4s flying in formation with two KF-21 fighter jet prototypes over southern South Korea on May 8, 2024. A total of 120 are expected to be delivered to the South Korean Air Force by 2030, and the jet is expected to be exportable.

Persons: Douglas, Lendon, –, didn’t, I’m, It’s, Neil Armstrong, John Glenn, I’d, don’t, South Korea Brad Lendon, Daegu –, vomited, “, ”, wouldn’t Organizations: South Korea CNN —, South Korean Air Force, US Navy, CNN, US Navy Blue Angels, US Air Force Thunderbirds, hometown Cleveland National Air, South, McDonnell, US, Korean, Wright, Daegu Air Base, Daegu, General, KF, Korean Air Force, South Korean Air Force Korea Aerospace Industries, Phantoms, Boeing, South Korean Airforce, Suwon Air Base Locations: Suwon, South Korea, Midway, Japan, Vietnam, North Korea, Seoul, Greece, Turkey, Iran, Daegu, Ohio, Korean, South Korean

☆ The sneaky, smart reasons malls have no windows
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Parija Bhatnagar | Parija Kavilanz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The birth of the American mall ushered in an era of “windowless” shopping that’s largely still here. But the sneakiest reason why malls limit windows could be to make shoppers lose track of time. Windowless shopping creates an environment of consumption without distractions,” Flickinger said. The Southdale mall was functional and drab to look at and that is the blueprint that all traditional enclosed malls have continued to follow. Some of these adaptive uses of traditional malls might be creating a practical need for windows after all, she said.

Persons: mallgoers, Burt Flickinger, Bill Peters, ” Flickinger, “, Victor Gruen, Gruen, Larry Salzman, Stephanie Cegielski, ”, Cegielski, ” Alexandra Lange, Lange, Thomas McMillan, ” Lange, Kristin Mueller, Kena Betancur Organizations: New, New York CNN, Strategic Resource Group, CNN, Shoppers, Denver, Getty, Denver Post, ”, Southdale, Minneapolis –, Gruen Associates, International Council of Shopping Centers, “, Sears, Roebuck, of Retailing Studies, Texas, Mays Business School, Energy, Customers, North Locations: New York, Northglenn, Northglenn , Colorado, Minneapolis, Austria, Los Angeles, Edina , Minneapolis, ”, Framingham , Massachusetts, United States, America, American, East Rutherford , New Jersey, North America

☆ Thousands gather in Tel Aviv to mark Naama Levy’s 20th birthday while in Hamas captivity in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Lauren Izso | Mohammed Tawfeeq | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Thousands of people gathered in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on Saturday to commemorate the 20th birthday of Naama Levy, who has been held captive for 260 days. At Hostages Square on Saturday, Levy’s parents Ayelet Levy Shachar and Yoni Levy addressed the crowd. People hold signs and balloons, as family, friends, and supporters of Israeli hostage Naama Levy, who was kidnapped during the deadly October 7 attack, attend a protest march on her 20th birthday in Tel Aviv on June 22, 2024. Many waved Israeli flags and held up signs with images of the Israeli hostages. Other protesters were heard shouting, ” Elections now.”“There is nothing more important, every hostage must return!” protesters in Jerusalem chanted.

Persons: Naama Levy, Levy, Ayelet Levy, Yoni Levy, Naama, ”, Yoni, “, ” Yoni, Eloisa Lopez, Reuters Yoni, Benjamin Netanyahu, Kiryat Gat, Pardes Hanna, ‘, you’re, Benny Gantz, Kibbutz Nir Oz, Nir Oz Organizations: CNN, Hamas, Reuters, Saturday, “, ” Locations: Tel Aviv, Gaza, Israel, Jerusalem, Herzliya, Caesarea, Raanana, Sheva, Pardes, Carmei Gat, Kiryat Gat

☆ The Insiders: The 3 Men at the Core of Biden’s Brain Trust
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Katie Rogers | Michael D. Shear | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Multiple times each day, President Biden dials up Mike Donilon, a close adviser since the 1980s, to chew on the latest polls and headlines. What do you think?” Mr. Biden will ask Mr. Donilon, who recently left the White House for the campaign’s Delaware headquarters. Once a week, Mr. Biden summons Ron Klain, his former chief of staff, to workshop the best attacks to use against former President Donald J. Trump as the presidential debate draws closer. When he leaves for Delaware on weekends, Mr. Biden seeks out Ted Kaufman, a confidant who represents the president’s ties to the state that introduced him to the national stage more than a half-century ago. It was Mr. Kaufman who was brutally direct with Mr. Biden when a plagiarism scandal threatened his first campaign for president in 1987.

Persons: Biden, Mike Donilon, Mr, Donilon, Ron Klain, Donald J, Trump, Ted Kaufman, Kaufman Organizations: White House Locations: Delaware

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