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☆ 4 reasons why the Tesla Cybertruck already lost its advantage
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —The first production Tesla Cybertruck is expected to be delivered today – finally – four years after it was first unveiled. Stellantis’s Ram 1500 Rev electric truck will also go into production in late 2024. The Cybertruck is less than 19 feet long, according to Tesla, which is slightly shorter than other full-size trucks. Ample functional front space has been a big selling point for the Ford truck, in particular. That truck is claimed to provide up to 14,000 pounds of towing, the same figure Tesla originally claimed at the Cybertruck’s unveiling.

Persons: Elon Musk, Tesla, Ford, Stellantis’s Ram, ” Musk, Stellantis Organizations: CNN, General Motors, Chevrolet Silverado EV, Ford Maverick, Ford, GM, Pickup

☆ OpenAI CEO Sam Altman went on an 18-month, $85 million real-estate shopping spree — including a previously unknown Hawaii estate
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Katherine Long | Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

AdvertisementYears before the recent drama at OpenAI turned CEO Sam Altman into a household name, the former Y Combinator president went on an extraordinary 18-month, $85 million real-estate shopping spree, according to records reviewed by Business Insider — including a previously unreported $43 million Hawaii estate on land that locals describe as historically significant. AdvertisementSam Altman's Hawaii estate is immediately adjacent to the reconstruction of the royal temple of King Kamehameha I. Maxar TechnologiesA $43 million estate in HawaiiIn July 2021, Altman bought a twelve-bedroom estate in Kailua-Kona, on the big island of Hawaii, for $43 million. Altman's purchase of the Hawaii property has not been previously reported. AdvertisementAnnie had been unaware that her oldest brother owned property in Hawaii until Business Insider asked her about it, she said. A $27 million San Francisco homeAltman's weekday residence is a home on San Francisco's Russian Hill that was once described — inaccurately — as the most expensive home in San Francisco.

Persons: Sam Altman, Altman, —, OpenAI, he's, He's, Sam Altman's, King Kamehameha I, King Kamehameha, Jennifer Serralta, Serralta, Jack, Max, — Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, Marc Benioff, Jeff Bezos, Peter Thiel, Annie Altman, Annie, Sam's, Napa Altman, Cade Metz, Bob Dickinson Organizations: Service, Business, Bloomberg Tech Summit, Wall Street Journal, YouTube, Altman, LinkedIn, Apollo, Opportunity Fund, Silicon Valley, Business Insider, San, SEC, 9Point Ventures, Uncommon Ventures, New York Times, Capital Management, San Francisco Chronicle, New Yorker, Israeli Defense Force, Tesla Locations: San Francisco, Napa, Hawaii, Napa , California, Sam Altman's Hawaii, Kailua, Kona, wakesurfing, Kauai, Lanai, San, Russian, California, Hollywood, Big Sur

☆ Tesla finally released the Cybertruck's official specs. Here's how it measures up.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Nora Naughton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The truck outdoes the F-150 Lightning with up to 11,000-pound towing capacity for higher-end models. AdvertisementHere's everything else we know about the Cybertruck after its official reveal:How much the Tesla Cybertruck costsTesla now lists estimated purchase prices for all Cybertruck models on its website, before any tax credits. The all-wheel drive, 340-mile range Cybertruck costs an estimated $79,990 before tax credits, while the "Cyberbeast" 320-mile range model will run you an estimated $99,900 before any incentives. Steel bodyThe Cybertruck's steel body is made from Tesla-designed "stainless steel super alloy," according to the company. This super-rigid steel — which Tesla claims is bullet-proof — would break a traditional stamping machine, which is used to give vehicle bodies their shape.

Persons: Tesla's Cybertruck, —, Tesla, Elon Musk's, Musk Organizations: Tesla, Service, Porsche

☆ 10 best ways to use Chase points for travel
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Jennifer Yellin | Andrew Kunesh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +23 min

The Chase Sapphire Reserve and Chase Sapphire Preferred cards are currently offering 75,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 in the first three months of account opening. These cards earn Chase Ultimate Rewards® points which are some of the most valuable and flexible travel rewards points out there. But before you apply, let’s take a look at some of the best ways to redeem Chase Ultimate Rewards points for travel. Best ways to redeem Chase Ultimate Rewards pointsYou can book KLM business class by transferring Chase points to Air France-KLM Flying Blue. Use the Chase Travel portal to book any flightBook flights on any airline with the Chase Travel portal.

Persons: , you’ve, Air Canada Aeroplan, Chase, Kyle Olsen, —, Holly Johnson, Ziva, Eliyahu Parypa, that’s, that’ll, You’ll, you’ll, United Chase, MileagePlus, Aeroplan, Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer, it’s, you’re Organizations: CNN, American Express, Chase Sapphire, Chase, Hyatt, United MileagePlus, Air Canada, Chase Travel, KLM, Air France, Blue, CNN, United Airlines, Aer Lingus AerClub Air Canada Aeroplan Air France, KLM Flying Blue British Airways Executive Club Emirates, JetBlue, Singapore Airlines, Rapid, United, Virgin Atlantic Flying, redemptions, you’ll, Southwest Airlines, British Airways, Images British Airways, Oneworld, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, British Airways Executive Club, British Airways Executive, Miami . British Airways, British, Air Canada's, Air, Star Alliance, Minneapolis . Air, Midwest, Singapore Airlines ’, Aloha State, Iberia Airlines, Iberia Avios, Sapphire, Virgin Points, All Nippon Airways, All Nippon Airways One, Virgin Atlantic, ANA, Virgin, Virgin Atlantic Virgin Points Delta Air, Virgin Atlantic Virgin, Delta Air Lines, Chase Sapphire Reserve, Ink Locations: United, Japan, Iberia, Mexico, Bay, Jamaica, Cancun, Chicago, New York, United States, Caribbean, Washington, American, Alaska, Atlanta, Miami, Minneapolis, Minneapolis . Air Canada, Newark, Fort Lauderdale, Hawaii, East, Aeroplan, United Airlines, iStockphoto Hawaii, Los Angeles, Kona, Spain, Europe, United Kingdom, Madrid, Barcelona, Boston, Iberia Iberia, San Francisco, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Rome, Paris, Delta

☆ Graphene: The world’s strongest material could be used to make clean drinking water
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Rebecca Cairns | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Often referred to as a “miracle material,” graphene is one million times thinner than a single human hair and stronger than steel. The two-dimensional carbon material, made from single layers of graphite, a material mined from the ground, is extremely lightweight, conductive, and flexible, and has the potential to deliver transformational technologies across industries, from electronics to transportation. Now, researchers at Khalifa University in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are exploring another use for graphene: producing drinking water. That’s where graphene comes in: Arafat is working on a graphene-enhanced membrane that could make the process more efficient and cheaper. “Even in small quantities, these graphene materials significantly improve the performance of the membranes in terms of their water production,” he adds.

Persons: ”, Hassan Arafat, Arafat, “, Arafat isn’t, Molymem, Christophe Viseux, RIC2D, James Baker, Baker, You’re, ” Baker Organizations: CNN, Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates, United Arab, Research, Innovation, UK’s University of Manchester, University of Manchester, Bloomberg, Getty, Graphene@Manchester, European Union Locations: UAE, United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, Abu, Turkish, Emirates

☆ A climber tumbled hundreds of feet down Oregon’s highest peak. Volunteer rescuers happened to see it - and saved her life
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Sarah Dewberry | Christina Maxouris | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The climber “slid and tumbled down the mountain for approximately 300-400 feet,” Brian McCall, a spokesperson with the sheriff’s office, told CNN. The brutal fall was witnessed by members of Portland Mountain Rescue, a nonprofit volunteer organization focused on helping people in mountainous areas. The climber, Leah Brown, told CNN in an email she doesn’t know what caused her fall. Portland Mountain RescueIn a Facebook post, Portland Mountain Rescue wrote the woman’s injuries “prevented self-rescue,” adding their members worked with the Crag Rats group, also an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization. “I owe them my life.”In a statement after the rescue, Portland Mountain Rescue warned of the dangerous winter conditions at the mountain.

Persons: “, Brian McCall, Leah Brown, ” Brown, Ross, Brown Organizations: CNN, Clackamas County Sheriff’s, Authorities, Rescue, Ross Clemson, “ Locations: Mt . Hood, Portland, Clackamas County, Mt, Hood, Oregon

☆ A showdown is brewing over money, oil and carbon. Here's what's at stake at the COP28 climate summit
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Sam Meredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Global temperatures and greenhouse gas emissions continue to break records, with no continent left untouched by more frequent and intense extreme weather events. MoneyClimate finance is always a hotly debated talking point at the U.N. summit and COP28 promises to be no different. She anticipated three main debates around the use of oil, gas and coal — the burning of which is the chief driver of the climate crisis. "So, one is this 'phase out' or 'phase down' [of fossil fuels]. There is no credible scenario where CCS will allow continued use of fossil fuels, let alone expanding oil and gas.

Persons: Sean Gallup, HENRY NICHOLLS, Henry Nicholls, COP28, Alex Scott, Rich, Sultan al, Jaber, LUIS TATO, Luis Tato, Melanie Robinson, Robinson, Sultan Al Jaber, Francois Walschaerts Organizations: AG, Getty, United Arab Emirates, InterContinental, Fossil, Energy Intelligence, Afp, Organization for Economic Cooperation, Development, Getty Images, Abu, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, Climate, World Resources Institute, CNBC, CCS Locations: Salzgitter, Germany, Dubai, Bonn, COP28, London, AFP, E3G, Egypt, COP27, UAE, Garissa, Africa, El Nino, Abu Dhabi, WRI, Brussels

☆ The Complicated Truth About Recycling - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Oliver Franklin-Wallis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

You probably throw a milk container in the recycling, put the bins out on collection day and forget about it. It is worth noting that the landfill-happy United States is far worse at recycling than other major economies. But just because recycling doesn’t work very well in the United States doesn’t mean it can’t be done well. Recycling steel, for example, saves 72 percent of the energy of producing new steel; it also cuts water use by 40 percent. Even anti-plastics campaigners agree that recycling plastics, like PET, is better for the climate than burning them — a likely outcome if recycling efforts were to be abandoned.

Organizations: Environmental Protection Agency, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, University of Southampton Locations: United States, Canada, Mexico, India, Malaysia, America, States, England

☆ Young Thug's defense lawyer said his name stands for 'Truly Humble Under God'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A defense lawyer for Young Thug told jurors his rapper name actually means "Truly Humble Under God." AdvertisementAn attorney defending Young Thug in his RICO trial said the Grammy winner's moniker actually stands for "Truly Humble Under God." Steel said Young Thug desired to break his community out of poverty and an "endless cycle of hopelessness," and that if he achieved his goal, he would be "Truly Humble Under God." "They call themselves YSL because the pants, tight-fitting pants, the women's pants that they're wearing it says YSL, Yves Saint Laurent. Steel also said that "pushing P," the title of a song featuring Young Thug, was short for "pushing positivity."

Persons: Young Thug, Brian Steel, Young, Yves Saint Laurent, Steel, —, Jeffery, Tupac Shakur, Fani Willis, Jeffery Williams, Young Stoner, YSL, That's, Prosecutors, He's, Willis, Donald Trump Organizations: Service, Prosecutors Locations: Atlanta, Fulton County

☆ Fire damaged Nikola Tesla's last remaining laboratory that crowdfounders raised over $1 million to save
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A serious fire broke out at the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe. The facility is famed inventor Nikola Tesla's only laboratory still in existence. AdvertisementJust months after a groundbreaking ceremony for a $20-million restoration project, a fire broke out at the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe. Located in Shoreham, New York, the facility is the last-remaining laboratory of inventor Nikola Tesla . The brick walls are still standing, but there is damage to the roof at the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe.

Persons: Nikola Tesla's, —, Nikola Tesla, Firefighters, Marc Alessi, " Alessi, Mark Thaler, haven't, Tesla, Thomas Edison, Matthew Inman Organizations: Tesla Science, Service, Niagara Parks Power Locations: Wardenclyffe, Shoreham , New York, New York, London

☆ Slowing China still leads the race for commodities
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Yawen Chen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

"When it comes to copper, the thinking usually goes that copper equals property, property equals China," said one commodities trader. "And because China property is down, copper must be down too." That’s why China's copper demand will still rise by 4 million tonnes from the 2020 level to around 18 million tonnes per year in 2030, according to estimates by commodity trading group Trafigura. And China's copper demand has grown by 8% this year, faster than the 5% Xi is targeting for overall GDP growth. China's annual aluminium demand rose by 18 million tonnes from 2010 to 2020 and is forecast to grow by another 13 million tonnes to over 50 million tonnes a year in 2030, per Trafigura.

Persons: Xi Jinping, Communist Party’s, Wood Mackenzie, Francesco Guerrera, Katrina Hamlin, Thomas Shum Organizations: Reuters, HK, Communist, Shanghai Futures Exchange, London Metal Exchange, ING, International Monetary Fund, IMF, World Bank, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Oxford, HSBC, Democratic, Thomson Locations: SINGAPORE, China, Washington, Moscow, Taiwan, Shanghai, Republic, United States, Australia, Beijing, Chile, Indonesia, Democratic Republic of Congo

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: PDD Holdings, Micron, Boeing, Twilio and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: PDD Holdings — U.S.-listed shares of the international ecommerce company jumped more than 18% after PDD posted a big earnings and revenue beat . PDD, the parent of Pinduoduo and Temu, reported a whopping 94% year-over-year increase in revenue for its third quarter. Micron Technology — Micron Technology's stock fell nearly 3% even after the memory chipmaker boosted its revenue guidance for its fiscal first-quarter. Twilio — The enterprise software stock jumped nearly 4% after CNBC reported activist investor Anson Funds has built a stake in Twilio. U.S. Steel — Shares added 1.7% in midday trading.

Persons: PDD, Ken Herbert, Twilio, Anson, Crocs, Raymond James, it's, CNBC's David Faber, Ogsiveo, Dow, Carlyle, Jefferies, nLight, Alex Harring, Samantha Subin, Lisa Han, Spencer Kimball, Jesse Pound Organizations: PDD Holdings —, Micron Technology, Micron, Boeing —, RBC Capital Markets, CNBC, . Steel, Steel, U.S . Steel, SpringWorks Therapeutics, Food and Drug Administration, Therapeutics, Carlyle, Dow Jones Indices, underperform Locations: Ireland, China, Twilio, Cleveland, United States

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☆ 2 days before delivery, Cybertruck buyers still don't know what they're getting — or how much it'll cost
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Nora Naughton | Tim Levin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Would-be Tesla Cybertruck buyers still don't know how much they're spending. Apart from the few remaining details listed and the occasional cryptic tweet from Musk, there isn't much information to tell Cybertruck buyers what they're getting into. Tesla Cybertruck. That makes it even more important to give loyal truck buyers some details to work with. "If you're looking to convert average pickup truck buyers to something different, that's a little harder," Fiorani said.

Persons: Tesla, —, Elon, It's, Musk, Cybertruck, William Huston, he's, Ed Kim, AutoPacific, Sam Fiorani, Fiorani Organizations: Service, Ford, Chevrolet, Toyota, AutoForecast Locations: San Francisco

☆ One Click LCA makes construction more sustainable. It just raised $43.8 million with this 15-slide pitch deck.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Finnish software company One Click LCA, which aims to make construction more sustainable, has raised 40 million euros, $43 million, in its first external funding round after it was bootstrapped for the past 22 years. One Click LCA helps them measure, report, and reduce emissions of their products and projects. It embeds emissions data into every decision, suggests changes to reduce environmental impact and improve circularity, and allows users to model changes. One Click LCA puts this number at 57% based on its aggregation of existing data and its own calculations. "That's not possible to do after you have commissioned the design," Pasanen said.

Persons: Panu Pasanen, Pasanen Organizations: Business, US, Leadership, Energy, Environmental, PSG Equity, InfraVia Capital Partners, Sustainability Locations: Helsinki

Speaking to parliament, Scholz went into Germany's recent history of the COVID pandemic, the war in Ukraine and soaring energy prices to extend a suspension of self-imposed borrowing limits to tackle a crisis that has knocked his coalition. A constitutional court ruling nearly two weeks ago blocked the government's plans to reallocate unused pandemic funds towards green initiatives and industry support, raising fears Germany's economy could be further weakened. Scholz's assurances that his government would solve the budget crisis with care were met with jeers and laughter from the opposition Christian Democrats (CDU), whose lawsuit against the government had sparked the earlier court ruling. He underscored support for Ukraine, after the recent budget turmoil raised questions over how much military aid Berlin was willing to commit. "It is also clear that we must not let up in our support for Ukraine and in overcoming the energy crisis.

Persons: Olaf Scholz, Christian Lindner, Robert Habeck, Friedrich Merz, Scholz, Germany's, Berlin, Scholz's, " Merz, Andreas Rinke, Christian Kraemer, Miranda Murray, Rachel More, Matthias Williams, Kirsti Knolle, Bernadette Baum Organizations: Climate, Christian Democratic Union, CDU, Bundestag, Christian Democrats, Ukraine, Finance, Thomson Locations: BERLIN, Ukraine, Germany, East Germany

☆ U.S. Whiskey Is ‘Collateral Damage’ in Trans-Atlantic Trade Fight
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Kristina Peterson | Kim Mackrael | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

U.S. whiskey makers are bracing for an EU tariff that would retaliate for U.S. tariffs on European steel. Photo: Luke Sharrett for The Wall Street JournalBrooke Glover wants to ship her award-winning, West Virginia-made whiskey to Europe, where fans have been clamoring for a taste. But she has no plans to expand across the Atlantic just yet. Swilled Dog distillery is one of many American whiskey makers falling victim to a fight that has nothing to do with bourbon or rye. The threatened tariff is the European Union’s retaliation for U.S. tariffs on European steel and aluminum, which themselves were part of tougher trade measures designed to boost U.S. manufacturers.

Persons: Luke Sharrett, Brooke Glover Organizations: Wall Street, West Locations: West Virginia, Europe

☆ Behind Tesla’s Challenges in Making the Cybertruck: Ultrahard Stainless Steel
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Rebecca Elliott | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Cybertruck launch is a critical one for Tesla, whose sales growth has slowed. Photo: mike blake/ReutersWith the Cybertruck, Tesla sought to break from convention by cladding its electric pickup in ultrahard stainless steel, a material that doesn’t need to be painted, resists dents and adds to the vehicle’s distinctive look. Turns out, the choice of metal has further complicated an already difficult new-model launch for the world’s most valuable automaker.

Persons: Tesla, blake Organizations: Reuters

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☆ The stainless steel body of Tesla's Cybertruck is reportedly leading to issues with gaps in between the panels
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Cybertruck's stainless steel body has made it difficult to align its panels, WSJ reported. The stainless steel has been difficult to shape into panels without gaps or alignment issues, the publication said, citing individuals who had worked on the Cybertruck. The Journal said the stainless steel is made in "coils that resemble giant rolls of toilet paper." The billionaire has said the vehicle's stainless steel body will be bulletproof and even comes with an option for fixed bulletproof windows. Munro has also pointed out that the thick stainless steel body has several perks for owners.

Persons: Elon Musk, Tesla, —, Javier Verdura, Musk, you've, Giorgetto Giugiaro, Electrek, Sandy Munro, Munro Organizations: EV, Elon, Service, Street, DeLorean

People who claimed the power to control nature and the energy resources around them saw the environment as a tool to be used for progress, historians say. Over hundreds of years, that impulse has remade the planet's climate, too — and brought its inhabitants to the brink of catastrophe. Tapping nature for its resources drove progress and productivity for some, but it's also been a major driver of emissions and environmental degradation. By the mid-19th century, steam power was adopted in manufacturing, cotton mills, steam ships and locomotives around the world, turning coal into a global trade. Centuries later, the United Kingdom has nearly weaned itself off coal, with weeks or months at a stretch where the national grid gets no coal power.

Persons: ”, Luis Zambrano, it's, Anya Zilberstein, ” Zilberstein, Vera S, Candiani, Jan Golinski, “, ” Golinski, Deborah Coen, Andreas Malm, Barak, it’s, J.R, McNeill, ” McNeill, Victor Seow, Elizabeth Chatterjee, “ Indira Gandhi, Chatterjee, Joshua Howe, Howe, Yale's Coen, —, ” Howe, Fredrik Albritton Jonsson, Jonsson Organizations: National University Autónoma, Concordia University, Mexico City —, America, Princeton, University of New, Yale, Lund University, Tel Aviv University, Laboratory, Global, Project, Energy, Georgetown University, Communist, University of Chicago, Reed College, . Environmental Protection Agency, U.S, AP Locations: Nations, Mexico, Lake Texcoco, Montreal, Spanish, University of New Hampshire, Maui, Britain, Sweden, ”, India, Egypt, Nigeria, Ottoman Empire, United Kingdom, Cumbria, England, Wales, Scotland, China, Japan, U.S, Europe, United States, British, Portland , Oregon

☆ Huge Turbines Will Soon Bring First Offshore Wind Power to New Yorkers
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Patrick Mcgeehan | More About Patrick Mcgeehan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The pier on the Connecticut coast is filled with so many massive oddities that it could be mistaken for the set of a sci-fi movie. It is a launching point, not for spacecraft, but for the first wind turbines being built to turn ocean wind into electricity for New Yorkers. Crews of union workers in New London, Conn., are preparing parts of 12 of the gargantuan fans before shipping them out for final assembly 15 miles offshore. “They’re sort of space-stationesque,” said Christine Cohen, a Democratic state senator who toured the assembly site last week. Recent setbacks to several other offshore projects in the region have raised concerns about whether and when they all will be built.

Persons: Crews, ”, Christine Cohen, it’s, ’ Organizations: Democratic Locations: Connecticut, New London, Conn

☆ Former Coal Towns Get Money for Clean-Energy Factories
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Hiroko Tabuchi | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

In Weirton, W.Va., in the heart of coal country, a company started by MIT scientists plans to build a plant that will produce a metal and alloy critical for clean energy, fuel cells and cleaner steel. In Vernon, Texas, also a former coal town, a third-generation wind entrepreneur plans to manufacture turbines suitable for remote, rural locations. And in Vandergrift, Pa., and Louisville, Colo., a window maker plans to retrofit aging factories to produce thin, insulated units that help make buildings more energy efficient. They’re all projects getting federal funding designed to help small- and medium-sized manufacturers bring clean-energy jobs to former coal communities, part of a $1 trillion infrastructure package signed by President Biden in 2021. The Energy Department announced the projects on Monday.

Persons: Biden Organizations: MIT, The Energy Department Locations: Vernon , Texas, Vandergrift, Pa, Louisville, Colo

☆ Young Thug trial: Opening statements begin in rapper’s racketeering trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Christina Maxouris | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The prosecution began opening statements Monday morning in the racketeering trial of Grammy-winning rapper Young Thug, who is accused of leading a violent street gang in the Atlanta area affiliated with the national Bloods gang. Young Thug, whose real name is Jeffery Williams, was charged alongside more than two dozen other people under the state’s expansive Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act – known as RICO. Young Thug is among six defendants who have pleaded not guilty to all charges and are standing trial in an Atlanta courtroom, the judge said Monday. Prosecutors say Young Thug is the cofounder of a criminal street gang – Young Slime Life – that’s responsible for violent acts dating back a decade. The trial is expected to last months and could feature a star-studded list of witnesses, including rappers Lil Wayne and Killer Mike.

Persons: Young Thug, Young, Jeffery Williams, Fani Willis, Donald Trump, Gunna, –, Brian Steel, Thug, “, ’, Willis, Trump’s, that’s, Steel, “ Jeffery, ”, he’s, Camila Cabello, ” Travis Scott, Drake, Childish Gambino, Ludwig Göransson, Marquavius Huey, Deamonte Kendrick, Gotti, Quamarvious Nichols, Rodalius Ryan, Shannon Stillwell, Lil Wayne, Mike Organizations: CNN, Bloods, Judge Ural Glanville, Prosecutors, WXIA Locations: Atlanta, Fulton County, Fulton, “ Havana

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