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☆ Women's NCAA roundup: Ohio State sinks UNC at buzzer
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The Buckeyes (27-7) led by as many as 12 points in the fourth quarter but needed the heroics from Sheldon to put away the Tar Heels (22-11). Sheldon finished with 16 points, six rebounds and five assists, and teammate Taylor Mikesell scored 17 points. Kelly led North Carolina with 22 points and three steals, while Alyssa Ustby and Kennedy Todd-Williams each scored 16 points. Ohio State advances to the Sweet 16 for the second straight season. Texas (26-10) became the second hosting team to not advance to the Sweet 16 in this tournament, joining No.

☆ A GOP politician tried to use the Iran hostage crisis to help Reagan in the 1980 election. The man who accompanied him wants to come clean to Jimmy Carter: 'History needs to know that this happened'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-19 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

GOP politician Ben Barnes said his mentor worked to influence the 1980 election in favor of Reagan. John Connally asked Middle East leaders to delay the release of Iranian hostages. "History needs to know that this happened," Barnes told The New York Times. "I'll go to my grave believing that it was the purpose of the trip," Barnes told the Times. Barnes told the Times he finally decided to share the details of the trip following the news that Carter admitted himself to hospice care.

☆ NBA roundup: Malik Beasley leads revamped Lakers to win
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

Anthony Davis scored 12 points with 12 rebounds for Los Angeles. Klay Thompson scored 22 points and Ty Jerome added 20 for the Warriors, who were without Stephen Curry (leg) and Andrew Wiggins (personal). Evan Mobley had 31 points and nine rebounds, Donovan Mitchell and Darius Garland scored 22 points each, and Jarrett Allen had 14 points and 13 rebounds for the Cavaliers. Tatum had 31 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists. Anunoby returned from a wrist injury to score 12 points, but Toronto was without Fred VanVleet (personal).

☆ Factbox: Jimmy Carter's biggest challenges while president
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-20 | by ( Moira Warburton | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces new sanctions against Iran in retaliation for taking U.S. hostages, at the White House, Washington, D.C., U.S., April 7, 1980. Library of Congress/Marion S. Trikosko/Handout via REUTERSWASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, 98, has decided to receive hospice care, the Carter Center said on Saturday. Here are several key events from the Georgia Democrat's time in office from 1977 to 1981. CAMP DAVID ACCORDSThe Camp David Accords were a series of agreements signed in 1978 between Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. The hostages were released minutes after Ronald Reagan was sworn into office to replace Carter in 1981.

☆ How Jimmy Carter helped to practically wipe the horrific Guinea worm parasite off the face of the earth
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-20 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Former US President Jimmy Carter played a major role in nearly wiping out the Guinea worm disease. Since 1986, the Carter Center has led the global campaign to annihilate Guinea worm disease. Since 1986, The Carter Center, a non-profit organization founded by Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter, has led the international campaign to annihilate Guinea worm disease in people. While Guinea worm infections have nearly been eradicated in humans, animals are still getting infected. Guinea worm disease is on track to become the second human disease in history, after smallpox, to be eradicated.

☆ Jimmy Carter, the 39th U.S. president, is in hospice care
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-18 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Former President Jimmy Carter speaks to the congregation at Maranatha Baptist Church before teaching Sunday school in his hometown of Plains, Georgia on April 28, 2019. Former President Jimmy Carter, who at 98 years old is the longest-lived American president, has entered home hospice care in Plains, Georgia, a statement from The Carter Center confirmed Saturday. Jason Carter, the couple's grandson who now chairs The Carter Center governing board, said Saturday in a tweet that he "saw both of my grandparents yesterday. That's a staggering drop from when The Carter Center began leading the global eradication effort in 1986, when the parasitic disease infected 3.5 million people. I would not deserve to be your president," Carter said often as he campaigned.

☆ NBA roundup: Knicks rally from 21-point deficit to beat 76ers
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Miles McBride came off the bench to score 14 points while fellow reserve Isaiah Hartenstein had 14 rebounds. Joel Embiid (31 points, 14 rebounds), Tobias Harris (14 points, 10 rebounds) and James Harden (12 points, 12 assists) recorded double-doubles for the 76ers, who had their eight-game road winning streak snapped. De'Anthony Melton scored 14 points while Tyrese Maxey had 12 points and P.J. Scottie Barnes added 16 points and seven rebounds. Bruce Brown scored 16 and both Ish Smith and Zeke Nnaji scored 10 off the bench.

☆ Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama say they have no classified documents
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Joe Biden, Donald Trump and Mike Pence are all facing classified documents controversies. Former presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama say they don't have any classified documents. Clinton's office similarly says, "All of President Clinton's classified materials were properly turned over to NARA in accordance with the Presidential Records Act." "NARA has never issued any such statement and is not aware of any missing boxes of Presidential records from the Obama administration." Biden, Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence are each facing controversies over the improper storage of classified documents.

☆ Montana senator Jon Tester says he will defeat the GOP's 'awful plan' for a national sales tax
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Republicans have proposed replacing the income tax with a national consumption tax. Their legislation would get rid of the income tax, estate tax, and payroll tax — and abolish the IRS. Democratic Senator Jon Tester, whose home state of Montana has no sales tax, is vehemently against it. Buddy Carter's Fair Tax Act, the income tax, alongside the payroll tax and estate tax, would be replaced by a 23% consumption tax on gross payments — and the IRS would be abolished. A national sales tax would likely be more regressive than the current income tax, hitting lower- and middle-income Americans harder.

☆ Everything you need to know about the M&A market for 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

After a long, cold dealmaking season, insiders are hoping to the market begin to thaw this year. So Insider's Carter Johnson spoke to six M&A bankers about what to expect this year. And while it's true sellers could always try and wait out the market, there's no gurantee of when things can get better. Click here to read more about what to keep an eye out for in the M&A market this year. This is what we know about the man some once considered to be a potential successor to CEO James Gorman.

☆ Cannabis org The Parent Company establishes restructured partnership with Jay-Z's Roc Nation and SC Branding
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( John Lynch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The Parent Company and Jay-Z's Roc Nation and SC Branding have established a revised strategic agreement to restructure their partnership, the companies announced to Insider. Jay-Z, Roc Nation, and their affiliates will return approximately 7.1 million common shares of The Parent Company "to preserve shareholder value," the companies said. Through the agreement, The Parent Company will have an eight-year exclusive license to distribute Monogram, Jay-Z's cannabis line, in California. "We are excited for the continued growth of The Parent Company and our future together in the cannabis industry." Desiree Perez, CEO of Roc Nation, added, "We're eager to work alongside The Parent Company in this progressive capacity.

☆ Top talkers: These 20 lawmakers spoke the most on the House and Senate floors during the 117th Congress, including Rep. Buddy Carter and Sen. Marsha Blackburn
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | Oma Seddiq | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Some lawmakers delivered dozens of floor speeches during the 117th Congress, C-SPAN's tracking showed. Most members don't usually hang out on the House or Senate floor to hear their colleagues' speeches. These House members spoke the most on the House floor during the 117th Congress. "It is my duty to use the House Floor as a vehicle to share their views, needs, and successes. That's because the Senate floor is typically where leaders make announcements to their members on legislation and nominations, among other topics.

☆ Meet a couple living on disability and $500 per month from a guaranteed-income program for families hurt financially by the pandemic
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-25 | by ( Jason Lalljee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A couple from Minnesota gets by on disability benefits and a basic-income program aimed at parents. The St. Paul pilot program launched in 2020 provides 150 families $500 per month for 18 months. The possibilities opened up for their family when Malissa was chosen for a guaranteed-income pilot program in her hometown of St. Paul, Minnesota. Money from guaranteed-income programs does not typically affect one's eligibility for public-assistance programs in the way employment can. The couple has been supporting their family on about $2,000 per month in disability income because of mental-health issues and complications from a childhood case of spinal meningitis.

Mike Hodges, the British filmmaker who directed the hard-boiled gangster saga "Get Carter" and the campy space opera "Flash Gordon," died Saturday, according to his friend Mike Kaplan. "My middle-class eyes were forced to witness horrendous poverty and deprivation that I was previously unaware of," Hodges wrote in a letter published in The Guardian in May. "Get Carter" quickly entered the pantheon of British film classics. He replaced the acclaimed British director Nicolas Roeg ("Walkabout") on "Flash Gordon," a goofy project that has since attracted a cult following. I think that as a young man I probably did."

☆ 'How dare he?' New Hampshire seethes at Biden's planned changes to the 2024 Democratic presidential primaries
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-18 | by ( Natasha Korecki | Natasha Korecki Is A Senior National Political Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

“How dare he?” Laurie Jasper, a member of the New Hampshire Federation of Republican Women, said. Salting the wound was the revelation that South Carolina hadn’t even asked to be first, and officials there contend they were as surprised as anyone to be handed the spot. In South Carolina, the majority of Democratic primary voters are African American. “North Carolina is more diverse than South Carolina. Democrats say they aren’t about to retreat behind South Carolina and anyway, they can’t.

☆ 23 major brands suspected of illegally sourcing products made by forced labor in China
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-17 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

And more ...Mary Meisenzahl/InsiderThese companies have also been suspected of having direct or indirect ties to Chinese forced labor in the aforementioned reports. Bosch"Bosch is committed to ensuring that its products are not produced wholly or in part by forced labor. "Compliance with human rights, labor rights and environmental standards is a top priority at PUMA and has been specified in our Codes of Conduct for over 20 years." As stated in our Business Conduct Guidelines, we reject all forms of oppression, forced labor and participation in human rights violations. We will continue to respect human rights and take a strong stand against forced labor."

A woman accused Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter of raping her at a concert in Washington State two decades ago, when she was 17, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday. "He also said he’d turn people against me because he’s Nick Carter and he would wreck my life," the woman is quoted as saying in a news release from her lawyer, Mark Boskovich. In a statement, Michael Holtz, an attorney for Carter, called the allegations "legally meritless" and "entirely untrue." Holtz said the woman had been "manipulated into making false allegations about Nick — and those allegations have changed repeatedly and materially over time. Carter raped her a second time on a bed near the back of the tour bus while she begged him to stop, the suit alleges.

☆ Aaron Carter's toddler turns 1 weeks after dad's death
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

CNN —Melanie Martin celebrated her son Prince’s first birthday, while also honoring her child’s late father, singer Aaron Carter. The boy celebrated his first birthday just three weeks after his dad was found dead in the bathtub at his Lancaster, California home. Martin, who had been engaged to Carter, shared a video compilation on her verified Instagram account of their time as a family. “Happy birthday to my baby boy Prince Lyric Carter,” the caption read. !”The LA County Coroner is still working to determine the cause of Carter’s death.

☆ Stores like Uniqlo, Timberland, and Arc'teryx will reward you for dropping off your unwanted clothes — they may even repair them
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Uniqlo's Manhattan flagship store offers low-cost repairs to worn clothes from the brand. PatagoniaWorn Wear is Patagonia's way of extending the life of its garments by allowing customers to trade in old clothes for store credit. According to the site, the old jeans are repurposed as part of a collaboration with Cotton's Blue Jeans Go Green, another recycling program. ReformationReformation's clothes recycling program, RefRecycling, has operated since 2015. LululemonLululemon's "Like New" section offers customers the option of gently used activewear at a cheaper price than the brand's new clothing.

Aaron Carter's older brother Nick, and twin sister, Angel, posted their first public statements following Carter's tragic death in tributes posted to Instagram Sunday. Angel Carter and Aaron Carter at their 19th birthday party in Hollywood, Calif., on Dec. 15, 2006. Despite what he called a "complicated" relationship with his younger brother, Nick Carter said he has always loved him. Conrad starred in the 2006 "House of Carter" reality show with Carter and their other siblings, including "Backstreet Boys" singer Nick Carter. Carter's death at the age of 34 sparked a number of tributes from those in the entertainment industry.

☆ Aaron Carter's twin sister honors the late singer: 'I loved you beyond measure'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Dakin Andone | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Aaron Carter’s twin sister paid tribute to the former child pop singer after he was confirmed dead Saturday at the age of 34. “To my twin… I loved you beyond measure,” Angel Carter wrote in a post on Instagram, alongside family photos of her and her brother as babies and young children. Actress Hilary Duff, left, hugs singer Aaron Carter as they attend the premiere of "The Lizzie McGuire Movie" on April 26, 2003, in Hollywood, California. Rest In Peace!”The band New Kids on the Block similarly shared their sympathies in a statement on Twitter: “We are shocked and saddened about the sudden passing of Aaron Carter. Sending prayers to the Carter family.

☆ Singer Aaron Carter, 34, found dead in his home, reports say
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Nov 5 (Reuters) - Aaron Carter, who won early fame as a child pop star and toured with his brother's hit band Backstreet Boys before pursuing careers in rap and acting, was found dead in his home near Los Angeles on Saturday, according to media reports. There were no reports that foul play was suspected in Carter's death. Carter, 34, released his debut album in 1997 when he was just 9 years old, becoming a child pop star who frequently appeared on Nickelodeon, according to TMZ and The Hollywood Reporter. He turned to rap later in his music career, and also acted in productions such as the Broadway Show "Seussical." Carter went to drug rehabilitation centers on multiple occasions, most recently earlier this year, in an effort to regain custody of his son, Prince, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

☆ Wells Fargo double downgrades Hanesbrands, says it can fall 30% on macro and balance sheet pressures
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Sock and underwear maker Hanesbrands could fall more than 30% as it faces several major business challenges, Wells Fargo said in a double downgrade of the stock. Hanesbrands shares, which are already down by more than 50% this year, could now face still more pressure as it deals with higher cotton and logistics costs, as well as lower demand in the spring season. Hanesbrands is also at risk of breaching its leverage ratio debt covenants, Wells Fargo said. As a result, Hanesbrands may have to refinance its debt next year as it deals with rising interest rates, according to the note. That puts the company's dividend, currently yielding an above average 8.2%, in jeopardy, Wells Fargo said.

☆ BANK OF AMERICA: These 14 stocks have the best chance at delivering positive surprises to investors as the biggest names keep disappointing and getting destroyed.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Marley Jay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Big Tech stocks like Meta and Microsoft plunged this week after disappointing quarterly reports. Experts on Wall Street think that earnings projections will decline as the economy slows. A terrible year for most tech stocks has taken a stunning turn for the worse this week as Meta Platforms, Microsoft, and Alphabet all tanked after their latest quarterly reports. "As consensus estimates continue to come down, we expect stocks with positive revisions (which will grow more scarce) to continue to outperform within small caps." The 14 stocks below all have "Buy" ratings from BofA's analysts, and the firm thinks their earnings and sales will beat Wall Street projections when they next report their results.

☆ U.S. funds projects to explore nuclear waste reprocessing
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Timothy Gardner | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, or ARPA-E, aims to develop a dozen projects to recycle the waste, also known as spent nuclear fuel, with $38 million in funding. France and other countries have reprocessed nuclear waste by breaking it down into uranium and plutonium and reusing it to make new reactor fuel. President Joe Biden's administration supports development of advanced nuclear plants to help reach his goal of decarbonizing the U.S. economy by 2050. Recycling nuclear waste "can significantly reduce the amount of spent fuel at nuclear sites, and increase economic stability for the communities leading this important work," Granholm said. As a result, the waste is now stored at nuclear power plants across the country in spent fuel pools and in casks made of steel and concrete.

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