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☆ War analysts argue the West needs to break the industries keeping Russia's deadliest guns firing before it's too late
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A new analysis identified several ways that the West can disrupt Russia's artillery supply chain. Analysts said the West needs to go after Russia's foreign imports before it's too late. Despite international sanctions meant to cripple Russia's war machine, Russia has maintained an edge over Ukraine when it comes to artillery production and rate of fire. AdvertisementThe analysts at RUSI said that the West needs to disrupt the industries that are keeping Russia's deadly and destructive howitzers firing before it's too late for Ukraine. However, the analysts said, "the longer the war continues, the more Russia's dependencies on foreign suppliers will become a weakness."

Persons: —, RUSI, it's Organizations: Service, Royal United Services Institute, Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, West, US Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Moscow, China, Iran, North Korea

A major part of the fears is that the US’ influence with Israel has appeared to be steadily waning over the last year. Israel’s security cabinet has not yet reached a decision on how to proceed, an Israeli official told CNN on Friday. As of last week, Israel had not given any assurances that it would not target Iran’s nuclear facilities, CNN reported. Israel has for decades been planning attacks on Iran’s nuclear capabilities, and just two years ago simulated striking them in a military exercise. ‘Our strike will be powerful’Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant issued a strong warning to Iran about his country’s response on Wednesday.

Persons: CNN —, Israel, Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Biden, Hassan Nasrallah, ”, “, Israel —, Yoav Gallant, ” Gallant, Jordan, Abbas Araghchi, Al, Netanyahu “, Araghchi, it’s, Ben Gurion, CNN’s Kayla Tausche, Dania Karni, Katie Bo Lillis Organizations: CNN, Israel, Wednesday, United Arab, US, Israel’s, Iran’s, Zionist Locations: Tehran, Israel, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Arab, Iran, Damascus, Gaza, Lebanon, Beirut, France, cyberattacks, Saudi Arabia, Jordanian, backchannels, Washington, Yom, Tel Aviv

☆ Pharmacy deserts are appearing across U.S. as drug stores closures spread
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Kevin Williams | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

"As long as the big three PBMs go unchecked, more pharmacy deserts will appear," Rochol said. Between 2023 and 2024, independent pharmacies in the CVS Caremark pharmacy network were reimbursed 67.5% higher on average than CVS Pharmacy locations, and 51.9% higher than other chain pharmacies in the state. The CVS spokesman also said that CVS pharmacies are not all serviced by Caremark, working with over 70 different PBMs. "There are unfortunately many factors for pharmacy closures in rural areas, including population declines and the growing use of online pharmacies." But Banas believes the pharmacy deserts will only grow, and lead to an increase the number of apps and digitization.

Persons: Rochol, Miranda Rochol, Health —, —, Joyce Dingman, wasn't, Nickerson, David Nickerson, Tim Wentworth, Greg Lopes, Steven C, Anderson, Colin Banas, Banas, it's, Tamera Hughes, Hughes, Rob Anderson Organizations: FTC, Health, Federal Trade Commission, Aids, Rite Aid, CVS, Walgreens, Cigna, Walgreens Boots, CVS Pharmacy, Caremark, Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, National Community Pharmacists, National Association of Chain Drug, U.S, Congress, Amazon, University's, of Pharmacy, Pharmacists, Aid Locations: United States, PBMs, New Lebanon, Ohio, Dayton, New Lebanon's, Rust, New Lebanon , Ohio, Georgia, NACDS

Around 400,000 claims worth $10 billion are being processed for eligible business owners who applied for tax refunds under the Covid-era Employee Retention Credit (ERC) program, the IRS said Thursday. He also highlighted recently announced tax relief for those in affected regions, including filing and payment extensions for individuals and businesses. For taxpayers with fully processed ERC claims whose mail routes have been disrupted, the U.S. The tax program allows businesses to claim up to $26,000 per employee on its payroll. “It’s past time to eliminate this fraud-ridden pandemic-era policy so we can concentrate on getting our fiscal house in order.”The tax program was originally projected to cost the government $55 billion.

Persons: Hurricane Helene, Hurricane Milton, Mike Martinez, ” Martinez, Maia Toll, Andrew Celwyn, Emily Nichols, —, Helene, Toll, Helene lobbed, they’re, ”, Sen, Thom Tillis, Tillis, “ Organizations: NBC News, ERC, IRS, U.S . Postal Service, Small Business Administration, Asheville, Intuit, SBA Locations: Hurricane, Asheville , North Carolina, Asheville, N.C, North Carolina, Philadelphia

☆ Why The New York Times' lawyers are inspecting OpenAI's code in a secretive room
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Lawyers for The New York Times are poring through ChatGPT's source code and training material. It is there to be inspected by lawyers for The New York Times. The Times' lawyers can share their notes with up to five outside consultants to help them understand what the code does. That text includes stories from The New York Times, articles from other publications, and an untold number of copyrighted books. OpenAI similarly used high-quality, well-researched, well-written, and fact-based New York Times articles to make ChatGPT so impressive, the Times argues.

Persons: morass, —, Sam Altman, Susman Godfrey, Mother Jones, George RR Martin, Jodi Picoult, Nehisi Coates, Kristelia García, Axel Springer, García, OpenAI, Justin Nelson, Godfrey, Nelson, Daniel Ek, Sean Parker, Matthew Sag, poring, Christa Laser Organizations: The New York Times, Service, Times, Publishers, Fox News, The New York Daily News, Georgetown University Law, Business, New York Times, Microsoft, Napster, Anthropic, OpenAI, Spotify, Emory University, America, Cleveland State University Locations: United States, Manhattan

☆ New Zealand to update inclusion guidelines for transgender athletes
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

New Zealand will update its guidelines on transgender athletes in community sport following criticism from Olympians that the principles ignore female athletes’ rights and undermine fairness and safety. Critics of transgender inclusion in women’s sport say going through male puberty imbues athletes with a huge musculo-skeletal advantage that transition does not mitigate. Supporters of transgender participation argue that not enough research has been done into the impact of transition on athletic performance and excluding transgender athletes amounts to discrimination. Sport NZ’s “Guiding Principles for the Inclusion of Transgender People in Community Sport” do not apply to elite sport. Individual sports in New Zealand govern how transgender athletes participate at elite levels.

Persons: Chris Bishop, ” Bishop, “, Raelene Castle Organizations: Sport NZ, New Zealand, Transgender People, Community Locations: Zealand, New Zealand

By Indian law, rape victims cannot be named. Protests and strikesIndia has struggled for years to tackle high rates of violence against women, with a number of high-profile rape cases drawing international attention. Doctors and social activists carry posters during a rally to condemn the rape and murder of a medic in Kolkata on October 2, 2024. Despite these changes, rape cases remain prevalent in the country, with victims and advocates saying the government is still not doing enough to protect women and punish attackers. According to India’s National Crime Records Bureau, a total of 31,516 rape cases were recorded in 2022, an average of 86 cases per day.

Persons: New Delhi CNN —, Kolkata’s, Vineet Kumar Goyal, ” FAIMA, Dibyangshu Sarkar Organizations: New, New Delhi CNN, CNN, Central Bureau of Investigation, RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, CBI, Kolkata, Federation of All India Medical Association, Getty, Indian Medical Association, Crime Records Locations: New Delhi, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, AFP

☆ Hurricane Helene cleanup crews are scrambling in Florida — but time is running out. That makes Milton more dangerous.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Leftover debris from Hurricane Helene could make incoming Hurricane Milton even more dangerous. Milton is expected to make landfall in Florida on Wednesday, the second major storm in two weeks. The region has been scrambling to pick up as much debris as possible before it's too late. AdvertisementLess than two weeks after Hurricane Helene devastated parts of Florida, another major storm is bearing down on the region — and there's a scramble to clean up before it gets there. That creates a compounding effect that makes everything more expensive — and more dangerous, Schlegelmilch said.

Persons: Hurricane Helene, Milton, —, Helene, Milton —, Ron DeSantis, Nick Friedman, they've, Friedman, DeSantis, Marla Spence, Howell, — that's, it's, It's, Jeffrey Schlegelmilch, Schlegelmilch Organizations: Service, Tampa, National Oceanic, Administration, Tampa Bay Times, National Hurricane Center, state's Department of Transportation, Environmental Program Management, Milton, National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Columbia Climate School Locations: Hurricane, Florida, Tampa, Helene, Tampa Bay

44 health care workers saw multiple cases of preteen children who had been shot in the head or chest in Gaza. 2 did not Merril Tydings Flight, emergency and critical care nurse, 44 years old, Santa Fe, N.M. “ These people were starving. ” Abeerah Muhammad Emergency and critical care nurse, 33 years old, Dallas, Texas “ Everyone we met showed us pictures of themselves before October. ” Merril Tydings Flight, emergency and critical care nurse, 44 years old, Santa Fe, N.M. “ It is very simple. ” 53 health care workers saw many children suffering from easily preventable infections, some of whom died from them.

Persons: Gaza Daniel Benneworth, Gray, I’ve, ”, Mimi Syed, Khan Younis, “, ” Dr, Mohamad Rassoul Abu, bariatric, Nina Ng, Dr, Mark Perlmutter, Mount, Irfan Galaria, Khawaja Ikram, Israel, Ahlia Kattan, Ndal Farah Anesthesiologist, ” Asma Taha, Nahreen Ahmed, Aman Odeh, Mike Mallah, Deborah Weidner, Tanya Haj, Hassan, ’, Laura Swoboda, Feroze, couldn’t, Mohammed Al, Adam Hamawy, Talal Ali Khan Nephrologist, Arham Ali, Loma, Newborn, ” Monica Johnston Burn, ” Brenda Maldonado, Ayman Abdul, Ghani, Ammar Ghanem, Mohamad Abdelfattah, ventilators, ” Laura Swoboda, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s, Harris, ProPublica, Peter Beinart, Kamala Harris, Ms, it’s Organizations: Nurses, Gaza’s Ministry of Health, West Bank, Mark Perlmutter Orthopedic, “, United, Rights, Oxfam, United States, Israeli Defense Ministry, Committee, UNICEF, Gaza, Hamas, Biden, U.S Locations: Gaza, Ukraine, Haiti, Flint, Mich, Israel, Pittsburgh, Pa, New York City, N.Y, N.C, Chantilly, Va, “, Savannah, Ga, Dallas , Texas, Costa Mesa, Calif, Toledo , Ohio, Santa Fe, Portland, Philadelphia, Austin , Texas, Charleston, S.C, Hartford, Conn, Olympia, Wash, Mequon, Wis, Lathrop, Ohio, South Brunswick, N.J, Oklahoma City, Okla, Loma Linda, Vancouver, Honolulu, Hawaii, Detroit, Tustin, United States, U.S, Al, Lebanese

☆ Trump's close relationship with Putin could come back to haunt the US
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Tom Porter | Hannah Abraham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

The relationship between Trump and Putin has long been a source of controversy. AdvertisementWith only a month to go before the presidential election, Donald Trump's relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin has once again come under the spotlight. In a forthcoming book, journalist Bob Woodward says that the former president and Putin have a closer friendship than previously known. The Ukraine war has already roiled markets for food, oil, gas, and other products, and wider conflict could have an even more devastating impact. If Russian President Vladimir Putin is victorious in Ukraine, it may embolden Chinese leader Xi Jinping to invade Taiwan.

Persons: Trump, Putin, —, Donald Trump's, Vladimir Putin, Bob Woodward, Steve Cheung, Woodward, Robert Mueller, Yuri Gripas, Joe Biden, he'd, he's, JD Vance, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Philip Ingram, Zelenskyy, Kenneth Rogoff, William Pomerantz, Vance, Xi, Ingram, Xi Jinping, Sergei Savostyanov, Jamie Dimon, Dimon, William Reinsch, Kamala Harris, Harris, Pomeranz Organizations: Service, CNN, Washington Post, Putin, Trump, Kremlin, REUTERS, Republicans, International Monetary Fund, Wilson Center, Getty, JPMorgan, CNBC, TV18, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Wall Street Locations: Ukraine, Russia, British, Europe, Washington ,, China, Russian, Taiwan, NATO, Asia, India, Pennsylvania

With one of the most powerful hurricanes in a century barreling toward Florida on Tuesday, the Twin City mobile home park was already a scene of devastation because of Hurricane Helene. Twin City Mobile Home Park in Saint Petersburg, Fla., on Oct. 8, 2024. Jesse Hancock and Ria Blaight tried to salvage what they could Tuesday from their flooded home in Twin City mobile home park. Matt Lavietes / NBC NewsBut Pinellas Park, just north of St. Petersburg, is also in a mandatory evacuation area. I don’t care what kind of home.”Twin City Mobile Home Park in Saint Petersburg, Fla., on Tuesday.

Persons: Hurricane Helene, Milton, Matt Lavietes, Mark Prompakdee, Helene, “, ‘, ” Prompakdee, Jesse Hancock, Ria Blaight, Hancock, Blaight, ” Hancock, ” Blaight, “ It’s, ” Walter Smutz, Smutz, I’m, ” Smutz, Ninda Menegias, Ninda, Menegias, ”, Corky Siemaszko Organizations: — Homes, Twin, Twin City Mobile Home, NBC, ” Twin City Mobile Home, Management, NBC News, Lakeshore Management Locations: PETERSBURG, Fla, Florida, Twin City, Hurricane, Saint Petersburg, Pinellas Park, Park, St . Petersburg, ” Twin City, Skokie , Illinois, St . Petersburg , Florida, New York City

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday takes on another battle over restrictions on firearms as the justices consider the Biden administration's move to ban "ghost gun" kits that allow people to assemble deadly weapons at home while skirting existing regulations. The challengers focus on the text of the Gun Control Act, saying in their brief that the law simply doesn't apply to gun kits. The ATF does not have unilateral authority to ban ghost guns, with Congress required to act if it wants to do so, they argue. Those defending the availability of ghost gun kits say that they are mostly used by hobbyists, rejecting the government's argument that criminals favor them. Although it is a gun case, the legal question does not turn on the right to bear arms under the Constitution's 2nd Amendment.

Persons: WASHINGTON —, —, Biden, Elizabeth Prelogar, Attorney Alvin Bragg, John Roberts, Amy Coney Barrett, District Judge Reed O’Connor, Jennifer VanDerStok, Michael Andren Organizations: Biden, of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, Manhattan, Attorney, federal Gun Control, District, Circuit, Control, ATF Locations: York City, Texas, New Orleans

Since August, we’ve been talking weekly with a group of young voters who are torn among Donald Trump, Kamala Harris and a write-in choice, to track their changing opinions. These undecided voters are really, really troubled by Trump’s refusal to admit he lost the 2020 election (and Vance’s refusal to say that in the debate). But Tim Walz’s question to Vance at the debate — did Trump lose the 2020 election? But I don’t know if I trust Trump to be a normal person for the next three months,” said Lillian, a 27-year-old Virginian who voted for Trump in 2020 but is now undecided. These voters suggest that Trump should be more worried than Harris right now.

Persons: we’ve, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Biden, JD Vance —, Trump, Tim Walz’s, Vance, Kamala, ”, Lillian, Harris, Nikki Haley, —, “, Jan Organizations: Trump, Republican Locations: America, Pennsylvania

☆ Israel may have military superiority, but it lacks a clear strategic vision, say experts
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | Hannah Abraham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Experts told BI that Israel still lacks a long-term strategic vision on how to end the war. But while Israel may have military superiority in the region, it lacks a clear, long-term strategic vision to end conflict in the Middle East, according to security experts. It's clear the Israel Defense Forces have achieved a series of tactical gains in recent weeks, but they still lack a clear military strategy, security analysts told Business Insider. "Neither outcome achieves Israel's security objectives, which would represent a defeat for the IDF and could threaten the survival of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government," Pfaff said. The problem may be that Israel's security doctrine has long been based on short wars.

Persons: Israel, —, Burcu, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bashir Abbas, Chris Doyle, Doyle, They're, Anthony Pfaff, Pfaff, Benjamin Netanyahu's, " Pfaff, Moody's, Will, Edmund Fitton, Brown, Donald Trump, Netanyahu, Kamala Harris, Daniel Hoffman Organizations: Service, Israel Defense Forces, Middle East Security, Royal United Services Institute, Israel's, Stimson Center, Council, Strategic Studies, US Army War College, Guardian, of Israel, CNN, Counter, CIA, Fox Business Locations: Iran, Lebanon, Gaza, Iraq, Syria, Israel, Beirut, British, Moody's Israel

☆ China economy: Government gives $28 billion to local governments as it vows to meet economic targets
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Juliana Liu | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Hong Kong CNN —China has set aside 200 billion yuan ($28 billion) for investment projects by local governments this year, as it promised to meet its own ambitious economic growth targets. China announced a 5% target growth rate in March, but a series of economic data over the summer has been so weak that economists were worried the goal might be missed. To help local governments struggling with mountains of debt, Beijing will provide 100 billion yuan ($14 billion) from the central government’s budget and an extra 100 billion yuan for investment projects, Zheng said. Nevertheless, investors were disappointed at the lack of details on new fiscal measures,” Fred Neumann, chief Asia economist for HSBC, told CNN. Fiscal measures, on the other hand, can include the use of taxation or other measures to impact public spending more directly.

Persons: ” Zheng Shanjie, Zheng, Xi Jinping, Fred Neumann, What’s, Jia Kang, “, … Jia Kang, –, Xi, ” Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, National Development, Reform Commission, HSBC, CNN, “, Ministry of Finance, Citi, People’s Bank of China Locations: China, Hong Kong, Beijing, Asia, Shanghai, Shenzhen

☆ White House 'in touch' with airlines as hurricanes Helene, Milton spark price-gouging fears
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Price gouging is the practice of retailers artificially inflating prices dramatically when the retailer's costs have not increased. In times of crisis, when urgent demand vastly outpaces supply, consumers can be especially vulnerable to price gouging. Florida is preparing for Hurricane Milton to make landfall on its western coast Wednesday, deepening the wounds left by the devastation of Hurricane Helene, which ravaged the southeastern U.S. about a week earlier. The attorney general's office has received more than 450 consumer contacts alleging price gouging related to Helene, which "mostly concern fuel," a spokesperson told CNBC. Though the price-gouging panic is normal during natural disasters, just the term "price gouging" has political implications, less than a month out from a presidential election that is extremely close.

Persons: Pete Buttigieg, Joe Biden, Hurricane Helene, Hurricane Milton, Milton, Helene, Kamala Harris, Harris, Howard Stern, — CNBC's Leslie Josephs Organizations: White, The Department of Transportation, Hurricane, CNBC, Transportation, —, Tampa International, Orlando International Airport, . American Airlines and United Airlines, Florida Attorney General's, Democratic Locations: Washington ,, Florida, Hurricane, U.S, Tampa, Milton

☆ Israel marks a year since Oct. 7 attacks and Hurricane Milton strengthens: Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Elizabeth Both | Elizabeth Both Is An Associate Platforms Editor For Nbc News | Based In New York. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

Israel observes the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks as it steps up attacks on Gaza and Lebanon. The people of Gaza have endured an unmitigated humanitarian catastrophe as Israel carries out one of the most intensive bombing campaigns in history. Gaza was already impoverished, overcrowded and largely inescapable, blockaded by Israel and Egypt for 17 years. Life-threatening storm surges are due to hit the state’s Gulf Coast as Hurricane Milton is set to make landfall on Wednesday. Justine Goode / NBC News; Getty ImagesWaking up and browsing your closet each morning might sometimes feel like an immense challenge.

Persons: Israel, Hurricane Milton, It’s, “, ”, Frank Lowenstein, Barack Obama, Milton, Helene, Hurricane Helene, Anna Maria, Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump, Bush, Gore, George W, Joe Biden’s, Roe, Wade ., Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, NFL Todd Rosenberg, Jalen Tolbert, Greg Rosenstein, alen, J. Organizations: Hamas, United Nations, IDF, United, Gov, Washington, Getty, Republican, Wade, NFL, Getty Images Dallas Cowboys, Pittsburgh Steelers, Sunday, NBC Locations: Gaza, Lebanon, Hurricane, Florida, Israel, Egypt, Beirut, Iran, United States, Coast, Tampa, Gulf of Mexico, U.S

☆ My dentist told me they couldn't remove a tooth because of my weight. It was the wake-up call I needed to lose 100 pounds.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Carol Evans' oral surgeon told her she was too heavy to have her tooth removed under anesthetic. It was the wake-up call she needed to lose 100 pounds through diet and exercise. "Please make another appointment for three months' time after you've lost weight." By mid-September 2021, a year after the surgery, I'd lost 100 pounds. I regained some of the weight and lost it againI kept up the regimen for nearly two years.

Persons: Carol Evans, —, John, I'd, you've, Jillian Michaels, snacking, Evans, Tim Hetherington, I'm Organizations: Service, BMI, Business Locations: Birmingham, France

☆ UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer attempts government reset less than 100 days into office
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Karen Gilchrist | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks at a press conference, during his visit to the European Commission headquarters on October 2, 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is seeking to reset his government and recover from a shaky first 100 days in office beset by policy misfires, doom mongering and a "freebie" scandal. "A challenge for the prime minister lies in the fact No. Keir Starmer now needs to show he's got control," he added. Former Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt has denied the claims as "fictitious."

Persons: Keir Starmer, Starmer, Sue Gray, Gray, Morgan McSweeney, Downing, James Lyons, Phillip Blond, thinktank, Tony Travers, Travers, he's, Rachel Reeves, Reeves, Jeremy Hunt Organizations: Britain's, European Commission, LONDON, Labour, CNBC, London School of Economics, Labour Party, Conservative, Treasury, Conservative Party, Former, Citi, KPMG, Employment Locations: Brussels, Belgium, TikTok, Ukraine

☆ CDC will start screening travelers from Rwanda to the US for Marburg virus
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Katherine Dillinger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Amid an outbreak of Marburg virus in Rwanda, travelers coming into the United States who have been in Rwanda in the previous 21 days will be screened starting next week, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday. There are no confirmed cases of Marburg virus disease – a rare but deadly hemorrhagic disease similar to Ebola – outside Rwanda, and officials have said that the current risk to the US is low. The CDC is also issuing a Level 3 Travel Health Notice, recommending that people reconsider nonessential travel to Rwanda, and sending automated texts to air travelers arriving from Rwanda to share information and instructions. As of Monday, there have been 56 confirmed cases of Marburg in Rwanda, with 36 people in isolation and treatment, and 12 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health. The CDC and the World Health Organization have deployed teams of experts to Rwanda to provide guidance and assistance to public health workers there.

Persons: CNN —, Sean Savett, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s Jen Christensen, Donald Judd Organizations: CNN, US Department of Health, Human Services, HHS, US Centers for Disease Control, Prevention, CDC, Ministry of Health, World Health Organization, National Security, CNN Health, MVD Locations: Marburg, Rwanda, United States

☆ Urgent care clinics reopen near Helene-ravaged Asheville, giving residents crucial lifeline
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-06 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Two other urgent care centers — one in Boone and one in Wilkesboro — opened shortly after Helene. The Asheville clinic is also operating on a generator. An urgent care FastMed in Asheville, N.C., on Saturday. The Asheville FastMed clinic, situated in the heavily damaged Biltmore Village, was fairly quiet Saturday but treated a few patients Friday. “It is a blessing to have the urgent care very close to our house and be able to get the help you need,” she said.

Persons: CANDLER, Hurricane Helene, Elena Gherasim, “, ”, Helene, Minyvonne Burke, Andrew Sawyer, Candler, Sawyer, ” Sawyer, Gherasim Organizations: Mission, NBC Locations: N.C, North Carolina, Hurricane, West Asheville, FastMed’s, Asheville, Candler, Hendersonville, Boone, Wilkesboro —, Burnsville , West Asheville, Weaverville, Waynesville, Foothills, Brevard

☆ San Jose Japanese American farm from early 1900s to be demolished for urban housing
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( Claire Wang | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

In San Jose, a center of California’s housing crisis, one of the oldest and last remaining Japanese-owned farms in the state will be demolished to pave the way for urban housing. San Jose is home to one of only three existing Japantowns in the country and the only one built on agricultural roots. In July, the San Jose City Council voted to turn the Sakauye family’s 23-acre fruit orchard into a mixed-used development constituting nearly 1,500 apartment units and town houses. Vanessa Hatakeyama, the acting director of the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, said the Sakauye farm is a remnant of San Jose’s agricultural landscape — one that was built by Japanese immigrants — before it was transformed by the tech and suburban housing booms. In July, the San Jose City Council voted to turn the Sakauye family’s 23-acre fruit orchard into a mixed-used development constituting nearly 1,500 apartment units and town houses.

Persons: Vanessa Hatakeyama, ” Hatakeyama, they’d, Eichii, Ed ” Sakauye, Yuwakichi, Sakauye, of San Jose Eichii Sakauye, Edward Seely, “, ”, Rosemary Kamei, Kamei’s, Kamei, Ben Leech, Carolyn Sakauye, Jane May, Leech Organizations: San Jose City, Japanese American Museum of San, ” Preservation, ., Preservation, of San, City, city’s Department of Parks ,, Neighborhood Services Locations: Jose, San Jose, Japanese American Museum of San Jose, Silicon, California, Heart Mountain , Wyoming, Heart, of San Jose

☆ How politicians got comfortable sounding desperate when asking for money
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

You may have noticed how desperate some politicians' fundraising appeals can sound. AdvertisementIf you're a person who's at all involved in politics, from the most seasoned operative to the casual observer, you're undoubtedly familiar — and perhaps a bit annoyed — with the desperate fundraising appeals uttered in the voice of politicians. AdvertisementWe weren’t quite able to reach our most recent re-election campaign fundraising goal. If the candidate is inspiring to voters on their own, there's less need to scare people into sending them money. "There's an assumption that the more desperate the appeals become the better the fundraising works," Pennington said.

Persons: —, Nancy Pelosi's, It's, I’m, Tim Kaine, Mike Nellis, Barack Obama's, Ted Cruz’s, it’s, Donald Trump's, I've, Kenneth Pennington, There's, Nellis, Pennington, aren't, that's, John Hall, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden Organizations: Service, Democratic, Citizens United, FEC, Bloomberg, Tech, Republicans, Washington Post, Trump, RNC

☆ I spent a total of 10 weeks quiet vacationing all over the world without my boss finding out. Here's how I did it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Robin Madell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

He says that quiet vacationing made him more productive at work because he was so happy. Over the course of 15 months, I spent a total of 10 weeks quiet vacationing from my fully remote job. I think quiet vacationing may be good for productivity; I was genuinely so happy while traveling the world, and it translated into my productivity at work. On some quiet vacationing days, I had to work a little later to get things across the line, but I became very efficient. A quiet vacation day in Europe might look something like this: Wake up around 8 or 9 a.m. and eat breakfast at the hotel.

Persons: Oluwole, —, Tobi Oluwole, Lyon —, didn't, would've, I'd, Slack, We've, Tobi, Jane Zhang Organizations: Service, Big Tech, Camp, Oluwole, Barcelona football, Houston, Toronto, Montreal, London, Toronto Raptors, LinkedIn Locations: France, —, Lagos, Nigeria, Brussels, Atlanta , Georgia, Tennessee, Toronto, Ottawa, Lisbon, Barcelona, Cancun, Atlanta, Francisco, Rome, Amalfi, Paris, Los Angeles, Vancouver, London, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Canada, Europe, Portugal

☆ Ryanair Boeing plane catches fire on runway in Italy; 184 aboard evacuated
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Barbie Latza Nadeau | Antonia Mortensen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Rome CNN —More than 180 people were evacuated Thursday from a Ryanair Boeing passenger jet after it caught fire while taxiing to take off at Brindisi Airport in southern Italy. A spokesperson for the airport in Brindisi confirmed there had been a fire that halted air traffic for several hours. Ryanair, the Irish budget airline group that operates Europe’s largest aircraft fleet, said all 184 passengers and crew were safely evacuated on the runway after Thursday’s incident. On Tuesday, another Ryanair aircraft – flight FR846 – headed into Milan Bergamo airport from Barcelona had a tire issue upon landing, which briefly closed the destination airport. Boeing, the manufacturer of both aircraft involved in this week’s incidents, referred CNN to Ryanair.

Persons: Rome, Rome CNN —, FR846 –, Andrea Caroppo, Mauro D’Attis, ”, Caroppo, ENAC Organizations: Rome CNN, Ryanair Boeing, Brindisi, Boeing, Milan Bergamo Airport, Ryanair, Passengers, CNN, “ Passengers, Forza Italia, National Civil Aviation Authority, ENAC, Transport Commission, Transport Locations: Italy, Milan, Brindisi, Italian, Turin, Milan Bergamo, Barcelona, Italy’s, Bari, London, Bologna, Brussels, Luxembourg, Europe

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