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☆ I crowdsourced travel tips for my 3-month European vacation. I ended up on a stranger's boat shrimping in Norway's fjords.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Shrimping on a stranger's boat in Norway's FjordsOn this trip, I want to do something different and create a community of people that I could ask for recommendations. Related storiesI received a direct message from a shrimp company, Færder Sjømat, asking if I wanted to join them on a shrimp boat. It was just me and the two of them on the little boat, so it felt really personal. Another challenge is that when you're traveling by yourself, you're fully in charge of taking care of yourself. So my advice is — if you're traveling solo, slow down, and learn how to take care of yourself and your health on the road.

Persons: Gabriel Escobar backpacked, —, Gabriel Escobar, Færder Sjømat, Escobar, Gabe Escobar, I'd Organizations: Service Locations: Europe, Norway, Copenhagen, Shrimping, Oslo, Norwegian

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Everybody sheltering at A-B Tech had a story to tell Monday about surviving Hurricane Helene. Three days after a massive storm swamped this landlocked city, the shelter at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, known locally as A-B Tech, was at capacity with 149 people, including many families, facing an uncertain future together. “This was shocking to everybody,” said James Yulon Ferguson, 52, whose trailer in the nearby community of Swannanoa is now underwater. Ferguson said he had received the warning that Helene was headed toward Asheville, but he “didn’t think it was going to be that bad.”At first, he decided to stay put. But then the storm got a whole lot worse.

Persons: Helene, ”, James Yulon Ferguson, Ferguson, ‘, ’ ” Organizations: Tech, Community College Locations: ASHEVILLE, N.C, Asheville, Swannanoa

Beloved finger-wagging Hall of Fame center Dikembe Mutombo, one of basketball's most feared shot blockers, died of brain cancer, the NBA announced on Monday. Dikembe Mutombo playing for the Georgetown Hoyas in Landover, Md., on Jan. 1, 1991. The future Hall of Fame coach, who developed future NBA big man Patrick Ewing and had Alonzo Mourning on campus, convinced Mutombo to turn his attention to the hardwood. Mutombo parlayed his Georgetown play into becoming the fourth overall pick of the Denver Nuggets in the 1991 NBA Draft. "Other than what he has accomplished on the basketball court, I think he was even better off the court."

Persons: Mutombo, Dikembe, Mitchell Layton, Marie Mutombo, ”, Adam Silver, Silver, Mukamba Jean Jacques Wamutombo, John Thompson, Patrick Ewing, Alonzo Mourning, parlayed, Allen Iverson, Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal, Joel Embiid Organizations: of Fame, NBA, Georgetown Hoyas, Getty, Democratic, NBC News, Georgetown University, Georgetown, Denver Nuggets, Big East Conference, Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe, 76ers Locations: Denver , Atlanta, Philadelphia , New Jersey , New York, Houston, Landover, Md, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshasa, Cameroon

Israel’s recent attacks on Hezbollah expose weaknesses in Iran’s proxy strategy. Israel’s attacks on Hezbollah exposes weaknesses in Iran’s ‘axis of resistance’In a matter of weeks, Israel has dealt devastating blows to Iran’s most important proxy, Hezbollah. For Iran, Hezbollah was supposed to be the cornerstone of its strategy to outflank superior adversaries, such as Israel, with armed proxies. But Iran’s strategy, dubbed the “axis of resistance,” underestimated how Israel would respond to the Hamas terrorist attack of Oct. 7 and subsequent cross-border rocket fire from Hezbollah. Helene leaves a trail of destruction in the SoutheastThe devastation from Helene came into clearer view over the weekend, with residents in the Southeast reeling from the storm’s impact.

Persons: Helene, Derrick Henry, Hezbollah’s, Hassan Nasrallah, ”, “, Bruce Hoffman, —, they’ve, Nelson Mandela, Marwan Barghouti, Sheriff Quentin Miller, Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump, Stephanie Scarbrough, eason, alf Organizations: Baltimore Ravens, NFL, Israel, U.S, Sheriff, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Gov, NBC, NFL Baltimore, Ravens, Buffalo Bills, ’, Kansas City Chiefs, Minnesota Vikings, Seattle Seahawks, Kansas City, Seattle, Detroit Lions Locations: Florida, North Carolina, Israel, Iran, Gaza, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Tehran, Buncombe County, Asheville, Tennessee, Valdosta , Georgia, Los Angeles . Minnesota, Green

☆ Is Iran’s 'axis of resistance' collapsing under Israeli attacks?
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Dan De Luce | Dan De Luce Is A Reporter For The Nbc News Investigative Unit. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

But Iran’s strategy underestimated how Israel would respond to the Hamas terrorist attack of Oct. 7 and subsequent cross-border rocket fire from Hezbollah. “Israeli intelligence has restored their aura of deterrence," Hoffman said. However, Yahyah Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, is believed to be alive and hiding in tunnels that Israeli forces have not yet seized. The successful Israeli operations have also forced Iran and Hezbollah to face a vexing question: how and when to retaliate without suffering yet more setbacks? As long as Israeli attacks continue, Hezbollah’s decision-making will be in disarray, but the militia remains a significant force.

Persons: Israel, Hassan Nasrallah, “, ”, Bruce Hoffman, Hoffman, Mohammed Hamoud, Yahyah Sinwar, Matthew Savill, Savill, ” Glenn Corn, Ezzedine, Majdi, Nasrallah, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Karim Sadjadpour, ” Sadjadpour, Marc Polymeropoulos, Rabih Daher, Benjamin Netanyahu, Corn, “ Who’s, Norman Roule, ” Roule Organizations: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, “, Royal United Services Institute, Defense Ministry, CIA, Institute, Infrastructure Technology, Hamas, Getty, West, Carnegie Endowment, International, Israel, Lebanese Armed Forces, United, Nuclear Locations: Iran, U.S, Tehran, Gaza, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Israel, Sana'a, Iranian, Hodeida, Lebanon, London, Gaza City, ”, Lebanese, Mahmudiyah, AFP, Beirut, Nuclear Iran

☆ In a single Delhi house, several hundred years of Indian history
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Aishwarya S Iyer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

And then there was Chandni Chowk, built as a part of Emperor Shah Jahan’s new capital Shahjahanabad - or Old Delhi as it later became. His ancestor, he says, was appointed the first municipal commissioner of Old Delhi. Knotting history and faithIt isn’t only multiple eras of history that intertwine here in this sliver of Old Delhi. Originally built in the 1600s, the temple was renovated with red sandstone in 1878, giving it the nickname the Red Temple. Rickshaw pullers rest along a street in Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi, India on August 6, 2023.

Persons: Chandni Chowk, Emperor Shah Jahan, Ajay Parshed, Parshed, Chandni, ”, Chunna Mal, Aishwarya S, Iyer, he’s, “, ” Parshed, Khan, Jama, Emperor Shah Jahan’s, Chunna, “ Chunna Mal, Jain, Gauri Shankar, who’ve, Rameen Khan, ” Khan, Sheetal Saxena, Shiva, Pradeep Dambarage, Nader Shah, Dilip Saxena, Saxena, “ Will Organizations: CNN, Mahal, Central Baptist Church Locations: Delhi, Chandni, Agra, British, Old Delhi, ”, Chandni Chowk, India, Golden, “

An OSHA spokesperson said in a response to NBC News that the agency did forward his safety allegations to the Coast Guard, which has the jurisdiction to investigate such claims. The Coast Guard also noted at the start of the hearing that the Titan never underwent an independent review, which is standard practice in the industry. “If the Coast Guard became a problem, then he would buy himself a congressman and make it go away,” McCoy said, adding that he resigned soon after. Rush “said the usual response that ‘it takes too long,’” Kohnen testified about getting OceanGate’s submersible classified by the industry. In a transcript of the conversation made public by the Coast Guard as part of the hearing, Rush denied he was going to put anyone at risk with the Titan.

Persons: Paul, Henri Nargeolet, Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman, Dawood, OceanGate, ” David Lochridge, Rush, ”, Lochridge, ” Lochridge, Tony Nissen, —, Nissen, “ I’m, Amber Bay, Roy Thomas, Thomas, Steven Ross testified.Rush, Ross, ” Ross, “, Bart Kemper, ” Kemper, Guillermo Söhnlein, ’, Matthew McCoy, ” McCoy, William Kohnen, Rush “, ” Kohnen, ‘, ” Rush Organizations: U.S, OceanGate, Stockton Rush, Getty, LinkedIn, Coast Guard, OSHA, Occupational Safety, Health Administration, NBC News, Titan, American Bureau of Shipping, Kemper Engineering Services, Hydrospace Locations: U.S ., South Carolina, Washington, Canada, Amber, U.S

☆ I let campers rent part of my backyard from $70 a night. It helps pay our high home maintenance costs.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Rocki McCrocklin, 52, rents her Bend, Oregon, backyard out to campers for about $74 a night. The first summer we lived in the house, some of our friends said they were taking a trip with Hipcamp. It goes back into the upkeep of the spots, too, but with a two-acre property, there's always going to be high maintenance costs. Courtesy of Rocki McCrocklinI really love meeting our guests and getting to know some amazing people. Some Hipcamp guests have been especially memorableMcCrocklin put the woodchips down on the campsite to minimize dirt spreading to the rest of the yard.

Persons: Rocki McCrocklin, McCrocklin, —, We're, she's, there's, we're, We've, we've, There's Organizations: Service, Hipcamp, Hayden Homes Amphitheater Locations: Bend , Oregon, Bend, Redmond, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Sweden, Santa Rosa , California, McCrocklin's

☆ ‘Who are you?’ An artist confronts vintage photos of her father’s past lovers
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

London-based photographer Caroline Furneaux was confronted with these questions after sifting through boxes of her father’s 35mm slides in the years following his sudden death in his 70s. Furneaux felt as if she had stumbled upon a different version of her father and his life. Caroline FurneauxFurneaux explores these fragments of her father’s life throughout the book. It was a precious collection because his stepmother had burned all the family photos and other ephemera from the past, Furneaux told CNN. Furneaux intentionally didn’t include any couple’s shots, still finding it strange to picture her father with his past romances.

Persons: Caroline Furneaux, She’d, she’d, “, ”, coy, Furneaux, —, …, It’s, Colin, –, Caroline Furneaux Furneaux, Barbro, Caroline Furneaux Colin Organizations: CNN Locations: London, Sweden

☆ Dikembe Mutombo: Basketball Hall of Famer dies from brain cancer at 58
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( David Close | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo – known for his shot-blocking and famed finger wave after denying opponents at the hoop – died Monday from brain cancer aged 58, according to the NBA. Dikembe Mutombo wags his finger during a game in Atlanta in 1998. In 1997, Mutombo established the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation with a mission to improve education and quality of life in his native DRC. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver issued a statement, saying, “Dikembe Mutombo was simply larger than life. Dikembe Mutombo, playing for the Houston Rockets, blocks a shot during a game in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in 2004.

Persons: CNN — Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo, –, Dikembe Mutombo, Scott Cunningham, Mutombo, Adam Silver, “ Dikembe Mutombo, “, Dikembe’s, Rose, ”, Nathaniel S, Butler, Daryl Morey, ” Morey, Joel Embiid, He’s, Andy Scholes, ” Scholes, ‘ Andy Organizations: CNN — Basketball Hall of Famer, NBA, Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, Democratic, Georgetown University, Denver Nuggets, Nuggets, Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets, New York Knicks, Houston Rockets, Global, Sixers, GM, 76ers, CNN, Rockets Locations: Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, Atlanta, Democratic Republic of, Congo, Africa, East Rutherford , New Jersey, Houston

☆ You don't need a QR code to get the facts checked at Tuesday's VP debate
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Peter Kafka | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

You will have a choice: Go find that site the same way you find anything else on your phone — or use a QR code. The new, new thing, the Times stresses, will be that CBS will run a QR code onscreen during the debate. AdvertisementYou are reading this on a website, so I'm confident you know how QR codes work. You probably did end up using QR codes more frequently during the pandemic, where they became part of the "touchless" experience in some consumer settings, notably restaurants. But like other pandemic experiences, it looks like the QR code spike has faded post-Covid, now that people are happy to do stuff like hold menus in their hands.

Persons: —, Tim Walz, JD Vance, that's, Walz, Norah O'Donnell, Margaret Brennan Organizations: CBS, Service, New York Times, Times, Fox, ABC, NBC, CNN Locations: Asia

☆ EchoStar to sell Dish to DirecTV, combining major pay-TV providers
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Kristian Burt | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

EchoStar is selling its Dish TV provider and digital business Sling to rival DirecTV in a deal announced Monday that brings together two of the largest pay-TV providers. Combined, DirecTV and Dish will serve close to 20 million customers, according to Reuters. The content distribution industry as a whole has been on a major decline, Akhavan said, and distribution companies such as Dish and DirecTV have fallen behind other platforms with newer technologies and wider reach. Also on Monday, AT&T announced it would sell its entire 70% stake in DirecTV to private equity firm TPG for $7.9 billion. The possibility of a merger between Dish and DirecTV has been rumored for decades.

Persons: Hamid Akhavan, CNBC's, Akhavan, EchoStar, — CNBC's Lillian Rizzo, Alex Sherman Organizations: DirecTV, Dish, Reuters, T, TPG, General Motors, Hughes Electronics, Federal Communications Commission, Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation

☆ Apple’s iPhone 16 hasn’t gotten a hot start, analysts estimate, but some still counting on ‘super cycle’
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Apple needed the iPhone 16 to be a big seller after years of sluggish iPhone sales. In particular, demand for the higher priced iPhone 16 Pro devices were down sharply year-over-year compared with the iPhone 15 launch. Analysts say there appears to have been greater demand for the lower priced iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus devices than the Pro and Pro Max, which could affect the average selling price and overall iPhone sales revenue. In the first weekend of presales, Apple sold 9.8 million iPhone 16 Pros and 17.1 million iPhone 16 Pro Max devices, down 27% and 16% year-over-year, respectively, according to Kuo. “It’s all about a monster holiday quarter and the supercycle begins for iPhone 16 in our view,” Ives told CNN in an email.

Persons: New York CNN — Apple, Long, It’s, it’s, Chi Kuo, Dan Ives, Angelo Zino, Pro Max, Kuo, Zino, ” Zino, ” Kuo, Lex Chiew, CFRA’s Zino, Mike Sievert, “, ” Ives Organizations: New, New York CNN, Apple, TF International Securities, Research, Pro, Apple Intelligence, iOS, Mobile, CNBC, CNN Locations: New York, China, ”, presales

☆ The job market is rough right now. 7 young professionals share what they think sets them apart.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Maria Noyen | Mykenna Maniece | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Many cited soft skills, including having patience and the ability to speak with different people. And yet, those we consider pioneers and leaders in the tech, finance, and business industries almost always respond with soft skills. In October 2023, Business Insider's Tim Paradis reported that soft skills have become increasingly in demand in the years following the COVID-19 pandemic. AdvertisementIn short, it's young professionals who'll be setting the standard of success at work for years to come. Here's what they said — and how their answers reflect qualities business leaders also emphasize.

Persons: —, Warren Buffett, Mark Zuckerberg, it's, Tim Cook, there's, Tim Paradis, Norman Bacal, Paradis, millennials, Glassdoor, Amanda Hoover, who'll, Gen Zers Organizations: Service, Labor Statistics Locations: NYC

☆ China ETFs were big winners in September. History says to be cautious from here
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

As a result of that excitement, China ETFs are dominating the list of top performing funds in September, according to FactSet. The iShares MSCI China ETF (MCHI) was up about 22% on the month, while the KraneSharesCSI China Internet ETF (KWEB) was up more than 32%. Other top performers include the Global X MSCI China Consumer Discretionary ETF (CHIQ) and the Invesco Golden Dragon China ETF (PGJ) , with September gains of roughly 32% and 30%, respectively. The MSCI China Index's total annualized return during that period is under 1%. The average here is a gain of +78% over 176 trading days vs. a decline of -42% over 165 trading days," the note continued.

Persons: Todd Sohn, David Tepper, there's Organizations: People's Bank of, CSI, China Internet, Dragon China Locations: People's Bank of China, China, U.S

☆ Here are Monday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Amazon, Tesla, Meta, Disney, Apple, Uber, JPMorgan Chase & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Morgan Stanley upgrades Blackline to overweight from equal weight Morgan Stanley said the software company is undervalued. Morgan Stanley upgrades US Bancorp to overweight from equal weight Morgan Stanley said U.S. Bancorp is well-positioned going forward. Barclays reiterates Tesla as equal weight Barclays says it's not sure the EV maker's upcoming robotaxi day will be a game changer. Morgan Stanley reiterates Apple as overweight Morgan Stanley says the iPhone 16 cycle remains "unchanged" for now for Apple. Morgan Stanley downgrades JPMorgan to equal weight from overweight Morgan Stanley sees better value elsewhere than shares of JPMorgan.

Persons: Wolfe, Hess, Brent, Morgan Stanley, reprice, Cantor Fitzgerald, Cantor, Tesla, it's, Uber, Apple, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, JPMorgan, Piper Sandler, Piper, Forman, Gamble, TD Cowen Organizations: Chevron, Bancorp, U.S, MU, Autodesk, Barclays, Citi, Meta, Apple, Pro, Westlake, Resources, JPMorgan, DIS, Brown, Barclays downgrades Procter, Accenture, UBS, Brookfield, Partners Locations: AVGO, ASML, TER, OW, 4Q24

☆ The Briefing: Manchester United’s latest crisis is on INEOS – and has Palmer outgrown Chelsea?
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Nick Miller | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

They didn’t take it, and now they’re left with another season of mopping up and making do. Extraordinarily, saying that Palmer ‘scored four goals before half-time’ (which nobody has ever done before in the Premier League) undersells what he did against Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday. GO DEEPER Is 'amazing' Palmer the best attacking player in the Premier League? Over the years, some brilliant Italian players have appeared in the Premier League. Tottenham are off to Budapest to play Ferencvaros, while the travelling Manchester United circus rolls into Porto.

Persons: Riccardo Calafiori, League’s, Cole Palmer, “ I’ve, Erik ten, Brennan Johnson, Dominic Solanke, Timo Werner, Bruno Fernandes “, Sir Dave Brailsford, Omar Berrada, Michael Regan, Getty, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, — Mauricio Pochettino, Roberto De Zerbi, Antonio Conte, Thiago Motta —, They’ve, United, Palmer, Morgan Rogers, Liam Delap, Jadon Sancho, sparky, there’s Cole Palmer, Palmer ‘, Nicolas Jackson —, you’re, Cole Palmer’s, Mike Hewitt, he’s, Chelsea, they’re, Chelsea don’t, Cole, Calafiori, Gianfranco Zola, Paolo Di Canio, Gianluca Vialli, Jorginho, Roberto Di Matteo, Mario Balotelli, Carlo Cudicini, Guglielmo Vicario, Gianluca Festa, Alessandro Pistone, Marco Materazzi, Angelo Ogbonna, Destiny Udogie, Facundo Buonanotte, Adrian Dennis, Gabriel Martinelli, Martinelli, Germain Organizations: weekend’s Premier League football, Newcastle United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Arsenal, Leicester City, Everton, Manchester United, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur didn’t, United, Sky Sports, FA, Fulham, Southampton, Ten, Tottenham, Spurs, Aston Villa, Ipswich Town, Premier League, Brighton & Hove Albion, Champions League, Getty, Leicester, Bournemouth, League, Paris Saint, Slovan Bratislava, Borussia Dortmund, Celtic, Bayer Leverkusen, Milan, Bayern Munich, Bologna, RB Leipzig, Juventus, Conference League, UEFA, Gent, Fiorentina, Welsh, New Saints, Europa League, Ferencvaros, Newcastle, AFC Wimbledon Locations: Chelsea, Italy, England, AFP, Manchester, Copenhagen, Bialystok, Budapest, Porto, Newcastle

☆ It turns out that hitting the snooze button is not that bad for you. Here's why you should stop, but also don't stress about it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Hannah Nwoko | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A 2022 sleep study found that 57% of participants hit the snooze button regularly. A neuroscientist explains how hitting the snooze button can fragment your last minutes of sleep. AdvertisementAt 6:45 a.m., your first alarm goes off, and you press the snooze button. Then again, every nine minutes until you realize you can't press the snooze button anymore or you'll be late for work. "Let's say you start your day with 30 minutes of snoozing — your last 30 minutes of sleep was poor-quality interrupted sleep.

Persons: —, Emily McDonald, McDonald, they're, Cristina Garcia, Garcia, it's Organizations: Service, Psychiatry, University of Arizona, Center for Sleep, Wellness Locations: Florida

☆ Pete Rose, Major League Baseball’s all-time hit king, has died
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Jason Hanna | Michelle Watson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Rose was one of baseball’s greats – a winning-obsessed sparkplug who topped MLB’s all-time hit list with 4,256 over a 24-season career. It wasn’t until 2004 that Rose publicly admitted betting on baseball and the Reds, though he denied ever betting against his own team. Sometimes, on the weekend of baseball Hall of Fame inductions in Cooperstown, New York, he also would hold autograph sessions at a nearby bookstore. While Cooperstown didn’t admit him into its Hall of Fame, the Reds got him into theirs with the commissioner’s permission. That was the perfect way to capture Rose, said Johnny Bench, the Hall of Fame catcher.

Persons: Pete Rose, League Baseball’s, Rose, –, “ Charlie Hustle, ”, John Dowd’s, Bartlett Giamatti, he’d, ” “, Giamatti, Dowd, Rose didn’t, Murray Chass, Rob Manfred, ” Manfred, “, I’m, …, Peter Edward Rose, LaVerne, Harry Francis “ Pete ” Rose, ” Rose, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Koufax, Don, Drysdale, Marichal, Bob, Gibson, Charlie Hustle, Whitey Ford, Ray Fosse, Fosse, of Famers Joe Morgan, Johnny Bench, Tony Perez –, Ty Cobb’s, Pete Rose Jr, Pete Rose’s, Pete, Bench, Rose Jr Organizations: CNN, League, Cincinnati Reds, National Baseball Hall of Fame, Clark, Office, Medical, –, Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, National League, MLB, Baseball Hall of Fame, ESPN Radio, ESPN2, , New York Times, of Fame, Yankees, Cincinnati, Major, Defense, Major League, American League, of Famers, Phillies, Montreal Expos, Ty Cobb’s Major League, San Diego Padres, Cooperstown, The Reds Locations: Nevada, ,, Cincinnati, Las Vegas, Cooperstown , New York

☆ North Carolina: Communities are coming together to rebuild after Hurricane Helene
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Dianne Gallagher | Michelle Watson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“My parents live in an absolute gem of the North Carolina mountains,” Perkins said in a post about his experience. “I have never been so relieved to see anyone OK,” Perkins told CNN, adding his parents are in their 70s, but pretty resourceful people. The couple and their dog were forced to climb onto their neighbor’s roof for safety, Jim Bourdy told CNN Sunday. Meredith Keisler during an interview in Asheville, North Carolina, on September 29. Asheville is a strong community.”Coleman speaks during an interview in Asheville, North Carolina, on September 29.

Persons: Hurricane Helene, Sam Perkins, “, ” Perkins, “ Little, Helene, Roy Cooper, Cooper, Perkins, ’, ”, I’ve, McDowell, Jim, Allie Bourdy, Jim Bourdy, Bourdy, Piper, ” Bourdy, Meredith Keisler, CNN Bourdy, “ I’ve, ” Keisler, Michelle Coleman, she’s, ” Coleman, CNN Gary O’Dell, he’s, ” O’Dell, There’s, we’ve, O’Dell, Lucy Tavernier, it’s, Tavernier Organizations: CNN, “, North, Gov, Southern Hospitality, Department of Transportation, Village, Asheville Dream, CNN Sunday Locations: Hurricane, North Carolina, Pine, Little Switzerland, Asheville, United States, Buncombe County, Buncombe, McDowell County, “, Asheville , North Carolina, Vietnam, East Asheville, ”

☆ I'm a millennial who lives alone in a tiny house in the countryside. I don't feel like I'm missing out on city life.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Nikky de Graaf, 30, moved to the countryside to live in a cottage on her parents' land. She spent $3,000 to set up the tiny home and doesn't feel like she is missing out on big-city life. Nikky de Graaf lives in a cottage in the rural countryside of the Netherlands. It has a beautiful view of the surrounding fields, and I really love it. AdvertisementI love this life, and I don't really miss out on any of the city activities, because living in the countryside gives me so many other things to enjoy.

Persons: Nikky, —, Nikky de, I've, Nikky de Graaf, de, that's, De Graaf, de Graaf Organizations: Service, Utrecht —, Amsterdam —, YouTube Locations: Graaf, Nikky de Graaf, Netherlands, Utrecht, Amsterdam, de Graaf, that's

☆ Despite Stock Market Hopes, China's Stimulus Plan Won't Fix Economy
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-29 | by ( Linette Lopez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Homebuyers can also now put less money down on their purchases — an attempt to breathe life into China's moribund property market. Since the pandemic, China's leader, Xi Jinping, has done little to stop the bleeding in the country's property market or to get China's ailing consumers to start spending money again. Xi's Beijing lacks the will and the power to turn China's economy around. At the heart of its problems is a lack of consumer demand and a property market going through a deep, slow-moving correction. Plus, there's Xi, who seems fairly uninterested in restructuring the property market.

Persons: Gongsheng, Wall, Xi Jinping, China —, Goldman Sachs, —, Sam Altman, Genéralé, Michael Pettis, Xi doesn't, Friedrich Hayek, Xi Organizations: Beijing, People's Bank of China, People's Bank, Shanghai, Chinese Communist Party, Nasdaq, CCP, Peking University, Carnegie Endowment, European Union Locations: China's, China, Beijing, Austrian

☆ A veteran cinematographer says he can barely afford a $5 McDonald's value meal since the Hollywood strikes
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-29 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A cinematographer spoke to BBC News about his struggles for work since the Hollywood strikes. AdvertisementA veteran cinematographer told the BBC that a difficult year has left him worrying about affording even a $5 McDonald's value meal. Fortin told the BBC that his drone company operated almost every day before the Hollywood writers' strike, which ran from May until September 2023. "Now I worry about going out and spending $5 on a value meal at McDonald's," he added. AdvertisementThe writers' strikes lasted for nearly 150 days and resulted in the Writers Guild of America securing minimum pay increases and improvements to residuals.

Persons: Michael Fortin, Fortin, —, " Fortin, Duncan Crabtree, meanwhile, CineDrones Organizations: BBC News, Service, BBC, Hollywood, Writers Guild of America, Otis College of Art, Screen Actors Guild Locations: Los Angeles, Huntington Beach, Las Vegas, Ireland

☆ The Unsung Warriors of 'the Price Is Right' Who Took on Bob Barker
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-29 | by ( David Kushner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +41 min

As one of the game show's four models known as "Barker's Beauties," Hallstrom had been a morning fixture in millions of homes. To counteract its image, "The Price Is Right" announced that Barker's Beauties would be adding a Black model. "That's exactly how we knew when she started having sex with Barker," Hallstrom says. "If one more thing happens on that set," Barker told him, "fire Holly." Before she left the show, Parkinson told Bradley she'd been fighting a stomach ulcer from all her battles with Barker.

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☆ I love cruises, but my wife of 33 years doesn't. I've gone on 30 without her — and the arrangement works for us both.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-29 | by ( Bradley Carroll | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

I love cruises, but my wife of 33 years doesn't. While I'm away, we each have the opportunity to do what makes us happy while staying connected. AdvertisementI love going on cruises, but I go alone because my wife of 33 years does not. JUAN BARRETO/Getty ImagesI've now gone on over 30 solo cruises, ranging in length from four nights to 16. It was hard at first, but I've learned to be at peace as a solo traveler on a cruise.

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