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☆ Women will soon be notified about their breast density after a mammogram. Here’s what that means
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-09 | by ( Jacqueline Howard | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

“The second reason that breast density is important is because having dense breast tissue raises a woman’s level of risk of developing breast cancer,” Feigin said. Breast cancer survivor JoAnn Pushkin, 64, has advocated for more than a decade that there be a national requirement for women to be notified of their breast density. Now I have lymphedema, and all because it was detected at that later stage,” said Pushkin, who has testified before the FDA about breast density and co-created the website DenseBreast-info.org, which features resources on breast density. The new FDA changes require facilities to provide patients with information about their breast density and include specific language in the mammogram result letter to explain how breast density can influence the accuracy of a mammogram. A study published in 2022 found that the breast cancer death rate dropped by 43% within three decades, from 1989 to 2020, translating to 460,000 fewer breast cancer deaths during that time.

Persons: Kimberly Feigin, ” Feigin, JoAnn Pushkin, Pushkin, she’d, “, ” Pushkin, ‘, Pushkin’s mammogram, ”, wasn’t, Wendie Berg, Berg, ” Berg, it’s, Molly Guthrie, Susan G, Komen, ” Guthrie, we’ve, Dr, Sanjay Gupta Organizations: CNN, US Food, Breast Imaging Service, Assurance, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, District of Columbia, FDA, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Magee, Womens Hospital of UPMC, American Cancer Society, CNN Health Locations: United States

☆ New York Fashion Week: Highlights from Spring-Summer 2025 runways
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-09 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

New York Fashion Week, which formally kicks off fashion month, has found itself at a crossroads in recent seasons as its counterparts in Milan and Paris have maintained dominance on the industry’s schedule with sought-after shows and splashy celebrity guest lists. Gilbert Flores/WWD/Getty ImagesBut Olympians haven’t just been on the guest list this week — they’ve made surprise runway debuts as well. The Nepali American designer Prabal Gurung, too, had a message, but one of hope. Paris Hilton invited Megan Thee Stallion for a performance at Hilton’s album release party with Nylon Magazine for New York Fashion Week. Victor Pagan/Getty ImagesA model walks the runway for the Off-White fashion show during New York Fashion Week on September 8, 2024 in New York City.

Persons: Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, Lady Jill Biden, Usher, Jude Law, Tom Hiddleston, Naomi Watts, Solomon, Alaïa, supermodels Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Amber Valletta, Stephanie Seymour, Kendall Jenner, Ib Kamara, Zayn Malik, Mary J, Blige, Camila Cabello, Alessandra Ambrosio, Ashleigh Johnson —, Flav, Sunisa Lee, Jill Biden, Ralph Lauren’s Bridgehampton, Theo Wargo, Rihanna, Pieter Mulier, Brooke Shields, Gilbert Flores, haven’t, they’ve, ” Jordan Chiles, Kim Shui, Noah Lyles, Willy Chavarria’s, “ América, Adidas —, ”, Willy Chavarria, ” Nina Westervelt, Piotrek Panszczyk, Prabal Gurung, Kamala Harris ’, Gurung, Harris, “ I’ve, ” Gurung, …, Paris Hilton, Megan Thee, Roy Rochlin, Victor Virgile, Nina Westervelt, Dan Lecca, Jonas Gustavsson, Lee, David Dee Delgado, Pink, Prabal Gurung Brandon Maxwell, Fernanda Calfat, Sergio Hudson’s, Grace Ling, Jennifer Lopez, Radhika Merchant, Alex Consani, Grace Ling Ling, Victor Pagan, JP Yim, Kamara, Virgil Abloh, Kamara —, Sierra Leone —, utopias, Jason Wu, Tong Yang, Arturo Holmes, Tommy Hilfiger’s, Giovanni Giannoni, Sandy Liang, —, Filippo Fior Organizations: CNN, New York, U.S ., Polo Bar, Guggenheim, Adidas, American Civil Liberties Union, Tinder, Paris, Nylon Magazine, Labor, Getty, Seaport Locations: New York City, Long, Paris, Milan, York, Brooklyn, New York, Gotham, Nepali, City Hall, AFP, New, Ghana, Sierra Leone

☆ Jessica Leeds: Trump accuser said she ‘laughed out loud’ when she heard him again deny her assault allegation
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-09 | by ( Jack Forrest | Kara Scannell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Jessica Leeds, who previously accused Donald Trump of sexual assault and was a trial witness in a high-profile case against the former president, said Monday that she “laughed out loud” when she heard he recently disputed her allegation and said she “would not have been the chosen one.”“I laughed out loud. She said she was seated in first class on an airplane next to Trump in the 1970s when he suddenly began groping her. Leeds said she fought off Trump and moved to the back of the airplane. Earlier this year a separate jury found Trump defamed Carroll when in 2022 he repeated several of the statements he initially made in 2019. Her attorneys argued to the jury that the only way to stop Trump from repeating the statements was to hit him in his pocketbook.

Persons: Jessica Leeds, Donald Trump, “, ” “, ”, CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Trump, Leeds, Cooper, Steven Cheung, Kamala Harris, Jean Carroll, Carroll, Trump’s, she’ll, CNN’s Kate Sullivan Organizations: CNN, ” Leeds, Trump, Leeds, Democratic, E, Carroll Locations: ”

☆ Taylor Swift used a familiar PR move to signal her support of Brittany Mahomes. This time, it backfired.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-09 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Although Swift has been photographed with this group quite a lot during her WAG era, the timing of this particular link-up was notable, thanks to the controversy surrounding Brittany Mahomes' political ties. "I want to thank beautiful Brittany Mahomes for so strongly defending me," he wrote. Related storiesTaylor Swift and Brittany Mahomes celebrate a touchdown at Arrowhead Stadium last year. Indeed, Swift has repeatedly used public appearances, paparazzi walks, and collaborations to signal her support for other women. AdvertisementTaylor Swift, Brittany Mahomes, Travis Kelce, and Patrick Mahomes at the US Open.

Persons: —, Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, Patrick Mahomes, Brittany Mahomes, Swift, Donald Trump, Mahomes, Trump, David Eulitt, Swifties, WAG, Sophie Turner, Joe Jonas, Matty Healy, Healy, Spice, Swift's, Al Bello, Jackson Mahomes, Kamala Harris, Mahomes —, Trump's, that's, who've, Harris, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, We'll Organizations: Service, Kansas City Chiefs, Business, Arrowhead, Trump, Chiefs, Spice, Time, Democratic, NFL, New York Post, The Daily, Social Locations: Queens , New York, Brittany, New York City

☆ Women face bias and disparities in healthcare. Digital tools could help meet their needs.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-06 | by ( Sarah Sloat | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Historically, women's healthcare has been impaired by challenges like bias and a lack of specialized providers. For years, healthcare systems weren't designed for women, and there are still gaps in research and treatments for women's health issues. AdvertisementWith this reality in mind, Joanna Strober cofounded Midi Health, a website designed to help people experiencing menopause and perimenopause access specialists. Interventions can range from lifestyle coaching to prescription medication, and Midi providers can refer patients to in-person treatments when needed. Midi Health is on its way toward doing that; the company closed a $60 million Series B round in April.

Persons: Ashlee Wisdom, Wisdom, Smisha Agarwal, Agarwal, they're, Joanna Strober, Strober Organizations: New York University, Health, Center for Global Digital Health Innovation, Johns Hopkins University, Women's Health, US National Institutes of Health, Midi Health, Midi, Silicon Valley Bank Locations: Black

☆ The world’s most remarkable tennis courts
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-06 | by ( Yahya Salem | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

But to American photographer and journalist Nick Pachelli, a tennis court is the harmonious union of surface, sound, and spectators, complemented by the natural elements and the inherent intensity of tennis. “Tennis is our only sport where the canvas on which we play can change so dramatically,” Pachelli, a former top junior tennis player himself, told CNN, highlighting each court’s “unique persona,” as he describes in his new photobook, The Tennis Court. During more than 500 days of travel, Pachelli visited over a thousand courts (of the roughly 200 in the book), crisscrossing more than 250 cities and towns in his pursuit of spotlighting the world’s most aesthetic, esteemed, and even idiosyncratic tennis courts. Reached by a few hundred steps, the tennis court at Hotel Il San Pietro Di Positano in Italy is between the cliff face and the pebble beach. The Courts at Borrego Springs in California describe themselves as 'four tennis courts, a clubhouse and a pool in the middle of nowhere."

Persons: Nick Pachelli, ”, Pachelli, Pietro Di Positano, King Richard, “, ” Pachelli Organizations: CNN, Tennis, Hotel, Tennis Clube da Foz, Junior Tennis, Center, ATP, Association of Tennis Professionals, WTA, United States Tennis Association Locations: Italy, Swiss, Cali, Colombia, Yangpyeong, South Korea, Lommerrijk, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Berge, Porto, Portugal, Maryland, United States, Borrego Springs, California, Flushing Meadows , New York

☆ Jessica Fern's 'Polysecure' promised a world beyond monogamy. She didn't say it would be easy.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-05 | by ( Anna Silman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +40 min

The psychotherapist's 2020 book, "Polysecure," has become the poly bible for an increasingly queer and fluid generation. As consensual nonmonogamy went mainstream, searches for Fern's "Polysecure" spiked. "I've heard authors joke they get a cup of coffee from their book," Fern said. When Jessica Fern and Dave Cooley opened up their relationship, Cooley was surprised at the "searing anguish" he felt about his wife seeing other men. Fern, Cooley, and Fern's partner bought the property together and settled in, planning to live there long term.

Persons: Jessica Fern, Feeld, Lionel Messi, Fern, John, nonmonogamy, Molly Roden Winter's, Miranda July's, I've, Nielsen BookScan, you've, we're, Hannah, Dave Cooley, Cooley, Esther Perel, Dan Savage, Guralnik —, Ross Geller, it's, butch barista, deblasio, Chirlane McCray, Suki Waterhouse, Allison P, Davis, Clinton, isn't, Gilmore, Diego, — they're, Fern disentangled, polyamory, Julia, Apryl, Jessica, John Bowlby, Mary Ainsworth, Fern's polyamorous, she's, It's, Mike Belleme, Tobias, Lindsay, Molly Roden Winter, compersion, Fern's, —, Abby, she'd, Axios they'd, Christopher Gleason, they'd, Gleason, We've, curt, Escher, Franklin Veaux, Eve Rickert's, Rickert, aren't, I'm, Daniel Lavery, " Lavery, polysecurity hasn't, She's, pats, hasn't, polysecurity, Fern isn't, We're, Myers, Briggs, there's Organizations: New York Times, New York Magazine, SUNY, Kinsey Institute, George Mason University Locations: Costa Rica, North Carolina, Russian, Manhattan, Asheville, patrick, Fort Greene, San Francisco, Cooley, Sheepshead Bay , Brooklyn, British, polyworld, Boulder , Colorado, Vancouver, Brooklyn, COVID, Bahamas, Feeld, Fern

☆ The Hard-Partying Lawyers Who Get Negligent Companies to Pay Billions
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-05 | by ( Jack Newsham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +23 min

In 2023, mass-tort lawyers spent $152 million on TV ads and millions more on social media. The data provider X Ante estimated that in 2023, mass-tort lawyers spent $152 million on TV ads and millions more on social media. The decades that followed mass torts' onset on the national stage showed the big risks and big rewards of mass torts. AdvertisementIn a class action, a settlement is public, and the judge has to approve the lawyers' fees. But others are confident that indebted mass-tort lawyers can bounce back from a few bad bets.

Persons: Mike Papantonio, Pap, Johnson, Paul Cody, Bayer, Chris Seeger, audibles, Budd, Ness Motley, Motley Rice, South Carolina —, doling, Seeger, Wyeth, Phil Federico, Paul Hanly who'd, Federico, Lejeune, who've, Camp Lejeune, mack, Curt Miner, I've, Don Worley, Worley, —, Daniel A, Mark Lanier, wouldn't, Elizabeth Chamblee Burch, Burch, Ellen Relkin, Merck, Vioxx, There's, Lucian Pera, Keller Postman, Jeremy Troxel, Keller, Troxel, Michael McDonald, Warren Postman, Postman, Kelsey Vlamis, Jack Newsham Organizations: Wynn, Vegas, Camp Lejeune, pharma, Supreme, X, Pfizer, Defense, Marines, Veterans, Foreign, US Marine Corps, Johnson, University of Georgia, Business, Intuit, Rihanna, Morning Investments, Fortress Investment, Gramercy Funds, Deepwater, Investments Locations: Camp, Texas, South Carolina, Baltimore, North Carolina, Camp Lejeune, America, Beverly Hills , California, nonbanks

☆ Gen Z Loves Kamala More Than Biden. but It's Not an Obama 2008 Repeat.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-27 | by ( Daniel Cox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Back in 2008, the Obama campaign made an unprecedented effort to target young voters. In critical swing states like Pennsylvania and Nevada, young voters were more likely to report being contacted by the Obama campaign than older voters were. The issues that fire up young voters are increasingly out of step with the interests of an older, more moderate electorate. Young women have grown more liberal, and young men have become noticeably more sympathetic to the GOP. Related storiesSo to court America's young voters, Harris needs to appeal to their desire for something new.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Tamara Keith, Harris, Obama, Joe Biden, Gen, They're, Zers, Gen Z, Hunter, Trump, David Shor, Young, Biden, she's, Hillary Clinton's, —, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden's, Harris doesn't, Tim Walz, Melanie, Camilla Harrison, hadn't Organizations: NPR, Obama, Democratic, Democrats, Pew Research Center, Trump, Gallup —, Pew, Democratic Party, Politico, Younger Democrats, GOP, Wall Street, New York Times, Monmouth University, Democratic National Convention, The New York Times, Biden Locations: Iowa, Pennsylvania, Nevada, American, Michigan, Siena, Florida

☆ Why Harris’s Barrier-Breaking Bid Feels Nothing Like Hillary Clinton’s
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Katie Glueck | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

They still wear suffragist-white outfits and cheer on the prospect of “Madam President.”But eight years after Hillary Clinton became the first woman to lead a major party’s presidential ticket, Democrats are sending American women a more sober and urgent message even as they try to elect another barrier-breaking candidate. Republican policies, they argue, have had disastrous and once-unthinkable consequences for the health and autonomy of women and their families since the overturning of Roe v. Wade. A second term for former President Donald J. Trump, they warn, would be even more dangerous. “Simply put,” Vice President Kamala Harris said this week from the stage of her party’s convention, “they are out of their minds.”

Persons: ”, Hillary Clinton, Roe, Wade, Donald J, Trump, Kamala Harris, “ Organizations: Republican

On a chilly, windy morning in March, Nagisa Landfield’s and Leila Noelliste’s skateboard wheels boomed in unison with the clanking of construction work and semi trucks echoing nearby at a skatepark under the Kosciuszko Bridge in Brooklyn. When an attempt at a trick turned into a fall, they laughed it off alongside their instructor, Liv Collins, and a group of women they were skating with. It was common practice to cheer for one another when they fell just as strongly as when they stuck the landing.

Persons: Nagisa Landfield’s, Leila Noelliste’s, Liv Collins Locations: Brooklyn

☆ Show don't tell: Harris lets her potential to make history speak for itself
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Alex-Seitz-Wald-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Alex Seitz-Wald | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

CHICAGO — The delegates wore Suffragette white; Vice President Kamala Harris wore black. But she does not speak about what it would mean to have a Black woman president in her speeches or TV ads. On Monday, wearing Suffragette white, Clinton placed Harris and herself in the nation’s long struggle for gender equity. Benjamin Lowy / Getty Images fileMoreover, the electorate has shifted, thanks to Clinton, Trump and the fall of Roe v. Wade. After the 2016 election, the Democratic National Committee conducted extensive focus-group and polling research to try to understand what happened.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Eva Longoria, Harris, Hillary Clinton, ” Harris, ”, Tom Perez, Joe Biden’s, Donald Trump, “, Nancy Pelosi, David Axelrod, ” Pelosi, —, Drew Angerer, Clinton, “ We’ve, ” Clinton, Doug Emoff, Gretchen Whitmer, Harris “, who’s, Trump, Harris hasn’t, They’re, Benjamin Lowy, Roe, Wade, Court’s Roe, Biden, ’, Perez Organizations: CHICAGO, Democratic, Convention, Democratic National, University of Chicago, Michigan Gov, Center for Women, Politics, Democratic National Convention, Getty, Democratic National Committee Locations: White, United States, Philadelphia

But the consequences — but the consequences of putting Donald Trump back in the White House are extremely serious. Just imagine Donald Trump with no guardrails, and how he would use the immense powers of the presidency of the United States. But Donald Trump believes a border deal would hurt his campaign, so he ordered his allies in Congress to kill the deal. Because, you know, they know — they know he is easy to manipulate with flattery and favors. They know Trump won’t hold autocrats accountable because he wants to be an autocrat himself.

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☆ I'm a matchmaker for ultrawealthy men and charge up to $350K for my services. I give all my clients the same advice.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Tess Martinelli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Many people are shocked when I tell them my clients pay $350,000 for my matchmaking services. The service was built exclusively for accomplished professional men looking for women. My ultra-high-net-worth clients expect my undivided attentionOne commonality between most of my clients is the urgency for immediate results. When I charged less for my services, my clients engaged with me more passively but expected the same results. AdvertisementMy advice for high-earning men looking for loveThe first thing I tell high-earning men looking for love is to throw your physical type out the window.

Persons: —, Christiana Maxion, It's, I'm, I, didn't, they're, I've, they'll, that's, you've, Tess Martinelli Organizations: Service, Business, Cinqe Locations: Dubai, UAE, tmartinelli

☆ Instagram failed to act on 93% of abusive comments aimed at female politicians, study says
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-14 | by ( David Ingram | David Ingram Is A Tech Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

The center said it collected the abusive comments this summer from the Instagram accounts of 10 female officeholders — five Republicans and five Democrats. Some comments included explicit language about rape, injury or death in connection with the female politicians, and Instagram left them up, the center said. The center said 92% of 105 abusive comments targeting Harris were still online a week after it reported them to Instagram. About 1 in 25 replies to female politicians on Instagram are likely to be toxic, according to the center’s analysis of a set of 421,361 comments. Of the 1,000 samples researchers examined, 221 comments were from accounts that had previously targeted the female politicians in the study, it said.

Persons: Instagram, It’s, hadn’t, Cindy Southworth, Meta’s, ”, Kamala Harris, She’s, Donald Trump, Harris, didn’t, Imran Ahmed, Ahmed Organizations: —, Center

The group most directly affected by restrictions on abortion — women of reproductive age — are broadly against them, new survey results have found. Nearly half of Republican women of reproductive age said abortion should be legal in most or all cases. The report released Wednesday focuses more narrowly on how women of reproductive age view abortion, based on 3,900 responses. KFF’s survey results in Florida suggest that 72% of reproductive-age women there think abortion should be legal, including roughly half of Republican women. Frederiksen said her research shows that many women are unaware of or misinformed about their states’ abortion landscapes.

Persons: KFF, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Brittni Frederiksen, Trump, Harris, ”, Sen, Lindsey Graham, JD Vance, Trump’s, Vance, Frederiksen, Katie Hobbs, Arizonans Organizations: Republican, Survey, Gallup, Congress, CBS, Pew Research Center, ”, Gov, CBS News Locations: U.S, Arizona, Missouri, R, Ohio, Florida, Arizonans

☆ Instagram is failing to crack down on hate speech against women politicians as elections near, advocacy group says
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-14 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The non-profit advocacy is analyzing large internet platforms to see if they're properly monitoring their sites for hate speech. The report on Wednesday was based on an analysis of 560,000 comments on Instagram posts from five Republican and five Democratic women politicians with high levels of engagement. In prior election cycles, Facebook has also been a hub for the spread of misinformation and toxic content directed at political candidates. The CCDH researchers then used Instagram's own content reporting tools to flag the 1,000 offensive comments it manually discovered. The report on Instagram comes a few months after a California federal judge dismissed a lawsuit against CCDH by Elon Musk's X.

Persons: Instagram, Kamala Harris, Harris, who's, Alexandria Ocasio, Jasmine Crockett, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, Imran Ahmed, Ahmed, CCDH, Joe Biden, Meta, Cindy Southworth, Meta's, Elon Musk's, Mark Zuckerberg, Stef Knight Organizations: Center, Democratic, Republican, Meta, Google, CCDH, Trump Locations: Alexandria, Cortez, Texas, Georgia, Colorado, New Mexico, California, Musk's

☆ Most women in the US worry that abortion bans could put them or a loved one in danger, survey finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-14 | by ( Deidre Mcphillips | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

About 1 in 7 women ages 18 to 49 say they have had an abortion, the KFF survey found. And the experience was similarly common among women across the political spectrum; about 14% of Democratic women and 12% of Republican women say they have had an abortion. But about two-thirds of women of reproductive age worry that abortion bans could affect the safety of a potential future pregnancy for them or someone close to them, or threaten their livelihood if an abortion is needed. More than 7 in 10 women in both states say that abortion should be legal in all or most cases, according to KFF survey data. Most women of reproductive age in the US – including more than 4 in 10 Republicans – support a nationwide right to abortion and oppose letting states determine the legality of abortion, the new survey data finds.

Persons: Roe, Wade, Court’s Dobbs, KFF, Dobbs, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Republicans – Organizations: CNN, Democratic, Voters, CNN Health, Republicans Locations: United States, KFF, Florida, Arizona

☆ How Harris is reversing Biden’s biggest weakness in the campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

Trump’s plan for blunting Harris’ momentum, some Democrats believe, could reprise elements of the 1988 presidential campaign that George H.W. “I think the Harris campaign has to be prepared for it.”The two sides are already hotly contesting the terrain of strength. Celinda Lake, a Democratic pollster who conducted surveys for Biden’s 2020 campaign, said his strength deficit to Trump had become a nearly insurmountable obstacle for his 2024 campaign. The surveys have also found a huge gender gap in the assessments of whether Harris and Trump are strong. Most important, voters have reached these initial assessments of Harris’ strength before Republicans have really begun their campaign to portray her as weak.

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☆ W.N.B.A. Star Takes Over Voting Organization Started by LeBron James
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Tania Ganguli | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

More Than a Vote, a nonprofit organization founded by LeBron James in 2020, is rebooting this fall with a new focus on women’s issues and reproductive rights. Nneka Ogwumike, a nine-time W.N.B.A. All-Star with the Seattle Storm and president of the players union, will take over James’s role in leading the organization, and has recruited a group of female athletes to her cause. “It’s more than just abortion,” Ogwumike said in an interview. “It’s all about educating people about all the different roles that exist in society that support and protect the freedoms of women when it comes to family planning, I.V.F., birth control, everything.

Persons: LeBron James, Nneka, ” Ogwumike, “, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, James Organizations: Seattle Storm

☆ Glorious farewell to the Paris Olympics and the U.S. rushes firepower to the Middle East: Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | 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

A spectacular closing ceremony hands the Olympic Games over to Los Angeles. And a false JD Vance rumor sparks a misinformation row. A glorious farewell to Paris OlympicsGetty ImagesAu revoir to the Paris Games. Kamala Harris pledged to eliminate taxes on tipped wages for service workers, matching a proposal from former President Donald Trump. Politics in BriefTrump campaign: Former President Donald Trump’s campaign has said it was hacked by an Iranian group.

Persons: Vance, Katie Ledecky, Nick Mead, Tom Cruise, Ledecky, Simone Biles, Suni Lee, dazzled, ” Sha’Carri Richardson, Noah Lyles, Guy ” Stephen Nedoroscik, Yusuf Dikeç, Read, JD, Vic e, tol, stu, ord, ami, Flo, bui, Ken Bak, roa Organizations: Olympic Games, Paris, Paris Games, Stade de France, Team USA, U.S, acc, Uni, NBC Locations: Los Angeles, The U.S, American, U.S, Turkish

☆ Gen Z Women Are Getting Into Personal Finance Tips to Invest and Save
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Emilie Friedlander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

These women talk openly about being rich and wanting to help other women become rich too. She also launched a platform called Treasury, which says it has helped women invest over $80 million in the stock market. "I couldn't really find anyone who was teaching money the way that I wanted to learn it," Sacks said. And it's probably getting really smart about how you save money, taking the money that you are saving and investing it and building wealth." Young women, on the other hand, are turning to more tried-and-true tactics.

Persons: Dave Ramsey, Tori Dunlap, It's, Dunlap, Dow Jones, Simran Kaur, Rachel Rodgers, Z, Kaur, Zers, Haley Sacks, Sacks, Cartier, Kylie Jenner, Suze Orman, it's, they're, Rita Soledad Fernández Paulino, Leah Sheppard, Gen Zers, —, Rita Soledad Fernández Paulino Sacks, Kyla Scanlon, Scanlon, aren't, Fernández Paulino, weren't Organizations: Economic, Institute, Washington State, Carson College of Business, GameStop, Fidelity Investments, Federal Reserve's Survey, Consumer Finances Locations: Tacoma , Washington, Dunlap, Instagram, Zealand, York, California

☆ Iranian Vice President Resigns, Signaling Deep Divisions as Cabinet Takes Shape
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Farnaz Fassihi | Leily Nikounazar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Iran’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, ran as a reformist candidate. But when he announced on Sunday that his cabinet nominees included several conservatives and only one woman, he faced a fierce backlash, with a high-profile vice president resigning and political allies accusing him of abandoning campaign promises to bring change. The resignation on Sunday of Mohammad Javad Zarif, who had been appointed vice president for strategy and had led a search committee for cabinet nominations, shocked Iran’s political circles. He had been a prominent face of Mr. Pezeshkian’s campaign, traveling across the country and telling voters to give change a chance. Now, he was abandoning the government in a public display of deep divisions before it was even formed.

Persons: Masoud Pezeshkian, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Pezeshkian’s, Zarif, “, ”

☆ An Afghan Olympian once snuck into cycling races in a hijab. Then the Taliban took over.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewAfghan Olympic cyclist Fariba Hashimi was 15 when she entered her first cycling race. Both Hashimi and her sister Yulduz just fulfilled a dream that seemed impossible — representing their country at the Paris 2024 Olympics, in defiance of Afghanistan's Taliban rulers. The Afghan government collapsed in the power vacuum the US withdrawal left behind, leading the Taliban to retake power for the first time since 2001. AdvertisementThe pair led the field in a 35-mile road cycling competition for Afghan women exiles in Switzerland in 2022. AdvertisementNow, Hashimi wants to continue cycling to send a message to the world about the strength of Afghan women — and to inspire all the sportswomen she left behind.

Persons: —, Fariba Hashimi, Yulduz, Hashimi, Joe Biden, Alessandra Cappellotto Organizations: Service, Business, Olympics Locations: Kabul, Italian, Switzerland, Afghanistan

☆ She grew up in Ukraine, studied accounting, and joined the army. But since Russia invaded, she did a hard career pivot — twice.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Shubhangi Goel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Kuzmina, 32, is training to be an electrician in Kamianske, a city in eastern Ukraine. Because of worker shortages in fields like driving, mechanical work, and road work, the Ukrainian government launched a program that provides women with training vouchers. But Ukrainian women must still contend with employers and even family members who aren't always on board with more women taking traditionally male jobs. But soon after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Kuzmina's commander disbanded the unit because of a lack of resources. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said last month that Russia had damaged or destroyed more than half of Ukraine's power generation.

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