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Lou Whittaker saved dozens of lives during numerous rescue efforts over his career, RMI said. Lou Whittaker declined to join the Everest expedition that made his brother famous because he and a partner were planning to open a sporting goods store in Tacoma. Lou Whittaker took thousands of clients up Mount Rainier, and made it a point of pride how his company trained its guides and clients alike. Lou Whittaker survived avalanches, severe storms and other harrowing episodes, and he lost several friends or clients on expeditions. Lou and Jim Whittaker led the party that attempted to recover the victims, but they were never found.

Persons: — Lou Whittaker, Rainier, “, Whittaker, Jim Whittaker —, Jim Whittaker, Lou Whittaker, Camp, “ Lou Whittaker, Jim, ”, Ed Viesturs, Lou Whittaker's, Peter, Lou, Everest, he'd, ” Lou Whittaker, Ingrid, Kim Organizations: SEATTLE, Everest, RMI Expeditions, Boy Scouts, Olympus, RMI, Mountaineers, Rainier Mountaineering Inc, Mount Rainier, U.S, Associated Press, Seattle Times Locations: American, Washington, Seattle, Port Angeles, Mount, Camp Hale , Colorado, Rainier, Denali, Tacoma

☆ Suicide Bomber Kills 5 Chinese Workers in Pakistan
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Salman Masood | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

At least five Chinese workers were killed on Tuesday when a suicide bomber rammed a vehicle into their convoy in northern Pakistan, officials said. Their Pakistani driver was also killed in the attack. The Chinese laborers were working on the Dasu dam, a hydropower project on the Indus River in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The convoy was moving from Islamabad to Dasu and came under attack around 1 p.m., officials said. This was the second-deadliest attack on Chinese working on the project, after a previous suicide attack on a convoy in 2021.

Locations: Pakistan, Pakistani, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad, Dasu, China, Baluchistan, Gwadar

☆ A Rock Climber Finds a Softer Strength - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( Beth Rodden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I don’t know what time it was when my husband at the time, the rock climber Tommy Caldwell, finally scrambled over the summit. The sun had risen sometime during the first part of the climb and had set again hours later. He had just completed the second free ascent of the Direct Route on the northwest face of Half Dome, a 2,000-foot climb in Yosemite National Park. The climber Todd Skinner spent 61 days in 1993 working to establish the Direct Route, then considered the most difficult big wall climb in the world, before reaching the top. Hanging in the middle of Half Dome was an ordinary thing.

Persons: Tommy Caldwell, Todd Skinner, Tommy, Skinner Locations: Yosemite

☆ Drones have ushered in a brutal new phase of Syria's civil war
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-22 | by ( Paul Iddon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewDrones are increasingly shaping warfare in the Syrian civil war that entered its 14th year in March. Kasim Rammah/Getty ImagesHowever, unlike drones, Syrian Air Force aircraft require significant support from Russia. Advertisement"The Russians might not want to spend any more jet fuel and Soviet-designed bombs on Assad just to help him blow up hospitals and marketplaces in Idlib," Lund said. Advertisement"It seems well within the means of Tahrir al-Sham, the dominant jihadi militia in Idlib, to manufacture and use kamikaze drones," Lund said. Even though many of these opposition drones are often described as crude, low-tech, and DIY, Lund also does not rule out the possibility that Syrian opposition groups have received state backing for some attacks.

Persons: —, Bashar al, Assad, Freddy Khoueiry, RANE, Khoueiry, Aron Lund, Lund, Kasim Rammah, Moscow's, they're, RANE's Organizations: Service, Business, Century International, Syrian Air Force, embroilment, Scientific Studies, Research Center, Ministry of Defense, Hezbollah, Russia Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Damascus, Hayat Tahrir, Idlib, Homs, East, North Africa, Syria, Aleppo, Soviet, Iran, Yemen, Lebanon, Hmeimim, Latakia, Tahrir, Turkey

☆ A look at the true nature of the Chinese cyber threat inside the nation's biggest ports
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Lori Ann Larocco | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +13 min

But the Biden administration, lawmakers and ports management continue to differ in their views of the true nature of the threat. Kurt Fredrickson, a Coast Guard spokesman, told CNBC via email that even if the software is not Chinese, all software has vulnerabilities, regardless of origin. "Software is everywhere," Gene Seroka, executive director of the LA port, told CNBC in a recent interview at the TPM conference. They warn the crane software concerns are part of a much larger societal risk. He added that regardless of the origin of the crane software and the origin of a crane's manufacturing, there are ways to mitigate cyber risk.

Persons: Biden, Jay Vann, Robert Murray, it's, Kurt Fredrickson, Murray, Carlos Gimenez, Melanie Stambaugh, Greg Ehrie, Doug Vogt, Vogt, Mario Cordero, Noel Hacegaba, Cordero, Gene Seroka, Lucian Niemeyer, Trump, Niemeyer Organizations: CNBC, ABB, Germany's Siemens, Counterterrorism, Law, Intelligence, Homeland Security, U.S . Coast Guard Cyber Command, Biden Administration, People's, Capitol, National Association of Waterfront Employers, Coast Guard, Transportation, Maritime Security, of South Carolina, Northwest Seaport Alliance, USCG, American Association of Port Authorities, New Jersey Port Authority, Siemens, New, Port, Biden, North Carolina Ports, ZPMC, NC, United States Coast Guard, Samsung, U.S . Department of Homeland Security, DHS, U.S . Coast Guard, Security, Defense for Energy, National Security, Management, Maritime Transportation, Joint Force, MTS, Readiness Locations: China, Swiss, People's Republic of China, U.S, of South, China . Port of Long Beach, Tacoma, Seattle, York, New Jersey, New York, Port of New Orleans, of Long Beach, Port of Long, Port of Los Angeles, Port, Oakland, Georgia, Finland, Japan, Taiwan, Europe, Shanghai

☆ When the Pandemic Hit Home
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Catherine Pearson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

The World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020 — but we all have our own memories of when normal life stopped. ASIA EDWARDS, 39, BLOOMFIELD, N.J.Johnna Wallace While driving to work at the beginning of the pandemic, I couldn’t help but wonder: Was this how I was going to die? I am an emergency room nurse. Scott McGlasson My 55-year-old wife was dying from metastatic breast cancer when the pandemic hit. WENDY LAMPARELLI, 57, RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.Ellen Blossom Our home was hit by a tornado on March 3.

Persons: Sheehan Fisher, Katie MacGregor, KATIE MacGREGOR, WHITING , MAINE Asia Edwards Covid, ASIA EDWARDS, Johnna Wallace, JOHNNA WALLACE, Julie DeJager, Tom Hanks, JULIE DeJAGER, CLEVELAND , OHIO Katherine Schwartz, Covid, it’ll, ”, Wanda, KATHERINE SCHWARTZ, Jean Martirez Barton, —, “, JEAN MARTIREZ BARTON, Lauren Alzos, I’d, LAUREN ALZOS, BROOKLYN Farah Alvin My, Chuck E, cupcakes, ” FARAH ALVIN, Vicky Fleming I’m, VICKY FLEMING, Scott McGlasson, SCOTT McGLASSON, MINNEAPOLIS Aisha McMillan, AISHA McMILLAN, BALTIMORE Melissa Manning, MELISSA MANNING, CITY Sarah Cornwell, SARAH CORNWELL, Christie Poulton, CHRISTIE POULTON, Wendy Lamparelli, WENDY LAMPARELLI, Ellen Blossom, ELLEN BLOSSOM, NASHVILLE Maryann Briggs, Jasmine, MARYANN BRIGGS, Matt Dominianni, MATT DOMINIANNI, Carrie Shanafelt, CARRIE SHANAFELT, BRONX Ali Jordahl, Terri Tilford, I’m immunocompromised, TERRI TILFORD, Tim Prendergast, TIM PRENDERGAST Organizations: World Health Organization, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, The Times, Costco, GREAT, BJ’s Wholesale, Broadway, CITY, NASHVILLE, Bronx ., BRONX, ALI, ATLANTA, TIM Locations: Mason City , Iowa, WHITING , MAINE Asia, BLOOMFIELD, N.J, DURHAM, CONN, CLEVELAND , OHIO, New Mexico, Chicago, Albuquerque, EVANSTON, Manhattan, BROOKLYN, P.P.E, GREAT BARRINGTON, MINNEAPOLIS, BALTIMORE, HILLSBORO, RIDGEFIELD PARK, Covid, BOULDER, COLO, Bronx, Atlanta, PALM SPRINGS, CALIF

☆ Dartmouth men's basketball is the first college team to vote to unionize. But the fight over the future of college sports could just be beginning.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

By a vote of 13 to 2, the team voted to join the service employees union SEIU Local 560 — making them the first college athletes in US history to vote to join a labor union. Then, last month, the NLRB ruled that the Dartmouth players were employees of the school, clearing the way for the unionization vote. The Dartmouth vote also comes as the share of union members in the US reached a record low of just 10% in 2023. AdvertisementIn the short term, however, the impact of the Dartmouth vote could be limited. AdvertisementIf the NLRB's decision to recognize the Dartmouth players stands, it could establish a precedent that enables other teams to follow suit.

Persons: —, Dartmouth, Kaiser, There's, Victor Chen, Chen, Jake Rosenfeld, Louis, Trump, Rosenfeld, VCU's Chen, Matthew Johnson, Johnson, Barry Eidlin Organizations: Service, Dartmouth men's, Harvard, SEIU Local, National Labor Relations Board, Dartmouth, NLRB, Business, US, UAW, Hollywood, Kaiser Permanente, Virginia Commonwealth University, Washington University, NCAA, Northwestern football, Northwestern, Big, Associated Press, University of Southern, —, USA, Duke University, McGill University Locations: Dartmouth, St, University of Southern California, Angeles, Montreal

☆ More Chinese Women Choosing Singledom as Economy Stutters
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( March | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +6 min

Chinese Premier Li Qiang also vowed to "work towards a birth-friendly society" and boost childcare services in this year's government work report. In Shanghai, this figure reached 30.6 for men and 29.2 for women last year, according to city statistics. Long-term single lifestyles are gradually becoming more widespread in China, giving rise to online communities of mostly single women who seek solidarity from like-minded people. Decades of the one-child policy have led to 32.3 million more men than women in 2022, according to official data. "Well-educated women in search of supportive life partners find fewer suitable men who also endorse women's rights."

Persons: Laurie Chen XIAN, Chai Wanrou, didn't, Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, stigmatised, influencers, China's Instagram, Liao Yueyi, I've, Xiaoling Shu, Davis, Shu, Laurie Chen, Farah Master, Miral Fahmy Organizations: Reuters, Communist Party, Communist Youth League, University of California Locations: China, Xian, Shanghai, United States, Xiaohongshu, Nanning, Hong Kong

HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — The Dartmouth men's basketball team voted to unionize Tuesday in an unprecedented step toward forming the first labor union for college athletes and another attack on the NCAA's deteriorating amateur business model. "Today is a big day for our team," players Cade Haskins and Romeo Myrthil said in a statement. That could delay negotiations over a collective bargaining agreement until long after the current members of the basketball team have graduated. “In this isolated circumstance, however, the students on the men’s basketball team are not in any way employed by Dartmouth,” the school said. A college athletes union would be unprecedented in American sports.

Persons: Cade Haskins, Romeo Myrthil, —, “, ”, ” Haskins, Myrthil, Haskins, ” Myrthil, ” Mary Kay Henry, ” “, Jimmy Golen Organizations: Dartmouth, National Labor Relations Board, Service Employees International Union Local, SEIU, Ivy League, NCAA, NLRB, Big Green, Northwestern football, Wildcats, Big, Ivy League Players Association, Harvard, The Associated Press, AP Locations: HANOVER, N.H, Alabama, Michigan, Dartmouth

☆ A grey whale was seen in the Atlantic for one of the only times in the last 200 years. Scientists say it's bad news for the planet.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Patrick Whittle | Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Grey whales have been extinct from the Atlantic Ocean since the 18th century. Scientists were thrilled to see the whale, but its presence is probably linked to climate change. Researchers with the New England Aquarium in Boston found the gray whale while flying 30 miles south of Nantucket, Massachusetts, on March 1. Gray whales were almost hunted to extinction during the era of commercial whaling. They also sound very different — while humpback whales are known for their haunting songs, gray whales make gurgles, grunts and croaks.

Persons: Orla O'Brien, O'Brien, Gray Organizations: Service, —, New, Aquarium, Anderson Cabot Center, Ocean, Atlantic, International Union for Conservation of Nature Locations: England, PORTLAND , Maine, Boston, Nantucket , Massachusetts, Atlantic, Florida, Massachusetts, Canada, New England, Asia

☆ Opinion: On the border, voters want action, not photo ops
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Opinion Jon Gabriel | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Upholding that proud tradition, President Joe Biden is headed to the border on Thursday — and so is former President Donald Trump. I’m a lifelong resident of Arizona, and border-state voters have heard a lot of talk, but haven’t seen much action. The president’s only other visit to the border was a year ago, briefly stopping in El Paso before racing back home. This would at least mitigate Biden’s polling drop while also giving border states and blue cities a respite from the migrant influx. They’re done with photo-ops next to broken border walls and other campaign stunts.

Persons: Jon Gabriel, CNN — It’s, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Jon Gabriel Unfortunately, Biden, Bob Dole, Bill Clinton, Sen, John McCain, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, I’m, haven’t, Greg Abbott, Eric Adams, JB Pritzker, Abbott, “, Trump, ”, Alejandro Mayorkas, They’re Organizations: The Arizona, Twitter, CNN, Trump, Texas Gov, Texas National Guard, Gallup, Democratic, New York City, Immigration, Customs, Illinois Gov, New York City Police Department, Republicans, U.S . Border Patrol, Senate, GOP, Homeland Locations: The Arizona Republic, Texas, Arizona, Douglas, Yuma, Tucson, El Paso, Brownsville , Texas, Gulf of Mexico, Eagle Pass , Texas, Del Rio, America, New York, Illinois, New, Georgia, Brownsville

☆ IQiyi, the Netflix of China, posts first year of profits and says it's 'excited' about Sora
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBEIJING — Chinese video content and streaming company iQiyi CFO Wang Jun said he is "excited" about potential new business opportunities with the emergence of OpenAI's text-to-video tool Sora. Speaking exclusively to CNBC on Thursday, Wang said such tools can help iQiyi tell stories more creatively, and that internally, it is exploring the text-to-video space. For 2023, iQiyi said Wednesday its original content accounted for a record 65% of major dramas it released. Other major Chinese video platforms with longer-form content include Tencent Video, Alibaba -owned Youku and Bilibili . Recent data insights show more people across China are watching iQiyi's content on internet-connected television sets, and, increasingly screens inside electric cars, Wang said.

Persons: Wang Jun, Wang, OpenAI, Sora, iQiyi Organizations: Bloomberg, Getty, CNBC, Apple Locations: BEIJING, U.S, Beijing, China

☆ Americans are moving a lot less — and boomers may be to blame
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Fewer Americans are moving within the US, and boomer homeowners in more expensive states may explain why. Over the last few decades, US internal migration has fallen substantially. Census data shows internal migration has slowed since the 1970s amid deindustrialization and a weaker economy. "This suggests that declining internal migration is due to changes in structural aspects of migration choice, which affect individuals and families of many different backgrounds," the authors wrote. Net migration has been strongest out of California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York, which have relatively high wages and housing prices.

Persons: William Olney, Owen Thompson Organizations: Williams College, Business, Sun Belt Locations: California, New York, Northeast, Midwest, Northwest, Southwest, California , Illinois , Massachusetts , New Jersey, Georgia, North Carolina , Tennessee, Texas, California , New York, New Jersey, Florida , Nevada, Arizona

☆ FAA had 'no presence' in Boeing's factory, despite its headquarters being 20 minutes away, former employee says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewA Boeing whistleblower who quit over concerns about the company's 737 Max production told Politico that the FAA had "no presence" at the factory he worked in. Two months after Pierson's resignation, a Lion Air Boeing 737 Max crashed into the sea in October 2018, killing all 198 people on board. The company faced backlash again in January of this year after a door plug on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 blew off mid-flight . Pierson told the publication. AdvertisementPierson told Politico that he still feels unsafe on Boeing Max planes — so much so that he refuses to fly on them.

Persons: —, Max, Ed Pierson, Calhoun, Pierson, Dave Calhoun, JASON REDMOND, That's Organizations: Service, Boeing, Politico, FAA, Lion Air Boeing, Business, Ethiopian Airlines, New York Times, NBC News, Alaska Airlines Boeing, Max, CNBC, Alaska Airlines, Boeing Renton Factory, Getty, Foundation for Aviation Safety, Boeing Max, FFA Locations: Renton , Washington, AFP, Northwest, Seattle, New York, Alaska, Wichita , Kansas

☆ For Black workers, progress in the workplace but still a high hill to climb
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Jeff Cox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

"We were in a situation where folks accepted that Black unemployment was going to always be high and there was nothing that they could do about it. The Black unemployment rate in January was 5.3%, up a touch from December but still near the all-time low of 4.8% hit in April 2023. For Black workers, weekly before-tax earnings as of the end of 2023 have risen 24.8% since the first quarter of 2020. "High unemployment for Black workers is a solvable problem," Fulton said. Black workers are interested in tech and believe there are opportunities.

Persons: Ali, Jamila Wright, there's, Jessica Fulton, Fulton, Cox, she's, MilSpouse, they've, Sue Harnett, Goldman Sachs, Harnett, I'm, Ali Wright Organizations: Brooklyn Tea, Joint Center, Political, Economic Studies, D.C, U.S . Bureau of Labor Statistics, McKinsey & Company, Companies, Bank of America, Black Colleges, Universities, New, Small Business Administration, Ivy League, Conference Board Locations: America, U.S, Washington, Brooklyn, New York City, Atlanta

☆ US government sues to block largest supermarket merger in history
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —The Federal Trade Commission on Monday sued to block the $25 billion deal between Kroger and Albertsons, alleging the largest supermarket merger in US history would lead to higher prices for consumers. The merger, announced in 2022, sought to combine the fifth and tenth largest retailers in the country. “This supermarket mega merger comes as American consumers have seen the cost of groceries rise steadily over the past few years. With the FTC’s blessing, Haggen, a small supermarket chain in the Northwest with just 18 locations, bought 146 of the former Albertsons and Safeway stores. She criticized the FTC’s handling of Albertsons’ deal with Safeway, pointing to it as a prime example of the limitations of divestitures.

Persons: Harris Teeter, Fred Meyer, Kroger, Rodney McMullen, Henry Liu, Piggly, Khan, Lina Khan, Haggen, ” Khan, “ Organizations: New, New York CNN, Federal Trade Commission, Kroger, Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Bureau of Labor Statistics, FTC, Walmart, Amazon, Costco, Competition, S Wholesale Grocers, Democrats, Republicans, Capitol Locations: New York, United States, Aldi, FTC’s, Northwest

☆ Spain's PM Sanchez Weakened by Defeat in Galicia Regional Election
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Feb. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez emerged weakened from Sunday's parliamentary elections in the northwestern region of Galicia after his Socialist party (PSOE) won just nine seats in the 75-seat assembly. The conservative People's Party (PP) maintained its outright majority after winning 40 seats, while PSOE's far-left coalition ally Sumar failed to win a single seat, according to official results. A bad night for the Socialist Party," political consultancy Nitid wrote in a report. The victory bolsters PP's national leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo, who faced questions over his leadership after failing to unseat Sanchez in last year's national election. After failing to form his own coalition with the hard-right Vox party, Feijoo has consistently attacked Sanchez on plans to offer an amnesty to Catalan separatists in exchange for their support.

Persons: Pedro Sanchez, Sumar, Sanchez, Nitid, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, Feijoo, Inti Landauro, Emma Pinedo, Charlie Devereux, Ros Russell Organizations: Spanish, Socialist, PSOE, People's Party, Nationalist Galician Bloc, Socialists, Socialist Party, Vox Locations: MADRID, Galicia

“I’ll pay for travel and accommodation.”A resident of Avdiivka, Ukraine, near destroyed buildings on February 14. Other footage collected by Ukrainian units shows scenes of devastation, with high-rise buildings covered in holes from the constant Russian barrages. Ukrainian servicemen of the 47th Mechanized Brigade prepare for combat in a Bradley Fighting Vehicle, near to Avdiivka, on February 11, 2024. CNN cannot independently verify the claim, though recent combat footage geolocated to the town suggests Russia continues to suffer heavy losses even while it makes territorial gains there. “Our soldiers are demonstrating unprecedented heroism.”Vasco Cotovio wrote in London, Olga Voitovych and Svietlana Vlasova reported from Kyiv, Ukraine.

Persons: ”, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Rustem, ” Syrskyi, “, Syrskyi, He’s, Volodymyr Zelensky, ” Zelensky, Maksym Zhorin, It’s, Zhorin, ‘ I’m, “ I’m, Kostiantyn, there’s, Avdiivka, Trump, Putin, Jens Stoltenberg, ” Stoltenberg, Genya Savilov, Andrii, ” Vasco Cotovio, Olga Voitovych, Svietlana Vlasova Organizations: CNN, Ukraine’s Defense, Separate, Brigade, —, Russian, Kyiv falters, United, NATO, 47th Mechanized Brigade, Bradley, Getty, 3rd Brigade Locations: Ukrainian, Avdiivka, Ukraine, Moscow, Donetsk city, Bakhmut, Russia, Kherson, Donetsk, Brussels, Hungary, Washington, Kyiv, United States, AFP, ”, London

☆ Ukrainian Armed Forces announce withdrawal from key town of Avdiivka
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Cnn Staff | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Ukrainian Armed Forces have announced they are withdrawing from the key town of Avdiivka. He said Ukrainian soldiers “did everything possible to destroy the best Russian military units and inflicted significant losses on the enemy in terms of manpower and equipment” in the area. Russia too had suffered immense losses in its offensive on Avdiivka, but Moscow appears to have calculated its numerical advantage made those losses worth it to take the symbolic victory. Lying just a few kilometers north of Donetsk airport, Avdiivka was captured by Russian forces in early 2015 after months of periodically heavy fighting. Its capture would have added value to Moscow, with Russia’s presidential election just a few weeks away.

Persons: Oleksandr Syrskyi, “, ”, Rustem Umerov, Avdiivka, Moscow’s crosshairs Organizations: CNN, Ukrainian Armed Forces, Ukraine’s Defense, Russian Locations: Avdiivka, Donetsk, Ukraine, Moscow, Russia

☆ Russian forces push into Ukraine’s Avdiivka, piling pressure on new army chief
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Andrew Carey | Maria Kostenko | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Avdiivka, to the northwest of Donetsk city, remains the scene of some of the heaviest fighting as Russian forces continue their push from the north into the center of town. Even so, the DeepState mapping site suggests Russian forces are perhaps no more than several hundred meters away from the main supply route into town. Serhii Tsekhotskyi, an officer with the 59th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade, told Ukrainian television that Russia was deploying large numbers of troop into the battle for Avdiivka. Lying just a few kilometers north of Donetsk airport, captured by Russian forces in early 2015 after months of periodically heavy fighting, Avdiivka has been firmly in Moscow’s crosshairs ever since. East of Kupiansk and the Oskil river, along the northernmost stretch of the battle, an army spokesman told Ukrainian television on Saturday that Russian forces were pressing.

Persons: Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Serhii, “, ”, Boris Rozhin, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Moscow’s crosshairs, Volodymyr Zelensky, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Syrskyi, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Chasiv Yar Organizations: CNN, Russian, Motorized Infantry Brigade, Avdiivka, Presidential Press Service, Reuters, Land Forces, Storm Locations: Ukraine, Kyiv, Donetsk, Russia, Avdiivka, Kharkiv, Ukrainian, Kupiansk, Bakhmut

Outside, the tornado had turned the farm’s 103-year-old barn to rubble and strewn debris across the fields for hundreds of yards. Patterson, the meteorologist, said the storm was like ones typically seen in Wisconsin in the late spring and summer. That comes after a 2018 study found that tornadoes were moving farther east, into states like Wisconsin. Conditions collided in Wisconsin late afternoon on Thursday creating the perfect conditions for tornadoes to form, Patterson said. Photos and video shot near Evansville, Wisconsin, that were posted on social media show a tornado with lightning flashing around it.

Persons: Taylor Patterson, Connie Arndt, ”, “, Matt Artis, Artis, ” Hunter Oller, Patterson, El, Dan Wagner, Andy, couldn’t, Andy Wagner, Carrie Antlfinger, Bauer, Brodhead Organizations: National Weather Service, Local, Atmospheric Administration, El Nino, Artis, Associated Press Locations: EVANSVILLE, Wis, Wisconsin, Madison, Iowa, Milwaukee, Evansville, family’s, Porter, Brodhead , Wisconsin, Magnolia, Washington, New Mexico, Upper Midwest, Maine, Evansville , Wisconsin

The scale and ferocity of the conflict in Gaza and the unspeakable suffering of its civilians have rightly provoked the world’s outrage. Syria, too, desperately needs a halt to the violence. But instead, the more than 12-year-long war there grows more intense, now along five fronts in a kaleidoscope of conflict. With the region in turmoil, a dedicated international effort to contain the fighting on Syrian soil is imperative. A lasting truce in Gaza would also considerably calm the situation in Syria, decreasing tensions between the foreign powers — including the United States, Israel and Iran through its proxies — that are active militarily inside the country.

Organizations: ISIS Locations: Gaza, Syria, Turkey, Kurdish, United States, Israel, Iran

☆ Many Pakistanis Make a Perilous Journey to Vote
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +5 min

With tens of thousands displaced from the tribal regions, most candidates vying to represent constituencies there have campaigned in other cities such as Dera Ismail Khan. "Due to the war, people's houses were destroyed," Moulana Jamal Uddin, a candidate from South Waziristan, told Reuters by phone. "I appeal to the people of South Waziristan to vote," he said. Khan Ullah, a 42-year-old shop owner, said he has avoided political gatherings in Dera Ismail Khan because he feared an attack on them was a real possibility. (Reporting by Saud Mehsud in Dera Ismail Khan; writing by Ariba Shahid in Karachi; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan)

Persons: Saud Mehsud DERA ISMAIL, Ullah Mehsud, Mehsud, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan's, Amjad Khan, Khan, hometowns, Maulana Raheem Ullah, Moulana Jamal Uddin, Khan Ullah, Saud Mehsud, Ariba Shahid, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: Reuters, Pakhtunkhwa, Pak Institute, Peace Studies, Force Locations: Saud Mehsud DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan, South Waziristan, Qaeda, U.S, Afghanistan, Waziristan, Khyber, Taliban Pakistan, Balochistan, KP, Karachi

☆ Opinion | As Nevada’s Middle-Class Dream Is Tested, So Is Biden’s Message
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Mara Gay | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To many Americans, Las Vegas is a burst of glittering hotels and seedy wedding chapels, a mirage-like city rising improbably from the Mojave Desert. The Americans who live in Las Vegas know the city as a destination for the middle class: Valets and cocktail waitresses become homeowners. Lately though, Las Vegas — like much of the United States — has become more expensive. People from California and other expensive states are moving to Nevada, driving up home prices even further. Though they have dipped slightly over the past year, rents in Las Vegas are still roughly 35 percent higher than in December 2019, before the pandemic, according to data from Zillow.

Persons: United States —, Carl Singleton, Singleton Organizations: Immigrants, Workers, Las, United, Mint, Hotel Locations: Vegas, Las Vegas, United States, California, Nevada, Zillow, Louisiana

☆ Despite losing another warship to a country without much of a navy, Russia's Black Sea Fleet is still in the fight, Western intel says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewRussia's Black Sea Fleet has taken a beating from Ukraine over the course of the war, but Western intelligence suggests that Moscow still maintains the ability to conduct naval operations in the region. "This latest Ukrainian success highlights the continuing vulnerability of Russian warships operating in the Black Sea," Britain's defense ministry said. "It will highly likely have an impact on the Black Sea Fleet's command and control elements, probably forcing them to re-evaluate their maneuverability near Western Crimea." Defense Intelligence of UkraineBritain's defense ministry, however, cautioned that "the Russian Navy is almost certainly still able to conduct its three main tasks in the Black Sea: long-range strike, patrol, and support." "There is no place for the russian fleet in Ukrainian Crimea," it said.

Persons: —, Grant Shapps Organizations: Service, Business, Defense Intelligence, Russian Navy, Black Sea Fleet, Moscow, UK Locations: Ukraine, Moscow, Russian, Crimean, Crimea, Sevastopol, Novorossiysk, Ukrainian Crimea

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