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☆ Analysis: Alec Baldwin 'Rust' shooting charges could be difficult to prove
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Jack Queen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

They said that criminal charges are rare even in accidental shooting deaths that take place in non-professional settings without safety protocols. Host Alec Baldwin arrives at the 2nd Annual NFL Honors in New Orleans, Louisiana, February 2, 2013. Experts interviewed by Reuters could not cite another instance in which criminal charges stemmed from an accidental shooting death on a film set. And civil suits against Baldwin that are pending have claimed systemic cost-cutting led to dangerous conditions on set, allegations Baldwin and the film's production company have denied. Involuntary manslaughter charges are most common in fatal traffic accidents involving extreme recklessness, such as intoxication or excessive speeding, according to experts.

SANTA FE, N.M. — Prosecutors said Thursday they knew “pretty close to the beginning” of their probe into the fatal shooting of “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins that criminal charges would be filed. Prosecutors announced Thursday that Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed will each face two counts of involuntary manslaughter. Baldwin was criminally responsible as both the alleged shooter and the “Rust” producer who should have had oversight on safety, officials said. Alec Baldwin practicing a scene with a revolver on the set of the Western "Rust" before cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot. Prosecutors declined to say if they offered Baldwin a chance to plead guilty in exchange for his testimony.

☆ Alec Baldwin to be charged with involuntary manslaughter in 'Rust' movie set shooting
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Hilaria Baldwin and Alec Baldwin speak for the first time regarding the accidental shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, and wounded director Joel Souza on the set of the film "Rust", on October 30, 2021 in Manchester, Vermont. Alec Baldwin will be criminally charged by New Mexico prosecutors for the 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust," authorities said Thursday. Baldwin, the Emmy-winning star of "30 Rock" and dozens of films including "The Hunt for Red October," shot the bullet that killed Hutchins. Joel Souza, the movie's director who was 48 at the time, was injured by the bullet but later recovered. Months later in Dec. 2021, Baldwin said he "didn't pull the trigger" in an ABC interview.

☆ Mega Millions jackpot is $1.35 billion. Here are 3 tips for navigating a win's 'cycles of surprise,' says advisor
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Sarah O'Brien | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Fatih Aktas | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesThere's a chance a Mega Millions player is on the verge of joining a very short list: winners who snag a jackpot worth more than $1 billion. That's how much you'd win if you were to take the windfall as an annuity paid out over three decades. Between Mega Millions and Powerball, there have been winners of five other jackpots totaling more than $1 billion, including one worth more than $2 billion. If Friday's drawing produces a winner (or winners), the amount would mark Mega Millions' second-largest jackpot ever and the fourth-largest lottery prize in history. That's when the jackpot was reset to $20 million after two tickets sold in Florida and California split a $502 million grand prize.

☆ A 30-year-old self-made millionaire shares 4 investing principles to follow in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

He shares four investing principles that anyone can follow in 2023 to build wealth. He earned enough from his salary plus commissions to start investing in real estate in his early 20s. While real estate may always be his bread and butter, he also invests in the stock market. The self-made millionaire shared four investing principles that anyone can follow in 2023 to build wealth. This principle can also be applied to real estate investing.

☆ 8 'super savers,' early retirees, and money experts share their 'recession-proof' strategies and other top money advice as we head into 2023
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-25 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

One expert wants people to know that the stock market is just one way of many to invest. Beef up your emergency fundNew Hampshire-based real estate investor Matt "Lumberjack Landlord" and his family. For him, that means investing in real estate, which he's been doing since he was 23 years old. "If you take your money and buy real estate, you'll never make 30 times or even five times your money in one day. Get creative when it comes to financing your investmentsSeattle-based real estate investor and co-founder of Evergreen Housing Network Ludomir Wanot.

☆ Scientists discover hammerhead shark nursery in Ecuador's Galapagos
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] A hammerhead shark swims after a shark nursery was discovered off Isabela Island in the Galapagos, Ecuador, in this photo delivered by Galapagos National Park newsletter on December 16, 2022. "The discovery of these new breeding areas is very important, especially for the hammerhead shark," said park ranger Eduardo Espinoza in a statement on Friday from the Galapagos National Park. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) considers the scalloped hammerhead shark, the species found in the Galapagos, as "critically endangered." Researchers spent months scouring the archipelago for possible nursery sites as part of a hammerhead shark monitoring program. Researchers are monitoring the nurseries to track the young shark population in nursery areas and to follow their migration patterns.

☆ Signed Charles Darwin Manuscript Sells for Nearly $900K at Auction
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A signed Charles Darwin manuscript sold for $882,000 at auction, Sotheby's says. Prior to the sale, the highest-priced Darwin document sold for just over $400,000, BBC reports. The manuscript is Darwin's defense of his natural selection theory. After his death in 1882, the theory of natural selection went on to become widely accepted as a key part of evolution by scientists. Prior to the sale, the most expensive Darwin document sold for over $400,000, according to the BBC.

☆ Elon Musk says Twitter's team was 'too intense' with suspending false accounts and is 'moving to chill mode'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Musk said Twitter's team had been "too intense" with suspending fake accounts. Musk said the team in charge of suspensions was "moving to chill mode." After one Twitter user complained about Twitter suspending a number of genuine accounts that posted "memes and positivity," Musk responded: "Team was a bit too intense with spam/bot suspensions. Twitter's new trust and safety head Ella Irwin said that Musk's top priority was platform safety in an interview with Reuters. Several left-wing activists had their accounts suspended unfairly over the past few weeks because Twitter's trust and safety team has been "decimated," one activist impacted told Insider.

☆ Messi scores in milestone match as Argentina reach World Cup quarters
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-03 | by ( Martin Petty | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

AL RAYYAN, Qatar, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Lionel Messi scored his first goal in a World Cup knockout round on his 1,000th career appearance to beat Diego Maradona's tournament tally for Argentina as they beat off a late Australia fightback to win 2-1 on Saturday and reach the quarter-finals. Messi put Argentina ahead after 35 minutes with a coolly taken strike low into the corner for his 94th international goal to pass the great Maradona's eight World Cup goals, in a match where he was instrumental in almost every Argentine attack. Lifted throughout by rapturous, overwhelmingly Argentine support that sang and bounced in unison on all sides of the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium, Argentina pressed and finally made the breakthrough. After Goodwin's deflected shot found the net, there was a real prospect of extra time in a stadium where the Socceroos had booked their World Cup place via a penalty shootout in an intercontinental playoff earlier this year. Argentina looked dangerous late on as they battled for a third goal, with Lautaro Martinez firing wide before substitute Garang Kuol missed with seconds left in stoppage time.

☆ Duke gives Australia halftime lead over Tunisia
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

AL WAKRAH, Qatar, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Australia lead Tunisia 1-0 at halftime in their second World Cup Group D game on Saturday, after striker Mitchell Duke opened the scoring in the 23rd minute at the Al Janoub Stadium. Australia, looking to win their first World Cup match since 2010, scored from a counter-attack when Duke got on the end of Craig Goodwin's cross and directed a glancing header past the goalkeeper. Reporting by Rohith Nair in Al Wakrah; Editing by Hugh LawsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Bill Gates has 5 new book recommendations for your holiday reading list
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

"Stranger in a Strange Land" — Gates' favorite sci-fi book from his youth, he noted — is the story of a human who was raised on Mars, by Martians. This holiday season, billionaire Bill Gates is gifting you a list of five books to read while you're hopefully enjoying some much-deserved downtime. We need to learn to learn from our mistakes without obsessing over them," Gates wrote. The name comes from Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleyev, who formulated the first version of the periodic table in 1869. It's "the best book I've ever read on the periodic table," Gates wrote.

CNN —Text messages pulled from Alec Baldwin’s phone in the days and weeks following the deadly shooting while filming the movie “Rust” indicate the actor was concerned the incident was the result of possible sabotage and questioned the Santa Fe Sheriff Department’s ability to properly investigate that angle. The Baldwin text messages were among a trove of investigative items publicly released by the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Department on Friday in a 551-page document that also contained previously released forensic reports, search warrant affidavits, investigator logs and witness statements. Baldwin’s phone was turned over months after the fatal October 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal for the movie, which was being filmed near Santa Fe, New Mexico. Earlier this month, Baldwin filed a lawsuit in California against several individuals associated with the “Rust” film, according to a cross-complaint obtained by CNN. Baldwin told Matt Hutchins in another text, “the gun WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE FIRED in that camera angle.

"There's now a big push to get nature into sovereign debt markets," said Simon Zadek, executive director at NatureFinance, which advises governments on debt-for-nature swaps and other types of climate-focused finance. At that level, it would be the biggest debt-for-nature swap struck to date. The combined value of swap deals to date is $3.7 billion, according to the data. Securing the buy-in of development banks is usually key for the economics of a deal. The WWF has projects in Central and South America where they are monitoring deforestation by tracking jaguars, said Brenes, who has worked on debt-for-nature swaps for the last 25 years.

Law firms Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP FollowNov 11 (Reuters) - Actor Alec Baldwin filed a lawsuit on Friday against the armorer and three other crew members over the deadly shooting on the set of the Western movie "Rust," in which a gun that Baldwin was using during rehearsal killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Baldwin's cross complaint names armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, first assistant director Dave Halls, prop supplier Seth Kenney and prop master Sarah Zachry. Attorneys for Gutierrez-Reed, Halls and Kenney did not immediately respond to requests for statements in their clients' defense. Baldwin's cross complaint alleges negligence and seeks damages to be determined at trial for the "immense grief" he endures. Hutchins was killed when a revolver Baldwin was rehearsing with during filming in New Mexico fired a live round that hit her and movie director Joel Souza, who survived.

☆ A real estate investor has brought in $1 million on 5 wholesale deals in 2022. He explains what wholesaling is and how to make money doing it.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

At 28, he became a multi-millionaire and felt comfortable leaving his 9-to-5 to double down on real estate. Today, the 30-year-old investor makes the majority of his money from real estate wholesaling. How to start real estate wholesaling in 4 stepsIf you want to give wholesaling a shot, it's possible to do so on a smaller scale. His favorite wholesaling books include: "The Real Estate Wholesaling Bible," "If You Can't Wholesale After This: I've Got Nothing For You," and "The Best Wholesaling Book Ever." Do a Google search to find a community in your zip code and start attending local real estate meet-ups.

☆ How to build wealth from real estate investing, according to 7 couples and individuals who have done it
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Business Insider | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

With patience and the right strategies, real estate investing can be a path to financial freedom. Several people who have used real estate to build wealth told us how they got started. Insider spoke to individuals, including Zuber, who have used real estate as a tool to build long-term wealth. When he was in high school, "I found online that 90% of all millionaires became so through owning real estate." From that point on, he decided that real estate would one day be his path to wealth.

☆ Here's the résumé that got me into Snapchat without connections – and what I would change about it now
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-07 | by ( Jonathan Javier | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Here's the résumé that got me into Snapchat, and how t0 structure yoursMy résumé. Jonathan JavierThis is the résumé that got me into Snapchat as my first job out of university. Soft skills: your soft skills shows how you'd not only be a culture fit, but if you're someone who would be great to work with. Adding more specific skills: Microsoft Office skills are pretty basic skills now and don't need to be listed on a résumé. Always remember that your résumé goes hand-in-hand with networking, and your interpersonal skills will eventually lead you to land your offers.

☆ Millennial millionaire who saves 80% of his income refuses to spend on 2 things
▼ + stars: | 2020-03-01 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Todd Baldwin's net worth crossed $1 million when he was 25. "Although our net worth is seven figures, we don't do a lot of the typical things that most people envision millionaires doing. Although our net worth is seven figures, we don't do a lot of the typical things that most people envision millionaires doing. As of 2020, he had made about $30,000 since he started mystery shopping in college. Thanks to secret shopping, Baldwin and his wife spent about $25 a month on food as of 2020.

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