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☆ Paul Whelan urges Biden admin to take ‘decisive action’ to secure his release as he surpasses 2,000 days in Russian custody
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Jennifer Hansler | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Whelan said he was aware that Gershkovich’s trial is scheduled to begin behind closed doors in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg next week. Gershkovich, who has been declared wrongfully detained, has also been charged with espionage, which he denies. And in my case, that’s 100% true, and I’m sure in Evan’s case, it’s 100% true. But people go to trial here and they’re automatically guilty, and then they’re given a sentence, and that’s it,” he said. “We put a substantial offer on the table to secure the release of Evan and Paul Whelan some months ago, as we said publicly; we’re continuing to work to secure their release.

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☆ Gretchen Whitmer Wants a Gen X President — in 2028
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Lulu Garcia-Navarro | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Like many politicians with national ambitions, she has written a book about her life and her vision for the country. It’s called “True Gretch” (she told me that’s a play on the 1969 John Wayne classic “True Grit”). The book is coming out just as the presidential election is heating up, and she’s also raising her profile as a co-chair of Biden’s re-election campaign. I want to get the elephant out of the room: You’re releasing this memoir in the middle of the 2024 election cycle. It’s going to feel very dark at times, with the political rhetoric and this important election coming up.

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☆ Cristiano Ronaldo: The performance, the pitch invaders and a moment of Portuguese purity
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( James Horncastle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

“Can I ask you something?” he said when invited to justify Cristiano Ronaldo’s continued selection in Portugal’s starting XI. If Ronaldo doesn’t score, what else does he bring to the team apart from the histrionic gesturing of a frustrated traffic warden? “Do you know how many minutes Ronaldo played last season?” Martinez knowingly queried. Cristiano Ronaldo and Joao Cancelo were all smiles moments after the captain had been furious with his team-mate (Friso Gentsch/Picture Alliance via Getty Images)Pitch invaders marked Ronaldo closer than Turkey’s ragged centre-backs. “You can understand it was a difficult moment — if those intentions are wrong, the players are exposed and in danger.

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☆ She got on a flight to visit her boyfriend. Then she kissed a stranger she met on the plane
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

An airplane encounterAmy and Mike met on March 23, 2006, on an airplane about to depart Los Angeles International Airport. But then Mike apologized – half jokingly, half sincere – for ruining Amy’s flight. First in the coffee line, and later as they walked through the airport, Amy and Mike continued chatting. Mike didn’t want Amy to leave, but Amy wasn’t going to abandon a great career opportunity. Later this year, Amy and Mike hope to take their kids to Japan – an 11 hour plus flight from LAX.

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☆ ‘It’s frightening:’ How social media distorts the truth about sun exposure
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“Stop wearing sunscreen,” says a TikTok influencer with 1.6 million followers and 36 million likes. “The sun does not cause skin cancer,” insists a TikTok pundit with 76,000 followers in a post that has been bookmarked nearly 4,000 times. “Vitamin D can still be generated when you’re wearing sunscreen,” Andrews said. “Since sunscreen came out, the rise of skin cancer has only gone up and up,” says one TikTok influencer. So the driving force is exposure years and years ago, not the increased use of sunscreen today.”Many social media posters use a nugget of truth and then twist it, experts say.

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☆ Tracking a Single Day at the National Domestic Violence Hotline
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +15 min

Tracking a Single Day at the National Domestic Violence Hotline They call from work, to avoid being overheard, or from home before someone returns. The legal battles have underscored the pervasiveness of domestic violence and the strains on existing support for survivors. To capture a snapshot of the experiences of domestic violence survivors, The New York Times observed some of the calls and messages the hotline received in one day. Congress approved creation of a national hotline dedicated to domestic violence in 1994, including it in the landmark Violence Against Women Act. Josie Slawik, who began working to support domestic violence survivors after she arrived at an El Paso shelter, was there when the hotline took its first call in 1996.

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☆ Food hoarding is a problem. Here is what you need to know
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Madeline Holcombe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Food hoarding can vary depending on the access the person has to buying food, Daigle said. It is interesting to talk about food hoarding after the lockdowns of the Covid-19 pandemic, because food hoarding served a purpose in that time, Daigle said. Some people engaging in food hoarding behaviors may isolate out of shame or feel more comfortable being around food versus being out in public. Some eating disorders have food hoarding as part of their behaviors, and the same experience may drive people to cope with both hoarding and eating disorder behaviors, she said. But shortages of other things children need may also lead to food hoarding, Daigle said.

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☆ Presidential debate: The Biden-Trump face-off is anything but a rerun
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Steve Contorno | Jeff Zeleny | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The historic rematch between Joe Biden and Donald Trump is anything but a rerun, with their first presidential debate next week set to showcase a vastly different set of issues driving their bitter duel for the White House. It feels like an upside-down lifetime ago since the pair last appeared together on a debate stage. “That’s the thing you’re going to see coming out in this debate: What was the world like under Trump?” Waltz said on CNN. Trump suggested Biden would be “pumped up” for the debate, before insinuating, without any evidence, that the president uses cocaine. Yet this showdown is without parallel as the 45th and 46th presidents seek to define their rival in what is the earliest general election debate in memory.

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☆ If you’re grabbing tax-free income from this asset, you may be sacrificing yield
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Darla Mercado | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Though municipal bonds generally offer income that's free of federal income taxes – and state taxes if the investor resides in the issuing state – they also come with lower yields compared to other bonds. When it comes to muni bonds, the higher your tax bracket, the more valuable the tax-free income is. A tax-conscious approach to fixed income You don't have to bulk up on municipal bonds to get the best yield for your tax scenario. Municipal bonds are good contenders in taxable brokerage accounts, where investors can benefit from their tax-free income. Some fund families offer "tax-aware strategies" either in mutual funds or ETFs, which can include some exposure to municipal bonds, as well as equities.

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☆ Stanley Cup Final: The Edmonton Oilers look to take the Florida Panthers to the limit in Game 6
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Amy Woodyatt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The Edmonton Oilers aren’t done with their quest to end Canada’s decades-long Stanley Cup drought when they face off against the Florida Panthers in Game 6 on Friday. The Oilers defeated the Panthers 5-3 Tuesday at Amerant Bank Arena, forcing the Stanley Cup Final back to Canada. The Oilers were 0-3 down in the best-of-seven series series, but arguably have the momentum after successive wins as the scene shifts back to Edmonton. If the Oilers secure a win at home on Friday, they would take the series to a winner-takes-all Game 7 in Sunrise, Florida. If they manage to come back and win the series, the Oilers will finally end a three-decade Stanley Cup drought for Canadian teams – the Montreal Canadiens were the last to lift the Cup back in 1993.

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☆ The ‘Kinds of Kindness’ cast explain the cruel, violent and sexy imagination of Yorgos Lanthimos: ‘He’s actually a nice guy’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Thomas Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“Oh, I like that.”The film’s writer-director Yorgos Lanthimos, a connoisseur of Biblical violence and creator of cursed demimondes, likes to push viewers to the limit. Hong Chau and Jesse Plemons in "Kinds of Kindness." Courtesy Searchlight PicturesIn “Kinds of Kindness,” Lanthimos injects Old Testament logic into everyday life in twisted parables about the social contracts we write one another. Alwyn, a veteran of “The Favourite,” is in many ways the typical Lanthimos actor. “Kinds of Kindness” is available in select US cinemas from June 21, and released nationwide and in the UK on June 28.

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☆ Overpaying for Medicine
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Reed Abelson | Rebecca Robbins | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But there’s another reason: middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers, or P.B.M.s. But in their quest for higher profits, they are quietly driving up prescription drug costs. Your pharmacy benefit manager is often invisible to you unless you’re having trouble filling a prescription. (You probably rely on one of the big three: CVS Health’s Caremark, Cigna’s Express Scripts or UnitedHealth Group’s Optum Rx.) Today, we published a story about these companies, how they affect drug spending and how they amassed so much control with so little transparency.

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☆ Nvidia’s shares are on fire. The broader stock market looks less rosy
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

New York CNN —Nvidia’s eye-popping gains this year have helped propel the stock market to repeated record highs. Can Nvidia’s blockbuster gains continue, and what does its outsized market cap mean for the stock rally? Now everyone says, “the market is dependent on Nvidia’s earnings.” You’re going to see a kind of a shift in market cap over the years. “These lower mortgage rates coupled with the gradually improving housing supply bodes well for the housing market.”Still, mortgage rates remain higher than anything seen in the decade before 2022, the year the Federal Reserve began to raise interest rates to combat inflation. The Fed doesn’t directly set mortgage rates but its actions do influence them through the benchmark 10-year US Treasury yield, which moves in anticipation of the Fed’s policy moves.

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☆ The Everything Guide to Partying (Without Regrets)
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( George Gurley | Carson Griffith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +22 min

And don’t ask who else is coming. Romilly Newman, chef, food stylist, social media personality Don’t bring a guest to a seated dinner. Raul Tovar/Houses & Parties Rebecca Gardner Please don’t ask people to take off their shoes when entering your apartment. Bronson van Wyck Gosh, I don’t think you can avoid certain topics in 2024. But don’t think you’re décor.

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☆ Extreme heat takes toll on outdoor workers
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Alicia Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

There’s little to no escape from sweltering temperatures for construction workers like Eva Marroquin, who cleans work sites in Austin, Texas, and has worked in the industry for 17 years. Since 2010, she’s worked closely with the Workers Defense Project, an organization that advocates for protections for low-wage, immigrant workers in the Texas construction industry. Slowing down small businessesIt’s barely just now summer, and heatwaves are already slowing down small businesses, according to Homebase, which provides payroll software to more than 100,000 small businesses, covering 2 million hourly workers. “I think anything that impacts small businesses is affecting the economy as a whole,” he said, noting how small businesses account for half the jobs in the country. For herself, the high heat is more of an inconvenience; the car’s hotter and she just needs to pack some extra water.

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☆ What to Do if You’re Overpaying for Prescriptions
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Reed Abelson | Rebecca Robbins | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

If you’ve ever had trouble getting a prescription drug, chances are you’ve run into a pharmacy benefit manager. These companies, known as P.B.M.s, play a crucial but often hidden role in deciding which drugs you can get and how much you will personally have to pay. They are middlemen in the maddeningly complex American health care system, working on behalf of your employer or government insurance programs like Medicare, which cover most of the costs of prescription drugs. is to save money on your medications. But The New York Times found that the three biggest P.B.M.s are often making you pay more than you should.

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☆ What’s to become of summer Fridays in the age of hybrid work?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Jeanne Sahadi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

With any luck, if your employer has instituted a Summer Fridays policy, you’ll get to knock off work early or even take the whole day off. Only 13% of US employees, for instance, said their organizations had Summer Fridays, in a 2023 survey commissioned by consulting and research firm Gartner. Among US employers, a survey last year from HR consulting firm Mercer found that only 19% said they offered summer working hours, up from 15% in 2021. Nevertheless, some employees may have even better options today, thanks to the transformation of work culture spurred by the pandemic. But Caitlin Duffy, senior director of Gartner’s HR practice, said she wouldn’t be surprised if Summer Fridays become less of a featured benefit from employers because flexible work has become so much more prevalent.

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☆ Does off-season travel exist anymore?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Lilit Marcus | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Then, you can plot a graph to see which months are higher and lower than that total to determine when the peak season is. “In Thailand, low season typically spans from April to September with April and May being really hot,” says Ponti. “During this low season the tourist volumes each month constitute more than 7% of the annual total. Angelos Tzortzinis/dpa/picture alliance/Getty ImagesArguably the biggest single factor affecting what we know as “peak season” travel is weather. “For me, the challenge is about finding the joy in those low seasons, finding those nuggets of gold.”

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One by one, each country with the money and the drive to compete started its own nuclear weapons program. Even with this kind of evidence in hand, science has reached only limited conclusions about how nuclear weapons testing affects individuals’ health. They helped create the 2021 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, signed by 93 countries, which bans the possession, use and testing of nuclear weapons. France has acknowledged its “debt” to Polynesians over nuclear testing, and it created a commission in 2010 to evaluate nuclear testing victim compensation claims, but it has never apologized. We are still wrestling with the damage wrought by testing nuclear weapons in our past.

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☆ ‘Black Barbie: A Documentary’ takes a deeper look at a trailblazing doll
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Kaila Nichols | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

And so she did: “Black Barbie: A Documentary,” her newly-released project, takes a deeper look at the story behind Black Barbie and its impact on representation in the toy business, and culture more broadly. The first Black Barbie (pictured center) wore a bold red dress, gold jewelry and an afro. The actual Black Barbie doll didn’t become a reality until decades later, after the company hired Kitty Black Perkins in 1976 as its first Black designer. “Having Black Barbie (dolls) just reinforces the fact that being Black is fly and amazing — and that Black women are gorgeous. Black Barbie is also validation for us filmmakers, everybody who worked on it, being seen and heard in this industry,” she added.

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☆ Reggie Jackson, on live TV from Rickwood Field, shares stark stories of racism
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( C. Trent Rosecrans | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

Reggie Jackson played in Birmingham when he was in the minor leagues back in 1967. In his return to Rickwood Field, he shared his experience with racism and discrimination. Jackson played there just four years after four girls were killed in a bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church. The Giants wore the uniform of the San Francisco Sea Lions, a Negro Leagues team that folded after its only season in 1946. Giants manager Bob Melvin played at Rickwood Field in parts of three seasons in the early 1980s as a minor-leaguer.

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☆ Live Updates: Heat Wave Pummels Eastern U.S. for 4th Day
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Andy Newman | Robert Chiarito | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Prolonged exposure to or physical exertion in excessive heat can cause heatstroke, according to the Mayo Clinic. Starting Tuesday, cooling centers — indoor, air-conditioned spaces for public use — will be open during the day in New York. At night, because heat can disrupt sleep, 60 to 67 degrees is recommended by the Cleveland Clinic. A technician will typically check for and diagnose issues with the system, clean it and change out the filter. New York Times Cooking has a list of “No-Cook Recipes for a Heat Wave” so you can prep a meal without turning on your stove top.

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☆ Pence’s ordeal isn’t deterring Trump’s potential ticket mates
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Former Vice President Mike Pence at the US Capitol on May 16, 2024. This despite history suggesting that, at some point in their potential mandate, a possible President Trump might ask them to so something that tests their consciences, the law or the Constitution. The attractiveness of the vice presidential nomination may reflect Trump’s magnetism and the heady euphoria of being a key player in the “Make America Great Again” movement. He has also made clear to Trump that he wouldn’t have adopted Pence’s interpretation of the constitutional limits on vice presidential powers. Burgum has taken a classic route of parlaying an unsuccessful presidential campaign into a spot in the vice presidential derby.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, didn’t, Mike Pence, Ohio Sen, J.D, Doug Burgum, Florida Sen, Marco Rubio, Marco Rubio , South Carolina Sen, Tim Scott, Elise Stefanik, Arkansas Sen, Tom Cotton, Byron Donalds, Ben Carson, Trump, he’s, Pence, Kent Nishimura, —, there’s, MAGA, Vance, MAGA protégé, ”, Sen, Jeff Kowalsky, he’d, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, wasn’t, Joe Biden’s, “ I’m, Mike Pence’s, ” Vance, wouldn’t, Rubio, Burgum, Justin Lane, Biden, Trump’s, “, who’s, you’re, Jim Watson, can’t, Kristi Noem, Noem Organizations: CNN, GOP, Republican National Convention, Vance , North Dakota Gov, Tim Scott , New York, Florida Rep, Urban, Capitol, Republican, Trump, Republicans, West Wing, Fox News, Getty, The Ohio Republican, Electoral College, ABC News, North, North Dakota Gov, New, Press, Dakota Gov, ”, South Locations: Vance , North, Florida, Marco Rubio , South Carolina, Tim Scott ,, Arkansas, Huntington, Detroit , Michigan, AFP, Pennsylvania, Georgia, “, parlaying, Indiana, North Dakota, boardrooms, New York City, New York, Washington, West Palm Beach , Florida, “ State, Wisconsin, South Dakota

☆ Argentina 2, Canada 0 takeaways: Halftime mind games and Maxime Crepeau’s impressive stops
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( The Athletic Staff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

Spaces opened up, but when they switched to Di Maria on the right, or to Marcos Acuña on the left, Argentina rarely took that chance. It appeared as if midfielder Leandro Paredes and defender Cristian Romero knew that Di Maria wouldn’t outrun Alphonso Davies. Missed chances from Messi, Di Maria and Mac Allister kept the first 45 minutes even in Atlanta. Three minutes into the second half, Paredes sent a long diagonal ball to Di Maria, forcing Davies to backpedal. Yet with highlight-reel saves against Argentina, Crepeau stepped into the limelight and showed why Canada’s goal is now his and his alone.

Persons: Paul Tenorio, Felipe Cardenas, Joshua Kloke, Angel Di Maria, Lionel Messi, Julian Alvarez’s, Messi, Alexis Mac Allister —, Lautaro Martinez, Canada’s midblock, Di Maria, Marcos Acuña, Leandro Paredes, Cristian Romero, Di Maria wouldn’t, Alphonso Davies, Acuña, Mac Allister, gamesmanship, Paredes, Davies, backpedal, Alvarez, Jesse Marsch, ” Marsch, ” Argentina’s Rodrigo De Paul, Stephen Eustaquio, Todd Kirkland, Maxime Crepeau, Tajon Buchanan, Jonathan David, would’ve, Buchanan, Dibu Martinez, David, Cyle Larin, Milan Borjan, Canada’s, –, Marsch’s, Dayne, Clair, Crepeau, Di María, Omar Vega, —, ”, ” What’s, Easter, CHARLY TRIBALLEAU Organizations: Canada, Mercedes, Benz, Messi, Copa, “, Getty, Argentine, MLS, Dayne St, Argentina, Canadian, MetLife Locations: Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Atlanta, Qatar, Canada, U.S, “ Argentina, La Nacion, Davies, Belgium, France, Turkey, Spain, Netherlands, Canadian, Chile, Easter Rutherford , NJ, Peru, Mercy, , Kansas City, KS, AFP

☆ How Nvidia is now worth more than Apple
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Elisabeth Buchwald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

But these multigenerational brand names are now trailing behind Nvidia, suddenly the most-valuable public company in the world. With a market value of over $3 trillion, Nvidia is worth more than most countries’ entire economies. All that demand for Nvidia chips surely must’ve increased competition, right? All that means is demand for Nvidia chips isn’t going away any time soon but that competition will continue to grow more fierce. Before we know it, another company with a name most people can’t pronounce will be referred to as the next Nvidia.

Persons: New York CNN —, chipmaking, “, Jensen Huang, Huang, OpenAI, it’s Organizations: New, New York CNN, Apple, Microsoft, Google, Nvidia, Meta, IBM Locations: New York, Denny’s, Silicon Valley

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