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☆ Analysis: House speaker crisis is a symptom of historic Republican divisions
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Harry Enten | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

But whether or not the House Republican majority elects a new speaker anytime soon is irrelevant. Much of the recent discussion over House Republican divisions tries to frame it along the right-left ideological spectrum. Those who voted against McCarthy are more conservative, on average, than the GOP at large – and this is a very conservative House majority. Are people willing to line up behind the compromises House GOP leaders have made with Democrats to keep the government going? It’s no surprise then that we’re dealing with a House GOP leadership fight that seems more fitting of an Aaron Sorkin script than the real world.

Persons: Dusty Johnson, Kevin McCarthy, It’s, McCarthy, Chip Roy, What’s, Matt Gaetz, Gaetz, Donald Trump, yearned, Trump, Kentucky’s Thomas Massie, Massie, Bill Clinton, Aaron Sorkin Organizations: CNN, Democrat, Republicans, Republican Rep, South, Republican, GOP, Voteview, Trump, NBC, Democratic Locations: South Dakota, Washington, Congress

☆ Republican infighting returns US House speaker race to square one
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( David Morgan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Many expected that pick to be House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, whom Scalise had bested in a secret ballot on Wednesday. His departure from the race angered Republican lawmakers and raised doubts about whether Jordan could drum up the necessary votes. Some lawmakers hope to revive a proposal requiring any candidate to secure 217 Republican votes to become the nominee. 'REWARDING BAD BEHAVIOR'Representative Don Bacon, a Republican centrist, said he and other lawmakers are withholding support for Jordan for now. Given a slim 221-212 House Republican majority, the next speaker can afford to lose support from no more than four Republicans and be elected speaker over Democratic opposition.

Persons: Nancy Pelosi, John Boehner, Steve Scalise, Jim Jordan, Scalise, Kevin McCarthy, Jordan, Andy Barr, Don Bacon, Bacon, Jim, Steve, McCarthy, Dusty Johnson, Greg Murphy, Patrick McHenry, David Morgan, Moria Warburton, Richard Cowan, Scott Malone, Gerry Doyle Organizations: U.S . House, Democratic, Republican, 112th United States Congress, Republicans, Thomson Locations: WASHINGTON

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Everything is certainly bigger deep in the heart of Texas this baseball postseason, with a Lone Star State showdown for a spot in the World Series. Bochy won three World Series titles with the San Francisco Giants and Baker finally got his first championship last season. Houston has dominated the AL West since the Rangers won the division in 2016, their last winning season before this year. The Astros had clinched the season series even before their obliterating three-game sweep with 16 homers and 39 runs in Arlington from Sept. 4-6. Their first World Series came as National League champions in 2005.

Persons: “, ”, Bruce Bochy, Nolan Ryan, Houston's Dusty Baker, Bochy, Baker, Bruce, Mitch Garver, didn’t, Alex Bregman, we’ll, Yordan Alvarez, Bregman, Marcus Semien, Martin Maldonado, Adolis García, Nathaniel Lowe, Houston, ” Bochy, I'm Organizations: Lone Star State, Houston, Astros, Texas Rangers, AL, Rangers, New York Mets, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, Bochy's Giants, Baker's Cincinnati Reds, AL West, Tampa, ” Rangers, Seattle, Minnesota, National League, NL, NL Central, MLB Locations: ARLINGTON , Texas, Texas, Houston, California, Tampa Bay, ” Texas, North Texas, Baltimore, Arlington, Semien

☆ The deadly Hamas rampage across southern Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( David Clarke | Sophie Meyer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +11 min

The deadly Hamas rampage across southern IsraelUnder a barrage of rockets, hundreds of Hamas gunmen stormed into southern Israel from the Gaza Strip in the early hours of Oct. 7, on motorbikes, paragliders and four-wheel drives, unleashing death, destruction and despair on nearby towns and villages. Major Hamas attacks Map showing location of five communities in southern Israel attacked by Hamas gunmen – from north to south, Ashkelon, Sderot, Kfar Aza, Be’eri and Re’im, the site of the Nova music festival. Video footage shows Hamas gunmen manhandling Be’eri residents and pulling them along. What the video shows Hamas fighters pulling people along the street at gunpoint, several with their hands bound. What the video shows Israeli police inspect rocket damage to a civilian building in Ashkelon on Oct. 7, 2023.

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☆ Astros hang on to beat Twins, advance to 7th straight ALCS
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

October 12 - MINNEAPOLIS -- Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker had one thing on his mind when he arrived at Target Field on Wednesday. Baker got his wish, as the Astros held on for a 3-2 win over the Twins to clinch the American League Division Series in four games. The Astros advance to the AL Championship Series for the seventh season in a row. Michael Brantley also homered for the Astros, who won both games on the road against the Twins. Astros right-hander Jose Urquidy (1-0) held the Twins to two runs on three hits in 5 2/3 innings.

Persons: Dusty Baker, Baker, Jose Abreu, Michael Brantley, Chas McCormick, Royce Lewis, Edouard Julien, Rocco Baldelli, Jose Urquidy, Caleb Thielbar, Ryan Pressly, Max Kepler, Lewis, Brantley, Julien, Tom Musick Organizations: Houston Astros, Minnesota Twins, Astros, Twins, American League, Houston, AL, Atlanta Braves, National, Texas Rangers, AL Central, The Twins, Thomson Locations: MINNEAPOLIS, Houston, Minnesota

☆ Republican Scalise struggles for votes after winning US House speaker nomination
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( David Morgan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

"When we go to the floor, there'll be at least a relatively high expectation on the part of Steve Scalise and his team that he's got the votes," said Representative John Duarte, a Scalise supporter. Republican leaders initially scheduled a House meeting for Wednesday afternoon, should Scalise, now the No. 2 House Republican, quickly come up with the votes for election. Asked how long it could take to fill the speaker vacancy, Representative Richard Hudson, who chairs the House Republican campaign arm, told reporters: "No idea.". Before his nomination, Scalise and his allies worked to defeat a closed-door effort to require a candidate to win 217 Republican votes to become the nominee.

Persons: Steve Scalise, Jim Jordan, he's, John Duarte, Jordan, Kevin McCarthy, McCarthy, Dusty Johnson, Richard Hudson, Scalise, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Donald Trump, David Morgan, Moira Warburton, Makini Brice, Scott Malone, Grant McCool Organizations: Republican, U.S . House, Louisiana Republican, Democratic, Wednesday, Palestinian, Thomson Locations: Longworth, Washington , U.S, WASHINGTON, Louisiana

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Bruce Bochy was home the past three Octobers, doing a little fishing and hitting a few golf balls after stepping away from a 25-year managerial career that included three World Series championships. Bochy is back in the dugout for the postseason in his first season with the Texas Rangers, whose general manager is one of his former pitchers who lured him out of his brief retirement. “I'm having the time of my life,” said the 68-year-old Bochy, who is going to his first American League Championship Series. Political Cartoons View All 1207 Images“You look at a man like Boch that's done it all in this game, that's been there, done that,” outfielder-designated hitter Robbie Grossman said. “He was a great manager in 2006 when I played for him, but the game has changed immensely since then,” Rangers GM Chris Young said.

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If the Twins force Game 5, it would be in Houston on Friday. The right-hander, who threw six hitless innings in World Series Game 4 last year to beat Philadelphia, lowered his career postseason ERA to 1.91 over 37 2/3 innings. With five walks and one hit batter, Javier provided the Twins plenty of opportunities to catch up. “It was a difficult day to hit, so them jumping out early was very, very important,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. He has allowed 13 earned runs, nine walks and three homers in 14 innings over three career starts against the Astros.

Persons: — José Abreu, Sonny Gray, Yordan Alvarez, Alex Bregman, Cristian Javier, Abreu, “, ” Gray, Javier, Dusty Baker, Max Kepler, Royce Lewis, Carlos Correa, Kepler, Lewis, Correa, Willi Castro's, Jeremy Peña, Ryan Jeffers, Rocco Baldelli, Jose Altuve, Gray, Alex Kirilloff’s, Kyle Tucker, Johan Santana, Joe Mauer, Pablo López, López, Alvarez, Juan Gonzalez, Bob Robertson, Baker, ” Abreu, José Urquidy, Joe Ryan, ___ Organizations: Houston, Astros, Minnesota Twins, AL, Twins, Philadelphia, ” Twins, Toronto, Cincinnati, NEXT Astros Locations: MINNEAPOLIS, Houston, Venezuelan

☆ French Troops Begin Withdrawal From Niger
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

NIAMEY (Reuters) - French military convoys have begun withdrawing from bases in southwest Niger, marking the start of a departure demanded by Niger's junta that has dealt a further blow to France's influence in West Africa's conflict-hit Sahel region. Pickup trucks and armoured personnel carriers laden with French troops drove through the dusty outskirts of the capital Niamey on Tuesday, a Reuters reporter said, after the junta late on Monday said the withdrawal would kick off the following day. A few dozen French servicemen flew out of Niger on a military plane on Monday, an airport worker and two other sources familiar with the flight said. A joint France-Niger withdrawal plan, seen by Reuters, said Niger's military would provide security back-up to the French convoys withdrawing by land. (Reporting by Abdel-Kader Mazou and Boureima Balima; Additional reporting and writing by Hereward Holland; Editing by Alessandra Prentice and Jonathan Oatis)

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HOUSTON (AP) — Carlos Correa had three hits and three RBIs and Pablo López pitched seven shutout innings, helping the Minnesota Twins beat the Houston Astros 6-2 on Sunday night in Game 2 of their AL Division Series. He added a two-run single to center in the fifth, lifting the Twins to a 5-0 lead. López pitched a gem after leading the Twins to the victory in Game 1 of the Wild Card Series. The Astros had to hold off a Twins rally in the series opener, but they played from behind throughout Game 2. Correa's two-run single gave him 63 career RBIs in the playoffs, tying David Justice for third-most in MLB history.

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He added that it took eight hours for the Israeli military to arrive to his kibbutz and start fending off the Hamas fighters. The last time he heard from his mother-in-law was at 10:30 a.m., he said, when she called him, panicked and distraught, to say that Hamas militants had shot and killed her husband. A fortified border fence, equipped with sophisticated sensors, proved no match for the heavy explosives unleashed by Hamas militants as they burst into Israel. Other footage captured moments of terror and desperation: Hamas fighters paraded a disoriented-looking elderly woman in a golf cart down a dusty Gaza street while Palestinian crowds cheered. Witnesses told Israeli media that Hamas militants sprayed bullets into the crowd of revelers, who just moments earlier had been drinking, laughing and dancing.

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LA PAZ, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Under a scorching sun, more than three hundred Bolivians on Friday marched to a dusty plain near the Incachaca dam that overlooks the city of La Paz, gathering to pray for rain and an end to a severe drought that has threatened their water supply. The ten reservoirs that supply La Paz - one of the country's largest cities with about 2.2 million inhabitants - only contain 135 days of water combined, Bolivia's state-owned water company EPSAS has warned. [1/5]Indigenous women pray for rain near the Incachaca dam, in Incachaca, on the outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia October 6, 2023. Only scarce rain is expected due to the weather phenomenon known as El Nino, the national meteorological agency has said. El Nino, a warming of water surface temperatures in the eastern and central Pacific Ocean, is linked to extreme weather conditions.

Persons: EPSAS, Susana Laruta, Claudia Morales, El, Bernardo Vedia, Santiago Limachi, Sergio Limachi, David Alire Garcia, Edwina Gibbs Organizations: LA, La Paz, REUTERS, El Nino, Thomson Locations: LA PAZ, La Paz, Incachaca, Bolivia

☆ Paris Fashion Week: Highlights from the Spring-Summer 2024 runways
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Samantha Tse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

Meanwhile over at Miu Miu, it was a heartfelt adieu to Fabio Zambernardi after more than four decades with the Prada Group; as in Milan, Miuccia Prada came out and took a bow with him one last time. Pamela Anderson attended fashion week shows sans makeup, as shown here at Vivienne Westwood. At Miu Miu, Sydney Sweeney, Emma Chamberlain, Zaya Wade and Mia Goth made for an eclectic, très-trendy front row; Cate Blanchett appeared at Louis Vuitton alongside Zendaya, who wore a dramatic white double-zipper dress that has gone viral. Issey Miyake continues to explore movement in its runway shows, this season with musicians imitating chirping and other sounds found in nature. Peter White/Getty ImagesOne of the most joyful moments on the Miu Miu runway was the accessory styling.

Persons: Milan —, Peter Do, Helmut Lang, Francesco Risso, Marni, Stefano Gallici, Ann Demeulemeester, “, Sarah Burton’s, Alexander McQueen, Burton, Lee McQueen’s, Magdalena Abakanowicz’s, McQueen, Sarah Burton, Ik Aldama, Alexander McQueen Naomi Campbell, Aldama, Anna Wintour, Tim Blanks, Gabriela Hearst, Chloe, Miu Miu, Fabio Zambernardi, Miuccia Prada, Paris Hilton, Angela Bassett, Fan Bingbing, Jared Leto, Sigourney Weaver, Cher, Usher, Chanel, Riley Keough, Jennie Kim, Blackpink, Pamela Anderson, Vivienne Westwood, JM Haedrich, Pamela Anderson forewent, Issa Rae, Francesco Risso’s, Mugler, Sydney Sweeney, Emma Chamberlain, Zaya Wade, Mia Goth, Cate Blanchett, Louis Vuitton, Zendaya, Jun Takahashi, Victor Virgile, Junya Watanabe, Casey Cadwallader, chiffon, corseted, Rick Owens, Zimmermann, charmeuse, Van Noten, Karl Lagerfeld’s, Victoria Beckham, Kim Kardashian, Kris Jenner, Issey Miyake, chirping, Valentino, FKA, Demna, Cathy Horyn, Guram Gvasalia, Amanda Lepore, Emmanuel Grégoire, Victor Lochon, Glenn Martens, Tweed, Virginie Viard, Bertrand Guay, Gabriela Hearst's, Ik, Hearst, Aitor Rosas Sune, WWD, Isidore Montag, Victoria Beckham Kendall Jenner, David, Romeo, Harper, Peter White, Bingbing, Daniele Oberrauch, Jonas Gustavsson, Karl Lagerfeld's, Miyake, Isabel Marant's, Filippo Fior, Isabel Marant, Jun, Valerio Mezzanotti, Ann Valerio Mezzanotti Junya Watanabe, Miu, Jane Birkin, Julien De Rosa, Gigi Hadid, Caliee Spaeny, Priscilla Organizations: France CNN, Milan, Paris, Prada Group, SAG, Givenchy, Champs Elysee, Louis, LVMH, Getty, Washington Post, Rugby Locations: Paris, France, New York, London, “ Paris, Polish, Brazil, Milan, Hollywood, Balenciaga, AFP, Brooklyn, Van

☆ Trump endorses Jordan as he injects himself into House chaos
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The ex-president dived into the mayhem following the ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, characteristically seeking to cast himself as kingmaker and to steal the spotlight for himself. Then Trump teased the possibility that he could even step in as speaker himself on an interim basis. But the ex-president’s biggest bombshell was still to come – shortly after midnight, he endorsed Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan for the job. Jordan, who is running against Republican House Majority leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana for the top job, would likely augur a new period of fierce combat with the White House if he wins the speakership. He has opposed the US lifeline of arms and ammunition to Ukraine, and a Republican House majority led by Jordan would likely increase the chances of a government shutdown next month in a showdown over spending with Democrats.

Persons: –, Donald Trump, Kevin McCarthy, Trump, Jim Jordan, “, ” Trump, Joe Biden, Jordan, Steve Scalise, Scalise, McCarthy, ”, ” William Cohen, Bill Clinton, CNN’s Anderson Cooper, McCarthy –, Matt Gaetz, Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, it’s, ” Rep, Dusty Johnson, ” Johnson, Biden, Volodymyr Zelensky, Matt Rosendale, Rosendale, Jim Sciutto, CNN Max, Vladimir Putin Organizations: CNN, Republican, Trump White House, Capitol, Ohio Republican, Trump, Republicans, Washington, GOP, Democratic, White, ABC News, Biden, ”, CNN News Central, Ukraine Locations: Washington, Louisiana, Ukraine, Jordan, bankrolling, Russia, Maine, Florida, California, South Dakota, Southern, Matt Rosendale of Montana, Russian

☆ A Russian missile strike blew apart a grocery store and cafe, Ukraine says, and the attack looks to be one of the deadliest this year
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A Russian missile hit a small village in northeast Ukraine on Thursday, killing at least 51 people. The strike appears to mark one of the deadliest Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilians this year. AdvertisementAdvertisementDozens of people are dead after a Russian missile struck a grocery store and cafe in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, officials said on Thursday. Rescues work at a site of a Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the village of Hroza, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine October 5, 2023. AdvertisementAdvertisementRescues work at a site of a Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the village of Hroza, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine October 5, 2023.

Persons: —, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Rustem, Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleg Syniehubov, REUTERS Mykhailo Podolyak, Vladimir Putin, Andriy, Moscow's Organizations: Service, Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, REUTERS, REUTERS Hroza, United, UN, Human Rights Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Kharkiv, Hroza, Kharkiv region, Ukrainian, Russia, Kupiansk, Dnipro, United Nations

"We're in uncharted waters," Republican Representative Byron Donalds told reporters after supporting McCarthy in a vote the speaker lost 216-210. "I don't envy anyone this job," Republican Representative Mike Garcia said. The names being mentioned as replacements for McCarthy include House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Republican Whip Tom Emmer. 2 House Republican, is viewed by many in the party rank-and-file as a more rock-solid conservative than some House Republicans viewed McCarthy. The entire House - Republicans and Democrats - vote for the chamber's speaker who normally holds the position for two years or until the end of the current Congress in early January 2025.

Persons: Kevin McCarthy, Jonathan, McCarthy, Byron Donalds, Paul Ryan, John Boehner, Matt Gaetz, Mike Garcia, Dusty Johnson, I'VE, I've, Jim McGovern, Hakeem Jeffries, Donald Trump's, Steve Scalise, Tom Emmer, Patrick McHenry, Scalise, Jeffries, McCarthy's, Joe Biden, Richard Cowan, David Morgan, Moira Warburton, Scott Malone, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Representatives, Capitol, REUTERS, U.S . House, Republicans, Republican, Democratic, Reuters, House Democratic, Democrats, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, WASHINGTON, Mexico

☆ In Australia's Outback, Indigenous Voice Proposal Struggles to Inspire
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +9 min

Experts have partly attributed the slump to misinformation, along with a lacklustre "Yes" campaign and conservative opposition. That's something I have been wondering about," he said, referring to laws allowing Indigenous Australians to claim rights to land based on traditional occupation. Reaching out to Aboriginal Australia can be challenging, as communities are scattered over vast distances and speak more than 150 languages. Votes from the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory count toward only the former. Visiting Alice Springs last month, Reuters saw "Yes" campaign posters on walls in the town centre and in government office complexes.

Persons: Praveen Menon AREYONGA, Tarna Andrews, Andrews, Sarah Gallagher, Anthony Albanese, Albanese, Albert Namatjira, Patrick Oliver, Oliver, Conrad Ratara, Ratara, Les Turner, Turner, it's, Lidia Thorpe, Nampijinpa Price, Price, Kathy Coulthard, Alice Springs, Natasha McCormack, Bill Yan, Praveen Menon, Jill Gralow, David Crawshaw Organizations: Aboriginal, Torres Strait, Reuters, Labor, Voice, New, Central Land Council, Australian, Victoria Locations: Australia, Alice Springs, Areyonga, Northern Territory, New Zealand, Canada, U.S, Hermannsburg, Canberra, Northern

☆ Kevin McCarthy's wild ride as US House speaker ends in historic fall
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( David Morgan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) walks back to the Speaker's office after a motion to vacate the chair of Speaker of the House and end McCarthy's continued leadership passed by a vote of 216-210, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. On Tuesday, eight members of his party joined 208 Democrats to oust McCarthy as speaker in a 216-210 vote. But as I walk out of this chamber, I feel fortunate to have served the American people," McCarthy, 58, told reporters. "Frankly, one has to wonder whether or not the House is governable at all," Republican Representative Dusty Johnson told reporters after McCarthy's ouster. But hardliners soon used their leverage to shutter the House floor in protest over the spending level that McCarthy had agreed to Biden.

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☆ In Australia’s Outback, Indigenous Voice proposal struggles to inspire
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Jaimi Joy | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Filed: October 04, 2023, 11 p.m. GMTIn the dusty Outback village of Areyonga, Tarna Andrews sat in the local schoolyard and rolled off a catalogue of problems afflicting her largely Indigenous community: Lack of jobs. Andrews has spent 38 years teaching in this tiny settlement, where dogs roam red-dirt streets some 220 km from the nearest large town, Alice Springs. Would Australia’s Oct. 14 referendum on Indigenous issues, if successful, mean better housing, jobs, medical care and other improvements in Areyonga, known locally as Utju, where many live hand-to-mouth? “We don’t see people coming from the government, coming and talking about what we need,” Andrews, who is Indigenous, said in an interview. “If I vote, is the government going to listen to me?”

Persons: Tarna Andrews, Andrews, ” Andrews Locations: Areyonga, Alice Springs

☆ See Anya Taylor-Joy’s stunning, unconventional wedding dress
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Gazing out from a 15th-century balcony overlooking Venice’s Grand Canal, actor Anya Taylor-Joy gave the world a first glimpse of her wedding dress this weekend — and it was far from expected. In lieu of a traditional ivory frock, Taylor-Joy opted for a blush-toned princess gown. Anya Taylor-Joy's custom Dior gown was a dusty rose color, decorated with intricate embroidered flowers and even a hummingbird. Cobra Team/Splash News/BACKGRIDPerhaps the least surprising element of the ethereally romantic gown was its label: custom Dior. Taylor-Joy wore a very different, leather-heavy Dior look for the brand's Spring-Summer 2024 show in Paris last week.

Persons: Anya Taylor, Joy, Dior, Taylor, Mario Brothers, lacy Dior, Jeremy Moeller, Malcolm McRae, —, Michelle Yeoh, Jean Todt, Schiaparelli Organizations: CNN, Globes, Venice Film, London, Getty Locations: Los Angeles, Paris, Venice, French, Geneva

☆ At Rosemead High, generations of students were harassed or groomed for sex as they tried to get an education
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Matt Drange | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +87 min

Students were regularly subjected to sexual harassment by Hall, two former students told me. “I feel like so many of us were victims to the culture,” one former Rosemead student told Insider. Manipulation by a trusted adult has been passed like a virus to generations of Rosemead students. AdvertisementThe Shops at Santa Anita in Arcadia have long been a local haunt for Rosemead High students. We wondered aloud whether Masiello had harassed our mother the same way he'd done to generations of Rosemead students.

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☆ How to Display Family Photos Without Losing Your Mind—or Your Sense of Style
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( Nina Molina | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

IT’S A SCENE so familiar as to be cliché: Staggered along a staircase wall or atop a dusty mantle, prom-night snapshots and Sears portraits perch haphazardly. Why do family photos always seem to get short shrift? Displaying these mementos stylishly can feel like a daunting challenge—but “a well-designed family gallery is one of the best storytelling opportunities you have,” said Paulina Perrault, a Sausalito, Calif., designer. Thankfully, sprucing up your snapshot act needn’t take long. Here, interior stylists share five strategies for creating displays that dodge both chaos and cheesiness.

Persons: ”, Paulina Perrault Locations: Sausalito, Calif

☆ 6 ways humans are transforming Antarctica from a pristine preserve to a polluted wasteland
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( Rupendra Brahambhatt | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Antarctica was once a pristine preserve, but humans are ruining it. And this past winter, the frozen continent reached record-low sea ice levels. USGS"This region is nearing a threshold of rapid landscape change," researchers noted in 2017. Pauline Askin/ReutersAnd depending on the location, that ice melt could turn up some pretty nasty stuff. What's even more worrisome is that "human impacts are disproportionately concentrated on the most environmentally significant areas of Antarctica," the researchers noted.

Persons: It's, Emma MacKie, Eric Rignot, MacKie, Pauline Askin, huskies — that's, Sharon Robinson, Auscape, Logan Pallin, Wolfgang Kaehler, Rignot Organizations: Service, University of Florida, University of California, NASA, Reuters, huskies, University of Wollongong, ABC News, Tourists, University of Colorado Boulder, British Atlantic Survey, University of San Locations: Antarctica, Irvine, Beaufort, Antarctica's Ross, Australia, Antarctica ., Santa Cruz, Georgia, University of San Francisco

☆ 82% of Americans are worried about the impact of inflation. Try these 5 strategies to save money and shore up your finances.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Insider Studios With Navy Federal Credit Union | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Proactively saving money can yield the financial cushion you need to feel more secure. Try tracking money in and money out for at least one month. Savings accounts, money market accounts, and CDs are ideal tools for reaping compound interest on short-term savings. "Your standard savings account will generally have a lower rate than a money market account but will allow more options for utility. Open a dedicated, high-interest savings account specifically for your fund.

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☆ Forced to flee war, Sudanese band spreads musical message
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( El Tayeb Siddig | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] General Kidi, a member of the Nuba Mountain Sound band, trains children to dance, in Port Sudan, in Sudan, September 26, 2023. One day they hope to tour the whole country to spread their message, said General Kidi, 29. "We want to deliver the voice of the people of the Nuba Mountains to the rest of the people in Sudan, through music," he said. "We show the world that this is Sudan, Sudan is not just war, Sudan has diverse traditions and music. Reporting by El Tayeb Siddig; Writing by Mai Shams El-Din; Editing by Aidan Lewis and Alison WilliamsOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Kidi, El Tayeb, General Kidi, Ganja Farmer, Omar al, Bashir, Mai Shams El, Aidan Lewis, Alison Williams Organizations: REUTERS, Rapid Support Forces, Ganja Farmer, Thomson Locations: Port Sudan, Sudan, El, PORT SUDAN, Red Sea, Ganja, South Kordofan, Khartoum

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