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☆ Jennifer Hiller — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Jennifer Hiller | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Jennifer HillerJennifer Hiller is a reporter covering renewable energy, the emerging electric-vehicle charging industry and the energy transition in the The Wall Street Journal’s bureau in Houston. Her stories often explore the challenges of project development in the electric power industry. Jennifer’s past energy beats include covering several shale boom-and-bust cycles and the U.S. oil majors. She is a winner of the Sabew Best In Business award and has twice been a finalist for the Gerald Loeb Award. Jennifer was previously at Reuters and at newspapers in San Antonio and Honolulu, and is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.

Persons: Jennifer Hiller Jennifer Hiller, Gerald Loeb, Jennifer Organizations: EV, Reuters, University of Texas Locations: Houston, U.S, San Antonio, Honolulu, Austin

☆ ‘Monster Fracks’ Are Getting Far Bigger. And Far Thirstier.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Hiroko Tabuchi | Blacki Migliozzi | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +23 min

Dallas TEXAS Austin Houston San Antonio Dallas TEXAS Austin Houston San Antonio TEXAS TEXAS Amarillo Lubbock Dallas El Paso TEXAS Austin Houston San Antonio Corpus Christi UNCHARTED WATERS ‘Monster Fracks’ Are Getting Far Bigger. Water wells that supply fracking Nationwide, fracking has used up nearly 1.5 trillion gallons of water since 2011. Now they account for almost two out of every three fracking wells in Texas, the Times analysis found. ‘Monster fracks’ take off in Texas Proportion of fracks Source: FracFocus chemical disclosure database as of Aug. 1, 2023. In 2020, New Mexico halted sales of water supplies to oil and gas companies fracking on state land.

Biden is running for re-election in 2024 and will likely face Trump, who is the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination. "The only reason Biden is going to Michigan on Tuesday is because President Trump announced he is going on Wednesday," the Trump campaign said in a statement late on Friday. Trump has called for rank-and-file union workers to ignore their leaders. United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain blasted Trump earlier in the week, saying the union was "fighting the billionaire class and an economy that enriches people like Donald Trump at the expense of workers." Workers on the picket lines had mixed feelings over whether Biden should visit.

Persons: Joe Biden, Jonathan Ernst, Biden, Donald Trump, I’ll, Trump, Jeremi Suri, Jimmy Carter, Biden's, CLASS, Shawn Fain, Theodore Roosevelt, Suri, Roosevelt, Henry Cabot, “, Laura Zielinski, ” Thomas Morris, Morris, Heather Timmons, Jeff Mason, Ben Klayman, David Gaffen, Kanishka Singh, Jarrett Renshaw, Matthew Lewis, Nick Zieminski, Alistair Bell, Timothy Gardner Organizations: Motors, REUTERS, WASHINGTON, United Auto Workers, Detroit, UAW, Republican, Friday, General Motors, Chrysler, Ford Motor, University of Texas, Washington, CLASS Trump, White House, Department of Labor, Workers, Thomson Locations: Detroit , Michigan, U.S, TOLEDO , Ohio, Michigan, United States, Austin, Detroit, Toledo , Ohio, Toledo, Philadelphia, Washington, New York

☆ Biden visit to UAW strike would be historic move by US president
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The UAW on Friday invited Biden to visit workers on its picket lines, and said that it would expand its Detroit strike to parts distribution centers across the United States at General Motors (GM.N) and Chrysler parent Stellantis (STLAM.MI). "It’s very rare for a president to visit strikers," said Jeremi Suri, a historian and presidential scholar at the University of Texas at Austin. The White House said the president appreciates the UAW invitation, saying Biden will continue to fight for workers, but but did not immediately commit to visiting the strikers. Biden said the automakers should "go further to ensure record corporate profits mean record contracts for the UAW," echoing sentiments by union leaders. Workers on the picket lines had mixed feelings over whether Biden should visit.

Persons: Joe Biden, Jonathan Ernst, Biden, Jeremi Suri, Jimmy Carter, Biden's, Donald Trump, Trump, Shawn Fain, Theodore Roosevelt, Suri, Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge, “, Laura Zielinski, Heather Timmons, Ben Klayman, David Gaffen, Matthew Lewis, Nick Zieminski Organizations: Motors, REUTERS, WASHINGTON, United Auto Workers, UAW, Friday, Detroit, General Motors, Chrysler, Ford Motor, University of Texas, Washington, Trump, White House, Massachusetts, Department of Labor, Workers, Thomson Locations: Detroit , Michigan, U.S, TOLEDO , Ohio, United States, Austin, Detroit, Toledo , Ohio, Toledo, Washington, New York

☆ Some universities are ditching AI detection software amid fears students could be falsely accused of cheating by using ChatGPT
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Several major universities say they have stopped using AI detection tools over accuracy concerns. They say that tools built to spot essays written by AI could lead to students being falsely accused of cheating. Several major universities have stopped using AI detection tools provided by anti-plagiarism company Turnitin over fears that the technology could lead to students being falsely accused of cheating, according to a report from Bloomberg . Other students have reported being falsely accused of using AI by anti-plagiarism software. Turnitin said in a statement to Bloomberg that its AI detection software is not designed to be used to punish students.

Persons: OpenAI, ChatGPT, Turnitin, Markman, Vanderbilt, Annie Chechitelli Organizations: Service, Bloomberg, Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt University, Northwestern University, University of Texas Locations: Wall, Silicon, Texas

☆ Taylor Swift: Australia to host academic conference on singer
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Due to be held in Melbourne from February 11 to February 13, 2024, just days before Swift’s “Eras” tour arrives in Australia, the conference is backed by seven universities across Australia and New Zealand. Swift's "Eras" tour has become a cultural phenomenon. Swift’s impact has already proven to be literally Earth-shaking. Fans attending her Seattle “Eras” tour concert at Lumen Field in July caused seismic activity equivalent of a 2.3 magnitude earthquake, according to seismologist Jackie Caplan-Auerbach. Her “Eras” tour could gross a record-breaking $2.2 billion in North American ticket sales alone, according to August survey data from research firm QuestionPro provided to CNN exclusively.

Persons: CNN — Taylor, ”, “, Allen J, Lumen Field, Jackie Caplan, Auerbach, QuestionPro, Swift, William Shakespeare, John Keats, Taylor Swift Organizations: CNN, University of Melbourne, New Zealand, Organizers, Los Angeles Times, North, Ghent University, University of Texas, Austin, Arizona State University, Psychology Locations: Melbourne, Australia, New, Asia, Pacific, Seattle, Belgium

☆ 'Thrown to the wolves': How private investors are jacking up rents and ripping off college students
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( James Rodriguez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

The eye-popping numbers are part of a longer-term shift toward private college housing. Moody's Analytics recently warned of an "affordability crisis" for college students, noting that since 2019, rents for student housing in a sample of notable college towns had grown faster than those of regular apartments. Student housing goes privateThe gold rush in student housing is a relatively new phenomenon. Back in the 1980s and '90s, most college students either lived in bland, cinder-block-walled dorms or in conventional apartments farther from campus. Even with his frugality, he came to realize that the prices in West Campus were "impossible to rationalize" for a college student.

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☆ What Happens When Global Human Population Peaks? - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Dean Spears | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +13 min

Over the past 100 years, the global population quadrupled, from two billion to eight billion. Some will inexcusably claim that restricting reproductive choice is a way to curb long-run population decline. If an inclusive, compassionate response to population decline emerges someday, it need not be in conflict with those values. It’s in no one’s hands to change global population trajectories alone. Six decades from now is when the U.N. projects the size of the world population will peak.

Persons: demographers, Wittgenstein, Spears, Grandma, humanity’s, They’ve, birthrates, everyone’s, It’s, it’s Organizations: Human, The Institute for Health Metrics, University of Washington, University of Texas, Population Research, New York Times, White, won’t Locations: Vienna, Austin, United States, Europe, East Asia, Latin America, Guinea, Africa, China, Brazil, India, birthrates, Chile, Thailand, Canada, Germany, Japan, Saharan Africa, Israel

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Trevor Etienne ran for a career-high 172 yards and a touchdown, Montrell Johnson scored twice and Florida upset No. 11 Tennessee 29-16 on Saturday night to extend the Volunteers’ losing streak in Gainesville to 10. Graham Mertz and Florida were much more comfortable in front of 90,751, the 12th-largest crowd at Florida Field. THE TAKEAWAYTennessee: The Volunteers outgained Florida 393-349 in yards, but Milton threw an interception in the first half and never found a rhythm. Florida: The Gators have rebounded nicely from an error-filled opener at then-No.

Persons: — Trevor Etienne, Montrell Johnson, Graham Mertz, Omari Thomas, Tennessee's Kamal Hadden, Florida's Micah Mazzccua, Mazzccua, Florida's Damieon George, Thomas, Josh Heupel, Billy Napier, Napier, Phillip Fulmer, Lane Kiffin, Derek Dooley, Butch Jones, Jeremy Pruitt, FanDuel, —, Joe Milton, Tennessee’s, Scooby Williams, Jaylen Wright, Milton, Mertz, Etienne, Johnson, Kurott Garland, offsides, Tre Wilson, Mertz’s, Adam Mihalek, Mihalek, Trey Smack, Charlotte Organizations: Volunteers, Florida, Tennessee, LSU, Florida State, Gators, Vols, McNeese, East Division, Associated, NEXT, University of Texas, San Antonio, UTSA, AP Locations: GAINESVILLE, Fla, Florida, Tennessee, Gainesville, Georgia, Knoxville, Utah, San

☆ Katherine Sayre — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Katherine Sayre | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Katherine SayreKatherine Sayre is a reporter covering the gambling industry in The Wall Street Journal’s entertainment bureau in Los Angeles. Her stories explore the bustling casinos on the Las Vegas Strip and how sports betting is changing media, sports leagues and sports fandom in America. Katherine is the co-author with Journal colleague Kirsten Grind of “Happy at Any Cost: The Revolutionary Vision and Fatal Quest of Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh,” published by Simon & Schuster in March 2022. Before joining the Journal, Katherine was a lead investigative reporter for the Times-Picayune in New Orleans. She grew up in Brownwood, Texas, and graduated from the University of Texas and Northwestern University.

Persons: Katherine Sayre Katherine Sayre, Katherine, Kirsten Grind, Tony Hsieh, ”, Simon, Simon & Schuster Organizations: Las, Simon &, Times, University of Texas, Northwestern University Locations: Los Angeles, America, New Orleans, Brownwood , Texas

Alison SiderAlison Sider writes about airlines and air travel from The Wall Street Journal’s Chicago bureau. She has chronicled the major U.S. airlines since 2018, most recently focusing on how they've navigated major crises such as the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX and the global coronavirus pandemic. She joined the Wall Street Journal's Houston bureau in 2012 to write about the U.S. energy industry, and later covered oil markets in New York. Previously, she worked at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Little Rock, Ark., covering business and reporting from the state Capitol. Alison has an MBA from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin and a BA in economics from the University of Chicago.

Persons: Alison Sider Alison Sider, they've, Alison Organizations: Boeing, Arkansas Democrat, Gazette, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas, University of Chicago, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: Chicago, U.S, Houston, New York, Little Rock, Austin, alison.sider@wsj.com

☆ Why Does Duke Have So Few Low-Income Students?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( David Leonhardt | Graphics Ashley Wu | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +31 min

Duke students, she thought, seemed more well rounded than students on some other campuses. I think it was me being a little bit naïve.” Other Duke students who identify as F.G.L.I. At Duke — as well as elite colleges that admit more low-income students — their graduation rate tends to be similar to the overall graduation rate. Over the past decade, as other elite colleges paid more attention to low-income students, they wooed some who once might have attended Duke. “Duke students are really oriented to the world,” she said.

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☆ Scientists take ‘pioneering steps’ toward growing human kidneys in pigs
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Scientists have grown kidneys containing mostly human cells inside pig embryos, an important step toward growing kidneys and potentially other human organs that could be used for transplants in people. “The paper describes pioneering steps in a new approach to organ bioengineering using pigs as incubators for growing and cultivating human organs,” said Dusko Ilic, a professor of stem cell sciences at King’s College London, in a statement. “It is remarkable to see about 60% of the primordial pig kidney contained human cells,” Wu said. What the researchers didTo generate kidneys mostly composed of human cells in pigs, the scientists used cutting-edge techniques harnessing advances in stem cells, gene editing and embryology. “This (new) work is different from existing xenotransplantation approach and aims to generate organs mostly composed of human cells in pigs,” Wu said.

Persons: ”, Miguel Esteban, ” Esteban, “, Dusko Ilic, Jun Wu, Wu, ” Mary Garry, ” Wu, Esteban, ” Joseph A, Vassalotti, ” Vassalotti Organizations: CNN —, Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Procurement, Transplantation Network, King’s College London, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, University of Minnesota’s, Heart Institute, National Kidney Foundation, Icahn School of Medicine Locations: Health, United States, Mount Sinai

☆ Does the MIND Diet Prevent Dementia?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Alice Callahan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

What is the MIND diet? The MIND diet was first described in a 2015 study led by Martha Clare Morris, a nutritional epidemiologist at Rush University, who died in 2020. The MIND diet is unique, however, in that it calls for at least six servings of leafy greens and two servings of berries each week. Does the MIND diet benefit the brain? But these studies can’t prove that the MIND diet itself leads to better brain health.

Persons: Martha Clare Morris, Morris, ”, Debora Melo van Lent Organizations: Rush University, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Locations: San Antonio

☆ Fact Check-Hiroshima and Nagasaki hit by nuclear bombs in 1945, radiation dissipated
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Instantly, 78,000 people were killed, a number that increased to 140,000 by the end of 1945, Reuters has reported, citing the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (here). LINGERING HEALTH EFFECTSThe most enduring evidence of the 1945 nuclear explosions in Hiroshima and Nagasaki is the testimonials of survivors (time.com/after-the-bomb/) and (here) and their well-documented health effects due to the blasts. The RERF Life Span Study (here) of long-term health effects has followed 120,000 residents since 1950, including 94,000 blast survivors and 27,000 unexposed people. Further reading about health effects from the bombings can be found (here). Hiroshima and Nagasaki were each bombed with a nuclear weapon in 1945, killing more than 200,000 people, but radiation and radioactive contamination dissipated and decayed quickly.

Persons: Oppenheimer, Jeffrey Hart, RERF’s, ” Hart, Derek Haas, it’s, ” Haas, Haas, RERF, Read Organizations: Reuters, Research, Radiation, Radiation Engineering, University of Texas, ” Locations: Hiroshima, Nagasaki, U.S, Japan, Austin

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This will be the first time that substantive arguments will be made in court about the four criminal cases brought against Trump this year. While he may still face an uphill battle to move his case, Meadows is “uniquely situated” in Willis’ case, said Steve Vladeck, a CNN analyst and professor at the University of Texas School of Law. The orders the judge has already issued have hewed tightly to the relevant statutes and case law, and he has moved the proceedings along efficiently. According to the grand jury indictment, Meadows arranged a call between Trump and Watson, and texted Watson himself to offer Trump campaign funding toward speeding up a ballot review in Fulton County. Willis also subpoenaed two lawyers who were on the Trump-Raffensperger phone call on Trump’s behalf: Kurt Hilbert and Alex Kaufman.

Persons: Fani Willis, Donald Trump, Mark Meadows, Fulton, Willis, Trump, Brad Raffensperger, Meadows, David Shafer, Cathy Latham, Willis ’, Steve Vladeck, ” Vladeck, Steve Jones, Jones, absented, ”, Lee Kovarsky, ” Kovarsky, Obama, Vladeck, Frances Watson, Watson, texted Watson, Kurt Hilbert, Alex Kaufman, “, Elliot Williams, ’ Organizations: CNN, White, Trump, Georgia, Georgia Republican, University of Texas School of Law, Meadows, Staff, University of Texas, Justice Department Locations: Fulton County, Georgia, Meadows, Trump’s New York, Manhattan, Atlanta

☆ Opinion: Sha’Carri Richardson says she’s now embracing the most important cause of all
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Opinion Amira Rose Davis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Over the past week, at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Richardson has taken the transformation a step further. Online, her sometimes brash dismissal of other track athletes invited more scorn — particularly from supporters of the Jamaican team. But at the end of the day, I’ve always been with me.”Richardson is very vocal about issues facing track and field athletes. Richardson is very proud to be among prominent Black women athletes and fiercely celebrates Black womanhood. She said, wisely, after winning the 100-meter race that the most important cause she’s embracing is herself.

Persons: Amira Rose Davis, CNN —, Amira Rose Davis Michael, Davis, Sha’Carri Richardson, Richardson, ” Richardson, —, “, “ I’m, I’m, phenom, ”, “ I’ve, I’ve, Simone Biles, Naomi Osaka, Midge Purce, Dearica Hamby, “ It’s Organizations: Department of, African Diaspora Studies, University of Texas, CNN, US, Louisiana State University, Jamaican, America, Twitter, Facebook Locations: Austin, Budapest, Hungary, Dallas

☆ China had almost 2 million excess deaths after the end of ‘zero-Covid,’ U.S. study finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Jennifer Jett | Cheng Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

There were almost 2 million excess deaths in the two months after China lifted its "zero-Covid" restrictions, a U.S. study found, contradicting official figures from Beijing that have been criticized as too low. Researchers estimate there were 1.87 million excess deaths from all causes among people 30 years and older from December 2022 to January, according to the study from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle published Thursday. "Our study of excess deaths related to the lifting of the zero-Covid policy in China sets an empirically derived benchmark estimate," the researchers wrote. The way the study estimates data is not "scientifically rigorous," but it is nonetheless an "objective" and "beneficial" attempt, Jin added. Jin said the actual data could be a few percentage points lower or higher than the study estimates.

Persons: Fred, Jan, Zhanwei Du, Lauren Ancel Meyers, Jin Dong, Jin Organizations: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, University of Hong, University of Texas, Baidu Locations: China, U.S, Beijing, Seattle, Tibet, University of Hong Kong, Austin

☆ SpaceX, NASA launch four astronauts from four countries
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The crew is riding aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance capsule on the mission, dubbed Crew-7. “Space travel is difficult, but you make it look easy,” Moghbeli dispatched to SpaceX mission control from the Crew Dragon capsule after launch. The Crew-7 astronauts will spend about five days taking over operations from the SpaceX Crew-6 astronauts, who have been on the space station since March. The Crew-7 astronauts represent the most internationally diverse SpaceX crew to date. After reaching the space station, the Crew-7 astronauts will bid farewell to the SpaceX Crew-6 astronauts, who will return home aboard their spacecraft, the Crew Dragon Endeavour, in the coming days.

Persons: NASA’s, NASA’s Jasmin Moghbeli, Andreas Mogensen, Satoshi Furukawa, Konstantin Borisov, Roscosmos, ” Moghbeli, We’re, ”, Furukawa, Borisov, —, “, Moghbeli, Baldwin, I’ve, Russia’s, I’m, Boeing’s, ” Mogensen, ” Furukawa, Loral O’Hara, Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Organizations: CNN —, SpaceX, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, European Space Agency, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, NASA, ESA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Naval Postgraduate School, Marine Corps, Soyuz, Copenhagen International School, Imperial College London, University of Texas, Surrey Space Centre, University of Tokyo, Russian Soyuz Locations: Florida, Danish, Russian, Bad Nauheim, Germany, Frankfurt —, New York, Long, Monterey , California, United States, Russia, Ukraine, Copenhagen, United Kingdom, Austin, Surrey, Kanagawa, Japan, Tokyo

☆ In Trump's absence, DeSantis seen as 'punching bag' in first Republican debate
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Nathan Layne | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/2] Republican presidential candidate and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis listens to a question from the audience at a campaign town hall meeting in Newport, New Hampshire, U.S., August 19, 2023. In Trump's absence, candidates are expected to launch a fusillade of attacks on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, as competitors try to displace him as Trump's top challenger, according to strategists and aides to rival campaigns. DeSantis is seen as vulnerable after a summer slide in the polls, which have left him languishing more than 30 points behind Trump in the race. "He's going to be a punching bag," said Brian Darling, a Republican strategist and former senior aide to U.S. Still, Trump's no-show doesn't mean he won't be a major presence in the debate, which kicks off at the Fiserv Forum at 9 p.m.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Brian Snyder, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Trump, Tucker Carlson, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, Brian Darling, Rand Paul, Martha MacCallum, Bret Baier, Chris Christie, Asa Hutchinson, Mike Pence, Jeanette Hoffman, He's, Hoffman, Tim Scott, Vivek Ramaswamy, Nikki Haley, Doug Burgum, Hutchinson, Pence, Ramaswamy, Christie, Christopher Wlezien, Wlezien, Nathan Layne, Gram Slattery, Susan Heavey, Ross Colvin, Deepa Babington, Nick Zieminski Organizations: Republican, Florida, REUTERS, Democratic, Fox News, Florida Governor, Trump, Former New Jersey, Former Arkansas, U.S . Capitol, North Dakota, Reuters, University of Texas, Austin, Thomson Locations: Newport , New Hampshire, U.S, Milwaukee, Florida, Atlanta, Georgia, Former, Christie

☆ Meet Apollo, the ‘iPhone’ of humanoid robots
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The design for Apptronik’s latest humanoid robot, named Apollo, was unveiled on Wednesday. Apollo is Apptronik's latest humanoid robot. Rather than highly specialized robots that can only serve one purpose, Apptronik wanted Apollo to be the “iPhone of robots,” Cardenas said. Courtesy ApptronikBefore Apollo, Apptronik focused on what it called a Quick Development humanoid robot. To the moon and beyondApptronik serves as one of NASA’s partners that works on humanoid robot designs.

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☆ After 122 Years, a Lost Edith Wharton Play Gets Its Debut
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Eric Grode | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Edith Wharton’s 1934 autobiography, “A Backward Glance,” glances a bit more carefully at some things than others. She gives her close friend and fellow literary lion Henry James a chapter, but names her husband of 28 years exactly once. “The Shadow of a Doubt,” a full-length 1901 play that got close to a Broadway opening before foundering under murky circumstances. It was all but forgotten — which is perhaps what Wharton had intended — until two scholars unearthed a script in 2016. “Their work is so spread out that there’s a lot we still don’t know about.”

Persons: Edith Wharton’s, Henry James a, James, Wharton, Mary Chinery, Laura Rattray, Harry Ransom, ” Chinery, “, ” Organizations: Georgian Court University, University of Glasgow, Harry, University of Texas, Austin Locations: New Jersey

☆ 'I quit teaching because we do so much unpaid work outside of working hours': Former teachers share the jobs they got after burning out
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Manseen Logan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

This teacher left her job and went to work at CostcoMaggie Perkins got burned out as a teacher and quit her job, after eight years. She got her masters in education from the University of Texas in El Paso and was planning to become a principle, before she quit teaching in 2020. Read more: I left teaching and now make $450,000 in revenue a year covering up scars and stretch marks with tattoos. This former middle school teacher quit and earned more as a waitressAlexis Fernandez was recruited to work at a charter school in the Bronx, in 2018. Read more: I quit teaching to work as a restaurant server.

Persons: Costco Maggie Perkins, Perkins, I've, She's, she's, Read, Laura Lara, Lara, who've, Milhorn, Milhourn, Holly Acre, Acre, Alexis Fernandez, —, Fernandez Organizations: Service, Costco, University of Texas, Royal Locations: Wall, Silicon, Georgia, Costco's Washington, El Paso, China, Acre, Bronx

☆ Trump may try to move the Fulton County criminal case to federal court. Here’s why
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Devan Cole | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The former president is also expected to try to move the case to federal court, according to multiple sources familiar with his legal team’s thinking. Successfully transferring their cases to federal court could provide some key advantages. Should the case actually go to trial in the federal court, Trump and Meadows or others could end up with a jury pool more sympathetic than the one they might get from around Atlanta, where the state courthouse for this case is based. Trump and Meadows could also argue in federal court that they are protected because their efforts were part of their official duties as president and White House chief of staff, respectively. He’s citing a federal law that allows civil action or criminal prosecution to be removed to federal court if the lawsuit or prosecution relates to conduct performed “under color” of a US office or agency.

Persons: Mark Meadows, Donald Trump, Georgia’s, Fani Willis, Trump, Willis –, “, ”, Andrew Fleischman, Meadows, Steve Vladeck, Clark Cunningham, ” Willis, Willis, Willis ’, ” He’s, Brad Raffensperger, Raffensperger, Steve Jones, Barack Obama, Rudy Giuliani –, –, ” Giuliani Organizations: CNN, White House, US, District of, Trump, CNN Supreme, University of Texas School of Law, Appeals, Georgia State University, White, Georgia, Staff, Meadows, “ Locations: Fulton County , Georgia, District of Georgia, Trump, Meadows, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia’s, Georgia, Fulton, Cobb County , Georgia, United States, New York

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