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☆ Daughter of Los Angeles Times owner says Harris endorsement was blocked over Gaza war support
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( Liam Reilly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —The daughter of Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong suggested on Saturday that herfather’s decision to block the newspaper’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris was made over Harris’ support for Israel’s war in Gaza. “Our family made the joint decision not to endorse a Presidential candidate. Three members of the Times’ editorial board resigned over the decision. I’m proud of the LA Times’ decision just as I am certain there is no such thing as children of darkness. As with the Times, the decision was handed down by the publisher’s billionaire owner, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the newspaper reported.

Persons: Patrick Soon, Shiong, Kamala Harris, Harris, Nika, “, ” Patrick, “ Nika, ”, Barack Obama, Mariel Garza, ” Garza, Donald Trump, I’m, Trump, Jeff Bezos, ” Marty Baron, CNN’s Michael Smerconish Organizations: New, New York CNN, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Apartheid, LA Times, CNN, Washington Post, Times, Amazon Locations: New York, Gaza

☆ Finding cheap birth control is becoming harder for many in states with abortion bans
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Kaitlin Sullivan | Kaitlin Sullivan Is A Contributor For Nbcnews.Com Who Has Worked With Nbc News Investigations. She Reports On Health | Science | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

A renewed spotlight on protecting access to birth control may not help women who are already struggling to find affordable contraception in some states with the strictest abortion laws. Few community clinics have the amount of money needed to cover birth control each month, McCollum said. But over-the-counter birth control pills haven’t reached many women in rural areas. Because of the Texas policy change an estimated one-quarter of family planning clinics in the state closed by 2013. “If someone does not have insurance, we can pay for their visit and their birth control method,” McCollum said.

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His comments rattled health care providers, who might advise a pregnant woman seeking an abortion to travel out of state, and abortion funds that help arrange and fund such travel. Stefan Jeremiah / AP fileThe plaintiffs, who include the Yellowhammer Fund, an abortion fund, and West Alabama Women’s Center, now known as WAWC Health Care, along with other health care providers, have some reason for optimism. Although Marshall has not brought any charges, abortion-rights advocates say his remarks have had a chilling effect on abortion funds and health care providers. More than a decade ago, an abortion fund supported her through ending a pregnancy. Evelyn Hockstein / ReutersWAWC Healthcare, another plaintiff in the case, which is being represented by the ACLU, used to offer abortions, but has remained open to provide prenatal care and other reproductive health care, such as wellness exams.

Persons: Roe, Wade, Steve Marshall, Marshall, “, Marshall’s, Steve Marshall's, Stefan Jeremiah, Myron Thompson, ”, Jamila Johnson, Kelsea McLain, ” McLain, Evelyn Hockstein, Robin Marty, She’s, ” Marty Organizations: U.S, Supreme, Republican, Alabama, Yellowhammer Fund, West Alabama Women’s Center, Middle, Middle District of, Yellowhammer, NBC News, Medical, WAWC Healthcare, Reuters WAWC Healthcare, ACLU Locations: Alabama, State, U.S, Middle District, Middle District of Alabama, California, Idaho, Texas, Reform, Ala

☆ Why can’t we stop calling X, Twitter?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Saira Mueller | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

While some people (mainly fans of Musk) have embraced the X brand, most have not. Many people, both online and in person, still call the platform Twitter, and refer to posts as tweets. WHY ARE WE STILL CALLING THIS PLATFORM TWITTER. Even when you do see X, it's framed as "X, formerly Twitter". So the brand is what they say it is… it’s not that customers can’t stop calling it Twitter, it’s that they won’t.”

Persons: it’s, adieu, Elon Musk, — Jack Scalfani, ”, — Sherrye Pomeroy, Linda Yaccarino, It’s, ” Ramon Jimenez, Wolff Olins, “, ” Marty Neumeier, —, Musk, ’, Zoë Schiffer, Schiffer, Josh Adelson, X, x.com, ” Musk, wasn’t, Neumeier, “ It’s, ’ ” Elon Musk, Alain Jocard, James Withey, Kirill Kudryavtsev, Withey, — Sandy Horne Organizations: CNN, Twitter, Premium, Twitter Twitter, Global, Merriam, Webster, Oxford English, Liquid Agency, Elon, Musk, Twitter Inc, X Corp, Getty, The New York Times, Apple, Adobe, Google, Strategy, Innovation, Nissan, Datsun Locations: @sherrye_pomeroy, San Francisco, Paris, AFP, Frankfurt, Germany, @SandyHorne61

NEW YORK (AP) — Marty Krofft, a TV producer known for imaginative children’s shows such as “H.R. The Kroffts eventually opened their own, the short-lived World of Sid & Marty Krofft, in Atlanta in the 1970s. Sid Krofft said on Instagram that he was heartbroken by his younger brother's death, telling fans, “All of you meant the world to him." While other producers might have contented themselves with their achievements far earlier, Marty Krofft indicated to The AP in 2015 that he no had interest in stepping back from show business. “What am I gonna do — retire and watch daytime television and be dead in a month?” he asked.

Persons: — Marty Krofft, Pufnstuf, Donny, Marie ”, Krofft, Harlan Boll, Sid, Marie Osmond, Barbara Mandrell, “ Barbara Mandrell, Mandrell, “, Pufnstuf ”, I’ve, ” Marty Krofft, we’d, ”, Marty Krofft, Richard Pryor, Sid Krofft, — Organizations: Hollywood, Nickelodeon, Associated Press, Paris ” Locations: Los Angeles, Montreal, Atlanta

☆ Marty Krofft, Co-Creator of Fantastical TV Shows, Dies at 86
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Daniel E. Slotnik | More About Daniel E. Slotnik | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Marty Krofft, who, with his brother Sid, created a string of television shows that captured audiences from Saturday morning to prime time, including fantastical children’s fare, like “H.R. Pufnstuf” and “Land of the Lost,” and variety shows, like “Donny and Marie,” died on Saturday in Los Angeles. But Krofft shows, which featured extravagant puppets and scenery, were often expensive to produce and sometimes had premises that could be a hard sell; one show, for instance, focused on magical, talking hats. Marty’s business acumen and ability to woo studio executives ensured that some of the strangest programs ever to appear on the small screen actually got made. “Sid was always ‘the artist,’” Marty was quoted as saying in “Pufnstuf & Other Stuff: The Weird and Wonderful World of Sid & Marty Krofft” (1998), by the critic David Martindale.

Persons: Marty Krofft, Sid, Pufnstuf, Donny, Marie, ”, Harlan Boll, Kroffts, “ Sid, ’ ” Marty, “, Marty Krofft ”, David Martindale Locations: “, Los Angeles

☆ Department of Labor opens investigation into Perdue, Tyson
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Earlier this year, the federal government committed to ratcheting up efforts to root out child labor law violations. “There are currently [Wage and Hour Division] investigations open at Perdue and Tyson Foods,” a Department of Labor spokesperson told CNN. “We are conducting a comprehensive third-party audit of child labor prevention and protection procedures including a compliance audit of contractors,” she said. Government agencies have joined together this year to fight child labor law violations, which often impact migrant children. In February, the Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services jointly announced the creation of a task force designed to fight child labor exploitation.

Persons: Perdue, Tyson, “, Perdue “, Andrea Staub, ” Staub, Josh Hawley, Donnie King, ” Marty Walsh, Walsh, ”, Maruf, Nicole Goodkind Organizations: New, New York CNN, Department of Labor, Tyson Foods, New York Times, Perdue, ”, CNN, Times Magazine, Times, of Labor, Health, Human Services, Packers Sanitation Services, Cargill, Packers Sanitation Locations: New York, Perdue, Virginia, Tyson, Missouri

☆ Martin Scorsese Asked Laura Dern a Question That Changed Her Life
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Marc Myers | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Laura Dern, 56, is an Oscar- and Emmy-winning actress who starred in the films “Inland Empire,” “Mask” and “Marriage Story” and TV’s “Big Little Lies.” She is co-author with her mother, actress Diane Ladd, of the joint memoir “Honey, Baby, Mine” (Grand Central). She spoke with Marc Myers. When I was 7, director Marty Scorsese asked me a question. I was with my mother, Diane Ladd, in Tucson, Ariz., where she was filming “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.” Marty said, “Want to watch your mom?”

☆ To my son, born in the climate crisis: I see signs of hope
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( Bill Weir | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

The first looked at the twin crises of Covid and climate change as River was born; the second introduced him to Earth Day and what he could do. Watch Weir investigate “How to Unscrew a Planet,” on CNN’s “The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper,” Sunday at 8 p.m. Energy from clean sources, like this windmill in Texas, is heating and cooling more homes in America than ever before. “We call it climate intervention,” Kelly Wanser told me as we sat under bluebird skies and the Washington Monument. So far, it feels like your future will be marked in new stories to frame our wants and needs, and new tools to build Life As We Know It Could Be.

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