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☆ Dock tragedy is latest chapter in Gullah Geechee community’s long struggle
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( Ramon Sanchez | Ray Sanchez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

The collapse killed seven people, injured several others and gave his two girls what Michael Wood said was their first glimpse of the Gullah Geechee community’s longtime heartache and resilience. Courtesy Michael WoodThe October 19 tragedy is the latest chapter in the struggles of one of the last surviving Gullah Geechee communities in the Georgia Sea Islands. The state settlement included the construction of the dock and “new aluminum gangways” as well as improved ferry service. The day of the collapse Grovner eventually returned to the dock area, where he and others covered some bodies with blankets. White, the Georgia Southern University professor, added: “The Gullah Geechee community has always had to fight for their survival.

Persons: Michael, Kimberly Wood, Michael Wood, ”, Wood, Hailey, Kimberly, Riley, Joyce White, Jacqueline Crews Carter, Cynthia Gibbs, William Johnson Jr, Carlotta McIntosh, Isaiah Thomas, Queen Welch, Charles L, Charles Houston, Febury Hassan, Zelda Johnson, William Johnson Sr, John Thomas, Ben Crump, Gangway, Hogg, Walter Rabon, “, Milton, Ben Crump –, Lewis M, Levine, Susie, ” Michael Wood, I’m, Trevor Santos, Grovner, goddaughter, she’ll, Reginald Hall, ” Hall, ” CNN’s Dalia Faheid, Ashley R, Williams, Michelle Watson, Melissa Alonso, Sharif Paget, Sarah Dewberry, Zoe Sottile, Philip Wang, Adeline Chen, Teo Kermeliotis, Emma Tucker, Nicole Chavez, Devon Sayers, Kia Fatahi, Nick Valencia, Zenebou Sylla Organizations: CNN, Heritage Center, Georgia Southern University, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Impact, DNR, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Coast Guard Locations: gangway, Savannah, Georgia, Jacksonville , Florida, Atlanta, Darien , Georgia, Geechee, ”, Sapelo

☆ Hellboy is one of Hollywood's most beloved characters. So why does hardly anyone know a new movie exists?
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Read previewA new "Hellboy" movie is coming to theaters — but most people have no idea. "Hellboy: The Crooked Man" takes the hero back to the roots of Mignola's horror-tinged comics. Perhaps most surprisingly, "Hellboy: The Crooked Man" is not as disastrous as the marketing might suggest. Some believe Millennium Media made "The Crooked Man" on a small budget with the sole intention of keeping the rights to Hellboy. The director of 'Hellboy: The Crooked Man' said he knew the movie would face 'challenges'Jack Kesy as Hellboy and Adeline Rudolph as Bobbie Jo Song.

Persons: —, Guillermo del Toro's, Mike Mignola's, del Toro, Ron Perlman, Perlman, Hellboy, David Harbour, Brian Taylor —, Jack Kesy, Martin Bassindale, It's, Adeline Rudolph, Bobbie Jo Song, Yana Blajeva, Ethan Baird, Baird, Brian Taylor, Rob Mitchell, Mitchell, you've, Taylor, I've Organizations: Service, Business, Millennium Media, Marvel, YouTube, Millennium, Gower, Analytics, Revolution Studios, Universal Pictures, Millenium Media, Entertainment, iTunes Locations: Bulgaria, Portugal, Spain, American

☆ Winning a medal at the Olympics was hard, but raising twins is a real endurance sport
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Kelly Burch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementThe first trimester felt as hard as Olympic trainingI knew we could handle twins. My twins (a boy and a girl, whose names I don't share publicly) were each over seven pounds and very healthy. When I was cleared for exercise after a few months, my au pair brought the twins to the gym. I was doing a 10th of the weight but felt even more exhausted, thanks to the physical demands of nursing twins. AdvertisementI learned to be OK doing less, but to still maintain the discipline to show up day after day.

Persons: —, Adeline Gray, I, Logistically, I'm Organizations: Service, US Wrestling, Business Locations: Rio, Tokyo, Paris, LA

☆ Celebrities Support Plan to Reopen Upper West Side Movie Theater
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Annie Aguiar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After almost two decades of failed attempts to reopen, a landmark Upper West Side movie theater may be resurrected with a plan from a potential new buyer and celebrity support. They have formed the Upper West Side Cinema Center, a nonprofit corporation, whose website lists Martin Scorsese, Ethan Hawke and John Turturro as advisers, along with Bob Balaban, Griffin Dunne and the “American Psycho” director Mary Harron. (They would call it the Metro Cinema Center.) Representatives for Scorsese and Dunne confirmed their involvement. The proposal includes a five-screen theater dedicated to art house releases, classic film and special events; it would also have an education center and a cafe.

Persons: Ira Deutchman, Adeline Monzier, Unifrance, Martin Scorsese, Ethan Hawke, John Turturro, Bob Balaban, Griffin Dunne, Mary Harron, Scorsese, Dunne Organizations: U.S, Cinema, Metro Cinema Center

☆ Las Vegas Heat Breaks Records and Stuns Even the Forecasters
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Alan Blinder | Isabelle Taft | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

For their anniversary road trip through the West, an escape from the humid misery of a Louisiana summer, Tyson and Adeline Maddox rented a glimmering convertible. “Reminds me of the engine room,” Mr. Maddox grumbled of the weather as he left the “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign on Wednesday evening, when temperatures were still well into triple digits. “The heat, it’s just constantly coming,” Ms. Maddox added later. “It’s like being in front of an exhaust pipe.”So it has been around the Las Vegas area this week. Merely walking through a parking lot meant squinting — not at the sunlight blanketing the region, but at a heat so punishing that eyes hurt without ever actually watering.

Persons: Tyson, Adeline Maddox, Mr, Maddox grumbled, it’s, ” Ms, Maddox, “ Organizations: Vegas Locations: Louisiana, Vegas

☆ A new 'Hellboy' reboot is reportedly being released in August, but the lack of publicity has fans worried
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

"The Crooked Man" is based on the creepy, stand-alone tale of the same name from the comics, and Mignola confirmed that it finished filming in May 2023. This has led some fans to speculate, albeit without evidence, that Millennium Media was making it to keep the rights to the franchise. AdvertisementThis has led some fans to speculate, albeit without evidence, that Millennium Media is making it to keep the rights to the franchise. Commentby from discussioninHellBoyRepresentatives for Millennium Media and Ketchup Entertainment did not respond to Business Insider's request for comment. Advertisementto be clear: there is exactly *ZERO* AI used on hellboy: the crooked man.

Persons: —, Mike Mignola's, Ron Perlman, Guillermo del Toro, David Harbour, Mignola, Taylor, Leah McNamara, Jefferson White, Jack Kesy, Adeline Rudolph, Joseph Marcell, ike, omics, ake, evert, rian, aylor, rian T aylor Organizations: Service, Millennium Media, Entertainment, Business, Office Mojo, Media Locations: Spanish

☆ Mojave Desert: How a seed bank in southern California is preserving an ancient ecosystem under threat
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Samantha Bresnahan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The result was the Mojave Desert Land Trust seed bank. In 2016, Mojave Desert Land Trust officially launched the seed bank project, which has since been described as a “Noah’s Ark” for southern California. A jar of seeds sits in one of three full refrigerators at the Mojave Desert Land Trust headquarters in Joshua Tree, California. Beau Molloy/CNN“We’ve already been able to provide seed to researchers who are studying the effects of climate change on specific species that we have in our seed bank,” Asbell adds. Beau Molloy/CNNRoughly 70,000 Joshua tree seeds are currently preserved in the seed bank, some of which could be planted in cooler locations, if needed.

Persons: birdsong, Madena Asbell, “, ” Asbell, Asbell, Beau Molloy, Kelly Herbinson, ” Herbinson, hasn’t, Corina Godoy, Gerber, MDLT, CNN “ We’ve, Joshua, It’s, Seuss, Herbinson, ”, ” CNN’s Adeline Chen Organizations: CNN, Land Trust, MDLT, Land, Mojave, Conservation Board Locations: California, Texas, Colorado, Mojave, Joshua Tree , California

☆ What to remember about the new season of 'American Horror Story' starring Kim Kardashian and Emma Roberts before it returns
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | Caralynn Matassa | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Read previewFans of "American Horror Story" won't have to wait much longer for the show to return. Here's a refresher on what to know about "AHS: Delicate" before it returns. 'AHS: Delicate' is based on a bookKardashian plays Roberts' publicist on "AHS: Delicate." Eric Liebowitz/FXIn a series first, "AHS: Delicate" is based (at least in part) on a novel: "Delicate Condition" by Danielle Valentine. Kim Kardashian, who's new to the "American Horror Story" ensemble, also has a major role as Siobhan Corbyn, Anna's best friend and publicist.

Persons: —, Ryan Murphy, Emma Roberts, Billie Lourd, Denis O'Hare, Kim Kardashian, Kardashian, Roberts, Eric Liebowitz, Danielle Valentine, Valentine, she's, Anna Alcott, Andrea Bartz, Halley Feiffer, Feiffer, Murphy, Cara Delevingne, Anna, Siobhan Corbyn, Anna's, Dex, Matt Czuchry, Hill, who's, Leslie Grossman, Siobhan, Anna —, It's, He's, Adeline —, Sonia Shawcross, Adeline, Ms, Preecher, Cora, Delevingne, Ivy, Dex's, Virginia Harding, She's, Mary I of England Organizations: Service, Business, AHS, Entertainment, Hollywood, SAG, Hulu Locations: Virginia

☆ War, reforms and a possible successor? Here's what we could see from 6 more years of Putin
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-19 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Analysts share their views on what we can expect now that Putin has strengthened his grip on power, with the Ukraine war, domestic economic reforms and a possible government reshuffle key factors to watch. Having cleared more of a procedural hurdle than a real test of his policies and popularity in the election, Putin will have more freedom to advance contentious reforms at home, analysts note. Russian President Vladimir Putin delivering an annual address to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor, in Moscow on Feb. 29, 2024. MOSCOW, RUSSIA - JANUARY 8: (RUSSIA OUT) A woman eats hot corn while walking along the Red Square near the Kremlin, as air temperatures dropped to -18 degrees Celcius, January,8 2024, in Moscow, Russia. However, with the dynamics of the war now shifting in Russia's favor, Putin might feel more confident with the reshuffle.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Natalia Kolesnikova, Vladimir Putin's, Putin, embolden Putin, Liam Peach, Jose Colon, Anton Siluanov, Tursa, Adeline Van Houtte, Donald Trump, Dmitry Peskov, Peach, he's, Sergei Shoigu, Sergei Lavrov, Mikhail Mishustin, Dmitry Medvedev, Gavriil Organizations: Afp, Getty, Kremlin, Commission, Analysts, U.S, Capital Economics, Anadolu, Anadolu Agency, Economist Intelligence Unit, Federal Assembly, Russian Federation, New, Putin, Security Council, Sputnik Locations: Crimea, Red, Moscow, Russia, Russian, Central, Ukraine, Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, Eastern Europe, Europe, U.S, Russia's, MOSCOW, RUSSIA

Local public health officials say the potential loss of funding could severely impact several essential services, including vaccines, cancer screening and testing for sexually transmitted infections. A national public health expert said the situation is unique in the U.S. and a threat to the entire public health field — especially going into an election year when health officials and their department could again become political targets. “I’m hoping this isn’t the start of a new trend of retroactive punishment against public health departments.”More than than 300,000 people live in Ottawa County, making it Michigan's seventh largest county. “You should not be at war with your health providers.”The Network for Public Health Law and the National Association of County and City Health Officials filed amicus briefs in support of Hambley’s lawsuit last month. And Freeman said her organization is keeping a close eye on Ottawa County: “This isn't something we want on the books for other county commissioners to consider in the future."

Persons: COVID, they’ve, ”, Lori Freeman, “ I’m, Herman Miller, Joe Moss, Sylvia Rhodea, — Moss, Rhodea, John Gibbs, Adeline Hambley, Jacob Bonnema, it's, Hambley, “, ” Hambley, Gibbs, Moss, —, Freeman, Robert Wood Johnson Organizations: National Association of County, City Health, Ottawa, Republican, Diversity, Equity, Associated Press, AP, Hambley, Grand Haven, Public Health Law, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Locations: Mich, Michigan, U.S, Ottawa County, Ottawa, Grand

☆ Do you want 'Deez Nuts' or 'Dee's Nuts'? The confusion is part of the problem, a company suing MrBeast's food brand says in a lawsuit.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A nut company called Dee's Nuts is suing YouTuber MrBeast's candy brand Feastables. When Brian Ditore founded flavored peanut company Dee's Nuts more than a decade ago, he hoped to pay homage to his grandmother, Adeline D'amore, court documents say. On August 25, Dee's Nuts filed a lawsuit against MrBeast's Feastables, accusing the brand of trademark infringement by naming one of its chocolate flavors "Deez Nuts." Actual results when searching "dees nuts" show Dee's Nuts products. Screenshot via Walmart.comAn attorney and spokesperson for Dee's Nuts did not respond to a request for comment sent during the weekend.

Persons: YouTuber, Brian Ditore, Adeline D'amore, Brian A, Dee's Nuts, MrBeast's Feastables, MrBeast, Jimmy Donaldson, Feastables, Dee's, dees, Defendant Feastables, James Stephen Donaldson, Dr, Dre Organizations: Service, US, Inc Locations: Wall, Silicon, Iowa

☆ Ex-NatWest banker awarded $115,400 after cancer-related discrimination
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Kirstin Ridley | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Signage at a branch of NatWest Bank pictured in central London, May 21, 2008. Cancer is listed as a disability under the UK Equality Act 2010, protecting sufferers from discrimination. NatWest was ordered to pay almost 87,700 pounds, including 35,000 pounds for injury to feelings and aggravated damages for Willis's losses until December 1, 2020. A NatWest spokesperson said the bank was pleased the case had been resolved and apologised for falling short of expected standards. "We recognise the extremely difficult personal circumstances in this case and have taken steps to ensure this cannot happen again," the spokesperson said.

Persons: Luke MacGregor, Adeline Willis, Willis, Kirstin Ridley, Angus MacSwan Organizations: NatWest Bank, REUTERS, NatWest, Cancer, Thomson Locations: London

The skin care and beauty industry is booming and bringing in over $90 billion worldwide. On average, Americans spend $722 on their appearance, including skin care, each year, according to a November 2022 survey of over 1,000 people from Advanced Dermatology. Ashleigh MitchellAshleigh Mitchell was walking out of a Sephora store in Times Square NYC when we stopped her to inquire about her daily skin care routine. Hyram YarbroHyram Yarbro is a well-known skin care influencer who's amassed 4.5 million subscribers on his YouTube channel. As an influencer and founder of her own skin care line, beauty products are one thing Louise doesn't mind spending a lot on.

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☆ Banker with cancer claims $5 million from NatWest over dismissal
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Kirstin Ridley | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Cancer is listed as a disability under the UK Equality Act 2010, protecting sufferers from discrimination. Lawyers for NatWest and the 44-year-old risk and compliance officer clashed on Monday at the Central London Employment Tribunal over document disclosures relating to her income since she left the bank. The case is unusual because most employment claims are settled out of court. Charles Crow, a lawyer for NatWest, conceded Willis's team could have been told earlier how many experts the bank was now calling. "We recognise the extremely difficult personal circumstances in this case and that there were things the bank did not get right," a NatWest spokesperson said.

☆ Banker with cancer claims $5 million from NatWest for unfair dismissal
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Kirstin Ridley | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Nov 28 (Reuters) - A former senior banker is suing NatWest (NWG.L) for around 4.3 million pounds ($5.2 million) after a London judge ruled that she was unfairly dismissed only days after cancer surgery. Cancer is listed as a disability under the UK Equality Act 2010, protecting sufferers from discrimination. There's not a cat in hell's chance of dealing with this case in two days," Gilroy said. Charles Crow, a lawyer for NatWest, conceded Willis's team could have been told earlier how many experts the bank was now calling. But both sides should have realised that a two-day hearing would not be enough to deal with disagreements, he said.

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