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☆ The Western tourists going to Iraq for vacation
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Richard Collett | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

“It was peaceful, calm, and rather quiet,” Driskill told CNN Travel after visiting Iraq in 2024. “Every year we’re seeing more people come to Iraq than before,” he told CNN Travel. Newenham first visited in August 2021 and told CNN Travel that she never imagined Iraq becoming one of her favorite travel destinations. Anmar Khalil/AP“Visiting the [ninth-century] Great Mosque of Samarra is a must,” he told CNN Travel. For Sarah Sanbar, Iraq researcher at Human Rights Watch, tourism to the country is allowing visitors to see the real Iraq.

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☆ Brian Harman: Woman in coma after trying to save golfer’s six-year-old son from drowning
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Samuel Joseph | Sam Joseph | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —American golfer Brian Harman said on Tuesday that a woman is in a coma after trying to save his son from drowning in October. The incident occurred when Harman was in China and his wife and children were vacationing in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Another man, Crane Cantrell, entered the water and pulled Harman’s son to safety. “(Dowdy) went in the water after my son,” Harman told reporters, via the PGA Tour. “They disregarded their selves, went into the water, saved my son, and how do you thank people like that?

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☆ Disney debuts its latest cruise ship, Treasure, as part of a plan to double its fleet by 2031
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Next month, the Disney Treasure cruise ship will make its maiden voyage from Port Canaveral, Florida, to the Caribbean, officially becoming the sixth ship in the company's lineup. The cruise ship Disney Treasure. A guest room on the Disney Treasure cruise ship. Worlds of Marvel, a restaurant on Disney's cruise ship Treasure that was inspired by the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Jumbeaux's Sweets, inspired by the ice cream parlor in Disney's "Zootopia," is a gelato and sweets shop on Disney's Treasure cruise ship.

Persons: Minnie, hadn't, Thomas Mazloum, Gavin Doyle, Doyle, —, Coco, Jumbeaux's Sweets, Jumbeaux's, I've, we've, There's Organizations: Disney, Disney Destiny, Oriental Land Company, Disney Cruise, Disney Disney, Royal, Cruise, de Coco, Mariachi Plaza, Pixar, Marvel, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Steakhouse, Skipper, Skipper Society, Cruise Lines International Association, Disney's Oceaneer, Walt Disney Theatre, Lucasfilm Locations: Port Canaveral , Florida, Caribbean, Japan, Royal Caribbean

☆ I built a 'tiny house' Airbnb hotel and sold it for $7 million. Here's why I decided to walk away when I did.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-16 | by ( Charissa Cheong | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I sold the property, called Live Oak Lake, for $7 million in October 2023. Part of the reason I considered selling Live Oak Lake was because of the stress of running it. We listed Live Oak Lake for sale in the summer of 2022. AdvertisementSelling the property has alleviated my stressI think I sold Live Oak Lake at the right time. AdvertisementThe Live Oak Lake project was an amazing project, a baptism by fire in the realms of real estate, marketing, and hospitality.

Persons: Isaac French, Instagram Organizations: influencers, Business Locations: Texas, Nordic, Waco, Zillow, Instagram

I’ve collected personal favorites, NBC Select staff picks, and other bestsellers below. SKIP AHEAD Bestselling gifts for new parents | Best gifts for new parents | Why trust NBC Select? Best gifts for new parents in 2024One of the hardest parts of the newborn season for me was finding time (and energy) to get groceries and cook. These socks are from an NBC Select staff-favorite brand and are a Wellness Awards winner. NBC Select Commerce Editor Jordan Bowman reviewed it and could easily sample international blends from India, Guatemala, Nicaragua and El Salvador.

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☆ I've sailed on Royal Caribbean, Carnival, and Norwegian ships. Here's which was my favorite — and how to choose the right cruise for you.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

AdvertisementI've been on Norwegian, Carnival, and Royal Caribbean's newer cruise ships. Brittany Chang/Business InsiderWhen a few rounds of foosball and ping-pong have worked up your appetite, you'll have 16 dining venues to choose from. AdvertisementNorwegian Cruise LineNorwegian Cruise Line has 18 cruise ships. Norwegian Cruise LineIt's the only cruise line on the list with a semi-inclusive "More at Sea" — formerly known as "Free at Sea" — promotion. The company operates 28 cruise ships, several of which are the biggest in the world.

Persons: Bauer, Griffin, Brittany Chang, It's, Guy, you'll, Finnbarr Webster, Norwegian Luna, Prima flaunts, Pieter De Boer, Firenze, There's Organizations: Royal, Firenze, Costa Cruises, Grill, Cruise Line, Cruise, Norwegian Aqua, Prima, Seas Locations: Royal Caribbean, roundtrip Port Canaveral , Florida, Bahamas, Brittany, Norwegian, Alaska, Europe, Asia, Jacksonville , Florida, Haven, CocoCay, Mexican, Los, Ensenada, Mexico

☆ I used to be a VIP tour guide at Disneyland. Here are 5 things you should never do in the park.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Amber Wainwright | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I worked as a VIP tour guide at Disneyland, so I know which offerings aren't worth visitors' time. AdvertisementIn the five years I worked as a VIP tour guide at Disneyland, I got to know the park very well. Amber WainwrightNothing beats a sky-high view of the park, but the Pixar Pal-A-Round isn't as relaxing as it looks. Don't shop for merch until you're on your way out of the parkDon't buy your merch until you're about to leave the park. AdvertisementAvoid the Mickey & Friends parking structureNo matter where you park at Disneyland, there will likely be many cars already there.

Persons: —, Amber Wainwright, Steer, I've Organizations: Pixar, Mickey, Service, Friends, City Hall Locations: Fantasyland

☆ A 29-year-old thrifter who replaced her 9-to-5 income reselling clothes on eBay shares the strategies she uses to find profitable items
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-07 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Kendall VanGilder turned thrifting into a full-time reselling business in 2024. The hobby grew on her with time, and one particular trip to Goodwill "changed my viewpoint on thrifting," she recalled. The majority of her income comes from her eBay store, Style Secondhand. Sometimes it's not, but a lot of times the combination of those things I look for make it a really good item." Advertisement"Those are out there and waiting to be found at a thrift store or a buy-sell-trade store," she said.

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☆ I've been on every Norwegian cruise line — here's how the 3 brands with very different prices compare
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-07 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings operates three brands: Norwegian, Regent Seven Seas, and Oceania. Norwegian Cruise Line: Family-friendly affordabilityNorwegian Cruise Line invited me on a complimentary four-night Norwegian Prima voyage in 2022. AdvertisementRegent Seven Seas Cruises: The priciest ultra-luxury optionRegent Seven Seas invited me on a three-night "christening sailing" for its one-year-old Seven Seas Grandeur. Regent Seven Seas invited me on a complimentary three-night Seven Seas Grandeur sailing in 2023. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings' most luxurious cruise line, Regent Seven Seas, serves dishes like beef tenderloin topped with seared foie gras.

Persons: —, Brittany Chang, Prima —, mary, Bulgari, Pablo Picasso, bocce, toiletries Organizations: Cruise Line Holdings, Regent Seven, Service, Norwegian, Cruise, Cruise Line, Prima, Oceania, Oceania Vista, Beverage, Seven Seas, Business, Regent Seven Seas Locations: Oceania, Norwegian, Whittier , Alaska, Vancouver, British Columbia, Oceania Vista, Italian, New York, Rhode Island, Bermuda, Caribbean, San Juan , Puerto Rico

☆ Living the remote life, how to practice self-care, poignant Titanic postcard: Catch up on the day’s stories
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-06 | by ( Daniel Wine | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. The day after a high-stakes presidential election usually brings elation on one side and dejection for the other. Now’s the time to take a breather and practice a little self-care. Today, the suburban New York dad has dedicated his life — and developed a video game — to help save other young people from overdoses. 3️⃣ Poignant postcard: In 1912, a first-class passenger on the Titanic scrawled a message in pencil to someone back home in England.

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☆ 5 tips for talking to those with divergent views
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Andrea Kane | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

He’s a professor of psychology and education at Columbia University, and he directs The Morton Deutsch International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution, where he runs the Difficult Conversations Lab. Anyone who has experienced conflict firsthand (and that’s just about everybody) knows it is felt in both body and mind. “Compromise is a method of conflict resolution or dispute resolution. How can you be better positioned to tackle conflict, have productive conversations and avoid World War III in these divisive times? We hope these five tips help you survive the post-election season and upcoming family gatherings.

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☆ Queen Conker: How a 34-year-old from Indianapolis became the first American world champion of a sport you’ve never heard of
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Jamie Barton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —There aren’t many world champions who didn’t know their sport existed a year before winning the title. Originally from Indianapolis, Banschbach moved to Suffolk, England, for work and took up the game entirely by chance last year. “Last fall, [I was] seeing all the conkers on the sidewalks and kind of wondering what they were,” she remembered. “It’s kind of funny because I had won on two separate occasions, and kind of joked that I was the reigning conker queen. But I specifically remember the commentator would say something like ‘Oh, we’ve never had an American winner,’” said Banschbach.

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☆ I moved from New York City to Los Angeles. I knew the coasts would be different, but some things really surprised me.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Ariana Divalentino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

After growing up on the East Coast and living in New York City for years, I moved to Los Angeles. Other things threw me off, like LA's chill attitude toward alcohol and the slower pace of the city. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! Things were growing a bit stagnant in my life, so I packed up and moved to Los Angeles in hopes of finding work in the film industry. As a lifelong East Coaster, here are the things that surprised me the most about moving to California.

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☆ Why Dodgers’ Game 5 win over Yankees was the craziest World Series clincher ever
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Jayson Stark | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +21 min

So let’s do our best to tell you about Game 5 of the 2024 World Series — the game that crowned the Los Angeles Dodgers the champions of baseball, but also very possibly the craziest World Series clincher ever. Was that upside-down enough to qualify as the craziest World Series clincher ever? That was Game 5 of the 2024 World Series, the only postseason game in history in which all that happened. On one hand, STATS tells us that the previous two teams to do it in a World Series game both won anyway. That would be the Cubs, in Game 7 in 2016, and the Cardinals, in The David Freese Game (Game 6) in 2011.

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☆ I toured one of Carnival Corp's ultra-luxury, all-inclusive Seabourn cruise ships for the first time — see what it was like
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Seabourn is Carnival Corp's ultra-luxury, all-inclusive cruise line. The brand has six ships — 13-year-old Seabourn Quest is its second-oldest. AdvertisementOne of Carnival Corp's most luxurious cruise ships starts at more than $700 a day in 2025 — caviar included. No, it's not one of Carnival Cruise Line's giant roller coaster-equipped vessels. Carnival Corp operates eight cruise lines.

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Kamberlyn Bowler, 15, said she ate McDonald's Quarter Pounders in the days before she became ill.At least 75 people have been infected with E. coli in an outbreak that McDonald's has said is likely linked to slivered onions served on Quarter Pounders. The previously healthy, active 15-year-old is now hospitalized and battling kidney failure — a rare and potentially life-threatening complication of E. coli poisoning. Kamberlyn, of Grand Junction, Colorado, is one of dozens of people who say they became sick after having eaten McDonald’s Quarter Pounders. McDonald’s says the most likely source of the contamination was slivered onions served on its Quarter Pounders. On Oct. 18, she was airlifted to Children’s Hospital Colorado outside Denver, where she has remained ever since.

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☆ My daughter ate at McDonald's and got sick 10 days later. Now she's hospitalized with E. coli and acute kidney failure.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Tess Martinelli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Brittany Randall believes her 15-year-old daughter contracted E. coli after eating at McDonald's. My 15-year-old daughter, Kamberlyn, ate the same meal at McDonald's, a Quarter Pounder with cheese and extra pickles, on September 25 and September 27. Ten days later, we were transferred to the nearest children's hospital for her to receive dialysis treatment for a life-threatening complication of E. coli. Kamberlyn told me she felt a bit better after receiving fluids from the hospital. The Food and Drug Administration has identified the onions on McDonald's Quarter Pounders as a possible source of this outbreak.

Persons: Brittany Randall, —, Kamberlyn Bowler, we'll, I'd, Kamberlyn, It's, she's, she'll, I'm, Bowler, Ron Simon, Joe Erlinger Organizations: Service, Business, McDonald's, Associates, Drug Administration Locations: Mesa County , Colorado

☆ I'm an entrepreneur and father who brings my son to work events. Blending family and work is how I find balance.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( Robin Madell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Peter Lewis, a tech and finance executive, travels yearly between two countries with his family. Lewis involves his son in work events, turning challenges into entrepreneurship lessons. "We're a traveling family," Lewis told Business Insider. "I've learned to find meaning in how our work and family lives intersect," Lewis said. If you work in Big Tech or finance and would like to share your work-life balance story, email Tess Martinelli at tmartinelli@businessinsider.com.

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☆ 33+ best gift ideas for men in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Cory Fernandez | Cory Fernandez Is A Commerce Editor For Select On Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +22 min

Brainstorming great gift ideas for men in your life, whether it’s your husband, boyfriend, dad or brother, goes a long way in making their holiday memorable. To find the best gift ideas for men, I gathered a long list of products and even got recommendations from my fellow NBC Select editors and writer, who tests hundreds of products every year. SKIP AHEAD The best tech gifts for him | The best food and home gifts for him | The best fitness and wellness gifts for him | The best apparel and accessories gifts for him | Why trust NBC Select? The Amazon Echo Dot is a great gift idea for someone who wants to have a “smart home” but doesnt know quite where to start. The Theragun Mini Massage Gun is a great gift idea for someone who regularly works out and wants to improve their recovery time.

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☆ Top 45 MLB free agents for 2024-25 with contract predictions, team fits: Will Soto get $600M+?
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Jim Bowden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +48 min

MLB free agency is almost here so it’s time for my annual ranking of the top free agents with contract predictions and the best team fits for each player. Best team fits: Dodgers, Yankees, Mets, Diamondbacks, Red SoxSalary comps: NoneContract prediction: Minor-league contract4. Several teams have early interest in Walker, with the Astros and Mariners being the best early team fits. Best team fits: Padres, Rangers, Dodgers, Orioles, Guardians, MetsSalary comps: N/AContract prediction: None at this time19. Best team fits: Yankees, Mariners, Diamondbacks, BrewersSalary comps: Anthony Rizzo (2 years, $40M); Josh Bell (2 years, $33M)Contract prediction: 1 year, $15 million42.

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☆ Big banks are bracing for losses as Americans struggle to pay off debt
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

American consumers and businesses are having a hard time paying off credit card, auto, and commercial real estate debt. Bank CEOs said on recent earnings calls that elevated prices and interest rates continue to weigh on Americans. According to Federal Reserve data, the past-due debt share for credit card, auto, and commercial real estate has recently risen to above pre-pandemic levels. That's because some loans are coming due — forcing businesses to refinance at much higher interest rates. The financial roller coaster of pandemic payments, whipsawing inflation, and high interest rates are especially affecting lower-income Americans.

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☆ Luxury stocks may be a risky China stimulus bet
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-19 | by ( Hakyung Kim | In Hakyungkim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

A post-pandemic spending surge led to luxury stocks such as LVMH to reach all-time highs in early 2023, but that soon changed. We believe improved confidence and sentiment is required to reach even our flat year-over-year Chinese luxury growth forecast for 2025," Wallace noted. Luxury stocks are feeling the pressure — year to date, U.S.-traded shares of major players LVMH and Kering are down about 17% and 41%, respectively. Analysts and investors are mixed as to whether the Chinese stimulus measures can revive luxury spending growth among consumers — and whether it will create a meaningful tailwind for luxury companies. Whether the luxury sector can continue growing at the same levels without as much Chinese consumer spending remains in question.

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☆ Taylor Swift is flexing her economic muscles again with the return of her tour and a new book
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In today's big story, Taylor Swift has a new book coming out, but how she's doing it might create some bad blood with publishers . On Tuesday, Swift announced plans to self-publish "The Eras Tour Book," a behind-the-scenes look at her record-breaking tour that'll be released exclusively at Target on Black Friday. News of a Taylor Swift book should have sent a publisher jumping for joy at the potential revenue. AdvertisementBig stars like Swift are exactly who book publishers are banking on these days. But even so, Miami, New Orleans, and Indianapolis — her remaining US tour dates — won't mind Swift coming to town.

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☆ Epic Universe: Universal Orlando announces opening date for the theme park
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Natasha Chen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Universal Orlando Resort announced Thursday morning that its highly anticipated new theme park, Epic Universe, will open on May 22, 2025, just before Memorial Day weekend. “I anticipate that this new Epic Universe theme park will easily crack 6 million plus visitors during its first 12 months of operation,” Speigel told CNN in an email. “Universal Studios theme parks have been on a huge roll since Harry Potter was introduced in 2010.”Speigel said this park will ratchet up the Orlando theme park market, where Universal and Disney are the biggest players. Speigel – along with many theme park fans – wonders how Disney will respond to its competitor’s moves and whether it will also open a new theme park in the coming years. It will be located in the new theme park, with Universal’s first dedicated theme park entrance for hotel guests.

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