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☆ Gen Z's Most Trusted Source for News: Online Comments Sections
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Gen Zers, it turns out, are "not on a linear journey to evaluate the veracity of anything." In other words, Gen Zers know the difference between rock-solid news and AI-generated memes. For Gen Z, checking what other people are saying in the comments isn't shallow. The aim is to reach Gen Z readers where they live — scrolling through the comments — and turn them into subscribers. But I'll confess that I worried about the idea that Gen Z checks the comments to decide what to believe.

Persons: Z, Gen, Yasmin Green, Gen Zers, they're, Zers, Jigsaw, it's, they've, bros, influencers, Beth Goldberg, Jigsaw's, It's, Goldberg, Donald Trump, Trump, Z's, Ukraine —, They're, David Rothschild, I'm, ruefully, Adam Rogers Organizations: Media, Google, CNN, The New York Times, Times, NYPD, Research, Microsoft Research, Pew Research Center, Facebook, Business Locations: New York, Ukraine, Russia

The casino sued and defeated an attempt by the insurers to dismiss the case. The high court agreed to take the case in order to resolve the legal question of what constituted loss or damage. “Based on the plain terms of the policies, we conclude that in order to show a ‘direct physical loss’ of its property or ‘direct physical . It concluded that the casino's pleadings “do not support a finding that it is entitled to insurance coverage.”The casino declined comment Wednesday. He said 14 state Supreme Courts around the nation have held that the mere interruption of business activity during the pandemic does not constitute physical losses.

Persons: Stephen Orlofsky, David Roth, Phil Murphy, Wayne Parry Organizations: CITY, AIG Specialty Insurance, Insurance, Co, Ocean, American, Democratic Gov Locations: N.J, Atlantic City, California, Los Angeles, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, www.twitter.com

☆ Opinion: The real problem the DeSantis withdrawal poses for Haley
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Opinion David Mark | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

And DeSantis himself is no longer around as a political deflector shield as Haley heads into Tuesday’s crucial New Hampshire primary. A CNN poll released Sunday, before DeSantis withdrew from the race, found he was the first choice of 6% of likely New Hampshire GOP primary voters. Another 3% of likely GOP primary voters said they’d vote for someone else. To them, DeSantis dropping out (and quickly endorsing Trump) wouldn’t make Haley look like the safer bet, but Trump. This rally-around-Trump message likely makes Haley supporters even more of an isolated minority in the GOP firmament.

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☆ South Florida storm dumps more than a foot of rain
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Rich Mckay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Nov 16 (Reuters) - A fierce storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts dumped more than a foot (30.5 cm) of rain on parts of South Florida on Thursday, flooding homes and streets, downing power lines and trees and leaving tens of thousands of homes and business without power. The storm, which started on Wednesday, dropped almost 14 inches of rain from Key Largo to Fort Lauderdale while wind gusts topped out at 86 mph (136 kph), the U.S. National Service said on Thursday. "The worst is over for South Florida, but they'll still see two to four inches today before it's over," David Roth, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said on Thursday. The system will also bring two to four inches of precipitation to Central Florida, he said, before the storm moves north to the Carolinas in the evening and into Friday. The severity and frequency of major storms affecting the U.S. in recent years is linked to global warming.

Persons: they'll, David Roth, Roth, Rich McKay, Marguerita Choy Organizations: U.S . National Service, Dade, National Weather Service, Carolinas, Thomson Locations: South Florida, Largo, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Broward, Palm Beach, Central Florida, Atlanta

☆ Mercury is slowly shrinking, and it's giving the planet wrinkles
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementMercury, the smallest planet in the solar system, is getting even — and getting more wrinkles as it does, a new study suggests. Mercury is wrinkling like an old appleLike any other planet, Mercury is losing heat. The study, published in Nature Geosciences on Monday, identified 48 definite and 244 likely grabens on pictures snapped by NASA's MESSENGER probe in 2015. AdvertisementAdvertisementMercury is likely constantly shaking with quakesThe study also suggests Mercury is constantly shaking with quakes, Rothery said. ESA/BepiColombo/MTM, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGOThe next step for Mercury, Rothery said, will be the arrival of a space probe called BepiColumbo.

Persons: —, David Rothery, Rothery, Ben Man, Nat, it's, we've, BepiColumbo Organizations: Service, UK's Open University, Nature Geosciences, Mercury, ESA, European Space Agency, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Locations: et

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — It took more than a day of flying, including two refueling stops, for Vice President Kamala Harris to reach this year’s summit of Southeast Asian countries. Political Cartoons on World Leaders View All 226 ImagesPolitical Cartoons View All 1146 ImagesThis was her third trip to Southeast Asia since taking office — Harris heads back to Washington on Thursday — and she's visited more countries here than any other region. Harris' approval ratings remain underwater, and her announcements in Southeast Asia tend to be counted in the millions of dollars rather than the billions. “Everybody works their own way.”Harris' travel to Southeast Asia began in her first year in office, when she visited Singapore and Vietnam, but the trip almost didn't happen. But she’s put in the work," said Gregory B. Poling, who directs the Southeast Asia program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

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☆ David Gilmour, Who Brought Fiji’s Water to the Masses, Dies at 91
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Richard Sandomir | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The cause was cardiac arrest, said David Roth, a friend and business partner. By the time he bought Wakaya from two business partners in 1987, Mr. Gilmour had built several businesses over 30 years. At the time, he was mourning the death of his only child, Erin Gilmour, who had been murdered in her apartment in Toronto in 1983. He called the island “the last bastion of sanity in the world,” his wife, Jillian (Sweeney) Gilmour, said in a phone interview. There’s an area called Chieftain’s Leap, with soaring cliffs, where peregrine falcons make their nests.”

Persons: David Gilmour, David Roth, Gilmour, Erin Gilmour, Jillian, Sweeney, “ Locations: Canadian, Fiji, Manhattan, South, Toronto

☆ Brutal Heat Wave Is Expected to Spread Across the South
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Livia Albeck-Ripka | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The heat index is a measure of how hot it really feels, when humidity and other factors are considered along with the temperature. Already, the excessive heat has killed three hikers, brutalized workers and caused spikes in ambulance calls and emergency-room visits, as cities caution residents to stay indoors and drink water. As of Tuesday evening, more than 61 million people were under excessive heat warnings or advisories, according to data from the National Weather Service. Forecasters have warned that the relentless heat could continue across much of the South through the weekend. The heat will persist next week, with parts of the Great Lakes, Midwest, Idaho and eastern Washington State expected to be up to 10 degrees above normal, said David Roth, a meteorologist with the Weather Prediction Center of the National Weather Service.

Persons: David Roth Organizations: Northern, San, Weather Service, National Weather Service, Washington State, Weather Locations: Northern California, Sacramento, San Joaquin Valley, Southwest, Arizona , New Mexico, Texas, Lakes, Midwest , Idaho, Washington

☆ Explainer: Why was the Turkey-Syria earthquake so bad?
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-06 | by ( Gloria Dickie | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] A damaged vehicle is seen on top the rubbles after an earthquake in Iskenderun, Turkey February 6, 2023. The epicentre was about 26 km east of the Turkish city of Nurdagi at a depth of about 18 km on the East Anatolian Fault. During the 20th century, the East Anatolian Fault yielded little major seismic activity. But in 1822, a 7.0 quake hit the region, killing an estimated 20,000 people. The East Anatolian Fault is a strike-slip fault.

☆ End to storms is near but California braces for two more atmospheric rivers
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-14 | by ( Daniel Trotta | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/4] A road sign is seen next to a country highway on agricultural land amid flooding from the Salinas River, in Salinas, California, U.S., January 13, 2023. The latest storm, the season's eighth, is expected to begin dumping heavy rain on California from early on Saturday, the National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center said. The ninth and final atmospheric river of the series is due to make landfall on Monday and last a couple of days. Among the waterways of concern, the Salinas River in northern California flooded roads and farmland on Friday, when 24,000 people were urged to evacuate. In southern California, officials will release water on Saturday from Lake Cachuma, which provides drinking water near Santa Barbara, as the chronically low lake has filled to capacity.

☆ Republican incumbent Sen. Mike Crapo faces off against Democrat David Roth in Idaho's US Senate election
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Sen. Mike Crapo is running against Democrat David Roth to represent Idaho in the US Senate. Idaho's Senate race candidatesFirst elected in 1998, Crapo has served in Congress for nearly a quarter of a century. Prior to entering Congress, the native Idahoan served for nearly a decade in the Idaho State Senate and for three terms in the US House. Roth unsuccessfully ran for the Idaho State Legislature in 2020. Idaho's voting historyThe state voted for then-President Donald Trump over Joe Biden by a margin of about 30 percentage points in the 2020 election.

☆ Elon Musk misses the irony of the world's richest man asking people to pay him $8 a month for a Twitter blue check
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Elon Musk, the world's richest person, plans to charge people $8 to be verified on Twitter. But putting a pricetag on the blue checkmark completely misses the point. Musk doesn't appear to realize the irony of his tweet, nor does he seem to understand the point of verification. It's not just about having a blue checkmark next to your name. That's the exact opposite of what the verification system should be striving for.

☆ „Disaster Girl”, o fotografie virală de 15 ani pe internet, vândută cu mai mult de 400.000 de dolari
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-03 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: David Roth„Disaster Girl”, o fotografie virală de 15 ani pe internet, vândută cu mai mult de 400.000 de dolariO fotografie cunoscută sub numele de "Disaster Girl", care este virală pe reţelele de socializare de 15 ani, a fost scoasă la licitaţie sub formă de NFT, obiect digital care se achiziţionează prin criptomonede, şi vândută cu 430.000 de dolari, potrivit Le Figaro. Un chip de fată, liniştită, surâzătoare, care priveşte obiectivul aparatului în timp ce o casă arde în spatele ei, a devenit o fotografie de succes pe internet, un "meme" celebru, potrivită multor situaţii comice. Ea a fost supranumită "Disaster girl". Imaginea a fost vândută la licitaţie, pe 26 aprilie, pentru 430.000 de dolari, anunţă cotidianul The News & Observer din Carolina de Nord. Zoe Roth avea 4 ani când a fost fotografiată de tatăl ei în 2005, în Carolina de Nord, SUA.

Persons: David Roth, Le Figaro, Ea, Zoe Roth Organizations: News, New York Times Locations: Carolina de Nord, SUA

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