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☆ Workplace flexibility is helping Americans take longer trips this holiday season, report finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Ana Teresa Solá | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Americans are determined to travel this holiday season — and certain workarounds are helping them take those trips. This flexibility allows workers to take trips they might not otherwise, or stretch their trips for longer, according to the survey. The change in laptop luggers is "a pretty high jump. "The value to U.S. workers of being able to work from anywhere has clearly grown over the course of the great remote work experiment," she said. "People are willing to cut corners to save money, but they don't want to skip the trip entirely," said Ted Rossman, an industry analyst at Bankrate.

Persons: Gen Zers, Eileen Crowley, Julia Pollak, Ted Rossman Organizations: Deloitte, Finance, ZipRecruiter

☆ A real-estate investor explains how he got a 2.75% mortgage amid 7% rates
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-09 | by ( Laila Maidan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Michael Hyun used creative financing to buy a home amid high mortgage rates in 2023. A provision in the mortgage contract called the due-on-sale clause makes this approach risky. But they had one advantage: Eileen was a real-estate agent, which qualified her as a real-estate professional under tax law. There, he found wholesalers, middlemen that buy property under contract to sell the contracts and transfer the property to the buyer. So, instead of going into foreclosure, they sold it to Hyun and transferred the mortgage, which had a balance owed of $368,486 at a 2.75% mortgage rate.

Persons: Michael Hyun, —, Eileen, Hyun, homeownership, Pace Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Texas

☆ Panel Calls for Secret Service Overhaul in Report on Trump Shooting Attempt
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Eileen Sullivan | More About Eileen Sullivan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

An independent panel reviewing the failures that led to the attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump in July called on the Secret Service to replace its leadership with people from the private sector and focus almost exclusively on its protective mission. Those include the failure of the Secret Service to secure a nearby building where a rooftop would-be assassin fired eight shots toward Mr. Trump. That and other security lapses, members of the panel said, result from an absence of “critical thinking” among agents and supervisors. The panel was particularly struck by a “lack of ownership” conveyed by the agents it interviewed. A panel convened in 2014 after a man scaled the White House fence and entered the mansion made similar proposals.

Persons: Donald J, Trump Organizations: Service, Department of Homeland Security Locations: Butler, Pa

☆ 40 elite colleges are being sued over accusations they colluded to increase tuition by $6,200 — primarily by overcharging divorced parents
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The lawsuit claims the schools are factoring in the incomes of divorced parents, even if one of the parents cannot contribute. AdvertisementForty elite colleges are facing legal action over accusations they conspired to raise tuition — primarily by targeting students with divorced parents. According to the lawsuit, considering income of divorced parents raised the average tuition price for students by about $6,200. "Formulas are then used to generate a financial aid offer. Chang, one of the plaintiffs, attended Cornell from 2017 to 2021, and she submitted the CSS profile as part of her financial aid application.

Persons: —, Hagens Berman, Maxwell Hansen, Eileen Chang, Chang, Brown Organizations: Service, Boston University, Cornell University, College Board —, College Board, Columbia University, Ivy League, Cornell, Duke, University of Chicago, Yale Locations: Northwestern

☆ Your employer may start covering weight-loss drugs soon
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Tami Luhby | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

A growing number of employers are considering covering the blockbuster weight-loss drugs, several surveys show. Roughly the same share say they are somewhat or very likely to begin covering these medications for weight loss within the next 12 months, according to KFF’s annual Employer Health Benefits Survey. But only 18% of firms in KFF’s survey, which includes those with 200 or more employees, cover GLP-1 drugs primarily for weight loss. Even employers that provide coverage for anti-obesity drugs often put up guardrails, such as requiring employees to receive prior authorization or to try other weight-loss methods first. Outpatient drug costs are expected to climb 11.4% next year, surpassing the 8% increase projected for medical plan costs, according to Segal’s most recent survey.

Persons: ”, Matthew Rae, Mercer, Beth Umland, Eileen Pabon, KFF, It’s, Eric Miller, Segal, Vicky Cathcart, ” Cathcart Organizations: CNN, Workers, Health, Survey, Business, DSV Air & Sea, Employees, Employers, Outpatient, Marroquin Industries Corp Locations: Mercer, New Jersey, Hawthorne , California

☆ Maggie Smith, 2-time Oscar winner and 'Harry Potter' star, dead at 89
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Smith was well known for roles in the television series "Downton Abbey" and the "Harry Potter" films. Smith later became well known for her role as Professor Minerva McGonagall in the "Harry Potter" films, a role she said helped her bond with her grandchildren. Related storiesBut her most prolific TV role was as Violet Crawley on "Downton Abbey," which earned her three Emmy awards. The series ran for six seasons, and Smith returned for two subsequent "Downton Abbey" films, which were released in 2019 and 2022. She was later diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007 and went through chemotherapy while filming "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince."

Persons: Dame Maggie Smith, Tony, Oscar, Smith, Downton, Harry Potter, —, Maggie Smith, Toby Stephens, Chris Larkin, Miss Jean Brodie, Minerva McGonagall, Delahunty, Violet Crawley, dames Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Joan Plowright, Sir Christopher Hampton's, Brunhilde Pomsel, Propaganda Joseph Goebbels, Graves, Prince, Sir Robert Stephens, Stephens, Alan Beverley Cross, Anjelica Oswald Organizations: Service, Business, Oxford Playhouse, Broadway, British Academy of Film, Television Arts, HBO, dames, Nazi Locations: British, Umbria, Nazi Germany

Though we usually associate acne-prone skin with the more annoying parts of our teenage years, it has become more common in adults. SKIP AHEAD The best products for acne-prone skin | What are the best ingredients for acne-prone skin? The best products for acne-prone skin in 2024The dermatologists I spoke to recommend products with acne-fighting ingredients like salicylic acid, benzoyl peroxide, adapalene and azelaic acid (more on that below). The dermatologists we spoke to noted a few other considerations when using skin care products on acne-prone skin. For this article, I spoke to dermatologists to find out everything you should know about acne-prone skin care.

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The Secret Service has assigned five agents to administrative duties as a result of its investigation into the failures that led to the assassination attempt on former President Donald J. Trump on July 13, according to two people familiar with the situation. The agents have not been fired, and are still being paid. The Secret Service declined to comment, citing rules against publicly discussing personnel matters. Four agents placed on administrative duties are from the Pittsburgh office, and one is from Mr. Trump’s personal detail. Placement on administrative duties is different from being placed on administrative leave, which typically requires agents to turn in their badges and guns until an investigation is completed.

Persons: Donald J, Trump Locations: Pittsburgh

☆ Transfers and Pay Cuts: Pregnant Officers Accuse Border Agency of Discrimination
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Eileen Sullivan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When Roberta Gabaldon was ready to share news of her pregnancy with her colleagues at Customs and Border Protection in 2015, she brought in pink and blue doughnuts with a sign that read: “Pink and blue. Pink and blue. Somebody’s pregnant, guess who?”But her palpable excitement, particularly after a miscarriage months earlier, quickly dissipated. Her experience reflects that of hundreds of female employees at the agency who have filed suit against Customs and Border Protection, saying that since at least 2016, they were denied equal treatment once they disclosed they were expecting. The policy, they say, hurt their opportunities for advancement, and others add that they weathered pay cuts because light duty meant no more overtime.

Persons: Roberta Gabaldon, “, ’, Gabaldon Organizations: Customs, Border Protection Locations: El Paso

The acting Secret Service director told senators on Tuesday that the agency failed on July 13 by not having a countersniper focused on the roof where a would-be assassin fired eight shots at former President Donald J. Trump, injuring him and others and killing a rally attendee. While Ronald L. Rowe Jr., the acting director, provided a more complete account of what happened that day than his predecessor did a week ago, he failed to answer a critical question about that day: Who was supposed to be watching that roof? In one of his first actions as acting director, Mr. Rowe said he went to the site of the shooting in Butler, Pa., and specifically to the warehouse roof that the gunman used, which had been unmanned and apparently unwatched. Mr. Rowe said he climbed onto the building and lay on the roof so he could see the direct line that the shooter, later identified as Thomas Crooks of Bethel Park, Pa., had to Mr. Trump.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Ronald L, Rowe Jr, Rowe, Thomas Crooks Locations: Butler, Pa, Bethel Park

☆ NASA’s Chandra Observatory just celebrated 25 years in space. Budget cuts could threaten its future
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Chandra X-ray Observatory Center/NASASo far, Chandra has taken nearly 25,000 observations of the universe. Chandra X-ray Observatory Center/NASAShortly after launch, the observatory focused on what has become an iconic celestial target: supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. Chandra has returned to this feature again and again, revealing new insights each time. Chandra X-ray Observatory Center/NASA“Before Chandra, it was known that there was a sort of diffuse haze of X-ray emission coming from all directions in the sky. The NASA budget allotment for Chandra will gradually dwindle in the coming years, based on the agency’s budget request released in March. Chandra X-ray Observatory Center/NASADespite 25 years spent in space, Chandra remains in good health and virtually all of the spacecraft’s systems are in good condition, Slane said.

Persons: NASA’s Chandra, Chandra, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Eileen Collins, ” Collins, ”, Pat Slane, astrophysicists Riccardo Giacconi, Harvey Tananbaum, NASA’s, Slane, Chandra’s, ” Slane, “ Organizations: CNN, NASA, Center, Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, Hubble, Telescope, Spitzer, Compton Gamma, “ NASA, Chandra Locations: Columbia, Cambridge , Massachusetts, “

☆ Dismissal Brings New Scrutiny to Judge With a History of Unorthodox Decisions
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Alan Feuer | Eileen Sullivan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Even before her bombshell decision on Monday to dismiss former President Donald J. Trump’s classified documents case, Judge Aileen M. Cannon had made any number of unorthodox rulings. In fact, since Judge Cannon took control of the case in June 2023, many of her decisions have been so outside the norm that they have fueled intense criticism of her legal acumen, stoked questions about favoritism toward Mr. Trump and slowed the documents case sufficiently that it would not come to trial before Election Day. Still, almost no one, including some defense lawyers working on the case, expected Judge Cannon to throw out the charges against Mr. Trump by ruling that Jack Smith, the special counsel who filed the indictment, had been unconstitutionally appointed to his job — especially on the first day of the Republican National Convention. The ruling upended 25 years of Justice Department procedure for naming and governing special counsels and called into question decisions by previous courts reaching back to the Watergate era.

Persons: Donald J, Trump’s, Aileen M, Cannon, Judge Cannon, Trump, Jack Smith Organizations: Mr, Republican National Convention

President Biden on Sunday called for an “independent review” of security measures before and after the attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump, while directing the Secret Service to review all of its security measures for the Republican National Convention this week. Mr. Biden’s directive, though brief and without specifics, is likely to increase the scrutiny of the decisions and possible failures of the agency charged first and foremost with protecting the lives of the country’s current and former leaders, and their families. Less than 24 hours after Mr. Trump was injured at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa., members of Congress were promising hearings and former law enforcement officials were questioning why the warehouse roof where the would-be assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pa., fired shots was not covered by the Secret Service’s security perimeter, despite being within the range of some guns. Mr. Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, was quickly whisked off the stage and pronounced fine, but a spectator was killed in the shooting and two others were critically wounded.

Persons: Biden, Donald J, Trump, Biden’s, Thomas Matthew Crooks Organizations: Service, Republican National Convention, Republican Locations: Butler, Pa, Bethel Park

☆ After Dismissal of Bankruptcy Case, Here’s What’s Next for Giuliani
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Eileen Sullivan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Rudolph W. Giuliani is free from the demands — and protections — of bankruptcy court. A federal judge dismissed his case on Friday, citing the former New York mayor’s failure to comply with almost any of the court’s requirements. Filing for bankruptcy under the Chapter 11 code protected Mr. Giuliani from having his creditors coming after his assets and pursuing lawsuits. But bankruptcy also required that he disclose his assets and details about his businesses. “The record in this case reflects Mr. Giuliani’s continued failure to meet his reporting obligations and provide the financial transparency required of a debtor in possession,” Sean H. Lane, the bankruptcy judge in the Southern District of New York who oversaw the case, said in his dismissal order.

Persons: Rudolph W, Giuliani, Donald J, Trump, Giuliani’s, ” Sean H, Lane Organizations: of, York Locations: York, Washington, Georgia, Southern

☆ Boeing acepta declararse culpable de delito grave
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Eileen Sullivan | Danielle Kaye | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Boeing Agrees to Plead Guilty to Felony in Deal With Justice Department
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Eileen Sullivan | Danielle Kaye | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Boeing agreed on Sunday to plead guilty to a felony charge of conspiring to defraud the federal government over two fatal crashes of the 737 Max in 2018 and 2019, according to a late-night court filing. The company will be put on probation, supervised by the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Texas, for three years. As part of the probation, the Justice Department will appoint an independent compliance monitor who will make sure that safety measures are in place and followed, submitting annual reports to the government. The decision by Boeing to plead guilty is significant because the company has not been convicted of a federal felony in decades. In the filing, the department described the charge of conspiring to defraud the federal government as “the most serious readily provable offense.”

Persons: Max, —, ” Organizations: Boeing, Federal, Court, Northern, Northern District of, Justice Locations: Northern District, Northern District of Texas

On Today’s Episode:Top House Democrats Privately Say Biden Must Go as Allies Insist He Must Do More, by Luke Broadwater, Robert Jimison and Annie KarniFrench Election Yields Deadlock as Left Surges and Far Right Comes Up Short, by Roger CohenBeryl Strengthens Into a Hurricane as It Approaches Texas, by Edgar Sandoval, Miranda Rodriguez and Maria Jimenez MoyaBoeing Agrees to Plead Guilty to Felony in Deal With Justice Department, by Eileen Sullivan and Danielle Kaye

Persons: Biden, Luke Broadwater, Robert Jimison, Annie Karni, Roger Cohen Beryl, Edgar Sandoval, Miranda Rodriguez, Maria Jimenez Moya Boeing, Eileen Sullivan, Danielle Kaye Organizations: Go, Deal, Justice Department Locations: Texas

And they were everywhere, although, naturally, New York City was a magnet, as it has always been for L.G.B.T.Q.+ people looking for a place in which they can be themselves. New York City was where you lost your soul, and we wanted to be closer to the earth. I wore an eight-and-a-half-foot-tall Statue of Liberty costume to the Easter Parade in New York City, and Kirsten came along with me. By the time I turned 30, I’d been telling people I was older for years, because I’m not the type to bemoan the loss of my youth. Going to New York felt like this moment of emerging to a wider audience, and then I started to travel a lot.

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☆ Judge Skeptical of Claim Search Was Mishandled in Trump Documents Case
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Alan Feuer | Eileen Sullivan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The federal judge overseeing former President Donald J. Trump’s classified documents case showed little patience on Tuesday with an argument by his lawyers that the F.B.I.’s search two years ago of Mar-a-Lago, his private club and residence in Florida, was conducted improperly. The judge, Aileen M. Cannon, has granted a serious audience to several far-fetched arguments by Mr. Trump’s lawyers. could search and what items it could seize. “It seems like it is,” Judge Cannon said, disagreeing with Mr. Trump’s lawyers about the question of specificity and all but ruling against them from the bench. “I have a hard time seeing what other language needed to be included.”

Persons: Donald J, Trump’s, Aileen M, Cannon, Judge Cannon, “, ” Organizations: Federal, Court Locations: Mar, Florida, Fort Pierce, Fla

☆ Judge Skeptical About Request to Limit Trump Statements on F.B.I.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Alan Feuer | Eileen Sullivan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The federal judge overseeing former President Donald J. Trump’s classified documents case posed tough questions on Monday to prosecutors who have asked her to bar him from making inflammatory statements that might endanger any F.B.I. At a contentious hearing in Federal District Court in Fort Pierce, Fla., the judge, Aileen M. Cannon, seemed disinclined to impose new conditions on Mr. Trump that would limit what he could say about the F.B.I. The court-authorized search was a crucial element of the government’s investigation, leading to the discovery of more than 100 classified documents that Mr. Trump kept after leaving office. The hearing was the latest clash between Mr. Trump’s lawyers and prosecutors in the office of the special counsel, Jack Smith. It centered on a knotty issue that has now cropped up in several of the former president’s legal cases: how to balance Mr. Trump’s right to attack the government — even falsely — against shielding the participants in the cases from threats of violence or harassment inspired by his incendiary remarks.

Persons: Donald J, Trump’s, Aileen M, Cannon, Trump, Prosecutors, Jack Smith, — Organizations: Federal, Court Locations: Fort Pierce, Fla, Mar, Florida

☆ These student-loan borrowers qualify for debt cancellation through the government, but they're struggling to get the same relief on their private balances: 'I feel so defeated. I feel trapped.'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Every paycheck I get goes to Navient," Pucci, 59, told BI. I feel trapped, and this has been so traumatic, especially the last couple of months, it's been really, really difficult." The lender, instead, can decide how it wants to craft a relief process, if at all. AdvertisementBut Linssen's efforts paid off — she got $70,000 in private loans discharged in May. While Nave also eventually got her private loans relieved after filing complaints with the CFPB, she doesn't understand why it has to be this way.

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☆ Fake elector case in Nevada dismissed over venue question, state attorney general vows appeal
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford said he’ll take the issue to the state Supreme Court after Clark County District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus ruled that Las Vegas was the wrong venue for the case. “They’re done,” said Margaret McLetchie, attorney for Clark County Republican Party chairman Jesse Law, one of the defendants in the case. The state Republican Party issued a statement welcoming the court decision, pointing to Ford’s vow to appeal and asking for contributions to continue the court fight. Chattah ran as a Republican in 2022 for state attorney general and lost to Ford by just under 8% of the vote. Also, unlike other states, Nevada did not have a legal challenge pending in courts at the time.

Persons: Donald Trump, Aaron Ford, he’ll, Mary Kay Holthus, we’ll, ” Ford, “ They’re, ”, Margaret McLetchie, Jesse Law, Michael McDonald, Jim DeGraffenreid, Shawn Meehan, Jim Hindle, Eileen Rice, McDonald’s, Richard Wright, Ford, ” Wright, Holthus, Matthew Rashbrook, McDonald, Brian Hardy, Meehan, Sigal Chattah, Chattah, Joe Biden, Kenneth Chesebro, Chesebro, Trump, Biden, State Barbara Cegavske, Cegavske Organizations: LAS VEGAS, Las, Clark County Republican, Democratic, Republican, “, Republican Party, Convention, Ford, Trump, State Locations: Nevada, Clark, Las Vegas, Carson, Douglas, Storey County, Carson City, Reno, ”, Nevada’s Storey, Milwaukee, Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin

☆ Judge in Trump Documents Case Hears Arguments Over Special Counsel
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Eileen Sullivan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Former President Donald J. Trump’s defense team tried on Friday to persuade the judge overseeing the national security documents case to dismiss the indictment, pushing a long-shot argument that the special counsel, Jack Smith, was not properly appointed. Such defense motions are routinely denied in federal cases involving special counsels. But the judge presiding over this case, Aileen M. Cannon, has given Mr. Trump’s request extra import by holding hearings and allowing three outside lawyers time in court to make additional arguments about whether there is a constitutional mechanism for naming special counsels. “The text of these statutes really matters,” said Emil Bove, one of Mr. Trump’s lawyers. He also argued that Mr. Smith should have been confirmed by the Senate because his position is so powerful.

Persons: Donald J, Jack Smith, Aileen M, Cannon, Judge Cannon, “, Mr, Trump’s, ”, Emil Bove, Smith Organizations: Senate

☆ For Judge in Trump Documents Case, Unusual Rulings Are Business as Usual
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Alan Feuer | Eileen Sullivan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When Judge Aileen M. Cannon presides over a hearing on Friday in former President Donald J. Trump’s classified documents case, she will spend the day considering well-trod arguments about an arcane legal issue in an unorthodox manner. It will be the latest example of how her unusual handling of the case has now become business as usual. Over the past several months, Judge Cannon, who was appointed by Mr. Trump in his final days in office, has made a number of decisions that have prompted second-guessing and criticism among legal scholars following the case. Many of her rulings, on a wide array of topics, have been confounding to them, often evincing her willingness to grant a serious hearing to far-fetched issues that Mr. Trump’s lawyers have raised in his defense. The issue that will be discussed on Friday in Federal District Court in Fort Pierce, Fla., is a motion by the defense to dismiss the charges in the case on the grounds that Jack Smith, the special counsel who filed them last spring, was improperly funded and appointed.

Persons: Aileen M, Cannon, Donald J, Trump’s, Judge Cannon, Trump, Jack Smith Organizations: Mr, Court Locations: Fort Pierce, Fla

☆ When my kids were little, I wrote short snippets capturing our daily lives. Now they're teens, and this window into our past is priceless.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Eileen Hoenigman Meyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewIt took me almost a year to calculate that my kids, Sylvia and Nico, were 15 months apart. Life with little kids is as overwhelming as it is glorious. AdvertisementI bought a little notebook for each kid, and I started writing short snippets about them whenever I could steal a minute. AdvertisementI stopped writing in their notebooks when the kids started school. But these little snippets offer us a glimpse of what it felt like to be there early in the morning, at dinner time, and in the middle of the night.

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