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☆ Pirelli calendar 2025: Celebrities strip off for latest edition
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Jemal Polson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —White sand beaches, Atlantic Ocean views and a whole lot of skin — this is the 2025 Pirelli Calendar. For the latest edition, New York-based photographer Ethan James Green turns his lens on Hunter Schafer, John Boyega and Simone Ashley, along with model and illustrator Connie Fleming, artist Martine Gutierrez and model Jenny Shimizu, among others. Ethan James GreenModel and actor Hoyeon Jung struck a delicate pose in a flowing sheer outfit. Ethan James GreenIn the calendar, Green pulls double duty as a model, too, making it the third time a calendar photographer has appeared in the cast. Ethan James GreenCollaboration was key to the 2025 calendar, Green said.

Persons: ”, Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Kate Moss, Terence Donovan, Richard Avedon, Herb Ritts, Ethan James Green, Hunter Schafer, John Boyega, Simone Ashley, Connie Fleming, Martine Gutierrez, Jenny Shimizu, Hoyeon Jung, Robert Freeman, Jane Lumb, Sonny Drane, “ There’s, ” Green, Fleming, Gutierrez, Schafer, Green, “, Vincent Cassel, “ You’d, “ I’ve Organizations: CNN, Cal, Ethan James Green Model, Vogue, Teen Vogue, Goodman, Virginia Beach Park, Pirelli Locations: New York, Miami, British, Majorca, Spain, American, Virginia Beach

Bomb threats were reported across five key battleground states, both to polling places and government offices where votes are counted. The FBI, which engaged with local and state officials, confirmed that some of the threats originated from Russian email domains. “There were no major issues across the state” in the election process, said Nevada Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar. Voters who need to cure ballots with signature issues have until November 12 to do so, according to state election rules. Election workers process ballots for the 2024 General Election, in Milwaukee on November 5, 2024.

Persons: Donald Trump, Georgia –, –, Jocelyn Benson, Benson, ”, Gabriel Sterling, Brad Raffensperger, Lorena Portillo, State Francisco Aguilar, Aguilar, Omar Sabir, Kamala Harris, ” Sabir, Al Schmidt, Scott Hunt, Sara Innamorato, “, ” Innamorato, Paulina Gutierrez, “ We’re, Gutierrez, Jeff Fleming, Morry Gash, AP Sen, Ron Johnson, Brian Schimming, Johnson, Alysa Horton, they’ll, ” Horton, Horton, Adrian Fontes, Sean Lyngaas, Dalia Faheid, Brian Todd, Zachary Cohen, Casey Tolan, Holmes Lybrand, Scott Glover, Pamela Brown, Jim Acosta, Laura Dolan Organizations: CNN, Electoral, White, FBI, Democratic, Michigan Michigan, Georgia CNN, Trump, Georgia, State, Pennsylvania CNN, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Allegheny, Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, AP, Wisconsin GOP, Arizona State, ASU, university’s State Press Locations: Russia, Fulton County, Georgia, Michigan, Wolverine, Detroit, “, Lansing, Atlanta, Chatham County, Savannah, ” Fulton, . Nevada, Nevada, Clark, Clark County, Clark County , Nevada, Washoe County, Nye County, Pennsylvania, Cambria County, Allegheny County, ”, Centre, Bellefonte , Pennsylvania, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Arizona, Tempe

☆ Officers who hit fans at Florida-Georgia game were 'within policy,' sheriff says
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dennis-Romero-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Dennis Romero | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

Body camera video of altercations between officers and fans at the weekend's University of Florida vs. University of Georgia football game proves the officers did no wrong, Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. A sheriff's incident report identified them as father-and-son duo Michael Wayne Long, 58, and Alexander Michael Long, 27, both of Orange Park, Florida. The officers wrestled with Brown before they got him into custody, body camera video shows. Waters said six officers assigned to the game were injured, eight people were arrested, and 35 fans were ejected. In sheriff's body camera video of the first incident, the suspect used the same word, Vorpahl said at the news conference.

Persons: Waters, Tate Moore, John Phillips, Phillips, sheriff's, Michael Wayne Long, Alexander Michael Long, Brandon Michael Boley, Walter Brown, Brown, . Bowers, E.D, Kelly, Cmdr, Jacob Vorpahl, Vorpahl, lacerations, J.S . Beasley, J, Anthony ., They’re, Donna Deegan, “ I’m, ” Organizations: weekend's University of Florida, . University of Georgia, Jacksonville Sheriff T.K, Barstool, Authorities, Police, Jacksonville, Florida Gators, Georgia Bulldogs Locations: Jacksonville, Orange Park , Florida, Fleming Island , Florida, Callahan , Florida

☆ Joan of Arc: Why does her image still resonate?
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Tacita Quinn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —More than 800 years after her birth, Joan of Arc — a patron saint of France — remains an object of not just historical, but cultural fascination. Humble beginningsOne of five children in a peasant family in Domrémy, in north-eastern France, Joan was born in the year 1412. The Amazonian image of Joan of Arc in armor is perhaps the most recurrent one in popular culture, inspiring thousands, if not hundreds and thousands, of similar depictions. It also provided the inspiration for Carl Theodore Dreyer’s silent film The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) starring Renée Jeanne Falconetti. She is also a cautionary tale for young women, a brutal warning of the fickle nature of celebrity and a symbol of morality and strength.

Persons: Joan of Arc, we’ve, Chappell, Joan of, Jeanne Friott, Robert Mercier, Baz Luhrmann’s, Fiona Apple, Joe McNally, ” McNally, unapparent, Chloe Sevigny, Zendaya, Joan, Dauphin, King Charles VII, J, Ingres, Dauphin —, ”, Katherine J, Chen, Joan ”, Jules Bastien, Lepage, Alexander McQueen, Arc, Ingrid Bergman, Victor Fleming, Loomis Dean, Eleanor Jackson, “, ” Jackson, Rubens, Rossetti, Milla Jovovich, Charles, King of France, Luc Besson, Carl Theodore Dreyer’s, Renée Jeanne Falconetti, Rayne Fisher, Quann, ” Chappell Roan, Mike Coppola, ” Fisher, …, I’ve, ’, Roan, Sevigny, —, McNally, InStyle, Fındıkoğlu, Joan’s, Emma Corrin, Hari Nef, Chloe Sevigny's, Sara Jaye Weiss, ” Chen Organizations: CNN, Disney, France, Dauphin, British Library, auburn, Gaumont, MTV, Apple, London Fashion Locations: France, Domrémy, Dauphin of France, Hulton, Orléans, French, Loire, Reims, Compiegne

☆ With AI warning, Nobel winner joins ranks of laureates who’ve cautioned about the risks of their own work
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-13 | by ( Meg Tirrell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Hinton isn’t the first Nobel laureate to warn about the risks of the technology that he helped pioneer. Irene Joliot-Curie and Frederic Joliot shared the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1935. AFP/Getty Images1945: Antibiotic resistanceSir Alexander Fleming shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in medicine with Ernst Chain and Sir Edward Florey for the discovery of penicillin and its application in curing bacterial infections. “I, for one, would not shrink from that challenge.”Jennifer Doudna won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 2020 for her work on a new method of gene editing. Nobel Prize Outreach/Brittany Hosea-Small/Handout/Reuters2020: Gene editingFour years ago, Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier shared the Nobel Prize in chemistry for the development of a method for genome editing called CRISPR-Cas9.

Persons: Geoffrey Hinton, ”, ” Hinton, John Hopfield “, Hinton, Hinton isn’t, Irene Joliot, Curie, Frederic Joliot, Marie, Pierre Curie, Joliot, “, Sir Alexander Fleming, Ernst Chain, Sir Edward Florey, Fleming, underdose, Jeffrey Gerber, ” Gerber, ” Paul Berg, Tobbe, Paul Berg, Berg, Joanna Rose, it’s, Jesse Gelsinger, ” Jennifer Doudna, Brittany Hosea, Gene, Jennifer Doudna, Emmanuelle Charpentier, ” Doudna, “ We’ve, ” CNN’s Christian Edwards, Katie Hunt Organizations: CNN, Google, University of Toronto, Princeton University, Hulton, Getty, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, World Health Organization, Nobel, Innovative Genomics Institute Locations: AFP, ”, Stockholm

☆ Sweden's Volvo says deputy CEO to step down in management reshuffle as EV demand slows
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Sam Meredith | In Samuelmeredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Swedish automaker Volvo Cars on Wednesday announced deputy CEO Björn Annwall will step down from his current role as part of a management reshuffle designed to increase simplicity and collaboration in the organization. It comes shortly after Volvo Cars abandoned its near-term goal of selling only electric vehicles (EVs), citing a need to be "pragmatic and flexible." "In a rapidly changing world, we need to ensure our organisation is equipped to navigate a more challenging market," Jim Rowan, CEO at Volvo Cars, said in a written statement. "We are now regrouping our commercial leadership team with a focus on making Volvo Cars even stronger with increased speed and efficiency," he added. Volvo Cars said it was taking these steps to navigate challenges facing the automotive industry, such as headwinds driven by geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainties, market sentiment, rapid technology shifts and supply chains.

Persons: Björn Annwall, Jim Rowan, Annwall, Arek Nowinski, Gretchen Saegh, Fleming, Oscar Bertilsson Olsborg Organizations: Volvo, Wednesday, Volvo Cars Locations: China

A California doctor is expected to plead guilty Wednesday in a deal with federal prosecutors over the fatal overdose of “Friends” star Matthew Perry last year. According to an 18-count indictment filed in August, Chavez is one of five individuals charged in connection with Perry's accidental overdose. The other individuals charged in connection with Perry’s death include the actor’s live-in personal assistant Kenneth Iwamasa, 60, and Erik Fleming, 54, a friend of Perry’s who authorities described as a “street dealer.” Both have pleaded guilty and await sentencing. Also charged is Jasveen Sangha, 41, an alleged drug dealer known as the “ketamine queen” who has pleaded not guilty. “We allege each of the defendants played a key role in his death by falsely prescribing, selling or injecting the ketamine that caused Matthew Perry’s tragic death,” Drug Enforcement Administration chief Anne Milgram said when the charges were announced.

Persons: Matthew Perry, Mark Chavez, Jean Rosenbluth, Perry, Chavez, Salvador Plasencia, Plasencia, ”, “, Chavez’s, Matthew Binninger, Kenneth Iwamasa, Erik Fleming, Perry’s, Matthew Perry’s, Anne Milgram Organizations: Drug, Administration Locations: California, Los Angeles, Santa Monica

☆ Medallion containing original mold from discovery of penicillin goes up for auction
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-02 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

London CNN —A medallion containing some of the original mold involved in the discovery of penicillin is expected to fetch up to $50,000 when it goes up for auction later this month. The mold medallion will be auctioned by Bonhams later this month. Bonhams“The cultures were contaminated by an airborne mold and before disposing of the cultures, he noticed that the mold had prevented normal growth by the staph,” it adds. It is expected to fetch $30,000-$50,000 in an online auction that runs from October 13 to 23. Penicillin changed the course of modern medicine, with antibiotics key to the decline of many diseases over the course of the 20th century.

Persons: Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming, Bonhams, “, Fleming, Alexander Fleming, ”, Pope Pius XII , Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Marlene Dietrich, Winston Churchill, Theodore Roosevelt, underdose, Katie Hunt Organizations: London CNN Locations: London, Scottish, United Kingdom, United States

CNN —Mark Chavez, one of the two doctors charged in connection with “Friends” star Matthew Perry’s death, has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine as part of a plea agreement during a court appearance in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Chavez is accused of providing Dr. Salvador Plasencia – who is also charged in connection with Perry’s death and has previously pleaded not guilty – with the ketamine given to Perry through a fraudulent prescription, according to court documents. Plasencia and Chavez are among the five people who have been charged in connection with the death of the beloved actor. Perry’s personal assistant Kenneth Iwamasa and an acquaintance of Perry’s, Erik Fleming, were also charged and, along with Chavez, have been cooperative with prosecutors. Fleming, who pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine and one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death, and Iwamasa, who pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine causing death, have sentencing dates set in the coming months.

Persons: Mark Chavez, Matthew Perry’s, Chavez, Perry, Matthew Perry, Kevin Winter, Salvador Plasencia –, Plasencia, Perry’s, Kenneth Iwamasa, Erik Fleming, Fleming, Iwamasa, Jasveen, –, Matthew Binninger, CNN’s Taylor Romine, Cheri Mossburg, Nick Watt, Jack Hannah Organizations: CNN, Angeles, Angeles County Medical, US, Office, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA Locations: Los Angeles, Angeles County

☆ My husband and I spent $275 at Fleming's Steakhouse. The pricey restaurant was better suited for business dinners than date nights.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Andrea Mchugh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

My husband and I visited Fleming's Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar for a date night. Most of our food was delicious, but at $275, we didn't feel our meal was worth the high price tag. Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . So, for a recent date night, my husband and I went to Fleming's Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar.

Persons: — Organizations: Service, Fleming's, Wine, Omni, Bloomin, Inc, Outback Locations: ribeye, Los Angeles, Dallas, Nashville, Atlanta, Providence , Rhode Island, California

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☆ Prosecutors used an AI tool to send a man to prison for life. Now the person who created it is under investigation.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Darius Rafieyan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

But prosecutors had no direct evidence tying Black to the location of the murder, an Ohio appellate court later said. In many cases, prosecutors themselves don't even have access to the source code and haven't reviewed the underlying technology. Back in Akron, the judge in Rankin's case ordered the Cybercheck evidence excluded after prosecutors failed to turn over the source code. The Summit County Prosecutor's Office declined to comment when reached by BI. It's unclear how many others may be behind bars because of Cybercheck evidence that was never rigorously scrutinized.

Persons: Adarus Black, Black, Na'Kia Crawford, Crawford, Adam Mosher, Mosher, Cybercheck, Chris Ramsey, It's, That's, Donald Malarcik, Summit County who've, Javion Rankin, Tyraye Carter, Rankin, Malarcik, Eric Zale, Zale, Mr, Shara Munn, she'd, Freiheit, Meghan, Breck, Roesch, weren't, They've, who's, isn't, Phillip Mendoza, Kimberly Thompson, Brian James, Tyree Halsell, Mendoza, Mosher's, Steve Michniak, Michinaik, William Holland, Brian Stano, Katherine Long, Jack Newsham Organizations: Business, NBC News, Cybercheck, Prosecutors, Police, Fleming College, Technicians, Akron Police Department, University of Saskatchewan, Summit, Prosecutor's, BI Locations: America, Akron , Ohio, Ohio, Colorado , New York, Florida, New York, Philadelphia, Houston, Denver, Akron, Summit County , Ohio, Canada, Toronto, Summit County, Boulder , Colorado, New Brunswick, Calgary, Colorado, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Colorado , Ohio, East Akron , Ohio, Summit, Portage County, Lake Erie

☆ Miss USA vs. Miss America: How to tell the difference between the two biggest pageants
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Anneta Konstantinides | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Read previewDo you know the difference between Miss USA and Miss America? From eligibility requirements and prize packages to swimsuit versus talent competitions, here are all the differences between Miss America and Miss USA. How did the Miss America and Miss USA pageants begin? Unlike Miss USA, Miss America features a talent competition. Both the Miss USA and Miss America pageants have had their share of scandals in recent years.

Persons: —, Margaret Gorman, weren't, Jackie Loughery, Yolande Betbeze, Kuusela, It's, Grace Stanke, Camille Schrier, Madison Marsh, Robin Fleming, Marsh, Laylah Rose, Rose, Kate Michael, Jae, Miss America, Sam Haskell, Mallory Hagan, Haskell, Hagan, Isaac Brekken Haskell, Gretchen Carlson, Carlson, Cara Mund, Mund, Crystle Stewart, Stewart, Miss USA Noelia Voigt, Miss Teen USA UmaSofia Srivastava, Jackeline Voigt, Barbara Srivastava, UmaSofia Srivastava, Noelia Voigt, Craig Barritt, Voigt, Srivastava, Miss Colorado Arianna Lemus, Stephanie Skinner, Paula Miles, Kimberly Nicewonder —, Barbara Srivastava's Organizations: Service, Miss USA, Miss America, Business, Miss, Atlantic City, Labor, Miss Washington DC, CBS, Getty Images Miss, Miss Universe, Nine, Miss America's, Miss Teen, AP, University of Alabama, Miss USA Organization, Miss America Organization, Huffington, Associated Press, Fox News, Miss Universe Organization, Miss Teen USA, CW Network Locations: Atlantic, Getty Images Miss USA, Finland, Miss USA, Miss America, New York, Los Angeles

☆ Canada reach Olympic women’s soccer quarterfinals despite spying scandal points deduction
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Nnamdi Onyeagwara | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Canada have qualified for the quarterfinals of the Olympic women’s soccer competition — despite the defending champions being deducted six points for spying on opponents earlier in the group stage. Canada were deducted six points by FIFA for flying a drone over opponents New Zealand’s training sessions ahead of the Games, and a wider spying scandal subsequently emerged. The points deduction was handed down ahead of the second group fixture against France, leaving Canada on minus three points in Group A and on the cusp of elimination. Canada arrived at the 2024 Games as the defending champions after winning a surprise gold in Tokyo. GO DEEPER Canada Olympic spying scandal: The unanswered questions and possible punishments(Marc Atkins/Getty Images)

Persons: Lyon, Vanessa Gilles, Jessie Fleming’s, Andy Spence’s, Bev Priestman, Joseph Lombardi —, Jasmine Mander, Priestman, Spence, Gilles, Marc Atkins Organizations: Olympic, Colombia, Marseille, Canada, FIFA, New, Sport, New Zealand, France Locations: Canada, Nice, Germany, Tokyo, Japan, Sweden

☆ Inspired by Muhammad Ali, meet the judo star who fled civil war conscription in Syria and will now compete at the Paris Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Rory Fleming | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

“He was someone who stood up and said ‘no.’ To have that sort of strength was something that inspired me,” says Adnan Khankan ahead of his Olympic judo debut in Paris later this month. Ed Kolenovsky/APConscription into the Syrian Army“I didn’t see it as my war, how could it be when it was Syrian people killing other Syrian people? The Syrian Civil War, which initially broke out in 2011, is now considered the biggest humanitarian crisis since World War II. Michael Kappeler/picture-alliance/dpa/AP“It really motivated me when I found out about the existence of a refugee team,” said Khankan. Adnan Khankan“The refugee team speak different languages, are different ethnicities, come from different cultures, but we are all one team competing together.

Persons: CNN — It’s, Muhammad Ali, Brown, ”, Ali, Adnan Khankan, Khankan, Bashar al, spiralled, ” Khankan, Ed Kolenovsky, Bashar Al, Assad, Diaa Al, “, ” Adnan Khankan, Kirill Kudryavtsev, Mardini, Yusra Mardini, Michael Kappeler, Marius Vizer, Adnan, “ Adnan, Vizer, Adnan Khankan “, I’ve Organizations: CNN, International Olympic Committee, Syrian Army, CNN Sport, Al, Free Syrian Army, Reuters, taekwondo, Getty, Rio Olympics, IOC, Rio, Tokyo, Japan, Judo, International Judo Federation, UNHCR, “, Olympic Locations: Vietnam, America, Paris, Cologne, Germany, Damascus, Syria, Houston, Arbeen, Ghouta, Tashkent, AFP, Turkey, Bulgaria, Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia, Hungarian, Cairo, Tokyo, Europe, Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, East, Africa, Iran, Afghanistan, Cuba

☆ Elon Musk ordered Nvidia to ship thousands of AI chips reserved for Tesla to X and xAI
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Lora Kolodny | In Lorakolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

Correspondence from Nvidia staffers also indicates that Musk diverted a sizable shipment of AI processors that had been reserved for Tesla to his social media company X, formerly known as Twitter. "Elon prioritizing X H100 GPU cluster deployment at X versus Tesla by redirecting 12k of shipped H100 GPUs originally slated for Tesla to X instead," an Nvidia memo from December said. In a post on X in November, Musk wrote, "X Corp investors will own 25% of xAI." At Tesla, Musk has promised to build a $500 million "Dojo" supercomputer in Buffalo, New York, and a "super dense, water-cooled supercomputer cluster" at the company's factory in Austin, Texas. WATCH: Musk ordered Nvidia to ship thousands of AI chips to X

Persons: Elon Musk, David Swanson, Reuters Elon Musk, he's, Tesla's, Musk, Tesla, Elon, Critics, OpenAI's ChatGPT, Axios Harris, Jensen Huang, Huang, David Paul Morris, xAI's Grok, xAI, he'd, He's, Leo Koguan, Gerber Kawasaki's Ross Gerber, Joel Fleming, Fleming, hasn't, Ethan Knight Organizations: SpaceX, Tesla, Reuters, Nvidia, Tesla's Texas, CNBC, X Corp, EV, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Blackwell, Nvidia Corp, Technology, Bloomberg, Getty, Twitter, Equity Litigation Locations: Beverly Hills , California, Tesla's, U.S, San Jose , California, Buffalo , New York, Austin , Texas, North Dakota, Delaware, Tesla, xAI, SolarCity, Texas, New York

☆ Kathleen Noble: A lack of equipment and coaching hasn’t stopped software engineer from making Olympic history with landlocked Uganda
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Rory Fleming | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Her journey now sees the 29-year-old set to become a two-time Olympian – Noble represented Uganda at the Tokyo Games – when she competes at Paris 2024. She is Uganda’s first Olympic rowing participant, as well as the African nation’s first and only White Olympian across any sporting discipline. A prodigious swimmer in her youth, Noble represented Uganda at the 2012 World Swimming Championships at just 17 years of age. Then, on a whim during her time as a student at Princeton University, Noble was convinced to try her hand at rowing. Lee Jin-man/APIt is not just a lack of equipment which has hampered rowing’s growth in the east African country.

Persons: Kathleen Noble’s, – Noble, Noble, ” Noble, James Martinez, ” Kathleen Noble, Lee Jin, it’s, ”, ’, “, It’s, I’ve, Seb Daly, “ You’re, I’m Organizations: CNN, Tokyo Games, Princeton University, CNN Sport, Olympic, World Rowing Federation, Tokyo, Uganda Rowing Federation, Ugandan Rowing Federation, National Council of Sports, Ugandan, Paris Games Locations: Uganda, Africa, Lake Victoria, Great, Tennessee, Nakaseke, “ Uganda, It’s, Ireland, Tokyo, Paris

☆ Opinion: Credibility is the key at Trump trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-19 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +21 min

The idea that Cohen talked to Trump about Daniels on that call “was a lie,” Blanche alleged. Moreover, my experience has been that juries don’t decide based upon one moment — they base their judgment on an overall view.”There were allegedly three parties aware of the scheme to conceal the real reason Trump paid Cohen more than $400,000 in supposed legal fees: Trump, Cohen and Allen Weisselberg, then-chief financial officer of the Trump Organization. “Weisselberg could be the linchpin to validate Cohen’s claims about Trump agreeing to reimburse him through Trump Organization, as a business expense,” wrote attorney Stacy Schneider. Trump seems to be tempted to go mano a mano and show that he is better fit to be commander-in-chief. The new requirement for GOP politicians wanting to demonstrate their loyalty to Trump seems to be visiting the Manhattan courthouse where he’s on trial.

Persons: CNN —, ” Mark Twain, “, Twain, ” Michael Cohen, Donald Trump, —, Trump, Stormy Daniels, Todd Blanche, Cohen, Norm Eisen, Blanche, ”, pummeled Cohen, Robert Mueller, Nick Anderson, Agency Cohen, Keith Schiller, Daniels, ” Blanche, ” Eisen, don’t, Allen Weisselberg, Stacy Schneider, Weisselberg, David Zurawik, “ I’ve, Sen, Robert Menendez, He’s, George Santos ., CNN “ It’s, he’s, ‘, Henry Cuellar, ” Cupp, Drew Sheneman, Georgia —, Vladimir Putin’s, Frida Ghitis, ” Ghitis, Joe Biden’s, ” Dana Summers, “ Biden, ” Julian Zelizer, mano, Biden, ” Bill Bramhall, Stephanie Griffith, Howard Tucker, Gayle Fleming, Michael Ventura Gayle Fleming, Biden —, ” Tom Brady’s, Kara Alaimo, Tom Brady “, Kevin Hart, Gisele Bündchen, Brady, Benjamin, Vivian, ’ Brady, ’, Alaimo, Brady didn’t, Nafees Syed, Kamel El Hilali, Andrew Borene, freakout Scott Stantis, Jeff Yang, … ” Brown, Keith Magee, Brown, backpedaling, Forget, Doug Burgum, Scott Jennings, Burgum’s, Bill Bramhall, Content Agency Clarence Thomas Washington, Clarence Thomas ’, Dean Obeidallah, Thomas, Harlan Crow, ” Clay Jones, John Oliver’s, Steve Vladeck, “ Thomas, ” Don’t, Clayton Swope, Dan Perry, Netanyahu, Jill Filipovic, Miss Teen USA Mary Ziegler, Bob Kolasky, Megan L, Ranney, Karen Tang, Halle Berry, Naomi Watts, Jonathan Yeo, King Charles III, Aaron Chown, Holly Thomas, King Organizations: CNN, Trump, Tribune, Agency, Trump Organization, Twitter, Facebook, DC, Robert Menendez of New, GOP, ” Texas, White, Europe, Russia, Kyiv, Biden, ABC, Democratic Party, Netflix, Garden State, Content Agency, Capitol, Consumer Financial, Board, Fifth Circuit, ICC, Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, Buckingham Palace, Royal Locations: New York, Robert Menendez of, Robert Menendez of New Jersey, Russian, Ukraine, Slovakia, Georgia, Soviet Republic, United States, Cleveland, “, Manhattan, North, . North Dakota, ” That’s, Louisiana , Mississippi, Texas, Florida’s, Buckingham

The question for some of us is, why some people want to keep working decades beyond retirement age? CNN Opinion editor Stephanie Griffith asked seven people who are past the conventional retirement age why they are still at the job and got as many responses as there were respondents. They continue to work happily and productively, and were happy to explain to us how and why they do it. Over the years I’ve had to adapt frequently to the changing technology, which isn’t always easy for someone my age. That may be the secret of working well past the time society tells us we’re supposed to retire.

Persons: CNN —, Howard Tucker, Tucker, he’ll, ” Tucker, Joe Biden, Donald Trump —, Trump, ageist, Biden, Stephanie Griffith, Vincent, Austin Tucker, I’ve, isn’t, “, Taylor Taglianetti, Gayle Fleming, it’s, I’m, —, Gayle Fleming Michael Ventura, Biden —, Charles Simon, Ana Marie Forsythe, Alvin, Ana Marie Forsythe Kyle Froman, — Joyce Trisler —, Joyce, She’d, Lester Horton, Alvin Ailey, Ailey, Ailey School Martha Graham, José Limón, Horton, don’t, Marjorie Perces, Cheryl Bell, didn’t, Babette Coffey, you’ve, you’re, David A, I, Pamela S, Donald Trump, Maggie Mulqueen, Alan Steele, Joan Steinau Lester, ”, Carole Johnson, — I’m, Octogenarians Organizations: CNN, Records, Biden, Vincent Charity Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, St, AI Society, Computer, MSNBC, Society, Alvin Ailey School, Dance Media, Juilliard, Ailey School, Alvin, Alvin Ailey American Dance, Vassar College, Ailey, Horton Department, The New York Times, CBS, American, French Legion of, Social Security, Twitter Locations: Ohio, St, Cleveland, one’s, Seattle , Washington, Cambridge , Massachusetts, West, Horton, New York City, ”, Brookline , Mass, drmaggiemulqueen.com

☆ How ESPN’s Jeff Darlington landed at the center of the Scottie Scheffler arrest story
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Darlington and Scheffler had arrived at the course around the same time in preparation for the tournament. In a video posted on X an hour later, Darlington follows the police officers as they lead Scheffler away. He’s going to jail and there’s nothing you can do about it.” one officer told Darlington, referring to Scheffler. “The police officers around the patrol car in which Scottie Scheffler was in had no idea he was even Scottie Scheffler,” Darlington clarified on air. Attorney Steve Romines, who represents Scheffler, told CNN affiliate WLKY that the golfer bypassed police because of a misunderstanding.

Persons: Jeff Darlington, Scottie Scheffler, Scheffler, Darlington, –, ”, Dave Fleming, ” Darlington, ” Scheffler, He’s, Steve Romines, “, they’d, ” Romines Organizations: New, New York CNN, ESPN, PGA, Darlington, CNN, Louisville Metro Department of Corrections, WLKY, Valhalla Golf Locations: New York, Louisville , Kentucky, Scheffler, Valhalla, Darlington, Jefferson County

One reason the Met Gala after-parties are nearly as famous as the Met Gala itself has to do with an incident that took place 10 years ago at the Standard Hotel in the West Village of Manhattan. On that night, Beyoncé was a star of the red carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, along with her husband, Jay-Z, and her sister Solange Knowles. Afterward, in an elevator car headed to the Boom Boom Room, the club on the top floor of the Standard, Solange attacked her brother-in-law while Beyoncé stood watching and a bodyguard tried to restore order. The security-cam footage leaked to TMZ and the internet, and a family fight became the stuff of New York social lore. Connie Fleming, the hotel’s longtime doorwoman, reflected on the changes in the social atmosphere since the heady days of 2014.

Persons: Beyoncé, Jay, Solange Knowles, Solange, Christian Siriano, Coca Rocha, Connie Fleming Organizations: of, Metropolitan Museum of Art, TMZ Locations: West, of Manhattan, York

☆ Why New Zealand spent a small fortune to kill one stoat
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Dhruv Tikekar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Introduced predators kill about 25 million native birds in New Zealand annually, with about 4,000 native species threatened or at risk of extinction, according to the DOC. Under the program, the government plans to eradicate rats, possums (a marsupial native to the Americas), weasels, ferrets — and the pesky stoat. Chalky Island and the neighboring Passage Islands have been predator-free since 1999 following the first ever stoat eradication campaign, according to the DOC. And for Fleming, the recent stoat incursion only underscores the importance of the Predator Free 2050 plan. “If we eradicate stoats from Aotearoa (New Zealand) completely we remove the costs of incursions, and our wildlife can thrive alongside us,” he said.

Persons: Rebecca Teele, ”, Aaron Fleming, Liu Yang, RNZ, —, pesky, Carolyn M, King, hitlist, Stephan Morris, stoats, stoats ”, Fleming Organizations: CNN, country’s Department of Conservation, New, Zealand, New Zealand Taxpayers ’ Union, Southern, New Zealand, University of Waikato Locations: New Zealand, Fiordland, Eurasia, North America, “, New, Americas, Aotearoa

☆ Three booming businesses that make Denver stand out
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Chris Dilella | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Two cities in Colorado are experiencing tech-fueled economic booms, with Denver's skyline transforming and Boulder's gross domestic product surging. However, the influx of people and businesses has brought challenges like a growing homeless population, affordability issues and infrastructure strain. A recent report shows a 24% drop in Denver's cannabis revenue compared with 2021. Major league moneymakersCameron Fleming #73 of the Denver Broncos runs onto the field before a game against the Kansas City Chiefs at Empower Field at Mile High on January 8, 2022 in Denver, Colorado. A stage for economic successA concert at Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre outside Denver.

Persons: Amy Sparwasser, Matthew Staver, Jared Polis, Polis, Mike Johnston, moneymakers Cameron Fleming, Dustin Bradford, Deion Sanders, Prime's, John P Kelly Organizations: Denver &, Bloomberg, Getty, CNBC, Denver Department of Excise, Licenses, trailblazer, Industry, State Planning, Denver, Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Broncos, Nuggets, Rockies, Avalanche, Analysts, University of Colorado Boulder's, NFL, University of Colorado, Boulder, Rocks Locations: Denver, CNBC's, Colorado, Success, Denver & Boulder, Denver , Colorado, Chicago , New York, Los Angeles, University of Colorado Boulder

NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Tilson Thomas is to conduct the opening subscription program of the New York Philharmonic season, three years after the conductor announced he was being treated for a brain tumor. He has continued to lead an active schedule but with fewer performances: Tilson Thomas led four concerts with the New York Philharmonic in March 2023. He was founder of the New World Symphony in Miami Beach, Florida, and music director of the San Francisco Symphony from 1995-2020. The philharmonic will be without a music director for two seasons. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra music director Manfred Honeck will lead an opening gala on Sept. 24 that includes Tony Award winner Cynthia Erivo.

Persons: — Michael Tilson Thomas, Emanuel Ax, Tilson Thomas, Jaap van Zweden, Gustavo Dudamel, Dudamel, Kate Soper, Philip Glass’s, Ken, David Masur, Kurt Masur, Augusta Read Thomas, Manfred Honeck, Tony, Cynthia Erivo, Herbert Blomstedt, Brahms, Hilary Hahn, Soprano Renée Fleming, Rod Gilfry, Kevin, ’, Juanjo Mena, Yuja Wang Organizations: New York Philharmonic, New, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Locations: Miami Beach , Florida

☆ When the Pandemic Hit Home
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Catherine Pearson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

The World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020 — but we all have our own memories of when normal life stopped. ASIA EDWARDS, 39, BLOOMFIELD, N.J.Johnna Wallace While driving to work at the beginning of the pandemic, I couldn’t help but wonder: Was this how I was going to die? I am an emergency room nurse. Scott McGlasson My 55-year-old wife was dying from metastatic breast cancer when the pandemic hit. WENDY LAMPARELLI, 57, RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.Ellen Blossom Our home was hit by a tornado on March 3.

Persons: Sheehan Fisher, Katie MacGregor, KATIE MacGREGOR, WHITING , MAINE Asia Edwards Covid, ASIA EDWARDS, Johnna Wallace, JOHNNA WALLACE, Julie DeJager, Tom Hanks, JULIE DeJAGER, CLEVELAND , OHIO Katherine Schwartz, Covid, it’ll, ”, Wanda, KATHERINE SCHWARTZ, Jean Martirez Barton, —, “, JEAN MARTIREZ BARTON, Lauren Alzos, I’d, LAUREN ALZOS, BROOKLYN Farah Alvin My, Chuck E, cupcakes, ” FARAH ALVIN, Vicky Fleming I’m, VICKY FLEMING, Scott McGlasson, SCOTT McGLASSON, MINNEAPOLIS Aisha McMillan, AISHA McMILLAN, BALTIMORE Melissa Manning, MELISSA MANNING, CITY Sarah Cornwell, SARAH CORNWELL, Christie Poulton, CHRISTIE POULTON, Wendy Lamparelli, WENDY LAMPARELLI, Ellen Blossom, ELLEN BLOSSOM, NASHVILLE Maryann Briggs, Jasmine, MARYANN BRIGGS, Matt Dominianni, MATT DOMINIANNI, Carrie Shanafelt, CARRIE SHANAFELT, BRONX Ali Jordahl, Terri Tilford, I’m immunocompromised, TERRI TILFORD, Tim Prendergast, TIM PRENDERGAST Organizations: World Health Organization, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, The Times, Costco, GREAT, BJ’s Wholesale, Broadway, CITY, NASHVILLE, Bronx ., BRONX, ALI, ATLANTA, TIM Locations: Mason City , Iowa, WHITING , MAINE Asia, BLOOMFIELD, N.J, DURHAM, CONN, CLEVELAND , OHIO, New Mexico, Chicago, Albuquerque, EVANSTON, Manhattan, BROOKLYN, P.P.E, GREAT BARRINGTON, MINNEAPOLIS, BALTIMORE, HILLSBORO, RIDGEFIELD PARK, Covid, BOULDER, COLO, Bronx, Atlanta, PALM SPRINGS, CALIF

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