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Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani claimed in court papers this week that his former interpreter is in “wrongful possession” of valuable baseball cards that rightfully belong to him. Ohtani is seeking to recover $325,000 worth of baseball cards that he claims onetime assistant Ippei Mizuhara improperly bought earlier this year, according to a U.S. district court filing by the player and his attorney, Blair Berk. Some of those stolen funds were used on collectibles, Ohtani and his lawyer said in a federal court filing on Tuesday. Japanese baseball player Shohei Ohtani speaks alongside interpreter Ippei Mizuhara at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Dec. 14, 2023. Brown / AFP - Getty Images file“Between January and March 2024, Defendant purchased approximately $325,000 worth of baseball cards at online resellers eBay and Whatnot, with payments drawn on Petitioner’s bank account,” the plaintiffs said.

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LONDON — British lawmakers voted on Friday in favor of a landmark bill that would for the first time help terminally ill adults end their lives. Assisted suicide is currently illegal in Britain and carries a prison sentence of up to 14 years. While the current prime minister Keir Starmer has previously opposed assisted dying, he has not said how he plans to vote Friday. But former-Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron this week said that he had reversed his opposition to the U.K. bill. The former prime minister wrote that the bill would apply to a very small number of cases and that “the NHS exists to serve patients and the public, not the other way around.”

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SEOUL, South Korea — Starbucks, one of the world’s most recognizable, if sometimes tedious, symbols of global capitalism, has a knack for choosing unique spots to open coffee shops. As of Friday, visitors to Aegibong Peace Ecopark near Gimpo, South Korea, can take in the views across the demilitarized zone and the North Korean border. “People used to think of this area near the North Korean border as a dark and gloomy place,” Kim Byung-soo, mayor of Gimpo, told NBC News. The coffeehouse’s patrons can see a North Korean village on Songaksan Mountain, as well as the environmental preservation area that the civilian-free DMZ is home to. An observation deck at a Starbucks in Gimpo, South Korea.

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☆ From disaster to hope: A Vermont family thankful for community support after flood destroyed home
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

PEACHAM, Vt. — The last thing John and Jenny Mackenzie saw as they fled their Vermont home with their daughters, dog and two guinea pigs last summer was their cars upended and propelled away by rushing flood waters. “It was just like it was a horror movie at that point,” John Mackenzie said of the surreal scene on that July 10 night. “We lost both of our vehicles, our home and our barn and at least half of our possessions,” Jenny Mackenzie said. Donations from friends, family and others in their community have helped the Mackenzies find a new house in time for Thanksgiving, giving them hope amid ongoing challenges. “It’s unbelievable the way that we were supported and we’ve been trying to find ways to communicate that gratitude,” said John Mackenzie, 49.

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg leads the way with over 770,000 TikTok followers, while Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has a verified TikTok account with just over 1,100 followers. Of the 353 who supported the bill to force a sale, 13 have verified TikTok accounts, all of whom are Democrats. Luna’s communications director said that her TikTok account was for personal use and is not an official campaign account. Unlike in the House, where elected officials with verified TikTok accounts voted in both directions across party lines, 10 Senate Democrats with verified TikTok accounts voted to force a sale of the platform, while one independent and one Senate Republican with verified TikTok accounts voted against the bill to do so. Senators with verified TikTok accounts have an average of 318,000 TikTok followers, while representatives with verified TikTok accounts have an average of 178,000 TikTok followers.

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☆ TikTok owner seeks $1.1 million from former intern accused of sabotaging AI project
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

BEIJING — China’s ByteDance is suing a former intern for $1.1 million, alleging he deliberately attacked its artificial intelligence large language model training infrastructure, a case that has drawn widespread attention within China amid a heated AI race. The parent company of TikTok is seeking 8 million yuan ($1.1 million) in damages from the former intern, Tian Keyu, in a lawsuit filed with the Haidian District People’s Court in Beijing, the state-owned Legal Weekly reported this week. While lawsuits between companies and employees are common in China, legal action against an intern and for such a large sum is unusual. Tian is alleged to have deliberately sabotaged the team’s model training tasks through code manipulation and unauthorized modifications, according to Legal Weekly, which cited an internal ByteDance memo. In a social media post in October, ByteDance said it had dismissed the intern in August.

Persons: ByteDance, Tian Keyu, Tian Organizations: BEIJING, People’s Court, Peking University Locations: China, TikTok, People’s, Beijing

☆ Dr. Dave Weldon, Trump’s CDC Pick, Wasn’t on Anyone’s Radar
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Apoorva Mandavilli | Benjamin Mueller | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Dr. Dave Weldon, a former Republican congressman who is President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been off the political stage for more than 15 years. Now running a private medical practice in Malabar, Fla., Mr. Weldon was hardly regarded as a leading candidate to run the federal agency, a $9 billion behemoth with a staff of more than 13,000 that has become a locus of conservative rage. Yet over the years his views have aligned in many ways with those of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Mr. Trump’s choice for health and human services secretary, and Dr. Weldon’s potential boss. The two have maintained a 25-year relationship. Like Mr. Kennedy, Dr. Weldon, 71, has claimed that some children may develop autism when vaccinated against measles because of genetics or other factors, despite dozens of robust studies that thoroughly disproved the claim.

Persons: Dave Weldon, Donald J, Weldon, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kennedy, Dr Organizations: Republican, for Disease Control Locations: Malabar, Fla

☆ FTX scammer Caroline Ellison has already had nearly 4 months shaved from her scheduled release from prison
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementCaroline Ellison appears to have had her scheduled prison release date moved up. And it appears that Ellison — the ex-girlfriend of Bankman-Fried, the FTX and Alameda Research founder — has already had her release date moved up. Federal Bureau of Prisons records viewed by Business Insider this week show Ellison's prison release date as scheduled for July 20, 2026 — which is more than three months short of two years. But you're not inviolable," Kaplan told Ellison at the time. "On some level, my brain doesn't even comprehend all the people I harmed," Ellison told the court.

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☆ Simona Halep: Former tennis world No. 1 questions ‘big difference in treatment’ she received for doping violation compared to Iga Świątek
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

1 Simona Halep has criticized the “big difference in treatment” she received from the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) compared to the body’s handling of Iga Świątek’s failed test. On Thursday, it was announced that Świątek had accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for the banned substance trimetazidine. “I stand and ask myself, why is there such a big difference in treatment and judgment?” Halep said in a post on Instagram on Friday, per Reuters. There was agreement among independent scientific experts surrounding the facts and the player admitted the Anti-Doping Rule Violation.”Iga Świątek accepted a one-month ban for a doping violation. 1 avoiding suspension despite twice testing positive for a banned substance in March 2024.

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☆ Bruce Willis seen in touching Thanksgiving family photos
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Bruce Willis spent his Thanksgiving with those who love him most. On Thanksgiving, his daughters Tallulah and Scout shared photos on social media with their father, where he is seen holding a desk plate that reads “Best Dad Ever.”“Grateful,” Tallulah Willis wrote in the caption on the photos. Rumer, Scout and Tallulah Willis are the 69-year-old star’s adult daughters with his former wife, actress Demi Moore. Willis has been married for more than 16 years to Emma Heming Willis, with whom he shares two young daughters, Mabel and Evelyn. Willis and Moore have remained close and their blended family often shares memories of family getherings on social media.

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☆ Swiss wealth manager Lombard Odier indicted on money laundering charges
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Katrina Bishop | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Lombard Odier — one of Switzerland's oldest private banks — was indicted by Swiss prosecutors on charges of aggravated money laundering. Karimova was indicted by the attorney general in 2023 on accusations of laundering money that was a result of criminal activities in Switzerland between 2005 and 2012. "Investigations have led the OAG to believe that part of the money laundered in Switzerland may have been transferred in bank accounts at ... Lombard Odier in Geneva. Lombard Odier, whose origins date back as far as 1796, denies the allegations. The bank said the case was initiated by Lombard Odier's "proactive reporting of suspicions to the Swiss authorities."

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☆ Musk joins Trump and family for Thanksgiving at Mar-a-Lago
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Kit Maher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Tesla CEO Elon Musk had a seat at the family table for Thanksgiving dinner at Mar-a-Lago, joining President-elect Donald Trump, Melania Trump and their 18-year-old son Barron, in the latest indicator of Trump’s growing bond with the world’s richest man. Yaakov Safar, who took the video, is a French jewelry designer who was invited to Mar-a-Lago as a guest on Thanksgiving. “I was telling @TheSlyStallone that I just watched Demolition Man again and how well it predicted the crazy woke future 30 years ago!,” Musk posted on X. Musk was with Trump at Mar-a-Lago when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called to congratulate the president-elect the day after the election, according to a source briefed on the call. On the day after the election, Musk was seen in a Trump family photo at Mar-a-Lago posted by Trump’s granddaughter Kai.

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Learn moreThe holiday (shopping) season has begun, and the Paramount Plus Black Friday deals offer some savings on your first two months of service. There are deals on both tiers of Paramount Plus, with up to 76% savings in total until December 4. The 2024 sale makes both Paramount Plus Essential and Paramount Plus with Showtime just $3 per month for the first two months. What are the differences between Paramount Plus Essential and Paramount Plus with Showtime? The Paramount Plus Essential plan costs $60 per year, and the Paramount Plus with Showtime plan costs $120 per year.

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☆ How will Beijing respond to Trump’s cabinet of China hawks?
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Nectar Gan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Hong Kong CNN —One called China an “existential threat.” Another called for a “whole-of-society effort” to confront China and was sanctioned – twice – by Beijing. “If you look at Trump’s team, most, if not all, are China hawks. His nominee for secretary of state, Sen. Marco Rubio, is known in China as the “anti-China vanguard” and currently sanctioned by Beijing. “Many of the hardliners indeed want a full confrontation and decoupling with China, but is that truly Trump’s objective for US-China relations? And in the eyes of Beijing, Rubio is not even the worst pick, according to Chinese experts.

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☆ South Korea's largest K-pop agency loses $423 million in value as girl group NewJeans set to part ways
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Lim Hui Jie | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - NOVEMBER 28: Haerin, Danielle, Hanni, Minji and Hyein of girl group NewJeans attend the press conference on November 28, 2024 in Seoul, South Korea. K-pop girl group NewJeans hold a press conference an announcement on the termination of their contract with their agency Ador. South Korea's largest K-pop agency Hybe lost over $423 million in market cap on Friday after rookie group NewJeans announced it was terminating its contract with Hybe sub-label ADOR. In 2024, NewJeans had also won the Group of the Year Award at Billboard's Women in Music ceremony. Billboard's citation said the group scored entries across 10 Billboard charts, including the Billboard Hot 100, Billboard 200, and Billboard Global 200.

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☆ ‘Wildly disruptive’: What happened last time Trump moved a federal agency out of DC
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Curt Devine | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

That western relocation was “wildly disruptive” and should serve as a “cautionary tale” for the incoming Trump administration, said Tracy Stone-Manning, the Biden administration’s BLM director. Project 2025, a conservative blueprint written by dozens of former Trump administration officials, recommended returning the BLM headquarters to the West. Most BLM staffers already worked in states outside of DC, but a disproportionate level of senior staffers worked in the nation’s capital. But an inspector general report later found that Trump administration officials had misled Congress in statements about the relocation. Future efforts to move federal offices out of DC could lead more federal workers to unionize.

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☆ Justice Dept. Girds for a Test of Its Independence
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Devlin Barrett | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It was an early case of Donald J. Trump seeking retribution through the Justice Department. In the first year of Mr. Trump’s first presidency, Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed a top federal prosecutor to review whether the F.B.I. had failed to fully pursue investigations involving Hillary Clinton, including an inquiry into the Clinton Foundation’s ties to a Russian uranium mining operation. The appointment of the prosecutor, John W. Huber, the U.S. attorney in Utah, was championed by many on the right eager to turn the spotlight away from Mr. Trump’s ties to Moscow. Mr. Trump’s grievance-laden campaign rhetoric has left many current and former agency officials fearful that he will seek to turn it into a department of revenge aimed at foes inside and outside government.

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☆ Georgia rocked by fierce protests after government puts EU hopes on ice
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

After years of moving closer towards Europe – and securing EU candidate status late last year – Georgian Dream has taken a sharp authoritarian turn. Georgian Dream claimed victory with 54% of the vote, but opposition parties claimed the election was rigged. “I’ve seen a lot of protests in Georgia: during this government, the previous government – I also remember some from Soviet times. Bidzina Ivanishvili, founder of Georgian Dream, with Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze after exit polls were announced in Tbilisi, October 26, 2024. But the government’s halting of the country’s EU bid appears to have sparked the protest movement into life.

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☆ Elon Musk and Sylvester Stallone attended Trump's Thanksgiving dinner that's all over social media
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

AdvertisementElon Musk and Donald Trump have been inseparable since the election and spent Thanksgiving together. Sylvester Stallone also attended, and Mark Zuckerberg visited Trump's resort on Wednesday. Elon Musk and Donald Trump have been inseparable since the latter's election victory — and the Tesla CEO was one of several celebrity guests for Thanksgiving at Mar-a-Lago. Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Barron and Melania blasting YMCA at Mar-a-Lago on Thanksgivingpic.twitter.com/elroKGQ9VA — ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) November 29, 2024Musk isn't the only tech boss to be spending time at Mar-a-Lago this Thanksgiving. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg dined with Trump on Thanksgiving eve, the company told Business Insider in a statement.

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☆ ByteDance has sued a former intern for $1.1 million over claims he sabotaged an AI training project, reports say
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

AdvertisementByteDance has sued a former intern for $1.1 million, per Chinese media reports. The TikTok owner claims he sabotaged an AI model training project by modifying code. TikTok owner ByteDance has filed a lawsuit seeking damages of $1.1 million against a former intern it has accused of sabotaging an AI training project, according to local media reports. Multiple Chinese media outlets reported this week that ByteDance is seeking 8 million yuan, about $1.1 million, and a public apology. Tian's LinkedIn profile states that he has been a research intern at ByteDance's VC team and AI lab since 2021.

Persons: ByteDance, Tian Keyu, Tian, Tian didn't Organizations: China Morning Post, BBC, ByteDance's, Business, Chinese Communist Party Locations: Beijing

☆ Why the DF-26 is one of the most dangerous missiles in China's arsenal for the US military
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The US has indicated a need to harden air bases and disperse its forces to defend against a Chinese missile strike. AdvertisementLast fall, the US Department of Defense released its annual report on China's military growth and developments. China's DF-26 "carrier killer" missile takes flight in unprecedented test footage. AdvertisementNaval power is a cornerstone of American military might, but the DF-26 threatens that, among various other targets. Related storiesThat said, growing missile stockpiles and increases in the number of launchers give the Chinese military greater flexibility, offering more options in a conflict.

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☆ Trump will decide the future of government money for healthcare plans. Letting it expire could save money, but the middle class might pay more.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Allie Kelly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Biden's enhanced ACA subsidies, which lowered premiums for the middle class, will expire in 2025. Biden's expansion increased the financial assistance for people already on ACA plans and lifted the income eligibility cap for those benefits. Related storiesHow ending ACA subsidies would impact Americans and government spendingEnding subsidies would be cheaper for the government and taxpayers. Some Republicans like Vice President-elect JD Vance have said they want to inject needed competition into the health insurance marketplace. Still, Young said letting the ACA subsidies expire will likely mean that healthcare will become more expensive for millions of people.

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☆ Clashes erupted outside a Hindu temple near Toronto. They’re the latest sign of Canada and India’s spiraling relations
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Lex Harvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a press conference following Canada's expulsion of six Indian diplomats, in Ottawa on October 14, 2024. Members of the Hindu Sikh Global Forum protest the clashes between Hindu and Sikh communities in Canada in New Delhi, India, on November 9, 2024. However, the Canadian prime minister recently acknowledged that Khalistan separatists “do not represent the Sikh community” in Canada. A downward spiral of relationsWhile the Khalistan issue has persisted for decades, relations between Canada and India have plummeted under Modi and Trudeau. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) walks alongside Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah outside a polling station during India's general election, in Ahmedabad, India, on May 7, 2024.

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☆ MBB explained: How hard it is to get hired and what it's like to work for the prestigious strategy consulting firms, McKinsey, Bain, and BCG
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | Lakshmi Varanasi | Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementMcKinsey, Bain, and BCG are top strategy consulting firms with low acceptance rates. McKinsey & Company, Bain & Company, and Boston Consulting Group — collectively referred to as MBB — are widely considered the top three strategy consulting firms in the world. Sometimes referred to as the Big Three, MBB firms are among the most prestigious consulting firms and their clients include many Fortune 500 companies as well as government agencies. MBB firms typically offer highly competitive salaries, generally paying more than other consulting firms, and often come with demanding work responsibilities and expectations. The MBB firms are strategy and management consulting firms.

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