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☆ The 'Squid Game' director says he agreed to make the second season of the show for just one reason: money
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Erin Liam | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Hwang Dong-Hyuk, the director of "Squid Game," said the Emmy-winning series caused a lot of stress. AdvertisementHwang Dong-Hyuk, the director of "Squid Game," says he was so stressed while making the first season of the Emmy-winning show that he lost "eight or nine" teeth. The second season of "Squid Game" will be released on December 26, and its third installment is set to be released next year, according to Netflix. That year, "Squid Game" also earned a spot as the most-watched show, with 1.65 billion hours streamed in the first four weeks. In the same interview with BBC, Hwang said that the stress he felt creating the second season of "Squid Game" was "much greater" due to high audience expectations.

Persons: Hwang Dong, Hwang, —, wasn't, Guillermo del Toro's, Seong Gi, Lee Jung Organizations: Netflix, Service, BBC, Bloomberg, Guardian, Business, Business Insider

☆ You can work at McDonald's and still become a millionaire, a financial psychologist says
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-09 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Bernd Vogel | Stone | Getty ImagesBrad Klontz was drawn to financial psychology after the tech bubble burst in the early 2000s. GI: Does this suggest that people, no matter their socioeconomic circumstances, can lift themselves out of poverty if they adopt a rich mindset? A rich mindset puts an emphasis on owning their time versus owning a bunch of stuff. Bradley T. Klontz, Psy.D., CFP, is an expert in financial psychology, behavioral finance and financial planning. You can work at McDonald's your entire life and be a millionaire if you have that mindset.

Persons: Bernd Vogel, Stone, Brad Klontz, Klontz, Adrian Brambila —, Greg Iacurci, That's, I've, It's, I'm, They're, they're, Bradley T, Bradley Organizations: CNBC, Financial Wellness, IRA, BK Locations: McDonald's

☆ ‘Squid Game’ Season 2 official teaser trailer drops
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Amarachi Orie | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

“Squid Game” Season 2 is on its way and Netflix has decided it’s time to give us a sneak peek at what’s to come in the second round of survival games. “There’s no stopping the game,” Netflix wrote on YouTube on Thursday as it dropped the official teaser for the new season of its hit series, which will debut on December 26. Squid Game: Season 2 | Official Teaser | NetflixThe new installment of the dystopian Korean drama – once again directed, written and produced by Hwang Dong-hyuk – will begin three years after the end of the previous game. “Gi-hun once again dives into the mysterious survival game, starting another life-or-death game with new participants gathered to win the prize of 45.6 billion won,” the synopsis adds. In July, the streaming service announced that the third season, set for 2025, will be the last.

Persons: “, –, Hwang Dong, Lee Jung, jae, Gong Yoo, Hwang, Lee Byung Organizations: CNN, Netflix, YouTube Locations: Korean

President Donald Trump did nothing but show respect to my family & Vanessa. In fact, I voted for President Trump today,” she posted. He said Trump showed the family respect by "standing against the military complex" and supporting the Guillén family. "They didn't want to get to the bottom of the investigation, and President Trump brought awareness to that, and he didn't have to do that," Muniz said. She represents the very best of the Mexican American and Latino community.”

Persons: Donald Trump, Vanessa Guillén, Trump, Mark Meadows, Alex Pfeiffer, Mayra Guillén, ”, Natalie Khawam, Khawam, Pfeiffer, Guillén, Fort, Vanessa Guillen, Joe Biden, Joaquin Castro, “ Trump, ” Trump, Gonzalo Curiel’s, Curiel, Hurricane Maria, Kamala Harris, Artemio Muniz, Mayra, Muniz, Jason Villalba, he’s, “, ’ ”, Villalba, Trumper, ” Villalba, Domingo Garcia, Harris, Garcia, LULAC, Felix Longoria, Hector P, Rep, Sylvia Garcia, Vanessa, ” Garcia Organizations: Trump, Atlantic, White, NBC News, Army, Kabul Gold Star, League of United Latin American, LULAC, The, U.S, District, Trump University, Hurricane, NBC, Federation of Hispanic Republicans, Texas GOP, Texas Hispanic Public Policy Foundation, Republican, American GI, Mexican Locations: Afghanistan, Fort Hood, Cavazos, Texas, U.S, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Mexican American, American, Three Rivers , Texas, South Texas, Mexican

☆ Why abortion access is a personal finance issue, says demographer who studies the effects of unwanted pregnancy
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

CNBC spoke to Foster about the economics of abortion access and the financial impacts of the end of Roe v. Wade. Diana Greene Foster: One good thing about The Turnaway Study is that our demographics closely resemble national demographics on who gets abortions. [They're also] more likely to have evictions, have a larger amount of debt if they're denied an abortion. The number of public records, such as bankruptcies, evictions and court judgements, significantly increased for those denied abortions, by 81%. So, it isn't the case that everyone who wants an abortion is now carrying a pregnancy to term.

Persons: Gina Ferazzi, Foster, Roe, Wade, Greg Iacurci, Diana Greene Foster, It's, That's, hasn't, couldn't, They're, they're, I'm Organizations: Los Angeles Times, Getty, Pew Research Center, CNBC Locations: Arizona, Phoenix , Arizona, U.S

☆ Key lines from the Vance-Walz vice presidential debate
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-02 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

Here are key lines from the debate, which was hosted by CBS News in New York City on Tuesday. Vance said many of the things Trump says, but he did it with a control that Trump lacks. The only answer is during the four years that Donald Trump was president. We have a historic immigration crisis because Kamala Harris started and said that she wanted to undo all of Donald Trump’s border policies. We could come together and solve this if we didn’t let Donald Trump continue to make it an issue.

Persons: Tim Walz, Sen, JD Vance, Vance, don’t, Vance Vance, Donald Trump, Donald Trump’s, Trump, Walz, Walz Walz, I’m, didn’t, Vance Trump’s, Joe Biden, Kim Jong Un, Chip Somodevilla, I’ve, we’re, Walz Vance, Kamala Harris, Vance Walz, you’ve, You’ve, Kamala Harris ’, Matthew, ‘, Margaret Brennan, Norah O'Donnell, Brendan McDermid, Reuters We’re, We’re, Vance It’s, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, ”, Harris, Biden, Nora, we’ve, Wade, Roe, Amber Thurman, Sandy, Walz misspoke, That’s, Vance Both Walz, You’re, Vance Child, Vance Trump, Walz Trump, It’s, he’ll, he’s Organizations: CNN, Gov, Minnesota, CBS News, Social Security, Trump, NATO, CBS, Center, Reuters, Mayo Clinic, Pharmaceuticals, Sandy Hook Elementary, Minnesota Gov, Affordable, Biden, Democratic Locations: Ohio, New York City, Israel, Iran, American, Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, America, Mexico, Springfield , Ohio, Springfield, New York, Rochester , Minnesota, Hong Kong, China, Roe, Georgia, Finland

☆ Take a look inside a $1.1 million 'zero emissions' home
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Courtesy: Wojciechowski FamilyGreg Iacurci: What does it mean for your home to be considered 'zero emissions'? Not only am I producing solar [energy] and any excess is going back onto the grid, but the power from the grid coming into my home is clean and sustainable. MW: Our utility bills are projected to be about $917 a year with [solar] panels, or around $80 a month. Courtesy: Wojciechowski FamilyCourtesy: Wojciechowski FamilyCourtesy: Wojciechowski FamilyCourtesy: Wojciechowski FamilyCourtesy: Wojciechowski FamilyGI: What do you mean solar offsets it? Solar panels only make sense if you build an energy-efficient home that's really all-electric.

Persons: Morgan Wojciechowski, Casey, Greg Iacurci, That's, It's Organizations: Dominion Locations: It's, Walnut, U.S

SAN ANTONIO — In the three weeks since Texas’ attorney general executed raids at the homes of several Latino election activists, the state’s oldest civil rights organization has been marshaling members to step up voter registration for what they say is a stand against voter suppression. A voter at news conference to respond to allegations by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, on Aug. 26 in San Antonio. A contingent of LULAC members and other Hispanic activists attended the hearing in support of Medina. Texas LULAC President Gabriel Rosales said in a phone interview that along with the fear, the raids “kind of lit a fire from Hispanics around Texas. “Councils have been doubling their efforts to engage Latino voters across Texas and across the country,” Proaño said.

Persons: ANTONIO —, “, ”, Juan Proaño, Paxton, Ken Paxton, Eric Gay, Juan Manuel Medina, Geoffrey Goldstein, ” Medina’s, Medina, Lidia Martinez, Martinez, ” Martinez, Gabriel Rosales, ” Rosales, Houston, LULAC, Proaño, ” Proaño, Lidia Organizations: ANTONIO, League of United Latin American, Texas, NBC, Tejano Democrats, LULAC, American GI, Latinos Locations: Texas, South Texas, Frio County, county's, San Antonio, Medina, America, “, Mexican

☆ It's not always 'a sexy thing' to be a millionaire, former NFL linebacker Brandon Copeland says. Here's why
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Brandon Copeland Copeland MediaBrandon Copeland is a former NFL linebacker turned coach. Brandon Copeland: Feeling unprepared for some of the major financial decisions in life. I think that's important to start to develop your stomach. I always break that down as, that's a lot of Chipotle burritos, that's a lot of dinners, that's a lot of time with my family at the water park. Brandon Copeland Copeland MediaGI: One of the first things that you encourage people to do in the book is say aloud to themselves, "I can be wealthy."

Persons: Brandon Copeland Copeland, Brandon Copeland Copeland Media Brandon Copeland, gravitates, —, Cope, Copeland, Greg Iacurci, Brandon Copeland, That's, you've, Bloomberg —, I'm, it's Organizations: Brandon Copeland Copeland Media, NFL, National Football League, University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, New York Jets, CNBC, Financial Wellness Advisory Board, Athletes.org, Orlando, Baltimore Ravens, NFL Players Association, Lions, Yahoo Finance, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Locations: isn't, New Jersey, Detroit

☆ How Wall Street Giants Made Billions Preying on College Students
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Ryann Liebenthal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

In 1970 there had been only 18,333 students enrolled at degree-granting for-profit schools, less than a quarter of a percent of the total number of college students. In 2010, Tom Harkin, chair of the Senate's education committee, began a two-year investigation into for-profit schools. But even more shocking, federal money flowing to for-profit schools accounted for 25% of all federal student aid and 47% of eventual loan defaults. Students' money enriched every corner of the for-profit industry except one: quality of instruction. In fact, these for-profit students were actually worse off than if they hadn't gone to school at all.

Persons: Kaplan, bankrolling, —, underperformers, Ashford, Warburg Pincus, Tom Harkin, Harkin, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Pell Grant, Ryann Liebenthal Harper, Stephanie Riegg Cellini, Cellini, Ryann Liebenthal Organizations: University of, Apollo Group, ITT Tech, Fortune, Federal Family Education, Ashford, University, company's, Ashford University, Bridgepoint Education, New, Defense Department, Bloomberg, Camp Lejeune, Ryann Liebenthal Harper Collins Publishers, Books, HarperCollins Publishers Locations: California, New York City, Bridgepoint, Pell, Vietnam, Iraq, Camp, Oakland , California

☆ Why the father of 'life planning' says you're managing money the wrong way
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-08 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

George Kinder Kinder Institute'You should be focused on your dream of freedom'Greg Iacurci: What is the basic premise of the life planning movement? George Kinder Kinder InstituteGI: But that's not necessarily to say that the way that people are saving is wrong, right? Maybe you're doing more remote work. Maybe you're already looking at where it is you want to stay, and figuring out how, in a year or two, you can spend three months there. So you're moving actively toward the freedom as part of the program of financial planning, of your financial life.

Persons: George Kinder, Greg Iacurci, I've, they've, It's, you've, it's, they're Organizations: George Kinder Kinder Institute, GK, Street, Kinder Institute of Life Locations: West Virginia, Ohio

☆ Women face bias and disparities in healthcare. Digital tools could help meet their needs.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-06 | by ( Sarah Sloat | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Historically, women's healthcare has been impaired by challenges like bias and a lack of specialized providers. For years, healthcare systems weren't designed for women, and there are still gaps in research and treatments for women's health issues. AdvertisementWith this reality in mind, Joanna Strober cofounded Midi Health, a website designed to help people experiencing menopause and perimenopause access specialists. Interventions can range from lifestyle coaching to prescription medication, and Midi providers can refer patients to in-person treatments when needed. Midi Health is on its way toward doing that; the company closed a $60 million Series B round in April.

Persons: Ashlee Wisdom, Wisdom, Smisha Agarwal, Agarwal, they're, Joanna Strober, Strober Organizations: New York University, Health, Center for Global Digital Health Innovation, Johns Hopkins University, Women's Health, US National Institutes of Health, Midi Health, Midi, Silicon Valley Bank Locations: Black

☆ Tim Walz's military career: What we know and what we don't know
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Alice Tecotzky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Tim Walz of Minnesota as her running mate, his military history seemed like an asset. About two months later, after his retirement, his unit, the Minnesota National Guard's 1st Battalion, 125th Field Artillery, was ordered to mobilize. In 1996, he transferred to the Minnesota National Guard and held various field artillery positions, including firing battery chief, operations sergeant, first sergeant, and command sergeant major. A month later, in March 2005, the National Guard announced the potential partial mobilization of troops from the Minnesota National Guard. To retire as a command sergeant major, Walz would also have had to hold the title for three years.

Persons: —, Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, Walz, Kristen Augé, Sen, JD Vance, Vance, Mike Waltz, Harris, That's, @JDVance, Mark Kelly, Donald Trump, It's, Major Organizations: Service, Army, Business, Nebraska and Minnesota National Guards, Minnesota National Guard, Minnesota National Guard's 1st Battalion, 125th Field Artillery, Republican, Bowl, Republicans, Facebook, USMC, US Army, Army National Guard, Nebraska Army National Guard, Records, Federal, Commission, National Guard, Minnesota, Minnesota Public Radio, ABC News, Major Locations: Minnesota, Iraq, Florida, Afghanistan, Italy, Washington, DC

☆ Japan’s Yui Susaki: The first ‘grand slam’ wrestler in history aiming to dominate at Paris Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Andrew Mcnicol | Mayumi Maruyama | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —She only recently turned 25, but Yui Susaki is already a reigning Olympic gold medalist and four-time world champion, and is widely touted as the best pound-for-pound freestyle wrestler in the world. Yui Susaki celebrates with her coaches after winning gold in the Women's Freestyle 50kg final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Asahi Shimbun/Getty ImagesShe is also the first wrestler in history to achieve a “grand slam” in the sport – becoming world champion at U15s, U17s, U20s, U23s, senior and Olympic level. The Russian is the reigning Olympic champion in the men’s 74kg category. But the three-time world champion will not compete in Paris, focusing instead on his transition to mixed martial arts.

Persons: Yui Susaki, –, ” Susaki, Shoko Yoshimura, Susaki, ”, “, Zaurbek, I’ve, ” Sidakov, ” Yui Susaki, Sachiko Hotaka ‘, Mayu Mukaida, Risako Kawai, Yukako Kawai, Himari Semans Organizations: CNN, Paris, Games, ”, Tokyo Games, Asahi Shimbun, U15s, U17s, U20s, U23s, Olympic, Wrestling, Team Japan Locations: Tokyo, Paris, Chiba prefecture, Los Angeles, Brisbane, Dagestan, Russian, Niigata, Japan

☆ What to watch at Olympics today: Djokovic vs. Alcaraz and Noah Lyles’ moment in 100m
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Mark Cooper | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

TV: PeacockWhat to watch: Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz meet for the seventh time — and second on the clay of Roland Garros — for the men’s singles gold medal. His only Olympic medal, a bronze, came in 2008. GO DEEPER Why is Team USA struggling in the Olympic gold medal count? Cycling hits the roadAnna Kiesenhofer earned Austria’s first Summer Olympics gold medal in 17 years when she won in 2021. But Katie Ledecky accomplished something only one other woman has in Olympic history by winning her ninth gold medal.

Persons: It’s, Noah Lyles, Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Roland Garros, Djokovic, Alcaraz, Lyles, Hannah Peters, Yu, ” Lyles, Kishane Thompson, Marcell Jacobs, Fred Kerley, Canada’s Andre De Grasse, Sarah Sjöström, Gretchen Walsh, Bobby Finke, Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen, A’Ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Satou Sabally, Anna Kiesenhofer, Austria’s, Dimitar Dilkoff, Austrian Anna Kiesenhofer, Italy’s Elisa Longo Borghini, Australia’s Grace Brown, Great Britain’s Anna Henderson, Chloe Dygert, —, KATIE LEDECKY, 💪 Organizations: Paris Games, NBC, U.S, Netflix, Olympics, Team USA, USA Network, Telemundo, Germany, Belgium, Dallas Wings, Japan, Cycling, Getty, CNBC, United, ust, aris Locations: Paris, Alcaraz, Tokyo, Jamaica, United States, U.S, Australia, France, Belgium, Germany, Japan, AFP, Austrian, oman

☆ Noah Lyles takes the Olympic gold in the 100-meter dash by the slimmest of margins
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Kyle Feldscher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The victory ends a 20-year Olympic drought in the event for the USA, when Justin Gatlin won the 100-meter race in Athens. Thompson, who was the betting favorite in the race, took the silver medal and American Fred Kerley took home the bronze. Lyles won the race - the first ever with a legal wind where every competitor ran sub-10 seconds - by five-thousandths of a second. Cameron Spencer/Getty ImagesIt was a sterling version of the signature Olympic race. When the time came, the lights went out in the Stade de France just as the sun had nearly set outside Paris.

Persons: Denis, France CNN —, Noah Lyles, Kishane Thompson, Justin Gatlin, Thompson, Fred Kerley, Lyles, Cameron Spencer, didn’t, Yu Organizations: France CNN, Stade de France, USA, Paris Olympics Locations: France, Paris, Jamaica, Athens, American, Saint

☆ Olympics 100-meter final: Welcome to the the most intimidating start line in sports
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“I think it was the worst pressure you could ever be put under,” British former sprinter Allan Wells, who won 100m gold at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, told CNN Sport. “You run through it in your head thousands of times – the start, the gun going off,” Wells added. “It was the worst feeling you could ever have but still be in control of what you were hoping to achieve,” said Wells, one of only three British sprinters to win 100m gold at the Olympics. The legendary Bolt, winner of three consecutive 100m gold medal between 2008 and 2016, said that he would try not to overthink things. Bolt was famously relaxed on the start line, fist-bumping race officials and playing up to the crowd with gestures and poses.

Persons: crouch, Allan Wells, ” Wells, – you’ve, you’ve, Zharnel Hughes, cramping, Hughes, ”, Wells, Bolt, ” Donovan Bailey, Canada’s, ’ That’s, ” Bailey, Bailey, Michael Johnson, ’ ” Donovan Bailey, John Giles, Noah Lyles, “ Noah, ” Jo Brown, Lyles, “, Brown, she’s, “ They’ll, ‘, ” Noah Lyles, Yu, Christian Petersen, Kishane Thompson, Ferdinand Omanyala –, Sha’Carri Richardson, Shelly, Ann Fraser, Pryce, “ It’s Organizations: CNN, Paris ’ Stade de France, CNN Sport, Olympics, NBC, Olympic, Olympic Games Locations: British, Tokyo, Atlanta, Seville

☆ Noah Lyles is talking the talk ahead of the Olympics, now it’s time to do the rest
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Marcus Thompson Ii | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

But Lyles is aiming to do the opposite of cramming his listed 5-foot-10 frame and 6-foot-9 personality into a traditional box. You have all these other athletes as stars, rock stars, popular wherever they go. Still, Noahstradamus predicted he’d win gold in both the 100 and the 200 in Paris. Certainly, when you think of the track stars whose fame extended beyond the ceiling of their sport, it came with heroic feats. He’d not only cement himself an Olympic champion, he’d be primed to fully take advantage of it with the 2028 Olympics coming to America.

Persons: Noah Lyles, Gucci, Yu, Snoop, It’s, ” Lyles, ” Noah Lyles, he’ll, Christian Petersen, What’s, that’s, He’s, Lyles, Usain Bolt, Lyles ’, Noahstradamus, Carl Lewis, Bolt, he’s, hasn’t, Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson, Lewis, Michael Johnson, Florence Griffith, Joyner, Wilma Rudolph, Jesse Owens, He’d, he’d, “, Michael Jordan, it’s, Nia Akins, Dan Goldfarb, Tim Clayton, Corbis Organizations: Adidas, Netflix, Lyles, Eiffel, Getty, NBA, Tokyo Games, Atlanta Games, Stade de France, Apple Locations: PARIS, Paris, Alexandria, Va, Tokyo, America, Los Angeles, U.S

☆ Millennials are fueling a Pokémon renaissance and moving mad money in an industry where baseball cards used to reign supreme, says the honcho of collectibles grading
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewThe COVID pandemic was an unprecedented boom for the Pokémon card business. Few can forget the $3.5 million YouTuber-boxer Logan Paul blew on a pack of Pokémon cards that turned out to be GI Joe collectibles. He estimated that last year, PSA graded at least 6 million Pokémon trading cards out of the total 14 million it processed. It's made a lifetime total of more than 64.8 billion Pokémon cards since 1999, and production has been accelerating rapidly since the pandemic. Most customers wait a maximum of two months for their graded card, which returns with a rating between 1 and 10.

Persons: —, Logan Paul, It's, Ryan Hoge, Hoge, Pokémon, John Keeble, Jens Ishoey Prehn's, IDA MARIE ODGAARD, Ritzau Scanpix, Yu Organizations: Service, Sports, Business, Nintendo, Getty, PSA, IDA Locations: London, Niva, Denmark, AFP, Japan, California, Tokyo, California , New Jersey

☆ I was kicked out of high school, so I turned to the Marines for a way forward. Now, I'm a corporate lawyer with degrees from Stanford and Harvard.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Elle Hardy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

At 17, I was kicked out of high school because I skipped class to work at my fast-food job and hang out with my friends. I was always interested in the MarinesAfter getting kicked out of school, I enlisted in the Marine Corps. AdvertisementI got my GED and took 15 units of entry-level community college classes, like English 101 and US History. AdvertisementI left the military and began classes at a community collegeTragically, our first daughter died during birth. It's pretty amazing that a Black kid from a low-income family who didn't finish high school was able to achieve all of this.

Persons: —, Andrew Hanson, I'd, Stanford, I've, they've, Lauryn Haas Organizations: Service, Business, Marines, Marine Corps, School of Infantry, Tragically, Stanford, Columbia, Department of Justice, Harvard University, Department of Veterans Affairs, Harvard Locations: Virginia, Chicago, Camp Pendleton , California, Iraq, New Orleans, California, Washington, Cambridge , Massachusetts, Skadden, Slate, lhaas@businessinsider.com

☆ Track and field at the 2024 Olympics: World-record watch, schedule and how to watch
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Mark Puleo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

AdvertisementThat makes track and field by far the most contested sport at the Olympics. Men’s shot put: Behind Duplantis, American Ryan Crouser has a case for the world’s most dominant athlete in track and field. She broke her own record for the fourth time with a time of 50.65 seconds in June at the U.S. Olympic trials. Hocker’s winning time of 3:30.59 broke the trials record by 3.5 seconds and showed he has the world-class fitness to mix it up at Paris. She withdrew from the Jamaican Olympic Trials and later revealed she was dealing with an Achilles injury.

Persons: Duplantis, Florence Griffith, Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson, America’s Gabby Thomas, Jackson, Thomas, Men’s, Ryan Crouser, He’s, Joe Kovacs, Jonathan Edwards ’, Jordan Díaz, Jaydon Hibbert, Sydney McLaughlin, Levrone, Femke Bol, Bol, Marita Koch, Karsten Warholm, Rai Benjamin, Benjamin, Sha’Carri Richardson, Noah Lyles, tucking “ Yu, Quincy Wilson, Yared Nuguse, Cole, Nuguse, Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Josh Kerr, Hocker, Hocker’s, Nikki Hiltz, Grant Holloway, Freddie Crittenden, Daniel Roberts, Elaine Thompson, Thompson, Joyner, Mu, Dave Wottle, Yulimar Rojas, She’s, “, reina, Kelvin Kiptum, Eliud Kipchoge, Kiptum, Kipchoge, Tim Clayton, Corbis Organizations: Summer, LSU, Xiamen Diamond League, Los Angeles Grand Prix, Arkansas, NCAA, SEC, U.S, Team USA, NBC, Telemundo, Universo, Olympic, Jamaican Olympic Trials, Griffith, reina del, Kenyan, Getty Locations: Paris, Spain, U.S, Netherlands, East Germany, American, Tokyo, USA, salto

☆ As cartels take a stake in ‘green gold,’ US and Mexico rethink how avocados reach American kitchens
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( David Shortell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —When two US avocado inspectors were assaulted and detained at a police roadblock in the Mexican state of Michoacán last month, it sparked a costly international crisis. ‘Green gold’Avocados, the creamy fruit with the industry nickname “green gold,” are big business. Nearly three-quarters of Mexican avocados come from Michoacán, a state along the country’s Pacific coast with a volcanic belt running through it that makes its soil ideal for farming. The office of the Michoacán state prosecutor told CNN last month that they’ve opened an investigation into the incident. In 2022, exports of Mexican avocados were similarly halted for several days after one of the US inspectors working in Michoacán received a threatening phone call.

Persons: Weeks, “, Ario de, Cristopher Rogel, ” Romain Le Cour, Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla, Mexico Ken Salazar, they’ve, ”, Le Cour, Michoacán, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Victor Villalobos, Ken Melban, Brian, Melban, Brad Adams, ” Adams Organizations: CNN, US, US Department of Agriculture, Global, Transnational, Local, USDA, Plant Health, Service, Agriculture, ”, US State Department, AP, Climate Rights, US Forest Service Locations: Mexican, Michoacán, Mexico, Ario, Ario de Rosales, avocados, California, Michoacan

☆ I got tested for the BRCA gene mutation while I was pregnant. With my family history, I knew I wanted a double mastectomy regardless of the results.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Gila Pfeffer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Named for the first two letters of "breast" and "cancer," a positive result would place my odds of developing breast cancer at 87%. For me, an adult, it was a wake-up call to get ahead of breast cancer. We also had a family history of breast cancer in common, but her mother, who'd been diagnosed in her 20s, had caught it early and survived. And most important of all, on a scale of one to infinity, how relieved did she feel now that breast cancer was no longer a threat? I asked for the BRCA test, and my doctor agreedDuring my next prenatal checkup, I asked my doctor to arrange a BRCA test.

Persons: —, I'd, Stephanie, Angelina Jolie, who'd, Bikur Cholim, she'd, Gila Pfeffer Organizations: Service, Business, Genome, The New York Times Locations: The

☆ This Pokémon YouTuber gives some of his coolest cards to kids for free
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Making a Pokémon fan’s day means more than catching ‘em allPokémon isn’t Coop’s day job, but it’s become an increasingly meaningful part of his life. Coop was, like many children of the ‘90s, a Poké-fan in his youth, collecting cards and facing bosses in the early Pokémon video games. But he takes a shine to one of Coop’s cards with an iridescent Alakazam, a mustachioed psychic Pokémon, and a high score of 9. It’s a card Coop intended to sell, but without thinking twice, Coop opens his display case and gifts the kid the card for free. Coop still sells cards on eBay and at card conventions –– he’s built a massive collection since 2018, and he’s submitted numerous cards for grading.

Persons: Ross “ Coop ” Cooper, ”, “, Coop, gifting, he’ll, they’re, it’s, Pokémon, – –, “ It’ll, ” Coop, he’s, shyly, Coop can’t, “ It’s, “ Yu, He’s, Coop couldn’t Organizations: CNN, Pokémon Company, YouTube, eBay Locations: Virginia

In this next term, I’m going to make sure we got to — straighten out the tax system. STEPHANOPOULOS: The number of Americans who think you’re too old to serve has doubled since 2020. STEPHANOPOULOS: I’ve — I’ve questioned him and his allies as persistently as any journalist has. We have — I mean, I’m not seen what you’re — you’re proposing. He may bring me down, he may.”STEPHANOPOULOS: Mr. President, I’ve never seen a president 36 percent approval get re-elected.

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