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☆ Opinion | What Is Trump to Putin? A Harbinger of America’s Collapse.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Mikhail Zygar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

By then, Mr. Putin himself had laid out a similar view of territorial disintegration. The United States is confidently, firmly marching down the same path as the Soviet Union.” This still seems to represent Mr. Putin’s fundamental assessment of the country. This year, high-ranking Russian officials eagerly watched the American film “Civil War,” starring Kirsten Dunst. “Hollywood,” he remarked on his Telegram channel, “doesn’t make films about it for no reason.”How would such conflict come about? “Ordinary citizens won’t lift a finger to preserve America’s unity, knowing they mean nothing to their own government.

Persons: Putin, ”, Kirsten Dunst, Maria Zakharova, ” Dmitri Medvedev, doesn’t, Patrushev Organizations: Soviet Union, Hollywood, Kremlin, “ Locations: United States, Soviet Union, America, Russia, California, Texas, Florida, Alabama, U.S

☆ ‘Doomsday fish:’ A rare oarfish returns to California shores for the second time this year
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Dawn Sawyer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The elusive deep-water oarfish – considered to be a harbinger of bad news – was spotted yet again on the shores of Encinitas, California. “We took samples and froze the specimen awaiting further study and final preservation in the Marine Vertebrate Collection,” Ben Frable, manager of the Scripps Oceanography Marine Vertebrate Collection, said in the post. “Like with the previous oarfish, this specimen and the samples taken from it will be able to tell us much about the biology, anatomy, genomics and life history of oarfish,” Frable said in the post. The fish was found in good condition according to the release, and it was taken in for examination and preservation to become a part of the organization’s Marine Vertebrate Collection. “It may have to do with changes in ocean conditions and increased numbers of oarfish off our coast,” Frable said.

Persons: Alison Laferriere, ” Ben Frable, ” Frable, ” Scripps, Santa Ana, ”, Dahiana Organizations: CNN, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, Scripps, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science, Scripps Oceanography, Obscura, Ocean Conservancy, GeoScience Locations: Encinitas , California, Grandview Beach, San Diego, Japan’s, Japan, Ocean, La Jolla, Huntington Beach, Santa

☆ A mythical harbinger of doom washes up on a California beach
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-16 | by ( Hannah Peart | Hannah Peart Is An Intern In The Nbc News London Bureau. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

The legendary “doom fish” has returned to California. A long, ribbon-shaped oarfish, rarely seen and believed to signal disaster, has washed up on California’s shores for the second time this year. PhD candidate Alison Laferriere from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego discovered the nearly 10-foot-long oarfish on a beach in Encinitas, in southern California, last week. According to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, oarfish are incredibly rare. Since 1901, only 21 oarfish have been documented washing up on California shores, according to the institution.

Persons: ”, Alison Laferriere, oarfish, Ben Frable, Frable Organizations: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, NOAA's Fisheries Science Locations: California, Encinitas, Japan, Japan’s, La Jolla, San Diego

☆ Barnes & Noble is making a comeback
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-16 | by ( Erika Tulfo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

In a move that’s perhaps more symbolic than business-minded, Barnes & Noble, America’s largest retail bookseller, has reclaimed the flagship store it vacated in 2013. But Barnes & Noble would revamp its business model. “The problem with Barnes & Noble when I took it over was that the bookstores themselves weren’t very good,” Daunt told CNN. Foot traffic data for Barnes & Noble show that visits are up by 7% since 2019, according to location analytics company Placer.ai. Shannon DeVito, head of books at Barnes & Noble, says that beyond reigniting a love for reading, the BookTok trend has guided stores on what to stock.

Persons: Barnes, Noble, It’s, James Daunt, —, Barnes & Noble, ” Daunt, “, ”, we’d, influencers, Shannon DeVito, Kendra Keeter, Gray, it’s, Gray Barnes, ” DeVito, “ It’s, Harry Potter, we’ve, DeVito Organizations: CNN, Sales, Barnes &, Barnes, Amazon, Amazon Books, Kendra Locations: Washington, DC, Georgetown, Washington , DC, “, Barnes

☆ When will this Trump-fueled bull market approach bubble territory? Watch this indicator
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The CBOE Volatility Index , known on Wall Street as the VIX, helps traders track when a market rally is actually unhealthy, said DataTrek co-founder Nicholas Colas. Monday's close for the VIX around 15 "is a healthy sign" for the temperature of the market as it advances, Colas wrote to clients. To put it succinctly: "Rallies built on an elevated VIX signal a bubble," he wrote. That's a lesson market participants learned, during the dot-com bubble of the mid- to late-1990s, he said. In the current bull market, dating back to the fourth quarter of 2022, however, the VIX has been largely "well behaved," Colas argued.

Persons: DataTrek, Nicholas Colas, Donald Trump, —, Monday's, Colas, That's, Jessica Rabe, Trump Organizations: Research, U.S

☆ What Steve Kornacki is watching for tonight: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Welcome to an Election Day edition of From the Politics Desk, where we’ll get you set up with everything you need before the results start coming in tonight. Nash County, North Carolina: The county voted for Barack Obama in 2012, Trump in 2016, and Joe Biden in 2020. 🗞️ Today’s top stories 🕛 Final countdown: Harris and Trump made their closing pitches at battleground state rallies on Monday night. Read more → 🔎 Disinfo watch: Election officials, legal experts and researchers are bracing for a flood of disinformation and legal claims as vote counting begins. Read more →Election officials, legal experts and researchers are bracing for a flood of disinformation and legal claims as vote counting begins.

Persons: we’ll, We’ll, Steve Kornacki, Henry, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump’s, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, White, 🗳️, olli, Elon, Harris Organizations: NBC, Trump, Biden, Lackawanna Locations: East Coast, Fayette County , Georgia, Georgia, Atlanta, Fulton , DeKalb, Clayton, Douglas, Cobb, Gwinnett, Rockdale, Newton, Fayette County, Fulton, Peachtree City, Nash County , North Carolina, Raleigh, Nash, Lackawanna County , Pennsylvania, Scranton

☆ Two Washington Post writers who resigned over Bezos’ non-endorsement join The Atlantic
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Brian Stelter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Two veteran writers who resigned from The Washington Post over its non-endorsement decision are joining The Atlantic. Robert Kagan and Danielle Allen are coming aboard as contributing writers, The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg said Friday. Kagan, a Post opinion editor-at-large and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, resigned within minutes of learning the news. More than 250,000 Post customers cancelled their subscriptions in the wake of the non-endorsement, according to reporting by NPR and the Post. For The Atlantic, the Post imbroglio is also an opportunity to attract talent.

Persons: Robert Kagan, Danielle Allen, Jeffrey Goldberg, Jeff Bezos, Donald Trump, Bezos, board’s, Kamala Harris, Kagan, “ Bezos, ”, “, Goldberg, Harris, ” Goldberg, Allen, Trump, Barack Obama, ” Allen Organizations: New, New York CNN, The Washington Post, Atlantic, Post, Amazon, Brookings Institution, Trump, NPR, CNN, Harvard University, Washington Locations: New York

☆ Freddie Freeman’s walk-off grand slam lifts Dodgers past Yankees in Game 1 of World Series
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Andy Mccullough | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

After his final swing in a 6-3 victory over the New York Yankees in Game 1 of the World Series, he only had to trot. He swatted a 10th-inning walk-off grand slam on Friday night, a slight improvement on Gibson’s legendary walk-off in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series. Dodgers starter Jack Flaherty kept the Yankees off the board until Giancarlo Stanton hit a monstrous, two-run homer in the sixth. The season of “Fernandomania” coincided with the last time the Dodgers and Yankees met in the World Series. The lumber landed on the World Series logo.

Persons: Freddie Freeman, Freeman, Kirk Gibson, Aaron Boone, Nestor Cortes, Cortes, Gerrit Cole, Jack Flaherty, Giancarlo Stanton, Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Betts, Aaron Judge, Juan Soto, Goliath, Fernando Valenzuela, Valenzuela, Scully, El, ”, Flaherty, Cole, Flaherty extricated, Soto, Tommy Edman, Anthony Volpe, Austin Wells, Alex Verdugo, Max Muncy corralled, Gleyber Torres, Kiké, Hernández, Soto’s lunge, scampered, Will Smith, Stanton, Dave Roberts, Stanton whiffed, GIANCARLO STANTON, sSVXe5QMW3, Tommy Kahnle, Kahnle, Torres, Michael Kopech, Roberts, Blake Treinen, Treinen, Harry Organizations: ANGELES, Dodger, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, Yankees, Dodgers, New York Mets, Los, Mets, Cleveland, MLB, American League Locations: Los Angeles, Juan Soto for New York, El Toro, Valenzuela, Orange County, Soto, Stanton

Several companies due to report next week could get a boost after their earnings results. To separate the wheat from the chaff, CNBC Pro screened FactSet for companies reporting in the coming days that are liked by analysts and also have strong earnings momentum. One bullish analyst is Morgan Stanley's Erik Woodring, who reiterated an overweight rating and $133 price target on Seagate in an Oct. 15 note to clients. Health care stocks Universal Health Services and HCA Healthcare have also seen improved sentiment, as measured by earnings estimates since the Spring. The investment bank maintained its buy rating while increasing its price target on HCA by $75 to $450, implying 8% potential upside from Friday's close.

Persons: Morgan Stanley's Erik Woodring, Woodring, TD Cowen Organizations: CNBC Pro, Seagate Technology, Seagate, Universal Health Services, HCA Healthcare, Analysts, Healthcare, HCA

☆ 18 cities with reasonably priced homes that will be million-dollar markets in the next decade
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Home prices have soared in the last decade, so buyers get less for their money than they once did. Here are 18 markets with reasonably priced homes that are set for strong price growth. In fact, in some of the nation's competitive markets, $1 million is nothing more than the price of admission to home ownership. Below are 18 cities with homes that cost $633,150 or less in Q2 that are set to be million-dollar markets by the end of 2035, sorted by which will reach the $1 million threshold the fastest. Along with each reasonably priced real-estate market is its median home price and projections for the years ahead, as well as the home price growth rate from 2014 to 2024 that it's based on.

Persons: —, Zoocasa's Mackenzie Scibetta, Scibetta Organizations: Service, National Association of Realtors, Golden State, Business Locations: California, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Golden, San Jose, San Francisco's Bay

☆ The Fed is finally cutting rates, but banks aren't in the clear just yet
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Hugh Son | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell holds a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy in Washington, U.S., September 18, 2024. REUTERS/Tom BrennerFalling interest rates are usually good news for banks, especially when the cuts aren't a harbinger of recession. That's because lower rates will slow the migration of money that's happened over the past two years as customers shifted cash out of checking accounts and into higher-yielding options like CDs and money market funds. When the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark rate by half a percentage point last month, it signaled a turning point in its stewardship of the economy and telegraphed its intention to cut rates by another two full percentage points, according to the central bank's projections, boosting prospects for banks. The bank is expected to report $4.01 per share in earnings, a 7.4% drop from the year-earlier period.

Persons: Jerome Powell, Tom Brenner, Chris Marinac, Janney Montgomery Scott, JPMorgan Chase Organizations: Federal, Committee, REUTERS, Federal Reserve, JPMorgan Locations: Washington , U.S

☆ Large French ski resort to close as snow shortage leaves it struggling to build a future
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Joseph Ataman | Caroline Baum | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Paris CNN —A large French alpine ski resort faced with declining snowfalls is to close after it failed to find funds to turn its pistes into year-round attractions. ‘No prospect’Council President Coraline Saurat said that some 2.8 million euros [$3.07 million] have been invested into transforming the area into a year-round resort since 2017. She said that with winter snow increasingly unreliable, completing the final years of the project was too much of a risk. “The impact of committing to two more years was considerable with no prospect for the future,” she said, speaking to France Bleu on Saturday. On Sunday, the Grand Puy station in France’s Alpes-de-Haute-Provence region was also permanently closed after a public referendum.

Persons: ” Marie, Noëlle Battistel, ‘, Coraline Saurat, ”, Saurat, Carlo Carmagnola, Météo Organizations: Paris CNN, France, CNN, Italy it’s Locations: France’s Isère, Europe, Grande, Matheysine, France, France’s Alpes, Haute, Provence, La, Mont Blanc, Météo France, Italy, Austria

☆ Trump seeds disinformation as he sets course for a possible Oval Office return
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

In a fact-bending blast of disinformation, the former president is charging Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden’s White House of the very transgressions of which he stands accused. This is false, but Trump, while president, did repurpose FEMA funds to help finance his hardline immigration policies. But in retrospect, the charade featuring his first White House press secretary Sean Spicer was a harbinger of an administration that bucked fact as an instrument of political power. Trump voters respond to his populism and his evisceration of elites and many sincerely believe he’s a response to a march to the left by the Democratic Party. Both Trump and Harris, who are deadlocked in the polls, are chasing voters who may not habitually follow politics.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden’s, Helene, Trump, Biden, ”, you’ll, Hugh Hewitt’s, –, Harris, It’s, fib, Tim Walz, Don’t, ” Trump, Ohio Sen, JD Vance, ” Vance, Dana Bash, Biden hadn’t, “, it’s, braggadocio, Sean Spicer, Trump’s, ’, Vance, —, Mike Pence, Liz Cheney, stigmatize Harris, Viktor Orbán Organizations: CNN, FEMA, Republican, Democratic, Trump, Veterans, Foreign Wars, Union ”, Biden, GOP, White, Democratic Party, Wyoming Locations: Wisconsin, “, Hong Kong, Minnesota, Kansas City, Springfield , Ohio, “ State, North Carolina, Hurricane, York, Hungarian, America

“When you’re a regular person and you’re going on to your email job during the day and then every time you take a dopamine break on your phone, you’re getting hit by ‘You’re not fashionable enough. Everyone is overconsuming to keep upWhen shopping for clothes, Martinson is almost exclusively a thrifter. “They’re grasping at straws, just throwing something at the wall to see what sticks.”The new mall is TikTok ShopFast fashion was the first harbinger of the death of personal style, Thomas said. If you’re going to buy a clothing item, think of three outfits you can wear it with. Pre-Industrial Revolution habits of secondhand shopping, mending old clothes and keeping things around are coming back.

Persons: Fiza Faheem, ”, Faheem, microtrends, XCX’s, They’ve, Instagram, Dejeuné Harris, you’re, ‘ You’re, it’s, Alana Martinson, Dana Thomas, “, Luke Meagher, Tamika Smith, Harris, I’m, “ I’m, TikTok, ” Harris, Thomas, ” Thomas, “ We’d, Zara …, ” Martinson, Hope, ” Meagher, they’ve Organizations: University of York, Washington , D.C, YouTube Locations: Washington ,, Zara, ”, U.S, TikTok

☆ These funds aim to multiply the market's dividend yield. How they stack up to competitors
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The funds target distributions equal to six times the dividend payouts on the Nasdaq-100 Index and four times the S & P 500 dividend, respectively. The idea behind the Pacer funds is that the funds will capture more of that upside during market rallies, according to Sean O'Hara, president at Pacer ETF Distributors. The QDPL's website currently shows a distribution yield of 5.79%, or more than four-times the roughly 1.3% dividend yield on the S & P 500, according to YCharts.com. The dividend futures could also see bigger gains if more companies in the index decide to start paying dividends. To be sure, the dividend futures contracts could also decrease in value during times of economic stress.

Persons: Sean O'Hara, O'Hara, QDPL, Dow, Apple Organizations: Nasdaq, —, ETF Distributors, Schwab, Equity, Dow Jones, CME Group, Pacer, SEC, Microsoft

“There’s only one explanation for this staggering difference in maternal mortality,” said Nancy L. Cohen, president of the GEPI. “All the research points to Texas’ abortion ban as the primary driver of this alarming increase.”“Texas, I fear, is a harbinger of what’s to come in other states,” she said. Among Hispanic women, the rate of women dying while pregnant, during childbirth or soon after increased from 14.5% in 2019 to 18.9% in 2022. While maternal mortality spiked overall during the pandemic, women dying while pregnant or during childbirth rose consistently in Texas following the state’s ban on abortion, according to the Gender Equity Policy Institute. Tatum, who was not involved with the GEPI study, said that requests for sterilization procedures among her patients doubled after the state’s abortion ban.

Persons: “, ”, Nancy L, Cohen, Roe, Wade —, Greg Abbott, Bill, ” Cohen, I’d, Leah Tatum, Tatum, ” Tatum, wouldn’t, ‘, Kaitlyn Kash, Kash, “ It’d, Cory, ” Kash, ” “ It’s Organizations: Gender Equity, Institute, Centers for Disease Control, NBC News, U.S, Supreme, Texas Gov, Republican, OB, GYN, NBC Locations: Texas, “ Texas, ” Texas, Austin , Texas, Kansas

☆ Hezbollah pager attacks are a harbinger of a darker, more dangerous age of individualized strikes, military expert says
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewThe simultaneous detonation of thousands of pagers in Lebanon on Tuesday is a harbinger of a darker and more dangerous age of individualized attacks, according to a retired general and warfare strategist. The pagers were ordered by Hezbollah and were tampered with before they reached Lebanon, some of the officials said. "This is yet another demonstration that individuals are increasingly vulnerable to highly precise and personalized attacks," he said. Related storiesRyan cited the use of armed first-person-view drones on the battlefields in Ukraine and Russia, which he said showed the use of lethal personalized attacks had escalated in the past two years. He said the pager attack on Hezbollah "opens a dangerous Pandora's box" and makes almost everyone a "walking ticking bomb."

Persons: —, Israel, Washington, pagers, Mick Ryan, Ryan, Yousef Munayyer, Munayyer Organizations: Service, Wireless, Business, US State Department, New York Times, Sky News, US Air Force, Arab Center Washington DC Locations: pagers, Lebanon, Iran, Australian, Ukraine, Russia, Vietnam

☆ Trump pivots from second apparent assassination attempt to more incendiary claims
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Ex-President Donald Trump responded to a second apparent assassination attempt that he blames on incendiary political rhetoric by inflaming the situation even more. He accused President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris of inviting assassins to target him when they warn that he is a threat to democracy. But Trump’s claims that Biden and Harris bear direct culpability underscore the extreme nature of his own political instincts. Biden and Trump had a telephone conversation, and the president conveyed his relief that his erstwhile rival was safe. And when he refused to concede that he lost the 2020 election, Trump called supporters to Washington, DC, and told them to “fight like hell” or they wouldn’t have a country anymore.

Persons: CNN —, Donald Trump, Trump, Washington Examiner’s Salena Zito, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, “, Biden, Harris, ” Trump, ”, Vance, Harris Trump’s, ” Ohio Sen, JD Vance, Tim Pawlenty, CNN’s Erin Burnett, Ryan Wesley Routh, Vance wouldn’t, Biden’s, MAGA, Daniel Goldman, Goldman, Debbie Dingell, he’ll, — Elon Musk, Kamala, ” Musk, Anthony Fauci, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Marjorie Taylor Greene, ” Fauci, Mike DeWine, ” Vance, It’s, he’s Organizations: CNN, Washington, Service, Fox News Digital, Democratic, White, ”, Republican, Former Minnesota Gov, Justice Department, Trump, Biden, New York Rep, White House, Michigan Democratic, Georgia Rep, Media, Republican Gov, Wittenberg University, “, Union Locations: Florida, ” Ohio, Springfield , Ohio, Ukraine, Russia, United States, Virginia, Washington, Trump, Springfield, “ State

☆ Commodity ETFs are sliding in the third quarter. Why that could be positive for patient investors
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

More than halfway through the third quarter, many of the biggest commodity ETFs in the United States are in sizable holes. Kathy Kriskey, senior commodities ETF strategist at Invesco, said that oil supply is actually tight at the moment. The commodities slump could be partially due to mechanical factors in the market, such as low trading volumes combined with large commodity trading advisors betting against the sector, Kriskey said. "The price of corn has taken almost three full years from those 2022 spike highs to get back down. And oil, one of the biggest weights in commodity indexes, could see stepped up supply in coming months.

Persons: It's, Ryan Grabinski, Strategas, Kathy Kriskey, Kriskey, Sal Gilbertie, We're, Gilbertie, What's, Jerome Powell, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Matijn, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Strategy, United States Oil Fund, U.S ., Commodities, 4Q, DB Base Metals Fund Locations: United States, Ukraine, U.S, China

☆ 10 athletes to watch from Team USA at the Summer Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Kyle Feldscher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Paris CNN —Competition is already underway in Paris for the 2024 edition of the Summer Olympics and Team USA is set to take to the River Seine Friday for the Opening Ceremonies. It was the biggest shock of the Tokyo Games and left many observers wondering if the career of one of the most incredible athletes of all time had just ended in a flash. Noah Lyles competes in the men's 200 meter semi-final on Day Eight of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Track & Field Trials at Hayward Field on June 28, 2024 in Eugene, Oregon. Sha’carri RichardsonSha'Carri Richardson wins women's 200m heat in 21.99 for the top time during the US Olympic Team Trials at Hayward Field. Sophia SmithHeading to her first Olympics, Smith is the leading light of a new generation of stars for the US Women’s National Team.

Persons: Simone Biles Simone Biles, Laurent Landi, Matthias Hangst, Biles, isn’t, –, LeBron James It’s, James –, James, LeBron James, Altaf Qadri, James ’, Coco Gauff, Katie Ledecky, Ledecky, Sarah Stier, Noah Lyles He’s, Noah Lyles, Patrick Smith, Jamacia’s Kishane Thompson, Thompson’s countryman, Usain Bolt, Sha’carri Richardson Sha'Carri Richardson, Kirby Lee, Richardson, Caeleb Dressel, Dressel, USA's Caeleb Dressel, Jonathan Nackstrand, he’s, It’s, Sophia Smith, Smith, it’ll, Tierna Davidson, Jason Mowry, Sunisa Lee, Sunisa, Lee, Jamie Squire, A’ja Wilson Wilson, Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, A'ja Wilson, Derek White, Wilson –, Clark, Wilson, Paris, Sydney McLaughlin, McLaughlin, Levrone, Charlie Neibergall, Femke Bol, Bol Organizations: Paris CNN —, Summer Olympics, Team, Team United States, FIG, Antwerp, Olympics, Tokyo Games, US, Athens Games, Los Angeles Laker, Australia, United, United Arab Emirates, Northside Swim Center, Team USA, Games, Olympic, Hayward Field, US Olympic, Hayward, USA, Reuters, Tokyo, Tokyo Aquatics, Getty, National Team, Portland Thorns, Canada, Russian, Las Vegas Aces, Atlanta, Gateway Center, College Park ,, U.S Locations: Paris, France, Antwerp, Belgium, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro, Athens, Abu Dhabi, United Arab, USA’s, San Antonio , Texas, Eugene , Oregon, AFP, United, United States, American, College Park, College Park , Georgia, Eugene ,

☆ What the rest of hurricane season could hold after Beryl made early-season history
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Mary Gilbert | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Collin Reid/AP A boat damaged by Hurricane Beryl lies on its side at a dock in Kingston on Thursday. Leo Hudson/AP Simone Francis gathers items from her home that were blown away by Hurricane Beryl in Old Harbor, Jamaica, on Thursday. Ricardo Hernandez/AP Pastor Winston Alleyne clears trees felled by Hurricane Beryl in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on July 2. Lucanus Ollivierre/AP Fishing boats, damaged by Hurricane Beryl, sit in a heap at the Bridgetown Fisheries in Barbados on July 1. Randy Brooks/AFP/Getty Images Brad Reinhart, senior hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, tracks Hurricane Beryl on July 1.

Persons: Beryl, Phil Klotzbach, Beryl –, –, “ Beryl, ” Klotzbach, Mark Felix, Hurricane Beryl, Brandon Bell, Blake Braun, Dolly, Port, Jon Shapley, Eddie Seal, Fernando Llano, Everton Evanks, Elizabeth, Joe Raedle, Collin Reid, Leo Hudson, Simone Francis, Hurricane, Paola Chiomante, Marco Bello, Jose Luis Gonzalez, Vincent, Lucanus, Arthur Daniel, Samir Aponte, Ricardo Hernandez, Winston Alleyne, Ricardo Mazalan, Sylvia Small, Matthew Dominick, Chandan Khanna, Randy Brooks, Brad Reinhart, Gilbert Bellamy, “, Mona Hemmati, Beryl “, ” Hemmati, Hurricane Beryl churns, Beryl Beryl’s, Alberto, Chris –, El Niño, CNN’s Rachel Ramirez Organizations: CNN, Colorado State University, Getty, Houston Chronicle, AP, Bloomberg, Everton, National, Reuters, Wednesday, Reuters Workers, AP Homes, Bridgetown Fisheries, NASA, National Hurricane Center, Klotzbach, Climate, Hurricane, Colorado State, National Hurricane Locations: Caribbean, Surfside Beach , Texas, AFP, Houston, Hurricane, , Texas, Port Aransas , Texas, Tulum, Mexico, St, Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica, Kingston , Jamaica, Kingston, Old Harbor, Cancun , Mexico, Playa del Carmen, Union, Kingstown, Grenadines, Petite Martinique, Cumanacoa, Venezuela, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Bridgetown, Barbados, Oistins, Hastings, Miami, Columbia, Africa, United States

☆ Beryl set to strengthen on approach to Texas due to hot ocean temperatures
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-06 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

A view shows damage caused by Hurricane Beryl on Union Island, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, in this undated handout picture obtained by Reuters on July 5, 2024. Beryl hit Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula as a Category 2 hurricane on Friday, then weakened to a tropical storm. The hurricane center forecasts it will hit as a strong Category 1 storm, but wrote "this could be conservative if Beryl stays over water longer" than expected. "People in southern Texas now need to really keep an eye on the progress of Beryl," Beven said. Beryl set the record for the earliest Category 4 with winds of at least 130 mph (209 kilometers per hour) — the first-ever category 4 in June.

Persons: Hurricane, Saint Vincent, Beryl, Jack Beven, Jeff Masters, Beven, Brian McNoldy, Phil Klotzbach, Kerry Emanuel doesn't, Klotzbach, Rita, Wilma, Dennis, Miami's McNoldy, Albany's Kristen Corbosiero, Masters, hasn't, Corbosiero, Emanuel Organizations: Reuters, National Hurricane Center, Corpus Christi, Masters, University of Miami, Colorado State University, MIT, Colorado State, University, Miami's, Albany's, Nina Locations: Grenadines, it's Texas, Yucatan, Texas, toasty Gulf of Mexico, Brownsville, Corpus, Gulf, Mexico, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, Carriacou, Grenada

☆ Why Beryl Is a Bad Sign for This Year’s Hurricane Season
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Judson Jones | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Hurricane Beryl rapidly intensified from a tropical storm to a Category 4 hurricane in two days as it rushed toward the Caribbean this weekend, increasing its wind speed by 45 miles per hour daily. This quick escalation was a direct result of the above-average sea surface temperatures as well as a harbinger of what is to come this hurricane season. “This early-season storm activity is breaking records that were set in 1933 and 2005, two of the busiest Atlantic hurricane seasons on record,” said Philip Klotzbach, an expert in seasonal hurricane forecasts at Colorado State University. Last fall, a study in the journal Scientific Reports found that Atlantic hurricanes from 2001 to 2020 were twice as likely to grow from a weak storm into a hurricane of Category 3 or higher within 24 hours than they were from 1971 to 1990. The study added to a growing body of evidence that rapidly developing major hurricanes were becoming more likely.

Persons: ”, Philip Klotzbach Organizations: Colorado State University, Last Locations: Caribbean

☆ Wimbledon 2024 storylines: Djokovic’s knee, Iga Swiatek on grass, Hawk-Eye challenges
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Charlie Eccleshare | Matthew Futterman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +19 min

Is Iga Swiatek going to make her move on grass and further cement her position as the player to beat across the WTA? Probably not, since that meniscus belongs to one Novak Djokovic, the seven-time Wimbledon champion and the world’s best grass-court player. Then he showed up in London this week and started testing out the knee with practice sessions on the grass. Charlie EccleshareWill Swiatek win her first Wimbledon title? She’s never been past the quarterfinals at Wimbledon and her game isn’t a natural fit on the grass.

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☆ How a Saudi pullback from a landmark US deal is bad news for dollar dominance
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Filip De Mott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Saudi Arabia has not renewed a deal that ensures the use of US dollars in the oil trade. The end of this "petrodollar" agreement will dent dollar dominance, the Atlantic Council wrote. This month, Saudi Arabia did not renew a 1974 accord that mandates the exclusive use of greenbacks when selling its crude oil. What's more, US dependence on Saudi oil has slid considerably, given a historic explosion in US domestic production. "China has become Saudi Arabia's largest oil customer, accounting for more than 20% of the kingdom's oil exports.

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