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☆ Horse’s head and pregnant cow used in ‘barbaric’ mafia threat in Sicily
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Barbie Latza Nadeau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The discovery of a severed horse head, and a cow quartered with its bloodied dead calf on top, have rattled a Sicilian town, with authorities treating the incident as a mafia threat. “I can’t comprehend such barbarity,” she told local media outlets. It is a tactic that has been used by the notorious Sicilian Cosa Nostra crime syndicate for decades. Organized crime in Sicily has been a problem since the 19th century when the Cosa Nostra was first identified. In 2023, Matteo Messina Denaro, a Sicilan Cosa Nostra mafia boss who had been on the run for 30 years was captured while seeking cancer treatment in Palermo, underscoring the level of complicity that continues to protect and enable criminal enterprises.

Persons: Mafia Directorate’s, Maurizio de Lucia, “, ”, Angela De Lucia, Paolo Borsellino, Giovanni Falcone, Tony Gentile, Ndrangheta, Matteo Messina Denaro Organizations: CNN, Mafia, Nostra, Cosa Nostra, Reuters Locations: Altofonte, Palermo, Sicily, Sicilian, Cosa

☆ Equine-assisted psychotherapy: How horses can soothe the soul and help your mental health
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Kelly Bowman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Atlanta CNN —Every October, World Mental Health Day tries to expand the conversation around mental health and brings awareness to the many ways you can improve your emotional well-being. I wish I could tell you a story about the exact point in time when I started to struggle with my mental health. It’s the most pure and honest relationship I’ve ever experienced, and for that, horses are a mental health tool I continue to come back to. Some studies show equine-assisted psychotherapy can help with a variety of mental health issues including anxiety, low self-esteem, addiction, trauma, depression and antisocial behavior. “You just come as you are.”The Stride Ahead care team spends time with one of the program’s therapy horses.

Persons: Harry Potter, Gryffindor, you’re, Kelly Bowman, I’m, Stride, Chris Lobkowicz, Anne Preston, ”, Bobbi Woolwine, “, They’re, Pam Smith, Justin Organizations: Atlanta CNN, Health, CNN, Professional Association, Therapeutic, Association, Indiana University School of Social, Emory University Locations: Decatur , Georgia, Stride

☆ Princess Anne is out of hospital and recuperating at home after suffering head injury
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Max Foster | Lauren Said-Moorhouse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

The Princess Royal, 73, had been injured while walking near horses at the royal estate, in Gloucestershire, western England, on Sunday evening. Anne will continue to rest and recover at home and return to public engagements when her medical team recommends it is safe and comfortable to do so, the source told CNN. He said in a statement, “I would like to extend my warmest thanks to all he team at Southmead Hospital for their care, expertise and kindness during my wife’s short stay,. The exact circumstances that led to the Princess Royal’s injuries were not clear but previously her medical team said that her head injuries were consistent with a potential impact from a horse’s head or legs. Emergency services were sent to the estate and, after medical care at the scene, she was transferred to Southmead Hospital in Bristol for appropriate tests, treatment and observation.

Persons: Anne, King Charles III, Princess Royal, Tim Laurence, “ Organizations: London CNN, CNN, Southmead Hospital Locations: Gloucestershire, England, Bristol

☆ Princess Anne hospitalized with minor injuries following incident at her home
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Max Foster | David Wilkinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

London CNN —Princess Anne, the sister of King Charles III, has been hospitalized as a precaution after she sustained minor injuries and a concussion in an “incident” at her home, Buckingham Palace has said in a statement. A royal source told CNN that Anne, 73, was walking near horses in her Gatcombe Park estate, in Gloucestershire, western England, when she suffered minor injuries to her head. While the exact cause of these injuries is unconfirmed, Princess Anne’s medical team say that her head injuries are consistent with a potential impact from a horse’s head or legs. “The Princess Royal has sustained minor injuries and concussion following an incident on the Gatcombe Park estate yesterday evening,” the statement said Monday. The royal source said the princess’s upcoming royal engagements have been postponed on her doctors’ advice.

Persons: Anne, King Charles III, Anne’s, Princess Royal, “, Buckingham, King “, ” Anne, King Charles ’, Queen Elizabeth II’s, Princes Andrew, Edward Organizations: London CNN, CNN, Southmead Hospital Locations: Gatcombe, Gloucestershire, England, Bristol, Southmead Hospital, Montreal

Officials are urging those who have been rescued from the floods not to return to their homes. Carlos Fabal/AFP/Getty ImagesA horse was found stranded on a rooftop in a flooded area in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul on Wednesday, May 8. It had been stuck on the roof for four days surrounded by flood water in the municipality of Canoas in the Brazilian state Rio Grande do Sul. Agencia Brasil, the sate-run news agency, has reported the rescue of more than 2,000 animals since the floods impacted Rio Grande du Sol, including dogs, cats, chickens, and pigs. Cars are surrounded by flooded streets after heavy rain in Canoas, in Rio Grande do Sul state, on May 9, 2024.

Persons: INMET, Katiane Mello, James Vargas, Carlos Fabal, –, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, El Niño, Carlos Macedo, Adriano Machado Organizations: CNN, Getty, Globo, Agencia Brasil, AP Brazilian Air Force Soldiers, Brasilia Air Force Base, Reuters Locations: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Uruguay, Porto Alegre, Eldorado do Sul, AFP, Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul, Paulo’s, Canoas, Rio Grande, Sol, Pacific, Reuters Rio Grande do Sul

☆ Dubai World Cup: How 82 racehorses traveled to one of the world’s biggest sporting events
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Rebecca Cairns | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The Dubai World Cup boasts $30.5 million in prizes, spread across nine races (including its namesake event, with an enormous $12 million purse), and attracts many of the world’s most elite equestrians. “This is a huge operation,” says John Nicholls, quarantine manager at Dubai Racing Club. “They get plenty of water, plenty of hay, and attention.”Emirates Skycargo has been transporting champion horses from across the world to the Dubai World Cup and Carnival races since 2002. Horses travel in air-conditioned stalls in the cargo bay of a plane, which can fit up to 25 stalls, with up to three horses in each. Horses walk to Meydan Racecourse from their quarantine stable for morning track work ahead of the Dubai World Cup.

Persons: CNN —, ”, John Nicholls, Nicholls, It’s, “, Emirates Skycargo, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Nadeem Sultan, Suné Schäffler, that’s, Emirates SkyCargo, Rebecca Cairns, David Robson, Toto Wong, Hong Kong’s, Wong, Schäffler, “ they’re Organizations: CNN, Dubai, Dubai Racing Club, Emirates, Boeing, Business Class, Emirates Equine, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Locations: Emirates, Dubai, “, Equitrans, Al, Airport, city’s, Hong Kong

Here are the meanings of the 10 hardest words that have also been used in New York Times articles. 1. tumid — swollen, or bombastic:His once-tumid imagination now sagged like an empty skin. Also some good tippet nippers for fishing, new deck boots and a Fenix flashlight to replace the one someone stole from my desk. Some of the species have declined even more: Meadow pipit populations, for example, fell by 68 percent. — Book Review: Margalit Fox’s ‘Riddle of the Labyrinth’ (June 14, 2013)The list of the week’s easiest words:

Persons: Boss Christine, ghosted, tippet, Lucy, Gabrielle Hamilton’s, Cook, Fontaine, tempi, “ I’ve, ”, “, — Rossini, Ramy Youssef, — Dave Chappelle, tutee, —, nonclinical —, logogram, Margalit Fox’s ‘ Riddle Organizations: New York Times, San Francisco Opera, West Bank, The, Health Locations: New, France, Israel, America, Britain, The New York

☆ Wall Street needs a boost from earnings. Can JPMorgan Chase run a strong first leg?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Analysts expect a 0.4% year-over-year decline in third-quarter earnings for companies in the S&P 500 index, according to FactSet. Analysts expect America’s biggest bank to report earnings per share of $3.90 and revenue of $39.57 billion for the third quarter, according to Refinitiv. Citigroup, Wells Fargo and BlackRock also report earnings Friday. “Our children are in crisis, and it is up to us to save them,” Hochul said, comparing social media algorithms to cigarettes and alcohol. Those who opt out would receive chronological feeds instead, like in the early days of social media.

Persons: ”, Michael Arone, Jay Hatfield, ” Hatfield, Banks, JPMorgan Chase, Jamie Dimon, Dimon, Wells, Chris Isidore, Darren Woods, Read, Kathy Hochul, Letitia James, Michael Mulgrew, Sen, Andrew Gounardes, Nily, “, ” Hochul, Athena Jones, Brian Fung Organizations: CNN Business, Bell, CNN, Investors, State Street Global Advisors, stoke, Infrastructure Capital Management, JPMorgan Chase, JPMorgan, First, Bank, Citigroup, ExxonMobil, Natural Resources, Midland Basins, New York Gov, New York, United Federation of Teachers Manhattan, New Locations: Wells Fargo, BlackRock, United States, Midland , Texas, Delaware, Midland, New York

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — At first, the Norwegian man thought his metal detector reacted to chocolate money buried in the soil. It turned out to be nine pendants, three rings and 10 gold pearls in what was described as the country's gold find of the century. The rare find was made this summer by 51-year-old Erlend Bore on the southern island of Rennesoey, near the city of Stavanger. In August, Bore began walking around the mountainous island with his metal detector. The plan is to exhibit the find at the Archaeological Museum in Stavanger, about 300 kilometers (200 miles) southwest of Oslo.

Persons: Ole Madsen, ” Madsen, Håkon, Sigmund Oehrl, Odin, ” Oehrl, ” Organizations: —, Archaeological, University of Stavanger Locations: COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Norwegian, Rennesoey, Stavanger, Norway, Europe, “, Sweden, Oslo

☆ German tourist accused of damaging 16th-century statue in Florence
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Barbie Latza Nadeau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A 22-year-old German man has been detained in Florence accused of damaging a statue in the 16th-century Fountain of Neptune in the Piazza della Signoria, city authorities said in a statement. The city estimates the damage to the statue is around €5,000 ($5,400). The fountain features a statue of the Roman sea god Neptune atop a shell-shaped carriage pulled by horses. The mayor of Florence tweeted a photo of the 22-year-old German tourist, whose face was blurred, posing on the 16th-century Fountain of Neptune in Piazza della Signoria in Florence. In August, German tourists were accused of spray-painting soccer graffiti on a wall of the historic Vasari Corridor nearby.

Persons: Neptune, Florence Mayor Dario Nardella, Francesco Bellini, Cosimo I de Medici, Duke of Florence, Francesco, Duchess Joanna of Austria Organizations: CNN, Florence Locations: Florence, Piazza della, Vasari

☆ What Alex Jones, Woody Allen and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Share
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Elizabeth A. Harris | More About Elizabeth A. Harris | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Skyhorse Publishing is not a large company, but it has an outsize reputation for taking on authors that others avoid. Mr. Lyons is a chairman of a super PAC supporting Mr. Kennedy. Mr. Lyons casts his support for Mr. Kennedy as an extension of his mission as publisher: to defend against what he considers censorship. “Bobby Kennedy says this line now and then,” Mr. Lyons said. Skyhorse’s titles range from anodyne cooking and gardening books to works that court controversy or promote theories that have been debunked.

Persons: Alex Jones, Tony Lyons, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Lyons, Kennedy, Skyhorse, “ Bobby Kennedy, ” Mr Organizations: Skyhorse

☆ Tai Chi Is a Workout for the Brain and Body
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Cindy Kuzma | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Rather, they’re the deceptively complex movements of tai chi. With around 250 million practitioners around the globe, tai chi is often cited as one of the world’s most popular physical activities. Unlike karate or taekwondo, tai chi focuses on quiet strength rather than combat, which makes it more accessible to older adults or those who have been injured. The former financial professional, who was born in New York and spent her childhood in Taiwan, also found tai chi beneficial in managing stress and conflict. After about two years, she began teaching, and eventually took over Aiping Tai Chi, the Connecticut school where she had trained.

Persons: Horse’s, Rather, Shirley Chock, Tai Chi Locations: China, New York, Taiwan, Tai, Connecticut

Almost any of the 16 Giorgio de Chirico paintings in “Horses: The Death of a Rider” could sustain an exhibition by itself. A couple from the late 1920s are less polished, and you could reasonably call “Two Horses on a Seashore,” 1970, a little glib. As the exhibition title suggests, every canvas also holds one or more horses, often backed by one of the mysterious landscapes he’s known for. The majestic white steed in the title piece, “Death of a Rider,” rears up on a twilit beach, letting its rider tumble off like Icarus behind it. In the distance stands a city on a hill; nearby, two voyagers or gods watch from a rowboat.

Persons: Giorgio de Chirico, de Chirico, It’s, Chirico, ”, HEINRICH

☆ Live Updates: Another Death Adds to Triple Crown Cloud as Mage Looks to Continue Run
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Melissa Hoppert | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

The death on Saturday added to the recent toll of horse fatalities surrounding the Triple Crown races, after seven horses died at Churchill Downs in the days leading up to the Kentucky Derby earlier this month. His colt National Treasure is a 3-1 morning line choice in the Preakness and could provide the stiffest challenge to Mage, this year’s Kentucky Derby winner. Baffert was suspended after Medina Spirit failed a drug test after winning the 2021 Kentucky Derby. Last year, Baffert was serving his Kentucky suspension during the Triple Crown, so the racing commissions in Maryland and New York kept him from the Preakness and the Belmont. After the seven deaths at Churchill Downs ahead of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes officials were taking a cautious approach to pre-race examinations.

☆ Preakness Stakes Live Updates: Another Death Adds to Triple Crown Cloud as Mage Looks to Continue Run
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Joe Drape | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

PinnedA horse trained by Bob Baffert suffered a fatal injury in an undercard race in the hours before the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, as deaths continued to haunt the road to the Triple Crown. His colt National Treasure is a 3-1 morning line choice in the Preakness and could provide the stiffest challenge to Mage, this year’s Kentucky Derby winner. Baffert was suspended after Medina Spirit failed a drug test after winning the 2021 Kentucky Derby. Last year, Baffert was serving his Kentucky suspension during the Triple Crown, so the racing commissions in Maryland and New York kept him from the Preakness and the Belmont. After the seven deaths at Churchill Downs ahead of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes officials were taking a cautious approach to pre-race examinations.

☆ Meet the Roving Veterinarians Caring for Mexico’s Rural Horses
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Emiliano Rodríguez Mega | Victor J. Blue | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

LAS PALMITAS, Mexico — Pedro Parra stood by his horse’s side as the animal dropped to the ground under the weight of anesthesia. Its four hooves flailed for a moment, then ceased, and a team of volunteer veterinarians rushed in. One placed a pillow under the patient’s neck; another tied a rope around a back foot and lifted it. Their task was to castrate the stallion — a necessary surgery to keep the animal from becoming uncontrollable and a danger to its owner and to other animals. “He wasn’t at ease anymore.” Within the hour, seven more horses lay on the plot of land behind the town’s church, slowly waking from their surgeries.

☆ Kentucky Derby Live Updates: Scratch of Favorite Forte Shakes Up Already Chaotic Derby
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( Melissa Hoppert | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Secretariat, with jockey Ron Turcotte up, passed his rival, Sham, in the homestrech and ran away with the 99th Kentucky Derby in record time on May 5, 1973. Rumors swirled: he was injured, he lost a step during his 3-year-old season, he just wasn’t the superhorse everyone thought he was, his Wood rival Sham would be the true king of 1973. His rival Sham sat near the lead and made his move to catch the leader, Shecky Greene, at the top of the homestretch. Then, and only then, did Turcotte ask his horse for more, and Secretariat, like the finest of racecars, found another gear. Nearly half of the horses in Saturday’s Derby have Secretariat in their bloodlines.

☆ Riding with the woman in charge of America’s last muscle car
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

I could take a ride in what will soon be America’s last gasoline-powered muscle car with the woman who’s in charge of getting it into production and onto the street. Courtesy FordTransou and others at Ford will tell you there is an electric Mustang, the Mustang Mach-E SUV. As we took off, there was a burst of speed and throaty V8 engine noise as we blasted down Manhattan’s 10th Avenue. First, it’s the only actual car Ford currently sells in the United States. About 40% of V8 Mustang buyers get a manual transmission, she said, going for that truly classic driving experience.

☆ ‘It’s a major blow’: Dominion has uncovered ‘smoking gun’ evidence in case against Fox News, legal experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

While the legal experts cautioned that they would like to see Fox News’ formal legal response to the filing, they all indicated in no uncertain terms that the evidence compiled in Dominion’s legal filing represents a serious threat to the channel. On one occasion, Carlson demanded that Fox News White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich be fired after she fact-checked a Trump tweet pushing election fraud claims. Tushnet said that in all of her years practicing and teaching law, she had never seen such damning evidence collected in the pre-trial phase of a defamation suit. “Donald Trump seems to be very good at generating unprecedented situations.”David Korzenik, an attorney who teaches First Amendment law and represents a number of media organizations, said that the filing showed Dominion’s case against Fox News has serious teeth. “Their motion for summary judgment takes an extreme and unsupported view of defamation law and rests on an accounting of the facts that has no basis in the record.”But the attorneys said Dominion’s filing showed it had built a powerful case against Fox.

☆ PETA: Animal rights organization criticizes trainer for parading racehorse in pub
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A leading animal rights organization has criticized an Irish racehorse trainer for parading his winning steed in a pub earlier this week. On Monday, John “Shark” Hanlon posted a video on Twitter of him leading US Grand National winner Hewick into a pub as part of the horse’s homecoming celebrations. Hewick had won the lucrative race – with a prize purse of $500,000 – in New Jersey on October 15 before returning to Ireland. The video shows Hanlon walking into the busy pub with the seven-year-old horse before customers fell quiet and started taking pictures. The horse is now demanding respect across Europe and is being lined up for some big races next year, including the UK Grand National and Cheltenham Gold Cup.

☆ Ford’s new Mustang sticks with pure gasoline
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-14 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The new Mustang will be offered only with pure gasoline power, at least for now. The new Mustang will be offered with a big 5.0-liter V8 engine or a 2.3-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine just as in today’s Mustang. The new Ford Mustang has the familiar shape but with a more chiseled-looking exterior design. Since then, though, Ford has introduced fully electric cars, like the Ford Mustang Mach-E SUV and the Ford F-150 Lightning pickup, as well as plug-in hybrids. Along with a 500 horsepower V8 engine, the Mustang Dark Horse will have various suspension improvements, as well as dark tinted headlight covers and other visual cues.

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