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☆ Elon Musk wins big by betting on Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-06 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Elon Musk used his money, power, and influence to help reelect former President Donald Trump. Musk has spent months strengthening his ties to Trump, using his platform on X to advocate for him and investing over $130 million in pro-Trump efforts. Some suggested Musk's actions might be a risk-hedging strategy to secure Trump's backing if he wins. AdvertisementWhat a Trump win means for Musk's business empireAside from direct influence within the government, a Trump presidency could lead to a lot of wins for Musk's business empire, which includes Tesla, SpaceX, The Boring Company, Neuralink, and X. Coglianese said Musk was also "banking on a president who will want to or be willing to repay Musk for his loyalty."

Persons: Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Trump, Musk, —, Elon, Cary Coglianese, Erik Gordon, Gordon, Francesco Trebbi, Karoline Leavitt, Coglianese, it's, Carl Icahn, Icahn, Joan MacLeod Heminway, Heminway Organizations: Service, Trump, Business, Penn, University of Pennsylvania, University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, Department of Government, Securities and Exchange Commission, Twitter, SpaceX, The Boring Company, Tesla, University of California, Department of Defense, Environmental Protection Agency, University of Tennessee Locations: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Texas, California, University of California Berkeley

☆ Elon Musk has a lot to gain if Trump wins. A Harris presidency is more uncertain.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Musk could gain influence at the federal level if Trump is elected president. It's unclear what a Harris administration would mean for Musk and his business empire. Musk under HarrisWhile Musk could gain power, government contracts, and looser regulations under Trump, it's unclear how he might be impacted under a Harris administration. For X, which Musk has branded as the platform for freedom of speech, Gordon said a Harris administration could pressure it to ban material labeled as "misinformation." AdvertisementIt's also possible nothing would meaningfully change for Musk under a Harris administration.

Persons: Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Musk, Trump, Harris, —, He's, Francesco Trebbi, Erik Gordon, Gordon, Tesla, eyeing Musk's, Trebbi, X, Tevi Troy, Troy, Joan MacLeod Heminway, Cary Coglianese, Tom Narayan, Karoline Leavitt, Leavitt, he's, Coglianese, it's, Carl Icahn, Tim Cook, Heminway, Elon Organizations: Service, Elon, Republican Party, Trump, Trump Many, University of California Berkeley, Musk, University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, Traffic Safety Administration, SpaceX, Department of Defense, Bank of America, Center, White House, University of Tennessee, University of Pennsylvania, Penn, RBC Capital Markets, Democratic, Green New Deal, Twitter, Apple Locations: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Texas, California, Mexico

☆ Magritte’s ‘L’empire des lumières’ could fetch $95M at Christie’s New York auction
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Carlie Porterfield | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A rare painting from René Magritte’s famous “L’empire des lumières” series is estimated to sell for more than $95 million at Christie’s New York this fall, a sum that would break the Surrealist artist’s record at auction and represent a major win for the auction house after softened sales across the industry. “L’empire des lumières,” from 1954, is one of the 27 paintings in which Magritte explored light by painting a sunlit sky above a darkened street scene. René Magritte's L'empire des lumières Courtesy of Chrstie’sThe present painting comes from the estate of the late Mica Ertegun, an interior designer who was married to Ahmet Ertegun, a co-founder of Atlantic Records and a prolific art collector. “But of all the works she lived with, Magritte’s ‘L’empire des lumières’ most nearly captures her aesthetic philosophy in its balance and restraint,” Max Carter, Christie’s vice chairman of 20th and 21st century art, said in a statement. Last week, the auction house revealed it is acquiring Gooding & Company, a collector car auctioneer, 17 years after exiting the car market.

Persons: René, Magritte, Mica Ertegun, Ahmet Ertegun, Joan Miró, David Hockney, Ertegun, Andy Warhol, Magritte’s, ” Max Carter, Ertegun Magritte, Christie’s Organizations: The Art, CNN, Christie’s, Belgian, Atlantic Records, Humanities, Oxford University , Jazz, Lincoln Center, Fund, Gooding & Company Locations: York, ”, Sotheby’s, London, New York

☆ A 70-year-old lost 70 pounds and got into weight-lifting. She shares 4 tips for getting fit whatever your age.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Serafina Kenny | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The 70-year-old, who stood at 5'3", weighed 200 pounds after years of mindless snacking and was on blood pressure medication. Fast-forward eight years, and MacDonald is a 78-year-old fitness influencer with 1.9 million followers who can hip thrust 235 pounds. MacDonald started going to the gym five times a week, where she would do 15 minutes of cardio on a machine, followed by free weights. MacDonald shared some of her biggest tips for getting fit and losing weight at any age. I knew I wanted to lose weight, but I wanted also to get strong," she said.

Persons: —, Joan MacDonald's, MacDonald, Joan MacDonald, 45lb, I'm, I've, it's, Will McLaren, MacDonald didn't, You've Organizations: Service, Business, Centers for Disease Control, Research, Preventive Medicine

☆ Former Kansas police chief formally charged over Marion newspaper raid
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

A former Kansas police chief linked to the Aug. 11, 2023, raid of a local newspaper was formally charged with one count of interference with the judicial process. She collapsed and died the day after the raid, and Meyer blamed her death on the stress of the raid. Joan Meyer, co-owner of the Marion County Record, swears at police officers in her home on Aug. 11, 2023. Marion County Attorney Joel Ensey, however, withdrew the search warrants after determining that "insufficient evidence exists to establish a legally sufficient nexus between this alleged crime and the places searched and the items seized." Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett and Riley County Attorney Barry Wilkerson said in a 124-page report that the newspaper's staff had committed no crimes.

Persons: Gideon Cody, Eric Meyer, Ruth Herbel, Joan Meyer, Meyer, Cody, Phyllis Zorn, Kari Newell’s driver’s, Herbel, Joel Ensey, Marc Bennett, Riley, Barry Wilkerson Organizations: Marion Police Department, Marion County, City, Marion Locations: Kansas, Marion, Marion County, Sedgwick County, Riley County

Two special prosecutors said Monday they will file a criminal obstruction of justice charge against a former Kansas police chief who directed warrant searches of a publisher and his newsroom over its retrieval of public information. As of Monday, prosecutors hadn't filed any criminal charges against former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody. It was not immediately clear if they would be seeking a felony or misdemeanor charge against Cody. The special prosecutors are working with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, which stepped in at the request of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. “The findings will be incorporated into charges which will be sought in Marion County District Court,” the report said.

Persons: Marc Bennett, Riley, Barry Wilkerson, hadn't, Gideon Cody, Cody, Marion Mayor David Mayfield, Eric Meyer, Ruth Herbel, Meyer, Phyllis Zorn, Kari Newell, Newell, Zorn, Herbel, Bennett, Wilkerson, Meyer’s, Joan Meyer Organizations: Marion County, Marion Police, Colorado Bureau of Investigation, Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Court, NBC News, Kansas City, Marion Police Department, City Locations: Kansas, Sedgwick County, Riley County, Marion, Marion County

☆ Euro 2024 final: Photographer who captured Lionel Messi with a baby Lamine Yamal details rare shoot after photos resurface
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-14 | by ( Ben Morse | Don Riddell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The baby in question is Barcelona and Spain’s teenager sensation Lamine Yamal, who turned 17 on July 13. I [took] this picture years ago.’ And I asked: ‘Who is the baby?’ And he [told] me the baby is Lionel Messi, of course. And the other baby is Lamine Yamal.”Messi (left) helps to bathe Yamal with his mother, Sheila Ebana. A few years prior, the photoshoot had involved Barcelona and Brazil superstar Ronaldinho posing for pictures with Monfort’s daughter, Jana. Messi bathes a baby Yamal.

Persons: Joan Monfort’s, Monfort, Lionel Messi, Lamine Yamal, Yamal, “ I’m, CNN’s Don Riddell, Messi, ’ ”, ” Messi, Sheila Ebana, Joan Monfort, didn’t, Ronaldinho, Monfort’s, Jana, I’ve, ” Jana, “, It’s, he’s, ” Monfort, Barcelona’s, He’s Organizations: CNN, UNICEF, France, Formula, Barcelona, Spain Locations: Barcelona, Spain, Argentine, Barça, Brazil, Rocafonda, Mataró, hte Rocafonda, Germany, Argentina

And they were everywhere, although, naturally, New York City was a magnet, as it has always been for L.G.B.T.Q.+ people looking for a place in which they can be themselves. New York City was where you lost your soul, and we wanted to be closer to the earth. I wore an eight-and-a-half-foot-tall Statue of Liberty costume to the Easter Parade in New York City, and Kirsten came along with me. By the time I turned 30, I’d been telling people I was older for years, because I’m not the type to bemoan the loss of my youth. Going to New York felt like this moment of emerging to a wider audience, and then I started to travel a lot.

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Wong, David Henry Hwang’s, Richie, wasn’t, Wayne Barker, — John Wogan Edmund White, Edmund White, Horatio, Leonard Fink’s “, Barbara Confino, Leonard Fink, Joseph Rodriguez, Bleecker, You’d, Gosh, Michael Snyder Pat Oleszko, Chichi, Kirsten, who’d, she’d, — C.H, Brian Michael Smith, Gay, Smith, Kiki Ball, Josue Infante, Skyler Cruz, Jamison, — J.A.R, Agnes Denes’s “, Don Yowell, Finkelstein, Agnes Denes, Leslie Tonkonow, Don, Agnes Denes’s, JD Samson, Sia, Mark Hunter, Anthony Cotsifas I’d, Johanna Fateman, Tigre, Michael O’Neill, Obama, might’ve, — Kate Guadagnino Kristen Kish, Kish, Suzanne Kreiter, David Moir, Bravo, isn’t, — J.W, Stephen Spinella, Mantello, Joan Marcus, Photofest, Tony Kushner’s, Louis Ironson, Milton Glaser, he’s, David, Marshall Grant, Joe Pitt, Walter, Awards, Stephen, ” —, Freedia, Devon Hurst, Sissy Nobby, Barack Obama’s, Lyle Ashton Harris, Big, Bounce, ” — M.B, Thom Browne, Browne, Los Angeles’s Chateau Marmont, Malcolm Venville, Paul Fortune, Michèle Lamy —, — J.C, Catherine Opie’s “, Opie, Ian, Lehmann Maupin, Eileen Myles, Jenny Shimizu, I’ve, Nicole Acheampong Danez Smith, Juan Cordero, ” Womp, They’d, hookups, Who’s, We’ve, You’re, J.A.R, Linda Simpson, India, Little Louie Vega, who’s, — K.G, Alexander Chee, Alexander Chee’s, Marguerite Duras’s “, Jeongneung, King Jungjong, Eric McNatt, Chris Chee, — M.S, Sam Jay, Jay, Jonah, Kumail ”, hadn’t, K.G, Phillip Lim, Lim, Tourmaline, Sylvia Rivera, Luce Capco Lincoln, York’s, We’d, Marsha P, John Cameron Mitchell, Larry Kramer, Mitchell’s, Mitchell, Martha Swope, Billy Rose, Mark Tusk, ” Kramer’s, Larry, Ned Weeks, Ned, “ Hedwig, J.W, Joerg Lohse, Reena, there’s, Matt Bomer, Bomer, Simon Halls, Neal Caffrey, Tony Kushner, Terrence McNally —, — I’d, Hollywood, Wu Tsang, Neil Rasmus, Wildness, ’, Wildness ”, Roxane Gay, Mueller, Brandon Williams, Donna Gottschalk, Donna Gottschalk’s “, Duchess, Galerie Marcelle Alix, goddamn, Coco Romack Michael R, Aaron Kinney, Nova, “ I’m, Bob Damron’s, Sgt, Shirley, Waldorf, Harold’s, Jean ] Genet, Marcel, Proust Organizations: Pride, Stonewall, West, America’s, ACT UP, San, Playwrights Horizons, Odeon, New York’s TriBeCa, Electric, Getty, Police, Billy, New York Live Arts, Keith Haring Foundation, BAM Hamm, Liberation, Brooklyn Liberation, Brooklyn Museum, Fort, New York’s, New York’s Eugene O’Neill Theatre, Broadway, Equity, LGBT Community Center, Fulbright, Mudd, New, Bisexual, Transgender Community, Center, Transgender Community Center, “, Maxwell, Museum School, Farmers, Seattle, Boston Globe, Travel, New York Times, Rancho Mirage, Gay, Caesar’s, FEMA, Yale, York’s Webster Hall, Masters, Records, Pyramid, Work, ACT, Carpenters, Seymour, Edinburgh, Atlanta —, Ninja, Huntington, New York, Lesbian, Equal, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library, The New York Times, USA, Children’s Hospital of Los, MoMA, Whitney Biennial, University of Nebraska, Alamy, HarperCollins, of Engineering, Google, Division, Astor, Tilden Foundations, Pershing, University of Southern, Pershing Square Locations: New York, Berlin, “, America, San Francisco, Baltimore, New York’s, New York City, California, Atlanta, Europe, Wayne County, Dortmund, Germany, London, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Rockland County, N.Y, ’, I’m, Brooklyn, West Dakota, Fort Greene, New, Leonard Fink’s “ Bars, Street, Rome, —, Aspen, Colo, Copenhagen, Danish, Peru, Los Angeles, Agnes Denes’s “ Wheatfield, Downtown Manhattan, North Moore, TriBeCa, Hoboken, N.J, Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, Boston, Williamsburg , Brooklyn, Vinnie’s, Bedford, Austin , Texas, Copley, Menton, Asian American, York, New Orleans, Houston, Los Angeles’s, L.A, Hong Kong, Seoul, Casa, Koreatown, Minneapolis, Grindr, East, India, Wigstock, Tompkins, Vershire, Chee, Iowa, Huntington Beach, Chelsea, Barneys, Madison, Miami, New York State, Washington, The, LA, Silver Lake, Missouri, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Zurich, Central, American, Westlake, Los Angeles and New York, Lincoln, Alphabet City , New York, Lenox, United States, University of Southern California, Downtown Los Angeles

☆ Art experts and millionaires head to a Swiss town once a year for its annual Art Basel festival. Here's what it's like to visit as a first-timer.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Monica Humphries | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

I traveled to my first Art Basel, an international art fair hosted each summer in Basel, Switzerland. Collectively, this made up Art Basel, the world's premiere art show, where more than 250 gallerists feature 4,000 artists. Photo Basel and the Liste Art Fair Basel are hosted on the same weekend. Clara Tuma for BIBefore arriving in Basel, the art fair felt vaguely familiarI can't pinpoint the first time I heard about Art Basel. Growing up in Florida, I'm sure I heard murmurs about Art Basel Miami, one of the four locations where Art Basel fairs are held each year.

Persons: —, Paloma Varga Weisz, Gordon Parks, Pat Steir, Clara Tuma, could've, I'm, David Zwirner, Joan, Serena Williams, Julio Le Parc, Ryan Gander, Keith Haring, Francisco Sierra's, Alfredo Jaar's, Seba Calfuqueo, gallerists, crosse, Beyeler, Agnes Denes, Basel's, Mandy El, Eric Hattan, Eric Hattan's Organizations: Art Basel, Service, Art, BI, Liste Art Fair, Basel, Art Basel Miami, FDR, New, Botanical, tote Locations: Basel, Switzerland, Art Basel, Swiss, Art, Florida

☆ Meet the art collectors with home galleries: 'The stock market doesn't give me any fulfillment'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( Lucy Handley | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Entrepreneur Grant Cardone said collecting and displaying art gives him more fulfilment than investing. Grant CardoneMultimillionaire Grant Cardone, who has been collecting art for around 15 years, says he's a spontaneous buyer. Bunker artChristian and Karen Boros' home is on top the bunker that houses their private art collection, the Boros Collection, in the center of Berlin, Germany. An artwork by Cyprien titled "Gaillard Lesser Koa Moorhen," 2013, part of the Boros Collection. Karen and Christian Boros live in a penthouse apartment above their art collection in Berlin.

Persons: Grant Cardone, Grant Cardone Multimillionaire Grant Cardone, Cardone, Grant Cardone's, Burton Morris, Tommy Hilfiger, Hilfiger, Basquiat, Grant, —, Kenny Scharf, Scharf, Phillips, Jean, Michel Basquiat, gesturing, Al, Holly, Christian Levett, He's, Levett, Elaine de Kooning, Pat Passlof, Helen Frankenthaler, Joan Mitchell, It's, … Mitchell, Elaine, Kooning, John F, Kennedy, Karen Boros, John Macdougall, Christian, Raoul Zoellner, Cyprien, Boros, Noshe Christian, Joseph Beuys —, Zoellner, Karen, Christian Boros, Max von Gumpenberg Organizations: CNBC, Apple, Grant Cardone's Miami, Harvard University and New York University, Mougin Museum, London, AFP, Getty, Berlin, Noshe, Financial Times Locations: Miami, Cardone's, American, Grant Cardone's, Florence, Italy, Mougins, France, Ponte, Berlin, Germany

☆ Chinese Magnate in Straw Donor Scheme Agrees to Leave U.S. in Plea Deal
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Karen Zraick | Bianca Pallaro | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A Chinese entertainment magnate who pleaded guilty to making more than $10,000 in illegal political campaign donations to three candidates, agreed in federal court on Thursday to give up his green card and leave the United States. Hui Qin, 55, had been in jail in Brooklyn since his arrest in October. One of the candidates was Mayor Eric Adams, according to two people familiar with the case, though none of the campaigns knew the donations were illegal, prosecutors said. In March, Mr. Qin pleaded guilty to charges of making campaign contributions in the names of others, immigration fraud and producing false identification. His company collapsed, he was the target of lawsuits and his wife, Emma Liu, left him, Mr. Mazurek said.

Persons: Hui Qin, Eric Adams, Qin, Henry Mazurek, Joan M, ”, Emma Liu, Mazurek Organizations: Mr Locations: United States, Brooklyn, Long, China

☆ UAE government unit denies cloud seeding took place before Dubai floods
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Joan Muwahed | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The organization told CNBC that it did not dispatch pilots for seeding operations before or during the storm that struck the UAE on Tuesday. Omar AlYazeedi, deputy director general of the NCM, said that the institution "did not conduct any seeding operations during this event." He added, "One of the basic principles of cloud seeding is that you have to target clouds in its early stage before it rains, if you have a severe thunderstorm situation then it is too late to conduct any seeding operation." The NCM denial follows an earlier Bloomberg report, in which Ahmed Habib, a specialist meteorologist, had said that the Tuesday rains had stemmed partly from cloud seeding. Habib later told CNBC that six pilots had flown missions as part of regular protocol, but had not seeded any clouds.

Persons: Omar AlYazeedi, Ahmed Habib, Habib Organizations: National Center of Meteorology, United Arab Emirates, CNBC, Bloomberg Locations: DUBAI, Dubai, UAE, Emirate, Al Ain

☆ Seven Seas Splendor: World cruise offers swanky suite for $1.7 million
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The cruise line is pitching this 2027 voyage as a “once-in-a-lifetime experience” on board its Seven Seas Splendor liner. The living room area of the Regent Suite, available for $1.7 million on Regent Seven Seas Cruises' upcoming 2027 world cruise. Onboard decadenceWhether guests opt for the Regent Suite or not, prospective Regent Seven Seas Cruises travelers should expect onboard decadence. Cruise line president DeMarco told CNN Travel that the fact Regent Seven Seas’ world cruise is “truly all-inclusive” means there’s “value” associated with these high costs. The cruise line is currently operating a sold-out 2024 world cruise on board its Seven Seas Mariner cruise ship, while its 2025 world cruise also sold out in what Regent Seven Seas’ claimed was “record time.” The cruise line’s 2026 world voyage still has suites available at time of writing.

Persons: CNN —, Andrea DeMarco, there’s, DeMarco, Joan Miró, Picasso, filet mignon Organizations: CNN, Regent Seven Seas Cruises, CNN Travel, Regent, Regent Seven, Suite, Regent Seven Seas, Seas, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, Seven Seas, Seven Locations: Bali , Sydney, Mumbai

☆ United Arab Emirates is using cloud seeding tech to make it rain
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( Joan Muwahed | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Rising global temperatures have added a strain on regions like the Middle East, which is extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The United Arab Emirates averages less than 200 millimeters of rainfall a year, in stark contrast to London's average of 1,051 millimeters and Singapore's 3,012 millimeters. Extreme heat could exacerbate water scarcity issues and impose restraints on agricultural productivity in the country. The United Nations projects that by 2025, 1.8 billion people will face absolute water scarcity across the world. With water scarcity at the core of the region's challenges, the Gulf state implemented a program aimed at addressing this issue.

Organizations: United, United Arab Emirates, United Nations Locations: United Arab, UAE, Gulf

☆ How does a desert turn green?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Joan Muwahed | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

A transformation is unfolding in the United Arab Emirates, where approximately 80% of the country's land is desert. The UAE has introduced measures to combat desertification by turning its arid landscapes green. The Middle East is home to 12 of the 17 most "water-stressed" countries of the world, and the UAE receives less than 200 mm of rainfall a year. Abdulla Al Mandous, director general at the UAE National Centre of Meteorology, says that the country has invested more than $20 million in cloud seeding research — a process designed to enhance rainfall. CNBC went inside the National Centre of Meteorology in Abu Dhabi to find out how the cloud seeding process works.

Persons: Abdulla Al Mandous Organizations: United Arab, UAE, UAE National Centre of Meteorology, CNBC, National Centre of Meteorology Locations: United Arab Emirates, UAE, China, Singapore, Abu Dhabi

☆ Rosalynn Carter repose: Former first lady’s motorcade will route from wreath-laying ceremony to Carter Presidential Center
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Christina Maxouris | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

In May, the Carter Center said Rosalynn Carter had dementia. The motorcade will stop for a wreath-laying ceremony at Rosalynn Carter’s alma mater, Georgia Southwestern State University, before making its way to Atlanta. Former first lady Rosalynn Carter poses for a portrait in New York in 2011. Alice S. Hall/NBCUniversal/Getty Images) Rosalynn gets a kiss from her husband after they were awarded Presidential Medals of Freedom in 1999. “Thank you all for joining us in celebrating what a treasure she was, not only to us, but to all humanity.”The Carter Center said in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Carter Center Mental Health Program or the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers.

Persons: Rosalynn, Rosalynn Carter, Jimmy Carter, “, Andy Huggins, David Goldman, ”, Mike Stewart, Joe Biden, Jill Biden, Kamala Harris, Nikki Kahn, Horace Cort, Mikki Ansin, Jason, Amy, Jeff, Jack, Dan Farrell, Jimmy, Barbara Walters, Richard Howard, Suzanne Vlamis, Diana Walker, Joan Mondale, Walter Mondale, Muriel Humphrey, Hubert Humphrey, Ruth Carter Stapleton, Jimmy Carter's, Wally McNamee, Corbis, Carter, Ronald Reagan, Ron Galella, Bromberger Hoover, Jay Leno, Alice S, Tami Chappell, Charlie Neibergall, Laura Rauch, Carolyn Kaster, Sebastian Scheiner, Barack Obama's, Bill Clark, John Bazemore, Amy Davis, Saul Loeb, Errol, Jimmy's, Branden Camp, Caroline Kennedy, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Reagan, David McNew, Matt McClain, Adam Schultz, The New York Times Adam Schultz, White, Erin Schaff, Michael S, Williamson, CNN’s Jaide Timm, Garcia, Eva McKend Organizations: CNN, Carter Center, White House, Atlanta ., Secret, Georgia Southwestern State University, Rosalynn Carter, Health, Human Sciences, Carter, Jimmy Carter Presidential, Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church, Emory University, Maranatha Baptist Church, Washington Post, Atlanta, NY, Hulton, Disney, Bettmann, Mental Health, Mental Health Systems, Harlem Globetrotters, Getty, Democratic National Convention, Toronto, Presidential, Humanity, Baltimore Sun, Tribune, Service, Capitol, Aging, NBA, The New York Times Locations: Plains , Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia, Plains, Americus, alma mater, Plains ., New York, Brazil, Dubuque , Iowa, Waterloo , Iowa, San Francisco, Ashkelon, Israel, Baltimore, Annapolis , Maryland, Americus , Georgia, Rosalynn

☆ ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Review: Alicia Keys’s Musical Coming of Age
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Charles Isherwood | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Chris Lee and Maleah Joi Moon Photo: Joan MarcusNew York‘This girl is on fire,” sings the ensemble in a jubilant high point of “Hell’s Kitchen,” a new musical drawing on the catalog of the R&B singer-songwriter Alicia Keys . The song celebrates a turning point in the life of the heroine, a 17-year-old based on the younger Ms. Keys. But the lyrics might equally apply to Maleah Joi Moon , whose incandescent performance in the central role of Ali, as the Keys character is called, provides the show with a blazing heart—and a voice with its own thrilling firepower, virtually an equal of Ms. Keys’s own superlative instrument.

Persons: Chris Lee, Maleah Joi, Joan Marcus, ”, Alicia Keys, Maleah Joi Moon, Ali

☆ Rosalynn Carter death: former first lady and wife of Jimmy Carter, passes away at 96
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Keith Allen | Kate Andersen Brower | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +29 min

Rosalynn Carter passed away peacefully with family by her side at her home in Plains, Georgia, the center said in a statement. It was likely that Eleanor Rosalynn Smith would cross paths with Jimmy Carter in their small hometown of Plains, Georgia. Former first lady Rosalynn Carter poses for a portrait in New York in 2011. Atlanta Journal-Constitution/AP Jimmy Carter, then a Georgia state senator, hugs his wife at his campaign headquarters in Atlanta in 1966. The Carter CenterRosalynn and Jimmy Carter had four children, 12 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.

Persons: CNN — Rosalynn Carter, Rosalynn Carter, “ Rosalynn, Jimmy Carter, “, ”, Ronald Reagan, Rosalynn, Jill Biden, ” Jimmy Carter, Jason, Amy, Dan Farrell, Carter, ” Jill Biden, Joe Biden, “ They’re, George W, Bush, Laura Bush, She’s, Jill Stuckey, Carters, Bill Clinton, Jake Tapper, CNN’s, Eleanor Rosalynn Smith, ” Rosalynn, Ruth, Jimmy, Jimmy wasn’t, John William, “ Jack ”, James Earl, Chip ”, Donnel Jeffrey, “ Jeff ”, Amy Lynn, Stuart Eizenstat, Donald Trump, Melania, ” Trump, Plains Carter, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Nixon’s, Mary Matise, Eleanor Roosevelt, Steven Hochman, Mrs, ” Hochman, ’ ”, Michelle Obama, ” Michelle Obama, ’, Georgia’s, Nikki Kahn, Horace Cort, Mikki Ansin, Jeff, Jack, Barbara Walters, Richard Howard, Suzanne Vlamis, Diana Walker, Joan Mondale, Walter Mondale, Muriel Humphrey, Hubert Humphrey, Ruth Carter Stapleton, Jimmy Carter's, Wally McNamee, Corbis, Ron Galella, Bromberger Hoover, Jay Leno, Alice S, Tami Chappell, Charlie Neibergall, Laura Rauch, Carolyn Kaster, Sebastian Scheiner, Barack Obama's, Bill Clark, John Bazemore, Amy Davis, Saul Loeb, Errol, Jimmy's, Branden Camp, Caroline Kennedy, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Reagan, David McNew, Matt McClain, Adam Schultz, The New York Times Adam Schultz, White, Erin Schaff, Michael S, Williamson, Theodore Roosevelt’s, ‘, Jimmy ’, Welfare Joe Califano, Jerry Rafshoon, Carter’s, Joe Califano, Massachusetts Sen, Ted Kennedy, Rafshoon, Camp David, David, Zbigniew Brzezinski, ” Brzezinski, Harry, Bess Truman, Lady Rosalynn Carter, Kate Andersen Brower, CNN’s Stephen Collinson, Sam Fossum, Gabe Cohen Organizations: CNN, Carter, House, The Carter, Naval, Americana, NY, White, Maranatha Baptist Church, Sunday, Carter Institute for Caregiving, Georgia Southwestern State University, Southern Baptists, Naval Academy, Georgia, Atlanta, Brigade, Jimmy, Mental Health, Washington Post, Hulton, Disney, Bettmann, Mental Health Systems, Harlem Globetrotters, Getty, White House, Democratic National Convention, Toronto, Presidential, Humanity, Baltimore Sun, Tribune, Service, Capitol, Aging, NBA, The New York Times, Department of Justice, Health, Education, Welfare, Democratic, American, Human, Camp, Habitat, U.S Locations: Plains , Georgia, Israel, Egypt, Iran, Atlanta, Norfolk, Cuba, Sudan, North Korea, Guinea, mater, Georgia, Plains, ”, Hawaii, New London , Connecticut, Schenectady , New York, Washington, Iowa, Florida, Americus , Georgia, New York, Brazil, Dubuque , Iowa, Waterloo , Iowa, San Francisco, Ashkelon, Baltimore, Annapolis , Maryland, Rosalynn, North Carolina, White, Central, South America, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Panama, Maryland, Tehran, United States

☆ Motorsport icon Marc Marquez shares the biggest lesson and toughest decision of his career
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Elliot Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

BURIRAM, THAILAND - OCTOBER 28: No.93 Marc Marquez of Spain and Repsol Honda Team during qualifying at Chang International Circuit on October 28, 2023 in Buriram, Thailand. (Photo by Supakit Wisetanuphong/MB Media/Getty Images) Supakit Wisetanuphong/mb Media | Getty Images Sport | Getty ImagesMotoGP legend Marc Márquez says leaving Repsol Honda — where he has won six premier class world titles over the last decade — was the biggest and most difficult decision of his career. Márquez will leave his current team at the end of this season of Grand Prix motorcycle racing (MotoGP). Since then, a series of serious injuries and a drop-off in performance of the Honda bike relative to rival manufacturers, particularly the currently dominant Ducati, have prevented him from tilting at a record-equalling seventh premier class world championship. At Gresini Ducati, a satellite team of the flagship Ducati Lenovo factory team, Márquez will be riding what is currently the most dominant bike on the grid.

Persons: Marc Marquez, Spain, Supakit Wisetanuphong, Supakit, Marc Márquez, Repsol, —, Márquez, Joan Mir, Gresini, PHILLIP, Mirco Lazzari Organizations: Repsol Honda Team, Chang, Circuit, Getty, Repsol Honda, Prix, Honda, Ducati, Gresini Ducati, CNBC, videolink, Malaysian, Phillip, Ducati Lenovo Locations: BURIRAM, THAILAND, Buriram, Thailand, Malaysia, PHILLIP ISLAND, AUSTRALIA, San Remo, Phillip Island, Australia

☆ ‘I Need That’ Review: Danny DeVito in Denial
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Charles Isherwood | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Danny DeVito Photo: Joan MarcusThe national pastime—I refer not to baseball, but to the acquisition of too much stuff and the refusal to get rid of a single dog-eared book, worn pair of shoes or old Playbill, as if life weren’t worth living without each—comes under sympathetic scrutiny in “I Need That,” a modest but likable, sentiment-spritzed comedy by Theresa Rebeck , on Broadway in a Roundabout Theatre Company production.

Persons: Danny DeVito, Joan Marcus The, Theresa Rebeck Organizations: Broadway, Roundabout Theatre Company

☆ Will the Art Market Need to Discount Its Masterpieces?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Zachary Small | More About Zachary Small | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Major auction houses are hedging their bets in the fall season of sales that begins Monday, offering fat guarantees to sellers to secure their works — and pricing some of their top items more conservatively after the spring season demonstrated weakness in the blazing-hot $60 billion art market. And now, sellers are trying to anticipate how the uncertainty of a new war in the Middle East will affect them. Auctioneers at the three rival companies, Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips, have been digging deeper into private collections for one-off paintings that might spice up their modern and contemporary art sales, given the thinning availability of estates to draw from (typically driven by deaths and divorces). “We have built the sale in a very old-school way,” said Alex Rotter, chairman of Christie’s departments overseeing 20th- and 21st-century art, who said that his team shopped around individual collectors to acquire works by Joan Mitchell ($25 million to 35 million), Claude Monet ($65 million) and Francis Bacon ($50 million). “We went for paintings that would create the most buzz.”

Persons: Auctioneers, Phillips, ”, Alex Rotter, Joan Mitchell, Claude Monet, Francis Bacon, “ Organizations: Sotheby’s

OVIEDO, Spain (AP) — American actor Meryl Streep on Friday received Spain’s prestigious Princess of Asturias Arts Award at a ceremony presided over by the Spanish royal family in the northern city of Oviedo. “Empathy may be a radical form of outreach and diplomacy useful in other theaters of endeavor” she said. Others honored at the ceremony were bestselling Japanese author Haruki Murakami, who won the literature prize and U.S. biologists Jeffrey Gordon, Peter Greenberg and Bonnie Bassler, who received the scientific and technical research prize. Sports award winner, Kenyan marathon legend Eliud Kipchoge, said in a speech that running for him was much more than a physical exercise. “We must make our world a running world, because a running world is a happy world.

Persons: Meryl Streep, Streep, “, Haruki Murakami, Jeffrey Gordon, Peter Greenberg, Bonnie Bassler, Gordon, Hélène Carrère d’Encausse, Nuccio Ordine, Eliud Kipchoge, ”, Joan Miró, Princess Leonor, _____ Ciarán Giles Organizations: Asturias Arts, Diseases, Sports, Kenyan Locations: OVIEDO, Spain, American, Oviedo, Scottish, Spanish Catalan, Madrid

☆ Sharon Stone debuts new art exhibition
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Helen Stoilas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Greenwich, Connecticut CNN —Sharon Stone throws herself into her art. “I just get in this kind of trance,” Stone said of her daily painting practice during an interview with CNN. Courtesy C. Parker GalleryMany of the works in the show draw on social issues, as well as personal experience. “I created these works to understand the essence of pure creativity that comes from heartfelt truth,” Stone said in a statement accompanying the exhibition. ChiChi Ubina/Courtesy C. Parker GalleryStone now spends much of her time in the studio trying to translate how she sees the world onto canvas.

Persons: Sharon Stone, hasn’t, “, ” Stone, ” Sharon Stone's, Stone, Parker, ”, Tiffany Benincasa, ” Benincasa, Vonne, lockdowns, CNN’s Chris Wallace, Wassily Kandinsky, Joan Miró, “ Amelia, Amelia Earhart, Claude Monet, Giverny ”, Claude Monet’s Organizations: Greenwich , Connecticut CNN, CNN, Parker, of Affairs, Edinboro University Locations: Greenwich , Connecticut, Jerusalem, Israel, Greenwich, Pennsylvania, Los Angeles, Giverny, France

☆ A Kansas police chief who signed off on a raid of a newspaper that ultimately led to the death of its co-owner has resigned
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

In August, local Kansas law enforcement raided a small newspaper. The police chief who initially signed off on the raid has now officially resigned from his post. AdvertisementAdvertisementA Kansas police chief who ordered the controversial raid of a small-town newspaper in August has officially resigned. Marion Police Department Chief Gideon Cody turned in his badge on Monday less than two months after he signed off on the police raid of the Marion County Record in August. To obtain the search warrants for the raid, Cody previously argued that the newspaper broke the state's identity theft laws to obtain a local business owner's driving records.

Persons: —, Gideon Cody, Zach Hudlin, Marion Mayor David Mayfield, Cody, Joan Meyer Organizations: Service, Kansas police, Marion Police Department, Marion County, Marion Mayor, Kansas Bureau, Investigation, Marion County Record, Kansas City Police Department Locations: Kansas, Marion

The police chief who led a highly criticized raid of a small Kansas newspaper has been suspended, the mayor confirmed to The Associated Press on Saturday. Marion Mayor Dave Mayfield in a text said he suspended Chief Gideon Cody on Thursday. Legal experts believe the raid on the newspaper violated a federal privacy law or a state law shielding journalists from having to identify sources or turn over unpublished material to law enforcement. Video of the raid on the home of publisher Eric Meyer shows how distraught his 98-year-old mother became as officers searched through their belongings. Another reporter last month filed a federal lawsuit against the police chief over the raid.

Persons: Marion Mayor Dave Mayfield, Gideon Cody, Cody, Marion, Ruth Herbel, it’s, ” Herbel, Eric Meyer, Meyer, Joan Meyer Organizations: Associated Press, Marion, City, U.S, U.S . Constitution, Facebook Locations: Kansas, Marion County, U.S .

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