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☆ It’s hurricane season. Good luck getting affordable homeowners’ insurance
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

For decades, homeowners insurance was considered a very stable line of business for insurance companies, said Chuck Nyce, a professor of risk management and insurance at Florida State University. The US homeowners insurance industry saw net losses jump to $101.29 billion in 2023, according to the report. Only two of the 20 largest US homeowners’ insurance companies were profitable last year. Kaylee Greenlee Beal/ReutersWhile property insurance is not mandated by law, most lenders require it for mortgage holders. Last year, Florida’s state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. became the 10th largest homeowners’ insurer in the US, S&P Global said.

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☆ Drake Bell Opens up to BI About Sexual Abuse, the Nickelodeon 'Factory,' and 'Quiet on Set'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-19 | by ( Kate Taylor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +26 min

He acted out, showing up to the "Drake & Josh" set late and hungover. "If I'm going to tell my story, this is how it was supposed to be told," Drake Bell, pictured here at his studio in Mexico City, recently told BI. In the second season, Brian Peck (who is unrelated to Bell's "Drake & Josh" costar Josh Peck) joined as a dialogue coach. Bell told BI that Nickelodeon "was a factory," treating child actors like kings one day only to throw them to the curb the next. Bell told BI that, in some ways, his music and the docuseries serve the same purpose.

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☆ John Patrick Shanley Reflects on His Accidental Retrospective
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Darryn King | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“I was like 35 years old, and I was in Poughkeepsie,” Shanley said in a phone interview during a rehearsal break last month. “I went in to do my laundry, and after a couple of questions, I realized that they would do it for me, fold it and give it back to me. Opening on Wednesday at New York City Center, it is the 13th play the playwright has premiered with the Manhattan Theater Club. “There’s an incredible flair, intelligence, grace and humor to his work,” said Lynne Meadow, the theater company’s artistic director. Most of all, she added, “he writes with such humanity, and so personally.”

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☆ Grandparents’ support may lower risk of maternal depression, study says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Madeline Holcombe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —When it comes to a mom’s mental health, grandparents are a big deal, according to a new study. The connection between access to grandparents’ help and lower use of antidepressants was especially strong in mothers who were separated from their partners, the study said. “Grandparents are an important source of support to families with children, and support from others is well-known to protect individuals from depression,” Metsä-Simola said via email. There were instances when grandparents might have a negative impact on the mother’s health. While such support may come from grandparents, families who don’t have that help aren’t at a loss, she said.

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☆ Johnny Ruffo, ‘Home and Away’ actor and singer, dead at 35
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Amarachi Orie | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Australian actor and singer Johnny Ruffo, known for appearing on popular Australian TV series “Home and Away” and X Factor Australia, has died of brain cancer at the age of 35. “It is with a heavy heart that today we had to farewell our beloved Johnny,” reads a statement posted Friday on his official Instagram account. “Surrounded by his partner Tahnee and family, Johnny went peacefully with the support of some incredible Nurses & Doctors,” it continued. Ruffo then portrayed the character of Chris Harrington in the long-running series “Home and Away” in 307 episodes between 2013 to 2016, according to IMDb. Oligodendrogliomas account for 2 to 5% all primary brain tumors, according to The Brain Tumour Charity in the UK.

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☆ The U.S. ambassador visits Evan Gershkovich, a WSJ reporter detained in Russia.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Anushka Patil | More About Anushka Patil | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The U.S. ambassador to Russia met Friday with Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter jailed in Moscow, a few days after his family appealed to the United Nations for help in bringing him home. The U.S. embassy in Russia confirmed the visit by Ambassador Lynne M. Tracy, which was the fourth time she had met with Mr. Gershkovich since he was detained by the Russian authorities in March. “He remains strong and is keeping up with the news — including his parents’ appearance at the U.N. this week,” the embassy said in a statement on social media. Mr. Gershkovich’s family on Wednesday had urged world leaders who will soon be attending the U.N. General Assembly to join the call for his release.

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☆ The U.S. ambassador to Russia meets with a Wall Street Journal reporter as his 100th day in detention looms.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Gabriela Sá Pessoa | Edward Wong | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The U.S. ambassador to Russia, Lynne M. Tracy, met with the detained Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Gershkovich at Lefortovo Prison in Moscow on Monday, according to the State Department. It was the first time since April 17 that an American diplomatic official had been able to meet with Mr. Gershkovich, who has been held for more than 13 weeks on what American officials have said are bogus allegations of espionage. Ms. Tracy reported that Mr. Gershkovich was in “good health” and remained “strong, despite his circumstances.” Mr. Gershkovich, 31, has been held since late March at Lefortovo, a high-security jail known for difficult conditions for inmates, including extreme isolation. The Russian government’s allegations against Mr. Gershkovich have been vehemently rejected by the United States government and The Journal. The State Department reiterated on Monday that Mr. Gershkovich had been “wrongfully detained” — meaning that the U.S. government considers him to be the equivalent of a political hostage.

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☆ Russia-Ukraine War Putin Delivers Fiery Speech as Mercenary Leader’s Future Remains Uncertain
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Victoria Kim | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

President Biden said the United States and its NATO allies had “nothing to do with” a rebellion by the Wagner mercenary group in Russia. Mr. Biden said that the United States would continue to assess the fallout from the crisis in Russia and closely align responses with its allies. On Monday, Mr. Prigozhin broke his silence to claim that his advance on Moscow had never been intended as a bid to seize power. While Mr. Miller may have been articulating official U.S. policy, President Biden has previously expressed a different personal view. “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power,” Mr. Biden said of Mr. Putin during a March 2022 visit to Poland.

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☆ Video catches moment Putin's speech met with awkward silence as he appears to wait for applause that never comes
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-08 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Vladimir Putin addressed a group of ambassadors at a speech at the Kremlin. He appears to look around expecting applause, but is instead met with awkward silence. In the speech Putin blamed the US for the Ukraine conflict as the US ambassador awkwardly looked on. As the Russian leader finished his speech at a televised ceremony of ambassadors on Wednesday, he looked around the room as an awkward silence followed. The video was widely shared on social media, including by Ukrainian official Anton Gerashchenko, who noted that "no one applauded" following the speech.

Anne Heche’s estate has been sued by the woman whose Los Angeles home was destroyed in the car crash that ended the actor’s life. “Thankfully, (Mishele) and her pets, which she regards as family, avoided death that day,” the lawsuit said. The Aug. 5 crash, which caused a fire, was ruled an accident by the Los Angeles County medical examiner’s office. A Los Angeles police spokesman had previously said police were investigating the crash as a felony DUI collision. Mishele's lawsuit asks for at least $2 million, but the claim could be more depending on the total value of damages from the crash.

Los Angeles CNN —The woman who was inside the Los Angeles home actress Anne Heche crashed into in early August is suing the actress’ estate for at least $2 million, court documents show. Amanda Edwards/Getty ImagesCNN has reached out to Homer Heche Laffoon, the executor of Heche’s estate, for comment. The lawsuit alleges negligence that led to the crash, infliction of mental distress and trespassing. The complaint was filed last week in California Superior Court in Los Angeles. Heche was an award-winning actress who made her TV debut in 1987 on the soap opera “Another World,” a role for which she won a Daytime Emmy.

While going through a costly divorce earlier this year, Cavanaugh's flood insurance coverage lapsed. Many people in the small coastal community, which faces the Gulf of Mexico southwest of Fort Myers, did not have flood insurance coverage. It appears that, despite an increased occurrence of devastating flood events, a declining percentage of people nationwide have flood insurance policies. Chuck Larsen / SantivaChronicle.com via APOne significant issue is that many homeowners assume a typical homeowner's insurance policy covers floods. The average cost of flood insurance from the National Flood Insurance Program is $995 a year, according to Forbes Advisor analysis.

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