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☆ Univision will not live fact check candidates during Harris, Trump town halls
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Hadas Gold | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Univision will not fact check Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump on stage during their respective town halls, the Spanish language network confirmed to CNN. A TelevisaUnivision spokesperson told CNN the fact checking decision was not a condition for any candidate’s participation. Fact checking has become a major sticking point during the 2024 election, with both Trump and his running-mate Sen. J.D. Acevedo’s interview with Trump in November stunned many inside and outside the network for its softer approach and lack of fact checks. “These town halls are offering Latino voters an unprecedented opportunity to talk to the candidates.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Enrique Acevedo, ” Acevedo, ”, Acevedo, Sen, J.D, Vance, Jorge Ramos, Trump, Ramos, Harris Organizations: New, New York CNN, Univision, CNN, Trump, ”, Washington, Republican, Televisa Locations: New York, Spanish, Mexico, Mexican, las

☆ CBS News says heated Ta-Nehisi Coates interview did not meet editorial standards after criticism
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Brian Stelter | Hadas Gold | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —CBS News executives said Monday that a heated morning show interview with acclaimed author Ta-Nehisi Coates, during which his new book was compared to “extremist” writings, did not meet the network’s editorial standards. CBS executives told staffers during a daily editorial meeting that the contentious “CBS Mornings” interview last week with Coates, led by co-anchor Tony Dokoupil, had been addressed with Dokoupil. The assessment pacified some employees who had objected to Dokoupil’s tone during the segment with Coates. During the September 30 interview, Dokoupil took issue with Coates’ framing in the book. The gripping interview — intense by the often cozy standards of morning television —has since been viewed many millions of times on streaming websites.

Persons: Nehisi Coates, Coates, Tony Dokoupil, Dokoupil, Dokoupil’s, Tony, Israel, ” Coates, “, ” Dokoupil, Gayle King, Nate Burleson, ”, —, Wendy McMahon, Adrienne Roark, McMahon, Roark didn’t, Jan Crawford Organizations: New, New York CNN, CBS, CNN, Management Locations: New York, Israel

☆ I'm a former director of admissions at Cornell. Here are my 4 tips for writing a successful application for a highly selective college.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Ashley Couto | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with John Morganelli Jr., a former Director of Admissions at Cornell University and the current Director of College Admissions for Ivy Tutors Network, about his experience with admission to elite colleges in the United States. If you want to get into a US college and you wait until 10th and 11th grades, you may not have enough time to create the depth in the application you're looking for. Here are my insider tips from working as the director of admissions at Cornell University. Prospective major selection can impact your chancesWhen I was the Director of College Admissions at Cornell, managing institutional priorities was my biggest job. AdvertisementWhen you apply to a university, you first apply to the college: arts and sciences, engineering, or business college.

Persons: —, John Morganelli Jr Organizations: Service, Cornell University, Ivy, Network, Business, NYU, Cornell, Elite, UN, Ivy League Locations: United States

☆ Trump kicked off his NABJ appearance in a combative mood. It only got worse from there.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Most people expected fireworks when it was announced that former President Donald Trump would appear at this year's National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chicago. And the conversation has heightened pressure on the NABJ from its members over the Trump visit. NABJ President Ken Lemon in a statement Tuesday said that the organization had been in talks with Harris' team for an in-person panel before she became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. But April Ryan, the White House correspondent for The Grio, reported that NABJ leadership informed Harris' team that it was preferable that she be in-person for her appearance. NABJ member Kathia Woods took to X to express her opposition to the organization's decision to invite Trump to speak in Chicago.

Persons: Donald Trump, —, Trump, Kamala Harris, Harris, Rachel Scott, Ohio Sen, JD Vance, Joe Biden's, Ken Lemon, Lemon, NABJ, Ryan, Drew Berry, Tia Mitchell, Kathia Woods, Mitchell Organizations: National Association of Black Journalists, Service, Business, ABC News, San, GOP, Democratic, White House, Washington, The Atlanta Locations: Chicago, Indian, San Francisco, California

☆ TikTok is getting into the murky business of AI-generated influencer ads
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Dan Whateley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewTikTok is rolling out a tool that will allow brands to use AI-generated avatars of real people in ads on the platform. In a demonstration in the announcement post, the company showcased a reel of AI-generated avatars built from apparent TikTok creators who explain why they'll benefit from an AI tool that uses their likenesses. "If this is something that caught on, I'd be very scared for the future of my business," micro influencer Kristen Bousquet told Business Insider in May. TikTok isn't the only Big Tech platform experimenting with AI-generated avatars.

Persons: —, SelfMade, Kristen Bousquet, TikTok, creatives —, Meta, Tom Brady, Kendall Jenner, YouTuber Organizations: Service, Business, NBA, Big Tech, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple

☆ Read the Court’s Decision to Uphold Access to Abortion Pill
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Held: Plaintiffs lack Article III standing to challenge FDA's actions regarding the regulation of mifepristone. (a) Article III standing is a “bedrock constitutional requirement that this Court has applied to all manner of important disputes." Causation requires the plaintiff to establish that the plaintiff's injury likely was caused or likely will be caused by the defendant's conduct. Because plaintiffs do not prescribe or use mifepristone, plaintiffs are unregulated parties who seek to challenge FDA's regulation of others. Plaintiffs advance several complicated causation theories to connect FDA's actions to the plaintiffs' alleged injuries in fact.

Persons: “, Allen, Wright, Ramirez, Summers, Lujan Organizations: Fifth Circuit, FDA, Earth Island Institute, of Wildlife Locations: States, . Texas

☆ The incredible oblivion of Judge Marvin Isgur
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Dakin Campbell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +45 min

On a mild Houston day in March 2021, Judge Marvin Isgur prepared to oversee the only case on his docket that morning. In October 2023, the Fifth Circuit Court rebuked Judge David Jones but said that his longtime colleague, Judge Marvin Isgur, had been "unaware" of Jones' inappropriate relationship. "But only Judge Isgur knows what he knew or didn't know about the relationship." Much of this work was in cases before either Judge Isgur or Judge Jones. Isgur can continue to hear the case, he ruled, writing in the December 2023 opinion that lawyers for the creditor "failed to demonstrate much other than that former Judge Jones and Judge Isgur are close friends."

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☆ Biden to deliver commencement at Morehouse College amid campus division over his presence
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-19 | by ( Michael Williams | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The commencement at Morehouse, a historically Black, all-male college in Atlanta that counts the Rev. During a Thursday news briefing at the White House, Benjamin said he and the students had a wide-ranging conversation, including on the conflict in the Middle East. “I think what’s gonna be most important are the words that the president articulates,” Benjamin said at the White House. Those cases of campus turmoil prompted Biden, in brief remarks from the White House earlier this month, to denounce some of the actions of campus protesters. And after his Morehouse speech on Sunday, Biden is set to travel to Detroit, where he will address an NAACP dinner.

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☆ 'Nobody's getting wealthy on Social Security,' lawmaker says. The November election may influence the program's future
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Lorie Konish | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Protect Social Security!" In 1983, when the last major Social Security reforms were enacted, there were no benefit enhancements, Larson argued. Today, annual earnings of up to $168,600 are subject to a 6.2% payroll tax toward Social Security paid by both workers and employers. Larson's plan also calls for closing loopholes that allow wealthy taxpayers to avoid paying Social Security taxes on other income. Larson said the public is well aware that Social Security benefits are theirs and they've paid for them.

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☆ Bill Ackman wants you to know exactly why he's been stirring the anti-vaccine pot all weekend
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

He's offering to fork out $150,000 for scientist Peter Hotez to debate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the topic of vaccines. "This is a debate that you cannot walk away from," Ackman tweeted at Hotez. Billionaire investor Bill Ackman, who's spent a good chunk of the weekend putting his weight — and his money — behind the prospect of a Joe Rogan-hosted vaccine debate, wants you to know he's not an anti-vaxxer or an advocate for conspiracy theories. "If you are truly interested in saving lives, you need to further the public's understanding of the truth about vaccines," Ackman added. Every day we wait, thousands more will die," Ackman tweeted at the time.

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☆ Chess photography: Body language, knowledge of the game and luck
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“That’s always a very difficult question,” Emelianova told CNN Sport when asked how she would describe the art of chess photography. So like people who know very little of chess and of the personalities can kind of get very close to the game and feel like they are right next to this chess game. She went on to become a professional chess player before taking a break from competitive chess. Lennart Ootes“My mother was doing some photography stuff when she was younger in university, but it was analog photography,” Emelianova explained. But I already know enough to even, like – to catch a really, really subtle head shake or sitting like too straight or pretending to be very relaxed,” she said.

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☆ How a 45-year-old OnlyFans star has earned over $1 million in revenue, from posting on 10 subreddits each morning to charging more to see her face
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Nhari Djan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

She now shows her face on her $30-per-month premium OnlyFans page, @nofacemom77vip. In the two years she's been posting on OnlyFans, Farrah, 45, has made a total of $1 million before the 20% cut the company takes. Although she is active on Reddit, Farrah does not typically respond to commenters there. Farrah has also grown her platform by collaborating with other content creators, from making videos together to "shoutout" promotions. Faceless OnlyFans creators often have a difficult time building their platformsFarrah has worked with other OnlyFans creators who choose not to show their faces and seen firsthand how tricky it can be to navigate on the platform.

☆ How an OnlyFans creator has made $1 million in revenue by charging more to see her face
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Nhari Djan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Farrah is an OnlyFans creator who made $1 million over two years on the platform. If you want to see Farrah's face on OnlyFans, you'll have to pay for it. She now shows her face on her $30-per-month premium OnlyFans page, NoFaceMomvip. In the two years she's been posting on OnlyFans, Farrah, 45, has made a total of $1 million before the 20% cut the company takes. Faceless OnlyFans creators often have a difficult time building their platformsFarrah has worked with other OnlyFans creators who choose not to show their faces and seen first-hand how tricky it can be to navigate on the platform.

☆ Starbucks' Howard Schultz was the gold standard for good bosses everywhere. Then Gen Z worked for him.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Howard Schultz, the CEO of Starbucks at the time, then appeared with Clinton on a panel to discuss corporate responsibility. Schultz discussed his 1987 decision to offer Starbucks employees stock options and what he said was better healthcare than rivals, among other benefits. Starbucks workers participate in November's Red Cup Rebellion, a nationwide strike. Starbucks's health insurance option for part-time workers originates in a 1986 contract for unionized Seattle Starbucks workers that Schultz fought against at the time. Markey said that by unionizing, Starbucks workers are "just looking to be someone who can protect themselves in the way your father could not."

☆ Chiefs coach Andy Reid uses 1 simple tactic to build trust with his players—and anyone can do it
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Andy Reid's run of success with the Kansas City Chiefs stems, at least partially, from a single decision he made a decade ago. Since becoming the team's head coach in 2013, Reid has led Kansas City to the NFL playoffs nine times in ten seasons. But when Reid first started in Kansas City, the team was weathering a rough patch, and he needed to quickly build trust with his players. former Kansas City linebacker Derrick Johnson told ESPN in 2020. At the meetings, players could complain about anything: the length or intensity of practices, the food in the cafeteria or whatever else was on their minds.

☆ Reddit just hired its first-ever CRO. He tells Insider how Reddit's ad sales team quintupled since 2020, and why a bad economy won't keep it from hiring more this year.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Ryan Joe | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Media companies are cutting staff, but Reddit is still hiring in ad sales. Since massively re-organizing its ads sales team over two years ago and hiring Pinterest exec Harold Klaje to be VP of ads, the size of that team has quintupled, he said. Because of the growth of the ad sales team, Klaje has been promoted to be Reddit's first-ever CRO. Redditors are notoriously protective of their privacy, so Reddit never let advertisers target individual users. He added that Reddit is still hiring and its sales team will expand in 2023, though he declined to say by how much.

☆ 5 things to keep in mind about running a small business
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Insider Studios With State Farm | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

From 2019 to 2020, small business applications in the US increased to 24.2%. Running a small business takes determination, dedication, and time to come out on top. Here are a few tips to help business owners stay on course — no matter what the world throws their way. Stay on top of legal requirementsFor any small business, legal requirements can be tedious, but these processes are important to running a business. Learn more about how State Farm small business insurance coverage options can help your business thrive.

☆ STUDIU: Răspunsul imun al celulelor T la COVID-19 oferă protecţie şi împotriva noilor variante de coronavirus
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-01 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

O componentă esenţială a sistemului imunitar, aşa-numitele celule T, care răspund prin combaterea infecţiei în versiunea iniţială a noului coronavirus par să protejeze, de asemenea, împotriva a trei dintre cele mai îngrijorătoare variante ale virusului, conform unui studiu de laborator efectuat în Statele Unite, ale cărui constatări au fost publicate săptămâna aceasta, relatează Reuters.Mai multe studii recente au demonstrat că anumite variante ale noului coronavirus pot submina protecţia oferită de anticorpi şi vaccinuri, scrie agerpres.ro Însă, potrivit unui studiu realizat de cercetători de la Institutul Naţional de Alergii şi Boli infecţioase (NIAID) din Statele Unite, pe lângă anticorpi - care împiedică virusul să atace celulele umane - celulele T par să joace un important rol suplimentar de protecţie. ''Datele noastre, precum şi rezultatele de la alte grupuri, demonstrează că răspunsul celulelor T la COVID-19 în cazul persoanelor infectate cu variantele virale iniţiale pare să recunoască pe deplin noi variante importante identificate în Marea Britanie, Africa de Sud şi Brazilia'', a declarat conducătorul studiului, Andrew Redd, de la NIAID şi Universitatea de Medicină Johns Hopkins.Cercetătorii au analizat probe de sânge recoltate de la 30 de persoane care s-au recuperat după COVID-19 înainte de apariţia noilor variante mai contagioase.Specialiştii au identificat în aceste probe o formă specifică de celulă T care era activă împotriva virusului şi au analizat reacţia acestor celule T faţă de variantele îngrijorătoare din Africa de Sud, Marea Britanie şi Brazilia.Cercetătorii au constatat că răspunsul celulelor T a rămas în mare parte intact, dovedindu-se astfel capabile să recunoască toate mutaţiile din variantele studiate.Aceste constatări se adaugă celor rezultate în urma unui studiu anterior care a sugerat, de asemenea, că răspunsul protector oferit de celulele T pare să rămână intact împotriva variantelor.Cercetătorii NIAID au menţionat că sunt necesare studii mai ample pentru confirmarea acestor concluzii.Redd a precizat că este necesară monitorizarea continuă pentru variante care scapă atât protecţiei oferite de anticorpi, cât şi a celulelor T.Studiul a fost evaluat de alţi oameni de ştiinţă şi acceptat pentru publicare în Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

Persons: Andrew Redd, Universitatea de Medicină Johns Hopkins.Cercetătorii Organizations: Universitatea de Medicină, Open Forum Locations: Statele Unite, Africa de Sud, Brazilia

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