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☆ Elon Musk offers $1 million a day to entice swing state voters to sign petition
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-20 | by ( Lora Kolodny | In Lorakolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Speaking at an America PAC event in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Musk said, "I have a surprise for you," adding that the prize money is available "every day from now until the election." "How Pennsylvania goes I think is how the election goes," Musk said. The deadline to sign the petition is Monday night, which is the day Pennsylvania's voter registration closes. "We get crazy things," Musk said, "like SpaceX got fined $140,000 for dumping potable drinking water on the ground at Starbase." Musk only mentioned Trump sparingly throughout the evening, and didn't discuss his policies or record as president in any detail.

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☆ How I saved my long-planned Taylor Swift adventure
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-19 | by ( Cynthia Moss | Personal Essay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

Ethan Miller/TAS23/Getty Images Swift performs "Lover" with her band, backup singers and dancers in Nashville, Tennessee, in May 2023. John Shearer/TAS23/Getty Images Swift performs in Glendale, Arizona, during the opening weekend of The Eras Tour in March 2023. Each night of the tour, Swift selects one lucky fan to receive a signed hat at the end of her song "22." Kevin Mazur/TAS24/Getty Images Swift performs with the band Haim in Santa Clara, California, in July 2023. Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images Swift performs the 10-minute version of "All Too Well" in Nashville in May 2023.

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With only days to consider a range of contenders, Ms. Harris and her team were inundated with unsolicited advice — much of it public — about whom she should pick. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, who has also been vetted by the Harris team, appeared at a Harris campaign fund-raiser in Chicago. Mr. Biden was at home in Wilmington, Del., over the weekend while Ms. Harris interviewed prospective running mates in Washington. A White House spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment about whether he had spoken to Ms. Harris as she finished her deliberations. Once she chooses, Ms. Harris will spend much of the next week with her running mate.

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☆ Remember when Taylor Swift wore drag in ‘The Man’ music video
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Caitlin Chatterton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Ethan Miller/TAS23/Getty Images Swift performs "Lover" with her band, backup singers and dancers in Nashville, Tennessee, in May 2023. John Shearer/TAS23/Getty Images Swift performs in Glendale, Arizona, during the opening weekend of "The Eras Tour" in March 2023. John Shearer/TAS23/Getty Images Swift sings "I Can Do It With a Broken Heart" in Paris in May 2024. Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images Swift performs the 10-minute version of "All Too Well" in Nashville in May 2023. John Shearer/TAS23/Getty Images Swift leaves the stage after the "Speak Now" set in Nashville in May 2023.

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☆ Dancing by Taylor Swift fans in Edinburgh registers as seismic activity
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

John Shearer/TAS23/Getty Images Swift performs in Glendale, Arizona, during the opening weekend of "The Eras Tour" in March 2023. John Shearer/TAS23/Getty Images Fans wait in line to buy tour merchandise outside Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, in April 2023. Hector Vivas/TAS23/Getty Images Swift performs "Midnight Rain" in Edinburgh, Scotland, in June 2024. John Shearer/TAS23/Getty Images Swift sings "I Can Do It With a Broken Heart" in Paris in May 2024. John Shearer/TAS23/Getty Images In pictures: Taylor Swift's 'Eras Tour' Prev NextMonitoring stations around the city registered the activity during all three performances.

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☆ Some consumers are punting big purchases like pools and mattresses
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-18 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Rachel Wisniewski | ReutersAmericans are kicking the can down the road on some more-costly, traditionally financed purchases as elevated inflation and interest rates bite. "As a result, consumers continue to scrutinize their spending and make near-term decisions based primarily on need, price and perceived value. But those options have fallen out of favor as interest rates rose. He also cited increased interest rates as another weight on their shoulders. Lofty interest rates have also hampered housing improvement efforts for those staying put, according to Home Depot .

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☆ Can Philadelphia Fix One of the Most Drug-Plagued Neighborhoods in the Country?
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Campbell Robertson | Rachel Wisniewski | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The vow was unequivocal: The city of Philadelphia was finally going to root out the drug trade that has long monopolized the streets of Kensington. Antonio Alvarez, 58, surrounded by grandchildren on his porch, believed the drug market would go quiet, temporarily, and then return as it always had. Harris Steinberg, 57, standing at the counter of his auto parts shop, said that everything along Kensington Avenue — the tents, dealers and stray needles — was already moving to the neighborhood’s back streets. But, she said, she was stuck on a waiting list for a shelter bed. No one except the drug dealers said that they were happy with how things were in Kensington, one of the most sprawling areas of open drug use and dealing on the East Coast.

Persons: Antonio Alvarez, Harris Steinberg, — Locations: Philadelphia, Kensington, Elizabeth, East

The most decorated battleship in the history of the United States is done with war. The engines of the vessel, the Battleship New Jersey, are no longer permitted to operate, by order of the U.S. Navy. But on a windy afternoon in March, tugboats pushed and pulled the ship away from land for the first time in more than 20 years. “You’ll get me crying,” Ms. Smith, 87, said, describing the emotions she felt as a mammoth American flag was hoisted aloft during the shifting of colors before the Battleship New Jersey left the dock on March 21. Ms. Smith, a writer who lives in New Jersey, was on hand in 1999, too, when the ship made its way through the Panama Canal, headed toward its new career as a museum and memorial.

Persons: Muriel Smith, “ You’ll, ” Ms, Smith Organizations: Battleship, U.S . Navy Locations: United States, Jersey, Camden , N.J, Philadelphia, New Jersey, Panama

☆ Special Education, Inc.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Meghan Morris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +34 min

AdvertisementNate Smallwood for BITo some, private equity's business model appears antithetical to special education. (The average public school district in Pennsylvania, where New Story operates the most schools, spends about $23,000 per child across all types of public education. "Private equity has no place in education — especially special education," Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio told BI. For instance, two Pennsylvania education directors left in spring 2023, according to records obtained by BI — one after just months in the role. AdvertisementNickie Coomer, a Colorado College education professor who has written about the privatization of special education, told BI that this data gap is a major regulatory hole, one that private-equity companies are happy to exploit.

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☆ A look at Taylor Swift’s economic power ahead of ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ release
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Bryan Mena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

The commercially successful ‘Eras’ tourThe Eras tour was massively successful in 2023 and it’ll stretch through the end of this year. John Shearer/TAS23/Getty Images Swift performs in Glendale, Arizona, during the opening weekend of "The Eras Tour" in March 2023. John Shearer/TAS23/Getty Images Swift performs during the "Evermore" section of the show in Sydney in February 2024. John Shearer/TAS23/Getty Images Fans apply jewels on their way to Swift's show in Foxborough, Massachusetts, in May 2023. John Shearer/TAS23/Getty Images In pictures: Taylor Swift's 'Eras Tour' Prev NextShe is a generous boss, too, awarding $100,000 bonuses to Eras Tour truck drivers during the summer.

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☆ Consumers Likely Pulled Back Spending in October
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Gwynn Guilford | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Dwindling pandemic savings and student loan payments resuming are some of the factors eroding Americans’ ability to keep spending. Photo: Rachel Wisniewski for The Wall Street JournalAmericans slowed their spending in October and inflation ebbed as the economy downshifted from a fast-paced third quarter, forecasters say. Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal estimate consumer spending rose 0.2% in October, down from a 0.7% rise in September and the slowest increase since May. Core prices rose 0.2% in October from the prior month, down from the 0.3% monthly gain in September, they said. Core prices rose at a 2.8% annualized rate in April through September, down from a 4.5% annualized rate in the prior six-month period.

Persons: Rachel Wisniewski Organizations: Wall Street Journal, Wall, Federal

☆ Black Friday Deals Started Early, and Shoppers Were Choosy
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Sarah Nassauer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

An Anthropologie store in Philadelphia on Friday, as retailers’ crucial selling season got under way. Photo: Rachel Wisniewski for The Wall Street JournalMillions of Americans visited stores on Black Friday but retailers are bracing for shoppers who are less willing to splurge this holiday season. Many households have already begun their gift buying in a year when high prices for food and other essentials have sapped demand for apparel, home décor and other items people might want but not need.

Persons: Rachel Wisniewski Organizations: Wall Street Locations: Philadelphia

☆ AstraZeneca to invest $245 mln in Cellectis to boost gene therapy prospects
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The logo for AstraZeneca is seen outside its North America headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., March 22, 2021. Cellectis' gene-editing technology and manufacturing capabilities to design novel cell and gene therapy products will help strengthen AstraZeneca's growing offering in the space, it said. AstraZeneca said that as part of the deal, it will pay Cellectis $105 million by the end of this year. That includes an $80 million equity investment, which will be followed by another $140 million in early 2024, which will give AstraZeneca a stake of about 44% in the French company. The Anglo-Swedish pharma company said it had exclusive rights to 25 genetic targets, of which up to 10 candidate products could be explored for development.

Persons: Rachel Wisniewski, Aby Jose Koilparambil, Savio D'Souza Organizations: AstraZeneca, REUTERS, Swedish pharma, Thomson Locations: North America, Wilmington , Delaware, U.S, Swedish, Bengaluru

Madalyn Carter, 15, (left) said she prefers skateboarding and being with her friends on the boardwalk at night. “We just want to have some space and hang out with our friends, without anybody yelling at us,” she said.

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☆ Jersey Shore Towns Try to Curb Unruly Teens With Curfews
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Liyan Qi | Photographs Rachel Wisniewski For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Taylor Swift's album release 'Speak Now (Taylor's Version)' comes during her very good, un-'cruel summer'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

And on Friday, the throwback Swift love continues, when the beloved singer-songwriter releases her hotly-anticipated “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)” album, a re-record of her 2010 hit album. While I haven’t yet seen the “Eras Tour,” I managed to secure tickets to an upcoming August show in Los Angeles. Taylor Swift performing the 'Eras Tour' in New Jersey in May. Swifies react to hearing Taylor Swift's 'Eras Tour' set begin from the parking lot of Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field in May. Taylor Swift performing the 'Eras Tour' in Cincinnati in June.

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☆ Taylor Swift shares powerful Pride month message during Chicago ‘Eras Tour’ concert
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Taylor Swift kicked off the Chicago leg of her “Eras Tour” Friday night with a powerful Pride month message in support of the LGBTQ community. Republic Records“We can’t talk about Pride without talking about pain,” she said, pivoting from her celebration of the community to the realities of the current political climate. Rachel Wisniewski/The Washington Post/Getty Images“We can support as much as we want during Pride month but if we’re not doing our research on these elected officials – Are they advocates? Concluding her speech, Swift told the audience that she loves them and wished everyone a “happy pride month.”As Swift celebrated with her Chicago audience, hundreds of ticketless Swifties showed their support by gathering outside of Soldier Field on Saturday night to sing along with the show. The gathering has become a pattern along various “Eras Tour” stops, beginning in May when thousands of ticketless Swifties flocked to sing and dance outside of Philadelphia’s Lincoln Field.

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☆ The Data Science Behind Raising Fast Food Prices
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Heather Haddon | Photographs Rachel Wisniewski For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The data team discovered instances when Flynn’s restaurant managers had boosted prices too much for individual items or too little compared with other types of food. At Flynn’s roughly 290 Taco Bell restaurants, for example, some stores had increased prices for the brand’s popular Doritos Locos Tacos by around a dollar more than the regular version, and some customers were starting to resist, executives said. The team advised managers to stop raising prices on that item.

Organizations: Taco Bell Locations: Flynn’s

☆ Amtrak’s New $2 Billion High-Speed Acela Fleet Slowed by Century-Old Tracks
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Ted Mann | Photographs Rachel Wisniewski For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ How America’s Largest Restaurant Franchisee Decides When to Raise Prices
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( Heather Haddon | Photographs Rachel Wisniewski For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Top Democrats in Philadelphia Mayoral Race Call for More Policing
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-13 | by ( Scott Calvert | Photographs Rachel Wisniewski For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

PHILADELPHIA—The five Democrats best positioned to win their party’s nomination for Philadelphia mayor have each landed on a central pitch to voters: The city needs a bigger role for police. In response to historically high crime, the top Democratic candidates have called for measures such as more patrol officers, bolstered detective ranks and faster 911 response, and they are debating the merits of police investigative stops—often called “stop-and-frisk”—as a tool for getting illicit guns off the streets. They have also called for expanded violence-prevention efforts, increased youth employment and other steps that don’t involve law enforcement, but the role of police has dominated the debate.

☆ AT&T Adds Wireless Subscribers but Growth Cools
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Will Feuer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

AT&T’s quarterly revenue rose by nearly 1.4% to $30.1 billion, just shy of expectations. Photo: Rachel Wisniewski for The Wall Street JournalAT&T Inc. continued to add subscribers for its core wireless business during the first three months of the year, but its customer gains are cooling down after a pandemic-driven boom. The Dallas-based telecommunications company said Thursday it added 424,000 of its most lucrative connections—postpaid phones—in the March quarter, matching Wall Street’s expectations but the lowest tally AT&T has recorded since early in the Covid pandemic.

☆ AT&T Sees Signs of Businesses, Consumers Paring Back Spending
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Will Feuer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

AT&T is the first telecom heavyweight to report results for the March quarter. Photo: Rachel Wisniewski for The Wall Street JournalAT&T Inc. executives said the recent rounds of corporate cost cutting and layoffs as well as the return of employees to offices are denting business demand for wireless plans. Chief Executive John Stankey said Thursday that the company is also seeing signs that some Americans, particularly those with lower incomes, are tightening their budgets.

☆ Pfizer's Covid drug Paxlovid may reduce the risk of developing long Covid, study says
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

(Photo by Rachel Wisniewski/For the Washington Post)People who take Pfizer 's Covid antiviral treatment Paxlovid shortly after infection may reduce their risk of developing long Covid, regardless of their age, vaccination status or infection history, new research suggests. The study, published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine on Thursday, found that people who took Paxlovid within five days of a positive Covid test saw a 26% lower risk of long Covid compared with those who didn't receive it. The new study comes as researchers work to fill the knowledge gap about long Covid, an often debilitating condition with limited data and no proven treatment available. Long Covid refers to new, returning or ongoing health issues more than four weeks after an initial Covid infection, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She called the new study "very exciting and promising" because it's the first to show an association between Paxlovid and a decreased risk of long Covid.

☆ Shoplifting Climbs as In-Store Shopping Returns
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-12 | by ( Suzanne Kapner | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Photo: Rachel Wisniewski for The Wall Street JournalTarget says theft and other shortages are expected to reduce its gross margins for the recently completed fiscal year. Retailers say theft is rising as more people shop in stores, cutting into profits that were already under pressure. “We definitely had an uptick since last year,” Macy’s Chief Executive Jeff Gennette told analysts earlier this month. “It’s an industrywide trend.”

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