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☆ Her wife died and she went on a cruise. Then she met a fellow passenger who changed her life forever
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +27 min

“But Bobbi didn’t.”At the end of the 10-day cruise, Tam disembarked thinking how Bobbi was very different from their ex-husband. Tam & Bobbi WatermanAlmost 1,000 miles apart, Tam and Bobbi stayed in touch via instant messages and social media updates. Tam & Bobbi WatermanAs Bobbi started living authentically in 2023, she and Tam also started preparing for the trip of a lifetime. So when they learned about Royal Caribbean’s Ultimate World Cruise, a nine-month long world cruise setting sail in December 2023, the couple jumped at the chance. “That was the hardest thing on the world cruise, because my passport was my old name and my old gender.

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☆ 33+ best gift ideas for men in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Cory Fernandez | Cory Fernandez Is A Commerce Editor For Select On Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +22 min

Brainstorming great gift ideas for men in your life, whether it’s your husband, boyfriend, dad or brother, goes a long way in making their holiday memorable. To find the best gift ideas for men, I gathered a long list of products and even got recommendations from my fellow NBC Select editors and writer, who tests hundreds of products every year. SKIP AHEAD The best tech gifts for him | The best food and home gifts for him | The best fitness and wellness gifts for him | The best apparel and accessories gifts for him | Why trust NBC Select? The Amazon Echo Dot is a great gift idea for someone who wants to have a “smart home” but doesnt know quite where to start. The Theragun Mini Massage Gun is a great gift idea for someone who regularly works out and wants to improve their recovery time.

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☆ A scientist who used to advise ultra-processed food companies shares 2 surprising ways they make food irresistible
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Kim Schewitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

In fact, they're often specifically designed to be irresistible, a scientist who used to work with UPF companies told Business Insider. But over time, Smith said companies became more interested in enhancing food to make it irresistible to the point where people feel they can't stop eating it. That's because sonic branding, or associating a sound with a product, can make us want to consume it, Smith said. How a chocolate bar sounds when it snaps can be engineered. So, similar to sound, companies use our sense of smell to grab our attention and make us crave their products.

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☆ I shopped for work outfits at COS and Zara and preferred the more expensive store
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Samantha Grindell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Today, Zara, H&M, and Aritzia have become the go-to stores. Related storiesVersatile attire rather than strictly professional clothes makes sense with Zara's brand mission. Samantha Grindell/Business InsiderAgain, the jacket was work-appropriate, but I thought I would feel uncomfortable in the office in the skort because of its length. Samantha Grindell/Business InsiderThe outfit that surprised me most was a white set with a $69 tank top and $89 shorts. Samantha Grindell/Business InsiderThe COS clothes were slightly more expensive than the pieces from Zara, but the price difference felt minuscule considering the COS pieces' quality.

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☆ Gen Zers are starting to tease Gen Alpha tweens, saying they have a 'blue light stare'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

But Gen Z has a new target: Gen Alpha. Zoomers are starting to tease Gen Alpha tweens, saying they are stunted when it comes to socializing because of what they say is their addiction to screens. Nicholas Drake, a content creator, described the blue light stare as a "nonchalant, just unbothered look on their face." A TikToker called Hannah said she was recently served by a "Gen Alpha kid" and that the "blue light stare is so real." Terms such as "blue light stare," Varbanova said, "makes people feel more in control."

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☆ Paul McCartney roasts Bruce Springsteen at London awards ceremony
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Rosa Rahimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —Bruce Springsteen became the first international songwriter to be awarded a fellowship of the Ivors Academy in its 80-year history – but he had to put up with some ribbing from one of his most famous peers first. At the Ivor Novello Awards ceremony at Grosvenor House in London Thursday night, Springsteen was inducted into the fellowship by Paul McCartney, who was the academy’s first-ever fellow. “He’s known as the American working man, you know?” a clip of the ceremony posted to social media showed McCartney saying. “There is no one more fitting than Bruce Springsteen to be the first international songwriter inducted into our Fellowship,” Tom Gray, chair of the academy, said in a press release. “I’m gonna sound really weird up here because I sang in the rain, all night last night,” he said in a speech.

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☆ God's Man in Washington
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Mattathias Schwartz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +34 min

Trump's departure from the White House hasn't stopped him from using the old administration's star power to fuel Capitol Ministries' growth. But regardless of what happens this coming November, Capitol Ministries is quickly becoming the face of American GOP-style evangelicalism around the world. Other than Ralph's wife, Danielle, and a few members of Capitol Ministries' administrative staff, the room was almost entirely men. Rick Perry spoke to Drollinger at Capitol Ministries' global summit in Washington, DC. And yet, on the question of whether and why to support Israel, Drollinger was indeed looking to Revelation for answers.

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☆ Opinion: Remembering ‘Juice,’ the young fighter pilot who embodied the Holy Grail of aviation
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Opinion Nolan Peterson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

The young Ukrainian pilot known by the call sign "Juice" campaigned for F-16 fighter jets for his country in its battle against Russia. The joking, the nonchalance, the sterile vocabulary — it’s all part of a well-honed fighter pilot culture, which ingrains the mental resilience needed to survive. “Even with our losses, we are still doing our job in this real combat mood, real fighter pilot mood, with crazy jokes. Beyond their fears and sorrows, there is another emotion, unique to war, which Ukrainian fighter pilots must now also control each time they fly. For its part, the US military plans to start training Ukrainian pilots to fly the supersonic fighters this October.

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☆ Top North Carolina Republicans privately encouraged then-Democrat Tricia Cotham to run for the state House in 2022, a year before she switched parties and gave the GOP a veto-proof majority
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Two of North Carolina's top GOP leaders encouraged Tricia Cotham to run for office last year, per The Times. Cotham, from a family with deep Democratic roots, flipped to the GOP three months into her new term. And then Cotham in April made a decision that immediately transformed North Carolina politics, as she switched from the Democratic Party to the GOP, giving the latter party supermajorities in both the state House and state Senate. What was previously unknown until now was that top North Carolina Republicans — namely House Speaker Tim Moore and House Majority Leader John Bell — had encouraged Cotham to run for the seat last year, according to The Times. Jonathan Coby, Cotham's former campaign consultant, told The Times that Cotham was irate over her political predicament.

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☆ I Dated a Celebrity. Do I Have to Tell My Wife?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Kwame Anthony Appiah | More About Kwame Anthony Appiah | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I’ve been married for nearly 40 years, and for no particular reason, neither my wife nor I felt compelled to share much about our prior love lives. There was nothing much noteworthy to share on my part, but that changed about three years into the marriage. Not long ago, my wife remarked that I am a “big fan.” I smiled, nodded and changed the subject. My fear is that sharing this connection with my wife would jeopardize my continued enjoyment of this artist’s body of work. Some couples believe in telling each other every detail about their past; you and your wife have settled into a different habit.

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☆ 'I'm still cool': US World Cup squad bridges generational divide
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Amy Tennery | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] Jun 23, 2023; Portland, Oregon, USA; Portland Thorns FC forward Sophia Smith (9) celebrates a goal in the second half against the Washington Spirit at Providence Park. Building chemistry on a World Cup squad is no easy feat, as players who once regarded one another as club foes must bond as team mates in a span of a few weeks, forming a cohesive unit. Veteran forward Megan Rapinoe turns 38 next month and finds herself on the same squad as 18-year-old Alyssa Thompson. Thompson and 21-year-old forward Trinity Rodman count retired great Carli Lloyd's goal from half-field the 2015 World Cup final as a pivotal memory from their childhood. Five of their team mates this year were on the team with Lloyd when it happened.

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☆ JPMorgan bond chief Bob Michele sees worrying echoes of 2008 in market calm
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Hugh Son | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

"This does remind me an awful lot of that March-to-June period in 2008," said Michele, rattling off the parallels. Last month, JPMorgan bought failed regional player First Republic; in March 2008, JPMorgan took over the investment bank Bear Stearns. Michele oversees more than $700 billion in assets for JPMorgan and is also global head of fixed income for the bank's asset management arm. The cycle coincides with the central bank's steps to rein in market liquidity through a process known as quantitative tightening. Brown | AFP | Getty Images"There are a lot of things that resonate with 2008" including overvalued real estate, he said.

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☆ Biden Gets a Chance to Mock Fox News, and Gleefully Takes It
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-30 | by ( Peter Baker | Katie Robertson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Whatever news gods decided that the cable television stars Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon should be fired the same week that President Biden was scheduled to give a funny speech ribbing the news media certainly were generous in providing fresh material. And Mr. Biden took advantage on Saturday night as he gleefully mocked some of his favorite foils. “Last year, your favorite Fox News reporters were able to attend” the dinner “because they were fully vaccinated and boosted,” Mr. Biden said, in a nod to his coronavirus response strategy. “This year, with that $787 million settlement, they’re here because they couldn’t say no to a free meal.”“And hell, I’d call Fox honest, fair and truthful,” he told the crowd gathered in a cavernous ballroom in Washington as well as a national television audience watching at home. “But then I could be sued for defamation.” When some groaned, he quipped, “It ain’t nothing compared to what they do to me.”

☆ Biden set to address White House Correspondents Dinner
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( Maegan Vazquez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

But undoubtedly, a White House official told CNN, his speech will address the issue of wrongfully detained Americans abroad. US President George W. Bush, left, waves with impressionist Steve Bridges at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in 2006. Roger L. Wollenberg/Pool/Getty Images The White House Correspondents' Dinner is held in 1923. It was started two years earlier by the White House Correspondents' Association, the organization of journalists who cover the president. Roosevelt was congratulating Brandt for winning the first Raymond Clapper Memorial Award, which was given by the White House Correspondents' Association for distinguished reporting.

☆ Analysis: Biden team shrugs off polls, targets key voters ahead of 2024 run
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Trevor Hunnicutt | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Recent polls show aging leaders are a concern for Americans in general, and Biden's age in particular worries Democratic voters. Biden's public approval rating was just 41% in a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll that closed on Sunday. They're targeting key subsets of voters, such as those who flipped from supporting Trump in 2016 to Biden in 2020. Overall, Biden's approval rating among the group rose from 31% to 52% during the speech, and six in ten liked the speech. Attacking Republicans for threatening Social Security and Medicare is expected to be particularly salient in competitive states like New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Florida with large proportions of elderly voters.

Some Republicans heckled him at times during a speech that lasted 73 minutes. But over the past two years, we proved the cynics and the naysayers wrong," said Biden, a Democrat. The White House has said Biden will not negotiate over that necessity; Republicans want spending cuts in exchange for their support. And he stuck to that theme, highlighting a massive infrastructure bill and gently ribbing Republican lawmakers who opposed it. Some House Republican lawmakers have questioned Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential race against Trump, vowing to investigate his Cabinet and family.

☆ Biden played the State of the Union perfectly, but the raucous GOP proved he's dealing with a whole new kind of opposition
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Tuesday's State of the Union address was an at times raucous affair. Tuesday night showed that this is no longer your father's State of the Union address. Parts of Biden's second State of the Union resembled the United Kingdom's raucous "Prime Minister's Questions" sessions that C-SPAN nerds delight in. The State of the Union is not supposed to resemble the real-time grilling of a world leader though. To be clear, opposition party members have long trolled the president during the State of the Union.

☆ Wall Street titan Apollo has a new class of dealmakers. Here's how 3 rose to partner while in their 30s.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Casey Sullivan | Hayley Cuccinello | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +23 min

He persevered through the brutal all-nighters, the perplexing spreadsheets, and the temperamental bosses who walked the halls of the midtown Manhattan investment firm. At Apollo, executives tend to grow up quickly. Some of their former colleagues have tried to make more money elsewhere, such as the hedge funds run by billionaire personalities that Apollo's executives quietly root against. Associates sometimes dealt with burnout from heavy workloads and demanding bosses by escaping for a walk through Central Park to let off steam, according to the former firm associates. We're Rayman Apollo!'"

☆ Irene Gakwa moved to the US to attend nursing school in Wyoming. Then she vanished
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-04 | by ( Faith Karimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

CNN —Irene Gakwa’s last WhatsApp video call with her parents was filled with gentle ribbing. After Gakwa’s brothers could not reach her, they looked through her phone records and called a close friend she’d talked to numerous times. A group formed to help find Irene Gakwa prepares to post signs seeking information about the missing woman in Gillette, Wyoming, on June 18. Lacey Ayers talks to Stacy Koester, left, and Melissa Bloxom as they place signs with an image of Irene Gakwa in a yard in Gillette, Wyoming. Gakwa and Hightman eventually moved in together in Meridian, and she started nursing school at College of Western Idaho.

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