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☆ False conspiracy theories about Hurricane Milton spread despite outcry from officials
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Bruna Horvath | Bruna Horvath Is An Intern On Nbc News' Tech Team. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Baseless conspiracy theories about weather modification and false claims about disaster relief efforts have continued to spread on X in recent days, with misinformation about Hurricane Milton adding to a mountain of false rumors about Hurricane Helene and its aftermath. Greene has not deleted her posts referencing the conspiracy theories. In response to the challenges to Greene’s false claims, her deputy chief of staff, Nick Dyer, defended them, saying that she was actually the victim of conspiracy theories. “So when these people are espousing misinformation and conspiracy theories, then it’s like, ‘Oh, OK, well, maybe it’s true. FEMA is working to slow the spread of hurricane misinformation online.

Persons: Hurricane Helene, Marjorie Taylor Greene, ”, Greene, ‘, Joe Biden, Greene’s, “ It’s, Hugh Willoughby, “, ” Willoughby, ” Leila, Nick Dyer, Milton, Hurricane Milton, Donald Trump, Jim Jordan, Elon Musk, Angelo Fernández Hernández, Shauna Bowes, ” Bowes, ’ ” Bowes, Helene, Deanna Criswell, ” Criswell Organizations: X, NOAA, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, Republican, Florida International University, Hurricane Research Division, NBC, University of Washington’s Center, Hurricane, FEMA, U.S . Ohio, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Services Program, Customs, Disaster Relief, Congress, DHS, Institute, Strategic, ISD, Homeland Security, Vanderbilt University, North Carolina Department of Public Safety Locations: Florida, Saginaw , Michigan, U.S, London, Asheville , North Carolina

The findings bring the phenomenon — and the controversy — of the latest new and powerful weight loss drugs to the youngest age group yet. The new trial looked at liraglutide, the active ingredient used in two of Novo Nordisk’s older GLP-1 drugs: Saxenda, a weight loss drug, and Victoza, a diabetes drug. So instead of looking at overall weight loss like in adult studies, they decided to focus more on BMI, which takes into account both weight and height. A spokesperson for Novo Nordisk said that it has submitted an application to the Food and Drug Administration to expand the approval of liraglutide for weight loss in children ages 6 to 11. Is 6 too young for a weight loss drug?

Persons: Roy Kim, “, ” Kim, Claudia Fox, Fox, Eli Lilly, ”, liraglutide, ” Fox, Sarah Armstrong, ” Armstrong, comorbidities, it’s, ” Wegovy, Zepbound, Shauna Levy, ” Levy Organizations: New England, of Medicine, Novo Nordisk, Cleveland Clinic, Centers for Disease Control, University of Minnesota, BMI, Food and Drug Administration, American Academy of Pediatrics, Duke University, Tulane Bariatric Center Locations: liraglutide, Ozempic, Ohio, U.S, New Orleans

☆ With Musk’s X banned in Brazil, its users carve out new digital homes
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-05 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Brazil's X users, left casting about for a new platform, mostly started washing up on Threads and Bluesky. Everyone hadn't been on X; Brazil's social masses are primarily on TikTok, Instagram and Facebook . So as X went dark in this highly online country of 213 million, its users started migrating. Meta declined to provide specifics on Brazilian users. Bluesky gained 2.6 million users since last week, 85% from Brazil, the company said Wednesday, boosting its total to over 8 million.

Persons: Elon Musk, Jair Bolsonaro, Mauro Pimentel, Elon Musk's, X, Alexandre de Moraes, Shauna Wright, de Moraes, hadn't, Meta's Instagram, Wright, didn't, Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey, Cris Faga, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Tatiane Queiroz, Bluesky, Jefferson Nascimento, Nascimento, Egerton Neto, —, Jay Graber, Ton Molina Organizations: AFP, Getty, Brazilian, Facebook, Twitter, Associated Press, Meta, Federal Supreme Court, Elon, Nurphoto Locations: Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, San Francisco, Bluesky, Brazilian, Mato Grosso, Sao Paulo, Recife

☆ In the battle between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, clothing says a lot
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Alice Tecotzky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Read previewIf Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump ever stand next to one another on the debate stage, viewers watching from their living rooms will notice — even if subconsciously — what the two candidates are wearing. AdvertisementTrump has tailored the traditional masculine suit to fit both his body and his brand. Guy said that Trump often wears navy blue Brioni suits, which are reminiscent of 1980s power silhouettes. Related storiesTrump's campaign celebrated his styling choices, as spokesperson Steven Cheung said, "President Trump has the most style of any President in history." Given his background in reality television, Saha said that Trump understands the game of quick visual communication and knows that clothing can send signals about values.

Persons: —, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Harris, Derek Guy, Guy, Trump, Sparsha Saha, Shauna Shames, Shames, Steven Cheung, pantsuits, Manolo, she'll, Saha, Joseph Altuzarra, It's, Rachel Tashjian, I've Organizations: Service, Democratic, Business, Trump, Harvard, Rutgers University, Converse, New York Times, Vogue, Republican, Washington Post Locations: American, Washington

☆ 14 people were thrown in prison for cyberbullying an influencer. Her lawyer says it shows keyboard warriors can face justice.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-21 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

But over the last two years, she's been the subject of online abuse, spurred on by a French rapper, according to BBC News. AdvertisementFourteen individuals received immediate custodial sentences, according to BFM TV, which reported that the defendants must also pay a total of 54,000 euros, about $58,800, in damages. Related storiesThe news outlet reported that David-Olivier Kaminski, part of Berdah's legal team, said it showed that keyboard warriors will face justice. AdvertisementIn a statement on X, Berdah's legal team said the bullying campaign consisted of death threats and antisemitism, incited by a string of posts by the rapper Booba. AdvertisementIn an interview with BFM TV, Berdah said she felt "very relieved" by the verdict, adding that it sends a strong message to the victims of cyberbullying that justice can prevail.

Persons: —, Magali Berdah, she's, David, Olivier Kaminski, Berdah, Booba, Yaffa, cyberbullying, Shauna Organizations: Service, Business, BBC News, Radio France, Berdah, BFM, BI Locations: French, Paris

☆ All the best celebrity costumes over Halloween weekend
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Scroll down to see some of the best celebrity costumes from Halloween 2023. Rachpoot/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images/Getty ImagesJodie Turner-Smith opted for a bustier and printed dress as a devilish cowgirl. Rachpoot/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images/Getty ImagesKyle MacLachlan's pickleball match appeared to have gone dangerously wrong. Rachpoot/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images/Getty ImagesParis Hilton as Britney Spears' iconic blue flight attendant outfit from the "Toxic" music video. Rachpoot/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images/Getty Images

Persons: Barbie, Greta Gerwig’s, Lister, Megan Fox, Bill ”, Edward Norton, David Beckham, Britney Spears, Austin Butler, Andy Warhol, Kaia Gerber, Edie Sedgwick, Cindy Crawford, Sandy Olsson, Presley Gerber, Raoul Duke, Rande Gerber, Danny Zuko, Matt Winkelmeyer, Halsey, Bauer, Griffin, Jodie Turner, Smith, Shauna Robertson, Michael Kovac, Kelly, Kyle MacLachlan's pickleball, Max, Betty Boop, Michael Loccisano, Justin Bieber, Hailey Bieber, Rachpoot, Kelsea Ballerini, Gilbert Carrasquillo, Lori Harvey, Lara Croft, Paris Hilton, Hilton, Katy Perry, Demi Lovato, Brett, Jason Oppenheim, Sabrina Carpenter Organizations: CNN, Los Angeles, Paris Hilton, Netflix, Victoria, Paris Locations: ’ New York, London, Los, Las Vegas

But five months later, the overall number of people filing refugee claims in Canada has risen instead of falling. But it has sought to discourage those applying for asylum, chiefly through an agreement with the U.S. under which each country turns back asylum seekers. Asylum seekers are drawn by Canada's reputation for swifter processing and greater acceptance of asylum applications compared to the U.S. But overall, the number of asylum seekers entering Canada has surged. People applying at airports comprised about a third of all refugee claims made in July, up from about 16% in March.

Persons: Shauna Labman, Joe Biden's, Craig Damian Smith, Remi Lariviere, Lariviere, Abdulla Daoud, Loly Rico, Hana Bakhit, Maureen Silcoff, Silcoff, Grace Nanziri, Anna Mehler, Denny Thomas, Deepa Babington Organizations: Reuters, Human, University of Winnipeg, U.S, European Union, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, FCJ Refugee, REUTERS, Refugee Centre, FCJ, Thomson Locations: Canada, U.S, Toronto, Quebec, New York, United States, Mexico, Haiti, Turkey, Colombia, India, Rwanda, Montreal, Canada's, Sudan, Uganda

☆ ‘Yellowjackets’ Season 2, Episode 6 Recap: Little One
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Esther Zuckerman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Season 2, Episode 6: ‘Qui’“Yellowjackets” often favors the disturbing over the tragic. And for a moment it appears that’s how the long-awaited birth of Teen Shauna’s child is going to go. It’s the most upsetting thing that could possibly happen — or at least it’s what you would think would be the most upsetting thing that could possibly happen. This week’s episode, titled “Qui,” challenges that with a bait-and-switch scenario that swaps out the gruesome for the mournful. It was easy to guess that Shauna’s baby wasn’t going to survive.

☆ ‘Yellowjackets’: How Sophie Nélisse Managed That Harrowing Birth Scene
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Kalia Richardson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This article contains spoilers for Episode 6 of Season 2 of “Yellowjackets.”Sophie Nélisse keeps a close eye on what she eats. When picking out a restaurant for her 23rd birthday dinner last month, she opted for an Italian spot in Montreal that specializes in naturally leavened pizza, pies without commercial yeast. She shops at Erewhon, the trendy health food store, when she is in Los Angeles. “I’ve been eating clean,” she said in a recent video call from her home in Montreal. In the Season 2 premiere, her character, the teenage version of Shauna, snacks on her dead best friend Jackie’s ear.

☆ My grandfather hid the emotional toll of World War II from his family for decades
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Chloe Melas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

CNN —For decades after returning home from World War II, my grandfather did not talk about his wartime experiences. Frank Murphy, the grandfather of CNN's Chloe Melas, after he was captured and taken a prisoner of war by the Nazis in 1943. Everyone could see the physical toll of war on his body, but we didn’t know about his invisible wounds. After World War I, it was “shell shock”; post-World War II it was known as “combat fatigue,” and after Vietnam it was called “post-Vietnam syndrome.” In 1980, the American Psychiatric Association officially recognized it as post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. “When your grandfather and my grandfather served in World War II, they didn’t talk about it,” Paul Rieckhoff, founder and CEO of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, told me.

☆ Home prices see largest decline since 2012 as banking crisis hits demand: 'There's this fear that everything will crash'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Filip De Mott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

"That killed the buyer momentum that had been building, and brought us right back to where we were last year when mortgage rates shot up. For example, prices in Boise surged a record 40.9% in May 2021 amid low mortgage rates, the remote-work trend, and relative affordability. But since then, mortgage rates have soared amid Federal Reserve rate hikes. While they have come off last year's peak of 7%, the 30-year-fixed mortgage rate averaged 6.54% in March, up from 4.17% a year earlier. Meanwhile, the higher mortgage rates are keeping buyers and sellers on the sidelines, and March saw new listings drop 23.3% year over year, Redfin said.

☆ A tiny-home startup has attracted 160,000 customers, including Elon Musk. But disgruntled customers, an empty factory, and a tie to an alleged Iranian agent cloud its future.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-06 | by ( Daniel Geiger | Alex Nicoll | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

A Boxabl Casita being delivered to a SpaceX facility in Texas. Tackling the US housing crisisStamped out on an assembly line, Boxabl homes could finally begin to help quench America's perpetual housing shortage. Homeowners, meanwhile, could rent out Boxabl units as secondary dwellings in their backyards or as Airbnbs. Firooznia, Tiramani said, sometimes provided a tiebreaking vote when the father and son disagreed on business decisions. During a tour of Boxabl's factory in December, a freelance reporter for Insider saw Tiramani's wife, Shauna, arrive with their four young children.

☆ Bank of America announced a new class of managing directors — here are all 87 names in corporate and investment banking
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Alex Morrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Bank of America has announced a new class of 360 managing directors. Insider has the list of the 87 new MDs for the firm's Global Corporate and Investment Bank. It's managing director promotion day at Bank of America. On Thursday, the class of 360 managing directors across the firm were announced internally, up 15% from the 314 promoted in 2022.Insider has the list of the 87 employees who were promoted in the firm's Global Corporate and Investment Bank — the division responsible for dealmaking. That's down 17% from 105 new MDs last year in the division, likely a reflection of a difficult year in investment banking across Wall Street that saw revenues drop in excess of 50%.

“And the pulse oximeter is used from any age to geriatrics,” he said. The US Food and Drug Administration is mulling over next steps for the regulation of pulse oximeter devices, which may give less accurate readings for people of color. A panel of its Medical Devices Advisory Committee met in November to review clinical data on the issue. “I think of the pulse oximeter reading in the same way. Of course this can be dangerous.”Ultimately, the pulse oximeter can estimate the amount of oxygen a person has in their blood without the need for a blood sample.

[1/10] Delegates applaud as COP27 President Sameh Shoukry delivers a statement during the closing plenary at the COP27 climate summit in Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, November 20, 2022. "We had to fight relentlessly to hold the line of Glasgow," a visibly frustrated Alok Sharma, architect of the Glasgow deal, told the summit. He listed off a number of ambition-boosting measures that were stymied in the negotiations for the final COP27 deal in Egypt: "Emissions peaking before 2025 as the science tells us is necessary? Another section of the COP27 deal dropped the idea of annual target renewal in favour of returning to a longer five-year cycle set out in the Paris pact. "I recognise the progress we made in COP27" with the loss and damage fund, Aminath Shauna told the plenary.

☆ What are people saying about the COP27 deal?
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"I urge you to acknowledge when you walk out of this room, that we have all fallen short in actions to avoid and minimise loss and damage. "Too many parties are not ready to make more progress today in the fight against climate crisis." PAKISTAN CLIMATE CHANGE MINISTER SHERRY REHMAN"We have struggled for 30 year on this path and today in Sharm el-Sheikh this journey has achieved its first positive milestone ... MALDIVES CLIMATE CHANGE MINISTER AMINATH SHAUNA"I recognise the progress we made in COP 27 particularly on...the funding arrangements for loss and damage. And we were able to prevent a backslide behind the consensus of Glasgow and Paris (climate summits).

☆ Maldives minister: COP27 negotiators have reached a deal on a climate fund
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Negotiators say they have struck a potential breakthrough deal on the thorniest issue of United Nations climate talks, creation of a fund for compensating poor nations that are victims of extreme weather worsened by rich nations' carbon pollution. "There is an agreement on loss and damage," which is what negotiators call the concept, Maldives Environment Minister Aminath Shauna told The Associated Press Saturday. A second overarching document from the climate talks leadership ignores India's call to phase down oil and natural gas, in addition to last year's agreement to wean the world from "unabated" coal. The EU made a surprise proposal days earlier tying a fund for climate disasters to emissions cuts that go beyond what the 2015 Paris climate agreement calls for. "We're now, I must say, very close to getting a loss and damage fund," Adow said.

[1/3] Egyptian Foreign Minister and Egypt's COP27 President Sameh Shoukry attends an informal stocktaking session during the COP27 climate summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, November 18, 2022. But with several other sticking points dogging this year's U.N. climate talks, host country Egypt said a final deal was still not expected before the weekend. But it was unclear Friday if all of those countries would accept the EU's offer of a fund to aid only "the most vulnerable countries", rather than all developing countries as they had requested. On Friday morning, the U.N. climate agency published a first official draft of the final summit deal. Some countries, including the EU and Britain, have pushed for the overall deal in Egypt to lock in country commitments for more ambitious climate action.

☆ Some of Congress' youngest members have famously flamed out. Can a candidate be too young to serve?
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Oma Seddiq | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

More youthful representation would better serve the country, young members of Congress say. But members of Congress, political scientists, and strategists generally don't blame age for these downfalls — leaders both young and old are prone to controversy. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made history in 2019 as the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, at 29. "I was always accustomed to being the youngest," Schatz told Insider at the Capitol. The nation needs "more principled members of Congress," Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, 35, told Insider, adding: "It doesn't matter their age."

☆ Insulele Maldive ar putea dispărea până la sfârșitul secolului: „Nu vom supraviețui, nu există teren mai înalt pentru noi”
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-20 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: pandatur.mdInsulele Maldive ar putea dispărea până la sfârșitul secolului: „Nu vom supraviețui, nu există teren mai înalt pentru noi”Insulele Maldive ar putea dispărea până la sfârșitul secolului, dacă lumea nu va acționa rapid și coordonat pentru a combate schimbările climatice. „Schimbările climatice sunt reale și suntem cea mai vulnerabilă țară din lume”, a spus Aminath Shauna. „Nu există un teren mai înalt pentru noi... suntem doar noi, sunt doar insulele noastre și marea,” a adăugat ministrul. Forumul Economic Mondial estimează că aproximativ 80% dintre oameni vor fi afectați de schimbările climatice până în anul 2050. Viitorul țării noastre, al poporului nostru și al culturii noastre, toate depind de acțiunile noastre de astăzi”, avertizează Aminath Shauna.

Locations: Maldive

☆ Insulele Maldive ar putea dispărea până la sfârșitul secolului
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-19 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Insulele Maldive ar putea dispărea până la sfârșitul secolului, dacă lumea nu va acționa rapid și coordonat pentru a combate schimbările climatice. „Schimbările climatice sunt reale și suntem cea mai vulnerabilă țară din lume”, a spus Aminath Shauna. „Nu există un teren mai înalt pentru noi... suntem doar noi, sunt doar insulele noastre și marea,” a adăugat ministrul. Forumul Economic Mondial estimează că aproximativ 80% dintre oameni vor fi afectați de schimbările climatice până în anul 2050. Viitorul țării noastre, al poporului nostru și al culturii noastre, toate depind de acțiunile noastre de astăzi”, avertizează Aminath Shauna.

Locations: Insulele Maldive

Dacă deteriorarea mediului va continua în acest ritm, țara „nu va mai fi aici” până în 2.100, a declarat ministrul Aminath Shauna într-un interviu pentru CNBC. „Schimbările climatice sunt reale și suntem cea mai vulnerabilă țară din lume”, a spus Aminath Shauna. „Nu există un teren mai înalt pentru noi... suntem doar noi, sunt doar insulele noastre și marea,” a adăugat ministrul. Viitorul țării noastre, al poporului nostru și al culturii noastre, toate depind de acțiunile noastre de astăzi”, avertizează Aminath Shauna. „Avem nevoie ca fiecare om să abordeze schimbările climatice la un nivel personal și la un nivel politic de către guverne”, a spus Shauna.

Locations: Maldive

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