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FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. — Christal Shola was one of dozens of people in a long stream of cars waiting to re-enter Fort Myers Beach on Thursday a few hours after Hurricane Milton slammed into the town. A person walks through surge waters after Hurricane Milton made landfall in the Sarasota area in Fort Myers on Wednesday. Local and federal officials have praised residents for taking evacuation warnings seriously and leaving at-risk communities, including the barrier islands, long before the storm hit. “I really want to thank the residents of the barrier islands for listening to us this time,” Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said. Other barrier islands remain inaccessible or have limited services for residents.

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☆ A Ban on Elephant Hunting Has Collapsed. Or Maybe It Never Existed.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Shola Lawal | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On the lush, rolling savannas that link northern Tanzania to Amboseli National Park in Kenya, foraging elephants move back and forth on a sloping landscape in the shadow of snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro. The animals are accustomed to open-sided 4x4s full of tourists on the Kenyan side and seem to sense no danger from the visitors pointing phones. At least two were so-called super tuskers, with tusks so long that they swept the ground. There hasn’t been a similar cluster of rapid killings in the area since the mid-1990s. Conservationists say it points to a breakdown of a tacit agreement between the countries that banned hunting in the border zone.

Persons: hasn’t Organizations: Kenyan Locations: Tanzania, Kenya, Amboseli

☆ A data specialist shares the 2-page résumé that got him a $300,000 job at Google — and explains 3 details he got right on it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Shubhangi Goel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The résumé that landed Virmani a job at Google is two pages long — a decision he defends today. Six months after deciding to switch careers, he landed a role as a data and machine learning specialist at Google's Seattle office. Related storiesHere's the résumé he used to apply for his job at Google, which pays more than $300,000 a year. She sent her video résumé, which took her 10 hours to create, to the hiring manager directly, Kobayashi previously told BI. A Google recruiter saw the video and reached out to her, and she eventually landed a role at the tech giant.

Persons: Ankit Virmani, —, Virmani, Ankit, you'll, Gen Zs, West, Mariana Kobayashi, Kobayashi, Axel Springer Organizations: Deloitte, Google, Service, Microsoft, Business Locations: India, Seattle, shubhangigoel@insider.com

☆ Kensington Palace took 13 hours to explain Kate Middleton's edited photo. People aren't convinced.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Kate Middleton apologized for editing a family photo after media agencies recalled the image. It was the first official image of Kate since her absence, which has sparked conspiracy theories. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementIt followed Kate's lengthy absence from the public eye after the Princess of Wales underwent a " planned abdominal surgery " in January. Reuters, Agence France-Press, and, most recently, the Press Association have also recalled the image over concerns it had been altered.

Persons: Kate Middleton, Kate, —, Princess, Wales, Catherine, rince, witter, ike, ince Organizations: Service, Palace's, ust, essington

☆ Fact Check-The Guardian headline referring to France riots as ‘reparations’ is fake
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The fabricated headline reads in full: “I fully support the looting in France by the disenfranchised black youth. In an email to Reuters, a spokesperson for The Guardian said the article in the image has “never been a published Guardian headline or story”. Reuters has previously debunked claims of other The Guardian headlines attributed to Dr. Mos-Shogbamimu (here), (here). Read more Reuters reporting about the riots in France in France here. The Guardian and Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu both say the headline is a fake.

Persons: Dr Shola Mos, Dr Mos, Shogbamimu, Dr, Mos, Read, Shola Mos Organizations: Guardian, Reuters, Twitter, The Guardian Locations: France

☆ Fact Check-Guardian headline on Tina Turner and reparations is fabricated
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-26 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

An image seemingly showing a headline published by The Guardian on Tina Turner’s death and reparations is fabricated. “We can confirm that the link shared has never been a published Guardian headline or story,” a spokesperson for the outlet. A search via The Guardian’s website did not reveal the headline (www.theguardian.com/uk). An online search did not reveal the headline published by any outlet (archive.is/wip/Dtudn). The headline similarly cannot be seen via archived versions of The Guardian’s homepage saved on May 24 and May 25 (here), (here).

☆ Generation Hustle: Gen Z Is Reshaping Work With More Jobs, Side Hustles
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Eve Upton-Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

In the midst of an uncertain economy and precarious job market, Gen Z is turning up the hustle. According to a 2022 survey commissioned by Microsoft, 48% of Gen Z respondents were juggling multiple side hustles at once. Broken promisesWhile young people often work multiple jobs through college and early in their career, Gen Zers are extending the work hustle into their formal careers. But after watching that dream die for millennials, Gen Z isn't buying into what they view as a broken social contract. "So Gen Z has seen there's other ways to make money, even as a kid, through platforms like YouTube."

☆ How Gen Z Is Rewriting the Job Rulebook on 'Résumé Gaps', Career Breaks
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Eve Upton-Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Most people are familiar with the scourge of the résumé gap. Young entrants to the workforce are leading a new conversation about the workplace, and the long-scorned résumé gap is no exception. Instead of viewing it as a negative, many Gen Zers are arguing that career breaks are positive and forcing employers to reconsider their preconceived notions about the résumé gap. The pesky résumé gapWhile job candidates have papered over résumé gaps for years, taking a break during the long march of a career is not uncommon. For those looking at working well into their 70s, a career gap, or two, simply makes sense.

☆ How small-town Maine embraced a family that fled the Taliban
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Elyse Lightman Samuels | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +36 min

CAPE ELIZABETH, Maine — Last November, at about midnight, Omid was lying in bed in his new home in Cape Elizabeth, Maine — exhausted, but unable to sleep. On this night, and on many nights during Omid's first few months in Maine, Nasir was soon at his door. Omid's family arrived in Maine just before Halloween in 2021 and recently celebrated one year in Maine. Catholic Charities, the local refugee-resettlement organization in Maine, was working with Omid's family to help them resettle. After Omid's family escaped Kabul, members of his extended family came by to collect some of their more precious items, and gave other things away.

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