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☆ We're in the era of the permanent campaign. Could Kamala Harris change that?
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Alice Tecotzky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Read previewWhen Vice President Kamala Harris announced that she was running for president on July 21, she changed more than the dynamics of the race — she upended the entire timeline of presidential elections. AdvertisementMichael Sistak, who served as Sen. Mitt Romney's political director in Michigan in 2012, described a presidential campaign as a "long slog through the mud." AdvertisementIn the 1960s, primaries became a fixture of presidential elections and added months to the campaign. The primary system emerged as a decisive force after World War II and solidified its place in the American presidential election process in 1968. "It's a slog from January all the way to the convention," she said about presidential election years.

Persons: —, Kamala Harris, Harris, Donald Trump, Rachael Cobb, Cobb, Joseph Campbell, Tim Hogan, Hillary Clinton, Amy Klobuchar, they're, Michael Sistak, Sen, Mitt Romney's, Hogan, Sistak didn't, — Campbell, Eugene McCarthy, Hubert Humphrey, Humphrey, Charles Stewart, Stewart, Sistak, Clinton, Daron Shaw, Shaw, isn't, we've Organizations: Service, Business, White House, Suffolk University, American University, White, Romney's, MIT, Politics, UT Austin, Democratic, Republican Locations: Michigan

☆ Federal judge allows prediction market Kalshi to offer betting on upcoming US elections
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Piper Hudspethblackburn | Piper Hudspeth Blackburn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A federal judge made way on Thursday for legal political gambling in the United States, rejecting a federal watchdog’s last-minute effort to delay a prediction market from offering bets on the November elections. She also denied a request by the government during Thursday’s hearing to block Kalshi from offering contracts pending its appeal. The CFTC has argued that the contracts count as illegal gambling and that it doesn’t have the resources to monitor them. Its chairman, Rostin Behnam, has also warned that election contracts would “ultimately commoditize and degrade the integrity” the electoral process. Luana Lopes Lara, a co-founder of Kalshi, celebrated the decision on Thursday, writing on X, “WE’RE LIVE.” The CFTC declined to comment.

Persons: Jia Cobb, “, ” Cobb, Kalshi, Rostin Behnam, Luana Lopes Lara, ” Organizations: CNN, Senate, Futures Trading Commission, DC, Kalshi, CFTC Locations: United States, Washington ,, Kalshi, New York

☆ Elections Officials Battle a Deluge of Disinformation
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Tiffany Hsu | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Tate Fall is overwhelmed. When she signed on to be director of elections in Cobb County, Ga., last year, she knew she’d be registering voters and recruiting poll workers, maybe fixing up voting machines. She didn’t expect the unending flood of disinformation — or at least, she wasn’t prepared for how much it would overtake her job. She has had election deniers shout at her at public meetings, fielded weekend calls from politicians panicked about a newly circulating falsehood, and even reviewed conspiracy theories circulating on Nextdoor forums that might worsen skepticism among distrustful constituents already doubtful that the democratic system is reliable and secure.

Persons: she’d, wasn’t Organizations: Tate Locations: Cobb County ,

Stars from Hollywood's golden age are being reborn through celebrity estate AI voice cloning deals, a sign of how some of the "Wild West" concerns about unauthorized AI impersonation are being addressed by new business models. Safeguards include active moderation of content, accountability enforceable with bans, and special provisions for safeguarding the impact of AI voice on the 2024 election. Among the current generation of actors, there remains significant anxiety surrounding the use of AI in generating voice content. Voice actors for video games have raised concerns, and last year's film and television strike had significant roots in anxieties over the use of AI. AI voice licensing could alleviate workload for voice actors, he added, without supplanting them, as they "intercede in the process by focusing on offering correction or enhancement to ineffable aspects such as intonation, warmth, and emphasis, which still present challenges."

Persons: Burt Reynolds, Andreessen Horowitz, Judy Garland, James Dean, Sir Laurence Olivier, ElevenLabs, Sam Sklar, Scarlett Johansson, " Sklar, Frito, Tom Waits soundalike, Waits, Lovo, Steve Cohen, Pollock, Cohen, Bette Davis, Sklar, Nauman Dawalatabad, Dawalatabad, Michele Cobb Organizations: Golden Globe, Beverly Hilton Hotel, Sequoia, New York Times, Washington Post, Disney, Google, Apple, MIT Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Audio Publishers Association, CNBC

☆ Ex-trucker awaiting trial in North Carolina murder is charged with suspected serial killings in California
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

A former long-haul trucker awaiting trial in the 1992 murder of a North Carolina woman was charged in the suspected serial killings of three more women in California more than four decades ago, authorities said Thursday. The women, all sex workers, were found dead in Port Hueneme, Oxnard and an unincorporated part of Ventura County, respectively, in May, September and December of that year, officials said. Cobb, 29, was found dead on an interstate northwest of Winston-Salem on July 7, 1992, according to the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation. Court records for Alexander’s case in North Carolina were unavailable Friday night and it isn’t clear if he has entered a plea or who is defending him. Authorities are now working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation through its Highway Serial Killings Initiative to help identify other potential victims linked to Alexander, Nasarenko said.

Persons: Warren Luther Alexander, Kimberly Fritz, Velvet Sanchez, Lorraine Rodriguez, Facebook Alexander, Nona Cobb, Erik Nasarenko, Cobb, Alexander, Nasarenko, Cobb’s Organizations: Facebook, North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, NBC, Authorities, Federal Bureau of Investigation Locations: North Carolina, California, Ventura County, Port Hueneme, Oxnard, Southern Calif, Winston, Salem, Diamondhead , Mississippi, Los Angeles

☆ Georgia lawmaker charged with driving under influence after hitting bicycle in bike lane
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

ATLANTA — Georgia state Rep. Devan Seabaugh is accused of driving under the influence after authorities say he ran into a bicyclist who was riding in the bike lane of an Atlanta street. Seabaugh faces seven charges, including driving under the influence of alcohol, and driving under the influence of drugs, Atlanta Municipal Court records show. The Cobb County politician was arrested Thursday night in the Grant Park neighborhood of Atlanta by a Georgia State Patrol task force that targets drunken drivers. Seabaugh, a Republican, was elected to the Georgia House in a special election in the summer of 2021, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Seabaugh faces Democrat challenger Karl Gallegos in the Nov. 5 general election.

Persons: Devan Seabaugh, I’m, ” Seabaugh, Karl Gallegos Organizations: Atlanta Municipal Court, Georgia State Patrol, Atlanta City, Republican, Georgia, Atlanta Locations: ATLANTA — Georgia, Atlanta, Cobb, Grant, Cobb County, Marietta, Kennesaw

☆ Giants’ Blake Snell throws first no-hitter of career in win over Reds
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( C. Trent Rosecrans | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

CINCINNATI — The San Francisco Giants’ Blake Snell threw his first no-hitter Friday night at Great American Ball Park, striking out 11 Cincinnati Reds in the 3-0 victory. Snell got Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz to fly out to right-fielder Mike Yastrzemski, a defensive replacement. Snell threw 114 pitches and walked three. It was the 18th no-hitter in Giants history, and the 13th time Cincinnati has been no-hit. Last August, the Reds’ Spencer Steer broke up Alex Cobb’s no-hit bid with two outs in the ninth inning.

Persons: San Francisco Giants ’ Blake Snell, Snell, Elly De La, Mike Yastrzemski, Reds ’ Spencer Steer, Alex Cobb’s, Katie Stratman Organizations: CINCINNATI, San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds, Reds, Giants Locations: Elly De La Cruz, Cincinnati, USA

☆ Groundbreaking executive White House chef steps down
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Betsy Klein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —White House executive chef Cristeta Comerford has retired after nearly three decades cooking for five commanders-in-chief and their families, a White House official tells CNN. Comerford cooked for America’s first families over 29 years, including the Clintons, Bushes, Obamas, Trumps and Bidens, overseeing all White House cuisine from family meals to state dinners in the executive chef role. Her last day was Friday, the White House official said. “To be a White House chef, it’s really your temperance that really counts for a lot. In 2005, she was one of about 450 applicants for the executive chef role, which included what she described as a final “cook-off” round.

Persons: CNN —, Cristeta Comerford, Comerford, Clinton, Laura Bush, “, Chef Cris, Joe, ”, Jill Biden, Susie Morrison, it’s, Caesar, cobb Organizations: CNN, CNN — White House, White, White House Locations: White, Pennsylvania, United States, Manila, Chicago, Washington, DC, Vienna, Austria

☆ CrowdStrike update that caused global outage likely skipped checks, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Security experts said CrowdStrike's routine update of its widely used cybersecurity software, which caused clients' computer systems to crash globally on Friday, apparently did not undergo adequate quality checks before it was deployed. The latest version of its Falcon Sensor software was meant make CrowdStrike clients' systems more secure against hacking by updating the threats it defends against. Patrick Wardle, a security researcher who specializes in studying threats against operating systems, said his analysis identified the code responsible for the outage. It's unclear how that faulty code got into the update and why it wasn't detected before being released to customers. Other security companies have had similar episodes in the past.

Persons: Steve Cobb, Patrick Wardle, John Hammond Organizations: Dusseldorf Airport, Microsoft, Huntress Labs, Fortune, Infrastructure Security Agency Locations: Dusseldorf, Germany, U.S

☆ How Donald Trump is poised to avoid pre-election trials in three out of four of his criminal cases
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Tierney Sneed | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

With Monday’s Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling likely preventing a trial in the federal election subversion case before the election, Trump is poised to avoid pre-election trials in the three most significant criminal prosecutions he faces. It will determine Trump’s legal fate. A Supreme Court ruling that hamstrings the DC federal subversion caseThe charges by special counsel Jack Smith alleging Trump subverted the 2020 election was the second to last of the four cases brought. “You can’t charge a former president for a crime for the first time in history without going to Supreme Court,” Cobb said. But the new Supreme Court immunity standard jeopardizes the use of much of that conduct in the case.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, won’t, ”, Ty Cobb, “, ” Cobb, pardoning, Fani Willis, Paul Rosenzweig, Bill Clinton, Jamie Raskin, ” Raskin, Jack Smith, Tanya Chutkan’s, Smith, Smith’s, Cobb, John Roberts, Rosenzweig, Aileen Cannon, Cannon, She’s, she’s, she’d, Willis, Nathan Wade, it’s, Wade, Nathan Wade's, Kaitlan Collins, Fulton, Scott McAfee, Michael Moore, Moore, Barack Obama, ” Moore, CNN’s Lauren Fox, Zachary Cohen Organizations: CNN, Republican White House, Trump, Fulton, Department of Homeland Security, Maryland Democrat, DC, DC Circuit, White, Justice Department Locations: Manhattan, Russia, Georgia, Florida, –, Fulton County

☆ Ty Cobb explains why he was ‘disappointed’ with Sotomayor’s dissent
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Sarah Jorgensen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Judge Aileen Cannon pushes back on idea that more hearings will delay Trump classified documents case
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Katelyn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Judge Aileen Cannon wants to hold additional hearings on Donald Trump’s attempts to challenge key evidence in his classified documents case and will allow the former president’s lawyers to question witnesses about the investigation and search of Mar-a-Lago. Those issues were argued in hearings on Tuesday, but Cannon did not rule on the matters. The judge did not say when additional hearings would be held. The special counsel’s office has strongly opposed the need for additional hearings and Trump’s attempts to cut out parts of the case. Cannon has not set dates for the additional hearings yet.

Persons: Aileen Cannon, Donald Trump’s, Evan Corcoran, Cannon, ’, ” Cannon, Ty Cobb, Judge Cannon’s, CNN Cannon, Trump’s, Corcoran, Trump Organizations: CNN, FBI, Mar, Trump Locations: Florida, Lago, Mar, Trump’s Florida, Washington, DC

☆ I'm an American who's lived in Paris for 15 years. Taking these 5 notes from the French has really improved my life.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Kasia Dietz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Farm-to-table dining is a way of life in France, both in restaurants and at homeI shop at farmers markets regularly. Related storiesWith two farmers markets weekly per neighborhood in Paris, I also now think in terms of seasons when it comes to food. Kasia DietzOne of the most significant lifestyle changes I've made since moving to Paris is connected to sustainability. To further celebrate local design, I even lead custom fashion tours to introduce visitors to unique and ethically-minded Parisian brands.

Persons: —, Mais, I'm, Kasia Dietz, I'd, me, I've Organizations: Service, Paris ., EU, Business, New Yorker Locations: Paris, France, New York City, New York, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Candelaria, moonlighting, Western Europe, New

☆ Video: Ty Cobb reacts to Judge Cannon failing to rule again in Trump classified docs case
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Juliette Bahramand | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Willie Mays, supreme baseball talent among the best to ever play, dies at 93
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( David K. Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

San Francisco Giants great Willie Mays waves his hat as he rides around the track of Oracle Park, Friday, May 7, 2021, in San Francisco,. Focus On Sport | Getty ImagesA 1981 song and ode to America's pastime by Terry Cashman was appropriately titled "Talkin' Baseball: Willie, Mickey & The Duke." "I can't believe that Babe Ruth was a better player than Willie Mays," all-time pitching great Sandy Koufax once said. Willie Mays Hays here: Play like Mays and I run like (Olympic gold medal sprinter Bob) Hayes. Outfielder Willie Mays #24 of the San Francisco Giants rounds second base during a circa early 1970's Major League Baseball game.

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☆ Former Disney World employees share 8 of their favorite places to eat in the theme parks
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Jenna Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Business Insider spoke with former Disney World employees about their favorite places to eat on the property. AdvertisementFlame Tree Barbecue at Animal Kingdom is a must-tryFor former Magic Kingdom employee Kaitlyn Cahalen, Flame Tree Barbecue is the main Animal Kingdom restaurant she frequents. Jenna ClarkIf you're traveling to Disney World with picky eaters, Roundup Rodeo BBQ in Toy Story Land at Hollywood Studios can be a lifesaver. AdvertisementKalyn Breisch, a former Disney College Program participant who worked at Epcot, told Business Insider that she can be picky. First, because it's always delicious, and second because it reminds me of very happy memories of when my parents came to Disney World."

Persons: —, Kaitlyn Cahalen, Jenna Clark, Kalyn, Le Cellier, Josie Maida Aguirre, Matt Stroshane, Walt, Joyce Wingate Boyden, Wingate Boyden, Breisch, Brown, Carly Caramanna, Hollywood Brown Organizations: Service, Business, Disney, Magic, Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, Disney College, Epcot, Disney World, Walt Disney, Vine, Hollywood Brown Derby, Brown Derby, Hollywood Locations: Animal Kingdom, Canada, Magic, California

☆ Red Lobster closings: These are the locations it wants to shut down
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —Red Lobster wants to close several dozen more restaurants following its bankruptcy, and it has identified which ones are in danger of shutting down if the court approves its plan. The chain, which brought affordable shrimp and lobster to middle-class America and grew to become the largest seafood restaurant chain in the world, filed for bankruptcy last month. Red Lobster said that it had more than $1 billion in debt and less than $30 million in cash on hand. Part of its plan is to close some locations of its nearly 600 restaurants in the meantime. A few weeks prior to its bankruptcy, it abruptly closed around 50 locations across the United States.

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☆ Jack Smith moved to gag Trump from claiming the FBI plotted his assassination. The motion could strategically reveal Judge Aileen Cannon's alleged bias.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewSpecial counsel Jack Smith and lawyers for Donald Trump are fighting over a proposed gag order that would prevent the former president from claiming the FBI plotted to assassinate him during their August 2022 raid on Mar-A-Lago. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. "Judge Cannon has issued — or not issued — some very bizarre orders, but given that Judge Cannon has seemingly sided with Trump at every possible turn, I wouldn't be surprised if she did not issue this order." Representatives for Smith's office and lawyers for Trump did not respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.

Persons: —, Jack Smith, Donald Trump, Smith, Aileen Cannon, Cannon, Trump, George Conway, Kellyanne Conway, Ty Cobb, Tracy Pearson, Kevin McMunigal, McMunigal, Neama, Rahmani, Judge Cannon, Pearson, that's Organizations: Service, Trump, Business, Circuit, Washington Post, Trump White House, CNN, New York Times Locations: Mar

☆ Why Biden’s escalation on Trump guilty verdict is so significant
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Other Trump cases are in suspended animationTwo federal cases against Trump, in which he’s also pleaded not guilty, are in a holding pattern. At the same time, multiple disputes in pre-trial motions have put the looming federal trial in Florida over Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents into suspended animation. But if Trump wins, he could appoint an attorney general who could halt the federal cases in their tracks. Garland is also likely to face scrutiny over the Hunter Biden trial. Republicans celebrated when a plea deal, which they saw as “sweetheart” treatment for Hunter Biden, collapsed in court.

Persons: Joe Biden’s, Donald Trump, ”, ” Biden, Hunter, Biden, Trump, Fani Willis, —, ’, Willis, he’s, Jack Smith’s, Aileen Cannon, Ty Cobb, CNN’s Erin Burnett, “, it’s, ” Cobb, Cobb, Hunter Biden, who’s, marveling, Joe Biden, Biden’s, Juan Merchan, “ I’m, Adam Schiff, Kasie Hunt, General Merrick Garland, Garland, Robert Hur’s, New Jersey Democratic Sen, Robert Menendez Organizations: CNN, Republican, Democratic, Republicans, Trump, Georgia, US, Department, Trump White House, Fox News, Capitol, California Democrat, House Republicans, New Jersey Democratic Locations: Connecticut, New York, Georgia, Fulton County, Florida, York, Delaware, Trump, “ State, California, Washington

☆ Prosecutor Drops Murder Charges Against Minnesota Trooper Amid Pushback
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Ernesto Londoño | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The top prosecutor in Minneapolis has dropped murder charges against a state trooper who fatally shot a motorist last year after a traffic stop, her office said on Sunday, a stunning turnaround in a case that ignited a political firestorm. The trooper, Ryan Londregan, had been charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Ricky Cobb II. But the prosecutor, Mary Moriarty, a longtime public defender who was elected Hennepin County attorney in 2022, said she concluded that the evidence was too weak to take to trial. For months, Ms. Moriarty defended the murder charges amid criticism from both Democratic and Republican officials, as well as law enforcement officials. Mr. Cobb, 33, was Black; Trooper Londregan, 27, is white.

Persons: Ryan Londregan, Ricky Cobb, Mary Moriarty, Moriarty, ”, George Floyd, Cobb, Londregan Organizations: Hennepin, Democratic, Republican Locations: Minneapolis, Hennepin County

☆ Why the Negro League stats belong in the MLB record books
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Harry Enten | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Fortunately, we got to see other NLB players join an integrated MLB a short time into their careers. Bettmann Archive/Getty ImagesFormer NLB players who joined the integrated MLB got on base more frequently (.361) than the average (.324). Hulton Archive/Getty Images Robinson was a formidable athlete in college, lettering in four sports at UCLA. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Robinson poses in the dugout with Dodgers teammates as he makes his historic debut on April 15, 1947. Rogers Photo Archive/Getty Images Robinson leaps into the air to try to turn a double play in 1952.

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☆ As MLB changes its records, Josh Gibson, not Ty Cobb, is all-time batting leader
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Tyler Kepner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

And as of Wednesday, Josh Gibson will replace Cobb as the leading hitter in the official records of the game. Thorn estimated that about 75 percent of all Negro Leagues box scores have been documented, and that MLB would update the records as more are uncovered. To some extent, Negro League numbers will always be a work in progress. Barnstorming games, essential as a financial lifeline to Negro League teams, are not included in the statistics. The scheduled games range from 26 (Negro American League, 1942) to 91 (Negro National League I, 1927).

Persons: Abner Doubleday, Tyrus Raymond Cobb, Doubleday, Josh Gibson, Cobb, ”, Larry Lester, “, Ty Cobb, Oscar Charleston, Rogers, Jud Wilson, Ed Delahanty, Buck Leonard, Ted Williams, John Thorn, Thorn, ” Lester, I’ve, Gibson, Chino Smith’s, Hugh Duffy’s, Chino Smith, Hugh Duffy, Charlie Blackwell, Ross Barnes, Willie Keeler, Rogers Hornsby, Tetelo Vargas, Vargas, — Lyman Bostock Sr, Bostock, Ted Williams ’, Sean Forman, Ty, Lester, Gary Ashwill, Kevin Johnson, Seamheads, ” Thorn, Elias, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Oscar, Barry Bonds, Jimmie Foxx, Ed Walsh, Addie Joss, Mordecai Brown, John Ward, Christy Mathewson, Rube Waddell, Walter Johnson, Dave Brown, Tommy Bond, White, Willie Mays, Mays, Bullet Rogan, Turkey Stearnes, ’ ” Lester, Simon Bruty Organizations: Major, Baseball, Negro Leagues, MLB, “, Negro League, Negro, Rogers Hornsby, Turkey Stearnes, Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants, Kansas City Monarchs, American, National Leagues, Negro American League, Negro National League I, Boston, New York Cubans, Twins, Red Sox, Sports, Birmingham Black Barons, Graphics, Retrosheet, Oscar Charleston, Barry, Major League Baseball, Birmingham, Giants, Mets Locations: Turkey, Birmingham, Ala, Chicago, Moline, Washington ,

CNN —Munitions made in the United States were used in the deadly Israeli strike on a displacement camp in Rafah on Sunday, a CNN analysis of video from the scene and a review by explosive weapons experts has found. Footage obtained by CNN showed swathes of the camp in Rafah in flames, with scores of men, women and children frantically trying to find cover from the nighttime assault. “The warhead portion [of the munition] is distinct, and the guidance and wing section is extremely unique compared to other munitions. Asked for comment on the munitions used in the Rafah strike at Tuesday’s briefing, Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters: “I do not know what type of munition was used in that airstrike. Hagari said the deadly fire which occurred following the strike was not caused solely by weapons used by the Israeli military.

Persons: –, Joe Biden, CNN geolocated, Chris Cobb, Smith, ”, Cobb, Trevor Ball, Ball, Richard Weir, Chris Lincoln, Jones, Sabrina Singh, “, Biden, Daniel Hagari, Hagari, ” Hagari, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel Organizations: CNN — Munitions, CNN, Gaza Health Ministry, Israel, United Nations, Kuwait Peace, Boeing, British, US Army, Human Rights Watch, Pentagon, US National Security Council, US, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Locations: United States, Rafah, Gaza’s, Gaza, Rafah –, Israel, Kuwait, California, Stockholm

☆ Ancient trees unlock an alarming new insight into our warming world
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Rachel Ramirez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

And it’s an alarming signal as some scientists warn 2024 is on track to be be even hotter still. Under the Paris Agreement in 2015, countries agreed to restrict global warming to 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels. Using data taken from temperature instruments during this period, the scientists found the Northern Hemisphere summer in 2023 was 2.07 degrees Celsius warmer than the pre-industrial period. To do this, they used detailed sets of tree ring records from thousands of trees across nine regions of the Northern Hemisphere, including North America and Scandinavia, but excluding the Tropics which lack good tree data. While the study can place the extraordinary Northern Hemisphere heat into historical context, it cannot be applied on a global scale, Esper said.

Persons: Bruna Casas, don’t, Richard A, Brooks, Jan Esper, ”, Kim Cobb, Esper, “ I’m, Laura Paddison Organizations: CNN, Northern, Central America, Getty, Johannes Gutenberg University, Brown University, Southern Hemisphere Locations: Paris, Northern, North America, Scandinavia, Europe, Central, Barcelona, Spain, Tokyo, AFP, Germany

☆ Black Man Charged With Threatening to Kill White People in Mass Shooting
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Ed Shanahan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A Black man from New Jersey who was until recently a U.S. Marine has been charged with threatening to kill white people — “as many as I possibly can” — in a ranting message posted online, federal prosecutors said on Monday. The man, Joshua Cobb, acknowledged to F.B.I. agents in an interview last month that he had written the threatening message, admitted posting other ominous comments and described in detail several sites he had considered as potential targets, a criminal complaint says. Mr. Cobb, 23, of Trenton, was charged with one count of transmitting a threat in interstate and foreign commerce. He was scheduled to make an initial appearance before a magistrate judge in Federal District Court in Trenton Monday afternoon, the U.S. attorney’s office in New Jersey said.

Persons: Joshua Cobb, Cobb Organizations: Marine, Buffalo, Federal, Court Locations: New Jersey, U.S, Florida, Trenton

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