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☆ This Pokémon YouTuber gives some of his coolest cards to kids for free
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Making a Pokémon fan’s day means more than catching ‘em allPokémon isn’t Coop’s day job, but it’s become an increasingly meaningful part of his life. Coop was, like many children of the ‘90s, a Poké-fan in his youth, collecting cards and facing bosses in the early Pokémon video games. But he takes a shine to one of Coop’s cards with an iridescent Alakazam, a mustachioed psychic Pokémon, and a high score of 9. It’s a card Coop intended to sell, but without thinking twice, Coop opens his display case and gifts the kid the card for free. Coop still sells cards on eBay and at card conventions –– he’s built a massive collection since 2018, and he’s submitted numerous cards for grading.

Persons: Ross “ Coop ” Cooper, ”, “, Coop, gifting, he’ll, they’re, it’s, Pokémon, – –, “ It’ll, ” Coop, he’s, shyly, Coop can’t, “ It’s, “ Yu, He’s, Coop couldn’t Organizations: CNN, Pokémon Company, YouTube, eBay Locations: Virginia

☆ OPEC+ wants concrete rate cuts before factoring impact on oil demand, Saudi energy minister says
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Ruxandra Iordache | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The prominent OPEC+ oil producers' alliance is awaiting concrete central bank action on interest rates before factoring in the potential impact on the energy demand landscape, according to Saudi Arabia's energy minister. The production strategy decisions come at a time when OPEC's own forecasts show a 2.25 million barrel-per-day increase in demand, according to the Monthly Oil Market Report of May. Energy costs spiked worldwide in the wake of Russia's full-fledged invasion of Ukraine, aggravating the economic downturn that followed the Covid-19 pandemic. Global institutions have previously mentioned energy prices as underpinning inflationary concerns. In turn, the piled-on inflation has muzzled oil demand.

Persons: Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, — Organizations: Organization of, Petroleum, Monthly Locations: OPEC, Saudi, China, Ukraine

☆ My dog of 9 years recently passed away. The grief of losing a pet surprised me.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Ryan Crawley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Sadly, two months ago, my dog, Smooshie, passed away after being with me every minute of the day for the last nine years. My dog was a big part of my family from the startAlmost nine years ago, I saw a picture of a young Shih Tzu on a Facebook animal shelter site. I stepped in, and Smoosh came home with me. A few minutes later, we drove by an older man walking a young Shih Tzu down the road. I decided spur of the moment to pull off to the side of the road, and the man approached me with his Shih Tzu.

Persons: —, Shih Tzu, Smoosh, Ryan Crawley, Scrappy Organizations: Service, Business

☆ Opinion: The sweet surrender of aging with the one you love
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Joan Lester | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Now Carole, immersed in lesbian culture, was an evening law student intent on practicing civil rights law. I, an Easterner and twice-divorced mother, a doctoral student moonlighting as a community college teacher, wasn’t even aware a lesbian culture existed. Both activists talking civil rights and gender politics nonstop, we were madly, eagerly in love. Yet an unparalleled sweetness sings deep in the bones now after nearly half a century of committed love. In this time-proven love, even as we flourish independently we keep twining ourselves more closely around each other.

Persons: Joan Lester, Josephine Miles, CNN CNN —, ” Joan Lester, Irene Young, Carole shyly, Robert Browning, Carole, who’d, I’d, moonlighting, wasn’t, “ Ma, “, ”, We’ve, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, ” We’ve, twining, “ I’m Organizations: PEN, CNN CNN, gawking Locations: California, Paris, Amsterdam

☆ A migrant had just crossed the border when he found a scared, 9-year-old boy who needed help. The encounter changed them both
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Catherine E. Shoichet | Thomas Lake | After Days Of Hiding Authorities | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +23 min

Chris Buchleitner and his mother, Dawn Tomko, went on many camping trips together, like the one shown here. With help on the way, Manuel could have headed on for Tucson or Phoenix. The local fire chief gave him a small stuffed horse, telling Manuel he’d been a hero in the wilderness, like the Lone Ranger. An orphaned boy moves to PennsylvaniaWhen Chris Buchleitner was still a baby, his parents made a plan for the worst-case scenario. Cordova, who now has seven children and four grandchildren, says he thought of his own children when he came across Chris Buchleitner in the Arizona wilderness.

Persons: Chris Buchleitner, van, Chris, He’d, he’d, Manuel Cordova’s, Chris doesn’t, Chris’s, Dawn Tomko, Tanner, Jade, Manuel, Manny, Magdalena de Kino, Saint Francis Xavier, Father Kino, Manuel Jesus Cordova Soberanes, Norma Jean Gargasz, Magdalena, Manuel burrowed, ” Manuel, “, who’d, Manuel Cordova, Jeffry Scott, Chris hadn’t, Manuel he’d, Michael M, Foster, Dennis DeConcini Port, Alma Lidia Soberanes, Cordova, Manuel finally, ” Manuel didn’t, Manuel hadn’t, Jack Buchleitner, —, Jack, Dawn, Mary Butera, Christopher, Mary, Vinny Butera, Austin Steele, don’t, Mexico Manuel, They’d, ”, that’s, Julian Rigg, Emmanuel Macron, Raul Grijalva, he’s, hadn’t, Eythan, they’re Organizations: CNN, Patrol, Border Patrol, Jesuit, Saint, Police, Arizona Daily Star, AP, Ranger, Rico Fire, Dennis, Duquesne University, UPMC, Coopers Rock State Forest, North, Facebook Locations: Arizona, Mexican, Mexico, Tucson, Phoenix, American, Rimrock , Arizona, Magdalena, Sonora, Nogales, Nogales , Arizona, manila, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, UPMC Shadyside, West Virginia, Washington, North, Magdalena’s, Mexicali, United States, France, Emmanuel Macron . Arizona, America

☆ Opinion: ‘A nasty smell that lingers in the nostrils.’ What it’s really like inside Italy’s hellish heatwave
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Opinion Silvia Marchetti | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

But this year the usual “solleone” (an Italian term used to indicate the hottest summer days) is overwhelming. The dizzying heat is expected to peak early this week, with temperatures climbing above 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit). It’s not just Italy suffering, with the giant oven of hot air blasting other parts of southern Europe, like Greece and Spain. Experts are warning temperatures might even break the continent’s record of 48.8 degrees Celsius (118.4 degrees Fahrenheit), set two years ago. A sign outside a pharmacy in Rome displays 45 degrees Celsius (118.4 degrees Fahrenheit) temperatures as Italy -- and southern Europe -- braces for even higher numbers this week.

Persons: Silvia Marchetti, Read, it’s, Silvia Marchetti Silvia Marchetti, It’s, Guglielmo Mangiapane, –, Riccardo De Luca, ’, Dante, I’ve Organizations: CNN, Italy CNN, Anadolu Agency, Twitter, Facebook, Housewives Locations: Rome, Capena, Italy, Europe, Greece, Spain, Italian, Roman, UAE

☆ Pepsi has a new logo
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-28 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —If someone were to ask you to draw the Pepsi logo from memory, what would you draw? Pepsi has changed its logo over the years. The “Pepsi” in the logo “is decoupled from the globe,” noted Todd Kaplan, Pepsi’s chief marketing officer. Pepsi says that the changes its making are distinctive enough to do the trick, and highlight modern elements like Pepsi’s zero-sugar line. To highlight the zero line, the new logo uses black font and a black border, a nod to Pepsi Zero’s black can and label.

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