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☆ 'Deadpool & Wolverine' has one end-credits scene — here's what happens
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewWarning: Major spoilers ahead for "Deadpool & Wolverine." "Deadpool & Wolverine" is finally in theaters, and you're going to want to stick around until the very end. Although the character sacrificed himself in the 2017 movie "Logan," Jackman returns as a Wolverine variant in "Deadpool & Wolverine." 20th Century FoxIn "Deadpool & Wolverine," Chris Evans reprises his role as the lovable-yet-cocky Johnny Storm/Human Torch. The "Deadpool & Wolverine" end-credits scene milks Evans' cameo for everything it's worth by elaborating on the moment that led to Johnny's brutal death.

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☆ NY fights to save Trump hush-money sentencing, saying it's a harmless error if evidence he's immune from entered the case
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewManhattan prosecutors are fighting to keep Donald Trump's September 18 hush-money sentencing on track, saying in a new filing Thursday that it was "harmless error" if evidence he's now immune from entered the case. But Trump would have been indicted and convicted even if evidence the defense calls "official" were removed, the filing adds. AdvertisementThe filing argues that Trump is wrong in now stamping much of the prosecutor's case "official act evidence." But these tweets describe unofficial acts unrelated to Trump's official duties, and for which he has no immunity, the prosecution filing now argues. Lawyers for Trump did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the prosecution filing.

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☆ Renewed calls for passage of George Floyd Justice in Policing Act after fatal shooting of Black woman in her home
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Ramon Sanchez | Ray Sanchez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Body-camera footage released Monday showed the fatal police shooting of the 36-year-old Black woman who had called 911 for help. Here’s what you need to know about the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, what happened to it and its chances of passing. The measure seeks to ban racial and religious profiling by law enforcement at the federal, state and local level. It would mandate an overhaul of a legal doctrine known as qualified immunity that critics claim shields law enforcement from accountability. But policing reforms have not been a priority in a Congress where House Republicans are in the majority.

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☆ Trump's NY fraud judge declines to recuse himself over 'nothingburger' hallway conversation
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewThe Manhattan judge who ordered Donald Trump to pay a nearly $500 million fraud judgment has declined — in no uncertain terms — the former president's demand that he recuse himself from the case over a brief hallway conversation. The sum owed by Trump accrues another $1 million in interest every nine days, and had reached $471 million by Thursday. Engoron did not mince words in saying on Thursday that he would not step down over "this 90-second, unsolicited diatribe." Lawyers for Trump and Bailey did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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☆ I've been on a ventilator for 11 years. It hasn't stopped me from getting my master's degree and working full-time.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Kelly Burch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementIt took me five years to graduate college because of illnessThat's when I decided that I had NH1-PN; it didn't have me. At that age, I wasn't thinking about college because I thought I'd never be able to afford it. That's when I developed a new dream: to be the first person in my family to graduate from college. It meant a lot to be able to show them that there was no excuse for not going to college. I knew they were right, and I wasn't going to let that hold me back.

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☆ A food policy expert is trying a different diet every month this year. Here's why the vegan and Mediterranean diets are his favorites so far.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Serafina Kenny | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewA food policy expert who is trying a different diet each month in 2024 told Business Insider that the vegan and Mediterranean diets are his favorite so far. So far this year, Wren has tried veganism, UK-based weight loss company Slimming World, only eating Huel products, intermittent fasting, paleo, and the Mediterranean diet. The Mediterranean diet has been voted the healthiest diet for seven years in a row by the US World News & Report. AdvertisementThe Mediterranean diet also appeared to be best for his mental health, he said in a TikTok video. Importantly, though, Wren was on holiday in Italy in June when he followed the Mediterranean diet.

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☆ Massive shark is struck by boat in rare video footage
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Rare footage captured by a camera strapped to the back of an endangered shark shows the jarring moment it was struck by a boat — prompting the animal to dash into deep waters and rest for hours. It’s not clear whether the massive 23-foot (7-meter) animal, known as a basking shark, ultimately survived the collision. The basking shark is a massive creature, growing up to 40 feet (12 meters) long, and is among the largest fish in the world — second only to the whale shark. But the video and study findings that came out of the incident are timely for the shark research community, noted Dr. Christopher Lowe, the director of the Shark Lab at California State University, Long Beach. Protecting basking sharksMcInturf emphasized that Ireland — and the United Kingdom — have already taken significant steps to help protect endangered basking sharks.

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☆ Video showed a humpback whale smashing into and capsizing a boat. Biologists say the whale was likely just feeding.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | Jessica Orwig | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewA fishing boat about a mile off the coast of New Hampshire capsized on Tuesday after a humpback whale came out of the water and smashed into it, according to video of the incident. "So no attack by the humpback whale, just an unfortunate accident for both the whale and fisherman," he said, adding the whale may not have even realized the boat was there. Smith, who studies humpback whale behavior, said lunging for fish is a very common behavior for the species. AdvertisementAs for the humpback in the video, the whale may have been injured when it crashed into the boat. Vessel collisions remain a threat to humpback whales, though typically, strikes by larger ships pose the greatest risk.

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☆ Israeli settlers attack foreign activists and Palestinian farmers in West Bank
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Abeer Salman | Lauren Izso | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Jerusalem CNN —Masked Israeli settlers attacked a group of Palestinian farmers and foreign activists accompanying them for protection in the West Bank town of Qusra on Sunday, according to victims of the attack and videos obtained by CNN. Eight activists were participating as part of a Palestinian grassroots campaign called Defend Palestine, which calls on international volunteers to travel to the Israeli-occupied West Bank to protect Palestinians from Israeli settler attacks. They said they were accompanying Palestinian farmers to their olive fields, which they haven’t been able to access since October because of attacks by Israeli settlers. There are currently more than 700,000 Jewish settlers in the West Bank. Sunday’s assault followed a separate attack on Saturday in the West Bank, south of Hebron.

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☆ Couple found dead in lifeboat after failed Atlantic crossing
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A British-Canadian couple who were attempting to sail across the Atlantic have been found dead on an island off the east coast of Canada. The couple left Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia on June 11 en route to the Azores, a group of Portuguese islands in the mid-Atlantic, around 2,000 miles away. It is not clear why the couple abandoned the Theros and got into a lifeboat. They stayed in touch after Clibbery moved back to Canada and Packwood visited him in Salt Spring Island near Vancouver, where the Theros was docked, in spring 2016. “He took me on my first ever yacht trip and I loved it,” Packwood told The Guardian.

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☆ Ballet-inspired double skyscraper design tricks the eye
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

These were two of the visual cues for Bond Tower, a 50-story residential building and hotel that seems to trick the eye. Designed by Portuguese architecture firm OODA, the skyscraper will feature two connected structures that gently separate before rejoining one other, giving it a warped effect. Bond Tower was designed by the firm OODA, which has three more projects underway in the city. This month, OODA will break ground on a greenery filled residential tower called Hora Vertikale that was designed as a “vertical village,” according to the firm. On the avenue where Bond Tower will rise, Brito expects that OODA’s design will soon be joined by other high-rise companions.

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☆ Opinion | Trump vs. ‘America’s Border Czar’
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Frank Bruni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Border czar.”If Donald Trump and his campaign staff could tattoo that epithet onto Kamala Harris’s forehead or dress her in a sandwich board bearing only that phrase, they would. So it’s not surprising to encounter it at the start of the first major ad that the Trump campaign has released since Harris became the de facto Democratic nominee. “This is America’s border czar,” says an unseen narrator, in an ominous voice, as the words “Border Czar Kamala Harris” appear onscreen, just to hammer home the designation. And like him, it doesn’t play fair — in tying illegal border crossings to terrorism and in assigning her ultimate responsibility for those crossings. But the ad is smart, and it’s a clear signal of what will be a main theme, possibly the main theme, in Republicans’ attacks against Harris in particular and Democrats in general.

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☆ Answering questions you might have about Biden’s decision to suspend his reelection
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Jack Forrest | Danya Gainor | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

In practice, whoever the presidential nominee chooses as their running mate is typically accepted by the delegates. What happens to the money raised for Biden’s reelection? Biden’s reelection efforts had raised a total of $240 million at the end of June. Those funds are split across the DNC, allied committees and Biden’s campaign committee itself. While no US president has been pressured out of a reelection campaign due to concerns over his mental fitness, it is not unprecedented for an incumbent president to abandon his reelection campaign — but it is rare.

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☆ Montana man shoots and kills grizzly bear that attacked him in Flathead National Forest
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Rebekah Riess | Ashley R. Williams | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —A 72-year-old Montana man shot and killed a grizzly bear after it attacked him while he was alone picking huckleberries, according to the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. The man was hospitalized after the encounter, which happened Thursday evening near Columbia Falls on Flathead National Forest lands, the agency said in a news release. FWP’s wardens and bear specialists referred to the incident as a “surprise defensive encounter.”The man reportedly shot the bear with a handgun after the adult female grizzly charged him, the release stated. Grizzly bears, which live in the US states of Montana, Alaska, Idaho, Wyoming and Washington, feed on berries as part of their diet, according to the North American Bear Center. Bear attacks are rare, with most bears usually interested in protecting their space, food or cubs, according to the National Park Service.

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☆ For Trump, an incredible week since escaping death
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Donald Trump may not have changed in the past week, but the presidential race clearly has. ► Watched President Joe Biden be isolated by the growing number of Democrats who worry he can’t beat him. If Biden were to look for inspiration on how to overcome the naysayers, he could find it in Trump. When Democrats win those states, they can win the White House. In the intervening days, CNN has learned that Crooks searched for information on both Trump and Biden, including for details about the Democratic National Convention.

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☆ How a software update caused one of the world's biggest IT blackouts
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

On Friday, the cybersecurity firm experienced a major disruption following an issue with a software update. CrowdStrike is a cybersecurity vendor that develops software to help companies detect and block hacks. In the case of Friday's outage, machines running Microsoft's Windows operating system crashed due to a fault in the way a software update issued by CrowdStrike interacted with Windows. We approximate impact started around 19:00 UTC on the 18th of July," Microsoft said in an update at 5:40 a.m. Unless Microsoft and CrowdStrike (if they are involved) pull something miraculous out of the bag, this could be painful to recover from."

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☆ How one IT update gone wrong has sparked chaos around the world
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewIf the world needed a wake-up call on just how fragile its IT systems are, it just got one: a small update gone wrong appears to be the culprit for a total global meltdown. CEO George Kurtz said on X the issue was caused by a "defect found in a single content update for Windows" with a fix now deployed. CrowdStrike is actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts. AdvertisementBug checkAccording to Microsoft's Azure status page , it's a particular issue with Crowdstrike's "Falcon agent" that was affecting systems. In other words, the agent meant to detect bugs is getting checked to see if it's a bug itself — and causing problems as a result.

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☆ Did you turn it off and on? Microsoft says some users solved the CrowdStrike problem after rebooting up to 15 times.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

A mass IT outage is disrupting operations at banks, retailers, airports, and other organizations. Microsoft said some people rebooted their devices up to 15 times to troubleshoot the issue. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementMicrosoft has a solution for its mass IT outage: lots and lots of reboots. "We have been made aware of an issue impacting Virtual Machines running Windows Client and Windows Server, running the CrowdStrike Falcon agent, which may encounter a bug check (BSOD) and get stuck in a restarting state," the company said.

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☆ The Trump trade: how a red wave could impact stocks, bonds, and commodities
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Laila Maidan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Read previewAs we near the November elections, investors are increasingly focused on what a Donald Trump win would mean for global markets and economies. The charts below show how stock sectors moved in the 24 hours after the debate and how a Trump administration might impact sectors with varying regulatory burdens. If Trump wins, investors will need to cut through the noise and at least understand how he might impact different parts of the economy. Where monetary policy is concerned, leading economist Christophe Barraud believes a Trump administration could pressure the Federal Reserve to be very accommodative on rates, in other words, steeper or sooner cuts. It expects a Trump Administration to allow LNG export permits after the Biden Administration attempted to halt them.

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☆ 'Longlegs' isn't based on a true story, but it has a surprising connection to one famous murder
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Caralynn Matassa | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Part of its viral marketing also included a website about the so-called "Birthday Murders," styled like a throwback '90s webpage. AdvertisementA website about the fictional Birthday Murders created by Neon. The Birthday Murders website looks like any number of actual true-crime forums frequented by people who like to talk about and dissect unsolved murders. The 'Longlegs' director says his movie's dolls were inspired by a small detail in JonBenét Ramsey's murder caseFBI agent Lee Harker investigates the Longlegs murders. In the ending of "Longlegs," Longlegs is revealed to be a Satan-loving dollmaker who handcrafts life-sized dolls that look just like the daughters of each family he kills.

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☆ CFPB cracks down on popular paycheck advance programs. Here's what that means for workers
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is cracking down on so-called paycheck advance programs, which have grown popular with workers in recent years. Such programs, also known as earned wage access, allow workers to tap their paychecks before payday, often for a fee, according to the CFPB. More than 7 million workers accessed about $22 billion in wages before payday in 2022, according to a CFPB analysis of employer-sponsored programs also published Thursday. Consumers may encounter earned wage access under various names, like daily pay, instant pay, accrued wage access, same-day pay and on-demand pay. However, most users do pay fees, CFPB found in its analysis of employer-sponsored programs.

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Vance’s Republican National Convention speech capped a night Republicans spent prosecuting what they see as President Joe Biden’s biggest foreign policy failures and their consequences. Republicans used Wednesday night to introduce Vance and his life story to the nation. You owe President Trump answers!” Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn shouted at Cheatle, who continued to walk with her head down and ignore the senators’ criticism. Energy security and energy policy are in the governor’s comfort zone and that was on full display Wednesday night. When Trump finally did call Burgum, the former president told Burgum he would not be his running mate.

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