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☆ Liberty oust Lynx in overtime of Game 5 to capture first-ever WNBA championship
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-20 | by ( Sabreena Merchant | Ben Pickman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

NEW YORK — At long last, the New York Liberty are WNBA champions. Sunday’s Game 5 between the Liberty and Minnesota Lynx was far from New York’s most aesthetically pleasing game of the season, but style points aren’t awarded in winner-take-all affairs. But Stewart avenged the pair of free throws she split in the waning seconds of Game 1 to send Game 5 into overtime. THE NEW YORK LIBERTY HAVE THEIR HARDWARE 🏆 pic.twitter.com/WGZgqsp68A — WNBA (@WNBA) October 21, 2024Sunday’s championship is the culmination of a plan years in the making. That winter, general manager Jonathan Kolb had targeted three All-Star players he hoped to add to the Liberty’s roster: Stewart, Jones and Courtney Vandersloot.

Persons: Sabrina Ionescu, Jonquel Jones, Breanna Stewart, Sabally, Ionescu, Stewart, Sandy Brondello, Jones, Leonie Fiebich, Minnesota wouldn’t, Napheesa Collier, Fiebich, —, egan, lara, ines, rena, dore, rade, ake, oster, hough, ince, alf, VP., herman Organizations: New York Liberty, Liberty and Minnesota Lynx, Liberty, WNBA, New York, Barclays Center, Lynx, ust, eads Locations: New, York, New York, Minnesota

☆ What the Mets need to do to beat the Dodgers: Comeback keys
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-20 | by ( Tim Britton | Will Sammon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

The task in front of the New York Mets is simple to state and incredibly complex to execute: Beat the Los Angeles Dodgers twice. Through the first five games of the NLCS, Mets starters are getting a called strike or whiff on just 23.8 percent of pitches. It’s obvious the Mets need a solid start from Manaea to win Game 6; they’re not equipped to win a bullpen battle with Los Angeles’ rested relief corps. The Dodgers bullpen isn’t bulletproofOn the surface, the Dodgers going with a bullpen game on Sunday may put the matchup in the Mets’ favor, considering New York plans to start Manaea, its best pitcher. If Los Angeles grabs an early lead and starts deploying its bevy of high-leverage arms, then that presents a challenge.

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☆ Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi calls Elon Musk's vision for Tesla robotaxis 'pretty compelling'
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-20 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi appeared on Friday's episode of the Hard Fork podcast. Khosrowshahi recently appeared on Hard Fork, a tech podcast, to discuss Uber's position in the autonomous vehicle industry. On the Hard Fork podcast, Khosrowshahi championed Waymo, saying he believed Waymo could best Tesla. Khosrowshahi spoke about Waymo's hardware during the Hard Fork podcast, saying, "I think that hardware costs scale down over a period of time. AdvertisementUber originally tried to walk the autonomous vehicle path alone, creating a self-driving car unit called Advanced Technologies Group.

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☆ 2024 NFL Week 7: The best of Sunday’s games and the standout storylines
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-20 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +24 min

Brandon Sloter/Getty Images Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold throws the ball to tight end Johnny Mundt in Minneapolis on September 22. Matt Slocum/AP Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes runs the ball against Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Dax Hill during the Chiefs' 26-25 victory in Kansas City, Missouri, on Sunday, September 15. Ed Zurga/AP Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes scrambles during the game against the Baltimore Ravens in Kansas City, Missouri, on September 5. Charlie Riedel/AP The best photos from the 2024 NFL season Prev NextHouston Texans (5-1) vs. Green Bay Packers (4-2) – 1:00 p.m. ETKansas City Chiefs (5-0) @ San Francisco 49ers (3-3) – 4:25 p.m.

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A Southwest Airlines plane takes off from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on Friday, July 12, 2024. Elliott Investment Management and Southwest Airlines have been discussing a settlement that would give the activist investor significant representation on the airline's board, according to people familiar with the matter. The settlement talks are predicated on a deal that would give Elliott less than full board control, said the people, who asked not to be named because the negotiations are confidential. Southwest's board will drop to 12 members after Chairman Gary Kelly steps down next year, meaning Elliott would likely end up wither fewer than six selections. The talks are in early stages, and it's possible that no deal could be reached, some sources said.

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“It is so visibly dehumanizing to actually criminalize such an act of humanity and dignity,” she said. Demonstrators at Saturday’s voting rights rally at Morehouse College. So, in this moment, we want to say that we are not going back.”The gathering also focused on the rights of disabled voters. “Black voters would be suppressed on the back of disabled voters. “The Voting Rights Act has been so attacked,” she said.

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Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Getty ImagesVice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump will be in battleground states on Saturday. After that, she will travel to Atlanta, Georgia, for a campaign rally where she will encourage Georgians to early vote. Donald Trump will hold a rally in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. President Barack Obama will travel to Las Vegas, Nevada, to hold a campaign rally on behalf of the Harris-Walz campaign.

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☆ Here's why inflation may look like it's easing but is still a huge problem
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-19 | by ( Jeff Cox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Inflation is not deadDaly began her talk with an anecdote of a recent encounter she had while walking near her home. But the conversation encapsulated a dilemma for the Fed: If inflation is on the run, why are interest rates still so high? As evidenced by the young man's question, convincing people that inflation is easing is a tough sell. watch nowThe annual rate of CPI inflation was 2.4% in September, a vast improvement over the 9.1% top in June 2022. However, year-over-year spending increased just 1.7%, below the 2.4% CPI inflation rate.

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☆ How I saved my long-planned Taylor Swift adventure
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-19 | by ( Cynthia Moss | Personal Essay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

Ethan Miller/TAS23/Getty Images Swift performs "Lover" with her band, backup singers and dancers in Nashville, Tennessee, in May 2023. John Shearer/TAS23/Getty Images Swift performs in Glendale, Arizona, during the opening weekend of The Eras Tour in March 2023. Each night of the tour, Swift selects one lucky fan to receive a signed hat at the end of her song "22." Kevin Mazur/TAS24/Getty Images Swift performs with the band Haim in Santa Clara, California, in July 2023. Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images Swift performs the 10-minute version of "All Too Well" in Nashville in May 2023.

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☆ Amid global adoption reckoning, adoptees fight long-standing narrative they should be ‘grateful’
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( Maya Cederlund | Freelance Writer | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

Eisenhauer-Epp is co-founder of Navigating Adoption, an online platform for adoptees, and also works with Sisters of China, an adoptee-led organization for female-identifying Chinese adoptees affected by China’s one-child policy. “It just brings so much unknown with Chinese adoptees. Similarly, news about South Korea’s adoption system has shaken many Korean adoptees. Korean adoption agencies charged anywhere between $4,000 and $6,000 per child, according to an Associated Press investigation. For them, the narrative that adoptees should be grateful is “more of a culturally pervasive expectation than an option” for adoptees.

Persons: Cosette Eisenhauer, ”, Eisenhauer, Roe, Wade, “, ” “, amanda paul, paul, JaeRan Kim, adoptees shouldn't, Kim Adoptees, adoptees, ” Eisenhauer, Mao Ning, ” paul, Paul Organizations: Epp, University of Texas, Society, Children, Foreign, Associated Press, AP, “ Locations: Atlanta, Arlington, China, Korean, adoptee, Zhanjiang, China’s Guangdong, Korea, Chicago

☆ Treasury yields hold steady as investors digest data indicating economic resilience
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

One basis point is equal to 0.01%. ET, the 10-year Treasury yield was up less than one basis point at 4.1045%. The yield on the 2-year Treasury yield ticked lower by one basis point to 3.9758%. U.S. Treasury yields held steady on Friday as investors digested the previous day's economic data which signaled economic resilience. Comments are also expected from several Federal Reserve officials including Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic and Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari.

Persons: Dow Jones, Raphael Bostic, Neel Kashkari Organizations: U.S, Treasury, Dow, Labor Department, Federal, Atlanta Fed, Minneapolis Fed, European Central Bank, European Union

☆ A Black conservative radio host invoked 'field' and 'house' slaves in arguing why some Black men back Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Unknown.Jpeg | Curtis Bunn | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Black conservative radio host Shelley Wynter drew outrage from many when he broke down the Black male electorate in the U.S. into “house African Americans and field African Americans” during an appearance Wednesday on CNN. “This race is between house African Americans and field African Americans, and field African Americans are voting for [Donald] Trump.”During enslavement in the U.S., “house slaves” worked in the main house and generally performed indoor tasks. At the same time, Wynter’s comments highlighted the intensity surrounding the Black male vote and how influential it may be in November. “It just does a disservice to all of us, both as voters and as Black Americans. “There’s nothing that compares to enslavement in the United States or for Black Americans,” he said.

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☆ Michelle Obama is still in the background with the election fewer than 3 weeks away
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Alice Tecotzky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Obama hasn't made an official campaign appearance since the Democratic National Convention. Despite being one of the nation's most popular Democrats, Obama has a distaste for partisan politics. She's instead focused on a nonpartisan voter registration organization she launched in 2018. Former First Lady Michelle Obama hasn't made an official appearance on Harris' campaign since speaking at the Democratic National Convention nearly two months ago. AdvertisementAccording to three of the sources, Obama will be involved in Democrats' "closing arguments" and begin campaigning publicly only when she'll have the biggest impact.

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☆ NFL Week 7 preview: Five things to watch out for
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Andy Scholes | Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +22 min

Brandon Sloter/Getty Images Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold throws the ball to tight end Johnny Mundt in Minneapolis on September 22. Matt Slocum/AP Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes runs the ball against Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Dax Hill during the Chiefs' 26-25 victory in Kansas City, Missouri, on Sunday, September 15. Ed Zurga/AP Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes scrambles during the game against the Baltimore Ravens in Kansas City, Missouri, on September 5. The same can’t be said for Tampa Bay quarterback Baker Mayfield: he’s 1-5 on Monday nights. ETKansas City Chiefs (5-0) @ San Francisco 49ers (3-3) – 4:25 p.m.

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☆ Dow futures are little changed after blue-chip average closes at all-time high: Live updates
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Dow Jones Industrial Average futures sat near flat Thursday night after the blue-chip average finished the preceding session at a record closing level. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures were rose 0.1% and 0.2%, respectively. Those moves come after a rally in Travelers propelled the Dow to finish Thursday at an all-time closing high. The broad S&P 500 inched lower despite notching a fresh intraday high during the session, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite concluded modestly higher. That would mark the longest weekly winning streaks in 2024 for both the Dow and S&P 500.

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☆ Why we're downgrading our solar stock Nextracker, plus the chipmakers bounce back
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Semiconductor stocks are rebounding in reaction to a beat-and-raise earnings report from Taiwan Semiconductor . NEXTracke r: Shares of solar stock Nextracker are having another rough day, dropping roughly 3%. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB. A logo of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is seen during the TSMC global RnD Center opening ceremony in Hsinchu on July 28, 2023.

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☆ GOP megadonors open their wallets for Trump: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

Three Senate Democratic candidates — Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, Maryland’s Angela Alsobrooks and Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin — raised more than four times as much as their Republican opponents during that period. In 2016, Trump lost the core Democratic states by 22 points, and in 2020, he lost them by 24 points. In this most recent poll, Trump was losing the core Democratic states by only 13 points. In 2016, Trump won the core GOP states by 18 points, and in 2020, his margin in the red states was 16 points. Read more → Follow live coverage from the campaign trail →That’s all from the Politics Desk for now.

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☆ ‘Beyond Black Beauty’ brings together an 1877 classic novel and a Black family in Baltimore
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Ronda Racha Penrice | Atlanta-Based Writer Ronda Racha Penrice Is The Author Of | Black American History For Dummies. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

“Beyond Black Beauty” expands on the often-adapted classic 1877 novel “Black Beauty” with an 11-episode series on Prime Video centering Black people, Black girls and women specifically. How do I make it different?’ because ‘Black Beauty’ has existed forever as a black horse and a white character,” the first-time showrunner said. “And so, as a Black woman, I was like, ‘Well, I definitely want to see Black women.’ So this is my love letter to the Black women who raised me.”Jolie (Kaya Coleman) in "Beyond Black Beauty." In crafting “Beyond Black Beauty,” Golden said she wanted to create a family show with the Black family being “driven by legacy.”“Something that was really important is highlighting a Black family that owns something,” she said. So when I learned about Black cowboy culture, it made sense in my soul.”

Persons: Carter, George Floyd, Jolie Dumont, Jolie, Ronnie, Pilar Golden, “, ” Jolie, Kaya Coleman, Lindsay Sarazin, ” Golden, ”, “ They’ve, they’ve, Janelle, Yvonne, Alvin, Rashad, Gretchen, Bill Pickett, Golden, Erin Brown, Idris Elba, she’s, Brown, ’ ”, ” Brown, ” Kaya Coleman Organizations: Bill, Netflix Locations: Belgium, Baltimore, Maryland, English, Philadelphia, Beyoncé, Calgary , Alberta

Former President Donald Trump’s closing message to a number of different groups increasingly includes this harsh line: Members of the group not voting for him need to have their "head examined." “Any African American or Hispanic that votes for Kamala … you got to have your head examined,” Trump said during an Atlanta rally Tuesday night. Trump has most often used the construct when speaking of Jewish voters. It's a group of voters Trump won 50-46 in 2016 when running against Hillary Clinton. “If any senior does not vote for Trump, we’re gonna have to send you to a psychiatrist to have your head examined,” he added.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Kamala …, ” Trump, they're, Trump, Harris, Joe Biden, “ Biden, Biden, preemptively, It's, Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris, Clinton, we’re, ”, “, Amy Spitalnick, “ Trump, he’s Organizations: Jewish, Catholic, Trump, NBC, “, Social Security, Public Affairs, NBC News Locations: Atlanta, Israel, Gaza

☆ Diamond Sports, FanDuel reach naming rights agreement for regional sports networks
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Jake Piazza | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

More change is coming to Diamond Sports' regional sports networks. Diamond Sports said in the filing that if it is able to emerge from bankruptcy protection, FanDuel will be a "long-term naming rights partner." The new naming rights agreement would also give FanDuel the right to buy up to 5% of equity in the reorganized company and get performance warrants for up to 5% of equity. A naming rights deal was later signed with gaming company Bally's Corp . Some NBA teams that have left the regional sports networks have turned to local broadcast stations to air local games.

Persons: Diamond, FanDuel, Sinclair Organizations: Diamond Sports, Bally Sports, National Hockey League, National Basketball, NBA, NHL, Fox Corp, Disney, Fox Sports, Bally's Corp, Sinclair, Major League Baseball, MLB, Atlanta Braves, San Diego Padres, Arizona Diamondbacks, Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Guardians, Minnesota Twins, Dallas Stars, Anaheim Ducks, Parent Locations: Canada

☆ I failed Meta's technical interview. Here's what it was like and what I wish I'd done differently.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Tess Martinelli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

He prepared with practice questions and mock interviews but wished he had studied differently. AdvertisementThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with William Orgertrice, a 29-year-old data engineer in Atlanta, about his Meta interview. If I were to go through the Meta interview process again, I would've done several things differently to perform better. The portal's practice questions were useful but significantly easier than the actual interview questions. If you've gone through the interview process for a Big Tech or FAANG company and would like to share your story, email Tess Martinelli at tmartinelli@businessinsider.com.

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☆ I'm an Uber and Lyft driver who's worried Tesla's robotaxis will take ride-hailing jobs
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

In cities where those companies operate, drivers are already at risk of losing earnings or seeing an impact on their income. I think drivers in Austin and Atlanta will be in a similar position next year as Waymo has plans to launch there, too. AdvertisementEven though I'm driving for Uber and Lyft full-time, it was never meant to be a full-time gig. One of the main reasons I'm an Uber and Lyft driver is to be debt-free. I think Uber wants to be the central hub for all transportation, even if that means it eventually replaces human drivers entirely.

Persons: Tesla's, Tristan Thomas, Thomas, —, Tesla, Elon Musk, I'm, Waymo, Uber, Lyft, there's, I've, Elon Organizations: Business, Service, Drivers Locations: Cruise, San Francisco , Los Angeles, Phoenix, Austin, Atlanta

☆ Gold ticks up as Treasury yields slip; U.S. retail sales data in focus
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Gold prices inched higher on Wednesday, as U.S. Treasury yields eased, while market participants waited for more U.S. economic data to determine the number of interest rate cuts the Federal Reserve is likely to deliver in the near term. Spot gold rose 0.3% to $2,667.97 per ounce by 0217 GMT, $17 shy of a record high hit last month. The 10-year Treasury yields slipped for a third straight session, making zero-yield bullion more appealing. "The game changer in gold prices is the U.S. monetary policy easing as it sets the stage for investment demand," said ANZ commodity strategist Soni Kumari. Delegates to the London Bullion Market Association's annual gathering predicted gold prices would rise to $2,941 over the next 12 months and silver prices would jump to $45 per ounce.

Persons: Soni Kumari, Mary Daly, Raphael Bostic, Benjamin Netanyahu, Emmanuel Macron Organizations: SA, Treasury, Federal Reserve, ANZ, San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank, Atlanta Fed, London Locations: Budapest, Hungary, U.S, rearming

☆ Trump embraces the ‘weave,’ while Harris heads to Fox
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

She took the rare step of answering questions in the town-hall style radio program — and got some tough ones about her commitment to the Black church and Black voters’ economic problems. On Wednesday, Harris will venture into the lion’s den on Fox News hoping to reach another important group of voters. Trump trails Harris among female voters in most polls and badly needs to narrow that gender gap with 20 days to go. Vice President Kamala Harris participates in an interview with radio host Charlamagne Tha God, in Detroit on October 15, 2024. But Harris hit back on Charlamagne Tha God’s “The Breakfast Club,” saying that Black voters need to think carefully about the future.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, “, ”, Charlamagne, Jacquelyn Martin, Harris, Barack Obama, Trump, ” Harris, Megan Varner, Gabriel Sterling —, —, Jim Crow, John Micklethwait, Scott Olson, “ You’ve, ” Trump, Vladimir Putin, Bob Woodward’s, Kevin Lamarque, Reuters Harris Organizations: CNN, Republican, Economic, of Chicago, Black, White, Fox News, Trump, Metropolitan Library, Peach State, GOP, Bloomberg, Economic Club, Getty, Bloomberg News, Reuters Locations: Washington, Detroit, Atlanta, Georgia, Peach, Chicago, British

☆ New Georgia election rules passed by Trump-backed board are unconstitutional, judge rules
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Devan Cole | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A judge in Georgia has struck down a slate of controversial new election rules passed by Donald Trump allies, including two that Democrats say would inject post-election “chaos” into the critical battleground state. Three GOP members of the Georgia State Election Board were thrust into the spotlight after Trump mentioned them by name at a rally in Atlanta this summer. Among the other rules Cox invalidated is one that would have required officials to hand-count the number of ballots cast at each polling place, saying Georgia law didn’t support the requirement. A different judge in the state paused the ballot hand counting rule on Tuesday in a separate challenge brought against it by Cobb County. “The rule vastly expands the authority and obligations of poll officials in preparing ballots pre-delivery to the superintendents and pre-certification,” Cox wrote Wednesday.

Persons: CNN —, Donald Trump, Thomas Cox, ” “, ” Cox, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Trump, “, ” Trump, ”, Cox, didn’t Organizations: CNN, Trump, Democratic, Peach State, GOP, Vigilance Locations: Georgia, Fulton, Peach, Atlanta, Cobb County

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