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☆ Taylor Swift could change the movie theater industry with her Eras Tour concert film — here's how
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Despite placing her previous documentaries and concert films on streaming services in the past, the iconic pop star opted to deliver her Eras Tour film directly to cinemagoers this October. Of course, the theater company will generate significantly more than that in concession sales, perhaps the real upside to Swift's film release. "Taylor Swift, being a cultural powerhouse and shaper of new business models, may have a hand in bringing back the old-school style concert film." Swift's concert film seems destined to overtake the current record holder for a theatrical concert film. Miley Cyrus' "Best of Both Worlds" concert film tallied $31.1 million during its opening weekend back in 2008, appearing in around 680 locations.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Shawn Robbins, Swift, Oppenheimer, They're, Cinemark —, It's, Robbins, Beyonce, Adele, Mario, Michael O'Leary, Paul Dergarabedian, Miley Cyrus, Taylor Organizations: T, Fort Worth Star, Tribune, Service, Getty, BoxOffice.com, Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television, Radio Artists, National Football League, Sony, Disney, Warner Bros, AMC, Universal, Swift, Mario Bros, National Association of Theatre Locations: Arlington , Texas, Cincinnati , Ohio

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Calvin Ridley gets triggered by one word these days: rusty. And he could be Trevor Lawrence’s top target when Jacksonville opens the season at AFC South rival Indianapolis on Sunday. I’m Calvin Ridley,” Ridley said. Ridley insisted he was good to go when offseason workouts began, but coaches eased him back in slowly. … I’m a good receiver.

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Sept 6 (Reuters) - Four former U.S. Navy officers charged in a massive bribery scandal linked to the man known as Fat Leonard were cleared of felony charges on Wednesday by a judge citing prosecutor misconduct. After the felony charges were cleared, the four former officers each pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor with only a $100 fine as punishment, court documents show. Three of the four former officers - David Newland, James Dolan and Mario Herrera - each admitted to disclosing Navy information to the Malaysian businessman at the center the scandal, Leonard Glenn Francis, known as "Fat Leonard." Prosecutors said that in exchange for contracts, Francis gave Navy officers cash, gourmet food, expensive cigars, rare cognac and hotel sex parties. In 2015 Leonard pleaded guilty to bribing Navy officials through his Singapore-based company, Glenn Defense Marine Asia, which serviced ships in the Navy's Pacific Fleet.

Persons: Leonard, Judge Janis Sammartino, Andrew Haden, Haden, David Newland, James Dolan, Mario Herrera, Leonard Glenn Francis, Francis, Daniel Trotta, Donna Bryson, Leslie Adler Organizations: U.S . Navy, U.S, San Diego Union, Tribune, Union - Tribune, Navy, U.S . Department of Justice, Justice Department, Acting, Justice, Prosecutors, Glenn Defense Marine Asia, Fleet, Thomson Locations: U.S, Malaysian, United States, Venezuela, Singapore

“This is hugely important, both practically and symbolically,” said Tim Franklin, director of the Local News Initiative at Northwestern University's Medill journalism school. The Carnegie Corp., the Democracy Fund, the Ford Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and MacArthur are among a group of 20 initial funders. Philanthropies that recognize the need to strengthen democracy are beginning to see that progress on many different issues depends on the public's understanding of facts, said John Palfrey, MacArthur Foundation president. He said he expected other funding will be added in the coming months to boost the commitment beyond $500 million. Struggling local news sources have also attracted the attention of state governments, where things like tax breaks for advertisers or subscribers are being discussed, he said.

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☆ A GOP former state lawmaker who voted for Biden in 2020, was against overturning Roe v. Wade, and supported impeaching Trump could soon be headed to Congress
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Former Utah state Rep. Becky Edwards could soon be House Republicans' newest member. She voted for Biden, backed impeaching Trump, and said Roe v. Wade didn't need to be revisited. Edwards holds a massive lead ahead of Tuesday's special primary election, according to one recent poll. AdvertisementAdvertisementEdwards, who served for 10 years in the Utah state House from 2009 to 2019, has notably declined to attend any debates and has avoided on-camera interviews during the special election campaign. "One thing I admire about Mitt Romney is his commitment to follow his conscience," Edwards told the Tribune last year.

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☆ Big Farms and Flawless Fries Are Gulping Water in the Land of 10,000 Lakes
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( Dionne Searcey | Mira Rojanasakul | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +19 min

UNCHARTED WATERS Big Farms and Flawless Fries Are Gulping Water in the Land of 10,000 Lakes When Minnesota farmers cranked up their wells in a drought, they blew through state limits. The location of the White Earth Reservation is also shown, in the upper left portion of the map. Cloud St. Paul Minneapolis Rochester Sandy Soils WHITE EARTH RESERVATION Duluth Irrigation Wells St. Cloud St. Paul Minneapolis Rochester Sandy Soils WHITE EARTH RESERVATION Duluth Irrigation Wells St. “There’s a lot of water in this area.”His farm is awaiting approval for two new state permits for irrigation wells.

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History of Labor DayThe first Labor Day occurred in 1882 in New York City under the direction of that city’s Central Labor Union. The New York Tribune’s reporter covering the event felt the entire day was like one long political barbecue, with “rather dull speeches.”Why was Labor Day invented? Common misconceptionsThe common misconception is that since Labor Day is a national holiday, everyone gets the day off. It became a national holiday in June 1894 when President Grover Cleveland signed the Labor Day bill into law. Because not everyone is given time off on Labor Day, union workers as recently as the 1930s were being urged to stage one-day strikes if their employer refused to give them the day off.

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☆ Texas is about to shut down an election office in a heavily Democratic county that includes Houston less than two months before the city's mayoral election
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Katie Hawkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Harris County, which includes Houston, must close its election administration office by Friday. Losing Republican candidates blamed the Harris County election office for their losses in 2022. But that election will no longer happen under the authority of Harris County elections officers. Harris County election office shut downLegislators passed the bill abolishing the Harris County elections office after so far unproven claims by losing Republican candidates that administrative issues at the office swayed the results of the November 2022 general election, the Texas Tribune reported. The Texas Office of the Attorney General did not respond to a request for comment ahead of publication.

Persons: Sylvester Turner, Greg Abbott, Christian Menefee, Menefee, Turner, Sheila Jackson Lee, State Sen, John Whitmire Organizations: Houston, Service, Democrat, Republicans, Democratic, Texas Gov, Republican, Texas Tribune, Houston Public Media, Texas Office, State Locations: Harris, Houston, Wall, Silicon, Harris County, Texas, Democratic Harris County

☆ How China became the king of new nuclear power, and how the U.S. is trying to stage a comeback
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Catherine Clifford | In Catclifford | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

That is two and a half times more nuclear reactors under construction than any other country. China was just getting started as the United States nuclear industry began to take a back seat. Power follows demand, so the new nuclear reactors tend to be built where fast-developing economies need power to fuel their growth. For the United States to win the export business, it must prove it can put steel in the ground in the United States. "We and our close nuclear energy allies are at what I think is just the start of a fierce competition for supremacy in global nuclear energy export markets," Kotek said.

Persons: Jacopo Buongiorno, Kenneth Luongo, Luongo, John F, Kotek, they've, Buongiorno, Westinghouse, Trump, Biden Organizations: Plant, China National Nuclear Corporation, China Huaneng, Changjiang, China News Service, Getty, International Atomic Energy Agency, United, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, CNBC, Partnership for Global Security, World Nuclear Association, Chicago Tribune, Tribune, Service, IAEA, Organization for Economic Cooperation, Development, OECD, U.S . Energy Information Administration, Nuclear Energy Institute, International Energy Agency, France, Visual China, Georgia Power, Westinghouse Locations: China, Changjiang Li Autonomous County, Hainan Province, India, Turkey, United States, Georgia, Byron , Illinois, France, Russia, HUIZHOU, CHINA, Huizhou, Guangdong Province of China, Europe, Eastern Europe, U.S

☆ Abbott's Texas National Guard set up a secret spy operation and treated the border like it was the war in Iraq: whistleblowers
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Texas National Guardsmen set up a secret spying mission by using WhatsApp to snoop on migrants, a watchdog found. Top brass in Operation Lone Star — a state-run effort to combat illegal immigration — "wanted to pretend it was like Iraq," one servicemember told The Texas Tribune and The Military Times. Insider has reached out to the Texas National Guard for comment. After whistleblowers reported the WhatsApp surveillance, leaders in the Texas National Guard shut down Operation Lone Star's intelligence unit, the report said. The Texas Military Department's inspector general also investigated the activity and determined it was an unauthorized foreign intelligence operation, the outlets reported.

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☆ Racist housing practices left Minneapolis with an extreme heat problem. Now, the city is rushing to reverse the lasting effects of environmental racism.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Dearbea Walker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

The city hopes to rectify its history of environmental racism with a new Climate Equity Plan. It was also the only place Black people were allowed to purchase housing in the city. For all these reasons, previously redlined neighborhoods suffer from extreme heat. After years of outcry from activists, the city council submitted a new draft of a 10-year plan, titled the Minneapolis Climate Equity Plan, soliciting public comments. Earlier this year, Portland passed its 43-Step Climate Action Plan, which has similar objectives to the Minneapolis plan.

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☆ John Keilman — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( John Keilman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

John KeilmanJohn Keilman covers U.S. manufacturing from The Wall Street Journal’s Chicago bureau. He writes about large global companies, including 3M, Polaris and PPG, as well as small business, labor and industry trends. John joined the Journal after working at the Chicago Tribune, the Dayton Daily News and other news organizations.

Persons: John Keilman John Keilman, John Organizations: 3M, Polaris, Chicago Tribune, Dayton Daily News Locations: Chicago

☆ A potential first-of-its-kind fighter jet purchase could be a sign Saudi Arabia isn't happy with what it's getting from the US
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Paul Iddon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Saudi Arabia is reportedly considering a large number of French-made Dassault Rafale fighter jets. In July, Germany announced it would not allow additional Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets to be delivered Saudi Arabia. The Saudi air force's 72 Eurofighters are its second most numerous fighter type behind its US-made F-15s. Bandar Algaloud/ReutersIn the near-term, Saudi Arabia may find Rafales more burdensome than beneficial, given its extensive investment in US and British aircraft. A Saudi Air Force F-15 taxis for takeoff at King Faisal Air Base in February 2021.

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☆ Opinion: A powerful weapon for prosecutors is now in the hands of Fani Willis
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. In the US, prosecutors are given enormous power to apply the law as they see fit, choosing who to charge and what to charge them with. Evidence of their misdeeds can secure convictions and allow for strict sentences that otherwise couldn’t be imposed. Bill Bramhall/Tribune Content AgencyThe 97-page indictment unveiled by Willis last week cites a lot more evidence than could be arrayed against a sandwich served at lunch. “We are the chief law enforcement officers in each jurisdiction, with the weighty power to deprive others of their freedom,” Aronberg observed.

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☆ Tesla owners share their best tips for taking an EV on a road trip
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Autopilot and Tesla's Full Self-Driving beta feature are also a major plus for relaxing on the road, some drivers said. Chris Walker/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty ImagesAll Tesla models are equipped with the Autopilot feature, which enables a car to steer, accelerate, and brake automatically within its lane. Earlier this year, Model S owner Tim Heckman told Insider the driver assist features were a "lifesaver" on his 6,392-mile road trip. Long trips can take a mental toll," Heckman said at the time, noting that he'sd used Autopilot on previous road trips and discovered he could drive further without getting tired. Zuga told Insider Autopilot is one of several features that he feels make road trips less stressful and safer in a Tesla.

Persons: Chris Walker, Tim Heckman, Heckman, Zuga Organizations: Chicago Tribune, Tribune, Service, Getty, Traffic, Administration, California Department of Motor Vehicles

☆ Sarah E. Needleman — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Sarah E. Needleman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Sarah E. NeedlemanSarah E. Needleman is a reporter for The Wall Street Journal who writes about interactive entertainment and social media. Her coverage centers on Activision Blizzard, Electronic Arts and other big videogame publishers, as well as social-media companies such as Twitter, Reddit and Pinterest. In 2022, Sarah received an honorable mention with WSJ colleagues for their coverage of workplace misconduct at Activision from the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing, or Sabew. In her earlier years at the Journal, she covered small business and careers. Sarah graduated from Rutgers University in 1997 with a bachelor's degree in journalism.

Persons: Sarah E, Sarah, paginator Organizations: Wall Street, Activision Blizzard, Electronic Arts, Activision, Society for, Home News & Tribune, Princeton Packet, Rutgers University Locations: New Jersey

☆ Idaho's Teacher of the Year fled the state after conservative parents attacked her for being an LGBTQ+ ally
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An Idaho Teacher of the Year says she fled the state after conservatives and parents attacked her. She said she was harassed for her support for the LGBTQ+ community and Black Lives Matter. The teacher told The Boston Globe teachers are leaving the job because they don't feel valued. Karen Lauritzen, 44, told The Boston Globe she was named 2023 Idaho Teacher of the Year last September and started the school year with high hopes. It's to make kids into the best versions of themselves," Lauritzen told the Globe.

Persons: Karen Lauritzen, Lauritzen, baselessly, It's Organizations: Boston Globe, Service, Globe, Idaho Tribune, Conservative State, Trump, College Board AP Locations: Idaho, Wall, Silicon, Illinois, Post Falls , Idaho, Colorado, Florida

☆ Oceans absorb 90% of the heat from climate change — here's why record ocean temps are so harmful
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Catherine Clifford | In Catclifford | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +22 min

"Over 90 percent of the excess energy on earth due to climate change is found in warmer oceans, some of it in surface oceans and some at depth." Put simply, the greenhouse gases serve to trap more heat, some of which is absorbed by the ocean," Kirtman told CNBC. In addition to the daily record on July 31, the monthly sea surface temperature for July was the hottest July on record, "by far," Copernicus said. CopernicusThese record sea surface temperatures arise from multiple factors, including the El Niño weather pattern, which is currently in effect. "These climate variations occur when sea surface temperature patterns of warming and cooling self-reinforce by changing patterns of winds and precipitation that deepen the sea surface temperature changes."

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☆ University of Chicago Agrees to $13.5 Million Settlement in Financial Aid Antitrust Case
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Melissa Korn | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The University of Chicago said that its settlement of a price-fixing suit would allow the school to avoid the distraction and expense of continued litigation. Photo: E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/Getty ImagesThe University of Chicago has agreed to pay $13.5 million to settle a lawsuit in which it was accused of illegally colluding with other top universities to limit financial aid to students, making it the first defendant in the case to settle, according to a court filing Monday.

Persons: Jason Wambsgans Organizations: University of Chicago, Chicago Tribune, Getty, The University of Chicago

☆ Opinion | At a College Targeted by DeSantis, Gender Studies Is Out, Jocks Are In
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Michelle Goldberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

In two weeks, the new school year will begin at Florida’s New College, the progressive public liberal arts school singled out by Gov. Hampshire College, a small private liberal arts school in New England, has offered financial aid to New College students so they can transfer without tuition increases. Last week, New College’s leadership announced that it was moving to abolish the gender studies department. Given that Rufo frames the New College takeover as a demonstration project to be repeated by red states nationwide, I’d expect attempts to scrap gender studies to spread. Rufo speaks a lot about academic excellence and the virtues of a classical liberal education.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Chris Rufo, DeSantis, Rufo, Steven Walker, ”, Walker Organizations: Florida’s New College, Gov, Hampshire College, New College, New, Wyoming Legislature, The Sarasota Herald - Tribune, ACT Locations: New England, Hampshire, America, Hungary, Wyoming

☆ Opinion: The shattering aftermath in Maui
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

CNN —The Polynesian demigod Maui was so powerful he could raise islands up from the ocean floor and capture the sun to slow it down. We know Lahaina will be rebuilt, and the government response — city, state and federal — will be a huge part of that. “You can beat the drum of ‘women’s rights’ and defend tooth-and-nail women’s sports, so long as you only do so to denigrate trans women.”For more on the World Cup:Shaista Aziz: This Women’s World Cup has been unlike any other. That’s a great thingAmy Bass: The US loss at the Women’s World Cup sends a clear messageBill Bramhall/Tribune Content AgencyLet’s make a deal? In a country where federal prosecutors overwhelmingly win their cases, Trump’s odds of going to trial and winning both federal cases are slim — and he may face similarly daunting odds in the other cases.

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☆ What are neopronouns and how do you use them?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

And then there are neopronouns (“new” pronouns), gender-neutral or nonbinary pronouns that are distinct from the common she, he and they. All pronouns indicate identity and can be used to include or exclude people they describe — neopronouns included, said Dennis Baron, one of the foremost experts on neopronouns and their histories and an emeritus professor of English and Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Other neopronouns are completely original to their user – some may choose to select a noun to describe themselves, like “star” or “starself” in place of binary pronouns like “she” or “herself.” These are called nounself neopronouns, but more on those later. Why people use neopronounsPeople may use neopronouns for the same reason someone else uses “she” and/or “they” — neopronouns may better align with one’s identity. An intro to nounself neopronounsLeaf, sun, star — nounself pronouns are neopronouns that use nature and other inspirations as nonbinary or genderless descriptors.

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☆ Renewable energy sources have kept the Texas power grid stable this summer even as the state breaks record after record for power usage
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Katie Hawkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Renewable energy has kept the power grid "remarkably stable" despite the significant strain, an expert says. Texas leads the nation in wind-generated power and is third in the country for solar power. As these extreme temperatures continue to bake Texas, residents are cranking up their air conditioning, straining the state's power grid. Texas produces more wind-powered electricity than any other state and is a national leader in solar energy alongside California and Florida. Some state and national Republicans, however, have pushed back against legislation that would further strengthen the clean energy sources keeping the air conditioners running in Texas this summer.

Persons: Austin, Emily Foxhall, Joshua Rhodes, Rhodes, we're Organizations: Service, Lone Star, Electric, of Texas, Texas Tribune, CBS, Webber Energy Group, University of Texas, Texas, Republicans Locations: Texas, El Paso, California, Florida . Texas

☆ Three-year-old migrant girl dies en route to Chicago from Texas
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Dan Whitcomb | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Aug 11 (Reuters) - A 3-year-old girl from Venezuela being transported to Chicago from Texas by bus with other migrants died at a local Illinois hospital after showing signs of illness, the Texas Department of Emergency Management said on Friday. Because the girl died in the Chicago area, the Illinois Department of Public Health was investigating her death, a spokesperson told the Chicago Tribune. “IDPH is working with local health officials, state police, and federal authorities to the fullest extent possible to get answers in this tragic situation,” IDPH spokeswoman Lauri Sanders told the Tribune. Texas officials did not release a cause of death for the child but said none of the bus passengers presented with symptoms of fever or illness when they boarded in Brownsville, Texas, which borders Mexico. The officials did not release any identifying information about the child but CBS news reported that she was a girl from Venezuela.

Persons: ” IDPH, Lauri Sanders, Dan Whitcomb, Diane Craft Organizations: Texas Department of Emergency Management, Illinois Department of Public Health, Chicago Tribune, Tribune, CBS, Thomson Locations: Venezuela, Chicago, Texas, Illinois, “, Brownsville , Texas, Mexico

☆ A conservative parents group that pushes for book bans is sharing videos on how to pressure your child's teachers
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Utah Parents United is a conservative Christian group that pushes for education reform in Utah. Utah Parents United released a training video that teaches parents how to confront teachers. Utah Parents United is a Christian parents group that advocates for book bans as well as legislation that gives parents more power to make changes to school curriculums. As part of that effort, the group created a two-hour training video that aims to teach parents "how to have uncomfortable conversations with your teacher or principal." All these resources cover how to pressure teachers to conform to parents' views on their children's education.

Persons: Jen Brown, Utahns, Brown, Ken Ivory, Annie Massey, Massey, Corinne Johnson, George Floyd, Johnson Organizations: Utah Parents, Service, Salt Lake Tribune, Republican State Rep, Utah Parents United Public Locations: Utah, Wall, Silicon, Salt, Utah Utah, Davis County, Alaska

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