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☆ U.S. renames 5 sites that used racist slur for a Native woman
  + stars: | 2023-01-15 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +2 min
The U.S. Department of the Interior announced Thursday that it has given new names to five places that previously included a racist term for a Native American woman. The renamed sites are in California, North Dakota, Tennessee and Texas, completing a yearlong process to remove the historically offensive word “squaw” from geographic names across the country. She called the word “harmful.”Haaland, who took office in 2021, is the first Native American to lead a Cabinet agency. In September, the Interior Department announced its final vote on proposals to change the names of nearly 650 sites that contained the word. The Interior Department ordered the renaming of places with derogatory terms for Black and Japanese people in 1962 and 1974, respectively.
☆ The Special Counsels and Merrick Garland’s Election Department
  + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Kimberley A. Strassel | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +1 min
Kimberley Strassel is a member of the editorial board for The Wall Street Journal. She writes editorials, as well as the weekly Potomac Watch political column, from her base in Alaska. Ms. Strassel joined Dow Jones & Co. in 1994, working in the news department of The Wall Street Journal Europe in Brussels, and then in London. She moved to New York in 1999 and soon thereafter joined the Journal's editorial page, working as a features editor, and then as an editorial writer. An Oregon native, Ms. Strassel earned a bachelor's degree in Public Policy and International Affairs from Princeton University.
☆ 'I'm scared to give it to my kids': Baltimore's water issues are symptoms of a growing national problem
  + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | Hannah Rappleye | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +5 min
Regan, who has spent the past year visiting communities struggling with water infrastructure crises — including in Alabama, Mississippi and West Virginia — acknowledged that the need is much greater. Engineers also had the forethought to build separate waste and drinking water infrastructure in Baltimore. Weather events routinely overwhelm the system, causing sinkholes that can lead to water main breaks and sewer backups in homes. Blue Water Baltimore filed a federal lawsuit against Baltimore in late 2021 over the issue. Two separate sinkholes, caused by the collapse of a stormwater tunnel and a leaking water main, led chlorination levels in the water system to drop.
☆ A sanctioned Russian ship moved cargo under the cover of darkness at a port in South Africa, and the local government won't say what was being unloaded, the Wall Street Journal reports
  + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
A sanctioned Russian ship reportedly moved cargo during a blackout at a South African port. The Wall Street Journal reported that South Africa's defense minister told the paper that Washington "threatens Africa, not just South Africa, of having anything that is even smelling of Russia." "There is no publicly available information on the source of the containers that were loaded onto the Lady R," a US official also told the Wall Street Journal. The Wall Street Journal reported that the ship's locator was turned on again two days later when it was 100 miles east of Simon's Town. The US also sanctioned Russian oil last year, causing major price drops for the export, and banned imports of Russian gold.
☆ Hundreds of thousands left without power in California as forecasters warn of 'relentless' cyclones
  + stars: | 2023-01-08 | by ( Leila Sackur | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +3 min
Hundreds of thousands of homes in California were left without power early Sunday after torrential downpours and high winds battered the northern part of the state as forecasters warned of a “relentless parade of cyclones,” over the coming days. Drivers barrel into standing water on Interstate 101 in San Francisco on Jan. 4. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Wednesday as California was engulfed by rain and snow, which produced flooding across the state. The San Francisco Fire Department tweeted images of downed trees and flooded buildings on Saturday but said there was no threat to life. On Friday, San Francisco Public Works announced it could supply 10 sandbags per household and business in preparation for the weekend’s wet weather.
☆ GOP Rebels Need to Take the Win
  + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Kimberley A. Strassel | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +1 min
Kimberley Strassel is a member of the editorial board for The Wall Street Journal. She writes editorials, as well as the weekly Potomac Watch political column, from her base in Alaska. Ms. Strassel joined Dow Jones & Co. in 1994, working in the news department of The Wall Street Journal Europe in Brussels, and then in London. She moved to New York in 1999 and soon thereafter joined the Journal's editorial page, working as a features editor, and then as an editorial writer. An Oregon native, Ms. Strassel earned a bachelor's degree in Public Policy and International Affairs from Princeton University.
☆ Zelensky just signed a new law that could allow the Ukrainian government to block news websites
  + stars: | 2023-01-02 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
A new law allows the Ukrainian government to block websites that aren't registered as media. President Volodymyr Zelensky signed the law on Thursday after Ukraine's parliament approved it. Zelenskyy signed the law on Thursday after Ukraine's parliament passed it earlier in December, The New York Times reported. Under the law, Ukraine's media regulator could block websites that are not registered with the government as news organizations, The Kyiv Independent reported on Friday. The version that Zelenskyy signed on Thursday is not as sweeping as a previous draft, which the Federation called "worthy of the worst authoritarian regimes."
☆ House Republicans Plan a Committee on Censors and Snoops
  + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Kimberley A. Strassel | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +1 min
Kimberley Strassel is a member of the editorial board for The Wall Street Journal. She writes editorials, as well as the weekly Potomac Watch political column, from her base in Alaska. Ms. Strassel joined Dow Jones & Co. in 1994, working in the news department of The Wall Street Journal Europe in Brussels, and then in London. She moved to New York in 1999 and soon thereafter joined the Journal's editorial page, working as a features editor, and then as an editorial writer. An Oregon native, Ms. Strassel earned a bachelor's degree in Public Policy and International Affairs from Princeton University.
☆ EPA issues clean water rule that repeals Trump administration changes
  + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Emma Newburger | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +1 min
The Biden administration on Friday issued a rule that defines which types of waterways in the U.S. will receive federal water quality protections under the 1972 Clean Water Act, repealing a Trump-era rule that federal courts rejected and that environmental groups argued left waterways open to pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of the Army said the revised rule is based on definitions that were in place before 2015, when the Obama administration sought to expand federal protections. Federally protected waters qualify for government programs focused on maintaining water quality and preventing oil spills, among other things. Environmental groups have long argued that efforts to loosen federal water protections would significantly harm the country's sources of safe drinking water. Farming groups, oil and gas producers, and real estate developers have criticized such regulations as overbearing and burdensome to business, and many supported the 2020 Trump administration rule that attempted to dismantle protections.
☆ Pavel Antov, Russian sausage magnate, dies after hotel fall in India
  + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Anna Chernova Swati Gupta Ivana Kottasová | Anna Chernova | Swati Gupta | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +4 min
CNN —Russian sausage magnate-turned-lawmaker Pavel Antov died in India on Saturday after falling from the third floor of his hotel, according to the Indian police. Police believe Antov died by suicide after falling from the third floor of his hotel in the Rayagada district, although the postmortem report has not been released yet, Sharma said. He was a member of the Russian parliament’s United Russia party, which was formerly headed by Vladimir Putin and is still staunchly supportive of the Russian President. Russian Consul General in Calcutta Alexey Idamkin told Russian state media RIA Novosti on Monday that the Odisha State Police and the Consulate General in Calcutta didn’t see anything suspicious in the death of two Russians in India. In mid-September, Russian businessman Ivan Pechorin, who was the top manager for the Corporation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic, was found dead in Vladivostok, according to Russian state media.
☆ The Back End of an Omnibus
  + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Kimberley A. Strassel | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +1 min
Kimberley Strassel is a member of the editorial board for The Wall Street Journal. She writes editorials, as well as the weekly Potomac Watch political column, from her base in Alaska. Ms. Strassel joined Dow Jones & Co. in 1994, working in the news department of The Wall Street Journal Europe in Brussels, and then in London. She moved to New York in 1999 and soon thereafter joined the Journal's editorial page, working as a features editor, and then as an editorial writer. An Oregon native, Ms. Strassel earned a bachelor's degree in Public Policy and International Affairs from Princeton University.
☆ Feds file lawsuit against Arizona over border wall made of shipping containers
  + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | Alicia Victoria Lozano | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +4 min
After a two-week standoff between protesters and construction crews building a border wall made of shipping containers, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Arizona, accusing it of trespassing on federal land. "Arizona has unlawfully and without authority failed to remove the shipping containers from lands owned by the United States or over which the United States holds easements, thereby damaging the United States," the complaint reads. In August, Ducey issued an executive order directing the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs to fill gaps in the existing border wall in Yuma County using shipping containers. Important waterways are being damaged or altered by the placement of shipping containers on land that serves as important habitats and crossings, including for endangered species, he said. "Under the Clean Water Act, they have created a dam with those shipping containers and it just looks like a junkyard now."
☆ The GOP Spending Poseurs
  + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Kimberley A. Strassel | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +1 min
Kimberley Strassel is a member of the editorial board for The Wall Street Journal. She writes editorials, as well as the weekly Potomac Watch political column, from her base in Alaska. Ms. Strassel joined Dow Jones & Co. in 1994, working in the news department of The Wall Street Journal Europe in Brussels, and then in London. She moved to New York in 1999 and soon thereafter joined the Journal's editorial page, working as a features editor, and then as an editorial writer. An Oregon native, Ms. Strassel earned a bachelor's degree in Public Policy and International Affairs from Princeton University.
☆ Biden administration grants $75 million to relocate three Native tribes away from rising oceans
  + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Emma Newburger | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +1 min
The Department of the Interior under the Biden administration is providing three Native American tribes $75 million to relocate from coastal areas at risk of destruction, a decision that comes after tribes across the country competed for the first federal grants designed to relocate communities facing climate change threats. The Newtok Village and Native Village of Napakiak in Alaska, as well as the Quinault Indian Nation in Washington state, will each receive $25 million to begin relocating buildings inland and away from rising seas. The administration is also awarding $5 million grants to eight more tribes to help them plan for relocation. Historically oppressed and disenfranchised tribal groups across the U.S. are more exposed to the effects of climate change. The federal government is now beginning to relocate entire Native communities in order to adapt to climate change and minimize the damage from future climate-related disasters.
☆ Clarence Gilyard Jr., ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’ and ‘Die Hard’ star, dies at 66
  + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +2 min
Clarence Gilyard Jr., an actor best known for starring in “Walker, Texas Ranger” and his supporting performance in “Die Hard,” has died. Gilyard had been working as a film and theatre professor at UNLV College of Fine Arts. “Professor Gilyard was a beacon of light and strength for everyone around him,” UNLV film chair Heather Addison said. Gilyard returned to academia later in life, joining the department of theatre at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas as an associate professor in 2006. Gilyard also worked as a producer and director, helming an episode of “Walker, Texas Ranger.”Gilyard was previously married to Catherine Dutko.
☆ China calls for ambitious, pragmatic biodiversity deal
  + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
SHANGHAI, Nov 28 (Reuters) - China will lead talks to secure an "ambitious and pragmatic" new global pact to preserve biodiversity at a U.N. meeting that begins next week, but implementing the deal remains the biggest challenge, Chinese officials said on Monday. Zhou Guomei, head of the international department of the environment ministry, told reporters that negotiations so far had not been "plain sailing" but focused on an ambitious deal that was "also pragmatic, balanced, feasible and achievable". A previous biodiversity pact signed in Aichi, Japan, in 2010, set 20 targets to try to slow biodiversity loss by 2020. Countries need to "fully consider" the attainability of any new targets, said Cui Shuhong, head of the ministry's natural ecology department. "We should learn fully from the experience and lessons during the implementation of the Aichi targets, not only to boost the ambition and confidence in global biodiversity conservation, but also to be down-to-earth and realistic," he added.
☆ 130+ best Black Friday deals you can still shop: Amazon, Best Buy, Apple, Walmart and more
  + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( Zoe Malin | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +15 min
Best Black Friday 2022 deals across retailersBelow, we're sharing the best Black Friday deals based on our previous coverage and reporting. 4.6-star average rating from 71,836 reviews on AmazonCrest 3D Whitestrips are one of the best teeth whitening products you can buy. 4.7-star average rating from 73,237 reviews at TargetOral-B's Pro 1000 electric toothbrush is one of the best models you can buy. 4.7-star average rating from 10,600 on AmazonThis cookware set comes with 8-inch and 10-inch nonstick fry pans. Best Black Friday 2022 sales across retailersHere are the best Black Friday sales that we think you'll want to know about.
☆ Black Friday online sales to hit new record, expected to top $9 billion
  + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
Overall online sales for the day after Thanksgiving are expected to top $9 billion, according to Adobe, which tracks sales on retailers' websites. Typically, shoppers spend about $2 billion to $3 billion online in a day, according to Adobe. Adobe noted that mobile shopping also hit a record high this year, with sales from smartphones accounting for 55% of online sales on Thanksgiving Day. These sales are expected to account for 53% of total Black Friday sales, the company predicts. Cyber Monday is expected to be the biggest online shopping day, with sales slated to top $11.2 billion, the company forecast.
☆ Trump's White House blocked government websites aimed at helping Americans vote, fighting human trafficking, easing homelessness, and stopping fraud, federal records show
  + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +13 min
Federal agencies asked the Trump White House to approve dozens of new ".gov" websites. Such custom ".gov" website domains enhance government agencies' ability to effectively provide and market services to an American public that's all but universally connected to the internet. On December 23, 2019, the CIA asked Trump's White House to approve the website domain DataTransport.gov. Chiu/APBlock and delayIn at least one case, Trump's White House denied a website request — the United States Agency for International Development-sponsored ProsperAfrica.gov — that Biden's White House later approved. In March 2021, Office Management and Budget officials denied Insider's FOIA request, stating that "no responsive records were located."
☆ New & Notable: Latest releases from Quip, Solo Stove, SMEG and more
  + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Gabriella Depinho | Gabriella Depinho Is A Production Coordinator For Select On Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +4 min
This story is part of Select's New & Notable column, where we highlight our favorite product launches, major sales, what we're buying and some of our latest recommendations and advice. New this weekOn sale this weekHere are some of our favorite ongoing sales from brands and retailers we think you should know about. According to thredUP, the collection uses approximately 2,000 pounds of textiles that could not otherwise be resold on the website. Victoria’s Secret & Co. has partnered with NetVirta, a brand that makes 3D body scanning technology, to introduce new virtual bra fitting technology for Victoria's Secret and Victoria’s Secret Pink bras on the retailer’s app, according to the company. I also love that it keeps my coffee hot for hours, unlike some of my other coffee tumblers."
☆ U.S. watchdog seeks cybersecurity strategy for offshore energy infrastructure
  + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
Companies U.S. Government Accountability Office FollowNov 17 (Reuters) - A U.S. watchdog in a report made public on Thursday asked the federal regulator of offshore oil and gas infrastructure to come up with a cybersecurity strategy for the more than 1,600 facilities under its oversight. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) report highlighted that offshore facilities increasingly use technology to remotely monitor and control equipment, making them vulnerable to cyberattacks and risking environmental harm and supply disruptions. A successful cyberattack could wreak damage resembling the effects of 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, the report said. That disaster was not a cyberattack but it killed 11 workers and cost billions of dollars for Gulf Coast restoration. Reporting by Seher Dareen and Deep Vakil in Bengaluru Editing by Matthew LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
☆ The 'world's largest floating wind farm' produces its first power
  + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Anmar Frangoul | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +4 min
A facility described as the world's largest floating wind farm produced its first power over the weekend, with more turbines set to come online before the year is out. The use of a floating wind farm to help power the production of fossil fuels is likely to spark some controversy, however. Earlier this year, meanwhile, the White House said it was targeting 15 gigawatts of floating offshore wind capacity by the year 2035. As well as the 15 GW ambition, a "Floating Offshore Wind Shot" aims to reduce the costs of floating technologies by over 70% by the year 2035. "Bringing floating offshore wind technology to scale will unlock new opportunities for offshore wind power off the coasts of California and Oregon, in the Gulf of Maine, and beyond," the statement added.
☆ Investors bought nearly $7 billion in Series I bonds in October. Here's the best time to cash them in, experts say
  + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Kate Dore | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +1 min
If you're one of the masses of new Series I bond owners, there are a few things to weigh before cashing in your assets, experts say. You can't access the money for at least one year and there's a penalty for redeeming I bonds within five years. If you cash in your I bonds before that five-year mark, you'll lose the previous three months of interest. "You should only cash out when you don't like the interest [rate]," he said. Of course, you'll want to consider your goals, risk tolerance and timeline for the money when deciding whether to redeem.
☆ This Week’s Red ‘Waves’
  + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( Kimberley A. Strassel | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +1 min
Kimberley Strassel is a member of the editorial board for The Wall Street Journal. She writes editorials, as well as the weekly Potomac Watch political column, from her base in Alaska. Ms. Strassel joined Dow Jones & Co. in 1994, working in the news department of The Wall Street Journal Europe in Brussels, and then in London. She moved to New York in 1999 and soon thereafter joined the Journal's editorial page, working as a features editor, and then as an editorial writer. An Oregon native, Ms. Strassel earned a bachelor's degree in Public Policy and International Affairs from Princeton University.
☆ Bring On the Non-Drama Election
  + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Kimberley A. Strassel | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +1 min
Kimberley Strassel is a member of the editorial board for The Wall Street Journal. She writes editorials, as well as the weekly Potomac Watch political column, from her base in Alaska. Ms. Strassel joined Dow Jones & Co. in 1994, working in the news department of The Wall Street Journal Europe in Brussels, and then in London. She moved to New York in 1999 and soon thereafter joined the Journal's editorial page, working as a features editor, and then as an editorial writer. An Oregon native, Ms. Strassel earned a bachelor's degree in Public Policy and International Affairs from Princeton University.
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