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☆ Stephen Nedoroscik beat the odds to earn an Olympic moment, and then he nailed it
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Dana O'Neil | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

Advertisement“But I don’t need to see when I do pommel horse,” Nedoroscik said, a bronze medal draped around his neck and a grin spread across his face. The result: a 14.866 score that secured bronze for Team USA, its first team medal in gymnastics since 2008. “It was Penn State squirrels in the Penn State parking garage,” Jepson said with a laugh. Nedoroscik had come to State College to check out Penn State and its facilities but never told Jepson he was coming. He did it at Penn State, where he eventually won two national titles, and he does it now, on the senior circuit.

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☆ Opinion | Some in the Anti-Abortion Movement Want a New Deal With Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Jane Coaston | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Vice President Kamala Harris is putting new and potentially significant energy into holding Donald Trump responsible for overturning Roe v. Wade and attacking him and the G.O.P. over abortion, in what Democrats hope will lead to robust turnout by women for Ms. Harris in November. Among those groups is Students for Life, whose president, Kristan Hawkins, spoke with me in April 2023. We talked then about the failure of state-level ballot measures to limit abortion and her work to push the G.O.P. Jane Coaston: I know you’re not entirely happy with the 2024 Republican platform.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Roe, Wade, Harris, Trump, Kristan Hawkins, Biden, Jane Coaston Organizations: Supreme, Life, Republican Party, Republican

☆ An Olympics commentator got fired for making a sexist joke about a gold-medal-winning team
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Eurosport removed Bob Ballard from its Paris Olympics coverage after he made a sexist joke. Ballard joked that Australia's female swimmers were doing their makeup after they won a gold medal. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementSports commentator Bob Ballard was removed from Eurosport's Paris Olympics line-up after making a sexist joke about female athletes. Team Australia's Mollie O'Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Emma McKeon, and Meg Harris were celebrating their gold medal on Saturday when Ballard made the comment.

Persons: Bob Ballard, Ballard, —, Australia's Mollie O'Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Emma McKeon, Meg Harris Organizations: Eurosport, Paris Olympics, Service, Paris, BBC, Guardian, Business

☆ One way employers can attract Gen Z talent is by ditching résumés, recruiter says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Sophie O'Brien, the founder of the entry-level recruitment service Pollen Careers, told Business Insider that if companies want to hire the best-fitting Gen Z talent, they should ditch asking for a résumé. Gen Z are people aged 12 to 27. O'Brien found success in hiring Gen Z talent with less conventional methods. Advertisement"It's alienating Gen Z," she said. "This is groundbreaking for Gen Z, they absolutely love it," O'Brien said.

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☆ ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ is a box office hit on its opening weekend with the biggest R-rating debut
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —“Deadpool & Wolverine” barreled through the $200 million benchmark, cementing the blockbuster as the record holder for the highest grossing opening weekend for an R-rated movie. “Deadpool & Wolverine” is now also among the top opening weekends ever, ranking at No. Could “Deadpool & Wolverine” reinvigorate the franchise? But less than three weeks after its release, the year-over-year domestic box office revenue deficit shrunk from 27% to 19%. Now, the deficit stands at 16.9% and it could keep shrinking depending on how “Deadpool & Wolverine” finishes its run in theaters.

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☆ The noon-to-4 is the new 9-to-5 for driving commuters, but it's not helping traffic congestion
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewAfter roads went eerily quiet during the early months of the pandemic, traffic is back with a vengeance. New remote and hybrid work schedules and a rise in car ownership in recent years have transformed traffic and congestion patterns. New York City had the worst congestion of any city in the world in 2023, the INRIX report found. AdvertisementNew York City had the worst congestion of any city in the world in 2023, the INRIX report found. While the population of New York City residents rose 1.4% between 2012 and 2021, the number of registered passenger vehicles rose by 12%.

Persons: —, INRIX, Bob Pishue, COVID, Pishue, Declan Gill Organizations: Service, Business, New, People Locations: Dallas, New York, Manhattan, New York City, York City, Yorkers

☆ Why Is It So Hard for Olympic Host Cities to Control Costs?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Vivienne Walt | Sarah Kessler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Like every city that hosts the Olympics, Paris designed its opening ceremony to make a splash, with ethereal dance performances, athletes floating down the Seine and a blowout performance by Celine Dion. A big display is table stakes, and hundreds of thousands of people jammed the city’s bridges and riverbanks for hours to cheer the flotilla. The tab for the Games in Paris, the first city to fully test cost-cutting reforms that the International Olympic Committee introduced in 2019, is at least $8.87 billion. Figuring out how to keep host city expenses on budget is vital for the Olympics, which have struggled to find host cities in places where citizens have a say in the decision. voted on Wednesday to give the 2030 Winter Games to the French Alps and the 2034 Winter Games to Salt Lake City, both cities were the only candidates.

Persons: Celine Dion Organizations: Games, International Olympic, London, Tokyo, Rio, Oxford’s Said Business, Olympics Locations: Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Salt Lake City

☆ The great America-Australia relay rivalry gets another worthy chapter in Paris
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Matthew Futterman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

That was in 2000 in Sydney in the men’s 4×100, at a time when the American men were untouchable at the distance. Australia’s Michael Klim plays lead guitar while Ian Thorpe, right, looks on after the Australians beat the U.S. in the 4×100 freestyle relay in Sydney in 2000. The Chinese men led early but faded. Far and away the dominant swimming nation, American men won the 4×100 freestyle from 1964 until the air guitar incident in 2000. American women won it 14 times from 1924 to 2000.

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☆ How the Harris 2024 shake-up could affect House and Senate races
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | Simone Pathe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

It could also have a major impact on House and Senate races. We talked by email about the state of play for the House and Senate and how the shake-up in the presidential race might change things. PATHE: House races are typically more nationalized than Senate races because the candidates are lesser known; therefore, it’s harder for them to separate themselves from their party and the top of the ticket. WOLF: The presidential primary process is over, but we’re still in the thick of statewide primaries for House and Senate races. WOLF: If there’s one Senate race that could be a bellwether for the country as a whole, which one is it and why?

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☆ Kamala Harris: How her warp-speed campaign launch has changed the 2024 race
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Eric Bradner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

CNN —The five days since Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign launched at warp speed have remade the 2024 race – and given Democrats new hope of preventing a second Donald Trump presidency. Fundraising exploded, with Harris’ campaign saying she raised $126 million between Sunday afternoon and Tuesday evening. And Democrats were more eager to devote their own time to working to elect Harris: More than 100,000 people signed up to volunteer for her bid, and more than 2,000 applied for campaign jobs, Harris campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon said in a Wednesday memo. The strength of Harris’ launch has at times surprised even the former Biden campaign staffers who on Sunday suddenly found themselves working for what was converted into the Harris campaign. Biden’s campaign believed his path to 270 Electoral College votes ran through the “blue wall” states – Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

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☆ Simone Biles submits new skill on uneven bars, could become sixth named for her
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Dana O'Neil | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Biles submitted a new element on the uneven bars for consideration to the International Gymnastics Federation on Friday. Simone Biles has submitted an original skill on the Uneven Bars! Asked about the vault, Biles’ coach Cecile Landi smiled broadly. She earned her first named move in 2013, on the floor exercise and three of her elements — the Biles on beam, Biles II on floor, Biles and now Biles II on vault — rank as the most difficult skills on their respective apparatus. At the Tokyo Games in 2021, Biles withdrew from the team competition after battling the twisties.

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☆ My boyfriend and I met while standing in line for 8 hours. We've been going strong for over 2 years.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. We were saddened by the news on September 8, 2022, that Queen Elizabeth II had died at 96. My mom and Aunt Louise decided to go and pay their respects, along with tens of thousands of others who adored the queen. You had to stand in line in one queue to get a wristband to join another one. Aiden wrote to King Charles III to tell him how we metI got home a few hours later, slept two hours, and went to work.

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☆ Spaceman, Senator, V.P. Pick? Kamala Harris Sizes Up Mark Kelly.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Jonathan Weisman | Jazmine Ulloa | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Senator Mark Kelly, an Arizona Democrat under consideration to be Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate, knows this expanse well — a fact that even the state’s Republicans acknowledge. mayor of Douglas, recounted a phone call with Mr. Kelly two weeks ago, when the two men talked through progress on making the small city an official, expanded port of entry into the United States. The senator has pushed hard for the move, and Mr. Huish has embraced it. “What gets me about Senator Kelly is, yes, we’re in touch with staff on the issues, but he personally calls me on a regular basis, and I feel comfortable calling him,” said Mr. Huish, who identifies as a strongly conservative Republican. “I’m sure he’s taken some heat from some of his party concerning the border, but he understands it.”

Persons: Mark Kelly, Kamala Harris’s, Donald Huish, Douglas, Kelly, Huish, ”, “ Organizations: Arizona Democrat, Republican Locations: Douglas, Ariz, Mexico, Arizona, United States

☆ I've visited dozens of all-inclusive resorts, but there's one in Mexico I can't wait to return to
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Simone Paget | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewWhen it comes to all-inclusive vacations, I've seen it all — from mega resorts the size of small cities to sex-themed hotels where clothing is optional. Simone PagetAs someone who prefers quirky boutique hotels, the decor at all-inclusive resorts can often feel bland. Simone PagetThe resort offers things I've never seen anywhere else, like rooftop pickleball courts that glow in the dark at night. AdvertisementPlus, whether you're at the pickleball court or the pool, you're never far from your next margarita — it's always 5 o'clock somewhere. It's one of the best all-inclusive resort experiences I've had in years.

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☆ I'm running to become Maryland's next US senator. There are 'no days off,' but it's critical for me to understand the voters I hope to represent.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

In the May primary, she defeated Rep. David Trone, who self-funded his campaign to the tune of over $60 million. If elected, she would become Maryland's first Black senator and only the second woman to represent the state in the upper chamber. The morning starts early, but I'm still the county executive, which means that the days are always really busy. I think this Senate campaign is the first time I've experienced anything where there are no days off. She took our sandwich orders, and I started explaining to her: "I'm here and I'm campaigning.

Persons: Angela Alsobrooks, David Trone, Larry Hogan, Maryland's, I've, I'm, Alsobrooks, Millard, Sarah L, Voisin, we'd, Anita, Andrew Harnik, didn't waver Organizations: Service, Prince, Democratic, Republican Gov, Prince George's County, Hyattsville Middle, Washington, Getty, The Washington Post, US Locations: Prince George's County , Maryland, That's, Prince George's, Hyattsville, Md, Shore, Burtonsville

☆ The world’s greatest places of 2024, according to TIME
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Maureen O'Hare | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Make sure you’ve got enough pages in your passport, because TIME has just released its list of the world’s 100 greatest places to visit in 2024. CNN Travel spoke to TIME senior editor Emma Barker about some of the trends they’ve seen emerging this year. Barker points to “these sort of otherworldly art and design places” like Aranya, China. “Those kinds of places that result in stunning photography are really popular,” she says. It’s “kind of like a middle-aged retreat,” says Barker, “which I think is really interesting and fun.

Persons: you’ve, Koh Samui, Emma Barker, Barker, “ They’re, ”, “, — “, “ You’re Organizations: CNN, TIME, ”, Elder Academy, CNN Travel Locations: Costa Rica, Republic of the Congo, York, Aranya, China, Botswana, Antarctica, they’re, Santa Fe , New Mexico, Maui

☆ Before Paris, London Showed How the Olympics Could Be Sustainable
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Ken Belson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

This week, the world will tune in to watch what is being billed as the most sustainable Olympic Games in history, a goal the organizers of the Paris Games aim to reach in part by refurbishing buildings instead of constructing new ones. More than 90 percent of the venues that will be used for the Paris Games are temporary or already existed, though many of the buildings are old — including one used in the 1924 Olympics — and needed to be upgraded. For decades, the International Olympic Committee has been stung by images of Olympic venues in disrepair years after the Games end. The soaring cost of putting on the games and the white elephants left in their wake had scared away potential bidders. hopes that its ambitions for more sustainable Olympic facilities will lure other potential bidders.

Organizations: Games, Paris Games, International Olympic

In the three days since President Biden announced he was quitting the 2024 race, Mr. Trump has entered foreign territory. But within 24 hours, Democratic leaders unofficially crowned Ms. Harris and stamped out any notable opposition. His team considered mounting legal challenges to her campaign committee to make it harder for Ms. Harris to hit the ground running. And Mr. Trump is still cycling through nicknames for Ms. Harris — a sign that he hasn’t yet figured out how he intends to portray her. And some Trump campaign officials have telegraphed plans to “Willie Horton” Ms. Harris.

Persons: Donald J, Biden, Trump, It’s, Kamala Harris, Mr, Biden’s, Harris, “, —, viscerally, jostled, Erin Schaff, Brian Hughes, ” Mr, Biden’s “ Cackling, Laffin ’ Kamala Harris, ”, Kamala ”, Hillary Clinton, Kamala, Alex Castellanos, that’s, Kevin McCarthy, Mike Johnson, Doug Mills, ” Liam Donovan, ” Guy Cecil, “ Kamala Harris, David McCormick, Biden’s frailty, Willie Horton ” Ms, Michael Dukakis, Horton, Dukakis, Hilary Rosen Organizations: Republican National Convention, Democratic, Sunday, Black, Trump, The New York Times, Mr, Republicans, Republican, Indian, Indian American U.S, New York Times, National Republican, “ Republicans, Green, MAGA Inc Locations: Wilmington, Del, Indian American, Grand Rapids, Mich, Credit, Charlotte, —, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, California

☆ Are Chipotle Burritos Getting Smaller? Not on Purpose, Its C.E.O. Says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Sarah Hurtes | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Chipotle Mexican Grill has built its fast-casual burrito dominance largely on consistency and size. Amid a storm of customer complaints on social media, accusing the chain of serving smaller portions in their burritos and burrito bowls, Chipotle’s chief executive, Brian Niccol, firmly denied that the company’s portion policies had changed. “First, there was never a directive to provide less to our customers,” he said during an earnings call Wednesday. “Generous portion is a core brand equity of Chipotle. It always has been, and it always will be.”Still, Mr. Niccol said the complaints had led him to re-examine Chipotle’s practices across its operation.

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☆ Mental health and the Olympics: How the USOPC is preparing for the toll on athletes
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Nicole Auerbach | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

AdvertisementThere are no surgeries or physical rehabilitation plans to address mental health challenges. Phelps has made mental health a huge focus in retirement, trying to help others avoid the feelings he endured. Bartley, who has worked with the USOPC since it created a mental health task force in 2020, said that her main goal over the past four years has been building out the organization’s infrastructure for therapy for mental health needs. Now, there are 15 psychological service providers — meaning those qualified to work on mental health, mental performance or even sleep. What does it mean to make the Olympic Games or not make the Olympic Games?

Persons: Simone Biles, ” Biles, “, ”, Jess Bartley, Michael Phelps, Cameron Spencer, Phelps, Caeleb Dressel, couldn’t, Bartley, ” Bartley, Dressel, Gretchen Walsh, raved, Lydia Jacoby, Tom Pennington, ” Jacoby, He’d, ” Dressel, I’m, it’s, Biles, “ She’s, Cecile Landi, ” “ She’s, ” Simone Biles ’, Jamie Squire, Dana O’Neil, Dan Goldfarb, Tim Clayton, Corbis, Francois Nel Organizations: Paris Games, Tokyo Games, U.S, Olympic, Paralympic Committee’s, Games, Olympic Games, Paris, Tokyo, Athletic, Tokyo Summer, Beijing Winter Games Locations: Tokyo, Alaska, it’s, France

☆ Real estate investors weigh in on how passive rental income really is: 'It's like having an expensive puppy'
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

If you google "passive income ideas," one of the first strategies that pops up is to buy a rental property. Even those with property managers have described having to "manage the property manager." Buying rental properties is "expensive like a puppy," he added. They've learned that, "the more hands-on you are, the more money you're going to make," said Jervais. One, their long-term rental properties are newer, so they naturally have fewer maintenance requests and upkeep.

Persons: I'm, Matt, it's, Matt H Natia, Jervais Seegars, They've, Karina Mejia, aren't, Mejia, Jervais, Jim Resonable, she'd Organizations: Service, Business, EVO Real Estate Locations: New Hampshire, Boston, Augusta , Georgia, North Carolina , California, Georgia

☆ Opinion | JD Vance’s ‘Cat Ladies’ Riff Has Serious ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Vibes
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Paul Krugman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

You may have heard about JD Vance’s “childless cat ladies” riff. It’s a statement, as my colleague Jessica Grose writes, that shows the desperation of Republicans who are still “clinging to the tag line that the G.O.P. It’s the kind of comment that makes you wonder if Vance thinks that he has been nominated by the Republican Party to serve as the vice president of the Republic of Gilead. Sorry — yes — Vance knows that our nation is still called the United States of America. But there’s a real “Handmaid’s Tale” vibe to a lot of what we’re hearing from the right.

Persons: JD Vance’s, Vance, they’ve, Kamala Harris, It’s, Jessica Grose, — Vance Organizations: Senate, Republican Party Locations: America, Republic of, United States of America

☆ How Group Black's $500 million promise to Black-owned media unraveled
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Lucia Moses | Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

Montaque cofounded Group Black in 2021 with the goal of directing $500 million in advertising money to Black-owned media in its first 18 months. With the pledge, Group Black laid out a plan to steer money to Black media owners and acquire media companies. Bough, Group Black's chief strategy officer, was a former Mondelēz and PepsiCo marketer who presented the CNBC reality show "Cleveland Hustles." Various outlets reported that Group Black mounted bids for media companies including the Sports Illustrated publisher Arena Group, the Paramount-owned BET, Vice Media, and Vox Media. Seven former employees described Montaque as an energetic leader but said he was ultimately ineffective in executing Group Black's mission.

Persons: Travis Montaque, Weeks, Montaque, Bonin, Black, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Richelieu Dennis, Dennis, Ursula M, Burns, Randy Brooke, Ursula Burns, Seth Kaufman, Moët Hennessy, Gamble, Ziff Davis, offsites, Gamble —, Spokespeople, Derrick Johnson, Lionel Hahn, Todd Brown, It's, Christopher Kenna, I'm, Samantha Skey, Black's Travis Montaque, Arturo Holmes, Vivek Shah, Bough, Sheila Marmon, Media's Refinery29, Erika Goldring, Richelieu Dennis who's, Kirk McDonald, GroupM Organizations: Black, Cannes Lions, Business, Black's, SHE, Cola, Walmart, PepsiCo, CNBC, Xerox, Getty, Moët Hennessy North America, Procter, Gamble, NAACP, Urban Edge Network, Corporate America, Association of National Advertisers's Alliance, Inclusive, Multicultural, Diversity Media, Penske Media Corp, Zeta, Fox, Everyday Health, Sports, Arena Group, Paramount, BET, Vice Media, Vox Media, Galore Media, Mirror, Marmon, Media Locations: GroupM, America, Soho, Manhattan, Santa Monica, Cannes

☆ Here's your first look at Critical Role's 'Moonward' — the nerdworld crew's big expansion into the podcasting business
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

"Moonward" will see CR's Marisha Ray and Liam O'Brien, embarking on a new adventure to a wrecked moon. "Moonward" is part of CR's renewed push into the world of podcasting and audio dramas. AdvertisementCritical Role's new expansion into the podcasting business is nearly here, accompanied by a brand-new trailer. As Business Insider reported on July 11, CR is bringing not one but two of its cofounders to this fresh storytelling venture, "Moonward." This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: Ray, Liam O'Brien, —, Marisha Ray Organizations: Service, Business, CR

☆ Middle East Crisis Netanyahu Under Pressure to Address Cease-Fire Calls in His Speech to Congress
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Ephrat Livni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Children walking near stagnant wastewater on their way to a food distribution point in Deir al Balah, in central Gaza, last week. The large number of people treated for war injuries — almost 90,000, Gaza’s health ministry says — and the surge in illness have overwhelmed Gaza’s diminished medical system. The Israeli military has launched two operations at Gaza’s largest hospital, Al-Shifa, fighting deadly battles with militants there. Before the war, Gaza’s health care system was “reasonably well functional,” said Dr. Rik Peeperkorn, the W.H.O.’s representative to Gaza and the West Bank. Now, fewer than half of its facilities remain even partly operational, he said, and its health care work force is severely depleted.

Persons: Sally Thabet, Deir al, “ Amoon, ”, Israel, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, poliovirus, Dr, Hanan Balkhy, —, Balkhy, Rik Peeperkorn, ’ Organizations: World Health Organization, Hamas, The New York Times, West Bank Locations: Deir al Balah, Gaza, Gaza City, Deir, Kandi, Gaza’s, Al, Israel

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