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Former President Donald Trump said during a Wednesday rally that he would travel to Springfield, Ohio, the focal point of unsubstantiated claims targeting Haitian migrants, "in the next two weeks." The visit to the beleaguered Ohio city of Springfield would come as Trump has pushed baseless claims about Haitian migrants there eating pets, a false claim that has been repeatedly debunked. NBC News has previously reported that Trump planned to visit Springfield "soon." “In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs," Trump said, falsely, during the debate. They’re eating, they’re eating the pets of the people that live there."

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Combs’ attorneys had asked that he be released on bail and said he could post a $50 million bond. Sean "Diddy" Combs in court in New York City on Tuesday. Johnson, the prosecutor, told the judge: “The defendant’s power gives him a unique ability to influence and intimidate witnesses and victims. They settled the lawsuit a day after it was filed without disclosing the terms and with Combs denying any wrongdoing. She said the witnesses who received subpoenas have firsthand knowledge of Combs’ behavior as charged in the indictment.

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☆ 27-year-old Nebraska man who posed as high schooler sentenced to at least 85 years for sex crimes
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

A 27-year-old Nebraska man who posed as someone a decade younger and attended high school for more than 50 days was sentenced to at least 85 years in prison in connection with sex crimes charges, court documents show. Scheich identified himself as “Zak Hess,” 17, and attended two high schools in Lincoln — Northwest High School and Southeast High School — for 54 days in the 2022-23 school year, officials previously said. A spokesperson for the district where Scheich attended high school also did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday. Charging documents show the crimes he pleaded guilty to mostly occurred in 2022 and 2023. In September, authorities accused a 23-year-old woman of criminal impersonation after she allegedly posed as Scheich’s mother and helped him get enrolled in the schools, according to KOLN.

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John Donahoe, CEO of Nike, attends the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley Media and Technology Conference at the Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., July 10, 2024. Nike on Thursday announced that its CEO John Donahoe is stepping down and company veteran Elliott Hill is coming out of retirement to take the helm of the sneaker giant. Donahoe, who has been Nike's CEO since Jan. 2020, will retire from his position on Oct. 13. But on Thursday, Knight said in a statement that he is excited to welcome Hill back to the team. We've got a lot of work to do but I'm looking forward to seeing Nike back on its pace."

Persons: John Donahoe, Elliott Hill, Elliott, Nike's, Mark Parker, Donahoe, Phil Knight, Knight, We've Organizations: Nike, Allen, Co, Sun Valley Media, Technology Conference Locations: Sun Valley , Idaho, U.S, China

☆ Trump's crypto allies boast lavish lifestyles amid trail of debts
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Katherine Long | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Three of Trump's children are employees of World Liberty Financial, including his 18-year-old son Barron, who CoinDesk reported holds the title of "DeFi visionary" at the company. World Liberty Financial's spokesperson, Jim Redner, told BI he has "no information." Both were involved in a project called Dough Finance, whose source code appears remarkably similar to that of World Liberty Financial, Coindesk reported. It's still unclear when World Liberty Financial will begin allowing investors to purchase its tokens. "Attention community: Please be aware of scams and fake tokens," World Liberty Financial posted on Telegram last month.

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☆ 9 cities where lower mortgage rates are actually pushing home prices more than 10% higher
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Christine Ji | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewHomebuyers may have breathed a premature sigh of relief last month when mortgage rates dropped. In the last six weeks, mortgage rates have fallen over half a percentage point to 6.2%, according to Freddie Mac. AdvertisementAccording to Redfin Senior Economist Sheharyar Bokhari, prices are increasing because the drop in mortgage rates has spurred demand for houses while supply remains low. Year-over-year, prices rose in almost every one of the top 50 metro areas. Below are the 9 cities where home prices have risen the most in the last year, increasing at double-digit rates.

Persons: —, Freddie Mac, it's, Sheharyar, Bokhari, Skylar Olsen, homebuyers, Olsen, Austin — Organizations: Service, Fed, Business, Redfin Locations: San Antonio

☆ Anti-Defamation League suing Intel, its first-ever discrimination case against major American company
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Alexandra Ferreyros | Cnbc Intern | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

For the first time in its century-plus history, the Anti-Defamation League is suing a Fortune 500 company, Intel , joining a case brought by the law firm of Wigdor on behalf of a former Israeli employee of the technology firm. Intel has operated in Israel for 50 years, where it has invested more than $50 billion, and remains one of Israel's largest private employers with more than 11,700 Israeli employees. The company estimated $8.7 billion in exports from its Intel operations, accounting for 5.5% of Israel's high-tech exports and 1.75% of the country's GDP, in 2022. When employers do not meet their legal obligations in protecting their Jewish employees, ADL will not hesitate to act." The former Israeli employee also recently sent an open letter to Intel's board of directors about his complaint.

Persons: wasn't, Jonathan Greenblatt, Greenblatt, Google, we've Organizations: Defamation League, Fortune, Intel, ADL, CNBC, Google Locations: Wigdor, Israel, U.S, boardrooms, Gaza

☆ Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani reaches 50-50 in spectacular style
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Fabian Ardaya | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

MIAMI — In the first season of a record-setting contract, without throwing a single pitch, Shohei Ohtani found a new way to amaze. Reaching 40 home runs and 40 steals in a single season faster than any player was impressive enough. “I’ve seen him do some amazing things both pitching and hitting through the years but the way he’s doing this run of 50/50 is truly amazing. AdvertisementAs Ohtani took his curtain call, Baumann stepped off the rubber to let the two-way star soak in the moment. You start to see him stealing bags early in the year, he’s gonna try to go 50-50 again.

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☆ Adi Alexander: Father of American hostage held by Hamas says Lebanon attacks treat ‘agony with more agony’
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Michael Williams | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

On Thursday Israel launched airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon and on Wednesday Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant stated a “new era” of war is beginning. Several of the hostage families are in Washington this week, just under three weeks from the anniversary of the October 7 attacks. Ronen Neutra, the father of Omer Neutra, said on Wednesday he was “horrified” by Goldberg-Polin’s death. How can it be that an American was murdered, and yet people are in the streets in New York cheering for Hamas? “As far as Prime Minister Netanyahu?

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☆ One of Russia's longtime allies says Putin's NATO rival is now a threat to his country
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Armenia's prime minister said Putin's NATO-style alliance, the CSTO, "creates threats" for his country. Armenia recently froze its membership in the CSTO, which was seen as a blow to Putin. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementA former close ally of Russia said that President Vladimir Putin's NATO-style alliance, far from offering security guarantees, now "creates threats" for his country. Armenia recently froze its membership in the six-nation Collective Security Treaty Organization of post-Soviet states, which has been seen as Putin's answer to NATO.

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☆ Home sales slumped to lowest August level since 2010. But they’re poised to soar after the Fed finally cut interest rates
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Bryan Mena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Washington CNN —Sales of previously owned homes in the United States fell sharply in August, despite mortgage rates plummeting that month. Lower borrowing costs will likely entice buyersMortgage rates could very well come down even more, but that would depend on economic data making it clear that the Fed would cut rates further. The Fed doesn’t control mortgage rates, but its action do influence them through movements in bond yields. Mortgage rates track the 10-year US Treasury yield, which moves in anticipation of the Fed’s decision on rates. Yun told reporters it could take three or four months for lower mortgage rates to boost demand for housing.

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☆ Ray Dalio says the Fed faces a tough balancing act as the economy faces 'enormous amount of debt'
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Lee Ying Shan | In Ying-Shan-Lee | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates co-chairman and co-chief investment officer, speaks during the Skybridge Capital SALT New York 2021 conference. Brendan McDermid | ReutersAs the U.S. Federal Reserve implemented its first interest rate cut since the early Covid pandemic, billionaire investor Ray Dalio flagged that the U.S. economy still faces an "enormous amount of debt." The central bank's decision to cut the federal funds rate by 50 basis points to a range of 4.75% to 5%. On Wednesday, Dalio listed debt, money and the economic cycle as one of the top five forces influencing the global economy. The country's central bank only recently lifted interest rates in March this year.

Persons: Ray Dalio, Brendan McDermid, CNBC's, Dalio, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris Organizations: Bridgewater Associates, Reuters, U.S . Federal Reserve, Federal, U.S . Treasury Department Locations: U.S, Japan

☆ Why investors should dismiss Wall Street concerns about demand for Apple's new iPhone 16
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The leader of one of the largest U.S. carriers said there have been more iPhone 16 sales in the first week of preordering compared to the same period last year for the iPhone 15. The iPhone 16 was announced on Sept. 9 , when the company held this year's fall new product event. So, they're buying up the food chain, and they're buying at a greater rate," Sievert said, dismissing any softer iPhone 16 sales data as "nonsense." This is important because mobile carriers — including Verizon and AT & T — are the single-largest iPhone sales channel for Apple. Apple CEO Tim Cook inspects the new iPhone 16 during an Apple special event at Apple headquarters on September 09, 2024 in Cupertino, California.

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☆ North Carolina GOP governor nominee Mark Robinson denies making racist and sexually graphic posts on porn forum
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

North Carolina Lt. Gov. North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson called himself a "black NAZI" and said "slavery is not bad" in years-old comments on an online pornographic forum, CNN reported Thursday. The Trump campaign denied it was pushing Robinson to withdraw. Robinson in Thursday's video signaled he would not leave the race in North Carolina, where the first absentee ballots are set to be sent out Friday. Recent polls on the race for North Carolina's top job show Stein leading Robinson, at times by wide margins.

Persons: Mark Robinson, Robinson, Donald Trump, Michael Lonergan, Josh Stein, Trump, Brian Hughes, Stein Organizations: Gov, Republican National Convention, Milwaukee , Wisconsin . North Carolina Republican, CNN, CNBC, Republican, Democratic, Carolina Journal, NBC, North, Republicans, GOP Locations: Carolina, Milwaukee , Wisconsin . North, North Carolina

☆ Seeing signs of softness, not accelerating weakness in small businesses: BofA's Liz Everett Krisberg
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailSeeing signs of softness, not accelerating weakness in small businesses: BofA's Liz Everett KrisbergLiz Everett Krisberg, head of Bank of America Institute, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the results from the bank's small business survey, impact of the Fed's interest rate decision on small businesses, state of consumer spending, and more.

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☆ Child-free spaces, dirty looks on planes and ‘breeders’: Why people seem so annoyed by kids in public
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Harmeet Kaur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —In some corners of society, there appears to be a shift in the way people talk about kids. Every so often, a provocative social media post sets off predictably polarizing discourse about the presence of children in daily life. The implication (joking or otherwise) is that children are a nuisance and adults shouldn’t have to endure them if they don’t want to. The people behind them aren’t part of some organized movement nor are they actually lobbying for the exclusion of children from public spaces. Rather, Berg understands online disdain for kids partly as a performative response to rhetoric from political and religious conservatives.

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☆ Hillary Clinton says Vance’s child care comments are ‘not in touch’ with most Americans’ lives
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Eric Bradner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

But “families need support,” and relatives aren’t always nearby and available, Clinton said. “Nobody really knows what happens in a marriage except the two people in it, and every marriage I’m aware of has ups and downs – not public,” she said. Clinton said she would never tell anyone else to stay in a marriage or leave it. We have a good time sharing this life that we’ve lived together for now nearly 50 years of marriage,” Clinton said. You feel like it’s the entire world, but in my case, it was the world,” she said.

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☆ European markets set to open higher following Fed cut; Bank of England rate decision in focus
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Karen Gilchrist | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Bank of England in the City of London as economists and mortgage holders await this week's interest rate announcement on 28th July 2024 in London, United Kingdom. LONDON — European markets were poised to open higher as investors digested the U.S. Federal Reserve's first interest rate cut in four years and looked ahead to the Bank of England's rate decision later in the session. Back in Europe, investor attention is now turning to the Bank of England, with the central bank largely expected to hold rates steady at 5%. The Fed's jumbo rate cut is unlikely to impact the Bank of England, according to economists, as the central bank ratified its decision around lunchtime Wednesday, hours before the U.S. announcement. Also on Thursday, Norway's central bank will deliver its latest interest rate decision.

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☆ Binance CEO says crypto exchange saw 40% growth this year in institutional, corporate investors
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Binance CEO Richard Teng speaks in Singapore on Sept. 17, 2024, at an event hosted by the local foreign correspondents association. Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has seen a 40% increase this year in institutional and corporate investors joining the platform, CEO Richard Teng told CNBC's Lin Lin in an interview Wednesday. "So we on our own, we are seeing a huge uptick in terms of institutional and corporate investors. We have seen a 40% increase in onboarding in that category throughout the course of this year alone," he said. Changpeng Zhao, the billionaire co-founder and former CEO of Binance, stepped down last year as part of the settlement.

Persons: Richard Teng, Binance, CNBC's Lin Lin, Teng, Changpeng Zhao, — Organizations: U.S Locations: Singapore, Changpeng

☆ Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani becomes first player to join 50/50 club
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Homero De La Fuente | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani etched his name in Major League Baseball history on Thursday, becoming the inaugural member of the 50-50 club on Thursday against the Miami Marlins. A 50-50 season consists of 50+ home runs and 50+ stolen bases in a single season. The historic accomplishment comes after Ohtani faced a personally difficult start to his time in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani (17) celebrates after hitting his 50th home run of the season during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Miami. With the win against Miami, the Dodgers are guaranteed a spot in the playoffs and give Ohtani his first chance to shine in October.

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☆ Washington, DC: Trump says Jewish voters would bear some blame if he loses election
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Gregory Krieg | Kit Maher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Former President Donald Trump said Thursday that “the Jewish people” would be partially to blame if he loses in November, escalating his persistent campaign trail criticism of Jewish voters and insisting that Democrats hold a “curse” over them. But the former president appeared preoccupied with what he described as ingratitude from Jewish voters, whom he said should be supporting him in greater proportions because of his record on Israel. Still, Trump has repeatedly cast his rival as “anti-Israel” and “anti-Jewish.”“You have to defeat Kamala Harris more than any other people on earth,” Trump said, addressing the Jewish voters in the audience. You want to control your politicians, that’s fine,” Trump said at the Republican Jewish Coalition in December 2015. “I’m a negotiator like you folks, we are negotiators.”But Trump’s open frustration with Jewish voters became a more frequent theme in the aftermath of his 2020 election defeat.

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☆ I dated a woman while she was engaged to someone else for 2 years. Here's what I learned about being the lover.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Santiago Barraza Lopez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

But for two years, I dated a woman who was engaged to another man. I swore I would never find myself in that type of relationship, but it felt like it "just happened." I felt powerless to the draw of the toxic relationship. Over two years, I became a toxic version of myself that I didn't recognize. I became a toxic version of myself.

Persons: I'd Organizations: Service, Business Locations: —, New York

☆ Turbulent skies of Vincent Van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’ may align with a scientific theory
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —The dappled starlight and swirling clouds of Vincent van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” are thought to reflect the artist’s tumultuous state of mind when he painted the work in 1889. Now, a new analysis by physicists based in China and France suggests the artist had a deep, intuitive understanding of the mathematical structure of turbulent flow. Batchelor’s scaling mathematically represents how small particles, such as drifting algae in the ocean or pieces of dust in the wind, are passively mixed around by turbulent flow. “I think this physical relationship must be embedded in his mind so that’s why when he made this famous ‘Starry Night’ painting, it mimics the real flow,” Huang said. “What I take away from studies like this is that (van Gogh) captured some of this universality in the beautiful (‘Starry Night’),” Beattie added.

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☆ The company behind Sam Altman's iris-scanning ID startup just revealed new tech. Its privacy chief explains how it works.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The technology is similar to Apple's Face ID but mobile platform-agnostic, given that many Worldcoin users have Android devices. So I can take a photo of your face, and, through complicated AI, I could fool Face ID, for example. If it is the first time, the orb takes the iris code and cryptographically processes the iris code. Individually, neither of those new codes looks anything like the iris code, nor can they be brought back to the iris code on their own. The one person that can access that information is the owner of the world ID — the user.

Persons: Sam Altman's, Worldcoin, It's, Damien Kieran, Elon Musk, Kieran, they're, it's, Alex, Sam Altman Organizations: Service, Business, Companies, Humanity, Twitter, Google Locations: Germany, France, Kenya

☆ Warren Buffett's death plan dodges taxes and will make his kids 'philanthropic titans,' says wealth inequality guru
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. On the positive side, he's not creating private wealth dynasties. But his children will become philanthropic titans by wielding taxpayer-subsidized private power through enormous charitable foundations upon his death. A progressive annual wealth tax, with rates becoming steeper as wealth goes above $1 billion. A cap on the charitable deduction so that wealthy people, like Buffett, don't get to opt out entirely of paying taxes.

Persons: —, Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, he's, Chuck Collins, Buffett, Collins, Bill Gates, don't Organizations: Service, Business, Institute for Policy Studies, Berkshire Locations: Berkshire

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