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☆ Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Candidacy and What Might Have Been
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Lance Morrow | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Images: AP/Getty Images Composite: Mark KellyWhen I was a kid in the mid-1950s, I used to play touch football with Robert F. Kennedy, the father, and his crew on a field in Georgetown. I remember one Saturday morning when—despite being conspicuously pregnant—Ethel Kennedy was in the game. Bobby, as usual, was captain and quarterback. Ethel faked right, then cut to the inside, and her husband threw her a perfect spiral. She bobbled it, the ball doing a little dance in midair for a second, and then she dropped it.

Persons: Donald Trump's, Biden, MAGA, Mark Kelly, Robert F, Kennedy, — Ethel Kennedy, Bobby, Ethel, cussed Organizations: Republican Locations: Georgetown

☆ Nicaragua dissident Felix Maradiaga and Berta Valle on fighting for justice and family life
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Melissa Mahtani | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

Many were accused of treason or involvement in “illicit activities” for having contact with foreign journalists or human rights’ organizations that the Ortega regime views as a threat. He gave me, for example, the name of our international human rights lawyer, Jared Genser, who became my angel through all of this. Both spoke at the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy in May, where Maradiaga was awarded the 2023 Courage Award. Those Nicaraguans who only are asking for the protection of basic human rights and human dignity. “After all this work that we do as human rights defenders, there’s a private life that also has to be taken care of.

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☆ Opinion | Getting Screened Early for Breast Cancer
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Overtreatment, No,” by Mehra Golshan (Opinion guest essay, May 18):When I was 44, my routine annual screening mammogram detected a distortion that turned out to be a highly aggressive and dangerous form of breast cancer. Fortunately, because I was screened annually, it was caught at an early stage and was treated with a combination of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. Now that I’m well into my 60s, I’m grateful every day for the mammogram that caught that deadly cancer early enough to save my life. Statistically, annual mammogram screening for breast cancer before age 50 may not “save enough lives,” but it surely saved mine. Deborah SchuenemanFarmington Hills, Mich.To the Editor:Like Dr. Mehra Golshan, I am a breast cancer surgeon, and I wholeheartedly agree with his view of the new screening guidelines.

☆ A.I. Is Having a ‘Netscape Moment’
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Pui-Wing Tam | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

There are parallels between today’s fervor for A.I.-powered chatbots like ChatGPT and Bard and the excitement over the Netscape browser from the 1990s. Both allowed people to recognize the possibilities around an existing technology, leading to new innovation. The Netscape browser was one of the first tools that helped people easily surf the World Wide Web. While the internet had been around since the 1960s, in its early days it was used mostly by academics, and it was difficult for anyone else to gain access to it.

☆ Japan's G7 refugee balancing act: door open for Ukrainians, but not many others
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Elaine Lies | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

The generosity towards Ukrainian evacuees, however, will highlight the stark contrast against Japan's track record with asylum seekers, experts and advocates say, with hopes for broader refugee policy reform still distant. Ukrainians have entered Japan under a framework set up specifically for them and are referred to as evacuees rather than refugees. "We want the world to know how bad Japan's refugee recognition system is," said Keiko Tanaka, head of Osaka-based refugee assistance group Rafiq, noting the group would hold a press conference on Sunday when the G7 summit wraps up. Private charity Nippon Foundation gave her 1 million yen ($7,400)- an annual grant it extends exclusively to Ukrainian evacuees. Advocates are guardedly hopeful the Ukrainian presence could change Japan's overall refugee policy, but Temple University Japan's political science professor James Brown thought it unlikely.

☆ I turned down a $250,000 job offer and moved to St. Barts to start a new life. I'm much happier since prioritizing my well-being over money.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Alicia Gonzalez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Once she visited St. Barts, she found herself and turned down an attractive job offer to move there. I fell in love with St. Barts while visiting a friend, and I turned down a $250,000-a-year job offer to move there permanently. Around my third month of working from home, a friend invited me to St. Barts, a place I'd never been. When I got to St. Barts, everything changedIt's a very small community, and you run into people all the time. Even though I couldn't be certain what would happen if I declined the job, trusting myself to succeed as an entrepreneur felt right.

☆ Opinion | How to Think About the New Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Mehra Golshan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

We have also learned over time that not all breast cancer tumors grow or spread at the same rate. For example, a type of breast cancer that I’ve studied, called ductal carcinoma in situ — also known as stage 0 breast cancer — may never progress to invasive disease in a person’s lifetime, and so may require less therapy. Detecting cancer becomes more challenging when trying to distinguish cancer, which also appears white on a mammogram, from dense breast tissue. The task force acknowledged that dense breasts can increase a woman’s risk of breast cancer and that certain race or ethnicity groups are at higher risk for early-onset breast cancer. Black women under 50, for example, die of breast cancer at twice the rate of white women under 50 in the United States.

☆ Want to Make Your Mom Happy? Tell Her She Was Right.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-12 | by ( Jancee Dunn | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

If you’re in need of a Mother’s Day gift, try making a list of everything your mom was right about and reading it to her or including it with a card. And if you’ve lost your mother, consider writing a list as a remembrance. Here are a few reader responses to inspire you:Quotes have been edited for clarity and length. “When I wanted to get my first tattoo at 21, she subtly suggested I get it someplace where I did not have to see it every day. My mom gently reminded me that I should always be running toward something, not away from something.” — Sheryl Magzamen, Fort Collins, Colo.⬥“Select friends with traits of the kind of person you want to be.” — Seun Sowemimo, Manalapan, N.J.⬥

☆ We got an inside look at a presentation showing the future of Microsoft's $20 billion health-tech acquisition. It revealed how new AI models could transform how we go to the doctor.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-11 | by ( Blake Dodge | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Microsoft bought Nuance in 2022 for nearly $20 billion to expand its reach in healthcare. CHICAGO — In 2022, Microsoft bought Nuance for nearly $20 billion to supercharge its growth in the healthcare industry. It's the first tool in Nuance's pipeline to combine the company's own AI models with that of OpenAI, ChatGPT's creator and a deep Microsoft partner. Even back in 2015, enthusiasm for the idea was palpable, Peter Durlach, Nuance's chief strategy officer, told Insider in April. In a conference presentation, Andrea Barrett, a physician assistant and Nuance consultant, demonstrates products using generative AI.

☆ Before Smartphones and the National Weather Service, There Was Grandma’s Knee
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-11 | by ( Derrick Bryson Taylor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I thought my grandmother was psychic. My grandmother looked down and began to vigorously massage her knees, like a soothsayer rubs a crystal ball. Before humans became reliant on technology, we used our senses — including observing animal behavior and shapes of clouds — to help predict the weather. “People started to either pass these on verbally or, as civilization started to evolve more, people would start writing these things down,” he said. Sandi Duncan, the managing editor of Farmers’ Almanac, where weather lore is still regularly discussed, likened passing down weather lore over time to a game of telephone, adding that some of it may have been changed in order to rhyme.

☆ How a 31-year-old built a 'cash stuffing' business on track to bring in $1 million this year: 'Make sure you have the backbone for it'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Ryan Ermey | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

"I just went into it hoping I would make my money back," Taylor told CNBC Make It in March. In 2022, her business, which now sells not only budgeting accessories but branded apparel, pulled in revenue of about $850,000. Capitalize on unmet demandWhen Taylor started posting her cash stuffing videos to TikTok, she wasn't looking to become famous or launch a business. "I instantly went on Shopify, built the website and started collecting emails," she says. "So when we launched, things went really well.

☆ I blew a golden opportunity to boost my savings in my 20s—the 7 money skills I wish I'd known by 30
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Mike Winters | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

And since I lived with my parents for almost half of my 20s, my expenses were low, which meant I blew a golden opportunity to boost my retirement savings. Know how interest worksYou can't make long-term financial decisions without knowing how interest affects your money. Your credit score matters because you're less likely to qualify for loans, auto financing and credit cards if you have a low credit score. Additionally, itemized summaries of your credit score, known as credit reports, are produced by the three major U.S. credit bureaus: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. Overdue payments can result in penalty fees, higher interest rates and a lower credit score by over 100 points, in some cases.

☆ MBA professors identified which kinds of workers are most at risk when new tech comes along — and the ones who'll stay relatively safe
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Roberta Kwok | Kellogg Insight | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

That allowed them to track how breakthrough technologies impacted the exposure of workers in relevant occupations over time. Based on U.S. Census surveys from 1910 to 2010, the team found that an increase in technology exposure was linked to a decline in employment. These employees saw their wages slow down by more than twice as much as average workers in the same occupation with the same level of technology exposure. Even when their technology exposure did go up, their income didn't slow down as much as it did in other types of occupations. "Not all technology is bad for workers," Seegmiller says.

I didn't start saving seriously until I turned 30, but now I'm highly motivated to retire wealthy. I'm trying to keep my credit card debt and spending to a minimum so my net worth can keep growing. Not only am I working hard now to save for retirement, but I'm obsessed with figuring out ways to retire early as a multi-millionaire. I also un-linked my credit card from my favorite online stores so I can't take advantage of any quick-buy purchases. This has drastically changed my financial mindset and has allowed me to be more strategic with how I spend cash on a daily and monthly basis.

“This is the second train, there was one like it just before.”The video, seemingly filmed in late March, shows old Soviet tanks being transported, somewhere in Russia. Moscow has been known to bring out older military equipment from storage to help it prosecute the war in Ukraine, but these are different. The tanks are T-55s, a model first commissioned by the Soviet Union’s Red Army in 1948, shortly after the end of World War II. Soviet T-54/T-55 tanks form a threatening ring round the Parliament buildings in Hungary on November 12, 1956. T-55 tanks drive through the streets of Prague, capital of what was then Czechoslovakia, in 1968.

When I traveled by myself in my 20s, I used to stay in hostels and cheap out on flights to save money. Now that I'm older, I've found better strategies to save on travel without cutting corners at every opportunity, like using a high-yield savings account for my travel fund and taking advantage of my credit card's travel insurance. AdvertisementOpen a high interest savings account to save for travelBack when I started traveling over 14 years ago, savings account aren't what they are now. I decided to open a high-yield savings account a few years ago to take advantage of its high interest rate. Use someone else's hotel reservationI've often used the usual discount booking websites like Booking.com and Hotels.com to save money when booking accommodation.

Persons: I've, —, haven't, Roomer Organizations: Service, Chase Locations: Southeast Asia, Malaysia

☆ A woman has accused Trump of groping her on a flight: 'Like he had 40 zillion hands'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Jessica Leeds, 81, said Trump molested her on a flight with what seemed like "40 zillion hands." Leeds testified that a flight attendant invited her to sit in a first-class seat next to Trump. Leeds accused Trump of trying to put his hand up her skirt, after which she "managed to wriggle out" and went back to her seat. Leeds, a retired stockbroker, is one of the 26 women who have accused Trump of sexual misconduct since the 1970s, including his ex-wife Ivana Trump. On April 4, in a Manhattan courtroom, Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 low-level felony charges of falsifying business records.

☆ Jim Gaffigan Values Fear, Longs for Naps and Dreams of Deep-Dish
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Chris Kornelis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

I remember hearing about Ronald Reagan napping, and it was presented as not a thing of weakness, but almost like a retirement thing. 5Deep-Dish PizzaI have a long-distance love affair with Chicago deep-dish pizza. What’s confusing about Chicago deep-dish pizza is that there’s way too much of it. What’s amazing about this pen is that they work great, then they eventually explode in your hand. If you’ve printed out something and you put black notes on, you’re going to miss those.

☆ U2’s Music Shaped My Life. Then It Helped Save It.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Theodore Kim | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Radiation Oncology department in the basement of Mount Sinai Hospital in New York does not seem like a regular home for rock ’n’ roll. But every business day for almost seven weeks this year, U2 blared over the speakers at my request. I became a fan in the late 1980s and have attended nine of the band’s concerts, though I probably fall short of superfandom. While my complication (thankfully) is on track to heal, a small bit of the tumor remains. All of my medical drama led to dozens of trips to Mount Sinai.

☆ Adjoa Andoh reimagines Richard III's 'otherness' in new version of play
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Marie-Louise Gumuchian | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] Actor and Director Adjoa Andoh performs on stage in the play "Richard III" in Liverpool, Britain in this handout picture taken in April, 2023. Manuel Harlan/Handout via REUTERSLONDON, April 26 (Reuters) - When actor Adjoa Andoh read William Shakespeare's "Richard III" as a child, she was struck by how he was treated. "As a child growing up in the Cotswolds in the 1960s, it was something I resonated with." Decades later, Andoh is starring in the lead role and directing her iteration of the play, set in the Cotswolds and in which Richard's "otherness" is race rather than disability. She emphasised she was not changing the language or the text of the play or playing Richard as a woman, but "doing it in this frame and through this lens".

☆ These 11 easy habits helped me break my social media obsession and unplug from technology
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Betsy Ramser Jaime | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Adopting the right habits can help you be more present and spend less time looking at screens. Betsy Ramser Jaime outlines the habits that have helped her go hours without reaching for her phone. About seven years ago, I cut my social media use by 99% — and I don't feel like I'm missing anything, I feel like I've gained far more. When you really learn to appreciate the trees and the setting sun, you're reminded that each day is completely unique. Wander around a libraryWhen you need a break from your day, try visiting a library.

☆ A Black teen’s murder sparked a crisis over racism in British policing. Thirty years on, little has changed
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Katie Polglase Sarah El Sirgany Ivana Kottasová Martin Bourke Oscar Featherstone | Katie Polglase | Sarah El Sirgany | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

His killing and the subsequent failure of the London Metropolitan Police Service to properly investigate the crime sparked a national outcry. Within days of his killing at a bus stop in southeast London, five White teens were identified as being involved. It took years of campaigning by the Lawrence family — and public support from the likes of Nelson Mandela and the national press — to get the investigation moving. While an initial investigation by then-police watchdog the Independent Police Complaints Commission cleared the police of any wrongdoing, the Rigg family kept fighting. Matthew Brealey/CNNFinding peaceAs the Lawrence family and their supporters mark the 30th anniversary of Stephen’s killing, they are still fighting for his killers to face justice.

☆ The incredible, Earth-saving electric bike is having a moment
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Tim Levin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

And while electric cars get all the hype, a game-changing solution to getting around without warming the planet has flourished right under our noses. Electric cars are important, too, but they're expensive and far off for a lot of drivers, MacArthur said. The most popular electric vehicles in the US don't have a Tesla logoWhile electric cars get all the attention, e-bikes have for years been the best-selling electric vehicles in the US. Last year, Americans bought just over 800,000 electric cars, according to Kelley Blue Book, a record. Since e-bikes are much cheaper than electric cars, "you can get them into the hands of consumers faster," she said.

☆ I asked 8 CNBC employees what they wish they'd known about money when they were young: Here are their answers
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Emmie Martin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

In particular, I wish I knew about Roth individual retirement accounts when I was in high school. Even though they're for retirement savings, anyone with earned income can contribute to one, within certain income limits, and let their money grow tax-free. In the spirit of Financial Literacy Month, I asked my coworkers what they wish they knew about money when they were younger. Credit card debt adds up quicklyIn my 20s, I didn't think much about the interest I was paying on credit card debt, and it probably cost me thousands of dollars. —Mike Winters, money reporterBut credit can be a useful toolI wish I know more about credit in college and my early 20s.

☆ What’s in Our Queue? ‘Yellowjackets’ and More
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Carla Correa | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

What’s in Our Queue? ‘Yellowjackets’ and MoreI’m the deputy director of career programs for The Times’s newsroom. Working with students has made me nostalgic for my teens and early 20s, influencing my media diet. Here are five things I’ve been watching, reading and listening to →

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