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Senate Republicans offered mixed responses Thursday to President-elect Donald Trump's announcement that he will nominate Pete Hegseth, a Fox News personality accused of sexual assault, to lead the Defense Department following the release of a police report concerning sexual assault allegations against him. Some senators defended Trump's pick, while others voiced some trepidation, and a senator told NBC News "I don't care" when approached about a police report released Wednesday tied to an allegation of sexual assault against Hegseth in 2017. Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., also defended Trump's pick, saying he had reviewed the report and would push for Hegseth's confirmation. Two other picks to serve in top jobs in Trump's Cabinet have also faced potentially damaging allegations of sexual misconduct. After Gaetz withdrew his name, Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., told NBC News that there were “similar, challenging allegations” with Hegseth.

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A Georgia woman who reported her 20-month-old son missing in 2022, setting off a large search until his remains were found in a landfill, was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for his killing. She was sentenced in a Chatham County court to life with the possibility of parole. Simon reported her son missing from their home in Chatham County, near Savannah, on Oct. 5, 2022. Quinton Simon. Simon was sentenced to what amounts to life in prison, as well as an additional 10 years.

Persons: Leilani Simon, Quinton Simon's, Quinton Simon’s, Tammy Stokes, Simon, Quinton, Quinton Simon, Quinton’s, ”, Stokes Organizations: Authorities, Chatham, Chatham County Police Locations: Georgia, Chatham County, Chatham, Savannah

Jordan Neely died from the “combined effects” of a number of a factors, not a chokehold, a forensic pathologist hired by Daniel Penny’s attorneys testified Thursday. Penny is charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the chokehold death of Neely on a New York City subway train in May 2023. Penny, 26, who was a passenger on the train, put Neely in a chokehold and took him to the ground. Chundru said he did not believe that Neely died of a chokehold or that Penny had applied consistent and sufficient pressure to render him unconscious. Chundru said he believed Neely died from “the combined effects of sickle cell crisis, the schizophrenia, the struggle and restraint and the synthetic marijuana” that was in his system.

Persons: Jordan Neely, Daniel Penny’s, Penny, Neely, Satish Chundru, Dr, Cynthia Harris, Chundru, “, Andre Zachary, Andrew Savulich, Harris, ”, Steven, Dafna Yoran, Yoran, Jacqueline Penny, neighborly, Gina Flaim, Penny’s, Eric Gonzalez, Gonzalez Organizations: Prosecutors, TNS, Getty, National Association of Medical, Marines Locations: New York City, Florida, Texas, New York, Manhattan, West Islip, Long, Queens

☆ Anchor Chuck Scarborough to retire after more than 50 years at NBC New York
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Nbc New York | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

After more than 50 years, legendary broadcast journalist Chuck Scarborough has announced his plans to step down from his daily duties anchoring the news at NBC New York. NBCU Photo BankHe will continue to be a part of the WNBC family and provide special reports and contribute to special station projects and programming. Before moving to WNBC, Scarborough worked at TV stations including WLOX-TV in Biloxi, Mississippi; WDAM-TV in Hattiesburg, Mississippi; WAGA-TV in Atlanta and WNAC-TV in Boston, according to his station biography. Scarborough started his career with WNBC on March 25, 1974, anchoring the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. weekday news. He left the 11 p.m. anchor chair in 2016, according to the station.

Persons: Chuck Scarborough, Scarborough, Al Roker, Hoda, Savannah Guthrie, Nathan Congleton, ” Organizations: NBC, National Broadcasting Company, NBCU, WNBC, Empire Locations: York, Biloxi , Mississippi, Hattiesburg , Mississippi, Atlanta, Boston, Savannah

☆ DEA passenger searches halted after watchdog finds signs of civil rights violations and racial profiling
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dilanianmug.Jpg | Ken Dilanian | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

The DEA concurred with most of the report’s recommendations but declined to comment. That employee was being paid by the DEA a percentage of the cash seized, the IG found, and had received tens of thousands of dollars over several years. In some cases, the DEA has seized money only to have judges order the government to return it. In 2020, NBC Los Angeles reported that $82,000 was seized by the DEA from an elderly man and his daughter in Pittsburgh. “It’s like I was mugged on the street.”USA Today reported in 2016 that, over a decade, the DEA seized more than $209 million in cash from at least 5,200 people at 15 busy airports.

Persons: General, Lisa Monaco, “, Justice Department “ Organizations: Drug, Administration, Department’s Office, Task Force, Department, Justice Department, Institute for Justice, DEA, Transportation Security Administration, NBC News, Prosecutors, NBC, ” USA Locations: Cincinnati, New York, New Orleans, Columbus , Ohio, NBC Los Angeles, Pittsburgh

☆ 82% of workers who asked for a raise in the last year got one, says new report
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A majority of full-time workers, 66%, got a raise in the last year whether they asked for one or not, according to an October survey of 2,049 people from LendingTree. And not everyone is asking for a raise at equal rates: Just 35% of women discussed getting a raise, compared with 49% of men, according to LendingTree data. By age range, Gen Z and millennial workers (ages 18 to 43) are most comfortable negotiating for a pay increase. However, the second most-common reason people took a pay cut, at 17%, was in order to take another job with less stress. Roughly one-third of people who experienced a pay cut in the last year saw their salary drop by less than $5,000.

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☆ Iran Declares It Is Doing More Nuclear Enrichment After I.A.E.A. Rebuke
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( William J. Broad | More About William J. Broad | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Iran said Friday it would begin operating new machines to enrich more uranium, which could bring it closer to having a weapon. The move came in response to a censure by the International Atomic Energy Agency for failing to cooperate fully with atomic inspectors. Iran will activate “a substantial number of advanced centrifuges of various models,” which are able to produce highly enriched nuclear fuel, read a joint statement from Iran’s Foreign Ministry and its Atomic Energy Organization. It condemned the censure as “politicized and destructive,” saying it undermined “the positive momentum” achieved between Iran and the I.A.E.A. Behrouz Kamalvandi, a spokesman for Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, said Friday in an interview with media in Iran that the country began accelerating its enrichment right after the order was announced.

Persons: Behrouz, “, ” Organizations: International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran’s Foreign Ministry, Atomic Energy Organization, Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization Locations: Iran, Tehran, Vienna

☆ M. Jodi Rell, Former Republican Governor of Connecticut, Dies at 78
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Sam Roberts | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

M. Jodi Rell, who was the first (and, to date, only) Republican woman to serve as governor of Connecticut, beginning her seven years in office when the incumbent resigned in a corruption scandal, died on Wednesday in Florida. Her family, providing no other details, said she died in a hospital after a brief illness. Mrs. Rell had been the state’s lieutenant governor for more than nine years when, in July 2004, she began completing the term of Gov. Known as a moderate Republican, Mrs. Rell sought bipartisan compromise — a goal that became more important to her, she said, when, five months after becoming governor, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a mastectomy and reconstructive surgery. She returned to her office in the Capitol in Hartford nine days later.

Persons: Jodi Rell, Rell, John G, Rowland, Dannel P, Malloy Organizations: Republican, Gov, Capitol Locations: Connecticut, Florida, Hartford

The role requires Senate confirmation unless Mr. Trump is able to make recess appointments. The choice of Mr. Vought would bring in a strongly ideological figure who played a pivotal role in Mr. Trump’s first term, when he also served as budget chief. Among other things, Mr. Vought helped come up with the idea of having Mr. Trump use emergency power to circumvent Congress’s decision about how much to spend on a border wall. Mr. Vought was a leading figure in Project 2025, the effort by conservative organizations to build a governing blueprint for Mr. Trump should he take office once again. Mr. Trump tried to distance himself from the effort during his campaign, but he has put forward people with ties to the project for his administration since the election.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Russell T, Trump’s Organizations: Management, White House

☆ Covid Can Raise the Risk of Heart Problems for Years
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Nina Agrawal | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Since nearly the start of the pandemic, scientists have known that a Covid-19 infection increases the risk of heart problems. A growing body of research now suggests that this risk can last until well after the infection has cleared. What’s more, the study found that infections severe enough to require hospitalization increased the likelihood of cardiac events as much as — or more than — having previously had a heart attack did. “A lot of people are at even greater risk of heart attack than they were before,” said Dr. David Goff, director for the cardiovascular sciences division at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, which provided funding for the study. So this is really concerning.”Given the volume of evidence now linking Covid-19 to heart inflammation, heart failure, arrhythmia and other cardiovascular issues, experts said, doctors should be taking a closer look at patients’ Covid history.

Persons: What’s, ”, David Goff Organizations: University of Southern, Cleveland Clinic, Blood Institute Locations: University of Southern California, Covid

☆ A thoughtful teacher helped me and my twin after I hesitantly told her we were late to school because we were homeless
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementDina Winter-Robinson and her twin were homeless and constantly late for school at the age of 13. AdvertisementI suspect my 8th grade science teacher, Mrs. Falcoff, never knew what a gift she gave to me — a desperately shy teen who barely spoke at school — by making me feel heard. Related storiesEven though I admired Mrs. Falcoff, my shyness meant I hardly spoke to her. I'll never forget Mrs. FalcoffMom wrote the letter, which I gave to Mrs. Falcoff the next day. I've never forgotten Mrs. Falcoff and the important part she played in my life.

Persons: Dina Winter, Robinson, Falcoff, Gina, Auntie Marjorie, We'd, they'd, Dina, we'd, didn't, Falcoff Mom, Auntie Marjorie's, Mom, I've Organizations: New, Business Locations: New York City, Bronx, Brooklyn

☆ 6 tourists who died are believed to have drunk tainted alcohol in Laos
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Aditi Bharade | Hannah Abraham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementSix tourists who died in Laos are believed to have consumed tainted drinks. Several tourists who died in Vang Vieng, Laos are believed to have drunk tainted alcohol. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation wrote that local authorities in Laos were investigating the case and trying to ascertain where the tainted alcohol came from. It is unclear how the other four tourists could have come into contact with tainted alcohol. November 22, 2.30 a.m. — This story was updated to include comments from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Persons: Brit, Holly Bowles, Anthony Albanese, Bowles, Bianca Jones, Simone White, Toan, Nana backpacker, Médecins, Vang Vieng Organizations: Brit, US State Department, Australian, Denmark's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, CNN, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Associated Press, BBC, US Centers for Disease Control, British Foreign Office, Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Business, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade Locations: Laos, Danes, Vang Vieng, Thailand, British, London, Asia, Indonesia, Singapore

☆ A Native American photographer took powerful portraits of members of every tribe across the US
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

AdvertisementMatika Wilbur photographed members of every federally recognized Native American tribe. She published a book of her photos titled "Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America." AdvertisementShe embarked on a yearslong project photographing members of every federally recognized Native tribe in North America. In 2023, she published her collection of photos in a book titled "Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America." Wilbur spoke with Business Insider about her project, her photos, and the importance of agency in Native American representation.

Persons: Wilbur, Matika Wilbur Organizations: Business Locations: Native America, South America, American, North America

☆ Opinion | Marie Gluesenkamp Perez on Winning a Trump District and Fixing Congress
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Michelle Goldberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I first met Marie Gluesenkamp Perez in 2022, when she was running what was widely seen as a long-shot Democratic campaign for Congress in a solidly Republican, heavily rural part of Washington State. Shortly before the election, the polling aggregator FiveThirtyEight estimated her chance of victory at a mere 2 percent. Gluesenkamp Perez, whose father immigrated from Mexico, ran an auto shop with her husband and lived in a house they’d built themselves. Gluesenkamp Perez voted to scrap Joe Biden’s plan for student debt relief. In a largely brutal year for Democrats, Gluesenkamp Perez, again facing Kent, won re-election even as Trump once again carried her district.

Persons: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, MAGA, Joe Kent, Gluesenkamp Perez, fides, Donald Trump’s, she’d, Joe Biden’s, Rashida Tlaib, Anger, ”, Trump Organizations: Democratic, Congress, Republican, Washington State, Politico, Kent Locations: Washington, Mexico, Israel

☆ Conor McGregor, U.F.C. Fighter, Is Held Liable for Sexual Assault in Ireland
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Annie Correal | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A woman who had accused the mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor of raping her in a hotel penthouse in 2018 was awarded nearly 250,000 euros, or about $260,000, in damages on Friday after a jury found him liable for sexual assault in a civil trial in Dublin. Mr. McGregor was previously the subject of a criminal investigation in Ireland, his home country, in connection with the allegations, but was not charged. After the verdict on Friday, the woman, Nikita Hand, spoke outside the courthouse, her hands shaking as she read from a page of remarks. She said she hoped the outcome would send a message to victims of sexual assault to “speak up.”“You have a voice,” she said. The allegations have dogged Mr. McGregor, a star fighter known as Notorious who has been credited with helping to popularize mixed martial arts and the Ultimate Fighting Championship, or U.F.C., and who remains a major figure among fans even though it has been three years since his last fight.

Persons: Conor McGregor, McGregor, Nikita Hand, ” Locations: Dublin, Ireland

☆ British royal residences are hosting Christmas events for the public this year
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Kathy Rose Obrien | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

But times have changed and many royal residences are getting into the holiday spirit by opening their doors to the public for a range of festive events. And this winter there are exclusive guided tours at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse. Here is our selection of Christmas offerings fit for a monarch:The Sandringham EstateThe Sandringham Estate is in Norfolk, eastern England. There’s also a Christmas tree maze and a new tree house this year, plus marshmallow-toasting by the firepits. Historic Royal PalacesAt Hillsborough Castle, Northern Ireland’s royal residence, the 100-acre gardens are putting on an after-dark winter trail inspired by the 12 Days of Christmas.

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He did not show up, according to two people familiar with the matter. A week later, Mr. Rivera went on a rampage, randomly stabbing three people to death as he stalked across Manhattan, the authorities say. Mr. Rivera’s apparent descent into homicidal madness shows the difficulty that the medical and legal systems have in keeping track of some of the city’s least stable people and ensuring they stay connected to care. He was required to attend two in-person sessions with a case manager, complete two phone check-ins and go to therapy in the first month. That schedule was one of the strictest available under the supervised release program.

Persons: Ramon Rivera, Rivera, Rivera’s Locations: Manhattan

☆ Amazon to invest another $4 billion in Anthropic, OpenAI's biggest rival
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Amazon on Friday announced it would invest an additional $4 billion in Anthropic, the artificial intelligence startup founded by ex-OpenAI research executives. Anthropic is the company behind Claude — one of the chatbots that, like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini, has exploded in popularity. In March, Amazon's $2.75 billion investment in Anthropic was the company's largest outside investment in its three-decade history. The companies announced an initial $1.25 billion investment in September 2023. In September, Anthropic rolled out Claude Enterprise, its biggest new product since its chatbot's debut, designed for businesses looking to integrate Anthropic's AI.

Persons: Claude chatbot, Claude —, Claude, It's, Anthropic, Jared Kaplan, Kaplan, Claude Enterprise Organizations: Microsoft, Meta, AWS, Amazon's, CNBC, Google Locations: Anthropic, Amazon, San Francisco

☆ España concedería la residencia a casi un millón de migrantes indocumentados
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Jenny Gross | José Bautista | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Elon Musk takes a jab at Jaguar's rebranding campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | 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 EmailElon Musk takes a jab at Jaguar's rebranding campaignCNBC's Squawk Box team delves into the backlash surrounding Jaguar's ad campaign.

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☆ Kumail Nanjiani books hotels with good gyms. These are 2 workout machines he looks for — and 1 he hates to see.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

He books hotels based on which have the best gym, including machines like a leg press. AdvertisementNanjiani's ideal gym has a leg press and shoulder press machineNanjiani said the two pieces of fitness equipment he's most excited to see in a hotel gym are a leg press and a shoulder press machine. Advertisement"I love a leg press machine. It doesn't have a leg press machine, so I'm doing squats," he said. But his go-to for upper body exercise is the shoulder press machine because it helps ensure safety and good form even at higher intensities.

Persons: Kumail Nanjiani, Nanjiani, I'm, Emily, I've Organizations: Quest Nutrition

☆ OpenAI is eyeing a shot at 2 of Google's most dominant territories: report
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The browser would be integrated with ChatGPT, according to the report. OpenAI is eyeing two territories that have long been dominated by Google, according to a report from The Information: web browsing and search. As of August, Google Chrome held about 65% of the global web browser market share, according to Statista, a data analytics firm. And as of January, Google Search accounted for about 82% of the global search engine market share. OpenAI already has positioned ChatGPT as a search engine rival with the release of ChatGPT search in October.

Persons: OpenAI's ChatGPT, OpenAI, Ben Goodger, Department's Organizations: ChatGPT, Google, Chrome, DOJ

☆ Donald Trump chooses hedge fund executive Scott Bessent for Treasury secretary
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Jeff Cox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

President-elect Donald Trump signaled Friday his intention to nominate hedge fund executive Scott Bessent as his Treasury secretary, in a move that puts a seasoned market pro and a close Trump loyalist in a critical economic position. As head of Treasury, Bessent, 62, will be both the U.S. fiscal watchdog as well as a key official to help Trump enact his ambitious economic agenda. Like Trump, Bessent favors gradual tariffs and deregulation to push American business and control inflation. The Treasury secretary is the lynchpin for the White House economic agenda. Others close to the president-elect think Bessent has not been rigorous enough in his support for tariffs, though Warsh also has made public statements against the levies.

Persons: Scott Bessent, Donald Trump, Kevin Warsh, Marc Rowan, Trump, Bessent, George Soros, Soros, Jerome Powell's, Warsh, Janet Yellen, Elon Musk, Cantor Fitzgerald, Howard Lutnick Organizations: Key, Trump, Group, Treasury, Wall, World's, Investors, Yale University, Rockefeller University, Preservation, Wall Street, Federal Reserve, Federal, National Economic Council, White Locations: Washington , DC, U.S, Bessent

☆ JPMorgan's AI rollout: Jamie Dimon's a 'tremendous' user and it's caused some 'healthy competition' among teams
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Michelle Abrego | Bianca Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementJPMorgan tech exec Teresa Heitsenrether talked about the bank's ongoing adoption of generative AI. And it certainly has helped with that," Heitsenrether, who is responsible for executing the bank's generative AI strategy, told a conference in New York on Thursday. AdvertisementDimon himself is a "tremendous user," she said, and is waiting for the ability to use the bank's tools on his phone. JPMorgan, America's largest bank, has now rolled out the LLM Suite, a generative AI assistant, to 200,000 of its employees. The wealth and asset management arm was the first division to use generative AI, piloting a generative AI "copilot" for its private bank this summer.

Persons: Teresa Heitsenrether, Heitsenrether, it's, Jamie Dimon, Dimon, He's, Keri Smith, What's, she'll, Sumitra Ganesh, Ganesh Organizations: JPMorgan, Accenture Locations: New York

☆ Bears find a buffet of battlefield rations at Alaska military base
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Isaac Yee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

And in Alaska recently, MREs have found new fans: Hungry bears who broke into a storage room at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to feast on the military rations. JBER Wildlife Conservation Law Enforcement OfficeBut bear requirements and human ones are way different. Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Wildlife Conservation Law Enforcement personnel responded to a report of a bear being inside a motor pool building. JBER Wildlife Conservation Law Enforcement OfficeIn another incident on November 2, JBER personnel responded to a bear inside a motor pool building. “When more natural food for bears like berries, crabapples and salmon become scarce, bears will seek other sources,” explained James Wendland, JBER wildlife conservation law enforcement officer with the 673d Civil Engineer Squadron.

Persons: CNN —, Richardson, “, ”, James Wendland Organizations: CNN, Base Elmendorf, Conservation, bruin, Defense Logistics Agency, Richardson Wildlife Conservation, 673d Civil Engineer Squadron, “ Bears Locations: Alaska, Anchorage .

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