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☆ I'm an only child who was raised by my grandmother. My childhood was lonely, but I'm still choosing to be child-free.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Marissa Higgins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I´m in my 30s, but I joke that I´ve been a grandma since birth. I'm an only child, and my grandmother raised me while my parents were out of the picture. My grandmother's house was on a peninsula, a seven-mile stretch of the Atlantic on the south shore of Massachusetts. I'd never been able to see my grandmother from the water and dreaded seeing her become a blurry speck on shore. I also don't trust myself to teach someone about the world when I´ve barely figured it out myself.

Persons: I'm, aren't, ´, couldn't, I'd, —, I've, Lasik, It's, wouldn't Organizations: Service, Pride Locations: Massachusetts, New York, Boston, Atlanta, Seattle, Caribbean, Iceland, Montreal, France

☆ Netflix co-founder says this weekly ritual keeps him successful: I’ve done it ‘for over 30 years’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph's greatest source of pride isn't helping to launch the streaming giant. In the post, which Randolph also published on LinkedIn last year, he wrote that the boundary helped him put work in perspective. "The thing I'm most proud of in my life is not the companies I started," wrote Randolph, who currently sits on a variety of company boards, including Solo Brands. Randolph's family-prioritizing goal may have helped him succeed professionally, too: Setting boundaries between your work and personal life can prevent burnout, experts say. Even Randolph hasn't been immune to breaking his own rule, he wrote in a post on Substack in February.

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☆ The Nigerian fashion labels feeling forced to show in private
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Bolaji Akinwande | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Lagos CNN —Since its inception in 2011, Lagos Fashion Week has been a twice-yearly highlight of the African fashion calendar, a multi-day showcase attracting the continent’s top design houses, big name sponsors, as well as an international audience. Lagos Fashion Week has been running since 2011. Why am I not surprised?” (The magazine said they approached Lagos Fashion Week at the time, who did not respond to their requests for comment.) Udiahgebi, a fashion brand known for its androgynous pieces, has successfully hosted private shows in this way. Lagos Fashion Week did not respond to CNN’s repeated requests for comment.

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☆ Meet the typical LGBTQ+ American: A homeowner making six figures who most likely lives in DC or Vermont
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Among opposite same-sex couples, about a third are between 25 and 44, while it's 42% for married same-sex couples. Same-sex couples are much more likely to be interracial than opposite-sex couples — 32.2% of same-sex couples are interracial, compared to 18.6% of married opposite-sex couples and 28.6% of unmarried opposite-sex couples. For married same-sex couples, this number jumps to $123,500, compared to $109,700 for married opposite-sex couples. Unmarried same-sex couples own just 48.7% of the time, slightly above 47.9% of unmarried opposite-sex couples. In nearly two-thirds of same-sex couples, both partners are working, though this drops to 61.9% for married same-sex couples.

Persons: — Organizations: Service, Survey, Business, Brookings, American, Gay, Gallup Locations: America, DC, Vermont, Massachusetts, Washington, California, Texas

☆ Jon Stewart is fed up with 'hollow corporate pandering'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewJon Stewart wants corporations to stop their "hollow corporate pandering" and just admit that all they care about is their bottom line. AdvertisementConservatives boycotted Bud Light last summer after the beer maker partnered with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney for a social media promotion. And Bud Light waffled in response. Mulvaney said Bud Light never reached out to her after the backlash, criticizing the company for not standing by her. Meanwhile, Bud Light sought to win some of its customers back by offering free beer promotions.

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CNN —Sardinia, Italy (CNN) – Uruguay at the 1950 World Cup. Cameroon at the 1990 World Cup. Lewandowski celebrates scoring his team's second goal during the Qatar 2022 World Cup Group C match against Saudi Arabia at the Education City Stadium in Al-Rayyan, west of Doha on November 26, 2022. “I think we are playing good football [and] we know that we are not the favourites in the group stage. “They were fighting [a] similar situation before the World Cup and they were so close and now they did it,” he said.

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☆ Biden heralds his efforts to strengthen gun laws hours after son convicted on firearms charges
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Michael Williams | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Speaking at an Everytown for Gun Safety event under a banner that read “Gun Sense University” in large block letters, the president did not reference his son’s conviction. Hunter Biden was pronounced guilty earlier in the day of three felony charges after a jury found he lied on a form by saying he was not abusing drugs when he purchased a firearm in 2018. Nothing will ever change that.”The painful moment for the Biden family comes a day before President Biden is expected to leave for a three-day trip to Italy for the G7 summit. As the trial was underway last week, Biden was in France commemorating D-Day. He also frequently touts signing the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which was the first significant gun safety legislation in a quarter-century when it was passed.

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Millions around the world caught a glimpse of the North Korean men’s team in two World Cups. The secrecy surrounding the North Korean national team was also evident in the case of star player Han Kwang Song. Carl Recine/Action Images/ReutersEarning respectWhen An joined the North Korean national team upon receiving a call-up letter in 2002, he remembers not being immediately accepted by teammates. To be accepted by the squad, newcomer An had to prove himself to the other North Korean players. Although, as fate would have it, An met his former teammate and current manager of the North Korean national team, Sin Yong Nam, last March.

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☆ Hunter Biden’s guilty verdict punctuates long and difficult saga for the president’s family
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Kevin Liptak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Hunter Biden’s guilty verdict on three federal gun charges Tuesday punctuated — but did not end — what has been a long and difficult saga. Instead, the president offered his family a warm smile, hugged Hunter Biden’s young son, Beau, and gave him a kiss on the forehead. Never before has a president’s immediate family member been found guilty of a crime during their father’s term in office. Instead of pushing him away, as some wary Democrats might prefer, the president has held Hunter Biden close throughout his ordeal. Farther out of town is the home on a lake the Biden family has returned to in moments of joy and times of pain.

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☆ The Alitos and Roberts discuss politically sensitive topics in secret recordings by liberal activist
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Devan Cole | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —A left-wing activist on Monday released secret recordings of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and his wife, as well as Chief Justice John Roberts, discussing a range of politically sensitive topics. Video Ad Feedback Filmmaker reveals why she secretly recorded Supreme Court Justice Alito and his wife 03:12 - Source: CNNAlito did not respond to questions from CNN about his comments or those of his wife, Martha-Ann. “So they’ll go to hell,” Martha-Ann Alito says in the recording. You come after me, I’m going to give it back to you,” Martha-Ann Alito said. But there will be a way – they will know.”James Duff, the executive director of the Supreme Court Historical Society, slammed the recordings in a statement on Monday.

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☆ Hunter Biden guilty in criminal gun trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

watch nowA jury convicted Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, of all three counts at his criminal gun trial in Delaware federal court on Tuesday morning. Hunter Biden looked straight ahead at the jury and nodded slightly as three guilty verdicts were read, eight days after the trial began and after only about three hours of jurors deliberating. Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs from the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building on June 3 2024, in Wilmington, Delaware. President Biden is due to speak about gun control at an event on Tuesday afternoon. Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, and his wife Melissa Cohen Biden and U.S. first lady Jill Biden leave the federal court after the jury finds him guilty on all three counts in his trial on criminal gun charges, in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., June 11, 2024.

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☆ Hunter Biden convicted on all 3 charges at federal gun trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Marshall Cohen | Holmes Lybrand | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —A federal jury has convicted Hunter Biden on all three federal felony gun charges he faced, concluding that he violated laws meant to prevent drug addicts from owning firearms. Leaving the courthouse after the verdict, Hunter Biden shuffled his family members into an elevator as he held hands with his wife. The weeklong gun trial featured intensely personal and gut-wrenching testimony about Hunter Biden’s well-known struggles with alcoholism and crack cocaine addiction. Hunter Biden’s defense team argued, unsuccessfully, that he didn’t view himself as a user or addict when he bought and possessed the gun. Defense attorney Abbe Lowell had implored the jury to acquit Hunter Biden on those grounds.

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☆ Jurors detail to CNN how they reached guilty verdict in Hunter Biden gun trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Hannah Rabinowitz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

10 told CNN. Another juror told CNN that she believed Biden “needs rehab more than imprisonment or a fine.”Juror No. The case “seemed like a waste of taxpayer dollars,” one female juror told CNN, though juror No. 10 told CNN. Each juror CNN spoke with acknowledged the weight of having her in the courtroom.

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☆ Joe Biden says he will 'respect the judicial process' as Hunter considers appeal
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

U.S. President Joe Biden and son Hunter Biden disembark from Air Force One at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in Syracuse, New York, U.S., February 4, 2023. President Joe Biden said Tuesday he will not challenge the federal jury verdict finding his son Hunter Biden guilty on three criminal gun charges. "As I also said last week, I will accept the outcome of this case and will continue to respect the judicial process as Hunter considers an appeal," Biden said. Hunter Biden said in a statement after Tuesday's verdict that he was "disappointed by the outcome," but added that he was grateful for the support he has received from his wife, Melissa Biden, and his family and friends. The jury convicted Hunter Biden, 54, on three counts related to his October 2018 purchase and possession of a revolver while using illicit drugs.

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☆ I'm a woman, and my name is Tommie Christopher. People have always assumed I was lying about my name.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Tommie Brown | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the email. Being a girl with "Tommie" as a first name is one thing — but having "Christopher" as a middle name turned quirky into confusing. My name is a hand-me-down that came from my dad, Thomas/Tommy, and his late best friend, Christopher. The best names come with history, and my history was of two rowdy fighters who made the streets and concert halls their home. I am grateful to my parents for not only giving me no choice but to challenge social constructs and everyone I encounter.

Persons: Tommie, Christopher, Thomas, Tommy, Tammy, Johnny Cash's, Sue, Mr, Brown Organizations: Service, Social Security Locations: France

☆ Justice Alito’s Wife, in Secretly Recorded Conversation, Complains About Pride Flag
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Abbie Vansickle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.’s wife, Martha-Ann, recently told a woman posing as a conservative supporter that she wanted to fly a Catholic flag at the couple’s Virginia home in response to a Pride flag in her neighborhood. “You know what I want?” the justice’s wife said to the woman, Lauren Windsor, who secretly recorded the conversation during a black-tie event last week at the Supreme Court. “I want a Sacred Heart of Jesus flag because I have to look across the lagoon at the Pride flag for the next month.”But Ms. Alito said that after she suggested the Sacred Heart of Jesus flag as a retort to the symbol for L.G.B.T.Q. rights, her husband said, “Oh, please, don’t put up a flag.”She said that she had agreed, for now, but that she had told him that “when you are free of this nonsense,” “I’m putting it up and I’m going to send them a message every day, maybe every week. I’ll be changing the flags.”

Persons: Samuel A, Alito Jr, ’, Martha, Ann, Lauren Windsor, “, Alito, don’t Organizations: Supreme Locations: Virginia

☆ How Celtics took command of NBA Finals with Game 2 win over hurting Mavericks
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Joe Vardon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

Kyrie Irving is struggling and Jason Kidd’s mind game on the Boston Celtics didn’t work. All are ingredients for the 2-0 hole the Dallas Mavericks are during the NBA Finals. “I think my turnovers and my missed free throws cost us the game,” said Dončić, who said he was “OK” physically. “The first two games weren’t the best for me, especially (Luka) scoring 25-plus points, getting rebounds, getting assists, doing the intangibles. For the game, all Dallas players not named Dončić shot 2 of 17 from the 3-point line.

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☆ How Carlos Alcaraz won the French Open by beating his biggest opponent: His body
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Matthew Futterman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

More specifically, it’s Alcaraz’s body, but also his mind — to the extent that it so often dictates how his body feels. AdvertisementAlcaraz, the 21-year-old Spanish star who makes tennis fans gasp like no one else can, beat Alexander Zverev of Germany on Sunday to win his first French Open title. Alcaraz’s first French Open is a triumph of perseverance (Frey / TPN via Getty Images)A year ago, it was anything but inevitable. GO DEEPER Game, Set, Match: Carlos Alcaraz beats Alexander Zverev to win first French OpenThe weeks before the French Open had been filled with doubts. Alcaraz at the 2021 ATP Next Gen finals, which he won, beating Sebastian Korda in the final.

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☆ How the USA’s shock cricket triumph reflects a global sporting and geopolitical transformation
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-08 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

A national cricket team that most Americans didn’t even know they had beat one of the sport’s global powers Pakistan, for whom the game is a national obsession. “There is this pivot from global north to global south,” said Chadwick. The first ever international fixture was between the United States and Canada in 1844 in New York. The World Cup is being carried in the US on Willow TV, a streaming service that is also available on cable systems for an extra fee. The global game, soccer, has several times hubristically tried to conquer the US and it’s taken years to reach its current level with strong pro leagues the MLS and the NWSL.

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☆ A Jewish woman adopted as a baby after World War II lost hope of finding her father. This year she gained a whole new family
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-08 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —When Elana Milman published an autobiography last year about her lifelong quest to find her birth parents, she had accepted she would never know the identity of her father. Courtesy Elana MilmanIt was only in her 30s that Milman finally discovered her birth certificate, which – after some meticulous research – led her to her birth mother in Canada. It showed she was 50% Ashkenazi Jewish and 50% Eastern European and revealed a match with a Polish woman living in France. Elana Milman is pictured at the Warsaw Ghetto monument during her recent visit to Poland. From left to right: Juliusz Gorzkoś, Elana Milman, their sister Ewa, her husband Wladek (kneeling), Gorzkos' wife Ania, Milman's granddaughter Yhali and Gorzkos' sons, Radek and Hubert.

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☆ Beaches open in Paris as Olympic city gears up for summer
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Xiaofei Xu | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

As usual, Paris will open its regular summer beach on the banks of the Seine river. Paris’ city government confirmed to CNN it is confident that the water quality will meet health standards during the game. For those who still might recoil at the idea of jumping in a city center waterway, there are other options. The beaches are the centerpieces of a program of activities in Paris aimed at creating an Olympic festival for visitors descending on the city during the 2024 summer Games. Entry is via a lottery through the Paris Olympic Games app.

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☆ A boomer who struggled to afford retirement in the US moved to Costa Rica and said money is much less of a concern
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

She looked to Costa Rica as an option, having visited a few times prior, and she knew the cost of living was cheaper and life was calmer. Between her Social Security and pension, she earned $30,000 a year, not nearly enough to enter an assisted living or retirement community. Moving to Costa RicaShe remembered a trip to Costa Rica in 1995 and visited in 2022 and 2023 to see if escaping retirement in the US by living there was viable. She moved to a condo in the Guanacaste region in northwest Costa Rica earlier this year. While the cost of living is much lower in Costa Rica, the exchange rate between the US dollar and Costa Rican colón has worsened, meaning prices in Costa Rica have recently shot up.

Persons: —, Cheryl Sands, it's, Sands, Cheryl Sands Sands, she's, hasn't, She's Organizations: Service, Illinois —, Social Security, Business, Illinois -, Forest, Walmart, Costa Locations: Illinois, Costa Rica, America, Latin America, Aurora, Chicago, Illinois - Kentucky, Shawnee, Guanacaste, Junquillal, Santa Cruz, Southern Illinois, Costa Rican

☆ Trump in liberal San Francisco for high-dollar tech fundraiser
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

(Photo by Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images)Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will attend a fundraiser hosted by two tech venture capitalists in San Francisco on Thursday, a high-dollar event expected to draw Silicon Valley investors turned off by the Biden administration's policies. Trevor Traina, a San Francisco-based tech executive and former Trump ambassador to Austria, said business regulations implemented during Biden's presidency had alienated some people in the tech industry. Trump's campaign raked in record amounts after the guilty verdict last week, and the San Francisco event will add to his coffers. Vance, a potential running mate for Trump who previously lived in San Francisco and worked in venture capital, will attend the event, according to a source familiar with his plans. San Francisco remains a fertile fundraising ground for Democrats.

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☆ Americans who moved to Latin America for cheaper retirement, starting a new life, and better work options explain the pros and cons
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Business Insider spoke to five Americans who moved to Latin America, many for their retirements. All agreed that life is in many ways better in Latin America than in the US. She said she feels more welcome in Costa Rica than in Illinois, even with a language barrier. Gary Keenan, 71, disagrees that Costa Rica is cheaper than the US, though he's fine paying the upcharge. Living and working in natureMoving to Latin America has allowed some Americans to advance their careers and retirement goals while living a more serene life.

Persons: —, Janet Sussman, Sussman, " Sussman, Cheryl Sands, didn't, she'd, it's, Sands, she's, Gary Keenan, Keenan, Jose Rodriguez, He's, Andy Wiesmann, Medellín, he's, Wiesmann Organizations: Service, Business, Illinois -, Social Security, Costa Rica, US Locations: Florida, New York, Panama, Airbnbs, Latin America, America, Illinois, Illinois - Kentucky, Costa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, New Mexico, Central, San Jose, Chicago, São Paulo, Brazil, Medellín, Colombia, Inland, Mexico, California, United States, South America

☆ The Mayday Call: How One Death at Sea Transformed a Fishing Fleet
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( C.J. Chivers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In cramped crew quarters in the forepeak, the deckhand, Brian Murphy, was warm but not breathing in a black tee and jeans. A marine welder and father of four, Murphy, 40, had been mostly unemployed for months, spending time caring for his children while his wife worked nights. A few days earlier, while he was on a brief welding gig to repair the Jersey Pride at its dock, the captain groused about being short-handed. Now it was July 20, 2021, the third day of the first commercial fishing trip of his life. Another somber sequence in the opioid epidemic was nearing its end.

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