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☆ America's Plastic Catastrophe: Most Waste Can't Be Recycled
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Taylor Dorrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

It's an urgent question — what do we do with the 40 million tons of plastic waste we produce annually? One year of plastic waste is roughly enough to smother the entirety of Manhattan a meter deep, and it has to go somewhere. For decades, America sent its plastic waste to countries like China and Indonesia. Unlike aluminum or glass, the plastic that can be recycled rarely results in replacing one recycled water bottle with another. By downcycling a tiny portion of plastic waste, companies can genuinely reuse a relatively small share of plastic, while convincing consumers that the industry has created a circular economy of infinitely recycled plastic.

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☆ Meta to report first-quarter results after the bell
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Meta will report first-quarter results after the bell Wednesday. Revenue: $36.16 billion, according to LSEG. $36.16 billion, according to LSEG. Analysts expect Meta to report a 26% increase in revenue from $28.65 billion a year earlier. Analysts at Baird said in a Monday note that slower spending from China-based advertisers could be a source of concern in the first-quarter results.

Persons: Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg, Susan Li, Baird Organizations: StreetAccount, Meta, Facebook Locations: LSEG, China

☆ Remains from a mother-daughter cold case were found nearly 24 years later, after a deathbed confession from the suspect
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Alisha Ebrahimji | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

In a “detailed, undeniable, unconflicted” deathbed confession to one of the investigators in the case earlier this month, Larry Webb admitted to fatally shooting Natasha “Alex” Carter, who was 10 at the time, and her mother, Susan Carter, nearly 24 years ago, Hatfield said. Webb told the investigator some of his cash in the home went missing, and Webb suspected Susan Carter had “spent a lot of money. “Almost lost hope several times.”Webb had been a suspect from the start of the investigation, authorities said. “The confession aligned with exactly the investigative efforts and the evidence collected” by authorities, Hatfield noted. Hours later, the bodies of Susan and Alex Carter were found, Hatfield said.

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☆ The American Kennel Club's pedophile problem
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Katherine Long | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +26 min

The mother contacted the American Kennel Club, the organization that oversees most dog shows in the country. The AKC helps local kennel clubs enforce rules about conduct and animal treatment. The bulk of the organization's income comes from the dog-show community, in the form of event and registration fees paid by local kennel clubs and breeders. The debate is taking place as kennel clubs try to entice younger children to show dogs. Many dog shows include competitions for junior handlers, including a "Pee Wee" division for kids under the age of 10.

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☆ Pennsylvania 7th Congressional District Primary Election Results
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The Republican primary to face Representative Susan Wild, a Democrat, will be key for November as the district is one of the most competitive in the country.

Persons: Susan Wild Organizations: Republican, Democrat

☆ 3 in 5 families are short-order cooks for picky kids. Here’s what to do instead
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Madeline Holcombe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“Just because the child … appears not to like many vegetables, doesn’t mean that vegetables shouldn’t be incorporated into the meal,” she added. Familiarize your kids with new foods by engaging their senses, said Natalie Mokari, a dietitian in Charlotte, North Carolina. Maybe your kids tried the brussels sprouts and weren’t fans, but they love salad — so they can choose to have that instead, Woolford suggested. And requiring an empty plate may teach kids to push past and start to ignore their hunger and fullness cues, Woolford said. And instead of always having a sugary sweet after dinner, you could offer your kids a random dessert like a popsicle in the middle of the day, she added.

Persons: Tara Marklin’s, Marklin, Mott, ”, Susan Woolford, Woolford, “, …, don’t, Natalie Mokari, Mokari, it’s, they’re Organizations: CNN, University of Michigan Health, Mott Children’s, Children’s Health, Mott Poll Locations: Chamblee , Georgia, Mott, Charlotte , North Carolina, brussels, dinnertime

☆ Meta Platforms gets billions from China without headaches many U.S. companies face there
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

As many American companies struggle to navigate the world's second-largest economy, Meta Platforms has found itself raking in billions of dollars from China without the direct challenges of doing business there. The influx in spending from Chinese ecommerce advertisers has been a "significant positive" for Meta, said Rohit Kulkarni, analyst at Roth MKM covering internet companies. Many American companies doing business in China have battled similar challenges as the post-Covid recovery there has progressed slower than expected. Meta has said it has a "diverse advertiser base" of Chinese companies. The concern is that as more Chinese advertisers target American consumers through Meta's platforms, that could drive up the price of ads for everyone.

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☆ Opinion: As Trump trial opens, attorneys have to make deft first moves
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Opinion Norman Eisen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Editor’s Note: Norman Eisen is a CNN legal analyst and editor of “Trying Trump: A Guide to His First Election Interference Criminal Trial.” He served as counsel to the House Judiciary Committee for the first impeachment and trial of Trump. CNN —I will be joining the line Monday morning to witness opening statements in the first-ever criminal trial of a former American president. As a trial lawyer, I always would rather the jury hear about any problems with witnesses from me first, together with the solution. If the DA wants to build a bridge for the jury into what Trump was thinking, Blanche wants to preemptively destroy it. But before that I’ll be back to you with an evaluation of how both sides did for the next installment of my trial diary.

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☆ Opinion | ‘Mike Johnson Did the Right Thing’ on Ukraine Aid
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To the Editor:Re “$95 Billion Bill for Three Allies Passes in House” (front page, April 21):Speaker Mike Johnson did the right thing! He acted as a statesman, putting country over party, and acknowledging that this act of bipartisan leadership could cost him his job. Perhaps we can make bipartisanship something to be applauded and not punished. To the Editor:As an independent, I vowed never again to vote for a Republican after the chaos of the past few years in Congress and the spinelessness of the Republican Party in following the lead of a misguided former president. Then came a surprise from Mike Johnson that has restored my faith in my fellow citizens.

Persons: Mike Johnson, Johnson, Susan Shelton Falmouth Organizations: Republican, Republican Party Locations: Ukraine, Mass

Mr. Cohen has said he acted at Mr. Trump’s direction, but the former president is not charged over the payment itself. If Mr. Trump testifies in his own defense, that could pit Mr. Cohen’s word against Mr. Trump’s — a he-said, he-said story, with two questionable narrators. Mr. Trump’s lawyers will seek to emphasize Mr. Cohen’s checkered past at every turn. And, on cross-examination, Mr. Trump’s lawyers are likely to portray Mr. Cohen as a serial liar with a grudge against his former boss. Mr. Pecker can support at least some of Mr. Cohen’s testimony about Mr. Trump’s involvement in the hush-money deals.

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AdvertisementDonald Trump enters his first criminal trial every day flanked by lawyers, court officers, Secret Service members, and political advisors. AdvertisementFormer President Donald Trump speaks alongside his wife, former first lady Melania Trump, during a rare joint appearance as they arrived to vote in Florida's primary election. Bederow explained that Melania Trump's courtroom support could be "potentially very powerful" given the salacious nature of the hush-money case against Trump. Danilewitz said Trump's defense team may have a different strategy in mind when it comes to Melania Trump. If Trump's family does decide to show up Monday, they might want to wear sweaters.

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☆ ‘Aging in Place, or Stuck in Place?’
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Paula Span | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

When it came to housing, Susan Apel and Keith Irwin thought they had planned adroitly for later life. They bought a four-bedroom house on two acres in Lebanon, N.H., 24 years ago, and “we made sure to pay off the mortgage before we retired,” said Ms. Apel, 71. Ms. Apel, a retired law professor, is having trouble climbing stairs. Mr. Irwin, 71, previously an account manager for a local business, is wearying of yard work and snow shoveling, and finding workers to do those chores instead has become difficult. “We’re seeing the writing on the wall,” Ms. Apel said.

Persons: Susan Apel, Keith Irwin, ”, Apel, Irwin, Ms Locations: Lebanon, N.H

A man who set himself on fire Friday outside the courthouse where former President Donald Trump's hush money trial is taking place has died, New York City police said early Saturday. The man, whom police identified as Maxwell Azzarello of St. Augustine, Florida, was in the designated protest area outside. It appeared to happen around the time that the jury for Trump's trial was fully empaneled — with 12 jurors and six alternates selected to sit for a trial that's expected to last about six weeks. It occurred just before the court took a lunch break. Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said Azzarello was born in 1987 and arrived in New York City earlier in the week.

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☆ What happened to Robert Durst? The convicted killer died years before 'The Jinx' Part 2.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Caralynn Matassa | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

After 'The Jinx' ended, Durst was finally charged with Berman's murder and convicted in 2021Durst in prison. AdvertisementTwo days after his arrest, on March 16, 2015, Durst was officially charged with Berman's murder. Two months later, on September 17, 2021, Durst was finally convicted for Berman's murder and later sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Weeks later, Durst was also indicted in the 1982 murder of his wife. But that case never made it to trial because Durst died in January 2022.

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☆ Trump will face a grueling cross-examination about his lying, defaming, and books-cooking if the DA gets his way
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Laura Italiano | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewIf former President Donald Trump keeps his promise to testify at his hush-money trial, cross-examination could get ugly. Prosecutors want to roast him on the stand for violating court orders, as the same fraud trial judge also found, in repeatedly citing Trump for gag-order violations. Related stories"We object to each," defense lawyer Emil Bove had said of all the acts prosecutors want to bring into the case. AdvertisementDuring the nearly two-hour Sandoval hearing, Bove complained of the DA's plans to the trial judge, state Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan. When defense lawyer Susan Necheles suggested that not knowing the name now might "delay the trial," the judge reacted sternly.

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☆ Daniel C. Dennett, Widely Read and Fiercely Debated Philosopher, Dies at 82
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Jonathan Kandell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Daniel C. Dennett, one of the most widely read and debated American philosophers, whose prolific works explored consciousness, free will, religion and evolutionary biology, died on Friday in Portland, Maine. His death, at Maine Medical Center, was caused by complications of interstitial lung disease, his wife, Susan Bell Dennett, said. Mr. Dennett combined a wide range of knowledge with an easy, often playful writing style to reach a lay public, avoiding the impenetrable concepts and turgid prose of many other contemporary philosophers. Beyond his more than 20 books and scores of essays, his writings even made their way into the theater and onto the concert stage. But Mr. Dennett, who never shirked controversy, often crossed swords with other famed scholars and thinkers.

Persons: Daniel C, Dennett, Susan Bell Dennett Organizations: Maine Medical Locations: Portland , Maine, Cape Elizabeth , Maine

New York CNN —Jury selection in Donald Trump’s hush money business fraud case began Thursday looking like the task of finding 12 jurors had run aground. Juror 11 was seated on the jury after Merchan denied Trump’s challenge to the juror for cause. Trump’s lawyers argued she should be dismissed because she said she does not like Trump’s “persona.”“I don’t like his persona,” she said. The district attorney’s office refused. Trump’s attorneys and the district attorney’s office also will get additional peremptory challenges for the alternate jurors.

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Donald J. Trump is a creature of social media. And the lawyers representing him in his criminal trial in Manhattan showed themselves to be savvy at using it during jury selection this week to try to get some prospective jurors dismissed. Mr. Trump’s defense lawyers, Todd Blanche and Susan Necheles, managed to dig up old social media posts by a number of prospective jurors that attacked the former president, creating fascinating exchanges with people who had to explain, under oath, comments that were often years-old. While Mr. Trump’s team succeeded in getting some prospective jurors removed, Day 3 of jury selection ended on Thursday with a full panel of 12 jurors in the case, which could move to opening arguments on Monday. In one lengthy exchange on Thursday, Ms. Necheles highlighted a series of posts by a woman that were highly critical of Mr. Trump and the Republican Party, leading the woman to apologize in court in front of the former president.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Todd Blanche, Susan Necheles, Trump’s, Necheles Organizations: Republican Party Locations: Manhattan

☆ A beheading meme and 'Mark Ruffalo, naked' — how 'anti-Trump' posts got 5 New Yorkers booted from the hush-money trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

She was the first of the prospective jurors who were challenged by Trump's defense team on Tuesday over their "anti-Trump" social media. AdvertisementThe prospective juror, identified only as "B-133," had clearly "attended an "anti-Trump rally," defense lawyer Susan Necheles protested. When it was released in 2016, the clip was shared on the Facebook account of the husband of prospective juror B-330. "I would have to say that politically, yes, I do," the prospective juror answered. "Boys request to return to cave"The final prospective juror questioned on their social media posts was a retired grandmother from Manhattan's Lower East Side.

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☆ Judge bench-slaps Trump lawyer 5 times on day 1 of hush money trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Laura Italiano | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Merchan didn't hit Blanche as hard as a federal judge in Manhattan has hit Trump lawyer Alina Habba for her lawyering. During the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial in January, Judge Lewis Kaplan bench-slapped Habba 14 times during a single day of testimony. "Please direct me to the portion of the original gag order, or the subsequent gag order, where it makes any exception if Mr. Trump feels he is under attack. The judge told Blanche to file a response, in writing, explaining why Trump should not be held in contempt for violating the gag order. The judge paused, then added, with some sarcasm, "I don't recall inserting that anywhere in either gag order."

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☆ Courtney Love thinks Taylor Swift is ‘not important’ and has some thoughts about Beyoncé, Lana Del Rey and Madonna, too
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Courtney Love has a new radio show about women in music, but she is not much of a fan of several of the biggest female artists of our time. But some contemporary artists, including Taylor Swift, are not to Love’s liking. “Taylor is not important,” Love said of Swift. “She might be a safe space for girls, and she’s probably the Madonna of now, but she’s not interesting as an artist.”Love used to be an admirer of Lana Del Rey’s music but that changed. “I haven’t liked Lana since she covered a John Denver song, and I think she should really take seven years off.” Love said.

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Meanwhile, Canaccord Genuity initiated Coty with a buy rating and a price target that implied more than 30% upside. The firm initiated coverage of the restaurant chain stock with an equal weight rating and a $58 per share price target. The firm upgraded shares of the health technology company to buy from hold in a Sunday note and increased its target price to $178 from $140. The firm downgraded the computer peripherals maker to underweight from equal weight and lowered its price target to $75 per share from $85. The firm initiated coverage of the online forum stock with an equal weight rating and a $45 per share price target.

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☆ More people are working well past retirement age. It’s not easy
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-14 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

So last October, at the age of 80, Murray ended her retirement and got a job giving out samples at Costco. Forecasters expect that cohort of older , working Americans to double over the next decade. “More people are working at desk jobs that don’t require much physical labor,” said Gal Wettstein, a senior research economist at the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. “That’s people who are changing jobs, younger workers and non-college educated workers.” Older workers tend not to change jobs, and they’re more likely to have a college degree. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) forbids age discrimination against people who are age 40 or older in the workplace.

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☆ What prosecutors have to prove in the Trump hush money trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-14 | by ( Kara Scannell | Lauren Del Valle | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Prosecutors allege Trump falsified business records to hide the reimbursement of hush money payments that were made to influence the election outcome. And it may feature at least one audio recording of Trump and Cohen allegedly discussing a catch and kill deal. Necheles represented Trump’s business at its tax fraud trial in 2022. It was the third “catch and kill” deal to come after a key meeting at Trump Tower in August 2015 between Trump, Cohen and Pecker. On October 27, 2016, Cohen wired the money to Daniels and 12 days later Trump won the election.

Persons: Donald Trump, coverup, Trump, Stormy Daniels, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Donald Trump's, Kena Betancur, Juan Merchan, Michael Cohen, David Pecker, ”, Hope Hicks, Cohen, they’ve, Daniels, Todd Blanche, Emil Bove, Susan Necheles, Necheles, Bradley Smith, Alan Garten, Merchan, Pecker, Karen McDougal, Allen Weisselberg Organizations: CNN, Prosecutors, Manhattan, Attorney, Trump, National Enquirer, Commission, Trump Organization, Trump Tower, American Media Locations: Manhattan, New York City, Kena, New York, Lake Tahoe

☆ Globe Life's stock crashed amid federal probes. Here's everything you need to know.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-14 | by ( Katie Balevic | Susan Antilla | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Globe Life Inc., a publicly traded insurance company based in Texas, was once flying high. Its top insurance agents basked in luxury with lavish company retreats and expensive sports cars. Related storyBy August 2023, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway had dumped over half of its 6.35 million shares of Globe Life. By then, Berkshire Hathaway had sold off all its shares in Globe Life. "It's disappointing that Globe Life neglected to address the evidence of insurance fraud and sexual misconduct that we uncovered."

Persons: —, Arias, Simon Arias III, Wolf, Renee Zinsky, Mike Russin, BI's, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, Simon Arias, Abeni Mayfield, Berkshire Hathaway, AIL, Panda, Susan Antilla's, Nate Koppikar, Zinsky, Russin Organizations: Service, Business, of Justice, Life Inc, Arias Organization, Globe, Arias, Commission, AIL, Organization, BI, Department of Justice, Globe Life, Life, DOJ Locations: Texas, Pennsylvania

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