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☆ Megan Abbott, Bonnie Garmus and More Writers on the Books They Love
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

It’s more science fiction-y than the better-known “Handmaid’s Tale,” but just as satirical, with its warning about multinational corporations and genetic engineering. Bonnie Garmusauthor of “Lessons in Chemistry”According to her older brother, Ashmol, Kellyanne Williamson is a fruit loop. When Pobby and Dingan disappear thanks to her alcoholic father, it seems clear Kellyanne must finally grow up. POBBY AND DINGAN, Ben Rice’s short, tight treatise on love, sacrifice and grief is so flawlessly written, you’ll read it in two hours but remember it forever. This is a major novel that, like all major novels, doesn’t quite resemble anything else you’ve read.

Persons: Stephen King, Margaret Atwood, It’s, David Cronenberg, Bonnie Garmus, Ashmol, Kellyanne Williamson, —, Ben Rice’s, you’ll, Michael Cunningham, Kaveh Akbar, Joe Hill, “, Francis Spufford’s Locations: Spufford’s, York City, America

☆ Nearly half of adult cancer deaths in the US could be prevented by making lifestyle changes, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Deidre Mcphillips | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Smoking was the leading risk factor by far, the study found, contributing to nearly 1 in 5 cancer cases and nearly a third of cancer deaths. Other key risk factors included excess body weight, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, diet and infections such as HPV. Overall, researchers analyzed 18 modifiable risk factors across 30 types of cancer. In 2019, these lifestyle factors were linked to more than 700,000 new cancer cases and more than 262,000 deaths, the study found. But modifiable risk factors contributed to more than half of new cases for 19 of the 30 types of cancer evaluated.

Persons: ”, Arif Kamal, Kamal, ” Kamal, cancer, —, Marcus Plescia, ” Plescia, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, you’ve, “ it’s, “ Organizations: CNN, United States —, American Cancer Society, Association of State, Territorial Health, CNN Health Locations: United States

☆ When is the Ambani wedding? A timeline of the couple’s 7 months of celebrations
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

But a wedding that spans seven months is an outlier — even in the extravagant world of big Indian weddings. January: The engagement partyActor Ranveer Singh and his wife actor Deepika Padukone attend the engagement ceremony in January. Ahead of the party, the Ambani family also hosted a communal dinner for more than 50,000 villagers outside Jamnagar. July 2-5: Mass wedding and musical nightBrides and grooms perform rituals during a mass wedding ceremony for underprivileged couples hosted by Anant Ambani's parents, Nita and Mukesh. The Ambani family residence Antilia, which will host some of the weekend's festivities, has been extravagantly decorated ahead of the ceremony.

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CNN —As President Joe Biden took on his critics in Washington, Vice President Kamala Harris made the case to their allies around the country. She told Black voters at Essence Fest that 2024 is the “most significant election of our lifetime” over the weekend. “As President Biden has said, he counts on Vice President Harris’ advice and counsel,” Harris press secretary Ernesto Apreza said in a statement. In March, Harris became the first sitting vice president to visit an abortion clinic. We have a president and a vice president who are doing a good job, and I don’t expect those nominees to change.”

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☆ In TMZ Video, George Stephanopoulos Says Biden Can’t Serve Another Term
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Michael M. Grynbaum | More About Michael M. Grynbaum | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos apologized on Tuesday night after he was surreptitiously recorded earlier in the day saying he did not believe that President Biden could handle another term in office. His remarks — made in passing to a stranger who approached him on the street — came four days after Mr. Stephanopoulos conducted the only major interview with Mr. Biden since the president’s stumbling debate performance. In a grainy video posted by the gossip site TMZ, Mr. Stephanopoulos can be seen in workout clothes walking on a sidewalk in Midtown Manhattan. An unseen stranger walks up to the anchor but keeps his phone camera angled away; Mr. Stephanopoulos was presumably unaware that the person was recording him. “Do you think Biden should step down?” the stranger asks.

Persons: George Stephanopoulos, Biden, —, Stephanopoulos, “ You’ve, ” Organizations: ABC News Locations: Midtown Manhattan

☆ Uruguay 0-1 Colombia takeaways: Argentina await Colombia in the final, Munoz sent off
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Jack Lang | Stuart James | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

After an absorbing encounter in Charlotte, North Carolina, it was Colombia who emerged to earn a meeting against defending champions Argentina in the Copa America final in Miami on Sunday. The spotlight was on Lionel Messi before this Copa America but Rodriguez, who turns 33 on Friday, has stolen the show. Stuart JamesA quintessential Copa America game? This was Copa America football — South American football — at its bewitching best, witnessed and enhanced by a crowd so fervently Colombian that we may as well have been in Medellin. Ugarte had ‘played’ Munoz, and Colombia knew that the balance of the game had totally shifted.

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☆ Omar Al Marzouqi: The young showjumping sensation carrying the UAE flag into the Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Soaring over fences on horseback in Hangzhou, China, last October, Omar Al Marzouqi was jumping into history. Yet Al Marzouqi made it work – with a little help from his sister. Stephen Bartholomew/IPS/ShutterstockShowjumping has always a family affair for Al Marzouqi, who mounted his first pony at just three years old. Just 15 years old at the time, Al Marzouqi was comfortably the youngest rider in the field in Buenos Aires. For Al Marzouqi, continuing that lineage is a privilege.

Persons: Omar Al Marzouqi, Omar, Al Marzouqi, “, ”, Stephen Bartholomew, Showjumping, Steve Guerdat, Ahlmann, I’m, Al, you’ve, ” Al Marzouqi, Helen Cruden, Ahmed Al Maktoum, Sergiu Toma, Al Marzouqi hasn’t, you’d Organizations: CNN, United Arab Emirates, Asian Games, Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, Youth Olympics, Paris Olympics, UAE, Games, Athens Locations: Hangzhou, China, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Paris, West Sussex, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Montefalco, Italy, Rio

☆ Is election stress affecting your sexual health? An expert explains
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Chronic stress can also lead to other health issues that indirectly affect sexual health, such as cardiovascular problems, sleep disorders and mental health issues. All these factors combined can create a cycle in which stress has a negative impact on sexual health, leading to further stress and health complications. Erectile dysfunction and anxietyAnxiety is another common byproduct of election stress. How to get election stress out of your sex lifeTo manage election stress and maintain sexual health, it’s essential to engage in relaxing activities. Even when you’ve done all you can do, know that election stress is real and can have surprising effects on your sexual health.

Persons: Jamin, you’ve Organizations: Orlando Health, University of Central Florida’s College of Medicine, CNN, Pew Research Center, International

☆ What Happens When Your Bank Isn’t Really a Bank and Your Money Disappears?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Rob Copeland | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For close to a century, putting your savings into a federally insured bank has been a sure thing: If the institution fails, up to $250,000 of your money will be protected. The promise of bank insurance — a tenet of U.S. consumer protection since the Great Depression — is now being tested by a crisis swirling around online-only lenders with hundreds of millions of dollars of deposits between them. Most depositors have little clue where their money has gone, and whether they will get any of it back. It operated banking software for fast-growing online lenders with names like Juno, Yieldstreet and Yotta. Their slick websites advertise insurance from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the U.S. agency that pledges to pay back lost funds.

Persons: you’ve Organizations: Synapse Technology, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, U.S . Locations: U.S

☆ Dutch golfer won’t compete in the Olympics after all, despite winning court case that appeared to send him to Paris
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Kyle Feldscher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Dutch golfer Joost Luiten will not be competing in this month’s Olympic Games after the International Olympic Committee ruled it would not expand the field to include him, despite qualifying and winning a court case that seemed set to send him to Paris. Luiten announced last month that the Dutch Olympic Committee would not allow him to take a place on the country’s team that is competing in the golf competition, despite the fact that he met the International Golf Federation’s criteria for entry. The International Golf Federation said in a statement that the spot Luiten had earned had been given to another player because of the Dutch Olympic Committee’s original decision to exclude him from competing. According to the International Golf Federation, Luiten had finished 40th in the final men’s Olympic Golf Ranking. Luiten, a 38-year-old who went pro in 2006, said last week that he was excited to play in the Olympics despite the ordeal.

Persons: Joost Luiten, Luiten, –, ”, ” Luiten, “, you’ve, CNN’s Jill Martin Organizations: CNN, International Olympic, Dutch Olympic, Dutch Olympic Committee, Federation, Olympic, IOC, ” CNN, International Golf Federation, Le, Janeiro Games Locations: Dutch, Paris, Netherlands, Guyancourt, France, Rio

The 1 00 Best Books of the 21st Century Today! In collaboration with the Upshot, we sent a survey to hundreds of literary luminaries, asking them to name the 10 best books published since Jan. 1, 2000. Every day this week, the Book Review will unveil 20 more books on our Best Books of the 21st Century list. You can get notified when they’re up — and hear about book reviews, news and features each week — when you receive the Book Review’s newsletter. Every day this week, the Book Review will unveil 20 more books on our Best Books of the 21st Century list.

Persons: Stephen King, Bonnie Garmus, Claudia Rankine, James Patterson, Sarah Jessica Parker, Karl Ove Knausgaard, Elin Hilderbrand, Thomas Chatterton Williams, Roxane Gay, Marlon James, Sarah MacLean, Min Jin Lee, Jonathan Lethem, Jenna Bush Hager, you’ve Organizations: The New York

☆ What it’s like to live with a sleep eating disorder
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

And that’s what I did for years and years and years.”Jill is living with sleep-related eating disorder, also known as sleep eating — an arousal condition in which part of the brain wakes while the rest sleeps. Sleep eating is a parasomnia, an abnormal or unusual behavior during sleep, similar to sleepwalking, sleep talking, sleep terrors, and sleep sex, or sexsomnia. Ultraprocessed foods such as candy, cookies, cakes, doughnuts, chips and crackers are preferred choices during sleep eating, Schenck said. “All those can be the ultimate causes of sleep-related eating disorder, and that’s why in medicine, we call that a final common pathway disorder. “We studied a group of sleep-related eating patients in the lab, and they had periodic limb movements along with the sleep eating,” he said.

Persons: Jill, “, ”, ” Jill, graham, “ You’ve, you’re, Carlos Schenck, Schenck, who’s, ” Schenck, sleepwalking —, disdainfully, “ It’s, Yukari Schrickel, ’, —, it’s, Don’t, Get Organizations: CNN, Hennepin County Medical, University of Minnesota Locations: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Rome

☆ ‘Rejuvenate Him and His Spirit’: Biden Receives Warm Welcome at Philadelphia Church
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Nicholas Nehamas | Robert Jimison | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

For President Biden, who is engaged in the fight of his political life, everything is politics these days, even going to church. On Sunday morning, Mr. Biden spoke at a Black church service in Philadelphia, seeking to reassure the group of voters who helped him win the White House in 2020 that he is still capable of beating former President Donald J. Trump. “The joy cometh in the morning,” Mr. Biden told several hundred people at Mount Airy Church of God in Christ, a political fixture in the city often visited by Democrats. “You’ve never given up in my life. And as your president, I’ve tried to walk my faith.”Before Mr. Biden spoke, Rachel Hooks, a member of the church, offered a prayer that did not shy away from the doubts swirling around his candidacy.

Persons: Biden, Donald J, ” Mr, “ You’ve, I’ve, ”, Mr, Rachel Hooks Organizations: White House, Trump, Mount Airy, of God Locations: Philadelphia, Mount

☆ Resilience Has Fueled Biden’s Career. But So Has Defiance.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Katie Rogers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Over the course of his long career, President Biden has overcome personal tragedy and political odds, and he has used his resilience to power his ambition. But now that he is in the fight of his political life, his irrepressible pursuit of the comeback risks looking like blind defiance in the face of a rising tide. “You’ve been wrong about everything so far,” Mr. Biden told a group of reporters who asked him on Friday why he still felt he was the best person to defeat former President Donald J. Trump, after a dismal debate performance in Atlanta plunged his campaign into crisis.

Persons: Biden, You’ve, Mr, Donald J, Trump Locations: Atlanta

In this next term, I’m going to make sure we got to — straighten out the tax system. STEPHANOPOULOS: The number of Americans who think you’re too old to serve has doubled since 2020. STEPHANOPOULOS: I’ve — I’ve questioned him and his allies as persistently as any journalist has. We have — I mean, I’m not seen what you’re — you’re proposing. He may bring me down, he may.”STEPHANOPOULOS: Mr. President, I’ve never seen a president 36 percent approval get re-elected.

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☆ Fossil analysis reveals how Denisovans thrived on the ‘roof of the world’
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-06 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —The grasslands, glaciers and snow-tipped peaks of the Tibetan Plateau are breathtaking, but the vast expanse in Central Asia is also one of Earth’s harshest environments. Archaeologists long believed the Tibetan Plateau — more than 13,000 feet (about 4,000 meters) above sea level — was one of the last places on the planet to be settled. We are familyBaishiya Karst Cave is seen at the edge of Ganjia Basin on the Tibetan Plateau. Now, Baishiya Karst Cave, on the northeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, is helping answer many questions about who the Denisovans were. The analysis is shedding light on how the extinct humans thrived in the ice age environment for more than 100,000 years.

Persons: Bill Nelson, BRIN, Gerard Talavera, nestmates, Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt Organizations: CNN, Lanzhou University Researchers, China National Space Administration, NASA, Apollo, FBI, BRIN Google, Scientists, Botanical Institute of Barcelona, CNN Space, Science Locations: Central Asia, Ganjia, Siberia, Tibetan, China, what’s, Indonesia, India, Bangladesh, Delta, Guiana, Talavera, Spain, —, Massachusetts

☆ Beckham, Guardiola and the Princess of Wales: Welcome to Wimbledon’s Royal Box
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-06 | by ( Nick Miller | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +13 min

On the upside, you get the best view in the house for the most famous tennis tournament in the world. The Royal Box at Wimbledon is an unending source of fascination for people ostensibly tuning in to watch some top-class sport. Guardiola and Williamson acknowledged the crowd, as is traditional in the Royal Box on middle Saturday. You get drinks on arrival, served on the balcony behind Centre Court, which overlooks some of the smaller courts. The invitation reads: ‘The Chairman and Committee of Management of The Championships request the pleasure of the company of [insert name] & Guest in the Royal Box on [insert date].

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☆ ‘I’m really proud of our team’: Lewis Hamilton praises England’s Euros resilience ahead of his final British GP with Mercedes
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Amanda Davies | Aleks Klosok | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Lewis Hamilton and the England men’s soccer team share a thing or two in common. “I’m really, really proud of our team just with all the difficulties that they’ve experienced, and they’ve faced just time and time again, just continuing to get up and the resilience. Fortunately, though, his home race has proved to be a very happy hunting ground with Hamilton winning a record eight times at the circuit. “I think when we were winning all the time, it was just, ‘Yeah, we’re winning.’ That’s where I think that was. What chance then of a win this season to cap off his 12th and final season at Mercedes?

Persons: CNN — Lewis Hamilton, Hamilton, Niki Lauda, he’d, Michael Schumacher’s, Gareth Southgate, “, Amanda Davies, Antony Dickson, I’m, they’ve, Jude Bellingham, Harry Kane, Phil Foden, John Sibley, “ We’ve, …, ”, don’t, you’re, peerless, George Russell, McLaren’s Lando Norris, Ollie Bearman who’ll, Haas, Bryn Lennon, we’re, We’re, I’ve, Mercedes, ” Hamilton, Clive Rose, Mercedes ’, Red Bull, Ferrari, – Hamilton, Russell, you’ve, everyone’s, ’ That’s, hasn’t Organizations: CNN, England, IWC, Prix, South China Morning, Lions, Real, Premier League, Southgate, Bellingham, Slovakia, Ferrari, US, Sao Paulo, Silver Arrows, Brit, Mercedes, Silverstone, Austrian, Constructors, Hamilton Locations: Melbourne, England, Germany, IWC Schaffhausen, British, Macau, South, European, Slovakia, Hamilton, Austin, Silverstone, Sao, Montreal, Spain, Austrian, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi

☆ Indian wedding industry: Elephants, Michelin stars and Mughal jewels make it a $130 billion business
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Diksha Madhok | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Sujit Jaiswal/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Indian wedding industry has boomed since the country emerged from the pandemic. “And this is irrespective of the economic classes.”At about $15,000, the average Indian wedding costs more than three times the average annual household income. Indian weddings are often spread across several days, with an average guest list of 326, compared with 115 in the United States, according to The Knot Worldwide. Rihanna, couture and emeraldsThe average luxury Indian wedding can cost anywhere between $200,000 and $400,000, according to Jefferies. No luxury Indian wedding is complete without lavish meals, which at times involves flying in Michelin star chefs and the finest of ingredients from across the world.

Persons: Anant Ambani, Mukesh Ambani, Radhika Merchant, Mukesh Ambani’s, Tim Chi, Nita, Anant, Sujit Jaiswal, it’s, Jefferies, ” Jefferies, Nasir Kachroo, ”, Sima Taparia, Aditya Motwane, Priyanka Chopra, Nick Jonas, “, you’ve, Ambani’s, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Rihanna, Motwane, —, Stringer, Knight Frank, Tina Tharwani, Nita Ambani, Olivier Polet, Tharwani, Virat, Vanessa Almeida, Almeida, videographers, Katy Perry, Andrea Bocelli, Rafiq Maqbool, Narendra Modi, ” Modi Organizations: New, New Delhi CNN, Silicon, CNN, Getty, Netflix, Motwane Entertainment, Shaadi, Michelin, Backstreet Boys Locations: New Delhi, Radhika Merchant . India, India, Mumbai, AFP, South Asia, Jammu, Kashmir, United States, Indian, Jamnagar, Monte Carlo, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, Florence, Indian Italian, Tuscany, Goa, Italian, Genoa

☆ Bonds Are Boring Again. But Political Turmoil Could Change That.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Jeff Sommer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Bonds have begun to recede into the background, where they belong. As steady earners, they don’t even try to compete with stocks, the prima donnas of the investing world. The first half of the year was mediocre for bonds, but that counted as a colossal improvement. All too frequently in the last three years, bonds demanded attention for the worst of reasons. But with mounting uncertainty about the country’s political future since the Trump-Biden debate, there are already signs that navigating the bond market will be tricky.

Persons: Bonds, you’ve, Biden Organizations: Trump

☆ Dr. Sanjay Gupta: It’s time for President Biden to undergo detailed cognitive and neurological testing and share his results
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Dr. Sanjay Gupta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Biden was examined by his physician after the debate to check on a cold, the White House said, but it was a “brief check” and not a physical. Biden and his aides have said it was a “bad night.” The White House press team said Biden had a cold but did not take any medications to treat symptoms. The White House has rejected requests from the press to release more medical records and question Biden’s physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor. PoolWe often hear that observing a candidate on the campaign trail is the best assessment of the individual’s physical and cognitive health. Back in 2020, Biden said he was “constantly tested” by the work of running for president.

Persons: Joe Biden, Lewy, Biden, Karine Jean, Pierre, it’s “, Donald Trump, Trump’s, he’d, Trump, Bruce Aronwald, ” Trump, Jay Olshansky, Jean, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, “, Nancy Pelosi, Kevin O’Connor, Biden’s, O’Connor, Sen, John McCain —, —, John McCain, you’ve, ”, Amanda Sealy Organizations: CNN, United States, White, Trump, School of Public Health, University of Illinois, White House, Democratic, CNN Health Locations: Montreal, Chicago

☆ Iranians are voting in a presidential runoff. What will it mean for the world?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Nadeen Ebrahim | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Here’s what to expect on Friday’ second round of elections, and how the results could impact Iran and the world. During the first round, Pezeshkian led with 42.5% of the votes, followed by Jalili with 38.6%, according to the state news agency IRNA. In a move that shocked observers, the man who led Ghalibaf’s electoral campaign, Sami Nazari Tarkarani, also declared his support for reformist Pezeshkian, Khabar Online reported. People drive past a billboard with pictures of presidential candidates Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili on a street in Tehran, Iran, on Monday. Presidential candidates Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili attend an election debate at a television studio in Tehran, Iran on Tuesday.

Persons: CNN — Iran’s, Ebrahim Raisi, Masoud Pezeshkian, Saeed Jalili, Raisi, Hossein Amir, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Pezeshkian, –, Khamenei, ”, hardliner Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Jalili, ” Parsi, Sardar Mohsen Rashid, Rashid, Sami Nazari Tarkarani, Ghalibaf, Sanam Vakil, “, ” Sina Toossi, ” Pezeshkian, Toossi, Majid Asgaripour, Iran’s, ” Jalili, Israel sharpens, Israel “, Israel Katz, ” Ali Vaez, Vaez, CNN’s Becky Anderson, Saeed Jalili , Morteza Fakhri, Parsi, ” Vakil Organizations: CNN, Foreign, Guardian Council, IRNA, Quincy Institute, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Pezeshkian, Khabar, North Africa, Chatham House, Center for International Policy, Trump, Islamic, International Atomic Energy Agency, UN, Israeli, Group, Reuters Locations: Islamic Republic, Iran, tatters, Israel, United States, Tehran, Washington, Iranian, East, London, Washington ,, Gaza, Lebanon

☆ They left the US for Ecuador for a better life. Then the country was plunged into a state of emergency
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

From the outside, Ecuador now looked far from an ideal place to escape the pressures of life in their former US hometown, Albuquerque. But despite ongoing political tensions, the couple say that they have no regrets about moving there and love their new lives. Harrison and Phillips say that, while they were getting trickles of information, they were not aware of the seriousness of the situation until much later. After some soul searching, Harrison and Phillips decided that Ecuador would be the best place to spend their retirement. Ecuador calling“I think we’ve adapted to life in Ecuador pretty, pretty readily,” says Dan.

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☆ ‘Bridgerton’ sparks discussion about ‘mixed weight’ couples on screen – and not everyone is happy about it
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The fictional romance between Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) and Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) on Netflix’s “Bridgerton” continues to be the talk of TV, but not all of the discussion has pleased viewers. As celebrated as the pair is, Tovar’s article acknowledges the problematic discussion the characters’ romantic relationship has spurred. “For some, this romance is unsettling because it forces them to consider that humans are simply not governed by tidy, predictable rules,” Tovar writes. “There’s one scene where I’m very naked on camera, and that was my idea, my choice,” Coughlan added at the time. It just felt like the biggest ‘f—k you’ to all the conversation surrounding my body; it was amazingly empowering.”

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☆ You may now own a piece of Trump Media – and not even know it
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-02 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —If you’ve got money in the market, you might own a little piece of Trump Media — without even knowing it. Trump Media (DJT), the owner of conservative social media platform Truth Social, announced its addition to the Russell family on Monday. As a result, countless retail investors will now own a piece of Trump Media. These include the $14 billion iShares Russell 3000 ETF (IWV) and the $2.5 billion Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF (VTHR). LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, a vocal critic of former President Donald Trump, believes Trump Media is really worth just $40 million.

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