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☆ Woman accuses Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and bodyguard of drugging and assaulting her in 2001 and filming it
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Eric Levenson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A woman accused music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs and his bodyguard of drugging and assaulting her in 2001 and filming the attack, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in a federal court in New York. Thalia Graves alleged that she met Combs when she was 25 through her boyfriend, who worked at Combs’ record label Bad Boy. CNN has reached out to representatives of Combs and Sherman for comment. In addition, Diddy has been accused in 10 civil lawsuits alleging a range of sexual misconduct and other illegal activity. The suit accuses Combs, Sherman and businesses associated with Combs of violating New York’s Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act, and it accuses Combs and Sherman of violating state civil rights law and city administrative code.

Persons: CNN —, Sean “ Diddy ” Combs, drugging, Thalia Graves, Combs, Joseph Sherman, “, Sherman, Graves, Gloria Allred, Diddy, hysterically, Sam Bankman, Juan Orlando Hernandez, don’t Organizations: CNN, Metropolitan Detention Locations: New York, Manhattan, Sherman, Brooklyn, Honduras

☆ Women accuse former Harrods boss Al Fayed of sexual abuse: ‘I was just terrified’
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Daniele Hamamdjian | Bill O'Reilly | Daniele Hamamdjian Is An Nbc Foreign Correspondent Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +11 min

The first red flag Stone recalls while working for Al Fayed was him giving her a tight hug. NBC News“I was a bit like, Ooh, you know, that’s weird, but maybe that’s his culture, I don’t know,” Stone said. A fictionalized version of their relationship was depicted in the Netflix series last year, and included a warm and sympathetic portrayal of Al Fayed. “The allegations against Mohamed Al Fayed include serial rape, attempted rape, sexual battery, sexual abuse of minors. I was going through this sort of hell.”Stone struggled to explain the hold Al Fayed had on her and other female staffers.

Persons: Mohammed Al Fayed, “ Papa, Al Fayed, ”, Gloria Allred, “ Al Fayed, Natacha, Maria Mulla, Mohamed Al Fayed, Yui Mok, Sophia Stone, Al Fayed’s, Stone, ” Stone, “, London . Stone, he'd, Mohamed Al, Fayed, Paul Ellis, Princess Diana, Dodi, Allred, Eamon Coyle, “ Mohamed, Keaton Stone, ” Sophia Stone, you’ll Organizations: NBC News, Harrods, Netflix, NBC, London ., Bois, Boulogne, Getty, Britain’s, BBC, U.S Locations: American, London, Harrods, Al, Paris, Scotland

☆ Former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed a ‘monster,’ say lawyers representing his alleged victims
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Caitlin Danaher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The legal team representing the alleged victims of the former owner of Harrods, Mohamed Al Fayed, say the late billionaire was a “monster” whose crimes were “enabled” by the high-end department store. Armstrong said Al-Fayad was a “monster” who committed a “vast web of abuse.”Setting out the legal claim being brought against Harrods, Armstrong said Al-Fayad was “enabled by a system” that pervaded the store. “This is and was a systematic failure of corporate responsibility, and that systematic failure is on the shoulders of Harrods,” Armstrong said. The legal team involved in the BBC investigation claimed Harrods knew of Al Fayed’s alleged crimes. Al Fayed’s son, Dodi Fayed, died in 1997 along with Princess Diana in a high-speed car crash in Paris.

Persons: Mohamed Al Fayed, Al, Fayed, Dean Armstrong, Armstrong, Fayad, ”, ” Armstrong, Al Fayed’s, Jeffrey Epstein, Jimmy Savile, Bruce Drummond, Shaun Curry, Gloria Allred, Harvey Weinstein, ” Allred, Dodi Fayed, Princess Diana, CNN’s Catherine Nicholls Organizations: CNN, Harrods, BBC, Getty, London’s Fulham Football Club Locations: ”, London, British, AFP, Britain, Paris

☆ Mohamed Al-Fayed, the late billionaire with links to the royal family, has been accused of sexually abusing multiple women
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewMohamed Al-Fayed, an Egyptian-born billionaire, owned Harrods, a luxury London department store, for 26 years. After decades of fame and controversy, Al-Fayed died last August aged 94. Now, after years of mounting evidence and speculation, multiple women have come forward to say Al-Fayed sexually assaulted them. I just wanted it to be over," one unnamed woman, who said Al-Fayed raped her at his apartment in London's upmarket Park Lane, told the broadcaster. Al-Fayed owned Harrods for 26 years and later owned Fulham Football Club and the Paris Ritz.

Persons: —, Mohamed Al, Fayed, Princess Diana's, Dodi Fayed, Al, Gloria Allred, Mohamed Al Fayed, Forbes, Diana, Prince William, Prince Harry, St . Tropez Organizations: Service, Business, Harrods, Sky News, BBC, Al, CNN, Fulham Football Club, Paris Locations: Egyptian, Harrods, London, Paris, Park, St .

Read previewNew details about Sean "Diddy" Combs' Miami mansion were uncovered as part of his bond hearing this week. The legal team also noted that Combs satisfied the $18.8 million mortgage on the Star Island home in August, anticipating criminal charges. AdvertisementOther homes on the island go for even more than the $48.5 million Combs' home was appraised at. Comparable sales listed in the appraisal report for Combs' Miami mansion. Besides the Star Island home, he owns a mansion in Los Angeles that he recently put on the market for $61.5 million.

Persons: —, Sean, Diddy, Combs, Marc Agnifilo, Agnifilo, David LEFRANC, Ken Griffin, Griffin, Alex Rodriguez, Gloria, Emilio Estefan, Forbes, Sean John, Andy Warhol, Jean, Michel Basquiat Organizations: Service, feds, Business, Miami, singer's, Research, Miami -, Star, Advanced Research, Bad Boy Records, Cîroc, Diageo, Combs Enterprise, Combs Locations: Miami, Miami - Dade, cabanas, Biscayne Bay, Miami Beach, Los Angeles

Harvey Weinstein was arraigned on an additional sex crimes charge in a New York City courtroom Wednesday, roughly two months ahead of a retrial in the disgraced Hollywood producer’s landmark #MeToo case. “Thanks to this survivor who bravely came forward, Harvey Weinstein now stands indicted for an additional alleged violent sexual assault,” Bragg said. “This investigation is ongoing.”In all, more than 80 women have accused Weinstein of sexual assault or harassment going back decades. (He was acquitted of two counts of predatory sexual assault and a count of first-degree rape.) (The jury acquitted him of a count of sexual battery by restraint and failed to reach a verdict on three other sexual assault counts.)

Persons: Harvey Weinstein, Weinstein, Attorney Alvin Bragg, ” Bragg, Jessica Mann, Mimi Haley, Gloria Allred, “, Mann, Harvey, ” Mann, retry Weinstein, Oscar, ”, Love Organizations: Hollywood, New, Attorney, Manhattan, Bellevue Hospital, Miramax, The New York Times, Yorker Locations: New York City, Manhattan, New York, New, York, Los Angeles, Angeles

☆ New York Democrats are desperate to avoid repeat of their 2022 midterm collapse
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Gregory Krieg | Gloria Pazmino | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

New York Democrats offered a wide array of excuses for their disastrous 2022 midterms, when Republicans flipped four seats outside New York City on their way to winning a narrow US House majority. Now, less than two months out from the 2024 general election, the state party, its campaign season allies, chastened candidates and Gov. D’Esposito is one of five New York GOP freshmen facing an onslaught from Democrats determined to claw back suburban voters. “New York is the reason Democrats lost the House in 2022,” said Pamela Shifman, president of the Democracy Alliance, a liberal group spending big in New York this year. “There’s more focus than there was the last couple cycles, both from the state party, but also obviously the national committees,” the strategist said.

Persons: Kathy Hochul, Donald Trump’s, Anthony D’Esposito’s, Laura Gillen, Joe Biden, Gillen, Marc Molinaro, Mike Lawler, Nick LaLota, Brandon Williams, Kamala Harris, ”, Pamela Shifman, Nancy Pelosi, Pelosi, “, Jay Jacobs, ” Hochul, Andrew Caballero, Reynolds, Ana María Archila, Archila, Trump, Hakeem Jeffries, Jeffries, Kirsten Gillibrand, Lizzy Weiss, Hochul, Andrew Cuomo, Tom Suozzi, Republican George Santos, Gabby Seay, Chip Somodevilla, “ Jeffries, “ He’s, Seay, Michael Bloomberg, Elizabeth Frantz, Lawler, Sean Patrick Maloney, Mondaire Jones, ” Lawler, Jones, Roe, Lee Zeldin, Riley Gaines Organizations: CNN, New York Democrats, Republicans, Gov, Democratic, Republican Rep, New York GOP, Trump, Democracy Alliance, Politico, Democratic National Convention, New, Getty, Families Party, Democratic Congressional, Committee, New York’s, Republican, ”, Capitol Visitor Center, GOP, PAC, New York Fund, Empire, New York, Congressional, Democrats, Rep, “, Working, Party, US, Wade, Convention Locations: New York City, Long, York, Hudson, Central New York, “ New York, New York, Chicago, AFP, Washington ,, strategizing, strategize, Gaza, Suozzi, Hudson Valley, State

☆ Pivotal witness in Harvey Weinstein’s New York trial says she will testify in upcoming retrial
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Jean Casarez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A critical witness in the original trial of disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has announced she will testify in his upcoming retrial on criminal charges. After Weinstein’s conviction was overturned earlier this year, Mimi Haley, a former production assistant on The Weinstein Company’s “Project Runway,” said she wasn’t sure if she wanted to go through it all again. Haley alleged that Weinstein had pinned her down and forced her into a sex act in 2006 at his Manhattan apartment. Last week, he was indicted in Manhattan in connection to new sexual assault allegations, according to prosecutors. If he is cleared to attend the hearing, Weinstein is expected to be arraigned on the new indictment.

Persons: Harvey Weinstein, Mimi Haley, Weinstein, ”, Gloria Allred, “, Haley, Jessica Mann, Mann, Arthur Aidala Organizations: CNN, Hollywood, New, Bellevue Hospital Locations: Manhattan, New York, Los Angeles

☆ Miss America, Miss World: NY woman challenges rules banning mothers from pageants
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York AP —A New York woman is challenging the longstanding rules of Miss America and Miss World that disqualify mothers from their beauty pageants. Joe Frederick/APSpokespersons for the Miss America and Miss World pageant organizations didn’t immediately respond to emails seeking comment Monday. A spokesperson for the human rights commission said the agency does not comment on open investigations. Allred noted that she previously had success challenging a similar rule for a California mother denied eligibility to compete in the Miss California pageant, which is part of the Miss Universe and Miss USA organizations. Didusenko, who has since created an organization advocating for an end to beauty pageant bans on mothers, said she lost her legal challenge in Ukraine but is seeking relief from the European Court of Human Rights.

Persons: Danielle Hazel, she’s, Zion, ”, Gloria Allred, Danielle‘s, Danielle, ” Allred, Veronika Didusenko, Joe Frederick, didn’t, Allred, Andrea Quiroga, “, Didusenko Organizations: York AP, Miss America, Miss, Women’s, city’s, Human Rights, Miss USA, California Civil Rights Department, Miss Ukraine, European, of Human Rights Locations: York, New, New York, California, Miss California, Ukraine

☆ Typhoon Bebinca lashes Shanghai in strongest storm to hit city since 1949
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

SHANGHAI — The normally bustling financial hub of Shanghai was brought to a standstill Monday as residents sheltered at home to wait out the worst of Typhoon Bebinca. The Category 1 storm, which made landfall in Shanghai on Monday morning, is the most powerful tropical cyclone to directly hit the city in more than seven decades. Packing top wind speeds of 94 miles per hour near its eye, Bebinca landed in the city of nearly 25 million around 7:30 a.m. (7:30 p.m. Sunday ET), state media reported, the strongest storm to strike Shanghai since Typhoon Gloria in 1949. Resorts in Shanghai, including Shanghai Disney Resort, Jinjiang Amusement Park and Shanghai Wild Animal Park, have been temporarily closed and many ferries halted. Shanghai is rarely subject to direct hits from strong typhoons that generally make landfall farther south in China.

Persons: Bebinca, Typhoon Gloria, Rain Organizations: SHANGHAI, Shanghai, Typhoon, Resorts, Shanghai Disney Resort, Animal Locations: Shanghai, China . Parks, Jiangsu, China, Hainan

☆ Typhoon Bebinca lands in Shanghai, strongest storm to hit city since 1949
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Pedestrians walk past a downed tree as they struggle with their umbrellas in strong winds and rain from the passage of Typhoon Bebinca in Shanghai on Sept. 16, 2024. The strongest storm to hit Shanghai in over 70 years made landfall on September 16, state media reported, with flights cancelled and highways closed as Typhoon Bebinca lashed the city with strong winds and torrential rains. Typhoon Bebinca made landfall in Shanghai on Monday morning as a Category 1 storm, the most powerful tropical cyclone to directly hit the Chinese financial hub in more than seven decades. Packing top wind speeds of 151 kph (94 mph) near its eye, Bebinca landed in the city of nearly 25 million around 7:30 a.m. (2330 GMT), state media reported, the strongest storm to strike Shanghai since Typhoon Gloria in 1949. Shanghai is rarely subject to direct hits from strong typhoons that generally make landfall further south in China.

Persons: Bebinca, Typhoon Gloria Organizations: Shanghai, Typhoon Locations: Shanghai, China, Hainan

☆ Georgia school shooter Colt Gray hid an AR-15 in his backpack and left class the morning of the deadly rampage
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Rebekah Riess | Holly Yan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

“Colt Gray brought the gun into the school on his own. The assault-style rife could not be broken down, but Gray hid it in his backpack,” the bureau said Thursday. Republican wants new gun safety measuresAt least 389 mass shootings have taken place so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which defines mass shootings as those in which four or more victims are shot. That’s an average of more than 1.5 mass shootings every day. In light of the Apalachee High School killings, Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns called for new gun safety and mental health measures in a letter to fellow Republicans.

Persons: Gray, “ Colt Gray, “ Gray, ” Gray, Colin Gray, ”, Colt Gray, Jon Burns, “, ” Burns, Burns, Gloria Butler, CNN’s Jamiel Lynch Organizations: CNN, Apalachee High School, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Republican, Apalachee, Georgia House Republican Caucus, Democratic, Georgia State Capitol Locations: Georgia, Winder , Georgia, Barrow County

☆ Pac-12 plans rebuild, adding four Mountain West schools
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Jill Martin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The conference announced Thursday that four schools from the Mountain West Conference – Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State and San Diego State – will be admitted to the Pac-12, effective from July 1, 2026. I am thankful to our board for their efforts to welcome Boise State University, Colorado State University, California State University, Fresno, and San Diego State University to the conference. An exciting new era for the Pac-12 Conference begins today.”Ahead of Thursday’s Pac-12 announcement, Mountain West commissioner Gloria Nevarez had released a statement about the then-pending news. The requirements of the scheduling agreement will apply to the Pac-12 should they admit Mountain West members. The Mountain West has a proud 25-year history and will continue to thrive in the years ahead.”When reached by CNN on Thursday following the Pac-12’s announcement, the Mountain West did not have an updated statement.

Persons: San Diego State –, ”, Teresa Gould, “, Gloria Nevarez, ” Nevarez Organizations: CNN, Mountain West Conference, Fresno State, San Diego, Oregon State, Washington, Football, NCAA Division, FBS, Stanford, Cal, Atlantic Coast Conference, ACC, USC, UCLA, Big Ten Conference ., Boise State University , Colorado State University , California State University, San Diego State University, West, Conference Locations: Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno, San Diego State, Washington State, Washington , Oregon, Big Ten Conference . Arizona, Arizona State , Colorado, Utah, West

The wife of a California inmate will receive $5.6 million after being sexually violated during a strip search when she tried to visit her husband in prison, her attorneys said Monday. Of the $5.6 million settlement, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation will pay $3.6 million and the rest will be paid by the other defendants, which include two correctional officers, a doctor, and the Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley hospital. Despite no contraband being found in any of her belongings or her body, Cardenas was denied her visit with her husband. California prisons have faced an ongoing problem of sexual abuse and misconduct, with the the U.S. Justice Department announcing it had opened an investigation into allegations that correctional officers systematically sexually abused incarcerated women at two state-run California prisons. Earlier this year the federal Bureau of Prisons announced it will close a women’s prison in Northern California known as the “rape club” after an Associated Press investigation exposed rampant sexual abuse by correctional officers.

Persons: Christina Cardenas, ” Cardenas, Cardenas, Christina, It’s, “, Gloria Allred, Allred Organizations: California Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, Adventist Health, U.S . Justice Department, of Prisons, Associated Press Locations: California, Tehachapi, Calif, Adventist Health Tehachapi, Cardenas, Northern California

☆ Cuomo expresses sympathy for Covid-19 victims, criticizes Trump’s pandemic response in contentious hearing
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Clare Foran | Gloria Pazmino | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The hearing focused in on nursing home deaths and a controversial March 2020 directive from the New York State Department of Health on hospital discharges and nursing home admissions. “You own this,” Republican Rep. Brad Wenstrup of Ohio, chairman of the subcommittee, told Cuomo at the outset of the hearing. The former governor has defended his handling of the pandemic, saying that the state followed federal guidelines. New York State Attorney General Letitia James issued a report in 2021 finding that the New York State Department of Health undercounted Covid-19 deaths among nursing home residents by approximately 50%. The New York health department undercounted the number of Covid-19 deaths in nursing homes by thousands during Cuomo’s time in office, an audit conducted by state officials found in 2022.

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☆ Samuel Alito and his wife were the honored guests of a German princess and enjoyed a spot of luxe castle living in 2023: report
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

According to The Times report, the princess hosted Alito and his wife Martha-Ann in July 2023 at her 500-room castle, St. Emmeram Palace, in southeastern Germany. Advertisement"He is pro-life in a time where the majority follows the culture of death," the princess said of Alito. In his 2023 disclosure, Thomas amended his disclosures from 2019 to reflect the luxury trips he received from Crow. AdvertisementStricter ethics rules were adopted in March 2023, requiring Supreme Court justices to disclose any gifts, trips, or meals they may have accepted. A representative for Alito didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider, sent outside business hours.

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☆ How to increase your attention span amid digital overload
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-11 | by ( Riane Lumer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

While a dwindling attention span is not due to a personal failing (despite individual variability) a majority of the time, experts say there are changes you can make to regain control over your mind. “Tech companies and ad marketing companies use this information to construct profiles about us, and then they design algorithms that are targeted to capture our attention,” Mark said. “We have a tank of attentional resources (that) gets drained when we keep switching our attention,” Mark said. Additionally, he suggested using an app that places time limits on social media or websites you find yourself addicted to using. “The way I feel at the moment is like somebody is pouring itching powder over us all day,” Hari said.

Persons: I’m, it’s, Gloria Mark, Mark, Graham Burnett, ”, Burnett, Henry Charles Lea, ” Mark, Shoshana Zuboff, “ I’m, Johann Hari, ” Hari, Hari, ’, There’s Organizations: CNN, University of California, Computing Systems, Institute, Strother School, Princeton University, “ Tech, Harvard Business School, Facebook, New York Times, Association of Computing Locations: Irvine, Brooklyn , New York, New Jersey, Boston, Silicon Valley

☆ Tennessee Primary Election Results
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

U.S. SenateGloria Johnson, the Knoxville state representative who skyrocketed to national fame after the Tennessee legislature nearly expelled her for participating in a gun control protest on the House floor, is favored to win the Democratic primary and challenge Senator Marsha Blackburn, a deeply conservative incumbent.

Persons: Senate Gloria Johnson, Marsha Blackburn Organizations: Senate, Democratic Locations: Knoxville, Tennessee

☆ Gloria Johnson, Tennessee Democrat Who Faced Expulsion, Wins U.S. Senate Primary
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Emily Cochrane | More About Emily Cochrane | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Tonight, I stand before you ready to work, ready to meet the voters, ready to mobilize voters, and ready to tell Tennesseans the stakes in this election,” Ms. Johnson told supporters gathered in Memphis, including Mr. Pearson. “I have never felt more ready to fight for Tennessee.”Ms. Blackburn swatted away a long-shot Republican primary challenge from a former Statehouse staff member, Tres Wittum. Ms. Blackburn, the first woman elected to represent Tennessee in the Senate, is widely favored to keep her seat. At the Republican National Convention last month, she confronted Kimberly A. Cheatle, the Secret Service director who has since resigned, over the security failures that led up to an assassination attempt against Mr. Trump. “I’m going to continue to work hard on the issues Tennesseans care about,” Ms. Blackburn said in a video posted on social media minutes after The Associated Press called the race.

Persons: ” Ms, Johnson, Pearson, “, Blackburn swatted, Wittum, Ms, Blackburn, Donald J, Trump, Kimberly A, “ I’m Organizations: Tennessee, Statehouse, Republican, Convention, Secret Service, Mr, Associated Press Locations: Memphis, Tennessee

☆ I spent 3 nights in Asia's least visited country. It also turned out to be the most expensive.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Marielle Descalsota | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementIt's one of the world's least-visited countries, making airfare and hotel rates more expensive than many countries in Asia. Only two airlines — the Indonesian low-cost carrier Citilink and the local airline Aero Dili — fly between Bali and Dili. Marielle DescalsotaCost of hotel stay for three nights: $500Timor-Leste only has a handful of three-star hotels and no luxury accommodations. I booked an entry-level room for three nights at Timor Plaza Hotel & Apartments for around $500, including tax. For activities, I spent $30 on a massage at a traditional Chinese spa and $50 on a half-day scuba diving trip at the coast.

Persons: —, I've, It's, what's, Cristo Rei, Hilton, Burger King, Gloria Jean's, nasi goreng Organizations: Service, Business, Leste, Indonesia, United Nations, Development, Aero Dili, Timor Plaza, Apartments Locations: Europe, Asia, Maldives, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Timor, —, South, Connecticut, Development Asia, Indonesia, Australia, Bali, Dili, Darwin, stopovers, Singapore, Tokyo, guesthouses, Timor Leste

☆ Test Your Focus: Can You Spend 10 Minutes With One Painting?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Francesca Paris | Larry Buchanan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

The PaintingAs you may recall, the painting you just spent time with is “Nocturne in Blue and Silver,” by the American artist James McNeill Whistler. As you look further down the painting, things start to get confusing. As you look further down the painting, things start to get confusing. She believes Whistler may have started the painting one way and then simply changed his mind, flipped the panel upside down and started over. (She recommended this Whistler painting for our exercise.)

Persons: James McNeill Whistler, Lauren O'Neil, Whistler, Kate Smith, Smith, ”, Gloria Mark, you’re, Roberts, “, Roberts’s, Mark Organizations: New York Times, Harvard Art, The New York Times, Harvard Art Museums, University of California, Harvard Locations: American, London, brushy, Irvine

☆ Alec Baldwin, who still faces civil lawsuits over the Halyna Hutchins case, says he may sue prosecutor and sheriff over criminal trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewThe involuntary manslaughter charges against Alec Baldwin over the 2021 death of "Rust" cinematographer Halyna Hutchins has been dismissed, but the actor isn't able to put all the legal proceedings behind him just yet. While a New Mexico judge dismissed the case after determining that the state withheld key evidence from Baldwin's defense, the actor still faces civil lawsuits from Hutchins' family. Baldwin's lawyers have sent letters to New Mexico prosecutor Kari Morrissey and Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza asking them to preserve documents for future litigation, according to Reuters. Related storiesArmorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who was responsible for the film's prop weapons, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in March and was later sentenced to 18 months in prison. On Tuesday, Gutierrez-Reed filed a motion to dismiss her conviction after the involuntary manslaughter charges against Baldwin were dropped.

Persons: —, Alec Baldwin, Rust, Halyna Hutchins, isn't, Hutchins, Gloria Allred, Allred, Baldwin, Kari Morrissey, Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza, Joel Souza, Hannah Gutierrez, Reed, Gutierrez, wasn't, Ramsay de, Morrissey, Mary Marlowe Sommer Organizations: Service, Business, Saturday, Santa Fe County Sheriff, Reuters, FBI, New York Times Locations: New Mexico, Santa Fe County

☆ Steve Bannon filmed Jeffrey Epstein for 15 hours. His 'documentary' has never surfaced.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

Read previewBefore his 2019 death in jail, Jeffrey Epstein spent hours being interviewed on camera by Steve Bannon. AdvertisementAlexandra Preate, a spokesperson for Bannon, told BI in December 2021 that the documentary about Epstein would be screened "probably around Labor Day." In the 2000s, Trump and Jeffrey Epstein fought over Trump's purchase of a Palm Beach mansion that Epstein coveted. Mark Epstein said Jeffrey Epstein told him he wasn't subpoenaed for any depositions at that time. "You were the only person I was afraid of during the campaign," Bannon told Epstein, according to Wolff's book.

Persons: —, Jeffrey Epstein, Steve Bannon, Bannon, Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein —, Donald Trump's, He's, Kevin McCarthy, Alexandra Preate, Preate, Trump Bannon, Mark Epstein, Jeffrey Epstein's, Donald Trump, Melania Knauss, Jeffrey, Trump, Bannon's, Steve Bannon's, Jacob Shamsian, wasn't, would've, Brett Kavanaugh, Kavanaugh, he's, Mike Lindell, I've, It's, Guo Wengui, Guo —, Ho Wan Kwok, Miles Guo —, Guo, Leon Black, Black, Epstein's, David Bossie, Bobbi Sternheim, Gloria Allred, Arick Fudali, didn't, David Schoen, Brad Edwards, Emma, Jo Morris, Hunter, Morris, Michael Wolff, Wolff, Julie K, Brown, Alexander Acosta, Acosta, Ehud Barak, Reid Weingarten, Rachel Maddow, Gayle King, King, Patrick Semansky, he'd, Diana, Jean Carroll, Bergdorf Goodman, Carroll Organizations: Service, New York, Business, Global, Victory Films, Trump, Capitol, Labor, Daily, Miami Herald, Davidoff, BI, Voting Systems, Apollo Global Management, White, Citizens United, Office, Southern, of, New, Trump White Locations: Manhattan, Paris, Palm Beach , Florida, Mexico, Danbury , Connecticut, Palm Beach, New York, jshamsian@businessinsider.com, JacobShamsian, York, Miami, Florida, Trump

☆ I've traveled to 20 countries in 2 years. I found the most stunning coast in one of the least-visited countries.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Marielle Descalsota | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Last month, I traveled to Timor-Leste, a country located in the South Pacific. It's also the 14th least-visited country in the world and the least-visited in Asia, according to a January report from CEOWorld magazine. Some 81,000 tourists visited Timor-Leste in 2023 — putting it just ahead of Chad and Sierra Leone, per the report. Marielle DescalsotaOnly a handful of airlines fly to Dili, the capital, where the only international airport in Timor-Leste is located. As I grew up in Singapore and can speak some Indonesian, when locals didn't speak English, that was my fallback language.

Persons: —, I've, France —, It's, Fernando, Hilton, nasi goreng —, 9Milhas, Gloria, Jesus Christ —, Marielle Organizations: Service, Leste, South Pacific, Business, National Statistics Directorate Timor, YouTube, Google, Timor Plaza, Apartments, East Timor Centavo, US Department of State, Burger, Coffee, Cristo Locations: Maldives, France, Timor, South, Bahamas, Asia, Chad, Sierra Leone, Dili, Bali, Indonesia, Darwin, Australia, Dili's, sightsee, East Timor, Indonesian, Singapore, Marielle, Cristo Rei, It's, Angola

☆ The death of a retired Marine major general is under investigation after his body was found at the training base he once commanded
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Drew F. Lawrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewLaw enforcement is investigating the death of a retired major general whose body was found Saturday at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms , California, officials confirmed to Military.com. AdvertisementUS Marine Corps Maj. Gen. William F. Mullen III speaks with staff members during a visit at Camp Johnson. US Marine Corps photo released/by Sgt James A. GuilloryWhen asked, NCIS did not disclose the manner of Mullen's death. US Marine Corps Maj. Gen. William F. Mullen III delivers a speech during a ground breaking ceremony held at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center. Twentynine Palms is the largest Marine Corps base in the world, according to the installation's website.

Persons: —, Military.com, William Mullen, Darwin Lam, William F, Mullen, Sgt James A, Lam, Gloria Huerta, Lance Cpl, Rachel K, Porter, Maj, Mullen's, Thomas Savage Organizations: Service, Marine Corps, Business, Naval, Navy, USMC, Camp Johnson, US Marine Corps, San, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, Twentynine Palms, Marine, Training, Education Command, Combat, Force Training Command, Los Angeles Times Locations: Palms , California, Iraq, San Bernardino County, Camp, United States, Military.com

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