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Almost one year after the authorities raided The Marion County Record, a Kansas weekly newspaper, a former reporter has reached a $235,000 settlement as part of a lawsuit she filed over the search, which set off a national discussion about press freedoms. The settlement, dated June 25, brought an end to a lawsuit filed by the former reporter, Deb Gruver, against Gideon Cody, who resigned as the Marion city police chief in October in the face of mounting pressure. Ms. Gruver’s lawsuit claimed that Mr. Cody had caused injury to her hand while forcibly obtaining her personal cellphone during the raid. Body-camera footage corroborated Ms. Gruver’s account, according to Eric Meyer, the newspaper’s publisher. Mr. Meyer said on Saturday that body-camera audio recorded Mr. Cody “saying that it just made his day.”
Persons: Deb Gruver, Gideon Cody, Gruver’s, Cody, Eric Meyer, Meyer, Cody “, Organizations: Marion County Locations: Marion, Kansas
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz smiles during a question time on July 3, 2024 at the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) in Berlin. "It is about a strong defense, a strong [German army] that offers protection from the aggressive tyrants of our time. An economic growth initiative has been planned alongside the budget, Scholz said. But the budget must then be discussed by the German parliament after its summer break, before being finalized later in the year. Negotiations have been ongoing for weeks after spending plans shared by individual ministries exceeded constraints by billions.
Persons: Olaf Scholz, Scholz, Christian Lindner, Lindner Organizations: Bundestag, CNBC, NATO, German, Reuters Locations: Berlin
Mr. McClish, 34, of Boulder Creek, Calif., would not be seen or heard from for nine nights and 10 days. Mr. McClish, a hiker who does landscaping in forests that have been razed by wildfires, appeared to have been swallowed by the woods. “I was just so astounded by being lost,” he said in a telephone interview. The area where Mr. McClish was lost had been hard-hit by the C.Z.U. Lightning Complex fire in 2020 and “looks completely different from all of the other terrain,” he said.
Persons: Lukas McClish, McClish, Organizations: Basin Redwoods Locations: Boulder Creek, Calif
Taylor Wily, who played a shrimp truck vendor and police informant on the television reboot of “Hawaii Five-0,” and who in his earlier years was an acclaimed professional sumo wrestler, died on Thursday. Paul Almond, a legal representative for Mr. Wily, confirmed his death. Mr. Wily starred as Kamekona in more than 170 episodes of “Hawaii Five-0,” a reimagining of the 1970s crime drama that followed the escapades of state police officers on the island. His character became a fan favorite, gradually morphing into the show’s resident entrepreneur, running a shaved ice business and a helicopter tour company alongside his shrimp venture. “‘Hawaii Five-0’ could become ‘Kamekona Five-0,’” Masi Oka, who played Dr. Max Bergman on the series, said in a 2012 interview with CBS.
Persons: Taylor Wily, Paul Almond, Wily, ’ ” Masi Oka, Max Bergman Organizations: , “ ‘, CBS Locations:
Amazon's ditching the plastic air pillows in its boxes
  + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Katie Bartlett | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +1 min
Amazon said Thursday it has removed 95% of the plastic air pillows from its packaging in North America and will replace them with paper fillers made from 100% recycled content. It marks Amazon's largest plastic-packaging reduction effort and will help it remove nearly 15 billion plastic pillows annually. The e-commerce company began transitioning away from plastic filler in October 2023 when it announced its first U.S. automated fulfillment center to eliminate plastic-delivery packaging. Amazon collaborated with suppliers to instead source paper fillers that are also curbside recyclable. This is not the first step that Amazon has taken to reduce its packaging waste.
Persons: Pat Lindner Organizations: Amazon Locations: North America
“I was pretty disappointed by my performance, and I knew I had to work harder,” he said in a recorded interview that aired during the show. After his win, Bruhat was joined onstage by his parents and two siblings, who expressed pride and elation at his achievement. In a recorded interview aired during the show, Bruhat — who is tall for his age — said that he also enjoys basketball. His favorite player is LeBron James, according to his bio on the Scripps National Spelling Bee website. His parents said that Bruhat memorized about 80 percent of the sacred Hindu texts, the Bhagavad Gita.
Persons: Bruhat, , Bruhat’s, elation, , LeBron James, Emily Schmall, Maggie Astor, Emmett Lindner Organizations: Scripps, 163rd, Spelling
The Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday came down to its second-ever spell-off, a fast-and-furious tiebreaking round that rewards speed as much as accuracy. When the results were tallied, Bruhat — a 12-year-old from Tampa, Fla. — came out on top with a superhuman total of 29 correct words, seven more words than the previous spell-off winner in 2022. If you weren’t able to watch the finals on Thursday night, here are three takeaways. The difficulty of the finals was immediately apparent: The first speller onstage, Rishabh Saha, misspelled “desmotrope,” a chemistry term. As an eighth-grader, Rishabh will not be eligible to compete in the 2025 Scripps Bee.
Persons: Soma, Faizan Zaki, Bruhat, Rishabh Saha, , Rishabh Organizations: Scripps, Spelling, Scripps Bee Locations: Tampa, Fla,
Tarini Nandakumar of Austin, Texas, competing Tuesday in a preliminary round of this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee. The Scripps National Spelling Bee brings together more than 200 of the top elementary school spellers in the United States in a rigorous, three-day competition. Credit... Evelyn Hockstein/ReutersIn a recent regional spelling bee where he secured a place at Scripps, he was asked to spell brume. Bee week is quite the bash. Tarini, who also studies classical Indian dance and singing, advised Scripps newcomers not to stress.
Persons: Tarini, Logan Edwards, Logan, Pranav Nandakumar, Vanathi Senthurkani, ” Logan, Evelyn Hockstein, brume, , , Sasha Kenlon, Scripps Organizations: Scripps, Spelling, Merriam, Webster, Texas, M University, ., Reuters, Washington, 173rd, 192nd Locations: Austin , Texas, United States, Rock , Texas, Greer, S.C, South Carolina, North Africa, Park City , Utah
In photo at right, Rob Breakiron with his daughter, Isabelle, at a performance of Taylor Swift's Eras tour. He often wears Swift's merchandise or friendship bracelets from her ongoing Eras tour on team calls. He's seen updates on Swift's music and personal life as something employees from across generations jump in to discuss on a team messaging forum. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted photos of his face bejeweled and wrists covered in friendship bracelets, which have become a hallmark accessory of Swift's tour. Despite that, she said, Swift's music has been a "universal language" that's helped her connect with everyone from the fathers of fans to women who see themselves in the singer.
Persons: Megh McLaughlin, Rob Breakiron, Isabelle, Taylor, Isabelle Breakiron, Taylor Swift, Swift, he's, Angela Hall, Andrew Boyagi, Boyagi, He's, Johan Cruyff, Jeff Bezos, Ray Dalio, Mark Zuckerberg, Susan St, Ledger, that's, McLaughlin, Amani Albertsen, Wise, Albertsen, Sharif Karmally, Karmally, Beyoncé, Raeah Smith, Smith, hasn't, Matt Lindner, Lindner, Organizations: KPMG, Angela Hall of Michigan State University's School of Human Resources, Labor Relations, Society for Human Resource Management, Getty, Amazon, Disney, Michigan State's Hall, CNBC, Poets Department, Data Department Locations: Virginia, Australia, Cincinnati , Ohio, Amsterdam, Netherlands, St, HashiCorp, Florida, U.S, Atlanta, Texas, Minneapolis, Chicago
Night skies in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere are expected to bloom again on Saturday night with the vivid colors of the northern lights, or aurora borealis, as a powerful geomagnetic storm caused by a hyperactive sun persists through the weekend. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which monitors space weather, said in an update on Saturday that it continued to observe solar activity that could lead to periods of “severe-extreme” geomagnetic storms. Major power utilities had largely prepared their electrical grids for the solar storm, and their customers were unaffected. For most people, the solar storm was a gift: It caused ribbons of pink, purple and green light across night skies of much of the United States, Canada and Europe. Where evening skies are clear on Saturday, the lights can be expected again.
Organizations: Northern, Atmospheric Administration Locations: United States, Canada, Europe
Sam Rubin, a journalist for the television station KTLA 5 in Los Angeles whose morning interviews with celebrities became requisite viewing for much of the entertainment industry and who endeared himself to Hollywood insiders with his geniality and knowledge of their work, died on Friday. Mr. Rubin’s death was announced by a KTLA anchor, Frank Buckley. A tribute segment that aired on the station said the cause was a heart attack. In an industry known for its changing names and evolving trends, Mr. Rubin was for decades a mainstay for viewers across the city and an interview with him was considered a rite of passage for many stars. His ability to make celebrities feel comfortable as he asked them about their craft spanned generations.
Persons: Sam Rubin, Rubin’s, Frank Buckley, Rubin Organizations: KTLA, Hollywood Locations: Los Angeles
Severe thunderstorms and high winds in the Great Plains region on Saturday night injured residents, damaged homes and left more than 50,000 electricity customers in Oklahoma and Texas without power, the local authorities said, as more than two dozen tornadoes were reported overnight. More than 13 million people from Texas to Illinois were under tornado watches as of 2 a.m. local time, meaning that tornadoes could occur over the next few hours. The severe weather followed a day in which tornadoes tore through parts of Nebraska and Iowa and leveled dozens of homes on Friday. Thunderstorms were expected to move east into the Mississippi Valley on Sunday, and heavy rains were forecast in Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana, the National Weather Service said.
Organizations: National Weather Service Locations: Oklahoma, Texas, Illinois, Nebraska, Iowa, Mississippi, Texas , Arkansas, Louisiana
Christian Lindner (FDP), Federal Minister of Finance, is on his way to a bilateral meeting with US Treasury Secretary Yellen at the headquarters of the World Bank. Bernd von Jutrczenka | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesGerman carmakers do not have to fear competition from China and are still considered the best in the world, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner told CNBC. "German car manufacturers are world leading, they do not have to fear Chinese competition," Lindner said. Competition in the electric vehicle, or EV, market in China and Europe, as well as the U.S., has been heating up in recent months. This came ahead of Scholz's visit to China earlier this month, during which he warned against unfair competitive and trade practices.
Persons: Christian Lindner, Yellen, Bernd von Jutrczenka, CNBC's Karen Tso, Lindner, China's BYD, Tesla, Janet Yellen, Ursula von der, Wang Wentao, Olaf Scholz Organizations: Federal, of Finance, US, World Bank, Getty, German, CNBC, Washington , D.C, European Union . U.S, Treasury, European Commission, European Union, Commerce, EV, Reuters Locations: China, Washington ,, Europe, U.S, EVs, EU
Watch CNBC's full interview with the German finance minister
  + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: 1 min
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWatch CNBC's full interview with the German finance ministerChristian Lindner, the finance minister of Germany, speaks to CNBC's Karen Tso at the IMF Spring Meetings in Washington, D.C.
Persons: Christian Lindner, Karen Tso Locations: Germany, Washington ,
Multiple people were reported injured on Friday after a person driving a semitrailer truck crashed into a Department of Public Safety office in Brenham, Texas, in what officials said may have been an intentional act. It was unclear exactly how many people were injured, and details about the injuries were unknown. The Texas Department of Public Safety said on social media that there were “reports of multiple serious injuries.”A suspect was taken into custody, according to the Department of Public Safety, and Texas Rangers were investigating the crash. Judge Mark Keough of Montgomery County said in a social media post that the driver had been denied a commercial driver’s license on Thursday. Dade Phelan, the Texas House speaker, also said in a post on social media that the driver “intentionally caused injury to innocent Texans.” Mr. Phelan also said the truck was stolen.
Persons: , Mark Keough, , ” Judge Keough, KHOU, Otto Hanak, Dade Phelan, ” Mr, Phelan Organizations: of Public Safety, The Texas Department of Public Safety, Department of Public Safety, Texas Rangers, CBS, Texas House, Texans Locations: Brenham , Texas, Montgomery County, Washington County, Texas
Some Walmart customers may be entitled to claim up to $500 as part of a $45 million settlement that the retail giant is paying to resolve a class-action lawsuit, according to a settlement administrator’s website. The lawsuit, filed on Oct. 19, 2022, claimed that Walmart overcharged shoppers for in-store purchases of certain weighted grocery items, including poultry and pork, and for bagged citrus. The lawsuit alleges that Walmart falsely inflated product weight, mislabeled products and overcharged for clearance products sold by weight. The retail giant has denied the allegations, but it agreed to the settlement. “We believe a settlement is in the best interest of both parties,” a Walmart spokeswoman said in a statement.
Organizations: Walmart
Lizzo, the Grammy Award-winning singer and fashion entrepreneur, on Friday declared “I QUIT” on Instagram after citing online criticism she’s faced. “I’m getting tired of putting up with being dragged by everyone in my life and on the internet,” she wrote. But I’m starting to feel like the world doesn’t want me in it.”The post went on to say how she has faced ridicule, and ended with her declaration about quitting. “I’m constantly up against lies being told about me for clout & views,” she added. Messages of support flooded the comments section of her Instagram post, including from the hip-hop pioneer Queen Latifah, the comic Eric André and the fashion illustrator and designer Hayden Williams.
Persons: , she’s, “ I’m, , Lizzo, Queen Latifah, Eric André, Hayden Williams
Peter G. Angelos, the longtime owner of the Baltimore Orioles who built a fortune as a class-action lawyer, died on Saturday. His death was confirmed in a statement from his family that was posted on the team’s social media account, which said that Mr. Angelos had “passed away quietly.” No cause was given, though the statement acknowledged that he had been ill for several years. Mr. Angelos’s death came as his family awaited approval by Major League Baseball owners to sell the team — valued, along with its assets, at $1.725 billion, according to The Baltimore Sun — to David Rubenstein, the president of Inner Harbor Sports. The sale was approved on March 20 by the Maryland Stadium Authority board, which was required under the terms of the team’s lease for ownership to be transferred.
Persons: Peter G, Angelos, Mr, , Angelos’s, Baltimore Sun —, David Rubenstein Organizations: Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball, Baltimore Sun, Inner Harbor Sports, Maryland Stadium Authority
The runner Jasmin Paris became on Friday the first woman to complete the Barkley Marathons, an extreme footrace that requires participants in rural Tennessee to navigate 100 miles of rugged terrain in no more than 60 hours. Paris, 40, of Midlothian, Scotland, finished the race with one minute and 39 seconds to spare, making her one of only 20 people to complete the Barkley since it was extended to 100 miles in 1989. She was one of five to finish this year, out of 40 entrants. At the end of the run, Paris sank to the ground in front of a yellow gate that marks the start and finish of the event, which consists of five roughly 20-mile laps. “The final minutes were so intense, after all that effort it came down to a sprint uphill, with every fiber of my body screaming at me to stop,” Paris said in an email.
Persons: Jasmin Paris, Barkley, , ” Paris Locations: Tennessee, Paris, Midlothian, Scotland
Larry H. Parker, an accident and personal injury lawyer whose television commercials promised he’d “fight for you” and became staples in living rooms across Los Angeles, died on March 6 in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. His death was confirmed by his son, Justin Parker, who did not cite the cause. Over the years, Angelenos became familiar with Mr. Parker’s personal brand of braggadocio and promise, as his face could be seen on billboards across the city and on television ads. “People sometimes ask me why I seem so angry in my television commercials,” Mr. Parker said in another ad. I’m angry when big insurance companies take advantage of little people.”
Persons: Larry H, Parker, he’d “, Justin Parker, Angelenos, Mr, I’m, Locations: Los Angeles, San Juan Capistrano, Calif
CNN —There is still much researchers don’t know about popular weight loss medications — and those lack of studies could have consequences for eating disorders, according to experts. As the medication become more available, experts said they worry about the impact of these weight loss products on eating disorders. “The eating disorder field is hard because we’re just ignored.”Can these drugs treat binge eating disorder? Binge eating disorder is the most common eating disorder. “A lot of eating disorders do begin with restricted food intake and weight loss,” she said.
Persons: , Aaron Keshen, Jennifer Gaudiani, Susan McElroy, Linda, Harry Fath, McElroy, , ” McElroy, ” Keshen, it’s, Keshen, Gaudiani, ” Gaudiani, “ it’s, , haven’t Organizations: CNN, Nova, Disorder, National Association, Disorders, Gaudiani Clinic, Lindner, of HOPE, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, International Locations: Nova Scotia, Dalhousie University’s, Halifax , Nova Scotia, United States, Denver, Minnesota
There are nights when Michael Shields lies awake next to his wife and thinks about Ping-Pong balls. He muses on their arcs and speeds, the ways they bounce off a wooden plank or roll down a Hot Wheels track. In the mornings he often turns his visions into reality, and millions tune in to watch. If, as in Mr. Shields’s case, the trick shots garner enough views on social media, talent agents begin to call, and money and corporate partnerships help to keep new content coming. His brother-in-law, Trent Golz, tosses an orange Ping-Pong ball and Mr. Shields releases the hanger, which slides toward the ground while the ball ricochets among five meticulously placed tiles.
Persons: Michael Shields, Shields, Trent Golz
Munich, GERMANY — Should we borrow from global markets as one combined entity and raise new debt together? That's the question hanging on the shoulders of EU officials as they promise to spend more on defense amid Russia's onslaught in Ukraine. However, in 2020, the 27 members of the European Union decided that the best way to deal with the financial and extraordinary impact of the Covid-19 pandemic was to jointly raise debt. Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said in an interview with Bloomberg that joint bonds would be a good way to boost the bloc's defense capacities. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte was also very clear he would not support joint debt at the EU level.
Persons: Emmanuel Macron, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Olaf Scholz, GERMANY —, Alexander de Croo, Kaja Kallas, Christian Lindner, Lindner, Mark Rutte Organizations: European Union, CNBC, Munich Security Conference, Estonian, Bloomberg, Munich Security, Dutch, EU, MSC Locations: Paris, France, Munich, GERMANY, Ukraine, Belgium, Brussels, Russia
"The data confirm that German industry is still in recession," Holger Schmieding, chief economist at Berenberg Bank, told CNBC. Exports – which are a major cornerstone of the German economy – fell by 4.6% in December and 1.4%, or 1.562 trillion euros ($1.68 trillion), across the year. Meanwhile, factory orders data seemed promising at first glance as it reflected an 8.9% increase in December compared to November. "Orders excluding large-scale orders actually fell to a post-pandemic low," she added. For 2023 overall in comparison to the previous year, factory orders were down 5.9%.
Persons: Olaf Scholz, Robert Habeck, Christian Lindner, Holger Schmieding, , Franziska Palmas, Schmieding Organizations: Greens, Federal, Economic Affairs, of Finance, Berenberg Bank, CNBC, Industrial, Capital Economics Locations: Germany, Europe
Can Germany’s sputtering economy be revived in 2024?
  + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +11 min
Europe’s biggest economy shrank last year for the first time since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. And the outlook isn’t much brighter: the International Monetary Fund predicts that Germany will be the slowest-growing major economy in 2024, eking out an increase of just 0.5%. “Germany needs a fundamental economic transformation,” Marcel Fratzcher, president of the German Institute for Economic Research in Berlin, told CNN. Carsten Koall/Getty ImagesHomegrown troublesAlongside an external environment that has become more hostile to Germany’s outward-facing economy, the country’s internal political climate has worsened. Businesses such as these, which can find new markets and applications for their know-how, may hold the key to reviving Germany’s moribund economy.
Persons: What’s, ” Marcel Fratzcher, , Carsten Brzeski, Jens Schlueter, Constanze Stelzenmuller, Christian Lindner, Olaf Scholz, Robert Habeck, Carsten Koall, Michael Probst, Karl Haeusgen, ” Sebastian Shukla, Chris Stern Organizations: London CNN — Trains, Lufthansa, International Monetary Fund, European Union, European Commission, German Institute for Economic Research, CNN, ING, Brookings Institution, Volkswagen, Biden, Free Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party and, Green Party, Deutsche, LinkedIn, Investors, SAP, chipmaker Infineon, Intel, MAN Energy Solutions, Germany’s Machinery, Equipment Manufacturers Association Locations: Europe’s, Germany, Ukraine, Berlin, Europe, China, Zwickau, United States, Russia, , Japan, masse, Frankfurt, , Hamburg, Jungheinrich, Augsburg, Munich, Esbjerg, Denmark
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