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☆ Alcohol Deaths Have More Than Doubled in Two Decades, Study Finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Roni Caryn Rabin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The number of deaths caused by alcohol-related diseases more than doubled among Americans between 1999 and 2020, according to new research. Alcohol was involved in nearly 50,000 deaths among adults ages 25 to 85 in 2020, up from just under 20,000 in 1999. The biggest spike was observed among adults ages 25 to 34, whose fatality rate increased nearly fourfold between 1999 and 2020. Women are still far less likely than men to die of an illness caused by alcohol, but they also experienced a steep surge, with rates rising 2.5-fold over 20 years. The new study, published in The American Journal of Medicine, drew on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Organizations: American, of Medicine, Centers for Disease Control

☆ Diddy's prosecutors compare him to R. Kelly in fighting his latest bail application
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ex-Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Michael Jeffries won bail on sex-trafficking charges, Combs' lawyers noted. On Friday, prosecutors said that Combs' case is more like R. Kelly's than like Jeffries'. Prosecutors compared Sean "Diddy" Combs to sex-trafficking convict R. Kelly during two hours of bail arguments in federal court in Manhattan on Friday. "These cases are much more comparable, your honor," she told US District Court Judge Arun Subramanian. AdvertisementKing Combs, center, son, D'Lila Combs and Jessie Combs, daughters of Sean "Diddy" Combs, leave Manhattan federal court, Friday, Nov. 22 2024, in New York.

Persons: Sean, Diddy, Combs, Michael Jeffries, Jeffries, R, Kelly, King Combs, Janice Combs, Yuki Iwamura Combs, Michael Jeffries —, Keith Raniere, Raniere, Mike Jeffries, Abercrombie &, Rebecca Blackwell, Christy Slavik, Slavik, Arun Subramanian, D'Lila Combs, Jessie Combs, Yuki Iwamura, Marc Agnifilo, I'm, Agnifilo Organizations: Ex, Abercrombie, Fitch, AP, Prosecutors, Abercrombie & Fitch, US, Office Locations: Manhattan, New York, Side, Brooklyn, Chicago

A group of young men and women, all dressed in black, marches down a busy street in the heart of Times Square. Walking in formation, they dodge parked cars, bicycles and pedestrians, as the man leading them belts out a song. “Sunset Boulevard, ruthless boulevard / Destination for the stony-hearted.”This ambitious scene from the director Jamie Lloyd’s Broadway revival of “Sunset Boulevard” hinges on a live tracking sequence that goes backstage and spills onto West 44th Street. It’s shown in real time on a massive LCD screen to the audience inside the St. James Theater, but passers-by — both unsuspecting and calculating — get a front-row view, at least during the number’s three-minute outdoor portion.

Persons: Jamie Lloyd’s, It’s, James Organizations: James Theater

☆ Trump expected to nominate Scott Bessent for Treasury secretary
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Alice Tecotzky | Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementTrump is preparing to nominate Scott Bessent, a billionaire investor, for Treasury secretary. President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to nominate Scott Bessent, a Wall Street veteran and campaign ally, for Treasury secretary, one of the biggest Cabinet prizes. AdvertisementBessent, 62, founded and runs the macro hedge fund Key Square Group and emerged as a key economic advisor to Trump on the campaign trail. Known for his interest in niche economic data, Bessent helped draft speeches and write policy proposals for Trump's economic ideas. Dubbed a "Trump whisperer" by Forbes, Bessent has signaled support for some of Trump's key proposals.

Persons: Scott Bessent, Bessent, George Soros, Donald Trump, Trump's, Trump, Al Gore, Soros, James Rogers, hasn't, John Freeman, he's, — Trump, Jerome Powell's Organizations: Trump, Wall Street, Group, GOP, Democratic, Street Journal, Yale, Soros Fund Management, Republican, Soros, Mar, Forbes, CNBC, Federal Locations: South Carolina, New York City, Charleston , South Carolina, Southampton , New York

☆ The Fleeting Comforts of the Celebrity Look-Alike Contest
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Amanda Hess | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It may be a coincidence that the celebrity look-alike competition returned to prominence just as American citizens were voting in what some called “the most significant presidential election in our lifetimes.” But once it happened, the appeal was obvious. Here was a different kind of democratic event: a totally insignificant one, in which attractive men with slightly off-kilter features were lined up in public and ranked by the roaring crowd. At the first contest, which convened a flock of Timothée Chalamet doubles in Manhattan last month, the New York Police Department showed up, deemed it an “unscheduled demonstration” and arrested four people. They are typically publicized with posters on lampposts, staged in public parks and accompanied by meager prizes. The Mescal double won 20 euro “or three pints”; the White winner received $50 and a pack of Marlboro Reds.

Persons: Trump, doppelgängers, Jeremy Allen White, Paul Mescal, Dev Patel, Harry Styles Organizations: New York Police Department, Marlboro Reds Locations: Manhattan, Chicago, Dublin, San Francisco, London

☆ 82% of workers who asked for a raise in the last year got one, says new report
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A majority of full-time workers, 66%, got a raise in the last year whether they asked for one or not, according to an October survey of 2,049 people from LendingTree. And not everyone is asking for a raise at equal rates: Just 35% of women discussed getting a raise, compared with 49% of men, according to LendingTree data. By age range, Gen Z and millennial workers (ages 18 to 43) are most comfortable negotiating for a pay increase. However, the second most-common reason people took a pay cut, at 17%, was in order to take another job with less stress. Roughly one-third of people who experienced a pay cut in the last year saw their salary drop by less than $5,000.

Persons: Z Locations: LendingTree

☆ Gautam Adani's associates used Excel and PowerPoint to discuss their bribe options in a $250 million scheme, prosecutors say
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Prosecutors said four of his associates discussed their share of the bribes via Excel and PowerPoint. New York prosecutors charging one of India's richest men with bribery said his associates used Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint to discuss and analyze their corrupt payments. AdvertisementThe Adani Group and attorneys for the other defendants did not respond to requests for comment from BI. Prosecutors said that during this period, the Adani Group falsely told investors at least four times that it had not paid bribes. AdvertisementIn a statement on its website on Thursday, the Adani Group said the prosecution's accusations are "baseless and denied."

Persons: Gautam Adani, Prosecutors, Adani, Sam Bankman, Sagar Adani, Vneet Jaain, Rupesh Agarwal, Agarwal, Cyril Cabanes, Sagar Organizations: Excel, New, Microsoft, Adani, Energy, Power, Prosecutors, New York Stock Exchange, Eastern, of, Adani Group, US Department of Justice, Adani Enterprises, SEC, Wednesday Locations: New York, India, of New York, British, Hong Kong, Indian

To examine the issue of human smuggling, De León spent seven years closely studying the lives of men dedicated to smuggling migrants from Central America and Mexico into the U.S. The result was his nonfiction book, “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling," which on Wednesday garnered De León the prestigious National Book Award for nonfiction. While De León interviewed countless migrants and smugglers, his book focuses on the journeys of nearly half a dozen people from Honduras, Mexico and elsewhere. That’s talking about smugglers, talking about the political economy of undocumented migration — and people don’t want that. Despite his years of experience, De León said he learned new lessons while working on the award-winning book.

Persons: Jason De León, De León, “, “ I’m, ” De León, ”, De Organizations: U.S, NBC News, University of California, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, Army Locations: Central America, Mexico, Los Angeles, Honduras, Philippines, Long Beach , California, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, America, U.S

If Steel wins, that number would be 151, the same number of women serving in Congress on Election Day, and the first stall in progress since 2016, when President-elect Donald Trump won his first term. Both scenarios mean the number of women in the next Congress will also fall short of the current record of 152 women, following Texas Democratic Rep. Erica Lee Carter’s special election win this month. Senate Republican women will also meet their current record, with nine in the chamber. The number of House Republican women will decrease because of some losses and retirements, falling from 34 in the current Congress to 31 or 32, depending on Steel and Miller-Meeks’ races. After Trump’s first election in 2016, Democrats did see a surge in women running for Congress in 2018, and a wave of Republican women stepped up to run two years later in 2020.

Persons: Mary Peltola, Republican Nick Begich, Michelle Steel, Derek Tran, Steel, Mariannette Miller, Meeks, Christina Bohannon, Donald Trump, Kelly Dittmar, Erica Lee Carter’s, ” Dittmar, Maryland’s Angela Alsobrooks, Delaware’s Lisa Blunt Rochester, North Dakota Republican Julie Fedorchak, South Carolina Republican Sheri Biggs, Elise Stefanik, Stefanik, ” Danielle Barrow, Sara Spain, Dittmar, ’ ”, Oregon’s Janelle Bynum, Laura Gillen, House Republicans ’, Trump’s, It’s, “ We’ve Organizations: Democratic Rep, NBC News, Republican, Senate, Center for American Women, Rutgers University's Eagleton Institute, Politics, Steel, Trump, Texas Democratic, Democratic, Senate Republican, North Dakota Republican, South Carolina Republican, United Nations, GOP, House Republicans Locations: Alaska, Southern California, Iowa’s, South, West Virginia , Ohio, Montana

The conviction against actor Jussie Smollett for falsely reporting a hate crime to Chicago police in 2019 has been overturned by the Illinois Supreme Court over prosecutorial issues. The judges noted that the case generated "significant public interest" and many felt the case's original resolution was unjust. But the Chicago Police Department later said that Smollett recruited the brothers to help him stage the attack. Smollett was arrested in February 2019 and indicted that March on 16 felony counts over allegedly filing a false police report. Both brothers said during the trial that Smollett hired them to stage an attack as a ploy for public attention, noting a $3,500 check Smollett paid them.

Persons: Jussie Smollett, Dan Webb, Smollett, ”, —, ” Webb, Ola, Abimbola Osundairo —, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Kimberly Foxx, Emanuel, Abimbola Osundairo Organizations: Chicago police, Illinois Supreme, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Mayor Locations: Cook, Illinois, Chicago’s Streeterville

☆ HBO says 'Harry Potter' series will 'benefit' from J.K. Rowling's involvement
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

Two of the biggest Harry Potter fan communities, MuggleNet and The Leaky Cauldron, denounced Rowling’s views and severed ties with the author’s future projects. On Sept. 10, she posted the U.K. open casting call for the roles of Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley to her 14.2 million followers on X. “Every time we sit down to have a fun conversation about Harry Potter, the conversation becomes angry and depressing, and so we end up not publishing,” she says. “There are so many fans who deeply disagree with what Rowling is saying, but still want to engage in the Harry Potter fandom.”Ironically, while Rowling’s actions have undermined many Potter fans’ dedication to her, they also appear to have strengthened those fans’ solidarity with each other. We can love and enjoy that without the author.”The question now is whether HBO can cast the same spell.

Persons: J.K, Rowling, Harry Potter ”, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Eddie Redmayne —, Harry Potter, Francesca Gardiner, Mark Mylod, ”, Casey Bloys, Harry Potter —, “ J.K, Gardiner, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, “, Potter, She’s, It’s, Melissa Anelli, “ Harry, “ It’s, Maggie Smith, Murray, Kat Miller, MuggleNet, Miller, Radcliffe, “ Potter, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, Jim Broadbent, traumatised detransitioners, rebuking John Oliver —, Lumos, Trump, ” Miller, —, Anelli, Tylor Starr, Starr Organizations: Warner Bros, Discovery, ” HBO, J.K, HBO, Potter Locations: “

☆ The Western tourists going to Iraq for vacation
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Richard Collett | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

“It was peaceful, calm, and rather quiet,” Driskill told CNN Travel after visiting Iraq in 2024. “Every year we’re seeing more people come to Iraq than before,” he told CNN Travel. Newenham first visited in August 2021 and told CNN Travel that she never imagined Iraq becoming one of her favorite travel destinations. Anmar Khalil/AP“Visiting the [ninth-century] Great Mosque of Samarra is a must,” he told CNN Travel. For Sarah Sanbar, Iraq researcher at Human Rights Watch, tourism to the country is allowing visitors to see the real Iraq.

Persons: Tommy Driskill, ’, ” Driskill, Saddam Hussein’s, Iraq’s, Driskill, ”, “ I’m, I’ve, “ We’ve, ” Robert Kyle Molina, Molina, Ali Al Makhzomy, ” Al Makhzomy, Janet Newenham, Newenham, “, ” Newenham, they’ve, Pope Francis, Al Makhzomy, Ur, Sergio Arce, Bil, Anmar Khalil, Imam Hussain, Abbas, Hussain ibn Ali, Prophet Mohammed, Arce, I’d, Jan Bakker, James Wilcox, we’ve, Travel’s Molina, Sarah Sanbar, Iraq —, ” Sergio Arce, Sanbar, ‘, ’ Heck Organizations: CNN, CNN Travel, Tourism Capital, US Department of State, United, Foreign, Commonwealth, Development, Human Rights Watch, ISIS, Bil, US State Department, US, Federal Government, Baghdad International Airport, European, Kurdistan Regional Government Tourism Board, International, Federal, “, Vatican Media, Reuters, Borders, Erbil Marathon, Sergio Arce Military Locations: Hawaii, Baghdad, Iraq, Iraqi Kurdistan, Babylon, Kurdistan, Iraqi, Karbala, European Union, Kurdistan Chronicle, Federal Iraq, Mosul, “, Janet Newenham Iraq, Cork, Ireland, Baghdad . “ Iraq, Islam, ” Iraq, East, Palestine, Eden, Samarra, Al, Arba’een, Sweden, Iran, Kuwait, Pakistan, India, Erbil, Berlin’s, Today, birdwatch

HONG KONG — Authorities in northern China are searching for a wild tiger, after it attacked two men and left one of them needing surgery. Social MediaFollowing the attack, the Heilongjiang Forestry and Grassland Administration held an emergency meeting Monday evening, identifying the animal that caused the injury as a Siberian tiger. Siberian tigers are the world’s largest cats, can weigh up to 660 pounds and grow to be almost 11 feet long. A Siberian tiger. Philipp Schulze / DPA via Getty Images fileAnyone injured in Heilongjiang by wild Siberian tigers is eligible for economic compensation, Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park said in a statement.

Persons: Liu Dan, Philipp Schulze Organizations: HONG KONG — Authorities, Social, Grassland Administration, Research, Getty, Northeast China Tiger, Leopard, country’s National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Conservation Alliance Locations: HONG KONG, China, Boli County, China's, Heilongjiang, Heilongjiang Forestry, Russia, Boli

An Alabama inmate convicted in a 1994 murder is poised to die Thursday in the state's third nitrogen hypoxia execution this year. Carey Dale Grayson asked to have his execution carried out by nitrogen gas. It refused to do so when Alabama executed Kenneth Smith, the first person in the U.S. to die in a nitrogen gas execution, in January and again in September, when the state executed Alan Miller in a second nitrogen gas execution. Since then, Alabama has become the first state to develop a nitrogen hypoxia execution protocol in addition to lethal injection. “The State of Alabama’s nitrogen protocol has been used twice and has not worked as they swore it would.

Persons: Carey Dale Grayson, Grayson, Vickie Deblieux, Kay Ivey, Carey Grayson, Kenneth Smith, Alan Miller, Smith, Miller, Dave Martin, John Palombi, ”, Palombi, Robert Overing, Overing, — Kenny Loggins, Trace Duncan, Louis Mangione —, Deblieux, Loggins, Duncan Organizations: Alabama Department of Corrections, U.S, Supreme, Protesters, Alabama, Montgomery Advertiser, Federal Locations: Alabama, Atmore, U.S, Pelham, Ala, The, Louisiana

Americans will see the new Trump administration enact changes at a pace that is “like nothing you’ve seen in history,” a Trump campaign official said. Trump’s transition team is also fielding requests from overseas to host his first foreign trip. Coming off a decisive victory on Nov. 5, Trump has moved swiftly to build out the Cabinet and a senior White House team that will execute his plans. “The thing to realize is Trump is no dummy,” said Stephen Moore, a senior economic adviser in Trump’s campaign. Noem campaigned for Trump, though a person close to Trump was surprised he tapped her for the job.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Joe Biden’s, Biden, Karoline Leavitt, “, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ron Klain, Donald Trump Jr, Mike Pompeo, “ Don, that’s, ” Trump, ”, Stephen Moore, he’s, ” Moore, Will Trump, We’re, Newt Gingrich, Gingrich, ” Gingrich, Ronald Reagan’s, Chad Wolf, Harris, Kristi Noem, hasn’t, Noem, ’ ” Trump, Grover Cleveland Organizations: WASHINGTON, ., NBC, Trump, Trump’s, White House, Policy Institute, CIA, Security, NBC News, Migration Policy Institute, DHS, Biden, Department of Homeland Security, Cricket, ”, Cleveland Locations: Jan, West Palm Beach , Florida, Ukraine, Russia, Washington, America, South Dakota, U.S, China

Trump’s pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, was accused of sexual assault. Trump himself has faced various sexual misconduct allegations, which he has denied, though he was found liable last year for sexual abuse in a civil trial over an alleged incident in the 1990s that he also denies. Now, after having won the presidency again, he’s spending early political capital to confirm appointees who have faced sexual misconduct allegations of their own. The allegations against Trump’s picksGaetz’s years of controversies have been thrust back into the spotlight now that he’s up for a Cabinet post. “It’s a very scary time for young men in America when you can be guilty of something that you may not be guilty of,” Trump told reporters.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegseth, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Gaetz, Hegseth, Kennedy, “, Trump, ”, Marc Short, Mike Pence’s, we’ve, Trump’s, hasn’t, Tim Parlatore, Bill Clinton’s, George H.W, Barack Obama’s, haven’t, Andy Puzder, Puzder, Patrick Shanahan, Shanahan, Ronny Jackson, Jackson, Brett Kavanaugh, Kavanaugh, ” Trump, reconsidering, JD Vance, Karoline Leavitt, Vance, MAGA, ” Leavitt Organizations: NBC News, NBC, “, Justice Department, Trump, Committee, Washington Post, Republican, You’re, Politico, Pentagon, White House, Department of Veterans Affairs, Supreme, Capitol, White Locations: groping, Florida, America, Hegseth, Washington

☆ I've always known I don't want kids. It's made dating in my 30s difficult.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Lauren Crosmedlicott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

She finds dating apps are irritating as a woman who doesn't want children. Dating in my 20s and 30s is differentAs I headed into my mid to late 20s, girlfriends started to settle down and have kids. But then they all started having children and moving into the suburbs. In my 20s, men weren't sure about kids anyway so dating was pretty straightforward and easy. I wish dating apps would let me filter people who do want kidsI also started using dating apps regularly.

Persons: Natalia Buia, Melissa Hobley, we'd Locations: Toronto

☆ Jussie Smollett’s Conviction for False Hate Crime Claim Is Overturned
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Julia Jacobs | More About Julia Jacobs | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday overturned Jussie Smollett’s conviction on charges of filing a false police report claiming that he had been the victim of a racist and homophobic attack in 2019, finding that he was unjustly prosecuted a second time after his charges had been resolved as part of a negotiated agreement. When Mr. Smollett first reported the attack, he claimed that two men had mildly injured him while yelling racist and homophobic slurs, with one of them yelling, “This is MAGA country.” The apparently bigoted attack against a Black and gay actor sparked outrage. But law-enforcement officials later determined that Mr. Smollett had orchestrated the attack himself, and charged him with a crime. The prosecutors then agreed to drop the charges against Mr. Smollett in exchange for his agreement to forfeit his $10,000 bond and perform community service. But after an outcry the case was revived by a special prosecutor, and Mr. Smollett was convicted of felony disorderly conduct for falsely reporting to the police that he had been the victim of a bigoted attack.

Persons: Jussie, —, Chicago —, Smollett Locations: Chicago, MAGA

☆ Gap shares surge as it raises guidance, touts 'strong start' to holiday
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Gabrielle Fonrouge | In Gabrielle-Fonrouge | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

As soon as the weather turned around, sales "rebounded" and the holiday shopping season is off to a "strong start" so far, said Dickson. The brand has seen four straight quarters of positive comparable sales and is benefiting from better marketing and product, the company said. Banana Republic: The trendy workwear line grew sales 2% to $469 million while comparable sales fell 1%, a bit worse than the 0.8% drop that StreetAccount had expected. Athleta: The athleisure arm of Gap's empire grew sales by 4% to $290 million while comparable sales were up 5%. In the year-ago period, comparable sales were down 19% at Athleta.

Persons: Richard Dickson, Dickson, We've, he's, StreetAccount, Alo Yoga, Chris Blakeslee Organizations: Old Navy, Fulton, Hurricanes, Navy, LSEG, CNBC Locations: Downtown Brooklyn, New York City, Banana Republic, StreetAccount ., Athleta

Rancher Jim Chilton stands at the US-Mexico border, where the wall ends, on his family’s ranch southeast of Arivaca, Arizona. Matt York/APShoes left behind by migrants on the Chiltons' ranch are displayed on their front porch in 2016. And while they want the border wall finished, they still support legal immigration. He feels his time with a vigilante group called Arizona Border Recon is his opportunity to give back to the country that welcomed him. Tim Foley leads a vigilante group called Arizona Border Recon.

Persons: Sue Chilton’s, Obama, they’ve, Donald Trump’s, Jim Chilton, Norma Galeana, Joe Biden, Sue Chilton, ”, Biden, that’s, Matt York, Frederic J . Brown, Jim, ” Jim, Tom Homan, Greg Abbott, “, Elon Musk, ” Sue, Will Lanzoni, Hugo, anybody’s, Tim Foley, CNN Foley, Trump, I’ve, Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels, Dannels, “ We’ve, CNN Dannels, Foley, Sheriff Dannels, it’s, Brandon Bell, It’s, Rafael, ” Rafael Organizations: Arizona CNN, Border Patrol, CNN, US Border Patrol, Getty, Trump, Republican National Convention, Texas Gov, Arizona, National Guard, Cochise County Sheriff, gotaways, West Locations: Nogales, Arizona, camo, Mexico, Arivaca , Arizona, United States, Sasabe , Arizona, AFP, Uruguayan, Greenwich , Connecticut, Cochise County, Chilton, Sheriff, It’s, Nogales , Arizona

☆ Susan Smith case: 2 boys drowned and a deception that gripped the nation: Why it is still intensely felt 30 years later
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Emma Tucker | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

At the hearing, David Smith pointed to his ex-wife’s record as he told the parole board that 30 years is simply not enough time for Susan Smith to spend in prison. The father said he questioned whether he could go on after Susan Smith killed their sons. Susan Smith’s attorney, Tommy A. Thomas, did not respond to a request for comment before or after Wednesday’s parole hearing. The parole board really listens to that,” said Hayden Smith, who conducts research for the state’s department of corrections and has interviewed Susan Smith while incarcerated. The South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services Public Information Director Anita Dantzler speaks during a news conference after a parole hearing for Susan Smith on Wednesday.

Persons: Susan Smith’s, – Michael, Alex, –, Smith, David Smith, …, ”, Tommy Pope, John D, that’s what’s, Susan, ” Pope, Michael, White, Black, Gloria Browne, Marshall, “, ” Browne, ’, Pope, ” David Smith, Susan Smith, Walter Ratliff, “ Susan Smith, ” Smith, “ I’m, … I’m, Tommy A, Thomas, Michael Smith, Lou Krasky, Hayden Smith, Willie Horton, furloughed, Anita Dantzler, David Yeazell, Smith –, Professor Browne, Ida B, Wells, he’s, “ I’d Organizations: CNN, John Jay College of Criminal, Investigators, Judicial, South Carolina Board, Paroles, ” Visitors, University of South, Services, South Carolina Department of Probation, Washington Post Locations: South Carolina, Union, Long, Carolina, Columbia, Union , South Carolina, University of South Carolina, Massachusetts, Southern, Washington

☆ Elon Musk's DOGE is looking to Argentina for inspiration to slash public spending
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Both men admire Javier Milei, the Argentine leader elected on a pledge to slash the state. About a year ago, standing in front of a whiteboard with a gleam in his eye, Javier Milei started pulling apart Argentina's government. Javier Milei pulls apart a chart of Argentina's state in a video published on September 9, 2023. AdvertisementHarsh medicineHis measures helped tame a crisis: Argentina's inflation was 25.5% when Milei took office, and as of October, it was 2.7%. Argentinians have taken to the streets to protest against Javier Milei's economic policies since his election.

Persons: Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, Javier Milei, Milei, Lex Fridman, — Milei, Maria Victoria Murillo, Argentinians, Javier, Luciano Gonzalez, Donald Trump's, Trump, Ramaswamy, Musk Organizations: Argentine, Ministry, of Environment, Sustainable, Government, Social Security, US, Institute of Latin American Studies, Columbia University, Anadolu, Getty Images Kimberley, Economics, America, Republicans Locations: Milei, Argentine, Argentina, Mar, Buenos Aires

☆ Why American Women Are Staying Single, Swearing Off Marriage, Dating
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Kelli María Korducki | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Now, unmarried women are no longer part of an edgy cultural vanguard — they're the official status quo. As of 2021, a record 52% of American women were either unmarried or separated, according to a report by Wells Fargo Economics. Single women also have single men outnumbered: A Census Bureau analysis of 2019 data found that for every 90 unmarried men in the US, there were 100 unmarried women. In a 2019 survey from the Pew Research Center, only 38% of single women reported looking for dates or a relationship, compared with 61% of single men. Even before 1970, it was far from unusual to see American women working for a living.

Persons: Rebecca Traister, Samantha Nation, JD Vance, —, Claudia Goldin, Jess Carbino, Tinder, Gary Becker, Elizabeth Crofoot, Carmindy Bowyer, Bowyer, didn't, truer, Stephanie Manes, Katie Roiphe, Singledom, Paul Dolan, Richard Reeves, Nicholas Eberstadt, Bella DePaulo, DePaulo Organizations: Los Angeles Times, Wells, Wells Fargo Economics, Pew Research Center, of Labor Statistics, Census, Pew, American Enterprise Institute's, Social Locations: Wells Fargo, New York City

☆ ‘Gladiator II’ Review: Denzel Washington and Paul Mescal Entertain
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Manohla Dargis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When Denzel Washington sweeps into “Gladiator II” — Ridley Scott’s epic about ancient Rome and men at war and sometimes in love — it’s with such easy grace that you may mistake his character’s loose bearing with indifference. What you’re seeing is power incarnate, power that’s so raw and so supremely self-possessed that it doesn’t announce itself. And it keeps taking as warriors enter the Colosseum to fight and die in the blood sport that gives this sequel to Scott’s 2000 drama “Gladiator” its sober backdrop and much of its juice. It is a performance of charismatic evil and of mesmerizing stardom both. Like Scott’s filmmaking in this pleasurably immersive spectacle — with its foreign ancients and mentalities, exotic animals and equally unfamiliar calls to human nobility — Washington’s performance has skill, intensity and absolute confidence.

Persons: Denzel Washington, — Ridley, Scott Organizations: Washington Locations: Rome

(Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nicolas Economou | Nurphoto | Getty Images'That is a huge, huge gap'There is a growing disillusionment taking hold. Men are steadily dropping out of the workforce, especially those between the ages 25 to 54, which are considered their prime working years. A study by the Pew Research Center found that men who are not college-educated leave the workforce at higher rates than men who are. In 1995, both young men and women equally were likely to hold a bachelor's degree, at 25%. "That is a huge, huge gap," Pollak said.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Nicolas Economou, Pollak, " Pollak, Brett House, —, Richard Fry, Fry, NEFE, Billy Hensley, Hensley, Ali Bustamante Organizations: Republican, Democratic, Getty, Nurphoto, Pew Research Center, Pew, Columbia Business School, CNBC, NEFE, Trump, Financial Wellness, Young, Roosevelt Institute Locations: Washington ,, U.S

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