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☆ Opinion: The fear of physical harm that keeps even Trump’s supporters in line
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-11 | by ( Opinion Frida Ghitis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The fact that Trump’s team seemed at best ambivalent over what anyone else could clearly see would be a shocking abuse of power was not one of those far-fetched hypotheticals put forth in the law to frame an argument. And it resonated because Trump is once again sending very clear signals that he endorses and even encourages political violence to support his cause. Trump’s adamant refusal to reject political violence strongly suggests that his choice of language is a deliberate tactic. But the real impact of the willingness of Trump’s supporters to use violence on his behalf can be seen inside his own Republican Party. As he leaves the door open to political violence, Trump recently sent an email to supporters falsely accusing Biden of a most egregious crime.

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☆ A shopaholic found her dream home in Miami — an apartment with a hidden door leading into a mall that's always unlocked
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-04 | by ( Monica Humphries | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewA few days after moving into her Miami, Florida, apartment, Rachel Koggan decided to explore. AdvertisementThis Black Friday, Rachel Koggan headed to the mall early in the morning. Rachel KogganSince moving into the apartment, Koggan has explored the mall at all hours of the dayHeading down to the mall during daylight hours is a normal occurrence, Koggan said. The stores are open during typical business hours, while a movie theater and put-put golf course stay open later. Sure enough, the door was unlocked and Koggan entered a deserted mall.

Persons: —, Rachel Koggan, Koggan, she's, Abercrombie, She's, perk, Henry, Acqua Di Parma, Jo Malone London Organizations: Service, Business, Chanel Locations: Miami, Florida, Sephora, New York City

Some oil and gas companies have so far participated in voluntary programs to monitor or reduce their methane emissions. Last year's methane emissions from the energy industry totaled some 135 million metric tons, slightly higher than the year before. Climate experts say that including methane efforts in a legally binding summit agreement is a priority. That means that reining in methane emissions can have a more immediate impact in limiting climate change. Countries and philanthropies previously have pledged roughly $200 million for tackling methane – less than 2% of all current climate financing.

Persons: Rachel Kyte, Rick Duke, Mark Brownstein, Durwood Zaelke, Valerie Volcovici, Sarah McFarlane, Kate Abnett, Katy Daigle, Josie Kao Organizations: Reuters, Clean Air Task Force, U.S, United Arab, The, Bank, Environmental Defense Fund, Institute for Governance, Sustainable Development, D.C, EU, Thomson Locations: EU, United Arab Emirates, UAE, Turkmenistan, The UAE, U.S, China, Canada, COP28, Washington, London, Brussels

CNN —Police in a quiet community outside Chicago who are investigating the shooting deaths of a family of four, including two children, in their home Sunday night say it wasn’t a random incident. The two adults, their two children and their three dogs were found with gunshot wounds in their home in Romeoville, Illinois, about 30 miles southwest of Chicago, officials said. Two adults and two children were found dead with gunshot wounds at their home in Romeoville, Illinois, police announced Monday. WBBMThe Will County Major Crimes Task Force has been brought in to assist investigators with gathering evidence and reviewing video, according to Burne. “Our entire community is grieving with the family over this tragic incident,” Romeoville Mayor John D. Noak said Tuesday.

Persons: Chris Burne, ” Burne, Alberto Rolon, Zoraida Bartolomei, Burne, “, Carol Love, Dan Lugo, Rachel Kinder, ” Kinder, ”, John D, Noak Organizations: CNN — Police, Police, Romeoville Police Department, Force, CNN, WBBM, Hill Elementary Locations: Chicago, Romeoville , Illinois, Will, Concord

☆ Trump’s indictments – and mug shot – are deepening his supporters’ anger and revving up their support
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( Kate Sullivan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

“And I love it because he has every right to be,” the South Dakota Republican said. “Everyone makes mistakes.”Like many other Trump supporters interviewed, Scott Akers of Alabama immediately pointed to Hunter Biden when asked about Trump’s mounting legal peril. ‘This country’s a powder keg’Intertwined with their outrage over the indictments, some Trump supporters are raising the specter of heightened political violence if Trump were to be convicted. Trump supporter Amanda Hamak-Leon and her boyfriend are seen at his Rapid City, South Dakota, rally on September 8, 2023. A vendor sells T-shirts featuring Trump's mug shot outside his Rapid City, South Dakota, rally on September 8, 2023.

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☆ Political violence in polarized U.S. at its worst since 1970s
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +26 min

Three academics who reviewed the cases say they add to growing evidence that America is grappling with the biggest and most sustained increase in political violence since the 1970s. Political violence surged for nearly a decade starting in the late-1960s – 1970 alone saw more than 450 cases, LaFree said. In contrast, much of today’s political violence is aimed at people – and most of the deadly outbursts tracked by Reuters have come from the right. “Political warfare”There’s no official tally of how many Americans die each year from political violence. Most of the fatal political violence identified by Reuters was carried out by people who embraced far-right views.

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☆ Britain to ease EU rule on charging asset managers for stock picks
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Huw Jones | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The five-year old "unbundling" rule is part of an EU securities law known as MiFID II that Britain kept after Brexit. A report headed by Hogan Lovells lawyer Rachel Kent recommends giving the "optionality" to rebundle, given it is allowed on Wall Street, and the EU is also reviewing the rule. The report recommends creating a new research platform to promote, source and distribute research on smaller companies looking to list. "The recommendations in Rachel Kent’s Independent Research Report will be accepted by the Government... It also sets the path for potentially removing the unbundling rules," the finance ministry said in a statement.

Persons: Hogan Lovells, Rachel Kent, Kent, Rachel, Huw Jones, Sharon Singleton Organizations: Union, Britain, Government, Financial, Authority, FCA, Thomson Locations: Britain, London, EU

☆ UK set to ease stock market listing rules
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Hunt will also seek to roll back a European Union-era securities law, Treasury said. UK is set to approve recommendations in Rachel Kent's Independent Research Report, paving the way for a new "Research Platform" to provide a one-stop-shop for firms looking for research experts, the statement added. UK had last year announced the launch of the Investment Research Review - an independent review of financial services investment research and its contribution to UK capital markets competitiveness, headed by Kent. The approval also sets the way for potentially removing unbundling rules – an inherited EU law that requires brokers to charge a separate fee for research. "We will not countenance tax cuts if they make the battle against inflation harder," the newspaper quoted Hunt as saying.

Persons: Jeremy Hunt, UK's, Hunt, Rachel, Hogan Lovells, Rishi Sunak's, Nilutpal, Chris Reese, David Gregorio, Shri Organizations: Finance, UK's Treasury, Treasury, Investment Research, Financial Times, Aviva Plc, Phoenix Group Holdings, City of London Corporation, FT, Thomson Locations: Union, Kent, Bengaluru

☆ Threads could take energy away from Instagram and hurt Meta's battle with TikTok: Alex Kantrowitz
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThreads could take energy away from Instagram and hurt Meta's battle with TikTok: Alex KantrowitzRachel Karten, consultant for CAVA and West Elm, and Alex Kantrowitz, Big Technology founder, join 'Tech Check' to discuss Threads successful launch and what the app means for Meta's future.

Persons: Alex Kantrowitz Rachel Karten, Alex Kantrowitz Organizations: West Elm, Big Technology Locations: Instagram, CAVA, West

☆ ‘And Just Like That …’ Season 2, Episodes 1 and 2 Recap: Relationship Place
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Ali Trachta | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Meanwhile, Seema actually gives up her Met Ball ticket in order to meet the son of her beau, Zed (William Abadie). This isn’t the only love interest we come to find still has a problematic tie to a former spouse. Over on the West Coast, Miranda finds herself stranded in Malibu without a phone to call an Uber. Which brings me to an argument I made throughout Season 1, which most people disagreed with me on. And it’s not the only swift pack-up we see within these episodes.

Persons: Seema, Zed, William Abadie, Victoire, Rachel Kylian, Miranda, Uber, Che, Lyle, Oliver Hudson, shrugs, biggie, Steve Brady, David Eigenberg, —, Nya, Andre Rashad, LeRoy McClain, hasn’t Organizations: Met Ball Locations: West Coast, Malibu

☆ Where Are Their Heads? Hordes of Ancient Statues Pose That Puzzle
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Graham Bowley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This is clear in any gallery of Greek & Roman art.”Headless Bodies in Top-Shelf MuseumsMany heads were lost because of the wear and tear of time. But other, less innocent explanations for the legions of severed heads include looting and regime change. Ancient insurrectionists and invaders decapitated statues to undermine the authority of rulers who had erected images of themselves as symbols of dominion. “Every culture in the ancient world seems to do it,” said Rachel Kousser, professor of ancient art at the City University of New York. was decapitated by Kushite raiders in Egypt, who then defiantly buried the severed head beneath temple steps in the Kushite capital of Meroë, in modern Sudan.

Persons: ” Kenneth Lapatin, ”, Rachel Kousser, it’s, Emperor Augustus Organizations: Paul Getty Museum, City University of New, British Museum Locations: Los Angeles, “, City University of New York, Egypt, Meroë, Sudan

☆ What the chaos at Twitter means for the future of social movements
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Harmeet Kaur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —When thousands of Egyptians marched through the streets during the Arab Spring of 2011, they had a tool at their disposal that earlier social movements didn’t: Twitter. Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images“You can’t underestimate the impact of Twitter to social movements,” Amara Enyia, manager of policy and research for the Movement for Black Lives, told CNN. “There are now issues in how people see Twitter as a source of information and a source of political community,” said Kuo, whose research focuses on race, social movements and digital technologies. “It isn’t seen in the same way anymore.”Elon Musk's controversial policy changes at Twitter could have implications for social movements, some activists say. Twitter has been an incredibly powerful tool for social movements, Enyia said.

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☆ Not Your Father’s Pinball Arcade. But Maybe Your Mother’s.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Peter Kujawinski | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The store was called Video Hits Plus, with the Plus maybe referring to the basement attractions, which, in addition to the pinball machines, included an air hockey table and a pornographic video section. This was around the time that pinball machines, after nearly dying out in the early 2000s from competition with home gaming consoles, started becoming more popular again. Many of these events were sanctioned by the International Flipper Pinball Association, which ranks players globally. The back of the store housed a selection of pinball machines, and if you bought something, you could play the machines for free. In 2014, James Zespy, the owner of the store, transformed it into a pinball and arcade bar called Logan Arcade.

Persons: Rachel Karlic, Rebecca Hinsdale, Kate Porter, James Zespy Organizations: Western Michigan University, Pinball Association Locations: Chicago, Logan

☆ Three Books That Make Tess Gunty Angry
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

I can’t believe I get to share a time period with all of these people. In this poem, the speaker is thunderstruck by a newfound “plague of gratitude.” The speaker says: “Not long ago I was hard to even/hug ... The poem plunged me into that first miraculous flash of hope you enjoy after a long storm of bad brain chemistry. They are facilitated by an absence of legal restrictions and the primeval excuse that if We don’t do it first, They will. My family is always shocked by how many books on neuroscience and quantum physics I’ve amassed.

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☆ Climate crisis: Russia's war in Ukraine is undermining global efforts to tackle emissions, new report finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The report, titled Climate Damage Caused by Russia’s War in Ukraine, follows on from a first interim assessment presented at the UN COP27 climate conference in November 2022. Nearly 22 million metric tons of planet-heating pollution came from warfare, almost 20% of the total emissions attributable to the conflict, the report found. “We probably will only be able to really get a more accurate estimate once the war is over,” de Klerk said. “The biggest chunk of the emissions are still in the future reconstruction of Ukraine,” de Klerk said. The report authors even calculated the extra planet-warming pollution created by airlines rerouting flights to avoid Russian and Ukrainian airspace.

Persons: “, ” Lennard, Klerk, It’s, ” de Klerk, Leah Millis, de Klerk, James Appathurai, ”, Rachel Kyte Organizations: CNN, UN, Firefighters, Reuters, Aris Mssinis, Getty, Global, Fletcher School, Tufts University, “ Locations: Ukraine, Belgium, Russia, Nemyshlianski, Kharkiv region, Russian, Avdiivka, Donetsk, AFP, Europe, Ukrainian

☆ Some of the Books That Hernan Diaz Owns Surprise Even Him
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Scott, Deborah Eisenberg, Paul Yoon, Ottessa Moshfegh, Michael Ondaatje, Louise Erdrich, Colson Whitehead, Sigrid Nunez, Jean Strouse, Lorrie Moore. The novel contains four different books, written by different fictional authors in disparate genres and styles. “Trust” closes with a personal diary that is also a sort of a prose poem and a love letter to modernism. While writing this, I read and revisited authors as different as Jean Rhys, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Dawn Powell, Theodor Adorno and Gertrude Stein. Wodehouse section of my library and can report that I’ve read 29 of his books.

LONDON, March 6 (Reuters) - Two former JP Morgan credit bankers on Monday launched a new impact investment advisory firm focused on emerging market infrastructure, with a minority stake by British insurer Legal & General's (LGEN.L) alternative investments arm. The firm, ImpactA Global, aims to help address the World Bank's estimated need for $1 trillion in annual investment in emerging market infrastructure to meet development goals. Da Costa Mendes, a former JPMorgan executive director, shares the top job at ImpactA with co-founder Victoria Miles, who had served as a managing director of the Wall Street firm. ImpactA aims to bring in investors such as development finance institutions, export credit agencies and institutional asset managers to provide debt financing to these projects. ImpactA is among the very few investment firms focused solely on emerging market infrastructure debt, with a global rather than regional focus, she added.

These days, I start thinking about my taxes during the first weekend of the year and file early. My business taxes are due about a month prior to personal taxes — in 2023, the S corporation and partnerships tax filing deadline is March 15, while the personal tax filing deadline is April 18. In some ways, it feels like a privilege to have the time to focus on my taxes early, because it's time-consuming. While I wouldn't say it's fine, I consider preparing my taxes early a gift to my mental health. It may not be the right choice for everyone, but filing my taxes early is the perfect timing for me.

LONDON, March 3 (Reuters) - The European Union's executive body is set to provide permits, regulatory support and easier access to public and private funding for certain strategic green technologies, according to a draft document seen by Reuters. Certain technologies, such as sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), were not included in the draft as potential candidates for the support scheme. The rules would also support auctions to deploy renewable energy sources, adapt innovation funds and provide easier access to public-private procurement. If the goals aren't achieved by 2030, the European Commission will propose "additional measures aimed at covering the identified gaps," the draft says. The European Commission declined to comment on the draft document, which an industry source said was expected to be released in the coming weeks.

☆ An elite Bronze Age man who underwent brain surgery 3,500 years ago may have suffered from leprosy, archaeologists believe
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-26 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Archaeologists discovered the remains of a man from the Bronze Age who had a rare brain surgery. The two brothers discovered were likely elite or even royal members of their society. "It's hard to overstate Megiddo's cultural and economic importance in the late Bronze Age," he said in a statement. Rachel Kalisher, a Ph.D. student, analyzed the bones of two upper-class brothers who were buried beneath the ancient city of Megiddo. Evidence of brain surgery — angular notched trephination — was discovered in the older brother.

☆ Power outages, strong winds, sea swells and rain as Cyclone Gabrielle nears New Zealand
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-12 | by ( Lucy Craymer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WELLINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - More than 30,000 homes were without power in New Zealand's upper North Island on Monday as Auckland and nearby regions were hit by strong winds, heavy rain and huge swells as cyclone Gabrielle nears. Gabrielle hit Norfolk Island on Saturday night, with its most destructive winds missing the island, and is now sitting just north of New Zealand with weather forecasters expecting it to intensify as it nears land during Monday and Tuesday. Many schools and council facilities across Auckland and the upper North Island have closed and people are being asked not to travel if possible. Last month Auckland was hit by record rainfall that sparked floods and killed four people. The New Zealand Defence Force has located staff across Auckland and neighbouring regions and they are bringing in welfare stores to civil defence centres and shelters.

☆ A heart-shaped pendant linked to Henry VIII was dug up on an English farm, pointing to a more romantic side to the Tudor king
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

An amateur metal detectorist found a gold necklace linked to Henry VIII and his first wife. The locket is engraved with "H" and "K", the initials of the Tudor king and Katherine of Aragon. The heart-shaped locket is engraved with "H" and "K", the initials of the Tudor king and his first wife Katherine of Aragon. It is not known if the pendant belonged to Henry VIII, Katherine, or a courtier. Henry VIII is famous for his six marriages.

☆ The worst of the rain to hit New Zealand's Auckland may have passed
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( Lucy Caymer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Four people were killed in flash floods and landslides that hit Auckland beginning on Friday as rainfall, that authorities say has been exacerbated at least in part by climate change, drenched the city. A state of emergency remains in place in Auckland but has been lifted in the Northland region to the north of the city. A house collapsed down a cliff injuring three people in a beach settlement near Auckland on Wednesday. The national meteorological service said the heaviest rains had passed Auckland although downpours were hitting to the southeast, in the regions of Coromandel and Bay of Plenty. Summers in New Zealand usually bring some rain but the region is experiencing the La Nina weather system, which can bring much heavier rain to the upper North Island.

☆ More heavy rain expected for New Zealand's flood-ravaged Auckland
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( Lucy Craymer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Four people lost their lives in flash floods and landslides that hit Auckland over the last three days amid record downpours. Auckland has already received record levels of rain in the past four days and sodden ground and full rivers mean new rainfall brings increased risks. Beaches around the city of 1.6 million are off limits due to contaminated water, several main roads remain closed, and all Auckland schools will remain shut until Feb. 7. Kelleher said Auckland domestic airport was now running at full capacity and Auckland International Airport was operating at near capacity and hoped to return to normal operations soon. The insurance industry expects the costs associated with the flood to top the NZ$97 million spent following the 2021 floods on New Zealand’s West Coast.

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