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☆ Alma Powell, wife of late Secretary of State Colin Powell, dies at 86
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Karl De Vries | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Alma Johnson Powell, the wife of the late Secretary of State Colin Powell, has died. Her death was confirmed by the former diplomat’s chief of staff and family spokesperson, Peggy Cifrino. The Powells were married for nearly 60 years, and Alma was by her husband’s side during his remarkable and historic military career. I think of the military as family,” Alma Powell once said. Alma Powell “is survived by her three children, Michael, Linda, and Annemarie and their families, her niece and two nephews, and countless beloved extended family members and friends,” Cifrino said in a statement.

Persons: Alma Johnson Powell, Colin Powell, Peggy Cifrino, Alma, Ronald Reagan, George W, ”, ” Alma Powell, “, Powell, John F, Barack Obama’s, Alma Powell, Alma Powell “, Michael, Linda, Annemarie, ” Cifrino, Jamie Gangel Organizations: CNN, Joint Chiefs, Staff, Promise, National Museum of, Kennedy Center, Performing Arts, Advisors, Black Colleges, Universities, America’s Locations: Vietnam, Alma, Washington

A rocket from Lebanon struck a soccer field on Saturday in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, killing at least 10 people, including some youths, according to an Israeli emergency rescue service and the Israeli military. It was the deadliest single attack from across Israel’s northern border in months of hostilities. The rescue service, Magen David Adom, said that in addition to the 10 dead, 19 people had been wounded, some of them seriously, in the Golan town of Majdal Shams. Mr. Avshalom described a “gruesome” scene at the soccer field, with bodies on the ground and fires burning. “We immediately began triage; several casualties were evacuated to local clinics,” said Mr. Avshalom.

Persons: Magen David Adom, Majdal Shams, Idan, Avshalom, ” Locations: Lebanon, Golan, Israel’s, Majdal

☆ Modi's government pledges fiscal prudence in India's post-election budget
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Charmaine Jacob | In Charmainemariajacob | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Nirmala Sitharaman, India's finance minister, leaves the ministry to present the budget at the parliament in New Delhi, India, on July 23, 2024. India's finance ministry on Tuesday lowered the country's fiscal deficit target to 4.9% for the financial year ending March 2025, a revision from 5.1% during the pre-election interim budget published back in February. That target will then fall to 4.5% or lower for the financial year ending March 2026, India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said during the announcements. "This is imperative for attracting foreign investment and sustaining growth," he said, adding that "unprecedented financial support" from the central bank will make the fiscal deficit target possible. "We will endeavor to maintain strong fiscal support for infrastructure over the next five years, in conjunction with imperatives of other priorities and fiscal consolidation."

Persons: Nirmala Sitharaman, Vipul Bhowar, Narendra Modi's, Sitharaman, Hajra, Anand Rathi, Modi's Organizations: Bloomberg, Getty, India's, Waterfield Advisors, Sitharaman, Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party, Stock Brokers, CNBC, Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party, Centre, Monitoring, BSE, U.S . Locations: New Delhi, India, Mumbai, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh

☆ Elon Musk is very publicly trying to recruit his billionaire peers to the Trump-Vance camp
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The mercurial billionaire gave his endorsement to Trump, just minutes after the GOP presidential candidate was nearly assassinated on July 13. Since then, Musk has only doubled down on Trump and his newly minted running mate, Vance on his social media platform, X. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 21, 2024Trump/Vance LFG!! — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 21, 2024Trump/Vance LFG!! Related storiesThe potential switch in Democratic nominee to Harris hasn't swayed Musk, who started criticizing her candidacy on Sunday.

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☆ Why Is the U.S. Pretending to Know Gender-Affirming Care Works? - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Pamela Paul | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Imagine a comprehensive review of research on a treatment for children found “remarkably weak evidence” that it was effective. Now imagine the medical establishment shrugged off the conclusions and continued providing the same unproven and life-altering treatment to its young patients. It’s been three months since the release of the Cass Review, an independent assessment of gender treatment for youths commissioned by England’s National Health Service. Nor, she said, is there clear evidence that transitioning kids decreases the likelihood that gender dysphoric youths will turn to suicide, as adherents of gender-affirming care claim. Scandinavian countries have been moving away from the gender-affirming model for the past few years.

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☆ How Biden Can Win the Latino Vote in the 2024 Election - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Jean Guerrero | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The possibility that Donald Trump could attract a significant share of Latino voters and shave down his margins against President Biden is one of the open questions of this election. But conservative Latino voters have taken up outsize space in the national imagination. The Biden campaign should worry less about a mass defection of Latinos to the MAGA camp than about motivating young Latinos to go to the polls. It is these youths who will determine the fate of the Latino vote. As of the 2020 Census, the median Hispanic in the United States was 30 years old.

Persons: Donald Trump, Biden, MAGA, They’re Locations: United, Arizona, Nevada, United States

☆ Fears mount over election-linked violence in France after government spokesperson attacked on campaign trail
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Niamh Kennedy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Concerns are growing about political violence ahead of high-stakes parliamentary elections in France after a series of lawmakers were attacked on the campaign trail this week. French government spokesperson Prisca Thevenot and her team came under attack while canvassing on Wednesday night, the latest in a string of violent incidents involving French lawmakers contesting Sunday’s parliamentary elections. Four people have been taken in for questioning regarding the incident, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin told French television station France 2 on Thursday morning. Acknowledging that violence has been linked to both the far-right and far-left camps, Bardella vowed, if appointed, to be a prime minister who “re-establishes order” in France. An additional 30,000 police officers and gendarmes will be deployed across France on Sunday night in the event of public disorder, Darmanin said Thursday.

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☆ China's young people are 'revenge saving' even as Gen Zers around the world are piling up debt
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-02 | by ( Lee Ying Shan | In Ying-Shan-Lee | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Post-pandemic revenge spending is still continuing, but in one part of the world there's something starkly opposite happening — revenge saving. Rather than splurging on impulsive purchases, China's young are saving ferociously as the world's second-largest economy remains in the doldrums. Revenge saving has become a trend on Chinese social media websites, with Chinese youth setting extreme monthly saving targets. "Chinese youth have a revenge savings mentality," said China Market Research Group's Managing Director Shaun Rein. "Unlike youths in the 2010s who often spent more than they earned and borrowed money to buy fancy items like Gucci handbags and Apple iPhone, young Chinese have started saving more," he told CNBC.

Persons: Zhai Zhai, Shaun Rein, Gucci Organizations: Research, CNBC Locations: China

☆ The number of Gen Zers who aren't in work or school is rising. Here's how to tackle it, according to experts.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-02 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Read previewA growing number of young people globally are struggling to stay in work or school. "They are searching for places where they can be true to themselves, where mental health is not looked down upon but helped, and where working sometimes from home or a coffee shop is possible." AdvertisementRather than jump on the first opportunities that come along, voluntary NEETs are holding back for the right job. Better guidanceOther career experts agreed that development should start early so students understand the variety of different paths available to them. Experts remain divided over how to address the rise in NEETs, in part because no solution would work for all.

Persons: —, Louis, there's, Sen, Tim Kaine, who's, Nezih Allioglu, Michaela Wright, Friederike Fabritius, Fabritius, Fabritus, Kleeman Organizations: Service, International Labour Organization, Louis Federal Reserve's Institute for Economic Equity, Business, European Commission, Young Enterprise, Governance Association, New Workforce, Prince's, Labour Force Survey, Sustainability, HSBC UK, Google, Deloitte, WSJ Locations: NEETs, NEETS

☆ Texas Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Gender Transition Care for Minors
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( J. David Goodman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Texas Supreme Court upheld a state law on Friday that bans gender-transition medical treatment for minors, overturning a lower-court ruling that had temporarily blocked the law and dealing a blow to parents of transgender children. The court, whose nine elected members are all Republicans, voted 8 to 1 in favor of allowing the law, which passed last year, to remain in effect. It bars doctors from prescribing certain medications to minors, like hormones and puberty blockers, and forbids them from performing certain surgical procedures, like mastectomies, on minors. The argument is a powerful one in Texas, where protecting parental rights from government intervention has been an important goal, particularly for conservatives. But the court found that the argument fell short.

Organizations: Texas Locations: Texas

☆ Mom of 18-year-old with a doctorate shares her 4 non-negotiable parenting rules: 'How can they be the best versions of themselves?'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Jimalita Tillman knew her daughter Dorothy Jean was gifted at a very young age. Home-schooled from age 7, Dorothy Jean took high school-level courses a year later and earned her first college diploma, an associate's degree, at age 10. She added a bachelor's degree at age 12 and an environmental science master's degree two years later, both online. Last year, at just 17 years old, Dorothy Jean earned a doctoral degree in integrated behavioral health from Arizona State University. Watching Dorothy Jean accomplish so much at a young age has been "humbling," her mother tells CNBC Make It.

Persons: Jimalita Tillman, Dorothy Jean, Dorothy, Tillman, they'll, Esther Wojcicki, Cindy Graham, Graham, HuffPost, Michele Borba, That's Organizations: Arizona State University, Leadership Institute, CNBC, Bills Locations: Chicago

☆ Why Europe’s youth are flirting with the far-right
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

In this month’s European Parliament elections, far-right parties performed predictably well – but especially, and unexpectedly, among young people. Far-right parties enjoyed a similar uptick in support in the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Austria, and continued to do well in Italy. Gonzalo Fuentes/ReutersBut young voters appear less concerned by these roots, says Simon Schnetzer, author of a recent survey of Germany’s youth. But the burst in support for far-right parties could spell a darker trend. This success of far-right parties should be a warning to Europe’s mainstream.

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☆ Supreme Court to weigh state restrictions on gender-affirming care for youths
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Lawrence Hurley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

A view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., June 17, 2024. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday waded into the contentious debate over gender-affirming care for transgender minors by agreeing to resolve challenges to a law in Tennessee that seeks to restrict it. The justices will review an appeals court ruling that upheld the measure. In a separate case, the court in April allowed Idaho to mostly enforce a similar law. The plaintiffs then asked the Supreme Court to step in.

Persons: WASHINGTON —, Elizabeth Prelogar, Jeffrey Sutton, Neil Gorsuch Organizations: U.S, Supreme, WASHINGTON, Movement Advancement, Biden, Circuit Locations: Washington , U.S, Tennessee, Idaho, Kentucky, Cincinnati, West Virginia

☆ Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to Tennessee Law Banning Transition Care for Minors
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Abbie Vansickle | More About Abbie Vansickle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide whether a Tennessee law that bans certain medical treatments for transgender minors violates the Constitution. The move means the court will for the first time hear arguments on the issue of medical care for transgender youth. The Biden administration had asked the justices to take up the case, United States v. Skrmetti, arguing that the measure outlaws treatment for gender dysphoria in youths and “frames that prohibition in explicitly sex-based terms.”In the government’s petition to the court, Solicitor General Elizabeth B. Prelogar wrote that the law bans transgender medical care but that it “leaves the same treatments entirely unrestricted if they are prescribed for any other purpose.”

Persons: Biden, Elizabeth B, Prelogar Locations: Tennessee, United States

☆ Biden’s searing character attacks on Trump may tell a story about his own campaign’s struggles
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

With his two impeachments, a criminal conviction and an attempt to overturn the last election, Trump gave Biden plenty to work with. Biden has been road testing his character attacks on Trump for weeks in fundraising events and they’re now increasingly being parroted by campaign officials. Biden seeks to move the goalposts with ads during soccer tournamentThe Biden campaign is now making daily pitches to a significant corner of his coalition showing signs of stress. On Thursday, the Biden campaign turned to Hispanic voters — another key voting bloc where polls suggest he is underperforming. Biden’s character attacks on Trump represent his best attempt to remind Americans of the fateful nature of the choice they will face in November.

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☆ Awkward Chinese youths are paying AI love coaches $7 weekly to learn how to talk on dates
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewSocially awkward and chronically single Chinese youth are turning to AI-powered love coaches to boost their dating game, according to a new report from the South China Morning Post. Unsure of what to say during dates or how to flirt, some youths are using AI applications like "RIZZ.AI" and "Hong Hong Simulator" to learn how to talk to potential love interests, the SCMP reported, citing posts on the app seen on Chinese social media. A 2023 survey by the China Youth Daily Social Survey Center found that young people in China report lacking social skills and having trouble breaking out of their comfort zones and making friends. AdvertisementWith the RIZZ.AI app, nervous youth can interact with fictional characters in scenario settings they must navigate. Screenshot/RIZZ.AIA more China-tailored app, Hong Hong Simulator, teaches users how to coax angry partners, per the SCMP.

Persons: —, Maddie, Kristen, ChatGPT, DAN, Lisa Organizations: Service, South China Morning, Hong, Business, China Youth Daily Social Survey Center Locations: China

☆ Biden vs. Trump: The 2024 presidential race turns to candidates’ bids for Black voters and the Supreme Court
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Bitter tensions are escalating between Joe Biden and Donald Trump over race and the future of the Supreme Court as they gear up for the most critical presidential debate clash in years. This is why Trump spent Saturday in Michigan, seeking to take advantage of signs of waning enthusiasm for Biden among Black voters. According to CNN exit polls in 2020, Trump won about 1 in 10 Black voters. But a recent New York Times/Siena College poll found the ex-president winning more than 20% of Black voters in battleground states. But the Biden campaign seemed keen to show the president in an informal setting with Obama and stars including Julia Roberts and George Clooney.

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☆ Opinion | The Paths to Progress for Our Graduates
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To the Editor:Re “A Promise to Grads Who Show ‘No Promise,’” by Megan K. Stack (Opinion guest essay, June 9):Ms. Stack provides a dose of wisdom and perspective for parents, educators and teens about resilience and hope. A teenager I worked with years ago who struggled in high school with academic and other issues is now a successful adult. He recently got back in touch and told me that the biggest fiction from his childhood was how everyone back then said that if he didn’t excel in high school, he’d never amount to anything. Our youths are works in progress with different trajectories, which adults can tilt in either direction. Kids are sensitive to the implicit messages they get from their parents about failure and what constitutes success.

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☆ Meet the typical LGBTQ+ American: A homeowner making six figures who most likely lives in DC or Vermont
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Among opposite same-sex couples, about a third are between 25 and 44, while it's 42% for married same-sex couples. Same-sex couples are much more likely to be interracial than opposite-sex couples — 32.2% of same-sex couples are interracial, compared to 18.6% of married opposite-sex couples and 28.6% of unmarried opposite-sex couples. For married same-sex couples, this number jumps to $123,500, compared to $109,700 for married opposite-sex couples. Unmarried same-sex couples own just 48.7% of the time, slightly above 47.9% of unmarried opposite-sex couples. In nearly two-thirds of same-sex couples, both partners are working, though this drops to 61.9% for married same-sex couples.

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☆ Worried About Youth Crime, Newark Revives an 11 P.M. Curfew
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Tammy Lagorce | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

When officials in Newark noted a recent increase in violent crime in their city, they were especially concerned about teenagers, both as perpetrators and as victims. They turned to an old-fashioned idea to keep young people out of trouble: an overnight curfew that had been on the books since 1992 but had gone largely unenforced. “Necessity is the mother of invention,” Mayor Ras J. Baraka said in a recent interview. “The things we do in Newark are sometimes because we don’t have a choice. After school lets out for the summer, it will be enforced on weeknights, too.

Persons: Ras J, Baraka Locations: Newark

☆ You're watching the 'Bridgerton' seasons and the 'Queen Charlotte' spinoff in the wrong order
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-16 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

You should then watch the first 4 episodes of "Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story." Young Queen Charlotte (India Amarteifio) in "Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story." "Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story" is a limited miniseries covering the younger years of Queen Charlotte, played here by India Amarteifio. It is great context for George's later erratic behavior, which looms over the main narrative. Moments like the Queen grieving her living husband and Lady Bridgerton grieving her dead husband deliver better insight into these characters and a better narrative arc.

Persons: Charlotte, Young, Queen Charlotte, Liam Daniel, King George III, Corey Mylchreest, Lady Danbury, Arsema Thomas, Lady Bridgerton, Connie Jenkins, Greig Organizations: Netflix Locations: India, Queen

☆ ‘Civil War’ sends a message that’s more dangerous than the violence it depicts onscreen
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( John Blake | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

In “Civil War,” tanks trample democracy. But the messages they send may be more dangerous than the violence depicted onscreen: The collapse of democracy is inevitable. In the film, Humphrey Bogart plays Rick, the cynical owner of a Moroccan nightclub at the onset of World War II. John Springer Collection/Corbis Historical/Getty ImagesOther World War II-era films like “Don’t be a Sucker,” which emphasized racial and religious tolerance in America, emphasized the same message. The box office success of “Civil War” ensures, though, that more “American carnage” stories are likely headed our way .

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☆ Many Gen Zers in their 'decisive decade' are leaving school and struggling to find work. They're part of America's disconnected youth.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-05 | by ( Allie Kelly | Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Read previewYoung Americans are feeling increasingly isolated from their offices and classrooms, and these "disconnected youth" — or "opportunity youth" — may be ill-positioned for the future. Loneliness and a tough job market are leaving many Gen Zers feeling stuck, isolated, and unsupported. In fact, they're members of the disconnected youth — defined as Gen Zers who are not in school and not working. Disconnected youth are at risk of long-term stagnationMost Gen Zers — who are between the ages of 12 and 27 — are in this decisive decade. How to help disconnected youthAlthough many disconnected youth struggle with school and work, researchers cautioned against a "one size fits all" solution.

Persons: —, Gen Zers, Richard Reeves, Reeves, Zers, aren't, Zers —, Jonathan Zaff, Ian Rowe, Lara Aknin, Zaff, Zer, isn't Organizations: Service, Brookings, Business, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, National Center for Education Statistics, Boston University, American Enterprise Institute, Partnership Locations: North America, Brookings

☆ 3 reasons your teens and 20s are 'the decisive decade'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-04 | by ( Allie Kelly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

And there are three key reasons Gen Zers' decisive decade will shape their ongoing mental and financial health. Unhappiness can shape long-term mental healthGen Zer's mental health outcomes are shaped by their involvement in school and work, Brookings researchers said. AdvertisementAt work, many Gen Zers are struggling with anxiety, work-life balance, and burnout — more so than millennials, Gen X, and boomers. Unhappiness and social isolation are especially affecting Gen Zers who reached adolescence during the pandemic. Not all Gen Zers start on equal footingTo be sure, Gen Zers' education, work, and financial outcomes are also dependent on their life circumstances in childhood.

Persons: —, Zers, Gen Zers, Ian Rowe, Gen X, Lara Aknin, it's, Zer, isn't Organizations: Service, Pew, Business, Brookings Institution, Brookings, Urban Institute, American Enterprise Institute, Research Locations: America, Brookings

☆ NYC Mayor Eric Adams on protest crackdown: We're not going to accept chaos in the city
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | 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 EmailNYC Mayor Eric Adams on protest crackdown: We're not going to accept chaos in the cityNew York City Mayor Eric Adams joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the city's crackdown on college campus protests, the radicalization of youths, the immigration crisis, and more.

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