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☆ Providing Both Bombs and Food, Biden Puts Himself in the Middle of Gaza’s War
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Peter Baker | Michael Crowley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

From the skies over Gaza these days fall American bombs and American food pallets, delivering death and life at the same time and illustrating President Biden’s elusive effort to find balance in an unbalanced Middle East war. The United States finds itself on both sides of the war in a way, arming the Israelis while trying to care for those hurt as a result. But Mr. Biden remains opposed to cutting off munitions or leveraging them to influence the fighting. “You can’t have a policy of giving aid and giving Israel the weapons to bomb the food trucks at the same time,” Representative Ro Khanna, Democrat of California, said in an interview the day after the speech. And I think the administration needs to match the genuine empathy and moral concern that came out last night for Palestinian civilian lives with real accountability for Netanyahu and the extreme right-wing government there.”

Persons: Biden’s, Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Ro Khanna, Netanyahu, ” Organizations: United, ” Locations: Gaza, United States, Israel, California

If the idea of drinking civet cat coffee, which is made from feces from the Asian palm civet, is a turn-off, there may be yet another reason to rethink the drink. This week, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) issued a warning aimed at tourists in Bali after an investigator showed undercover footage of how the civet cat excrement, containing partially digested coffee beans, is obtained. Tourists be warned: stay away from civet coffee." Plus, "there's a misconception that civet coffee ... has a unique taste, and this is often perpetuated by businesses to attract consumers and justify higher prices for their products," Baker said. A young civet cat in a cage in Bali.

Persons: Jason Baker, Baker Organizations: Animals, PETA, Bali ., Getty Locations: Bali, Catur, Bahasa Indonesia, Indonesia

☆ Wait, is America actually banning TikTok now?
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Washington CNN —House lawmakers are moving with dizzying speed with a plan that could ban TikTok from the United States. But could a TikTok ban really happen? A man walks past the headquarters of ByteDance, the parent company of video sharing app TikTok, in Beijing. They allege TikTok poses a national security threat because the Chinese government could use its intelligence laws against ByteDance, forcing it to hand over the data of US TikTok users. By that precedent, it would be unconstitutional for the government to ban TikTok even if it were blatantly a direct mouthpiece for the Chinese government, Jaffer said.

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☆ These voter reactions to Biden’s State of the Union fall largely along partisan lines
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( John King | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

The biggest takeaway came from the reviews of voters like Lang: loyal Democrats who have raised important policy and performance issues about the president. On Thursday, these voters saw a president who was listening to their concerns, but they also said that steps in the right direction did not mean the problem was solved. In Biden’s speech, Lang saw some proof that his team is listening. She is more conservative than Biden but saw things to like in his speech, including his “commitment to democracy.”Two topics hit home. “Striking to hear President Biden call for free preschool, but not support the right of families like mine to use our own tax dollars for K-12 education,” Gurr said.

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Credit Credit... The focus was a sign of how political the president’s address had been — and how central Mr. Trump is to Mr. Biden’s own political future. Video transcript Back bars 0:00 / 0:56 - 0:00 transcript In its decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court majority wrote the following. Image Mr. Biden spoke at times in what seemed a near-shout during his State of the Union address. The morning of the State of Union began with an ad from Mr. Trump’s super PAC questioning if Mr. Biden would live to 2029.

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☆ Grocers are trying to get orders to your door faster than ever — here's why
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Melissa Repko | In Melissa-Repko | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Walmart expanded its same-day delivery offering to allow shoppers to get online purchases dropped off earlier in the morning. With same-day deliveries, the three retailers are not only trying to outmatch one another on convenience. With Target's announcement this week, Walmart, Target and Kroger will all have paid membership programs with home deliveries as one of the benefits. Kroger has used online delivery to break into new regions of the country, including Florida, without opening a single grocery store. Walmart and Target both beat Wall Street's sales expectations for the holiday quarter, but said shoppers are still very value-focused.

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The situation was so dire last year at one Walgreens store in San Francisco, employees resorted to padlocking frozen foods. The effort to undo some aspects of Prop 47 comes amid a broader check on some other liberal crime enforcement policies in America. Police data shows that larceny theft, which includes retail theft and car break-ins, is down 37% from this time last year. On Tuesday, San Francisco voters approved two ballot measures spearheaded by Breed. Last September, the state announced it would be sending $267 million to law enforcement agencies throughout the state to tackle organized retail theft.

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☆ In post-Covid China, the masks are off, but Xi’s tight control is here to stay
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Simone Mccarthy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

2 official, who is charged with running its economy – and one more move for Xi to cement his control over the official narrative. China's Premier Li Qiang speaks during a press conference after the closing session of the National People's Congress in Beijing on March 13, 2023. He used his first and likely last press conference last year to highlight the prominence of the Communist Party over the state government. The axing of the premier’s press conference came alongside a shortening of the “two sessions” overall – first imposed during the pandemic to prevent the spread of Covid. Traffic slowed due to checkpoints on surrounding streets, with security officials even stopping and checking IDs of some cyclists riding on a major throughfare along the square.

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☆ After a Night ‘on Fire,’ Biden Hits the Road to Make the Case for a Second Term
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden took his bid for a second term on the road on Friday, effectively opening the general election campaign with a strongly populist pitch and an aggressive attack on his Republican challenger, former President Donald J. Trump. Mr. Biden made clear that his regular targets during this re-election bid would be billionaires, corporations, pharmaceutical companies, banks, credit card companies and even potato chip makers. All of them, in his telling, are out to gouge consumers and duck their fair share of taxes. But his favorite villain in his election-year narrative will still be Mr. Trump, his opponent from 2020 now in a rematch set by this week’s Super Tuesday primaries. “Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans are trying to take away our freedoms,” Mr. Biden told a crowd of cheering Democrats in a school gymnasium, this time not shying away from citing his challenger by name, unlike the night before.

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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The trial and conviction of a movie armorer in connection with a fatal shooting on the set of the Western movie “Rust” has given Alec Baldwin and his legal team a unusual window into how his own trial in the death could unfold. Baldwin’s trial is scheduled for July and will involve the same judge and prosecutors as well as many of the same witnesses. But Gutierrez-Reed's trial included previously undisclosed testimony from eyewitnesses to the shooting. “Alec Baldwin’s conduct and his lack of gun safety inside that church on that day is something that he’s going to have to answer for," prosecutor Kari Morrissey said in her closing arguments against Gutierrez-Reed. The filming of “Rust” moved to Montana after the shooting in New Mexico, under an agreement with Hutchins' widower, Matthew Hutchins, that made him an executive producer.

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☆ Analysts love these value stocks, giving 4 more than 30% upside
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Weizhen Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Growth stocks have often been investor darlings — the S & P 500 is driven by stocks in sectors like tech. Value stocks are less popular. But many growth stocks are also becoming expensive, prompting some investors to turn to value stocks. Goldman Sachs also recently highlighted value stocks that stand out for their cheap valuations compared with earnings growth prospects. Those interested in value stocks can consider the following from CNBC Pro's screen of the Vanguard Value ETF.

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☆ Europe cannot keep assuming the US will fund its defense, European leader warns
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Lithuania's PM said US support is crucial to Europe as "we are not able to do that ourselves." But Europe cannot assume the US will keep helping with its defense, she said. Lithuania wants more support for Ukraine now and Europe to commit to more defense spending. AdvertisementEurope can't keep assuming that the US will fund its defense, Lithuania's prime minister told Business Insider. The country, which borders Russia, has in recent years urged more support for Ukraine and, like many other European nations, has ramped up its defense spending as it warns that Russia could attack another European country next.

Persons: Lithuania's, —, Ingrida Šimonytė Organizations: Service, Ukraine Locations: Europe, Lithuania, Ukraine, Russia

☆ ‘Uncommitted’ Effort to Protest Biden Will Shift Its Focus to Washington State
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Reid J. Epstein | Mike Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After gaining some traction in Michigan and Minnesota, the next stop in the campaign to protest President Biden’s handling of Israel’s war in Gaza will be the Washington State primary next Tuesday. Like in Michigan, which has a large Arab American population, and Minnesota, where there is a significant population of East African immigrants and their children, the Washington State effort is counting on Middle Eastern immigrants and progressives to serve as a moral voice against America’s foreign policy alliance with Israel. Rami Al-Kabra, a Palestinian-American who is a City Council member in the Seattle suburb of Bothell, said activists have been reaching out to immigrant communities and others who have expressed disillusionment with Democrats. Some, he said, had thrown away their mail ballots, feeling like they did not have a voice. But after learning of the option to vote “uncommitted,” they have requested replacement ballots to submit.

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☆ Ukrainian soldiers are attacking trenches led by drones, military trainer says
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukrainian soldiers are using drones to lead them through trenches, an Australian military trainer said. AdvertisementUkrainian soldiers are advancing through trenches drone-first and in smaller groups to avoid Russian booby traps, an Australian training Ukrainian troops told Business Insider. He was speaking to BI at a training site for Ukrainian soldiers in the south of England. Both sides have dug trenches, with soldiers hiding in, launching attacks from, and fighting each other in the miles of deep lines. He said this allows them to give Ukrainian soldiers "more accurate training," but that in some areas "what we actually found is that we were learning more off them."

Persons: —, Davidson Organizations: Service, Business, UK Ministry of Defence, Russia Locations: Australian, Ukraine, England, Russia

☆ Russia seems to be OK with sacrificing its planes over Ukraine to achieve a bigger prize, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Russia seems to be more heavily using its air force for glide bomb attacks, the ISW said. The ISW had previously released an assessment on Monday that suggested Ukraine's reported successes had caused Russia's air force to scale back its flights. Experts warned that it would be devastating for Ukraine if Russia continued to be able to do this. Russia using glide bombs near Avdiivka may be why Ukraine has been able to shoot down so many Russian jets, experts previously told Business Insider. Russian aircraft need to fly higher to launch them, giving Ukraine's weaponry more time to target and hit them, they said.

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☆ 1 million Arizonans will have all their medical debt wiped out, joining other states' efforts to make sure the burden doesn't 'torpedo' Americans' lives, Arizona's governor says
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewNearly 1 million Arizona residents will soon see their medical debt balances turn to zero. AdvertisementA February analysis conducted by nonprofit health organization KFF, based on government data, estimated that about 20 million Americans owe at least $220 billion in medical debt, with 14 million people owing over $1,000 in medical debt and about 3 million people owing more than $10,000. Ned Lamont, who announced in early February that the state would cancel $650 million in medical debt for about 250,000 residents. Arizonans deserve a break, and they deserve a government that fights for them, helping ensure that medical debt is not going to torpedo their lives." Are you struggling to pay off medical debt?

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☆ Inside a prison healthcare company's ownership shell game
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Dakin Campbell | Nicole Einbinder | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +22 min

Sen. Elizabeth Warren has criticized Corizon successor company YesCare for its opaque corporate structure. Yet Geneva's track record is scant; it only incorporated in November 2021, six months before it got the YesCare contract. AdvertisementOnly one agency with a YesCare contract told BI it was aware of the extent to which YesCare had outsourced its operations. AdvertisementAn October 2022 YesCare bid document, submitted to the Alabama Department of Corrections, says PharmaCorr will dispense all prescription medications for YesCare. AdvertisementThe agreement between Geneva and prison healthcare provider YesCare requires YesCare to pay at least $500,000 a month to Geneva.

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☆ Ukraine said it sank a $65 million warship that Russia planned to use for an antiaircraft missile system
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine said it destroyed another Russian ship in the Black Sea using sea drones. The Sergei Kotov patrol vessel, part of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, cost $65 million, Ukraine said. AdvertisementUkrainian military intelligence said a $65 million Russian warship was the latest to be sunk in the Black Sea. It added that a Ukrainian special unit attacked the Black Sea Fleet vessel in cooperation with Ukraine's navy and the Ministry of Digital Transformation. In December, the UK's defense minister said that "over the past 4 months 20% of Russia's Black Sea Fleet has been destroyed."

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☆ Across the Board, Voters Give Better Marks to Trump’s Policies Than Biden’s
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Ruth Igielnik | Camille Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Not since Theodore Roosevelt ran against William Howard Taft in 1912 have voters gotten the opportunity to weigh the records of two men who have done the job of president. And despite holding intensely and similarly critical opinions both of President Biden and of his predecessor, Americans have much more positive views of Donald J. Trump’s policies than they do of Mr. Biden’s, according to New York Times/Siena College polls. Overall, 40 percent of voters said Mr. Trump’s policies had helped them personally, compared with just 18 percent who say the same about Mr. Biden’s policies. Instead, 43 percent of voters said Mr. Biden’s policies had hurt them, nearly double the share who said the same about Mr. Trump’s policies, the latest Times/Siena poll found. That presidents are frequently remembered more fondly once they leave office is nothing new.

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☆ Russian soldiers targeted while riding on top of armored vehicles is now a 'daily occurrence,' pushing up its death toll, US soldier says
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Video shows a Russian armored vehicle with soldiers riding on top being attacked. A US veteran fighting in Ukraine said it was "a daily occurrence" that had killed many Russians. AdvertisementFootage showing Russian soldiers being targeted while they are riding on top of an armored vehicle highlights a "daily occurrence" that has driven Russia's death rate way up, according to a US veteran serving in Ukraine. It shows about a dozen Russian soldiers riding on top of a fast-moving armored vehicle that has smoke pouring out from it. It also said that Russia's daily casualties in February were the highest since the invasion began, at an average of 983 a day.

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☆ Tax pros brace for ‘tidal wave’ of crypto tax scrutiny from the IRS. What investors need to know
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Kate Dore | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

As the IRS bolsters its cryptocurrency expertise, tax professionals are bracing for increased scrutiny of digital currency. The IRS announced it hired two former crypto executives to beef up its digital currency service, reporting, compliance and enforcement programs. "Everybody's been waiting for the tidal wave of this enforcement activity," said James Creech, an attorney and senior manager at accounting firm Baker Tilly. More from Personal Finance:IRS targets wealthy 'non-filers' with new wave of compliance letters4 red flags for an IRS tax audit — and how to avoid the 'audit lottery'IRS aims to close 'inequity gap' for unpaid taxes. These actions will trigger a "significant amount" of crypto enforcement, said Hylton, who is a former IRS commissioner for the agency's small business and self-employed division.

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☆ I tried to get rid of my 'Sunday scaries' with sound bath meditation. It worked — sort of.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-03 | by ( Nicolette Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Enter sound bath meditation. Trying a sound bath yoga sessionIt's unclear exactly how sound baths originated, but many believe that sound therapy is rooted in centuries of similar practices — with most applications originating in Greek, Egyptian, and Tibetan culture. AdvertisementThe benefits of a sound bath meditation can include relaxation, reduced stress, and better sleep. After browsing a handful of in-person classes and YouTube tutorials, New York City's Humming Puppy yoga studio particularly spoke to me. When the yoga sequence concluded, the instructor played a few tones on the studio's crystal bowls — the final "sound bath" portion of the class.

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☆ If Putin isn't stopped 'whatever happens next is Europe's problem at large,' Lithuanian PM says
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-02 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Lithuania, which borders Russia, says Russia could attack other countries if not stopped in Ukraine. Its prime minister told BI that if Putin is not stopped "whatever happens next is Europe's problem at large." download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementWhatever Russia does next will be a problem for the whole of Europe unless it's defeated in Ukraine, Lithuania's prime minister told Business Insider. "If Putin is not stopped in Ukraine, then whatever happens next is Europe's problem at large," she said.

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news analysisWhen it comes down to it, a lot of Democrats wish President Biden were not running this fall. Image Supporters greeted President Biden as his motorcade left the airport in Brownsville, Texas, earlier this week. Some privately say that Georgia and Arizona may be out of reach, requiring Mr. Biden to sweep Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Mr. Biden, 81, is just a little older than Mr. Trump, 77, and both have exhibited moments of confusion and memory lapses. After his annual physical this past week, Mr. Biden’s doctor pronounced him “fit for duty.” But polls show that more of the public is unsettled by Mr. Biden’s advancing years than Mr. Trump’s.

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☆ Russia's fear of putting its planes in danger may be the very thing getting them shot down, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementGetting unpowered glide bombs to travel far enough from a distance requires "lobbing from very, very high altitudes and speeds," he said. "It gives more time to complete an intercept while those Russian aircraft are at higher altitudes," he said. AdvertisementEken said that launching glide bombs at distant targets from higher altitudes exposes Russian planes to longer-range Ukrainian air defense systems. Even so, Ukraine's recent success in shooting them down is unlikely to be a game changer in the war. Russia's glide bombs are also causing huge damage to Ukraine, and Russia putting more jets in the sky means more harm.

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