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☆ Illinois is considering a 3% tax on millionaires to solve the state's skyrocketing property tax problem
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-06 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The governor says the tax could generate $4.5 billion annually and alleviate high property taxes. Illinois has the second-highest property taxes in the US. State leaders say it could alleviate the burden of high property taxes on the average resident. Illinois has the second-highest property taxes in the United States, according to the Tax Foundation, a tax policy nonprofit. "South suburban homeowners already pay some of the highest property taxes in the county, and these increases will make paying those bills even more difficult."

Persons: —, JB Pritzker's, Maria Pappas, Pappas, Pat Quinn, Quinn, WBEZ Organizations: Service, Illinois Gov, JB, Tax Foundation, Former Illinois Gov Locations: Illinois, WBEZ, Massachusetts . Massachusetts, United States, Cook County, Chicago

☆ Harris’ border visit and economy speech capture attention as warning signs emerge for campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-06 | by ( Jennifer Agiesta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

But some emerging trends in the data hint at warning signs for the vice president’s campaign. Looking at what people say they have heard, read or seen about Harris, “lie” has emerged as a persistent top word that some Americans associate with her. “Kamala says nothing,” wrote one respondent included in the latest survey. About 8% in the latest data use the word “lie” or “liar” in relation to Trump. “It has been relatively quiet this week,” one respondent to the latest survey wrote when asked about Trump.

Persons: CNN — Kamala Harris ’, Harris, Donald Trump, they’ve, Trump, ”, “ Kamala, “, Volodymyr Zelensky, they’d, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, ” CNN’s Ariel Edwards, Levy Organizations: CNN, ABC, Democratic, Georgetown University, University of Michigan, Trump, Republican National Convention, Republicans Locations: Arizona, Pittsburgh, Ukraine

☆ House GOP chairman demands FEMA accountability for Hurricane Helene after flooding claims more than 200 lives
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( Laura Strickler | Laura Strickler Is A Senior Investigative Producer | Reporter For Nbc News. She Is Based In Washington. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

The chairman of a House Homeland Security subcommittee is asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency to detail what it did to prepare for Hurricane Helene after it became clear there would be catastrophic flooding. Helene made landfall in Big Bend, Florida, on Sept. 26, causing flooding that devastated North Carolina, Tennessee and other Southern states and claimed more than 200 lives. D’Esposito, R-N.Y., cited a local official from Buncombe County, North Carolina, who claimed that water was requested before the storm started but was delayed, further exacerbating the water shortage in Asheville. Post-landfall, it “surged capacity to where it was needed the most.” She noted that western North Carolina has now been identified as the area that was hardest hit. More than 6,400 federal personnel, including FEMA staff, are deployed in the affected areas.

Persons: Helene, Anthony D’Esposito, Deanne Criswell, ”, Hurricane Helene, Liz Sherwood, Randall, “, Donald Trump, Sen, Thom Tillis, Chuck Edwards, ” Edwards Organizations: House Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Management, Technology, FEMA, NBC News, North Carolina Republicans, Republican, Management Locations: Big Bend , Florida, North Carolina , Tennessee, Hurricane, Buncombe County , North Carolina, Asheville, Bend , Florida, North Carolina, Buncombe

☆ In California, heat and dry conditions make arson a more potent threat
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( Evan Bush | Evan Bush Is A Science Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

But as climate change leads temperatures to rise, fire seasons to grow longer and drought conditions to become more intense, intentionally set fires have more opportunity to take off and grow. Given that, he said, “an arrest can have a big payoff.”Prestemon has studied wildfire arson events in Florida, Spain and other locations. Wildfire arson isn’t well studied, but researchers in the U.S., Europe and Australia have narrowed down the profile of typical perpetrators. Cal Fire has counted between 182 and 386 arson fires each year since 2014, with rates roughly consistent relative to the number of overall fires. Investigators were able to link McGlover’s plausible movements that day to several fires, Fox said.

Persons: Muschetto, ”, ” Muschetto, Jeffrey Prestemon, “ They’re, ” Prestemon, “, Prestemon, they’re, Janet Stanley, can’t, Daniel Fox, ” Fox, That’s, it’s, Fox, Brandon McGlover, McGlover, Bezos, ” Andrea Blaylock sifts, Nic Coury, Mike Ramsey, Stout Organizations: Cal Fire, Climate, National Weather Service, U.S, U.S . Forest Service’s, Research, University of Melbourne, “, Fox, Rockefeller, AP Stout Locations: California, Los Angeles, U.S ., North Carolina, Florida, Spain, U.S, Europe, Australia, ”, Riverside County, Idyllwild , California, Forest, Calif, Butte County

☆ Israel targets Hezbollah intelligence headquarters in Lebanon; Iran says it will not back down
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Israel has been weighing options in its response to Iran's ballistic missile attack on Tuesday, which Iran had carried out in response to Israel's military action in Lebanon. Hashem Safieddine's fate was unclear and neither Israel nor Hezbollah have offered any comment. Israel says it targets military capabilities and takes steps to mitigate the risk of harm to civilians. The Israeli military said some 70 projectiles were launched from Lebanon into Israeli territory on Friday evening and were either intercepted or fell in open land. Israel sent ground forces into Lebanon this week after the Iranian missiles attacks.

Persons: Israel, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Hashem, Joe Biden, Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Stephane Dujarric, Kamel Ahmad Jawad, Matthew Miller, Israel's Organizations: Hezbollah, U.S, White House, Republican, Democratic, Lebanese, U.S . State Department, Washington, . State Department Locations: Iran, Israel, Jerusalem, Beirut, Lebanon, Gaza, Burj, Choueifat district, Haret Hreik, Lebanese, Odaisseh, American, Dearborn , Michigan, U.S, Palestinian

☆ Falling home prices and fed-up residents show the Texas housing boom is slowing
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( Jennifer Sor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The Texas housing market has cooled after a frenzy of activity during the pandemic. The shift in attitudes is an indicator for the state's housing market, which boomed during the pandemic. Median home prices in Texas have fallen around 7% from their highs in mid-2022, according to data from Redfin. The decline is an outlier compared to the broader US housing market, which is still prices hovering around record highs. But those issues are minor relative to things like economic growth and housing affordability, Fairweather says, which she described as two of the biggest factors that could determine if the Texas housing market picks back up.

Persons: Austin, —, Peter Hoholick, Roe, Wade, Hoholick, it's, James Willoughby, Willoughby, he's, Redfin, William Wheeler, Price, Daryl Fairweather, " Fairweather, Fairweather, they're, Samuel Cobb, couldn't, Cobb, hasn't, We're Organizations: Lone Star, Service, Texas —, Lone Star State, realtors, Texas, Census Bureau, . Texas realtors, Bureau of Labor Statistics, BI Locations: Texas, Austin, California, Dallas, Amarillo, Florida , Texas, LendingTree, Fort Worth, Arlington, East Texas

Immediately after Oct. 7, Hezbollah began carrying out strikes in northern Israel in a show of solidarity with Hamas. Isolated and in hiding in Gaza, Mr. Sinwar’s communication with his organization has become strained. Image A poster of Mr. Sinwar at a Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon, in August. The failure of Hezbollah or Iran to meaningfully damage Israel is a telling sign of Mr. Sinwar’s miscalculation, American officials said. On Sept. 13, Hezbollah released a letter that Mr. Sinwar sent in support of Mr. Nasrallah.

Persons: Yahya Sinwar, Sinwar, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Mohammed Saber, Hassan Nasrallah, Mr, Nasrallah, Alkis Konstantinidis, Netanyahu, Ismail Haniyeh, Haniyeh, Arash Khamooshi, Yoav Gallant, ” Mr, Gallant, ”, Scott D, ” Julian E, Barnes, Adam Goldman, Edward Wong, Adam Rasgon, Aaron Boxerman, Ronen Bergman Organizations: Israel, U.S, Hezbollah, Hamas, Mr, Credit, The New York Times, U.S . Defense Intelligence Agency Locations: Gaza, Israel, U.S, Deir al, Lebanon, Iran, Palestinian, Beirut, Egypt, Qatar, Tehran, Rafah, Tel Sultan, Washington, New York, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv

☆ America’s best foods and the world’s greatest pizza
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( Maureen O'Hare | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Editor’s Note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. CNN —In travel news this week: how Japan led the world’s high-speed rail revolution, the couple who rode motorcycles round the world with three rescue dogs – plus we put the spotlight on America’s world-class cuisine. America’s greatest dishesFrom Louisiana gumbo to Hawaiian poke to the humble PB&J, the United States is home to many fantastic dishes. Here are CNN Travel’s picks of 20 of the best of them – see if your favorites made it to the table. The Italy-based 50 Top Pizza Awards revealed its 2024 list recently, and the winning restaurant wasn’t in Naples or Rome.

Persons: CNN Travel’s, Jane Satow, that’s, ”, who’ll, Trevi, –, it’s, Hurricane Helene Organizations: CNN, wasn’t, Manhattan’s, Greyhound, Trevi, Tourism Locations: Japan, Louisiana gumbo, United States, Italy, Naples, Rome, Virginia, French, Provence, Europe, Chicago, Australian, Trevi, Alaska

☆ I moved my family from Dallas to a small city in Missouri. I miss the diversity of food in Texas, but the cost of living is much cheaper here.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Josh Hartman and his family moved from Texas to Missouri in 2021 when he started a new job. But Hartman and his wife are happier with their kids' education in Missouri. AdvertisementThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Josh Hartman, a 42-year-old operations manager who moved with his family from Dallas to Sikeston, Missouri, in 2022. We moved to Sikeston, Missouri, in 2022We moved primarily for work, but the location played a big part, too. Then we moved to Texas, and it was summer nine months out of the year.

Persons: Josh Hartman, Hartman, —, We've, It's, we've, We're, they're Organizations: Dallas, Service Locations: Texas, Missouri, Dallas, Sikeston , Missouri, Kansas, Minnesota, DFW, It's, Nashville, Louisville , Kentucky, Louis, Memphis, Springfield , Missouri, We've

☆ Nasrallah's possible successor out of contact since Friday, Lebanese source says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A portrait of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah sits amid destruction in a area targeted overnight by Israeli airstrikes in Saksakiyeh on September 26, 2024. The potential successor to slain Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has been out of contact since Friday, a Lebanese security source said on Saturday, after an Israeli airstrike that is reported to have targeted him. The Lebanese security source and two other Lebanese security sources said that ongoing Israeli strikes on Beirut's southern suburb — known as Dahiyeh — since Friday have kept rescue workers from scouring the site of the attack. The loss of Nasrallah's rumored successor would be yet another blow to Hezbollah and its patron Iran. The Lebanese security official told Reuters that Saturday's strike on a Palestinian refugee camp in Tripoli killed a member of Hamas, his wife and two children.

Persons: Hassan Nasrallah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Israel, Axios, Hashem Safieddine, Nadav Shoshani, Nasrallah's, Fighting, General Nasrallah Organizations: Reuters, Media Locations: Saksakiyeh, Iran, Lebanon, Tripoli, Beirut, Israel, Gaza, Palestinian, Dahiyeh

☆ 52-year-old worked 90-hour weeks in an oil refinery to save money for his business—now he's worth $9.5 billion
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( Natalie Wu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Yet the concept, which eventually became Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers, propelled Graves to his debut Tuesday on the Forbes 400, a ranking of America's richest people. He's reportedly the country's 107th-richest person, with an estimated net worth of $9.5 billion, largely driven by his ownership stake in Raising Cane's. Graves owns more than 90 percent of the company, and has no plans to take it public or sell his stake to private investors, he said. "I want my kids in the business to be able to carry our values on after their mom and I are gone," said Graves. "They can turn this into a worldwide business and continue to grow."

Persons: Todd Graves, Craig Silvey, Graves, He's, Cane's —, Cane — Organizations: LSU, Forbes, Nicholls State University, Small Business Administration, CNBC Locations: Louisiana, Cane's, California, Baton Rouge , Louisiana, Alaska —

☆ Bailey Sharp, 23, was killed after plotting California man's murder; co-conspirators sentenced to life, as seen on Dateline
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Rebeccah Glaser | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +11 min

For years, Jeff Sharp often relied on the same refrain when he came upon an addict. The only reason Bailey wasn’t charged in Hilbert’s murder, Zois told “Dateline,” is because she is dead. A lawyer for Bischoff disputed this account, telling “Dateline” that his client had nothing to do with Hilbert’s murder. Bailey Sharp, 23, was killed weeks after Justin Hilbert's murder. And without that money, the arrangement between Bischoff, Bailey and Serrano fell apart in the weeks that followed.

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A fourth university has forfeited its women’s volleyball match against San José State University following controversy over the gender identity of one of the team’s players. In the lawsuit, Slusser says the teammate who was the subject of the media coverage told her she was a trans woman. Tony Hoang, the executive director of Equality California, said that in forfeiting matches against SJSU, school administrators are harming all students involved. The Republican governors of both Utah and Idaho publicly supported decisions by Southern Utah University, Utah State University and Boise State University to cancel their matches against SJSU. Previously, trans athletes’ participation in sports was regulated by state sports associations, school districts and, in college athletics, the NCAA.

Persons: Michelle Smith McDonald, ” McDonald, Reduxx, Brooke Slusser, Riley Gaines, Lia Thomas, Slusser, hadn’t, “, didn’t, ” Michelle Brutlag Hosick, hasn’t, Tony Hoang, ” Hoang, Brad Little, Idaho’s Organizations: San José State, Utah State University, SJSU, University of Wyoming, Boise State University and Southern Utah University, Educational, NCAA, NBC, University of Kentucky, University of Pennsylvania, Equality, Southern Utah University , Utah State University, Boise State University, SJSU ., SJSU . Idaho Gov, Boise State, Conservatives Locations: California, Equality California, Utah, Idaho, SJSU . Idaho, Idaho , Utah, Wyoming

That opportunistic vocalist was named Otis Redding, who received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday. Jimmy Jam, a music producer and the master of ceremonies for the unveiling of the star, lauded Redding as legendary. Santiago started off by thanking Zelma Redding, Otis Redding's wife, who attended the ceremony. But this means the world, that here we are, traveling all the way to the West Coast for this honor that will live on forever as the legacy of Otis Redding does," Redding-Andrews said. “I am not a blues singer or an R&B singer,” Redding once said.

Persons: Johnny Jenkins, Jenkins, Otis Redding, Jimmy Jam, Redding, Jam, Michael Santiago, Mike, Santiago, Zelma Redding, Otis Redding's, Martin, Coretta, Malcolm, Betty, Otis, Coretta Scott King, Betty Shabazz, Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X, Karla Redding, Redding's, “, ‘, ’ ”, Andrews, ”, Rolling, Little Richard’s, Carla Thomas, Phil Walden, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, “ Otis Redding, Bill Graham, ” Redding Organizations: Stax Records, Stax, Hollywood, Rolling Stone, Memphis DJ, Fillmore, Monterey Pop Festival Locations: Memphis, Andrews, West, Macon , Georgia, Georgia, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sausalito, Madison, Wis, Monterey

“There isn’t anything that we don’t need right now,” said Tim Love, a volunteer at the center. The destruction of major roads, combined with the natural terrain of the southern Appalachians, have made the rapid distribution of aid an ongoing challenge. The devastation in North Carolina and Tennessee has left two major interstates, Interstate 40 and Interstate 26, largely closed down and inaccessible. According to data from the North Carolina Department of Transportation, the entire western border of the state has limited access. Hundreds of road incidents across the region have made numerous roadways blocked and inaccessible due to the damage.

Persons: Hurricane Helene, ”, Tim Love, “ We’ve, we’ve, Chris Spear, ” Spear Organizations: BRISTOL, —, American Trucking Association, NBC News, North Carolina Department of Transportation Locations: Tenn, Unicoi County , Tennessee, Hurricane, Tennessee, “, North Carolina

Hezbollah has also been accused of obstructing the election of a new president, leaving Lebanon leaderless for the past two years. A pro-Iranian Hezbollah supporter holds up a poster of assassinated Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut, on Thursday. While some Lebanese believe Hezbollah hijacked Lebanon’s political system, it also held it up. Lebanon has already suffered a year of lower-level fighting between Israel and Hezbollah along its southern border. But Lebanese political leaders are still relishing Hezbollah’s decline, he said, even some among the group’s Shia Muslim co-religionists.

Persons: Hassan Nasrallah, ” Fouad Siniora, ”, Rafik Hariri, Marwan Naamani, Sarah Zaaimi, Firas Maksad, “, ” Maksad, Nabih Berri, Jeffrey Feltman, Berri, Israel –, ” Ibrahim Moussawi, —, Siniora Organizations: NBC News, United, Getty, Hezbollah, Hariri, & Middle, Middle East Institute, WikiLeaks, Security, Keystone, —, The Washington Institute Locations: BEIRUT, Lebanon, Israel, Beirut, Iran, United Nations, Lebanese, Syria, AFP, Washington, U.S, Paris, Tehran, Riyadh, Jerusalem, “

ISIS executed Yazidi men and boys and committed acts of sexual violence and rape against women and girls, among other crimes, as CNN has reported. Sido said she was then trafficked to different locations across several countries over the next few years. The United States and Iraq confirmed they had coordinated to help evacuate Sido out of Gaza. “The government of Iraq asked us to do whatever we could to get her out of Gaza and get her home. An Israeli diplomat, David Saranga, released a video of Sido reuniting with her family members.

Persons: Fawzia Sido, David Saranga X, Fawzia Amin Sido, Sido, “, ”, Fawzia, Matthew Miller, ” Miller, David Saranga, Saranga Organizations: Islamic, Reuters, ISIS, CNN, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces, Iraq’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, American Locations: Islamic State, Iraq, Gaza, United States, Sinjar, Al, Hol, Syria, Idlib, Turkey, Istanbul, Hurghada, Egypt, ”, Rafah, Israel, Kerem, Jordan, Allenby, Baghdad, Iraqi, Israeli, Palestinian Hamas

Persons: Fawzia Amin Sido, Sido, “, ”, Fawzia, Matthew Miller, ” Miller, David Saranga, Saranga Organizations: ISIS, CNN, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces, Iraq’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, American Locations: Gaza, United States, Sinjar, Iraq, Al, Hol, Syria, Idlib, Turkey, Istanbul, Hurghada, Egypt, ”, Rafah, Israel, Kerem, Jordan, Allenby, Baghdad, Iraqi, Israeli, Palestinian Hamas

The virtual event, organized by Emgage Action, which endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris last week, was the most direct pitch yet to conflicted Muslim and Arab voters from her or Walz. “As-Salaam-Alaikum,” Walz said on the call, using the Arabic greeting, before he turned to the war on many Arab and Muslim voters’ minds. Some Muslim activists and elected officials they say are disappointed to have heard little from the Harris campaign since then. During the campaign, some disaffected Muslim and Arab voters have flocked to third-party candidates like Jill Stein and Cornel West, both of whom picked Muslim running mates and have courted pro-Palestinian voters. “We understand that some Muslim voters, any voter, may feel a moral dilemma voting for [Harris].

Persons: Tim Walz, Harris, Kamala Harris, Walz, ” Walz, “, ”, Donald Trump’s, Joe Biden’s, they’re, Jill Stein, Cornel West, Trump, Wa’el Alzayat, Donald Trump, Mohamed Gula, we’re, Keith Ellison, Biden, “ Kamala Harris, Biden ”, ” Ellison, Andy Levin, —, Rosh Hashanah, Ro Khanna, Benjamin ] Netanyahu, ” Khanna Organizations: Democratic, Biden, Emgage, Harris, Lebanese, Israel, Democratic National Convention, Cornel, Minnesota, Palestine, ” Locations: Washington, Lebanon, Minnesota, Gaza, “, Israel, Michigan, Hamtramck , Michigan, U.S, United States, Rosh

☆ Online retailer Shein to hold roadshows soon ahead of London IPO, Reuters reports
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The logo of fast fashion e-commerce company Shein outside its office in Guangzhou in southern China's Guangdong province. Shein is set to hold informal investor meetings in the coming weeks for its planned London initial public offering, three sources with knowledge of the matter said, pushing ahead with preparations as it awaits U.K. regulatory approval. The China-founded online retailer plans to hold informal roadshows mainly across Europe, one of the sources said, during which an IPO-bound company fields large investors' questions and tests their investment appetite. Shein confidentially filed papers with Britain's markets regulator in early June, kicking off the process for a potential London listing by the company later in the year, Reuters reported in June, citing sources. Shein's preparations for a potential London listing marks a shift from its long-running U.S. IPO plan, which has run into obstacles at home and abroad, Reuters has reported.

Persons: Shein confidentially Organizations: Reuters, Financial, Authority Locations: Guangzhou, China's Guangdong province, Shein, China, Europe, Singapore, York

☆ Soho House billionaire's mansion plans for English countryside is 'more suited to Disneyland,' locals say
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

One said the proposed development is "more suited to Disneyland." AdvertisementAn American billionaire's plan to build a home in the English countryside is not going over well with local residents, one of whom said it was "more suited to Disneyland." Burkle's proposed home would be near Soho Farmhouse, a countryside outpost of the members-only chain. AdvertisementAn illustration of Ron Burkle's proposed countryside home in England. Martin Leay AssociatesBurkle is having a hard time, however, getting approval for his rural home from West Oxfordshire officials.

Persons: Ron Burkle, —, He's, Ron Burkle's, Burkle's, Martin Leay, Burkle, Monteverdi, Mascagni, Mozart, Little Tew's Organizations: Soho House, Service, Yucaipa Companies, West, West Oxfordshire District, Business, Little, National Locations: England, Soho House, Little Tew, West Oxfordshire, Soho

In a speech to Congress, also on Tuesday, with López Obrador sitting a few steps from her, the promises seemed more tangible. It is far less than the 2.6 million barrels per day López Obrador promised at the beginning of his term. Experts said Mexico would not be able to increase oil production using traditional methods, because its fields are getting tapped out. Mexico is almost out of oil,” said Adrian Fernandez, who holds a PhD in environmental science from Imperial College London and directs the Mexico Climate Initiative, a think tank. Before leaving office, López Obrador pushed through a constitutional reform that strongly favors the Federal Electricity Commission.

Persons: —, Claudia Sheinbaum, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, ”, López Obrador, Sheinbaum, Rosanety Barrios, Enrique Peña Nieto, Adrian Fernandez, Fernández, Hurricane John, Hurricane Otis, Claudia, ” Barrios Organizations: MEXICO CITY, Federal Electricity Commission, Mexican Energy Regulatory Commission, Ministry of Energy, Imperial College London, Mexico Climate Initiative, United Nations, Hurricane, CFE, Associated Press Locations: MEXICO, López, Mexico, Paris, Dos Bocas, Acapulco, Guerrero, AP.org

☆ The beginner's guide to nepo babies
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Amanda Yen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

AdvertisementThere's one other field that's become a magnet for nepo babies with something new to say: journalism. The coastersBrooklyn Peltz Beckham and Nicola Peltz Beckham at the Academy Museum Gala in December 2023. Brooklyn Peltz Beckham and Nicola Peltz Beckham also fall into this category. The activistsSome nepo babies use their inherited millions to address social issues they're passionate about. The normiesLastly, there are some nepo babies who have chosen professions in fields where their connections won't help them quite as much.

Persons: —, John Quincy Adams, John Adams, Liza Minnelli, Judy Garland, Chan Zuckerberg, Mark Zuckerberg, Taylor Swift, Zuckerberg, Forbes — isn't, ultrarich, Alexandre Arnault, Antoine Arnault, Delphine Arnault, Bernard Arnault, Vianney Le Caer, Murdoch, Donald Trump, Fred Trump, Bill Gates, David Ellison, Larry Ellison, Jessica Pegula, Emma Navarro, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Bloomberg, Lance, Lawrence, Williams, Logan Sargeant, McLaren, Lando Norris, Jack Schlossberg, Kennedy, who's, Z's, Ronan Farrow, Mia Farrow, Woody Allen, rocketed, Harvey Weinstein, Brooklyn Peltz Beckham, Nicola Peltz Beckham, Frazer Harrison, Paris Hilton, Olivia Jade Giannulli, Lori Loughlin, she's, David, Victoria Beckham, Nelson Peltz, Abigail Disney, She's, Zers, Elon Musk's, Vivian Wilson, Jennifer Gates Nassar, Charles Shaffer, Anna Wintour Organizations: Service, Fox, News Corp, Oracle, Skydance Media, Aston Martin, New Yorker, Brooklyn, Academy Museum, Paris, Hilton, University of Southern, Zen, Disney, Bank of Mom, Vogue, Columbia University Locations: —, New, University of Southern California, Mount Sinai

☆ Yazidi woman captured by ISIS rescued in Gaza after more than a decade in captivity
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Nechirvan Mando | Michael Rios | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A 21-year-old Yazidi woman has been rescued from Gaza where she had been held captive by Hamas for years after being trafficked by ISIS. Fawzia told CNN that she has been returned to Iraq after enduring years of captivity. Over the next few years, Fawzia was trafficked to different locations across several countries. US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller confirmed that the US helped evacuate Fawzia from Gaza. And the government of Iraq asked us to do whatever we could to get her out of Gaza and get her home.

Persons: Fawzia Amin Sido, Fawzia, Hol, ” “, “, Matthew Miller, ”, ” Miller Organizations: CNN, ISIS, Israel Defense Forces, Hamas, IDF, Iraq’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, American, US State Department Locations: Gaza, Israel, United States, Iraq, Sinjar, Nineveh, Al, Syria, Idlib, Turkey, Istanbul, Hurghada, Egypt, ”, Rafah, Fawzia, “, Baghdad, Iraqi

☆ Impact Plastics: Tennessee factory says workers had time to flee Helene’s floodwaters. Their families disagree
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Alisha Ebrahimji | Caroll Alvarado | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

The 56-year-old grandmother was one of 11 Tennessee plastics plant workers swept away by Hurricane Helene’s deadly floodwaters after they tried to leave the facility. Impact Plastics has forcefully denied those claims, saying late Thursday the allegations are false, and no employee was stopped from leaving. Supervisors “did not prohibit its employees from leaving” and “did not threaten anyone with discharge from employment,” Impact Plastics said. The agency, who is working with TBI to investigate, hadn’t yet received a fatality report from Impact Plastics as of Wednesday evening. Now Jarvis just has one question for Impact Plastics: “Why’d you make us work that day?

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