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☆ The inside story of how Sandra Day O’Connor rebuffed pressure from Scalia and others to overturn Roe v. Wade
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Joan Biskupic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

Handwritten notes from Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's papers on a major abortion case in 1989. The correspondence and notes foreshadow where O’Connor landed in the 1992 Planned Parenthood v. Casey case, when Justice Anthony Kennedy, hostile to Roe v. Wade in 1989, was ready to join O’Connor in upholding Roe. Accelerating the tensions all around was the time pressure of the Missouri case. O’Connor wrote that Kennedy said, “Roe is just flawed analytically” and that he wanted to “return this debate to democratic process” in the states. Library of CongressDraft opinion language from Justice John Paul Stevens he sent to Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

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Jim Sasser, who served 18 years in the U.S. Senate and six years as ambassador to China, has died. Gray Sasser, his son, said his father died Tuesday evening at his home in Chapel Hill, N.C., of an apparent heart attack. Sasser, a Democrat, represented Tennessee in the Senate from 1977 to 1995. President Bill Clinton then appointed him ambassador to China, a post he held until 2001. After he retired as ambassador, Sasser became a consultant.

Persons: Jim Sasser, Gray Sasser, Bill Clinton, Sasser, Republican Bill Brock, Republican Bill Frist, Elizabeth Sasser, “, Sen, Albert Gore Sr, Brock, Gore, Sasser’s, Dad, Mary Organizations: U.S . Senate, Democrat, Republican, Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt Law School, Democratic, Tennessee Democratic Party, Frist, Senate, Harvard University, State of Locations: U.S, China, Chapel Hill, N.C, Tennessee, Memphis, Tenn, Nashville, State, State of Tennessee

James Earl Jones, with Rosalind Cash and Ellen Holly, in "King Lear" in Central Park in New York in 1973. Jack Mitchell / Getty Images“Thank you dear James Earl Jones for everything,” the Oscar-nominated actor Colman Domingo wrote Monday in a post on X. Jones and Marlene Warfield, in the 1970 movie "The Great White Hope." “James Earl Jones is one of my greatest inspirations,” Pierre told a reporter. He commanded the stage in productions like “Othello,” “Fences” and “The Great White Hope,” and the screen in movies like the 1974 dramedy “Claudine,” “Conan the Barbarian” in 1982, and many others.

Persons: Cort, James Earl Jones, Samuel L, Jackson, ” Jones, Jones, Denzel, Rosalind Cash, Ellen Holly, Lear, Jack Mitchell, Oscar, Colman Domingo, Darth Vader, “ Dr, Strangelove ”, King Joffer, Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Marlene Warfield, Aaron Pierre, “ James Earl Jones, ” Pierre, Pierre, ”, “ Claudine, Conan, L.A, Wendell Pierce, ” Pierce, Frank Converse, Robert Hooks, Bernice King, Coretta Scott King, Martin Luther King Jr, ” King, Jones ’, Malcolm X, Jack Johnson, Edmund Eckstein, ” Dominic Taylor, ” Taylor Organizations: Cort Theatre, ABC, Disney General Entertainment, Getty, Civil Rights Movement, The New York Times, UCLA, NBC News, NBC Locations: Denzel Washington, Central Park, New York, America, “, Montgomery, Memphis, United States

☆ James Earl Jones, iconic voice of Darth Vader in ‘Star Wars’ and Mufasa in ‘The Lion King,’ dead at 93
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-09 | by ( Brandon Griggs | Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

“I lucked out.”Back then nobody imagined “Star Wars” would become a blockbuster, let alone an enduring franchise and cultural phenomenon. James Earl Jones and Darth Vader during "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones" premiere event. Jesse Dittmar for The Washington Post/Getty Images Jones, seen here in 1960, was born in Arkabutla, Mississippi, in 1931. Steve Ringman/San Francisco Chronicle/Getty Images Jones appears with Alec Baldwin in a scene from "The Hunt for Red October" (1990). The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Jones appears next to Darth Vader, who he famously voiced in the "Star Wars" movies.

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☆ Wide swath of America remains opposed to Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, poll finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( John Fritze | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Sixty-seven percent of respondents in the Marquette poll supported the court’s decision in the abortion pill case. Americans still unhappy with the court overallAlso consistent over the past couple of years has been overall near-record dissatisfaction with the Supreme Court. The latest Marquette poll found 57% of Americans disapprove of the court, compared with 61% who felt that way two years ago. The Marquette poll was conducted from July 24 to August 1 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. The survey found that views on the Supreme Court depended heavily on partisan affiliation, with just 24% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents viewing the court favorably compared with 73% of Republicans.

Persons: Roe, Wade, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Harris, Tim Walz, “ Donald Trump, ” Harris, Trump, ” Trump, Dobbs, Marquette Organizations: CNN, White House, Marquette Law School, Minnesota Gov, Jackson, Health Organization, Food, Pew Research, Democratic Locations: Pennsylvania, America, Dobbs v, Florida, Idaho, Marquette

☆ 'Sell the first rate cut': Bank of America's top global strategist warns stocks could be in for trouble as the economy heads toward a hard landing and the Fed gets set to slash rates
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( William Edwards | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

In an August 1 note to clients, the bank's top global strategist urged investors to sell stocks when the Federal Reserve issues its first rate cut. Hartnett and his team studied the last 12 rate-cutting cycles going back to 1970 and identified three varieties of rate cuts. Hartnett said surging global central bank rate cuts are signs that the economy is in for a rough stretch. Investors expect the Fed to cut rates for the first time this cycle at its September meeting. "Emergency Fed rate cuts being priced in makes little sense given the economic backdrop in the U.S. and would only serve to destroy policy maker credibility."

Persons: —, America's Michael Hartnett, Hartnett, Louis, Jean, Louis Nakamura, Michael Kantrowitz, Piper Sandler, Kantrowitz, Hartnett's, Jim Smigiel Organizations: Service, America's, Federal Reserve, Business, Bank of America Bank of America, Bank of America, Louis Fed, Bank of America's, Global, SEI Locations: U.S

☆ New homes are getting smaller. That could be big news for first-time buyers
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

In 1973, the median size of completed single-family homes was 1,525 square feet, according to US Census data. But as the cost of buying a home has exploded and McMansions have fallen out of favor, homebuilders have reversed course, building smaller homes with an eye to first-time buyers. Today, smaller, often more affordable homes under 1,000 square feet are harder to come by in most US suburbs. According to an NAHB survey, 17% of homebuilders said they built homes on smaller lots in 2023 to support home sales, and 14% said they built more townhouses. Smaller homes and fewer amenitiesHeather Eisenmann, a Realtor who specializes in selling new construction in Clarksville, Tennessee, said that she’s noticed that many of the new homes she shows now have smaller bedrooms and living rooms.

Persons: Jordyn Carias, ”, homebuilders, Alan Ratner, “, we’ve, Levittowns, wasn’t, Jacob Anbinder, ” Anbinder, Levitt, Irving Haberman, Michael Murray, Heather Eisenmann, she’s, ” Eisenmann Organizations: CNN, Zelman, Associates, National Association of Homebuilders, Cornell University, Sons, National Association of Realtors, Census Bureau Locations: Muscatine , Iowa, America, Levittown, New York, Puerto Rico, Real, United States, Horton, Clarksville , Tennessee, Muscatine, Sacramento

☆ A murderous ghost haunted an exclusive Jamaican resort for centuries. But could she survive a paranormal investigation?
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

Tucked between the towering Blue Mountains and azure Caribbean Sea, the White Witch Golf Course is 6,758 yards of green serenity in one of Jamaica's bubbliest resort towns. Rose Hall Developments Rose Hall Great House is the jewel in the estate's crown, a plantation mansion that had fallen into ruin before American businessman John Rollins purchased the 7,000-acre plot in the 1960s and restored the building to its colonial-era opulence. Rose Hall DevelopmentsAnnie supposedly murdered her husband to assume ownership of Rose Hall, which she went on to run with an iron fist. You can’t miss it.”Palmer's ghost is said to roam the fairways of the White Witch golf course on horseback. The White Witch course – which had cost some $8.5 million to build – was forced into contingency planning, but rebounded over the subsequent decade.

Persons: Johnny Cash, Rose, Annie Palmer, ”, Cash, Cinnamon, ” Cash, Rose Hall, White, John Rollins, Rollins, Edward Burke, Anna Nordqvist, Kevin C, Cox, Usain Bolt, James Bond superfans, Roger Moore, Bond, Baron Samedi, Keith Stein, Stein, it's, Palmer, Baron, James Bond, Annie Mary Paterson, Paterson, John Palmer, Hall, Hall Developments Annie, ” Stein, Takoo, Playtime, “, Benjamin Radford, Radford, Rose Hall’s, ” Radford, can’t, –, Waddell, James Castello, Herbert G, Geoffrey S, Yates, Rosa Palmer, Kelly, née Paterson, ” Palmer, “ She’s, “ it’s Organizations: CNN, Rose Hall Great House, Rose Hall, Rose, Rose Hall Developments Rose, Great, Jamaica LPGA, White Witch, Hall Developments, Inquirer, Jamaica Archives Locations: Caribbean, Montego Bay, American, Swedish, Toronto, Montego, Haiti, British, ”, Jamaica, Delaware, Palmyra, Bonavista, Jamaican, “, Inverness

☆ Israel scored major intelligence wins in daring assassinations of Iranian proxy leaders
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementA photo taken on July 30 shows the destroyed top floors of an eight-story building following an Israeli military strike on Beirut's southern suburb. AdvertisementA man waves a Hezbollah and a Palestinian flag during the funeral procession of top Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut's southern suburbs on August 1. AdvertisementA man waves a Hezbollah and a Palestinian flag during the funeral procession of top Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut's southern suburbs on August 1. Photo by AFP via Getty ImagesYoav Gallant, Israel's defense minister, said Thursday that "the operation was conducted precisely and professionally" by the IDF and Israeli security forces. In April, Israel's military intelligence chief resigned and said his directorate "did not live up to the task we were entrusted with."

Persons: —, Israel, Fuad Shukr, Shukr, Hasan Nasrallah, Jonathan Lord, KHALED DESOUKI, Bruce Hoffman, Ismail Haniyeh, Masoud, Axios, Hoffman, Mohammed Deif, Yoav Gallant, apparatuses Organizations: Service, Israel, Business, Getty, Jihad Council, US Marine Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Pentagon, Center, New, New American Security, Palestinian, Council, Foreign Relations, The New York Times, Getty Images Israel, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, AFP Locations: Lebanon, Iran, East, Beirut, Golan, New American, Beirut's, AFP, Tehran, Israel, Gaza, Hamas, Palestine

☆ How Harris may win back a critical group of voters who abandoned Biden
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

With Harris at the top of the ticket, Democrats now see a chance to refocus voters on the issue and restore their margins among the abortion rights voters who had notably drifted away from Biden. In both the 2020 and 2022 campaigns, voters who backed legal abortion provided overwhelming support to Biden and other Democratic candidates. Across all of those battleground states, Biden this year was performing well below that level with voters who support legal abortion, polls have found. Those abortion rights voters also split about evenly on whether Biden or Trump was better for the economy. “Many of them aren’t single issue abortion voters; they are worried about the economy and inflation, they are worried about immigration,” McLaughlin said.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, wasn’t, Donald Trump’s, Harris, Biden, ”, Democratic pollster Anna Greenberg, “ It’s, Dobbs, Charles Franklin, Tony Evers, Katie Hobbs, Josh Shapiro, Gretchen Whitmer, Whitmer, Shapiro, Franklin, Trump, Roe, Wade, “, Lake, Melissa Williams, ” Harris, Tresa Undem, ‘ what’s, –, Greenberg, ” Greenberg, —, John Della Volpe, Della Volpe, energize, Jason Cabel Roe, ” Trump, He’s, “ Donald Trump, Jim McLaughlin, McLaughlin, ” McLaughlin, Williams, JD Vance, ” Williams Organizations: CNN, Democratic, Edison Research, Democratic House, Democrats, Marquette Law School, SSRS, Quinnipiac University, Yahoo, Quinnipiac, Trump, Times, YouGov, Biden, Catholic, ” Voters, GOP, Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics, Republican Party, “, Republicans, White House Locations: The Marquette, Pennsylvania , Wisconsin, Arizona, Georgia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, London, Harris, Iowa, America, Trump

☆ The inside story of John Roberts and Trump’s immunity win at the Supreme Court
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Joan Biskupic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

This exclusive series on the Supreme Court is based on CNN sources inside and outside the court with knowledge of the deliberations. Justices weren’t in a hurry to hear the caseThe immunity case first arrived at the justices’ door in December. Perhaps, she hoped to influence lower court judges to read the Roberts opinion as more flexible for a future prosecution. It was a particularly extreme section of Roberts’ opinion – decided by the kind of 5-4 vote the chief justice usually tried to avoid. He fully joined Roberts’ opinion but then questioned the constitutionality of the special counsel’s office.

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☆ Miss USA Pageant Is Being Destroyed by Its Scandals
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Anneta Konstantinides | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +22 min

AdvertisementAccording to the longtime Miss USA official, the significant shift was ushered in by the former Miss Universe Organization president Paula Shugart, who produced the Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, and Miss Universe pageants from 2001 until 2020. Benjamin Askinas/The Miss Universe OrganizationCheslie Kryst, who won Miss USA in 2019, defended the #MeToo movement during her interview round. It was a remarkably different experience from those of past titleholders like Miss USA 2013 Erin Brady Colagiovanni and Miss Teen USA 2017 Sophia Dominguez-Heithoff. AdvertisementThough they were "brand ambassadors" of the organization, Voigt and Srivastava couldn't even post on the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA social-media pages. Advertisement"I don't know that Miss USA is relevant right now," the longtime Miss USA official said.

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☆ Echoes of Roe v. Wade in Decision Granting Immunity to Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Adam Liptak | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In the month since the Supreme Court granted former President Donald J. Trump substantial immunity from prosecution, a recurring critique of the decision has emerged. Lawyers and scholars say the ruling bears a striking resemblance to Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision establishing a constitutional right to abortion. They point to at least four features of the immunity decision that also figured in Roe, which was overturned in 2022 as “egregiously wrong” in a slashing majority opinion from Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. He wrote that there was nothing in the text of the Constitution about abortion, that the majority had concocted a three-part test for enforcing the right out of whole cloth, that a revision of that three-part test had introduced a vague and unpredictable “undue burden” standard and that the ruling had removed an important question from the legislative process. “The judicial method employed by Trump v. United States resembles Roe v. Wade in the ways that matter,” Richard D. Bernstein, who filed a supporting brief in the case on behalf of conservative critics of Mr. Trump’s legal positions, wrote in a blog post a week after the decision.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Roe, Wade, Samuel A, Alito Jr, ” Richard D, Bernstein, Mr Organizations: Trump v . Locations: Roe, Trump v . United States

☆ Martin S. Indyk, Diplomat Who Sought Middle East Peace, Dies at 73
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Mark Landler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Martin S. Indyk, a diplomat, author and foreign-policy thinker who spent decades trying to solve the riddle of Middle East peace, twice as the United States ambassador to Israel and later as a special envoy for President Barack Obama, died on Thursday at his home in New Fairfield, Conn. An Australian-bred academic with a quick wit, blunt manner and pro-Israel pedigree, Mr. Indyk cut an unconventional figure in the State Department of the 1990s. But he propelled himself to the heart of America’s efforts to make peace between the Israelis and Palestinians. In 2013, he shuttled from one side to the other as Mr. Obama’s emissary. Fifteen years earlier, he helped craft an agreement between them at the Wye Plantation in Maryland on behalf of President Bill Clinton.

Persons: Martin S, Barack Obama, Gahl Hodges Burt, Indyk, Obama’s, Bill Clinton Organizations: State Department of Locations: East, United States, Israel, New Fairfield, Conn, Australian, Wye, Maryland, Jerusalem, Kippur

☆ Princess Diana’s handwritten letters go on sale
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Rosa Rahimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Princess Diana’s letters to her family’s former housekeeper are going on sale, providing an “insight” into her life behind closed doors, including wedding preparations to the then-Prince Charles, and details of Prince Harry and Prince William’s childhood relationship. “[Collison] was a constant in Diana’s life, and remained so all her life,” Luke Macdonald, head of art and estates at Sworders, told CNN Thursday. “They were very close,” said Macdonald, adding that the two would correspond for birthdays, Christmases, and even before Diana’s wedding to then-Prince Charles. One letter dated July 8, 1981 – three weeks before the royal wedding – was handwritten by Diana on Buckingham Palace stationary, telling Collison about the pre-wedding preparations. Another letter, written 10 days after the birth of Prince Harry in 1984, thanks Collison for a gift she sent the newborn.

Persons: Diana’s, Prince Charles, Prince Harry, Prince William’s, Violet Collison, Collie, Diana, Collison, Sarah, Jane, Charles, “, ” Luke Macdonald, Macdonald, ”, Prince Charles ., –, ” Diana, Harry –, Prince, “ William, Harry, we’re, William Organizations: CNN, House, Sandringham Locations: Sandringham Estate, Norfolk, Sworders, Collison’s Norfolk, “, ”, Kensington

☆ Croatia: Assailant kills five people at care home for the elderly, media reports say
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Story Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Zagreb, Croatia AP —An assailant entered an elderly care home on Monday in central Croatia, killing and wounding several people, Croatian police said. Media reports said five people were killed. The Index news portal said five people died immediately, while others were still receiving medical assistance. The suspect fled the scene, but the police soon caught him in a cafe near the facility in the town of Daruvar, the report said. Police said they were informed after 10 a.m. Monday that a man using firearms killed and wounded several people at the nursing home.

Persons: ” Organizations: Croatia AP, Media, Police, Authorities Locations: Zagreb, Croatia, Daruvar, Slavonia

☆ Like Biden, many boomers are facing the end of their careers. It brings up feelings of grief and identity loss.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewAfter weeks of calls to replace President Joe Biden as the 2024 Democratic nominee, Biden officially dropped out of the race on Sunday. Despite his desire to seek reelection, Biden stepped down after reports of memory struggles and some Democratic leaders withdrawing their support. While Biden's career trajectory may not be relatable, the pain that can come with retiring is. "Biden spent his entire career and most of his life engaged in this work," Trujillo said. To help her clients figure out their next steps after big life events like retirement, Trujillo said she emphasizes looking at gains and losses.

Persons: —, Joe Biden, Biden, Van Jones, " Jones, Natasha P, Trujillo, they're, Angela Williams, LCSW, Bettmann, Williams Organizations: Service, Democratic, Business, CNN

☆ Ralf Schumacher comes out as gay in social media post
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Reuters —Former Formula One driver Ralf Schumacher, younger brother of seven times world champion and Ferrari great Michael, announced on Sunday he was in a same-sex relationship. Ralf Schumacher won six F1 races during his career. Ralf Schumacher, 49, won six grands prix in an 11-year career that ended in 2007. German actress Carmen Geiss, a close friend, named Schumacher’s partner as Etienne and published a photograph of the couple on her own Instagram account. Ralf's brother, Michael (left), won seven world championships.

Persons: Ralf Schumacher, Michael, ”, Michael Cooper, Mike Beuttler, Cora, David, “, ” David, Carmen Geiss, Etienne, Alex Grimm, Ralf Organizations: Reuters, Formula, Ferrari, Hulton Locations: German

☆ 50 Years Ago, ‘Jaws’ Hit Bookstores, Capturing the Angst of a Generation
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Brian Raftery | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

In 1973, the first chapter of an unpublished novel was photocopied and passed around the Manhattan offices of Doubleday & Co. with a note. “Read this,” it dared, “without reading the rest of the book.”Those who accepted the challenge were treated to a swift-moving tale of terror, one that begins with a young woman taking a postcoital dip in the waters off Long Island. As her lover dozes on the beach, she’s ravaged by a great white shark. “The great conical head struck her like a locomotive, knocking her up out of the water,” the passage read. “The jaws snapped shut around her torso, crushing bones and flesh and organs into a jelly.”Tom Congdon, an editor at Doubleday, had circulated the bloody, soapy excerpt to drum up excitement for his latest project: a thriller about a massive fish stalking a small island town, written by a young author named Peter Benchley.

Persons: “, dozes, Tom Congdon, Peter Benchley Organizations: Doubleday &, Doubleday Locations: Manhattan

☆ ‘Even Jordan doesn’t have his face on a sneaker’: How Stan Smith became both a tennis and fashion icon
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —Depending on your age, the name Stan Smith probably means one of two things. Even Jordan doesn’t have his face on a sneaker.”Stan Smith during his victorious 1972 Wimbledon run. The rise in popularity of the Stan Smith sneaker coincided with a slump towards the end of his tennis career and it began permeating a wide array of cultures in the UK and US. “It was one of my goals to win that tournament,” Smith says. Stan Smith, Ilie Năstase and Tom Okker at a meeting of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in London, 20th June 1973.

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☆ Australian museum admits that ‘Picassos’ hanging in restroom are fake
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Kathleen Magramo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —A museum in Australia has come clean: The Picasso paintings hanging in its women’s restroom were forged by one of its own curators. The Ladies Lounge first made headlines in 2020 as a female-only space displaying what were presented as original Picassos once owned by Kaechele’s great-grandmother. Enclosed in green silk curtains, the Ladies Room was opened for female visitors in 2020. I liked that a misogynist would dominate the walls of the Ladies Lounge. The Ladies Lounge, a green velvet-draped room adorned with gold detailing, opened “to any and all ladies” in December 2020.

Persons: Kirsha Kaechele, —, MONA, ” Kaechele, Jesse Hunniford, MONA “, Picasso, Picasso’s, ”, “, Kaechele, Queen Mary of, revel, Jason Lau, Lau, I’ve Organizations: CNN, Tasmania’s Museum of, of Locations: Australia, American, Spanish, Guinean, Queen Mary of Denmark, Hobart, Tasmania, New South Wales

☆ Giorgio Armani at 90: Celebrating his career in photos
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The power of a Giorgio Armani suit. In his nine decades, the formally untrained Giorgio Armani has worked his way up from humble window dresser to Italian fashion behemoth — and has collected a number of fabulous moments in between. Giorgio Armani, suited and booted, in 1942. Rosanna ArmaniAt the Golden Globe Awards in 1990, Julia Roberts decided to forgo a frock in favor of a Giorgio Armani mens suit. John Angelillo/UPI/ShutterstockIn 2011, Armani debuted a high-sheen, liquid satin material during his Spring-Summer haute couture show at Paris Fashion Week.

Persons: Carrie Bradshaw, Big, Armani, Carrie, Giorgio Armani, Julia Roberts, “, Giorgio Armani Armani, Leonardo Cendamo, Richard Gere —, Vittoriano, Rosanna Armani, Ron Galella, Naomi Campbell, Winona Ryder, Rose Hartman, Victor Virgile, Karl Prouse, greige, Jonas Gustavsson, Lupita Nyong'o, John Angelillo, Tony Barson, Pascal Le Segretain Organizations: CNN, City, Globes, Guggenheim Museum, Fairchild, Penske Media, Getty, Golden Globe, Armani, Milan Fashion, UPI, Paris Fashion Locations: Manhattan, New York, Milan, Paris

☆ Joe Bonsall, a 50-year member of The Oak Ridge Boys, dead at 76
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Joe Bonsall, who left the legendary singing group The Oak Ridge Boys after 50 years in January due to a neuromuscular disorder, has died, his management team announced Tuesday. Bonsall died from complications of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), according to his representatives. Bonsall announced on social media about six months ago that he was leaving the group. “Many of you know I have been battling a slow onset (over 4 years now) of a neuromuscular disorder,” he wrote. During his long career, Bonsall became a member of the Grand Ole Opry and was inducted into the Philadelphia Music Hall of Fame, the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, and the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Persons: Joe Bonsall, Bonsall, ”, “, ” Bonsall, ” “, Ben James, Duane Allen, William Lee Golden, Richard Sterban, Rick Diamond, “ Elvira ”, “ Joe, Jesus, Mary Ann, Jennifer, Sabrina, Breanne, Luke, Chance, Nancy Organizations: CNN, Boys, Grand Ole Opry, Philadelphia Music Hall of Fame, Gospel Music Hall of Fame, Vocal Group Hall of Fame, Country Music Hall of Fame, Philadelphia Phillies, ALS Association, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Neuroscience Research Locations: Tennessee

☆ The bull case for small caps as the second half kicks off
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

By contrast, the S & P 500 has already reached Jefferies' bull case of 5,400, the strategist noted. The right catalyst For investors, the bull case for small caps that prevailed when the year began, still holds. More immediately, second-quarter earnings may prove a positive catalyst for small caps since expectations are so low, according to Jefferies' DeSanctis. On a trailing 12-month basis, the S & P 500 is trading at a multiple of 25 times earnings. Ultimately, however, many investors say that a rotation into small caps is coming, even if it hasn't happened yet.

Persons: Russell, Richard Nixon, Steven DeSanctis, Jefferies, DeSanctis, Brian Leonard, Ross Mayfield, Baird, Keeley Teton's Leonard, Something's Organizations: Federal Reserve, Jefferies, CNBC Pro, Fed, Advisors Locations: Keeley

☆ Tensions with Iran spotlight Israel's hidden nuclear arsenal
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Paul Iddon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

AdvertisementBy invoking doomsday weapons, it was clear Katz was alluding to Israel's nuclear weapons arsenal — an arsenal over which neither he nor IAI have any command-and-control. There are eight countries in the world with declared nuclear arsenals, four of which — the United States, China, India, and Russia — have a complete nuclear triad. Israel's triad has some notable distinctions and limitations compared to those of the other four. "Israel's nuclear triad bears the hallmarks of a regional nuclear triad as seen in India and Pakistan, rather than seeking globe-spanning strike capability," Sebastien Roblin, a widely published military-aviation journalist, told Business Insider. "Israel's nuclear deterrent is not designed to ward off great powers like Russia or China, but rather regional powers like Egypt and Iran," Bohl told BI.

Persons: —, Yair Katz, Israel, Katz, Russia —, Sebastien Roblin, Roblin, Ryan Bohl, RANE, Bohl, Nir Ben, Yosef Organizations: Service, Business, Israel Aerospace Industries Workers ' Council, Iran's United Nations, IAI, Jericho, Israel Aerospace Industries, Dolphin, East, Facebook, Air Force's, Israel, US Air Force, IAF, nukes Locations: Israel, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, United States, China, India, Russia, Pakistan, North Africa, Egypt, Jericho

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