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☆ Elon Musk shared some painfully awkward small talk with Turkey's president, with Erdogan asking the unmarried billionaire how his wife is
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk had an awkward moment when he brought his son X to a meeting with the Turkish president. Erdogan asked Musk "where is your wife?" X is one of three children Musk has had with pop singer Grimes, who Musk is separated from, and never married. asked Erdogan, as the two men exchanged small talk. AdvertisementAdvertisementMusk, who has been outspoken in his belief that people should have more children to prevent the world's population from collapsing, now has 10 known children with three different women.

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☆ Elon Musk and Grimes thought of changing the name of their daughter to Andromeda Synthesis Story Musk but just ended up calling her Y
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk and Grimes cycled through multiple names for their daughter, per Musk's new biography. Both wanted to call her Sailor Mars, after the anime character, before settling on Exa Dark Sideræl. But they contemplated changing her name to Andromeda Synthesis Story Musk earlier this year. Musk shares three children with Grimes — elder son X Æ A-Xii, known as X; daughter Exa Dark Sideræl, known as Y; and younger son Techno Mechanicus , known as Tau. Besides his Grimes' children, the billionaire has twins with Neuralink director Shivon Zilis , and five older children with his ex-wife, Justine Musk .

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☆ Elon Musk sent a picture of Grimes having a C-section to her father and brothers, leaving her 'horrified,' and him 'clueless' about why she was upset
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk sent a picture of Grimes having a C-section to their friends and family, a new book details. "He was just clueless about why I'd be upset," Grimes told Walter Isaacson, Musk's biographer. "It was Elon's Asperger's coming out in full," Grimes told Isaacson. Musk has repeatedly said that he has Asperger's, a form of autism-spectrum disorder, although his mother Maye Musk told Isaacson that he was never diagnosed as a child. AdvertisementAdvertisementGrimes gave birth to their first child X Æ A-Xii Musk, referred to by his parents as X, in May 2020.

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☆ Grimes is squashing her beef with Shivon Zilis, saying communication about Elon Musk's secret twins 'wasn't handled super well' in the past
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Grimes and Shivon Zilis — both of whom have kids with Elon Musk— have buried the hatchet. Grimes wrote. "Communication about the twins wasn't handled super well in the past, but I now totally understand what happened and totally forgive the situation," Grimes wrote on X on September 10. AdvertisementAdvertisement"So glad we had such a wonderful talk, was insanely overdue," Zilis wrote, calling Grimes a "total badass." He shares three children with Grimes — X Æ A-Xii, or X; Exa Dark Sideræl, known as Y, and Tau.

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Shivon Zilis was pictured alongside Elon Musk and their twins for the first time on Wednesday. Insider first reported that Musk quietly fathered twins with Zilis, a director at Neuralink, in 2021. AdvertisementAdvertisementGrimes, whose legal name is Claire Boucher, said on X that communication about Zilis' twins "wasn't handled super well." Last week, in a since-deleted post on X Grimes accused Zilis of blocking her on social media. The Neuralink director has also taken to posting about her children in recent months.

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☆ Elon Musk confirms he and Grimes have a third child
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Elon Musk has confirmed that he and former partner Grimes have a third child together – and its name is just as unusual as its siblings’. The child is called Tau Techno Mechanicus, the technology billionaire wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday. Musk, who owns the social network, was responding to a post from entertainment news account Pop Base, which named his and Grimes’ three children as “X Æ A-Xii, Exa Dark Sideræl Musk, Techno Mechanicus.”The child’s existence had been kept a secret until recently. Grimes and Musk previously welcomed a son named X Æ A-Xii in May 2020. “USA birth rate has been below min sustainable levels for ~50 years,” Musk wrote on Twitter in May 2022.

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☆ Grimes was 'outraged' after learning that Elon Musk fathered twins with Shivon Zilis at the same time as the public, new biography reveals
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Grimes was reportedly upset to learn about Elon Musk's twins with Shivon Zilis at the same time as the public. The twins were born just weeks before he had his second child with Grimes. Musk's twins with Zilis were born weeks before Musk and Grimes welcomed their second child via surrogate in December of 2021. The news of Musk's twins was first reported by Insider in July of 2022. Musk and Grimes also share a son, X Æ A-Xii Musk , or X , and a daughter, Exa Dark Sideræl Musk, who goes by Y .

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☆ New Elon Musk biography confirms he has 3rd child with Grimes named Techno Mechanicus
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Katie Hawkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A new biography of Elon Musk confirms he has a third child with Grimes named Techno Mechanicus. Musk and Grimes had previously tried to keep the existence of their third child private. The child, whose age has not been made public, is named Techno Mechanicus and goes by the nickname, Tau. Accounting for Techno Mechanicus, Musk now has 10 known biological kids with three different women. Their first was born in 2020 and named X Æ A-Xii, or X.

Persons: Elon Musk, Grimes, Tesla, Walter Isaacson, Musk, Isaacson, Claire Boucher Organizations: Service, Tau, New York Times, Techno, SpaceX Locations: Wall, Silicon, Canadian, Crimea, Russia

☆ Elon Musk Wants to Save Humanity. The Only Problem: People.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Jennifer Szalai | More About Jennifer Szalai | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Isaacson describes Musk stalking the factory floor of Tesla, his electric car company, issuing orders on the fly. “If I don’t make decisions,” Musk explained, “we die.”By “we,” Musk presumably meant Tesla in that instance. But Musk likes to speak of his business interests in superhero terms, so it’s sometimes hard to be sure. At one point, Isaacson asks why Musk is so offended by anything he deems politically correct, and Musk, as usual, has to dial it up to 11. Isaacson has ably conveyed that Musk doesn’t truly like pushback.

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☆ Blockbuster weight loss drugs Wegovy and Ozempic are being tested to treat addiction and dementia
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Karen Gilchrist | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Weight loss drugs are being assessed for their ability to treat conditions like dementia and addiction after a landmark study showed that Wegovy helped reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Late-stage trial data released last month by Novo Nordisk indicated that its Wegovy weight loss injection led to "large reductions" in heart failure-related symptoms among at-risk patients. A treatment for drug and alcohol abuseHendershot is one researcher investigating whether the appetite-regulating mechanisms at play in weight loss drugs could be used to treat other conditions such as alcohol and drug addiction. Novo Nordisk's Wegovy and Eli Lilly 's Mounjaro work by imitating a naturally occurring gut hormone that helps regulate appetite in the brain, ultimately leading to weight loss. Implications for reward signalingAdditional possible use cases for weight loss drugs could exacerbate the hurdles already faced by patients using them, however: high costs and supply shortages.

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☆ Enrique Tarrio, Former Proud Boys Leader, Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Byron Tau | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Proud Boys Leaders Joseph Biggs and Zachary Rehl Receive Lengthy Jail Terms
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Byron Tau | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Proud Boys Leader Joseph Biggs Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Byron Tau | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Trump’s Free Speech Runs Up Against Courtroom Decorum
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Byron Tau | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Proud Boys’ Enrique Tarrio, Joseph Biggs Should Get 33 Years Each, Government Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Byron Tau | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Proud Boys Enrique Tarrio, Joseph Biggs Should Get 33 Years Each, Government Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Byron Tau | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Donald Trump Is Likely to Try to Move Georgia Case to Federal Court. It Could Work.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Jan Wolfe | Byron Tau | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Corinne RameyCorinne Ramey is a reporter covering federal law enforcement and white-collar crime. She frequently writes about investigations and criminal cases brought by federal prosecutors in Manhattan and Brooklyn, including those related to public corruption and financial crime. She also covers New York investigations into Donald Trump and his family business. Cory previously covered state courts and economic development for the Journal's Greater New York section. Before joining the Journal in 2015, she worked as a professional violist.

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☆ Trump and His Orbit: The Scope of Georgia’s Election Case Explained
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Byron Tau | Kara Dapena | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Who Are Trump’s Co-Defendants in the Georgia RICO Case?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Isaac Yu | Byron Tau | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ What’s Next in the Trump Trials?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Byron Tau | Amara Omeokwe | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Invasive fruit flies have forced a 79-square-mile area of LA under quarantine. Residents are advised to not move any fruits or vegetables from their property.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A fruit fly invasion has led to the quarantine of a 79-square-mile region of Los Angeles County. Residents are free to come and go under the quarantine, but their produce is not. But this isn't a quarantine for people, like the COVID restrictions we're all used to — it's a quarantine of fruits and vegetables only. To prevent the flies from spreading, people living in the quarantined area cannot take any fruits or vegetables off their property, the agency advised. People are advised not to remove any produce from their property to avoid spreading the invasive Tau fruit fly.

Persons: John Coletti Organizations: Service, California Department of Food, Agriculture Locations: Los Angeles County, Wall, Silicon, Los Angeles, Asia, Stevenson, Santa Clarita, California

CNN —A 79-square-mile area of Los Angeles County is under quarantine after an invasive fruit fly was found there – the first such quarantine for the pest in the Western Hemisphere, according to California officials. The Tau fruit fly, originating in Asia, is a “serious pest for agriculture and natural resources,” according to the release. It isn’t the first time the Tau fruit fly was found in California. The state agency plans to work with the US Department of Agriculture and local authorities to eliminate the Tau fruit fly and prevent its spread. Crews will cut host fruit and vegetables on properties within 200 meters of detections to inspect for fruit fly larvae, among other measures, the state agriculture agency said.

Persons: It’s, Stevenson, Crews Organizations: CNN, California Department of Food, Agriculture, Residents, US Department of Agriculture Locations: Los Angeles County, California, Stevenson, Santa Clarita, Asia, Los Angeles, San Bernardino County

Hunter Biden, President Biden’s son, pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor tax charges on Wednesday after a federal judge deferred a planned guilty plea deal. Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON—A former business associate of Hunter Biden ’s testified on Monday to Congress that President Biden and his son were in near daily communication and that the younger Biden would occasionally put his father on speakerphone at dinners and in other situations, according to lawmakers present for the briefing.

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