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☆ Opinion | How Do You Say Goodbye to an Abusive Family Member?
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Frøydis Fossli Moe | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When I was 19 years old, I cut ties with my father. I had a difficult, painful childhood, and I needed distance from him in order to heal. When I was 29 years old, I learned he had received a terminal diagnosis, and I had to confront the relationship I’d tried to leave behind. I reached out to my friends and boyfriend for support, searching for a way to work through these complicated feelings. Follow The New York Times Opinion section on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, X and Threads.

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☆ 5 things not to say to a grieving friend
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-12 | by ( Alisyn Camerota | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —It’s almost impossible to know what to say to someone in the throes of grief. There’s no one right answer, of course. Still, trading notes with a few grieving people, including my own children, I’ve found some helpful do’s and five unexpected don’ts. It goes something like this: Some things in life are glorious, and some things suck. Remember, it’s OK to say you don’t know what to say.

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☆ He told his mother there was ‘no way’ he’d meet someone in Australia. Then he fell in love at first sight
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +27 min

“Then, later on, when we left, she was like, ‘Oh, so you like him,’” recalls Wati. “But a week later, we decided to get together on a Saturday, and we spent most of the day together,” recalls Mike. “He’d mail them to me in these little padded envelopes,” recalls Wati. “Eventually, I was able to figure out how to get some credit for doing a paper at Melbourne University in January 1989,” recalls Mike. “She would stay for about a month or a little bit more,” recalls Wati.

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☆ Obama, the ‘hopey-changey guy,’ tries to close the deal for Harris
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“I am the hopey changey guy so I understand people feeling frustrated, feeling we can do better,” Obama said. Obama slams Trump over false hurricane conspiracy theoriesThe former president on Thursday accused Trump of violating basic American values. “When did that become OK?”But the Trump campaign is not letting go of claims that were debunked even by many Republican state and local officials. At a Harris campaign office, Obama wondered whether the reticence of some “brothers” to support the Democratic nominee came down to sexism. But Democratic concerns about Harris’ campaign are palpable.

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☆ False conspiracy theories about Hurricane Milton spread despite outcry from officials
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Bruna Horvath | Bruna Horvath Is An Intern On Nbc News' Tech Team. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Baseless conspiracy theories about weather modification and false claims about disaster relief efforts have continued to spread on X in recent days, with misinformation about Hurricane Milton adding to a mountain of false rumors about Hurricane Helene and its aftermath. Greene has not deleted her posts referencing the conspiracy theories. In response to the challenges to Greene’s false claims, her deputy chief of staff, Nick Dyer, defended them, saying that she was actually the victim of conspiracy theories. “So when these people are espousing misinformation and conspiracy theories, then it’s like, ‘Oh, OK, well, maybe it’s true. FEMA is working to slow the spread of hurricane misinformation online.

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☆ Why it’s OK to crave the taste of home when you travel
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Maggie Hiufu Wong | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Enter, the American Bar. But, like the patrons of the American Bar before us, seeking out home comforts when abroad is still something we all do. The study was based on interviews with 330 people in the US, all questioned on how likely they’d be to try local foods when traveling. We learn to associate food with comfort – hence the term ‘comfort food,’” Brewer says. The American Bar at the Savoy has been a London hotspot since the late 1800s.

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CLEVELAND — Some Democrats working to re-elect Sen. Sherrod Brown in Ohio this fall are attempting to raise fears about his opponent’s Colombian family and heritage, drawing charges of racism from Republicans. “Our tax dollars, a Moreno family windfall. Bernie Moreno only cares about himself.”The rhetoric has become a late-emerging tension point in a race that could determine partisan control of the Senate. Ohio and Montana, two states where former President Donald Trump twice won by large margins, are the top two GOP targets. The Ohio race is one of the most expensive in the country this fall, with total ad spending exceeding $100 million since Sept. 1.

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☆ The Best October Prime Day Tech & Headphone Deals, According to Our Editors
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Henry St. Leger | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

I spent weeks combing through thousands of discounts to find the best October Prime Day tech deals — each one I recommend below is highly rated, at least 20% off and at its lowest price in at least three months. SKIP AHEAD Best Prime Day tech deals | How I picked the best tech deals | Why trust NBC Select? This Prime Day discount brings it just shy of $1,000, making it well worth a look. How I found the best Prime Day tech dealsAll of my recommendations above are based on NBC Select’s previous coverage and reporting. To round up the best Prime Day tech deals, I found highly-rated products at their lowest price ever or their lowest price in three months.

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☆ A new documentary claims to have found Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious founder of bitcoin
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Jon Sarlin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

CNN —The identity of bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto has long been one of the biggest mysteries of the internet age. Yet the man that director Cullen Hoback’s film names as the 2009 founder of bitcoin is denying he is Satoshi Nakamoto. “For the record, I’m not Satoshi,” Peter Todd, a bitcoin core developer, told CNN in a statement. Hoback’s evidence includes a 2010 bitcoin message board post from Todd that he concludes was written by Satoshi Nakamoto. I gave Peter Todd every opportunity to contradict the claims, to explain the claims.

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☆ The 9 Elements of a Trump Rally
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Ian Prasad Philbrick | Ashley Wu | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +89 min

We have some voters, they’re for us, but they’ve never voted and they’re going to want to vote. There’s something wrong with Kamala and I just don’t know what it is, but there is definitely something missing. They’re going to get him in Florida.” It was always… That seemed to be the documents case. That’s great. They’re great.

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☆ Good news: The ‘hard landing’ forecasters got it wrong
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

But as we wind down 2024, one thing appears clear: The naysayers on Team Hard Landing got it wrong. The “soft landing” versus “hard landing” metaphor — perhaps overused but visually handy — refers to the economy as an airplane and the Fed as the pilot. Pull the right levers at the right time, and you get a nice comfortable soft landing, with inflation cooling and the labor market thriving. He was far from alone in thinking that a soft landing was little more than a fantasy. “We should just drop the soft landing versus hard landing discourse and start talking about a robust expansion at mid-cycle,” Joe Brusuelas, chief economist at RSM, told Schwab Network in an interview.

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“When you’re a regular person and you’re going on to your email job during the day and then every time you take a dopamine break on your phone, you’re getting hit by ‘You’re not fashionable enough. Everyone is overconsuming to keep upWhen shopping for clothes, Martinson is almost exclusively a thrifter. “They’re grasping at straws, just throwing something at the wall to see what sticks.”The new mall is TikTok ShopFast fashion was the first harbinger of the death of personal style, Thomas said. If you’re going to buy a clothing item, think of three outfits you can wear it with. Pre-Industrial Revolution habits of secondhand shopping, mending old clothes and keeping things around are coming back.

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☆ Asheville's vibrant arts scene has powered its economy. Rebuilding will be hard.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Alexandra Byrne | Alexandra Byrne Is A New York City-Based Reporter | Incoming Intern With The Nbc News Business | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Visitors to Asheville’s Buncombe County spent nearly $3 billion last year, accounting for 20% of the county’s annual economy. “It has been a very vibrant tax base” as well, added Nadine Charlsen, who owns Northlight Studios on Depot Street and served as president of the River Arts District from 2018 to 2021. Asheville’s River Arts District in 2018. Nadine Charlsen, owner of Northlight Studios, Asheville, N.C. Andrea Kulish Wilhelm, an artist and teacher who specializes in pysanky, or Ukrainian Easter eggs, has been walking down to the River Arts District every day since Helene swept through.

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☆ Paul Simon is ‘optimistic’ about returning to live performance after partially losing hearing
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Catherine Nicholls | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Legendary singer Paul Simon has said he is “optimistic” about being able to return to performing live after losing most of his hearing in his left ear. So everything became more difficult.”Even before he announced the loss of his hearing, Simon toured for the last time in 2018, after which he said he was ending his touring career. “I never said I was going to retire,” Simon said in his latest interview. It was very interesting and really quite pleasurable for a long time – until my hearing loss threw me off.”Simon recently played alongside two guitarists at a fundraiser for the Stanford Initiative to Cure Hearing Loss, his longest performance in five years. “In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon,” which premiered in March in the United States, is set for release in UK cinemas on October 13, Simon’s 83rd birthday.

Persons: Paul Simon, ” Simon, Simon, Garfunkel, “, we’d, Alex Gibney, ”, Simon’s Organizations: CNN, Guardian, The Times, Stanford Initiative Locations: United States

☆ ‘There will be a lot of deaths’: Israelis living near Lebanese border fear tit-for-tat escalation
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | Zeena Saifi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Kiryat Shmona, Israel CNN —Yair Pinhas grew up hiking in the hills around Kiryat Shmona, his hometown in northern Israel, near the border with Lebanon. A family home that was damaged by a rocket attack in Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel. Ora Hatan speaks on the phone at her house near the Israeli border with Lebanon. A city of some 22,000, Kiryat Shmona has turned into a ghost town over the past year. On Thursday, marking the Jewish new year, the Pinhas family snuck back into Kiryat Shmona for a brief visit.

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The United States was sending more troops to Vietnam, and Mr. Hunter had recently found out he was one of them. During the session in her apartment, Ms. Neel outlined Mr. Hunter’s body, his hands, his legs and the chair on the five-foot-tall canvas. Mr. Als views these gestural marks outlining his legs, his jacket, his hand as a kind of memory of Mr. Hunter. But they could not locate Mr. Hunter or firmly establish his fate, only that he probably did not die in the Vietnam War. And she saved it and loved that painting as much as any.”The painting was kind of a bittersweet breakthrough for Ms. Neel, Ms. Baum said.

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☆ Georgia family hunkered down with their dog in a bathtub as Helene sent trees crashing through their house
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Chris Boyette | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The first four trees fell onto the Jones family’s house just over where the boys were lying in the living room. “There are a lot of elderly people on this street.”About 47% of the county is still without power, which is not expected to be restored until this weekend, according to Georgia Power. Foster said she is running an extension cord from her home through the yard to a neighbor’s house so they can have power at night. For their part, the Jones family are considering their options when it comes to rebuilding their home and their lives. “It rained the next night, and they were terrified,” Kristin Jones said.

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☆ Elon Musk’s X is worth nearly 80% less than when he bought it, Fidelity estimates
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-02 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —The social media platform formerly known as Twitter is worth almost 80% less than two years ago when Elon Musk bought it, according to estimates from investment giant Fidelity. The new valuation from Fidelity implies that it believes X is now worth just $9.4 billion — a far cry from the $44 billion that Musk paid. Other investors could value X differently. Ives said that he believes Twitter was really worth around $30 billion when Musk bought it, and today it’s worth closer to $15 billion. “When Musk bought Twitter, investors didn’t realize we’d be taking off on AI as fast as we are,” Munster said.

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☆ Dikembe Mutombo: Basketball Hall of Famer dies from brain cancer at 58
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( David Close | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo – known for his shot-blocking and famed finger wave after denying opponents at the hoop – died Monday from brain cancer aged 58, according to the NBA. Dikembe Mutombo wags his finger during a game in Atlanta in 1998. In 1997, Mutombo established the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation with a mission to improve education and quality of life in his native DRC. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver issued a statement, saying, “Dikembe Mutombo was simply larger than life. Dikembe Mutombo, playing for the Houston Rockets, blocks a shot during a game in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in 2004.

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☆ Operation Match: The dating service that changed our love lives
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-29 | by ( Tacita Quinn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Although Tarr’s ambition may have been to meet women, the success of Operation Match ironically kept him too busy to date. In fact, while Operation Match was a hugely influential moment in dating history, it wasn’t the first known online dating service. That honor goes to Joan Ball, a woman from the UK who started the St. James Computer Dating Service, later Com-Pat (get it?). Her program made its first match in 1964, a year before Operation Match went online. Operation Match was an inspiration for Dateline in the seventies and eighties, before big business computer dating began in 1995 with the birth of Match.com.

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A third of teens and young adults in the U.S. can’t afford or otherwise access menstrual products, according to new research from Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C. Some young people may skip school, sports or other social activities because of a lack of access to menstrual products. “This is impacting everyone.”Some states are passing legislation to increase access to menstrual products in schools. Are you able to access tampons or pads? “Just like toilet paper is readily available in all restrooms, we’d love to see improved access to free menstrual products everywhere.”

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☆ Austin believes casualties in all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah could ‘equal or exceed’ those in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Shania Shelton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned Friday of “devastating” consequences if Israel engages in an all-out war with Hezbollah, telling CNN in an exclusive interview that casualties would “equal or exceed” the number in Gaza. “An all-out war between Lebanese, Hezbollah and Israel would be devastating for both Lebanon and Israel. And again, we anticipate that we’d see a number of people displaced, casualties that, you know, equal or exceed what we’ve seen in Gaza,” Austin told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. Asked by Blitzer if continued US aid to Israel undermines Washington’s efforts to secure a ceasefire in Lebanon, Austin on Friday reiterated the long-standing alliance. “We’ve been clear from the very beginning that that we’re going to support Israel in its efforts to defend itself,” Austin said.

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We also ordered oeufs en meurette, a delectable (to us) dish of two eggs poached in a red wine, shallot and bacon sauce. Surely, tasting and being up close with dozens of the world’s best-prepared eggs could make our stubborn son fall in love with oeufs! Ollie seemed to get over his egg skepticism once he was allowed to peek behind the scenes. This was the first egg dish that Ollie had ever enjoyed. Ollie chewed and chewed the sandwich with the serious skepticism of a judge in a cooking competition.

Persons: we’d, oeufs, Mars, Ollie, “, I’m, Linda, Linda Khazri, Édouard Vermynck, Geoffroy Langella, Geoffroy, oeufs mayo Locations: France, La

Does this style look like anything you’ve seen before? That’s what’s happening in this Japanese woodblock print — only it’s Tokyo (then called Edo), the year is 1857, and we’re crossing the Sumida River. This summer scene, titled “Great Bridge: Sudden Rain at Atake,” is one in a series of at least 118 different views Hiroshige created about life in 19th-century Edo across the seasons. In fall:In winter:In spring:And of course, there’s the summer rain you spent some time with. Ms. May recently curated a show of Japanese prints at the museum.

Persons: you’ve, Utagawa Hiroshige, You’re, Hiroshige, May, ” Ms, Ms, Vincent van Gogh, Theo, Vincent, Van Gogh, ”, Nienke Bakker, van Gogh, Bakker, James McNeill Whistler, Alfred Barr, Tetsuya Noda, — Organizations: Carnegie Museum of Art, Fuji, Smithsonian, Van, Museum of Modern, ” Locations: Japan, ”, Tokyo, Edo, Japanese, Atake, Pittsburgh, Paris, Van Gogh, Amsterdam

☆ Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton are apparently distant relatives
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Dolly Parton has learned her special connection with goddaughter Miley Cyrus is even deeper than she originally thought. Their common ancestor is a man named John Brickey, who was born in Virginia in 1740, according to Ancestry. Brickey is Parton’s sixth great-grandfather and Cyrus’ seventh great-grandfather. “We’re so close, Miley and I. I’d have thought we’d have been at least third cousins,” Parton said on Monday’s episode of Access Hollywood, reacting to the revelation. “Dolly is not only my idol because of her incomparable career—she’s also my role model because of her steadfast morals and values,” Cyrus wrote.

Persons: Dolly Parton, goddaughter Miley Cyrus, they’ve, John Brickey, Cyrus ’, “, Miley, ” Parton, Hannah Montana ”, Cyrus, Parton, Dolly, — she’s, ” Cyrus Organizations: CNN, Disney Channel Locations: Virginia, East Tennessee

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