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Saeed Abiyar, an adviser to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in Syria, died in the attack, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported. Israel fired back, a US official told CNN, targeting a major Iranian military airbase near the city of Isfahan. Iran has deployed military advisers to Syria in support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad since civil war broke out there in 2011. “The era of strategic patience is over,” said Mohammad Jamshidi, deputy chief of staff to the Iranian president. Israel contested this, claiming the target was an Iranian military headquarters.

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☆ Ron Edmonds, 77, Whose Camera Captured the Shooting of Reagan, Dies
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Richard Sandomir | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Ron Edmonds, a photographer for The Associated Press who won a Pulitzer Prize for a dramatic series of pictures of the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan and the takedown of the gunman outside a Washington hotel in 1981, died on Friday in Falls Church, Va. His wife, Grace Feliciano Edmonds, said he died in a hospital from pneumonia linked to a bacterial infection. It was only Mr. Edmonds’s second day on the White House beat when he was assigned to cover a speech by President Reagan to an A.F.L.-C.I.O. group at the Washington Hilton on March 30, 1981. After rushing to leave the hotel ahead of the president, Mr. Edmonds positioned himself on the other side of the presidential limousine, expecting that Reagan would do little more than wave to onlookers before returning to the White House.

Persons: Ron Edmonds, Ronald Reagan, Grace Feliciano Edmonds, Edmonds’s, Reagan, Edmonds Organizations: Associated Press, White House, Washington Hilton Locations: Washington, Falls Church, Va

☆ A Ukrainian commander said new troops are trained so badly they have to learn basic skills on the front lines like shooting a gun
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The 93rd Mechanized Brigade has seen some of the heaviest fighting in the war, including the battles for Bakhmut, Kharkiv, and Adviivka. One newly arrived soldier, identified by call sign Val of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade, told the outlet he was assigned to the front line with a day's notice. AdvertisementAnother soldier from the 42nd Mechanized Brigade in Kharkiv told the outlet that "everything is learned on the spot." As for new recruits, Ukraine's training centers are barely equipped to provide soldiers with basic training, per the Post. AdvertisementThe UK hosts trainings for Ukrainian troops under its Operation Interflex program.

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☆ Russia's creeping advance is costing it 1,200 soldiers a day: Western intel
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The assessment attributes the elevated casualty rate to Russia's brutal ongoing offensive, noting that Russia's ability to replenish its units is stretched thin due to its consistent losses. According to Friday's intel from the UK Ministry of Defense, the average number of Russian personnel casualties was over 1,200 a day in May, the highest number reported since the war began. The ministry also said the total number of killed or wounded Russian soldiers since the February 2022 invasion is likely at 500,000. It's likely also the result of Russia rushing relatively inexperienced and untrained soldiers into battle, often in bloody head-on assaults. But Russia's high casualties also prevents it from training more capable units and keeping a majority of its troops in battle long enough to gain experience.

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☆ A DC basic income program is letting people choose the amount on their checks. A participant said $1,400 a month is what she needs to pay medical bills.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Allie Kelly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

And since last fall, she's been a participant in a Washington DC-area guaranteed basic income program. With her husband's SSDI disability benefit, the couple lives on a fixed income of under $2,000 each month, which is separate from their guaranteed basic income. Basic income has alleviated some of her financial anxiety, but she said "it's still not enough" to feel stable. The basic income program Kelly participates in is one of over 100 pilots across the US. Have you benefitted from a guaranteed basic income program?

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☆ Samuel Alito's story about the upside-down flag fiasco isn't fully adding up
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

"My wife is fond of flying flags," Alito wrote. Alito said he asked his wife to take the flag down "as soon as I saw it," but for "several days," she refused. A second flagAlito's explanation for why his wife raised the upside-down flag in January 2021 also doesn't account for the second controversial flag now tied to the couple. The Times reported this month that an "Appeal to Heaven" flag was flown outside Alito's New Jersey beach house as recently as last summer. He said neither he nor his wife were aware the flag had any association with the "Stop the Steal" movement.

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☆ Asian Americans were left off judge benches last year, employment data shows
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

That means the iconic profession is not only drastically underrepresenting Asian Americans, but historical data shows the community isn't making up ground like other minority populations. While the federal data may shock those outside the community, it connects to a long-documented problem of those who have historically held power mentoring others who look like them. Yet there has never been an Asian American judge appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. A Washington Post analysis found Biden has appointed the most non-white judges of any president, and approximately 14% have been Asian. It's also worth noting that the share of Asian judges has jumped around over the past decade rather than moving in a straight line.

Persons: Goodwin Liu, Lance Ito, Simpson, Biden, It's Organizations: Getty, U.S, Supreme, American Bar Association Locations: Asian, Washington

☆ Opinion | Minnesota Republicans Just Endorsed an Alex Jones Acolyte for Senate
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Michelle Goldberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Royce White, a Black former pro basketball player who led protests in Minneapolis after the murder of George Floyd, made his first appearance on “The Alex Jones Show” about two years ago. Jones, a purveyor of conspiracy theories about everything from 9/11 to the murder of children at Sandy Hook Elementary School, was thrilled by their conversation. “You’re awesome, you’re dead-on, and we’re going to learn a lot from you,” he enthused. to accommodate his generalized anxiety disorder, a public stand that won him journalistic admiration even as his athletic career faltered. “Royce White Towers Above the Minneapolis Protests, and Thousands Are Looking Up to Him,” said a Washington Post headline.

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☆ OpenAI's defense: We're not liars; we're just incompetent. Yikes!
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Peter Kafka | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Earlier this week, the consensus around OpenAI was that the company was a lying, rapacious soul stealer. A company that wanted to use Scarlett Johansson to promote its product — and when she declined, went ahead and did it anyway, using a fake Scarlett Johansson. Here's the problem: The second version of reality is the one OpenAI itself is pushing. And OpenAI is a relatively young company, with a particularly chaotic history, which includes a foundational fight with Elon Musk and last year's well-publicized Thanksgiving coup-that-wasn't. Now they're telling us they can't handle the most basic stuff, like telling the left hand what the right hand is doing.

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☆ Kristi Noem’s dog: The internet wants you to believe this is the dog she shot. It isn’t.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Donie O'Sullivan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Indeed, when I Googled “Kristi Noem’s dog” this morning, it was one of the first pictures that popped up. It was on the “Puppy” subreddit where user “LukeWarm273” posted a photo of their dog “Blue” last year. “He’s a cutie,” one Reddit user responded. “Please join me in wishing Cricket (the dog Kristi Noem shot to death) a blessed journey to the land of beautiful puppy dog souls. The story shows a photo of Reddit user LukeWarm273's dog, Blue, next to Noem.

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☆ Here’s Why Republicans Are Focusing on Voting by Noncitizens
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Minho Kim | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

House Republicans are pushing legislation to crack down on voting by noncitizens, part of an effort to sow doubts about the election outcome and take aim at immigrants who they say have no business participating in elections in the United States. They are planning to push through a bill this week that would roll back a Washington, D.C., law allowing noncitizen residents of the nation’s capital to vote in local elections. And they are pushing legislation that would require states to obtain proof of citizenship, such as a birth certificate or passport, in person when registering an individual to vote and require states to remove noncitizens from voter rolls. Neither is likely to pass the Democratic-led Senate or be signed by President Biden, but both are ways for Republicans to call attention to their false claims of widespread illegal voting by noncitizens. Former President Donald J. Trump has long claimed in the face of evidence to the contrary that presidential and congressional elections are susceptible to widespread voter fraud and illegal voting by undocumented immigrants who have skewed the outcomes in favor of Democrats — a charge that House Republicans have echoed.

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☆ Trump's proposed tariffs would cost Americans $500 billion a year, think tank says
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Jennifer Sor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Trump's proposed tariffs could cost Americans $500 billion annually, a think tank estimated. The cost of tariffs is often passed onto consumers as producers raise prices. A 10% tariff on imports could cost households an extra $1,500 a year, researchers say. Researchers at the Peterson Institute warned Trump's planned taxes on imports could end up being a huge burden on working-class Americans. That's about five times the cost of Trump's tariffs in 2018, when he imposed taxes on imports of steel, aluminum, and other goods.

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☆ A Crucial Senate Race Could Come Down to One Question: Do I Trust You?
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Kellen Browning | Tailyr Irvine | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The rural dirt farmer versus the decorated Navy SEAL. The longtime Democratic incumbent in a deep-red state versus the youthful conservative handpicked by Republicans to topple him. The man who lost three fingers to a meat grinder versus the man who got shot — or maybe didn’t — in Afghanistan. Montana’s high-profile race for Senate, which could decide the balance of power in Washington, is shaping up as a fight to see whose unique biography can best earn the trust of the state’s wary voters. Republicans believe that the Democrat they are trying to defeat, Senator Jon Tester, 67, is vulnerable to attacks that he has lost touch with Montanans and become a Washington insider.

Persons: Jon Tester, Tim Sheehy Organizations: Navy, Democratic, Senate, Republicans, Republican Locations: Afghanistan, Washington

☆ Trump’s playboy past is in the spotlight. His allies are readying a new fight against pornography
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Steve Contorno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

A movement to rein in online pornography is rapidly intensifying, fueled by conservative outrage and growing unease over the accessibility of sexual content online, especially for children. Pornography is mentioned on the first page; banning pornography and locking up those who produce it are proposed on Page 5. He was an occasional guest at Hugh Hefner’s famed Playboy Mansion and made cameos in soft-core pornographic films produced by the company – though not in any scenes depicting sexual content or nudity. ‘Sex is the canary in the coal mine’The Supreme Court has deemed previous attempts to curb online pornography unconstitutional on First Amendment grounds. They were designed to protect adults from accessing adult content, which, of course, is their stated aim.

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☆ YouTube says it will block videos of Hong Kong protest anthem following court order
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Alphabet's YouTube on Tuesday said it would comply with a court decision and block access inside Hong Kong to 32 video links deemed prohibited content, in what critics say is a blow to freedoms in the financial hub amid a security clampdown. The action follows a government application granted by Hong Kong's Court of Appeal requesting the ban of a protest anthem called "Glory to Hong Kong." In comments criticizing the court order, YouTube said the ruling would raise skepticism around the Hong Kong government's work to foster the digital economy and reclaim its reputation as a predictable place for doing business. "If you start to send platforms 100 or 1,000 links for takedown every day, this will drive platforms crazy and also make global investors more worried about Hong Kong's free market environment. How predictable and how stable the policy environment is matters a lot to foreign investors, and Hong Kong is now at a crossroads to defend its reputation."

Persons: Hong Kongers, We'll, George Chen, Chen, Hong Organizations: YouTube, Hong, Appeal, U.S ., Asia Group, Washington DC, Meta Locations: Hong Kong, Hong Kong's, Washington, Greater China

☆ House Democrat presses oil CEOs for details of Trump's fundraising dinner at Mar-a-Lago
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Josephine Rozzelle | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 28, 2023. The House Oversight Committee's top Democrat asked oil executives to reveal whether former President Donald Trump had proposed a "quid-pro-quo" arrangement to them at a recent Florida fundraising dinner, according to letters released Tuesday by Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md. The letters arose from a Washington Post report that Trump hosted the executives for dinner Apr. "You all are wealthy enough," Trump reportedly told the assembled guests. Raskin asked the executives to provide descriptions of any discussions related to policy proposals or campaign finance they had at the dinner, as well as any efforts by the CEOs' respective companies to support Trump's campaign.

Persons: Jamie Raskin, Donald Trump, Trump, Raskin Organizations: Capitol, Democrat, Washington Post, Mar, Biden Locations: Washington ,, Florida, Gulf of Mexico

☆ A 10-foot-wide modern home was built in a Washington, DC driveway. It's listed for $580,000. See inside.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

A 10-foot-wide, one-bedroom home was built in Washington, DC, on what used to be a driveway. Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementA developer in Washington, DC, had a small canvas — about the width of a driveway — to build a modern home that's on the market for $581,903. Now, there's a 10-foot-wide, one-bedroom home on what used to be a driveway. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

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☆ The Home Insurance Crunch: See What’s Happening in Your State
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Christopher Flavelle | Mira Rojanasakul | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

The Home Insurance Crunch: See What’s Happening in Your StateAs climate change makes disasters more frequent and severe, the insurance industry is in tumult. Even in the Northeast, where homeowners insurance was still generally profitable last year, trends are worsening. In the state of Profitability of homeowners insurance in Iowa Source: AM Best Ratio of revenue to costs for homeowners insurance statewide. To measure the financial health of the homeowners insurance industry, The New York Times assembled data that compares revenues with costs for insurers in each state. The data show that homeowners insurance was unprofitable in 18 states last year, up from eight in 2013.

☆ Ukraine's pilots are flying high-risk 'wild weasel' missions first developed in the Vietnam War by the USAF, says defense analyst
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Cameron Manley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Eastern Ukraine, a Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 Wild Weasel fires off an AGM-88 HARM towards a Russian radar. (Summer ‘22) pic.twitter.com/IOeu7hzUxW — OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) February 8, 2024The US Air Force pioneered SEAD tactics in the Vietnam War. The term "wild weasel" originated from Project Wild Weasel. This US Air Force anti-SAM strategy used direct attacks to suppress enemy air defenses, according to the National Museum of the US Air Force. But, he added Ukraine's tactics "go far beyond the classic wild weasel missions of Anti-Radiation Missile equipped aircraft."

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☆ I was a tech DINK earning over $100k a year. Our double income helped me quit my 9-to-5 — but now the glory days are over.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Charissa Cheong | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I even quit my 9-to-5 to pursue my passion for content creation. I made $40,000 in revenue from content creation in 2022 and $107,000 in 2023 before expenses. AdvertisementSince I'm not earning a stable income, we've decided to limit our spending more this year. I decided to give myself a salary of $35,000 for 2024 from my content creation business. As content creation doesn't require me to go into an office, I'm hoping to build a flexible career that I can continue around raising a kid.

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☆ New poll reveals a major warning sign for Biden and Democrats in key down-ballot races
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Ahead of November, young Black voters are indicating that their turnout could fall below 2020 levels. A Washington Post-Ipsos poll revealed that only 41% of young Black voters said they were certain to vote this year. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

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☆ Congressman appears to praise University of Mississippi students, including one making monkey gestures, who taunted a lone Black Gaza protester
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-04 | by ( Cameron Manley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rep. Mike Collins appeared to praise University of Mississippi students for racist chants. A video on X showed students engaging in racial taunts towards a Black war protester. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementRepublican Rep. Mike Collins appeared to praise a large group of University of Mississippi students who taut a Black student protesting the Israel-Hamas war.

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☆ Biden calls US ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with Russia and China
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Arlette Saenz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —President Joe Biden on Wednesday called close US ally Japan “xenophobic” at a Washington, D.C., fundraiser, just weeks after lauding the US-Japan alliance at a state dinner. The president made the remark while arguing that Japan, along with Russia and China, would perform better economically if the countries embraced immigration more. Because we welcome immigrants,” Biden said, according to reporters traveling with the president at a fundraiser with Asian American and Pacific Islander supporters. Immigrants are what makes us strong.”Biden had similarly cast Japan, Russia and China as “xenophobic” during an interview with a Spanish language radio station in March. The latest critique of Japan comes less than a month after he hosted Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for a state visit.

Persons: Joe Biden, ” Biden, “, ”, Fumio Kishida, Biden, Jessie Yeung Organizations: CNN, D.C, American, Pacific, Immigrants, Japanese, White House Locations: Japan, Washington, Russia, China

☆ CNBC's Inside India newsletter: Will AI make or break India?
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

But one that could foreshadow India's growth story. Can Teleperformance's stock plunge be the canary in the coal mine for what is likely to happen to India because of AI? But it's likely to be a blip for India's growth trajectory, given the macro forces at play. Besides creating jobs that are less likely to be immediately disrupted by AI, India could also be a net beneficiary of artificial intelligence. The Indian stock market indexes, Sensex and Nifty 50 , are heading for a positive week again — up by 1% and 1.2%, respectively.

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☆ The US military killed a shepherd it mistook for a terrorist leader in a drone strike, investigation finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Ella Sherman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Washington Post investigation revealed US forces mistakenly killed a civilian in a drone strike. AdvertisementA Washington Post investigation revealed Thursday that US forces killed a shepherd in a drone strike after mistaking him for a top al-Qaeda official. The Washington Post began its investigation in May 2023 following the fatal strike, calling into question the identity of the al-Qaeda operative who US officials said had been slain. Related storiesCentral Command said its investigation revealed that there were "several issues" with the operation but did not explain exactly how it failed to identify its target. A defense official told The Washington Post on the condition of anonymity that the American drone strike was botched due to the decision-making and accuracy, or "confirmation bias and insufficient red teaming" issues among personnel.

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