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☆ Lionel Messi and the unmistakeable sense of an ending
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Jack Lang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

And Lionel Messi is not a player who goes down for nothing. A second or two later, the camera returned to Messi, zooming in on the most recognisable face in football. For Messi, wherever he treads in this extended career outro, is always accompanied by the unmistakable sense of an ending. Post-game, Argentina head coach Lionel Scaloni said that Messi didn’t want to come off but his injury rendered any other option redundant. Advertisement“I’m lucky I can do something I’m passionate about,” Messi said in the Apple documentary about his American adventure.

Persons: Lionel Messi, Nicolas Gonzalez, Messi, Leandro Paredes, —, ”, “, there’s, Juan Mabromata, Lionel Scaloni, Messi didn’t, “ Leo, Lautaro Martinez, Tata Martino, Leo, ” Messi, Buda Mendez, Chandan Khanna, Ray Orr Organizations: Messi, Messi gambol, ESPN Argentina, Getty, Inter Miami, MLS, Apple Locations: Argentina, United States, Mexico, Canada, “, AFP, Miami

☆ Wende Zomnir revolutionized makeup with Urban Decay. She's not done building her empire.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Amanda Krause | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

And Urban Decay was the first brand to have all recycled paper cartons," she told BI. "So it's not like Caliray's wellness and sustainability is a 180 departure from Urban Decay. Wende Zomnir at an Urban Decay party in 2018. Wende Zomnir CalirayStarting fresh with CalirayConceptualizing a new makeup brand with a California aesthetic was a no-brainer for Zomnir. While on the road promoting Urban Decay, she noticed that people asked her the same questions: What's California like?

Persons: I'm, Zomnir, she's, Calvin Klein, Elizabeth Arden skincare, Leo Burnett, Sandy Lerner, Lerner, she'd, Wende, Han Myung, Carol Hamilton, Tara Simon, Caliray's mascara, Caliray, There's, She's Organizations: Business, Leo, Leo Burnett Worldwide, Cisco Systems, Beauty Independent, Urban, Fast Company, BI Locations: New Jersey, she's, Newport Beach , California, It's, Texas, California, Sandy, L'Oréal, Sephora

☆ Opinion | Trump’s Next Supreme Court Picks Would Be So Much Worse
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Jay Willis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Everything we know about Mr. Trump today suggests that he will take his judicial cues not from the conservative legal establishment, as he did previously, but instead from the conservative legal movement’s extreme fringes. Mr. Trump’s decision to publicly align himself with Mr. Leo helped settle the nerves of establishment Republicans who were skeptical of the candidate’s ideological bona fides, and played a significant role in the 2016 election. As president, Mr. Trump selected all his nominees — Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett — from versions of the shortlist, which he periodically updated. In the past four years, however, Mr. Trump has soured on the conservative legal establishment. The Federalist Society credentials that were once essential for conservative lawyers aspiring to federal judgeships during Republican presidencies are, in Mr. Trump’s world, now apparently a liability.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Leonard Leo, Antonin Scalia, Mr, Leo, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett —, Justice Department —, Federalist Society —, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett, Don McGahn Organizations: Federalist Society, Republicans, Mr, White, Justice Department, Society

☆ What the rest of hurricane season could hold after Beryl made early-season history
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Mary Gilbert | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Collin Reid/AP A boat damaged by Hurricane Beryl lies on its side at a dock in Kingston on Thursday. Leo Hudson/AP Simone Francis gathers items from her home that were blown away by Hurricane Beryl in Old Harbor, Jamaica, on Thursday. Ricardo Hernandez/AP Pastor Winston Alleyne clears trees felled by Hurricane Beryl in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on July 2. Lucanus Ollivierre/AP Fishing boats, damaged by Hurricane Beryl, sit in a heap at the Bridgetown Fisheries in Barbados on July 1. Randy Brooks/AFP/Getty Images Brad Reinhart, senior hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, tracks Hurricane Beryl on July 1.

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This photograph shows the takeoff of the European Space Agency satellite launcher Ariane 6 rocket from its launch pad, at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, on July 9, 2024. Jody Amiet | AFP | Getty ImagesThe powerful European-built Ariane 6 rocket made its long-awaited liftoff on Tuesday as the region returned to a launch market dominated by Elon Musk's SpaceX. The rocket is a combined effort of about $4.5 billion overseen by the European Space Agency, or ESA, and built by ArianeGroup, an Airbus and Safran joint venture. Delayed debutThe European Space Agency satellite launcher Ariane 6 rocket is seen prior to its maiden launch at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, on July 9, 2024. The European Space Agency satellite launcher Ariane 6 rocket moves to the launch pad prior to its liftoff at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, on July 9, 2024.

Persons: Jody Amiet, Elon Musk's, Safran Organizations: European Space Agency, Guiana Space, AFP, Getty, Elon, Elon Musk's SpaceX, ESA, Airbus, Afp, Soyuz, SpaceX Locations: Kourou, French Guiana, Ukraine, Russia, Europe

☆ Space station startup Gravitics lands $125 million order from Axiom
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Washington-based startup Gravitics has signed a $125 million contract to expand Axiom Space's planned space station, the latest deal in the burgeoning private market for orbiting habitats. Axiom is one of several companies building private space stations as NASA plans for the International Space Station to end its time in orbit. Already, Axiom has modules of its space station being built by Italian aerospace contractor Thales Alenia. The space station modules Gravitics is designing range from 3 meters (9 feet) to 8 meters (26 feet) in diameter. Axiom was the first to win a NASA contract for building space station modules, and Gravitics would connect its spacecraft later this decade.

Persons: Colin Doughan, Gravitics, Glenn, Doughan Organizations: CNBC, NASA, International, Thales Alenia Locations: Washington, Seattle

☆ Hurricane Beryl: Damaging winds and storm surge could hit South Texas this weekend
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-06 | by ( Dalia Faheid | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Tropical Storm Beryl will strengthen as it tracks toward the Texas-Mexico border this weekend, bringing a risk of damaging winds, life-threatening storm surge and dangerous flooding to Texas beginning late Sunday. • Hurricane and storm surge watches issued: Hurricane and storm surge watches were extended eastward along the Texas coast Friday night. • Beryl expected to slam South Texas: Beryl is forecast to make landfall over South Padre Island, Texas, close to the Texas-Mexico border, as a Category 1 hurricane late Sunday night, according to the National Hurricane Center. • At least nine dead due to Beryl: Beryl became the earliest Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic on record earlier this week. Randy Brooks/AFP/Getty Images Brad Reinhart, senior hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, tracks Hurricane Beryl on Monday.

Persons: It’s, • Beryl, Beryl, Barra el Mezquital, Gov, Dan Patrick, “, ” Patrick, ClimaMeter, Vincent, Everton Evanks, Elizabeth, Joe Raedle, Hurricane Beryl, Fernando Llano, Collin Reid, Leo Hudson, Simone Francis, Hurricane, Paola Chiomante, Marco Bello, Jose Luis Gonzalez, Arthur Daniel, Samir Aponte, Ricardo Hernandez, Winston Alleyne, Lucanus, Ricardo Mazalan, Sylvia Small, Matthew Dominick, Chandan Khanna, Randy Brooks, Brad Reinhart, Gilbert Bellamy, Beryl’s, Patrick, Greg Abbott, Rudy Madrid, Connie Scott, Paulette Guajardo, Guajardo Organizations: CNN, National Hurricane Center ., Texas Gulf, National Hurricane Center, Everton, Hurricane, Getty, AP, National, Reuters, Wednesday, Reuters Workers, AP Homes, Petite Martinique, Bridgetown Fisheries, NASA, Gov, Texas Coast, Texas Gov, Sargent, Residents, Facebook, Loyola Beach, National Weather Service, Corpus Christi, Sunday, Corpus Locations: Texas, Mexico, of Mexico, Corpus Christi , Texas, Yucatan, South Texas, The Texas, Rio, San Luis Pass, High, Harris County, Barra el, Rio Grande, South Padre Island , Texas, National Hurricane Center . Texas, Gulf Coast, Texas Gulf Coast, Gulf, Caribbean, Jamaica, Venezuela, Grenada, Saint Vincent, Grenadines, St, Barbados, Elizabeth Parish, Tulum, Kingston , Jamaica, Hurricane, Kingston, Old Harbor, Cancun , Mexico, Playa del Carmen, Union, Kingstown, Lucanus, Petite, Cumanacoa, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Bridgetown, Oistins, Hastings, AFP, Miami, Matagorda County, Matagorda, Palacios, Aransas, RVs, Kleberg County, Baffin Bay, City, Kingsville . Nueces, Corpus, Houston

☆ Indian tycoon Ratan Tata appeals for blood donations for sick puppy
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | Aishwarya S. Iyer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A super-rich Indian businessman took to social media to appeal for urgent blood donations for a critically ill puppy. Tata, who has 9.7 million Instagram followers, wrote: “I would really really appreciate your help. Ratan Tata has long been known for his concern for animals and set up a veterinary hospital in Mumbai earlier this year. Last year, the Press Trust of India estimated there were around 62 million stray dogs in the country, although experts say the real number would be nearly impossible to verify. In an Instagram post last year, he expressed concern for the safety of stray cats and dogs that shelter under cars during the monsoon season.

Persons: Ratan Tata, Instagram, Tata, “, ” Tata, Indranil Aditya, Leo, Scooby, Ronny, Ivan, Sandeep Palav, Tito, ” Organizations: CNN, Tata Group, Tata Motors, Rover, Ford, Animal Hospital, Tata, Bloomberg, Getty, Tata Trusts, Press Trust of India Locations: Mumbai, Animal Hospital Mumbai, Casper, German

☆ Off Gaza’s coast, truckloads of aid roll off a US military pier – only to remain uncollected
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Jeremy Diamond | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —After a series of mishaps, trucks of humanitarian aid are now beginning to roll onto the US military pier off the Gaza coast at a steadier pace. The US military says it is now moving about 800 pallets of humanitarian aid per day to Gaza via the temporary pier, or roughly 40 trucks. Humanitarian aid operations in Gaza have been severely hampered by an increase in Israeli military operations over the past month and humanitarian aid officials say lawlessness and looting are also on the rise. The Israeli military says it has been getting hundreds of aid trucks into Gaza recently, blaming humanitarian aid agencies’ lack of capacity for not picking up and distributing the aid. Pressed on criticism from humanitarian aid groups that the US’s $230-million effort would have been better spent pressuring Israel to get more aid into Gaza via land routes, Capt.

Persons: Leo Correa, Joe Biden, Israel, Joel Stewart, ” Organizations: CNN, Food, Army, Pentagon, Navy Locations: Gaza, Israeli, American

☆ Copa América 2024: Lionel Messi’s final ‘Last Dance’ with Argentina?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —For just the second time in the tournament’s 108-year history, the Copa América will be played outside of South America. “Today, all I think about is to get well to the Copa América and play it. The squad for the 2024 Copa América is largely inexperienced, with 15 players on less than 10 caps for their country. UruguayPerennial overachiever Uruguay once again goes into a Copa América among the favorites to win the title. The nation of just 3.5 million people holds the joint record alongside Argentina for most Copa América titles won with 15.

Persons: Lionel Messi’s, Messi, ”, ” Messi, Ángel Di María, Catherine Ivill, Lionel Scaloni, “, he’s, ” Scaloni, Leo, Di María, West Ham’s Lucas Paquetá, Neymar, Brazil’s, Vinícius, –, Fernando Diniz, Dorival Júnior, Vinícius Jr, Marcelo Bielsa, Argentina –, Ander Gillenea, Luis Suárez, Giménez, Ronald Araújo, Federico Valverde, Matt Turner, Tim Weah, Christian Pulisic, Yunus Musah, Folarin Balogun, Ron Jenkins, Gregg Berhalter’s, ’, Juan Antonio Pizzi, Ricardo Gareca, Marcelo Hernandez, Alexis Sánchez, Claudio Bravo, Arturo Vidal, Gary Medel, Cafeteros, Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno, Luis Díaz, James Rodriguez, David Ospina, Yerry Mina Organizations: CNN, Copa, CONMEBOL, CONCACAF Nations League, Nations League, América, Brazil, Messi, Argentine, Star, “, Copa América, ”, Beijing, Getty, England, USA, Real, La Liga, League, overachiever, Argentina, CONCACAF, US, Panama, Uruguay, Copa Américas, Roja, La Roja, Qatar Locations: South America, United States, US, Mexico, Canada, Jamaica, Panama, Costa Rica, Lionel Messi’s Argentina, Qatar, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Spain, Real Madrid, Uruguay, overachiever Uruguay, AFP, Colombia, Washington, Bolivia, Russia, Peru, Paraguay, Albania, France, Marseille, Colombia Colombia

☆ Killer of 2 Women in National Park in 1996 Has Been Identified, F.B.I. Says
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Orlando Mayorquín | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It took the authorities one week to find the bodies of Julianne Williams and Laura Winans near their campsite at a national park in Virginia in 1996 after their family reported them missing. But it would take nearly three decades for the authorities to identify the person they believe killed them. “I want to again extend my condolences to the Winans and Williams families and hope today’s announcement provides some small measure of solace.”An F.B.I. It re-examined previous leads and interviews and evidence recovered from the site of the killings. Investigators submitted some of the evidence for DNA testing and found a match to Mr. Jackson’s DNA, the agency said.

Persons: Julianne Williams, Laura Winans, Walter Leo Jackson Sr, “, Lollie Winans, Julie Williams, ” Christopher R, Kavanaugh, Winans, Williams, Jackson’s Locations: Virginia, Richmond, Ohio, Shenandoah, U.S

☆ Willie Mays, supreme baseball talent among the best to ever play, dies at 93
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( David K. Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

San Francisco Giants great Willie Mays waves his hat as he rides around the track of Oracle Park, Friday, May 7, 2021, in San Francisco,. Focus On Sport | Getty ImagesA 1981 song and ode to America's pastime by Terry Cashman was appropriately titled "Talkin' Baseball: Willie, Mickey & The Duke." "I can't believe that Babe Ruth was a better player than Willie Mays," all-time pitching great Sandy Koufax once said. Willie Mays Hays here: Play like Mays and I run like (Olympic gold medal sprinter Bob) Hayes. Outfielder Willie Mays #24 of the San Francisco Giants rounds second base during a circa early 1970's Major League Baseball game.

Persons: Willie Mays, Santiago Mejia, Barack Obama, of Famer Willie Mays, Chip Somodevilla, Mays, Bobby Thomson, Thomson, Scot, Bobby, — Mays, Mickey Mantle, Duke Snider, Terry Cashman, Willie, Mickey, Willie Howard Mays, steelworker William Howard, Anna Mays, Eddie Montague, Montague, Leo Durocher, Barry Bonds, —, Babe Ruth, Bonds, Sandy Koufax, Ruth, Arnold Palmer, Deron Johnson, Reggie Jackson —, Hall, Hall of famer Willie Mays, Jamie Squire, Yogi Berra, James Hirsch, Joan Payson, Payson, Payson wouldn't, Mantle, Bowie Kuhn, Peter Ueberroth, Ueberroth, Mantle's banishments, Kuhn, Charles Schultz, Charlie Brown, John Fogerty's, Ty Cobb, Joe DiMaggio, Wesley Snipes, Willie Mays Hayes, Willie Mays Hays, Bob, Hayes, Sisko, Donna Reed Organizations: San Francisco Giants, Oracle, San Francisco Chronicle, Hearst Newspapers, Getty, Baseball, of Famer, National, Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers, National League, New, Armed Forces Radio, Dodgers, Yankees, New York, York City, Apple, New York City, Hall of Fame, New York Mets, Shea, Los Angeles Dodgers, Birmingham Black Barons, Negro League, Barons, Mets, Oakland A's, Hall of famer, Kansas City Royals, Oakland, Thomson, New York Giants, GQ, MLB, Hotel, Claridge, Olympics, Los Angeles Times, Houston Astros, Bettmann, Major League Baseball Locations: San Francisco, Washington ,, New York, U.S, Korea, New, Flushing , New York, Westfield , Alabama, Mays ', York, America, Flushing , Queens, Atlantic City, Southern California, Northern California

☆ The trips Justice Clarence Thomas took with Harlan Crow — that we know of
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewSupreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is once again facing renewed scrutiny amid details about undisclosed trips he took with GOP mega-donor Harlan Crow. Advertisement"The Judicial Conference changed this provision last year, and Justice Thomas has fully complied with the new disclosure requirement," Berke said. GOP megadonor Harlan Crow has defended his relationship with Justice Clarence Thomas after a series of bombshell ProPublica reports. July 2019: Bali, IndonesiaThomas and Crow's 2019 Bali vacation was the centerpiece of ProPublica's original 2023 report. ProPublica previously reported on Thomas' trips to the gentleman's retreat.

Persons: —, Clarence Thomas, Harlan Crow, Thomas, Sen, Dick Durbin, Crow, ProPublica, Michael Zona, Committee's, Elliot S, Berke, Louis, New York ProPublica, Camp Topridge, Leonard Leo, Chris Goodney, Indonesia Thomas, Ginni Thomas, Michaela Rose, Bohemian Grove , California Thomas, Topridge, Topridge —, buddy's hideaway, Crow's, Justice Organizations: Service, GOP, Business, BI, Verizon, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Bloomberg, Getty, Washington Post, DC, Supreme Locations: Indonesia, Grove, Monte Rio , California, Montana, St, Kalispell , Montana, Dallas, New York, Crow's, Thomas, Savannah , Georgia, Georgia, Bali, Bohemian Grove , California, Bohemian Grove, Northern California, Washington, San Jose , California, New Zealand

☆ Willie Mays: One of baseball’s most electrifying and complete players has died at 93
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Wayne Sterling | Kevin Dotson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

AP From left: Monte Irvin, Willie Mays, and Hank Thompson hold bats on their shoulders in Yankee Stadium in 1951. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Mays, then a physical training instructor at Fort Eustis, Virginia, leads soldiers through a calisthenics session on February 19, 1953. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Mays plays stick ball with kids in New York's Harlem neighborhood in 1954. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Mays makes a leaping, one-handed catch off the Los Angeles Dodgers' Duke Snider on August 15, 1954. JR/AP Mays, then of the San Francisco Giants, plays catch with 14-month-old Herbert Henderson, at the home of Henderson's parents, in San Francisco, California on November 14, 1957.

Persons: Willie Mays, Mays, “, Michael Mays, ” Michael Mays, ”, –, Babe Ruth, Hall, Hall of Famer Willie Mays, Robert D, Manfred, ” Manfred, ” Mays, couldn’t, wouldn’t, Negro League ballplayers, Monte Irvin, Hank Thompson, William F, Donegan, Duke Snider, Charles Hoff, Jackie Robinson, Bettmann, Frank Hurley, Joe DiMiaggio, Sid Mercer, Margherite Wendell, AP Mays, Herbert Henderson, Ernest Bennett, Pepe, San Francisco, Willie McCovey, Jon Brenneis, Ed Sullivan, Mel Ott, Hank Aaron, Joan Whitney Payson, Dan Farrell, douse Mays, Paul Sakuma, Monica M, Davey, John G, Mabanglo, San Francisco Giants Barry Bonds, of Famer Willie McCovey, Bonds, Willie, Laura Bush, George W, Bush, Chip Somodevilla, Jeff Gross, Barack Obama, Louis, Pete Souza, Jon Miller, Ezra Shaw, Nicholas Kamm, Gabrielle Lurie, ’ Mays, Vic Wertz, ” San Francisco Mayor London Breed, Breed, ’, Peter Ueberroth, Leo Durocher, ” Obama, “ Willie, Gavin Newsom, ” Newsom, Emma Tucker, Elizabeth Joseph, Taylor Romine Organizations: CNN, of Famer, San Francisco Giants, Giants, Major League Baseball, New York Giants, National League, Hall of Famer, MLB, Negro League statistics, Negro American, Birmingham Black Barons, San Francisco Chronicle, Juneteenth, Negro Leagues, Black Barons, Louis Cardinals, Negro League, Gloves, Bettmann, American, Minneapolis Millers, Minnesota Historical Society, AP, Yankee, The New York Giants, Army, Major League, Los Angeles Dodgers, NY, Mays ' New York Giants, Robinson's Brooklyn Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, Baseball Writers, JR, San, Candlestick Park, CBS, Getty, Astrodome, Mays, Atlanta Braves, New York Mets, Mets, Wrigley Field, Chicago Cubs, National League East, AP Mays, Candlestick, San Fransisco Giants, Park, Willie Mays Plaza, Bell Park, White, Little League's Challenger Division, T, Air Force, London Breed, Hall, Polo, New York, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees, Franciscan, ” San Francisco Mayor London, of Fame, Baseball Hall of Fame, Baseball Locations: Birmingham , Alabama, Birmingham, American, New York, Omaha , Nebraska, Camp Kilmer , New Jersey, Fort Eustis , Virginia, Phoenix , Arizona, New, Harlem, Mays ', NY, East Elmhurst , New York, San Francisco , California, San Francisco, Candlestick, Houston , Texas, New York City, Chicago , Illinois, AFP, Washington , DC, St, Washington ,, California

Everybody Wants to Sound LikeBad Bunny As Bad Bunny and other Puerto Rican musical artists explode in popularity, language instructors say more people want to learn how to speak the island’s slick, swaggering version of Spanish.

Organizations: Puerto Locations: Puerto Rican

☆ Joe Biden’s agonizing wait as a jury deliberates his son’s fate
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The Hunter Biden and Trump cases are vastly different, as is the way the former and current first families have responded to the trials. This is especially significant since Hunter Biden could face up to 25 years in prison if convicted, although a sentence for a first-time offender is unlikely to be that severe. The Hunter Biden trial is the latest cruel twist in the story of a family that has endured more tragedies than most could bear. The infringements on the Biden family’s dignity and privacy cut deep during the trial, which saw discomforting testimony about Hunter Biden’s former cocaine addiction. Media organizations, meanwhile, played an excerpt from Hunter Biden’s audio book that chronicles his spiral into addiction that was used in the prosecution case.

Persons: CNN —, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Hunter, Trump, Hunter Biden, He’s, Nelson Mandela, WITCH HUNT, ” Trump, Eric, Donald Jr, Mike Johnson —, GOP nominee’s, Melania Trump, Biden, Jill Biden, Leo Wise, “, ” Wise, ”, —, Beau, It’s, Bill Clinton, Roger Clinton, Billy Carter, Jimmy Carter, Beau Biden’s, Hallie, Naomi, “ I’m, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Biden’s, General Merrick Garland, David Weiss, Wise, Joe Organizations: CNN, Biden, Trump, ABC, GOP, Media, Manhattan, Attorney, Republicans Locations: York, Wilmington , Delaware, New York, American, Wilmington, France, Europe, there’s, Mar, Georgia —, Ukraine, China

☆ Nicholas Galitzine and Leo Woodall hilariously realize they auditioned for each other’s acclaimed roles
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Nicholas Galitzine and Leo Woodall have more in common than they thought. I auditioned for ‘White Lotus!’” Galitzine said, laughing. Woodall played Jack in Season 2 of “The White Lotus” in 2022, a bad boy who charms Haley Lu Richardson’s character Portia until his nefarious intentions are later revealed in the show’s shocking finale. “It comes out of nowhere,” Galitzine said of the scene, going on to joke that he “obviously” knew about the scene since he’d auditioned for Woodall’s role. But, Galitzine said while playfully poking at Woodall, “you got the part instead of me.”

Persons: CNN — Nicholas Galitzine, Leo Woodall, “, Mary, George, ” Galitzine, Woodall “ it’s, ” Woodall interjected, Galitzine, George Villiers, “ Mary, King James I, Julianne Moore, ‘, ” Woodall, Woodall, Jack, Haley Lu Richardson’s, Portia, Tom Hollander, he’d, ” Organizations: CNN, YouTube, Starz Locations: “

☆ British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch acquitted in fraud trial over Hewlett-Packard deal
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Representatives for Lynch and US prosecutors said Lynch was acquitted on all 15 charges — one count of conspiracy and 14 counts of wire fraud. Former Autonomy finance executive Stephen Chamberlain, who faced the same charges at trial alongside Lynch, was also acquitted on all counts, the Lynch representative said. On the stand, the entrepreneur said he had been focused on tech issues, and entrusted money matters and the accounting decisions at issue to Sushovan Hussain, Autonomy’s then-chief financial officer. Hussain was separately convicted in 2018 at a trial in the same court on charges related to the deal with HP. HP largely won a civil lawsuit against Lynch and Hussain in London in 2022, though damages have not yet been decided.

Persons: Mike Lynch, Lynch, Stephen Chamberlain, Chamberlain schemed, “, ” Lynch, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, ” Abraham Simmons, ”, Leo Apotheker, Prosecutors, Chamberlain, Sushovan Hussain, Autonomy’s, Hussain Organizations: Hewlett, Packard, Autonomy, HP, United States, Cambridge University Locations: San Francisco, ” Cambridge, British, London

☆ Jury dismissed in Hunter Biden gun trial after his daughter testifies about rehab visit
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, and his wife, Melissa Cohen Biden, arrive at the federal court for his trial on criminal gun charges in Wilmington, Delaware, on June 7, 2024. Jurors in the federal gun trial of Hunter Biden were dismissed Friday afternoon, after prosecutors rested their case and lawyers for the son of President Joe Biden began laying out their defense. On cross-examination, Naomi Biden told prosecutor Leo Wise that she did not see any drug paraphernalia in her father's truck when she borrowed it in October 2018. As Naomi Biden testified, her father wiped tears from his eyes. Defense attorneys have sought to raise doubts about whether Hunter Biden was on drugs at that time.

Persons: Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, Melissa Cohen Biden, Hunter Biden's, Naomi Biden, Leo Wise, Prosecutors Organizations: NBC News, Defense Locations: Wilmington , Delaware, Los Angeles, U.S, Delaware

☆ British tech pioneer Mike Lynch acquitted at U.S. fraud trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Mike Lynch, former chief executive officer of Autonomy, arrives at federal court in San Francisco, California, US, on Monday, March 18, 2024. Representatives for Lynch and U.S. prosecutors said Lynch was acquitted on all 15 charges — one count of conspiracy, and 14 counts of wire fraud, each connected to specific transactions or communications. Former Autonomy finance executive Stephen Chamberlain, who faced the same charges at trial alongside Lynch, was also acquitted on all counts, the Lynch representative said. The trial where prosecutors said Lynch and Chamberlain schemed to inflate Autonomy's revenue was the latest chapter in a legal saga stemming from the failed deal. Lynch was one of the UK's leading tech entrepreneurs, drawing comparisons to Apple cofounder Steve Jobs and Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates.

Persons: Mike Lynch, Lynch, Stephen Chamberlain, Chamberlain schemed, Leo Apotheker, Prosecutors, Chamberlain, Sushovan Hussain, Autonomy's, Hussain, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates Organizations: Autonomy, Hewlett, Packard, Former Autonomy, HP, Cambridge University, Cambridge Locations: San Francisco , California, San Francisco, U.S, British, London

☆ McConnell suggests 'discipline' for Dem senators pressuring Supreme Court over Alito flags
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., suggested Wednesday that the Supreme Court should punish at least two Democratic senators over their calls for Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from key cases related to former President Donald Trump. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island are bound by court rules that "provide for discipline against those who engage in conduct unbecoming an officer of the court," McConnell said on the Senate floor. But McConnell singled out Blumenthal and Whitehouse because they are members of the Supreme Court bar. They are therefore "potentially engaged in unethical professional conduct before the court," McConnell said of Blumenthal and Whitehouse, both of whom are members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The responses from Roberts and Alito confirm that they also viewed the communication as public, Whitehouse added.

Persons: Mitch McConnell, luncheons, Samuel Alito, Donald Trump ., Richard Blumenthal of, Sheldon Whitehouse, McConnell, Alito, Blumenthal, Whitehouse, John Roberts, Leonard Leo, Roberts, Dick Durbin, Clarence Thomas, Wednesday's Organizations: Democratic, Donald Trump . Sens, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Trump, American, CNBC, Wall Street, Capitol, Durbin Locations: Ky, Washington, Rhode, Virginia

☆ Live Updates: Hunter Biden’s Former Partners Describe the Toll of His Drug Abuse
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Eileen Sullivan | Glenn Thrush | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

forward — rose in a Delaware courtroom to declare that the Justice Department’s sweeping immunity deal with Hunter Biden was not nearly as sweeping as the defense believed. His transfer coincided with efforts by congressional Republicans to portray Mr. Weiss — a Trump appointee held over by President Biden’s aides — as offering “a sweetheart deal” to the Bidens. In early 2023, he published a memoir covering the police trial, describing himself as “the prosecutor who took down Baltimore’s most crooked cops.”Mr. But he was passed over because it was believed he might clash with prosecutors in the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, they said. Ms. Monaco eventually chose another prosecutor from Maryland, Thomas P. Windom, to run the team.

Persons: — bespectacled, Department’s, Hunter Biden, Leo J, Wise, “, . Wise, Biden, Biden’s, David C, Weiss, Mr . Wise, —, ”, Catherine Pugh, ” Mr, Philip Morris, Kathryn Ruemmler, Barack Obama’s, Lisa O, Donald J, Monaco, Thomas P, Windom Organizations: Trump, Baltimore U.S, Harvard Law, Navy Reserve, Justice Department, Enron, Capitol, Monaco Locations: Delaware, Baltimore, Los Angeles, U.S, Wilmington, Washington, Maryland

☆ Elon Musk ordered Nvidia to ship thousands of AI chips reserved for Tesla to X and xAI
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Lora Kolodny | In Lorakolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

Correspondence from Nvidia staffers also indicates that Musk diverted a sizable shipment of AI processors that had been reserved for Tesla to his social media company X, formerly known as Twitter. "Elon prioritizing X H100 GPU cluster deployment at X versus Tesla by redirecting 12k of shipped H100 GPUs originally slated for Tesla to X instead," an Nvidia memo from December said. In a post on X in November, Musk wrote, "X Corp investors will own 25% of xAI." At Tesla, Musk has promised to build a $500 million "Dojo" supercomputer in Buffalo, New York, and a "super dense, water-cooled supercomputer cluster" at the company's factory in Austin, Texas. WATCH: Musk ordered Nvidia to ship thousands of AI chips to X

Persons: Elon Musk, David Swanson, Reuters Elon Musk, he's, Tesla's, Musk, Tesla, Elon, Critics, OpenAI's ChatGPT, Axios Harris, Jensen Huang, Huang, David Paul Morris, xAI's Grok, xAI, he'd, He's, Leo Koguan, Gerber Kawasaki's Ross Gerber, Joel Fleming, Fleming, hasn't, Ethan Knight Organizations: SpaceX, Tesla, Reuters, Nvidia, Tesla's Texas, CNBC, X Corp, EV, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Blackwell, Nvidia Corp, Technology, Bloomberg, Getty, Twitter, Equity Litigation Locations: Beverly Hills , California, Tesla's, U.S, San Jose , California, Buffalo , New York, Austin , Texas, North Dakota, Delaware, Tesla, xAI, SolarCity, Texas, New York

☆ The battle over Elon Musk's pay package is a showdown between his army of supporters and institutional investors
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewTesla is setting the stage for a battle between some vocal institutional investors and some of Elon Musk's biggest supporters. The executive pay plan, which was first approved in 2018, is centered on a series of goalposts around Tesla's financial growth. AdvertisementMeanwhile, Tesla has argued that the pay package is both fair and necessary to maintain Musk's focus on the car company. AdvertisementThe Tesla CEO has also promoted the proposal and criticized institutional investors who have spoken out against the pay plan. Ahead of the June 13 shareholder meeting, shareholders will be asked to vote on several other proposals in addition to Musk's pay package.

Persons: —, Elon Musk's, Musk, Tesla, Leo Koguan, Bloomberg —, Adam Jonas, Morgan Stanley's, Morgan Stanley, Anat Alon, Beck, Alon, I'd, they'd, Kimbal Musk, Murdoch Organizations: Service, Business, Securities and Exchange Commission, P Global Market Intelligence, Reuters, Bloomberg, Case Western Reserve University, Texas Locations: Elon, Delaware, Texas

☆ Top proxy advisor ISS recommends against Elon Musk's $56 billion Tesla pay package
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Rohan Goswami | In Rohangoswamicnbc | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Taylor Hill | Getty ImagesTop proxy advisor Institutional Shareholder Services on Friday recommended Tesla shareholders vote against the re-approval of CEO Elon Musk's $56 billion pay package and withhold their support from the re-election of News Corp . Tesla's shareholder meeting is on June 13. Tesla's board is seeking shareholder approval to reinstate Musk's pay after a Delaware court voided the package earlier this year. The proxy advisor recommended support for some shareholder proposals that Tesla management opposes, including one that would declassify Tesla's board. Pay package pushTesla has been courting shareholder support in both time-tested and novel ways.

Persons: Elon Musk, Elon Musk's, James Murdoch, Glass Lewis, Tesla, Innisfree, Robyn Denholm, Leo KoGuan, KoGuan, Go Nakamura Organizations: Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Getty, Services, News Corp, CNBC, ISS, FGS Global Locations: Los Angeles , California, Taylor, Delaware, Texas, Austin, Austin , Texas, U.S

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