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☆ Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, June 15, 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Flashback: Your Weekly History QuizJune 15, 2024Can you place 8 notable events in chronological order? Start the quiz →

☆ The New York Times News Quiz, June 14, 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The New York Times News Quiz, June 14, 2024Did you follow the news this week? Take our quiz to see how well you stack up with other Times readers.

Organizations: New York Times

☆ Butterfly or Firefly: What’s Your Friendship Style?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Catherine Pearson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Welcome to Well’s 5-day Friendship Challenge! Step one is to discover your friendship style. We all need social connection, but we thrive in different ways. Keep in mind that this is not a formal diagnostic, and none of friendship styles she defined in her book is better than the others. Still, these questions may help you better understand how you approach social interaction — and encourage you to stretch out of your comfort zone.

Persons: plumb, Kasley Killam

☆ The British Aren’t Coming. They’re Here.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-08 | by ( Michael M. Grynbaum | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Facing financial challenges and political division, several of America’s largest news organizations have turned over the reins to editors who prize relentless reporting on a budget. Will Lewis, a veteran of London’s Daily Telegraph and News UK, is now the chief executive of The Washington Post, where reporters have raised questions about his Fleet Street ethics. He recently ousted the paper’s American editor and replaced her with a former colleague from The Telegraph, dumbfounding American reporters who had never heard of him. Michael Bloomberg, a noted Anglophile, hired John Micklethwait (former editor of the London-based Economist) in 2015 to run Bloomberg News. Rupert Murdoch tapped Keith Poole (The Sun and The Daily Mail) to edit The New York Post in 2021, the same year that The Associated Press named an Englishwoman, Daisy Veerasingham, as its chief executive.

Persons: Will Lewis, Emma Tucker, Mark Thompson, ”, Michael Bloomberg, John Micklethwait, Rupert Murdoch, Keith Poole, Daisy Veerasingham Organizations: London’s Daily Telegraph, News, The Washington Post, The Telegraph, Sunday Times, Wall, CNN, Bloomberg, Sun, The Daily, York, Associated Press Locations: American, London

☆ Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, June 8, 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Flashback: Your Weekly History QuizJune 8, 2024Can you place 8 notable events in chronological order? Start the quiz →

☆ The New York Times News Quiz, Jun. 7, 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The New York Times News Quiz, Jun. 7, 2024Did you follow the news this week? Take our quiz to see how well you stack up with other Times readers.

Organizations: New York Times

From a broken freezer of spoiled food to a withered vegetable garden, house sitters can prevent disaster from striking while you kick back and relax. The most trusted pet-sitting appRover Pet-sitting and Dog Walking Rover is a one-stop-shop for everything pet care. For pet sitters, Rover's ability to set your own rates after passing the background check and safety quiz is a major perk. The best for pet-sitting businesses near youPet Sitters International Pet Sitting Certification Rather than a service platform, Pet Sitters International is a search engine pet owners and certification source for aspirational sitters. For pet owners, the organization offers an online database of registered pet sitters.

Persons: that's, it's, Meowtel Organizations: Business, Rover

☆ As Hunter Biden’s Trial Nears, President Biden Pulls Him Close
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Katie Rogers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden wakes up every day to a list of concerns he must address as commander in chief. But at the top of that list, people who know him say, is a concern that nags at him as a father: the legal problems of his son, Hunter Biden. Hunter Biden, 54, is scheduled to stand trial this week in a federal court in Delaware on charges that he failed to disclose his drug addiction on a form when buying a gun in 2018. His legal team has called the charges politically motivated, and his attorneys intend to challenge the notion that Hunter Biden improperly filled out the form. But Mr. Biden has refused to shut out his son or treat him as a political liability — in fact, the president has a tendency to pull his son closer the worse things seem to get.

Persons: Biden, Hunter Biden Locations: Gaza, Ukraine, Delaware

☆ Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, June 1, 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Flashback: Your Weekly History QuizJune 1, 2024Can you place 8 notable events in chronological order? Start the quiz →

☆ The New York Times News Quiz, May 31, 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The Hall of Fame N.B.A. center Bill Walton died this week at 71. Walton was a famed devotee of what San Francisco band, which he claimed to have seen in concert more than 800 times?

Persons: Bill Walton, Walton Organizations: Fame, San Locations: San Francisco

☆ Live Updates: Scripps National Spelling Bee Will Crown a New Champion
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Emmett Lindner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Tarini Nandakumar of Austin, Texas, competing Tuesday in a preliminary round of this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee. The Scripps National Spelling Bee brings together more than 200 of the top elementary school spellers in the United States in a rigorous, three-day competition. Credit... Evelyn Hockstein/ReutersIn a recent regional spelling bee where he secured a place at Scripps, he was asked to spell brume. Bee week is quite the bash. Tarini, who also studies classical Indian dance and singing, advised Scripps newcomers not to stress.

Persons: Tarini, Logan Edwards, Logan, Pranav Nandakumar, Vanathi Senthurkani, ” Logan, Evelyn Hockstein, brume, “, ”, Sasha Kenlon, Scripps Organizations: Scripps, Spelling, Merriam, Webster, Texas, M University, ., Reuters, Washington, 173rd, 192nd Locations: Austin , Texas, United States, Rock , Texas, Greer, S.C, South Carolina, North Africa, Park City , Utah

☆ For some millennials, the reality of their retirement plans is that they're a fantasy
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The documentary chronicles the rise and fall of the movie-ticket-subscription company MoviePass, and is based on award-winning reporting from Business Insider . The big storyRetirement mathGetty Images;Alyssa Powell/BIFor some millennials, the reality of their retirement plans is that they're a fantasy. AdvertisementIt's not the first time we've gotten troubling data about millennials' retirement plans. But it's not just a lack of savings working against millennials' plans of riding off into the retirement sunset. AdvertisementAnd if you're hoping for a Hail Mary in the form of a fat inheritance to jumpstart your retirement plans, that's not looking great either.

Persons: —, MovieCrash, Alyssa Powell, Jacob Zinkula, William Edwards, we've, it's, millennials, Hail Mary, that's, Juliana Kaplan, It's, Johannes Simon, Neel Kashkari, Sam Altman, Justin Sullivan, Oliver Mulherin, Scarlett Johansson, Altman, Jensen Huang, Adam Neumann, Neumann, WeWork, Moviegoing, there's, BI's Peter Kafka, Sheryl Sandberg, Dan DeFrancesco, Jordan Parker Erb, Hallam Bullock, George Glover Organizations: Service, HBO, Max, Business, Hail, Reserve Survey, Consumer, Wall, Minneapolis, UBS, Google, Nvidia, BI, Hollywood, HP Locations: Swiss, BI Denmark, New York, London

☆ How to run an efficient meeting, according to tech billionaires who took them very seriously
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Ella Hopkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"I like a crisp document and a messy meeting," Bezos said in a conversation with podcaster Lex Fridman in December. Microsoft had just bought the company Williams worked at. Gates "was always curious, always wanted to understand, always drilling for more detail," Williams wrote for BI in 2023. AdvertisementAfter Jobs died in 2011, Segall wrote a book about Apple's work culture, "Insanely Simple." "He stopped cold," Segall wrote.

Persons: —, Mark Cuban, Jeff Bezos, Cooper Neill, Bezos, Lex Fridman, Bill Gates, Sean Gallup, Chris Williams, Gates, Williams, he'd, Steve Jobs, Justin Sullivan, Ken Segall, Jobs, Segall, Lorrie, Eric Schmidt, Antoine Antoniol, Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, Rosenberg Organizations: Service, Business, Getty, Microsoft, Intel, BI, Getty Former, Google

☆ My sister died when she was 23. I kept all her letters so my kids could have a connection with their aunt.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Elise Seyfried | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

My two sisters and I were incredibly close, and the loss of one of our trio shattered Carolyn and me. When it came to my sister's belongings, all I had was her navy bathrobe and a bottle of her favorite cologne. Some of Mo's letters were on company letterhead ("The boss thinks I'm typing up a brief, but ha! But I'm very glad they have these snapshots of Mo's life. And I believe, through the letters, Maureen lives on, not just for me, but for the nieces and nephews she would have loved so much but never got to meet.

Persons: Carolyn, Maureen, — waitressing, cologne, rancid Organizations: Service, Business, Yorker Locations: cologne, Philadelphia, Atlanta

☆ So You Think You’re a Jet-Setter? Test Your Airport I.Q.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Danial Adkison | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

So You Think You’re a Jet-Setter? Test Your Airport I.Q. If you’re planning to fly this Memorial Day weekend, gird yourself. The Transportation Security Administration forecasts it will scan up to 18 million passengers and crew members through Wednesday — 6.4 percent more than last year. Maybe you’ll need a moment of respite from those crowds, so why not step off the moving walkway, snag a comfy seat and take this quiz about airports?

Organizations: Transportation Security Administration

☆ Manchester City win Premier League: Foden unstoppable, Arsenal’s progress, admirable Everton – The Briefing
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-19 | by ( Sam Lee | James Mcnicholas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +13 min

Manchester City are the 2023-24 Premier League champions — the first time in 135 years of top-flight football that a club has won the English league title four seasons in a row. At 15:59, the situation was simple: Arsenal needed to win, and required City to drop points against West Ham. After West Ham pulled one back, and Arsenal levelled at Everton, it was extremely nervy at the Etihad until Rodri made it 3-1. (Catherine Ivill – AMA/Getty Images)Another City goal pierced the atmosphere in the second half, until the late match winner supplied by Kai Havertz. Rodri’s game-sealing curled finish had shades of his winner against Inter in the Champions League final.

Persons: Phil Foden, Foden, West Ham’s Mohammed Kudus, Rodri, Kai Havertz, Mikel Arteta’s, Frank Lampard’s, Robbie Jay Barratt –, West Ham, Sam Lee, Declan Rice, Idrissa, ricochet, Tomiyasu’s, bedlam, Catherine Ivill –, Amy Lawrence, Sean, Dominic Calvert, Lewin, Dyche, Adrian Dennis, Michael Cox, David Moyes ’, Pep, Alphonse Areola’s, Erling Haaland’s, Josko, Kevin De Bruyne, Jeremy Doku, Bernardo Silva, Martin Rickett, Moyes, Ham, Vladimir Coufal’s, Kudus, Ahmed Walid, ”, Bernardo Silva’s, Christian Eriksen, Liam Tharme, Goliath, Arsenal’s David, you’ve, Naomi Baker, Guardiola, Sam Lee Farewell Thomas Partey, Thomas Partey, Partey, Arteta, Jorginho, Partey’s, James McNicholas, Amy Lawrence Amy Lawrence Organizations: Manchester City, Premier League, —, Arsenal, West, City, Aston Villa, Liverpool, Emirates, Everton, Arsenal —, League, Etihad, Football, Manchester City’s, Getty, West Ham United, West Ham, Inter, Champions League, The Emirates Locations: West Ham, West, Kai, City, AFP, Manchester

☆ Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, May 18, 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Flashback: Your Weekly History QuizMay 18, 2024Can you place 8 notable events in chronological order? Start the quiz →

☆ The New York Times News Quiz, May 17, 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The U.S. built a temporary pier off the coast of Gaza as part of an effort to stave off famine in the enclave. Which group will be responsible for distributing aid that arrives there?

Locations: Gaza

☆ How to survive ‘Maycember’ in three almost-easy steps
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Dr. Katie Hurley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“Maycember” is a term that online content creators the Holderness family coined to describe the sheer chaos of the month of May, much like the month of December. Exhausted teenagers are running on empty as the school year comes to an end, while expectations of parental involvement remain high. I’m always grateful for the people who volunteer their time to head up committees on the PTA or parent board. Prioritize mental healthNo good comes from a family running around from event to event without a moment even to enjoy the ones they attend. In a few short weeks, Maycember will be behind us for another year, and we’ll all breathe a sigh of relief.

Persons: “, Holderness, it’s, I’ve, there’s, I’m, you’ll, It’s, Maycember, You’ll, Katie Hurley, Strong, Fiona McPhee Organizations: CNN

☆ ‘Jeopardy!’ is coming to Amazon Prime with a different version
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Amazon’s Prime Video has ordered a spin-off of the classic, called “Pop Culture Jeopardy!,” which marks the first-time “Jeopardy!” has created a version exclusively for a major streaming service. The categories will draw from pop culture, including music, sports, Broadway — and even just Zendaya. A premiere date wasn’t announced, but episodes will stream exclusively on Prime Video, which has about more than 200 million global subscribers. “Pop Culture Jeopardy!” isn’t the first spin-off of the quiz show to go streaming: A short-lived “Sports Jeopardy!” was released about a decade ago for Sony’s streaming service Crackle. To help offset that, ads were introduced this year to all Prime Video viewers.

Persons: ”, “, Michael Davies, wasn’t Organizations: New, New York CNN, Amazon, Broadway Locations: New York, It’s

☆ Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, May 11, 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Flashback: Your Weekly History QuizMay 11, 2024Can you place 8 notable events in chronological order? Start the quiz →

☆ The New York Times News Quiz, May 10, 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

This year, two adjacent broods of cicadas — Brood XIX and Brood XIII — will emerge from the soil all at once across the Midwest and Southeast U.S. When was the last time there was a dual emergence of the two groups?

Persons: XIII Locations: Midwest, Southeast U.S

The results of pure-breeding, on display starting this Saturday at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York, are profound. Erich Andres/United Archives, via Getty Images Modern shepherds have more pronounced slopes A German shepherd at the 2013 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Imagno/Getty Images Modern pugs have smushed, round faces A pug at the 2013 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Fox Photos/Getty Images Modern chows are slightly larger, with more fluffy fur A chow at the 2013 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Fox Photos/Getty Images Modern bull terriers have more football-shaped heads A bull terrier at the 2013 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.

Persons: Davis, Erich Andres, Fred R, Conrad, Danika Bannasch, Cane Corso, Pugs, Imagno, Chow chows, chow, Bull Organizations: American Kennel Club, University of California, Wisdom Health, Westminster Kennel, Danes, United, Getty, The New York Times, Fox, American Kennel Locations: Finland, New York, Rhodesian

☆ After 23 years in corporate America, I took a career-change course to figure out what's next. Here are 9 tips that actually helped.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Trisha Daab | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

After 23 years in corporate America, I decided I needed a career change and signed up for a course. AdvertisementCareer change, shift, pivot. During one marathon search session, I stumbled upon Careershifters and paid $1,175 for its eight-week Career Change Launch Pad course. I was eight months into my career shift before I felt confident about what I wanted. Simply expanding that bubble a little bit opened my mind to new possibilities for my career shift.

Persons: —, it's, Careershifters, Trisha Daab, We're, hadn't, you've Organizations: Service, pathfinder Locations: America, Greece, Brooklyn, Disney

☆ Trump, Who Has Celebrated Violent Protests, Cheers Campus Crackdowns
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Jess Bidgood | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Who said this, in reference to the clearing of protests on Columbia University’s campus last week? It was a beautiful thing to watch.”And who said this, in reference to the attempted insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021? “It was a beautiful day.”The answer in both cases, of course, is former President Donald Trump, who is wielding self-serving and frequently inaccurate stories about both events as tools in his presidential campaign. He has denounced the campus protests as lawless chaos even as he depicts the Jan. 6 rioters as heroes — and appears to be trying to play one episode off the other as he seeks to sanitize his own record as president. He has praised the arrests of protesters, and suggested in an interview with Time magazine that he would call in the National Guard to quell protests if they were happening on his watch.

Persons: Donald Trump, —, Trump Organizations: Columbia, U.S, Capitol, Time, National Guard Locations: York, Gaza

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