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☆ A strong dollar is a key risk to the stock market's big rally, Morgan Stanley CIO says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Kelly Cloonan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Morgan Stanley's Mike Wilson says the stock market's bull run could slow if the dollar strengthens again. AdvertisementMorgan Stanley's top stock strategist is eyeing one risk in particular that could threaten the stock market's big rally: a stronger US dollar. According to the firm's chief US equity strategist, Mike Wilson, a dollar re-strengthening could hinder stock gains. The greenback weakened as markets prepared for steep rate cuts, but that move has reversed in recent weeks as strong economic data makes more aggressive policy easing less likely. Wilson's call comes two years into the market's bull rally, with major indexes continuing to hit fresh all-time highs.

Persons: Morgan, Mike Wilson, —, that's, Wilson Organizations: Service, Bloomberg Radio, Federal Locations: China, Japan

The musician Florence Welch, photographed in London on July 5, 2024. For nearly two decades, Florence Welch’s songs have offered a mythic view not only of pop music but of the glories and rages of being a female artist today. When I rang the Camberwell, South London, doorbell of Florence Welch, I held a tribute: “The Penguin Book of Spiritual Verse” (2022), edited by Kaveh Akbar. An aversion to definition is a great gift to an artist like Welch. Art begins in the body; art is limited by the limitations of the body; at some point, art exceeds the body and can live beyond the scope of flesh.

Persons: Florence Welch, Valentino, Luis Alberto Rodriguez, Vanessa Reid FLORENCE, Florence Welch’s, Inanna, Enheduanna, Jane Hirshfield PROPHETESS, “, Kaveh Akbar, I’ve, Welch, they’re, enormity, Madame Blavatsky, ”, Fleetwood, Taylor Swift, William Morris, Evelyn Welch’s, Vanessa Reid, Welch wouldn’t, who’ve, Nick Cave, Patti Smith, Stevie Nicks, Tom Waits, Jeff Buckley, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, ” Welch, Ganavya Doraiswamy, who’s, Welch’s —, Doraiswamy, Uyir, Federico García Lorca’s, it’s, Shakespeare, Mozart, Toni Morrison, Lorca, It’s, Jack Antonoff, she’s, Chanel, Nick Welch, Sebastians, she’d, dryly, Bugsy Malone ”, Grace, squats . Welch, Isabella Summers, hasn’t, didn’t, Fiona Apple, Kate Bush, Regina Spektor, Annie Lennox, Joanna Newsom, Sinead O’Connor, thrall, ’ She’s, Gustav Klimt, who’d, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, She’d, Dave Grohl, Scott Fitzgerald’s, Thomas Bartlett, Nico Muhly, Yoko Ono, Sufjan Stevens, Nick Carraway’s, Jay Gatsby, —, hadn’t, spiraled, Louis Vuitton, John, John Singer Sargent, Sargent, Miss Elsie Palmer ”, I’d, “ I’ve, Britney Spears, Dolly Parton, ” I’d, de Wilde, ” de Wilde, Julia Margaret Cameron, Leonora Carrington, Remedios Varo, Loie Fuller, Ellen Terry, Lady MacBeth ”, ’ ” Welch, they’d, King ”, King, Elvis Presley, revel, Ovid, Apollo, preternaturally, Anthony Turner, Thom Walker, Afra Zamara, Jack Symes, Sam Hearn, Daiki Tajima, Federico Covarelli, Emily Rose Lansley, John Allan, Samanta Falcone, Ollie Kariel, Pip Long, Karen Avenell, Andreea Georgiana Rădoi, Sam Wright Organizations: Machine, YouTube, Enheduanna, University of Bristol, Smiths, Big, Camberwell College of Arts, Foo Fighters, American, Theater, Antonoff, Tate, John Singer, Jolly, Art, Digital Locations: London, FLORENCE, Camberwell, South London, Florence, Florida, ”, Camberwell —, British, Tamil, Spanish, Strasbourg, dyscalculia, Toronto, squats ., Cambridge, New York City, Tate Britain, American, “

☆ One Direction members react to Liam Payne's death: 'Beyond devastated'
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Caralynn Matassa | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Former One Direction singer Liam Payne died Wednesday after falling from a hotel balcony. AdvertisementLiam Payne's former One Direction bandmates have broken their silence on his sudden death. Payne, alongside Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, and Niall Horan, formed the band One Direction during the 2010 British talent show "The X Factor." On Thursday, the surviving former group members shared a joint statement on the group's official Instagram account. AdvertisementLike Tomlinson, Malik also praised Payne as "the most qualified" of the band members.

Persons: Liam Payne, Payne, —, Liam Payne's, it's, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Liam, It's, Louis, Zayn, Niall, Harry, Tomlinson, I'd, they'd, I'm, Bear, Cheryl Cole, Malik, Tomlinson's, 😂, ike T omlinson, Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Argentina, British, ely

☆ These companies reporting earnings next week have a history of beating expectations
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Pia Singh | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Several companies are due to report earnings next week, including some potential standouts. So far, most of the constituents that have reported third-quarter earnings have exceeded earnings and revenue expectations, according to FactSet. The companies below have exceeded the Street's earnings per share expectations 70% of the time and have risen 2% or more on earnings day. The enterprise software giant also has the most-reliable historical earnings performance, beating analysts' earnings per share estimates 90% of the time. Power circuits maker Monolithic Power has a strong earnings beat rate of 88%.

Persons: Wells, Michael Turrin, Turrin, ServiceNow, Rick Schafer, Impinj, FactSet Organizations: CNBC Pro Locations: Wells Fargo

☆ Caitlin Clark becomes first rookie since 2008 to be named to All-WNBA first team
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark has become the first rookie in 16 years to be named to the All-WNBA first team. The guard was already named the 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year in a near-unanimous vote earlier this month, a fitting title for an astonishing season. Clark also became the first ever rookie to record a triple-double and holds the record for most three-pointers made (122) by a rookie in league history. Las Vegas Aces center A'ja Wilson has also been named in the All-WNBA first team. Las Vegas Aces star Wilson, meanwhile, earned her unanimous place on the first team after a historic season.

Persons: Caitlin Clark, Clark, Napheesa Collier, A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Alyssa Thomas, Candace Parker, Sue Bird, Tamika Catchings, Diana Taurasi, A'ja Wilson, Corey Sipkin, Stewart, ”, Marta Xargay, Wilson, Sabrina Ionescu, Jonquel Jones, Nneka Ogwumike, Arike Ogunbowale Organizations: CNN, Indiana, WNBA, Connecticut Sun, Las Vegas Aces, The New York Liberty, Aces, Liberty, Mercury, Seattle Storm, Dallas Wings

☆ GOP megadonors open their wallets for Trump: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

Three Senate Democratic candidates — Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, Maryland’s Angela Alsobrooks and Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin — raised more than four times as much as their Republican opponents during that period. In 2016, Trump lost the core Democratic states by 22 points, and in 2020, he lost them by 24 points. In this most recent poll, Trump was losing the core Democratic states by only 13 points. In 2016, Trump won the core GOP states by 18 points, and in 2020, his margin in the red states was 16 points. Read more → Follow live coverage from the campaign trail →That’s all from the Politics Desk for now.

Persons: Ben Kamisar, Bridget Bowman, Chuck Todd, Ben Kamisar Republican megadonors, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Miriam Adelson, Sheldon Adelson, Elon Musk, Marc Andreesen, Ben Horowitz, Ike Perlmutter, Richard Uihlein, Adelson, Harris, Musk, Trump, Horowitz, Perlmutter, Lara, Uihlein, Read, Ben →, lissa, ince, arris, huck, rena, huck →, hal, bate, Ted C Organizations: NBC, White House, Capitol, Electoral, Trump, Ben Kamisar Republican, Dallas Mavericks, Tesla, Marvel, Preserve, America, America PAC, Restoration PAC, Wisconsin Senate, Congressional, Trump MAGA Inc Locations: Preserve America, Maine, ried, ote

Trump's team had asked Chutkan to compel prosecutors in special counsel Jack Smith's office to provide them with additional evidence, including "all information" about foreign interference and influence efforts in the 2020 election. It's part of the Trump team's attempt to present Trump's concerns about mass voter fraud — which were roundly rejected by independent arbiters and courts — as "reasonable" and grounded in reality. Judge Tanya Chutkan pushed back on Trump's claims on Wednesday in an order that rejected all but three of his 14 categories of requests for additional evidence. Trump's state of mind is essential to the case, and Smith's team has alleged that Trump "knew" his election lies "were false." The Supreme Court gutted part of Smith's case over the summer with its ruling on presidential immunity, but the case against Trump is — very slowly — churning towards a potential trial.

Persons: WASHINGTON, Donald Trump, Tanya Chutkan, Chutkan, Jack Smith's, Trump, Trump’s, of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, Mark Milley, Chris Miller, Mike Pence, Pence, Merrick Garland, Smith's, Trump “, Joe Biden’s, Steven Cheung, Witch Hunt Organizations: Capitol, Trump, Biden Administration, of National Intelligence Locations: Black, Detroit, United States, Trump's

And that massive total doesn't include fundraising by the main pro-Trump super PAC, MAGA Inc., which will file its fundraising reports by Sunday. Adelson gave $95 million to Preserve America, a super PAC she’s almost entirely funded, during the third fundraising quarter, after previously giving the group $5 million in the prior quarter. Right for America, another pro-Trump group, raised $28 million last quarter — with multimillion-dollar checks from Andreesen, Horowitz and Perlmutter as well as Perlmutter's wife, Lara. The super PAC has spent heavily on the presidential race as well as on the Wisconsin Senate and Maine 2nd Congressional District campaigns. Harris has plenty of super PAC backup, too: Future Forward (known as FF PAC) had raised $200 million through August, while MAGA Inc. had raised $280 million.

Persons: megadonors, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Miriam Adelson, Sheldon Adelson, Elon Musk, Marc Andreesen, Ben Horowitz, Ike Perlmutter, Dick Uihlein, Adelson, Harris, Musk, Trump, Horowitz, Perlmutter, Lara, Uihlein, Dianne Hendricks, Harris ’, Joe Biden, —, it’s Organizations: Trump, Dallas Mavericks, Tesla, Marvel, MAGA Inc, Sunday, Preserve, America, America PAC, Restoration PAC, Wisconsin Senate, Congressional, Trump MAGA Inc, FF PAC, NBC, Harris, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Locations: Preserve America, Maine, Wisconsin

☆ Michigan paying $13M after shooter drill terrified psychiatric hospital for kids
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

DETROIT — A judge has approved a $13 million settlement in a lawsuit over an unannounced active shooter drill at a Michigan psychiatric hospital for children, an event that terrified kids and staff and caused them to scramble for cover, text family and urgently call 911. They were barricading the doors, trying to figure out how to protect the children.”Fifty children at the hospital each will receive roughly $60,000. “The state recognized that this was really a bad decision and harmed a lot of people,” she said of the drill. “We regret that our patients, staff and community were negatively affected by the unfortunate incident in December 2022,” she said. Wagner said the drill was organized by the Hawthorn Center’s safety director, who still works for the state.

Persons: Robin Wagner, ” Wagner, ’ ”, Wagner, ”, James Redford, Lynn Sutfin, “ Organizations: DETROIT, Hawthorn Center, of Health, Human Services, Hawthorn Locations: Michigan, Detroit

A Florida man accused of tying his dog to a fence and abandoning it as Hurricane Milton approached the state is now charged with aggravated animal cruelty, authorities announced Tuesday. “In Hillsborough County, we take animal cruelty very seriously,” Lopez said in the statement. Trooper was facing "sure death" when he the trooper found him, Lopez said at a news conference Tuesday alongside Gov. NBC affiliate WFLA of Tampa reported that Garcia went to the Hillsborough County Animal Shelter on Friday looking to claim his dog, the highway patrol said in an affidavit. His information was shared with the sheriff's office in Leon County, where the dog was taken.

Persons: Milton, Giovanny Aldama Garcia, Ruskin, Suzy Lopez, Garcia, “, ” Lopez, ”, Lopez, doesn't, Dave Kerner, Kerner, Trooper, Ron DeSantis, WFLA Organizations: Florida Department of Highway Safety, Motor Vehicles, Thirteenth Circuit, Hillsborough County Sheriff's, Motor Vehicles Department, Patrol, Gov, NBC Locations: Florida, Hillsborough County, Tampa, Georgia, Hillsborough, Leon County

This article is part of “Dealing the Dead,” a series investigating the use of unclaimed bodies for medical research. Tarrant County commissioners discussed terminating their agreement with the University of North Texas Health Science Center at a meeting Sept. 17. Shelby Tauber for NBC NewsTarrant County had delegated the work of contacting dead people’s families and cremating their remains to the Health Science Center. The revamped rules give preference to cremating unclaimed bodies, which is cheaper than burial. For years, Shupe urged officials to stop providing unclaimed bodies to the Health Science Center, saying it was immoral to have them dissected and studied without consent.

Persons: Alisa Simmons, Shelby Tauber, Tim O’Hare, Tarrant County’s, Tarrant, Eli Shupe, Shupe, ”, Dale Leggett, Tim Leggett, Tim Leggett Tim Leggett, Dale, Leggett, “ Organizations: NBC News, University of North Texas Health Science, Army, University of North Texas Health Science Center, NBC, Health Science Center, Department of Human Services, University of Texas Locations: Texas, Tarrant, Fort Worth, Dallas, Arlington, Tarrant County

☆ Robert Telles: Former Las Vegas-area Democratic politician gets minimum 28 years for killing reporter
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Standing in shackles before the judge on Wednesday, Telles offered “deepest condolences” to German’s family but again denied responsibility for the reporter’s death. “But I did not kill Mr. German.”Prosecutor Pamela Weckerly told the judge that evidence showed Telles killed German because “he didn’t like what Mr. German had written about him. Prosecutor Christopher Hamner told the jury that Telles blamed German for destroying his career, ruining his reputation and threatening his marriage. Telles told the jury he took a walk and went to a gym at the time German was killed. “Although the jailing of Telles cannot undo Jeff German’s murder, it can act as an important deterrent to would-be assailants of journalists.”

Persons: Robert Telles, “, ”, Steve Wolfson, Telles, Jeff German, Pamela Weckerly, Robert Draskovich, Draskovich, ” Draskovich, Wolfson, ” Weckerly, Christopher Hamner, Telles ’, German’s, Michelle Leavitt, ” Katherine Jacobsen, Jeff German’s Organizations: Las Vegas AP, Democratic, Las Vegas, Public, Police, Authorities, ” Prosecutors, Protect Journalists, Associated Press Locations: Las Vegas, Nevada, ” Clark County, Clark, Telles, Clark County, U.S, New York, Canada, Caribbean

☆ A pro-Trump PAC has received millions in crypto donations since June
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Aditi Bharade | Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A pro-Trump PAC has raised more than $7.5 million in cryptocurrency donations since June. Trump 47 PAC raised the amount in bitcoin, ether, USDC, and other cryptocurrencies, per FEC filings. AdvertisementA political action committee called Trump 47 has raised $7.5 million in cryptocurrency donations for former President Donald Trump's White House bid. According to Federal Election Commission filings on Tuesday, the Trump 47 PAC received donations in bitcoin, ether, XRP, and other cryptocurrencies. But in May, Trump hosted an event in Mar-a-Lago, where he said he would accept cryptocurrency donations for his campaign.

Persons: —, Donald Trump's, Cameron, Tyler Winklevoss, Trump, I've, cryptocurrency, bitcoin, he'll, Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz, Elon Musk, Kamala Harris, Mark Cuban, Cuban Organizations: Trump PAC, Trump, PAC, Service, Federal, Records, Liberty, AFP, Fox Business, United, FEC, America, America PAC — Locations: United States, Mar, Nashville

☆ Trump-backed crypto coin misses $300 million sales target, raises less than $12 million
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

World Liberty Financial — which bills itself as a crypto bank where customers will be encouraged to borrow, lend and invest in digital coins — began its token sale on Tuesday morning. On Monday, project co-founder Zachary Folkman bragged in a pre-launch stream on X that "well over 100,000 people" were whitelisted to invest. "However, these numbers are just, in my opinion, unheard of, and I think we're setting all sorts of new records in crypto." The platform says, so far, it has sold more than 788 million tokens at $0.015 per token. That is less than 4% of the 20 billion tokens made available for public sale and amounts to around $11.8 million, still well off the $300 million fundraising target.

Persons: It's, Donald Trump, Zachary Folkman, Folkman, WLF Organizations: Liberty, Trump

☆ What's next in Diddy sex-trafficking case: possible gun and drug charges, a gag order, and a bail decision
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

In the coming days, their efforts may yield a new indictment, a gag order, and a bail decision. Federal prosecutors have signaled they are looking at weapons and drug charges. Combs' indictment alleges he gave ecstasy, ketamine, GHB, and other so-called party drugs to his victims "to keep them obedient and compliant." Federal prosecutors say this is one of three AR-15 rifles with defaced serial numbers seized from Combs' residences in March. They have yet to file a response to Combs' bail appeal.

Persons: Sean Combs isn't, —, Sean, Diddy, Combs, Here's what's, Emily Anne Johnson, Johnson, Arun Subramanian, Marc Agnifilo, Agnifilo, Cassandra, Cassie, Ventura, preemptively Organizations: Service, Manhattan, US, Office, Southern District of New York, Southern District of New York Prosecutors, Bad Boy Records, Combs, Prosecutors, of Homeland Security, TMZ, Intercontinental, CNN Locations: Brooklyn, Manhattan, Miami ., Southern District, Los, Florida, Miami, LA

There is no indication that the officers knew McAlpin was deaf or had cerebral palsy before his arrest. Harris’ body camera video shows him attempting to arrest McAlpin within seconds of exiting his vehicle. Harris tells Sue, “I think I broke my hand” and Harris says McAlpin had bitten him, the body camera video shows. Much of the interaction is captured on Harris’ body camera. McAlpin's wife arrives on the scene minutes later and tells the officers that he is deaf and has cerebral palsy, the body camera video shows.

Persons: Tyron McAlpin, Benjamin Harris, Kyle Sue, Jesse Showalter, McAlpin, Rachel Mitchell, Mitchell, ”, “, Harris, Sue, McAlpin didn’t, McAlpin’s, McAlpin “, Harris ’, “ Tase, Harris Tases McAlpin, Showalter, they’ll, “ Tyron, Andre Miller Organizations: Phoenix, Phoenix Police Department, Justice Department, Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, NBC News, Indian, NBC, Professional, The Arizona NAACP, Arizona State Conference NAACP Locations: Maricopa County, ”

The National Women's Soccer League unveiled the name of its 15th team Tuesday, dubbing the Boston squad BOS Nation Football Club. Boston Unity Soccer Partners is an "all-female core ownership group," led by founder of Juno Equity and minority owner of the Boston Celtics Jennifer Epstein. “It’s so important for kids to see themselves in their role models and I’m grateful to have the opportunity to support the growth of women’s soccer and sports in my hometown." BOS Nation will host home games in White Stadium, the second venue anchored by a women's professional sports team in the world, according to the team's statement. "BOS Nation FC is committed to pushing boundaries both on and off the field, signaling the enthusiasm for women’s soccer in Boston."

Persons: Boston Celtics Jennifer Epstein, Stephanie Connaughton, Ami Danoff, Anna Palmer, ” Epstein, Tom Brady, Epstein, Aly Raisman, Elizabeth Banks, Banks, “, ” Raisman, BOS Organizations: Women's Soccer League, Boston, BOS Nation Football Club, Boston University Soccer Partners, Boston Unity Soccer Partners, Juno Equity, Boston Celtics, Patriots, Celtics, Bruins, Red Sox & Patriots, Nation FC Locations: BOS, Boston, Massachusetts, White, North America

“Who the hell wants to hear questions?” Trump said at the event where the entire point was to take audience questions. It’s bizarre and raises more and more concerns for voters," said a Harris campaign adviser who also previously worked for President Joe Biden. “President Trump has more energy and more stamina than anyone in politics, and is the smartest leader this country has ever seen,” the statement read. Once it was clear that Trump wanted to listen to music, campaign staff behind the scenes started to scramble to accommodate the request. The town hall led to Trump being late for a tele-rally with Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Trump, Kamala Harris, “, ” Trump, Kristi Noem, ”, rallygoer, Jay Bauer, Janice Bauer, Harris, Joe Biden, ” Harris, Sen, Brian Schatz, ” Schatz, Biden, Steven Cheung, “ Nobody, Cheung, ” Cheung, Dave McCormick, let’s, Cecilia Harkness Organizations: Trump, South Dakota Gov, NBC, Voters, Spotify, NBC News, Pennsylvania Republican Locations: Oaks , Pennsylvania, Maria, Montgomery County, “, Pennsylvania, America, Hawaii

☆ Track's next great sprinter is bypassing college and signing with Puma
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Andrew Greif | Andrew Greif Is A Freelance Sports Journalist. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Christian Miller was a high school senior last April when he became one of the fastest teenagers in track and field history. Running 9.93 seconds in the 100 meters one month before his 18th birthday left Miller wondering how much faster he could go. His fifth-place finish in the 100 at June’s U.S. Olympic track and field trials emboldened his confidence that he belonged with professionals, he said. I’m trying to stand myself down as one of the top 100- and 200-meter runners.”Christian Miller during a practice. Details of professional contracts in track and field are rarely disclosed, and the terms of Miller’s were not, either.

Persons: Christian Miller, Miller, he’ll, Ricky Fields, Liberty University . Miller, ” Miller, Noah Lyles, you’ve, Letsile, ” Christian Miller, Usain Bolt, Mario Bassani, Letsile Tebogo, I’ve, ”, “, Erriyon Knighton, Tamari Davis, Hobbs Kessler Organizations: Puma, NBC News, NCAA, Liberty University, June’s U.S, University of Georgia, NBC, Management, Oakley, Creekside, School, U20, UGA, U.S . Locations: Jacksonville, Fla, Los Angeles, Clermont, U.S, Tokyo

1 function is to monitor the election to make sure that proper voting procedures are being followed,” Ray said. “We have to keep our eyeballs on the whole system, and we know why,” Lake said at the August training session. “The bedrock of a free and fair democracy is the citizens doing their civic duty of participating as poll inspectors, poll challengers and other oversight positions,” she said. Michigan conservatives have spent the last two years organizing around election issues, former Trump election lawyer Cleta Mitchell said. At the August RNC training session, an attendee asked what would happen if the events at the TCF Center repeated themselves.

Persons: “, ” Ray, Ray, ”, Ann, Jack Posobiec, Kari Lake, ” Lake, Sandy Kiesel, Trump, Cleta Mitchell, Mitchell, ” Mitchell, Dixon Organizations: RNC, NBC, Republican, Challenge, Arizona, Fund and Force, TCF Center, Fund, Force, NBC News, wasn’t Locations: Detroit, Michigan, Ann Arbor , Detroit, Grand Rapids, Lansing , Kalamazoo, Muskegon, Warren

One year after an Army reservist perpetrated a mass shooting across Lewiston, Maine, lawyers representing survivors and families of the victims said Tuesday they are pursuing negligence claims against the federal government that could pave the way for 100 individual lawsuits. “Today marks the first step toward ensuring accountability and justice for the families and victims of the worst mass shooting in Maine history,” lawyer Benjamin Gideon of Gideon Asen LLC said in a statement. A candlelight vigil to honor those who died and were injured in the mass shooting in Lewiston last October. The legal cases in Maine are similarly focused on the federal government and actions taken by military members. FBI agents work at the scene of a mass shooting at Schemengees Bar in Lewiston, Maine, on Oct. 26, 2023.

Persons: Robert Card, Benjamin Gideon, Gideon Asen, John Tlumacki, ” Gideon, ideations, Joseph Prezioso, Joel Merry, Merry, Card’s, “, Cynthia Young, William, Aaron, ” Young, ” Organizations: Defense Department, Army, Keller Army Community Hospital, “, Boston Globe, Getty, Air Force, Justice Department, Schemengees, Army Reserve, National Guard Locations: Lewiston , Maine, West Point , New York, Maine, Lewiston, Texas, Sutherland Springs , Texas, U.S, AFP, Sagadahoc County, Saco , Maine, Bowdoin

☆ 'Hope he's okay' — Harris mocks Trump over town hall music interlude, as he stonewalls on health records
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

But Trump also doubled down on his refusal to release his own health records — which Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Trump's campaign event Monday night was billed as a town hall where Trump would take questions from South Dakota Gov. Harris' medical history includes seasonal allergies and hives, but she has never experienced severe symptoms, Dr. Joshua Simmons wrote in the two-page letter. A day after releasing her records, Harris blasted Trump at a campaign rally in North Carolina. "He refuses to release his medical records," Harris said at a campaign rally in North Carolina on Sunday.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump's, Harris, Trump, Tim Walz, Kristi Noem, Maria, Noem, Andrea Bocelli, Sinead O'Connor's, James Brown's, Steven Cheung, Bruce Aronwold, Ronny Jackson, Cheung, Jackson, Joshua Simmons, Simmons Organizations: Republican, Greater, Greater Philadelphia Expo, Fairgrounds, Democratic, Trump, Minnesota Gov, South Dakota Gov, CBS News, CNBC, White, CBS Locations: Greater Philadelphia, Oaks , Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Texas, North Carolina, America

☆ The Panda Factories
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Mara Hvistendahl | Joy Dong | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +30 min

They show that, from the beginning, zoos saw panda cubs as a pathway to visitors, prestige and merchandise sales. Panda keepers with cubs at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, in China, in 2022. A Chinese giant panda at the Panda Park in Al Khor, in Qatar, in 2022. Smithsonian Institution Archives A panda wakes up from anesthesia in March 1999 during a seminal study by American and Chinese researchers into panda breeding. Smithsonian Institution Archives Giant panda Mei Xiang taken out of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong, Sichuan Province, in 2000, for shipment to the National Zoo in Washington.

Persons: Ariana Drehsler, Kati Loeffler, “, ’, Loeffler, Kimberly Terrell, ”, Terrell, Soraya, Xin Bao, zookeepers, Richard M, Nixon, Pat Nixon, Annalisa Meyer, Melissa Songer, Heather Bacon, Bacon, Don Kohlbauer, JoGayle Howard, Darting, Howard, Ping Ping, Thomas Hildebrandt, Dr, Hildebrandt, Lei Lei, Meyer, Lung Yuan Chih, Lung, James Ayala, . Hildebrandt, Ayala, interjected, Mei Xiang, Ken Cedeno, Tian Tian, Xiang, David Wildt, Mei, Mei Xiang vomited, Qi Ji, Agnes Bun, scrawled, Pierre Comizzoli, Mads Frost Bertelsen, Meng Lan, Su Weizhong Organizations: Zoo Washington, Factories, Chengdu Research Base, Archives San Diego Zoo, The New York Times Chengdu Research Base, China, National Zoo, New York Times, Smithsonian Institution, Times, Pandas, Agence France, Memphis Zoo, Tulane University, Smithsonian, San Diego Zoo, The New York, Smithsonian . Pandas, Zoo, Associated Press, University of Central, Bear Care Group, China Conservation and Research Center, San Diego Union Tribune, Feature, Future Publishing, Getty, U.S . Fish, Wildlife Service, ”, Leibniz Institute for Zoo, Wildlife Research, National Zoo Washington, Institution Archives Chengdu Research Base, Breed, The New York Times, Beijing Zoo, Tsinghua University, Animal Studies, Visitors, New York Times China Conservation and Research Center, Smithsonian National, Associated, Smithsonian’s, and Wildlife Service, National, Fujifilm, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Reuters, Smithsonian Channel, “, Copenhagen Zoo Locations: China, Chengdu, Sichuan, Archives San Diego Zoo California, Washington, Louisiana, Japan, San Diego, San Francisco, Indonesia, Qatar, Al Khor, University of Central Lancashire, England, U.S, San, Fuzhou, United States, Feature China, Sichuan Province, Beijing, Berlin ., Wolong, Taiwan, American, estrus, New York Times China, Europe, Washington ,, Washington , DC, Beijing Zoo Beijing

☆ Macy's accused in lawsuit of covering up 2008 sexual attack by Sean 'Diddy' Combs in Herald Square flagship store
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

One alleges Combs orally raped a worker for rival brand Ecko at the Macy's flagship store in 2008. The suit alleges Macy's covered up the attack due to a multimillion-dollar deal with Sean John. AdvertisementMacy's covered up a violent 2008 sexual attack by Sean "Diddy" Combs at its flagship Herald Square, Manhattan store to protect a "multi-million-dollar" deal with Combs' clothing brand, Sean John, a new lawsuit alleges. AdvertisementThe plaintiff said he worked for Ecko, a rival clothing company to Combs' Sean John brand that was also carried by Macy's. AdvertisementThe Sean John brand, founded in 1998, appears now to be defunct.

Persons: Combs, Macy's, Sean John, —, Sean, Diddy, John Doe, Sean Combs, Cassie Ventura, Terry Lundgren, Ilya S, Sean John Clothing, Ecko, Lundgren, WWD Organizations: Service, Herald, Ecko, Business, Curis, Macy's Locations: Manhattan, Ohio, Texas

☆ Analysis: Harris warns ‘unhinged’ Trump is out for total power
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Kamala Harris is responding to Democratic panic about her White House prospects by turning up the heat on Donald Trump. The vice president warned Monday that the ex-president was “unstable,” “unhinged” and out for “unchecked power” as she sent a jolt of urgency though her campaign with 21 days to go. Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz, meanwhile, went even further, suggesting the ex-president’s musings about using the military against domestic foes he branded “the enemy from within” could even amount to treason. An image of former President Donald Trump appears on screen as Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, on October 14, 2024. Trump sought to make inroads with young men who are often low-propensity voters but who could add to his coalition.

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