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☆ 16 New Books Coming in November
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( The New York Times Books Staff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The Future, by Naomi AldermanThis new novel by the author of “The Power” is set in a near-future apocalypse in which only the wealthiest members of society — tech oligarchs who control everything from weapons to the weather — have the means to assure their own safety. But corporate power comes into conflict with social media survivalists who attempt to save the world from destruction. Simon & Schuster, Nov. 7

Persons: Naomi Alderman, survivalists, Simon & Schuster

☆ Paramount's Shari Redstone is open for business, but business may not be open for her
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Alex Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

Paramount Global 's controlling shareholder is open to a merger or selling the company at the right price, according to people familiar with her thinking. Spokespeople for Redstone and Paramount Global declined to comment. Paramount Global's market value was below $8 billion as of Friday. Discovery could merge with Paramount Global, though putting together Warner Bros. and Paramount Pictures may hold up deal approval with U.S. regulators. Paramount Global isn't actively working with an investment bank on a sale, according to people familiar with the matter.

Persons: Shari Redstone, David A, CNBC Shari, Jon Miller, SpongeBob, Guggenheim, Michael Morris, Morris, Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, Bob Bakish, Bakish, Wells, Steven Cahall, Cahall, CNBC's David Faber, Lina Khan, Laura Martin, haven't, Simon, Simon & Schuster, Sumner Redstone, NAI, Jim Cramer Organizations: National Amusements, Paramount Global, Allen & Company Sun Valley, Grogan, CNBC, Paramount, Redstone, Integrated Media, Advancit, Paramount Pictures, CBS, MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, BET, Showtime, NFL, Champions League, Viacom, Berkshire, Paramount Global's, Tech, Apple, YouTube, National Football, Federal Trade, Big Tech, Comcast, NBC, Fox, Disney, Needham & Co, Netflix, Bain, Co, Warner Bros, Sky, Scripps, Discovery, Simon &, MSD Partners Locations: Sun Valley , Idaho, Los Angeles , California, U.S

☆ Britney Spears memoir says she had abortion while dating Justin Timberlake
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Steve Gorman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Britney Spears poses at the premiere of "Once Upon a Time In Hollywood" in Los Angeles, California, U.S., July 22, 2019. I always expected us to have a family together one day," Spears wrote. Had it been her decision alone, Spears wrote, "I never would have done it. Spears' highly anticipated memoir comes nearly two years after she was released from a 13-year court-ordered conservatorship set up and controlled by her father, Jamie Spears. The memoir's title apparently was taken from a line in the book in which Spears wrote, "The woman in me was pushed down for a long time.

Persons: Britney Spears, Mario Anzuoni, Justin Timberlake, Spears, “, Justin, ”, Timberlake, Mickey, Kevin Federline, Sam Asghari, Asghari, conservatorship, Jamie Spears, Simon, Schuster, Steve Gorman, Rod Nickel Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Mickey Mouse, Books, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles , California, U.S, Los Angeles

Rubin died Friday at a hospital in Manhattan after “a brief and sudden illness,” according to his nephew, David Rotter. “Steve Rubin was a great publisher,” Grisham said in a statement. “For more than a month, it was humanly impossible to miss ‘Fire and Fury,’" Rubin wrote in his memoir “Words and Music,” published earlier this year. Rubin joined Bantam Books, a venerable paperback publisher, in the mid-1980s, and remained there for six years before leaving for Doubleday. In his memoir, he offered a succinct, if incomplete prediction: “I suppose the headline of my obit will read 'Publisher of ”The Da Vinci Code" dies'.”

Persons: — Stephen Rubin, John Grisham, ”, Rubin, “, David Rotter, Jacqueline Kennedy, Beverly Sills, Jane Friedman, ” Rubin, Kennedy, Henry Holt, Simon, Simon & Schuster, Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard, Laura Esquivel’s, Mitch Albom’s, ” Hilary Mantel’s, George W, Bush's, Bush, John Grisham's, Grisham, unshaven, “ Steve Rubin, ” Grisham, Doubleday, Dan Brown’s, Brown, Steve, Holt, Trump, Michael Wolff’s, Steve Bannon, Wolff, ’, Michael, Luciano Pavarotti, Sills, Cynthia Organizations: HarperCollins Publishers, Associated Press, New York Times, Doubleday, Henry Holt and Company, Simon &, Holt, New York University, Boston University, UPI, The New York Times Magazine, Bantam Books, Rubin Institute for Music, San Francisco Conservatory of Music Locations: Manhattan, Europe, New York City

☆ The fashion show that changed hip-hop forever
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Sowmya Krishnamurthy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Chanel’s 1991 Fall-Winter ready-to-wear show was set in Paris, but its soul was right off the streets of New York City. “He listens to everything, reads everything, sees everything, and then distills it into these potent fashion images.”Linda Evangelista and Karl Lagerfeld (center) walk the runway during the finale of Chanel's 1991 Fall-Winter fashion show in Paris, France. Victor Virgile/Gamma-Rapho/Getty ImagesWhat would become known colloquially as Chanel’s “hip-hop collection” was a watershed moment, the pinnacle of French prêt-à-porter (ready-to-wear) welcoming hip-hop into its sanctum. It’s unclear whether Mizrahi and the like appreciated hip-hop or saw it as a grab for cache and cash. Editor’s Note: This piece is excerpted from Sowmya Krishnamurthy’s “FASHION KILLA: How Hip-Hop Revolutionized High Fashion,” published by Gallery Books, a subsidiary of Simon & Schuster.

Persons: CNN —, Nancy Sinatra’s “, Rocky, Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, gazed, Karen Mulder, Helena Christensen, Linda Evangelista, CHANEL, ”, glitz, “ Chanel ”, Jeans, risqué, “, Karl Lagerfeld, Lagerfeld, Tim Blanks, ” Linda Evangelista, Victor Virgile, Chanel, ” gushed Rose Marie Bravo, Isaac Mizrahi, Charlotte Neuville, Adrienne Vittadini, Randolph Duke, Norma Kamali, Arthur Hubbert, Katharine Hamnett, Rifat Ozbek, Queen Latifah, Donna Karan, Mizrahi, ” Mizrahi, Freddy, Chuck D, Flav, Al Pereira, Michael Ochs, Denise Burrows, Pat Cleveland, Dorothy “ Terri ” Springer, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Simon, Schuster, Sowmya, Simon & Schuster Organizations: CNN, Co, Magazine, Newsweek, Penske Media, Getty, Women’s, Michael Ochs Archives, Fashion, New York Times, Gallery Books, Simon & Locations: Paris, New York City, Harlem, France, Chanel

☆ Cassidy Hutchinson: Trump is the 'most grave threat' to American democracy
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Jeremy Herb | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“I think that Donald Trump is the most grave threat we will face to our democracy in our lifetime, and potentially in American history,” Hutchinson told CNN’s Jake Tapper in an interview Tuesday. Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson speaks to CNN's Jake Tapper in New York on Tuesday, September 26. Laura Oliverio/CNN“The counts that Donald Trump is currently facing – he is facing counts of obstructing the Constitution – to me that is disqualifying. Donald Trump should be disqualified from being the president of the United States – to me that’s not a question,” Hutchinson said. “But I’m not confident he’s a good leader for the Republican Party because he’s a talking head for Donald Trump.

Persons: CNN — Cassidy Hutchinson, Donald Trump, “, ” Hutchinson, CNN’s Jake Tapper, Hutchinson’s, Trump, Mark Meadows, . Hutchinson, Tapper, Cassidy Hutchinson, Jake Tapper, Laura Oliverio, that’s, Trump’s, Cassidy Hutchinson's, Simon, Schuster Hutchinson, Meadows, he’s, ’ Meadows, Hutchinson, ”, Kevin McCarthy, Kevin, I’m, Kevin hasn’t, Chris Christie, Asa Hutchinson, Nikki Haley, Mike Pence –, Mike Pence, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Farah Griffin, I’ve, Liz Cheney, Cheney, ‘, ’ ” Farah Griffin, CNN’s, Adam Kinzinger, hadn’t, ’ Hutchinson Organizations: CNN, White House, ., United, Trump, Trump White House, Republican, White, Republican Party, Fox News, Capitol Locations: New York, United States, ” Meadows, Meadows, Fulton County, Georgia, “, New Jersey, Arkansas, Florida, Mar

Washington CNN —In her new book “Enough,” former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson paints the closing days of the Trump White House as even more chaotic and lawless than she previously disclosed in her shocking televised testimony last summer. “We killed Herman Cain,” Meadows told Hutchinson and asked for his wife’s phone number. Unlike White House communications director Alyssa Farah, who resigned on December 3, 2020, or deputy White House press secretary Sarah Matthews, who left on January 6, 2021, Hutchinson remained. In the summer of 2017, Trump’s first year in office, Hutchinson was an intern in Sen. Ted Cruz’s office. It turns out, Hutchinson writes, that she coordinated with Farah, who is now a CNN political commentator, telling her everything she knew.

Persons: Washington CNN —, Cassidy Hutchinson, Donald Trump, Mark Meadows, Trump, Rudy Giuliani gropes Hutchinson, Kevin McCarthy, Joe Biden, “ Cass, ” Meadows, Hutchinson, Cassidy Hutchinson's, Simon, Schuster, Meadows, “, ” Hutchinson, Herman Cain, Covid, furtively, Hunter Biden, Tony Bobulinski, Mark ’ Meadows, National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, Tom Brenner, McCarthy, Ken Paxton, ” Trump, Trump . Hutchinson, Devin Nunes, “ Mark doesn’t, ”, Tony Ornato, Mike Flynn, Sidney Powell, Patrick Byrne, Derek Lyons, Brad Raffensperger, Pat Cipollone, Cipollone, Tony, –, ” Ornato, They’re, Giuliani, Rudy Giuliani, Brendan Smialowski, Alyssa Farah, Sarah Matthews, Donald Trump’s, Hey Cass, Kimberly Guilfoyle’s, ‘, ’, Kayleigh McEnany, Wisconsin Tom Brenner, Trump’s, Sen, Ted Cruz’s, didn’t, Stefan Passantino, Passantino, “ Stefan, Andrew Harnik, Farah, Liz Cheney, Jobs Organizations: Washington CNN, White, Trump White House, Trump, Capitol, White House, GOP, CNN, Secret Service, Republican National Committee, National Intelligence, Texas, Meadows, Georgia, State, Biden, Capitol Hill, Getty, Team Trump, Legislative Affairs, Press, Air Force, Texas Republican Locations: Tulsa , Oklahoma, North Carolina, Meadows, Fulton, Georgia, AFP, Russia, you’re, California, Wisconsin, Texas, Florida

☆ Job security provisions could be the key to ending the auto strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —As important as wages and benefits are in the unprecedented United Auto Workers strike against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis, nothing is more important than job security. When Fain announced an expansion of the strike against GM and Stellantis, he specifically exempted Ford because of that progress. The UAW hasn’t disclosed more details on job security discussions with Ford. And much of the job losses are due to the drop in US market share by the three unionized automakers. “One thing that’s most important is job security,” General Motors CEO Mary Barra told CNN the day the strike started, “When I talk to employees…they want to know their facility is getting a new product.”

Persons: Shawn Fain, Fain, Ford, ” Fain, ” Ford, “, ”, Stellantis, Jeff Schuster, Mary Barra Organizations: New, New York CNN, United Auto Workers, General Motors, Ford, UAW, GM, Labor, GlobalData, Big, ” General, CNN Locations: New York, Belvidere , Illinois, Edmunds

☆ Kirsten Grind — Enterprise Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Kirsten Grind | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Kirsten GrindKirsten Grind is an enterprise reporter for The Wall Street Journal, where she has worked since 2012. She focuses on technology companies and executives, covering issues ranging from sexual harassment allegations to data privacy issues. She is the co-author of the recently released book “Happy At Any Cost: The Revolutionary Vision and Fatal Quest of Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh,” from Simon & Schuster. Her first book, “The Lost Bank,” about the collapse of Washington Mutual, was named the best investigative book of 2012 by the Investigative Reporters & Editors association. She lives in the San Francisco Bay area.

Persons: Kirsten, Gerald Loeb, Tony Hsieh, ”, Simon, Simon & Schuster Organizations: Wall Street, Simon &, Lost Bank, ”, Washington Mutual, Investigative Locations: San Francisco Bay

NEW YORK (AP) — Doris Kearns Goodwin's next book is a work of history that's also close to home. The Pulitzer Prize winner's "An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s” is a reflection on her final years with her longtime husband, Richard Goodwin, the former White House speechwriter who died in 2018, and on the singular era they lived through. I’ve been drawn to such turbulent times -- the Civil War, the Industrial Revolution, World War II," Goodwin said in a statement. "This is the story of one of those times, of my husband and myself, and our generation shaped by the cataclysms of the 1960s. We see what historic opportunities were seized, what chances were lost, what light those years cast upon our own fractured time.

Persons: — Doris Kearns Goodwin's, that's, Richard Goodwin, Simon & Schuster, Goodwin, John F, Kennedy, Lyndon B, Johnson, ” Doris Kearns, Eleanor Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, I’ve, ” Simon, Dick, Doris, ”, “ Organizations: White House, Great Society, White, Rivals Locations: ”, America

☆ Ford also faces strike at Canadian plants Monday night
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-17 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Unifor, the union that represents autoworkers in Canada, is preparing to go on strike against Ford on Monday night. The 3,400 Unifor members at the plant produce the Ford Edge and the Lincoln Nautilus SUVs. The two plants have a total of 1,700 Unifor members. It has not had a US strike since 1978, nor a Canadian strike since 1990. But Payne said her members at Ford are prepared to strike Monday night if the company doesn’t step up to its demands.

Persons: Ford, Lana Payne, “ We’re, ” Payne, –, Jeff Schuster, ”, Payne, she’s, Unifor, ” Ford Organizations: New, New York CNN, United Auto Workers, Ford, CNN, UAW, Ford Edge, Lincoln Nautilus, Nautilus, – Ford, General Motors, North American, Jeep, Dodge, Chrysler, GlobalData, GM, Canadian, US Locations: New York, Canada, Toronto, Oakville , Ontario, Windsor , Ontario, Detroit, Windsor, Warren , Michigan, United States, Mexico, America

But not all of the 146,000 UAW members at company plants are walking picket lines, at least not yet. Top-scale assembly plant workers make about $32 per hour, plus large annual profit-sharing checks. The Ford plant that's on strike employs about 3,300 workers, and it makes Bronco SUVs and Ranger midsize pickup trucks. Under the UAW strategy, workers who go on strike would live on $500 per week in strike pay from the union, while others would stay on the job at full pay. It’s unlikely the companies would lock the remaining workers out of their factories because they want to keep building vehicles.

Persons: Joe Biden’s, ”, Liz Shuler, Shawn Fain, Britney Johnson, It’s, Candace Bowles, “, Bowles, I’m, Fain, ” Fain, “ We’re, Ford, didn’t, Marick, ” Masters, “ They’re, Mary Barra, you’ve, Farley, Jeff Schuster, Stellantis, Schuster, ____ Williams Organizations: DETROIT, United Auto Workers, General Motors, Ford, “ Workers, AFL, UAW, GM, Fiat Chrysler, Toledo Jeep, Bronco, Chevrolet Colorado, GMC, Chevrolet Express, Wayne State University, U.S, CNBC, Global Locations: Wentzville , Missouri, Wayne , Michigan, Detroit, Toledo , Ohio, Toledo

☆ US junk debt deals carry higher guardrails for investors
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Matt Tracy | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Twelve high-yield issuers have raised $9.6 billion this week, making it the busiest week since November 2021, according to JPMorgan. This stands in stark contrast to the same period in 2022, when only 25% of a total $81 billion was secured debt, according to Informa Global Markets data. According to rating agency Fitch, junk debt defaults are expected to reach 4.5% of all outstanding U.S. junk debt by the end of 2023, up from 2.8% in July. The extra level of protection and high investment returns are ensuring strong demand for new junk debt. The loans are part of a $9.4 billion debt package - the largest since last year's buyout of Twitter by billionaire Elon Musk.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Fitch, Anthony Canale, it's, Brian Gelfand, TCW, Goldman Sachs, Elon Musk, Jefferies, Simon, Matt Tracy, Shankar Ramakrishnan, Hugh Lawson Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, JPMorgan, Informa, Reuters, Covenant, ICE, Morningstar, GTCR, KKR, Jefferies, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S

But there’s a good chance at least some of them, at a mix of plants and companies, will walk out. Those limited, targeted strikes could be enough to grind production to a halt at America’s three unionized automakers. One advantage for the union of a targeted strike is the potential to save resources and extend a possible walkout. Striking union members are eligible for $500 a week from the union’s strike fund. The companies did not respond to questions Wednesday about their plans if faced with the targeted strikes Fain described on Wednesday.

Persons: Shawn Fain, Fain, Jeff Schuster, ”, Schuster, Jim Farley, Farley, Bill Ford, ” Farley, “, ” Ford, can’t, “ We’re, Patrick Anderson, Anderson, That’s, Ford Organizations: Detroit CNN, General Motors, Ford, United Auto Workers, UAW, America ’, GlobalData, GM, Detroit Auto, Jeep, Dodge, Chrysler, Anderson Economic Group, Fiat Chrysler, PSA Group Locations: America, Detroit, North America, Michigan, Edmunds, That’s, European

☆ Autoworkers strike: What to watch for as the clock ticks down
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Here’s what to watch as the clock ticks down:Which plants would go on strike? One advantage of a targeted strike for the union is the potential to save resources and extend a possible walkout. Striking union members are eligible for $500 a week from the union’s strike fund. Ford has not had a national strike since 1976 and has not had a strike of any kind at its US plants since 1978. Sometimes after talks break down, the parties can return to the table and reach a deal without a strike.

Persons: Jeff Schuster, ”, Schuster, Shawn Fain, Fain, We’re, –, ’, Ford, Wheaton, Will Organizations: New, New York CNN, United Auto Workers, General Motors, Ford, GlobalData, UAW, GM, Stellantis, Jeep, Dodge, Chrysler, Cornell University’s Industrial, Labor Relations, Warehouse, Writers Guild of America, Alliance, Television Producers, UPS, Teamsters Locations: New York, America, Kokomo , Indiana, Toledo , Ohio, Livonia , Michigan, Stellantis, Buffalo, West

A targeted strike could shut operations for each company, depending on which plants and facilities are struck. One advantage for the union of a targeted strike is the potential to save resources and extend a possible strike. The union members who are on strike are eligible for $500 a week in strike benefits from the union’s strike fund. With targeted strikes, it’s possible that the companies will shut down operations and lay off members who are not technically on strike. GM’s statement did not address what it planned to do if their operations are disrupted by a targeted strike.

Persons: Shawn Fain, Fain, Jeff Schuster, ”, “, ” Fain, Patrick Anderson, John Hatline, Hatline Organizations: Detroit CNN — United Auto Workers, General Motors, Ford, GlobalData, Jeep, Dodge, Chrysler, UAW, Anderson Economic, CNN Locations: America, Michigan, Detroit

☆ Katherine Sayre — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Katherine Sayre | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Katherine SayreKatherine Sayre is a reporter covering the gambling industry in The Wall Street Journal’s entertainment bureau in Los Angeles. Her stories explore the bustling casinos on the Las Vegas Strip and how sports betting is changing media, sports leagues and sports fandom in America. Katherine is the co-author with Journal colleague Kirsten Grind of “Happy at Any Cost: The Revolutionary Vision and Fatal Quest of Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh,” published by Simon & Schuster in March 2022. Before joining the Journal, Katherine was a lead investigative reporter for the Times-Picayune in New Orleans. She grew up in Brownwood, Texas, and graduated from the University of Texas and Northwestern University.

Persons: Katherine Sayre Katherine Sayre, Katherine, Kirsten Grind, Tony Hsieh, ”, Simon, Simon & Schuster Organizations: Las, Simon &, Times, University of Texas, Northwestern University Locations: Los Angeles, America, New Orleans, Brownwood , Texas

☆ Tell-all book lifts the lid on troubled beauty brand Glossier
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Glossier, a direct-to-consumer cosmetics company launched in 2014 by US businesswoman Emily Weiss, pioneered this new aesthetic. At Glossier, beauty marks were celebrated, freckles were lionized and makeup application became as free form as finger painting. Beyoncé, Serena Williams, Michelle Obama and Reese Witherspoon have all been pictured wearing the makeup brand to red carpet events like the Oscars and The Grammys. For Meltzer, the brand fell victim to something that often trips up companies leading the zeitgeist: an evolving landscape. But “Glossy” isn’t just a beauty brand biography — it’s a forensic cross-examination of an era-defining company and how it embodied a moment in wider culture.

Persons: ”, Emily Weiss, freckles, Paloma Elsesser, Glossier, Serena Williams, Michelle Obama, Reese Witherspoon, Lila Moss, Sydney Sweeny, Gigi Hadid, Marisa Meltzer, “, ” Meltzer, Richard Levine, Weiss ’, Meltzer, ” Glossier, Sophia Amoruso, John Sciulli, Weiss, Leandra Medine, Audrey Gelman, Nasty Gal, Manrepeller’s Leandra Medine, ” Audrey Gelman, John Phillips, Selena, Hailey Bieber’s, ” Marisa Meltzer's, Simon, Simon & Schuster, Schuster, Meltzer didn’t, It’s Organizations: CNN, The, Teen Vogue, Getty, Rhode, Simon & Locations: overhiring, New York, Glossier, SoHo , New York

☆ Four takeaways from Walter Isaacson’s biography of Elon Musk
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Paul Glader | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —“You’ll never be successful,” Errol Musk in 1989 told his 17-year-old son Elon, who was then preparing to fly from South Africa to Canada to find relatives and a college education. That’s one of the scenes Walter Isaacson paints in his 670-page biography of Elon Musk, who is now the richest person who ever lived. In a 2022 email sent to Elon Musk on Father’s Day, Errol Musk said he was freezing and lacking electricity, asking his son for money. Isaacson’s book revealed Musk had a third child (Techno Mechanicus) with the musician Grimes in 2022, and Musk confirmed the revelation Sunday. “Stop falling for weird s—.”Are robocars, an AI company and a robot called Optimus on tap?

Persons: “ You’ll, Errol Musk, Elon, Walter Isaacson, Elon Musk, Isaacson, Musk, ” Musk, Errol, ” Elon Musk, ”, Covid, Anthony Fauci, Fauci, Grimes, “, ” Isaacson, Simon, Schuster Zilis, Zilis, Jenna, Musk’s, “ I’ve, Jared Birchall, Alex Spiro, Kimbal, Optimus, Sam Altman, Altman, Larry Page Organizations: CNN, Blacks, Defamation League, Elon, Twitter, Google, Microsoft, Tesla Locations: South Africa, Canada, United States, Texas

☆ ‘The Six’: Stories of NASA’s first women astronauts revealed
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Catherine E. Shoichet | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

But the journalist started wondering about the other women who had trained alongside Ride in NASA’s first coed astronaut class. More than 1,500 women applied to become astronauts between 1976 and 1977, Grush writes. "The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts" by Loren Grush is out September 12. NASAWhy these astronauts’ experiences resonate todayWhile Ride was first, ultimately every member of The Six flew on a space shuttle. In her book, Grush chronicles their journeys, including the 1986 Challenger disaster that killed Resnik on her second space shuttle flight.

Persons: Sally Ride, “, crewmates, Loren Grush, ” Grush, —, “ I’m, ”, Grush, Arabella, Anita —, Miss Baker —, Ruth Bates Harris, Simon, Schuster, Judy Resnik, Kathy Sullivan, Shannon Lucid, Anna Fisher, Rhea Seddon, Seddon, Fisher, Resnik, Sullivan, NBC’s Tom Brokaw, George Abbey, Abbey, Ride, Bob Crippen, Crippen, Sally wasn’t, ” Sullivan, “ NASA’s, Artemis Organizations: CNN, Bloomberg, NASA, Johnson Space Center, Space Center, Kennedy Space Center, ”, The, Challenger Locations: Houston, NASA's, Florida

☆ An explosive Elon Musk biography is just hitting shelves. But the book’s acclaimed author is already walking back a major claim
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Walter Isaacson’s highly anticipated biography on Elon Musk is hitting shelves on Tuesday — and he is already walking back a major claim. Over the weekend, The Post updated the excerpt it had published and offered a correction to its readers. “After publication of this adaptation, the author learned that his book mischaracterized the attempted attack by Ukrainian drones on the Russian fleet in Crimea,” the correction stated. This version reflects that change.”CNN also updated its story on Monday, noting Isaacson had backpedaled his initial claims. “After this story published, Walter Isaacson clarified his explanation regarding Elon Musk restricting Ukrainian military access to Starlink, a critical satellite internet service,” an editor’s note said.

Persons: CNN — Walter Isaacson’s, Elon Musk, —, Isaacson, Musk, “, Vladimir Putin’s, Starlink, ” Musk, ” Isaacson, Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, Simon & Schuster, Newsrooms, “ Musk, Walter Isaacson, ” Organizations: CNN, Elon, Eastern, Russian, SpaceX, Washington Post, Tulane University Locations: Russian, Crimea, Crimean, ”, Ukrainian, Sevastopol, Washington

☆ Musk says he refused Kyiv request for use of Starlink in attack on Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk gets in a Tesla car as he leaves a hotel in Beijing, China May 31, 2023. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Elon Musk said he refused a Ukrainian request to activate his Starlink satellite network in Crimea's port city of Sevastopol last year to aid an attack on Russia's fleet there, saying he feared complicity in a "major" act of war. "The obvious intent being to sink most of the Russian fleet at anchor," Musk wrote. The Russian fleet fires cruise missiles at Ukrainian civilian targets, and Kyiv has launched attacks on Russian ships using maritime drones. The Pentagon said in June that SpaceX's Starlink had a Department of Defense contract to buy satellite services for Ukraine.

Persons: Elon Musk, Tingshu Wang, Musk, Walter Isaacson's, Simon & Schuster, SpaceX's Starlink, David Brunnstrom, Jonathan Landay, Phil Stewart, Don Durfee, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, CNN, Twitter, Russian, SpaceX, Ukrainian, Pentagon, Department of Defense, Department, Thomson Locations: Beijing, China, Sevastopol, Crimean, Ukraine, Russia, Crimea, Russian, Kyiv, Ukrainian, Novorossiysk

☆ Possible North Korea-Russia weapons deal could be big boost for Kim Jong Un, analysts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Seoul, South Korea CNN —Russia’s failures on the battlefield in Ukraine could turn into a win for North Korea. It would also come after 17 years of UN sanctions aimed at hampering North Korea’s ability to build a fully functioning nuclear weapons and ballistic missile force. North Korea has attempted two satellite launches this year; both ended in failure. Russia’s “purchases will undermine the North Korea sanctions regime and help to generate revenue for the Kim regime. “North Korea makes good what I call heavy industrial weapons,” Schuster said.

Persons: South Korea CNN —, Kim Jong Un, Vladimir Putin, “, Sergei Shoigu, Kim, ”, Leif, Eric Easley, Kim Jong, Putin, Doo, Carl Schuster, ” Schuster, Daniel Salisbury, –, ” Salisbury, Schuster, ” Doo, Joseph Dempsey, Trent Telenko, ” Telenko Organizations: South Korea CNN, North, United Nations, US National Security Council, ”, Russian, Putin, Ewha Womans University, CNN, Foreign Relations, Korea Institute for Defense, Pacific Command’s Joint Intelligence Center, King’s College London, Russia, US Navy, UN Security Council, International Institute for Strategic Studies, Siberian Railway, US ’ Defense Contract Management Agency Locations: Seoul, South Korea, Ukraine, North Korea, Pyongyang, Russia, Moscow, West, Korea, Iran, Korean, “, Japan, Russian, Vladivostok

☆ New Musk biography offers fresh details about the billionaire's Ukraine dilemma
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Sean Lyngaas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

But the episode reveals the unique position Musk found himself in as the war in Ukraine unfolded. Even as cellular phone and internet networks had been destroyed, the Starlink terminals allowed Ukraine to fight and stay connected. But once Ukraine began to use Starlink terminals for offensive attacks against Russia, Musk started to second-guess that decision. “How am I in this war?” Musk asks Isaacson. SpaceX had spent tens of millions of its own money sending the satellite equipment to Ukraine, according to Musk.

Persons: CNN — Elon Musk, Walter Isaacson’s, Elon Musk, ” Isaacson, Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, Musk, Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein, “ Starlink, ” Musk, Joe Biden’s, Jake Sullivan, Mark Milley, Mykhailo Fedorov, “, —, ” Fedorov, Clodagh Kilcoyne, Ukraine “, –, tweeting, ” Gwynne Shotwell, Shotwell, Elon Organizations: CNN, Russian, SpaceX, Netflix, Reuters, Pentagon, US Locations: Crimean, Ukrainian, Russian, Russia, Crimea, Ukraine, Washington, Moscow

☆ N.F.L. Week 1 Predictions: Our Picks Against the Spread
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Benjamin Hoffman | More About Benjamin Hoffman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Thursday’s MatchupDetroit Lions at Kansas City Chiefs, 8:20 p.m., NBCLine: Chiefs -4.5 | Total: 52.5Kansas City seems to love to play a game within a game: How many players can be taken away before Patrick Mahomes can’t thrive? The speedy receiver Tyreek Hill, as demonstrated last year, was expendable. So were other receivers like Sammy Watkins, DeMarcus Robinson and JuJu Smith-Schuster. The team goes through running backs quickly enough that Mahomes doesn’t need to introduce himself. It was Chicago’s fifth consecutive win against Green Bay in a rivalry that had become decidedly one-sided.

Persons: Patrick Mahomes, Sammy Watkins, DeMarcus Robinson, JuJu Smith, Schuster, Travis Kelce, Kelce, Mahomes’s, Jared Goff, David Montgomery, Jim Harbaugh, Brett Favre Organizations: Detroit Lions, Kansas City Chiefs, NBC Line, Chiefs, Super Bowl, Kansas, Lions, Bears, Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears, Fox Line, Packers, Green Locations: Kansas, Kansas City, Green Bay, Wis

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