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☆ US marks Sept. 11 attacks with Pentagon, World Trade Center site events
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/6] A person holds a flag, on the day of the 22nd anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, in New York City, U.S., September 11, 2023. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Americans paused on Monday to remember the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, 22 years after Islamist hijackers seized control of jetliners and crashed them into the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Biden's decision to hold the event in Alaska, instead of Washington or New York, was a departure from what has been presidential custom. Across the Potomac River from Washington, Pentagon officials held the traditional event at the U.S. military's headquarters. The 9/11 attacks were the worst assault on U.S. soil since the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, where 2,400 people were killed.

Persons: Andrew Kelly, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Douglas Emhoff, George W, Bush, al, Osama bin Laden, Bin, Barack Obama, Steve Holland, Heather Timmons, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: World Trade Center, & Museum, REUTERS, Rights, Trade Center, Pentagon, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, Alaska, India, Vietnam, Anchorage, Washington, New York, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

☆ Her Choice: Love, or the Lease on a Beloved Studio. It Took Some Thought.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( D.W. Gibson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ms. Wood said it was meaningful that, from the very beginning, “we knew how to deal with each other at great moments of stress.”They enjoyed a friendship for a couple of years, then started dating in 2018. Mr. Brown watched Ms. Wood settle into her beloved studio. “It was about creating a home, creating an oasis for herself, and she found that. “To get the place,” she said, “I had to pull aside the broker at an open house and wire transfer a months’ rent. Everyone else is wasting time testing the water pressure, and I’m thinking I’ve already got my deposit in.”

Persons: Wood, “, ”, Brown, Brooklyn Lauren Wood, I’ve Organizations: Mr Locations: Williamsburg, Brooklyn

☆ In J.M. Coetzee’s New Novel, Love Awakens an Austere Soul
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Dwight Garner | More About Dwight Garner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

THE POLE, by J.M. Coetzee’s novels are slim, and so, by and large, are his characters — they’re Modiglianis, not Boteros. The most wraithlike, a saintly hunger artist, is the protagonist of his novel “The Life and Times of Michael K,” which won the Booker Prize in 1983. When an ample person does show up in Coetzee’s work, moral stigma is often attached. Lurie takes her fleshiness as a sign she’s fled the strictures of civilized intellectual life.

Persons: J.M . Coetzee, J.M, — they’re, Michael K, John Lurie, ”, Lurie, she’s, Coetzee isn’t, Witold Walczykiewicz, I’ve, It’s, Witold, Hulked, Max von Sydow, “, Beatriz, Dante, She’s Organizations: South, Deutsche Grammophon Locations: She’s, Warsaw, Barcelona

Commemorations stretch from the attack sites — at New York's World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pennsylvania — to Alaska and beyond. But a sense of connection is enshrined in a local memorial incorporating steel from the World Trade Center’s destroyed twin towers. In Columbus, Indiana, 911 dispatchers broadcast a remembrance message to police, fire and EMS radios throughout the 50,000-person city, which also holds a public memorial ceremony. At ground zero, Vice President Kamala Harris is due to join the ceremony on the National Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum plaza. First lady Jill Biden is due to lay a wreath at the 9/11 memorial at the Pentagon.

Persons: Joe Biden, Eddie Ferguson, Jessica Leigh Sachs, “ We’re, ”, Joe Maurath, Kamala Harris, James Giaccone, Joseph Giaccone, ” James Giaccone, “, ” Biden, Republican George W, Bush, Barack Obama, Obama, Jill Biden, Harris ’, Doug Emhoff, Katherine Hostetler Organizations: Trade Center, Pentagon, Washington , D.C, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, Trade, Congress, of Service, Democrat, Republican, National Park Service Locations: firehouses, New, Shanksville, Pennsylvania —, Alaska, Anchorage, Washington ,, India, Vietnam, Virginia’s Goochland County, New York, Columbus , Indiana, Fenton , Missouri, St, Louis, Jersey's Monmouth, U.S, Fort Meade, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Stoystown

☆ Global Regulation of Essential Medicines Is a Dangerous Mess - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Vidya Krishnan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

has not released more recent numbers, and there is limited data on exactly how much of this comes from India. The global drug supply system is a vast and complex network. As of 2021, India manufactured 62 percent of the raw materials for drugs, known as active pharmaceutical ingredients. in 2001 set up a groundbreaking program to monitor safety and quality, called the Prequalification of Medicines Program or P.Q.P., which set global standards for H.I.V. The program is one of those unsung policies that keep the global health structure ticking.

Persons: —, Cipla Organizations: World Health Organization, Medicines Program Locations: India, China, United States, Europe, Sri Lanka, Gambia, Africa —, Saharan Africa, Indian

☆ Why a 2024 Trump-Biden rematch might be more of a referendum on Trump than Biden
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( Ariel Edwards-Levy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

But a potential rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump could upend that dynamic, polling suggests, with most voters saying their decisions would come down largely to their feelings about Trump. In CNN’s exit poll following the last presidential election, when Trump was the sitting incumbent and Biden the challenger, 54% of voters cited Trump as the bigger factor in their vote. Anti-Trump voters – Biden voters who are motivated largely by antipathy for Trump – make up another 30% of the potential electorate. While 89% in this group agree that any Republican would be better than Biden, just 64% say Trump would be better than any Democrat. Nearly 1 in 5 anti-Trump voters say they’d back Haley (18%) or former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (19%) over Biden.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Trump, Biden, Trump’s, it’s, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, George W, Bush, John Kerry, they’d, –, Roe, Wade, They’re, they’re, Nikki Haley, Haley, Chris Christie, SSRS Organizations: CNN, Biden, Trump, Republican, Voters, GOP, Pro, Trump voters, Democratic, Trump voters – Biden, Trump –, Trump Biden, South Carolina Gov, Republicans Locations: Trump, New Jersey

☆ Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Zulu Nationalist and a Mandela Rival, Dies at 95
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Robert D. Mcfadden | More About Robert D. Mcfadden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Mangosuthu Buthelezi, the Zulu nationalist who positioned himself as Nelson Mandela’s most powerful Black rival in South Africa’s tortuous transformation from a white segregationist society to a multiracial democracy in the 1990s, died on Saturday. His death was announced in a statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa. Proud, ambitious, descended from royalty and intolerant of criticism, Mr. Buthelezi was a hereditary chief of the Zulus, South Africa’s largest ethnic group. Like his battle-hardened ancestors, who had challenged colonial invaders in the 19th century, Mr. Buthelezi sometimes wore leopard skins and wielded assegai spears, but only in ritual war dances for political advantage. He was also the prime minister of KwaZulu, the homeland of six million Zulus, and the founder of the Inkatha Freedom Party, a Zulu political and cultural movement with 1.9 million members.

Persons: Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Nelson, Cyril Ramaphosa of, Buthelezi, ”, goh, de Klerk, Mandela Organizations: Zulu, Freedom Party Locations: South, Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, South Africa, KwaZulu, Zulu

☆ Inside the real-estate network for women that costs thousands but is helping investors build long-term wealth and achieve financial freedom
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Tresa Todd founded the Women's Real Estate Investors Network (WREIN). Stroud was no novice — she had dabbled in real-estate investing but hadn't generated much income from her portfolio. Joining the Women's Real Estate Investors Network (WREIN) was going to be a much bigger upfront investment than the course. She turned to real estate after realizing she needed to supplement her 401(k) money if she ever wanted to retire. Davitt and Verratti quit their jobs to work on their real estate business full-time.

Persons: Tresa Todd, Brenda Stroud's, Stroud, Todd, they've, Brenda Stroud, Brenda Stroud She, Mary Verratti, Brigette Davitt, Davitt, Verratti, Brigette Davitt Verratti, ", We've Organizations: Estate Investors, Dallas, Stroud, Tuskegee Locations: Stroud, Georgia, Tuskegee , Alabama, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania, Seattle, Pittsburgh, Verratti

At the Nairobi orphanage, program manager Paul Mulongo has a message for Washington. Without that, the virus could come back, ”and about 20 million lives might be lost in the coming years,” he said. But Reach Out helps anyone who walks in needing HIV drugs, Kaleebi said. “Sometimes it’s so crazy when you hear people saying that these HIV drugs should be bought by the local government,” he said. Some are among the 1.4 million children and adults living with HIV in Kenya, according to UNAIDS.

Persons: George W, Bush, Paul Mulongo, “, Mulongo, ”, Tom Hart, PEPFAR, Biden, Chris Smith, Smith, ” Smith, John Nkengasong, we’ve, Josephine Kaleebi, ” Kaleebi, Kaleebi, Mark Dybul, Bernard Mwololo, David Shitika, “ Nobody, ” Shitika, ” ___ Amiri, Knickmeyer, Rodney Muhumuza Organizations: Republican U.S, President’s, AIDS Relief, Republicans, Democrats, ONE, Heritage Foundation, State Department, ” Conservatives, PEPFAR, Republican, Foreign, Associated Press, AP, Health Initiative, Uganda’s Catholic, AIDS, UNAIDS Locations: NAIROBI, Kenya, United States, Africa, Ukraine, Brazil, Indonesia, Nairobi, Washington, ”, Uganda, Kampala, Russia, China

CNN —Demolition of the Los Angeles area home where Marilyn Monroe spent her last months has been put on hold by Los Angeles City Council, following a last-minute motion aimed at designating the house a Historic-Cultural Monument. Baron/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Norma Jeane Mortenson, who later changed her name to Marilyn Monroe, was born in 1926 in Los Angeles. Hulton Archive/Getty Images She was in several movies in 1950, including "The Asphalt Jungle" and "All About Eve." Hulton Archive/Getty Images Monroe wins a trophy at the "Star Of Tomorrow" Awards in Los Angeles in 1952. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Monroe and former Yankees baseball player Joe DiMaggio leave city hall after their wedding.

Persons: Marilyn Monroe, Traci, Baron, Norma Jeane Mortenson, Gladys Baker, Marilyn, Claudette Colbert, Monroe, Jim Dougherty, Grace McKee, Grace, Michael Ochs, Norma Jeane, Emmeline Snively, Richard C, Miller, Donaldson, they're, Ben Lyons, Lyon, Theisen, he'd, Mira Sorvino, Frank Cronenweth, Peggy Martin, Shutterstock Monroe, Phil Moore, J R, she's, Johnny Hyde, Nancy Lee Andrews, you'll, Earl Leaf, Ray Anthony Band, Shutterstock, David Wayne, Christina Newland ., Kardashian, Amber Tamblyn, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Jane Russell, Joe DiMaggio, Amy Greene, Monroe's, Matty Zimmerman, DiMaggio, Joe, it's, Ella Fitzgerald, that's Ella Fitzgerald, Ed Feingersh, Elizabeth Winder, Ellen Burstyn, Arthur Miller, ullstein, He's, Harold Clements, Queen Elizabeth II, Laurence Olivier, Sugar Kane, Billy Wilder, I'm, Christina Newland, John F, Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, It's, Cecil W, Marilyn Monroe's, ”, “ Organizations: CNN, Los Angeles City Council, Department of Building, Safety, Hulton, Michael Ochs Archives, Model Agency, Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, Columbia, West Hollywood, Photoplay, Getty, Gentlemen, Fox, Hollywood, Bettmann, Yankees, US, Tiffany Club, New York, Grand Central, Queen, Royal, Daily Herald, Stoughton, Alamy, Los Angeles City, Historic Resources Locations: Los Angeles, Brentwood, Monroe, West Virginia, Columbia, Warrenburg , New York, American, Hollywood, Korea, York, New York, California, Hollywood , California, New, Grand, London, England, Polyclinic, Madison

☆ Opinion: ‘Red, White & Royal Blue’ and the power of political fantasy
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Opinion Nicole Hemmer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

That subplot puts “Red, White & Royal Blue” into a particular film and television genre: liberal wish fulfillment. Join us on Twitter and Facebook“The West Wing” is, unsurprisingly given its Sorkin-ism, much the same (observers on Reddit and elsewhere have noted Sorkin’s predilection for re-using the same lines and jokes). It was regularly cited as an inspiration for Obama staffers attracted to the show’s insider-y look at the West Wing and its characters’ fundamental decency. That emphasis on process is what makes the politics of “Red, White & Royal Blue” seem smaller than the fantasy of the electoral map hinging on Texas would lead viewers to believe. But process without vision is stultifying, and reflects more than the limits of onscreen political fantasy.

Persons: Nicole Hemmer, Carolyn T, Robert M, “, Who, Alex Claremont, Diaz, it’s, Dave ”, ”, Casey McQuiston, Donald Trump’s, Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Dave, Francois Duhamel, —, Aaron Sorkin’s, Bush, Andrew Shepherd, Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Clinton, George W, Obama, technocracy — Organizations: Rogers Center, Vanderbilt University, “ Partisans, Conservative, CNN, United, Democratic, Democratic Party, “, Recreation, Hollywood, Twitter, Facebook, West Wing, Trump, Republican Party Locations: England, United States, Texas, Clinton

☆ Why do we work 9 to 5? The history of the eight-hour workday
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Jeanne Sahadi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Here is a (highly) abbreviated rundown of how US society settled (so far anyway) on an eight-hour workday. The strike failed … but four years later US Steel reduced its workday from twelve to eight hours.”Pioneering employers — and a six-hour workday — make wavesIn 1926, the Ford Motor Company, under the leadership of Henry Ford, famously instituted an eight-hour-a-day, five-day workweek. Kellogg decided in 1930 to institute six-hour shifts in place of eight-hour shifts, with some reduction in workers’ pay. Kellogg’s move attracted national attention, and soon there was a push to federally legislate a six-hour workday. Hunnicutt interviewed several Kellogg workers about why they returned to a longer workday.

Persons: Dolly Parton, ” It’s, wasn’t, Benjamin Hunnicutt, Robert Whaples, Whaples, —, Henry Ford, “, ”, Kellogg, Hunnicutt, Kellogg’s, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, FDR, didn’t, ” Hunnicutt, Gen, It’s Organizations: New, New York CNN, University of Iowa, Wake Forest University, Economic, US Steel, ”, Ford Motor Company, Senate, Industrial, Labor, Fair Labor, Act, Kellogg Locations: New York, United States

☆ I was a cliff diver at Casa Bonita, the restaurant made famous by South Park. Here’s how I got the job and what it was like.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Alyshia Hull | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Vanna Curtis worked at Casa Bonita, a restaurant made famous by South Park, in 2016. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Vanna Curtis, a former cliff diver and entertainer for Casa Bonita. AdvertisementAdvertisementAt the time, the food was bad and almost inedible, but that's not what Casa Bonita is known for. Getting my job with Casa Bonita was pretty easyThe outside of Casa Bonita, located in Denver, Colorado. AdvertisementAdvertisementSo I began working at Casa Bonita as a cliff diver and an entertainerThe inside of Casa Bonita.

Persons: Vanna Curtis, Casa, Hyoung Chang, I'd, Ashley W, Black Bertha, Black Bart, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Araya Doheny, haven't, Alyshia Organizations: Service, Casa Bonita, Casa, Alyshia Hull Locations: Casa Bonita, South, Wall, Silicon, Denver, Mexican, Denver , Colorado, ahull@insider.com

A new biography of Elon Musk portrays the billionaire entrepreneur as a complex, tortured figure whose brilliance is often overshadowed by his inability to relate on a human level to the people around him — his wives, his children and those on whom he relied to help build the space exploration and electric car businesses that made him the wealthiest man on Earth. Mr. Musk’s life so far — his difficult childhood in South Africa, his stormy romantic relationships, his success as a visionary who created SpaceX and Tesla, and his impetuous decision to buy Twitter — is detailed through scores of interviews with his family, friends, business associates and Mr. Musk himself. The book, which will be released on Tuesday, is by Walter Isaacson, the journalist whose previous works have chronicled the lives of Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci and Benjamin Franklin. It opens with a quote from Mr. Jobs, the co-founder of Apple, who once said, “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.”

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin, Jobs, “, ” Organizations: SpaceX, Tesla, Twitter, Apple Locations: South Africa

☆ Questions About Biden Are Real Even if Trump Asks Them
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Holman W. Jenkins | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Holman W. Jenkins Jr. is a member of the editorial board of The Wall Street Journal. Mr. Jenkins joined the Journal in May 1992 as a writer for the editorial page in New York. In February 1994, he moved to Hong Kong as editor of The Asian Wall Street Journal's editorial page. Mr. Jenkins won a 1997 Gerald Loeb Award for distinguished business and financial coverage. Born in Philadelphia, Mr. Jenkins received a bachelor's degree from Hobart and William Smith Colleges and a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University.

Persons: Holman W, Jenkins, Mr, Gerald Loeb, William Smith Organizations: Street, William, William Smith Colleges, Northwestern University, University of Michigan Locations: New York, Hong Kong, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Hobart

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court Friday significantly whittled down a lower court's order curbing Biden administration communications with social media companies over controversial content about COVID-19 and other issues. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans on Friday said the White House, the Surgeon General, the Centers for Disease Control and the FBI cannot “coerce” social media platforms to take down posts the government doesn’t like. Even the appeals court’s softened order doesn’t take effect immediately. The administration has 10 days to seek a Supreme Court review. The case was heard by judges Jennifer Walker Elrod and Edith Brown Clement, nominated to the court by former President George W. Bush; and Don Willett, nominated by former President Donald Trump.

Persons: evening's, Joe Biden’s, Hunter, Jeff Landry, “, Terry Doughty's, Friday's, Jennifer Walker Elrod, Edith Brown Clement, George W ., Don Willett, Donald Trump, Doughty Organizations: ORLEANS, —, Biden, U.S, Circuit, Centers for Disease Control, FBI, Facebook, District, National Institute of Allergy, Infrastructure Agency, State Department, Trump Locations: New Orleans, Louisiana, Missouri, U.S

☆ Automakers and U.A.W. Remain Far Apart as Contract Deadline Nears
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Neal E. Boudette | More About Neal E. Boudette | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The United Auto Workers union and the three established U.S. automakers remain far apart on wages and other issues with less than a week to go before contracts covering 150,000 union workers expire. So far, the companies — General Motors, Ford Motor and Stellantis, the parent of Chrysler — have offered to raise pay by 14 percent to 16 percent over four years. Their offers include lump sum payments to help ease the impact of inflation, and policy changes that would lift the pay of recent hires and temporary workers, who typically earn about a third less than veteran union members. He has been seeking pay increases of about 40 percent and repeatedly warned that workers were ready to leave assembly lines when the current collective bargaining agreements with the automakers expire on Thursday. “We are prepared to strike, and we are ready,” said Jason Garza, a parts molder at G.M.’s technical center in Warren, Mich. “We want a fair contract, and I have a strong feeling it will be solidarity across the board.”

Persons: Shawn Fain, “, ”, Jason Garza Organizations: United Auto Workers, Motors, Ford Motor, Chrysler Locations: U.S, G.M, Warren, Mich

☆ Supreme Court's Alabama map ruling defied predictions as Roberts and Kavanaugh teamed up to protect Voting Rights Act
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Joan Biskupic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

Ambivalent during early internal debate, Kavanaugh eventually gave Roberts enough confidence that he could write an opinion for a majority. The state’s approach would have wholly undercut the history and purpose of the landmark Voting Rights Act, passed at the height of the Civil Rights movement to try to end race discrimination. Senior conservative Thomas, who has been unyielding in his rejection of race-based practices, was ready to write a far-reaching opinion against the court’s Voting Rights Act precedent for redistricting. Meanwhile, Kavanaugh and Roberts came together, ensuring the chief a five-justice majority for the robust endorsement of Voting Rights Act remedies when states discriminate in redistricting. The Alabama redistricting case shook out differently as Kavanaugh signed a significant portion of Roberts’ opinion.

Persons: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Roberts, Kavanaugh, –, Steve Marshall, Edmund LaCour, ”, Donald Trump, Ramos, Atticus Finch, “, Bill Clinton, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett, General LaCour, Holder, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Thomas ’, Barrett, George H.W, Roe, Wade, Dobbs, ” Roberts, General Marshall, LaCour, — Organizations: CNN, Alabama, Republican, Supreme, Blacks, Democratic, Notre Dame, Black, Trump, Black Democrats, ”, Civil, Senior, Jackson, Health Organization, Harvard, University of North Locations: Alabama, Black, Minnesota, . Louisiana, . Mississippi, ” Alabama, Shelby County, Bush, Mississippi, University of North Carolina, ”

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The historic impeachment trial that could remove Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton from office began with testimony about an extramarital affair and the Republican's former top aides testifying they felt compelled to report him to the FBI. “But I didn’t owe General Paxton anything.”PAXTON MOSTLY ABSENT FROM TRIALSenate rules only required Paxton to be present at the start of the impeachment trial. Much of the key testimony to come is likely from former staff inside Paxton's office, including the whistleblowers who took their concerns to federal criminal investigators. Paxton is just the third state official to be impeached in Texas' nearly 200-year history, and the first statewide officeholder since former Gov. ___Find AP’s full coverage of the impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton at: https://apnews.com/hub/ken-paxton

Persons: Ken Paxton, Paxton, Sen, Angela Paxton, Nate Paul, Jeff Mateer, Paxton’s, Ryan Bangert, “, ” Mateer, Mateer, Paul, ” Bangert, Mitch Little, Ryan Vassar, ” Vassar, ” PAXTON, Rusty Hardin, Donald Trump Jr, George P, Bush, George W, James “ Pa ” Ferguson, ___, paxton Organizations: Republican Texas, Texas Senate, FBI, “, Republicans, Paxton, Gov Locations: AUSTIN, Texas, Austin

☆ The room where Obama watched the Bin Laden raid was stripped out of the White House and will be rebuilt at his Chicago library
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The small conference room where Obama watched the Bin Laden room has been preserved. The room once part of the White House was sent in its entirety to Obama's library in Chicago. Its removal came amid a massive $50 million renovation of the White House Situation Room complex. The preservation of the room came amid reports about the future of the Situation Room. AdvertisementAdvertisementObama's presidential library previously made waves by moving to exclude the actual "library" part of the presidential center.

Persons: Obama, Barack Obama, Osama Bin, George W, Bush, Pete Souza's, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Souza's, Donald Trump's, Michelle Organizations: White, Service, PBS, Air Force, Obama White House, National Archives, Records Administration, Obama Foundation, Presidential Locations: Chicago, Wall, Silicon

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Dr. Richard W. Moriarty, a retired pediatrician from Pittsburgh who helped create the bright green Mr. Yuk sticker that warns kids away from poisonous substances, has died. Moriarty passed away on Thursday, according to Jeffrey Fugh of the funeral home John A. Freyvogel Sons Inc., which is handling arrangements in Pittsburgh. Moriarty was involved in establishing and developing the Pittsburgh Poison Center, where he served as director. He told the newspaper that the response by children in focus groups to the Mr. Yuk sticker's sickly green color and upset face was instrumental — "the Mr. Yuk symbol was designed by kids for kids.” The poison awareness campaign began in 1971. Visitation is Sunday and Monday, with a private funeral on Tuesday.

Persons: Dr, Richard W, Moriarty, Yuk, Jeffrey Fugh, John A, David Hairhoger Organizations: PITTSBURGH, Inc, Pittsburgh Poison Center, UPMC, Pittsburgh Post, Gazette, University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of, Pittsburgh Public Theater Locations: Pittsburgh, UPMC Shadyside, Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville

☆ 18 times US presidents told lies, from secret affairs to health issues to reasons for going to war
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( James Pasley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Every US president has told a lie — from war and taxes to health conditions and extramarital affairs. When Dwight D. Eisenhower was caught lying by Russia, he said it was his greatest regret in office. "Every president has not only lied at some time, but needs to lie to be effective," Ed Uravic, who wrote "Lying Cheating Scum," told CNN. From President James Polk lying to invade Mexico in 1846 to then-presidential candidate George H.W. Bush famously promising no new taxes, here are some of the most famous lies US presidents have ever made.

Persons: Dwight D, Eisenhower, Donald Trump, Richard Nixon, Ed Uravic, James Polk, George H.W, Bush Organizations: Service, CNN Locations: Russia, Wall, Silicon, Cambodia, Mexico

☆ Here are Thursday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Meta, Apple, Netflix, Roku, McDonald's, Micron & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Here are Thursday's biggest calls on Wall Street: Barclays initiates Jabil and Flex as overweight Barclays initiated several technology manufacturers Thursday and said it sees margin expansion. Morgan Stanley reiterates Apple as overweight Morgan Stanley said it's standing by its overweight rating on the stock heading into Apple's iPhone event next week. Barclays initiates LPL Financial as overweight Barclays said the financial services company is a "solid organic grower at reasonable valuation." Barclays downgrades Seagate to equal weight from overweight Barclays downgraded Seagate mainly on valuation. Morgan Stanley reiterates Meta as overweight Morgan Stanley said it's staying bullish on shares of Meta.

Persons: Wells, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, McDonald's, Apple, it's, Jefferies, Canaccord, Johnson, Bernstein, Tesla, underperform Bernstein, Raymond James, Dell, Dan Jedda, Stifel, Riley downgrades Crocs, Riley, Truist, Raymond James downgrades Dave, Buster's, Guggenheim, Meta Organizations: Street, Barclays, JBL, EV, HSBC, Citi, Micron Citi, Micron, Oracle, Johnson, JPMorgan, Netflix, Tesla, DELL, Bank of America, Cloud Computing, LPL, Vail Resorts, Seagate, CyberArk Software Ltd, Meta, Nvidia Locations: 3Q23, Vail

☆ Mother Wins $75,000 After New York Took Her Baby Over Marijuana Use
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Andy Newman | More About Andy Newman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

were tested without her consent or knowledge and both tested positive for marijuana. told Ms. Rivers it was opening a neglect case and moved to place T.W. policy states that marijuana in an infant’s system is not grounds for removal without a finding that the baby might be impaired. But it took Ms. Rivers nearly a week, multiple trips to court and a judge’s order — over A.C.S.’s objections — to gain custody of T.W. pursued Ms. Rivers “not because A.C.S.

Persons: Rivers, ’, Arnold, Porter, A.C.S Organizations: Bronx Defenders, T.W Locations: A.C.S

“I think there's great concern about the state of our democracy at this time,” said Mark Updegrove, CEO of the LBJ Foundation, which supports the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas. Those organizations all support presidential libraries created under the Presidential Library Act of 1955, along with the Eisenhower Foundation. The push for the joint statement was spearheaded by Daniel Kramer, executive director of the George W. Bush Institute. “America is experiencing a decline in trust, social cohesion, and personal interaction.”Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to former President Barack Obama who is now CEO of the Obama Foundation, said the former president supported the statement. “This is a moment where we could all come together and show that democracy is not about partisan politics,” she said.

Persons: Herbert Hoover, ”, Mark Updegrove, Updegrove, Lyndon Johnson, John F, Richard Nixon, Gerald R, Ronald Reagan, George, Barbara Bush, George W, Daniel Kramer, Kramer, “, Bill Gates, Gates, ” Kramer, ” Melissa Giller, ” Giller, ” Valerie Jarrett, Barack Obama, ” Jarrett, Obama Organizations: WASHINGTON, LBJ Foundation, LBJ Presidential, Hoover Presidential Foundation, Roosevelt Institute, Truman Library Institute, Kennedy Library Foundation, Richard, Richard Nixon Foundation, Ford Presidential Foundation, Carter Center, Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute, Barbara, Barbara Bush Foundation, Clinton Foundation, Bush Presidential Center, Obama, Center, Eisenhower Foundation, The Eisenhower Foundation, Associated Press, Bush, Bush Institute, Ronald, Ronald Reagan Foundation and Institute, Obama Foundation Locations: Austin , Texas, loggerheads, Maricopa County, Phoenix, The, Washington ,, Chicago

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