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☆ Back to school hauls follows TikTok's underconsumption core trend
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Jessica Dickler | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Customer shopping for school supplies with employee restocking shelves, Target store, Queens, New York. Altogether, this year's back-to-school spending, including for college students, is expected to reach $38.8 billion, the NRF also found. Higher prices are partly to blame: Families are now paying more for key back-to-school essentials like backpacks ahead of the new school year. The must have items of the back-to-school season"Back-to-school hauls have started infiltrating TikTok earlier than I've ever seen it," said Casey Lewis, a social media trend expert and founder of trend newsletter After School. How to keep back-to-school spending in check

Persons: Lindsey Nicholson, Happe, WalletHub, I've, Casey Lewis, Lewis Organizations: UCG, Intuit Credit Karma, CNBC, Deloitte, Adidas Locations: Queens , New York

☆ These Birds Have Their Own Beach. Their Human Neighbors Want In.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Hilary Howard | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Sections of the Rockaway Peninsula, a coastal strip of land in southern Queens, look like beach towns more than the concrete and steel landscape of much of New York City. On a mile-long stretch of the boardwalk in Edgemere, a neighborhood in the Rockaways that was a thriving resort destination a century ago, you can still see open skies, dunes and the ocean. But for most of the summer, the beach here is closed. Since 1996, this swath of sand and surf has been reserved for much of the spring and summer for nesting coastal piping plovers, which are endangered in New York and protected federally by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Along the Eastern Seaboard, from barrier islands to private and public beaches on the mainland, efforts are being made to provide safe habitats for them.

Organizations: United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Seaboard Locations: Queens, New York City, Edgemere, New York

☆ Miss USA: Alma Cooper of Michigan crowned, capping tumultuous year of pageant controversy
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Oscar Holland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The show featured no explicit references to the controversy, though Gankiewicz described her unexpected three-month stint as Miss USA as “the most unique reign in history.”Alma Cooper onstage with former Miss USA titleholder Savannah Gankiewicz of Hawaii. Miss USA president Laylah Rose released a statement at the end of May, reported by the Los Angeles Times, refuting Voigt’s allegations. Judges included shoe designer Jojo Bragais and former Miss USA titleholders Carole Gist and Lu Parker. Sunday marked the first Miss USA pageant to take place since its owner, the Miss Universe Organization, lifted a longstanding age restriction banning women over 28 from participating. Cooper will now go onto compete in the Miss Universe 2024 contest, which will be held in Mexico later this year.

Persons: Alma Cooper, Kentucky’s Connor Perry, Oklahoma’s Danika Christopherson, ”, ” Cooper, Savannah, Utah’s Noelia Voigt, Voigt’s, —, UmaSofia Srivastava, Gankiewicz, ” Alma Cooper, Gilbert Flores, Voigt, “, ” Voigt, ” Srivastava, Barbara, Laylah Rose, Chelsea Lauren, Shutterstock, Garcelle, Keltie Knight, Jojo Bragais, Carole Gist, Lu Parker, Kristina Johnson of, Maryland’s Bailey Anne Kennedy, Shavana Clarke, Addie Carver, Stephanie Skinner, Carver, Cooper Organizations: CNN, US Army, Miss USA, Stanford University, Latina, United States Army, Miss Teen USA, Instagram, Miss, Morning, Miss Universe Organization, Los Angeles Times, Garcelle Beauvais, Housewives, Beverly Hills, Miss Teen Locations: Savannah Gankiewicz, Hawaii, Miss USA, Los Angeles , California, “, California, Kristina Johnson of Arizona, Montana , North Dakota, Maryland, Indiana, Shavana Clarke of Connecticut, Mississippi, Mexico

☆ Insider Today: The new Ozempic
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I'm Jordan Parker Erb, filling in for Joi-Marie McKenzie today. On the agenda:This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Also read:Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BIThe new OzempicYou've heard about Ozempic and Botox, treatments that have become staples of elite wellness and beauty routines. AdvertisementMore of this week's top reads:The Insider Today team: Jordan Parker Erb, editor, in New York. Dan DeFrancesco, deputy editor and anchor, in New York City.

Persons: —, I'm Jordan Parker Erb, Marie McKenzie, Jaime Stathis, She'd, It's, it's, Insider's Aki Ito, who've, Trois Rois, Napoleon Bonaparte, winder, Bentley, Chance Yeh, Getty, Hector Vivas, Tyler Le, Read, Jenny Chang, Rodriguez, You've, Elizabeth Taylor, Rebecca Zisser, Max, Olivia Rodrigo, Jordan Parker Erb, Dan DeFrancesco, Lisa Ryan, Amanda Yen Organizations: Service, Joi, Emirates, Business, Grand, Michelin, Miss, Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, BI, Getty, Elizabeth Taylor Estate, HBO, Disney Plus, Hulu, Eagles, Reebok, Apple Locations: Dubai, Cavan, Northern California, Grass, Sacramento, Big, California, Austin, Basel, Switzerland, Miss USA, New York, New York City

☆ Secret Bundlers, Sham Donations: Adams Is Faulted in Campaign Audit
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Bianca Pallaro | Jay Root | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Three years ago, as Eric Adams was running for mayor of New York City, his campaign was raking in donations from a broad range of mysterious sources. There was the $201,330 delivered by unidentified intermediaries through 57 clusters of donations, some from people working at institutions with ties to Turkey. Their contributions are being scrutinized in a federal investigation focused in part on potentially unlawful foreign money flowing into campaign coffers. Then there was a set of unknown bundlers who gathered donations tied to Lian Wu Shao, whose family oversees the New World Mall in downtown Flushing, Queens. agents also searched two Bronx homes owned by a top Adams administration official, Winnie Greco, who helped organize fund-raisers at the mall for Mr. Adams.

Persons: Eric Adams, bundlers, Lian Wu Shao, Adams, Winnie Greco Locations: New York City, Turkey, Flushing , Queens, Queens

☆ Armed With Saran Wrap, She Sinks in the Muck to Save the Planet
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Christopher Maag | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

One moment, Dorothy Peteet stood on a mat of squishy grass in Idlewild marsh, on the edge of Jamaica Bay in southern Queens. The next moment she sank to her hips in the cool, sulfuric muck. “Yes, this happens,” Dr. Peteet, one of the world’s foremost experts on marshes, said. “I don’t think I remembered to bring any towels.”A saltwater marsh is an in-between place. For centuries, New Yorkers viewed Jamaica Bay’s swamps as smelly barriers to progress, fit to become garbage dumps only when they couldn’t be drained and paved into highways and airports.

Persons: Dorothy Peteet, “, ”, Peteet Organizations: diamondback terrapins Locations: Idlewild, Jamaica Bay, Queens, Yorkers, Jamaica

☆ Miss Teen USA 2024: Addie Carver of Mississippi wins controversy-hit beauty pageant
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Oscar Holland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Addie Carver of Mississippi was named Miss Teen USA on Thursday, assuming a title that has stood vacant since the previous winner’s highly controversial resignation in May. Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesYear of scandalThe Miss USA organization, which operates both pageants, was thrown into disarray when Voigt stepped down in May. Miss USA president Laylah Rose released a statement at the end of May, reported by the Los Angeles Times, refuting Voigt’s allegations. Unlike in Miss USA, the teen competition’s first runner-up, Stephanie Skinner, declined to take on the title, which instead remained vacant. Mental health strugglesOpen to applicants aged 14 to 19, the annual Miss Teen USA contest celebrates “beauty, brains and confidence,” according to its official website.

Persons: Addie Carver, Carver, ” Georgia’s Ava Colindres, Arizona’s Rachael Mclaen, Utah’s Noelia Voigt, UmaSofia Srivastava, —, Voigt, Srivastava, Savannah Gankiewicz, Rachel Lindsay, Justin Sylvester, Kevin Winter, “, ”, Barbara Srivastava, Laylah Rose, Stephanie Skinner, Francia Raisa, Rylee Arnold, ” Carver Organizations: CNN, Miss Teen USA, Miss USA, Miss Teen, USA, Miss, Peacock, Miss Universe Organization, Los Angeles Times, “ Locations: Mississippi, Los Angeles, Miss USA, Los Angeles , California

☆ Miss USA and Miss Teen USA: Everything you need to know
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —After a turbulent year for the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageants that saw both its 2023 titleholders resign for the first time ever, both events are returning this week to Los Angeles to crown two new winners. To vie for the titles, the 51 contestants from each competition will showcase themselves through multiple rounds: swimsuit (Miss USA) or athletic wear (Miss Teen USA), evening gown, and an onstage interview, as well as a preliminary interview with the judges. The Miss Universe Organization and Rose, through Miss USA, did not respond to CNN’s requests for comment in May. In 2022, the Miss Universe Organization (MUO) announced that married, divorced and pregnant women could compete for the first time at Miss Universe and Miss USA. How to watch Miss USA and Miss Teen USAThe finals of the 42nd edition of Miss Teen USA will take place August 1, followed by the 73rd edition of Miss USA on August 4 at the Peacock Theater.

Persons: Noelia Voigt, UmaSofia Srivastava, Voigt, Stephanie Skinner, Srivastava, — Voigt, Voigt’s, Laylah Rose, ” Laylah Rose, Chelsea Lauren, Shutterstock, Rose, Jackeline Voigt, Barbara Srivastava, “, ” Jackeline, Erik Kabik, Gankiewicz, Garcelle Beauvais, Rachel Lindsay, ”, Justin Sylvester, USA Kataluna Enriquez, Juliana Morehouse, Marissa Teijo, MUO, Stephanie Sullivan, Miss America, Catalina —, —, Yolande Betbeze, Donald Trump, Crystle Stewart, R’Bonney Gabriel, Gabriel, Stewart Organizations: CNN, Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, USA, Teen USA, Former Miss Teen, Miss Universe Organization, Rose, Los Angeles Times, Morning, Miss, “, Housewives, Beverly, Miss Universe, Miss Texas, Texas USA, Indiana, Miss America, Catalina, JKN Global Group, AP Miss, NBC, Miss Teen, Peacock Locations: Los Angeles, Savannah Gankiewicz, Hawaii, Miss Hawaii, Savannah, Honolulu, Honolulu , Hawaii, Miss USA, Miss Texas USA, Texas, Miss America, MUO, United States, Thai

☆ I'm a proud, child-free cat lady. Children are still important to me — I just don't want any of my own.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Christina Wyman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I am a 44-year-old child-free woman and certified cat lady. Life as a child-free person is not just about hoarding money, going on fancy vacations, or sleeping in on weekends. Stereotypes of what it means to be a child-free woman are nothing more than a caricature — though, yes, I do have cats. And though I don't want children myself, like many other child-free women, I'm an advocate for families. Because even though I'm a child-free woman, children are still important to me, and this is one key way that I've been able to contribute to their worlds.

Persons: I've, Christina, Christina Wyman, I'm Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Queens , New York, Queens

☆ At Home With - Kecia Lewis
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Joanne Kaufman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“It had to feel peaceful, because I have to be able to pray,” said Ms. Lewis, 59, a native New Yorker now based in Atlanta. “I have stayed in places where it was not peaceful, and I have moved out. On one visit, she stayed at an Airbnb in New Jersey, and then an Airbnb in Queens. “But once we knew we were going to Broadway, I wanted to find something in the city,” Ms. Lewis said. Not too close to Midtown, but not so far as to make for a burdensome commute to the stage door.

Persons: ”, Kecia Lewis, Miss Liza Jane, Lewis, “, Ms Organizations: Broadway Locations: Manhattan, New Yorker, Atlanta, “ Chicago, New Jersey, Queens, Midtown

☆ China’s LGBTQ+ community celebrates rare scenes from Paris Olympics but internet is divided
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Chris Lau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

These are among the images that France, the organizer of the Paris 2024 Olympics, presented to the world during the opening ceremony last week. The clampdown has made it all the more striking when scenes of gay men and drag queens from the Paris Olympics opening ceremony made it onto Chinese state broadcaster CCTV. On social media site Weibo, the “#Paris opening ceremony is really cool# hashtag has generated more than 600 million views over the past four days. “Those who didn’t stay up late to watch the Olympic opening ceremony tonight missed out big time. #Paris opening ceremony is really cool#The ceremony remained the top trending topic on Weibo for more than 15 hours starting Saturday.

Persons: Xi Jinping, Ken Huang, ”, Jeremy Goupille, Natacha, Leonardo da Vinci’s, Christian, French, Suen, Aritists, Athena de Martel, ” Suen, Netizens Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Paris, Weibo, Pride House, Paris Olympics, Communist Party, Chinese University of Hong, House, ” Locations: China, Hong Kong, France, Paris, Beijing, Shanghai, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Weibo

☆ Think N.Y.C.’s Roads Are Crowded? Good Luck on the Sidewalks.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Lola Fadulu | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This is Street Wars, a weekly series on the battle for space on New York’s streets and sidewalks. Any New Yorker who regularly walks around the city quickly learns which sidewalks are a pleasure to navigate and which are more like obstacle courses. Some are wide enough to stroll two, maybe three people across. Some are so narrow and crowded that it’s easier to just walk in the street, despite the danger. He was able to track those factors using data from the city and images from dash cameras used widely by ride-share drivers.

Persons: Matthew Franchi Organizations: Yorker, Cornell University Locations: Queens, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Bronx

☆ Francine Pascal, Creator of ‘Sweet Valley High’ Book Series, Dies at 92
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Clay Risen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Francine Pascal, a former soap-opera scriptwriter from Queens who conjured up an entire literary universe among the blue-eyed cheerleaders and square-jawed jocks of suburban Los Angeles, most notably in her long-running and mega-best-selling “Sweet Valley High” series of young-adult novels, died on Sunday in Manhattan. Her daughter Laurie Wenk-Pascal said the death, at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, was caused by lymphoma. With covers instantly recognizable by their varsity-style lettering and soft-focus illustrations, “Sweet Valley High” books enraptured a generation of teenage readers with the lives of Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield, identical twins attending high school in the fictional Los Angeles suburb of Sweet Valley. The twins are “the most adorable, dazzling 16-year-old girls imaginable,” Ms. Pascal told People magazine in 1988. They, and the books, are also strikingly innocent: Even as the thoughtful Elizabeth and the scheming Jessica clash over boys, friends and spots on the cheerleading team, drugs, alcohol and sex barely permeate the 181 titles in “Sweet Valley High,” or the scores of others in the spinoffs — and the spinoffs of spinoffs — from the series.

Persons: Francine Pascal, Laurie Wenk, Pascal, Elizabeth, Jessica Wakefield, Ms, Jessica Organizations: Presbyterian Hospital Locations: Los Angeles, Sweet, Manhattan, NewYork, Sweet Valley

☆ Here's how much apartment space $1,500 a month gets you in some of America's biggest cities
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementFinding a relatively large apartment to rent without paying a lot each month might be attractive to people who work remotely. That includes El Paso at 1,147 square feet and Lubbock at 1,220 square feet. Still, there were Texas locations with averages under 1,000 square feet, like Dallas at 815 square feet. Meanwhile, most of the large cities in California and Florida had low averages, reflecting their more expensive housing markets. "Notably, Texas has four locations among the top 20 small cities offering the most apartment space for $1,500," the blog post said.

Persons: —, Alexandra Both, RentCafe Organizations: Service, South, Business, Midwest Locations: Southeast, Wichita , Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, El Paso, Lubbock, Dallas, California, Florida, Queens , New York, Newark , New Jersey, Columbus , Georgia, , Texas

☆ Miss USA Pageant Is Being Destroyed by Its Scandals
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Anneta Konstantinides | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +22 min

AdvertisementAccording to the longtime Miss USA official, the significant shift was ushered in by the former Miss Universe Organization president Paula Shugart, who produced the Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, and Miss Universe pageants from 2001 until 2020. Benjamin Askinas/The Miss Universe OrganizationCheslie Kryst, who won Miss USA in 2019, defended the #MeToo movement during her interview round. It was a remarkably different experience from those of past titleholders like Miss USA 2013 Erin Brady Colagiovanni and Miss Teen USA 2017 Sophia Dominguez-Heithoff. AdvertisementThough they were "brand ambassadors" of the organization, Voigt and Srivastava couldn't even post on the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA social-media pages. Advertisement"I don't know that Miss USA is relevant right now," the longtime Miss USA official said.

Persons: Noelia Voigt, Voigt, Miss Teen USA UmaSofia Srivastava, Crystle Stewart, Stewart, Max Sebrechts, Laylah Rose, We're, we're, Rose, Srivastava, Craig Barritt, Srivastava haven't, they'd, Kansas Haley Berger, Jackeline Voigt, Barbara Srivastava, Barbara, They'd, Jackeline, Srivastava's, Miss Colorado Arianna Lemus, Stephanie Skinner —, Kimberly Nicewonder, Miss Virginia, Paula Miles —, South Carolina —, Rose's, It's, Ryan Miles, Paula, she's, Brian Ach, Miss Rhode, We've, we've, Paula Shugart, Shugart, Amber Hulse, I've, Olivia Culpo, Donald Trump, Benjamin Askinas, Miss Universe Organization Cheslie Kryst, Kára McCullough, Kryst, Hulse, Miss Utah Noelia Voigt, Rachelle di Stasio, Miss Colorado, Lemus, Rachel Slawson, Merissa Underwood, Voigt's, Rose wouldn't, Noelia, Laylah, Claudia Michelle, Chance Yeh, Michelle, Miss USA's, Kimberly Clark, Erin Brady Colagiovanni, Sophia Dominguez, Colagiovanni, Dominguez, Heithoff, Srivastava couldn't, Amanda Jones, Jones, Terkel, — Organizations: Miss, Business, Miss Teen USA, Miss USA, Representatives, Teen USA, Miss Hawaii Savannah Gankiewicz, Miss Teen Virginia, New York, hiTechMODA, Miss Texas, Miss Rhode Island's, Miss Universe Organization, Fox, Miss USA Miss, New York Times, —, Supermodels, Miss Teen, CW Locations: Miss USA, USA, Miss, Miss Virginia, Alabama , Louisiana, North, South Carolina, Miss South Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, America

☆ U.S. airlines cut growth plans in a bid to stem profit-eating fare discounts
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

U.S. airlines are reducing their capacity through the end of the year in a bid to cool an oversupplied domestic market that has led to lower fares and reduced profits despite strong summer travel demand. Airlines now expect to grow flying about 4% year over year during the final three months of the year. U.S. airline executives have noted strong demand but a U.S. domestic market that's awash in flights, forcing them to dial back growth plans, which could drive up fares. Reducing capacity could drive up fares for consumers and boost airlines' bottom lines, if travel demand holds up. Getting fares in the market that are profitable to airlines but palatable to consumers is crucial for the industry as consumers have pulled back on spending in other areas.

Persons: Michael Linenberg Organizations: United, JetBlue, Delta, Laguardia Airport, Deutsche Bank, Sunday . Airlines Locations: Queens, New York City . U.S, U.S

☆ An Olympics Scene Draws Scorn. Was It Really Referencing ‘The Last Supper’?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Yan Zhuang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A performance during the Paris Olympics’ opening ceremony on Friday has drawn criticism from church leaders and conservative politicians for a perceived likeness to Leonardo da Vinci’s depiction of a biblical scene in “The Last Supper,” with some calling it a “mockery” of Christianity. In the performance broadcast during the ceremony, a woman wearing a silver, halo-like headdress stood at the center of a long table, with drag queens posing on either side of her. Later, at the same table, a giant cloche lifted, revealing a man, nearly naked and painted blue, on a dinner plate surrounded by fruit. He broke into a song as, behind him, the drag queens danced. The tableaux drew condemnation among people who saw the images as a parody of “The Last Supper,” the New Testament scene depicted in da Vinci’s painting by the same name.

Persons: Leonardo da, Robert Barron, ” Organizations: Paris Olympics, Bishops ’ Conference Locations: Minnesota

☆ Missing Henry VIII portrait spotted on X by eagle-eyed historian
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

London CNN —An art historian has identified a missing portrait of King Henry VIII after spotting it on social media. It showed a gathering at a reception in Warwick’s Shire Hall, where Warwickshire County Council is based. The distinctive frame was one of the features that helped identify the painting as the missing portrait of Henry VIII. His focus was on the background where, hanging on a wall, was what he suspected was a missing portrait of the Tudor monarch Henry VIII. In a telephone call with CNN, Busiakiewicz revealed that this was not the first discovery he had made thanks to social media.

Persons: King Henry VIII, Adam Busiakiewicz, Tim Cox, Warwickshire –, Henry VIII, Busiakiewicz wasn’t, Busiakiewicz, Aaron Manning, Ralph Sheldon, ”, ” Busiakiewicz, Sheldon, Henry Shaw, Joan Carlile, Manning, “ Adam, Aaron, Ralph Sheldon’s Organizations: London CNN, British, Weston, CNN, “, Warwickshire County Council, Hall, Museum Collections Locations: British, Warwickshire, English, Warwick’s Shire, Warwick's, Weston, Warwick’s

☆ For Billy Joel Fans, a New York Night to Remember
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Alexandra E. Petri | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Lori Umbrino saw her first Billy Joel concert at Shea Stadium in Queens in 1990. More than three decades later, she stood with her two children outside Madison Square Garden on Thursday evening, each wearing a T-shirt from the singer’s concerts across the years. That journey has led them back to Madison Square Garden, where Mr. Joel was performing the 150th and final show of his 10-year residency there. The milestone — and, for some, the devastating misunderstanding that Mr. Joel was retiring — drew veterans of his shows, first-timers, families and singles from around the city and the country. Thousands of people piled into the Garden to hear Mr. Joel glide from hit to hit.

Persons: Lori Umbrino, Billy Joel, “ We’ve, ”, Umbrino, Joel’s, Billy Joel Day, Joel, — Organizations: Shea, Madison, Garden Locations: Queens, Madison, New York State

☆ ‘It was humiliating.’ Evictions in these cities are worse than before Covid
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

New York CNN —A toxic mix of surging rental rates and vanishing support for renters has catapulted evictions above pre-pandemic levels in some major cities. Evictions have increased most significantly in Sun Belt cities where housing affordability has worsened and where renters often have fewer protections. Other cities, including Minneapolis (+44%) and Columbus, Ohio (+37%), are also experiencing higher levels of evictions than before the pandemic. Three-quarters of the 34 cities tracked by the Eviction Lab had evictions increase between 2022 and 2023. The vast majority of evictions are for issues related to nonpayment of rent, according to the Eviction Lab.

Persons: ”, Chris Salviati, Kristolyn Lloyd, you’re, ” Lloyd, —, Yuki Iwamura, “, Lloyd, ‘, ’ ” Lloyd, Diane Yentel, Brett Coomer, Jacob Haas, it’s, Haas, Heather Vargas, she’s, Vargas, ” Vargas Organizations: New, New York CNN, Princeton University ., Broadway, CNN, Bloomberg, Getty, Income Housing Coalition, Princeton’s, Houston, Harvest Time, Houston Chronicle, Investors Locations: New York, Sun Belt, Gainesville , Florida, Houston, Nashville, Fort Worth , Texas, Minneapolis, Columbus , Ohio, Columbus, Las, New York City, Covid, Manhattan, Queens, Texas, Florida, Atlanta, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Harris, South Carolina, Philadelphia, Wilmington , Delaware, Miami, Cleveland, San Diego, Citrus, Califonia, ”

☆ Most Valuable Player: A Star Raises the Profile of Women’s Soccer in Africa
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( John Eligon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Racheal Kundananji was just 17 when she showed up to practice with her first-ever soccer team wearing track spikes. Until then, track and field was the only organized sport she had known in the Zambian copper-mining region where she grew up. Now she was sprinting around a bumpy patch of dirt that seemed more suitable for off-road biking than for soccer, displaying skills as rugged as the field itself. “She would run very fast,” said Risto Mupaka, a coach of the team, Konkola Queens. But, he added, “turning was a problem.”It didn’t take her long to figure out the game.

Persons: Racheal Kundananji, ”, Risto Mupaka, Kundananji Locations: Queens

☆ The new wave of pop stars who are getting young voters tuned into the 2024 election
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Elizabeth Wagmeister | Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

That’s the sound of a wave of young pop artists powering Vice President Kamala Harris on TikTok. While Roan has not yet endorsed a candidate in the race for the White House, galvanizing her fans through her music may pay off for the Harris campaign. In other words, Charli XCX could be more influential in the 2024 election than George Clooney or Barbra Streisand (both of whom have also endorsed Harris). While Harris’ TikTok page has 1.1 million followers, Trump, who joined TikTok in June, garnered 3 million followers in his first day on the social media platform. He now boasts 9.1 million followers.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Harris, Chappell, ”, Donald Trump, Trump, “, Roan, galvanizing, she’d, Joe Biden’s, Biden, George Clooney, Barbra Streisand, “ Kamala, Gen Z, ” Harris, Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato, Kesha, Charli XCX —, Kamala, Harris isn’t, Harris ’, Charli, Charli XCX, Don Arnold, XCX, Olivia Rodrigo Olivia Rodrigo, Kevin Winter, Olivia Rodrigo, Rodrigo, “ Donald Trump’s, ” Rodrigo, Anthony Fauci, Chappell Roan Chappell Roan, Cheney Orr, Willard, ” Roan, Madonna, Governors Ball, I’ll, CNN’s Alli Rosenbloom, DJ Judd Organizations: CNN, White, New, Ball Music, of, Democratic, Biden, TikTok, Getty, The Recording Academy Singer, Congress, Governors, Pride Locations: TikTok, Sydney, Australia, West Allis , Wisconsin, United States, New York, Roan, Willard , Missouri

☆ Duolingo Is the Meanest App in the App Store. Gen Z Loves It.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Kelli María Korducki | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

After all, I knew perfectly well what I'd signed up for: learning Portuguese from the biggest asshole on the App Store. It might be an overstatement to call tough love the secret sauce for engaging Gen Z customers. It followed that in 2023 with a send-up of personal-injury-attorney TV ads: "Lawyer Fights Duolingo Owl for $2,700,000." Despite the research, Duolingo insists its guilt-tripping notifications do the trick of enticing people to drop whatever they're doing to log on to the app. When Duolingo's head of product, Cem Kansu, posted a thread in 2020 about the success of "the passive aggressive reminder," several unhappy Duolingo users chimed in.

Persons: I'd, — Locations: Lisbon

☆ Fake filming notices are popping up around New York City with bizarre plots, including one where Carrie Bradshaw dates Mr. Bean
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Fake film notices for 'And Just Like That…' are going viral in New York City. The flyers feature bizarre plots like Carrie Bradshaw dating Mr. Bean. AdvertisementImagine if the next season of "And Just Like That…" featured Sarah Jessica Parker's character Carrie Bradshaw on a date with Mr. Bean. At least one person in New York is imagining it, according to a series of fradulent film notices appearing around the city and going viral on social media. The notices, taped on signposts and electric boxes, feature a fake warning that the show will be filming in the area and a description of a bizarre episode plot.

Persons: Carrie Bradshaw, Bean, Doug, —, Sarah Jessica Parker's, . Bean Organizations: Service, Business Locations: New York City, New York

☆ Parents of Teen Driver Who Killed Girl in High-Speed Crash Are Sentenced
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Maria Cramer | Claire Fahy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A New York couple who bought their 16-year-old son a BMW were sentenced on Monday to three years of probation and 26 weeks of parenting classes after the teenager drove the car at speeds of more than 100 miles an hour, slammed into a truck and killed his passenger, a 14-year-old girl. The teenager, whose name has not been released because of his age, was arraigned last December on at least a dozen charges, including second-degree manslaughter and reckless endangerment of a child. He faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted. He had a junior driver’s license, which prohibited him from driving unsupervised under any circumstances in New York City, when in May 2023 he crashed his red 2005 BMW 325i into the back of a parked UPS truck in the Springfield Gardens neighborhood of Queens, prosecutors said. The teenage driver survived the crash with minor injuries, but his passenger, Fortune Williams, a freshman at a Springfield Gardens high school, was thrown from the car and pronounced dead at the scene, prosecutors said.

Persons: BMW, Fortune Williams Organizations: York, Springfield Gardens Locations: New York City, Springfield, Queens

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