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Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during his campaign rally at Sunset Park on June 09, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Donald Trump on Thursday brought up the idea of imposing an "all tariff policy" that would ultimately enable the U.S. to get rid of the income tax, sources in a private meeting with the Republican presidential candidate told CNBC. Trump in a Truth Social post later Thursday morning said there was "lots discussed, all positive" in the meeting, without providing any more details. Trump's remark about replacing income taxes with tariffs quickly drew critics. Trump was later impeached in the House for inciting the violent mob that stormed the Capitol and temporarily halted the peaceful transfer of presidential power.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Joe Biden, Spokespeople, David Kamin, Catherine Rampell Organizations: Republican, CNBC, Trump, GOP, Capitol Hill Club, Washington , D.C, New York University School of Law, Washington Post, Capitol, U.S, Biden Locations: Las Vegas , Nevada, Washington ,

☆ Oil prices extend rally on potential U.S. crude purchase for reserve
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

An offshore oil platform is seen at sunset on February 9, 2024 near Huntington Beach, California. Oil prices rose on Tuesday, extending the previous day's rally on hopes of higher seasonal fuel demand and potential U.S. crude purchases for its petroleum reserve, though gains were capped by a firmer dollar. Brent crude futures climbed 28 cents, or 0.3%, to $81.91 per barrel by 0038 GMT and U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose 31 cents, or 0.4%, to $78.05. "Since WTI is near its 200-day average, we expect oil prices to remain close to current levels for a while," he said. U.S. crude oil stockpiles were expected to have fallen while product inventories likely rose last week, a preliminary Reuters poll showed on Monday.

Persons: WTI, Hiroyuki Kikukawa, Jennifer Granholm, Goldman Sachs, Brent Organizations: Brent, . West Texas, . Federal Reserve, NS, Nissan Securities, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Energy, Reuters, American Petroleum Institute, Energy Information Administration, U.S . Department of Energy, U.S . Energy Information Administration, International Energy Agency Locations: Huntington Beach , California, U.S, .

☆ Live updates: Boeing and NASA launch Starliner spacecraft
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Jackie Wattles | Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Boeing’s Starliner sits on the launchpad at sunset, at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on Friday, May 31. The entire stack, including the rocket and spacecraft, was rolled back from the launchpad for testing and repairs. Several issues also cropped up during the June 1 launch attempt, which was called with less than four minutes left on the countdown clock prior to liftoff. But moments before liftoff, the ground launch sequencer — the computer that tells the rocket to launch — triggered an automatic hold that prevented the launch. The United Launch Alliance team investigated the issue and replaced the computer over the weekend, and deemed Starliner ready to fly once more.

Persons: Boeing’s Starliner, Joel Kowsky, NASA Starliner, Starliner Organizations: Cape Canaveral Space Force, NASA, Atlas V, V, United Launch Alliance Locations: Florida

☆ 'The Traitors' season 3 cast includes Queen Elizabeth's cousin, Zac Efron's brother, Britney Spears' ex-husband, and more — see the full cast
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Caralynn Matassa | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

It became the most-watched reality series in the streamer's history and spawned some instantly classic memes, largely courtesy of "Real Housewives" star Phaedra Parks. Britney HaynesBritney Haynes was a houseguest on "Big Brother" season 12, "Big Brother" season 14, and "Big Brother: Reindeer Games." Chanel AyanChanel Ayan stars on "The Real Housewives of Dubai." Bravo/Getty ImagesKnown for: "The Real Housewives of Dubai"Follow her on Instagram here. Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty ImagesKnown for: "Down to Earth with Zac Efron" (and being Zac Efron's brother)Follow him on Instagram here.

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☆ Oil market 'oversold'? Analysts and traders pin crude's price plunge on demand, trading strategies
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Ruxandra Iordache | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Oil prices defied the announcement of extended supply cuts from the OPEC+ alliance with brisk declines, with analysts and traders faulting certain trading strategies and the demand picture for the downturn. "I would say that what the market is going through currently is going into an oversold, technically oversold market that is pushing the prices down," he noted. The front-month Nymex WTI contract was at $73.28 per barrel, higher by 3 cents per barrel from the Tuesday settlement. While some blame the OPEC+ meeting for the drop, we believe other factors — such as the option market—have played a role," UBS strategist Giovanni Staunovo said in a Tuesday note to clients. Renewed inventory draws are needed to push oil prices higher, in our view."

Persons: Abdulaziz Almoqbel, CNBC's Dan Murphy, —, …, Almoqbel, Ice Brent, Giovanni Staunovo Organizations: Organization of, Petroleum, Ice, bbl, UBS Locations: Huntington Beach , California, OPEC, London

☆ Shopify will stop reimbursing employees for internet costs while remaining a remote-first company
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Shopify told employees late last week that, as of July 1, the company will no longer allow certain types of expense reimbursements. Those expenses include a benefit that allows employees to be reimbursed for up to $55 in monthly internet costs. "The Internet expense was set up to fill a need as the pandemic hit and we transitioned to remote work. AdvertisementThe policy will continue in certain countries and US states where regulations require employers to provide reimbursement for remote work costs. AdvertisementRepresentatives for Shopify did not return BI's request for comment on the changes to its expense policy.

Persons: Shopify Organizations: Service, Business, BI, Employees Locations: Canada, Shopify, mstone@businessinsider.com

☆ Paramount and Skydance agree to terms of a merger deal
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Lillian Rizzo | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Paramount and Skydance have agreed to terms of a merger, CNBC's David Faber reported Monday. A Paramount special committee and the buying consortium — David Ellison's Skydance, backed by private equity firms RedBird Capital and KKR — agreed to the terms. The deal currently calls for Redstone to receive $2 billion for National Amusements, Faber reported Monday. Following the close of the deal, Skydance and RedBird would own two-thirds of Paramount, and the class B shareholders would own the remaining third of the company, Faber reported. The deal will not require a vote from the shareholders, which was part of the negotiations, Faber reported.

Persons: Skydance, CNBC's David Faber, — David Ellison's Skydance, KKR —, Shari Redstone, Faber, RedBird, Paramount's, Bob Bakish, George Cheeks, Chris McCarthy, Brian Robbins Organizations: Paramount, Columbia, —, RedBird Capital, KKR, Amusements, Apollo Global Management, Sony Pictures, National Amusements, Wall Street, CNBC, Apollo, Sony, Redstone, CBS, Showtime, MTV Entertainment Studios, Paramount Media Networks, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Locations: Hollywood , California

☆ In ‘Clipped,’ Cleopatra Coleman Spreads Her Wings
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Alexis Soloski | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Cleopatra Coleman began with red, swirling it toward pink with a fine-tipped brush. An oval appeared on the paper, and then smaller marks joined it — ears, eyebrows, a line for a nose. “I always draw this woman,” Coleman said. “I don’t know why.”This was on a bright May morning and Coleman, a star of the FX limited series “Clipped,” premiering Tuesday on Hulu, was at Happy Medium, an art cafe around the corner from her temporary apartment in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. So this morning, on a day off from filming a new series, “Black Rabbit,” she had taken herself on a date.

Persons: Cleopatra Coleman, ” Coleman, “, Coleman, George, ”, “ It’s, Donald Sterling Organizations: New York State Summer School, Arts, Los Angeles Clippers Locations: Hulu, Greenpoint , Brooklyn, Manhattan

☆ U.S. crude oil on pace for worst month of year ahead of weekend OPEC+ meeting
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

An offshore oil platform is seen at sunset near Huntington Beach, California, on Feb. 9, 2024. U.S. crude oil was on pace Friday for its worst month of the year, ahead of an OPEC+ meeting this weekend during which the cartel will review its production levels. Here are today's energy prices:OPEC+ members on Sunday are expected to review voluntary output cuts of 2.2 million barrels per day. Oil market analysts generally agree that the group will likely keep those cuts in place. Chinese refiners' output has also slumped, and European refiners have been slow to return from spring maintenance, which has also pressured demand, according to the investment bank.

Persons: Helima Croft Organizations: Brent, Sunday, RBC Capital Markets, JPMorgan Locations: Huntington Beach , California, U.S

Wai and Hui rent a two-family house with Hui's parents. Photo by CNBC Make ItWhen the lease was up on the couple's apartment, Hui's parents knew about a two-family house in Bensonhurst that was available for rent. The average size for a Brooklyn, apartment is 660 square feet, and the average monthly rent is $3,558 a month, according to RentCafe. Wai and Hui live upstairs while his parents live in their own apartment downstairs. The couple pays $1,600 a month to live in the one-bedroom, one-bath apartment on the second floor, while Wai's in-laws pay $1,900 and live on the first floor, according to documents reviewed by CNBC Make It.

Persons: Vionna Wai, Chucky Hui, Hui, Wai, Mickey Todiwala, He's Organizations: CNBC Locations: Sunset, Brooklyn, N.Y, Bensonhurst, Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Manhattan

☆ I got engaged with a $57 Etsy ring. My fiancé and I both make 6 figures, but we're planning strategically to save $20K for our wedding.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Viviana Vazquez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Our wedding budgetWe have a wedding budget of $20,000, with a guest list of around 120 people. Some of my family members won't be able to travel to Mexico, so we plan to invite them to dinner after our City Hall civil wedding. Some of my family members won't be able to travel to Mexico, so we plan to invite them to dinner after our City Hall civil wedding. We plan to help subsidize five rooms for 10 family members by contributing $1,000 per room, or half the cost. We plan to help subsidize five rooms for 10 family members by contributing $1,000 per room, or half the cost.

Persons: —, Xavi, We've, Vazquez, Viviana Vazquez, maxing, Robert Dula, we'd, I'm, San Miguel de Allende, Viviana Vazquez Viviana Vazquez, Jane Zhang Organizations: Service, Baruch College, Business, City Hall, City Locations: New York City, Mexico, Atlanta, New Orleans, Vazquez, Nola, Cancún, New York, San Miguel, janezhang@businessinsider.com

☆ Amazon is hunting for more brand collaborations with a slew of new exec appointments. Read the full memo.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewFresh off bringing ads to Prime Video, Amazon is looking for more ways to get brands involved in its original TV shows and films. The company also made several other appointments to develop projects that are funded by or focused on brands and work on integrating ads into Prime Video entertainment. AdvertisementHer future role at Freevee had been the subject of internal speculation after Amazon added advertising to Prime Video. With this in mind, I am pleased to share that Lauren Anderson's remit is expanding to support those efforts for Amazon MGM Studios. Finally, Lauren will continue her oversight of Amazon MGM Studios 1P FAST Programming delivered to Prime Video and Freevee.

Persons: —, execs, Lauren Anderson, Anderson, Freevee, James Marsden, hasn't, Vernon Sanders, Lauren Anderson's, Lauren, Christel Miller, Jenny Falkoff, Alysia Russo, Benoit Landry, Benoit's, Justin Holt, Justin, Claudine Atout, Traci Blackwell, Kara Smith, Vernon Organizations: Service, Amazon MGM, Business, Prime, Amazon MGM Studios, Brands, Hulu, Marriott, MGM Studios, Studios, Amazon, Film, Ad, MGM, FAST

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

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

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

☆ Safaris aren't the only tourist attraction in Africa. From cruises to wine tasting, here's what else you can do
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Harriet Akinyi | Penny Sadler | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Bungy jumping at Soweto Towers, a decommissioned power station in Johannesburg, South Africa. Explore the beachAfrican beach towns combine beauty and culture, in places like Seychelles, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Mozambique, Mauritius, Zanzibar, Ghana, Namibia and Egypt. In addition to being a popular stop for world cruises, East and South Africa have their own ocean cruise routes which follow the coastlines and visit offshore islands. But South Africa is the continent's crown jewel. The wine country of Franschhoek, outside of Cape Town, South Africa.

Persons: Toubkal, there's, Thomas Janisch, Zina Bencheikh, Madagascar's Tsingy, Carlo Morucchio, Kenya's Masai Mara, King Charles III, Queen Camilla, Mombasa's, Samir Hussein, Luciemarie Swanepoel, Jeremy Villasis, Peter Unger, Kate Powell, Intrepid's Bencheikh, Kevin Bubolz, Wrenelle Stander, Michele Westmorland Organizations: bungie, Getty, Intrepid Travel, UNESCO, Heritage, Wireimage, Diamonds, Sainte, Cruises, Stone, Queen, Cruise Line, MSC, Continental, Penguin Locations: Africa, Morocco's, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Nyangani, Zimbabwe, Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, Europe, East, Namibia, Victoria Falls, Zambia, Jinja, Uganda, Morocco, Seychelles, Kenya, Mozambique, Mauritius, Zanzibar, Ghana, Egypt, Mombasa, Mombasa's Fort Jesus, Fort Jesus, Kaya, Zanzibar's Stone, Madagascar, Swanepoel, Durban, Cape, Kivu, Silversea, Continental Europe, Middle East, Port, Ethiopia, Wesgro, Stellenbosch, Franschhoek, Cape Town , South Africa

☆ ‘How do I live?’ A 10-year-old Ukrainian orphan recalls the brutal destruction of his family
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( Nick Paton Walsh | Mick Krever | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“Mom was saying, ‘Kolya, Kolya.’ I shouted, ‘Mom, I’m alive.’”He said he frantically scraped the dust from his face and eyes. And I was shouting, ‘Mother, mother, it’s just a dream, a horrible dream.’” Mykola had a similar nightmare days earlier, and felt it might be recurring. Hours earlier, the family had a barbecue, and Mykola senior drank one beer too many and talked passionately about enlisting. In the pitch black, his son clambered outside, the front of their comfortable family home beyond recognition, its gates torn clean away. Video Ad Feedback CNN witnesses Ukrainian soldiers being treated after blast hits dugout 02:04 - Source: CNNThey were quickly tended to.

Persons: Eastern Ukraine CNN — Mykola, Larisa, Mykola Glushko, “, ”, ‘, ’, it’s, ’ ” Mykola, Mykola, clambered, Mick Krever, CNN Mykola, gurney, Ivan Organizations: Eastern, Eastern Ukraine CNN, CNN, Russian, quicken, 93rd Locations: Eastern Ukraine, Pokrovsk, Ukraine, Workers, Moscow, Kharkiv, –, Bakhmut, Russia

☆ Neighborhoods have really dumb names these days
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-26 | by ( Matt Turner | Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. This was after Sam Altman tried to hire her to voice the AI bot, and she declined. OpenAI paused the voice, saying a different actress was behind it, and that the voice was cast before Altman reached out to Johansson. That one of the AI voices sounds a great deal like a Hollywood star who declined to work with OpenAI is purely coincidental . Also read:Fine Art Photographic/Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BIWelcome to DumBroCities on the rise have a weird trend these days: Really dumb neighborhood names.

Persons: —, Andrew Caballero, Reynolds, Isabel Fernandez, OpenAI's, Spike Jonze, Scarlett Johansson, Samantha, Sam Altman, OpenAI, Altman, Johansson, Sundar Pichai, Vincent Sandoval, Getty, Henrik Sorensen, Tyler Le, Larry Ellison, it's, Tera Vector, Juanma Hache, Abanti Chowdhury, they're, Andrea Chronopoulos, — isn't, Jenny Chang, Rodriguez, — Lindsay MacMillan, Goldman Sachs Organizations: Service, Business, Pujol, Hollywood, Tera, Sciences, BI FI, Goldman Locations: Guadalajara, Mexico, DumBro Cities, Denver

☆ Rafael Nadal vs Alexander Zverev preview: Nadal’s French Open aura is an opponent
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-26 | by ( Matthew Futterman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

Fans streamed through the gates, packing Roland Garros, lining up for crepes and champagne and Aperol spritzes. If that latter court is his living room, then the grounds at Roland Garros are his estate. Ever since then, Zverev has wanted another shot at playing Nadal at Roland Garros — though not in the first round, more like a semifinal or a final. The idea of playing Nadal on this clay sends chills through the spines of so many players. In 2022, I remember he came into Roland Garros not winning Monte Carlo, not winning Madrid, not winning Rome.

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☆ We're millennial brothers and business partners who left San Francisco's tech bubble for the Midwest manufacturing scene. We never would have been able to afford to launch our startup in California.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-25 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

We lived in San Diego for a few years after college, and then we moved to San Francisco in 2018. Matine: San Francisco is amazing. But San Francisco was apocalyptic. We had a three-story, four-bedroom place for half the price of our condo in San Francisco. The facility we're currently in is only a little more expensive than my rent in San Francisco, and this is 20,000 square feet.

Persons: —, John Yuksel, Matine Yuksel, I've, He's, Matine, Francisco, COVID, Beltways, John, Matine Yuksel John, There's, It's Organizations: Service, Business, Walmart, Apple Locations: San Francisco, Dubuque , Iowa, Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky, Arizona, San Diego, Francisco, Istanbul, Midwest, Iowa, Dubuque, Mississippi, Mount Adams, It's, California, Tucson

Memorial Day weekend, the traditional launching pad of the summer travel season, is shaping up to set a scorching pace. United is expecting the biggest Memorial Day and summer travel season in the airline’s 98-year history, according to Andrew Nocella, United’s executive vice president and chief commercial officer. Air traffic controller shortageThe air traffic control tower at Los Angeles International Airport is a busy place. The United States is still short thousands of air traffic control personnel. Markus Mainka/imageBROKER/ShutterstockDespite a surge in hiring last year, air traffic control stations nationwide are still about 3,000 controllers short, according to new FAA numbers.

Persons: it’s, Andrew Nocella, Markus Mainka, Scott Keyes, ”, ” Keyes, Tayfun, Bob Thomas, haven’t, Elijah Nouvelage, Keyes, “, Antonio Masiello, he’s, Angela Fritz Organizations: CNN, Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation Security Administration, TSA, American Airlines and United Airlines, Airlines for America, Airlines, America, Air, Los Angeles International, FAA, CNN Travel, San Francisco International, Anadolu Agency, Embry ‑ Riddle Aeronautical University, Aircraft, Travelers, Hartsfield, Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Getty Locations: United States, New York City, Florida, New York, Miami, Chicago, Atlantic, AFP, Rome, Europe, Mexico, Australia, Paris, Iceland, Dublin, CNN’s

☆ Paramount, Charter Communications sign new content distribution deal
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

The Paramount logo is displayed at Columbia Square along Sunset Blvd in Hollywood, California, on March 9, 2023. Paramount Global has signed a new multi-year content distribution deal with Charter Communications for its full portfolio of linear cable networks, the companies said on Thursday. The companies did not disclose the financial terms of the deal, in which the ad-supported versions of Paramount's direct-to-consumer services, Paramount+ Essential and BET+ Essential, will be included at no extra cost to Charter's Spectrum TV customers. Charter will also make Paramount's direct-to-consumer products available for purchase to its millions of Internet-only customers. It will continue to carry CBS owned-and-operated broadcast stations and all of Paramount's current cable networks and Paramount+, the companies said.

Organizations: Paramount, Columbia, Paramount Global, Charter Communications, BET, Spectrum, CBS Locations: Hollywood , California

☆ Biden looks to counter China’s influence as he rolls out red carpet for Kenya
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Kevin Liptak | Kayla Tausche | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Among the goals of his three-day state visit in October: securing another $1 billion in loans from China to help complete infrastructure projects. On Wednesday, when he arrived at Joint Base Andrews to begin another state visit – this time to Washington – he again found a red carpet and troops. Senior administration officials acknowledge a central factor in scheduling a state visit with Kenya was the desire to counter China’s influence and financial leverage on the African continent, which has outpaced the United States in direct investment. One of the goals of Thursday’s state visit is to demonstrate the ability of democracies – like Kenya’s – to deliver for their people. “I plan on going in February,” Biden told reporters.

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☆ London's answer to 'Selling Sunset' has just dropped on Netflix — and it's already getting dragged
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Alexandra Bacon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewA new reality show, "Buying London," dropped on Netflix on Wednesday, and it's all about London's luxury real estate market. The show is centered on Daniel Daggers and his team of real estate agents at the property company DDRE Global. Daggers says he's sold over £5 billion ($6.4 billion) of real estate over the course of his 25 years in the industry. And it's also been a success for the real estate agents involved. Mary Fitzgerald, a real-estate agent on "Selling Sunset," previously told BI that she has got more clients since appearing on the show and now sells at higher prices than before.

Persons: —, Daniel Daggers, he's, Ken Griffin, Mr, Lauren Christy, Nicole, Rebecca Nicholson, I'm, Carol Midgley, Rosi Walden, Zoe McConnell, it's, Mary Fitzgerald Organizations: Service, Netflix, DDRE, Business, DDRE Global, Guardian, The Times Locations: London, Mayfair, Holland, The, Los Angeles

☆ May’s full flower moon will light up the sky this week
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

May’s full moon is known as the flower moon, a reference to its appearance in late spring, when many flowering plants begin to bloom again after their winter slumber. The flower moon will begin to rise after sunset on Wednesday, reaching its highest point after midnight, per EarthSky. The flower moon played a minor role in a particularly dark period of US history. Martin Scorsese’s recent Oscar-nominated historical drama “Killers of the Flower Moon” explores a series of murders of Osage people in Oklahoma. The killings began in May 1921, the month of the flower moon.

Persons: CNN —, St, Bede, Venerable, Martin Scorsese’s, Buck Organizations: CNN, NASA, Washington Locations: Washington ,, Algonquin, Canada, United States, Plains, Dakota, Osage, Oklahoma

☆ Rare lunar event may reveal Stonehenge’s link with the moon
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The lunar standstill is when the northernmost and southernmost moonrise and moonset are farthest apart. Stonehenge's station stones are thought by some to be aligned with the lunar standstill. Ruggles said that Stonehenge’s station stones, which form a rectangle around the circle, roughly align with the moon’s extreme positions during the lunar standstill. However, it’s much more difficult to say whether Stonehenge really has a connection to the lunar standstill. Amanda Bosh/Stephen LevineOther monuments with possible lunar linkStonehenge isn’t the only megalithic monument potentially linked to the lunar standstill.

Persons: Clive Ruggles, ”, Fabio Silva, ” Ruggles, Ruggles, Andre Pattenden, Silva, ” Silva, Amanda Bosh, Stephen Levine, Erica Ellingson, Ellington, Bradley Schaefer Organizations: CNN, archaeoastronomy, University of Leicester, Bournemouth University, University of Oxford, English Heritage, University of Colorado, Sun, Louisiana State University Locations: Salisbury, England, Rock , Colorado, United States, University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado, Pueblo, Lewis, Scotland

☆ Buying a dream home in Italy can be a nightmare. This couple says they have the answer
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( Silvia Marchetti | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The couple has set up a flourishing business buying properties, restyling and reselling them, ready-to-occupy, helping foreign buyers every step of the way. They hunt for old houses in historical villages in need of a makeover, which once renovated make the perfect summer getaway. The BEFORE picture: The couple find old houses in need of a makeover. The old properties the pair handles are located in small towns where centuries-old traditions survive. I really like old houses and the idea of giving them a second chance: especially when they are abandoned buildings rich with history.

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