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Your mother is kidnapped from her home and brutally murdered, her body dumped in the woods off a quiet country road. The authorities find a suspect, tell you they’re going to seek the death penalty and ask you if you’re OK with that. The film is the second in a three-part series, with each taking a critical view of the death penalty by exposing flaws in cases and questioning whether retributive justice can truly provide closure. The videos are in keeping with The Times’s longstanding position that the punishment is full of bias and error, morally abhorrent and futile in deterring crime and should be abolished. The series lands at a hopeful but still challenging time in the movement to get rid of capital punishment in the United States.

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☆ 'Underconsumption core' is in — and not a moment too soon, I say
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Jessica Dickler | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

"We are bombarded with shopping opportunities," said Casey Lewis, a social media trend expert and founder of trend newsletter After School. Generation Z, especially, makes shopping decisions heavily driven by TikTok and Instagram, where influencer recommendations play a very significant role, another KPMG report showed. The rise of #underconsumptioncoreTikTok's latest financial trend, #underconsumptioncore, is about making the most of what you already have and rejecting the temptation to buy more (and more and more). This time around, #underconsumptioncore stems from a number of other factors, as well, including a desire to live more intentionally and sustainably. Casey Lewis social media trend expert

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☆ Forget Uber and Airbnb: Some people are going back to doing things the old-fashioned way to save money
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

"If I was using rideshares and the delivery apps and everything the way I was, I would run out of money each month," she said. For some, like Manley, it means going back to the old-fashioned way of doing certain things: shopping around for hotel deals, taking public transit more, and working out at home with fitness classes on video. AdvertisementGrant Plotkin, 26, is a Gen Zer who experienced the pre-2020 millennial subsidy as a young adult. The next iteration of the millennial subsidy might be gamifying surge pricing for groceries or a side of fries. AdvertisementHas the loss of the millennial subsidy affected your finances or lifestyle?

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☆ Defense secretary abruptly revokes plea deal with alleged 9/11 mastermind KSM, co-conspirators
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Oren Liebermann | Evan Perez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin abruptly revoked a plea deal for the alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks and his co-conspirators, and he relieved the overseer in charge after years of effort to reach an agreement to bring the cases to a close. Prosecutors in the case had been discussing the possibility of a plea deal for more than two years, which would have avoided a lengthy trial complicated by questions over the admissibility of evidence obtained during torture. The US had said it would seek the death penalty for Mohammed. US criminal courts for decades have dealt with high profile terror trials, including with death sentences, which Holder had authorized. “They were dealt a bad hand by political hacks and ideologues who lost faith in our justice system.

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The complaint, filed in San Francisco County Superior Court, alleges fraud, breach of contract and misappropriation of Lemon’s name and likeness. Musk and X enticed Lemon with “false promises and representations,” the complaint alleges. In May 2023, shortly after CNN terminated Lemon, Musk posted on X: “Have you considered doing your show on this platform? Within a day of the interview, Musk sent Lemon’s agent a text message saying the partnership and contract were canceled. “To this day, Defendants have not compensated Lemon pursuant to the exclusive partnership deal that Defendants induced Lemon to enter into,” the filing says.

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☆ Don Lemon sues Elon Musk and X, demanding $35 million over scrapped news show
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Don Lemon on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk and X after the erratic billionaire canceled a planned partnership that would have seen the former CNN anchor create a talk show on the embattled social media platform. Lemon alleged that Musk wanted to announce a partnership with him only to trade off his name to rehabilitate his social media company’s troubled image. “X executives used Don to prop up their advertising sales pitch, then canceled their partnership and dragged Don’s name through the mud. But the deal quickly collapsed after Musk grew angry at Lemon’s questioning during a sit-down interview in March taped at his Tesla headquarters in Texas. During the interview, Lemon pressed Musk about the rise of hate speech on X, in addition to his open use of the prescription drug ketamine.

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☆ Sports Betting Is Driving Americans Into Debt, Bankruptcy
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Emily Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

AdvertisementIt tracks: The closer you live to a casino, the likelier you are to develop a gambling problem. About 1% of US adults have a severe gambling problem, according to the National Council on Problem Gambling, and 2% to 3% have a mild or moderate problem. Advertisement"By the time everyone gets all excited, we're talking about really large credit-card debt, really large debts to friends and family. A lot of online debt," said Timothy Fong, a clinical professor of psychiatry at UCLA and a codirector of its gambling-studies program. In the sports world, we've recently seen some high-profile examples of young men getting into hot water from sports betting.

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☆ Track Keeps Banning Drug Cheats. It Worries That Other Sports Are Not.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Tariq Panja | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The announcements of track and field’s latest doping case or multiyear suspension arrived on an almost weekly basis this spring. The most immediate consequence, according to the official charged with pursuing doping violations in the sport, has been to create the impression that track has a serious doping problem, one perhaps much bigger than that of other sports in the Paris Olympics. The reality, he said, is that catching athletes who break the rules is the point. “I would be much more concerned to be a fan of other sports that don’t have any doping cases,” said Brett Clothier, the Australian lawyer who leads the Athletics Integrity Unit, the body charged with catching track’s doping cheats. “Having no cases doesn’t mean no doping.”

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☆ Elon Musk sued by ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon over canceled X deal
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Lemon had "incurred hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses" in preparing for the show, the lawsuit alleges. Former CNN anchor Don Lemon sued Elon Musk on Thursday, accusing him of making false promises to entice the journalist into a canceled deal to host a show on the billionaire's social media platform. Lemon accuses Musk and X of fraud, negligent misrepresentation, misappropriation of name and likeness, breach of contract, and unjust enrichment. "You're set up for a lot of $$ this year," Weitz allegedly told Lemon in a Dec. 30, 2023, text. "To this day, Defendants have not compensated Lemon pursuant to the exclusive partnership deal that Defendants induced Lemon to enter into," the lawsuit says.

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☆ Iran says Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Hamas said Haniyeh was killed "in a Zionist airstrike on his residence in Tehran after he participated in the inauguration of Iran's new president." Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran, Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said early Wednesday, and Hamas blamed Israel for the attack. Hamas officials did not immediately respond to requests for further comment. In April, an Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed three of Haniyeh's sons and four of his grandchildren. Haniyeh was in Tehran to attend Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian's swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday, along with other Hamas officials and officials from Hezbollah and allied groups.

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☆ How Samuel Alito got canceled from the Supreme Court social media majority
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Joan Biskupic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

Behind the scenes, the conservative justice sought to put a thumb on the scale for states trying to restrict how social media companies filter content. The states enacted their laws in 2021 and, with variations, restricted the ability of social media platforms to filter third-party messages, videos and other content. Greg Abbott signed that state’s measure, he said, “there is a dangerous movement by social media companies to silence conservative viewpoints and ideas.” In Florida, Gov. Kagan added a footnote to her majority opinion buttressing that point and reinforcing Barrett’s view. But, despite Alito’s protest, Kagan had a majority signing her decision, which, at minimum, offers lower court judges a strong indication of the framework the high court majority would use in future online challenges.

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☆ The inside story of John Roberts and Trump’s immunity win at the Supreme Court
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Joan Biskupic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

This exclusive series on the Supreme Court is based on CNN sources inside and outside the court with knowledge of the deliberations. Justices weren’t in a hurry to hear the caseThe immunity case first arrived at the justices’ door in December. Perhaps, she hoped to influence lower court judges to read the Roberts opinion as more flexible for a future prosecution. It was a particularly extreme section of Roberts’ opinion – decided by the kind of 5-4 vote the chief justice usually tried to avoid. He fully joined Roberts’ opinion but then questioned the constitutionality of the special counsel’s office.

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☆ Inside the Supreme Court’s compromise on Idaho’s abortion ban
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Joan Biskupic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Instead, a series of negotiations led to an eventual compromise decision limiting the Idaho law and temporarily forestalling further limits on abortion access from the high court. This exclusive series on the Supreme Court is based on CNN sources inside and outside the court with knowledge of the deliberations. The Idaho law had exemptions only to prevent death of the pregnant woman and in instances of rape or incest. It issued formal guidance saying the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), which requires stabilizing treatment regardless of a patient’s ability to pay, would preempt any state abortion ban in situations when an emergency termination was needed. Idaho lost in an initial proceeding in a US district court, as a judge issued a temporary injunction against the abortion ban.

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☆ How the Current Supreme Court Would Look Under Biden’s Term-Limit Plan
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Elena Shao | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

How the Current Supreme Court Would Look Under Biden’s Term-Limit PlanIn an opinion essay published on Monday, President Biden proposed two major changes to the Supreme Court: 18-year term limits for justices and a binding code of conduct. Under Mr. Biden’s term-limit plan, presidents would appoint a new Supreme Court justice every two years. Bush era) 1991 By The New York TimesThe Supreme Court now includes six conservative justices, appointed by former Presidents Donald J. Trump, George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush, as well as three liberal ones, appointed by Mr. Biden and former President Barack Obama. The overhaul would require congressional approval, which is not expected to come from a Republican-controlled House and a divided Senate.

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☆ What is 'underconsumption core'? A new trend on TikTok aims to get GenZ to buy less.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

For many Gen Zers, the generation between the ages of 12 and 27, TikTok is the primary social media platform where they find products to buy. Gen Z doesn't really trust influencers anymoreInfluencers don't hold the same power they once did among younger audiences, some research suggests. Because of limited regulation of the social media advertising space, fraud runs rampant on social media . Some evidence suggests Gen Z is benefiting financially from living at home but may not feel these benefits because of money dysmorphia. This dysmorphia can sometimes be fueled by social media, where wealthy lifestyles are on display.

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☆ The best photos from the 2024 Paris Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Brett Roegiers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

The Paris Olympics kicked into full gear Saturday, a day after an opening ceremony like no other. China won the first two gold medals of the Games, with the first coming in the 10-meter air rifle mixed-team event (Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao) and the second coming in the women's synchronized 3-meter diving event (Chang Yani and Chen Yiwen). One world record was broken before the opening ceremony even took place. South Korean archer Lim Si-hyeon shot a world record 694 in the individual ranking round Thursday.

Persons: Huang Yuting, Sheng Lihao, Chang Yani, Chen Yiwen, Lim Si Organizations: Paris Olympics, China

☆ Jennifer Aniston slams JD Vance for ‘childless cat ladies’ remarks: ‘I pray that your daughter is fortunate enough to bear children’
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Elizabeth Wagmeister | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Jennifer Aniston is criticizing JD Vance for comments he made in his past about women without children. “All I can say is… Mr. Vance, I pray that your daughter is fortunate enough to bear children of her own one day,” Aniston wrote on her Instagram stories. The ship has sailed.”Aniston’s passionate words about Vance’s comments come from a personal place, as the “Friends” star has personal experience being judged for not having children. (The video Aniston reposted was shared by actress Allison Janney.) CNN has reached out to Aniston’s representative for further comment on her post about Vance and her apparent endorsement of Harris.

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☆ ‘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.

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☆ Couple found dead in lifeboat after failed Atlantic crossing
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A British-Canadian couple who were attempting to sail across the Atlantic have been found dead on an island off the east coast of Canada. The couple left Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia on June 11 en route to the Azores, a group of Portuguese islands in the mid-Atlantic, around 2,000 miles away. It is not clear why the couple abandoned the Theros and got into a lifeboat. They stayed in touch after Clibbery moved back to Canada and Packwood visited him in Salt Spring Island near Vancouver, where the Theros was docked, in spring 2016. “He took me on my first ever yacht trip and I loved it,” Packwood told The Guardian.

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☆ Couple Who Attempted to Cross Atlantic Found Dead in Lifeboat
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Derrick Bryson Taylor | More About Derrick Bryson Taylor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The bodies of two sailors who planned to sail from Nova Scotia to the Azores using green energy were found washed ashore at a Canadian national park this month, four weeks after they were last seen, the authorities said. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police responded to calls on July 10 that a 10-foot inflatable lifeboat containing human remains had been discovered on Sable Island National Park Reserve, according to a news release from the agency. The authorities did not identify the remains, but said they believed they were those of a 70-year-old man and a 60-year-old woman from British Columbia. A Facebook post by the man’s son, James Clibbery, later identified them as James Brett Clibbery and his wife, Sarah Justine Packwood, who had left Halifax Harbor in Nova Scotia on June 11 bound for the Azores. “The past few days have been very hard,” the younger Mr. Clibbery said in the post, adding that DNA tests would be carried out to confirm their identities.

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☆ Hackers are already taking advantage of the CrowdStrike outage chaos
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Brian Fung | Sean Lyngaas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CrowdStrike has issued its own guidance on what affected organizations can do in response to the issue. One example of that has been targeting Spanish-speaking CrowdStrike customers, the company said in a separate blog post. When opened, the file installs malicious software that phones home to a server the hackers control and may use to give additional instructions to the malware. “CrowdStrike Intelligence recommends that organizations ensure they are communicating with CrowdStrike representatives through official channels and they adhere to technical guidance the CrowdStrike support teams have provided,” the company said. “Bad actors routinely try to take advantage of current events, so it’s not all surprising to see them attempting to take advantage of this one,” Callow said.

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☆ Here's where Kamala Harris stands on the issues, from the economy to healthcare
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Lloyd Lee | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Presenting herself as a center-left politician, Harris previously ran successful campaigns in California, winning statewide races for the San Francisco District Attorney's Office, the state attorney general, and the US Senate. AdvertisementHere's where she stands on major issues:AbortionHarris has supported abortion rights since her time in the Senate. ClimateHarris previously supported policies to combat climate change, including plans to transition the US to 100% renewable energy and a carbon tax. As vice president, Harris was tasked with handling the root causes of migration to the US from Central America. Harris re-affirmed her support for LGBTQ+ rights as vice president but has not provided specific policies.

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☆ Biden endorses Harris to be the next Democratic presidential nominee
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Arit John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The historic endorsement came after Biden announced Sunday that he is dropping out of the race following weeks of disarray within the Democratic Party. My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. Despite the president’s backing, it remains unclear whether Harris will become the nominee, or what process the Democratic Party would take to select an alternative. Dmitri Mehlhorn, a Democratic political strategist advising several big-money backers, released a statement Sunday following Biden’s withdrawal supporting Harris. After she dropped out, Harris became a prominent surrogate for Biden before being named his vice presidential pick in August 2020.

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☆ From Zyn to vapes: Big Tobacco pushes further toward cigarette alternatives. Here’s who could come out on top
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

If you haven't been paying attention to tobacco companies, you might not recognize the new landscape. The alternatives also include heated tobacco and nicotine vapor products, although with the latter, tobacco companies face big competition from vaping companies and the proliferation of illicit vapes. PM 1Y mountain Philip Morris' one-year performance Countries around the globe have been working for years to reduce tobacco use. There is no way back," Philip Morris Chief Financial Officer Emmanuel Babeau said at a Deutsche Bank conference in June. Most of that came from companies in China, with tobacco companies only taking about 15% share, the bank said.

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☆ Sheila Jackson Lee, long-serving Democratic congresswoman and advocate for Black Americans, dies at 74
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Michelle Shen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Sheila Jackson Lee, a longtime Democratic congresswoman from Texas who was an outspoken advocate for Black Americans for decades, has died. Jackson Lee announced in June that she had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty ImagesDuring her congressional tenure, Jackson Lee was an outspoken advocate for progressive interests and Black Americans. “Congresswoman Jackson Lee was a patriot and a fighter to the very end. She will be deeply missed by all who knew her,” Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Steven Horsford and members of the Congressional Black Caucus said in a statement following her death.

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