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President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he was pardoning his son Hunter Biden, who faced sentencing later this month in two federal cases. The president had previously maintained that he would not pardon his son, and his reversal prompted criticism from Republicans as well as a few Democrats. Read Biden's statement explaining his decision:Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter. 1:23-cr-00061-MN in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware and Docket No. 2:23-CR-00599-MCS-1 in the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Persons: Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, Biden, Read, Hunter, Justice Department’s, unraveled, —, Hunter —, they’ve, They’ll, Grant, Joseph R, Jr, ROBERT HUNTER BIDEN, David C, Weiss Organizations: Justice, Department of Justice, United States, Court, District of, Central, Central District of, City Locations: United States, America, District of Delaware, Central District, Central District of California, City of Washington

☆ Syria's 13-year frozen war has ignited again after allies Russia and Iran let down their defenses
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

It comes as Syria's powerful allies, Iran and Russia, are distracted with other conflicts. With Russia and Iran distracted by regional conflicts, a stagnant 13-year-long civil war in Syria has exploded into renewed violence. It's the most intense outbreak of fighting in the war since Syrian government forces, backed by Iran and Russia, drove rebels back to their strongholds in the north eight years ago, and a stalemate developed. "Israel has changed the balance of power in the region by going on this all-out war on the axis of resistance." Meanwhile, Russia, whose 2015 entry into the Syrian Civil War was crucial in propping up the Assad regime, has problems of its own.

Persons: Tahrir, Sham, Bashar al, Assad, who've, that's, Joshua Landis, Charles Lister, it's Organizations: Rebels, Syrian Observatory, Human Rights, University of Oklahoma, New York Times, Middle East Institute, Turkey Locations: Syria, Hayat, Aleppo, Iran, Russia, Hama, Idlib, Sunday, Israel, Syrian, Tunisia, Egypt, Gaza, Lebanon, Tehran, Ukraine

☆ Northern Gaza: Former defense minister Moshe Ya’alon accuses Israel of ethnic cleansing
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Mick Krever | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —A highly decorated former Israeli defense minister has caused a firestorm by accusing Israel of carrying out ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in northern Gaza. The interviewer expressed surprise at Ya’alon’s use of the phrase “ethnic cleansing,” asking, “Is that what you think – that we’re on the way there?”“Why ‘on the way?’” he responded. The Israeli military has for two months been carrying out an intense and deadly operation in northern Gaza, targeting what it says are resurgent Hamas militants. Vanishingly few aid deliveries have been allowed into northern Gaza, according to the World Food Programme. “Under this title, ethnic cleansing is effectively being carried out; I don’t have another word for it.”The interviewer said that such a phrase evoked “dark periods” in history.

Persons: Israel, Moshe Ya’alon, ” Ya’alon, ’ ”, They’re, ”, Ya’alon, Giora, “, ’, Bezalel Smotrich, Josep Borrell, Jack Guez, Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, Netanyahu, Benny Gantz, ” Naftali Bennett, –, Ben Gvir, Daniela Weiss ” – Organizations: CNN, Israel Defense Forces, Israel’s Democrat TV, Hamas, “, Gush, Israel TV, Kan, Haaretz, Rights Watch, Getty, IDF Locations: Gaza, There’s, Jabalya, Katif, Israel, ”, AFP

☆ Opinion | The Hunter Biden Pardon: Mercy, or the Wrong Message?
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To the Editor:Re “Biden Issues a ‘Full and Unconditional Pardon’ of His Son Hunter Biden” (nytimes.com, Dec. 1):President Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter was, in a word, just. While the jury’s verdict was a fair one, based on the overwhelming evidence of Hunter Biden’s illegal possession of a firearm, the decision to overcharge this victimless crime was, in a word, political. The overcharging of Hunter Biden was most certainly influenced by a perceived need within the Justice Department to bend over backward to demonstrate its “impartiality.” All prosecutorial decisions are discretionary: If Hunter’s surname were not Biden, the charges and sentencing recommendations would have fit the crime. It would be inhumane to have expected 82-year-old Joe Biden to have left his only surviving son in the safekeeping of the Trump administration penal system — and subjected, potentially, to other trumped-up charges under the soon-to-be gutted and weaponized Justice Department. The president’s pardon of his son was merciful and fully justified, given the totality of the circumstances.

Persons: Re “, Son Hunter Biden ”, Biden’s, Hunter, Hunter Biden, Biden, Joe Biden, Trump Organizations: Justice Department, weaponized Justice Department

☆ Toomaj Salehi, Iranian dissident rapper, released from prison
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Rosa Rahimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

London CNN —Toomaj Salehi, an Iranian dissident rapper and activist, has been released from prison, according to a statement issued Monday by his international legal team. Salehi, 32, had been held in the Dastgerd prison in the city of Isfahan for 753 days in total, according to his team. When he was briefly released from prison last year, Salehi posted a video to social media describing how he was tortured and held in solitary confinement. “Toomaj should never have been in prison at all.”Though Salehi’s case was processed in Iranian courts, his family had the support of international lawyers. “This is a time of celebration: Our brave, brilliant client Toomaj Salehi is finally free,” Caoilfhionn Gallagher, a lawyer with the Doughty Street Chambers who is the international counsel for the Salehi family, said in a statement.

Persons: Toomaj, Salehi, ”, Arezou Eghbali Babadi, “ Toomaj, Doughty, Doughty Street Chambers, ” Caoilfhionn Gallagher, Gallagher, Ye, Kianoosh Sanjari, Negin Niknaam Organizations: London CNN, Iran’s, Doughty Street, Human Rights Foundation, United, Islamic Locations: Iranian, Isfahan, Kurdish, Iran, United States, London, United Nations, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Tehran, Islamic Republic

☆ Massachusetts police to charge 3 teenagers after trans teen, Jayden Tkaczyk was beaten at a Gloucester party
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Zoe Sottile | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Evidence from the investigation did not support the pursuit of hate crime charges, police said in the release. But the alleged victim and his mother are hopeful that will change, their attorney told CNN. Although the news release doesn’t identify the victim, 16-year-old Jayden Tkaczyk told CNN affiliate WCVB he was stomped on, punched in the face and called homophobic slurs during the incident. Tkaczyk “sustained lacerations and contusions, including black eyes, and serious nervous damage” due to the “severe beating,” his attorney, Craig Rourke, told CNN. “We must love, protect & respect trans kids.”Hope Watt-Bucci, the president of North Shore Pride, an LGBTQ group based in Manchester, Massachusetts, told CNN she was “horrified” to learn about the attack on Tkaczyk.

Persons: Tkaczyk, Tkaczyk “, ”, Craig Rourke, Rourke, “, Jasmine Tkaczyk, WCVB, ” Tkaczyk, ” Rourke, Massachusetts Sen, Ed Markey, ” Hope Watt, Tkaczyk . Watt, Bucci, “ microaggressions Organizations: CNN — Police, Gloucester Police Department, Gloucester Juvenile Court, CNN, Police, WCVB, Massachusetts State Police, Democrat, Commonwealth, North Shore, Department Locations: Gloucester , Massachusetts, Gloucester, Massachusetts, Manchester , Massachusetts, Tkaczyk, North Shore

☆ California special session to 'safeguard' state from Trump kicks off with proposed $25 million legal fund
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Kate Rogers | In Katerog | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Gavin Newsom's special legislative session to safeguard California from potential "federal overreach" from the incoming Trump administration begins Monday, teeing up a potential battle between the president-elect and the most-populous U.S. state. The fund would be for the California Department of Justice and other state agencies to be used for court challenges and administrative actions. "President Trump received the most votes for a Republican presidential candidate in the deep blue state of California since 2004," Leavitt said. In a conversation with volunteers after the election, Newsom said the state needed to be ready for action as the next administration takes hold. "I think there's a lot of onus that's placed upon California because [of] the size, scale and scope of this state," he said at the time.

Persons: Newsom, Gavin Newsom's, Trump, teeing, Karoline Leavitt, Vance, Leavitt Organizations: Gov, California Department of Justice, Trump, Republican Locations: San Jose , California, United States, California, U.S

☆ President Joe Biden issues pardon for son Hunter in federal gun, tax cases
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementPresident Joe Biden issued a pardon for his son, Hunter, for federal gun and tax evasion charges. Hunter Biden pleaded guilty to and was convicted of 12 counts carrying a max sentence of up to 42 years. President Joe Biden has issued a pardon for his son, Hunter Biden, for federal gun and tax evasion charges. "Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter," Biden said in a statement released Sunday. AdvertisementJoe Biden had previously — and repeatedly — insisted he would not use his pardon power to protect Hunter Biden from the verdicts in his cases.

Persons: Joe Biden, Hunter, Hunter Biden, Biden, Justice Department's, —, Hunter —, they've, Donald Trump's, David Weiss, Weiss, Maryellen Noreika, Trump, Hunter Biden wouldn't, Joe Organizations: Justice, Trump, Department, Washington Post, Biden Locations: Delaware

The Supreme Court will consider a law restricting transition-related health care for minors for the first time Wednesday, and legal experts say the court’s decision could affect access to transition-related care nationwide for both minors and adults for decades to come. The Supreme Court granted the Biden administration’s appeal of a 6th U.S. The court won’t consider the part of the law that bans surgery, which wasn’t covered by the lower court’s injunction. The ACLU and Lambda Legal noted in their petition to the Supreme Court that circuit courts have become split on the restrictions. Many families with trans kids have had to work around care restrictions to continue care for their children.

Persons: Biden, Jonathan Skrmetti, Harleigh Walker, she’s, Walker, Jeff, Harleigh Walker Walker, Walker wouldn’t, Trump, …, ” Walker, that’s, Donald Trump’s, ”, Shannon Minter, “, Izzy Lowell, Lowell, ” Lowell, “ It’s, Trump’s Organizations: American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda, Justice Department, Circuit, NBC News, Affordable, National Center for Lesbian Rights, U.S, Supreme, Tennessee, ACLU, Court, Movement Advancement, Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law, Boston Logan International Locations: Tennessee, U.S, Auburn , Alabama, Alabama, United States of America, Arkansas, Tennessee , Kentucky, Florida, Georgia

☆ A Palestinian boy was killed by Israeli forces. Eight months later, his family still seeks answer
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | Abeer Salman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

The Israeli authorities usually declare such killings to be in response to unspecified threats, without giving any details about the victims. Tsemel said that instead of investigating Rami’s death, the Israeli authorities appeared to be using the incident as a threat. During one incursion in September, Israeli forces shot and killed another child: 16-year-old Hani Al-Qirri. His family told CNN he was an innocent bystander, a quiet boy who enjoyed baking and lived with his grandmother after being orphaned as a young child. “They (the Israeli authorities) were there, right among us, even inside the mosque, to see what’s going on,” he said.

Persons: Rami Al, Halhouli, Cindy Al, Rami’s, Ali Al, Rami, Cindy, Ivana Kottasova, haven’t, ” Al, ”, ” Cindy, Leah Tsemel, Tsemel, “, Jonathan Fowler, Yousef Mukheimar, Mukheimar, Shuafat, Hani Al, Qirri Organizations: East Jerusalem CNN, CNN, West Bank, United Nations, UN, Audi, Palestinian Authority, UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, UNRWA, Israel Police, Islamic, Lions Locations: East Jerusalem, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, Old City

☆ The Untold Story of Yeti Coolers and a Murder in the Philippines
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( Brendan Borrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +31 min

"He was a terrific designer, but hopeless in business," says Malcolm, Ivan's younger brother. Years after Ivan's murder, Yeti continues to contract with Outback — and Gloria travels to Texas to periodically to meet with Yeti's management. To make the most of their dwindling inventory, Roy and Ryan bumped up the price on their coolers. "As tragic as Ivan's death was, all of a sudden we are a much stronger company," Roy explained on a hunting podcast. Yeti Coolers went public in October 2018, and Roy and Ryan earned hundreds of millions of dollars after selling most of their shares.

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In his statement, Mr. Biden said, “I hope Americans will understand why a father and a president would come to this decision.”After Mr. Biden announced the pardon, Hunter Biden issued a statement of his own. “I said I’d abide by the jury decision,” Mr. Biden told reporters during the Group of 7 summit in June. Legal analysts had said it was possible that the president’s son could receive a year or less behind bars or even probation. Over the weekend, Mr. Trump said that he would nominate Charles Kushner to be the U.S. ambassador to France. Mr. Biden had been set to remain free on bond until his sentencing hearing, which was scheduled for mid-December.

Persons: Biden, Hunter, “, ”, ” Mr, —, Hunter —, they’ve, Donald J, Trump, Mr, Hunter Biden, Kash Patel, Clay Travis, “ It’s, Jenna Ellis, Trump’s, “ Joe Biden, Karine Jean, Pierre, ” Hunter Biden, dreading, Bill Clinton, Roger Clinton, Jared Kushner’s, Charles Kushner, Glenn Thrush, Devlin Barrett Organizations: White, NBC News, Justice Department, Department Locations: United States, Nantucket, U.S, France, Los Angeles, Delaware, Washington

☆ Ireland's incumbent parties look likely to hang on to power after a fractured election
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

File photo of Fine Gael leader Simon Harris speaking at a convention in Athlone, central Ireland on March 24, 2024, after becoming de facto prime minister-in-waiting. Ireland's two long-dominant center-right parties looked likely to form a new government as results came in from a fractured national election, though with a reduced vote share and complex coalition negotiations ahead. As ballot-counting continued Sunday, incumbent governing parties Fine Gael and Fianna Fail and left-of-center opposition Sinn Fein were jostling to see which would win the most seats in the 174-seat Dail, the lower house of Ireland's parliament. Fine Gael and Fianna Fail have similar policies, but are longtime rivals with origins on opposing sides of Ireland's 1920s civil war. Fine Gael candidate Paschal Donohoe, a minister in the outgoing government, said the main theme of the election was "one of the center holding."

Persons: Simon Harris, Harris, Leo Varadkar, Sinn Fein, Micheál Martin, Mary Lou McDonald, —, Paschal Donohoe, Gerry, Hutch Organizations: Fine Gael, Irish Republican Army, Ireland Locations: Athlone, Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Spain, Dublin

☆ Read Joe Biden’s Statement About Pardoning Hunter
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

President Biden issued the following statement on Sunday night. Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter. Those who were late paying their taxes because of serious addictions, but paid them back subsequently with interest and penalties, are typically given noncriminal resolutions. It is clear that Hunter was treated differently. The charges in his cases came about only after several of my political opponents in Congress instigated them to attack me and oppose my election.

Persons: Biden, Hunter, Justice Department’s Organizations: Justice

Few people tapped for any top federal post, much less a job as vital as F.B.I. director, have come with quite so much bravado, bombast or baggage as Kash Patel. On Saturday, Mr. Patel, 44, a Long Island-born provocateur and right-wing operative, was named by President-elect Donald J. Trump to lead the F.B.I., an agency he has accused of leading a “deep state” witch hunt against Mr. Trump. The announcement amounted to a de facto dismissal of the current director, Christopher A. Wray, who was appointed to the job by Mr. Trump and still has almost three years left on his 10-year term. Mr. Patel’s maximum-volume threats to exact far-reaching revenge on Mr. Trump’s behalf have endeared him to his boss and Trump allies who say the bureau needs a disrupter to weed out bias and reshape its culture.

Persons: Kash Patel, Patel, provocateur, Donald J, Trump, Christopher A, Wray, Trump’s Organizations: Senate Locations: China

☆ ‘Intangible Heritage’ and How Cities Decide What to Preserve
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-30 | by ( Michael Kimmelman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

During the 1930s, the site was a dive bar and restaurant called Bonnie’s Stonewall Inn, which shuttered in 1954. Three years later, the Genovese crime family reopened the bar, retaining the Stonewall sign and name. Gay bars were mostly mob-run back then because of laws against homosexual behavior in public. No one was talking about landmarking Stonewall then, but the city’s designation of the Village helped forestall various proposals to raze the building. Then in 2000 Stonewall was named a National Historic Landmark, and in 2015, designated a New York City Landmark.

Persons: Christopher, Genovese, Stonewall Organizations: Preservation Commission, Stonewall, Police, Historic Landmark Locations: Greenwich, , New York City’s, New York City

☆ I'm a travel writer who has visited 68 countries—the 4 'magical places' I think about moving to most
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-30 | by ( Meena Thiruvengadam | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

I wonder what it would be like to live in most of the places I visit, but I know I can't make everywhere home. As a Chicago-based travel writer, I constantly discover magical new places all over the world. Of the nearly 70 countries I've made it to so far, these are the four places I think about moving to the most. I love its long summer days and midnight sunsets, its love of electronic music, and its robust art and food scenes. Courtesy of Meena ThiruvengadamUnlike Chicago, where I live now, winters in Portugal are mild, making Lisbon pleasant year-round.

Persons: don't, Meena Thiruvengadam Organizations: Meena, U.S Locations: Sydney, Australia, Istanbul, Reykjavik, Chicago, Helsinki, Finland Helsinki, Finland, Meena Thiruvengadam Singapore, Singapore, Marina, Sands, Texas, Lisbon, Portugal, Chicago , New York, Italy, Sorrento, New York City, Rome

☆ Return fraud is costing retailers billions. A new AI program can spot when scammers send back counterfeits.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-30 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Return fraud costs retailers billions, with billions lost globally. Amazon and other retailers face scams exploiting return policies for financial gain. French luxury brand Lacoste is using Vrai, an AI technology developed by Cypheme, a leader in anti-counterfeit artificial intelligence, to catch scammers returning counterfeit items. Some companies have even received boxes full of bricks after customers banked refunds for items like televisions. US retailers lost a little over $100 billion in return fraud, or around $13.70 for every $100 returned, up from $10.40 per $100 in 2022.

Persons: knockoffs, Cypheme Organizations: Lacoste, Cypheme, National Retail Federation, Appriss Retail, Amazon, Walmart, Target

☆ Trump threatens 100% tariff on BRICS countries if they pursue creating new currency
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-30 | by ( Kaanita Iyer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —President-elect Donald Trump said he would require countries that are part of BRICS — a China- and Russia-backed group of emerging economies — to commit to not creating new currency or face 100% tariffs during his administration. “The idea that the BRICS Countries are trying to move away from the Dollar while we stand by and watch is OVER. BRICS had been made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa since 2011. The leader of one member country, Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in 2023 proposed creating a common currency in South America to reduce reliance on the US dollar. Using BRICS currencies and banking networks outside the US dollar-denominated system could allow member countries such as Russia, China and Iran to circumnavigate Western sanctions.

Persons: Donald Trump, ” Trump, BRICS, —, Naledi Pandor, Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, it’s, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Trump, Claudia Sheinbaum, Justin Trudeau, Trump’s, Trudeau, ”, ” CNN’s Simone McCarthy, Robert Ilich, Kit Maher Organizations: CNN, United Arab, African Foreign, United, Canadian Locations: BRICS, China, Russia, Brazil, India, South Africa, Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia, Egypt, South America, United States, Ukraine, Russian, Mexico, Canada, Lago, Florida

☆ New York woman draws closer to solving 44-year-old mystery of her grandparents’ disappearance
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Antonio Planas | Antonio Planas Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Charles Romer, a retired oil executive, and his wife, vanished along with their 1978 Lincoln Continental while traveling home from Miami Beach, Florida. At the time, law enforcement expressed concerns about potential foul play against the couple from Scarsdale, New York, partly because Catherine Romer was wearing approximately $81,000 worth of jewelry. “The vehicle is similar to the description of a vehicle that Charles and Catherine Romer were believed to be driving,” the police department said in the statement posted to Facebook. Catherine Romer loved thoroughbred racing and enjoyed traveling with her granddaughters, introducing them to new foods and restaurants, Seaman said. “We’re all in shock, but ... we have this gratitude for the people that hunted this whole mystery down,” Seaman said.

Persons: “, ” Christine Heller Seaman, Catherine Romer, Charles Romer, ” Seaman, Charles, Seaman, Lawton Dodd, Dodd, — Charles, Catherine’s, —, ’ ” Seaman, ”, we’re, … Organizations: NBC, Continental, Police Department, Facebook, Royal, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Seaman, Sunshine State Sonar Locations: York, Georgia, Manhattan, Miami Beach , Florida, Scarsdale , New York, Brunswick , Georgia, Glynn, New Jesup, Scotland, Florida

☆ Sweden asks China to cooperate in Baltic Sea cable investigation
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Sophie Tanno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Sweden has sent a formal request to China to cooperate with an investigation into suspected sabotage over the sudden disruption of two submarine internet cables in the Baltic Sea earlier this month, after tracking data linked a Chinese ship to the incidents. “Sweden has sent a formal request to China to cooperate with Swedish authorities in order to create clarity on what has happened,” Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson told reporters on Thursday. Kristersson also said that Sweden has asked for the Chinese ship to return to Swedish waters in order to aid its investigation. The C-Lion1 submarine telecommunications cable being laid to the bottom of the Baltic Sea in this file image from October 2015. The vessel, called Yi Pen 3, had been sailing out of the Baltic Sea after a stop in the port of Vistino, Russia.

Persons: Ulf Kristersson, Kristersson, Lithuania –, Boris Pistorius, Heikki Saukkomaa, Lin Jian, “, ” Organizations: CNN, German, Swedish Prosecution Authority, National Unit, International, National Bureau of Investigation, Getty Locations: Sweden, China, Baltic, Swedish, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Lithuania, States, Moscow, AFP, Kpler, Vistino, Russia

☆ In new bitcoin bull market, it's time to beware of the same old crypto scams
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Cheryl Winokur Munk | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

The issue is compounded by the fact that legitimate strategies to make money with bitcoin are being discussed publicly by reputable sources. That, coupled with the technological advances of AI, makes scams seem more real, even for more sophisticated investors, industry professionals said. Coinbase is seeing several scams in which cyber thieves send a text claiming a crypto owner's account has been compromised. How families get defraudedThere's the adage, "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is," but when it comes to crypto scams, people still take the bait. Another red flag is if an organization asking for money claims crypto is the only payment option, Velasquez said.

Persons: Eva Velasquez, Elon Musk, Merrick Theobald, Trump, Coinbase, scammers, Jeff Lunglhofer, Theobald, Howard Greenberg, Greenberg, you've, Yaya Fanusie, Fanusie, Velasquez Organizations: Theft Resource, Federal Bureau of, Investors, Engadget, Government, Cryptocurrency Association, Crypto, Innovation, LinkedIn, SEC Locations: Liechtenstein, cryptocurrency

☆ UK lawmakers vote to allow assisted dying
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

London CNN —British members of parliament have voted to legalize assisted dying, approving a contentious proposal that would make the United Kingdom one of a small handful of nations to allow terminally ill people to end their lives. The bill must still clear the House of Lords and parliamentary committees, but Friday’s vote marked the most important hurdle. Canada, New Zealand, Spain and most of Australia allow assisted dying in some form, as do several US states including Oregon, Washington and California. MPs were given a free vote on the issue, meaning they can support either side according to their conscience, with no political ramifications. Polling indicates that a comfortable majority of the public supports assisted dying.

Persons: Esther Rantzen, ” Rantzen, ”, ” Rachael Maskell, Rantzen, Jordan Pettitt, Tristan Osborne, Maskell, “, we’ve Organizations: London CNN, BBC, Labour, CNN, Health Service Locations: United Kingdom, Britain, Canada , New Zealand, Spain, Australia, Oregon, Washington, California, Westminster, Switzerland, Netherlands, Canada, England, Wales

☆ Top 5 Ways Netflix Won the Streaming Wars This Year
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Geoff Weiss | Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

AdvertisementNetflix emerged as the winner of the streaming wars this year. From vast ad ambitions to zeitgeisty true crime fare, here are five of its biggest achievements. Netflix continues to put out hits that keep people watching and subscribing. Lately, it's been leaning into popular fare like true crime and live events that have big advertiser — and water-cooler — appeal. But for now, here's a look back at the biggest swings Netflix took this past year:

Persons: retrenched, it's, It's Organizations: Netflix, Diageo, America's, Amazon's, YouTube

“Conclave” could hit the sweet spot for Oscar voters, with its blend of taut airport paperback thrills and contemporary social relevance. The first “Dune” scored 10 nominations at the 94th Academy Awards in 2022 and won six awards that night — the most of any movie in contention — including best sound, best production design, best cinematography, best film editing and best visual effects. Villeneuve is also a favorite with Oscar voters thanks to previous nominated titles like “Sicario,” “Arrival” and “Blade Runner 2049.”How to watch: Stream on Max. ‘Gladiator II’Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator” conquered the Academy Awards more than 23 years ago, winning five trophies, including best picture and best actor, for Russell Crowe. ‘Wicked’The most inescapable blockbuster of the holiday season could cast a spell on Oscar voters.

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