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☆ Columbia's student radio station was the main source of information for the protests. Here's why that matters.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Other press couldn't go on campus, so the student radio station was the only source of on-the-ground reporting. WKCR 89.9 FM, Columbia's student radio station, was broadcasting live from inside the campus about what was happening as the NYPD arrived. (I left messages for the radio station but didn't hear back — likely because the students are taking a well-deserved break, which they referenced in an X post . AdvertisementStudents at UChicago encampment gather in silence around a speaker for radio broadcast of WKCR 89.9, Columbia’s student station. The actual events on the Columbia campus on Tuesday night are, of course, more important than the fact that its radio station went viral.

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☆ Why auction houses are embracing luxury — and celebrity — fashion
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Joan Kennedy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

(CNN) — There’s a lot of talk about luxury’s rising prices, but it’s at auction that fashion is selling for the most eye-popping of sums. Fashion items from the sets of TV, film and even commercials can also garner high prices. Frank Augstein/APWhile selling prices are widely publicized, auction houses maintain something akin to attorney-client privilege when it comes to the identities of their bidders. In fact, much of the archival fashion seen on stars today has passed through auction. “That dress would now sell for $10 million because of that double whammy connection of a celebrity,” said Nolan.

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At least one tornado struck parts of Nebraska on Friday afternoon, leading to the collapse of an industrial building, injuring at least three people and prompting a widespread emergency response, officials said, a day after tornadoes battered other parts of the Midwest. The Weather Service issued tornado warnings for much of Omaha, including the downtown area. The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office responded to the industrial building at Garner Industries around 3 p.m. and found it “pretty much totally collapsed” with several people trapped inside, Chief Deputy Ben Houchin said. Three people were taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries, he said, adding that roughly 70 people were inside when the tornado struck. The sheriff’s office also received reports of a derailed train in Waverly, Chief Houchin said, adding, “They didn’t require any emergency assistance, so we’re hoping it’s very minor.”

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☆ Chipotle abandons Farmesa Fresh Eatery spinoff after ghost kitchen closes
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Amelia Lucas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Chipotle Mexican Grill is abandoning its Farmesa Fresh Eatery spinoff after partner Kitchen United closed its ghost kitchens. A little over a year ago, Chipotle announced the opening of its first Farmesa location at Kitchen United's Santa Monica location. But the Santa Monica ghost kitchen closed in February as its parent company struggled financially. In November, Kitchen United announced plans to close or sell all of its locations as it pivoted into software. But once customers started returning to dining in person and capital grew more expensive, many ghost kitchen startups like Kitchen United found themselves in trouble.

Persons: Chipotle, Curt Garner, Brian Niccol, it's, Chipotle's, Sam Nazarian Organizations: United, CNBC, Kitchen United Locations: Monica, Santa Monica, U.S

☆ Remember that Versace dress Jennifer Garner wore in ‘13 Going on 30"?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Marie Lodi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

DeSanto accessorized the dress with colorful Swarovski crystal jewelry by Tarina Tarantino, including a blue butterfly statement necklace. Columbia Pictures/Everett CollectionDecades later, the dress has become a beloved artifact for nostalgic rom-com fans and modern fashion enthusiasts alike. “(Garner) put it on, we got her all dolled up, she went to dance, and we moved on,” she said. DeSanto also credits director Gary Winick, who died in 2011, for the film’s fashion sense. As DeSanto points out, “13 Going on 30” is a story about a young woman coming into herself — and how, more than anything, it’s important just to be yourself.

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☆ Senate passes reauthorization of a key U.S. surveillance program after midnight deadline
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

After its midnight deadline, the Senate voted early Saturday to reauthorize a key U.S. surveillance law after divisions over whether the FBI should be restricted from using the program to search for Americans' data nearly forced the statute to lapse. The legislation approved 60-34 with bipartisan support would extend for two years the program known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. "If you miss a key piece of intelligence, you may miss some event overseas or put troops in harm's way," Sen. Marco Rubio, the top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said. One of the major changes detractors had proposed centered around restricting the FBI's access to information about Americans through the program. "I think that is a risk that we cannot afford to take with the vast array of challenges our nation faces around the world," Democratic Sen. Mark Warner, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Friday.

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☆ No matter how well Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department' does, it won't be how she makes most of her money this year
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Taylor Swift's new album "The Tortured Poets Department" is almost guaranteed to be a bestseller. But no matter how well it does, it won't be the way Swift earns most of her money this year. In fact, the remaining leg of her Eras tour will add much more to Swift's billion-dollar fortune. Swift's Eras Tour brought in more than $1 billion in ticket sales last year over its 66 dates. Swift's cut is unknown, but based on industry standards, she will surely earn nine figures in 2024 from ticket sales.

Persons: Taylor, Swift, —, Taylor Swift, Clayton Durant, Tatiana Cirisano, Durant, Cirisano, Luminate Organizations: Department, Service, Spotify, Bloomberg, Management, NYU Steinhardt's Music Business, Billboard, Napster, Apple Locations: Paris

☆ Xi Jinping is hyping China as Ukraine's peacemaker — while actually helping Russia's invasion
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewChina's leader, Xi Jinping, played the role of Ukraine's peacemaker during talks on Tuesday with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. At the meeting in Beijing, Xi presented his German counterpart with four principles for peace in Ukraine, according to Chinese state media. AdvertisementThe principles are vague and similar to a Ukraine peace plan proposed by China last year. But despite these public statements, analysts say that Xi's claims to be a peacemaker are a charade and that in reality, China is increasing support for Russia's military. AdvertisementThis is in addition to the diplomatic and economic support China has already given the Kremlin.

Persons: —, Xi Jinping, Olaf Scholz, Xi, Scholz, Vladimir Putin, he's, Joe Biden Organizations: Service, Business, London's Royal United Services Institute, The, Associated Press Locations: Beijing, Ukraine, China, Russia, US, Germany, San Francisco

☆ 'Iran is in for the long haul' with oil tanker hijacks, expert says, as U.S. considers more sanctions
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Lori Ann Larocco | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Before this weekend's tanker seizure, the last vessel Iran hijacked was the St. Nikolas on January 1. A Planet Labs satellite image of the location of the MSC Aries and other tankers recently hijacked by Iran. Planet Labs PBCAs the U.S. considers more sanctions against Iran in response to its recent attack on Israel, Iran has been using the hijacked ships as a means of sanctions retaliation. Iran chose to do this as a way to compensate for sanctions," Madani said. In a note to clients, ClearView highlighted that the House of Representatives added several Iran sanctions bills to its calendar for consideration this week, under suspension rules, including new sanctions on Iranian oil exports to China.

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☆ Israel war cabinet hold heated debate over how to respond to Iran attack, Israeli officials say
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Jeremy Diamond | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Tel Aviv, Israel CNN —Israel’s war cabinet has been engaged in a heated debate about how and when to respond to Iran’s weekend attack on their country, two Israeli officials familiar with the deliberations tell CNN. In addition to a potential military response, the war cabinet is also mulling diplomatic options to further isolate Iran on the world stage. Benny Gantz, a key member of the war cabinet, has pushed for a swifter response to Iran’s attack, two Israeli officials said. But Israeli officials recognize that will be a difficult needle to thread, hence the ongoing debate. An hours-long war cabinet meeting on Sunday ended without a decision on how Israel will respond to Iran’s attack, an Israeli official said.

Persons: Israel CNN —, Benny Gantz, Benjamin Netanyahu, Gantz, Iran’s, Netanyahu, Mohammed Reza Zahedi, Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi, Joe Biden, Biden, ” Organizations: Israel CNN, CNN, Revolutionary Guards, White Locations: Tel Aviv, Israel, Iran, Syria, ” Israel

☆ Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg to face his toughest trial yet as Trump criminal case begins
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Gregory Krieg | Kara Scannell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

“I’ve done a lot of cases that are considered no-win,” Bragg told CNN at the time, in December 2021. Though Bragg’s ambitions are widely considered to be less lofty than some of his predecessors, the Trump trial will likely write both his political future and legacy. Two months into office, Bragg was confronted by two senior attorneys leading the Trump investigation. When Bragg refused to authorize them to seek an indictment they abruptly and noisily resigned, putting additional pressure on the new district attorney. Trump eventually paid $2 million of his own money to a group of charities, and the foundation was dissolved.

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☆ Restraint or retribution? Israel faces dilemma in its response to Iran’s attack
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Nadeen Ebrahim | Jeremy Diamond | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Israel must balance international pressure to show restraint on the one hand, while searching for an appropriate response to an unprecedented attack. Western and Arab allies of Israel have been discouraging it from responding to Iran’s attack. Benny Gantz, a key member of the war cabinet, has pushed for a swifter response to Iran’s attack, two Israeli officials told CNN. He believes that the longer Israel delays its response to Iran’s attack, the harder it will be to garner international support for it, the sources said. Risking Arab tiesArab states, including those that are friendly with Israel, have expressed concern about a potential escalation from Iran’s attack, but haven’t outright condemned it.

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☆ Salman Rushdie Reflects on His Stabbing in a New Memoir
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Dwight Garner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

In his candid, plain-spoken and gripping new memoir, “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder,” Rushdie describes what happened next. That is long enough, Rushdie points out, to read one of Shakespeare’s sonnets, including his favorite, No. And there’s a wound on the left side of my mouth, and there was one along my hairline too. That was the cruelest blow, and it was a deep wound. A doctor says, “You’re lucky that the man who attacked you had no idea how to kill a man with a knife.”

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☆ Off-price retail is poised to keep taking market share. Why is TJX's stock stuck?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-14 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The ongoing challenges for department stores, which extend back more than a decade, keep playing into the hands of off-price competitors, UBS said. Despite woes at other retailers, TJX stands out as a resilient company well-equipped to avoid many of the industry's challenges. TJX 1Y mountain TJX's stock performance over the past 12 months. One factor keeping a lid on TJX's stock recently may be that it is trading close to its historical valuation, noted Chuck Grom, a consumer and retail analyst at Gordon Haskett. On the other hand, spending at department stores fell 3.7% in March after a 5.2% decline in February, according to Bank of America.

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☆ 'Our community has never had this much power': How Dearborn became the epicenter of Biden's 2024 headaches over Israel
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

"It might be the driving force behind the movement, but it's much bigger than Palestine," said Lexis Zeidan, another Uncommitted movement leader. Bryan MetzgerBut while the Arab American community is particularly concentrated in the Detroit area, with implications for 2024 in a closely-watched swing state, there are plenty of Arab American voters scattered in competitive states around the country. But the key to the movement's ongoing success has been coalition-building with other communities, including African American voters, young voters, and progressive Jewish voters. Organizers with the Listen to Michigan campaign following election results during a watch party in Dearborn, Michigan on February 27, 2024. After founding the Arab American Institute in Washington, DC in 1985, he and others worked in the intervening decades to build up Arab American power.

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☆ Heartbreak and Family Love on the International Booker Prize Shortlist
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Alex Marshall | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A novel about a woman grieving her twin and another tracing North and South Korean history through a family of railway workers are among the six titles nominated for this year’s International Booker Prize, the prestigious award for fiction translated into English. Translated from German by Michael Hofmann, Erpenbeck’s book is about a torrid affair between a student and a 50-something novelist in communist East Germany. Dwight Garner, reviewing “Kairos” for The New York Times, said it was a “beautiful bummer” of a novel, in which a reader could wallow. The other shortlisted titles include Itamar Vieira Junior’s “Crooked Plow,” translated from Portuguese by Johnny Lorenz. Anderson Tepper, in a review for The New York Times, said that “Vieira provides a compelling vision of history’s downtrodden and neglected.”

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☆ Microchip giant TSMC strikes $11.6 billion deal with Biden to boost production in Arizona
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Taiwan Semiconductor is set to receive almost $12 billion in grants and loans from the US government. The Biden administration is eager to onshore production and rely less on China as tensions mount. AdvertisementThe White House is giving the world's largest chipmaker government grants and loans worth almost $12 billion to expand production in Arizona. The agreement with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) announced an initial deal in a press release on Monday. TSMC generated about $67 billion in revenue last year and and $26 billion of net income.

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Kishida made the remarks days ahead of his Wednesday meeting with Biden in Washington, where he will also address a joint session of Congress and participate in the very first trilateral summit between Japan, the United States and the Philippines. Partnership with Japan has long been central to US strategy in the Indo-Pacific, but the defense relationship has expanded under Kishida, who has raised Japan’s profile in global and regional security. That move is not without controversy, especially in China and other parts of Asia that suffered hugely under Japan’s World War II era militarism. Building Japan’s deterrence and response capability is also “essential” for the alliance with the United States, he argued. Since taking office, Kishida has also positioned Japan as a partner to the US not only in Asia, but more globally.

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☆ The mixed response to Jojo Siwa's rebrand shows just how hard it is for child stars to stay relevant
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Child stars always struggleIt's proven to be challenging for any child star to transition to mainstream entertainment. "Child stars often build a brand around their youthful persona," he said. "Child stars may find themselves typecast into specific roles or genres, making it difficult for the industry and audience to see them in a new light." Advertisement"I feel like a lot of child stars started as a character then they grew into an adult as themselves," she said. "I think she's smart enough, and she will probably realize, OK, I might need to do something creative now," she said.

Persons: —, JoJo Siwa, Gene Simmons, Siwa, JoJo, It's, Miley Cyrus, it's, David Olusegun, Danny Moloshok, She's, she's, Katya Varbanova, Varbanova, I've, Cyrus, Hannah Montana, I'm Organizations: Service, Business, Nickelodeon, Disney, Creative Control Ventures, Reuters Siwa, YouTube, Forbes, Olusegun, BI Locations: Siwa

☆ Jennifer Garner is becoming America's Mom — and you can thank Netflix for that
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Jason Guerrasio | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

With a spate of family-friendly Netflix films under her belt, Jennifer Garner is becoming "America's Mom." Jennifer Garner in "Yes Day." AdvertisementAssuming the mantle of America's Mom isn't a left-field move for Garner. Her Netflix roles have cemented her status as America's Mom even further. After all, if America's Mom tells you to watch her Christmas movie or drink your fruit juice, she probably has your best interests in mind, right?

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☆ Jimmy Kimmel says his trip to Japan last week made him realize that the US is a 'filthy and disgusting country'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewLate-night host Jimmy Kimmel said observing hygiene standards in Japan has drastically changed his perspective of cleanliness in the US, and joked that he's "never felt dirtier" in his home country. Kimmel said on Tuesday evening episode of "Jimmy Kimmel Live" that before going to Japan on a seven-day family trip, he thought the US was "pretty buttoned-up" despite having areas for improvement. "But now, after traveling to Japan, I realize that this place, this USA we're always chanting about, is a filthy and disgusting country," he said. In 2019, a Japanese toll operator installed public toilets on the Central Nippon Expressway that could measure driver fatigue. Kimmel is one of tens of millions to recently visited Japan on holiday.

Persons: —, Jimmy Kimmel, Kimmel, loos, Garner's, I've Organizations: Service, Business, Central Nippon, Japanese, Germany, FIFA Locations: Japan, USA, Tokyo, Kyoto

☆ Disney proxy battle is about a lot more than just two board seats
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

As for the newsletter, in today's big story, we're breaking down Disney's big proxy fight . Activist investor Nelson Peltz's proxy fight against Disney for two seats on the company's board comes to a head at its annual shareholder meeting today. The total amount spent between Disney and its rivals wrangling votes is estimated to be at least $70 million, a record for a proxy fight. The statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse at Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom, at Walt Disney World, in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. 3 things in businessWin McNamee/Getty Images; Chelsea Jia Feng/BIIn other newsAdvertisementWhat's happening todayThe Walt Disney Company's annual meeting will be held today.

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☆ John Barth, Writer Who Pushed Storytelling’s Limits, Dies at 93
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Michael T. Kaufman | Dwight Garner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

John Barth, who, believing that the old literary conventions were exhausted, extended the limits of storytelling with imaginative and intricately woven novels like “The Sot-Weed Factor” and “Giles Goat-Boy,” died on Tuesday. His death was confirmed by Rachel Wallach, who works in communications at Johns Hopkins University, where Mr. Barth was an emeritus professor of English and creative writing. She said she did not have further details. Mr. Barth was 30 when he published his sprawling third novel, the boisterous “The Sot-Weed Factor” (1960). It projected him into the ranks of the country’s most innovative writers, drawing comparisons to contemporaries like Thomas Pynchon, Jorge Luis Borges and Vladimir Nabokov.

Persons: John Barth, “ Giles, ”, Rachel Wallach, Barth, Thomas Pynchon, Jorge Luis Borges, Vladimir Nabokov Organizations: Johns Hopkins University

☆ The battle over Disney’s future is about to be decided in a high stakes board vote
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Hadas Gold | Samantha Delouya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Two competing slates of board seats are now up for a vote against Disney’s. Peltz has criticized Disney’s recent theatrical flops and said the company should reach “Netflix-like margins” with its Disney+ streaming service, among other issues. If Peltz is successful, he and Rasulo could gain up to two seats on the board, displacing Disney’s picks. More than 35% of Disney’s shares are held by these individuals, who could seriously sway the vote. The influential advisory firms Institutional Shareholder Service and Egan-Jones have also thrown their support behind Peltz for at least one seat on the board.

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☆ Jennifer Garner mourns her father William Garner after his death at 85
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Jennifer Garner shared with her social media followers on Monday that her father William Garner has died. He was 85 years old, she wrote in the post. For how he teased with a mischievous smile, and for the way he invented the role of all in, ever patient girl dad. “Happy 59th anniversary to my incredibly sweet and loving parents,” she wrote in the caption at the time. “Thank you, Mom and Dad, for giving my sisters and me such a secure, happy start to life.”

Persons: Jennifer Garner, William Garner, Garner, “, ”, Grace, ” Garner, ’ Organizations: CNN, Charleston Area Medical, City Locations: Charleston, Hope

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