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Senate Republicans offered mixed responses Thursday to President-elect Donald Trump's announcement that he will nominate Pete Hegseth, a Fox News personality accused of sexual assault, to lead the Defense Department following the release of a police report concerning sexual assault allegations against him. Some senators defended Trump's pick, while others voiced some trepidation, and a senator told NBC News "I don't care" when approached about a police report released Wednesday tied to an allegation of sexual assault against Hegseth in 2017. Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., also defended Trump's pick, saying he had reviewed the report and would push for Hegseth's confirmation. Two other picks to serve in top jobs in Trump's Cabinet have also faced potentially damaging allegations of sexual misconduct. After Gaetz withdrew his name, Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., told NBC News that there were “similar, challenging allegations” with Hegseth.
Persons: Donald Trump's, Pete Hegseth, Sen, Kevin Cramer, Cramer, I’m, Hegseth, Karoline Leavitt, Markwayne Mullin, Trump's, Mullin, , Trump, ” Mullin, Bill Hagerty, Lindsey Graham, Joe Biden, Biden, That’s, Graham, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kennedy, Matt Gaetz, Gaetz, Chris Coons, ” Coons, Josh Hawley, “ Let’s, ” Hawley, let’s, they’ve, Organizations: Fox News, Defense Department, Trump's, NBC, Hegseth, Cabinet, Armed Services Committee, Trump, Pentagon, Republican, White, NBC News, Human Services Department Locations: America, California, Washington, Florida
A Georgia woman who reported her 20-month-old son missing in 2022, setting off a large search until his remains were found in a landfill, was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for his killing. She was sentenced in a Chatham County court to life with the possibility of parole. Simon reported her son missing from their home in Chatham County, near Savannah, on Oct. 5, 2022. Quinton Simon. Simon was sentenced to what amounts to life in prison, as well as an additional 10 years.
Persons: Leilani Simon, Quinton Simon's, Quinton Simon’s, Tammy Stokes, Simon, Quinton, Quinton Simon, Quinton’s, , Stokes Organizations: Authorities, Chatham, Chatham County Police Locations: Georgia, Chatham County, Chatham, Savannah
Jordan Neely died from the “combined effects” of a number of a factors, not a chokehold, a forensic pathologist hired by Daniel Penny’s attorneys testified Thursday. Penny is charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the chokehold death of Neely on a New York City subway train in May 2023. Penny, 26, who was a passenger on the train, put Neely in a chokehold and took him to the ground. Chundru said he did not believe that Neely died of a chokehold or that Penny had applied consistent and sufficient pressure to render him unconscious. Chundru said he believed Neely died from “the combined effects of sickle cell crisis, the schizophrenia, the struggle and restraint and the synthetic marijuana” that was in his system.
Persons: Jordan Neely, Daniel Penny’s, Penny, Neely, Satish Chundru, Dr, Cynthia Harris, Chundru, , Andre Zachary, Andrew Savulich, Harris, , Steven, Dafna Yoran, Yoran, Jacqueline Penny, neighborly, Gina Flaim, Penny’s, Eric Gonzalez, Gonzalez Organizations: Prosecutors, TNS, Getty, National Association of Medical, Marines Locations: New York City, Florida, Texas, New York, Manhattan, West Islip, Long, Queens
After more than 50 years, legendary broadcast journalist Chuck Scarborough has announced his plans to step down from his daily duties anchoring the news at NBC New York. NBCU Photo BankHe will continue to be a part of the WNBC family and provide special reports and contribute to special station projects and programming. Before moving to WNBC, Scarborough worked at TV stations including WLOX-TV in Biloxi, Mississippi; WDAM-TV in Hattiesburg, Mississippi; WAGA-TV in Atlanta and WNAC-TV in Boston, according to his station biography. Scarborough started his career with WNBC on March 25, 1974, anchoring the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. weekday news. He left the 11 p.m. anchor chair in 2016, according to the station.
Persons: Chuck Scarborough, Scarborough, Al Roker, Hoda, Savannah Guthrie, Nathan Congleton, Organizations: NBC, National Broadcasting Company, NBCU, WNBC, Empire Locations: York, Biloxi , Mississippi, Hattiesburg , Mississippi, Atlanta, Boston, Savannah
The DEA concurred with most of the report’s recommendations but declined to comment. That employee was being paid by the DEA a percentage of the cash seized, the IG found, and had received tens of thousands of dollars over several years. In some cases, the DEA has seized money only to have judges order the government to return it. In 2020, NBC Los Angeles reported that $82,000 was seized by the DEA from an elderly man and his daughter in Pittsburgh. “It’s like I was mugged on the street.”USA Today reported in 2016 that, over a decade, the DEA seized more than $209 million in cash from at least 5,200 people at 15 busy airports.
Persons: General, Lisa Monaco, , Justice Department “ Organizations: Drug, Administration, Department’s Office, Task Force, Department, Justice Department, Institute for Justice, DEA, Transportation Security Administration, NBC News, Prosecutors, NBC, ” USA Locations: Cincinnati, New York, New Orleans, Columbus , Ohio, NBC Los Angeles, Pittsburgh
The Pre-Market Rundown: November 22, 2024
  + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: 1 min
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Trump hush money sentencing delayed indefinitely
  + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +1 min
Former US President Donald Trump attends the second day of his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on April 16, 2024. A New York judge Friday indefinitely postponed President-elect Donald Trump's sentencing in his criminal hush money case. Trump's attorneys — including Todd Blanche, whom Trump recently tapped to be the No. 2 official at the Department of Justice — argued Tuesday that the hush money case must be thrown out "immediately." "Just as a sitting President is completely immune from any criminal process, so too is President Trump as President-elect," Blanche and lawyer Emil Bove wrote in a letter to Merchan.
Persons: Donald Trump, Donald Trump's, Judge Juan Merchan, Trump, Todd Blanche, Department of Justice —, Blanche, Emil Bove Organizations: Manhattan Criminal, Prosecutors, Manhattan, Attorney's, Department of Justice Locations: New York City, York
I must have the address where the party is happening and the phone number of an adult there. So I set some ground rules for my kids to party and for me to have peace of mind. We find a compromiseI miss the days when I knew most of my kids' friends and their parents and we all looked out for each other's offspring. Rule number two is that they have to always keep their location on and share it with us on their devices. Rule number three, one we just added, is that we need the contact info of whoever they believe is their most responsible friend.
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Reuters —The Nicaraguan parliament, dominated by the ruling Sandinista Front, on Friday approved a constitutional reform that hands more power to President Daniel Ortega as well as the Central American nation’s police and military. The two have been married since 2005 and she was made vice president in 2017. Under the new reform, the co-presidents will have control over the legislature, judiciary and electoral, public administration, and oversight bodies as well as autonomous entities. Government critics have said the reforms legalize the “absolute power” already exercised for years by Ortega and Murillo. “If adopted, these changes will sound the death knell for fundamental freedoms and rule of law in Nicaragua,” he said in a statement.
Persons: Daniel Ortega, , Rosario Murillo, Ortega, , Murillo, Gustavo Porras, Human Rights Volker Turk Organizations: Reuters, Nicaraguan, Sandinista, Central American nation’s, Government, of American, UN, Human Rights Locations: United States, of American States, Nicaragua
Top 10 S&P 500 stock winners since Election Day
  + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +4 min
Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesMany large U.S. companies have seen their stocks swell since the presidential election. The top 10 performing stocks in the S&P 500 index saw returns of 18% or more since Election Day, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence, which analyzed returns based on closing prices from Nov. 5 to Nov. 20. The 'Elon Musk premium'And then there's the Elon Musk factor. Tesla's stock got an "Elon Musk premium" from Trump's victory, said Goldberg of Professional Advisory Services. Shares of the electric-vehicle maker soared 14% the day after the election and almost 30% by week's end.
Persons: Michael M, Elon Musk, Donald Trump —, Jeremy Goldberg, Goldberg, Jacob Manoukian, Rosy, outperformance, David Glazer, Paul Moseley, Vistra, Stacey Doré, Elon, Trump, Donald Trump, Chris Unger Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, Santiago, Getty, P Global Market Intelligence, Professional Advisory Services, Inc, Trump, Deregulation, Morgan Private Bank, Companies, Warner Bros ., Max, Disney, Walt Disney Co, Palantir Technologies, Fort Worth Data, Fort Worth Star, Tribune, Service, Vistra Corp, Tech, Elon, Professional Advisory Services ., of Government, week's, UFC, Madison, Garden, Ufc Locations: U.S, Texas, , Texas , Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York
CNN —Human error led to the death of a young gorilla in Alberta, Canada, according to officials at the Calgary Zoo. The gorilla died of traumatic head injuries, according to the statement. “This tragedy has struck us all in the deepest way imaginable,” Colleen Baird, Calgary Zoo’s director of animal care, said at a news conference. “We love and care for more than 4,000 animals representing over 100 species that call our zoo home,” a spokesperson for the Calgary Zoo said in a statement to CNN. The Calgary Zoo, which launched the conservation organization the Wilder Institute in 2021, cares for over 4,000 animals, including 6 other western lowland gorillas.
Persons: ” Colleen Baird, , Baird, It’s, , Camille Labchuk, Eyare ’, ” Baird Organizations: CNN, Calgary Zoo, Animal, Association of Zoos, Aquariums, Commission, Wilder Institute Locations: Alberta, Canada, Calgary, , Canadian, American
The New York Times News Quiz, Nov. 22, 2024
  + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: 1 min
“Wicked” and “Gladiator II” are now in theaters. Movie fans, hoping to rekindle the excitement of last year’s simultaneous openings of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer,” have taken to referring to the new films with what portmanteau?
Persons: Barbie ”, “ Oppenheimer,
“You can just tell by the nominees for cabinet positions and agency heads that this will be an administration of retribution,” Baron added. Trump’s impending return to power was a theme of the conversations at the Committee to Protect Journalists gala. Attendees discussed the need to report without fear or favor, to be open-minded but clear-eyed about what actions the Trump administration might take, and to avoid fearmongering but to consider a range of possibilities. Here are some of the specific concerns that have arisen among members of the media:In the second Trump term, legal threats and frivolous lawsuits could pile up, costing newsrooms money and time. The Trump administration could reinstate the Justice Department’s past practice of pursuing reporters’ records in leak investigations.
Persons: Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski’s, Donald Trump, Brzezinski, Trump, Joe ”, Marty Baron, ” Baron, Jodie Ginsberg, they’re, newsrooms, Trump’s, Jessica Lessin, , it’s, ” Lessin, Jacob Weisberg, Matt Egan, ” Poynter, Kelly McBride, , leakers, nix, CNN’s Liam Reilly Organizations: New, New York CNN, MSNBC, Scarborough, Washington Post, , Protect Journalists, Committee, Newsroom, “ Journalists, Trump, Media, TV, Nonprofit, Social, Republicans Locations: New York, Mar
It is very unusual for Chinese businesspeople to take public aim at the government and those who have done so have often faced repercussions. In particular, Pinduoduo’s pricing system has done great harm to China’s brands and its industries,” he was quoted as saying by state-owned media outlet The Paper. In further remarks from the same press conference that were not widely reported by state media, Zhong singled out the Chinese government for not doing more to stop the trend. CNN has reached out to Nongfu Springs and PDD (PDD) for comment. A worker prepares to transfer packages after sorting at a warehouse for an e-commerce company in Beijing on November 11, 2024.
Persons: Hong Kong CNN —, Zhong Shanshan, Zhong, Pinduoduo, Alibaba, Jack Ma, Ma, Colin Huang, Wang Zhao, Zhong’s, Huang Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, PDD Holdings, Sina Technology, CNN, Ant Group, Alibaba, Getty, Bloomberg Locations: China, Hong Kong, Beijing, AFP
Reddit — The stock fell 6% after Bloomberg, citing a person familiar with the matter, reported that Advance Magazine Publishers is looking to establish a credit facility using as much as $1.2 billion of its stake in Reddit. Gap — The stock jumped more than 10% on the heels of the clothing retailer increasing its full-year outlook — its third time doing so this year. Super Micro Computer — Shares moved more than 11% higher, extending its more than 15% gain in the previous session. Intuit — Shares of the financial software company fell 4% after the release of its fiscal first-quarter report. StoneCo — Shares jumped about 10% after the Brazilian payments company announced a share repurchase program of up to 2 billion reais .
Persons: LSEG, Ross, Needham, bitcoin, , Alex Harring, Jesse Pound, Michelle Fox Organizations: Bloomberg, Advance Magazine Publishers, BDO, Nasdaq, Intuit —, Intuit, LSEG, Carpenter Technology, JPMorgan, . Texas Pacific, Marathon Oil, ConocoPhillips Locations: Reddit
While Anthropic and OpenAI continue to raise significant sums, some smaller companies have essentially been folded into Google and Microsoft. U.S. regulators are also scrutinizing the multibillion-dollar investments that Microsoft, Amazon and Google are putting into A.I. But the deals are seen as allowing the big companies to form deep ties with their smaller rivals while avoiding most government scrutiny. Like OpenAI, Anthropic is a developer of so-called generative A.I., the technology capable of learning from vast amounts of data to create humanlike text and images. Anthropic has tried to position itself as one of the more responsible actors in the field of A.I.
Persons: OpenAI, Anthropic’s Claude, Anthropic Organizations: Google, Microsoft, The New York Times, The Times Locations: U.S
Senator Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat and majority leader for a few more weeks, is not known for keeping his thoughts to himself. “We’re going to wait and see what happens in each of these instances before commenting,” Mr. Schumer told reporters this week, passing up a television camera-ready opportunity he would normally grab to slip a knife into any of the president-elect’s cabinet picks. He is keeping quiet for a reason, and it is not because he does not have opinions on President-elect Donald J. Trump’s administration in the making. Mr. Schumer does not want Republicans to be able to paint him as the face of the opposition, a prospect that could help rally the G.O.P. around Mr. Trump’s choices.
Persons: Chuck Schumer, Trump, “ We’re, ” Mr, Schumer, Donald J, Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegseth, Mr Organizations: New York Democrat, Fox News Locations: Mar
In the emerging AI software battle between Microsoft and Salesforce , investors do not need to pick a side. The announcements came roughly one year after the tech giant launched a suite of AI assistant tools called Microsoft 365 Copilot. Both companies leaning into AI agents is notable because Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has not been hesitant to attack Microsoft's competing AI offerings. Salesforce stock is up 28% year to date versus Microsoft's roughly 9% gain since the start of 2024. I don't want to go against Microsoft," Jim said.
Persons: Jim Cramer, , Marc Benioff, Benioff, who's, Satya Nadella, Nadella, They're, We've, Salesforce, Slack, Agentforce, Jim, it's, Jim Cramer's, Salesforce's Dreamforce, Justin Sullivan Organizations: Microsoft, Deutsche Bank, Club, CNBC, Getty Locations: Agentforce, Salesforce's, Mulesoft, San Francisco , California
Mr. Kennedy has not said he will limit access to Ozempic or other drugs. He did not reply to requests for comment about what he may do as secretary of health and human services. Can a health secretary reverse a drug’s approval? The Food and Drug Administration is part of the Health and Human Services Department, but the secretary does not directly approve drugs. Any attempt to withdraw the approval of the obesity drugs would have to be initiated by the F.D.A.
Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, , Greg Gutfeld, Donald J, Trump, Kennedy Organizations: Fox News, Novo Nordisk, of Health, Human Services, Drug Administration, Health, Human Services Department
The Week That Was: November 22, 2024
  + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: 1 min
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The deal includes an agreement for Anthropic to use Amazon's AI chips more. The goal of all this money is mainly to get Amazon's AI chips to be used more often to train and run large language models. It's also going to help Amazon design future Trainium chips and contribute to building out an Amazon AI model development platform called AWS Neuron. The Information reported recently that Anthropic prefers to use Nvidia GPUs, rather than Amazon AI chips. In May, Bernstein analyst Stacy Rasgon told Business Insider he wasn't aware of any companies using Amazon chips at scale.
Persons: Anthropic, It's, Dario Amodei, we've, Andy Jassy, Bernstein, Stacy Rasgon, Jassy, Amodei Organizations: Amazon, Nvidia, Business, Google, Locations: Anthropic, San Francisco
White also used his connections to leverage appearances for Trump on friendly, right-leaning podcasts with millions of young listeners. White was upfront about his motivation in connecting Trump with so-called manosphere or bro-casters, saying the move was intended to tap into young voters. “You’re getting conversations in these podcasts, and you yourself, as a young kid, get to really see who Donald Trump is,” White told The New Yorker. Still, even as the UFC boss backs away from future political campaigns, he remains firmly in Trump’s corner as he returns to the White House. “Donald Trump is tougher and more badass than anybody,” White told The New Yorker.
Persons: New York CNN — Dana White, Donald Trump, ” “, ” White, , Trump’s, White, casters, Joe Rogan, , Rogan, Theo Von, Adin Ross, Andrew Schulz, Trump, “ Donald Trump Organizations: New, New York CNN, White House, Trump, Republican National Convention, Saturday’s UFC, Madison, UFC, Garden, CNN, Pew Research Center Locations: New York, Trump, Madison, West Palm Beach , Florida, Trump’s
Laos has tried to rebrand Vang Vieng as less of a party destination. Vang Vieng and its mountainous surroundings are a base for outdoor activities, including kayaking, jungle trekking, parasailing, tubing and rock climbing. Foreign tourists kayaking and tubing on the Song River in Vang Vieng, Laos, on November 19. “(We are) aware of a number of cases of suspected methanol poisoning in Vang Vieng, possibly through the consumption of methanol-laced alcoholic drinks,” the US Embassy in Vientiane said in a health alert Friday. The warning came after the US State Department confirmed to CNN that an American citizen had died in Vang Vieng.
Persons: Vang Vieng, Vang, Anupam Nath, CNN’s Helen Regan, Isaac Yee, Eve Brennan Organizations: CNN, UNESCO, Vang, US State Department Locations: Southeast Asia, Vang, Laos, United States, United Kingdom, Vientiane, Luang Prabang, South Korea, China, Vang Vieng, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, American, Vietnam, Thailand, France, Russia, Japan
London CNN —The coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla held in May last year cost British taxpayers £72 million ($91 million), an amount some have labeled excessive. The £72 million spent on the coronation could have paid for 24 million free meals for schoolchildren in London, based on the city government’s current budget of £3.00 ($3.75) per meal. Some additional spending came from the Privy Purse, the monarch’s private source of income, a royal source told CNN. “Plans (for the coronation) were scaled back,” the royal source told CNN. The culture department, in its accounts, said it had underspent its budget on the coronation by £2.8 million ($3.5 million).
Persons: King Charles III, Queen Camilla, Queen Elizabeth II, Finnbarr Webster, , Graham Smith, Sovereign Grant —, Sovereign Grant, , Elizabeth II’s, Max Foster Organizations: London CNN, Department for Culture, Media, Sport, Home Office, Volunteers, Republic, CNN, Sovereign, CNN’s Royal Locations: United Kingdom, Weymouth , England, British, London, Lancaster, London’s Westminster
Changes in New York City
  + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Emma G. Fitzsimmons | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
New York City faces an affordability crisis. His criminal case has obscured better news — that officials are advancing several ambitious proposals that hope to improve life in the city. The Democrats who run New York are crafting new policies because voters are concerned about their quality of life. The cost of living has become a campaign issue in Adams’s re-election next year, and his rivals are highlighting affordability. Drivers pay to enter the tolling zone using electronic passes on their windshields or photos of their license plates.
Persons: Eric Adams, Adams’s Organizations: Yorkers Locations: York City, New York, Manhattan, Central
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