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☆ Gen Z's newest style trend starts with staring deeply into your lover's (or dog's) eyes
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Anna Haas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

"To know someone that closely that you know their eye color is a sign of personal connection," she told BI. Related storiesThe style and sentiment behind this modern occurrence, though, is particularly reminiscent of Georgian eye miniatures, later termed "lover's eyes." Lover's eyes became particularly popular in the late 18th century. Incidentally, the mythology behind lover's eye jewelry is rooted in the tangled love story of Queen Charlotte and King George III's son, the future King George IV. Bos said lover's eyes were huge for about 50 years — until around the time the photograph was invented.

Persons: —, Ben Bailey, Anne Bos, Z, Graham Boettcher, Bos, Charlotte, Queen Charlotte, King George III's, King George IV, George, Prince of Wales, Maria Fitzherbert, Fitzherbert, Maria, Boettcher, Prince of Organizations: Service, Business, Catholic, Print Locations: Instagram, Prince of Wales

☆ 5,000 Miles, 8 Countries: The Path to the U.S. Through One Family’s Eyes
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Luis Ferré-Sadurní | Juan Arredondo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +21 min

With three children and a dog, the Aguilar Ortega family trekked through the jungle, hopped freight trains and toured Times Square. Millions of Venezuelans like the Aguilar Ortega family have fled economic misery and political repression in their homeland as it descended into turmoil. “The kids want to go to New York,” Mr. Aguilar said in Spanish as he stood by his tent in Mexico City. Mr. Aguilar created hiding places for their cash, using toenail clippers to cut small openings into Hayli’s jacket and Josué’s pants. She called Ms. Ortega to check in, and learned of the family’s setup.

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☆ A day in the life of Robert Rivani, a 34-year-old real-estate mogul with $750M in deals who left LA to invest in Miami
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Read previewRobert Rivani got a taste for business flipping shoes as a teenager in his hometown of Los Angeles. At 18 years old, Rivani said he was approached to sell his shoe collection for over $150,000 and he took it. Rivani left California in 2022 to make his mark in Miami, where he's grown his real-estate portfolio. Even that 45-minute drive is valuable time, so his personal assistant or wife drives while Rivani texts and takes calls. Rivani has the luxury of having restaurants, including Delilah Miami, as tenants and can host multiple meetings in one location instead of bouncing around Miami.

Persons: —, Robert Rivani, Rivani, Lion, Williams, Harry Potter, Krystal, Anna Orsborn, I've, Delilah Miami, Michael Timzil Nio, — that's, we're, he's Organizations: Service, Jordan, Business, Beverly Hills, 1Ten, Vikings Locations: Los Angeles, California, Miami, South Florida, Miami Beach, Elm, Williams Sonoma, Beverly, East Coast

☆ I'm a single mom who rents out my yard as a private dog park. I earned an extra $7,400 in 21 months to pay my bills.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Alcynna Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Taking on a second job that required me to be physically somewhere other than my home wasn't really an option. I'm a single mom with a full-time job and two little kids that I can't really leave them alone for more time than I spend at work. Although I still live paycheck to paycheck, the money I've earned is helping me cover my bills, including offsetting my car payment. Related storiesI have a ranch-style farmhouse home with a pool and a backyard that sits on half an acre of land. But I usually block off plenty of time on the calendar for personal yard time with my kids.

Persons: —, Samantha Bosley, I've, It's, it's Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Scottsdale , Arizona, Sniffspot, Scottsdale

☆ Gen Z couple left the U.S. and relocated to a houseboat in London: 'We feel like we're living in a children's picture book'
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Celia Fernandez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Dewey and Kent lived in a townhouse with a third roommate and paid $966 each in rent. Before relocating to London, the couple lived in a townhouse in Philadelphia that they shared with a roommate. "We feel like we're living in a children's picture book," Dewey says. Dewey says she loves to explore London Kent and their dog, Kipper. "I hope that people who watch my videos, get a realistic view about what it's like to move abroad, and specifically live in London," Dewey says.

Persons: Dewey, Kent, Maisy Dewey, Harrison Kent, they'd, I'm, Kipper, Maisy Dewey Dewey, Harry Organizations: Savannah College of Art, Dewey, CNBC, Kingston University, of, Kent, London Kent Locations: New Jersey, United Kingdom, London, Hong Kong, France, Philadelphia, America

☆ Pennsylvania lottery: 75-year-old woman wins $5 million scratch-off after completing cancer treatment
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-06 | by ( Ashley R. Williams | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A Pennsylvania woman who had recently completed her breast cancer treatment says she couldn’t believe her eyes after scratching off a winning $5 million ticket, according to lottery officials. Donna Osborne, 75, told Pennsylvania Lottery officials that she was at an airport with her daughter to visit family in Florida when their flight got delayed, according to a Pennsylvania Lottery news release. “It was delayed so many times, I decided to go home,” said Osborne, according to the release. She picked the winning ticket, which was part of a Pennsylvania Lottery scratch-off game called MONOPOLY Own It All, at a Speedway gas station in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She described her win as bittersweet following her recent completion of breast cancer radiation treatment, according to the Pennsylvania Lottery.

Persons: couldn’t, Donna Osborne, ”, Osborne, “, ’ ” Osborne, ‘, ” Osborne, she’d, She’s Organizations: CNN, Pennsylvania Lottery, Pennsylvania Locations: Pennsylvania, Florida, Lancaster County , Pennsylvania, Alaska

☆ Ti West Is Turning Hollywood Into a Horror Show
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-06 | by ( Ryan Bradley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The Vista is a 101-year-old single-screen movie theater, one of the last of its kind in Los Angeles. For Tarantino, that film was “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” in which two working actors stumble through the Hollywood of 1969, as one film era crashes into another. For West, it is “X” and “Pearl” and the trilogy’s final film, the newly released “MaXXXine.” These are, like most of West’s films, nominally horror movies. But they are also much stranger and more slippery than that label might suggest. In all three films, the horror stems from the characters’ drive toward stardom and their ruthless, sometimes psychotic ambition, which is fully unleashed by the possibilities of the silver screen.

Persons: Quentin Tarantino, Pam Grier, ”, Tarantino, “ I’ve, Pearl, Pearl ”, Martin Scorsese, Scorsese, West Organizations: Hollywood Locations: Los Angeles, Beverly, Hollywood

☆ Kevin Bacon wore a disguise to spend the day like a normal person and said it ‘sucked’
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —As the game “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” suggests, actor Kevin Bacon is pretty famous, and has been for a long time. “I went to a special effects makeup artist, had consultations, and asked him to make me a prosthetic disguise,” Bacon told the outlet. He told Vanity Fair that as an actor, he’s never hesitated to play the darker roles, since to him, “this is what an actor is. “If you go to a movie like ‘MaXXXine’ or ‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F,’ and I die and you stand up and cheer, I’m like, ‘Great. “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” is streaming now on Netflix.

Persons: Kevin Bacon ”, Kevin Bacon, – who’s, Axel F ”, ” –, “, ” Bacon, ‘, ’, he’s, I’m, ”, Axel F Organizations: CNN, Beverly Hills, Netflix Locations: Beverly, Los Angeles

☆ 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Wayne Shorter
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Marcus J. Moore | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

This month we feature Wayne Shorter, the iconoclastic composer and tenor saxophonist whose work with Art Blakey, Miles Davis, Weather Report and through his own solo discography has influenced generations of like-minded visionaries to push the boundaries of jazz. As a member of the quintet, Shorter once said, “it wasn’t the bish-bash, sock-’em-dead routine we had with Blakey, with every solo a climax. “All of us wrote some songs, I wrote a couple of things myself, but the main writer: Wayne,” Hancock told me over the phone recently. But most of the things we recorded were written by Wayne.” The quintet broke up in 1968; Shorter worked with Davis until 1970. In recent years, even though they’d been collaborators for several decades, Hancock and Shorter became best friends.

Persons: Wayne Shorter, Art Blakey, Miles Davis, it’s, Miles, Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams —, Davis “, ”, Ian Carr, Blakey, ” Shorter, Wayne, ” Hancock, ‘, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Davis, Joe Zawinul, Hancock, they’d

☆ I stayed at a North Korean summer camp. We polished statues and played a game where we destroyed the White House.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

When I was a kid, I remember watching a TV documentary about North Korea. I tried to find more information, so I subscribed to a group called "Solidarity with North Korea" on VKontakte — Russia's equivalent to Facebook. AdvertisementIn it, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation offered a chance to go to a North Korean children's summer camp for about $300. AdvertisementHowever, the North Korean children in the camp were quite segregated from us, and we only met them once on our last day. I can easily make friends just by talking about my experiences — people just want to hear about North Korea.

Persons: —, Yuri Frolov, Yuri Frolov's, Kim Il, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il Organizations: Service, Korea's, Business, Facebook, Communist Party of, Russian Federation, Communist Party, North Locations: North Korea, Korean, St . Petersburg, Vladivostok, Russia, Pyongyang, Pueblo, Songdowon, Laos, Nigeria, Tanzania, China, North

☆ Women's sports merchandise is an estimated $4 billion industry but fans still can't find the items they're looking for
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Mykenna Maniece | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

"When you invest in a jersey, that means you really appreciate that person, their character, and what they bring to the game," Krieger said. Sports Innovation Lab estimates the women's sports merchandise industry is worth $4 billion — conservatively. People simply don't know where to find merchandise — 32% of fans reported having an issue finding a seller for women's sports merchandise compared to just 18% of fans looking for men's, according to Sports Innovation Lab's 2024 Women's Sports Merchandise Survey. But while big brands are making strides in partnering with women's professional teams to create merchandise, the women's sports merch buying experience is still lacking. Building the women's game takes an ecosystem of collaboration involving fans, athletes, leagues, team sponsors, and retailers.

Persons: —, Ali Krieger, Krieger, Mary Earps, Marc Atkins, Nike's, Aubrey Kingsbury, it's, Alyssa Naeher's, there's, didn't, A'ja Wilson, Caitlin Clark, Puma, Bjørn Gulden, Arne Freundt, Dylan Buell, isn't, Angela Ruggiero, Ruggiero, Roy Rochlin, Stringer, " Krieger, Megan Gokey, Alex Morgan, Chloe Kim, Simone Manuel, Sue Bird, Klarna, Billie Jean King's, Esther Kim's, Zach Boisjoly, we've Organizations: Service, National Women's Soccer League, FFC Frankfurt, Eintracht Frankfurt, German, Business, FIFA, England, New York Times, Adidas, Puma, Nike, Washington Spirit, Chicago Red Stars, Innovation, Sports, Google, WNBA, WTA, Survey, NBA, Manchester United, AC Milan, Bloomberg, Indiana Fever's, Sports Innovation, Realty Trust, Professional Women's Hockey League, League, Media, Sports Foundation, NCAA, New York, Gotham FC, New York Liberty Locations: Germany, Morocco, Esther Kim's Playa, New Jersey, New

☆ Travis Kelce says he told himself 'don't drop the baby' while carrying Taylor Swift onstage at the Eras Tour
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

(Travis is a noted fan of "Blank Space," one of several hit singles from Swift's fifth studio album.) "There was no bike in case I ran into somebody else or hit one of the dancers or anything," Travis said. Do not drop Taylor on your way over to this damn couch,'" he said. Do not drop Taylor, do not fuck this up." Travis wooed Swift last summer by giving her a shout-out on "New Heights," a move that Swift later described as "metal as hell."

Persons: —, Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, Swifties, Jason Kelce, Travis, Swift, Kameron Saunders, Jan Ravnik, Taylor, Eric Bieniemy, Bieniemy, Kam, Saunders, Khalen Saunders, She's, Jason Organizations: Service, Business, Department, Kansas City Chiefs, Super, NFL, Chiefs Locations: Kelce, Tay, London

☆ Russian kids will go to 'excellent' summer camps in North Korea this year as the two countries move close
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-02 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Russian children will be sent to summer camp in North Korea at the end of July, per RIA Novosti. The initiative follows a new strategic partnership agreement between Russia and North Korea. The camp includes a statue of North Korea's founder, an aquarium, a beach, and an archery range. AdvertisementA group of Russian school children will go to a summer camp in North Korea at the end of July, Grigory Gurov, the chair of the Movement of the First, told Russian state media outlet RIA Novosti. According to a RIA Novosti Telegram post, Gurov said a large number of Russian children are expected to attend the camp, where he added the conditions will be "excellent."

Persons: North, —, Grigory Gurov, Gurov Organizations: RIA Novosti, Service, of, RIA Novosti Telegram, Business Locations: North Korea, RIA, Russia

☆ Uncover Essex's hidden gems with Wow Hydrate's Queenie Porter
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-02 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Just outside London's borders lies an English county filled with city amenities and laidback village vibes. Essex, which sits in the southeast of England along the North Sea, is the lifelong home of Queenie Porter, managing director of sports drink company Wow Hydrate. The company, which has partnered with high-profile sports names like Manchester United and Tyson Fury, is also headquartered in the county. "You have the best of everything," said Porter in an episode of CNBC's new travel series, Downtime London. When Porter isn't busy juggling running a business with several board roles, she likes to spend her downtime around Essex.

Persons: Queenie Porter, Tyson Fury, Porter, Porter isn't, Medispa Organizations: Manchester United, Essex Fight Academy Locations: London's, England, London, Chelmsford, Brentwood, Essex

☆ Forget TikTok, influencers say Instagram reels and YouTube shorts are better for creators getting started to grow an audience
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-02 | by ( Shriya Bhattacharya | Amanda Perelli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewYouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, Threads. Kay, known online as honeybobabear, said YouTube shorts was instrumental in rapidly growing her audience. Others have been making money from ad-revenue sharing on shorts, starting from the program's first month. Related storiesBoth YouTube shorts and Instagram reels have taken a bite out of TikTok's engagement in recent months. "It's doing so well right now, but I think it also depends on the type of content you want to create," she said, adding that for lifestyle content, Instagram is "where it's at."

Persons: —, Janette Ok, Kelly Kay, Arianna Hailey, Kay, Morgan Stanley, Instagram, Hailey, TikTok, she'd, Sofia Bella, couldn't Organizations: Service, Business, YouTube, Brands, Meta, Instagram's Locations: Brazil, Omdia, VidCon

☆ How to save money on summer vacations, according to a travel expert who has been to 90 countries
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Joey Hadden | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Don't worry about where other people are going. Instead of trying to make a faraway destination work on a budget just to keep up with influencers and travel trends, plan your trip based on what you can reasonably afford, even if the destination isn't far from home. "You don't have to go to big theme parks or shell out hundreds of dollars on hotels," she said. "When I grew up, we piled up in a station wagon, went on long trips, and packed a cooler with bologna sandwiches. Our dog Gidget came with us, and we stayed in little motor lodges along the way.

Persons: Kamon Supasawat, Brown Locations: bologna

☆ Hurricane Beryl nears Caribbean as life-threatening Category 3 storm — marking an unusually early start to hurricane season
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Elizabeth Wolfe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Hurricane Beryl, a powerful Category 3 storm, is expected to slam into the Caribbean on Monday, endangering several island communities with life-threatening storm surge, violent winds and flash flooding. Beryl’s arrival marks an exceptionally early – and likely devastating – start to the Atlantic hurricane season. • Widespread tropical storm advisories: Tropical storm warnings are in effect for Martinique and Trinidad, the National Hurricane Center said. Less severe tropical storm watches are also in place in parts of the Dominican Republic and the southern coast of Haiti. The storm’s rapid intensification is very atypical this early into hurricane season, according to National Hurricane Center Director Mike Brennan.

Persons: Vincent, Beryl, Ivan, Ralph Gonsalves, ”, Mia Amor Mottley, Hurricane, Chandan Khanna, Ramona Archer, Bradshaw, “, General Cecile La, Saint Lucia, Grenada’s Maurice, Lucia’s, George Charles, Chris –, Mike Brennan, Alma, Hurricane Audrey, “ Beryl, ” Brennan, Phil Klotzbach, CNN’s Michael Rios, Marlon Sorto, Sandi Sidhu, Melissa Alonso, Isaac Yee, Brandon Miller Organizations: CNN, Atlantic, Islanders, Local, ”, National Hurricane Center ., Hurrican Center, Barbados, ” Workers, Getty, CBC News, Grenadian, Grenada’s Maurice Bishop International, Grantley Adams International, Lucia’s Hewanorra, George, National Hurricane Center, •, National Hurricane, NOAA, Systems, Colorado State University, Weather Service Locations: Caribbean, Grenada, St, Grenadines, Windward, Saint Vincent, Barbados, Windward Islands, Bridgetown, Lucia, Tobago, •, Saint, Martinique, Trinidad, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Gulf of Mexico, Lesser, Atlantic, El

☆ Running clubs are all the rage. Millennials and Gen Z are using them to find love and friendship.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Serafina Kenny | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewWhen Justin Shields started the Venice Run Club in August 2020, he wasn't looking for love. Justin and Erin Shields met at Venice Run Club. Related storiesIn an increasingly online world where young people are feeling lonelier than ever, running clubs offer regular, real-life interactions with people with shared interests. Each Venice Run Club session attracts hundreds of runners. Venice Run Club has created plenty of friendships.

Persons: —, Justin Shields, Shields, Erin, Justin, Erin Shields, Grace Wilson, Tinder, Eventbrite, it's, Hayden Boles, Aniko, Hayden Boles Boles, Emma Atwell, They've, Atwell, " Atwell, Daniel Belk, Coodown, Bailey Ness, Greyson Tarantino Organizations: Service, Venice Run Club, Business, Venice Run, BI, Cooldown Run, VRC Locations: Venice, Los Angeles, Denver, Colorado, Cooldown, Venice Beach

☆ The Cost of a Psychic Is a Window Into Americans' Spending Habits
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-30 | by ( Emily Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

For $25, which wound up being $30 because she didn't have change, Jessica told me my fortune. That psychic is also a pet psychic, which is not Katy's jam. Once, after an accident on her block in Chicago, Katy used a psychic to ensure the person had crossed over. Another time, she bought a bunch of bath oils in New York after a psychic told her she was cursed. In a consumerist society, of course some people are willing to pay to commune with the afterlife.

Persons: I'm, Jessica, IBISWorld, upselling, It's, that's, spellwork, Lisa Stardust, who's, Neil Dagnall, Ken Drinkwater, Dagnall, Drinkwater, —, Jane Risen, Risen, it's, what's, they're, Cleo, Peter Popoff, they'd, Ralph Lewis, There's, we're, Lewis, I've, Katy who's, Katy, Taylor Swift, Emily Stewart Organizations: Pew Research Center, what's, Manchester Metropolitan University, University of Chicago's Booth School of Business, Federal Trade Commission, intel, University of Toronto, Business Locations: Manhattan, New York, Chicago

Rights groups are furious the Taliban meeting is going ahead without Afghan women, and say it legitimizes Afghanistan’s leaders and fails to hold them to account for grave injustices. Whatever we had, we spent it,” Arzo’s brother Ahamad, a 27-year-old journalist under threat from the Taliban due to his occupation, told CNN in November. Arzo told CNN what drove her suicide attempt. Pakistan’s policy on “illegal foreigners” is no different to that of other nations, Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Mumtaz Zahra Baloch told CNN. CNNArzo doesn’t want a life like that for herself, her sister, or the women and girls still in Afghanistan.

Persons: ”, Arzo, Javed Iqbal, ” Richard Bennett, Zabihullah Mujahid, “, Richard Bennett, weren’t, – they’ll, They’re, Mahsa, Ahamad, Doctors, Arzo’s, CNN Arzo hadn’t, ” Mahsa, they’ve, can’t, Moniza Kakar, Rain, Kakar, Abbas, Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, Baloch, hadn’t, ” Amanullah, He’s, Amanullah, he’s, CNN Arzo, Heather Barr, ” Barr, “ It’s, Bennett, she’ll, “ I’m Organizations: CNN, Lifeline, International Association for Suicide Prevention, Befrienders Worldwide, Pakistan CNN —, United Nations, Human Rights, UN, Security, “ ACC ”, Afghan, ACC, Pakistani Ministry of Foreign, “, Taliban, Human Rights Watch, International Court of Justice, Criminal Court, ICC Locations: Karachi, Pakistan, Pakistani, Afghanistan, CNN Pakistan, Doha, Qatar, Afghan, Kabul, Islamabad, –, Soviet, ”, Canada, Israel, Gaza

☆ French voters head to polls in first round of parliamentary elections
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Minutes after the humiliating defeat, in an apparent attempt to call voters’ bluff, Macron said he could not ignore the message sent by voters and took the “serious, heavy” decision to call a snap election – France’s first since 1997. The first round of votes eliminates weaker candidates ahead of the second round next Sunday. Typically, only a handful of deputies will be elected this way – but most will go to a second round. Only those who win more than 12.5% of ballots cast by registered voters are allowed to stand in the second round. Attal was reportedly among the last of Macron’s inner circle to learn that a snap election was imminent.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron’s, Macron, – France’s, France’s, –, Jacques Chirac, Lionel Jospin, Jordan Bardella, Gabriel Attal, Manuel Bompard, Dimitar Dilkoff, Le Pen, Jean, Marie Le Pen, Luc Melenchon, Raphael Glucksmann, Gabriel Attal –, Attal Organizations: CNN, Assembly, National Assembly, French, France Unbowed, Front, Macron, Ensemble Locations: France, Europe, Paris, AFP, –

☆ How Wall Street giants like JPMorgan are using AI to manage your retirement portfolio and the risks and regulations surrounding it, according to the founder of an AI safety software platform
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Christine Ji | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Now, investment advisors are finding new and expansive use cases for AI in financial management. Vanguard is using AI to aggregate information from earnings transcripts and research reports, and has recently begun using AI to manage four of its stock funds. State Street is adding a generative AI feature to its platform which will answer customer questions about their portfolio and run analyses on portfolio data. There are some risks to using AI in investing, especially when your money could be on the line. Congress has pushed back on the rule, but Crawford is confident that AI regulation is in the cards, given the technology's far-reaching nature.

Persons: —, Alec Crawford, They're, Crawford, it's, chatbots — Organizations: Service, Inc, JPMorgan, Vanguard, Business, SEC, GameStop

☆ Heat waves in Europe are getting more dangerous. Here’s what that means for travelers
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Billy Stockwell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Growing up in Texas, Mary Beth Walsh thought she was accustomed to high temperatures. Her hometown of Dallas, which is currently being blasted by unrelenting heat, frequently experiences heat waves. “I always joke around that I have such a high heat tolerance; I bring my sweatshirt with me to class in August (in the US),” she said. Hiking in high temperatures has been a common thread linking recent deaths in the country. Amer Ghazzal/ShutterstockExtreme heat is one consequence of climate change impacting tourist hot spots across Europe.

Persons: Mary Beth Walsh, “, ”, Michael Mosley, we’ve, ” Roo Clark, Stefanos Sidiropoulos, Sidiropoulos, acclimatize, Guglielmo Mangiapane, ” Eduardo Santander, ‘, Amer Ghazzal, Clark, ” Clark, Andrea Ammon, ECDC, Hilary Swift, ” Rebecca Carter, Carter Organizations: CNN, Dallas, “, ” Authorities, Tourism Council, Reuters, European Travel Commission, ETC, Santander, European Centre for Disease Prevention, Authorities, Bloomberg, Getty, World Resources Institute Locations: Texas, Athens, Europe, Greece, British, Suffolk, England, Skyros, Canada, Hellas, Italy, Rome, Perugia, Palermo, Rhodes, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, Spain’s Seville

☆ 'Black jobs'? Trump draws pushback after anti-immigration rant
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Rob Wile | Char Adams | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

What exactly are "Black jobs" — and are they really at risk from the recent surge of immigrants? "They're taking Black jobs, and they're taking Hispanic jobs, and you haven't seen it yet, but you're going to see something that's going to be the worst in our history." It's true that Black workers have historically been overrepresented in certain sectors like government and home health care. When it comes to pay, inflation-adjusted weekly earnings for Black workers reached a two-decade high of $314 under Trump. But amid persistent inflation and a cooling job market, Black workers' average weekly earnings declined in the most recent quarter to $293.

Persons: Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Derrick Johnson, Johnson, Trump, —, Clinton, Keisha Lance Bottoms, Cherron Perry, Thomas, Biden, haven't, Seth Anderson Organizations: Republican, NAACP, NBC, Black, Americans, Biden, Trump, U.S, Former Atlanta, NBC News, Labor Statistics, Economic Policy Institute Locations: Atlanta , Georgia, U.S, U.S ., Pennsylvania

☆ 93% of singles want to be in a successful relationship but say dating is hard, recent survey shows: 4 behaviors that raise ‘red flags’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Aditi Shrikant | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Despite the reputation dating apps have of not facilitating long term relationships, most users say a romantic partnership is the goal when using apps like Tinder or Hinge. More than half of men, 53%, say they want a relationship, according to a 2024 Tinder report. App users identified a few red flags that would cause them to not find the other person attractive. Getting drunk on a first dateThree-in-four singles don't want to get drinks on a first date, according to 2022 Hinge data. Being 'too into' InstagramThose who are "too into" Instagram or Snapchat come off as self absorbed, according to Hinge users.

Persons: —, it's Locations: daters

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