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President-elect Donald Trump isn't ruling out the possibility of a war against Iran during his second term, saying in a recent interview that "anything can happen." Russia-UkraineWhile Trump didn't take war with Iran off the table, he made clear that he wants the wars between Russia and Ukraine and Israel and Hamas to end. He told Time that the situation in the Middle East is "an easier problem to handle than what’s happening with Russia and Ukraine." “We’re just escalating this war and making it worse.”According to Time, Trump said he would use U.S. support for Ukraine as leverage against Russia in trying to negotiate an end to the war. “I don’t believe we’ll have to, because we will send the whole family back,” Trump said.

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Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest world chess champion on Thursday after beating reigning champion Ding Liren in the final match of the World Chess Championship in Singapore. “It’s fitting that the match goes to the last game, because we’ve both showed a lot of fighting spirit and played some very entertaining chess,” Gukesh said at a post-match news conference. But analysts said Ding made a crucial blunder in the deciding Game 14 that ultimately handed the teen the title. “We all know who Ding is — he has been one of the best players in history for several years. For me he is the real World Champion,” Gukesh said.

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☆ ‘Attenzione, pickpocket!’: The woman who went viral fighting crime on the streets of Venice
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

“Attenzione — ladri, carteristas!” (She makes her announcements in Italian, English and Spanish to alert as many tourists as possible.) But it’s by seeing her at work in Venice that you really calibrate her impact. Spiraling petty crime@cittadininondistrattiFor all their fun, Poli’s videos — currently she has 461 up on Instagram — have spotlit a spiraling problem of petty crime in Italy. Thefts on trains across the country were up 21% — but thefts on trains in Venice were up by a whopping 38.8%. And that means that Venice, whose estimated 30 million annual visitors dwarf the under-50,000 local population, has become a honeypot for petty crime.

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Arnaot said Syria's interim government had tried to find Tice to reunite him with his family, but has so far had no luck locating the journalist, now 43. "We tried as much as possible to find information about Austin and return him to his mother, but we have not reached any result," he said. Instead, the State Department said Tice was believed to be in the custody of the Syrian government — a charge vehemently denied by the regime of ousted President Bashar al-Assad. With Assad overthrown by rebel forces, Tice's family has expressed renewed hope that they'll be reunited with their son. Syria’s new rebel coalition is led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, a group that emerged from an Al Qaeda affiliate.

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There’s been growing awareness of traumatic brain injury in sports, but TBI among victims of domestic violence is often overlooked and misdiagnosed, experts say. National research about brain injury and domestic violence is lacking. After a concussion, the brain needs time to recover, said Dr. Javier Cárdenas, director and founder of the West Virginia brain injury center. A 2021 University of Nebraska study discovered that many never receive medical treatment for traumatic brain injury. “Anywhere a domestic violence survivor goes, there should be some sort of screening for a concussion and brain injury,” Cardenas said.

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Ken Martin, Minnesota Party chair and a DNC vice chair, said the party needs a sweeping review of how it’s approaching the electorate. “It is a commentary on the culture of Washington D.C.”Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler said the party is best armed to win future elections by diving into 2024 data. Martin O’Malley and New York state senator James Skoufis have announced they are vying for DNC chair, an election that will take place Feb. 1. Martin O'Malley, commissioner of the Social Security Administration, is running for DNC chair. The election comes as President Joe Biden is leaving office, and his hand-picked DNC chair, Jaime Harrison, announced he is stepping down.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Harris, Ken Martin, “, it’s, ” Martin, Martin, ”, Ben Wikler, Wikler, ” Wikler, Martin O’Malley, James Skoufis, Martin O'Malley, Tom Williams, Mitt Romney, Reince Priebus, Trump, Joe Biden, Jaime Harrison, Biden, Jen O’Malley Dillon, Harrison, ” Skoufis, ” O’Malley Organizations: Democratic National Committee, NBC News, Democratic, Minnesota Party, DNC, Washington D.C, ” Wisconsin Democratic, Maryland Gov, Social Security Administration, Getty, Republican, White, Democrat Locations: Minnesota, Washington, New York

Even though a record number of kids died from the flu last year, the percentage of children going without flu shots continues to plummet. “Flu vaccination levels have not rebounded to pre-pandemic levels.”This year’s flu shot covers the two main strains of the virus circulating so far, H1N1 and H3N2. The CDC estimated in a Nov. 22 post on its website that 724 pediatric flu deaths might have occurred last year. Fewer flu shots and an unusually long flu season are two likely factors. “It’s another reminder of how important vaccination is.”The Coverts strongly encourage flu shots, given their family history.

Persons: —, pediatricians, “, ”, Kristina Bryant, Norton, Alicia Budd, Covid, Budd, Michelle Taylor, it’s, ” Taylor, ‘, ’ Kaitlyn Covert, hadn’t, Hurricane Milton, Covert, Kaitlyn Covert, Kaitlyn Covert Covert, Amy, ” Budd, who’ve, Amy Covert Organizations: Disease Control, Norton Children’s, Health Department, University of Florida, Hurricane, CDC Locations: Louisville , Kentucky, Shelby, Memphis , Tennessee, Florida

Business executives, health insurance industry employees and law enforcement officers have reported facing threats and harassment following the capture this week of the man charged with fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The attorney for the suspect, Luigi Mangione, 26, an Ivy League graduate, has said Mangione intends to plead not guilty to all charges. Social media posts Wednesday showed images of “wanted” posters put up in Manhattan that featured photos of the CEOs of at least two health insurance companies. One of the companies named in the posters declined to comment, while the other did not respond to a request. “I had another one say, ‘This is why y’all’s CEO was shot, and if you’re not careful, you’re going to be next,’” the employee said.

Persons: Brian Thompson, Luigi Mangione, Mangione, “, ” “, ”, Kathryn Wylde, —, ” Wylde, ” Rebecca Weiner, ” Weiner, It’s, you’re, ’, “ I’m, “ We’re, We’re, ” Mangione, Josh Shapiro, Derek Swope, We’ve, ” Swope, Thomas Dickey, Wylde Organizations: Ivy League, Partnership, New, New York Police, Washington , D.C, Atlantic Council, Gov, Altoona Police, NBC News Locations: New York City, U.S, Manhattan, Washington ,, Altoona , Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, “, New York

☆ Read the memo Calendly's CEO sent to employees announcing 70 job cuts
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Calendly laid off around 70 employees in its engineering, customer experience, marketing, and billing teams. BI obtained a copy of CEO Tope Awotona's memo announcing the cuts to staff on Wednesday morning. Calendly previously laid off 60 employees in July 2023 and was valued at $3 billion in 2021. Scheduling platform Calendly laid off around 70 employees — about 13% of its workforce — on Wednesday. This is Awotona's memo sent to employees, shared with BI by two employees:Hi Team I am reaching out this morning to share some difficult news.

Persons: Calendly, Tope, Tope Awotona, Awotona, We've, we've, Jyoti Mann Organizations: Business, Big Tech, Google, Microsoft, Billing, People Team Locations: jyotimann

☆ Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders Want to Save You Money on Credit Cards
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Emily Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Sky-high credit-card interest rates are not popular. "He said, you know what, credit-card interest rates, which in some cases right now are 20, 25%, should not be higher than 10%. The average credit-card interest rate for new card offers is 24.43%, according to LendingTree — up about 10 percentage points from a decade ago. "Obviously, the interest rates have to respond to changing market conditions, and we've definitely seen that happen. A rate cap isn't the only solution to America's ballooning credit-card-debt problem and just how expensive it is to carry debt.

Persons: everyone's, Donald Trump, Sen, Bernie Sanders, Trump, Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Matt Schulz, LendingTree, we've, Julie Margetta Morgan, Margetta Morgan, Schulz, Chi Chi Wu, Elon Musk, Wu, Banks, it's, Natasha, Janet Yellen, Aaron Klein, Barack Obama, Klein, Alexandria Ocasio, Cortez, they're, Warren, Carter Dougherty, Emily Stewart Organizations: White, Business, Politico, American Bankers Association, LendingTree, Consumer Financial, Federal Reserve Bank of New, Trump, Chi, National Consumer Law Center, Yale, Washington, Brookings Institution, Department, Treasury, Consumer, Financial Reform, Republicans Locations: Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Alexandria, Washington

☆ Venture capitalists bet on Sublime, a startup bringing AI to email security
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The trending technology gave more ammunition to hackers, as well as new tools for security companies that promise to defend clients against attacks. Investors valued startup Material Security at $1.1 billion in a 2022 funding round. In August, Abnormal Security, which calls itself "AI-native," said it was worth $5.1 billion after a funding round involving CrowdStrike and Wellington Management. And on Thursday, Sublime Security, co-founded by U.S. Defense Department cybersecurity veteran Josh Kamdjou, said it had raised a round totaling $60 million. Abnormal Security is considerably larger than Material and Sublime, with over $200 million in annualized revenue.

Persons: Proofpoint, Thoma, Josh Kamdjou, Brex, Mark Hillick, Hillick, It's, Peter Firstbrook, Gartner, Sublime's Kamdjou, Kamdjou, Mark Alley, Sumit Dhawan, Donald Trump's, Harris, Ian Thiel, IVP, Trump Organizations: Microsoft, Google, Thoma Bravo, Proofpoint, Investors, Wellington Management, Sublime Security, U.S . Defense Department, CNBC, Citi Ventures, Decibel Partners, Ventures, Slow Ventures Locations: Alabama, Proofpoint

☆ Bank of America upgrades Constellation Energy, calls shares 'undervalued'
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Bank of America sees potential for Constellation Energy that the market hasn't fully priced in. Analyst Ross Fowler upgraded the stock to buy from neutral and hiked his price target by $32 to $269. With that, he expects shares to jump 13.7% over the next year from Wednesday's close. Fowler said Constellation can continue to thrive as grid operator PJM Interconnection faces a power deficit. CEG YTD mountain CEG, year to date Constellation shares jumped 2.7% in Thursday's premarket trading following Fowler's upgrade.

Persons: Ross Fowler, Fowler Organizations: of America, Constellation Energy, Companies, Constellation Locations: Wednesday's, Wall

☆ Jeff Bezos reportedly following in Mark Zuckerberg's footsteps with a $1 million donation from Amazon to Trump's inauguration
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Lloyd Lee | Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Amazon plans to donate $1 million to Donald Trump's inauguration, according to WSJ. Meta also confirmed that it will be donating $1 million to Trump's inaugural fund. Jeff Bezos' Amazon plans to donate $1 million to Donald Trump's inauguration, following Wednesday's news that Mark Zuckerberg's Meta made the same contribution, The Wall Street Journal reported. The donations would mark a shift in the relationship between tech leaders and Trump, who had previously been critical of Big Tech bosses. AdvertisementSpokespeople for Amazon and Trump did not respond to a request for comment.

Persons: Donald Trump's, Meta, Jeff Bezos, Zuckerberg's Meta, Trump, Zuckerberg, elect's, Sundar Pichai, ″ Mark Zuckerberg's, Elon, CNBC's Jim Cramer Organizations: Trump, Street Journal, Wednesday, Big Tech, The, Amazon

☆ A way to generate income on GM and possibly buy it on the cheap using options
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Michael Khouw | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

While absorbing Cruise may streamline operations and cut costs, GM is (or was) a front-runner in autonomous driving technology and the front-runner among legacy US automakers. GM TSLA YTD mountain GM vs. Tesla, YTD Both GM and Waymo, using a broader suite of sensors, were making a considerably more significant investment per vehicle to provide additional safeguards than Tesla does with its camera-only approach. The second was the massive $5.6 billion cash infusion spearheaded by Alphabet into Waymo, which was announced in late October. GM YTD mountain GM, YTD General Motors will likely generate over $12 billion in free cash flow for FY2024. Selling a cash-covered put is a way to take a neutral to mildly bullish posture seeking to collect options premium.

Persons: Lyft, Tesla, Meta, Mark Zuckerberg's, haven't, Cruise, —, I've Organizations: GM, YTD, Toyota, Motors, CNBC, NBC UNIVERSAL Locations: Lyft, San Francisco

☆ Massad Boulos, hailed as a billionaire lawyer advising Trump on Middle East policy, probably isn't a lawyer or a billionaire
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Jack Newsham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

On December 2, the New York Times said Massad Boulos built "his wealth in West Africa" and runs two companies, SCOA Nigeria and Boulos Enterprises. AdvertisementBut Massad Boulos doesn't run Boulos Enterprises, according to several former employees and its actual boss, Boulos Boulos. A due-diligence report for Boulos Enterprises Ltd. created by Moody's Orbis database doesn't mention Massad Boulos. AdvertisementBeyond headlines in news outlets, BI couldn't find any evidence to suggest Massad Boulos is a billionaire. The company Massad Boulos actually does run, SCOA Nigeria, which has a subsidiary called SCOA Motors, is a penny stock.

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☆ Who are the Alexander brothers, the luxury real estate agents charged with sex trafficking
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Oren, Tal, and Alon Alexander were charged Wednesday with federal sex-trafficking crimes. The Alexander Brothers come from a wealthy Florida family. Oren and Tal are prominent luxury real estate agents. The Alexander brothers, Oren and Tal, among the top luxury real estate agents in the US, were hit with federal sex-trafficking charges on Wednesday along with a third brother, Alon. The Alexander brothers come from a wealthy Florida familyThe brothers, who grew up in Miami, are the sons of a wealthy real-estate developer in South Florida.

Persons: Oren, Tal, Alon Alexander, Alexander Brothers, Alon, Alexander brothers, Isabelle Kirshner, Deanna Paul, Susan Necheles, Katie Warren, Alexander, Douglas Elliman, Ken Griffin Organizations: Business, BI, New York Daily, Kent Security, Forbes, Citadel, New York, Vogue, FBI Locations: Florida, New York, Miami, South Florida, Manhattan, New

☆ Beans and lentils rise to stardom in newly released dietary advisory report
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

No longer will beans will be infamous only for their fiber content — as in the children’s song “Beans, beans, the magical fruit, the more you eat, the more you toot” — they’ll also be known for their role as a major source of protein. “The advisory committee’s bottom line is to eat more plants, balance calories, and don’t eat too much sodium, sugar, and saturated fat. The committee did not recommend action on ultraprocessed foods, leaving that issue up to the advisers for the 2030-2035 US Dietary Guidelines. Kennedy also wants to limit access to soda and ultraprocessed foods in school lunches and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. “The agencies could decide to advise reducing intake of ultra-processed foods,” Nestle said.

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☆ Tesla just lost one of its key autopilot execs to an Amazon-backed robotaxi rival
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Tesla's director of engineering for Autopilot has left the company for robotaxi rival Zoox. Elon Musk laid off over 10% of the company in April and is trying to pivot Tesla toward autonomous vehicles. AdvertisementZheng Gao, Tesla's director of engineering for Autopilot hardware and an eight-year veteran at the Elon Musk-run automaker is departing for rival robotaxi builder Zoox, the Amazon-backed company announced on Wednesday. Gao, who led hardware design for Tesla's Autopilot assisted-driving system, is the latest senior employee to leave the company. AdvertisementFour of CEO Elon Musk's direct reports previously announced their departures the week before Musk unveiled Tesla's Cybercab robotaxi in a glitzy Los Angeles event.

Persons: Zoox, Zheng Gao, Elon Musk, Gao, Elon Musk's, Musk, Marc Van Impe, Nagesh, Drew Baglino, Rebecca Tinucci, Tesla, Waymo Organizations: Tesla, Elon, Google, Amazon, Las Locations: Los Angeles, California, Texas, San Francisco, Las Vegas

☆ Here are the 5 new additions to 'Dogs of the Dow' as 2025 approaches
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The "Dogs of the Dow" — a strategy popularized by investor Michael O'Higgins in the early 1990s — comprises of the 10 members of the Dow Jones Industrial Average with the highest dividend yields. By buying these names, investors bet on receiving a steady steam of cash payouts, in addition to their stock prices appreciating. These stocks also tend to be of higher quality given their inclusion in the 30-stock Dow. "The idea here is that just because they're 'Dogs of the Dow' — some of them really are dogs — and you have to be careful and selective as a stock picker," he told CNBC in an interview. Similarly, had Nvidia not replaced Intel in the blue-chip index last month, Intel would have also made 2025's "Dogs of the Dow" list, Simpson added.

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☆ A complete timeline of Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco's relationship
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Gomez shared pictures of the engagement ring on Instagram on December 11. Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco first collaborated on a song together in 2015. December 2023: Gomez and Blanco become Instagram officialIn late 2023, fans began to speculate that Gomez and Blanco were dating. Selena Gomez confirmed her relationship with Benny Blanco on December 7, 2023. Selena Gomez opened up about her relationship with Benny Blanco, calling him her best friend, biggest supporter and now one of People's "Sexiest Men Alive."

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CNN —Accompanying his selection as Time’s Person of the Year, President-elect Donald Trump sat down with the magazine for a wide-ranging interview that published on Thursday. “I want to reach an agreement, and the only way you’re going to reach an agreement is not to abandon,” Trump said. He said the war is a “tragedy” with a “staggering” number of people killed on both sides of the conflict. He said he would consider getting rid of some vaccines for children, falsely suggesting autism may be caused by vaccines. Several subsequent studies trying to reproduce the results have found no link between vaccines and autism.

Persons: Donald Trump, ‘, ’, Ukraine Trump, “, ”, ” Trump, “ We’re, Joe Biden, Trump, Volodymyr Zelensky, Vladimir Putin, ’ Trump, We’ll, we’ll, we’re, —, “ I’m, they’ve, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, We’re, Kennedy, he’s “, ” Kennedy, he’s, It’s, Andrew Wakefield, Wakefield, ” “ Organizations: CNN, Capitol, Biden, Army Tactical Missile Systems, Trump, National Guard, NBC, Press, Time, Justice Department, NBC News, Department of Health, Human Services, US Centers for Disease Control, Autism, West Bank, Education Department Trump, Department of Education, of Education, Civil Locations: Ukraine, Russia, East, Israel, Washington

☆ What a small group of America's centimillionaires believe about bitcoin and its political future
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Laila Maidan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Here is how one group of initially skeptical centimillionaires got over their doubts, how they are now thinking about bitcoin, and how they invest in it. AdvertisementThe group's members, which make up a diverse bunch, range from 30 to 87 years old with the average being 45 to 55. But bitcoin's future price prospect isn't the only draw for R360 members. This perception isn't new or unique to R360 members. They're making their voice heard, 'this candidate, yes, because they're supportive of bitcoin, and this candidate, no, because they're not.'

Persons: Charlie Garcia, Garcia, Donald Trump, centimillionaires, Barbara Goodstein, bitcoin, Michael Saylor, you'll, Donald, who's, Bobby Kennedy's, they're, David Bailey, Bobby Kennedy, Bailey Organizations: Business, Trump, Bitcoin Conference, Bitcoin, Mar, BTC Inc Locations: bitcoin, Washington, United States, Nashville

☆ Not ready for the holidays but already exhausted? Me, too
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Katia Hetter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The holidays can be fun and exciting, but you know they can also be cause for stress and anxiety. CNN: Why does it seem like so many people are feeling stressed and fatigued before the holidays? Holidays are a time when people see family members with whom they may have had disagreements or even past trauma. People with depression and who have experienced the loss of a loved one may feel the loss more acutely over the holidays. Referring to this list also can help to make us excited — rather than tired — for the holidays.

Persons: Leana Wen, Wen, It’s, it’s, you’re Organizations: CNN, George Washington University, Getty Locations: Japan

Trump has also dictated written invitations as well, a source familiar with the matter said, and had his team send them to foreign leaders. “I get along with Russia,” Trump told the news magazine, which also named him “Person of the Year” on Thursday. Trump told Time magazine he opposed a new US policy allowing Ukraine to fire long-range missiles into Russia. “And a lot of world leaders, there were about 80 world leaders, different countries, and they were all coming together.”Trump’s desire for a ‘global stage’ in DCNow, he is looking to turn his inauguration into a similar must-attend affair. “Trump is very eager to have world leaders at the inauguration,” one Trump adviser told CNN.

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☆ Tech giants like Meta, Google to be forced to pay for Australian news
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Sydney Reuters —Australia plans new rules to “create a financial incentive” for big tech firms to pay Australian media companies for news content on their platforms, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones announced on Thursday. The move, described as a “news bargaining initiative,” piles pressure on global tech giants like Facebook-owner Meta Platforms and Google to pay publishers for content or face the risk of paying millions to continue operations in Australia. The platforms at risk of the charge will be significant social media platforms and search engines with an Australian-based revenue in excess of 250 million Australian dollars (about $160 million), he said. The charge will be offset for any commercial agreements that are voluntarily entered into between the platforms and news media businesses, he added. Australia in 2021 passed laws to make the US tech giants, such as Alphabet’s Google and Meta, compensate media companies for the links that drive readers - and advertising revenue - to their platforms.

Persons: Financial Services Stephen Jones, ” Jones, Jones, Meta Organizations: Sydney Reuters, Financial Services, Facebook, Meta, Google, News Corp, Australian Broadcasting Corp Locations: Australia, Australian

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