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☆ Under Bernie Sanders’s Glare, Pharmaceutical Chiefs Will Testify on Drug Prices
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Noah Weiland | Rebecca Robbins | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The chief executives of three major pharmaceutical companies are set to appear in front of the Senate health committee on Thursday to defend how much they charge for drugs in the United States, drawing them further into a confrontation with lawmakers and the Biden administration over the cost of some of the most widely used prescription medications. The three executives scheduled to testify — Joaquin Duato of Johnson & Johnson, Robert M. Davis of Merck and Christopher Boerner of Bristol Myers Squibb — are expected to clash with the health committee’s chairman, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, an independent who has made reining in drug prices a signature cause of his late-career years in Congress. Mr. Sanders plans to focus the hearing on why drug prices are higher in the United States than in other wealthy countries. His staff has singled out several widely used drugs, including Eliquis, a blood thinner made by Bristol Myers Squibb, and Januvia, a diabetes drug from Merck, that can be bought for much less in Canada and Europe than in the United States.

Persons: Biden, — Joaquin Duato, Johnson, Robert M, Davis, Christopher Boerner, Bernie Sanders of, Sanders Organizations: Merck, Bristol Myers Squibb Locations: United States, Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Canada, Europe

General Motors' troubled robotaxi service Cruise on Tuesday endured a public lashing from a California judge who compared the company to the devious TV character Eddie Haskell for its behavior following a ghastly collision that wrecked its ambitious expansion plans. After a vehicle driven by a human struck a San Francisco pedestrian in early October, a Cruise robotaxi named “Panini” dragged the person 20 feet (6 meters) while traveling at roughly seven miles per hour (11 kilometers per hour). He also reminded Mason that Cruise could still face other repercussions beyond California, with both the U.S. Justice Department and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission probing the robotaxi service's conduct. But Mason indicated that he is leaning toward letting the case continue through the entire hearing process rather than approving a settlement. Tuesday's hearing came less than two weeks after Cruise released a lengthy report reviewing how the company mishandled things after the pedestrian was hurt.

Persons: Motors, Cruise, Eddie Haskell, Haskell, ”, Robert Mason III, Panini ”, Panini, specter, Mason, Jerry Mathers, ” Mason, Craig Glidden, Glidden, ” Cruise, ” Glidden, didn't, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart, Sullivan, Cruise’s, Kyle Vogt Organizations: Administrative, California Public Utilities Commission, General Motors, Cruise, U.S . Justice Department, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission Locations: California, San Francisco

☆ Donald Trump paid more than $2.3 million in donor money to law firms helping Ivanka Trump with her legal problems last year
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

In 2023, Save America disbursed a total of $1,303,667.11 to the law firm Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders, and $1,042,479 to the firm Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel, & Frederick. AdvertisementBoth firms represented Ivanka Trump in New York Attorney General Letitia James's sprawling lawsuit against the Trump Organization, Donald Trump, his three eldest children, and several executives over its finances. Clifford S. Robert and Michael Farina of Robert & Robert served as their local counsel while also defending Eric Trump and Donald Trump, Jr. in the litigation. Kellogg and Figel withdrew from representing Ivanka Trump the following month as the case moved closer to trial. Ivanka Trump didn't respond to a request for comment.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Each time Donald Trump refers to a Georgia prosecutor 's colleague as her “lover,” he's invoking a strikingly familiar turn of phrase. He's jumped on allegations of affairs and leveled claims of bias against agents, prosecutors and judges. “This case is a Hoax, just like Russia, Russia, Russia (and all of the rest! The Comey memo revealed that Trump had asked him to end an investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn. But to Trump and his supporters, the disclosure became an opening to attack Comey as a “leaker."

Persons: Donald Trump, ”, Trump, He's, Reid Schar, Rod Blagojevich, ” Trump, Fani Willis, Nathan Wade, Willis, Georgia's, “, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, Strzok, ” “ Trump, Greg Brower, Christopher Steele, James Comey, he'd, Comey, Michael Flynn, Robert Mueller's, Trump's, Mueller, — Mueller, Virginia —, Christopher Mattei, John Rowland, Sandy, Alex Jones, Trump “, he’s Organizations: WASHINGTON, Trump, “ Prosecutors, of Justice, Illinois, DOJ, American, The Justice, Associated Press, FBI, Justice, Former, Connecticut Gov, Elementary Locations: Georgia, Russia, Fulton County, America, Virginia, Connecticut

Future Forward, the main Democratic super PAC supporting Mr. Biden’s bid, has a $250 million ad blitz planned. Mr. Trump still carried veterans, but his erosion of support followed an array of evidence that he had been disrespectful to military officials and families. Credit... Justin T. Gellerson for The New York Times“There’s political ramifications to all this,” Mr. Soltz said. VoteVets had $11 million in cash at the end of 2023, according to its filing with the Federal Election Commission. Mr. Soltz said VoteVets intended to conduct focus group research and polling of its network of families of veterans and active-duty service members.

Persons: Biden, Jon Soltz, VoteVets, Mr, Biden’s, MoveOn, Donald J, Trump, Hillary Clinton, Soltz, aren’t, ”, “ hasn’t, Justin T, “, Ruben Gallego, Elissa Slotkin of, Andy Kim of, Robert Menendez, Trump’s, Brian Mast Organizations: Democratic, Senate, PAC, Mr, Pew Research, “, Capitol, VoteVets, The New York Times, Gold Star, League of Conservation Voters, Federal, Commission, Democrats, Trump Locations: Iraq, Afghanistan, VoteVets ., Montana , Nevada , Pennsylvania, Ohio, Ruben Gallego of Arizona, Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, Andy Kim of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida

☆ Tex McIver — an Atlanta attorney sentenced to life — may walk out of prison after admitting he killed his wife
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( Christina Maxouris | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

Behind Diane sat her husband, Claud Lee “Tex” McIver, an attorney with powerful political connections, with a gun in his lap. Claud "Tex" McIver enters the courtroom holding a bible filled with papers before his sentencing at the Fulton County courthouse in Atlanta in May 2018. A family photo of Tex McIver and his wife, Diane. “There is no doubt that Tex McIver depended on his wife’s money,” defense attorney Bruce Harvey said in trial. Tex McIver pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of his wife, Diane, on Friday, January 26, 2024.

Persons: Dani Jo Carter, Carter, Diane McIver, Diane, Claud Lee “ Tex ” McIver, “ Tex, ” Diane muttered, Claud, Tex, McIver, Alyssa Pointer, Fani Willis, retry McIver, Robert McBurney, McIver’s, –, he’s, Don Samuel, Diane chatted, Tex McIver, ” McIver, Seleta Griffin, Tex McIver’s, Griffin, Diane McIver's, Hyosub Shin, Zuma, ”, Clint Rucker, “, ” Prosecutors, ” Griffin, Bruce Harvey, Prosecutors, court’s, codicil, Adam Abbate, Samuel, Amanda Clark Palmer, CNN’s Jamiel Lynch Organizations: CNN, Ford Expedition, Georgia Supreme, WSB, Atlanta, TNS, ”, Prosecutors Locations: Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, Fulton County, ” Fulton County, Putnam County, Buckhead, “, –

☆ More people need transplants than there are organ donors. Pigs might offer a solution
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Jen Christensen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +23 min

The need for more transplant organs is immense and growing. Researchers have transplanted genetically modified pig kidneys and hearts into people who were brain-dead to test whether they work in humans. Although Larry Faucette was too sick for a human heart transplant, University of Maryland doctors said he seemed physically strong enough for a genetically modified pig heart. It was more than a decade after the first heart transplant but long before such procedures became relatively routine. “We learned that the pig heart is an adequate substitute for a human heart.

Persons: Lawrence Faucette, Ann, he’d, ” Ann, Larry Faucette, Ann Faucette Ann, Larry, didn’t, ”, Robert Montgomery, “, Shelby Lum, ” Montgomery, Xenotransplantation, Art Caplan, Caplan, Babe ”, ” Caplan, They’re, eGenesis, people’s, Dr, Mike Curtis, Sanjay Gupta, ” Curtis, hasn’t, Julie O’Hara, Jim Parsons, Jayme Locke, couldn’t, Locke, Parsons, NYU —, Montgomery —, O’Hara, ” Locke, David Bennett Sr, Mary, David Jr, Bartley Griffith, Bennett, they’ve, Muhammad M, Mohiuddin, Larry Faucette’s, David Bennett’s, ” Griffith, xenotransplantation Ann Faucette, Wilbur, White’s, Ann Faucette, NYU ethicist Caplan, they’re, NYU’s Montgomery, UAB’s Locke, Steve Wood, ’ Curtis, “ I’m, it’s, ” O’Hara, Bennett’s, Larry Faucette —, ” Bennett’s, Faucette, who’d, Griffith, would’ve, Kate, Lucy, Nadia Kounang Organizations: CNN, Food and Drug Administration, University of Maryland, FDA, National Institute of Allergy, NYU Langone Transplant Institute, NYU Langone's Transplant, NYU Grossman School, Medicine’s Department of Population Health, “ Disney, University of Alabama, Transplant Institute, Parsons Family, Birmingham, NYU, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Doctors, University of Maryland Medical Center, Uno, UAB, CNN Health, NFL Locations: Frederick , Maryland, United States, Montgomery, “, Midwest, Yucatan, Maryland

☆ Trump lashes out at financial monitor in business fraud case after she reports errors
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Donald Trump on Monday lashed out at the financial monitor overseeing the Trump Organization and urged a judge to fire her days after she reported a range of issues — and flagged a questionable $48 million loan — in the former president's New York civil business fraud case. New York Attorney General Letitia James has asked Engoron to order that Jones continue to monitor the Trump Organization for at least five years as part of his judgment in the case. Robert made that argument three days after Jones submitted a report to Engoron accusing the Trump Organization of providing incomplete, inconsistent or incorrect information about its financial disclosures. In a footnote in that report, Jones said she identified a loan between Trump himself and an entity related to Trump Chicago Tower that later turned out not to exist. She also seeks five-year bans with the same conditions for Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, who took over the Trump Organization after their father became president in 2017.

Persons: Donald Trump, Barbara Jones, Trump, Arthur Engoron, Clifford Robert, Jones, Letitia James, Engoron, Robert, James, Donald Trump Jr, Eric Trump Organizations: Monday, Trump Organization, Manhattan, New York, Trump Chicago Tower, Trump Locations: York

☆ Biden administration tells Congress it intends to sell Turkey F-16s after Erdogan approved Sweden’s NATO membership
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Jennifer Hansler | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The State Department also sent Congress a formal notification of its intent to sell $8.6 billion worth of F-35s to Greece. Blinken, in turn, told the Turkish president multiple times that members of Congress would not approve the sale of jets until Turkey allowed Sweden to join NATO. The Turkish Parliament finally voted in favor of Sweden’s NATO accession Tuesday, and Erdogan signed off on the instruments of ratification Thursday. The US official said this was to assure Congress there was no way for Turkey to back out of the deal. Hungary still must approve Sweden’s NATO bid for the nation to finally become a member.

Persons: CNN —, Biden, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Antony Blinken, Blinken, Erdogan, Hakan Fidan, Fidan, Robert Menendez –, Turkey –, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Menendez, Sen, Ben Cardin Organizations: CNN, NATO, The State Department, Turkish, Foreign, The New, Greek, House Foreign Affairs Committee, State Department Locations: Turkey, Greece, Sweden, Finland, Vilnius, Lithuania, London, The New Jersey, Turkish, Hungary

☆ Lion attacks: How to stay safe on safaris in Africa
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Forrest Brown | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

It was July of 2022, and the co-founder of Discover Africa Safaris was out in the bush near the Khwai River in northern Botswana. African lions are fully capable of attacking, killing and even eating humans, and it’s generally estimated about 250 people a year die in lion attacks. WLDavies/E+/Getty ImagesOnly about 23,000 lions remain in sub-Saharan Africa, found mostly in Eastern and Southern Africa, Muruthi said. Before your trip, It's important to study up on safety tips -- such as remaining inside your safari vehicle when lions and other wild animals approach. Secondly, fleeing indicates to the lion you’re frightened and now possible prey, turning what might have initially been a mock charge to test you into a real attack.

Persons: Steve Conradie, Discover Africa Safaris, — “, ‘, ” Conradie, “, ”, ’ Steven Conradie, …, Conradie, Philip Muruthi, He’s, Muruthi, Masai, ’, ” Muruthi, Paul A, Andre Van Kets, Van Kets, Martin Harvey, It’s, you’re, don’t, they'll, Robert Muckley, There’s, Anup Shah, ” Van Kets, I’d, — Organizations: CNN, Discover, Lion Recovery, African Wildlife Foundation, Masai Mara, Reserve, East, ” Lions, International Union for, Nature, Sacramento Zoo, PLOS, Africa Tourists, Bank, Kenya Geographic, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Lions, … Locations: Discover Africa, Botswana, South Africa, Africa, Zimbabwe, Hwange, Kenya, Saharan Africa, Eastern, Southern Africa, Tanzania, East Africa, California, Namibia

☆ A Gen Xer with paralysis says he has no choice but to drive for Uber and Lyft to earn a paycheck — here's how he makes it work
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The Portland, Oregon-based Uber and Lyft driver had been in construction his whole life until experiencing a major stroke a decade ago. "I get to thinking there's got to be something I can do besides this, but there's really not," Robert said. Robert is one of many gig drivers with disabilities who told BI they rely on gig driving to make ends meet and have few other options that accommodate their medical needs. Many Americans with disabilities are looking to gig driving for the flexibility it provides and the limited barriers to entry, though many including Robert said the work is unsustainable long-term. He relearned to drive with one leg and arm, and he realized he could take up gig driving to help supplement his SSDI benefits.

Persons: Robert, there's, Uber, he's, wouldn't, It's, Lyft, they're, I've Organizations: Service, BI, Research Locations: Portland , Oregon, Oregon, Washington

Kess raised his price target to $47 from $36, suggesting 11% upside from Tuesday's close. His price target, cut to $276 from $311, implies roughly 10% downside from Tuesday's close. "We upgrade SUN to Buy and lift our [target price] to $65 following several cash flow accretive transactions," Dounis wrote. "The January 11th transactions drive ~25% of the target price increase; the NS Acquisition drives the remaining ~75% increase." NKLA mountain 2020-07-01 NKLA since 2020 Still, the analyst's $2 price target implies the stock could surge more than 200% from here.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Daiwa, Jonathan Kees, Kess, — Michelle Fox, Jon Tower, Chipotle, Sarah Min, Gordon Haskett downgrades Uber, Gordon Haskett, Robert Mollins, Uber, Mollins, — Jesse Pound, Colin Bristow, Bristow, Michael Tyndall, Stellantis, Tyndall, — Sarah Min, Pierre Ferragu, Lisa Su, Ferragu, Sunoco, Spiro Dounis, Dounis, Baird, Nikola, Ben Kallo, NKLA, Kallo, it's, Jessica Reif Ehrlich, Morgan Stanley's Benjamin Swinburne, Swinburne, Goldman Sachs, Eric Sheridan, Erik Woodring, Woodring, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, Big Tech, Wall Street, NewStreet Research, Verizon, Daiwa, Verizon Communications, VZ, Citi, Mexican, UBS downgrades, UBS, HSBC, AMD, Research, NuStar Energy, Zenith Energy, Energy, Netflix, Bank of America, Apple Apple, Edge, Apple Locations: Seattle, Biogen, Skyclarys, Stellantis, Europe, China

☆ Ghislaine Maxwell's Appeal of Sex Trafficking Conviction to Be Heard in March
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Jan. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Jonathan StempelNEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court will in March review Ghislaine Maxwell's conviction and 20-year prison sentence for helping the disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan on Wednesday scheduled oral arguments in Maxwell's appeal for March 12 before a three-judge panel. Prosecutors countered that Maxwell's appeal had no merit. Nathan was elevated to the 2nd Circuit from the U.S. District Court in Manhattan after being assigned Maxwell's criminal case. The appeals court may take at least a few months to rule.

Persons: Jonathan Stempel, Ghislaine, Jeffrey Epstein, Maxwell, Epstein, Robert Maxwell, scapegoated, Alison Nathan's, Virginia Giuffre, Britain's Prince Andrew, Jes Staley, Nathan, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: U.S, Circuit, Prosecutors, Barclays Locations: Manhattan, Tallahassee , Florida, British, Florida, New York

ATLANTA (AP) — Accusations that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had an inappropriate relationship with a special prosecutor she hired to seek convictions of Donald Trump and others for interfering in Georgia's 2020 election have led to renewed calls to remove Willis from the case. Merchant alleges that Willis' office paid Wade large sums and that Willis improperly benefited when Wade then paid for the two of them to go on vacations. Willis, an elected Democrat, has shown no signs of stepping down, but there are ways she could be removed. COULD WILLIS STEP AWAY FROM THE CASE IN ORDER TO SAVE IT? Many Republicans would like to see Willis investigated by Georgia's new Prosecuting Attorneys Qualification Commission.

Persons: Fani Willis, Donald Trump, Willis, Nathan Wade, Ashleigh Merchant, Michael Roman, Merchant, Wade, Wade's, Scott McAfee, McAfee, Robert McBurney, Sen, Burt Jones, Trump, “, McBurney, Jones, Danny Porter, WILLIS, it's, Porter, Norm Eisen, Barack Obama's, ”, Eisen, Mr, hasn’t, State Sen, Colton Moore, Bob Ellis, Fulton, Greg Dolezal, Cumming, ” Dolezal's Organizations: ATLANTA, Trump, White, Fulton, Georgia Republicans, Democratic, of, Atlanta —, Council, Commission, Republicans, Republican, GOP Locations: Fulton County, Miami, San Francisco, Fulton, of Georgia, Gwinnett County, Atlanta, Georgia, State, Trenton

☆ Opinion | Should Historic Buildings Give Way to New Housing?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

New York City needs more, not less, historical memory. Mr. Appelbaum writes that much of Brooklyn Heights has been fossilized. There’s no other place like Brooklyn Heights in the United States. We mustn’t sacrifice what makes New York unique and beautiful simply for new buildings and for uncreative solutions to pressing housing problems. We have lots of unused commercial and industrial buildings in the city that can be converted to housing.

Persons: Binyamin Appelbaum, Robert Moses, Mr, Appelbaum Locations: New York, York City, Brooklyn, Paris, United States

☆ The Lascivious, Decades-Long History Behind That Calvin Klein Ad
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Soraya Roberts | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Calvin Klein has always trafficked in high and low — in classic all-American athleticism, shot through with an untethered primal lust. Some other Calvin Klein ads fail to have the same friction, the right wrongness. There are faintly fascistic undertones in the form Calvin Klein valorizes. (How surprising is it that Calvin Klein has worked with the estate of the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, who used his models to engage the viewer sexually?) ?” — as though a touch of discomfort isn’t precisely what creates a hit Calvin Klein ad.

Persons: “ I’m, I’m, ”, Calvin Klein, Brooke Shields, Mark Wahlberg —, Marky Mark, peekaboo, —, Justin Bieber, Jacob Elordi’s, Kate Moss’s, Calvin Klein valorizes, Leni Riefenstahl’s “, sleaze, Dominic Fike, Travis Fimmel, Robert Mapplethorpe, Wahlberg, Bieber, White, Jamie Dornan’s, Jeremy Allen, Ayo Edibiri, incredulously — Organizations: Stone, Golden Globe Locations: The, Chicago

☆ Maryland won a tentative victory in the race for a new FBI headquarters, a potential economic boon for a majority Black county near DC
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

"And he recognized the importance of the FBI for Maryland and in particular for Prince George's County." Related storiesPrince George's County, the majority-Black county directly to the east of Washington, DC, has for years had one of the most affluent Black populations of any jurisdiction in the country. But compared to Northern Virginia localities like Fairfax County, which has been an economic powerhouse for decades, Prince George's County hasn't enjoyed a similar level of economic development. "We have 4% of leased federal office space in Prince George's County," Hoyer told me, while also pointing out that the county is home to roughly 20% of the Washington region's federal workers. "We're absolutely convinced that everything was done properly," Hoyer told me.

Persons: Wes Moore, Steny Hoyer, —, Edgar Hoover, Ben Cardin, Chris Van Hollen, Hoyer, Robert Mueller, Mueller, Moore's, George's County, Prince, Prince George's County hasn't, ERIC BARADAT, Moore, Christopher Wray, We're, I've Organizations: GSA, FBI, Gov, Virginia, Service, Metro, Maryland Gov, Maryland, Democratic Rep, Democratic, eventual, Prince, Getty, Washington, Marine Corps Base Quantico, General Service Administration Locations: Maryland, Virginia, Greenbelt , Maryland, Prince George's County, Maryland Sens, George's, Black, Washington, Northern Virginia, Fairfax County, AFP, Prince George's, Fairfax

☆ Sheryl Sandberg says she's leaving Meta's board
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Former Meta operating chief Sheryl Sandberg is leaving the company's board of directors. "With a heart filled with gratitude and a mind filled with memories, I let the Meta board know that I will not stand for reelection this May," Sandberg wrote in a Facebook post on Wednesday. Sandberg, 54, joined Facebook in 2008 as Mark Zuckerberg's top deputy after spending about seven years at Google. Since leaving Meta, Sandberg has dedicated much of her time on her LeanIn.org nonprofit, which focuses on empowering women tin the workplace, and related projects. "Thank you Sheryl for the extraordinary contributions you have made to our company and community over the years," Zuckerberg wrote.

Persons: Sheryl Sandberg, Sandberg, Mark Zuckerberg's, Javier Olivan, We've, Sandberg's, Zuckerberg, Sheryl, Adam Bosworth, Peggy Alford, Marc Andreessen, Drew Houston, Nancy Killefer, Robert M, Tony Xu, Tracey T, Travis, Estée Lauder, Here's, Javi Olivan, Justin Osofsky, Nicola Mendelsohn, Mark Organizations: Meta, Facebook, Google, CNBC, McKinsey & Company, Estée Locations: U.S

☆ Nadine Menendez Wants Separate Trials for Herself and Her Husband
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Benjamin Weiser | Tracey Tully | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Senator Robert Menendez, the New Jersey Democrat, and his wife, Nadine Menendez, were both charged last fall in a broad federal corruption case, in which they were accused of accepting cash and gold bribes. Now their marriage is at the center of a new dispute in the case, according to legal papers filed late Monday. Ms. Menendez is asking a Manhattan judge to sever her case from that of her husband. In her request, she said that she understood Senator Menendez might wish to testify at his trial, “and that his testimony could include revealing confidential marital communications with Ms. Menendez that Senator Menendez deems essential and material to his defense.”Ms. Menendez wants to maintain the confidentiality of her communications with her husband, her lawyers wrote to the judge, Sidney H. Stein, of Federal District Court.

Persons: Robert Menendez, Nadine Menendez, Ms, Menendez, ” Ms, Sidney H, Stein Organizations: New, New Jersey Democrat, Court Locations: New Jersey, Manhattan, Federal

☆ Steven Soderbergh’s Year in Reading
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-12 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Every January on his website Extension765.com, the prolific director Steven Soderbergh looks back at the previous year and posts a day-by-day account of every movie and TV series watched, every play attended and every book read. In 2023, Soderbergh tackled more than 80 (!) books, and on this week’s episode, he and the host Gilbert Cruz talk about some of his highlights. Here are the books discussed on this week’s episode:“How to Live: A Life of Montaigne,” by Sarah Bakewell“Stanley Kubrick’s ‘The Shining,’” by Lee Unkrich and J.W. You can send them to books@nytimes.com.

Persons: Steven Soderbergh, Soderbergh, Gilbert Cruz, Montaigne, ”, Sarah Bakewell “ Stanley Kubrick’s, Lee Unkrich, George, Martha, Philip Gefter, Donald E, Westlake “, Chimamanda Ngozi, Randall Jarrell “, Robert M, Sapolsky

☆ Take a look inside the US' Manned Orbiting Laboratory, a Cold War-era crewed spy satellite that never made it to space
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-11 | by ( Lauren Frias | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Manned space operationsAn illustration of the Manned Orbiting Laboratory. Then-US Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara publicly unveiled the program in December 1963, and President Lyndon B. Johnson formally approved the project in August 1965. "This program will bring us new knowledge about what man is able to do in space," Johnson said at the time. It will develop technology and equipment which will help advance manned and unmanned space flights. "The system was resource-limited because it was a film system, not electronic like we have now.

Persons: Robert McNamara, Lyndon B, Johnson, Richard Truly Organizations: Manned, Laboratory, US Air Force, National Reconnaissance Office, Cuban Missile, MOL Locations: Vietnam, America, Soviet Union

☆ Eye-Popping Yields Mask Paltry Returns From These Funds
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Spencer Jakab | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Traders are piling into 0DTE options—a cheap, fast, but risky way to bet on the market that offers the chance of explosive returns if those bets are correct. We’ll explain their rise and their effect on the stock market. Photo: Robert MachadoFor conservative income investors, some new funds look too good to be true. Touting annual distribution rates of 50% or more, they generate cash by selling options contracts on some of the most speculative parts of the stock market. The good news is that the exchange-traded funds don’t carry the risk of instant ruin that sellers of the derivatives can face.

Persons: Robert Machado

☆ Intense Gaza Fighting Brings Fear of Constant Death, Red Cross Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Dec. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

Israel's military has said it struck 400 militant targets and killed an unspecified number of Hamas fighters in the past 24 hours. The ensuing Israeli bombardment and invasion of Gaza has killed over 15,000 Palestinians, according to health officials in the enclave. Mardini said that people in Gaza were "living in constant fear of violent death" and struggling to survive amid shortages of food and water caused by the fighting, while hospitals were working with limited resources. The Red Cross, a neutral, Swiss-based organisation, had helped facilitate those exchanges, including transporting hostages that were held in Gaza by the Hamas militant group. "We stand ready to facilitate further release operations of hostages in Gaza, Palestinian detainees to be reunited with their families," Mardini said.

Persons: Alexander Cornwell DUBAI, Cross, Robert Mardini, Mardini, Alexander Cornwell, Giles Elgood Organizations: Reuters, ICRC, Hamas, Palestinian Locations: Gaza, Dubai, Israel, Swiss

☆ Gaza fighting brings fear of constant death, Red Cross says
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Alexander Cornwell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Smoke from an explosion rises in Gaza, after a temporary truce between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas expired, as seen from southern Israel, December 2, 2023. Israel's military has said it struck 400 militant targets and killed an unspecified number of Hamas fighters in the past 24 hours. The ensuing Israeli bombardment and invasion of Gaza has killed over 15,000 Palestinians, according to health officials in the enclave. The Red Cross, a neutral, Swiss-based organisation, had helped facilitate those exchanges, including transporting hostages that were held in Gaza by the Hamas militant group. "We stand ready to facilitate further release operations of hostages in Gaza, Palestinian detainees to be reunited with their families," Mardini said.

Persons: Alexander Ermochenko, Cross, Robert Mardini, Mardini, Alexander Cornwell, Giles Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, ICRC, Reuters, Hamas, Palestinian, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, Palestinian, Dubai, Swiss

☆ Israel bombards southern Gaza as residents fear new ground offensive
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

This picture taken from southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke rising from buildings after being hit by Israeli strikes, as battles resume between Israel and Hamas militants, on December 1, 2023. Israeli war planes and artillery bombarded the south of the Gaza Strip on Saturday, hitting mosques, homes and close to a hospital, after the collapse of a truce in the nearly two-month-old war between Israel and Hamas militants. The conflict broke out on Oct. 7 when Hamas militants crossed into southern Israel and killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians, in a rampage against kibbutzim and other communities. More than 200 hostages were taken back into Gaza. Israel responded with a bombing campaign and ground offensive in the north which has destroyed large areas of Gaza in what has become the bloodiest episode of the decades-long wider Israel-Palestinian conflict.

Persons: Khan Younis, Robert Mardini, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel Organizations: Gaza, Hamas, Residents, Nasser, Cross, Reuters, Crescent, Palestinian Locations: Israel, Gaza, Egypt, Khan, Dubai, Rafah, Qatar

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