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www.cbc.ca
9 months ago
Canada news

ANALYSIS | Taylor Swift's Eras Tour is expected to generate some $5 billion US in economic activity | CBC News

The economy is slowing.Rising interest rates and stubbornly high inflation are squeezing indebted households.And just about every forecast is warning that a recession is looming.But there is one bright spot one place where the flashing red lights are shrugged off by an army of consumers perfectly content to spend generously: Taylor Swift's Eras Tour.
World politics
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
World politics

The Fires Here Are Unstoppable'

An out-of-control fire was advancing rapidly toward a logging road on Tuesday afternoon, tearing through Canada's immense and highly flammable boreal forest with a force and intensity bewildering to a team of French firefighters.Surrounded by thick smoke, a handful of them headed into the forest to search for water.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
World politics

Mysterious Killing of Chinese Gold Miners Puts New Pressure on Beijing

The Chinese embassy in the Central African Republic had a stark warning for its compatriots in the landlocked nation: Do not leave the capital city of Bangui.Kidnappings of foreigners were on the rise, and any Chinese person outside of Bangui was to leave those areas immediately.Less than a week later, on March 19, a group of gunmen stormed a remote gold mine far away from Bangui and killed nine Chinese workers.
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Chicago White Sox
Yahoo Sports
9 months ago
Chicago White Sox

Wavier Wire: Intriguing MLB rookies among top adds

If you came here in search of speed, you are very much in luck.Kansas City just introduced an elite base-stealer to the fantasy conversation...Under normal circumstances, we probably wouldn't mention a 30-year-old outfielder getting called up to join a struggling team, but Blanco is different.First of all, he was hitting .347
Yahoo Sports
10 months ago
Chicago White Sox

The Athletic grades the White Sox and Cubs starts to the season

Recently, The Athletic summoned their respective beat writers to culminate season grades for each MLB team to start the season.As Memorial Day lives around the corner, it serves as a fair benchmark to assess each team's respective starts to the season.Let's break down the Chicago teams' grades.The Athletic's White Sox grade: D-
"Chances are this team is closer to OK than awful," James Fegan wrote.
Yahoo Sports
10 months ago
Chicago White Sox

Why is Memorial Day an important benchmark for White Sox, Cubs?

When discussing MLB's calendar, Memorial Day serves as a valuable benchmark to check in with your team.Why?Well, for starters, it marks nearly 1/3 of the season completed.It's sort of the big test before the midterm, before the final exam.There's a long way to go, but early signals can define how each team needs to improve through the rest of the season.
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iRunFar
9 months ago
Running

Peter Frano Post-2023 Trail World Championships 80k Interview

Peter Fraňo of Slovakia finished third in the 2023 Trail World Championships 80k. in Innsbruck-Stubai, Austria In this interview, conducted in writing the week after the race, he talks about how the day went, a little about the trail running scene in Slovakia, and what it meant to race as part of a team.
iRunFar
10 months ago
Running

Don't Let Downhills Be Your Downfall

This image below from Run100s.com (which we think first appeared in the November 1988 issue of "UltraRunning Magazine") is one of my favorites because it demonstrates the ruggedness of several well-known North American 100-mile events as they existed at the time.Each race has its own unique profile, but they all share a common theme: challenging topography.
Boston.com
9 months ago
Boston Bruins

Will the Bruins take advantage of the buyout window to start their cap-clearing offseason?

Bruins The Bruins have less than $5 million in cap space entering this offseason.With Bruce Cassidy and the Golden Knights hoisting the Stanley Cup in Vegas on Tuesday, the 2023 NHL offseason has officially begun.And Don Sweeney and the Bruins have plenty of work to do this summer in order to alleviate their cap-related headache.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
New York City

Finance Executive Accused of Drugging and Raping Teen in Midtown Hotel

A 54-year-old finance executive targeted a 14-year-old girl through her Instagram account, passed her off as his daughter on trips around the country, gave her drugs and raped her in New York City hotel rooms, prosecutors with the Manhattan district attorney's office said Thursday.Prosecutors said that the executive, Michael Olson, had texted multiple other girls and that its investigation would continue.
Los Angeles Times
9 months ago
California

Former corrections officer convicted of sexually abusing two inmates at California prison

(Ben Margot / Associated Press)

A former corrections officer at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin was convicted Monday of sexually abusing two female inmates at the prison, the U.S. Department of Justice said.John Bellhouse, 40, of Pleasanton, is one of six FCI Dublin staff members to be arrested in connection with sexual abuse at the prison, four of whom have been convicted.
Los Angeles Times
10 months ago
Los Angeles

'Our trains need to be safe,' Woman's attack on L.A. Metro line sparks calls for action

(Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

Twila Mahone has been growing worried about her safety commuting on Metro's A Line, but an attack last week - which left a 53-year-old woman's face bruised and battered - has left her increasingly rattled."It was just horrible," said Mahone, 56."It just took too long for that lady to get help."
Truthout
10 months ago
Left-wing politics

GOP Demands Larger Pentagon Budget Amid Continued Push to Slash Aid Programs

Republicans are reportedly demanding even stricter work requirements than they originally proposed for SNAP recipients.U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets fly in formation during U.S.-Philippines joint air force exercises at Clark Air Base on May 9, 2023, in Mabalacat, Philippines.Ezra Acayan / Getty Images With the U.S. just 10 days away from a possible default, House Republicans are now demanding a military budget even larger than the record $858 billion that Congress authorized for the current fiscal year as they continue pushing for steep cuts to key aid programs.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
US politics

Regulators Rebut Claims by Silicon Valley Bank's Ex-C.E.O.

When asked in a Senate hearing this week who was to blame for the demise of Silicon Valley Bank, the lender's former chief executive, Greg Becker, had plenty of ideas, blaming regulators, the bank's board and its own customers for bringing it down.On Thursday, senior officials from two of the bank's main regulators, the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, told members of the same Senate panel that some of the impressions Mr. Becker had left lawmakers with were false.
Los Angeles Times
10 months ago
Los Angeles

Three killed in plane crash during Navy training exercise off San Clemente Island

(Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

Three people aboard a U.S. Navy-contracted aircraft were killed Wednesday when it crashed during a training exercise off San Clemente Island, officials said Friday.The three men - Eric Tatman, Spencer Geerlings and Shane Garner - were from Georgia and worked for Phoenix Air Group, which owned and operated the Learjet that crashed near the Navy-owned island, according to officials.
www.housingwire.com
9 months ago
Real estate

Mortgage rate relief won't come until end of 2023 (or later), housing economists say

Other indexes also show rates trading on the sidelines.The 30-year fixed rate for conventional loans was 6.97% at Mortgage News Daily on Thursday morning, down one basis point from the previous day.HousingWire's Mortgage Rates Center showed Optimal Blue's 30-year fixed rate for conventional loans at 6.71% on Wednesday, compared to 6.70% the previous day.
www.amny.com
9 months ago
Brooklyn

Cops looking for man who allegedly groped and robbed woman at Brooklyn subway station | amNewYork

Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams A 35-year-old woman was groped and robbed at a Brooklyn subway station Saturday while she was refilling her MetroCard, according to police.Police said that an alleged pervert approached the woman from behind at the McDonald Avenue and Avenue N station at around 9:30 a.m. and aggressively squeezed her chest while she was adding funds to her MetroCard.
www.amny.com
10 months ago
Brooklyn

Adams' housing boss Jessica Katz set to step down amid migrant and housing crises | amNewYork

Jessica Katz, the city's chief housing officer, is stepping down from her post at the beginning of July, City Hall confirmed in a statement to amNewYork Metro Wednesday afternoon.Katz's departure, which was first reported by the news site Gothamist, comes as the city struggles to find shelter for tens of thousands of migrants who've arrived since last year and continues to deal with a pre-existing housing crisis where rents are on the rise and affordable units are in short supply.
www.scientificamerican.com
9 months ago
Science

This Tiny Fish Can Recognize Itself in Photos

Bluestreak cleaner wrasses are entrepreneurial fish.This tiny, shiny species sets up shop in coral reefs, where it eats parasites off of client fish, some of them big and hungry.It's a dangerous business that requires impeccable social skills.No wonder, then, that these fish can identify other individuals by their facesand even recognize their own, according to a recent study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA.
www.theguardian.com
9 months ago
UK politics

Tony Blair's bet on gambling Britain has spiralled out of control

The phenomenal rise of the UK gambling industry owes much to reforms, introduced by Tony Blair, that flipped the state's attitude to sports betting and casino gaming on its head.At the turn of the century, the government recognised that betting and gaming, in particular online, could not be prohibited and ought, instead, to be properly regulated.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
UK politics

Bank of England says inflation has turned corner' despite soaring food prices

The Bank of England governor has insisted that inflation has turned the corner, despite the UK being hit with the fastest annual growth in food prices since the 1970s amid the cost of living crisis.Andrew Bailey said annual inflation was on track to fall sharply in the face of a recent drop in wholesale energy prices, coupled with the prospect of last year's jump in gas and electricity bills for British households dropping out of the annual figure.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
UK politics

Lib Dems will not be sucked into formal Labour pact, says Vince Cable

Vince Cable, the former leader of the Liberal Democrats, has cast serious doubt on whether his party would agree to a full-blown coalition with Labour if the next general election results in a hung parliament.Cable, who was business secretary in the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition formed after the 2010 election, told the Observer that the bad experience of working with the Tories for five years may have put many in his party off the idea of a formal arrangement, even with Labour.
Truthout
9 months ago
Left-wing politics

A New Report Shows How Big Pharma Is Price Gouging Cancer Patients

Cancer patients will benefit substantially from the IRA's $2,000 cap on annual out-of-pocket medicine spending for Medicare Part D enrollees - a limit that's set to take effect in 2025.sukanyasitthikongsak / Moment / Getty Images Major pharmaceutical companies are profiting immensely from the second-leading cause of death in the United States by saddling cancer patients with tens of thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket costs, often forcing them to choose between treatment and other basic necessities.
Truthout
9 months ago
Left-wing politics

Teamsters Kick Off Strike Authorize Vote for Nearly 350,000 UPS Workers

Vehicles are blurred as they drive past a parked UPS delivery vehicle on February 1, 2022, in Los Angeles, California.Mario Tama / Getty Images With the largest private sector labor contract in the United States set to expire on July 31 at midnight, the eyes of the American labor movement are on United Parcel Service (UPS) and the nearly 350,000 Teamsters who work there.
www.france24.com
10 months ago
Left-wing politics

Biden meets with Indo-Pacific leaders at G7 amid US debt limit crisis

President Joe Biden, right, and Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meet on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan, Saturday, May 20, 2023.Susan Walsh, AP President Joe Biden was seeking to rally regional cooperation against China on the margins of the Group of Seven summit Saturday, while confronting a stalemate in Washington over how to ensure the US avoids default.
www.mediaite.com
10 months ago
Left-wing politics

Joe Scarborough Claims Cogent' Joe Biden Calls Him Up At Night to Aggressively' Debate His Commentary

Joe Scarborough, the former GOP congressman turned MSNBC morning show host, joined David Axelrod and Mike Murphy on their Hacks On Tap podcast Tuesday and, while discussing a range of topics, Scarborough revealed some details about his personal interactions with the president.The only thing with Joe Biden's age is actually because, I will tell you, I know that Joe Biden is still cogent, Scarborough said in a discussion about Biden's age being a potential liability for the Democrats in 2024.
Dodgers Digest
9 months ago
LA Dodgers

Taking a look at what's ailing Gavin Stone in 2023 - Dodgers Digest

Gavin Stone had an exceptional 2022 season.The then 23-year-old hit three different stops in the Dodger farm system (High-A, Double-A, and Triple-A), and the 6'1 righty dominated all the way through.He led all qualified minor leaguers at Low-A and higher in both ERA and FIP (1.48 and 2.44, respectively), while racking up 168 Ks and just 44 BBs in 121.2 IP.
Dodger Blue
10 months ago
LA Dodgers

Freddie Freeman Applauds Padres' Aggressive In Free Agency, But Dodgers Are 'Really Good Team'

Freddie Freeman played a key part in the Los Angeles Dodgers breaking their franchise record with 111 wins during the 2022 season, but their year ended in shocking defeat at the hands of the San Diego Padres in the National League Division Series.Now Freeman is part of a new-look Dodgers roster after an offseason in which the team was modest in spending.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
NYC music

How the Record Man Harvey Averne Helped Take Latin Music Worldwide

Harvey Averne begins most days with a bialy and whitefish salad.He watches Morning Joe, plays with his cat, Coco Baby, and fields calls from Latin music legends like Joe Bataan at his eclectic but tidy Woodhaven, Queens apartment.On a particularly humid day in mid-March, they were advising each other on prescription medication.
Los Angeles Times
10 months ago
Los Angeles

California's blistering heat sparked power shortages last summer. Here's this year's forecast

(Noah Berger / Associated Press)

Torrential rainfall and massive dumps of snow wreaked havoc across California last winter.But the wild weather brought an upside: Water-storage reservoirs now have abundant supplies of H₂Oto fire up the state's hydropower electricity generators this summer.That fact, combined with record expansion of utility-scale solar power and battery storage, has energy forecasters confident that the state can avoid the potentially dangerous electricity shortfalls of the sort that came with last September's 10-day heat wave, according to state officials at a press briefing Wednesday.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
Artificial intelligence

From horrific jokes about dog sex to ruining Succession: AI's terrible attempt to write TV

The strike by the Writers Guild of America (WGA) isn't simply about securing better fees for screenwriters.It touches on something much bigger: making sure that screenwriting will continue to exist as a profession.Recently, at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, a number of executives sang the praises of AI programs such as ChatGPT.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
Privacy professionals

US regulators may ban Facebook from monetizing data from children

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is accusing Facebook of misleading parents about protections for children and is proposing to tighten an existing agreement on privacy to include a ban on profiting from minors' data.The FTC said on Wednesday that Facebook misled parents about how much control they had over who their children had contact with in the Messenger Kids app and was deceptive about how much access app developers had to users' private data, breaching a 2019 agreement on privacy.
Dabearsblog
9 months ago
Chicago Bears

A Tight Look at the 2023 Tight Ends, Part II: Depth, Downs & Dimensions

Johnathan Wood | June 13th, 2023
In Part I, we saw that both Cole Kmet and Robert Tonyan are used more against zone than man coverage, and today we're going to look at their involvement in the passing game through a number of other lenses.Targets by Depth
Let's start by looking at how frequently and effectively Chicago's tight ends were targeted at various depths of the field.
Portland Mercury
9 months ago
Portland

Good Morning, News: Road-Raging Truck Driver Crashes Portland Parade, Tigard Drag Show Canceled (GOP Blames Antifa), and More Trump-Inspired Threats of Violence

The Mercury provides news and fun every single day-but your help is essential.If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us.Thanks for your support!GOOD MORNING, PORTLAND!Shake out your thong because today will be the hottest day of the week, with sunny skies and the temp shooting up to a balmy 90 degrees, before gradually calming back down to the low 70s by week's end.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
US news

DeSantis Campaign Uses Apparently Fake Images to Attack Trump on Twitter

As Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida begins to aggressively attack former President Donald J. Trump, his campaign has spread three images of the former president embracing Dr. Anthony S. Fauci that forensic experts say are almost certainly realistic-looking deepfakes generated by artificial intelligence.
Fatherly
9 months ago
Fathers

What To Do When Your Autistic Child Gets Aggressive

One of the most challenging situations parents face is when they cannot calm an aggressive child.It can make parents feel scared and unsafe; when other people are around, it can be mortifying.And although there are some best practices for any parent trying to calm an aggressive child, there are specific considerations for parents of autistic children when behavior turns combative.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
New York City

The Most Disturbing Thing About Jordan Neely's Killing

At the opening of the video, the audio is strangely muffled.Juan Alberto Vazquez, the freelance journalist who captured the footage, begins recording from outside the train car where Daniel Penny has a 30-year-old homeless man named Jordan Neely in a chokehold.A couple of other passengers help restrain Neely, making sure he cannot wrestle free.
Truthout
10 months ago
Left-wing politics

Republican Rep. George Santos Arrested on 13 Charges

Charges against Santos include money laundering, wire fraud, theft of public funds and lying to Congress.Rep. George Santos claps during an address by South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol in a joint meeting of Congress in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol on April 27, 2023, in Washington, D.C.Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Republican Rep. George Santos of New York, whose brief tenure in Congress has been dominated by scandal, was arrested by federal authorities Wednesday on a slew of criminal charges including money laundering, wire fraud, theft of public funds, and lying to Congress.
HousingWire
10 months ago
Real estate

Opinion: I beat the market with a mortgage assumption

I was tired of fighting with mortgage lenders about self-employment income, high-interestrates, and dealing with scarce inventory that fit our family's needs.We decided to rent a bigger home.I was beyond done.It wasn't meant to be.The awards for entrepreneurship did not extend to quickly buying a home.
www.cnn.com
10 months ago
US politics

FBI disrupts Russian hacking tool used to steal information from foreign governments

The FBI announced Tuesday that it has disrupted a network of hacked computers that Russian spies have used for years to steal sensitive information from at least 50 countries, including NATO governments.The action appears to be a major blow to Russia's domestic intelligence service, the FSB, which has allegedly used the sophisticated hacking tool to infiltrate US and Western diplomatic and military agencies for nearly two decades.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Matt Hancock shoulder-barged and left shaken up' by anti-vaxxer, court hears

Matt Hancock was shoulder-barged and left shaken up by an anti-vaccination protester who accused him of murdering people during the coronavirus pandemic, a court has heard.Geza Tarjanyi, 62, of Leyland in Lancashire, who has denied causing harassment without violence to the former health secretary, is accused of shouting ridiculous conspiracy theories on two separate occasions on January 19 and 24.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Grandfather who beat cancer urges public to join health research

A grandfather who beat cancer with experimental therapy has urged members of the public to join research studies.Stephen Cossins, 71, from Amersham in Buckinghamshire, was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), a rare type of cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow.When the cancer began to spread around his body, he took part in a clinical trial looking at drugs that block the growth of the cancer.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Man admits murdering grandmother by repeatedly punching and stamping on her

A man has been jailed for at least 15 years after he admitted murdering his 84-year-old grandmother by repeatedly punching and stamping on her, causing her to die from her injuries six days later.Scott McCulloch, 26, from Forres in Moray, pleaded guilty to one charge of murder when he appeared by video link at the High Court in Edinburgh on Friday.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Woman who caused cyclist to fall into road loses bid to appeal against sentence

A pedestrian who shouted and waved aggressively at a cyclist, causing her to fall into the path of an oncoming car, has lost a bid to appeal against her three-year sentence for manslaughter.CCTV footage showed Auriol Grey, 49, shout at retired midwife Celia Ward to get off the f****** pavement in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, causing her to fall into the road.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Farmer jailed for outrageous' illegal bulldozing of riverbank has term reduced

A farmer jailed for 12 months after hiring diggers and an 18-ton bulldozer to illegally strip trees and vegetation from riverbanks in Herefordshire has had his prison term reduced on appeal.John Price, 68, was originally sentenced to immediate custody and ordered to pay 600,000 prosecution costs by a district judge on April 20, in what Natural England and the Environment Agency said was the worst river-side destruction the organisations had seen.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Nurse slapped elderly patient while he lay in hospital bed', court told

A nurse slapped an elderly and vulnerable patient in the face while he lay in his hospital bed, a court has heard.Primrose James, 51, of Victoria Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex is on trial at Swansea Crown Court for ill-treating a person who lacks capacity at Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest, Wales on May 31, 2022.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
Tech industry

Does CNN's Turmoil Mean There's No Room on Cable for Independent News?

The Warner Bros. Discovery chief, David Zaslav, was clear from the day he took control of CNN in 2022 about what he wanted for the cable news network.Publicly and privately he told associates, reporters and whoever else might care that he wanted to move the network away from what he viewed as left-leaning advocacy and toward more balance.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Tech industry

Apple's Slowdown Eases, but Sluggish Demand Hurts Results

Apple on Thursday provided more evidence for optimists who believe that the worst of the tech industry's slump may be over while reminding investors that there are still plenty of reasons for concern.Although the company said that its revenue shrank 3 percent in its most recent quarter compared to the same period a year ago, the $94.8 billion total well outpaced investor expectations of $92.9 billion.
TechCrunch
10 months ago
Tech industry

Google I/O 2023 is next week; here's what we're expecting

A whole bunch of new hardware, coupled with a lot of AI and the best look yet at Android 14

Google's annual developer conference returns to Mountain View's Shoreline Amphitheater next week, and for the first time in four years, we'll be returning along with it.The kickoff keynote is always jammed-packed full of information, debuting all of the different software projects the company has been working on for the past year.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
US news

With Migrant Flights, DeSantis Shows Stoking Outrage Is the Point

Ron DeSantis's decision to send migrants from near the Mexico border to the capital city of California is at first glance the latest in a series of escalating clashes between the Florida governor and his Democratic counterpart, Gavin Newsom.But the performative gambit in the early days of Mr. DeSantis's 2024 presidential run is better understood as an opening bid to prove to Republican primary voters that he can be just as much a provocateur, and every bit as incendiary, as former President Donald J. Trump.
Pythonbytes
9 months ago
Python

Actual Technical People

About the show Sponsored by InfluxDB from Influxdata.Connect with the hosts Join us on YouTube at pythonbytes.fm/live to be part of the audience.Usually Tuesdays at 11am PT.Older video versions available there too.PyStack is a tool that uses forbidden magic to let you inspect the stack frames of a running Python process or a Python core dump, helping you quickly and easily learn what it's doing.
Raptors Rapture
10 months ago
Toronto Raptors

76ers take first step towards hiring Nick Nurse as head coach

The Toronto Raptors don't appear to be in any rush to hire their next head coach after the firing of Nick Nurse, but the rival Philadelphia 76ers appear to be moving as fast as possible as they try to find a replacement for Doc Rivers.Nick Nurse remains near the very top of their list.Philly's initial list of coaches included past champions like Nurse, Mike Budenholzer, and Frank Vogel.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Energy prices could finally drop by hundreds of pounds by summer, experts say

Millions of households could see their huge energy bills drop by 440 a year from July, experts say.Ofgem will announce a new energy price cap for July this month and Cornwall Insight, an independent energy research and consulting firm, expects that the cap will fall.A typical household is now predicted to pay approximately 2,060 a year, according to analysis by the research firm.
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9 months ago
US politics

Mark Meadows Testified to Grand Jury in Special Counsel Investigation of Trump

Mark Meadows, the final White House chief of staff under President Donald J. Trump and a potentially key figure in inquiries related to Mr. Trump, has testified before a federal grand jury hearing evidence in the investigations being led by the special counsel's office, according to two people briefed on the matter.
www.cnn.com
9 months ago
US politics

FBI director scheduled to speak with congressional Republicans about Biden document dispute

FBI Director Christopher Wray is scheduled to speak Wednesday with House Oversight Chairman James Comer and Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley regarding a dispute over an internal law enforcement document that Republicans believe will shed light into an allegation that then-Vice President Joe Biden was involved in a criminal scheme with a foreign national.
www.cnn.com
10 months ago
US politics

Ron DeSantis has a lovability' problem

Ron DeSantis has some catching up to do.The Florida governor entered the 2024 presidential race last week with polls showing him down about 30 points on average to Donald Trump in the GOP primary.DeSantis had trailed by closer to 10 points at the end of last year.The former president has had something to do with DeSantis' problems, but it's not all on Trump.
www.cnn.com
10 months ago
US politics

House fails to override Biden veto on solar panel tariff measure

The House on Wednesday failed to override President Joe Biden's veto of a measure related to solar panel import tariffs.A successful veto override would have required a two-thirds vote in the House and the Senate a high threshold that was not expected to be reached.The resolution, which Biden vetoed in May, would restore tariffs on solar panel imports from several Southeast Asian countries by disapproving a Commerce Department rule.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
US politics

DeSantis Is Set to Enter 2024 Presidential Race Next Week

Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida is expected to officially enter the presidential race next week, allowing him to raise the vast amounts of cash he will need to challenge former President Donald J. Trump, according to two people familiar with his intentions.Mr. DeSantis is expected to file paperwork declaring his candidacy with the Federal Election Commission ahead of a major fund-raising meeting with donors in Miami on May 25 that is meant to act as a show of his financial force.
www.cnn.com
10 months ago
US politics

Closing arguments begin in E. Jean Carroll civil rape trial against Donald Trump

The attorney for E. Jean Carroll told a federal jury in New York on Monday that no one is above the law, as closing arguments began in the civil battery and defamation trial against Donald Trump.In this country even the most powerful person can be held accountable in court, said attorney Roberta Kaplan.
SFGATE
9 months ago
SF real estate

What Is a Buyer's Market-and What Does It Mean If You're Buying, Selling, or Just Looking?

Getty Images As you might have guessed, a buyer's market favors homebuyers, not sellers.But what, exactly, does that mean?"It means external conditions-like supply and demand, comparable sales in the neighborhood, the economy, public opinion, confidence in the future, and changes in the tax laws-favor buyers," says Robert Elson, a real estate agent with Coldwell Banker Warburg in New York.
Truthout
10 months ago
Left-wing politics

Louisiana Gender-Affirming Care Ban for Transgender Youth Would Also Mandate Forcing Them to De-Transition

"We don't need politicians making it even harder for trans kids to survive," one LGBTQ rights group said.The House chamber of the Louisiana State Legislature.John Elk / Getty Images The Republican-controlled Louisiana state House of Representatives has passed a bill banning physicians from providing gender-affirming care for transgender youth in the state, which, if signed into law, would make Louisiana the 17th state in the country to enact such a ban through state law.
Truthout
10 months ago
Left-wing politics

"Greatest Wealth Transfer in History" Is Poised to Further Entrench Inequality

A mobile billboard calling for higher taxes on the ultrawealthy depicts an image of billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos near the U.S. Capitol on May 17, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Drew Angerer / Getty Images The United States' astronomical levels of economic inequality are poised to become further entrenched in the coming years as what The New York Timesdescribed Sunday as "the greatest wealth transfer in history" gets underway, with the richest members of the Baby Boomer generation set to pass trillions of dollars in assets on to their descendants - often paying little or nothing in taxes.
Truthout
10 months ago
Left-wing politics

AOC: "Public Policy" Failures and "Demonizing of the Poor" Killed Jordan Neely

"If the city just wants this to be a playground for the rich, that is the most dangerous outcome for all of us."Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez attends a news conference with outside the U.S. Capitol on January 26, 2023 in Washington, D.C.Drew Angerer / Getty Images In a new interview, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) has spoken out about the myriad societal causes behind the tragic death of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway last week, saying that his death was the direct result of policy decisions that left him vulnerable to people with a violent hatred of poor people.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
Sports

An Unstoppable Verstappen Wins Again

Lewis Hamilton drove aggressively and overtook rivals, sometimes with apparent ease.George Russell gained several places by zipping up the pit lane at the start and held off a late challenge from Sergio Perez.It was a great day for Mercedes.And they finished 2-3.Once again, Max Verstappen of Red Bull raced away from the Formula One field in the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona on Sunday, winning the pole, and then on race day never holding any position but first.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Sports

Haney and Lomachenko Give Lightweight Boxing Another Close Bout

By the time Devin Haney strolled into the post-fight news conference at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, the 24-year-old undisputed lightweight champion was aware of the widespread perception that judges had erred in awarding him a unanimous decision win over Vasiliy Lomachenko on Saturday night.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
Television

30 Shows to Watch This Summer

This summer, there's nothing so new on television as something old.Series are emerging two years (The Witcher), four (Black Mirror), eight (Justified: Primeval City), 10 (Futurama) and 25 (The Full Monty) after you last had to think about them or the works from which they have been spun off.On the other hand, it's also a bountiful summer for newer favorites, full of the second or third or fourth seasons of popular or praiseworthy (sometimes both) recent shows like The Bear, Heartstopper, How to With John Wilson, Never Have I Ever, Only Murders in the Building, Physical, Reservation Dogs and Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan.
Battery Power
10 months ago
Atlanta Braves

Braves Minor League Recap: Didier Fuentes, Adam Shoemaker make solid starts for Augusta

The Atlanta Braves system had a good day on Sunday, going 4-1.However the biggest story in the Braves system came off the field on this day, as Michael Soroka was scratched from his scheduled start in Gwinnett in order to return to the Atlanta rotation today for the first time since 2020.On the field we saw strong outings from Adam Shoemaker and Didier Fuentes in the two games for Augusta, and a shutout in the bullpen game that took over Soroka's spot for Gwinnett.
Los Angeles Times
10 months ago
Los Angeles

A walk on the wild side? Why hikers could see more animals this Memorial Day weekend

(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

With Memorial Day weekend now upon us, residents across California will get out in nature and experience an ecosystem reshaped by a record-setting wet winter.Wildlife experts say the rain has already started to improve habitats and populations for certain species - a trend they expect to reverberate through the entire landscape.
Pinstripe Alley
10 months ago
New York Yankees

Yankees At-Bat of the Week: Aaron Judge (5/20)

At this point, a home run from Aaron Judge is as expected as an Isiah Kiner-Falefa groundball.Every time he puts the ball in play, it is an absolute rocket.Just when you thought he couldn't get any better, Judge has somehow improved his quality of contact from last year (yes smaller sample size, I know) by increasing his xwOBACON from .611 to .681.
www.standard.co.uk
10 months ago
London

Tube stations closed as stressed' staff report increase in violence and aggression from passengers

T he loss of up to 600 Tube staff posts is to blame for the closure of a central London station, RMT leader Mick Lynch has said.Lancaster Gate, the Central line station used by Bayswater residents and visitors to Hyde Park, is likely to be closed all week due to what Transport for London has termed unavailability of station staff.
GSMArena.com
10 months ago
Mobile UX

Nothing Phone (2) release to be headed by former OnePlus exec

According to a recent report by Inverse, Carl Pei's new company Nothing is aggressively pouching former OnePlus staff and as of now, 70% of the software team is from there, along with 30% of the hardware team.But while this report isn't exactly official information, Carl Pei himself welcomed Kyle Kiang on board, who was a former Chief Marketing Officer for OnePlus.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
NYC music

Blur Surprises With a Reflection on Fame, and 9 More New Songs

The Britpop legends Blur's first new song in eight years off an upcoming album the group secretly recorded and suddenly announced this week, The Ballad of Darren is a self-critical catalog of the disillusions of fame, awash in the band's misty melancholy.Damon Albarn's reflections are sullen and cleareyed, but buoyed by Dave Rowntree steady beat and Graham Coxon's charmingly cheery backing vocals he finds a glimmer of hope and strength to carry on.
www.fastcompany.com
10 months ago
Environment

Oil companies owe the world trillions in climate reparations. This study calculates the exact cost

When a climate disaster hits, the people who pay the biggest price often had the least to do with causing the problem.Take, for example, the devastating heat wave this spring in South Asiamade 30 times worse by climate changefollowed by a cyclone that tore through refugee camps in Bangladesh and Myanmar.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
New York City

These Spiders Look Frightening, but They May Be Scaredy-Cats

Joro spiders are the size of your palm.They weave webs up to three feet across, and for the past decade, the East Asian arachnids have been spreading throughout the southeastern United States.If you're an arachnophobe, they're the stuff of your nightmares, said Andy Davis, a biologist at the University of Georgia who studies them.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
New York City

House Democrats Move to Force a Vote on Expelling Santos From Congress

Democrats moved on Tuesday to force a vote within days on removing Representative George Santos of New York from Congress, an attempt to press Republicans to either endorse or abandon a serial liar in their ranks who has been indicted on charges of wire fraud, money laundering, stealing public funds and lying to the government.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
New York City

Daniel Penny Will Be Charged in Subway Chokehold Killing of Jordan Neely

Daniel Penny, the 24-year-old Marine veteran who choked and killed a homeless man on the subway last week, is expected to be arrested on a second-degree manslaughter charge and to appear in Manhattan Criminal Court on Friday.The Manhattan district attorney's office confirmed Mr. Penny's expected arrest on the charge in a statement.
RT @andylocal: We traced the paths of Jordan Neely and Daniel Penny.

by @MWilsonNYT & me
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
New York City

How Two Men's Disparate Paths Crossed in a Killing on the F Train

It was a Monday afternoon and a 30-year-old man was ranting on an F train headed through Manhattan.He was a regular on the subway, once a gifted Michael Jackson impersonator, but he was also troubled.City workers had tried to help him for years.Inside the same car was a 24-year-old Marine veteran.After the military, he had dropped out of college, posting online about feeling completely unfulfilled, and now he was looking for a bartending job in the city.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
New York City

How New Yorkers' Lives Will Be Altered by the $229 Billion State Budget

ALBANY, N.Y.Minimum wage workers in New York City will get a pay bump for the first time in five years.Out-of-state students at city and state universities will face a tuition hike.And cigarette smokers will need to pay an extra dollar in taxes per pack.New York State lawmakers approved a $229 billion state budget on Tuesday night that will touch on New Yorkers' everyday life, after completing protracted negotiations with Gov. Kathy Hochul that delayed its passage by over a month.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
Berlin

On US Bike to Work Day, here's how COVID, eco-thinking made cycling better in cities worldwide

In the agonies of the virus that upended most of the world, millions of people from Bogota to Berlin saw what life could be like on two wheels instead of four.Even as commuting to the office and going to school plunged at the height of COVID lockdowns, outdoor recreation, and cycling in particular, surged in country after country as people looked to escape isolation in a relatively safe way.
Coindesk
10 months ago
Cryptocurrency

First Mover Asia: Traders Long on Bitcoin Despite Debt Ceiling Challenges, Dark U.S. Regulatory Clouds

Good morning.Here's what's happening:

Prices: Despite market uncertainties affecting bitcoin and ether prices, traders in Asia remain optimistic due to clearer regional cryptocurrency regulations.Insights: GrumpyCat, a meme coin, is set to face legal confrontations due to its unauthorized use of trademarks.
Inverse
10 months ago
Gadgets

Amazon's Echo Buds Now Look Like AirPods and Cost Just $50

Remember Amazon's wireless earbuds?The Echo Buds were aggressively priced and impressively performant active noise-canceling earbuds, but they pretty easily got lost in the never-ending list of Echo-branded, Alexa-powered devices.Amazon's new Echo Buds might not change that, but they are even more affordable.
www.amny.com
10 months ago
New York Knicks

Should the Knicks move on from Tom Thibodeau? | amNewYork

The Knicks are coming off their best season since 2012 and their second-best season since the turn of the century, so it feels like an odd time to question whether or not they should fire their coach, but if this team wants to take the next step towards being a championship contender, it might be the right call.
www.amny.com
10 months ago
New York Knicks

The Knicks 2022-23 season by the numbers: Where did it go wrong or right? | amNewYork

By Eric Samulski Posted on May 14, 2023 Jalen Brunson (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams The Knicks season is over following their 96-92 loss to the Miami Heat in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals.
Posting and Toasting
10 months ago
New York Knicks

The Knicks can't afford another slow start in Game 6

The New York Knicks' first quarter against the Miami Heat in Game 5 was abysmal.New York would shoot 2-8 from three and 3-10 inside the arc to only put up 14 in the quarter.Miami also struggled from deep, hitting 2-9 three-pointers but hitting 5-12 shots inside the arc and 6-7 foul shots to score 24 in the quarter.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Education

DeSantis Signs Bill Defunding Diversity Spending in State Schools

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation on Monday that largely banned Florida's public universities and colleges from spending money on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and imposed other measures that could reshape higher education at state schools.The legislation also restricts how educators can discuss discrimination in required, lower-level courses by forbidding the teaching of identity politics, for example and weakens tenure protections.
The Motley Fool
10 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Riding the $14 Trillion AI Wave: Here Are 2 Top Stocks to Buy Now | The Motley Fool

The rise of ChatGPT and the surge of attention it has brought to artificial intelligence (AI) technology is close to unprecedented.After its public launch in November 2022, ChatGPTs' monthly active user base surged to 100 million in January.According to analysts at UBS, no other consumer internet application has grown its audience so rapidly.
The Verge
10 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Google announces PaLM 2 AI language model, already powering 25 Google services

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PaLM 2 is Google's latest and greatest AI language model.The company says it's already being deployed across its suite of software and is powering its experimental chatbot Bard.Google has announced PaLM 2: its latest AI language model and competitor to rival systems like OpenAI's GPT-4."PaLM 2 models are stronger in logic and reasoning, thanks to broad training in logic and reasoning," said Google CEO Sundar Pichai onstage at the company's I/O conference.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Dining

Kenji Lopez-Alt's Tips for Juicy, Crisp-Skinned Salmon? Add Salt and Wait.

The process of resting salted poultry, steaks or chops in the fridge overnight, known as dry-brining or short-curing, is a popular way to improve juiciness, tenderness, browning and searing.But why don't we dry-brine fish particularly salmon more often?In Japan, salted and dried salmon, known as shake (pronounced shah-keh), a portmanteau of shio (salt) and sake (salmon), is served broiled or grilled over rice as a breakfast or bento lunch staple.
IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
10 months ago
Intellectual property law

The U.S. Patent System, The Coase Theorem, and the Era of Efficient Infringement

"According to Coase, obstacles to bargaining and/or poorly defined property rights lead to an inefficient marketplace.You need look no further than the current state of the U.S. patent system for living proof of this theorem."There is little doubt that the way patent rights are viewed and protected has transformed over the last 15 to 17 years.
Poynter
10 months ago
Media industry

This Alabama newsroom won two Pulitzers - tying with the AP, New York Times and other national papers - Poynter

Among the news outlets that won multiple Pulitzer Prizes this year: The Associated Press, The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times - and AL.com.AL.com, which is Alabama's largest news site, took home journalism's most prestigious prize in the Local Reporting and Commentary categories Monday, doubling the number of Pulitzers the outlet has won in the past five years.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Media industry

A.P. Wins 2 Pulitzers for Ukraine War Coverage

The Associated Press on Monday won two Pulitzer Prizes for its coverage of the war in Ukraine, including the prestigious public service award, while an Alabama news website received two awards for local reporting and commentary.The A.P.'s journalists were the last from an international news organization to remain in the Ukrainian town of Mariupol after it came under fire from Russian troops.
sfist.com
10 months ago
San Francisco

SF Home Prices Cooling Down After Hitting Pandemic Highs

San Francisco bucked logic and saw its home prices increase during COVID-19, peaking to a record a year ago this time.But the high price of San Francisco houses is starting to come down.It seems standard editorial policy at the San Francisco Chronicle these days that they now use the phrase doom loop at least three times weekly in a headline.
Pippen Ain't Easy
10 months ago
Chicago Bulls

Former top 2023 NBA Draft prospect could slip to Bulls this summer

The Chicago Bulls may not own the rights to any of their upcoming picks this year, but that doesn't mean there aren't avenues to improve via the 2023 NBA Draft.Whether that means the Bulls luck out in the lottery, trade cash or assets for a pick, or swoop in to secure a top undrafted player, there are always options on the board here.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Europe news

What I'm Reading: Coronation Edition

Image Trafalgar Square in London on Friday.Credit...Andrew Testa for The New York Times Tomorrow is the coronation of King Charles III, which I've come to understand as a sort of regnal equivalent of a bar mitzvah ceremony.Though it marks a transition that has already occurred Charles automatically became king when his mother died last year people still get excited about the public event.
www.npr.org
10 months ago
Law

After Jordan Neely's death, homeless advocates blame NYC's 'dehumanizing' policies

Police officers watch Wednesday as protesters gather in the Broadway-Lafayette subway station to protest the death of Jordan Neely in New York.Neely, a man who was suffering an apparent mental health episode aboard a subway car, died after being placed in a headlock by a fellow rider on Monday.Jake Offenhartz/AP Advocates for the homeless are calling for accountability in the death of Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man who died this week on a New York City subway train after he was placed in a fatal chokehold by a fellow passenger for several minutes.
Washington Post
10 months ago
DC food

The 29 best things to do in D.C. this weekend and next week

Sometimes a day seems like it's 48 hours long, but you'll wish that was the case this weekend.Cinco de Mayo celebrations spill over to two days, with live music, endless drink specials and the annual Running of the Chihuahuas.Saturday is one of the busiest days of the year: The Around the World Embassy Tour features open houses at more than 60 embassies and cultural centers.
www.thelocal.it
10 months ago
Cars

EXPLAINED: Do you need to switch your tyres for summer in Italy?

Hiring a car in Italy is essential if you're a visitor who wants to explore some of the country's less-connected rural and coastal areas and most of the time, you can do so with no trouble beyond the mild hassle of waiting in line to pick up and drop off your vehicle.But in some cases, a few bad providers take advantage of loopholes and misplaced customer trust to boost their profits with bogus fines and fees, giving the rest a bad name.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
Boston Celtics

NBA playoffs: Celtics spoil Embiid's return with Game 2 blowout of Sixers

The Celtics walked off the court angry and frustrated after giving up home-court advantage in their series-opening loss to the 76ers.Boston called on those emotions and their defense to dominate in Game 2. Jaylen Brown scored 25 points and the Celtics rolled past Philadelphia 121-87 on Wednesday night, spoiling the return of new league MVP Joel Embiid.
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