BusinessIn The Know by YahooCollege graduate caught working during commencement sparks conversation about Gen Z's fixation with corporate life: 'Gotta save that limited PTO'
Despite the number of headlines that blame Gen Z for “quiet quitting” — or doing the bare minimum at work — “corporate girl summer” is upon us. Corporate girlies have accumulated millions of views on TikTok with their get-ready-with-me videos, what's-in-my-bag compilations and weekly outfit looks filmed in fluorescent office bathrooms. Insider dubbed them “generation quit” and “the hustle generation“; BBC warned about Gen Z not caring about “prestigious jobs” like previous generations; Vox quoted a TikToker for a lede in an article about Gen Z's supposed aversion to jobs that said, “I don't have goals.
U.S.The Florida Times-Union17-year-old Florida girl stabbed 15 times before attacker cuts his own throat. What we know
Afterward, the 18-year-old suspect started to "steadily" cut his own throat, according to an arrest warrant. year-old stabbed 15 times: Arrest warrants says girl stabbed 15 times in Ponte Vedra restaurant before suspect sliced his throat Four people stabbed: Four people taken to the hospital after stabbing at a Ponte Vedra Beach restaurant Here's what we know so far. Who was injured in the attack?
BusinessINSIDERA celebrity tattoo artist who charges a minimum of $600 per hour says her clients on TikTok defend her against anyone who says her designs are too expensive
Eva Karabudak is a Brooklyn-based tattoo artist who has inked Sam Smith and Joe Jonas. Karabudak specializes in landscape designs and said she charges $600 per hour. Karabudak spoke to Insider about rates, TikTok, and what it's like to tattoo celebrities.
U.S.ReutersFord recalls 125,000 vehicles over engine failures that can cause fires
Ford Motor Co said on Tuesday it is expanding and issuing a new recall for 125,000 sport utility vehicles and trucks because engine failures may cause a fire. The recall covers various Escape and Lincoln Corsair SUVs and Maverick compact pickup trucks from the 2020-2023 model years with 2.5L hybrid or plug-in hybrid engines, according to a filing with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Ford said isolated engine manufacturing issues can cause the engine to fail prematurely and in that event engine oil or fuel vapor may be released, increasing the risk of fire and injury.
BusinessFortuneParis Hilton’s husband Carter Reum quit his ‘cushy job’ at Goldman Sachs to launch a liquor company—and sold it for millions. But he still denies he’s ‘made it’
In 2007, he and his brother, Courtney Reum, left lucrative roles at Goldman Sachs to launch the alcohol company Veev. Within 10 years, the two built VEEV up to become one of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the States with more than $10 million in annual sales before they sold the company for more than seven times its revenue. To date, Reum has seeded seven unicorns, authored Shortcut Your Startup: Ten Ways to Speed Up Entrepreneurial Success, and appeared on Hatched, a TV series that follows entrepreneurs.
WorldBusiness InsiderRussia's military falsely claimed to have shredded a Leopard tank. It looks more like abandoned farm equipment.
Russia's military claimed a prize hit in Ukraine: the German-made Leopard 2 main battle tank. Russia's Ministry of Defense then released a video compiling two views of the hit and claimed a major prize: a first strike on a German-made Leopard tank. Ukraine recently received the Leopard 2, a third-generation main battle tank whose 68-ton hulk is carried by two metal tank tracks that run the vehicle's length and carry it over terrain impassable by wheeled vehicles.
U.S.Associated PressCommission: Florida judge should be reprimanded for conduct during Parkland school shooting trial
The Florida judge who oversaw the penalty trial of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz should be publicly reprimanded for showing bias toward the prosecution, failing to curtail “vitriolic statements” directed at Cruz's attorneys by the victims' families and sometimes allowing “her emotions to overcome her judgement,” a state commission concluded Monday. The Judicial Qualifications Commission found that Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer violated several rules governing judicial conduct during last year's trial in her actions toward Cruz's public defenders. The six-month trial ended with Cruz receiving a receiving a life sentence for the 2018 murder of 14 students and three staff members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School after the jury could not unanimously agree that he deserved a death sentence.
U.S.The Enterprise'Ask for help': Stoughton dance teacher takes own life 9 days after giving birth to twins
Ariana Sutton — a dancer and mother of three whose husband is an Easton police officer — took her own life on May 31, after giving birth to twins. Catherine Sutton, sister-in-law of Ariana, said the family wants to make sure mothers don't feel shame about attending to their own mental health. "If another family's able to avoid what we're going through right now, it's worth it to share our story."
HealthINSIDERA 32-year-old DJ got his tinnitus checked out and discovered he had a rare cancer
Michael Bibi was diagnosed with a rare type of cancer called central nervous system lymphoma. The British DJ went to the doctor with tinnitus and tests revealed he had cancer. Bibi is currently being treated for the fast-spreading cancer in hospital.
WorldReutersRussia's Shoigu: Ukraine's counter-offensive has been thwarted
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia's defence minister said on Tuesday his forces had thwarted the first three days of a Ukrainian counter-offensive, alleging that they had killed or wounded more than 3,700 Ukrainian soldiers. Unusually, Sergei Shoigu read a statement himself rather than leaving it to the ministry's regular spokesman. Ukraine has maintained deliberate ambiguity about whether its long-expected counter-offensive is under way, and Reuters could not independently verify the battlefield claims.
U.S.Deseret News‘I am not safe with you’: Home video shows pattern of control and manipulation hours before Enoch murder-suicide
On Jan. 3, Michael Haight told his children he loved them, that the next day they could all go sledding and went over some specifics of his impending divorce with his wife, Tausha Haight. The next morning, Haight shot and killed his entire family before turning the gun on himself. Newly released video footage obtained by the Deseret News through a public records request Monday gives a window into the Haight's home, and Michael's controlling, manipulative behavior just hours before the murder-suicide.
U.S.HuffPostMissouri Wants To Execute Michael Tisius Tuesday Despite Widespread Pleas To Spare His Life
The state is currently fighting in court to kill Michael Tisius as punishment for killing two jail guards when he was 19 years old, during a botched plot to free his former cellmate. He is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection, although his request for a stay is still pending before the Supreme Court. Parson said on Monday that he would not use his clemency power to stop the execution, claiming that Tisius “received fair and careful review at each step in the judicial process.
WorldAssociated PressUS Navy says Iran Revolutionary Guard fast-attack boats 'harassed' ship in Strait of Hormuz
The U.S. Navy said Monday its sailors and the United Kingdom Royal Navy came to the aid of a ship in the crucial Strait of Hormuz after Iran's Revolutionary Guard “harassed” it. Three fast-attack Guard vessels with armed troops aboard approached the merchant ship at a close distance Sunday afternoon, the U.S. Navy said in a statement. It offered black-and-white images it said came from a U.S. Navy Boeing P-8 Poseidon overhead, which showed three small ships close to the commercial ship.
U.S.Business InsiderA woman who was denied boarding by Spirit Airlines for being 'too intoxicated' slapped a gate agent, local media reports
A woman at Atlanta airport was denied boarding on a Spirit Airlines flight for being "too intoxicated." The woman was subsequently arrested and charged with simple assault, local outlet WSBTV reported. A woman was arrested after she was stopped from boarding a Spirit Airlines flight in Atlanta because she was "too intoxicated" and slapped a staff member, according to a number of media reports.
U.S.Sacramento BeeFired Sacramento cop accepts plea deal, avoids potential prison term in false report case
Fired Sacramento police Officer Alexa Palubicki accepted a plea deal Monday, entering no-contest pleas to felony charges of filing a false report in connection with the July 12, 2020, arrest of a motorist. Palubicki had been scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing Monday afternoon in Sacramento Superior Court, with two police witnesses standing by to testify. But after conversations between her lawyers, Deputy District Attorney Nick Johnson and Judge Shauna Franklin, Palubicki went into a courthouse hallway to make a phone call, then returned and agreed to a deal that could keep her out of jail and result in the charges being reduced to misdemeanors a year from now.
WorldAssociated PressIran unveils what it calls a hypersonic missile able to beat air defenses amid tensions with US
Iran claimed on Tuesday that it had created a hypersonic missile capable of traveling at 15 times the speed of sound, adding a new weapon to its arsenal as tensions remain high with the United States over Tehran's nuclear program. The new missile — called Fattah, or “Conqueror” in Farsi — was unveiled even as Iran said it would reopen its diplomatic posts on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia after reaching a détente with Riyadh following years of conflict. The tightly choreographed segment on Iranian state television apparently sought to show that Tehran's hard-line government can still deploy arms against its enemies across much of the Middle East.
U.S.The Independent'Intoxicated' passenger slaps Spirit Airlines gate agent
Tearaney Burroughs faces assault charges following an altercation that escalated after she was turned away from gate E-3 at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport for being “too intoxicated” on the evening of 11 May. Source: Atlanta Police
HealthThe Telegraph‘I'm a healthy GP – but I was shocked by the effect three slices of pizza could have’
At his son's birthday party last year, Dr Rangan Chatterjee managed to eat just three slices of pizza among all the chaotic fun. “I was watching it go up and up, until it hit the highest my blood sugar has ever been: 12.5-13mmol/L. I'd never seen anything like it,” says the author and broadcaster. To put the reading in context, for most people without diabetes, normal blood sugar levels are between 4-6mmol/L before meals, and less than 8mmol/L two hours after eating.
U.S.Associated PressLawyer says Rep. George Santos would go to jail to keep identities of bond cosigners secret
Rep. George Santos' lawyer said Monday the indicted New York Republican would risk going to jail to protect the identities of the people who cosigned the $500,000 bond enabling his pretrial release. The lawyer, Joseph Murray, urged a judge to deny a request by news outlets to unseal the names of Santos' bond suretors, or guarantors, suggesting they could “suffer great distress," including possible job losses and physical harm, if they're identified publicly. “My client would rather surrender to pretrial detainment than subject these suretors to what will inevitably come,” Murray wrote in a letter to U.S. Magistrate Judge Anne Shields.
WorldINSIDERA suspension bridge in India collapsed for the second time in 2 years, and it's just one example of how structures and buildings have crumbled and fallen apart in the country
Many buildings, bridges and flyovers in India have come crashing down due to poor construction. A suspension bridge in India has collapsed for the second time in less than two years, and it's just one of the many instances where structures and buildings in the country have given way and crumbled. The 1.9-mile-long bridge, which was being built over the holy Ganges river in India's eastern state of Bihar, collapsed on Sunday while it was still under construction, the Associated Press reported.
PoliticsHuffPost'Pit Bull’ Ex-Prosecutor Predicts Exactly When And Where Donald Trump Will Be Charged
Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann ― once dubbed a “legal pit bull” for his tough tactics ― predicted Donald Trump will be charged this week for mishandling classified documents after leaving the White House. A zillion stories about Trump case — but bottom line is he is getting charged and it will be in DC. Weissmann expanded on his prediction on Monday's broadcast of MSNBC's “Deadline: White House.”
BusinessReutersAnalysis-Saudi Arabia's 'icing on the cake' oil cut could feed US producers
Saudi Arabia has crafted a complex OPEC+ deal with a view to punishing investors that have bet on falling oil prices but could inadvertently lend long-term support to the rival U.S. energy industry, OPEC+ insiders and market watchers said. On Sunday, Saudi Arabia pledged to cut its oil output by 1 million barrels per day (bpd), or 10%, in July on top of existing output cuts from OPEC and its allies. With the new Saudi reduction, the group has agreed to take some 4.6 million bpd off the market in July, equivalent to 4.6% of global demand of 100 million bpd.
U.S.The HillRobert Hanssen, most damaging spy in FBI history, found dead in prison cell
Robert Hanssen, an FBI agent who spied for Russia and the former Soviet Union, was found dead in his prison cell Monday, according to a release obtained by CBS News. Hanssen was found unresponsive at the federal correctional complex in Florence, Colo., pronounced dead after life-saving measures were attempted, according to the release from Kristie Breshears, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) director of communications.
U.S.BuzzFeedThis Teacher Taught Her Students About Their Constitutional Rights. Less Than Two Months Later, Her Role Was Terminated.
Earlier this year, Austin Independent School District (Austin ISD) teacher Sophia DeLoretto-Chudy said she was pulled into a "check-in meeting" with school administration over a list of concerns. Most notably among them: "We've noticed an intentional attempt in teaching your students about their legal and constitutional rights." In response to this, Sophia made a TikTok video documenting the administration's notes on her teaching, as well as the events that would later play out — including her subsequently being placed on leave and terminated.
WorldAssociated PressChinese ex-official's wife says alleged repatriation pressure turned her life in US 'upside-down'
A former Chinese official and his wife had left their homeland and kept their U.S. address private. When the men left and Liu Fang opened the door, she found an ominous note telling her husband that if he returned to China and served 10 years in prison, his wife and children would be OK. The co-defendants are charged with playing other roles in an alleged campaign to hound ex-official Xu Jin into returning to China.
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