Democratic New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was reportedly caught in several videos without a mask at an indoor Mardis Gras ball on Friday, according to Fox News, just weeks after reinstating mask requirements for the city. Cantrell, along with other partygoers at the Mayor’s Mardi Gras Ball at Gallier Hall on Friday, was pictured maskless in 100 short videos that were posted online depicting scenes from the party, Fox News reported . The videos were deleted shortly after Fox News contacted Cantrell’s office, but reportedly show the Democrat singing karaoke. Not a single partygoer was wearing a mask during the event, according to Fox News. (RELATED: California Gov. Newsom, Mayors Caught Maskless With Magic Johnson At Rams Game) Cantrell had reinstated New Orleans’ mask mandate on Jan. 11, 2022, amid a surge in COVID-19 cases due to the emergence of the Omicron variant. Jan 11, 2022: City of New Orleans Announces Reinstatement of Indoor Mask Mandate Mayor’s Ball … [Read more...] about New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell Caught Partying Maskless Weeks After Reinstating Mask Mandate: REPORT
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Breaking Down The Case Against Trump: New York Prosecutors Must Prove Complex Legal Theory—And It Could Be Risky
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline The Manhattan district attorney is reportedly toying with what experts have called an untested legal theory in potentially bringing charges against former President Donald Trump—adding to the unprecedented nature of a case that could mark the first-ever indictment of a former president. Key Facts The primary charge prosecutors are considering is whether Trump falsified business records when the Trump Organization reimbursed his former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen for payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels during his 2016 campaign for the presidency in exchange for her silence about her alleged 2006 affair with Trump, according to multiple reports . Prosecutors must prove that Trump orchestrated the payments, but legal experts have said his lawyers could argue that Cohen made the deal on Trump’s behalf and without his knowledge (though Cohen has explicitly, and repeatedly, said he did so … [Read more...] about Breaking Down The Case Against Trump: New York Prosecutors Must Prove Complex Legal Theory—And It Could Be Risky
What Is Sargassum? The 5,000-Mile Floating Seaweed Island Headed Toward Florida
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline Officials in Florida are preparing for a 5,000-mile floating island of seaweed called the sargassum belt to make its way on shore, where it’s expected to become both a nuisance and a health hazard as it rots. Key Facts That belt of sargassum, which is estimated to weigh more than six million tons, doubled in size from December to January, Florida Atlantic University oceanographer Brian Lapointe told CNN , and is expected to hit Florida and the Caribbean earlier this year than expected, with algae already spotted within a mile of Martinique and Key Largo, Florida. The belt, which spans nearly the width of the Atlantic Ocean and would fill roughly 3,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools, is made of sargassum, a brown algae that forms gas-filled “berry-like structures” called pneumatocysts that act as pockets to keep the strands of algae afloat to receive sunlight. According to data from the … [Read more...] about What Is Sargassum? The 5,000-Mile Floating Seaweed Island Headed Toward Florida
How Long Should You Keep Old Tax Returns?
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin As we enter tax season 2023, you may wonder how long you should keep your old tax returns and other paperwork associated with filing your taxes. For those with hard copies of your taxes, you might wonder if you can scan them. Or do you need to keep hard copies? Keep reading as we share how long you should keep your old taxes and how to get them out of your way, hopefully. How long do you need to keep old tax records, receipts, and total tax returns (state and federal)? Another common question is how to safely store these tax docs without feeling like you are living like a hoarder. While providing tax-planning guidance over the years, I've met several people with countless boxes full of old receipts, documents, and tax returns. While some tax documents needed to be kept, most could have been shredded and thrown away long ago. What Does The IRS Say About Keeping Old Tax Returns? According to the Internal Revenue … [Read more...] about How Long Should You Keep Old Tax Returns?
Baseball’s Most Valuable Teams 2023: Price Tags Are Up 12% Despite Regional TV Woes
Last season’s record revenue for Major League Baseball translates into all-time-high valuations for its teams. By Mike Ozanian and Justin Teitelbaum T he eroding economics of regional sports networks made little difference: Major League Baseball teams are still hot assets. Before Arte Moreno pulled the plug on selling his Los Angeles Angels in January, he would have gotten at least $2.7 billion, or $280 million more than the MLB record $2.42 billion that Steve Cohen paid for the New York Mets in 2020, according to people familiar with the sale process. The average MLB team value is up 12% this year, to $2.32 billion. During the 2022 season, revenue (net of stadium debt service) increased 7.8%, to an all-time high of $10.3 billion. The top-line gain was driven by a 64% increase in ticket revenue (including postseason and spring training), to $2.4 billion (the 2021 season started with nearly all ballparks under capacity restrictions) and a 35% increase in … [Read more...] about Baseball’s Most Valuable Teams 2023: Price Tags Are Up 12% Despite Regional TV Woes
Five Habits Every Company Founder Should Embrace
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Founder of DLT Labs , which pioneers blockchain enterprise solutions via distributed application architecture development and integration. Over the past two decades, several founder-CEOs have stepped down from their CEO roles at a crucial juncture in their firms. In fact, a Harvard Business Review analysis of 212 U.S. startups founded between the late 1990s and early 2000s showed that "most founders surrendered management control long before their companies went public." It stated that 50% of founders stepped down from the CEO post within three years of launching the venture, whereas fewer than 25% of founders led their firms’ IPOs. In The Hard Thing About Hard Things , Ben Horowitz, cofounder and general partner at VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, even went so far as to state that founder-CEOs are “generally much better at the first part than the second,” especially once their companies mature and become more … [Read more...] about Five Habits Every Company Founder Should Embrace
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew’s Prepared Comments Before Congress
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline Amid growing global concern over the social media platform, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee Thursday, where U.S. lawmakers are expected to question Chew over safety concerns for minors and preventing U.S. user data from foreign access. Key Facts In Chew’s first appearance before Congress, he’s expected to discuss the company’s privacy and data security practices, as well as the company’s relationship with the Chinese government, which has come under increased scrutiny in recent months. Prepared Remarks Chair Rodgers, Ranking Member Pallone, and Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to talk about TikTok and our mission to inspire creativity and bring joy to more than 1 billion people worldwide. I look forward to discussing what makes TikTok so special to the diverse audiences it serves, as well as our … [Read more...] about TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew’s Prepared Comments Before Congress
Embracing The End Of The Password Here And Now
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Fran Rosch is the CEO of ForgeRock , a global leader in digital identity. Passwords have become an obstacle that hinders nearly all organizations—whether you’re an employee or user accessing an application, everyone has experienced the frustration of not being able to log in. Whether they’re forgotten, weak or outdated, passwords create friction in the user journey, causing lost business revenue, exasperated customers and a decrease in workforce productivity. Forrester researchers found that the typical cost of a single password reset is $70, with the average large enterprise allocating over $1 million annually to password-related support costs. Organizations try to balance strong security with convenience but often fail to achieve either. Stronger security frustrates users and hinders their productivity. Passwords were meant to increase security, but as the attack surface has expanded with a hybrid workforce, … [Read more...] about Embracing The End Of The Password Here And Now
Three Steps To Build The Future Of Nature
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Don’t Rescue It – Design And Engineer It Through Experimentation At Scale The future has a way of sneaking up on you if you don’t have an open mind. Ten years ago, my colleague Peter Kareiva was talking about genetically engineering meat – and I thought, “That’s never going to happen in my lifetime.” And now look where we are . So what’s the future of nature? Many people answer this question by immediately assuming the worst – that human activity (led by climate change) is likely to destroy nature and all of us who depend on it. We need to pose the question as a prompt to creative thinking instead of despair. Only an open, innovative mindset will allow us to seize all the opportunities now before us. And that openness starts with being open about what nature itself is and can be. Step One: Accept That We Are Experimenting with Nature at Big Scales, and Do So Intentionally The first step in thinking … [Read more...] about Three Steps To Build The Future Of Nature
‘It Was Hard To Be Loyal’: MLB Hall Of Famer Reggie Jackson Admits To Being Serial Cheater
Mr. October kept it real. Being the subject of a new documentary that will be streamed on Amazon Prime Video starting Friday, MLB Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson is currently on the promotional tour. He made a stop Wednesday to speak with Howard Stern on SiriusXM about a multitude of topics in relation to the documentary. At one point, Stern asked the New York Yankees legend if he had a hard time opening up his heart for women. “It wasn’t hard for me to open my heart, but it was hard for me to be loyal,” said Jackson. “As a man, I cheated a lot.” Jackson was completely blunt about his past infidelities. “I won’t blame it on any excuse,” Jackson said. “I just cheated. I saw a pretty girl and I tried to sleep with her.” Now I’m not advocating for cheating or anything like that, but I think we can all see what happened here, right? If you were a professional baseball superstar like Reggie Jackson with millions of dollars in your bank account and championship … [Read more...] about ‘It Was Hard To Be Loyal’: MLB Hall Of Famer Reggie Jackson Admits To Being Serial Cheater