A 9-year-old girl in Harrisburg is capturing hearts around the world this week after ABC World News featured a moving video of her experience at a grocery store check-out. Lilly, who has special needs, joined her mother at the local Giant Food store recently to get some grocery shopping done. Lilly rarely interacts with strangers while she's out, but something about the kindness of cashier Isaac Whitte struck a chord with the little girl. While Lilly and her mother were checking out, Whitte noticed that Lilly couldn't keep her eyes off the way he was bagging items. Whitte asked Lilly if she wanted to help. She enthusiastically took the job and carefully bagged each item one by one.The most touching part of the video comes when Lilly blurts out to Whitte, "I just love you." Lilly and her mother were so touched by the experience that they returned to the store to give Whitte thank-you note and a hug. It may have a been a small gesture, but it clearly went a long way for Lilly. … [Read more...] about Inspiring video of little girl at Harrisburg market reaches ABC World News
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BBC World News America anchor, best-selling author Katty Kay to keynote IMPACT 2019 in Chattanooga
This year's IMPACT event organized by the Chattanooga Women's Leadership Institute will feature keynote speaker and British journalist Katty Kay, who has written several books about the "confidence gap" between men and women. Kay, lead anchor for BBC World News America, is the co-author of three New York Times bestsellers, including "The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance — What Women Should Know," "The Confidence Code for Girls: Taking Risks, Messing Up and Becoming your Amazingly Imperfect, Totally Powerful Self" and "Womenomics: Write Your Own Rules for Success." Registration details IMPACT 2019 will be held on Thursday, Feb. 21 at the Chattanooga Convention Center from 5:30-8:30 p.m.Tickets are $75 each. Visit Chattanooga Women’s Leadership Institute at cwli.org/impact for registration details and partnership opportunities. In a phone interview with the Times Free Press Wednesday, Kay discussed what she hopes women in Chattanooga will take away … [Read more...] about BBC World News America anchor, best-selling author Katty Kay to keynote IMPACT 2019 in Chattanooga
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ‘does not have pre-nup’- meaning divorce will make wife richest woman in the world
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos 'does not have pre-nup'- meaning divorce will make wife richest woman in the world BelfastTelegraph.co.uk Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos and his wife do not have a prenuptial agreement and she will be entitled to half of his £120billion fortune, it has been widely reported. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/amazon-founder-jeff-bezos-does-not-have-prenup-meaning-divorce-will-make-wife-richest-woman-in-the-world-37700851.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/article37697091.ece/ed5fd/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_3eb5c131-3f45-4237-a60d-dc9eace5b8cc_1 Email Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos and his wife do not have a prenuptial agreement and she will be entitled to half of his £120billion fortune, it has been widely reported. Their divorce is being filed in Washington, where assets acquired during the marriage by either spouse are equally split, unless there is a prenup. This would make MacKenzie Bezos (48) the world's … [Read more...] about Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ‘does not have pre-nup’- meaning divorce will make wife richest woman in the world
NBC News chief global correspondent Bill Neely on horrors which stayed with him from reporting on the Troubles
I met a man in my first weeks as a journalist whom I’ve never forgotten. William Rutherford was a senior surgeon at Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital. It was 1981, at the height of the hunger strikes when ten republican prisoners died and the area around the hospital was in furious turmoil.TimelineDecember 24, 201812 of the biggest media stories of 2018, from Paul Dacre’s departure as Daily Mail editor to Johnston Press saleDecember 21, 2018Russian media watchdog announces investigation into BBC World News day after Ofcom raps RT (Russia Today)December 20, 2018ITN announces BBC Studios boss Anna Mallett as new chief executive replacing John Hardie I’d grown up amid the Troubles but now I was meeting people deep inside the conflict. Within days, I went from seeing the body of a hunger striker who’d starved himself to death to meeting Rutherford, a man dedicated to preserving life.What has stayed with me, more than the gun battles and the riots, the … [Read more...] about NBC News chief global correspondent Bill Neely on horrors which stayed with him from reporting on the Troubles
BBC launches global Beyond Fake News project with season of programming to ‘fight back’ against disinformation
The BBC will “fight back” against disinformation globally with a special season of programming aiming to increase media literacy. The corporation will launch its Beyond Fake News project on Monday with a series of documentaries, special reports and features across its TV, radio and online networks in Europe, the Americas, Africa, India and Asia Pacific.TimelineNovember 8, 2018John Bercow invokes parliamentary privilege to block BBC Newsnight's freedom of information query over Keith Vaz bullying claimsNovember 7, 2018Arron Banks dropped from BBC Question Time panel in wake of criticism over Marr interviewNovember 6, 2018Reach editor-in-chief says BBC News website an 'all-consuming monster' that's not in 'spirit' of charter obligations Jamie Angus (pictured), director of the BBC World Service Group, said he wanted to fulfil a pledge made earlier this year to “move beyond just talking about the global ‘fake news’ threat, and take concrete steps to address … [Read more...] about BBC launches global Beyond Fake News project with season of programming to ‘fight back’ against disinformation