Is a demotion a new path to CEO? "We had to check our egos at the door," former Kohl's CEO Michelle Gass says of Levi's unusual succession plan. Fortune · Jan 3, 2024
Parts of US see earliest spring conditions on record: ‘Climate change playing out in real time’ Parts of Texas, Arkansas, Ohio and Maryland, along with New York, are all recording their earliest spring conditions on record The Guardian - US · Feb 24, 2023
Borat targets Trump, Ye and antisemitism at Kennedy Center Honors Sacha Baron Cohen skit receives mixed response at ceremony for lifetime achievements in the arts The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2022
US Senate passes bipartisan bill protecting same-sex marriage The Respect for Marriage Act now returns to the Democratic-led US House of Representatives for a final vote. Al Jazeera · Nov 30, 2022
Women Fortune 500 CEOs will drop by one after Kohl's CEO joins Levi Strauss Michelle Gass is joining Levi Strauss with a plan to succeed Chip Bergh as CEO within 18 months. That's one less woman heading a Fortune 500 company. Fortune · Nov 10, 2022
Islamic State militant gets life in U.S. prison over killing of American hostages A U.S. federal judge on Friday sentenced a member of an Islamic State cell known as "The Beatles" to life in prison for involvement in a hostage-taking plot that led to the killings of American journalists and aid workers in Syria. Reuters · Aug 19, 2022
Self-awareness in short supply as Trump calls for law and order in DC In his first trip to Washington since he left office, the former president blamed Democrats for ‘a cesspool of crime’ in the US The Guardian - US · Jul 27, 2022
Exclusive-U.S. targets Russia with tech to evade censorship of Ukraine news The U.S. government has pushed new, increased funding into three technology companies since the start of the Ukraine conflict to help Russians sidestep censors and access Western media, according to five people familiar with the situation. Reuters · Jun 15, 2022