This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 11 For a few hours Monday, Martin Shkreli, the pharmaceutical executive most famous for raising the price of the drug Daraprim by 5,000 percent, was the center of social media focus in Berkeley. Around 10:30 p.m. Sunday, a moderator on the popular Facebook page "UC Berkeley Memes for Edgy Teens" realized Shkreli had joined as one of the page's 63,000 members. The page was created in August 2016 and is filled with jokes and stereotypes about the school and its students. At first the moderator who made the discovery, Berkeley student Kojin Glick, thought it was a copycat profile of the infamous executive, but he soon realized it was the real Martin Shkreli. "I remember telling the group chat of moderators and admins, 'Guys, do you know this happened?'" Glick said. The page's administrators and moderators seized the opportunity of … [Read more...] about Martin Shkreli, ‘most hated man in America,’ takes calls from Cal students in bizarre Facebook Live
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How an Ivy League swimmer became the face of the debate on transgender women in sports
By Eric Levenson , CNN Updated 1710 GMT (0110 HKT) March 22, 2022 Boston (CNN) Lia Thomas stood tall and smiled wide atop the championship podium , her nearly 6-foot-4 frame pushing her head past the top of the Ivy League's green photo backdrop. With one hand she held a placard reading "Ivy 2022 Champion," and with the other she stuck up two fingers in that classic sign of victory. Her hair nestled alongside the medal around her neck as a blue University of Pennsylvania jacket hung from her broad swimmer's shoulders. Inside Harvard University's Blodgett Pool, not far from a large banner reading " 8 Against Hate ," referring to the Ivy's eight schools, her victories in the 500-yard freestyle on Thursday, the 200-yard freestyle on Friday and the 100-yard freestyle on Saturday showed a star athlete going about her business. The crowd of family and friends cheered politely, and Thomas posed for photos with Penn teammates and shook the hands of her closest … [Read more...] about How an Ivy League swimmer became the face of the debate on transgender women in sports
Biden’s burdens grow: Sagging global economy adds to US woes
This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 5 WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Joe Biden embarks for Asia on Thursday, he's facing a new risk at home for the economy and his Democratic Party: a global slowdown caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the pandemic shutting down Chinese cities and factories. The world economy can't cast U.S. ballots. But it’s a hidden force in this year’s midterm elections and could influence whether Democrats retain control of the House and Senate. It's an additional challenge that highlights the steep climb for Biden, whose approval ratings have plunged as prices for everyday goods in the U.S. have soared. Several economists said they think the U.S. is insulated from the rising energy costs that threaten Europe and from China's decline in industrial output. But there are clear spillovers as high gasoline prices continue to weigh on voters' minds and bank accounts. Federal … [Read more...] about Biden’s burdens grow: Sagging global economy adds to US woes