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Members of the Russian military's 16th Separate Special Purpose Brigade during an exercise in 2018. Yevgeny Polovodov/Russian Defense Ministry/Mil.ru The Russian dash toward Kyiv in February 2022 was thwarted by stiff Ukrainian resistance. Russia's invasion also struggled because of flaws in its planning for the operation. One misstep was how Spetsnaz was used, and it may have lasting consequences for Russia's military. Special forces are highly-trained troops reserved for high-value missions. But using them as assault infantry? That's a wasteful way to use a scarce and precious resource. Yet that is precisely the mistake Moscow made during its invasion of Ukraine, according to a recent report on Russia's planning for the war. The problem wasn't just that Spetsnaz commandos and other special-operations forces were assigned missions that should have gone to conventional units. The Russian military's focus on creating those elite formations, which p...

Analysts at JPMorgan predict some consumers won't drink Bud Light "for the foreseeable future" following backlash the brand faced for a promotion that featured transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney. Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press and Rob Kim/Getty Images Analysts at JP Morgan said some consumers won't drink Bud Light 'for the foreseeable future.' Anheuser-Busch, parent company of Bud Light, has experienced backlash for a promotion. Transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney posted the Bud Light promo on her Instagram in April. The fallout from Bud Light's promotion with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney could lead to a persistent dip in sales — and some Americans could turn away from the beer brand entirely for the foreseeable future, JPMorgan analysts warned. The analysis, which was shared with Insider on Tuesday, predicted that even with some improvement to sales in the coming months, Anheuser-Busch's US sales volume could drop 12-13% on an...

Russia claims to have captured Bakhmut after 10 months of battle, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pushed back on the victory claim at the G7 summit. Read the original article on Business Insider from Business Insider https://ift.tt/NpEsLiu via IFTTT

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the Parental Rights in Education bill — dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by critics — into law last year. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP, File) As part of his crusade against "woke" ideology, Florida Gov. DeSantis is focusing on a public college. In January, DeSantis made new appointments to the New College of Florida's board of trustees. The trustees have axed an office of equity and inclusion and will accept a Christian SAT alternative. Governor Ron DeSantis is taking his crusade against "woke ideology" to higher education, taking aim at a small public college known for its LGBT-friendly community.  His target: New College of Florida, a liberal arts school with less than 700 students, outside of Sarasota, Florida.  In January, DeSantis appointed six conservative education leaders to the school's board of 13 total trustees. In February, the freshly-appointed board hired a new president, ...

Getty Images Millions of cars on the road contributed to a public health crisis, from pollution to traffic deaths. However, Americans are still car-obsessed, author Daniel Knowles writes. Knowles told Insider why Americans, and the world, love cars so much, despite the downsides. It's hard to imagine a time when America, home to history's most famous car manufacturer and the world's first monster truck , almost rejected having cars in their cities over a century ago.  Daniel Knowles, author of "Carmageddon: How Cars Make Life Worse and What To Do About It," chronicled a period in the 1920s, when Americans were incensed by the ever-encroaching presence of cars on their streets — cars that were killing pedestrians and taking over the roads they traversed on by foot.  Demonstrations across the country ensued. One person even wrote to The New York Times, suggesting that pedestrians crossing their street should point their guns at anyone driving in self-de...

From left: Florida governor Ron DeSantis, and Jack Sweeney. Scott Olson/Getty Images, Jack Sweeney The student who tracks Elon Musk's private jet is now doing the same for Ron DeSantis's plane. Jack Sweeney created a new Twitter account that he said will track the governor's state-owned jet. The @DeSantisJet account will tweet with a 24-hour delay to comply with Twitter's privacy rules. The college student who tracks Elon Musk's private jet on Twitter has decided to give Florida governor Ron DeSantis the same treatment. Jack Sweeney, a student at the University of Central Florida, has set up a new Twitter account, @DeSantisJet , to track the government-owned jet the politician uses. He told Insider he set up the account because of the rising interest in DeSantis, who, next week, is expected to declare his intention to run for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. On May 11 the governor signed a bill into law that will redact details about trips h...

Beyonce and Jay-Z broke a California state record for most expensive home purchase with their $200 million mansion in Malibu. Anthony Barcelo Beyoncé and Jay-Z just bought the most expensive home ever sold in California. The $200 million mansion was created by architect Tadao Ando, who also designed a home for Kanye West. The concrete compound comes with a 40,000 square foot residence and pool just steps from the beach. Malibu has its latest set of superstar residents after Beyoncé and Jay-Z spent $200 million on a massive mansion just steps from the Pacific ocean. The colossal concrete compound sits on 8 acres of pristine land off the Southern California coast and has its own private beach, swimming pool, and a water feature in addition to the 40,000 square foot residence. The concrete compound features an infinity pool just steps from the Pacific ocean. Anthony Barcelo Commissioned by soap opera legends William and Maria Bell in 1999, the structure was designed by the ...

Three years after the COVID-19 lockdown, a return to the office is proving costly for formerly remote workers. Ariel Skelley/Getty Remote work is dwindling and in-person work is getting costly, employees say. Workers are documenting how much they spend at the office: Up to $45 for a single day. Things like new office clothes, lunch, and commuting, are all adding up. More employees are returning to the office after years of remote work, and they say that shift is hitting their wallets. Frustrated workers are sounding off that cost of office clothes, daily lunches, commuting, and more are all adding up as they start going into the office multiple times per week. Jessica Chou of the Wall Street Journal reported spending between 20% and 30% of her paycheck when asked to report for work at the office. "After all, revamping a work wardrobe after years of joggers wasn't cheap," Chou wrote. "My expired makeup collection needed a refresh. Meeting new colleagues ov...

A Tesla plunged off a 250-foot cliff on Monday. Twitter The doctor accused of driving his family off a cliff told officials he was checking his tire pressure. But his wife said the crash was intentional, per The San Francisco Chronicle citing court documents. Dharmesh Patel is facing three counts of attempted murder. He has pleaded not guilty.   The California doctor accused of driving his Tesla off a 250-foot coastal cliff while his wife and two small children were in the car told authorities he was trying to check his tire pressure when the vehicle plunged off the cliffside, according to new court documents obtained by The San Francisco Chronicle. But his wife is telling a different, more ominous story. Prosecutors charged Dharmesh Patel, 41 with three counts of attempted murder in January after authorities said he drove his Tesla off the Pacific Coast Highway over a cliff at Devil's Slide in San Mateo County, California. He pleaded not guilty to the charges i...

The exterior of the mansion while it was vacant. RE/MAX Top Realty A 63,000-square-foot mansion near Houston, Texas, has sat vacant for more than 20 years.   Owner Jim Youngblood tried to sell the vacant home more than 20 times, but every deal fell through. He finally decided to rent out chunks of space to small businesses and groups — and it's working. A colossal mansion in Manvel, Texas, has sat vacant for more than 20 years — but it finally has occupants.  In 2001, Ulysses Watkins, a physician, and his wife started building a 63,000-square-foot house in Manvel, a town 30 minutes south of Houston. Construction stopped about 80% through when the couple decided the house was too big, according to the current owner of the property, Jim Youngblood. It sat in an empty field like a behemoth. No one ever moved in.  In 2007, Youngblood, a partner at a local leasing and property management company, bought the abandoned mansion for $525,000. He then tried to get ...

An aerial view of Three Mile Island on April 2, 1979. Michael Abramson/The LIFE Images Collection via Getty Images/Getty Images On March 28, 1979 , almost a decade before the Chernobyl nuclear disaster , a nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island experienced a partial meltdown. The event is now considered one of the worst nuclear disasters in US history. On that day, a combination of malfunctions and human error unleashed radioactive gases into the environment around the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. The Three Mile Island partial meltdown was not as damaging as the nuclear crises at Chernobyl or Fukushima : Nobody died because of the accident, but 2 million people were exposed to small amounts of radiation, and 140,000 people evacuated the area. The plant's owner, Exelon Corporation, closed Three Mile Island on September 20, 2019, due to financial struggles. Correction : May 19, 2023  — An earlier version of this story misstated Three Mile I...