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Artist Lauren Bon, shown at the Los Angeles River. Bon and her non-profit art and research hub, Metabolic Studio, spent more than a decade on a project called “Bending the River.” The initiative draws water from the L.A. River in downtown L.A., cleans it and uses it to irrigate Los Angeles State Historic Park.Allen J. Schaben | Los Angeles Times | Getty ImagesPolitics, science and the law aren’t the only fields with the ability to influence climate change policy — when it comes to making direct interventions, art shouldn’t be underestimated, industry insiders say.The arts have an “essential” role to…

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Newark Liberty International Airport.Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesSome European companies are growing wary about sending their employees to the U.S.It comes amid volatile policymaking by the Trump administration, more stringent immigration checks, and an uptick in reports of detentions and deportations.Some businesses CNBC spoke to, in areas including engineering and accounting, stressed that their work trips to the U.S. continued unabated. But others, usually in more politically sensitive fields, flagged employee welfare concerns.Their responses ranged from issuing new travel guidance — such as advising workers to bring wiped electronic devices or entering the U.S.…

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In 2023, Sophie Hilaire Goldie, 37, and Rocky Goldie, 50, had just finished converting a friend’s Home Depot shed into a tiny home and were ready to start looking for their own place together.”If it wasn’t for meeting her, I probably would have ended up in a little shack,” Rocky tells CNBC Make It. “I took a long way to get here but I wanted to be some type of homesteader when we met. She had the same vision and it’s not common to meet somebody who does.””He also wanted to be living off the land and homesteading,” Sophie adds.…

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The stock market stumbled into the weekend after President Donald Trump on Friday said China violated the preliminary trade agreement the two sides reached earlier this month. The S & P 500 closed flat Friday after spending most of the session lower. The benchmark index, however, rose for the week and for the month of May. Tariffs were among the four things that defined this week’s market. Investors were kept on their toes. Following Trump’s Friday morning accusations, a Bloomberg report around lunchtime about Trump administration plans to broaden restrictions on Chinese tech companies took the market a leg lower.…

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Tracee Ellis Ross, actress and daughter of music icon Diana Ross, is known for her bubbly personality, and seems to keep an optimistic attitude while juggling her responsibilities.”I feel like my natural state is joyful, and yet I work at it,” Ross, 52, said during the New York Times Well Festival earlier this month.”I think joy is different from happiness. I feel like happiness is something you can get at 7/11, and joy is something that you earn and work for and takes practice.”Prioritizing joyfulness daily is a choice that requires intention, she said. Small moments like making up catchy…

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