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Another start-up founder will go to prison for overstating his company's performance in the eyes of investors.Manish Lachwani, who last year pleaded guilty to three counts of defrauding investors in his software start-up, HeadSpin, was sentenced Friday to a year and a half in prison. He will also pay a fine of $1 million.Prosecutors said Mr. Lachwani, 48, deceived investors by inflating HeadSpin's revenue by nearly fourfold, making false claims about his customers and creating false invoices to cover it all up. His misrepresentations allowed him to raise $117 million in funding from major investment firms, valuing his start-up at $1.1 billion.When HeadSpin board members discovered the behavior in 2020, they pushed Mr. Lachwani to resign and cut the company's valuation by two-...

A group of left-leaning House Democrats is urging their colleagues to oppose the $26 billion aid package for Israel expected to pass Saturday, hoping to maximize the party's number of "no" votes in an effort to send a warning to President Biden. about the depth of discontent in his political coalition over his support for Israeli tactics in Gaza.Viewing the upcoming vote as a decisive moral choice, similar to congressional votes to authorize and fund the war in Iraq, progressive leaders in the House are working to rally a sizable bloc of Democratic opposition to the relief measure, which is all but certain. will become law in the next few days.“In the wake of those votes, people came back much, much later and said, 'We shouldn't have allowed this to go forward,'” said Rep...

Some context: Experts say bad situations can often be reversed with treatment.Both the mental health and drug addiction crises are rocking the country, and the effects of parents' drug use and mental illness can quickly spill over to their children. Public health experts say substance use disorders can incapacitate a previously diligent parent and lead to Child Protective Services involvement.In 2021 alone, more than seven million children were referred to authorities over concerns of maltreatment, and more than 200,000 were removed from their homes, according to a federal report. But research shows that when parents seek treatment for psychiatric and substance use disorders, they are much less likely to experience family separation.The numbers: what the researchers discovered.To cal...

From the bloody trenches of the battlefield to the crowded cities hit by Russian bombing, millions of Ukrainians waited in nervous anticipation as the U.S. Congress prepared, after months of delay, to decide whether America would resume providing their country with a fundamental military support.Private Pavlo Kaliuk, who fought to slow the Russian advance after the fall of the town of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine earlier this year, was on his way to the funeral of a fallen soldier when he was reached by phone Friday.“I'm walking and thinking that maybe it's my friend who died in the war, who is up there in heaven now, who will help the world and the United States support Ukraine,” he said.Ukraine cannot rely on divine intervention; Instead, he is counting on the House of Representa...

Listen and follow 'Hard Fork'Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YoutubeThis week we release the Hard Fork Music Megamix. Plus, we talk to two of the New York Times composers who make the music for our show. There are all the tracks you know and love, all in one place.Today's guests:Dan Powell, creative technical director of the New York TimesElisheba Ittoop, New York Times sound designer and composerAdditional reading:Credits“Hard Fork” is hosted by Kevin Roose AND Casey Newton and produced by Davis Land, Whitney Jones AND Rachel Cohn. The show is edited by Poyant only. Engineering by Dan Powell and original music by Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Sofia Lanmann, Diane Wong, Pat McCusker, Rowan Niemisto AND Dan Powell. Fact checking by Caitlin Love.Special thanks to Paula Szuch...

Isfahan is one of the historic and most famous cities in Iran, known for its beautiful mosques with turquoise and purple tiles, picturesque arched bridges and the Grand Bazaar. The area is also home to a number of Iranian military sites.In the early 17th century, Shah Abbas I, known as Abbas the Great, of the Safavid dynasty, set to work creating a showpiece in Isfahan. He built the country's most famous mosques, including the splendid Imam Mosque, topped with onion-shaped domes, and the Ali Qapu Palace. Shah Abbas and his son also built bridges that formed an arch over the Zayanderud River, whose waters filled the fountains outside the palace and mosques, and irrigated their gardens.This has made the city, which is now home to around two million people, one of Iran's tourist hu...

People typically don't think of themselves as at high risk of succumbing to the heat or at greater risk than before, leading them to underestimate how a heat wave might land them in the emergency room, said Kristie L. Ebi, a professor at University of Washington. University of Washington, expert on the health risks of extreme heat.“The heat you were asked to handle 10 years ago is not the heat you are asked to handle today,” he said. One of the first symptoms of heat illness can be confusion, she added, making it more difficult for someone to respond without the help of others.What happens next: States and hospitals are preparing for another summer of extreme heat.Dr. Srikanth Paladugu, an epidemiologist with the New Mexico Department of Health, said the state had nearly 450 heat-rel...

Apple said it pulled Meta-owned WhatsApp and Threads apps from its app store in China on Friday on government orders, potentially escalating the technology war between the United States and China.The House of Representatives was preparing to vote as early as this weekend on a bill that would force Chinese Internet company ByteDance to sell its popular video app TikTok or ban it in the United States. US lawmakers have said TikTok poses a security threat due to its ties to China.Apple said China's internet regulator, the Cyberspace Administration, ordered the removal of WhatsApp and Threads from its app store due to national security concerns. Apple said it complied.“We are obligated to follow the laws of the countries in which we operate, even when we disagree,” an Apple spokesperson ...

The United States on Thursday blocked the U.N. Security Council from pursuing a Palestinian bid to be recognized as a full member state of the United Nations, quashing an attempt by Palestinian allies to persuade the world body to support the effort. There were 12 votes in favor of the resolution, while the United States opposed it, with Great Britain and Switzerland abstaining.The Palestinian envoy to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, had described the bid for full member status as an effort "to take our rightful place in the community of nations."After the vote, a visibly upset Mansour gave an impassioned speech affirming the Palestinian people's right to self-determination.“Our right to self-determination is a natural right – a historical right – to live in our homeland Palestine a...

Last spring, Tia Washington, 52, a mother of three in Dublin, California, received a stern warning from her doctor: If she didn't quickly get her high blood pressure back under control, she would likely end up in the emergency room. .He wrote her a prescription for blood pressure medication and urged her to also see a health coach. Mrs. Washington reluctantly agreed.“I didn't want to die,” he said.To his surprise, the health coach wanted to talk about more than just vital signs. Ms. Washington found herself admitting that she didn't like doctors (and medications). How she tended to address work or family needs before her own. How her job had created "tremendous stress".Together, they decided that Ms. Washington would attend two weekly exercise classes, consult regularly wi...