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☆ The Death of Snow in America; Winters Are Getting Permanently Warmer
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Alexandria Herr | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

These bands of snow just completely have missed Hayward," Shawn Connelly, the Birkebeiner Ski Foundation's marketing and communications director, said. The climate crisis is altering our winters forever — making them warmer, shorter, and less predictable. "I could not have envisioned a scenario where we could not make snow or we had no snow in January. Peter McClellandWith warmer weather eating into the peak of the season, it's getting harder and harder to sustain a winter-based business. If we get low snow, we're going to find that snow and use it as best we can to get out there."

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☆ Opinion: The big question about the Israel-Hamas truce
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. And then it was back to war — a conflict in which some 8.5 million soldiers from all sides would ultimately die. The timing of the Israel-Hamas truce that took effect Friday had nothing to do with a holiday. But there is also the possibility that this truce won’t last much longer than the one in 1914. “The deal arguably strengthens Hamas, allowing it to claim credit, catch its breath and regroup,” wrote Frida Ghitis.

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☆ Dean Phillips says he doesn't agree with the Kamala Harris gossip, but felt a need to pass along that lots of people say she 'doesn't have the right disposition' to be president
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Phillips recently told The Atlantic that "others" told him Harris doesn't have the chops to be president. But Phillips told CNN he's been "impressed" by Harris and believes she is "well-prepared." "She is not well prepared, doesn't have the right disposition and the right competencies to execute that office," Phillips told Leibovich. And the congressman also told Phillip he didn't "recall" making comments critical of the vice president. (The president's name isn't on the ballot due to the state's defiance of the DNC presidential primary calendar.)

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☆ A congressman tried to get the governors of Michigan and Illinois to run against Biden in the Democratic primary, but they simply ignored his calls
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rep. Dean Phillips recently announced he's running against Biden in the Democratic primary. He told Puck News he called Gov. AdvertisementAdvertisementPresident Joe Biden's newest Democratic challenger, Rep. Dean Phillips, personally called up the governors of Michigan and Illinois to jump into the race, but they ignored his calls, Puck News reported. AdvertisementAdvertisement"They didn't answer," Phillips told Puck News. Phillips holds a slight advantage over Biden in New Hampshire's January primary as Biden's name won't formally appear on the state's ballot.

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☆ Joe Biden: Democrats dismiss worries about president’s reelection bid as Dean Phillips launches primary challenge
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Edward-Isaac Dovere | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —President Joe Biden is just as low in the White House’s internal polls as in any of the public ones. But while Biden advisers are dismissive of Rep. Dean Phillips’ primary challenge launched this week, they are also annoyed about it. Still, they remain confident that Biden is Democrats’ best option in 2024. Boyle told CNN this week that between the war in Israel and Gaza and the chaos of House Republicans electing their new speaker, he had not had “one conversation with anyone” about Phillips. Asked if he was worried about Phillips being a factor even back home in their state’s primary, Walz laughed.

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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — For months, Dean Phillips has been calling for a Democratic primary challenge to President Joe Biden. Asked by CBS News in an interview posted late Thursday if he was running for president, Phillips responded: “I am. I have to.”“I think President Biden has done a spectacular job for our country,” he said. New Hampshire has refused to comply, citing state laws saying its primary must go first, and plans a primary before South Carolina’s. “To do well in the New Hampshire primary, you have to have a message.”There are no primary debates scheduled, according to the DNC.

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☆ Student-loan borrowers in Minnesota are getting over $17,000 in refunds after paying a company that 'falsely promised' debt relief, the state attorney general says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Student-loan borrowers in Minnesota are getting over $17,000 in refunds through a recent settlement. The attorney general accused a company, Docupros, of pocketing illegal fees over the false promise of debt relief. It's one of the 52 companies Minnesota is investigating over potentially fraudulent behavior with borrowers. AdvertisementAdvertisementAnother day, another settlement for student-loan borrowers. Along with Ellison's efforts, government agencies have been scrutinizing companies that are misleading borrowers into unnecessarily paying for debt relief services.

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☆ Minnesota Republican votes against free school meals bill because 'I have yet to meet a person in Minnesota that is hungry'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Republican state senator voted against a bill to provide free school meals to Minnesota students. Steve Drazkowski said it wasn't needed as he was "yet to meet a person in Minnesota that is hungry." "I have yet to meet a person in Minnesota that is hungry," said Drazkowski. "I have yet to meet a person in Minnesota that says they don't have access to enough food to eat." Though Drazkowski voted against the bill, it passed 38-26 in the Senate.

☆ Minnesota just shut down a student-loan forgiveness company accused of illegally taking money from borrowers for services they could've gotten for free
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Minnesota shut down student-debt relief company Direct Account Management over fraudulent behavior. It accused the company of illegally taking money from borrowers for services that are otherwise free. The company is required to pay the state $20,000, which will be distributed to impacted borrowers. This marks the 13th time Ellison has shut down a student-debt relief company in the state over fraudulent behavior. In light of the uncertainty, and the potential of broad relief, the Education Department launched a communications campaign to protect borrowers from scams.

CAIRO — Known as Egypt’s “golden boy,” the mummified remains of a teenager buried 2,300 years ago have long remained shrouded in mystery. Now they have been “digitally unwrapped” by scientists, revealing intimate details that went undiscovered for over a century. Radiologists at Cairo University in Egypt used CT scans to non-invasively unwrap the remains, uncovering signs of wealth as well as efforts to ensure his safe passage to the afterlife. Amulets were both placed inside the “golden boy” and between the wrappings used to mummify the remains, the study published Tuesday found. The new study comes as museums in the U.K. reckon with whether the term "mummy" is appropriate to describe mummified remains, because of what some say are its “dehumanizing” connotations.

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