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☆ Biden’s Lead With Women Is Smaller Than Trump’s With Men, a Warning for Democrats
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Ruth Igielnik | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Almost every path to victory for President Biden relies on strong support from women. But his current standing among women is the weakest lead a Democrat has had since 2004, a key factor in how tight the race is. That’s down from a lead among women of about 13 percentage points four years ago. And since the 2020 election, former President Donald J. Trump’s support among men has recovered and is back to the double-digit lead he had in 2016. But every year that Democrats have won the presidency, they have led among women by more.

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☆ Caitlin Clark posts double-double in third straight win for the Indiana Fever
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Caitlin Clark’s double-double helped the Indiana Fever beat the Washington Mystics 88-81 on Wednesday in Indianapolis to win their third straight. Aliyah Boston and Kelsey Mitchell had a team-high 22 points each and both shot a supremely efficient 72.7% from the floor. It’s the first time since 2015 that the Fever have enjoyed a four-game home winning streak. “Whenever they went on a run, we always found a way to respond,” Clark told NBA TV of the team’s resilience. Clark and the Fever now go on a five-game road trip, which begins against the Atlanta Dream on Friday.

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☆ A 'Bridgerton' makeup artist says these 5 beauty products passed 'smooch-tests' and stayed on during steamy sex scenes
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The show's makeup artist told Page Six which products passed "smooch tests." download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . But one of the hit Netflix show's makeup artists had another task: Making the actors' makeup look good during sex scenes. In an interview with Page Six published on Friday, makeup artist Erika Okvist said that the cast had to perform "smooch-tests" to ensure that the makeup could hold up in steamy scenes. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

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☆ I quit bartending at Twin Peaks to start my marketing career. Within 3 years, I was a CMO earning double my former income.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementWhen I first started working at Twin Peaks, I was young and extremely shyI was grateful for my first few years at Twin Peaks. The Twin Peaks in Tennessee, where I worked, valued the size of my pants over my work ethic. I also briefly worked at a Twin Peaks location in Florida, and it was the same. I started at StaySense 2021I was hired and started a marketing internship at StaySense in the summer of 2021. My only regret is not leaving my service industry job sooner to start my marketing career.

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☆ Egg-Freezing Fertility Clinics Are Targeting Gen Z; High Storage Costs
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Eve Upton-Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

She started researching and found numerous articles preaching the advantages of freezing eggs before age 35 for higher viability in the future. For the first time, egg freezing was an option for younger women worried about their reproductive future. But that also comes with a cost — and Carney doesn't plan to do another round. Other studies have found that there isn't much added benefit to freezing eggs earlier than 30. Fertility clinics have an obvious business case for trying to convince as many people as possible that egg freezing is something they should do.

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One by one, each country with the money and the drive to compete started its own nuclear weapons program. Even with this kind of evidence in hand, science has reached only limited conclusions about how nuclear weapons testing affects individuals’ health. They helped create the 2021 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, signed by 93 countries, which bans the possession, use and testing of nuclear weapons. France has acknowledged its “debt” to Polynesians over nuclear testing, and it created a commission in 2010 to evaluate nuclear testing victim compensation claims, but it has never apologized. We are still wrestling with the damage wrought by testing nuclear weapons in our past.

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☆ Looking beyond the AI hype? Nvidia bull loves this 'under-the-radar' tech stock
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Isabella Lok | In Isabellalokys | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Artificial intelligence has been the subject of many recent conversations about investing in tech, with Nvidia, Alphabet and Microsoft grabbing headlines. Masters named telecommunications company Motorola Solutions , a company he says is "a very beautiful, solid, public safety-focused business." The rest of the businesses includes its video security and building command center units. He added that the company's video security and command center businesses are also gaining more traction in the market. Put that all together and you have a "very, very strong, high quality compounding business," Masters said.

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☆ Baltimore bridge: Attorneys reach deal that could allow some Dali crew members to fly home after months stuck onboard
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Holly Yan | Gabe Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Crew members haven’t been able to get off the ship for a variety of reasons. Bennett’s email identifies the eight eligible crew members, which include a cook, a fitter and an oiler. As part of the deal, those crew members will not need to stay in Baltimore. But with the new agreement Wednesday night, the eight crew members would be able to leave the country before they’re deposed. But it’s still unclear exactly when the eight crew members – and the rest of their colleagues – will be able to leave.

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☆ Euro 2024 day six: Germany advance, MLS history, comedy goals, don’t trust world rankings
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( The Athletic Uk Staff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

A 2-0 victory over Hungary sent Germany through to the round of 16, and they got there pretty comfortably. Shaqiri was actually a surprise selection for Switzerland’s second Euro 2024 game against Scotland on Wednesday. Albania, just like against Italy, were ahead and could have pulled off the greatest result in their footballing history. Schar briefly joins the own goals club (Photo: Alex Grimm/Getty Images)Tim SpiersTalking of shocks, do world rankings matter? If the alternative is FIFA executives arbitrarily deciding on seedings among themselves, then it’s probably worth having official rankings.

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☆ Opinion | Political Scientists Want to Know Why We Hate Each Other This Much
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Thomas B. Edsall | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Who among us are the most willing to jettison democratic elections? Which voters not only detest their political adversaries, but long for their destruction? These questions are now at the heart of political science. Who, then, falls into this subset of partisan sectarians? The authors cite a set of nine polling questions that ask voters to assess their feelings toward members of the opposition on a scale of 1 to 6, with six the most hostile.

Persons: ” Eli Finkel, Jamie Druckman, Alexander Landry of Stanford, Jay Van Bavel, Rick H, Hoyle, Duke, ” Locations: Northwestern

☆ Uber and Lyft riders explain why they do and don't tip their drivers — who only get tips a quarter of the time
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Ron, a 76-year-old based in California, always leaves his ride-hailing driver a 20% tip unless they are a "complete jerk," he told BI. AdvertisementShould Uber and Lyft drivers always get tips? Rob Schlegel, a journalist turned real-estate agent in Las Vegas, tries to always tip his Uber or Lyft driver the highest suggested amount for each ride. The reasons people do or don't tip their Uber and Lyft drivers can be complicated. According to Gridwise data, roughly 30% of US Uber drivers drove at least 25 hours a week in the first quarter of 2024.

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☆ Author says he has cognitive questions about Trump after interviewing him six times
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Daniel Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ I'm a therapist who's been hospitalized for a manic episode. I worried about the stigma at work — then, another patient recognized me.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Marcia Naomi Berger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. A year later, in 1975, I had a second manic episode, which landed me in Langley Porter Hospital. I first met Henry when I was a patient myselfI played ping-pong with Henry, a stocky, lively patient around my age. Then I saw his name on my list of patients on the large whiteboard that paired patients with their primary therapists. AdvertisementExcerpted from The Bipolar Therapist: A Journey from Madness to Love and Meaning by Marcia Naomi Berger.

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☆ A California millennial who makes six figures says it feels like he has to choose between buying a home, starting a family, and advancing his career: 'I feel behind financially'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The 33-year-old financial advisor, who's based in Santa Monica, California, made roughly $130,000 last year, according to a document viewed by Business Insider. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. To feel "rich," Stroup estimated that he'd need an annual income of about $400,000 to $500,000 a year — more than triple his 2023 earnings. In January, Business Insider estimated that it would cost parents about $26,000 to care for a small child in 2024. AdvertisementWith all these expenses to consider, it might make sense for Stroup to move somewhere with lower housing costs.

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☆ Oldest wine ever discovered in liquid form found in untouched Roman tomb
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A 2,000-year-old Roman funerary urn unearthed in southern Spain has been shown to contain the oldest wine ever found still in liquid form. Daniel Cosano/Juan Manuel Román/Dolores Esquivel/Fernando Lafont/José Rafael Ruiz Arrebola“When the archaeologists opened the urn we almost froze,” he said. This was a big surprise, because wine normally evaporates quickly and is chemically unstable, Ruiz Arrebola said. The discovery of a gold ring and other valuable artifacts suggest it was built by a family of considerable wealth, Ruiz Arrebola said. Ruiz Arrebola now plans to try to work out which modern-day local wine it was most similar to, although there are hundreds to work through.

Persons: José Rafael Ruiz Arrebola, Daniel Cosano, Juan Manuel Román, Dolores Esquivel, Fernando Lafont, José Rafael Ruiz Arrebola “, ”, Ruiz Arrebola, José Rafael Ruiz, Speyer Organizations: CNN, University of Cordoba, Archaeological Science Locations: Spain, Carmona, Speyer, Germany

☆ Prevent low back pain with this simple lifestyle change
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Low back pain affects at least 619 million people worldwide, and that number is expected to increase to 843 million people by 2050, according to research estimates. Unfortunately, nearly 70% of people who recover from an episode of low back pain have a recurrence within a year, experts say. Yet there is an easy, free way to prevent low back pain, at least for a while, according to a new randomized clinical trial. People in the study who walked regularly after having at least one episode of low back pain were pain free nearly twice as long as those who did not. “We also discussed simple strategies to reduce the risk of a recurrence of low back pain and instructions on how to self-manage any minor recurrences.

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Just a quick heads-up: you'll need to use a VPN to access any of the free Germany vs. Hungary live stream options from outside their original broadcast country. How to watch free Germany vs. Hungary live streams from anywhereWith a quick and easy workaround, you can catch all Euro 2024 action for free, including Germany vs. Hungary today. ET / 5 p.m. BST / 12 a.m. AWSTWhere to watch Germany vs. Hungary in the USAFox has picked up the rights to the vast majority of games in the USA, including Germany vs. Hungary. BBC specifically has the free Germany vs. Hungary live stream today. Where to watch Germany vs. Hungary in AustraliaOptus Sport, a paid streaming service, exclusively holds all the Euro 2024 live streams in Australia.

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☆ Fact check: Trump rewrites Wisconsin history in rally filled with false claims
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Washington CNN —Former President Donald Trump made more than two dozen false claims at his Tuesday campaign rally in Racine, Wisconsin, including two significant attempts to rewrite Wisconsin history. “By the way, you know, Kenosha: I saved Kenosha, do you know that? Evers, not Trump, deployed the Wisconsin National Guard during the rioting in Kenosha — and Evers first deployed the Guard the day before Trump publicly demanded that Evers do so. Evers continued to deploy more Wisconsin National Guard troops in the coming days, and he also accepted National Guard troops from three other states; they were never federalized. Other Trump false claimsTrump made lots of other false claims during the Racine rally.

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☆ A Disaster of the U.S. Military’s Own Making
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Janet Reitman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A boyish-looking 21-year-old, Valley grew up in a military family in rural Wisconsin and declared his intention to join the Army at age 7. Stationed at Fort Riley, in Kansas, he made an immediate impression on his superiors. A fresh snow had fallen, and the larch trees towered above him, their branches bare and ghostly. Valley carried the borrowed knife and some nylon cord he’d probably procured from another fellow soldier. He texted his parents: Hey mom and dad I love you it was never your fault.

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☆ Once you hit this credit score 'you're good,' says credit expert—here's how to get even better
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Ryan Ermey | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

"Once you've hit the mid 700's you're good. If you run a $5,000 balance on a credit card with a $10,000 limit, for instance, your ratio is 50%. To boost your score, credit experts recommend keeping your ratio under 30%, and ideally as low as 10%. That might mean cutting back on spending, asking your credit card company to raise your limit or opening a new credit card — as long as it won't encourage you to spend more. Add more good information to your credit historyEven if you have blemishes on your credit history, "you can offset them by filling up your report with good things," says Rossman.

Persons: you've, Ted Rossman, it's, Rod Griffin, Griffin, AnnualCreditReport.com, You'd, Rossman Organizations: Bankrate, Experian, CNBC

☆ Microplastics found in penis muscle for the first time. It could be linked to erectile dysfunction.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Hilary Brueck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

"Penis being such a vascular organ, similar to the heart, we said, 'Hey, could this also be present in the penis?'" What he's found, while still preliminary, is that microplastics are present in some penises experiencing erectile dysfunction (ED). Ramasamy wanted to know whether microplastics might physically impact penis muscle function. The most abundant plastic in the penises was polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, a common plastic used in food packaging including plastic bottles and takeout containers. He's not getting a lot of the takeout that often comes in plastic-lined containers, and he's not drinking from plastic-lined coffee cups or plastic water bottles very often.

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☆ I weighed 434 and my doctor said I could die. I lost 163 pounds by riding a stationary bike and focusing on portions and lean proteins.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. My wife, Teresa, got pregnant with our daughter, Sarah, now 33, and I did the classic thing of gaining sympathy weight. AdvertisementMiller and his wife, Teresa, before he lost weight. But it's a wake-up call when a doctor says your BMI is off the charts and you're morbidly obese. I now weigh 271 pounds and intend to lose another 20 to 25 pounds to reach my goal.

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☆ New analysis reveals Donald Trump’s Truth Social media diet
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Donald Trump can’t quit Fox News. Comparatively, Trump posted 26 video clips from the upstart internet streamer Right Side Broadcasting Network, 11 videos from the pro-Trump cable channel Newsmax, and 5 from the far-right Real America’s Voice. He posted eight links to Real America’s Voice, only three to Breitbart, and one to the New York Post. Indeed, Polskin’s analysis pulls back the curtain on how Trump works the media. The warped feedback loop is yet another way in which he exploits the media for his own ends.

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☆ Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants had housing.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Allie Kelly | Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

That changed when Laws enrolled in The Denver Basic Income Project. Denver's basic income project helped participants secure housing and jobsDenver's report found that basic income primarily helped participants pay for immediate expenses — like transportation, hygiene, clothes, and groceries. Basic income puts low-income families on "an equal playing field," Nick Pacheco, participant engagement coordinator, said at a press conference. AdvertisementIndividuals who received the lump sum or $1,000 a month payments were more likely to find a stable, full-time job than before they received basic income. Basic income pilots can provide poverty solutionsAs the basic income pilot continues to be successful in cities like Denver, local leaders and economic security experts are looking to translate pilots into policy.

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☆ Retail sales rose less than expected in May
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Bryan Mena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Washington CNN —Sales at US retailers rose last month at an unexpectedly weak pace as US consumers continue to deal with still-high inflation and elevated interest rates. Retail sales rose just 0.1% in May from the prior month, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. That’s better than April’s downwardly revised 0.2% decline but below the 0.3% gain economists projected in a FactSet poll. Meanwhile, spending was the strongest at specialty stores that sell sporting goods, books, and musical instruments, which jumped by 2.8% last month. Monthly retail sales have increased four times over the past six months through May, but figures for April and March were revised lower, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

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