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☆ Inflation is down — but the middle class is still feeling financial pressure. Here's why
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Juhohn Lee | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

At the national level, the middle class is typically defined as households that earn between two-thirds and double the household median income. Based on 2023 figures, that means those with an annual income between $53,740 and $161,220. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the annual rate of inflation was 2.4% in September, as measured by the consumer price index. But that hasn't necessarily led to a dramatic decline in prices; in many categories, consumers have only seen costs rising more slowly. "Financially, things have been a struggle," said Kyle Connolly, a mother of three making a middle-class income in Pensacola, Florida.

Persons: Kyle Connolly Organizations: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Living Coalition Locations: U.S, Pensacola , Florida

☆ The 2024 presidential election, explained
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

For Democrats, President Joe Biden dominated the primaries and faced only token opposition. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks as former President Donald Trump listens during a presidential debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on September 10, 2024. Trump was accused by the Justice Department of election interference after he tried to overturn the 2020 election results. The most populous states are California (54 electoral votes), Texas (40 electoral votes) and Florida (30 electoral votes). The total number of electoral votes, 538, is an even number, which means a tie is conceivable.

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☆ American Battleground: Christianity and chokeholds, the powerful forces propelling Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Tom Foreman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +22 min

“Hey hey, ho ho, thank you, Joe, it’s time to go!”The success of former President Donald Trump’s campaign is becoming a catastrophe for sitting President Joe Biden. A fundraising appeal from the Biden campaign says, “How does a guy who used to say that Donald Trump and his policies were ‘reprehensible,’ become Donald Trump’s running mate? Through years of being a rubber-stamp for Donald Trump’s extreme, MAGA agenda. Women voters, whom the Trump campaign desperately needs, start posting cat memes sharply critical of Vance’s views. But even though Trump is casting himself as the martyr, within days it will seem he was playing the prophet.

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☆ Over 46 million early voters already cast ballots as Harris, Trump enter final sprint
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

With one week until the Nov. 5 election, early voting is underway in all seven battleground states, along with dozens of others. While millions of Americans have stood in line to cast ballots in person, another 20 million have mailed in their ballots. The 46.5 million early votes are almost evenly split between ballots cast in person versus by mail, according to the University of Florida's Election Lab. Georgia also smashed its first-day early voting record with an estimated 310,000 ballots cast on Oct. 15. By Tuesday, just under 3 million ballots had been received.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump Organizations: NBC News, University of Florida's Locations: Asheville , North Carolina, U.S, North Carolina, Georgia

☆ A woman lost 75 pounds and kept them off. She made 2 simple changes, while enjoying her favorite foods.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Kim Schewitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Bertrand made simple lifestyle changes that she actively enjoyed, which resulted in weight loss. Weight loss drugs including Ozempic have also helped dispel the myth that willpower alone is enough to achieve a healthy weight. She decided that it wasn't, and she would try to lose weight. Bertrand shared the two simple changes she made that led her to lose 75 pounds and keep it off without giving up her favorite foods. When she decided to lose weight, she began to notice how other people ate.

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☆ Russia, China and Cuba amplified falsehoods about recent hurricanes, U.S. official says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Dan De Luce | Dan De Luce Is A Reporter For The Nbc News Investigative Unit. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

A post on Oct. 9 falsely claimed the U.S. federal government was denying disaster relief funds to Americans. Influencers linked to China have also seized on divisive material about Hurricanes Helene and Milton, claiming without evidence on social media that “U.S. spending on foreign conflicts had undermined support for disaster victims,” the U.S. official said. The revelations from the U.S. official follow recently released research from the London-based Institute for Strategic Dialogue, which tracks disinformation and online extremism. Local, state and federal officials have struggled to counter a wave of disinformation about the hurricanes and their aftermath, including baseless conspiracy theories about weather modification and false claims about disaster relief efforts.

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As Election Day approaches, former President Donald Trump has increasingly been warning that if he loses, it will be because of cheating. That’s all they want to do is cheat,” Trump said of Democrats during a rally this month in Juneau, Wisconsin. “They’re actually using it to cheat,” Trump said on the Los Angeles radio station KFI AM 640 on Oct. 8. “They have early voting, late voting, everything is so ridiculous,” Trump said onstage in Palm Beach, Florida, in July. And that’s what we’re striving for.”But Trump has also spoken favorably of early voting, usually in more choreographed settings.

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Beyond the two endorsements Harris received that got national attention, several other local Republicans, from former sheriffs to members of the Legislature, have backed Harris in recent weeks. “I was a Republican even before Donald Trump started spray tanning,” Cheney joked during her first visit last month in Ripon. “Our Republicans for Harris program is taking that unifying, inspiring message to anti-Trump Republicans, moderates, and independents,” Austin Weatherford, the national Republican engagement director for the Harris campaign, said in a statement. Several other Wisconsin Republicans have joined the effort backing Harris in recent weeks, including former state Assembly member Sheehan Donoghue and Steve Michek, the former sheriff of rural Iowa County. “I am terrified of Donald Trump becoming our next president for all the reasons I have indicated: He’s already been impeached twice.

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☆ Trump's chaotic Madison Square Garden rally could muddy his closing economic pitch — and give Democrats a last-minute chance to shake up the race
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Trump's Madison Square Garden rally was supposed to be part of a triumphant closing pitch. AdvertisementDonald Trump's rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday wasn't supposed to be about one comedian's offensive joke about Puerto Rico. "This joke does not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign," Danielle Alvarez, a senior Trump campaign advisor, said in a statement. Advertisement'I want everyone in Philadelphia to see that clip'It remains to be seen whether and how Puerto Rican voters will respond to what happened on Sunday. Spokespeople for the Harris campaign, along with Senate and House Democrats' campaign arms, did not respond to Business Insider's inquiries as to whether they would.

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☆ TGI Fridays abruptly closes dozens more locations as a reported bankruptcy nears
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Nearly 50 locations of TGI Fridays abruptly closed within the past week, an ominous sign for the chain as a reported bankruptcy looms. According to TGI Fridays’ store locator, the chain has 164 restaurants remaining as of Monday — a sharp decline from the 213 that were open last week. TGI Fridays didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment about the closures, and a list of the affected locations was not released. At the beginning of the year, TGI Fridays had 270 US locations. The closures come amid reports that TGI Fridays is about to file for bankruptcy.

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☆ People who allegedly withdrew thousands of dollars from Chase ATMs in viral check fraud scheme may soon have to pay up
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Elisabeth Buchwald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Customers who allegedly withdrew money fraudulently from Chase Bank ATMs using an illegal scheme that blew up on TikTok over the summer could soon have to cut hefty checks back to the bank. These people were able to withdraw funds by writing checks to themselves and immediately withdrawing funds before the checks bounced. Normally, the bank follows the industry standard of making a portion of any check available to customers before the funds clear. However, a temporary glitch allowed customers to withdraw more substantial amounts than typically allowed before a check clears. One case in Houston involves a “masked man” who allegedly deposited a $335,000 check to a defendant’s account.

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☆ I'm a 27-year-old who supports my parents and siblings. I worried what my partner might think, but I'm grateful to be a female breadwinner.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Kimanzi Constable | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

I got a hefty scholarship, which covered my living expenses, so I didn't work while I was in law school. I graduated from law school in May 2022I studied for and took the Washington, DC Bar exam that summer. Related storiesI now help individuals get into law school, perform well, and get jobs after law school. I wish I had had law school mentorship in my life — there is so much I just didn't know about the process. The business grew as my TikTok grew.

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☆ Analysis: How a night of fighting words upended the election
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Tom Foreman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +22 min

“We’ve got to take a look at what I was left when I became president.” Biden rises to the challenge. Former President Donald Trump, left, and President Joe Biden take part in the CNN presidential debate on June 27. “I would say that there was a time period in which it felt like Donald Trump couldn’t lose,” she says. “Donald Trump knows how to turn every moment into victimhood,” pollster Frank Luntz notes on CNN. A crowd waits in the sun for Donald Trump to speak at an event in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.

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Trump’s Changing Messages on Abortion, in 660 Quotes Donald Trump has softened his rhetoric, contradicted himself and nearly dropped “pro-life” from his vocabulary. Trump’s Statements on Abortion Before and After Dobbs The way Donald Trump has talked about abortion changed after the Dobbs decision. Below, a comparison of the themes Mr. Trump mentioned most in his public statements, based on a Times analysis. Abortion is an important issue Times Trump said abortion is an important issue, by quarterAfter he was elected, Mr. Trump kept many of his promises to the anti-abortion movement. For much of this campaign, Mr. Trump declined to say whether he would veto a federal abortion ban.

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It’s scary as hell.”A kerfuffle between the city’s Democratic leadership and the Harris campaign could complicate the outcome. “They [the Harris campaign] didn’t give us enough,” Brady said. A bunch of Harris signs were found strewn in a ditch in Montgomery County. In the last week, the Harris campaign says that it has knocked on 235,000 doors in the suburban counties alone. The Trump campaign official said that the campaign has opened a total of four offices in the suburbs.

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☆ FEMA conspiracy theories that have stoked chaos in the South date back to the 1980s
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( Bruna Horvath | Bruna Horvath Is An Intern On Nbc News' Tech Team. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +12 min

Unlike with the hurricane rumor response page, FEMA did not appear to respond to the rumors on its page for the wildfires. By 2009, Alex Jones, perhaps one of the most widely known modern conspiracy theorists, was promoting the false FEMA camps conspiracy theory and deriding those who attempted to debunk it. The FEMA camps conspiracy theory continued throughout the height of the pandemic after President Joe Biden signed various executive orders regarding vaccinations and testing. Ron DeSantis said the plan was “not necessary” and referred to the vaccination sites as “FEMA camps.”Although the FEMA camp conspiracy theory has been shot down again and again, Aniano believes this won’t be the last of it. “The conspiracy theory, it’s going to come up again,” Aniano said.

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☆ 2 New Jersey restaurateurs turned a Cybertruck into a mobile pizza oven — and they want to cook for Elon Musk
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The owners say they're huge Tesla fans, and want to one day cook pizza for Elon Musk. AdvertisementA pizzeria in New Jersey has transformed two Cybertrucks into pizza trucks, using one of the Tesla vehicle's most futuristic features to cook pizzas on the go. They wanted new vehicles to relieve the strain on their gasoline pizza truck, which the two partners say was frequently booked months in advance. Now, they say they are facing a huge wave of demand for their Cybertruck pizza trucks, which they've modified to cook pizzas at parties and events. Like other electric vehicles, including the Ford F-150 Lightning, the Cybertruck has bidirectional charging, allowing it to become a mobile power source for appliances and even other electric vehicles.

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Between 2022 and 2023, over 690,100 people left California, according to new census data. So, in January 2022, Speakman and her family packed up and left Temecula, California, for the Dallas-Fort Worth area. AdvertisementBetween 2022 and 2023, about 54,200 people also left California for Arizona, a decline from 74,100 the year before. AdvertisementWhere people are moving to California fromWhile fewer people from other states moved to California between 2022 and 2023 than between 2021 and 2022, the allure of the Golden State remains robust. She left California seeking a more favorable political climate and a better chance at achieving the American dream.

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☆ What is the ‘red mirage’ or the ‘blue shift’ and will it happen this year?
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN was able to project that Biden would win the election four days after Election Day, on November 7, but counting would continue. That means a blue shift in the popular vote could still occur even if it does not delay figuring out the presidential election results. A person votes early at a polling station in Deland, Florida, on October 21. North Carolina no longer accepts mail-in ballots if they arrive after Election Day. The Center for Election Innovation & Research has a rundown of the various rules and timelines for processing mail-in ballots.

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☆ Trump loyalists spew racist, vulgar attacks at Harris and Democrats at New York City rally
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( Gregory Krieg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday began with a series of profane attacks on Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, other Democratic leaders, Puerto Rico and migrants sheltering in the city. “I think it’s called Puerto Rico.”The line was well-received by Trump supporters who filled Madison Square Garden in Midtown Manhattan. Harris’ campaign seized on the attacks on Puerto Rico, quickly clipping the video and posting it on social media channels. The vice president on Sunday visited a Puerto Rican restaurant in North Philadelphia, where she discussed her vision for the island along with plans to lower costs and create opportunity in Puerto Rican communities on the mainland. Puerto Ricans are amazing people and amazing Americans!”Hinchcliffe, also on social media, addressed the furor, saying that his critics “have no sense of humor.”“I love Puerto Rico and vacation there.

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☆ My home was damaged in Hurricane Milton. I was shocked at how fast FEMA sent me $9,200 after I applied.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Rick Shiver said Hurricane Milton damaged the awning and ductwork of his Port Orange, Florida, home. AdvertisementThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Rick Shiver, a 72-year-old retired firefighter in Port Orange, part of the Daytona Beach metropolitan area on Florida's Atlantic Coast. I live in Port Orange, Florida. AdvertisementA lot of the Port Orange area was underwater. Rick Shiver's home in Port Orange, Florida, after Hurricane Milton.

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☆ What Harris and Trump are proposing for the economy
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( Tami Luhby | Katie Lobosco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +21 min

CNN —Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have laid out a broad array of ideas aimed at making life more affordable and strengthening the economy, which rank at the top of voters’ concerns. Both Trump and Harris have rolled out pricey provisions without specifying how they would cover the cost. Though his campaign hasn’t released details on the proposal, Trump has indicated that he would eliminate both federal income taxes and payroll taxes, which fund Social Security and Medicare. Around half of beneficiaries – mainly those with higher incomes – pay federal income tax on their Social Security payments. Harris’ plan would also accelerate the speed of Medicare’s drug price negotiations so that the costs of more medications come down faster.

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☆ Dock tragedy is latest chapter in Gullah Geechee community’s long struggle
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( Ramon Sanchez | Ray Sanchez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

The collapse killed seven people, injured several others and gave his two girls what Michael Wood said was their first glimpse of the Gullah Geechee community’s longtime heartache and resilience. Courtesy Michael WoodThe October 19 tragedy is the latest chapter in the struggles of one of the last surviving Gullah Geechee communities in the Georgia Sea Islands. The state settlement included the construction of the dock and “new aluminum gangways” as well as improved ferry service. The day of the collapse Grovner eventually returned to the dock area, where he and others covered some bodies with blankets. White, the Georgia Southern University professor, added: “The Gullah Geechee community has always had to fight for their survival.

Persons: Michael, Kimberly Wood, Michael Wood, ”, Wood, Hailey, Kimberly, Riley, Joyce White, Jacqueline Crews Carter, Cynthia Gibbs, William Johnson Jr, Carlotta McIntosh, Isaiah Thomas, Queen Welch, Charles L, Charles Houston, Febury Hassan, Zelda Johnson, William Johnson Sr, John Thomas, Ben Crump, Gangway, Hogg, Walter Rabon, “, Milton, Ben Crump –, Lewis M, Levine, Susie, ” Michael Wood, I’m, Trevor Santos, Grovner, goddaughter, she’ll, Reginald Hall, ” Hall, ” CNN’s Dalia Faheid, Ashley R, Williams, Michelle Watson, Melissa Alonso, Sharif Paget, Sarah Dewberry, Zoe Sottile, Philip Wang, Adeline Chen, Teo Kermeliotis, Emma Tucker, Nicole Chavez, Devon Sayers, Kia Fatahi, Nick Valencia, Zenebou Sylla Organizations: CNN, Heritage Center, Georgia Southern University, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Impact, DNR, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Coast Guard Locations: gangway, Savannah, Georgia, Jacksonville , Florida, Atlanta, Darien , Georgia, Geechee, ”, Sapelo

☆ Fact check: Trump repeats numerous false claims at Madison Square Garden rally
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Former President Donald Trump repeated a series of false claims, many of which have long been debunked, about immigration and other subjects in his speech at a Sunday evening rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Harris’ border role: Trump repeated these false claims about Vice President Kamala Harris: “She was the border czar. Migrants, cities and towns: Trump repeated his vow that, if elected, he would liberate every “city and town that has been invaded and conquered” by migrants. Trump and inflation: Trump falsely claimed that, when he was president, “we had no inflation.” Cumulative inflation during Trump’s presidency was about 8%. Trump’s border wall: The former president repeated his false claim that he “built 571 miles of wall” on the southern border.

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☆ Florida woman accused of zipping boyfriend in suitcase and leaving him to suffocate found guilty of murder
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

A Florida woman accused of zipping her boyfriend in a suitcase and leaving him in there to suffocate was found guilty of murder on Friday, four years after what she had initially described to authorities as a case of drunken hide-and-seek gone wrong. She said that she had gone upstairs and passed out, and when she woke up, she realized Torres was still inside the suitcase. She said she "moved it around a little bit" while Torres was still inside the suitcase. In the video clips, Boone allegedly mocked Torres as he begged for help, NBC affiliate WESH of Daytona Beach reported. Boone said Torres began pushing on the suitcase and she feared he would get out.

Persons: Sarah Boone, Jorge Torres Jr, Torres, Boone Organizations: Sheriff’s, NBC, Daytona, WESH, Prosecutors Locations: Florida, Orange County, Orange

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