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☆ Microplastics found in nose tissue at base of brain, study says
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Tiny plastic shards and fibers were found in the nose tissue of human cadavers, according to a small new study. The threads and microplastic pieces were discovered in the olfactory bulb, the part of the nose responsible for detecting odors that sits at the base of the brain. Microplastics are polymer fragments that can range from less than 0.2 inch (5 millimeters) down to 1/25,000th of an inch (1 micrometer). However, an April 2023 study found that microplastics made of polypropylene appeared to exacerbate the advance of breast cancer. The nose is one of many ways through which microplastics can enter the body, experts say.

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☆ JD Vance urges billionaire Peter Thiel to back Trump campaign: 'Get off the sidelines'
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-29 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Republican vice presidential nominee, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) speaks at a rally at trucking company, Team Hardinger on August 28, 2024 in Erie, Pennsylvania. Donald Trump's presidential running mate JD Vance is urging Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel to "get off the sidelines" and financially support the Republican ticket, Vance told the Financial Times. A representative for Thiel did not immediately respond to CNBC's request for comment on Vance's remarks. The Trump campaign has been contacted for additional comment.

Persons: J.D, Vance, Hardinger, Donald Trump's, JD Vance, Peter Thiel, Thiel, Peter, Kamala Harris, Trump Organizations: Sen, Silicon, Republican, Financial Times Locations: Erie , Pennsylvania, Silicon Valley, Wisconsin, Ohio

☆ I was sick of spending my travel budget on weddings, so now I turn every invitation into a vacation
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Anna Staropoli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

To maximize pricey flights, I've leveraged weddings to explore places like West Palm Beach, Cleveland, and even my own city. Once in Sandusky, I maintained that eagerness, visiting Lake Erie, trying Culver's custard, and exploring Marblehead Lighthouse. To manage expectations, I've learned to treat each wedding trip as an introduction to a place. A few years ago, I planned my first post-wedding trip to Miami after a friend's West Palm Beach ceremony. Beyond visiting the Norton Museum of Art, I saw little of West Palm.

Persons: —, I've, Anna Staropoli, I'd, I'm, could've Organizations: Service, Business, Miami, Norton Museum of Art, Chicago Botanic Garden Locations: West Palm Beach , Cleveland, Ohio, Anna Staropoli Sandusky , Ohio, Cleveland, Sandusky, Lake Erie, Marblehead, Miami, Palm, West Palm, Canandaigua, Lake Canandaigua, Rochester , New York, Chicago, Shore, Lake Forest , Illinois

☆ His Murder Conviction Was Overturned. Why Is He Still in Prison?
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Jesse Mckinley | Danny Hakim | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Last summer, an Erie County judge threw out his conviction in a 1993 murder that had set off a raft of accusations involving bad cops, famous killers and prosecutorial misconduct. Nearly a year later, the crime is still unsolved and Mr. Lorenz remains behind bars. In 1994, Mr. Lorenz and a co-defendant were found guilty of the savage slaying of a young mother, Deborah Meindl, in the Buffalo suburb of Tonawanda. But the Erie County district attorney’s office continues to appeal the overturned convictions, raising the prospect of a second trial despite a paucity of physical evidence or potential prosecution witnesses. “It just seems like it’s never going to end,” Mr. Lorenz, 54, said in a recent interview from jail in Erie County.

Persons: Brian Scott Lorenz, Lorenz, Deborah Meindl, it’s, Mr, “, ” Locations: Erie, Buffalo, Tonawanda, Erie County

"After their convention, yeah," Trump replied, referring again to the Democratic convention, which begins Aug. 19. CNBC reached out to the Trump campaign to confirm that the Republican nominee does not plan to resume large, in-person presidential campaign rallies until after the Democratic convention. "President Trump has a robust, travel schedule — consisting of rallies, messaging events, and fundraisers in the next week. In 2020, in-person campaign rallies on both sides were largely suspended because of the Covid pandemic. Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 31, 2024.

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☆ Prosecutors used an AI tool to send a man to prison for life. Now the person who created it is under investigation.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Darius Rafieyan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

But prosecutors had no direct evidence tying Black to the location of the murder, an Ohio appellate court later said. In many cases, prosecutors themselves don't even have access to the source code and haven't reviewed the underlying technology. Back in Akron, the judge in Rankin's case ordered the Cybercheck evidence excluded after prosecutors failed to turn over the source code. The Summit County Prosecutor's Office declined to comment when reached by BI. It's unclear how many others may be behind bars because of Cybercheck evidence that was never rigorously scrutinized.

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☆ How Does Your State Make Electricity?
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Nadja Popovich | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +58 min

Wind turbines provided just 1 percent of the electricity produced in the state in 2001 and nearly 60 percent last year. How Kentucky made electricity from 2001 to 2023 Percentage of power produced from each energy sourceCoal still generates the majority of the electricity produced in Kentucky, a longtime coal mining state. Since then, virtually all of the electricity produced in the state has come from renewable sources, including hydropower, biomass, wind and solar. It has supplied more than 85 percent of the electricity produced in the state every year for more than two decades. Last year, wind supplied more than a fifth of the electricity produced in the state.

☆ 32-year-old left college her senior year, now earns over $100,000 without a degree
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Chelsea Norstedt left Penn State University in 2014 just two semesters shy of finishing her bachelor's degree in criminology. As she explored different career paths, she had a similar figure in mind. College graduates on average earn more than those without a four-year degree — but this so-called college wage premium is shrinking. Now, bachelor's degree holders earn about 75% more over their career than those without. At the same time, Norstedt monitored listings on job sites like LinkedIn and Indeed for any higher-paying office roles that did not explicitly require a college degree.

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☆ Homebuying is hard in these counties that could decide the election, but it's harder in the U.S. overall
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms J-J-_Mccorvey.Jpg | J.J. Mccorvey | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Market volatility in Dane County, Wisconsin, a largely Democratic, college-educated part of a solidly purple state, boosted its difficulty score to 78 on NBC News’ index. Average homebuying difficulty in the U.S. overall ranks at 84, up from 54 in 2020. At the Republican National Convention earlier this month, giant screens flashed comparisons of average mortgage rates under the Trump and Biden administrations. But one Gwinnett County resident said softer demand isn’t keeping him up at night. For house hunters in Gwinnett County, Scott said, “that would make life a lot better.”

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☆ These 10 U.S. states are America's least-prepared for climate change and extreme weather
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Scott Cohn | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +13 min

In 2021, Maryland adopted a ten-year Climate Adaptation Resilience Framework aimed at making the state's infrastructure more sustainable by 2030. 2024 Infrastructure Score: 230 out of 425 points (Top States Grade: B) Climate Extremes Index: 62.44% Properties at risk: 100% Renewable Energy: 14% 9. 2024 Infrastructure Score: 235 out of 425 points (Top States Grade: B) Climate Extremes Index: 62.44% Properties at risk: 54% Renewable Energy: 4% 5. 2024 Infrastructure Score: 246 out of 425 points (Top States Score: B+) Climate Extremes Index: 39.82% Properties at risk: 14% Renewable Energy: 5% 4. 2024 Infrastructure Score: 179 out of 425 points (Top States Grade: D+) Climate Extremes Index: 48.6% Properties at risk: 100% Renewable Energy: 6% 1.

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☆ Biden Policies Offer Benefits, but Little Political Payoff, in Pennsylvania
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Jeanna Smialek | Alan Rappeport | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Construction crews have been removing barrels of toxic waste, knocking down crumbling walls and salvaging rusted tin roofing as they prepare to convert the cavernous space into an events venue, advanced manufacturing hub and brewery. The estimated $25 million project is the most ambitious undertaking the Erie County Redevelopment Authority has ever attempted. It was both kick-started and remains heavily funded by various pots of money coming from Biden administration programs. It is one example of a larger problem Mr. Biden faces in Pennsylvania, a swing state that could decide the winner of the 2024 election. In places like Erie, a long-struggling manufacturing hub bordering the Great Lake that is often an election bellwether, Mr. Biden is struggling to capitalize on his own economic policies even when they are providing real and visible benefits.

Persons: Biden’s, Mike Kelly, Biden Organizations: Erie County Redevelopment Authority, Biden, Pennsylvania Republican Locations: Erie, Pa, Erie County, Pennsylvania

☆ Trump's hush-money sentencing will still happen in September despite his new immunity superpowers, New York legal experts predict
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

It could help former President Donald Trump's hush-money conviction survive the US Supreme Court immunity opinion. Trump's lawyers are about to file what's known as a 330.30 motion to set aside the verdict. The Supreme Court presidential immunity opinion bars official-act evidence. US Supreme Court/BITrump's lawyers now say there were at least four times that the judge improperly let Manhattan prosecutors show official-act evidence to the jury. Trump's hush-money conviction appeal will take years and could even lead back to the US Supreme Court.

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☆ My brother drowned trying to save someone else on the Fourth of July. I dread the holiday every year.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Janet Funk | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

While the rest of America is celebrating, I'm reliving the day my brother drowned, the day my family went from eight kids to seven. My brother Dave and I drove up together on July 3. Janet Funk and her oldest brother, Paul. Paul, Dave, and Tom jumped up and followed him. They were halfway there when Robbie went under.

Persons: I'm, Paul, Sue, Tom, Carol, Ellen, Robbie, Dave, Janet Funk, Janet Funk Robbie, Robbie waded, — Organizations: Service, Business, Irish Catholic Locations: America, Lake Erie

☆ 7 Deaths, 5 Hours: Drug Overdoses Surge in Western New York
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Jesse Mckinley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The first 911 call came at 8:18 a.m. from the city of Buffalo. Not long after, there was another in neighboring Tonawanda, and then another from Lackawanna, just to the south. Seven deaths in less than five hours, all drug overdoses, and all within Erie County, the biggest population center in Western New York and the home of a surging and intractable drug problem. “This is from the most wealthiest areas in Erie County, and the poorest sections of the inner city,” said John Garcia, the county’s sheriff. It does not discriminate.”Overdose deaths have touched cities across the country, including Baltimore, where 6,000 people have died over the past six years.

Persons: ”, John Garcia Organizations: Tonawanda . Locations: Buffalo, Tonawanda, Lackawanna, Erie County, Western New York, United States, Baltimore

☆ Top news app in U.S. has Chinese origins and ‘writes fiction’ with the help of AI
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Billing itself as "the go-to source for all things local," Newsbreak says it has over 50 million monthly users. "It seems this 'news' outlet's AI writes fiction they have no problem publishing to readers." Billing itself as "the go-to source for all things local," Newsbreak says it has over 50 million monthly users. Two local community programs assisting disadvantaged people told Reuters they were impacted by erroneous stories produced by NewsBreak's AI. The company launched in the U.S. in 2015 as a subsidiary of Yidian, a Chinese news aggregation app.

Persons: Newsbreak, NewsBreak, Harvest912, Jeff Zheng, Zheng, Norm Pearlstine, Pearlstine, paywalls Organizations: Facebook, Reuters, Fox, AP, CNN, NewsBreak, NewsBreak's, Food, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, LA Times Locations: China, United States, Bridgeton , New Jersey, Small Towns, Mountain View , California, Beijing, Shanghai, America, U.S, Colorado, Erie , Pennsylvania, Yidian, NewsBreak

The best in show competition, essentially a doggie beauty pageant, is the culmination of a multiday canine extravaganza here at Westminster. The winner, with a blink-and-you’d-miss-it time of 28.76 seconds, was an All-American dog named Nimble. Nimble was the first All-American dog — the dog show word for mutt — to take the top spot in the 11 years that agility has been part of Westminster, and he was also the first dog from the 12-inch division to win the competition. Perhaps the best example is Kratu, a rescue dog who has appeared several times at the Crufts dog show in England. Miles, an All-American rescue dog from Erie, Pa., who defeated the odds to become an agility champion and whose unlikely road to Westminster was described in The Times, competed on Saturday in the 20-inch division.

Persons: mutt —, Lark, Hogan, Miles, Christine Longnecker, “ Organizations: The Times Locations: Westminster, England, Erie, Pa

☆ I'm moving out of Texas after 60 years there. The culture has changed and big tech firms have made Austin too expensive.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( Alcynna Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Austin has been my home for more than 60 years — minus the time spent following around my military husband. Austin just isn't what it used to beMy family and I moved to Austin in 1963. The University of Texas students really kept the city young and on its toes. AdvertisementIt costs so much to afford homes in Austin nowAfter moving to South Carolina for the military, my husband and I moved back to Austin in 1998. AdvertisementThere are things I am going to miss about Austin, like the cheap gas, and the HEB grocery market.

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☆ 'The deals are going to come': A real-estate investor with over 40 years of experience shares the 2 financing strategies he used to build up his portfolio — and the best way new investors can start sc
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( William Edwards | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Preparation and being in the right place at the right time is how he said he's built up his real-estate portfolio in Erie County, Pennsylvania, over the last four decades. Throughout his real-estate investing journey, many of Miller's deals came about through seller financing and being at the right place at the right time. Another financing strategy Miller employed to build his portfolio was using a hard-money lender. "Hard-money lending is probably something that's going to help you grow your portfolio faster than any other thing," Miller said. "Most of these programs range anywhere from a hundred percent financing all the way up to 105% financing, depending on the state."

Persons: Joel Miller, he's, Miller, Miller —, —, Miller's, Jeff Welgan, Freddie Mac's, Welgan Organizations: Business, Facebook, Housing Act Locations: Erie County , Pennsylvania, New

☆ The Unwanted Shelter Dog Who Found His Way to Westminster
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( Sarah Lyall | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A strange thing happened a few years ago when Christine Longnecker, who teaches horseback riding in and around Erie County, Pa., brought her new rescue dog, Miles, to a class. Instead of waiting quietly with the other non-horses in the barn, Miles suddenly sprinted into the ring and bounded over the fences himself. On Saturday, he is scheduled to compete for the second time in the agility competition at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, which will be held in Flushing, Queens. The agility competition might be the rhythmic gymnastics of Westminster, derided as less than by traditionalists, but it’s a growing sport with meritocratic principles and an air of antic fun in its favor. Any dog can compete, no matter who its parents are.

Persons: Christine Longnecker, Miles, “, Ms, Longnecker, antic, they’re Organizations: Westminster Kennel, Westminster Locations: Erie County, Pa, Flushing , Queens

☆ Changes are coming to the S&P 500 and Wall Street speculates these stocks could be added
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

These stocks could be poised to join the S & P 500 when the broad index undergoes its quarterly rebalance next month, according to some Wall Street analysts. Keefe Bruyette & Woods also views a financial services stock as a likely addition to the S & P 500, citing the sector's underweight position. There's a "mid to high probability" that Erie resettles in the S & P 500. The S & P 500 isn't the only index poised for potential changes. Gandhi sees a strong likelihood that Ryan Specialty Holdings joins the S & P Midcap 400, while New York Community Bancorp could drop down to the S & P SmallCap 600 .

Persons: Ramsey El, Bancorporation, Assal, Keefe, Woods, Shreyank Gandhi, Gandhi, Dell Organizations: Barclays, Micro Computer, Whirlpool, Software, Services, KKR, Apollo Global Management, Erie resettles, Specialty Holdings, New, New York Community Bancorp, Axis Capital Holdings, BOK Locations: Erie, New York

☆ The US Navy wants a lot more of a missile that just recently scored its first kill to counter Pacific threats like China
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The US Navy used its SM-3 missile interceptor in combat for the first time last month. AdvertisementThe US Navy will need a lot more of its SM-3 missile, an interceptor that only recently scored its first-ever kill, to counter Pacific threats like China, the sea service's top civilian official said on Wednesday. The Missile Defense Agency's budget request for FY25 cuts procurement of SM-3 Block IB variant, which became operational a decade ago. During Wednesday's hearing, South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson referred to this variant as the Navy's "primary defense against tactical ballistic missiles for the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense" weapons system. AdvertisementThe Navy, however, is already getting a taste of what it's like to battle anti-ship ballistic missiles.

Persons: —, Navy Carlos Del Toro, Del Toro, Joe Wilson, Paul Ignatius, MCS2 Nathan T, Beard Organizations: US Navy, China, Service, Navy, House Armed, Missile Defense Agency, Combat, Missile Defense, South Carolina Rep, Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Locations: China, Tehran, Israel, Lake Erie, Kauai, Hawaii, Washington, Beijing, American, Iran, Gulf of Aden

☆ Old, unused, and 'twisty' — meet the obscure NY election-conspiracy law that just might get Trump convicted
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Attorneys specializing in state election law believe the statute has never been prosecuted. Jeenah Moon-Pool/Getty ImagesTwo highly respected law professors specializing in New York election law said the same. "I think it's very smart of prosecutors to use this state law, whether it's been used before or not," said Jeffrey M. Wice, who teaches state election law at New York Law School. Related storiesThese same three "underlying crimes" — using state election law, federal election law, and state tax law — were again given equal prominence here in a February 15 decision by Merchan. "You're having an underlying crime within an underlying crime to get to that felony," Connor told BI.

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☆ Which foods have the most plastics? You may be surprised
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Breaded shrimp contained the most tiny plastics by far, at well over an average of 300 microplastic pieces per serving. Plastics are everywhereThere are a staggering number of plastics in the world, today, according to a recent analysis — 16,000 plastic chemicals, with at least 4,200 of those considered to be “highly hazardous” to human health and the environment. (The authors declined to mention which brands of bottled water they studied.) Prior research using older technology had identified only about 300 nanoplastics in bottled water, along with bigger microplastics. · If you can, eat as much fresh food as possible, and limit purchase of processed and ultraprocessed foods wrapped in plastic.

Persons: CNN —, can’t, Rice, Let’s, it’s, ” Sherri “ Sam ” Mason, ” Mason, ”, pollock, Mason, don’t, “ Organizations: CNN, McGill University in, University of Queensland, Penn State, International, Water Association, Environmental Research, Environmental Locations: McGill University in Quebec, Canada, Erie , Pennsylvania, United States

☆ Election Updates: Biden heads to Pennsylvania to talk taxes and hit Trump.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Nicholas Nehamas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

In an unprecedented trial, Mr. Trump is spending most of this week, and much of the coming month or two, in a Manhattan courtroom facing criminal charges. In 2020, he narrowly defeated Mr. Trump in Pennsylvania by about 80,000 votes. “I went to school here, right?” Mr. Trump, a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, reminded his audience. They say it is imperative that Mr. Biden campaign in western Pennsylvania, as well as swing areas like Erie County, which Mr. Biden flipped in 2020. Mr. Trump said last week that he would not, reversing a position he held during his term in the White House.

Persons: Biden, Donald J, ” Michael Tyler, Trump, Mr, “, Trump’s, Michael Gold Organizations: Trump, Biden, Affordable, Mr, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Scranton, Pittsburgh, United Steelworkers . Unions, Democrats, U.S . Steel, steelworkers, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Locations: Pennsylvania, Scranton, Manhattan, Israel, Michigan, Wisconsin, Philadelphia, Erie County, Arizona, Schnecksville, Pa

☆ US Navy warships shot down Iranian missiles with a weapon they've never used in combat before
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

US Navy warships fired SM-3s to intercept Iranian ballistic missiles last weekend. AdvertisementUS Navy warships used a missile interceptor for the first time in combat over the weekend as they defended Israel from an unprecedented Iranian attack. AdvertisementA developmental Standard Missile-3, designed to intercept short to medium-ranged ballistic missile threats, is launched from the Pearl Harbor-based Aegis cruiser USS Lake Erie. There are multiple SM-3 variants, which can be fired from a Navy warship's vertical launching system, and the Block I interceptors were first fielded nearly 20 years ago. US Central Command said American forces, specifically, destroyed more than 80 drones and at least six ballistic missiles.

Persons: Navy Carlos Del Toro, —, Del Toro, Arleigh Burke, Carney, Del Toro's, Thomas Hudner, Kerri Kline, CENTCOM, Iran's Organizations: Navy, Service, Aegis, Getty, Combat, for Strategic, International Studies, Missile Defense, US Navy, Mass Communications, Central Command, American Locations: Israel, American, Tehran, Iran, Lake Erie, East

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