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☆ ‘Earthalujah!’: A Rebel Pastor Preaches for the Planet
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Cara Buckley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The preacher stood wild-eyed before his flock, swaying to a gospel choir. His pompadour stood tall, his voice was thunderous, and his all white suit perfectly matched the heeled white loafers he was wearing on his feet. Behind them hung a 14-foot high photo of Earth, the very reason this preacher, choir and congregants had gathered in a converted storefront in Manhattan’s East Village one Sunday in July. “We’re all aware at some level in our bodies that the Earth is off the charts,” Mr. Talen intoned to the 70 or so people there. “We are living inside of the time right now that they have been warning us about.”

Persons: pompadour, Billy Talen, “, ” Mr, Talen intoned, ” Locations: Manhattan’s

☆ Replacing red meat cuts dementia risk by 20%, study says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The risk for dementia dropped by 20%, however, for people who replaced that small daily serving of processed red meat with a daily serving of nuts and legumes. Processed red meats such as bacon, sausage, hot dogs and deli meats often contain higher levels of sodium, nitrates and saturated fat. Each additional serving of processed red meat raised riskAn abstract of the study, which is under review for publication, was presented Wednesday at the 2024 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Philadelphia. Red meat intake is limited. Red meat, especially processed red meat as seen here, is linked to an unhealthy heart and brain.

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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.”

Persons: Dane, They’ve, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Biden, ”, Lisa Scott, Scott, Mannie Marte, Marte, who’s, Harry Truman, Harris Organizations: Democratic, NBC, Republican National Convention, Trump, Biden, Gwinnett, Private, Getty, Phoenix, Voters, Federal, Commerce Department Locations: Dane County , Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Dane, U.S, Gwinnett County , Georgia, Lawrenceville, Duluth, Georgia, Gwinnett, Lilburn, Atlanta, Marte, Reno, Washoe County, Erie, Maricopa County , Arizona, Gwinnett County

☆ Cowboy historian rates 13 Wild West scenes in movies and TV
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Margaret Guzman | Korey Isbell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Cowboy and Old West historian Michael Grauer rates 13 Wild West scenes in movies and television for realism. Grauer is a public historian focusing on cowboy history and Western American culture. He is the McCasland Chair of Cowboy Culture and Curator of Cowboy Collections and Western Art for the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. He also does a living history cowboy presentation called "Cowboy Mike." You can learn more about the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum here.

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☆ How certification fights are already cropping up in battleground states
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Sara Murray | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The dustup in Fulton County is just one example of the election certification fights already cropping up in battleground states, from Georgia to Michigan to Nevada this year. Certification fights also popped up in 2022 and in 2020, though certification ultimately moved ahead in each of those instances. “They don’t like me.”But by early 2024, she was being sworn in to serve on her local election board. “The other issues that are going on or have gone in Fulton County I think are irrelevant.”Representatives for Fulton County declined to comment. The State Election Board is also considering changes that could allow board members to conduct inquiries and demand documents before certification.

Persons: Julie Adams, Adams, ”, Stephanie Jackson Ali, Mike Berry, “ Miss Adams, ” Berry, ” Adams, they’re, they’ve, “, you’re, Cleta Mitchell, Mitchell, “ She’s, ” Mitchell, Steve Bannon’s, Matt Rourke, —, Berry, –, Miss Adams, stokes, Megan Bellamy, Nadine Williams, Adams pored, CNN’s Kimberly Berryman Organizations: CNN, Fulton County, Registration, New, New Georgia Project, Washoe, Trump, Policy, Republican Party, Republican, Pennsylvania, Conference, ”, South East, South East Georgia Republican Assembly Locations: Georgia, Fulton, Fulton County, Michigan, Nevada, New Georgia, Washoe County’s, Delta County , Michigan, “, Camp Hill, Pa, Fulton County’s, Savannah, South East Georgia

☆ I've visited 60 countries. Skip the crowds in Bali — visit this lesser-known gem in South Asia instead.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Kate Mcmahon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

But although Sri Lanka is called India's teardrop, I think it's really its gem. AdvertisementIn my seven years of traveling to 60 countries — including most countries in Southeast Asia — I have rarely been anywhere as wild and diverse as Sri Lanka. There's a lot to do in Sri LankaElephants can be spotted in Sri Lanka. For history and culture buffs, Sri Lanka is also a must-visit countryGet to know the people of Sri Lanka — and their history. AdvertisementDuring my travels, I've also met some of the kindest, most hospitable people in Sri Lanka.

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☆ Opinion | How ‘Twisters’ Failed Us and Our Burning Planet
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Margaret Renkl | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

So far Nashville has mostly escaped the historic heat that keeps enveloping this country in waves of misery. We have also been spared the kind of severe weather that is the bread and butter of summer disaster movies. People seek escapist fare like “Twisters” in part to experience imaginatively the kind of danger that hasn’t reached them in ordinary life. The first grown-up movie I ever saw in a theater was “The Towering Inferno,” but I’m not normally one for disaster movies. I wanted to see “Twisters” because I was curious about how it addresses climate change.

Persons: ”, hasn’t, I’m Organizations: Hollywood Locations: Nashville, Middle Tennessee

☆ Jim Cramer's advice on Abbott Labs stock after a nearly $500 million baby formula verdict
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Matthew J. Belvedere | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a "Morning Meeting" livestream at 10:20 a.m. Jim Cramer said Monday these are "going to be impactful situations." As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB.

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☆ Artificial Intelligence Gives Weather Forecasters a New Edge
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( William J. Broad | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +13 min

Artificial Intelligence Gives Weather Forecasters a New Edge The brainy machines are predicting global weather patterns with new speed and precision, doing in minutes and seconds what once took hours. GraphCast GraphCast Miss. specialist at the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, the agency that got upstaged on its Beryl forecast. Even so, reliable weather forecasts turn out to be extraordinarily hard to achieve. As a result, weather forecasts can fail after a few days, and sometimes after a few hours.

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☆ What to expect in the 100 days until Election Day – and beyond
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Annette Choi | Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

So we don’t know what specifically will happen in the next 100 days until Election Day on November 5, or what could come after, when the country’s unique Electoral College process gets going. December: Electoral votes are castAfter questions about the election are settled, states confirm, or ascertain, their statewide results. Electors gather in their respective state capitols to cast electoral votes for their statewide winner. Nebraska and Maine also allocate some electoral votes by congressional district, and these could be pivotal in a close race. In any event, lawmakers gather on January 6, as everyone should remember from 2020, to count electoral votes.

Persons: CNN —, Joe Biden’s, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Harris, Jeff Zeleny, Sen, JD Vance, Trump’s, He’d, Biden, Vance, Trump, Maya Rudolph, Harris –, isn’t Organizations: CNN, Democratic Party, Biden, Democrats, Republican, Trump, ABC News, ABC, Fox News, Supreme, that’s, Electors, Nebraska, Electoral College, Electoral Locations: Chicago, Harris, North Carolina, Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Maine

☆ Trump and Harris enter final 100-day stretch of a rapidly evolving 2024 race
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Eric Bradner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

Then, a week ago, Biden announced his exit from the race – and pointed to Harris, his vice president, as his successor. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event in West Allis, Wisconsin, on July 23, 2024. Will Lanzoni/CNNVeepstakes, convention questionsAmong the next orders of business for Harris’ campaign is to accomplish two tasks in a period of days or weeks that Trump’s campaign achieved over months. Many of those potential picks have been offering Harris’ campaign informal glimpses of how they’d perform as her running mate through appearances on cable news shows. Then, Harris’ campaign and its allies must rapidly revise plans for the Democratic National Convention, which is set to start on August 19 in Chicago.

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☆ We are 100 days from the 2024 presidential election. Here's where things stand.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Harris opens up new potential paths to victorySince entering the race, Harris has shown momentum in early polling. This became worrisome for the Biden campaign as warning signs flashed in states like Virginia and New Hampshire. The positive early polling is a great sign for the vice president, but it isn't the only metric that shows momentum. Trump's pick for vice president makes things interestingVice presidential picks are far from guaranteed to help a presidential hopeful win a state. With Biden out of the race, Democrats will likely seek to tie the election — anchored by Harris' candidacy — to the party's future.

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☆ Tiger populations in Thailand are bouncing back
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Rebecca Cairns | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —As Global Tiger Day rolls around, there’s good news for the big cats in Thailand. Thailand Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation/WCS ThailandThe DNP began working with WCS to “build and strengthen site-based protection,” says Jornburom. Thailand Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation/WCS ThailandA ‘conservation-dependent species’While Thailand’s success story offers hope, the outlook across the region is not so optimistic. This has left small, isolated tiger populations in Myanmar, Indonesian Sumatra, and peninsular Malaysia — the latter of which is worrying conservationists after a recent spate of tiger deaths. WEFCOM currently boasts most of the country’s tiger population, and has the potential to support up to 2,000 tigers, according to WCS.

Persons: It’s, Pornkamol Jornburom, she’s, ”, Pornkamol, WEFCOM, WCS, Stuart Chapman, they’ve, Chapman, Thailand Chapman, ” Stuart Chapman Organizations: CNN, Initiative, Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife Conservation Society, Tigers, Thailand Department of National Parks , Wildlife, Plant, Patrol, GPS, WWF’s Tigers Locations: Thailand, Wildlife, Kha, Thung, Thung Yai, WEFCOM, Southeast Asia, Singapore, Java, Bali, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Indonesian Sumatra, Malaysia, “ Thailand

☆ 14 earnings, jobs and the Fed are what we're watching in the market this week
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

As for Club earnings, we got positive results from life sciences company Danaher and industrial firm Dover. Ford was a major disappointment and its nearly 20% stock drop for the week was the worst performer in the portfolio. In the week ahead, it's going to be another big week of earnings with the four mega-cap names and 10 other Club names set to report. Linde : We're looking for more of the same — steady earnings growth; 6% is the Street estimate. End market commentary will also help us better formulate our view of the economy — and in turn the stock market.

Persons: Russell, Jerome Powell's, Ford, Stanley Black, Decker, We're, we'll, Elliott, we've, We'll, Kraft Heinz, Vita Coco, COCO, Lam, SIRI, WEN, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Michael M Organizations: Nasdaq, Dow, Communication, Honeywell, YouTube, Procter & Gamble, Devices, Microsoft, Starbucks, GE Healthcare, DuPont, Meta, Apple, Coterra Energy, Linde, Silo AI, Elliott Management, GE HealthCare, Amazon, Apple Intelligence, U.S, Labor, Fed, Networks, Procter, Gamble, PayPal, Pfizer, BP, JetBlue Airways, Merck, Solar Inc, Caesars Entertainment, Electronic Arts, EA, Nation Entertainment, Boeing, Cruise, Mastercard, Teva Pharmaceutical, Hess Corp, Arm Holdings, Qualcomm, Lam Research, Western, eBay, EBAY, MGM Resorts, MGM, ConocoPhillips, Mobileye, Canada Goose Holdings, Hershey, Toyota, Dominion Energy, Air Products & Chemicals, Southern Company, International, Coterra Energy Intel, Coinbase, Booking Holdings, LIN, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, LyondellBasell Industries, Jim Cramer's Charitable, CNBC, Traders, New York Stock Exchange, Santiago, Getty Locations: Dover, Eaton, Amazon, China, destocking, Corning, New York City

☆ Big Tobacco’s viral hit may be its biggest success since cigarettes
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

While it’s ultimately owned by tobacco giant Philip Morris International, Zyn is a tobacco-free product. Unlike traditional chewing tobacco, you don’t have to chew the pouches or spit the build-up of tobacco juice. ‘Zynfluencers’Zyn users like Danny Whalen, 26, switched to nicotine pouches last year after 10 years of chewing tobacco. (Philip Morris International told CNN it only advertises at events with an adult audience of over 85%.) Philip Morris International, which split from Phillip Morris USA, does not sell cigarettes in the United States.

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☆ Rooney Vera: Now is the best time to put on protective portfolio hedges
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailRooney Vera: Now is the best time to put on protective portfolio hedgesKathryn Rooney Vera, Chief Market Strategist at StoneX, discusses the wild week for the markets and how to protect your portfolio.

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☆ A man sued a restaurant after a bone in his 'boneless' wings got lodged in his throat. He lost.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Boneless wings keep confusing dinersBreast meat is cheaper because chickens only have two wings. In 2023, a man sued Buffalo Wild Wings , claiming that the name of its boneless wings was misleading. Before it added boneless wings to its menu this year, Popeyes had considered alternative names, like "bites." 'Boneless wing is merely a description of the cooking style'Berkheimer said that he had cut the boneless wing into three pieces to eat, per court documents. AdvertisementBerkheimer also appealed to Ohio's Supreme Court, which supported the Court of Appeals' ruling in an opinion on Thursday.

Persons: —, Michael Berkheimer, Berkheimer, Popeyes, didn't Organizations: Service, Wings, Business, Twelfth, Appeals, Buffalo Wild Wings, Factory Locations: Ohio, Brookwood, Hamilton , Ohio, Butler, New York City

☆ Disney is among the most oversold stocks on Wall Street. Here are the others
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Several companies appear oversold this week and could be due for a rebound after a wild week on Wall Street. Stocks with a 14-day RSI reading below 30 often indicate that it's oversold, with a potential rebound possible ahead for the company's shares. Here are some of the most oversold names: Dexcom is the most oversold stock of the list, with a 14-day RSI of 11.6%. Wells Fargo recently reiterated its overweight rating on Disney and its $136 price target, which implies shares could gain 52.4%. That's driven the stock's RSI to more than 81.

Persons: —, Walt Disney, Wells Fargo, we're, Steven Cahall, Wall, Sara Senatore, Senatore, FactSet, LSEG, Myers Squibb, Northrop Organizations: Nasdaq, CNBC, Stock, Entertainment, Walt, Disney, DIS, Media, " Bank of America, Mohawk Industries, RSI, Northrop Grumman, Citizens Financial Group Locations: Bristol

☆ Zhiying Zeng: 38 years after ending Olympic dream in China, this ‘table tennis grandma’ will represent Chile at Paris 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Zhiying Zeng’s eyes begin to sparkle and her gestures become more animated as she recounts the day her lifelong Olympic dream came true. Even in China, by far the world’s most dominant table tennis nation, Zeng’s talents were evident from an early age. When she was 16, she was called up to the Chinese table tennis team for the first time. Finally, 38 years after she gave up on her Olympic dream, Zeng qualified for Paris 2024 at a pre-Olympic qualifying tournament in Lima, Peru, in May this year. “Calm, calm,” Zeng, who says mental fortitude is her biggest asset in table tennis, repeated to herself.

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☆ No, Taylor Swift isn't in 'Deadpool & Wolverine.' Here's why Swifties and Marvel fans were convinced she'd make an appearance.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The Grammy-winning singer later cast "Deadpool & Wolverine" director Shawn Levy as the dad in her "All Too Well" short film, which was released in November 2021. Following the success of "Deadpool" (2016) and "Deadpool 2" (2018), Reynolds confirmed that a third installment was in the works in 2019. Rumors intensified when production began on 'Deadpool & Wolverine'Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds will star in "Deadpool 3." Gotham/GC ImagesLevy then played coy about the possibility of Swift being in "Deadpool & Wolverine." AdvertisementJust before the release of "Deadpool & Wolverine," Reynolds told E!

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☆ It’s Shark Season. How Worried Should You Be?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Erik Vance | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +19 min

California has very few shark attacks — just two recorded in 2023, fewer than New York and the Carolinas. The eastern coast from Virginia to New York doesn’t see many shark attacks, despite having many popular beach towns. Long Island in New York is, roughly speaking, the northern border of the bull and tiger shark ranges. Tiger Shark A 3D illustration of a Tiger Shark. Kentucky managed to rack up 12 shark attacks in 2006 after the aquarium in Newport opened a shark petting exhibit.

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☆ Gaza war weighs heavy on the minds of Palestinian Olympians: ‘I want to be an inspiration’
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Zeena Saifi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Valerie Tarazi, 24, is originally from Gaza and one of two Palestinian swimmers who will be competing in Paris. Almasri was the first woman to represent Palestine in the World Cross-Country Championships in Belgrade in 2024, according to the Palestine Olympic Committee. But as a refugee, he couldn’t represent Palestine or Syria. Ismail, the team’s best hope to become the first Palestinian to win an Olympic medal, told CNN he feels similarly. This year, there will be eight – the most in history, according to the Palestine Olympic Committee.

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☆ India is on alert after a fresh outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus. Here’s what you need to know
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Sam Meredith | In Samuelmeredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Bats are believed to be one of the carriers of Nipah virus, a zoonotic disease that spreads from animals to humans. Health authorities in the southern Indian state of Kerala are on high alert following the latest flare-up of the deadly Nipah virus. Kerala Health Minister Veena George said Tuesday that the close relatives of the teenager had tested negative for the virus, according to local media reports. The Nipah virus, which partly inspired the fictional "MEV-1" virus in the 2011 Hollywood film "Contagion," is considered one of the most dangerous pathogens circulating in the wild. The Nipah virus is transmitted to humans from animals such as fruit bats or pigs.

Persons: Veena George Organizations: World Health Organization Locations: Kerala, Malaysia, Nipah

☆ Bats Already Had Problems. Now, Add Taxidermy Listings on Etsy and eBay.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Rachel Nuwer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Some of the bright orange bats were framed in shadow boxes, their boldly striped wings spread wide. Bigger, more charismatic species like elephants and tigers usually come to mind when the illicit animal trade is mentioned. But a study published this month has revealed a flourishing black market in stuffed and mounted bats that, until now, has gone largely unnoticed. In the United States, especially, bats are openly sold, intact or as skeletons, on e-commerce sites like Etsy, eBay and Amazon. “Instead, they could be inadvertently supporting the population decline of this bat species in the wild.”

Persons: they’re, ”, Nistara Randhawa, Davis Organizations: eBay, University of California, of Wildlife Research Locations: United States

☆ Real estate investors weigh in on how passive rental income really is: 'It's like having an expensive puppy'
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

If you google "passive income ideas," one of the first strategies that pops up is to buy a rental property. Even those with property managers have described having to "manage the property manager." Buying rental properties is "expensive like a puppy," he added. They've learned that, "the more hands-on you are, the more money you're going to make," said Jervais. One, their long-term rental properties are newer, so they naturally have fewer maintenance requests and upkeep.

Persons: I'm, Matt, it's, Matt H Natia, Jervais Seegars, They've, Karina Mejia, aren't, Mejia, Jervais, Jim Resonable, she'd Organizations: Service, Business, EVO Real Estate Locations: New Hampshire, Boston, Augusta , Georgia, North Carolina , California, Georgia

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