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☆ She left behind her life in the US to race camels in the UAE. Now she’s hoping to inspire other women to follow in her tracks
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Kayla Smith | Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

That was back in August 2023, just one year on from her mounting a camel for the first time. “It really starts with an awareness of animals and awareness of your own body,” she told CNN. The racing of dromedaries, a single-humped species also known as the Arabian camel, is a centuries-old passion in the region and endures in both popularity and lucrativeness, with prize money reaching multi-million-dollar figures. The ADCRC launched the UAE’s maiden all-women camel racing team — a development that immediately piqued Dees’ interest. “The outcome of the race is so reliant on the fitness and quality of the camel,” Dees explained.

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☆ Haitians in Ohio find solidarity at church after chaotic week of false pet-eating claims
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — For many Haitian immigrants, Sunday mornings in Springfield, Ohio, are spent joyfully worshipping God as they sing and pray in their native Creole. Carl Ruby, preaching at Central Christian Church. He invited community members to join his congregation in prayer and peaceful protest of the false rumors leveled against their Haitian neighbors. Central Christian Church congregants stand to applaud members of the Haitian community during a service in Springfield, Ohio, on Sunday. “I was praying for peace and protection — for the Haitian community and all of Springfield,” she said.

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☆ Amazon drops the hammer on remote work and orders employees back to the office 5 days a week starting January
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The rule further tightens the requirement from last year that workers be on-site at least three days a week. "If anything, the last 15 months we've been back in the office at least three days a week has strengthened our conviction about the benefits," Jassy said. And Meta's Mark Zuckerberg helped kick off the org-chart flattening trend when he criticized "managers managing managers" at the start of his "year of efficiency" in 2023. If anything, the last 15 months we've been back in the office at least three days a week has strengthened our conviction about the benefits. Before the pandemic, not everybody was in the office five days a week, every week.

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☆ How pregnancy changes the brain
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Researchers have created one of the first comprehensive maps of how the brain changes throughout pregnancy, substantially improving upon understanding of an understudied field. What brain changes mean for parentsThe functional implications these brain changes may have for birthing parents have yet to be determined, said Dr. Elseline Hoekzema, head of the Pregnancy and the Brain Lab at Amsterdam University Medical Center, via email. However, some of Hoekzema’s previous work has indicated associations between pregnancy-related brain changes and the ways a birthing parent’s brain and body respond and bond to infants’ cues, Hoekzema added. These findings are also in line with animal studies showing brain changes that were critical for the onset and continuation of maternal care. “Of the 50,000 brain imaging articles published in the last 30 years, less than half of 1% focus on health factors unique to women, like pregnancy.

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☆ Huw Edwards: Former BBC presenter gets suspended prison sentence for having indecent images of children
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Catherine Nicholls | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

London CNN —Former BBC news presenter Huw Edwards has been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment suspended for two years by a London court for having indecent images of children, according to PA Media. Edwards, who was the BBC’s highest-paid journalist, pleaded guilty in July to having 41 indecent images of children. The adult man who sent Edwards the images is a convicted pedophile, the court heard on Monday. Edwards sent him hundreds of pounds “apparently off the back of (him) sending pornographic images,” prosecutor Ian Hope said. No more illegal images were sent after that message, the court heard, but the pair were said to continue exchanging legal pornographic images until April 2022.

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☆ Meet the Enigmatic Man Who Oversees Larry Page's Google Fortune
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +22 min

His success has also helped fuel a boom in family offices, a financial structure pioneered by J.P. Morgan and popularized by the Rockefellers. Today there are thousands of family offices globally, with the total number tripling between 2019 and 2023, according to the data provider Preqin. To protect Page, Osborne has long remained hidden, the man behind the megabillionaire's curtain. AdvertisementThe small staff at Koop, Page's family office in Palo Alto, are fiercely committed to Page's privacy. Through his investment in Way2B1, Page is seeking to make money by monetizing the techniques he uses to make money.

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☆ My family immigrated to the UK with nothing when I was 5. Now I run a fitness empire that made $70 million last year.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Rachel Hosie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

I was an immigrant child, and growing up in the UK in an Albanian family wasn't easy. It's ironic, given that I now run two fitness businesses and my main passion is getting women into strength training. I now run two fitness businesses that combined made over $70 million last year. What strength training does for your mind and body is profound; it's so empowering. It was good for SEO but contradicted our message and ethos, which is that strength training is about more than just how your body looks.

Persons: —, Krissy Cela, — I'd, Jack Bullimore, I've, David, Lukas Kurzmann, I'd, We've, Oner, I'm Organizations: Service, Business Locations: London, LA, Albania, Greece, PE

☆ 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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☆ The race in Big Tech to sell customers on AI products is heating up
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Meanwhile, in today's newsletter, we're looking at how AWS is ramping up its sales team to pitch customers on AI . The big storySell, sell, sellAmazon; Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BIWhen it comes to the AI revolution, building is only half the battle. AdvertisementAfter drawing scrutiny from investors about their massive investments in generative AI, tech companies are prioritizing getting returns on their big bets. Amazon; OpenAI; Microsoft; Getty Images; Chelsea Jia Feng/BIAWS' pressure to ramp up AI sales isn't just focused on ROI. And while these companies can't afford not to pitch their customers on AI tech, they also risk turning them off to the idea by selling them products that might not live up to expectations.

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☆ Elon Musk deletes post questioning the Trump assassination attempt
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( David Goldman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Elon Musk deleted a post Monday morning that questioned why former President Donald Trump has faced two apparent assassination attempts in recent months while President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have not encountered any. “And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala 🤔,” Musk wrote in the now-deleted X post. However, Musk subsequently responded to a similar post, replying with a thinking face emoji to a photo that noted the four presidents who preceded Trump faced no assassination attempts when Trump has apparently encountered two. CNN requested comment from the Secret Service, which is tasked with investigating perceived threats against the president and vice president – sometimes even if they are made in jest. Musk endorsed Trump for president after an assassination attempt in July, and he hosted Trump last month in an interview on X.It’s part of a rightward shift for Musk that has gained steam in recent years.

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☆ A least 8 people have died trying to cross the English Channel, French authorities say
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

At least eight people died during a failed attempt to cross the English Channel from northern France, French maritime authorities said Sunday. Once the vessel reached the beach, rescue services offered medical assistance to 53 migrants, a statement from the French maritime authorities in charge of the Channel and the North Sea said. Before Saturday’s accident, at least 43 migrants had died or gone missing while trying to cross to the U.K. this year, according to the International Organization for Migration. Other surveillance and rescue operations are underway Sunday along the entire Pas-de-Calais coast amid stormy weather conditions and agitated sea, French maritime authorities said. In July, four migrants died while attempting the crossing on an inflatable boat that capsized and punctured.

Persons: “, Jacques Billant, Billant, David Lammy, “ It’s, Keir Starmer, Giorgia Meloni, ’, Starmer, ” Organizations: Channel, Calais, BBC, Labour Party, International Organization for Migration, Britain Locations: France, Ambleteuse, Boulogne, Calais, Eritrea, Sudan, Syria, Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran, Pas, Britain, ’, Italy, Albania, Tirana

☆ At least 8 people have died trying to cross the English Channel
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

NICE, France Associated Press —At least eight people died during a failed attempt to cross the English Channel from northern France, French maritime authorities said Sunday. At least 46 migrants had died while trying to cross to the UK this year, said Billant, the Pas-de-Calais prefect. At least 137,563 people have reached the United Kingdom after crossing the Channel from France since 2018, according to UK Home Office figures. Other surveillance and rescue operations are underway Sunday along the entire Pas-de-Calais coast amid stormy weather conditions and agitated sea, French maritime authorities said. They warned anyone who tries to cross the Channel on flimsy and overloaded boats and in often difficult weather conditions of “significant risks.”In July, four migrants died while attempting the crossing on an inflatable boat that capsized and punctured.

Persons: “, Jacques Billant, Bernard Barron, David Lammy, “ It’s, ’ Europe’s, Billant, ” Organizations: France Associated Press, Channel, Getty, BBC, Labour Party, Britain Locations: France, Ambleteuse, Calais, Eritrea, Sudan, Syria, Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran, Vimont, AFP, Toulouse, Boulogne, Britain, United Kingdom, French, Pas

☆ I Joined New York City's Rat Czar to Fight the City's Rodent Invasion
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( James Rodriguez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

In reality, the Rat Pack offers regular citizens a crash course in rodent mitigation in hopes of inspiring them to take more active roles in what often feels like an unwinnable battle. AdvertisementThose who join the Rat Pack must complete three activities: a "rat walk" that promises to "uncover the world of urban rats," a two-hour "rat academy" on rodent-prevention methods, and a service project, like a park cleanup. If you seek to understand this rat, Corradi told our group, "you can kind of just hold up a mirror and look at yourself." Related storiesCorradi, recognizable from various press appearances and her navy Rat Pack hat, is supposed to offer New Yorkers additional peace of mind. And yet I secured my precious Rat Pack merch by doing exactly that.

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☆ More Gen Zers are ditching college, and they want better guidance on how to succeed without it
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Despite not having a high school diploma or college degree, he started multiple successful businesses that allowed him to financially support his family. During her senior year of high school, Wakeham was struggling to decide on her post-graduation route. US Census Bureau data found the enrollment rate of high school graduates at 61.4% in October 2023 was slightly down from 62% in 2022. Indeed, even as some Gen Zers don't think college is the best path for them, recent data has shown that college continues to provide long-lasting benefits when it comes to careers and earnings. Some high schools have shifted to place a greater emphasis on alternative routes since the pandemic.

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☆ Creativity has greater influence on wellbeing and happiness than work, study says
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( Riane Lumer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

These activities provide her satisfaction and purpose in ways more fulfilling than work. She infused her love for arts and crafts into the rest of my family. Now, a new study by Keyes and fellow researchershas found that engaging in creative activities can significantly boost well-being by providing meaningful spaces for expression and achievement. Additional study is needed to examine the social aspects of creative activities, researchers said. Arts and crafts for public healthThe researchers suggested that arts and crafts could improve public health.

Persons: Pennsylvania CNN —, ”, Helen Keyes, Keyes, researchershas, “, ” Keyes, Frank Clark, Clark, ” Clark Organizations: Pennsylvania CNN, Anglia Ruskin University, Public Health, UK’s Department for Culture , Media, Prisma Health Locations: Southampton, Pennsylvania, England

☆ This 97-year-old has worked at the same hospital for nearly 80 years—her best advice for a long, happy career
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Carr started training to become a nurse at Sacred Heart Hospital (now known as St. Luke's Sacred Heart Campus) in Allentown, Pennsylvania during World War II in 1944. All five of Carr's children, and nearly all of her 12 grandchildren, were born at Sacred Heart. Her son-in-law, Vincent Burns, was also born at the hospital — Carr met him hours afterward in the newborn nursery. Photo: St. Luke's University Health NetworkMoments like that have inspired her to continue working at Sacred Heart. Carr's passion is infectious: Her daughter, Grace Loring, worked in the pediatric ward at St. Luke's Sacred Heart Campus for 35 years before retiring.

Persons: Grace Carr, Carr, Edward Carr, Grace, Beth Fogel, Freeland, Edward, Vincent Burns, — Carr, Janet, Carr's, Grace Loring, Loring Organizations: Sacred Heart Hospital, Sacred Heart School of Nursing, U.S, Cadet, Luke's University Health Locations: Allentown , Pennsylvania, Freeland , Pennsylvania, St, Allentown

☆ Women say they were abused for years by Oregon family doctor
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( Meena Duerson | Meridith Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +22 min

The family doctorIn the Oregon community where Nicole Snow grew up, Dr. David Farley was always there. Recounting the same anecdote he’d told Snow, he told Medley he’d once lost a young patient to cervical cancer and needed to do another exam to keep her safe. But again, women like Medley, Snow and Pratt describe feeling belittled or dismissed. After watching a documentary about the gymnasts abused by then-team doctor Larry Nassar, Medley, Pratt and Snow launched a civil suit against Farley. Their lawsuit has been amended multiple times to add women, girls, men and boys who say they too were abused by Farley.

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“We have war, no schools… Yet the children are eager to learn,” Al Ghoul told CNN. Oula Al Ghoul, a Palestinian teacher, has established a makeshift classroom for displaced children in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza. Israel’s bombing campaign has destroyed 123 schools and universities in Gaza, according to the Government Media Office (GMO) there. Several Palestinian children told CNN that days spent learning have been replaced by a struggle for survival. She told CNN on Friday that she had registered for her university course last fall – just before the hostilities erupted.

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☆ My partner and I went on our first trip together and it caused a big fight. I feared it was the end of our relationship.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( Edson Montenegro | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I hadn't cracked the code on what to do when there were rough patches with a partner. But all that changed when I planned and went on my first vacation with my partner to Europe. My partner took care of all the planningOur trip took place across Paris, Marseilles, Madrid, and Seville. AdvertisementWhile my research consisted of watching TikToks, my partner was inadvertently delegated the role of a travel agent. That does not mean that your partner does not like you, that your partner does not appreciate you, or that your relationship is failing.

Persons: —, Lizzie McGuire, Little, Tapas, I'd Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Europe, Paris, Marseilles, Madrid, Seville, Chaumont

☆ Fact check: Trump falsely claims Harris is talking about bringing back the military draft
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Washington CNN —Former President Donald Trump has conjured up an inflammatory false claim about Vice President Kamala Harris’ policy positions — baselessly saying Friday that Harris is talking about forcing Americans to serve in the military. Harris is not talking about bringing back the draft and has not put forward any proposals to bring back the draft. (Trump received five draft deferments during the Vietnam War draft, four because he was a college student and a fifth on account of a doctor’s diagnosis of bone spurs in his heels.) It’s entirely unclear what prompted Trump to make his Friday claim, but there has been some media coverage related to the Selective Service System in recent months. Regardless, they are not proposals to revive the draft, and, more to the point here, Harris herself certainly hasn’t called to revive the draft.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, — baselessly, Harris, Trump, “ Organizations: Washington CNN, Selective Service Locations: Las Vegas, Russia, Vietnam

☆ I'm a child psychologist and my son was addicted to screens. I locked up computers at night and made a 'family media plan.'
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( Kelly Burch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

When I saw my son experience withdrawals and lying to get more screen time, I realized tech really could be addictive. I believed my son had a screen addiction (although he's never been officially diagnosed by a different provider). AdvertisementWe minimized the use of screens for schoolworkAt first, we wanted my son to have as little screen time as possible. Two years later, we're just starting to consider letting my son get a phone because he has been doing so well following our family media plan. I recognize that, eventually, my son will need more unrestricted access to screens so that he's prepared as an adult.

Persons: —, Scott Kollins, he's, we've, I'm, We've, hadn't, we're, She's, didn't Organizations: Service, Business, YouTube, Duke University School of Medicine

☆ River otter captured after attacking and dragging child underwater at Washington marina
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

A river otter attacked a child at a marina in Bremerton, Washington, pulling the boy underwater and biting him before he was rescued by his mother. The mother told authorities that the river otter pulled her son into the water and dragged him underneath. The river otter continued to pursue the family as they left the dock," the agency said. The otter was captured and taken to the Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Lab for further evaluation and testing for rabies. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services works to "trap and lethally remove" river otters from the marina, the fish and wildlife agency said.

Persons: WDFW, Ken Balazs, child’s, Matt Leffers Organizations: Bremerton Marina, state's Department of Fish, Disease, Lab, U.S . Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services, NBC News Locations: Bremerton , Washington, Kitsap County, Washington, Jupiter , Florida, Montana, California, Serene, Placer County

☆ Jurors help detain a man fleeing a Maine courthouse in handcuffs after child assault conviction
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

SKOWHEGAN, Maine — A man convicted of assaulting a child tried to flee a courthouse in Maine but two jurors and a detective quickly foiled the escape attempt. Nicholas Carter, 31, on Wednesday ran out of the courthouse in Skowhegan while handcuffed. Nicholas Carter racing down the hallway of the courthouse. Somerset County/TMX / via APA series of videos shows Carter racing down a hallway in the courthouse while still in handcuffs and dodging an individual who attempted to block him. Additional video shows Carter running across a parking lot and eventually appearing to trip and fall in a yard where two jurors and a detective apprehend him.

Persons: Nicholas Carter, AP Nicholas Carter, Carter Organizations: Wednesday, Portland Press Herald, AP Locations: SKOWHEGAN, Maine, Skowhegan, Somerset County, Somerset

☆ Human remains found in Wisconsin identified as 3-year-old boy missing since February
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Antonio Planas | Antonio Planas Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Human remains found on private property are those of 3-year-old boy who went missing in February, authorities in Wisconsin announced Friday. Two Rivers Police Chief Benjamin Meinnert said the remains, which were tested forensically and determined to be those of Elijah Vue, were found only three miles northwest from where the child had been reported missing. “What started out as a search for a missing boy is now a death investigation,” he said. Two Rivers Police DepartmentElijah disappeared from an apartment in Two Rivers, about 90 miles north of Milwaukee. Manitowoc County District Attorney Jacalyn LaBre said earlier this year that the child disappeared after he was sent to stay with a man because of "disciplinary reasons."

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☆ My husband and I are child-free. Sometimes, I worry we'll regret it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Alix Campbell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Though my husband didn't want kids, he also never pushed me either way, which I'm grateful for. It mostly consists of other childless couples (or couples with grown-up children), surfers, business owners and freelancers, and expats from countries like Germany, Poland, France, Venezuela, and Spain. Related storiesI started questioning things after a couple we know had a babyRecently, though, our perfectly crafted child-free lifestyle has been turned upside down. Will we regret our decision to live on our own terms without the chaos and beauty of raising a child? I'm picturing my husband and me — all shriveled up and gray — sitting at an empty dinner table, just the two of us.

Persons: Lachlan, we'd, we've, Alix Campbell, Alix Campbell I'm, I'm, —, they'll Organizations: Service, Business, Netflix Locations: Nicaragua, Australia, Austria, Western Algarve, Portugal, Germany, Poland, France, Venezuela, Spain

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