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The Dallas-area influencer who had her spider monkey taken from her Saturday after a drunk driving crash is under investigation after the monkey was determined to be malnourished, officials said Friday. Brandi Botello's spider monkey, named Jorgie Boy, was taken from her following the crash in which Dallas police arrested the driver on a charge of driving while intoxicated. She told the station she was drunk and asleep in the passenger seat while holding Jorgie Boy when the crash happened. Jorgie Boy is the size of a 1-year-old monkey even though he will turn 3 in February. It might take over a year to get Jorgie Boy to a point where he is strong enough to play with other monkeys again, Johns said.

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The monkey, named Jorgie Boy, was taken from his owner, Brandi Botello, on Saturday morning after Dallas police officers responded to a single-vehicle accident. Botello told NBC Dallas-Fort Worth that she was charged with DWI but maintained that she was not driving. Botello told the station that the driver was a male acquaintance and that he was charged with public intoxication. Because Botello lives in Irving, a neighboring suburb, the monkey was transferred to Irving's animal control department, Dallas police said. The sanctuary's owner said the monkey would not be returned to its previous owner, the Morning News reported.

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☆ Bank of America says Trump's win will unlock small-cap M&A and these stocks may be takeover candidates
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Sean Conlon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

President-elect Donald Trump's White House victory could boost merger and acquisition activity, and Bank of America thinks a group of small-cap stocks may benefit as target candidates. Financial services company Bread Financial Holdings turned up, having a float of 98% of shares outstanding and three-year sales growth of 28%. The biopharmaceutical company has a float of 99% and three-year sales growth of 105%. Commercial Metals Company also showd up on BofA's screen as a potential target. Commercial Metal's three-year sales growth was 18%.

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The only approved treatments for Alzheimer’s disease are medications with limited effectiveness and a risk of severe, sometimes deadly, side effects. Researchers found that when the device was aimed at the right spot in the brain, it could slow the development of symptoms, such as memory loss, compared to an inactive treatment. In Alzheimer’s, nerve cells in the brain at some point start to dysfunction, leading to the debilitating symptoms of memory loss. What’s more, during the yearlong TMS trial, participants receiving the experimental treatment showed little decline in their abilities to perform the activities of daily living. Sinaptica’s weekly brain stimulation therapy is intended to strengthen connections in areas of the brain that control memory.

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☆ Nikola Jokić becomes only second NBA player ever – and first in 62 years – to record historic milestone and more from Tuesday in the NBA
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The only player previously to reach those totals in a game was Oscar Robertson, who did it twice in 1962. In total, four Nuggets players hit the 20-point mark and six scored in double figures. The Nuggets have now played in two straight OT games on back-to-back nights after Monday night’s win over the Toronto Raptors. The Slovenian finished with 24 points, eight rebounds and eight assists, while backcourt partner Kyrie Irving had 35 points, four rebounds and five assists. Warriors win without injured Steph CurryThe Golden State Warriors rallied from a 20-point deficit in the first half to earn a big 124-106 win over the New Orleans Pelicans without injured star Steph Curry.

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☆ Luka Dončić and the Dallas Mavericks cruise past Victor Wembanyama’s San Antonio Spurs
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Luka Dončić and Klay Thompson combined impressively in only their first game together to lead the Dallas Mavericks over the San Antonio Spurs 120-106 in the latest edition of the I-35 Rivalry. French phenom Victor Wembanyama had a tough night for the Spurs, scoring just 17 points while shooting a paltry 27.8% from the floor. On his San Antonio debut, veteran point guard Chris Paul had just three points but provided eight assists and seven rebounds. Thunder record statement win over the NuggetsShai Gilgeous-Alexander Chet Holmgren led the Thunder to an impressive win. Thursday night’s full scoresAway @ home (winners in bold)San Antonio Spurs 109-120 Dallas MavericksBoston Celtics 122-102 Washington WizardsOklahoma City Thunder 102-87 Denver NuggetsMinnesota Timberwolves 117-115 Sacramento Kings

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☆ Loss of sense of smell linked to changes in breathing patterns, research suggests
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-22 | by ( Linda Carroll | Linda Carroll Is A Regular Health Contributor To Nbc News. She Is Coauthor Of | The Concussion Crisis | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Not having — or losing — your sense of smell may be linked to changes in breathing that could lead to depression, social isolation or other mental and physical health problems, a new study suggests. About 72% of those completely regained their sense of smell, while about a quarter partially got their sense of smell back. Previous research has linked anosmia to a wide variety of negative outcomes, ranging from dulled emotions and depression to a shortened lifespan, the authors noted. It was a game changer.”Currently, health care providers often don’t ask about or test for anosmia, Parma said. “And when there is a pleasant smell, the brain tells the nose to increase the amount of air inhaled.

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☆ I tested Uber's new $18 airport shuttle service in New York City, and it's a game changer
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Priyanka Rajput | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Uber launched an $18 shuttle service from Midtown Manhattan to LaGuardia Airport. I tried the service to and from the airport and have already reserved my next ride for Thanksgiving. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Last week, Uber announced the launch of a new $18 shuttle service from three Manhattan locations to LaGuardia Airport and back starting October 8. To test the new service, I took a shuttle from Penn Station to LaGuardia's Terminal C and returned from the airport to Port Authority.

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☆ Unwashed poppy seeds: Opioid overdose from tainted tea prompts proposed bill
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( David Hilzenrath | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

People have died after drinking tea brewed from unwashed poppy seeds. Members of the House of Representatives and Senate have proposed legislation “to prohibit the distribution and sale of contaminated poppy seeds in order to prevent harm, addiction, and further deaths from morphine-contaminated poppy seeds.” The bill was one of several on the agenda for a September 10 House hearing. On the other hand, tea made from large quantities of unwashed poppy seeds could lead to addiction and overdose, doctors said. The US Drug Enforcement Administration said unwashed poppy seeds can kill when used alone or in combination with other drugs. The US Department of Justice has brought criminal prosecutions over the sale of unwashed poppy seeds.

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☆ NFL Power Rankings Week 5: Believing in the Vikings and rookie check-in
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Josh Kendall | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +24 min

In honor of Jayden Daniels’ historic start to his NFL career, the Power Rankings are checking in on rookies this week. Last week: 4Sunday: Beat Green Bay Packers 31-29The Vikings are having the NFL’s most surprising season without much help from their rookie class. Veteran wide receiver Rashee Rice is expected to miss the rest of the season after suffering a knee injury against the Chargers. Second-round wide receiver Ladd McConkey had a career-high 67 yards Sunday and leads the team with 173 receiving yards. Fourth-round tight end Erick All has been a surprise with 12 catches, but third-round wide receiver Jermaine Burton has been a disappointment.

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☆ Ex-NYC Covid czar fired after he admits attending banned 'private gatherings' during height of pandemic
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The pharmaceutical executive who was once New York City’s Covid czar was fired Monday, days after he admitted participating in “private gatherings” that were prohibited during the height of the pandemic, a federal filing shows. Varma was the company’s executive vice president and chief medical officer, the filing says. Varma acknowledged the prohibited gatherings after a conservative podcaster posted video last week of what appeared to be hidden camera recordings that showed Varma describing them. Varma's spokesman previously said that he was a part-time City Hall consultant at the time and that all participants were vaccinated. “I served in City Hall between April 2020 — May 2021,” Varma said in the statement.

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☆ Using options to trade the AI-driven power generation buildout
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Michael Khouw | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Power generation has emerged as a crucial investment theme in the context of artificial intelligence (AI) energy demand due to the significant electricity requirements of AI technologies. Several factors make power generation a vital AI-adjacent investment theme: Data centers, the backbone of AI operations, are among the largest electricity consumers. Investing in power generation becomes vital to support this expanding infrastructure. Fluor offers a wide range of services in the nuclear power sector, including project management, engineering, procurement, construction, and maintenance. The company has experience developing new nuclear power plants and maintaining, refurbishing, and decommissioning existing ones.

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New York City’s former Covid czar has admitted to participating in what he called “private gatherings” attended by multiple people while the rest of the city was on lockdown and large get-togethers were prohibited during the pandemic. “I served in City Hall between April 2020 — May 2021,” Varma said in a statement issued by his spokesman, Chris Vlasto. He became a national figure when Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving was barred from playing basketball in New York City because he refused to get vaccinated. At the time, New York state had increased the limit on outdoor social gatherings from 200 to 500 people. In the apparently heavily edited video, Varma appeared to recognize the hypocrisy of telling New Yorkers to isolate while he was partying with large groups of people.

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QuarterbacksJordan Love, Green Bay PackersStatus: Questionable vs. TitansLove sprained his MCL in the final seconds of Green Bay’s Week 1 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. Justin Herbert, Los Angeles ChargersStatus: Questionable vs. SteelersHerbert injured his right leg in the third quarter of Week 2’s 26-3 win against the Carolina Panthers trying to escape the pocket. Russell Wilson, Pittsburgh SteelersStatus: Questionable vs. ChargersWilson has yet to play this season because of a calf injury. Wide receiversKeenan Allen, Chicago BearsStatus: Questionable vs. ColtsAllen was inactive against the Texans in Week 2 with a heel injury. Justin Jefferson, Minnesota VikingsStatus: Questionable vs. TexansJefferson sustained a thigh bruise in the third quarter of Week 2’s 23-17 win against the 49ers.

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“For over a century, the Pac-12 Conference has been recognized as a leading brand in intercollegiate athletics,” Pac-12 Commissioner Teresa Gould said in a statement. I am thankful to our board for their efforts to welcome Boise State University, Colorado State University, California State University, Fresno, and San Diego State University to the conference. An exciting new era for the Pac-12 Conference begins today.”While Pac-12 will survive in name, it's highly unlikely it’ll have the same stature or immediate moneymaking potential of the Big Ten, Southeastern Conference, Atlantic Coast Conference and Big 12. “Today’s news is a great start to stabilizing the future of the Pac‑12 Conference and Washington State University,” Washington State President Kirk Schulz and Athletic Director Anne McCoy said in a joint statement. Washington and Oregon joined the Big Ten as well, with Arizona, Arizona State, Utah and Colorado leaving for the Irving, Texas-based Big 12.

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☆ New homes are getting smaller. That could be big news for first-time buyers
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

In 1973, the median size of completed single-family homes was 1,525 square feet, according to US Census data. But as the cost of buying a home has exploded and McMansions have fallen out of favor, homebuilders have reversed course, building smaller homes with an eye to first-time buyers. Today, smaller, often more affordable homes under 1,000 square feet are harder to come by in most US suburbs. According to an NAHB survey, 17% of homebuilders said they built homes on smaller lots in 2023 to support home sales, and 14% said they built more townhouses. Smaller homes and fewer amenitiesHeather Eisenmann, a Realtor who specializes in selling new construction in Clarksville, Tennessee, said that she’s noticed that many of the new homes she shows now have smaller bedrooms and living rooms.

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☆ She's climbed Mount Everest a record-setting 10 times. But her most terrifying moments weren't on the deadly mountain.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Maria Noyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The 50-year-old is the subject of a Netflix documentary, "Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa," out July 31. Directed by Lucy Walker, the film traces Sherpa's journey to summit Mount Everest a record-setting 10 times. She didn't summit Everest for fame, but to challenge herself and others not to give up. Everest was her refuge from a turbulent marriageThe Himalayan Database reported that Mount Everest has claimed the lives of more than 330 people since the early 1900s. Even though she'd conquered Everest, Sherpa tells BI that she only felt like a professional mountain climber after tackling K2.

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☆ This biographer exchanged emails with Bernie Madoff from prison for a decade. Here’s what he learned
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Annie Nova | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Richard Behar Courtesy: Lizzie CohenYou probably haven't heard Bernie Madoff's name in awhile, but that doesn't mean the infamous fraudster's story is over, or the pain he inflicted. Irving Picard, an 83-old court-appointed trustee, still spends his days trying to claw back money from the those who benefitted from Madoff's Ponzi scheme, and to reduce the staggering losses of others. 'Prison was a great relief for him'AN: How did Madoff say life in prison changed him? In prison, he'd typically wake up in his cell at around 4 a.m., make coffee in bed with an instant hot water machine, then read, or listen to NPR until breakfast. RB: Bernie said he was under constant stress over the Ponzi, and would talk out loud to himself sometimes in the office, because of the pressure.

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☆ Want to avoid giving your kid a smartphone? Mental health experts say you're not alone — and have 5 tips
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Smartphone Free Childhood, a recently founded U.K. organization is aimed at uniting parents who are not giving their kids smartphones. Organize with other parentsBeing the only parent refusing to give your child a smartphone can be isolating for both you and your kid, Rausch said. "The class parents, as a collective, agreed that they would postpone giving their kids cell phones until they entered middle school. Start the conversation earlyPike and Rausch advise starting the conversation around smartphones from childhood so that your child isn't surprised later on. Pike said that even making a habit of giving a bored child a smartphone as entertainment can become a major issue down the line.

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☆ Twice-yearly shot proves successful at preventing HIV infection among women, trial data shows
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Jacqueline Howard | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Two shots a year of a drug currently used to treat HIV infections were dramatically effective at preventing infections in a study among young women and adolescent girls in Africa. The twice-yearly injection of the drug lenacapavir can provide total protection against HIV infections, demonstrating 100% efficacy in Phase 3 trial data released by drugmaker Gilead and published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The twice-a-year injections of lenacapavir could add another option at preventing HIV infections to the toolbox. The latest Phase 3 findings are part of Gilead’s PURPOSE program, which comprises five HIV prevention trials around the world. “While Gilead awaits additional phase 3 clinical trial data and the potential regulatory filings for HIV prevention administered twice-yearly, it is too early to state the price of lenacapavir for PrEP (prevention).

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☆ LeBron James, Stephen Curry had a ‘healthy resentment’ — the Olympics offer something new
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Joe Vardon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — LeBron James was genuinely thrilled to see Stephen Curry in that Bellagio hotel ballroom in Las Vegas on the eve of Team USA training camp. If they say they want to play for Team USA, they aren’t going to be told no. Advertisement“It’s just cool, I’m not going to lie,” said Tyrese Haliburton, a Team USA guard at the tender age of 24. LeBron James congratulates Stephen Curry after the 2017 NBA Finals. (Jesse D. Garrabrant / NBAE via Getty Images)But from 2015 through 2018, James’ Cavs and Curry’s Warriors met every June in the NBA Finals.

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☆ Trump is now allowed to discuss classified documents case with potential witnesses and co-defendants after judge tosses charges
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Katelyn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A federal judge’s decision to toss out Donald Trump’s classified documents criminal case means the former president can now talk to his co-defendants and potential witnesses about what happened at Mar-a-Lago without facing consequences. That means Trump, his co-defendants and potential witnesses against them are no longer barred from discussing the case among each other. De Oliveira remains the property manager at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida. Such conditions are the norm in the federal district where the criminal case was brought. De Oliveira was “elated” Cannon dismissed the criminal case against him and the former president, his attorney John Irving told CNN.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, – Walt Nauta, Carlos De Oliveira –, Trump, De Oliveira, Aileen Cannon, Jack Smith, General Merrick Garland, ” Cannon, John Irving, ” Irving, “ Organizations: CNN, Southern, Southern District of, Trump, Republican National Convention, Trump’s, Lago, Prosecutors, Mar, The Justice Locations: Mar, Southern District, Southern District of Florida, Milwaukee, Florida

☆ This utility is one of the best performing stocks in the market with room for more AI demand upside
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

A Texas-based power company that only joined the S & P 500 two months ago is the third-best performing stock in the index this year, boosted by the same demand for everything connected to artificial intelligence. Fast forward to today and Vistra stock has soared 139% this year, adding $18.5 billion to its market cap, which now totals $32 billion, according to FactSet data. "We are always surprised when you see a move the size that we've seen, but I think it's been a long time building," Jim Burke, CEO of Vistra, told CNBC's "Closing Bell" Tuesday. Vistra also owns nuclear power plants, one of the most in-demand power sources in the 2024 market because reactors burn no fossil fuel and emit no greenhouse gases . Guggenheim has a buy rating on Vistra stock with a price target of $133, implying 44% upside from Wednesday's close of $92.31.

Persons: Jim Burke, CNBC's, we've, Burke, Vistra, Shahriar Pourreza, Pourreza, they'll, Guggenheim, Vistra hasn't, Mark Nelson, Joseph Dominguez, Constellation's, aren't Organizations: Vistra Corp, Texas Utilities Co, Dynegy Inc, Computer, Nvidia, Nuclear, Guggenheim Securities, Energy, Guggenheim, CNBC, Amazon Web Services, Talen Energy, Constellation Energy, Wall Street, Radiant Energy, Constellation Locations: Texas, Irving , Texas, Dallas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Energy Harbor, U.S, East Coast

☆ She tried everything to overcome an eating disorder. Then, she found 'magic' mushrooms.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Meinert started going to food therapists at five years old, but it wasn't until she tried psilocybin — the psychedelic property in "magic" mushrooms — that she felt her symptoms fade. A lifelong struggle with foodDanielle Meinert eating Mexican food with ingredients that she used to find scary. Still, Meinert felt progress was agonizingly slow and involved "force-feeding" herself foods that scared her. An eating disorder treatment in 'magic' mushrooms? Unlocking motivation to do hard thingsDanielle Meinert happily eating a range of foods after her psilocybin session.

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