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A fifth of Americans reside in rural areas, and on average they live three years less than their urban counterparts, largely due to heart disease and strokes. Hypertension, diabetes and obesity have all been rising among younger adults over the past decade, with rural areas disproportionately affected, said Longenecker. John Trembly Sr.John used to clean rental houses during the day and businesses at night, his father said. Another supplies ultrasound machines to community health workers so that they can check patients for heart disease. An uncertain futureBetter health care delivery will certainly help address rural cardiovascular disparities but won’t necessarily address the underlying socioeconomic drivers.

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☆ New Orleans art triennial: Artist Amanda Williams revives George Washington Carver’s century-old patent for blue paint — and a powerful history
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

He had discovered the iron-rich soil could be used in a chemical reaction with a potassium compound and nitric acid to produce a vibrant blue pigment. But over the past three years, the Chicago-based artist and architect Amanda Williams has been reviving Carver’s blue with the help of researchers and scientists. “So there was a practicality to it, but there was also ingenuity in figuring out that things around you can yield unexpected results.”An arts building at Xavier University painted in Carver blue. GBM Historical Images/ShutterstockFor Carver, color was a tool to beautify the homes of the region’s poorest residents that could be achieved through natural resources. Courtesy the artistBut for her commission for Prospect.6, titled “In Her Rich Deposits of (Blue),” Williams chose to focus on “signaling joy, and not inequity or disparity,” she said.

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☆ Trump’s influence already generating drama among world leaders as G20 gets underway
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Kevin Liptak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

It was just one example of Trump casting a long shadow over a pair of world leader summits taking place in South America this week. Yet to many involved in the discussions, the episode suggested the contention that colored world leader summits during Trump’s first presidency may be poised to return. “You can already see the Trump effect taking hold,” one Western diplomat said as the summit was getting underway. “Trump will only cause more divisions, and more divisions mean less leverage and less influence,” the official went on. “President Biden is that president, he will be handing off power in January, and it will be up to a new administration to decide what to do with it.”

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☆ Israel’s economy is paying a high price for its widening war
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

London CNN —In late September, as Israel’s nearly year-long war widened and its credit rating was downgraded yet again, the country’s finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, said that, while Israel’s economy was under strain, it was resilient. Israel’s economy could shrink even more than that, based on a worst-case estimate by the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University. Before the October 7 attack and ensuing Israel-Hamas war, the International Monetary Fund forecast that Israel’s economy would grow by an enviable 3.4% this year. Smotrich, the finance minister, is confident that Israel’s economy will bounce back once the war ends, but economists are concerned the damage will far outlast the conflict. Florion Goga/ReutersOther sectors of Israel’s economy, while less important than tech, have been hit much harder.

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☆ Harris' border visit isn't just aimed at Arizona. Immigration will also sway voters in states thousands of miles away.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementHowever, even in battlegrounds like Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin — far from the southern border — voters cite immigration as a top issue. (The economy was the top issue among likely voters overall, with 24% citing it as their most important issue, followed by abortion at 17%.) Related storiesAmong rural and small town voters, immigration (at 16%) ranked as their second most important issue, with only the economy coming out ahead. A newly released NBC News poll showed Trump with a 21-point lead (54% to 33%) over Harris among registered voters regarding border security. Trump has been highly critical of Harris' efforts to blast his border security stances.

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Russia's military is advancing on the battlefield in Ukraine, but at home the Kremlin appears to have suffered a number of fiery setbacks that are captured in new satellite imagery: A failed test of a new missile, and a wave of Ukrainian strikes that set ablaze arms depots deep inside the country. “I think that we are closer to the peace than we think,” Ukrainian Zelenskyy said in an interview with ABC News that aired Monday. We just have to be very strong, very strong,” he said. The Ukrainian military said Saturday it had recorded fire and detonation at the Oktyabrsky depot. The images show damage to rail lines and missile canisters at the site.

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☆ Earning $200,000 a year is considered middle class in 3 states—they're not California or New York
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Kamaron Mcnair | In Kamaronmcnair | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Many Americans made more money in 2023 than the year prior, bringing the national household median income up to $80,610, according to U.S. Census Bureau Current Population Survey estimates. Middle class is commonly defined as earning between two-thirds and double the household median income. Here are household incomes that fall in the middle class in each state, plus the District of Columbia: Alabama Median household income: $60,660Middle class income range: $40,440 to $121,320 Alaska Median household income: $98,190Middle class income range: $65,460 to $196,380 Arizona Median household income: $82,660Middle class income range: $55,107 to $165,320 Arkansas Median household income: $63,250Middle class income range: $42,167 to $126,500 California Median household income: $89,870Middle class income range: $59,913 to $179,740 Colorado Median household income: $96,640Middle class income range: $64,427 to $193,280 Connecticut Median household income: $92,240Middle class income range: $61,493 to $184,480 Delaware Median household income: $86,340Middle class income range: $57,560 to $172,680 District of Columbia Median household income: $111,000Middle class income range: $74,000 to $222,000 Florida Median household income: $72,200Middle class income range: $48,133 to $144,400 Georgia Median household income: $72,420Middle class income range: $48,280 to $144,840 Hawaii Median household income: $97,360Middle class income range: $64,907 to $194,720 Idaho Median household income: $73,910Middle class income range: $49,273 to $147,820 Illinois Median household income: $87,820Middle class income range: $58,547 to $175,640 Indiana Median household income: $76,910Middle class income range: $51,273 to $153,820 Iowa Median household income: $80,860Middle class income range:$53,907 to $161,720 Kansas Median household income: $84,830Middle class income range: $56,553 to $169,660 Kentucky Median household income: $61,980Middle class income range:$41,320 to $123,960 Louisiana Median household income: $57,650Middle class income range: $38,433 to $115,300 Maine Median household income: $75,740Middle class income range: $50,493 to $151,480 Maryland Median household income: $102,000Middle class income range: $68,000 to $204,000 Massachusetts Median household income: $106,500Middle class income range: $71,000 to $213,000 Michigan Median household income: $76,960Middle class income range: $51,307 to $153,920 Minnesota Median household income: $90,340Middle class income range: $60,227 to $180,680 Mississippi Median household income: $55,060Middle class income range: $36,707 to $110,120 Missouri Median household income: $78,290Middle class income range: $52,193 to $156,580 Montana Median household income: $79,220Middle class income range: $52,813 to $158,440 Nebraska Median household income: $89,190Middle class income range: $59,460 to $178,380 Nevada Median household income: $81,310Middle class income range: $54,207 to $162,620 New Hampshire Median household income: $98,780Middle class income range: $65,853 to $197,560 New Jersey Median household income: $91,590Middle class income range: $61,060 to $183,180 New Mexico Median household income: $60,980Middle class income range: $40,653 to $121,960 New York Median household income: $81,600Middle class income range: $54,400 to $163,200 North Carolina Median household income: $68,610Middle class income range: $45,740 to $137,220 North Dakota Median household income: $76,960Middle class income range: $51,307 to $153,920 Ohio Median household income: $73,770Middle class income range: $49,180 to $147,540 Oklahoma Median household income: $67,330Middle class income range: $44,887 to $134,660 Oregon Median household income: $88,740Middle class income range: $59,160 to $177,480 Pennsylvania Median household income: $79,820Middle class income range: $53,213 to $159,640 Rhode Island Median household income: $81,860Middle class income range: $54,573 to $163,720 South Carolina Median household income: $69,100Middle class income range: $46,067 to $138,200 South Dakota Median household income: $81,740Middle class income range: $54,493 to $163,480 Tennessee Median household income: $72,700Middle class income range: $48,467 to $145,400 Texas Median household income: $79,060Middle class income range: $52,707 to $158,120 Utah Median household income: $101,200Middle class income range: $67,467 to $202,400 Vermont Median household income: $85,190Middle class income range: $56,793 to $170,380 Virginia Median household income: $96,490Middle class income range: $64,327 to $192,980 Washington Median household income: $93,440Middle class income range: $62,293 to $186,880 West Virginia Median household income: $60,410Middle class income range: $40,273 to $120,820 Wisconsin Median household income: $79,690Middle class income range: $53,127 to $159,380 Wyoming Median household income: $77,200Middle class income range: $51,467 to $154,400Low or no-minimum wages may bring down incomes in the SouthTwo places in the Sout

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WASHINGTON — As president, Donald Trump slashed a lucrative tax break enjoyed by coastal donors and suburban swing-state voters. What shifted more than the economy is Trump's needs, said Caroline Bruckner, managing director of American University's Kogod Tax Policy Center. The reversal is one of a flurry of freebies that Trump and his rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, are offering voters in the stretch run before Election Day. Trump’s proposal to repeal the SALT cap, which is set to expire next year if Congress takes no action, would reduce federal revenue by $1.2 trillion over a decade, according to CRFB’s estimate. But many voters in those counties would stand to benefit considerably from a repeal of the SALT cap.

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☆ Hedge fund turned to a wargame to plan for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-07 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Related storiesIn the second phase of the game, soon after the Chinese invasion began, US forces were said to have engaged and stopped the Chinese amphibious assault, though China continued to bombard Taiwan. Daniel Ceng/Anadolu via Getty ImagesThis caught the hedge fund players by surprise: they had assumed EU sanctions were unlikely because of the depth of China-Europe trade, which reached $815 billion annually in 2023. The hedge fund "agreed that any room for avoiding a total divestment from China and the South China Sea was now completely lost, and market re-entry was probably many years away." The hedge fund responded by choosing to invest heavily in semiconductors manufactured in regions not affected by the war. "This would provide potential opportunities for new players to emerge in the Global South, particularly if loans can be collateralized," Knightsbridge noted.

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☆ I've been a student in the UK for 6 years. But my family in the US is getting older, and I'm torn about moving back to be with them.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-26 | by ( Erin Liam | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Scarlett Kiaras-AttariI wanted to pursue a master's in medieval history. Although there are so many great departments in the US for religious studies and medieval history, my mentors at school had all studied at Oxbridge — colleges across Oxford and Cambridge. So, in 2022, I followed their advice and pursued a master's in Medieval History at the University of Oxford. That's the difficulty of expat life — there's the US in the UK version of myself, and I'm always teetering between two places. Although I used to think that I'd stay in the UK, I've recently started to think about how my family members are getting old.

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☆ The South's economic boom is masking a harsher reality. It still has several of the poorest states in the nation.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In June, the financial services company WalletHub ranked the 50 states and DC across three categories: economic activity, economic health, and innovation potential. The Economic Policy Institute pointed to low minimum wages and unionization rates in Southern states as two factors keeping pay down. Of course, workers in some Southern states earn less than others. Using US Bureau of Economic Analysis and Bureau of Labor Statistics data, the analysis highlighted the average annual wages across US states as of 2022. Only two Southern states — Louisiana and West Virginia — were among the eight US states that saw their populations decline between 2022 and 2023.

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☆ A Gen Xer relocated from Austin to rural Arkansas thanks to a $16,000 mover incentive that helped pay his mortgage. Now he's enjoying the 'good, hometown living.'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Allie Kelly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewA Papa Johns recently opened in Osceola, Arkansas — and Britt Lorino is thrilled about it. Despite raising their family in Austin, Lorino and his wife decided to settle in Mississippi County because of its mover incentives. Program leaders told BI that they have attracted 80 new homeowners since Work Here, Live Here launched in 2022. Their adult children still live in Austin, and Lorino said his son can't afford a home there. He isn't sure if he and his wife will live in Mississippi County forever, but they plan to stay for several years.

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☆ As a gay Black man living in a conservative small town, wrestling and drag helped me find the courage to be myself
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementGrowing up in Murfreesboro, being this out, proud gay Black man was kind of just frowned upon. And Princey was just kind of this quiet individual who never really went around too much, and just did my own little thing. I just saw so much pageantry there, and so much charisma, and I was like, "This is kind of drag." Related storiesI thought my wrestling name was going to be "Princey," but my coaches were like, "Nah, not really." It was kind of like having a wrestling coach, but it was just my drag mom.

Persons: Princey, Priyanka, —, Brian Maxwell, Kerry Awful, Brian, Greg Endries, you've, that's Organizations: Service, Max, Business, Wrestling, Crux Wrestling, HBO Locations: Murfreesboro, Alabama

☆ Cash for trash: How activists are responding to Pyongyang's rubbish-filled balloons into South Korea
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Lee Ying Shan | In Ying-Shan-Lee | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A balloon believed to have been sent by North Korea, carrying various objects including what appeared to be trash and excrement, is seen over a rice field at Cheorwon, South Korea, May 29, 2024. "We sent facts and truth, love and medicine, and dollar bills, but [the North] sent filth," head of Fighters for Free North Korea, Park Sang-hak, said in a statement. In response to the North's waste balloons, South Korea suspended the inter-Korean military pact signed in 2018, which was aimed at easing animosities. The suspension is effective until "mutual trust between the South and the North is restored," said South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo. For years, groups like the Free North Korea Movement have been deploying balloons carrying items like medicine, propaganda leaflets and South Korean news and media into the North.

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☆ Ukraine Steps Up Attacks With U.S. Long-Range Missiles
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-25 | by ( Constant Méheut | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Ukrainian army has increasingly used U.S.-supplied long-range missiles to target Russian airfields and warships deep inside Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory, but it has been barred by Washington from extending its attacks into Russia proper, limiting its ability to repel enemy assaults. In the past week, Kyiv’s forces launched three attacks using Army Tactical Missile Systems, known as ATACMS. Ukraine hopes that the strikes, by hurting Moscow’s ability to conduct military operations, will ultimately help relieve troops struggling to contain Russian advances on the ground. But the United States and other Western allies have permitted only the firing of Western weapons into Russian-occupied territory in Ukraine, not into Russia itself, for fear of escalating the war. Ukrainian officials have complained that the policy allows Moscow to launch attacks from inside Russia without risk and handcuffs Ukraine’s ability to repel them.

Persons: ”, Volodymyr Zelensky Organizations: Army Tactical Missile Systems, The New York Times Locations: U.S, Washington, Russia, Ukraine’s, Ukraine, United States, Moscow

☆ Russia takes five villages in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, defense ministry says
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Ukrainian volunteers assit residents of settlements in the north of the Kharkiv region during their evacuation on May 10, 2024, amid the Russian invassion in Ukraine. Russia said on Saturday that its forces had taken five border villages in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, where Russia launched an offensive on Friday, exploiting its increasing advantage on the battlefields of eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian officials said on Friday that Russia had launched a new cross-border offensive against the Kharkiv region, which is centered around Kharkiv City, Ukraine's second-largest. On Saturday, Russia kept up its attacks in the Kharkiv region and was trying to advance further, Kharkiv Governor Oleh Syniehubov said. Russian forces first attacked Kharkiv region in Feb. 2022, but were routed from most of the province by a lightning Ukrainian counter-offensive in September of that year.

Persons: Oleh Syniehubov, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Defence Ministry Locations: Kharkiv, Ukraine, Russia, Ukraine's Kharkiv, Pletenivka, Russian, Keramik, Donetsk, Moscow, Ukrainian, Avdiivka, Kharkiv City, Ukraine's, Russia's, Belgorod

☆ Medical Debt Shows Up Less Often on Credit Reports
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Ann Carrns | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Rohit Chopra, the bureau’s director, said in a statement that “further reforms” were needed to scour medical debt from credit histories. The bureau is considering a rule to ban medical debt from consumer credit files. The bureau estimated in a 2022 report that well over half the debt that appeared on credit reports as being in collection was medical debt. People can incur medical bills unexpectedly, and many think that their health insurance will cover the costs. And the consumer bureau previously found that medical collection debt reported to the credit bureaus was “plagued by inaccuracies.”

Persons: —, TransUnion —, Rohit Chopra Organizations: Consumer Financial

☆ Employers Flee Rich Coastal Cities for South, Sunbelt, As Workers Move
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Eliza Relman | Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

US job creation is shifting from rich coastal cities to the Sunbelt and Midwest. The shift is in large part a result of skyrocketing housing costs in coastal cities. This is in part because these cities have a lower cost of living — driven by lower housing costs — as big coastal cities have become increasingly unaffordable. At the same time, major coastal cities like New York City, Los Angeles, and Seattle saw their hiring shares decline. The richest coastal cities are also suffering from negative perceptions about safety and public order, and those reputations likely also play a role in people leaving.

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☆ Florida’s 6-week abortion ban set to take effect this week
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Deidre Mcphillips | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —A stricter abortion law is set to take effect in Florida on Wednesday — dropping the state’s 15-week ban to a six-week ban — and it will likely affect thousands of people seeking abortion care within the first month alone. In Texas, the number of abortions provided within the formal health-care system dropped by about half after a six-week abortion ban took effect in 2021, and there were thousands more births than expected in the following year. Florida will join Georgia and South Carolina with a six-week ban. The Tampa Bay Abortion Fund anticipates that at least 90% of people who call their hotline will be impacted by a six-week abortion ban and will need to seek abortion care outside of Florida. The six-week ban will only exacerbate those barriers in the cruelest fashion,” Kris Lawler, president of the Tampa Bay Abortion Fund Board said in a statement.

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☆ Malaysia might add a casino to boost troubled $100 billion mega-development Forest City
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Shubhangi Goel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Malaysia may add a casino to Forest City, a mega-development that has turned into a ghost town. AdvertisementMalaysia's Forest City mega-development started with big ambitions and big money. Now, Malaysia is in talks with several high-profile investors to add a casino to Forest City, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg on Wednesday. AdvertisementThe southeast nation's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim met with the heads of a Malaysian property development firm and a resort company at Forest City last week. Expensive, empty apartmentsA casino — which would only be the second in Malaysia — could help struggling Forest City.

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☆ A millennial who moved to Canada for the quality of life shares why he wants to go back to Texas — and why he regrets not waiting to relocate until later in life
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A millennial moved from the South to Montreal in 2015 to "get cultured" and attend graduate school. He said food, safety, healthcare, and quality of life are the biggest perks of living in Montreal. But he said he wants to move back to Texas for the weather, lower cost of living, and his family. In recent years, millions of Americans have moved south. "I wish we lived in Texas now and moved to Canada later in life," Linton said.

Persons: —, Dexter Linton, Linton, haven't, who've, it's Organizations: Service, Business, Lone Star State Locations: Montreal, Texas, Arlington , Texas, Kansas, Georgia, South Carolina , Florida, Canada, Linton

☆ Belarus Holds an Election, but the Outcome Is Not Hard to Predict
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-25 | by ( Andrew Higgins | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Amid a number of high-stakes elections to be held around the world this year, the East European nation of Belarus on Sunday offered an alternative to the unpredictability of democracy: a vote for Parliament without a single candidate critical of the country’s despotic leader. For the government, the election on Sunday — the first since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which neighbors Belarus to the south — is important as an opportunity to show Moscow, its ally, that it has snuffed out all domestic opposition and survived economic and other strains imposed by the war. Russia, which has in the past had doubts about Mr. Lukashenko’s durability and reliability, launched its invasion in February 2022 in part from Belarusian territory. Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, an exiled opponent of Mr. Lukashenko, said: “These so-called elections are nothing more than a circus show. It’s not even entertaining.”

Persons: Aleksandr G, Lukashenko, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, Mr, It’s Organizations: East, Sunday Locations: Belarus, Ukraine, Moscow, Russia

More than 40,000 people have been sheltering in or around the center, according to the U.N. There was no immediate confirmation of the Israeli order by UNRWA. The United Nations did not directly blame Israel. The United Nations said Wednesday’s strike was the third direct hit on that compound. An estimated 1.7 million Gazans have fled their homes during the war, according to the United Nations, many of them displaced multiple times.

Persons: Khan Younis, Philippe Lazzarini, U.N, “, Israel, Wednesday’s, Mr, Lazzarini, Younis, Rawan Sheikh Ahmad Organizations: United Nations, UNRWA, Israeli Authorities Locations: Gaza, Khan, Egypt, Israel

South Africa’s genocide case has put the spotlight on a deeper fault line in global geopolitics. Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP/Getty ImagesReactions from the Global North to the ICJ case have been mixed. “This war is a war that is not only between Israel and Hamas,” Israeli President Isaac Herzog told MSNBC in December. “It’s a war that is intended – really, truly – to save Western civilization, to save the values of Western civilization.”So far, no Western countries have supported South Africa’s case against Israel. Traditionally, the West has wielded significant influence in international affairs, but South Africa’s move signals a growing assertiveness among Global South nations that threatens the status quo, says Adekoya.

Persons: CNN —, Israel, ”, Nesrine Malik, ” Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, “, Jaafar Ashtiyeh, Biden, ” Remi Adekoya, Nelson Mandela, Yasser Arafat, ” Hugh Lovatt, Garry Andrew Lotulung, ” Lovatt, Lovatt, Israel –, Tembeka Ngcukaitobi, Alaister Russell, Isaac Herzog, Hage Geingob, Berlin’s, Namibians, ” Adekoya Organizations: CNN, Israel, International Court of Justice, Guardian, Hamas, West Bank, Getty, US, UN, University of York, Palestine Liberation Organization, North Africa, European Council, Foreign Relations, Global, Arab League, ICJ, West, ”, International, MSNBC, ZDF, Dhaka Tribune, Germany Locations: South Africa, Johannesburg, Israel, The Hague, Gaza, South, Africa, Sudanese, United States, Europe, Ramallah, West, AFP, England, PLO, East, Indonesian, Jakarta, Indonesia, Anadolu, China, Soviet, Ekurhuleni, Germany, German, Germany’s, Namibia, Namibian, Bangladesh, Pakistan

☆ Map shows the team most of America is rooting for as 8 battle it out in the NFL playoffs this weekend
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The betonline.ag team used X (formerly Twitter) trends to determine the top teams in each state. The Detroit Lions have the support of more than half of US states heading into the Divisional Round. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Jared Goff high fives his Detroit Lions teammates. Even some Northeastern states, including most of New England, are rooting for the Lions in the Divisional Round.

Persons: —, Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen, Ed Zurga, Jared Goff, Ryan Kang Organizations: NFL, Detroit Lions, Service, Baltimore Ravens, AFC, San Francisco 49ers, NFC, Houston Texans, Green Bay Packers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Kansas City Chiefs, Bills, Buffalo Bills, AP, Detroit, Lions, Los Angeles Rams, Packers, Chiefs, Buccaneers, Texans, Lone Star State, 49ers Locations: Las Vegas, Buffalo, betonline.ag, United States, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Florida, Louisiana, Northeastern, New England

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