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☆ Fred Harris, former U.S. senator from Oklahoma and presidential hopeful, dies at 94
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-24 | 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

Fred Harris, a former U.S. senator from Oklahoma, presidential hopeful and populist who championed Democratic Party reforms in the turbulent 1960s, died Saturday. “Fred Harris passed peacefully early this morning of natural causes. “I think it’s worked wonderfully,” Harris recalled in 2004, when he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Boston. Sen. Fred Harris of Oklahoma at a Democratic party commission meeting in 1969, in Washington. “Fred Harris had a real ability to articulate those concerns, particularly of the downtrodden.”In 1968, Harris served as co-chairman of the presidential campaign of then-Vice President Hubert Humphrey.

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☆ Fred Harris, former US senator from Oklahoma and presidential hopeful, dies at 94
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-24 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

(AP) – Fred Harris, a former US senator from Oklahoma, presidential hopeful and populist who championed Democratic Party reforms in the turbulent 1960s, died Saturday. “I think it’s worked wonderfully,” Harris recalled in 2004, when he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Boston. “It’s made the selection much more legitimate and democratic.”“The Democratic Party was not democratic, and many of the delegations were pretty much boss-controlled or -dominated. Harris ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1976, quitting after poor showings in early contests, including a fourth-place win in New Hampshire. We had my Senate seatmate Robert Kennedy killed and then we had this terrible convention,” Harris said in 1996.

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Many people feel “that they’re not getting enough back, that a college education isn’t worth enough,” said Paul Peterson, a professor of education policy and governance at Harvard University. The data says that college education is worth more than ever.”The dissonance shows how higher education has become another slice of the economy where the vibes are worse than the numbers might suggest — and risks exacerbating Democratic losses with working-class voters. Andrew Smith, director, University of New Hampshire Survey CenterThere are many reasons why improving college affordability may not register widely. Given other budget pressures — from child care to car insurance — college expenses simply might not have fallen enough to matter. A polling site in Vienna, Va., on Election Day, which saw working-class voters further embrace Republicans.

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☆ Turns out America elected Elon Musk, too
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-16 | by ( Peter Kafka | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Now that Trump has won, Musk is seemingly attached to him — in public and behind the scenes. At the moment, it also looks like they've elected Elon Musk. And Musk is relentlessly promoting Trump on Twitter, the site he bought in 2022 and renamed X. Related storiesPresident-elect Trump on Elon Musk: "He likes this place. He first floated the idea of having Musk run a government efficiency office in early September, but it wasn't a focus of his rallies and pitches.

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The sale of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ media empire is a major blow to one of the defining independent media brands that ushered in a new era of fringe thinking, mainstreaming conspiracy theories once banished to the edges of the internet. And while Jones’ Infowars brand is now owned by the satirical news site The Onion, media researchers and conservative media experts say its legacy will live on thanks to the far-right media ecosystem it helped inspire, which continues to flourish. YouTube and other social media platforms began removing Jones’ videos in 2018 as they were flagged for violating content rules related to violent and graphic content. “What is going to happen with Infowars ‘Onion-ified,’ and what is going to happen to the kinds of internet conspiracy theorists who Alex Jones represents?” Phillips asked. “Alex Jones is not.”

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☆ Ozempic and Wegovy may help curb alcohol addiction, study suggests
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-13 | by ( Kaitlin Sullivan | Kaitlin Sullivan Is A Contributor For Nbcnews.Com Who Has Worked With Nbc News Investigations. She Reports On Health | Science | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

The blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy may help people cut back on drinking, new research published Wednesday in JAMA Psychiatry suggests. Just over 28 million adults in the U.S. have alcohol addiction, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Several other studies have examined drinking habits among people taking GLP-1 drugs who do not have alcohol use disorder. Around 75,000 people in the study used some type of medication to treat alcohol use disorder. So far, the clearest results have come from studies on alcohol addiction — but there is still a lot to understand.

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☆ 4 ways Trump’s mass deportation plans could hurt your finances
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-11 | by ( Auzinea Bacon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

By contrast, that projected growth would take a hit if Trump were able to enact his mass deportation plans. An estimated 11 million unauthorized immigrants reside in the United States, but Trump’s focus has mostly been on deporting immigrants with criminal records. Goldman Sachs reported in June that it estimates about 1.2 million unauthorized immigrants, or 8% of that population, have criminal convictions. Here’s the financial impact for Americans if Trump follows through on his mass deportation plan. The report noted that inflation could peak at 0.5 percentage points higher under a mass deportation plan.

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“We take this type of targeting very seriously.”The FBI said it “is aware of the offensive and racist text messages sent to individuals around the country and is in contact with the Justice Department and other federal authorities on the matter,” according to a statement Thursday. At least some appear to have been sent through TextNow in what the company believes “is a widespread, coordinated attack,” it told CNN on Friday. Texts addressed recipients by nameScreenshots of the texts shared with CNN and appearing on social media show the racist messages addressed the recipients by name. Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland said in a statement Thursday that some of its students received the racist texts. CNN affiliates have also reported instances of students receiving the racist texts in South Carolina, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, among other states.

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Weeks after sticky black balls washed up on the famed beaches of Sydney, Australia, scientists say they have partly solved the mystery behind the “disgusting” blobs. Initially thought to be tar balls, the golf-ball-size debris turned out to be something much different — a combination of decomposed cooking oils, hair and food waste, the New South Wales Environment Protection Authority (EPA) said Wednesday. Balls collected for testing in a laboratory at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. They said preliminary test results indicated that the blobs were tar balls formed when oil comes into contact with debris and water. Sydney Water confirmed there were no issues at the Bondi or Malabar water facilities, while Transport for NSW Maritime reviewed recent weather patterns but found no clear answers, according to the statement.

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☆ Mysterious black balls that washed up on Sydney beach were foul-smelling mini ‘fatbergs’
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-07 | by ( Lex Harvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The mystery of the black balls that washed up on some of Sydney’s most iconic beaches last month has now been solved – and it’s more disgusting than you could ever imagine. Australian beachgoers were turned away from seven beaches last month after lifeguards spotted thousands of black spheres, prompting closures and clean-up efforts. People visit Coogee Beach in Sydney, Australia after authorities closed it to the public on October 16, 2024, following the sighting of mysterious black balls on its shores. These Sydney fatbergs were no ordinary fatbergs, however. The blobs contained everything from fecal matter to medication and recreational drugs, the scientists wrote.

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☆ Hoover Dam John Doe: Missing man identified after 15 years
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-07 | by ( Jordan Brown | Jordan D. Brown | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

After noticing the first bone, the workers continued searching the area – and found bone after bone, according to the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office. The recovered items were submitted to the Mohave County Medical Examiner’s Office for further investigation, but the detectives hit a dead end. Othram Inc.’s specialty in forensic genetic genealogy was the missing piece to this 15-year-old puzzle. In October, Mohave County investigators received a groundbreaking report concluding the John Doe was a descendant of Michigan-based ancestors born in the mid-1800s. The compilation of interviews and reference testing with the siblings confirmed the unidentified remains were Hietamaki, according to law enforcement.

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☆ More young people are getting colorectal cancer. Being active at these times of day could lower the risk.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-07 | by ( Kim Schewitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Exercising at specific times of day could lower colorectal cancer risk, a new study found. Colorectal cancer rates have fallen since the '80s, but have risen in under-55s by 1 to 2% yearly since the mid-'90s. Previous studies have found that people who exercise regularly have a lower colorectal cancer risk than those who don't. After five years, 529 of the participants were diagnosed with colorectal cancer, also known as bowel cancer. "Every movement counts for reducing colorectal cancer risk, meaning that doing any amount of physical activity is better than none," Orange said.

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To lower housing costs, Trump has said he would allow homes to be built on federally protected land, something that could help increase the supply of homes in places like Nevada and Arizona. TaxesTrump has proposed a number of tax cuts, including a complete elimination of the federal income tax. Those cuts lowered the corporate tax rate to 21% from 35%, reduced individual income tax rates, and increased the standard deduction. That could create havoc for workers and consumers and reduce the amount of income taxes the federal government brings in. About 40% of Social Security recipients pay federal income taxes, typically because they have other sources of income that raise them above a certain threshold where they are required to pay income tax, according to the Social Security Administration.

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☆ Australia announced a sweeping plan to forgive 20% of student debt
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Hannah Abraham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese said he would cut student debt by 20% next year. AdvertisementThe Australian government on Sunday announced a sweeping plan to forgive 20% of student debt for around 3 million Australians. The debt relief is designed to promote "intergenerational equity," Albanese told Australian Broadcasting Radio on Monday, according to Bloomberg. AdvertisementHowever, Biden's efforts to grant broad student loan relief have hit several stumbling blocks. Biden's Education Department is continuing to work on debt relief proposals; if finalized, the latest one would benefit 8 million borrowers facing hardship.

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☆ Kamala Harris' new lead in top Iowa poll could bode well for her in some key swing states
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Lloyd Lee | John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa poll shows Harris leading Trump by 3 points in the state. Political experts told Business Insider that the Iowa poll is significant for the Harris campaign given that the demographic makeup of Iowa — rural, older, and largely white voters — is similar to some key swing states. AdvertisementThe Iowa Poll has scrambled the conventional wisdom that former President Donald Trump will easily win the state. And notably, 69% of female respondents in the Selzer poll opposed the law, while only 27% of Iowa women backed the new restrictions. In the Selzer poll taken in September, Reynolds' job approval rating sat at 45%, while 50% of Iowans disapproved of her performance.

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☆ Semaglutide linked to reduced arthritis knee pain in people with obesity, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Kaitlin Sullivan | Kaitlin Sullivan Is A Contributor For Nbcnews.Com Who Has Worked With Nbc News Investigations. She Reports On Health | Science | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

People who lost a significant amount of weight with semaglutide saw major improvements in osteoarthritis knee pain, research published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine finds. “Any sort of dramatic weight loss will relieve pain,” Bliddal said. In another study led by Bliddal, people with knee osteoarthritis were given an older weight loss drug, liraglutide. The average BMI in that study was about 32, lower than the average in the new study. Most of the people in the study had a BMI over 35, and nearly half had a BMI of over 40.

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☆ I took part in the viral Timothée Chalamet lookalike competition. Here’s what happened
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Reed Putman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

How do I ask for time off to enter a Timothée Chalamet lookalike contest? Onlookers of the event yell at photographers to move out of the way so they can see the Timothée Chalamet lookalikes. Spencer DeLorenzo gets lifted in the crowd of Timothée Chalamet lookalikes, fans and police. When the real Timothée Chalamet made a surprise appearance, the energy intensified. And as much fun as it was to be Timothée Chalamet for an afternoon, I’m truly glad I’m Reed Putman.

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☆ Can 70 Moms Save the Endangered North Atlantic Right Whale?
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( Catrin Einhorn | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +18 min

There are only about 370 North Atlantic right whales left. Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute, photographed under NOAA permit #20556The birth of Squilla’s calf was a momentous event for their species, the highly endangered North Atlantic right whale. For decades, North Atlantic right whales were slowly recovering after being devastated by centuries of whaling. PEAK 483 400 North Atlantic right whale population 372 The population has declined by about 23 percent in the last decade, according to estimates. Seventeen North Atlantic right whales would be found dead, about 4 percent of the estimated population.

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The rise of online betting has led the commercial gambling industry to balloon worldwide, posing a significant threat to public health, according to a new report. The report, published Thursday, comes from a public health commission on gambling convened by the medical journal The Lancet. The report highlighted the role online gambling has played in the rising availability of commercial gambling as a whole. Belgium, the Netherlands and Ontario, for example, have varying restrictions on gambling advertising, including online gambling. A 2015 paper found that online gambling could lead to the emergence or aggravation of gambling problems.

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More younger women are getting breast cancer, and doctors are scrambling to understand why. While having a baby may temporarily increase a woman’s breast cancer risk, it slightly lowers long-term risk, said Dr. Ann Partridge, co-founder and director of the Program for Young Adults with Breast Cancer at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. What’s known about breast cancer in younger womenDoctors are still scratching the surface in researching why breast cancer is becoming more prevalent at a younger age. They’re not breastfeeding as much, which does increase breast cancer risk. That would indicate that obesity likely isn’t much of a factor in the rising rates of breast cancer among younger women, said Toriola, of Washington University.

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☆ Trump’s mass deportation plans would be costly. Here’s why
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-19 | by ( Catherine E. Shoichet | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

Experts noted then, as they note today, that high costs and complex logistics make mass deportation more complicated than campaign promises suggest. Immigrants deported from the United States arrive in Guatemala City on an ICE deportation flight on February 9, 2017. John Moore/Getty ImagesSo what would deporting the millions of undocumented immigrants living in the United States cost? The organization also argues that mass deportation would make more jobs available for Americans. The economic impact of mass deportation, he says, would amount to “utter disaster.”“We Americans, we, the country, we, in our communities, would be significantly damaged,” he says.

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☆ A deadly detour: Migrant deaths spike outside El Paso
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( David Noriega | David Noriega Is An Nbc News Correspondent Based In Los Angeles. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

SUNLAND PARK, N.M. — In each of the last two summers, Laura Mae Williams, who recovers bodies for the New Mexico Medical Investigator’s Office, has had to visit the U.S.-Mexico borderlands multiple times a week. The Medical Investigator’s Office, part of the University of New Mexico Health System, used to recover only a handful of bodies a year. First responders, elected officials and advocates in New Mexico attribute the spike in deaths largely to Texas Gov. Officials, including the New Mexico Medical Investigator’s Office, also blame smugglers for the deaths, noting that in many cases they abandon people who fall behind — but only after they take their phones. “It raises an important question,” said Dr. Heather Jarrell, the chief medical examiner at the Medical Investigator’s Office, whose office marks the deaths as accidental.

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☆ Our toothbrushes are home to hundreds of new viruses. They could be the future of biotech.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A new study found hundreds of unique viruses called bacteriophage on toothbrushes and shower heads. A recent study found hundreds of viruses on samples from toothbrushes and shower heads, including many that have never been seen before, let alone examined. These are not viruses that are going to infect you, these are viruses that are potentially cool," Hartmann said. In the future, phage might be a rich source of biotech innovations like phage therapy, in the same way pharmaceuticals have developed medicines from plants or animals. Advertisement"There are a lot of things waiting to be discovered just under our noses or on our toothbrushes," Hartmann said.

Persons: —, Erica Hartmann, it's, Hartmann, Phages, Wahrman Organizations: Service, Northwestern University, Business, William Paterson University of New Locations: William Paterson University of New Jersey, Microbiomes

☆ Saudi sovereign wealth fund allocates $5.2 billion in green bonds project amid diversification push
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Natasha Turak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The PIF became the first sovereign wealth fund to issue a green bond back in October 2022. The mammoth sovereign wealth fund, which oversees $925 billion in assets, has a capital expenditure requirement of $19.4 billion for what it deems "eligible green projects," according to the PIF's annual report. Saudi Arabia has a stated goal of reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2060 and has poured billions of dollars into what it says are sustainable development projects. It describes a water sustainability project planned for Neom that will develop "a fully-circular system to achieve water positivity" enabling "100% wastewater recapture and energy-neutral recycling." Neom Green Hydrogen — a joint venture between Neom and Saudi firms ACWA Power, Air Products — will be the world's largest green hydrogen plant and will operate "entirely on renewable energy," according to the report.

Persons: Prince Mohammed bin Salman's, Philip Oldfield Organizations: Saudi, Public Investment Fund, Renewable Energy, Green, Sustainable Water Management, United Nations Sustainable, University of New, ACWA Power, Air Products Locations: Saudi Arabia, Saudi, University of New South Wales, Neom

☆ More younger people are getting colonoscopies, a new study suggests
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Kaitlin Sullivan | Kaitlin Sullivan Is A Contributor For Nbcnews.Com Who Has Worked With Nbc News Investigations. She Reports On Health | Science | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Colorectal cancer cases have been rising in people younger than 50 over the last two decades. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force isn’t the first group to suggest lowering the screening age. The new study found that colorectal cancer screening among 45 to 49-year-olds remains low overall, but increased threefold following the 2021 guideline change. “One of the biggest predictors of whether you get age-appropriate cancer screening is whether or not you have insurance,” Lieu said. Colonoscopy is the gold standard for colorectal cancer screening, since it can detect not only cancerous tumors, but precancerous polyps that can be removed before they can turn into cancer.

Persons: ”, Sunny Siddique, Siddique, ” Siddique, you’re, Christopher Lieu, Lieu, ” Lieu, “ We’re, Marwan Fakih, Colonoscopy, ” Fakih Organizations: JAMA, U.S . Preventive Services Task Force, U.S . Preventive Services, Force, American Cancer Society, Preventive, Yale School of Public Health, University of Colorado School of Medicine Locations: U.S, of Hope, Los Angeles

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