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☆ Here’s where the price of rent is dropping in the US
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Anna Bahney | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The national median price of rent for apartments ranging from studios to two-bedroom apartments fell 0.3% year-over-year to in January. Still, prices are over 18% higher than pre-pandemic levels, due to continued strong demand and limited supply in some markets. The national median rent for a two-bedroom apartment was $1,892 in January, down 0.6%, while rent for a one-bedroom was essentially flat at $1,591. Still, even with the uptick, Chicago’s median rent of $1,852 is almost $1,000 less than coastal big cities like New York at $2,844 and Los Angeles at $2,829. But the supply of new multifamily housing is growing, which helps to bring down rental prices, according to the report.

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☆ I went to Kopp's, one of the best fast-food chains in the Midwest, for incredible frozen custard and burgers the size of my face
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Sojourner White | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

As someone from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, I'm a big fan of Kopp's Frozen Custard. My brother and I went to the nostalgic chain for burgers, fries, and custard. I recommend stopping at Kopp's for a treat or a full meal if you're driving through the Midwest. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . I recently brought my brother to the Glendale location to relive our beloved family tradition and try some of our favorite menu items.

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CNN —Two American brothers who were detained in Gaza earlier this month by Israeli forces are being held in Ashkelon prison, a US official tells CNN. The brothers were “arrested for collaboration with Hamas,” Israel’s Consul General to the Midwest, Yinam Cohen, told CNN on Thursday. When asked for comment, the IDF told CNN the brothers are not in their custody, referring questions to the Israeli Security Agency (ISA) which did not immediately respond to a request for comment. As CNN previously reported, the brothers were among a group of roughly 20 men detained by IDF soldiers early on February 8, according to the brothers’ cousin Yasmeen Elagha. IDF did not respond to CNN’s request for comment at the time on the matter.

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☆ New home construction in the US plummeted to a 5-month low in January
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Yuheng Zhan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Housing starts collapsed 14.8% month-over-month in January to a five-month low, according to Census Bureau data released Friday. The decline in new construction flies against the trends of strong and rising demand throughout 2023 and into this year. It also marks a reversal from a period of rising supply seen recently, with new housing starts jumping 14.8% last November. David Rosenberg, economist and president of Rosenberg Research, said in a note that it's hard to determine how much seasonal factors like inclement weather played a part in sending construction starts tumbling last month. Rosenberg added that a strong pipeline of multifamily construction will continue to impact the market for the foreseeable future.

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☆ I moved from Chicago to Philadelphia. Going from one major US city to another has been surprisingly tough.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Julia Lowe | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Getting around on foot is a breeze — I don't rely on public transit as much as I did in Chicago. AdvertisementAfter living in Chicago for a year, I thought that I'd learned everything there is to know about living in a big city — until I moved to Philadelphia. Chicago is a sports city, too, but the Bears don't draw anywhere close to the same passion as the Eagles. It's pretty quiet for a big cityPhiladelphia is a major city but I don't think it's a particularly loud one. Julie LowePhiladelphia is what some call a big city with small-town charm.

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☆ All the celebrities we spotted at the 73rd NBA All-Star Game, from Lil Wayne to Ivanka Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The 73rd NBA All-Star Game took place on Sunday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. AdvertisementThe 73rd NBA All-Star Game took place on Sunday in Indianapolis, and it was a star-studded affair. Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump attend the 73rd NBA All-Star Game. Lil Wayne sits courtside during the 73rd NBA All-Star Game. AdvertisementDylan Wang attends the 73rd NBA All-Star Game.

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☆ Why Jake Tapper made a new series about pre-Trump political scandals
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-18 | by ( Zachary Wolf | Analysis Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —There’s a funny, interesting and very sad new series on CNN featuring Jake Tapper. If you are encountering them for the first time, it will be an education in what Tapper calls his “Jar Jar Binks” theory. TAPPER: The scandals involving Trump are so vast and complex and ongoing. You revisit sex scandals, corruptions scandals and a spy scandal. TAPPER: I have a theory called the “Jar Jar Binks” theory, which is that every great person rises to a level where they can remove from their circle anyone telling them when they’re making a mistake.

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☆ Higher-for-longer interest rates favor large companies over their smaller rivals in many ways
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-18 | by ( Bryan Mena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

High interest rates squeeze companies of all sizes, but that’s especially the case for smaller firms, unlike large companies better equipped to weather the storm. Before the Bell: How do the effects of higher-for-longer interest rates on companies vary by size? I think it might be a stretch to say that M&A activity picks up because of higher interest rates, so instead, it’s that if good businesses are beginning to suffer because of higher interest rates, then they might be more likely to be a target. Gas prices always rise as winter winds down because demand increases and gas stations must switch over to more expensive summer fuel. No matter the cause, rising gas prices are bad news for consumers already frustrated by the cost of living.

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☆ How to wear the runway — on your own budget
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Joi-Marie Mckenzie | Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

On the agenda today:But first: How to wear the runway — on your own budget. "It's still all about simplicity," "America's Next Top Model" winner Eva Marcille told Business Insider at the Badgley Mischka runway show. And while some will pay a premium for designer fashion, others want to experiment with a dupe first. AdvertisementTens of thousands of young, high-earning professionals abandoned New York City and California during the pandemic, taking their coastal salaries to cities like St. Louis. BI headed to New York Fashion Week, where we asked attendees to name the status symbols they've been seeing and coveting.

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☆ Don’t look now but gas prices are rising fast
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Gas prices always rise as winter winds down because demand increases and gas stations must switch over to more expensive summer fuel. No matter the cause, rising gas prices are bad news for consumers already frustrated by the cost of living. And they undercut the election year message of a White House that previously pointed to cheap gas prices as evidence that Bidenomics is working. First, oil prices — the main driver of retail gas prices — tend to increase during this time of the year. For instance, without the usual backstop, last summer’s historic heatwave that knocked some refineries offline unexpectedly lifted gas prices across the country.

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The housing market began 2024 in the doldrums as housing starts and permits for new construction both fell, the Census Bureau reported on Friday. Starts fell 14.8%, way more than the flat reading expected by economists. “High mortgage rates, with maybe a dash of cold weather, caused starts and permits to fall from December. The optimism is a turnaround from August 2023, when 80% of small businesses surveyed said their long-term financial confidence was being negatively affected by the economy. Some 50% of small business owners said they were planning to expand in 2024.

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☆ How high-earning transplants are shaking up dating scenes across the Midwest
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

It's introduced a fresh wave of young professionals who are shaking up the dating scene. But a new influx of transplants also creates divides among young professionals and locals. The rise of remote work has resulted in new waves of migration and, in turn, refreshed dating pools around the country. AdvertisementWhen it comes to the future of Midwest dating, “I hope this can change, but I think a lot of people in a lower tax bracket might just move elsewhere,” he said. Gone are the days of app dominance, especially as younger dates forsake online dating for in-person connections.

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☆ Young homebuyers are about to regain serious leverage over their parents' generation, according to the 'Oracle of Wall Street' who called the financial crisis
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

“People have not accessed the equity in their homes,” Whitney said. Advertisement“The issue that it leads to is more sellers, fewer buyers,” Whitney said. “I think you’re going to see a bifurcated housing market where you see continued strength in some areas, and then disproportionate weakness in others,” Whitney said. AdvertisementThe obvious question that follows is which real estate markets will be best for buyers and which will favor sellers. In October, Whitney cited Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania as examples of states where property prices could plummet , especially in rural areas.

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☆ Two Students, Two Views, One Campus Conflict in the Midwest
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Kurt Streeter | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

They represent opposite corners at the University of Michigan, two sides of student activism who have hunkered down and almost never communicate. Salma Hamamy is one of the most prominent faces of the pro-Palestinian movement on campus. “One, two, three, four, open up the prison doors!” she shouts, bullhorn in hand, as she leads anti-Israel rallies in front of crowds of fellow students. “Five, six, seven, eight, Israel is a terrorist state!” Ms. Hamamy has helped lead over 20 protests since Hamas’s deadly attacks against Israel on Oct. 7 and the resulting bombardment of Gaza. As she booms out calls for an end to war, or rails against a university administration that she believes has been tone deaf toward Palestinians, she knows she can look into the audience and find a familiar, though vexing, face: Josh Brown, a fellow student and Ms. Hamamy’s opposite in nearly every way.

Persons: Salma Hamamy, bullhorn, Hamamy, Josh Brown, Hamamy’s Organizations: University of Michigan Locations: Israel, Gaza

☆ Opinion: The sweet surrender of aging with the one you love
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Joan Lester | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Now Carole, immersed in lesbian culture, was an evening law student intent on practicing civil rights law. I, an Easterner and twice-divorced mother, a doctoral student moonlighting as a community college teacher, wasn’t even aware a lesbian culture existed. Both activists talking civil rights and gender politics nonstop, we were madly, eagerly in love. Yet an unparalleled sweetness sings deep in the bones now after nearly half a century of committed love. In this time-proven love, even as we flourish independently we keep twining ourselves more closely around each other.

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☆ Where to see April’s total solar eclipse
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-11 | by ( Marnie Hunter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —The total solar eclipse passing over a swath of North America is less than two months away. The August 2017 total solar eclipse is seen from John Day Fossil Beds National Monument near Mitchell, Oregon. There’s a lunchtime Solar Eclipse Watch Party in downtown Dallas on eclipse Monday with live music and food trucks. Indianapolis, IndianaIndianapolis is located along the center line of the path of totality for the April 8 total solar eclipse. The city’s last total solar eclipse was nearly 100 years ago on January 25, 1925, according to a Rochester eclipse website.

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☆ The Midwest is having a ‘non-winter.’ El Niño is only partially to blame
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-11 | by ( Mary Gilbert | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Winter has gone missing across the Midwest and Great Lakes, and time is running out to find it. Dozens of cities are on track for one of the warmest winters on record, making snow and ice rare commodities. A classic El Niño pattern coupled with the effects of a warming climate are to blame for this “non-winter” winter, said Pete Boulay, a climatologist with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Missing snowfall is even more pronounced in areas surrounding the Great Lakes, especially those that are typically buried by lake-effect snow. The lackluster ice coverage is part of a larger troubling trend across the Great Lakes.

Persons: Pete Boulay, we’ve, ” Boulay, “ I’ve, Boulay, ” Melissa Widhalm Organizations: CNN, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Regional Climate Center, Paul International, Nashville, Twin Cities, Purdue University, NOAA, Climate Central, Climate Locations: Midwest, Great Lakes, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Minneapolis, St, Erie , Pennsylvania, Great, Climate Central

☆ Joe Biden is looking for ways to get his message to break through. He’s hoping his Cabinet can play a key role.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Betsy Klein | Camila Dechalus | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Nevertheless, the Biden White House and legal team has taken pains to ensure compliance – an effort to highlight its commitment to ethics and draw a sharp contrast with Trump, who skirted the rule with abandon. And the Biden White House has issued “extensive guidance to and conducts trainings for agencies” on the Hatch Act and how to avoid potential missteps, the official said. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, for instance, delivered a speech to the Republican National Convention while on official travel in Jerusalem. “Voters of color can see themselves in leaders like Secretary Cardona, Secretary Fudge, and (EPA) Administrator (Michael) Regan. President Biden was intentional about assembling a Cabinet that reflects the diversity of America, and we continue to see how that diversity translates into real political strength,” he told CNN.

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☆ It seems like everyone you know is moving. But our grandparents' generation actually did it much more.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | Alcynna Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

But while overall migration is down, state-to-state moves are slowly on the rise again. Nearly 20% of all Americans moved each year from the mid-1940s through the 1960s, according to census data . The Great Recession in 2008 hobbled the economy and slowed migration, sending the overall rate to 11 or 12%, according to census data. Getty ImagesLong-distance moves are on the upWhile the overall migration rate is low, big moves are slowly on the rise. Younger people are more likely to make big moves, according to census data.

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Super Bowl Sunday in Las Vegas will feature the Kansas City Chiefs against the San Francisco 49ers. The two teams from the Midwest and West Coast will face off in the Super Bowl for the second time in five seasons. Sunday’s game is a rematch of Super Bowl LIV in 2020, when the Chiefs beat the 49ers. But football isn’t the first thing that comes to mind for all schools set to be represented in the Super Bowl. When it comes to schools in the two states represented in the Super Bowl, California wins out.

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☆ Beyond the 'Magnificent 7': Morningstar's top strategist names other stocks to own
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Amala Balakrishner | In Amala-Balakrishner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

"The Magnificent Seven stocks generally are starting to run out of steam at this point because their valuations are getting pretty full at this point of time," Morningstar's Chief Markets Strategist David Sekera told CNBC Pro on Feb. 2. However, Sekera thinks things are looking up for small-caps and value stocks — the latter of which he says are trading at an 11% discount relative to Morningstar's fair value and look like a "good area for investors to overweight in U.S. stocks right now." Tech stocks The chief strategist remains bullish on tech, albeit outside of the Magnificent Seven, and named Cognizant Technology Solutions and Snowflake as picks to play the theme. Value in energy The energy sector — one of the laggards of the stock market last year — is also on Sekera's radar. Morningstar gives stocks a rating of between one and five stars, with a top rating indicating that the shares are undervalued.

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NEW YORK (AP) — The flu virus is hanging on in the U.S., intensifying in some areas of the country after weeks of an apparent national decline. National data suggests this season's peak came around late December, but a second surge is always possible. That's happened in other flu seasons, with the second peak often — but not always — lower than the first, Budd said. CDC data indicates coronavirus-caused hospitalizations haven’t hit the same levels they did at the same point during the last three winters. COVID-19 is putting more people in the hospital than flu, CDC data shows.

Persons: ”, Alicia Budd, “, Budd, hospitalizations haven’t Organizations: for Disease Control, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: U.S

From 1999 to 2020, Black women were on average six times more likely than white women to be a victim of homicide, according to a new study, with researchers pointing to structural social inequities as fueling their higher risk. In 2020, the homicide rate for Black women was 11.6 homicides per 100,000 women, compared to a relatively static rate of 3 per 100,000 among white women in the same age group. Wisconsin, in particular, saw the largest disparity of any state overall, with the homicide rate among Black women more than 20 times that of white women from 2019 through 2020. Study authors said this marks a “disturbing increase” from the period between 1999 and 2003, when the homicide rate among Black women was six times that of white women. “Structural racism might provide insight as to why Black women, regardless of their ethnicity, face disproportionately high rates of homicide,” the study stated.

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The sun is about to pull another disappearing act across North America, turning day into night during a total solar eclipse. Photos You Should See View All 15 ImagesHere's what to know about April’s extravaganza and how to prepare:WHAT HAPPENS DURING THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE? By a cosmic stroke of luck, the moon will make the month’s closest approach to Earth the day before the total solar eclipse. WHEN IS THE NEXT TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE? The next total solar eclipse, in 2026, will grace the northern fringes of Greenland, Iceland and Spain.

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☆ Short sellers increasing their bets against regional banks amid NYCB's woes
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

New York Community Bank 's ongoing struggles have increased investors' anxiety around the regional bank sector. Official short-selling data from the exchanges that would encompass the latest regional bank fallout has not yet been released. The short crowding on NYCB shares surged to 70% in the week ended Feb. 2, up from 45% the prior week. S & T Bancorp 's short crowding score has jumped to 83% in the week ended Feb. 2, which marks a 37% increase from the prior week. and CrossFirst Bankshares ' short crowding scores have risen 30% each to 69% and 71%, respectively.

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