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☆ My kids cage-dived with sharks on vacation. People may judge my parenting, but I don't want my children to live in fear.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Maria Noyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Monet shares two daughters with her husband James Hambrick: Jordyn, who is 10, and Kennedy, who is 8. When we had kids, everyone was like, "Oh, you're never going to be able to travel anymore now that you have kids." I let my kids do adventurous activities I wouldn't dare tryI am definitely the person who plans our trips. People can judge, but I don't want my kids to share my fearsIn certain situations, my fear has hindered me from having some amazing experiences because I'm terrified. The last thing I wanted to do was instill fear in my kids just because I'm scared of something.

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☆ I tried every popular workout but nothing stuck. Orange Theory helped me finally become a fitness lover.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Jessica Tzikas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I discovered Orange Theory through a friend, and I just completed my 250th class. My best friend had recently started Orange Theory classes and was trying to get me to join. I finally tried Orange TheoryAfter months of my friend wearing me down, and slightly out of desperation, I signed up for a trial class. AdvertisementI now love working outIt has now been over a year since I first walked into Orange Theory. In the past, I worked out and attended fitness classes to lose weight.

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☆ I've always had a hard time decluttering. When my childhood home burned down, I learned a lot about letting go.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Allison Young | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I've always been a bit of a pack rat and had a hard time decluttering. I learned a hard lesson about letting go. The sudden scarcity brought my life's inventory into heightened focus. AdvertisementFrom the rubble, I learned a few lessonsAs fast as our home burned down, the recovery is glacial in its pace. I collect receipts for what I've replaced, and painstakingly assess how not to perpetuate my cycle of accumulating without decluttering.

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☆ Harris tries to turn the tables on Trump by embracing the border as a key issue
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Eric Bradner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Harris, during her trip to the key swing state of Arizona, lambasted Trump for his role earlier this year in tanking a border security bill that was the product of months of bipartisan negotiations. “It was the strongest border security bill we have seen in decades. The Democratic offensive on immigration and border security is an attempt to cut into one of Trump’s clearest-cut political advantages. Another CNN poll conducted by SSRS released Friday found the two candidates tied in North Carolina at 48% each. And the CNN poll found the scandal-plagued Republican nominee for governor, Lt. Gov.

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☆ Are immigrants taking jobs from 'native' U.S. workers? Here's what economists say
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Immigrants expected to boost the economyThere are several reasons why immigrants largely benefit the economy and job market, economists said. Immigrants take jobs but they also create new ones by spending in local economies and by starting businesses, economists said. One 2020 research paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research found immigrants are 80% more likely to become entrepreneurs than native workers. To the extent there's job competition from new immigrants, it tends to fall mostly on prior immigrants rather than native U.S. workers, according to the National Academies paper. "Sudden surges of immigration obviously affect the ability of native workers to find and take jobs on a given afternoon," Clemens said.

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☆ Kamala Harris Mentioned She Has a Gun for a Very Strategic Reason - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Adam Jentleson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

At the presidential debate and on the campaign trail, Kamala Harris has hardly sounded like the Marxist or the Communist that Donald Trump has accused her of being. Asked to place themselves on an ideological scale, more Americans see Mr. Biden as too liberal than see Mr. Trump as too conservative. Nor is this tendency isolated to Mr. Biden: More Americans place themselves closer to Mr. Trump than to Ms. Harris on ideology, and in 2016, voters saw Mr. Trump as more moderate than Hillary Clinton. The reason is that despite embracing many popular policies, Democrats have fallen out of step with the American people on something larger: their approach to the world. To win, Ms. Harris will need to ignore calls to return to the orthodox fold and continue signaling strategic breaks from it.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, fracking, Mr, Trump, Oprah Winfrey, they’re, Biden, Harris, Hillary Clinton Organizations: Communist, Democratic, Republicans, mavericks

☆ Harris plans to troll Trump over second debate during Alabama football game
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Kaitlan Collins | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —When former President Donald Trump looks up from his seat in Bryant-Denny Stadium Saturday night during the Alabama-Georgia football game, he may see more than just 100,000 fans watching a high-stakes college football showdown. That’s because Vice President Kamala Harris plans to troll her opponent over his refusal to debate her for a second time — from the skies. The Harris campaign will also air a national ad during one of the most highly anticipated games of college football where she calls on the former president to meet her on the debate stage one more time. Despite what he’s said publicly, Trump has privately flirted with the idea of meeting Harris on the debate stage one more time, sources tell CNN. A second meeting could serve Harris as well.

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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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A third of teens and young adults in the U.S. can’t afford or otherwise access menstrual products, according to new research from Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C. Some young people may skip school, sports or other social activities because of a lack of access to menstrual products. “This is impacting everyone.”Some states are passing legislation to increase access to menstrual products in schools. Are you able to access tampons or pads? “Just like toilet paper is readily available in all restrooms, we’d love to see improved access to free menstrual products everywhere.”

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☆ Proto’s hologram boxes can beam ‘3D’ video into your living room
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Jacopo Prisco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Billing itself as the world’s “first holographic communications platform,” US startup Proto is beaming life-size, “3D” video into universities, hotels and medical centers. The boxes can reproduce pre-recorded video as well as a live feed, and any 4K camera, including an iPhone, can be used as the source. Nussbaum, whose background is in radio and podcasting, started Proto in 2018. In 2023, video of actor William Shatner was beamed from Los Angeles to the Advertising Week APAC event in Sydney, Australia. A similar technology launched by Dutch company Holoconnects has been deployed at hotels in Scandinavia, and used for advertising by BMW.

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☆ Brat summer is over. Here's what Gen Z's wearing to the office this fall.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Gen Z workers are redefining office dress codes with their fall fashion trends. AdvertisementCharli XCX may have painted this summer "Brat" green, but a new season — and thus new style trends — are upon us. As a result, office fashionistas are building their fall work wardrobes. As for "Brat Summer," Rose compared it to the pink craze sparked by "Barbie" summer in 2023, which she said faded away by September last year. The office encourages employees to wear what they want, and Butler takes full advantage by expressing her street style.

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Which Battleground State Voters Could Sway the Election? It says that in order for Democrats to win, Black voters must make up 30 percent of all voters and at least 30 percent of white voters must vote Democratic. Black voters, who cast nearly a third of the ballots in 2020, overwhelmingly favored Mr. Biden — by almost 90 percent. That’s because educational attainment divides mostly white voters, and many of Nevada’s less-educated voters are not white. Even so, that wasn’t enough for him to overcome the coalition of white voters with a college degree and voters of color who delivered Mr. Biden a victory.

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☆ I'm 58 and work as a nanny. I wish I could be as present with my own grandchildren.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Sharon Binkey is a part-time nanny with a degree in early childhood education. Binkey, 58, says she'd love to babysit her six grandkids but is estranged from her daughters. AdvertisementThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sharon Binkey, 58, a part-time nanny and book author from Pittsburgh. AdvertisementI have a real rapport with children and became a nanny about a decade and a half ago. I'm a nanny for a couple I met in churchChildren are — and have always been — my world.

Persons: Sharon Binkey, —, Gary, hadn't, they'd, I'd, they're, hasn't Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Pittsburgh, Boston

☆ Harris heads to the US southern border, looking to close a polling gap with Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Priscilla Alvarez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Advisers to the vice president remain concerned about the gap between the candidates on immigration. Trump alluded to his current polling edge Thursday as he slammed his rival ahead of her visit to the border. Harris plans to use her trip to the US-Mexico border to slam Trump for scuttling the bipartisan border deal and lean into her work as attorney general of California, a border state, a campaign aide said. Adrees Latif/REUTERS/REUTERSAn early strategyThe Harris campaign signaled early on that it planned to counter Trump’s attacks on the vice president and the administration’s handling of border security. Harris previously visited the border as vice president and has cited her work as a border-state senator and state attorney general.

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☆ 36-year-old’s Etsy side hustle brings in $220,000 a year—and costs under $40 to start: ‘You really can make a very good living’
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

She started a print-on-demand shop, using Canva software to create designs for Etsy-friendly products like T-shirts and candles. Last year, Odio-Sutton opened a second Etsy shop — selling downloadable event materials, like sign-up sheets and schedule templates — that's brought in $17,200 in sales so far in 2024. I'll batch design 10 candle labels one day, then make the listings for them on Etsy the next day. I follow what I'd call a template method: I do a lot of black-and-white designs, a lot of plain text. Then, if I have a template that sells really well, I'll just go in and swap in new words.

Persons: they've, Emily Odio, Sutton, She'd, She's, that's, —, I'm Organizations: CNBC, Gold City Ventures Locations: Melbourne , Florida, Sutton, Odio, U.S

☆ I'm a multimillionaire, but I'm not leaving my kids any cash inheritance. I think it would be a mistake to make them wealthy.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Kelly Burch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Instead, he plans to pay for college, a car, a down payment, and make business loans. Here's what I'm doing instead, and how I talk with them about money and wealth. Courtesy of George ApplingI believe it's bad to make your kids wealthyI don't want to leave my children money because I believe it's bad to make your children wealthy. If the kids need $20 to go to the trampoline park with friends, I'll usually pay. I let the kids make mistakes with moneyAll my kids work during the summer, and saved about $1,000 each last year.

Persons: George Appling, —, Brian, I'm, it's, Rockefeller, they'd Organizations: Service, Harvard Business School, Nissan Pathfinder, Starbucks Locations: Sherwood

☆ CNN Poll: Harris and Trump are tied in North Carolina, while vice president leads in Nebraska’s 2nd District
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Ariel Edwards-Levy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are tied among likely voters in North Carolina, while Harris holds a comfortable lead in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, according to two new CNN polls conducted by SSRS. In North Carolina, Harris and Trump stand at 48% each among likely voters. In Nebraska’s 2nd District, the so-called blue dot encompassing Omaha, Harris has 53% to Trump’s 42%, the poll finds. An 86% majority of Democratic likely voters and 69% of independent likely voters favor keeping the current system, while 69% of GOP likely voters say they’d rather move to a winner-take-all system in the state. But just 41% in North Carolina say they’re very confident, rising to a 59% majority in Nebraska’s 2nd District.

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☆ For him or against him, young men see the election as all about Trump: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +12 min

In today’s edition, national political reporter Ben Kamisar breaks down the latest installment of the NBC News Deciders Focus Group series, which featured young men from battleground states who are skeptical of both candidates. For him or against him, young men see the election as all about TrumpBy Ben KamisarNew focus groups of skeptical young men planning to vote in this fall’s most critical battleground states illustrate how, for them, this election is all about Donald Trump. The battle for young votersPolling has shown a significant gender gap in the presidential race, with Trump holding the upper hand among men and Harris with women. The two campaigns have been vocal about their attempts to win over young men — Trump through the world of influencers and combat sports, and Harris through targeted ads and the refrain about vice presidential nominee Tim Walz’s past as an assistant football coach. Read more → Follow live updates from the campaign trail →That’s all from the Politics Desk for now.

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The war for the first battleground electoral vote may have been decided this week before a single ballot was cast. They also pointed to the lawn signs and other symbols of enthusiasm for the Harris campaign in the city. By failing to move enough legislative votes into his column, Trump lost his chance to tuck away all five of Nebraska's electoral votes without mounting a campaign. That poll has Harris up by 9 percentage points over Trump. For now, Democrats feel good about the odds that they will look back at this week as the moment they locked up their first electoral vote.

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☆ Why the NFL has TV executives freaking out over 2029
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Alex Sherman | Alex Sherman Covers Media For Cnbc. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

That means that after the 2029 Super Bowl, the NFL has the right to completely rejigger the media landscape, if it so chooses. NFL games last year were 93 of the top 100 most-watched TV broadcasts. But I also know that some legacy media executives are already thinking about 2029 and brainstorming internally about how they can afford to compete against the tech giants for NFL games. The NBA, in its most recent rights deal, only wanted three media packages to help with consumer confusion and subscription fatigue. Given how popular NFL games are versus everything else on TV, the architecture of the NFL rights is the single biggest decision in the American media industry.

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New York Mayor Eric Adams is expected to face federal charges by prosecutors out of the Southern District of New York as soon as Thursday, two sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday night. Before news of federal charges broke Wednesday, Adams was at a reception at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which President Joe Biden also attended. “I do not see how Mayor Adams can continue governing New York City,” Ocasio-Cortez said on X. "However, it is clear that defending himself against serious federal charges will require a significant amount of the time and attention needed to govern this great city. The most appropriate path forward is for him to step down so that New York City can get the full focus its leadership demands."

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☆ Sea robins are fish that use their legs to ‘taste’ the seafloor
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Some types of sea robins, a peculiar bottom-dwelling ocean fish, use taste bud-covered legs to sense and dig up prey along the seafloor, according to new research. A species of sea robins called Prionotus carolinus studied by the researchers used their legs for walking, digging and sensing the seafloor. And the fish that lacked sensory capabilities and used their legs mainly for walking were striped sea robins, or Prionotus evolans. The digging sea robins had shovel-shaped legs that were covered in protrusions called papillae, which are similar to the taste buds on our tongues. Both researchers said they are keen to uncover the exact mechanisms behind the evolution of the sea robins’ sensory appendages.

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☆ Kamala Harris is embracing the degree-free wave — and thousands of workers could benefit
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewVice President Kamala Harris wants to make it easier to get a job without a college degree if she wins the election. "Eliminate degree requirements while increasing skills development for half a million federal jobs. AdvertisementThis proposal comes at a time when a growing number of Americans are questioning the value of a college degree. Larry Hogan announced the state would be opening up thousands of jobs to workers without degrees, and Utah's Gov. Spencer Cox dropped college degree requirements from 98% of the state's jobs that same year.

Persons: —, Kamala Harris, Harris, Joe Biden, Trump, It's, Larry Hogan, Spencer Cox, Pell Grant, Biden's, Zers —, LeLaina Wakeham Organizations: Service, Business, Maryland Gov, Utah's, Biden, Higher Locations: Pittsburgh

6 Indiana Fever were defeated 87-81 in Game 2 by the third-seeded Sun to complete the best-of-three series sweep. Clark – who was named the unanimous AP WNBA Rookie of the Year on Sunday – led all scorers with 25 points and also had nine assists and six rebounds. Diana Taurasi plays what could be her last ever game as Lynx eliminate MercuryDiana Taurasi might have played her last ever WNBA game. She is a former MVP, three-time WNBA champion, six-time EuroLeague champion, six-time Olympic champion, 11-time WNBA All-Star and is widely considered to be one of the best women’s basketball players ever. She tied the WNBA playoff game scoring record with 42 points on 70% shooting, also recording five rebounds, four assists and two blocks.

Persons: Caitlin Clark’s, Clark –, –, ” Clark, “, ”, Clark, DiJonai Carrington, Jessica Hill, Boston, DeWanna Bonner –, Alyssa Thomas, Diana Taurasi, Napheesa Collier, Taurasi, that’s, Stephen Maturen, Griner, Natasha Cloud, Collier Organizations: CNN, Connecticut Sun, Minnesota Lynx, Indiana Fever, AP WNBA, WNBA, Indiana, Sun, Connecticut, Lynx, Phoenix Mercury, Target Center, Mercury, Las Vegas Aces, New York Liberty Locations: Iowa, South Carolina, Connecticut, Minnesota

☆ Opinion | Sick of the Electoral College? Stop Whining.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Gail Collins | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

All because of the Electoral College! — Wants to Live in PennsylvaniaDear Wants: Stop whining. Nobody cares if about two million New Yorkers cast votes for Kamala Harris because nobody cares about the popular vote. Blame the Electoral College. The Electoral College was created at the nation’s constitutional convention after a long, long struggle.

Persons: —, Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton Organizations: Electoral, itsy, White, Unfinished Locations: New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin

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