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☆ The judge handling Boeing’s plea deal asks Justice Department to explain its diversity policy
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | 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: +6 min

A dozen states, including Texas, have new laws limiting or banning DEI policies at their public universities. The plea deal states that the Justice Department would select the person with “input” from Boeing. A Justice Department lawyer said the provision doesn’t mean that a less-qualified person would be picked, only that the government will consider all candidates. He asked the Justice Department and Boeing to respond in writing by Oct. 25. Possibly he wants to delay the decision, but that is an unsupported hunch.”The Justice Department and Boeing said they would comply with the judge’s order and declined to comment further.

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This article is part of “Dealing the Dead,” a series investigating the use of unclaimed bodies for medical research. Tarrant County commissioners discussed terminating their agreement with the University of North Texas Health Science Center at a meeting Sept. 17. Shelby Tauber for NBC NewsTarrant County had delegated the work of contacting dead people’s families and cremating their remains to the Health Science Center. The revamped rules give preference to cremating unclaimed bodies, which is cheaper than burial. For years, Shupe urged officials to stop providing unclaimed bodies to the Health Science Center, saying it was immoral to have them dissected and studied without consent.

Persons: Alisa Simmons, Shelby Tauber, Tim O’Hare, Tarrant County’s, Tarrant, Eli Shupe, Shupe, ”, Dale Leggett, Tim Leggett, Tim Leggett Tim Leggett, Dale, Leggett, “ Organizations: NBC News, University of North Texas Health Science, Army, University of North Texas Health Science Center, NBC, Health Science Center, Department of Human Services, University of Texas Locations: Texas, Tarrant, Fort Worth, Dallas, Arlington, Tarrant County

☆ For God, for country, for rain
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( Jessica Lucas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +24 min

It's 9:30 a.m., and Augustus Doricko, the mulleted 24-year-old founder of the cloud-seeding company Rainmaker, is clutching a coffee. There's a long way to go before cloud seeding becomes a viable option for solving one of humanity's many self-made crises. El Segundo, population 17,272, has long been a bastion of American engineering, home to aerospace and defense giants like Boeing and Raytheon. Jett Lara for BIThe burning happens every Friday around 8 p.m. at a bonfire on El Segundo Beach. One of Doricko's goals is to build a church in El Segundo to "share the grace of God with other people."

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☆ U.S. FDA to reconsider decision barring compounded versions of Lilly weight loss drug
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-12 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday agreed to reconsider a decision it made last month to bar drug compounders from selling their own versions of Eli Lilly's blockbuster weight loss and diabetes drugs. The compounding versions of the drugs are cheaper for patients than the brand-name versions. The Sept. 30 decision by the FDA endangered the ability of compounders to sell versions of Lilly's weight loss drug Zepbound and diabetes drug Mounjaro. The FDA decision removed their active ingredient, tirzepatide, from its list of drugs experiencing shortages. Insurers generally cover drugs like tirzepatide for diabetes, but many do not cover them for weight loss.

Persons: Eli Lilly's, Mark Pittman Organizations: . Food, Drug Administration, Outsourcing, Association, District, FDA Locations: U.S, Fort Worth , Texas

☆ Judge scrutinizes Boeing plea deal and will decide case ‘soon’
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Reuters | Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Boeing agreed in July to plead guilty to conspiring to defraud regulators. Prosecutors arrived at the plea agreement after an extensive investigation and a series of meetings with the families, prosecutors said. He argued the judge should accept the plea agreement. The Justice Department argued that the penalties Boeing agreed to were the most serious available. During a three-year probationary period that followed, Boeing agreed to improve its quality issues and transparency with the government.

Persons: Max, Reed O’Connor, Judge O’Connor, Paul Cassell, ”, ’, Sean Tonolli, Department’s, Boeing “, ” Mark Filip, “ Organizations: New, New York CNN, Boeing, US Justice Department, Prosecutors, Justice Department, Alaska Airlines, Department, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA Locations: Fort Worth , Texas, New York, United States, Alaska

☆ Airports are investing in private wireless networks to improve operations and travelers' experience
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Airports are looking to private wireless networks to improve operations, execs said at MWC Las Vegas. Private wireless networks are key to ushering in a better airport experience for both the travel hubs' operations and the billions of passengers who pass through them. Private networks generally offer greater security and reliability, lower latency, and higher bandwidth compared with public networks. "As I think about a future with a lot of growth, private wireless is foundational. Private wireless networks can also help enterprises with cost and mobility by reducing the expense of installing cables and by providing connectivity to areas that might be harder to reach with wires.

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It’s not unusual for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to have to respond to rumors surrounding any given natural disaster. This week, President Joe Biden requested a memorandum from his team on the federal government’s digital response, including how officials were remediating misinformation, a senior administration official told CNN. “The contours of this misinformation are unlike anything we’ve seen before,” a senior administration official told CNN. CNN previously reported that there were 30 midair near-collisions involving noncommercial flights in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Saturday, September 28. FEMA personnel on the ground receive threatsThe snowballing of false information on the heels of Hurricane Helene has also directly affected those on the ground.

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☆ Hallways are disappearing from America's homes
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( Alcynna Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementAs homeowners and builders make tough design choices, hallways are disappearing from many newly built homes. Highland Homes' Palermo floor plan. Courtesy of Highland HomesBy contrast, a Highland Homes floor plan from 2018 for a one-story home has more hallways. Why long hallways are becoming passéThere are several reasons hallways are being phased out of newly built homes, apart from saving money for builders. Courtesy of Highland HomesPictured above is Highland Homes' 608 floor plan, a two-story home of about 4,500 square feet released in 2020.

Persons: John Burns, Mikaela Arroyo, Arroyo, It's, Taylor Morrison, Jen Shurtleff, Shurtleff, — Organizations: National Association of Home Builders, John Burns Research, Consulting, Trends, JBREC, Tri Pointe Homes, Forbes, Highland Homes, Highland, Homes, Generations United Locations: Tri Pointe, Texas, Highland, Dallas, Fort Worth , Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Palermo

☆ Falling home prices and fed-up residents show the Texas housing boom is slowing
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( Jennifer Sor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The Texas housing market has cooled after a frenzy of activity during the pandemic. The shift in attitudes is an indicator for the state's housing market, which boomed during the pandemic. Median home prices in Texas have fallen around 7% from their highs in mid-2022, according to data from Redfin. The decline is an outlier compared to the broader US housing market, which is still prices hovering around record highs. But those issues are minor relative to things like economic growth and housing affordability, Fairweather says, which she described as two of the biggest factors that could determine if the Texas housing market picks back up.

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"Food Wars" hosts Harry Kersh and Joe Avella travel across the Dallas-Fort Worth area to find the best barbecue in the city. They'll be visiting four locations in two days to see what the city has to offer. This is "Food Tours."

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This article is part of “Dealing the Dead,” a series investigating the use of unclaimed bodies for medical research. For five years, the unclaimed dead of Dallas and Tarrant counties were delivered to the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth. There, the bodies were assessed based on their usefulness to medical science: Those that tested positive for infectious diseases or had begun to decompose were cremated. Others were cut into pieces and leased out to medical schools, the U.S. Army and for-profit medical technology companies. The database is based on spreadsheets of unclaimed bodies obtained through open records requests from the county medical examiners.

Persons: — Organizations: University of North Texas Health Science, U.S . Army, NBC, Health Science Center, NBC News, Dallas Locations: Dallas, Tarrant, Fort Worth, freezers, Texas

☆ An Asian airline hopes launching one of the world's longest narrowbody routes will actually be a comfort upgrade for passengers
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Air Astana is launching one of the world's longest narrowbody routes from Almaty to London. AdvertisementAir Astana is launching one of the world's longest narrowbody routes with the aim of increasing comfort for passengers. The Kazkhstani flag carrier announced last Wednesday that it will use an Airbus A321LR on its route from Almaty to London. Plus, Air Astana is a relatively small carrier, as it only has three widebody jets, all Boeing 767s. European budget airline Wizz Air earlier this month announced its first route utilizing the Airbus A321XLR on seven-hour flights.

Persons: —, that's, József Váradi Organizations: Air Astana, Airbus, Service, Boeing, British Airways, Wizz, Air, Kazakhstani Locations: Almaty, London, Aktau, Kazakhstan, Dallas, Fort Worth, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

High risk of natural disaster and extreme heat For two decades, they’ve also been some of the most popular places to move as Americans have flocked to the South and West. Much of Vermont, which is not highlighted as high risk in the maps above, saw devastating flooding last year following a record-breaking storm. Jacksonville Tallahassee Gainesville Daytona Beach Orlando Tampa HIGH HURRICANE WIND RISK Sarasota The Tampa metro area has been one of the fastest growing in the country. Many of these new residents have settled in coastal communities that are at high risk for hurricanes. Dallas-Fort Worth sits in an area at high risk for serious thunderstorms, hailstorms and tornadoes.

☆ Why it's time to take warnings about using public Wi-Fi, in places like airports, seriously
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-29 | by ( Kevin Williams | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Over the years, travelers have repeatedly been warned to avoid public Wi-Fi in places like airports and coffee shops. Airport Wi-Fi, in particular, is known to be a hacker honeypot, due to what is typically relatively lax security. He allegedly set up a fake Wi-Fi network to steal email or social media credentials. How to avoid becoming a victim of this cybercrimeWhen in public places, experts say it's best to use alternatives to public WiFi networks. Alcorn says evil twin attacks are "definitely" occurring with regularity in the United States, it's just rare for someone to get caught because they are such stealth attacks.

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Otis Keys II, 41, The Colony, Texas UPS driver grappling with smaller average paychecks despite a new union contract. When Otis Keys II hit top-level pay for his role at UPS in 2019, he expected to start checking items off his financial bucket list. That’s not what happened, even after the Teamsters union he belongs to negotiated a historic new contract last summer. “There’s a lot of guys that actually had to take a hard layoff and sit home.”Primary source of income: Keys drives full time for UPS. A UPS spokesperson said feeder drivers “are the best compensated in the industry” and “their total pay and benefits package is valued at nearly double our competitors’.”Otis Keys II is a feeder truck driver at UPS.

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This article is part of “Dealing the Dead,” a series investigating the use of unclaimed bodies for medical research. Texas Senate Media ServicesThe Health Science Center did not comment on Parker’s plans for legislation. The Health Science Center suspended its body-donation program, fired the officials who led it and said it would stop accepting unclaimed bodies. The University of North Texas Health Science Center suspended its body-donation program and fired the officials who led it. Dallas County officials have said moving forward they won’t provide unclaimed bodies for research unless survivors choose to do so.

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Today, it is just over $3,000,” said Harris, who also serves as chair of the National Association of Home Builders. Vice President Kamala Harris has proposed offering $25,000 in down payment assistance to first-time homebuyers and incentives to homebuilders to construct more housing for first-time homebuyers. Former President Donald Trump has said he would lower housing costs by opening federal land to development, rolling back regulations and reducing overall inflation. But homebuilders say they face a web of challenges that have been nearly two decades in the making and will likely take years to resolve. One major barrier to driving down prices and increasing supply has been a shortage of workers, homebuilders said.

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☆ The North American airports that travelers find the most – and least – satisfying
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Marnie Hunter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

And many North American air travelers are still enjoying their time at airports, according to the overall satisfaction scores in the 2024 North America Airport Satisfaction Study from J.D. In the large airport category, with 10 to 32.9 million passengers per year, John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California, is this year’s top scorer, followed by Tampa International Airport and Kansas City International Airport. Indianapolis International Airport ranks highest among medium airports with 4.5 to 9.9 million passengers per year, followed by Jacksonville International Airport and Southwest Florida International Airport. “The Airtrain isn’t complete and that makes accessing the terminals difficult.”Philadelphia International Airport ranks lowest in the large airport category. Matt Slocum/APIn the large airport category, Philadelphia International Airport ranks lowest.

The University of North Texas Health Science Center will stop accepting unclaimed bodies following an NBC News investigation that documented how the Fort Worth program cut up and leased out the remains of poor people for training and research without consent from the dead or their families. The move was prompted, she said, by documents uncovered while responding to reporters’ public-records requests about the center’s Willed Body Program. Among the revelations were “a lack of sufficient controls and oversight” of how outside companies handled and used corpses provided by the Health Science Center. Trent-Adams said leadership had been unaware that the body program was routinely shipping unclaimed remains — including those of U.S. military veterans — across state lines. The NBC News investigation published Monday found the center had received about 2,350 unclaimed bodies from Tarrant and Dallas counties in the past five years.

Persons: Sylvia Trent, Adams, ” Trent, Tim O’Hare, ” Organizations: University of North Texas Health Science, NBC News, Fort Worth, Health Science Center . Trent, NBC, Science Locations: U.S, Tarrant, Dallas, Tarrant County

☆ Magnitude-5.1 earthquake strikes near Midland, Texas, as thousands report shaking
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dennis-Romero-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Dennis Romero | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

A rare strong earthquake struck near Midland, Texas, on Monday evening, triggering more than 1,000 reports of shaking, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The USGS received more than 1,400 reports of shaking. People as far away as Fort Worth — 282 miles east — and Austin — 322 miles southeast — reported feeling the earthquake. Ackerly is about 60 miles north of Midland. The USGS says that fracking can be linked to a small percentage of earthquakes and that more are attributable to wastewater disposal.

Persons: Austin Organizations: U.S . Geological Survey, Fort Worth, Austin —, Earthquakes, Rockies Locations: Midland , Texas, U.S, Ackerly, Fort Worth —, North America, Midland, fracking

“If you could find us,“ she asked, “why didn’t they?”Do you have a story to share about the use of unclaimed bodies for research? Dr. Douglas Hampers, the CEO of National Bioskills Laboratories — which had leased Honey’s torso — said he was disturbed to learn his company had received unclaimed bodies. He said his company would ensure that it no longer accepted unclaimed bodies and would adopt policies to make certain future specimens were donated with families’ permission. To curb this ghastly 19th-century practice, states adopted laws giving schools authority to use unclaimed bodies for student training and experiments. Each of the 44 that answered said they don’t use unclaimed bodies — and some condemned doing so.

Persons: Fran Moore, Carl Yenner, “, —, Victor Honey —, ”, Brenda Cloud, didn’t, DePuy, Johnson, Medsystems, Medical Sciences —, Douglas Hampers, Thomas Champney, Tim O’Hare Organizations: NBC, Army, University of North Texas Health Science, Health Science Center, Health Science, NBC News, Health, Dallas, U.S . Army, Johnson, Boston Scientific, University of Arkansas, Medical Sciences, University of North, National Bioskills Laboratories, American Association for Anatomy, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Locations: Texas, Dallas, Tarrant, Fort Worth, North Texas, University of North Texas, Dallas County, Tarrant County

By the time Harvey found the posting online, the medical examiner had sent Coleman’s body to the Health Science Center. “‘Did he actually die?’”After Victor Honey’s body arrived at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, the harvesting began. NBC News informed Getinge, the Army and National Bioskills about the center’s regular use of unclaimed bodies and Honey’s family not providing consent. He said his company would ensure that it no longer accepted unclaimed bodies and would adopt policies to make certain future specimens were donated with families’ permission. On a call, the reporter broke the news of how Honey’s body was used.

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☆ The states where rent is going up the fastest — and the slowest
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

States such as Maine, New Mexico, and Utah have seen the largest percent increases in median gross rent — which includes rent and utility costs — between 2022 and 2023. The median housing cost for renters increased from $1,354 to $1,406 during this period. The census data covers increases between 2022 and 2023, and more recent data shows that cost growth has continued this year. According to national Redfin data, rents increased slightly nationwide in September 2024 compared to the year prior, at 0.9%, and are now $1,645 for all rental sizes. The ACS reveals some racial inequities among cost-burdened households.

Persons: — Organizations: Service, Survey, Business, DC Locations: Maine, New Mexico, Utah, Hawaii, Washington, Florida, Mississippi, Alaska, New York, Raleigh, Fort Worth, Charlotte, Milwaukee, Florida , Nebraska, Vermont, Alaska , Delaware, Georgia, Pennsylvania

☆ A millennial moved to the Netherlands from Texas and traded a 6-day workweek for a 4-day one. He earns less but says he is happier.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( John Towfighi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewKeiland Smith loved his job as the director of a chiropractic practice, but he felt exhausted by the 6-day workweek. They love life in the Netherlands and now Smith has more control over his schedule, often working four days a week. When a previous mentor contacted him about working as a chiropractor in the Netherlands, Smith became intrigued. He earns about $72,000 (€65,000) annually in the Netherlands, which is less than the six figures he made in Texas. AdvertisementBeyond work, Smith said he feels healthier in the Netherlands than he did in Texas.

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