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Washington CNN —The Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC, cleared out a pro-Palestinian encampment on George Washington University’s campus early Wednesday and arrested 30 protesters there and three others in a separate altercation, Metro Police Chief Pamela A. Smith said. Yet after police cleared the encampment, House Oversight Chair James Comer, a Republican from Kentucky, announced the hearing was canceled and took credit for spurring action. GW’s encampment was set up about two weeks ago in the University Yard, a grassy square on campus surrounded by a food hall and university buildings. Officers deployed pepper spray three timesPeople listen as activists and students protest near an encampment at University Yard, George Washington University on April 28, in Washington, DC. Ahmed El Masry, a demonstrator at the GW encampment, said he left the encampment at about 2 a.m. but rushed back about two hours later when he heard police were working to clear the space.

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☆ This 'locked-in' risk management advisor gets his followers hyped about 'hammering spreadsheets' and quarterly meetings
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-05 | by ( Camilo Fonseca | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Davis Clarke, a risk management advisor at Citizens, has gained quite a following on social media. AdvertisementYou don't have to look far on social media to find people who are sick and tired of their office jobs. But one office worker has gained a following for his unabashedly upbeat and positive content. In one video, he's walking through downtown on a Monday morning, ready to start "hammering spreadsheets and chugging waters." Build a social media account and use it to show the world the values he cared about.

Persons: Davis Clarke, Clarke, —, he's, he'll, Tom Ranucci, Ranucci, wasn't, they'll Organizations: Citizens, Service, Citizens Bank, Business, selfies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Boston Marathon Locations: Boston, America, Seattle

☆ Trump won't rule out election violence if he loses to Biden in November: 'It depends'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump wouldn't dismiss the possibility of political violence this election season if he loses. He said in an interview with Time: "It always depends on the fairness of an election." AdvertisementFormer President Donald Trump said in a new interview that he's not ruling out the possibility of election-related violence if he loses to President Joe Biden in November. When first pressed about the prospect of "political violence" over the upcoming presidential election, Trump said he didn't think it would play out. A poll last year from the US Association of Former Members of Congress and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, found that a whopping 84% of ex-members of Congress were worried about election-related violence in 2024.

Persons: Trump, —, Donald Trump, he's, Joe Biden, didn't, Biden, Michael Fanone Organizations: Capitol, Service, Lago Club, US Association, Former, University of Massachusetts, Former Metropolitan Police Locations: University of Massachusetts Amherst

☆ A 79-year-old triathlete didn't get fit until her 40s. She shared her 5 longevity tips for healthy aging.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Serafina Kenny | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

But by the time the marathon was over, Gruenfeld had decided she would run the 26.2 miles the next year. In October 1992, at 48 years of age, Gruenfeld crossed the finish line at Kona. And her Ironman career isn't over — Gruenfeld is training for her next triathlon, which she will compete in as an 80-year-old. The 80:20 rule — choosing healthy foods 80% of the time and being flexible the other 20% — is one way to make this easier, dietitian Nicole Ludlam-Raine previously told BI. Dr. Heidi Tissenbaum, a molecular, cell, and cancer biology professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, previously told BI that keeping the mind and body active is the most important factor in longevity.

Persons: —, Cherie Gruenfeld, Gruenfeld, who'd, Donald Miralle, it's, Bryan Johnson, Nicole Ludlam, Raine, Meena Khan, You've, Dr, Heidi Tissenbaum, Ben Foster Organizations: Service, Boston Marathon, Business, Ohio State University, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Mobility, People's Athletic Club Locations: Boston, Kailua, Kona, Hawaii

☆ A Massachusetts city is giving families at risk of losing their homes $750 a month, no strings attached
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Allie Kelly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewA Massachusetts city is giving low-income families $750 a month, no strings attached. The guaranteed basic income program will focus on residents who are in danger of losing their homes. The Somerville GBI Pilot will serve about 200 low-income families currently experiencing housing insecurity. Related stories"My life was always just a couple hundred dollars short," a participant in San Antonio's income program told BI. St. Louis, Missouri recently distributed $500 monthly payments to low-income families, and Flint, Michigan is offering funds to new mothers.

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☆ A significant number of US 12th-graders report using delta-8 products, study says, and it may be a public health concern
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Jen Christensen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Delta-8 THC, or delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, is one of more than 100 chemical compounds found in the cannabis sativa plant. That’s at least one or two students in every average-sized high school class who may be using delta-8. Most of the participants were about 17 years old, so the study may not fully represent how many younger teens are using delta-8. There has been a general concern that the number of students using delta-8 has been growing, according to an editorial published Tuesday alongside this study. Calls to America’s Poison Centers about delta-8 products spiked 82% from 2021 to 2022, the group said in a recent report, with 3,358 exposures managed in 2022.

Persons: ”, Adam Leventhal, “ Dr, Nora Volkow, ” Leventhal, Jennifer Whitehill, Kelly Dunn, Renee Johnson, Harlow et, Scientists don’t, Dr, Sanjay Gupta Organizations: CNN —, USC Institute for Addiction Science, Midwest, National Institute on Drug, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Johns Hopkins University, National Cannabis Industry Association, Scientists, Research, Get CNN, CNN Health, Centers

☆ Boeing Disaster Proves Americans Businesses Greedy Mentality Is Broken
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-11 | by ( Linette Lopez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

They expose decades of American corporate philosophy gone awry. A good American company isn’t just a vehicle for financial returns; it is first and foremost an employer, a contributor to economic and/or technological innovation, and a source of US power. But it’s clear that what Boeing — and the entire American corporate body politic — needs is nothing short of a philosophical counterrevolution. Over these three decades of plenty for Boeing’s shareholders, the company’s staff was asked to penny-pinch. Boeing’s stock cratered, and France’s Airbus , a rival once colloquially known as “Scare Bus,” started to eat the American company’s lunch .

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☆ An 83-year-old doctor and triathlete transformed his health in his 40s. He shares his 4 key diet principles.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Serafina Kenny | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Maroon uses four key diet principles to boost his health and longevity. AdvertisementAn 83-year-old doctor and triathlete who transformed his health in his 40s shared the diet principles he believes have helped him to live a long, healthy life . Artificial trans fats are made when vegetable oil is hydrogenated. They were commonly found in packaged, ultra-processed foods until the Food and Drugs Administration declared trans fats unsafe to eat in 2015. The FDA gave food manufacturers three years to remove trans fats from their products, so most foods no longer contain them.

Persons: Joseph Maroon, —, Maroon, Dana Ellis Hunnes, Kristin Gillespie, Heidi Tissenbaum, It's Organizations: Service, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Aging Consortium, US News, UCLA Medical Center, Drugs Administration, FDA, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Brian Chaney says he asked for a supervisor during his arrest in Keego Harbor, Michigan, and Police Officer Richard Lindquist told him that another officer present was in charge. The problem: That second officer was not a supervisor or even a member of the Keego Harbor Police Department. Lindquist no longer works for the Keego Harbor police and the AP was unable to reach him. “People hold police in high esteem,” said Robinson, who spent 13 years as a Detroit police officer. “Basically, I think police officers lie because they can,” Feldman said.

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☆ Black holes are rampaging through our universe at more than 2.2 million mph and scientists think they now know why
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( Maiya Focht | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

These black holes get kicked into space, moving as fast as 1,000 kilometers per second. AdvertisementScientists studying how supernovas explode may have discovered a new process for how certain black holes form. Turns out, some baby black holes hit the ground running at colossal speeds just moments after they take shape. Asymmetrical explosions can lead to powerful kicks that send black holes shooting into space at over 2 million mph. AdvertisementIf the black holes are movingIf you hear blazing-fast black holes and start to panic, don't.

Persons: —, MARK GARLICK, GARLICK, Adam Burrows, Burrows, Vijay Varma, Ivo Labbe, Swinburne, Rachel Bezanson, Varma Organizations: Service, Princeton University, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, NASA, ESA, CSA, University of Pittsburgh

☆ The overwhelming majority of polled ex-members of Congress fear the 2024 election will lead to violence
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Most polled former members of Congress say they're concerned more violence will occur in 2024. More than 80% of GOP ex-legislators said they thought Biden legitimately won the 2020 election. AdvertisementThe vast majority of recently polled former members of Congress said they fear the upcoming elections in 2024 will lead to violence. Former members of Congress polled were first elected between 1962 and 2022. AdvertisementTrump, along with several other of his associates, were indicted in August regarding the attempt, alleging they conspired to defraud the government and stop the 2020 election from getting certified.

Persons: Biden, —, Joe Biden, Donald Trump Organizations: Trump, Capitol, GOP, Service, United States Association, Former, University of Massachusetts, Democratic, Republican Locations: Amherst, Republican, American

☆ Meta Is Struggling to Boot Pedophiles Off Facebook and Instagram
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Jeff Horwitz | Katherine Blunt | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Meta Platforms has spent months trying to fix child-safety problems on Instagram and Facebook, but it is struggling to prevent its own systems from enabling and even promoting a vast network of pedophile accounts. The social-media giant set up a child-safety task force in June after The Wall Street Journal and researchers at Stanford University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst revealed that Instagram’s algorithms connected a web of accounts devoted to the creation, purchasing and trading of underage-sex content.

Organizations: Facebook, Street Journal, Stanford University, University of Massachusetts Amherst

☆ Gaza Protests at Colleges Open a Generational Divide
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Douglas Belkin | Melissa Korn | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Three years ago, Erin Mullen arrived at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst exhausted by the pandemic and without any appetite for political demonstrations. Last month she sat in a holding cell in an Amherst jail with her hands cuffed behind her back, one of 57 students arrested while protesting the conflict in Gaza. Mullen is white, her parents were raised Catholic and she grew up in an upper middle class Boston suburb. Her political awakening—along with those of tens of thousands of her generation now enrolled at college—is fueling a surge of campus unrest not seen since the Vietnam War.

Persons: Erin Mullen, cuffed, Mullen Organizations: University of Massachusetts Locations: Amherst, Gaza, Boston, Vietnam

☆ Wife of Ukraine’s top military intelligence official hospitalized with apparent heavy metals poisoning
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Katie Bo Lillis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Washington CNN —The wife of Ukraine’s top military intelligence official has been hospitalized with apparent heavy metals poisoning, according to Ukrainian and western officials. American and western intelligence officials have not independently verified the poisoning but believe Ukrainian reports to be accurate, sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. According to the GUR representative, she has been hospitalized for a week and had felt poorly for some time prior to being hospitalized. In England in 2018, Russian agents used a nerve agent to poison Sergei Skripal, a former Russian military officer and double agent for British intelligence agencies. While initial reports indicated that they suffered from poisoning, later reports indicated the they were sickened due to an environmental factor, not poisoning.

Persons: Marianna Budanova, Kyrylo Budanov, GUR, Andriy Yusov, Budanova, Edward Boyer, ” Boyer, “, Russia –, –, Sergei Skripal Organizations: Washington CNN, Ukrainian Defense Intelligence, CNN, Defense Intelligence, University of Massachusetts Locations: Ukrainian, Russia, Ukraine, Soviet Union, England, Russian, United States, Turkey

☆ It's a terrible time to be a HENRY
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | Cork Gaines | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Their wage and job growth is slower than lower earners, they're piling on debt, and childcare costs are soaring. Workers with earnings in the bottom 10% of wages saw higher wage gains than those in the top 10%. AdvertisementAdvertisementWhile wage gains have stabilized a bit, the bottom half of workers are still notching greater gains than those at the top. Meanwhile, the already rich — those who make over $250,000 — only saw their childcare costs increase by about 4%. As the labor market continues to slow, and childcare costs only rise with the end of pandemic-era subsidies , it might continue to be a bad time to be a HENRY.

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☆ Workers are missing cog in US manufacturing gears
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Jeffrey Goldfarb | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

NEW YORK, Nov 7 (Reuters Breakingviews) - There’s a spanner in the freshly restarted U.S. manufacturing machine. Based in part on the planned construction spending, Goldman Sachs analysts estimate that Biden’s initiatives could lead to as many as 250,000 new manufacturing jobs over the next two years. Pay growth is also cooling faster for production and manufacturing jobs, at 4.2% year-over-year in August, down from an 11% annual peak in December 2021 and compared to the national average of 4.5%, according to jobs website Indeed. By 2030, technological and cognitive skills in the manufacturing sector will be in far higher demand as the share of physical and manual tasks drops by more than a quarter from 2016, McKinsey says. The U.S. manufacturing engine may be humming along now, but employment-related complications threaten to throw sand in the gears.

Persons: Joe Biden’s, Biden, Goldman Sachs, There’s, it’s, Sam, Francesco Guererra, Sharon Lam Organizations: Reuters, Deal, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Samsung Electronics, Intel, Bosch, Linde, Public, Ford, SK Innovation, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Department, Bureau of Labor Statistics, McKinsey, University of Massachusetts, Economy Research, of Labor Statistics, Thomson Locations: Arizona, U.S, United States, China, Europe, Asia, it’s, Germany, Amherst

☆ Thomas Gryta — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Thomas Gryta | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Thomas GrytaThomas Gryta covers General Electric and corporate news for The Wall Street Journal in New York. His coverage spans how companies navigate the changing economy and society along with financial and operational challenges. He later covered the biotechnology and pharmaceuticals industry, then moved to the Journal in 2013 to cover telecommunications before shifting to the industrials beat in 2017. Tom is a former Knight-Bagehot Fellow at Columbia University and studied history at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. With Journal colleague Ted Mann, he is co-author of the book “Lights Out: Pride, Delusion, and the Fall of General Electric,” which details the decline of the former titan of American business.

Persons: Thomas Gryta Thomas Gryta, Dow Jones, Tom, Ted Mann Organizations: Electric, Wall Street, Dow, Columbia University, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, General Electric Locations: New York, London

☆ Who will care for older adults? We’ve plenty of know-how but too few specialists
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Judith Graham | Kff Health News | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Research suggests each geriatrician should care for no more than 700 patients; the current ratio of providers to older patients is 1 to 10,000. In some respects, geriatrics has been remarkably successful in disseminating principles and practices meant to improve the care of older adults. Under this model, older adults with acute but non-life-threatening illnesses get care at home, managed closely by nurses and doctors. In July 2019, the American College of Surgeons created a program with 32 standards designed to improve the care of older adults. The bright lights, noise, and harried atmosphere in hospital emergency rooms can disorient older adults.

Persons: Jerry Gurwitz, “, ” Gurwitz, What’s, “ There’s, ”, geriatrician Gregg Warshaw, geriatrics, Michael Harper, Thomas Robinson, geriatricians, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, Lisa Walke, Harper Organizations: CNN, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, American Geriatrics Society, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, University of California, Seniors, American College of Surgeons, Initiative, Geriatric, American College of Emergency Physicians, Centers, Medicare, Medicaid Services, UCLA, Indiana University, Johns Hopkins University, UCSF, Get CNN, CNN Health, Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, KFF Health, Kaiser Health, KFF Locations: United States, San Francisco

☆ Get ready for 'AI factories'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Nvidia is expanding its partnership with Foxconn to build data centers called "AI factories." The aim is for the AI factories to enable development of robots, self-driving cars, and generative AI services. AdvertisementAdvertisementCountries like the US are seeing a factory boom — and so-called "AI factories" could follow. "And the data centers that produce it are AI factories." The announcement of the AI factories comes as major technology companies like Microsoft invest billions into AI-efforts like building new data centers in an effort to cash in on the generative AI hype.

Persons: Foxconn, —, Jensen Huang, Huang, Foxconn didn't, Jonathan Gray, Blackstone Organizations: Nvidia, Service, Foxconn, Hon, Reuters, Microsoft, Research, University of Massachusetts Locations: Taipei, San Francisco and New York, Sweden, Netherlands

☆ The Queen’s question returns with a vengeance
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Felix Martin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

The world’s leading central banks had spent the previous two decades focusing on low inflation, neglecting risks to financial stability. Central bankers counter correctly that predictive accuracy is not the same as explanatory power. Yet it is far from clear how today’s independent central banks should respond to these overtly political struggles. In 2021, when the Phillips Curve was asleep at the wheel, the growth in the money supply was flashing red. The unfortunate truth is that there are many answers to the Queen’s question this time round – but no single magic solution.

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☆ Great news — social media is falling apart
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Shubham Agarwal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

And I'm not alone: People are spending less and less time on social media. But instead of spelling the death of social media, it may be the beginning of a better era. Welcome to the Great Social Media Splintering. One recent study found social media could cause an increase in eating disorders and poor body image in men and women. Studies have found that news overload from social media can cause stress, anxiety, fatigue, and lack of sleep.

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☆ Feeling lonely? Go to the library.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

And it's becoming clearer just how important "third places" — spaces for socializing outside of work and home — are. Wood, who thinks libraries are "one of the last true third places," explained that there are a range of spaces in her library. Abrams said he regularly drops by the New York Public Library just to pick up sticky buns from Amy's Bread, a bakery with an outpost in the library. Eliza Relman/InsiderIn Boston, for instance, the Boston Public Library is thriving, Gregor Smart, the head of the Kirstein Business Library and Innovation Center at BPL, said. Covid taught the library the need for things like Macs with webcams, for instance, so library goers can hop on Zoom or do job interviews.

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☆ Your Fitbit and Apple Watch may wind up hurting you
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Kelli María Korducki | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementWhen numbers take overThe 10,000-step benchmark has generally been the baseline goal for smartphone apps and fitness trackers. When the Fitbit tracker launched in 2009, 45 years after Yamasa's gadget cemented the 10,000-steps ideal in the public consciousness, it kick-started a boom in fitness wearables and spawned a frenzy for health data. This flood of easily accessible health data has certainly had some positive effects. Many fitness-tracking products also incorporate social-sharing features, which can give us a better perspective on how our exercise habits stack up against our friends', providing a little healthy competition as motivation. Many health- and fitness-tracking apps and wearables issue notifications throughout the day to urge their users toward their movement goals.

Persons: I've, Amanda Paluch, —, Paluch, John Toner, Toner, Cathleen Kronemer, Louis, she's, Kronemer, there's, I'm, Kelli María Korducki Organizations: Apple, US Department of Health, Human Services, University of Massachusetts Amherst, University of Hull, Health, Washington University School of Medicine, — Locations: East Asia, St, New York City

☆ Why Hasan Minhaj’s fabrications could invalidate real accounts of racism and Islamophobia
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Brahmjot Kaur | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Many are saying they are worried Minhaj's fabrications could invalidate people's accounts of actual racism and Islamophobia. People can stereotype and say, 'Oh, look, that South Asian comedian lied. Vishal Kalyanasundaram, a South Asian comedian, said he can understand the backlash but believes it shouldn't be such a big deal. "Just because he's South Asian doesn't mean he's the golden child and the voice for our people. Nylah Burton, a freelance journalist, also defended Minhaj, recognizing that the comedy industry is difficult to break into, especially for a South Asian Muslim comedian.

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☆ Home tests still work to detect Covid-19, but here’s why your test may not pick up an infection
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Brenda Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

That has led to speculation on social media that perhaps rapid tests have lost their ability to detect some of the newer coronavirus variants. “To date, the performance of currently marketed COVID-19 tests has not been adversely impacted by any new variants,” Merchak said in a statement. “That’s why the repeat testing 48 hours is so important.”Why rapid tests are often negative in kidsAnother real-world study of rapid tests identified another reason the tests sometimes don’t work well: operator error. In this study, negative rapid tests correctly meant that a child was healthy only 38% of the time. PCR tests showed that the infected kids had viral loads that should have been high enough to turn positive on rapid tests.

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