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Since Harris kicked off her presidential campaign, there’s been a string of good news for the US economy. Harris will have Biden’s mostly strong economy to run on. By June 2021, Biden’s sixth month in office, the nation’s inflation rate jumped to more than 5%. After the Federal Reserve hiked interest rate hikes to a 23-year high to stamp out inflation, the economy — eventually — started to run at a slower pace. The Biden administration canceled $168 billion in student loan debt for 4.8 million Americans.

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☆ A millennial couple overcame 3 challenges turning a ruined chapel into a $250-a-night Airbnb. Take a look.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Maria Noyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

"We were like, 'Oh, look at that cute little church," O'Mara, a 39-year-old real-estate agent, told Business Insider. AdvertisementThey didn't think of the chapel again until O'Mara stumbled upon it when scanning real-estate listings for work. The Dunnigans turned the chapel into an event space and an Airbnb that they said brings in $40,000 in revenue a year. The chapel was built by volunteers in the early 1900s to be a place of worship for Norwegian-speaking Lutherans. Paulette Hagen Simple Website CreationsThey then found a local contractor whose father had built church altars.

Persons: —, O'Mara, Adam Dunnigan, " O'Mara, Adam, Dunnigans, Paulette Hagen, wouldn't, Adam's, they've, — O'Mara Organizations: Service, Detroit, Business Locations: Detroit Lakes , Minnesota, Minnesota, Fargo , North Dakota, Minneapolis, Audubon, Detroit Lakes, Portugal

☆ A rare and massive ranch near Aspen is for sale for $150 million — but there's a catch. Take a look.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewA 3,720-acre ranch in Snowmass, Colorado — a ski town 15 miles north of Aspen — is on the market for $150 million. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Somebody will sit there and go, 'Wow, there's nothing like this,'" Mirr told Business Insider. AdvertisementMirr, of Mirr Ranch Group, shares the listing with Michael Latousek of Douglas Elliman. But Pitkon County, where Snowmass and Aspen are located, won't let large developments be built without scrutiny.

Persons: —, Ken Mirr, Mirr, Michael Latousek, Douglas Elliman, Thomas Keating, Benedict's, Thomas Peterffy, Steve Wynn Organizations: Service, Business, Mirr Ranch, Conference, Aspen Institute, Aspen Ideas, Street Locations: Snowmass , Colorado, Aspen —, Benedict's, Pitkon County, Aspen

☆ Tour $60 million mansion in Delray Beach, Florida
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Ray Parisi | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

The Mar Pietra compound in Delray Beach, Florida, is being offered at $60 million. Daniel PetroniThe trophy home's massive footprint and its giant oceanfront lawn are a rare sight on this strip of beach in Palm Beach County. While the estate has been on and off the market since December 2021, its $60 million price tag holds steady. Daniel PetroniThe home's driveway passes through a grand archway called a porte-cochere that leads to a circular motor court. Daniel PetroniThe home's so-called auto lounge is an underground garage adorned with giant crystal chandeliers, ornate ceilings and parking for seven cars.

Persons: Daniel Petroni, Massimo Musa, Musa, Senada, Douglas Elliman, Adzem, Pietra, Mar Pietra, Mar, Daniel Petroni Musa, Vanderbilt, Daniel Petroni Mar Organizations: CNBC, Sunrise, Delray, South, Palm, Mar, Vehicles, Vizcaya Museum, Gardens Locations: Delray Beach , Florida, Italian, Florence, Italy, Yucatan, Verona, Colombia, Delray Beach, Rome, Palm Beach County, Intracoastal, South Florida, Highland Beach, Mar, Florida, intracoastal, Miami

☆ What a geriatric doctor wishes you knew now for healthy aging
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Madeline Holcombe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Why should people start to think about healthy aging early? One can affect the other, but it’s really kind of the sum of the parts is greater than the whole. But home-cooked meals — cooking your own fresh fruit and vegetables, thinking about having these types of meals — is really, really important and nutritious. Batsis: Healthy aging can occur at any stage of life. The definition of what constitutes healthy aging may differ, and it’s really about asking what does it mean to you?

Persons: John Batsis, —, it’s, It’s Organizations: CNN, Department of Health, Human Services, University of North, UNC’s School of Medicine, Gillings School of Global Public Health Locations: University of North Carolina, Chapel

☆ Eating less bacon and other processed meat may reduce the risk of diabetes, heart disease, and certain cancers, study shows
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewCutting back on processed meat in your diet may reduce the risk of serious diseases, including some cancers, a new research analysis predicts. Processed meat has long been thought to be a culprit in chronic illnesses like heart disease. Specifically, there would be about 352,900 fewer cases of diabetes, 92,500 fewer cases of heart disease, and 53,300 fewer cases of colorectal cancer, according to the estimate. However, more research is needed on unprocessed red meat like steak, as some studies have suggested that, in moderation, it may be less harmful than processed meat. One important caveat to the study is that the potential health benefits of cutting out processed meat also depend on what you replace it with.

Persons: —, Bacon, Lindsay Jaacks, Jaacks Organizations: Service, Business, University of Edinburgh, University of North Locations: University of North Carolina, Hill

☆ Universal basic income has gone from utopian vision to economic reality. Here's what you need to know about UBI.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Read previewUniversal basic income has made giant strides from its origins as a utopian vision toward becoming economic reality. Basic income trials have been conducted in countries as varied as Kenya, Finland, India, and Canada. Proponents of UBI say it reduces poverty, strengthens the social safety net, promotes health and happiness, and combats the stigma around welfare. Basic income recipients in a Finnish trial reported higher life satisfaction, improved health, and lower levels of depression and loneliness. An open questionUniversal basic income remains a largely theoretical idea that could have significant — and unpredictable — impacts on wealth inequality, human welfare, labor markets, and entire economies.

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☆ AI images of Jesus are suspiciously handsome. We only have ourselves to blame
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Aj Willingham | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Now, in the age of AI, Jesus can assume an infinite variety of roles with just a few keystrokes. While AI images of Jesus depict the Christian savior in innumerable situations, they often focus on his physical appearance as well. All of these handsome AI Jesus images are created from patterns a machine picks up from the information it is fed. Some AI images of Jesus contain inexplicable details that are neither Biblically nor historically informed. There are other complications that lead to the persistence of handsome AI Jesus.

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☆ Doing resistance training now helps older adults keep strength 4 years later, study shows
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Madeline Holcombe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

As people get older, their skeletal muscle function declines, according to the study published Tuesday in the journal BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine. It was up to the individuals whether they continued their strength training regimen or went back to their normal exercise level,Resistance training with heavy loads yielded the greatest long-lasting benefit in leg strength, the study showed. Edwin Tan/E+/Getty ImagesWhat counts as resistance training? You can think of resistance training as “exercises that improve strength by making muscles work against a force,” said CNN fitness contributor Dana Santas, a mind-body coach for professional athletes. “For older adults, resistance training is crucial for maintaining muscle mass, bone density, and mobility,” she said.

Persons: ”, Mads Bloch, John Batsis, Edwin Tan, Batsis, ” Batsis, Dana Santas, Bloch, Ibenfeldt, Santas Organizations: CNN, CNN’s, Exercise, Institute of Sports Medicine, Bispebjerg Hospital, University of North, School of Medicine, Geriatric, Gillings School of Global Public Health Locations: Copenhagen, Denmark, University of North Carolina

☆ I married my best friend while still in college, and we held the wedding on campus. It was the best decision I ever made.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-08 | by ( Terryn Witherspoon-Woolfolk | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

My future husband was a part of this 10-person group. Oddly enough, that's when my future husband and I finally had a conversation. After nearly two years of friendship, I knew no one could know me like my future husband did. Our wedding date was in the middle of the semester, but it allowed us to have an autumn wedding and have our honeymoon during our fall break. AdvertisementI was afraid that marriage would make college harder or that college would make marriage harder.

Persons: meaninglessly Organizations: Service, Clemson University, Jazz

☆ Our Vegas wedding only cost $10,000. It didn't feel cheap and our guests had a blast.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Courtney Kocak | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementWe decided on Vegas so our families could goStill, we didn't rush into wedding planning. Related storiesI joked that Vegas felt apropos because "every relationship is a gamble." AdvertisementI just wanted fun and easyMy wedding planning ethos was fun and easy, just like our relationship. It didn't feel like a cheap wedding; it felt like a masterpiece, even to our guests. When we first started planning, I wasn't aware that Las Vegas was "the wedding capital of the world," but now it's easy to see why.

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☆ Internet addiction may harm the teen brain, MRI study finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

A new study has possibly captured that objectively, finding that for teens diagnosed with internet addiction, signaling between brain regions important for controlling attention, working memory and more was disrupted. Specifically, internet ‘addiction,’ which was initially conjured up by (psychiatrist) Ivan K. Goldberg in 1995 as a joke. Das wasn’t involved in the study. “Overall, the mechanisms underlying internet addiction are more like an emerging pattern than a finished picture,” Chang said. “Similar to substance and gambling disorders, internet addiction rewires the brain, making it harder to resist internet related stimuli,” he added.

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☆ Sam Butcher, Who Gave the World Precious Moments, Dies at 85
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Penelope Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Mr. Butcher was the Michelangelo of Missouri, and his adorable snub-nosed Precious Moments characters were “the Beanie Babies of porcelain,” as The Wall Street Journal once put it. Their zealous collectors, who numbered in the hundreds of thousands, built rooms for their Precious Moments figurines, convened in regional clubs and made pilgrimages to Carthage, where they slept in the Precious Moments motel or the R.V. park, marveled at the Precious Moments Fountain of the Angels, dined in the Precious Moments food courts and wandered the 30-acre grounds. (Carthage also hosted Precious Moments weddings.) There were hundreds and hundreds of Precious Moments licensees, which made hats, keychains, watches, greeting cards, books and a children’s Bible.

Persons: Sam Butcher, Jon, Mr, Butcher, Michelangelo, Missouri, marveled, Van —, —, . Butcher Organizations: Wall Street, Angels Locations: Carthage, Mo

☆ UK rainforests: Photos reveal the ancient and rare woodland habitat
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Nell Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Lush greens, tangled wood, blurs of light – giant images of rainforests hang on the walls of a church in London. The images are not of tropical rainforests, but very rare temperate rainforest in the UK. Forest bathingVestey’s first trip to a temperate rainforest was in Devon, southwest England. Since then, Vestey estimated she has visited around 60% of the remaining temperate rainforests in the UK. They started spending more time in the ancient woodland at Cabilla, their family’s 300-acre farm on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall.

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☆ Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck: A timeline of their love story
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Plenty of people are wondering if Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are having problems in their marriage, but one person had the nerve to ask in a public forum. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez in "Gigli." “Jennifer Lopez and Cris Judd have announced they have resolved all issues arising out of their marriage,” the couple’s lawyers said in a statement at the time. “I feel so lucky and happy and proud to be with him,” Lopez told People magazine about reuniting with Affleck. February 2024Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez attend a premiere for the film "This Is Me... Now: A Love Story" in Los Angeles in February.

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☆ Opinion | ‘The Seeds Had Been Planted. Trump Didn’t Do It Himself.’
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Thomas B. Edsall | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Replying by email to my inquiry, Hetherington wrote:In 1992, those whites scoring at the top of the authoritarianism scale split their two-party vote almost evenly between Bush and Clinton (51-49). By 2012, those high authoritarianism white voters went 68-32 for Romney over Obama. In both Trump elections it was 80-20 among those voters. So from 50 Republican-50 Democrat to 80 Republican-20 Democrat in the space of 24 years. The two authors analyzed data from seven studies conducted by the World Values Survey in 76 countries between 1981 and 2022.

Persons: Marc Hetherington, ”, Hetherington, Clinton, Romney, Obama, Joshua Conrad Jackson, Dan Medvedev, Jackson, Medvedev Organizations: University of North, Chapel Hill, Trump, Republican, University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business Locations: United States, Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, University of North Carolina, Bush

☆ The top 10 most affordable colleges on the 'New Ivies' list from Forbes—2 are private schools
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Kamaron Mcnair | In Kamaronmcnair | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Going to an Ivy League school for college may help you earn a competitive salary down the line. The average tuition price across the Ivy League colleges is $64,829 — and that's before factoring in housing, food, books and other fees, according to the schools' latest available listed prices. Often, as is the case with Ivy League schools, private colleges can offer better financial aid packages through institutional grants and scholarships. These are the 10 new Ivies with the lowest average net price, according to Department of Education data:1. University of Michigan—Ann ArborOut-of-state tuition: $27,864 (figure reflects 2023-24 tuition price, 2024-25 price not available)Average net price: $16,7928.

Persons: University of Texas — Austin Organizations: Ivy League, Princeton University, Harvard College, Department, Education's, Forbes, —, CNBC, of Education, University of Florida, University of North, Georgia Institute of Technology, Rice, University of Illinois, University of Maryland —, University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin —, University of Texas —, Johns Hopkins Locations: University of North Carolina, University of Illinois Urbana — Champaign, Ann Arbor

☆ Students Walk Out in Protest at Duke Before Seinfeld Speech
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( Maya Shwayder | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

“The Morehouse College graduation, at least as I remember it, is a very solemn event,” he said. Dr. King said it was a place where he had advanced his understanding of nonviolent protest and moral leadership — which current Morehouse students say they take seriously. Roughly 75 percent of students at H.B.C.U.s, including 50 percent of Morehouse students, are eligible for the Pell Grant, a federal aid program for low-income students. More than 80 percent of Morehouse students receive some form of financial aid. Some students at Black colleges also may decide against protesting because of family pressure, which amplifies the importance of securing their degrees.

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☆ College Protests Live Updates: Schools Brace for More Commencement Disruptions
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( Yan Zhuang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

At Morehouse College in Atlanta, discontent over the Gaza war has played out relatively quietly, in classrooms and auditoriums rather than on campus lawns. “This should not be a place that cancels people regardless of if we agree with them,” David Thomas, the Morehouse president, said in an interview on Thursday. Mr. Richmond does not think Mr. Biden will face protests. “The Morehouse College graduation, at least as I remember it, is a very solemn event,” he said. Roughly 75 percent of students at H.B.C.U.s, including 50 percent of Morehouse students, are eligible for the Pell Grant, a federal aid program for low-income students.

☆ Where Protesters on U.S. Campuses Have Been Arrested or Detained
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( The New York Times | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Campuses Have Been Arrested or DetainedPolice officers and university administrators have clashed with pro-Palestinian protesters on a growing number of college campuses in recent weeks, arresting students, removing encampments and threatening academic consequences. More than 2,300 people have been arrested or detained on campuses across the country. Tenn. Texas Utah Vt. Va. Wash. W.Va. Wis. Wyo. Tenn. Texas Utah Vt. Va. Wash. W.Va. Wis. Wyo. Since then, tensions between protesters, universities and the police have risen, prompting law enforcement to take action in some of America’s largest cities.

Persons: Columbia Dartmouth Emerson Emory F.S.U, Conn ., South Carolina U.S.F ., Madison U.S.C, Austin U.T, Dallas V.C.U, Yale P.S.U, Iowa Kan Organizations: Protesters, Police, Cal Poly Humboldt Case, Columbia Dartmouth, Fordham Indiana Univ . New, State Northeastern Northern Ariz ., State Northeastern Northern Ariz . Univ . Ohio State Princeton Stony, State Northeastern Northern Ariz . Univ . Ohio State Princeton Stony Brook New Paltz Tulane U.C.L.A, Buffalo Univ, Arizona Univ, Conn . Univ, Minnesota U.N.H, New Mexico Notre Dame Univ, South Carolina U.S.F, Tennessee Univ, Utah U.W, Virginia Tech, Yale, Pitt Univ, Virginia Art, Hawaii Idaho Ill, N.D . Ohio Okla, Columbia University Locations: U.S, N.Y.C . N.C, State Northeastern Northern, State Northeastern Northern Ariz . Univ, State Northeastern Northern Ariz . Univ . Ohio State Princeton Stony Brook, Hill, Arizona, Colorado, Conn, Florida, Georgia, Illinois U.M.W, Minnesota, New Mexico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, U.T, Virginia, Michigan, Chicago Ala . Alaska, Calif, Colo, Del, Fla . Ga, Hawaii Idaho, Ind, Iowa, Ky, La . Maine Md, Mass, Mich, Minn, Miss, Mo, Mont, Neb, N.H . N.J, N.M, N.Y, N.C, N.D . Ohio, N.D . Ohio Okla ., Pa, S.D . Tenn . Texas Utah, Va, Wash, W.Va . Wis, Wyo, A.S.U, Gaza, America’s

☆ Joseph Stiglitz on why America's appetite for Trump endures
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( William Edwards | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

If Trump is elected again, Stiglitz said, he could well pull support for Ukraine, sending grain prices soaring. For Stiglitz, the 2001 winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, America's appetite for Trump can be traced back a little more than four decades ago to the election of Ronald Reagan. "We've had 40 years of a neoliberal experiment: Strip away the regulations and lower the taxes — taxes are much lower than they used to be. But Komlos and Stiglitz don't place blame solely on Reagan for the growing economic inequality. Every European country that's had a wealth tax has walked away from it, by and large."

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☆ At Brown, a Rare Agreement Between Administrators and Protesters
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Jacey Fortin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As pro-Palestinian protests continued to escalate across the country, officials and students at Brown University set a rare example on Tuesday: They made a deal. Demonstrators agreed to dismantle their encampment at Brown, which had been removed by Tuesday evening, and university leaders said they would discuss, and later vote on, divesting funds from companies connected to the Israeli military campaign in Gaza. The agreement came even as scenes of chaos continued to overtake U.S. universities, with protesters at Columbia in New York and Portland State in Oregon occupying buildings, and demonstrators at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill replacing an American flag at the center of campus with a Palestinian one. More than a thousand people have been arrested over the past two weeks after a crackdown on a pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia in New York resulted in a cascade of student activism across the country.

Organizations: Brown University, Portland State, University of North, Chapel Hill Locations: Brown, Gaza, Columbia, New York, Oregon, University of North Carolina, American

☆ Venice Biennale: Pope makes landmark visit and proclaims that ‘the world needs artists’
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( Christopher Lamb | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Venice CNN —Pope Francis has become the first pontiff to visit Venice’s contemporary art festival during a trip which saw him visit a female prison and rehabilitate the reputation of a pioneering American nun artist. Francis began his Venice trip by greeting each of the approximately 80 inmates in the prison courtyard, several of whom are involved in the exhibition. For 2024, the Venice Biennale has taken the theme “Foreigners Everywhere” and seeks to highlight artists from marginalized backgrounds. The Venice Biennale was first held in 1895 and takes place every other year, with each country having their own pavilion (the Vatican is the world’s smallest sovereign territory). For 2024, it has taken the theme “Foreigners Everywhere” and seeks to highlight artists from marginalized backgrounds.

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☆ What Would Jesus Do? Tackle the Housing Crisis, Say Some Congregations.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Conor Dougherty | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Walking past empty pews and stained-glass windows, the Rev. Victor Cyrus-Franklin, pastor of Inglewood First United Methodist Church in Inglewood, Calif., talked about how housing prices were threatening his flock. As Mr. Cyrus-Franklin spoke, a 78-year-old man named Bill Dorsey was a few yards away in an outdoor corridor that led to the chapel, amid tarps and piles of clothes. “We know their stories and we know how hard it is to find housing,” Mr. Cyrus-Franklin said. So the church is trying to help — by building housing.

Persons: Victor Cyrus, Franklin, Cyrus, Bill Dorsey, Mr Organizations: Inglewood First United Methodist Church, Los Angeles International Airport Locations: Inglewood, Inglewood , Calif, Inglewood First’s, Los

☆ The ‘outside agitator’ narrative has a long history
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Harmeet Kaur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

In these instances, and others, authorities have not offered many specifics about who the “outside agitators” are, how significant their numbers are or how they differentiated outsiders from university-affiliated protesters. “It seems to me that the ‘outside agitator’ claim is one to shift the focus away from the grievances of the students and their protest.”The emphasis on “outside agitators,” Morris says, detracts from the central issue that is driving students to protest: Israel’s war in Gaza. ‘Outside agitator’ trope has a long historyYou don’t have to look far back in history to find examples of the “outside agitator” narrative. “We want to say as clearly as possible - we welcome ‘outside agitators’ to our struggle against the ruthless genocide of Palestinians.”Still, the use of the term is more complicated than it seems. As pro-Israel politicians have amplified concerns around antisemitism, some supporters of students’ right to free expression have suggested “outside agitators” are undermining otherwise peaceful protests.

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