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Former President Donald Trump said he plans to vote yes on a ballot measure in Florida to legalize marijuana, his clearest stance so far on the issue. He wrote that arrests for marijuana possession of "personal amounts" waste taxpayers' dollars and suggested that the ballot measure would help prevent deaths from fentanyl-laced marijuana. If passed, the ballot measure would permit residents over 21 to possess, buy or consume marijuana recreationally. Ron DeSantis opposes the marijuana ballot measure and most congressional Republicans have in recent years voted against bills to reform U.S. policy on marijuana. Trump last month seemed to signal some support for another ballot measure in Florida: one that would expand abortion access.

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☆ A major student-loan company is once again at the center of a lawsuit blocking debt cancellation for millions of borrowers
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-08 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Even with the financial burden his student debt has brought him, Larry said he has tried to remain optimistic about the prospect of debt relief, given President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris' actions during their term. Larry and millions of other student-loan borrowers will have to keep waiting. It's the same argument a different group of GOP states used that led the Supreme Court to strike down Biden's first attempt at broad debt relief last summer. Their arguments are based on internal documents the states obtained from the Education Department to federal student-loan servicers regarding preparation to implement its second try at broader debt relief. According to the documents, the Education Department sent a memo to MOHELA saying, "In September of 2024, the Biden-Harris Administration will launch the Federal Student Loan Debt Initiative."

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☆ A retired boomer who visited all 50 states ranks his top picks and least favorites
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-11 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

AdvertisementHatfield ranked his top five favorite and least favorite states and national parks. They also have a cruise scheduled to American Samoa, home of the National Park of American Samoa, their last national park. Favorite and least favorite statesHatfield acknowledged his favorite states were also the ones with the most diverse national parks. Favorite and least favorite national parksHatfield said he enjoyed every national park, though some have more to offer than others. One of his earliest and most memorable national parks was Yosemite, which he visited 15 years ago.

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☆ An inside look at America’s aging ballistic missile arsenal
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Oren Liebermann | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Underneath the blast door stands one of the most powerful weapons in the US inventory, a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile. But unlike the other two parts of the triad – strategic bombers and ballistic missile submarines – the ICBM launch facilities are fixed positions. Last year, the commander of US Strategic Command told Congress that China has more land-based ballistic missile launchers than the US. Russia has been carrying out military exercises involving its tactical nuclear weapons, as President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly threatened to use nuclear weapons since invading Ukraine. That complexity, Schlabach argued, drives the need for modernizing the ballistic missile fleet.

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☆ Miss USA lifted its age limit for this year's pageant. None of the older women made it to the top 20.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Anneta Konstantinides | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

This was the first year that women over the age of 28 were allowed to compete at Miss USA. But none of the contestants over the previous age limit reached the top 20 of Miss USA 2024. Previous contestants told BI they thought it would be a challenging change for the competition. AdvertisementIt could have been a historic Miss USA. Among them was Miss Arizona K Johnson, a 41-year-old who finally made it to Miss USA after aging out under the previous system.

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☆ New heat wave to hit West, Plains and South, adding to an already blistering summer
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dennis-Romero-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Dennis Romero | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Summer 2024 could be remembered not just for its historic temperatures, but for its successive heat waves with unusual geographic reach. More than 36 million Americans were under advisories, watches or warnings for dangerous and excessive heat Saturday night, according to National Weather Service data. The Gulf Coast and the South were also in for triple-digit highs for much of the week, the weather service said. "The prolonged nature of the heat will increase the risk of heat-related illness," it said in warning that much of the West would experience dangerous heat next week. "The combination of high temperatures increasing into the lower 100s along with high humidity will result in major to extreme" risk for heat-related illness, the weather service said.

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☆ Miss USA: Alma Cooper of Michigan crowned, capping tumultuous year of pageant controversy
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Oscar Holland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The show featured no explicit references to the controversy, though Gankiewicz described her unexpected three-month stint as Miss USA as “the most unique reign in history.”Alma Cooper onstage with former Miss USA titleholder Savannah Gankiewicz of Hawaii. Miss USA president Laylah Rose released a statement at the end of May, reported by the Los Angeles Times, refuting Voigt’s allegations. Judges included shoe designer Jojo Bragais and former Miss USA titleholders Carole Gist and Lu Parker. Sunday marked the first Miss USA pageant to take place since its owner, the Miss Universe Organization, lifted a longstanding age restriction banning women over 28 from participating. Cooper will now go onto compete in the Miss Universe 2024 contest, which will be held in Mexico later this year.

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☆ Antarctica heat wave sends temperatures 50 degrees above normal
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Mary Gilbert | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

This is the second significant heat wave Antarctica has endured in the last two years. That unprecedented heat wave was made worse by climate change, according to a 2023 study published in Geophysical Research Letters. Climate change contributed 3.6 degrees of warming to the heat wave and could worsen similar heat waves by 9 to 10.8 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100, the study found. Climate Change Institute, University of Maine Climate Change Institute, University of Maine Slide left to see temperatures observed during this heat wave and right to see what normal temperatures should be. But other research in the last few years has demonstrated that melting in East Antarctica, where this heat wave is happening, is becoming equally troubling.

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☆ How Does Your State Make Electricity?
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Nadja Popovich | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +58 min

Wind turbines provided just 1 percent of the electricity produced in the state in 2001 and nearly 60 percent last year. How Kentucky made electricity from 2001 to 2023 Percentage of power produced from each energy sourceCoal still generates the majority of the electricity produced in Kentucky, a longtime coal mining state. Since then, virtually all of the electricity produced in the state has come from renewable sources, including hydropower, biomass, wind and solar. It has supplied more than 85 percent of the electricity produced in the state every year for more than two decades. Last year, wind supplied more than a fifth of the electricity produced in the state.

☆ Trump’s comments about Harris’ race kicks off a new – yet familiar – chapter in the 2024 presidential campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Gregory Krieg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Wednesday’s interview-turned-confrontation with reporters at a convention of Black journalists in Chicago made perfectly clear that nothing has changed. Trump’s remarks, he told donors in Maine Wednesday, put on display “a worse version of an already horrible person.”But he also cautioned against focusing too narrowly on the former president’s words. His reaction – his attack on Harris – was largely unprompted and strayed from the reporters’ line of questioning. North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer took a different tack, dismissing Trump’s remarks as “satire,” but also suggesting it was “not wise” politically to raise the issue. He promised he’s gonna have a woman of color.”Biden pledged to choose a woman as his running mate in 2020, not a woman of color.

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☆ JD Vance: Get ready for even more of Trump’s running mate after shaky rollout
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Steve Contorno | Alayna Treene | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —JD Vance is making a second pass at introducing himself to America as the Ohio senator attempts to put his uneven rollout as Donald Trump’s running mate in the rearview mirror. Vance is also expected to begin holding news conferences with reporters as early as this week, the source said. At a closed-door fundraiser in Oklahoma City last week, Trump’s finance team was hoping the former president’s new running mate would raise $1 million. The campaign was well aware of Vance’s past criticisms of Trump and the deeply anti-abortion views he vocally defended. Still, people close to both Trump and Vance argue that America has yet to learn how effective the Ohio senator can be when in the spotlight.

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☆ Sorry to break it to you, but Ryan Reynolds isn't doing the full 'Bye Bye Bye' dance in 'Deadpool & Wolverine'
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

"Deadpool & Wolverine" opens with a fight sequence set to *NSYNC's "Bye Bye Bye." "If it looks like the person who's dancing doesn't have arthritis, that's him," Reynolds said of Pauley. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementWarning: Major spoilers ahead for "Deadpool & Wolverine." "Deadpool & Wolverine," the third installment of the "Deadpool" franchise, costars Reynolds as Wade Wilson/Deadpool and Hugh Jackman as Logan/Wolverine.

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Mr. Vance’s stumbles have come after a remarkable two weeks when Mr. Trump survived an assassination attempt, and then rallied the party — and even some skeptics — behind him. Then, in a sense, Mr. Trump and Mr. Vance were the victims of that success. Image Mr. Vance, center right, and Mr. Trump at the Republican National Convention earlier this month. Some of Mr. Vance’s comments on some conservative podcasts veered into serious policy critiques that trucked in antisemitic tropes and racial stereotypes. Still, the Harris campaign was happy with the bruises they had inflicted.

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Mr. Vance’s stumbles have come after a remarkable two weeks when Mr. Trump survived an assassination attempt and then rallied the party — and even some skeptics — behind him. Then, in a sense, Mr. Trump and Mr. Vance became the victims of that success. Some of Mr. Vance’s comments on some conservative podcasts veered into serious policy critiques that trucked in antisemitic tropes and racial stereotypes. The Harris campaign has been able to keep the spotlight on the momentum behind her fledgling presidential run — and away from Mr. Trump. Still, the Harris campaign was happy with the bruises they had inflicted.

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☆ Katie Ledecky: The rise of an Olympic great
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Aimee Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +22 min

The teenager who achieved the unthinkableIn the dining hall of London’s Olympic Village, a few hours before her first Olympic final, Ledecky is eating lunch on her own. Katie Ledecky poses on the podium after winning gold in the women's 800m freestyle final at the London 2012 Olympics. Katie Ledecky and her mother Mary Gen Ledecky during the 2023 Golden Goggle Awards on November 19, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Katie Ledecky swimming to gold in a new world record of 15.25:48 in the women's 1500m freestyle final on August 4, 2015 in Kazan, Russia. Katie Ledecky celebates after she broke the world record to win the women's 800m freestyle final at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

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☆ JD Vance confronts upheaval and uncertainty in first 10 days as Trump’s running mate
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Steve Contorno | Kit Maher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Middletown, Ohio CNN —Minutes into his first solo event as Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance had already divided his hometown audience here – over donuts. The fallout has left him without a Democratic counterpart after Vice President Kamala Harris quickly emerged as her party’s presumptive nominee. Vance leaned into his biography during his appearance Monday in Middletown, where someone held up a homemade “2028 Vance for President” sign. Andy Beshear – seen as a potential Harris running mate – sought to undermine Monday. “If Joe Biden can’t run for president, he can’t serve as president,” Vance said.

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☆ DEI, explained: What’s the term Republicans are using to attack Kamala Harris?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Nicquel Terry Ellis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

Critics say DEI programs are discriminatory and attempt to solve racial discrimination by disadvantaging other groups, particularly White Americans. These diversity training efforts emerged around the time that affirmative action began by executive order from President John F. Kennedy. Despite the backlash against DEI programs and initiatives, many companies are standing firm in their support for DEI. And 71% of people surveyed said they think DEI training is important to “creating a positive workplace culture.”What does DEI look like at work? Thrivent’s DEI training teaches employees how to understand and bridge cultural differences in the workplace, Baker said.

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☆ How the House GOP campaign arm is pivoting to target Harris: Border, fracking and protests
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Annie Grayer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“It’s the Harris-Biden ticket,” GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas told CNN. “The unique problem with picking her is she can’t run away from any of that,” GOP Rep. Kelly Armstrong of North Dakota told CNN. Vice President Harris has dedicated her career to making life better for working people – while Trump only cares about himself. That’s the contrast the American people will see over the next 106 days.”In Pennsylvania, the GOP campaign arm is focusing on Harris’ previous statements as a presidential candidate in 2019 about banning fracking. “The thing about this race is that both Harris and Trump have held office,” Johnson, the House speaker, told CNN.

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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.

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You can get down payment assistance through CHFA's Down Payment Assistance Program or the Time To Own program. VermontThe Vermont Housing Finance Agency offers mortgages, down payment assistance, a first generation homebuyer program, and a mortgage credit certificate. NebraskaThe Nebraska Investment Finance Authority is another state housing finance agency that offers programs for first-time and repeat buyers alike. State first-time homebuyer programs FAQsHow do first-time homebuyer programs differ by state? You may be able to combine multiple forms of state-backed first-time homebuyer assistance, or get state assistance in addition to other, unrelated programs.

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Today, there are 55 Hispanic American banks and credit unions that are FDIC or NCUA insured around the United States. Nave BankBranches: 0 (online-only)ATMs: 0Services: savings accounts, business banking, business loansNave Bank is currently only available for businesses, and has a waitlist to join. We selected Hispanic American-owned credit unions from the National Credit Union Administration's list of minority depository institutions which was also updated in September 2023. You can open up savings accounts, checking accounts, CDs, and money market accounts in most of the institutions listed. Results from the study found that Hispanic Americans made up a greater percentage of those who took out home loans or small business loans at Hispanic American banks in comparison to non-minority banks.

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