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☆ Human error blamed for Tokyo plane collision that killed 5
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-25 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The pilot of the Japan Coast Guard plane misinterpreted air traffic control instructions. Limited visibility and air traffic control oversight were additional factors in the collision. AdvertisementThe incident occurred on January 2, 2024, when a Japan Airlines (JAL) passenger plane arriving from New Chitose Airport in Sapporo barreled into a Japan Coast Guard plane waiting on the runway. According to the report, the Coast Guard pilot mistakenly believed he had clearance to enter the runway. The air traffic controller told the coast guard plane that it was "No.

Organizations: Airport, Japan Coast Guard, Japan Transport Safety Board, Japan Airlines, JAL, Coast Guard Locations: Japan, New Chitose, Sapporo, Tokyo, Niigata

☆ I interviewed some of the top longevity experts in 2024: 3 things I learned from their approach to a long, healthy life
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-25 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

This year, I got in touch with several longevity experts to talk about living a long, healthy life — and to learn more about their own personal practices . Most longevity experts follow time-restricted eatingIn my conversations with doctors and researchers who study how to live longer, almost all seemed to recommend or follow time-restricted eating — commonly known as intermittent fasting. They have cheat meals and non-negotiablesAs serious as longevity experts are about their health, they still give themselves a bit of grace. Buettner, who helped coin the term "blue zones," enjoys going out for dinner with his friends and acknowledges that it likely doesn't align with a longevity diet. "When he gets older, he's probably not going to want to spend as much time, so I'm taking advantage.

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Republicans are defending a slim Senate majority in 2026, but Democrats still have a tough fight ahead to take control of the chamber. Another factor that could shake up the Senate map: whether longtime lawmakers like Sen. Mitch McConnell, the outgoing GOP leader, decide to retire. As the battle for the Senate takes shape, here are the key races to watch. Collins defeated former state House Speaker Sara Gideon by 9 points in 2020, even as Joe Biden won the state by 9 points, too. And Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, also a Trump ally, has suggested he might challenge GOP Sen. John Cornyn.

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☆ The UK says it's successfully tested its new radio-wave weapon that kills drones from 1,000 yards at $0.13 a pop
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-24 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The UK said it has live-fired its new anti-drone radio weapon that costs only about 10 pence to fire. This weapon, the RFDEW, is said to kill drones from 1,000 meters away in land, air, and sea environments. The @BritishArmy has successfully trialed a new radio frequency directed energy weapon (RFDEW) capable of destroying swarms of drones. AdvertisementThat weapon was successfully tested too, the ministry said on December 11. Kvertus, a company based in Kyiv, sells a handheld "anti-drone gun" that it says can knock out drones with radio frequencies.

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☆ China court hands suspended death sentence to driver who attacked school crowd in Changde, Hunan
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-24 | by ( Nectar Gan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The driver, named as Huang Wen, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve by a court in Changde city in Hunan province, state news agency Xinhua reported Monday. Huang was arrested on site after injuring 30 people, including 18 students, on the morning of November 19, according to the court. The court said Huang launched the attack to vent his frustration after suffering investment losses and conflicts with family members. Video circulating on social media and geolocated by CNN showed dozens of panicked schoolchildren screaming and running into the schoolyard, with a man’s voice heard yelling “quickly, quickly,” in the background. Last month, China’s top judge called on court officials to hand out swift and severe punishment for violent attacks on the public.

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☆ Why TikTok Shop sellers could be hit harder than creators by a ban of the app in the US
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-24 | by ( Dan Whateley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Merchants who sell on TikTok Shop may struggle to find an alternative if the ban goes through. TikTok Shop offers a unique blend of social tools, e-commerce tech, and a large audience. If TikTok is pulled from US app stores in January due to a divest-or-ban law, many of its creators will be fine. For some merchants who sell goods on TikTok Shop, there isn't an obvious alternative. TikTok Shop even has its own app store, bringing it closer to super-app status.

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☆ How much is too much alcohol over the holidays? A doctor explains
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-24 | by ( Katia Hetter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The guidelines also emphasize that drinking less alcohol is better than drinking more and that those who do not currently drink alcohol should not start drinking. CNN: Are there benefits to trying to stop alcohol for sober challenges such as Dry January or Sober October? Is your goal to avoid alcohol altogether, to reduce intake on an ongoing basis or to stop drinking large amounts in one setting? If you want to avoid alcohol altogether and alcohol is a major temptation for you, you may wish to look for social settings where alcohol will not be served. If your priority is to stop binge drinking, the advice above of writing down drinks and planning ahead also applies.

Persons: Leana Wen, Wen Organizations: CNN, George Washington University, Mental Health Services Administration, Getty

☆ Courts Shield Healthcare Staff From Medical Neglect Claims in US Prisons
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-24 | by ( Hannah Beckler | Nicole Einbinder | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +49 min

AdvertisementTogether, the claims describe a US prison medical culture defined by a gross disregard for human life. In dozens of cases in BI's sample, incarcerated people said they were denied emergency medical treatment by corrections officers or medical staff despite obvious medical distress. But according to his complaint and internal grievance files, the prison medical staff denied Kirk's request to be seen at a hospital. In at least a dozen cases BI examined, outside medical authorities, such as hospital doctors, testified that the medical treatment prisoners received was substandard. As Mann's abdominal pain continued over the next two years, according to medical records, prison medical staff ordered X-rays and lab work but did not conduct a thorough oncological screening.

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☆ 5 storylines that defined 2024: from the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-23 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Welcome to a special pre-holiday edition of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. Today, we look back at the major storylines that defined the year that was. It’s important to remember that at the beginning of the 2024 cycle, it wasn’t a guarantee Trump would be the Republican Party’s presidential nominee. 2024 featured the split screen of activity on the campaign trail and drama in the courtroom. Listen here →That’s all from the Politics Desk for now.

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☆ Spain's 'fat' lottery delivers hefty $2.8 billion prize in centuries-old Christmas tradition
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-23 | by ( Hannah Peart | Hannah Peart Is An Intern In The Nbc News London Bureau. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Spain’s 200-year-old holiday lottery "The Fat One" delivered a hefty prize again this year, with over $2.8 billion in prizes warbled out by school children and watched live around the world. The annual drawing for "El Gordo" took place on Sunday at Teatro Real, the country's preeminent opera house in the capital Madrid. El Gordo is held annually on Dec. 22, and is a key part of the Christmas season in Spain offering one of the largest lottery prize pools in the world. The number of series changes each year, and in 2024, each number had 193 copies, meaning that many people shared the same winning ticket number, according to the official website. Eduardo Sanz / Europa Press via Getty ImagesMost of the winners in 2024 were from Spain’s capital, Madrid, according to the El Gordo website.

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☆ Trump bristles at Musk’s rocketing profile as Democrats play on the president-elect’s vanity
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-23 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Coons’ comments came after multiple Democrats spoke of “President Musk” as the country wobbled on the brink of a government shutdown last week. “You saw Elon and President Trump working together as a team. “Elon was taking one task that President Trump wanted. There will also be complications over Musk’s role and potential conflicts over foreign policy. It will happen with Elon Musk too.”

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☆ Britain's economy flatlined in the third quarter, revised figures show
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-23 | by ( Chloe Taylor | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The City of London is a city, ceremonial county and local government district that contains the primary central business district CBD of London. The City of London is widely referred to simply as the City is also colloquially known as the Square Mile. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)Britain's economy failed to achieve any growth in the three months to September, revised figures from the U.K.'s Office for National Statistics showed on Monday. A preliminary estimate for the third quarter, published by the ONS last month, said U.K. GDP grew at 0.1% during that period. Earlier this month, data from the ONS showed the U.K. economy had unexpectedly contracted by 0.1% in October.

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☆ I'm a computer science major and I rejected the hustle for FAANG jobs. I don't regret starting small.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-23 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Unlike most of her peers, Goh says she is not gunning for a job at a FAANG company. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tricia Goh, 22, a senior at the National University of Singapore studying computer science. It's scary to read news stories about how tough the job market is for computer science graduates these days. Computer science has also become more popular and competitive as a major. AdvertisementInterestingly, studying computer science wasn't always on the cards for me.

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☆ Why the 'great resignation' became the 'great stay,' according to labor economists
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-23 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Sdi Productions | E+ | Getty ImagesThe U.S. job market has undergone a dramatic transformation in recent years, from one characterized by record levels of employee turnover to one in which there is little churn. In short, the "great resignation" of 2021 and 2022 has morphed into what some labor economists call the "great stay," a job market with low levels of hiring, quits and layoffs. "The turbulence of the pandemic-era labor market is increasingly in the rearview mirror," said Julia Pollak, chief economist at ZipRecruiter. How the job market has changedEmployers clamored to hire as the U.S. economy reopened from its Covid-fueled lull. Big causes for the great stayEmployer "scarring" is a primary driver of the so-called great stay, ZipRecruiter's Pollak said.

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☆ Mark Zuckerberg went all in on Meta's AI strategy this year. The pressure builds in 2025
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-23 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +13 min

While OpenAI's GPT family of AI models help power apps like ChatGPT, Meta's family of Llama AI models feeds the company's newer generative AI features like the Meta AI digital assistant. "Meta AI is on track to being the most used AI assistant in the world by the end of this year," Zuckerberg said at Connect. The Meta AI logo is being displayed on a smartphone in this photo illustration in Brussels, Belgium, on June 10, 2024. He launched the Meta AI chatbot in 2023 to rival the generative AI chatbots of competitors, most notably OpenAI's ChatGPT. "Longer term, this is going to evolve into customized sales agents, which is a $3 trillion-plus industry," Schackart said about Meta's WhatsApp business AI chatbot opportunity.

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☆ 12 tactics America's rich use to save big on taxes, from putting mansions in trusts to stashing fortunes for 1,000 years
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-23 | by ( Hayley Cuccinello | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

AdvertisementCurrently, individuals and married couples can gift or bequeath $13.61 million and $27.22 million, respectively, before a 40% federal estate tax kicks in. The heirs don't own the trust assets but rather have lifetime rights to the trust's income and real estate. Any payout is also protected from estate taxes, even if the insured's estate and death benefit exceed the exemption. This tactic can also be used to save on estate taxes by ultra-rich entrepreneurs who have already used their exemption but have less-wealthy parents who haven't. When the children inherit the assets, the federal estate tax doesn't kick in as long as the grandparents' estate does not exceed $27.22 million.

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“No, he’s not going to be president, that I can tell you,” Trump said. “We’re being ripped off at the Panama Canal like we’re being ripped off everywhere else,” Trump said. "Every square meter of the Panama Canal and the surrounding area belongs to Panama, and will continue to," he said in his video message. Mockingly, Democrats have taken to calling him “President Musk.” History shows that anyone who upstages Trump or diverts attention from him doesn’t last long in his orbit. As for Musk’s use of his social media platform, Mullin said, “He has a right to do it.

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☆ Stock futures inch higher as the market heads into holiday-shortened week: Live updates
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-22 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 10, 2024. Stock futures edged up in overnight trading Sunday as the market gears up for a holiday-shortened trading week. S&P 500 futures rose 0.3% and Nasdaq 100 futures climbed 0.4%. The New York Stock Exchange closes early Tuesday for Christmas Eve at 1 p.m. Month-to-date, the 30-stock Dow is down 4.6% in December, while the S&P 500 is off 1.7%.

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☆ Joe Manchin: West Virginia senator torches Democrats on the way out the door
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-22 | by ( Kaanita Iyer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

For more on Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, watch CNN’s “Inside Politics with Manu Raju” at 8 a.m. “They have basically expanded upon thinking, ‘Well, we want to protect you there, but we’re going to tell you how you should live your life from that far on,’” Manchin added. Let anybody have anything they want,’” Manchin added. He added that during the Army-Navy football game last weekend, he told the president-elect, “I want to help any way I can.”“I want you to succeed,” Manchin said he told Trump. The senator added the third party would be called the “American Party” and would serve as a space for moderate Democrats and Republicans.

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☆ Here are 12 well-known companies that went bankrupt in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-22 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —This year was brutal for a number of well-known companies and their bottom lines. As inflation continued to rear its ugly head, consumers slashed their discretionary spending, tilting some companies to file for bankruptcy. At least 19 companies have cut a combined 14,000 jobs because of bankruptcies, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas, an outplacement services firm. Party CityThe four-decade-old retailer filed for bankruptcy in December, marking its second time in less than two years. TupperwareThe kitchen brand, known for its plastic food storage containers, filed for bankruptcy in September after years of falling popularity and financial troubles.

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☆ AI traffic cameras could be watching you on the road
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-21 | by ( Bruna Horvath | Bruna Horvath Is An Intern On Nbc News' Tech Team. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +11 min

The traffic cameras, which use AI to detect and flag certain driving behaviors, might make it easier to prosecute more people than ever before for driving infractions. Acusensus, an Australian company, has worked with governments in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States to roll out some of the AI traffic cameras. Its camera system, called “Heads Up,” uses AI to catch drivers who are texting while driving or aren’t wearing seat belts. Speed and red light cameras are already familiar to U.S. drivers, capturing license plates and sending tickets by mail. The Queensland government reported that since it set up the cameras, road deaths have gone down by 7.1%.

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A fifth of Americans reside in rural areas, and on average they live three years less than their urban counterparts, largely due to heart disease and strokes. Hypertension, diabetes and obesity have all been rising among younger adults over the past decade, with rural areas disproportionately affected, said Longenecker. John Trembly Sr.John used to clean rental houses during the day and businesses at night, his father said. Another supplies ultrasound machines to community health workers so that they can check patients for heart disease. An uncertain futureBetter health care delivery will certainly help address rural cardiovascular disparities but won’t necessarily address the underlying socioeconomic drivers.

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Even though Republicans will control the White House, the House and the Senate, they’ll again need Democratic votes to stop a shutdown in less than three months. In addition, Trump’s demand that Congress extend or abolish the debt ceiling to take it off his plate next year failed dramatically. On Friday, 170 House Republicans defied him and did just that. A day after Speaker Mike Johnson released an initial bipartisan deal, Trump and his billionaire confidant Elon Musk blew it up. Van Orden's fellow Wisconsinite, Sen. Johnson, was less bullish about smoothly plowing through the early part of the 2025 agenda.

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☆ How often you should pee, according to experts
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-21 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —How often one should poop has been a hot topic, with experts saying the numerical range partly depends on several personal factors. During the day, most healthy people pee about six to eight times, said Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, a urologist at Orlando Health and CNN contributor. “For most, it’s reasonable to need to pee every (three to four) hours during the day,” Brahmbhatt added via email. There are several other minimally invasive treatments available, experts said, including medications, bladder Botox injections and types of nerve stimulation, Kim said. Unfortunately there aren’t as many treatments for underactive bladder, Kim said, except for self-administered intermittent catheterization, long-term catheterization and sacral neuromodulation, a bladder pacemaker.

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☆ The smart ring explosion is here — a sign that fitness trackers are moving from wrists to fingers in 2025
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-21 | by ( Hilary Brueck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The smart ring market is exploding, with options available at Costco and Walmart. But 2025 may just be the year that smart rings become the "it" tracker for the masses. Every smart ring has a different competitive claimSamsung's ring has a charging case that looks like something you'd pack an engagement ring inside. A smart ring is also "considered a little premium," Jeffrey Kim, Samsung America's senior product lead for the Galaxy smart ring, told BI. Smart ring vs smartwatchSmart ring prosSmall, inconspicuous, and unobtrusiveGreat for sleep trackingLong-lasting battery (~1 week)Smart ring cons

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