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☆ Harris’ Georgia challenge: reassembling Biden’s diverse 2020 coalition
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( John King | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Georgia voter Christine Nguyen and John King in Decatur, Georgia CNNRebel Teahouse is in Decatur, in reliably blue suburban DeKalb County just outside Atlanta. It is one of the places that helped Biden to his stunning, razor-thin 2020 Georgia win and is now a key test of whether Harris can assemble a similar winning coalition. “Absolutely no,” was Gardner’s answer when we asked whether the switch from Biden to Harris would make him rethink. Republican George W. Bush won 66% in Gwinnett in 2004; in 2020, Biden carried the county with 58%. CNNLike Ngyuen, Hallmon sometimes finds herself in debates over whether Harris or Trump is better for small business and the overall economy.

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☆ The U.S. News College Rankings Are Out. Cue the Rage and Obsession.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Alan Blinder | More About Alan Blinder | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After months of tumult on American college campuses, relative stability in one realm returned on Tuesday, when U.S. News & World Report published its oft-disparaged but nevertheless closely watched rankings. Among national universities, Princeton was ranked No. U.S. News again judged Williams College the best among national liberal arts colleges. Few franchises in American higher education are as contentious as the U.S. News rankings. To U.S. News, which retired its print newsmagazine in 2010, the rankings are a bastion of its largely bygone influence.

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The Massachusetts State Police has suspended full-contact boxing training activities among recruits after one died, a state police spokesperson said. Tim McGuirk, a state police department spokesperson, said in a statement Monday that the full-contact boxing training activities between trainees has been suspended until further notice. Mawn also directed the state police’s Division of Standards and Training “to comprehensively review the Academy’s defensive tactics program,” McGuirk said. Early said state police detectives assigned to his office would continue to investigate Delgado-Garcia’s death and work with whomever takes over the investigation. Specifics of the boxing training exercise Delgado-Garcia participated in have not been disclosed.

Persons: Enrique Delgado, Garcia, Tim McGuirk, John Mawn Jr, McGuirk, Mawn, “, ” McGuirk, ”, Elaine Driscoll, Joseph Early Jr, Delgado, Enrique, District Attorney Joseph D, Allan Jung, Karen Read, Garcia’s, Jessie Rossman, “ Enrique Organizations: Massachusetts State Police, Massachusetts State Police Academy, State Police, Attorney’s Office, Division, Medical, District Attorney, Worcester Telegram, Gazette, USA, American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, Westfield State University, State Locations: Worcester, New Braintree, Worcester County, Boston, ” Worcester, Rio Piedras , Puerto Rico, Massachusetts

Officials were searching for a runaway bull in southern Massachusets early Monday after a herd of the animals jumped a fence at a rodeo event a day earlier. “Community members should exercise extreme caution and not approach the bull if found. The animals escaped their pens, ran through the parking lot and jumped over the fence, before fleeing south towards nearby woods, according to Coleman. One bull was caught just after fleeing, and six were corralled some three miles away by local police and firefighters, along with environmental police, workers from the rodeo and staff from the New England Rodeo in nearby Norton, Coleman said. No injuries were reported but the rodeo, which was being held at a mall, was under investigation, he added.

Persons: Christopher Coleman, Coleman, Chris Mooney, ” Organizations: Attleboro Fire, New England, Attleboro, NBC Boston Locations: ”, Attleboro, Emerald, North Attleboro, Norton

☆ Not a 'caretaker': Meet Bob Menendez's extremely temporary replacement
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

I'm a senator," Helmy told me. "Whether you're here for a day, or three months, four months, or 40 years, you're a United States Senator." "I see myself as sort of continuing my prior roles as a staffer," Helmy told me. Sitting in Menendez's former office, Helmy also lamented the way the long-serving New Jersey senator's career came to an end. "Bob's office was the office you always competed with," Helmy noted, referencing his own time with Booker and former Sen. Frank Lautenberg.

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☆ Student-loan companies that don't do their jobs should be fired, Elizabeth Warren says. Her next target is one that manages 8 million borrowers.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

For nearly a decade, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren has been working to enforce oversight over Navient, a major student-loan company. Warren and some of her Democratic colleagues were concerned that the company was not properly managing student-loan borrowers' payment options, causing them to accumulate unaffordable student debt. However, it released an accountability framework in December that outlined enforcement actions it would take should servicers harm borrowers, including fining servicers and transferring borrowers to better-performing servicers. For example, MOHELA was the first servicer to be hit with a $7 million fine last October for failing to send on-time billing statements to over 2 million borrowers. Terminate MOHELA's contract and put loan services on notice: we will not tolerate your negligence and exploitation; we will not let you profiteer off vulnerable student borrowers."

Persons: Massachusetts Sen, Elizabeth Warren, Rohit Chopra, Warren, We've, Navient, Chopra, there's, Jim Clyburn, Miguel Cardona, MOHELA, fining, servicers, Ayanna Pressley, we've, who've Organizations: Service, Warren, Democratic, Consumer Financial Protection, Navient, Business, Education Department, BI, Sec, The Education Department Locations: Massachusetts, CFPB

CNN —Suspicious packages were sent this week to election offices in more than 20 states, leading to an FBI investigation, triggering evacuations and rattling staff, according to a CNN survey of state offices and Associated Press reporting. Karen Brinson Bell, the executive director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections, told CNN that that the battleground state was also targeted this week. Officials in Kansas and New York said in statements and interviews that, after the letters were noticed, they evacuated their offices. Postal Inspection Service are investigating a series of suspicious mailings sent to election officials in several states,” the FBI said in a statement. A source involved with a group that coordinates with election officials across the country told CNN the 2023 incident led many of these offices to step up precautions and safety measures, so they were better protected this time around.

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☆ Earning $200,000 a year is considered middle class in 3 states—they're not California or New York
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Kamaron Mcnair | In Kamaronmcnair | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Many Americans made more money in 2023 than the year prior, bringing the national household median income up to $80,610, according to U.S. Census Bureau Current Population Survey estimates. Middle class is commonly defined as earning between two-thirds and double the household median income. Here are household incomes that fall in the middle class in each state, plus the District of Columbia: Alabama Median household income: $60,660Middle class income range: $40,440 to $121,320 Alaska Median household income: $98,190Middle class income range: $65,460 to $196,380 Arizona Median household income: $82,660Middle class income range: $55,107 to $165,320 Arkansas Median household income: $63,250Middle class income range: $42,167 to $126,500 California Median household income: $89,870Middle class income range: $59,913 to $179,740 Colorado Median household income: $96,640Middle class income range: $64,427 to $193,280 Connecticut Median household income: $92,240Middle class income range: $61,493 to $184,480 Delaware Median household income: $86,340Middle class income range: $57,560 to $172,680 District of Columbia Median household income: $111,000Middle class income range: $74,000 to $222,000 Florida Median household income: $72,200Middle class income range: $48,133 to $144,400 Georgia Median household income: $72,420Middle class income range: $48,280 to $144,840 Hawaii Median household income: $97,360Middle class income range: $64,907 to $194,720 Idaho Median household income: $73,910Middle class income range: $49,273 to $147,820 Illinois Median household income: $87,820Middle class income range: $58,547 to $175,640 Indiana Median household income: $76,910Middle class income range: $51,273 to $153,820 Iowa Median household income: $80,860Middle class income range:$53,907 to $161,720 Kansas Median household income: $84,830Middle class income range: $56,553 to $169,660 Kentucky Median household income: $61,980Middle class income range:$41,320 to $123,960 Louisiana Median household income: $57,650Middle class income range: $38,433 to $115,300 Maine Median household income: $75,740Middle class income range: $50,493 to $151,480 Maryland Median household income: $102,000Middle class income range: $68,000 to $204,000 Massachusetts Median household income: $106,500Middle class income range: $71,000 to $213,000 Michigan Median household income: $76,960Middle class income range: $51,307 to $153,920 Minnesota Median household income: $90,340Middle class income range: $60,227 to $180,680 Mississippi Median household income: $55,060Middle class income range: $36,707 to $110,120 Missouri Median household income: $78,290Middle class income range: $52,193 to $156,580 Montana Median household income: $79,220Middle class income range: $52,813 to $158,440 Nebraska Median household income: $89,190Middle class income range: $59,460 to $178,380 Nevada Median household income: $81,310Middle class income range: $54,207 to $162,620 New Hampshire Median household income: $98,780Middle class income range: $65,853 to $197,560 New Jersey Median household income: $91,590Middle class income range: $61,060 to $183,180 New Mexico Median household income: $60,980Middle class income range: $40,653 to $121,960 New York Median household income: $81,600Middle class income range: $54,400 to $163,200 North Carolina Median household income: $68,610Middle class income range: $45,740 to $137,220 North Dakota Median household income: $76,960Middle class income range: $51,307 to $153,920 Ohio Median household income: $73,770Middle class income range: $49,180 to $147,540 Oklahoma Median household income: $67,330Middle class income range: $44,887 to $134,660 Oregon Median household income: $88,740Middle class income range: $59,160 to $177,480 Pennsylvania Median household income: $79,820Middle class income range: $53,213 to $159,640 Rhode Island Median household income: $81,860Middle class income range: $54,573 to $163,720 South Carolina Median household income: $69,100Middle class income range: $46,067 to $138,200 South Dakota Median household income: $81,740Middle class income range: $54,493 to $163,480 Tennessee Median household income: $72,700Middle class income range: $48,467 to $145,400 Texas Median household income: $79,060Middle class income range: $52,707 to $158,120 Utah Median household income: $101,200Middle class income range: $67,467 to $202,400 Vermont Median household income: $85,190Middle class income range: $56,793 to $170,380 Virginia Median household income: $96,490Middle class income range: $64,327 to $192,980 Washington Median household income: $93,440Middle class income range: $62,293 to $186,880 West Virginia Median household income: $60,410Middle class income range: $40,273 to $120,820 Wisconsin Median household income: $79,690Middle class income range: $53,127 to $159,380 Wyoming Median household income: $77,200Middle class income range: $51,467 to $154,400Low or no-minimum wages may bring down incomes in the SouthTwo places in the Sout

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☆ General Electric will solve Vineyard Wind turbine blade malfunctions, Iberdrola chairman says
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailGeneral Electric will solve Vineyard Wind turbine blade malfunctions, Iberdrola chairman saysIgnacio Galán, executive chairman at Iberdrola, discusses what the company and its vendor are doing to recover debris following damage to one of its wind turbines at its Vineyard Wind site in Massachusetts.

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☆ Up to $400 to change a lightbulb? Appliance repair costs are no joke
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Stephanie Dhue | Stephanie-Dhue | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

It sounds like the setup to a lightbulb joke: How much does it cost to change a microwave bulb? While my lightbulb situation may be somewhat unique, experts say it is not uncommon to learn the cost of repairs is more than the cost to replace an appliance. Figuring out the cost for a repairMy first call to repair our microwave was to the appliance store where I made the purchase. Several states — including California, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota and New York — have implemented so-called "right to repair" laws. Some products designed 'with a hostility to repair'Consumer advocates say state laws and the FTC actions help, but haven't solved the problem.

Persons: Stephanie Dhue's, Stephanie Dhue, Gay Gordon, Byrne, Gordon, they're, Nathan Proctor, we've, Alex Reinauer, Proctor Organizations: GE, GE Appliances, U.S ., Getty Images, Federal Trade Commission, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Consumer, FTC Locations: California , Maine , Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Colorado, Oregon, South Dakota, France

In the U.S. overall this year, a concerning, though not unprecedented, number of dengue, EEE and West Nile cases have been reported. “With climate change, we’re basically extending the mosquito season,” said Chantal Vogels, an assistant professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health. In the U.S., cases have outpaced those of West Nile virus, which is typically more prevalent. This year, Clark County, Nevada, has seen a particularly high number of West Nile cases: 23. “We consider New York state residents to be at risk for West Nile virus every summer,” she said.

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☆ Lawyer for mob boss Whitey Bulger tapped to be lead prosecutor in Karen Read retrial
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

A lawyer who represented Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger will prosecute Karen Read, whose murder trial in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend ended with a hung jury, when the case is retried, officials said Wednesday. In a statement, Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey said he appointed attorney Hank Brennan to lead the effort to retry Read as special assistant district attorney. Morrissey described Brennan as a skilled former prosecutor and a long-time defense attorney with an expertise in complex law enforcement matters. Brennan was a longtime lawyer for Bulger before the crime boss was killed in a federal prison in West Virginia in 2018. The lead prosecutor in the case, assistant district attorney Adam Lally, will remain on the team that will retry Read, according to Morrissey’s statement.

Persons: James “ Whitey ” Bulger, Karen Read, Michael Morrissey, Hank Brennan, retry Read, Morrissey, Brennan, Read, John O’Keefe, ”, Bulger, O’Keefe, Adam Lally, —, Michael Proctor, Proctor Organizations: Boston, Boston Police Department, Boston Sergeant, Prosecutors, Lexus, Massachusetts, Police Locations: Norfolk County, West Virginia, Canton, Boston

Surveys indicate that health care is among the top priorities for voters in the November presidential election. Former President Donald Trump has given little detail about his health care vision; his running mate, JD Vance, has suggested deregulation. Each country was graded on five categories: access to care, care process, administrative efficiency, equity and health outcomes. “For far too many people, high-quality medical care is out of reach.”Dr. Adam Gaffney, a critical care physician at the Cambridge Health Alliance in Massachusetts, pointed out that the U.S. differs from the other countries in one critical area: universal health care coverage. Thursday’s report also listed solutions to the country’s health care problems, including lowering the cost of care and expanding access to coverage.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, JD Vance, ” Dr, Joseph Betancourt, David Blumenthal, “, ”, ” Blumenthal, Lawrence Gostin, Gostin, ” Gostin, Dr, Adam Gaffney, ” Gaffney, Reginald Williams II Organizations: U.S, Commonwealth Fund, Affordable, Australia, New, Centers for Disease Control, O’Neill Institute for National, Global Health Law, Georgetown University, United, Cambridge Health Alliance, Fund, International Health Locations: U.S, United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Massachusetts

☆ This star of 'The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' says her husband is related to Ben Affleck. The genealogy records we found tell a different story.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

And now, the show about a group of Mormon influencers has yet another controversy — this one involving Ben Affleck. Well, Ben Affleck probably shouldn't be involved at all (more on that later). William Preston Affleck was born in 1801 in Scotland and moved to England sometime before 1825, eventually settling in Preston. It's impossible to say definitively that Zac Affleck and Ben Affleck are not very distant cousins. What the public records show, however, is that Zac Affleck and Ben Affleck are not second cousins, or third cousins, or even fourth cousins.

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☆ A millennial couple who moved from Colorado to Massachusetts explains why it's much more expensive — and why they don't regret it
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

They were lucky enough to lock in a 2.79% mortgage rate when they bought it — the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate is over 5% today. However, one non-financial factor began to lure the couple away from Colorado: family. Due to Massachussets' "higher cost of living," Nicole said the move has had a significant impact on their finances. For these people, buying a new home could mean taking on a significantly higher mortgage rate and monthly mortgage payment than they previously had. Lastly, while they live closer to family, Nicole said this hasn't saved them money on childcare.

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☆ Childhood sleep issues may raise suicide risk, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“Given that sleep is highly visible as a risk factor, non-stigmatizing, and highly treatable … we suggest study of sleep as a risk factor and critical intervention target for youth suicide,” said senior study author Dr. Rebecca Bernert, a suicidologist and founder of the Stanford Suicide Prevention Research Laboratory in California, via email. Suicide is a leading cause of death among children ages 10 to 14, a group that also has high rates of sleep disturbance, according to the study. And sleep disturbances “have emerged as an evidence-based risk factor for suicidal behaviors” among adults, regardless of whether a person has depressive symptoms, the authors said. At that time, guardians answered questionnaires about their child’s sleep health, which included factors such as problems with falling or staying asleep, waking up, excessive sleepiness, sleep-disorder breathing, excessive sweating during sleep, and behaviors that occur when someone partially awakes from deep sleep. Supporting your child’s healthAt all ages, your kids need good nighttime habits that support healthy sleep, Willard said.

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☆ Nuclear fusion: The US led in this clean energy race for decades. Now China is in position to win
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Angela Dewan | Ella Nilsen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

It’s also here, on an unassuming downtown street, a small start-up called Energy Singularity is working on something extraordinary: nuclear fusion energy. Nuclear fusion, the process that powers the sun and other stars, is painstakingly finicky to replicate on Earth. The Chinese government is pouring money into the venture, putting an estimated $1 billion to $1.5 billion annually into fusion, according to Jean Paul Allain, who leads the US Energy Department’s Office of Fusion Energy Sciences. The US was among the world’s first to move on the futuristic gambit, working on fusion research in earnest since the early 1950s. CNNThe US has been a fusion leader for decades; it was the first nation to apply fusion energy in the real world — in a hydrogen bomb.

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☆ Award-winning footage shows a baby tardigrade riding one of its greatest predators in a rare microscopic Wild West scene
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Also known as water bears or moss piglets, tardigrades are waddling eight-legged animals with a reputation for survival. See the video, below, for yourself:This Wild West scene is a bit bizarre, but not totally surprising to experts. "I believe this tardigrade simply encountered the nematode, and it was something it could grasp which is better than flailing around helplessly." He ended up with a nematode and a batch of tardigrade eggs, visible through his microscope. AdvertisementGeldhof got into microscope videography about two years ago, after he started watching several microscope video creators on YouTube.

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☆ 3 couples who recently got mortgage interest rates under 3% share how they did it
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Alcynna Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Read previewOver the past few years, US mortgage rates have fluctuated wildly, leaving both homebuyers and sellers scrambling. AdvertisementThis can lead to significantly lower interest rates, making monthly mortgage payments more affordable and saving thousands over the life of the loan. The Federal Open Market Committee, which oversees US monetary policy, is expected to cut interest rates at its meeting this week. This could lead to further declines in mortgage rates in the coming months. Here are the stories of three homebuying couples who secured mortgage rates below 3% since March 2023 using assumable mortgages.

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☆ The Haitian Times covered the false claims targeting Springfield. Now it’s also facing attacks
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Hadas Gold | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The Haitian Times, an online publication, has covered Haiti and the Haitian diaspora around the world since it was founded in 1999. Springfield, Ohio, was already on the Haitian Times’ radar well before the conspiracy theories began. The Haitian Times covered the comments aggressively — describing them as racist and false. The day after the debate, The Haitian Times published an article reporting that Haitian immigrant families in Ohio were “under attack” amid the intense swirl of false claims. Springfield’s city manager told the publication that it could not guarantee the safety of its staff, Haitian Times founder Garry Pierre-Pierre told CNN.

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☆ Harris isn’t giving the specifics some undecided voters say they want
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

On another intractable issue, the Israel-Hamas war, Harris was strong on aspiration, vague on specifics and seemed to fall on both sides of the issue. Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris debate for the first time at the National Constitution Center on September 10, 2024, in Philadelphia. And Harris might be smart to avoid taking positions that could scare off disaffected Republicans and moderate suburban voters she’s seeking to win over. Voters want to know more about HarrisStill, recent polls show that the vice president has a window of opportunity to court voters who want to learn more about her. … She needs to be more direct.”From left to right, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, Vice President Kamala Harris, Minnesota first lady Gwen Walz and Minnesota Gov.

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☆ Black women are more likely than white women to die of all types of breast cancer
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Kaitlin Sullivan | Kaitlin Sullivan Is A Contributor For Nbcnews.Com Who Has Worked With Nbc News Investigations. She Reports On Health | Science | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Black women are more likely than white women to die from even the most treatable types of breast cancer, a study published Tuesday in the Journal of Clinical Oncology found. While Black women and white women are diagnosed with breast cancer at similar rates, Black women are 40% more likely to die from the disease. For those with HR-positive, HER2-positive tumors, Black women were 34% more likely to die than white women. Black women were 17% more likely to die from triple-negative breast cancer than white women, a finding that surprised Warner. “If you look at breast cancer data from 40 years ago, there really weren’t differences in mortality for breast cancer between Black and white women.

Persons: Erica Warner, Warner, “, ” Warner, Eric Winer, ” Winer, Wendy Wilcox, ”, ” Wilcox, Marissa Howard, McNatt, Howard, Black, we’ve Organizations: Clinical Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Yale Cancer Center, “, for Disease Control, New York, New York City Health, Breast Care, Atrium, Wake Forest Baptist Locations: Massachusetts, New York City, North Carolina

☆ ‘American Sports Story’ re-examines the rise and fall of NFL star Aaron Hernandez
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Max Gao | Max Gao Is A Freelance Entertainment | Sports Journalist Based In Toronto. He Has Written For Nbc News | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

Based on the Boston Globe and Wondery podcast “Gladiator: Aaron Hernandez and Football Inc.” and adapted by Stuart Zicherman, “American Sports Story,” which premieres Tuesday on FX, chronicles Hernandez’s meteoric rise to NFL superstardom and his stunning fall from grace after his arrest and eventual conviction of first-degree murder in 2015. Aaron Hernandez was a monster, a killer — and that’s just the way people talked about him. Michael DeHoog / Getty Images fileIn the years since his death, Hernandez’s sexuality has been the subject of much speculation, with some of his loved ones claiming he had come out as gay. “A person struggling with his sexuality in the NFL when Aaron played in 2010, 2011, would not have been tolerated, not one bit,” Zicherman said. Josh Rivera as Aaron Hernandez in "American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez."

Persons: Aaron Hernandez, Odin Lloyd, Ryan Murphy’s buzzy, Stuart Zicherman, NFL superstardom, Hernandez, that’s, ” Zicherman, ”, Zicherman, Josh Andrés Rivera, “, ” Murphy, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, O.J, Simpson, Gianni Versace, Clinton, Lewinsky, —, Hernandez’s, ” Rivera, Steven Spielberg’s, ” Aaron Hernandez, Michael DeHoog, Dennis SanSoucie, Aaron, Chris, Jake Cannavale, Shayanna Jenkins, Jaylen Barron, must’ve, Rivera, Hernandez “, SanSoucie, Josh Rivera, Eric Liebowitz, FX Rivera, I’m, it’s, doesn’t Organizations: New England Patriot, Boston Globe, Football Inc, NFL, NBC News, Boston, “, NBC Locations: Boston, Massachusetts, Jacksonville, Fla, Florida

OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, left, and pilot Randy Holt dive in the company's submersible Antipodes in 2013. But Rush still had him inspect the Titan as it was nearing completion in early 2018, Lochridge said. The five people killed when the Titan submersible imploded in June 2023, clockwise from top left: Hamish Harding, Paul-Henri Nargeolet, Stockton Rush, and Suleman and Shahzada Dawood. Lochridge testified Tuesday that he told Rush he shouldn't be in charge of that trip, but the CEO was adamant. (The submersible had gained attention when it was unveiled the previous year because it used a PlayStation controller for piloting.)

Persons: David Lochridge, OceanGate, Lochridge, Rush, Randy Holt, Wilfredo Lee, Andrea Doria, Stockton, Hamish Harding, Paul, Henri Nargeolet, Shahzada Dawood, Dawood, Tony Nissen, Nissen, —, shouldn't Organizations: Stockton Rush, U.S . Coast Guard, Coast Guard's Marine Board, Justice Department, Titan, Getty, LinkedIn, Coast Guard, Rush, PlayStation, Occupational Safety, Health Administration, OceanGate Locations: U.S, Washington, South Carolina, Scotland, Massachusetts

☆ I shopped at Hannaford, the largest supermarket chain in Maine, and I wish it would come to every state
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Erin Mcdowell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Hannaford started as a small produce cart in 1883 and is now Maine's largest grocery chain. Hannaford in Scarborough, Maine, impressed with its vast selection and fresh produce. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . On a recent trip to Portland, Maine, I stopped off at Hannaford Supermarkets in Scarborough and was blown away by the massive selection of produce, meat, and tasty-looking prepared foods.

Persons: Hannaford, —, I'm Organizations: Service, Yorker, Hannaford Supermarkets, Business Locations: Maine , Massachusetts, New Hampshire , Vermont, New York, Scarborough , Maine, Portland , Maine, Scarborough

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