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U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy on Tuesday declared gun violence a public health crisis and urged the nation to tackle it with the same zeal as we do to reduce deaths and injuries from tobacco and car accidents.The Surgeon General's recommendation marks the first time that the nation's leading voice on public health – the same agency that highlighted the deadly effects of smoking in the 1960s – has issued an emergency statement on firearm-related deaths. The 39-page recommendation highlights the severe physical and psychological toll that gun violence inflicts on communities across the country.Overall, gun deaths hit a…

Elections are supposed to be about the future, but the 2024 campaign is fixated on the past. Former President Donald Trump is due to be sentenced in New York for falsifying business records to hide hush money payments he made to adult film actresses before the 2016 election, and is also facing a separate trial for trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election. On the campaign trail, Trump has promised retribution and revenge; meanwhile, President Biden is trying his hardest to hold another referendum on Trump's chaotic term in 2024, just like four years ago. Neither message is…

CALUMET, Mich. (WLUC) – Calumet's food pantry continues to grow with the help of community partners.Calumet Free Fridge & Food Pantry is working in partnership with Jim's Pizza in Calumet, which charges customers an extra dollar that goes directly to the pantry, and for every dollar donated, that customer will be entered into a weekly drawing for a free pizza.Organizers say the program raises about $170 a month for the pantry, which spends money on meat and vegetables. About 500 families use the pantry each month, up from 450 in April.”It's so amazing to see the donations reach so many…

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The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) closed up +0.39% on Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed down -0.76% and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed up +1.16%.Stock indexes ended mixed on Tuesday. Gains in big tech stocks on Tuesday boosted the broader market. Carnival also rose more than 8% after reporting revenue and forecast EBITDA that beat consensus. U.S. consumer confidence for June came in better than expected, helping the broader market hold on to gains. On the bear side, construction stocks fell after Poole Corporation cut its full-year EPS forecast, and Home Depot fell more…

On today's Ask the Trend, host Josh Lipton breaks down the latest market trends, from the AI ​​race to a surge in call options trading volume for large U.S. growth and tech stocks.As AI continues to propel the market to new heights, Foundry founder and CEO Jared Quincy Davis argues that GPUs are one of the most important commodities, and that the AI ​​sector is currently experiencing a problem with GPU underutilization. He points to complex AI systems as evidence of this undervaluation:[It] “It's not reflected in the pricing yet, but we're seeing demand from all sectors. We're seeing demand…

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New rules for CNN's June 27 presidential debate reportedly include no spectators to prevent cheering and heckling, and turning off the microphones of candidates who are not speaking. These are welcome changes to the debate format, but they can and should be improved given the tendency of one of the candidates to repeatedly engage in childish and rude behavior. I would recommend calling a timeout for any candidate who engages in uncontrollable rants, repeated lies, or uncontrollable attacks on people not in attendance, as would be done with a misbehaving child, which would normally not be tolerated. This would create…

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The below transcript is from Episode 63 of the Trending: Pet Food podcast, where host Lindsay Beaton talks with Rob Achten, cofounder and CEO of Animals Like Us about the challenges and opportunities of introducing a new pet food category into the North American market. You can find the episode at Trending: Pet Food, on SoundCloud or on your favorite podcast platform. This episode originally aired on June 5, 2024.We want to thank Cargill for sponsoring this podcast. Cargill, a world leader in pet food ingredients and manufacturing, proudly offers TruMune postbiotic. TruMune is made to help modern pet food brands stand out by supporting multiple trending health claims…