Kyle Nowak

❓ Our question to you: Anecdotally, have you noticed an increase in the homeless population in your area over the past year?

What you can look forward to this upcoming week...

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🔥 It’s Monday, August 21st – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

"Attitude, not aptitude, determines altitude."

–Hilary "Zig" Ziglar (1926-2012)

📈 The number of homeless people in the US has increased ~11% from 2022, per preliminary data reported by the WSJ. If confirmed, it would be the biggest recorded YOY increase since the government started tracking comparable numbers in 2007.

🔀🛡️ Blue Shield of California, one of the state’s largest health insurers, is switching up the way it buys prescription drugs in an effort to lower costs for its 4.8 million members.

🌏 The Afghan Taliban government has effectively halted the operations of all political parties, roughly 2/3 of the residents in Canada’s Northwest Territories are being evacuated due to wildfires, and more.

🏪💪 Walmart released its Q2 earnings report yesterday. And, much like The Shawshank Redemption, it COULD’VE been better – but not by much.

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🔥 It’s Friday, August 18th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

⚖️💊 A federal appeals court ruled the FDA has improperly expanded access to the abortion pill mifepristone for the past seven years, setting up a Supreme Court review of the issue.

"If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes."

–John Wooden (1910-2010)

🤖💥 Take a look inside the recent White House-organized hacking contest to break AI

This weekly section delivers the most outlandish, off-the-wall, and occasionally laugh-out-loud news stories of the week, as well as some hilarious or… curious synchronicities crowdsourced from around the world.

🌍 Around the world: A Bank of Ireland glitch briefly allowed customers to withdraw “free money,” Norway’s $1.4 trillion sovereign wealth fund made $143 billion in profit over the first half of this year, and more.

❓ Our question to you: Do the ongoing criminal cases against Donald Trump impact whether you’ll vote for him in the 2024 primaries or presidential election?

🏥 US scientists announced breakthroughs in two separate attempts to create genetically modified pig kidneys that function normally when transplanted into human patients.

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🔥 It’s Thursday, August 17th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.