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The company claims the drug LOY-001 may help slow down age-related processes for dogs that are 40 pounds or more. The drug has cleared many walls that show the potential for this drug to work. More milestones have to be passed before this drug can hit the market, but there are rumors that it could possibly be ready by 2026.

I personally would love this if it is actually effective. I have two golden retrievers, one that is becoming older. Dogs only live for a portion of humans lives, but we are there for all of them. I want more time with my dogs.

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‘Groundbreaking’ anti-aging drug for dogs moves closer to gaining FDA approval

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A drug that could potentially extend the life of large-breed dogs is closer to being approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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This winter has been substantially warmer than past winters. Over the summer predictions thought the winter would be cold and very snowy, but currently the average temperature has been in the 40 degree range. National Weather Services predict that this Christmas will have little to no snow. The El Nino will most likely strengthen later in the winter.

This makes me sad because Christmas hasn't felt the same since I was a lot younger and a good snowfall always makes it better. A white Christmas is much more enjoyable than a brown one.

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Will we see a white Christmas in Milwaukee this year? The National Weather Service says probably not

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The last time Milwaukee County saw a white Christmas was back in 2017 when 1.5 inches of snowfall blanketed the ground on Christmas morning.

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President Biden offered sharp criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government on Tuesday, calling for a change to the approach embraced by Israel’s government — which Biden described as “the most conservative” in Israel’s history.

I think the US and other countries will continue to support Israel, although there are many people who are caught in the mix, Israel strictly warned Hamas of the repercussions of not backing down.

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Lebron has received lots of backlash for his show at his sons USC debut game. Lebron entered the courtside seating area and proceeded to talk and sit through the national anthem. He also left his hat on and showed little respect for the flag.

Not a very good example, but I'm not surprised.

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On Sunday afternoon, Bronny James - the son of NBA superstar LeBron James - played his first game with the USC Trojans, making his debut with the team following a scare during the offseason when Bronny collapsed during practice, going into sudden cardiac arrest. LeBron was able to be in attendance for his son's collegiate debut, but the timing of his arrival seems to have bothered some fans.

Just before the start of the game, LeBron James was filmed walking to his courtside seats and finding his chair alongside his daughter. But he walked onto the court at the same time that the national anthem was being performed on the court.

As many noted, James did not stop, remove his hat, or acknowledge the singing of The Star Spangled Banner. Instead, he decided to just make his way to his seat.

The James gang is in the building to take in Bronny's debut ❤️ pic.twitter.com/YEVcgH9Cha

- The Sporting News (@sportingnews) December 10, 2023

This move from James drew a lot of criticism from people on social media.

I guess getting to your court side seat is more important than waiting for National Anthem

- John (@jstead36) December 10, 2023

He can't stop for the national anthem

- Alex Skandalis (@Alex_Skandalis) December 10, 2023

Interesting time to come into the arena.

- Evan Pederson (@EvanPederson2) December 10, 2023

Take off your hat

- David HADLEY (@HADLEYDAVE0629) December 10, 2023

Wow didn't stop for the anthem https://t.co/pqra9IpqGM

- Gus (@WashedUpTweeter) December 10, 2023

Bro. The Anthem. Stop walking. Take your hat off and let it finish. If this was China, you would never. Come on Bron, you're better than this. https://t.co/UjssL1XI5V

- NUGE (@Nuge39) December 11, 2023

Hat on and walking to your seat during the national anthem...?

LeBron hates America .

He rooted for both teams to lose yesterday. #ArmyNavyGame2023 https://t.co/rANNz3VKwt

- Coach Donny Colombo (@leb6986) December 11, 2023

As for the game itself, Bronny James played 16 minutes in the contest where he scored four points, hitting one three-point shot and one free throw. He also had three rebounds, two assists, two steals, and one block.

However, Long Beach State spoiled Bronny's debut, beating USC by a score of 84-79.
[Sporting News]

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LeBron James did not acknowledge or remove his hat for the national anthem while attending the game of his son, Bronny James, on Sunday.

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People on social media have complained about the inability to find a good job and or maintain keeping a job. "our country is in a recession, it'll blow over eventually." an influencer said. Additionally, on top of the struggle to find good jobs, going to college has become impossible for many students due to the insanely high student loan debt. Unless your job can truly pay off college expenses such as a doctor or lawyer, it is unethical to attend college, especially with technical colleges and other schooler options for much cheaper.

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These TikTokers have "a bone to pick with America" over their employment status.

Young Gen Z and millennial influencers are facing social media backlash - and some commenters' support - about not being able to secure a job in the 2023 economy.

"So I'm headed to my serving job, I f***ing hate it," fitness influencer Alison Johnson posted to TikTok in October. "I make more money serving. I have my literal business marketing degree, that put me in a cute $80,000 in debt."

"And I make more serving sushi rolls," she continued to explain. "I've been applying to marketing jobs... for weeks now, and the pay cut is insane. But the jobs that are like a cute $150,000 to $200,000 a year, I'm not getting those."
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In a similar rant-style video, another potential candidate who goes by her first name, Natasha, said she knew she was giving a "hot take, but hear me out."

"I really hope my dad doesn't see this," Natasha started. "I have been unemployed since November of 2022, and we are now in August of 2023. I've been working in human resources for five years, and I have applied to literally a million jobs."

"No matter how many jobs I apply to, getting a job feels impossible. The reality is we are in a recession right now," she added, "and while it may not feel that way for some people, it definitely feels like that with all of the inflation. My hot take is to literally just wait 'til things blow over."

While the TikTok users complain about difficulties in finding a fulfilling job, the November jobs report released last week showed the U.S. economy added 199,000 jobs, above analyst forecasts. Additionally, the national unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to 3.7% after rising for three straight months, driven by a sizable drop in the jobless rate for teenagers.

Job gains were mostly concentrated in a handful of sectors last month, with the biggest gains in health care (76,800), government (49,000) and leisure and hospitality (40,000). Hiring in manufacturing also trended upward, reflecting the return of UAW workers who had been on strike against General Motors, Stellantis and Ford.

Employment declined in retail trade, reflecting declines in department stores as well as furniture, home furnishings and electronics retailers.

But despite the optimistic data, TikTokers feel it doesn't accurately represent their job search struggles.

"I'm an almost 25-year-old," Johnson also said in her viral post, "going against corporate a** America, people with so much experience, all I got is my degree... the degree was the experience."

Comments on TikTok side with her defense: "Her point was she makes more as a server than with a degree"; "She's exactly right, it's frustrating to not benefit after hard work... how do you put in experience when you don't get a chance"; "What people aren't getting is she's not expecting a $150k job, but she expects a good paying one, with $80k student loans she cannot afford to reduce."

Natasha clarified in her video that she's not advising potential hires to be "lazy or just throw in the towel," but: "Unless you know somebody or you're super qualified, there is like a 9 out of 10 chance that you are not getting the job."

Corporate worker-turned career coach J.T. O'Donnell explained why it feels like you can't find a job in 2023.

"The biggest mistake people are making right now when it comes to looking for work, is using the traditional approaches," O'Donnell said on TikTok. "You're probably heading over to those really big job boards, like Indeed or a Zip Recruiter, and you're applying and not getting any results. Maybe you're even over-applying at this point... and you're still not getting any results. That's because everybody else is doing the same thing."
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The career coach pointed out that there's too much competition, and that studies show only about 3% of online applicants ever hear back from the employer. O'Donnell encouraged changing your mindset from a job seeker, to a job "shopper."

"You have to start to look for the 20 or 30 companies in your area that you would like to work for that hire for your skill sets," she said. "Employers are brands, and when you can share with them your connection story and tell them why you admire and respect them and how you came to know that they're a great place to work, you're going to stand out."
FOX Business' Megan Henney contributed to this report.

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Millennials, Gen Z go on tirades over jobs climate: 'A bone to pick with America'

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TikTok users have sounded off on the struggles finding a good-paying and fulfilling work in America, and one career coach is advising they adopt a job "shopper" mentality.

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An Asian-American comedian and activist was stabbed to death after he was abducted during a date trip to Colombia. He decided to meet with a women, which led to his abduction by a group a people who later murdered him.

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The body of a U.S. activist and comedian was found with over a dozen stab wounds and dumped in a ravine after allegedly being kidnapped and held for ransom in Colombia.

Tou Ger Xiong, 50, an Asian American man from Woodbury in Minnesota, was in the country on holiday and had met up with a woman with whom he had connected with on social media when he was abducted by a group of men, according to reports.

Xiong, who was born in Laos and spent four years of his childhood in a refugee camp in Thailand, called a friend in Colombia at around 7 p.m. Sunday saying the men were demanding $2,000 (8 million Colombian Pesos) in cash for his release, according to local newspaper El Colombiano.
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He also told his friend that he was being held at gunpoint.

Meanwhile, as he was being held captive, police said a woman was raiding his apartment at around 4:40 p.m. but when police arrived on the scene she managed to escape. It is unclear if this was the same woman he had met up with earlier.

But before any payment could be made, Xiong's body was found in the water of a ravine in La Corcovada, northwest of Medellín, with multiple stab wounds and blunt force trauma, according to El Colombiano. He also had bruises caused by an apparent fall from more than 60 feet. Police say they are investigating whether the group decided to kill Xiong because he may have tried to escape captivity.

Eh Xiong, Tou's older brother, shared some details about his brother's brutal death with Fox 9, saying that he suffered "blunt force trauma to the head" and that his captors "tossed him over a bridge."

His brother said police had caught one of the alleged kidnappers.
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"We have full confidence in the Colombian police that they'll find the people who did this to him, and bring them to justice," Eh Xiong said. "Rather than grieving over the loss of his life, we want to celebrate what he has done and what he could be doing to help the community moving forward."

Tou Ger Xiong's family and friends told Fox 9 that he was the life and soul of the party and passionate about making positive changes to society.

The Carleton College political science grad dedicated his life to bridging cultures and speaking for those without a voice, his family told Fox 9.

"He would drive from here to Wisconsin to Milwaukee to Madison to help people [at] his own expense," Eh Xiong told KSTP. "He [did] that kind of stuff."

His family is now in the process of creating a foundation in his name, through which they hope to offer scholarships and assistance to those in need, Fox 9 reported.

Tou Ger Xiong is of Hmong descent, an indigenous group from East and Southeast Asia. In China, the Hmong people are classified as a subgroup of the Miao people.

According to the comedian's website, his father served with the CIA and his family had to flee Laos after the communist takeover in 1975. He was a comedian, entertainer, motivational speaker and educator. He embraced the Hmong culture by educating his audience about his origin and helped co-found groups such as the Community Action Against Racism and the Hmong American Partnership. His website states he was married.

He was named a Bush Foundation fellow in 2019. The foundation's website states that he amplified the voices of his community and served as a force for change.

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Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn,, released a statement on Tou Ger Xiong's passing.

"This is a heartbreaking tragedy," Klobuchar said, as per Fox 9.

"Tou Ger was an incredible person who was constantly working to uplift his community. My office is in contact with Tou Ger's family as they work to bring his body back to Minnesota."

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US activist and comedian found stabbed to death in Colombia after being held for ransom

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It is predicted that interest rates will continue gradually lowering going into 2024-2025. The federal reserve is in charge of the interest rates. This makes me suspicious because the FR is supposed to be non-partisan, but the ratio of democrats to republican is 22-1. I think that there are politics involved with the lowering interest rates because the democrats are feeling pressure right now with how the republicans are standing in the polls. I think they will temporarily lower the interest rates to "credit the democrats" and hopefully win over more votes.

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The Federal Reserve announced today that it was leaving the federal funds rate paused for the third consecutive time, deciding against another rate hike, despite inflation still being above the target goal of 2.0%. The decision to pause rates will have reverberations throughout the economy, including on the mortgage market, where 18 months of rate hikes have left potential buyers facing high rates after more than a decade of relatively low rates on mortgages. Today's pause could signal better times ahead for homebuyers, though - especially if the Fed follows through on rate cuts in 2024.

Find out the mortgage rates you could qualify for online today.

Interest rates are paused. Here's why that's good news for homebuyers.

The decision by the Fed to pause hikes to its benchmark rate doesn't directly impact the rates consumers get for lending and savings products, but those rates do tend to track alongside the federal funds rate. Here's what could happen after this most recent pause.

Mortgage rates could fall

Mortgage rates already fell after the two previous pauses to the federal funds rate. On November 1, the date of the second pause, the average age interest rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 8.06%. For a 15-year mortgage, it was 7.20%. As of December 13, those rates stand at 7.31% and 6.70%, respectively.

While there's no guarantee, mortgage rates may continue to go down in response to the recent pause. With another Fed meeting not scheduled until the end of January, there is plenty of time for rates to respond to this pause before any more possible action is taken.

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Rate cuts could happen in 2024

While a pause to the federal funds rate is good for homebuyers, a cut would be even better. While the Fed declined to cut rates in December, chair Jerome Powell said in his press conference that he expects cuts in 2024.

"The appropriate level [of the federal funds rate] will be 4.6% at the end of 2024," he said. That projection, which would be a total cut of 0.75%, depends on the Fed's economic projections turning out to be true.

If the Fed does cut rates by 0.75% during the year - which would likely be spread across three different meetings - it could mean bigger drops in interest rates for people taking out mortgages.

While it is unlikely that rates will get back to where they were before the rate hikes, when some homebuyers obtained interest rates below 3%, this would still be much-needed relief and could allow buyers who were priced out by high rates to get back into the market.

Refinancing rates could also come down

The rates for those looking to refinance their homes have also been going down recently. On November 1, the average rate for a 30-year refinance was 8.15%, while for a 15-year refinance it was 7.54%. Today those rates stand at 7.45% and 6.72%, respectively.

As with rates for new mortgage purchases, refi rates could continue to decline in the coming months in response to the rate pause - and they could come down even more next year once the Fed starts cutting rates.

Lower refinancing rates could be a balm for those who purchased a home in the past year and feel stung by the high rates. Refinancing does come with expenses - closing costs are paid again, as are other fees - but the ability to lower your monthly payment could be worth it for some homeowners who bought at the height of the high-interest period.

The bottom line

The Fed chose to pause interest rates today for the third consecutive time. This decision will likely impact many parts of the economy, including the mortgage market. Interest rates for mortgages could continue to drop in response to the pause, and they could go down even more next year when the Fed is expected to start making rate cuts. The same goes for refinancing a mortgage, which could help those who bought homes when rates were higher.

Ben Geier

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This article covered how many pro-hamas protests right now are showing many signs of anti-semitism. Although many people may have good intentions at heart, there are many uneducated people standing for a terrorist group.

I agree that it is unfortunate and sad how many civilians on both sides have been killed, injured, or taken from their homes, but this war could end. If Hamas put their weapons down, Israel would stop. But if Israel did first, Hamas would annihilate Israel. It's sad because many are unaware of the mindset Hamas has. Their only goal is to wipe out Israel and destroy any religion that is not theirs. The most baffling thing is the protestors who hold signs such as "hamas for gays" or other signs, but these people aren't aware that they would be eliminated so fast in Hamas.

Hamas's overall goal is to create sympathy and forgiveness. They use hospitals and schools as human shields, and regardless of the countless warnings Israel gives to Hamas to clear out their civilians, they leave them there. Then many lives are taken. Hamas knows what they're doing, they don't care to protect their own people.

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Anti-Semitism is hostility to or prejudice against Jews just because they are Jewish.