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Pamela Ross is a Bloomfield Free Press news writer. She writes about politics, health, and travel. Pamela has been a Bloomfield Free Press writer since 2017. She started her career as a freelance writer for various publications before making the jump to Bloomfield Free Press. She covers local and national news stories, with an emphasis on health issues and environmental issues.

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Nvidia’s stock performance has been ‘staggering.’ But recent buyers of the stock are taking a far greater risk than they realize

Nvidia has become the combined Taylor Swift and Shohei Ohtani of stocks – glamorous, constantly hitting the ball out of the park literally and figuratively, attracting millions of delirious fans paying up to bask in their magic. Like Swift and Ohtani, Nvidia has racked up astounding stats: $2.5 trillion of market cap created in just […]

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The French ‘whale’ who made massive pro-Trump bets is only doing it for the money and could win $80 million, report says

A French trader who wagered $30 million on betting website Polymarket that Donald Trump will win the presidential election said he has no political motivation for doing so. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, the so-called whale referred to himself as “Théo” and said he made his bets on Trump for one reason

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'Dodici Cilindri', or just 'Twelve C'? The car name pronunciation game

How will you say 12Cilindri, as in the new Ferrari, if you’re an English speaker? Will you opt for ‘Twelve Cylinders’ or will you give it the full ‘Dodici Cilindri’, perhaps touching your forefingers to your thumbs and chucking in a Dolmio Family accent as you go? I ask because I have a colleague or two who say they will not

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You might be overdoing it on protein and not getting enough of another vital nutrient, dietitians say

If your social media algorithm has pointed you in the direction of diet, weight-loss, or even general nutrition content, it’s likely you’ve come across “high-protein” recipes or influencers who swear by protein-heavy keto or carnivore diets. Where did this obsession with protein come from, and is it worth all of the energy it’s given? Protein

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Don’t avoid the end-of-life talk with your aging parents. Here’s how to start the conversation

Even though it’s an inevitability for every person on the planet, most Americans don’t like to talk about their own death. Only 22% of people in the U.S. have documented their end-of-life wishes, according to a study by VITAS Healthcare. That means that for the other 78%, it’s up to loved ones to muddle through

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Could your cough be walking pneumonia? Here are the symptoms of the spiking bacterial illness

Walking pneumonia is what it sounds like, a form of pneumonia so seemingly mild that people with the bacterial illness are often up and about—and inadvertently spreading germs. As the disease continues to circulate nationwide this fall, it’s important to take note of its subtle symptoms. A bacterium called Mycoplasma pneumoniae causes two types of

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Nvidia will replace Intel on the Dow Jones Industrial Average in historic changing of the guard in chip sector

Chip giant Nvidia will join the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the iconic Wall Street index announced Friday, underscoring the importance of artificial intelligence in the US economy. The addition of Nvidia, which will take effect on November 8, also marks a historic moment for the semiconductor industry, as the AI chip leader replaces struggling rival

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Boeing marked up soap dispensers by 8,000% amid $1 million in overcharges for Air Force, audit says

Boeing overcharged the Air Force nearly $1 million for spare parts on C-17 cargo planes, including an 8,000% markup for simple lavatory soap dispensers, according to the Pentagon’s inspector general. The Defense Department’s auditor reviewed prices paid for 46 spare parts on the C-17 from 2018 to 2022 and found that 12 were overpriced and nine seemed reasonably

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Exclusive: Jack Dorsey’s Block plans more layoffs just days after cuts at Tidal

His company, which operates payments service Square, money transfer app CashApp, and music streaming platform Tidal, plans its second round of successive layoffs in December, two employees familiar with the plans told Fortune. The date of the cuts is currently set for next week, as well as the week of December 3, one of the

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