• Dunkin' has teamed up with The Hershey Company to create Kit Kat, Heath, and Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme-flavored iced drinks.
• The "Kit Kat Coolatta"  features a vanilla bean base blended with pieces of the popular milk chocolate-coated, wafer-filled candy.
• Heath and Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme flavors are available for hot and iced coffee, espresso drinks, frozen coffee, and frozen chocolate.
• Dunkin' is also releasing a Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme-flavored doughnut that is filled with vanilla buttercream and topped with crumbles from the candy bar.
• The new beverages and doughnut will be available for a limited time throughout the summer at participating locations nationwide starting Wednesday.
• As part of the rollout, Dunkin' is surprising one customer per week throughout July with a two-person trip to the Bahamas.
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From icy Coolattas to its signature doughnuts, Dunkin' is no stranger to offering sweet treats to its customers.

But this summer, the coffee brand is pouring on the sugar with a new line of candy-infused beverages.

Dunkin' has teamed up with The Hershey's Company to create Kit Kat, Heath, and Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme-flavored icy drinks to help you beat the heat this summer.

The new Kit Kat Coolatta features a vanilla bean base blended with pieces of the popular milk chocolate-coated, wafer-filled candy, according to a press release from Dunkin'. 

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Meanwhile, the release notes that the chocolatey, English toffee tones of Heath and the sweet, white chocolate and cookie flavors of Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme are available in hot and iced coffee, espresso drinks, frozen coffee, and frozen chocolate forms.

Dunkin' is also introducing a square-shaped Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme-flavored doughnut that comes filled with vanilla buttercream and topped with crumbles of the candy bar.

As part of the rollout for its newest treats, Dunkin' says it will surprise at least one customer per week throughout July with a "Sweet Escape" trip for two to the Bahamas. According to the official rules of the sweepstakes, the prize includes flights from the winners' nearest major airport to the Bahamas, hotel accommodations, and $500 in spending money.

According to Dunkin', the sweet beverages and new doughnut will be available for a limited time at participating Dunkin' locations nationwide starting Wednesday. 

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• Tom Holland appeared on NBC's "Late Night With Seth Meyers" on Tuesday and said that he "hung up" on "Avengers: Endgame" costar Robert Downey Jr. after the actor called him at 2 a.m.
• "I didn't even check to see who it was," Holland said.
• "I woke up in the morning and in my phone, he's saved as 'The Godfather,' so I woke up and panicked," the "Spider-Man: Far From Home" star continued. "I was like, 'Oh my God, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to ghost you."
• Holland added: "He obviously didn't reply for ages because of the time difference in LA, so that was maybe the most stressful day of my life, where I thought my relationship with Downey was over."
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Tom Holland jokes that he thought his friendship with Robert Downey Jr."was over" after he unintentionally hung up on his "Avengers: Endgame" costar. 

"I think we were in London and he FaceTimed me at two in the morning and I didn't even check to see who it was," Holland said during an appearance on NBC's "Late Night With Seth Meyers" on Tuesday. 

The "Spider-Man: Far From Home" star went on to say that he immediately dismissed the call.

"I woke up in the morning and in my phone, he's saved as 'The Godfather,' so I woke up and panicked," Holland said "I was like, 'Oh my God, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to ghost you.' He obviously didn't reply for ages because of the time difference in LA, so that was maybe the most stressful day of my life, where I thought my relationship with Downey was over."

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Recently, Holland spoke about "accidentally sending Downey to voicemail" and revealed that the actor "was cool about it."

"He asked me for a video," the actor said during an interview with Fox 5 DC.

"Jon Favreau was winning some award and I guess I sent a video in that they played on the big screen, which was basically saying how amazing Jon Favreau is," Holland said of the actor, who's known for his role as Happy Hogan in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Favreau has also executive produced and directed a few Marvel movies. 

Watch the video below (Holland talks about Robert Downey Jr. at 3:23).

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• At the first primary debates of the 2020 presidential race on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, 20 Democratic candidates will be making their case for voters to send them to the White House.
• Issues such as health care and climate change are energizing the Democratic electorate.
• The Democratic primary is full of policy plans that could fundamentally change American life. Here are seven issues that the 2020 candidates mostly agree on and where divides emerge. 
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At the first primary debates of the 2020 presidential race on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, 20 Democratic candidates will be making their case for voters to send them to the White House. And for many of them, it represents their best opportunity to distinguish themselves before a nationwide audience in a crowded primary field.

Issues such as health care and climate change are energizing the Democratic electorate, but not every candidate shares the same approach to policy-making. 

Some candidates, like Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, are running as crusaders for the middle and working classes who will tackle inequality with bold action. Others, like former Vice President Joe Biden, are promising to restore a sense of normalcy and bipartisanship in Washington before its politics was upended by President Donald Trump. Most fall somewhere in between and are maneuvering for support from the progressive and centrist wings of the party.

Here are seven issues that the 2020 candidates mostly agree upon, and where the dividing lines emerge. 

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Healthcare

Mostly agree: Many of the candidates favor reforming the American health care system to varying degrees, which is criticized as costly and inefficient. And they back expanding health care coverage to more Americans and improving on the Affordable Care Act, which allows Americans to purchase federally subsidized health insurance via health exchanges.

The divide: Democrats are split on the mechanisms to achieve universal health coverage.

While Sanders and Warren support "Medicare for All," a proposal to create a government-run insurance program funded by taxpayers that would virtually eliminate private health insurance, many of the candidates prefer less sweeping changes.

Biden backs a public option, as do Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, and former Rep. Beto O'Rourke. That course would allow Americans to choose between private coverage and a government health program. But many candidates have yet to put forward detailed proposals on the plans and cost to taxpayers.

Climate change

Mostly agree: The Democratic candidates favor taking steps to preserve the environment and taking action to alleviate the worst effects of climate change.

Most candidates back the "Green New Deal," a sweeping plan that would transition the American economy from fossil fuels to clean energy and curb greenhouse gas emissions.

And 18 of them have signed the No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge, promising to not seek financial support from the oil, coal and gas industries. Fifteen candidates also support having a climate change debate.

The divide: The devil is in the policy details.

Few of the people taking the primary stage have the ambition of Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, who has centered his campaign on fighting climate change and rolled out policy proposals to achieve 100 percent clean energy by 2030, a decade-long $9 trillion investment plan, and phasing out fossil fuels.

That hasn't stopped other Democrats from trying to match Inslee. Warren bills her "green manufacturing plan" as a $2 trillion investment in climate-friendly industries that would boost American manufacturing and promote job creation.

O'Rourke has also released a climate plan with an eventual $5 trillion price tag that sets a legally-binding target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. 

Biden released a similar plan pegged to the 2050 deadline, calling for $1.7 trillion in federal spending, a carbon pollution tax, and job training for workers to readjust in a greener economy. Sens. Kamala Harris, Kirsten Gillibrand, Cory Booker, and Buttigieg have not issued climate proposals. 

Income inequality

Mostly agree: Most Democratic candidates support alleviating income inequality. Raising minimum wages to $15 an hour, reducing unemployment, and student debt are also areas where there is plenty of agreement.

The divide: Depending on the issue and their worldview, candidates diverge on the extent of government intervention into the economy and how to pay for their proposals.

Warren has released plans to increase access to affordable housing and ensure universal child care, paid for by a tax on corporations and the assets of the wealthy.

Both Warren and Sanders have relied on such taxes on the rich to pay for their expensive proposals, with both putting forward plans to drastically reduce people's student debt.

Former Gov. John Hickenlooper supports giving small businesses in rural areas tax credits to foster development and mobilizing private industry in the process.  Harris also has a plan to close the gender wage gap by mandating large companies to certify that male and female employees are paid equally.

Immigration

Mostly agree: The candidates are united in blasting the Trump administration's immigration policies.

Family separations at the US-Mexico border have drawn condemnation from the candidates, and many say their administrations would also reverse Trump's actions drastically limiting refugee resettlement.

Many also support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants living in the United States and do not back the construction of a wall on the nation's southern border with Mexico.

The divide: It's still not clear how many candidates would achieve  immigration reform — especially if Republicans hold one or both chambers of Congress after next year's election.

The primary field has been thin on immigration plans, instead advancing a more welcoming and diverse vision of the nation through a broad theme over specifics.

However, former Housing and Urban Department secretary Julián Castro has proposed repealing the provision in US law that treats "illegal entry" as a federal crime. So has Warren.

Criminal justice reform

Mostly agree: Most of the candidates support legalizing marijuana, reversing the era of mass incarceration and policing reforms that would empower communities by creating avenues for more transparency from law enforcement. Many also support ending capital punishment.

The divide: Differences emerge in focus and approach to reforming the judicial system and policing.

Gillibrand has talked about "the unique challenges" the criminal justice system poses for women. She is seeking more protection for incarcerated pregnant women and creating prison alternatives for those convicted of low-level nonviolent crimes.

Booker supports shortening prison sentences for nonviolent drug offenders. And he's proposed granting clemency to thousands of people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses. Buttigieg would do the same for similar offenders by getting rid of mandatory minimums.

Castro issued a plan that would mandate implicit bias training and the use of body cameras for police officers. He also backs drastically restricting the instances lethal force can be used.

Reparations

Mostly agree: Plenty of the Democratic candidates for president support H.R. 40, a House resolution that would establish a committee to study reparations for the descendants of slaves.

They've expressed concern over the racial wealth gap, which shows the median white household has 10 times more wealth than the median black household.

The divide: How reparations would be provided remains a point of contention, as some candidates like O'Rourke and Klobuchar do not favor direct cash payments. But Marianne Williamson has called to set aside $200 billion to $500 billion for a reparations program.

Other candidates have also proposed race-conscious policies that explicitly address racial inequality. Warren has a plan to level the economic field for minority-owned businesses and another to create a housing program to benefit communities affected by redlining, a form of housing discrimination once practiced by the federal government.

Sanders, on the other hand, argues that broadly helping the poor will address longstanding racial inequality. He backs the 10-20-30 antipoverty plan. It's congressional legislation that would direct 10 percent federal resources to communities where at least 20 percent of the population have lived under the poverty line for 30 years.

Booker has a proposal for "baby bonds" that would provide a $1,000 savings account for every child. But it would benefit people of color in particular as the plan gives more to families with lesser incomes.

Foreign policy

Mostly agree: Most candidates want to improve global opinion of America, which has plunged during the Trump presidency.

For Democrats, that means recommitting the country to its international obligations such as its ties to NATO and the European Union and to reverse Trump's "America First" policies and rhetoric. Many have also called to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan, now well into its 18th year.

The divide: Though it hasn't been a frequent topic of discussion, foreign policy is an area where candidates are diverging over how to use American power.

Biden and Buttigieg are two candidates seeking to promote free trade and liberal democracy, two notions that underpin the traditional international order.

Sanders, however, believes the existing liberal order has failed. Alongside Warren, he is seeking to readjust the global economic model that he believes failed the working classes in other nations.

Rep. John Delaney has possibly been the most specific in his foreign policy ideas so far in the race. He supports maintaining US military preeminence, increasing the nation's global engagement with allies and a tough approach with China.

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• The US government is moving migrant children back into a Texas Border Patrol station where lawyers documented inhumane and unsanitary conditions for children.
• Lawyers who visited the Clint Border Patrol station last week found a number of migrant children caring for one another, including an 8-year-old looking after a 4-year-old.
• Lawyers told the Associated Press and The New York Times the facility's conditions were dire, with many children sick, or deprived of adequate food and basic hygiene.
• The children had no access to toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, showers, or a change of clothes, the lawyers said.
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A Border Patrol station that sparked public outrage for its dire conditions has already begun housing migrant children again, a Customs and Border Protection spokesperson told INSIDER.

Hundreds of children were transferred out of the facility earlier this week after reports emerged that the kids detained there struggled to care for each other, and often lacked adequate food and basic hygiene, according to lawyers who have visited the children.

The CBP spokesperson said that since so many children were being transferred to the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services in recent days, the Clint Border Patrol Station had to be used as the "consolidated [unaccompanied children] holding facility to streamline transfer to HHS and accommodate separate holding areas based on age and gender."

Lawyers have documented disturbing conditions at Clint

In the Clint facility, near El Paso, Texas, lawyers documented a number of disturbing details, including an 8-year-old trying to look after a 4-year-old with matted hair, law professor Warren Binford told the Associated Press.

The 4-year-old refused to take a shower, and the 8-year-old didn't know how to convince the young child, Binford said.

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In the same facility, a 14-year-old Guatemalan girl told the lawyers she had been taking care of two little girls and holding them in her lap, but that she didn't have anyone looking out for her.

"I need comfort, too," the girl told the lawyers, according to the Associated Press. "I am bigger than they are, but I am a child, too."

Teams of lawyers have been touring US border facilities to interview migrants and document how the US government has been treating detained children, and whether that treatment complies with legal standards.

'Inhumane conditions for children'

Lawyers also reported that the children they observed detained at Clint were wearing clothes soiled with snot and tears, and that toddlers were not given diapers and forced to wet themselves in their clothing.

The children had no access to toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, showers, or a change of clothes, the lawyers told The New York Times.

Many of the children in Clint arrived at the border unaccompanied, and were waiting to be transferred to a government-run shelter where they'd eventually be connected with a family member. But lawyers said some of the children were also separated from parents or adult caregivers they had arrived with.

Rep. Veronica Escobar, whose district includes the Clint facility, wrote a letter to two top Customs and Border Protection officials last Friday, demanding answers about the 255 children who were detained at Clint as recently as last week.

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"[Fifty-nine] are under the age of 12, many children have been held in custody for nearly a month in violation of the Flores settlement agreement; and older children are caring for the younger children," Escobar wrote.

She went on to ask, "How is it possible that you both were unaware of the inhumane conditions for children, especially tender-age children at the Clint station?"

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• Google employees have signed a petition asking their company be banned from participating in or sponsoring San Francisco Pride this upcoming weekend.
• The petition, signed by almost 100 employees, follows a month where Google has been widely criticized for its policies that haven't gone far enough to protect the LGBTQ community.
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Almost 100 Google employees have petitioned San Francisco Pride's board of directors to exclude the company from marching in and sponsoring the parade.

In the open letter published Wednesday on Medium, employees asked SF Pride to "not provide the company a platform that paints it in a rainbow veneer of support for those very persons."

"We feel we have no choice but to urge you to reject Google's failure to act in support of our community by revoking their sponsorship of Pride, and excluding Google from official representation in the Pride parade," the petition reads.

San Francisco Pride takes place this upcoming weekend with the parade Sunday, and Google is listed as one of SF Pride's sponsors. In response to the open letter, SF Pride said in a statement Google would be able to participate at and sponsor the weekend's events.

"We've found that Google has been willing to listen to this criticism and is working to develop appropriate policies," SF Pride said in its statement. "They have acknowledged they have much work to do to promote respectful discussion and exchange of ideas."

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The open letter to SF Pride's board of directors is the culmination of a severely controversial month that has brought Google's LGBTQ policies — both internally and externally — into question. 

In the early days of June, dubbed as Pride Month to celebrate LGBTQ individuals, 

"Whenever we press for change, we are told only that the company will 'take a hard look at these policies,'" the petition says. "But we are never given a commitment to improve, and when we ask when these improvements will be made, we are always told to be patient."

Members of the LGBTQ community, including former Google employees, first petitioned SF Pride to ban Google from participating in the parade soon after the company said it wouldn't punish Crowded for his homophobic and racial slurs. 

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Augmented reality's (AR's) ability to link our digital and physical worlds is transforming the way brands engage with consumers on social media. Digital titans Snapchat and Facebook are monetizing consumers' love for AR with ads and branded experiences, opening the door for brands to use a new means of creativity and immersive storytelling to reach consumers in a way they appreciate and respond to.

While the use of AR in social media is still in early stages, the immersive technology is already becoming impossible for brands to ignore. This fun, memorable, and convenient way to merge a brand into consumers' lives is catalyzing the way brands escalate converted sales, drive consumer engagement, and lift brand awareness.

With AR ads expected to generate over $13 billion in revenue by 2022, and, as a result, account for over 12% of all mobile ad revenue by that year, it's crucial brands map out their AR strategies now to secure an early-mover advantage. 

In the AR in Social MediaReport, Business Insider Intelligence dives into the growing social media AR ecosystem; explores why brands should integrate AR into their ads and branded experiences; outlines how brands are benefiting from embracing this new, immersive form of content delivery; and probes what's ahead for the space.

The companies mentioned in this report are: Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Snapchat, and WhatsApp.

Here are some of the key takeaways from the report:

• The number of mobile AR users is expected to have grown 100% year-over-year (YoY) in 2018 to pass 1 billion, and social media is quickly becoming consumers' go-to channel for mobile AR experiences. 
• Consumers' viral acceptance of AR in social media underscores why brands need to embrace the technology to enhance their social strategies, and it's already proving to be an effective channel for engaging consumers and expanding their reach.
• There are three clear goals brands are striving to achieve when implementing AR in their social media strategies: escalate converted sales and downloads, drive consumer engagement, and lift brand awareness. 
• Additionally, there are numerous indications that the technology will improve in the near future, which will play a chief role in driving brands' AR usage within social media. 

In full, the report:

• Sizes mobile AR adoption in social media and identifies the factors driving uptake among both consumers and brands. 
• Details how brands stand to benefit from leveraging AR in social media and offers an inside look into how it has played a role in helping brands achieve their goals. 
• Provides an overview of a trends that will heighten the social media AR experience and supercharge the opportunity for brands in the years to come. 

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• Intel is putting about 8,500 of its 90,000 patents on the auction block as it exits the 5G smartphone modem market.
• The chip giant surprised the tech world in April when it said it was abandoning the market for 5G smartphone chips, for lack of 
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Chip giant Intel is putting 8,500 of its patents on the auction block, as the tech powerhouse exits the 5G smartphone market.

The Santa Clara, California-based company told Business Insider it is looking to sell intellectual property assets related to 3G, 4G, and 5G cellular and wireless technologies. The company has nearly 90,000 patents worldwide, a spokesperson said. The patent auction was first reported by IAM media.

Intel is also looking for a buyer for its 5G smartphone modem business. The company stunned the tech world two months ago when it announced that it was abandoning the market for smartphone 5G modem chips. In a statement, new CEO Bob Swan said that "it has become apparent that there is no clear path to profitability and positive returns."

An Intel spokesman told Business Insider that the auction process, which is being supervised by the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell, "is independent of Intel's evaluation of options for the smartphone modem business, which we announced last April. Intel would retain significant patent assets for cellular wireless and connected devices technologies."

Intel had reportedly discussed selling its smartphone modem chip business to Apple, according to the Wall Street Journal. A Intel spokesperson declined to comment, but said the company has "hired outside advisors to help us assess strategic options for our wireless 5G phone business. We have received significant interest in the business but have nothing more to say at this time."

Intel has said it will continue to focus its 5G wireless efforts on networking infrastructure. The company is making bigger bets on server chips that power data centers, although Intel has recently struggled with a slowdown in that market. The company recently reported flat revenue growth and a revenue target for 2019 that fell below Wall Street's expectations.

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• US News compiles a list of the top 20 hospitals in the country.
• The hospitals are ranked based on their performance in certain specialties and procedures. 
• Top hospitals include the Mayo Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Duke University Hospital. You can see the full list below.
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The US is home to more than 6,200 hospitals, which can make it difficult to figure out which ones deliver the best medical care and treatment.

Every year, US News compiles a list of the top hospitals in the country, making it easier for readers to find what best suits their needs.

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US News provides lists of the best hospitals for specific conditions, as well as an 'Honor Roll' that highlights great hospitals across specialties and procedures. Hospitals earn points if they are nationally ranked in 16 specialties, like cancer care, and "high performing" in the nine procedures and conditions, like heart bypass and lung cancer surgery. The more points earned, the higher the ranking on the honor roll list.

To make the list, the hospitals have performed at a high standard, improving the lives of many. Read on to see the top 20 hospitals in the US, according to US News.

20. Brigham and Women's Hospital

Ranked as the second best hospital in Massachusetts, Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston is a teaching hospital affiliated with Harvard Medical School.

The hospital's Cancer Center houses 12 specialized disease treatment centers and touts a system where patients can see an oncologist the day after receiving their cancer diagnosis. In 2011, Brigham and Women's Hospital performed the first two full face transplants in the country.

19. Duke University Hospital

Known originally as Duke Clinic when it opened in 1930, Duke University Hospital sought to establish an academic medical center in a region that had previously lacked one.

Today, Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, is the flagship of the Duke University Health System. The system sees more than 2 million patients outside the hospital per year and has more than 68,000 inpatient stays, according to US News. It is ranked as the top hospital in North Carolina.

18. Mount Sinai Hospital

Mount Sinai Hospital is located in New York City and affiliated with the Icahn School of Medicine. It's part of a health system that has seven hospitals in the New York City area.

According to US News, it's known for its Geriatric Services department, which contains the Division of Experimental Diabetes and Aging, as well as for its digestive diseases treatments. The cardiology department is also highly ranked by US News.

17. Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Ranked number one in Tennessee, Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville is affiliated with Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

It's known for a wide variety of specialty treatments, and is nationally ranked in 10 specialties for adults and 10 for children, according to US News. In 2008, the Vanderbilt Eye Institute was created to focus on treating a range of eye conditions.

15. UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside (tie)

Ranked as the second best hospital in Pennsylvania UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside is located in Pittsburgh and is the flagship of the UPMC system. It's affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

UPMC is a Level 1 trauma center and has done more than 19,500 organ transplants surgeries. It's nationally ranked in 12 adult specialties, according to US News.

15. NYU Langone Hospitals (tie)

NYU Langone is located in Manhattan. Its Tisch Hospital was founded in 1882 and merged with the New York University Medical Center in 1948.

The hospitals are nationally ranked in 12 adult specialties, according to US News.

Dr. Jonas Salk and Dr. Albert Sabin, who created the polio vaccine, both graduated from the New York University School of Medicine, which is affiliated with NYU Langone Hospitals.

14. Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian

Ranked as the best hospital in Pennsylvania, and first in Philadelphia, Penn Medicine was established as the first teaching hospital in 1874. Penn Presbyterian Medical Center was founded in 1871 and merged with the University of Pennsylvania Health System in 1995. 

According to US News, it ranked nationally in 12 adult specialties and has a highly ranked division focused on kidney treatment and research.

13. Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Ranked as the best hospital in Illinois, Northwestern Memorial  is located in Chicago and is the teaching hospital for Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

According to US News, the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute is highly regarded and consists of six centers focused on a different specialties in cardiovacular health. In 1997, doctors there performed the first minimally invasive heart procedure as an alternative to surgery or angioplasty. The hospital is nationally ranked in 11 adult specialties, according to US News.

11. Mayo Clinic-Phoenix (tie)

Ranked as the best hospital in Arizona, the Mayo Clinic located in Phoenix is an outpost of the original Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. According to US News, it is nationally ranked in 11 adult specialties and "high performing" in nine adult procedures and conditions. 

US News notes that the hospital ranks highly on patient experience surveys. Mayo-Clinic Phoenix specializes in a number of areas like cancer care, neurology, kidney disease, and respiratory medicine, according to US News.

11. Barnes-Jewish Hospital (tie)

Ranked as the best hospital in Missouri, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, is a teaching hospital associated with Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. 

Barnes-Jewish hospital performed the first kidney transplant in 1963, and the hospital now performs around 200 kidney transplants per year, according to US News. It's nationally ranked in 12 adult specialties by US News.

10. New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell

Ranked as the number one hospital in New York, and best in New York City, New York-Presbyterian is ranked nationally in 14 adult specialties and 10 pediatric specialties, according to US News.

Before the New York Hospital and Presbyterian Hospital merged, Dr. George Papanicolaou at New York Hospital invented the Pap smear test to screen women for cervical cancer. The hospital is affiliated with both Weill Cornell Medical College and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

9. Stanford Health Care-Stanford Hospital

The fourth-best hospital in California, Stanford Hospital is a teaching hospital for Stanford University School of Medicine. According to US News, it is ranked nationally in 12 adult specialties.

Stanford Hospital is home to many firsts, like the first adult heart transplant in the US and the first successful heart-lung transplant, according to US News.

8. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Ranked as the third best hospital in California, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's health system has more than 40 locations. According to US News, it is ranked nationally in 12 adult specialties. 

Doctors at the hospital's Smidt Heart Institute perform two kinds of complicated heart-valve procedures more frequently than any other hospital site in the US, according to US News. Cedars-Sinai also has the first comprehensive women's heart center, US News said.

7. UCLA Medical Center

Ranked as the second-best hospital in California, UCLA Medical Center is a teaching hospital located on the University of California, Los Angeles campus.

According to US News it is nationally ranked in 14 adult specialties and rated "high performing" in seven adult procedures and conditions. The medical center is also one of the first hospitals designed to keep working during natural disasters such as earthquakes.

6. UCSF Medical Center

Ranked as the top hospital in California, UCSF has a network of campuses across the Bay Area. It is a teaching hospital for the University of California, San Francisco. 

UCSF Medical Center is nationally ranked in 15 adult specialties and 10 pediatric specialties. The hospital also has a center for integrative medicine, offering modern medical treatments with holistic healing practices such as massage and acupuncture.

5. University of Michigan Hospitals-Michigan Medicine

University of Michigan Hospitals - Michigan Medicine is ranked as the top hospital in Michigan. The medical center's main campus is comprised of eight buildings and there are 25 health centers in the surrounding region. According to US News, U-M is nationally ranked in 14 adult specialities and 10 pediatric specialties. 

The hospital created the first dermatology department in the US, the first human genetics program, and the first comprehensive depression center, US News said. 

4. Massachusetts General Hospital

Ranked as the number one hospital in Massachusetts, Massachusetts General Hospital was founded in 1811 and is a teaching hospital for Harvard Medical School. According to US News, it ranks nationally in 16 adult specialities and four pediatric specialties.

Mass General has the largest hospital-based research program in the US, spanning 30 departments, according to US News. Some of its specialty facilities include a fertility center, an ALS clinic, a diabetes team, and a geriatric medicine unit, US News reports.

3. Johns Hopkins Hospital

Ranked as the number one hospital in Maryland, Johns Hopkins Hospital is located in Baltimore and is the teaching hospital for Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Johns Hopkins Hospital is home to many medical firsts such as isolating and crystallizing insulin and inventing the rechargeable pacemaker, according to US News. Its Center for Music and Medicine offers treatment using music to aid patients with Parkinson's and dementia, US News said.

2. Cleveland Clinic

Ranked as the best hospital in Ohio, the Cleveland Clinic Health System consists of 11 hospitals and 18 health centers. Founded in 1921, Cleveland Clinic now has 44 buildings on its main campus. According to US News, it is ranked nationally in 14 adult specialties and 10 pediatric ones.

1. Mayo Clinic

The Mayo Clinic is located in Rochester, Minnesota and was founded in 1889. Mayo Clinic Health System now owns 19 hospitals in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa.

According to US News, Mayo Clinic is nationally ranked in 15 adult specialties and seven pediatric specialties. 

• Beth Chapman, who starred alongside her husband in the reality show "Dog the Bounty Hunter," has died.
• The 51-year-old's husband, Duane, confirmed the news on Twitter, days after announcing that she had been put in a medical induced coma.
• Beth Chapman was diagnosed with stage 2 throat cancer in 2017. The cancer was successfully removed a month later, but it came back in 2018.
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Beth Chapman, who starred alongside her husband in the reality show "Dog the Bounty Hunter," has died at age 51.

Chapman's husband, Duane, confirmed the news on Twitter, days after announcing that she had been put in a medically induced coma in the ICU at Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.

"It's 5:32 in Hawaii, this is the time she would wake up to go hike Koko Head mountain. Only today, she hiked the stairway to heaven. We all love you, Beth. See you on the other side," Duane Chapman said on Twitter Wednesday morning.

Read more: 'Dog the Bounty Hunter' star Beth Chapman is in a medically induced coma

The Chapmans are best known for their roles in the A&E show "Dog the Bounty Hunter," which ran from 2004 to 2012. The show followed the couple as they tracked down bail fugitives in Hawaii and Colorado.

Beth Chapman was diagnosed with stage 2 throat cancer in 2017. The cancer was successfully removed a month later, but it came back in 2018.

She kept fans updated on her cancer treatment on social media. She was taken to the hospital in April after having breathing problems connected to her cancer treatment, TMZ reported.

Duane Chapman solicited prayers for his wife after her most recent hospitalization, and posted a photo of her iconic nails on Twitter.

The family's lawyer, Andrew Brettler, told USA Today that Chapman died in the early hours of Tuesday.

"Spoke with Duane. We are all heartbroken," he said.

A representative for the Chapmans told PEOPLE: "Beth died at 5:32 this morning, the same time she would wake up to go hiking Koko Head. The exact same time. She was surrounded by family and Dog was there, holding her hand."

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• The first Democratic debates will be held this week in Miami, Florida, a city that faces a growing threat from rising sea levels and temperatures linked to climate change. 
• The debate location offers a fitting backdrop for 2020 Democrats eager to discuss how they plan to confront what the United Nations has called an "existential threat" to humanity.  
• But the Democratic National Committee has rejected requests from 2020 candidates to hold a debate exclusively on climate change policy.
• Progressive groups are using the Miami debates to elevate their criticism of the DNC's approach to the issue of climate change.
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The first Democratic debates will be held this week in Miami, Florida, a city that faces a growing environmental crisis caused by rising sea levels and hotter temperatures linked to climate change — and the issue is poised to hang over the debates.  

Democratic. Rep. Charlie Crist, who served as Florida's Republican governor before switching parties, recently called his home state "ground zero for climate change and the impacts of rising sea levels and increasingly destructive storms."

Crist argued in a South Florida Sun Sentinel op-ed that Miami offers the "perfect" backdrop for 2020 Democrats eager to discuss how they plan to confront what the United Nations has called an "existential threat" to humanity.  

The Democratic Party is facing backlash from 2020 candidates for refusing to hold a climate-change-only debate

A number of Democratic candidates are battling the Democratic National Committee (DNC) over its refusal to hold a debate limited to climate change policy.

The vast majority of the candidates are calling for a climate-focused debate, but DNC Chairman Tom Perez argued earlier this month that it's "just not practical" to hold a debate entirely focused on a single issue. The DNC will hold a total of 12 debates throughout the course of the primary.  

"Once I accede to the request of one candidate to have a debate focus on the issue he's running on, then I need to go back to everybody else that has made those requests and reverse course," Perez said, referring to Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, who's running a climate-focused 2020 campaign and formally asked Perez for the debate. 

A debate on climate change also has the potential to further expose division within the party over how — and how aggressively — to address climate change. While some candidates on the left flank of the 2020 field have voiced strong support for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's ambitious Green New Deal resolution, others have put forward more modest plans to reduce carbon emissions and transition to renewable energy. 

And Ocasio-Cortez has already criticized the current 2020 frontrunner, former Vice President Joe Biden, over reports that he'd take a "middle ground" approach to her top issue. 

"There is no 'middle ground' w/ climate denial & delay. Blaming 'blue collar' Americans as the main opponents to bold climate policy is gas lobbyist 101," she tweeted last month. "We're not going to solve the climate crisis w/ this lack of leadership. Our kids' lives are at stake."

Read more: Democratic primary voters overwhelmingly prefer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal to Joe Biden's climate plan

Inslee claims Democratic leadership has threatened to bar candidates from future DNC debates if they participate in an informal climate forum. 

"I'm extremely disappointed in the decision made by the DNC to refuse to hold a climate debate and to ignore these Democrats," Inslee said in a recent email to supporters. "And I'm extremely concerned about their threat to punish candidates who would participate in an outside climate debate by locking them out of future DNC debates. It is undemocratic."

Climate activists are staging demonstrations around the first Democratic debate in Miami

Climate activists are now going after the DNC — and using the first debate to press the issue. Several groups have planned climate change-focused demonstrations in Miami this week. 

The uproar from 2020 candidates and activists over the DNC's refusal to hold a climate change-focused debate is buoyed by the fact Democratic voters are extremely concerned about this issue. An April CNN poll, for example, found taking aggressive action to slow the effects of climate change is the top issue for Democratic voters.

The Sunrise Movement, a grassroots group that's teamed up with progressive Democrats to push the Green New Deal, on Tuesday held a sit-in at the Democratic Party's headquarters in the nation's capital, blasting Perez in the process. 

"Tom Perez is telling us we can't have a climate debate because that's not how it's been done before," Sunrise co-founder Varshini Prakash said in a press release. "Business-as-usual is a death sentence for my generation and the billions of people who are already feeling the damages of the climate crisis."

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The payments industry is transforming.

Noncash payments methods are quickly becoming the norm.

Business Insider Intelligence projects digital payments to continue to grow through 2023 and beyond.

This shift has created a battle between incumbents and startups vying to become the leaders of the future of payments.

While incumbents have massive scale to lean on, startups typically offer a much friendlier user experience. Whoever can master both first will win the battle.

That will require navigating four key digital transformations: diversification, consolidation and collaboration, data protection and automation.

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• When the sun's out, so are any plans of staying indoors with your significant other.
• From kayaking to eating all the ice cream you stomach, there are plenty of summer activities that'll keep the romance alive. 

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The temperatures are rising and so is the chemistry with that special someone.

But if you're tired of the typical dinner dates or Netflix and chill hangouts, the summer season offers plenty of opportunities to step out of your comfort zone and do something a little more offbeat. 

Here are 16 unique date ideas that will spice up your summer. 

Hit up a rooftop movie theater

Take the classic dinner and movie combo to the next level — literally. Rooftop movie theaters are popping up all over the country, from Los Angeles to New York, and for good reason. Arrive early for happy hour, watch the sunset, and grab your seats to catch a favorite flick. 

Hitch a ride on a hot air balloon

Experience breathtaking views from a hot air balloon with your date. Take a slew of selfies to record an experience that'll leave you both riding high. 

Enter a Color Run race

Participate in the happiest 5K on the planet — the Color Run. Even if you and your date aren't the most athletically inclined, don't worry, the goal of the race isn't to be the fastest, but to have the most fun.  

Take some surf lessons together

No matter what coast you're on, there are bound to be surf lessons available. Whether you're a novice or have taken on some waves before, you and your date will have tons of fun in the water.

Try out a DIY wine-tasting

Nutritionists claim that you should have some wine every day since it contains polyphenols, which help protect the heart and brain. So run to a Trader Joe's wine section to assemble your own little wine tasting. Add a cheese board into the mix and set the mood with some candles and soft music in the background.

Hit the dance floor at a morning dance party

Getting out of bed for work is already a struggle, but getting up in the morning for a date? Now that's a different story. Morning raves like DayBreaker will help you start your day on the right foot.

Go skydiving

While definitely not for the faint heart, skydiving is an unforgettable experience — and will bring you and your SO closer. If your partner is down to jump out of a plane, then go for it. But you can also get the same experience with a skydiving simulator, which is just as thrilling. 

Check out an ice cream factory tour

If you and bae have bonded over having a sweet tooth, then an ice cream factory tour will only make that bond sweeter. Take a trip to the famous Ben & Jerry's ice cream factory, or look for something just as delicious nearby. 

Go kayaking

Sure, kayaking in some exotic locale is cool, but nothing beats kayaking in a city. Rent a kayak with your date and race one another on the water with a whole new view of the city skyline serving as your background. 

Check out an ice bar

The only way to really cool down during a heatwave is to hit up an ice bar with your date. Bundle up and sip on some cocktails for a date that really redefines happy hour.

Take a graffiti art tour

A street art tour — which you can find all over the world on sites like Viator — will give you a whole new way of seeing your hometown. In the very least, it'll make a great Instagram. 

Take a trapeze class

Defy gravity with a trapeze class that'll inspire you to join Cirque du Soleil. You'll find comfort in knowing that your date is probably whispering to themselves not to let go of you.

Go rock climbing

If your mantra is "The couple that's fit together, stays together," then try your hand at rock climbing. You can opt for an indoor facility, but if you don't want to miss out on the beautiful weather, go outside. 

Compete in a ping pong tournament

Plenty of parks have ping pong tournaments that you can sign up for. While some light competition is always fun, be careful not to transform into Monica from "Friends."

Go on a food tour

For some, the way to their heart is through their stomach. So plan a — insert favorite food here — crawl with your fellow foodie. Be it pizza or burgers, hop from one restaurant to the next and experience all of the delicious options that your city has to offer. And if you have to open a jean button or two, your date will understand. 

Show off your moves at a skate park

Who doesn't love a skater? Show off your tricks — or get taught a new thing or two — at the local park and start racing through each other's minds. 

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• DeepNude is a web app that uses deepfake technology to turn any photo of a woman into a realistic-looking nude image.
• This application of deepfake software is telling of how it can be used maliciously in the future to create doctored images for revenge porn and bullying.
• DeepNude is currently offline because its servers have been overloaded from too much traffic, according to the website's developers.
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A new web app that lets users create realistic-looking nude images of women offers a terrifying glimpse into how deepfake technology can now be easily used for malicious purposes like revenge porn and bullying.

Up until now, most deepfake technology and software requires uploading vast amounts of video footage of the subject in order to train the AI to create realistic-looking — yet false — depictions of the person saying or doing something.

But DeepNude, which was first discovered by Motherboard, makes generating fake nude images a one-click process: All someone would have to do is upload a photo of any woman (it reportedly doesn't generate male nudes), and let the software do the work.

All the images created with the free version DeepNude are produced with a watermark by default, but Motherboard was able to easily remove it to get the un-marked image. The website sells access to a premium version of the software for $50 that removes the watermark, and requires a software download that's compatible with Windows 10 and Linux devices. The software only generates doctored images, not videos, of women, but it's the low barrier to entry that makes the app problematic.

DeepNude is just the latest example in how techies have been using artificial intelligence to create deepfakes, eerily realistic fake depictions of someone doing or saying something they have never done. Some have used the technology to create computer-generated cats, Airbnb listings, and revised versions of famous Hollywood movies. But others have used the technology to effortlessly spread misinformation, like this deepfake video of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, which was altered to make the senator seem like she doesn't know the answers to questions from an interviewer.

Read more:From porn to 'Game of Thrones': How deepfakes and realistic-looking fake videos hit it big

So while deepfake tech has serious implications for the spread of false news and disinformation, DeepNude shows how quickly the technology has evolved to make it ever-easier for non-technically savvy people to create realistic-enough content that could then be used for blackmail and bullying purposes, especially when it comes to women. Deepfake technology has already been used for revenge porn targeting anyone from people's friends to their classmates, in addition to fueling fake nude videos of celebrities like Scarlett Johansson.

As Johansson experienced firsthand last year when her face was superimposed into porn videos, it doesn't matter how much you deny that the nude footage isn't actually of you.

"The fact is that trying to protect yourself from the internet and its depravity is basically a lost cause," Johansson told the Post in December. "The internet is a vast wormhole of darkness that eats itself."

DeepNude brings the ability to make believable revenge porn to the masses, something a revenge porn activist told Motherboard is "absolutely terrifying," and should not be available for public use.

But Alberto, a developer behind DeepNude, defended himself to Motherboard: "I'm not a voyeur, I'm a technology enthusiast."

Alberto told Motherboard his software is based off pix2pix, an open-source algorithm used for "image-to-image translation." Pix2pix and other deepfake software use something called a generative adversarial network (a GAN), an algorithm that spits out iterations of fake depictions that were successfully able to trick a computer into thinking the image was legit.

Business Insider was unable to test out the app ourselves, because the DeepNude servers are offline. On its website and social media, DeepNude says the team"did not expect these traffic and our servers need reinforcement," and is working to get the app back online "in a few days."

But people have already downloaded the software, and this could very well mark the beginning of incredibly easy access to technology with terrifying implications.

SEE ALSO: The AI tech behind scary-real celebrity 'deepfakes' is being used to create completely fictitious faces, cats, and Airbnb listings

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• Apollo astronauts are celebrating the upcoming 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 and the first moon landing.
• Charlie Duke, an astronaut who flew on NASA's Apollo 16 mission, said the scariest moment of his life occurred while "horsing around" on the moon in April 1972.
• Lunar gravity is about one-sixth as strong as Earth's, so Duke tried to set a jumping record in honor of the the 1972 Olympics.
• But Duke fell backward upon landing. If he'd broken his life-support backpack, he said the mishap might have killed him.
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July 20 marks the 50th anniversary of the first crewed moon landing. As the big moment approaches, Apollo astronauts are touring planet Earth to discuss and celebrate NASA's historic achievement.

At a recent event with some of these astronauts at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in New York, Charlie Duke, who piloted the lunar-landing module during Apollo 16, told Business Insider about what he considers the scariest moment of his life.

"It was a 1972, and there was going to be the Olympics in Munich that year, so we were going to do the 'Moon Olympics,'" said Duke, who was the youngest person to walk on the moon at age 36.

But Duke hadn't practiced a key move in his unwieldy spacesuit. This led to a clumsy fall that he said could have split open the only barrier between himself and the vacuum of space — which would have killed him.

Duke's near-deadly high jump

At the Cradle of Aviation Museum — where one of three remaining lunar landers bound for the moon is on display — we interviewed a handful of astronauts.

We asked them what they think of President Donald Trump's plan to land humans back on the moon in 2024, and what they believe would be Earth's next big "Apollo moment" might be.

We also asked each astronaut for a relatively little-known story from their missions. One of Duke's anecdotes, which is also detailed in his 1990 book "Moonwalker," stood out.

Duke said that he and his commander, John Young, decided to use the final minutes of a spacewalk on the moon to beat several Earth-based feats of human athleticism. This is possible, of course, because lunar gravity is just one-sixth as strong as that of Earth's.

"We just started out doing the high jump," Duke said.

They were just "horsing around," Duke said, but he was able to leap 4 feet into the air — an impressive height for anyone, especially a person wearing a bulky spacesuit. However, Duke said he straightened his body mid-jump, and that turned out to be a huge mistake.

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The lunar-surface spacesuits Apollo astronauts wore weighed more than 300 pounds each on Earth. This wasn't as much of an issue on the moon due to its weaker surface gravity; the suits there weighed about 50 pounds. Still, the Apollo spacesuit's backpack made up more than half of the mass, which created balance issues (especially for leaping humans).

"The backpack weighed as much as I did. So I went over backwards," Duke said. "It's a fiberglass shell, and it contained all your life support systems. If it broke, I was dead."

Duke said he rolled right to break his fall, yet still bounced onto his backpack, also called the portable life support system or PLSS.

If he'd cracked his PLSS or ripped open his suit, it would have caused a "hiss-out" or loss of breathable air. This would have knocked Duke unconscious and likely killed him before Young could drag him back to the lunar module, close the airlock, and pressurize the spacecraft.

"My heart was pounding. John Young, my commander, came over and looked down and says, 'That wasn't very smart, Charlie.' And I said, 'Help me up, John,' and I got real quiet," he said.

Duke said that once he got up, he listened to the sounds of the PLSS to determine whether anything had broken.

"You could hear the pumps running. And I said, 'Well, I think I'm okay,'" he said, adding: "I learned a lesson: Never do anything in space that you haven't practiced, and we had not practiced the high jump."

A TV camera recorded Duke's terrifying moment, though equipment blocks a view of Duke's fall.

Falling on the moon

This wasn't Duke's only fall on the moon: He also fell face-first while trying to poke an instrument called a penetrometer into the lunar surface. And he tumbled over after hopping down to pick up a pair of tongs (which he'd retrieved to pick up a hammer that he'd dropped moments before).

Other astronauts also floundered on the moon — humans had never before worked in lunar gravity, which made objects and bodies behave abnormally.

Plus, despite months of intense training, the Apollo astronauts often struggled in their heavy, stiff, and unwieldy spacesuits. In many ways, wearing such a suit is akin to working in an over-inflated and rigid balloon. Stooping to pick up an object with the gloves was practically impossible, so astronauts had to rely on other tools. They also needed to hop in order to crouch down, using the landing from the hop to compress their inflated and springy suits (which fought against normal movement).

The video below, which shows the hop-and-crouch trick, is an entertaining — and at times frightening — supercut of astronauts falling all over the moon.

For future missions to the moon and Mars, NASA and aerospace companies are designing new spacesuits that are lighter, better balanced, and more flexible to accommodate typical human motions.

With any luck, engineers will make silly (and potentially life-threatening) stumbles outside any future NASA moon base or SpaceX city on Mars a rarity.

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• Earlier this month, a family from Indiana went on vacation to Florida's Destin Beach.
• It started off normal, boring even, Michelle Brown wrote on Facebook. They were sidelined due to rain.
• But shortly after they went into the water, Brown's daughter Kylei complained of a pain in her leg that traveled throughout her body and became more intense over time, she wrote.
• According to her Facebook post, Kylei visited a doctor when they returned home and was diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis, a rare flesh-eating bacteria.
• She was treated with life-saving, emergency surgery, her doctors told Fox 59.
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On June 7, a family from Indiana went on vacation to Florida's Destin Beach. It started off normal enough, but the group was sidelined from the beach for two days due to rain, Michelle Brown wrote on Facebook this week.

But on June 9, the weather cleared up and they finally were able to go to the beach.

"They weren't letting people get out into the water beyond ankle deep," Brown wrote on Facebook. "The storms from the days prior had stirred up the ocean and it wasn't as clear as it normally is. The water looked murky. We were only allowed in the water to our ankles because the waves were huge and the undertow was too dangerous. We made the best of it and had a great day at the beach."

In her Facebook post, she said her daughter Kylei, 12, followed the rules. But the next day she woke up with a pain in her calf. "I thought it was a Charlie horse," Brown wrote. "It got better throughout the day and she walked fine."

But on Tuesday, June 11, the pain had started to spread and became so intense that the 12-year-old "could only walk on her toes the whole day."

On June 12, Kylei "had severe pain in her calf and was in tears trying to walk. She couldn't. I had to put her on my back and carry her around," Brown wrote. That day as they drove home to Indiana, Brown called her daughter's doctor and made an appointment for the next day.

Due to the severity of Kylei's pain, the doctor recommended they go to the Riley Hospital for Children Emergency Room, Brown wrote. There she was diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis, a rare flesh-eating bacteria. According to the CDC, up to one in three people can die from the bacteria — even with treatment.

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According to Fox 59, the 12-year-old contracted to the bacteria through an open scrape on her toe. By the time doctors treated her at the emergency room, she had gone into sepsis and needed emergency surgery, her doctors told Fox 59. In her Facebook post, Brown wrote that Kylei was also running a fever.

With the surgery, doctors were able to save her leg, Dr. Kamal Abulebda told the outlet.

"I think she's very lucky, actually," Dr. Abulebda said. "A lot of the times, what we've seen before when we have this kind of infection, necrotizing fasciitis, we are not able to save the extremities because they are already dead, and there's nothing you can save."

Speaking to Indianapolis Star, Brown described Kylei as a "go-getter." She told the newspaper her daughter, who underwent three total surgeries to treat the infection, has physical therapy ahead of her so that she can learn to walk again.

Kylei's aunt, Kristian Hill, set up a GoFundMe to help cover medical expenses. As of Thursday morning, it had surpassed its $3,000 goal.

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Airbnb is one of several highly anticipated IPOs reportedly slated for 2019. Founded in 2008 as "AirBed&Breakfast," the startup has raised more than $4 billion to reach a $31 billion valuation as it closes in on a public filing.

But it wasn't always the glowing digital startup success story it's known as today. Co-founders Brian Chesky, Nathan Blecharczyk, and Joe Gebbia originally saw the company as a way for travelers to rent mattresses from locals — and it stumbled through much of its first year. They finally got their break after being accepted into Silicon Valley's prestigious startup accelerator Y Combinator.

There the startup put together a pitch deck to secure the first round of capital that ignited its explosive growth. The premise was simple and straightforward: "Book rooms with locals, rather than hotels."

As part of our coverage of the genesis of today's successful companies, BI Prime took a look at how Airbnb's original pitch deck, in which the founders started by laying out a clear problem for travelers and hosts alike: 

• Price is an important concern for customers booking travel online.
• Hotels leave you disconnected from the city and its culture.
• No easy way exists to book a room with a local or become a host.

Although things like couch surfing did exist — there were 630,000 users on competitor site, Couchsurfing.com at the time — there was no easy, centralized platform that could be used around the world. 

In the pitch deck, the team outlined the existing interest in the market and their solution: a "share culture," where locals could make money renting space on their floors via air mattresses to strangers.

The rest of the deck outlines key considerations including:

• Market size
• Early mockups of the site
• Plans to drive adoption
• Main competitors
• Airbnb's competitive advantages

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• Gary Tharaldson is North Dakota's first billionaire, Forbes reported.
• After selling his hotel empire to Goldman Sachs in 2006, Tharaldson started another one, according to Forbes. 
• Tharaldson, like other many other billionaires, said he doesn't work for money, but because he loves his job.
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North Dakota just got its first billionaire.

Hotel investor Gary Tharaldson may be the richest person in North Dakota, but the newly minted billionaire still thinks estimates of his net worth are a little low, according to Forbes.

"Obviously we wouldn't sell for that," Tharaldson told Forbes, "I would say it's very conservative." 

A 73-year-old former gym teacher, Tharaldson built his fortune by purchasing and operating budget hotels. He bought his first, a Super 8 motel in North Dakota, in 1982, according to Forbes.

After selling 130 hotels to Goldman Sachs for $1.2 billion in 2006, Tharaldson invested in an ethanol plant, an aquifer in Arizona, and property in Nevada, Colorado, and Texas before returning to the hotel business, according to Forbes. He now owns 49 hotels across the country.

Forbes pegs his net worth at $1 billion. But, like many other self-made billionaires, it's not the money that comes first for Tharaldson — it's the work itself.

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"The money is not the factor," Tharaldson told Forbes. "I work because I love what I do."

Business Insider's Hillary Hoffower previously reported that many billionaires enjoy making money more than they enjoy spending it. And a study of the habits of 21 self-made billionaires by Rafael Badziag revealed that billionaires tend to live frugally. Warren Buffett, for example, lives in a home worth less than $300,000, despite his fortune. Similarly, Tharaldson told Forbes that he also lives modestly, with the exception of his 45th-floor condo in the Waldorf Astoria on the Las Vegas Strip.

"I will never quit working," Tharaldson told Forbes. "I've got half-a-billion dollars' worth of projects that are under construction right now, and another almost $900 million that are in the pipeline, so I have a little ways to go before I even think about retiring."

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• On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on price transparency in healthcare. The Trump administration trying to address the problem of high medical expenses.
• Federal agencies will begin developing policies and start issuing proposals within two to three months.
• Wall Street analysts are already working to figure out the impact the executive order will have on hospitals, doctors, drugmakers, and insurance companies. 
• Overall, insurers like UnitedHealth, CVS Health, and Cigna could benefit while hospitals and providers could be negatively impacted, according to Wall Street analysts
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On Monday morning, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on price transparency in healthcare. The executive order aims to lower healthcare costs by showing patients the prices they'll pay when they get healthcare.

The goal is to help patients compare prices, so they can shop for more of their healthcare services and get care at a lower cost. The order also seeks to address "surprise billing," which occurs when patients get inflated medical bills from healthcare providers who don't take their insurance.

"Patients often lack both access to useful price and quality information and the incentives to find low-cost, high-quality care," the order states. "To make fully informed decisions about their healthcare, patients must know the price and quality of a good or service in advance."

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The order directs federal agencies to begin developing policies and to start issuing proposals within two to three months. Once the rules are proposed, companies and individuals will have a chance to comment on them before they go into effect.

Health insurers could benefit from price transparency

Wall Street analysts said they're skeptical the executive order will have a big impact on the key players in the healthcare system, but predicted that overall insurers will benefit while hospitals may get hurt.

Analysts at SVB Leerink said that health insurers like UnitedHealth, CVS Health, and Cigna may end up paying lower rates to hospitals and doctors, which would boost their profits. They said that others insurers such as Anthem and some Blue Cross Blue Shield plans could see less of a change, or even be harmed somewhat by the proposal

Analysts at Bernstein said that overall, greater transparency will lower healthcare costs. Hospitals and doctors could be forced to lower their rates, as patients will want to go to hospitals with lower costs, meaning hospitals and doctors could make less money, they said.

The Bernstein analysts said that hospitals are already grappling with a shift to value-based care, in which hospitals and physicians are paid based on the health outcomes of their patients. Currently, providers are largely paid based on the amount of healthcare services they provide.

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• Twitter is going to add a warning to tweets by politicians and world leaders that violate its rules.
• Critics of US President Donald Trump have called for Twitter to ban him, but the social network has resisted.
• Offending tweets will now be put behind a special warning that states that they break the rules but are available because it is in the public interest.
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Twitter says it is going to put warnings on tweets by politicians and world leaders that violate its rules, amid ongoing calls for Donald Trump to be banned from the social network.

The US President is notorious for his prolific Twitter habit, and critics have long argued that some of his more incendiary tweets fall foul of Twitter's rules on threatening violence and bullying.

The San Francisco-headquartered tech firm has previously rejected the idea that Trump's comments were banworthy, arguing that the inherent newsworthiness of his tweets means that they should stay up, regardless of any official rules. 

On Thursday, Twitter offered a potential compromise— a new feature that will flag tweets that are rule-violating, but deemed by the company to be in the public interest to remain available. 

An image of how the warning may look is below. Users will have to click through to actually see the content of the tweet.

"There are certain cases where it may be in the public's interest to have access to certain Tweets, even if they would otherwise be in violation of our rules. On the rare occasions when this happens, we'll place a notice — a screen you have to click or tap through before you see the Tweet — to provide additional context and clarity," the company wrote in a blog post.

"We'll also take steps to make sure the Tweet is not algorithmically elevated on our service, to strike the right balance between enabling free expression, fostering accountability, and reducing the potential harm caused by these Tweets."

Twitter did not mention Trump by name in the blog post announcing the new policy. The company said that to be eligible for the warning treatment, a tweet needs to come from a government official or someone running for public office, have more than 100,000 followers on Twitter, and be verified. 

The feature will not be retroactive, Twitter says, so don't expect to see controversial old tweets from Trump appended with this warning.

You can read Twitter's blog post explaining the new rule here.

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