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If youve spent any time reading the news, listening to the radio, or talking to just about anyone, you know that a big heat wave is expected to make its way across the United States. But you might not be able to expect much help from the federal government if you want to monitor heat-related risks. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) appears to have stopped updating part of its Heat & Health Tracker. The top of the page reads, This website is no longer being maintained, and no new data will be added. Fast Company has reached out to the CDC for comment and will update this post if we hear back. The Heat & Health Tracker allowed users to gather information about their county, such as daily heat-related illness rates. The map rated each area from little to none to extreme based on emergency department visits due to heat-related illness. The map currently only displays information up until May 21, 2025. Some functions are still working Despite the websites statement that no new data will appear, some of the Heat & Health Trackers information is still up to date. The HeatRisk tool, which is sourced by the National Weather Service (NWS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), was still showing updated data as of Friday. Notably, in May NOAA stopped tracking weather disasters brought on by climate change after decades of doing so. As of publication, visitors to the site can still plug in their zip code and see todays HeatRisk, air quality, and actions they can take to protect their health. It also shows the HeatRisk forecast for the next six days. The HeatRisk map, launched last year, does come with a disclaimer stating, HeatRisk is an experimental product and is not supported 24/7. Changes may occur without advance notice. Under President Donald Trumps second administration, government resources and funding have disappeared left and right. On Tuesday, the Trevor Project received notice that the national suicide hotline must close its LGBTQ+ youth services by July 17. Since 2022, the nonprofit for LGBTQ+ suicide prevention group has worked with the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to support individuals who contact the 988 Lifeline. The government has also taken steps to remove potentially lifesaving information about topics like vaccines, sexually transmitted diseases, and dementia.
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The billionaire slated to take over the controlling interest in the Los Angeles Lakers has built a career leading businesses investing in everything from sports franchises to artificial intelligence.Mark Walter is CEO of the global investment and advisory company Guggenheim Partners, which is estimated to have more than $325 billion in assets. He’s also cofounder and CEO of holding company TWG Global.Forbes estimates Walter’s net worth is $6.1 billion. The publication ranked him at No. 216 on its Forbes 400 list last year.Walter received an undergraduate degree in business administration from Creighton University and a law degree from Northwestern University, but ultimately chose business over a career in law.In the mid-1990s, he cofounded Liberty Hampshire, an investment management firm in Chicago. That business became part of Guggenheim Partners, which Walter cofounded in the late 1990s.In addition to Guggenheim, Walter cofounded TWG Global with film producer Thomas Tull. The company holds a portfolio of finance and insurance sector companies, including Guggenheim Investments, Guggenheim Securities, Group 1001 Insurance, and Delaware Life. It also includes aerospace and defense technology company Shield AI.Last month, TWG Global announced a partnership with Palantir Technologies and Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, maker of Grok, aimed at developing artificial intelligence for use in the financial services industry.TWG Global also includes investments in sports, media and entertainment franchises, such as the controlling interest in the Los Angeles Dodgers, Premier League club Chelsea, the Professional Women’s Hockey League andthrough TWG Motorsportsownership of several auto racing teams including Cadillac Formula 1.Beyond business, Walter and his wife, Kimbra, have founded or contributed to various philanthropic organizations, including the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation, the Academy Group, Chicago Beyond, and OneGoal. Alex Veiga, AP Business Writer
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An appeals court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump to keep control of National Guard troops he deployed to Los Angeles following protests over immigration raids.The decision halts a ruling from a lower court judge who found Trump acted illegally when he activated the soldiers over opposition from California Gov. Gavin Newsom.The deployment was the first by a president of a state National Guard without the governor’s permission since 1965.In its decision, a three-judge panel on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously concluded it was likely Trump lawfully exercised his authority in federalizing control of the guard.It said that while presidents don’t have unfettered power to seize control of a state’s guard, the Trump administration had presented enough evidence to show it had a defensible rationale for doing so, citing violent acts by protesters.“The undisputed facts demonstrate that before the deployment of the National Guard, protesters ‘pinned down’ several federal officers and threw ‘concrete chunks, bottles of liquid, and other objects’ at the officers. Protesters also damaged federal buildings and caused the closure of at least one federal building. And a federal van was attacked by protesters who smashed in the van’s windows,” the court wrote. “The federal government’s interest in preventing incidents like these is significant.”It also found that even if the federal government failed to notify the governor of California before federalizing the National Guard as required by law, Newsom had no power to veto the president’s order.Trump celebrated the decision on his Truth Social platform, calling it a “BIG WIN.”He wrote that “all over the United States, if our Cities, and our people, need protection, we are the ones to give it to them should State and Local Police be unable, for whatever reason, to get the job done.”Newsom issued a statement that expressed disappointment that the court is allowing Trump to retain control of the Guard. But he also welcomed one aspect of the decision.“The court rightly rejected Trump’s claim that he can do whatever he wants with the National Guard and not have to explain himself to a court,” Newsom said. “The President is not a king and is not above the law. We will press forward with our challenge to President Trump’s authoritarian use of U.S. military soldiers against citizens.”The court case could have wider implications on the president’s power to deploy soldiers within the United States after Trump directed immigration officials to prioritize deportations from other Democratic-run cities.Trump, a Republican, argued that the troops were necessary to restore order. Newsom, a Democrat, said the move inflamed tensions, usurped local authority and wasted resources. The protests have since appeared to be winding down.Two judges on the appeals panel were appointed by Trump during his first term. During oral arguments Tuesday, all three judges suggested that presidents have wide latitude under the federal law at issue and that courts should be reluctant to step in.The case started when Newsom sued to block Trump’s command, and he won an early victory from U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco.Breyer found that Trump had overstepped his legal authority, which he said only allows presidents can take control during times of “rebellion or danger of a rebellion.”“The protests in Los Angeles fall far short of ‘rebellion,'” wrote Breyer, who was appointed by former President Bill Clinton and is brother to retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.The Trump administration, though, argued that courts can’t second guess the president’s decisions and quickly secured a temporary halt from the appeals court.The ruling means control of the California National Guard will stay in federal hands as the lawsuit continues to unfold. Associated Press
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