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On Friday, Michelle Obama celebrated her 56th birthday. That same day, the USDA announced proposed rules that would roll back one of her signature policies as First Lady: healthier school lunches. The new rules allow for looser rules regarding fruits and vegetables served, and provide for a la carte meal options. Those in favor say the rules are aimed at reducing food waste, while critics say the new rules allow for loopholes that will result in less healthy meal options. Visit Business Insider’s home page for more stories. Friday, January 17, marked former First Lady Michelle Obama’s 56th birthday. It was also the day that the US Department of Agriculture… Read More

Concerns are mounting over a new, potentially fatal, respiratory virus that is spreading in Wuhan, China. Chinese officials said Saturday that 45 people have contracted the virus, four more than the last figure released. According to scientists in London, this is likely far fewer than the real total. Using statistical modelling, the academics from Imperial College London suggested the true number of infected people is somewhere around 1,723 as of January 12. Visit Business Insider’s home page for more stories. Scientists have warned that official totals from Chinese authorities of how many people have been infected with a deadly and little-understood new virus could be out by a factor of… Read More

In an interview with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Thursday night, former Giuliani associate Lev Parnas said working for Trump was “cult-like.” An expert on cults said he’s right. Steve Hassen, author of “The Cult of Trump” and a former cultist himself, told Insider that aspects of Trump’s circle meet the technical definitions of a cult. Trump’s own personality traits — like feeling beyond reproach, twisting the truth, and ignoring dissent — track to those of other cult leaders, he said. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. Rudy Giuliani’s associate Lev Parnas and President Donald Trump’s ex-lawyer lawyer Michael Cohen described working for the president as like being in a cult.… Read More

LAGOS—About a year ago, Dolapo Oni appeared to have it all. He was the head of energy research for a pan-African bank in Nigeria’s biggest city, had a healthy (and growing) amount of savings and investments, and ran an e-commerce business on the side. He even liked his local gym. Then he resigned and moved with his family to Canada, eventually getting a job as an investment associate in a wealth-management firm in Calgary. His previous employer in Lagos promoted someone to replace him soon after, but, like Oni, he quit and moved to Calgary. This time, rather than search for another replacement, the bank disbanded the energy-research team. In… Read More