The two towns that make up the summer playground of the Hamptons are facing a grave threat.

Southampton and East Hampton are seeing opioid use on the rise, according to a recent report in The Wall Street Journal.

From 2010 to 2016, more than 50 people died from opioid-related drug overdoses in the Hamptons. The rate of overdoses in the area increased by nearly 70% in that time period — more than the national average, a 55% increase, according to the Suffolk County Police Department and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The problem didn't crop out of nowhere. For years, pain medications were overprescribed. After stricter rules were enforced, many turned to similar street substances like heroin.

"We certainly recognize we're not immune to the scourge of drug abuse and misuse and the associated heroin epidemic," East Hampton Police Captain Christopher Anderson told The Journal.

Schools and the police departments in the area have begun seeking to distribute Narcan, a drug that can negate the effects of opioids in the event of an overdose.

The problem in the Hamptons mirrors the issues happening in other summer enclaves like Nantucket, where a lack of social support services and relative physical isolation exacerbate the issue.

The rate of overdose deaths across the US has doubled in the past 15 years, according to a new report by the CDC.

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Apparently, over-the-top speculative homes are the flavor of the month in Los Angeles. Just weeks after a $250 million mansion was unveiled in Bel Air, another fully decked-out home joins it with a similarly hefty price tag.

This seven-bedroom, 11-bathroom mega mansion in Beverly Hills costs $100 million and comes with a gold Lamborghini, a Rolls-Royce, two original Damien Hirst paintings, and an Andy Warhol portrait of Muhammad Ali. 

Dubbed "Opus," the luxury home is perched above Los Angeles with a view of the city and the Pacific Ocean. It's the brainchild of ex-movie producer turned real estate developer Nile Niami, who has built homes for rapper Sean Diddy and the Winklevoss twins.

Opus is the precursor to Niami's "The One," a Bel Air development that will reportedly list for $500 million.

"It has some of the same amenities, but they're both unique properties with different vibes and a completely different demographic of buyers," Niami said to Business Insider.

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This 20,500-square-foot mansion sprawls across an acre of land on elite cul-de-sac Hillcrest, where lots sell for between $32 and $50 million each. "It has always been known as the best area of Trousdale. The people who lived on that cul-de-sac never moved, so the street was never for sale," Niami said. Trousdale Estates is a community in Beverly Hills. "When the opportunity came up, I knew I had to build there."

On one side of the main living room is a retractable glass wall that opens up onto a sweeping view of Downtown Los Angeles and the Pacific Ocean. On the other, a TV comes down from the wall and rotates a full 360 degrees. It allows you to watch TV and admire the view at the same time, Niami said.

The house includes a contemporary art collection with three Damien Hirst originals and an Andy Warhol portrait of Muhammad Ali.

Today President Donald Trump signed a revised travel ban that will temporarily halt entry to the United States for people from six majority-Muslim nations who are seeking new visas.

When the administration announced the original iteration of its ban in January, tech companies like Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, and Google took legal action against it. Leaders in the tech industry at large have expressed concerns about potential changes to work visa programs, as many employees at these companies rely on them to work in the US.

Soon after the travel ban was announced in January, San Francisco-based photographer Helena Price made a public call for immigrants working in Silicon Valley to tell their story and to take a formal portrait with her. Below are portions of the six interviews she conducted in her studio.

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Omid Scheybani, formerly Google, currently a graduate student at Stanford

Omid Scheybani is an Iranian citizen who was born and raised in Germany. As a young adult in 2011, Scheybani moved to San Francisco to work in tech. He describes the city as the "place where I grew up."

"I owe the city a lot. I feel very connected to San Francisco and overall to the entire Bay Area," he told Price. 

Though he has lived in the US for nearly seven years, Scheybani didn't fully consider himself an immigrant until President Trump announced the original travel ban in January.

"Until two weeks ago, I never even thought of myself as an immigrant. It was a label that I never used. It wasn't part of my identity," he said. "I know I was not an American because I didn't have the citizenship, but I always saw myself as a fully contributing and highly integrated member of the society, paid my taxes, embraced American values, lived the American dream in many ways, and suddenly you get this stamp on you which says you're an immigrant."

Shahrouz Tavakoli, Product Designer, Pinterest

Tavakoli's family moved from Tehran, Iran, to the Bay Area when he was two years old.

"Immediately after Trump was elected, my first thought was, 'Thank goodness my son looks white,' which is a terrible thought to have. There's something psychologically profound about being labeled an enemy even though I have nothing but love for this country and its potential," Tavakoli told Price.

"In the eyes of so many people who don't know me, who don't know my family, just having a bias against us that we would want to hurt them in some way is troubling at best."

Tarik, UX Researcher, Google

"I was actually born [in the US], but I lived most of my life in Syria. I grew up in Syria, and around middle school, I moved to Egypt. Then, in college, I spent two years in Egypt, then finally made the decision that I want to come here and continue my education here and live my life here as well," Tarik told Price.

 This is Tarik's fifth year in the US, and while he's no longer a practicing Muslim, he's become "disheartened" by the negative rhetoric surrounding Islam.

"It seems like there was sort of hidden hate that's surfacing, and it kind of makes you feel unwanted, undesired, and unwelcome," he said.

The Economic Policy Institute calculated income inequality in the US by state, metropolitan area, and county. This map shows how much annual income a family needs to earn to be considered in the top 1% of their state.

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If you want a healthy heart, your first stop should be your diet. A group of cardiologists produced a review in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.  Here's a list of things you should and shouldn't be consuming to maximize cardiac health. Here's a list of heart healthy foods to help you live a longer life. And some things to avoid that may be hindering your heart health. In general, laying low of fried food, eggs, sugar, and processed meats is the best route. Looking for vegetables, fruit, lean meats and seafood, legumes, and whole grains will keep your cardiac health up. 

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Pizza Hut is releasing a limited amount of Pie Tops sneakers to coincide with the NCAA Final Four tournament. The Bluetooth-enabled sneakers connect with a mobile app to deliver your default order straight to your location at the press of a button.

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To celebrate International Women's Day, on March 8, ad agency BETC Sao Paulo has created "Women Interrupted," an app which listens to conversations and tracks how often women are interrupted by men.

After installing the app, users are prompted to record their voice, allowing the user to be recognized. The app then runs in the background, using the microphone to analyze conversations and identify interruptions in real time.

The app just counts the number of interruptions, no conversation is saved, the ad agency says. In some US states it is illegal to record conversations without prior consent of all parties being recorded.

The inspiration for the app came from on of the US presidential debate in September, during which Hillary Clinton was interrupted by Donald Trump 51 times (she interrupted him 17 times).

The video introducing the app (watch it in full below) features other famous "manterruptions" including Kanye West's 2009 VMA "imma let you finish" interruption of Taylor Swift and James Corden cutting Adele's Brit Awards speech short in 2012.

To begin with, the app will focus on the workplace environment. Men can also use the app as a self-help tool to see how many times they've interrupted their female colleagues.

In a press release, Gal Barradas, co-CEO of BETC Sao Paulo, said: "We, women, struggle every day to get our space in the workplace and the right to express ourselves. When we get there, Manterrupting reduces our participation."

In the future, BETC will launch a dashboard allowing people to visualize interruptions in real time and compare the number of interruptions across different countries.

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It's National Cereal Day, and how Americans consume the food is changing thanks to one imaginative chef.

Christina Tosi is famous for the innovative creations she serves at the 10 Milk Bar bakeries she owns across the US and Canada. They have imaginative names, like compost cookies, cereal milk, and crack pie. 

She says her love of baking goes back to her childhood. 

"I grew up amongst matriarchs: grandmas and moms and aunts that love to cook and love to bake, so the kitchen was a big part of my upbringing," Tosi recently told Business Insider during an interview at the Kellogg's Cafe in Times Square, where she created a menu of inventive cereals last year. "Baked goods were sort of a vehicle for nurturing and care and love, and that's [why] my happy place is in the kitchen baking."

After culinary school, she started working with Momofuku's David Chang, helping him create a dessert menu for his restaurants. Chang sensed that Tosi needed a project she could channel her energy into even further.

She opened Milk Bar in 2008. Tosi has since won two James Beard Awards and has written two cookbooks that explain how to make the Milk Bar treats that have become cult favorites. 

"It's been a wild ride," Tosi said. "I was just staying true to who I was." 

One of the first items put on the menu at Milk Bar was an ice cream-like dessert called cereal milk. Tosi had created cereal milk as a type of panna cotta for Momofuku back in 2006.

"I was trying to make a flavor of milk that was delicious and interesting, but was more than milk," she said.

"There's just something about the flavor of milk that tastes like what's left in your bowl, after you eat all the cereal out of it, that is infinitely gettable to anyone and everyone."

Tosi was on to something. 

Milk Bar's original cereal milk recipe used Kellogg's Corn Flakes. Kellogg's, puzzled by the person who kept making such large orders of Corn Flakes, reached out to Tosi. 

"I'm really passionate about using those staple grocery items where you don't need a lot of fancy things to make a really incredible, show-stopping dessert," she said. "There was something about my approach to creating and innovation, along with my love for cereal, that Kellogg's was like, 'Maybe this girl has a little something to her.'"

Tosi convinced Kellogg's that it would be a great idea for them to work together. In 2014 they opened the Recharge Bar in New York City, and in summer 2016, they launched a Kellogg's cafe in the heart of Times Square.

In the same vein as the creations at Milk Bar, the Kellogg's cafe's offerings go far beyond your average bowl of cereal and bananas.

"I found a way to put my creative lens over a bowl of cereal and make it something that was fun, accessible, gettable, but still quirky, and feeding the creative spirit of whoever was eating it," she said.

On February 3, Tosi debuted the cafe's winter menu, which includes three new bowls of cereal: Pucker Up, Baklava, and Do the Twist.

Pucker Up is based on a specific ingredient: grapefruit.

"I remember as a child my folks were super retro and would eat grapefruit for breakfast. Right? You have a half of grapefruit and a little bit of salt and that was a breakfast trend for a while. So I was like, 'Alright, I gotta find a way to bring grapefruit into this,'" she said. Pucker Up combines grapefruit jam, tarragon, salt, and sugar in the raw.

Baklava is based on a deconstructed dessert. "It's basically taking a dessert that I know and love, that's very classic and everyone knows and thinking about it through the lens of a bowl of cereal," Tosi said.  Baklava is Kellogg’s Frosted Mini-Wheats, toasted walnuts, pistachios, honey and Kosher salt.

And for Do the Twist, Tosi combined milky coffee, the classic combination of chocolate and pretzels, and bright passion fruit. 

Despite all of her training in the most sophisticated of restaurants, Christina Tosi is happiest when she is staying true to herself, whether it's making cereal milk and compost cookies at Milk Bar, or combining ingredients for cereal bowls with Kellogg's.

"I know how to do all of the most refined, fanciful, beautiful desserts but what makes me the most happy is feeding as many people as many cookies as possible," she said.  

Or cereal bowls for that matter.

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Grab your bowl and spoon — Tuesday is National Cereal Day.

Cereal is a quintessential breakfast staple for many American families. But everyone has their personal favorite and cereal choice can vary depending on where you live in the US.

To better understand how cereal tastes vary, Business Insider looked to Google. Based on the searches conducted since the start of 2017, Google researchers found the most searched cereal in every state (and Washington DC).

Did Google get it right? Check out the map below:

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Armory Week is the art-world equivalent of Fashion Week, Sundance, or South By Southwest. The event, which just wrapped up in New York City, takes its name from the Armory Show art fair, though there are several other independently run art fairs happening at the same time.

These fairs function like trade shows for art galleries. A bunch of galleries from around the globe exhibit under one roof and try to sell their best new works to collectors that might otherwise not see them. They're annual destination events for art professionals, tote bag enthusiasts, and well-to-do collectors.

Each fair is a little different. I checked out NADA— a non-profit focused on art done by emerging artists and presented by new dealers — and the titular Armory Show, one of the highest-attended art fairs in the world. Here's what I saw. 

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I arrived at NADA, which was held in an unassuming building in Manhattan. NADA has been one of my favorite fairs to attend in the past, and it tends to be younger and more cutting-edge. NADA felt a little different this year, as it had a new time, new location, and a new collaborator in Kickstarter.

Once inside, I checked in.

Then it was time to check out some gallery booths.

Like any drug, marijuana has a variety of effects on the body — some positive, others negative.

While it's perhaps best-known for its more obvious effects like red eyes, food cravings, and its characteristic high, marijuana has also been linked with the potential to provide certain types of pain relief. Some research suggests it may even help control specific kinds of epileptic seizures.

Depending on how much and how often you use, marijuana's effects can vary widely.

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Last year, during a visit to a marijuana farm, where plants for his branded line of ganja grow, Tommy Chong had a touch of the flu. A friend offered him a weed-laced gummy bear, and Chong nibbled off a corner. When he didn't feel the effects shortly after, he ate the whole thing.

"All of a sudden, I turned into '[Weekend] at Bernie's.' They sat me in a chair, I was so out of it," Chong says. "I got so stoned."

It's hard to believe, but even Chong  — whose name is synonymous with the "stoner" stereotype and the counter-culture movement of the '70s because of his reputation as one half of the pot-friendly comedy duo "Cheech and Chong" — gets too high sometimes. The actor-comedian set out to prevent others from sharing experiences like his by launching a new "user-friendly" line of marijuana edibles.

His national cannabis brand, Chong's Choice, teamed up with Défoncé Chocolatier to create gourmet chocolate bars that can be easily split into smaller, more manageable doses. The chocolates are part of a fast-growing category in the legal weed market that caters to adults who are new to edibles or are consuming for recreational, rather than medical, purposes.

Each bar contains 200 milligrams of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis. That amount of THC would make most users feel incredibly uncomfortable if eaten in full. But the bar features a three-dimensional design that allows users to split the bar into twenty 10-milligrams doses, according to Eric Eslao, founder of Défoncé.

In 2016, Eslao left Apple after working at the tech giant for six years to engineer a user-friendly edible. This marks Défoncé's first celebrity collaboration. "We were honored to have Tommy Chong ask us to create this product line. He's an icon," Eslao tells Business Insider.

The bars come in suitably playful flavors, like Crunchy Munchies, which blends milk chocolate, potato chips, and caramel. Wake 'N' Bacon combines dark chocolate, waffles, bacon, and maple syrup, while Cereal Bowls mixes white chocolate, cinnamon crunch cereal, and marshmallow cereal. There's also a plain milk chocolate and a plain dark chocolate bar.

Chong tells Business Insider he deliberately made the most potent bar out of bitter dark chocolate, in an effort to deter users from eating more than they can handle.

At 78, Chong says he's at an age when smoking wears on his body too much. But the two-time cancer survivor has no trouble eating his cannabis. He says marijuana relaxes him and keeps his appetite up despite the side effects of his cancer recovery.

"When the mind is relaxed, the body can heal itself," Chong says.

Chong's Choice chocolate bars are expected to arrive in select California dispensaries in May.

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After eight long years of leading the free world, former President Obama is relaxing. He's been spotted wearing casual clothing reminiscent of a dad who's just taking a load off on vacation.

On Sunday, the day after Trump accused Obama of wiretapping his phones during the 2016 campaign, the former president was photographed leaving the National Gallery of Art in a brown leather jacket and dark denim. GQ called his out-of-office style "on point."   

This is a far cry from outfits we've seen on other ex-presidents, who usually favor wearing a suit sans tie indicating that they're off-duty but still professional.

On vacation in the Caribbean just after leaving office, Obama was even spotted wearing a backwards hat. If that doesn't scream "casual cool," nothing does. After all, Obama once said:

"Here's the general rule: You don't put stuff on your head if you’re president. That's politics 101. You never look good wearing something on your head."

But he's no longer president, so all bets are off.

Obama's recent outfits are perhaps a signal that he plans to stay out of politics for the time being. He's simply not dressed for Washington, DC. After all, how many politicians have you seen wearing a leather jacket?

A reminder, of course, that this is only for now. If we start to see Obama adopting the standard uniform of the ex-president or politician, we might expect some political action.

For now, though, Obama is keeping it relaxed.

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An increasing number of Americans, ranging from Silicon Valley billionaires to Trump-fearing liberals, are preparing for doomsday.

For some, self-reliance is a philosophy for everyday life. They grow their own food, fortify their homes against attack, and learn firearm safety. It's about providing their families with a level of assurance that they can withstand whatever catastrophe comes their way, whether it's nuclear war, a viral epidemic, or a zombie apocalypse.

In 2012, Reuters photographers set out to capture the daily lives of several US families who consider themselves doomsday preppers. Take a look inside their homes.

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Jeff Nice, a former government contractor, left behind the world of computers to work on his 13-acre farm in North Carolina. Most days, he's chipping away at chores.

These aren't ordinary chores, however. On a typical day, Nice can be found planting grass, tending the livestock, or doing maintenance on his tractor to keep it in working order.

He lives with his wife, Jeanie, and their animals — cows, chickens, and turkeys.

You're a light traveler, so there's no reason for a garment bag to slow you down on your travels.

It turns out that there is a way to fold your suit jacket and stuff it in a suitcase without it getting wrinkled. All it takes is a little know-how.

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Self-help guru and investor Tim Ferriss has a trick for swaying people, based on the letters of Seneca, an ancient Roman philosopher.

Ferriss calls it the "Trojan Horse" maneuver.

In the "Tao of Seneca," a collection of letters by the famed Stoic and senior staffer in Emperor Nero's administration, Seneca often writes to his friend Lucilius. When he wanted to persuade his pal to take his side, he uses Lucilius's way of thinking to support his own argument.

"The way that Seneca tries to convert Lucilius, or convince him to listen to him, ... he would often open or close with something very powerful from Epicurus (a Greek philosopher) [that supported Seneca's argument], because he knew Lucilius was a big fan," Ferriss said on stage in February at an event for the Commonwealth Club's Inforum speaker series.

Ferriss brought up another great thinker to show that sometimes the best way to persuade someone is to use their argument to your advantage.

Charles Darwin, author of "Origin of Species," faced a steep persuasive challenge when he sought to convince the world evolution occurs by a process of natural selection, rather than divine intervention. In his book, Darwin preempted their arguments by using commonly held beliefs to guide readers' interpretations of the unfamiliar.

"He would take the potential opposition's viewpoint and strengthen it, make it as credible and and powerful as possible, and put it into his own writing so he could address it," Ferriss said.

Ferriss, whose new book "Tools of Titans" samples advice from celebrities, athletes, scientists, and billionaires, described Seneca's advice as an "incredibly powerful device" if you want to persuade someone. "This country could certainly use that right now," Ferriss said.

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Nike is breaking new ground with its "Breaking2" initiative to help a group of three runners complete a full marathon in under two hours for the first time in history.

To aid its chosen athletes, the sportswear giant has developed a brand-new running shoe called the Zoom Vaporfly Elite, which will be worn during the marathon attempts.

It uses tech called ZoomX, which refers to a new kind of midsole cushioning system. It's designed to give runners more energy return during push-off while providing additional support for the long run.

This makes the Elite different from other racing shoes, as most models are very flat without much cushioning. The ZoomX foam is also softer, lighter, and more responsive than other foams.

Other innovations in the Elite include a carbon fiber plate in the shoe that "minimizes energy loss at toe off, creating a smoother transition."

The Elite is a concept shoe that won't be for sale, but the shoe and its ZoomX tech will be adapted for the mass market as the Zoom Vaporfly 4%. That 4% refers to Nike's claim that the technology allows runners to be that much more efficient in a marathon compared to its previous fastest marathon shoe.

For runners looking for a more full-featured shoe, Nike is also making Nike Zoom Fly, a shoe durable enough for both racing and training, and the Nike Air Zoom Pegasus 34, which is not for racing but offers balance between comfort and support. All three models will go on sale on June 8.

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Entrepreneurship is essential to America's economy. New businesses create jobs, promote competition, and transform industries, but where a business sets up shop can be crucial to its success.

As part of its 2017 best states ranking, U.S. News & World Report determined the states with the strongest business environment using two metrics: The number of new businesses formed between 2013 and 2015 and the average number of patents per 1 million residents granted during the same period. 

California, home to Silicon Valley, the launching pad for dozens of tech juggernauts, came out on top, followed by Massachusetts and Idaho.

Below, check out the 15 best states for starting a business:

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15. Vermont

Population: 630,000

Entrepreneurship rank: 43

Patent creation rank: 4

14. Oregon

Population: 4 million

Entrepreneurship rank: 26

Patent creation rank: 9

13. Minnesota

Population: 5.5 million

Entrepreneurship rank: 39

Patent creation rank: 5