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Read the room: The science of experiencing spaces and places

Penn Today spoke with neurologist Anjan Chatterjee of the Perelman School of Medicine about his research investigating the perception, emotion, and meaning of spaces.

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Oct 22 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • penntoday.upenn.edu
Glendale business shooting leaves 1 injured, suspect in custody

Glendale Police are investigating a shooting near 43rd Avenue and Bethany Home Road at a business that left one person seriously injured. The shooting prompted a major police response outside a Fry's grocery store.

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Oct 21 • 10:48 PM EDT • Business • fox10phoenix.com
New lab to become centre for investigating uplands

The research facility in Penrith will also help train the next generation of environmental scientists.

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Oct 21 • 4:36 PM EDT • Science • yahoo.com
LIVE: Heavy police presence at Academy Sports + Outdoors in Humble as crime scene investigated

Humble police are investigating a crime scene at an Academy Sports and Outdoors on Wednesday, according to the Police Department.

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Oct 21 • 2:59 PM EDT • Sports • click2houston.com
‘Pretty gruesome’: Local business owners speak out after more human remains found in Downtown Portland

PORTLAND, Ore (KOIN) — Portland Police are investigating a second set of human remains found inside a homeless camp. These remains were discovered on Monday, only a week after remains were fo…

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Oct 20 • 7:32 PM EDT • Business • koin.com
Police: Robbery, homicide investigation underway at business along Dixie Highway

Officers are investigating after a man was found dead inside a business along Dixie Highway, according to Fairfield police.

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Oct 20 • 3:58 PM EDT • Business • wcpo.com
Police investigating homicide after woman found dead in Dauphin County business

DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM)– Police launched a homicide investigation after a woman was found dead inside a Dauphin County business on Tuesday morning, according to the Swatara Township Police…

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Oct 20 • 12:00 PM EDT • Business • abc27.com
Calcium-rich whey permeate improves bone health in postmenopausal women, study finds

AFI AFI COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Oct. 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Twice-daily supplementation with calcium-rich whey permeate supports the maintenance of bone mineral density in postmenopausal women, according to a 12-month clinical study.[1] Declining oestrogen levels during menopause can accelerate bone loss and reduce bone mineral density, increasing osteoporosis risk. The findings come from the RENEW project, a research collaboration investigating how calcium-rich permeate from whey production

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Oct 20 • 2:00 AM EDT • Health • finance.yahoo.com
Deputies investigating shooting death of landscape company owner in Florence County

Florence deputies are investigating an early-morning shooting death of a business owner.

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Oct 19 • 4:24 PM EDT • Business • wmbfnews.com
Police investigating death of man found unconscious in business parking lot

Champaign police officers responded to the 700 block of North Neil St. at 6:37 a.m. for a report of a man down, Lt. Ben Newell told The News-Gazette.

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Oct 17 • 4:11 PM EDT • Business • news-gazette.com
Businesses targeted in burglary spree in Dundalk, Rosedale

Baltimore City police and Baltimore County officers began investigating multiple commercial crimes in the Dundalk area early Saturday.

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Oct 17 • 9:35 AM EDT • Business • baltimoresun.com
Georgia amusement park to reopen as scheduled days after roller coaster death

Six Flags Over Georgia is expected to open for the first time since a man fell to his death from the Goliath roller coaster. Authorities are investigating the death, which

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Oct 16 • 9:20 AM EDT • Entertainment • yakimaherald.com
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The uranium cubes that exposed Nazi Germany’s nuclear failure

Scientists investigating Nazi Germany's secret nuclear program have uncovered evidence that its final experimental reactor was nowhere near as close to working as previously claimed. Analysis of surviving uranium cubes and wartime documents reveals that Germany lacked the enormous quantities of uranium and heavy water needed to make its reactor operational.

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Oct 16 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Oct. 15: Why Feds Are Investigating Rep. Ilhan Omar and Why Science Journalist Cleo Abram is Optimistic about AI

Just weeks before the midterm elections, federal agents searched the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., seizing her phone and issuing around a dozen subpoenas, two people familiar with the DOJ investigation told NBC News. NBC News senior justice reporter Ryan J. Reilly explains how the move fits into a broader trend of the DOJ going after President Trump’s perceived political enemies and why it’s so unusual to launch this kind of probe right before an election. Then, Cleo Abram is a video journalist and the host of the widely popular YouTube series “HUGE* if true” and “HUGE* conversations,” where she looks at the potential and the solutions offered by science and technology. Cleo talks about why she’s still a tech optimist in light of growing AI doomerism and how her interviews with industry leaders have shaped her perspective on security and regulation. Lastly, we wade into the internet’s favorite controversy this week: singer and TV personality Kelly Clarkson’s social media fight with a Brooklyn shop over a mechanical bird. NBC News entertainment correspondent Chloe Melas spills the tea on the back-and-forth – and why the bird is now going for $15 million.

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Oct 15 • 5:50 PM EDT • Science • nbcnews.com
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Justice Department cuts off evidence sharing with Minnesota investigators probing fatal ICE shootings

Federal investigators in Minnesota abruptly stopped sharing evidence last month with state authorities investigating the fatal ICE shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

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Oct 15 • 1:30 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Authorities investigate letters with 'suspicious substances' sent to congressional, election offices

Federal authorities are investigating letters that have been mailed to congressional and election offices nationwide and are urging recipients to treat the mailings as “potentially hazardous.”

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Oct 15 • 12:27 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Suspicious letters with 'unknown substance' sent to election offices

Federal law enforcement is investigating letters containing suspicious substances mailed to various addresses nationwide, including several election offices, officials said Oct. 15.

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Oct 15 • 11:07 AM EDT • Politics • centraloregondaily.com
Brazil investigates Amazon wildfires that disrupt daily life and have fueled political attacks

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian authorities are investigating whether a recent surge in wildfires in the Amazon rainforest have been set on purpose for political motives ahead of the second round of presidential elections later this month.

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Oct 15 • 9:03 AM EDT • Politics • wral.com
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Brazil investigates Amazon wildfires that disrupt daily life and have fueled political attacks

Brazilian authorities are investigating whether a recent surge in Amazon wildfires was orchestrated.

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Oct 15 • 9:00 AM EDT • Politics • clickondetroit.com
Measles is popping up in more Wisconsin counties. Health experts say it may get worse.

Officials are still investigating how the new infections started. But Wisconsin has already seen similar clusters of cases this year.

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Oct 15 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • wpr.org
CPD investigating more than 20 overnight business burglaries, most on NW Side
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Oct 14 • 11:10 PM EDT • Business • cbsnews.com
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Howard County police investigate burglaries at 9 businesses across county

Howard County police are investigating a string of burglaries that targeted nine businesses across the county Sunday night into early Monday morning.

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Oct 14 • 5:30 PM EDT • Business • cbsnews.com
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Rep. Ilhan Omar's phone seized and relatives subpoenaed in criminal probe, AP source says

Federal authorities investigating Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar have seized the Democratic lawmaker’s phone and have issued more than a dozen grand jury subpoenas, including to some of her relatives, according to a person briefed on the probe.

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Oct 14 • 4:28 PM EDT • Politics • wsls.com
FAA investigating close call at New York City's LaGuardia Airport between Delta flight, business jet

According to data from Flightradar24, the two aircraft were about 1,000 feet apart at their closest points.

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Oct 14 • 7:54 AM EDT • Business • abc30.com
FAA investigating close call at New York City's LaGuardia Airport between Delta flight, business jet

According to data from Flightradar24, the two aircraft were about 1,000 feet apart at their closest points.

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Oct 14 • 7:54 AM EDT • Business • 6abc.com
Pennsylvania health officials investigating reported measles-related death

The Pennsylvania Department of Health is investigating a reported measles-associated death announced by the Franklin County Coroner on Tuesday.

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Oct 13 • 7:14 PM EDT • Health • wgal.com
Chicago police investigating string of overnight business break-ins
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Oct 13 • 5:16 PM EDT • Business • cbsnews.com
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Vehicle crashes into front of business on Maumelle Boulevard in NLR

Police are investigating after a vehicle crashed into a business along Maumelle Boulevard in North Little Rock on Tuesday afternoon.

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Oct 13 • 4:27 PM EDT • Business • katv.com
Car crashes into Maumelle Blvd. business, no injuries reported

Police are investigating a vehicle crash that occurred Tuesday afternoon in the 11700 block of Maumelle Boulevard, which resulted in no reported injuries.

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Oct 13 • 3:57 PM EDT • Business • kark.com
TN Department of Health investigating possible foodborne illness outbreak at Lebanon Walmart warehouse
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Oct 13 • 11:07 AM EDT • Health • wbir.com
Cottage cheese, sunscreen and pimple popping: Strange Health is back for season two

The Strange Health podcast is back for season two, investigating cottage cheese, sunscreen scares, pimple popping and the health questions you want answered.

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Oct 13 • 5:02 AM EDT • Health • theconversation.com
TN Department of Health investigating possible foodborne illness outbreak at Walmart warehouse

The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) is investigating a potential foodborne illness outbreak at a Walmart fulfillment center in Lebanon after 19 people were taken to the hospital for treatment.

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Oct 12 • 6:55 PM EDT • Health • wsmv.com
Franklin County coroner announces measles-associated death, state Health Dept. still investigating

If confirmed, it would mark the sixth measles-associated death in Pennsylvania this year. That’s the most in a single year since 1991, when there was an outbreak in Philadelphia.

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Oct 12 • 5:48 PM EDT • Health • penncapital-star.com
Hanover police investigate armed robbery at Broadway business

The Hanover Borough Police Department is investigating an armed robbery that occurred at a business on Broadway around 8:45 p.m. Friday.

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Oct 12 • 4:35 PM EDT • Business • wgal.com
Oregon public health officials investigating possible foodborne outbreak

Deschutes County Health Services, working with the Oregon Health Authority and other partners, has issued a Health Alert Network advisory telling health care providers in Deschutes County and the surrounding Central Oregon communities that it is investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis infections. The advisory does not name a

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Oct 12 • 12:02 AM EDT • Health • foodsafetynews.com
Fire at Nevada, Missouri, tire business threatens nearby building

Firefighters are investigating a fire at David's Tire in Nevada, Missouri, after piles of shredded tires burned, sending thick black smoke into the sky.

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Oct 11 • 11:59 PM EDT • Business • kmbc.com
Justice Department investigating major TV networks over suspending pool coverage of Trump

The investigation into the five networks — CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox News — is underway, and civil investigative demands were sent out Friday, a Justice Department spokesperson said.

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Oct 10 • 10:39 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Trump’s DOJ probes major TV networks over response to White House ban of CNN

The Justice Department is investigating the five major US TV networks for possible antitrust violations, opening yet another front in the Trump administration’s pressure campaign against the press.

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Oct 10 • 9:52 PM EDT • Business • cnn.com
DOJ says it's investigating whether White House TV pool's coverage halt violated antitrust law

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether the decision of the White House television press pool to halt coverage of President Donald Trump last month violated antitrust law.

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Oct 10 • 9:23 PM EDT • Politics • wsls.com
DOJ says it's investigating whether White House TV pool's coverage halt violated antitrust law

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether the decision of the White House television press pool to halt coverage of President Donald Trump last month violated antitrust law.

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Oct 10 • 9:23 PM EDT • Politics • news4jax.com
DOJ says it's investigating whether White House TV pool's coverage halt violated antitrust law

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether the decision of the White House television press pool to halt coverage of President Donald Trump last month violated antitrust law.

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Oct 10 • 9:23 PM EDT • Politics • ksat.com
Justice Department probes TV networks over Trump pool boycott

The Justice Department is investigating ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox News over their joint boycott of White House coverage. The boycott came after The White House pulled credentials from CNN, MS NOW and Politico.

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Oct 10 • 8:54 PM EDT • Politics • centraloregondaily.com
Erie police say mental health may be factor in shooting that killed 9

Erie police are investigating mental health issues as they look for a motive in the mass killing in which a 45-year-old suspected gunman killed nine people, eight of whom were related, before killing himself at a residence on Perry Street on Oct. 9.

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Oct 10 • 8:35 PM EDT • Health • centredaily.com
State Department watchdog probing Kimberly Guilfoyle amid alleged $100,000 demand

The department’s Office of the Inspector General is also investigating the U.S. Embassy in Greece, two people familiar with the probe confirmed to NBC News.

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Oct 9 • 4:55 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Bacon County Health Services Investigating Cyber Incident

Data breaches have been announced by Bacon County Health Services in Georgia, Comprehensive Orthopaedics & Musculoskeletal Care in Connecticut, Data breaches have been announced by Bacon County Health Services (GA), Comprehensive Orthopaedics & Musculoskeletal Care (CT), Imagine the Possibilities (IA), and Health Plans Inc. (MA).

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Oct 9 • 10:43 AM EDT • Health • hipaajournal.com
We’re Investigating Prior Authorization. Help ProPublica Understand Your Health Insurance Denial.

ProPublica is looking into the ways health insurers’ use of prior authorization impacts patients. We need your help to figure out if the process is still leading to delayed or missed treatments, tests, medical equipment or medication.

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Oct 9 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • propublica.org
Some People Taking Ozempic-Like Drugs Are Reporting Their Fingernails Detaching

An unexpected link worth investigating.

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Oct 8 • 9:30 PM EDT • Science • sciencealert.com
Trump admin suspends Microsoft from green card program, alleging visa fraud

The Labor Department's inspector general also announced his office is investigating nine universities for J-1 visa fraud

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Oct 8 • 1:57 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Department of Health and Human Services audit states ‘Arkansas failed to comply’ with requirements for reports of child abuse

A federal audit by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services found that Arkansas failed to comply with legal requirements for screening and investigating reports of child abuse and neglect b…

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Oct 7 • 2:03 PM EDT • Health • kark.com
Trump Officials Ramp Up Investigations Into Voter Registration Groups

The Trump administration is investigating nonprofits that it says may be recruiting noncitizens for voter registration, documents show, even though noncitizen voting in the United States is rare.

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Oct 7 • 6:01 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Police investigating after explosion damages Tacoma business

Three employees were inside at the time of the explosion, according to the Tacoma Police Department.

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Oct 6 • 6:26 PM EDT • Business • thenewstribune.com
'Tacoma isn’t safe’: Downtown businesses call for action after double homicide

Tacoma police are investigating after two men were shot and killed downtown just before 12:30 a.m. Sunday.

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Oct 5 • 7:03 PM EDT • Business • komonews.com
Man injured in shooting near Spring Garden entertainment venue; shooter remains unidentified

Philadelphia police are investigating a weekend shooting near an entertainment venue in the city's Spring Garden neighborhood that left one man injured and the shooter unidentified.

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Oct 5 • 6:34 PM EDT • Entertainment • 6abc.com
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Texas AG investigating second health insurer over delayed, denied care

The Texas attorney general's office has launched an investigation into UnitedHealth Group, citing reports of nursing home bribes and revoked coverage.

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Oct 5 • 1:25 PM EDT • Health • dallasnews.com
Yale School of Medicine On the Science of Childhood Anxiety, Say, Anxiety Disorders Are the Most Common Mental Health Challenges In Youth

Credit: Matt Bradbury October 5, 2026 - By Isabella Backman - Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health challenges in youth. Left untreated, they can disrupt the lives of both children and their families. The good news is that with intervention, most children will overcome these conditions. Across Yale School of Medicine, scientists are working to understand anxiety at every level, from common anxious behaviors to molecular biomarkers in the brain. They are using their findings to develop and disseminate new evidence-based treatments for childhood anxiety. Today, the go-to treatment for childhood anxiety disorders is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). This is a form of psychotherapy that teaches children skills for confronting anxious thoughts and helps them practice managing situations that cause anxiety. While it is the gold-standard treatment backed by considerable scientific evidence, up to 50% of children will not see sufficient benefit from CBT alone. Wendy Silverman, PhD, Alfred A. Messer Professor in the Child Study Center, co-directs the Anxiety and Mood Disorders Program alongside Eli Lebowitz, PhD, associate professor in the Child Study Center. One of their main interests is learning how to improve outcomes beyond CBT. “We’re developing cutting-edge, research-based knowledge that can reduce the suffering that anxiety causes children and their families,” says Silverman. Changing parent behavior YSM experts are investigating how to improve CBT outcomes for children by involving the parents. Silverman’s research has uncovered two main components of parent intervention that improve childhood anxiety: not enabling children to completely avoid the things that make them anxious and taking steps to enhance their autonomy. Parents may unintentionally reinforce their child’s anxiety by allowing them to avoid what makes them anxious. They also may unintentionally limit the children’s sense of autonomy by being overly intrusive. “One of the things that we take pride in is that we’ve focused on trying to understand what parents need to do, and to test our ideas and see if changing the parents’ behaviors is enhancing the effects of CBT,” Silverman says. “Our findings thus far suggest that they do." As much as CBT can be helpful, it can also be challenging to get one’s child to do the necessary steps for CBT to work. This is one important reason why Lebowitz created a novel intervention program for parents named Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE). Existing intervention programs often teach parents to act as therapists for their child, such as training them on how to practice breathing exercises. “It makes sense, but this doesn’t work very well in practice,” says Lebowitz. “And part of the reason, I think, is that it’s not easy to get your kid to do things, especially if they’re not excited about doing it.” SPACE is unique because it focuses entirely on parent involvement and changing parental behavior—children are not involved in the sessions. For example, parents learn how to use supportive messages that convey confidence that their child can tolerate and manage distress. “It might sound like a parent saying to a child, ‘I get that this is really hard for you, but I know that you can handle it,’” Lebowitz says. The program also works with parents to identify the ways in which they are accommodating anxious behaviors. “We’ll pick one thing that parents are doing that is an accommodation and help them make a detailed plan for how they’re going to change that,” Lebowitz explains. Treating Anxiety in Children and Adolescents Much of the existing research on SPACE has focused on parents of children under age 14. Ongoing studies are now exploring its use with parents of older teens. “Both anxiety and accommodation can interfere with normative developmental shifts during the teen years, including increased autonomy and individuation from parents,” says Rebecca Etkin, PhD, associate research scientist in the Child Study Center. “In this sense, SPACE may be particularly well-suited for anxious teens and their parents. We want to see whether it is effective during this distinct developmental window.” Unfortunately, many families in need of CBT face barriers, including limited availability of services and geographic constraints. One way to improve access is digital interventions. Silverman and her team are developing an evidence-based digitized intervention program for parents that they can access directly from their computer or smart phone. “The work we’re doing will be one of the very few parent interventions that is digitized and importantly tested for effectiveness,” she says. Creating interventions for anxiety-related challenges Silverman and Lebowitz recently received a generous gift to develop and test other interventions that help parents reduce other child anxiety-related behavioral and emotional difficulties, such as restrictive eating and unexplained somatic symptoms. One of these projects in particular focuses on understanding the risks of social media and its potential benefits, including offering a sense of connection. “A lot of research has focused on the idea that social media is harmful and the less of it the better,” says Lebowitz. “But we actually see is that this is not quite right—there are negatives, but there are also positives. So, we’re trying to get a little bit more nuanced of a picture.” The team is working with teens with social anxiety and their parents over an extended period to better understand their social media habits and how their anxiety levels affect engagement with different platforms. The teens will answer questions sent to an app on their phones about mood and social media usage in an effort to capture emotional responses as they unfold. “We hope to develop interventions that can help make the best of social media while protecting against the more problematic effects,” Lebowitz says. The brain’s role in anxiety Researchers are also testing therapies to address anxiety at the neurological and molecular levels. In collaboration with Dylan Gee, PhD, professor of psychology in Yale's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Hilary Blumberg, MD, John and Hope Furth Professor of Psychiatric Neuroscience at Yale School of Medicine, Lebowitz and Silverman are using brain imaging to identify changes in a child’s brain before and after parents enroll in SPACE. In one study, children viewed anxiety-inducing images while undergoing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); the researchers conducted scans with and without the children’s parents nearby. Before SPACE, children’s brains were better able to activate the regulatory circuitry needed to turn off an anxious response when their parents were nearby. But after SPACE, children could activate this circuitry even without the parent around. “As parents work on gradually reducing some of their accommodations, you can see a child get better at regulating their own fear system in the brain,” Lebowitz says. “It’s remarkable.” Research into the molecular underpinnings of anxiety can also inform new childhood anxiety treatments. In a recent study, Lebowitz, Silverman, and Flora Vaccarino, MD, Harris Professor in the Child Study Center, discovered that a protein known as fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) could be protective from the toxic effects of stress. FGF2 levels in children and their parents were linked to the children’s risk of developing anxiety and depression, the study showed. The findings could help explain why some children who are exposed to early life trauma such as poverty or abuse are more prone to developing mental health disorders. And FGF2 could be a target for treatment. “This is very novel because it starts to give a clue to what is the molecular chain that connects those lived experiences to the actual psychological outcomes,” Lebowitz says. New ways to study and treat childhood anxiety Michael Crowley, PhD, associate professor in the Child Study Center, collaborates with Silverman and Lebowitz to study the role that attention plays in development and maintenance of childhood anxiety. There is a large body of research that shows that anxious children, like anxious adults, are prone to focus on threatening stimuli such as angry faces compared with neutral faces. This has led to innovative interventions that involve attention retraining. The idea is that if experts train children to look away from threatening stimuli, it may reduce their anxiety—especially children with social anxiety who are most prone to attend to threats. The researchers have just completed a clinical trial for attention retraining with 10- to 14-year-olds with social anxiety disorders and are currently analyzing the findings. Besides this innovative attention retraining research, as Crowly notes, “I like to design tasks that are engaging to kids,” Crowley says. “My goal is to assess something without the kids knowing what we are assessing.” With this goal in mind, Crowley has created a virtual game, named Boom, to study threat processing in children with anxiety disorders. The game is similar to that of hot potato—the child and three digital players take turns virtually passing a ball to each other’s gloves. At some point, the ball turns into a bomb, and as the bomb lands in each player’s glove, the outline of the glove turns yellow. The goal is to avoid having the bomb go off in your glove. What isn’t obvious is that the game is designed to measure different types of threatening stimuli, both ambiguous and direct. In the game, the direct threat occurs as the bomb is traveling towards your glove. The ambiguous threat is the yellow outlined glove as it is unknown where the bomb will travel next. While children play the game, Crowley’s team measures their brain activity using electroencephalography (EEG). The researchers have discovered that in kids with anxiety, the brain reacts more strongly to ambiguous threats than it does in their peers, but less strongly to direct threats. They believe that the initial abnormally large brain response to not knowing where the bomb is going impairs the brain's ability to properly respond when the threat is actually traveling the child’s way. “The brains of children with anxiety are unable to differentiate between threats you need to do something about and those that are not your problem.” Michael Crowley, PhD, develops innovative games for studying anxiety in children and adolescents.Credit: Matt Bradbury Based on these insights, Crowley hopes to study whether interventions like attention training could restore appropriate threat processing. Crowley’s team is also working on a test called the Balloon Risk Avoidance Task, which evaluates risk-taking and avoidance behaviors. It features a digital balloon that is full of air and about to burst. Kids have six seconds to let air out of the balloon. The more air they let out, the less risk they face that the balloon will pop. But at the same time, the balloon becomes less valuable as it deflates. “The more air you keep in the balloon, the more points you get,” Crowley explains. So far, the researchers have found that when the balloons pop unexpectedly, teens with social anxiety show distinct brain responses. Studying these responses can help psychologists understand the underlying pathways driving the various manifestations of anxiety. The genetics of anxiety When Thomas Fernandez, MD, associate professor in the Child Study Center and of psychiatry, was still in training, there was a lot of excitement about understanding the genetics associated with autism spectrum disorder. Since then, scientists have identified around 250 genes associated with autism. The genetic contribution to anxiety disorders, on the other hand, has historically received less attention. Anxiety is less heritable than autism, but the genetic contribution for anxiety disorders that emerge in childhood may be higher than for anxiety disorders overall. While scientists estimate the heritability of anxiety disorders in general to be around 30% to 50%, some studies suggest higher heritability for certain childhood-onset anxiety presentations. “I saw firsthand how researchers in the field went about finding vulnerability genes for autism,” Fernandez says. “So, we’re using a very similar playbook for childhood anxiety.” “I saw firsthand how researchers in the field went about finding vulnerability genes for autism. So, we’re using a very similar playbook for childhood anxiety.” Thomas Fernandez, MD Associate Professor In the Child Study Center and in Psychiatry Now, Fernandez and Emily Olfson, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the Child Study Center, are studying children and their parents to identify genetic changes that are present in the child but not the parents, known as “de novo mutations.” “All of us have some de novo mutations—maybe about 50 to 100 sprinkled throughout the genome,” Olfson says. “But when they occur within the coding regions of genes, they can be really disruptive.” Previous research shows that people with autism have higher rates of damaging de novo mutations than the general population. In 2022, Olfson, Lebowitz, Silverman, and Fernandez published a study on 68 children and their families that found that children with anxiety had similarly high levels of these mutations. Studying de novo mutations can help point the researchers to where they should be looking for genes associated with anxiety. “The end game is using the genes to steer us toward the right part of biology that we can then target to come up with better treatments,” Fernandez says. Building on those findings, the team is now studying more families to better understand how these de novo mutations, along with other genetic and environmental factors, shape pediatric anxiety disorders. They recently received a National Institutes of Health grant to enroll 750 new families over the next five years. Olfson is the principal investigator, with co-investigators Lebowitz, Fernandez, Silverman, and Shuangge Steven Ma, PhD, department chair and professor of biostatistics at Yale School of Public Health. Neurodevelopment, Risk Genes, and Mental Health Conditions - The Olfson Lab Joel Gelernter, MD, Foundations Fund Professor of Psychiatry, is interested in how different anxiety disorders differ genomically. “We are studying social phobia, panic disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder, working to understand why people differ in their risk to these specific anxiety disorders and evaluating various risk factors,” he says. Gelernter was recently involved in one of the largest studies to date of the genomics underlying anxiety disorder. The study included around 122,000 people with anxiety disorders and around 730,000 without. It found that some genetic differences associated with anxiety were linked to signaling that helps reduce overactivity in the nervous system. Many anxiety medications available today work by targeting this process. “It’s nice when the biology that you get out of a large genome-wide study ratifies things that we already know because that can help increase confidence in further findings from the study,” Gelernter says. Uncovering the neurobiology of psychiatric disorders John Krystal, MD, Robert L. McNeil, Jr. Professor of Translational Research and chair of the Department of Psychiatry, is interested in the neurobiology of psychiatric disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), of which anxiety is a major symptom. In the late 1980s, Krystal’s team discovered that the drug yohimbine activated symptoms in patients with PTSD. “This was the first time we could link a specific biological mechanism to the symptoms of PTSD,” Krystal says. At the time, he adds, this finding was highly controversial. “A lot of people felt that PTSD was a purely psychological syndrome that didn’t have an underlying biology.” Since then, Krystal has dived deep into understanding the neurobiology of PTSD to learn how to better treat it. His team is evaluating the use of ketamine and psychedelics. These would be among the first treatments to be developed specifically for PTSD. They may also be applicable for other disorders including anxiety disorders, Krystal adds. An important gap in PTSD treatment is the absence of biological tests that inform how to best help patients manage their PTSD symptoms. A doctor doesn’t diagnose cancer based on how they feel. Rather, they use tests of the biology of the cancer to determine the best course of treatment. “And we can’t do that in any psychiatric disorder other than Alzheimer’s disease,” Krystal says. “But now we are building a foundation for this approach to the treatment of anxiety disorders for the first time.” Source: Yale School of Medicine

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NYC health officials investigating Queens building after 2 confirmed cases of Legionnaires
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2 confirmed cases of Legionnaires' disease at Queens apartment complex prompt NYC Health Department probe

The city Department of Health is investigating an apartment building in Queens, following two confirmed cases of Legionnaires' disease among the residents there.

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Oct 4 • 11:00 PM EDT • Health • cbsnews.com
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Trump faces midterm verdict as Democrats close in on US Congress

A month before the US midterms, Democrats are eyeing control of Congress -- and the power to put President Donald Trump on the defensive for the rest of his term by investigating his administration an...

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Chicago police investigating break-ins at multiple businesses in Bronzeville

Chicago police are investigating multiple break-ins after thieves targeted at least three businesses Sunday morning on the city's South Side.

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Oct 4 • 6:17 PM EDT • Business • abc7chicago.com
Mental health courts help divert people from jail. Why don’t more NY counties have them?

This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here (https://nysfocus.com/newsletter).

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Mental health courts help divert people from jail. Why don’t more NY counties have them?

This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here (https://nysfocus.com/newsletter).

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Bakersfield police seeking help ID’ing man who burglarized Planz Road business through roof

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Bakersfield Police Department is investigating a burglary that took place in early September. The police department is seeking help identifying the suspect in…

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The Democratic Playbook for Investigating Trump

Congressional oversight committees are quietly preparing for next year.

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Thieves smash holes through cinderblock walls in string of Independence business break-ins

Police are investigating a string of burglaries across Independence after thieves busted through exterior cinderblock walls to squeeze into at least four businesses.

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Oct 1 • 9:02 PM EDT • Business • kctv5.com
Composition of Extreme Debris Disks Across Time

By investigating the compositions of extreme debris disks, scientists inferred that silica-rich disks are produced by high-energy impacts of Mars-sized objects, while silica-poor disks are created by less energetic events from Moon-sized bodies.

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King County Public Health investigating cryptosporidiosis outbreak at McMenamins’ Bothell pool

The parasitic outbreak ties back to someone swimming in McMenamins' Anderson School pool, according to King County Public Health.

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Health department investigating possible measles exposure at Fort Wayne Zoo

The Allen County Department of Health says it was recently made aware of a potential exposure to measles at the Fort Wayne Zoo.

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Sep 30 • 1:36 PM EDT • Health • 21alivenews.com
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Federal regulator probing Trump critic Adam Kinzinger for betting on his own pardon

Federal regulators are investigating former Rep. Adam Kinzinger for trading on the prediction platform Kalshi about a pardon he received from former President Joe Biden, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

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Sep 30 • 12:25 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Virginia Tech leads multimillion-dollar project for women's health

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has funded a Virginia Tech–led research project to better understand and predict women’s health outcomes by investigating how hormones shape the structure and function of vaginal tissue across the lifespan. The award for up to $9.26 million is part of a growing initiative by the NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health.

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Dietitian wins top science communicator award

A dietitian and researcher investigating the impact of plastics in our diet on health outcomes has won FameLab Australia 2026

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Sep 29 • 5:19 AM EDT • Science • uwa.edu.au
NY Times exec allegedly slain by in-laws in California was reportedly mired in bitter divorce dispute

Police in Northern California are investigating the circumstances around the killing of a 40-year-old New York Times executive who was fatally shot by his in-laws in a parking lot over

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Sep 28 • 9:39 PM EDT • Entertainment • thederrick.com
Press Release: Tuberculosis Case in RSS

PUBLIC HEALTH, SCHOOL SYSTEM ADDRESSING CASE OF TUBERCULOSIS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESalisbury, NC-Rowan County Public Health is investigating a confirmed case of tuberculosis (TB) involving a perso

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Amarillo Public Health investigating tuberculosis exposure at WT

Amarillo Public Health is working with WT after identifying someone with tuberculosis who spent time on campus. An informational forum is scheduled.

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Sep 28 • 1:25 PM EDT • Health • amarillo.com
Amarillo Public Health investigating tuberculosis exposure at West Texas A&M

KVII serves the Amarillo, Texas and Panhandle region with local news, sports and weather for the city and surrounding towns, including Canyon, Hereford, Borger, Pampa, Dalhart, Dumas, Childress, Perryton, Clarendon, Texas; Guymon, Oklahoma; and Clovis, Portales, Tucumcari, New Mexico.

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Sep 28 • 12:06 PM EDT • Health • abc7amarillo.com
Amarillo Public Health investigating tuberculosis exposure at WTAMU

Amarillo Public Health is working with West Texas A&M University after identifying a person with tuberculosis who spent time on the WT campus.

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Sep 28 • 11:55 AM EDT • Health • newschannel10.com
Airbus probes A321neo flaw as repair plan eases disruption

Airbus and Italy's Leonardo are investigating a glitch at a privately held coatings firm ‌that triggered a quality alert affecting 500 of the planemaker's best-selling A321neo jets, people familiar with the matter said.

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Sep 28 • 3:45 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
1 killed following shooting in Dublin, police say; suspects arrested

Police are investigating a shooting after a person was shot and killed in Dublin this weekend.

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Sep 27 • 5:00 PM EDT • Sports • abc7news.com
Rest assured: AI companies say they're investigating tens of thousands of rogue bot incidents

They're also working with the Trump administration to remove AI regulation and obtain military contracts.

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Sep 27 • 1:53 PM EDT • Politics • motherjones.com
Man killed in shooting at Dublin Sports Grounds

Police are investigating after a man was shot to death at the Dublin Sports Grounds on Saturday afternoon.

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Sep 26 • 11:09 PM EDT • Sports • pleasantonweekly.com
Lewis County investigates ‘confirmed’ case of measles

Lewis County Public Health announced it is “investigating one confirmed case of measles in an unvaccinated resident.”

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Sep 26 • 9:29 PM EDT • Health • wwnytv.com
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MEDIMPACT DATA BREACH: Edelson Lechtzin LLP Launches Investigation Into Exposure of Social Security Numbers and Health Information

/PRNewswire/ -- Edelson Lechtzin LLP, a national class action law firm, is investigating data privacy claims arising from the MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc....

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Sep 26 • 9:21 PM EDT • Health • prnewswire.com
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Investigation underway after man fatally shot inside business in Hyde Park - Boston News, Weather, Sports

BOSTON (WHDH) - Boston police are investigating after a man was fatally shot inside a business in Hyde Park on Saturday afternoon.Officers responding to aRead More

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Sep 26 • 3:32 PM EDT • Business • whdh.com
Man shot and killed inside Hyde Park business, police say

Police are investigating a fatal shooting inside a Boston business on Saturday afternoon.

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Sep 26 • 2:33 PM EDT • Business • wcvb.com
Man found dead in business in Richmond’s North Side, police investigating

A man was found dead early Saturday morning in a business in Richmond’s North Side.

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Sep 26 • 11:50 AM EDT • Business • wric.com
6 Chicago businesses hit in Friday smash-and-grab burglary spree

Chicago police are investigating a string of smash-and-grab burglaries that took place on Friday morning on the city's South Side.

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Sep 25 • 10:48 PM EDT • Business • nbcchicago.com
Tri-Cities business owner killed in crash with semi truck in Toppenish

The Yakima County Sheriff’s Office is investigating.

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Sep 25 • 8:40 PM EDT • Business • tri-cityherald.com
Police investigating bomb threat at Menomonee Falls business

Police say an employee at Messer Cutting Systems in Menomonee Falls found a note stating a bomb was in the building.

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Sep 25 • 10:17 AM EDT • Business • jsonline.com
National Forensic Science week brings attention to CSI investigators

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – CSI teams are sometimes an under-recognized part of many law enforcement agencies. But investigating crimes takes precision, skill, and focus. “Evidence doesn&…

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Sep 24 • 10:18 PM EDT • Science • mypanhandle.com
‘Drop out or DIE’ | TN gubernatorial candidate Hatley’s business vandalized

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Johnson City police are investigating after an alleged vandalism at a business owned by Tennessee independent gubernatorial candidate David Hatley. According to the Joh…

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Sep 24 • 5:33 PM EDT • Business • wreg.com
Police investigating death threat spray-painted on governor candidate’s business in Tennessee. Here’s what we know

The Tennessee gubernatorial candidate’s campaign said the graffiti read, “Drop Out or Die,” and included an anarchy symbol.

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Sep 24 • 4:42 PM EDT • Business • wsmv.com
JCPD investigates threatening graffiti at business tied to gubernatorial candidate Hatley

The Johnson City Police Department is investigating after threatening graffiti was found Thursday morning on a Johnson City business connected to Tennessee gube

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State police investigating after John Deere tractor stolen from Western Pennsylvania business

Police said an unknown-aged male wearing a mask, a hat, jeans and a hoodie stole the tractor that was parked outside.

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Sep 24 • 1:43 PM EDT • Business • wpxi.com
State police investigating after John Deere tractor stolen from Western Pennsylvania business

Pennsylvania State Police are investigating the theft of a John Deere tractor from a Greene County business.

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Man shot, killed during fight at Flint business

Flint police are investigating a shooting that left one man dead.

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Sep 24 • 7:49 AM EDT • Business • wnem.com
Man shot, killed during fight at Flint business

Flint police are investigating a shooting that left one man dead.

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An OpenAI Agent Hacked Australia's Health Service. Their Government Found Out Months Later.

The country's prime minister expressed disappointment at being informed of the hack only via email. Now Australia is investigating whether OpenAI broke the law.

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Sep 24 • 6:46 AM EDT • Health • wired.com
Autonomous AI hacks raise thorny questions of legal accountability

The Justice Department has a long history of investigating and prosecuting hackers who break into a private company’s network. But what happens when the hackers aren’t human? That’s the question

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Sep 24 • 6:26 AM EDT • Politics • lancasteronline.com
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Measles exposure reported at Battle Ground school as Clark County cases rise

Clark County Public Health is investigating two measles cases in unvaccinated children and warns of a possible exposure at River HomeLink in Battle Ground.

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Sep 23 • 8:56 PM EDT • Health • katu.com
Police investigating theft from State College business, look to identify person of interest

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (WTAJ) — Police are asking the public for help in connection with a theft investigation in State College. According to Ferguson Township Police, the incident occurred Wedne…

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Sep 23 • 3:51 PM EDT • Business • wtaj.com
Mayor, business owners cast blame after another River Market shooting

The Little Rock Police Department is investigating a shooting that happened over the weekend, just a few feet away from the Arkansas Times offices.

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Sep 21 • 4:13 PM EDT • Business • arktimes.com