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Hila and Ethan Klein have made content together since 2011. Now she says he cheated for months.

Hila Klein, who started a YouTube channel with her husband in 2011 that now has 5.4 million subscribers, posted a lengthy statement on Instagram about the alleged affair.

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Oct 23 • 2:41 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Ethan Klein says “H3 Podcast” is on ‘indefinite hiatus’ amid allegations he cheated on wife Hila Klein

The “H3 Podcast” crew denounced Ethan and shared they would no longer be working with him.

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Oct 23 • 1:09 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
H3 Podcast on Indefinite Hiatus After Hila Klein Announces Separation

The H3 Podcast is on indefinite hiatus after Hila Klein said her husband Ethan had an affair and the crew said it will no longer work with…

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Oct 23 • 8:49 AM EDT • Entertainment • northeasttimes.com
Nurses at four Endeavor Health hospitals seek to join Teamsters

Nurses at Evanston Hospital and three other Endeavor Health facilities across the North Shore are officially seeking to unionize. Teamsters Local 734 filed a petition — covering more than 2,000 nurses at the Evanston, Skokie, Glenbrook and Highland Park hospitals — with the National Labor Relations Board on Thursday asking for a union election. Nurses...

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Oct 23 • 3:15 AM EDT • Health • dailynorthwestern.com
McKinsey: Leisure flying is powering business aviation

Challenges involve aircraft availability, airport infrastructure, maintenance capacity, and rising operating costs

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Oct 22 • 7:30 PM EDT • Business • privatejetcardcomparisons.com
Dodgers Provide Positive Update on Klein

Will Klein underwent a procedure to remove bone chips from his elbow, but the Los Angeles Dodgers expect the right-handed reliever to be ready for Spring Training.

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Oct 22 • 5:23 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Why we’re still so obsessed with Elizabeth Holmes

You Can See Everything, a documentary about the disgraced biotech company founder Elizabeth Holmes, has enjoyed a record-breaking opening in the US. It is a testament to how fascinated we remain by the convicted fraudster, but what is behind the enduring appeal? US technology editor Blake Montgomery tells Madeleine Finlay why Holmes continues to fascinate us, and reflects on whether the Theranos scandal has had a permanent impact on Silicon Valley

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Oct 22 • 8:14 AM EDT • Science • theguardian.com
Marion father who strangled son ordered to remain at mental health facility

Progress report indicates Matthew Schleier should stay at a mental health facility.

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Oct 22 • 7:48 AM EDT • Health • kcrg.com
HDI Global promotes Sheena Williams to lead sport, leisure and entertainment globally

Williams, who joined HDI in 2019, will connect the insurer’s sport, leisure and entertainment expertise across its international offices

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Oct 22 • 12:33 AM EDT • Entertainment • insurancebusinessmag.com
HDI Global promotes Sheena Williams to lead sport, leisure and entertainment globally

Williams, who joined HDI in 2019, will connect the insurer’s sport, leisure and entertainment expertise across its international offices

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Oct 22 • 12:33 AM EDT • Entertainment • insurancebusinessmag.com
Health fair brings together 60 vendors for community education in Beckley

BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) – The staffs of Beckley ARH Hospital and Raleigh General Hospital teamed up to present the annual Coalfields Community Health Fair. This event brought together 60 vendors from acros...

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Oct 21 • 8:29 PM EDT • Health • yahoo.com
Cirque du Soleil to bring Mexico-inspired show to Houston

Cirque du Soleil will bring its production LUZIA to Sam Houston Race Park from March 20 through May 9, featuring acrobatics and visual storytelling.

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Oct 21 • 5:33 PM EDT • Entertainment • communityimpact.com
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iPhone Duo to offer Edge Light, Smart Take, horizontal Reachability, more

Apple's iPhone Duo is almost like a standard iPhone and an iPad mini in one device, but it turns out the foldable supports features previously exclusive to the Mac.

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Oct 21 • 3:34 PM EDT • Technology • appleinsider.com
Set Your Calendar, T-Mobile Giving Out Free iPads For One Day Only

In an unusual move, T-Mobile appears to be giving out free iPad A16s for one day only next week, with qualifying service plan.

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Oct 21 • 11:53 AM EDT • Technology • tmo.report
First iPhone Duo unboxing videos surface ahead of official reviews

A series of iPhone Duo unboxing videos are now on YouTube, showing how the device ships in its open configuration, and how the display crease is practically invisible.

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Oct 21 • 6:38 AM EDT • Technology • appleinsider.com
FEATURE | The Bundesliga’s best 5 players

Bundesliga Matchday 6 produced another entertaining weekend of German football, with Bayern Munich’s emphatic 6-1 victory over RB Leipzig, Bayer Leverkusen ending Freiburg’s unbeaten start and new...

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Oct 21 • 2:42 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Leica and Formula 1 Shift Into Gear With Limited Edition Q3 43

The Leica Q3 is the company's most popular model.

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Oct 20 • 11:00 PM EDT • Technology • petapixel.com
Is Mold in Coffee a Real Problem? Here Is What the Science Says Before You Panic

Is mold in your morning coffee actually a problem? Food scientists say probably not and here is why.

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Oct 20 • 6:00 PM EDT • Science • health.yahoo.com
Apple CEO John Ternus says design still means everything & includes whimsey

"Design is how it works" rings true at Apple today, and John Ternus wants to assure everyone that respect for the user and building products that are beneficial is "job one."

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Oct 20 • 5:23 PM EDT • Technology • appleinsider.com
The Broad to move works to Paris and Leimert Park during construction

The Broad will display more than 160 works in a major exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris during its final phase of construction. It will also partner with Art + Practice in Leimert Park.

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Oct 20 • 7:30 AM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
Business owners like Hendricks and Uihleins create jobs

The voices that demand we “tax the rich” treat every successful entrepreneur as a potential villain whose gains must be redistributed or regulated.

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Oct 20 • 6:06 AM EDT • Business • jsonline.com
Business owners like Hendricks and Uihleins create jobs

The voices that demand we “tax the rich” treat every successful entrepreneur as a potential villain whose gains must be redistributed or regulated.

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Oct 20 • 6:06 AM EDT • Business • yahoo.com
Did Sports Resorts Expansion Just Shift Wyndham Hotels And Resorts (WH) Investment Narrative?

Travel + Leisure Co. and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts expanded their partnership, creating a framework to build and scale Sports Illustrated Resorts hotels as a sports focused hospitality and mixed use development platform that spans hotel only projects and larger destination concepts. The arrangement pairs Travel + Leisure’s brand and mixed use development capabilities with Wyndham’s global distribution, development engine and commercial infrastructure, which could influence how Wyndham grows...

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Oct 19 • 6:16 PM EDT • Sports • finance.yahoo.com
Entergy, Google announce second phase partnership

Entergy Arkansas announced Monday (Oct. 19) as part of its continued partnership with Google, a second phase of its service to support Google’s $4 billion data center project in West...

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Oct 19 • 4:32 PM EDT • Business • talkbusiness.net
Entergy, Google announce second phase partnership

Entergy Arkansas announced Monday (Oct. 19) as part of its continued partnership with Google, a second phase of its service to support Google’s $4 billion data center project in West...

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Oct 19 • 4:32 PM EDT • Politics • talkbusiness.net
Annual ForkFest brings Hippies & Cowboys back home to Leiper’s Fork

Local favorite Alyssa Flaherty to open the show

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Oct 19 • 4:02 PM EDT • Entertainment • williamsonherald.com
Save $900 on Apple's M5 Max 16-inch MacBook Pro while supplies last

The $900 discount delivers the lowest price of the season for the Space Black M5 Max 16-inch MacBook Pro.

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Oct 19 • 10:47 AM EDT • Technology • appleinsider.com
Combination nucleic acid therapies: towards personalized cancer treatment

Combination strategies enable simultaneous activation and silencing of key target genes to correct molecular pathways in pancreatic cancer.

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Oct 19 • 1:02 AM EDT • Science • advancedsciencenews.com
Fermented foods: Health drives interest but taste keeps consumers coming back

Fermentation is helping food manufacturers pursue gut health, higher protein, and simpler recipes.

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Oct 18 • 9:00 PM EDT • Health • foodingredientsfirst.com
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Grab Apple's 2026 Mac Studio for $2,299, now $200 off

The lowest online Mac Studio price on the 2026 line is available at Amazon, with a $200 discount on the standard model.

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Oct 18 • 1:13 PM EDT • Technology • appleinsider.com
AI Meets the Mind: How Health Data Science Is Rewiring Neuroscience and Psychology

Artificial intelligence is quietly transforming two of the most intimate fields of medicine: neuroscience and psychology. A new editorial published in Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience by Lei Lu of King's College London, Zhiqiang Huo of Queen Mary University of London,

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Oct 17 • 12:45 PM EDT • Science • bioengineer.org
Bundesliga Heavyweights Collide: Bayern And Leipzig Unleash Their Attacking Stars

Bayern Munich and RB Leipzig are preparing for Saturday's Bundesliga showdown at the Allianz Arena, with the predicted lineups offering an early indication of how both teams could approach one of the biggest fixtures of the weekend.

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Oct 17 • 5:54 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Amazon cuts 2026 Apple TV 4K, HomeView prices with preorder deals

Amazon has issued 2026 Apple TV 4K and HomeView discounts today, despite the devices being announced mere days ago.

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Oct 16 • 9:24 AM EDT • Technology • appleinsider.com
Online Apple Store goes down ahead of iPhone Duo pre-orders

The online version of the Apple Store has gone temporarily offline, all in preparation for the opening of pre-orders for the iPhone Duo, Apple's first-ever foldable iPhone.

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Oct 16 • 4:00 AM EDT • Technology • appleinsider.com
Legacy Business Alliance honors historic Evanston businesses at 3rd annual celebration

Mingling beneath a full suit of armor and a stuffed antelope head, a who’s who of Evanston politicos and business owners gathered at the Evanston History Center on Thursday evening to toast the city’s historic small businesses. The occasion marked the Evanston Legacy Business Alliance’s third annual celebration. Ald. Clare Kelly (1st) and Carl Klein,...

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Oct 16 • 2:36 AM EDT • Business • dailynorthwestern.com
Francis Bacon’s 'Sylva Sylvarum' Stars in New Art and Science Exhibit

Opening next month at the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford, Plain Things Wonders marks 400 years since the publication of Francis Bacon’s influential experimental science text Sylva Sylvarum.

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Oct 15 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • finebooksmagazine.com
Veronica Leoni Exits Calvin Klein After Four Seasons

The Italian-born designer led the return of Calvin Klein Collection to New York Fashion Week. A successor has not yet been named.

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Oct 15 • 11:04 AM EDT • Business • vogue.com
North Raleigh business closes after car with dogs inside crashes into building

The business announced on Instagram that they will close indefinitely following damages.

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Oct 15 • 10:57 AM EDT • Business • newsobserver.com
Clinton Policy Institute outlines maternal health solutions for states

Health Care Clinton Policy Institute outlines maternal health solutions for states It’s the first major report from the project, which launched in July to foster nonpartisan policies to improve the wellbeing of children and families. Stephanie Akin 10:00 AM, Oct 15, 2026 Dr. Jacob Lenz performs an ultrasound at the Oklahoma State University obstetrics and gynecology clinic in Tulsa, Okla., on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon) The Clinton Policy Institute is calling on states to lead efforts to curb maternal mortality, releasing a 61-page playbook Thursday highlighting successful policies that could be adopted nationwide. The playbook is the first major report from the Clinton Foundation’s project, which launched in July to foster nonpartisan state and local policies to improve the wellbeing of children and families. “Eighty percent of maternal deaths are preventable, and we know what works,” CPI Chair Jennifer Klein said. “The solutions are well established and evidence-based.” CPI’s mission is to convene political leaders from both parties, policy experts, state officials and other stakeholders to explore solutions to longstanding problems. “What we aim to do is bring together people who are deeply engaged, but may not be meeting together in the same room,” Klein said, noting that state policymakers might not always be aware of what their peers are doing in other states. In May, CPI brought together lawmakers from Virginia and Pennsylvania, two of the 14 states that have passed bipartisan maternal health “Momnibus” packages modeled after a comprehensive federal proposal that has repeatedly stalled, called the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act. Other participants included Dr. Mona Hanna, founder of Rx Kids, a Michigan program that provides direct cash allowances to pregnant women and infants. Pennsylvania Rep. Morgan Cephas, who was part of the group, said she learned about funding opportunities she hadn’t come across during her decade in the Legislature. “As legislators we can issue grants, we can pass legislation, we can move policy, but we want to ensure that funding opportunities and programs that are tackling this issue are sustainable,” Cephas said. The playbook outlines broad areas where state policy can make a difference, such as allowing Medicaid to pay for doulas and remote patient monitoring, and using federal and private grant funding to pay for home visits to pregnant and postpartum women. For each category, it highlights innovative programs that can serve as models, with examples of specific actions state lawmakers and governors’ offices can take. Those include the Rx Kids model, which gets funding from the Michigan state budget; Pennsylvania’s Healthy Moms Vibrant Futures strategic action plan, emphasizing equity-centered maternal care, regional collaboration, Medicaid innovation, and workforce development that was launched this year with more than 160 stakeholders; and Kansas’s Bridging Plan, which reserves three slots and provides at least $26,000 in loan forgiveness for obstetric residents who commit to practicing in rural or underserved communities for 36 months. CPI emphasizes that its work is nonpartisan. Klein, the director of the White House Gender Policy Council under former President Joe Biden, acknowledged that CPI also takes positions on abortion, Medicaid funding, and the need to address the economic and social drivers of poor health, which might rankle some conservatives. “We don’t shy away from talking about those things that we think are part and parcel of the maternal health crisis in this country,” Klein said. “That said, there are so many policies that are both evidence-based and have been tried successfully in both red and blue states, and people can see that they can have real impact.” She pointed to the federal option to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage from 60 days to 12 months that was made available during the Biden administration and has since been adopted by every state but Arkansas. Other initiatives embraced across party lines include Medicaid coverage for midwives and doulas, as well as “bundled” payments for prenatal and postpartum care. That alternative payment model, pioneered in states such as Arkansas, Colorado and Tennessee, incentivizes fixed fees to cover all healthcare services associated with pregnancy and childbirth. Advocates say it promotes more coordination among caregivers, discourages unnecessary interventions, and expands postpartum support. In addition to maternal health, the initiative is also focused on addressing family economic security, children’s well-being, and democracy and civic resilience.

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Oct 15 • 10:00 AM EDT • Health • pluribusnews.com
Hasan Piker isn't worried about being a political boogeyman this midterms season

President Donald Trump recently called Hasan Piker a “terrible liability” and a “communist.”The California-based streamer — who describes himself as a socialist — has become the GOP’s political bogeyman ahead of the midterm elections. Piker argues those attacks will backfire, but also says he has played a role in being portrayed as a 'figurehead of the insurgent left.'“The way that I'm portrayed in the media is an America-hating communist Islamist fundamentalist who wants to secretly do jihad, and then also, at the same time, very woke and gay, so there's this weird inconsistency in their messaging,” Piker says. “Who I am is very simple. I'm a socialist. I'm an anti-imperialist. I want what's best for Americans, and I want what's best for everyone from all around the world.”In this episode from NPR’s Newsmakers, Piker sits down with host Leila Fadel and argues Republicans are using him to distract from policies that made life less affordable. He also addresses his seven Twitch bans, defends his rhetoric against right-wing reactionaries, and reflects on the crisis of loneliness among young men — and the limits of his influence.“At the end of the day, I'm a Twitch streamer,” Piker says. “I hold no political office. I have no real political power. So getting people to be upset at a Twitch streamer and their affiliation as a, if you want to call it a surrogate, in the primary is going to be very difficult.”Newsmakers is where you'll find NPR's biggest interviews. We post new episodes as soon as they're available -- any day of the week. Follow or subscribe on Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you watch or listen to podcasts to get new episodes as soon as possible. You can also find Newsmakers on the NPR app. Newsmakers relies on supporters who value independent journalism and a free press. Join NPR+ today to support our work and get perks from the podcasts you trust. Go to plus.npr.org.

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Hasan Piker isn't worried about being a political boogeyman this midterms season

NPR's Leila Fadel asks Twitch streamer and political commentator Hasan Piker about his incendiary style and whether he's become a liability for Democrats ahead of the midterms.

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Oct 15 • 4:45 AM EDT • Politics • npr.org
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Leicester Tigers back row Williams signs new deal

Leicester Tigers back row Samuel Williams signs a contract extension of undisclosed length with the Prem club.

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Oct 15 • 4:05 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Vietnam's Aquatic Entertainment Landscape Enters a New Era as Landmark Attractions Raise the Bar

/PRNewswire/ -- Vietnam's aquatic entertainment landscape is entering a new chapter. As the country continues to develop major tourism and leisure...

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Oct 15 • 3:04 AM EDT • Entertainment • prnewswire.com
The Political Beat Candidate Guide: Mecklenburg Soil and Water Conservation Board

Incumbent Barbara Bleiweis is running for reelection. She faces Michael Betterly, Makenzie Pearce and Long Tran. Jillian King will also appear on the ballot, but her campaign has been suspended.

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Oct 14 • 2:23 PM EDT • Politics • yahoo.com
Scientists Unlock 700,000-Year-Old Secrets Hidden Inside a Giant Elephant Tooth

A giant elephant’s tooth has preserved clues to the watery world that sustained early humans nearly 700,000 years ago. Researchers studying elephant remains from Gesher Benot Ya’aqov (GBY-NBA) in northern Israel have reconstructed a Pleistocene environment rich in water, vegetation, and wildlife. Published in Quaternary Science Reviews, the study reveals the landscape shared by enormous

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Oct 14 • 12:25 PM EDT • Science • scitechdaily.com
A Major Labor Boom in CNY? Not Here Yet

With so many major projects going on — Micron, I-81 viaduct and others — job growth is predicted to increase. But so far the number of jobs in the region has declined By Aaron Gifford [caption id=attachment_11065 align=alignright width=350] Amy Stage, deputy director at the Manufacturers Association of Central New York (MACNY): “For us, the conversation isn’t just about filling jobs. It’s about creating sustainable pathways that help people see a future for themselves in manufacturing.”[/caption] The I-81 viaduct project in Syracuse and Micron facility construction in Clay are expected to create a major labor boom for Central New York. But for the time being, the number of jobs here has actually decreased in the past year. The New York State Department of Labor reported that, for the annual comparison of June 2025 to this past June, private sector jobs decreased by 2,200 or less than 1% to 260,000. Job gains were concentrated in leisure and hospitality (+700), private education and health services (+400) and other services (+300). Job losses for that annual period were reported in the areas of trade, transportation and utilities (-1,500); professional and business services (-1,000); financial activities (-500); mining, logging and construction (-300); manufacturing (-200); and information (-100). The public sector job count rose over 12 months, with most growth concentrated in education, the state Department of Labor reported. Looking ahead, the Central New York economy is expected to benefit from both the Micron and I-81 viaduct projects over a period of several years. Initial job growth is foreseen in construction and computer and electronic manufacturing. Spin-off jobs will be created in the areas of professional and business services, health care and education, the state Department of Labor said in an email response to Oswego County Business magazine. “Population growth tied to the buildout of Micron Technology semiconductor complex in Clay is also expected to bring more workers and residents to the region, increasing demand for transportation services,” the agency said. New York Department of Labor highlighted current or projected job growth trends in various sectors. An increase in defense-related contracts at local high-tech employers has continued to support employment growth in the computer and electronic product manufacturing sector and Micron is expected to generate thousands of direct and indirect jobs as the project progresses. This sector paid an annual average wage of $117,500 in 2025 and employment in the sector is projected to grow by over 60% through 2032, making it the fastest-growing industry in the region. Typical occupations in this industry include electrical, electronic and electromechanical assemblers, software developers and industrial engineers, the state agency reported. Specialty trade contractors include several different types of tradespeople — electricians, plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters and HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) mechanics and installers. Many of these positions are trained through apprenticeships, the state Department of Labor reported. The Interstate 81 construction project is generating local jobs, including construction laborers, projected to grow at a 6.4% rate, and operating engineers and other construction equipment operators, projected to grow at a 7.3% rate over the next several years. Construction of the Micron Technology facility is also “creating thousands of job opportunities that will continue over the next two decades,” the state agency reported. The specialty trade contractors sector paid an annual average wage of $86,200 in 2025. For Central New York, the challenge isn’t creating jobs, it’s filling them. Amy Stage, a deputy director at the Manufacturers Association of Central New York (MACNY), said meeting this unprecedented growth is a much larger task than just replacing retirees. “We’re seeing workforce gaps at every experience level,” she said. “Companies need entry-level employees, experienced technicians, supervisors, engineers and skilled trades professionals. The opportunity is tremendous, but we need more people entering these career pathways.” Employers are looking for people who can troubleshoot, read technical information, use computers and learn new processes, not just perform repetitive production work, Stage said. To address this demand, the MACNY created the Manufacturers Talent Institute, which aims to connect students and job seekers with meaningful career pathways while helping employers build their workforce. Twenty-one companies have so far signed up to provide opportunities for more than 800 students. “For us, the conversation isn’t just about filling jobs,” Stage said. “It’s about creating sustainable pathways that help people see a future for themselves in manufacturing.” Several manufacturing facilities in the region are in the midst of expansion: • TTM Technologies, a leading U.S. manufacturer of advanced electronics and interconnect solutions for aerospace, defense and high-technology markets, which has a plant in DeWitt, completed its buildout of an additional facility, adding 400 jobs and expanding production of high-tech circuit boards for defense and critical electronics applications. • In Cortlandville, the Byrne Hollow Crossing Plant, a dairy manufacturing and processing facility, is increasing its operations, creating 100 new jobs. • The Chobani yogurt company is building a 1.4-million square foot dairy processing facility in Oneida County. This will create more than 1,000 good-paying jobs and double Chobani’s New York state workforce, Stage said. Stage noted several ways that local, state and federal governments can help spur manufacturing job growth in this region. Elected leaders and public agencies could work with industry representatives to create pre-apprenticeship and registered apprenticeship programs seeking to upskill workers and improve employee retention. New York state has a variety of grants, tax incentives and financing programs to support site preparation, infrastructure, workforce development and capital investment. The U.S. Department of Labor has a pay-for-performance incentive program that provides employers $3,500 per new apprentice hired and retained for 90 days. MACNY was previously awarded an $87,000 federal grant that will cover 25 apprentices at nine companies. The manufacturing skills gap in the United States, at its current rate, could result in 2.1 million unfilled jobs by 2030, according to a study by Deloitte and The Manufacturing Institute. In New York state, that gap is on pace to exceed 100,000 unfilled positions within six years. Manufacturing companies will be counting on more women to help fill that gap. While women make up half of the overall U.S. workforce, they only account for 29% of the manufacturing workforce in this country, Stage said. “Pre-apprenticeship programs like Real Life Rosies help to bring awareness to the manufacturing industry to fill some of the gaps, but we have a long way to go and it starts with educating people at younger ages about careers in manufacturing and earn-and-learn opportunities,” she said. As for Micron, that $100 billion-plus project, considered the largest private investment in New York state history, is expected to eventually create up to 50,000 jobs throughout the region, factoring in the spin-off opportunities for construction and supply chains. The plant’s foundation was poured on July 9. “As America celebrates its 250th anniversary, data and memory are foundational to the modern economy — and Micron is increasing our U.S. investments to more than $250 billion through 2035 to meet that moment,” the company’s president and CEO, Sanjay Mehrotra, said in a news release. Bechtel, Micon’s construction partner in the project, reported that 4,500 people will be employed to help build the facility, including skilled craft professionals, local union members representing various trades and apprentices. The Syracuse-based CenterState CEO organization tallies the regional labor force at 397,582 workers (Onondaga, Cayuga, Cortland, Madison and Oswego counties). Job growth isn’t limited to the Central New York region. For the larger area covering portions of the Mohawk Valley, the North Country, the Southern tier, and the western part of the state, there are 155,601 employees in the advanced manufacturing sector, and 155,275 construction workers. The agency’s 2026 Economic Forecast report noted that 41% of community and business leaders surveyed said a shortage of skilled workers in this area remains a problem, though 77% shared a positive economic outlook for the year ahead. Beyond the semiconductor and advanced manufacturing areas, local business leaders also see growth in small manufacturing companies, storage businesses, housing, unmanned flight technology and general construction. “Productive reuse of property,” the report said, “will hopefully continue to preserve unique architecture while driving business.” The report identified several challenges for economic growth in the region, including an aging workforce, outdated equipment, the rising cost of raw materials and “the disconnect between the speed of business needs and the pace of talent readiness.”

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Oct 14 • 8:23 AM EDT • Business • oswegocountybusiness.com
Mom-and-Pop Business Owners Grapple with Harsh Times

Report shows small business owners in NYS less optimistic about the economy. Taxes, inflation, labor costs and competition from larger businesses are major concerns right now, they say By Aaron Gifford [caption id=attachment_11067 align=alignright width=300] Ashley Ranslow is director for New York state at The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB).[/caption] Owners of mom-and-pop businesses in New York state have been less optimistic lately than their peers in other parts of the country, a recent report indicates. The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), based on a survey of 11,000 of its members in the Empire State, reported that taxes, inflation, labor costs and competition from larger businesses are major concerns right now. “Indeed, while taxes are a major problem in New York and the United States overall, New York small businesses notably are struggling more with the state’s onerous, multi-level tax burden,” Ashley Ranslow, NFIB’s director for New York state, said in the July report. Compared with surveys of business owners in other states, far fewer New York respondents rated their businesses as in excellent or good health. The report also said labor costs here are about 25% higher than the national average and are the “single most important problem” facing businesses. One respondent to the New York-specific survey complained that too much red tape, taxes and laws that restrict high-yielding companies have stifled their operation’s growth. Others said high disability and workers’ compensation insurance costs, alarming increases in utility rates and excessive building regulations are discouraging. Statewide, New York has a gross domestic product of $2.53 trillion (third in the nation, followed by Texas, $2.90 trillion; and California, $4.25 trillion), a per capita income of $90,500 (sixth) and an unemployment rate of 4.6% (34th). There are 2.4 million small businesses that employ 3.9 million people. [caption id=attachment_11112 align=alignright width=451] Member of the Greater Liverpool Chamber of Commerce gather at one of the several functions the chamber organizes monthly. “Everyone in this business community encourages each other to shop local. Everyone just wants to see each other succeed,” says Megan Wilmot, the chamber director[/caption] “New York state boasts one of the largest, wealthiest and most diverse cities in the world — and that’s still only about half the state’s population,” the report said. “In other words, the state is both its iconic city and so much more — geographically, demographically, economically. But New York is not without its challenges, challenges that include notably high taxes and other weaknesses that impact the small business environment,” it said. The report includes an optimism index that compares responses from New York (NFIB) members with those of their peers in other states across several categories. This ranges from plans to increase employment to expectations for higher sales, to plans to increase inventory or expand. The scores for Empire State business owners were lower in most categories, but they did score higher than the national average in noting that they have current employment openings, and that they are hopeful that the economy will improve. “The metrics so far paint a picture of a state with a series of challenges for small businesses, from a slightly below national average Optimism Index to a more seriously below national business health to very substantially below national Employment Index. What is going on with businesses that are creating these differences?” the report stated. In Central New York, the regional labor force comprises nearly 398,000 workers. The median household income here is $71,463, and the gross domestic product for the region last year totaled $61.3 billion, according to the CenterState CEO economic development and research organization. About half of the region’s labor force works for small and mid-sized businesses, although the number of people employed in that sector has decreased by 7% since 2010, according to CenterState’s 2026 economic forecast report. “While record-high employment in large-scale enterprises provides a strong foundation for Central New York,” the report says, “the long-term health of communities depends on a thriving small business sector to serve as a stabilizer.” Area employers identify several barriers to Central New York’s anticipated growth, including lack of specialized or skilled workers, government regulations, unaffordable housing options and long-term construction disruptions. In the city of Syracuse, the number of jobs in retail trade decreased by 1,500 or 4.7% between July 2025 and this past July. By contrast, the number of jobs in the leisure and hospitality sector increased by 2.5% or 700 jobs, in the same annual period, according to the New York State Department of Labor. Still, there’s plenty of interest for new businesses across Central New York. U.S. Census figures show that the number of applications for new businesses in all four counties increased significantly in the past 20 years. In Cayuga County, there were 324 applications in 2005 compared to 470 last year. In Madison County, the number increased from 385 to 480; Onondaga County, from 2411 to 4132; and Oswego County, from 553 to 836. Downtown Cazenovia is exemplary of Madison County’s trend: In the past year, the village welcomed a bait shop, a thrift store, a vitamin infusion center, a pizzeria, a Pilates studio and an Italian restaurant. A candy store is scheduled to open on the main drag in the months ahead. Oswego’s list of interesting new businesses in the past year includes a bubble tea shop, a hot dog eatery in Fulton, a specialty grocery store that features New York state products in Mexico, a beauty and esthetics studio in Hannibal and a hardware and farm supply store in Sandy Creek. In Onondaga County, the Liverpool area has also enjoyed a steady stream of new shops and eateries in recent years. That suburban community is unique in that, unlike neighboring communities, most of the restaurants are family-owned and not part of a national chain. [caption id=attachment_11116 align=alignright width=300] Megan Wilmot is the executive director of the Greater Liverpool’s Chamber of Commerce.[/caption] Megan Wilmot, executive director of the Greater Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, said independent business owners in her community maintain a strong sense of pride in holding their own against national companies. The chamber helps boost morale with red carpet events, ribbon cuttings, coffee hours and five-year anniversary celebrations for participating businesses. “We have built such a strong community,” Wilmot said. “Everyone in this business community encourages each other to shop local. Everyone just wants to see each other succeed.” In Syracuse, the downtown retail occupancy rate last year was about 82%, a slight improvement from 2024, according to the Downtown Syracuse Committee’s most recent annual report. Buildings with the largest amount of vacant space included The Galleries, One Park Place, and Equitable Towers, though not all of those spaces are designated for retail use. New businesses that opened in downtown Syracuse last year: Better with Time Clothing, Dakshin Curry & Biriyani, Havana Tattoo Society, Milano Bean Café, Miss Daisy, Pausa Coffee, Sweets for Babe, The Society CNY and Yafah Beauty Studio. The Destiny USA mall’s occupancy rate decreased from 80% in 2023 to 72% by the end of 2024, according to Integra Realty Resources. That leaves more than a quarter of the mall’s retail space vacant. “Looking ahead, the retail market is expected to see minimal rent growth, with vacancy rates likely remaining stable in community and neighborhood centers but continuing to rise in enclosed malls,” Integra’s report said. “New construction activity is low and redevelopment plans for former malls like Shoppingtown and Great Northern are still in the planning stages. The proposed Micron chip plant may spur development, but challenges remain in finding co-developers for large-scale projects.” Nationally, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce expects that small businesses will remain resilient and see their sales and revenues eventually improve. That organization, in a recent national survey, found that 25% of small business owners expect the economy to improve in 2027, while 45% indicated that they plan to increase employment in the next 12 months. And 69% said they believe their small business is in good shape and 70% said they are comfortable with their current cash flow. Thirty-one percent of small businesses reported raising their prices in July and 28% are planning to raise their prices within the next three to four months, the report said. Twelve percent indicated that this is a good time to expand their business. “Small business owners voice optimism for future revenues and hiring,” the report said. “High costs continue to be a wet blanket on reinvestment.” The NFIB reported in July that Main Street, despite gas price hikes, “is OK … for now.” Its small business economics trend report said sales across the country have been strong compared to last year, but continued inflation and higher prices from mom-and-pop establishments are causing some “cracks” to show. “If costs stay this high for much longer, reduced investment will have a tangible economic impact,” the report said. “The status quo is OK, but the outlook? The outlook is uncertain.”

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Police sergeant challenges Mindy Fee in the 37th House District

Republican state Rep. Mindy Fee has represented the bright-red 37th District for 13 years. This year, Chad Gleissl, a Warwick Township Democrat and York College campus police sergeant, is fighting

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Race for 17th Senate District could determine State Senate control

Republican incumbent Howard Marklein is being challenged by Democratic State Assembly Rep. Jenna Jacobson.

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The surprising psychology of morbid curiosity

US defence secretary Pete Hegseth’s plan to livestream the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan has incurred condemnation from human rights groups and politicians on all sides. But according to Coltan Scrivner, an author and psychologist at Arizona State University and expert on morbid curiosity, people are still likely to watch in large numbers. He explains why we are drawn to dark and disturbing content, and Madeleine Finlay tells Ian Sample how consuming this kind of material can harm observers’ mental health

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Raleigh CVB promotes Gold to CEO

The Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau board named Loren Gold as president and CEO to succeed Dennis Edwards, who is retiring at the end of the year.

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Updated HomePod mini 2 comes with new colors and surround sound option

Apple has unveiled its first-ever update to the HomePod mini, concentrating on how it can be part of a smart home setup alongside devices like the Apple TV 4K.

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M5 Pro MacBook Pro vs Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra: Compared

The Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra uses Nvidia graphics in a bid to take over from the 14-inch MacBook Pro with M5 Pro as a productivity favorite. Here's how the two powerful notebooks compare.

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Apple's 2TB M5 Pro MacBook Pro plunges to $2,399 ($600 off)

Amazon has slashed Apple's 14-inch M5 Pro MacBook Pro with 2TB of storage to $2,399, a $600 discount.

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Leicester CFO and Sporting Director Talk in Rare Interviews and Admit they Need ‘to Be More Open’

Leicester City's start to life in League One has fallen far below expectations. After a defeat to Peterborough United, they fell to 17th place, having won just two games. Plenty of the frustration over the last few years has been directed towards Chief Football Officer Jon Rudkin. He doesn't normally do interviews, but both he …

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📜 Flu slams refereeing after Fla derby: Encouraging foul play

On Sunday (11), Fluminense lost 1–0 to Flamengo at the Maracanã in Round 30 of the Brasileirão.After the derby, the Tricolor Carioca published an official statement on its social media channels sh...

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Carrascal scores a beauty, and leaders Flamengo beat Fluminense

Flamengo beat Fluminense 1–0 at the Maracanã this Sunday (11) in Matchday 30 of the 2026 Brasileirão.With important Conmebol Libertadores fixtures coming up during the week, both rivals opted to r...

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There's a vibe-coded Adobe Creative Suite vibecoded clone, and it's pretty good

Vibe-coded alternatives to Adobe Creative Cloud apps such as Photoshop and Premiere have been released. They may help Mac users save money, but there are some nuances to the situation.

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Apple smart home control center is called 'HomeView'

Apple's new smart home controller is the HomeView, and while it's not shipping in October, you'll be able to get your hands on it before the end of 2026.

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Chiefs House entertains local fans at Leicester Square in London

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São Paulo beat Vitória at MorumBIS in the Brasileirão

On Saturday night (10), São Paulo beat Vitória 2–1 at MorumBIS in São Paulo, in the 30th round of the Brazilian Championship. Calleri scored both goals for São Paulo, while Martínez scored for ...

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📊 Check out the updated Brasileirão table after Saturday's matches

Matchday 30 of the 2026 Brasileirão kicked off this Saturday (10) with two games.At São Januário, Vasco drew 0–0 with Remo and failed to pull away from the threat of the relegation zone.Later, at...

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Watch: John Beilein inducted into WVU Sports Hall of Fame

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Former West Virginia men’s basketball coach John Beilein was inducted into the WVU Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday morning. Beilein led the Mountaineer men’s basketb…

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Vasco and Remo name line-ups for São Januário clash

Vasco and Remo have named their lineups for this Saturday's (10) Brasileirão clash at São Januário.Both teams are in the bottom half of the table, but are in contrasting form.Vasco have won three s...

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Amazon slashes $430 off 14-inch MacBook Pro M5 Pro, now $2,069

Early holiday deals are in effect at Amazon this weekend, with Apple's M5 Pro MacBook Pro dropping to $2,069 after a $430 discount. You can also save up to $600 on M5 Max models.

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iPhone Duo will greet some owners by name on its first boot

New owners of the iPhone Duo will get an extra treat if they buy it from an Apple Store, with the option to personalize the smartphone's boot-up screen to greet them by name.

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Oct 10 • 7:36 AM EDT • Technology • appleinsider.com
According to Science, People Who Use Emojis in Texts Have Higher Emotional Intelligence

You probably do it without thinking. A thumbs-up after confirming dinner plans, a laughing face to soften a sarcastic remark, a heart slipped into a goodnight message. Emojis have become so woven into the way we text that most of us never stop to wonder what those tiny icons actually say about us. But researchers...

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'Gaza is a moral tear in the universe' – Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor

Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor speak to Radical Thinking, a new series from the Guardian with Aditya Chakrabortty

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Oct 10 • 2:45 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Three Things We Learned From PSV 2-0 SC Heerenveen

Guus Til’s clinical form rescued a vulnerable defence as Peter Bosz’s side overcame narrow escapes to secure three points ahead of their Champions League trip to Leipzig.

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Casino UK: How Online Gaming Became Part of Britain’s Entertainment Mainstream

The UK has always had a particular relationship with gambling. From the betting shops that became fixtures of every British high street to bingo halls that served as social hubs for working communities, wagering on outcomes has been woven into British leisure culture for generations. What changed in the past decade was not the appetite,

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Wake Forest vs NC State Preview

As Jake Dickert tries to put his own imprint on Wake Forest football, there is a major opportunity on Saturday. The Demon Deacons travel to Raleigh to face NC State, a school that has given Wake plenty of trouble in recent years. Wake comes into the game at 4-1 overall and 2-1 in ACC play. …

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RB Leipzig And Leverkusen Join Dortmund In Race For Sporting Talent Flávio Gonçalves

German giants are scouting the Portuguese winger as Sporting CP demands a massive €60 million release clause, forcing the Bundesliga's elite to weigh potential against a record-breaking price.

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Rômulo: “Now I want more”

It’s the 74th minute against Hamburger SV when Rômulo enters the action. Three minutes later, he wins the ball on the halfway line, rounds HSV goalkeeper Heuer Fernandes and slots home to make it 5...

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📋 Palmeiras and Bahia line-ups confirmed for Brasileirão clash

It's a night of Brasileirão 2026 action at Nubank Parque. Palmeiras and Bahia face off at 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time) this Thursday (8).The clash is part of Matchday 29 of the competition. Bráulio da...

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Roger Schmidt Reveals His Plans For Red Bull Football

The former Salzburg coach returns to lead global operations, prioritizing cross-club collaboration while evaluating a coaching crisis at Leipzig following Jürgen Klopp’s departure from the role.

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New Mundelein business adds to Lake County’s brewing history; ‘It’s a homecoming’

Owner Ben Fenton, a Mundelein native, says the community’s concentration of breweries makes it a destination for craft fans.

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Scientists report world’s first working nuclear clocks

In two papers in Nature, scientists from Europe and China have now reported the world’s first working nuclear clocks. While teams from Beijing and Shanghai embedded thorium-229 nuclei in calcium fluoride crystals and fired an ultraviolet laser at them, the effort from Austria, the Czech Republic, and Germany realised a similar nuclear clock and used it to look for dark matter.

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Leipzig Rule Out Nagelsmann Return Despite Demichelis Pressure

Internal unrest grows as Martín Demichelis faces a season-defining gauntlet, but the Red Bulls are dismissing rumors of a sentimental reunion with their former Champions League mastermind.

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This is what the 2026 Nobel prize for chemistry is all about

The Nobel prize in chemistry 2026 has been awarded to two scientists, Henri B Kagan at Paris-Sud University in France and Kensō Soai at Tokyo University of Science in Japan. Their discoveries showed how chemical reactions can produce an overwhelming excess of one of two mirror image forms of a molecule. Science journalist Linda Geddes tells Madeleine Finlay how this has become an important tool in drug development, allowing a greater understanding of how medicines work in the body

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Oct 7 • 2:28 PM EDT • Science • theguardian.com
Downtown Raleigh health business closes storefront after almost 2 years

In addition to smoothies, the shop sold açai bowls, coffees and toasts with assorted toppings like bananas, avocado, and pistachios.

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Why are out-of-state billionaires funding a California voter ID measure?

Packaging magnate and Illinois businessman Richard Uhilein and venture capitalists Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss are among the big spenders bankrolling California’s voter ID measure.

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Ben Gleib built a late-night show in his house — he’s not the only comedian going DIY

Ben Gleib’s DIY late-night show reflects how comedians are using YouTube and social media to build audiences and create on their own terms.

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Baumgartner Takes Major Step Towards Leipzig Comeback

After 128 days sidelined by surgery, the Austrian playmaker rejoins team training to rescue a struggling attack missing his clinical finishing and veteran leadership from midfield.

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Oct 7 • 4:58 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
High school sports roundup for Oct. 3-5, 2026

Boys Tennis Lynnwood defeated Archbishop Murphy 7-0 Singles: Aryan Jadal (L) defeated Charles Leichman (AM) 6-2, 6-1 Kevin Phan (L) defeated Max Tsang (AM) 6-1, 6-0 Jaren Sayavong (L) defeated Leo […]

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Nobel prize in physics 2026: high energy cosmic neutrinos

Second up for the 2026 Nobel Prizes was the award for physics. And this year it went to just one scientist, Francis Halzen. The Belgian physicist won the prize based on his work on the IceCube detector that observes ghostly particles called neutrinos. Science editor Ian Sample tells host Madeleine Finlay how Halzen came up with the brilliant idea to use sensors buried in the ice to detect these extraterrestrial particles.

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Hood: Pay for performance, not for politics

RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly approved substantial pay increases for public schoolteachers earlier this year. If a bipartisan commission has its way, teacher compensation will soar over the next few years, as well. Fiscal conservatives should welcome these developments — so long as schools use higher pay as a means of attracting and retaining highly effective teachers, not of scoring political points or placating interest groups.

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Oct 6 • 12:09 PM EDT • Politics • robesonian.com
Lions First-Round Pick Spotted in Walking Boot

Lions defensive tackle Tyleik Williams was spotted in a walking boot after Sunday's loss, and Dan Campbell says the former first-round pick is day-to-day.

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Brazil: Lessons from a Disaster

By Antonio Martins (Outras Palavras) Defeats become deeper and more prolonged when we misunderstand what caused them, avoid correcting course, and embrace “solutions” that only compound our mistakes. Lula’s government and the Brazilian left suffered a disaster in Sunday’s election. Contrary to every poll, the president finished the first round 2.2 million votes behind Flávio Bolsonaro—and, more significantly, 3.4 million votes below his total four years ago, when the machinery of the state was working against him and in favor of his opponent. His vote share declined in 98 percent of Brazil’s municipalities. The PL, the main party of the far right, elected 121 deputies and 28 senators, becoming the largest caucus in both houses of Congress. The parties aligned with the Centrão—Brazil’s bloc of transactional center-right parties—were somewhat diminished, but will still hold roughly 250 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 35 in the Senate. That will make it easier to assemble the majorities needed to amend the Constitution or impeach Supreme Federal Court justices. If elected, Flávio Bolsonaro could appoint four members of the Court, substantially altering its internal balance of power. What produced these results? How can the far right be prevented from consolidating them into a prolonged political hegemony? And what is the essential change of direction the left now needs? Explaining the Disaster Across the commercial media and the exuberant chaos of digital platforms, interpretations are multiplying. Some focus on specific episodes: Lula’s absence from the Globo debate, his very close relationship with Alexandre de Moraes, or his emphasis on issues supposedly remote from most people’s everyday concerns, such as rare earth minerals. Among the more systemic interpretations, three seem especially questionable. One argues that the principal defeat was not the left’s, since its congressional representation declined only slightly. The decisive movement captured at the ballot box, according to this view, was a shift within the right itself—from the more moderate and transactional forces of the Centrão toward the more ideological and radicalized forces of the PL and Novo. A second interpretation holds that the nature of electoral and political processes has changed. The material interests and aspirations of society, it argues, no longer play the central role they once did; they have given way to forms of subjective self-identification that the left has yet to understand. And a third concludes that, because of these two developments, we should expect a political winter: a prolonged period in which the far right and the broader right dominate Brazilian political life. There are important elements in all three interpretations. The problem lies in what they deny or leave out: Lula’s third government was a small-bore government. It offered the majorities that elected it neither a clearly better life nor reasons to believe again in politics and its power to transform society. These failures flowed from two fatal accommodations, which I will examine below. As a result, the government suffered a slow but steady erosion of support. And, as has happened in so many Western countries, it gave the far right the opportunity to present itself as anti-system and to benefit from popular frustration and distress. The interpretation that emphasizes the migration of votes from the center-right and traditional right toward the far right has been advanced, among others, by the courageous journalist Leonardo Sakamoto. In his UOL column on Monday, October 5, he highlights the miserable behavior of the traditional conservative parties. Over the past four years, they repeatedly joined forces with the “neo”-fascists, helping to “normalize” them—a criticism that could equally be directed at almost the entire corporate media. Believing they could use the far right as a stepping stone, they instead ended up partly devoured by it. This was especially true in the Senate, where the PL’s gain of 13 senators and Novo’s gain of two came at the expense of the PSD, which lost nine; the MDB, which lost two; the PSDB, which lost two; and the PP, which lost one. Sakamoto’s observation is accurate and necessary, but it leaves uncomfortable questions unanswered. Why did the erosion of the Centrão benefit the far right rather than, for example, producing growth for the left—as has happened so many times before, both in Brazil and elsewhere? The answer is not difficult. Throughout its four years in office, Lula’s third government was almost invariably associated with the Centrão. Here lies its first accommodation: accepting the limits imposed by conservative institutions; avoiding, as much as possible, any attempt to strain those limits through popular pressure; and believing only in the modest changes that could be squeezed through openings in Congress. The failure of the campaign to end the six-day workweek is emblematic. Lula could have electrified the presidential race by pairing it with a popular campaign for passage of the measure. Instead, he chose to place his hopes in the hands of Senate president Rodrigo Alcolumbre. He generated no mass mobilization, did not force his opponents onto an uncomfortable defensive, and won no victory. In September 2025, the government squandered the greatest of its many opportunities to shake up conservative power in Congress. Popular opposition to the so-called Shielding Amendment—which, if approved, would have restricted criminal proceedings against members of Congress—brought crowds into the streets, mobilized primarily by artists and social movements. This opened the possibility for a broader political education: a campaign that could begin exposing the limits and dysfunctions of Brazil’s political system while putting Bolsonaro’s movement on the defensive for its predictable support of political privilege. The amendment was defeated. But the executive branch then backed away from the fight. It remained associated with an institutional world widely seen as corrupt, elitist, and indifferent to ordinary people’s struggles. In doing so, it forfeited its credibility as a vehicle for the protest vote. On Sunday, it reaped the bitter fruits. Are We Doomed? Taking a different approach from Sakamoto, the philosopher Moysés Pinto Neto and other writers have drawn attention, in their first analyses of October 4, to the fragmentation of the public sphere produced by Big Tech platforms. Through their algorithms, these platforms present each person with a different view of social reality. As a consequence, it becomes much harder to identify common material problems and demands—for example, the fight for labor rights or for a properly funded public health system. Voters no longer embrace such demands, these authors argue, because they no longer see themselves as part of a collective. Instead, they tend to value the identities assigned to them by neoliberal subjectivity—the role of the entrepreneur, for example. On this interpretation, the left’s possible error lies in clinging to outdated illusions. Moysés’s warning is highly relevant and resonates with arguments such as Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor’s “Apocalyptic Fascism and the Billionaires’ Bet.” Unlike a century ago, the far right no longer promises a radiant future. It concentrates instead on resentment—especially that of young men. “They belong to a generation that fears it may never own a home, but compensates with the pleasure it gets from constantly provoking progressives online. Convinced their future has been stolen, they share memes romanticizing historical authoritarian regimes,” the authors write. But Moysés seems to confuse this danger with inevitability. He fails to see that the left’s answer cannot be adaptation. On the contrary, it must strengthen the possibility of politics as collective action. Nor does he recognize that precisely such a reversal is already becoming possible in some of the most promising mobilizations of the twenty-first century: the election, at the end of 2025, of the young Muslim Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York, on a platform centered on the intensely material fight for an affordable city; the Left Party’s victory in Berlin two weeks ago, built around the demand to expropriate private real-estate corporations; and the very recent wave of demonstrations in Spain—including an occupation of Madrid’s Puerta del Sol—in which tens of thousands of young people mobilized by the Tenants’ Union have demanded limits on rents. By putting itself in the straitjacket of the “fiscal framework” in the first months of 2022, Lula’s third government adopted the second fatal accommodation of its term. Faced with conservative institutions and a country devastated by four years of Bolsonaro, increased public investment was the government’s remaining weapon for offering a more dignified life to the majority and forging an anti-conservative pact with them. The same state that disburses 1 trillion reais a year to enrich a small class of rentiers could instead spend money to extend the Family Health Strategy to every Brazilian, at a cost of 30 billion reais; provide full-day public schooling and childcare to all adolescents and children—and, especially, relief to their mothers; achieve universal sanitation while cleaning up polluted urban rivers; multiply metro systems; begin transforming the urban peripheries; and undertake many other urgently needed projects. In April 2023, an article in Outras Palavras warned that the fiscal framework could “shrink the Lula government and preserve the forces that condemn the country to inequality and regression.” A year later, another article showed that restraints on public spending were strangling policies vital to ordinary people and undermining the president’s popularity. In November 2024 came a reality check, in the form of the government’s humiliating defeat in the municipal elections. Even then, the fiscal lock was neither removed nor loosened. On the contrary: throughout the government’s four years, fiscal restraint remained central to its political narrative. The administration proudly proclaimed that it had “put the state’s accounts in order,” without grasping either how misleading that phrase was—given the payment of 1 trillion reais in interest—or how badly the message was hurting it politically. Lula finally woke up in September 2026. The increase in Bolsa Família benefits, after four years of being frozen; the announcement that anti-obesity drugs would be offered through Brazil’s public health system; and the ban on online betting showed that the state has the power to act decisively on behalf of the majority when those in government are willing to confront obstacles. The huge marches that closed the campaign in Fortaleza, Salvador, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo on the eve of October 4 showed how such initiatives can mobilize activists and the broader public. But it was too late—and too little to change the outcome of the first round. History has not ended The possibility of a turnaround in the three weeks leading up to November 25 cannot be ruled out. It will not be simple or easy. Lula must not only make up a deficit of 2.2 million votes; he must also offset the movement of voters who backed other right-wing candidates in the first round, most of whom are likely to move toward Flávio Bolsonaro. Pulling that off will require a broad, grassroots effort to win over voters, potentially reinforced by new initiatives from Lula. The coming hours and days will be decisive. If Bolsonaro’s movement also wins the presidency, the result will create a high-risk situation for Brazilian sovereignty and democracy. The enormous challenges posed by such an outcome would require the left to reexamine, in depth and with a genuine willingness to engage in self-criticism, its political projects—or its lack of them—and its practices. But would that mean we are condemned to the long winter of far-right hegemony that some analyses are beginning to forecast? It is far too early to say, suggests a recent text by Álvaro García Linera, the thinker who served as vice president of Bolivia under Evo Morales. His central hypothesis is that this political current will prove short-lived. At a moment when the entire world is once again talking about sovereignty and protecting national economies, the far right offers a stale, recolonizing neoliberalism. Its submission to the United States is as blatant and pathetic as Flávio and Eduardo Bolsonaro’s overtures to Donald Trump. Its project amounts to something like every man for himself: greater inequality, capitalism without limits, devastation, and supremacism. Will it work? In the United States, just two years into his second term, Trump himself is reaching record levels of unpopularity and may be on the verge of losing Republican control of both the House and Senate in November. Every new beginning is difficult. Whatever the outcome of the second round, the defeats of October 4 show how profoundly the Brazilian left will have to rethink and rebuild. But just as it would be foolish to underestimate the seriousness of its mistakes, it would be equally foolish to conclude that rebuilding a political project is no longer possible. History has not ended. The times are moving faster than ever. Originally published in Portuguese by Outras Palavras. English translation by Eric Blanc; I’ve added the subtitles. More We can’t stop the far right at home or abroad without a revitalized labor movement, which is yet another reason why you should become a sustaining supporter of the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) — one of US labor’s pivotal bright spots. Relatedly, Jacobin published a short piece of mine reflecting on a decade of Bernie Sanders inspiring a whole new generation of young worker organizers.

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Second October 'event' possible with new Macs as the focus

Apple already has an unannounced product reveal expected on October 13 and rumors suggest a second round of releases could occur by the end of the month.

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Oct 5 • 10:45 PM EDT • Technology • appleinsider.com
Mundelein resident chosen as finalist in Advocate Health Has Talent competition

Mundelein resident Gerardo Ocampo was driving his wife and child home from the airport when he received a call from his supervisor at Advocate Condell Medical Center.

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Oct 5 • 1:35 PM EDT • Health • chicagotribune.com
Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt lands her next gig as Fox News contributor

Leavitt follows Kayleigh McEnany, the former press secretary who joined Fox in 2021.

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Oct 5 • 11:33 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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International Coalition Endorses Kyoto Vision For A Golden Age Of Science

An international coalition of 17 countries have endorsed the Kyoto Vision for a Golden Age of Science. A joint declaration issued at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Science and Technology in Society Forum held in Kyoto, reflects a shared ambition to renew and strengthen our science ecosystems and usher in a golden age of discovery and prosperity.

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Oct 5 • 7:23 AM EDT • Science • rttnews.com
NC House 115 candidates split on taxes, school vouchers

Rep. Lindsey Prather and Anthony Penland differ on property taxes, school vouchers and Raleigh's role in local decisions.

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Oct 5 • 5:03 AM EDT • Politics • citizen-times.com
AP Top 25 rankings: Channel 2 sports director Zach Klein’s ballot for this week

The Associated Press will release its latest top 25 rankings on Sunday afternoon.

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Oct 4 • 11:31 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Herring Gut Coastal Science Center welcomes AmeriCorps member as Assistant Environmental Educator

PORT CLYDE — Herring Gut Coastal Science Center welcomes Kayleigh Amerman to its Port Clyde team as an AmeriCorps member serving as Assistant Environmental Educator through Goodwill Northern New England’s GoodHealth Works AmeriCorps program.

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Oct 4 • 5:30 AM EDT • Science • penbaypilot.com
Free Narcan training at Bismarck-Burleigh Public Health

During the training participants learned how to administer Narcan and recognize the signs of an overdose.

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Oct 3 • 10:12 PM EDT • Health • kfyrtv.com
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Renato hails training spell for Grêmio before 'finals'

Grêmio will return to action in the Brasileirão next Wednesday (7), when they visit Remo in a clash between two teams currently in the competition’s bottom four.And coach Renato Gaúcho is countin...

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Oct 3 • 8:29 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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NC GOP leaders to call special session on fuel prices

The Senate and House Republican leaders have not set a date for lawmakers to return to Raleigh.

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Oct 3 • 7:26 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Free Narcan training at Bismarck-Burleigh Public Health

Narcan is a medication that temporarily restores breathing during an overdose caused by fentanyl or other opioids.

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Oct 3 • 4:16 PM EDT • Health • kfyrtv.com
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‘No brainer’: Growing trend of Chinese tourists booking business-class flights

Chinese holidaymakers are increasingly upgrading to ‘premium travel’ to make their well-earned leisure time more pleasurable, say insiders.

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Oct 3 • 9:00 AM EDT • Business • scmp.com