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Opinion: Revaluation delay sacrifices businesses without fixing Hartford’s finances

Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam wants to delay the city’s property revaluation as shifting home and office values threaten its financial stability.

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Sep 7 • 4:00 AM EDT • Business • hartfordbusiness.com
Lewis Hamilton denies blame for Charles Leclerc clash

Lewis Hamilton has appeared to deny any culpability for his first chicane tangle with teammate Charles Leclerc at the Italian Grand Prix. The two Ferrari drivers duelled at the start of what was a disappointing home race where Hamilton finished sixth, and Leclerc retired on lap one from a heavy crash.

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Sep 7 • 3:15 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Why health is the next frontier for debt swaps

Focused debt swaps could help to boost primary healthcare facilities, medicine availability, maternal and child health and disease prevention.

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Sep 7 • 2:44 AM EDT • Health • african.business
Will the Buccaneers be Able to Keep Guard Cody Mauch?

The upcoming free agencies of Baker Mayfield and YaYa Diaby will have a huge impact on the Bucs' ability to retain guard Cody Mauch, who has become an invaluable player for Tampa.

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Sep 7 • 12:34 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Cuba: US Embassy issues health alert due to GI pathogens like norovirus, Shigella

The US Embassy in Havana issued a health alert last week after seeing a significant increase in diarrheal illness across Cuba, associated with the continuing degradation of the water and energy infrastructure. This degradation affects water supply, and food storage and temperature control. Recent cases have included E. coli, norovirus, Shigella, and other gastrointestinal pathogens. This comes after a health alert dated August 28 which noted that Cuba’s water delivery infrastructure is increasingly unstable. The Embassy is aware of reports of residential neighborhoods that have gone for long periods without receiving water from municipal or public sources. Dengue cases surge in the Tampa Bay area Prolonged and worsening water issues and power outages caused by the regime’s mismanagement of public infrastructure impact the entire island. Water often only flows to residences when city power is on for a sufficient amount of time. Media reports indicate wells are running dry across the country due to drought, aggravating the ability to supplement water delivery. The lack of water, coupled with power shortages that have disrupted cold chain networks, can present significant health and safety challenges. We remind U.S. citizens to be aware of the risks when traveling to Cuba and take precautions. Embassy officials offer the following precautions to prevent illnesses: Avoiding Foodborne Illness: Be cautious of meat, poultry, seafood, eggs, dairy, and other perishable foods that may have been inadequately stored. Avoid foods that appear to have been sitting at room temperature for extended periods. Avoid raw or improperly washed vegetables. Be cautious of food cooked and then cooled, stored, or reheated, as improper temperature control can allow pathogens or toxins to develop. Wash hands thoroughly with soap and water before eating and after using the restroom. Hand sanitizer may be less effective against certain gastrointestinal pathogens, including norovirus. Outbreak News Today is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe Water Safety: Use only water known to be safe for drinking, brushing teeth, making ice, and cooking. Use bottled or appropriately treated water; check that bottle seals are intact before opening. Avoid ice unless the water source is known to be safe. Do not use untreated tap water to prepare beverages or food. Be aware that contamination can occur when food, utensils, and surfaces are washed with contaminated water. If You Become Ill: Stay hydrated, especially with frequent diarrhea or vomiting. Most illnesses are self-limited and improve within several days. Seek medical attention for persistent or severe diarrhea, bloody stools, high fever, significant abdominal pain, repeated vomiting, signs of dehydration, or symptoms not improving. Common medications (e.g., acetaminophen, ibuprofen, antibiotics) are frequently unavailable in Cuba; consider bringing your own supply. If you like the reporting on Outbreak News Today, please consider a paid subscription for $5/month or $30 a year. Help support the cause of this niche journalism. It is appreciated.

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Sep 6 • 11:29 PM EDT • Health • outbreaknewstoday.substack.com
Padres notes: Michael King all ‘business’ against Yankees; Nick Pivetta returns to rotation on Monday

Right-hander Randy Vasquez available out of the bullpen as the Padres work through what Nick Pivetta can give him in his first availability since April

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Sep 6 • 8:21 PM EDT • Business • sandiegouniontribune.com
‘Tree 55’ tragedy sparks Gen Z protests against cover-up in Vietnam

‘Extraordinary concession to public pressure’ reflects regime’s ‘deep concerns about an unexpected youth movement pushing for accountability’

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Sep 6 • 8:05 PM EDT • Politics • theweek.com
The science behind the beauty business

Some of Europe’s industrial champions may be in retreat, but its cosmetics sector remains a global leader, buoyed by healthy demand, recognised brands and a reputation for innovation."The fact is, the science in cosmetics is better here in Europe than anywhere else in the world,” says Pierre Morvan, CEO of Technature, a private label cosmetics manufacturer located near Brest in France’s northwestern Brittany region. “You have to have good science in order to make the difference, and that is why we invest so much in research and innovation.”Across Europe, the beauty and skincare products sector supports an estimated 3.6 million jobs, including 265,000 employed directly in the industry, according to the Cosmetics Europe trade group.. Cosmetics production contributes an estimated €11 billion to the EU economy, and generated €30 billion in export revenue last year, a €400 million rise from 2024.Technature itself has a global footprint, supplying products for 1,500 brands in 65 countries. Its range of skin gels, facial masks, nail treatments and other products include natural ingredients and extracts derived from plants, such as seaweed, that are developed and refined through science-based analysis and testing.While industry projections point to sustained growth for the foreseeable future, driven by emerging economies and wider availability of exclusive brands that were once chiefly sold by high street retailers, the sector is not immune to the impact of geopolitics and trade wars. The Trump Administration’s tariff threats have dented cosmetics exports to the EU industry's largest overseas market. After the European Parliament approved the EU-US Turnberry Agreement in June, setting a 15% levy on many EU goods, the French Federation of Beauty Companies warned that “exports are falling sharply” and urged the EU to negotiate an opt-out for cosmetics.Technature’s CEO flags South Korea as an emerging competitor, partly due to its assertive marketing efforts. “I would have to say I am a little bit scared,” Morvan says, regarding the growth potential of the South Korean cosmetics industry. “This is why science and innovation are so important if Europe is to remain the leader.”With a workforce of 200, including biologists, chemists and other scientists, around 15% of Technature’s staff work in three research and development (R&D) labs. A similar number work in four quality control and assurance facilities, where science plays a crucial in ensuring product safety in a sector that is subject to the European Cosmetics Regulation.Educational exchange between industry and academiaIn recognition of Technature’s research and innovation, Morvan was selected as one of Brest’s ambassadors to Science Comes to Town (SCTT), a European initiative to strengthen communications and understanding between science and society. Brest is one of three coastal cities in the EU-funded programme, alongside Split (in Croatia) and Kiel (in Germany). From 7-11 September, Brest will host the EU TalentOn contest featuring 100 early-career researchers from across Europe.Morvan appreciates the value of engagement with educational and scientific institutions as well as the home community. For instance, Technature collaborates closely with university partners to enhance its in-house R&D. In addition, it invites students to its labs and sends its own researchers to local institutions. "We absolutely want the students to know what the industry is all about,” Morvan says, noting that seeing science in action can help young people “understand that they can do something real with science, to create something with what they are learning.” He says another important benefit: encouraging new generations of young people to consider a career in cosmetics.Community involvement also raises awareness about Technature and the skincare industry as a whole. “The public gains recognition of the innovative company that we are, and this is important for getting new customers,” Morvan says. One of its recent innovations — tiny, colourful cosmetic pearls that release skin moisturisers on application — was showcased at this year’s VivaTech event in Paris.Morvan holds a master's degree from the Brest Business School and studied animal production and biology in Brest at the University of Western Brittany (UBO), an SCTT partner, and at the University of Tours. He got his start in business in 2002, initially working on using seaweed as a raw material in the food industry before transitioning to cosmetics. Morvan has always been interested in connecting science and business, reflecting one the goals of SCTT to enhance public-private collaboration.The invitation to participate in SCTT was unexpected. “It was a surprise to get a call from the city of Brest saying that they wanted me on this programme,” Morvan recalls, adding that officials were drawn by his company’s R&D. “It's not only theory and science fundamentals. Our science is something that is applicable to the global market — and important for the community.”Science|Business, which connects policymakers, academics and industry through its news reporting, analysis and events, is an SCTT partner.

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Sep 6 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencebusiness.net
Chivas and a show of class in San Luis Potosí

Guadalajara defeated Atlético de San Luis 0-3 on Matchday 7 of the 2026 Apertura, in a display of ruthlessness, pressure, and adaptability that once again highlighted the wealth of resources in Gabri...

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Sep 6 • 7:22 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Brewers Bullpen Enters Cubs Series in Rough Shape

Exhausted arms and limited availability put the Milwaukee Brewers in a tough spot against the Chicago Cubs.

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Sep 6 • 6:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Ranchers reeling from President Trump beef price initiatives

Cattle ranchers say let the market sort out beef prices, stop singling them out over affordability

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Sep 6 • 5:19 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumnews1.com
Which Phoenix Suns Guard Should Take Starting Spot?

Jalen Green offers explosive athleticism and scoring upside, but Collin Gillespie’s record-breaking perimeter shooting and half-court stability present a compelling case to reshape Phoenix’s projected backcourt.

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Sep 6 • 3:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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California made Gavin Newsom famous. Will it drag down his 2028 presidential ambitions?

California's Democratic governor has barely begun to address what may be his biggest political liability as he stakes a claim as an early front-runner in the Democratic Party's 2028 shadow primary.

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Sep 6 • 12:52 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
David Braun Praises Northwestern for Sticking Together After Carsello Injury

David Braun praised Northwestern’s response after center Jackson Carsello left Saturday’s game with an injury, highlighting the Wildcats’ ability to rally around their teammate and stay focused in a 34-18 win over South Dakota State.

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Sep 6 • 11:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
State lawmakers are worried about PG&E's plan to spend less money on projects

California lawmakers and Gov. Newsom face a new hurdle amid the debate over wildfire liability as the state's largest power company prepares to spend billions less than expected on energy projects it had promised.

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Sep 6 • 11:25 AM EDT • Politics • kcra.com
California Politics 360 full episode | What's next after wildfire liability proposal fails

PG&E, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric wanted to shift some of those wildfire costs onto insurance companies. This week, the California Assembly decided to scrap a plan that lawmakers put together in the final hours of the legislative session.

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Sep 6 • 11:25 AM EDT • Politics • kcra.com
Amid liability fight, California wildfire survivors urge state leaders to hold power companies accountable

As California leaders revisit the question of who should pay and how much when investor-owned utility companies cause catastrophic wildfires, wildfire victims are urging state officials to ensure the companies don't start fires in the first place.

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Sep 6 • 11:20 AM EDT • Politics • kcra.com
Foldable phones still need to fix this problem

The camera bump, or "plateau," if you're Apple, creates a stability issue when the phone lays open on a flat surface. Samsung's Z Fold 8 still hasn't solved it.

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Sep 6 • 10:00 AM EDT • Technology • engadget.com
'Extreme' transistor can withstand heat of 1000-plus F — priming it for use in Venus-bound probes

The silicon carbide transistor is designed to avoid low controllability and current leakage, which typically become problems at high temperatures.

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Sep 6 • 7:00 AM EDT • Science • livescience.com
The T’s unreliability is outrageous. Why do we put up with it?

The quality of MBTA service has real bearing on Massachusetts’ competitiveness and its ability to retain workers.

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Sep 6 • 6:22 AM EDT • Business • bostonglobe.com
Meet the founder: 23-year-old coffee shop owner puts it all online

Pertinacious Coffee founder translates relatability online into sales.

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Sep 6 • 5:51 AM EDT • Business • axios.com
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Affordability takes center stage as Shapiro and Garrity craft their economic pitch for Pennsylvania voters

Exhausted by high gas prices and stagnant wages, voters most want the candidates to address cost-of-living concerns, according to a recent poll.

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Sep 6 • 5:01 AM EDT • Politics • inquirer.com
Twins 6, White Sox 4: Y’all Come Back Now

The Twins may only have 68 wins on the year, but the ability to come back from deficits both early and late seems to have defined manager Derek Shelton’s early tenure with the team. Tonight, down 3-0 after the first inning, Minnesota put together a midgame rally to even the series one apiece, and deliver […]

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Sep 5 • 10:25 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Pete Buttigieg talks unions, Brent Spence Bridge at Labor Day picnic

Buttigieg, a potential presidential candidate in 2028, spoke about affordability, gerrymandering and the Brent Spence Bridge at the Labor Day picnic.

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Sep 5 • 6:48 PM EDT • Politics • cincinnati.com
California’s healthcare affordability office claims power to punish overspending hospitals

Year after year Californians watch their health bills increase faster than their wages — for some, to the point where care becomes unaffordable. Four years ago, the state created an

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Sep 5 • 6:25 PM EDT • Health • hanfordsentinel.com
California’s healthcare affordability office claims power to punish overspending hospitals

Year after year Californians watch their health bills increase faster than their wages — for some, to the point where care becomes unaffordable. Four years ago, the state created an

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Sep 5 • 6:25 PM EDT • Business • hanfordsentinel.com
3 Things To Learn From Newcastle 2-2 AFC Bournemouth

Late defensive lapses haunt the Cherries despite Alex Scott’s midfield masterclass and a defensive clinic from Adrien Truffert. Marco Rose must solve the squad's costly inability to close out games when the going gets tough.

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Sep 5 • 4:35 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Why Is Caesars Entertainment (CZR) Reassessing Guest Safety After A Liability Verdict?

Caesars Entertainment (NasdaqGS:CZR) was found liable in a high-profile lawsuit over alleged systemic security failures at the LINQ Promenade, following a severe assault that left a guest with life-altering injuries. The verdict highlights concerns about security management and guest safety practices across Caesars properties. Investors are weighing potential reputational effects along with possible changes to operating procedures and regulatory scrutiny. This kind of legal and operational...

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Sep 5 • 3:05 PM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
California’s Healthcare Affordability Office Claims Power to Punish Overspending Hospitals

Noozhawk republishes news articles from CalMatters on state and local policy issues that affect Santa Barbara County readers. Year after

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Sep 5 • 1:48 PM EDT • Health • noozhawk.com
White Sox Have Munetaka Murakami Problem

Munetaka Murakami had a lot of doubters.Coming over from Japan as a free agent in the offseason, many were concerned about his ability to make contact. The Chicago White Sox got him for a relative discount because of that.Murakami’s raw power was never in question. The question was whether he’d put together good enough at […] The post White Sox Have Munetaka Murakami Problem appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 5 • 1:26 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Independent journalism in global health: Priti Patnaik

Independent journalism in global health: Priti Patnaik / Gevorg Tamamyan, global health financing, Global Health Policy, health accountability, health

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Sep 5 • 1:15 PM EDT • Health • oncodaily.com
Weak hydrogen bonds dethrone copper as the most stable metal binder, opening a new path for metal selection

- KAIST researchers reversed a decades-old metal-complex stability trend by tuning weak hydrogen bonds around the complexes without altering the metals’ direct coordination environments - The discovery could provide new design strategies for selective metal separation and recognition, catalysis, and biomimetic systems

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Sep 5 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • eurekalert.org
We Need a Cure for AI Health Hype

AI evangelists’ bold predictions about the technology’s ability to cure all diseases are overblown and oversimplified, writes Arianna Huffington.

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Sep 5 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • time.com
Nevada sex industry reports business increase amid economic uncertainty

While many Las Vegas industries are struggling amid an affordability crisis and slower tourism, one industry claims it’s seeing the opposite.

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Sep 5 • 1:11 AM EDT • Business • 8newsnow.com
Bishop Arts business owners call for accountability after overnight break-ins

A quick break-in was caught on camera, then another theft followed hours later. Owners say they want whoever did it held accountable.

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Sep 4 • 10:21 PM EDT • Business • nbcdfw.com
Rangers’ Quantrill Emerges as Crucial Weapon in Postseason Push

Cal Quantrill’s dominance against the Tampa Bay Rays solidifies his role as a versatile powerhouse for the Texas Rangers, providing rotation stability and bullpen depth.

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Sep 4 • 10:19 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Florida State vs. SMU availability report

Florida State football and SMU open conference play on Monday night with a Labor Day matchup from Doak Campbell Stadium, the first-ever meeting between the schools in Tallahassee. For the second year in a row, the ACC will mandate that schools release availability reports 48, 24, and two hours before kickoff for all in-conference matchups. […]

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Sep 4 • 8:02 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Politics Unusual: NYC Council Education Chair Eric Dinowitz, NY State Courts Officer Bobby Keane

In this episode of Politics Unusual, Eric Dinowitz, Chair of the New York City Council's Education Committee, breaks down the city's new moratorium on AI in elementary and middle schools. Plus, State Court Officer Bobby Kane discusses his fight to close a legal gap preventing some 9/11 recovery worker from receiving enhanced disability benefits.

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Sep 4 • 7:47 PM EDT • Politics • fox5ny.com
Lawmakers, scientists, weigh in on extreme weather liability after Superfund struck down
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Sep 4 • 6:11 PM EDT • Science • cbs6albany.com
Player Availability Report: #DALvSKC

Player Availability Report is SportingKC.com’s look at the latest status updates around the team ahead of upcoming matches and is presented by Saint Luke’s. All details listed are from the league’s official Player Status Report that is submitted the day prior to the match. Sporting Kansas City is back on

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Sep 4 • 6:09 PM EDT • Sports • sportingkc.com
Aaron Donald is ‘TBD’ for Week 1

Sean McVay confirmed that he expects every player on the Rams roster to travel to Australia for Week 1’s game against the 49ers next Thursday, which does include Aaron Donald. According to Ian Rapoport, Donald is still ‘TBD’ for his Week 1 availability against San Francisco. The Rams can carry Donald on their roster for […]

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Sep 4 • 3:53 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Michigan House candidate Katrina Manetta talks about healthcare access and affordability

Manetta is challenging Republican state Rep. Ron Robinson in the 58th District in the Nov. 3 election.

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Sep 4 • 3:30 PM EDT • Politics • michiganindependent.com
Plain Language as Scientific Accountability: How to Communicate Science Beyond Academic Audiences

This joint UW/Fred Hutch—Penn CFAR session brings the two CFARs together in conversation around how we communicate science beyond academic audiences. This session will present examples of technical language from HIV cure, prevention, and treatment research and ask what happens when the people most affected by the science cannot easily understand what researchers are saying. […]

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Sep 4 • 3:13 PM EDT • Science • avac.org
Armor Health and the Stark County Sheriff's Office Partner in Launching PATH Program at Stark County Jail and Celebrate First Graduates

/PRNewswire/ -- Armor Health (ArmorHealthcare.com), a national provider of correctional healthcare, has launched the Prevention, Accountability, Treatment &...

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Sep 4 • 2:32 PM EDT • Health • prnewswire.com
Texas House Select Committee on Health Care Affordability Holds Hearing on Bringing Down Costs

The committee heard testimony from billionaire Mark Cuban, among others.

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Sep 4 • 1:13 PM EDT • Health • thetexan.news
The AI free zone: Why infrastructure modernization is important even if your midsized business isn’t investing in AI technologies

Discover why strategic IT modernization—not just AI—is the key to growth for midsized businesses. Learn how infrastructure upgrades drive security, scalability, and operational resilience.

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Sep 4 • 11:56 AM EDT • Business • spiceworks.com
Gilchrist and Ann Arbor politicians discuss affordability and civic engagement at College Dems event

Students gathered at the Michigan Union Thursday evening to meet Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist, Michigan secretary of state candidate, and other local political officials. The event, hosted by College Democrats at the University of Michigan, featured conversations about data centers, housing, and the importance of voting.

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Sep 4 • 10:50 AM EDT • Politics • michigandaily.com
Key Chiefs Guard Focused On Availability Against Broncos
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Sep 4 • 9:02 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Why dogs tilt their heads, according to science

Dogs have developed the ability to parse human speech in ways that mirror our own.

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Sep 4 • 9:00 AM EDT • Science • popsci.com
News | Business travel has changed and hotels can do more to adapt

Office demand, flight availability, experiential stays all play a part

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Sep 4 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • costar.com
California's healthcare affordability office claims power to punish overspending hospitals

The state's new penalty framework could fine hospitals and insurers up to 125% of overspending, with enforcement starting as early as 2028.

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Sep 4 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • calmatters.org
TN Politics: Will Memphis leaders take tougher stance against federal agencies?

The National Guard and ICE are operating in legal gray areas with little to no accountability. Otis Sanford says its time for mayors to speak out.

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Sep 4 • 7:30 AM EDT • Politics • wknofm.org
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Former Nebraska running back impressing Kansas City Chiefs

Nebraska football alum Emmett Johnson is standing out to the Kansas City Chiefs' coaching staff due to his blocking ability.

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Sep 4 • 6:15 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Used books are big business in CT again. ‘People are just reading more in general’.

Whether it’s about cost, availability or a rediscovered love of browsing and collecting, stores and book fairs that specialize in used or out-of-print books are booming.

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Sep 4 • 6:00 AM EDT • Business • courant.com
Jordan Davis describes accountability between him and Jalen Carter

Jordan Davis detailed how accountability is helping the Eagles’ defensive line improve

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Sep 4 • 5:40 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Apple Is Testing a Four-HomePod Surround System, Code Suggests

Apple appears to be working on some major new HomePod home theater features, including a four-speaker surround sound system and a new "Party Mode," according to code found in audioOS 27 beta 8, and shared on the MacRumors forums by member pdfu. References in the software for the second-generation HomePod suggest the ability to tune for a setup with front-left, front-right, rear-left, and rear-right HomePods.

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Sep 4 • 5:29 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Xbox adds monthly cloud limits to Game Pass as it "continues to invest in its reliability and performance"

Once caps are reached, players can purchase additional cloud playtime hours through the Xbox Store

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Sep 4 • 3:37 AM EDT • Technology • gamesindustry.biz
No license, no inspection, no accountability — who is protecting women?

In early August, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed into law expansion of abortion from 24 weeks through the entire pregnancy. While many celebrated, Colorado serves as a staunch warning of the unintended consequences of unrestricted, unregulated abortion. Whether pro-life or pro-choice, Coloradans agree women deserve high-quality, safe, compassionate care. Colorado voters mistakenly believed a constitutional right to […]

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Sep 4 • 2:45 AM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
When War Pays: Trump, Iran, and the Politics of Private Gain

A Democratic congressional analysis does not prove financial motive, but it highlights a deeper accountability problem when a president can shape energy

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Sep 4 • 1:52 AM EDT • Politics • counterpunch.org
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Built-in backlash: Musk’s toxicity complicates his return to politics

Jen Psaki looks at how Elon Musk's tone deafness on issues like data centers and his evident antisemitism, not to mention his image as a villain to many Americans since his disastrous implementation of DOGE at the start of Trump's second term, makes him a likely political liability for Republicans even as he hopes to help them financially. Jesse Lehrich and Rob Flaherty, co-hosts of the "Nobody Knows Anything" show, join to discuss.

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Sep 3 • 9:24 PM EDT • Politics • ms.now
Ninth annual Health Care for Maine conference tackles rising medical debt, legislative future

Health Care for Maine’s 9th annual conference saw several health organizations gather to discuss the state of health care affordability in Maine, as well as the changes coming from federal legislation.

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Sep 3 • 6:13 PM EDT • Health • wabi.tv
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WUSA9 (Washington, D.C.) is your source for breaking news, D.C. area weather, traffic, and live coverage in the nation’s capital and surrounding communities. Get the latest updates from the WUSA9 team — from major local headlines and investigations to severe weather, community stories, and the moments everyone’s talking about. Watch live newscasts, stream breaking coverage, and catch up on the top stories shaping Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia, and suburban Maryland. Subscribe for: • D.C. area breaking news + live updates • Weather forecasts and severe weather alerts • Investigations and accountability reporting • Community stories across the region • Major events, sports, and local explainers WUSA9 — Washington, D.C. news and weather, live and on demand. 🔗 More: https://www.wusa9.com 🔗 Stream on your TV: https://www.tv.wusa9.com

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Tesla Introduces 'Automatic Collision Evasion' for Manual Drives

Tesla has quietly added a major new active safety capability to its vehicles, turning its autonomous driving software into an emergency crash-prevention tool

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Sep 3 • 4:36 PM EDT • Technology • notateslaapp.com
Help available for Mainers struggling to afford healthcare

Rising affordability challenges are forcing some Mainers to drop their health insurance coverage but healthcare advocates said financial help is still available. Residents who use the state’s marketplace, CoverME.gov, will see rate increases of more than 13% next year while small-group market rates jump nearly 15% — another double-digit increase. Ann Woloson, executive director of the Augusta-based group

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Sep 3 • 4:35 PM EDT • Health • mainebeacon.com
Women on parole face higher rates of mental health, housing challenges

Women on parole report higher rates of housing instability, poor health and serious mental health and substance use disorders than men on parole and than women who weren’t on parole, according to a new analysis from the nonpartisan think tank Council on Criminal Justice.

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Sep 3 • 3:25 PM EDT • Health • stateline.org
How Close Are Scientists To Creating "Digital Twins" Of Human Brains? If Technology Can Catch Up, The Uses Could Be Endless

A digital twin would recreate a single brain and retain the ability to learn, adapt, and respond like the original.

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Sep 3 • 10:49 AM EDT • Science • iflscience.com
College football watchability tiers: Ranking every Week 1 game

There are 43 college football games matching two teams from the Bowl Subdivision. We ranked all of them and placed them into four distinct tiers.

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Sep 3 • 5:12 AM EDT • Sports • usatoday.com
My book was a financial failure but it led to career opportunities

Melissa Petro discusses her journey from landing a six-figure book deal to navigating the challenges of publishing and sustainability as an author.

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Sep 3 • 5:05 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Fiber optic cables reveal ‘icequakes’ in endangered glaciers

The technology could help create an early-warning system for changes in ice stability.

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Sep 3 • 4:30 AM EDT • Science • grist.org
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Samara Aerospace tests reliability of attitude control technology with National Science Foundation award

Samara Aerospace tests reliability of attitude control technology with National Science Foundation award

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Parenting in political chaos: Guide for families

Help children build confidence amidst political instability by modeling calm behavior and encouraging independent thinking.

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Sep 2 • 1:02 PM EDT • Politics • vnews.com
From Pandemic Prevention to Pharmaceutical Resilience: Why Health Security Should Be Part of US-Taiwan Economic Security Cooperation

As strategic competition in the Indo-Pacific region intensifies, Washington increasingly views Taiwan as both a reliable partner for democracy and regional stability, and as a critical contributor to supply-chain resilience and technology security. However, one important area has room for improvement: health security and pharmaceutical resilience.

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Sep 2 • 8:50 AM EDT • Health • globaltaiwan.org
What Happens When AI Starts Doing Business with AI?

As AI agents increasingly interact with one another on commercial platforms, firms need new rules governing what those agents can see, decide, and do. In a controlled AI-to-AI simulation covering 160 governance runs and 2,560 observations, researchers tested four governance mechanisms: information disclosure, agent autonomy, reputation signals, and structured interaction protocols. Rich, machine-readable information helped agents identify promising counterparties, while greater autonomy improved their ability to move opportunities toward commitment. Reputation signals helped agents determine which opportunities deserved attention. Rigid interaction protocols, however, reduced engagement and exchange progression. The findings suggest that firms should establish clear levels of agent authority, run bounded experiments, provide structured information and reputation signals, and design explicit handoffs from agents to human decision-makers.

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Sep 2 • 8:15 AM EDT • Business • hbr.org
NOAA announces priorities to promote science-based American seafood dominance

Today, NOAA announced priorities for advancing reforms within NOAA Fisheries to move towards regulations grounded in science that support American seafood dominance. These agency-level actions follow the Regional Priorities guidance that was released on July 2, 2026, to apply the same standard of accountability to NOAA’s own opera

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Johns Hopkins Health Plans taps interim CEO as it searches for successor

Daniel Chojnowski, JHHP’s current CFO, will provide stability so that the Baltimore-area insurer can recruit full-time for its next chief executive, the company said.

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Sep 2 • 5:59 AM EDT • Health • healthcaredive.com
August Monthly Review: ChatGPT In Epic

Death, taxes, another frontier lab healthcare launch inspiring truly insane LinkedIn takes. As much as I want to stay away, I repeatedly am the crewman unplugging his ears whenever we pass these sirens. So it’s not the first and probably not the last time we dial up the typewriter rather than tie ourselves to the mast. The full blow-by-blow timeline: Health API Guy is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe The End of the Standalone PHR (Jan 8): ChatGPT Health arrives for consumers, at the time powered by b.well. I was bullish on the approach in that the best way for the PHR to finally solve distribution was to meet consumers were they already are (i.e. When Horizontal Meets Healthcare (Jan 9): OpenAI for Healthcare puts out the shingle for enterprises, with SharePoint ingestion standing in for the EHR integration the product actually needed. Another One: Anthropic’s Healthcare Debut (Jan 16): Claude's version, on HealthEx rails instead of b.well, with Agent Skills for FHIR development as the one true vertical-specific investment. ChatGPT for Clinicians: The Trap Sprung (Apr 24): OpenAI filled in the missing GTM middle with a free product for verified clinicians, effectively peeling the enterprise wrapper off ChatGPT for Healthcare and taking the PLG fight directly to OpenEvidence. OpenAI’s Second Attempt at Health (Jul 31): a relaunch of their patient specific app, now branded Health in ChatGPT, where the privacy partition came out, the connectors thinned, and b.well disappeared in favor of first-party FHIR work against a smaller network Beyond a Shingle So what was announced now? Today, we’re introducing a new electronic health record integration that brings authorized patient context from Epic into ChatGPT for Healthcare, along with the Healthcare Public Data plugin for direct, structured access to official healthcare datasets like PubMed, DailyMed, and CMS Coverage. Together, these capabilities bring ChatGPT closer to the systems and sources healthcare teams trust, while supporting the controls and compliance healthcare work requires. The core portfolio is unchanged from prior announcements we delineated and discussed (aside from the relaunch of patient-facing). Since trade publications still seem to be confusing them by using the wrong names: Enterprise sales motion: ChatGPT for Healthcare Protecting their core product / PLG: ChatGPT for Clinicians Consumer/patient-facing product: Health in ChatGPT So really, this is a feature release (specifically for ChatGPT for Healthcare when it comes to EHR integration). What’s cool about it, though, is that we are moving beyond just putting out a shingle. Everything in the January enterprise launch was horizontalizable: Horizontal tech companies thus generally start verticalization with their “putting out a shingle phase”. Telling the world you’re open for business as a horizontal tech company reliably attracts early inbound interest from buyers who are already trying to force-fit horizontal tools into domain-specific workflows and are eager for any signal that the vendor intends to support their use case more directly. Nothing was really vertical specific, which is exactly what you'd expect from the ultimate hypergrowth horizontal company dipping their toes into specific industries. But eventually you have to stop changing the sign on the door and start changing the product. Can you guess where the horizontal product was going to run out of road? This is the core dilemma writ large: verticalization requires differentiation, while scale economics of consumer and horizontal push toward unification. I’ve buried the lede so deep here it will be painful to some readers, but what should be shocking to no one is that my perspective is that EHR integration is the only path that meaningfully resolves this tension for ChatGPT for Healthcare. Integration with Microsoft Sharepoint is fine, but it is categorically insufficient for any product that hopes to influence clinical decision-making. SMART Money Well here we are, eight months later! Real vertical investment has begun, which surprised a few people. One friend in the industry messaged me: “Absolutely no way Epic gave ChatGPT API access.” Looking forensically at the announcements, the integration is notably read-only across appointment notes, laboratory results, medications, and specialist documentation. So while I’m not a betting man, I'd wager the house this is a SMART on FHIR launch: That sounds a lot like USCDI! The recommended path for the workflow they outline would be SMART on FHIR Their Health AI lead’s post is evocative of both standalone and EHR launch SMART, which another termed “ChartGPT” and “EHR Plugin” The implementation burden for SMART on FHIR is the lowest of the available integrative paths This is the team who literally did patient-facing SMART on FHIR with Epic last month Most importantly, if you’re a horizontal company, you generally still haven’t taken the full plunge and thus (overly) value reusability. SMART on FHIR is the logical compromise: healthcare-specific enough to matter, but standardized enough to reuse. Nobody Asked Judy Another friend asked “I thought they had to go to each health system, or did they go direct to Epic and now health systems opt in?” Given the trust paradigms in healthcare, this functionally cannot be Epic hoovering up all the data for OpenAI and shoving ChatGPT in their customers’ faces (or they would revolt). However, I do believe the aforementioned terrible coverage by TechCrunch and other outlets is probably responsible for that question, given the 325 million reference. When using FHIR as a business associate to an Epic customer, there is no EHR gatekeeping to speak of, as that isn’t how fhir.epic.com works: You register an app You pick your APIs You test against the sandbox APIs You list as “Ready for Production” Hospitals pick your app You test and go live with them Bluntly, nobody had to say yes or no in Verona (nor were they given the chance). Vendor Services (their next developer tier up that I doubt OpenAI is using quite yet in this initial release) certainly has contractual paperwork that some resent, but even there, the twin pressures of mounting antitrust and information blocking make outright gatekeeping increasingly fraught. My friend’s sentiment is, to me, representative of a broader industry neurosis, perhaps a sort of scar tissue of prior eras: people assume the gate is still there and never actually try the door. There are certainly other ways Epic (and any EHR) can put its thumb on the scale, but they are not so dumb as to stand in front of a federally mandated API and play bouncer at this exact moment in time. So I think they can and probably should go deeper, as this release is at best parity and at worst behind vertical-specific competition. OpenEvidence did a basic SMART launch with Sutter Health in February, allowing for more convenient evidence search by providers. They then add patient-context (the equivalent SMART on FHIR flow to what we see here) when Cedars-Sinai went enterprise-wide in May. UpToDate has four distinct applications across deeper workflows like patient engagement listed in Epic Showroom and announced a partnership with Epic to power Art at UGM Abridge and other ambient scribes have invested deeply into the deepest bidirectional clinical copilot workflow with integrations well beyond SMART on FHIR. In that light, the “Who is OpenAI primarily targeting here?” is clear. This release brings them into striking distance of OpenEvidence, but not the others quite yet. They are the only one of the three you can reach without building something truly Epic-specific. When will they go further? Competition is a great motivator to overcome the horizontal demons and start building things that can’t be reused: not across industries, not across EHRs, maybe not past the customer you built them for. That’s the price of actually verticalizing. The question is if and when OpenAI will be willing to pay it. Month in Review Here is the monthly review. As a reminder, this is a regular round-up of the month’s posts and other content to surface things you may have missed across regulation, litigation, interoperability, and beyond. AI assistance is used in these bullet summaries so I can focus on articles. Articles Published: None this month Video Content: The Information Exchange: Standards-based Thruple Edition (Aug 14): Back to school for us too, with Brad reporting in from the CMS Health Tech Ecosystem’s one year anniversary in DC. We get into the January CMS-0057 deadline, the fall rulemaking reading list, and why enrollment still keeps most apps off FHIR. The Information Exchange: Epic Dúnadan Edition (Aug 25): A UGM roundup with Ryan Brickner joining for the first time to check our takes against what the building actually thinks. Rangers, Ergo sitting on top of EHI, and a down-market lineup that needs some cuts. Regulatory: Stacked Deck, Bad Hand (Aug 05): ONC’s website refresh took the entire HIT Policy Committee record with it, so I rebuilt the archive and went looking for the regulatory capture story everyone assumes is buried in there. Stacking the deck and winning the hand turn out to be very different things. The Sixth Generation of Patient Access (Aug 19): A quick catalog of the five generations of patient access we’ve layered on since HIPAA, and the two candidates now competing to be the sixth. One is planned. The other is the market routing around the plan entirely. Court cases: Three Cases Walk Into a Docket (Aug 06): Two surprise settlements cleared the board in a single week, and then Judge Maddox dropped ninety-four pages on Vyne v. Henry Schein. The sleeper is a DMCA holding that makes direct-to-database a considerably riskier business model. Epic v. Health Gorilla: Into the MDL (Aug 10): Nine class actions are headed to Miami, and the Panel signaled it wants to bring the case that spawned them along too. That would leave Epic arguing the requests were obviously fraudulent in one courtroom and unknowable in the other. Amazon v. Perplexity: Agents Are Legalized! (Aug 11): The Ninth Circuit vacated the injunction against Comet, holding that the user is the one accessing the servers rather than the company that built the agent. A real win for agentic access, and a much narrower one than the headline suggests. Veeva v. Epic: Come At Me, Bro (Aug 26): Epic’s response brief wants the dismissal affirmed and, unusually, wants the opinion published as precedent. Buried in it is Epic’s own description of what its non-competes actually prohibit, which current and former employees should read closely. EHRs: The Contract Epic Would Never Sign Today (Aug 04): A 1999 SEC exhibit catches Epic licensing nearly its entire product line, Tapestry included, to the company that became TriZetto. The marketing services menu attached to it is the part that will make you blink. Forecast from Verona (Aug 07): The Epic Almanac makes one argument six different ways: the AI is only as good as the networks behind it. Emmie headlines, Art’s context stack is the most ambitious part, and Penny finally gets an autonomous coding date on the calendar. Works With Epic MyChart (Aug 17): Epic’s first new Showroom category since the death of Workshop certifies hardware instead of software, badge on the box and all. Made for iPhone, but for blood pressure cuffs, and rough news for anyone selling the RPM stack sitting in between. UGM Hot Takes 2026 (Aug 20): Everyone else covered the AI announcements, so I went after Savvy deleting the payment gateway, Rangers as Boost with the timer removed, and a down-market lineup with too many entries. Plus the Health Grid tidbits I cannot help myself on. MyChart Central Grows Up (Aug 24): Device data and Emmie turn Epic’s identity hub into a full consumer platform, which is both a logical answer to ChatGPT and a bit of a mistake. It also happens to be the best scraping target Epic has ever shipped. Industry Analysis: The Wrong Yardstick (Aug 12): Vertical software keeps getting judged against Superhuman and Notion, which is the wrong bar entirely. Your user is comparing your product to a whiteboard and forty phone calls before lunch. Primitives vs. Abstractions (Aug 27): Developers want building blocks, systems of record prefer to hand out business logic, and both sides have a real case. There’s no test from the outside that separates the engineering reason from the competitive one, which is why this keeps ending up in court. Cross-industry Comparisons: The Two Kinds of Platform Power (Aug 18): Attention power and record power are different problems that keep getting handed the same regulatory toolkit. Congress’s latest swing at Big Tech shows both what’s possible and where it falls apart. The Dogs of (Platform) War (Aug 21): A CourtListener alert turned up a property management fight with healthcare’s exact shape and none of the Cures Act. Shell prospects, ghost accounts, a notetaker bot that came back to haunt someone, and a lawyer arguing both sides of the same theory in two states. Fractals All the Way Down (Aug 31): Yardi dominates property management right up until you zoom into one segment, where AppFolio owns it outright and Yardi doesn’t appear at all. Where you draw the line around a B2B software market is about to decide an awful lot of cases. Other News: If Judy Had the Courage (Aug 13): A short eulogy for the era when software was allowed to look insane: WinAMP, bold colors, and everything the grey chatbot era has taken from us. External Media: Portland Monthly Health Tech Meetup: Erin O’Brien channeled my own feelings - maybe it’s just because it’s August and beautiful, but the monthly edition of the PDX Health community meetup was a ripper. Make sure to reach out if interested to join for the next one. STAT’s Coverage of Epic This Month: Brittany Trang of STAT did a fantastic job of breaking the FTC investigation that’s been lurking, as well as UGM related coverage, so I had to give her her wish of a meme. Fall Conferences: I’m pumped to be kicking off my fall conference season in NYC at Nabla Accelerate next month, which Chrissy provided the link to apply for. Here’s the rest of my schedule in case you want to meet up: Commonwell (Redwood Shores, CA): Oct 13-14 Open@Epic (Madison, WI): Oct 21-22 eHealthExchange (Austin, TX): Oct 27 Sequoia Project (Austin, TX): Oct 28-29 HLTH (Vegas): Nov 15-18 RSNA (Chicago): Nov 29-Dec 3 Posts I Liked: HTI-6 Should Unbundle API Certification: Josh Mandel makes the case that HTI-6 should split (g)(10) into separate authorization and data certifications, so a PACS or a genomics platform can certify only the role it actually performs. Imaging is the urgent example, but the structure solves a much bigger problem. On implementing ePrior Auth with Epic: Scott Rossignol’s field notes from a live ePrior Auth build on Epic, including the two app registrations nobody warns you about and the CPT mapping problem waiting at the end. CMS-0057 implementations are going to be such a beast. Healthcare point solutions are starting to look a lot like streaming services: Spencer Dorn runs the cable-to-streaming arc against health IT and lands squarely on the bundling half of the cycle. Bundling can be good! It can also be bad! Life is nuanced. Health API Guy is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe

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Sep 2 • 5:05 AM EDT • Health • healthapiguy.substack.com
Yankees news: Trent Grisham has become a problem

Grisham a liability in center; Jones comes full circle; Judge optimistic about return; Piggybacking; Yankees keep Topa.

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Sep 2 • 5:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
3 things AHA is asking of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners

The American Hospital Association is urging a multi-industry setter of insurance standards to paint a comprehensive picture of healthcare affordability as it informs state officials about healthcare costs.

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Sep 1 • 9:03 PM EDT • Health • healthexec.com
Nick Bosa's availability remains mystery ahead of 49ers' trip to Australia

San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa hasn't played since tearing his right ACL last September. Whether he will be ready for the team's Sept. 10 opener versus the Rams in Australia is unclear.

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What Box Office Bomb Crushed Obsession on Streaming?

(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights each week.) Before we get into this week’s issue, let me ask you for some suggestions. At the risk of coining too many names for too many things (hence my dictionary of terms...), I need a name for straight-to-streaming films that are too expensive to justify a straight-to-streaming release, but not big enough to justify a theatrical release. Like some of the films I highlighted in last week’s tally of the biggest film flops of 2026 so far: Hulu’s Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice, Pizza Movie or Never Change! They don’t feel like “made for TV movies” (think Hallmark and Lifetime movies, cheap Netflix romcoms, or Disney Channel Original movies, for example) but they don’t feel big enough for the big screen. They’re not “cinematic” enough, so to speak. As I wrote... “I still need a name for this middle zone of film that’s too expensive to go straight-to-streaming but too small to justify a theatrical release (with all the PR, distribution, marketing and whatnot costs that go along with it), the Goldilocks zone of streaming film death.” Friend of the newsletter Brandon Katz has suggested the “Bermuda Budget Triangle”, “The Platform Gap” and “The Distribution Deadzone”. I love that first one. I’d offer up the much wordier “The Streaming Budget Dead Zone” or “the Goldilocks Zone of streaming film death” but that last one isn’t accurate since, unlike Goldilocks’ porridge, these films are the opposite of “just right”. That’s the problem! Anyway, if you have any suggestions, let me know! On to today’s Streaming Ratings Report. As you can tell by today’s headline, things are going to be spicy! I’m looking at a box office bomb that did really, really well on streaming, somewhat challenging a few different narratives. And another Netflix series declined in its second season. All that, plus Wicked: For Good switching streamers, The Hawk continuing its strong run, _The Bear’_s finale season finally dropping off the charts, the WNBA posting a big viewership number, “shallow libraries”, a sitcom spinoff failing to launch, more big budget IP flopping on Paramount+, all the flops, bombs and misses, and a whole lot more. Let’s dive right in! (Reminder: The streaming ratings report focuses on the U.S. market and compiles data from Nielsen’s weekly top ten viewership ranks, Luminate’s Top Ten Data, JustWatch and Reelgood interest data, Samba TV household viewership, company datecdotes, Netflix hours viewed data, Google Trends, and IMDb to determine the most popular content. While most data points are current, Nielsen’s data covers the weeks of July 20th to July 26th, 2026. You can find a link to my terminology here.) Subscribe Film - The Latest Theatrical Success Story on Streaming In the latest edition of “Flops, Bombs and Misses of the First Half of 2026”, I made a crucial change: I started including theatrical films with the streaming misses. The streamers have collectively—including Netflix, but not to as big of an extent—stopped making a lot of straight-to-streaming films, and the ones they do make aren’t as expensive as in the heyday of the streaming bubble. After the following two films bombed in theaters, you’d guess that they’ll be included in my next collection of flops, bombs and misses six months from now: Masters of the Universe on Prime Video (only $64 million domestic box office) Mortal Kombat II on HBO Max ($79 million domestic) But you’d be wrong! Masters of the Universe, a reboot of the He-Man franchise, a toy from the 1980s, came to streaming on 22-July and did great! This long-gestating project—it’s been at every studio for years, and came close to getting a greenlight at Netflix—then finally came to theaters in June, and showed up on streaming less than two months later. (I don’t love this short theatrical window.) It surprisingly grabbed nearly 20 million hours on its debut: That means, wait for it, Masters of the Universe is currently the eighth biggest film on streaming through two weeks. My rough bar for “hit” is shows or films in the top 15%. Ergo…Masters of the Universe is a legit, streaming hit! (One quick caveat: if it falls out of the top ten next week, it will move to 13th overall, just on the edge of the top 15.) Of course, that’s the data for just 2026. Here’s how it stacks up to Prime Video’s theatrical films: That drop into its second week is typical for Amazon films, but also a worrying sign. I have a feeling interest in this film is front-loaded and we’ll see it drop off after this. As for Mortal Kombat II, in this case, the viewership numbers roughly match the theatrical outing, with only 4.1 million hours in its first week. Here’s how it stacks up to other HBO Max films: The best defense of this number is that, as a relatively violent rated-R film, Mortal Kombat II never had a good chance at breaking out. So now it’s time for a little big of “Entertainment Nuance Guy”: First, yeah, my headline is obviously facetious, since Masters of the Universe besting Obsession says more about horror as a genre than it does that film. Second, I read and listened to quite a few “nobody wanted this IP” takes about Masters of the Universe, and that’s not really true. At least enough people wanted it to power a 20 million+ hour debut! Third, both this film and Mortal Kombat II were considered “average” by viewers, but not great films, with a 6.4 and 6.3 respectively on IMDb. That’s just shy of the level needed to be a word-of-mouth hit. Fourth, in the olden days, strong word of mouth could transform a box office miss into a cable/DVD hit, like Austin Powers or The Shawshank Redemption. We haven’t seen a lot of examples of that on streaming, though. And there are far fewer ways to monetize the post-theatrical life of a film these days. Fifth, Prime Video has shown an ability to push their own titles well, likely because they control the Amazon Fire TV ecosystem. Add it all up, and here’s my nuanced take on Masters of the Universe: it was a box office bomb, but, shockingly, a streaming hit. Unfortunately, while being a theatrical hit saves your film financially, being a streaming hit does not. Both Masters of the Universe and Mortal Kombat II had big budgets and needed to make more money in theaters to justify them. So…Straight-to-Streaming or Theaters? We’ve hit a really fun point in the streaming calendar, since the films that came out in theaters in April, May, and June are now arriving on streaming. So the “Do theatrical releases help streaming performances?” question is gonna get a fresh round of updates nearly every week. No single week will answer the question, but we may get some insights. For example, so far in 2026, it looks like theatrical films are lasting longer on the weekly Nielsen film charts. Here’s a list of films that have made the charts in their fourth or fifth week of release, separated by “for kids” and “general entertainment”: It certainly seems like theatrical films are lasting just a pinch longer on the charts, with Project Hail Mary being the current five-week champion. One Battle After Another did well for HBO Max too, and even The Sheep Detectives made it four weeks. The only exception to this trend? Obsession, which only lasted two weeks on the charts. You might tempted to overreact to this news. Don’t. Obsession is a huge horror hit, but horror just doesn’t do as well on streaming. By the way, here’s the Google Trends for various theatrical and stremaing films: Plus, when it comes to Netflix in four months, Obsession may have another big boost. Quick Notes on Film Note that when I write, “the streamers have pulled back on straight-to-streaming films” that doesn’t mean “abandoned” because Netflix is gonna Netflix. On 24-July, they released 72 Hours, a Kevin Hart comedy. Along with Eddie Murphy, Mark Wahlberg, John Cena and Adam Sandler, Kevin Hart is a streaming film star now. Did this latest one work? Not really. It only garnered two weeks of 13.2 and 12.2 million hours on its debut, well below the 20-million-hour hit threshold. It also was poorly received critically—a 44 on Metacritic—and by customers—a 5.4 on IMDb on 21K IMDb reviews. We’re just getting started with this issue, but the rest is for paid subscribers of the Entertainment Strategy Guy, so if you’d like to find out… The latest Netflix true crime doc to pop on the charts… How The Bear finished its run… Netflix’s latest Western to return to streaming… What Paramount+ animated film flopped… And what sitcom also missed… All the flops, bombs and misses… And a whole lot more… ...please subscribe! We can only keep doing this great work with your support. Coming Soon! I’m behind by a week, so we’ve got two issues coming your way this week, including one in a couple of days or so, then we’ll be all caught up**.** Next issue, inspired by The Super Mario Galaxy Movie coming to Peacock, I’m going to take a look at the workhouse of streaming TV: kids films. Plus The Devil Wears Prada 2 continues theatrical films’ big run on streaming. All that, plus another surprise hit on Hulu, Lioness on CBS, and a whole lot more. Long term, LeBron James is filming his own “Last Dance”-style docu-series, surprising no one. But as I’ve been writing about a lot this summer, this genre is really overrated, so whoever ends up buying it (reportedly ESPN) really shouldn’t pay too much for it.

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Anthropic doubles a science benchmark score with Fable 5.1 while OpenAI says its Astra model crosses critical cyber threshold

Anthropic’s Fable 5.1 doubles a science benchmark score, while OpenAI says Astra reaches critical cyber capability and finds zero-day flaws.

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Jalen Hurts addresses an old quote that fueled coachability questions

Jalen Hurts explained the thinking behind a 2024 comment that followed him for two seasons.

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Sep 1 • 12:44 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Top Science Journal: All Scientists Should Register With the State

It would be a means of controlling who is allowed to “do” science and the ability to determine what can be communicated to the public.

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Sep 1 • 12:30 PM EDT • Science • mindmatters.ai
Google Pics is Workspace’s new ‘pro-level’ AI image creator & editor

Following the announcement at I/O 2026 in May, Google Pics is launching in general availability today. This image editor...

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Sep 1 • 12:00 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Political Attacks Are Pushing Public Libraries To ‘Breaking Point,’ New Report Shows

Attacks on librarians, forced storytime cancellations and book bans are threatening the stability of public libraries

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Sep 1 • 10:48 AM EDT • Politics • forbes.com
Fire Humpy

It’s about accountability, leadership, lighting a fire

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Sep 1 • 10:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Interface’s Minné joins Penn State Smeal Sustainability Advisory Board

Travis Lesser, director of the Penn State Smeal College of Business Center for the Business of Sustainability, has announced the addition of Liz Minné to the Smeal Sustainability Advisory Board.

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Sep 1 • 10:17 AM EDT • Business • psu.edu
What We Learned from the First Leadership Louisiana Health Fellows Session - Leaders for a Better Louisiana

The strength of Leadership Louisiana has always been its ability to bring together accomplished leaders from different sectors and regions to learn from one another while developing a broader understanding of our state. The Health Fellows program extends that tradition by focusing on one of Louisiana’s most significant opportunities for improvement.

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Sep 1 • 9:00 AM EDT • Health • betterla.org
Kustom Entertainment to Acquire TFL, Expanding Integrated Live Event Ticketing and Festival Platform

Kustom Entertainment announced the acquisition of TFL, enhancing its ticketing capabilities and expected to boost revenue and profitability immediately.Quiver AI SummaryKustom Entertainment, Inc. announced its acquisition of TFL, LLC, a leading ticketing distribution and live event technology platform, through a definitive Unit Purchase Agreement. This strategic move is expected to enhance Kustom's festival production capabilities by combining it

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Sep 1 • 8:50 AM EDT • Entertainment • quiverquant.com
Government accountability expert breaks down what we’ve learned from the leaked grand jury report on Hope Florida
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Sep 1 • 8:03 AM EDT • Politics • news4jax.com
Stop trying to maintain constant productivity: How you cope with stress changes with the seasons and your biological clock

Though you may expect your productivity and mood to remain constant regardless of context, these rhythms affect your ability to deal with the stressors in your life: parenting, health concerns, work deadlines and even inconveniences such as traffic jams.

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Sep 1 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • cnn.com
Home State Health and Centene Foundation Award $750,000 to Missouri Organizations Advancing Community Health

Funding supports community-based programs addressing food security, housing stability, workforce development, foster care and rural health across Missouri ST. LOUIS, Sept. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ --...

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Sep 1 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • investors.centene.com
Radiology appointment booking platform Scan.com raises $220M

Founded in 2017, the service seeks to connect patients, providers and imaging centers—matching parties based on scanner availability, quality and price.

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Sep 1 • 2:38 AM EDT • Business • radiologybusiness.com
Obama-era mandate slashed after being blamed for 'skyrocketing' housing costs

A new Trump admin housing directive aims to tackle the U.S.'s housing affordability crunch by ending Obama-era rule allowing indefinite liability for property owners over past building design errors.

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Aug 31 • 8:34 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Social Egg Freezing in the Spotlight: Choice, Business, or Burden?

Growing interest in egg preservation raises questions about access, affordability, informed consent, and whether workplace pressures shift reproductive responsibility onto women.

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Aug 31 • 8:00 PM EDT • Business • medscape.com
AMC Entertainment Creates Leawood Films with the Aim of Having More Movies Distributed to the Big Screen

AMC Entertainment has announced the creation of Leawood Films, a new film distribution company headquartered both in Los Angeles and AMC Theatres home base of Leawood, Kansas. It will focus on bringing additional movies to theatrical audiences in the U.S. and across the globe, leveraging its marketing ability and the prominence of its exhibition network, […]

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AMC Entertainment Creates "Leawood Films" With the Aim of Having More Movies Distributed on to the Big Screen

LEAWOOD, Kan., August 31, 2026--AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AMC), the largest theatrical exhibitor in the United States and in the world, today announced the creation of Leawood Films, a new film distribution company headquartered both in Los Angeles and AMC Theatres home base of Leawood, Kansas. It will focus on bringing additional movies to theatrical audiences in the U.S. and across the globe, leveraging its acclaimed marketing ability and the prominence of its exhibition network,

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Aug 31 • 4:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
Pres. Trump Makes Announcement on Health Care Affordability

President Trump makes an announcement on efforts to advance health care affordability in the U.S. from the Oval Office.

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Aug 31 • 3:06 PM EDT • Health • c-span.org
Stability AI Raises $76M Series B, Backed by Major Entertainment Companies

Stability AI, the startup behind image generation model Stable Diffusion, has raised $76 million in Series B funding, bringing its total funding to $232

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Aug 31 • 12:32 PM EDT • Entertainment • theaiinsider.tech