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Jaguars’ Trevor Lawrence Called ‘Most Fascinating’ in Latest QB Rankings
Trevor Lawrence begins the season ranked 12th in the latest quarterback rankings, but another strong season should see him steadily rise towards the top of the list.
Buccaneers Baker Mayfield in Third Tier of Latest QB Rankings
Baker Mayfield begins the season ranked towards the middle of starting quarterbacks. Can he lead the Buccaneers back to the playoffs after signing a lucrative contract extension?
Rushworth can challenge for England spot
Boss Frank Lampard believes Carl Rushworth can make an England breakthrough at Coventry. After failing to make it at Brighton, Lampard feels Rushworth, who spoke about his international ambitions last season, has a chance to compete for an England spot now. Rushworth won Euro 2023 with England Under-21s, although did not play, and earned one cap for the Young Lions.
Oregon Makes Sad History in Contest With Oklahoma State
The Ducks shattered an unwanted decade-long record after sluggish starts against Boise State and Oklahoma State exposed deep flaws in Dan Lanning’s highly-ranked roster.
Tottenham Hotspur 0-0 Everton: Community Player Ratings
Rank the players here. Or don’t, whatever.
Study shows benefits of coffee for liver health
Cleveland Clinic hepatologist Dr. Nizar Zein was not part of the study, but says it showed that people who drank five or more cups a day had a 32% lower risk of cirrhosis, a 47% lower risk of liver…
Study shows benefits of coffee for liver health
Cleveland Clinic hepatologist Dr. Nizar Zein was not part of the study, but says it showed that people who drank five or more cups a day had a 32% lower risk of cirrhosis, a 47% lower risk of liver cancer and a 42% lower risk of liver-related death compared to those who didn't drink coffee a lower risk of cirrhosis.
ESPN's College Gameday All Pick Texas to Defeat Ohio State
The ESPN College Gameday crew all picked the Texas Longhorns to beat the top-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes.
‘A strong statement’
Markus Krösche, Adi Hütter and Can Uzun with the reaction after the 3-1 win at FSV Mainz 05. Board member for sport Markus Krösche: “We made fewer mistakes, defended better, fashioned the goals n...
South Florida family adds their love of tea to growing side-hustle ranks in U.S.
A survey found 28% of Americans have other gigs.
Nadiem Amiri takes responsibility after costly penalty miss against Frankfurt
Nadiem Amiri has taken responsibility for his missed penalty after Mainz fell to defeat against Eintracht Frankfurt.The midfielder had the chance to bring Mainz level from the spot, but failed to conv...
The best movies we saw at the 2026 Toronto Film Festival, ranked
That loud sound you're hearing in the movie world? It's Oscar buzz combined with the whirr of Tim Hortons coffee machines.
Minnesota Vikings in the Power Rankings
Hello again, sports fans. We’re back with another season of putting together a consensus power ranking for the Vikings each week. It’s Packer week — let’s get it! Here’s a link to a spreadsheet for the year-long rankings. Let’s talk to it (rankings are hyperlinked for maximum clickage): The Rankings NFL.com — 19th Key excerpt: […]
Roob's Random Observations: Can Eagles earn #1 defense ranking after 45 years?
Before the Eagles open the season Sunday against the Commanders, here’s our last offseason edition of Roob’s Random Observations.
🤯 Penalty king! Bundesliga keeper extends his own record
He is already known both internationally and nationally as an absolute penalty killer: in today’s match for his new club, Eintracht Frankfurt, Noah Atubolu extended his own record even further. Agai...
UCF Faces Pittsburgh Panthers: How To Watch, Betting Odds, Storyline
The Knights travel to Acrisure Stadium aiming to snap a nine-game road skid. Watch as UCF’s explosive rushing attack tests Pittsburgh’s formidable, top-ranked ACC run defense.
Confirmed Lineups: Mainz 05 vs. Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt will hope to record their first Bundesliga win of the season away at Mainz. The hosts sealed a five-star win in Hamburg last week as they currently sit in fifth place in the standi...
Goldman Sachs Keeps Their Buy Rating on Live Nation Entertainment (LYV)
Tipranks Press Release.
Could Jack Draper Follow the Path of Robin Soderling?
The summer of 2011 should have been Robin Soderling's. He was ranked No. 4 in the world, had reached consecutive French Open finals, and had beaten Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros in 2009, the only player to do so on clay before 2015. He was 26 years old and playing some of the best tennis …
Liverpool schedule talks with 'very strong' star in 2027
Liverpool may have made four signings in the summer but, there are still a lot of areas among their ranks that could do with an upgrade or two.Indeed, Andoni Iraola's defence and attack have been mass...
The politics and possibilities of ‘AI could kill us all’
I found myself fielding a lot of questions from folks who don’t usually talk much about AI this week. They were mostly along the lines of “do you think AI is going to kill us all?” or “how worried should I be about this human extinction stuff?” Motivating this wave of existential anxiety was the highly dramatic resignation of now-former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon, who quit his job while publicly sharing his concerns about safety practices at the leading AI companies. More specifically, he declared that almost everyone at OpenAI and Anthropic, the leading AI labs, believes that there’s a decent chance the AI systems they’re producing could “kill us all” by the end of the decade, and the companies aren’t “acting responsibly.” Other AI safety researchers, including those still employed at Anthropic and OpenAI, all confirmed that yes, Coxon is correct, they’re all worried that their company’s products might prove fatal for the entire human race as well. Two more AI employees quit and joined the chorus. Now, the warning shot has been covered everywhere from the Wall Street Journal to Fox News to WIRED to the Guardian. I understand why all this sounds scary, but my response to those who have asked, has generally been: No, you don’t need to worry that AI will kill go rogue and kill us all. But that does not mean we shouldn’t worry, period. Far from it. The companies building AI products are now among the wealthiest and most powerful entities in the world. And they very much are building enormous engines of mass surveillance, extraction, and automation. They can and have allowed their AI systems to carry out felony hacks of other companies, provided the government with autonomously generated kill lists, and sold enterprise technology to firms around the world that is explicitly intended to replace jobs. But “AI” has done these things not because they have all-powerful minds of their own but, ultimately, because people have programmed, calibrated, and directed them to. In other words, it’s not AI we need to worry the most about. It’s the people and corporations working to profit from and gain power by deploying it. The technology is sophisticated, sure, and, especially in cybersecurity contexts, potentially disruptive to plenty of existing systems. But if we want to stop this predatory, profiteering, and extractive form of AI—and it’s worth noting that at this point, most people do—we absolutely can. A quick note/plea: I can only do all of this with the support of readers like you, so if you find value in independent, critical tech journalism and analysis, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. I want to keep as much of this un-paywalled as absolutely possible, and I need your support to do so. Many thanks to all who continue to chip in, it’s very much appreciated. Onward. Subscribe First, some context: AI industry folks like Coxon have been discussing the prospect that AI will destroy humanity for years. Even before the beginning of the AI boom, many working in the industry, from the executive staff to the rank and file researchers, have obsessed over ‘x-risk’, or the possibility that AI will become sentient or semi-sentient and move one way or another to exterminate humanity. This is ostensibly why Elon Musk bankrolled OpenAI in the first place, and is the grounds for his lawsuit alleging OpenAI betrayed its charter by abandoning its nonprofit status to become a commercial enterprise. Many AI engineers and startup founders have calculated their own personal p(doom), or the probability that the tech product they are working on will initiate an actual humanity-extinguishing apocalypse. 10-25% p(doom)s are pretty common. (I wrote about a long weekend I spent among these folks at one of their top conferences here, to give you an idea of their ideas and belief systems.) Sam Altman himself drove the narrative of the imminent rise of a super-powerful AI, or artificial general intelligence, to prominence by declaring that the technology he was building posed an existential risk to humanity. This idea is in other words baked into the DNA of modern AI companies and into the products they engineer. It’s also why the industry is routinely accused, by myself and others, of “doom marketing,” ie, using such proclamations and framings to impart the sheer power of the technology behind your product onto investors, partners, consumers, and the state. Some ambient understanding of this tendency may have helped prevent the press from repeating the claim every time one of the x-risk folks made it over the years, including when they quit their jobs at AI companies while doing so. Yet Coxon’s AI x-risk alarm has broken containment, as they say, and has exposed the idea to the mainstream media once again. This has happened, I think, for a number of reasons. First, when AI CEOs were going around saying AI might kill everyone in 2023, their companies were well-capitalized, but not nearly to the extent they are today. They were more easily dismissed as eccentric geeks of the sort that Silicon Valley is supposed to produce. Now, not only do their products have much greater market saturation, but people are more aware of a) the often unethical ways the executives and companies comport themselves b) the other adverse impacts of AI that have already arrived, and c) the physical cost of building these systems, particularly when it comes to data centers. Finally, toss in the constant stream of headlines in 2026 about AI models going rogue or potentially upending the world’s infrastructure. [ ](https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/with-the-backlash-to-data-centers) [ With the backlash to data centers, Flock and AI glasses, a mass opposition to big tech is underway. Silicon Valley is in denial. ](https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/with-the-backlash-to-data-centers) Brian Merchant · Aug 27 [ Read full story ](https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/with-the-backlash-to-data-centers) As a result, general sentiment was already overwhelmingly skeptical of AI and its overlords, so the table was pretty well set for someone to come along and say ‘just a reminder, the companies that are building the product that promises to take your job and leave a data center in your neighborhood also think that it might exterminate the human race’ and get a strong reaction from the media and the public. The question is: Should we understand this stuff as hype, strategically fanned to feed already swelling valuations? Is it doom marketing? Genuine cause for alarm that the infrastructure that undergirds modern life is facing a novel threat vector? Or reason to be sincerely worried that AI companies are amassing too much power, and that their products are genuinely dangerous? The answer, I’m afraid, is “yes.” Let me try to untangle all of this a bit, because arguments over how to navigate this moment are extremely heated right now, as they are essentially arguments over how to approach the politics of AI at a moment where there may be a unique opening for action. Those sympathetic to AI alignment concerns and x risk arguments—which increasingly includes a faction on the left who want to shut down AI over safety concerns—argue that people who dismiss AI as all hype have their heads in the sand. Meanwhile, critics of the x-risk narrative—which I might note includes a cadre of investors and tech folks on the right, too—argue that it is hype and can be used to further inflate valuations or for pursuing regulatory capture. The challenge is that many feel that dismissing AI as just hype or purely marketing also diminishes the urgency of taking on the AI industry as the novel and threat to labor, civil society, and the public sphere it is; others that by accepting the industry’s own terms, we imbue it with undue power and enable it. But let’s be clear: Declarations that AI is so powerful it might end the world are a kind of marketing, and anyone who says otherwise is just as off base as those who say that’s all that it is. If you don’t think that these sub-trillion dollar companies have higher-ups who noticed that when their founders talked about super-powerful dangerous AI they got spikes in media interest and phone calls from investors, or that those founders didn’t notice that themselves, and lean into certain narratives to advantage their products, then I don’t know what to tell you. Not all marketing is a Pepsi ad campaign with a celebrity spokesperson. Yet confronting the AI industry should certainly be considered an urgent project. Do I share the x-riskers’ fear that out-of-control, super-intelligent AI agents might end the world? I do not. I’ve read a good deal of AI extinction literature over the last couple of years and I have not come across a credible, step-by-step documentation of how exactly AI might move from self-recursively improving AI to killing every single human on the planet. Most of what I’ve read seems predicated on a sort of reverse Ian Malcolmian logic: Eventually, it becomes smart enough and AI, uh, finds a way (to exterminate humanity). Are the AI companies also overstating and dramatizing what their products can do? Yes, pretty much all the time. They’re in a knife fight for market share and are trying to win customers and government contracts before their investors come knocking. And yet. They have concentrated enormous amounts of compute, have extensive data collection and surveillance capacities, have inserted themselves into the state in numerous capacities, including military kill chains, and they are being run by egomaniacal billionaires who are rushing to monopolize an entire new market. The way I think about their most recent frightening-seeming exploits is not as a “swarm of rogue AI agents building a new civilization” or whatever, but as corporations with a hitherto-unimaginable amount of compute at their disposal recklessly experimenting with automation programs, completely unafraid of any repercussions because we have been unwilling or unable to impose any on them. So I think we should welcome any newfound imperative to hold them accountable. I also think that ultimately, the AI critics, Pause AI folks, leftists, doomers, effective altruists, and, honestly, most of the public, want a lot of the same things: legitimate checks and limits on AI companies’ power, actual transparency into what the companies are doing, and for more of AI to be under public control. (Ultimately, a lot of what animates the x-risk fears are rooted in just that: a fear of losing control.) How we move towards all this, exactly, is the question of the day, and while there’s much to be argued over in terms of building a viable political platform to challenge the AI industry’s power, I do want to cast a vote against one particular approach. Not to pick on Chris here, as there are a lot of folks out there proposing stuff like this, and the policy ideas actually stem from AI safety groups. But not only would this be challenging to land politically (I can already hear the ‘China will beat us to AGI’ calls) and all but unworkable in practice, this approach is a) far too limiting, b) fails to address the current harms caused by AI and c) would likely only wind up serving Anthropic and OpenAI; it’s what regulatory capture looks like in action. Full model transparency is the floor for what should be on offer here. If these companies believe their products will kill us, the very least we deserve is to know how. It’s in the public interest. I would also argue we might get a lot of the way to stopping any currently envisioned robot apocalypse simply by forcing AI companies to assume liability, and to submit to the full brunt of the law. If Sam Altman were liable to be charged with a felony for approving the hack on Hugging Face1, if Google was forced to pay defamation fines each time it published a false and injurious AI Overviews, these companies might suddenly find cause to restrain their models’ output, and we might hear less about rogue AI. We would need to introduce new frameworks and available tools for tracking automated lawbreaking, to be sure, but I’d wager that little would frighten the AI companies more than actually being held accountable for what their products enable. To that end, Illinois has passed an AI liability law, which the industry fought tooth and nail, and Florida is considering one. The next steps would be towards moving AI under public control; again, it’s only reasonable, since everyone, not just AI insiders, should get a say over how a technology whose developers say might kill us is developed and deployed. Dismantling the whole industrial project as currently structured should be on the table, too, pending democratic input. But that’s for another post. For now, suffice to say that while I won’t be losing any sleep about an AI-enabled extinction event, Mr. Coxon and co. have given us an opportunity to underscore the urgency of the clear and present damage AI companies are doing, the extreme power they wield and the extent to which they hold themselves unaccountable, and the abundance of political capital there is out there for taking them on. Subscribe 1 Purely speculative! I do not know if he did or not.
Hardee’s Friday Night Blitz – Week 3
WEEK 3 SCORES THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 (3-0)CARROLL COUNTY 49, (0-3)GALAX 0 (1-2)PATRICK COUNTY 64, (0-4)NORTH STOKES, NC 35 (2-0)NORTHWOOD 46, (0-3)EASTERN MONTGOMERY 6 (4-0)VIRGINIA HIGH 20, (1-2)GEORGE WYTHE 15 (1-2)GRAYSON COUNTY 32, (1-1)TAZEWELL 20 (3-0)CHILHOWIE 50, (1-2)NARROWS 0 (1-1)EASTSIDE 56, (2-1)RURAL RETREAT 29 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 (3-0)SALEM 45, (1-2)WILLIAM FLEMING 12 (2-1)PATRICK HENRY 35, (0-3)FRANKLIN […]
Powerhouse Plays
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The KELOLAND SportsZone continues on in week four where plenty of ranked matchups highlighted a packed Friday evening slate. Powerhouse plays features the top plays and playmakers from every Friday night. Games featured on the KELOLAND SportsZone: Note: 6 different 11AAA teams play Saturday this week in the Dakota and […]
Dodgers’ Magic Numbers Shrink After Huge Night in NL Standing
The Dodgers' magic number for the NL West and the No. 2 seed in the NL shrank after their win and the Braves' loss.
Nebraska volleyball sweeps Baylor at Bob Devaney Sports Center, 3-0
The Top-ranked Nebraska volleyball team swept #20 Baylor on Friday in front of more than 10,000 fans at the Bob Devaney Sports Center, 3-0.
Who has the edge in Texas hosting Ohio State?
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Looking through the college football slate for Week 2, one matchup sticks out like a thumb that’s beyond sore. That is the showdown between two iconic programs ranked in the top five with Ohio State traveling to Texas. The game appears to most experts as a toss-up with plenty of NFL talent […]
Brewers' Talent Ranked Among Best in Baseball
The Milwaukee Brewers have built an exceptional roster.
Real Betis pair miss training ahead of Villarreal
Two leading members of the attacking ranks at La Liga outfit Real Betis were notable absentees from group training with the club’s first-team squad on Friday.The pair in question? Antony, and Cucho ...
Journey's biggest hits, ranked from worst to best
Ahead of the band's show Saturday night in Los Angeles, here's a critical rundown of Journey's best-known songs.
Jim Leonhard bringing aggressive approach to Bills defense
Leonhard brings an attacking style approach he spent the past decade developing first in the college ranks as coordinator at Wisconsin.
Business updates for South Charleston's Park Place Shopping Center and Riverwalk Plaza
City officials have provided updates regarding new businesses coming to South Charleston’s Park Place Shopping Center and Riverwalk Plaza.Mayor Frank Mullens pr
Microsoft’s head of comms is leaving after almost 20 years
Frank Shaw has been supporting Microsoft’s communications for nearly 30 years.
Official: Julian Etse signs first professional contract at Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt have officially announced that Julian Etse has signed his first professional contract at the Hessen club.The center-back only joined from SSV Ulm a few weeks ago and has since made...
Business After Hours at Farmington Historical Society, Sept 17th
Franklin County Chamber invites you join them for Business After Hours at the Titcomb House, Academy Street. Farmington on Thursday, September 17th hosted by the Farmington Historical Society.
The best movies we saw at 2026 Toronto Film Festival, ranked
That loud sound you're hearing in the movie world? It's Oscar buzz combined with the whirr of Tim Horton's coffee machines.
Cajuns football heads to West Coast for Southern Cal clash
The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns head to the West Coast to face Big 10 member and No. 14-ranked USC in a Saturday night contest at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Council repeals food truck curfew, alderman says ‘days are numbered’ for Water Street entertainment district
“I think the Water Street entertainment district is going to go away as we’ve known it, and frankly, maybe that’s a good thing.”
Bridge to Recovery Walk supports mental health and substance use recovery
Concord Hospital Health System (CHHS) invites community members to come together in support of individuals and families affected by mental health and substance use disorders at the annual Bridge to Recovery Walk, taking place Sunday, September 20 at Concord Hospital – Franklin. The approximately two-mile walk brings together people in recovery, their families and friends, […]
Al Franken, other Jewish Americans endorse El-Sayed in Michigan Senate race
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee in the Michigan Senate race, has faced a backlash from some Jewish Democrats for his intense criticism of Israel.
Iowa football enters top 25 in USA TODAY Sports 1-138 Re-Rank
After a dominant Week 1 victory, the Hawkeyes are back in the top 25 of USA TODAY Sports' 1-138 Re-Rank.
Countdown to First Official Practice: 10 Days to Go
Welcome to the preseason! Basketball Calendar: Predicted breakdown of minutes per player: It’s been a while since transfer season, so we’ll count down the 10 days leading up to practice by reintroducing the team, focusing on the 10 players expected to contribute. And we’ll do it ranked in order of my best guess at the […]
Where are the women? Israel heads to elections, just one woman leads a party
As Israel heads to elections, women remain present in politics but largely absent from its highest ranks
Longtime Casper sports broadcaster Frank Gambino has died
CASPER, Wyo. –– A longtime fixture of Casper's airwaves has gone silent. Frank Gambino, known for his decades of sports reporting and commentary on
Broncos fans may lose their minds over new NFL ranking
The Denver Broncos are going to love this.
The Not-So-Secret Winner in Netflix and YouTube’s Streaming Wars Battle
(Welcome to the “Most Important Story of the Week”, my bi-weekly strategy column analyzing the most important (but often not buzziest) news story of the last two weeks. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. Please subscribe.) Here’s a good piece of advice: when someone tells you a company has “won” the streaming wars, just assume they haven’t. Remember the narratives about the streaming media over the last few years: 2024 - Netflix has won the streaming wars! 2025 - YouTube has won the streaming wars! Yet…in 2026, I’d categorize it as… 2026 - Netflix and YouTube are battling for talent! Netflix and YouTube are aggressively fighting for top creators, marking a fierce new battle in the streaming wars. For two companies that “won”, that certainly doesn’t seem like winning behavior. If you win, you don’t have to fight for talent, because talent has to come to you. This is a good reminder that, if the streaming wars are a war—and I think they are—we should know what type of war they are. So it’s worth revisiting one of my big theories of the streaming wars, that the war these battles most represent is… The Thirty Years’ War1 I prefer this war to other, simpler wars, because, while it featured two “sides”—based on religion—and the current war has two main sides—tech versus entertainment—it also featured a lot of smaller players battling it out, sometimes switching sides. And that’s still the case for entertainment and media, despite the above headlines. I’d recommend this truism: if someone has to tell you they won the streaming wars, they probably haven’t. To wit, if someone told you they were fighting in the Thirty Years’ War—and no, they didn’t call it that at the time—and in year five, they told you they won, well, obviously they had 25 more years to go. That’s a lot of preamble to say, the story of the week is the latest battles between YouTube and Netflix. Their battle for talent says a lot about how hard this war will be to win. All that, plus The Curse of the Mogul in action, Netflix providing more (theatrical) data, whether Apple TV is in trouble, AMC getting in on distribution, and a whole lot more. Subscribe Today’s article is sponsored by… Substack is hosting a live Emmys watch party, starting at 5PM on the East Coast (2PM on the West Coast) on Monday, 14-Sep. Check it out! Tune In Most Important Story of the Week - Who’s the Big Winner in the Netflix vs YouTube Showdown? Netflix spent a lot in 2025, and then even more in 2026 adding a host of “creators”—both podcasters and YouTube stars—to their TV lineup. Frankly, for years, I’ve thought that more major studios/streamers/channels should look to YouTube as the launching pad for future stars and IP. Either by poaching proven talent—albeit at good prices—or by treating YouTube as an arena for your “A&R” reps to scout new talent and emerging voices. Netflix started executing the former strategy—which I thought was smart—while Focus Features did the latter with Obsession. So what changed? YouTube finally responded! Yikes. That’s a strong response, and stronger than I’d argue most narratives about YouTube suggest. People often describe YouTube as a self-reinforcing flywheel of success. Get on YouTube or perish. So why did YouTube have to respond? Because other folks poaching their top talent could really damage their business, implying their flywheel is a pinch more rickety than most analysis suggests. Clearly, creators can envision a life off YouTube and potentially a much more lucrative one. The Curse of the Media Mogul is Playing Out In Real Time 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… Who is the big winner in the Netflix versus YouTube battle… The biggest question about YouTube… Plus why YouTube’s saber rattling should worry talent… Why I’m skeptical that a U.S. federal tax credit for film will happen… What key change could pull Apple from the streaming business. AMC getting in on distribution… Some great reads on the Warner Bros.-Paramount merger... And a whole lot more... ...please subscribe! We can only keep doing this great work with your support.
USA TODAY Sports/AVCA Super 10 girls regional volleyball rankings, Mid-September
See who sits atop each region in the 2026 USA TODAY Sports/AVCA Super 10 girls volleyball regional rankings.
Dodgers Rank Atop MLB in ESPN Star Power List
The Los Angeles Dodgers' star-studded lineup is recognized as the best in baseball for the third year in a row.
Packers' Jordan Love gets bad news in latest offensive ranking
You may want to cover your eyes for this Green Bay Packers ranking.
Lions get totally hosed in offensive line ranking
Dan Campbell and the Detroit Lions won't like this.
Help Business Report recognize the Capital Region’s most charitable companies
Baton Rouge Business Report is building a new ranking of the Capital Region’s most charitable companies—and we want your organization to be part of it. For our December philanthropy edition, we’re surveying businesses across the region to measure the scale and reach of their corporate giving. Companies will be ranked by their total cash and in-kind […]
Lions Secondary Put on Notice by Week 1 Fantasy Sleepers
The Detroit Lions‘ defense has a lot of questions entering the season. So, despite quarterback Tyler Shough being a lower-ranked fantasy football option in Week 1, he could end up being a great sleeper target. Moe Moton of Bleacher Report writes that Shough, along with his receiver Devaughn Vele, are two of the most underrated […] The post Lions Secondary Put on Notice by Week 1 Fantasy Sleepers appeared first on HEAVY.
Chicago Bears week 1 power rankings roundup
Where do the experts rank the Bears heading into week one? @SamHouseholder has week one’s power rankings
Real Madrid star agrees new contract
A member of the midfield ranks at La Liga giants Real Madrid has reached an agreement with the club on the terms of a new long-term contract.The Blancos star set to commit his future to the club over ...
James Franklin Looks to Continue Virginia Tech’s Strong Start
Virginia Tech is back at Lane Stadium this weekend, and the Hokies will be looking to build on one of the most dominant performances of the opening week. The Hokies will host Old Dominion on Saturday at noon ET in a matchup that carries plenty of intrigue. Virginia Tech opened the 2026 season with a…
Lions Enter 2026 With Elite Offense, Flawed Defense
The Lions return an elite offense and seven captains, but the defense ranked 22nd in scoring. #Lions
Florida moves up in CBS Sports' college football re-rank after Week 1
After an authoritative 66-21 win over the FAU Owls in Week 1, Florida football moved up a couple spots in CBS Sports' re-rank.
Kentucky Opens SEC Play Against Alabama
The Will Stein era got off to a great start in his Kentucky debut this past Saturday with a 32-point win over Youngstown State. The Penguins came into that game ranked seventh in FBS football. This Saturday, the Wildcats remain at home; however, they start SEC play. They'll do so with a bang as one …
Ranking the Projected Fourth Line for the Kings in 2027
The projected third line for the Los Angeles Kings are Corey Perry, Joel Armia and Samuel Helenius. Here’s how each forward will rank based on expected production for next season.
National high school flag football rankings: USA TODAY Sports Super 25, Week 3
A familiar team tops this week's rankings, while key wins shook up the rest of the rankings in Week 3.
Nearly All Health Systems and Health Plans Need Better Provider Data. Few Have It, and AI Investment Is at Risk.
/PRNewswire/ -- Health systems and health plans rank network and market expansion as the strategic priority that would benefit most from better provider data....
The 6 Best Science Fantasy Movies Released Since 2020, Ranked
Poor Things, Everything Everywhere all at Once and Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein are among the best science fantasy movies released since 2020.
REWE partnership extended until 2029
Eintracht Frankfurt and REWE Markt GmbH are set to build on their long-standing collaboration.The partnership between Eintracht Frankfurt and REWE, which was first established in 2009, has been extend...
NC State hopes to get right against Richmond
Richmond is off to a 2-0 start to its 2026 campaign, ranked in the FCS Coaches Poll, and a top-25 FCS team according to SP+. The Spiders, who are recent additions to the Patriot League, were picked to finish third in the conference during the preseason. Their 2025 season was defined to an extent by […]
NYU Grossman’s next psychiatry chair on expanding mental health services at Langone
This month, NYU Langone Health tapped William Gordon Frankle to chair the Department of Psychiatry at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. With experience leading psychiatry care at NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn, Frankle is now slated to lead services across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Long Island. In his new role, he described plans to increase NYU Langone’s suicide prevention...
NFL Week 1 QB power rankings: Where is Jayden Daniels?
Where did Jayden Daniels land in the Week 1 QB power rankings?
Singapore PM defends political pay hike as 'responsible course to take'
Singapore's prime minister said on Thursday he deliberated "long and hard" over an increase in ministerial and lawmakers' salaries, already among the highest in the world, but felt it was necessary to attract talent into government ranks.
Zia Yusuf: the polarising figure in Reform’s ranks
Self-styled ‘shadow home secretary’ is a ‘slowly ticking timebomb’ who could scupper his party’s chance of power, say critics
Liverpool finally given green light to sign their next Fabinho
The last couple of years have been full of heavy spending for Liverpool. The Anfield outfit have now spent well over £500 million on trying to improve their ranks and, although things finally came to...
Fantasy Baseball Closer Report: Aroldis Chapman reaches 400-save milestone
Jorge Montanez breaks down the last week in saves from around the league with updated closer rankings.
Washburn football opens up MIAA play this Saturday
TOPEKA (KSNT) – The Ichabods will take on a ranked opponent to kick off conference play. Washburn football travels to Maryville, Mo., to take on No. 7 Northwest Missouri State on Saturday, Sept. 12, to begin MIAA play. The Ichabods have quickly turned the page after the 16-16 tie to Colorado School of Mines last […]
NFL power rankings: Arizona Cardinals rise before start of season
In new NFL power rankings, the Cardinals are surprisingly moving up.
Game Night Live: Harlem gearing up for 1A Lincoln County
HARLEM, GA (WJBF)- It’s week four of Game Night Live, and this week it’s in the Peach state. The Harlem Bulldogs will make the trip up north to face the number one ranked Lincoln County Red Devils. The Harlem Bulldogs are coming off their 21-14 win against the Greenbrier Wolfpack. The new 4A Bulldogs will […]
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The Cost of Cutting American Science: How Federal Cuts Diminish Public Health Capacity
Among the federal government’s many responsibilities is the work it does to protect public health. Federal agencies monitor our food supply to ensure safety, conduct research to better understand emerging health threats, provide funding for public health programs in communities and work to detect and respond to disease outbreaks. Americans rely on these efforts every day—in a 2024 online survey, 74% of respondents said that “if the federal government issued safety guidance about food you eat regularly,” they would follow it. Changes to Federal Public Health Capacity The Trump administration’s efforts to reshape the federal government have resulted in significant impacts on our nation’s public health capacity over the past 20 months, affecting the response to health concerns such as measles, Ebola and cyclosporiasis. Agencies with core public health, food safety and disease prevention responsibilities experienced large workforce decreases during the first year of the administration. At the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for instance, the workforce in February 2026 was 26.7% smaller than in September 2024 before the start of the Trump administration. The Food and Drug Administration saw a similarly steep decline of 21.6%. Agencies such as the National Institutes of Health, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and Food Safety and Inspection Service also experienced large workforce decreases. (function(){function e(){window.addEventListener(`message`,function(e){if(e.data[`datawrapper-height`]!==void 0){var t=document.querySelectorAll(`iframe`);for(var n in e.data[`datawrapper-height`])for(var r=0,i;i=t[r];r++)if(i.contentWindow===e.source){var a=e.data[`datawrapper-height`][n]+`px`;i.style.height=a}}})}e()})(); Changes can also be seen in crucial public health occupations. The number of federal food inspectors, for example, decreased by more than half between September 2024 and February 2026, going from 1,035 to 473. This is the lowest number of food inspectors employed by the federal government since at least 2005. By February 2026, there were also 33.3% fewer federal public health program specialists, whose work includes advising federal funding recipients on public health activities and analyzing the effectiveness of public health programs. Government’s capacity is diminished as employees with specialized knowledge and experience in protecting the public and responding to health risks depart, leaving agencies less prepared to carry out their public health missions. There also have been vacancies in critical high-level leadership positions at public health agencies, most notably at the CDC, which had a permanent Senate-confirmed director for less than a month between January 2025 and early August 2026. Although the CDC has previously been led by acting directors at the start of an administration, the nearly yearlong gap since the departure of the administration’s first permanent director in August 2025 is without precedent. As of August 2026, the FDA is also currently without a Senate-confirmed commissioner following the previous commissioner’s resignation in May 2026. Additionally, public health agencies are experiencing increased politicization of their leadership ranks. In agencies such as the CDC and Food Safety and Inspection Service, the number of individuals in the Senior Executive Service—the most senior career leaders in government—has declined significantly, while at the same time the number of political appointees has reached record levels. (function(){function e(){window.addEventListener(`message`,function(e){if(e.data[`datawrapper-height`]!==void 0){var t=document.querySelectorAll(`iframe`);for(var n in e.data[`datawrapper-height`])for(var r=0,i;i=t[r];r++)if(i.contentWindow===e.source){var a=e.data[`datawrapper-height`][n]+`px`;i.style.height=a}}})}e()})(); (function(){function e(){window.addEventListener(`message`,function(e){if(e.data[`datawrapper-height`]!==void 0){var t=document.querySelectorAll(`iframe`);for(var n in e.data[`datawrapper-height`])for(var r=0,i;i=t[r];r++)if(i.contentWindow===e.source){var a=e.data[`datawrapper-height`][n]+`px`;i.style.height=a}}})}e()})(); At the CDC, for example, the number of career SES decreased 42.9% between December 2024 and February 2026, while the number of non-Senate confirmed political appointees at the agency was six times larger than the agency’s historical average from 2009 and 2024. Knowledgeable career leaders are integral to the ability of public health agencies to carry out their work with scientific integrity and professional judgment, and rapid leadership turnover and increased politicization threaten agencies’ ability to make evidence-based decisions to protect our health. The upheaval and politicization in public health agencies have also negatively affected employee engagement. Strong employee engagement is crucial to the ability of agencies to carry out their mission and successfully provide essential services to the public. In the 2025 Public Service Viewpoint Survey conducted by the Partnership for Public Service, the Department of Health and Human Services—which encompasses major public health agencies such as the CDC and FDA—had an employee engagement and satisfaction score of 20.4 out of 100, one of the lowest among large agencies. Only 2.8% of HHS employees indicated trust in their political leaders and only 8.7% reported confidence that they could report a suspected violation of law or regulation without retaliation. Employees at HHS also reported that the agency’s ability to provide services to the public had suffered. Nearly half of employees at HHS, 47.5%, said their work unit was worse at delivering quality services compared to its performance in 2024. In addition, 57.8% said their work unit was performing worse at fulfilling stakeholder needs. In addition to the work done within federal agencies, the federal government also distributes significant funding for public health and disease prevention work to state and local governments, nonprofits and small businesses—funding which has been significantly disrupted. At the CDC, for example, there was a 71.9% decrease in the amount of project grant funding issued in fiscal year 2025 compared to fiscal year 2024. The FDA also issued far less funding in fiscal year 2025—a 21.3% decrease from its fiscal year 2024 funding. Changes in federal funding include the ending of grants to community organizations that worked on HIV prevention and the cancellation of funding for research into improvements to patient safety and healthcare quality. These changes go beyond federal agencies to impact the broader public health ecosystem, including the state and local health departments responsible for much of the on-the-ground public health work in their communities. About 80% of the CDC’s domestic funding is directed towards state and local partners—meaning that cuts to CDC funding can ultimately result in cuts to state and local public health capacity. Federal agencies also provide expertise and assistance to state and local health agencies as they deal with particular health challenges, but workforce cuts have resulted in fewer federal employees available to help. The Impact of Changes to Public Health Capacity These changes to federal public health capacity are not abstract concerns. Disrupted programs, reduced funding and lost expertise at public health agencies across all levels of government threaten the public’s physical well-being and safety. In some cases, this has already led to harm. The most immediate impacts of federal cuts were seen in interruptions to ongoing public health programs and crisis responses. In one instance, when CDC grants were canceled during the 2025 Texas measles outbreak—the most severe measles outbreak in 25 years—public health officials in Lubbock, Texas were forced to pause parts of their measles response work supported by the frozen funding. Lubbock’s director of public health further said that a lack of available CDC experts to reach out to for advice “definitely” impacted the department’s response to the measles crisis. Cuts to federal funding also forced Dallas County Health and Human Services to cut staff and cancel 50 community vaccination clinics during the outbreak. Public health work outside of major outbreak responses was also disrupted. For example, in April 2025, the Milwaukee Public Health Department was unexpectedly unable to reach experts on lead poisoning due to firings at the CDC when responding to concerns about lead contamination in Milwaukee public schools. Due to federal workforce cuts, several programs at the CDC, including Alzheimer’s and epilepsy programs, have also become trapped in limbo—existing on paper, but without the staff necessary to operate. More recent crises reveal how federal cuts have weakened the public health infrastructure needed to prevent and respond to dangerous new outbreaks. Internationally, cuts at the U.S. Agency for International Development eliminated funding for disease testing and contact tracing abroad, which delayed detection of and responses to the 2026 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. While international outbreaks may seem far removed, the unchecked spread of disease in any country can quickly pose a danger to economic well-being, security and health around the world. Within the United States, public health cuts inhibited responses to the summer 2026 outbreak of the food-borne parasite cyclospora. At the federal level, cuts to funding for lab equipment and for CDC staff with expertise in parasitic infections—including 9 out of 11 staff members at the lab responsible for identifying parasitic outbreaks in 2025— contributed to the largest reporting delay in outbreak cases at the CDC in 15 years. Conflicting communications from the FDA about the source of the outbreak, which followed cuts to the agency’s communications department, additionally led to confusion among the public about how to best avoid infection. At the same time, cuts to HHS funding and support for local and state public health slowed some health departments’ responses to the crisis. The exact costs of these delays, constraints and confusion in public health responses are difficult to estimate. However, their message is clear: federal cuts have already made containing threats to public health even more of a challenge. Conclusion Protecting public health—from food safety to disease prevention—is one of the federal government’s most important missions. Dramatic and haphazard cuts to federal agencies and funding have already disrupted the public health system, impacting the response to challenges such as measles, lead poisoning and cyclosporiasis. The U.S. public health system needed improvement before these disruptions. Since 2022, federal leadership and coordination in response to public health outbreaks has been on the Government Accountability Office’s High-Risk List of areas in need of attention to improve government effectiveness and efficiency. Recent cuts only compound these concerns. The chaotic dismantling of government and resulting disruptions to crucial functions like public health and disease prevention highlight the need for meaningful reform and concrete policy proposals to reimagine how government can better serve the public and be more effective, responsive and accountable. To learn more about the impact of federal cuts to public health and science more broadly, visit The Cost of Cutting American Science. Learn more For more information on the Partnership for Public Service’s government reform initiative, visit Government for a New Era. View here In line with The Cost of Cutting American Science, federal workforce data in this brief is as of February 2026
The Cost of Cutting American Science: How Federal Cuts Diminish Public Health Capacity
Among the federal government’s many responsibilities is the work it does to protect public health. Federal agencies monitor our food supply to ensure safety, conduct research to better understand emerging health threats, provide funding for public health programs in communities and work to detect and respond to disease outbreaks. Americans rely on these efforts every day—in a 2024 online survey, 74% of respondents said that “if the federal government issued safety guidance about food you eat regularly,” they would follow it. Changes to Federal Public Health Capacity The Trump administration’s efforts to reshape the federal government have resulted in significant impacts on our nation’s public health capacity over the past 20 months, affecting the response to health concerns such as measles, Ebola and cyclosporiasis. Agencies with core public health, food safety and disease prevention responsibilities experienced large workforce decreases during the first year of the administration. At the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for instance, the workforce in February 2026 was 26.7% smaller than in September 2024 before the start of the Trump administration. The Food and Drug Administration saw a similarly steep decline of 21.6%. Agencies such as the National Institutes of Health, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and Food Safety and Inspection Service also experienced large workforce decreases. (function(){function e(){window.addEventListener(`message`,function(e){if(e.data[`datawrapper-height`]!==void 0){var t=document.querySelectorAll(`iframe`);for(var n in e.data[`datawrapper-height`])for(var r=0,i;i=t[r];r++)if(i.contentWindow===e.source){var a=e.data[`datawrapper-height`][n]+`px`;i.style.height=a}}})}e()})(); Changes can also be seen in crucial public health occupations. The number of federal food inspectors, for example, decreased by more than half between September 2024 and February 2026, going from 1,035 to 473. This is the lowest number of food inspectors employed by the federal government since at least 2005. By February 2026, there were also 33.3% fewer federal public health program specialists, whose work includes advising federal funding recipients on public health activities and analyzing the effectiveness of public health programs. Government’s capacity is diminished as employees with specialized knowledge and experience in protecting the public and responding to health risks depart, leaving agencies less prepared to carry out their public health missions. There also have been vacancies in critical high-level leadership positions at public health agencies, most notably at the CDC, which had a permanent Senate-confirmed director for less than a month between January 2025 and early August 2026. Although the CDC has previously been led by acting directors at the start of an administration, the nearly yearlong gap since the departure of the administration’s first permanent director in August 2025 is without precedent. As of August 2026, the FDA is also currently without a Senate-confirmed commissioner following the previous commissioner’s resignation in May 2026. Additionally, public health agencies are experiencing increased politicization of their leadership ranks. In agencies such as the CDC and Food Safety and Inspection Service, the number of individuals in the Senior Executive Service—the most senior career leaders in government—has declined significantly, while at the same time the number of political appointees has reached record levels. (function(){function e(){window.addEventListener(`message`,function(e){if(e.data[`datawrapper-height`]!==void 0){var t=document.querySelectorAll(`iframe`);for(var n in e.data[`datawrapper-height`])for(var r=0,i;i=t[r];r++)if(i.contentWindow===e.source){var a=e.data[`datawrapper-height`][n]+`px`;i.style.height=a}}})}e()})(); (function(){function e(){window.addEventListener(`message`,function(e){if(e.data[`datawrapper-height`]!==void 0){var t=document.querySelectorAll(`iframe`);for(var n in e.data[`datawrapper-height`])for(var r=0,i;i=t[r];r++)if(i.contentWindow===e.source){var a=e.data[`datawrapper-height`][n]+`px`;i.style.height=a}}})}e()})(); At the CDC, for example, the number of career SES decreased 42.9% between December 2024 and February 2026, while the number of non-Senate confirmed political appointees at the agency was six times larger than the agency’s historical average from 2009 and 2024. Knowledgeable career leaders are integral to the ability of public health agencies to carry out their work with scientific integrity and professional judgment, and rapid leadership turnover and increased politicization threaten agencies’ ability to make evidence-based decisions to protect our health. The upheaval and politicization in public health agencies have also negatively affected employee engagement. Strong employee engagement is crucial to the ability of agencies to carry out their mission and successfully provide essential services to the public. In the 2025 Public Service Viewpoint Survey conducted by the Partnership for Public Service, the Department of Health and Human Services—which encompasses major public health agencies such as the CDC and FDA—had an employee engagement and satisfaction score of 20.4 out of 100, one of the lowest among large agencies. Only 2.8% of HHS employees indicated trust in their political leaders and only 8.7% reported confidence that they could report a suspected violation of law or regulation without retaliation. Employees at HHS also reported that the agency’s ability to provide services to the public had suffered. Nearly half of employees at HHS, 47.5%, said their work unit was worse at delivering quality services compared to its performance in 2024. In addition, 57.8% said their work unit was performing worse at fulfilling stakeholder needs. In addition to the work done within federal agencies, the federal government also distributes significant funding for public health and disease prevention work to state and local governments, nonprofits and small businesses—funding which has been significantly disrupted. At the CDC, for example, there was a 71.9% decrease in the amount of project grant funding issued in fiscal year 2025 compared to fiscal year 2024. The FDA also issued far less funding in fiscal year 2025—a 21.3% decrease from its fiscal year 2024 funding. Changes in federal funding include the ending of grants to community organizations that worked on HIV prevention and the cancellation of funding for research into improvements to patient safety and healthcare quality. These changes go beyond federal agencies to impact the broader public health ecosystem, including the state and local health departments responsible for much of the on-the-ground public health work in their communities. About 80% of the CDC’s domestic funding is directed towards state and local partners—meaning that cuts to CDC funding can ultimately result in cuts to state and local public health capacity. Federal agencies also provide expertise and assistance to state and local health agencies as they deal with particular health challenges, but workforce cuts have resulted in fewer federal employees available to help. The Impact of Changes to Public Health Capacity These changes to federal public health capacity are not abstract concerns. Disrupted programs, reduced funding and lost expertise at public health agencies across all levels of government threaten the public’s physical well-being and safety. In some cases, this has already led to harm. The most immediate impacts of federal cuts were seen in interruptions to ongoing public health programs and crisis responses. In one instance, when CDC grants were canceled during the 2025 Texas measles outbreak—the most severe measles outbreak in 25 years—public health officials in Lubbock, Texas were forced to pause parts of their measles response work supported by the frozen funding. Lubbock’s director of public health further said that a lack of available CDC experts to reach out to for advice “definitely” impacted the department’s response to the measles crisis. Cuts to federal funding also forced Dallas County Health and Human Services to cut staff and cancel 50 community vaccination clinics during the outbreak. Public health work outside of major outbreak responses was also disrupted. For example, in April 2025, the Milwaukee Public Health Department was unexpectedly unable to reach experts on lead poisoning due to firings at the CDC when responding to concerns about lead contamination in Milwaukee public schools. Due to federal workforce cuts, several programs at the CDC, including Alzheimer’s and epilepsy programs, have also become trapped in limbo—existing on paper, but without the staff necessary to operate. More recent crises reveal how federal cuts have weakened the public health infrastructure needed to prevent and respond to dangerous new outbreaks. Internationally, cuts at the U.S. Agency for International Development eliminated funding for disease testing and contact tracing abroad, which delayed detection of and responses to the 2026 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. While international outbreaks may seem far removed, the unchecked spread of disease in any country can quickly pose a danger to economic well-being, security and health around the world. Within the United States, public health cuts inhibited responses to the summer 2026 outbreak of the food-borne parasite cyclospora. At the federal level, cuts to funding for lab equipment and for CDC staff with expertise in parasitic infections—including 9 out of 11 staff members at the lab responsible for identifying parasitic outbreaks in 2025— contributed to the largest reporting delay in outbreak cases at the CDC in 15 years. Conflicting communications from the FDA about the source of the outbreak, which followed cuts to the agency’s communications department, additionally led to confusion among the public about how to best avoid infection. At the same time, cuts to HHS funding and support for local and state public health slowed some health departments’ responses to the crisis. The exact costs of these delays, constraints and confusion in public health responses are difficult to estimate. However, their message is clear: federal cuts have already made containing threats to public health even more of a challenge. Conclusion Protecting public health—from food safety to disease prevention—is one of the federal government’s most important missions. Dramatic and haphazard cuts to federal agencies and funding have already disrupted the public health system, impacting the response to challenges such as measles, lead poisoning and cyclosporiasis. The U.S. public health system needed improvement before these disruptions. Since 2022, federal leadership and coordination in response to public health outbreaks has been on the Government Accountability Office’s High-Risk List of areas in need of attention to improve government effectiveness and efficiency. Recent cuts only compound these concerns. The chaotic dismantling of government and resulting disruptions to crucial functions like public health and disease prevention highlight the need for meaningful reform and concrete policy proposals to reimagine how government can better serve the public and be more effective, responsive and accountable. To learn more about the impact of federal cuts to public health and science more broadly, visit The Cost of Cutting American Science. Learn more For more information on the Partnership for Public Service’s government reform initiative, visit Government for a New Era. View here In line with The Cost of Cutting American Science, federal workforce data in this brief is as of February 2026
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