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Republican attorney general candidate Michael Allen: 'You serve everyone, regardless of politics’

The Republican vying to be the state’s next attorney general said his record shows he stands up for victims regardless of their political party or where they come from. And, he said, experience has taught him that some perpetrators deserve a second chance.

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Oct 15 • 12:00 AM EDT • Politics • cpr.org
Trump says those who leak military plans should be shot

At a rally in Arizona, the president dramatically escalated his attacks on news gathering and those willing to speak to the press.

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Oct 14 • 11:58 PM EDT • Politics • seattletimes.com
Penguins’ Nick Robertson Decision Confounds After Maple Leafs Trade

The Pittsburgh Penguins made it a point this offseason to acquire Nick Robertson from the Toronto Maple Leafs. And early in the year, the Penguins showed how much they like Robertson — they gave him time on the first line with Sidney Crosby. Now, though, Robertson has apparently been demoted in recent games. His minutes […] The post Penguins’ Nick Robertson Decision Confounds After Maple Leafs Trade appeared first on HEAVY.

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Oct 14 • 11:55 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Lincoln City Council chair calls AG's move seeking legal fees 'political intimidation'

Lincoln City Council Chair Brodey Weber on Wednesday called Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers' recent move seeking legal fees from the city “political intimidation.”

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Oct 14 • 11:54 PM EDT • Politics • nebraskapublicmedia.org
Recap: Sporting KC falls at league leaders Nashville SC

Sporting Kansas City (6-19-4, 22 pts.) fell to a 4-0 defeat against Supporters’ Shield leaders Nashville SC (19-3-6, 63 pts.) at GEODIS Park on Wednesday night. Nashville took a three-goal lead into the halftime interval before adding a fourth in second-half stoppage time to seal the points. Balancing three games

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Oct 14 • 10:50 PM EDT • Sports • sportingkc.com
Employer Compliance Guide to 2027 Open Enrollment for Health and Welfare Benefits

It’s that time of year again – employers are gearing up for the administrative marathon known as open enrollment season, when employees revisit their benefit plan choices for the upcoming plan year. This critical period consistently highlights the many complex rules applicable to employer-sponsored health and welfare plans. We’ll cover five key legal considerations for employers and share practical takeaways to help you stay compliant.

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Oct 14 • 10:48 PM EDT • Health • fisherphillips.com
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Blazers' Tom Dundon Meets the Man Betting Big on Portland

As Tom Dundon navigates high-stakes arena negotiations, the Blazers owner finds an optimistic ally in a real estate mogul wagering $250 million on downtown Portland’s recovery.

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Oct 14 • 10:44 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Why Stephanie Mills called Lady Gaga a 'culture vulture'

R&B legend Stephanie Mills addressed unresolved friction with Lady Gaga, explaining why she felt disrespected during a private surprise performance. 'I hope you remember what you did.'

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Oct 14 • 10:28 PM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
LA28 still not prepared for Cultural Olympiad, critics say

A state legislative hearing Wednesday revealed that L.A.'s plans for its Cultural Olympiad are woefully behind schedule as the LA28 Summer Games approach.

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Oct 14 • 10:26 PM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
Turkish-Japanese science university opens in Ankara

At Turkish-Japanese Science and Technology University, about 100 Turkish students will study artificial intelligence, earthquakes and other fields.

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Oct 14 • 10:16 PM EDT • Science • japantimes.co.jp
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Warriors Could Trade For Draymond Green’s Longtime Rival

The Golden State Warriors will be looking for ways to improve via the trade market, and Rudy Gobert could emerge as an option. A new report claims that the Minnesota Timberwolves will look to trade Gobert due to his contract ending soon. Paying big money to an aging NBA player can hurt the franchise, especially […] The post Warriors Could Trade For Draymond Green’s Longtime Rival appeared first on HEAVY.

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Oct 14 • 10:06 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Meet MARO: The Portuguese singer-songwriter captivating audiences around the world

At a time when concert crowds are often illuminated by the glow of their own phones, Portuguese singer-songwriter MARO had a Los Angeles audience doing something increasingly rare on Tuesday night:…

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Oct 14 • 9:42 PM EDT • Entertainment • ktla.com
Vance’s Talarico Attacks Show His Penchant for Personal Broadsides

At a rally in Texas, the vice president suggested the Democratic Senate nominee is gay, a comment criticized as homophobic.

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Oct 14 • 9:38 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Chinese scientists say they spotted possible Israeli electronic warfare units

PLA scientists publish algorithm used to estimate sources of GPS spoofing around Israel using flight data.

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Oct 14 • 9:00 PM EDT • Science • scmp.com
The danger of nostalgia in politics

However, this raises concerns as to how susceptible Americans are to political nostalgia. While our country’s past may seem better in hindsight, defaulting to nostalgia is not helpful for enacting change; in times of crisis, it leaves us without a vision of where to go. Instead, we need to work on recreating a faulty vision of the past, one that’s never as good as we remember it being.

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Oct 14 • 8:56 PM EDT • Politics • michigandaily.com
Katie Zacharia Is Trump’s New Press Secretary. But Is She a Lawyer?

Katie Zacharia told The New York Times that the confusion over her legal credentials was the result of one big misunderstanding.

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Oct 14 • 8:45 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Billy Crystal distrusts God after Palisades fire, Rob Reiner death

Billy Crystal opens up about the loss of his Pacific Palisades home and longtime friend Rob Reiner, ahead of the debut of his one-man Broadway show “860.”

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Oct 14 • 8:44 PM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
Alaska Science Forum time capsule: Hardwood, softwood, fuelwood

Note: After finally cleaning my stovepipe last weekend, it feels like woodstove season at my cabin can officially (and safely) begin. Carla Helfferich wrote this wood power-focused Alaska Science Forum column on Oct. 3, 1990. — Sara Wilbur

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Oct 14 • 8:30 PM EDT • Science • peninsulaclarion.com
Alaska Science Forum time capsule: Hardwood, softwood, fuelwood

Note: After finally cleaning my stovepipe last weekend, it feels like woodstove season at my cabin can officially (and safely) begin. Carla Helfferich wrote this wood power-focused Alaska Science Forum column on Oct. 3, 1990. — Sara Wilbur

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Oct 14 • 8:30 PM EDT • Science • homernews.com
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Alan Mandell appreciation: The heart of L.A. theater and a friend

Alan Mandell, an award-winning actor, arts patron and arts administrator, was best known for co-founding the San Quentin Drama Workshop and interpreting the plays of Samuel Beckett.

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Oct 14 • 8:29 PM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
Alan Mandell dead: Actor and interpreter of Samuel Beckett dies

Alan Mandell, an acclaimed classical actor and one of the foremost interpreters of playwright Samuel Beckett‘s work, has died.

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Oct 14 • 8:26 PM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
Campus Creamery’s new owners are learning business in real time

Campus Creamery is a South 40 favorite, a classic midnight snack for WashU’s underclassmen. Three sophomores took over the well-loved ice cream shop last January as first-years.

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Oct 14 • 8:25 PM EDT • Business • studlife.com
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Applications now open for Hurricane Lowell business recovery grants

Onetime grants of $5,000 or $10,000 are available for eligible non-agricultural small businesses and nonprofits that experienced physical damage or economic losses caused directly by Hurricane Lowell; will be awarded on first-come, first-served basis, so those interested encouraged to apply quickly.

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Oct 14 • 8:05 PM EDT • Business • kauainownews.com
Climate Change Is a Given in Every Extreme Weather Event, Why Do We Keep Needing to Prove It?

It's time to break through fossil fuel industry's disinformation

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Oct 14 • 8:02 PM EDT • Science • blog.ucs.org
Your Business Probably Has More Data Than Insight by Nathan Tayloe

Most businesses know more about themselves than they ever have. Leaders have access to financial reports, sales pipelines, customer data, employee metrics, website analytics, and dashboards for almost every part of the organization. CRMs track every stage of the sales process. Marketing platforms report results in real time. AI can analyze and summarize enormous amounts of information in seconds. Yet I've sat in plenty of meetings where all of that information is available, and some of the most important questions are still surprisingly difficult to answer. What's actually working? Why are customers choosing us? Where are we losing opportunities? What should we do differently? Having the data and understanding what it means are two very different things. More Information Doesn't Always Create More Clarity Over the past decade, businesses have invested heavily in visibility, and that's a good thing. We can understand performance with a level of detail that would have been unimaginable not long ago. But there's an unintended consequence. The easier something becomes to measure, the easier it is to assume it must be important. Website traffic goes up, so that looks positive. Leads increase, so marketing appears to be working. Sales activity climbs, so the pipeline looks healthy. Maybe. The numbers tell us what happened. Understanding why it happened, whether it matters, and what we should do next still requires judgment. Not Everything That Matters Fits on a Dashboard Consider a customer who ultimately contacts your company through Google. The data may attribute that lead to search. What it may not show is that the customer heard about you from a colleague six months earlier, saw your company mentioned in an industry publication, followed one of your employees on LinkedIn, and read several reviews before finally searching for your company. Google may have produced the click. It didn't necessarily create the decision. This happens throughout a business. Some of the things that matter most are difficult to reduce to a single metric: Why your best customers stay Why talented employees choose your company Why a prospect trusts one provider over another Why one service is gaining momentum while another isn't Why the market perceives your business the way it does Data can help answer those questions, but it needs context. Better Decisions Start With Better Questions One of the easiest traps for leaders is starting with the information in front of them rather than the decision they're trying to make. Instead of opening a dashboard and asking, "What does the data show?" it can be more useful to start with a different set of questions: What are we trying to understand? What decision are we trying to make? What would we need to know to make that decision confidently? That changes the role of data. Instead of looking at every number available and searching for meaning, you're using information to understand something specific about the business. Information Still Requires Judgment More sophisticated analytics and AI will continue to give leaders access to better information, faster. That's valuable, but I don't think it reduces the importance of experience and judgment. If anything, it increases it. Someone still has to decide which numbers deserve attention, which patterns matter, what context might be missing, and when the data isn't telling the whole story. The goal isn't to know more about your business simply because you can. It's to understand your business well enough to make better decisions. Good data can tell you what happened. Good leadership has to decide what it means. — Learn more about how we help organizations turn business, customer, and marketing insights into smarter strategies at tayloegray.com, or reach out directly at nathan@tayloegray.com.

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Oct 14 • 8:00 PM EDT • Business • wilmingtonbiz.com
Wood County development meeting highlights business growth

PARKERSBURG — Reviewing the past year’s economic development efforts and connecting local businesses with future opportunities were the focus of a joint annual meeting Wednesday at Discovery World on Market. The Wood County Development Authority and the Parkersburg-Wood County Area Development Corporation held the meeting in Discovery World’s Ember Theater for the first time. Lindsey […]

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Oct 14 • 8:00 PM EDT • Business • newsandsentinel.com
TikTok star Bryce Hall arrested on domestic violence charges in Nevada

TikTok influencer Bryce Hall was arrested on a domestic violence charge in Nevada. The alleged victim is listed in court records as his ex Maria Lafuente Palafox, better known online as Mika Lafuente.

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Oct 14 • 6:50 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Business For Good brings on CEO, plans to expand advocacy, provide training for entrepreneurs

Business For Good San Diego announced it is hiring a full-time CEO. Melinda Casey will join the progressive association this month.

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Oct 14 • 6:45 PM EDT • Business • timesofsandiego.com
'Reading Rainbow' host Mychal Threets shares concerning update

Viral librarian and ‘Reading Rainbow’ host Mychal Threets says he is 'trying to stay' amid ongoing mental health battles.

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Oct 14 • 6:21 PM EDT • Health • latimes.com
'Reading Rainbow' host Mychal Threets shares concerning update

Viral librarian and ‘Reading Rainbow’ host Mychal Threets says he is 'trying to stay' amid ongoing mental health battles.

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Oct 14 • 6:21 PM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
The 20 best ‘Tales From the Crypt’ episodes, ranked

From Robert Zemeckis’ killer Santa to Tim Curry pulling triple duty, HBO’s ‘Tales from the Crypt’ delivered some deliciously demented television. We rank its 20 best episodes.

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Oct 14 • 6:20 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Applications open for Hurricane Lowell business recovery grants

The Kauai Hurricane Lowell program will offer one-time grants of $5K or $10K to eligible non-agricultural small businesses and nonprofits.

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Oct 14 • 6:15 PM EDT • Business • hawaiinewsnow.com
Longtime Nashville entertainment reporter, Montgomery native Jimmy Carter dies

Longtime Nashville Entertainment Reporter and Montgomery native Jimmy Carter has died. He was 73.

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Oct 14 • 6:15 PM EDT • Entertainment • wsfa.com
Kristaps Porziņģis remains out indefinitely with health-related matter

The Warriors hoped that the big man's preseason absence would only keep him out for a short time, but that hope is now gone.

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Oct 14 • 6:04 PM EDT • Health • nytimes.com
Last Call for 10.14.26 – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics

A digest of the day's politics and policy while the bartender refreshes your drink.

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Oct 14 • 6:00 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Apple doubled the price of its TV streaming box from $150 to $300, and even the company's hardcore fans are furious

The new generation of the Apple TV 4K costs so much that some longtime Apple enthusiasts are simply not interested.

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Oct 14 • 6:00 PM EDT • Technology • finance.yahoo.com
Cross-party draw emerges as key factor in Texas' 28th District race

One national Republican group is canceling $3 million in planned advertising aimed at unseating longtime Rep. Henry Cuellar of Laredo.

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Oct 14 • 6:00 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
The Painters Cottage opens in downtown Leesburg

Celebrating their passion for the arts, three friends have teamed up to open The Painters Cottage at 23 N. King St. in Leesburg.

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Oct 14 • 6:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • loudountimes.com
The Supreme Court sides with GOP again in political ad rates dispute

The ruling gives the FCC more time to review a policy that would extend discounted campaign ad rates to political committees.

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Oct 14 • 5:47 PM EDT • Politics • yahoo.com
Supreme Court Again Sides With Republicans in Political TV Ad Fight

The Trump administration had filed an emergency application asking the justices to intervene in a long-running dispute over political ad rates.

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Oct 14 • 5:17 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Dodgers’ Game 4 Matchup Moved Up Following ALCS Reschedule

MLB moved the Los Angeles Dodgers’ NLCS Game 4 matchup against the Milwaukee Brewers up, with the new start time at 5:00 p.m. PT on Thursday. The change came following a change in the start time for the Game 3 in the Cleveland Guardians and Tampa Bay Rays’ ALCS matchup due to forecasted inclement weather. […] The post Dodgers’ Game 4 Matchup Moved Up Following ALCS Reschedule appeared first on LA Sports Report.

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Oct 14 • 5:17 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Battle Over the Pierre Ends in Defeat for the Buyer Pushed by Lutnick

Motasem Khashoggi, who hails from a prominent Saudi family, missed a Tuesday deadline to deliver a $100 million deposit to purchase the Manhattan landmark.

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Oct 14 • 5:12 PM EDT • Business • nytimes.com
Scientists identify avian cholera as major cause of penguin deaths in Antarctica

Thousands of Adélie penguins found dead in Antarctica in 2024 were primarily victims of avian cholera, not high pathogenicity avian influenza (H5N1) as researchers initially suspected, according to a ...

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Oct 14 • 5:10 PM EDT • Science • phys.org
Joni Mitchell celebrates citizenship after 62 years living in the U.S.

'Big Yellow Taxi,' 'Woodstock' and 'Both Sides, Now' singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell is from Canada but has long resided in the U.S. She shared video of her naturalization ceremony on social media.

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Oct 14 • 5:09 PM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
Porzingis Out Indefinitely Due To Health Issues

Kristaps Porzingis won't be available for the Warriors for an indefinite period of time due to health issues.

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Oct 14 • 5:03 PM EDT • Health • hoopsrumors.com
Champlain Valley Exposition brought animals, entertainment and crowds together in 2002

The 2002 Champlain Valley Exposition featured animals, agricultural exhibits, entertainment and an estimated 300,000 visitors

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Oct 14 • 4:45 PM EDT • Entertainment • wcvb.com
Ella Langley ponders the dream at L.A.'s Greek Theatre

The 27-year-old country singer brought her smash 'Choosin' Texas' to the Greek on Tuesday night in the first of two sold-out shows.

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Oct 14 • 4:33 PM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
Ubisoft plans cuts at German studios, adding to wave of workforce reductions

Ubisoft is planning to reduce its workforce in Germany, where it operates a trio of studios, by about 100 workers, Game File has learned. The company wants to offer employees buyouts to, should enough people accept, avoid having to lay anyone off. “In Germany, we initiated discussions with the Works Council last week regarding a proposed voluntary departure plan across Ubisoft Dusseldorf, Ubisoft Berlin & Ubisoft Mainz,” a company rep told Game File. A “works council” is a union-like group representing employees. “The voluntary plan is the primary measure being proposed to support the intended organizational changes,” the Ubisoft rep added. The company declined to confirm the scale of the potential headcount cut. Of the impacted studios, Mainz might be the best known to the public. It leads development of the Anno series and shipped the well-reviewed strategy game Anno 117: Pax Romana in November 2025. Berlin and Dusseldorf operate as support studios within Ubisoft’s creative network. Berlin recently supported the development of Rainbow Six Siege and the Rayman Legends Retold remake. Dusseldorf also contributed to those projects, as well as The Settlers and Ubisoft-branded escape rooms. Dusseldorf is the biggest of the three studios, with some 400+ workers, compared to just over 100 at the other two, a source familiar with the reductions and the teams told Game File. More than half of these new reductions of about 100 people are expected to happen at Dusseldorf. The planned cuts were announced at a town hall for the German studios on Tuesday of last week. In an email follow-up, the studio group’s managing director, Benedikt Grindel, said the cuts were intended to “best position our German studios for the future... with a clearer focus on their role, capabilities and organizational setup needed for the work ahead.” The email was an echo of the past. In January 2025, Grindel had emailed the Ubisoft developers in his region (or studio “zone”) to explain that a round of 185 cuts at the time, including about 65 at Dusseldorf, were “essential to improve our operational efficiency and ensure the long-term sustainability of our studios, the zone and the company.” A half-decade of continued job cuts Ubisoft has been aggressively cutting its headcount for years. At the end of September 2022, it had 20,729 workers. By the end of March 2026, that total was down to 16,590. Studio management is trying to trim costs as it grapples with a changing industry and a drought of releases, let alone hits. The company announced earlier this year that it had reduced its costs since 2022 by “nearly €325 million” ($362m) and planned to lower them through 2028 by another €180 million ($200m). In June the company said it was closing down its Winnipeg and Belgrade studios and cutting roles in its Barcelona team. Even commercial and creative success hasn’t spared studios from this ongoing company-wide contraction. As Game File was nailing down details around the proposed cuts in Germany, Ubisoft management was informing workers of cuts in its Singapore studio, which shipped a hit remake of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag this past July. Some 70 positions in Singapore are being eliminated “to align the studio with upcoming production needs,” per a company rep’s statement to Game File. In early 2024, a large team in the Singapore studio launched the multiplayer pirate game Skull & Bones. It performed poorly but has been supported with regular content updates since. Many of Ubisoft’s studios around the world are heavily subsidized via regional grants and tax breaks. Singapore had been among them for years, but received no such local assistance in the 12 months ending this past March. News of the Singapore cuts broke today alongside word that Ubisoft is also proposing the closure of RedLynx, pending negotiations with officials. The Finnish studio behind the motorbike series Trials was founded in 2000 and sold to Ubisoft in 2011. As reported by VGC (and corroborated by Game File), Ubisoft management told employees it could not come up with a new, sustainable assignment for RedLynx. The 2025 workforce at Ubisoft Dusseldorf were straight-up cuts. This time, Ubisoft is hoping the reductions at its trio of German studios will largely come from workers taking a payout to leave. The company offered such voluntary dismissals at its Massive Entertainment studio (The Division) a year ago. For the German studios’ buyouts this time around, Ubisoft and the Works Council had discussed a formula that’d pay a worker’s monthly salary multiplied by 1.5 and by the number of years they’ve worked at the company, according to Game File sources. The formula is still subject to negotiations with the Works Council and has not yet been part of an official offer to workers. It could be adjusted up or down, and it could be supplemented with additional bonuses. Asked about the floated payout formula, a Ubisoft rep told Game File, “The terms of a potential voluntary departure program remain subject to negotiation with employee representatives. No final agreement has been reached, and we won’t comment on specific proposals while discussions are ongoing.” Game File is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe Item 2: Epic’s AI adventures Epic Games (Fortnite, the Unreal engine) is all-in on using AI to try to transform the way it makes video games and game-making tools. It’s leaders appear to be undeterred by any resistance among gamers and some game developers around generative AI—and instead emboldened by advances, particularly in AI-assisted programming. A recap of the last three days: On Monday, Bloomberg reported that Epic management told workers last week that development of an upcoming game combining Star Wars and Marvel characters would be “AI first.” Employees would be expected to use AI models such as Claude to code the game. A manager told Epic’s developers there would be “[n]o more hand-written code” and that art for the game would be “generated with full AI workflows,” per the outlet. Just ahead of that story running, Epic founder Tim Sweeney tweeted: “We have a huge pivot underway here at Epic, moving developers around to retool for maximum AI acceleration. The aim isn’t to do the same stuff with fewer people, but to enable everyone here to build MORE and BETTER stuff, and to bring the benefits to all teams using Unreal.” In a follow-up, Sweeney predicted that most game development processes would be at least three times faster a year from now than they were in January 2026, thanks to AI. To a person on X who told him he was failing to read the room, Sweeney said: “Much of the room wants it to be 2016 again, but it’s not. Our job, as the provider of tools and technology to much of the industry, is to design for the present that is and the future that will soon be.” On Wednesday, Epic announced it was releasing a faster launcher for its Epic Games Store marketplace. It did so by stating in a blog post as clear as could be that the launcher is an AI-enabled, vibe-coded project: Programming is hard. So, instead of doing that, we vibe coded a new Epic Games Launcher that’s way faster and more responsive than the current one, and has a new look. Programming is hard? That was unexpected phrasing from a company founded by a legendarily great programmer. Back in 2011, Sweeney told me that he’d picked up programming quickly as a kid and rejoiced at the power it gave him. “I could look at any program that anybody else had written and, with enough effort, build something cooler.” Item 3: The Xbox Labs experiment (and one of the people behind it) Microsoft’s Xbox division, which is flooding the zone with announcements lately, yesterday revealed a new internal tech-tinkering team called Xbox Labs. In the words of Xbox boss Asha Sharma Labs is “a small group of game makers, engineers and scientists whose job is to turn emerging ideas into things our players and developers can experience.” Conventional wisdom coming out of the announcement is that Labs is a team that’ll focus on ideas driven by generative AI. In her announcement, Sharma cited some of the dizzying achievements in tech and gaming over the past month as AI agents and other AI tools have been deployed to swiftly figure out how popular games work, then rebuild them and mix them up. She mentioned seeing ”games rapidly decompiled and rebuilt to run on hardware they were never originally designed to support” and said “[p]erhaps more surprisingly, we’ve seen many of the biggest games in the world have been remixed into the source code of another.” (Minecraft plus Elden Ring, for example, or Fortnite + Super Monkey Ball + Overwatch + Diablo + others.) Sharma also cited the work of Windows PC games being ported to run in browsers, a seeming reference to a recent AI-assisted fan port of Halo. Or perhaps Call of Duty or GTA. Sharma didn’t use the specific term “AI” in her memo, but she came close, citing AI “agents” and their potential for game-making tools that Labs could help craft: I think XBOX has an important role to play here. Coding became the first major workload for agents because they can write, run, and test software. Games share many of those same properties, and people spend more than 72 billion hours a year playing XBOX games, roughly five times the estimated time spent writing code worldwide. We’ve spent 25 years learning how to make great games, and I want our game makers to help shape what these new technologies make possible. As we learn, we’ll share the tools we build with developers across the industry, just as we always have. When I asked an Xbox rep if Labs was an AI-centric team, they said genAI was not the focus, describing it as having a broader mandate for using new tech in new ways in gaming. As an example, they pointed to Xbox’s recently launched disc-to-digital gaming usage rights program. Microsoft didn’t specifically name anyone involved full-time in Xbox Labs yesterday, but on social media and LinkedIn, I spotted Adrian Mato IDing himself as leading the creatio of tools at Labs and talking up the launch. Mato first caught my attention in late September, when he said on X that he was “starting to build a new team at Xbox focused on products and tools for how games get built and distributed as agentic tools become more capable.” At the time, he framed AI-based tools as a supplement to traditional game dev tools. “I don’t think we need to replace them,” he said. Since then, he’s publicly shown interest in AI and in games. He’s recently spent some of his X feed marveling at the power of AI agents and praising the lighting in the latest Gears of War. Following the Labs announcement yesterday, he enthused about the Xbox Labs’ stylish landing page. He wrote: “We built some fun tools to art-direct shaders in real time, experimented with interactive ASCII art, and sprinkled in lots of tiny details. “Move your mouse to leave a colorful trail that reveals the original footage, or interact with the video to trigger bursts of particles. “A lot of love went into making it all feel just right. “More to come”

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Oct 14 • 4:31 PM EDT • Technology • gamefile.news
Universal Music Group cuts several executives during its restructure

Executives at Def Jam, Republic Records and Interscope are leaving Universal Music Group as it completes a plan to save €250 million (about $270 million) a year.

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Oct 14 • 4:22 PM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
Arizona employee health insurance costs are 'out of control,' lawmakers say

Rising healthcare costs and limited state budget reserves could lead to higher employee premiums, greater cost-sharing and other changes to the plan.

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Oct 14 • 4:07 PM EDT • Health • azcapitoltimes.com
Commentary: New Hampshire sure is beautiful this time of year, apolitically speaking

It’s mid-October, and New Hampshire has never been more stunning. How stunning? The autumn reds and golds are barely muted by the pall of another election season. Not that this campaign cycle hasn’t tried its soulless best to drape the landscape in gray.

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Oct 14 • 3:44 PM EDT • Politics • newhampshirebulletin.com
Former Baltimore-area small business leader indicted on bank fraud charges

A celebrated Columbia entrepreneur was charged with bank fraud offenses stemming from small business loan applications tied to her now-defunct companies.

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Oct 14 • 3:42 PM EDT • Business • thedailyrecord.com
Dodgers-Brewers NLCS Game 4 time changed by MLB
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Oct 14 • 3:19 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Midterm Election Ad Spending Topped $10 Billion, and It’s Still Rising

The campaign is set to be more expensive than the 2024 presidential election cycle, and has already exceeded the ad total booked by the N.F.L. last season.

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Oct 14 • 3:08 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
White House economic chief reveals why Americans aren't feeling optimistic about economy

White House advisor Kevin Hassett says rising energy costs contributed to disappointing inflation data, while bank executives report that consumers continue to spend.

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Oct 14 • 2:48 PM EDT • Business • foxbusiness.com
10 Dane County employers get grants for AI, manufacturing training

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers announced state funding for Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream, Quartz Health Solutions, DSG Outerwear and more in the Madison area.

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Oct 14 • 2:45 PM EDT • Business • captimes.com
Newsom heads to New Hampshire to stump for Democrats

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's trip follows voyages to other early primary voting states that could be critical to his campaign if he officially joins the 2028 presidential contest.

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Oct 14 • 2:27 PM EDT • Politics • latimes.com
Studies examine the connection between primary care provider resources and health outcomes for type 2 diabetes patients

Within the medical ecosystem, health guidelines aim for timely diagnosis and regular follow-up of chronic illnesses, such as type 2 diabetes, to ensure that no patient gets left behind. However, two studies ...

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Oct 14 • 2:20 PM EDT • Health • medicalxpress.com
Bleached Coral Rebounded After Touching Healthy Coral, Study Finds

After sick corals were placed in direct contact with healthy ones of the same genetic make-up, they recovered at “incredible” speed, scientists found.

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Oct 14 • 2:00 PM EDT • Science • nytimes.com
Space Shuttle Endeavour: Reservations open next week to see exhibit

Reservations for the California Science Center’s new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, home to Space Shuttle Endeavour, open Oct. 21.

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Oct 14 • 2:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
‘I’ve worked hard to get where I’m not’: Kirk Fox on comedy, tennis and his dirtbag-noir novel

Fox returns to Sterlin Harjo’s Hulu series 'The Lowdown' as he takes on more writing and acting projects, saying finishing the novel helped him believe he could complete something.

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Oct 14 • 1:58 PM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
Some EGF businesses reporting lower operation costs compared to last year

Visits with 12 local businesses give details about workforce needs, increased insurance and material costs and the state's Earned Sick and Safe Time mandate.

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Oct 14 • 1:48 PM EDT • Business • grandforksherald.com
In Good Health: Are We Solving Hearing Loss?

For those experiencing hearing loss, being able to discern the speech of other people in noisy environments can be frustrating. And hearing aids often don’t convey sound in every situation.Hearing loss affects 37.5 million adults in this country. And rates of hearing loss increase with age. Some 10 percent of those over the age of 55 have hearing loss that qualifies as a disability. And just over half of all people over the age of 75 have disabling hearing loss.In this edition of “In Good Health,” we talk about the health issues that most affect us and put your questions to the experts. This time, we tackle hearing loss.Here are some resources shared by our experts during this discussion:- HearAdvisor.com – a hearing aid comparison and review site- Hear & Beyond by Shari Eberts and Gael Hannan – a guide to navigating hearing loss- Hearing Number app – a free smartphone app by Johns Hopkins University for measuring how much sound you can hearFind more of our programs online. Listen to 1A sponsor-free by signing up for 1A+ at plus.npr.org/the1a.

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Oct 14 • 1:44 PM EDT • Health • npr.org
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Justice Dept. demands California prove citizenship for lists of voters or withhold ballots

The U.S. Department of Justice has given California election officials 48 hours to prove the U.S. citizenship of voters its flagged as potential noncitizens, or withhold their ballots.

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Oct 14 • 1:38 PM EDT • Politics • latimes.com
Commentary: Karen Bass says L.A.'s political establishment doesn't like Raman. Well, boo hoo

Karen Bass says L.A.'s political establishment doesn't like Raman. Well, boo hoo

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Oct 14 • 1:34 PM EDT • Politics • latimes.com
TENNESSEE VOLS BASKETBALL: Exhibition with Xavier opens season

The Tennessee men's basketball team is set to take the floor at Food City Center for the first time in the 2026-27 season Thursday as it hosts the Xavier Musketeers in a preseason exhibition contest. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. ET.

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Oct 14 • 1:34 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Longtime Panthers player returns after battling serious health condition

Right tackle Taylor Moton experienced a “multitude” of blood clots in one lung.

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Oct 14 • 1:14 PM EDT • Health • wbtv.com
Terry Bradshaw gives health update, announces he's nearing retirement from broadcasting

The two-time Super Bowl MVP gave a health update in a recent interview and talked about his previous double cancer diagnosis.

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Oct 14 • 1:11 PM EDT • Health • wbaltv.com
Terry Bradshaw gives health update, announces he's nearing retirement from broadcasting

The two-time Super Bowl MVP gave a health update in a recent interview and talked about his previous double cancer diagnosis.

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Oct 14 • 1:11 PM EDT • Health • kcci.com
You Bought AI to Save Time. So Why Are You Busier Than Ever?

AI improves productivity only when leaders fix the underlying business system, delegate outcomes effectively, and stop managing every task.

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Oct 14 • 1:00 PM EDT • Business • inc.com
Boston Mayor Joins Effort to Protect Legal Cannabis in Massachusetts

Mayor Michelle Wu is the latest in a list of a growing number of high-profile figures endorsing the ‘No on 8’ campaign to protect the Commonwealth’s cannabis laws against a prohibitionist-backed ballot Question 8 in the November mid-term election.

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Oct 14 • 12:52 PM EDT • Business • cannabisbusinesstimes.com
Positive Quail Surveys Signal Another Successful Season Ahead

uail season kicks off Nov. 1, and the annual Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) roadside survey signaled good population numbers going into opening day. Good habitat conditions, along with timely rainfall, helped bobwhite and scaled quail production.

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Oct 14 • 12:43 PM EDT • Business • texasborderbusiness.com
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Oct 14 • 12:32 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Longtime ESPN producer says network ‘neutered’ stories critical of sports gambling

ESPN’s outlook on sports gambling has done a complete 180 in less than a decade. The network once treated the topic as a faux pas. Point spreads and parlays were rarely, if ever, mentioned. And when they were, it was always tongue-in-cheek. Fast-forward to 2026, and ESPN has fully embraced sports gambling. Every show is…

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Oct 14 • 12:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Penn State's Micah Parsons Gets Health Update Ahead of Cowboys Game

More time is needed for the ex-PSU superstar.

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Oct 14 • 12:23 PM EDT • Health • sports.yahoo.com
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Penn State's Micah Parsons Gets Health Update Ahead of Cowboys Game

More time is needed for the ex-PSU superstar.

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Oct 14 • 12:23 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Lawrenceville Arts Center launches intimate live music series featuring rising artists

Music fans looking to discover their next favorite artist can find their next live music experience in downtown Lawrenceville with the launch of The Preview, a new intimate concert series

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Oct 14 • 12:18 PM EDT • Entertainment • gwinnettdailypost.com
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Nearly All Soldiers Completed Army Brain Health Test, Service Says

The DOD established the Neurocognitive Assessment Tool (NCAT) in 2024 to track soldiers' baseline cognitive health.

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Oct 14 • 12:16 PM EDT • Health • military.com
Federal watchdog says 9 large US banks denied service to customers over political or religious views

A federal banking watchdog determined that nine banks' sweeping internal guidelines lacked objective, risk-based criteria, effectively shutting out legitimate customers.

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Oct 14 • 12:06 PM EDT • Politics • finance.yahoo.com
First Take: Vertical Endeavors’ New Owners

Husbands, business partners, and longtime climbers Adam Arling and Brent Sugay have taken the helm of Vertical Endeavors.

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Oct 14 • 12:05 PM EDT • Business • tcbmag.com
How the Zelda Ocarina of Time remake changes the classic game’s script

At the start of the iconic 1998 Nintendo 64 game The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time, our playable hero Link wakes up in his tree cabin, heads outside and is greeted by his friend Saria. “Yahoo! Hi, Stotil!" she says. In other people’s copies of the games, she might say “Hi, Link!” or “Hi, Brick!” or use whatever other name the player was allowed to input when first launching the game. The more important point is that she starts with a “Yahoo!” In Nintendo’s 2011 remake of Ocarina of Time for the 3DS handheld, Saria greets Link with that same word. But for the 2026 Switch 2 re-remake of Ocarina of Time, out November 5, Saria’s salutation has changed: “Hello, Link!” she exclaims. There’s no “Yahoo” to be heard. Last month, in an official Nintendo video preview, Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma described the remake as a “faithful interpretation using modern technologies.” Faithful means the gameplay hasn’t changed much. Dungeons, quests, and just generally what you do in the game doesn’t seem to have changed, not based on what Nintendo has shown nor the hour of the game I played in New York City a couple of weeks ago. The graphics have been overhauled. The controls have been tweaked. Players can now manually control the camera and make Link jump with the press of a button, both notable differences from the original 1998 design. But Link’s journey appears to take the same path, with the same obstacles in its way. The remake’s biggest alteration to Ocarina of Time that I’ve spotted so far just might be the script. About the game’s story, Aonuma said in September, “We’ve added quite a lot of new dialogue for the characters, so that their personalities shine even more.” Earlier this month, I played a chunk of the Ocarina of Time remake at a Nintendo showcase. In the game’s earliest moments, I made a point of talking to characters and recording what they said. I found the script to be more colorful, more natural in its phrasing, more careful to establish its characters, and certainly more wordy even with the removal of that one “Yahoo!”. I’ve got some very early-game examples, so you can judge the new writing for yourself.

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Oct 14 • 11:32 AM EDT • Technology • gamefile.news
HBO Max to premier Kordell Stewart documentary

HBO Max has released the trailer for the Kordell Stewart trailer, documenting the career of a Steelers QB ahead of his time.

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Oct 14 • 11:16 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
iPhone Duo: Skipping AppleCare+ Could Be $1,499 Mistake

Apple today listed its estimated repair fees for the iPhone Duo without AppleCare+ coverage, with the maximum fee in the U.S. for "other damage" set at $1,499. If you only damage certain parts of the iPhone Duo, the fees are more manageable. For example, the repair fee for damaged back glass is set at $199. If you eventually want to replace the battery in your iPhone Duo, that will cost you $229.

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Oct 14 • 11:13 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Nebraska vs Indiana: The Numbers Behind a 20-17 Loss

Nebraska vs Indiana ended 20-17, and Nebraska had a two-score lead in the fourth quarter before it got away. That one hurt. I’ll say this up front: I think this team is playing better football than Nebraska has played in a very long time. For those of you who see the world in black and […]

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Oct 14 • 11:12 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
When Rockstar Needed To Delay GTA 6 Again, Take-Two's CEO Replied: 'Please Tell Me You're Kidding'

Strauss Zelnick eventually understood why it needed more time and provided it

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Oct 14 • 11:10 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Tales of Eternia Remastered Nintendo Switch 2, Steam Deck, Switch 1, and ROG Ally impressions

Our Tales of Eternia Remastered portable comparison covers Switch 1 vs Switch 2, Steam Deck recommended settings, ROG Ally impressions, load times, and more.

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Oct 14 • 11:10 AM EDT • Technology • rpgsite.net
Chiefs Emerge as Potential Candidate for Week 8 Primetime Flex

The Kansas City Chiefs are always in demand. Even coming off a 6-11 season in 2025, their first two games of 2026 were in primetime. The Chiefs hosted the Denver Broncos in Week 1 on “Monday Night Football,” then the Indianapolis Colts in Week 2 on “Sunday Night Football.” They still have four more primetime […] The post Chiefs Emerge as Potential Candidate for Week 8 Primetime Flex appeared first on HEAVY.

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Oct 14 • 11:06 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Why the World Series will define the MLB lockout battle

The World Series is the ultimate PR battle in the lockut, but it shouldn’t be.

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Oct 14 • 11:04 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Commonly prescribed blood-pressure drug may stimulate 'healthy' brown fat

Scientists have discovered that the drug losartan, commonly prescribed for high blood pressure, boosts brown adipose tissue activity in mice, enhancing their metabolism. This indicates that repurposing ...

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Oct 14 • 11:00 AM EDT • Health • medicalxpress.com
Neighborhood conditions linked to childhood cancer survivors’ long-term health

Discover how the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study uncovered community-level factors influencing chronic health condition risks, and how that can improve care.

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Oct 14 • 11:00 AM EDT • Health • newswise.com
2026 Phillies Report Cards: Zach Pop

Here for a mediocre time, not a long time

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Oct 14 • 11:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Yankees legend gets full-time manager job

Mattingly, of course, starred for the Yankees from 1982-95.

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Oct 14 • 10:51 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Where to watch Celta vs Juventus in the Europa League

The Men's First Team are back in UEFA Europa League action, this time taking on Celta Vigo in Spain at 21:00 CEST on October 15.Here are all the TV details you will need.WHERE TO WATCH CELTA VS JUVEN...

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Oct 14 • 10:49 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Amazon’s $550 tablet breaks its oldest hardware rule

The Alexa premium tablet poses one big problem for the company.

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Oct 14 • 10:33 AM EDT • Technology • thestreet.com
Schmeling Construction Co. wins award for work at Home Base Sports Fields

Schmeling Construction Co. among “Best of the Best” in Illinois for donating time and talent to construct Home Base Sports Fields, a one-of-a-kind place to play for Buddy Baseball and All Stars Baseball programs.

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Oct 14 • 10:27 AM EDT • Sports • rockfordparkdistrict.org
Report: NFL considers flexing Eagles-Commanders out of prime time
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Oct 14 • 10:16 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Phillies name Don Mattingly their full-time manager
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Oct 14 • 10:16 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Americans with disabilities worry about proposed changes to major national health survey

The federal government plans to dramatically shrink the size of its National Health Interview Survey, sparking concerns about underestimating disability rates.

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Oct 14 • 10:14 AM EDT • Health • seattletimes.com
Skill games become illegal in PA, small business workers lose their jobs: ‘It’s awful’

The last day of legality arrived Tuesday for an estimated 70,000 so-called “skill games” that were pulling in money at clubs and small businesses across Pennsylvania.

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Oct 14 • 10:09 AM EDT • Business • centredaily.com
Judge extends order barring Trump from banning CNN, MS NOW, Politico reporters

Judge Timothy Kelly ruled that CNN, MS NOW and Politico are likely to succeed in their constitutional free speech and due process claims

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Oct 14 • 10:06 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com