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CyberPowerPC Gaming PCs With Founder's Edition Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 GPUs Are on Sale During the Walmart GeForce Week Sale Event

Part of the Walmart's GeForce Week Sale that ends on September 27.

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Sep 23 • 5:55 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
TENNESSEE VOLS FOOTBALL: Carter semifinalist for Campbell Trophy

The National Football Foundation (NFF) announced Wednesday that Tennessee senior linebacker Arion Carter is one of 206 semifinalists for the William V. Campbell Trophy – college football's premier scholar-athlete award.

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Sep 23 • 5:37 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Dolly Parton's estate granted temporary restraining order against singer's nephew

A Tennessee judge has granted Dolly Parton’s estate a temporary restraining order against the late singer’s nephew Bryan Seaver and his private security company. She’s Alive, the entity founded to

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Sep 23 • 5:37 PM EDT • Entertainment • yakimaherald.com
Copper Shores Community Health Foundation delivers 20 AEDs to community organizations

Copper Shores Community Health Foundation is distributing 20 AEDs to 10 organizations across the Copper Country.

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Sep 23 • 5:23 PM EDT • Health • uppermichiganssource.com
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‘I miss old Google’: readers tell us how they search the internet in the age of AI

A feature called AI Overviews has been a profound change, and the browsing habits of billions of people are shifting

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Sep 23 • 3:51 PM EDT • Technology • theguardian.com
Sea spider with hairy feet, three lips, and red eyes found in Canada

The team also found a new species covered in parasites.

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Sep 23 • 3:15 PM EDT • Science • popsci.com
As Xi Visits Washington, Trump Plays Down China’s Actions Against U.S. Interests

Despite the rivalry between the United States and China, President Trump has repeatedly found ways to give President Xi Jinping of China a pass, portraying him more as a personal friend than a competitor.

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Sep 23 • 3:13 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Health foundations, UP organizations discuss programs to improve aging in the UP

Last year, 14 U.P. organizations received funding to support aging adults and their caregivers. On Wednesday, they met up to share updates about new initiatives for the region.

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Sep 23 • 2:55 PM EDT • Health • uppermichiganssource.com
Health Care Partnership outlines workforce progress

More local nursing graduates are staying in the region, according to officials offering an update on the progress of the New Hanover Healthcare Career Partnership at a public forum last night. According to Jack Watson, dean of UNCW’s College of Health & Human Services, the number of UNCW nursing graduates choosing to remain in the area after graduation has climbed from 27% to the mid-40% range. The New Hanover Healthcare Career Partnership aims to address the region’s healthcare worker shortage, with a key focus on nursing through strategic partnerships between UNCW, Cape Fear Community College (CFCC), New Hanover County Schools and the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce Foundation. "Each of the partners had pathway programs,” said Watson, “but they were almost at times done in a silo." One of the New Hanover Community Endowment's largest commitments to date, the collaborative received a $22.3 million grant in 2023, to be disbursed over three years, beginning in 2024. At the public forum, leadership addressed the nursing bottleneck created by the pandemic, and Laurie Whalin, president of the Novant Health Coastal Region, acknowledged that Novant Health had relied heavily on travel nurses during that period, with travel nurses making up about 47% of staff and nursing turnover at 35% at the height of the pandemic. "I can say we are in a tremendously different place today,” Whalin said at the forum. The number of travel nurses employed by the Novant Health Coastal Region has dropped to around 100 today, which Whalin says accounts for less than 4% of the workforce. Roughly two years into the grant term, major stakeholders in the collaboration pointed to various accomplishments tied to the initiative. According to Stephen Hill, vice president of talent development with the Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, 250 more nurses live in New Hanover County in 2026 than in 2023. Whalin added that between 2021 and 2025, the Novant Health Coastal Region has hired close to 1,200 registered nurses. Additionally, according to Whalin, over the past two years, hiring and retention of nursing graduates from UNCW increased by 103%, while hiring and retention of nursing graduates from CFCC increased by 70%. Mandy Mills, director of career & technical education at New Hanover County Schools, pointed to the launch of its first Health Sciences Academy program, established across the county's four traditional high schools (Hoggard High School, Laney High School, Ashley High School and New Hanover High School), which started with 38 students last year. Mills also pointed to growth in the district’s Nursing Fundamentals course, which grew from 10 seats in 2023 to 50 in 2025-2026 and is now offered at all four traditional high schools. Watson emphasized the growing nursing class sizes and offered an update on the school’s accelerated nursing degree, which launched last year. Eleven students graduated in the first class, and all passed their boards on the first try, Watson said. This year’s class has 24 students. When the endowment announced its $22.3 million grant for the collaborative in 2023, UNCW and CFCC were each slated to receive the bulk of the funds, at about $10 million each. UNCW’s plans for the grant money included expanding its simulation lab, Watson said. He added that construction is expected to begin on the simulation lab this year and will likely extend through next year. According to Mary Ellen Naylor, dean of Health & Human Services at CFCC, the college has experienced growth in its associate degree nursing retention, rising from 59% in 2023 to 76% for the May 2026 class. CFCC used part of its endowment funding to support wraparound services, including a housing stipend, tuition assistance, exam assistance, emergency assistance, drop-in daycare and clinical and educational supplies. "We have very strong … students, but once they get into the program, there are competing priorities,” Naylor said. “They are working multiple jobs. They have children. They're single parents." According to Naylor, in 2026, 94% of students who used support services are still enrolled or have graduated. Addressing a question from an audience member about an approaching “enrollment cliff,” driven largely by dropping birth rates, Watson and Naylor said demand remains strong at both schools. “Right now … we do have more applicants than we have spots in our nursing program, and it is still a competitive process to get into,” Watson said. “I do not foresee that changing.” "(We've) doubled enrollment in our nursing programs over the last few years, but just as Dean Watson said, we still have very robust applicant pools, so it is still very competitive to get in,” Naylor said. "We have the applicant pool to support that, but again, it's not as easy as just saying, 'Okay … we're going to take another 90 students.' It's making sure all the resources and infrastructure that we need to educate the students outside the classroom is there as well." In response to a question about applying the collaborative model to other healthcare positions besides nursing, Sophie Dagenais, CEO and president of the endowment, said she sees the potential for the model to expand to other healthcare jobs and even other industries, but that the endowment hopes to learn from this model first. “This is a grant that is in year two of three years, and first we wanted to learn what is this going to demonstrate, what will we learn and then how may we scale it possibly,” she said. According to endowment spokesperson Amber Rogerson, funds for the program are set to expire after June 2027. “It's too early to discuss what happens after that,” wrote Rogerson in an email, “though we know the partners are considering the future, and some of the work supported by the grants is now built into their regular operations.”

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Sep 23 • 2:13 PM EDT • Health • wilmingtonbiz.com
Health Care Partnership outlines workforce progress

More local nursing graduates are staying in the region, according to officials offering an update on the progress of the New Hanover Healthcare Career Partnership at a public forum last night. According to Jack Watson, dean of UNCW’s College of Health & Human Services, the number of UNCW nursing graduates choosing to remain in the area after graduation has climbed from 27% to the mid-40% range. The New Hanover Healthcare Career Partnership aims to address the region’s healthcare worker shortage, with a key focus on nursing through strategic partnerships between UNCW, Cape Fear Community College (CFCC), New Hanover County Schools and the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce Foundation. "Each of the partners had pathway programs,” said Watson, “but they were almost at times done in a silo." One of the New Hanover Community Endowment's largest commitments to date, the collaborative received a $22.3 million grant in 2023, to be disbursed over three years, beginning in 2024. At the public forum, leadership addressed the nursing bottleneck created by the pandemic, and Laurie Whalin, president of the Novant Health Coastal Region, acknowledged that Novant Health had relied heavily on travel nurses during that period, with travel nurses making up about 47% of staff and nursing turnover at 35% at the height of the pandemic. "I can say we are in a tremendously different place today,” Whalin said at the forum. The number of travel nurses employed by the Novant Health Coastal Region has dropped to around 100 today, which Whalin says accounts for less than 4% of the workforce. Roughly two years into the grant term, major stakeholders in the collaboration pointed to various accomplishments tied to the initiative. According to Stephen Hill, vice president of talent development with the Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, 250 more nurses live in New Hanover County in 2026 than in 2023. Whalin added that between 2021 and 2025, the Novant Health Coastal Region has hired close to 1,200 registered nurses. Additionally, according to Whalin, over the past two years, hiring and retention of nursing graduates from UNCW increased by 103%, while hiring and retention of nursing graduates from CFCC increased by 70%. Mandy Mills, director of career & technical education at New Hanover County Schools, pointed to the launch of its first Health Sciences Academy program, established across the county's four traditional high schools (Hoggard High School, Laney High School, Ashley High School and New Hanover High School), which started with 38 students last year. Mills also pointed to growth in the district’s Nursing Fundamentals course, which grew from 10 seats in 2023 to 50 in 2025-2026 and is now offered at all four traditional high schools. Watson emphasized the growing nursing class sizes and offered an update on the school’s accelerated nursing degree, which launched last year. Eleven students graduated in the first class, and all passed their boards on the first try, Watson said. This year’s class has 24 students. When the endowment announced its $22.3 million grant for the collaborative in 2023, UNCW and CFCC were each slated to receive the bulk of the funds, at about $10 million each. UNCW’s plans for the grant money included expanding its simulation lab, Watson said. He added that construction is expected to begin on the simulation lab this year and will likely extend through next year. According to Mary Ellen Naylor, dean of Health & Human Services at CFCC, the college has experienced growth in its associate degree nursing retention, rising from 59% in 2023 to 76% for the May 2026 class. CFCC used part of its endowment funding to support wraparound services, including a housing stipend, tuition assistance, exam assistance, emergency assistance, drop-in daycare and clinical and educational supplies. "We have very strong … students, but once they get into the program, there are competing priorities,” Naylor said. “They are working multiple jobs. They have children. They're single parents." According to Naylor, in 2026, 94% of students who used support services are still enrolled or have graduated. Addressing a question from an audience member about an approaching “enrollment cliff,” driven largely by dropping birth rates, Watson and Naylor said demand remains strong at both schools. “Right now … we do have more applicants than we have spots in our nursing program, and it is still a competitive process to get into,” Watson said. “I do not foresee that changing.” "(We've) doubled enrollment in our nursing programs over the last few years, but just as Dean Watson said, we still have very robust applicant pools, so it is still very competitive to get in,” Naylor said. "We have the applicant pool to support that, but again, it's not as easy as just saying, 'Okay … we're going to take another 90 students.' It's making sure all the resources and infrastructure that we need to educate the students outside the classroom is there as well." In response to a question about applying the collaborative model to other healthcare positions besides nursing, Sophie Dagenais, CEO and president of the endowment, said she sees the potential for the model to expand to other healthcare jobs and even other industries, but that the endowment hopes to learn from this model first. “This is a grant that is in year two of three years, and first we wanted to learn what is this going to demonstrate, what will we learn and then how may we scale it possibly,” she said. According to endowment spokesperson Amber Rogerson, funds for the program are set to expire after June 2027. “It's too early to discuss what happens after that,” wrote Rogerson in an email, “though we know the partners are considering the future, and some of the work supported by the grants is now built into their regular operations.”

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Sep 23 • 2:12 PM EDT • Health • wilmingtonbiz.com
CDC testing finds no confirmed hantavirus infection in Pine Ridge

CDC testing found no hantavirus infection in specimens from a recent Pine Ridge health evaluation, though IHS reminds residents to safely clean rodent areas.

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Sep 23 • 1:37 PM EDT • Health • kotatv.com
Selena Gomez Got Candid About Beauty and Mental Health—Here’s What I Learned

The Rare Beauty founder shared her genius mascara alternative, how she handles pressure to look like her 2016 self, and why her mental health mission is so personal.

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Sep 23 • 1:30 PM EDT • Health • yahoo.com
Health Watch: Lumin Health

Dr. Benjamin Yudkoff, MD, MA (Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer, Lumin Health) joined Fox 5 DC.

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Sep 23 • 1:27 PM EDT • Health • fox5dc.com
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Bat tests positive for rabies in Albany; health officials urge residents to avoid contact

Bat tests positive for rabies in AlbanyALBANY, Ore. — A bat found in the Albany area on September 22 has tested positive for rabies.Health officials are remindi

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Sep 23 • 1:09 PM EDT • Health • nbc16.com
Siri AI Coming to HomePod

Apple's smarter, more capable version of Siri is expanding to the HomePod, according to details found by code sleuth pdfu. According to pdfu, HomePod Software 27 includes the system behind Siri AI, called "Linwood," along with new status lights in the Siri AI colors. Since HomePod Software 27 is out and Siri AI isn't available on existing HomePods, it's possible support will be limited to new HomePod models. Get ready for Siri AI on HomePod.

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Sep 23 • 1:04 PM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Scientists stunned: the red-footed tortoise may actually have an optimistic mindset - Futura-Sciences

Meet the Reptile Detectives: At Lincoln University’s Cold-Blooded Cognition Lab Let’s take a trip (no suitcase needed!) to the Cold-Blooded Cognition Lab at Lincoln University, right in the heart of England, not far from the East coast. Our host is Anna Wilkinson, founder of the lab back in 2007. Anna...

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Sep 23 • 1:00 PM EDT • Science • futura-sciences.com
For The First Time, Scientists Have Looked Inside Living Antarctic Cells And Found Incredible Adapations

Antarctic dwellers are wonderfully weird, and it shows in their cells.

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Sep 23 • 12:36 PM EDT • Science • iflscience.com
Winona Brass Band announces new season

Founded in 1993, the Winona Brass Band is a British-style, traditional brass band unique in the region. With only brass and percussion, the sound has been described as rich, vibrant,

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Sep 23 • 12:28 PM EDT • Entertainment • winonapost.com
Dead Kennedys' East Bay Ray diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Dead Kennedys co-founder East Bay Ray, one of the greatest punk rock guitarists of all time, has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The news was made

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Sep 23 • 12:21 PM EDT • Entertainment • recorderonline.com
NHHF Launches NHHF Action Fund as Hundreds of Health Leaders Gather in Washington

/PRNewswire/ -- The National Hispanic Health Foundation (NHHF) gathered health leaders, healthcare professionals, students, policymakers, and partners in...

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Sep 23 • 12:11 PM EDT • Health • prnewswire.com
Chatbots are still falling short in mental health conversations with kids

Chatbots will sometimes offer up diagnoses or risky advice, a new study found, despite claims from AI companies to have improved safety.

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Sep 23 • 12:00 PM EDT • Health • washingtonpost.com
Melania Trump launches new Imperia women’s initiative

Its member include CEOs, founders, innovators and entrepreneurs

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Sep 23 • 11:50 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Hayden Panettiere death investigation reveals drugs found with star: Report

Blue pressed pills that tested positive for fentanyl were discovered near Hayden Panettiere following her fatal overdose, according to a newly released investigative report.

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Sep 23 • 11:12 AM EDT • Entertainment • centraloregondaily.com
Press Release: The Molina Healthcare Charitable Foundation Awards $15,000 Grant to Ozark Center for Behavioral Health Training in Southwest Missouri Schools

The Molina Healthcare Charitable Foundation (“MolinaCares”), in collaboration with Molina Healthcare of Missouri (“Molina”), awarded a $15,000 grant to the Ozark Center

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Sep 23 • 11:08 AM EDT • Health • themissouritimes.com
Memorial Health Foundation golf outing raises almost $35,000

The Memorial Health Foundation’s Promise Campaign Golf Outing raised almost $35,000 to support the building of the new Sistersville General Hospital

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Sep 23 • 11:03 AM EDT • Health • wtap.com
Codie Sanchez Doesn't Want to Compete With Sam Altman. She Says Founders Should Buy a Business Instead

Codie Sanchez argues that buying a proven small business can offer better odds, existing demand, and greater control than starting one from scratch.

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Sep 23 • 10:59 AM EDT • Business • inc.com
Permanent jewelry business pops-up in Elgin

ELGIN — Permanent jewelry has found a footing in Northeastern Oregon. Shawna Vaughn, with assistance from her mother, Joeli Hansen, opened Løven Permanent Jewelry in April in Elgin. The mobile […]

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Sep 23 • 10:49 AM EDT • Business • lagrandeobserver.com
How Valley National's New 'Foundry' Merges Tech Innovation with Business Development

The bank's innovation function combines internal and external players to speed tech adoption — and discover opportunities in the tech sector.

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Sep 23 • 10:42 AM EDT • Business • thefinancialbrand.com
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Nuclear power startup founded by SpaceX alums is building its headquarters in Bywater

The year-old private company, which plans to build and operate small modular reactor powerplants, will spend more than $8 million transforming an existing 18,500-square-foot industrial facility at 3333 Chartres Street into office space, a light fabrication shop and training center.

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Sep 23 • 10:15 AM EDT • Business • nola.com
Sustainable Mendota Heights Business Spotlight

In 2021, Minnesota banned perchloroethylene, or perc, a chemical widely used in dry cleaning. Perc is associated with serious health risks and has been found in air, water and soil.This wasn't a

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Sep 23 • 9:58 AM EDT • Business • mendotaheightsmn.gov
A Massive Jackpot of Green Fuel Is Locked Underground—and Scientists May Have Just Found the Key

A new study replicated the heat and pressure conditions of Western Australia’s vast iron-ore deposits to produce natural hydrogen gas.

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Sep 23 • 9:30 AM EDT • Science • popularmechanics.com
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3,000-year-old burial of ancient Egyptian horse found — and a nearby stone carving depicts a captured prisoner

Archaeologists unearthed a horse burial dating back more than three millennia in an ancient Egyptian fortress.

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Sep 23 • 9:00 AM EDT • Science • livescience.com
Scientists Use AI to Find Stable Forms of Molecules for Drug Discovery

Using deep learning, NYU researchers predict tautomeric states—an important foundation for reliable drug design

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Sep 23 • 8:52 AM EDT • Science • nyu.edu
Max Planck Stanford Centre to be established

Max Planck Institute for Informatics and Stanford School of Engineering will establish a joint AI research hub, the Max Planck Center for Visual and Multimodal Artificial Intelligence. The partnership will explore the foundations of next-generation AI systems.

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Sep 23 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • mpg.de
Why these company founders chose Detroit to scale their businesses

In the past two years, more than a dozen companies have chosen to establish their early-stage companies in the city.

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Sep 23 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • crainsdetroit.com
Americans are drinking less since the pandemic began, but one group bucks the trend

Studies previously found alcohol consumption and deaths surged during the pandemic as Americans grappled with stress and isolation.

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Sep 23 • 7:30 AM EDT • Health • washingtonpost.com
Fast Company's Best Dressed in Business 2026

Meet the executives, founders, athletes, and leaders who set the bar for dressing well at work.

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Sep 23 • 7:00 AM EDT • Business • fastcompany.com
Reform and the UAE – a threat to British politics

By Alex Carlen The United Arab Emirates likes to present itself as part of the solution to the climate crisis. The oil-rich Gulf state has committed to Net Zero by 2050, hosted COP 28, and even declared “championing climate action” as one of three strategic objectives for this week’s session of the United Nations General Assembly. But behind the scenes the UAE has quietly built one of its closest political relationships in Europe with the party most hostile to climate action in Britain: Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. There is no evidence that the UAE is funding Reform. But a new FairSquare report, Petro-populism: the UAE–Reform threat, published today, documents a growing political relationship that should concern anyone interested in the integrity of British democracy. Reform’s leaders have embraced the UAE’s political model and promoted positions that align closely with the Emirati government’s priorities, while the UAE has given Farage and his party unusually warm access and public backing. What is emerging is not simply a relationship between British politicians and a wealthy Gulf state, but a channel through which an authoritarian government can cultivate political influence here, and abroad. Democracy for Sale relies on its readers. If you already support us, thanks so much. If you don’t, sign up to support fearless independent investigative journalism. Subscribe Back in January, Nigel Farage appeared at a GB News event in Dubai. On the 50th floor of a tower overlooking the luxury resorts and upscale residences of Palm Jumeirah, the Reform leader declared: “I want Clacton to look like this.” At the event – which Farage never declared on his official register of interests – senior Emirati officials mixed with British expats. Farage was keen to flatter. “We recognise you are our friends”, he said, assuring them that “a Brexit London, a Reform London, will remember you.” Controversy surrounding Reform’s finances and its susceptibility to foreign influence have centred around high-profile donations from billionaire crypto donors, and the jailing of Nathan Gill, Reform’s former leader in Wales, for accepting bribes to give pro-Russia speeches. Far less attention has been paid to Reform’s blossoming new alliance with the UAE, an oil-rich authoritarian state with a track record of ruinous anti-democratic interventions. Farage wasn’t always so fond of the UAE. Back in 2023 he called it an “absolute monarchy with an abysmal human rights record.” Now Reform’s hierarchy calls the UAE home. Deputy leader Richard Tice splits his time between his constituency and Dubai and has called on the UK to learn from the UAE. The party’s treasurer Nick Candy runs a firm which has been in partnership with a UAE-state linked firm since 2024. Nadhim Zahawi sits on the board of an Abu Dhabi think tank alongside an array of the most senior UAE officials and is reportedly close to three brothers of the country’s despotic ruler Mohammed Bin Zayed. Reform’s leading lights have effusively praised the UAE’s governance model, defended it from criticism, and advanced its political agenda in the UK. GB News, whose two major shareholders – the Legatum Foundation and Paul Marshall – have strong links to the UAE, has been more than happy to broadcast UAE propaganda and was forced to pay damages in 2025 after airing a false claim about a UK charity by the UAE “disinfluencer” Amjad Taha. The UAE has responded in kind. When the UAE Minister for Foreign Affairs conducted an official visit to the UK in May, Farage was the only non-government figure granted an audience. UAE state media publicised the meeting, and said that they discussed “the strategic relations between the two countries and ways to enhance them in a manner that serves mutual interests.” For the UAE these ‘mutual interests’ largely concern its paranoia over political Islam, and in this regard the UAE-Reform alliance is part of a broad and troubling pattern. Following a crackdown on dissent at home in the aftermath of the Arab Spring, the UAE has offered material and political support to a range of violent and authoritarian actors willing to oppose the Muslim Brotherhood with no regard for the consequences. Its meddling in Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, and most notably Sudan, have been devastating. The UAE’s strategy of seeking out partners on the political fringes who it believes will advance its interests is not unique to Britain – it extends beyond the Middle East to Europe and the US. In France, it has offered clandestine support to Marine Le Pen through secret meetings, as well allegedly funding trips to the region after which Le Pen returned with a renewed focus on the UAE’s perceived enemies – Qatar and the Muslim Brotherhood. Left-wing opposition leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon has accused the UAE of smearing him and of “encouraging discrimination, hatred or violence”. In the US, the UAE actively supported the rise of Donald Trump, establishing itself as a key ally during both his first and second terms. Around these relationships sits a wider ecosystem of figures willing to amplify UAE narratives, that even extends to Andrew Tate and Tommy Robinson. Subscribe In Britain, the UAE has used a combination of aggressive diplomacy and illicit, disruptive tactics to achieve its policy goal of eliminating any perceived threat from political Islam. In 2012, for instance, it threatened to block billion-pound arms deals with the UK and stop inward investment if David Cameron did not act against the Muslim Brotherhood and rein in the BBC’s coverage of the group – going so far as to suggest, with no supporting evidence, that the group had infiltrated the BBC. It has financed smear campaigns against a high-profile UK charity and funded a mercenary to secretly surveil, and possibly assassinate, a British national on British soil. In Reform UK, the UAE has finally found an ally willing to not only ban the Muslim Brotherhood, but to publicly vilify the group and repeat the UAE’s claims that dangerous Muslims are a fifth column in British society, a narrative that aligns with the Islamophobia and anti-immigration sentiments that underpin Reform’s populist politics. The Rycroft review into foreign interference concluded that “hostile states and non-state actors have a clear incentive to attempt to undermine UK democracy.” The UAE’s network and alliance with Reform must be understood within that framework. It is a powerful, disruptive and deeply authoritarian actor with the resources and networks to intervene in our politics, and a track-record of doing so in a multitude of other countries. The evidence of the threat the UAE poses is overwhelming. The question is whether parliamentarians are willing to call the UAE out and demand action using the tools that the government has to respond. Placing the UAE on the “Enhanced Tier” of the Foreign Registration scheme alongside Russia and Iran would send a powerful signal to the UAE that its meddling will no longer be tolerated, and would place Farage’s next trips to the UAE under the scrutiny they deserve. Alex Carlen is research and advocacy manager at London based human rights organisation FairSquare and author of its new report Petro-populism: the UAE–Reform threat. Subscribe

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Sep 23 • 6:50 AM EDT • Politics • democracyforsale.substack.com
Google could bring the Pixel 11's customized My Pixel colors to older Pixels

Looking at the latest My Pixel app, we have found evidence suggesting Google may expand the customized app icon colors to older Pixels.

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Sep 23 • 6:25 AM EDT • Technology • androidauthority.com
Many coaches negelct their health. After Shawn Clark’s death, his widow wants to change that

Jonelle Clark founded the Shawn Clark Legacy Foundation and the 61 Initiative to convince coaches to get checkups and monitor their health.

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Sep 23 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • nytimes.com
Is football too dangerous for kids’ brains? These scientists are racing to find out

A new study found that one in four professional football players who died between 2016 and 2021 had CTE—a degenerative brain disease—but what about children who play these sports?

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Sep 23 • 6:00 AM EDT • Science • scientificamerican.com
Pens Points: Penguins drop second preseason game

Here are your Pens Points for this Wednesday morning… The Pittsburgh Penguins fell 7-4 to the Detroit Red Wings in Pittsburgh’s second preseason game on Tuesday at PPG Paints Arena. Nick Robertson scored in his Penguins debut, while Kaeden Korczak and Rutger McGroarty also found the net in the loss. [Recap] Forward Nick Robertson is […]

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Sep 23 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
New Orleans Pelicans season preview: Lineup, roster and prediction

The New Orleans Pelicans enter the 2026-27 NBA season as perhaps the league's most confounding team after largely standing pat despite a poor record.

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Sep 23 • 5:40 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
5 founders share their advice for launching a company

The founders of companies including Olipop, PopSockets, and Preply share their advice to entrepreneurs.

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Sep 23 • 5:16 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Schalke 04’s Maximilian Wöber reflects on remarkable ÖFB comeback

Maximilian Wöber probably could not have scripted the moment much better. Schalke 04 were clinging to a 2-1 lead away at Union Berlin deep into stoppage time when the Austrian defender found himself ...

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Sep 23 • 4:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Euro zone business activity posts surprise upturn in September, PMI shows

Business activity across the euro zone accelerated this month at its fastest rate in over three years, confounding expectations for a slowdown, but firms faced ​a steeper rise in operating costs, a survey showed.

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Sep 23 • 4:05 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
Health Partners Group Appoints Ruth Handcock as Chief Executive Officer

LONDON, September 23, 2026--Health Partners Group, the UK’s leading provider of high-quality occupational health and treatment services, today announced that Ruth Handcock will join as Chief Executive Officer, effective from 2nd November 2026. Andrew Noble, Co-Founder, who has served as CEO for the past ten years, will become Co-Chairman, working closely with Ruth, the senior leadership team and the Board.

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Sep 23 • 4:00 AM EDT • Health • finance.yahoo.com
Building Foundation Health Rehab

Dani Dials sits down with Sara Beck, owner of Foundation Health, to talk about what led her to open her own practice and the approach she wanted to bring to patient care.

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Sep 23 • 1:00 AM EDT • Health • fox10tv.com
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Patriots Super Bowl Legend Sets Guinness World Record

Adam Vinatieri made a career out of converting kicks few others would want.More than two decades after one of those kicks helped launch the New England Patriots dynasty, he found another improbable setting to add to his belt.The Pro Football Hall of Famer established a Guinness World Records title on Sept. 22 by making a […] The post Patriots Super Bowl Legend Sets Guinness World Record appeared first on HEAVY.

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Coleman Health Services: Helping Ohioans thrive through whole-person care

For 48 years, Coleman Health Services has been helping Ohioans find hope, stability, and a path toward a healthier and more independent life. Founded in 1978 as a nonprofit community behavioral health organization in Portage County, Coleman has grown into a nationally recognized provider offering comprehensive behavioral health, residential, employment, crisis, and supportive services throughout […]

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Why scientists still cannot say how much plastic infants are actually consuming

A systematic review of 22 primary studies and four reviews found plastic-derived contaminants across infant foods and feeding equipment, but major differences in sampling, analytical methods, and quality control made exposure estimates difficult to compare. The authors found substantial evidence gaps for nanoplastics and oligomers and concluded that better-standardized exposure assessment is needed before infant health risks can be reliably evaluated.

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Miranchuk And Hoyos Lead Atlanta To Road Win

Atlanta United secured a vital 1-0 win over Portland. Alexey Miranchuk found the net while Lucas Hoyos stood tall in goal to keep the playoff dream alive.

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Sep 22 • 9:45 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Newly available reports show state owed millions by providers, local health agencies

The Office of Inspector General for Health did almost 1,400 audits and investigations over the last four years and found more than $42 million in improper or unrecovered payments -- but those reports have only recently been posted for public review.

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Sep 22 • 8:51 PM EDT • Health • marylandmatters.org
Public health report: Inspectors find critical violations at eight restaurants in August

Health Department inspectors found minor health violations at nearly half of the 73 restaurants, stores, hotel, and other locations they inspected in

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Sep 22 • 8:24 PM EDT • Health • walthamtimes.org
'It's a sick act': Kenner business owner accused of mounting hidden camera in bathroom

More cameras and memory devices were found at the man's home and his business, according to Kenner police.

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Scientists say a critical Atlantic Ocean current is weakening and the effects could be global

Scientists have found strong observational evidence that a key part of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation has been weakening across a wide stretch of ocean for nearly two decades. The slowdown could eventually reshape weather patterns, rainfall, storms, winters, and coastal sea levels around the Atlantic.

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Black Business Association Launches Microgrant Program

Source: Black Business Association of Amherst Area The Black Business Association of Amherst Area (BBAAA) encourages current and aspiring entrepreneurs to apply for support with startup costs and operating expenses. The application deadline is Wednesday, September 30, 2026. The grant application form and guidelines can be found on the BBAAA website: Eligible Expenses Grant awards

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CyberPowerPC Launches RTX Founders Edition Pre-Built PCs Starting at $1,549

NVIDIA's Founders Edition graphics cards are generally restricted to its own retail channels, but it seems as though CyberPowerPC has a limited run of RTX 50-series GPUs available in its pre-built gaming PCs for a GeForce Week event, which is slated to run until September 27. The CyberPowerPCs...

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Sep 22 • 7:27 PM EDT • Technology • techpowerup.com
Scientists Just Found Something Unexpected in the Pages of Medieval Books

Scientists recovered sheep pox DNA from medieval parchment, helping trace a devastating livestock disease back more than 3,700 years.

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Sep 22 • 7:27 PM EDT • Science • vice.com
Tuesday's headlines: Hidden camera found in Kenner business bathroom; Moreno presents budget proposal

A businessman faces charges after a camera was found in his business' bathroom; Mayor Helena Moreno unveils her 2027 budget priorities, plus more top stories.

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NC treasurer 'profoundly concerned' by county's approval of hospital merger

Less than 24 hours after the Wake County Board of Commissioners voted to advance plans to consolidate WakeMed and Atrium Health, North Carolina Treasurer Brad Briner says he is "profoundly concerned" that the deal is proceeding.

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Sep 22 • 5:27 PM EDT • Health • ncnewsline.com
Newfound 'fire amoeba from the Cascades' sets record for the hottest temperature complex life can survive at

The newly-described amoeba Incendiamoeba cascadensis can survive at a sweltering 145 degrees Fahrenheit.

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Sep 22 • 3:50 PM EDT • Science • livescience.com
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Tiny two-headed turtle found in Cape Cod

Both heads appear reactive and eager to eat.

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Comments Reveal A Striking Truth About Trae Young’s Hawks Era

Trae Young accomplished plenty during his time with the Atlanta Hawks, but one thing consistently appeared to be missing around the former franchise superstar. Atlanta surrounded Young with several quality players throughout his tenure, yet the organization never truly found another elite offensive threat capable of consistently forcing defenses to shift their attention away from …

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Long Island small businesses receive $20,000 grants from Optimum Business & LIA Foundation

This year's grand prize winners are Balance Mental Health Counseling in Huntington and the Barber & Beauty Institute of New York in Hempstead.

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Orlando Health gives Polk State College $1 million toward new campus

Orlando Health Watson Clinic Lakeland Highlands Hospital will donate $1 million over five years to the Polk State College Foundation.

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Sep 22 • 2:29 PM EDT • Health • theledger.com
Rise of the Plasticorals: Plastic Has Fused With Coral in Okinawa and Could Enter the Rock Record

Scientists found melted plastic embedded inside coral rubble on three subtropical Japanese beaches.

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APSA Joint Statement on the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program -

The American Political Science Association (APSA) and the undersigned organizations are writing to express disappointment in the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) removal of STEM education and several major social science disciplines from eligibility for the [...]

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Paint the Town Pink with Opelousas General Health System Foundation

Acadiana's Local News Leader -- bringing Lafayette the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment

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Sep 22 • 1:10 PM EDT • Health • klfy.com
Armand Hammer's private art collection arrives at Sotheby's L.A.

Hammer Museum founder Armand Hammer's private art collection will go up for auction after a preview exhibition at Sotheby's L.A. Works include Mary Cassatt's "Summertime" and Edgar Degas' "Trois danseuses."

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Sep 22 • 1:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
Charlie Berens coming to Green Bay; EPIC Marathon reveals concert acts

Comedian Charlie Berens is returning to the Resch Center for The Lost and Found Tour, and the timing might make it the perfect excuse to take Mom.

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Entrepreneurial Shades of Gray: Building Foundation Health with Sara Beck

Foundation Health owner, Sara Beck, shares why she decided to open her own physical and occupational therapy practice.

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This 'fire amoeba' pushes the limit of what's possible for complex life

Scientists have found a species they've named the fire amoeba, which is capable of reproducing at 145°F and continuing to move up to temperatures of 147°F — a record for complex eukaryotic life.

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CyberPowerPC now sells prebuilt PCs with NVIDIA RTX 50 Founders Edition GPUs, 1,000 RTX 5080 systems sell in one day

CyberPowerPC is using NVIDIA's own RTX 50 Founders Edition cards in new Walmart systems. The RTX 5080 configuration with Ryzen 7 9800X3D costs $2,299.

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After DUIs and health problems, I finally found a way to quit drinking

Katie Rosier began drinking at 12. She got sober 32 years later, after DUIs, serious health issues, and time in a homeless shelter.

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Urbandale to host Civility Dialogues event today

A community conversation focused on how people can disagree without losing the ability to work together and finding common ground will take place today at the Urbandale High School Performing Arts Center. The free Civility Dialogues event will feature Tom Vilsack, CEO of the World Food Prize Foundation and former Iowa governor and U.S. secretary…

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2026 Women of Influence Alum of the Year: Kristi Knous

The Business Record has named Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines President Kristi Knous the 2026 Women of Influence Alum of the Year. The annual award was launched in 2024 to celebrate a past Woman of Influence who has continued making an impact since being honored by the Business Record. Knous was honored as a…

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Kenner business owner arrested, accused of video voyeurism after camera found in bathroom

During a review of the recordings, the business owner, identified as Henry Rios, 57, of Kenner, was seen manipulating the position of the camera and later putting the device in his office, according to police.

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Hidden Local NH maps New Hampshire small businesses - Monadnock Ledger-Transcript

Hidden Local NH founder Christine Carr helps New Hampshire small businesses grow by highlighting local shops and events online.

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Hayden Panettiere died from accidental overdose involving fentanyl, coroner says

A coroner has determined that actor Hayden Panettiere died from an accidental overdose of several drugs including fentanyl. The 36-year-old Panettiere was found unresponsive in an apartment in Greenville, South

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Jewel on Emotional Inheritance, Mental Health, Motherhood, More

Singer-songwriter Jewel sits down with TODAY’s Jenna Bush Hager and Sheinelle Jones to talk about her nonprofit, Inspiring Children Foundation, and the #NotAloneChallenge. She opens up about growing up in Alaska and overcoming challenges from her childhood. Jewel also talks about motherhood: “I really love being a mom. I wanted to be a mom, and I was in a really privileged position that I could change a lot of my life to make sure my son was the center,” she shares.

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Hayden Panettiere’s death was accidental and involved fentanyl, coroner says

Panettiere, 36, was found unresponsive in an apartment in Greenville, South Carolina

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Hayden Panettiere’s death was accidental and involved fentanyl, coroner says

Panettiere, 36, was found unresponsive in an apartment in Greenville, South Carolina

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State Of Decay 3 Lives On, And Is Still Coming To Game Pass

Undead Labs has found a new publisher for its survival game but hasn't yet said who it is.

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Xbox transfers Rare and Halo franchise to Activision, proposes closure of Ninja Theory and confirms another 268 roles cut amid studio restructure

Major staff cuts at former 343 Industries and other teams; consultation begins at Ninja Theory; Obsidian transferred to Bethesda, buyer found for Undead Labs

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New Report Warns AI Could Close a 70-Year Gap in Weather Forecasting for Health or Widen It Without Deliberate Action

A 10-day forecast now takes minutes to produce, on a single computer chip, putting life-saving warnings within reach of the world's most vulnerable

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Serenity Mental Health Centers Co-Founders Ben and Tricia Pease Named 2026 Salt Lake City Titan 100 Honorees

SALT LAKE CITY, September 22, 2026--Serenity Mental Health Centers co-founders and chief executives Ben and Tricia Pease have been named 2026 Salt Lake City Titan 100 honorees.

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Joanna Gaines Says She Avoided 1 Side of Magnolia’s Business for 10 Years. Now She’s Leading It.

The founder of Magnolia said a key aspect of the business was something she turned away from for years. That just changed.

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Scientists Found a Hidden Force That Pushes Life Past the Limits of Evolution

Organisms that reach “peak fitness” still keep evolving, even with no external pressures pushing them towards survival.

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Gates Foundation and MTN launch AI maternal health platform to reach 500,000 women by 2030 in Nigeria, which accounts for about 30% of maternal deaths

The four-year, $25 million partnership pairs AI tools with phone and connectivity access to cut preventable maternal deaths.

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NOAA Selects Superintendent for Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary

The city of Oswego is pleased to announce that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has selected Stephanie Gandulla to serve as the first Superintendent of the Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary. Gandulla, who currently serves as Research Protection Coordinator at Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, brings extensive experience in marine resource protection, maritime heritage preservation, research, education, outreach and community engagement. Throughout her career with NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Gandulla has worked closely with communities, Tribal Nations, government agencies, local organizations and other partners to advance marine conservation and connect the public with the Great Lakes’ natural and cultural resources. She holds a master’s degree in Maritime Studies from East Carolina University and has extensive technical experience in scientific diving, marine operations, research and monitoring, interpretation and resource protection. As superintendent, Gandulla will provide leadership for the Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary and work with regional partners and stakeholders to advance its mission of protecting and conserving Lake Ontario’s significant marine resources and maritime heritage. “This is another exciting and important step forward in the process of establishing the Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary,” said Oswego Mayor Robert A. Corradino. “Stephanie Gandulla brings tremendous experience and a proven commitment to protecting our Great Lakes resources while building strong partnerships with communities. We are excited to welcome her to this role and look forward to working with NOAA, Stephanie and our many partners as we continue moving this initiative forward.” Gandulla’s extensive experience throughout the Great Lakes region positions her to build upon the strong foundation established for the sanctuary and foster continued collaboration among communities, agencies, organizations and stakeholders. Gandulla’s first official day as superintendent is Sept. 21. The city of Oswego looks forward to welcoming Gandulla to her new position and continuing to support the collaborative efforts surrounding the Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary.

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From $2 billion to $112 billion in annual profit: How Apple transformed its business

Apple’s financial evolution reveals the foundation CEO John Ternus inherits as he begins the company’s next chapter.

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Andi Schreiber, founder and owner of Eye Candy Boudoir in Scarsdale. Courtesy Alison Sheehy Photography. Once largely associated with bridal

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Poor sleep health in late pregnancy linked to higher childhood obesity risk

New research has found that mothers with poor sleep quality in late pregnancy had babies with lower weight in the first 6 months of life, but higher weight after age 1-2 years.

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Jennifer Eckhart, former Fox Business producer, found dead at 36
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“Politics Are Desperately Important at the Moment”: Bill McKibben on Midterms, Trump & Climate Crisis

Ahead of the midterm elections, activist and writer Bill McKibben says he has been traveling across the United States with Third Act, the environmental group he founded to harness the power of seniors who care about the climate and democracy. “These elections are also starting to set the groundwork for 2028,” says McKibben, who calls the next U.S. presidential vote “maybe the last election that happens in a timeframe when we still really have an opportunity to affect some of the outcomes of these things.”

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Nearly 2,400-year-old school where Aristotle taught Alexander the Great discovered in Greece

A school where Aristotle taught Alexander the Great has been found in northern Greece.

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Phillies Relievers Respond To Don Mattingly’s Confounding Bullpen Management

The Philadelphia Phillies’ bullpen offered a response on the interim manager’s odd decision to put extra wear on their arms.

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Is 50 the new 60?

Subscribe TL;DR: Younger generations are showing signs of worse health compared to earlier-born cohorts at the same age This backward “drift” is showing up both in mortality risk and chronic disease Worsening trends in obesity and diabetes are the most consistent signals Taking the long view, we’ve made astonishing gains in health and life expectancy in the last century. Global average life expectancy has more than doubled from 32 years in 1900 to 73 years in 2024. (But don’t forget, there were still old people when life expectancy was 32). As people lived longer, they also generally lived healthier along the way. It turns out that avoiding things that can kill you early, like malnutrition and lots of childhood infections, also keeps you healthier later in life. In a classic 2004 paper, Finch and Crimmins proposed that cohorts of children who benefited from fewer early life infections had less lifetime exposure to inflammation and cardiovascular disease later in life, accelerating mortality improvements at older ages. Poor nutrition in the womb has also been linked to a higher risk of later chronic disease. The upshot is that improvements in childhood health can pay dividends many decades later. The combination of better living conditions (nutrition, sanitation) and medical advances (antibiotics, vaccines, blood pressure meds, etc) meant that people’s healthy lifespan generally expanded, even as they lived longer. Aging researchers call this best-case scenario “compression of morbidity”—meaning we delay the onset of disease and disability even faster than the years of life we are adding. During my 20+ year research career, we could generally bank on the idea that younger generations would not only live longer but also keep getting healthier along the way. “60 is the new 50” as they say… Enter “Generational Health Drift” Sadly, this expectation of steady progress may be changing. You’ve probably heard that US life expectancy gains have slowed to a crawl in the past couple of decades. Mortality improvements are also slowing (though less dramatically) in many other high-income countries (you can read more about that in a review paper I wrote here). Mortality is a very blunt health measure, but it is often a good barometer for the broader population health trends happening underneath. And we are now seeing that younger generations may be in worse health at similar ages compared to earlier born cohorts. My collaborator Prof. George Ploubidis at University College London coined this worsening health in more recently born cohorts “generational health drift.” “Generational health drift” is bad news on multiple fronts. Most obviously, we don’t want our health progress to go backward. But the timing is also bad, since our populations are aging. In demographic terms, “population aging” means that the proportion of the population at older ages (i.e >65 years) is increasing. Fun demography fact: Current population aging is not due to the recent declines in the birth rates making the news, but declines in fertility decades ago, after the “baby boom.” As baby boomers reach older ages, the smaller cohorts behind them mean the percentage of older adults will increase. For example, the share of the population age 65 and older in the US increased from 12.4% in 2004 to 18.0% in 2024. This story of population aging was written long ago. Many worry that population aging will put pressure on health care and pension systems. But if people reach older ages in better health than in years past, those fiscal pressures would be less dire than projected. Healthy older people can also continue to contribute to society in many valuable ways, including paid work, caregiving, community service….even high political office 🤷. On the flip side, if younger generations reach retirement age in worse health and with more disabling conditions, this could magnify the societal challenge of population aging. Evidence for worsening generational health A recent paper that I LOVED in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Dr. Leah Abrams and colleagues examined which birth cohorts (aka generations) were behind worsening US mortality. Behold the Lexis diagram (cue swooning demographers). Calendar time is on the x-axis, age on the y-axis. Birth cohorts can be followed over time as they age on the diagonal lines moving up and to the right. This figure plots the year-on-year % change in all-cause mortality at a given age. Green shading indicates mortality improvements over time, white is stagnation, and gray shading indicates worsening mortality. Following the diagonal line for those born in 1950, you can see a noticeable shift from green to gray that follows this cohort for most of their lives. This gray shading shows generally worsening mortality for the 1950 to 1959 birth cohorts compared to their predecessors across all ages. Concerningly for my GenX and elder millennial peeps, there was also a deterioration in mortality for birth cohorts born in the 1970s and 1980s, visible as dark gray areas at ages 30 to 45 during the 2010s. While some of these mortality changes reflect specific shocks such as the opioid epidemic, most deaths still occur from major causes of death such as cardiovascular disease and cancer. For cancer, the gray in the top left corner of the figure below reflects the legacies of smoking for older cohorts, followed by a period of green with improvements in cancer mortality as smoking rates declined. But the white/gray shading in the bottom right corner highlights a stagnation and reversal of the cancer trends, with cohorts born around 1970 to 1985 experiencing worsening cancer mortality. This deterioration was most noticeable for colon cancer mortality, possibly linked to obesity or dietary factors. Not just dying more, but less healthy along the way. A recent paper by Dr. Laura Gimeno of University College London (of which I am a co-author), found evidence that more recently born cohorts in Great Britain have stagnating or worsening health. A stylized picture of what“generational health drift” might look like: The review paper found: Rates of childhood overweight and obesity were highest among Gen Z. Rates of diabetes in the 40s almost doubled from 3.1% among the Baby Boomers to 5.9% in Generation X. Gen Z reported higher rates of poor mental health in adolescence compared to earlier-born groups. These UK results are consistent with studies showing worsening health across generations in the US as well. A 2021 US study found that more recently born cohorts had worse biological markers (like blood pressure and blood sugar) than earlier generations at the same age. A separate 2022 study of Americans aged 50 and over found that more recently born generations had a higher number of chronic diseases, with younger age of disease onset. A 2024 Lancet paper found that in the US, women born in 1945 had 33% obesity prevalence at age 50, rising to 48.2% for women born in 1970 turning 50. So what’s going on, and can we turn it around? We don’t have a definitive answer for what’s causing the deteriorating health of younger cohorts, but circumstantial evidence points to worsening trends in obesity and diabetes in both the US and UK. Remember that cohort trends reflect lagged effects of early environments, and younger generations have faced both earlier onset and more severe obesity across their lifetimes. Despite these very concerning trends, the future is not set in stone. We’ve reversed poor generational health trends before: drops in smoking are a major reason cancer and heart disease deaths fell so dramatically in recent decades. GLP-1 drugs may finally turn the tide against rising rates of obesity and diabetes, though it is still early days. But things could also get worse…for example from a return to higher levels of childhood infectious diseases that can have a lasting impact on health. See for example: [ ](https://jenndowd.substack.com/p/dont-you-forget-about-measles-the) [ Don’t You Forget About Me(asles): The Virus That Erases Immune Memory ](https://jenndowd.substack.com/p/dont-you-forget-about-measles-the) Jenn Dowd, PhD · March 24, 2025 [ Read full story ](https://jenndowd.substack.com/p/dont-you-forget-about-measles-the) Even as an optimist, emerging data on the “generational health drift” has my full attention. For most of my research career, we took it for granted that each generation would be healthier than the last. But if present trends continue, **50 could be the new 60….**and Gen Z celebrities will soon look older than Paul Rudd :). Stay well, Jenn Share the Health! If you found this post useful, please share it with a friend. Share

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PureTech Health H1 Earnings Call Highlights

PureTech Health (NASDAQ:PRTC) outlined progress across its portfolio in its 2026 half-year results call, highlighting external financings for Celea Therapeutics and Seaport Therapeutics, regulatory progress at Gallop Oncology, and a strategy centered on earlier external funding for its founded entit

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