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A Hidden Cause of Aging May Spread From Deep Inside Your Bones

Could bones become a target for reducing age-related inflammation?

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Aug 16 • 6:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencealert.com
Dana White on Potential UFC Return for Khabib Nurmagomedov

UFC president Dana White commented on a potential return to the UFC for Hall of Famer Khabib Nurmagomedov.The former UFC lightweight champion retired in 2021 following an amazing career that saw him go 29-0 in MMA and 13-0 in the UFC. Despite being undefeated, he retired from the game in the prime of his career […] The post Dana White on Potential UFC Return for Khabib Nurmagomedov appeared first on HEAVY.

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Aug 16 • 4:52 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
The Legal Paths to Hoarding Political and Economic Power

At the same time that the Supreme Court is making the political landscape less competitive, a series of corporate law developments are concentrating power within the commanding heights of the data economy.

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Aug 16 • 4:30 AM EDT • Politics • jacobin.com
Makhachev beats Machado Garry to break UFC win record

Islam Makhachev cements his status as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world with a commanding victory over Ian Machado Garry.

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Aug 16 • 4:16 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Dana White Reacts to Edson Barboza’s UFC Retirement

UFC president Dana White shared his reaction to hearing that longtime lightweight fighter Edson Barboza has retired from MMA.Barboza, 40 years old, was finished by Esteban Ribovics in the second round of their lightweight bout that kicked off the UFC 330 main card.Following the fight, Barboza retired from the UFC with a 24-15 record in […] The post Dana White Reacts to Edson Barboza’s UFC Retirement appeared first on HEAVY.

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Aug 16 • 4:10 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Catamount Football - Preseason Scrimmage No. 2 - Post-practice Interviews
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Aug 16 • 12:05 AM EDT • Sports • catamountsports.com
What Steve Sarkisian said about the first Texas scrimmage

Red-zone interceptions helped the defense finish slightly ahead of the offense.

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Aug 15 • 1:52 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Sucker’s dilemma: The science of being scammed

In a world filled with scams, being wary makes perfect sense. But health, trust and decision-making can suffer when the fear of getting conned goes too far.

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Aug 15 • 12:00 PM EDT • Science • tucsonsentinel.com
Clemson QB Christopher Vizzina Turns Heads in Latest Update

Clemson Tigers quarterback Christopher Vizzina is apparently impressing his teammates quite a bit.

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Aug 15 • 10:10 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Commanders' unofficial depth chart reveals questions at wide receiver

The Washington Commanders unofficial depth chart reveals continued uncertainty in the wide receiver room.

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Aug 15 • 8:33 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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‘The Cardinal Countdown: 22 Days Until Kickoff’

LEKHY THOMPKINS #22 Height: 6’2” Weight: 235lb Position: RB Class: Freshman Hometown: Alamo, TN Summary: Some guys walk into the program looking for help, they build a good work ethic, build a strong foundation of understanding in the schemes, develop a relationship with the coaches, and work their way into a nice role on the […]

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Aug 15 • 7:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Parents' dilemma in spacing out kids: Childcare costs vs. fertility

A 3- or 4- year age gap between kids can help parents cut back on childcare costs. But as millennials have kids later, they're feeling time pressure.

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Aug 15 • 5:00 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
UFC 330 Embedded, Episode 6: 'It's fight time'

The sixth and final episode of UFC 330 embedded was release ahead of Saturday's event.

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Aug 15 • 3:20 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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UFC 330 Final Face-Offs

During the UFC 330 Ceremonial Weigh-In, the fighters faced off with their opponents for a final time.

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Aug 15 • 2:28 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Paul Finebaum Blasts Commanders’ Jayden Daniels Over LSU Rift

Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels is at odds with the LSU Tigers football program after the school gave his former No. 5 jersey to sophomore cornerback DJ Pickett. Daniels wore No. 5 during his time with the Tigers and became the program’s third Heisman Trophy winner in 2023.As a result, Daniels’ attorney sent a cease-and-desist […] The post Paul Finebaum Blasts Commanders’ Jayden Daniels Over LSU Rift appeared first on HEAVY.

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Several Standouts From Washington Commanders' Preseason Opener vs. Miami

The Washington Commanders' preseason opener got off to a rough start, but several players quickly gave fans something to watch. From a defensive back making a big play to three rookies making their cases for bigger roles, here are the standouts from Washington's preseason opener against Miami.

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Aug 15 • 12:01 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Trump stumps in N.Y. suburbs, highlighting a dilemma for his party

The president can help rally his core supporters but remains deeply unpopular in many swing areas.

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Aug 14 • 7:18 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Miami Dolphins Announce Malik Willis Decision Before Commanders Preseason Game

On Friday night, the Miami Dolphins will begin their preseason as they take on the Washington Commanders at NorthWest Stadium.The contest will mark Jeff Hafley’s first game as Miami’s head coach.It will also feature the debut of many new Dolphins players, including quarterback Malik Willis, who signed a three-year, $67 million contract with Miami in […] The post Miami Dolphins Announce Malik Willis Decision Before Commanders Preseason Game appeared first on HEAVY.

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Aug 14 • 7:02 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Former Dallas Cowboys Star Suspended for Season Opener

Former Cowboys star and current Commanders DE Dorance Armstrong has been suspended 1 game for violating NFL's personal conduct policy. The post Former Dallas Cowboys Star Suspended for Season Opener appeared first on HEAVY.

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Aug 14 • 6:50 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Commanders DE Dorance Armstrong suspended one game

The NFL suspended Commanders defensive end Dorance Armstrong for one game for violating its personal conduct policy.

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Aug 14 • 3:57 PM EDT • Sports • nbcnews.com
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Aug. 13 - Gazebo Nights at Normal Park - Opening act opens at 5 p.m., headliners Road Trip plays at 6 p.m. Aug. 13 - Veterans Coffee & Conversation at the Eagles Club - begins at 10 a.m. Aug. 13 …

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Aug 14 • 3:33 PM EDT • Entertainment • merrillfotonews.com
These terrifying (and wacky) birds ruled Earth after the dinosaurs

We tend to think that mammals took over after an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, but for millions of years, fearsome birds ruled Earth

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Aug 14 • 1:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencefocus.com
Rob Gronkowski played matchmaker at Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding for this ‘beautiful’ celebrity

Rob Gronkowski said he played matchmaker for former Patriots teammate Julian Edelman at Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding.

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Aug 14 • 12:58 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Eagles teammates taking notice of Darius Cooper's impressive training camp

Darius Cooper is having a fantastic second training camp and his Eagles teammates are taking notice.

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Aug 14 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • nbcsportsphiladelphia.com
Best Buy’s 24-Hour Flash Sale Slashes Prices on Magic: The Gathering for a Limited Time, Including New Marvel Super Heroes Sets and the Best Commander Decks of 2026

Save up to 50% on Magic: The Gathering sets during Best Buy’s 24-hour sale, including deep discounts on new Marvel Super Heroes and TMNT releases, alongside the best commander decks of 2026.

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Aug 14 • 6:36 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
‘You Never Know What Happens’ – Joe Burrow Breaks Silence on Noise Around Jayden Daniels-LSU Controversy

Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels’ feud with the LSU Tigers has continued to escalate after he sent a letter to the SEC giants expressing his disappointment about a player using his No. 5 jersey.

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Aug 14 • 2:42 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
5 burning questions for Dolphins preseason game vs. Commanders

The Miami Dolphins are set to take on the Washington Commanders on Friday after the two teams competed on the practice fields Wednesday.

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Aug 13 • 2:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
REcarbonize Canada says Friends of Science Society in Response to Sustainable Finance Taxonomy Report

In response to Canada's Sustainable Finance Taxonomy report, Friends of Science Society have issued a comprehensive response that can be summarized as "REcarbonize Canada."

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Aug 13 • 12:30 PM EDT • Science • finance.yahoo.com
AI needs science’s search history

“Actually, that’s where the gold is,” said Alasdair Russell, my graduate school friend who leads a pre-clinical genome editing group at Cambridge. He was talking about the winding road of science that is omitted from published papers. “When you’re discussing how to do the experiment, and why this way is better than another way, and what does the data really mean? I know what it shows, but what does it mean?” At RAAIS 2026, he described how his group has begun logging the twisting path of discovery as it happens, recording the verbal and written exchanges that normally disappear. Ideas become nodes in a living graph: they branch when a meeting produces two plausible experiments, merge when separate lines of evidence converge, and go dark when someone quietly stops pursuing them. In his implementation, one agent scores novelty, while another tries to learn “how scientists think and how they navigate through a complex world of data,” so that high-potential nodes can trigger deeper investigation. As frontier AI labs deploy agents toward scientific discovery, giving AI authentic scientific taste remains a trillion-dollar dilemma. The bottleneck is that the record we have kept for centuries of science might be insufficient to get us there. The experiments that never make the paper Peter Medawar, 1960 Nobel laureate and “father of transplantation,” asked in 1963 whether the scientific paper was a fraud, and answered yes: the form of the paper misrepresents the thinking that produced it. Sixty years on, the diagnosis is unchanged. A paper presents a clean progression from hypothesis to result to conclusion. Lost along the way are the unconventional theories, the abandoned or unaffordable methods, and the underwhelming and inconclusive data. It reads like a browser history with every dead end deleted: the ten open tabs, the four rephrased queries, the wrong turn down a subforum. All scrubbed, leaving one clean path from question to answer as the canonical path. What has changed since then is that the discarded material is now worth something. No high-impact journal wants these artifacts, but raw trial and error is the most likely source of the training data required to develop scientific intuition, or what researchers call taste. Earlier attempts to capture the discards were motivated by scientific integrity. The Journal of Negative Results in Biomedicine launched in 2002 to publish rigorous studies that disputed established models or exposed ineffective treatments. Its archive preserved negative conclusions after they had become papers, rather than the live alternatives and arguments that produced them. BioMed Central closed it in 2017, saying the mission had been served now that other journals publish null results. A less generous reading is that in fifteen years it published around 200 papers because almost nobody wants to read a negative result, let alone write one up when it will not count toward academic tenure. AI models are different. Even an uninteresting negative result can be useful, provided it is labeled. Earlier this year, Anthropic put a version of this to the test. The company pulled 129 decision points from real Claude Code sessions between January and March 2026, showed models the work up to a human detour, and asked what should happen next. Claude Mythos Preview beat the human choice 64% of the time, while Opus 4.5 managed 51%. The comparison was tilted toward the models because Anthropic deliberately chose moments where the human decision had room for improvement. On 127 further scenarios where the human action was already strong, the models improved on it only about 20% of the time. The study was possible because Anthropic’s researchers work inside a tool that logs by default. The reasoning, detours and outcome are produced in the same working environment. Biology has no equivalent. Its reasoning happens in hallways, at benches, in Slack threads and on whiteboards, while the outcome arrives weeks later somewhere else. The record has to emerge from the work itself. Ask scientists to reconstruct it afterwards and we’ll create another polished account. Subscribe A log is not a label Before any of this becomes training data, a negative result has to say what failed. The first paper published in the Journal of Negative Results in Biomedicine examined 234 negative studies across five leading medical journals. Only 30% discussed statistical power, and half clearly defined a primary outcome. Tell a model an experiment failed, without telling it whether the assay was underpowered, a reagent had degraded, or the hypothesis was simply wrong, and it will learn noise with confidence. Decision histories have a second missing label too. When a lab considers five experiments and runs one, only the chosen branch returns an outcome. The other four are experimental counterfactuals. Researchers call this the selective labels problem: the data reveal results only for the actions someone chose to take. Such a record can teach a model to imitate a lab’s taste, but it cannot establish that the taste was good. It also smuggles local constraints into general lessons. A lab that never ran cryo-EM because it did not own a microscope teaches a model that cryo-EM is rarely the right call. Alasdair’s nodes preserve the candidate set, which is the necessary first step. To be useful, each decision record needs six fields: The evidence available at that moment, and nothing that arrived later. The candidates considered, including the ones dismissed in a sentence. For each candidate: the expected result, the confidence attached to it, and the cost in time and money. The route chosen, and the reason. What happened next. How the evidence changed the scientist’s view. These must be timestamped before the outcome, because hindsight turns uncertainty into inevitability. Disagreement also has to survive. Averaging three scientists into one clean rationale reproduces exactly the information loss we are trying to fix. But there is an obvious failure mode here. Once decisions are logged and scored, people log for the record post-facto. Anyone who has watched an electronic lab notebook fill up with retrospective tidying knows how quickly a research tool becomes a compliance exercise. A record that costs a scientist ten minutes of honest reflection per decision is worth far more than one that costs an hour of performance. A publication initiative called Registered Reports offers a useful starting point. Here, researchers submit their rationale, methods and analysis plan for peer review before the data exist, and the journal commits in principle to publish if they follow the approved plan. Nature has now expanded the format across every field it covers. This approach to paper writing timestamps intent before the outcome, but it freezes one plan. A useful search history must also preserve how the plan changed, which alternatives were rejected, when, and on what evidence. Subscribe Run the runner-up Autonomous labs show what happens when decisions and outcomes are connected in a loop. Liverpool’s mobile robotic chemist ran 688 experiments over eight days in a ten-variable formulation space. A batched Bayesian search used each result to choose the next experiments and found photocatalyst mixtures six times more active than the starting formulations. Every completed experiment changed what the system did next. The robot optimized within a goal and search space that humans had already chosen. It did not decide which scientific question mattered. So what this work demonstrates is narrower, but still useful: a search history pays off when the options return standardized outcomes quickly. Open-ended biology is harder because branches can take weeks and the discarded alternatives may never be run. Some exploration therefore has to be bought. Where two branches are plausible and the stakes justify the cost, a lab should sometimes run the runner-up. Otherwise the record captures what today’s scientists usually chose and stays silent on what they systematically overlooked. A funder could ring-fence a small fraction of a grant for the branch not taken, provided that the decision record and the outcome are both deposited. That costs money, but so does having every lab rediscover the same abandoned path. Test whether taste transfers When it comes time to evaluate if our new AI system exhibits taste, the comparison should run across laboratories and fields. At selected decision points in a live research campaign, we should freeze the six fields: the evidence, the candidates, expected results, confidence, costs and the choice made. Experts then rank the options before the outcomes are known, and those outcomes are checked independently later. We could give models one of two diets - papers alone, or papers plus decision histories - and ask them to rank the next experiment on unfamiliar projects. Then, we score information gained per dollar and week, calibration, and how quickly weak branches are abandoned. If histories improve choices only inside the lab that produced them, they amount to useful organizational memory. If they improve choices on unfamiliar problems elsewhere, Alasdair’s group will have captured something science has never managed to write down: a transferable record of taste. Until that happens, a scientific search history is a promising record, not yet a training set.

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Aug 13 • 11:16 AM EDT • Science • press.airstreet.com
Joe Rogan predicts retirement for Islam Makhachev after UFC 330

One of MMA's biggest voices sees Islam Makhachev hanging up the gloves after UFC 330

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Aug 13 • 10:50 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Cleveland Fed’s Hammack questions whether U.S. inflation will keep slowing

The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland president says more needs to be done to get to the Fed's 2% target for inflation.

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Aug 13 • 10:30 AM EDT • Business • crainscleveland.com
Mammal ancestors may have given live birth 90 million years earlier than we thought, rewriting evolutionary timelines

A distinctive growth ring in fossilized bones is revealing how an ancestral species in the mammalian family reproduced.

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Aug 13 • 9:44 AM EDT • Science • livescience.com
The Lindsay Clancy trial brings maternal mental health into the spotlight

Mental health issues are the leading underlying cause of pregnancy-related death in the United States, but they are often overlooked.

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Aug 13 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • cnn.com
With 'Fat Marmot Week,' scientists hope to turn important marmot research into serious fun

For a marmot living in the Rocky Mountains, summer is the time to fatten up and get ready for hibernation. But this year's warmer, earlier spring has made it tough for marmots to get enough calories. A team of marmot scientists near Crested Butte is launching the first-ever Fat Marmot Week to raise awareness about these unique, chunky mammals.

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Aug 13 • 3:34 AM EDT • Science • kunc.org
3 reasons for concern from Commanders' joint practice vs Dolphins

It was a good and productive day for the Commanders in their joint practice with Dolphins. But it wasn't perfect.

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Aug 13 • 3:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Jayden Daniels feels ‘profoundly disrespected’ by LSU

Washington Commanders star quarterback Jayden Daniels emerged as a legitimate superstar with the LSU Tigers, blossoming into the eventual No. 1 overall pick and a Heisman Trophy winner. However, there now seems to be a major rift between Daniels and the program. The superstar quarterback is now reportedly refusing to allow LSU to use his…

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Aug 13 • 1:28 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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These mammal ancestors birthed live young far earlier than thought

Growth rings on a fossil bone suggest at least one mammal ancestor gave birth to live young rather than laying eggs 236 million years ago.

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Aug 13 • 12:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencenews.org
Tom Pagliarulo takes up men’s mental health platform after UFC contract win at DWCS 87

Tom Pagliarulo already has a secondary goal now that he's in the UFC.

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Aug 12 • 6:50 PM EDT • Health • sports.yahoo.com
Immortality creator Sam Barlow's new video-scouring game is sci-fi horror Precognition, a collab with filmmaker Brandon Cronenberg, in which you see and change the future

Her Story and Immortality creator Sam Barlow is back with a new video-scouring game, and this time it's a sci-fi horror.

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Aug 12 • 3:30 PM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. Q4 2026 Earnings Call Summary

Moby summary of Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.'s Q4 2026 earnings call

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Aug 12 • 1:21 PM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
Local Business Spotlight: Schroeder Short Stop

A year after opening its bar on the West End of Cook County, the Schroeder Short Stop continues to grow, adding new food and drink options and expanding its staff. Owners Tim Saetre and Emma Sievers opened the Schroeder Short Stop bar just over a year ago, adding to their existing Electric Trails e-bike rental...

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Aug 12 • 12:05 PM EDT • Business • wtip.org
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center Team Prepares Joint US Military Medical Personnel for Global Health Engagements

The Landstuhl Regional Medical Center Directorate of Global Health Engagements, in collaboration with cadre from the Uniformed Services University (USU), National Institute for Defense Health Cooperation (NIDHC), and U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM), successfully conducted a Fundamentals of Global Health Engagements (FOGHE) course at the Ramstein Air Base Aug. 3-7.

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Aug 12 • 7:47 AM EDT • Health • dvidshub.net
Dietitian Shares No. 1 Plant-Based Protein to Boost Brain Health

These anti-inflammatory plant foods are also packed with protein.

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Aug 11 • 2:37 PM EDT • Health • today.com
Third macOS Golden Gate Public Beta Now Available

Apple today released the third public beta of macOS Golden Gate, allowing non-developers to test the software ahead of its fall release. You can sign up to test the update on Apple's beta website, and then download it by going to System Settings > General > Software Update and toggling on the macOS 27 beta. macOS Golden Gate includes the same Siri AI features as iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, but you get to Siri through Spotlight with a Command + Space keyboard shortcut.

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Aug 11 • 1:26 PM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Nick Emmanwori passes physical after beginning camp on PUP list
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Aug 11 • 12:18 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Review: Razer Naga V3 Pro: the best MMO mouse I've ever used, and ideal for macro fiends too

23 programmable buttons, infinite scroll and high-end internals.

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Aug 11 • 11:00 AM EDT • Technology • digitalfoundry.net
WEBTOON Entertainment Announces Participation in Upcoming Investor Conferences

WEBTOON Entertainment will participate in two upcoming investor conferences in August and September 2026.Quiver AI SummaryWEBTOON Entertainment Inc. has announced its participation in two upcoming investor conferences: the Deutsche Bank 2026 Technology Conference on August 26 in Dana Point, CA, and the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference on September 10 in San Francisco, where it will present at 4:25 PM PT. The Goldman Sachs presen

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Aug 11 • 9:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • quiverquant.com
Commanders sign DT Byron Cowart
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Aug 11 • 8:10 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Michigan Football trending up with ELITE wide receiver recruit

Michigan Football is trending up for an elite WR that is teammates with two recruits committed to the Wolverines. That and more in today’s Recruiting Roundup:

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Aug 11 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
The U.S. Healthcare System is Already Mostly Socialized

Now that Abdul El-Sayed is the Democratic nominee for Michigan’s open Senate seat, the outcome of this crucial race will depend mainly on two things: Whether Republicans succeed in demonizing El-Sayed because he’s brown and a Muslim, and whether they succeed in demonizing him as a left-wing radical. I will defer for the now the question of whether bigotry will be effective this year, although I will address it another day. What I want to address instead is El-Sayed’s signature issue — healthcare. Yes, El-Sayed advocates Medicare for All, a position the usual suspects denounce as “socialism.” I will get to the politics of his stance soon. Today, however, I want to talk about the substance. We should be clear that El-Sayed doesn’t even call himself a socialist. On the contrary, he explicitly disavows the label, saying “I’m a capitalist who just knows about capitalism”. In fact, as I explained in a previous post, the policies that El-Sayed advocates qualify him as a social democrat, not a socialist. Still, El-Sayed advocates a system under which the government would pay almost all medical expenses. Isn’t that socialism? Well, if that is the criterion then much of U.S. healthcare is already socialist. In fact, the government’s role is so large that U.S. healthcare is better described as partially privatized socialism than as anything resembling a free market. Let’s start with the raw numbers on health insurance, which pays the bulk of Americans’ medical expenses. Americans receive health insurance either from private companies or from public programs, overwhelmingly Medicare and Medicaid. Here’s what the breakdown of coverage and spending between private and public looked like in 2024: While a majority of Americans with health insurance get it from private companies, well over 100 million of us are covered by government programs instead. And these government programs pay more total dollars for medical bills than the private insurers do. Why do government programs that cover a minority of the population account for a majority of health insurers’ outlays? Mainly because Medicare covers seniors, and we’re expensive. Also, while Medicaid covers many younger Americans, disabled and elderly beneficiaries account for most of its spending. Even by the raw numbers, then, U.S. health insurance looks as much public as private. But that understates the government’s role: Private health insurance in the U.S. is both highly regulated and heavily subsidized. This is obviously true for the insurance coverage purchased by tens of millions of Americans through the exchanges established by the Affordable Care Act. But employment-based health insurance, which covers 161 million Americans, is far more of a government creation than most people realize. For employment-based insurance exists largely because of huge implicit government subsidies that come with major strings attached. Here’s how that works. If your employer pays you $10,000, that’s taxable income. But if your employer pays $10,000 toward a company health insurance plan that meets certain criteria, it isn’t taxable. That’s a huge effective subsidy, running at more than $300 billion a year. Take that subsidy into account, along with the more than $100 billion per year spent subsidizing policies purchased under the ACA, as well as the outlays on Medicare and Medicaid, and net effect is that the government pays for more than two-thirds of Americans’ health insurance. Granted, there are strings attached. Roughly speaking, employment-based health plans can’t discriminate based on medical history — that is, they can’t deny coverage to employees with pre-existing conditions — and they also can’t offer the plans only to highly compensated employees — a health plan that is only for the C-suite is considered taxable income. So given the restrictions of the federal tax code, employer-based health insurance is a lot like Obamacare, which also prohibits discrimination based on medical history and provides subsidies to make insurance affordable to lower-paid workers. The fact is that virtually all of private healthcare insurance is already well under some form of government control through regulation and tax subsidies. How should we think about this system? First of all, is Medicare socialist? Don’t tell anyone, but the way Medicare operates — it covers every senior’s medical expenses, whatever they turn out to be, while being funded by taxes that depend on one’s income — could be summarized by the old Marxist slogan “From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.” And back in 1961, when Ronald Reagan was the face of a last-ditch effort by the American Medical Association to block the creation of Medicare, he denounced Medicare as “socialized medicine” and warned that it would destroy our freedom. In reality, American freedom survived until Jan. 20, 2025, while Medicare is immensely popular, with an 82 percent favorable rating in the most recent KFF survey. Medicaid, government health insurance for lower-income Americans, comes in at 73 percent. This is in sharp contrast to public views about private insurers, who are widely disliked if not hated and accused of denying essential care. Furthermore, if Medicare is socialism, then the whole U.S. health insurance system, with the government paying most of the bills and placing conditions on private insurers, is almost equally socialist. If you insist on calling any program the government pays for and regulates socialist, then U.S. healthcare would best be described as a partially privatized form of socialism. And one must ask, what is the point of the part that is privatized? Do private insurers add anything positive? Or are they simply parasites, skimming off money that could have been paying for care? The case for viewing insurers as parasites is strong. Many Medicare benefits are now delivered via Medicare Advantage, that is, plans paid for by the government but run through insurance companies. MedPAC, an independent advisory commission, estimates that last year Medicare Advantage plans were overpaid by $84 billion, thanks to practices such as “upcoding,” in which patients’ health problems are overstated to get larger sums from Medicare. Assessing the waste from employer-based insurance is harder, but most evidence suggests that private insurers have substantially higher administrative costs than Medicare does. Furthermore, the complexity of private insurance, with multiple payers all trying to deny care when they can, is a huge burden both on providers — doctors, nurses, and hospitals — and on patients. What do private insurers offer to compensate for these costs? One must go through intellectual contortions to avoid the conclusion that they are, in fact, parasites. Which brings me back to El-Sayed. In supporting Medicare for All, he’s basically calling for an end to the partial, parasitic privatization of a healthcare system that is already hugely dependent on public funding. When one looks at it that way, it’s not at all a radical proposal. Admittedly, the political lift requires overcoming the opposition to higher taxes to pay for Medicare for All. Political realism rather than economics was the reason I and many other progressives supported Obamacare, with all its complexities, rather than demanding an immediate move to Medicare for All. But the political calculus may very well have shifted since the 2000s, as Americans are fed up with a system of unaffordable premiums, rampant claim denials, and byzantine claim administration. Moreover, funding healthcare insurance through taxation would allow for a much more progressive distribution of the cost. That is, compared to the present system, middle-income households would pay less as high-income households would pay more. And the U.S. would stop wasting large sums on pointless administrative costs. So let’s be clear: El-Sayed’s healthcare platform is perfectly reasonable on the merits of cost, fairness and health efficacy. And with private insurers never more hated, while millions of Americans are losing their health insurance, 2026 may be its time. MUSICAL CODA

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Aug 11 • 6:33 AM EDT • Health • paulkrugman.substack.com
Azerbaijan: Health of imprisoned government critics at risk as another political activist faces extradition threat

The Azerbaijani authorities must ensure that Ali Karimli, Alasgar Mammadli and all other prisoners have immediate access to adequate drinking water, ventilation and all necessary medical care. Ukraine must fulfil its human rights obligations and not extradite Bahruz Hasanli to Azerbaijan.

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Aug 11 • 4:45 AM EDT • Health • amnesty.org
Azerbaijan: Health of imprisoned government critics at risk as another political activist faces extradition threat

The Azerbaijani authorities must ensure that Ali Karimli, Alasgar Mammadli and all other prisoners have immediate access to adequate drinking water, ventilation and all necessary medical care. Ukraine must fulfil its human rights obligations and not extradite Bahruz Hasanli to Azerbaijan.

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Google's AI Overviews are causing chaos for small businesses

Google AI Overviews are becoming customers' first impression of small businesses. Inaccurate summaries are damaging their reputations.

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Aug 11 • 4:22 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
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UFC President Dana White Open to Creating Women’s BMF Title

UFC president Dana White said that he is open to creating a women’s BMF title for some of MMA’s best women’s fighters to compete for.The UFC has a men’s BMF title, which is currently possessed by lightweight star Charles Oliveira, but there is no women’s BMF title.However, that could potentially change, as White said for […] The post UFC President Dana White Open to Creating Women’s BMF Title appeared first on HEAVY.

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Aug 11 • 1:51 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
The Weeknd says he’s not changing his stage name as planned: ‘Imma be here forever with you’

The “Blinding Lights” singer had said that he wanted to drop his stage name.

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Aug 10 • 11:44 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
The Weeknd says he’s not changing his stage name as planned: ‘Imma be here forever with you’

The Weeknd has talked about changing his stage name for years. Now he might not change it at all.

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Aug 10 • 11:44 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
UFC 330 Countdown: Islam Makhachev vs. Ian Machado Garry

The UFC 330 main event features a welterweight title bout between champion Islam Makhahev and No. 2 ranked Ian Machado Garry. It will be Makhachev's first title defense. UFC 330 Countdown takes an in-depth look at the welterweight title bout ahead of Saturday's event at Xfinity Mobile Arena in ...

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Aug 10 • 11:41 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Rangers' Nathan Eovaldi: Goes on IL with elbow inflammation

Rangers' Nathan Eovaldi: Goes on IL with elbow inflammation

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Aug 10 • 6:28 PM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
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Todd Blanche is sworn in as attorney general after bruising confirmation fight

Blanche is officially taking command of a Justice Department he has been leading in an acting capacity since Pam Bondi's firing in April

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Aug 10 • 4:50 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Hannah Bebar Stands up for Girls in Sports

Bay FC midfielder Hannah Bebar wants to be a friend and teammate for the next generation of girls. She spends her free time with Bay Area Women’s Sports Initiative (BAWSI).

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Aug 10 • 12:48 PM EDT • Sports • bayfc.com
Free mad science event in September

Grab your lab coat because it’s going to get messy. There will be more than 30 different fun science experiments to watch, touch and experience at a free mad science event in Apache Junction in …

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Aug 10 • 11:01 AM EDT • Science • yourvalley.net
Patrick Mahomes comments on seeing former teammates at training camp

During his press conference, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes commented on seeing former teammates at training camp | @EdEastonJr

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Aug 10 • 10:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Dan Campbell Reveals Jared Goff’s Next Big Step

Dan Campbell says Jared Goff has reached another level as a quarterback, with greater urgency, command and leadership for the Detroit Lions.

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Aug 10 • 9:59 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Steelers sign former Jets WR, teammate of Aaron Rodgers

The Pittsburgh Steelers sign another wide receiver.

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Aug 10 • 9:43 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Blippi to Biblical: Kids Entertainment Veterans Debut New Show

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Aug 10 • 9:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • ccmmagazine.com
Alliance Entertainment and AMPED Distribution Highlight Independent Retail Engagement at Record Store Day Summer Camp

Alliance Entertainment attended Record Store Day Summer Camp, engaging independent retailers and showcasing product growth and upcoming releases.Quiver AI SummaryAlliance Entertainment and its distribution arm, AMPED Distribution, actively participated in the Record Store Day Summer Camp in New Orleans from July 27 to 30, 2026, engaging with numerous independent retail partners to discuss business performance, future releases, and product initiat

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Aug 10 • 8:47 AM EDT • Entertainment • quiverquant.com
Science Applications adds David Benson and David Cush to board

Science Applications appointed David Benson and David Cush to its Board of Directors, effective August 20, 2026, expanding the board from ten to twelve members.Original SEC Filing: Science Applications International Corp [ SAIC ] - 8-K - Aug. 10, 2026This is an AI-powered summary. It may contain in…

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Aug 10 • 7:03 AM EDT • Science • tradingview.com
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What to Watch Ahead of Commanders First Week of Preseason

The offseason is set to pick up for the Washington Commanders with a joint practice set for Wednesday and the first preseason game on Friday

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Aug 10 • 5:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Packers claim rookie wide receiver off waivers from Commanders

It didn't take former Commanders wide receiver Chris Hilton long to find a new home.

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Aug 10 • 3:13 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Farhan Akhtar, Ritesh Sidhwani Launch Excel Origins Initiative

Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar launch Excel Origins to back Indian filmmakers under 30.

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Aug 10 • 2:30 AM EDT • Entertainment • variety.com
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Vikings’ Aaron Jones raves about ‘special’ teammate amid training camp

Aaron Jones praised Demond Claiborne's rare talent as the Vikings prepare to unleash a revamped rushing attack in 2026.

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Aug 10 • 2:20 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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How ‘House of the Dragon’ season 3 ending ‘condemns Rhaenyra to the path she’s chosen’

The ‘House of the Dragon’ season 3 ending ‘condemns Rhaenyra to the path she’s chosen,’ star Emma D’Arcy says of the latest finale.

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Aug 9 • 10:10 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Eagles' QB2 Battle Is Still Too Close to Call

One of the key training camp battles for the Philadelphia Eagles was who would be the backup for Jalen Hurts: Tanner McKee or Andy Dalton. While Dalton currently has the slight edge, the race is not over just yet. Last season, McKee served as the second quarterback, starting in Week 18 against the Washington Commanders when the Eagles decided to rest their starters heading into the playoffs.

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Aug 9 • 8:21 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Business People: Best Buy names former Nordstrom exec Anne Bramman as CFO

RETAIL Richfield-based electronics retailer Best Buy Co., announced the appointment of Anne Bramman as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective Aug. 19. Bramman joins Best Buy from Circana, where she most recently…

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Aug 9 • 1:01 PM EDT • Business • twincities.com
Bruce Willis' wife backs California bill to track rare brain disease

Emma Heming Willis, wife of actor Bruce Willis, visited the California State Capitol this week to advocate for legislation that would add frontotemporal dementia (FTD) to the state’s neurodegenerative disease registry.

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Aug 9 • 11:20 AM EDT • Politics • kcra.com
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In 1967, US satellites hunting secret nuclear tests detected a flash from deep space; the accidental signal became the first observed gamma-ray burst

For more than half a century, gamma-ray bursts have remained one of the most puzzling events observed in space. These bursts are sudden flashes of gamma rays, a very high-energy form of light.

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Aug 9 • 7:27 AM EDT • Science • timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Trevor Lawrence Credits Jaguars’ HC Coen for Changing His Mentality

The Jaguars star quarterback finally unlocked his MVP potential by adopting Liam Coen’s fiery mentality to transform from inconsistent talent into a commanding leader.

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Aug 9 • 4:58 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Commanders OT Laremy Tunsil Suffers Devastating Training Camp Injury: Report

Washington Commanders All-Pro left offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil will miss a "significant portion" of the regular season with torn triceps. The post Commanders OT Laremy Tunsil Suffers Devastating Training Camp Injury: Report appeared first on HEAVY.

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Aug 8 • 11:31 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
NFL's highest paid offensive lineman injured at Commanders training camp

Laremy Tunsil reportedly tore his triceps during Washington Commanders practice on Saturday. Here's what we know.

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Aug 8 • 8:48 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Commanders Tackle Laremy Tunsil To Miss 'Significant' Time With Tricep Injury

Washington Commanders tackle Laremy Tunsil sustained a tricep injury at Saturday's practice that could sideline him for an extended period of time.

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Aug 8 • 8:39 PM EDT • Sports • foxsports.com
Dinosaurs became giants — so why did they never become tiny?

Dinosaurs conquered the land at enormous sizes, but strangely, they almost never evolved into truly tiny animals. New research suggests that physiology alone can’t explain this missing miniature end of the dinosaur spectrum—and that early mammals may have been partly responsible. While dinosaurs kept mammals from becoming large, small mammals may have returned the favor by occupying ecological niches that could otherwise have supported mouse-sized dinosaurs.

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Aug 8 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Broncos Scrimmage Features Brand New Unexpected Kicker

The Denver Broncos shifted to scrimmaging today, and the kicker was none other than safety Brandon Jones.

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Aug 8 • 5:53 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Dolphins' Malik Willis Continues to Shine With Strong Leadership

Miami Dolphins quarterback Malik Willis continues to shine with his leadership and command of the team.

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Aug 8 • 5:06 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Miami Dolphins quarterback Malik Willis talks to team before practice

Malik Willis talks to his offensive teammates at Hard Rock Stadium, asking if they are doing everything they can and doing the right thing.

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Aug 8 • 1:16 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Laremy Tunsil to be evaluated after leaving Saturday's practice

The Commanders are waiting for word on left tackle Laremy Tunsil's condition after he picked up an injury on Saturday.

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Aug 8 • 1:12 PM EDT • Sports • nbcsports.com
Commanders sign offensive linemen Daniel Brunskill and Nicholas Petit-Frere
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Aug 8 • 12:34 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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I moved to NYC at 22 and lived with a 70-year-old roommate

In NYC, finding a place to live isn't easy. So when William Swanson found the right listing, he jumped on it — even though his new roommate was 70.

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Aug 8 • 9:08 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Allegheny Health Network first in Western Pa. to offer GammaTile brain cancer treatment

Trailblazing technology offered at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh’s North Side is helping patients with operable brain metastases live longer. Allegheny Health Network neurosurgeon Matthew J. Shepard is the first physician in Western Pennsylvania to use GammaTile, an FDA-approved treatment that uses collagen disks about the size of postage stamps

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Aug 8 • 6:01 AM EDT • Health • triblive.com
Why did Stefon Diggs choose the Commanders?

Stefon Diggs has "chills" just thinking about donning the burgundy and gold.

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Aug 8 • 4:02 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Vikings Receive Eye Opening Training Camp Update

Kyler Murray commands the quarterback battle with elite playmaking, while star receiver Jordan Addison faces an injury scare that tests the depth of Minnesota’s high-powered offensive arsenal.

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Aug 7 • 9:54 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Amanda Knox says new comedy show honors murdered roommate Meredith Kercher, as Kercher’s sister slams it

Amanda Knox has answered critics of her new comedy show. Here’s what the wrongly convicted woman says about ‘Cartwheel.’

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Aug 7 • 6:05 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Report: Commanders to sign OL Max Scharping
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Aug 7 • 2:13 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Jaguars' Bhayshul Tuten: Rotates with Rodriguez in Friday's scrimmage

Jaguars' Bhayshul Tuten: Rotates with Rodriguez in Friday's scrimmage

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Aug 7 • 1:50 PM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
Upcoming PBS docuseries, 'Bucks County, USA,' to examine suburbs' political division

Filmmakers Barry Levinson and Robert May delve into community tensions in the political battleground. The first episodes premiere Sept. 20.

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Aug 7 • 1:36 PM EDT • Politics • phillyvoice.com
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Industry and academic leaders explore how engineering innovation is powering the next era of space science at the 46th COSPAR Scientific Assembly

Leading voices from across the aerospace industry and academia gathered in Florence, Italy for the panel titled "Engineering Innovation Enabling Scientific Research," examining how advances in engineering are unlocking new scientific missions and how ambitious science goals are, in turn, driving engineering breakthroughs. The panel, moderated by Alison Nordt, Director of Space Sciences & Instrumentation at Lockheed Martin Space's Advanced Technology Center, brought together six panellists to discuss the evolving relationship between space science and systems engineering: Marius Anger (Aalto University), Jon Arenberg (Northrop Grumman), Mayra Montrose (L3Harris), Giampiero Di Paolo (Thales Alenia Space Italia), Steve Squyres (Blue Origin) and Eric Stallmer (Voyager).

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Aug 7 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • eurekalert.org
Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited to Release Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results on August 13

Melco Resorts will announce Q2 2026 financial results on August 13, followed by a conference call at 8:30 a.m. ET.Quiver AI SummaryMelco Resorts & Entertainment Limited has announced that it will release its unaudited financial results for the second quarter of 2026 on August 13, 2026, followed by a conference call at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. Participants must register in advance to receive dial-in details. The conference call will be available vi

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Aug 7 • 6:42 AM EDT • Entertainment • quiverquant.com
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New heart drug targeting inflammation falls short in clinical trial

The ZEUS trial fell short, but Novo Nordisk still has high hopes for HERMES and ARTEMIS.

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Aug 6 • 5:01 PM EDT • Business • cardiovascularbusiness.com
Bruce Willis’ wife makes rare comment on meeting actor while engaged to someone else

Bruce Willis wife Emma Heming Willis made rare comments about first meeting the actor while she was engaged to someone else: ‘Loved being around him,’ she said.

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Aug 6 • 12:28 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Braxton Jones, Montez Sweat left Bears practice early

The Bears had players on both sides of the line of scrimmage leave practice early on Thursday.

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Aug 6 • 12:04 PM EDT • Sports • nbcsports.com
Parents argue new lawsuit against Ten Commandments in classrooms

The posters have already survived legal scrutiny under the Establishment Clause, but these parents are relying on a Texas law that prohibits the state from substantially burdening a person’s free exercise of religion.

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Aug 6 • 11:30 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com