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Your eyes dilate depending on your thoughts

Brain activity and verbalization can both affect our pupils.

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Oct 16 • 11:45 AM EDT • Science • popsci.com
iPhone co-creator Fadell on Duo: There are both business and entertainment uses for these devices

iPhone co-creator and former Apple executive Tony Fadell joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss Apple’s opening of pre-orders for the iPhone Duo, use cases for HomeView, and more.

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Oct 16 • 11:44 AM EDT • Business • cnbc.com
iPhone co-creator Fadell on Duo: There are both business and entertainment uses for these devices

iPhone co-creator and former Apple executive Tony Fadell joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss Apple’s opening of pre-orders for the iPhone Duo, use cases for HomeView, and more.

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Oct 16 • 11:44 AM EDT • Entertainment • cnbc.com
Gaza malnutrition and starvation at ‘catastrophic’ levels: Health Ministry
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Oct 16 • 11:37 AM EDT • Health • aljazeera.com
NBA, sportsbooks reportedly agree to ban certain bets, including parlays involving the under on same player's stats
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Oct 16 • 11:14 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Robots could boost US manufacturing as America races to keep pace with China, expert says

A Path Robotics executive told FOX Business that automation will be critical to expanding U.S. manufacturing as worker shortages persist and China moves faster to adopt robotics.

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Oct 16 • 11:13 AM EDT • Business • foxbusiness.com
Indiana's biggest home game ever will reveal just how far Curt Cignetti has taken the Hoosiers
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Oct 16 • 11:13 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Mets Will Reportedly Add Scouts To Increase Live Evaluation
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Oct 16 • 11:04 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Texas Adds 154,300 Jobs, Outpacing National Growth

Governor Greg Abbott touted the strength of the Texas economy as Texas employers added 154,300 nonfarm jobs over the last 12 months for an annual growth rate of 1.1 percent, outpacing the national rate by 0.8 percentage points.

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Oct 16 • 10:58 AM EDT • Business • texasborderbusiness.com
Breece Hall, Adonai Mitchell among those ruled out for Jets
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Oct 16 • 10:50 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Can AI solve our mental health access problem?

Last week I asked you what worries you most about AI in health. It was close, but your top answer was “AI giving bad health advice.” Last week’s poll results: You’re in good company. This concern was top of mind at a conference I joined at Stanford last week, where researchers, clinicians, and people who build AI systems spent a day debating trust and safety in health AI. Stepping back, I’m also hearing your emerging concerns about AI’s impact on our well-being generally. I see this as a matter of public health, and we’ll take it in pieces as we learn together. Today we’ll focus on AI chatbots used for therapy for mental health. Early this month, Governor Newsom vetoed Senate Bill 903, California’s most ambitious attempt to regulate AI use for mental health. It’s at the center of active debate, and raises the questions patients, family members, citizens, and voters will face as AI moves deeper into health care. Let’s work through it. What is “AI-based therapy”? It’s really two things: purpose-built mental health apps designed to deliver structured support, and general chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini that people increasingly use for emotional support—even if they weren’t built for it. Spoiler alert: I don’t know whether the shift toward AI therapy is good or bad. The evidence isn’t there yet. But I do know it’s already happening, and I have some ideas about how we can roll it out with safety in mind. The therapy dilemma, in a nutshell Mental health challenges are common, and strain health and well-being across populations. Therapy (interactive dialogue with a trained, empathetic practitioner) helps many people heal. The demand for licensed therapists far exceeds the supply in California, and AI-based therapy can narrow that gap. AI-based therapy remains novel, unproven, and not well tested. Right off the bat, we can see we’re dealing with trade-offs here. Since the main driver of demand for therapy from a robot is lack of access to therapy from a human, we’ll start there. It’s too hard to find and afford a human therapist California is short roughly 55,000 licensed, non-prescribing therapists and counselors, about 40% of what we need. Psychiatrists, who rely on talk therapy as a complement to prescribed medications, are even more scarce. Eight counties have none, and density ranges from 1.7 per 100,000 residents in San Benito County, to 68.1 in Marin County. My wife is a psychiatrist in Marin, and even here access is tight. If it’s hard in the best-supplied county, imagine rural Sierra County, or the San Joaquin Valley. In 2024, more than half of Californians who tried to make a mental health appointment struggled to find a provider who took their insurance, compared with 14% for physical health care. When Senate staff posed as “secret shopper” patients and called 120 mental health providers in Medicare Advantage networks, they landed an appointment less than once for every five tries. Insurers pay behavioral health clinicians about 22% less than medical and surgical clinicians for comparable office visits. On top of that, billing denials and prior authorizations hit hardest at the solo and small practices common in mental health. Psychiatrists opt out of Medicare at the highest rate of any specialty. In many places, a cash practice for therapy fills quickly with patients paying $250 or more an hour, with no insurance paperwork at all. Families who can pay cash find providers more easily. Those who rely on insurance, including Medi-Cal enrollees, older adults, rural residents, and non-English speakers, compete for what’s left. So we can’t pretend the human system works, and we can’t blame people for turning to AI for support when they’re in distress. AI is filling the gap It’s estimated that roughly a quarter of AI users use it for mental health support. If you have internet, it’s available 24/7, it’s cheap, and it speaks your language. Uninsured adults are about twice as likely as insured adults to do it (30% vs. 14%). It feels anonymous in ways that may enable people to ask things they’re unsure or embarrassed about. The largely hidden, personal use makes it hard to study whether it’s actually helping people with their mental health issues, but researchers are trying. Does AI therapy work? A 2026 analysis of nearly 40 randomized trials found chatbots showed a real but small reduction in depression symptoms. But most of these trials were compared to an alternative of no therapy, not a human therapist. So the benefit of AI therapy is probably real, but modest, and mostly untested against the alternative of human contact. We need more studies. Serious concerns OpenAI’s own estimate is that more than a million ChatGPT users each week show signs of suicidal planning or intent. These are high stakes encounters, and AI doesn’t always get it right. That’s partly because a chatbot can sound like a therapist, but it has no license, no duty of care, and it’s not clear who to hold accountable when it gets things wrong. AI is also designed to help users in whatever task they’re seeking to accomplish. People may feel like they’re getting therapy, but they’re mainly getting a convincing conversation. It’s easy for an AI companion to wander into gray areas, like playing along with “creative writing” that may be about the user’s own suicidal intent. Courts are driving safety conversations A wave of lawsuits have been filed on behalf of families claiming that chatbots pushed people they loved toward self-harm, including teens who died by suicide. The first settlements came this year. OpenAI is headquartered in San Francisco, and dozens of cases alleging that ChatGPT drove users to suicide or self-harm are now before a San Francisco judge. Character.ai has filed for bankruptcy after several states brought lawsuits accusing the chatbot of pushing dangerous content to kids. But the technology seems to be improving. Last month, an independent evaluation found that newer AI models “almost never endorse suicide.” That’s progress, but our societal appetite for even one preventable death is very low. So how do we move forward? Finding a middle ground Earlier this month the governor vetoed Senate Bill 903, a bill designed to place guardrails on the use of AI for therapy. The bill would have prohibited any AI-based platform from being advertised as psychotherapy, and would have required a licensed professional to review and approve each encounter where AI was used to support therapeutic decisions. Newsom called it overly broad, since even routine screening questions would have needed clinician sign-off. Knowing we’re already short on mental health providers, requiring human review of AI encounters may not relieve our access problems. Still, the answer isn’t no oversight. Here’s one feasible short term solution. Rather than reviewing each encounter, a licensed clinician can design the guardrails: what counts as a crisis, what triggers an immediate handoff to a human, and what gets sampled for audit each month. The AI runs inside that structure. Conversations get checked, failures get reported, and a real clinician owns the framework. Medicine already has models to learn from. The FDA process for rolling out newly approved medications is an example. After a product reaches patients, we keep watching for adverse events. Patient-facing AI needs the same “digital pharmacovigilance”: systematic tracking of harms, near misses, and the types of groups that get hurt and why. It’s also critical that users know that they can reach a human if they’re in crisis. Most chatbots now include messages like these: Bottom line The rush to use unproven AI tools for mental health support is mostly a workaround, a sign of a health system people can’t get into. We need better access to proven care from licensed clinicians. That takes reimbursement that makes accepting insurance viable, and a bigger workforce. But, built and tested well, AI could be part of the answer. It could be the 2 a.m. check-in when no one else is awake, or a way for patients to practice skills their therapist taught them. It could be the first step to get someone the right level of care, and take paperwork off clinicians’ plates so they spend more time with patients. None of this is simple. The SB 903 veto doesn’t end the debate, and the legislature will be back. In the meantime, those of us using these tools need to stay informed, ask hard questions, and hold the companies building them accountable. I’ll try to do my part, and we’ll keep learning together. Love,Matt P.S. If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health challenges, emotional distress, substance use problems, or just needs to talk, call or text 988- you’ll reach a real person— or chat at 988lifeline.org 24/7. Dr. Matt Willis is the author of Your Local Epidemiologist in California. A California native, he’s served as a primary care physician, CDC epidemiologist, and public health officer for Marin County, where he guided the pandemic response. He lives in Marin with his family and their dogs, Teddy and Ramona. Thank you Cynthia He, MD, PhD, and Parnika Saxena, MD, for their guidance in preparing this article. Cynthia works in an outpatient mental health clinic, treating patients who have Medi-Cal or, sometimes, no insurance. Parnika works in an inpatient psychiatric unit, treating patients with public or private insurance or self-pay ability. All opinions are their own and do not represent their employers.

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Oct 16 • 10:32 AM EDT • Health • yourlocalepidemiologistca.substack.com
These Actors Have Changed So Much Since The '70s
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Oct 16 • 10:30 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Sneak Peek: Southern Gothic thriller opens in Columbus at Springer Opera House
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Oct 16 • 10:15 AM EDT • Entertainment • ledger-enquirer.com
Sony Has Caused 'Friction' Between It and PlayStation Fans Over Disc Mess, Says PS1, PS2, PS3 Creator

Kutaragi understands both sides of the argument

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Oct 16 • 10:00 AM EDT • Technology • pushsquare.com
The Odds: Southern Blue Wave
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Oct 16 • 9:53 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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New inflation data undercuts President Trump’s economic claims
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Oct 16 • 9:52 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Colts release WR Darius Slayton
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Oct 16 • 9:39 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Can science prove the Earth is round? Every major test points to the same conclusion
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Oct 16 • 9:34 AM EDT • Science • yahoo.com
Did human beings evolve from apes? Here’s what science can and can’t prove
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Oct 16 • 9:33 AM EDT • Science • yahoo.com
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment urges flu vaccine after child death
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Oct 16 • 9:29 AM EDT • Health • cbsnews.com
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Beauty-from-within surges with new science, finished products

Beauty-from-within makes a comeback while ingredient research shows benefits for bone and gastrointestinal health.

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Oct 16 • 9:15 AM EDT • Science • supplysidesj.com
Artemis II results show how much science people can do at the moon

We’ve studied the moon with robotic spacecraft for decades. What do human observers add? Artemis II’s first science results offer some answers.

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Oct 16 • 9:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencenews.org
F-16 crash debris cleared as health officials wait on soil and ground testing results
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Oct 16 • 8:51 AM EDT • Health • upnorthlive.com
Health experts push for more cancer screenings amid Pope Leo's lung cancer prognosis
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Oct 16 • 7:35 AM EDT • Health • cbsnews.com
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A Chicago billionaire is now a chief foe to both Mayor Johnson and CTU. Just who is Michael Sacks?

For years, Sacks has been a behind-the-scenes fixture in Chicago politics. Now he’s putting his money behind frontrunner mayoral candidate Alexi Giannoulias, as well as anti-Chicago Teachers Union school board candidates in the Nov. 3 election.

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Oct 16 • 7:23 AM EDT • Politics • wbez.org
Control Resonant becomes the fastest-selling game in Remedy's history, outpacing Alan Wake 2 and the original Control

Control Resonant might not have reviewed as strongly as the original Control or Alan Wake 2, but it sold faster than both of them.

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Oct 16 • 7:00 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Woman builds £10,000-a-month removals business helping women move on after break-ups
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Oct 16 • 6:26 AM EDT • Business • yahoo.com
Acclaimed rock band returns with first new music in nearly 30 years
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Oct 16 • 6:22 AM EDT • Entertainment • syracuse.com
COSI spotlights fall leaf color science experiment, plus new attractions for all ages
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Oct 16 • 6:04 AM EDT • Science • abc6onyourside.com
IAMA Theatre Company's 'Bobby Robotowitz' tackles AI in your home

Amy Rosoff and James Luster star in IAMA Theatre Company's play with InHouse Theatre, 'Bobby Robotowitz,' directed by Casey Stangl and written by Matt Schatz.

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Oct 16 • 6:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
What’s at stake in the US senate race in Alaska?
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Oct 16 • 5:31 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
CDC lags in hiring behind other health agencies after DOGE cuts, union says
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Oct 16 • 5:07 AM EDT • Health • yahoo.com
Notre Dame-BYU clash carries College Football Playoff implications, Big 12 dreams
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Oct 16 • 4:59 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Sullivan and Peltola clash in Alaska race that could decide Senate control
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Oct 16 • 4:58 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Hill, Jones agree on tariffs, disagree elsewhere in spirited debate

U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, and his Democratic opponent, Chris Jones, both don’t support President Trump’s tariff policies, but they disagreed about many other issues in a spirited but...

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Oct 16 • 1:58 AM EDT • Business • talkbusiness.net
Shohei Ohtani faces major questions after Dodgers' NLCS disaster
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Oct 16 • 1:52 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Joni Mitchell reveals the real reason she became an American citizen after 60-plus years in the U.S.

The “Both Sides Now” artist, 82, was born in Canada.

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Oct 16 • 1:08 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Botelho ’13: Jason Owens cannot make Brown Health safe

Botelho ’13: Jason Owens cannot make Brown Health safe

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Oct 16 • 1:00 AM EDT • Health • browndailyherald.com
New White House Press Secretary denies misrepresenting her legal credentials
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Oct 16 • 12:49 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Dodgers veteran Miguel Rojas pulled before first at-bat in final game of 13-year career
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Oct 16 • 12:46 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Wildlife biologist launches bear-proofing business to help LA County homeowners
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Oct 16 • 12:17 AM EDT • Business • cbsnews.com
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Wildlife biologist creates bear-proofing business to help SoCal residents
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Oct 16 • 12:04 AM EDT • Business • cbsnews.com
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Dodgers' disaster leaves massive questions on LA's offseason, free agents
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Oct 15 • 11:50 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Seahawks need to consider whether Drew Lock gives them a better chance to win
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Oct 15 • 11:49 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Tidelands Health honors babies lost to miscarriage, stillbirth during remembrance ceremony
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Oct 15 • 11:14 PM EDT • Health • wpde.com
Veterans, small business owners gather in Steubenville to help vets find jobs
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Oct 15 • 11:09 PM EDT • Business • wtov9.com
Tolland warns potential adult entertainment purveyors to follow the laws
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Oct 15 • 11:04 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Atrium invests $340M to add 168 behavioral health beds in North Carolina by 2028
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Oct 15 • 10:47 PM EDT • Health • wcnc.com
GOP’s Lawler breaks with Trump on deal to buy diesel from Russia
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Oct 15 • 9:54 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Thursday Night Football: Broncos lead Seahawks 14-3 at halftime
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Oct 15 • 9:44 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Elon Musk donates over $150 million to Senate GOP group, assisting Ken Paxton
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Oct 15 • 9:22 PM EDT • Politics • cbsnews.com
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The impact of money in politics, NEWS CENTER Maine breaks it down
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Oct 15 • 9:16 PM EDT • Politics • newscentermaine.com
U.S. Rep. Andy Harris declines to apologize to student reporter in TV interview

“If she called me and asked I would tell her what bothered me,” Harris said in the interview.

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Oct 15 • 9:05 PM EDT • Politics • thebanner.com
Protester interrupts Maine Senate debate and confronts GOP Sen. Collins on data centers
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Oct 15 • 8:52 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Political reporter Shaun Boyd gives a Reality Check on an ad attacking Democrat Manny Rutinel
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Oct 15 • 8:48 PM EDT • Politics • cbsnews.com
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Perlo's celebrates 25 years of business
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Oct 15 • 8:21 PM EDT • Business • 13wham.com
WATCH LIVE: Sullivan, Peltola face off in Alaska U.S. Senate debate
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Oct 15 • 6:57 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Tolland warns potential adult entertainment purveyors to follow the laws
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Oct 15 • 6:54 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
ChatGPT can peek at your Chrome tabs now

Time to browse with an AI bot?

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Oct 15 • 6:43 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Tolland town leaders warning anybody looking to open adult entertainment businesses
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Oct 15 • 6:41 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Exclusive | Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's Archewell cuts staff as business faces mounting turbulence
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Oct 15 • 6:40 PM EDT • Business • pagesix.com
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IU Health first to use FDA approved brain cancer imaging drug
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Oct 15 • 6:31 PM EDT • Health • wthr.com
Seahawks vs. Broncos live updates, inactives, where to watch: Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Sam Darnold take on short-handed Denver secondary on ‘Thursday Night Football’
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Oct 15 • 6:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Open enrollment now open for Your Health Idaho
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Oct 15 • 6:24 PM EDT • Health • idahonews.com
Political ads are designed to sway you. Here’s how to spot the tactics
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Oct 15 • 6:22 PM EDT • Politics • clickondetroit.com
Terry Bradshaw reflects on life, health struggles in new memoir
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Oct 15 • 6:12 PM EDT • Health • cbsnews.com
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Brooke, Hancock police partner with Ohio Valley Counseling for mental health training
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Oct 15 • 6:11 PM EDT • Health • wtov9.com
Chris Olave misses second straight practice with an illness
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Oct 15 • 6:10 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Terry Bradshaw reflects on life, health struggles in new memoir
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Oct 15 • 5:53 PM EDT • Health • cbsnews.com
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Bruins Have New Trade Target To Consider In Flyers Star
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Oct 15 • 5:40 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
New data shows potential for shift in Arizona politics
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Oct 15 • 5:01 PM EDT • Politics • azpbs.org
WATCH LIVE: Rep. Fischbach, challenger Osberg face off in Minnesota U.S. House debate
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Oct 15 • 4:50 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
RuneScape Reignited Cancelled Less Than Two Weeks After Being Announced

Creative director Mod Ryan announced that RuneScape Reignited, a new game mode designed for both old and seasoned players to start fresh, has been canceled less than two weeks after it was first announced.

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Oct 15 • 4:49 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Ravens-Falcons game without Lamar Jackson averages 17 million viewers
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Oct 15 • 4:48 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Diet’s impact on gut health may help explain rise in colon cancer among young adults
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Oct 15 • 4:45 PM EDT • Health • local12.com
WATCH LIVE: Collins, Jackson face off in Maine U.S. Senate debate
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Oct 15 • 4:45 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Christian Gonzalez upgraded to full participant on Thursday injury report
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Oct 15 • 4:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Jayden Daniels on clock debacle: "Ultimately, it's on me"
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Oct 15 • 4:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Billy Joel reveals he can’t drive or perform anymore in heartbreaking health update
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Oct 15 • 4:26 PM EDT • Health • pagesix.com
What to know ahead of Open Enrollment to avoid health insurance scams
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Oct 15 • 4:18 PM EDT • Health • wral.com
49ers open practice window for WR Christian Kirk
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Oct 15 • 3:41 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Caleb Williams had another full practice Thursday
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Oct 15 • 3:40 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
IP Saves the Day On Streaming

(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights each week.) Before we get started, I wanted to highlight a new idea I saw from Real Good AI, proposing a ratings system for AI use. (H/T to Anthony Kaufman’s article highlighting this.) It would look something like this: In general, I think that this is a solid, middle-ground solution that should appease both the pro-AI camp (who love AI) and the anti-AI camp (who wants to know if what they’re watching didn’t come from humans). Regardless of your feelings on AI/LLMs—I’ll never use it for my writing—transparency is often the best solution to many problems. In general, I think way more media outlets need to be using way more AI disclosures. My quick “Yes and...” to this idea: what about ads? In particular, I hate it when I see or hear ads that are obviously AI-generated, but a person or voice says, “I used this product”. AI doesn’t use products! Just today, I watched a YouTube ad where a “person” said they use some sort of rain wind chime...but that’s not a real person! They didn’t use this product. (Especially since the video of the wind chime itself also appeared to be AI-generated...) I believe most traditional advertising already has standards like this anyway.1 Okay, on to this week’s issue. We’re covering the week of 14-Sep, and then next issue, I’ll be fully caught up with Nielsen’s new release schedule. In the future, I plan to put out Streaming Ratings Reports each Monday after Nielsen’s Thursday releases. Overall, we had some big new shows this week, like Prime Video’s Reacher spinoff_, Neagley_, which is off to a big, big start, and Netflix’s latest in its Monster anthology, which is their largest opening since June and the second-largest since One Piece came out in March. All that, plus Slow Horses returns, the trio of returning shows (Lioness, Reacher and Ted Lasso) continue to dominate the top tens, Paramount+’s latest crime drama, a big whiff for a Netflix original film and a precipitous drop for Netflix film charts, all the flops, bombs and misses, and a whole lot more. Let’s dive right in! (Reminder: The streaming ratings report focuses on the U.S. market and compiles data from Nielsen’s weekly top ten viewership ranks, Luminate’s Top Ten Data, JustWatch and Reelgood interest data, Samba TV household viewership, company datecdotes, Netflix hours viewed data, Google Trends, and IMDb to determine the most popular content. While most data points are current, Nielsen’s data covers the weeks of September 14th to September 20th 2026. You can find a link to my terminology here.) Subscribe Television - IP For the TV Win Can I use the dirty word of entertainment journalism right now? IP. Shhh. Don’t tell anyone I said it. But IP works at the box office, and we’ve seen some evidence it works in TV too. Not as well, and not all the time—no absolutes here!—but often enough. And glancing at the Nielsen top ten…it worked this week! Take Prime Video, who has a monster hit in the crime drama Reacher. Would a spinoff work for that show? Yep! They binge-released Neagley, about a detective from the original Reacher series, and its eight episodes debuted to 29.6 million hours. Here’s how it stacks up to Reacher, one of Prime Video’s biggest shows: That’s great. Nearly as strong as Reacher’s opening! (Both shows started with eight, binge-released episodes, so this comparison is apples-to-apples.) Notably, Prime Video scheduled the debut of Neagley to overlap with Reacher’s most recent season, to help drive tune-in. Obviously, I love smart release strategies like that. And even though I wrote “obviously”, it’s not really that obvious, since streamers don’t often take advantage of natural overlaps like this_._2 Other data backs how well Neagley performed. It opened at second place on Samba TV for two weeks and got 51.7 million hours on Luminate. That’s the eleventh biggest opening on Luminate since May of 2024 and tied with Bridgerton’s third season opening. That’s a huge opening! Its IMDb is solid too, a 7.7 on 24K reviews. Netflix’s latest edition in the “Monster” series—which started with Jeffrey Dahmer and comes from Ryan Murphy—did well too, opening to 24.7 million hours. That’s the biggest opening for Netflix since I Will Find You in June, and second biggest since March. Unlike the Reacher series, this franchise is trending downward, though. The first Monster show—Dahmer - Monster—was giant. More than anything, I think this reflects that Netflix running out of extremely popular—if that’s the right word?—serial killers to feature. Still, the data says this is a very good opening. It made it to third place on Samba TV for two weeks. It also opened to 40.0 million hours on Luminate. That’s not quite as elite as Neagley, but still very, very strong. I’ll be honest: my priors coming into any given week are that IP works to help drive buzz for new shows, but TV shows need to stand on their own even more than movies, so they will succeed or fail based on their quality. But these two spinoffs definitely worked. Quick Notes on TV The top show, film or special this week? Football, again. Specifically, Prime Video’s season opener of Thursday Night Football. The games run long (three hours) but mainly a lot of people watch each game. That adds up to a lot of viewership. Paramount released the second season of MobLand on an unusual day for that service, a Friday! Often, they put their new shows out on a Sunday, as they did last year with a run of shows (Lioness, Tulsa King and Landman). MobLand didn’t make Nielsen in its first week, but on Samba TV it got to eighth and seventh place. Luminate had a smaller opening too, only 5.3 million hours. MobLand missed the Nielsen charts for its first eight weeks, so this season is off to a stronger start. (Bonus note: the first season streams on both Prime Video and The Roku Channel, but I only have it as Paramount+ on those charts.) I’ve mentioned a few times that foreign-language originals do lower numbers than English-language originals on Netflix most of the time. But I don’t usually emphasize what country those originals come from, and observationally, they tend to be from Western or Northern European countries, in general. So credit to Not a Stranger, a Turkish Netflix original, for breaking through on Luminate, getting to 7.9 million hours in its first full week on those charts. As I mentioned last issue, Crew Girl ended up making the Nielsen charts in its second week. That’s still a soft performance compared to many shows, but again this, one looks affordable. And if you’re curious, here’s how it stacks up to some other sports romance shows: We’re just getting started with this issue, but the rest is for paid subscribers of the Entertainment Strategy Guy, so if you’d like to find out… …about a new data source and how it drives streaming viewership… ...what reality show is struggling in its latest season…. ...what Netflix film bombed…. ...How Reacher, Ted Lasso, and Lioness are doing on the charts… ...what obscure sport put up great viewership numbers… …how far streaming films are falling… …all the flops, bombs and misses for the last week… …and more… ...please subscribe! We can only keep doing this great work with your support. If you want an idea of just how much content you’d get in a full issue, check out this older issue. Coming Soon! Next week, we’ve got a double issue, then we’ll be all caught up with Nielsen’s data. Yes! The goal is to have my report out on the Monday after I get Nielsen’s data. So next issue, I’m looking at East of Eden, The Great British Baking Show, a Willy Wonka game show (that people are upset uses AI, but viewers might not care), and a Cosby show spinoff reboot on Netflix, and Brothers on Apple TV (starring Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey). That’s about it for TV, but who’s going to win the streaming week, The Breadwinner or Backrooms on streaming? Answer: Toy Story 5. Plus Netflix has a Unabomber film and a new Tyler Perry film, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma tries to repeat The Substance’s run on MUBI, and Paramount+ has Jackass: Best and Last. Long term, Netflix is remaking Lonesome Dove. I love this choice, but man, there are a lot of westerns on TV right now. And they’re making Sega TV shows, including a Crazy Taxi TV show and Sonic show with an “edge”.

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Oct 15 • 3:32 PM EDT • Entertainment • entertainment.substack.com
Nina Dietz to Discuss the Public Health Impacts of Wildfires at the Milken Institute

Image The Department of Global Health at George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health will host Pulitzer Center grantee and freelance journalist Nina Dietz at a Research and Practice Seminar. On Thursday, November 12, 2026, from 2:00pm-3:00pm EST, Dietz will present on her Pulitzer Center-supported project The Toxic Side of Climate Change. The project investigates the hazards left behind by urban wildfires in Los Angeles and examines the long-term risks these toxins pose to affected communities. The project also explores what remains in the ash and debris after a fire, and how those materials impact public health. Dietz is a writer, documentarian, and journalist reporting from a background rooted in both science and the humanities. Her work has appeared in New Lines Magazine, Inside Climate News, Science Friday, and at Photoville, among others.

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Oct 15 • 3:02 PM EDT • Health • pulitzercenter.org
Seattle Mariners History: Gold Glove Winners Since 1977
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NBA preseason takeaways: What we've learned about all 30 teams so far
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Report: Andy Dalton mulling multiple offers, unsure of next destination
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I’m Both Elated and Terrified to Hear That Trump’s Administration Is Coming Unstrung

A disastrous new press secretary. Whispers of a new chief of staff. A feud between the president and old lawyers. We have to endure two more years of this?

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Oct 15 • 2:46 PM EDT • Politics • esquire.com
College Football Playoff reportedly near deal to expand to 24 teams in 2027
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Line Combinations: Red Wings vs Flyers
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USA Football to host Nations Cup flag football tournament as sport's Olympic debut approaches
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Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe Says Physical AI Will Have Its 'Science Fiction' Moment by 2030

Speaking at the Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala, Scaringe said that transformative changes in robotics are set to happen soon.

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Oct 15 • 1:54 PM EDT • Science • inc.com
California students post gains in math, science and English in 2025-26

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California students made gains across key academic and success measures during the 2025-26 school year, with test scores rising in English, math and science while the statewide graduation rate reached a record high of 87.9 percent. For the first time, the state released assessment results and California School Dashboard data together to give families and educators a more complete picture of student performance.English language arts scores increased 0.5 percentage points to 49.3 percent of students scoring proficient or advanced, while math scores rose 1.1 percentage points to 38.4 percent. Science showed the strongest improvement, jumping 3.3 percentage points to 36 percent of students scoring proficient or advanced.The statewide chronic absenteeism rate dropped 1.1 percentage points to 18.3 percent. The suspension rate declined to 2.8 percent, marking the third consecutive year of improvement."At a time when California continues to focus on accelerating learning and closing opportunity gaps, these results provide important evidence that our sustained investments are making a difference," Gov. Gavin Newsom said. "The continued progress we are seeing is a testament to the hard work of students, families and educators across the state—and we will continue working to build on these gains."The percentage of students prepared for college and career increased to 55.2 percent, up 2 percentage points from the previous year. More than 54 percent of graduates completed coursework required for admission to University of California and California State University systems, an increase of 0.9 percentage points."California has made important strides in expanding student supports and opportunities, but the pace of academic improvement reminds us that our work is far from finished," State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond said.Eighth grade students posted the strongest score trends in both English language arts and math. Science performance improved across all tested grades, with the strongest gains at the high school level.African American students demonstrated larger-than-average improvements across English, math and science. Hispanic or Latino students showed larger-than-average improvements in English and math, with positive math score trends across all grades.Students who were socioeconomically disadvantaged made gains across all 3 subjects, including larger-than-average improvements in English and math. Students who were homeless continued to demonstrate gains across grades, with particularly strong improvements in math."We are encouraged to see students making gains across all 3 major assessments and are especially encouraged by the progress of African American students, Hispanic or Latino students, socioeconomically disadvantaged students and homeless youth," said Linda Darling-Hammond, president of the California State Board of Education.The progress comes as California's public school system undergoes significant demographic change. Statewide school enrollment declined to approximately 5.73 million students in 2025-26, nearly 500-thousand fewer students over the past decade.The number of students with disabilities increased approximately 25 percent over the same period, from about 680-thousand to more than 850-thousand students. Graduation rates increased across nearly all student groups, including notable increases for American Indian or Alaskan Native students at 4.3 percentage points and students with disabilities at 3.7 percentage points.In Downey Unified School District, the rate of students demonstrating proficient or advanced grade-level knowledge increased by 2.1 percentage points in English, 2.8 percentage points in math and 4.7 percentage points in science. The district aligned graduation requirements with college admission expectations and invested in inclusive special education practices, expanded career technical education and expanded learning opportunities."The gains Downey Unified is seeing in student assessment results and on the Dashboard are the result of years of focused, consistent work across the district," Superintendent Roger Brossmer said.In Exeter Unified School District, proficiency rates increased by 4.6 percentage points in English, 2.3 percentage points in math and 3.6 percentage points in science. The district placed a strong focus on phonics and the science of reading, particularly in kindergarten through second grade."The gains Exeter Unified is seeing in student assessment results and on the Dashboard are the result of having great people who are focused on the right work, and great students who want to do well," Superintendent Melanie Dorough said.Union Elementary School District saw proficiency rates increase by 1.5 percentage points in English, 2 percentage points in math and 4 percentage points in science. Teachers regularly analyze state and local assessment data to guide instruction, supported by strong core instruction and early literacy strategies."Union Elementary School District's achievement gains reflect a focused, data-driven approach to meeting the needs of every student while fostering a strong sense of belonging, safety and connection," Superintendent Carrie Andrews said.The California Department of Education is examining local results to better understand strategies and conditions associated with stronger student outcomes. The state has made significant investments in recent years, including literacy and math coaching, tutoring, expanded learning opportunities, community schools and universal transitional kindergarten.

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Oct 15 • 1:54 PM EDT • Science • actionnewsnow.com
Mizzou celebrates 2025-26 newly promoted faculty; milestone anniversaries

The University of Missouri recently celebrated faculty members who earned promotion, tenure or both during the 2025-26 academic year, as well as those with milestone anniversaries.

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Oct 15 • 1:42 PM EDT • Science • showme.missouri.edu
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It’s not the old two-party politics – but Labour and the Tories now know they can shun their populist challengers

Though Burnham and Badenoch may still need the votes of Green and Reform supporters, both leaders have drawn clear lines in the sand, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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Fall Sports Update: Volleyball Gets Back On Track

Women’s Volleyball (12-4) The women’s volleyball team swept both Northwestern and Washington to improve to 12-4 on the season. Penn State’s win over Washington was the team’s second against a ranked opponent. The Nittany Lions held the Huskies to just .113 hitting percentage, and Kennedy Martin rolled up a team-high 14 kills and four blocks. […]

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Browns Demoted Star on NFL Trade Deadline ‘Hot Seat’

The Cleveland Browns could be active at the NFL trade deadline, maybe as both a buyer and a seller ... depending on Jerry Jeudy. The post Browns Demoted Star on NFL Trade Deadline ‘Hot Seat’ appeared first on HEAVY.

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Oct 15 • 1:32 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
iPad Mini 8: Apple Has Tested Both 60Hz and 120Hz ProMotion Displays

On the latest episode of his Power On podcast, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said he heard that Apple has tested both 60Hz and 120Hz ProMotion displays for the next iPad mini. However, he has not yet learned which option Apple has chosen. However, he has not yet learned which option Apple has chosen.

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2026-27 Fantasy Basketball Draft Strategy Mega Guide
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Commanders designate LB Jordan Magee for return
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