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Opelika business owners arrested on hemp product charges
Two Opelika business owners have been arrested following a joint investigation into alleged illegal operations at several local vape and CBD businesses, the Opelika Police Department said.
Amaneos completes acquisition of Magna’s lighting business
The acquired unit will become part of Amaneos' subsidiary Light Mobility Solutions (LMS).
Communism isn't taking over the US, despite what GOP says
The idea that some overhyped radical left is about to take over the nation is laughably false.
Survey Shows Japan's Business Sentiment Improving for a 5th Straight Quarter
TOKYO (AP) — Business sentiment among major Japanese manufacturers has improved for a fifth straight quarter, the Bank of Japan said in its quarterly “tankan” survey released Wednesday. The survey's so-called diffusion index rose to 22 from 17 in the previous quarter, the BOJ said. The index for ...
Astros 6, Twins 4: Alvarez’s Grand Slam sinks Twins
It was a rare bad start from Joe Ryan, as the Twins dropped game two of the series.
Dolly Parton Is ‘Trying to Do Too Much Too Soon’ Amid Health Issues: She’s ‘Still Very Unsteady’
New health care system director appointed at Montana VA
The Department of Veteran Affairs appointed a new healthcare system director.Kimberly Adkins is responsible for 21 sites of care statewide including a medical c
Speaker Johnson loses key vote as House GOP leaders struggle to contain rebellion
Speaker Mike Johnson is once again battling hardline conservatives for control of his own House floor — and he has no clear way out.
Dave Portnoy considers running for political office
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy on Monday said he’s considering running for office, potentially against New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D). Portnoy initially told Fox News’s Je…
Supreme Court upholds bans on transgender athletes participating in women and girls' sports
Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who has long coached his daughters' and other girls basketball teams at school, wrote the court's majority opinion.
AFSP Illinois Announces July Suicide Prevention Programs for Minority Mental Health Month
/PRNewswire/ -- In observance of National Minority Mental Health Month in July, the Illinois Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention...
LincolnFest was staged for the first time 45 years ago. A look back in photos
Featuring national music acts, unique contests and copious amounts of beer, LincolnFest packed a punch during its run from 1981 to 1993.
Recently acquired radiology group reports data breach
The Women’s Center for Radiology, which was acquired by Solis Mammography in January, hired a cybersecurity firm to help investigate the scope of the matter.
China's Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo cut 2026 smartphone targets again: sources
Rising costs and component shortages lead some brands to slash outlook by up to 30%
Health District confirms West Nile Virus in Brazos County
The Brazos County Health District (BCHD) announced on Monday that mosquito samples have tested positive for West Nile Virus.
Speaker Johnson sends housing bill to White House after Trump refused to sign measure
Speaker Mike Johnson officially transmitted Congress’ bipartisan housing bill to the White House on Monday, according to a spokesperson, kicking off a 10-day countdown for the bill to become law, even if the president does not sign it.
Ex-NBA players Malik Beasley, Ed Davis indicted on illegal sports gambling charges
Eagles 2026 most important list: Dallas Goedert
Tight end Dallas Goedert takes his spot on the list of most important Eagles of 2026.
Comcast to split its cable business from media through NBCUniversal and Sky spinoff
Comcast said it plans to split into two publicly traded companies through a tax-free spinoff of NBCUniversal and Sky, separating its broadband and wireless business from its media and entertainment assets.
Warriors are reportedly targeting Anthony Davis to lure LeBron James
The Warriors reportedly have a very ambitious plan to try to land LeBron James in free agency.
Elon Musk shares Armie Hammer comeback film banned in Germany for violent anti-immigrant imagery
Elon Musk shared a link to stream Uwe Boll's 'Citizen Vigilante' in its entirety. The Armie Hammer comeback vehicle was effectively banned from distribution in Germany due to violent anti-immigrant imagery.
Penguins organizational outlook heading into free agency
It ended up being a mostly uneventful draft weekend for the Pittsburgh Penguins. They acquired Hendrix Lapierre for draft picks, used some of their stockpile future of picks to get extra 2026 mid-round selections and went about their business of drafting players without many fireworks going down with massive moves. The big landmark for the […]
Eugenio Suárez rescues Reds in 9-7 win over Pirates
The Reds got a 9th inning homer from the slugger they hope can carry them through the season’s second half.
Shelby County Health Dept. offers free HIV testing
In honor of National HIV Testing Day, the Shelby County Health Department hosted free testing on Saturday, and they urged anyone thinking about getting tested to do it now.
Courteney Cox and Snow Patrol's Johnny McDaid separate after over 10 years together
Courteney Cox and Snow Patrol's Johnny McDaid separate after over 10 years together.
Central NY farm in business for more than 80 years faces costly rebuild after fire
Community members and farmers have rallied to help the farm cleanup and rebuild after a fire destroyed its greenhouses.
Cameron Carr discusses joining the Lakers
NBA mock drafts projected Cameron Carr getting selected between 15 and 20 in the first round. Ending up with the Lakers was more than he could have asked for.
Could the Vikings eventually be forced to trade Justin Jefferson?
Is there a scenario where the Minnesota Vikings are forced to trade Justin Jefferson?
Carolina Reportedly Shopping Rookie Defenseman Alexander Nikishin
Stung by high contract demands and defensive inconsistencies, the Stanley Cup champions may trade their offensive blueliner to land a multi-time Vezina winner for the crease.
Whole Hog Politics: It was voters, not Senate Republicans, who forced Trump’s hand on Iran
[Watch Whole Hog Politics live: Join us today at 9 am ET at TheHill.com as Chris Stirewalt and host Bill Sammon break down this week’s political news and answer questions from a live online audienc…
Trump forced to drain the reflecting pool swamp
Jonathan Freedland speaks to Arwa Mahdawi about why this project is proving to be such an embarrassing failure for the president
In governor's race, voters face stark choice on immigrant healthcare
California’s next governor will face tough decisions on a highly controversial piece of healthcare policy: what to do about health coverage for the more than 1.4 million low-income residents without legal status.
Medical breakthroughs collide with the health system
The buzziest advances — like personalized gene therapies or AI-discovered drugs — may not deliver.
Making Our Own Luck
We are cross-posting a piece that former NIH official Kris Willis wrote for Macroscience. Kris is now the President and Founder of the Woodley Park Institute, for which I’m a board member. Picking winners or hedging bets? Federal science agencies have long wrestled with the question of how to ensure their billions of dollars of grants and contracts result in maximum benefits for Americans. On the surface, it might seem that a goal-oriented, interventionist style of management would be the best policy: prioritize our most pressing problems and distribute funding accordingly.This top-down strategy creates a unique hazard, though: bad choices can send resources in the wrong direction, resulting in slow progress that impedes the delivery of tangible benefits to citizens. Moreover, if decision makers pursue an applied advance when the underlying scientific principles remain poorly understood, they risk costly failures and a loss of support for the research enterprise at large. Examples include Nixon’s 1971 War on Cancer, undertaken on the premise that a cure could be achieved in less than a decade, the drive to build an operational commercial fusion plant by the mid-1990s, and the National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease, which failed to produce the effective treatments and prevention strategies promised by 2025. The contrasting laissez-faire approach is to hedge your bets. If the path to an advance is impossible to predict, then the wisest choice might be to distribute funding to as widely as possible. The main risk of this strategy is that spreading funding thinly may limit the resources available to the most promising research, resulting in the same negative outcomes as the interventionist approach: limited support for the most promising topics, slow progress, and delayed returns. In reality, at science agencies like the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health, program managers navigate between these two extremes, setting some funds aside to target high-priority areas and using the rest to cover the widest possible range of meritorious proposals. This middle path seems like the most rational way to proceed, but it still requires making choices. How much should be set aside for high priority topics? What should those topics be? How should we define merit? Expert opinion can provide a helpful guide, but leading experts can have remarkably different opinions about what matters and what should be prioritized. Moreover, experts and administrators alike can be risk averse, giving an edge to high-profile, well-established concepts. What’s really needed is a data-driven framework to help guide decision-making, one that doesn’t simply repackage prestige or incumbency. Recognizing breakthroughs years in advance Many breakthroughs fail to attract funding or recognition at the earliest stages of development. Katalin Karikó, for example, spent years struggling to win grants for work on mRNA that would eventually win her and Drew Weissman a Nobel Prize. Similar stories can be told about Jim Allison’s groundbreaking studies leading to the development of cancer immunotherapy, Stan Pruisner’s demonstration that prions can self-replicate without DNA, or Robin Warren and Barry Marshall’s proof that Helicobacter pylori, not stress, causes ulcers. Yet at some point, the scientific community recognizes and responds to transformative breakthroughs like these. How does that change happen? And what if science funders could identify the areas that are on the cusp of a breakthrough? Those questions led my collaborators and me to study how scientists responded to past breakthroughs. Based on patterns in that data, we developed a means of predicting future breakthroughs, using biomedicine as a proof of concept. It’s worth taking a moment to describe how our approach works. Briefly, our prediction process begins by grouping the 18 million or so peer-reviewed papers in PubMed, the authoritative database of biomedical research, into roughly 50,000 unique topics. A small subset of these topics are so widely acclaimed as breakthroughs that they have been recognized with a major prize like a Nobel or a Lasker Award. We theorized that studying the development of these outliers over time, especially before they gained acclaim, was the key to identifying future instances of them. After defining topics, we chose 21 representative breakthroughs and asked what they looked like before they won prestigious prizes. To answer that question, we re-ran our topic-mapping algorithm repeatedly, winding back the clock one year each time, stringing together the years to follow the progress of each field as it grew and advanced. We found that in each case, the years leading up to a discovery followed a pattern: a burst of papers on a new, rapidly evolving topic, many of which quickly became influential. These characteristics—the percent of papers that are new, the percentage of papers that are brought in from other topics, and the influence of each individual paper—can all be measured separately for any given topic. Together, they act as a predictive signal that is detectable an average of five years before a transformative discovery is made, and up to thirty years before the discovery receives a major prize. Scanning the current research landscape for topics that display this signal allows us to predict what work will likely produce a future breakthrough. Each year we analyzed includes four or five signals, a number that appears to have remained constant across a twenty year time frame. In their classic work on the sociology of science, Bruno Latour and Steve Woolgar established that the desire to participate in a major discovery is an important motivator for scientists as they consider whether they should take up (or abandon) a research problem. Although further work is needed, the simplest explanation for our results is that this behavior is widespread enough to detect at scale. A foundational advance, or something like it, draws the attention of scientists and causes them to change the direction of their research. They vote with their feet, staking their own reputation and careers by publishing on and citing the new idea. That upswell of interest is the foundation of our breakthrough signal. What kind of research does our model identify as a breakthrough? After building a model based on the patterns in our 21 preselected breakthroughs, we tested it by identifying all early signals of discovery from 1994 through 1997. Of the 18 signals we found in that time period, 17 can be traced forward in time to a breakthrough. Examples include super-resolution fluorescence microscopy (see the image above), the directed evolution of proteins and enzymes (Chemistry Nobel, 2018), and sequencing the human genome (National Medal of Science, 2008). The discovery of the role of leptin signaling in obesity is a particularly interesting case study. Around 1950, scientists noticed the existence of a type of lab mouse that suffered from a unique inherited form of obesity. When given the freedom to choose their own diet, these mice ate more than normal and preferred food that was high in fat. Researchers had few clues as to why the animals overate; early experiments pointed to the existence of a soluble ob factor found circulating in the bloodstream that regulated appetite, but its identity was unknown. In 1994, Jeffrey Friedman and colleagues identified and sequenced the ob gene, noting that the protein it encoded appeared to fit the profile of a circulating factor. A year later, a trio of high-profile publications demonstrated that ob was a hormone that regulated body weight and fat deposition by regulating appetite. One of these was co-authored by Friedman, who christened it leptin from the ancient Greek word for thin. Using our model, the data from 1996 make it clear this advance would become a breakthrough. Scientists had flocked to study the biology of the new hormone, generating the flurry of new papers and citations required to produce a signal. One of these demonstrated that serum leptin concentrations reflected the amount of adipose tissue in the human body, providing clinical validation of the earlier mouse studies. Before the identification of leptin, scientists were unable to point to a specific molecule that controlled appetite and adiposity, so that it was impossible to rule out non-physiological causes of obesity; its characterization fundamentally changed our concept of weight gain. In 2010, Friedman and fellow pioneer Douglas Coleman were awarded a Lasker for the discovery. Our work also identifies breakthroughs in clinical practice and behavioral and social sciences, even though these areas are less likely to draw the attention of major prize committees. One example that falls into this category is the introduction of endovascular aneurysm repair, a minimally invasive surgical procedure for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm, a leading cause of death among Americans over the age of 65. Relative to the previous standard of care, it reduces in-hospital mortality by almost four-fold. In 2017, Timothy Chuter received the American College of Surgeons’ prestigious Jacobsen Innovation award for his multiple refinements to the technique. Another under-recognized breakthrough identified by our model is the development of standardized survey instruments to assess the quality of life for HIV+ patients. The antiretroviral cocktails introduced in the mid-1990s reduced AIDS mortality, but treatment came with serious side effects. The new evaluations showed that patients whose disease progressed had worse physical functioning than Americans with other chronic diseases, while those who were asymptomatic maintained a health-related quality of life on par with the overall US population. This evidence made it possible for patients and activists to argue that even in the absence of a total cure, and in spite of the side effects, alleviation of symptoms was a worthwhile priority for clinicians. My colleagues and I have failed to identify any significant recognition for the physicians and health policy experts who pioneered this advance, although in 2016, researchers called for the World Health Organization to set targets for good health-related quality of life as part of its framework to end the AIDS pandemic. From forecasting to funding How should science funders use our predictions? Any serious discussion of what we should do with this new capability needs to begin with an understanding of its limitations. We can’t (and shouldn’t) invest all of our resources in the small number of topics predicted to produce breakthroughs. Innovative new fields are born from existing ones; they rarely arise de novo. If funders don’t maintain a diverse portfolio, the breakthroughs of tomorrow will have no antecedents. Think of this as eating the seed corn, or killing the goose that lays the golden egg. There are also multiple goals of funding beyond basic scientific discovery, including translating discoveries into clinical practice, developing new technologies, supporting economic development, and training new scientists. The investments needed to accomplish these goals are likely different from those required to support emerging breakthroughs. Finally, we must be aware that we may not capture every instance of a breakthrough. The concept is fuzzy, and not every significant discovery is recognized with a major award. Further, breakthroughs are rare, meaning that our dataset is, by necessity, small. This makes formal estimates of accuracy challenging. Although our overall success rate appears to be high, any one signal may turn out to be a false positive. We found one apparent example: the development of the third generation COX-2 inhibitors, Vioxx and Celebrex, which were much celebrated in the early 2000s as effective but non-addictive pain relievers, meets all the algorithmic criteria of a breakthrough. Five years after it received FDA approval, researchers demonstrated that Vioxx was associated with serious cardiovascular complications, and the manufacturer voluntarily pulled the drug from the market. Celebrex remains available, although like other NSAIDs, it carries an FDA warning for increased cardiovascular risk. Decision makers who were overly focused on the breakthrough potential of this research might have wasted substantial resources nurturing an area that ultimately proved to be a failure—but so would those who relied on expert opinion at the time. That said, the potential benefits of funding the next mRNA vaccine or cancer immunotherapy years earlier than we might have are large. When we can’t assume the outcome of an action, it’s worth conducting an experiment. Can targeted support for areas that are poised to produce a breakthrough increase the return on scientific investment without cannibalizing future advances? With the necessary administrative infrastructure in place, conducting this experiment would be straightforward. First, identify all the breakthrough signals between 2018 and 2023, select half at random, and commit to a decade of investment. For biomedicine, a six year window should yield about 30 topics with the potential to produce a breakthrough. Providing strong support to half of these might be accomplished for $300 million a year. That’s roughly half of the recent annual budget of the NIH Common Fund or around 20% of the fiscal year 2025 budget for ARPA-H. After five years, then again at ten, compare to see which group — the one that was actively managed, or the control — produced more breakthroughs, and on what timescale. Although we used biomedicine as an example, the same experiment could just as well be run for physics, materials science, or any other discipline. Any attempt to undertake such an experiment should keep three points top of mind. First, we can predict the topic of future breakthroughs, but the people and vision for how to move the work forward are still important. In practice, this means success requires active program managers with the expertise to develop the science and the authority to do so, including by recruiting investigators. Second, we would be wise to learn from the failures of past attempts to fund transformative research. High among these are funding modestly repackaged work, confusing the genuinely novel with the merely unfamiliar, and relying too much on incumbent investigators. All of these risks can be mitigated by thoroughly and intelligently integrating high quality data into portfolio management. Finally, we need to have patience. Even with strong funding support, producing a breakthrough takes time. If supporting breakthroughs is the best way to nurture the birth of new fields, we also need to accurately describe and properly manage the other two stages, so that we invest wisely throughout the productive lifetime of ideas and divest once they reach the point of diminishing returns. We would benefit from more study of all of these phases, especially the transition from one to another. More research could answer questions like: When does a breakthrough become an established field? How do the availability of funding, the size and characteristics of the available workforce, and the accumulation of evidence that disagrees with prevailing models affect a field’s decline? Exactly how do old ideas give birth to new ones, and can we speed up the process? The more we understand about the dynamics of scientific progress, the better we can maximize the odds that our curiosity leads to results. I’d call that finding a way to make our own luck.
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A Botetourt County man is sharing his experience with "Ehrlichiosis"
Rush CEO to step down, take health equity mission to national stage
Dr. Omar Lateef said he is handing off a health system at the top of its game and expects healthcare leaders from around the nation will be clamoring to fill the role.
How did Austin Reaves beat odds, land $185M deal with Lakers? Tiny town knows
A teacher, a coach and friend from Austin Reaves' hometown of Newark, Arkansas share insight into his success on way to a $185M deal with the Lakers.
NFL insider thinks Commanders have some questions about Brandon Aiyuk
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Cincinnati Latin-Asian restaurant announces closure after 10 years in business
A restaurant that fused Latin and Asian cultures together in Cincinnati is preparing to close its doors at the end of the month.
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Contract status update for Broncos cornerback Ja'Quan McMillian
Broncos coach Sean Payton said Ja'Quan McMillian is "absolutely" a player he'd like to remain with the club long-term.
Science museum brings soccer tech to World Cup fans
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Don Toliver expands world tour with first stop at Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center
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Prime Day has some solid deals on Switch 2, PS5, and Xbox games
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NCAA Division I Cabinet OK's 5-year, age-based eligibility
The NCAA Division I Cabinet unanimously approved a new five-year, age-based eligibility model. This marks a win for the NCAA, as it attempts to bring consistency to the landscape.
'True Blood' star Joe Manganiello shares secret multi-year health battle, organ removal
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Senate again set to vote on war powers resolution to halt Iran conflict
For the 10th time, the Senate will vote on a war powers resolution to block U.S. military action against Iran.
Andy Burnham prepares for a UK Labour leadership contest that may be a coronation
Andy Burnham is preparing for a Labour Party leadership contest that could make him Britain's prime minister within weeks.
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Indonesian Academy of Sciences launches journal with Taylor & Francis
Publication will be "source of original research spanning science, technology, mathematics and the social sciences"
Heartland business collecting donations for tornado victims
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Fermented food microbiome: influence on oral and gut microbiota, and human health
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Most Americans now 'insecure' or 'desperate' in getting, affording health care: Gallup
Fewer than half of Americans can consistently access and afford the health care they need for the first time in Gallup tracking.
Most Americans now 'insecure' or 'desperate' in getting, affording health care: Gallup
Fewer than half of Americans can consistently access and afford the health care they need for the first time in Gallup tracking.
What 70 Years In Business Has Taught Us About Leadership
This year, 84 Lumber celebrates 70 years in business. For a privately held company, reaching that milestone is rare.
Following user outcry, AMD reinstates memory encryption in consumer CPUs
Critics saw the move as an underhanded way to steer them toward more costly chips.
World Cup brings joy to a nation in need of it
World Cup and football fans bring sport's joy to the U.S.
Citizen science is the key to F&G’s hugely successful program, Turkey Tracker
Idaho Fish and Game’s hugely successful project — dubbed Turkey Tracker — launched in the summer of 2024. During its inaugural two years, the project has racked up 2,157 reports of over 15,000 turkeys, all thanks to the public.
Experiencing the newly-opened Guy Fieri dining and entertaining concept, Downtown Flavortown
Celebrity chef Guy Fieri opens new restaurant, Downtown Flavortown, in Myrtle Beach.
Next Saturday's Politics: Senate, PCS and Huey's Legacy
Explore the Senate runoff election and its ties to Louisiana's political history and Huey's enduring influence on local politics.
Opinion: Michigan has policy options to help curb online betting addiction
More than five years into legal sports betting, it is time for a fresh look at how Michigan regulates the industry and addresses the ripple effects on public health.
Free summer movies to start July 2
The Grand and the city of Ellsworth will host free Outdoor Movies by Moonlight in Knowlton Park on select Thursdays beginning July 2.
What are the smoke and health risks from the Boyle Heights fire?
More bad air is expected around the Boyle Heights warehouses that has been burning since Wednesday.
I Thought My Swiffer Wasn’t Working Properly—Turns Out I Was Using It Wrong the Whole Time
I thought mopping was a hassle—until I learned how to actually use my Swiffer. Now my floors are cleaner in 15 minutes, no bucket required.
Germany and Ivory Coast name sides for Cup clash
The national teams of Germany and Ivory Coast have announced their lineups for this Saturday’s (20th) match in the second round of the World Cup group stage.The clash in Toronto, Canada, pits two te...
Burnham's Britain: six days in the place that just changed our politics
Andy Burnham is closing in on Downing Street after a big win in the Makerfield byelection. John Harris and John Domokos take a deep dive into a place where people's lives back up Burnham's insistence that we're living in an economy and society that need radical change – but they also find an infectious spirit of optimism
Beer can boost ‘spiritual or mental’ health, says Kirin president
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Growing pains: Nolensville Pike project creates new challenge for longtime businesses
A road closure connected to the Nolensville Pike widening project is creating confusion for customers trying to reach a South Nashville shopping center.
Arkansas Food Science & Innovation Center gets State Grant
Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has announced a $5 million grant for the construction of the University of Arkansas Department of Food Science’s Center of Excellence for Food Science and Innovation.
Dispatch Politics Roundup: Euphoria in the Capitol
Your weekly roundup from Washington, D.C.
Doom Composer Bobby Prince Has Died
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10 biggest questions for NBA offseason: Where will Giannis land? How do Spurs rebound? What's next for LeBron?
Less than a week after the Knicks won the title, we've already moved into free agency and trade mode
Senate panel advances college sports bill that SEC, Tuberville opposes
Bipartisan college sports legislation passed a key hurdle Thursday, but the SEC and some lawmakers still oppose the bill.
Britain Politics
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, right, gestures as he speaks with local residents as he visits a housing development in north London, Friday, June 19, 2026. (Peter Macdiarmid/Pool Photo via
Merced County entertainment in July: There’s more than just the Fourth
Comedy, a musical and concerts highlight the options.
Iconic Chicago Museum of Science Industry closed Thursday; open for free day Friday
One of Chicago's most famous museums will be closed to the public Thursday to support the grand opening of the new, highly anticipated Obama Presidential Center.
Earn Special Rewards in GTA Online with the Fine Art Collector Program
Prepare to target the city's cultural centerpiece in The Kortz Center Heist by first enrolling in the new Fine Art Collector program to earn special rewards in GTA Online, including up to GTA$1,500,000 in bonus cash, now through July 13.
Earn Special Rewards in GTA Online with the Fine Art Collector Program
Prepare to target the city's cultural centerpiece in The Kortz Center Heist by first enrolling in the new Fine Art Collector program to earn special rewards in GTA Online, including up to GTA$1,500,000 in bonus cash, now through July 13.
Hegseth announces review of US forces in Europe and again criticizes NATO allies
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth doubled down on the Trump administration’s combative posture towards NATO on Thursday, announcing a six-month review of US forces in Europe and lambasting Washington’s allies for limiting their involvement in the war in Iran.
Health and Wellness Market Size to Hit $12.9 Trillion by 2031 Growing at a CAGR of 10.9%: Allied Market Research
As per a new report published by Allied Market Research, titled, "Health and Wellness Market by Product Type (Beauty & Personal Care Products, Health & Wellness Food, Wellness Tourism, Fitness Equipment and Others): Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2022–2031," the global health and wellness market size was valued at $4.7 trillion in 2021 and is estimated to reach $12.9 trillion by 2031, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.9% from 2022 to 2031.
Poll: Only about half of Americans say they can afford quality healthcare
New data from the West Health-Gallup Affordability Index shows that only about half of U.S. adults could afford their healthcare and had access to quality care last year.
World Cup watch parties bring excitement and business to Greenville
The FIFA World Cup is uniting soccer fans in Greenville at local watch parties while boosting area businesses and creating a sense of community.
Going pro-Trump and endorsing redistricting: 4 takeaways from SC’s 1st District GOP runoff debate
Charleston County Councilwoman Jenny Costa Honeycutt and state Rep. Mark Smith talked affordability, Trump and more in their final debate before Tuesday’s runoff election.
Georgia Republican leaders nix redistricting plans amid pushback
Republican leaders feared the issue would give Democrats an effective issue to campaign on during the midterms.
What 70 Years In Business Has Taught Us About Leadership
This year, 84 Lumber celebrates 70 years in business. For a privately held company, reaching that milestone is rare.
Fantasy Baseball: Scott Pianowski's 9 (favorite) mistakes for the 2026 season he's ready to learn from
Kent County health officials confirm Jamestown Canyon virus in West Michigan mosquitoes
A second mosquito-borne virus has been detected in West Michigan's Kent County, local health officials said.
Explore the Science of Summer
School is out, but learning continues. We have resources to help! Explore the science behind some of your favorite summer activities.
They don’t dance like Carmen no more
Born and raised in Key West, Carmen Rodriguez graduated from Key West High School, attended Florida Keys Community College and graduated from the University of South Florida in Tampa.
Wednesday sports: Messi, Jones have big nights
The Argentine super star delivered Messi delivered his first World Cup hat trick.
Science without borders: the lasting legacy of Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Over 30 years ago, Europe decided to back researchers, trust their curiosity, and see where it leads in honour of Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Australian Predictive Healthcare Startup Raises $46 Million
Sydney-based Airtree Ventures led the financing, joined by Left Lane Capital in New York.
NBA offseason bold predictions: Stars on the move, LeBron James leaves Lakers, Draft shocker and more
The NBA offseason has arrived, and plenty of big moves will be made over the coming weeks... so let's get bold
Insta360 Luna Ultra review: Let the gimbal camera wars begin
Insta360's first gimbal camera is a high-powered Osmo Pocket rival that you can actually buy.