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PENN Entertainment (PENN) Stock Looks Cheap On Sales While Online Risks Linger

PENN Entertainment has put long term shareholders through a rough ride, with the share price down about 71% over the past 5 years, yet the stock now screens as cheap on several valuation checks. Recent news around stronger physical casino performance and increased iGaming investment has refocused attention on whether the current price reflects the company’s mix of mature retail assets and a more competitive online business. The roughly 71% share price decline over 5 years leaves PENN...

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Aug 13 • 1:23 AM EDT • Entertainment • simplywall.st
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Hospitals chipping away at maternal mortality one birth at a time

If you could help break the silence around the nation’s maternal mortality crisis for something like 1 cent per message, wouldn’t you make the spend? If so, know that a growing number of hospitals has already laid the groundwork.

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Aug 12 • 11:29 PM EDT • Health • healthexec.com
Starbreeze Entertainment & VICE Studios Partners with Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and G-Unit Film & Television for PAYDAY

Starbreeze Entertainment together with VICE Studios (Gangs of London) have partnered with Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and his G-Unit Film & Television, to executive produce an adaptation of Starbreeze’s iconic, long-running video game franchise PAYDAY® for global audiences. , , , , “G-Unit Film & TV has built cinematic crime stories that connect with audiences around the world. Teaming up with Starbreeze and VICE Studios and bringing the world of PAYDAY to the screen gives us the chance to build...

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Aug 12 • 8:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • webwire.com
Six wanted in Memphis business robbery

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police are looking for six suspects in a Southwest Memphis business robbery on Monday. At around 10:15 p.m., officers responded to a business robbery at 4775 Horn Lake Road a…

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Aug 12 • 7:20 PM EDT • Business • wreg.com
How the Democratic establishment beat the odds in Wisconsin

One month after he suspended his campaign, David Crowley’s victory in Wisconsin’s Democratic primary for governor on Tuesday marked an astonishing turn around.

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Aug 12 • 5:17 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Wildlife experts share new details on Jackie the bald eagle’s health before her death

As the Big Bear community and wildlife enthusiasts around the world continue to mourn the death of Jackie, many still have questions about what happened to the famous bald eagle and what’s ne…

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Aug 12 • 2:48 PM EDT • Health • ktla.com
Preseason Power Rankings Roundup: Can Cowboys crack Top 10?

Dallas is looking to turn their recent fortunes around, and may be turning enough heads for onlookers to take notice.

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Aug 12 • 2:44 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Town Halls Rally Around Science

Data centers, climate change are now a bipartisan issue.

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Aug 12 • 2:36 PM EDT • Science • styleweekly.com
Rodri Chooses Barcelona as €60m City Deal Edges Closer

Barcelona are expected to pay around €60 million to Manchester City to sign Rodri, according to Diario AS, as reported by Barca Universal. The report also states that the Spain international is set ...

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Aug 12 • 12:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Neighbors complain about noise from Universal’s ‘Fast & Furious’ ride

Universal Studios Hollywood plans new sound barriers around its “Fast & Furious” coaster after neighbors complained about screaming during ride testing.

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Aug 12 • 10:58 AM EDT • Entertainment • scrippsnews.com
How Ted Lasso handles Jamie Tartt’s absence

After hinting at an explanation in the season 4 premiere, ‘Ted Lasso’ has revealed why fans won’t see Phil Dunster’s Jamie Tartt hanging around the Richmond pitch.

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Aug 12 • 9:30 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Colorado laws around sports betting, social media search warrants take effect

Dozens of new laws passed during the legislative session this year go into effect in Colorado on Wednesday.

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Aug 12 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • coloradonewsline.com
How we picked 35 of the world’s top young scientists and engineers

Our 2026 Innovators Under 35 list will be out soon. Here’s what we looked for as we sifted through 550 nominations from around the world.

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Aug 12 • 5:08 AM EDT • Science • technologyreview.com
What do fans think of potential minority share sale?

Liverpool fans consider the club to have a specific set of values, centred around its working-class roots. When FSG attempted to raise season ticket prices last season, fans' group Spirit of Shankly (SOS) launched a campaign called 'Not a Pound in the Ground'. It urged fans to buy food and drink from local businesses in the Anfield area rather than inside the stadium.

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Browns Sign Ex-Eagles Tight End Amid Rookie’s Ongoing Absence

The Cleveland Browns added a new tight end amid uncertainty around the rookie's future. The post Browns Sign Ex-Eagles Tight End Amid Rookie’s Ongoing Absence appeared first on HEAVY.

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Local business leaders rally around Mississippi Mutts following break-in

A business in Cape Girardeau is recovering following a break-in overnight.

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Aug 12 • 12:23 AM EDT • Business • kfvs12.com
Man stabbed in face after argument inside business

Officers said the incident occurred around 7:30 p.m. in the 1200 block of South Saratoga Street.

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Mason Rudolph Doesn’t Hold Back About Former Steelers Coaches

New Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike McCarthy has dedicated himself to developing the team’s quarterbacks, which is a welcome sight for Mason Rudolph, who opened up about the lack of tutelage under the previous coaching staff.“He brings a level of expertise that I just have not been around,” Rudolph told reporters, including Gerry Dulac of […] The post Mason Rudolph Doesn’t Hold Back About Former Steelers Coaches appeared first on HEAVY.

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Aug 11 • 6:25 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
What Makes a Great Mobile Entertainment App in 2026?

Not long ago, mobile entertainment meant scrolling, tapping, and moving on. Something quick to fill a gap. That rhythm feels distant now. The best apps in 2026 don’t wait for attention; they meet it halfway, shaping themselves around how people actually use their phones. Open one, and it already seems to know what you’re there […]

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Aug 11 • 5:46 PM EDT • Entertainment • gazette.com
The best college towns where life revolves around their universities

College towns offer student experiences that set them apart from big cities. Life in Ann Arbor revolves around the University of Michigan's culture.

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Aug 11 • 3:07 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
What the science really says about aging well

One professor is separating the science from the hype around longevity, exploring what actually helps us age safely and independently.

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Aug 11 • 2:30 PM EDT • Science • boisestatepublicradio.org
Much-wishlisted 100-player shooter Wardogs gets an early access release date and promises refunds for anyone unhappy with the closed beta

Indie multiplayer shooter Wardogs will soon be available to anyone who doesn't want to wait around of a closed alpha invite.

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Aug 11 • 12:00 PM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Anthony Fauci Hysteria Reveals a Big Flaw of Our Political System

The hysteria around Anthony Fauci's tenure leading the NIH during the Covid-19 pandemic reveals a political system incapable of balance.

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Aug 11 • 11:30 AM EDT • Politics • rollingstone.com
300-year-old sturgeon are swimming around the Great Lakes

Some of these humble fish were alive during the Civil War.

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Aug 11 • 11:08 AM EDT • Science • popsci.com
Marvel's Wolverine "fully playable" on disc when it releases, Insomniac clarifies, perhaps making it one of the last few PlayStation games that will be

The controversy around Sony's decision to end production of PlayStation discs rages on. But Insomniac is all-in on physical media for Marvel's Wolverine.

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Aug 11 • 11:00 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Steelers news: Injuries during the dog days of training camp

News, notes, and more from Steelers training camp and around the NFL.

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Aug 11 • 10:55 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
AI-Native, Not AI-Sprinkle: Why AI Is A Business Change, Not A Technology Change

Companies unlock AI’s biggest productivity gains not by adding AI tools to existing workflows, but by redesigning teams, roles and daily work around AI. The broader lesson, argues Bob Morse, co-founder and managing partner of Strattam Capital, is that achieving transformational gains like 3x productivity requires CEO- and board-backed organizational change — not merely technology adoption.

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Aug 11 • 7:00 AM EDT • Business • news.crunchbase.com
Is this Microsoft’s canceled Surface Phone from 2014? Mysterious Windows Phone prototype appears in new photos

Images floating around online have revealed a Windows Phone prototype from late 2013 that looks awfully like a pocketable Surface of some kind.

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Aug 11 • 6:41 AM EDT • Technology • windowscentral.com
Where undergrads grow into scientists

Deep in the woods of in Petersham, Mass., ecologists are cultivating a renewable resource — future generations of scientists. For three decades, the Harvard Forest Summer Research Program in Ecology has prepared undergraduates from around the globe for careers in the sciences.

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Aug 10 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • current.fas.harvard.edu
Saber's newest game trailer takes a shot at Gearbox's CEO, if you look closely

The first hint that something might be up with the recent debut trailer for Saber Interactive’s Rideshare Stimulator is an unusual choice of words—aside from that second one in the game’s title. “Don’t take your passengers too seriously,” the trailer’s narrator says, as he describes this upcoming game. It a car game about the gig work of driving eccentric people to their destinations, a riff on Crazy Taxi. And then, he says: “When I think I’ve met the randiest of passengers, someone even stranger gets in.” “Randiest”? That suggests “randy,” which usually means having strong sexual desire. Yet none of the oddball backseat occupants featured in the trailer seem particularly lustful. One is an old man who considers his grandson a failure, another shares the theory that birds might control traffic lights, another says he’s banned from an aquarium. A little later, there’s a license plate, shown 63 seconds into the trailer, on the front of an SUV: USB DRV It’s a Texas plate. The symbol between those letters is a cog wheel. If you know, you know. That’s a reference to Texas-based Borderlands game development studio Gearbox Software (their logo features a cog wheel). More specifically, it’s a reference to Gearbox’s CEO Randy Pitchford, who in 2018 found himself explaining the nature of video he’d saved on a USB drive that was found at a Medieval Times restaurant before being returned to the studio: “It was ‘barely legal’ porn. This girl’s handle was ‘Only 18.’” The “girl” in the video had committed a solo sex act that Pitchford, an avid practitioner of magic, found remarkable. “I realized, this is not a sex worker…This is a fucking magician.” Back then, the USB drive was central to competing lawsuits against Gearbox by the studio’s former lawyer and by Gearbox against him. A settlement in late 2019 “exonerated” Pitchford, per the Hollywood Reporter. The USB story has resurfaced at times, now in a trailer from a company that not long ago was corporate brethren with Gearbox. Saber vs. Gearbox The head of Saber told Game File that the reference is payback. “The dig is because Randy took shots at Embracer in Borderlands 4,” Saber CEO Matt Karch told me when I asked him about the license plate. “Without Embracer, Randy is performing magic tricks at birthday parties for a living.” Having interviewed Karch during a cross-country flight in late 2024, I can confirm that Karch was unimpressed with Pitchford during their time both working in the Embracer group. I’d approached him not out of surprise that there was animosity but that it was manifesting publicly now. Gearbox was founded in 1999, worked on a port of Halo early on, and developed hit series such as the loot-based sci-fi shooter Borderlands before it was purchased by The Embracer Group in early 2021 for $363 million (with a possible earn-out of over $1 billion, if certain targets were hit by 2027). Saber was founded in 2001, worked on a remaster of Halo early on, had a big hit with zombie shooter World War Z and was purchased by Embracer in early 2020 for $150 million, with a potential earn-out of up to $375 million. For a few years, the Embracer group was a voracious acquirer of game studios. Then, as investment dried up, it choked. In March 2024, Embracer sold Saber to an investment company controlled by Saber CEO Matt Karch, and it sold Gearbox in an all-stock deal to long-time Borderlands publisher Take Two Interactive. Other studios were shut down. Hundreds of developers were laid off. Gearbox didn’t say much about their Embracer experience, nothing too direct, at least. In the summer 2024, Pitchford told reporter and occasional Game File contributor Nicole Carpenter that Borderlands 4’s story was in some way thematically connected to Gearbox’s experience at Embracer: “There’s this cultural and emotional shift in me, personally, and at the studio. What does it mean to trade some autonomy for organization?” When Borderlands 4 came out, there was something stranger: the matter of “Embracer’s Bluff,” a location in the game featuring an AI-powered toilet and a large trash dump, according to a detailed Kotaku account of the place. Gearbox never commented on it; Take Two never got back to me about it when I asked them last year. By contrast, since Saber exited Embracer, Karch has been one of Embracer’s biggest defenders, casting their management as well-meaning and supportive despite the layoffs and studio closures that resulted from their excessive expansion. Like others, Saber’s Karch saw Embracer’s as a shot. With Rideshare Stimulator’s trailer, he’s returned fire. “It’s amazing to me how fast people forget those who went above and beyond for them,” Karch told Game File. A rep for Gearbox did not comment by press time. Game File is a reader-supported publication. Your backing makes my reporting—including any coverage of trailer-based beefs—possible. Good news! I’m currently running Game File’s first big sale of 2026. You can get a one-year subscription for 23% off. Click here to take advantage of the limited-time offer. And thank you for your support! Item 2: In brief… 🚫 Wal-Mart has laid off the staff of Restart, a games media outlet launched in 2024, Aftermath reports. 🟥 A GTA VI preview is on the way, at last, via an “extended look” that will premiere, unusually, on Netflix at 3pm ET on August 27, then officially go live elsewhere six hours later. Last week, Game File noted that Take Two label Rockstar Games is overdue for showing off GTA VI, based on the timing of the initial hands-off previews of GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2. During a call with investors, Take Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said pre-orders for GTA VI were “unprecedented and astonishing,” but added the company can’t predict how many of those pre-orders represent bonus sales vs. sales that otherwise would have been made at launch. During the same call, Zelnick was noticeably bullish on the future of playing games over streaming cloud connections (predicting wider adoption in three or so years). He sounded unbothered by Sony’s plans to stop making discs for new games (he said the business is 90% digital already and predicted that there could still be limited edition physical editions of games “in the same way there’s still vinyl in the recorded music business.”) 👀 Take Two wrote off $43 million in their spring quarter after deciding “not to proceed with further development of an unannounced title in its pipeline from a third-party developer.” 🤔 Some rare age-demographics from a big publisher: Capcom recently told investors that “users in their 20s account for approximately half of the users of both Pragamata and Resident Evil Requiem.” Item 3: The week ahead Tuesday, August 11 Game releases: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered (Switch 2; already out for PC, PS5, Xbox) continues the Bethesda strategy of putting Elder Scrolls games on everything; Royalty Free-For-All is a Smash Bros.-style fighting game featuring public domain characters such as Mother Goose brawling with Oliver Twist in a stage based on the original Little Shop of Horrors movie. Wednesday, August 12 Game release: Pro Jank Footy (PC, console) is an arcade-style Australian Rules Football game with increasingly ridiculous rules, the more you play (I enjoyed the Steam demo) Thursday, August 13 Game release: Super Mario Sunshine (Switch 2, originally released in 2002 on the GameCube) is released for Switch 2’s Nintendo Switch Online service. This game is the black sheep of 3D Mario games. It’s the successor to the breakthrough Super Mario 64 and the rare Mario game built around a single (vacation resort) theme. Mario’s got a water-spraying backpack, a Yoshi pal and a lot of blue coins to collect.

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Aug 10 • 4:27 PM EDT • Technology • gamefile.news
Someone Made a Terrific Deal in the Peacock/YouTube Premium Partnership…But Who?

(Welcome to the “Most Important Story of the Week”, my bi-weekly strategy column analyzing the most important (but often not buzziest) news story of the last two weeks. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. Please subscribe.) I hope everyone around the world suffering from record heat waves is doing okay. The temperature is already up in Southern California, but obviously not nearly as bad as parts of Europe. With a super El Nińo coming this year, I worry it will get even worse. Yes, we know what’s causing this heat—it’s the carbon, duh—but we really aren’t making enough progress. I’m not “environmental strategy guy”, but if I were, I’d have some ideas of what I’d try. Honestly, for years I’ve been intrigued by the work of the folks at MEER—whose plan, super simply, is to put up mirrors to reflect heat (while continuing the important work of decarbonization)—but I’m frustrated this idea hasn’t made more progress. (Other geo-engineering groups seem to get better press.) With heat like this—cancelling events, hurting economies and, most importantly, killing people—it seems like the time to push solutions! The “mirrors on the ground” solution has barely been tried.1 While entertainment companies may not “feel the heat”, lots of outdoors/experiential industries—concerts, theme parks and so on—will. Even movie theaters could benefit, since mirrors could help lower AC costs, which I imagine is not an insignificant expense, especially in the hotter areas of the country. So I do think the entertainment industry should prioritize this issue. Anyways, let’s get back into the entertainment strategy. I was about to write, “Hey, this week we don’t have any mergers and entertainment news to dive into,” but that’s not really true, since we had more updates on Paramount-Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery. But the big story of the week involves a streamer and a Big Tech platform bundling their respective streamers. So I’ll write about the updates on Paramount buying Warner Bros., Versant making some moves, and a whole lot more. But we start with a surprising deal: Peacock licensing their content to YouTube Premium. Let’s dive in! Subscribe Most Important Story of the Week - Peacock’s Pricey Premium Partnership The story of the week is Comcast’s2 NBC-Universal’s Peacock making a deal with Google’s YouTube’s YouTube Premium subscription product to embed their content. And I’ll say this up front: Someone made a terrific deal. The question is who. And I’ll be honest: I don’t know. Let me explain why, including why this deal exists, the pros and cons for each side, the biggest unknown, and what that says about the streaming wars. Customers Love Bundles (But YouTube Has Its Own Issues) 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… Why customers love bundles… But why I’m worried about YouTube’s integration... How Peacock is trading scale for control… And the reason they likely made this deal... The odd budget math for this deal... Whether or not I think the Paramount-Skydance/WBD deal is more likely after the latest settlement... Versant making moves and why that’s good for Hollywood… Another distributor going out of business… ...and a whole lot more! ...please subscribe! We can only keep doing this great work with your support.

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Aug 10 • 3:37 PM EDT • Entertainment • entertainment.substack.com
Trump returns to controversial vaccine policy with order questioning childhood schedule

The Trump administration, which had recently avoided public discussions of vaccine policy because of concern around the political repercussions, is changing course.

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Aug 10 • 3:29 PM EDT • Health • statnews.com
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New entertainment district expansion in Florence extends to stadium

The City of zFlorence has agreed to expand its entertainment district to include tailgating areas around Bank Independent Stadium.

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Aug 10 • 1:55 PM EDT • Entertainment • hvilleblast.com
Scientists Release Biggest 2D Map of the Universe

Key Takeaways The DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys combined more than 263,000 telescope exposures to make the largest 2D map of the universe in visible and near-infrared light. Astronomers can pair the Legacy Surveys map with their own observations to explore our universe and search for rare phenomena. The 2D map serves as the foundation for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument survey to measure the universe in 3D and investigate dark energy. Hold on to your telescopes: the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys team has released the largest-ever 2D color map of the universe. The 5.6-trillion-pixel map contains nearly 4 billion celestial objects, primarily stars and galaxies. The data is available for all to use and publicly viewable through the Legacy Survey Sky Viewer. Astronomers and citizen scientists can explore the map or combine it with their own observations to better understand our universe. Researchers can search for rare phenomena like gravitational lenses, observe fleeting events like supernovae, and investigate two of physics’ biggest mysteries: dark matter, the invisible substance that accounts for most of the mass in our universe, and dark energy, the force driving our universe’s accelerating expansion. The new map builds on earlier versions from the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys that have already proved invaluable. To date, more than 1,800 science papers that reference the Legacy Surveys data have been published. “It’s part of the fabric of astronomy research now,” said David Schlegel, a co-lead of the Legacy Surveys and scientist at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). “When you’re working with astronomical objects today, you often start by pulling up the Legacy Imaging Viewer to see what you’re looking at.” Covering roughly 75% of the sky in visible and near-infrared light, the updated map provides a deep view of the extragalactic universe not blocked by the dust and stars of our own Milky Way. Researchers expect it will remain the most comprehensive 2D map of our universe for years to come. More than 160 scientists contributed to data collection for the project, and a team of 20 produced the final dataset released today. It was built by combining 263,407 telescope exposures from three ground-based sky surveys: the Dark Energy Camera Legacy Survey (DECaLS) at NSF Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, the Mayall z-band Legacy Survey (MzLS) at NSF Kitt Peak National Observatory, and the Beijing-Arizona Sky Survey (BASS) at the University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory. That was supplemented by years of data from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) satellite mission and additional public data. “For our team, these data are fundamental to our investigation of the expansion history of the universe and the formation of our galaxy,” said Arjun Dey, co-lead of the Legacy Surveys and an astronomer at NSF NOIRLab. “But the skies belong to everyone, and this survey gives everyone the chance to explore the sky and marvel at its wonders.” Here be galaxies The DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys were originally conducted to prepare for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) survey. The Legacy Surveys’ 2D map is essentially a deep photograph of the sky; it records where galaxies and stars appear and how bright they appear. This crucial step enables DESI to select objects and measure their light in different wavelengths to determine their distances, building the largest high-resolution 3D map ever made. Scientists study the way galaxies have clustered at different ages of the universe to track dark energy over time. In April 2026, DESI completed its original five-year survey ahead of schedule and with vastly more objects than expected. The early results have shown surprising hints that dark energy’s impact may be weakening over time — a paradigm shift that could potentially shape the predicted fate of our universe. DESI expects to publish improved results using their first five years of data in 2027 and is continuing observations into 2028. DESI was so efficient at observing galaxies, the Legacy Surveys map needed to expand. Early on, “it became clear we might run out of galaxies to look at and run out of sky, and we better start doing something about that,” said Schlegel, who also works on DESI. The new Legacy Surveys map has been used to select DESI targets since June 2026 and will guide the telescope’s operations over the coming years. Computing the cosmos Merging hundreds of thousands of images taken on 2,285 nights, each with unique atmospheric and telescope conditions, was a massive computational effort. It took about a year to develop the computer code and eight weeks to process all the images at the Perlmutter supercomputer at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) at Berkeley Lab. Beyond supporting DESI, the Legacy Surveys will be a foundational reference for the next generation of telescopes. As new observatories like the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory (jointly funded by NSF and DOE’s Office of Science) and NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope come online, researchers can compare their observations with one of the deepest and most comprehensive views of the sky ever assembled. The Legacy Surveys data will also help scientists train artificial intelligence tools to analyze petabytes of astronomical data and accelerate new discoveries. It will be among the datasets used in an astrophysics pilot project within the American Science Cloud, part of the DOE’s Genesis Mission. The DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys are supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of High Energy Physics; the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, a DOE Office of Science user facility; the U.S. National Science Foundation, Division of Astronomical Sciences; and the partner institutions. DESI is supported by the DOE Office of Science and NERSC. Additional support for DESI is provided by the NSF; the Science and Technology Facilities Council of the United Kingdom; the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; the Heising-Simons Foundation; the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA); the Secretariat of Science, Humanities, Technology and Innovation (SECIHTI) of Mexico; the Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain; and by the DESI member institutions. ### Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is committed to groundbreaking research focused on discovery science and solutions for abundant and reliable energy supplies. The lab’s expertise spans materials, chemistry, physics, biology, earth and environmental science, mathematics, and computing. Researchers from around the world rely on the lab’s world-class scientific facilities for their own pioneering research. Founded in 1931 on the belief that the biggest problems are best addressed by teams, Berkeley Lab and its scientists have been recognized with 17 Nobel Prizes. Berkeley Lab is a multiprogram national laboratory managed by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science. DOE’s Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit energy.gov/science.

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Aug 10 • 11:00 AM EDT • Science • newscenter.lbl.gov
Chrissy Metz Talks '& Juliet' and New Music, Shares Health Update

Chrissy Metz, “This is Us” and “The Hunting Wives” star, joins TODAY to open up for the first time about her decision to use GLP-1 medication and announce her new partnership with health care company Ro. Metz details why she was originally skeptical around weight loss drugs, shares how the medication has improved her life, dishes on performing in “& Juliet” and teases new music in the works.

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Aug 10 • 8:30 AM EDT • Health • today.com
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Gates Foundation to give historic $540 million to UW health institute

The Gates Foundation is donating over half a billion dollars to UW's Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, whose research informs policies around the world.

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Aug 10 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • seattletimes.com
Louisiana health officials warn of vibrio case rise

🚨 A jump in Vibrio vulnificus cases is prompting Louisiana health officials to urge caution around certain exposures to salt water and raw seafood. The bacteria is known for causing a "flesh-eating" infection. Nine people have been hospitalized, and five have died this year, officials said Thursday. (Press release)

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Aug 10 • 7:28 AM EDT • Health • axios.com
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Bills coach Joe Brady enjoys father-son moment before team holds first practice

Brady emerged from the tunnel holding his 3-year-old son Jordan in his arm while enjoying a walk around the sideline.

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Aug 10 • 7:16 AM EDT • Sports • spectrumlocalnews.com
This sports retailer's turnaround is just getting started, Wells Fargo says

Wells Fargo's price target for Dick's Sporting Goods implies 15% upside from Friday's close, a new analyst note shows.

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Aug 10 • 6:38 AM EDT • Sports • cnbc.com
How children, good lyrics, and love brought me around to country (ish) music

I never understood the appeal of country music. Growing older showed it to me.

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Aug 10 • 6:01 AM EDT • Entertainment • inquirer.com
Cleveland Browns news: Who is ready to choose violence?

The latest Cleveland Browns news and notes from around the NFL in the August 10 edition of the Daily Dawg Chow.

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Aug 10 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Pain, stigma and barriers to care: The burden of cysts and fibroids in Africa

As a teenager in Kenya, long before Evelyn Okinyi Owala became a professional bodybuilder, she attended school, spent time with friends and helped her parents around the house. But during her period each month, she said, she experienced excruciating pain, vomiting, fever, lightheadedness, heavy bleeding, pelvic pain and acne.

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Aug 10 • 5:31 AM EDT • Health • cnn.com
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Chapel Hill's University Place to Add 'Entertainment District,' Allowing To-Go Alcoholic Drinks Around Mall

As University Place in Chapel Hill continues its evolution, the mall is preparing to add a new way for patrons to enjoy alcoholic drinks.

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Aug 10 • 5:09 AM EDT • Entertainment • chapelboro.com
Starz Entertainment (STRZ) Stock Sees Fair Value Lift After Q1 Analyst Revisions

Price targets for Starz Entertainment have been refreshed, with Fair Value moving from US$28.50 to about US$32.33, which marks a higher central valuation estimate in current models. These updates sit alongside Street commentary that weighs the separation from Lionsgate, Q1 model changes, and the new content approach, as analysts balance upside from execution against risks and the recent share price move. Read on to see how to track these shifting views and follow the evolving narrative around...

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Aug 10 • 5:09 AM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
'A different feel around Wolves'

Wolves fan writer Dazzling Dave delves into why supporters can feel optimistic about this season.

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Cimperman not big proponent for ancillary entertainment district around new Highmark Stadium

One Buffalo businessman and longtime sports marketing executive believes the talk of any potential development for ancillary entertainment around the new Highmark Stadium is fruitless. Read more from WBEN: | WBEN

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Ford's fastest ever Mustang is so wide it had to use legal loophole to avoid being treated the same way as a truck

The 2025 Ford Mustang GTD is so wide that Ford had to rely on a legal loophole to get around an unusual US vehicle regulation

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Rangers midfielder Diomande set for move to Turkey

Turkish Super Lig club Corum are discussing the final details with Rangers for the transfer of Mohamed Diomande, with the 24-year-old midfielder expected in Istanbul on Monday for a medical and contract talks. Corum are closing in on a move to sign Rangers midfielder Mohamed Diomande for a fee of around £4.5m. Çorum have made an official offer of £4.8m to Rangers for Mohamed Diomande.

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Kylo Peptides Expands Research Catalog to 36 Compounds as Peptide Science Enters a Record Growth Cycle

US research-peptide supplier scales its catalog against a market that analysts value between $47 billion and $141 billion, as peptides hold near 10% of new FDA drug approvals and GLP-1 use among American adults doubles in 18 months.Sheridan, Wyoming, Aug. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kylo Peptides, a US supplier of research-grade peptides, has expanded its catalog to around 36 peptides and research blends, the company announced today. The milestone lands during the most active growth period in t

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Korea’s market volatility becomes TV entertainment

Amid the highs and lows of South Korea’s stock market, a new television trend is taking shape — entertainment programs built around the emotional rollercoaster

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Aug 10 • 12:54 AM EDT • Entertainment • koreaherald.com
Small Business Spotlight: Jeff’s Pizza

Lincoln Way is home to many popular places among college students. One stands apart from the rest, however, for the community around it. Whether it’s the famous 30’’ challenge or the very popular late-night slices, Jeff’s Pizza holds a special place in the heart of Ames. Originally opening in 2008, before expanding in 2009 and...

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iPhone 18 Pro Release Date: Demand Drives September Launch

Apple's September launch of the iPhone 18 Pro family is more than tradition. It is a key part of the entire ecosystem, all built around this fixed date in the calendar.

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Angels Crushed By Miami, 12-3, As Rodriguez Struggles Again

The Los Angeles Angels aren't doing so well in their efforts to turn around starter Grayson Rodriguez.

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Aug 9 • 5:28 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Business briefs: ‘Friends’-themed health screening event on Aug. 27

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Business briefs: ‘Friends’-themed health screening event on Aug. 27

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Will price hikes force Apple to stop dragging its feet on certain product upgrades?

Earlier this summer, Apple dramatically increased its prices as a result of the ongoing memory crisis around the globe. Things...

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Cash, Stash, or Slash: Jonah Jackson

Jonah Jackson turned in a spectacular 2025 for the Bears can the Bears keep him around for years to come?

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Aug 9 • 12:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
AMD FSR 4.1 costs RX 7800 XT up to 10% performance versus FSR 3.1

ComputerBase tested FSR 4.1 against FSR 3.1 on the RX 7800 XT and RX 7600. Performance drops by around 7-10%, depending on resolution.

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Aug 9 • 11:56 AM EDT • Technology • videocardz.com
McConnell’s Home Offers Telling Clue to Health Mystery

A peek inside the 84-year-old senator’s home has raised fresh questions about his ability to get around.

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'His urine goes on tour around Europe, showing the kings and queens this glowing pee': The weird world of alchemy before chemistry

Editor Hannah Osborne spoke with science writer Kit Chapman about his book "The Age of Alchemy." In it, he explores how, long before modern science existed, people were finding extraordinary ways to solve problems and understand the world around them.

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Aug 9 • 8:15 AM EDT • Science • livescience.com
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Lubbock business news includes restaurant closure, hotel sale

Business Reporter Alana Edgin reviews recent Lubbock area businesses news and hints at upcoming articles in the Around the Hub column.

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Omada Health (OMDA) Could Be 4% Undervalued As Record Earnings Reset The Debate

Omada Health (OMDA) drew investor attention on 6 August 2026 after reporting record second quarter results, raising full year 2026 guidance, and outlining a planned CEO transition effective 1 January 2027. See our latest analysis for Omada Health. At a latest share price of $23.67, Omada Health has seen a sharp shift in sentiment, with a 1 day share price return of 21.14% and 7 day share price return of 19.30% around the earnings beat and CEO succession news. That sits within a stronger...

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Aug 9 • 5:11 AM EDT • Health • finance.yahoo.com
Who are the least-contacted people on Earth?

"Uncontacted" and "isolated" peoples live in roughly 10 countries around the world, including one group that erases their footprints so they cannot easily be found.

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Who are the least-contacted people on Earth?

"Uncontacted" and "isolated" peoples live in roughly 10 countries around the world, including one group that erases their footprints so they cannot easily be found.

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What are your favourite new kits for the coming season?

BBC Sport have rounded up some of the best new kits released by clubs around the world over the summer - vote for your top 10

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Aug 9 • 3:22 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Smelling success: Kalispell local sees fragrance business take-off

Born and raised in Kalispell, Bungay said Montana Fragrance Co. draws from the many iconic places around his home in Northwest Montana — an idea embraced by local merchants and their customers who have quickly bought up bottles from store shelves.

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Northwest Arkansas growth brings benefits and challenges for local business, owners say

Frederic and Paula Jo Chitty Henry have watched firsthand as the Northwest Arkansas region has rapidly grown around them.

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💔 Tributes, a minute's silence, messages...all backing Messi

Following the confirmation of the tragic news of the passing of Jorge Messi, father of the Argentine star, pitches, stadiums, and platforms around the world have rallied in support of the Argentina na...

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Fayetteville business owners plan to rebuild six months after courthouse square fire

Saturday marks 6 months since a devastating overnight fire tore through businesses around the courthouse square in Fayetteville.

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Fayetteville business owner plans to rebuild six months after courthouse square fire

Saturday marks 6 months since a devastating overnight fire tore through businesses around the courthouse square in Fayetteville.

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5 College Football Teams Ready to Bounce Back in 2026

After disappointing seasons, these five programs enter 2026 with legitimate reasons to believe things could look much different. From coaching changes to major transfers, each has a path toward a big turnaround. Florida Florida might be one of the most interesting bounce-back teams after hiring Jon Sumrall as its new head coach. Sumrall brings a…

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Modders gain full Windows desktop access on GeForce NOW

Modders have demonstrated access to the Windows desktop running behind GeForce NOW sessions. The Trove-based workaround uses an executable replacement inside Steam.

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iPhone 18 Pro Release Date: The Signs That Lock In A September Launch

Apple's September launch of the iPhone 18 Pro family is more than tradition. It is a key part of the entire ecosystem, all built around this fixed date in the calendar.

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Google’s Pixel Watch 5 takes notes from the Fitbit Air in latest leak

Google's Pixel Watch 5 is set to copy a key element from the Fitbit Air in the latest leak around the upcoming smartwatch.

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Pirates lose their fourth in a row as Carmen Mlodzinski struggles in his first start since May

If the Pirates hoped to rid the stench of their disappointing road trip around the Midwest, Friday night’s series opener against the New York Mets...

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As regulations fade, electric truck adoption will hinge on business cases

Rather than plan around a national transition to zero-emission trucks, fleets are weighing total cost of ownership, operational feasibility and customer expectations.

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Sophie Cunningham and the Fever are focusing on basketball. Does anyone care?

The Fever and Aces played a highly entertaining basketball game Thursday night. Though other things happened around the basketball part.

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Two wheels: A business and a way of life

Josh Berntsen rides his bicycle to work, rain or shine. This seems fitting for The Cycle Sanctuary’s owner, a man whose life has revolved around spinning wheels.

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NFL Exec Thinks Bills Could Explore Blockbuster $27 Million Trade

The Buffalo Bills put together a strong all-around NFL offseason. Heading into the 2026 NFL season, they are once again viewed as a team who could make a run all the way to the Super Bowl. Over the last few years, Josh Allen and company have had those same expectations. However, they have come up […] The post NFL Exec Thinks Bills Could Explore Blockbuster $27 Million Trade appeared first on HEAVY.

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Flutter Entertainment Q2 Earnings Call Highlights

Flutter Entertainment (NYSE:FLUT) reported second-quarter revenue growth of 3% as strong customer engagement around the FIFA World Cup and acquisitions helped offset customer-friendly U.S. sports results and higher taxes in the United Kingdom. The company also announced that Chief Executive Officer

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Flutter Entertainment Q2 Earnings Call Highlights

Flutter Entertainment (NYSE:FLUT) reported second-quarter revenue growth of 3% as strong customer engagement around the FIFA World Cup and acquisitions helped offset customer-friendly U.S. sports results and higher taxes in the United Kingdom. The company also announced that Chief Executive Officer

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Pearson wins Democratic primary, vows to ‘refuse to be turned around’ by redistricting
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Speeding driver plows through South St. Louis County sidewalk, foot from crashing into a business

St. Louis County Police said the incident happened around 2:40 a.m. Aug. 7. The driver admitted to speeding and losing control to officers on the scene, according to a statement from police.

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Carbondale hands out hundreds of fresh food boxes

CARBONDALE — Around 500 food boxes were given out on Friday between resident pickups, deliveries and donations from the Carbondale city government.

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iPhone 18 Pro rumor roundup: 2nm A20 chip, C2 modem, under-display Face ID

Apple's iPhone 18 Pro is right around the corner, and the rumor mill started earlier than normal. Here's what you need to know.

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Sony may re-release its 2020 over-ear headphones for around $250, leak reveals

A new leak has spilled the beans on an interesting move from Sony, as the company is preparing to re-launch...

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Nationals' Andrew Alvarez: Sticking around in rotation

Nationals' Andrew Alvarez: Sticking around in rotation

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Take-Two Boss Explains Why GTA 6 Is $80 And NBA 2K27 Is $70

'Given the hype around this title, I think we could have made any number of other pricing choices,' said Strauss Zelnick

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Mid-Michigan entertainment for the weekend of Aug. 7-9 and beyond

Check out what’s happening around town this weekend.

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Budget Battle Erupts in Nation’s Capital Over Opioid Settlement Money

Washington, D.C.’s 2027 fiscal-year blueprint reflects a debate playing out around the U.S.: whether opioid settlement money should be used to free up taxpayer dollars by paying for existing responsibilities instead of new programs.

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Colorado must continue finding common ground on wildfire policy

By John Herrick Colorado has never lacked for opinions about wildfire policy. We debate forest management, climate change, prescribed burns, land use, air quality and budgets. Those debates are familiar territory, but a new discussion is beginning to happen around the use of chemical retardant in aerial firefighting. Before I became an attorney and served […]

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Oil rises on concerns over Strait of Hormuz reopening plans

Oil continued its rise on Friday amid further concerns around the opening of the Strait of Hormuz as Iran, working with Oman, ​suggested banning vessels deemed hostile from the strait and heavily fining those ‌who violated the proposed rules.

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Best of Santa Cruz County entertainment, arts & food events this weekend, Aug. 6-9

With the weekend nearly here, check out things to do around Santa Cruz County with a recommendation from Lily Belli and a specially curated list from Lookout's BOLO events calendar.

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Harvard Business Review: An Interview with José Andrés

Before World Central Kitchen was supporting families in the wake of disasters around the world, José Andrés was a young cook learning that food was far more than sustenance—it was how his family expressed love, built community, and made sense of the world. In this Harvard Business Review interview, José reflects on the experiences that shaped him: the mentors who pushed him, the decision to build a life in the United States, and the lessons his kitchens have taught him about people, resilience, and adaptability. It is that same adaptability, he argues, that makes the difference—whether you are running a restaurant on a difficult night or getting meals to families in the middle of a disaster.

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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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How Aroma-Zone Built A Beauty Business Around Trust Instead Of Trends

Speaking exclusively with Aroma-Zone CEO Sabrina Herloury-Rouget about trust, regional relevance and why beauty needs better guidance, not more hype.

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Vanderbilt Health physical therapist bound for Nationals after winning four medals at Tennessee Senior Olympics

Vanderbilt Health physical therapist Grant Schlisner, PT, DPT, Cert. MDT, won four medals in the recent Tennessee Senior Olympics, which qualifies him to compete in the national Senior Olympics, set for July 2027 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Senior Olympians are athletes 50 years or older who compete in regional events for an opportunity to move to state events, and eventually to the Nationals. Schlisner’s medals were in the javelin, discus and softball throw (gold) and shot put (bronze). Schlisner, who is based at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks, grew up in the Chattanooga area in a family that valued physical fitness and playing sports, and he says, with considerable understatement, “The whole family is quite athletic.” Grant Schlisner (R) with brother Bret and sister Sue, all of whom won medals in the Tennessee State Senior Olympics. (photo courtesy Grant Schlisner) His brother Bret also competed in the Senior Olympics. So did his sister Sue. (His other sister Tammy did not compete, but, Schlisner said, “We’re still going to work on her.”) And their father, who now lives in South Dakota, competed in that state’s Senior Olympics in the category for athletes aged 84 to 89. Schlisner was a high school athlete in several sports, including stints as a baseball pitcher and a football quarterback. Since he was already playing positions in other sports in which he was throwing things, he was also recruited to the school’s track and field team, which is where he gained experience in the events that were his ticket to the 2027 Nationals. The medals are a reward for the hard work of training and preparation, but Schlisner said the real reward is the fitness that the medals represent. Schlisner competes in one of his medal-winning events, the shot put. (photo courtesy Grant Schlisner) “[Preparing for competition] got me working out to train for these events. I added more extensive weight training to promote injury prevention and building flexibility and strength have made me feel better overall.” He also said that, in addition to the physical rewards, he enjoys the camaraderie of the other athletes and a feeling of accomplishment. “It’s great to be able to have a goal,” he said. “If you aim low, you’ll hit it. This is aiming high. I want to bring home a medal in the Nationals.” His physical therapy patients, especially those who may be discouraged or need a little extra motivation, also benefit from his example. “I can connect with patients and say, ‘I’m 57 with previous injuries, and I’ve been doing these events, and you can get back to your ‘sport’ as well, whether that is chasing grandkids or participating in a competitive activity,’” he said. And being around the other Senior Olympians, especially in the older age groups, is motivating for him, as well. “One competitor was 90 years old,” he said. “She’s not just sitting around. That was super motivating and cool to see. I don’t want to be a lump on the couch at 90.”

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Entertainment around the area

Singer-songwriter Duane Betts, son of late Allman Brothers Band cofounder Dickey, leads the entertainment highlights coming to local and regional venues over the next two weeks. The guitarist, along w...

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US Stand Up for Science movement expands to Europe

A grassroots movement by scientists in the US pushing back against threats to academic freedom is setting up a Swiss outpost to take the movement global. Stand Up for Science started in February 2025 to protest against politically-motivated grant cancellations by the Trump administration. Since then, it has organised numerous rallies by scientists and turned into a broader campaigning organisation, supporting “pro-science” political candidates and attempting to impeach Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the health and human services secretary the group accuses of advancing “quack” science. Now, Stand Up for Science is establishing a Swiss office to take some of its campaigning beyond the US, and its leader is urging European academics to organise similar pro-science groups in case they face similar threats in Europe. There will likely be “spillover” to Europe from what the Trump administration is attempting in the US, said Colette Delawalla, chief executive of Stand Up for Science, who last month returned from a tour of Europe. “Are we going to see a Trump-style scientific [. . .] take over in the same way?” she asked.Delawalla, who is doing a PhD in clinical psychology, said she was driven to help found the organisation after the Trump administration started cancelling health research grants in politically taboo topics, such as transgender people, diversity and HIV, in early 2025. Since then, the administration has introduced several other measures that infringe academic and institutional autonomy.It threatened to cut Harvard University’s federal funding unless the university accepted a “critical mass” of new faculty and students to create “viewpoint diversity.” And this year, it proposed explosive new rules that would allow political appointees at research funders to screen grants to make sure they “advance the president's policy priorities.”US scientists have been at times stunned by the volume of announcements, and the country’s researchers were relatively unprepared. “We sit in front of the fire hose every day,” said Delawalla. For this reason, European scientists need to prepare now for similar assaults. “If you've got a little bit of extra time to start thinking through, and making those preparations and building community and solidarity,” then European researchers will “start five steps ahead of where we were.” She plans to return to Paris in September to share experiences with concerned French academics. Is Le Pen the same?During her European tour, Delawalla said that French academics were beginning to worry about a National Rally (RN) victory in presidential elections next year. She said there were “chilling similarities” between Trump and Marine Le Pen, the RN’s likely candidate. However, so far, the RN hasn’t proposed anything nearly as radical as the Trump administration has carried out. Its current manifesto is all but silent on university and research policy. Le Pen’s 2022 manifesto bemoaned a lack of French R&D spending, including in fundamental research, and promised to modernise labs and strip away grant bureaucracy. The party’s 2024 European election manifesto explicitly supported the Erasmus+ student exchange programme, scientific exchange and joint European technology projects. However, a Le Pen victory next year could see France drastically cut its contribution to the EU, which would hit the budget for science and innovation. Meanwhile, more restrictive immigration policies could hit university recruitment of faculty and students. Climate science denial?As heatwaves and wildfires have ravaged France, the RN has sought to distance itself from previous comments casting doubt on climate science.In the UK, the radical-right party Reform UK, now second in the polls, denied climate research in a draft of its 2024 election manifesto, but its leader, Nigel Farage, then appeared to quietly U-turn and said he was “not arguing the science.” By contrast, Trump has repeatedly and explicitly denied climate change science, in 2025 calling it “the greatest con job.” Like the RN, Reform UK has been light on research and university policy. However, it did say in its 2024 manifesto that universities should suffer “heavy financial penalties” for allowing “political bias or cancel culture” on campus, building on laws brought in by a previous Conservative government. Ahead of September state elections in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany, the poll-leading Alternative for Germany has proposed abolishing gender studies and postcolonial studies, and promised money for “critical” climate research and studies of Islam. Starts with rhetoricEven if European radical right parties aren’t currently planning the draconian policy measures of the Trump administration, Delawalla said that academics should not be complacent, and fight even small funding restrictions or anti-science talk from the start. “It starts off with sowing distrust about institutions,” she said. “It starts off with these small things, and then all of a sudden it's there.” There are other, more established science and university advocacy groups in the US aside from Stand Up for Science. But the group stands out because of Delawalla’s refusal to attempt to appear politically bipartisan or conciliatory. “I firmly believe that the US is experiencing fascism,” she said. “We’re not trying to win over the super Maga people,” she said, “and we never have been.” The lesson of the US is that even if universities or other institutions capitulate to government demands, this doesn’t save them from cuts and restrictions. “It doesn’t matter what people do,” she said. Global “pseudoscience”Another aim of Stand Up for Science’s push into Europe is to better coordinate a campaign to protect people in poorer countries from what the group describes as “pseudoscientific exploitation,” trials outside the US used to build a case against things like vaccines. Earlier this year, the group sent an investigator to Guinea-Bissau to investigate a controversial, Danish-run Hepatitis B vaccine project funded by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The study would have withheld a proven vaccine from newborns, Stand Up for Science argued in a briefing it presented to Congress, risking their health. Significantly, the research group based in Guinea-Bissau, known as Bandim, focuses on the “non-specific effects” of vaccines: impacts on health beyond preventing the target disease. Related articlesEuropean researchers sound the alarm that Trump rule changes will hit cooperationData corner: which fields of health science is the US curbing? The US ‘golden age’ science strategy: what Europeans need to know The suspicion is that the study was funded as part of an attempt to shop around for results that could help build a case against vaccines in the US, said Delawalla. “This is just code for vaccines cause autism,” she said.Bandim has put out a rebuttal of Stand Up for Science’s criticisms, arguing its work has uncovered a number of vaccine side effects, both positive and negative, which need to be taken into account in public health. However, Congressional Democrats took up the Stand Up for Science cause, and in February, Guinea-Bissau said it had permanently halted the study. WatchdogBut for Delawalla, this is not the end of the fight. Kennedy has made a number of health claims that scientists think lack evidence, such as the idea that seed oils cause inflammation, for example. Delawalla worries that more studies could be launched in poorer countries to fish around for evidence to support this agenda. Stand Up for Science is talking to African science organisations to create a kind of “watchdog” to scrutinise any further trials. “Outsourcing the investigation to some of the most vulnerable children in the world who are desperate [. . .] is fundamentally wrong,” she said.

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‘Science of Speed’ roars into the Kamin Science Center

Want to zip around a track on a high-end electric kart or hop on an immersive racing simulator? Then you will definitely want to make your way to the Kamin Science Center on Pittsburgh’s North Shore and check out its new Science of Speed permanent exhibit. Taking up what had been the Science Center’s SportsWorks […]

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