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Public Health is Losing in Court: Amicus Briefs Are One Way We’re Fighting Back - Petrie-Flom Center

In the last several years, notable shifts in Supreme Court jurisprudence have eroded the deference that courts have historically granted to health officials.

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Sep 2 • 12:39 PM EDT • Health • petrieflom.law.harvard.edu
'Big Day with Peter Schrager' brings sports' biggest stories, unfiltered conversation and humor to ESPN starting Sept. 10

From breaking news and unfiltered conversations to memorable guests and storytelling, Big Day with Peter Schrager debuts Thursday, Sept. 10, at 2 p.m. ET on ESPN. The new weekday show will air from 2-3 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays during the college football season before expanding to Fridays after the season concludes.

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Sep 2 • 12:18 PM EDT • Sports • espnpressroom.com
New Jersey asks US Supreme Court to assess power to regulate sports bets on Kalshi

New Jersey authorities on Wednesday asked ​the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve whether ‌states have the power to police sports betting that occurs on prediction markets operated by Kalshi and competing ​platforms.

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Sep 2 • 12:01 PM EDT • Sports • reuters.com
New Jersey Asks US Supreme Court to Assess Power to Regulate Sports Bets on Kalshi

Sept 2 (Reuters) - ⁠New ⁠Jersey authorities ⁠on Wednesday asked the U.S. ‌Supreme Court to ‌resolve ⁠whether ⁠states have the power to police sports betting that occurs on prediction markets operated ⁠by ⁠Kalshi and ⁠competing platforms. The state asked the Supreme Court ⁠to overturn a lower ...

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Sep 2 • 12:01 PM EDT • Sports • usnews.com
‘Survivor,’ ‘Big Brother,’ ‘Love is Blind’ stars to compete on ‘99 to Beat’ (exclusive)

Reality stars from ‘Survivor,’ ‘Big Brother,’ ‘Love is Blind,’ ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race,’ and more are set to compete on ‘99 to Beat’ — along with a former Power Ranger. Check out the exclusive first photos.

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Sep 2 • 12:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Exclusive: Fanatics combines betting apps

The all-in-one app comes as competition heats up amid the prediction markets boom.

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Sep 2 • 10:00 AM EDT • Sports • axios.com
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From Pandemic Prevention to Pharmaceutical Resilience: Why Health Security Should Be Part of US-Taiwan Economic Security Cooperation

As strategic competition in the Indo-Pacific region intensifies, Washington increasingly views Taiwan as both a reliable partner for democracy and regional stability, and as a critical contributor to supply-chain resilience and technology security. However, one important area has room for improvement: health security and pharmaceutical resilience.

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Sep 2 • 8:50 AM EDT • Health • globaltaiwan.org
'Dancing with the Stars' 2026 cast revealed – See who's competing in Season 35

"Dancing with the Stars" has officially announced its full cast – and their pro partners – for Season 35!

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Sep 2 • 8:41 AM EDT • Entertainment • centraloregondaily.com
Applications open for three-county downtown business pitch competition

Middle Michigan Development Corporation is hosting businesses and entrepreneurs from across the region for the 2026 Middle Michigan Downtown Pitch.

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Sep 2 • 8:26 AM EDT • Business • wnem.com
Alzheimer’s may leave a mark on the brain long before plaques appear

Brain changes associated with Alzheimer’s may begin at least seven years before amyloid plaques become detectable with current PET scans. Researchers uncovered the signal by tracking healthy older adults with repeated brain imaging over nearly 20 years. The discovery could help scientists identify Alzheimer’s earlier and suggests that important disease processes may start before visible plaque buildup.

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Sep 2 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
ESPN to debut Peter Schrager’s new daily afternoon show next week: Sources

A longtime on-air presence with NFL Network, Schrager moved over to ESPN a year ago.

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Sep 2 • 7:43 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
George Clooney Talks U.S. Politics, Fatherhood

George Clooney Slams Pete Hegseth Over Canadian Cadet Post; Voices Support For Mark Ruffalo & Muses On Paramount-Warner Bros Merger – Venice

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FIA wrong to lift Russia ban

The FIA was wrong to lift the ban on Russian competitors because nothing has changed since it was imposed, the Ukrainian Minister for Youth and Sport says.

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August Monthly Review: ChatGPT In Epic

Death, taxes, another frontier lab healthcare launch inspiring truly insane LinkedIn takes. As much as I want to stay away, I repeatedly am the crewman unplugging his ears whenever we pass these sirens. So it’s not the first and probably not the last time we dial up the typewriter rather than tie ourselves to the mast. The full blow-by-blow timeline: Health API Guy is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe The End of the Standalone PHR (Jan 8): ChatGPT Health arrives for consumers, at the time powered by b.well. I was bullish on the approach in that the best way for the PHR to finally solve distribution was to meet consumers were they already are (i.e. When Horizontal Meets Healthcare (Jan 9): OpenAI for Healthcare puts out the shingle for enterprises, with SharePoint ingestion standing in for the EHR integration the product actually needed. Another One: Anthropic’s Healthcare Debut (Jan 16): Claude's version, on HealthEx rails instead of b.well, with Agent Skills for FHIR development as the one true vertical-specific investment. ChatGPT for Clinicians: The Trap Sprung (Apr 24): OpenAI filled in the missing GTM middle with a free product for verified clinicians, effectively peeling the enterprise wrapper off ChatGPT for Healthcare and taking the PLG fight directly to OpenEvidence. OpenAI’s Second Attempt at Health (Jul 31): a relaunch of their patient specific app, now branded Health in ChatGPT, where the privacy partition came out, the connectors thinned, and b.well disappeared in favor of first-party FHIR work against a smaller network Beyond a Shingle So what was announced now? Today, we’re introducing a new electronic health record integration that brings authorized patient context from Epic into ChatGPT for Healthcare, along with the Healthcare Public Data plugin for direct, structured access to official healthcare datasets like PubMed, DailyMed, and CMS Coverage. Together, these capabilities bring ChatGPT closer to the systems and sources healthcare teams trust, while supporting the controls and compliance healthcare work requires. The core portfolio is unchanged from prior announcements we delineated and discussed (aside from the relaunch of patient-facing). Since trade publications still seem to be confusing them by using the wrong names: Enterprise sales motion: ChatGPT for Healthcare Protecting their core product / PLG: ChatGPT for Clinicians Consumer/patient-facing product: Health in ChatGPT So really, this is a feature release (specifically for ChatGPT for Healthcare when it comes to EHR integration). What’s cool about it, though, is that we are moving beyond just putting out a shingle. Everything in the January enterprise launch was horizontalizable: Horizontal tech companies thus generally start verticalization with their “putting out a shingle phase”. Telling the world you’re open for business as a horizontal tech company reliably attracts early inbound interest from buyers who are already trying to force-fit horizontal tools into domain-specific workflows and are eager for any signal that the vendor intends to support their use case more directly. Nothing was really vertical specific, which is exactly what you'd expect from the ultimate hypergrowth horizontal company dipping their toes into specific industries. But eventually you have to stop changing the sign on the door and start changing the product. Can you guess where the horizontal product was going to run out of road? This is the core dilemma writ large: verticalization requires differentiation, while scale economics of consumer and horizontal push toward unification. I’ve buried the lede so deep here it will be painful to some readers, but what should be shocking to no one is that my perspective is that EHR integration is the only path that meaningfully resolves this tension for ChatGPT for Healthcare. Integration with Microsoft Sharepoint is fine, but it is categorically insufficient for any product that hopes to influence clinical decision-making. SMART Money Well here we are, eight months later! Real vertical investment has begun, which surprised a few people. One friend in the industry messaged me: “Absolutely no way Epic gave ChatGPT API access.” Looking forensically at the announcements, the integration is notably read-only across appointment notes, laboratory results, medications, and specialist documentation. So while I’m not a betting man, I'd wager the house this is a SMART on FHIR launch: That sounds a lot like USCDI! The recommended path for the workflow they outline would be SMART on FHIR Their Health AI lead’s post is evocative of both standalone and EHR launch SMART, which another termed “ChartGPT” and “EHR Plugin” The implementation burden for SMART on FHIR is the lowest of the available integrative paths This is the team who literally did patient-facing SMART on FHIR with Epic last month Most importantly, if you’re a horizontal company, you generally still haven’t taken the full plunge and thus (overly) value reusability. SMART on FHIR is the logical compromise: healthcare-specific enough to matter, but standardized enough to reuse. Nobody Asked Judy Another friend asked “I thought they had to go to each health system, or did they go direct to Epic and now health systems opt in?” Given the trust paradigms in healthcare, this functionally cannot be Epic hoovering up all the data for OpenAI and shoving ChatGPT in their customers’ faces (or they would revolt). However, I do believe the aforementioned terrible coverage by TechCrunch and other outlets is probably responsible for that question, given the 325 million reference. When using FHIR as a business associate to an Epic customer, there is no EHR gatekeeping to speak of, as that isn’t how fhir.epic.com works: You register an app You pick your APIs You test against the sandbox APIs You list as “Ready for Production” Hospitals pick your app You test and go live with them Bluntly, nobody had to say yes or no in Verona (nor were they given the chance). Vendor Services (their next developer tier up that I doubt OpenAI is using quite yet in this initial release) certainly has contractual paperwork that some resent, but even there, the twin pressures of mounting antitrust and information blocking make outright gatekeeping increasingly fraught. My friend’s sentiment is, to me, representative of a broader industry neurosis, perhaps a sort of scar tissue of prior eras: people assume the gate is still there and never actually try the door. There are certainly other ways Epic (and any EHR) can put its thumb on the scale, but they are not so dumb as to stand in front of a federally mandated API and play bouncer at this exact moment in time. So I think they can and probably should go deeper, as this release is at best parity and at worst behind vertical-specific competition. OpenEvidence did a basic SMART launch with Sutter Health in February, allowing for more convenient evidence search by providers. They then add patient-context (the equivalent SMART on FHIR flow to what we see here) when Cedars-Sinai went enterprise-wide in May. UpToDate has four distinct applications across deeper workflows like patient engagement listed in Epic Showroom and announced a partnership with Epic to power Art at UGM Abridge and other ambient scribes have invested deeply into the deepest bidirectional clinical copilot workflow with integrations well beyond SMART on FHIR. In that light, the “Who is OpenAI primarily targeting here?” is clear. This release brings them into striking distance of OpenEvidence, but not the others quite yet. They are the only one of the three you can reach without building something truly Epic-specific. When will they go further? Competition is a great motivator to overcome the horizontal demons and start building things that can’t be reused: not across industries, not across EHRs, maybe not past the customer you built them for. That’s the price of actually verticalizing. The question is if and when OpenAI will be willing to pay it. Month in Review Here is the monthly review. As a reminder, this is a regular round-up of the month’s posts and other content to surface things you may have missed across regulation, litigation, interoperability, and beyond. AI assistance is used in these bullet summaries so I can focus on articles. Articles Published: None this month Video Content: The Information Exchange: Standards-based Thruple Edition (Aug 14): Back to school for us too, with Brad reporting in from the CMS Health Tech Ecosystem’s one year anniversary in DC. We get into the January CMS-0057 deadline, the fall rulemaking reading list, and why enrollment still keeps most apps off FHIR. The Information Exchange: Epic Dúnadan Edition (Aug 25): A UGM roundup with Ryan Brickner joining for the first time to check our takes against what the building actually thinks. Rangers, Ergo sitting on top of EHI, and a down-market lineup that needs some cuts. Regulatory: Stacked Deck, Bad Hand (Aug 05): ONC’s website refresh took the entire HIT Policy Committee record with it, so I rebuilt the archive and went looking for the regulatory capture story everyone assumes is buried in there. Stacking the deck and winning the hand turn out to be very different things. The Sixth Generation of Patient Access (Aug 19): A quick catalog of the five generations of patient access we’ve layered on since HIPAA, and the two candidates now competing to be the sixth. One is planned. The other is the market routing around the plan entirely. Court cases: Three Cases Walk Into a Docket (Aug 06): Two surprise settlements cleared the board in a single week, and then Judge Maddox dropped ninety-four pages on Vyne v. Henry Schein. The sleeper is a DMCA holding that makes direct-to-database a considerably riskier business model. Epic v. Health Gorilla: Into the MDL (Aug 10): Nine class actions are headed to Miami, and the Panel signaled it wants to bring the case that spawned them along too. That would leave Epic arguing the requests were obviously fraudulent in one courtroom and unknowable in the other. Amazon v. Perplexity: Agents Are Legalized! (Aug 11): The Ninth Circuit vacated the injunction against Comet, holding that the user is the one accessing the servers rather than the company that built the agent. A real win for agentic access, and a much narrower one than the headline suggests. Veeva v. Epic: Come At Me, Bro (Aug 26): Epic’s response brief wants the dismissal affirmed and, unusually, wants the opinion published as precedent. Buried in it is Epic’s own description of what its non-competes actually prohibit, which current and former employees should read closely. EHRs: The Contract Epic Would Never Sign Today (Aug 04): A 1999 SEC exhibit catches Epic licensing nearly its entire product line, Tapestry included, to the company that became TriZetto. The marketing services menu attached to it is the part that will make you blink. Forecast from Verona (Aug 07): The Epic Almanac makes one argument six different ways: the AI is only as good as the networks behind it. Emmie headlines, Art’s context stack is the most ambitious part, and Penny finally gets an autonomous coding date on the calendar. Works With Epic MyChart (Aug 17): Epic’s first new Showroom category since the death of Workshop certifies hardware instead of software, badge on the box and all. Made for iPhone, but for blood pressure cuffs, and rough news for anyone selling the RPM stack sitting in between. UGM Hot Takes 2026 (Aug 20): Everyone else covered the AI announcements, so I went after Savvy deleting the payment gateway, Rangers as Boost with the timer removed, and a down-market lineup with too many entries. Plus the Health Grid tidbits I cannot help myself on. MyChart Central Grows Up (Aug 24): Device data and Emmie turn Epic’s identity hub into a full consumer platform, which is both a logical answer to ChatGPT and a bit of a mistake. It also happens to be the best scraping target Epic has ever shipped. Industry Analysis: The Wrong Yardstick (Aug 12): Vertical software keeps getting judged against Superhuman and Notion, which is the wrong bar entirely. Your user is comparing your product to a whiteboard and forty phone calls before lunch. Primitives vs. Abstractions (Aug 27): Developers want building blocks, systems of record prefer to hand out business logic, and both sides have a real case. There’s no test from the outside that separates the engineering reason from the competitive one, which is why this keeps ending up in court. Cross-industry Comparisons: The Two Kinds of Platform Power (Aug 18): Attention power and record power are different problems that keep getting handed the same regulatory toolkit. Congress’s latest swing at Big Tech shows both what’s possible and where it falls apart. The Dogs of (Platform) War (Aug 21): A CourtListener alert turned up a property management fight with healthcare’s exact shape and none of the Cures Act. Shell prospects, ghost accounts, a notetaker bot that came back to haunt someone, and a lawyer arguing both sides of the same theory in two states. Fractals All the Way Down (Aug 31): Yardi dominates property management right up until you zoom into one segment, where AppFolio owns it outright and Yardi doesn’t appear at all. Where you draw the line around a B2B software market is about to decide an awful lot of cases. Other News: If Judy Had the Courage (Aug 13): A short eulogy for the era when software was allowed to look insane: WinAMP, bold colors, and everything the grey chatbot era has taken from us. External Media: Portland Monthly Health Tech Meetup: Erin O’Brien channeled my own feelings - maybe it’s just because it’s August and beautiful, but the monthly edition of the PDX Health community meetup was a ripper. Make sure to reach out if interested to join for the next one. STAT’s Coverage of Epic This Month: Brittany Trang of STAT did a fantastic job of breaking the FTC investigation that’s been lurking, as well as UGM related coverage, so I had to give her her wish of a meme. Fall Conferences: I’m pumped to be kicking off my fall conference season in NYC at Nabla Accelerate next month, which Chrissy provided the link to apply for. Here’s the rest of my schedule in case you want to meet up: Commonwell (Redwood Shores, CA): Oct 13-14 Open@Epic (Madison, WI): Oct 21-22 eHealthExchange (Austin, TX): Oct 27 Sequoia Project (Austin, TX): Oct 28-29 HLTH (Vegas): Nov 15-18 RSNA (Chicago): Nov 29-Dec 3 Posts I Liked: HTI-6 Should Unbundle API Certification: Josh Mandel makes the case that HTI-6 should split (g)(10) into separate authorization and data certifications, so a PACS or a genomics platform can certify only the role it actually performs. Imaging is the urgent example, but the structure solves a much bigger problem. On implementing ePrior Auth with Epic: Scott Rossignol’s field notes from a live ePrior Auth build on Epic, including the two app registrations nobody warns you about and the CPT mapping problem waiting at the end. CMS-0057 implementations are going to be such a beast. Healthcare point solutions are starting to look a lot like streaming services: Spencer Dorn runs the cable-to-streaming arc against health IT and lands squarely on the bundling half of the cycle. Bundling can be good! It can also be bad! Life is nuanced. Health API Guy is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe

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This new Roomba seals itself to your carpet

The kiss of a Roomba

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Sep 2 • 2:00 AM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Here’s what’s new in College Park’s business scene

From Peter Chang Kitchen & Bar’s closure to renovations in the Lidl grocery store, a lot has changed in College Park’s business scene this summer.

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Sep 2 • 1:25 AM EDT • Business • dbknews.com
2026 preseason recap: Former Huskers to find their place in the NFL

These three former Husker athletes competed in the NFL preseason to prove they had what it takes and secure their spot on an NFL team. One of the most recent, Emmett Johnson, was the fifth-round pick for the Kansas City Chiefs. Other players such as Ty Robinson and Ameer Abdullah made teh NFL in previous years.

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Sep 2 • 1:00 AM EDT • Sports • dailynebraskan.com
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Big Three Entertainment Unions Back Trump's Film Tax Incentive | Newsradio WOOD 1300 and 106.9 FM

Three major entertainment unions support President Trump's call for a federal tax incentive to boost U.S. film and TV production. The incentive aims to bring jobs back to America and compete with foreign subsidies. Unions emphasize the need for domestic production to sustain the industry and i...

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Big Three Entertainment Unions Back Trump's Film Tax Incentive

Three major entertainment unions support President Trump's call for a federal tax incentive to boost U.S. film and TV production. The incentive aims to bring jobs back to America and compete with foreign subsidies. Unions emphasize the need for domestic production to sustain the industry and i...

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Sep 1 • 8:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • wtam.iheart.com
Big Three Entertainment Unions Back Trump's Film Tax Incentive

Three major entertainment unions support President Trump's call for a federal tax incentive to boost U.S. film and TV production. The incentive aims to bring jobs back to America and compete with foreign subsidies. Unions emphasize the need for domestic production to sustain the industry and i...

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Sep 1 • 8:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • 700wlw.iheart.com
Big Three Entertainment Unions Back Trump's Film Tax Incentive | NewsRadio 1370 AM & 92.9 FM WSPD

Three major entertainment unions support President Trump's call for a federal tax incentive to boost U.S. film and TV production. The incentive aims to bring jobs back to America and compete with foreign subsidies. Unions emphasize the need for domestic production to sustain the industry and i...

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Big Three Entertainment Unions Back Trump's Film Tax Incentive

Three major entertainment unions support President Trump's call for a federal tax incentive to boost U.S. film and TV production. The incentive aims to bring jobs back to America and compete with foreign subsidies. Unions emphasize the need for domestic production to sustain the industry and i...

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Big Three Entertainment Unions Back Trump's Film Tax Incentive

Three major entertainment unions support President Trump's call for a federal tax incentive to boost U.S. film and TV production. The incentive aims to bring jobs back to America and compete with foreign subsidies. Unions emphasize the need for domestic production to sustain the industry and i...

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Vermont business leaders discuss the impacts of tariffs

Vermont Democratic Senator Peter Welch was in the northern part of his state Tuesday morning to hear from Vermont businesses about the impact of U.S. tariffs on Canada

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Sep 1 • 6:40 PM EDT • Business • wamc.org
Capped or graduated income tax rate? Colorado voters to decide

The proposal to create income tax tiers — which would replace Colorado’s flat rate — has been certified for the November general election ballot, setting the stage for a major showdown between two competing forces seeking to define the parameters of state revenue. Initiative No. 195, which would raise the tax obligations on higher-income earners, will […]

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Sep 1 • 6:19 PM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
Massie seeks signatures to force vote on second Epstein files bill

Massie is once again using a legislative maneuver called a "discharge petition"

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Sep 1 • 5:44 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumnews1.com
Michael Strahan and Pete Davidson's 9/11 connection runs deep

Michael Strahan opens up about leading a new ABC News special, "9/11: United We Stand - 25 Years Later," and meeting Pete Davidson when he was a kid.

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Sep 1 • 4:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • usatoday.com
Las Vegas Arts District launches petition to form business improvement district

A group of Las Vegas Arts District property owners have formally launched a petition effort to establish a Business Improvement District.

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Nicki Minaj joins Trump administration’s small business pitch competition as judge

The rapper will serve on the panel for the SBA’s “Million Dollar Pitch Competition” alongside business executives and other celebrities.

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Sep 1 • 1:50 PM EDT • Business • yahoo.com
Quantum Science Researcher Receives Competitive Student Fellowship from UC Noyce

Nathan Gonzalez, a student studying scalable quantum technologies in the College of Engineering, has received a UC Noyce Graduate Student Fellowship for outstanding doctoral research. The program supports doctoral students at the forefront of computational health, quantum information science and cybersecurity.

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Sep 1 • 11:30 AM EDT • Science • engineering.ucdavis.edu
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down after 18 months on the job, White House says

No reason was given for the departure of Driscoll, who is a friend of Vice President JD Vance, but tensions with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have been widely reported.

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Sep 1 • 10:43 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
GUEST VIEW: Politics or Governance: Budgets, tax rates, and real consequences

By Dustin Fawcett You have heard me say repeatedly that I believe in good governance and abhor petty politics. I believe government should be about solving problems, planning for the future, and making difficult decisions based on what is best for the people we serve, not what looks best in the short term. I’m not [...]

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gamescom 2026’s Steam wishlist winners

gamescom wrapped up last weekend, and it was bloody fantastic. It really felt like the industry had a spring in its step again. The show itself was BUZZING, with 368K attendees (+3% over last year), maxed-out exhibit space, and Opening Night Live pulling over 78M online views (+7.5%). Let’s have a look at the games at the event that brought in the most new Steam wishlists between August 23 and 30. One quick thing before we start, and stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but wishlists are NOT a barometer for launch sales (they’re bookmarks, not baskets is what we always say over here at Alinea). With that aside, wishlists are a nice gauge of hype, so let’s dive in. Witche(r)s and Warlocks take the top two spots The biggest game of the event (by new wishlists, anyways) wasn’t a game at all. It was an expansion. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s upcoming expansion, Songs of the Past, nabbed 451K Steam wishlists by the end of the weekend. It’s a big example of something we bang on about constantly: proven IP with built-in fandom is the most powerful force in this market. But said IP can also ripple into other external success stories (more on that later!). Anyway, Songs of the Past debuted at Opening Night Live, and it’s the first Witcher 3 expansion in over a decade, landing next year after a full Witcher 3 remaster (free for existing owners!) arrives next month. The Witcher 3 has sold around 66M copies, and I’ll be one of those owners jumping back in to refresh myself on the core game (like there isn’t enough to play!), then play the expansion next year. This is all part of CDPR’s plan. The studio is clearly whetting everyone’s appetite for The Witcher 4 in 2028 via a classic bridge strategy. Want more free estimates and insights in your inbox twice a week? Subscribe below! Subscribe Releasing a free 4K remaster next month – followed by a proper expansion in 2027 – keeps IP top-of-mind across a huge gap between content (games-wise, anyway). It kind of echoes Capcom’s evergreen catalogue strategy. And outsourcing co-development to Fool’s Theory (a studio led by trusted Witcher 3 veterans) keeps CDPR’s internal headcount focused on The Witcher 4. #2 by wishlists between Aug 23 and 30 went to another giant IP: Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons, published by Wizards of the Coast and developed by Invoke Studios (a team of ex-Far Cry, Watch Dogs, and Splinter Cell devs). It’s due to launch in 2027, and it looks brilliant so far. It’s a dark-fantasy open world with third-person spell-slinging. It’s a very Witcher-ish aesthetic. As you might expect, 48% of Warlock’s Steam wishlisters have played Baldur’s Gate 3, and 46% have played The Witcher 3. One to watch. For sure! Mash-ups: Anime GTA (!?) and a city-builder for kids (and adults) Ananta took #3 with 302K new wishlists. It’s an open-world game that looks like GTA and Persona had a baby. It was published by NetEase, developed by Naked Rain, and got a trailer at Opening Night Live. I got hands-on at the show, and it wears its influences openly; there’s literal web-slinging (very Spider-Man) and a LOAD of mini-games (Like a Dragon). It’s free-to-play and out in January. For Ananta, Naked Rain is taking the free-to-play, cosmetics-only route. That’s certainly a choice for a single-player open-world game. Without gacha mechanics driving high ARPU, Ananta is betting purely on top-of-funnel reach and long-term retention. This puts pressure on skin appeal when there’s no multiplayer lobby to flex in (although, co-op is reportedly coming later). Want more free estimates and insights in your inbox twice a week? Subscribe below! Subscribe Then there’s Lego Skylines (273K wishlists between Aug 23 and 30), which does exactly what it says on the tin. It’s a cosy Lego twist on the city-builder genre, as shallow or as deep as you fancy (five min quick sesh or ten-hour no-lifer session; latter for me). There’s some family-friendly stuff in there like couch co-op, which is only really viable on console. Iceflake Studios, which Paradox acquired back in 2020 is developing this one. So Paradox is probably looking for a family-friendly onramp to its rad Cities: Skylines games. The overlap there is plain, with 33% of Lego Skylines wishlisters having played Cities: Skylines and 16% Skylines II. There’s no doubt plenty of parents here (and uncles, ahem) planning to indoctrinate the next gen of city-builders. I’ll definitely be playing with my youngest nephew. This one could be big and educational. I’m very curious to see more. Want more free estimates and insights in your inbox twice a week? Subscribe below! Subscribe Mature IP, new and old, rounds out the list As for the rest of the list of gamescom games by new wishlists between Aug 23 and 30: Heroes of Might & Magic III Remake got 189K new wishlists. It remakes the iconic 1999 turn-based-strategy classic in full 3D and 4K. It follows this year’s Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era (~1.8M copies sold, as per our estimates), and around a quarter of the III Remake wishlisters have played Olden Era, including 7% of them this month. Wardogs – a $40 PvP shooter – added another 146K to an already massive pile (nearly 1.6M total). It’s published by Team17 and made by Bulkhead. It plays somewhere between the tactical squad stuff of … Squad and the all-out-chaos battlefield of … Battlefield. It’s up to 100 players, and it’s out in about 10 days. It’s already pre-sold over 500K copies on Steam ($16.6M), boosted by a pre-order-only beta. It sold another 70K copies during gamescom, too. Afterworld managed 121K new wishlists. It’s a Paradox-made post-apocalyptic grand-strategy game, and it was announced at the show. It’s a departure from Paradox’s usual historical stuff, and the studio’s first new setting in over a decade. The Paradox purists are into it, with over half its wishlisters having played Hearts of Iron IV (19% this month) and 41% Crusader Kings III (17% this month). Metro 2039 got 110K during the show, tunnelling its total past 1.3M. Nearly 40% of wishlisters have played 2020’s Metro Exodus, the previous mainline title in the series. The Metro novels are Russian, dev 4A Games is Ukrainian, and it’s set in Moscow, so it’s unsurprising that – after the US (17.3% of wishlisters) – the next two countries are Russia (12.7%) and Ukraine (10.0%). The Blood of the Dawnwalker drew in (the blood of) 108K new wishlisters, now totalling an impressive 1.7M (at a $70 price point, though). It’s an open-world dark-fantasy action-RPG set in 14th-century Europe (with vampires!), made by some former Witcher devs at Rebel Wolves. Again, it shows. Over half of Blood of the Dawnwalker’s wishlisters have played The Witcher 3, and its #2 market is Poland, home of Rebel Wolves. That’s that hometown-hero effect we keep banging on about again! And Blood of the Dawnwalker plays very well, by the way. While it looks like a Witcher clone on the surface, it actually brings a lot to the table mechanics-wise. I love the whole time-as-a-currency spin on RPG gameplay. It gives the game a different, refreshing pace. Essentially, you start Blood of the Dawnwalker with a pool of 480 action points spread across 30 days and 30 nights. As for how the game performs, we’ll be posting some numbers next week, so hit subscribe below to get that in your inbox when it’s ready. Subscribe The Witcher’s legacy ripples Make no mistake: on a high level, this was The Witcher‘s gamescom. The #1 game by wishlisters was a Witcher 3 DLC. Warlock is clearly Witcher-inspired – as is Blood of the Dawnwalker, which was made by ex-Witcher devs. There was a lot of other cool stuff on the floor that we’ll no doubt be covering in subsequent newsletters, though! As always, wishlists went through the roof for sequels, remakes, DLC, and licensed IP. As always, though, these wishlists will likely convert to about 5% to 10% of launch-day buyers, with the probable exception of The Witcher DLC – the exception that proves the rule. Either way, we’ve got a nice, diverse list here – one that is very Witcher-y, Paradox-y, and – if you’re a fan of great games on Steam – a bloody good list. We even got a bunch of new IP to get excited for. Great gamescom! Even if we are still processing that unfathomable number of mini Kölsch beers! One more thing: GTA 6 broke the internet (again) Move aside, Spider-Man and The Odyssey (I love you both, really). But the decade’s defining entertainment zeitgeist is round the corner. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll know that Rockstar dropped an extended look at GTA 6 last week. It was INSANE, the most impressed I’ve ever been by a showcase like this. You can see the budget seeping through every second of the extended look, and this level of game is unobtainable for any other publisher. Everyone’s going nuts, and rightly so. GTA 6 is out in holiday 2026, and it’ll be the biggest entertainment release ever, full stop. For those without a PS5 or Xbox Series console, a $500-$900 console is a big ask in this economy, but GTA will pull a lot of last-generation-console fence sitters over the current-gen fence either way: The autumn timing puts GTA 6 on (digital) shelves for the holidays, meaning a PS5 or Xbox (let’s be honest, mostly the former) will be on many a Christmas and Hanukkah list. Demand will outweigh the struggling supply, though, and PS5 Pros are already sold out and being sold at a markup via scalpers. Every console that isn’t on a shelf is a sale deferred or lost, and worse, it hands scalpers the margin. GTA has cultural clout that reaches everyone. It’s been a mainstream fixture since 2001’s GTA III and its clout has only grown exponentially since then. There’s a touchpoint for every generation alive. The FOMO-word-of-mouth double punch does the rest. Loading... It’ll reactivate the lockdown cohort, the millions who picked up gaming in 2020-21 and churned. GTA 6 will bring them back. Remember when College Football 25 brought a bunch of US gamers to current-gen consoles? GTA will do that globally. Once they’re back (or upgraded), and all GTA’d out, the fresh current-gen-console folks will check out the rest of the current-gen catalogue they missed. GTA Online, if not free to play, will also lead to a boost for PS+ and Xbox Game Pass, another boost for the ecosystem players. Want more free estimates and insights in your inbox twice a week? Subscribe below! Subscribe Even some of the smug PCMR 60FPS crew won’t be able to resist their FOMO and will bite the bullet on a console to play this one early (then double dip). The consoles cost the same as a decent stick of RAM these days anyway lmao… Don’t get me wrong, though. GTA 6 is no silver bullet for the mature console market, but it does prime the current gen for a couple of strong swan-song years. And it’ll also give the consoles more users from which to maximise ARPU. ‘’We are in the latter half of the lifetime cycle of [the PS5],’’ said Sony President and CEO Hiroki Totoki in a Wall Street Journal interview. ‘’That means we do not need to aggressively sell the console today; rather than that, we are focusing on the current revenue from the current user base.’’ The biggest, best premium games always arrive late in a console cycle, so getting more players aboard now, ahead of that content storm (the new current-gen-only Call of Duty included), is a clear win for the platforms. On the Netflix thing, though: let’s all chill out a bit, like. Half my LinkedIn feed was going bonkers treating the reveal debuting on Netflix like it’s the future of entertainment. It wasn’t. It was a six-hour head start, and Netflix left that detail out of the “first-of-its-kind partnership” press release. The extended look hit Netflix at 3pm ET on 27 August, then went up on YouTube and Rockstar’s site for everyone six hours later. And it was all over social immediately, anyways. This reveal was going to reach an untold number of people whether it debuted on Netflix, YouTube, a Times Square screen, or a group chat. The last trailer did nearly half a billion views in a day with no gatekeeper at all. Netflix just stood next to that audience for six hours, borrowing it. It’s was a tidy deal for Netflix, sure. But every outlet on earth was breaking the thing down frame by frame by the evening anyway. Anyway. I’m hype. And we’ll be covering some GTA numbers on the newsletter soon. So hit subscribe below to get that in your inbox when it’s ready! Subscribe The last word Reply to this email – or reach out here – if you have any feedback for the newsletter – or want to request a game for us to cover. [Alinea Analytics boasts the most accurate PC and console estimates in the business. 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LZ Sees Surprising Result in Search for Dark Matter

Key Takeaways Dark matter is the mysterious substance that accounts for the vast majority of matter in our universe. LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) is a world-leading dark matter detector and specializes in searching for WIMPs, or weakly interacting massive particles. A new LZ study found one particle interaction that is difficult to explain with known background processes and could potentially have been caused by a WIMP. LZ continues to run to see if additional data strengthens or weakens the hint of a dark matter interaction. For the better part of a century, people have been trying to understand dark matter. This invisible substance makes up roughly 85% of the mass in the universe but has never been directly detected. Determining exactly what it is remains one of the biggest questions about our world. Now, a new analysis from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment has recorded a single particle interaction that researchers have great difficulty explaining with known background signals from normal matter. The result does not yet meet the statistical threshold required to claim a discovery, but is the most compelling hint of dark matter reported by the experiment to date. LZ is an international collaboration of 250 scientists and engineers from 39 institutions. The detector is managed by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and operates nearly one mile below ground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in South Dakota. The experiment uses 10 tonnes of ultrapure liquid xenon to search for dark matter and is optimized to look for WIMPs, or weakly interacting massive particles. The results were presented in a scientific talk at the 2026 TeV Particle Astrophysics conference in Japan. The paper will be released on the online repository arXiv and submitted to the journal Physical Review Letters. “We’re very intrigued to see this event in the data, in the region where we expect dark matter to show up and the competing backgrounds are very low,” said Rick Gaitskell, a professor at Brown University and the spokesperson for LZ. “With only one event, we don’t want to get ahead of ourselves. We are not claiming to have seen dark matter. But we have seen something interesting that we want to share with the scientific community for their input.” The LZ collaboration studies experimental data in batches. In the new result, researchers analyzed 220 live days of data collected between March 2023 and April 2024. The collaboration had previously searched this dataset for faint signals from the simplest kinds of WIMP interactions. The new analysis searched for a broader range of possible WIMP interactions that could deposit more energy in the detector. LZ is particularly sensitive to such signals while also minimizing false positives. “This was a detailed study in a region we hadn’t explored within this dataset, and we spent months of additional effort to understand all the possible causes of background events,” said Sam Eriksen, a senior research associate at the University of Bristol in the U.K. and lead author of the study. “We understand our detector and the backgrounds so well that even a single outstanding event, like the one we found, is important. We expect dark matter events to be extremely rare, so only a handful could mark the first detection of WIMP dark matter.” If the anomalous event was caused by dark matter, the WIMP that generated it would likely have a mass of at least 200 GeV/c2 (gigaelectronvolts), or more than 200 times the mass of a proton. It would also suggest a specific type of interaction between WIMPs and ordinary matter beyond the simplest model. The LZ results have not reached “5-sigma” significance, the statistical threshold considered a discovery in physics. The new analysis is 2.6 sigma, meaning there is approximately a 0.5% chance that the event could be explained by known backgrounds. With additional data, researchers can test whether the finding continues to grow in significance or fades away. LZ has already accumulated the world’s largest dark matter dataset and will continue to accrue WIMP search data at SURF, substantially improving their search statistics. LZ searches for dark matter by looking for signature flashes of light from energy deposited in the detector. The collaboration leverages multiple methods to prevent or account for particle interactions caused by normal matter. This includes the mile of rock that shields the detector from cosmic rays from space, a water tank and outer detectors that protect the central detector from background neutrons, and a suite of computational tools that disentangle particle interactions and reject dark matter mimics. “Outlier events in the data are not unexpected, but they usually stand out as a background of some kind when you look at them deeper,” said Aaron Manalaysay, a physicist at Berkeley Lab and the chair of LZ’s Institutional Board. “This is the first example in any experiment I’ve worked on of an outlier that appears valid in every way. Of course, we’re still twisting our brains trying to think if there’s a rare background mechanism we could’ve missed, but it’s thrilling to wonder if this could be the first hint of a dark-matter observation.” LZ is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of High Energy and Nuclear Physics, and the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, a DOE Office of Science user facility. LZ is also supported by the Science & Technology Facilities Council of the United Kingdom; the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology; the Swiss National Science Foundation; the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics; and the Institute for Basic Science, Korea. Thirty-nine institutions of higher education and advanced research provided support to LZ. The LZ collaboration acknowledges the assistance of the Sanford Underground Research Facility. ### 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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HHMI Announces Five Competitions for Scientists Across Career Stages

This year’s Gilliam Fellows competition, opening today, is the first of five upcoming HHMI competitions supporting scientists across career stages – from undergraduates to senior faculty. The competitions aim to expand the institutional and geographical reach of the Institute’s programs.

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Roku’s first OLED TVs undercut the midrange competition

OLEDs just got more competitive.

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Venice Film Festival to Kick Off With Steady Stream of Stars, Politics

The Venice Film Festival is set to kick off on Wednesday with a steady stream of stars on the red carpet and politics looming in the backdrop.

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Principal closes Beam deal, adding digital small business platform

The acquisition is less about premium volume and more about how carriers are competing for small employer relationships

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Made in America: How AI is keeping this U.S. factory competitive

GE Appliances is leaning heavily into artificial intelligence to improve quality and efficiency on the factory floor.

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Trump's 'golden age of science' is not just another war to be won

Let's get off the battlefield and into the laboratory — this should be one arena where great power competition can be kept in its place

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Massachusetts Democratic Primary Is a Generational Clash as Rep. Seth Moulton Targets Sen. Ed Markey

As Democrats across the U.S. signal an increasing appetite for change, U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton is hoping that momentum will help him oust longtime Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Ed Markey in Tuesday’s primary. Moulton, a moderate, is among the many Democrats who have called for generational change this year ...

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Ice Island Survives Run-In With Joe Island

In summer 2026, a substantial iceberg calved from Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland and swiftly drifted into Nares Strait, colliding with an island along the way.

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Sep 1 • 12:00 AM EDT • Science • science.nasa.gov
How Will Penguins Manage Veteran Defenseman's Workload in 2026-27?

Pittsburgh Penguins' 39-year-old defenseman Kris Letang will face heavy competition this season as he looks to hold onto a spot in the Penguins' top-four.

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Aug 31 • 11:59 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Music and entertainment marathon planned for Labor Day weekend along the bay at Matanzas Inn, On the Bay

A three-day marathon of music and entertainment is in the works this Labor Day weekend at Matanzas Inn, On the Bay, and Petey’s Upper Deck. The businesses will be hosting live music and entertainment as part of a new event being called “Bash on the Bay” by organizers. The bash will be held Sept. 5-7 […]

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Aug 31 • 8:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • fortmyersbeachtalk.com
Polis announces ‘Governor for a Day’ contest for Colorado students

Colorado seventh and eighth graders have the chance to experience a day in the life of the governor through a new contest launched by Gov. Jared Polis. The “Governor for a Day” competition will give one student the chance to see firsthand how state government works, shadowing Polis during a typical workday. It appears to […]

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Aug 31 • 5:54 PM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
Lola Petticrew Is Absolutely Spellbinding in ‘Furious’

​The nonbinary actor turns in a stunning performance in the first season of ​‘Furious​.’

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Aug 31 • 4:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • them.us
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Policy updates aim to expand small business opportunities at TPA

The Hillsborough County Aviation Authority Board has approved important updates to the Airport’s business opportunity programs, with a stronger focus on helping small businesses participate in airport contracting and concession opportunities. The Small Business Enterprise (SBE) Program will help qualified small businesses to compete for constr...

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Trump admin revives ‘Apprentice’-era energy with $1M business battle in DC

Nicki Minaj, Grant Cardone, and Joe Gebbia will judge the SBA's Patriot Pitch as five entrepreneur finalists compete for $1 million in cash.

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Aug 31 • 2:58 PM EDT • Business • foxnews.com
How Vibe Coding Changed the Way I Run My Business (and Why Every Solopreneur Should Try It)

Vibe coding has changed how I run my business. Here’s how I use it to automate repetitive work, build useful tools, launch ideas faster and get more done without hiring a development team.

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Visual effects artist Phil Tippett shutters Berkeley studio

Phil Tippett, the designer behind many of Hollywood's iconic aliens and dinosaurs, is shuttering his visual effects studio in Berkeley.

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Aug 31 • 1:42 PM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
AC Black Flag Resynced Update 1.0.7 Live Tomorrow on PS5, Get the Patch Notes Here

Visual effects changed and a new pet for the Hideout

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Entertainment: U.S. Army Sergeant competes on 'America's Got Talent'

U.S. Army Sergeant Issac Atkins, of Schofield Barracks, is competing on "America's Got Talent."

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Aug 31 • 1:28 PM EDT • Entertainment • hawaiinewsnow.com
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Chicago Cubs update: Pete Crow-Armstrong, Seiya Suzuki, Clay Holmes

Here’s who was hot and not for the Cubs over the past week.

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Aug 31 • 1:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Kalshi fines Republican in key House race, bans George Santos for life, after insider trading probes

The prediction market Kalshi on Monday fined the Republican nominee in a competitive House race and imposed its first-ever lifetime ban, against former Rep. George Santos, after insider trading investigations.

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Aug 31 • 12:53 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
State health officials confirm rabies at mobile petting zoo

Several goats at Farm Adventures in Iredell County have tested positive for rabies and may have been in direct contact with people at events while infected.

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Aug 31 • 12:19 PM EDT • Health • wfdd.org
'Furious' finale explained by Liz Meriwether, Emmy Rossum, and Lola Petticrew

Who killed Isabel? What happened to Jay? And what's next for Alice? Let's dig in.

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Aug 31 • 12:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • mashable.com
At Blue Elephant, artists explore ‘Repetition, Ruin, and Reconstruction’

Life is cyclical by nature. Time folds over and patterns begin to arise in every aspect of living — some good, some bad. As humans, it is an often forgotten

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Pensacola Interstate Fair Unveils 2026 Entertainment Lineup and Schedule

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Fairgoers in Pensacola can expect 11 days packed with concerts, competitions and crowd-favorite attractions when the Pensacola Interstate Fai

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California to get more power to sue big businesses under anti-monopoly bill going to Newsom

California prosecutors would gain new powers to sue big businesses over anti-competitive practices under a bill Democratic lawmakers sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom.

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Scientists challenge a 70-year-old “lizard brain” myth

A long-standing picture of brain evolution as newer, rational layers stacked on top of an ancient “lizard brain” may be deeply misleading. Researchers found that evolution instead appears to balance two competing styles of brain wiring, expanding one while shrinking the other depending on what an animal needs to survive.

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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the Massachusetts state primary

U.S. Sen. Ed Markey faces a competitive Democratic primary challenge in Massachusetts on Tuesday from U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton in his bid for a third full term.

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Data centers \'exploded\' in Pa. politics this year. How will it impact Lancaster County\'s 36th Senate District race?

Voters across the country are being inundated with campaign advertisements about data centers and artificial intelligence ahead of the November midterm election, including in Lancaster County’s highly competitive 36th Senate

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Family ties bring 2 generations of physicians together

Medicine is a family affair for Drs. Niranjan, Megha and Nakul Rao who work as doctors and colleagues at Saint Peter's Healthcare System.

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Bayer's investigational PET tracer shows high accuracy for cardiac amyloidosis

The imaging agent could offer a new approach for diagnosing stiff heart syndrome, according to data presented during the European Society of Cardiology Congress.

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Aug 30 • 11:34 PM EDT • Business • radiologybusiness.com
Weekend Break: 810 Entertainment in South Barrington pairs brunch with some healthy competition

Chicago's Very Own source for breaking news, weather, sports and entertainment.

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Aug 30 • 9:52 PM EDT • Entertainment • wgntv.com
49ers address offensive line questions with trade for Texans veteran

There’s no bigger question mark on the 49ers’ roster than the interior of the offensive line, where the competition at left guard was uninspiring and they lost the player brought...

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Aug 30 • 9:18 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Why Republicans are focusing on transgender issues in competitive 2026 campaigns

Campaign ads in several midterm elections portray Democrats as “radical” on transgender youth medical care and sports participation. Republicans are leaning on a strategy that proved successful in 2024.

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Aug 30 • 6:05 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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Health officials warn of possible rabies exposure at events in this NC County

Possible rabies exposure has been traced to baby goats from a mobile petting zoo that hosted multiple events across the state, including in Durham County.

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Aug 30 • 3:06 PM EDT • Health • pilotonline.com
North Carolina: Rabid baby goats at a mobile petting zoo prompts health warning

On Friday, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services reported confirmed multiple rabies cases in baby goats at a mobile petting zoo located in Iredell County. They were first notified of a potential rabies exposure among four baby goats at Farm Adventures in Harmony, North Carolina on August 27. The goats were most likely exposed to rabies by a skunk that had entered the pen where they were kept in late July. The NC State Laboratory of Public Health confirmed rabies viruses in three of the baby goats on August 28; a fourth goat was not tested but is also assumed to have been infected. Based on information gathered on August 28, it was determined that no other animals on the farm pose a risk of rabies exposure to people. Learn about rabies Anyone who had contact with baby goats from the Farm Adventures mobile petting zoo either at their location in Harmony, North Carolina, or at an off-site event, between July 28 and Aug. 27, 2026, may have been exposed while the animals were infectious. Impacted individuals should contact their local health department to determine whether medications are needed to prevent infection. Individuals are encouraged to call before visiting an emergency department or urgent care clinic to determine if treatment is needed and where it can be accessed. Known potential exposure dates and locations include: July 28: Jurney’s Assisted Living, 1942 Van Haven Drive, Statesville in Iredell County July 30: Private event in Mecklenburg County Aug. 1: Community Connections Back-to-School Bash, Breeden Amphitheater, 333 S. Main St., Lexington in Davidson County Aug. 6: Brookdale Peachtree, 2806 Peachtree Road, Statesville in Iredell County Aug. 8: Private event in Watauga County Aug. 9: Private event in Burke County Aug. 15: Masonic Picnic Grounds, 201 Poplar St., Mocksville in Davie County Aug. 16: Private event in Durham County Aug. 22: Private event in Iredell County Aug. 23: Private event in Durham County Rabies is a deadly disease that can spread from wild animals to pets and people, primarily through a bite, scratch or when infected saliva touches broken skin or mucous membranes. Human rabies infections are extremely rare in the United States. No human cases have been reported in North Carolina since 2011. Rabies is almost always fatal in mammals, including people, unless medications to prevent infections are given before symptoms develop. Symptoms can begin weeks to months after someone is exposed. Early symptoms are flu-like illness including weakness, fever or headache as well as a prickling or itching sensation where someone was bitten or exposed. In 2025, over 4,000 animals were submitted to the NC State Laboratory of Public Health for rabies testing, and of these, approximately 6% tested positive. In North Carolina the disease most often occurs in wild animals especially skunks, raccoons, bats and foxes. Outbreak News Today is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe

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Aug 30 • 2:52 PM EDT • Health • outbreaknewstoday.substack.com
California Antitrust Bill Narrowed After Business Pushback

California lawmakers have pared back a proposal that would expand the state’s antitrust law to cover anticompetitive conduct by individual companies,

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Aug 30 • 2:48 PM EDT • Business • pymnts.com
PlayStation May Delay Digital-Only Shift Following Rumors of "100% Physical Xbox Helix"

We recently reported that Xbox's disc-to-digital entitlement program and the new CEO's refusal to address questions about Helix's disc drive suggested that the gaming giant was moving towards a new all-digital future, starting with Project Helix. However, a competing rumor—via Eurogamer...

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Aug 30 • 12:28 PM EDT • Technology • techpowerup.com
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Apple Caught Off Guard by AI Demand for Mac Mini and Mac Studio

Apple's unusually timed announcement of new Mac mini and Mac Studio models this week was driven by unexpectedly strong enterprise appetite for AI hardware, according to The Information. Apple normally releases new Mac models in the autumn, closer to October or November, making this week's announcement unusually early, falling just before the anticipated arrival of new iPhone models. The Information says that the AI-driven boom in Mac Studio and Mac mini sales is behind the early launch.

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NC health officials warn of possible rabies exposure tied to petting zoo goats

Health officials are investigating a potential rabies exposure after several baby goats from a mobile petting zoo tested positive for the virus.

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Aug 30 • 10:32 AM EDT • Health • abc11.com
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Israel’s Youngest Political Candidate Shuns 'Petty Politics,' Represents War Generation

When asked where he wanted to work in […]

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Aug 30 • 10:04 AM EDT • Politics • themedialine.org
When big business goes too far, government matters

Two corporate settlements show how regulators can protect children, preserve competition and restrain profit-driven abuses.

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Aug 30 • 7:00 AM EDT • Business • sfexaminer.com
Shohei Ohtani Is Suddenly in Serious Danger of Losing MVP

Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani's MVP defense is looking more and more unlikely as Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong continues to amaze.

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Aug 30 • 2:26 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Kids test skills at inaugural Emplify Health Community Combine at Titletown

Hundreds of kids competed in football activities at Titletown on Saturday for the first annual Emplify Health Community Combine.

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Aug 29 • 7:46 PM EDT • Health • wbay.com
Four baby goats at mobile petting zoo in North Carolina test positive for rabies

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services said the petting zoo held events involving children and elderly people between July 28 and Thursday.

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Aug 29 • 6:37 PM EDT • Health • nbcnews.com
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Fact File: Michael Zetterer

Leeds United have added great depth in the goalkeeping department with the signing of German goalkeeper Michael Zetterer.Providing competition for James Trafford, the 31-year-old arrives from Bundesli...

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Aug 29 • 3:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Multiple baby goats had rabies at North Carolina mobile petting zoo, attendees urged to contact local health officials

Several baby goats at a mobile petting zoo in North Carolina were infected with rabies, and authorities are asking anyone who had contact with the animals to reach out to health officials.

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Rabies outbreak at North Carolina mobile petting zoo triggers health warning

4 baby goats left dead after rabies outbreak, officials said

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Aug 29 • 1:13 PM EDT • Health • wbtv.com
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Miami Heat's Klay Thompson Already Thrilled About New Playing Environment

Klay Thompson is enjoying the competitive nature of the Miami Heat organization

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Aug 29 • 1:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Baby goats in petting zoo found with rabies, euthanized

People who had contact with the animals in Iredell and Davidson counties are urged to contact local health officials.

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Aug 29 • 12:09 PM EDT • Health • spectrumlocalnews.com
Shelley Fabares remembered by “Donna Reed Show ”brother Paul Petersen: ‘I will miss you forever’

The actor mourned the loss of his onscreen sister who died on Aug. 22.

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Aug 29 • 12:01 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Press Release: Rabies Exposure Alert Linked to Mobile Petting Zoo Events

Rabies Exposure Alert Linked to Mobile Petting Zoo EventsFor Immediate ReleaseSalisbury, NC - Rowan County Public Health is alerting residents of a potential rabies exposure linked to a mobile pe

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Aug 29 • 11:59 AM EDT • Health • rowancountync.gov
Camden County native to compete in upcoming season of 'Survivor'

Gloucester City native Aalyiah Puglia competes in the upcoming season of "Survivor."

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Aug 29 • 5:14 AM EDT • Entertainment • courierpostonline.com
How Investors May Respond To Flutter Entertainment (FLUT) After Sports Bets Are Ruled Not Swaps

A Ninth Circuit appeals court recently ruled that sports bets are not swaps, easing a potential regulatory burden for sports-betting operators including Flutter Entertainment and its US platform operations. This clarification strengthens the legal foundation for traditional sportsbooks relative to prediction-market platforms, potentially reshaping how different wagering formats are regulated and compete in the US market. We will now examine how this regulatory clarification around sports...

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Aug 29 • 4:22 AM EDT • Entertainment • simplywall.st
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Dodgers’ Tarik Skubal Gets Honest About Comerica Park Return

Tarik Skubal’s return to Comerica Park is officially in the books. The left-hander spoke about it with SportsNet LA’s Kirsten Watson after the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Detroit Tigers 2-1.“I think a good job of keeping baseball, baseball,” said Skubal. “Trying to compete and give my team a chance to win, I think you […] The post Dodgers’ Tarik Skubal Gets Honest About Comerica Park Return appeared first on HEAVY.

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Aug 29 • 2:17 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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In the age of AI, is math the new CS degree?

Computer science was long respected as the degree with the most competitive salary. But as AI wipes out the tech sector, math might be the new safe bet.

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Aug 29 • 1:00 AM EDT • Science • fastcompany.com
Fans, business owners react to Rays leaving St. Pete: 'A big change'

As the Tampa Bay Rays move closer to a $2.3 billion ballpark in Tampa, St. Pete businesses surrounding Tropicana Field are preparing for a new reality without the team.

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Aug 28 • 9:32 PM EDT • Business • fox13news.com
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Browns Situation ‘Set Up For’ Shedeur Sanders: Ex-NFL QB

Having watched the Cleveland Browns‘ quarterback competition between second-year man Shedeur Sanders and veteran Deshaun Watson over the last four months, it might be reasonable to assume that the team was always leaning toward making Watson the starter, and that the notion of a competition between the two was always a bit of a sham. […] The post Browns Situation ‘Set Up For’ Shedeur Sanders: Ex-NFL QB appeared first on HEAVY.

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Aug 28 • 7:16 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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One question about the Constitution puts liberals’ appetite for sweeping change to the test

March on Washington activists called to abolish the Senate and rewrite the Constitution while pushing Zohran Mamdani-style socialist policies.

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Aug 28 • 7:00 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Pete Hegseth is talking about a possible run for president in 2028, sources say

The defense secretary has floated a White House run with close friends and associates, two people said. And Hegseth sparked speculation with an event in Iowa this month.

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Aug 28 • 5:40 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Pokémon World Champion Banned From Competing After Cutting Merch Line

Luca Ceribelli, Ruben Gianzini, and Luca Lussignoli were told they'd be banned from the Pokémon Center, but ended up barred from the event itself

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Aug 28 • 4:10 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Rep. Wozniak votes to crack down on corporate influence in Michigan politics

State Rep. Doug Wozniak this week voted to get money out of politics by blocking state-regulated utilities and companies with major government contracts from donating to political campaigns and candidates. The state House approved the Michiganders for Money Out of Politics (MMOP) citizen-initiated proposal after more than half a million Michigan residents signed petitions supporting […]

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Aug 28 • 2:59 PM EDT • Politics • gophouse.org
Product and advertising are vital for POD success

Print-on-demand success takes more than low startup costs. A reliable partner such as Printful, and paid advertising help POD stores compete.

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Aug 28 • 2:24 PM EDT • Business • qz.com
Cincinnati Reds vs. Chicago Cubs – Rhett Lowder vs. David Peterson

Can the Reds win a second baseball game…in a row?!

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Aug 28 • 2:13 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Peter Gabriel guest stars on “Silo ”— as himself — and performs ‘Here Comes the Flood’ (exclusive photos)

The legendary singer popped up on the Apple TV dystopian series after his music was featured in its season 3 premiere.

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Aug 28 • 10:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Business Class Is Being Subdivided Into Different Categories

Leading airlines such as American, British Airways, and United are competing with new super suites positioned among regular business-class suites.

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Aug 28 • 10:00 AM EDT • Business • robbreport.com