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Sanford Black Hills welcomes new women’s health clinician at Haines Ave. Clinic

Sanford Black Hills has expanded its regional healthcare team with the addition of Miranda Pray-Dede, M.D., who is now offering specialized women’s health services at the Sanford Health Haines Ave. Clinic in Rapid City. Dr. Pray-Dede brings more than two decades of dedicated medical experience to patients across the Black Hills region.

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Oct 1 • 2:52 PM EDT • Health • kotatv.com
Feds probe Adam Kinzinger’s Kalshi bets on Biden pardons

Kinzinger allegedly made the trades in December 2024, betting that he would receive a pardon from then-President Joe Biden.

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Oct 1 • 2:45 PM EDT • Politics • chicagobusiness.com
Another Independence hotel sells, fetching $10.4 million

The hotel appears to have sold without a listing and is at least the third hotel in Independence to sell this year.

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Oct 1 • 2:33 PM EDT • Business • crainscleveland.com
Mass. native, Good Morning America correspondent reveals cancer battle: ‘It’s shocking’

A Mass. native and Good Morning America correspondent is opening up about a health battle he kept private for months.

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Oct 1 • 2:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • masslive.com
Marion shop named a finalist in Iowa small business competition

The Purple Wagon has advanced as one of five small businesses across Iowa competing to receive a $25,000 grand prize.

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Oct 1 • 1:58 PM EDT • Business • kcrg.com
Apple's Smart Home Camera Will Apparently Have 'No Video Recording'

On his new Power On podcast, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said Apple's smart home camera will have "no video recording". Instead, he described the rumored product as a sensor that will be capable of "analyzing your environment in your home" using AI. Instead, he described the rumored product as a sensor that will be capable of "analyzing your environment in your home" using AI.

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Oct 1 • 1:44 PM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Business Ins & Outs: Garage, Rag & Bone, Pop Mart, Dutch Darlings

October begins with a few unique debuts.

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Oct 1 • 1:30 PM EDT • Business • georgetowner.com
Apartment developer Newstreet joins conversion boom with deal for Gold Coast office

Though the deal will be the firm’s first office-to-residential conversion, it joins a string of similarly sized deals by other developers capitalizing on rental demand.

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Oct 1 • 1:23 PM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com
Midtown Costco set to close, reopen as business center

The Costco location in Midtown, which has operated for more than 25 years, is closing its doors Thursday evening.

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Oct 1 • 1:22 PM EDT • Business • kctv5.com
​Toyota opens $50M+ EV battery lab at its R&D center near Ann Arbor

Toyota opened a new electric vehicle battery lab in Saline Township despite the national pullback from electrification.

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Oct 1 • 1:00 PM EDT • Business • crainsdetroit.com
Debate stays civil: disagreement over war, health care, affordability

Health care and the war with Iran separated the two candidates running for Iowa's 4th Congressional District during a debate Wednesday night that featured extended civility between the two candidates.

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Oct 1 • 12:44 PM EDT • Health • ktiv.com
Debate stays civil: disagreement over war, health care, affordability

Health care and the war with Iran separated the two candidates running for Iowa's 4th Congressional District during a debate Wednesday night that featured extended civility between the two candidates.

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Oct 1 • 12:44 PM EDT • Health • wowt.com
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Walmart lighting up new feature for shoppers on digital price tags

Walmart shoppers can now use the app to activate a flashing light on electronic price tags to help locate an item on a shelf.

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Oct 1 • 12:40 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Sinclair, Zagunis headline Oregon Sports Hall of Fame class

Christine Sinclair, Mariel Zagunis and Jacoby Ellsbury are among five inductees selected for the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2026.

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Oct 1 • 12:35 PM EDT • Sports • kptv.com
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New Spartanburg behavioral health center to expand youth’s access to mental health care

Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System announced the opening of a new Adolescent Behavioral Health Unit to help expand access to youth mental health care.

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Oct 1 • 12:29 PM EDT • Health • foxcarolina.com
Trump's $500 Obamacare 'rebate' checks land in prime political battlegrounds

President Donald Trump's administration is sending $500 payments to nearly 1 million Americans this week, in a move that strategists say could potentially influence races that may ​determine whether his Republicans maintain control of Congress in the November midterm elections.

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Oct 1 • 12:22 PM EDT • Politics • reuters.com
Trump's $500 Obamacare 'rebate' checks land in prime political battlegrounds

President Donald Trump's administration is sending $500 payments to nearly 1 million Americans this week, in a move that strategists say could potentially influence races that may ​determine whether his Republicans maintain control of Congress in the November midterm elections.

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Oct 1 • 12:22 PM EDT • Health • reuters.com
CCU breaks ground on new Health and Human Performance building

Construction has officially started for a new addition to the Coastal Carolina University campus.

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Oct 1 • 12:14 PM EDT • Health • wmbfnews.com
Colorado’s 2027 Teacher of the Year is Strasburg science teacher Merci Ames

“Mrs. Ames stands out because she consistently does the right thing, the right way, and gives of herself without expectation, and all for the benefit of her students,” the superintendent said.

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Oct 1 • 12:01 PM EDT • Science • chalkbeat.org
Menopause and heart health: What every woman over 40 needs to know

'Go Red for Women' Medical Co-Chair Dr. Michelle Dew joins Shane and Kerrigan to share how women going through menopause can protect their heart health for years to come.

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Oct 1 • 11:58 AM EDT • Health • kctv5.com
Menopause and heart health: What every woman over 40 needs to know

'Go Red for Women' Medical Co-Chair Dr. Michelle Dew joins Shane and Kerrigan to share how women going through menopause can protect their heart health for years to come.

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Oct 1 • 11:56 AM EDT • Health • kctv5.com
Goshen Health officially joins Parkview Health

Goshen Health is moving under the Parkview umbrella, a deal that officials said will offer the community more access to resources.

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Oct 1 • 11:31 AM EDT • Health • wndu.com
A City That Works: The City Council got the job done on a better parking meter deal

The City Council secured upfront cash and a share of future parking meter revenue, showing the value of competent local government.

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Oct 1 • 11:24 AM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com
Midtown Costco set to close, reopen as business center

Costco has committed to keeping the Midtown pharmacy open during the conversion.

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Oct 1 • 11:13 AM EDT • Business • kctv5.com
PepsiCo, Monster challenge India 'energy drink' label ban citing business impact

PepsiCo ​and Monster Beverage have sued India's food regulator for banning their use of the "energy drink" label, non-public ‌court filings show, escalating a regulatory fight that has jolted a sector expected to be worth $1.6 billion by 2028.

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Oct 1 • 11:08 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
Over 11K Washington residents are losing access to federal health and food benefits

The law, signed by President Donald Trump on July 4, 2025, includes $1.3 trillion in nationwide cuts to healthcare and food assistance programs

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Oct 1 • 11:00 AM EDT • Health • kiro7.com
How Washington Funded the Politicization of Science

Over the last half-decade, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on projects designed to influence academic policies, both in the sciences and other disciplines. The aim was to foster a progressive conception of social justice in these fields. In pursuit of this end, the foundation earmarked nearly a million dollars for a project titled “Creating Inclusive Scientific Societies through Policies and Practices,” over a million for a project on “Faculty Online Learning Communities for Gender Equity,” and over $2 million to foster “racial equity focused departmental change.” Through a public records request, I’ve obtained the proposals and progress reports for dozens of NSF grants designed to promote social justice. Although funding for these grants was eventually halted by the Trump administration, the projects illustrate an important facet of recent higher-education policy. Many of the university policies that promised “social transformation” didn’t arise in a vacuum. They were actively encouraged by outside funders—often by the federal government itself. Subscribe Accreditation—the peer-review process which enables universities to receive federal grants and student loans—has recently become a policy battleground, with accreditors wielding significant power over both universities and academic disciplines. In 2020, when Oregon Health and Science University’s medical school issued an extensive diversity action plan—which promised “consequences” for employees who failed to support “DEI, anti-racism and social justice”—it specifically pointed to the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), the medical-school accrediting body, to justify the overhaul. The NSF actively promoted DEI-focused accreditation policies. The proposal for a $1.2 million program on promoting “community engagement” in STEM, which I obtained through a records request, notes that the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology was exploring changes to its criteria “that would incorporate JEDI [justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion].” The proposal promised to “support broader JEDI efforts in the general criteria for engineering.” Another grant funded a conference designed to “identify and share best practices and strategies to integrate IDEA principles in accreditation criteria”—referring to an acronym that stands for “inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility.” Scholarly societies have become another flashpoint in debates over higher education. Critics argue that many of these societies, which have the power to shape entire disciplines, have become increasingly politicized. Again, through its giving, the NSF played a role in promoting this politicization. In one million-dollar grant that received funding in 2024, a group of psychologists proposed a series of social-justice reforms to the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. The proposal, which I obtained via a records request, asserts that “[r]edistributing resources (such as moving different people into leadership roles) is not enough” and that the society’s “governance structures do not yet reflect its stated values of diversity, equity, and inclusion.” Its solution: review and rework the society’s criteria for leadership development, academic awards, conferences, and publications. Adjusting review criteria informed by “intersectionality” designed to fight “epistemic exclusion” is an easy way to introduce de facto ideological litmus tests into the peer-review process. For many of the grants I obtained, such litmus tests seem to be the point. “Academic departments are racialized social systems that produce and sustain the byproducts of systemic racism,” a proposal for a $2.7 million project funded in 2024 asserts, promising to develop “departmentally-focused change efforts that cultivate values, assumptions, and behaviors that advance racial equity.” The University of Illinois Urbana Champaign’s million-dollar “I-ADVANCE” project, which effectively created a small DEI bureaucracy on campus, promised to Embed 28 ADVANCE faculty fellows in STEM departments” to amplify its equity goals. Another $1.2 million project promised to create “faculty online learning communities,” made up of scientists at universities around the country, that would eventually build department-level diversity action plans. “Ultimately,” the proposal asserts, perhaps more perceptively than its authors realized, “both organizational change and intersectionality frameworks deal with power.” Indeed, such grants confer a great deal of power to administrators and scholar-activists, who can even use the mere availability of funding as a tool to advance their causes. That history is worth remembering amid today’s debate over federal involvement in higher education: Washington has been shaping university priorities for years, including by financing efforts to instill progressive ideas about race, gender, and equity into academic institutions—and many of the policies those grants encouraged remain embedded within universities long after the federal money has stopped flowing. John D. Sailer is the director of higher education policy and a senior fellow at Manhattan Institute. Share

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Oct 1 • 10:31 AM EDT • Science • cityjournal.substack.com
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Cleveland EMS will send social workers not police to some mental health calls

Non-violent mental health 911 calls will get handled differently starting in the middle of 2027 with the Community Response Crisis Bureau handling them.

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Oct 1 • 10:20 AM EDT • Health • cleveland19.com
Rock Entertainment Group names new chief commercial officer with Blue Jays, Trail Blazers experience

Galen Davies takes over the role after Allison Howard moved her focus to leading the Cleveland Sirens’ business operations.

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Oct 1 • 10:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • crainscleveland.com
Legacy, UnitedHealthcare reach deal, avoiding a loss of coverage for tens of thousands of Oregonians

The deal came just hours before their contract expired, ending months of limbo for patients.

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Oct 1 • 10:00 AM EDT • Health • oregonlive.com
UW Health Kids Safety Fair rescheduled for Saturday

UW Health rescheduled its Kids Safety Fair, offering families a day of education and fun.

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Oct 1 • 9:54 AM EDT • Health • rockfordnewsfirst.com
HOMETOWN HEALTH: Doctors more cautious prescribing anxiety medication, studies show

Prescriptions for the anxiety drug benzodiazepine are declining in the United States.

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Oct 1 • 9:47 AM EDT • Health • wdbj7.com
Daughtry extends ‘20 Years Unplugged’ tour into 2027: How to secure tickets
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Oct 1 • 9:30 AM EDT • Entertainment • syracuse.com
New teen behavioral health center to opening in Spartanburg

A new behavioral health center is opening in Spartanburg.

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Oct 1 • 9:28 AM EDT • Health • foxcarolina.com
Big E Extra: Ice Cube

In this episode, we speak with John Juliano with Mellowship Entertainment about the many musical acts coming to The Big E

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Oct 1 • 9:14 AM EDT • Entertainment • westernmassnews.com
Walmart is using light-up digital shelf labels to help shoppers and employees find items

Walmart is rolling out a light-up shelf label feature connected to its app to help customers better find the items they're looking for.

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Oct 1 • 9:00 AM EDT • Business • cnbc.com
'Carrie' review: Does Mike Flanagan's modern take on Stephen King's classic novel work?

"Carrie" in the world of smartphones.

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Oct 1 • 9:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • mashable.com
Arts and entertainment events happening October 1st-4th across the Mid-Ohio Valley

Jeff Dewitt joins Daybreak to discuss what’s happening October 1st-4th across the Mid-Ohio Valley!

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Oct 1 • 8:18 AM EDT • Entertainment • wtap.com
A Utah tech darling’s A.I. business just changed hands. Now, 175 local workers are losing their jobs.

Massachusetts-based Progress Software paid $400 million for almost all of Domo’s assets.

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Oct 1 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • sltrib.com
Samsung has updated these Galaxy devices to Android 17

Samsung is now rolling out its Android 17-based update, One UI 9, to its collection of supported Galaxy smartphones and...

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Oct 1 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Inside Business Matters: Micron, forever chemicals, data centers, more (how to sign up)

Every Thursday, the Business Matters newsletter gathers Syracuse.com’s most insightful, noteworthy business journalism for readers.

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Oct 1 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • syracuse.com
Apple Stores Receive 'Do Not Open' Boxes Ahead of Smart Home Products Launch

Apple Stores around the world are preparing to install new product presentations starting on Thursday, October 8. Apple retail stores received confidential boxes earlier this week featuring "Do Not Open Until October 8" stickers on them. They are believed to contain new visual merchandise, which enables workers to update labels, graphics, and product layouts in stores around the release of new products.

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Oct 1 • 7:59 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Sports industry salutes 16th class of SBJ’s Game Changers

SBJ honors the 16th class of Game Changers: Women in Sports Business, celebrating 60 leaders in New York City.

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Oct 1 • 7:50 AM EDT • Business • sportsbusinessjournal.com
Romania's political stalemate intensifies rating pressure before S&P review

Romania's failure to install a new government on Wednesday has intensified pressure on its investment-grade credit rating, as a five-month political ​impasse collides with a rapid build-up of public debt that is testing the limits of fiscal sustainability.

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Oct 1 • 7:24 AM EDT • Politics • reuters.com
Is 'time a healer' for O'Neill over Celtic future?

Will Martin O'Neill still be in charge when Celtic resume Premiership action away to Motherwell on 11 October? With O'Neill having said he would consider his future when Celtic headed into the international break on the back of three successive defeats - two of them to Rangers - there has been precious little from the club since. Chief executive Michael Nicholson's message of support nine days ago, which was tucked away in the club's annual accounts statement, hinted at O'Neill staying put.

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Oct 1 • 7:17 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Chicago has smallest cost gap between renting and owning among big U.S. cities​

Among the 20 biggest U.S. markets analyzed by Reventure, Chicago has the narrowest gap between the cost of renting and owning.

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Oct 1 • 7:00 AM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com
SCC partners with local businesses, school districts to build workforce pipeline

Educational leaders and area employers are joining forces to better prepare Columbus County students for high-demand local careers.

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Oct 1 • 6:48 AM EDT • Business • wect.com
Amazon, GoodRx target U.S. prescription subscribers as health insurance coverage slips

Amazon.com, GoodRx and other companies offering online subscriptions that charge a flat fee for prescription drugs and other health services are reaping the benefits of Americans looking to combat rising costs and dwindling health insurance options.

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Oct 1 • 6:04 AM EDT • Health • spokesman.com
Apple's smart hub shows its new view of the tech consumer

A home hub showcasing Siri AI gives the company another reason to envelop new and familiar categories of connected products.

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Oct 1 • 6:00 AM EDT • Technology • finance.yahoo.com
Georgia campaign law faces challenge from Libertarian, Green parties

Multiple judges have ruled leadership committees are likely illegal because they give an unfair advantage to some candidates. But the law is still on the books.

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Oct 1 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • ajc.com
FEATURE | Adil Bourabaa

The fact that there was no fire sale at Le Mans FC this summer, following their promotion to Ligue 1, was indicative. Whereas the likes of Mathys Detourbet and Martin Adeline left ESTAC Troyes after g...

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Oct 1 • 4:35 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Citi raises bitcoin, ether forecasts on strong crypto activity

Citigroup raised its 12-month forecasts for bitcoin and ether, citing stronger crypto activity, a ​supportive macroeconomic backdrop and a resumption of ‌ETF inflows.

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Oct 1 • 3:23 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
Hasan Piker’s politics risks setting Arab and Muslim Americans back

The self-described socialist is aggravating the Arab-American struggle for political relevance

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Oct 1 • 12:00 AM EDT • Politics • thenationalnews.com
H.S. sports for Wednesday, September 30

Scores and highlights from across the state

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Sep 30 • 11:48 PM EDT • Sports • wcax.com
Birmingham business announces closure after 83 years of service

The store said they will be running their “Everything Must Go” sale now through Oct. 31.

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Sep 30 • 11:24 PM EDT • Business • wbrc.com
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Huawei unveils Mate 90 phones, leans on homegrown chip design to offset US curbs

Huawei Technologies [RIC:RIC:HWT.UL] unveiled its Mate 90 smartphone series on Thursday, betting on its in-house ​operating system and redesigned chip architecture to boost its performance in the face of US curbs on shipments of advanced semiconductors.

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Sep 30 • 11:02 PM EDT • Technology • reuters.com
StarCare Specialty Health System expanding local access to mental health care

The expanded facility at Aspen Ave. and East 19th St. now features 60 inpatient psychiatric beds, doubling its previous capacity of 30 beds.

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Sep 30 • 10:59 PM EDT • Health • kcbd.com
Downtown Gulfport business owners, Mainstreet bury hot dogs in hopes of clear skies for Cruisin’ the Coast

When they found out about an old wives tale of burying a hot dog to deter bad weather, those involved figured they would give it a try.

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Sep 30 • 10:39 PM EDT • Business • wlox.com
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Bills introduced to ease Michigan’s health care worker shortage

Newly introduced legislation aims to ease Michigan's health care worker shortage.

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Sep 30 • 10:09 PM EDT • Health • wilx.com
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Oregon health officials warn of early flu season, rising measles cases

State health officials say flu season has arrived early in Oregon, and COVID-19 is still in its summer surge.

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Sep 30 • 9:10 PM EDT • Health • kptv.com
How much caffeine is too much? Local health experts explain the risks

St. Mary's health experts say caffeine can be safely enjoyed in moderation, but hidden sources and energy drinks may push some people beyond recommended daily limits

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Sep 30 • 8:21 PM EDT • Health • kjct8.com
‘Calculated’ attack caught on camera as vandals smash window of Cherokee Street business

Cherokee Street business leaders and owners are rallying to protect the neighborhood’s growing momentum after a local bar and salon became the latest target of early-morning vandalism.

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Sep 30 • 8:18 PM EDT • Business • firstalert4.com
Japan business mood reaches 8-year high, bolsters case for BOJ hikes

Japanese business confidence hit an eight-year high over July-September amid elevated ‌inflation expectations, a central bank survey showed, indicating an economy weathering the Middle East conflict and bolstering the case for interest rate hikes.

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Sep 30 • 8:12 PM EDT • Business • reuters.com
King County Public Health investigating cryptosporidiosis outbreak at McMenamins’ Bothell pool

The parasitic outbreak ties back to someone swimming in McMenamins' Anderson School pool, according to King County Public Health.

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Sep 30 • 7:42 PM EDT • Health • kiro7.com
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Tucson Now: Local business owner breaks skydiving record

Skydiver Niklas Daniel is hoping to defend his title of World Champion at the World Championships this October.

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Sep 30 • 7:21 PM EDT • Business • kold.com
Impression 5 Science Center breaks ground on teen-designed TECH space

The $3.2 million project is called TECH, which stands for Teen Exploration and Creativity Hub.

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Sep 30 • 7:07 PM EDT • Science • wilx.com
Impression 5 Science Center breaks ground on teen-designed TECH space

The $3.2 million project is called TECH, which stands for Teen Exploration and Creativity Hub.

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Sep 30 • 7:06 PM EDT • Science • wilx.com
Aston Martin’s DBX GT Bets Big On Luxury And Power

The luxurious and powerful Aston Martin DBX GT sprints to 60 mph in just 3.1 seconds

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Sep 30 • 7:01 PM EDT • Technology • carscoops.com
Aston Martin's New DBX Shows Its Softer Side

The 2027 DBX GT gets a more comfortable ride, a quieter cabin, and upgraded seats without giving up the twin-turbo V8’s 717 horsepower.

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Sep 30 • 7:01 PM EDT • Technology • motor1.com
New mobile health unit, upgrades to telehealth to expand rural healthcare access

“This is very exciting,” one employee said.

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Sep 30 • 6:46 PM EDT • Health • wsaz.com
Harvard Science Division Launches Five AI-Related Faculty Searches

Harvard Science Division Launches Five AI-Related Faculty Searches

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Sep 30 • 6:46 PM EDT • Science • thecrimson.com
Looking at the Ugly Side of the Paramount-Skydance Merger...And How I’d Fix It

A Message from Our Sponsor Certified Fresh with 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, FX’s Adults is an ensemble comedy series about a group of twenty-somethings in New York leaning on each other to navigate love, work, friendship and family. Don’t sleep on “The Sitcom of the Moment” - Awards Buzz All Episodes now streaming on Hulu on Disney+. Watch The Teaser Trailer... (Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industr(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.) Before we dive in, I wanted to congratulate Broadcast Now for being the first to report that Netflix’s How to Get to Heaven from Belfast has been cancelled. (I saw this in a write-up by Kasey Moore of Whats-On-Netflix.) More importantly, I wanted to note that, as of yesterday, none of the other trades had reported the news yet. I have half a guess that eventually one of them will report this. Anyways, it’s time to take a break from my deluge of streaming ratings reports to continue my analysis of the Paramount Skydance Warner Bros. Discovery (PSWbD) saga. As I noted last week, a lot of times when folks use the (sometimes cliched) “the good, the bad and the ugly” framing for an article, “the ugly” section is just more bad. Or very, very bad. In this case, yeah, I do think it’s ugly. In more than one way. Unfortunately, we’re only going to have time to tackle one of those ways today: the ugly pile of debt to finance this deal. (In a future article, I may cover the entire process for how it went down, which was very, very ugly.) Last issue, I explained why I liked this deal in a vacuum. Unfortunately, “vacuums” don’t exist outside of space. Let’s dive in. Subscribe Most Important Story of the Week - The Ugliness of the Paramount/Warner Bros. Merger More than one person sent me a note speculating that the big problem with Paramount Skydance buying Warner Bros. Discovery is the “Warner Bros.” portion of the deal. In fact, that’s a take I read a lot about Warner Bros., ever since they caught Netflix’s, and then Paramount-Skydance’s, eye. In short, multiple companies (Time, AOL, AT&T, Discovery) have bought and then regretted buying Warner Bros. Since it’s nearing Halloween, you could almost say it’s like the folks think WB is cursed! It’s a haunted studio—like the town of Derry in movie studio form—and whoever takes possession of it will fall into misery! Yet...I just don’t like that story, because it doesn’t explain the “why” behind why those deals fell through. Especially when Warner Bros. has continued to succeed as a TV and film studio in the intervening two decades. Lord of the Rings? Harry Potter? Game of Thrones? Everything HBO? Considering it never fully owned a broadcast TV channel, this media company has done pretty well. So what went wrong? Well, in recent years, companies bought Warner Bros. instead of the other, smarter option. Explaining POCD (And Applying It to Mergers & Acquisitions) As I explained last issue, one of my favorite frameworks is the POCD tool for evaluating venture capital investments: People Opportunity Context Deal The bar to invest as a VC is high. (Or I might say “was” since cheap interest rates made life easier last decade.) You review a thousand prospectuses, get pitched by a hundred, and invest in the ten best, with the hopes that one of those ten would pay for the rest. That means every element of a deal needed to pay off: you needed the right people running the companies, who could capitalize on the right opportunity, in the context of an industry that was ripe for disruption. If you could then not overpay, you could make some money in a smart deal. The analogy isn’t perfect here, but close enough. For a merger or acquisition to work, you need the combined company (which is the opportunity) to make more than the price you need to pay (which is the deal). Note: the people and context still matter, but with M&A, it’s a little more straightforward: does the opportunity exceed the cost? And usually with Warner Bros., it hasn’t. If you want to find out the single biggest mistake made by the Warner Bros. suitors over the last few years (and my simple fix) become a paid subscriber. I’ll also touch on who I think Paramount-Skydance could (shockingly) consider buying next, TBD, and more. Sign up here.

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Sep 30 • 6:41 PM EDT • Entertainment • entertainment.substack.com
Local hemp and CBD businesses say new federal restrictions could force them to close

A new federal ban on hemp products is set to go into effect near the end of this year.

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Sep 30 • 6:30 PM EDT • Business • weau.com
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Donate blood, get free health screenings: Blood Assurance, Goodlabs expands testing program across Tennessee

Blood Assurance and Goodlabs have expanded their program that allows people to donate blood while also getting vital health information.

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Sep 30 • 6:26 PM EDT • Health • wsmv.com
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Jaunt celebrates 50-years of business

Public transportation company Jaunt is celebrating 50-years of business.

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Sep 30 • 6:23 PM EDT • Business • 29news.com
Cedar Crossing Casino unveils new space exhibit, announces entertainment lineup

Cedar Crossing Casino unveiled their entertainment lineup on Wednesday, including the announcement of a new space exhibit called Astronaut.

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Sep 30 • 6:13 PM EDT • Entertainment • kcrg.com
High School sports participation stalls across the Carolinas

At least three high school teams in North Carolina recent months have been forced to cancel seasons due to low turnout.

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Sep 30 • 6:06 PM EDT • Sports • wbtv.com
Prosecutors now reviewing case involving two Mobile businesses

FOX10 Investigates has learned the Mobile Police Department has handed over the All Weather Roofing & Construction/ Window Depot USA of Mobile case to the Mobile County District Attorney’s Office.

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Sep 30 • 6:03 PM EDT • Business • fox10tv.com
CHRISTUS Health holds ribbon cutting and blessing for new cancer center in Longview

CHRISTUS Health held a ribbon cutting and blessing for its new CHRISTUS Cancer Center in Longview.

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Sep 30 • 5:54 PM EDT • Health • kltv.com
Trump says he discussed release of political prisoners with Xi

US President Donald ​Trump said on Wednesday he discussed the release of ‌political prisoners with Chinese President Xi Jinping when the two leaders met last week.

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Sep 30 • 5:51 PM EDT • Politics • reuters.com
How to scale AI without runaway inference costs

Learn how tokenomics, on-device AI, and smarter model orchestration can help enterprises scale AI sustainably.

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Sep 30 • 5:50 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Google Home update rolling out with better ‘Find My Phone’ voice commands, smart home improvements

A new Google Home update has arrived with various improvements including better support for the “Find My Phone” voice command...

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Sep 30 • 5:30 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Coralville sues University of Iowa Health Care, alleging breach of contract

The City of Coralville is suing Iowa’s Board of Regents, which oversees the University of Iowa, claiming the university’s health care system promised to build medical offices that never materialized.

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Sep 30 • 5:26 PM EDT • Health • kcrg.com
Celtic Slammed For Their Martin O'Neill Decision

Celtic have been slammed for how they have handled the Martin O'Neill situation.

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Sep 30 • 5:14 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Mental health advocate backs new Johnson County jail

A longtime mental health advocate said she supports a new jail in Johnson County, set to go before voters in November.

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Sep 30 • 5:11 PM EDT • Health • kcrg.com
Oregon health officials urge vaccinations ahead of respiratory virus season

The Oregon Health Authority anticipates a potentially severe season for illnesses, including influenza, RSV and COVID-19.

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Sep 30 • 5:00 PM EDT • Health • opb.org
Johnson casts re-election fight as ‘billionaires versus the Brandon Johnson coalition’

The mayor cast his reelection campaign as a fight against billionaires and City Council opponents while defending his record on crime.

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Sep 30 • 4:56 PM EDT • Politics • chicagobusiness.com
Gladstone DDA adjusts facade program for downtown businesses

Approved upgrades could include signage, murals and traditional facades, with program expansion to tenants. This year, eligibility has been expanded.

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Sep 30 • 4:44 PM EDT • Business • uppermichiganssource.com
Church Street businesses appeal directly to Gov. Scott for public safety help

The group outlined four specific requests, including redeploying Vermont State Police troopers to Burlington.

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Sep 30 • 4:43 PM EDT • Business • wcax.com
Cass County Mental Health Initiative is shining light on suicide prevention awareness

Cass County Mental Health Initiative shines light on the community and those that are struggling with mental health

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Sep 30 • 4:36 PM EDT • Health • wlfi.com
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Lieutenant governor visits opening of new mental health facility in Lubbock

The event was held at the Sunrise Canyon Complex at 1905 Aspen Avenue to celebrate the grand opening of the newly expanded Sunrise Canyon Hospital and the Hope Center.

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Sep 30 • 4:29 PM EDT • Health • kcbd.com
Heinrich introduces long-sought permitting reforms with key Republicans to expedite energy projects, and he wants a Senate vote right after Election Day

By Kevin Hendricks, NM Political Report — New Mexico families watching their electric bills climb have a stake in a bipartisan energy bill that Sen. Martin Heinrich hopes to bring to a Senate vote days after the November election. He says its odds are the best he’s seen. This story was originally published at New […]

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Sep 30 • 4:27 PM EDT • Politics • nmpoliticalreport.com
Massive raid on Atlanta area massage businesses leads to six arrests

Police say the investigation also resulted in the seizure of more than $400,000 in cash and eight vehicles believed to be connected to the alleged criminal enterprise.

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Sep 30 • 4:25 PM EDT • Business • wsbtv.com
Stripe agrees to buy small-business lender Parafin

Parafin powers financing programs for Amazon and Walmart.

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Sep 30 • 3:48 PM EDT • Business • axios.com
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Ed Sheeran performs in Atlanta: What to know about the controversy

Ed Sheeran's tour stops at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium Saturday. We answer some questions about his upcoming concert and controversy.

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Sep 30 • 3:42 PM EDT • Entertainment • ajc.com
National Women’s Health and Fitness Day

Getting our move on!

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Sep 30 • 3:40 PM EDT • Health • wsaz.com
ECU Health introduces minimally invasive heart surgery procedure

AltaValve uses a catheter to treat patients with mitral valve disease who may not be able to undergo traditional procedures, according to a news release.

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Sep 30 • 3:22 PM EDT • Health • witn.com
​Ohio wins more praise from site-selection experts — but data center backlash looms

Site selectors say data centers are dominating their agendas, while access to reliable power has become a top concern among clients.

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Sep 30 • 3:16 PM EDT • Business • crainscleveland.com
Midwest Access: Lotus Health Foundation - Let’s Beat Breast Cancer: Lifestyle & Prevention

Mei from Lotus Heath Foundation is on a mission and looking to rally support. Find out how you can bang the drum to help beat breast cancer and events happening this October.

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Sep 30 • 3:08 PM EDT • Health • kttc.com
‘A definite step forward’: FSU, TMH finalize landmark agreements establishing FSU Health

Florida State University and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare have finalized a series of agreements establishing the “long-term framework of FSU Health,” according to TMH.

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Sep 30 • 3:03 PM EDT • Health • wctv.tv