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Alicia Keys, Gigi Hadid and Jennifer Lopez bring star power to Vogue World in Milan

Italy's fashion elite has gathered for Vogue's annual fashion event at the historic Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II | KCBS All News 106.9FM and 740AM

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Sep 22 • 5:18 PM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
Jewel on Emotional Inheritance, Mental Health, Motherhood, More

Singer-songwriter Jewel sits down with TODAY’s Jenna Bush Hager and Sheinelle Jones to talk about her nonprofit, Inspiring Children Foundation, and the #NotAloneChallenge. She opens up about growing up in Alaska and overcoming challenges from her childhood. Jewel also talks about motherhood: “I really love being a mom. I wanted to be a mom, and I was in a really privileged position that I could change a lot of my life to make sure my son was the center,” she shares.

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Sep 22 • 10:45 AM EDT • Health • today.com
USA vs. Peru: How to watch, stream international friendly

By Ari LiljenwallA youthful US men's national team begins their 2030 FIFA World Cup cycle on Saturday with an international friendly against Peru at Orlando City's Inter.co Stadium.How to watch & stre...

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Sep 22 • 9:27 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Jennifer Eckhart, former Fox Business producer, found dead at 36
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Sep 22 • 8:29 AM EDT • Business • yahoo.com
Is 50 the new 60?

Subscribe TL;DR: Younger generations are showing signs of worse health compared to earlier-born cohorts at the same age This backward “drift” is showing up both in mortality risk and chronic disease Worsening trends in obesity and diabetes are the most consistent signals Taking the long view, we’ve made astonishing gains in health and life expectancy in the last century. Global average life expectancy has more than doubled from 32 years in 1900 to 73 years in 2024. (But don’t forget, there were still old people when life expectancy was 32). As people lived longer, they also generally lived healthier along the way. It turns out that avoiding things that can kill you early, like malnutrition and lots of childhood infections, also keeps you healthier later in life. In a classic 2004 paper, Finch and Crimmins proposed that cohorts of children who benefited from fewer early life infections had less lifetime exposure to inflammation and cardiovascular disease later in life, accelerating mortality improvements at older ages. Poor nutrition in the womb has also been linked to a higher risk of later chronic disease. The upshot is that improvements in childhood health can pay dividends many decades later. The combination of better living conditions (nutrition, sanitation) and medical advances (antibiotics, vaccines, blood pressure meds, etc) meant that people’s healthy lifespan generally expanded, even as they lived longer. Aging researchers call this best-case scenario “compression of morbidity”—meaning we delay the onset of disease and disability even faster than the years of life we are adding. During my 20+ year research career, we could generally bank on the idea that younger generations would not only live longer but also keep getting healthier along the way. “60 is the new 50” as they say… Enter “Generational Health Drift” Sadly, this expectation of steady progress may be changing. You’ve probably heard that US life expectancy gains have slowed to a crawl in the past couple of decades. Mortality improvements are also slowing (though less dramatically) in many other high-income countries (you can read more about that in a review paper I wrote here). Mortality is a very blunt health measure, but it is often a good barometer for the broader population health trends happening underneath. And we are now seeing that younger generations may be in worse health at similar ages compared to earlier born cohorts. My collaborator Prof. George Ploubidis at University College London coined this worsening health in more recently born cohorts “generational health drift.” “Generational health drift” is bad news on multiple fronts. Most obviously, we don’t want our health progress to go backward. But the timing is also bad, since our populations are aging. In demographic terms, “population aging” means that the proportion of the population at older ages (i.e >65 years) is increasing. Fun demography fact: Current population aging is not due to the recent declines in the birth rates making the news, but declines in fertility decades ago, after the “baby boom.” As baby boomers reach older ages, the smaller cohorts behind them mean the percentage of older adults will increase. For example, the share of the population age 65 and older in the US increased from 12.4% in 2004 to 18.0% in 2024. This story of population aging was written long ago. Many worry that population aging will put pressure on health care and pension systems. But if people reach older ages in better health than in years past, those fiscal pressures would be less dire than projected. Healthy older people can also continue to contribute to society in many valuable ways, including paid work, caregiving, community service….even high political office 🤷. On the flip side, if younger generations reach retirement age in worse health and with more disabling conditions, this could magnify the societal challenge of population aging. Evidence for worsening generational health A recent paper that I LOVED in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Dr. Leah Abrams and colleagues examined which birth cohorts (aka generations) were behind worsening US mortality. Behold the Lexis diagram (cue swooning demographers). Calendar time is on the x-axis, age on the y-axis. Birth cohorts can be followed over time as they age on the diagonal lines moving up and to the right. This figure plots the year-on-year % change in all-cause mortality at a given age. Green shading indicates mortality improvements over time, white is stagnation, and gray shading indicates worsening mortality. Following the diagonal line for those born in 1950, you can see a noticeable shift from green to gray that follows this cohort for most of their lives. This gray shading shows generally worsening mortality for the 1950 to 1959 birth cohorts compared to their predecessors across all ages. Concerningly for my GenX and elder millennial peeps, there was also a deterioration in mortality for birth cohorts born in the 1970s and 1980s, visible as dark gray areas at ages 30 to 45 during the 2010s. While some of these mortality changes reflect specific shocks such as the opioid epidemic, most deaths still occur from major causes of death such as cardiovascular disease and cancer. For cancer, the gray in the top left corner of the figure below reflects the legacies of smoking for older cohorts, followed by a period of green with improvements in cancer mortality as smoking rates declined. But the white/gray shading in the bottom right corner highlights a stagnation and reversal of the cancer trends, with cohorts born around 1970 to 1985 experiencing worsening cancer mortality. This deterioration was most noticeable for colon cancer mortality, possibly linked to obesity or dietary factors. Not just dying more, but less healthy along the way. A recent paper by Dr. Laura Gimeno of University College London (of which I am a co-author), found evidence that more recently born cohorts in Great Britain have stagnating or worsening health. A stylized picture of what“generational health drift” might look like: The review paper found: Rates of childhood overweight and obesity were highest among Gen Z. Rates of diabetes in the 40s almost doubled from 3.1% among the Baby Boomers to 5.9% in Generation X. Gen Z reported higher rates of poor mental health in adolescence compared to earlier-born groups. These UK results are consistent with studies showing worsening health across generations in the US as well. A 2021 US study found that more recently born cohorts had worse biological markers (like blood pressure and blood sugar) than earlier generations at the same age. A separate 2022 study of Americans aged 50 and over found that more recently born generations had a higher number of chronic diseases, with younger age of disease onset. A 2024 Lancet paper found that in the US, women born in 1945 had 33% obesity prevalence at age 50, rising to 48.2% for women born in 1970 turning 50. So what’s going on, and can we turn it around? We don’t have a definitive answer for what’s causing the deteriorating health of younger cohorts, but circumstantial evidence points to worsening trends in obesity and diabetes in both the US and UK. Remember that cohort trends reflect lagged effects of early environments, and younger generations have faced both earlier onset and more severe obesity across their lifetimes. Despite these very concerning trends, the future is not set in stone. We’ve reversed poor generational health trends before: drops in smoking are a major reason cancer and heart disease deaths fell so dramatically in recent decades. GLP-1 drugs may finally turn the tide against rising rates of obesity and diabetes, though it is still early days. But things could also get worse…for example from a return to higher levels of childhood infectious diseases that can have a lasting impact on health. See for example: [ ](https://jenndowd.substack.com/p/dont-you-forget-about-measles-the) [ Don’t You Forget About Me(asles): The Virus That Erases Immune Memory ](https://jenndowd.substack.com/p/dont-you-forget-about-measles-the) Jenn Dowd, PhD · March 24, 2025 [ Read full story ](https://jenndowd.substack.com/p/dont-you-forget-about-measles-the) Even as an optimist, emerging data on the “generational health drift” has my full attention. For most of my research career, we took it for granted that each generation would be healthier than the last. But if present trends continue, **50 could be the new 60….**and Gen Z celebrities will soon look older than Paul Rudd :). Stay well, Jenn Share the Health! If you found this post useful, please share it with a friend. Share

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Sep 22 • 6:03 AM EDT • Health • jenndowd.substack.com
'Begin Again' review: 2013 film gets musical makeover at Old Globe

San Diego's Old Globe presents the world premiere musical 'Begin Again,' based on the 2013 film by John Carney, with a book by Jenna Clark Embrey and Molly Beach Murphy and music and lyrics by Pat Monahan and the band Train (Jerry Becker and Matt Musty).

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Sep 22 • 6:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
From punk to politics - the making of new Reform Wales leader Helen Jenner

Who is Reform's new Welsh leader, former English teacher Helen Jenner?

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Sep 22 • 5:32 AM EDT • Politics • yahoo.com
Scott Jennings responds to Trump banning CNN from White House
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Sep 21 • 10:35 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Former Fox Business Producer Jennifer Eckhart Dead at 36 After Apparent Suicide

Jennifer Eckhart, a former associate producer for Fox Business, has died.

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Sep 21 • 5:29 PM EDT • Business • miamiherald.com
Jennifer Eckhart Dies: Fired Fox Business Staffer Who Sued Company Was 36

Jennifer Eckhart, a fired Fox Business staffer who sued the network and Ed Henry for sexual harassment and later hosted a podcast, was found dead Sept. 19 at 36

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Sep 21 • 5:25 PM EDT • Business • deadline.com
Former Fox Business producer, podcaster dead by suicide in Florida

MARTIN COUNTY - Jennifer Eckhart, a former associate producer on Fox Business who has a podcast called REINVENTED, died by suicide, Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek said Sept. 21.

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Sep 21 • 5:10 PM EDT • Business • bradenton.com
Jennifer Eckhart, former Fox Business producer, dead at 36.

Jennifer Eckhart, a former Fox Business producer who sued ex-Fox anchor Ed Henry, has died at age 36.

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Sep 21 • 4:06 PM EDT • Business • usatoday.com
Monday Morning Minnesota: The “Time To Say Goodbye” Edition

We come to the last week of the season, and the Twins have officially been eliminated from playoff contention and will not be able to finish the season with a winning record. On the bright side, Walker Jenkins figured out major league pitching! The Twins wrap up the season with a series in San Francisco […]

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Sep 21 • 1:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Former Fox Business producer Jennifer Eckhart, 36, found dead in Florida home
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Sep 21 • 12:56 PM EDT • Business • nypost.com
ND Today: Jennie Cornell: Fall Mental Health

North Dakota Today

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Sep 21 • 11:50 AM EDT • Health • kfyrtv.com
Former Fox Business producer, podcaster dead in Florida home

Jennifer Eckhart, a former associate producer on Fox Business who has a podcast called REINVENTED, was found dead Sept. 19 in her Martin County home, according to a Martin County Sheriff's Office spokesperson on Sept. 21.

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Sep 21 • 10:58 AM EDT • Business • miamiherald.com
CMU Political Science Students Meet Global Leaders at Conference on World Affairs

Five Colorado Mesa University political science students headed to Boulder in April after being selected from more than 35 applicants to attend the 2026 Conference on World Affairs. Students Kayla Bauer, Jordan Jenning, Jachin Glassman, Alexis ...

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Sep 21 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • coloradomesa.edu
CMU Political Science Students Meet Global Leaders at Conference on World Affairs

Five Colorado Mesa University political science students headed to Boulder in April after being selected from more than 35 applicants to attend the 2026 Conference on World Affairs. Students Kayla Bauer, Jordan Jenning, Jachin Glassman, Alexis ...

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Sep 21 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • coloradomesa.edu
Heart-brain protection during cardiac surgery pioneer to receive the 2026 Basic Research Prize

DALLAS, Sept. 21, 2026 — A pioneering researcher known for her work to protect the heart and brain during cardiac surgery will be recognized by the American Heart Association at its annual...

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Sep 21 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • newsroom.heart.org
Jennifer Garner & Ben Affleck Almost Reunited on Screen After 23 Years

Ben Affleck revealed why Jennifer Garner didn’t end up starring in his new Netflix thriller, Animals. The actor-director explained how a series of unexpected production changes led to Garner’s departu...

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Sep 21 • 7:10 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Whether you like it or not, celebrities have an impact on politics

The global groundswell of support for Macklemore’s pro-Palestinian advocacy serves to remind us that maybe celebrity activism really is that deep after all, writes Cheek’s Varsha Yajman. Subscribe In the last week, publications, podcasts, and influencers that have either rarely or never spoken about Israel’s genocide in Palestine have flooded my social feed. And it was all because singer Ed Sheeran and his team dropped Macklemore as his opener for saying “Free Palestine” on stage. Millions raised, millions speaking up in support of Palestine - all of this confirming my view that, whether I like it or not, celebrities do have an impact on political outcomes. And this is interesting when much of the time celebrity activism can induce an eye roll - I love to see Charli XCX pointing out a Palestinian flag in the crowd, but it’s hardly the bold symbol of allyship that some fans would make it out to be. But there’s a line between healthy scepticism and outright dismissal - and I’d argue that the latter lets the rich and powerful off far too easily. For instance, actress Jennifer Lawrence, once outspoken about her political views, last year told The Times she no longer believes celebrities have a role to play: “Celebrities do not make a difference whatsoever on who people vote for. So then what am I doing? I’m just sharing my opinion on something that’s going to add fuel to a fire that’s ripping the country apart.” While it’s a narrative she might find comfort in, it simply is not true. Grassroots movements often garner worldwide attention when celebrities and other high-profile spokespeople bring a mainstream platform to their causes. And this frustrates me. We have had three years of a live-streamed genocide. Macklemore himself has been calling for a Free Palestine long before he booked the Sheeran concert. Yet it’s the high-profile fallout of the last week that finally seems to have made saying “Free Palestine” socially acceptable in the mainstream. It feels like the collective mood has shifted, where calling out censorship is now the obvious response - not just the business of ‘radical’ activists. To recap, Sheeran’s decision followed an ultimatum from billionaire Robert Kraft, owner of Gillette Stadium, one of the venues Sheeran was scheduled to perform at: either drop Macklemore as your opener after only two of the eight scheduled shows, or you do not play at any stadiums. Sheeran’s disappointing decision to stand on the side of billionaire-led censorship has ultimately seen a surge in support for Free Palestine. It began when all his openers and his backing band pulled out of Sheeran’s tour, in solidarity with Macklemore and with the Palestinian cause. It was met with an uproar of support from those who had never or barely touched politics before: influencers lip-syncing to Macklemore’s music, singers like Jack Antonoff singing “Free Palestine,” and publications and podcasts standing with Macklemore. And finally, we saw material support: Macklemore donated $1 million in profits from his two nights opening for Sheeran’s tour to several Palestinian aid groups and called for Sheeran and Kraft to match it, which they have since promised to do. We’ve also seen children’s entertainer Ms Rachel follow suit with a $1 million donation to Palestinian aid, and publication PopBase has donated $10,000. Anera, a humanitarian aid group working in Palestine, Lebanon, and Jordan, said donations since Macklemore’s announcement were more than triple this month’s daily average. The group’s Instagram page has also gained 8,000 followers. Macklemore far from the first celebrity to speak and participate in politics in the Western World. In 1924, singer Al Jolson supported Republican candidate Warren G. Harding for president, and decades later, celebrities such as Harry Belafonte, Lena Horne, and Aretha Franklin voiced their public support for the Civil Rights movement. More recently, in the lead-up to the 2024 US election, ‘The Daily Show with Trevor Noah partnered with the organisation Power the Polls to recruit poll workers to address shortages- a problem disproportionately affecting voters of colour. The campaign saw 170,000 new sign-ups - 35,000 of which came directly through the TV show’s link - resulting in the recruitment of 713,000 total poll workers that year, an almost three-fold increase on the organisation’s goal. Alongside recruiting workers, celebrities in the US (where voting in elections is not compulsory) have made a huge difference by calling for people to register to vote. Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris in 2024 saw over 400,000 visitors on the voter registration site within 24 hours of her Instagram post. In 2023, Swift had urged her fans to register, resulting in 35,000 new voter registrations. Similarly, Ariana Grande promoted voter registration in 2019 by setting up booths at concerts on the American leg of her tour, resulting in over 33,000 voters registering. And the same thing is happening closer to home. This year, musician Jack River successfully called for government action to ensure creatives in Australia do not have their work scraped by generative AI companies. Celebrity as the mediator between the punter and the politician Celebrity activism isn’t just a feel-good news story - research tells us it actually makes a difference. By directing attention to issues affecting the average person, like voting inaccessibility or a lack of action on a genocide, researchers Alfred Archer and Amanda Cawston state that “celebrities can play a useful bridging role between political elites and the people they represent”. Alternatively, in a world where talking about politics is “not cool,” or where people lack exposure or knowledge to engage with politics, celebrities can act as an educational resource or an entry point into the political world - when they speak up about an issue, their audience gets exposed to it. Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields festival is a perfect example. Rodrigo partnered with twelve organisations focused on women’s issues, such as reproductive rights. These organisations had stalls at the festival for people to meet them and were also featured heavily on social media, giving their issues global attention and raising $20 million for the organisations. We have also seen celebrities at award shows such as the Emmys wearing F*CK ICE pins, referring to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s treatment and detainment of people - generally people of colour. When celebrities speak up about political issues in public forums, they put the issue at the forefront of mainstream media, rally their supporters, and make it clear that, however much they disagree, the government cannot simply ignore it. Our over-reliance on celebrities versus our politicians As much as I love seeing my favourite celebrity use their platform for a good cause, there is an important question to ask: not whether celebrity activism is good or bad, but whether we should have to rely on celebrities. And the answer would, in an ideal world, be no. In an ideal world, or merely a just world, action on Palestine would’ve happened decades ago, climate change would be taken seriously, and most importantly, people would understand their democratic rights. However, that is not our reality. Only around 28 per cent of Australian Year 10 students reach proficiency in civics and citizenship. In the US, almost two-thirds of people under 30 say high school civics education didn’t prepare them to understand voting deadlines, how to research candidates, or how to vote by mail. When civics education is weak, our trust in these institutions and our understanding of change-making processes also decline. ​This is where celebrity steps in and becomes our main source of reliance. As Mary R. Connelly notes in _The Tartan, “_Celebrities will always be involved in campaigns in one form or another, but their presence is not what causes people to vote blindly. The lack of political engagement and literacy is what allows celebrities to wield their influence on the political sphere so impactfully.” About the author ​Varsha Yajman is the Digital Content Producer at Cheek Media. She is a youth advocate and lawyer with a background in climate litigation and is passionate about looking at the intersection between race, climate justice, and mental health. Thanks for reading Cheek Media Co. ! This post is public so feel free to share it. Share

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Sep 21 • 3:54 AM EDT • Politics • cheekmedia.substack.com
Is DSAer Gonzalez any better than corrupt Griswold?

The good news is the interminable eight years of corruption and incompetence of Jena Griswold as secretary of state will end in January 2027. The bad news is Griswold might be elected to destroy the office of attorney general unless voters elect the far superior El Paso County District Attorney Michael Allen, who is actually […]

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Sep 21 • 3:00 AM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
Ben Affleck Almost Cast Ex-Wife Jennifer Garner in His Netflix Film ‘Animals’: ‘She Was Like, “We Don’t Want to Do That”’

Ben Affleck says he almost cast his ex-wife Jennifer Garner in his Netflix thriller "Animals," but knew it'd come with "baggage."

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Sep 20 • 8:35 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Biggest Takeaways From UCF's Offensive Attack in Week 2

A revitalized ground game and Duke Watson’s explosive playmaking fueled the Knights' bounce-back win, securing the temporary starting job for Keyone Jenkins ahead of a tough Big 12 opener.

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Sep 20 • 5:54 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Jensen Huang: AI CEOs have 'ulterior reasons' in doomsday warnings

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says current regulations are enough to ensure AI is safe — and profitable.

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Sep 20 • 3:17 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Cap Times Idea Fest: Two stories of a seafaring heroine

Forward Theater’s Jennifer Uphoff Gray moderated a “love fest” between Tilar J. Mazzeo and Erica Berman, who both wrote about an extraordinary journey.

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Sep 20 • 2:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • captimes.com
Why politicians should pay more attention to the polls (reprise)

Welcome to the 231st edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), a polling newsletter that always welcomes new readers. So please don’t keep TWIP a secret; share it with your friends and colleagues: Share The Week in Polls With all the stories swirling around Reform, JL Partners and political polling, I am finally tearing myself away from talking about the regulation of polling this week - and instead re-running a previous piece reminding us why the solution to problems with polls isn’t simply to ban or ignore them. Rather, we need them to play a vital role in making our politics - and politicians - better. This is followed by summaries of the latest national voting intention polls, seat projections from MRPs and the most recent party leader ratings. Subscribers who pay for the full edition can also read ten insights from the latest polls and analyses, including: A trio of organisations and a pair of professors have been casting their eyes over the Liberal Democrats ahead of the party’s autumn conference; What impact did the summer heatwave have on views on climate change? and Which wins out between chocolate and cheese? If you are not yet a paid subscriber, you can read all ten by starting a free trial now: Get FREE 7-day trial For more polling news as it comes in ahead of next week’s edition, you can also follow The Week in Polls on Bluesky. Picking up on my doubt last week about whether or not 35% of British train travellers have tried to order a takeaway for delivery to a railway station or carriage, thank you to reader Iain, who has been in touch to say he has done just that… in India. Another quick pair of updates, this time on the controversies around Reform and polling. Politico has a further scoop - “Farage aide caught in donor sting attended Egypt retreat with JL Partners” - and Ian Dunt has written about the problems with polling too: “Seeing the response of many polling experts in the last few weeks suggests that they are nervous about what is happening and keen to mitigate against it. Seeing the response of journalists, which has been basically non-existent, suggests the precise opposite.” My usual reminder as well: please do hit reply if you’ve spotted a poll, focus group or new piece of poll-based research that you think should be in contention for coverage in a future edition. Thank you! And with that, on with the show. How politicians get public opinion wrong I have written before about the benefits that come from widespread availability of high-quality political polling. We need more polls and more good coverage of polls. However, what I’ve not dug into before is the research into how accurately politicians estimate public opinion on issues. Thankfully we have academic research to tell us. First, the bad news: We present results from a study of 866 politicians in four countries.1 Politicians were asked to estimate the percentage of public support for various policy proposals. Comparing more than 10,000 estimations with actual levels of public support, we conclude that politicians are quite inaccurate estimators of people’s preferences. They make large errors and even regularly misperceive what a majority of the voters wants. Politicians are hardly better at estimating public preferences than ordinary citizens. Walgrave, S., Jansen, A., Sevenans, J., Soontjens, K., Pilet, J.B., Brack, N., Varone, F., Helfer, L., Vliegenthart, R., van der Meer, T., Breunig, C., Bailer, S., Sheffer, L. & Loewen, P.J. (2023a), “Inaccurate Politicians: Elected Representatives’ Estimations of Public Opinion in Four Countries”, The Journal of Politics, 85(1): 209-222. The bad news is not quite as bad as that makes it sound because, when asked whether the majority of public opinion was for or against various policies, politicians picked the wrong option ‘only’ 29% of the time. However, this included getting it wrong even when public opinion is far from evenly split on an issue: They do not only get it wrong when the public is divided and hard to read (e.g., when there is a 51%:49% distribution). Seventy percent of the misplacements occur for policies with a relatively clear distribution of at least 60% (dis)agreeing citizens. Moreover, the public scored only slightly worse than politicians, picking the wrong option 2.7 out of 8 times on average, compared with 2.3 times for politicians. Turning to the other measure of accuracy (not which side is in the lead but what the percentage support is for each side), politicians on average were 18 percentage points out in their guesses. Again, this was only slightly better than the public, whose error came in at 21 percentage points.2 Further research, using the same mix of countries, gives a little more comfort about how (in)accurate perceptions are: We show that politicians have a better understanding of public opinion when they think the issue matters to voters. Further, when an issue is personally important to politicians they more accurately estimate their party supporters’ opinions. The results confirm that politicians hold more accurate perceptions of voters’ preferences when they think it is important to do so but not necessarily when the issues actually are important to voters. Butler, C., Walgrave, S., Soontjens, K. & Loewen, P.J. (2024), “Politicians are better at estimating public opinion when they think it is more salient”, Party Politics: 1–13. Even so, it’s not a good picture. The remedy for this? Politicians should spend more time reading the polls. So forward this newsletter to someone you know… Share For a more general argument against banning polls, see my 2024 piece. Is “Let Bartlet Be Bartlet” good advice or not? The latest episode of my Political Fictions podcast heads across the Atlantic for a dip into one of the political TV classics: Mark and Cory talk about a giant of American political drama for the first time this week, as they tackle The West Wing. They talk about Let Bartlet Be Bartlet, the nineteenth episode of series one. In it, Mark wonders if The West Wing is actually the epitome of the “Boris Johnson school of politics”, Cory outmanoeuvres Mark into confirming we will record a Christmas Special about Love, Actually and they debate whether the central message of this episode has been misunderstood. Cory’s email newsletter is Paperback Rioter and Mark has a family of email newsletters. Subscribe to our newsletter for some additional bonus content and to get alerted whenever a new episode comes out. Our theme tune is “Monkeys Spinning Monkeys” by Kevin MacLeod/incompetech.com and licensed under the Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. You can also listen to our episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, the web or YouTube. Elsewhere from me… [ A Lord's Eye View How to fix the problem of money in our politics Welcome to my latest update on work in the House of Lords. This time I am taking a look at how our political system is regulated, and the protections we need to keep democracy safe from becoming simply a contest to see who has the biggest bank account… Read more 5 days ago · 3 likes · 2 comments · Mark Pack ](https://lordseyeview.substack.com/p/how-to-fix-the-problem-of-money-in?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web&embedding_publication_id=1269283) If you spot a factual error… Borrowing an idea from Stuart Ritchie and others, if you spot a factual error in an edition of this newsletter, I will give you a free 12-month subscription to the paid-for version (or an extra 12 months on your existing one). Factual errors qualify, but grammatical errors or disagreements over interpretation do not, and my decision is final. Messages about both of those are always welcome, though. Voting intention and leadership ratings Here are the latest voting intention polls from different pollsters. It is all pretty static at the moment, with a small and consistent Labour lead in nearly all the polls. The table is also online here, along with explanations about what is included. It is updated regularly throughout the week as new polls are released. Next are the seat projections from MRPs, also sorted by fieldwork dates, listing those which are based on dedicated fieldwork (rather than models based on averages of other polls). Because such MRPs are published infrequently, some of the entries below are quite old. Finally, here is a summary of leadership ratings, with a graph from PollCheck: Detailed numbers from the latest polls are online here, and both that and the graph are updated regularly throughout the week as new data comes out. For historical figures on both voting intention and leader approval stretching back to the 1930s, including Parliamentary by-election polls, see PollBase. Catch up on the previous two editions [ ](https://theweekinpolls.substack.com/p/a-crisis-point-for-political-polling) [ A crisis point for political polling Sep 13 ](https://theweekinpolls.substack.com/p/a-crisis-point-for-political-polling) [ Read full story ](https://theweekinpolls.substack.com/p/a-crisis-point-for-political-polling) [ ](https://theweekinpolls.substack.com/p/extra-questions-about-the-polls-in) [ Extra questions about the polls in Reform’s funding scandal Sep 6 ](https://theweekinpolls.substack.com/p/extra-questions-about-the-polls-in) [ Read full story ](https://theweekinpolls.substack.com/p/extra-questions-about-the-polls-in) My privacy policy and other legal information are available here. Links to purchase books or other items are usually affiliate links which pay a commission for each sale. Quotes from social media messages are occasionally lightly edited for punctuation and clarity. If you are subscribed to other email lists of mine, please note that unsubscribing from this one will not automatically remove you from the others. If you wish to be removed from all my lists, simply reply to this email to let me know. A quintet of Lib Dem polling analyses, and 9 other polling insights you shouldn’t miss The following ten findings from the most recent polls and analyses are only for subscribers who pay for the full edition, but you can sign up for a free trial to read them straight away. Ahead of the start of Liberal Democrat conference, we have a trio of organisations and a pair of professors with pieces out about Ed Davey’s party:

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Sep 20 • 1:02 PM EDT • Politics • theweekinpolls.substack.com
Carter Jensen Makes Kansas City Royals Rookie Single-Season History

Jensen added to a spectacular rookie campaign with an impressive feat on Saturday.

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Sep 20 • 12:59 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Angels 6, Twins 5: Mostly Dead

The Twins made their remaining loyal contingent suffer through a blown lead and another loss in extra frames, as the Angels took the third game of the series. Walker Jenkins continued his tear, leading off the third inning with a single. This would enable Luke Keaschall to bring him home on a one-out double; Keaschall […]

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UCF Names Jenkins as Starting QB Against Georgia State

Jenkins takes the reins, facing a high-stakes debut to stabilize the Knights before Big 12 play.

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Carter Jensen sets Royals rookie record for home runs

The young core of the Kansas City Royals continues to shine this season.

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SMU Defense Crumbles As Louisville Hands Mustangs 41-31 Loss

SMU piled up 479 yards but couldn’t overcome Kevin Jennings’ two interceptions or a defense shredded for 269 rushing yards in a 41-31 loss at Louisville.

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Sepsis: Spot the signs, save a life

This post was written by Jennifer Rechter, MSN, RN-BC, AG-CNS, sepsis coordinator.Battling an infection is tough work for the body’s immune system, and...

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Review: Rebel Wilson's 'Girl Group' is one of the worst movies ever made

Jennifer Coolidge, Nicole Scherzinger, Shaznay Lewis, and Jamie-Lee O'Donnell co-star.

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Sep 19 • 5:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • mashable.com
Jauan Jennings will miss Week 2

The Vikings will be down a wide receiver in Week 2 against the Bears.

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AI leaders to attend state dinner with Jinping: Report

Several of the technology industry’s most prominent artificial intelligence leaders are expected to attend President Donald Trump’s state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping next week, putting AI and the growing U.S.-China technology rivalry in focus as the two leaders prepare for their Sept. 24 summit. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and […]

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Qvest Appoints Jens Miedek as SVP Sales, Media and Entertainment

Qvest has appointed Jens Miedek as Senior Vice President Sales, Media and Entertainment. Before joining Qvest, Miedek spent 16 years at Riedel Communications and previously held positions at Eplan Software...

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Jauan Jennings misses another practice

VIkings WR Jauan Jennings does not practice again because of personal issue

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Sep 17 • 7:19 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Andrews on 'special group', Schade's form and Chelsea

Brentford boss Keith Andrews has been speaking to the media before Friday's Premier League game against Chelsea at The Gtech Community Stadium (20:00 BST). Mathias Jensen, Nathan Collins, Sepp van den Berg and Josh DaSilva will miss the game but they are targeting a return after the international break, while there are no new injuries to report.

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Scott Jennings: “Tariffs and Corporate Taxes Are Both Taxes”
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10 Years Later: The Amazing Jenna LaLonde Goes Viral

NEW YORK MILLS, N.Y. -- Ten years ago, the Amazing Jenna LaLonde, of NY Mills, had a wish.

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Sep 16 • 8:01 PM EDT • Entertainment • wktv.com
HGTV’s Jenn Todryk Details Scary ER Visit After Health Scare

Todryk also asked fans for their advice on how to handle her new symptoms.

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Sep 16 • 12:27 PM EDT • Health • yahoo.com
Should the Minnesota Twins Demote Walker Jenkins?

Minnesota Twins rookie Walker Jenkins has struggled since getting called up to the big leagues.

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Sep 16 • 12:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
8 ‘Dancing With the Stars’ injuries that nearly ended contestants’ runs

Ariana Madix, Alfonso Ribeiro, and Steve-O are just a few of the celebs whose ‘Dancing With the Stars’ injuries almost took them off the dance floor.

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Sep 16 • 11:15 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Shop High Tech Health Gadgets: Bodyscan, Hyperslides, More

Take wellness to the next level with these gadgets to improve health and recovery. Personal tech expert Jennifer Jolly stops by TODAY to share her top healthcare tech picks, including the Wyze Scale Bodyscan, Nike Air Zoom Hyperslides, the Nanoleaf body sculpting massager, and more!

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Jensen Huang said China isn't debating AI doom. Weibo disagrees.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's remarks are trending on Weibo, the country's version of X.

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Sep 16 • 6:32 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Yuma business owner, passenger killed in Lake Havasu boat crash

Charles “Chip” Romer and Jennifer Luzzi died Saturday night when their boat crashed into a rocky peninsula.

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Democrats favored over Republicans on health care, immigration, economy: Survey

Democrats are ahead of Republicans on some of the issues most important to voters —immigration, health care and the economy—according to a new poll. In the New York Times/Siena University poll, 51 …

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang dismisses AI doomsday fears as 'not grounded in science'

Stuart Varney and Madison Allworth report on Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang dismissing AI doomsday fears. Jensen Huang explains why extreme AI concerns are not grounded in science, as President Donald Trump calls into the event.

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Sep 15 • 10:22 AM EDT • Science • foxbusiness.com
Chamber names 36 Best in Business finalists, including The Alexandria Brief

Jen Walker will be honored as Business Leader of the Year at the Oct. 28 awards night at the Westin Alexandria Old Town

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A new class goes into the Utah Sports Hall of Fame

The 2026 class includes the Deseret News’ own Lee Benson, along with Shannon Bahrke, Blair Buswell, Cody Jensen and Ben Kjar.

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Wiping out measles impossible due to vaccine hesitancy in rich countries, says Gates

By Jennifer Rigby LONDON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Vaccine hesitancy in rich countries means ending measles as a global public health threat is not currently possible, Bill Gates told Reuters in an

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Sep 15 • 12:08 AM EDT • Health • yahoo.com
Thousands of fraudulent business filings weeded out by Secretary of State

Over the past month, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold marked 12,693 business entities listed in the state’s registry as fraudulent.

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UnityPoint Health creates new rural health leadership role

UnityPoint Health has named Jenn Crimmins executive director of rural health partnerships, a newly created role focused on strengthening access to health care in rural communities in Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin. Crimmins will develop and lead partnerships aimed at expanding access to local, high-quality and financially sustainable healthcare. She most recently served as vice president…

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Who better to defend Reform’s latest millions that Honest Bob Jenrick?

The man who once helped Richard ‘Dirty’ Desmond save a load of tax was wheeled out to face Laura Kuenssberg

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Reform's £72m donations 'entirely in line with law', Jenrick says

The government is trying to change the law on donations to UK political parties from British expats.

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CEO Jensen Huang offers candid advice to departing Nvidia staff

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang gives blunt feedback to departing employees, influencing startups like Flexion Robotics and INT21 with direct insights.

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Robert Jenrick faces questions after Reform nets £72m in donations in just 24 hours

Reform UK’s economic spokesperson talks to Sky News and BBC after record donations

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Bone Health Without the Hype

I am at the Australasian Menopause Society meeting and we had a fantastic lecture on Bone Health on Day 2, called, “Everything you need to know about bones - except the boring bits!” Spoiler alert, there were no boring bits. The lecture was given by Dr. Amanda Beech, who is a senior staff specialist in Obstetric Medicine and Endocrinology at the Royal Hospital for Women, where she is director of the Bone Density Unit. I want to summarize my top 10 take-aways for you. Share Osteoporosis is a disease of low bone mass, disruption of bone microarchitecture, and fragility of the skeleton. It is a silent disease…until someone develops a fracture. The diagnosis of osteoporosis is based on either fragility/minimal trauma fractures or a T-score of less than -2.5 on a DXA (Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry) or bone scan. It is important to recognize that about 50% of minimal trauma fractures occur when women have low bone mass (often referred to as osteopenia), but not osteoporosis. This tells us that bone strength is more complicated than a number on a DXA report. I am going to add a little here that wasn’t in the talk (one can only include so much in 25 minutes), as many women might read the above paragraph and think, “Shouldn’t we be treating everyone with low bone mass if this is when 50% of the fractures occur?” Many fractures happen for women with low bone mass because there are so many women with low bone mass –it is a statement about the population on a whole, not about the fracture risk of low bone mass. For you as an individual, bone density is only one component of fracture risk and many women with lower bone mass will not have a significantly elevated fracture risk. This is why individualized risk assessment matters. Subscribe We build bone in our teens and twenties, and by the time we are about thirty we have reached peak bone mass. This is why, when we discuss risk factors for osteoporosis, it is important to consider factors that might have affected us in our teens and twenties when we were actively building bone, such as nutritional restriction/energy imbalance. It is important to ask women about a history of eating disorders, and for those with such a history, getting a bone scan in perimenopause or at age 50 is likely warranted. (This image below isn’t from the talk, but is similar to one that was). Bone mass is relatively stable until about two years before the final menstrual period, and perimenopause marks a time of rapid bone loss for women. Using urinary markers of bone loss we know that the time of significantly accelerated bone loss starts about 1 year before the final period and ends about 2 years after the final period. The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN) shows that over the menopause transition women lose an average of 10.6% of the bone at their lumbar spine and 9.1% at the femoral neck While this wasn’t covered in the lecture, I want to add that the rapid bone loss during perimenopause is clearly related to more than estradiol, because during this time estradiol levels can be erratic and not uniformly low. Bone loss during perimenopause is likely a multi-hormone event. For example, rising FSH (follicle stimulating hormone) tracks with bone loss better than estradiol, and there is evidence that FSH may act directly on bone. While decreased estrogen matters, there is clearly more going on. FSH and bone is an active area of research. Subscribe Screening for osteoporosis was recommended fairly broadly before age 65, and was taken from the “Practitioner’s Toolkit for Managing Menopause,” from Monash University. Here is a screenshot from the toolkit that was used as a slide: I am going to add a little bit more about body weight here for clarification. Low body mass (typically 152.1 lb): 0 points (risk neutral) 60–69 kg (132.3–152.1 lb): 3 points (adds some risk)

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Should the Kansas City Royals Extend Carter Jensen?

Keeping the Kansas City kid around is a no-brainer.

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Colorado author to host talk about mental health and a 500-mile long hike across the state

September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, a time to reflect, reach out to our loved ones, and understand that anyone can be struggling with their mental health. One individual decided to address her mental...

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16 splashy and spectacular images from the 2026 Ocean Photographer of the Year awards

From a pod of dolphins riding a wave to a seahorse the size of a grain of rice.

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Carter Jensen does the Monster Mash; Royals beat Red Sox

The bullpen locked things down.

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Sep 11 • 9:59 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Derek Shelton Explains Twins' Plan for Top Prospect

The manager says Walker Jenkins needs time at the major league level, but the organization already views him as a long-term building block.

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Jennifer Dintini Builds on a Family Legacy in Security

Jennifer Dintini, minority owner of 3G Security Solutions, discusses leadership, her family’s security legacy and creating opportunities for women.

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Sep 11 • 11:20 AM EDT • Business • pittsburghmagazine.com
UnityPoint Health names Jenn Crimmins Executive Director, Rural Health Partnerships

UnityPoint Health has announced that Jenn Crimmins has been chosen to fill the newly created role of Executive Director, Rural Health Partnerships. She will be responsible for developing, leading a…

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Setting Expectations for Taylor Jenkins’ First Season as Bucks Coach

The new coach brings a winning resume to a rebuilt roster, so the fair measuring stick this season is growth rather than a playoff push.

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Sep 11 • 9:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Jennica Dearborn, 2026 Outstanding Women in Business Recipient

Jennica Dearborn serves as vice president of operations at BAE Systems, where she leads the end to end supply chain and manufacturing organization for the Aerospace and Mission Systems segment.

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Trump-a-palooza: why are Republicans avoiding the president?

This week, Jenna Amatulli is in for Jonathan Freedland and speaks to Guardian US politics correspondent Rachel Leingang

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Sep 11 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Jenny Roberts

Jenny Roberts is the 11th dean and a professor of law at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, a role she has held since 2024.

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Man arrested near Kris Jenner's Calabasas home on suspicion of stalking

Los Angeles County officials this week arrested a 25-year-old man near Kris Jenner's home in Calabasas on suspicion of stalking. A representative for the 'Kardashians' reality star did not comment.

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‘Jeopardy!’ Host Reveals Why Politics Isn’t Just a ‘Soapbox’ for Him

‘Jeopardy!’ host Ken Jennings opened up about his political views and explained why speaking about politics is not just a “soapbox” for him. Jennings discussed political changes that affected him. Ken...

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang dismisses "hysterical" AI fears

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang dismissed fears of out-of-control AI creating outright havoc, but he's at risk of losing control of the narrative.

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Sandra Bullock and Jennifer Aniston joke about both dating Tate Donovan: ‘Shared a boyfriend’

The longtime pals both dated the “Damages” star in the 1990s.

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‘Jeopardy!’ Host Reveals Why Politics Isn’t Just a ‘Soapbox’ for Him

‘Jeopardy!’ host Ken Jennings opened up about his political views and explained why speaking about politics is not just a “soapbox” for him. Jennings discussed political changes that affected him. Ken...

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Take Charge of Your Health Today: Safe and affordable housing

JENNIFER THOMPKINS Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia can affect any family, but access to diagnosis, treatment and support is not equal across communities. For many African Americans, the path to care is complicated by limited access to health services, transportation, healthy food, reliable information, and trusted organizations. Those barriers, according to Jennifer Thompkins, president of […]

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Voters could move Congress to revisit H.R. 1 healthcare overhaul, Kaine and McClellan say

It would still be a long shot, he and U.S. Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Richmond, noted. But since H.R. 1 passed, every member of Congress has spent time in their districts hearing from their constituents, as voters name healthcare a chief concern.

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Midwest Talks Women's Foot Health Ep. 28

Midwest Talks Women's Foot Health with Dr. Jengyu Lai from Rochester Clinic Ep. 28

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Southern Maryland nonprofit fills financial gaps for mental health resources

Over the last 25 years, Jennifer Voorhaar of Charlotte Hall has seen how financial barriers can prevent people from prioritizing their mental health.

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Fishing the Good Fight supports men facing mental health challenges

Former University of Alabama football player Jennings Hester founded the nonprofit Fishing the Good Fight to provide men with mental health support through fly fishing retreats and community activities.

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HSBC to wind down German business for transaction services, over 300 jobs to be phased out

HSBC is winding down its transactions services business ​in Germany, resulting in more ‌than 300 job reductions, a spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday.

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Chubb names digital distribution chief for small commercial

Jennifer Burnham will lead Marketplace and API channel expansion for independent agents

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D-backs @ Royals discussion

Today’s Lineups DIAMONDBACKS ROYALS Lars Nootbaar – DH Carter Jensen – C Ketel Marte – 2B Bobby Witt – SS Gabriel Moreno – C Vinnie Pasquantino – 1B Geraldo Perdomo – SS Salvador Perez – DH Corbin Carroll – RF Michael Massey – 2B Nolan Arenado – 3B Nick Loftin – 3B Tommy Troy – […]

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Exclusive: Two of gaming’s biggest names are making a big investment in gaming’s future

The first thing to know about the Nova Games Foundation is that it isn’t about The Game Awards. And it’s not about PlayStation. The ambitious new grant program is the brainchild of Geoff Keighley and Mark Cerny. Keighley is the host of The Game Awards, Summer Game Fest and Opening Night Live. Cerny is a game designer of some 45 years and the lead architect for the PlayStation 4 and 5. But this new thing, which they’re revealing through Game File, isn’t about their day jobs. It’s an unaffiliated, standalone philanthropic project. It’s a bet on the artistic future of video games and a way, they tell me, to give back. “I’m nearing the end of my career,” Cerny recently told me over email. “I’m not done yet, but paying it forward—in the best way possible—is very much on my mind these days,” The Nova Games Foundation is a university-affiliated fellowship program, intended to offer six-figure grants to 20 young game designers each year, potentially for decades to come. It will offer no-strings-attached funding along with mentorship from games industry leaders, a combination intended to aid the development of groundbreaking new games, Cerny and Keighley told me. Nova will begin accepting applications in December, from class of 2026 and 2027 students from 13 affiliated gaming programs at universities in eight countries. The schools working with Nova include the New York University and the University of Southern California in the U.S., along with Abertay University in Scotland, Cnam-Enjmin in France, TH Köln in Germany, and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia, Cerny and Keighley said. The plan: $100,000 per recipient, with about a quarter of Nova fellows eligible for up to $500,000 more for projects that are shaping up particularly well. Payments will be delivered based on development milestones, and recipients will own their games. Nova will help promote the work, and developers will be free to pursue the publishers and platforms of their choice. Nova can help introduce fellows to publishers, but won’t take a cut. “I’ve always wanted to give back, but given my role in the industry, I’ve never felt it appropriate to commercially invest in games,” Keighley told Game File. “I’ve never owned stock in a game company or taken a financial stake in a game. Nova is philanthropy: we aren’t taking equity or looking to recoup the grants. The return we’re hoping for is creative—helping new voices make games and find their footing. “Mark and I have each made multi-million-dollar donations to establish the foundation, and we intend to keep contributing. We hope others will join us.” Cerny and Keighley have already hired an executive director, John Maconga, and a head of grants, recent Game Developers Conference director Ashley Corrigan, to help launch the effort. They’re working to recruit game industry leaders to join the effort. Keighley says “dozens of leading game directors have already expressed interest in contributing their time.” To name one, they’ve already gotten Josef Fares, lead designer from It Takes Two and Spit Fiction studio Hazelight on board with a donation and pledge to help out. “I’m proud to support Nova because it gives the next generation of creators the freedom to explore their creativity and hopefully bring their unique visions to life,” Fares told Game File. A plan forged from a friendship Keighley and Cerny have known each other a long time. It’s been so long, Cerny isn’t even sure exactly when they met. “We travel in much the same circles and I’m sure first intersected in the 90s or early 2000s,“ Cerny said. Keighley thinks it might have been during his stint writing a column about the mid-’90s console 3DO for a gaming magazine while Cerny was working on games with Crystal Dynamics or on Way of the Warrior with Naughty Dog. They became genuine friends about a 10 years ago, Keighley said, as they bonded over a shared love of games and a hope to improve the industry. “About a decade ago, we started having dinner a few times a year in LA,” Keighley said. “Just to catch up on life and the industry. Those conversations continued over Zoom during COVID. Nova grew out of that friendship and a question we kept coming back to: ‘What could we do to help the next generation of game directors get started?’” Keighley credits Cerny with the idea to figure out a way to put their money and time back into the industry. At one of those dinners, Keighley proposed the idea of a fellowship program. He’d recalled applying for a Rhodes Scholarship when he was younger. “Spoiler: I didn’t get it,” he said. He’d admired the MacArthur Foundation’s so-called “genius grants.” He liked these kinds of programs that recognized people’s talents and gave them the financial boost and the freedom to realize their potential. With Cerny, he had pondered what a game industry version of that could be. Keighley liked the idea of centering the fellowship on students, drawing inspiration from the accomplishments of Jenova Chen, the USC game design graduate who went on to lead the creation of gently moving, ambitious games such as Flower and Journey. Keighley also thought it could be useful to help promising graduates bridge the transition from student to professional. “Joining an established studio isn’t always possible—especially in today’s market—and even then, it isn’t the right path for everyone,” Keighley said. A fellowship, he realized, could give “graduates the time, resources and guidance to pursue a game of their own and not worry about the commercial viability.” As the idea took shape, Cerny also saw an opportunity to enable more games of a certain type: “The target with the grants is games as an artistic medium,” Cerny told me. “We like to say games with ‘artistic, literary and societal value.’” He added: “I’m a pretty big gamer myself, though I tend to gravitate towards the smaller and more unique or artistic titles, games like Neva, Abzu, Gorogoa, Stray or Outer Wilds. I was just playing and Roger on a flight to Japan, and was getting misty eyed to a degree that I was concerned that a flight attendant would ask me if I was OK. “So one fun benefit here is the games that will come out of the Nova Games Foundation – I can’t wait to play them myself.” Cerny believes it will also be useful for Nova fellows to hone their craft and team leadership skills. “We are looking for the next generation of visionaries,” he said. “The trick is that they will also need to have the executive function necessary to drive a small project to completion.” Game File is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my reporting, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe Going big with this Keighley and Cerny may have started Nova and may be the ones primarily backing it right now, but they’re dreaming of something that goes beyond them. “Mark and I may have helped get it started, but one of our measures of success is that Nova grows into something the entire games industry feels a sense of ownership in,” Keighley said. “Our ambition is to build a lasting endowment supported by people and companies across the industry, and an equally broad community of creators willing to give their time and experience to the next generation.” The industry has a lot of knowledge that it can pass to the next generation, Keighley said: “Nova can hopefully become a way to connect that generosity with talented young creators at the moment when it can make the biggest difference.” Cerny, who told me he believes Nova can mature “over the next 10 or 20 years,” sees an opportunity to give generations of game makers momentum. “The industry has changed immeasurably since I started in games in 1982,” he said. “These graduates have talent, training and tools that outclass what we had back in the day by an astonishing amount. But they face a tough road ahead getting traction in the industry, and many could benefit from our support. We want to be there to give it to them.” “There’s a personal side to this, too,” Keighley said. “I don’t have children, and I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about what I can do for future generations. Games have been my entire career. I’ve been incredibly fortunate, and helping someone else build a life in this industry feels like a meaningful way to give back.” Cerny’s oeuvre dates back to Marble Madness and Sonic the Hedgehog 2. He has stood on stage multiple times to reveal the future of PlayStation hardware. He’s been an executive producer for a string of modern PlayStation classics such as The Last Guardian and Marvel’s Spider-Man. Nevertheless, of Nova, he said, “It’s certainly not like anything I’ve done before.” Nova Foundation applications will be due in December and the first wave of fellows will be announced in March 2027. A full list of participating universities and steps students and recent graduates can take to apply to become a Nova Fellow is forthcoming.

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Years of Dismissed Pain, One Life-Changing Diagnosis

Bronx, NY – For 15 years, Jennifer Grant endured pelvic pain, severe nausea, and fainting episodes that no doctor could fully explain or treat. Dismissed

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Jensen Huang’s AGI Claim Is A Business Case, Not Settled Fact

Jensen Huang says AGI has arrived, but the claim reflects AI’s business value more than proof of human-level, general-purpose intelligence.

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‘Texas is the center of political conversation,’ according to MS NOW host Jen Psaki

Ahead of the RNC's Dallas midterm convention, the former White House spokesperson explains why Texas leads 2026 midterm politics.

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In Her Own Words: Jen Oon, digital audio pioneer and early podcast adapter

Jen Oon, SVP of Sales at DAX US, shares how curiosity and relationships shaped her career across Spotify, Pandora, and digital audio.

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Minnesota business leaders are captivated by this philanthropy manual

Why a new book by Bush Foundation’s Jen Ford Reedy is resonating.

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Millwall's Metcalfe & Bolton's Sheehan win appeals

Millwall midfielder Jenson Metcalfe and Bolton’s Josh Sheehan have their red cards from Saturday’s game between the sides overturned on appeal.

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Sep 8 • 6:05 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Longtime Baxter Health nurse joins gastroenterology clinic as nurse practitioner

Kirsten Cotter, a registered nurse at Baxter Health since 2001, will begin seeing patients Tuesday, Sept. 8, as an advanced practice registered nurse at the Baxter Health Gastroenterology Clinic. Cotter joins Dr. Abodunrin S. Badejo, Dr. William S. Dyer Sr., and nurse practitioners Patricia Acklin, Kimber Jensen and Amanda Stricklin at the clinic, according to

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Jennings lights up Florida State with 430 yards; SMU wins delayed game, 27-24

Jennings and Mustangs overcome mistakes, power outage to secure their 15th ACC win in 17 tries.

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Sep 8 • 2:21 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
A British Carmaker Fitted Anti-Lock Brakes to a Road Car in 1966 and All-Wheel Drive 14 Years Before the AMC Eagle. Then It Went Bust, and It Just Came Back With 940 Horsepower

Legendary British automaker Jensen is seemingly back from the dead, and is bringing a 940 horsepower V8 muscle car with it. The manufacturer, which went bust

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Sep 7 • 8:00 PM EDT • Technology • autonocion.com
Does Harry Shum Jr.’s role on ‘DWTS’ hint at his future on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’?

Harry Shum Jr. has starred on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ since season 19 in 2022 — so what happens to Blue now that the actor is on ‘DWTS’?

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Sep 7 • 3:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
D-backs @ Royals discussion

Today’s Lineups DIAMONDBACKS ROYALS Geraldo Perdomo – SS Carter Jensen – C Ketel Marte – 2B Bobby Witt – SS Gabriel Moreno – C Vinnie Pasquantino – 1B Nolan Arenado – 3B Salvador Perez – DH Lourdes Gurriel – DH Michael Massey – 2B Ildemaro Vargas – 1B Nick Loftin – 3B Tim Tawa – […]

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Sep 7 • 2:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Jenks Center presents ‘Stone Age Science’ with Joshua Passell

The following was submitted by the Jenks Center: On Tuesday, Sept. 15, the Jenks Center, 109 Skillings Road, will host “Stone Age Science,” from 6-7 p.m., with Joshua Passell. The natural world is rich with mysteries, but not so mysterious that our ancient ancestors were unable to understand

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Sep 7 • 10:00 AM EDT • Science • winchesternews.org
Carrie Ann Inaba addresses dance backgrounds of ‘DWTS’ standouts Julia Stiles and Jenna Dewan

Carrie Ann Inaba is weighing in on a hot-button issue arising from the ‘DWTS’ season 35 cast reveal — should contestants with dance backgrounds like Julia Stiles and Jenna Dewan be judged differently?

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Sep 7 • 9:15 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
“DWTS ”judge Carrie Ann Inaba addresses dance backgrounds of season 35 standouts Julia Stiles and Jenna Dewan

Stiles starred in the 2001 classic “Save the Last Dance,” while Dewan toured with Janet Jackson and appeared in “Step Up.”

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Sep 7 • 9:15 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
I'm applying to entry-level jobs at 56 and can't get an interview

Jennifer Mannix, 56, changed careers after 30 years. Getting an entry-level interview has been challenging, and she thinks her age plays a role.

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Sep 7 • 7:07 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Lower Moreland grad launches ERAs Health & Longevity, new direct primary care practice in Blue Bell

Jennifer Hwang, DO, a Huntingdon Valley native and a 2005 graduate of Lower Moreland High School, soft launched ERAs Health … Continue reading "Lower Moreland grad launches ERAs Health & Longevity, new direct primary care practice in Blue Bell"

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Sep 6 • 8:15 PM EDT • Health • glensidelocal.com