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Eagles Earn Doubles Point, but Season Ends in UTR Sports NIT Quarterfinals

ROME, Ga. – After a strong start in doubles play, the fifth-seeded North Carolina Central men's tennis team concluded its season with a 4-1 loss to fourth-seeded Chattanooga in the quarterfinals of the UTR Sports NIT Championship at the Rome Tennis Center on Wednesday evening.

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May 6 • 6:00 PM EDT • Sports • nccueaglepride.com
A Mutation Gave Humans the Gift of Speech. These Mice Have It, Too.

Scientists wanted to know why the chatter of Alston’s singing mice sounds so much like human conversation. What they found might change how we study both species.

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May 6 • 12:02 PM EDT • Science • nytimes.com
Scientists just discovered Africa is closer to breaking apart than we thought - Futura-Sciences

The Turkana Rift in East Africa is well-known for its wealth of early human fossils and its intense volcanic activity, caused by tectonic plate movements. Now, scientists report that the crust beneath this region has thinned far more than we previously understood, signaling the long-term breakup of the African continent...

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May 6 • 10:00 AM EDT • Science • futura-sciences.com
Here's the age when we're most unhappy according to science - Futura-Sciences

Over the course of a lifetime, people move through brighter periods and darker ones. These shifts can happen early in life and return again later on. But when do people truly hit their lowest point? That is the question a British economist set out to answer. His analysis draws on...

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May 6 • 9:00 AM EDT • Science • futura-sciences.com
CEA Retail + Hospitality Winner: Biggers blends produce, entertainment

Biggers Market’s roots run deep, tracing back to the 1940s when founder and partner Sven Wallin’s grandfather, alongside his brothers, opened Biggers Brothers, a family-run produce business in Charlotte. Decades later, the family’s reputation for farm-fresh fruits and vegetables lives on. In 2010, Wallin opened Biggers Market, building on a reputation that endured for the past 16 years. “I learned a lot about my grandfather, who passed away when my mother was young, through my uncle. The one thing that is ingrained in me is my grandfather’s willingness to go the extra mile for a better product, not settling for what’s easy, but finding what is better,” said Wallin. “He taught me the importance of name and reputation. If your name was on it, it had better be right. Word-of-mouth was always very important to gain a good reputation.” So was hard work. Entrepreneurialism has always been central to Biggers Market’s identity, Wallin said. In high school, Wallin worked at a produce stand in Charlotte, an experience that shaped how he thought about food. “I realized all produce was not created equal, and we could focus on freshness, seasonality and flavor. Grocery stores were convenient, but the produce often didn’t have the same taste or quality,” he said. As a college graduate without a paying job, Wallin took a leap and opened a 20-by-30-foot roadside stand with just three employees. “It was so small we had to put tables with umbrellas out in the yard to accommodate everything. We didn’t have pallet jacks or forklifts to unload the trucks. We would form a line and toss watermelons to get them to where they needed to go,” he recalled. In year two, Wallin opened a market on Carolina Beach Road, still in operation today but larger, and later on Market Street, setting up tents for extra space. In 2019, the sale of the land forced a hunt for a new property, and Wallin landed on his current location at 6250 Market St. “We had ambitions beyond produce,” he said. “We wanted this market to be a place that felt different from a typical grocery store.” In 2024, Wallin added his kitchen to the Biggers brand. “I’ve blurred the lines of a market and a grocery store,” Wallin said. “It’s a place where you can shop, eat, have a drink and listen to live music with friends and family. It’s a mix of retail and social experiences cultivated over time.” What hasn’t changed, however, is Wallin’s Southern hospitality, a strong sense of pride, purpose and responsibility and a commitment to seasonality. Spring brings the garden center to life with herbs, veggie plants and jumbo ferns. Summer leans heavily into produce. Fall brings the pumpkin patch, and winter hosts a Christmas market. “It means a lot to have what we’ve built recognized, especially in Wilmington. There’s a lot that goes into the business from our team. And that’s something we’re genuinely grateful for,” Wallin said. With plans underway for a new larger Carolina Beach Road location, Wallin continues to look ahead. “It’s an opportunity to build another market from the ground up and continue growing what we’ve been doing,” he said. “We’ve been through development before, so we understand what it takes.”

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May 6 • 9:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • wilmingtonbiz.com
CVS Health raises 2026 guidance after Q1 earnings beat

The company's insurance unit posted a medical benefit ratio of 84.6%, well below the prior year's 87.3%, driving a fifth-consecutive quarterly beat

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May 6 • 8:12 AM EDT • Health • qz.com
Star Fox Direct sees Fox McCloud and crew prepare for liftoff on Nintendo Switch 2 June 25 - News

All systems go! Moviegoers around the world have seen Fox McCloud take to the skies in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie – soon players can blast off with Fox and his allies on the Nintendo Switch 2 system. In today’s Nintendo Direct presentation, Ninten…

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May 6 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • nintendo.com
Erin Andrews reacts to Baltimore Ravens’ offseason gesture

NFL on FOX reporter Erin Andrews recently celebrated her 48th birthday, and one of the gifts she received was a cool merchandise set from the Baltimore Ravens. In one of her most recent Instagram stories, Andrews posted a picture of…

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May 6 • 7:44 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Balance of power in influencer marketing shifts toward platforms

EMARKETER forecasts that brand spending to boost creator posts is on track to overtake the amount spent on the sponsored content itself.

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May 6 • 7:20 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
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Xbox announces leadership changes as it stops development of Gaming Copilot for console

"As part of this shift, you'll see us begin to retire features that don’t align with where we're headed," says Asha Sharma

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May 6 • 6:13 AM EDT • Technology • gamesindustry.biz
Anjelah Johnson-Reyes blends motherhood with her funny tia tendencies in 'Ugly Baby'

Comedian Anjelah Johnson-Reyes releases her seventh special, 'Ugly Baby,' on Mother's Day, marking a vulnerable shift from material about not wanting kids to exploring motherhood.

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May 6 • 6:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
Coinbase's manager shake-up: AI imagines the era after 'pure managers'

Coinbase will cut 14% of staff and shift to AI-driven teams. Explore the unsettling yet efficient future of management without "pure managers."

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May 6 • 5:01 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Fifty years of science still can't tell us the cost of deep-sea mining

A new review of over 50 years of research has found that the environmental consequences of deep-sea mining remain deeply uncertain.

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May 6 • 2:38 AM EDT • Science • oceanographicmagazine.com
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Arm Reports Earnings as It Shifts Its Business Model

Arm reports earnings Wednesday as investors focus on its move into data center CPUs, a business shift that could put the chip-design company in competition with some of its own customers.

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May 6 • 2:30 AM EDT • Business • barrons.com
Mercado on 5th returns with food, vendors and live entertainment

Mercado on Fifth will open for its 10th season in downtown Moline.

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May 5 • 10:44 PM EDT • Entertainment • kwqc.com
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Marysville business Silver Dollar Saloon will shift to event space
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May 5 • 8:52 PM EDT • Business • cbsnews.com
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Linked to health risks | Democratic lawmakers in Pa. are seeking to regulate kratom

Kratom, a substance advertised as an energy booster, mood lifter, and pain reliever, is skyrocketing in popularity and is easily accessible, including at gas stations.

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LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT REPORTS FIRST QUARTER 2026 RESULTS

“2026 is off to a powerful start, with first quarter revenue climbing 12% to $3.8 billion. In an increasingly digital and AI-driven world, the global desire for authentic human connection has never been stronger. We are seeing a fundamental shift as fans prioritize the 'live' experience—the chance to be physically present…

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May 5 • 4:10 PM EDT • Entertainment • newsroom.livenation.com
Treble winners Maxwell and McDaniel make Reds return

Cliftonville confirm Northern Ireland internationals Danielle Maxwell and Louise McDaniel have returned to the club after spending last season at Burnley.

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May 5 • 2:31 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Miami Law launches endowed business law program amid AI-driven industry changes

University of Miami School of Law has established a newly endowed business law program, with Dean Patricia Sánchez Abril serving as the endowed chair leading the initiative.

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May 5 • 2:18 PM EDT • Business • nationaljurist.com
Why the Lions declined fifth-year option of All-Pro linebacker Jack Campbell, and what happens next

It actually made sense for Detroit to decline his option

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May 5 • 9:32 AM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
The Science on Creatine Dosage Is Shifting. Here’s How Many Grams You Should Take.

Some wellness influencers recommend five times the usual. We talked to researchers for the real scoop.

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May 5 • 7:00 AM EDT • Science • menshealth.com
Kimberly Goes to Business School No. 3: When the tool isn't the system

A workflow problem is remedied by a simple shift, persuading caregivers to use an AI tool they previously had ignored.

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May 4 • 11:15 PM EDT • Business • santafenewmexican.com
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IBM unveils its blueprint to help enterprises run AI at the core of their business

The ‘AI Operating Model’ is built on the integration of data, agents, automation and hybrid; IBM says it represents a shift that changes how a business operates.

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May 4 • 6:17 PM EDT • Business • networkworld.com
SF Small Business Week Kicks Off

National Small Business Week begins, and San Francisco has a number of events in store to help support and uplift small businesses in the city. Rolando Tirado, the small business manager at the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, sat down with KTVU to talk about the efforts to boost local business owners during the week.

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May 4 • 5:25 PM EDT • Business • ktvu.com
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Call Of Duty Is Finally Leaving PS4 And Xbox One After 12 Years

Activision confirmed the shift after 12 years of supporting last-gen platforms

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May 4 • 5:15 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
From Taylor Swift to Bad Bunny, the Science Behind How Music Transports Us (Exclusive)

Author and Director of the Music Cognition Lab at Princeton University Elizabeth Margulis breaks down how music can take us somewhere else entirely in an exclusive piece for PEOPLE in advance of her new book 'Transported.'

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May 4 • 1:57 PM EDT • Science • people.com
Apple Plans to Let Users Build Their Own Passes in iOS 27 Wallet App

Apple Inc. is preparing a new “Create a Pass” feature for its next major iPhone software update, allowing users to build and customize their own digital tickets and gift cards within the Wallet app.

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May 4 • 1:34 PM EDT • Technology • bloomberg.com
Apple Plans to Let Users Build Their Own Passes in iOS 27 Wallet App

(Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. is preparing a new “Create a Pass” feature for its next major iPhone software update, allowing users to build and customize their own digital tickets and gift cards within the Wallet app.Most Read from BloombergChina’s Unprecedented Defiance of US Sanctions Triggers ShowdownFormer NYC Mayor Giuliani in Critical Condition, Trump SaysBeijing Tells China Firms to Ignore US Sanctions on RefinersSupertanker Appears to Have Crossed the Strait of HormuzUS Denies Iran Report Th

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May 4 • 1:34 PM EDT • Technology • finance.yahoo.com
iOS 26.5 Coming Soon With These New Features

iOS 26.5 is expected to be released this May, following more than a month of beta testing. The update is relatively minor so far, which is not too surprising given that Apple is starting to shift its focus towards iOS 27. iOS 26.5 lays the groundwork for end-to-end encryption for RCS in the Messages app and ads in the Apple Maps app, and it will include a new Pride wallpaper and a few other changes. Below, we outline all of the notable additions in iOS 26.5.

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May 4 • 11:40 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Scientists Identify Another Contributor to Global Warming—and It's Everywhere

Researchers found that airborne microplastics trap nearly one-fifth as much heat as black carbon.

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May 4 • 11:00 AM EDT • Science • gizmodo.com
How Gamers Are Discovering Entertainment Beyond the Screen in 2026

In 2026, that reality is more pronounced than ever—and how gamers discover new entertainment has shifted in ways the industry didn't fully predict.

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May 4 • 10:26 AM EDT • Entertainment • cgmagonline.com
2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 34

The Cubs bats lead rhe team to their fifth straight win.

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May 4 • 10:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Birmingham to host 5th Annual Mental Health Day at Linn Park Friday

The City of Birmingham and Nurture of Alabama are teaming up to host the Fifth Annual Mental Health Day on Friday, May 8, at Linn Park.The event runs from 10 a.

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May 4 • 9:09 AM EDT • Health • abc3340.com
Fantasy Claw Arcade Opens at AREA15 on May 7, Marking Fifth Store as Experiential Entertainment Brand Gains Momentum

Fantasy Claw Arcade will open its newest Las Vegas location at AREA15 on May 7, marking the company's fifth operating store and placing the fast-growing brand inside one of the most recognizable immersive entertainment destinations in the country. AREA15 describes itself as the world's first purpose-built immersive entertainment district, just minutes from the Las Vegas Strip, and says it has welcomed more than 15 million visitors to date.

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May 4 • 6:05 AM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
How Latter-day Saints church members’ politics have shifted

A Boise State professor said President Donald Trump’s rhetoric has helped drive the change.

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May 4 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • idahostatesman.com
Pirates still at the bottom of hotly contested NL Central

Despite an above .500 record against divisional opponents the Pirates are still fifth in the standings.

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May 4 • 5:35 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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IPL 2026: Sai Sudharsan scripts history, shatters Chris Gayle’s 13-year record

Gujarat Titans opener Sai Sudharsan has rewritten IPL history, surpassing Chris Gayle for the most runs after 50 matches with 2178 runs. He also recently became the fastest to 2000 runs in just 47 innings. Sudharsan's consistent performances, including a century and three fifties in his last four innings, highlight his remarkable rise.

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Global Health & WASH: May 2026 Funding Opportunities (14 new opportunities!)

The May update for Global Health & WASH brings new calls that cluster around three distinct shifts: LMIC research leadership moving from funder encouragement into a hard eligibility constraint, pharmaceutical and corporate-linked funders running structurally independent education and use-inspired research portfolios at substantial scale, and AI adoption shifting decisively from speculative tool to operational capability across health and WASH systems alike. In LMIC Research Leadership as Eligibility, Not Encouragement, Wellcome anchors the dominant signal of the month with three separate major calls that all require or strongly center LMIC leadership in their basic eligibility architecture. Wellcome’s ESIC Hubs (£1.5-£1.9M per hub over 3-5 years) explicitly requires an LMIC-based lead applicant, treating Global South leadership as a design constraint rather than a participation goal. Wellcome’s Infectious Disease Clinical Trial Development Award funds transdisciplinary teams whose lead must be a mid-career or established researcher based at an organization in Africa, South Asia, or Southeast Asia. Wellcome’s larger Infectious Disease Clinical Trial Award (£1M-£8M for optimizing licensed interventions) requires the administering organization to be in eligible LMIC regions and at least 50% of applicants based there. Around Wellcome, the same pattern shows up at smaller scale and across funders: CHINNOVA channels $1M into West and Central African research institutions for climate-health work; IBRO’s Neuroscience Training Grants explicitly tier ceilings by region of residence with Africa receiving the highest amount ($5,000); IHME’s GBD Emerging Researcher Award reserves at least one of its two annual awards for an LMIC researcher; Sidaction’s HIV Cure call funds research teams across France, the Netherlands, and eligible African countries with a minimum two-country collaboration requirement. Taken together, these calls signal a meaningful shift in how research equity is being operationalized — not as encouragement language at the bottom of a call, but as a structural feature of who can lead, where the work must be administered, and what proportion of the team must be regionally rooted. In Pharma-Funded Independent Medical Education and Use-Inspired Research, the lineup this month is unusually deep. Pfizer alone runs four parallel calls under independent education and quality improvement frameworks: a Migraine and Women’s Health RFP (200K x 2-year, $500K pool), Migraine IME ($200K, $1M pool), JAK Inhibitor evidence-based education ($100K), and Maternal Vaccination HCP Education in Saudi Arabia ($75K), plus a separate Pediatric Pneumococcal Surveillance research call in Saudi Arabia ($400K per project). Novo Nordisk Foundation runs four parallel calls of its own at substantial scale: Infectious Diseases Catalyst Grants (DKK 60M pool, up to DKK 7M collaborative), Non-Diabetic Endocrinology Collaborative Grants (DKK 53M pool, DKK 5-10M per project), Pioneer Innovator Grant Health (DKK 1.1M), and Distinguished Innovator Grant Health (DKK 6.8M). LEO Foundation deploys DKK 2-4M per project for dermatology research excellence. Pfizer’s framing across calls deliberately separates the funding from product promotion, emphasizing measurable practice-relevant change and structural distance between scientific outputs and commercial activity. Novo Nordisk’s “use-inspired” hard filter pushes researchers toward a credible translation pathway from mechanism to deployable tool. The pattern: industry-aligned funders are running structurally independent portfolios at meaningful $ that fund implementation evidence, not promotion. In AI as Operational Capability, Not Speculation, several calls this month explicitly treat AI adoption as a near-term operational question with real evidence and governance requirements, rather than a speculative trend to be watched. Wellcome’s ESIC Hubs frames AI as “the accelerator” for evidence synthesis, asking hubs to translate technical innovation into adoption-ready workflows that can match real-world policy timelines. UNICEF Venture Fund’s new Climate Tech for Children’s Health call funds for-profit startups deploying AI, machine learning, and blockchain in low-resource environments, with a strict requirement that solutions must already have a working prototype with promising pilot results. The Water Research Foundation has launched two simultaneous AI calls treating reproducibility, cybersecurity guardrails, and human-in-the-loop deployments as core design constraints rather than nice-to-haves: one on GenAI and Agentic AI in water utilities ($200K), one on alternatives to water shutoffs that explicitly screens for implementation economics evidence. Nordic Innovation’s quantum technology call (NOK 4.5M) extends the same logic into life science and healthcare, demanding consortium-stage projects mature enough to test with real users. TEF-Health offers €300K in subsidized testing infrastructure for European healthcare AI and robotics SMEs. The pattern: funders are converting AI pilots into playbooks, requiring transfer evidence and risk controls before AI can move from experimentation to sector-wide operational practice. For LMIC-based researchers in infectious disease or evidence synthesis, the three Wellcome calls together represent the deepest concentration of LMIC-led research capital in recent memory — pair the Infectious Disease Clinical Trial Development Award (£200K, deadline May 19) as a strategic pipeline feeder into the larger Infectious Disease Clinical Trial Award (£1-£8M, deadline June 2), since the development award functions explicitly as a track into the larger trial scheme. For Nordic researchers, the four Novo Nordisk Foundation calls plus LEO Foundation and Nordic Innovation Quantum represent ~$30M in regional research capital this cycle, all with deadlines clustered in May-August. For WASH practitioners, the three Water Research Foundation calls together (each up to $200K) are a cluster worth reading across — one on AI deployment, one on shutoff alternatives, one rewarding applied innovation — and the strongest applicants will articulate how their work bridges utility operations to policy-relevant evidence. For US-based clinical researchers and educators, the four Pfizer calls plus the APF Portfolio’s 80+ programs form an unusually accessible recurring pipeline; APF’s prohibition on indirect costs is a meaningful structural feature for early-career applicants whose institutions might otherwise absorb significant overhead. Snapshot of New Opportunities Total Estimated Funding Pool: $100 Million+ USD The grants are organized into three categories: Open Calls: Current grant and opportunities with a deadline. Grants are listed by closing date. 39 open opportunities- 14 new! Rolling Applications: current grant and opportunities with rolling applications (but it’s still best to submit as early as possible). 14 rolling opportunities- 1 new opportunity! Long term planning: Grants that have closed their current rounds, but are expected to open new windows. 4 long term opportunities! A quick tip for returning readers: if you want to jump straight to the newest additions, use CTRL F to search for “New!” and navigate quickly to the latest funding opportunities This post is for paid subscribers. This helps support the time and effort it takes to curate and organize these opportunities. Subscribe To keep this accessible to everyone who needs it, we’re happy to offer pay what you can rates. You can find more details here. Open Calls: Migraine Competitive Grant Program: Migraine and Women’s Health (Quality Improvement and/or Research RFP), Pfizer.*Closing soon!* Pfizer, in collaboration with the American Headache Society, is seeking independent quality improvement and research projects that close persistent gaps in migraine care for women across the United States. The funding logic centers on measurable, practice-relevant change: proposals should generate actionable evidence, tools, or system improvements that can be shared and used widely, not just within a single site. Priority areas span menstrual migraine and screening in women’s health settings, the role of hormonal fluctuations across the lifespan, sex-specific risk factors, comorbidities and quality-of-life burden, and disparities in outcomes by race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. The call is structured as a two-step competitive process with an initial Letter of Intent, with the strongest concepts expected to translate scientific insight into implementable improvements in diagnosis, management, and equity. Geographies: United States. Who can apply: U.S.-based organizations (not individuals), including professional schools, healthcare institutions, professional organizations, and other entities focused on healthcare improvement. Funding amount: Up to USD $200,000 total over 2 years; total pool USD $500,000. Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Health; Focus areas: migraine, women’s health, quality improvement, clinical research, menstrual migraine, health disparities. Deadline: LOI: May 5, 2026; Full proposal (by invitation): August 28, 2026. Learn more and apply here. This RFP rewards “shareable impact”: the most competitive submissions will pair rigorous methods with a clear plan for system uptake and dissemination beyond the originating institution. ReSSARC: Strengthening the Health Sector and Food Security in the Central African Republic (AID 013381/01/0) Call for Proposals, Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS). *Closing soon!* AICS is seeking a limited set of high-capacity humanitarian partners to deliver an integrated package that stabilizes essential health services while reducing acute malnutrition and strengthening food security resilience in priority areas of the Central African Republic. The funder’s logic is explicitly nexus-based: proposals should meet urgent, life-saving needs while reinforcing local systems, coordination mechanisms, and community-level capacity so results persist beyond the emergency window. AICS emphasizes inclusion and protection outcomes, expecting gender-sensitive design and explicit measures for groups facing compounded vulnerability, including women, children under five, internally displaced people, and people with disabilities. The call also signals a localization pathway, encouraging stronger collaboration with national NGOs and balanced partnerships, alongside clear coordination with existing cluster and humanitarian actors to minimize duplication and improve coverage. Geographies: Central African Republic (Bangui, Ombella-Mpoko, Ouham, Ouham-Pende, Lim-Pende, Lobaye). Who can apply: Non-profit organizations registered with AICS, plus eligible non-profits without an office in Italy that have a pre-existing collaboration agreement with an AICS-listed organization. Funding amount: Total pool EUR €1,800,000; max EUR €800,000 (single applicant) or EUR €1,000,000 (ATS). Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Health; Focus areas: malnutrition prevention and treatment, maternal and child health, community health services, food security and resilience, localization partnerships Deadline: May 5, 2026. Learn more and apply here. This call is structured to reward partners who can link frontline service delivery to system durability and localization, not just short-term coverage gains. Contracts for Innovation in drug and alcohol addiction healthcare, Innovate UK. *Closing soon!* Innovate UK, on behalf of the Office for Life Sciences Addiction Healthcare Goals program, is procuring R&D to accelerate innovations that can improve treatment outcomes, strengthen recovery, and reduce harm and deaths linked to drug and alcohol addiction. The competition is positioned as a market-facing readiness push: selected projects are expected to advance solutions toward later-stage validation, generate evidence of user acceptability and UK market fit, and map credible routes through regulatory and certification requirements. Innovate UK signals a preference for innovations that can be field-tested in relevant UK settings and progressed to TRL 6 or 7, with practical plans for commercialization after contract completion. This structure favors applicants that can execute most work in-house, co-develop with service providers and people with lived experience, and translate technical progress into deployable tools for addiction healthcare delivery. Geographies: United Kingdom. Who can apply: Single organizations of any size (including EU, EEA, or international) leading delivery, with most work and key deliverables carried out in the UK; subcontractors for specialist skills only. Funding amount: GBP £200,000–1.5 million per project (inclusive of VAT); Total pool: GBP £20 million (across two strands). Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Health; Focus areas: Mental Health, Health Systems Strengthening, Research & Development, Technology Access. Deadline: May 6, 2026 (11:00am). Learn more and apply here. This call uses procurement to pull near-market addiction innovations toward operational proof and adoption pathways in UK services.

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May 4 • 3:59 AM EDT • Health • impactfunding.substack.com
DOJ unveils West Coast ‘Strike Force’ as new tactic used to tackle healthcare fraud

Federal authorities said the shift to regional “Strike Force” models have been shown to be successful, with 6,200 defendants prosecuted nationwide. The DOJ said this latest unit will take a special interest in Northern California.

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May 3 • 11:28 PM EDT • Health • healthexec.com
Rates of Stroke in Younger Adults are Rising

A growing body of research shows a clear and concerning shift: more people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s are experiencing strokes.

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May 3 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • baptisthealth.net
How Perimenopause Became America's New Health Scare

If you’re a woman who speaks English, it sometimes feels like you can’t spend time on the internet without being bombarded with all the ways in which your body or your mind could be just a little broken. A few years ago, Instagram was full of women talking about attention deficit disorder, and lo and behold: From 2020 to 2022, the percentage of women (between the ages of 23 and 49) newly diagnosed with it nearly doubled. Not long ago, premenstrual syndrome was all the rage, with the algorithm pushing videos that explained why it’s okay to fly off the handle once a month. These days, the word perimenopause is everywhere. Perhaps you’ve seen the headlines. “Perimenopause is having a millennial moment. Here are 7 ways to cope,” says The Washington Post. Or perhaps you’ve seen Apple TV’s glossy drama Your Friends & Neighbors, which is back for its second season; the female protagonist Mel is explicitly perimenopausal, and in the first season, she keyed a car for no apparent reason. She’s played by Amanda Peet, who talks about being perimenopausal in real life (“God knows I’ve wanted to key a lot of cars in the last three years,” she’s said.) In fact, it sometimes feels like every celebrity interview with a forty- or fiftysomething woman requires her to open up about what’s going on with her hormones. Drew Barrymore joked on CBS Mornings that when she found out how long perimenopause can last, she thought she’d “never make it 10 years like this.” Katherine Heigl told Business Insider that “whoever designed it so that women would be going through perimenopause while raising teenagers should be sent a strongly worded letter.” At the same time, influencers who talk about perimenopause seem to have cropped up out of nowhere with something to sell you, causing people online to wonder where this all came from. It’s trickled down from Instagram to tchotchke shops, which sell fridge magnets that say “Perimenopause Is Hot.” You can buy a T-shirt that proclaims “Perimenopause Made Me Do It!” My mom, who is 48, started uncontrollably shaking her leg at night a few years ago. “It’s perimenopause,” she told me when I complained about how annoying it was. But what exactly is perimenopause—and why are we all talking about it all of a sudden?

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May 3 • 7:52 PM EDT • Health • thefp.com
How artisan chocolate became a popular Mother’s Day gift

Compartés reports artisan chocolate is rising as a top Mother's Day gift, driven by consumer demand for thoughtful, personal, and unique presents.

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May 3 • 6:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • wxow.com
Colorado Democrats scramble to fund health care subsidies after loss of federal benefits

Colorado Democrats are struggling to devise a long-term plan to respond to higher health insurance costs after Republicans in Congress allowed federal subsidies to expire at the end of last year. Individuals and families who...

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May 3 • 5:25 PM EDT • Health • vaildaily.com
Colorado Democrats scramble to fund health care subsidies after loss of federal benefits

Colorado Democrats are struggling to devise a long-term plan to respond to higher health insurance costs after Republicans in Congress allowed federal subsidies to expire at the end of last year. Individuals and families who...

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Did DOJ Settlement and Strong Ticket Demand Just Shift Live Nation Entertainment's (LYV) Investment Narrative?

Live Nation Entertainment recently outlined continued strong global concert demand, pricing power and a favorable Department of Justice settlement that avoided a Ticketmaster divestiture, while also confirming past management presentations at MoffettNathanson and J.P. Morgan investor conferences, both of which were webcast to investors. These developments, alongside Vanguard holding over 12.04 million shares and modest insider selling, spotlight how regulatory outcomes and investor...

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Rangers poised for Champions League spot - if they win title

Greg Taylor's PAOK handed Rangers a potential Champions League qualifying boost after beating Greek title rivals Olympiakos 3-1 on Sunday. The defeat leaves the reigning champions six points adrift of leaders AEK Athens with three games remaining. It means Rangers are now favourites to take the final available automatic qualifying place in next season's league stage of Europe's premier club competition - but only if they first win the Scottish title.

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Germany’s Merz downplays rift with Washington despite US troop drawdown

German chancellor says criticism of Donald Trump's strategy in Iran unrelated to troop withdrawal announcement.

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Rams Decline Fifth Year Option For Defender

The Rams made the decision to decline cornerback Emmanuel Forbes' fifth-year option after the team spent big money on the secondary. The post Rams Decline Fifth Year Option For Defender appeared first on LA Sports Report.

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McDonald’s is quietly ditching a popular in-store feature nationwide

McDonald's is quietly ending self-serve soda fountains nationwide, shifting drink prep behind the counter as it modernizes restaurants across the country.

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How artisan chocolate became a popular Mother’s Day gift

Compartés reports artisan chocolate is rising as a top Mother's Day gift, driven by consumer demand for thoughtful, personal, and unique presents.

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Carolina Panthers looking to trade fan-favorite wide receiver

The NFL offseason has begun its shift toward minicamps and OTAs, and the draft gave teams a chance to infuse their rosters with rookie talent after free agency. The Carolina Panthers made several moves this offseason, including selecting a wide…

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F1 Miami Grand Prix 2026: Kimi Antonelli, Max Verstappen recover from poor starts as anticipated rain does not fall

Formula 1 returns to the track after a five-week hiatus with its first of three trips to the United States this weekend for the Miami Grand Prix. The race, now in its fifth year, takes place on a temporary circuit that envelopes the Miami Dolphins' Hard Rock Stadium.

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F1 Miami Grand Prix 2026: Early chaos results in safety car, four retirements

Formula 1 returns to the track after a five-week hiatus with its first of three trips to the United States this weekend for the Miami Grand Prix. The race, now in its fifth year, takes place on a temporary circuit that envelopes the Miami Dolphins' Hard Rock Stadium.

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Analysis: A day to forget for Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace's team news against Bournemouth hinted that their priority had shifted from the Premier League to the Conference League.

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Disconnecting to reconnect: Keystone Science School marks 50 years while looking to the future

On a stretch of land tucked between sprawling hills of evergreens, the winding Snake River and a former rail line, time at Keystone Science School doesn’t feel linear. Cabins that once stood in the original...

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Have West Ham given Tottenham an escape route?

When Tomas Soucek's effort grazed the post in the final stages of West Ham United's defeat at Brentford on Saturday afternoon, their supporters could've been forgiven for exchanging exasperated looks. The 3-0 scoreline at Gtech Community Stadium may point to a comfortable victory for Keith Andrews' Europe-chasing side, but it tells only half the story. Victory would have lifted West Ham five points clear of the bottom three, but instead they have left the door ajar for Tottenham to leapfrog them with victory at Aston Villa on Sunday night.

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How The Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME) Narrative Is Shifting With Mixed Analyst Signals

Tencent Music Entertainment Group’s fair value estimate has been trimmed slightly to US$17.59 from US$17.98, a small reset that keeps the overall framework intact while adjusting assumptions. That move sits against a mixed wave of analyst calls, where several downgrades and price target cuts are balanced by an upgrade to Buy with a US$17.40 target. This reflects competing views around competition, earnings visibility and the recent share pullback. Read on to see what is driving this split...

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The Eta Aquariid meteor shower peaks this week: How to see 'shooting stars' dropped by Halley's Comet

The Eta Aquariids will peak May 5-6, with debris from Halley's Comet creating swift meteors, though bright moonlight will make them harder to see.

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AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (AMC) Outlook Improves, Yet Challenges Persist

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AMC) is among the best fundamentally strong penny stocks to invest in now. On April 23, Eric Handler from Roth Capital lifted the price target on AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AMC) to $2 from $1.50 and reiterated a Neutral rating. According to the analyst, a multi-year positive content cycle could positively […]

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UConn sports ticket perk for lawmakers added to CT ethics proposal

Other provisions of the House bill increase the dollar limit for an allowable gift.

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A Look At WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN) Valuation As Genies Partnership Expands 3D Avatar Opportunities

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‘The reality, for better or worse’: Columbia comp sci students and faculty grapple with AI’s disruption of the field

‘The reality, for better or worse’: Columbia comp sci students and faculty grapple with AI’s disruption of the field ‘The reality, for better or worse’: Columbia comp sci students and faculty grapple with AI’s disruption of the field A field that once seemed like a direct path to stable, lucrative work is becoming less certain under AI, students and faculty told Spectator. By Ria Vasishtha and Arjun Menon May 3, 2026 Shanying Liu / Deputy Illustrations Editor Asia Genawi, SEAS ’29, first encountered artificial intelligence during her sophomore year at her high school in Indiana. Back in 2023, policies on AI varied widely—even within the same district—and some schools had no guidance at all. As Genawi began to see the effects of AI trickle into her classroom, she turned to guidance from her home state’s Department of Education, which she said she found “outdated and inaccessible.” Genawi spent the rest of her high school career dedicated to the issue, including writing a 15-page memo exploring varying AI policies across Indiana schools, which she sent to every Indiana state senator and representative whose contact information she was able to find. She later helped draft a bill that would have required public high schools to establish and share their own AI policies with students in an accessible format. But with so many other bills already awaiting referral, hers never made it to committee. When Genawi arrived at Columbia to study computer science, she found that the gaps she had spent years trying to address in Indiana had followed her there. Many students and professors were also grappling with what AI meant for the field. Across Columbia’s undergraduate schools, computer science has become the most popular major—accounting for around 11 percent of degrees awarded in Columbia College, 32 percent in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and 12 percent in the School of General Studies in 2024. While the number of computer science majors in SEAS grew from 166 to 173 during the 2024-25 academic year, the total number across the three schools fell around 4.5 percent from 393 to 375, driven by declines at Columbia College and General Studies. At Barnard, it has grown to become the second most popular major as of 2025, up from third the year prior. The number of degrees awarded have grown fivefold since 2016. Faculty members and students in the department told Spectator that the surge in the major’s popularity has been driven in large part by its apparent promise of a secure, well-paid career path. However, they noted that the recent rise of generative AI has compromised the sense of stability that once defined the field, even as interest in technical skills among students persists. According to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 2024, out of 74 majors tracked, computer science had the fifth highest unemployment rate among majors at 7 percent, while computer engineering had the second highest at 7.8 percent. “Anecdotally, people are moving away from CS as a major,” Daniel Bauer, a senior lecturer in the computer science department, said. “They’re still taking some of our classes, right, because they think they need that, but they’re instead majoring in other things.” Bauer described a field that had shifted from what he called a “nerdy outlier discipline” to one that “everyone needs,” a sign that technical skills have become a baseline expectation across industries with the emergence of AI. “A lot of people thought, ‘Oh, it’s a guaranteed path to a stable income. You get a six-figure job right out of your undergrad,’” Bauer said. Now, companies may see AI as a way to reduce demand for entry-level programmers, especially in what he calls “code monkey jobs,” roles where a large number of employees are “just writing out code nine-to-five.” Chris Murphy, a senior lecturer in the computer science department, described the current moment as the convergence of two forces: the downturn of the job market and generative AI coming onto the scene. “Things kind of started to really pick up in 2014, 16,” he said, recalling the years after the weaker 2010 market. Murphy added that this was also a period where “students were getting more experience outside of class than they were inside of class” through internships, jobs, and side projects. Murphy suggested that the earlier momentum helped make computer science feel like both an academic program and a reliable pathway into work. That feeling is harder to sustain now as the industry reconfigures, which is a shift that students are seeing firsthand. Rebecca Yu, SEAS ’27, said that during a recent internship in Big Tech, she saw that “every single tech company was racing to integrate” large language models. She added that her manager said her intern class was the first to complete their assigned projects, which she attributed to the increased efficiency that comes with AI. Frank Liu, SEAS ’29, said that with AI lowering the barrier to coding, companies now expect everyone to write code. “A lot of companies outright say if you’re not using coding in your job, you might get fired for not being productive enough,” Liu said. Yu similarly expressed that students increasingly have to accept AI being a part of industry workflow, adding that many also “make use of it to maximize their productivity.” Richard Li, CC ’28, described a “franticness” among his peers as the pace of change accelerates. He explained how “some new tool” is released regularly, noting that tools rise and fall in prominence within weeks. He has come to believe that he doesn’t need to “match that speed all the time” and keep up with every development. Li has learned that AI tools allow him to “take a breath” and “get back into the loop much easier than before” when he needs to. While some companies specifically target Columbia when hiring, sending representatives to campus career fairs and recruiting large numbers from Columbia, a computer science degree cannot be treated as a static credential, Yu described. “You can’t just get your degree and stop learning after that. You have to always be learning,” Yu said. “That is something you basically have to expect for your job.” AI has not only affected students’ decisions to major in computer science, but also reshaped how the subject is taught. Across departments, faculty members no longer treat work done outside the classroom as a reliable measure of understanding, shifting instead toward in-person exams, quizzes, and attendance checks. While homework once made up as much as 60 to 70 percent of a student’s grade in computer science classes, Murphy said that breakdown has since flipped, with exams and quizzes now accounting for the majority. “The assumption—especially among pessimists—is that they’re using it to do their homework,” Murphy said. “They take the homework assignment. They put it into generative AI. Out comes the solution. Submit solution. The end.” Murphy said that faculty members ranged in their responses from fully prohibiting AI use to actively teaching students how to effectively work with AI. He said he shifted his approach this year after his teaching assistants called his belief that students weren’t using the technology “naïve,” and now permits students to use AI on assignments. His surveys of students in his introductory classes have told a more complicated story than the one so-called pessimists offer: Around 60 to 70 percent of students who reported using AI said they used it to have concepts explained to them, to clarify assignment instructions, to generate test cases, or to create practice questions. “Those are all ways that you might have had a tutor in the past to do that, and now you have this AI essentially as your tutor,” he said. Bauer has taken a different approach, teaching students how to use AI productively without sacrificing the core principles of the discipline. “People who are trained to actually use AI tools productively, while being in charge of designing the overall project, will be very much in demand in the next couple of years,” he said. Over the past year, a working group of computer science faculty has been redesigning the introductory and intermediate programming sequence to integrate generative AI as both a subject and a tool, representatives from SEAS wrote in a statement to Spectator. The effort is “coordinated” across the department, “not course-by-course,” with a systematic assessment of how AI integration is affecting student outcomes underway to shape the next round of changes. The goal, the department explained, is for students to be able to “read, verify, and reason about code, whether they or a model wrote it.” Tony Dear, senior lecturer in the computer science department, is piloting individualized AI feedback in a discrete mathematics course, while a machine learning course is also testing a Socratic AI dialogue system designed to “guide inquiry rather than supply answers,” the statement reads. Beyond individual courses, SEAS funded seven cross-departmental faculty projects in generative AI this past academic year, spanning biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, industrial engineering, and computer science, according to the statement. This phenomenon extends beyond the computer science department. SEAS’ new AI minor, which it announced in November 2025, reflects the University’s attempt to adapt. The minor is specifically designed for noncomputer science majors and aims to provide “essential AI knowledge” while emphasizing practical and responsible use across disciplines, according to the SEAS website. At the center of the minor is AI in Context, a course taught by a team of faculty from the departments of computer science, applied mathematics, philosophy, music, literature, and the Writing Center, the representatives told Spectator. Bauer described it as targeted at students who want to bring AI into fields like economics or biology, rather than as a path into software engineering itself. At the graduate level, SEAS announced a new Master of Science in artificial intelligence in February, with the inaugural cohort starting in the fall. While recognizing how AI has helped them navigate coursework, students also described its rise as isolating, even among members of the Application Development Initiative, one of Columbia’s largest computer science clubs. “As people start to ask AI for questions that they would normally ask students and members, it starts to isolate people” Li said. Alexa Kafka, BC ’27, echoed Li’s sentiment, pointing out that computer science has always been a collaborative discipline with code reviews and pull requests, even as AI makes independent work easier. Despite this, Kafka noted that she hasn’t been to office hours “in at least a year.” Bauer added that faculty are exploring long-term solutions to the assessment problem. “One of the things that we’re trying to do at the department or school level is to maybe move towards computerized testing facilities,” Bauer said, referring to ideas in the department to revitalize computer labs as an alternative to pen-and-paper exams. “We have to accept that this is the reality, for better or worse.” But more exams, students say, does not mean better learning, nor does it reflect how computer science is actually done. “Code is so variable and can be approached in so many directions, there’s never just going to be one correct answer. There can be multiple optimal solutions,” Kafka said. Students also expressed concern that the shift toward exam-heavy grading pulls focus away from the applied, project-based work that better reflects both discipline and industry expectations. ADI has tried to respond more quickly than the curriculum can. Through a vibe coding workshop this past semester, club members said they wanted to help students understand not just that AI exists, but how to use it deliberately. “Vibe coding” refers to the practice of prompting AI to write code for a task or project, and has become widespread enough that ADI felt the gap in formal instruction was worth addressing, according to Sophia Huang, BC ’29. The workshop introduced students to the concept of context engineering, which Shaina Sahu, SEAS ’27, described as not just writing a prompt, but optimizing “the rest of the relevant information that you would feed into the model.” Without that, students said that AI-generated code can fail at scale or introduce difficult-to-detect bugs. Genawi said the shift toward AI has changed what it means to be good at computer science. “I think the shift has kind of gone towards what can you create and what can you do, instead of, what do you know,” she said. Indeed, during ADI DevFest, its annual hackathon, Li said more teams are trying to complete their projects than in years past. While sign-ups have historically outpaced submissions, Li said this is beginning to change because teams “have a tool that completes the vision for them.” While many students see AI as an equalizer that lowers the barrier to entry for coding and technical work, Murphy said it also creates new equity concerns inside the classroom around who can afford stronger tools and who already knows how to use them. “The equity issues I worry about are students who have access to paid versions of things versus free versions of things,” he said. Although popular AI models like ChatGPT and Claude have free versions available, both have paid models that can reach over $100 per month, which output different qualities of code. Murphy also pointed to differences in prior exposure to AI literacy itself. “Students who go to high schools or K-12 education, where they’re taught AI literacy, prompt engineering, context engineering, they understand how to do this, as opposed to students who go to schools who don’t teach that,” he said. “Then they come in, and then they’re somehow expected to know how to use these tools.” For Genawi, those disparities begin long before students arrive on campus. “It’s very interesting to consider how lucky you were geographically,” she said. “To be born where you were is influencing your ability to get access to these spaces.” Students like Yu, though broadly apprehensive about the future of computer science, are not without hope. “I’m optimistic, because I think if you’re truly passionate about CS, there will definitely be a place in the field to do something you want to do,” she said. Senior Staff Writer Ria Vasishtha can be contacted at ria.vasishtha@columbiaspectator.com. Follow Spectator on X @ColumbiaSpec. Staff Writer Arjun Menon can be contacted at arjun.menon@columbiaspectator.com. Follow Spectator on X @ColumbiaSpec. Want to keep up with breaking news? Subscribe to our email newsletter and like Spectator on Facebook. Produced with Spectate by Emily Ta

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How The WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN) Narrative Is Shifting With Softer Growth And New Partnerships

WEBTOON Entertainment’s latest analyst update keeps the model fair value steady at US$12.21 per share, while published price targets across the Street are now clustering in a wider US$10 to US$15 range. That spread reflects a split between analysts who still see long term growth drivers and others who are more cautious given softer recent revenue trends, weaker guidance, and questions around monetization, competition, and partnerships. In the sections ahead, you will see how to interpret...

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The politics of Trump's ballroom

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — President Trump was about a half-hour into his second speech of the day, musing about the danger he faced last week at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. “Saturday night, it was good for one thing. People are loving my ballroom now,” Trump told a crowd last night. “That’s the only thing. They love my ballroom.” Ever since he was hustled off stage at the Washington Hilton last week, after an attempted shooter breached the dinner’s security perimeter and sent guests diving to the floor, the president has argued that the incident is proof for why his White House ballroom is needed. Only his planned $400 million, 90,000-square-foot project, Trump has reasoned, can keep a president truly safe at major events. It’s true that a bunch of GOP lawmakers have jumped on board with new legislation and words of support for Trump’s project. House Speaker Mike Johnson, Sen. Rand Paul and other prominent Republicans went on TV to talk about the need for a ballroom. But as we reported at The Washington Post this week, “people” aren’t really changing their minds on Trump’s ballroom. A new Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll found that most Americans still oppose the ballroom project: 56 percent against it versus 28 percent in favor. The numbers are the same as a poll from last year, the Post’s polling whiz Scott Clement found. Other new polls have found similar margins, too. “I’m just not a giant fan, especially of extravagance,” one independent voter told me. “I mean, in the era we’re in right now, given how much people are struggling, it just doesn’t make a lot of sense to me to spend $400 million on a ballroom.” How we got here The Washington Post has followed Trump’s ballroom project very closely. (My colleague Jonathan Edwards may have written the most total words of any reporter about the project; I may be second.) The project exploded as a national issue after Trump tore down the White House’s East Wing after initially promising not to touch it.1 Historic preservationists sued, and about a month ago, a federal judge ordered a halt to ballroom construction.2 The only way the ballroom could proceed, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon ruled, was if Congress explicitly authorized Trump’s plans. (An appeals court has stayed Leon’s order for now.) The judge’s ruling raised an obvious question: would Congress authorize the project? Keep in mind, “authorization” doesn’t mean that Congress needs to necessarily fund the planned $400 million project; they could just sign off on the private donations that Trump has solicited to pay for the ballroom.3 But GOP lawmakers really didn’t want to talk about the ballroom, we reported at The Post just a few weeks ago. One major reason was the ballroom’s bad polling — not a small detail with many of their own midterm elections looming. The White House Correspondents’ Dinner incident, and Trump’s advocacy, may have changed the political conversation around the ballroom. As this week’s polling shows, it doesn’t seem to have affected the fundamental questions surrounding the project. To put it another way, voters still say that cost-of-living concerns are top-of-mind heading into the midterms. Some Republican and independent voters have told me that they see the ballroom as a vanity project that will help Trump but do nothing for their own lives. It might not help Republicans that Trump has dismissed some of the cost-of-living concerns. He’s described “affordability” as a buzzword manufactured by Democrats whose policies helped cause inflation. “They’ve got one good line of bullshit,” Trump said in his first speech yesterday, delivered at a Florida retirement community known as The Villages. Thanks for reading Dan Diamond's newsletter! Subscribe for free to stay up-to-date on my work. Subscribe Speaking of Trump’s speeches… I’m down in Florida because it’s my “duty week” as a White House reporter — basically, I follow the president wherever he goes. (And then hand the baton off to one of my Washington Post colleagues next week.) As part of my duty week, I’ve spent a few days covering the White House’s reaction to Saturday’s attempted shooting, including officials’ review of the security protocols to protect the president. Trump was restrained in the wake of the incident, addressing the nation from the White House briefing room about the need for peaceful dialogue and trying to lower the temperature. But he’s clearly been itching to get back out of the White House, and I was curious to hear how his Florida speeches would go. And — to my ears — it was an unburdened Trump. Not the one we saw Saturday night in the White House briefing room, but the one we witnessed on the campaign trail in 2024. Loose, dropping profanities, mocking everyone, including members of his team. “We have a man here who knows more about Medicaid, Medicare, medical crap than any human being. Where’s Dr. Oz? Where the hell are you, stand up,” Trump said, referring to Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. “It’s the most boring trip I’ve ever made. He’s telling me about Medicare, Medicaid. All I want to do is take care of you, I don’t care. I said, ‘You work out the details.’” I wrote up the speech, as Trump headed to West Palm Beach to deliver more remarks a few hours later. The White House didn’t like my story. Their rapid-response team called it the work of a “total loser”4 and “a miserable TDS-ridden moron.” You can be the judge of whether it’s a fair story or the product of someone afflicted with “TDS.” (The White House’s shorthand for “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”) I’ve pasted the story below with a gift link, meaning that you don’t need to be a Washington Post subscriber to read it. It might prompt you for an email address, though. Meanwhile, I’ll be down in Florida for the rest of the weekend, covering the president. It’s TBD whether those stories will be deemed TDS-afflicted, too. 1 Jonathan details the past six months of ballroom fallout, reactions and the implications for executive authority here. I also had a great time talking about Trump’s ballroom and other projects with Australia’s ABC News Daily on a podcast this week. 2 The judge allowed underground construction and national security-related work to continue. But that hasn’t been enough for Trump, who says the ballroom itself is essential for his protection. 3 The ballroom donors include companies like Palantir, Google and Amazon. For transparency, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post, where I work. No one has ever interfered with our team’s coverage of the ballroom or our mentions of Amazon or Bezos, and if that changed, I’d speak out. 4 To be fair, I’ve spent the morning working on stories and writing this Substack post rather than enjoying the beautiful Florida weather. So they may be onto something about who’s winning and who’s losing.

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Yellowstone's volcano may be fueled in a very different way than we thought

Yellowstone eruptions may be driven by shifts in Earth's crust, rather than a deep well of magma, study finds.

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Yellowstone's volcano may be fueled in a very different way than we thought

Yellowstone eruptions may be driven by shifts in Earth's crust, rather than a deep well of magma, study finds.

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Feeling hot-headed this summer? You’re not alone. Science explains why

India News: Have you ever noticed your mood shifting on days when the heat feels almost unbearable? The smallest things start to feel irritating and even routine .

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US to pull 5,000 troops from Germany as Europe rift deepens

The U.S. will withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany as tensions with European allies grow.

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Popular Ferndale coffee spot closing its doors on short notice

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Arizona State football program gets $10 million endowment

Arizona State football coach Kenny Dillingham has begged for big donors to step up. Brian and Kelly Swette have done so with a $10 million gift.

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Pitkin County discusses parking availability, traffic at Airport  Business Center

Pitkin County is worried about traffic in the Aspen Airport Business Center.

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Trump returns to public events, delivering profane speech

In his first public speech since the White House correspondents’ dinner, the president mocked transgender weightlifters and the “medical crap” an adviser was telling him.

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Get Wild: Collecting data to inform watershed health

Everyone knows that the Summit County community loves to get involved. Trail maintenance days, event support, weed pulling, trash cleanups — you name it and there is a lineup of Summit County residents ready to show up...

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KNOM Supports Scientists

KNOM’s Community Relations Manager Quinn White with Principal Michele Carton in the KNOM studio. Photo by Tate Coler/ KNOM. Nome Elementary School students put their creative and scientific minds to the test during its annual science fair. Over 20 students participated in the event, ranging from kindergarten through fifth grade.…

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'Uplift Her' wellness event focuses on women of color who face health disparities
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Sinner beats Fils to reach Madrid Open final

World number one Jannik Sinner remains on course for a record fifth consecutive Masters 1,000 title after reaching the Madrid Open final with a straight-set win over Arthur Fils.

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Pressure mounts for Sabres as closeout time arrives as series shifts to Boston

Through two games in Boston at TD Garden, the Bruins have been outscored 9-2 in their home losses in Games 3 and 4.

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The expert on 'super aging' breaks down the science — and grift

From peptides and protein to sleep hygiene and vaccines, what actually helps you age well? Physician Eric Topol breaks down the science — and the myths — of longevity and anti-aging.

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The expert on 'super aging' breaks down the science — and grift

From peptides and protein to sleep hygiene and vaccines, what actually helps you age well? Physician Eric Topol breaks down the science — and the myths — of longevity and anti-aging.

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Undergrad Business Roundup: Purdue Gets $20M Gift + Syracuse Whitman's New Experiential Center

Purdue lands a $20M gift for a new healthcare innovation institute, while Houston boosts startups, Whitman expands experiential learning, and global schools launch new partnerships and research.

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DAZN targets local sports and US expansion with ‘US$100m’ ViewLift takeover

Broadcaster DAZN can offer end-to-end technical and distribution support to major league teams swapping cable for streaming.

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Pens Points: Turning the page

Here are your Pens Points for this Friday morning… As the Pittsburgh Penguins shift their attention toward the off-season, we can look back at the overall picture of their playoff run and the season as a whole. The team was largely undone by their disastrous start, falling into a 3–0 series hole, in addition to […]

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May 1 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
After Luke Combs, will Neyland Stadium start hosting more concerts?

Neyland is the largest stadium in Tennessee, but Luke Combs will only be the fifth artist to headline a concert there. When will the venue host more?

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May 1 • 5:06 AM EDT • Entertainment • knoxnews.com
Months after Potomac River sewage spill, businesses are still hurting

Most advisories against recreational activities in affected areas have been lifted, but perceptions about lingering waste continue to hurt local companies.

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May 1 • 5:00 AM EDT • Business • washingtonpost.com
At the heart of the Science and Engineering Complex, a library named for a trailblazing alumna

Gift from the Troper Wojcicki Foundation honors the late technology executive and Harvard alumna.

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Apr 30 • 2:30 PM EDT • Science • news.harvard.edu
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Arts and Entertainment Agenda, May 1 to 7

Aspen Community School presents ‘Dahlapalooza,’ May 1 Aspen Community School will perform “Dahlapalooza” at 7 p.m. May 1 at the Wheeler Opera House, 320 E, Hyman Ave. The stage performance features Roald Dahl’s most popular...

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Apr 30 • 2:10 PM EDT • Entertainment • aspentimes.com
7 House seats could shift to GOP after voting rights ruling: Cook Political Report, Sabato’s Crystal Ball

Two nonpartisan election handicappers identified seven districts that could be at risk of being redrawn to favor Republicans following the Supreme Court’s Wednesday decision limiting the scope of t…

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Apr 30 • 12:35 PM EDT • Politics • thehill.com
Entertainment this week: Wild and Scenic Film Fest, Cushing Crossing and more

Friday, May 1 Coloso – 8 p.m.-12 a.m., Crystal Bay Casino, 14 Highway 28. Roots For The Depths Benefit Feat: COLOSO For more information, visit https://www.bandsintown.com/e/1038305529?app_id=pkvts0on0m&came_from=287&utm_medium=api&utm_source=partner_api&utm_campaign=event or call (775) 833-6333. Jeshua Marshall and The Flood...

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Apr 30 • 10:07 AM EDT • Entertainment • sierrasun.com
Taylor Swift to be inducted into the Central Pennsylvania Music Hall of Fame

Next year, pop superstar Taylor Swift will be inducted into the Central Pennsylvania Music Hall of Fame.

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Apr 30 • 8:50 AM EDT • Entertainment • lancasteronline.com
Sports Streamer DAZN Makes $100 Million Bet on Technology Company ViewLift

DAZN hopes the deal will build on its presence in the U.S. sports market.

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Apr 30 • 8:30 AM EDT • Sports • wsj.com
“They Pushed Him Back Inside Me”: “Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air” Star Tatyana Ali Has Shared Her Horrifying Birth Story While Speaking Out Against Racial Bias In Maternal Health

“It's an incredibly dangerous thing that they did; they could have snapped his neck; this is after hours of them holding me down.”

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Apr 30 • 8:01 AM EDT • Health • yahoo.com
White & Case advises Pale Fire Capital on business combination of indoor cycling platform ROUVY with Zwift

Global law firm White & Case LLP advised Pale Fire Capital, a prominent Czech-based investment form, and founders including Petr Samek, on the disposal of ROUVY, a leading indoor cycling and virtual training platform built on real-world routes, to California-based private company and leading

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Apr 30 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • whitecase.com
Cardinal Health lifts annual profit forecast on strong demand for specialty drugs

Drug distributor Cardinal Health on Thursday raised its 2026 profit forecast range, betting on ​strong demand for costly specialty medicines and branded ‌drugs at its pharmaceuticals unit.

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Apr 30 • 7:15 AM EDT • Health • reuters.com
Google Cloud is almost one-fifth of Alphabet’s business

Plus: Amazon, Anthropic, Microsoft, Musk v. Altman, Parallel, Qualcomm, Samsung, SoftBank.

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Apr 30 • 6:51 AM EDT • Business • fortune.com
A Dangerous Shift in Maternal Health Policy

The Trump administration is cutting the budget in ways that put the lives of pregnant women and babies at risk, write Stephanie Psaki, Dara Kass, and Liz Tobin-Tyler.

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Apr 30 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • time.com
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'Democrats should not be discounted': Texas attorney general race could signal shift in state politics

The May 26 runoff will decide which Democrat advances in the Texas attorney general race, one drawing attention across the state.

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Apr 29 • 5:22 PM EDT • Politics • kxxv.com
TEDxBreckenridge to host talk on the science of wildfires

Keystone Science School and Summit Fire & EMS are partnering with TEDxBreckenridge to host a talk about the “surprising science” of how wildfires shape the ecology of forests. Summit Fire fuels specialist Hannah Ohlson will...

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Apr 29 • 5:14 PM EDT • Science • summitdaily.com
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Internal Microsoft CFO memo touts 'increased pace' and 'tighter' teams

The company has introduced sweeping organizational shifts and mandates to work faster and leaner.

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Apr 29 • 4:35 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com