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VHC Health gets record-breaking $17.5M donation, supporting new cancer center

A $17.5 million donation to VHC Health, the largest philanthropic gift in the organization's history, is supporting a new cancer center expected to open in 2028. VHC Health is renaming its outpatient pavilion the "Arlene Evans and Barry Dewberry Outpatient Pavilion" in honor of the donors, who previously contributed $3 million to the hospital that

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Aug 12 • 2:45 PM EDT • Health • arlnow.com
Hendersonville hospital celebrates opening of Adolescent Behavioral Health Center

WLOS News 13 provides local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of events and items of interest in the community, sports and entertainment programming for Asheville, NC and nearby towns and communities in Western North Carolina and the Upstate of South Carolina, including the counties of Buncombe, Henderson, Rutherford, Haywood, Polk, Transylvania, McDowell, Mitchell, Madison, Yancey, Jackson, Swain, Macon, Graham, Spartanburg, Greenville, Anderson, Union, Pickens, Oconee, Laurens, Greenwood, Abbeville and also Biltmore Forest, Woodfin, Leicester, Black Mountain, Montreat, Arden, Weaverville, Hendersonville, Etowah, Flat Rock, Mills River, Waynesville, Maggie Valley, Canton, Clyde, Franklin, Cullowhee, Sylva, Cherokee, Marion, Old Fort, Forest City, Lake Lure, Bat Cave, Spindale, Spruce Pine, Bakersville, Burnsville, Tryon, Columbus, Marshall, Mars Hill, Brevard, Bryson City, Cashiers, Greer, Landrum, Clemson, Gaffney, and Easley.

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Aug 12 • 1:58 PM EDT • Health • wlos.com
Sports fans never sleep: Ericsson says 5G is becoming central to game-day

Fans increasingly expect seamless digital experiences before, during and after sporting events, p | The World Cup may be over, but the race to improve fan experiences is not. Advanced 5G networks are increasingly shaping everything from stadium connectivity and concessions to media production and public safety.

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Aug 12 • 12:27 PM EDT • Sports • fiercewireless.com
MUSC Health and Cigna extend network agreement again, averting higher costs for members

WCIV ABC News 4, Charleston, South Carolina provides coverage of local and national news, sports, weather and community events in the region, including North Charleston, Mt Pleasant, Summerville, Hanahan, Goose Creek, Rantowles, Cottageville, St George, Moncks Corner, Jacksonboro, Ravenel, Cottageville, Walterboro, Sullivans Island, Dewees Island and Folly Beach.

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Aug 12 • 11:27 AM EDT • Health • abcnews4.com
Sen. Darline Graham, Rep. Ralph Norman advance to GOP runoff in South Carolina

A first-time candidate who was always close to her brother's political orbit, Darline Graham overcame skepticism about her lack of experience in her campaign to replace him, as she moved forward Tuesday as the top vote-getter to runner-up Norman.

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Aug 12 • 11:12 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
MVP leads to health discoveries for Veterans like you

Research findings from VA’s MVP are helping move discoveries toward use in clinical care, improving health and wellness for all Veterans.

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Aug 12 • 10:30 AM EDT • Health • news.va.gov
New instrument will aid environmental science and industry

A new spectrometer facility at the University of Alaska Fairbanks will let researchers see chemical components of materials in the parts-per-trillion range, advancing environmental science across Alaska. The UAF International Arctic Research Center will build the facility with $877,501 over three years from the National Science Foundation’s Division of Ocean Sciences. The award will enable the purchase [...]

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Aug 12 • 10:03 AM EDT • Science • alaska-native-news.com
Ramp: Anthropic's Fable 5 lagged behind OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol in July

Although OpenAI trails Anthropic in business adoption, it won a moneymaking battle in July with its most advanced model, GPT-5.6 Sol.

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Aug 12 • 10:00 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Google unveils the Pixel Watch 5 with a smarter Gemini and advanced health monitoring

The new smartwatch, which starts at $399, can track blood pressure patterns and insulin resistance, as well as deliver personalized help and better sleep tracking.

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Aug 12 • 10:00 AM EDT • Technology • techcrunch.com
WORLDWIDE WEDNESDAYS: The Rise of A.I. Entertainment

NewsChannel 7’s Alyssa Dutton and Emmett Rice sit down with Producer Evan Bendall to discuss the rise of A.I. entertainment

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Aug 12 • 9:48 AM EDT • Entertainment • wjhg.com
Qunova Appoints CFO and Two Business Development Executives

Qunova Computing appoints Jake Hwang as CFO and adds Evan Kang and Woomin Kyoung to expand quantum software commercialization.

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Aug 12 • 9:27 AM EDT • Business • thequantuminsider.com
Trump brushes off reporter question about running for third term in 2028: 'The law is very strong'

President Donald Trump told reporters "the law is very strong" on a third term but has previously outlined a JD Vance route scholars reject.

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Aug 12 • 8:20 AM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Coalition for Health AI (CHAI) Convenes New Health AI Cybersecurity Work Group

/PRNewswire/ -- Today, Coalition for Health AI (CHAI), a nonprofit organization founded by clinicians to advance responsible health AI, announced new efforts...

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Aug 12 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • prnewswire.com
Montenegro’s Minister of Education, Science and Innovation signs third agreement to partner with Oracle Academy to advance technology education

Montenegro’s Minister of Education, Science and Innovation signs third agreement to partner with Oracle Academy to advance technology education

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Aug 12 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • blogs.oracle.com
Aaron Rodgers: I don't think there's any advantage to playing in the preseason

The Steelers haven't decided if Rodgers will play on Thursday.

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Aug 12 • 7:42 AM EDT • Sports • nbcnews.com
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SC Entertainment and Music Hall of Fame celebrates legends |

By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com LIBERTY — A comment from one of the state’s music legends played a part in the creation of the South Carolina Entertainment & Music Hall of Fame. During a recent induction ceremony held at the Pickens County Performing Arts Center in Liberty, founder David Godbold discussed how the Hall

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Aug 12 • 7:30 AM EDT • Entertainment • yourpickenscounty.com
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Graham, Norman advance to special primary runoff, political analyst breaks down results

News 4's political analyst Gibbs Knotts joined Good Morning Charleston Wednesday to break down the resulst and

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Aug 12 • 6:33 AM EDT • Politics • abcnews4.com
Skillfully Adding AI To The HHS Pledge On Advancing Best Practices For National Mental Health Care

HHS released a pledge to advance national mental healthcare. I add AI to the six stated principles, since AI will be integral to this. An AI Insider analysis and scoop.

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Aug 12 • 3:15 AM EDT • Health • forbes.com
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Advancing the science of dietary nitrate with integrated vascular assessment

Standardised beetroot-derived dietary nitrate supports endothelial function, arterial compliance, central haemodynamics and nitric oxide bioavailability, thereby promoting systems-based research in vascular nutrition

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Aug 12 • 3:00 AM EDT • Science • nutraceuticalbusinessreview.com
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Hyundai Motor Group Accelerates AI Transformation Across Its Business, Advancing Toward the Physical AI Era

Hyundai Motor Group presents its Digital Transformation (DX) and AI transformation (AX) journey, key achievements and future vision, highlighting its...

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Aug 12 • 12:52 AM EDT • Business • prnewswire.com
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Cooke wins Democratic primary in Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District

Cooke is making her second run against Van Orden, who defeated her in the 2024 general election.

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Aug 12 • 12:42 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumnews1.com
Van Orden to face Cooke again in Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District race

Van Orden, who is seeking a third term representing western and central Wisconsin, narrowly defeated Cooke by about 11,000 votes in 2024.

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Aug 11 • 11:30 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumnews1.com
Dems eye pick-up in Wisconsin swing district as Rep Van Orden set for rematch in key House race

Rebecca Cooke won Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District Democratic primary, setting up a rematch with Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden this fall.

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Aug 11 • 10:39 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Evander Kane stirs up controversy despite still being unsigned.

Has Evander Kane hurt his chances of earning a new NHL contract?

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Aug 11 • 8:48 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Senator Darline Graham advances to runoff in South Carolina Republican primary

Lindsey Graham’s sister, appointed to replace him, is seeking full term in special Senate primary

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Aug 11 • 8:29 PM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
KCMO City Council moves to repeal, replace 45-year-old minority, women's business program

The Kansas City, Missouri, Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee advanced two ordinances Tuesday that would dismantle the existing Minority and Women Business Enterprise Program.

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Aug 11 • 8:08 PM EDT • Business • kshb.com
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City Council advances plan to replace KC's minority- and women-owned business program

Kansas City is replacing its Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise program with a broader program designed to help more businesses than before while still abiding by new legal rulings.

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Aug 11 • 6:34 PM EDT • Business • kmbc.com
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Linebacker Kip Lewis on transfer Cole Sullivan’s adjustment

Linebacker Kip Lewis praises transfer LB Cole Sullivan for how quickly he has adapted to the Sooners' defense.

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Aug 11 • 4:10 PM EDT • Sports • oudaily.com
Health insurers are dumping Medicare Advantage plans. Here’s how many seniors could be affected.

Older adults could be scrambling for new health coverage next year, especially in rural markets that have fewer insurance choices.

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Aug 11 • 2:02 PM EDT • Health • marketwatch.com
Vanderbilt Health evaluating vaccine for C. difficile for people 65 and older

Participants in the study will be randomized to receive two C. difficile vaccine doses six months apart, or a placebo, to learn if an investigational vaccine is safe and can help prevent C. difficile infection in persons age 65 and older.

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Aug 11 • 10:57 AM EDT • Health • news.vumc.org
Today’s clicks can reveal tomorrow’s breakthroughs

The trail of likes, shares and downloads we leave across the internet could help predict successful innovations years in advance.

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Aug 11 • 9:54 AM EDT • Science • news.cornell.edu
Sinclair Launches Pittsburgh Sports Tonight Live Weeknight Sports Show Premieres August 31 Across Pittsburgh, Johnstown/Altoona and Wheeling/Steubenville

PITTSBURGH, Pa. — August 11, 2026 — Sinclair today announced the launch of Pittsburgh Sports Tonight, a new live, locally produced sports program premiering Monday, August 31. Airing weeknights from 7:00–7:30 p.m. ET, the 30-minute program will deliver comprehensive regional sports coverage across Sinclair's three-station television network serving Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio, and Northern West...

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Aug 11 • 9:08 AM EDT • Sports • sbgi.net
Super Mario Bros Speedrunners Are 0.1 Seconds From Perfection

Just six frames stand between these savants and the perfect Mario run

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Aug 11 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
UNCW Athletics, Novant Health and EmergeOrtho Forge Landmark Partnership to Enhance Student-Athlete Health and Wellness

WILMINGTON, N.C. – UNCW Athletics announced that Novant Health and EmergeOrtho are proud partners of the Seahawks, beginning in the 2026-27 academic year. This multi-year agreement shows UNCW's dedication to providing a top-tier student-athlete experience through the largest transformational investment in UNCW Athletics history.

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Aug 11 • 7:00 AM EDT • Health • uncwsports.com
The U.S. Healthcare System is Already Mostly Socialized

Now that Abdul El-Sayed is the Democratic nominee for Michigan’s open Senate seat, the outcome of this crucial race will depend mainly on two things: Whether Republicans succeed in demonizing El-Sayed because he’s brown and a Muslim, and whether they succeed in demonizing him as a left-wing radical. I will defer for the now the question of whether bigotry will be effective this year, although I will address it another day. What I want to address instead is El-Sayed’s signature issue — healthcare. Yes, El-Sayed advocates Medicare for All, a position the usual suspects denounce as “socialism.” I will get to the politics of his stance soon. Today, however, I want to talk about the substance. We should be clear that El-Sayed doesn’t even call himself a socialist. On the contrary, he explicitly disavows the label, saying “I’m a capitalist who just knows about capitalism”. In fact, as I explained in a previous post, the policies that El-Sayed advocates qualify him as a social democrat, not a socialist. Still, El-Sayed advocates a system under which the government would pay almost all medical expenses. Isn’t that socialism? Well, if that is the criterion then much of U.S. healthcare is already socialist. In fact, the government’s role is so large that U.S. healthcare is better described as partially privatized socialism than as anything resembling a free market. Let’s start with the raw numbers on health insurance, which pays the bulk of Americans’ medical expenses. Americans receive health insurance either from private companies or from public programs, overwhelmingly Medicare and Medicaid. Here’s what the breakdown of coverage and spending between private and public looked like in 2024: While a majority of Americans with health insurance get it from private companies, well over 100 million of us are covered by government programs instead. And these government programs pay more total dollars for medical bills than the private insurers do. Why do government programs that cover a minority of the population account for a majority of health insurers’ outlays? Mainly because Medicare covers seniors, and we’re expensive. Also, while Medicaid covers many younger Americans, disabled and elderly beneficiaries account for most of its spending. Even by the raw numbers, then, U.S. health insurance looks as much public as private. But that understates the government’s role: Private health insurance in the U.S. is both highly regulated and heavily subsidized. This is obviously true for the insurance coverage purchased by tens of millions of Americans through the exchanges established by the Affordable Care Act. But employment-based health insurance, which covers 161 million Americans, is far more of a government creation than most people realize. For employment-based insurance exists largely because of huge implicit government subsidies that come with major strings attached. Here’s how that works. If your employer pays you $10,000, that’s taxable income. But if your employer pays $10,000 toward a company health insurance plan that meets certain criteria, it isn’t taxable. That’s a huge effective subsidy, running at more than $300 billion a year. Take that subsidy into account, along with the more than $100 billion per year spent subsidizing policies purchased under the ACA, as well as the outlays on Medicare and Medicaid, and net effect is that the government pays for more than two-thirds of Americans’ health insurance. Granted, there are strings attached. Roughly speaking, employment-based health plans can’t discriminate based on medical history — that is, they can’t deny coverage to employees with pre-existing conditions — and they also can’t offer the plans only to highly compensated employees — a health plan that is only for the C-suite is considered taxable income. So given the restrictions of the federal tax code, employer-based health insurance is a lot like Obamacare, which also prohibits discrimination based on medical history and provides subsidies to make insurance affordable to lower-paid workers. The fact is that virtually all of private healthcare insurance is already well under some form of government control through regulation and tax subsidies. How should we think about this system? First of all, is Medicare socialist? Don’t tell anyone, but the way Medicare operates — it covers every senior’s medical expenses, whatever they turn out to be, while being funded by taxes that depend on one’s income — could be summarized by the old Marxist slogan “From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.” And back in 1961, when Ronald Reagan was the face of a last-ditch effort by the American Medical Association to block the creation of Medicare, he denounced Medicare as “socialized medicine” and warned that it would destroy our freedom. In reality, American freedom survived until Jan. 20, 2025, while Medicare is immensely popular, with an 82 percent favorable rating in the most recent KFF survey. Medicaid, government health insurance for lower-income Americans, comes in at 73 percent. This is in sharp contrast to public views about private insurers, who are widely disliked if not hated and accused of denying essential care. Furthermore, if Medicare is socialism, then the whole U.S. health insurance system, with the government paying most of the bills and placing conditions on private insurers, is almost equally socialist. If you insist on calling any program the government pays for and regulates socialist, then U.S. healthcare would best be described as a partially privatized form of socialism. And one must ask, what is the point of the part that is privatized? Do private insurers add anything positive? Or are they simply parasites, skimming off money that could have been paying for care? The case for viewing insurers as parasites is strong. Many Medicare benefits are now delivered via Medicare Advantage, that is, plans paid for by the government but run through insurance companies. MedPAC, an independent advisory commission, estimates that last year Medicare Advantage plans were overpaid by $84 billion, thanks to practices such as “upcoding,” in which patients’ health problems are overstated to get larger sums from Medicare. Assessing the waste from employer-based insurance is harder, but most evidence suggests that private insurers have substantially higher administrative costs than Medicare does. Furthermore, the complexity of private insurance, with multiple payers all trying to deny care when they can, is a huge burden both on providers — doctors, nurses, and hospitals — and on patients. What do private insurers offer to compensate for these costs? One must go through intellectual contortions to avoid the conclusion that they are, in fact, parasites. Which brings me back to El-Sayed. In supporting Medicare for All, he’s basically calling for an end to the partial, parasitic privatization of a healthcare system that is already hugely dependent on public funding. When one looks at it that way, it’s not at all a radical proposal. Admittedly, the political lift requires overcoming the opposition to higher taxes to pay for Medicare for All. Political realism rather than economics was the reason I and many other progressives supported Obamacare, with all its complexities, rather than demanding an immediate move to Medicare for All. But the political calculus may very well have shifted since the 2000s, as Americans are fed up with a system of unaffordable premiums, rampant claim denials, and byzantine claim administration. Moreover, funding healthcare insurance through taxation would allow for a much more progressive distribution of the cost. That is, compared to the present system, middle-income households would pay less as high-income households would pay more. And the U.S. would stop wasting large sums on pointless administrative costs. So let’s be clear: El-Sayed’s healthcare platform is perfectly reasonable on the merits of cost, fairness and health efficacy. And with private insurers never more hated, while millions of Americans are losing their health insurance, 2026 may be its time. MUSICAL CODA

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Aug 11 • 6:33 AM EDT • Health • paulkrugman.substack.com
Insight: US fuel sales to Cuban business bring a glimpse of capitalism to Havana

Gasoline at $38 a gallon sold from cramped apartments. Diesel hawked on Instagram by a celebrity model to a reggaeton soundtrack. Six decades after Fidel Castro’s revolution, all of a sudden, capitalist cracks are appearing in Cuba’s communist energy sector.

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Aug 11 • 6:05 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
A ballot fight over corporate money in Michigan politics is coming to voters

Voters will decide whether to upend campaign finance in Michigan when they head to the polls in November as outrage over money in politics intensifies pressure for reform.

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Aug 11 • 4:00 AM EDT • Politics • michiganadvance.com
Juventus rejects Arsenal’s advances for their key man

Juventus have insisted that Kenan Yildiz is not for sale this summer after Arsenal approached them about signing the talented attacker during this transfer window.The Gunners are searching for a marqu...

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Aug 11 • 4:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Former Donegal footballer McHugh passes away

Former Donegal All-Ireland winner James McHugh passes away following a car crash in County Cavan.

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Aug 11 • 3:45 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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The story behind UT Health San Antonio’s ‘Double Helix’

For more than 40 years, the landmark sculpture has reflected discovery, innovation and advances in healthcare in South Texas.

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Aug 11 • 3:00 AM EDT • Health • news.utsa.edu
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I Made This: ‘Strouse Entertainment: Starting a Business from a Wheelchair’

Recent Full Sail University Digital Cinematography graduate Van Eisenhour created a mini-documentary in class that earned a spot at Wellsboro Film Festival.

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Aug 10 • 8:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • fullsail.edu
Scientific advancement has never been more prolific—so why has trust in science plummeted?

From genome editing to quantum computing, scientific progress is accelerating at an unprecedented pace, yet public faith in science is collapsing. Our species has mapped the human genome, created powerful ...

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Aug 10 • 7:40 PM EDT • Science • phys.org
Northwest Politics NOW: Aug 12, 2026

Reporting Portland and Vancouver area breaking news and weather stories to make Oregon and Southwest Washington a better place to live

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Aug 10 • 7:17 PM EDT • Politics • koin.com
“I stand on the shoulders of giants”: Mark Blaxter on being a bookworm, building a programme from scratch and his love of small wiggly creatures

From aspiring dentist to sequencing specialist, Ashleigh Williams, Advanced Research Assistant at the Wellcome Sanger Institute shares how following her curiosity led to a career full of cutting-edge technologies and unexpected turns.

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Aug. 20 is registration deadline for District 65 fall sports leagues

The city of Evanston is reminding parents and caregivers that Aug. 20 is the deadline to register for District 65 fall sports leagues. Flag football

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Violent crime falls in Scranton under Mayor Cognetti

The decrease comes after the Cognetti administration invested millions of dollars in the local police force.

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Aug 10 • 4:58 PM EDT • Politics • pennsylvaniaindependent.com
After his Reflecting Pool vandalism case is dismissed, David Hearn looks for closure

The ex-Olympian accused of damaging the reflecting pool tells NPR the experience has been "Orwellian" and "Kafkaesque." And it's not over yet: His lawyers are fighting to close the case permanently.

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Saber's newest game trailer takes a shot at Gearbox's CEO, if you look closely

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

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Aug 10 • 4:27 PM EDT • Technology • gamefile.news
Junior Achievement of Georgia to induct Kronowitz and Leopold into Savannah Business Hall of Fame

Savannah natives Lowell Kronowitz and Stratton Leopold will be inducted into the Junior Achievement of Georgia Savannah Business Hall of Fame in November.

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Aug 10 • 4:26 PM EDT • Business • wtoc.com
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New AI for Health Initiative Connects Computer Science and Medicine

Led by the UC Davis Department of Computer Science, the AI for Health Initiative will connect researchers and clinicians across disciplines to advance responsible AI use in medicine, support student training and strengthen partnerships with UC Davis Health.

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Aug 10 • 2:27 PM EDT • Science • engineering.ucdavis.edu
New AI for Health Initiative Connects Computer Science and Medicine

Led by the UC Davis Department of Computer Science, the AI for Health Initiative will connect researchers and clinicians across disciplines to advance responsible AI use in medicine, support student training and strengthen partnerships with UC Davis Health.

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Aug 10 • 2:27 PM EDT • Health • engineering.ucdavis.edu
Lifeways getting new van to help mental health services in Jackson

Rep. Schmaltz secures funding for innovative van to help people in need State Rep. Kathy Schmaltz has secured $210,000 in the new state budget for LifeWays, the Jackson-Hillsdale Community Mental Health program, to purchase an Innovative Mobile Mental Health Crisis Unit that will expand access to mental health services throughout Jackson County. The innovative unit […]

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Aug 10 • 11:25 AM EDT • Health • gophouse.org
From Master’s In Global Business To Apple: Why The Most Valuable MBA Lesson Was Learning To Evolve.

Through an MBA spent across 3 countries Shivani Mahesh Tambralli learned career growth comes from range, not from staying in a single lane.

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Aug 10 • 10:10 AM EDT • Business • poetsandquants.com
Cook County moves to end decades-old tax buying practice

After Evanston homeowner Goyce Rates fell behind on her property taxes, two tax buyers in 2019 purchased liens on the home’s two parcels for a total of $9,025. By 2023, she was unable to redeem her property for the cost of back taxes and interest, enabling the buyers to win deeds for the property and evict her family in November that year.

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Aug 10 • 9:45 AM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com
SGMC Health Expands Specialized Care for High-Risk Pregnancies with Maternal-Fetal Medicine Services

SGMC Health is expanding access to specialized care for high-risk pregnancies with the launch of Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) services on its main campus, further strengthening its commitment to advancing women and infants’ health across South Georgia and North Florida.

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Aug 10 • 9:41 AM EDT • Health • sgmc.org
Ott receives leadership award from Society for the Study of Reproduction

Troy Ott, Peter and Ann Tombros Dean of Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, has received the Distinguished Leadership and Service Award from the Society for the Study of Reproduction, one of the organization’s highest honors recognizing exceptional leadership and selfless service in advancing the science of reproductive biology.

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Aug 10 • 8:10 AM EDT • Science • psu.edu
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A taste of discovery: Real-time X-ray data analysis with DONUT accelerates materials science at Argonne

Argonne’s DONUT, a machine learning tool, delivers real-time X-ray data analysis at the Advanced Photon Source, giving scientists faster insights into material structures and accelerating discovery in advanced materials research.

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Aug 10 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • anl.gov
Designing Direct-to-Government Assistance: Three Case Studies in Global Health Financing

In September 2025, the US State Department released the America First Global Health Strategy, announcing a major shift in how the United States programs foreign assistance in one of its largest sectors, representing over $13 billion in FY 2024. Global health dollars, the strategy states, will now flow primarily to foreign governments, not to nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), as has been the case in recent decades. The Department has sought to advance this strategy by signing non-binding, multi-year memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with dozens of its largest aid recipients. While officials acknowledge that there will be real challenges to providing direct assistance in the near term, the explicit goal of these MOUs is to transition from donor-driven systems to partner government-led implementation.

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Aug 10 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • cgdev.org
High Volume Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopies Offer Patients Exceptional Expertise

Pennsylvania pulmonology team surpasses 1,300 procedures

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Aug 10 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • lvhn.org
RadNet touts ‘disproportionately higher’ growth in advanced imaging

The Los Angeles-based, publicly traded imaging center operator officially announced its second quarter earnings results on Aug. 9.

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Aug 10 • 7:16 AM EDT • Business • radiologybusiness.com
Marantz CINEMA Series 2 Rebuilds the AV Receiver for Modern Home Entertainment

The Marantz CINEMA Series 2 upgrades premium home theater with new DACs, broader Dirac Live support, advanced gaming features, and smarter system control.

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Aug 10 • 7:15 AM EDT • Entertainment • stupiddope.com
Some disabled people want to advance their careers. They say Medicaid rules stop them

Medicaid will have new work requirements next year. But some people with disabilities, who already work, say they'd like to work more, but risk losing their Medicaid coverage if they earn too much.

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Aug 10 • 7:00 AM EDT • Health • npr.org
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The sun will vanish over Europe in a rare total solar eclipse: Watch live

A total solar eclipse will plunge parts of Europe into darkness on August 12, 2026, with Spain offering some of the best views. ESA will livestream the spectacle from the Javalambre Observatory, combining telescope feeds, drone footage, and expert commentary. At 20:31 CEST, the observatory will experience 1 minute and 21 seconds of totality, revealing the Sun’s normally hidden outer atmosphere.

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Aug 10 • 6:59 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
If it’s socialism, show us

Michigan voters have barely finished choosing their candidates for November, and already one of the oldest labels in American politics is getting another workout.

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Aug 10 • 6:30 AM EDT • Politics • michiganadvance.com
ABL Ascend Advanced Therapies Names Suman Subramanian as Chief Business Officer

ROCKVILLE, MD / ACCESS Newswire / August 10, 2026 /ABL Inc and Ascend Advanced Therapies today announced the appointment of Suman Subramanian as Chief Business Officer (CBO), further strengthening the Company's commercial leadership and its commitment ...

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Aug 10 • 4:00 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Nature Medicine Just Published the AI Mental Health Audit Framework the FDA Hasn’t Written Yet

Nature Medicine's clinically validated AI chatbot audit framework arrives as FDA still lacks generative AI mental health approval standards—here's what trial…

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Aug 10 • 3:32 AM EDT • Health • clinicaltrialvanguard.com
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3 Undrafted Free Agents with Best Chance to Make 49ers Roster

The San Francisco 49ers have one of the most talented rosters in the league. The roster is loaded with proven veterans like Christian McCaffrey, Mike Evans, and Nick Bosa, among many others. The 49ers signed many fewer undrafted free agents than other teams did, and the ones that they did sign have a tough path.

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Aug 9 • 11:48 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Exclusive | Post walks LA's once-iconic Van Nuys Blvd. for a week – here's disturbing scene we found

“It’s so sad, so sad. We are in California, the best state in the United States, right?”

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Aug 9 • 8:54 PM EDT • Business • nypost.com
Michael Brennan wins Wyndham Championship and qualifies for PGA Tour postseason

The victory moves Brennan from No. 105 to No. 47 in the FedEx Cup to be among the top 70 who advance to the FedEx Cup playoffs.

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Aug 9 • 7:36 PM EDT • Sports • spectrumlocalnews.com
Sunday Sports: Red & Black advance to NFA title game and more

Here’s a recap of your North Country sports this Sunday.

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Aug 9 • 6:19 PM EDT • Sports • wwnytv.com
No, Usher has not been cloned despite bizarre internet theory: ‘They can’t clone this’

“AI ain’t that advanced,” the singer wrote on social media.

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Aug 9 • 6:17 PM EDT • Entertainment • nz.news.yahoo.com
Bleacher Report Questions Nick Sirianni's Future Despite Eagles' Sustained Success

According to Bleacher Report’s Brent Sobleski, Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni may be on the hot seat depending on the result of this season. "If the Eagles falter because Sirianni fails to get his team back on track, the organization should consider a quick hook to take full advantage of the window with its current core." Philadelphia hired Sirianni ahead of the 2021 NFL season, after firing Super Bowl-winning coach Doug Peterson.

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Aug 9 • 4:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
The Honor Bar & Grill celebrates grand opening in Galivants Ferry

A familiar restaurant location entered a new chapter Saturday as The Honor Bar & Grill celebrated its grand opening and ribbon cutting in Galivants Ferry.

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Aug 9 • 2:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • myhorrynews.com
Vice President Vance says migrant communities show 'clear pattern' in federal fraud as investigations widen

JD Vance reveals $230 billion in fraud uncovered since Trump took office and explains why recouping stolen federal funds remains a major challenge.

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Aug 9 • 12:57 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
49ers’ Kyle Shanahan makes Mike Evans guarantee amid injury absence

Mike Evans is dealing with a quad injury during training camp, but Kyle Shanahan still sees him playing a major role in the 49ers' offense.

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Aug 9 • 11:32 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Farm Bill falls to advance in McConnell’s absence

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who has been away from the Senate since a fall in mid-June, has cast some votes "by proxy."

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Aug 9 • 11:29 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumnews1.com
The Lancet Regional Health – Europe: Europe’s failure to deliver on drug-resistant TB

The Europe's TB paradox: some of the world's wealthiest and most advanced health systems are failing to implement known tools to tackle drug-resistant TB.

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Aug 9 • 11:02 AM EDT • Health • eatg.org
Four 49ers Position Battles Still Ongoing at Training Camp

The San Francisco 49ers have one of the most talented rosters in the league. There are a few interesting position battles going on, though, such as at left guard and free safety. A month ago, it was assumed that Mike Evans and Ricky Pearsall would be the top two options and it would be a solid room.

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Aug 9 • 10:05 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Review | Jeremy Jordan keeps ‘Just in Time’ swinging after Jonathan Groff

"Just in Time" is a bio-musical that follows Bobby Darin, the singer who rose to fame with “Splish Splash.”

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Aug 9 • 10:02 AM EDT • Entertainment • amny.com
Retro Recap: All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (August 9th 2026)

KONKR Pocket Advance! Star Wars Racer! EverDrive-64 Pro!

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Aug 9 • 7:05 AM EDT • Technology • timeextension.com
The World's Vegetables Are Vanishing, And It's Quietly Wrecking Our Diets

We have to act now.

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Aug 9 • 7:00 AM EDT • Health • sciencealert.com
The World's Vegetables Are Vanishing, And It's Quietly Wrecking Our Diets

We have to act now.

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Aug 9 • 7:00 AM EDT • Technology • sciencealert.com
This may be one of the most stunning parts of a total eclipse

Despite advances in science, the corona, or outermost part of the sun’s atmosphere, remains mysterious. Wednesday’s total solar eclipse provides a chance to study it.

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Aug 9 • 6:00 AM EDT • Science • washingtonpost.com
Where are the Ugandan boxers? Four are latest athletes to vanish after UK sports events

Team manager has ‘no idea’ why they disappeared, after reports one of Commonwealth Games athletes said they intended to claim asylum

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Aug 9 • 5:00 AM EDT • Sports • theguardian.com
Trump has squandered Republicans’ typical advantages in 2 key areas

President Donald Trump’s political stature is so poor right now that he has squandered the Republican Party’s typical advantage on both the economy and national security.

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Aug 9 • 12:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Fauci Contempt Vote Reflects the Enduring Politics of COVID

Experts say the focus on COVID grievances shows that some wounds it opened were never closed

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Aug 8 • 8:00 PM EDT • Politics • medpagetoday.com
American Airlines Just Made It Harder for Elite Flyers to Get Free Business-Class Upgrades

Starting August 25, AAdvantage members flying economy are losing a valuable perk on popular Hawaii and coast-to-coast routes: a chance to score a complimentary lie-flat seat.

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Aug 8 • 5:53 PM EDT • Business • inc.com
Crews battle early morning fire at Cambria Co. business

WJAC provides news, weather and sports information for Johnstown, Altoona, State College and DuBois, Pennsylvania. Our coverage area includes Bedford, Everett, Somerset, Meyersdale, Ebensburg, Windber, Hollidaysburg, Huntingdon, Mount Union, Tyrone, Bellefonte, Philipsburg, Clearfield, Punxsutawney, St. Marys, Brookville, Emporium, Treasure Lake, Ridgway, Centre Hall, Reynoldsville and Curwensville.

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Aug 8 • 2:04 PM EDT • Business • wjactv.com
Nationals' Yovanny Cruz: Nabs first hold

Nationals' Yovanny Cruz: Nabs first hold

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Aug 8 • 11:38 AM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
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Allegheny Health Network first in Western Pa. to offer GammaTile brain cancer treatment

Trailblazing technology offered at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh’s North Side is helping patients with operable brain metastases live longer. Allegheny Health Network neurosurgeon Matthew J. Shepard is the first physician in Western Pennsylvania to use GammaTile, an FDA-approved treatment that uses collagen disks about the size of postage stamps

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Aug 8 • 6:01 AM EDT • Health • triblive.com
David Sinclair Launches Lifespan Media Platform for Longevity Science

David Sinclair launches Lifespan media platform to improve public understanding of longevity science research and clinical trials.

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Aug 8 • 2:34 AM EDT • Science • clinicaltrialvanguard.com
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Cardinals' Ivan Herrera: Blasts homer in win

Cardinals' Ivan Herrera: Blasts homer in win

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Aug 7 • 11:23 PM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
Digital cameras and wired earphones are back - and 'a bit more real'

We're surrounded by more advanced tech in 2026, so why are young people going back to basics?

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Aug 7 • 9:40 PM EDT • Technology • bbc.com
Rybakina advances while Andreeva exits at Toronto

Reigning Australian Open champion Elena Rybakina advanced to the fourth round of the WTA Toronto Masters on Friday while French Open winner Mirra Andreeva was eliminated by Canada's Leylah Fernandez.Rybakina, who also won the 2022 Wimbledon title, advanced to a last-16 meeting with the winner of a later match between Russia's Liudmila Samsonova and Australian Maya Joint.

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Aug 7 • 5:37 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Vandalism, populism and a rise in state tourism: CT politics news

Murphy maps out his vision of ‘economic populism.’ State tourism had a big year. And vandalism at the Nathan Hale Homestead in Coventry.

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Aug 7 • 5:30 PM EDT • Politics • ctmirror.org
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As an American Jew, my first political loyalty is to American democracy

I’m an American Jew, and my political loyalty is not to Democrats or to Republicans. It is to American democracy. Full stop. That shouldn’t be controversial, but for some people, a Jew saying that their first political loyalty is to American democracy will sound like a statement against Israel. They’ll assume I have rejected my […]

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Aug 7 • 4:39 PM EDT • Politics • michiganadvance.com
8 UCF Faculty Members to Be Inducted in Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida

UCF faculty were recognized for their advancements and impact in artificial intelligence, medical diagnostic technology, computer science, energy and manufacturing, and coastal resiliency.

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Aug 7 • 3:45 PM EDT • Science • ucf.edu
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I've Built 7 Companies in a Mid-Sized Market. Here's How It Gave Me an Advantage the Big Cities Couldn't.

You don't have to build your business in a big metro. Mid-sized cities have their own unique benefits for founders.

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Aug 7 • 2:00 PM EDT • Business • entrepreneur.com
High school sports notebook: Kim Niedbala resigns as the football coach, AD at Union

Kim Niedbala and his wife decided recently to move to eastern Pennsylvania for job opportunities. And just like that, Union lost its football coach, athletic...

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Aug 7 • 1:17 PM EDT • Sports • post-gazette.com
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Tech, manufacturing companies plan Vegas-area moves with tax incentive approval

An advanced technology company supporting artificial intelligence is one of four businesses expanding their operations to Southern Nevada after their requests for tax incentives were approved by st...

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Aug 7 • 11:30 AM EDT • Business • reviewjournal.com
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