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Kristian Fulton Trade Blocked By Chiefs Depth, Not Value

A surprise twist blocks a potential Lions trade for Kristian Fulton. Chiefs reporter Charles Goldman explains why Kansas City keeps him despite injury concerns.

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Oct 15 • 4:15 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Colorado Springs named best city in nation for small businesses

A new report from Bluevine has named Colorado Springs as the most business friendly nation in the nation. it beat out Denver and several other metros.

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Oct 15 • 4:11 PM EDT • Business • gazette.com
NCAA reportedly expanding College Football Playoff to 24 teams

NCAA reportedly expanding College Football Playoff to 24 teams

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Oct 15 • 4:02 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Report: Illinois gets an F for financial health

(The Center Square) – Illinois is one of four states that received a failing grade on the 2026 Financial State of the States report, but Truth in Accounting said there is a legislative way to improve ...

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Oct 15 • 4:00 PM EDT • Health • yahoo.com
NVIDIA’s RTX 5090 Disappears From Its Marketplace, Adding Fuel To Discontinuation Rumors

NVIDIA's RTX 5090 has disappeared from its Marketplace amid production halts, as reports suggest it may be replaced by the upcoming RTX 5080 24 GB.

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Oct 15 • 3:49 PM EDT • Technology • wccftech.com
IP Saves the Day On Streaming

(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights each week.) Before we get started, I wanted to highlight a new idea I saw from Real Good AI, proposing a ratings system for AI use. (H/T to Anthony Kaufman’s article highlighting this.) It would look something like this: In general, I think that this is a solid, middle-ground solution that should appease both the pro-AI camp (who love AI) and the anti-AI camp (who wants to know if what they’re watching didn’t come from humans). Regardless of your feelings on AI/LLMs—I’ll never use it for my writing—transparency is often the best solution to many problems. In general, I think way more media outlets need to be using way more AI disclosures. My quick “Yes and...” to this idea: what about ads? In particular, I hate it when I see or hear ads that are obviously AI-generated, but a person or voice says, “I used this product”. AI doesn’t use products! Just today, I watched a YouTube ad where a “person” said they use some sort of rain wind chime...but that’s not a real person! They didn’t use this product. (Especially since the video of the wind chime itself also appeared to be AI-generated...) I believe most traditional advertising already has standards like this anyway.1 Okay, on to this week’s issue. We’re covering the week of 14-Sep, and then next issue, I’ll be fully caught up with Nielsen’s new release schedule. In the future, I plan to put out Streaming Ratings Reports each Monday after Nielsen’s Thursday releases. Overall, we had some big new shows this week, like Prime Video’s Reacher spinoff_, Neagley_, which is off to a big, big start, and Netflix’s latest in its Monster anthology, which is their largest opening since June and the second-largest since One Piece came out in March. All that, plus Slow Horses returns, the trio of returning shows (Lioness, Reacher and Ted Lasso) continue to dominate the top tens, Paramount+’s latest crime drama, a big whiff for a Netflix original film and a precipitous drop for Netflix film charts, all the flops, bombs and misses, and a whole lot more. Let’s dive right in! (Reminder: The streaming ratings report focuses on the U.S. market and compiles data from Nielsen’s weekly top ten viewership ranks, Luminate’s Top Ten Data, JustWatch and Reelgood interest data, Samba TV household viewership, company datecdotes, Netflix hours viewed data, Google Trends, and IMDb to determine the most popular content. While most data points are current, Nielsen’s data covers the weeks of September 14th to September 20th 2026. You can find a link to my terminology here.) Subscribe Television - IP For the TV Win Can I use the dirty word of entertainment journalism right now? IP. Shhh. Don’t tell anyone I said it. But IP works at the box office, and we’ve seen some evidence it works in TV too. Not as well, and not all the time—no absolutes here!—but often enough. And glancing at the Nielsen top ten…it worked this week! Take Prime Video, who has a monster hit in the crime drama Reacher. Would a spinoff work for that show? Yep! They binge-released Neagley, about a detective from the original Reacher series, and its eight episodes debuted to 29.6 million hours. Here’s how it stacks up to Reacher, one of Prime Video’s biggest shows: That’s great. Nearly as strong as Reacher’s opening! (Both shows started with eight, binge-released episodes, so this comparison is apples-to-apples.) Notably, Prime Video scheduled the debut of Neagley to overlap with Reacher’s most recent season, to help drive tune-in. Obviously, I love smart release strategies like that. And even though I wrote “obviously”, it’s not really that obvious, since streamers don’t often take advantage of natural overlaps like this_._2 Other data backs how well Neagley performed. It opened at second place on Samba TV for two weeks and got 51.7 million hours on Luminate. That’s the eleventh biggest opening on Luminate since May of 2024 and tied with Bridgerton’s third season opening. That’s a huge opening! Its IMDb is solid too, a 7.7 on 24K reviews. Netflix’s latest edition in the “Monster” series—which started with Jeffrey Dahmer and comes from Ryan Murphy—did well too, opening to 24.7 million hours. That’s the biggest opening for Netflix since I Will Find You in June, and second biggest since March. Unlike the Reacher series, this franchise is trending downward, though. The first Monster show—Dahmer - Monster—was giant. More than anything, I think this reflects that Netflix running out of extremely popular—if that’s the right word?—serial killers to feature. Still, the data says this is a very good opening. It made it to third place on Samba TV for two weeks. It also opened to 40.0 million hours on Luminate. That’s not quite as elite as Neagley, but still very, very strong. I’ll be honest: my priors coming into any given week are that IP works to help drive buzz for new shows, but TV shows need to stand on their own even more than movies, so they will succeed or fail based on their quality. But these two spinoffs definitely worked. Quick Notes on TV The top show, film or special this week? Football, again. Specifically, Prime Video’s season opener of Thursday Night Football. The games run long (three hours) but mainly a lot of people watch each game. That adds up to a lot of viewership. Paramount released the second season of MobLand on an unusual day for that service, a Friday! Often, they put their new shows out on a Sunday, as they did last year with a run of shows (Lioness, Tulsa King and Landman). MobLand didn’t make Nielsen in its first week, but on Samba TV it got to eighth and seventh place. Luminate had a smaller opening too, only 5.3 million hours. MobLand missed the Nielsen charts for its first eight weeks, so this season is off to a stronger start. (Bonus note: the first season streams on both Prime Video and The Roku Channel, but I only have it as Paramount+ on those charts.) I’ve mentioned a few times that foreign-language originals do lower numbers than English-language originals on Netflix most of the time. But I don’t usually emphasize what country those originals come from, and observationally, they tend to be from Western or Northern European countries, in general. So credit to Not a Stranger, a Turkish Netflix original, for breaking through on Luminate, getting to 7.9 million hours in its first full week on those charts. As I mentioned last issue, Crew Girl ended up making the Nielsen charts in its second week. That’s still a soft performance compared to many shows, but again this, one looks affordable. And if you’re curious, here’s how it stacks up to some other sports romance shows: We’re just getting started with this issue, but the rest is for paid subscribers of the Entertainment Strategy Guy, so if you’d like to find out… …about a new data source and how it drives streaming viewership… ...what reality show is struggling in its latest season…. ...what Netflix film bombed…. ...How Reacher, Ted Lasso, and Lioness are doing on the charts… ...what obscure sport put up great viewership numbers… …how far streaming films are falling… …all the flops, bombs and misses for the last week… …and more… ...please subscribe! We can only keep doing this great work with your support. If you want an idea of just how much content you’d get in a full issue, check out this older issue. Coming Soon! Next week, we’ve got a double issue, then we’ll be all caught up with Nielsen’s data. Yes! The goal is to have my report out on the Monday after I get Nielsen’s data. So next issue, I’m looking at East of Eden, The Great British Baking Show, a Willy Wonka game show (that people are upset uses AI, but viewers might not care), and a Cosby show spinoff reboot on Netflix, and Brothers on Apple TV (starring Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey). That’s about it for TV, but who’s going to win the streaming week, The Breadwinner or Backrooms on streaming? Answer: Toy Story 5. Plus Netflix has a Unabomber film and a new Tyler Perry film, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma tries to repeat The Substance’s run on MUBI, and Paramount+ has Jackass: Best and Last. Long term, Netflix is remaking Lonesome Dove. I love this choice, but man, there are a lot of westerns on TV right now. And they’re making Sega TV shows, including a Crazy Taxi TV show and Sonic show with an “edge”.

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Oct 15 • 3:32 PM EDT • Entertainment • entertainment.substack.com
Be a Friend Campaign Supports Child Cancer Program at Lee Health Golisano Children’s - Florida Hospital News and Healthcare Report

Oct. 14, 2026 – Throughout Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Southwest Florida community united to support local children facing cancer and blood disorders through the Be a Friend campaign benefiting Barbara’s […]

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Oct 15 • 3:29 PM EDT • Health • southfloridahospitalnews.com
UK’s Neobanks Eye Expansion As Small Business Lending Grows

Some of the U.K.’s digital lenders to small businesses have reportedly reached profitability more quickly than consumer-focused FinTechs. That’s according

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Oct 15 • 3:21 PM EDT • Business • pymnts.com
Pa. health officials continue to investigate Franklin County measles-related death

A measles-related death reported by the Franklin County coroner Monday has still not been recorded in Pennsylvania data as state health officials say they continue to investigate the fatality. The Franklin County coroner’s office announced that a 39-year-old woman with “several underlying conditions” died Saturday after a “past diagnosis of

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Oct 15 • 3:14 PM EDT • Health • triblive.com
Nina Dietz to Discuss the Public Health Impacts of Wildfires at the Milken Institute

Image The Department of Global Health at George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health will host Pulitzer Center grantee and freelance journalist Nina Dietz at a Research and Practice Seminar. On Thursday, November 12, 2026, from 2:00pm-3:00pm EST, Dietz will present on her Pulitzer Center-supported project The Toxic Side of Climate Change. The project investigates the hazards left behind by urban wildfires in Los Angeles and examines the long-term risks these toxins pose to affected communities. The project also explores what remains in the ash and debris after a fire, and how those materials impact public health. Dietz is a writer, documentarian, and journalist reporting from a background rooted in both science and the humanities. Her work has appeared in New Lines Magazine, Inside Climate News, Science Friday, and at Photoville, among others.

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Oct 15 • 3:02 PM EDT • Health • pulitzercenter.org
Disney Inks Major Creator Deal With Dude Perfect (Exclusive)

The Texas-based sports creators and the media company have signed a wide-ranging partnership that will span entertainment, sports, consumer products and experiences.

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Oct 15 • 3:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Report: Andy Dalton mulling multiple offers, unsure of next destination
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Oct 15 • 2:49 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
College Football Playoff reportedly near deal to expand to 24 teams in 2027
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Oct 15 • 2:02 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Nasdaq reports network disruption, US equities data feeds impacted

Nasdaq is experiencing a network disruption at its Carteret, New Jersey facility affecting US equities data feeds and causing intermittent data gaps.

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Oct 15 • 1:49 PM EDT • Business • virginiabusiness.com
Happening in Loveland this weekend: Fall events, festivals, benefits, art and entertainment

Here are plenty of fun events on the calendar in Loveland and Northern Colorado this weekend.

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Oct 15 • 1:39 PM EDT • Entertainment • reporterherald.com
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Soccer Coach Avoids Eye Contact With Reporter During Awkward Interview: He Was ‘Fighting for His Life’

A soccer coach’s awkward postgame interview has become an unexpected internet sensation. David Oulehla — head coach of Czech soccer team FK Viagem Ústí nad Labem — is getting a lot of attention over his exchange with a female reporter. In a video shared on the team’s Instagram account, Oulehla, 43, appeared determined to avoid […]

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Oct 15 • 1:15 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
NBA Star Kyle Kuzma New Business Podcast Read the Room

The Milwaukee Bucks forward and avid investor is launching 'Read the Room,' where he talks with founders, investors, scientists and other guests.

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Oct 15 • 1:00 PM EDT • Business • hollywoodreporter.com
Butterfly Network Co-Founder Named Engineering VP at Science Corp.

Science Corporation has appointed Nevada Sanchez as executive vice president of engineering. He'll report to CEO/Co-Founder Max Hodak.

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Oct 15 • 12:48 PM EDT • Science • mpo-mag.com
Testosterone aids bone health in PWS with low behavior impact

Testosterone therapy may preserve bone health and improve body composition in males with PWS without worsening behavior, a study reports.

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Oct 15 • 12:45 PM EDT • Health • praderwillinews.com
Veteran Entertainment Reporter Jimmy Carter Passes

Beloved veteran Nashville-based entertainment reporter Jimmy Carter passed away on Oct. 13. He [...]

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Oct 15 • 12:25 PM EDT • Entertainment • musicrow.com
Bipartisan U.S. lawmakers criticize slowing of Starlink in Ukraine

On Wednesday, Ukraine reported its drones losing speed after sudden and unannounced restrictions on its battlefield use of Starlink

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Oct 15 • 12:12 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Bipartisan U.S. lawmakers criticize slowing of Starlink in Ukraine

On Wednesday, Ukraine reported its drones losing speed after sudden and unannounced restrictions on its battlefield use of Starlink

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Oct 15 • 12:12 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
First Command wins 2026 Patriots in Business Award, its second since 2024

FORT WORTH, Texas — First Command Financial Services, Inc. has been named a winner of the 2026 Patriots in Business Award. It is the second time the

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Oct 15 • 11:54 AM EDT • Business • fortworthreport.org
Laura and Greg Bird to be honored as 2026 Business Executives of the Year

Texas Wesleyan University, the Fort Worth Report, and the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce are pleased to announce that Laura and Greg Bird have been chosen

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Oct 15 • 11:34 AM EDT • Business • fortworthreport.org
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Apple Lobbying Report Covers Trade and Public Health

Apple's Q3 2026 lobbying report covers IP, public health, and trade issues amid a pending ITC patent dispute. Read the full analysis to see what it means.

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Oct 15 • 11:31 AM EDT • Health • legis1.com
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Marsh targets more cost cuts; reports revenue increase

Marsh on Thursday increased its annual cost savings target under its Thrive restructuring program by 50% to $600 million, as the brokerage reported higher third-quarter revenue and profit despite a 6%

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Oct 15 • 11:21 AM EDT • Business • businessinsurance.com
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Henrico Business Watch: Business license filings Oct. 8–14, 2026

Henrico County reported the following business license filings with start dates during the week. The filings are listed alphabetically by business or trade name, followed by a registered address and business industry classification. ANT.ON LLC, 2405 Raymond Avenue, Henrico – Artists, literary, and craft services. Chutes International, various addresses – General

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Oct 15 • 11:01 AM EDT • Business • henricocitizen.com
MEGAMicrobe: Free, fun science event for students 5-15 on Oct. 24

MEGAMicrobe, a free exploration of the world of microbes for students ages 5 to 15 and their families, will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24, at Tom Joy Elementary School.

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Oct 15 • 10:57 AM EDT • Science • news.vumc.org
AP report: Rep. Ilhan Omar's phone seized and relatives subpoenaed in criminal probe

The scope of the investigation into Omar is unclear, though Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has suggested that authorities were examining potential crimes related to her family's immigration paperwork.

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Oct 15 • 10:52 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
'GTA 6' Launch Trailer Has Me Ready to Buy at Any Price

And set up an OOO for Nov. 19.

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Oct 15 • 10:42 AM EDT • Technology • hollywoodreporter.com
Billy Joel Offers Health Update Ahead of Motorcycle Collection Auction

The singer discusses living with hydrocephalus, his hopes of performing again and why he’s auctioning more than 70 bikes at Christie's: “I was not a collector. I was actually a rider.”

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Oct 15 • 10:33 AM EDT • Health • hollywoodreporter.com
Tom Haberstroh joins NBC Sports Philadelphia as Sixers sideline reporter

The Emmy Award-winning NBA reporter and analyst will report during the final preseason game Oct. 16 before his official debut Oct. 24

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Oct 15 • 10:30 AM EDT • Sports • nbcsportsphiladelphia.com
Liberty Mutual to acquire Brazilian surety business

U.S.-headquartered Liberty Mutual Holding Company Inc. has agreed to acquire Brazilian firm Austral Seguradora SA, Coverager reported. The acquisition, which includes Austral’s surety…

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Oct 15 • 10:20 AM EDT • Business • businessinsurance.com
Mismatch between mothers' words and facial expressions linked to poorer mental health in children

A study by Cardiff University's School of Psychology, published in Scientific Reports, has revealed how the emotional environment created by mothers can impact children's mental health.

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Oct 15 • 10:20 AM EDT • Health • medicalxpress.com
Troy Aikman responds to reported MNF contract tensions with Joe Buck: 'I'm looking forward to … where my next landing spot might be'
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Oct 15 • 10:12 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Louisiana lands in the top 10 for business competitiveness

VOICE YOUR OPINION What is the single most important step Louisiana should take to develop the workforce needed to support major economic development projects? Vote here in today’s poll. Louisiana ranks ninth nationally among the best states for doing business in 2026, according to a new report from economic development publication Area Development, […]

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Oct 15 • 10:11 AM EDT • Business • businessreport.com
Online Sports Betting Linked To Rise In Depression And Anxiety Treatment

By HealthDay Staff HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Oct. 15, 2026 (HealthDay News) — More people are receiving treatment for depression and anxiety in states that legalized online sports betting. Researchers from Johns Hopkins University reviewed health insurance records from 2016 to 2023, comparing ...

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Oct 15 • 10:10 AM EDT • Sports • usnews.com
Clinton Policy Institute outlines maternal health solutions for states

Health Care Clinton Policy Institute outlines maternal health solutions for states It’s the first major report from the project, which launched in July to foster nonpartisan policies to improve the wellbeing of children and families. Stephanie Akin 10:00 AM, Oct 15, 2026 Dr. Jacob Lenz performs an ultrasound at the Oklahoma State University obstetrics and gynecology clinic in Tulsa, Okla., on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon) The Clinton Policy Institute is calling on states to lead efforts to curb maternal mortality, releasing a 61-page playbook Thursday highlighting successful policies that could be adopted nationwide. The playbook is the first major report from the Clinton Foundation’s project, which launched in July to foster nonpartisan state and local policies to improve the wellbeing of children and families. “Eighty percent of maternal deaths are preventable, and we know what works,” CPI Chair Jennifer Klein said. “The solutions are well established and evidence-based.” CPI’s mission is to convene political leaders from both parties, policy experts, state officials and other stakeholders to explore solutions to longstanding problems. “What we aim to do is bring together people who are deeply engaged, but may not be meeting together in the same room,” Klein said, noting that state policymakers might not always be aware of what their peers are doing in other states. In May, CPI brought together lawmakers from Virginia and Pennsylvania, two of the 14 states that have passed bipartisan maternal health “Momnibus” packages modeled after a comprehensive federal proposal that has repeatedly stalled, called the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act. Other participants included Dr. Mona Hanna, founder of Rx Kids, a Michigan program that provides direct cash allowances to pregnant women and infants. Pennsylvania Rep. Morgan Cephas, who was part of the group, said she learned about funding opportunities she hadn’t come across during her decade in the Legislature. “As legislators we can issue grants, we can pass legislation, we can move policy, but we want to ensure that funding opportunities and programs that are tackling this issue are sustainable,” Cephas said. The playbook outlines broad areas where state policy can make a difference, such as allowing Medicaid to pay for doulas and remote patient monitoring, and using federal and private grant funding to pay for home visits to pregnant and postpartum women. For each category, it highlights innovative programs that can serve as models, with examples of specific actions state lawmakers and governors’ offices can take. Those include the Rx Kids model, which gets funding from the Michigan state budget; Pennsylvania’s Healthy Moms Vibrant Futures strategic action plan, emphasizing equity-centered maternal care, regional collaboration, Medicaid innovation, and workforce development that was launched this year with more than 160 stakeholders; and Kansas’s Bridging Plan, which reserves three slots and provides at least $26,000 in loan forgiveness for obstetric residents who commit to practicing in rural or underserved communities for 36 months. CPI emphasizes that its work is nonpartisan. Klein, the director of the White House Gender Policy Council under former President Joe Biden, acknowledged that CPI also takes positions on abortion, Medicaid funding, and the need to address the economic and social drivers of poor health, which might rankle some conservatives. “We don’t shy away from talking about those things that we think are part and parcel of the maternal health crisis in this country,” Klein said. “That said, there are so many policies that are both evidence-based and have been tried successfully in both red and blue states, and people can see that they can have real impact.” She pointed to the federal option to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage from 60 days to 12 months that was made available during the Biden administration and has since been adopted by every state but Arkansas. Other initiatives embraced across party lines include Medicaid coverage for midwives and doulas, as well as “bundled” payments for prenatal and postpartum care. That alternative payment model, pioneered in states such as Arkansas, Colorado and Tennessee, incentivizes fixed fees to cover all healthcare services associated with pregnancy and childbirth. Advocates say it promotes more coordination among caregivers, discourages unnecessary interventions, and expands postpartum support. In addition to maternal health, the initiative is also focused on addressing family economic security, children’s well-being, and democracy and civic resilience.

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Oct 15 • 10:00 AM EDT • Health • pluribusnews.com
Troy Aikman addresses Joe Buck quarrel, ESPN contract status

Things are getting very awkward between ESPN, Troy Aikman, and Joe Buck. ESPN has the Super Bowl this year and the Worldwide Leader is going all-in on promotion like we’ve never seen any network do before. But it’s about to be overshadowed by reports of a feud between their All-Star Monday Night Football broadcast duo. Buck…

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Oct 15 • 9:45 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Waterdrop Inc. Releases 2025 ESG Report: Empowering Full-Chain Business with AI and Building an Inclusive, Diverse Healthcare Ecosystem

/PRNewswire/ -- On October 15, Waterdrop Inc. released its 2025 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report (hereinafter the "Report"), outlining the...

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Oct 15 • 9:15 AM EDT • Business • prnewswire.com
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HHS declares public health emergency in Alabama after Hurricane Isaias

The designation allows federal waivers giving Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP providers flexibility to ensure uninterrupted service as storm recovery continues.

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Oct 15 • 9:00 AM EDT • Health • alreporter.com
Docktober invites folks to join citizen scientists in peeking under docks

In the month of October, naturalist Luan Roberts organizes events and encourages everyone to look at the wildlife living under their local docks and report what they see. She's on a mission to get more people involved in the emerging citizen science known as “dock fouling.”

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Oct 15 • 9:00 AM EDT • Science • opb.org
Nicklaus Children’s Health System Appoints Brynne McNulty Rojas to Board of Directors - Florida Hospital News and Healthcare Report

October 14, 2026 – Nicklaus Children’s Health System has appointed entrepreneur and investor Brynne McNulty Rojas to its Board of Directors. McNulty Rojas brings expertise in technology scaling, finance, real […]

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Oct 15 • 8:09 AM EDT • Health • southfloridahospitalnews.com
Tencent Music Entertainment Group (NYSE:TME) Stock Moved Up to "Strong-Buy" by China Renaissance

China Renaissance raised shares of Tencent Music Entertainment Group from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Wednesday.

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Oct 15 • 8:06 AM EDT • Entertainment • marketbeat.com
Health Factsheet January - August 2026

Situation Report in English on Cameroon about Health and Protection and Human Rights; published on 15 Oct 2026 by UNHCR

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Oct 15 • 8:03 AM EDT • Health • reliefweb.int
AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) Stock Rating Raised to "Strong-Buy" at Zacks Research

Zacks Research upgraded AMC Entertainment from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday.

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Oct 15 • 8:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • marketbeat.com
Scientists Made a Wild Friday the 13th ‘Doomsday’ Prediction in 1960, and It’s Almost Here

Sixty-six years ago, a group of scientists published a startling calculation about when humanity could reach a breaking point: They landed on Friday, November 13, 2026. The Independent reported Wednes...

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Oct 15 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • yahoo.com
New Report Summarizes Alaska Aquaculture Vision - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science

NOAA has released the Gulf of Alaska Aquaculture Atlas Rollout and Webtool Planning Workshop Series Report, summarizing input gathered during a series of public engagement workshops held in Anchorage, Juneau, and Kodiak, Alaska in spring 2026. NOAA Fisheries hosted the workshops in partnership with NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS). Workshop participants included ... Read more

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Oct 15 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • coastalscience.noaa.gov
Why we need a more connected sustainability reporting system

Aligned, interoperable sustainability-reporting frameworks and consistent data can help businesses better manage risks and build long-term resilience.

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Oct 15 • 7:58 AM EDT • Business • weforum.org
Kenya reports second Ebola case

Kenya reports a second Ebola case. Meanwhile, the situation in Congo is still quite dire. Authorities have confirmed more than 4,000 deaths and 9,000 cases as officials have struggled to contain one the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record.

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Oct 15 • 7:55 AM EDT • Health • statnews.com
Touchscreen MacBook Pro and more launching at Apple event on Oct 28

We’ve long been awaiting the launch of the first OLED MacBook Pro, and a new report says that the official...

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Oct 15 • 7:41 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5mac.com
'Cambrian Explosion': Freshfields Partners Discuss Spinning Out AI Business, Market Reacts

Market figures react to the news, reported by the FT, that the firm is considering carving out Freshfields Lab, its AI unit.

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Oct 15 • 6:36 AM EDT • Business • law.com
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As Florida Confronts Hundreds of Local Dengue Cases, Tampa Health Organizations Respond

Florida health officials have reported almost 300 locally acquired dengue cases as of Oct. 3 in what appears to be the largest outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease in the continental United State…

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Oct 15 • 6:33 AM EDT • Health • directrelief.org
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MORNING BUSINESS REPORT: Record high diesel, Social Security adjustment, more moving money out of savings

Diesel comes down but is still high, the Social Security cost of living adjustment, and more move money out of their savings accounts. Here's the Morning Business Report for Oct. 15.

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Oct 15 • 6:01 AM EDT • Business • wfsb.com
CPMI and IOSCO final report on FMIs’ management of general business risks and losses

On 14 October 2026, the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)

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Oct 15 • 6:01 AM EDT • Business • regulationtomorrow.com
How to define ‘best sports writing’? This reporter made the tough decisions

The Athletic's Mirin Fader was given the assignment to select the top long-form sportswriting of the last year for a prestigious anthology.

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Oct 15 • 5:30 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (NYSE:MSGE) Stock Has Consensus Target Price of $91.62 According to Brokerages

Shares of Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (NYSE:MSGE - Get Free Report) have been given a consensus rating of "Hold" by the eleven analysts that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and four have giv

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Oct 15 • 4:44 AM EDT • Entertainment • marketbeat.com
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Forty percent of high school students report binge eating in new CDC survey

About 40% of high school students reported binge-eating in the past month in a new CDC survey, highlighting how widespread this form of disordered eating is among young people.

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Oct 15 • 4:30 AM EDT • Health • statnews.com
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July 2026 Healthcare Data Breach Report

In July 2026, 77 healthcare data breaches affecting 500 or more individuals were reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office In July 2026, 77 healthcare data breaches affecting 500 or more individuals were reported to the HHS Office for Civil Rights, involving the protected health information of more than 33 million individuals. That’s a 10% month-over-month increase in data breaches and a 642% increase in affected individuals.

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Ubisoft to reduce workforce across Düsseldorf, Berlin, and Mainz as part of "proposed voluntary departure plan"

Approximately 100 employees may be affected by cuts, which are reportedly taking place to "best position [its] German studios for the future"

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Oct 15 • 4:09 AM EDT • Technology • gamesindustry.biz
Meghan Markle & Prince Harry’s Walkabout Plans ‘Killed’ Over Boos

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have reportedly cancelled plans to recreate their famous 2017 walkabout in Nottingham during their visit to the city on Thursday, October 15. According to a source, the ...

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Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:CZR) Stock Has Average Target Price of $30.71

Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:CZR - Get Free Report) has been assigned a consensus rating of "Hold" from the nineteen ratings firms that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, sixteen have assigned a h

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North Phoenix sports bar, 2 Mesa restaurants cited for health violations

Did your favorite restaurant make this week's Dirty Dining report?

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North Phoenix sports bar, 2 Mesa restaurants cited for health violations

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North Phoenix sports bar, 2 Mesa restaurants cited for health violations

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North Phoenix sports bar, 2 Mesa restaurants cited for health violations

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Tech stock sell-off intensifies as markets await UK GDP report for August

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

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Oct 15 • 1:37 AM EDT • Business • theguardian.com
Gibraltar to Sell Infrastructure Business to Saint-Gobain for $208 Million

Gibraltar Industries (ROCK) has agreed to sell its Infrastructure business, D.S. Brown, to Saint-Gobain for $208 million in cash. The price is subject to customary post-closing adjustments. Closing is expected in the fourth quarter of 2026, subject to closing conditions, including required regulatory approvals.Gibraltar expects the transaction to be highly tax efficient and plans to use the proceeds to accelerate debt reduction as it focuses its portfolio on building products and structures end-markets. Management will update its 2026 outlook for the sale alongside its third-quarter 2026 report; that report’s timing will be announced separately.

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This Broncos Stock Report Features Plenty Of Fallers

The Denver Broncos are struggling, and there are plenty of players who are responsible.

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Oct 14 • 10:07 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Warriors Could Trade For Draymond Green’s Longtime Rival

The Golden State Warriors will be looking for ways to improve via the trade market, and Rudy Gobert could emerge as an option. A new report claims that the Minnesota Timberwolves will look to trade Gobert due to his contract ending soon. Paying big money to an aging NBA player can hurt the franchise, especially […] The post Warriors Could Trade For Draymond Green’s Longtime Rival appeared first on HEAVY.

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Oct 14 • 10:06 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Madera Flea Market vendors report sharp drop in business amid fears over ICE activity
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Madera Flea Market vendors report sharp drop in business amid fears over ICE activity

Vendors at the Madera Flea Market say business has dropped dramatically in recent weeks as fears surround a reported increase in ICE activity.

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Weekly Entertainment Report: Live music and lively arts, Oct. 15-18 » Nashua Ink Link

"Let the music soothe your soul, let the music take control."

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Weekly Entertainment Report: Live music and lively arts, Oct. 15-18

There were almost too many live entertainment events to fit on one page! Check out this very musical weekend's offerings.

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Oct 14 • 9:13 PM EDT • Entertainment • manchester.inklink.news
Week 6 injury report for Broncos

Broncos list six players on final injury report for Week 6

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Vanderbilt football injury report vs Arkansas, Blaze Berlowitz, others out

See the Vanderbilt football injury report for its matchup with Arkansas at FirstBank Stadium.

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Oct 14 • 8:49 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Michigan State football's injury report vs Northwestern is dire

Michigan State football will be without linebackers Jordan Hall and Brady Pretzlaff again, along with left tackle Ben Murawski, against Northwestern.

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Oct 14 • 8:31 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Digital Science Report Examines Federal Research Security Policies

Digital Science issued a report that looks into whether current federal research security policies adequately account for visiting scholars and other short-term researchers. ...

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Oct 14 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • newsbreaks.infotoday.com
Your Business Probably Has More Data Than Insight by Nathan Tayloe

Most businesses know more about themselves than they ever have. Leaders have access to financial reports, sales pipelines, customer data, employee metrics, website analytics, and dashboards for almost every part of the organization. CRMs track every stage of the sales process. Marketing platforms report results in real time. AI can analyze and summarize enormous amounts of information in seconds. Yet I've sat in plenty of meetings where all of that information is available, and some of the most important questions are still surprisingly difficult to answer. What's actually working? Why are customers choosing us? Where are we losing opportunities? What should we do differently? Having the data and understanding what it means are two very different things. More Information Doesn't Always Create More Clarity Over the past decade, businesses have invested heavily in visibility, and that's a good thing. We can understand performance with a level of detail that would have been unimaginable not long ago. But there's an unintended consequence. The easier something becomes to measure, the easier it is to assume it must be important. Website traffic goes up, so that looks positive. Leads increase, so marketing appears to be working. Sales activity climbs, so the pipeline looks healthy. Maybe. The numbers tell us what happened. Understanding why it happened, whether it matters, and what we should do next still requires judgment. Not Everything That Matters Fits on a Dashboard Consider a customer who ultimately contacts your company through Google. The data may attribute that lead to search. What it may not show is that the customer heard about you from a colleague six months earlier, saw your company mentioned in an industry publication, followed one of your employees on LinkedIn, and read several reviews before finally searching for your company. Google may have produced the click. It didn't necessarily create the decision. This happens throughout a business. Some of the things that matter most are difficult to reduce to a single metric: Why your best customers stay Why talented employees choose your company Why a prospect trusts one provider over another Why one service is gaining momentum while another isn't Why the market perceives your business the way it does Data can help answer those questions, but it needs context. Better Decisions Start With Better Questions One of the easiest traps for leaders is starting with the information in front of them rather than the decision they're trying to make. Instead of opening a dashboard and asking, "What does the data show?" it can be more useful to start with a different set of questions: What are we trying to understand? What decision are we trying to make? What would we need to know to make that decision confidently? That changes the role of data. Instead of looking at every number available and searching for meaning, you're using information to understand something specific about the business. Information Still Requires Judgment More sophisticated analytics and AI will continue to give leaders access to better information, faster. That's valuable, but I don't think it reduces the importance of experience and judgment. If anything, it increases it. Someone still has to decide which numbers deserve attention, which patterns matter, what context might be missing, and when the data isn't telling the whole story. The goal isn't to know more about your business simply because you can. It's to understand your business well enough to make better decisions. Good data can tell you what happened. Good leadership has to decide what it means. — Learn more about how we help organizations turn business, customer, and marketing insights into smarter strategies at tayloegray.com, or reach out directly at nathan@tayloegray.com.

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Oct 14 • 8:00 PM EDT • Business • wilmingtonbiz.com
Anthropic reveals $16.8B revenue amid IPO preparations

Anthropic reports $16.8B Q3 revenue at an investor meeting, signaling strong growth ahead of IPO.

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Oct 14 • 7:38 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Regional efforts are needed to address longstanding behavioral health challenges on the Western Slope, report shows

Over the years, Colorado’s Western Slope has developed a range of services to address the region’s behavioral health challenges. Longstanding challenges with funding uncertainty, provider shortages and gaps in care, however, have limited their ability...

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Oct 14 • 7:25 PM EDT • Health • steamboatpilot.com
Regional efforts are needed to address longstanding behavioral health challenges on the Western Slope, report shows

Over the years, Colorado’s Western Slope has developed a range of services to address the region’s behavioral health challenges. Longstanding challenges with funding uncertainty, provider shortages and gaps in care, however, have limited their ability...

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Oct 14 • 7:24 PM EDT • Health • postindependent.com
Reese Witherspoon Is Buying Back Hello Sunshine 5 Years After Its $900 Million Deal

The actress and entrepreneur is reportedly reclaiming her business at a fraction of the price she sold it for.

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Oct 14 • 7:17 PM EDT • Business • inc.com
Docktober invites folks to join citizen scientists in peeking under docks

In the month of October, naturalist Luan Roberts organizes events and encourages everyone to look at the wildlife living under their local docks and report what they see. She's on a mission to get more people involved in the emerging citizen science known as “dock fouling.”

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Oct 14 • 7:01 PM EDT • Science • opb.org
SAT-DCA strengthens San Antonio’s business connection to DC

SPONSORED: Now in its second year, the daily flight is making travel to Washington easier while strengthening connections.

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Oct 14 • 7:00 PM EDT • Business • sanantonioreport.org
Xbox Reportedly Surveys Users On Return to Full Exclusivity for its Games

Xbox has reportedly surveyed players on how they would feel about a return to console exclusivity for all of its games, with the exception of Call of Duty.

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Oct 14 • 6:45 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Kyle Monangai listed as DNP on practice report

Bears RB Kyle Monangai misses first practice of week because of injuries

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Oct 14 • 6:43 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Quarterly income up almost 5% for Centennial Bank parent company

Conway-based Home BancShares on Wednesday (Oct. 14) reported third-quarter net income of $129.451 million, up 4.7% compared with the same period in 2025. The per share earnings of 65 cents...

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Oct 14 • 6:38 PM EDT • Business • talkbusiness.net
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Longtime Nashville entertainment reporter, Montgomery native Jimmy Carter dies

Longtime Nashville Entertainment Reporter and Montgomery native Jimmy Carter has died. He was 73.

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Oct 14 • 6:15 PM EDT • Entertainment • wsfa.com
Inflation rose faster than expected in last report before midterms
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Annie Andrews attacks Graham over reported China business; calls for answers

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Annie Andrews called on interim Sen. Darline Graham on Wednesday to answer questions about her ties to China.

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Oct 14 • 6:02 PM EDT • Business • abcnews4.com
Annie Andrews attacks Graham over reported China business; calls for answers

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Annie Andrews called on interim Sen. Darline Graham on Wednesday to answer questions about her ties to China.

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ICE’s Operation Metro Surge cost Twin Cities a reported 32,000 jobs

Operation Metro Surge cost Minnesota 32,000 jobs, a new study found. The job losses followed the immigration crackdown between December and February, which included about 4,000 arrests, according to the

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Oct 14 • 5:52 PM EDT • Entertainment • thederrick.com
Jimmy Carter, entertainment personality dies

Former Nashville Entertainment reporter and Montgomery native Jimmy Carter has died.

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Oct 14 • 5:50 PM EDT • Entertainment • wsfa.com
Dodgers’ Game 4 Matchup Moved Up Following ALCS Reschedule

MLB moved the Los Angeles Dodgers’ NLCS Game 4 matchup against the Milwaukee Brewers up, with the new start time at 5:00 p.m. PT on Thursday. The change came following a change in the start time for the Game 3 in the Cleveland Guardians and Tampa Bay Rays’ ALCS matchup due to forecasted inclement weather. […] The post Dodgers’ Game 4 Matchup Moved Up Following ALCS Reschedule appeared first on LA Sports Report.

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Oct 14 • 5:17 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
RFK Jr pushes back on reports of federal health coverage cuts

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. disputes reports that the administration is cutting people from Medicare, Medicaid or Obamacare, saying it is targeting duplicate enrollments and records for deceased individuals.

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Oct 14 • 5:12 PM EDT • Health • foxnews.com
Kristaps Porzingis Updates 'Frustrating' Health-Related Matter as Warriors Star Out Indefinitely

Golden State Warriors Kristaps Porziņģis provided an update on his health after the team said in a statement on Wednesday he would "remain out indefinitely" with the same "health-related matter" that has kept him out of training camp and the preseason.

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Oct 14 • 5:06 PM EDT • Health • bleacherreport.com
Former LA business owner speaks out on leaving the city after years of disorder

Former Los Angeles business owner Paul Scrivano discusses the city's decline and continued disorder on 'America Reports.'

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Oct 14 • 4:53 PM EDT • Business • foxnews.com
Ubisoft plans cuts at German studios, adding to wave of workforce reductions

Ubisoft is planning to reduce its workforce in Germany, where it operates a trio of studios, by about 100 workers, Game File has learned. The company wants to offer employees buyouts to, should enough people accept, avoid having to lay anyone off. “In Germany, we initiated discussions with the Works Council last week regarding a proposed voluntary departure plan across Ubisoft Dusseldorf, Ubisoft Berlin & Ubisoft Mainz,” a company rep told Game File. A “works council” is a union-like group representing employees. “The voluntary plan is the primary measure being proposed to support the intended organizational changes,” the Ubisoft rep added. The company declined to confirm the scale of the potential headcount cut. Of the impacted studios, Mainz might be the best known to the public. It leads development of the Anno series and shipped the well-reviewed strategy game Anno 117: Pax Romana in November 2025. Berlin and Dusseldorf operate as support studios within Ubisoft’s creative network. Berlin recently supported the development of Rainbow Six Siege and the Rayman Legends Retold remake. Dusseldorf also contributed to those projects, as well as The Settlers and Ubisoft-branded escape rooms. Dusseldorf is the biggest of the three studios, with some 400+ workers, compared to just over 100 at the other two, a source familiar with the reductions and the teams told Game File. More than half of these new reductions of about 100 people are expected to happen at Dusseldorf. The planned cuts were announced at a town hall for the German studios on Tuesday of last week. In an email follow-up, the studio group’s managing director, Benedikt Grindel, said the cuts were intended to “best position our German studios for the future... with a clearer focus on their role, capabilities and organizational setup needed for the work ahead.” The email was an echo of the past. In January 2025, Grindel had emailed the Ubisoft developers in his region (or studio “zone”) to explain that a round of 185 cuts at the time, including about 65 at Dusseldorf, were “essential to improve our operational efficiency and ensure the long-term sustainability of our studios, the zone and the company.” A half-decade of continued job cuts Ubisoft has been aggressively cutting its headcount for years. At the end of September 2022, it had 20,729 workers. By the end of March 2026, that total was down to 16,590. Studio management is trying to trim costs as it grapples with a changing industry and a drought of releases, let alone hits. The company announced earlier this year that it had reduced its costs since 2022 by “nearly €325 million” ($362m) and planned to lower them through 2028 by another €180 million ($200m). In June the company said it was closing down its Winnipeg and Belgrade studios and cutting roles in its Barcelona team. Even commercial and creative success hasn’t spared studios from this ongoing company-wide contraction. As Game File was nailing down details around the proposed cuts in Germany, Ubisoft management was informing workers of cuts in its Singapore studio, which shipped a hit remake of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag this past July. Some 70 positions in Singapore are being eliminated “to align the studio with upcoming production needs,” per a company rep’s statement to Game File. In early 2024, a large team in the Singapore studio launched the multiplayer pirate game Skull & Bones. It performed poorly but has been supported with regular content updates since. Many of Ubisoft’s studios around the world are heavily subsidized via regional grants and tax breaks. Singapore had been among them for years, but received no such local assistance in the 12 months ending this past March. News of the Singapore cuts broke today alongside word that Ubisoft is also proposing the closure of RedLynx, pending negotiations with officials. The Finnish studio behind the motorbike series Trials was founded in 2000 and sold to Ubisoft in 2011. As reported by VGC (and corroborated by Game File), Ubisoft management told employees it could not come up with a new, sustainable assignment for RedLynx. The 2025 workforce at Ubisoft Dusseldorf were straight-up cuts. This time, Ubisoft is hoping the reductions at its trio of German studios will largely come from workers taking a payout to leave. The company offered such voluntary dismissals at its Massive Entertainment studio (The Division) a year ago. For the German studios’ buyouts this time around, Ubisoft and the Works Council had discussed a formula that’d pay a worker’s monthly salary multiplied by 1.5 and by the number of years they’ve worked at the company, according to Game File sources. The formula is still subject to negotiations with the Works Council and has not yet been part of an official offer to workers. It could be adjusted up or down, and it could be supplemented with additional bonuses. Asked about the floated payout formula, a Ubisoft rep told Game File, “The terms of a potential voluntary departure program remain subject to negotiation with employee representatives. No final agreement has been reached, and we won’t comment on specific proposals while discussions are ongoing.” Game File is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe Item 2: Epic’s AI adventures Epic Games (Fortnite, the Unreal engine) is all-in on using AI to try to transform the way it makes video games and game-making tools. It’s leaders appear to be undeterred by any resistance among gamers and some game developers around generative AI—and instead emboldened by advances, particularly in AI-assisted programming. A recap of the last three days: On Monday, Bloomberg reported that Epic management told workers last week that development of an upcoming game combining Star Wars and Marvel characters would be “AI first.” Employees would be expected to use AI models such as Claude to code the game. A manager told Epic’s developers there would be “[n]o more hand-written code” and that art for the game would be “generated with full AI workflows,” per the outlet. Just ahead of that story running, Epic founder Tim Sweeney tweeted: “We have a huge pivot underway here at Epic, moving developers around to retool for maximum AI acceleration. The aim isn’t to do the same stuff with fewer people, but to enable everyone here to build MORE and BETTER stuff, and to bring the benefits to all teams using Unreal.” In a follow-up, Sweeney predicted that most game development processes would be at least three times faster a year from now than they were in January 2026, thanks to AI. To a person on X who told him he was failing to read the room, Sweeney said: “Much of the room wants it to be 2016 again, but it’s not. Our job, as the provider of tools and technology to much of the industry, is to design for the present that is and the future that will soon be.” On Wednesday, Epic announced it was releasing a faster launcher for its Epic Games Store marketplace. It did so by stating in a blog post as clear as could be that the launcher is an AI-enabled, vibe-coded project: Programming is hard. So, instead of doing that, we vibe coded a new Epic Games Launcher that’s way faster and more responsive than the current one, and has a new look. Programming is hard? That was unexpected phrasing from a company founded by a legendarily great programmer. Back in 2011, Sweeney told me that he’d picked up programming quickly as a kid and rejoiced at the power it gave him. “I could look at any program that anybody else had written and, with enough effort, build something cooler.” Item 3: The Xbox Labs experiment (and one of the people behind it) Microsoft’s Xbox division, which is flooding the zone with announcements lately, yesterday revealed a new internal tech-tinkering team called Xbox Labs. In the words of Xbox boss Asha Sharma Labs is “a small group of game makers, engineers and scientists whose job is to turn emerging ideas into things our players and developers can experience.” Conventional wisdom coming out of the announcement is that Labs is a team that’ll focus on ideas driven by generative AI. In her announcement, Sharma cited some of the dizzying achievements in tech and gaming over the past month as AI agents and other AI tools have been deployed to swiftly figure out how popular games work, then rebuild them and mix them up. She mentioned seeing ”games rapidly decompiled and rebuilt to run on hardware they were never originally designed to support” and said “[p]erhaps more surprisingly, we’ve seen many of the biggest games in the world have been remixed into the source code of another.” (Minecraft plus Elden Ring, for example, or Fortnite + Super Monkey Ball + Overwatch + Diablo + others.) Sharma also cited the work of Windows PC games being ported to run in browsers, a seeming reference to a recent AI-assisted fan port of Halo. Or perhaps Call of Duty or GTA. Sharma didn’t use the specific term “AI” in her memo, but she came close, citing AI “agents” and their potential for game-making tools that Labs could help craft: I think XBOX has an important role to play here. Coding became the first major workload for agents because they can write, run, and test software. Games share many of those same properties, and people spend more than 72 billion hours a year playing XBOX games, roughly five times the estimated time spent writing code worldwide. We’ve spent 25 years learning how to make great games, and I want our game makers to help shape what these new technologies make possible. As we learn, we’ll share the tools we build with developers across the industry, just as we always have. When I asked an Xbox rep if Labs was an AI-centric team, they said genAI was not the focus, describing it as having a broader mandate for using new tech in new ways in gaming. As an example, they pointed to Xbox’s recently launched disc-to-digital gaming usage rights program. Microsoft didn’t specifically name anyone involved full-time in Xbox Labs yesterday, but on social media and LinkedIn, I spotted Adrian Mato IDing himself as leading the creatio of tools at Labs and talking up the launch. Mato first caught my attention in late September, when he said on X that he was “starting to build a new team at Xbox focused on products and tools for how games get built and distributed as agentic tools become more capable.” At the time, he framed AI-based tools as a supplement to traditional game dev tools. “I don’t think we need to replace them,” he said. Since then, he’s publicly shown interest in AI and in games. He’s recently spent some of his X feed marveling at the power of AI agents and praising the lighting in the latest Gears of War. Following the Labs announcement yesterday, he enthused about the Xbox Labs’ stylish landing page. He wrote: “We built some fun tools to art-direct shaders in real time, experimented with interactive ASCII art, and sprinkled in lots of tiny details. “Move your mouse to leave a colorful trail that reveals the original footage, or interact with the video to trigger bursts of particles. “A lot of love went into making it all feel just right. “More to come”

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Oct 14 • 4:31 PM EDT • Technology • gamefile.news
Chargers' Justin Herbert gets significant trade report from ESPN insider

This update on the Chargers' QB should not come as a surprise.

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