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'We are accountable.' Meet Robert Mullen, head of Aultman Health System

In this week's Five questions with feature, meet Robert Mullen, president and CEO of Aultman Health System, the largest employer in Stark County.

Apr 12 • 6:05 AM EDT • Health • cantonrep.com

Tencent Music Entertainment Group (NYSE:TME) Valuation Check As Options Volatility Climbs And Analyst Caution Grows

Recent trading in Tencent Music Entertainment Group (NYSE:TME) options has shown unusually high implied volatility. This points to expectations of sharp share price swings, while analyst sentiment on the stock and sector remains cautious. See our latest analysis for Tencent Music Entertainment Group. The latest share price of $9.36 sits against a 30 day share price return of 34.04% and a year to date share price return of 47.59%, while the 1 year total shareholder return of 21.48% contrasts...

Apr 12 • 5:22 AM EDT • Entertainment • simplywall.st

Home rule has protected Colorado cities for more than 125 years

Colorado is currently gripped by a political struggle. It’s one between the governor and state legislature in Denver on one side and populous “home rule” city governments, mainly on the Front Range — such as Colorado Springs. The state legislature in the past few years has been passing bills that applied to city government policies, […]

Apr 12 • 2:45 AM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com

UFC 327 live blog: Jiri Prochazka vs. Carlos Ulberg

Jiri Prochazka and Carlos Ulberg battle for a vacant UFC title in UFC 327 main event

Apr 12 • 12:01 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

How aggressive breast cancer turns off the immune system

Researchers are launching a new project to crack the mystery of aggressive breast cancer, where predicting disease progression remains a major hurdle. By studying how tumors interact with and suppress the immune system, scientists aim to identify new biomarkers that reveal how the cancer evolves. Using real patient samples, the team hopes to turn earlier discoveries into practical clinical tools. The goal: more precise, personalized treatments that can outsmart even the most dangerous tumors.

Apr 11 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com

Seniors: Carol Watson, 72

Owner of Carol Watson Greenhouse and Landscaping in LaFayette enjoys her growing business — still puts in six-, seven-day weeks By Mary Beth Roach Carol Watson, the owner of Carol Watson Greenhouse and Landscaping, has been in gardens since she could walk. Literally. She said she learned to walk in her grandfather’s garden, which was next door to her current home and business in LaFayette. Today, at 72, she is running the business that her mother, Claire, opened in 1981 as Watson Greenhouse. Watson worked part-time for her mom until 1990, when she joined her full time. While she may not have had any formal horticultural experience, she said she learned so much about growing and raising plants from her mom, who had an abundance of energy and talent. Now, after 35 years in the business full time, Watson has no plans to retire, although she joked that she’d like a couple of days off a week. On her seven-acre site, complete with four greenhouses, Watson said her favorite parts of the job are working with and educating her customers; helping some of her young customers build terrariums; conducting occasional class field trips; and supporting local art by decorating the shop with an eclectic mix of pottery from at least four area craftspeople. A one-time employee of the former Dey Bros. department store in Syracuse, Watson said she loves merchandising and enjoys displaying unique pieces of art on shelves and even suspending from ceilings. “We’re creative. We also had top quality plants. We got a reputation of quality plants and unusual products,” she said. It’s tending to her customers and her plants, showcasing the unusual products, and hosting special events to benefit the community that keep her motivated to work six to seven days a week. “I just love it. I love taking care of the plants. I’m one of the few people that really enjoys watering,” she said. And while she has cultivated a solid customer base over the years, she remains savvy in her marketing efforts to draw in new customers. For example, she does a gardening segment on CNY Central television; her active Facebook page has thousands of followers; and she hosts a number of unique events and classes that not only introduce her shop to potential new clients, but some benefit nonprofits as well. About 13 years ago, when the local symphony orchestra was struggling, she said she wanted to help. So, partnering with the group, she began offering concerts, called Soirees, featuring the Syracuse Orchestra’s string quartet. Following up on a suggestion from a customer whose brother is a deejay in retirement, specializing in sock hops, she hosted the greenhouse’s first sock hop. Plants got moved back toward the walls to make room for dancing; a caterer was brought in, offering diner-like food; guests came in period outfits; and proceeds went to the Food Bank of CNY. She is excited about doing it again in October. Via her website, she promotes the greenhouse as an “oasis in the snow,” offering visitors the opportunity to pick up some decorating and gift ideas while taking in the floral and citrus scents. And she also caters to her four-legged friends. Over this past winter, she said, she came up with a “brilliant idea,” although at the time she didn’t appreciate just how brilliant it would become. Feeling it too cold outside to take her dog for a walk, she opted to bring it into the greenhouse. And before long, she was inviting people to bring their dogs into the big greenhouse as well. She looks forward to extending that invitation again this upcoming winter season. For Watson and her customers, the greenhouse is always in season.

Apr 11 • 4:39 PM EDT • Business • oswegocountybusiness.com

Newly discovered fossil challenges idea of ape origins in east Africa

The remains, discovered in 2023 and 2024, are incomplete, and made up of only a few jawbone fragments and worn teeth.

Apr 11 • 3:01 PM EDT • Science • jpost.com

“AI polls” are fake polls

A few weeks after Donald Trump’s second presidential win, I took the train up from London (where I was living at the time) to Oxford to attend a conference on polls and forecasts of the 2024 election. Most of the attendees were pollsters or academics, but I also watched presentations from Aaru and Electric Twin, two companies that do what is interchangeably called synthetic sampling, silicon sampling, or synthetic audiences. Stripped of startup jargon, that means they use large language models (LLMs) to simulate responses to public opinion polls by having AI agents take on the role of survey respondents. I had already heard of Aaru thanks to some articles with eye-catching headlines like “No people, no problem: AI chatbots predict elections better than humans” in the months leading up to Election Day. The founders were making some big, some might even say far-fetched claims, such as: “within two years, we will simulate the entire globe — from the way crops are grown in Ukraine to how that impacts production of oil in Iraq, trade through the strait of Malacca, and elections for the mayor of Baltimore.” When Semafor asked Aaru’s cofounders — Cameron Fink and Ned Koh — about my boss, they said “we respect all those who came before us.” Nate (as he so often does) shared his thoughts on Twitter: Fink and Koh were relatively good-natured about this back-and-forth when we spoke at Oxford. They even offered to mail me one of the t-shirts featuring Nate’s quote they apparently had made. I never took them up on the offer, which I now somewhat regret. These synthetic sampling companies fell off my radar for a while, but they do still exist. In fact, Aaru recently received a $1 billion valuation. Is what they’re doing anywhere close to the most important frontier in AI development? Not by a longshot, especially when Anthropic just developed a model so adept at exploiting software vulnerabilities that it’s only being released to 40 companies. Still, silicon sampling is increasingly finding its way into public polling. Axios reported in March that “a majority of people trust their own doctors and nurses” based on findings from Aaru — without mentioning that the “people” in that sentence were actually LLMs. Around the same time, the Public Sentiment Institute “boosted” their online sample of 373 real survey respondents with 114 AI agents.1 (Spoiler alert: even the co-founder of Electric Twin doesn’t think that’s a particularly defensible approach.) Polling companies like Qualtrics and Ipsos are also developing synthetic data panels. So, what should we make of these … “polls”? Let’s get one thing out of the way: whatever they are, they’re not polls in the way that term is usually defined. Subscribe You can’t replace polls with AI On one hand, using LLMs to essentially make up fake survey respondents sort of sounds like the dumbest idea ever, one that will at best imperfectly replicate real polls while introducing all sorts of biases. On the other hand, with LLMs improving at a remarkable, perhaps even alarming rate, maybe that means I’m a dinosaur at the ripe old age of 24 because I still want to rely on polls that talk to actual people. I’m not going to argue that synthetic samples are completely useless. In fact, as I’ll return to later, there is evidence that some techniques can replicate topline survey results quickly and cheaply. But the marketing from certain companies can be slightly optimistic. “No traditional poll will exist by the time the next general election occurs,” said Fink in 2024. We’re just 206 days away from the midterms, and based on the fact that I still have to collect a bunch of polls every day, I’d say he should have run that prediction by a sample of AI agents before the interview.2 To see why synthetic samples can’t replace polls, here’s a quick primer on how they work. The simplest version of these models involves taking a LLM (like ChatGPT or Claude), giving it a demographic profile (e.g., a white, college-educated woman who lives in Utah and makes $70k a year), and then asking it to respond to a survey question. You repeat that process a few thousand times using different demographic profiles and end up with a sample of synthetic survey responses. The actual models used by private companies are more sophisticated than this, usually because they incorporate more hypothesized demographic characteristics for each agent and provide them with extra information. Aaru, for example, feeds agents a diet of news and information they’d be likely to consume, while Electric Twin incorporates their customers’ proprietary data about the audience they’re trying to replicate. The way Ben Warner, the co-founder of Electric Twin, explained it to me was “we have a large amount of data on […] for instance, 5,000 people. Can we make an accurate prediction of how they would respond to another question?” Still, it should be obvious why synthetic samples can’t replace polls. Polling is fundamentally a data collection process. We might use surveys to make predictions by feeding them into election forecasts, but the main purpose of a poll isn’t prediction, it’s gathering new data about what people think and how they feel. Silicon sampling, on the other hand, produces no new data. It’s simply a model: you input LLM training data, demographic prompts, and a bunch of other information, and it spits out a prediction for what a poll would say. We love models here, but models aren’t polls. That difference is an important philosophical sticking point for most pollsters I talk to. “I think politics should stay away from [synthetic sampling], because we’re trying to […] represent the voice of the people,” said Natalie Jackson, a vice president at GQR Insights. Democratic pollster John Hagner told me: “I think I’m just incredibly skeptical of this idea. I don’t think it’s research. At that point, you’re asking the machine to tell you what you already believe.” Hagner has seen some presentations of early synthetic sampling experiments, but so far, “if it’s being used in a campaign, people are keeping it incredibly quiet.”3 But Eli, I hear you saying, aren’t polls themselves increasingly governed by modeling decisions? Indeed they are: pollsters’ choices on which sampling method to use, how to define their likely voter models, and how to weight their samples can and do lead to dramatic differences in the results they publish. Aaru even referenced these limitations in the methodology statement included with that maternal mortality “poll” — although I’m using the term “methodology statement” loosely here, because it doesn’t really explain how the model works at all. We can ignore the (frankly preposterous) implication that synthetic sampling isn’t subject to a separate set of biases. The important point is that there’s still a meaningful difference between using weighting and other statistical techniques on actual polling data and using a model to predict what a poll would say. The latter is far closer to election forecasts or techniques like MRP — potentially useful models, but not a replacement for polls.4 To be fair, other synthetic sampling companies are perfectly happy with the distinction between polls and models. Warner compared polling and synthetic sampling to different tools in a toolbox. “The mistake I think we make is we think that these new tools should either work in exactly the same way or somehow replace these old tools,” he said. “Rather than thinking of it as, okay, so we’ve always had the hammer, we’ve always had the screwdriver, now we’ve got a saw. But don’t use a saw to try [to] do the job of a hammer.” A quick comment from Nate Eli didn’t ask me for a comment — rather rude of him, don’t you think? But since I’m editing this story, I figured I’d add a few quick thoughts rather than putting words in his mouth. Beyond the frequently misleading marketing, what bothers me about the AI “poll” hype is that as AI tools make statistical inference cheaper and/or better (note that these are not synonyms) that actually increases the comparative value of collecting original data. You might be able to train a model to make a reasonable estimate of what some hard-to-reach poll respondent would say — say, a young Black man who voted for Trump. (Such a person checks a number of boxes for a voter who is usually hard to reach in surveys.) Indeed, this is closely related to what models like the Silver Bulletin forecast already do. They essentially smooth out the kinks in noisy survey data by making inferences based on past voting patterns or national polls or surveys of other states. But you don’t actually know what these voters think unless you’re reaching them directly. If there’s a shift in opinion among this subgroup, you’re not going to detect it. So if I were running a campaign, I’d invest more in going the extra mile to find a representative sample of those voters. And then I’d hire some smart quants — or Claude? — to figure out the implications for campaign strategy based on proprietary data that my competitors didn’t have access to. -Nate Silver Are these models any good? If synthetic surveys are just a new type of model, the next obvious question is whether the models are at least accurate. The answer very much depends on who you ask. On one end of the spectrum, you have the maximalist argument that synthetic sampling is more accurate than actual polls. “It’s an incredibly challenging problem to go to someone and say ‘hey, we’re going to be more accurate at predicting human behavior than you, even when you talk to your customers directly’,” Koh recently told CNBC. In his view, synthetic sampling isn’t a saw to polling’s hammer, it’s “magic.” There’s certainly evidence that synthetic samples can replicate certain survey toplines. But if Aaru does have any examples of their approach outperforming the polls, they’re keeping those to themselves.5 Aaru’s 2024 election model, for example, had Kamala Harris leading in Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin on November 4th. And although they’ve since taken down their forecast page, they gave Harris a 50.5 percent chance of winning the race on November 2nd.6 After the election, Fink told Semafor he was happy enough with those results because they were “within margin of error,” a term that is completely meaningless when applied to a “sample” of AI agents. And of course, Aaru says their models have improved since 2024, so supposedly now they’d be more accurate than the polls? Still, their stronger argument is on cost: “We are significantly faster and cheaper than traditional polling, and still more accurate,” said Fink. The first two claims are undeniably true, but the third brings us to the opposite end of the spectrum. Both Jackson and Hagner are skeptical that these models are reliable for anything beyond replicating common survey toplines. “I just […] don’t think the machines are what we want when we’re looking for nuanced views. My example on this is people in Arizona and Nevada in 2024 who voted for Trump and voted for expanding abortion in their states on ballot initiatives,” said Jackson. Hagner identified another issue. Maybe the synthetic respondents, like sycophantic LLMs, are inhuman in one important way: they’re too nice. “The reports that have come through at the meetings that I’ve been at are that the early experiments on this, they cannot get respondents to be as racist or sexist or, frankly, as negative as human respondents,” he said. Academic research mostly agrees on this point. While there are some papers that show promising results when using LLMs to replicate polling data, most show that LLMs suffer from various quirks like producing too few “don’t know” responses and can seriously overpredict the favorability of politicians like Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. They also seem to struggle with too little variation between demographic subgroups, so the difference in predicted opinion between Democrats and Republicans, for example, is too small. When I asked Warner about these studies, his response to these papers was that just because academics can’t get synthetic sampling to work doesn’t mean that the technique doesn’t work in general. “Actually, the argument is, okay, yours does not [work]. That does not mean […] for this complex set of machinery, which uses a lot of investment, a lot of time, a lot of money, you can’t get it to work.” Cards on the table, I’m somewhat sympathetic to this argument because academics aren’t exactly great at making election forecasts. Usually, the people with skin in the game are the most accurate. Warner’s argument is that the approach Electric Twin takes — which includes, for example, making multiple predictions for each synthetic respondent using different models and prompts and subsequently averaging those to get a final prediction in a sort of ensemble forecast — produces better results than the simpler academic models. Warner shared a comparison between his method and the method from a recent academic paper with me, and Electric Twin was indeed able to get more accurate replication. But even still, he acknowledged that synthetic sampling “is not a crystal ball.” “If you asked me, do I think using other data sources will be more accurate than asking somebody who they will vote for, I would probably say no. But if you asked me ‘would your system be useful for our turnout modeling today?’ I would say yes.” For better or worse, it looks like the method is already getting more popular in the market research world. Most of the clients Aaru touts these days are businesses like EY and McDonald’s. And AI will probably begin to pop up in other parts of the political polling process. Pollsters are already using it to code open-ended survey responses, and some firms, like YouGov, are testing using LLMs to ask survey respondents questions. More worryingly, one danger to actual polls is that AI agents can be used to infiltrate online surveys. Most online polls use various checks to prevent that from happening, but there’s conflicting evidence on how effective those filters are and how prevalent AI agents currently are in online panels. If those agents ever become impossible to detect, it might spell the end of online polling, but the solution isn’t to replace all of your respondents with ChatGPT. Silver Bulletin is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a subscriber. Subscribe 1 That particular poll obviously doesn’t meet Silver Bulletin standards for aggregation. But we exclude all Public Sentiment Institute polls from our averages because we classify them as an amateur polling firm. 2 You could argue that Fink meant the next presidential election, but (a) I’m also confident we’ll still have real polls in 2028 and (b) in that case he should have asked an LLM to define “general election.” 3 Quick caveat: that’s reporting from a Democratic pollster. It’s possible that Republicans are more willing to use AI in political campaigns. 4 Indeed, Silver Bulletin does not include “polls” produced by MRP in our forecasts or averages, and we think it’s extremely misleading when their practitioners describe them in a way that suggests original data had been collected among a large number of states or Congressional districts. 5 A recent report from Aaru and EY did show two examples of a synthetic estimate being closer than a survey to a real-world benchmark — but I’d take those findings with a grain of salt because the report reads more like an ad and didn’t involve any sort of prediction being made ahead of time. 6 For comparison, our odds for Harris on the same day were 48.2 percent.

Apr 11 • 11:38 AM EDT • Technology • natesilver.net

UMA, UMPI launch online medical laboratory science bachelor's degree to expand Maine’s healthcare workforce

The University of Maine at Presque Isle and the University of Maine at Augusta are launching a bachelor of science in medical laboratory science degree

Apr 11 • 8:59 AM EDT • Science • thecounty.me

UMA, UMPI launch online medical laboratory science bachelor's degree to expand Maine’s healthcare workforce

The University of Maine at Presque Isle and the University of Maine at Augusta are launching a bachelor of science in medical laboratory science degree

Apr 11 • 8:57 AM EDT • Science • bangordailynews.com

OPINION: Gen Z’s political frustrations are causing an analog counterculture

Gen Z’s frustrations with political polarization and life in the digital world have led to a new counterculture. In seeking to divert from the mainstream, they have popularized rock music, tangible media, and analog systems. This pattern is as old as time, though its most unique aspect is the technological regression in the effort to be more present.

Apr 11 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • statenews.com

For aging US Supreme Court justices, the politics of retirement looms large

When Donald Trump was asked about the prospect of conservative Justices Samuel Alito or Clarence Thomas retiring, the Republican president voiced his support for the U.S. Supreme Court's two oldest members to remain on the bench.

Apr 11 • 6:07 AM EDT • Politics • reuters.com

Arsenal vs. Bournemouth: Mikel Arteta focuses on the here and now in Premier League tititle chase

Despite recent eliminations from both domestic cup competitions, Arsenal remain atop the Premier League with room to spare

Apr 11 • 5:36 AM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com

UFC 327: Prochazka vs. Ulberg Final Face-Offs

The vacant light heavyweight title is on the line in the UFC 327 main event on Saturday. Former titleholder Jiri Prochazka faces No. 3 ranked Carlos Ulberg in the featured fight at Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida. During Friday's UFC 327 Ceremonial Weigh-In, the athletes faced off ...

Apr 10 • 8:47 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

"Girls in Science Day" provides Thomas College students with hands-on experience in the field of science.

Apr 10 • 5:56 PM EDT • Science • newscentermaine.com

Thomas College holds its 2nd annual Girls in Science Day

Apr 10 • 5:36 PM EDT • Science • newscentermaine.com

Mamdani hits 100 days as mayor of New York City

As Mamdani, a Democrat, marks an early milestone in his mayoralty, it remains to be seen whether he’ll be able to leverage his fame into achieving the progressive policy proposals that propelled him to office.

Apr 10 • 3:31 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org

Retro NYC video store marks booming first year in business – thanks to growing Gen-Z demand for VHS, DVDs

It’s been a blockbuster year for this Brooklyn shop! Night Owl Video, the Big Apple’s sole remaining video store, is ringing in its first year in business this weekend – and is already...

Apr 10 • 3:28 PM EDT • Business • nypost.com

Proactive business decisions are improving local cancer care

Two of the region’s leading cancer organizations—Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center and Ochsner Cancer Center—are pushing deeper into underserved communities, deploying new technology and rethinking how care is delivered. The challenges of access, staffing and financing remain formidable, but the distance between patients and quality care is shrinking. Nearly 80% of Louisiana’s land is classified […]

Apr 10 • 3:02 PM EDT • Business • businessreport.com

Microsoft makes it easier for Windows Insider testers to get new features

Windows Insider builds remain confusing, but they should be more predictable.

Apr 10 • 2:00 PM EDT • Technology • arstechnica.com

Release is on hold for the man cleared of killing Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay

A man who was convicted and then cleared of killing rap star Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC will remain jailed for now | Newsradio 1140 WRVA

Apr 10 • 1:57 PM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com

Release is on hold for the man cleared of killing Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay

A man who was convicted and then cleared of killing rap star Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC will remain jailed for now | 830 WCCO

Apr 10 • 1:57 PM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com

Science finds surprising link between your martial status and risk of cancer

Married people tend to have greater financial stability and stronger social support, which can help them maintain healthier habits and get medical care earlier, researchers noted

Apr 10 • 1:25 PM EDT • Science • independent.co.uk

Science finds surprising link between your martial status and risk of cancer

Married people tend to have greater financial stability and stronger social support, which can help them maintain healthier habits and get medical care earlier, researchers noted

Apr 10 • 1:25 PM EDT • Science • yahoo.com

Politics Friday: High tensions at the Capitol as lawmakers tick down the to-do list

State lawmakers are back from a short break. Friday at noon, a conversation with two lawmakers about the remainder of the session, where it stands and what can get done.

Apr 10 • 1:00 PM EDT • Politics • mprnews.org

Six Flags Entertainment Corp (FUN): Leadership Changes Increase Operating Agency

Six Flags Entertainment Corp (NYSE:FUN) is one of the small cap stocks that make up 0.28% of George Soros stock portfolio. On April 1, Oppenheimer maintained its Outperform rating on Six Flags Entertainment Corp (NYSE:FUN) stock but lowered the price target to $26 from $40. According to the equity research firm, a new chief executive […]

Apr 10 • 11:22 AM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com

Business Sentiments Survey 2026 Quarter 1 results

Business Sentiments Survey 2026 Quarter 1 results - D.C. Policy Center

Apr 10 • 9:50 AM EDT • Business • dcpolicycenter.org

iPhone 18 Pro Color Leak: Meet the New Burgundy Red (and Say Goodbye to Black)

iPhone 18 Pro color testing points to burgundy as the main theme, with black excluded for a second year; foldable models stay neutral.

Apr 10 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • geeky-gadgets.com

Climate change is outpacing evolution. Scientists are using DNA to catch up

Apr 10 • 8:01 AM EDT • Science • yahoo.com

A Big, Moving Party for Better Lung Health

Peggy shares her experience with the Trek Across Maine and how one bike ride has expanded into a lifelong purpose.

Apr 10 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • lung.org

Maine group asks for changes in ballot language

The ballot question criticism is the latest twist in a controversial effort that began last fall when the group began gathering signatures to call for a public vote on the issue.

Apr 10 • 7:49 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com

Maine GOP candidate for governor drops

The report cited “missing or unsigned documentation, failure to provide proof that some contributors were registered to vote, signatures on paperwork that do not appear to be authentic.”

Apr 10 • 7:43 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com

Adyen tool speeds business payments

Financial operations at global enterprises remain “stubbornly complex,” as treasury teams juggle multiple banking and payment systems, the company said.

Apr 10 • 6:51 AM EDT • Business • paymentsdive.com

By the numbers: US thrashed military targets in Iran, but some capabilities remain

Since the ceasefire between Iran and the U.S. was announced, leaders in President Donald Trump's administration have been quick to say the Iranian military and its capacity have sustained significant damage during the weeks of fighting | WBEN

Apr 10 • 6:30 AM EDT • Politics • audacy.com

Peru's Dysfunctional Politics Are an Economic Time Bomb

Peru has gone through three presidents since October, yet markets have largely yawned: Country risk has edged up only marginally, credit default swaps remain well below their five-year average and the currency has even gained against the dollar.

Apr 10 • 6:30 AM EDT • Politics • bloomberg.com

"This is not a game that is about to face some sort of imminent shutdown" - Marathon reportedly had a budget of $200m, and while player numbers are dipping, team morale remains good

Marathon reportedly had a development of over at least $200m, and likely over $250m.

Apr 10 • 6:00 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net

Mainz midfielder ruled out for multiple weeks

1. FSV Mainz 05 will have to manage without Jae-sung Lee in the coming weeks.After the midfielder missed Thursday’s 2–0 win over Racing Strasbourg in the Conference League, sporting director Niko ...

Apr 10 • 5:46 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Democrats worry Schumer’s pick in Maine could imperil hopes of Senate control

Maine’s Democratic governor, Janet Mills, has gone negative against Graham Platner. The attacks have not worked, and Minority Leader Charles Schumer so far has declined to bail her out.

Apr 10 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com

Aviatra Accelerators to host Women-Owned Business Crawl April 25 in Covington

Aviatra Accelerators will showcase a new retail marketplace during its Women-Owned Business Crawl in downtown Covington and MainStrasse neighborhoods on Saturday, April 25, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will feature more than thirty women-owned businesses – from retail shops to bars, restaurants, and service providers – across Covington’s thriving small business community,...

Apr 10 • 12:41 AM EDT • Business • nkytribune.com

Is the Options Market Predicting a Spike in Tencent Music Entertainment Stock?

Investors need to pay close attention to TME stock based on the movements in the options market lately.

Apr 9 • 8:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • zacks.com

More women in politics does not always mean more gender equality

Evidence on the policy impact of female politicians is mixed. This column uses data on bills sponsored in the Italian House of Representatives between 1987 and 2022 to show how female politicians’ engagement with women’s issues is systematically related to the gender norms of the environments in which they were born. The findings suggest that while increasing the number of women in politics remains essential to broaden representation and diversify policy priorities, if social norms remain traditional, progress on gender equality may still be slow.

Apr 9 • 7:39 PM EDT • Politics • cepr.org

West Ninth Street Black business district aims to echo the past, but with a modern twist

The new Black business district blocked off part of the street, which will remain that way until Juneteenth, with the project aiming to realize the historical significance and hopeful revitalization of the area.

Apr 9 • 7:04 PM EDT • Business • arktimes.com

Municipal Health Insurance: Major Developments

Challenges Growing For Local Plans Coalition Bargaining Remains Mass Retirees Priority Rising premiums are placing significant … Read More

Apr 9 • 4:39 PM EDT • Health • massretirees.com

SANE-SART’s Keiran Swift named to North Bay Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 of 2026

The advocate for families and human trafficking victims “balances empathy with professionalism, demonstrating resilience in a high-stress field while maintaining a solution-oriented mindset.”

Apr 9 • 3:52 PM EDT • Business • pressdemocrat.com

Can AI dream of electric sheep? The team behind the award-winning 1000XResist on their next game

We talked with Remy Siu, the Creative Director behind the award-winning 1000XResist, about their upcoming AI-centric game.

Apr 9 • 3:19 PM EDT • Technology • avclub.com

Busy Day of Space Science and Lab Maintenance Greets Station Crew

A packed schedule filled with numerous science objectives and critical lab maintenance tasks greeted the Expedition 74 crew aboard the International Space Station on Thursday. Meanwhile, the orbital residents await the next U.S. cargo mission.

Apr 9 • 1:10 PM EDT • Science • nasa.gov

Weekend Entertainment | A Good Day for the Globetrotters

Tickets remain available for the Harlem Globetrotters show at Covelli Centre as part of the team's 100th anniversary tour.

Apr 9 • 12:44 PM EDT • Entertainment • businessjournaldaily.com

Dyson just released its 1st handheld fan in time for the summer heat

The first portable fan from premium brand Dyson costs less than $100.

Apr 9 • 10:09 AM EDT • Technology • goodmorningamerica.com

Computer science graduate maintains Carolina Gaming Arena

As the first Digital Services and Gaming Arena coordinator, Alex Ho ’22 helps gamers connect in the Craig Residence Hall space.

Apr 9 • 9:11 AM EDT • Science • unc.edu

Fed's favored inflation gauge remained elevated in February, delayed report shows

The Commerce Department on Friday released the February 2026 PCE inflation report, which showed the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge remained stubbornly high for consumers.

Apr 9 • 8:34 AM EDT • Business • foxbusiness.com

Experts set 2030 nutrition science goals for resilient food systems

As the second quarter of the 21st century unfolds, experts are examining the state of nutrition as the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) deadline looms with five years remaining. To achieve these targets, a new paper outlines key goals for nutrition science from 2025 to 2030. The Frontiers in Nutrition publication discusses the interconnectedness between nutrition, food security, and sustainability in complex food systems affected by shocks, policies, and environmental limits. The researchers reveal how these modern factors impact nutrition science and shape research agendas.

Apr 9 • 8:04 AM EDT • Science • nutritioninsight.com

Sterling ticks higher, remains driven by Middle East developments

The pound inched higher on the dollar on Thursday and held onto the bulk of U.S.-Iran ceasefire-inspired gains the previous session, ​though with that deal looking fragile it failed to climb ‌any further.

Apr 9 • 7:13 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com

Leaders Across Sports, Business and Higher Education Affirm the Value of Academics in College Football

IRVING, Texas (April 9, 2026) – As the National Football Foundation marks 20 years of the NFF Hampshire Honor Society and a record-setting 2026 class, leaders from the highest levels of sports, business and higher education are praising the organization's role in elevating academic achievement as a core part of the game. Their perspectives reinforce the Foundation's long-standing commitment to ensuring education remains central to the student-athlete experience.

Apr 9 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • footballfoundation.org

Leaders Across Sports, Business and Higher Education Affirm the Value of Academics in College Football

IRVING, Texas (April 9, 2026) – As the National Football Foundation marks 20 years of the NFF Hampshire Honor Society and a record-setting 2026 class, leaders from the highest levels of sports, business and higher education are praising the organization's role in elevating academic achievement as a core part of the game. Their perspectives reinforce the Foundation's long-standing commitment to ensuring education remains central to the student-athlete experience.

Apr 9 • 6:00 AM EDT • Business • footballfoundation.org

Video Boy goes viral sharing his love of science

Sean Atitsgobe, 11, has gained more than a million followers on social media and hopes to attend college by 13.

Apr 9 • 5:51 AM EDT • Science • abcnews.com

Riverhead moves to seize Long Island Science Center building by eminent domain

The center insists it has the resources to renovate the property and open soon.

Apr 9 • 5:00 AM EDT • Science • newsday.com

'It should have been five or six'

Jamie Carragher says the gulf between Liverpool and Paris St.Germain in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final was "absolutely startling". The Reds, who failed to register a shot on target at Parc des Princes, have a two-goal deficit to overturn in next week's second leg.

Apr 9 • 3:52 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Strait of Hormuz traffic still stalled despite US-Iran ceasefire

Movements are dominated by smaller, risk-tolerant operators, while mainstream oil majors and large global shipping firms remain absent.

Apr 9 • 1:03 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

Judge orders rapper Pooh Shiesty to remain in custody in case involving rapper Gucci Mane's label

A federal judge ordered rapper Pooh Shiesty to remain in custody after he and eight others were accused of kidnapping three music industry professionals and robbing them at gunpoint in Texas during a contract dispute involving rapper Gucci Mane’s record label | KMBZ

Apr 8 • 8:04 PM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com

RFK Jr. moved his ex-wife’s remains from Kennedy family plot to the edge of the cemetery

A new biography on RFK Jr. has resurfaced claims he moved his ex-wife's remains from the Kennedy family plot to the edge of the cemetery without her family's knowledge.

Apr 8 • 6:51 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com

ENTERTAINMENT: Dogtown Throwdown in Argenta; UCA stages ‘Little Women’

Main Street between Fourth and Fifth streets in the Argenta Arts District in North Little Rock will shut down Friday and Saturday for Dogtown Throwdown, two days of outdoor dining, live music and “family-friendly activities” with a Cajun theme.

Apr 8 • 6:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • arkansasonline.com

America 250: The evolution of rural health care in America

Rural health care in the United States has evolved, from traveling physicians to technology to reduce health care disparities. But challenges remain.

Apr 8 • 3:36 PM EDT • Health • wtop.com

Why early menopause could increase your heart attack risk

Early menopause may increase a woman’s risk of having a heart attack later in life. Learn how to maintain heart health after early menopause.

Apr 8 • 2:22 PM EDT • Health • ahchealthenews.com

Red Cedar Chamber Music returns with MainStage concerts, free music

Violinist Miera Kim and cellist Carey Bostian will be joined by violist Oliver Bostian to present MainStage concerts Wednesday, April 15 and Thursday, April 16 in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, along with free concerts around the Corridor.

Apr 8 • 1:08 PM EDT • Entertainment • thegazette.com

Dunlap fields questions from voters during Bangor town hall

In a wide-ranging town hall conversation in Bangor Tuesday night, Democratic 2nd Congressional District Candidate Matt Dunlap said he will not be accepting money from Political Action Committees and will prioritize issues that matter to Mainers.

Apr 8 • 12:02 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com

Riverhead Moves Forward with Condemnation Proceedings for Long Island Science Center

In a 3-2 vote, the Riverhead Town Board voted Tuesday afternoon to begin condemnation proceedings for the Long Island Science Center property at 111 East Main Street, on the Riverhead Town Square, over the objections of several community members and representatives of the Science Center. Pictured Above: Riverhead Councilman Bob Kern (left), with an architectural rendering of

Apr 8 • 10:52 AM EDT • Science • eastendbeacon.com

Sun Prairie mayor says ‘difficult decisions’ ahead as $3.95M referendum fails

The referendum aimed to help maintain several public safety services after the city hit its levy limit last year.

Apr 8 • 9:41 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumnews1.com

Country Thunder is no friend of sea turtles, or following protocol

Event promoters are already selling tickets even as the event's status remains in question.

Apr 8 • 9:37 AM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com

Science Center’s last-minute bid fails as town advances acquisition of Main Street building

The Riverhead Town Board voted 3-2 to advance acquisition of the Long Island Science Center’s East Main Street building despite a last-minute 92-page submission from project supporters.

Apr 8 • 9:05 AM EDT • Science • riverheadlocal.com

Advocates Remain Bullish About Turning the Waterfront Park Bowl Into an Entertainment Plaza

Peter Johnson and his fellow board members have persistently sought public and private support to transform the Bowl into a privately maintained public asset that’s filled with tiered lawns, a marketplace and live music.

Apr 8 • 8:53 AM EDT • Entertainment • wweek.com

Cold hard truths on climate change

These data-driven firms are turning atmospheric chaos into actionable intelligence:

Apr 8 • 8:22 AM EDT • Science • sciencenews.org

UNE faculty, business executive board mentor high schoolers in regional workforce development challenge

Students from multiple high schools in southern Maine gathered on April 2 to compete at the University of New England in the Junior Achievement of Maine’s (JA Maine) Titan Challenge, and several teams were mentored by faculty in UNE's College of Business — including the winning team in the southern Maine region.

Apr 8 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • une.edu

'I'm Still Beyond Confused Why They Didn't Go the Cyberpunk Route' — Crimson Desert Female Character Creator Mod Lets Players Unshackle Themselves From Premade Kliff

One of the major criticisms of Crimson Desert I’ve seen since launch is that it does not let you create your own character. Instead, you’re locked into playing as Kliff, who himself has been criticized for a lack of personality, and two other even less fleshed out playable characters. Well, now, like so many other things with Pearl Abyss’ open world action adventure, there’s a mod for that.

Apr 8 • 6:47 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com

Impatient Iowa landowners pressure Senate to hold eminent domain vote

Iowa landowners are putting pressure on Senate Republican leaders to hold a vote on legislation restricting eminent domain for carbon pipelines.

Apr 8 • 6:33 AM EDT • Politics • desmoinesregister.com

Spring Sports Season Is Underway

Warm weather or cold, spring sports have sprung at the high school and the Vineyarders are back in action.

Apr 8 • 5:50 AM EDT • Sports • vineyardgazette.com

Direct Marketing Solutions to lay off Portland workers

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Another employer is permanently shuttering its Portland location and laying off employees. Direct Marketing Solutions will close its Portland production facility and lay off 106 employees, according to a worker adjustment notice filed Monday. The company’s headquarters, which are also in Portland, will remain open and continue to employ 50 marketing […]

Apr 7 • 8:57 PM EDT • Business • koin.com

Viewpoint: FP10 should remain open, excellent and secure

Europe is right to worry about research security. Foreign interference is real. So is the misuse of sensitive knowledge. Universities working in sensitive areas such as AI, quantum, semiconductors and advanced materials cannot afford to ignore the geopolitical environment around them.But Europe is in danger of drawing the wrong conclusion, one that would increase, not reduce, its strategic vulnerabilities.If the EU applies an “EU preference” logic to the next Framework Programme for research and innovation (FP10), it will weaken one of its greatest strategic assets: a research system built on openness, excellence and international collaboration. In the name of security, Europe could end up advancing science more slowly, innovating less effectively and making itself less attractive to global talent and partners in advanced science and technology.That would be a serious mistake.The EU preference included in Article 10 of the proposed European Competitiveness Fund may make sense in some industrial or deployment contexts, but is far harder to justify when applied to collaborative research in advanced science and technology, where excellence and global connectivity are crucial. Research is not procurement. It does not thrive when isolated. It advances through access to the best ideas, the best people, the best facilities and the best data, wherever they are found. This is why FP10 should not simply absorb industrial policy logic by default. Doing so would risk importing instruments that are ill-suited to research and that ultimately increase vulnerability rather than resilience.For universities of science and technology, the issue is especially acute. These institutions sit at the frontier of knowledge and technology creation in the very fields Europe sees as critical for its future competitiveness and resilience. They know better than most that security risks are real. But they also know that openness and security are not opposites. In practice, they have to be made to work together. Research security is not about closing doors. It is about building resilience through collective responsibility, trust, proportionate safeguards and better governance. That is a fundamentally different approach from default restriction.The risks of non-collaborationThe real danger in the current debate is that Europe talks too much about the risks of collaboration and not enough about the risks of non-collaboration. Those risks are strategic too. Cut researchers off from international networks and Europe loses access to knowledge, data, infrastructures and talent. Slow down global collaboration in critical technologies and Europe slows down its own progress on cutting-edge science. Make participation rules unpredictable and Europe weakens its attractiveness to researchers and investors alike.In other words, over-restricting collaboration will create strategic vulnerabilities, particularly in advanced science and technologies.This point is often underestimated in policy discussions that frame openness mainly as a value to be defended. Europe’s scientific strength, technological development and long-term competitiveness depend on remaining connected to the best research ecosystems in the world. For a continent that wants to accelerate deep tech, strengthen industrial capacity and reduce strategic dependencies, weakening the excellence base would be self-defeating. That does not mean ignoring risk. Quite the opposite. Universities are already strengthening due diligence, internal governance, awareness-raising, screening procedures and compliance support. Across Europe, institutions are working to manage risks linked to foreign interference, sanctions, export controls and the misuse of research. The right response is not complacency. It is better risk management. But that means targeted, evidence-based and proportionate measures, not blunt top-down restrictions with wide spillover effects. In the daily reality of universities, openness and restriction often coexist. The real challenge is how to apply safeguards without sliding into securitisation that damages academic freedom, open science and international cooperation. Restrict partners, not nationsMore restrictive treatment of collaborators from European Economic Area members Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, or from Switzerland and the UK, is strategically very difficult to justify. These are deeply embedded partners in Europe’s research and innovation ecosystem. Beyond that, Europe should still resist default exclusion and instead rely on case-by-case assessment. The relevant question is not nationality in the abstract. It is the actual risk profile of a collaboration: the institution, the affiliations, the field, the knowledge involved, the intended use and the safeguards available. Screening should focus on institutions and affiliations rather than nationality alone. Related articlesParliament ‘misreads’ link between Horizon Europe and ECF, Commission official saysFrustration grows at governance gap in next Horizon EuropeIf EU preference logic is imported into research without careful calibration, the likely result is a chilling effect. Researchers may step back from legitimate and beneficial collaboration, even where risks are manageable. International partners may see Europe as less predictable. And Europe may end up undermining the very excellence base it needs to compete, scale up and lead in strategic technologies, thereby increasing its dependence on others.FP10 should do the opposite. It should remain open by default, with restrictions used only exceptionally, and then on the basis of clear evidence. It should integrate research security into open science and research integrity frameworks, not set them against each other. And it should recognise that academic freedom, scientific excellence and responsible international collaboration are not obstacles to Europe’s security, they are part of it. Europe needs stronger tools to protect itself. But it also needs the discipline to avoid measures that would weaken it and increase its strategic vulnerabilities in the process. In FP10, that means staying open, excellent and secure.Louise Drogoul is senior advisor for innovation and sustainability at the Cesaer university association.

Apr 7 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencebusiness.net

Trump Backs Down, but Questions Remain Over Iran and the Strait of Hormuz

President Trump’s short-term intimidation may have worked, but the fundamental divides with Iran are as sharp as they were in February.

Apr 7 • 7:15 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com

The ‘oldest fossil octopus’ is probably another animal

In 2000, researchers thought they found the oldest fossil octopus, which lived over 300 million years ago. But it may just be a half-rotten nautilus.

Apr 7 • 7:01 PM EDT • Science • sciencenews.org

Boones Mill business owners claim landlord refused to fix issues with buildings, resulting in their businesses failing

Business owners in Boones Mill say ongoing maintenance problems at a commercial property forced them to shut their doors, raising concerns about landlord responsibilities and tenant protections.

Apr 7 • 6:19 PM EDT • Business • wsls.com

Vanguard Settles on ESG — BlackRock and State Street Fight On

Vanguard’s settlement in Texas v. BlackRock marks a historic victory for the anti-ESG movement. But BlackRock and State Street are still fighting for what remains of sustainability stewardship in the US.

Apr 7 • 5:45 PM EDT • Business • bhr.stern.nyu.edu

Protect Girls Sports in Maine files motion to intervene in lawsuit over signatures

The lawsuit alleges there were problems with the signature-gathering process.

Apr 7 • 5:35 PM EDT • Sports • wmtw.com

Is MSG Entertainment's Tokyo Sphere Plan Shifting Its Concentration Risk Story (MSGE)?

Madison Square Garden Entertainment recently received fresh analyst attention with BTIG initiating coverage and the company advancing talks to bring its large-scale immersive Sphere venue concept to Tokyo, alongside appointing Allen Lo as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer in late March. Together, the analyst endorsement and potential Tokyo Sphere highlight how MSG Entertainment is pushing its immersive live-event format beyond its core U.S. venues, which could gradually reduce...

Apr 7 • 4:23 PM EDT • Entertainment • simplywall.st

Featured Grandstand Entertainment Announced for Second Weekend of This Year’s Clay County Fair

Spencer, Iowa (KUOO) — All-Star Monster Trucks, Outlaw Truck and Tractor Pull, and Figure 8 races will be the featured grandstand entertainment for the second weekend of this year’s Clay […]

Apr 7 • 4:22 PM EDT • Entertainment • kiwaradio.com

Small Business Bankruptcies Surge 67 Percent in First Quarter

A sharp rise in small business reorganizations and consumer filings signals mounting financial pressure as debt levels and interest rates remain high.

Apr 7 • 3:40 PM EDT • Business • acainternational.org