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Jamie Foxx opens up 3 years after health scare, talks new standup special

Actor, comedian and singer Jamie Foxx opens up to ABC News three years after a health scare nearly ended his life.

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Oct 5 • 11:26 AM EDT • Health • abcnews.com
50th annual Arkansas Rice Festival slated

It was 1976 and the United States was turning 200 years old. Festivities were planned in nearly every city and town across the country and one of the celebrations was...

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Oct 5 • 10:23 AM EDT • Business • talkbusiness.net
Answering Your Questions as Padres Near Disastrous End to Season

The San Diego Padres are inches away from total collapse, digging themselves into an 0-2 hole against the Milwaukee Brewers. They'll now turn home to a raucous Petco Park crowd with the hopes that they can stave off execution. The postseason allows for some insane turns of fortune. Could the Friars be the next recipient …

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Chimpanzees steal less pineapple from their friends

The new research sheds more light on the evolutionary origins of friendship.

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PEN America: Nearly 12,000 school book bans in a year, a record high

A new study from PEN America reveals that there were nearly 12,000 book bans in public schools over the past year, the highest since tracking began five years ago | WBBM Newsradio 780 AM & 105.9 FM

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PEN America: Nearly 12,000 school book bans in a year, a record high

A new study from PEN America reveals that there were nearly 12,000 book bans in public schools over the past year, the highest since tracking began five years ago | Talk 1370

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PEN America: Nearly 12,000 school book bans in a year, a record high

A new study from PEN America reveals that there were nearly 12,000 book bans in public schools over the past year, the highest since tracking began five years ago | KNSS Radio

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PEN America: Nearly 12,000 school book bans in a year, a record high

A new study from PEN America reveals that there were nearly 12,000 book bans in public schools over the past year, the highest since tracking began five years ago | Talk Radio 1210 WPHT

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PEN America: Nearly 12,000 school book bans in a year, a record high

A new study from PEN America reveals that there were nearly 12,000 book bans in public schools over the past year, the highest since tracking began five years ago | 1010 WINS

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PEN America: Nearly 12,000 school book bans in a year, a record high

A new study from PEN America reveals that there were nearly 12,000 book bans in public schools over the past year, the highest since tracking began five years ago.

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Is it legal? Trump promises Medicare and ACA checks without Congress ahead of midterm elections

President Trump is promising $90 payments to more than 20 million Medicare seniors and $500 refunds to nearly 1 million ACA enrollees, bypassing Congress and raising legal questions from Democrats.

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Oct 5 • 8:26 AM EDT • Politics • news5cleveland.com
Why plugged-in pickle glows: Engineer burns 100-plus pickles to find answer

An engineer says glowing pickles owe their orange light to sparks igniting hydrogen near an electrode, with sodium ions supplying the color.

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Collaborating with Canadian Scientists on Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Research

I first met Dr. Helen Gurney-Smith in fall 2024, when Dr. Shannon Meseck and I drove just beyond the U.S.-Canada border to the St. Andrews Biological Station in New Brunswick. We went there to study larval sea scallop respiration when exposed to near-future temperature and pH. This past winter, Dr.

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Gallery of Unearthing the Ground: Architecture and the Politics of Waste - 2

Image 2 of 15 from gallery of Unearthing the Ground: Architecture and the Politics of Waste. Fresh Kills Park. Image © USEPA Environmental-Protection-Agency - December 6, 2012 via Wikipedia under Public Domain

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Gallery of Unearthing the Ground: Architecture and the Politics of Waste - 3

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Gallery of Unearthing the Ground: Architecture and the Politics of Waste - 4

Image 4 of 15 from gallery of Unearthing the Ground: Architecture and the Politics of Waste. Agbogbloshie. Image © Muntaka Chasant, via Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Gallery of Unearthing the Ground: Architecture and the Politics of Waste - 1

Image 1 of 15 from gallery of Unearthing the Ground: Architecture and the Politics of Waste. Incineration Line in Roskilde / Erick van Egeraat. Image © Tim Van de Velde

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Gallery of Unearthing the Ground: Architecture and the Politics of Waste - 5

Image 5 of 15 from gallery of Unearthing the Ground: Architecture and the Politics of Waste. Fresh Kills Park. Image © erial View Courtesy of NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

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Jobs in health care. Jobs for women. The US labour market is segmenting. Chernobyl’s radiation and Lenin’s love of literature.

Thank you for opening your Chartbook email. Elmer Bischoff, Two Figures at the Seashore, 1957 The only really dynamic job-creator in the US economy is health care: The largest crunch has come in Federal government, which has shed 2.7 m jobs. Source: tchouvkov on Twitter Tech is struggling. [ Joey Politano 🏳️‍🌈@JosephPolitano The US tech sector continues bleeding jobs in official data released today—overall, employment decreased by 17k last month and is down 69k over the last year That's nearly as bad as the worst of the 2024 tech-cession, and much worse than the 2022 boom or even pre-2020 norms 12:42 PM · Oct 2, 2026 · 15.2K Views 15 Replies · 47 Reposts · 390 Likes ](https://x.com/JosephPolitano/status/2106001807847940232?s=20) The new jobs are all for women. [ Justin Wolfers@JustinWolfers I'm not sure who saw this coming, but so far nearly all the jobs created during the second Trump administration have gone to women. 1:09 PM · Oct 2, 2026 · 33K Views 70 Replies · 146 Reposts · 644 Likes ](https://x.com/JustinWolfers/status/2106008723533533601?s=20) Meanwhile, real wages are being eaten up by modest over-target inflation. [ Heather Long@byHeatherLong The financial pain is real: Wage growth fell to 3% (y/y) in September. That's the lowest in 5 years. Wage growth: 3% Inflation: ~3.4% Inflation has eaten up all wage gains for the average worker since April. Many people are having to make hard choices about what to buy and what … 1:24 PM · Oct 2, 2026 · 37K Views 24 Replies · 275 Reposts · 533 Likes ](https://x.com/byHeatherLong/status/2106012367712620728?s=20) HEY READERS, THANK YOU for opening the Chartbook email. I hope it brightens your day. I enjoy putting out the newsletter, but tbh, what keeps this flow going is the generosity of those readers who clicked the subscription button. If you are persuaded to click, please consider the annual subscription of $60. It is both better value for you and a much better deal for me, as it involves only one credit card charge. Why feed the payments companies if we don’t have to. Subscribe Elmer Bischoff, Bathers, 1960 Americans are disillusioned with higher ed. For contributing subscribers only. Subscribe Where the Chernobyl radiation went. h/t Simon Kuestenmacher aka simongerman600 How Lenin’s love of literature shaped the Russian Revolution - Tariq Ali This, then, was the intellectual atmosphere in which Lenin came of age. His father, a highly cultured conservative, was the chief inspector of schools in his region and much respected as an educationalist. At home, Shakespeare, Goethe and Pushkin, among others, were read aloud on Sunday afternoons. It was impossible for the Ulyanov family – “Lenin” was a pseudonym adopted to outwit the tsarist secret police – to escape high culture. At high school, Lenin fell in love with Latin. His headteacher had high hopes that he might become a philologist and Latin scholar. History willed otherwise, but Lenin’s passion for Latin, and taste for the classics, never left him. He read Virgil, Ovid, Horace and Juvenal in the original, as well as Roman senatorial orations. He devoured Goethe during his two decades in exile, reading and rereading Faust many times. Lenin put his knowledge of the classics to good use in the time leading up to the October revolution of 1917. In April of that year, he broke with Russian social-democratic orthodoxy and, in a set of radical theses, called for a socialist revolution in Russia. A number of his own close comrades denounced him. In a sharp riposte, Lenin quoted Mephistopheles from Goethe’s masterwork: “Theory, my friend, is grey, but green is the eternal tree of life.” Source: The Guardian Elmer Bischoff, The River, 1953 If you’ve scrolled this far, you know you want to click: Subscribe

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Oct 5 • 6:47 AM EDT • Health • adamtooze.substack.com
Yale School of Medicine On the Science of Childhood Anxiety, Say, Anxiety Disorders Are the Most Common Mental Health Challenges In Youth

Credit: Matt Bradbury October 5, 2026 - By Isabella Backman - Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health challenges in youth. Left untreated, they can disrupt the lives of both children and their families. The good news is that with intervention, most children will overcome these conditions. Across Yale School of Medicine, scientists are working to understand anxiety at every level, from common anxious behaviors to molecular biomarkers in the brain. They are using their findings to develop and disseminate new evidence-based treatments for childhood anxiety. Today, the go-to treatment for childhood anxiety disorders is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). This is a form of psychotherapy that teaches children skills for confronting anxious thoughts and helps them practice managing situations that cause anxiety. While it is the gold-standard treatment backed by considerable scientific evidence, up to 50% of children will not see sufficient benefit from CBT alone. Wendy Silverman, PhD, Alfred A. Messer Professor in the Child Study Center, co-directs the Anxiety and Mood Disorders Program alongside Eli Lebowitz, PhD, associate professor in the Child Study Center. One of their main interests is learning how to improve outcomes beyond CBT. “We’re developing cutting-edge, research-based knowledge that can reduce the suffering that anxiety causes children and their families,” says Silverman. Changing parent behavior YSM experts are investigating how to improve CBT outcomes for children by involving the parents. Silverman’s research has uncovered two main components of parent intervention that improve childhood anxiety: not enabling children to completely avoid the things that make them anxious and taking steps to enhance their autonomy. Parents may unintentionally reinforce their child’s anxiety by allowing them to avoid what makes them anxious. They also may unintentionally limit the children’s sense of autonomy by being overly intrusive. “One of the things that we take pride in is that we’ve focused on trying to understand what parents need to do, and to test our ideas and see if changing the parents’ behaviors is enhancing the effects of CBT,” Silverman says. “Our findings thus far suggest that they do." As much as CBT can be helpful, it can also be challenging to get one’s child to do the necessary steps for CBT to work. This is one important reason why Lebowitz created a novel intervention program for parents named Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE). Existing intervention programs often teach parents to act as therapists for their child, such as training them on how to practice breathing exercises. “It makes sense, but this doesn’t work very well in practice,” says Lebowitz. “And part of the reason, I think, is that it’s not easy to get your kid to do things, especially if they’re not excited about doing it.” SPACE is unique because it focuses entirely on parent involvement and changing parental behavior—children are not involved in the sessions. For example, parents learn how to use supportive messages that convey confidence that their child can tolerate and manage distress. “It might sound like a parent saying to a child, ‘I get that this is really hard for you, but I know that you can handle it,’” Lebowitz says. The program also works with parents to identify the ways in which they are accommodating anxious behaviors. “We’ll pick one thing that parents are doing that is an accommodation and help them make a detailed plan for how they’re going to change that,” Lebowitz explains. Treating Anxiety in Children and Adolescents Much of the existing research on SPACE has focused on parents of children under age 14. Ongoing studies are now exploring its use with parents of older teens. “Both anxiety and accommodation can interfere with normative developmental shifts during the teen years, including increased autonomy and individuation from parents,” says Rebecca Etkin, PhD, associate research scientist in the Child Study Center. “In this sense, SPACE may be particularly well-suited for anxious teens and their parents. We want to see whether it is effective during this distinct developmental window.” Unfortunately, many families in need of CBT face barriers, including limited availability of services and geographic constraints. One way to improve access is digital interventions. Silverman and her team are developing an evidence-based digitized intervention program for parents that they can access directly from their computer or smart phone. “The work we’re doing will be one of the very few parent interventions that is digitized and importantly tested for effectiveness,” she says. Creating interventions for anxiety-related challenges Silverman and Lebowitz recently received a generous gift to develop and test other interventions that help parents reduce other child anxiety-related behavioral and emotional difficulties, such as restrictive eating and unexplained somatic symptoms. One of these projects in particular focuses on understanding the risks of social media and its potential benefits, including offering a sense of connection. “A lot of research has focused on the idea that social media is harmful and the less of it the better,” says Lebowitz. “But we actually see is that this is not quite right—there are negatives, but there are also positives. So, we’re trying to get a little bit more nuanced of a picture.” The team is working with teens with social anxiety and their parents over an extended period to better understand their social media habits and how their anxiety levels affect engagement with different platforms. The teens will answer questions sent to an app on their phones about mood and social media usage in an effort to capture emotional responses as they unfold. “We hope to develop interventions that can help make the best of social media while protecting against the more problematic effects,” Lebowitz says. The brain’s role in anxiety Researchers are also testing therapies to address anxiety at the neurological and molecular levels. In collaboration with Dylan Gee, PhD, professor of psychology in Yale's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Hilary Blumberg, MD, John and Hope Furth Professor of Psychiatric Neuroscience at Yale School of Medicine, Lebowitz and Silverman are using brain imaging to identify changes in a child’s brain before and after parents enroll in SPACE. In one study, children viewed anxiety-inducing images while undergoing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); the researchers conducted scans with and without the children’s parents nearby. Before SPACE, children’s brains were better able to activate the regulatory circuitry needed to turn off an anxious response when their parents were nearby. But after SPACE, children could activate this circuitry even without the parent around. “As parents work on gradually reducing some of their accommodations, you can see a child get better at regulating their own fear system in the brain,” Lebowitz says. “It’s remarkable.” Research into the molecular underpinnings of anxiety can also inform new childhood anxiety treatments. In a recent study, Lebowitz, Silverman, and Flora Vaccarino, MD, Harris Professor in the Child Study Center, discovered that a protein known as fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) could be protective from the toxic effects of stress. FGF2 levels in children and their parents were linked to the children’s risk of developing anxiety and depression, the study showed. The findings could help explain why some children who are exposed to early life trauma such as poverty or abuse are more prone to developing mental health disorders. And FGF2 could be a target for treatment. “This is very novel because it starts to give a clue to what is the molecular chain that connects those lived experiences to the actual psychological outcomes,” Lebowitz says. New ways to study and treat childhood anxiety Michael Crowley, PhD, associate professor in the Child Study Center, collaborates with Silverman and Lebowitz to study the role that attention plays in development and maintenance of childhood anxiety. There is a large body of research that shows that anxious children, like anxious adults, are prone to focus on threatening stimuli such as angry faces compared with neutral faces. This has led to innovative interventions that involve attention retraining. The idea is that if experts train children to look away from threatening stimuli, it may reduce their anxiety—especially children with social anxiety who are most prone to attend to threats. The researchers have just completed a clinical trial for attention retraining with 10- to 14-year-olds with social anxiety disorders and are currently analyzing the findings. Besides this innovative attention retraining research, as Crowly notes, “I like to design tasks that are engaging to kids,” Crowley says. “My goal is to assess something without the kids knowing what we are assessing.” With this goal in mind, Crowley has created a virtual game, named Boom, to study threat processing in children with anxiety disorders. The game is similar to that of hot potato—the child and three digital players take turns virtually passing a ball to each other’s gloves. At some point, the ball turns into a bomb, and as the bomb lands in each player’s glove, the outline of the glove turns yellow. The goal is to avoid having the bomb go off in your glove. What isn’t obvious is that the game is designed to measure different types of threatening stimuli, both ambiguous and direct. In the game, the direct threat occurs as the bomb is traveling towards your glove. The ambiguous threat is the yellow outlined glove as it is unknown where the bomb will travel next. While children play the game, Crowley’s team measures their brain activity using electroencephalography (EEG). The researchers have discovered that in kids with anxiety, the brain reacts more strongly to ambiguous threats than it does in their peers, but less strongly to direct threats. They believe that the initial abnormally large brain response to not knowing where the bomb is going impairs the brain's ability to properly respond when the threat is actually traveling the child’s way. “The brains of children with anxiety are unable to differentiate between threats you need to do something about and those that are not your problem.” Michael Crowley, PhD, develops innovative games for studying anxiety in children and adolescents.Credit: Matt Bradbury Based on these insights, Crowley hopes to study whether interventions like attention training could restore appropriate threat processing. Crowley’s team is also working on a test called the Balloon Risk Avoidance Task, which evaluates risk-taking and avoidance behaviors. It features a digital balloon that is full of air and about to burst. Kids have six seconds to let air out of the balloon. The more air they let out, the less risk they face that the balloon will pop. But at the same time, the balloon becomes less valuable as it deflates. “The more air you keep in the balloon, the more points you get,” Crowley explains. So far, the researchers have found that when the balloons pop unexpectedly, teens with social anxiety show distinct brain responses. Studying these responses can help psychologists understand the underlying pathways driving the various manifestations of anxiety. The genetics of anxiety When Thomas Fernandez, MD, associate professor in the Child Study Center and of psychiatry, was still in training, there was a lot of excitement about understanding the genetics associated with autism spectrum disorder. Since then, scientists have identified around 250 genes associated with autism. The genetic contribution to anxiety disorders, on the other hand, has historically received less attention. Anxiety is less heritable than autism, but the genetic contribution for anxiety disorders that emerge in childhood may be higher than for anxiety disorders overall. While scientists estimate the heritability of anxiety disorders in general to be around 30% to 50%, some studies suggest higher heritability for certain childhood-onset anxiety presentations. “I saw firsthand how researchers in the field went about finding vulnerability genes for autism,” Fernandez says. “So, we’re using a very similar playbook for childhood anxiety.” “I saw firsthand how researchers in the field went about finding vulnerability genes for autism. So, we’re using a very similar playbook for childhood anxiety.” Thomas Fernandez, MD Associate Professor In the Child Study Center and in Psychiatry Now, Fernandez and Emily Olfson, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the Child Study Center, are studying children and their parents to identify genetic changes that are present in the child but not the parents, known as “de novo mutations.” “All of us have some de novo mutations—maybe about 50 to 100 sprinkled throughout the genome,” Olfson says. “But when they occur within the coding regions of genes, they can be really disruptive.” Previous research shows that people with autism have higher rates of damaging de novo mutations than the general population. In 2022, Olfson, Lebowitz, Silverman, and Fernandez published a study on 68 children and their families that found that children with anxiety had similarly high levels of these mutations. Studying de novo mutations can help point the researchers to where they should be looking for genes associated with anxiety. “The end game is using the genes to steer us toward the right part of biology that we can then target to come up with better treatments,” Fernandez says. Building on those findings, the team is now studying more families to better understand how these de novo mutations, along with other genetic and environmental factors, shape pediatric anxiety disorders. They recently received a National Institutes of Health grant to enroll 750 new families over the next five years. Olfson is the principal investigator, with co-investigators Lebowitz, Fernandez, Silverman, and Shuangge Steven Ma, PhD, department chair and professor of biostatistics at Yale School of Public Health. Neurodevelopment, Risk Genes, and Mental Health Conditions - The Olfson Lab Joel Gelernter, MD, Foundations Fund Professor of Psychiatry, is interested in how different anxiety disorders differ genomically. “We are studying social phobia, panic disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder, working to understand why people differ in their risk to these specific anxiety disorders and evaluating various risk factors,” he says. Gelernter was recently involved in one of the largest studies to date of the genomics underlying anxiety disorder. The study included around 122,000 people with anxiety disorders and around 730,000 without. It found that some genetic differences associated with anxiety were linked to signaling that helps reduce overactivity in the nervous system. Many anxiety medications available today work by targeting this process. “It’s nice when the biology that you get out of a large genome-wide study ratifies things that we already know because that can help increase confidence in further findings from the study,” Gelernter says. Uncovering the neurobiology of psychiatric disorders John Krystal, MD, Robert L. McNeil, Jr. Professor of Translational Research and chair of the Department of Psychiatry, is interested in the neurobiology of psychiatric disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), of which anxiety is a major symptom. In the late 1980s, Krystal’s team discovered that the drug yohimbine activated symptoms in patients with PTSD. “This was the first time we could link a specific biological mechanism to the symptoms of PTSD,” Krystal says. At the time, he adds, this finding was highly controversial. “A lot of people felt that PTSD was a purely psychological syndrome that didn’t have an underlying biology.” Since then, Krystal has dived deep into understanding the neurobiology of PTSD to learn how to better treat it. His team is evaluating the use of ketamine and psychedelics. These would be among the first treatments to be developed specifically for PTSD. They may also be applicable for other disorders including anxiety disorders, Krystal adds. An important gap in PTSD treatment is the absence of biological tests that inform how to best help patients manage their PTSD symptoms. A doctor doesn’t diagnose cancer based on how they feel. Rather, they use tests of the biology of the cancer to determine the best course of treatment. “And we can’t do that in any psychiatric disorder other than Alzheimer’s disease,” Krystal says. “But now we are building a foundation for this approach to the treatment of anxiety disorders for the first time.” Source: Yale School of Medicine

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Top salaries at VNA Health Care 2024

VNA Health Care is an Aurora-based not-for-profit Federally Qualified Health Center that serves nearly 90,000 patients a year.

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Oct 5 • 6:19 AM EDT • Health • chicagobusiness.com
Top salaries at VNA Health Care 2024

VNA Health Care is an Aurora-based not-for-profit Federally Qualified Health Center that serves nearly 90,000 patients a year.

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The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2026

Nearly four weeks out from Election Day, the Senate battleground map is growing after signs of improvement for Democrats in several red-leaning states.

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Oct 5 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Digbi Health Study of Nearly 16,000 Members Finds Precision Biology GI Care Delivers IBS Relief at Scale

Combining Gut microbiome, genetic, and glucose signals delivers unprecedented personalized care to bring clinically meaningful relief to more than half of symptomatic membersMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Digbi Health today released a real-world study of nearly 16,000 members of its precision biology program, which personalizes nutrition and lifestyle care to each person's gut microbiome, genetics, and glucose response. Among members followed for 12 weeks, i more than h

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Euro zone business growth hits over 3-1/2-year high despite inflation worries, PMI shows

BENGALURU, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Euro zone business activity expanded at its fastest pace in nearly 3-1/2 years in September as demand remained strong despite inflation worries stemming from the Middle East war, according to a private survey which also showed resurgent price pressures.

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Euro zone business growth hits over 3-1/2-year high despite inflation worries, PMI shows

By Indradip Ghosh BENGALURU, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Euro zone business activity expanded at its fastest pace in nearly 3-1/2 years in September as demand remained strong despite inflation worries stemming from the Middle East war, according to a private ​su...

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Brazil Heads to Lula-Bolsonaro Runoff as Right Gains Ground in First Round

With nearly 99 percent of votes counted, Bolsonaro had about 47 percent of valid votes, compared with 44.9 percent for Lula.

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Oct 5 • 3:06 AM EDT • Politics • politicstoday.org
Japan’s Nippon To Buy Akzo’s Southeast Asia Decorative Paints Business For $1.35 Billion

The deal gives Nippon Paint—controlled by the family of late Singaporean billionaire Goh Cheng Liang—access to Akzo’s operations across Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea and Australia.

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Russia hospitalizes almost 200 people after researcher's death from plague: reports

Nearly 200 people are under medical observation in Russia’s Irkutsk region over suspected exposure to plague, according to local media reports.

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Oct 5 • 12:16 AM EDT • Health • cnbc.com
Warning Signs of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)

Fainting or nearly fainting when you exert yourself are key warning signs of HCM. Learn the red flags to look out for and when to seek medical care.

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Oct 5 • 12:02 AM EDT • Health • health.clevelandclinic.org
Businesses brace for impact as digging set to begin at Olney home

Heavy machinery, road closures and weeks of work could affect businesses near the Chew Avenue property in Philadelphia.

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Oct 4 • 11:25 PM EDT • Business • nbcphiladelphia.com
Time capsule: The secret life of a red fox family

Note: At the start of every walk, my dogs try to sneak away to “fox town,” a fox den on the other side of the pond near my cabin, and

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This mysterious hole on the Moon may open into a giant cave

NASA has selected the GIMLI project to investigate whether the Marius Hill Pit opens into a vast underground cave or lava tube. Using radar, seismic sensors, gravity measurements, and cameras, researchers will search beneath the lunar surface and estimate the size of any hidden void. Such caves could preserve clues to the Moon’s volcanic history and potentially provide protected shelters for future astronauts.

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It’s Nearly Impossible to Budget for AI Spending

Artificial-intelligence use is measured in tokens, but the models’ use of tokens at any given task can be unpredictable.

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2TB MicroSD Express card leaks, providing Switch 2 storage for 100+ games

With some Switch 2 games creating a storage dilemma, help is on the way. Suneast is marketing a 2TB MicroSD Express card without a release date or price. Amid the memory shortage, 1TB cards already cost Nintendo supporters over $300.

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Basalt Health Raises $20 Million Series A Led By NEA

Basalt Health has raised $20 million in Series A funding led by returning investor NEA to expand its AI platform for post-acute care admissions. Existing investors Frist Cressey Ventures and 25m Health also participated. The round brings Basalt's total funding to approximately $24.5 million.

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Oct 4 • 7:37 PM EDT • Health • pulse2.com
Brenton Strange nearly reaches 100 yards in Week 4

Jaguars TE Brenton Strange leads team in receptions, receiving yards and targets in Week 4

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Oct 4 • 6:39 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Study says San Antonio's mental health care access is worst in the U.S.

San Antonio tied for the worst access to mental health treatment facilities nationwide, based on travel distance and the number of nearby options, according to a recent study.

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Oct 4 • 6:34 PM EDT • Health • yahoo.com
From nearsightedness to self-harm: Meta-review looks at how digital media impacts young people’s health

The authors of an expansive new series in ‘The Lancet’ argue that gaps in our understanding about digital harms shouldn’t delay urgent policy action.

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Oct 4 • 6:31 PM EDT • Health • fastcompany.com
Mobile area health systems receive grants from state rural health program

34 grants total nearly $55 million

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Oct 4 • 6:30 PM EDT • Health • fox10tv.com
Ace Combat 8: Wings Of Theve Smashes Series Steam Record With Over 52,000 Concurrent Players

Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve is off to the series' best PC launch by a wide margin. The game came out on October 2 and peaked at over 52,000 concurrent Steam players a day later, according to SteamDB. That is nearly four times the 13,758 that Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown managed in 2019, while...

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Ceiling collapse causes neighboring business to close in Northern Colorado

A roof collapsed at a business under construction in Loveland this week, forcing another nearby business to close as well.

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Carnell Tate's Breakout Overshadowed by Offensive Woes in Titans Loss

While Carnell Tate neared a career milestone, Cam Ward’s turnovers and a costly fumble stalled Tennessee’s momentum, gifting Derrick Henry a triumphant revenge game in Baltimore.

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AkzoNobel to sell unit to Nippon Paint for over $1 billion, FT reports

Dulux paint maker AkzoNobel is ​nearing a deal to sell its Southeast ‌Asian decorative paints business to Nippon Paint for well over $1 billion, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing ​people familiar with the matter.

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Readers Write: Health care, AI, Minneapolis City Council and Public Schools, the death penalty

Be an informed health care voter this November.

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Oct 4 • 2:28 PM EDT • Health • startribune.com
Ben Johnson’s Calm Logic Keeps Overriding the Noise

Most coaches would have just stuck with Case Keenum. After a near-perfect Monday Night Football performance — 247 yards, three total touchdowns, and a 27-7 win over the previously unbeaten Eagles in his first start in more than 1,000 days — riding the hot hand felt like the obvious move. Ben Johnson didn’t make it […] The post Ben Johnson’s Calm Logic Keeps Overriding the Noise appeared first on HEAVY.

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How Kansas Suddenly Became a Battleground State for Senate Control

The state hasn’t elected a Democrat to the Senate in nearly a century. Economic challenges during President Trump’s second term, as well as other factors, have put it in play.

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San Diego Foundation Grants Nearly $1M in Binational Water Health Grants

The San Diego Foundation Wednesday granted nearly $1 million in the Binational Resilience Initiative for 10 projects ranging from addressing Tijuana River pollution to restoring coastal habitats in the California-Baja region.

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How Enceladus' ocean spray becomes chemically diverse ice grains

Saturn's icy moon Enceladus hides a global ocean beneath its frozen surface. From fractures near its south pole, material from this ocean is ejected into space as a plume of water vapor and ice particles. ...

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NC's voter registration deadline nearing

Friday is the deadline for regular registration to vote in this year’s midterm elections.

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Lamont, Fazio make pitches to Connecticut business leaders as Election Day nears

With just over five weeks until Election Day, Gov. Ned Lamont and Republican challenger Ryan Fazio make their case to Connecticut business leaders. Plus, the sentencing of former state official Kosta Diamantis, more departures from Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) and bipartisan calls to suspend Connecticut's gas and diesel taxes.

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Taylor Morrison snags 406 lots near TSMC's $265B Phoenix development

Homebuilders are shifting toward aggressive bulk lot acquisitions to lock down future inventory, with more to come.

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How Americans’ Financial Health Is Faring In The “K-Shaped” Economy

Hey all, Jason here. Money20/20 is still two weeks away, but I’ve already started packing (not procrastinating for once!). My calendar is already filling up with various sessions I want to catch, meetings, and of course happy hours, dinners, and other side events. If you’ll be in Vegas and want to catch up, let me know by replying to this email, and we can try to find a time amidst the chaos of the Venetian. A big if not totally unexpected piece of news dropped on Friday: the Independent Community Bankers of America, a trade group that represents smaller U.S. banks, filed a lawsuit against the OCC and Comptroller Jonathan Gould, arguing that the regulator’s move to grant trust bank charters to firms seeking to use them to conduct substantial non-fiduciary activities exceeds the authorities granted to the OCC by Congress. I haven’t had time to fully digest the legal filing or speak to folks in my network about it, but you can expect to see coverage and analysis on it in next week’s newsletter. Subscribe or Support by Upgrading The NerdCon agenda just dropped. It’s stacked. Partner content: Nubank built an AI-first bank. Chime built its own banking core. Figure and Valon are rebuilding the mortgage stack. At NerdCon, you’ll hear from the people behind those bets: what they chose, what they learned, and what they’re still figuring out. The agenda is live, with leaders from Nubank, Chime, OpenAI, Remitly, Mercury, Figure, Valon and more. Follow the mainstage conversations, bring the problem your team is wrestling with to a hands-on workshop, or pull up a chair at a roundtable. Pick your quests. Meet us in San Diego, November 18–20. Fintech Business Weekly readers save 20% with code FBW20. Explore the Agenda Things To Know & Other Good Reads Federal Reserve Board finalizes changes to enhance the transparency and public accountability of its stress test and reduce volatility in its stress test-related capital requirements (Federal Reserve Board of Governors) FDIC Announces Conclusion of Independent Monitorship (FDIC) Modernizing Financial Regulation: Initial Observations from eSLR (Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman) The Data Version of Godzilla versus Kong: FRED Takes on AI (Fed Governor Christopher Waller) Financing the AI buildout (Brookings) Q3’26: Rules for Banks but Not for Crypto (Fintech Takes Banking) The Inevitability of Local Stablecoins (Lombard Notes) Delusions of AI Governance: The Human-in-the-Loop Comfort Blanket (Fintech Snark Tank) Stripe agrees to acquire Parafin to expand revenue opportunities for platforms and help small businesses grow (Stripe) Listen: Fighting Fraud in the Age of AI, with SEON’s Tamas Kadar (Fintech Business Weekly) How Americans’ Financial Health Is Faring In The “K-Shaped” Economy If there is one overarching theme across the economy and politics in the U.S. at the moment, it’s “affordability.” The term is vague enough to encompass a panoply of factors shaping Americans’ day-to-day lives: rising costs for the hallmarks of being “middle class,” including healthcare, housing, childcare, and education, inflation and rising interest rates, and a job market with the specter of AI hovering over it. At the same time, policy shifts under the Trump administration have resulted in reduced subsidies to those who get health insurance under the Affordable Care Act and new restrictions on qualifying for Medicaid and SNAP, the impacts of which have yet to be fully felt. These factors are contributing to declining consumer confidence and general dissatisfaction with the economy, despite continuing GDP growth and stock market records. This divergence is encapsulated in the idea of the “K-shaped” economy, in which a small proportion of Americans have seen their wealth balloon, while the majority of American households struggle to preserve the lifestyle they have. Perhaps the greatest determinant of which branch of the “K” a household is on is whether their wealth and income are primarily derived from employment vs. from assets. Nearly two decades of low interest rates and, more recently, elevated rates of inflation have benefited asset owners, while those whose income is primarily or solely derived from labor have largely seen real purchasing power stagnate or decline. This is reflected in recent Bureau of Labor Statistics data showing that labor share of U.S. GDP — the fraction of economic output that accrues to workers as compensation in exchange for their labor — dropped to just 52.8% in Q2 2026, the lowest since the BLS began keeping records. In 1947, approximately 2/3rds of economic output accrued to workers; even as recently as 2001, labor’s share of GDP was 64.1%. Against this backdrop, we’ve seen the rise of more credit and credit-like products: cash advance apps, “no-fee” overdraft, earned wage access, and buy now pay later, which are often used as small-dollar short-term borrowing mechanisms to meet immediate consumption needs or pay other bills (eg utilities, cell phone, other debt payments). With the markers of a middle class existence and, increasingly, basic financial stability seemingly out of reach for many, it should be no surprise there’s been an increase in “financial nihilism,” something industry peers like Alex Johnson and Frank Rotman have discussed and analyzed the roots of. The explosion of gambling and gambling-adjacent products and services — often marketed under the guise of being an “investment” — is inextricably intertwined with the rise of financial nihilism. Crypto, sports betting, and, more recently, prediction markets offer an escape or even hope of sorts, like a contemporary, digital version of a scratch-off lottery ticket, while leaving the overwhelming number of people who use such products worse off. Share of Households That Are Financially “Vulnerable” Ticks Up The Financial Health Network’s 2026 Financial Health Pulse® report adds context on how American households are faring. (I linked to this report in last week’s newsletter, but wanted to take time to further unpack the data in the report this week.) The Financial Health Network publishes the report annually, providing insight into how Americans’ financial circumstances are changing over time. The 2026 report is derived from a survey fielded in April and May 2026. The report leverages survey responses to assess indicators of financial health across spending, saving, borrowing, and planning/protecting and to determine a zero to 100 “FinHealth” score. Those with scores between 0 and 39 are considered “Financially Vulnerable,” consumers with scores ranging between 40 and 79 are defined as “Financially Coping,” and those with scores of 80 to 100 are “Financially Healthy.” The report found that moderate improvements in 2025 were reversed, with the share of respondents considered financially “vulnerable” rebounding to 17%. The longitudinal data reflect the impact of pandemic-era programs, like expanded unemployment, cash stimulus payments, and pauses of federal student loan payments. The positive impacts of those programs, as reflected in the Financial Health Pulse reports, had largely disappeared by 2023. While pandemic-era inflation — to be fair, in part caused by the various support and stimulus measures — had come down from as high as 9% in 2022, it has rebounded since the start of Trump’s second term, with tariffs and energy market disruptions owing to the war in Iran pushing prices back up. Specific indicators in the survey that deteriorated from 2025 to 2026 include the share of respondents spending less than their income over the past 12 months, the share paying all bills on time over the past 12 months, the share that have a manageable amount or no debt, the share that are “moderately” or “very” confident their insurance is adequate to cover them in an emergency, and the share that “somewhat” or “strongly” agree that their household plans ahead financially. Unsurprisingly, lower- and moderate-income households are more likely to struggle to pay their bills on time and have any funds leftover to save. The share of low-income households whose income exceeded their spending dropped from 35% in 2025 to 31% in 2026, while the share of upper-income households whose income exceeded expenses remained unchanged at 63%. Households with student loans or revolving credit card debt reported having “a bit more” or “far more” debt than was manageable at rates far higher than those not carrying these types of debts. The share of those with student loan debt indicating their debt load was too high to manage increased from 50% in 2025 to 55% in 2026, while the share of those with revolving credit card debt saying the same ticked up from 51% in 2025 to 54% in 2026. Households that had student loans were markedly more likely to be financially “coping” or “vulnerable” vs. those without student loans. In 2026, 27% of households with student loans were considered financially vulnerable, a jump of 6% points vs. 2025. Households without student loans saw just a 1% point increase (not statistically significant) in those considered financially vulnerable. Households’ perception of the affordability of categories of goods and services paints a stark picture, with less than one-fourth considering higher education affordable, about a third deeming childcare affordable, and less than half viewing healthcare as affordable. Fintech Business Weekly is made possible by the generous support of paying subscribers — bringing you independent analysis of banking, fintech, and crypto without fear or favor. You can support my work by becoming a paying subscriber if you aren’t already. Paying subscribers enjoy: access to the entire archive of nearly six years of newsletters extended versions of the weekly newsletter, with additional content and analysis and (for founding member tier) quarterly personal 1:1 fintech Q&A / strategy calls with me, tapping into my unparalleled knowledge of the intersection of banking and fintech and experience working in the sector, including helping to launch Goldman Sachs’ retail bank Marcus Support Fintech Business Weekly You can also support Fintech Business Weekly by sponsoring a newsletter or podcast, putting you in front of 93,000+ of the most influential decision makers in banking, fintech, and crypto. Learn more about sponsor opportunities or request a media kit by dropping me an email. Democratic Senate Report Highlights How Iran Uses Tether to Evade U.S. Sanctions Iran uses stablecoins, specifically Tether, to evade sanctions, fund regional proxies, and to purchase military drones, a report released last week by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations says. The report was authored by committee ranking member Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and the minority staff. Crypto and stablecoin proponents will often push back on criticism that criminals make use of these assets by arguing that, on an absolute dollar basis, far more illicit funds flow through traditional banking systems and payment rails than via crypto and stablecoins. And while that is likely true, it elides the reality presented in news story after news story: whether state actors — Russia, Iran, North Korea — or criminal groups, those looking to engage in illicit transactions increasingly favor stablecoins and, specifically, Tether (USDT). The report from the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released last week adds context to how Iran uses Tether has a lynchpin in its shadow banking system. The report analyzed 846 wallets that have been sanctioned or targeted for seizure, finding that 84% of them transacted exclusively or primarily in Tether. The ability to create near limitless, anonymous wallets and to move funds effectively instantaneously and irreversibly have made crypto a favored financial mechanism for bad actors. Stablecoins solved key drawbacks of bitcoin, namely, the original cryptocurrency’s highly volatile value in dollars. And while Tether (the company) has the technical ability to “freeze” or destroy funds, the company is often limited and reactive in its approach to doing so, the Senate report argues. Tether, which is nominally based in crypto-friendly El Salvador, “has stated that its compliance with OFAC sanctions is ‘voluntary’ and that it follows ‘OFAC guidelines,’” the Senate report says. Owing to these favorable attributes, Tether “became a primary cryptocurrency for Iran, Hamas, Hizballah, and the Houthis beginning in 2023 and has expanded in scale since,” according to the report. Tether’s role in Iran’s shadow banking system, the report says, is enhanced by crypto exchanges like Bybit, Kyrrex, OKX, Gate, and Binance, and through “over the counter” exchanges and hawala networks. The consequences of these financial flows aren’t hypothetical. The Senate report links Tether as a funds transfer mechanism to Iranian proxies in the region, including Hizballah, the Houthis, and Hamas. Tether has also been used to make payments to secure components necessary to manufacture drones, the report says. The report concludes by arguing that “[s]tablecoin issuers with a significant nexus to the United States, particularly those that offer dollar-denominated stablecoins, should be subject to American sanctions law rather than being allowed to hide behind foreign jurisdictions.” Stablecoin issuers like Tether must be held accountable for repeated failures to prevent illicit finance and sanctions violations by law enforcement, the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and OFAC, the report argues. [Paying Subscriber Exclusive] OUSD Goes Live, Make Your Own Neobank, U.S. Sanctions Russia’s A7 Network As “Transnational Criminal Organization” OpenUSD, the stablecoin issued by the Open Standard consortium that includes Stripe, Visa, Mastercard, core providers, crypto firms, and numerous banks, went live last week. Social commerce platform Whop raised eyebrows in fintech by offering creators on its platform the ability to launch their own neobanks, which the company describes as “great businesses that are easy to run,” in just 15 minutes. And OFAC and FinCEN target Russia’s “shadow banking” A7 Network — more on these stories after the paywall.

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Orioles news: Yankees get embarrassed in Game 1

The Yankees nearly got no-hit and committed a costly baserunning blunder in a Game 1 loss to the Rays.

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Dark spider found in Idaho could reveal a remnant mountain ecosystem scientists nearly missed

"I think people assume that the U.S. has been pretty well picked over."

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CEO SUNDAY: Tropical Smoothie Cafe CEO says 'listening and learning' are keys to success

Max Wetzel said that staying close to franchisees, employees and customers has helped guide decisions as Tropical Smoothie Cafe has grown to nearly 1,800 locations.

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Oct 4 • 7:00 AM EDT • Business • foxbusiness.com
This Sneaky App Is Probably Sucking Up Your iPhone Storage. Here's How To Free Up Space.

This easy fix will give you more data on your device so you can go back to screenshotting every meme you see.

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Oct 4 • 7:00 AM EDT • Technology • huffpost.com
NASA and IBM's open source lunar model turns 17 years of orbiter data into a foundation for lunar science

NASA and IBM have released the Lunar Foundation Model, one of the first open-source AI models for lunar science. Trained on nearly 2 million tile bundles, mostly from 17 years of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter data, it cuts the error in predicting polar ice deposits by up to 22 percent compared to the strongest model it was tested against.

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Popular eye drops sold at Walgreens recalled over sterility concerns

Walgreens-branded eye drops are among nearly 750,000 eye-care products recalled after the manufacturer cited a lack of assurance of sterility

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Oct 4 • 6:00 AM EDT • Business • foxbusiness.com
Parker Health Group names new CEO as longtime leader retires

Mark Lenhard will join Piscataway-based Parker Health Group in December, succeeding Roberto Muñiz after nearly 28 years of leadership.

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Oct 4 • 5:02 AM EDT • Health • mycentraljersey.com
Scientists Find First-Ever Cases of Feline Marfan Syndrome in Cat Siblings Gary and Shaggy. Here’s What That Means

The genetic condition, which is typically found in humans, typically causes symptoms like unusually long limbs and near-sightedness

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New York Jets vs Chicago Bears Game Day Forecast

Near perfect conditions are on tap in the Windy City today

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FEC questions thousands of recurring online donations to Eric Schmitt

Thirteen donors flagged in federal letters appear nearly 5,700 times in Schmitt’s reports, highlighting issues with recurring online contributions.

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Oct 4 • 4:55 AM EDT • Politics • columbiatribune.com
Buccaneers’ QB Baker Mayfield Nearing Huge Step in Recovery

As the Tampa Bay Buccaneers hope to stay alive with Baker Mayfield injured, the quarterback is already nearing a huge milestone in his recovery.

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Oct 4 • 12:37 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Zombie Run takes place in Poland

POLAND, Ohio (WKBN)- Runners laced their shoes for the annual Zombie Run in Poland Township. Participants took part in a 2k run and walk through Poland Township Park. Awards were given to the top three men and women in each age group. It’s been taking place for nearly two decades, bringing the community together. “One […]

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Drew Rasmussen gem puts Rays up 1-0 in ALDS, leaves Yankees looking for answers

Drew Rasmussen nearly threw a no-hitter as the Rays beat the Yankees 1-0 in Game 1 of the ALDS. He's a pitcher the Yankees have "had a hard time solving."

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Oct 3 • 11:32 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Montreal-raised Juno-award-winning singer Sass Jordan dies at 63

Sass Jordan, the Montreal-raised rock singer whose career spanned nearly four decades, has died at 63.

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Oct 3 • 11:07 PM EDT • Entertainment • ctvnews.ca
WQAD News 8

WQAD (Quad Cities) is your source for breaking news, weather, traffic, and live coverage in the Quad Cities and surrounding communities. Get the latest updates from the WQAD team — from major local headlines and investigations to severe weather, community stories, and the moments everyone’s talking about. Watch live newscasts, stream breaking coverage, and catch up on the top stories shaping Davenport, Rock Island, Moline, Bettendorf, and nearby areas. Subscribe for: • Quad Cities breaking news + live updates • Weather forecasts and severe weather alerts • Investigations and accountability reporting • Community stories across the region • Major events, sports, and local explainers WQAD — Quad Cities news and weather, live and on demand. 🔗 More: https://www.wqad.com

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The Reality of OKC Thunder’s Preseason Games

Mark Daigneault must prioritize development over results, forcing depth pieces into high-pressure scenarios to identify who can anchor the rotation when the Western Conference title is looming.

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Oct 3 • 9:27 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
As midterms near, Justice Alito shares his feelings about retirement

Speaking to CBS News, Alito described the calculation as a natural one that comes with age. At 76, Alito is the second-oldest justice on the court.

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Oct 3 • 8:41 PM EDT • Politics • seattletimes.com
Health Policy Watch | COVID-19 drops out of world’s top 10 causes of death for first time since pandemic began

The virus directly killed an estimated 0.9 million people in 2023, ranking 14th, as global life expectancy climbed back to near its pre-pandemic level.

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As Midterms Near, Justice Alito Says He Considers Each Year Whether to Retire

The justice, the second oldest on the court at 76, told CBS News that he decided against stepping down last term. He could face pressure should Democrats win the Senate in November.

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Oct 3 • 1:46 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
I go to Mexico often: My favorite spot is easy to get to, near Cancún

I enjoy visiting Cancún, but I've been looking for a place that offers the same clear water with fewer crowds. I found it on an island, Isla Mujeres.

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Oct 3 • 1:27 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Times' 2026 Community Choice Awards honor Rogue Valley's best

More than 25,500 nominations and nearly 64,000 votes led to 492 winners and finalists across 162 categories The Rogue Valley came together Thursday evening, Oct. 1, to celebrate excellence in […]

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A gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally

This year’s election is a test for the working-class coalition that lifted Trump into the White House and gave majorities to Republicans in the House and Senate.

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Oct 3 • 12:50 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
A gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally

President Donald Trump is trying to rally voters in the Dayton, Ohio, area on Saturday. But days ago, 1,400 workers were laid off from a truck factory there.

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Pennsylvania nears 1,000 measles cases, state health department reports

Pennsylvania’s reported measles cases are almost at 1,000 for 2026, days after its health department confirmed the figure had passed 900. “977 measles cases have been confirmed across 39 coun…

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Christy Carlson Romano opens up about being shot in the face

Christy Carlson Romano is ready for the next chapter of her life, but at one point, her story was nearly cut short.

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Oct 3 • 11:24 AM EDT • Entertainment • centraloregondaily.com
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Beloved Philadelphia Science Museum Closes After 198 Years

Generations of Philadelphia families walked through the Academy of Natural Sciences to see dinosaurs, dioramas, and specimens collected from around the world. After nearly 200 years, those museum door...

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Oct 3 • 10:00 AM EDT • Science • yahoo.com
Oklahoma high school football games ends in massively lopsided scoreline

Bixby won its 21st game in a row in stunning fashion, taking down Westmoore 80-0 behind a near-perfect game from QB Reece Madden.

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Oct 3 • 9:03 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Christy Carlson Romano opens up about 2025 shotgun blast to the face

Christy Carlson Romano is ready for the next chapter of her life, but at one point, her story was nearly cut short.

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Oct 3 • 9:02 AM EDT • Entertainment • centraloregondaily.com
Nearly a dozen beaches hit with disgusting health warnings as heat wave scorches California
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Commentary: Universal public health insurance is the answer

Employer-sponsored health insurance is rapidly deteriorating. In 2027, premiums are expected to see their largest single-year increase in two decades, jumping 11% and closing in on a nearly five-fold increase

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Oct 3 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • yakimaherald.com
Our Best Stuff on Politics as the Midterms Draw Near

Could a blue wave prompt multiple impeachments?

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Oct 3 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • thedispatch.com
Bills vs. Patriots weather looks nearly perfect Sunday

Sunny skies, temperatures in the 60s and light winds are forecast when the Bills host the Patriots Sunday in Orchard Park.

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Oct 3 • 6:13 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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As midterms near, some Republicans are starting to question Trump

WASHINGTON — The most striking thing about the U.S. Senate leaving town early to campaign was all the grousing Republicans did about President Donald Trump before going.

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Oct 3 • 5:28 AM EDT • Politics • nola.com
Business roundup: Restaurants and Halloween attractions coming to Columbia

The Missouri Nightmare Haunted Attraction, Sava — Modern Mediterranean, and a third Culver's location will land in Columbia soon.

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Oct 3 • 5:07 AM EDT • Business • komu.com
4 new businesses coming to East Brunswick’s Legacy Place

A pet groomer has opened at East Brunswick’s Legacy Place, while a yoga studio, IV therapy business and Mediterranean bakery are coming soon.

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Oct 3 • 5:02 AM EDT • Business • mycentraljersey.com
What Texas race says about current politics

At an intersection near our house in Dallas, one home has a large Talarico sign in the front yard. The home directly across the street has a large Paxton sign.

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A gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally

President Donald Trump is trying to rally voters in the Dayton, Ohio, area on Saturday.

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A gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally

President Donald Trump is trying to rally voters in the Dayton, Ohio, area on Saturday.

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Sunland Park residents raise health concerns over proposed concrete plant near homes

Residents living near the intersection of Pete Domenici Hwy and McNutt Rd in Sunland Park are concerned about a proposed concrete batch plant near neighborhood.

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Political ads expected to increase as general election nears, expert says

Voters should expect more ads as Election Day approaches

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Irvine bat tests positive for rabies, OC Health Care Agency says

Orange County Health Care Agency said the bat was found in a neighborhood near Canyon View Elementary School

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Oct 2 • 7:48 PM EDT • Health • cbsnews.com
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Grayson High grad killed in Minneapolis attack; suspect had violent past

The family of a 23-year-old Metro Atlanta man is demanding answers after he was killed during a violent attack at a Minneapolis mental health treatment facility.

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Oct 2 • 7:34 PM EDT • Health • fox5atlanta.com
Grayson High alumnus killed in mental health facility attack

Grayson High School graduate Bryce Hayes died following an assault at a Minneapolis mental health facility, prompting his family to demand answers regarding facility safety.

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Oct 2 • 6:40 PM EDT • Health • fox5atlanta.com
Doobie Brother Michael McDonald meets son he gave up at 14

Doobie Brothers singer and keyboard player Michael McDonald was reunited with the son he gave up for adoption nearly 60 years ago. In the process, the Grammy Award-winning “Yah Mo

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Earth Science Week at Museum Features Fossils, Minerals, Maps, and More

Credit: CourtesyCredit: CourtesyCredit: CourtesyCredit: Courtesy SANTA BARBARA, CA—The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History is celebrating National

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Oct 2 • 5:54 PM EDT • Science • independent.com
Health Officials urge caution after rabid Raccoon found in Nash County

Nash County health officials are warning residents to avoid wild animals after a raccoon found near Spring Hope tested positive for rabies.

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LA County Extends East LA Small Business Grant Deadline

Los Angeles County officials announced Friday that the application deadline for a grant program assisting small businesses affected by the Lineage Fire and East Los Angeles Oil Spill has been extended by one week, to Oct. 9. The Small Business Recovery Grant provides up to $3,000 to eligible brick-and-mortar businesses and up to $1,000 to […]

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