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Appeals court rules that states can regulate Kalshi’s sports prediction markets, dealing another legal blow to platforms

The decision is the second in less than a month by an appeals court that states have a role in regulating sports-related event contracts.

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Sep 25 • 5:06 PM EDT • Sports • cnbc.com
Partisan Politics Should Stay out of America’s Cultural Institutions

During his second presidential term, President Donald Trump and his administration have initiated countless attacks on free speech. Virtually every entity involved in the public dissemination of information has been impacted by the Trump administration’s censorship campaign. Responses to these attacks have been wide-ranging: while many organizations and institutions have fought back against the administration,...

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Sep 25 • 4:50 PM EDT • Politics • oberlinreview.org
Controversial sports commentator calls out struggling NFL team: ‘You look pathetic’

Skip Bayless criticized the Green Bay Packers after a home loss to the Atlanta Falcons, calling their play 'pathetic.'

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Sep 25 • 3:49 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Whatley praises NC laws Cooper vetoed on school lessons and transgender athletes

At an event at a Christian private school, Michael Whatley accused Roy Cooper of promoting “values from New York” instead of North Carolina.

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Sep 25 • 3:40 PM EDT • Politics • newsobserver.com
New Jersey lieutenant governor resigns after release of damaging ethics report

Dale Caldwell’s announcement came less than a day after fellow Democrat Gov. Mikie Sherrill released the findings and urged him to resign his post.

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Sep 25 • 3:30 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Wici Wireless eGPU Promises RTX 5060 Ti and 5090 Performance Over Wi-Fi 7

There has been a lot of development in the eGPU scene lately, with Thunderbolt 5, OCuLink, and MCIO 8i providing serious gains in bandwidth and throughput for eGPU use cases. However, Wici has just launched the Wici One, a new wireless eGPU solution that relies on Wi-Fi 7 for data transfer...

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Sep 25 • 3:27 PM EDT • Technology • techpowerup.com
Ben Affleck says Jennifer Garner was ‘very wise’ to turn down playing his wife in new movie

The actor joked that the decision was “probably for the best,” adding, “That lesson’s been learned.”

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Sep 25 • 3:03 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
SCORE Iowa to launch statewide organization Oct. 1

Iowa’s existing SCORE chapters will consolidate into one statewide organization, effective Oct. 1, expanding access to business mentoring and educational resources for entrepreneurs and small businesses across all 99 counties. SCORE Iowa provides free, confidential, one-on-one mentoring by connecting entrepreneurs with volunteers whose experience matches their business needs, regardless of location. “Bringing our Iowa chapters…

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Sep 25 • 12:38 PM EDT • Business • businessrecord.com
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LIVE: Six years on from COVID-19, is the world ready for the next pandemic?

COVID-19 killed millions, shattered health systems and brought the global economy to a virtual standstill. World leaders are meeting Friday to review the lessons learned and cement a new approach to prevention and preparation for the next pandemic. Hopes are high that a World Health Organization-led international agreement can move forward.

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Sep 25 • 9:19 AM EDT • Health • news.un.org
Rhett Lashlee 'Confident' In SMU Turnaround vs. Missouri State

The Mustangs hurt themselves in the loss to Louisville, but Lashlee is confident his team has learned its lesson.

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Sep 25 • 9:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
‘I’m not sleeping easy’: Uncertainty and unknowns prevail as candidates head into Portland’s second ranked choice council election

Two years after Portland's first ranked choice election, half of the council seats are back on the ballot. This time, candidates have a recent election to study – but they still can’t be sure what the lessons are.

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Sep 25 • 9:00 AM EDT • Politics • opb.org
Detroit and Flint teens are struggling with their mental health – and worried adults around them feel ‘helpless’

School personnel in Detroit and community members in Flint reported concerns about teens experiencing mental health conditions.

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Sep 25 • 8:41 AM EDT • Health • theconversation.com
Meet the Michigan climate candidate on Trump’s radar

Less than two months ago, William Lawrence was a relatively unknown progressive climate group co-founder and a dark-horse candidate for Congress running in a Trump district in the middle of Michigan.

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Sep 25 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • michiganadvance.com
Three Bold Predictions for Jets vs. Lions at Ford Field

Expect a Ford Field fireworks display as Detroit’s high-octane offense prepares to dismantle New York’s secondary, headlined by Aidan Hutchinson’s relentless pursuit of a career-high sack record.

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Sep 25 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
America’s newest soccer star, plus a bad night for Green Bay

The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! Don’t get fined today. Coming up: 😮 A Falcons blowout win? ✅ The latest MLB playoff clinches 👋 Say hello to Cavan Sullivan Geoff Stellfox / Getty Images It’s a busy day, so this will be short. Important stuff from last night: The Falcons routed the Packers on the road, 35-14, in one of the more surprising results of the early NFL season. A lesson learned: Having a competent quarterback to go with Atlanta’s...

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Sep 25 • 6:33 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
First wireless eGPU with RTX 5060 Ti set to ship this year, Cyberpunk 2077 demo shown

WiCi One wants to make the eGPU cable optional. The RTX 5060 Ti box uses Wi-Fi 7 and a virtual GPU driver, with shipping planned this year.

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Sep 25 • 6:22 AM EDT • Technology • videocardz.com
Talk of US export ban on diesel deepens US crude futures' discount to global benchmark

Washington's talk of a possible ban on diesel exports is widening the gap between US crude oil futures and the global Brent benchmark, a signal that markets expect US refiners to ​process less crude oil if their diesel output gets stuck at home.

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Sep 25 • 6:01 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
This Everyday Habit Can Cost You 5 Healthy Years, and It Isn't Smoking or Skipping the Gym

We all know that poor choices about diet and exercise can shave years off your life. But so can this less known lifestyle factor.

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Sep 25 • 4:00 AM EDT • Health • inc.com
Chris Weidman Explains How Josh Hokit Can Beat Ciryl Gane

UFC Hall of Famer Chris Weidman explained how Josh Hokit can defeat UFC heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane at UFC 334.With less than one year of UFC experience, Hokit will be fighting Gane for the undisputed UFC heavyweight title at UFC 334, which goes down on November 14 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, […] The post Chris Weidman Explains How Josh Hokit Can Beat Ciryl Gane appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 25 • 3:48 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Skip Bayless Blasts Falcons’ Kevin Stefanski During Packers Game

Skip Bayless took aim at the Falcons' decision to replace Raheem Morris with Kevin Stefanski during Thursday night's game in Green Bay. The post Skip Bayless Blasts Falcons’ Kevin Stefanski During Packers Game appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 25 • 1:59 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
BACK TO BUSINESS: Friday's forecast includes more sunshine and heat, less rain

The heat is on... again. Expect more sunshine and muggy conditions on Friday. Here's what to expect in your neighborhood.

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Sep 24 • 9:08 PM EDT • Business • kristv.com
Mizzou soccer blanked 2-0 in loss to Auburn

Mizzou stretched its SEC winless streak to 12 in a 2-0 loss to Auburn on Thursday night in Columbia.

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Sep 24 • 9:00 PM EDT • Sports • columbiamissourian.com
Five more Apex-tied businesses found at non-operational building

Apex Waste Management LLC registered less than a year before federal raid

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Sep 24 • 8:27 PM EDT • Business • ktiv.com
Texas Republicans splinter as MAGA candidates test party limits

GOP leaders are voicing doubts about U.S. Senate nominee Ken Paxton, who's trailing Democrat James Talarico in polls with less than six weeks until Election Day.

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Sep 24 • 8:15 PM EDT • Politics • seattletimes.com
Pa. lawmakers face deadline to regulate and tax skill games

Pa. lawmakers have less than three weeks to reach a deal on skill games, including how to regulate and tax the machines.

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Sep 24 • 7:01 PM EDT • Politics • nbcphiladelphia.com
State and federal barriers complicate homeless outreach in New York

Providers and outreach organizations do much of the work on the ground, but government resources remain a key part of those efforts.

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Sep 24 • 6:54 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
State and federal barriers complicate homeless outreach in New York

Providers and outreach organizations do much of the work on the ground, but government resources remain a key part of those efforts.

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Sep 24 • 6:54 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
OKC small-business owners share lessons from the front lines

Small business owners in Oklahoma City gathered at Commonplace Books to discuss challenges and community support in local entrepreneurship.

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Sep 24 • 5:00 PM EDT • Business • journalrecord.com
Analysis | Republicans are breaking from Trump on Iran. So what will they do about it?

Congress has rendered itself powerless to start and stop wars, despite the Constitution.

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Sep 24 • 3:36 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
HHS Seeks Public Input on Wireless Technology Safety, Scientists Urge Caution

A call for the public to share their experiences on the health impacts of wireless technologies has raised eyebrows among scientists.

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Sep 24 • 3:34 PM EDT • Science • aip.org
This Tiny Audiophile Gadget Brings CD-Quality Hi-Fi to Your iPhone

iPhones don't stream the best audio quality over Bluetooth. The good news? You can change for less than $100.

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Sep 24 • 2:28 PM EDT • Technology • gearpatrol.com
Italian Renaissance home pairs historic distinction with modern luxury

Architectural distinction meets modern luxury and timeless charm in this Italian Renaissance home built in 1927.

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Sep 24 • 2:00 PM EDT • Business • siouxfalls.business
Engineers connect health wearables and implants using the body as the network

Using the human body to transmit signals, Georgia Tech engineers have created a wireless networking system that allows tiny implantable sensors and actuators to communicate with each other and with wearable ...

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Sep 24 • 2:00 PM EDT • Health • techxplore.com
Macklemore announces ‘Free Palestine’ Tour

SEATTLE — With his schedule suddenly “freed up a bit,” Macklemore is going back out on the road. Less than two weeks after being kicked off Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour

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Sep 24 • 1:20 PM EDT • Entertainment • thederrick.com
Google Photos 'Clueless'-inspired virtual closet is now available on Android and iOS

The AI-powered feature builds a virtual wardrobe from your photos, and is now broadly available after first rolling out to Android users in June.

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Sep 24 • 1:00 PM EDT • Technology • techcrunch.com
Drew Bledsoe talks football lessons and wine business in Yakima

YAKIMA, Wash. — Drew Bledsoe was in Yakima speaking about how his football career shaped the work he took on after leaving the NFL.

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Sep 24 • 12:45 PM EDT • Business • nbcrightnow.com
How Daniel Danes MBA’24 Built an Olive Oil Business · Babson Thought & Action

With lessons from Babson, Daniel Danes MBA’24 launched TITIN Olive Oil, bringing traceable, high-quality Spanish olive oil to retailers.

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Sep 24 • 12:18 PM EDT • Business • entrepreneurship.babson.edu
As pharmacies across Vermont close, North Star Health opens 3 new ones

SPRINGFIELD — In the era of independent pharmacy closures and ballooning drug costs, a new pharmacy that charges less for drugs seems counterintuitive, if not impossible. But that’s exactly what North Star Health, a Federally Qualified Health Center that operates medical clinics in Vermont and New Hampshire, did when it officially launched three new pharmacies […]

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Sep 24 • 11:50 AM EDT • Health • vnews.com
Peter Schiff predicts economic 'downturn,' higher oil prices: 'I don't think it's over'

Peter Schiff indicated during an interview that he expects oil prices to head higher regardless of whether the Iran war ends, and thinks that there will be an economic "downturn."

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Sep 24 • 11:23 AM EDT • Business • foxbusiness.com
Rumour: PS6 Hardware Complete, Double the Power of PS5 with Handheld Model

Less powerful than new Xbox, but potentially cheaper

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Sep 24 • 10:00 AM EDT • Technology • pushsquare.com
Square Integrates Apple Business to Help Local Businesses Stand Out on Apple Maps

DISTRIBUTED-WORKFORCE/OAKLAND, Calif., September 24, 2026--Square today announced a new integration with Apple that enables Square sellers to connect their locations to Apple Business from their Square Dashboard, so they can seamlessly manage and synchronize key business location information that appears on Apple Maps. Rather than managing multiple channels separately, sellers can now maintain their Apple presence alongside the rest of their business in Square. The integration makes it easier fo

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Sep 24 • 9:00 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Is metascience being co-opted?

In July, the White House released a report that argued academia is deeply dysfunctional and in need of radical reform.Science: A New Golden Age sets out a litany of problems many academics will recognise: interminable waits for grants; short-term funding rather than support for longer, more ambitious projects; ballooning administrative requirements; pressure to publish, and many more. “The scientific machine is getting bogged down,” it says. At least on the face of it, Science: A New Golden Age is a triumph for the metascience movement, a loose-knit, global group of academics, philanthropists and think tankers that want far more testing and experimentation in how we fund public research and innovation. The report tells US research funders to set up internal metascience units to do just this. But it has also set alarm bells ringing that metascience is being conveniently deployed to help justify the defunding of US universities, which US vice president JD Vance has openly labelled “the enemy.” “Just because you have an issue with your plumbing in your house doesn't mean you light the entire house on fire and burn it to the ground,” said Colette Delawalla, chief executive of Stand Up for Science, a group campaigning against what it says are attacks on scientists by the Trump administration. No one is arguing that academia doesn’t need reform, but there’s debate over how far and how fast the system should be shaken up. Does public R&D need slow and steady evidence-based adjustment, or radical new experiments?One of the key arguments in Science: A New Golden Age is that there’s not enough funding for what it calls “mid-level” science: engineering-heavy projects that require tens of millions of dollars, involve ten to a hundred people, and last around five years. Such a project might develop a brain-computer interface for people with Alzheimer's disease, for example. As such, the US National Science Foundation (NSF) has already announced $1.5 billion to set up so-called X-Labs, effectively new research organisations to pursue breakthroughs in areas such as quantum sensing and new scientific instruments. Funding divertedBut there’s a catch: this money has squeezed NSF budgets for more traditional, fundamental research grants, Science reported in June, likely meaning less cash for university-based scientists. Science: A New Golden Age also makes various swipes at universities, accusing them of extracting overheads from scientists to fund administrative bloat. “We have become dependent on a narrow set of legacy institutions,” it says. The report doesn’t mention it, but the US government is simultaneously seeking greater powers over federal funding, which would allow political appointees at funding agencies to screen or cancel research grants mid-project. The White House is also seeking to slash the NSF’s budget by more than half in 2027, although similar cuts proposed for 2026 were blocked by Congress. Convenient hookThis has worried some that the metascience agenda could be misused as a kind of smokescreen to further weaken universities. James Wilsdon, executive director of the Research on Research Institute at University College London, said that the report contains lots of “interesting ideas” and agrees that in places, academia is a “pretty broken system.” But the risk is that metascience is being deployed as a “convenient hook” to support cuts and a “political land grab” to transfer grant power from scientists to political appointees in US funding agencies.So far, the metascience agenda hasn’t been seized on by radical right parties in Europe. But Wilsdon worries it will cross the Atlantic, politicising research reform efforts and making them more difficult to carry out. The report is already making some in Europe sceptical of the entire idea. “The system is not without flaws, but the metascience discussion is not likely to improve the system but rather to generate munition to undermine it,” said Claes de Vreese, a professor of AI and society at the University of Amsterdam. Peter Thiel protégéOfficially, Science: A New Golden Age has just one named author: Michael Kratsios, the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and a former chief of staff to Silicon Valley mogul Peter Thiel. He also served as chief financial officer of Thiel’s Clarium Capital Management. Since the 1990s, Thiel has criticised US universities for moving away from teaching what he views as the classic works of western civilisation, and drifting towards “anti-Western zealotry.” And since 2011, he has offered two-year fellowships of $250,000 to young people to skip or drop out of university, and instead start companies or pursue scientific research. “College can be good for learning about what’s been done before, but it can also discourage you from doing something new,” according to the Thiel Fellowships website. In other areas, the Trump administration has promoted academics with a longstanding interest in metascience. For example, the head of the National Institutes of Health, Jay Bhattacharya, in 2020 co-authored a study arguing the funder backs overly conservative proposals, although he achieved wider prominence as a critic of pandemic lockdowns. Careless talk costs fundingEven before the Trump administration embraced the metascience agenda, some metascientists privately wondered whether they should be careful not to overstate dysfunctions in academia, in case this gets used as ammunition against universities. But others think being cautious with criticism is pointless. After all, last year, the Trump administration sought to cut funding from US universities on an entirely different premise: supposed antisemitism on campus. “I don't think these governments need a technical metascientific excuse to attack the universities, they will want to do so anyway,” said Will Stone, a researcher at Science Works, a new think tank advocating for a “metascience revolution” in the UK. “I think researchers should report what they find, even when the findings may be used to advance policies they disagree with,” echoed Russell Funk, a researcher at the University of Minnesota, who in 2023 co-authored a highly influential paper that argued scientific papers were becoming less disruptive over time. No justificationThat said, Funk thinks that metascientific research certainly doesn’t justify a weakening of universities. Instead, scientists need “time, resources and stability to pursue unfamiliar ideas,” he said. “Taking away those conditions works against the very goal the reforms are supposed to achieve.”The Institute for Progress, a Washington DC-based innovation policy think tank that has championed X-Labs and metascience units, also says that reforms should complement, not supplant, universities. “Unpredictable, unreliable, and reduced federal funding to researchers is destabilising to the very foundations of research and development and is bad,” said Jenn Gustetic, the institute’s director of metascience and R&D policy.Evolution or revolution?This points to a much bigger divide in the metascience community: how far and how fast should public R&D be shaken up? Does it need evolution or revolution? For example, Science: A New Golden Age says the science system relies too heavily on traditional “workhorse” project grants, the type that pay out around $250,000 a year to fund “hypothesis-driven science by small teams on tractable questions.” However, in criticising project grants, the report “decisively picks one side of a debate that is far from settled,” David Hilmer Rex, a metascientist based in Denmark, has written. In June, Pierre Azoulay, a metascientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, defended project grants, saying that the alternative of X-Labs “merits scepticism.”A-B testingOne challenge in metascience is that it’s easier to generate evidence for some types of change than others. Most straightforwardly, research funders can run A-B tests on different ways of awarding money. For example, Germany’s Volkswagen Foundation recently trialled distributed peer review, where applicants rate each other’s proposals, and measured its results against traditional review panels. Distributed peer review made quicker decisions, although awarded money to largely different ideas. However, much of the focus of the metascience movement has been on founding fast-moving and free-acting new research organisations and funders, in contrast to the alleged stodginess of mainstream academia or public innovation grants. A culture of speed and freedom are the animating principles behind Germany’s Sprind or the UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (Aria).Related articlesViewpoint: it's time to experiment with how Europe funds science European researchers sound the alarm that Trump rule changes will hit cooperationHowever, while it’s possible to closely study previously successful bodies, such as the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa), for historical clues to their secret sauce, it’s impossible to guarantee in advance that the likes of Sprind or Aria will actually work as hoped. But advocates of new organisations say this inherent uncertainly shouldn’t stop us trying. “If we wait for definitive proof that something will work before we try it, I don't know where your proof is coming from,” said Stone. Trade-offsUp until now, experiments in metascience haven’t generally come with hard trade-offs over money. In the US, new ideas such as focused research organisations have often been funded by billionaire philanthropists. In Europe, new innovation agencies such as Sprind and Aria, or the Netherland’s new National Agency for Disruptive Innovation, haven’t needed explicit cuts elsewhere in the research system. But with the $1.5 billion establishment of X-Labs by the NSF, the trade-offs are becoming clearer. Some metascientists privately wonder whether a smaller pilot would have been more appropriate, given that the idea is untested. The Institute for Progress counters that the $1.5 billion X-Labs budget is spread out over a decade, so will account for less than 2% of the NSF’s annual budget. “It’s important to remember that [Darpa] was once an institutional experiment as well. Now it’s one of the most cited innovative funding models in the world,” said Gustetic.As for Europe?The US isn’t the only country placing metascience at the heart of its research strategy. Science: A New Golden Age looks admiringly at the UK, which in 2024 set up a Metascience Unit to scrutinise how it funds research. In Brussels, it’s more of a mixed picture. In 2018, the EU set up the European Innovation Council to funnel grants and equity to start-ups, although it’s sometimes criticised for awarding money too slowly. Recently, the council has started experimenting with challenges, where teams of inventors compete to overcome a technological challenge. The European Commission also wants to experiment with partially randomising grant winners, to cut down on bureaucracy. However, the Commission’s own advisers have said the EU’s own research schemes are too conventional. They want the Commission to establish a new dedicated unit to scrutinise and experiment with funding. But there’s no sign of a such unit emerging in Brussels’ plans for the next Horizon Europe programme, which from 2028 is set to distribute more than €160 billion over seven years. Sam Bogerd, director of breakthrough innovation at the Brussels-based Arq Foundation, an AI-focused think tank that also looks at metascience, says that Europe might have the opposite problem to the US: universities and basic research funding are still reasonably well supported, but there’s not enough experimentation. “We're not taking a close enough look at where this money can achieve the most, and I am worried that the good ideas around metascience will be tainted politically by their association with the Trump administration,” he said. He’s still lobbying for the Commission to set up an experimental unit. But in the meantime, the Arq Foundation plans to do its own research, and is currently hiring two metascience researchers to run the rule over how Brussels spends research funding.

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Sep 24 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencebusiness.net
Will AI change who gets ahead?

Why women’s AI fluency could become an increasingly important factor in leadership, visibility and career opportunity Editor’s note: This Leading Fearlessly column first appeared in the Fearless e-newsletter on Sept. 14. I was recently catching up with a former colleague who told me she was avoiding “getting on the AI bandwagon.” Her comment puzzled me.…

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IEDA Board approves assistance for two startups

The Iowa Economic Development Authority board approved assistance for two startups in Ankeny and Des Moines during its meeting on Sept. 18. Des Moines-based bindl Inc. is developing a software platform to help organizations that serve people experiencing homelessness coordinate services and track progress toward housing, employment and well-being goals. The company grew out of…

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Mental and Behavioral Health Profiles – Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital

Growing up in New York City, Rafael Guzman, LCSW, developed an early appreciation for the resilience people show in the face of adversity. Witnessing the effects of poverty, homelessness, addiction and trauma inspired a career in social work – one he says ultimately chose him. During his 17 years with Memorial Healthcare System, Guzman has […]

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Sep 24 • 7:38 AM EDT • Health • southfloridahospitalnews.com
Calling all current and future scientists: Kiel is the place to be this week

This week, Kiel has become a meeting place for science in Europe. Researchers, school pupils, young scientists and members of the public are coming together through a series of major events led or co-organised by Kiel University.At the centre of it all are around 150 of Europe’s most talented young researchers, aged 14 to 20, who have travelled to Kiel from nearly 40 countries for the 37th European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS). Running from 22 to 27 September, the European Union’s flagship competition for young scientists brings together winners of national science competitions to present around 100 original research projects across fields ranging from engineering and computer science to medicine, environmental research and the social sciences. The winners will be announced at the Award Ceremony on Saturday.For Kiel University, hosting EUCYS is both an honour and a natural extension of a much longer story. Germany’s northernmost comprehensive university has invested for many years in supporting young scientific talent and bringing research into dialogue with society. The Kiel Science Factory gives school pupils opportunities to experience research first-hand, while programmes such as Rent-a-Scientist send researchers directly into local classrooms. Major annual public events including Kiel Week and the European Researchers’ Night take science beyond the campus through talks, exhibitions and hands-on activities.That long-standing commitment has increasingly taken on a European dimension – and this week, many of those efforts are coming together.One of the foundations for this success is the European Researchers’ Night (ERN), which celebrates its tenth edition in the Kiel region this year. The initiative is funded through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, with Kiel University developing the successful EU proposals and securing the funding, while regional partner KielRegion coordinates the many activities on the ground. Together with research institutions, schools, companies, local authorities and civil society, they have built ERN into a major platform for public engagement.Over the years, Kiel’s ERN programme has grown far beyond a single evening into a whole “Science Summer”, beginning with “Science Shopping” in spring and culminating tomorrow, 25 September, in Science Day.“We have developed a wide range of public engagement formats, often together with the other research institutions in the region, the city and regional authorities, schools, companies and civil society,” says Eckhard Quandt, Kiel University’s vice president for research, academic infrastructure and transfer. “Over the past decade, we have increasingly taken this commitment to the European level.”That combination of European funding expertise and strong regional partnerships also helped Kiel University take the next step. Drawing on its experience with ERN and its European networks, including the SEA-EU University Alliance, the university brought together Brest in France and Split in Croatia for a successful bid to the EU’s new Science Comes to Town initiative. Throughout 2026, the three cities are serving as Europe’s first Science Ambassadors, with more than one thousand activities bringing science into schools, public spaces, cultural venues and everyday life.EUCYS is perhaps the clearest example of how Kiel University is using Science Comes to Town to create new connections between major European initiatives. From the outset, the university deliberately planned the contest for the week of European Researchers’ Night and opened the EUCYS exhibition to the wider Science Day audience. Tomorrow, that means thousands of visitors can encounter the next generation of scientific talent first-hand, while the young researchers themselves gain a much bigger public stage.“Because we opened EUCYS up for European Researchers’ Night, there will be a lot of people actually visiting the exhibition,” says organiser Stefanie Altemark of Kiel University.“We wanted Europe’s most talented young scientists not only to compete with one another, but also to become visible to the wider public. At the same time, people in Kiel will have the opportunity to see what the next generation of scientists are already capable of,” says Quandt.“We’ve shown over the last years that science is a big part of Kiel, and it’s always been the goal to not only show that to people in Germany, but also to show it to people all over Europe. Thanks to Kiel University’s expertise in European funding programmes, we have been able to turn that ambition into reality,” says Sünje Fock, who is coordinating the Science Summer at KielRegion.The model is characteristic of Kiel University’s approach: combining European funding expertise and international networks with strong regional partnerships to give major initiatives greater reach and visibility.This year also marks the 30th anniversary of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, giving Kiel University the special opportunity to welcome Vanessa Debiais-Sainton, Head of Department for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions at the European Research Executive Agency, to Kiel tomorrow. Her visit brings together two priorities that have shaped Kiel University’s work over the past decade: supporting researchers and bringing science closer to society. Debiais-Sainton emphasises how closely the two are connected: "For thirty years, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) have given more than 150,000 researchers the chance to pursue their dreams and open up new fields. Doctoral Networks and Postdoctoral Fellowships give them the freedom to move, to connect, to train and to follow their curiosity across borders, sectors and disciplines. But excellence cannot live only in laboratories. Researchers’ Night takes science out of the lab and into the city, to the families, the schoolchildren and the curious minds who will become the next generation. Kiel shows what that looks like at its best. That is the MSCA promise: open science, open borders, open doors."For Kiel University, these activities are not separate endeavours. They are part of a broader understanding of academic excellence in which outstanding research, talent development, international cooperation, knowledge transfer and engagement with society strengthen one another.“For me, one of the most important lessons from the past decade is that scientific excellence, knowledge transfer, talent development and engagement with society cannot be treated as separate tasks,” stresses vice president Quandt. “They reinforce one another.”That philosophy is also reflected in Kiel University’s current bid for Germany’s Excellence University status. The designation is part of Germany’s national Excellence Strategy, which provides substantial long-term funding to selected universities to strengthen internationally competitive research and their overall institutional development. A successful outcome would provide new opportunities to build on what has already been created: deepening international cooperation, creating more opportunities for knowledge exchange and public engagement, and extending the university’s reach across the region and beyond. “If we are successful, it would allow us to take what we have built in Kiel considerably further – including expanding our networks and transfer activities beyond the region and increasingly across the Baltic area,” says Quandt.This week’s events offer a glimpse of what that could mean in practice: a university using its research strength, European expertise and regional partnerships to create opportunities for scientists at every stage of their careers while making science more visible, accessible and exciting to the wider public.

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Sep 24 • 5:37 AM EDT • Science • sciencebusiness.net
Could doing less be better for your health?

From sleep to gut health, we investigate the simple habits that science says could make a difference.

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The next Fabinho is here and he can save Liverpool

Liverpool need a Fabinho, and the new one has arrived at last. It's been a hopeless search for the Reds to find the Brazilian's replacement since he departed the club.Liverpool have been trying to rep...

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Commentary: Politicians continue campaign of dehumanizing trans people as affordability crisis crushes families

Forget about the disastrous war nobody wanted, or your wallet drained by crippling expenses. Instead, be afraid of a small, defenseless community the GOP has scapegoated and reject as extremist any candidate who dares acknowledge their humanity.

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🥐 Aguirre returns, boundless talent... Thursday's 5️⃣ stories

The football day on September 24 comes packed with big names and major news on the benches and in sporting management. From the return of a legendary coach to LALIGA to institutional clashes, as well ...

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Seymour: True crime podcasts are not mindless entertainment

Editor’s Note: All opinion section content reflects the views of the individual author only and does not represent a stance taken by The Collegian or its editorial board. True crime is gruesome. There is no doubt about it, but listening to it is not just a guilty pleasure or junk entertainment. True crime offers a...

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Issa Rae Receives Variety Entertainment Entrepreneur of the Year Award

Issa Rae, Emmy-nominated actor, writer, producer and entrepreneur, shared how she feels powerless in the face of current events.

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Sep 24 • 12:11 AM EDT • Entertainment • variety.com
Nikon unveils Z5IIC camera, aimed at making photography less intimidating

If you're interested in seriously upgrading your Instagram posts, this camera may help.

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Citrus Health Network director accused of stealing more than $1 million

Thomas Jardon is being held on a $700,000 bond after being accused of stealing $1.2 million in public dollars from the Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust.

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Sep 23 • 10:40 PM EDT • Health • local10.com
The Beats 360 are essentially true wireless earbuds disguised as headphones.

As confirmed by Beats product manager Jeff Bruksch, the new Beats 360 headphones use a true wireless architecture with each earcup containing its own battery, antenna, and processing components. It allows Beats to “significantly reduce the cabling between the two sides,” according to Bruksch. > Because we don’t have the traditional system including a charging case, we have a cable for power supply and power management between the left and right sides so that you don’t have to charge both sides and the left and right sides power on/off together. Having a cable for power management only explains the lack of audio support through the USB-C.

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Sep 23 • 8:44 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Mike Macdonald learned valuable lessons regarding his media approach
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Sep 23 • 7:32 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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30-year-old sweet family business celebrates new Hilo home

Family and employees of Big Island Delights gathered on Monday for a traditional blessing of the new space.

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Sep 23 • 7:00 PM EDT • Business • bigislandnow.com
Will Dart-less Giants pursue trade for Flacco, Harbaugh reunion?

The Giants could consider reaching out to the Bengals about QB Joe Flacco's availability, with Jaxson Dart expected to miss the rest of the season.

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Chicago launches street psychiatry teams to bring mental health treatment to the homeless

The Chicago Department of Public Health on Wednesday launched its first "street psychiatry" teams, in an effort to provide mental health services to some of the city's most vulnerable people.

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Sep 23 • 6:20 PM EDT • Health • cbsnews.com
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UVA Health study examines incision-less liver tumor treatment

UVA Health researchers reviewed outcomes from nearly 1,000 patients treated with a procedure called histotripsy.

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Sep 23 • 5:47 PM EDT • Health • 29news.com
As pharmacies across Vermont close, North Star Health opens 3 new ones

The pharmacies take advantage of the health center’s federal designation that allows them to pay less for drugs, charge patients lower costs and still meet their bottom line.

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Exclusive: Basalt Health raises $20M for post-acute care tech

Admin workflows in post-acute care are less crowded than other parts of health care, but are drawing interest from strategics and investors.

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Major Titans Weakness Revealing Itself Through 0-2 Start

Exhausted defenders and sustained scoring drives have left Tennessee winless. To save their season, the Titans must fix a porous defense currently incapable of forcing quick stops.

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Political shifts may shape how quickly Germany adopts electric cars and solar power

A new study conducted by the Climate Action Research Lab (CARL) at the University of Freiburg finds that electric cars and photovoltaic systems are less widespread on average in municipalities with strong ...

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Verizon gives $1M to Liberty Science Center

Verizon donated $1 million to the Liberty Science Center to expand public access to AI training and tech education

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Crew Studies Advanced Health Tech and Gears Up for Next Crew Swap

Ultrasound scans using augmented reality and artificial intelligence topped the health research schedule aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday. The Expedition 75 crew also collected blood and saliva samples to study how the immune system adapts to weightlessness. The orbital residents are now preparing for a crew swap as NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission announces a launch date.

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Sep 23 • 3:22 PM EDT • Health • nasa.gov
How did Hurricane Polo get so powerful?

Hurricane Polo exploded from a tropical storm into a powerful Category 5 hurricane in less than 24 hours on Tuesday.

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Health Care Partnership outlines workforce progress

More local nursing graduates are staying in the region, according to officials offering an update on the progress of the New Hanover Healthcare Career Partnership at a public forum last night. According to Jack Watson, dean of UNCW’s College of Health & Human Services, the number of UNCW nursing graduates choosing to remain in the area after graduation has climbed from 27% to the mid-40% range. The New Hanover Healthcare Career Partnership aims to address the region’s healthcare worker shortage, with a key focus on nursing through strategic partnerships between UNCW, Cape Fear Community College (CFCC), New Hanover County Schools and the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce Foundation. "Each of the partners had pathway programs,” said Watson, “but they were almost at times done in a silo." One of the New Hanover Community Endowment's largest commitments to date, the collaborative received a $22.3 million grant in 2023, to be disbursed over three years, beginning in 2024. At the public forum, leadership addressed the nursing bottleneck created by the pandemic, and Laurie Whalin, president of the Novant Health Coastal Region, acknowledged that Novant Health had relied heavily on travel nurses during that period, with travel nurses making up about 47% of staff and nursing turnover at 35% at the height of the pandemic. "I can say we are in a tremendously different place today,” Whalin said at the forum. The number of travel nurses employed by the Novant Health Coastal Region has dropped to around 100 today, which Whalin says accounts for less than 4% of the workforce. Roughly two years into the grant term, major stakeholders in the collaboration pointed to various accomplishments tied to the initiative. According to Stephen Hill, vice president of talent development with the Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, 250 more nurses live in New Hanover County in 2026 than in 2023. Whalin added that between 2021 and 2025, the Novant Health Coastal Region has hired close to 1,200 registered nurses. Additionally, according to Whalin, over the past two years, hiring and retention of nursing graduates from UNCW increased by 103%, while hiring and retention of nursing graduates from CFCC increased by 70%. Mandy Mills, director of career & technical education at New Hanover County Schools, pointed to the launch of its first Health Sciences Academy program, established across the county's four traditional high schools (Hoggard High School, Laney High School, Ashley High School and New Hanover High School), which started with 38 students last year. Mills also pointed to growth in the district’s Nursing Fundamentals course, which grew from 10 seats in 2023 to 50 in 2025-2026 and is now offered at all four traditional high schools. Watson emphasized the growing nursing class sizes and offered an update on the school’s accelerated nursing degree, which launched last year. Eleven students graduated in the first class, and all passed their boards on the first try, Watson said. This year’s class has 24 students. When the endowment announced its $22.3 million grant for the collaborative in 2023, UNCW and CFCC were each slated to receive the bulk of the funds, at about $10 million each. UNCW’s plans for the grant money included expanding its simulation lab, Watson said. He added that construction is expected to begin on the simulation lab this year and will likely extend through next year. According to Mary Ellen Naylor, dean of Health & Human Services at CFCC, the college has experienced growth in its associate degree nursing retention, rising from 59% in 2023 to 76% for the May 2026 class. CFCC used part of its endowment funding to support wraparound services, including a housing stipend, tuition assistance, exam assistance, emergency assistance, drop-in daycare and clinical and educational supplies. "We have very strong … students, but once they get into the program, there are competing priorities,” Naylor said. “They are working multiple jobs. They have children. They're single parents." According to Naylor, in 2026, 94% of students who used support services are still enrolled or have graduated. Addressing a question from an audience member about an approaching “enrollment cliff,” driven largely by dropping birth rates, Watson and Naylor said demand remains strong at both schools. “Right now … we do have more applicants than we have spots in our nursing program, and it is still a competitive process to get into,” Watson said. “I do not foresee that changing.” "(We've) doubled enrollment in our nursing programs over the last few years, but just as Dean Watson said, we still have very robust applicant pools, so it is still very competitive to get in,” Naylor said. "We have the applicant pool to support that, but again, it's not as easy as just saying, 'Okay … we're going to take another 90 students.' It's making sure all the resources and infrastructure that we need to educate the students outside the classroom is there as well." In response to a question about applying the collaborative model to other healthcare positions besides nursing, Sophie Dagenais, CEO and president of the endowment, said she sees the potential for the model to expand to other healthcare jobs and even other industries, but that the endowment hopes to learn from this model first. “This is a grant that is in year two of three years, and first we wanted to learn what is this going to demonstrate, what will we learn and then how may we scale it possibly,” she said. According to endowment spokesperson Amber Rogerson, funds for the program are set to expire after June 2027. “It's too early to discuss what happens after that,” wrote Rogerson in an email, “though we know the partners are considering the future, and some of the work supported by the grants is now built into their regular operations.”

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Health Care Partnership outlines workforce progress

More local nursing graduates are staying in the region, according to officials offering an update on the progress of the New Hanover Healthcare Career Partnership at a public forum last night. According to Jack Watson, dean of UNCW’s College of Health & Human Services, the number of UNCW nursing graduates choosing to remain in the area after graduation has climbed from 27% to the mid-40% range. The New Hanover Healthcare Career Partnership aims to address the region’s healthcare worker shortage, with a key focus on nursing through strategic partnerships between UNCW, Cape Fear Community College (CFCC), New Hanover County Schools and the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce Foundation. "Each of the partners had pathway programs,” said Watson, “but they were almost at times done in a silo." One of the New Hanover Community Endowment's largest commitments to date, the collaborative received a $22.3 million grant in 2023, to be disbursed over three years, beginning in 2024. At the public forum, leadership addressed the nursing bottleneck created by the pandemic, and Laurie Whalin, president of the Novant Health Coastal Region, acknowledged that Novant Health had relied heavily on travel nurses during that period, with travel nurses making up about 47% of staff and nursing turnover at 35% at the height of the pandemic. "I can say we are in a tremendously different place today,” Whalin said at the forum. The number of travel nurses employed by the Novant Health Coastal Region has dropped to around 100 today, which Whalin says accounts for less than 4% of the workforce. Roughly two years into the grant term, major stakeholders in the collaboration pointed to various accomplishments tied to the initiative. According to Stephen Hill, vice president of talent development with the Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, 250 more nurses live in New Hanover County in 2026 than in 2023. Whalin added that between 2021 and 2025, the Novant Health Coastal Region has hired close to 1,200 registered nurses. Additionally, according to Whalin, over the past two years, hiring and retention of nursing graduates from UNCW increased by 103%, while hiring and retention of nursing graduates from CFCC increased by 70%. Mandy Mills, director of career & technical education at New Hanover County Schools, pointed to the launch of its first Health Sciences Academy program, established across the county's four traditional high schools (Hoggard High School, Laney High School, Ashley High School and New Hanover High School), which started with 38 students last year. Mills also pointed to growth in the district’s Nursing Fundamentals course, which grew from 10 seats in 2023 to 50 in 2025-2026 and is now offered at all four traditional high schools. Watson emphasized the growing nursing class sizes and offered an update on the school’s accelerated nursing degree, which launched last year. Eleven students graduated in the first class, and all passed their boards on the first try, Watson said. This year’s class has 24 students. When the endowment announced its $22.3 million grant for the collaborative in 2023, UNCW and CFCC were each slated to receive the bulk of the funds, at about $10 million each. UNCW’s plans for the grant money included expanding its simulation lab, Watson said. He added that construction is expected to begin on the simulation lab this year and will likely extend through next year. According to Mary Ellen Naylor, dean of Health & Human Services at CFCC, the college has experienced growth in its associate degree nursing retention, rising from 59% in 2023 to 76% for the May 2026 class. CFCC used part of its endowment funding to support wraparound services, including a housing stipend, tuition assistance, exam assistance, emergency assistance, drop-in daycare and clinical and educational supplies. "We have very strong … students, but once they get into the program, there are competing priorities,” Naylor said. “They are working multiple jobs. They have children. They're single parents." According to Naylor, in 2026, 94% of students who used support services are still enrolled or have graduated. Addressing a question from an audience member about an approaching “enrollment cliff,” driven largely by dropping birth rates, Watson and Naylor said demand remains strong at both schools. “Right now … we do have more applicants than we have spots in our nursing program, and it is still a competitive process to get into,” Watson said. “I do not foresee that changing.” "(We've) doubled enrollment in our nursing programs over the last few years, but just as Dean Watson said, we still have very robust applicant pools, so it is still very competitive to get in,” Naylor said. "We have the applicant pool to support that, but again, it's not as easy as just saying, 'Okay … we're going to take another 90 students.' It's making sure all the resources and infrastructure that we need to educate the students outside the classroom is there as well." In response to a question about applying the collaborative model to other healthcare positions besides nursing, Sophie Dagenais, CEO and president of the endowment, said she sees the potential for the model to expand to other healthcare jobs and even other industries, but that the endowment hopes to learn from this model first. “This is a grant that is in year two of three years, and first we wanted to learn what is this going to demonstrate, what will we learn and then how may we scale it possibly,” she said. According to endowment spokesperson Amber Rogerson, funds for the program are set to expire after June 2027. “It's too early to discuss what happens after that,” wrote Rogerson in an email, “though we know the partners are considering the future, and some of the work supported by the grants is now built into their regular operations.”

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I Lost My Corporate Job While My Business Was Losing Money — Here’s 6 Lessons I Learned

Here are the hard-earned emotional and tactical lessons that helped me navigate a struggling franchise, rebuild my mindset and become a more resilient business owner.

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Alamo Museum Brings Karankawa History to Life for Students

Homeschool students received a hands-on lesson in Texas Indigenous history Sept. 22 as Maria del Pilar Garza Museum Director Alejandro Oyoque shared his knowledge of the Karankawa people and guided students in building a bow.

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Sep 23 • 11:30 AM EDT • Business • texasborderbusiness.com
How do you feel about Everton's start to the season?

As we enter the season's first international break, we want to hear your thoughts on the opening five games of the Premier League. After an underwhelming summer transfer window, perhaps some fans will still be restless with the club's hierarchy. On the pitch though, David Moyes has made the most of his squad as the Toffees have made a strong start to the season.

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Sep 23 • 11:04 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Seedy K’s Peerless Pigskin Prognostications: Week IV

There were any number of comeuppances over last weekend. For Texas A&M, Lane Kiffin, NC State Wolfpack, Coach Prime, UVa and . . . . . . oh yeah, Seedy K and his predictioneering prowess. A week after coming oh so close to a perfecto, and still finishing 6-1, I laid an egg as big […]

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Next year’s iPhone Pro models have ‘near-borderless’ design: report

Apple reportedly has a redesign coming to next year’s iPhone Pro models, here’s the latest on the “near-borderless” design and display.

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Sep 23 • 10:21 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5mac.com
Kennedy announces an investigation into EMF and radiofrequency radiation

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a video, “Wireless technology touches nearly every part of American life: cell phones, Wi-Fi, smart meters, wearable devices, wireless medical devices, 5G and emerging technologies like…

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Apple’s Next Health Wearable May Look Nothing Like an Apple Watch

The tech giant is reportedly developing a screen-less fitness tracker to compete with Oura and Whoop.

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Sep 23 • 9:39 AM EDT • Health • inc.com
Nike’s Coach Bennett: ‘Sport is a gift to the business world’

Lessons and benefits of running extend beyond fitness, says one of the world’s best-known trainers in his first book

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Sep 23 • 8:48 AM EDT • Business • ft.com
Opponent Breakdown: Wake Forest Offense

Wake Forest enters the second year of the Jake Dickert era with a 2-1 record and a clear identity built on their coach’s mentality. Dickert has his team playing with relentless belief that they can win any game, and that has shown up in each game this season. While last year surprised many, Dickert’s offense […]

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Teen mental health may be turning a corner, CDC survey finds

In 2025, 1 in 3 high school students experienced “persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness.”

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Americans are drinking less since the pandemic began, but one group bucks the trend

Studies previously found alcohol consumption and deaths surged during the pandemic as Americans grappled with stress and isolation.

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Sep 23 • 7:30 AM EDT • Health • washingtonpost.com
More music, less red tape. Newark eases live entertainment regulations

The Newark City Council overturned a decades-old ban on live entertainment, paving the way for concert venues to open downtown.

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Sep 23 • 6:51 AM EDT • Entertainment • delawareonline.com
Reform and the UAE – a threat to British politics

By Alex Carlen The United Arab Emirates likes to present itself as part of the solution to the climate crisis. The oil-rich Gulf state has committed to Net Zero by 2050, hosted COP 28, and even declared “championing climate action” as one of three strategic objectives for this week’s session of the United Nations General Assembly. But behind the scenes the UAE has quietly built one of its closest political relationships in Europe with the party most hostile to climate action in Britain: Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. There is no evidence that the UAE is funding Reform. But a new FairSquare report, Petro-populism: the UAE–Reform threat, published today, documents a growing political relationship that should concern anyone interested in the integrity of British democracy. Reform’s leaders have embraced the UAE’s political model and promoted positions that align closely with the Emirati government’s priorities, while the UAE has given Farage and his party unusually warm access and public backing. What is emerging is not simply a relationship between British politicians and a wealthy Gulf state, but a channel through which an authoritarian government can cultivate political influence here, and abroad. Democracy for Sale relies on its readers. If you already support us, thanks so much. If you don’t, sign up to support fearless independent investigative journalism. Subscribe Back in January, Nigel Farage appeared at a GB News event in Dubai. On the 50th floor of a tower overlooking the luxury resorts and upscale residences of Palm Jumeirah, the Reform leader declared: “I want Clacton to look like this.” At the event – which Farage never declared on his official register of interests – senior Emirati officials mixed with British expats. Farage was keen to flatter. “We recognise you are our friends”, he said, assuring them that “a Brexit London, a Reform London, will remember you.” Controversy surrounding Reform’s finances and its susceptibility to foreign influence have centred around high-profile donations from billionaire crypto donors, and the jailing of Nathan Gill, Reform’s former leader in Wales, for accepting bribes to give pro-Russia speeches. Far less attention has been paid to Reform’s blossoming new alliance with the UAE, an oil-rich authoritarian state with a track record of ruinous anti-democratic interventions. Farage wasn’t always so fond of the UAE. Back in 2023 he called it an “absolute monarchy with an abysmal human rights record.” Now Reform’s hierarchy calls the UAE home. Deputy leader Richard Tice splits his time between his constituency and Dubai and has called on the UK to learn from the UAE. The party’s treasurer Nick Candy runs a firm which has been in partnership with a UAE-state linked firm since 2024. Nadhim Zahawi sits on the board of an Abu Dhabi think tank alongside an array of the most senior UAE officials and is reportedly close to three brothers of the country’s despotic ruler Mohammed Bin Zayed. Reform’s leading lights have effusively praised the UAE’s governance model, defended it from criticism, and advanced its political agenda in the UK. GB News, whose two major shareholders – the Legatum Foundation and Paul Marshall – have strong links to the UAE, has been more than happy to broadcast UAE propaganda and was forced to pay damages in 2025 after airing a false claim about a UK charity by the UAE “disinfluencer” Amjad Taha. The UAE has responded in kind. When the UAE Minister for Foreign Affairs conducted an official visit to the UK in May, Farage was the only non-government figure granted an audience. UAE state media publicised the meeting, and said that they discussed “the strategic relations between the two countries and ways to enhance them in a manner that serves mutual interests.” For the UAE these ‘mutual interests’ largely concern its paranoia over political Islam, and in this regard the UAE-Reform alliance is part of a broad and troubling pattern. Following a crackdown on dissent at home in the aftermath of the Arab Spring, the UAE has offered material and political support to a range of violent and authoritarian actors willing to oppose the Muslim Brotherhood with no regard for the consequences. Its meddling in Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, and most notably Sudan, have been devastating. The UAE’s strategy of seeking out partners on the political fringes who it believes will advance its interests is not unique to Britain – it extends beyond the Middle East to Europe and the US. In France, it has offered clandestine support to Marine Le Pen through secret meetings, as well allegedly funding trips to the region after which Le Pen returned with a renewed focus on the UAE’s perceived enemies – Qatar and the Muslim Brotherhood. Left-wing opposition leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon has accused the UAE of smearing him and of “encouraging discrimination, hatred or violence”. In the US, the UAE actively supported the rise of Donald Trump, establishing itself as a key ally during both his first and second terms. Around these relationships sits a wider ecosystem of figures willing to amplify UAE narratives, that even extends to Andrew Tate and Tommy Robinson. Subscribe In Britain, the UAE has used a combination of aggressive diplomacy and illicit, disruptive tactics to achieve its policy goal of eliminating any perceived threat from political Islam. In 2012, for instance, it threatened to block billion-pound arms deals with the UK and stop inward investment if David Cameron did not act against the Muslim Brotherhood and rein in the BBC’s coverage of the group – going so far as to suggest, with no supporting evidence, that the group had infiltrated the BBC. It has financed smear campaigns against a high-profile UK charity and funded a mercenary to secretly surveil, and possibly assassinate, a British national on British soil. In Reform UK, the UAE has finally found an ally willing to not only ban the Muslim Brotherhood, but to publicly vilify the group and repeat the UAE’s claims that dangerous Muslims are a fifth column in British society, a narrative that aligns with the Islamophobia and anti-immigration sentiments that underpin Reform’s populist politics. The Rycroft review into foreign interference concluded that “hostile states and non-state actors have a clear incentive to attempt to undermine UK democracy.” The UAE’s network and alliance with Reform must be understood within that framework. It is a powerful, disruptive and deeply authoritarian actor with the resources and networks to intervene in our politics, and a track-record of doing so in a multitude of other countries. The evidence of the threat the UAE poses is overwhelming. The question is whether parliamentarians are willing to call the UAE out and demand action using the tools that the government has to respond. Placing the UAE on the “Enhanced Tier” of the Foreign Registration scheme alongside Russia and Iran would send a powerful signal to the UAE that its meddling will no longer be tolerated, and would place Farage’s next trips to the UAE under the scrutiny they deserve. Alex Carlen is research and advocacy manager at London based human rights organisation FairSquare and author of its new report Petro-populism: the UAE–Reform threat. Subscribe

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Voters trust local election officials. They’re less sure about the mail

At the same time, 75% of voters trust their state or local government to run a fair and accurate election, according to the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll.

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Missouri’s embattled, Trump-backed congressional map returns to Supreme Court for a third time

A quixotic legal battle over whether Missouri may use a GOP-friendly congressional redistricting plan for November’s election returned to the Supreme Court for the third time late Tuesday night, forcing the justices to once again review an effort the court unanimously rejected less than two weeks ago.

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Wu-Tang Management Shares Business Advice, Life Lessons with Birmingham Youth

By Shauna Stuart | For the Birmingham Times The Wu-Tang Clan experience doesn’t stop at the stage. For more than 30 years, the legendary hip hop group has ensured its mantra “Wu-Tang is for the ch…

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Column: Dolly Parton transcended politics by putting humanity first

Americans don’t agree on much these days. Dolly Parton was the rare exception. Country bumpkins and city drag queens. God-fearing Christians and queer people. Conservatives and progressives. Younger fans who discovered her decades after her rise to fame and generations who grew up alongside her. Parton’s reach was seemingly boundless, her audience a study in...

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QB Alessio Milivojevic talks turning the page to Nebraska

Michigan State quarterback Alessio MIlivojevic talked about bouncing back against Nebraska.

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Kono’s flawless Round 3 buoys Nebraska women’s golf at Ram Classic

Nebraska women’s golf played Monday and Tuesday in the Ben Connell Ram Classic hosted by Colorado State University at Ptarmigan Country Club in Fort Collins. The tournament marked the Huskers’ second outing of the season after they hit the links at The Bruzzy in Texas earlier this month. The two-day, 54-hole event welcomed 76 golfers from 13 schools that included: Washington, San Diego State, Washington State, UC Davis, Cal Poly, Wyoming, Hawaii, Southern Miss, Nevada, Northern Colorado, Colorado State and the event’s winner, UNLV, which managed to pull away from the competition with a 15-stroke victory at a cumulative 19-under par.

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Sep 22 • 8:25 PM EDT • Sports • dailynebraskan.com
2-0 vs. 0-2: The undefeated NFL teams you should doubt — and the winless ones you should still believe in
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Science teacher in Searcy takes lesson to the skies

Brett Baker was in his second year teaching as an 8th-grade science teacher at Ahlf Junior High School in Searcy when he decided to demonstrate gravity to his students by going skydiving.

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Sep 22 • 7:05 PM EDT • Science • kark.com
McKinsey says AI agent costs are variable

McKinsey warns companies that AI spending may rise further and be less predictable with adoption of agents

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Sep 22 • 6:50 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
NC treasurer 'profoundly concerned' by county's approval of hospital merger

Less than 24 hours after the Wake County Board of Commissioners voted to advance plans to consolidate WakeMed and Atrium Health, North Carolina Treasurer Brad Briner says he is "profoundly concerned" that the deal is proceeding.

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Sep 22 • 5:27 PM EDT • Health • ncnewsline.com
U.S. Senate, Texas Railroad Commission races remain tight less than month before early voting, TSU poll finds

A second poll, from Texas 2036, shows a large fraction of voters remain undecided, while many intend to split their tickets.

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Sep 22 • 5:12 PM EDT • Politics • houstonpublicmedia.org
The mental health of high school students continues to improve from the lows of the COVID-19 pandemic

But teen girls continue to struggle more with persistent sadness, hopelessness and suicidality than young men, new CDC data shows.

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Sep 22 • 5:05 PM EDT • Health • phillyvoice.com
iPhone Handoff Will Get a Lot of Nerds to Carry Two iPhones

Why choose between an iPhone Duo and another iPhone when you can use one phone number on both and seamlessly switch between the two?

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Sep 22 • 3:45 PM EDT • Technology • gizmodo.com
Opinion: Guimaraes still needs time despite his Premier League experience

Bruno Guimaraes enjoyed the perfect start to life as an Arsenal player until last weekend, when he was seriously exposed by a relentless Brighton side. His difficult outing highlighted the challenges ...

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Sep 22 • 3:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Jac Caglianone Opens Up After Learning Hard Lesson in Houston

The Royals slugger called his dugout mistake selfish and immature, then spent the weekend showing why the team still believes in him.

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Sep 22 • 2:40 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Sen. Lesser Statement on Trump Administration Healthcare Cuts

Sen. Lesser Statement on Trump Administration Healthcare Cuts Today, State Senator Matt Lesser, Senate Chair of the Human Services Committee, issued a statement in response to Vice President J.D. Vance announcing that 760,000 Americans will be losing health insurance. The Vice President claims that 760,000 people were fraudulently enrolled in Affordable Care Act coverage, and 419,000 more people would face…

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Sep 22 • 2:32 PM EDT • Health • senatedems.ct.gov
Detroit students learn about environmental science with lessons at Belle Isle Park
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Sep 22 • 1:03 PM EDT • Science • cbsnews.com
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