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Mental health board to field input, ideas

Board schedules two study sessions a month.

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Oct 29 • 6:01 AM EDT • Health • capitolcitynow.com
How hospitals are reworking care for sicker patients

Hospitals are treating sicker patients, spurring health systems to expand capacity, standardize care and cut costs.

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Oct 29 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • modernhealthcare.com
A golden age of science is coming

It’s almost hard to remember, but just a few years ago, a lot of very smart people thought that science was in terminal decline. Respected researchers were writing papers with titles like “Are Ideas Getting Harder to Find?”, “Papers and patents are becoming less disruptive over time”, and “Slowed canonical progress in large fields of science”. In 1996, science writer John Horgan even published a book called The End Of Science: Facing The Limits Of Knowledge In The Twilight Of The Scientific Age. The fundamental idea was that the Universe only has so many insights to discover, and that we’ve picked the low-hanging fruit. It was the idea that Joseph-Louis Lagrange expressed when he said that “we cannot find more than once a system of the world to establish.” As the big ideas and the simple ideas get mined out, we’re forced to throw ever more brains at the mysteries of nature just to keep scientific progress going at a fraction of its old pace: It looked like science was hitting a wall. Then along came AI. It’s far too early to tell how much AI will eventually speed up the growth of total factor productivity. But already we can see signs of a speedup in science. Anthropic Founder Jack Clark assembled some of the hopeful data points in a recent lecture: [ Dror Poleg@drorpoleg "If you pick different parts of science, you see the same pattern show up: Progress is accelerating, and it has started to accelerate in the last two years." Jack Clark @jackclarkSF I’m speaking at the IMF in an hour about the singularity and why I believe it has begun and the choices we'll need to make. Watch live here: https://t.co/Hj9HzcXx5h 6:08 PM · Oct 18, 2026 · 21.2K Views 2 Replies · 10 Reposts · 123 Likes ](https://x.com/drorpoleg/status/2111882070376980529) Anthropic is accelerating its investment into drug discovery, and is already announcing some impressive preliminary results: [ BioTender@Junioryu136689 BREAKING: Anthropic unveils early results from six Claude-powered drug development collaborations. • 70% shorter CAR-T signaling domain • ~35,000 antibody designs • >10× tighter antibody binding • 89% less batch-record review time Still largely preclinical. Anthropic @AnthropicAI Over the past few months, Anthropic scientists have engaged in deep research partnerships with six organizations developing new medicines. We've also begun drug discovery efforts of our own. In doing so, we’ve learned much more about how Claude can support the many stages of 9:43 PM · Oct 27, 2026 · 11.2K Views 3 Replies · 24 Reposts · 205 Likes ](https://x.com/Junioryu136689/status/2115197821150495150) Claude also appears to be enabling rapid progress toward a treatment for food allergies. OpenAI, meanwhile, announced a possible breakthrough treatment for neurodegenerative disease. Meanwhile, Google Cloud Chief Scientist Pushmeet Kohli has a list of recent scientific advances that have been enabled by its new Gemini model, including breakthroughs in nuclear fusion reactor design, rare disease research, and quantum computing: [ Pushmeet Kohli@pushmeet Gemini 4 Argon is a step change in model performance. In recent weeks, it has had a transformative impact on the Science projects in our team at @GoogleDeepMind and our external collaborators, and helped make a number of remarkable advances across scientific disciplines. 🧵👇 4:47 PM · Oct 13, 2026 · 36.5K Views 8 Replies · 41 Reposts · 497 Likes ](https://x.com/pushmeet/status/2110049807385702623) But as cool as these stories sound, they’re just very minor, preliminary efforts. There are a number of reasons to think that AI is going to propel us into a golden age of scientific discovery. That age might not last forever — AI might still run into diminishing returns eventually. But the next few decades are probably going to be an absolutely amazing time for human science. The number of “effective researchers” is no longer limited The most important input into science is scientists themselves. Until this year, that meant human brains — talented, highly trained human brains. The number of trained human brains could be increased by sending more people to grad school, but only to a point — the smartest people tend to be sent into the hardest research fields first, and if you 10x the number of researchers, the average quality will go down. This constraint was already starting to bite, as Ekerdt and Wu argued in 2024: We argue that a substantial portion of the downward historical trend in U.S. research productivity is a composition effect resulting from self-selection in researcher ability and the dramatic expansion of the research sector…[W]e find that this composition effect has lowered average researcher ability by between 37% and 53%[.] And of course, low fertility was making the problem worse, because fewer children meant fewer people who were able to become future scientists. AI just blows up this constraint completely. If an AI agent can function as an autonomous researcher, there’s no constraint on the number of researchers in the world — you can just build more of them, by building more computer chips and data centers that enable the running of more AI agents. Whether or not massive hordes of agents can collaborate to solve individual problems much faster, increasing the number of agents allows them to tackle many different research questions in parallel. What’s more, these AI “researchers” can be trained incredibly quickly compared to human beings. A human scientist takes decades to train, and more years to reach the frontier of their research field by diligent reading and conversation. This is the “burden of knowledge”, and it’s commonly believed to be one reason ideas have been getting harder to find — by the time human scientists can get up to speed, they’re often so old that their ideas are no longer novel. AI just annihilates this constraint — it can assimilate the entire literature and reach the frontier of research extremely quickly, and it can also tell human scientists where the frontier lies without forcing them to discover that for themselves. It can also pivot to new research directions more easily than humans can. And there’s also a self-reinforcing economic cycle here. Because scientific advances enable higher GDP, they enable more resources to be invested into the creation of yet more electronic “scientists”. Now that doesn’t mean the amount of scientific research goes to infinity — there may still be some essential bottleneck task that human researchers are still needed to perform. There are some indications that AI’s progress on open-ended conceptual research tasks is slower than in other dimensions, and it may be that humans are still needed to provide some of this long-term conceptual thinking. I’d bet against this being true for much longer, but it might be true for a long time. Even in this most “pessimistic” case, though, the amount of effective capital that scientists can use to leverage their work just went up by a lot. AI eliminates the theory bottleneck Science proceeds by an iterative process of theory and experiment. The theory part of that cycle is typically short, but non-trivial — it took a couple of years after the blackbody radiation spectrum was observed for Max Planck to come up with the quantum hypothesis to explain it, and decades longer before quantum theory as we now know it was created. It took about a year for Watson and Crick to figure out the shape of DNA after the requisite data was gathered. AI will basically eliminate the theory bottleneck entirely — or at least shorten the turnaround time between experiment and theory by an order of magnitude. AI is an absolute beast at math. Recently, an OpenAI model solved some of the most important open problems in computer science, math, and theoretical physics, and no one even batted an eyebrow because that sort of triumph is becoming increasingly commonplace. One of those solutions was a proof that the Standard Model of Particle Physics could be mathematically well-defined — a problem that human theorists had so far been unable to tackle. Not all research relies equally on theory, but understanding novel experimental results almost always involves some important component of either mathematical or spatial reasoning. That part of the task has now been made much, much faster. And on top of that, science is now open to a greater number of humans who aren’t naturally good at theorizing. AI can read the whole literature Much of the work of human scientists involves reading and understanding endless amounts of papers and going to endless conferences and seminars. The purpose of that work is to understand the existing scientific literature. Understanding the literature allows scientists to do the following things: Come up with new ideas for hypotheses to test Avoid doing research that someone else has already done Synthesize approaches from different areas or fields AI can reduce this effort to almost zero. Consider this excerpt from OpenAI’s blog post about their new research into neurodegenerative disease: The team divided the analysis among thousands of AI agents powered by GPT‑Rosalind, an approach we call distributed biological reasoning. The agents examined a whole-brain CRISPR atlas…a dataset showing how gene disruptions affect different types of cells across the mouse brain. Each agent investigated a gene disruption, analyzed cellular responses, searched scientific literature, and proposed explanations for the results. Their reports were combined into a reasoning atlas linking genes, cellular effects, relevant publications, and possible biological mechanisms. The research team estimated that comparable human analysis and literature review, conducted one perturbation at a time, would take months to a year. The agents reproduced findings from human analyses while uncovering additional leads. Their assessments of novelty and scientific value also aligned with judgments from blinded human experts. These findings help prioritize further experiments needed to test the proposed biological mechanisms. Some of these insights point to new leads for understanding brain disease. [emphasis mine] This is one case in which parallel work by a large number of agents really does make a huge difference: [ Haider.@haider1 this is actually insane openai deployed thousands of GPT-Rosalind agents to analyze millions of mouse brain cells in 32 minutes, work that could take human researchers months to a year also the agents uncovered new leads for brain diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's OpenAI @OpenAI GPT-Rosalind surfaced a new lead for drug discovery: could restoring cholesterol transport protect neurons from degeneration? DCTN1 is a gene linked to Perry syndrome, a rare neurodegenerative disorder. In mouse-brain data, disrupting it increased expression of genes involved in 2:41 PM · Oct 21, 2026 · 51.5K Views 26 Replies · 95 Reposts · 1.26K Likes ](https://x.com/haider1/status/2112917197903540516) Not only does instantaneous literature review vastly speed up the research process, but it allows AI to make novel conceptual leaps from combining approaches from wildly different fields of research. AI regularly does this in math research, combining results, approaches, and theorems from far-flung places that no human mathematician would have thought to combine. It can do it in science, too. Much of scientific innovation, historically, has been “recombinant” innovation — scientists applying insights from one field to another. With AI, essentially all research is now cross-disciplinary — AI can read not just the literature on a particular subject, but the literature on a million other subjects that might have produced useful techniques or insights for the problem at hand. Superscience So far, all of the factors I’ve listed are ways that AI can speed up science as it’s already done. I’ve basically described how AI can send gigantic hordes of superhumanly fast, superhumanly well-read, superhumanly mathematically gifted researchers to re-accelerate scientific discovery. But it’s also possible that AI will enable types of discovery — and ways of understanding the natural world — that no network of humans, no matter how large or how brilliant it was or how long it had to work, would ever be able to discover. In a post back in July, I wrote about how that might work: What if there are lots of…aspects of the Universe that [are] too complex to understand in terms of simple laws, but not so complex that they just dissolve into unknowable chaos? It’s possible that we can reliably control these complex phenomena with AI, even if we never reduce them to the kind of principles that we can teach a grad student in a textbook… Another way of saying this is that there may be laws of the universe that humans can’t understand but AI can. I call these “cloud laws” — causal regularities that can be exploited by technology, but which are too diffuse and complex for an individual human being to either intuit or communicate… Perhaps social sciences like economics, sociology, and political science obey similarly complex regularities, and AI can help us find them. Perhaps there are physical processes — plasma, or topological materials, or aerial turbulence, etc. — that obey cloud laws instead of chaos?… [H]uman collaboration is bottlenecked — it’s limited by our ability to intuit patterns at an individual level, and to communicate these patterns from one individual to another. AI, being a computer, just doesn’t have this sort of limitation; it can work with vast, diffuse patterns without having to break them into pieces or simplify them in order to compress them into the tiny pipelines of person-to-person explanation… If much of the Universe turns out to be ruled by cloud laws, we could be on the precipice of a scientific renaissance. In order to discover cloud laws, AI will need huge amounts of data about the natural world. AI figured out human speech by assimilating essentially all of the text humans have ever written. If it’s going to figure out hidden patterns in biology, neuroscience, materials science, etc., it’s going to need similarly massive amounts of data from physical instruments. That data will be far, far more than humans — individually or collectively — would be able to parse, label, characterize, or model. But AI was built to do this. If scientists simply build huge arrays of sensors to measure complex phenomena like the brain, the cell, the economy, etc., they may be able to feed this flood of data to AI directly and bypass human cognitive intermediation entirely. AI would then learn about the world directly, and it might learn things that humans never could. This “superscience”, if you want to call it that, would actually go beyond the kind of science humans have done heretofore. Many of the technologies it yielded would be beyond human comprehension — indistinguishable from magic. But to the AIs, they would make perfect scientific sense. In any case, it seems clear that the scientific slowdown that threatened human progress will now be delayed — at least for a while. Unless humans have somehow found most of the actual exploitable regularities in our Universe, we’re about to enter a new golden age of science. Subscribe Share

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Oct 29 • 5:55 AM EDT • Science • noahpinion.blog
Like 'The Matrix,' but real: Google's Genie 4 brings science fiction to life

Google DeepMind unveils AI capable of generating photorealistic, interactive 3D worlds with sound, dialogue and realistic physics, as Israeli rival Decart draws attention amid reports of a potential $7 billion Amazon acquisition

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Oct 29 • 5:31 AM EDT • Science • ynetnews.com
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Last Second Goal From Montour Secures Kraken Win Over Toronto

After squandering a three-goal lead, Seattle reclaimed momentum when Brandon Montour’s late-game rocket stunned Toronto, clinching a thrilling victory to cap off the Kraken's four-game home stand.

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Oct 29 • 5:03 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
NC House race breaks national spending records + Asian voter turnout rises in NC

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Oct 29 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • newsobserver.com
Rock Hill isn’t the same city Trump visited a decade ago. Just look at the venue

A change in location is more than logistics. It shows the resilience of a community that is redefining its downtown corridor, again.

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Oct 29 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • heraldonline.com
Is AI more a partner, competitor, or crutch for biomedical scientists?

Biologist Paul Knoepfler asks: Could overdependence on AI make us less capable as researchers?

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Oct 29 • 4:30 AM EDT • Science • statnews.com
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Global Health & WASH

The US National Institutes of Health reopened its center and program-project machinery in force. NIGMS is funding Collaborative Program Grants for interdisciplinary teams, NIAID opened both its Immune Tolerance Network and a next-generation R&D call, the NCI runs its Carcinogen Hazard Assessment Monographs program, the National Library of Medicine is funding institutional training in biomedical AI and data science, and NIH reopened its Centers for AIDS Research. The tell: these pay for standing centers and multi-year consortia at institutions with an existing funded research base, not one-off projects, so the fit is an established US research institution, not a single investigator. Disease-specific foundations are again funding the researcher, not just the research. The Parkinson’s Foundation opened its Paul Oreffice Innovations in Care Award and the National Ataxia Foundation its Research Seed Money Grant. The tell, the same one we flagged last cycle, is a named early-career or seed award that builds a pipeline of scientists committed to one condition, so what wins is a researcher willing to specialize. The post-USAID global-health money is routing through a State Department program statement and multilateral innovation funds. The US Department of State’s Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy opened its Advancing Global Health Annual Program Statement, Grand Challenges Canada opened Nexa Lighthouse for climate and health innovation in Asia and the Pacific at USD $250,000 to $2,000,000, and CEPI opened a rolling call on vaccine-manufacturing analytics. The tell: the largest health money this cycle sits in a standing program statement and in staged innovation vehicles, not in a single bilateral grant. Total Estimated Funding Pool: ~$35.4M across discrete grants. (Separately, large national-formula envelopes not counted in this total: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy (GHSD).) This post is for paid subscribers. This helps support the time and effort it takes to curate and organize these opportunities. Subscribe To keep this accessible to everyone who needs it, we’re happy to offer pay what you can rates. You can find more details here. New opportunities: Paul Oreffice Innovations in Care Award, Parkinson’s Foundation. *New!* *Closing soon!* The Parkinson’s Foundation created the Paul Oreffice Innovations in Care Award to fund clinicians rethinking how people with Parkinson’s disease receive care. The Foundation is using pilot funding to move promising ideas into testable projects, backing work across four lanes: strengthening community clinician capability, redesigning care models, building patient-centered technologies, and defining the minimum clinical datasets that make better standards possible. It wants hypothesis-driven, clinically grounded projects that can generate evidence strong enough to attract further funding. By opening the door to clinicians at every career stage and strongly preferring projects that involve people with Parkinson’s in their design, the Foundation signals that it values practical, patient-shaped innovation over prestige. The strongest fits are US-licensed clinicians with a focus on Parkinson’s and an institutional home for applied care research. Geographies: united states. Who can apply: Clinicians of all career stages, from fellows to established faculty, who are licensed to care for patients in the United States and have a significant focus on Parkinson’s disease. Physicians must have completed a neurology residency (or justify how their training pathway benefits people with PD); allied health professionals must hold an advanced degree, typically a PhD. Fellows, those in mentored positions, and those within two years of starting an independent position require a mentor and a mentor support letter. The sponsoring institution’s grants office is the authorized recipient and funds are disbursed to the institution. Funding amount: Maximum of $200,000 over two years; up to three awards. Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Health; Innovation; Science & Technology. Deadline: November 1, 2026. Learn more and apply here. Design and Deliver the Next EIT Health Bootcamps, EIT Health. *New!* *Closing soon!* EIT Health is opening its call for consortia to design and deliver the next generation of its health start-up bootcamps, funding the curriculum, masterclasses, mentoring, and investor engagement that turn early health ventures into fundable companies. The organization is using these learning paths to strengthen Europe’s health innovation pipeline across digital health evidence, deep tech and AI commercialization, cross-border investment, and patient access. What EIT Health wants to back is not a single course but durable delivery capacity built by partners who span industry, education, and research. Requiring multi-country consortia and a revenue-sharing stake in the programs signals that EIT Health expects these bootcamps to outlast the grant. The strongest fits are established training providers, universities, and industry partners with proven reach into health entrepreneurs. Geographies: Europe. Who can apply: Consortia only (individuals cannot apply), comprising a minimum of two and a maximum of five independent legal entities. Partners must cover at least two sides of the Knowledge Triangle (industry, education, research), including at least one industry organisation, and at least two entities must be legally established in different Horizon Europe countries. Funding amount: Foundational Learning Path: up to EUR €112,000; Thematic Learning Paths: up to EUR €124,500 per path (up to four thematic projects); up to EUR €610,000 total EIT Health funding available under the call. Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Health; Innovation; Science & Technology; Economic Development & Livelihoods. Deadline: November 2, 2026. Learn more and apply here. Technology Transfer Offices & Entrepreneurship Support Call (Beyond the Lab: From Research to Venture), EIT Health. *New!* *Closing soon!* EIT Health is opening its Technology Transfer Offices and Entrepreneurship Support Call to fund consortia that will deliver the Beyond the Lab: From Research to Venture program for healthcare researchers. EIT Health is using the grant to build local capacity for turning laboratory science into incorporated start-ups, paying experienced technology transfer offices and entrepreneurship support providers to run masterclasses, structured mentoring, and a closing Pitch Day across two cohorts. It wants to back organizations that can walk researchers from discovery to company formation, not just teach theory. Requiring two transfer offices plus one venture-building provider signals that EIT Health values proven commercialization experience alongside academic reach. The strongest fits are European research-commercialization teams with a track record of moving health innovations toward investable ventures. Geographies: Europe. Who can apply: A consortium of two Technology Transfer Offices (representing higher education institutions or research organisations) and one Entrepreneurship Support Provider with demonstrated experience in venture building and start-up support. Applicants may apply for more than one learning path where they can demonstrate the required expertise and capacity for each. Funding amount: Up to EUR €77,000 in 2027 and up to EUR €77,000 in 2028 (up to EUR €154,000 total per consortium over two years). Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Health; Innovation; Science & Technology; Economic Development & Livelihoods. Deadline: November 2, 2026. Learn more and apply here. EIT Health RIS Country Representatives Call (2027-2028), EIT Health. *New!* *Closing soon!* EIT Health is seeking organizations to serve as Country Representatives across eleven Regional Innovation Scheme countries in central and eastern Europe for the 2027 to 2028 period. The money funds a national anchor in each country, an organization that maps the local health innovation ecosystem, connects startups and researchers to EIT Health programs, and builds the stakeholder relationships that let health ventures grow. EIT Health is backing local capacity rather than individual projects, which is why it accepts both single organizations and national consortia that span education, research, and industry. The requirement for co-financing signals that it wants representatives already embedded in their national systems. The strongest fits are established ecosystem builders with deep ties to health innovation stakeholders in one eligible country. Geographies: Croatia; Czech Republic; Estonia; Greece; Hungary; Latvia; Malta; Romania; Serbia; Slovenia; Turkey. Who can apply: Registered legal entities established in one of the eligible EIT RIS countries. Single organisations or national consortia may apply. Consortia must include at least two sides of the Knowledge Triangle (education, research and industry), and all consortium partners must be established in the same eligible country. Suitable applicants have demonstrated experience in healthcare innovation ecosystem development, innovation support and entrepreneurship, start-up acceleration, technology transfer, research and higher education, business support, and stakeholder engagement, with strong links to national innovation stakeholders. Funding amount: Up to EUR €182,000 per Country Representative (maximum funding per project); total call budget up to EUR €1,274,500; EIT Health funds up to 60% of total eligible project costs. Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Health; Innovation; Science & Technology; Economic Development & Livelihoods. Deadline: November 2, 2026. Learn more and apply here. Architects of Trust: Community-Driven Demand Creation for New TB Vaccines, Treatment Action Group (TAG). *New!* *Closing soon!* Treatment Action Group, with funding from Wellcome, is opening its Architects of Trust call to help communities prepare for the new tuberculosis vaccines now moving through late-stage trials. The money backs civil society and community-based organizations to raise awareness, surface local questions and concerns, and press policymakers toward equitable national rollout. By pairing each grantee with an advocacy mentor and running a strategy workshop alongside the Global TB Vaccine Forum, Treatment Action Group is building a durable advocacy bench rather than funding one-off outreach. The two-stage design, starting with a short expression of interest, signals that fit and community rootedness matter more than polished proposals. The strongest fits are locally trusted groups with real TB, immunization, or health advocacy experience and a committed project lead. Geographies: Brazil; Ethiopia; India; Indonesia; Kenya; Malawi; Mozambique; Nigeria; Peru; Philippines; South Africa; Tanzania; Vietnam; Zambia. Who can apply: National, subnational, or regional civil society organizations (CSOs) or community-based organizations based in one of the 14 eligible countries or in Eastern Europe/Central Asia regional networks, with experience in TB, immunization, or other health advocacy and in community engagement or policy advocacy; well integrated into stakeholder networks with membership or affiliation to other CSO or community networks; naming a dedicated project lead (’architect of trust’) who can attend the April 2027 Zaragoza forum in person; and holding (or committing to adopt) organizational policies on safeguarding (bullying, harassment, abuse, and harm), equity, diversity and inclusion, and legal compliance, research practice and governance. Funding amount: Grants of up to US$45,000 will be awarded to 8 CSO partners across 14 high-TB-burden countries plus regional networks in Eastern Europe and Central Asia; each grant funds 12 months of work. Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Health; Governance; Policy & Advocacy. Deadline: November 4, 2026. Learn more and apply here.

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Oct 29 • 3:37 AM EDT • Health • impactfunding.substack.com
Commentary: Patients first? Putting the OSMA Ohio governor endorsement in perspective

We should read the Ohio State Medical Association’s Political Action Committee endorsement in the Ohio governor race for what it is: one governing board’s judgment about what serves its profession.

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Oct 29 • 3:30 AM EDT • Health • ohiocapitaljournal.com
Blackhawks Among Teams Showing Trade Interest in Capitals Winger

The trade speculation has already begun for the Chicago Blackhawks this season, with NHL insider Frank Seravalli reporting Tuesday on […]

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Oct 29 • 3:04 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Recap: South Park Serves Up Beef Satire — and GTA VI Sneak Peek

The Comedy Central staple takes on inflation, tariffs and elite food trends, while previewing what it says is “coming in November.”

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Oct 29 • 2:40 AM EDT • Technology • hollywoodreporter.com
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English rugby wants U.S. money. Its women’s team are leading the sales pitch

A game against USA Eagles in New Jersey has deeper implications for a sport that wants to capitalise on its Stateside momentum

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Oct 29 • 2:00 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
Photo Essay: College of Science and Engineering Research Showcase

Fourth-year Mechanical Engineering major Jess Visaya and Fourth-year Mechanical Engineering major Dorette Pirie show off their soft robots. The robots are made to mimic worms, whose bodies bunch up before extending to propel themselves forward. The robots use pneumatic actuators to make linear movement outwards. Visaya and Pirie set up two of their worms with syringes attached to tubing which was then threaded through the end cap into the worms. Visitors to their station were encouraged to race the two worms by pumping the attached syringes. Third-year Biochemistry major Ira Evetts worked in Dr. Christopher Whidbey’s lab studying the vaginal microbiome, in an attempt to better understand the different microbes that build it up and how it affects health outcomes. Evetts’ research was specifically focused on lactobacillus iners, one of several bacteria naturally present in a healthy vaginal microbiome, and methylation systems. Fourth-year Mechanical Engineering major John Diesko Boehm and Fourth-Year Mechanical Engineering major Ian Agopsowicz hold up their “DAQMobile.” They built their project, a modified RC kit car, to help teach mechanical engineers about circuits and electrical design through real-world application. Fourth-year Mechanical Engineering major Ben Murphy holds up his mole crab and crawfish-inspired burrower. Murphy wanted to imitate the motion of a crab’s legs through robotics, with the primary goal to “turn the rotation of one motor into four alternating legs that would successfully displace soil.” Murphy was inspired by works that take inspiration from the natural world, and he found mole crabs particularly interesting. Although a mole crab is at an advantage with its burrowing being underwater, thus the sand being fluidized and easier to displace, Murphy’s machine is able to successfully burrow three centimeters into the ground. Second-year Mechanical Engineering major and Physics major Arabelle Miller shows off her rubber gripper, inspired by kirigami and origami. She took a piece of rubber and strategically cut slits into it to make it fold the way she needed, then glued googly eyes to the front. The gripper is able to hold up to 38 times its weight, or 226 grams. Third-year Mechanical Engineering major Joonseong Park talked about how his project took an unused and broken 3-D printer and transformed it into a testing platform for soft robotic grippers. The former-printer was reprogrammed and had its extruder part modified to be a mount for the grippers. Park shows off some of the other grippers that can be attached to the testing platform. Park classified grippers into two large categories. The first set of grippers is designed to deal with small delicate objects with great precision, and the second is made to lift heavy or large objects. Third-year Mechanical Engineering major Jiashuo Liu set out with a goal to deploy free open-source AI models to pre-existing robots to integrate object recognition and retrieval and command. The models are used to process the data received from the robots’ cameras in order to detect certain objects and their locations. Fourth-year Mechanical Engineering major Cole Purohit focused on agricultural automation of raspberry picking. His project utilizes kirigami to make grippers to close around a raspberry when the two ends are pulled. “Nobody wants to eat a squished raspberry,” Purohit said. Fourth-Year Biochemistry major Mariel Nolan’s project focused on bacteria and proteins within the bacteria whose functions are unknown. Nolan’s research is finding a way to isolate those proteins with the ultimate goal of determining their functions. Fourth-year Mechanical Engineering major Kai Boydon and Fourth-year Mechanical Engineering major Evan Nguyen show off their project, which uses custom extensors to help with the rehabilitation of stroke patients. They compared their project to a “party-popper” in the way it unfurls itself when placed under a patient’s fingers, helping the stroke patient rehabilitate finger movement. Boydon shows off the testing rig built for their project. It works as a mount for their extensor, as a way to test against resistance. Their program inflates the extensor through an air pump, which then makes the extensor push against the bed whilst an arduino calculates the force created and air pressure associated with the force. Navigate Left Navigate Right

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Oct 29 • 1:40 AM EDT • Science • seattlespectator.com
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A look at the Brewers' title, by the numbers

The Brewers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 in Game 5 on Wednesday night, capturing the title and wrapping up one of the most dominant postseasons in recent memory.

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Oct 29 • 12:30 AM EDT • Sports • spectrumnews1.com
Brewers catcher William Contreras wins World Series MVP

The Brewers capped a historic season and a dominant postseason run with with a 4-1 win over the Rays in Game 5 to secure a 4-1 Series World Series win for the first championship in franchise history.

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Oct 28 • 11:38 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Margaret Cho was ‘freaked out’ by the ‘power’ “Pulp Fiction”’s success gave Quentin Tarantino during their ‘90s romance

“The amount of ass-kissing, it was really crazy,” Cho reflected. “I’ve never seen that level before or since in any capacity.”

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Oct 28 • 10:18 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
‘Survivor 51’ recap: Guess who is annoying Brady this week?

‘Survivor 51’ episode 6 features an immunity idol twist… with another twist on top of that. Plus, a big love-in is eventually broken up at Tribal Council. Read EW’s recap.

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Oct 28 • 9:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Small Business Administration Administrator visits Quincy to highlight President Trump’s pro-growth agenda

Administrator Kelly Loeffler said the Small Business Administration is focused on increasing capital access so local manufacturers can combat inflation.

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Oct 28 • 8:39 PM EDT • Business • wgem.com
Dolores Huerta leaves behind a lifetime of political legacy, Capitol advocacy
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Oct 28 • 8:35 PM EDT • Politics • cbsnews.com
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Quantum achievement unlocked: Scientists capture motion of molecules in action

Advancing X-ray science to ever greater heights in the 21st century is why a dedicated group of Arizona State University scientists continue to push and make a series of new firsts at their one-of-a-kind, compact X-ray science facility, called ASU X-Beams. Having solved their first protein structure, the ASU scientific team have been working to produce ever faster X-ray pulses — an achievement needed to successfully capture the motion of molecules of great biomedical, semiconductor, renew

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Oct 28 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • newswise.com
MSU football captains visit patients at UM Health-Sparrow in Lansing

Michigan State football captains and Zeke the wonder dog visited patients and their families at University of Michigan Health-Sparrow in Lansing.

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Oct 28 • 7:18 PM EDT • Health • wilx.com
Blue states sue to get access to small farm, business data for tax collection purposes

Democratic state attorneys general are suing to resurrect the Corporate Transparency Act, arguing they need a large federal law-enforcement database with the photos, birthdates and addresses of small business owners […]

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Oct 28 • 7:00 PM EDT • Business • capitalpress.com
Business group pushes to open Oregon land for industry ahead of 2027 session

Oregon should open up a “phantom supply” of land in the state for economic development, a new report from business groups argues.

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Oct 28 • 6:36 PM EDT • Business • oregoncapitalchronicle.com
Raiders Host Intermountain Children's Health Patients

The Las Vegas Raiders partnered with Intermountain Children's Health to host four patients and their families for a "Family Day" at Intermountain Health Performance Center.

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Oct 28 • 5:12 PM EDT • Health • raiders.com
Miami Heat's Bam Adebayo: 'I Never Wanted to be Captain'

The three-time All-Star opens up about reluctance to lead, as the Miami Heat's winless start places a harsh spotlight on the defensive anchor’s transition into a vocal powerhouse.

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Oct 28 • 4:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Big Ten won’t wait on Congress, adopts Protect College Sports Act pay rules

The rule would let Big Ten schools spend about $49 million a year on athletes, up from the current $21 million cap.

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Oct 28 • 3:43 PM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
Scientists count more than 2 million eels on one underwater mountain

Patience Seamount is an underwater mountain in Australia's Huon Marine Park off the coast of Tasmania. Every year, it is the site of an enormous gathering of basketwork eels (Diastobranchus capensis) ...

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Oct 28 • 3:20 PM EDT • Science • phys.org
Popular Turlock café coming to Modesto, and first Drybar salon, among other businesses

The businesses are set to open early next year

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Oct 28 • 3:00 PM EDT • Business • modbee.com
Post Malone to headline New Year's Eve concert following NHL Winter Classic in Utah

Post Malone will headline a New Year's Eve concert at the Delta Center, capping off a historic night of professional hockey as Salt Lake prepares to host the NH

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Oct 28 • 2:57 PM EDT • Entertainment • kjzz.com
Flyers Game 15: Lines, Notes, & How to Watch @ Capitals

The Philadelphia Flyers (3-7-4) are back on the road on Wednesday when they head down to our Nation’s Capital to […]

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Oct 28 • 2:28 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Recap of HE&R 2026 Employee Support Fund Golf Tournament

Hershey Entertainment & Resorts marked its 18th Employee Support Fund Golf Tournament on Oct. 26, 2026.

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Oct 28 • 2:20 PM EDT • Entertainment • stories.hersheypa.com
Jesse Sisgold Exits Skydance for Role at RedBird Capital

A longtime confidant of David Ellison and the former president and COO of Skydance Media, Sisgold most recently led the company's Paramount Sports Entertainment division.

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Oct 28 • 2:14 PM EDT • Entertainment • hollywoodreporter.com
Connor Heliger Named All-WPIAL By WPSCA

By: Jared Barton North Allegheny boys’ soccer senior Connor Heliger is garnering more end-of-season awards. The captain took home All-WPIAL accolades Wednesday afternoon from the Western Pennsylvania Soccer Coaches Association. Congratulations to our 2026 Boys AAA All-WPIAL Selections! 👏👏👏 https://t.co/nFCtoCBuGK — Western Pennsylvania Soccer Coaches Association (@WPSCA_) October 28, 2026 Heliger was named a WPIAL… More »

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Oct 28 • 2:09 PM EDT • Sports • athletics.northallegheny.org
Nets’ Dëmin Shares Positive Update After Injury Scare

After a frightening non-contact exit against Boston, Brooklyn's versatile sophomore guard expects a quick return, hoping to recapture his summer league dominance and aggressive rim-attacking style.

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Oct 28 • 2:06 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Mike's Mid-Week Chat: Can the Packers take care of business at home?

Editor Mike Spofford answered fan questions in his live chat

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Oct 28 • 2:00 PM EDT • Business • packers.com
Hybrids coming to GM plant in Michigan, automaker says

General Motors Co. will produce hybrids at its Lansing Delta Township Assembly plant near Michigan's capital, as it seeks to catch up in an electrified vehicle segment that has enjoyed

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Oct 28 • 1:44 PM EDT • Entertainment • thederrick.com
‘California mourns a giant’: Political leaders react to Dolores Huerta’s death

State leaders described Huerta’s legacy as both ideological and as a mentor to Latino and women leaders. They omitted mention of Cesar Chavez

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Oct 28 • 1:33 PM EDT • Politics • sacbee.com
Customized, self-funded health plans

CEO and Founder David Voorhees with True Captive Insurance joins Shane and Kerrigan to chat about the company's recent recognitions on the Inc. 5000 list and Best Places to Work.

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Oct 28 • 1:30 PM EDT • Health • kctv5.com
Texas 2026 election: Could voter frustration change the state's political landscape?
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Oct 28 • 1:18 PM EDT • Politics • click2houston.com
XREAL Aura is coming in November with a special $200-off launch discount

Xreal Aura is set to redefine XR headsets with the full Android XR capabilities, apps, and games, plus a launch discount for early buyers.

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Oct 28 • 1:00 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Google adding more Connected Apps to Gemini & Search with new dev platform

Google announced the Connected Apps Platform as a “unified way for more app developers to bring their capabilities directly into Gemini and Search.”

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Oct 28 • 1:00 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Pennsylvania Targets Business Expansion With Shovel-Ready Sites

In Pennsylvania, growing companies find research assets, coordinated capital, and a collaborative ecosystem.

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Oct 28 • 12:55 PM EDT • Business • businessfacilities.com
Idaho to receive another $186 million in federal grant to improve rural health access

Idaho is slated to receive another approximately $186 million grant in the second year of the five-year federal Rural Health Transformation Program. The state awarded all of its first $186 million to organizations statewide for projects meant to improve access and services for rural and tribal healthcare systems, according to a press release from Idaho […]

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Oct 28 • 12:37 PM EDT • Health • idahocapitalsun.com
Heat’s Nikola Jovic again dealing with cut of minutes: ‘I can’t say I kind of didn’t expect it’

The Heat’s bench rotation remains in flux.

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Oct 28 • 12:36 PM EDT • Sports • miamiherald.com
Model injured after host kicks flying drone into her face on live TV

Ernesto Chavana was captured on camera using his foot to punt a flying drone on a Mexican TV show, sending it careening into a model’s face on set.

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Oct 28 • 12:08 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Numeracle lands $28m to scale verified business identity

Numeracle, a company that verifies business identities to protect trusted communications, has closed a $28m growth round to push its Entity Identity Management platform into fresh sectors and geographies. Edison Partners led the investment. The capital will go towards enlarging Numeracle’s go-to-market, sales, product and research and development functions, alongside building out its presence outside […]

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Oct 28 • 12:06 PM EDT • Business • fintech.global
Justin Blandford interview - Illinois Times, the capital city's source of news, politics, arts, entertainment, culture

History is more than dates, buildings and plaques. It’s the stories we choose to remember and the ones we’re still learning how to tell. This week, we sit down with Justin Blandford, superintendent of Springfield’s state historic sites, to talk about some of his favorite projects, the challenges of working with history and the unexpected […]

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Oct 28 • 11:51 AM EDT • Politics • illinoistimes.com
‘Survivor 51’ contestants deliver searing hot takes on the franchise

‘Survivor 51’ castaways are sharing their scorching hot takes on the franchise in photo form. Plus, alums from past seasons weigh in with their own unpopular opinions.

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Oct 28 • 11:15 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Event Recap: What Is Health Law? - Petrie-Flom Center

On September 30, five prominent Harvard Law School alumni told a packed room about how the field of health law has developed, through the lens of the varied paths that led them to their careers.

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Oct 28 • 11:13 AM EDT • Health • petrieflom.law.harvard.edu
Saints vs. Steelers: Week 7 Game MVP

Chase Young is showcasing why he was voted as a captain for the Saints and Granderson is right there with him

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Oct 28 • 11:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Dassault Systèmes Completes ArisGlobal Acquisition to Expand Life Sciences AI Platform

VELIZY-VILLACOUBLAY, France, Oct. 28, 2026 — Dassault Systèmes today announced it has completed the acquisition of ArisGlobal and is now uniting its Life Sciences and Healthcare capabilities into a unified AI platform that connects science, medicine and patients. The milestones advance its ambition to improve people’s lives by empowering faster drug discovery, better therapies and […]

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Oct 28 • 10:59 AM EDT • Science • hpcwire.com
Nintendo joins Best Buy for midnight Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2 restock launch

📅 The Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2 releases on Thursday, October 27 🚨 Our Zelda Switch 2 restock tracker @mattswider on X will send out an alert when stock appears 😲 Nintendo Store held a surprise restock on October 26 and is holding a midnight launch event on November 5 🙏 Other retailers may be holding back stock for launch day, too Walmart: Zelda Switch 2 console Best Buy: Zelda Switch 2 console GameStop: Zelda Switch 2 console Target: Zelda Switch 2 console Nintendo: Zelda Switch 2 console 🚨 We’re tracking Zelda Switch 2 stock updates. If you’d like to know when more stock arrives, follow Matt Swider on X and turn on notifications. You can also become a free or paid subscriber to The Shortcut to help support our work. 🚨 🚨 Want the Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2? Drop your email for restock alerts before it sells out. ⤵️ Subscribe We’re expecting to see a Zelda 40th anniversary Switch 2 restock tomorrow at major retailers like Walmart, as the console and Pro Controller are set to launch. However, Nintendo has joined Best Buy in announcing a midnight launch event for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on November 5, where limited quantities of the special edition console will be available. There is a catch, though. To attend the in-store event, which will be held on November 4 at Nintendo San Francisco and November 5 at Nintendo New York, a Warp Pipe Pass is required, which means capacity will be limited. If you’re lucky enough to receive a Warp Pipe Pass (they’re currently fully booked), you’ll be able to purchase The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition console, Zelda 40th Anniversary Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller and display stand, the Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2 Pro Controller on its own, and the Zelda 40th Anniversary carrying case and screen protector. Purchases will be limited to one “per customer” and will be sold on a “first come, first served basis.” Why you should follow our Zelda Switch 2 restock tracker Obviously, many will be looking to receive the Zelda Switch 2 before November 5, and an instore event isn’t exactly ideal for many. That’s where our exclusive Zelda Switch 2 restock tracker comes in, as we’re providing up-to-the-second US store inventory checks. Those who follow Matt Swider on X and turn on notifications will be the first to know when new stock is live, as you can see in the post below. [ Matt Swider (The Shortcut)@mattswider ](https://x.com/mattswider/status/2114758291322757239?s=20) Zelda Switch 2 console in stock at the Nintendo Store nintendo.com/us/store/produ… 4:37 PM · Oct 26, 2026 · 67K Views 18 Replies · 4 Reposts · 75 Likes We’re strongly expecting retailers like Walmart to have stock on launch day, especially as it’s the largest retailer in the US. Cancellations can also occur in the run up to release, meaning more stock is made available that was previously taken. Thursday and Friday mornings is also when Walmart tends to offer restocks online. We’re predicting other retailers like Target, GameStop and Amazon will also get a new wave of consoles on launch day, and we’ll notify you if and when any Zelda Switch 2 restocks appear. You can trust our restock tracker as we helped over 400,000 people buy Sony’s console when it was in and out of stock for two years. We’ve since made it our goal to help our subscribers purchase hard-to-find items. We’ve done the same with the PS5 30th anniversary edition and many more in-demand products. Up next: Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2 Pro Controller restock looks increasingly likely at Nintendo Store Subscribe Adam Vjestica is The Shortcut’s Senior Editor. Formerly TechRadar’s Gaming Hardware Editor, Adam has also worked at Nintendo of Europe as a Content Marketing Editor, where he helped launch the Nintendo Switch. He also runs a retro gaming YouTube channel called Game on, boy! Follow him on X @ItsMrProducts.

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Oct 28 • 10:43 AM EDT • Technology • theshortcut.com
iOS 27.2 Adds Selfie-Based Age Verification

Apple has added selfie-based age verification in iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2, allowing users in supported regions to demonstrate that they are adults without submitting a credit card or government-issued ID. The feature estimates whether someone is an adult by analyzing their face, according to a new Apple support document. The capture process involves following onscreen prompts to turn and tilt the head, providing views of the face from four directions.

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Oct 28 • 10:40 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Arch Capital’s profit falls 23%

Bermuda-based Arch Capital Group Ltd.’s third-quarter net income fell 23% year on year to $1 billion, driven by catastrophe losses related to the Iran conflict and lower underwriting income across its…

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Oct 28 • 10:35 AM EDT • Business • businessinsurance.com
Val Chmerkovskiy, Carrie Ann Inaba share long embrace on “DWTS” set after temporary feud and 1-week suspension

EW captured the moment on camera after Chmerkovskiy was barred from competing for one week after his joke about defending wife Jenna Johnson from Inaba’s judging.

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Oct 28 • 10:35 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
A Tampa Insurer Is Taking Its Business National—and Doubling Its Credit Line

Slide Insurance doubles its credit facility to $1.07 billion as the Tampa insurer expands nationally and raises its 2026 profit outlook.

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Oct 28 • 10:33 AM EDT • Business • tbbwmag.com
NHL Rumours: Washington Capitals Forward Seeking Trade from Team

Welcome back to another edition of NHL Rumours from the crew at Last Word on Hockey. The season is in full swing as we're now an eighth of the way through the regular season. Teams are getting a really good look at their rosters and how they match up with the rest of the league. …

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Oct 28 • 10:19 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Corning’s American Tradition of Knowledge in Materials Science

Founded in 1851 in upstate New York, where it remains, Corning is a manufacturer of specialized glass that has a market capitalization of over $100 billion as of October 2026 (GLW), annual revenues approaching $20 billion, and nearly 70,000 employees worldwide.1 Corning is the world’s leading manufacturer of touchscreen glass, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of optical fiber for long-distance telecommunication, the leading U.S. manufacturer of polysilicon for solar panels, and one of two suppliers of glass for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) photomasks needed to make the world’s most powerful chips with ASML machines. Optical fiber is also increasingly crucial to expand the computational capacity of AI data centers with optical networking. Corning is a rare jewel of the American Industrial Revolution that has not just remained competitive to the present day but repeatedly enabled technological transformations: it developed the glass for Thomas Edison’s first light bulbs in the 1880s, invented optical fiber cable in the 1970s, and developed the “Gorilla Glass” touchscreens for Apple’s iPhones that kicked off the global smartphone revolution in the 2000s. Corning’s leading tradition of knowledge in materials science has allowed it to stave off successive waves of competition over the decades from Europe, Japan, and now China.

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Oct 28 • 10:10 AM EDT • Science • brief.bismarckanalysis.com
Aimé Donna Kelly gives first look at ‘unique’ “SVU” episode: ‘Halloween vibes’ (exclusive)

Captain Renee Curry leads this week’s case to “get justice” for the victim, Kelly tells EW.

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Oct 28 • 10:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
UK's Healey raises business rates threshold for small firms

LONDON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - British finance minister John Healey said on Wednesday he would raise the threshold at which small companies start paying business rates.

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Oct 28 • 9:12 AM EDT • Business • newsobserver.com
Pearson's Mental Health Virtual Summit Examines a Changing Mental Health Landscape

Workplace burnout, youth mental health, trauma, grief, and AI companions. The issues shaping mental health today are wide-ranging, evolving and the focus of Pearson's 2026 Mental Health Virtual Summit on October 29.

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Oct 28 • 9:00 AM EDT • Health • finance.yahoo.com
Avondale, operating at capacity, to spend $50 million on warehouse, railway, dock expansion

A logistics hub in Jefferson Parish is investing $50 million into expanding its operation and constructing new warehouse space for a future tenant.

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Oct 28 • 9:00 AM EDT • Business • nola.com
Sergio Garcia And European Legends Face Permanent Ryder Cup Ban

European golf legends who left for LIV Golf remain barred from Ryder Cup captaincy under a 2017 rule, blocking their return despite recent exits.

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Oct 28 • 8:50 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
York County eatery stored bread in garbage bags, fails health inspection

The state Department of Agriculture conducts annual inspections of food-serving businesses to ensure public safety and safe food-handling practices. Schools are inspected twice per year, according to the Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratories.

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Oct 28 • 8:38 AM EDT • Health • centredaily.com
Blue wave or blue blip? How national politics forecasters see Arizona

With the election just a week away, politicos are in the midterm home stretch. Most prognosticating and predicting what will happen on Nov. 3 is just about wrapped up, but the northeastern Arizona District 2 is getting some eleventh-hour buzz.

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Oct 28 • 8:02 AM EDT • Politics • mercedsunstar.com
Blue wave or blue blip? How national politics forecasters see Arizona

With the election just a week away, politicos are in the midterm home stretch. Most prognosticating and predicting what will happen on Nov. 3 is just about wrapped up, but the northeastern Arizona District 2 is getting some eleventh-hour buzz.

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Oct 28 • 8:02 AM EDT • Politics • modbee.com
Player status report, presented by Orlando Health: Orlando City SC at Chicago Fire FC

Here is the Player Status Report, presented by Orlando Health, for Wednesday's away match at Chicago Fire FC

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Oct 28 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • orlandocitysc.com
How small businesses can use AI, access capital and reach new customers

Explore how small businesses are using AI to save time, find new paths to financing and prepare to reach customers through AI-powered shopping.

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Oct 28 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • mastercard.com
Exploring America's Political Extremes: Two Clingendael Alerts

What radical new conservative and progressive ideas in the USA could mean for EuropePolitical polarization is a

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Oct 28 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • clingendael.org
Local contractor is the latest to snap up a Dan Gilbert-owned building

Jarbou Ronnisch Construction buys the Capitol Square Building, which will become the company’s new Detroit office.

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Oct 28 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • crainsdetroit.com
Former AKQA CCOs launch !F Creative Capital hybrid VC agency

!F Creative Capital combines conventional commissions with equity partnerships and revenue-sharing arrangements tied to clients' sales.

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Oct 28 • 7:00 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Bruno Fernandes: Man Utd head coach Michael Carrick and club captain hold clear-the-air talks ahead of Chelsea fixture

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes was an unused substitute in their 3-0 defeat against Bournemouth after being dropped by Michael Carrick; Man Utd head coach will take Saturdays game against Chelsea with Fernandes now in contention after talks on Tuesday

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Oct 28 • 6:39 AM EDT • Sports • skysports.com
In Idaho, independent political polls are rare ahead of elections. Here’s why.

In the lead up to the 2026 general election, candidates for U.S. Senate in Idaho are releasing dueling political polls about their odds.

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Oct 28 • 6:15 AM EDT • Politics • idahocapitalsun.com
The new frontier for ads is racist cartoon AI musical microdrama

“I had sex with the wife of a Jewish billionaire heir, and I made her tell me the family secret of longevity,” a cartoon landscaper sings at the start of a recent online commercial for herbal supplements.

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Oct 28 • 6:00 AM EDT • Technology • cnn.com
Small businesses turning to risky cash advances to survive

Struggling small businesses are turning to costly merchant cash advances for quick capital, but high fees and daily payouts are driving many into debt.

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Oct 28 • 6:00 AM EDT • Business • latimes.com
Zoho Brings Trusted Business Intelligence to AI Agents in Zoho Analytics Platform Evolution, Connecting Data, Business Context, Insights and Action

AUSTIN, Texas, October 28, 2026--Zoho Corporation, a global technology company, today announced a major evolution of Zoho Analytics into an Agentic Analytics platform, extending its established analytics and reporting capabilities with a trusted intelligence layer for business insights and AI-driven action. By bringing together data, business context, analytics, and AI agents, the platform enables businesses to move from analyzing data to understanding what it means and to act on those insights.

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Oct 28 • 6:00 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Employer health plan costs to soar in 2027. How to compare and save

It's that time again when Americans choose their health insurance plans for the new year, and advisers warn this year is definitely not the moment to simply click auto enroll.

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Oct 28 • 5:01 AM EDT • Health • fresnobee.com
NC among top 5 most gerrymandered states + Averting a State Health Plan deficit

Subscribe to Under the Dome for daily politics news.

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Oct 28 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • newsobserver.com
SAP and NTT to Cooperate on Delivering Trusted Sovereign Cloud and SAP Business AI Capabilities

TOKYO — The companies share the ambition to advance secure, resilient and sovereign digital transformation for regulated industries.

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Oct 28 • 4:00 AM EDT • Business • news.sap.com
Commentary: Standing alongside a personal attack on a victim of child rape, Ohio politicians reveal themselves

When politicians stand with vile — smearing a child rape victim to try to win dirty — they reveal much about themselves.

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Oct 28 • 3:35 AM EDT • Politics • ohiocapitaljournal.com
Paused humanities, social sciences PhD programs resume admissions with reduced capacity

Some departments warned that smaller doctoral cohorts could cut undergraduate course offerings.

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Oct 28 • 1:53 AM EDT • Science • browndailyherald.com
Star Entertainment fined $260m in historical money laundering case

Star Entertainment has been fined $260 million for breaching money laundering laws between 2016 and 2022. The casino operator was also found to have contravened customer due diligence rules, including a failure to monitor.

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Oct 28 • 1:12 AM EDT • Entertainment • capitalbrief.com
TST Images: Golden Knights defeat the Senators, 4-1, at T-Mobile Arena

LAS VEGAS – The Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Ottawa Senators, 4-1, in an NHL game at T-Mobile Arena on October 27, 2026, and The Sporting Tribune's Paige Kuwata was there to capture the following TST Images.

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Oct 28 • 1:01 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Stacy’s Streamers: Five Players to Start in Week 8

Stacy Perez highlights at least one player at each position who is capable of helping your team through all the injuries and bye weeks in Week 8.

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Oct 27 • 11:29 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
‘DWTS’ Horror Movie Night recap: Wildly polarized scores and a savage double elimination

Something wicked came to the ballroom on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Horror Movie Night, as the judges handed out wildly high and low scores, two underdogs had great routines, and a double elimination astounded.

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Oct 27 • 10:44 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Nearly 90% of businesses are turning to tokenised money, DBS survey shows

SINGAPORE, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Global adoption of tokenised money is moving faster than expected among businesses looking to improve liquidity management and access new markets, a top executive from Singapore bank DBS said.

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Oct 27 • 10:08 PM EDT • Business • miamiherald.com
Sand, Lahn call for increasing mental healthcare access, Medicaid oversight in debate

Iowa gubernatorial candidates Rob Sand and Zach Lahn met for their final debate before Nov. 3, 2026 in Cedar Rapids Tuesday.

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Oct 27 • 9:56 PM EDT • Health • iowacapitaldispatch.com
Who Owns What: The Watermania Waterpark Richmond May Expropriate

[There is often a lack of transparency around land ownership in BC. Who Owns What is an ongoing series by The Realist focused on interesting land ownership stories. Have a suggestion for a future story? Email: howardchai@substack.com.] Earlier this month, CBC and Richmond News reported that the City of Richmond is planning to expropriate Watermania, the waterpark located at 14300 Entertainment Boulevard near the Richmond Ice Centre. The City of Richmond currently leases the property from a private owner — 14300 Entertainment Blvd. Investments Ltd. — and the lease is set to expire in March 2027. According to the reports, the two sides have been unable to agree on terms of the lease renewal and the City has since served a Notice of Expropriation, saying it wants to secure “essential community services,” according to CBC, with outgoing Mayor Malcolm Brodie telling CBC that “Watermania is an important recreation facility for our community, and the city’s goal is to secure its long-term future.” Richmond News added that because the expropriation is not for a linear easement like a sewage line or rapid transit, an inquiry can be requested, and one has been scheduled for November 30 to December 4, according to CBC. What was left out of both stories, however, is who the City would be expropriating Watermania from. According to the Land Owner Transparency Registry, 14300 Entertainment Boulevard is legally owned by 14300 Entertainment Blvd. Investments Ltd. and that numbered company is controlled by a Chinese individual named Hai Feng Zhu, who primarily resides in the Jilin province. The registered address of 14300 Entertainment Blvd. Investments Ltd. is 3899 Cartier Street in Vancouver, a mansion in Shaughnessy that BC Assessment values at $10,423,000. The home at 3899 Cartier Street has previously been tied to Kevin Sun of Sun Commercial by reporter Sam Cooper when he was with the Vancouver Sun in a report noting that Sun had an associate named Hai Feng Zhu who is a director of SunOil Ltd., as confirmed by the company’s filings. Another person mentioned in both the report and filing is Denise She. A search of Hai Feng Zhu in the Land Owner Transparency Registry reveals that Zhu also owns four other properties in British Columbia. The Realist then used the PIDs1 to identify the addresses, finding that the two parcels with PIDs beginning 014 are two parcels that form 1155 Bidwell Street in Vancouver and that the two parcels with PIDs beginning 015 are two parcels that form 1755 Davie Street. 1755 Davie Street is the Best Western Plus Sands, 1155 Bidwell Street is a surface parking lot, and both are held under 0993956 B.C. LTD., which is controlled by Hai Feng Zhu alongside the aforementioned Kevin Sun and Denise She, among others. The Best Western Plus Sands is listed under Sun Commercial’s portfolio and Sun Commercial also previously sold the Richmond Ice Centre to the City of Richmond for $32 million in 2019. Denise She, Peter Cheng De She, and Julia MiMi Yang also control 1078635 B.C. Ltd., which owns 1707 Davie Street, the small retail building that sits between 1755 Davie Street and 1155 Bidwell Street. Governments in British Columbia have a tendency to overpay for real estate, so it’ll be interesting to see how much the City of Richmond pays for Watermania if they do end up expropriating the property. BC Assessment values 14300 Entertainment Boulevard at $49,397,000. The assessed value is dated to July 1, 2025 and is a small decline from the previous assessment of $52,584,000. The rest of this story dives into Sun Commercial and $159 million in sales it made last year to KingSett Capital. Become a paid subscriber for all the details. Subscribe Sun Commercial Sun Commercial is based out of the City Square Shopping Centre at 555 W 12th Avenue in Vancouver, which it acquired in 2019 for $225 million, and also has an office located at 415 Yonge Street in Toronto.

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Oct 27 • 7:37 PM EDT • Entertainment • howardchai.substack.com
Election poses questions big and small for NY legislature

The possibilities in Albany range from subtle and symbolic— to seismic should favored Gov. Kathy Hochul not win her reelection bid.

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Oct 27 • 7:21 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
LeBron James’ Philadelphia Experiment Is Already Getting Complicated

LeBron James’ move to Philadelphia was supposed to give the 76ers another superstar capable of helping them compete for an NBA championship. However, just days into the 2026-27 season, the experiment is already facing an unexpected challenge. Philadelphia has started the season with plenty of excitement surrounding its new roster, but injuries and frontcourt concerns…

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Oct 27 • 7:15 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Idaho reports second influenza death, as health officials report early start to flu season

Idaho health officials reported the state’s second flu death in the 2026-27 influenza season. Both deaths were among seniors.

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Oct 27 • 7:15 PM EDT • Health • idahocapitalsun.com
Shaker grad leads Cortland men's soccer into SUNYAC tournament

Catching up with Section 2 graduates and Capital Region natives playing collegiate sports.

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Oct 27 • 7:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Rise of Palestinian parties in Knesset will redraw Israel’s political landscape

Exit polls indicate opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot will have to work with Arab-Israeli leaders to have a hope of governing

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Oct 27 • 6:48 PM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
E. coli outbreak leaves 3 SLO County kids in intensive care, Public Health says

The county is investigating five total cases that may be linked to a popular SLO County farm.

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Oct 27 • 6:41 PM EDT • Health • sanluisobispo.com
Grand jury refuses to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, AP sources say

It's the latest setback in the Justice Department's efforts to charge Trump's perceived adversaries.

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Oct 27 • 6:40 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Photos: Raiders host Make-A-Wish kids

Make-A-Wish kids Ryan, Eduardo, Cody and Chase had their wish fulfilled getting to watch practice and tour Intermountain Health Performance Center before going to Allegaint Stadium for the Raiders game against the Rams.

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Oct 27 • 6:32 PM EDT • Health • raiders.com
Player Availability Report: #MINvSKC

Player Availability Report is SportingKC.com’s look at the latest status updates around the team ahead of upcoming matches and is presented by Saint Luke’s. All details listed are from the league’s official Player Status Report that is submitted the day prior to the match. Sporting Kansas City hits the road

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Oct 27 • 5:51 PM EDT • Sports • sportingkc.com
Resident Evil Executive Producer Says the Series' Story Could End 'In the Next 10 Years'

In an interview with Yahoo Japan, executive producer Jun Takeuchi outlined Capcom’s plans for its flagship horror franchise, revealing that its encompassing narrative has a definite conclusion — and that end could come shockingly soon.

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Oct 27 • 5:49 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Kelly: A child’s introduction to sports shouldn’t include police

We should be ashamed of ourselves as a country if we can’t figure out how to nurture and develop a 3-year-old soccer protege

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Oct 27 • 4:56 PM EDT • Sports • miamiherald.com