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Week 1 inactives for Packers
Packers declare six players inactive for regular season opener
Week 1 inactives for Bengals
Bengals declare seven players inactive for regular season opener
Homeowners and businesses can now apply for disaster loans for Bug and Hawk fire losses
This comes after the Small Business Administration declared a disaster for Nevada yesterday.
Video Health officials declare the cyclosporiasis outbreak over
The parasite that sickened nearly 13,000 people in the U.S. was associated with contaminated lettuce and caused symptoms like diarrhea and nausea.
Matos wary of veteran Vardy as Swans host Clarets
Vitor Matos believes 39-year-old Jamie Vardy is still capable of making a mark in the Championship as the former England striker eyes a Burnley debut at Swansea City. Vardy is set to be named in the Clarets squad to visit the Swansea.com Stadium, having joined Burnley this week after departing Italian club Cremonese. "He is someone who understands how to score goals," said Matos, who is 14 months younger than Vardy.
The politics and possibilities of ‘AI could kill us all’
I found myself fielding a lot of questions from folks who don’t usually talk much about AI this week. They were mostly along the lines of “do you think AI is going to kill us all?” or “how worried should I be about this human extinction stuff?” Motivating this wave of existential anxiety was the highly dramatic resignation of now-former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon, who quit his job while publicly sharing his concerns about safety practices at the leading AI companies. More specifically, he declared that almost everyone at OpenAI and Anthropic, the leading AI labs, believes that there’s a decent chance the AI systems they’re producing could “kill us all” by the end of the decade, and the companies aren’t “acting responsibly.” Other AI safety researchers, including those still employed at Anthropic and OpenAI, all confirmed that yes, Coxon is correct, they’re all worried that their company’s products might prove fatal for the entire human race as well. Two more AI employees quit and joined the chorus. Now, the warning shot has been covered everywhere from the Wall Street Journal to Fox News to WIRED to the Guardian. I understand why all this sounds scary, but my response to those who have asked, has generally been: No, you don’t need to worry that AI will kill go rogue and kill us all. But that does not mean we shouldn’t worry, period. Far from it. The companies building AI products are now among the wealthiest and most powerful entities in the world. And they very much are building enormous engines of mass surveillance, extraction, and automation. They can and have allowed their AI systems to carry out felony hacks of other companies, provided the government with autonomously generated kill lists, and sold enterprise technology to firms around the world that is explicitly intended to replace jobs. But “AI” has done these things not because they have all-powerful minds of their own but, ultimately, because people have programmed, calibrated, and directed them to. In other words, it’s not AI we need to worry the most about. It’s the people and corporations working to profit from and gain power by deploying it. The technology is sophisticated, sure, and, especially in cybersecurity contexts, potentially disruptive to plenty of existing systems. But if we want to stop this predatory, profiteering, and extractive form of AI—and it’s worth noting that at this point, most people do—we absolutely can. A quick note/plea: I can only do all of this with the support of readers like you, so if you find value in independent, critical tech journalism and analysis, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. I want to keep as much of this un-paywalled as absolutely possible, and I need your support to do so. Many thanks to all who continue to chip in, it’s very much appreciated. Onward. Subscribe First, some context: AI industry folks like Coxon have been discussing the prospect that AI will destroy humanity for years. Even before the beginning of the AI boom, many working in the industry, from the executive staff to the rank and file researchers, have obsessed over ‘x-risk’, or the possibility that AI will become sentient or semi-sentient and move one way or another to exterminate humanity. This is ostensibly why Elon Musk bankrolled OpenAI in the first place, and is the grounds for his lawsuit alleging OpenAI betrayed its charter by abandoning its nonprofit status to become a commercial enterprise. Many AI engineers and startup founders have calculated their own personal p(doom), or the probability that the tech product they are working on will initiate an actual humanity-extinguishing apocalypse. 10-25% p(doom)s are pretty common. (I wrote about a long weekend I spent among these folks at one of their top conferences here, to give you an idea of their ideas and belief systems.) Sam Altman himself drove the narrative of the imminent rise of a super-powerful AI, or artificial general intelligence, to prominence by declaring that the technology he was building posed an existential risk to humanity. This idea is in other words baked into the DNA of modern AI companies and into the products they engineer. It’s also why the industry is routinely accused, by myself and others, of “doom marketing,” ie, using such proclamations and framings to impart the sheer power of the technology behind your product onto investors, partners, consumers, and the state. Some ambient understanding of this tendency may have helped prevent the press from repeating the claim every time one of the x-risk folks made it over the years, including when they quit their jobs at AI companies while doing so. Yet Coxon’s AI x-risk alarm has broken containment, as they say, and has exposed the idea to the mainstream media once again. This has happened, I think, for a number of reasons. First, when AI CEOs were going around saying AI might kill everyone in 2023, their companies were well-capitalized, but not nearly to the extent they are today. They were more easily dismissed as eccentric geeks of the sort that Silicon Valley is supposed to produce. Now, not only do their products have much greater market saturation, but people are more aware of a) the often unethical ways the executives and companies comport themselves b) the other adverse impacts of AI that have already arrived, and c) the physical cost of building these systems, particularly when it comes to data centers. Finally, toss in the constant stream of headlines in 2026 about AI models going rogue or potentially upending the world’s infrastructure. [ ](https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/with-the-backlash-to-data-centers) [ With the backlash to data centers, Flock and AI glasses, a mass opposition to big tech is underway. Silicon Valley is in denial. ](https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/with-the-backlash-to-data-centers) Brian Merchant · Aug 27 [ Read full story ](https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/with-the-backlash-to-data-centers) As a result, general sentiment was already overwhelmingly skeptical of AI and its overlords, so the table was pretty well set for someone to come along and say ‘just a reminder, the companies that are building the product that promises to take your job and leave a data center in your neighborhood also think that it might exterminate the human race’ and get a strong reaction from the media and the public. The question is: Should we understand this stuff as hype, strategically fanned to feed already swelling valuations? Is it doom marketing? Genuine cause for alarm that the infrastructure that undergirds modern life is facing a novel threat vector? Or reason to be sincerely worried that AI companies are amassing too much power, and that their products are genuinely dangerous? The answer, I’m afraid, is “yes.” Let me try to untangle all of this a bit, because arguments over how to navigate this moment are extremely heated right now, as they are essentially arguments over how to approach the politics of AI at a moment where there may be a unique opening for action. Those sympathetic to AI alignment concerns and x risk arguments—which increasingly includes a faction on the left who want to shut down AI over safety concerns—argue that people who dismiss AI as all hype have their heads in the sand. Meanwhile, critics of the x-risk narrative—which I might note includes a cadre of investors and tech folks on the right, too—argue that it is hype and can be used to further inflate valuations or for pursuing regulatory capture. The challenge is that many feel that dismissing AI as just hype or purely marketing also diminishes the urgency of taking on the AI industry as the novel and threat to labor, civil society, and the public sphere it is; others that by accepting the industry’s own terms, we imbue it with undue power and enable it. But let’s be clear: Declarations that AI is so powerful it might end the world are a kind of marketing, and anyone who says otherwise is just as off base as those who say that’s all that it is. If you don’t think that these sub-trillion dollar companies have higher-ups who noticed that when their founders talked about super-powerful dangerous AI they got spikes in media interest and phone calls from investors, or that those founders didn’t notice that themselves, and lean into certain narratives to advantage their products, then I don’t know what to tell you. Not all marketing is a Pepsi ad campaign with a celebrity spokesperson. Yet confronting the AI industry should certainly be considered an urgent project. Do I share the x-riskers’ fear that out-of-control, super-intelligent AI agents might end the world? I do not. I’ve read a good deal of AI extinction literature over the last couple of years and I have not come across a credible, step-by-step documentation of how exactly AI might move from self-recursively improving AI to killing every single human on the planet. Most of what I’ve read seems predicated on a sort of reverse Ian Malcolmian logic: Eventually, it becomes smart enough and AI, uh, finds a way (to exterminate humanity). Are the AI companies also overstating and dramatizing what their products can do? Yes, pretty much all the time. They’re in a knife fight for market share and are trying to win customers and government contracts before their investors come knocking. And yet. They have concentrated enormous amounts of compute, have extensive data collection and surveillance capacities, have inserted themselves into the state in numerous capacities, including military kill chains, and they are being run by egomaniacal billionaires who are rushing to monopolize an entire new market. The way I think about their most recent frightening-seeming exploits is not as a “swarm of rogue AI agents building a new civilization” or whatever, but as corporations with a hitherto-unimaginable amount of compute at their disposal recklessly experimenting with automation programs, completely unafraid of any repercussions because we have been unwilling or unable to impose any on them. So I think we should welcome any newfound imperative to hold them accountable. I also think that ultimately, the AI critics, Pause AI folks, leftists, doomers, effective altruists, and, honestly, most of the public, want a lot of the same things: legitimate checks and limits on AI companies’ power, actual transparency into what the companies are doing, and for more of AI to be under public control. (Ultimately, a lot of what animates the x-risk fears are rooted in just that: a fear of losing control.) How we move towards all this, exactly, is the question of the day, and while there’s much to be argued over in terms of building a viable political platform to challenge the AI industry’s power, I do want to cast a vote against one particular approach. Not to pick on Chris here, as there are a lot of folks out there proposing stuff like this, and the policy ideas actually stem from AI safety groups. But not only would this be challenging to land politically (I can already hear the ‘China will beat us to AGI’ calls) and all but unworkable in practice, this approach is a) far too limiting, b) fails to address the current harms caused by AI and c) would likely only wind up serving Anthropic and OpenAI; it’s what regulatory capture looks like in action. Full model transparency is the floor for what should be on offer here. If these companies believe their products will kill us, the very least we deserve is to know how. It’s in the public interest. I would also argue we might get a lot of the way to stopping any currently envisioned robot apocalypse simply by forcing AI companies to assume liability, and to submit to the full brunt of the law. If Sam Altman were liable to be charged with a felony for approving the hack on Hugging Face1, if Google was forced to pay defamation fines each time it published a false and injurious AI Overviews, these companies might suddenly find cause to restrain their models’ output, and we might hear less about rogue AI. We would need to introduce new frameworks and available tools for tracking automated lawbreaking, to be sure, but I’d wager that little would frighten the AI companies more than actually being held accountable for what their products enable. To that end, Illinois has passed an AI liability law, which the industry fought tooth and nail, and Florida is considering one. The next steps would be towards moving AI under public control; again, it’s only reasonable, since everyone, not just AI insiders, should get a say over how a technology whose developers say might kill us is developed and deployed. Dismantling the whole industrial project as currently structured should be on the table, too, pending democratic input. But that’s for another post. For now, suffice to say that while I won’t be losing any sleep about an AI-enabled extinction event, Mr. Coxon and co. have given us an opportunity to underscore the urgency of the clear and present damage AI companies are doing, the extreme power they wield and the extent to which they hold themselves unaccountable, and the abundance of political capital there is out there for taking them on. Subscribe 1 Purely speculative! I do not know if he did or not.
Health officials declare end to largest cyclospora outbreak in history
The country’s largest outbreak of cyclospora illness has ended, federal health officials said Friday.
Health officials declare end to largest cyclospora outbreak in history
The country’s largest outbreak of cyclospora illness has ended, federal health officials said Friday.
Court rejects government's energy "emergency" that kept coal plant open
The Department of Energy declared an "emergency" when none existed.
US declares end of largest recorded cyclosporiasis outbreak
The US declares the end of the largest cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to contaminated iceberg lettuce from central Mexico, sickening over 12,000 people.
U.S. health officials declare an end to record-setting cyclospora outbreak
Health officials have declared the food poisoning outbreak over and said all recalled iceberg lettuce linked to it is off the market.
Record-setting cyclospora outbreak is over, U.S. health officials declare
U.S. officials declare an end to cyclospora outbreak; origin still unknown
Nearly 13,000 reported cyclospora cases were tied to the multistate outbreak, federal officials say
‘Politics worthy of our country’: Cox declares Charlie Kirk Day a year after the activist’s death
The first anniversary of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s shooting death in Orem is “Charlie Kirk Day” in Utah, Gov. Spencer Cox declared Thursday ahead of a memorial he is not expected to attend.
Ohio-based Clarence Health brings personalized health support to everyday life
Managing your health doesn’t stop when you leave the doctor’s office. Clarence Health helps people stay organized, prepare for medical visits and create personalized health plans, all in one place.
Entertainment District Around Akins Ford Arena Starts to Take Shape
Selling or leasing county-owned property around Akins Ford Arena has always been part of the plan for funding its construction, and the Athens-Clarke County Commission took another step toward that goal last week. The county is putting a parcel known as the Kelley Diversified tract on Willow Street up for sale. The old City of Athens bought the land and built a warehouse in 1970, and for a time it was used for vocational training. The unified government declared it surplus in 2007, but bids came in well below expectations, so it was never sold. However, since then the area between downtown and the North Oconee River has been built up, so the property could be more desirable to developers […]
AMID POLITICAL AD BOMBARDMENT, SAUSAGE DECLARES ITS CANDIDACY… FOR DINNER
As political advertising floods screens, phones and mailboxes ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, Johnsonville is entering the race for Dinner 2026 with a candidate of its own: Sausage. Backed by new research commissioned by Johnsonville suggesting Americans are overwhelmed by both politics and meal planning, Sausage is running on a core promise to simplify dinner decisions.
Key moments in the Lindsay Clancy case: the 911 call, mental health care, mistrial
The judge has declared a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial. After seven days of deliberating, the jurors failed to reach a verdict on whether she was criminally responsible for killing her three young children at her Massachusetts home. Judge William Sullivan declared the mistrial Friday. That came after jurors sent a note saying that they were “unable to come to a unanimous decision and will not be able to." The emotionally charged case has sharply divided many Americans and generated intense interest for over a month. It’s drawn attention to issues around maternal mental health after childbirth.
"This is super, super heavy" - Experts test Nvidia's divisive graphics-altering DLSS 5 tech and find it really does tank your game's frame-rate
Nvidia's new game-altering DLSS 5 technology takes a serious toll on a game's frame-rate, experts declare. So is it worth it?
Connor McDavid Teams Up With Maple Leafs Defenseman In Offseason
The Edmonton Oilers are essentially in “win now” mode considering that star captain Connor McDavid is entering the first of the two-year extension that he agreed to in October of last season.McDavid, regarded as the NHL’s top player and who has now lost twice in the Stanley Cup Final, has essentially declared that the Oilers […] The post Connor McDavid Teams Up With Maple Leafs Defenseman In Offseason appeared first on HEAVY.
🚨 Nearly 40, Jamie Vardy is back in England 🏴
Out of contract, Jamie Vardy has officially signed for Burnley until the end of the season.A signing full of experience and character for the Clarets, who have secured one of the most illustrious stri...
Gianni Infantino: FIFA president confirms he will stand for re-election in March
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has been under pressure to resign after trying to sell stakes in FIFA tournaments to private investors; however, he has confirmed he will stand for re-election in March 2027 as planned; opponents have until November 18 to declare their intention to stand
Lapeer nurses file federal labor charge against McLaren Health
The Michigan Nurses Association filed the unfair labor practice charge in late-August amid stalled contract talks.
OB-GYN on maternal mental health after mistrial declared in Lindsay Clancy case
Dr. La Tanya Hines, an OB-GYN with Kaiser Permanente, discusses postpartum psychosis and postpartum depression. This video was broadcast during the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026.
Key moments in the Lindsay Clancy case: the 911 call, mental health care, mistrial
The judge has declared a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial.
Key moments in the Lindsay Clancy case: the 911 call, mental health care, mistrial
The judge has declared a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial.
Key moments in the Lindsay Clancy case: the 911 call, mental health care, mistrial
The judge has declared a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial. After seven days of deliberating, the jurors failed to reach a verdict on whether she was criminally responsible
Key moments in the Lindsay Clancy case: the 911 call, mental health care, mistrial
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — A mistrial was declared in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial on Friday after jurors failed to reach a verdict on whether she was
Flemming feels 'pure excitement' for Liverpool game
New Ipswich signing Zian Flemming says he is feeling "joy and excitement" to experience the Premier League again with Ipswich Town. Flemming could make his debut for the Tractor Boys in Friday night's visit of Liverpool after his £20m move from Burnley on deadline day. The 28-year-old striker scored 11 league goals for the Clarets last season, but could not help them avoid relegation in what has been his only English top-flight campaign so far.
The Shadowy Powers that Trump Could Use to End American Democracy
Two Washington insiders are sounding the alarm about what could happen if Trump declares a national emergency and activates the top-secret Presidential Emergency Action Documents.
FIA declares heat hazard for F1's Italian GP in Monza
Italy's sixth heatwave of a stifling 2026 summer is set to affect this weekend's running of the Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix
'We need to return immediately,' flight crew warns as pilot health emergency unfolds
Crew declared a medical emergency involving a pilot.
'We need to return immediately,' flight crew warns as pilot health emergency unfolds
Crew declared a medical emergency involving a pilot.
'We need to return immediately,' flight crew warns as pilot health emergency unfolds
Crew declared a medical emergency involving a pilot.
'We need to return immediately,' flight crew warns as pilot health emergency unfolds
Air traffic control audio captured the urgent moment a Delta Air Lines crew declared a potential pilot incapacitation minutes after takeoff and asked to return to the airport.
Chaos reigns at Everton
As timelines go, turbulent doesn't really do justice to the final days of Everton's transfer window. First, Everton CEO Angus Kinnear declared in an interview with BBC Radio Merseyside on 18 August that the club were in a stable financial position heading towards the end of the transfer window. Two weeks later, and with just two days of the transfer window remaining, the club accepted a £40m bid from Nottingham Forest for highly rated academy graduate Harrison Armstrong, a move that collapsed following fan backlash.
FiveThirtyEight’s Podcast Hosts Reunite for a New Show
Nate Silver, Clare Malone and Galen Druke will host “Still Counting,” a nonpartisan politics show — on a decidedly partisan podcast network.
BUYcott Urges Elected Officials and Business Owners to 'Stand Up' to Task Force
Organizers said 48 businesses have publicly declared their opposition of the MSTF, by refusing search and service to agents.
Your loneliness is big business for these startups
People are isolated and looking for community. These companies are happy to sell it.
ESPN grades Falcons' trade for Bears DT Gervon Dexter
ESPN declares Falcons the winner of trade for Bears DT Gervon Dexter
Hindu nationalist leader spurs protests ahead of New York City speech
This week, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani publicly declared his opposition to the event.
Pomona to Host Symposium Examining African Politics and Global Relationships | Pomona College in Claremont, California
Through an early Center for Global Engagement (CGE) initiative, Professor Pierre Englebert’s “Africa After the End of History” symposium and course will examine how the rest of the world now interacts with African nations.
New Seattle Seahawks owner makes unexpected Pittsburgh Steelers admission
In a surprising turn of events, new Seattle Seahawks owner Vinod Khosla declared himself to be a fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers during the introductory press conference. Vinod and Neeru Khosla became the new majority owners of the Seattle Seahawks after the NFL approved their purchase of the team at a $9.
Students Get Inside Look at Health Care through PCIPs | Pomona College in Claremont, California
Here are four students who benefited from the Pomona College Internship Program (PCIP) this summer and gained hands-on career experience in healthcare-related fields, thanks to generous PCIP stipends for multiweek unpaid or low-paid internships.
F1 fans declare 'silly season now serious season' after Franco Colapinto deal
Franco Colapinto has secured a contract extension with Alpine for the 2027 Formula 1 season, prompting largely positive reactions from fans
Vaccination protections 'teetering' as state declares measles outbreaks in 3 counties
Despite Maryland’s relatively high measles vaccination rate statewide, those rates are slipping and varying coverage by county can leave community members exposed to potentially severe or deadly infection.
Ohio Rep. running for reelection comes face-to-face in court with the senator whose daughter he’s accused of abusing
The senior US senator from Ohio sat with his daughter on a wooden bench in the hallway of the Cuyahoga County courthouse Wednesday, awaiting their turn as a judge in the room next door considered other domestic relations cases, then waiting again as that same judge swiftly declared a break in their case.
Justice Clarence Thomas rejects idea that race determines political beliefs
Fox News host Will Cain discusses Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ comments on the idea that race should dictate political ideology during a podcast with Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on ‘The Will Cain Show.’
Justice Clarence Thomas rejects idea that race determines political beliefs
Fox News host Will Cain discusses Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ comments on the idea that race should dictate political ideology during a podcast with Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on ‘The Will Cain Show.’
Crooked Media Acquires Nate Silver's 'FiveThirtyEight Politics' Podcast, Which Is Being Renamed 'Still Counting'
Crooked Media announced a deal to acquire and revive the podcast "FiveThirtyEight Politics" hosted by Nate Silver, Clare Malone and Galen Druke, relaunching it as "Still Counting."
Health officials warn of 'unprecedented' blood shortage
NJ is one of many states now facing a lack of blood products. The NY Blood Center declared an “unprecedented” second blood emergency in July.
Staffing business operating out of Vegas, Reno helping displaced employees of Hawk Fire
A wildfire that started Saturday is still blazing, threatening Reno and forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate.Gov. Joe Lombardo has declared a state o
Maryland declares measles outbreak in 3 counties
The Maryland Department of Health has declared a measles outbreak in St. Mary’s, Carroll and Cecil counties, health officials said Monday. The health department said it is investigating 14 confirmed cases among unvaccinated Maryland residents and that most of the case contacts occurred within specific households. Measles is considered highly contagious and can be spread through the air when an…
Health officials declare 14 new measles cases and outbreaks in three counties
Measles outbreaks have been declared in St. Mary's, Carroll and Cecil counties, Maryland health officials announced.
Maryland reports 27 measles cases since July 15, all among unvaccinated residents
Maryland declared a measles outbreak in three counties after confirming 14 new cases, all involving unvaccinated residents. No public exposures were found.
Maryland Dept. of Health declares measles outbreak in three counties as cases rise to 31
The Maryland Department of Health has declared a measles outbreak in St. Mary’s, Carroll and Cecil counties after confirming 14 new cases among unvaccinated res
Maryland Department of Health declares measles outbreak in 3 counties with 14 new cases
The Maryland Department of Health is declaring an outbreak of measles in three counties.
Clarence Thomas rejects idea that race determines politics
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas recently joined Texas Sen. Ted Cruz to discuss race and politics in a rare interview. (Credit: Verdict with Ted Cruz via Youtube)
Clarence Thomas scorches racial litmus tests policing thought: ‘Stay Black and die’
Clarence Thomas compared restrictions on Black conservatives' viewpoints to racial segregation in a wide-ranging interview with Sen. Ted Cruz.
After prison release, Tina Peters takes her election conspiracy roadshow to Washington
Two months into her post-prison life, notorious election denier Tina Peters traveled to Washington for high-level meetings this week with Trump administration officials, pitching them on her sweeping plan to declare a national emergency and assert unprecedented federal control over elections before the November midterms.
Summer Internship Gives Ali Bennett ’27 Crash Course in Sports Analytics | Pomona College in Claremont, California
Mathematics major Ali Bennett ’27 was one of three students who completed a summer Pomona College Internship Program (PCIP) in an athletics field. Her apprenticeship with the San Francisco Seagulls Baseball Academy revealed a possible career path.
‘Please stay strong’: brother sends message to American deemed wrongfully detained in China
The brother of an American scholar detained in China welcomed the news Thursday that he was declared wrongfully detained, saying he hopes that it will help lead to his release.
Trump threatens 'unprecedented' economic consequences for any nation aiding Iran
Trump declared "economic warfare" against Iran, warning that any nation or business providing a financial lifeline to the regime will face severe, unprecedented sanctions.
What to know about the fake election poll numbers shared and retracted by a mysterious company
Locked in a competitive reelection race, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass declared on social media last week that a new poll was evidence that her campaign was “gaining momentum.”
Alexandria Declares Spooky Mad Science Expo Day
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Get ready for a celebration where science gets spooky, curiosity takes center stage, and learning becomes an adventure. The City of
Collectors Want A Stick-Shift, Lamborghini’s Boss Says That’s Exactly The Problem
Lamborghini's boss has ruled out a manual comeback even as McLaren and Ferrari race to bring three pedals back
McLaren McL 6GT Concept (2026)
McL 6GT name is inspired by McLaren's presence on track, as well as the foundations of McLaren's automotive journey. McL 6GT creates a direct link between these two realms...
Claressa Shields has everything – except the rival who could transform her sport
The American has proved again that she’s in a class of her own. But is that a good thing for her sport?
Blanche on whether DOJ will be independent: ‘I’m not going to pledge that’
The newly sworn-in attorney general rejected the idea of an independent Justice Deportment, lent support to Jeanine Pirro and declared the “anti-weaponization” fund “dead.”
Barcelona want Julián Álvarez to make his Atlético stance public
Barcelona are expecting Julián Álvarez to publicly declare his desire to leave Atlético Madrid now that the World Cup has concluded, according to SPORT. The report claims the Blaugrana have set Jul...
Shields eyes Price after dominant middleweight return
Claressa Shields makes a powerful return to middleweight, stopping Kaye Scott in the sixth round to reclaim the WBA and WBC titles in Atlanta.
Iran fires back at Trump's threat to declare Hormuz a US territory
An unnamed White House official clarified that Trump was joking
Kingdom Hearts Is a Billion-Dollar Franchise, Disney Declares Ahead of Hotly Anticipated D23 Panel
Kingdom Hearts is one of nine billion-dollar franchises Disney has under its video game banner.
McLaren's new supercar looks nothing like its other models - and it's got a manual
"Tactile, analogue and deeply mechanical": V8 tribute to Bruce McLaren enters production in 2028
McLaren's New Supercar Brings Back The Manual After 34 Years
The McL 6GT is just a concept, but it previews a manual production car for 2028.
McLaren Revives Manual in First Stick-Shift Supercar Since F1
Meet the McLaren McL 6GT. The company hasn't built anything like it in almost 35 years.
Sporting News ranks 1995 Nebraska as top team ever
Sporting News released its ranking of the 20 greatest college football teams since 1886. Nebraska's 1995 group was declared the greatest team.
Frontier flight declares medical emergency after 4 flight attendants develop headaches, nausea
Four Frontier Airlines flight attendants reported headaches and nausea on the Airbus A321 approaching Fort Lauderdale from Cleveland, prompting a medical emergency call.
DOJ Declares 3 Race-Based STEM Programs Unconstitutional
The programs received about $104 million in federal funds this past year.
'Look at me!' Justice fires back at critics who dare question his Blackness
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas reveals how Thomas Sowell's work freed him from isolation and gave him confidence to challenge Black political norms.
Ebola outbreak on track to be deadliest ever, WHO chief says
The outbreak, declared on 15 May, has caused more than 2,000 deaths, with thousands more reported cases.
NASA Completes Astronaut-Deployed Science Instrument for Lunar Surface
NASA has declared “wrenches down” on the first completed payload designed for Artemis astronauts to deploy on the Moon's surface. Engineers working on NASA’s
Congo says 2,000 people have died in its Ebola outbreak, the fastest growing on record
The grim toll comes nearly three months since the outbreak was declared on May 15.
Amber heat health alerts to kick in across England ahead of fifth summer heatwave
The alerts come a day after it was officially declared that there are now 11 regions in the country in drought
Congo's fast-moving Ebola outbreak started month before it was declared, WHO says
The World Health Organization says the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak started in February, months before it was officially declared in May.
Trump announces aide will soon step into White House counsel post
U.S. President Donald Trump declared in a Truth Social post that White House staff secretary Will Scharf will become White House Counsel.
HHS Secretary declares public health emergency for wildfires in Washington
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Aug. 7 declared a public health emergency for Washington state to address the impacts of ongoing wildfires.
WHO says Congo's Ebola outbreak started months before it was declared
The World Health Organization says the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak started in February, months before it was officially declared in May
WHO says Ebola outbreak in Congo started months earlier
The World Health Organization says the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo started in February, months before it was officially declared on May 15.
UK weather: More areas due to be declared in drought ahead of fifth heatwave this year
The National Drought Group - made up of regulators, government officials, water companies and agricultural bodies - is meeting later.
Joe Buck, Troy Aikman enter contract year at ESPN
The first hint came in April, when Joe Buck declared that he'd like to spend the rest of his career at ESPN — with the caveat that no talks had commenced on a contract that expires after the upcoming season.
Current and potential outbreaks to be aware of—and ready to talk about
Healthcare stakeholders of a certain age range will remember when the Centers for Disease Control declared measles dead and gone in the U.S. That was in 2000. The eradication was nice while it lasted, wasn’t it?
Lawsuit filed asking Wisconsin's sports betting law be declared unconstitutional
The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty filed the suit Wednesday, asking a judge to declare Wisconsin's sports betting law unconstitutional.
Trump can declare Iran victory now and withdraw troops, former counterterror official argues
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Chile declares health alert for hantavirus
The Chile Ministry of Health issued a Health Alert for hantavirus and other diseases, such as some arboviruses and avian influenza. This is the first time this measure has been taken and it will be in effect until July 31, 2027 and it extends from the Atacama region to the Magallanes region. “Hantavirus causes a disease that is endemic to Chile, transmitted by the long-tailed pygmy rice rat that lives in rural and semi-rural areas throughout almost the entire country. As a ministry, we are constantly monitoring its behavior and are very concerned and actively working because this year the virus's lethality has increased, and for this reason, we decided to declare this alert. As of last week, there were 46 confirmed cases and 18 deaths, representing a 39% lethality rate,” reported the Undersecretary of Public Health, Dr. Alejandra Pizarro. Cases have occurred in the regions of Valparaíso, Metropolitan, O'Higgins, Maule, Ñuble, Biobío, La Araucanía, Los Ríos, Los Lagos, and Aysén. By comparison, in 2025, there were 44 infections and eight deaths (18% case fatality rate). The health alert, which is preventative and prepared, will allow for the granting of extraordinary powers in the event of serious health emergencies to strengthen surveillance, ensure timely resource management, hire specialized personnel, implement health control measures, and expedite the acquisition of supplies through direct procurement. The alert does not imply that there is an ongoing epidemic or that the healthcare system is overwhelmed. Subscribe to Outbreak News TV on YouTube “Hantavirus is not exclusively a summer virus, as the long-tailed pygmy rice rat is present year-round. Therefore, we urge everyone to take extreme precautions: avoid touching rodents, ventilate homes before entering if they have been closed, clean unused spaces with water and bleach, and keep garbage covered and food stored away. Furthermore, it is crucial to be aware of the symptoms: fever, intense muscle pain, and difficulty breathing. If someone experiences these symptoms and has been in rural or semi-rural areas where the long-tailed pygmy rice rat may have been present, they should immediately go to a health center and inform the medical staff so that a hantavirus diagnosis can be considered promptly,” the official added. Since December 2025, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has maintained an epidemiological alert due to the rise in hantavirus cases throughout the Southern Cone, and that the Ministry of Health had an epidemiological alert in place since November of last year. Chile eliminates leprosy As mentioned above, the Health Alert decree also covers diseases transmitted by the Aedes aegypti, Aedes vexans, and Anopheles pseudopunctipennis mosquitoes, such as dengue and Zika, which, according to the alert, “have a high epidemic potential, which could generate high demand and overload for health facilities.” For these diseases, the alert is in effect from Arica to Los Ríos. The authority stressed that it is essential to prevent mosquitoes from breeding in stagnant water and to monitor any suspected cases of people arriving from abroad infected with any of these diseases, in order to prevent any of these vectors from biting a sick person and starting to spread the disease. In the case of avian influenza, the alert was extended to the entire country, because unlike other years, the disease has been concentrated in wild and farm birds, not in poultry farms, increasing the risk of exposure for people. Outbreak News Today is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe
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