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Horizon 1000: Advancing AI for primary healthcare

Together, with the Gates Foundation, we’re committing $50 million in funding and technology to help strengthen primary healthcare for 1,000 African clinics and their communities.

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Jan 20 • 2:00 PM EST • Health • openai.com
With Trump’s backing, Rep. Julia Letlow launches a primary challenge against Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy

Republican Rep. Julia Letlow has launched a run for US Senate in Louisiana, taking advantage of President Donald Trump’s endorsement to launch a primary battle against incumbent GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy, a source familiar with the matter said.

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Jan 20 • 10:23 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Pinterest adds new chief business and marketing officers

The C-suite shakeup comes as Pinterest repositions itself as a global AI-driven shopping destination, primarily for Gen-Z users.

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Jan 20 • 8:00 AM EST • Business • axios.com
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The Democrats’ 2028 calendar fight: 12 states apply for a spot at the front of the line

Democrats are kicking off the process of setting their 2028 presidential primary calendar this month, after 12 states submitted applications to lead the process.

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Jan 19 • 12:59 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
Elon Musk Spends $10 Million to Help Nate Morris in Kentucky Senate Race

Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, backed Nate Morris, a Republican businessman, in the primary race to succeed Senator Mitch McConnell in Kentucky.

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Jan 19 • 10:17 AM EST • Politics • nytimes.com
Lawmakers advance bill to dismantle Wyoming Business Council despite governor’s office objections

by Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile The Legislature’s primary budgeting arm haggled over and then passed a 58-page draft bill on Thursday to dismantle the

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Jan 19 • 8:44 AM EST • Business • oilcity.news
Lawmakers advance bill to dismantle Wyoming Business Council despite governor’s office objections

by Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile The Legislature’s primary budgeting arm haggled over and then passed a 58-page draft bill on Thursday to dismantle the

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Jan 19 • 8:44 AM EST • Business • capcity.news
Ubisoft Keeps Far Cry 3, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, and Far Cry Primal Alive on Current Gen Consoles With 60 FPS Support

Far Cry Primal, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, and Far Cry 3 — the 2012 instalment starring Michael Mando as Vaas Montenegro in what is arguably the best game in Ubisoft's first-person shooter series — is getting a 60fps update on current gen consoles.

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Jan 19 • 6:53 AM EST • Technology • ign.com
Madrid to host the Laureus World Sports Awards 2026

Many of the world’s greatest athletes will converge at the historic Cibeles Palace in the Spanish capital for the third consecutive year.

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Jan 19 • 4:37 AM EST • Sports • olympics.com
A community-codesigned LLM-powered chatbot for primary care: a randomized controlled trial

Nature Health - A multimedia e-learning chatbot codesigned with community stakeholders increased health awareness in a randomized trial of 2,113 participants in urban and rural areas across 11...

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Jan 18 • 7:00 PM EST • Health • nature.com
Trump endorses possible primary challenger to Sen. Bill Cassidy in Louisiana

President Trump pledged to back GOP Rep. Julia Letlow if she launches a bid in the Louisiana Senate race.

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Jan 18 • 8:55 AM EST • Politics • cbsnews.com
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What is Hol+? Dr. Taz’s new holistic health hub explained

Learn how Hol+ blends functional, primary and lifestyle medicine to treat stress, hormone imbalance and metabolism for whole‑body wellness.

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Jan 18 • 8:30 AM EST • Health • usatoday.com
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Texas’ party primaries shape the state’s politics. So why do so few voters participate?

Historically, Texans mostly skip voting in primary elections. That fact changes everything about who ends up being elected – from their ideology to possibly even their party.

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Jan 18 • 7:00 AM EST • Politics • houstonpublicmedia.org
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Trump Backs a Potential Primary Challenger to Bill Cassidy, a G.O.P. Senator

The president urged Representative Julia Letlow of Louisiana to run against Mr. Cassidy, in a move that is likely to further complicate his relationship with Senate Republicans.

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Jan 18 • 12:01 AM EST • Politics • nytimes.com
Trump encourages Rep. Julia Letlow to primary Sen. Bill Cassidy

Letlow has previously said she hasn't decided if she would run for U.S. Senate in Louisiana.

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Jan 17 • 11:05 PM EST • Politics • nbcnews.com
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These Are the 12 States Vying to Kick Off Democrats’ 2028 Contest

There were a few surprises, and subtle regional digs, as Democratic state parties angled for early spots on the next presidential primary calendar. The New York Times reviewed their applications.

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Jan 17 • 10:43 PM EST • Politics • nytimes.com
Texas’ party primaries shape the state’s politics. So why do so few voters participate?

November’s elections may seem far away, but the 2026 midterms are very much in full swing. With Republicans and Democrats releasing ads targeting their opponents and asking for campaign donations.

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Jan 17 • 5:00 PM EST • Politics • dentonrc.com
Texas' party primaries shape the state's politics. So why do so few voters participate?

Historically, Texas voters mostly skip voting in primary elections. That fact changes everything about who ends up being elected – from their ideology to possibly even their party.

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Jan 17 • 4:29 PM EST • Politics • tpr.org
Joel Primack, Physicist Who Helped Explain the Cosmos, Dies at 80

A professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, he was a key contributor to a landmark paper that laid out how the universe came to look like it does today.

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Jan 17 • 9:57 AM EST • Science • nytimes.com
Frank Lago, Gloria Romero Roses lead Primary fundraising for empty HD 113 seat

Nearly 2 months after the vacancy popped up, the Governor still has called a Special Election.

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Jan 17 • 6:30 AM EST • Politics • floridapolitics.com
AI Attack Ad in Texas Senate Race Shows John Cornyn Dancing With Jasmine Crockett

A video from Ken Paxton, a Republican primary challenger to Senator John Cornyn of Texas, depicted A.I.-generated imagery of the senator twirling with Jasmine Crockett, a Democratic Senate candidate.

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Jan 16 • 7:29 PM EST • Politics • nytimes.com
Who's raising the most money in the wide open Wisconsin governor race?

U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany and Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley lead their primaries for governor in fundraising heading into 2026, new reports show.

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Jan 16 • 10:55 AM EST • Politics • jsonline.com
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Derby cabinetry business to relocate to Shelton after $2.3M building purchase

The owner of a cabinetry business has bought a 15,524-square-foot industrial building in Shelton for $2.3 million, according to land records, and plans to relocate the business from Derby. Cloud […]

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Jan 16 • 9:59 AM EST • Business • hartfordbusiness.com
New Texas poll finds Talarico leading Crockett by 9 points in Senate Democratic primary

Texas’ Senate Republican primary, meanwhile, looks headed for a runoff. The survey found U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in a dead heat against Attorney General Ken Paxton, with neither eclipsing 30%.

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Jan 16 • 9:45 AM EST • Politics • houstonpublicmedia.org
Texas’ party primaries shape the state’s politics. So why do so few voters participate?

Historically, Texas voters mostly skip voting in primary elections. That fact changes everything about who ends up being elected – from their ideology to possibly even their party.

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Jan 16 • 7:26 AM EST • Politics • texasstandard.org
Political battle brewing in North Texas: Both parties are pushing to remove candidates from March primary ballot
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Jan 15 • 6:47 PM EST • Politics • wfaa.com
Lawmakers move to defund Wyoming Business Council ahead of budget session

by Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile The primary budgeting arm of the Legislature voted Tuesday to defund the Wyoming Business Council, the state’s top economic development shop since 1998. Following a motion by Powell Republican Sen. Dan Laursen, the Joint Appropriations Committee agreed to zero out the council’s budget, leaving $2 million to administer existing loans. Though the […]

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Jan 15 • 9:05 AM EST • Business • county17.com
Lawmakers move to defund Wyoming Business Council ahead of budget session

by Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile The primary budgeting arm of the Legislature voted Tuesday to defund the Wyoming Business Council, the state’s top economic

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Jan 15 • 9:04 AM EST • Business • oilcity.news
Stakeholders contemplate demise of Wyoming Business Council

Though dissatisfaction with the agency has been brewing for years, Gov. Gordon says he'll fight to preserve the state's primary economic development shop.

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Jan 15 • 6:25 AM EST • Business • wyofile.com
David Jolly holds narrow edge over Jerry Demings in latest poll of Democratic Governor Primary

A Mason-Dixon poll shows him with an edge, but it falls within the margin of error.

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Jan 15 • 5:00 AM EST • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Sunday early voting curtailed for some counties in March primaries

At a meeting Tuesday, Jan. 13, the N.C. State Board of Elections adopted early voting plans for 12 counties, but not without public opposition.

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Jan 14 • 4:28 PM EST • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
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Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado visits Rochester diner to listen to talk with voters

Delgado is challenging Kathy Hochul in the Democratic primary for governor.

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Jan 14 • 3:21 PM EST • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
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KY Politics Insider: Rogers endorsed by opponent’s mentor & Rand Paul on Rogan

Also in the Insider: An early look at US Senate finances and why a primary opponent for Rep. Thomas Massie dropped out.

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Jan 14 • 5:00 AM EST • Politics • kentucky.com
‘Flawed,’ ‘inaccurate,’ ‘biased’: Influential Oregonians say state’s lawyers wrote shoddy explanations for proposed ballot measure

The biggest flaw, they say, is that the draft explanations completely omit the proposed measures' biggest impact: 1.1 million more Oregonians would be able to take part in government funded primary elections for the most important offices.

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Jan 13 • 5:39 PM EST • Politics • oregonlive.com
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Trump steps up pressure campaign to avoid rare Congress reprimand on war powers

President Donald Trump is working to tighten his grip on his party this week as he faces an unusual threat from Congress: an embarrassing rebuke of his military actions overseas.

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Jan 13 • 2:42 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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What most caused Packers' playoff demise? Here's what readers said

We polled readers to find out what they primarily blamed for the Packers' early exit, and here's what they told us.

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Jan 13 • 12:29 PM EST • Sports • jsonline.com
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Scientists Develop Spray-On Powder That Instantly Seals Life-Threatening Wounds

KAIST scientists have created a fast-acting, stable powder hemostat that stops bleeding in one second and could significantly improve survival in combat and emergency medicine. Severe blood loss remains the primary cause of death from combat injuries. To address this challenge, a research team at

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Jan 13 • 8:26 AM EST • Science • scitechdaily.com
Judge rejects fired Rockstar staff's request for interim relief

The employment tribunal found it unlikely that workers were primarily fired for their union activity

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Jan 13 • 7:20 AM EST • Technology • gamesindustry.biz
OpenAI acquires health-care technology startup Torch

Torch CEO Ilya Abyzov previously co-founded Forward, a direct-to-consumer primary care business that did patient visits with tech-enabled "CarePods."

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Jan 12 • 4:35 PM EST • Health • cnbc.com
What questions do you have for Illinois political candidates this primary election season?

Our journalists will pose some of your questions to the people running for office in 2026.

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Jan 12 • 4:30 PM EST • Politics • chicago.suntimes.com
Local nonprofit health center launches flat-rate membership program

A new direct primary care membership program has launched at Elevated Community Health, adding more options for health care to local mountain communities. This innovative model, called Elevated Essentials, offers the opportunity to pay a...

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Jan 12 • 3:48 PM EST • Health • summitdaily.com
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AI Pushback: Governments Eye Action on Political Ads, Deepfakes

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to ban AI-generated images from state politics. Canada may restrict “deepfakes” after the uproar over Grok “undressing” photos. New Jersey restricts phone use in schools. Vermont beer-makers are struggling. As we mention here regularly, Decision Points primarily ...

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Jan 12 • 2:39 PM EST • Politics • usnews.com
Legend Biotech Highlights Recent Business Updates at 44th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

Exceeded 10,000 patients treated to date with CARVYKTI® (ciltacabtagene autoleucel; cilta-cel)Increased CARVYKTI® manufacturing capacity with the physical expansion of the Raritan facility, now the largest cell therapy manufacturing facility in the U.S.Profitability expected in 2026, driven by continued CARVYKTI® revenue growth and operating margin expansion Treated first patient with in vivo pipeline candidate in investigator-initiated trial Preclinical data from primates provided early validat

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Jan 12 • 8:00 AM EST • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Galaxy S27 Ultra camera details surface for the first time

The Galaxy S27 Ultra will reportedly bring an upgrade to the primary camera by using a newer ISOCELL sensor with newer technologies.

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Jan 12 • 1:01 AM EST • Technology • sammobile.com
Trump threatened GOP senators who voted for War Powers resolution in 'angry' calls

After the vote, Trump threatened the senators with primary challenges, according to people with knowledge of the calls.

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Jan 11 • 4:57 PM EST • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Monkey business: Multiple primates on the loose in St. Louis park

It is not clear where the monkeys came from, officials said.

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Jan 10 • 1:30 PM EST • Business • nbcnews.com
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CNN’s guide to the most important elections of 2026

This year’s midterms will serve as a referendum on the first two years of President Donald Trump’s second term and will shape his final two years in office.

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Jan 9 • 5:01 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Your next primary care doctor could be online only, accessed through an AI tool

The shortage of primary care doctors is a national problem. To cope, a large health system in Massachusetts is using an AI tool to screen patients and refer them to other care.

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Jan 9 • 5:00 AM EST • Technology • npr.org
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Your next primary care doctor could be online only, accessed through an AI tool

The shortage of primary care doctors is a national problem. To cope, a large health system in Massachusetts is using an AI tool to screen patients and refer them to other care.

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Jan 9 • 5:00 AM EST • Health • npr.org
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Paul Miller: Will 2026 be the year Illinois GOP primary voters learn politics?

Republicans will continue to be powerless in Illinois until they can win in the Chicago suburbs.

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Jan 8 • 6:00 AM EST • Politics • chicagotribune.com
How Venezuela Is Already Rattling Republican Thomas Massie’s Primary Race

Most Republicans are on board with Trump’s aggression. Not Thomas Massie.

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Jan 7 • 6:27 PM EST • Politics • nytimes.com
Campaigning under threat: How political violence is already shaping the next Democratic primary

After a year in which the assassinations of Charlie Kirk and former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman were just among the highest-profile horrors, managing the fear of violence has become a central feature of political campaigns. That fear is part of the conversations many Democrats who could be competitors for the White House are having with each other, comparing notes and anxieties, according to several people familiar with the conversations who spoke on condition of anonymity.

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Jan 7 • 6:01 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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George Conway, critical of Trump, enters crowded Democratic House primary

In an interview, the newly registered Democrat emphasized his opposition to the president, as he seeks to stand out in a packed open race in New York.

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Jan 6 • 5:00 AM EST • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Military action in Venezuela emerges as an issue in a closely watched GOP primary in Kentucky

President Donald Trump’s military intervention in Venezuela has emerged as a flash point in a closely watched Republican primary campaign in Kentucky

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Jan 5 • 7:08 PM EST • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Gov. Josh Stein endorses Charlotte NC Rep. Carla Cunningham’s challenger

Cunningham will face two challengers in the Democratic primary March 3.

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Jan 5 • 11:32 AM EST • Politics • newsobserver.com
2026 sports calendar: A month-by-month guide to the biggest events of the year

The Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 takes centre stage in February, followed by other major events including the FIFA World Cup and Commonwealth Games

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Jan 5 • 4:00 AM EST • Sports • olympics.com
Perriello returns to politics, hoping to win the seat he once held in Congress

Democrats hoping to represent a Virginia district stretching from liberal Charlottesville to conservative Southside were preparing for what could have been an expensive and damaging primary. Now three candidates are out, and momentum is building for a man who has served in Congress before. Sandy Hausman has that story.

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Jan 2 • 3:29 PM EST • Politics • wvtf.org
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The Business Strategies That Make Walmart A Ghoul And Costco A Mensch

Superficially, Walmart Inc. and Costco Wholesale are very similar. Both are large, international, for-profit corporations whose primary activity centers around selling discounted goods to the public from enormous ”big box” stores that resemble...

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Jan 2 • 10:58 AM EST • Business • dailykos.com
Get up to speed on what you missed in NC politics over the holidays

We’ve got updates on property tax reform, lawsuits against the Trump administration, new challengers in Republican primaries and more.

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Jan 2 • 5:00 AM EST • Politics • newsobserver.com
Family pleads for release of ICE detainee as disabled son’s health declines

Maher Tarabishi's family has been fighting to have him released from ICE custody on humanitarian grounds, calling him the primary caregiver for his disabled adult son.

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Jan 1 • 7:02 PM EST • Health • fox4news.com
Minimum wage increase brings mixed reactions from workers, business owners

PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) - The new year is here with a pay raise for minimum wage workers in California. The state's minimum wage has increased by 40 cents to $16.90 per hour. The annual increase is primarily due to a state law requiring annual adjustments for inflation, ensuring wages keep pace with the rising cost

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Jan 1 • 1:03 PM EST • Business • kesq.com
The Clown-Car Congressional Race That Could Show Where Democrats Are Heading

The crowded NY-12 primary is already full of competing visions for the party's future.

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Jan 1 • 10:00 AM EST • Politics • rollingstone.com
New Year opens signature-collection window for Maine political candidates

Party candidates running for federal, state and county offices will have to obtain a set number of signatures to qualify for the June primary elections. The thresholds vary by office and it will be easier to make the March 16 deadline for those who have built organizational and volunteer networks.

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Dec 31, 2025 • 9:00 AM EST • Politics • mainepublic.org
Youngsters learn about positive mental health in Independence

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio – Children at Independence Primary School enjoyed a special day focused on developing positive mental health.

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Dec 29, 2025 • 12:16 PM EST • Health • cleveland.com
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Business corridor in Jersey Shore town to get $960,000 makeover

The proposed improvements in Ventnor target a corridor that serves as a primary gateway for visitors into the city, according to the city’s statement on Monday.

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Dec 28, 2025 • 9:34 AM EST • Business • nj.com
Impact of Microplastic Exposure on Human Health: A Systematic Review of Mechanisms, Biomarkers, and Clinical Outcomes

Microplastics (≤5 mm) are increasingly recognized as pervasive environmental pollutants with potential implications for human health. Human exposure occurs primarily through ingestion and inhala...

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Dec 27, 2025 • 7:00 PM EST • Health • cureus.com
Memorial Health System welcomes Dr. Joan Allman to ranks

PARKERSBURG – Memorial Health System has welcomed longtime Mid-Ohio Valley provider Dr. Joan Allman, D.O., to the Department of Primary Care in Parkersburg. With over two decades of experience serving patients in the local community, Allman brings to Memorial Health System the compassion and skill that patients have come to know and trust while under […]

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Dec 26, 2025 • 7:00 PM EST • Health • newsandsentinel.com
Google Now Allows Users to Change Your @gmail.com Email Address

For years, one of the most persistent frustrations for Google users has been the inability to alter their primary email address without creating an entirely new account.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 12:46 PM EST • Technology • cybersecuritynews.com
Black men's mental health explored in Pulitzer-winning Detroit Rep play

Through the power of friendship, we are able to see the power in ourselves. This is the message of playwright Eboni Booth’s lovely “Primary Trust.”

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Dec 25, 2025 • 6:03 AM EST • Health • freep.com
Texas comptroller GOP primary attracts big money from donors with business before the agency

One candidate received about $1 million within an eight-day span from the head of a Dallas tax firm — and 72 of his employees — that helps corporations secure tax breaks under comptroller-run programs.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 6:00 AM EST • Business • ksat.com
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Georgia health officials map out $1.4 billion plan for new federal rural health funds

State officials have introduced a $1.4 billion plan to improve rural health outcomes over the next five years under the federal Rural Health Transformation Program created as part of this summer’s budget reconciliation bill. In a 96-page application, officials from the state’s Department of Community Health requested funds to improve access to primary and specialty […]

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Dec 24, 2025 • 5:00 AM EST • Health • georgiarecorder.com
New reactor produces clean energy and carbon nanotubes from natural gas

Scientists from the University of Cambridge have developed a new reactor that converts natural gas (a common energy source primarily composed of methane) into two highly valuable resources: clean hydrogen ...

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Dec 23, 2025 • 1:03 PM EST • Technology • phys.org
UW Medicine program helps primary care providers treat mental health

A new UW Medicine program helps train primary care providers like doctors and nurse practitioners to help with patients' mental health needs.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 9:00 AM EST • Health • seattletimes.com
Family nurse practitioner offers membership health care services

Hayden resident Brandon Lehman said the Love Wellness Ltd. subscription medical model of direct primary care that includes unlimited visits for a monthly membership fee is a good fit for his needs and is “efficient...

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Dec 23, 2025 • 7:55 AM EST • Health • steamboatpilot.com
The disunity of science is a feature, not a bug

Mathematical models wield miraculous power, but mistaking them for reality has trapped science in a destructive quest for a “Theory of Everything.” Physicist and philosopher Ragner Fjelland argues that this leads to bloated, Frankenstein theories kept alive by clumsy, ad-hoc amendments, which reduce rather than boost science’s power. Fjelland calls for a radical shift in our attitude: we must reorientate towards creating entirely new theories, celebrating rather than lamenting disunity and diversity in science. Science, from the scientific revolution in the seventeenth century to the present day, has more or less developed in a “reductionist” way. The fundamental assumption is that all sciences may be ordered in a hierarchy that can be represented as an upside-down pyramid. At the top we find the human sciences, and at the bottom physics. Strong (or “ontological”) reductionism maintains that all theories at one level can be completely reduced to the lower level, all the way down to theories of atoms and elementary particles, or whatever is “at the bottom.” In the end, all diversity in the world can be unified in one fundamental theory. Hence it is called a final theory, or a Theory of Everything.One of the central figures in developing the idea of a Theory of Everything is the Dutch theoretical physicist Gerard 't Hooft, who received a Nobel Prize in physics in 1999 for his work. He emphasizes the non-empirical status of the theory:There exists no closely resembling alternative theory. This means that any slight change brought about in the rules would make the theory unlikely or inelegant. The theory will be a "package deal": take it, or leave it. This should hold both for the local laws and for the boundary conditions.This endeavor is not new. On the contrary, it goes all the way back to the birth of Western philosophy 2,500 years ago. The Babylonians made regular astronomical observations during a period of 600 years, from 747 BCE until 150 ACE. They developed mathematical techniques to predict astronomical phenomena, but they made no attempts at explaining them. However, the Greeks developed models, both material and theoretical, to explain the observed phenomena.The best example is Plato’s late dialogue Timaeus. Here he introduces a divine craftsman, the Demiurge, who has constructed the universe according to an original plan. Plato seems to have thought that the original plan is what is actually real, while the material world is merely an imperfect realization of it. He therefore does not, in the Timaeus, reconstruct the material universe, but the original plan, which can then be used to explain the material universe.Plato’s aim in producing a theoretical model is to reconstruct the original plan. That is what he carries out in Timaeus—and some modern physicists have embarked on the same project. For example, Einstein’s basic attitude is reflected in the title of Abraham Pais’ biography: “Subtle is the Lord...,” echoing Einstein’s comment, “Subtle is the Lord, but malicious He is not.” In an interview Einstein compared our situation to a child who enters a huge library. The child knows that someone has written the books, but he does not know the languages in which they are written. He suspects that there is a mysterious order, but he does not know what it is.___“We have all been working in what Husserl called the Galilean style; that is, we have all been making abstract mathematical models of the universe to which at least the physicists give a higher degree of reality than they accord the ordinary world of sensation.”Steven Weinberg, Nobel Prize in Physics (1979)___This Platonist view is contrary to a widespread impression of science, symbolized by the picture of the “father” of modern science, Galileo Galilei, with his telescope. According to this impression, Galileo liberated himself from the dominating metaphysics of his day—basically Aristotelian philosophy—and constructed a telescope that he directed towards the sky, showing that Jupiter has four moons. He also performed experiments with bronze balls rolling down inclined planes and found the law of freely falling bodies.However, in other cases Galileo emphasized the unreliability of our senses. It is easy to see why. He defended Copernicus’ heliocentric hypothesis. According to this hypothesis, we are not at rest at the center of the universe, but moving at a tremendous speed through space. Why don’t we observe this motion? Galileo praises Copernicus because “with reason as his guide he resolutely continued to affirm what sensible experience seemed to contradict.” In other places he directly refers to Plato. SUGGESTED VIEWING The quest for a final theory With Michio Kaku Galileo’s Platonism goes back to his early writings. In The Assayer, published as early as 1623, Galileo compared the universe to a grand book that is written in the language of mathematics, and “its characters are triangles, circles, and other geometric figures without which it is humanly impossible to understand a single word of it.” Therefore, things that cannot be described by mathematics—for example, colors, smells and odors—are not real. They are merely subjective.This division into subjective and objective, advocated by Galileo and his younger contemporary René Descartes, is normally associated with a mechanistic world view, which is regarded as the opposite of Platonism. When we reduce something to, for example, molecules and atoms, we move “downwards.” In contrast, the Platonist moves “upwards,” to abstract entities. However, it only shows that when we address fundamental questions, we should be careful in applying everyday spatial metaphors like “up” and “down.”___Nature is complex, and we cannot in general construct mathematical models that adequately describe the world.___The endeavor of finding a Theory of Everything has been heavily criticized. In 2006, the theoretical physicist Lee Smolin published “The Crisis in Fundamental Physics.” He argued that one of the most fundamental principles of science is that we should only regard theories as scientific if we have the possibility to show that they are false by experiments. Although he did not refer to Karl Popper, other critics have referred to Popper and argued that a theory is not scientific if it cannot be falsified (see for example Ellis & Silk 2014).These were not the first physicists to be anti-reductionists. In 1972, the journal Science published an article by the physicist Philip Anderson with the title “More Is Different.” This is the kind of article a scientist would normally write only after he has won a Nobel Prize. However, Anderson won the Nobel Prize for physics five years later, in 1977. The article is amazing, not primarily because it argues in favor of anti-reductionism in general, but because it argues for anti-reductionism within physics itself. Anderson’s conclusion was:At each stage entirely new laws, concepts, and generalizations are necessary, requiring inspiration and creativity to just as great a degree as in the previous one. Psychology is not applied biology, nor is biology applied chemistry.We may say that Plato started the “unity of science movement,” based on Euclidean geometry as the model of all knowledge. A distinguishing mark of geometry is that all possible constructions can be reduced to a few fundamental principles. We have to acknowledge that this approach has limitations. In general, we can easily model technological systems. In addition, we may construct simplified and idealized models that capture important aspects of systems, from various perspectives and for various purposes. But nature is complex, and we cannot in general construct mathematical models that adequately describe the world. In a complex system, each level has its distinct, emergent, properties that are characteristic of this level. Therefore, a complex system should be investigated at different levels and from different perspectives. Instead of exclusively pursuing a scientific ideal based on the unity of science, we should acknowledge the diversity—or even the disunity—of science.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • iai.tv
New trial at UC Davis Health shows promising results for rare liver disease

A new monoclonal antibody for a rare liver disease, primary sclerosing cholangitis, showed promising efficacy in a recent multicenter study led by UC Davis Health.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 7:00 PM EST • Health • health.ucdavis.edu
Pearl of the Week: Behavioral health integration pays off

Learn how integrating behavioral health into primary care improves access, outcomes, and value-based performance.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 1:00 PM EST • Health • ama-assn.org
Samsung releases One UI 8.5 Beta 2, but it's mostly bug fixes

Samsung just released One UI 8.5 Beta 2, but it's primarily full of bug fixes and some additional regional rollouts.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 12:05 PM EST • Technology • 9to5google.com
Spotify says ‘anti-copyright extremists’ scraped its library

This is not the Christmas present that Spotify would have been hoping for: a huge chunk of its metadata being released on filesharing.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 2:42 AM EST • Technology • musically.com
Rep. Moulton goes 'On the Record' about US Senate race, health care

U.S. Representative Seth Moulton joined "On the Record" to discuss his primary challenge against Sen. Ed Markey, the future of Affordable Care Act tax credits and more.

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Dec 21, 2025 • 11:30 AM EST • Health • wcvb.com
Trump endorses Bruce Blakeman in New York governor race after Elise Stefanik drops bid

Blakeman became Stefanik's first notable challenger after entering the primary earlier this month.

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Dec 20, 2025 • 11:11 PM EST • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Stefanik exits New York governor's race after Trump stays neutral and worries flare about a bitter primary
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Butler, Northwestern seek resume-building win in Indy Classic opener

Pairs of courtside seats for Saturday's Indy Classic doubleheader are going for as much as $1,400 on StubHub -- primarily due to the nightcap clash between No. 6 Purdue and No. 21 Auburn.

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Dec 19, 2025 • 10:29 PM EST • Sports • cbssports.com
Rep. Stefanik ends her campaign for New York governor, won't seek reelection to House

Stefanik, a Republican ally of President Donald Trump, said in a statement that she was confident of her chances in the primary against Bruce Blakeman, a Republican county official in New York City’s suburbs. But she said, “It is not an effective use of our time” to stay in the race.

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Dec 19, 2025 • 5:50 PM EST • Politics • pbs.org
Bitter fight over health care hits Democratic Senate primaries

One senator said Democrats' "next step is to stop tinkering with a broken system."

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Dec 19, 2025 • 4:47 PM EST • Health • axios.com
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Governor awards $20 million to expand rural primary care - 32 health care organizations to strengthen services statewide - Office of the Governor

SANTA FE — Thirty-two rural health care organizations will share $20 million in Rural Health Care Delivery Fund awards to expand primary care services across New Mexico. The fiscal year 2026 awards support projects that strengthen local health care capacity and improve access to coordinated, person-centered care in underserved areas — from tribal communities in […]

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Dec 19, 2025 • 1:53 PM EST • Health • governor.state.nm.us
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The Trevor Project Condemns Federal Government Efforts to Restrict Health Care for Transgender Youth

Your Support Saves LGBTQ+Youth's Lives Every DayDonateResearch shows that access to transition-related care is associated with significantly lower rates of […]

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Dec 18, 2025 • 11:25 AM EST • Health • thetrevorproject.org
Hot Springs gets 2nd $25,000 check from business for Helene recovery

For the second straight year, Dental Advocacy Group gifted Hot Springs $25,000, which will primarily be used to help repair 14 Hot Springs area homes.

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Dec 18, 2025 • 5:08 AM EST • Business • citizen-times.com
Insmed Provides Clinical and Business Update

Insmed Incorporated (Nasdaq:INSM), a people-first global biopharmaceutical company striving to deliver first- and best-in-class therapies to transform the lives of patients facing serious diseases, announced today that the Phase 2b BiRCh study of brensocatib in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyps (CRSsNP) did not meet its primary or secondary efficacy endpoints in either the 10 mg or 40 mg treatment arms. Brensocatib was well tolerated, with no new safety signals identified

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GOP seizes on Dem civil war as progressives jump into key 2026 Senate races: ‘They're in shambles’

Progressive Democrats enter competitive Senate primaries amid party divisions, with Rep. Jasmine Crockett's Texas campaign highlighting ideological rifts.

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Dec 17, 2025 • 2:20 PM EST • Politics • foxnews.com
Young Democrat launches primary challenge against U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson in Mississippi

A 33-year-old antitrust lawyer with ties to major Democratic politicians is challenging U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson to represent Mississippi's 2nd congressional district.

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Dec 17, 2025 • 1:09 PM EST • Politics • newsday.com
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Florida Realtors PAC throws its weight behind Bill Poteet in HD 82 GOP Primary

'He would be an outstanding addition to the Florida House of Representatives.'

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Dec 16, 2025 • 2:12 PM EST • Politics • floridapolitics.com
ECU Health Bertie Hospital recognized with 2025 Performance Leadership Award by The Chartis Center for Rural Health

Award recognizes high-quality care provided to community

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Dec 16, 2025 • 11:44 AM EST • Health • ecuhealth.org
Jane Goodall Earth medal to recognise people working to improve the world

Organisers of award in honour of late primatologist hope it will inspire and encourage people to take action

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Dec 16, 2025 • 10:00 AM EST • Science • theguardian.com
On Politics: Republicans are giving Kathy Hochul a re-election gift

It was already going to be hard for Elise Stefanik, the Republican congresswoman, to beat Gov. Kathy Hochul next year.Now she’ll have to contend with Bruce Blakeman, who recently announced his plans to run for governor and will, at the minimum, make life more difficult for her in the Republican primary. Stefanik has come out swinging against the Nassau County executive, attacking him as a perennial candidate who is too liberal for Republican primary voters.Stefanik should win. A large chunk of the GOP primary vote is concentrated north of the New York City suburbs, where she is strongest. She has the support of the state party chair, Ed Cox, and a wide array of politicians and local organizations. She is a loyal ally of Donald Trump and a frequent presence on cable TV.

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Why Dan Crenshaw, a celebrity in Congress, is fighting for his job

Redistricting has made Dan Crenshaw's district more conservative and teed up competitive challengers in the March 2026 primary.

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Dec 15, 2025 • 12:07 PM EST • Politics • houstonchronicle.com
How Jasmine Crockett, chaotic end to candidate filing period changed North Texas politics

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett's eleventh hour decision to run for Senate highlighted a chaotic end to the candidate filing period for the March 3 primaries. It...

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Dec 15, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Politics • dallasnews.com
Harris County Democratic Party reprimands Houston Mayor John Whitmire, withholds future endorsement

A progressive group pushed through a measure to bar Whitmire from receiving the party’s endorsement. It came nearly eight months after he attended a fundraiser for a Republican congressman.

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Dec 14, 2025 • 6:32 PM EST • Politics • houstonpublicmedia.org
Democrats want to win back Congress. First they need to weather their primary battles

At least a dozen US House Democrats are already facing primary challenges, as progressives seek to transform a party regaining its footing after 2024 by tapping into voters’ frustration with its leaders ahead of next year’s midterm elections.

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Trump targets Indiana GOP Senate leader after defeat of redistricting plan

President Trump said he hopes the top Republican in the Indiana state Senate loses his next primary after Indiana rejected a redistricting plan.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 9:56 PM EST • Politics • usatoday.com
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