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Downtown Annapolis business owners, residents upset over parking issues
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May 18 • 5:32 PM EDT • Business • cbsnews.com
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Elon Musk vows to appeal after losing his lawsuit against OpenAI

Elon Musk wrote on X that there was "no question" that Sam Altman and Greg Brockman "did in fact enrich themselves."

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May 18 • 5:29 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Inter Miami CF and Heron Sports & Entertainment to Join FIFA World Cup 26™ Celebration in Club’s Elite Facilities

Inter Miami CF and Heron Sports & Entertainment will join the FIFA World Cup 26™ festivities by hosting a series of special events across its world-class facilities - Nu Stadium, Inter Miami CF Stadium and the Florida Blue Training Center. Inter Miami CF’s world-class facilities will host four nations preparing

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May 18 • 5:28 PM EDT • Entertainment • intermiamicf.com
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Inter Miami CF and Heron Sports & Entertainment to Join FIFA World Cup 26™ Celebration in Club’s Elite Facilities

Inter Miami CF and Heron Sports & Entertainment will join the FIFA World Cup 26™ festivities by hosting a series of special events across its world-class facilities - Nu Stadium, Inter Miami CF Stadium and the Florida Blue Training Center. Inter Miami CF’s world-class facilities will host four nations preparing

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What we know about the 2026 Ebola outbreak as first American tests positive

The type of Ebolavirus causing the outbreak in DRC, called Bundibugyo, is less common than other types of Ebola. There are no vaccines or drugs available to treat it.

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May 18 • 5:16 PM EDT • Health • nbcnews.com
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Sporting KC Weekly Schedule: May 18-24, 2026

Sporting Kansas City II News: The official source for all SKC II news, photos, videos, highlights, and more.

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May 18 • 5:00 PM EDT • Sports • sportingkc.com
Which Rams players have most to gain during OTAs?

Puka Nacua headlines a group of Rams players entering OTAs with contracts, roster spots, and starting roles on the line

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May 18 • 4:50 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Inter Miami CF and Heron Sports & Entertainment to Join World Cup Celebration in Club’s Elite Facilities

Inter Miami CF and Heron Sports & Entertainment will join the FIFA World Cup 26™ festivities by hosting a series of special events across its world-class facilities - Nu Stadium, Inter Miami CF Stadium and the Florida Blue Training Center. Inter Miami CF’s top-notch facilities will accommodate four nations preparing

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May 18 • 4:07 PM EDT • Entertainment • intermiamicf.com
Inter Miami CF and Heron Sports & Entertainment to Join World Cup Celebration in Club’s Elite Facilities

Inter Miami CF and Heron Sports & Entertainment will join the FIFA World Cup 26™ festivities by hosting a series of special events across its world-class facilities - Nu Stadium, Inter Miami CF Stadium and the Florida Blue Training Center. Inter Miami CF’s top-notch facilities will accommodate four nations preparing

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‘Barefoot in the Park’ provides the laughs at Taproot Theatre

“Barefoot in the Park,” directed by Producing Artistic Director Karen Lund, is currently onstage at Taproot Theatre.

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May 18 • 4:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • yakimaherald.com
Sen. Dave McCormick asks Pennsylvania to embrace AI during Harrisburg luncheon

HARRISBURG — U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick wants Pennsylvania at the forefront of the artificial intelligence boom happening across the United States.

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May 18 • 4:00 PM EDT • Politics • lancasteronline.com
Innovating at the Speed of Business: Announcing the Customer Achievement Awards AMER 2026 Finalists

We are honored to celebrate these remarkable achievements and the trust our customers place in Cisco as their technology partner.

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May 18 • 3:38 PM EDT • Business • blogs.cisco.com
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Whoa! Netflix is Sending Narnia Heading to Theaters...What This Means for the Future of Film

(Welcome to the “Most Important Story of the Week”, my bi-weekly strategy column analyzing the most important (but often not buzziest) news story of the last two weeks. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. Please subscribe.) Here’s a funny thing about the debate over whether streamers should release their movies in theaters first: Both sides think the other side represents the “conventional wisdom”. If you’ve been reading me for any amount of time, or even just scanned my front page, you know I think movies make more money by having a robust theatrical window compared to going straight-to-streaming. I’ve published thousands of words on this topic. And for years, I felt like I was standing up to a wave of opposition. See, while the “put your films in theaters to make money” take was obvious at any point before 2019, post-streaming revolution, most of the trendy thinkers took the opposite point of view. Big names argued that Netflix putting their film straight-to-streaming (“S-to-S” from here on out) actually made more money. Netflix was “disrupting” theaters, just as they disrupted Blockbuster Video, and since innovation is always good, this too was a great idea. This thinking then leaked into the mainstream business outlets like the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg. I read many articles whose take boiled down to “Netflix makes tons of money from S-to-S releases” and “theaters were in structural decline” anyways. Covid-19 shutting down theaters and the 2023 strikes shutting down film production seemingly justified this point of view, as the box office struggled to return to 2017-2019 heights. Yet I’ve also read folks arguing the opposite point: the conventional wisdom says to put films in theaters! From some writers’ points of view, “everyone” actually agrees/agreed with my “send your films to theaters” take—especially the stodgy traditional studios—and folks still didn’t understand Netflix’s genius. I feel like, for the last two years, many people have argued this point as if it’s conventional wisdom. You know what? I may have been wrong. At this point, the “S-to-S strategy makes money” might be the minority viewpoint. Especially with the news this month that Netflix will put at least one film—Greta Gerwig’s Narnia film The Magician’s Nephew—in theaters in 2027 for a full 49-day run is big news. So that’s the story of the week, but I’ll also explain why they’re making this move now and why Netflix may not completely embrace theaters, along with other topics, like how I don’t buy Disney’s “super app” strategy, the latest good news out of the unions, my take on the latest attacks against free speech, and a whole lot more. Let’s get started. Subscribe Most Important Story of the Week - Netflix Goes to Theaters! Listen, I promise not to victory lap too hard today. As I just wrote, I’ve argued against sending films straight-to-streaming for—checks calendar—eight years now. Since 2018. Yikes. That’s a long time. And for years, others painted my thinking as “conventional” in that I was standing up for the status quo against trendy, cool disruption. And that’s not cool! But math is math, and I never could make the S-to-S numbers work. The only thing that ever enabled that model was Wall Street’s brief exuberance for it. It seems like the heads of Netflix now agree with me. (There were always rumors that former head of film for Netflix Scott Stuber argued internally for theatrical releases as well.) As they announced: “The Magician’s Nephew_—the first film in a Narnia series of films—will open on 12-Feb-2027, with a 49 day theatrical exclusive run.”_ I’m a little surprised at how little coverage this big change actually got. Credit to Bloomberg for leading with it and Matt Belloni’s The Town for highlighting it with the provocatively titled podcast “Hell Hath Frozen Over”. But after that? Instead of getting as much coverage as, say, the FCC’s latest egregious crackdown on free speech, this news story got crickets. But it’s massively more important for the future business of entertainment. So let’s start with the obvious question… Why Put Your Movies in Theaters? So…why should Netflix put (some!) of their movies in theaters? Well, I’ve already written that in a very, very, very long article from 2022: [ ](https://entertainment.substack.com/p/the-data-is-in-theatrical-films-massively) [ The Data Is In: Theatrical Films Massively Outperform Straight-To-Streaming Films ](https://entertainment.substack.com/p/the-data-is-in-theatrical-films-massively) Entertainment Strategy Guy · April 5, 2023 [ Read full story ](https://entertainment.substack.com/p/the-data-is-in-theatrical-films-massively) To summarize, theatrical runs make much more money, especially blockbusters, because they earn more money per viewing,1 and that helps boost home entertainment sales. Theatrical films also perform as well or better than the streaming-only films. Now, partially this is driven by increased marketing for said films, but said marketing ultimately boosts the awareness of the movies and drives improved streaming and library performance as well. Again, I’ve made this case after reviewing the economic models and streaming data for years. Just last week, Emily Horgan also made the case for kids films! Yes, it is probably conventional wisdom, but that’s also because it’s true! I’d also argue we’ve seen a lot of data in the various studios’ behavior. As I’ve noted before, the more a studio needs to make money, the likelier they are to put films in theaters. As such, Disney, Universal, Warner Bros., Paramount and Sony all send their major films to theaters. Even if they once made a big S-to-S push (*cough* Disney *cough*), they’ve since relented and returned to theaters. The tech companies don’t need to make money, per se, so it took them years to embrace theaters. Apple doesn’t need to make money because it doesn’t disclose their (likely) Quibi-sized losses each year. (They fear bad press more than losing money.) Amazon announced two years ago that they planned to make Amazon-MGM Studios/Prime Video profitable on its own, and guess what? Now they’re putting films in theaters. That leaves Netflix. They’re in between the “no need to make money at all” and the “desperately need to make money to offset linear TV declines”, so they had less pressure to put some films in theaters. Plus, for years, they were the sexy disruptor, and Wall Street rewarded them for that. (Honestly, they still do.) Yet, even Netflix likely saw the money they were leaving on the table (I’ve estimated it at an easy billion dollars before) so they changed their course. I heard one pundit argue that, because Netflix already makes so much money, they don’t need to make more money, which sort of goes against everything I’ve ever learned about business and economics. Again, to be super-nuanced, sending “films to theaters” does not mean EVERY film. TV movies have been a thing for decades. Lifetime films, Hallmark holiday films, Disney Channel Original Movies, and so on, don’t need theatrical runs. But films above a certain budget level (say $25 to 50 million) almost certainly need theaters to maximize their revenue. The Scenarios (with a Dose of Skepticism) Now time for some skepticism: it won’t surprise me at all if Netflix re-changes course. Specifically, Netflix announced that their Narnia film will go to theaters. And I’d bet anything we see KPop Demon Hunters 2: The Huntering2 also goes to theaters, cause it’s the surest hit outside of a Disney animated sequel right now. But how much does Netflix truly commit to theaters? They’ve already tried to emphasize that this is a one-off move. I see three broad scenarios:

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May 18 • 3:27 PM EDT • Entertainment • entertainment.substack.com
Fort McCoy holds April 2026 meeting of Safety & Occupational Health Advisory Council

Fort McCoy held a special meeting of the installation Safety and Occupational Health Advisory Council (SOHAC) on April 1, 2026, that included Fort McCoy...

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May 18 • 3:02 PM EDT • Health • army.mil
Murdaugh attorney SLAMMED after retrial ruling: ‘Bald-faced allegations of politics’

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson discusses the state Supreme Court’s ruling in the Alex Murdaugh retrial case and criticism of defense attorney Dick Harpootlian’s past Democratic political leanings.

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May 18 • 2:40 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
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Bill Belichick Shares Truth About Tom Brady's Evolution With Patriots

The New England Patriots had one of the greatest dynasties in NFL history with Tom Brady at quarterback and Bill Belichick as head coach.

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May 18 • 2:19 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
D4vd’s Arcane Song Is Disappearing From Streaming After Arrest

The ‘Remember Me’ singer has been accused of murdering a 14-year-old girl

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May 18 • 2:01 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
How scientists developed a hantavirus PCR test in a weekend Inside the race to develop a hantavirus PCR test

Researchers at the Nebraska Public Health Laboratory worked round the clock to develop a test for the Andes virus at the center of the deadly cruise ship outbreak

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May 18 • 1:45 PM EDT • Science • scientificamerican.com
NFL reportedly expected to hold 2028 draft in Minneapolis
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May 18 • 1:41 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Federal jury delivers verdict on Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI

A jury in federal court reached a verdict in Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI after Musk accused the maker of ChatGPT of violating its founding mission as a nonprofit.

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May 18 • 1:36 PM EDT • Business • foxbusiness.com
OpenAI and Sam Altman found not liable in Elon Musk trial verdict

A jury rendered its verdict in Elon Musk's trial against OpenAI and Sam Altman.

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May 18 • 1:32 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
North Idaho State Fair is less than 100 days away: Here is what you need to know
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May 18 • 1:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • krem.com
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Heart health screenings deliver lifesaving impact

Penn State Health helps bring heart health care to people who might not otherwise have access by offering free cardiovascular screenings at community organizations and events across central Pennsylvania.

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May 18 • 1:28 PM EDT • Health • psu.edu
Abortion Pill Lawsuit Leaves Trump Silent, and in a Political Bind

Louisiana wants the Food and Drug Administration to curtail access to the medication. Doing so could cost Republicans at the polls.

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May 18 • 1:27 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
The minister of health of the Dominican Republic assumed the presidency of the 79th World Health Assembly

Geneva, May 18, 2026 (PAHO) – Dr. Víctor Atallah, Minister of Health of the Dominican Republic, assumed the presidency of the 79th World Health Assembly (WHA79) this Monday, as the World Health Organization’s (WHO) highest decision-making body opened in Geneva.According to WHO rules of procedure, the presidency rotates among the Organization’s six regions. This year, the Region of the Americas is responsible for leading the Assembly. It is the first time that the Dominican Republic has assumed the presidency of the World Health Assembly.

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May 18 • 1:22 PM EDT • Health • paho.org
Nominations Open for Annual NJBIA-NJ Business Magazine's 'Awards for Excellence'

New Jersey Business Magazine is now accepting nominations for the 2026 Awards for Excellence competition, powered by NJBIA, which recognizes outstanding businesses and their leaders who have improved New Jersey’s economic climate and quality of life. Awards will be given for Executive of the Year, Outstanding Employer, Community Service and Excellence in Disability Inclusion. Winners will be[...]

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May 18 • 1:21 PM EDT • Business • insidernj.com
Teaching with food boosts preschoolers' science knowledge and vocabulary

Using food in the classroom can help preschoolers learn more about science and increase their vocabulary skills, according to new research from North Carolina State University and East Carolina University. ...

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May 18 • 1:20 PM EDT • Science • phys.org
Why accountable Warriors coach Steve Kerr aims to have comeback year next season

Steve Kerr was not pleased with his own coaching performance this season, and will look to be better moving forward.

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May 18 • 1:14 PM EDT • Sports • nbcsportsbayarea.com
Tom Brady gives commencement speech to Georgetown University business school graduates

Former Patriots quarterback Tom Brady urged the graduates to fight through adversity as he often did on the gridiron.

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May 18 • 12:49 PM EDT • Business • bostonglobe.com
What to know about the political chaos engulfing the UK's Labour Party and efforts to unseat Starmer

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer tried to strengthen his grip on office Monday, saying he was getting on with the job after taking blame for the Labour Party’s disastrous election results that have put his leadership in jeopardy.

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May 18 • 12:23 PM EDT • Politics • wral.com
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25 high-paying jobs that are projected to grow a lot

Software developers had a median annual pay of $135,980 in 2025, and employment was projected to increase by 267,700 from 2024 to 2034.

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May 18 • 12:15 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Apple Watch Ultra 4 Could Get Redesign and Blood Pressure Monitoring

The Apple Watch Ultra 4 could feature a complete redesign and blood pressure monitoring, according to DigiTimes. Apple will apparently add a new high blood pressure notification feature to the Apple Watch that uses the optical heart-rate sensor on the back of the device to analyze how blood vessels respond to each heartbeat, sending alerts when an abnormal pattern is detected. The feature is said to be under FDA review.

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May 18 • 12:08 PM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Aspiring actress travels across the world to pursue entertainment career
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May 18 • 11:58 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Public Health Law and Policy Experts Urge Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Reject the Latest Effort to Destabilize Childhood Vaccines | Milken Institute School of Public Health | The George Washington University

In comments filed on May 19th, a group of public health and administrative law scholars urged HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reject a petition seeking to dramatically expand the scope of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986.

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May 18 • 11:37 AM EDT • Health • publichealth.gwu.edu
The Impact of Proposed Changes to the HIPAA Security Rule for Business Associates

A final rule updating the HIPAA Security Rule is due for release as early as May 2026. According to HHS/OCR, the modifications to the Security Rule will The final rule implementing changes to the HIPAA Security Rule is due in May 2026. The final rule will have major implications for business associates of HIPAA-covered entities.

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May 18 • 11:27 AM EDT • Business • hipaajournal.com
Aaron Rodgers returns: Quarterback reunites with Mike McCarthy, signs with Steelers for 22nd season in NFL
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May 18 • 11:24 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Austin FC Parts Ways with Sporting Director Rodolfo Borrell and Head Coach Nico Estévez

Austin FC today announced that the Club has parted ways with Sporting Director Rodolfo Borrell and Head Coach Nico Estévez, effective immediately. The Club has begun searches for its next Sporting Director and Head Coach while implementing an interim leadership structure for Soccer Operations. Davy Arnaud has been appointed Interim

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May 18 • 11:10 AM EDT • Sports • austinfc.com
New 'Lanterns' trailer reveals Laura Linney casting, Nathan Fillion's Guy Gardner return

New 'Lanterns' trailer reveals Laura Linney casting and a first look at Nathan Fillion's Guy Gardner return.

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May 18 • 11:09 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Children’s Mental Health Visits Have Shot Up, Research Shows

Doctor’s visits for children’s anxiety rose by more than 250 percent over 10 years, according to a study of nearly two million children.

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May 18 • 11:01 AM EDT • Health • nytimes.com
Expert explains the science, safety, and legal landscape around mifepristone used in abortions, miscarriage care

The U.S. Supreme Court has preserved access to mifepristone—the medication used in the majority of abortions in the United States and in some miscarriage care—for now. The action maintains current rules ...

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May 18 • 11:00 AM EDT • Science • medicalxpress.com
Xbox Execs Congratulate Forza Horizon 6 Dev On 'Exceptionally Rare' Success

"Very proud of the teams..."

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May 18 • 11:00 AM EDT • Technology • purexbox.com
New MatterChat Model Helps AI to ‘See’ the Language of Science

From writing emails to generating computer code, much of the artificial intelligence prevalent in our daily lives has succeeded by mastering one domain: text. However, this leaves a major blind spot in the physical sciences, where models depend on the high-resolution, three-dimensional data of the physical world, like the intricate lattice of atoms in a crystal. Delivering on the promise of using AI for science requires teaching these data-driven text models to seamlessly “talk to” physics-based models. Now, a new AI framework from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), called MatterChat, solves this problem by creating a specialized “bridge.” It connects the conversational power of a Large Language Model (LLM) with a physics-based AI that models “interatomic potentials”: the complex physical forces between atoms. The resulting system already significantly outperforms general-purpose AI tools like GPT-4 at predicting material properties, and the team hopes it can accelerate scientific discovery by serving as a robust research partner that provides grounded insights and generates step-by-step instructions for synthesizing novel materials. A paper describing this work was recently published in Nature Machine Intelligence. “Traditional simulations can provide the physical rigor required for materials science, yet their computational cost remains prohibitive for high-throughput screening. Conversely, while LLMs excel at rapid knowledge synthesis, they inherently lack the ‘structural vision’ to interpret materials directly from their underlying atomic coordinates,” said Yingheng Tang, a postdoctoral researcher in Berkeley Lab’s Applied Math and Computational Research Division (AMCR) and lead author on the paper. “MatterChat was built to solve this dilemma, empowering LLMs with a structural ‘vision’ that allows researchers to leverage their full potential for solving complex, real-world materials challenges.” Empowering language models to solve complex challenges in materials science To build MatterChat, the Berkeley Lab team drew inspiration from technologies like Vision Question Answering (VQA) and Text-to-Image (T2I) generation. In these tasks, AI must translate high-level text concepts into visual images, or vice versa. Doing so requires developers to build tools that “bridge” two fundamentally different forms of data. The researchers adapted this concept to the physical sciences. With MatterChat, they created a “bridge model” that successfully connects an LLM’s general knowledge with the deep understanding of the atomic-scale world encoded in scientific interatomic potentials. Until now, researchers using LLMs to solve materials problems usually had to feed them raw data files as if they were just strings of text. It’s like asking an AI to understand a complex 3D engine based only on a parts list: the LLM can read the names, but it can’t “see” how the atoms fit together in space. MatterChat solves this by training a specialized AI bridge model, pre-trained on millions of crystal structures and an LLM, to align the LLM’s representation of the world with the interatomic potential’s representation of the world. The bridge model can translate physical insights into a format the LLM can actually understand. By giving the LLM these “scientific eyes”— a scientific “inductive bias” in the terminology of AI — the Berkeley Lab team has transformed it into a robust research tool capable of providing grounded scientific insights into complex materials challenges, such as predicting thermal stability or analyzing electronic band gaps. “We think of atoms as living in a physical space, but from a machine learning perspective, they are just vectors living in some very non-trivially structured manifold in a high-dimensional Euclidean space; and, of course, the same is true for the sentences and paragraphs that we use to express our ideas about those atoms,” said co-author Michael Mahoney, Berkeley Lab’s Scientific Data Division (SDD) AI Initiative Research Lead. “The bridge model basically gets those two structures to ‘talk with’ each other.” As a proof-of-concept of this general approach, the team trained their bridge model on a dataset curated by pairing nearly 143,000 stable atomic structures from the Materials Project with their corresponding physical properties. This training data was automatically assembled using the Materials Project’s API and deliberately enriched with properties fundamental to microelectronics design — like formation energy and bandgap — allowing MatterChat to learn the complex patterns connecting a material’s atomic blueprint to its functional performance. To validate their model, the researchers benchmarked MatterChat against a suite of other AI systems, from general-purpose LLMs to other specialized scientific AI methods. The results show that MatterChat consistently outperformed its competitors across a range of tasks. The model was more accurate in classifying material types and demonstrated superior precision in predicting numerical properties. For example, it excelled at predicting a material’s bandgap, a property critical for designing new electronics from high-capacity energy storage to next-generation computer chips. “Our design is significantly more efficient because we don’t have to build a massive AI model from the ground up,” said co-author Zhi (Jackie) Yao, a research scientist in Berkeley Lab’s AMCR. “Instead, we take two powerful, pre-trained models — a structural encoder for materials physics and an open-source LLM — and use them off-the-shelf. The only component we actually train is the lightweight ‘bridge model’ that translates between them. It’s the difference between building an entire car factory and simply designing a smart adapter that connects a world-class engine to a world-class navigation system. This approach is not only computationally efficient, but also makes the system modular, so we can easily upgrade components or adapt the bridge for other scientific domains in the future.” Crucially, this modular design highlights exactly how institutions like Berkeley Lab and the Department of Energy are carving out a highly valuable niche in the booming AI landscape. Rather than competing with Silicon Valley tech giants to build ever-larger language models from scratch, the lab is focusing on the specialized connective tissue that makes commercial AI useful for hardcore science. Because the bridge model approach underlying MatterChat is forward-compatible, it is perfectly positioned to leverage these parallel tracks of innovation. As Mahoney pointed out, “We expect that industry will continue to develop improved LLMs, and we expect domain scientists and facilities will continue to generate new data. An important part of scientific machine learning is not simply to solve problems on today’s data, but instead to develop general methods that will be forward-compatible with orders of magnitude more data, whether from scientific domains or from LLMs.” According to Yao, the MatterChat project, which was initially developed and enhanced with funding from a Berkeley Lab Laboratory Directed Research & Development (LDRD) Program, will now expand its capabilities. In a collaboration with Fermilab, MatterChat is already contributing to a U.S. Department of Energy Genesis Mission project — called Accelerating eXtreme Environment Specs-to-Silicon (AXESS) — that aims to speed up the development of next-generation, high-speed, radiation-hardened detectors for challenging particle physics experiments by using advanced 3D integrated circuits (chiplets) and AI-driven data analysis. In addition to the LDRD support, the team also credits supercomputing resources at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC), located at Berkeley Lab, with MatterChat’s success. “We are incredibly grateful to NERSC; this research simply would not have happened without access to the Perlmutter supercomputer through their AI for Science program,” said Tang. Wenbin Xu, a NERSC postdoctoral fellow at the time, was also a major co-author of the work, as was Benjamin Erichson, a research scientist in Berkeley Lab’s SDD, highlighting the benefits of AMCR-SDD collaboration on AI for science. ### Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is committed to groundbreaking research focused on discovery science and solutions for abundant and reliable energy supplies. The lab’s expertise spans materials, chemistry, physics, biology, earth and environmental science, mathematics, and computing. Researchers from around the world rely on the lab’s world-class scientific facilities for their own pioneering research. Founded in 1931 on the belief that the biggest problems are best addressed by teams, Berkeley Lab and its scientists have been recognized with 17 Nobel Prizes. Berkeley Lab is a multiprogram national laboratory managed by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science. DOE’s Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit energy.gov/science.

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May 18 • 11:00 AM EDT • Science • newscenter.lbl.gov
Galaxy Z Fold 8 and ‘Wide’ specs leak with alleged battery and camera upgrades

According to a new report, Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 will finally get some needed spec updates, including improved cameras...

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May 18 • 10:45 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Paul McCartney says Beatles classic unites audiences 'in Trump’s America' despite political divide

Paul McCartney says "Hey Jude" brings together Republicans and Democrats at his concerts, calling music valuable amid divisive American politics today.

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May 18 • 10:22 AM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Blocking New Medicare Home Health And Hospice Firms Won’t Stop Fraud

Barring new entrants will be good for existing firms that will avoid competition. But it hard to see how it will prevent fraud or benefit patients and their families.

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May 18 • 10:11 AM EDT • Health • forbes.com
Penn State Health unifies psychiatric and behavioral health services to expand access across central Pennsylvania

Penn State Health has consolidated all psychiatric and behavioral health services under a single identity, integrating former Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute inpatient and outpatient services to…

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May 18 • 10:03 AM EDT • Health • pennstatehealthnews.org
Dominion stock price pops on NextEra merger to create utility giant

Dominion Energy stock jumped on Monday after the company announced it's combining with NextEra Energy. The deal comes as power demand is surging in the US.

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May 18 • 10:01 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Hope review – non-stop gonzo alien battling is top-quality entertainment

Cannes film festival: Na Hong-jin’s melee of running, chasing and shouting at the angry invaders is uproarious fun, mixing digital work with old-school spectacle

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May 18 • 9:47 AM EDT • Entertainment • theguardian.com
K-State drops UCF series in regular-season finale

Kansas State baseball dropped its final regular season series at Central Florida, finishing the regular season with an overall record of 28-26 with an 11-19 Big 12 record.

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May 18 • 9:40 AM EDT • Sports • themercury.com
FVL, Kimberly teams lead spring high school sports rankings

Which softball, baseball and soccer teams are tops in the area? Check out our latest high school rankings.

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May 18 • 9:36 AM EDT • Sports • postcrescent.com
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Vikings Front Office Power Struggle & 2026 Schedule Traps

Vikings GM fit-in drama, 2026 schedule traps & AP Ring of Honor fight

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Most iconic barbecue restaurant in every state

From roadside shacks to barbecue institutions like Franklin Barbecue in Austin, here's the most iconic barbecue restaurant in every state.

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May 18 • 9:25 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs may have triggered a global fungal bloom

The asteroid that smacked into our planet about 66 million years ago at the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K/Pg) boundary may have been bad news for dinosaurs, but it was good news for fungi. According to new ...

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May 18 • 9:24 AM EDT • Science • sciencex.com
Into The Unwell delayed to 2027, no longer Early Access

Coffee Stain Publishing and developer She Was Such A Good Horse have delayed “whack ‘n’ slash” cooperative roguelite action game Into The Unwell from its previously planned …

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May 18 • 9:13 AM EDT • Technology • gematsu.com
Advancing medicine and science through values and mentorship: Mayo Clinic celebrates commencement in Arizona - Mayo Clinic News Network

Advancing medicine and science through values and mentorship: Mayo Clinic celebrates commencement in Arizona, May 2026

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May 18 • 9:13 AM EDT • Science • newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org
Trump drops lawsuit against IRS amid talks of establishing a $1.8 billion fund for allies

President Donald Trump is dropping his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, according to court documents, a signal that the administration is preparing to go forward with a plan to set up $1.8 billion fund that would compensate those who believe they were subject to unfair investigations under previous administrations.

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May 18 • 9:03 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Buttigieg rallies for Montana election initiative, stays mum on political plans

During an hour-long speech in a packed Mother Lode Theatre, Pete Buttigieg made a rousing plea to ban corporate money from Montana politics while repeatedly sidestepping talk of a 2028 presidential run. The 2020 Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. transportation secretary drew cheers from the audience of 1,200 in Butte as he suggested that special interests and corporate spending in campaigns had drowned out the concerns of average voters.

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May 18 • 9:00 AM EDT • Politics • montanafreepress.org
Why customers smash the dishes at this Florida business. ‘People needed this’

Christina Brown was stressed out in 2019. Her baby son Shawn died after birth.

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May 18 • 9:00 AM EDT • Business • yahoo.com
Why the Broncos don't let players wear these 6 jersey numbers

The Broncos only have three officially retired jersey numbers, but they also hold back three other numbers.

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May 18 • 8:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Better Business Bureau explains FCC router rule changes

Jo Ann Deal with the Better Business Bureau of Monroe talks about FCC router rule changes.

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May 18 • 8:27 AM EDT • Business • fox10tv.com
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May 18 • 8:26 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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⛳️ Y! Sports AM: Everybody loves Aaron

Aaron Rai outclassed the field to win the PGA Championship.

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May 18 • 8:20 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
How teaching the history of science can help equip students to face polarized times

If science teachers embrace history as a lens for teaching complex accounts of science, we open possibilities for more socially relevant classrooms.

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May 18 • 8:19 AM EDT • Science • theconversation.com
Vietnam’s DAO Music Entertainment strikes strategic partnership with The Orchard

Deal gives DAO Music Entertainment access to The Orchard’s global distribution network…

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May 18 • 8:12 AM EDT • Entertainment • musicbusinessworldwide.com
LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Early Access and Full Release Times Confirmed

Warner Bros. Games has confirmed the LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight early access and full release times globally. Here's when you'll be able to play in your timezone.

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May 18 • 8:10 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Sports Daily Live: Lineup decisions confuse Royals fans as struggles continue

The Royals salvaged a win in St. Louis to avoid a second consecutive but as struggles continue, lineup decisions have fans confused.

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May 18 • 8:01 AM EDT • Sports • kwch.com
ServiceNow Stock Has Been Battered By AI Disruption Worries. These Experts Think AI Will Actually Boost Its Business

ServiceNow shares rallied Monday after Bank of America analysts relaunched coverage of the enterprise software maker with a bullish rating.

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May 18 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • investopedia.com
Pomegranate vs. Grapefruit: Which Is Better for Antioxidants and Overall Health?

When it comes to antioxidant capacity, studies show that grapefruit has higher free radical-neutralizing power. However, pomegranate also provides powerful antioxidants.

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May 18 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • health.com
TNT Sports Expands Roland-Garros U.S. Coverage in 2026 with All-Day, Multi-Platform Presentation Across TNT, truTV, HBO Max & Bleacher Report

TNT Sports will build on the momentum of its landmark inaugural year at Roland-Garros with its most expansive and accessible coverage ever in 2026,

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May 18 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • press.wbd.com
Scientists Created a Subatomic Particle That Defies Our Understanding of Physics

The eta prime meson held together without one of the fundamental forces of the universe.

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May 18 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • popularmechanics.com
Sports Business Journal Announces the 2026 Best Sports Business Cities™ in the U.S.

Atlanta has been named the No. 1 Sports Business City in Sports Business Journal's annual rankings. The Best Sports Business Cities™ list highlights the top 50 cities for businesses operating in and around sports and influences strategic direction for sports business professionals across the United States.

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May 18 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • finance.yahoo.com
Sophie Cunningham has 3-word response to backlash

The Fever star fired back after the win on Sunday.

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May 18 • 7:59 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Prantl’s owner responds to health department consumer alert

Joe Cugliari, owner and president of Prantl’s Bakery, issued a statement following the Allegheny Health Department’s consumer alert regarding the bakery’s Walnut Street location in Shadyside. According to the department’s Thursday report, the bakery had a presence of rodent droppings on multiple surfaces, damaged exterior walls, soiled food equipment, old

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May 18 • 7:58 AM EDT • Health • triblive.com
Subnautica 2 Dev Gives Players Hope Amid the Game's First Hot Topic Following Launch

Fresh from its huge early access launch, underwater survival and crafting adventure game Subnautica 2 has sparked a significant debate among fans: to kill or not to kill the fish.

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May 18 • 7:37 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Boston Scientific invests $1.5 billion in MiRus with option to buy heart-valve business

U.S. medical device maker Boston Scientific said on Monday it has invested $1.5 billion in privately held ​MiRus LLC in return for a 34% equity ‌stake and potential access to the startup's heart-valve business.

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May 18 • 7:35 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy to Combine, Creating the World’s Largest Regulated Electric Utility Business and North America’s Premier Energy Infrastructure Platform Benefiting Customers

JUNO BEACH, Fla. & RICHMOND, Va., May 18, 2026--NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) and Dominion Energy, Inc. (NYSE: D) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to combine in an all-stock transaction.

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May 18 • 7:30 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
How Carle Illinois College of Medicine is changing the health care innovation ecosystem

Carle Illinois College of Medicine blends medicine, engineering and AI to speed health care innovation from concept to patient care.

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May 18 • 7:00 AM EDT • Health • chicagobusiness.com
Why Teams Don’t Just Lose—They Change

Today’s guest column is from professors John Cairney and Rick Burton. With spring here, we thought we’d look at what sports leaders can learn from fishing—or more accurately, from a particular fish, a glass wall and what happens when the environment thwarts an organization’s best attempts to reach a goal To borrow from behavioral science, …

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May 18 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
How Carle Illinois College of Medicine is changing the health care innovation ecosystem

Carle Illinois College of Medicine blends medicine, engineering and AI to speed health care innovation from concept to patient care.

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May 18 • 7:00 AM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com
Take-Two Boss Says Borderlands' Last-Minute Art Style Change Cost $50 Million, but Without It the Game Would Have Flopped

Borderlands’ well-documented 11th hour art style change cost Take-Two an extra $50 million in development costs and delayed the game by a year, but without it the now successful franchise would have flopped straight out the gate.

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May 18 • 6:39 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Final Fantasy VI AI Remake Wins Over Series Creator In 600K+ Viewed Video, but SaGa Veteran Begs Him To Stop

Hironobu Sakaguchi praises a Final Fantasy VI AI remake concept, but fans and developers do not agree with him

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May 18 • 6:35 AM EDT • Technology • wccftech.com
Gallery of Historic Entertainment Venues in Oxford, Valparaíso, and Osaka Reflect Growing Pressures on Cultural Infrastructure - 4

Image 4 of 6 from gallery of Historic Entertainment Venues in Oxford, Valparaíso, and Osaka Reflect Growing Pressures on Cultural Infrastructure. The Ultimate Picture Palace, Jeune Street, Oxford, England, 2020. Image © Motacilla via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

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May 18 • 6:06 AM EDT • Entertainment • archdaily.com
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Gallery of Historic Entertainment Venues in Oxford, Valparaíso, and Osaka Reflect Growing Pressures on Cultural Infrastructure - 1

Image 1 of 6 from gallery of Historic Entertainment Venues in Oxford, Valparaíso, and Osaka Reflect Growing Pressures on Cultural Infrastructure. Teatro Imperio, Valparaíso, 2023. Image © Carlos Figueroa Rojas via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

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US states reject anti-vaccine bills as public health groups fight MAHA

Dozens of state anti-vaccine bills backed by "Make America Healthy Again" supporters have failed after public health groups won over Republican state lawmakers, marking a series of defeats for the backers ​of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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May 18 • 6:06 AM EDT • Health • reuters.com
Disco Elysium’s spiritual successor can’t escape its phantoms

Zero Parades: For Dead Spies carries the ZA/UM name, but the studio has changed a lot since its previous hit.

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May 18 • 6:00 AM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Connecting care: How Meridian supports Michigan’s foster youth

Meridian’s foster care program helps Michigan youth access care, stability and everyday support during times of transition.

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May 18 • 6:00 AM EDT • Business • crainsdetroit.com
LGBTQ+ comedians are redefining roasts as an art form in West Hollywood

Gay comedian Andrew Stier wanted to foster a community of queer comics when he moved to L.A., so he made a comedy show. What he got was a growing production revealing queer people are meant to roast.

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May 18 • 6:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
Best Sports Business Cities: Methodology

Explore the Best Sports Business Cities methodology, powered by 540,000+ data points and 120+ executive insights, detailing rankings, event weighting, market definitions, and indexing factors.

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May 18 • 6:00 AM EDT • Business • sportsbusinessjournal.com
The Moral Dangers of Political Victory

In 1985, CT welcomed the successes of the Religious Right but also sounded a note of caution.

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May 18 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • christianitytoday.com
Galaxy S27 Ultra May Finally Address Battery Complaints, As A Design Change And Specifications Upgrade Are In Tow

Samsung could finally address the battery life concerns with the Galaxy S27 Ultra launch, as a new design and upgrade are expected to happen next year

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May 18 • 5:41 AM EDT • Technology • wccftech.com
I was laid off then founded a business with 27 AI agent employees

After being laid off from eBay, Linara Bozieva launched an AI-powered marketing agency which she runs with 27 custom AI agents.

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May 18 • 5:11 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Trump’s Approval Sinks Amid Unpopular War, Darkening G.O.P. Prospects

With the midterms nearing, President Trump’s approval rating has hit a second-term low as voters question his handling of the economy, according to the latest New York Times/Siena poll.

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May 18 • 5:02 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Patriots assistant coach participating in NFL accelerator program

Terrell Williams will be among 16 coaches participating in the revived program.

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May 18 • 5:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
How Termina selected and ranked the 2026 Seed 100, Seed 40 lists

Termina and Business Insider's Seed 100 list identifies top seed investors using data analysis, focusing on AI and investment success.

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May 18 • 5:00 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Inside the U’s baby science research lab, a look at how the world learns

The University of Minnesota Child Brain and Perception Lab explores how infants and toddlers make sense of the people around them. MPR News spent a day recently at the lab watching one of the “pilot babies” discover their world.

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May 18 • 5:00 AM EDT • Science • mprnews.org
Q&A: Georgia sports physician shares soccer safety tips before the World Cup

As World Cup excitement builds, Dr. R. Amadeus Mason shares tips to help recreational soccer players prevent injuries, train safely and stay healthy on the field.

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May 18 • 5:00 AM EDT • Sports • ajc.com
Europe’s poverty divide: Which cities and regions are most at risk?

The share of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion in Europe varies not only across countries but also across capital cities and regions. Euronews Business takes a closer look at these gaps.

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May 18 • 4:59 AM EDT • Business • euronews.com
Watch: Ligue 1 match abandoned after ultras storm the pitch

The Ligue 1 match between Nantes and Toulouse was abandoned after fans invaded the pitch and threw flares after just 22 minutes of play.

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May 18 • 4:21 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Pizza Hut faces lawsuit from franchisee over AI system

Pizza Hut's AI-powered Dragontail system led to $100M in lost business, a franchisee says in a lawsuit over delivery delays.

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May 18 • 4:11 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Alex Carera interview: How Tadej Pogacar’s agent has helped transform cycling’s contractual landscape

The Athletic spoke to the sport's super-agent, a man who has brought soccer-style deals to the WorldTour in recent seasons

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May 18 • 4:01 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com