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As tetanus vaccination rates decline, doctors worry about rising case numbers

The harrowing, deadly infection could make a comeback, especially in states vulnerable to climate-linked natural disasters, like Florida and Texas, an NBC News investigation finds.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 5:30 AM EST • Health • nbcnews.com
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From football to softball, the biggest Texas Tech sports stories of 2025

What a wild year 2025 was for Texas Tech athletics. Relive the best and biggest stories of what was a loaded year for the Red Raiders.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 5:03 AM EST • Sports • lubbockonline.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
What giving flu shots backstage taught me about public health

On or off Broadway, public health lives or dies at the level of ordinary, everyday interactions.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 4:30 AM EST • Health • statnews.com
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Two British anti-hate speech campaigners sanctioned by US state department

Imran Ahmed and Clare Melford among five Europeans hit with visa bans over claims they wish to ‘suppress American viewpoints they oppose’

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Dec 24, 2025 • 4:28 AM EST • Politics • theguardian.com
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As Colorado’s soon-to-be majority, independent voters will determine state’s political future

Colorado, and Coloradans, value independence. Now that we’ve flipped the page on a new election year calendar, we will soon discover just how much we value our Independents as well. Unaffiliated or, as they prefer to be known, “independent” voters already outnumber Democrats and Republicans combined in Colorado. Soon they will cross the 50% threshold […]

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Dec 24, 2025 • 2:35 AM EST • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
Golden Knights' Braeden Bowman: Registers two assists in win

Golden Knights' Braeden Bowman: Registers two assists in win

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Dec 24, 2025 • 2:04 AM EST • Sports • cbssports.com
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Mavericks' Anthony Davis: Drops 31 in win

Mavericks' Anthony Davis: Drops 31 in win

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Dec 24, 2025 • 1:24 AM EST • Sports • cbssports.com
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Jason Ayto interview: Brighton’s sporting director on Arsenal, Hurzeler, and January transfers

Brighton's new sporting director tells The Athletic about what he learnt at Arsenal and how he can bring that to the south coast

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Dec 24, 2025 • 12:10 AM EST • Sports • nytimes.com
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19 states and D.C. sue HHS over effort to ban transgender care for minors

The declaration issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services called treatments like puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgeries unsafe and ineffective for children and adolescents experiencing gender dysphoria.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 12:04 AM EST • Health • cbsnews.com
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Sapporo Holdings to sell real estate business for $2.6 billion to KKR-led consortium: NHK

The move is because Sapporo wants to concentrate management resources on its core beer business.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 11:42 PM EST • Business • cnbc.com
Ireland Contracting Nightly Sports Call: Dec. 23, 2025
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Dec 23, 2025 • 11:29 PM EST • Sports • cbsnews.com
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Google’s AI Pro plan gets a huge year-end discount

A last-minute 50% off

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Dec 23, 2025 • 11:11 PM EST • Technology • androidpolice.com
Full-length Replay: Big East Men's: Harvard at St. John's

The Harvard Crimsons play the St.John Red storms at the Queens for a non-conference showdown.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 10:50 PM EST • Sports • foxsports.com
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More than a third of states sue HHS over a move that could curtail youth gender-affirming care

Nineteen states and the District of Columbia have sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, its Secretary, Robert F.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 10:40 PM EST • Health • apnews.com
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Japan brewer Sapporo to sell real estate business to KKR-PAG group for $2.6 billion, NHK reports

Japan's Sapporo Holdings will sell its real estate business to an investor group made up of private equity firms KKR and PAG for more than 400 billion yen ($2.57 billion), public broadcaster NHK said on Wednesday.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 10:25 PM EST • Business • reuters.com
Provo's Ford's Locker meat processing business faces uncertain future after devastating fire

A fire at Ford's Locker in Provo has resulted in a complete loss, and owners ask for patience as they figure out next steps for the business.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 9:52 PM EST • Business • ksl.comhttps
Bart Story Dies: Veteran Entertainment Research Executive Was 63

Bart Story, a veteran entertainment research executive best known for his work at MarketCast and SAG-AFTRA, has died. He was 63. Story died on December 23, 2025, in Los Angeles from complications related to metastatic urothelial carcinoma. The executive spent more than three decades helping studios and streamers better understand audiences. Since 2003, he served …

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Dec 23, 2025 • 9:45 PM EST • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Felzkowski: Wisconsin can’t wait on Washington for health care reform

In an end-of-year interview, Felzkowski said states should “grab the bull by the horns,” when it comes to reforming the state’s medical system.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 9:25 PM EST • Health • wsaw.com
Hawaii vs. Cal prediction, odds, time: 2025 Hawaii Bowl picks from proven model

SportsLine's model reveals its Hawaii Rainbow Warriors vs. Cal Golden Bears best bets for the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl on Wednesday

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Dec 23, 2025 • 9:15 PM EST • Sports • cbssports.com
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Jeffrey Epstein's wills listed former bank CEOs and other Wall Street figures as possible estate executors

Jeffrey Epstein's wills named figures like Larry Summers and Jes Staley as possible executors, DOJ files show.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 8:25 PM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
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US signs health agreements with African nations, warns against nonperformance

The U.S. signed four new global health memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with Madagascar, Sierra Leone, Botswana, and Ethiopia, which total nearly $2.3 billion in funding, the State Department said on Tuesday.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 7:53 PM EST • Health • reuters.com
Advancing the America First Global Health Strategy Through Landmark Bilateral Global Health MOUs - United States Department of State

On December 22 and 23, the United States signed four additional new, landmark global health Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with Madagascar, Sierra Leone, Botswana, and Ethiopia, reinforcing U.S. leadership that delivers measurable results for the American people and puts America First by directly countering global infectious disease threats and reducing foreign dependence on U.S. taxpayers. […]

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Dec 23, 2025 • 7:49 PM EST • Health • state.gov
Full-length Replay: First Things First: OT

Nick Wright, Chris Broussard, Kevin Wildes and OT anchor Danny Parkins offer their opinions on the day’s biggest sports stories.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 7:42 PM EST • Sports • foxsports.com
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MSU defensive back announces plan to enter transfer portal

A Michigan State football defensive back announces he'll be entering the transfer portal

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Dec 23, 2025 • 7:24 PM EST • Sports • spartanswire.usatoday.com
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Public Health Informatics Specialist

📊 DATA MEETS PUBLIC HEALTH! 📊Northern Nevada Public Health is seeking a PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS SPECIALIST to turn data into life-saving insights! 💡 $78,936/yr + excellent benefits & NV PERS retirement! 📍 Reno, NV | Perfect for you if you have: Bachelor’s in computer science/data sciences and 2+ years health informatics experience; OR an equivalent combination of training and experience ✅ Skills in SQL, R, Python, Power BI desired | Ready to start the new year using your tech skills to improve public health outcomes? This role combines cutting-edge data analysis with meaningful community impact! 🚀 You’ll analyze health data, support disease surveillance, and help shape public health decisions that protect our community! 🌟👉 Apply now: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/washoecounty ⏰ Application Deadline: January 30! #HealthInformatics #HealthStatistics #DataScience #PublicHealth #WashoeCounty #TechJobs #RenoJobs

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Dec 23, 2025 • 7:15 PM EST • Health • washoelife.washoecounty.gov
Redacted Material in Some Epstein Files Is Easily Recovered

The ease of recovering information that was not properly redacted digitally suggests that at least some of the documents released by the Justice Department were hastily censored.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 7:10 PM EST • Politics • nytimes.com
Sitting out the $1.7 billion Powerball? Let these stats about just how unlikely winning is comfort you

The chances of winning the Powerball Grand Prize is much smaller than being struck by lightening, killed in a shark attack, or born on a Leap Day.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 7:05 PM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
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Statement on Health of President Jeffrey R. Holland

Statement on Health of President Jeffrey R. Holland, December 2025

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Dec 23, 2025 • 7:00 PM EST • Health • newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org
E&E News: The tough lesson US scientists learned from Trump

A yearlong assault on federal science programs taught researchers they can't always count on Washington to be a reliable partner.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 7:00 PM EST • Science • subscriber.politicopro.com
UT Southwestern to open DFW’s first state behavioral health hospital this summer

UT Southwestern Medical Center has been selected to operate the new Texas Behavioral Health Center – the first state acute care behavioral health hospital in the Dallas-Fort Worth area – announcing plans to care for its first patients this summer.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 7:00 PM EST • Health • utsouthwestern.edu
The Science (and Pseudoscience) of Everyday Life

Everyday life is full of small behaviors we treat as moral choices, scientific truths, or acts of civic virtue—often without much reflection. From abandoned shopping carts to climate guilt over pet ownership, from misplaced faith in statistical “significance” to misunderstandings of animal behavior, these examples reveal how intuition, habit, and oversimplified science shape what we believe.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 7:00 PM EST • Science • acsh.org
Packers’ QB situation still up in the air, but with positive signs

Plus other health updates as Ravens game approaches

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Dec 23, 2025 • 6:51 PM EST • Health • packers.com
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State Department imposes sanctions on former EU official, disinformation group leaders for ‘censorship’

The US State Department on Tuesday imposed visa sanctions on a former top European Union official and employees of organizations that combat disinformation for alleged censorship – sharply ratcheting up the Trump administration’s fight against European regulations that have impacted digital platforms, far-right politicians and Trump allies, including Elon Musk.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 6:38 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Nevada Upgrades Business Licensing via ‘Orion’

Work on the new portal began in 2023, with the next phase scheduled for 2026. Nevada joins other states in setting up such portals for a variety of tasks, including accessing services such as unemployment benefits.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 6:24 PM EST • Business • govtech.com
Paul Mauro on Gene Simmons' advice about politics: I didn’t see this coming

‘The Five’ discusses KISS rocker Gene Simmons’ message to Americans to stay out of other people’s politics.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 6:04 PM EST • Politics • foxnews.com
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See photos of sports fans dressed as the Grinch ahead of Christmas

Sports fans across the United States got into the holiday spirit by dressing as their favorite Dr. Seuss character.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 5:57 PM EST • Sports • usatoday.com
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Federal judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit against New York's 'Green Light Law'

The law allows the DMV to issue standard driver’s licenses to individuals without Social Security numbers and "regardless of their citizenship or lawful status in the United States."

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Dec 23, 2025 • 5:19 PM EST • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Rolling back health AI transparency rule will shift the burden of vetting to health systems

A proposal to deregulate AI products used in health care would shift the burden of vetting those tools onto health systems.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 5:17 PM EST • Health • statnews.com
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Advocates push for passage of Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act

Advocates with the National Breast Cancer Coalition hope Congress will move the bipartisan measure forward.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 5:08 PM EST • Politics • baynews9.com
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Heat's Terry Rozier files motion to dismiss charges in federal sports betting case

Rozier previously pleaded not guilty to wire fraud and money laundering charges

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Dec 23, 2025 • 4:47 PM EST • Sports • cbssports.com
Science funding was hit in 2025. What does that mean for the future? : Consider This from NPR

2025 was a hard year for science. The Trump administration upended federal funding for all kinds of scientific pursuits, slashing budgets across agencies like NASA, NIH and NOAA. NPR's Rob Stein and Katia Riddle spoke to scientists and officials who worry that those cuts could cause the United States to lose its competitive edge as a global hub for research and innovation, and steer future generations away from careers in science. For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Email us at considerthis@npr.org.This episode was produced by Michael Levitt, with audio engineering by Zo vanGinhoven. It was edited by Sarah Handel, Scott Hensley and Amina Khan. Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 4:27 PM EST • Science • npr.org
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I won $28 million in the Powerball when I was 21. One choice saved me from becoming a broke lottery winner.

Tim Schultz won the Powerball in 1999 as a 21-year-old gas station attendant. Here's what he thinks lottery winners should do — and his one regret.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 4:27 PM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
Logan Paul drops $5.3M on a Pokémon card, tells young investors to ditch the stock market

Logan Paul paid $5.3 million for a rare Pokémon card and believes young investors should consider alternatives to traditional stock market investing.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 4:21 PM EST • Business • foxbusiness.com
Scientists from UChicago, other institutions discover bizarre lemon-shaped planet orbiting neutron star
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Dec 23, 2025 • 3:43 PM EST • Science • cbsnews.com
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Fox News Politics Newsletter: Boasberg says Trump must provide due process to CECOT migrants

Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump administration, Capitol Hill and more Fox News politics content.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 3:06 PM EST • Politics • foxnews.com
<i>D CEO</i> Editors’ Picks: Our Favorite Business Stories of 2025

From investigative reports to surprising profiles of under-the-radar innovators, these are the stories that stood out in the past year.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 2:47 PM EST • Business • dmagazine.com
One big question: What was the biggest challenge of 2025 for Louisiana businesses?

We asked four experts from different corners of the state with different backgrounds: What was the single biggest challenge for business in 2025?

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Dec 23, 2025 • 2:00 PM EST • Business • nola.com
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The Trump Administration's big year in health tech

In this edition of STAT Health Tech: A look back at the big changes in health tech, and AstraZeneca joins wearables study with Lilly, Novo.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 1:59 PM EST • Health • statnews.com
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Minnesota's biggest sports stories of 2025: Walter Cup win, "Nine" and more
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Dec 23, 2025 • 1:58 PM EST • Sports • cbsnews.com
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Sports marketing veteran to join NMSU as first Executive-in-Residence

New Mexico State University’s College of Business will welcome its first Executive-in-Residence in spring 2026, bringing marketing veteran and former Aggie student-athlete John Cordova in for...

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Dec 23, 2025 • 1:24 PM EST • Sports • newsroom.nmsu.edu
49ers Players on Team's Mindset: 'Just Handle Business Each Week'

San Francisco 49ers QB Brock Purdy, TE George Kittle, RB Christian McCaffrey, T Trent Williams, and LB Dee Winters highlighted team chemistry, preparation, and the importance of staying focused as the 49ers look ahead to the playoffs.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 1:17 PM EST • Business • 49ers.com
DOJ Document Dump - Inside Politics with Dana Bash and Manu Raju - Podcast on CNN Podcasts
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Dec 23, 2025 • 1:14 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Meet the third-generation Louisiana gas station CEO who chairs trade group for $906B industry

Growing up in the 1990s in tiny Mansura, about 30 miles southeast of Alexandria, Annie Gauthier dreamed of becoming a historian and later toyed with the idea of law school.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 1:00 PM EST • Business • nola.com
Hochul will deliver 2026 State of the State address on Jan. 13 in Albany

She will give the speech at the Egg.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 12:45 PM EST • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Hochul will deliver 2026 State of the State address on Jan. 13 in Albany

She will give the speech at the Egg.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 12:45 PM EST • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Oklahoma City, fans across the state will never forget the year of sports in 2025

KOCO 5 Sports Director Bryan Keating replays some of the many major and championship sports moments from 2025 in Oklahoma City

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Dec 23, 2025 • 12:28 PM EST • Sports • koco.com
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Vermont high school sports scores, results, stats for Tuesday, Dec. 23

Vermont high school sports scores and results as reported to the Burlington Free Press sports department.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 12:01 PM EST • Sports • burlingtonfreepress.com
College football bowl and CFP picks, predictions: Legendary Vegas expert reveals best bets

SportsLine CFB expert Bruce Marshall reveals best bets for every College Football Playoff and bowl game

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Dec 23, 2025 • 11:56 AM EST • Sports • cbssports.com
The Thunder's chance at the NBA wins record appears to be slipping away

OKC (26-3) has lost two of three and has the hardest schedule remaining in the league

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Dec 23, 2025 • 11:55 AM EST • Sports • cbssports.com
Trump administration’s plan to shrink vaccine schedule sends health sector scrambling

The health sector is working to navigate what could be the most significant changes to the U.S. vaccine program in decades.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 11:28 AM EST • Health • statnews.com
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Wisconsin judge sends Slender Man attacker back to mental health institution after group home escape

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin woman who almost killed her sixth-grade classmate to please the fictional horror villain known as Slender Man was ordered back to a state psychiatric hospital Tuesday after she escaped from her group home last month.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 11:08 AM EST • Health • wral.com
Favorite 'Dogs: Back Browns to Push Steelers to the Brink

Pittsburgh might have the AFC North sewed up ahead of its Week 17 matchup, which is why Will Hill sees the Browns keeping it close.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 11:03 AM EST • Sports • foxsports.com
Christal Jordan gives the latest in entertainment headlines

Celebs are getting into the reality TV business, but it's all about helping others, and telling stories.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 11:02 AM EST • Entertainment • fox5atlanta.com
Inside Gaming: Strip operator extending discounts into 2026

Plus, Atlantic City casinos won more than $236.8 million from gamblers in November, a year-over-year increase of 5.7 percent, according to state regulatory data.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 11:00 AM EST • Business • reviewjournal.com
Sphere Entertainment: High Short Interest And A Promising Outlook (NYSE:SPHR)

Sphere Entertainment Co. (SPHR) is rated Hold, balancing strong immersive entertainment growth against high short interest and valuation concerns.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 10:55 AM EST • Entertainment • seekingalpha.com
A national grant expands faith and health education - News

A new grant is helping Missouri State faculty teach students how to recognize and respond to the influences of faith and spirituality in care settings.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 10:45 AM EST • Health • news.missouristate.edu
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Missouri sportsbook promos: Get nearly $3,000 in welcome bonuses with Missouri sports betting promo codes now

The best Missouri sportsbook promos are available now that sports betting is legal in the state. Get the latest Missouri sports betting promo codes and claim up to $3,000 in bonuses

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Dec 23, 2025 • 10:25 AM EST • Sports • cbssports.com
Michigan Matters: An anniversary at The Henry Ford, and looking back at politics in 2025
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Dec 23, 2025 • 10:18 AM EST • Politics • cbsnews.com
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FanDuel SN channels could be sold as broadcaster scrambles for funds

If a sale falls through, Main Street Sports Group could ultimately be shut down following the current NBA and NHL seasons.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 10:15 AM EST • Sports • nytimes.com
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College football transfer portal: Georgia's Kirby Smart sounds off ahead of CFP

Georgia coach Kirby Smart is no fan of college football's new 'announcement' era

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Dec 23, 2025 • 9:56 AM EST • Sports • cbssports.com
Michigan Matters looks back at politics in 2025
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Dec 23, 2025 • 9:08 AM EST • Politics • cbsnews.com
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This is what the ‘most attractive woman alive’ looks like, according to science | - The Times of India

Trending News: Discover the statistical profile of the 'most attractive woman alive' based on analysis of Maxim's Hot 100 lists from 2016 to 2025, identifying key traits and trends in modern beauty standards.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 9:08 AM EST • Science • timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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NFL Week 17 odds, lines, spreads: Picks, predictions, best bets today

SportsLine's model simulates every game 10,000 times and reveals its NFL picks today

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Dec 23, 2025 • 9:03 AM EST • Sports • cbssports.com
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Federal cuts and a race to replace McConnell. Here’s a look at top state politics stories in 2025

Kentucky Public Radio has covered a tumultuous year of federal cuts and shifts, the lawsuits challenging them, state governance and another hefty legislative session. Rediscover our top politics stories of 2025.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 9:00 AM EST • Politics • lpm.org
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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