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This year could produce the largest loss of Black political representation ever. Here’s why

The redistricting frenzy across Republican-controlled Southern states threatens to resurrect some of the gravest racial injustices in American political history.

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May 24 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Neglect as mental health care is more than a moral failure

Stories of people with Serious Mental Illness left untreated in county jails for months, waiting for a psychiatric bed are well known across KY.

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May 24 • 5:01 AM EDT • Health • courier-journal.com
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H.S. sports for Saturday, May 23

Scores and highlights from across the state

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May 23 • 11:30 PM EDT • Sports • wcax.com
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Welcome to the WNEP-TV YouTube channel. Here you'll find some great stories from across northeastern and central Pennsylvania, as well as, entertaining and informative original content. So if you want to stay in the loop with everything new on the WNEP-TV channel, don't forget to SUBSCRIBE and hit that NOTIFICATION BELL.

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3 Red Cross volunteers die of Ebola as number of cases rises in Uganda

The volunteers are thought to have contracted the virus during a humanitarian mission in DR Congo in March and are believed to be “among the first known victims of the outbreak.”

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May 23 • 6:29 PM EDT • Health • nbcnews.com
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Apple Preparing New 'Gen AI' Website Ahead of WWDC

Apple is readying the subdomain genai.apple.com, according to MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris, but it does not yet lead to a live web page. This comes a few weeks ahead of Apple's annual developers conference WWDC, where the company has promised to announce "AI advancements" across its software platforms. Apple's website already has an Apple Intelligence page, so it is unclear what the company's plans are for genai.apple.com at this time.

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May 23 • 5:41 PM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Business spotlight: Cookie business grows from family tradition to community favorite in Killeen

What started as a way to create family memories in the kitchen has grown into a recognizable local baking business with a loyal following across Central Texas.

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May 23 • 5:15 PM EDT • Business • kdhnews.com
WTAP+ | From 1 person to a full crew, roofing business helps families and homes across the Mid-Ohio Valley

In this episode, Stephanie Plant sits down with the owner of Rainstoppers Roofing in Marietta.

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May 23 • 1:30 PM EDT • Business • wtap.com
Zach’s Saturday Morning Sports Recap

A round up of the top local sports events happening across West Tennessee.

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May 23 • 1:10 PM EDT • Sports • wbbjtv.com
How a Pocatello business is helping eastern Idaho save water, 1 lawn at a time

Amid a water shortage and emergency drought in place across Idaho, a Pocatello business offers homeowners a way to water their lawn more efficiently and help conserve water.

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May 23 • 11:23 AM EDT • Business • ksl.com
+)!~^[*LIVE*] Hull City vs Middlesbrough Today Live Free Streams On Sport'sTvl May 23, 2026

Hull City vs Middlesbrough Today in a highly anticipated clash of the 2026.These rule changes are seen as part of Live League FootBAll ongoing efforts to evolve the game and maintain competitive integrity across formats.Pluto TV and All Men's Sports Network Forge Global Partnership to Launch a New FAST Channel and Media.

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May 23 • 10:57 AM EDT • Sports • www2.smsu.edu
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Intel's Latest Round Of Open-Source Projects Ended: OBS Studio Plugin, CVE Binary Tool & More

With Intel having been one of the most dominant open-source contributors for years across the software ecosystem, months after they began sunsetting various software projects no longer aligned with today's Intel, they continue formally sunsetting/archiving different open-source projects.

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May 23 • 10:15 AM EDT • Technology • phoronix.com
New business offers guided horseback rides across 1 of Lehigh Valley’s highest plateaus

The business, which opened this month, draws on more than 80 years of combined equine experience among its staff.

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May 23 • 10:00 AM EDT • Business • yahoo.com
New business offers guided horseback rides across 1 of Lehigh Valley’s highest plateaus

The business, which opened this month, draws on more than 80 years of combined equine experience among its staff.

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May 23 • 10:00 AM EDT • Business • lehighvalleylive.com
Fighting game notables are asked if they'd prefer Final Fantasy's Tifa Lockhart to join Street Fighter 6 or Tekken 8

Final Fantasy is beginning to see more notable crossovers into the fighting game genre. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate got Cloud Strife and Sephiroth while Tekken 7 would eventually guest star Noctis Lucis Caelum.Tekken 8 would continue the trend by ...

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May 23 • 9:43 AM EDT • Technology • eventhubs.com
New AI body map reveals obesity’s hidden attack on facial nerves

Scientists have created an AI-powered system that can scan and map an entire mouse body in extraordinary detail — and it just uncovered a surprising new effect of obesity. Beyond disrupting metabolism, obesity appears to damage facial sensory nerves linked to touch and sensation, while also triggering widespread inflammation across the body.

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May 23 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Black Women, Beauty Politics and the Power of Rage in 'Is God Is'

In one of the film’s most surreal scenes, the twins at the center of *Is God Is*—Racine, “the Rough One,” and Anaia, “the Quiet One”—pretend to be strippers for a room full of men. But while Racine is welcomed, Anaia is rejected because her scarred face disrupts the men’s fantasies. That moment crystallizes one of the film’s central questions: What happens when Black women refuse to shrink themselves for the comfort of others? In Aleshea Harris’ Gothic revenge thriller, ugliness becomes both a burden and a source of power, as the film transforms into a stereotype-busting meditation on misogynoir, beauty politics and righteous rage. As the twins travel cross-country seeking vengeance against the father who burned their mother alive, Harris layers the conventions of the revenge genre with distinctly Black feminist aesthetics. The film moves between absurd comedy, trap music, intimate sisterhood and brutal violence while interrogating the ways Black women are expected to manage their pain, suppress their anger and perform acceptability. Anaia’s scarred face and Racine’s consuming rage become mirrors of the same misogynoir that shapes Black women’s lives—whether through beauty standards, domestic violence or the demand to remain silent. What makes *Is God Is* so striking is its refusal to look away from the “ugly.” Harris insists that Black women marked by violence, scars and fury still deserve visibility, complexity and even divinity. The film embraces the “angry Black woman” and the “ugly” Black woman as figures worthy of space, power and humanity. In doing so, it expands the tradition of Black feminist filmmaking by asking viewers to confront the realities dominant culture would rather ignore—and to recognize the beauty, dignity and selfhood that exist beyond respectability.

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May 23 • 7:57 AM EDT • Politics • msmagazine.com
Diablo 2 Season 14 brings WASD support and Warlock nerfs designed to enhance "mechanical awkwardness"

The new Diablo 2 Resurrected update makes major Warlock balance changes across the Season 14 patch notes, and WASD support is finally here.

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May 23 • 7:54 AM EDT • Technology • pcgamesn.com
North Korean side wins final in South Korea

North Korean team Naegohyang, who made history by crossing the border into South Korea, win the Asian Women's Champions League final.

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May 23 • 6:52 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Bond breakout? Big effects of bad data. Immigration and thermostatic politics & dad-chat is coming for dad-books.

Thank you for opening your Chartbook email. Anna Airy, A Shell Forge at a National Projectile Factory, Hackney Marshes, London, 1918 Bond breakout - John Authers Across the developed markets, bond markets are staging a slow-motion car wreck. Looking at the drastic moves in the US, Japan, the UK and France, Barclays’ Ajay Rajadhyaksha commented: “Last week, long bonds broke. Not in one country. In all of them. Simultaneously. Four countries. Four different political systems. Four different central banks. But the same trade — “get me out of duration!”” Each country has its own contributing political problems, but the uniformity of the shift out of long-term bonds with high duration makes clear that something broader is afoot. For Rajadhyaksha, it is “simple and uncomfortable.” The developed​ world “has too much debt, too little fiscal discipline, and no political appetite for fixing either.” If there’s a trigger, it has been the Iran war and the resulting shock to oil supply. Source: Bloomberg G7 countries are now borrowing at rates that were enjoyed by EM in the early 2020s For contributing subscribers only. Subscribe Trade between China and Russia has grown in recent years For contributing subscribers only. Subscribe Big effects of bad data A decade ago nearly nine in ten Americans, when approached, agreed to fill out the Current Population Survey, which is administered to about 60,000 households each month and asks about, among other things, employment. Fewer than seven in ten do so now (see chart 1). For the Consumer Expenditure Survey, which tries to capture 3,700 households monthly, the response rate is down from 68% to 40%. … When the information becomes less reliable, investment decisions get more difficult to make. Some may be delayed, creating a potential drag on the economy. A new working paper by Nicholas Bloom of Stanford University, Erica Groshen, former head of the Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS) now at Cornell University, and Duncan Hobbs and Michael Strain of the American Enterprise Institute, a think-tank, hazards an estimate. Preserving trust in “the integrity and quality of official statistics”, the authors claim, generates economic benefits of about $25 for every $1 spent on the BLS, the agency with an annual budget of $700m that is responsible for many of these data. To arrive at their conclusion the quartet analysed an ignoble episode in the BLS’s recent history. On August 1st 2025 Donald Trump sacked Erika McEntarfer, appointed as the agency’s commissioner by his predecessor, Joe Biden. The president alleged, without evidence, that the BLS’s steep downward revision to recent jobs numbers had been “RIGGED in order to make the Republicans, and ME, look bad”. In fact, it was the wanton dismissal that looked bad in the eyes of many observers. In the following seven days there was a 50% leap, relative to the week before, in the average value of the index of Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU), which tracks the number of articles mentioning such uncertainty that are published daily in American newspapers. This was a discernible jump even when compared to the chaos caused by Mr Trump’s trade war in April 2025 and his real one in Iran in the past two months (see chart 2). Based on Mr Bloom’s earlier study with other colleagues of the EPU’s impact on business investment, industrial production and employment, the authors estimate that the jump reduced American GDP by over $100bn (0.3%) and non-farm payrolls by 168,000 (0.1%). Source: The Economist Immigration and thermostatic politics (Sarah O’Connor in the FT) A strange thing happened a year and a half ago. No sooner had Americans elected Donald Trump as president on an explicitly anti-immigration platform than US public opinion began to swing much more favourably towards immigration. … to political scientists who study “thermostatic” politics, this development is no surprise at all. Public opinion often moves against the prevailing party, especially if they are perceived to have gone “too far” in one direction. The phenomenon was first explored in the 1990s with reference to fiscal policy, but in recent years it has been particularly evident in the realm of immigration policy. While these swings in opinion polls can make it seem as if people don’t know their own minds, they can be a useful democratic check on governments by sending bright flashing warning lights when policies stray too far from the public’s comfort zone. The problem comes when politicians misinterpret those signals. When people tell pollsters they want less immigration, or think it is bad for the country overall (or the converse), they are often expressing an opinion about how things appear to be going in that moment relative to their preferences, rather than a deep shift in their underlying views. According to Alexander Kustov, a political scientist, most Americans’ views are quite stable and moderate: they support immigration that is controlled and in the national interest, and oppose flows that are disorderly or under-enforced. In the US, he argues the Trump administration over-interpreted dissatisfaction with high immigration under Joe Biden, and implemented policies that went too far for many voters. “People don’t necessarily change their idea about their ideal immigration policy, but they can react to what the government is currently doing,” he told me. “A lot of people are not happy with what the Trump administration are doing — right now we’re not talking about border enforcement, we’re talking about people not just getting harassed, but killed.” But similarly, he added, pro-immigration advocates would be making a mistake to interpret the recent, more favourable swing towards immigration as a deep-seated ideological shift in attitudes. The recent history of UK immigration policy offers another cautionary tale. After the 2016 Brexit referendum, public concern about immigration fell. This was partly because net migration statistics declined, but also because people felt a sense of catharsis and control, says Sunder Katwala, director of British Future, a think-tank. By 2019, the public ranked immigration as only the ninth biggest issue of concern, according to Ipsos polling. But when the Conservative government liberalised visa routes for students and care workers between 2019 and 2022, that helped net migration to surge. And so, too, did public concern. Today’s Labour government has implemented another sharply restrictive turn in immigration policy. As Kustov and researcher Caitlyn Yates argue, thermostatic public opinion should be a useful check on politicians. Instead it seems to have helped to magnify the pendulum swing in the UK. The government over-interprets and overreacts to a change in public opinion, which reacts in turn, prompting a sudden swing the other way. Source: Financial Times HEY READERS, THANK YOU for opening the Chartbook email. I hope it brightens your day. I enjoy putting out the newsletter, but tbh, what keeps this flow going is the generosity of those readers who clicked the subscription button. If you are persuaded to click, please consider the annual subscription of $50. It is both better value for you and a much better deal for me, as it involves only one credit card charge. Why feed the payments companies if we don’t have to. Subscribe Anna Airy, Shop for Machining 15-Inch Shells: Singer Manufacturing Company, Clydebank, Glasgow, 1918 Racing for a vaccine … we have been here before! The deadly Ebola outbreak in two African countries driven by a virus species with no vaccine has triggered an urgent search for a potential jab, in a test of troubled global efforts to avert threats posed by emerging diseases. A World Health Organization advisory group is due to would meet on Tuesday to recommend candidate jabs to prioritise for clinical trials, the global health body said. It will assess data including an analysis by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (Cepi), which was set up after failures in the international response to a previous Ebola crisis. The latest Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda has infected hundreds of people and killed more than 80, health authorities say. Cepi’s reaction will be a crucial indicator of its progress towards its wider goal of producing vaccines for pandemic threats in just 100 days, despite steep cuts to international health funding. “If there was ever a time that we could show the world why Cepi is needed and show the world why the 100-day mission is needed, it’s now,” Nicole Lurie, the organisation’s executive director for preparedness and response, told the FT. “We’re happy to accept that responsibility, but obviously we need help from partners — particularly financial help in the long run.” DR Congo and Uganda would make the final decision on whether to press ahead with any vaccine candidates endorsed for clinical trials by the WHO experts, the global health body said. “Other ethical and community acceptability issues will be considered,” said the WHO, which declared the latest outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on Sunday. “This will be important to make sure that the trial, if it happens, will be adequately communicated to the population.” Lurie said Cepi had provided information from a survey of research teams and companies working on drugs that might be effective against the Bundibugyo virus behind the outbreak. The organisation hoped soon to announce partners in the quest for a jab, she added, although she declined to give a timescale for when one might be developed. Cepi’s Nicole Laurie said global health bodies were ‘getting some live-fire drills’ with hantavirus and the latest Ebola outbreak. The hunt for a vaccine should be helped by scientific advances including the use of artificial intelligence to find drugs active against viruses, Lurie said. Existing jabs against the Zaire Ebola virus responsible for many previous outbreaks might provide a basis for tackling the Bundibugyo species, she added. “We’ll see how far and how fast we can get,” Lurie said, adding that Cepi had done preliminary work recently on a possible jab for the rat-borne hantavirus responsible for a recent fatal outbreak on a cruise ship. “Both with hantavirus and now with Ebola, [we] are getting some live-fire drills.” Source: Michael Peel in the Financial Times Dad-chat is coming for dad-books. (By Pamela Paul and Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg in the WSJ) They were the go-to gifts for Father’s Day: a book about some little-known chapter of World War II, the sweeping narrative of a shipwreck, perhaps the latest presidential biography. These days, dad books are a dying breed. Nonfiction book sales have been in decline for the past four years, and are now the most challenged segment of the print book market. Publishers say certain types of books still fare well—including celebrity memoirs and religious titles. But in recent years, print sales in such categories as biography, current affairs and business and economics—what publishers refer to as “serious nonfiction” and which tend to resonate especially with men—have fallen considerably. Sales of nonfiction print titles were down nearly 8% through May 9 this year, and sales of books about politics and current affairs were down 19%, according to book tracker Circana BookScan. Publishing has long been subject to cyclical changes, with trends in format and genre taking over bookshelves in grand sweeps. (Remember the adult coloring-book craze? Or the stratospheric rise of romantasy?) But many in publishing believe the decline in serious nonfiction is more existential. “The trend couldn’t be clearer,” said Jonathan Karp, the former chief executive of Simon & Schuster and publisher of the new Simon Six imprint. “This is a sea change and people should wake up and realize we’re living in a new world.” One culprit for the shift: a new media diet for fans of more serious nonfiction. … Sixty-two percent of men and 54% of women consumed a podcast in the prior month, according to a recent survey by Edison Research at SSRS, up from 46% and 39%, respectively, in 2023. “When we have internal meetings to talk about this problem, it always comes around to podcasts,” said Jonathan Burnham, president and publisher of the Harper Group at HarperCollins Publishers. “The man who wants to read American history is now tuning into one of the many good podcasts about history that lends the quiet attention to a serious subject he’s looking for. It makes the idea of sitting down with a 700-page Ron Chernow book less appealing. You’ve scratched that itch.” Source: Wall Street Journal Remarkable report by Novara from the nationalist rally in London in mid May. Anna Airy, Leopard Moth and Plums, 1915 If you’ve scrolled this far, you know you want to click: Subscribe

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May 23 • 6:45 AM EDT • Politics • adamtooze.substack.com
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Laravel-Lang PHP Packages Compromised to Deliver Cross-Platform Credential Stealer

Laravel-Lang compromise tagged 700+ versions on May 22–23, 2026, triggering PHP stealers that exfiltrate credentials.

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May 23 • 5:51 AM EDT • Technology • thehackernews.com
An iconic CT business draws customers from across the state. It’s called tastier than ‘the ballpark’

‘It feels amazing to run a business that has been a tradition for many families to eat at,” said the owner, who was also once a customer.

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May 23 • 5:15 AM EDT • Business • courant.com
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Super Sunday for Sunderland

Whatever happens this weekend, we will keep the red flag flying high and hopefully taking it across the continent!

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May 23 • 1:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
North Platte welcomes new boat sales and service business

Ott's Marine The Boat Life held its ribbon cutting ceremony in North Platte. The shop specializes in boat sales, service, maintenance and repairs for boating enthusiasts across the region.

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May 22 • 10:09 PM EDT • Business • knopnews2.com
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NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Final Four brings business boost to Charlottesville

Businesses in the area offer deals as Syracuse, Notre Dame, Duke and Princeton prepare for championship weekend at Scott Stadium.

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May 22 • 8:41 PM EDT • Business • 29news.com
Garden Grove tank hazmat: What to know about chemical leak health risks

Thousands of residents are under evacuation orders across Orange County on Friday as officials work to mitigate a chemical tank leak at a Garden Grove aerospace facility. The leak occurred around 3…

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May 22 • 7:54 PM EDT • Health • ktla.com
Silverman Commentary: Positive Youth Mental Health Begins with Belonging

By Tami Silverman President & CEO of Indiana Youth Institute May 22, 2026 For years, conversations about youth mental health understandably have focused on crises. Rates of rising anxiety, depression, loneliness, and stress among young people have captured national attention. Families, schools, healthcare providers, and community organizations across Indiana continue working hard to respond to

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May 22 • 7:32 PM EDT • Health • indianacitizen.org
Detroit Tigers reliever Burch Smith sidelined with shoulder injury

Burch Smith, a 36-year-old reliever, owns a 3.18 ERA with seven walks and 20 strikeouts across 17 innings in 13 games for the Detroit Tigers.

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May 22 • 7:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Fable To Launch Cross-Platform Despite Xbox Gaming Reevaluating Exclusives

Since the recent rumblings about the return of exclusive games from both sides of the console war battlefield, there have been questions about the launch strategy of certain cross-platform games. One of those games that raised questions is Playground Games's Fable, which is slated to launch sometime...

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May 22 • 6:46 PM EDT • Technology • techpowerup.com
What’s in the water? Farmington is dominating this spring

The school’s baseball, softball and boys lacrosse teams are ranked No. 1 in the state.

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May 22 • 5:00 PM EDT • Sports • varsity.startribune.com
ABC7 Sports Overtime with Dionne Miller: May 22, 2026

On the latest ABC7 Sports Overtime, Dionne Miller discussed the latest with the Cubs and White Sox, Northwestern women's lacrosse making it to the Final Four, and the Bears rookies' progress this offseason.

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May 22 • 4:43 PM EDT • Sports • abc7chicago.com
Sick firehouses:  How deteriorating stations are putting fire fighters’ health at risk

Water stains spread across ceilings. Mold creeping through walls. Sewage leaks. Toxic fumes drifting into living quarters.

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May 22 • 4:17 PM EDT • Health • iaff.org
Rediscovering science: New knowledge hidden in old data

What if the knowledge that could fuel the next scientific breakthrough has simply been forgotten in an old graph or table? Valuable scientific insights may already exist across decades of published experiments, ...

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May 22 • 2:20 PM EDT • Science • phys.org
Comanche Nation Entertainment launches school supply drive for southwest Oklahoma students

Comanche Nation Entertainment is launching its annual school supply drive June 2 to help students across southwest Oklahoma.

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May 22 • 1:56 PM EDT • Entertainment • newschannel6now.com
Comanche Nation Entertainment launches school supply drive for southwest Oklahoma students

Comanche Nation Entertainment is launching its annual school supply drive June 2 to help students across southwest Oklahoma.

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May 22 • 12:08 PM EDT • Entertainment • kswo.com
How states can incentivize local investing to find new capital for businesses and housing

Geographic and corporate concentration in banking and retail is limiting entrepreneurship in many U.S. communities. Existing place-based policies help, but often fail to deliver scalable, tailored investment solutions broadly across rural and urban areas.

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May 22 • 11:10 AM EDT • Business • brookings.edu
What Casino Loss Rebates Reveal About Modern Entertainment Spending in North Carolina

If you look at entertainment spending across North Carolina today, you can see how casinos compete directly with streaming services, concerts, sporting events, restaurants, mobile gaming and weekend travel plans

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May 22 • 10:36 AM EDT • Entertainment • yesweekly.com
CCHCS honors nursing excellence across California

California Correctional Health Care Services (CCHCS) honored outstanding nurses and health care leaders during the Nursing Excellence Awards.

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May 22 • 9:26 AM EDT • Health • cdcr.ca.gov
Warhammer Skulls 2026 — all Xbox reveals and announcements from the show

New game announcements, updates, crossovers... there were plenty of reveals for Xbox fans during this year's Warhammer Skulls. Check out everything here.

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May 22 • 8:59 AM EDT • Technology • trueachievements.com
Britain Politics

View at flats decorated with the St George's Cross flag in Ashton-in-Makerfield where Andy Burnham will stand as Labour's candidate for the by-election in Makerfield, England, Friday, May 22, 2026.(AP

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May 22 • 8:16 AM EDT • Politics • journal-news.com
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Memorial Day weekend sports guide: NBA and NHL playoffs, Indy 500, Premier League, WNBA

There's something for just about every sports fan across the next four days. Here's your guide to all the action.

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May 22 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
MICRO Summit Returns to Northwestern

Led by Professor Cécile Chazot, the program brought undergraduate researchers from across the country together for three days of scientific exchange, career development, and mentorship in materials science and engineering.

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May 22 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • mccormick.northwestern.edu
World Health Assembly endorses resolution on precision medicine

At the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly, Member States endorsed a new resolution on Precision medicine: a path towards targeted, personalized and equitable care, taking an important step towards advancing precision medicine as part of efforts to strengthen equitable, effective and sustainable health systems. Precision medicine refers to the use of clinical, molecular, genomic and other health data to inform prevention, diagnosis and treatment, taking into account variability while applying appropriate ethical and legal safeguards. When integrated responsibly into health systems, precision approaches can improve outcomes across different disease areas and across the life course – from cancer and rare diseases to infectious diseases, maternal, newborn and child health, mental health and noncommunicable diseases. The resolution reflects rapid advances in genomics, diagnostics, data science and digital health, alongside widening global inequities in access to these innovations. Many populations – particularly in low- and middle-income countries – remain underrepresented in data and research, limiting the public health impact of precision medicine and risking the widening of health disparities if action is not taken now. "Precision medicine is not an aspirational idea for health delivery in the future – it is already transforming lives across the world. But its benefits remain out of reach for too many and the research driving progress is concentrated in high income countries. This WHA resolution gives global health leaders, ministries of health, and WHO a clear mandate: to act. From infant screening to setting up genomic databases WHO will work with countries to bring about the power of these innovations." Dr Meg Doherty, Director Science for HealthThrough the resolution, Member States commit to developing and strengthening national policies, infrastructure, workforce capacity and governance frameworks to support the safe, ethical and equitable integration of precision medicine into health systems, aligned with universal health coverage. This includes promoting affordability, ensuring inclusive research and data systems, strengthening regulation and data governance, and fostering collaboration across sectors and regions.WHO is requested to provide technical and normative support, review and coordinate existing guidance, facilitate global and regional collaboration, and develop a Global Strategy on Precision Medicine to guide equitable and context‑appropriate implementation. WHO stands ready to support Member States through tools such as a country maturity model for countries to self-assess capacity in implementing precision medicine depending on their context. In the immediate term WHO will map all existing guidance and frameworks and host extensive consultations with interest holders globally.By placing equity, inclusion and public value at the centre of precision medicine, the resolution reinforces WHO’s commitment to ensuring that scientific advances benefit all people, everywhere, and that no one is left behind in the next era of health innovation."By uniting people-centered healthcare with innovation, precision medicine has the potential to transform lives. This resolution helps ensure those advances serve the shared goal of health for all." Dr Sylvie Briand, Chief Scientist For further information please visit the Health Topic: Genomics

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May 22 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • who.int
McKinsey studied 200 family business successions. The biggest problem wasn’t the heir — it was the outgoing CEO

New research across 50 countries finds family-owned businesses underperform for five years after a leadership transition — and the culprit is usually the person leaving, not the person arriving.

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May 22 • 7:30 AM EDT • Business • fortune.com
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A New Era of Exploring the Universe in Radio

With 263 antennas spread across the U.S. and Mexico, the Next Generation Very Large Array, would join a new wave of radio astronomy.

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May 22 • 5:01 AM EDT • Science • nytimes.com
UK weather: Heat health alerts about to come into force as temperatures to soar

Many areas will enter into the official heatwave thresholds across the next few days, with temperatures widely in the high 20s and low 30s into next week.

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May 22 • 3:22 AM EDT • Health • bbc.com
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The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here's an offering of the best of this week's crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker.

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May 22 • 1:00 AM EDT • Politics • politico.com
Organizations Around the Country Support EPA’s Science-Based Reassessment of Formaldehyde

ACC applauds EPA’s updated draft risk evaluation, joining a broader and growing chorus of support from organizations across the country

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May 21 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • americanchemistry.com
Wake County Public Health urges safe food practices ahead of summer cookouts and gatherings

As Memorial Day Weekend approaches and families across Wake County fire up the grill for the unofficial start of summer, Wake County Public Health is reminding residents to take steps to prevent foodborne illnesses, especially cyclosporiasis which tends to rise during the warmest months of the year.

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May 21 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • wake.gov
Public health in action: from detection to response – how International Health Regulations (2005) guided response to hantavirus outbreak

In a world where people can cross borders in minutes, an infectious disease event – such as the cluster of hantavirus cases on the MV Hondius cruise ship – can quickly become a multi-country challenge.The International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) are the legally binding global framework that obligates countries to prevent, prepare for, detect, report and respond to public health threats that cross borders.When the United Kingdom notified WHO on 2 May 2026 of a cluster of severe respiratory illness cases aboard a Netherlands-flagged cruise ship in the Atlantic, passengers from 23 countries were on board. Within days, cases of hantavirus (Andes strain) had been confirmed in the Netherlands, South Africa and Switzerland. The ship was still at sea.What followed was one of the most complex multi-country outbreak responses in recent years – and a direct test of the IHR.

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May 21 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • who.int
Kyle Busch, NASCAR Cup champion, dead at 41

Kyle Busch, the winningest driver across NASCAR’s three top series, has died. He was 41 years old.

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May 21 • 5:52 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
HOMETOWN ENTERTAINMENT: Memorial Day weekend events across the region

Ravi Coltrane and MJ tribute show among concerts happening across the region this weekend

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May 21 • 5:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • wdbj7.com
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Kyle Roberts appointed as K-12 supervisor of physical education, health and athletics - Bethlehem Central School District

At its meeting on May 20, the Bethlehem Central Board of Education appointed Kyle Roberts as the district’s supervisor of physical education, health and athletics. In the new role, Roberts will oversee all K-12 instruction in physical education and health education across all seven schools. He will also supervise intramurals and modified-level athletics and will … Continue reading "Kyle Roberts appointed as K-12 supervisor of physical education, health and athletics"

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May 21 • 4:55 PM EDT • Health • bethlehemschools.org
College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences to host statewide symposium - News

The Campbell University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences will welcome healthcare leaders, educators, pharmacists and students from across North… More on this post

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May 21 • 3:08 PM EDT • Health • news.campbell.edu
Governor Ivey Announces Six Alabama Rural Health Transformation Program Workshops Across State Next Week -

MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey on Thursday announced that the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) is hosting a series of six workshops across Alabama next week for interested parties to learn more about the new Alabama Rural … Continued

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May 21 • 2:59 PM EDT • Health • governor.alabama.gov
Long Beach Century Club Hosts 38th Annual Middle School Sports Awards Banquet

The Long Beach Century Club hosted its 38th annual middle school sports awards banquet last Thursday at the LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid, honoring young athletes from across the Long Beach Unified School District. The club welcomed around 1,500 athletes, coaches, faculty and family members whi

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May 21 • 2:53 PM EDT • Sports • the562.org
Mob Entertainment Expands ‘Poppy Playtime’ into Food & Beverage

Following a successful Tokyo café activation, Mob is opening new opportunities for licensees across FMCG and themed food experiences.

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May 21 • 2:07 PM EDT • Entertainment • licenseglobal.com
OneCornell Health Educators Conference Inspires Teaching Excellence Across Disciplines

More than 150 educators gathered in person and virtually May 16-17 at Weill Cornell Medicine for the OneCornell Health Educators Conference.

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May 21 • 1:39 PM EDT • Health • news.weill.cornell.edu
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Meta settles first US case over school costs tied to youth mental health, court filing shows

Meta Platforms on ​Thursday reached a ‌settlement in the first ​case set ​for trial in ⁠litigation seeking ​to make ​social media companies cover the costs ​school districts ​across the country ‌say ⁠they have incurred to combat a youth ​mental ​health ⁠crisis allegedly fueled ​by their ​platforms.

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May 21 • 1:34 PM EDT • Health • reuters.com
What’s next for Tampa’s Water Street? A lively entertainment district

City staff will review plans for a new music venue and hotel across from the Tampa Bay Lightning’s arena.

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May 21 • 1:33 PM EDT • Entertainment • tampabay.com
OneCornell health educators conference inspires teaching excellence across disciplines

More than 150 educators gathered in-person and virtually May 16-17 at Weill Cornell Medicine for the OneCornell Health Educators Conference.

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May 21 • 1:18 PM EDT • Health • news.cornell.edu
Warhammer Skulls 2026 – All The News and Updates for XBOX

Warhammer Skulls returned today for its 10th anniversary – bringing news and updates on Warhammer games, plus discounts to be enjoyed across XBOX platforms.

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May 21 • 1:00 PM EDT • Technology • news.xbox.com
World Health Assembly Condemns Iranian Strikes On Gulf States, Health Fallout Of Hormuz Closure

The World Health Assembly (WHA) voted 91-2 to adopt a resolution condemning Iranian attacks on civilian infrastructure across Gulf countries amid its war with

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May 21 • 12:54 PM EDT • Health • healthpolicy-watch.news
US HHS Launches AI Initiative to Detect Fraud and Waste in Health Programs

May 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department ⁠of ⁠Health and Human Services ⁠said on Thursday it has launched a new AI-led initiative to review annual audits to strengthen oversight ‌across federally funded health ‌programs amid concerns around widespread fraud. The program, called ⁠the Audit ...

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May 21 • 12:43 PM EDT • Health • usnews.com
RWJBarnabas Health Launches NJ’s First Ever Street Medicine Program to Serve Unhoused Population, Deliver Critical Care and Lowe

RWJBarnabas Health today launched New Jersey’s first Street Medicine Program at Trinitas Regional Medical Center (TRMC) to bring essential care and services directly to unhoused individuals across the City of Elizabeth with the goal of expanding to other areas in the state to improve access to care among a particularly vulnerable population.

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May 21 • 11:32 AM EDT • Health • rwjbh.org
SEC post-spring intel: Inside the key QB battles, breakout players, more buzz from across the league

From unsettled QB rooms to breakout players, here's what we're hearing around the SEC entering summer

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May 21 • 11:23 AM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
Michigan business leaders launch statewide alliance to boost startup ecosystem

Nearly 100 organizations from across Michigan are joining forces to establish a statewide innovation alliance.

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May 21 • 11:12 AM EDT • Business • crainsdetroit.com
Entertainment lineup announced for 58th annual Corn Hill Arts Festival

Music will take place across four stages, including the Main Stage, the Gazebo Stage, the Avery Mall Stage.

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May 21 • 11:06 AM EDT • Entertainment • spectrumlocalnews.com
Leaked ‘Virtua Fighter Crossroads’ developer diary appears online

A video of what seems to be a behind the scenes developer diary of the next Virtua Fighter game, titled Virtua Fighter Crossroads, was posted on a Bilibili user’s account today.

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May 21 • 10:59 AM EDT • Technology • gematsu.com
BHS Sports Wrap (May 11

Belmont High School sports wrap May 11-16: Lacrosse, rugby, and baseball updates as Marauders chase playoff spots and milestones.

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May 21 • 9:56 AM EDT • Sports • belmontvoice.org
'Live Music Doesn’t Seem To Have A Ceiling Right Now': Q's With Proactiv Entertainment MD Nicolas Renna

Proactiv Entertainment, is one of Spain’s leading promoters and producers of large-scale live entertainment, operating across three main business divisions:

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May 21 • 8:36 AM EDT • Entertainment • news.pollstar.com
Arts and entertainment events happening May 21st-24th across the Mid-Ohio Valley

Joe Oliverio joins Daybreak to discuss what’s happening May 21st-24th across the Mid-Ohio Valley!

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May 21 • 8:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • wtap.com
The Banks That Won a Piece of SpaceX’s Colossal I.P.O.

Across Wall Street, bankers have been clamoring to lead what is expected to be the biggest-ever initial public offering.

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May 21 • 7:38 AM EDT • Business • nytimes.com
Accounting students work across borders to study global business chall

An SDSU program with Universidad Autónoma de Baja California built connections for immersive international business experience.

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May 21 • 5:53 AM EDT • Business • sdsu.edu
Google Reveals Gemini For Science, An AI Research Tool And Science Skills Platform

Google introduced Gemini for Science, a new collection of AI-powered scientific tools and experiments designed to accelerate discovery and support researchers across disciplines. The initiative combines multiple Google DeepMind technologies, including Co-Scientist, AlphaEvolve, Empirical Research Assistance (ERA), and NotebookLM, to streamline key parts of the scientific method.

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May 21 • 5:27 AM EDT • Science • pulse2.com
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Sights from 2026 Sports Business Awards

Leaders across the sports business world gathered at the N.Y. Marriott Marquis for the 2026 Sports Business Awards Wednesday night.

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May 21 • 5:17 AM EDT • Business • sportsbusinessjournal.com
Maternity care deserts are common in Louisiana. Compare states, parishes

Nearly one-third of Louisiana parishes face limited or no access to maternity care, impacting maternal and infant outcomes. Figures from Tulane University's Newcomb Institute reveal stark disparities across the state.

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May 21 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • nola.com
Yasam Ayavefe Expands Active Investment Strategy Across Hospitality, Real Estate, Technology, and Energy Sectors

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, May 21, 2026 -- Yasam Ayavefe is advancing a cross-sector investment strategy focused on operational discipline, lo...

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May 21 • 3:42 AM EDT • Business • markets.businessinsider.com
Azamara Cruises Unveils 2028 Voyages, Debuts New Entertainment Offerings Aboard Azamara Journey

Azamara Cruises announced its 2028 voyages featuring expanded offerings in Asia and 12 new ports across Europe and Asia, plus new entertainment aboard Azamara Journey.

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May 21 • 12:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • travelpulse.com
Sutter Health Recognized in Anthem Blue Cross Annual Care Provider Recognition Program

Not-for-Profit Healthcare System’s Medical Groups Honored Among the Top Healthcare Providers in Anthem’s National Network NORTHERN CALIF. – Sutter Health today announced it earned recognition as one of only four California recipients in Anthem Blue Cross’ Care Provider Recognition Program. Developed in collaboration with Anthem’s affiliated health plans, the program honors top-performing medical groups nationwide […]

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May 20 • 11:08 PM EDT • Health • vitals.sutterhealth.org
Pung! Clicking Tiles and the Business of Mahjong

At tables across O‘ahu and around the state, women are quietly building something more than mahjong hands — they’re building networks, businesses and above all, camaraderie.

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May 20 • 9:00 PM EDT • Business • hawaiibusiness.com
Minneapolis police believe string of business burglaries across the metro are connected
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Where do citizen science data come from?

Citizen science projects are playing an increasingly important role in ecological and conservation research worldwide. In these programs, members of the public support researchers by submitting photographs, audio recordings, observations, or even by contributing to data analysis. In Hungary, no fewer than 17 such initiatives combined their datasets in a joint study. The authors aimed to understand which socio-economic and environmental factors influence participation patterns in Hungary. By comparing the spatial distribution of citizen science data with an independent administrative dataset (municipality level data on income, education, demography, density and protected areas), the researchers identified several general trends as well as numerous project-specific relationships. For example, they found more per capita observations from municipalities with higher proportions of protected natural areas and lower population densities. Furthermore, excluding Budapest, the capital, both the proportion of people with diplomas and the proportion of elderly people showed a positive correlation with participation activity. In contrast, no consistent general pattern emerged regarding wealth or the proportion of children, although several project-specific relationships were observed. The study not only reveals how citizen science data are distributed across Hungary, but also provides robust support for the view that various biases must be taken into account when analyzing such data. The authors hope that their findings will help researchers in other countries design more effective projects and produce more accurate analyses by accounting for some of these or similar biases.

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May 20 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • eurekalert.org
Kansas City has bought more than 4,500 MacBook Neos for its students

The newly “all-Apple district” will replace 30,000 Windows and Chromebook devices across its public schools.

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May 20 • 7:22 PM EDT • Technology • engadget.com
Thomas Massie, a Trump Critic, Causes Latest Midterm Fight Over Israel

In primary races across the country, debates over Israel are taking center stage, dividing Democrats and Republicans alike.

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May 20 • 6:13 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Your Weekend in NH: Fashion field trips, the science of nostalgia, and a rubber duck regatta

This weekend is full of fun and unique events across New Hampshire. From a mockumentary about “canoe dancing” and halfway to Halloween celebrations to a SpongeBob rave, there’s no reason to be bored. Annual festivals are returning across the state, including Outdoor Fest in Rumney for the adventurous, the Floating Lanterns Festival in Keene and World Fish Migration Day in Hinsdale.

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May 20 • 5:25 PM EDT • Science • nhpr.org
SBJ Tech Week: Leagues, entertainment companies embrace scalable tech to transform fan engagement

As professional sports leagues and entertainment companies accelerate their digital transformation, a shared reality is emerging across organizations to modernize fan engagement and operations using a new wave of scalable technology.

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May 20 • 4:04 PM EDT • Entertainment • sportsbusinessjournal.com
Scene Calendar: Live theater, Folk Festival, Florida’s Emancipation

Check out the latest performances at the Hippodrome Theatre, the Acrosstown Repertory Theatre, and the Gainesville Community Playhouse.

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May 20 • 3:03 PM EDT • Entertainment • gainesville.com
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Cline Thompson: Huntsville Sports Commission, General Manager

Cline Thompson leads event operations efforts across multiple sports and venues in Huntsville. He brings a dynamic blend of sports leadership with a legal and

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May 20 • 1:00 PM EDT • Sports • huntsvillebusinessjournal.com
How America’s Leading Retail Banks Work to Understand their Small Business Clients and Build Frameworks to Support them Best

The Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) is excited to celebrate Small Business Month 2026 with a new series of blogs highlighting the many ways in which America’s leading retail banks are working to support small businesses on Main Streets across the country. This blog showcases how three CBA members – TD…

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May 20 • 12:55 PM EDT • Business • consumerbankers.com
Silver & Black Gala unites stars, alumni and community to support Nevada mental health initiatives

The Raiders played host to the third annual Silver & Black Gala on Sunday night at Allegiant Stadium, a power-packed event that raised $2.5 million to help benefit mental health initiatives across Nevada.

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May 20 • 12:45 PM EDT • Health • raiders.com
Phoenix Suns, Phoenix Mercury and Gray Media double down on fan investment and the future of sports media

The extension ensures Suns, Mercury and Valley Suns games remain free over-the-air across Arizona through 2030 while also introducing a digital streaming option through Arizona’s Family.

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May 20 • 12:35 PM EDT • Sports • azfamily.com
PLOS One marks 20 years of advancing rigorous, multidisciplinary open science

PLOS One, the multidisciplinary open access journal published by PLOS, is marking 20 years of publishing research grounded in scientific rigor, transparency, and ethical practice. Since its launch in 2006, PLOS One has provided a platform for research to be shared, examined, and built on, across disciplines and around the world.

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May 20 • 12:33 PM EDT • Science • eurekalert.org
Sky bridges, citizen science protect endangered Malaysia monkeys

A graceful black monkey edges across a swaying red rope bridge strung over a busy residential road in Malaysia's Penang, watched by local conservationists who carefully record her movements.

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May 20 • 12:30 PM EDT • Science • phys.org
Xbox expands leadership team with major hires

Xbox has added two big names to its leadership team: Matthew Ball and Scott Van Vliet. The new recruits are part of an on-going drive from Xbox CEO Asha Sharma to move faster, build better products, and make more focused business decisions. The Game Business can reveal that Ball is joining as Chief Strategy Officer. He is a popular industry analyst who is responsible for the annual The State of Video Gaming report, which is widely read across the business. His first job will be to strengthen the console side of Xbox, which is facing significant pressures, not least from the rising costs of memory and storage. In an interview with The Game Business earlier in the year, he admitted he was “pretty frightened” by the situation for the console sector. Ball had previously worked as head of strategy and planning for Amazon Studios, and wrote the 2022 international best-seller The Metaverse. He is currently CEO of Epyllion, a venture partner at investment group Makers Fund and senior advisor at KKR & Co. Meanwhile, Scott Van Vliet joins as Chief Technology Officer. He was previously in charge of Azure OpenAI and AI Core infrastructure at Microsoft, and he also led engineering for Microsoft Teams during the COVID 19 pandemic. But he has a games background. He previously worked across games for Amazon, including Alexa, Amazon Game Studios and the Amazon App Store. He directly worked on the Minecraft: Fire TV Edition. Prior to that, he was VP of Digital Play at Mattel, and worked across brands such as Batman, Barbie, Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja and Cut The Rope. His job will be to improve how Xbox builds products so teams can move faster and deliver stronger results. For more breaking stories, sign-up to The Game Business today Subscribe In addition to these new hires, Xbox has promoted Chris Schnakenberg to Corporate Vice President, Partnerships & Business Development. He was previously VP of partnerships and business development, and joined from Activision Blizzard, where he spent 12 years in various strategy, business development and partner relations role. His focus is on third-party games, publishers and developers working with Xbox. The news follows a number of new hires and promotions earlier in the month, including Jason Ronald taking leadership over Xbox’s upcoming Project Helix console. “These changes are about strengthening our foundation by creating more clarity and improving execution,” Sharma said in an email to staff. “As we head toward Showcase and beyond, we’ll continue making the changes needed to position XBOX for the future.” Matthew Ball is speaking with Christopher Dring at The Game Business Live on Monday, June 8. More details on the event can be found here.

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May 20 • 11:47 AM EDT • Technology • thegamebusiness.com
Xbox expands leadership team with major hires

Xbox has added two big names to its leadership team: Matthew Ball and Scott Van Vliet. The new recruits are part of an on-going drive from Xbox CEO Asha Sharma to move faster, build better products, and make more focused business decisions. The Game Business can reveal that Ball is joining as Chief Strategy Officer. He is a popular industry analyst who is responsible for the annual The State of Video Gaming report, which is widely read across the business. His first job will be to strengthen the console side of Xbox, which is facing significant pressures, not least from the rising costs of memory and storage. In an interview with The Game Business earlier in the year, he admitted he was “pretty frightened” by the situation for the console sector. Ball had previously worked as head of strategy and planning for Amazon Studios, and wrote the 2022 international best-seller The Metaverse. He is currently CEO of Epyllion, a venture partner at investment group Makers Fund and senior advisor at KKR & Co. Meanwhile, Scott Van Vliet joins as Chief Technology Officer. He was previously in charge of Azure OpenAI and AI Core infrastructure at Microsoft, and he also led engineering for Microsoft Teams during the COVID 19 pandemic. But he has a games background. He previously worked across games for Amazon, including Alexa, Amazon Game Studios and the Amazon App Store. He directly worked on the Minecraft: Fire TV Edition. Prior to that, he was VP of Digital Play at Mattel, and worked across brands such as Batman, Barbie, Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja and Cut The Rope. His job will be to improve how Xbox builds products so teams can move faster and deliver stronger results. For more breaking stories, sign-up to The Game Business today Subscribe In addition to these new hires, Xbox has promoted Chris Schnakenberg to Corporate Vice President, Partnerships & Business Development. He was previously VP of partnerships and business development, and joined from Activision Blizzard, where he spent 12 years in various strategy, business development and partner relations role. His focus is on third-party games, publishers and developers working with Xbox. The news follows a number of new hires and promotions earlier in the month, including Jason Ronald taking leadership over Xbox’s upcoming Project Helix console. “These changes are about strengthening our foundation by creating more clarity and improving execution,” Sharma said in an email to staff. “As we head toward Showcase and beyond, we’ll continue making the changes needed to position XBOX for the future.” Matthew Ball is speaking with Christopher Dring at The Game Business Live on Monday, June 8. More details on the event can be found here.

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How to watch 2026 NCAA lacrosse championships on ESPN

It's time for the 2026 NCAA lacrosse championships! Here's how to watch on the ESPN App.

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May 20 • 11:34 AM EDT • Sports • espn.com
AHA wins 2 Telly Awards for behavioral health video series

The AHA has won two Telly Awards for its three-part video series, Voices of Leadership: Breaking Mental Health Stigma. The Telly Awards, a global competition founded in 1979, honor excellence in video and television across all platforms. The AHA is a Silver Telly Winner in the Online — Public Interest and Awareness Category, and a Bronze Telly Award Winner in the Social Video — Motivational and Advice Category.

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May 20 • 11:31 AM EDT • Health • aha.org
Politics Is a Mother

Across New Jersey and around the country, more women are stepping into leadership roles and using their voices to help shape policies that impact families,

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May 20 • 11:02 AM EDT • Politics • onnj.com
RECongress Selects Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center for 2028-2032

The Los Angeles Religious Education Congress (RECongress), one of the largest annual Catholic gatherings in the United States, has selected the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center as its new home beginning in 2028. The five-year agreement will bring Catholics from across the U.S. and the world to Long Beach for the four-day RECongress event through 2032.

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May 20 • 11:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com