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Control: Resonant Announced by Remedy for 2026 Release | The Game Awards 2025

Remedy Entertainment has announced Control: Resonant, the follow-up to IGN’s 2019 Game of the Year, Control at the 2025 Game Awards. It’s due out in 2026 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X and S, and it aims to be anything but a straightforward sequel.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 9:06 PM EST • Technology • ign.com
Sharon Osbourne says Ozzy's infidelity didn't faze her until he brought another woman into their home

Sharon Osbourne was both aware of and largely unbothered by the indiscretions of her late husband, Ozzy Osbourne — with one notable exception.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 8:30 PM EST • Entertainment • ew.com
Trooper helps man having mental health crisis on Boston bridge

Officials released the tense video to raise awareness of mental health resources.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 8:14 PM EST • Health • wcvb.com
Fairfax Co. middle school eyeing 14th straight Science Olympiad state title

Longfellow Middle School’s team has won 13 consecutive state Science Olympiad titles, and is eyeing a 14th. The school has won the state championship 19 times.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 7:50 PM EST • Science • wtop.com
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Michael Jordan was already a basketball legend. Now, he’s one in NASCAR too

Thursday's settlement was that significant for NASCAR's teams that Jordan just made himself a transformative figure in yet another sport.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 7:37 PM EST • Sports • nytimes.com
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The Game Awards 2025: all the news and announcements

Indie games cleaned up this year.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 7:30 PM EST • Technology • theverge.com
Many Obamacare premiums expected to spike after votes on health care plans fail

The Senate failed to pass two different health care plans, which means premiums will spike for many people who rely on Obamacare. One breast cancer survivor told NBC News she feels caught in the middle of a political fight. NBC News’ Ryan Nobles reports.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 6:52 PM EST • Health • nbcnews.com
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Analysis: How the White House is using misleading comparisons to make inflation sound better

The year-over-year inflation rate in January, the month President Donald Trump returned to the White House, was 3.0%.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 6:13 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
Mount Healthy Schools considers levy to avoid sports, arts cuts

Athletics and fine arts are facing possible elimination as Mount Healthy City Schools deals with what's described as a 'fiscal emergency' by its superintendent.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 6:11 PM EST • Sports • wlwt.com
Anderson Hay CEO says company isn’t closing after Ellensburg business files for bankruptcy

Anderson Hay Enterprise, Inc. of Ellensburg has filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Washington.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 6:05 PM EST • Business • yakimaherald.com
Long: As NASCAR antitrust lawsuit reaches settlement, a win for fans who get their sport back

23XI Racing co-owner Michael Jordan credited "level heads" in reaching an agreement.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 5:48 PM EST • Sports • nbcsports.com
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'We're not just going to want to be fed AI slop for 16 hours a day': Analyst sees Disney/OpenAI deal as a dividing line in entertainment history

"​I think the reason this bidding is approaching $100 billion-plus is the content library and the potential to do a Disney-OpenAI type of deal."

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Dec 11, 2025 • 5:36 PM EST • Entertainment • fortune.com
US Senate rejects dueling health care bills. How Iowa senators voted:

The US Senate rejected a bill to extend expiring ACA subsidies, leaving little time to stop health care premiums from spiking for Obamacare enrollees.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 5:22 PM EST • Health • desmoinesregister.com
RFK Jr.’s Health Department Is Pondering a National Men’s Health Initiative

At an FDA discussion of testosterone replacement therapy, a top official called for special health centers to address a “men’s health crisis.” Others called to ease men’s access to hormones.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 5:11 PM EST • Health • wired.com
Health insurance subsidies expire this month but Congress can't agree on a fix : The NPR Politics Podcast

The enhanced subsidies 22 million Americans use to help pay for health insurance are set to expire at the end of this month, and when they do, many Americans will see their insurance premiums balloon. We discuss Democrats' and Republicans' competing proposals to address rising healthcare costs and whether Congress is likely to come to an agreement before — or after — the looming deadline. This episode: political correspondent Sarah McCammon, congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh, and health policy correspondent Selena Simmons-Duffin.This podcast was produced by Casey Morell and Bria Suggs, and edited by Rachel Baye.Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.Listen to every episode of the NPR Politics Podcast sponsor-free, unlock access to bonus episodes with more from the NPR Politics team, and support public media when you sign up for The NPR Politics Podcast+ at plus.npr.org/politics.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 4:41 PM EST • Politics • npr.org
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Florida House advances proposal to mandate E-Verify

Only companies with 25 or more employees are required to use the system under current state law.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 4:34 PM EST • Politics • mynews13.com
How Colorado's independent voters look at politis

Unaffiliated voters are now the majority in Colorado.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 4:24 PM EST • Politics • axios.com
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Lurie expands inpatient psychiatric unit amid ongoing youth mental health care shortage

The four new beds and 20 new staffers are designed for kids with autism and intellectual and developmental disabilities. The $4.5 million addition is a first for the state but can't fill the major dearth in youth psychiatric beds across Illinois.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 4:20 PM EST • Health • chicago.suntimes.com
Roundup: Mortgage rates / Health care legislation / Jazz Fest lineup

Ticking up: Mortgage rates increased slightly, adding to cost pressures for buyers. The average for 30-year, fixed loans rose to 6.22%, up from 6.19% last week, Freddie Mac said in a statement Thursday. A year ago, the average was 6.6%. Read more from Bloomberg. A subscription may be required. Stalling: The U.S. Senate failed to […]

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Dec 11, 2025 • 4:11 PM EST • Health • businessreport.com
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ChatGPT's 'Adult Mode' Is Coming in 2026

Gooners rejoice.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 4:10 PM EST • Technology • gizmodo.com
Evommune Reports Third Quarter 2025 Financial Results and Provides Business Update

PALO ALTO, Calif., December 11, 2025--Evommune, Inc. (NYSE: EVMN) (the "Company"), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing innovative therapies that target key drivers of chronic inflammatory diseases, today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2025, and provided a business update.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 4:05 PM EST • Business • finance.yahoo.com
House GOP leaders could unveil health plan this weekend

Speaker Mike Johnson is committing to a vote next week on legislation to lower health care costs.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 3:54 PM EST • Health • politico.com
Nail tech shares negative impact salon chemicals had on her son’s health

Multiple studies have identified correlations between harsh chemicals used in nail salons and health issues including skin, respiratory, cancer and birth defects. NBC News’ Zinhle Essamuah spoke to a nail salon tech about the health repercussions she faces as a result of her job.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 3:42 PM EST • Health • nbcnews.com
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Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies

It's an unceremonious end to a monthslong effort by Democrats to prevent the COVID-19-era subsidies from expiring on Jan. 1

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Dec 11, 2025 • 3:36 PM EST • Health • spectrumlocalnews.com
Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies

It's an unceremonious end to a monthslong effort by Democrats to prevent the COVID-19-era subsidies from expiring on Jan. 1

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Dec 11, 2025 • 3:36 PM EST • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Justice Department fails to reindict Letitia James for a second time

A grand jury, for a second time, declined to bring a new indictment against Letitia James, the New York attorney general who defeated President Donald Trump and his company in court, according to multiple sources.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 3:08 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Failure of rival health bills underscores impasse in US politics

Democrats voted down a Republican bill that would have provided limited relief for out-of-pocket healthcare costs.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 2:52 PM EST • Health • aljazeera.com
Failure of rival health bills underscores impasse in US politics

Democrats voted down a Republican bill that would have provided limited relief for out-of-pocket healthcare costs.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 2:52 PM EST • Politics • aljazeera.com
Menopause treatment is getting personal

Menopause care innovations include at-home hormone testing, virtual appointments, and new non-hormonal therapies for symptom relief.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 2:51 PM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
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Video Competing Democrat, Republican health care proposals both fail in the Senate

The Senate failed to advance two competing health care proposals aimed at addressing a spike in costs expected for tens of millions of Americans who receive enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 2:35 PM EST • Health • abcnews.go.com
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The year in sports

One-time NPR host David Greene talks sports in America and running his hometown newspaper.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 2:07 PM EST • Sports • wbez.org
Highmark's Midwest acquisition promises $3.1 billion in new revenue

Highmark Inc. is acquiring a Blues insurance plan in the Midwest that promises to boost annual revenue for the Pittsburgh health insurer by $3.1 billion...

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Dec 11, 2025 • 2:00 PM EST • Health • post-gazette.com
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Fantasy Football Week 15 Running Back Rankings
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Dec 11, 2025 • 1:55 PM EST • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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James Webb telescope spots 'monster stars' leaking nitrogen in the early universe — and they could help solve a major mystery

Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope spotted huge stars leaking nitrogen in an early galaxy, hinting that such 'monster stars' might have been the source of ancient supermassive black holes.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 1:55 PM EST • Science • livescience.com
Stand up and take a stand, ACC. Call Notre Dame's bluff after CFP brouhaha

After brouhaha with the College Football Playoff selection of Miami, the ACC must play hardball with Notre Dame and regain respectability.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 1:27 PM EST • Sports • usatoday.com
Google is building an experimental new browser and a new kind of web app

Meet the GenTab, nothing like the plain ol’ browser tab.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 1:10 PM EST • Technology • theverge.com
Disney CEO Bob Iger Says OpenAI Deal Gives Entertainment Giant 'A Way In' to AI

The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI announced a deal Thursday that will make Disney characters available through the ChatGPT maker's image and video generation tools, and see Disney invest $1 billion in OpenAI.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 1:03 PM EST • Entertainment • investopedia.com
CBS Sports college football awards: Best player, coach, freshman from 2025 season

College football's best and brightest are honored after an incredible 2025 season

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Dec 11, 2025 • 12:33 PM EST • Sports • cbssports.com
Reimbursement expected to drive implementation of CCTA, coronary plaque analysis

For years, imaging experts have predicted that CCTA may become the primary imaging modality for coronary artery disease and eliminate the need for invasive diagnostic catheterizations. That prediction is now coming true.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 12:33 PM EST • Business • cardiovascularbusiness.com
The AirPods Pro 3 just dropped below $200 for the first time

A discount that sounds great.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 12:10 PM EST • Technology • theverge.com
Ole Miss issues RFP for Vaught-Hemingway Stadium mixed-use development project

Ole Miss issued an RFP for a Vaught-Hemingway Stadium mixed-use development project on Dec. 10, 2025. The project would enhance the entrance from The Grove to the university's football stadium and include an entertainment district and condotel.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 12:04 PM EST • Business • sportsbusinessjournal.com
WhatsApp is trying to reinvent voicemail

It’s now easier to send a voice or video message when someone doesn’t answer their phone.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 12:00 PM EST • Technology • theverge.com
Indiana, Ohio State headlines USA TODAY Sports college football All-America team

There were standout players from across the country this college football season that comprised the USA TODAY Sports All-America team.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 11:57 AM EST • Sports • usatoday.com
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Asked about The Donald’s national security strategy, the Commons was remarkable for its absences

You’d think MPs would be lining up to decry the US president’s threat to destabilise Europe. Instead, only backbenchers and a few junior ministers bothered to turn up

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Dec 11, 2025 • 11:56 AM EST • Politics • theguardian.com
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A guide to self-employment tax for small business owners

Self-employment tax isn't an "extra" tax — it's the same payroll tax that was always there, now just fully visible to new small business owners.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 11:09 AM EST • Business • tax.thomsonreuters.com
Cursor Launches an AI Coding Tool For Designers

The 300-person startup hopes bringing designers aboard will give it an edge in an increasingly competitive AI software market.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 11:00 AM EST • Technology • wired.com
AirPods Pro 3 Drop to New $199 Low Price on Amazon

Apple's AirPods Pro 3 have hit a new record low price of $199.00 today on Amazon, down from $249.00. This deal beats the Black Friday price we saw last month by about $20. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 10:33 AM EST • Technology • macrumors.com
Bulgarian government resigns after mass protests

Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov says cabinet stepping down before parliament had been due to hold no-confidence vote.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 10:31 AM EST • Politics • aljazeera.com
Cleveland’s Independent Music and Comedy Venues Drive $742.5 Million in Economic Impact, New Study Finds

A kernel from the study: The city’s venues account for nearly 50 percent of the indie live entertainment GDP of the Buckeye State, more than 28 states.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 10:27 AM EST • Entertainment • cleveland.com
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CNBC Sport: Utah breaks the private equity seal with historic $500 million investment

Utah may have designed a template for other schools to bring in private capital to help fund their athletic programs.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 10:15 AM EST • Sports • cnbc.com
Walton family fortune: How American's richest family manages their wealth

America's richest family uses a model pioneered by the Rockefellers to manage their wealth.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 9:30 AM EST • Business • cnbc.com
Disney bets $1 billion on OpenAI in deal that opens its vault of characters to ChatGPT and Sora

Darth Vader and other Disney characters are coming to ChatGPT and OpenAI's Sora AI video app as part of a three-year licensing deal.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 9:13 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
Inside Iowa Politics: Why Iowa farmer wanted to sit next to President Trump

Cordt Holub, a fourth generation Iowa farmer, wanted to join President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. to share his experiences.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 9:00 AM EST • Politics • ktiv.com
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The Game Awards are losing their luster

A lot of flash concealing increasingly shrinking substance.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 8:00 AM EST • Technology • theverge.com
Despite Chiefs’ 2025 struggles, the Chargers still respect their rival

Los Angeles expects a competitive Week 15 game against Kansas City.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 8:00 AM EST • Sports • arrowheadpride.com
Trump administration live updates: U.S. Senate to vote on dueling health care bills; Indiana Senate to consider new maps

The Senate is expected to vote on a GOP health care proposal that aims to put money in health savings accounts, alongside a Democratic bill to extend expiring ACA tax credits.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 7:37 AM EST • Health • nbcnews.com
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IRS releases health savings account expansion details under Trump's 'big beautiful bill'

IRS releases health savings account expansion details under President Donald Trump's "big beautiful bill." What it means for ACA health plan enrollees.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 7:35 AM EST • Health • cnbc.com
The New Orleans businesses we lost — and gained

Farewell to Langenstein's. Hello to Delacroix.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 7:22 AM EST • Business • axios.com
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Senate to vote on 2 health care proposals. And, the latest U.S. move against Venezuela

The Senate is expected to vote on two opposing health care proposals today. And, the Trump administration says it has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela in its latest move in the region.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 7:14 AM EST • Health • npr.org
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Scientists find a massive hidden CO2 sponge beneath the ocean floor

Researchers found that eroded lava rubble beneath the South Atlantic can trap enormous amounts of CO2 for tens of millions of years. These porous breccia deposits store far more carbon than previously sampled ocean crust. The discovery reshapes how scientists view the long-term balance of carbon between the ocean, rocks, and atmosphere. It also reveals a hidden mechanism that helps stabilize Earth’s climate over geological timescales.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • sciencedaily.com
Essentia Health, Minnesota Business Partnership convene lawmakers ahead of legislative session

Essentia Health, Minnesota Business Partnership convene lawmakers ahead of legislative session

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Dec 11, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Business • essentiahealth.org
Data center boom creates political conundrum for the GOP

President Donald Trump is all in on the artificial intelligence build-out. Other Republicans are being more cautious.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 6:34 AM EST • Politics • eenews.net
Could Georgia’s 2026 statewide races be runoff free?

The Libertarian Party of Georgia is having trouble qualifying for the ballot. Without their candidates, statewide races would likely be settled on Election Day.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 6:20 AM EST • Politics • ajc.com
Islanders Gameday News: Here come the Ducks

They’re not your father’s Ducks! Or at least not your older brother’s Ducks, or something. Tonight the Islanders host a Fairly Strong Ducks of Anaheim team that is first in its division at a very respectable 19-10-1. After years of “very tough negotiator” Pat Verbeek at the helm, it seems he just needed to hire […]

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Dec 11, 2025 • 6:15 AM EST • Sports • lighthousehockey.com
Small businesses worry of 'insane' costs once this key tax credit expires

Half of ACA tax credit users are small business owners, employees. The credits are about to expire.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 6:04 AM EST • Business • usatoday.com
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Meet the winners of our Athlete of the Playoffs polls for the fall sports

Be sure to check providencejournal.com/sports each week for the Longplex Athlete of the Week polls throughout the winter sports season.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 6:03 AM EST • Sports • providencejournal.com
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Analysis: The Civil Rights law that Stephen Miller says ruined America

Trump’s key aide thinks the country was better off with strict quotas that sought to preserve the racial makeup of the country in the 1920s and so favored immigrants from Western and Northern Europe over what he called “third world countries.”

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Dec 11, 2025 • 6:01 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
Memphis People in Business for Dec. 11, 2025

A look at promotions, hirings, movers and newsmakers in the Memphis area business scene.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 6:00 AM EST • Business • commercialappeal.com
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Communicators know business acumen matters. Most don’t feel ready.

There's a sizable gap between what communicators think they should know and what they feel comfortable with.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 6:00 AM EST • Business • prdaily.com
Business Monday ETC: Dec. 15, 2025

Business Monday ETC

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Dec 11, 2025 • 6:00 AM EST • Business • masslive.com
Commentary: The U.S. Senate is a mess. He wants to fix it, from the inside

Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkeley is waging a largely one-man crusade to reform the Senate filibuster. He sees it as a way to help end obstructionism and address the Senate's increasing dysfunction.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 6:00 AM EST • Politics • latimes.com
In search for autism's causes, look at genes, not vaccines, researchers say

After more than 50 years of research, scientists still don't know exactly what causes autism. But the data make clear that genetics are an essential piece of the puzzle.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 6:00 AM EST • Science • latimes.com
Better Business Bureau: Scams impersonating Amazon, retailers during holidays

Randy Hutchinson, president of Better Business Bureau, educates consumers weekly about how to avoid scams and protect investments.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 5:02 AM EST • Business • jacksonsun.com
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Mamdani and top New York rabbis will meet privately, but their core divide remains unresolved

The Friday after Zohran Mamdani won, Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch gave a sermon saying that he believed the incoming New York mayor’s criticisms of Israel aligned with Hamas and that critics of Israel wanted to separate “good Jews” from “bad Jews” in a way that endangers the city’s Jewish community.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 5:00 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
Disappointing Oracle results knock $70bn off value amid AI bubble fears

Weaker-than-forecast quarterly data for Larry Ellison’s tech company shows slowdown in revenue growth but big rise in spending

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Dec 11, 2025 • 4:19 AM EST • Business • theguardian.com
Oracle shares slide as earnings fail to ease AI bubble fears

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

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Dec 11, 2025 • 2:34 AM EST • Science • theguardian.com
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Oracle shares slide as earnings fail to ease AI bubble fears

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

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Dec 11, 2025 • 2:34 AM EST • Business • theguardian.com
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High school basketball: Boys' and girls' scores from Wednesday

CIF City and Southern Section boys' and girls' basketball results from Wednesday.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 2:12 AM EST • Sports • latimes.com
The New WHO Pandemic Treaty and Global Health Governance: Incorporating Common but Differentiated Responsibilities into PABS  - Georgetown Journal of International Affairs

On May 20, 2025, the World Health Assembly unanimously adopted the World Health Organization (WHO) Pandemic Agreement, an international treaty designed to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response. The product of three years of arduous negotiations, the treaty marks a new era of global cooperation in public health. However, core aspects of the agreement remain unresolved—notably the Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) System, which is intended to ensure equitable access to pandemic-related materials and benefits. To support the successful implementation of the WHO Pandemic Agreement, the principle of “common but differentiated responsibilities” should be formally incorporated into the negotiating agenda of the PABS annex. Introduction For the first time, an international treaty has enshrined the principle of “One Health,” the compelling idea that the health of animals, humans, and the environment all contribute to pandemic risks. SARS (2003), H1N1 (2009–10), Ebola (2014–16), and COVID-19 all emerged through zoonotic spillover from animal hosts—respectively, civets, hogs, and bats. Together, they underscore the need for a coordinated, cross-sectoral approach. The Pandemic Agreement responds to this call, requiring state parties to acknowledge the ecological interplay and commit to a comprehensive “One Health” strategy. Specifically, Article 5 charges governments to address “the drivers of pandemics and the emergence and re-emergence of infectious disease at the human-animal-environment interface,” including wild animal markets, deforestation, and antibiotic overuse. Yet the effectiveness of this “One Health” vision depends equally on the free flow of scientific information and data among countries and institutions. Just as environmental and animal health factors have been neglected in past global frameworks, so too has data sharing been marginalized, despite its centrality to timely detection and response. The Pandemic Agreement takes an important step by requiring governments to enhance data collection and cooperate with the World Health Organization (WHO). However, these provisions will remain aspirational without a robust Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) annex. The PABS system will determine whether countries and researchers can rapidly exchange pathogen samples and genetic data while ensuring equitable access to resulting research and development, including diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines. Without such mechanisms, the treaty’s promise to operationalize “One Health” and strengthen global preparedness will risk becoming largely symbolic, echoing earlier failures to translate shared principles into coordinated action. Equity Concerns When the 2025 Health Assembly adopted the Pandemic Agreement, it left the difficult question of access to pathogens and the sharing of resulting benefits to be addressed in a separate agreement. Negotiations on this separate agreement, PABS, are now underway in Geneva. Yet governments remain divided over fundamental questions of equity between the countries that primarily contribute to the system and those that primarily draw from it—and consequently benefit. For example, wildlife in countries bordering the equator is likely to produce PABS materials, but companies in Europe are likely to use them to develop lucrative products. The most likely contributor countries are likely to be those biodiverse countries around the equator, such as Brazil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Indonesia, where the number of human-mammalian viral host interactions is large. Conversely, countries most likely to benefit from this material are those with the technology, investors, and infrastructure to capitalize on genomic data, such as the United States, EU member states, and Japan. This imbalance reflects a broader pattern seen in prior international frameworks. Now, as in the past, the wealthiest countries in the world (a useful heuristic is membership of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)) disproportionately benefit from systems in which pathogens and genomic sequencing data are contributed to a common source. Under the International Agreement on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (the “Plant Treaty” or “Seed Treaty”) and the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (PIP) Framework, companies from Europe and North America disproportionately withdraw biological samples and data for development into lucrative medical products. Their governments and companies have both statutory and contractual claims to the products that those companies correspondingly produce. PABS appears poised to follow the same pattern. The text calls for strong language on access to pathogens and associated data, but the corresponding benefits that should flow to poorer countries are couched in equivocal or non-binding language. Common but Differentiated Responsibilities To address these inequities, the principle of “common but differentiated responsibilities” should be formally incorporated into the negotiating agenda of the PABS annex. Common but differentiated responsibilities are often a feature of climate change negotiations. The basic principle is that, even though all countries should reduce carbon emissions, governments that became rich and powerful through massive carbon emissions (e.g., France, the United Kingdom, the United States) should have a greater obligation to address the resulting crises. Applied to PABS, it would require that governments hosting and supporting companies developing lucrative products carry greater obligations toward the cost of running the PABS system; share benefits or final medical products; and transfer technology to help countries worldwide develop their own capacities to innovate and manufacture vaccines during an emergency. For example, an annex could mandate that any company based in an OECD country that withdraws PABS material would be obligated to donate the resulting diagnostics, therapeutics, or vaccines to the WHO during a public health emergency or pandemic. Questions remain about how robust those donations would be, but the principle is that they should deliver highly significant lifesaving benefits to be equitably shared. Theoretically, this approach mirrors the PIP Framework, in which companies withdrawing influenza samples are required to pay half of the operating costs. In practice, however, the framework has fallen short. The PIP Framework Secretariat has struggled to secure payments from companies, with companies often disagreeing over how much is owed. Additionally, without another pandemic influenza to test the strength of the agreement during a public health emergency, corporate compliance with sharing mechanisms remains unknown. Even if these limitations did not characterize the PIP Framework, partially paying for operating expenses does not address the inequity in access to genetic data and pathogen samples that left less developed countries last in line for COVID-19 vaccines (and, before them, H1N1). Common but differentiated responsibilities would go further, addressing governments’ legitimate grievances regarding information sharing. It would make withdrawals of PABS material and resulting products more transparent, building trust across the board. Enforcement and Enduring Success A key implication of this approach is that the governing mechanism of the PABS must have real enforcement authority. The WHO Pandemic Agreement delegates its core governance responsibilities to a Conference of the Parties (COP)—a governing body composed of one representative from each participating government, similar to those established under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. The proposed WHO Pandemic Agreement COP is charged with oversight functions but ultimately possesses no real authority to compel a government to take any action it does not wish to take. The text does not give the COP the ability to, for example, sanction a party that does not comply with either textual obligations or PABS provisions. In other words, there are no effective mechanisms in place to ensure compliance. Perhaps just as significant, establishing a meaningful enforcement mechanism within the PABS system would strengthen the WHO’s credibility and its ability to ensure compliance across global health governance. By setting a precedent for accountability, such a mechanism could enhance the organization’s authority not only within the Pandemic Agreement but also in enforcing the revised International Health Regulations and other frameworks for public health emergencies. Conclusion The PABS annex can—and should—be different. It should establish clear responsibilities for funding as well as for sharing the diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines that result from contributions to the system. The system, in turn, must include a dedicated body empowered to hold governments and the corporations they sponsor accountable for their responsibilities before, during, and after pandemics. Doing so would restore trust in the broader agreement, which was eroded as commitments were repeatedly diluted while parties scrambled to meet their own self-imposed deadlines during the Pandemic Agreement negotiations. A robust PABS Annex would cement a grand social bargain. Wealthier countries and their corporations would gain unimpeded access to scientific information essential for developing and manufacturing lifesaving medical products. As such, they would stand to gain considerable economic benefit. Yet that privilege must be matched with responsibility. The grand bargain must include not only the right to innovate, but also the duty to ensure that innovation serves all. As medical products are developed and produced through collective contributions, every person must have equal access. All human beings deserve an equitable chance to survive—to save their own life, the lives of their families, and the well-being of their communities. … Sam Halabi, JD, MPhil, is the Bette Jacobs Endowed Professor at Georgetown University’s School of Health and the Director of the Center for Transformational Health Law at Georgetown Law. He serves as the co-lead for the WHO’s Working Group on Regulatory Consideration on AI and Health’s training workstream. He earned his JD from Harvard, his MPhil from Oxford, and undergraduate degrees from Kansas State University. Lawrence Gostin, LLD (Hon.), JD, BA, is University Distinguished Professor and Founding Director and Timothy and Linda O’Neill Professor of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law. He is the author of Global Health Security: A Blueprint for the Future (Harvard University Press, 2021); Global Health Law (Harvard University Press, 2014); Public Health Law: Power, Duty, Restraint (University of California Press, 3rd ed., 2016); Public Health Law and Ethics: A Reader (University of California Press, 3rd ed., 2018); Law and the Health System (Foundation Press, 2014); Principles of Mental Health Law & Practice (Oxford University Press, 2010). He also directs the WHO Collaborating Center at Georgetown University. Image Credit: United States Mission Geneva, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Deadly shooting near Horseshoe Casino raises safety concerns in entertainment hub

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OU football eager to face Alabama under 'Friday night lights' in College Football Playoffs

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NFL Week 17 schedule: Texans-Chargers, Ravens-Packers chosen for Saturday doubleheader

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MHA Nation family entertainment center opens doors

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All-in cost for Oracle's campus is $4.5 billion, exec says

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iPad 12 Rumored to Get iPhone 17's A19 Chip, Breaking Apple Tradition

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