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Toppenish School District receives $7.5 million federal grant to expand mental health services for students

The BriefThe Toppenish School District has been awarded up to $7.5 million through Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education), a federal grant administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).The grant will provide up to $1.5 million annually over five years to expand mental health services, strengthen substance use prevention and intervention, and improve access to support for students.District officials say the funding will help address identified gaps in services, particularly drug and alcohol counseling at the high school level, and will allow the district to build capacity for long-term mental health support.TOPPENISH, WASHINGTON — The Toppenish School District has been awarded up to $7.5 million through Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education), a federal grant administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), to expand mental health services and substance use prevention for students.District officials said access to mental health resources has been limited, making it difficult for some students and families to get the support they need. The federal Project AWARE grant will help address those challenges by bringing schools and local healthcare providers together to better support students.The grant will provide up to $1.5 million annually over five years to expand mental health services, strengthen substance use prevention and intervention, and improve access to support for Toppenish students. Deputy Superintendent Dr. Jeff Camero said the district is focused on coordinating with service providers in the area to work as a unified team."We made the awareness with the grant. But looking at all the service providers in the area and how can we all together work as a team?" Camero said.Camero said the district wants to use those resources to reach students earlier and provide more support for those struggling with their mental health. The district plans to address a range of mental health challenges, from anxiety and depression to youth suicide risk. Camero emphasized the importance of supporting students in grades eight through twelve, where suicide rates are a particular concern."Making sure from anxiety to depression, making sure that we can help support our students at those levels, but also the youth suicide risk, looking at that as a top in this area, in our grades, you know, eight, for example, eight through 12, looking at suicide rate and looking at how whether we look at the ACES or whatever program we're looking at, that's federal, how that connects and how we can better serve our students with this extra funding," Camero said.The funding will allow the district to bring in additional staff, including mental health and substance use specialists, to work directly with students and connect families with community resources. The district is already posting positions, including a director role, with additional positions expected to follow.District officials are also thinking beyond the grant's five-year timeline. Brittany Kaple, Director of Public Relations for the Toppenish School District, said the intent is to build capacity and establish connections that will sustain mental health services even after the grant funding ends."We do have the director position already posted, with some of our other positions following really close behind that. But the intent is to, you know, it's a five-year grant, so those positions would be funded for that five years. But there's also the intent to build capacity and make those connections so that at the end of the grant, when that money, you know, if that money is not renewed," Kaple said.As student mental health needs continue to evolve, access to drug and alcohol counseling has become an important priority for the district. Kaple said teachers and staff have been raising concerns about the need for more support, especially at the high school level."And that was something that was also an identified need by our high school staff when the superintendent met with them last school year. They said that that was a really great need, something that they felt was a gap in services that we were providing for our students. And so this is going to be one way to help support that need," Kaple said.The Toppenish School District says its goal is to ensure students and families have access to the support they need, both now and in the years ahead. Additional positions, including drug and alcohol counselors and family engagement specialists, are expected to be posted in the coming weeks. News Sunnyside City Council navigates 2027 budget planning Monique Garcia News "Dancing with the Stars" champion J.R. Martinez shares message of resilience during Central Washington visit Tyler Wargo News Toppenish, Mattawa educators honored at state Educator of the Year Awards Erin Wencl News Kennewick educator named 2027 Washington Teacher of the Year Erin Wencl News Voters to decide the next Yakima County Sheriff Monique Garcia ​COPYRIGHT 2026 BY APPLE VALLEY NEWS NOW. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDISTRIBUTED.

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Oct 19 • 7:59 PM EDT • Health • applevalleynewsnow.com
Return of Josh Jacobs should help Packers boost rushing attack

But how much the three-time Pro Bowl running back will contribute right away remains uncertain.

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Oct 19 • 7:13 PM EDT • Sports • spectrumnews1.com
Did Sports Resorts Expansion Just Shift Wyndham Hotels And Resorts (WH) Investment Narrative?

Travel + Leisure Co. and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts expanded their partnership, creating a framework to build and scale Sports Illustrated Resorts hotels as a sports focused hospitality and mixed use development platform that spans hotel only projects and larger destination concepts. The arrangement pairs Travel + Leisure’s brand and mixed use development capabilities with Wyndham’s global distribution, development engine and commercial infrastructure, which could influence how Wyndham grows...

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Oct 19 • 6:16 PM EDT • Sports • finance.yahoo.com
KREM 2 News

Welcome to the YouTube channel for KREM 2 News. KREM 2 News is the local CBS-affiliate news station covering Spokane, Eastern Washington and North Idaho. Subscribe for the latest news, weather, features and sports in the Inland Northwest. For the latest news, visit www.krem.com.

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Oct 19 • 5:17 PM EDT • Health • youtube.com
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Symposium highlights MIT’s wide range of innovations for aging brain health

In six talks, researchers from across MIT described Aging Brain Initiative projects aimed at advancing the understanding of and interventions against neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and ALS.

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Oct 19 • 5:15 PM EDT • Health • news.mit.edu
City of Fate Approves Chapter 380 Agreement Advancing Fate Yards Entertainment Development

FATE, TX (Oct. 19, 2026)— The City of Fate City Council voted 6-0 to approve a Chapter 380 Economic Development Agreement to support the creation of Fate Yards, a major entertainment and tourism-focused commercial center planned for the southeast quadrant of I‑30 and Memorial Parkway. The Fate Yards development represents approximately 274,000 square feet of...

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Oct 19 • 4:44 PM EDT • Entertainment • blueribbonnews.com
Tatyana Ali's 'Dancing With the Stars' tribute is a 'love letter' to James Avery. 'He always told me he was proud of me.'

Dedication Night on "DWTS" gives Tatyana Ali and Jan Ravnik a chance to honor James Avery through dance and her own singing.

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Oct 19 • 4:37 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Alaska Science Forum: Beyond Alaska Grown

We’ve figured out “Alaska Grown,” but we’ve not yet built “Alaska Stored,” “Alaska Packed,” and “Alaska Distributed.”

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Oct 19 • 4:32 PM EDT • Science • akbizmag.com
Alaska Science Forum: Beyond Alaska Grown

We’ve figured out “Alaska Grown,” but we’ve not yet built “Alaska Stored,” “Alaska Packed,” and “Alaska Distributed.”

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Oct 19 • 4:32 PM EDT • Business • akbizmag.com
Klobuchar and Demuth spar over taxes, costs and regulation at business forum

With roughly two weeks until Election Day, Lisa Demuth and Amy Klobuchar went head-to-head on economic policy.

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Oct 19 • 3:11 PM EDT • Business • startribune.com
How neutrinos, which barely exist, just ran off with a Nobel Prize

On Oct. 6, the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Francis Halzen (University of Wisconsin) “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.” What’s all this about?I have known Francis — as an inspiration, mentor and friend — for over 35 years. T...

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Oct 19 • 2:30 PM EDT • Science • news.osu.edu
This Week: Politics 101, 20th Street Bikeway, Muni Trivia

Here is a list of events this week. Monday/Tonight! SF Politics 101 with Joel Engardio. Learn how local politics shaped San Francisco. Monday/tonight, October 19, 5:30-6:45 p.m. SPUR Urban Center, 654 Mission Street, S.F. Wednesday 20th Street Protected Bikeway Ribbon Cutting. The Oakland Department of Transportation, city officials, Bike East Bay and other community partners will celebrate the completion of the 19th Street BART to Lake Merritt Urban Greenway. Wednesday, October 21, 1:30 p.m. 400 Thomas L Berkley Way, Oakland. Thursday 2026 Silver SPUR Awards. This SPUR event brings together elected officials and business, civic, and philanthropic leaders to celebrate four individuals and their contributions. Thursday, October 22, 4-7:30 p.m. Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA, 700 Howard Street, S.F. Get tickets here. Friday Woman and Non-Binary Morning Ride. Join the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition for a socially distanced bike ride for women and nonbinary cyclists. Friday, October 23, 7:15-8:45 a.m. McLaren Lodge, 501 Stanyan Street, S.F. Friday Muni Trivia Night. Bring your friends or come solo and make some new ones. Friday, October 23, 7:30 p.m. Standard Deviant Brewing, Pier 70, suite 195, 1070 Maryland Street, S.F. RSVP here. Saturday Fifth Annual Firefighter Family Ride. Join SFFD, SF Safe Routes to School, and the SF Bicycle Coalition for a fun, low-stress bike ride through one of the city’s most beautiful routes. Saturday, October 24, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Panhandle Park Blacktop (Fell & Ashbury) to JFK Promenade (Whale’s Tail). Sunday Canvas for No on Prop G. Join the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition to canvas for No on ‘G’ to save Sunset Dunes Park. Sunday, October 25, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Marina Blvd & Laguna Street, S.F. Got an event we should know about? Drop us a line.

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Oct 19 • 11:38 AM EDT • Politics • sf.streetsblog.org
Business Insider launches subscriber-only newsletter, Legal AI Insider

Business Insider is launching Legal AI Insider, a subscriber-only newsletter that will take readers inside the things transforming legal work.

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Oct 19 • 11:28 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Business and politics: how Italy drives the transatlantic trade in the U.S.

The 51st anniversary gala of the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) highlighted the importance of political and economic cooperation between Italy and the United States. The event showcased the breadth of Italian economic interests in the US, including defense, energy, and consumer goods, while emphasizing the significance of business diplomacy in sustaining the relationship. The gala also featured discussions on Italy-US relations and recognized the contributions of individuals and organizations to the transatlantic partnership

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Oct 19 • 10:35 AM EDT • Politics • decode39.com
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Business and politics: how Italy drives the transatlantic trade in the U.S.

The 51st anniversary gala of the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) highlighted the importance of political and economic cooperation between Italy and the United States. The event showcased the breadth of Italian economic interests in the US, including defense, energy, and consumer goods, while emphasizing the significance of business diplomacy in sustaining the relationship. The gala also featured discussions on Italy-US relations and recognized the contributions of individuals and organizations to the transatlantic partnership

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Oct 19 • 10:35 AM EDT • Business • decode39.com
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CEO Marco Bassetti Talks Banijay After All3Media Mega-Merger

The Banijay chief discussed the new $8.5 billion super indie at the MIA Market in Rome after the super indie scaled up by adding distribution and sports to its content offering.

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Oct 19 • 10:26 AM EDT • Entertainment • hollywoodreporter.com
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How many tribes is too many ‘Survivor’ tribes?

How many tribes is too many ‘Survivor’ tribes? Cast your vote for how many tribes is the perfect number.

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Oct 19 • 10:18 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Researchers Discover a Blood-Pressure Drug May Stimulate “Healthy” Brown Fat

Losartan, a drug commonly prescribed for high blood pressure, boosts brown adipose tissue or “brown fat” activity and enhances its metabolism, according to a preclinical study by Weill Cornell Medicine, Rockefeller University and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center researchers.

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Oct 19 • 9:48 AM EDT • Health • news.weill.cornell.edu
Live: Governor candidates Demuth and Klobuchar to talk business issues at forum

The forum hosted by the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce begins at 9 a.m. Monday in Brainerd.

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Oct 19 • 9:30 AM EDT • Business • startribune.com
Season over: Athletic confirm Guruzeta's cruciate ligament injury

Terrible news for Athletic Club and their fans. Striker Gorka Guruzeta will miss the rest of the season after the severity of the injury he sustained in the latest league match against Valencia CF at ...

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Oct 19 • 9:10 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Toon2Tango to Lead Global Licensing and Merchandising for Mediawan Kids & Family Slate, Including Titles Like ‘Astro Boy’ Reboot (EXCLUSIVE)

Mediawan Kids & Family, Europe’s leading independent studio for the production and distribution of children’s and family content, and Toon2Tango, the German kids and family entertainment powerhouse, h...

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Oct 19 • 9:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Travel, Entertainment, and Freestanding Dining Contribute $1,089 Billion to Growth in the Food Away From Home

The Business Research Company’s Food Away From Home Global Market Report 2026 – Market Size, Trends, And Forecast 2026-2035

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Oct 19 • 8:21 AM EDT • Entertainment • einnews.com
Centennial Yards lands flagship retail for growing Entertainment District

A company described as world-class and one of the most powerful players in sports retail is planting its flag in the growing Entertainment District at the heart of Centennial Yards and the doorstep of Atlanta’s largest sports coliseums.

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Oct 19 • 8:14 AM EDT • Entertainment • atlanta.urbanize.city
Nobody should buy the $299 Apple TV 4K, but it could have been worse

My colleague Zac Hall described HomeView as one of the best ways to spend $299 on an Apple device and...

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Oct 19 • 8:11 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5mac.com
Utah Democrats have been out of power for 50 years. As the state changes, here’s how they think they can win.

Utah seems poised to send its first Democrat to Congress in six years. Democrats and others say the state is nearing a potential turning point — and that outcry over data centers could be a sign of how to build progressive power in this longtime GOP stronghold.

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Oct 19 • 8:04 AM EDT • Politics • sltrib.com
Americans who go to church and trust science are also more likely to believe in ghosts and curses, new research shows

New research suggests many Americans who no longer affiliate with an organized religion may still believe in the supernatural in the form of things like tarot, astrology or psychic services.

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Oct 19 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sltrib.com
Where they stand: Amy Klobuchar and Lisa Demuth on health care

Klobuchar as made lowering health care costs a pillar of her campaign, while Demuth has pointed to her record at the Capitol to show how she would address the issue as governor.

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Oct 19 • 7:00 AM EDT • Health • startribune.com
HCA Healthcare opens clinical training center in Gainesville

New facility will support nursing and physician education at six North Florida hospitals.

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Oct 19 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • mainstreetdailynews.com
Opinion | Warning signs are flashing for Minnesota’s health care system

"However, having a strong health care system and having a sustainable health care system are two different things. Increasingly, Minnesota is struggling to achieve both," state Rep. Danny Nadeau writes.

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Oct 19 • 5:59 AM EDT • Health • startribune.com
Video: Griffon Bookstore co-founder looks back on 50 years in business
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Oct 19 • 5:07 AM EDT • Business • southbendtribune.com
The sport of online harassment

Non-consensually posted intimate images can devastate women – and beget male bonding.The burner accounts on X loosely grouped into the “burnerverse” started by bonding over college sports – but soon took a darker turn when some of them began trying to make salacious rumors or non-consensual intimate images of young women and their names go viral. Ej Dickson investigated the burnerverse for Wired, profiling one of these women who were doxxed – and found links between these burner accounts and college fraternities. But what makes misogyny such a potent tool for men’s bonding? And with laws against non-consensually distributed intimate images in all 50 states – how is it still happening at scale?To talk more about the culture that supports this kind of harassment and the structures that keep it in place, Brittany is joined by Ej Dickson, senior culture writer at wired, and Dr. Mary Anne Franks, professor at the George Washington University Law School and president of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative.Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org.

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Oct 19 • 3:00 AM EDT • Sports • npr.org
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Expansion of the security segment wholesale business through the acquisition of shares in companies

The security segment of TKM Grupp AS is expanding its operations across the Baltics by establishing a subsidiary in Latvia and acquiring companies engaged in the wholesale distribution of security systems in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. In 2023, TKM Grupp AS acquired a 100% shareholding in Walde AS, a company engaged in the wholesale distribution of security systems in Estonia (stock exchange announcement of 23 December 2022). On 16 October 2026, Walde SIA, a 100% subsidiary of Walde AS, was e

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Oct 19 • 2:30 AM EDT • Business • uk.finance.yahoo.com
Warriors Get Terrible Update For Historically Old NBA Roster

Everyone knows the Golden State Warriors are entering the NBA season with an aging roster, but the team is even older than most realize. Rotoworld did a study that confirmed the Warriors are the oldest team in the league with an average age of 29.39 years old. Top players like Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler, and […] The post Warriors Get Terrible Update For Historically Old NBA Roster appeared first on HEAVY.

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Oct 19 • 12:56 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Oct 19 • 12:46 AM EDT • Sports • youtube.com
NJBIZ In the Lead 2026: Women-Owned Businesses

NJBIZ celebrates women entrepreneurs across industries who have built successful businesses, overcome funding challenges and contributed to their communities.

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Oct 19 • 12:10 AM EDT • Business • njbiz.com
Kyle Shanahan’s Superlative To Describe 49ers Quarterback Brock Purdy: ‘Automatic'
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Oct 18 • 11:39 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Fourth-generation business owner creates space for wellness, beauty businesses

A new business in Columbiana is opening its doors with the goal of helping other businesses get started.

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Oct 18 • 10:47 PM EDT • Business • wkbn.com
Agua Caliente tribe expands fuel business with third Coachella Valley station

The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians’ new 24-pump Cathedral City station expands its fuel business to three Coachella Valley locations. (Courtesy photo)

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Oct 18 • 10:37 PM EDT • Business • tribalbusinessnews.com
Rincon tribe to close brewery, ending nearly a decade in craft beer

The Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians will close its tribally owned brewery at October’s end, citing changes and challenges in the craft beer industry.

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Oct 18 • 10:17 PM EDT • Business • tribalbusinessnews.com
Minnesota finds discrimination in businesses’ rejection of tribal IDs

Minnesota investigators found probable cause of discrimination after a credit union and Minneapolis bar rejected Native customers’ tribal identification cards.

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Oct 18 • 9:33 PM EDT • Business • tribalbusinessnews.com
Most Major Carbon Emitters Barely Mention Health In Their Climate Plans

Low- and middle-income countries that contribute little to global warming have done the most to plan for its toll on health, while the major economies behind

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Oct 18 • 5:57 PM EDT • Health • healthpolicy-watch.news
Trust In Science Falls Fastest Among Those Left Behind

Poor access to healthcare, limited local influence over research priorities, and an unequal distribution of scientific benefits are undermining public

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Oct 18 • 5:06 PM EDT • Science • eurasiareview.com
Decomp Hub Closes Due To AI, Mourns Sense Of Community

An integral step towards mods, ports and patches, the popular decomp.dev decided the platform has been rendered obsolete by 'drive-by contributions'

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Oct 18 • 4:51 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Little River Chamber to host 3 Ashdown business openings

The Little River Chamber of Commerce will host ribbon-cutting ceremonies for three new Ashdown businesses: Modest & Beautiful Boutique, The Millhouse - Southern Cajun Cooking, and Respawn Digital.

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Oct 18 • 4:42 PM EDT • Business • yahoo.com
Streaming’s Biggest Show Returns…and a Buzzy Genre Struggles

(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights each week.) Obviously, the big news of the week (if not month) is Netflix letting go of executive Bela Bajaria, their chief content officer. I’m going to cover this in my next “Most Important Story of the Week”, but I also have a data angle that I might publish before then. (Too much news this month, am I right?) But first, I have a bonus Streaming Ratings Report issue for you. Today’s article is a bit of a grab bag of topics I’ve wanted to write about, but couldn’t squeeze into the (already very long) Streaming Ratings Report issues. The NFL drives huge viewership numbers, so I’ve got a look at that. A whole bunch of TV shows returned to the traditional broadcast channels, and I have thoughts. And I have a quick look at adult animated shows, since a couple flopped earlier this month. Plus, the Emmys aired earlier this month, and we got some fun data bout how popular those nominated shows are and why I’m not optimistic about the show’s future. That’s a lot, so let’s dive right in. Subscribe Sports - Football Remains the King of Streaming Over the last two Streaming Ratings Reports, I sorta ignored the biggest “show” each week. (I was tempted to say “piece of content” but I know that word bugs folks.) In my database, I call these “specials”, and they sure are special. I speak of the king of American TV: football!!! Streaming football is back and, unlike some other sports, it routinely dominates all viewership. Probably the best way to show this is to update one of my favorite graphics, the “40 Million Hour Club”1 since football games have joined that club each week they’ve premiered: (Yep, that’s the data through 28-Sep, the first four weeks of the season. As a reminder, I take the average minute audience provided by Nielsen, factor out a percentage of linear TV viewers in home markets, and multiply the run time by the three-hour runtime.) Again, the numbers are huge. Let’s start with Netflix. They grabbed the rights to the bonus opening week NFL Kickoff game (which was on YouTube last year) and it put up 18.5 million viewers on average. That nets out to 47.4 million hours of estimated streaming hours. That’s good! Though, notably, it’s well below Christmas Day games from previous years. Compared to other streamers/broadcasters, that’s a bit of a mixed result. On one hand, Netflix’s 18.5 million average is about what YouTube claimed last year, though Nielsen used a bespoke methodology at that time, so I trust this viewership figure more. So that’s good. (The game also shifted from a Friday to a Thursday and that could have helped the viewership as well.) And Netflix continues to best Prime Video in total viewership—as you’ll see next—though Netflix has had much higher-profile (opening week and Christmas Day) games. NBC/Peacock’s opening game the night before averaged 25.1 million average viewers, which is just much bigger than Netflix (or Prime Video). That’s the big caveat to all streaming viewership records: even in success, they can’t compete with traditional linear TV. Previously, I called this my “hierarchy of viewership”, and the data keeps supporting that thesis. The downside for NBC is that this game’s viewership was down compared to previous years, though it may be a counting issue. Here’s a great chart from Sports Media Watch: Indeed, looking at all the opening week games across all windows, Netflix still lags the other primetime windows, but does well compared to the afternoon games: I saw a few folks make the case that streamers still lag traditional broadcasters in reach, and I’d add they really lag compared to “broadcast plus streaming” options like NBC/Peacock, ESPN/Disney+ and CBS/Paramount+. The best data I saw for this came from Samba TV, who charted reach through the 2025 season, and, wow. (Samba TV’s numbers are historically lower than Nielsen’s, so don’t compare their household figures to Nielsen’s hours, but use them as a proxy for the relative reach of the streamers.) The good news is Prime Video is NOT having a down year. Their opening Thursday Night Football game reached 18.6 million viewers (about what Netflix got), but that’s a high for Prime Video on Thursdays and the biggest Thursday night game since 2015. The TNF games the weeks of 21-Sep and 28-Sep continued this streak, getting 43.1 (16.8 million average viewers) and 42.5 total hours (16.6 million average viewers), which were both up from last year. Still, that continues the (typical) season slide: (For those new-to-streaming-football-numbers folks, the viewership declines for Thursday Night Football as the year goes along.) Overall, it appears as if Prime Video is now part of the “football habit”, be it for customers at home or out at places like bars and restaurants. And its viewership is slowly catching up to broadcast. One last chart shows this. Last season, Nielsen started adding out-of-home viewership to the charts, so I try not to do season-to-season comparisons as I did for the first few years. And while Nielsen added Big Data viewing this year, I’m going to compare the last two seasons. Here’s that chart, which shows the season-over-season gains: When it comes to streaming football, we have to keep a few seemingly contradictory thoughts in our head… First, streaming doesn’t come close to matching broadcast’s reach and, thus, viewership. Second, even with that gap, football is still the biggest “thing” on streaming. It’s very, very popular. Third, while some methodology changes have likely helped Prime Video’s numbers, their viewership does appear to be growing. Lastly, yeah, the NFL started the season off poorly, with week one dragging down the numbers in year-over-year comparisons. However—and again, methodology changes may have helped this—the viewership grew compared to previous seasons over the next couple of weeks. So football is still king. On streaming and off. Television - Adult Animation Continues to NOT Make the Streaming Charts In the last two reports, two adult-animated shows whiffed: Netflix’s animated comedy, Dang! Paramount+’s Sega-video-game-inspired fantasy/comedy, Golden Axe. Neither made the charts, but that’s usually the case for animated shows. I mean, here’s literally every animated show that’s made the Nielsen Original charts since the start of 2025: And one of those shows is G_abby’s Dollhouse_! A kids show! The problem with charts like this is that they don’t give you a sense of how many shows miss the charts. Netflix had at least eleven animated flops, including comedies like Big Mouth (a show everyone assumed was popular in the pre-Streaming Ratings Era), Long Story Short, Haunted Hotel, Mating Season, Strip Law, and Alley Cats, and action shows like Blood of Zeus, Castlevania: Nocturne, Devil May Cry, Splinter Cell: Deathwatch, and Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft. Prime Video had at least six animated misses, two in the same universe (Hazbin Hotel, Helluva Boss), three more comedies (#1 Happy Family USA, The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy and Kevin) and an action show (The Mighty Nein). Disney+ had MCU and Star Wars animated misses (Eyes of Wakanda, Marvel Zombies, Star Wars: Visions, Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord, and Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld) but I can’t tell how many of those shows were geared towards adults. HBO Max had Harley Quinn and Hulu had Solar Opposites. None of these shows made the charts! That’s a lot of misses! If I remade the chart with all those misses, here’s how it would look: Listen, I know the counter arguments. First, it’s cheaper to produce animated shows than live action. Fair enough, but with viewership this low, even that cheaper price point starts to not matter. Second, just look at the acquired charts. Hit animated comedies can generate viewership for years! Shows like The Simpsons, South Park, Family Guy, and Bob’s Burgers do really, really well. Fair enough, but streaming has failed to recreate the dynamic that Fox has mastered so well. That’s a problem for streaming still. Television - Emmys! The annual Emmys broadcast was a few weeks ago, and I’ve got data on how the nominees performed on streaming, plus hot takes on this year’s viewership (and the big news about the broadcast’s, er, streamcast’s future). We’re just getting started with this issue, but the rest is for paid subscribers of the Entertainment Strategy Guy, so if you’d like to find out… The top Emmy-nominated shows… ...why I’m worried about the future of the Emmys telecast... ...the pros of broadcast television ...and the cons... ...please subscribe! We can only keep doing this great work with your support. Coming Soon! Next week, we’ve got a double issue (since the weeks of 21-Sep and 28-Sep were so light), but then I’ll be all caught up after a deluge of streaming ratings data from Nielsen in September. In the meantime, I’m going to try to take a look at Netflix’s stats to explain why Bela Bajaria is out. But even light weeks give me plenty to talk about. The Great British Baking Show returns to Netflix and Apple TV has a buzzy new star-studded comedy. And Netflix has a controversial-but-appears-to-be-popular new game show. Plus big films like Toy Story 5, Backrooms and The Breadwinner head to streaming. And is East of Eden a hit? After that, The Kardashians return to Hulu, Prime Video has a reboot of Carrie, and Netflix has a horror show, Below. Disclosure Day heads to Peacock, The Housemaid heads to HBO Max_,_ a new Ben Affleck film, Animals, lands on Netflix, and Apple TV has a new John Cena action film based on, checks notes, Hasbro’s Matchbox toys. Okay. Longterm, some interesting TV production news. HBO Max ordered How to Survive Without Me, starring Kaley Cuoco, Joshua Jackson, Ray Romano and Rita Wilson, for fifteen episodes! I love that some streamers (or, at least, HBO Max) are finally ordering TV shows with more than eight episodes. In less wise production news, Landman does not appear to be coming back this year, since it just started production. Frankly, I don’t love this (get your shows out on time) but Landman is so popular, I doubt it matters.

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Johnny Cash tribute show coming to Carmel's Palladium Oct. 22

CARMEL, Ind. - James Garner's Tribute to Johnny Cash brings its nationally touring production to the Payne & Mencias Palladium at the Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, Oct. ...

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Kaia Gerber pens heartbreaking tribute to late brother Presley: ‘This party sucks so bad without you, Prez’

“I am learning how to love you when I cannot see you,” the model wrote in a letter addressed to her brother, who died on Sept. 20.

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10 Black scientists whose groundbreaking contributions deserve more recognition

Meet 10 Black scientists and inventors whose groundbreaking contributions to medicine, technology, mathematics and space exploration deserve recognition.

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McKenna Grace Channels Jennifer Lawrence’s Iconic Oscars Moment

McKenna Grace continues her fashion tributes while promoting 'The Hunger Games.'

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Singing River Health System hosting ribbon cutting for mobile clinic

MOSS POINT, Miss. (WXXV)- Singing River Health System will be hosting a ribbon cutting for its new mobile clinic next week. That’s taking place at the Community Action Center in Moss Point on October 21 starting at 11. The clinic will be stopping at the center from 8:30 to 1 p.m. that day. The clinic will also be stopping at...

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Cindy Crawford breaks silence on son Presley Gerber’s death: ‘We are beyond heartbroken’

Cindy Crawford has penned a heartfelt tribute to her son, Presley Gerber, nearly one month after his death at 27: ‘So proud of how he showed up in the world.’

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Oct 18 • 2:09 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Promising Entertainment Stocks To Follow Today

Walt Disney, Spotify Technology, Verizon Communications, Take-Two Interactive Software, and Caesars Entertainment are the five Entertainment stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Entertainment stocks are shares of publicly traded companies that produce or distribute

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Pink on Purpose Announces the Glowup ParTEA: A Vital Event for Women’s Health and Empowerment

The Glowup ParTEA is a women's empowerment event on October 24, 2026, in Baton Rouge, featuring speakers, inspiring stories, and a tribute to Kurtisha Prier.

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Q+A: San Manuel Chairwoman Lynn Valbuena on hotel investments and economic diversification

Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation Chairwoman Lynn Valbuena discusses hotel investments, economic diversification and 40 years of tribal gaming.

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Prairie Band chairman discusses ICE contract exit and oversight of tribal businesses

Prairie Band Potawatomi Chairman Joseph “Zeke” Rupnick discusses the tribe’s exit from an ICE-related contract and oversight of tribal businesses with Levi Rickert during the Great Lakes Tribal Economic Summit in Mount Pleasant, Mich. (Photo: Tribal Business News)

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Lidi recalls Gelatelli Coffee & Vanilla Gelato due to possible health risk

The recall involves 16-ounce containers distributed across 10 states.

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Trump holds rare presidential rally on tribal land

OKLAHOMA Trump rallies on tribal land DURANT — President Donald Trump’s rally Oct. 1 on the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma put him in the company of just a handful of U.S. presidents who have visited tribal reservations while in office. The rally was part of Trump’s recent campaign push through deep red states, where he […]

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Contributor: How much would Becerra's healthcare promises cost the state? Not even he knows

The Democratic candidate is campaigning on making California affordable. That's why the missing numbers matter.

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Oct 18 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • latimes.com
Nature’s Cafe cuts ribbon on downtown expansion

CANTON — Dozens of local dignitaries, friends, and neighbors gathered Oct. 6 to mark a major milestone on Main Street as Nature’s Storehouse celebrated the grand opening and ribbon cutting

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Is Teladoc Health (TDOC) Cheap Following Its New AI Tools?

Teladoc Health (TDOC) just rolled out two AI tools inside its Solo platform, SoloVitals and SoloScribe, aimed at contactless vital sign tracking and streamlined clinical note taking for hospital and health system clients. Despite Teladoc Health unveiling AI tools aimed at making virtual visits smoother for hospitals, the 30-day share price return is down 10% and the 90-day move has fallen 41.24%. The 5-year total shareholder return has declined 95.88%, pointing to longer term momentum that...

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New guided search tool helps Kentuckians navigate treatment, mental health and recovery resources

By Leah Dick University of Kentucky Finding the right support for substance use disorder treatment, mental health care, recovery housing or naloxone distribution can be an important step toward better…

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Opinion - John Schickel: Public service, not politics — why I’m running for Boone County Commissioner

Editor’s Note: The NKyTribune is offering one free op-ed postings from NKY candidates in major races in which there is opposition for the November 3 General Election. All candidates may send op-ed’s…

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Why we investigated donations behind Ohio commissioner races

There's no contribution limits for county commissioner candidates under Ohio law.

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Trump approval hits record low, handing Democrats a clear midterm edge

President Donald Trump’s approval rating has fallen to a new low and support for Democrats in the race for control of Congress rising, as inflationary pressures contribute to the acrid mood among voters, according to a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll.

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Lionel Messi makes MLS history in latest Inter Miami masterpiece

By Jaime UribarriTo watch Lionel Messi with Inter Miami CF is to watch history unfold in real time.Case in point: Matchday 31’s Walmart Saturday Showdown.Messi scored a pair of highlight-reel goals ...

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‘A real-world story’: Ruidoso doctor pens novel on youth mental health

The novel introduces young readers to a 13-year-old who attends therapy and is prescribed medication for anger management.

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Business Spotlight: Greenway Landscape Design & Build turns outdoor living spaces into true ‘bonus room’

In San Diego, the backyard has become more than a patch of grass — it’s where families gather, where friends connect and where homeowners invest in comfort and long-term property value. That shift has helped fuel the rise of outdoor living …

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SMH and United Healthcare at odds on Medicare Advantage pact

About 33,000 UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage subscribers who receive healthcare services at both Sarasota Memorial Hospital and First Physicians Group will be out of network starting Jan. 1, 2027, unless the two sides sign a new contract before the end of the year.

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Oct 17 • 4:00 PM EDT • Health • bradenton.com
SMH and United Healthcare at odds on Medicare Advantage pact

Dispute does not affect traditional Medicare coverage or commercial contract negotiations

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SMH talks with United Healthcare on Medicare Advantage pact stall

Talks could affect 33,000 SMH and First Physicians Group patients in 2027 if a deal is not reached by Dec. 31

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Readers Write: Political ads, sexual violence, the demise of Hourcar, letter writing

These ad makers must think our brains are mush.

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Miley Cyrus breaks down in tears while paying tribute to Dolly Parton at her Los Angeles concert: ‘I miss her’

She played “Jolene” to honor the late country singer, who died on Aug. 25.

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TikTok Bans Musk Film Account, Citing Politics

Move comes just as Alex Gibney doc film expands to nearly 500 screens. Distributor Bleecker Street says it is appealing.

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Outfield Defense Experiment Described As A Major ‘Misfire’
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Global survey links financial hardship to lower trust in science

Poor access to health care, limited local influence over research priorities and an unequal distribution of scientific benefits are undermining public confidence in science, experts warn, following the ...

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Oct 17 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • phys.org
Brain cells meant to protect us may be fueling cognitive decline

Scientists have uncovered a surprising cause of age-related cognitive decline involving brain cells previously thought to be entirely beneficial. As these cells become dysfunctional, they can produce abnormal amounts of myelin, disrupting nerve fibers and potentially contributing to worsening memory and thinking skills.

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Oct 17 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Campaigns already know a lot about voters. AI could change what they do with it.

Artificial intelligence is reshaping familiar campaign practices in Minnesota and beyond. Whether it can sway more votes is less certain.

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BIA's 113th annual dinner and awards celebration

Bruce Berke, Donnalee Lozeau and Bring Back the Trades were honored at BIA’s 113th annual dinner for their contributions to New Hampshire.

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FOR BUSINESS: New ownership

Contributed Toronto Auto Parts, a longtime fixture in the community, celebrated nearly 50 years of serving local customers and a change in ownership during an Oct. 10 ribbon-cutting ceremony. Community members, customers, friends and local officials were on hand to mark the new ownership of Preston Zeigler, while recognizing the five decades of service of […]

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Minnesota veterans receiving claims assistance, health exams at clinic
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New landmark study shows Illinois lawyers are in mental health crisis

There is an eye opening look at what can only be described as a mental health crisis among attorneys in the state, according to a first of its kind analysis commissioned by the Illinois Supreme Court.

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Oct 16 • 7:30 PM EDT • Health • abc7chicago.com
Downtown Portland businesses weigh safety and signs of progress after deadly shooting

Downtown Portland business owners react after police fatally shot a man on SW Broadway. Merchants describe chaos, shifting street behavior, and cautious optimism as crime data shows assaults up, homicides down.

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Oct 16 • 7:28 PM EDT • Business • katu.com
Medicaid changes impact, newest culinary trail: CT politics news

Plus: Social security recipients will see an increase and Blue Ribbon Commission on K-12 funding wants to encourage regionalization.

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Oct 16 • 5:30 PM EDT • Politics • ctmirror.org
Inside 'Dancing With the Stars' rehearsals with Tatyana Ali and Jan Ravnik: Sore ribs, sharp humor and 'no days off'

Tatyana Ali and Jan Ravnik talk "DWTS" rehearsals, taking criticism and who's on his "dead to me" list.

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Oct 16 • 4:32 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Indigenous Biz Con explores a renaissance in Tribal business, technology and entertainment

Indigenous Biz Con returned for its fifth year Oct. 11-13, bringing Indigenous leaders, entrepreneurs and community members to Milwaukee to explore a potential economic renaissance for Indian Country. The annual conference, held at Potawatomi Casino, featured discussions on the current state and

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Oct 16 • 2:03 PM EDT • Entertainment • madison365.com
Indigenous Biz Con explores a renaissance in Tribal business, technology and entertainment

Indigenous Biz Con returned for its fifth year Oct. 11-13, bringing Indigenous leaders, entrepreneurs and community members to Milwaukee to explore a potential economic renaissance for Indian Country. The annual conference, held at Potawatomi Casino, featured discussions on the current state and

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Here's who Netflix just brought in to run content — and what it means for the streamer

Peter Rice brings a wealth of experience in TV and film, including scripted and unscripted shows, live sports, prestige television and theatrical distribution.

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Oct 16 • 1:02 PM EDT • Entertainment • cnbc.com
Apple's New CEO Just Demonstrated How to Stay Classy While Insulting the Competition

John Ternus described other folding phones as feeling 'kind of cheap and crappy.'

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Oct 16 • 12:43 PM EDT • Technology • inc.com
God Help Me, I Actually Loved Street Fighter

Stupid, surreal, and a little sexy are how best I can describe yet another video game movie.

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Oct 16 • 12:32 PM EDT • Entertainment • esquire.com
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“Musk” distributor Bleecker Street acquired by Outerlight Entertainment

Outerlight Entertainment, previously First Look Entertainment, has acquired indie studio Bleecker Street Media, fresh from its release of Alex Gibney’s new documentary, Musk, on Friday (October 16). Financial terms of ...

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Oct 16 • 12:07 PM EDT • Entertainment • realscreen.com
Bagley Cartoon: Risky Business

Check out Pat Bagley's latest cartoon: Risky Business

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Oct 16 • 11:44 AM EDT • Business • sltrib.com
Business taking action for nature at CBD COP17

At the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP17) in Yerevan, Armenia, from 19-30 October, IUCN will show how business can use science, data and technology to scale up its contribution to the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

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What a subscription business actually automates when it sets up recurring billing

The word "automatic" in subscription billing can mean two very different things depending on which part of the process it describes.

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Oct 16 • 11:37 AM EDT • Business • rbj.net
Who’s in Charge of the Oklahoma Tribe Doing Business With Kalshi?

One tribal leader says Kalshi was duped by an impostor who had no authority to enter into an agreement with the company.

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Can AI solve our mental health access problem?

Last week I asked you what worries you most about AI in health. It was close, but your top answer was “AI giving bad health advice.” Last week’s poll results: You’re in good company. This concern was top of mind at a conference I joined at Stanford last week, where researchers, clinicians, and people who build AI systems spent a day debating trust and safety in health AI. Stepping back, I’m also hearing your emerging concerns about AI’s impact on our well-being generally. I see this as a matter of public health, and we’ll take it in pieces as we learn together. Today we’ll focus on AI chatbots used for therapy for mental health. Early this month, Governor Newsom vetoed Senate Bill 903, California’s most ambitious attempt to regulate AI use for mental health. It’s at the center of active debate, and raises the questions patients, family members, citizens, and voters will face as AI moves deeper into health care. Let’s work through it. What is “AI-based therapy”? It’s really two things: purpose-built mental health apps designed to deliver structured support, and general chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini that people increasingly use for emotional support—even if they weren’t built for it. Spoiler alert: I don’t know whether the shift toward AI therapy is good or bad. The evidence isn’t there yet. But I do know it’s already happening, and I have some ideas about how we can roll it out with safety in mind. The therapy dilemma, in a nutshell Mental health challenges are common, and strain health and well-being across populations. Therapy (interactive dialogue with a trained, empathetic practitioner) helps many people heal. The demand for licensed therapists far exceeds the supply in California, and AI-based therapy can narrow that gap. AI-based therapy remains novel, unproven, and not well tested. Right off the bat, we can see we’re dealing with trade-offs here. Since the main driver of demand for therapy from a robot is lack of access to therapy from a human, we’ll start there. It’s too hard to find and afford a human therapist California is short roughly 55,000 licensed, non-prescribing therapists and counselors, about 40% of what we need. Psychiatrists, who rely on talk therapy as a complement to prescribed medications, are even more scarce. Eight counties have none, and density ranges from 1.7 per 100,000 residents in San Benito County, to 68.1 in Marin County. My wife is a psychiatrist in Marin, and even here access is tight. If it’s hard in the best-supplied county, imagine rural Sierra County, or the San Joaquin Valley. In 2024, more than half of Californians who tried to make a mental health appointment struggled to find a provider who took their insurance, compared with 14% for physical health care. When Senate staff posed as “secret shopper” patients and called 120 mental health providers in Medicare Advantage networks, they landed an appointment less than once for every five tries. Insurers pay behavioral health clinicians about 22% less than medical and surgical clinicians for comparable office visits. On top of that, billing denials and prior authorizations hit hardest at the solo and small practices common in mental health. Psychiatrists opt out of Medicare at the highest rate of any specialty. In many places, a cash practice for therapy fills quickly with patients paying $250 or more an hour, with no insurance paperwork at all. Families who can pay cash find providers more easily. Those who rely on insurance, including Medi-Cal enrollees, older adults, rural residents, and non-English speakers, compete for what’s left. So we can’t pretend the human system works, and we can’t blame people for turning to AI for support when they’re in distress. AI is filling the gap It’s estimated that roughly a quarter of AI users use it for mental health support. If you have internet, it’s available 24/7, it’s cheap, and it speaks your language. Uninsured adults are about twice as likely as insured adults to do it (30% vs. 14%). It feels anonymous in ways that may enable people to ask things they’re unsure or embarrassed about. The largely hidden, personal use makes it hard to study whether it’s actually helping people with their mental health issues, but researchers are trying. Does AI therapy work? A 2026 analysis of nearly 40 randomized trials found chatbots showed a real but small reduction in depression symptoms. But most of these trials were compared to an alternative of no therapy, not a human therapist. So the benefit of AI therapy is probably real, but modest, and mostly untested against the alternative of human contact. We need more studies. Serious concerns OpenAI’s own estimate is that more than a million ChatGPT users each week show signs of suicidal planning or intent. These are high stakes encounters, and AI doesn’t always get it right. That’s partly because a chatbot can sound like a therapist, but it has no license, no duty of care, and it’s not clear who to hold accountable when it gets things wrong. AI is also designed to help users in whatever task they’re seeking to accomplish. People may feel like they’re getting therapy, but they’re mainly getting a convincing conversation. It’s easy for an AI companion to wander into gray areas, like playing along with “creative writing” that may be about the user’s own suicidal intent. Courts are driving safety conversations A wave of lawsuits have been filed on behalf of families claiming that chatbots pushed people they loved toward self-harm, including teens who died by suicide. The first settlements came this year. OpenAI is headquartered in San Francisco, and dozens of cases alleging that ChatGPT drove users to suicide or self-harm are now before a San Francisco judge. Character.ai has filed for bankruptcy after several states brought lawsuits accusing the chatbot of pushing dangerous content to kids. But the technology seems to be improving. Last month, an independent evaluation found that newer AI models “almost never endorse suicide.” That’s progress, but our societal appetite for even one preventable death is very low. So how do we move forward? Finding a middle ground Earlier this month the governor vetoed Senate Bill 903, a bill designed to place guardrails on the use of AI for therapy. The bill would have prohibited any AI-based platform from being advertised as psychotherapy, and would have required a licensed professional to review and approve each encounter where AI was used to support therapeutic decisions. Newsom called it overly broad, since even routine screening questions would have needed clinician sign-off. Knowing we’re already short on mental health providers, requiring human review of AI encounters may not relieve our access problems. Still, the answer isn’t no oversight. Here’s one feasible short term solution. Rather than reviewing each encounter, a licensed clinician can design the guardrails: what counts as a crisis, what triggers an immediate handoff to a human, and what gets sampled for audit each month. The AI runs inside that structure. Conversations get checked, failures get reported, and a real clinician owns the framework. Medicine already has models to learn from. The FDA process for rolling out newly approved medications is an example. After a product reaches patients, we keep watching for adverse events. Patient-facing AI needs the same “digital pharmacovigilance”: systematic tracking of harms, near misses, and the types of groups that get hurt and why. It’s also critical that users know that they can reach a human if they’re in crisis. Most chatbots now include messages like these: Bottom line The rush to use unproven AI tools for mental health support is mostly a workaround, a sign of a health system people can’t get into. We need better access to proven care from licensed clinicians. That takes reimbursement that makes accepting insurance viable, and a bigger workforce. But, built and tested well, AI could be part of the answer. It could be the 2 a.m. check-in when no one else is awake, or a way for patients to practice skills their therapist taught them. It could be the first step to get someone the right level of care, and take paperwork off clinicians’ plates so they spend more time with patients. None of this is simple. The SB 903 veto doesn’t end the debate, and the legislature will be back. In the meantime, those of us using these tools need to stay informed, ask hard questions, and hold the companies building them accountable. I’ll try to do my part, and we’ll keep learning together. Love,Matt P.S. If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health challenges, emotional distress, substance use problems, or just needs to talk, call or text 988- you’ll reach a real person— or chat at 988lifeline.org 24/7. Dr. Matt Willis is the author of Your Local Epidemiologist in California. A California native, he’s served as a primary care physician, CDC epidemiologist, and public health officer for Marin County, where he guided the pandemic response. He lives in Marin with his family and their dogs, Teddy and Ramona. Thank you Cynthia He, MD, PhD, and Parnika Saxena, MD, for their guidance in preparing this article. Cynthia works in an outpatient mental health clinic, treating patients who have Medi-Cal or, sometimes, no insurance. Parnika works in an inpatient psychiatric unit, treating patients with public or private insurance or self-pay ability. All opinions are their own and do not represent their employers.

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Oct 16 • 10:32 AM EDT • Health • yourlocalepidemiologistca.substack.com
“9-1-1: Nashville” pays tribute to Chad Lowe’s daughter after her death at 13

Lowe is an executive producer and director on the show, which honored his late daughter, Fiona, following the season 2 premiere.

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Two Weather Implications Of A 24-Team College Football Playoff

The potential weather and climate implications of a 24-team NCAA college football playoff system.

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Oct 16 • 10:10 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Caesars Entertainment (CZR) Following Argus Focus Is The Digital Growth Story Undervalued

Caesars Entertainment (CZR) is back in focus after research provider Argus highlighted its mix of roughly 50 U.S. gaming properties and detailed 2024 EBITDAR contributions from Las Vegas and regional operations. Recent trading has been softer, with the share price slipping over the past week and month, and the 3-month share price return down 2.04%. However, Caesars Entertainment still carries a 24.15% year to date share price gain and a 34.61% 1-year total shareholder return, alongside a much...

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Morocco health alert issued due to diphtheria: US Embassy

In the North African country of Morocco, the country’s Ministry of Health reported a small diphtheria outbreak with clusters in multiple regions in Morocco in late September. Moroccan health teams are tracing contacts and providing preventive treatment and vaccines. This has prompted the US Embassy to issue a health alert for U.S. citizens in Morocco. Diphtheria is a serious bacterial infection. It spreads primarily from person to person through coughs and sneezes (respiratory droplets). Most Americans were vaccinated as children and have received Td or TdaP boosters as adults. The risk to U.S. citizens in Morocco remains low. U.S. Citizens may contact their local doctors if they would like immunizations. Embassy officials advise citizens to watch out for the following symptoms: Sore throat or hoarse voice, mild fever, a thick gray or white coating in the throat or nose, swollen neck and trouble swallowing or breathing. If you or a family member has trouble breathing or swallowing, please contact your local doctor. They also advise on the following actions concerning vaccines: Check your vaccination records and your family members’ records. Get a booster if you need one. Adults need a diphtheria booster (Td or Tdap) every 10 years. Make sure your children are up to date on their routine vaccines. Outbreak News Today is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe

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