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Android 17’s ‘Continue On’ will let you move tasks between devices, like Apple’s Handoff

Google is setting the stage for Android’s version of Apple Handoff, with the new “Continue On” feature in Android 17...

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May 19 • 7:35 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
New leadership fight between Democrats grows in Brooklyn

An insurgent political group is trying to take over party leadership.

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May 19 • 7:12 PM EDT • Politics • ny1.com
Wrangell updates local sales tax and business license laws

One change met with some pushback. The borough initially proposed sales tax exemptions for churches and nonprofits for “occasional” business lasting less than three days per year.

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May 19 • 7:11 PM EDT • Business • kstk.org
Android 17 QPR1 Beta 3 now defaults screen recording to your last-used app

After appearing for the first time in Android 17 Beta, Google’s screen recorder menu now defaults to an option that...

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May 19 • 5:55 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Google caps off I/O 2026 day one with Android 17 QPR1 Beta 3 release

As if you didn't have enough Google news to catch up with after I/O's keynote, we've also got a new Android 17 QPR1 Beta 3 release.

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May 19 • 5:07 PM EDT • Technology • androidauthority.com
Google rolling out Android 17 QPR1 Beta 3 for Pixel

The two week cadence this cycle continues with Google today releasing Android 17 QPR1 Beta 3 during I/O 2026. The...

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May 19 • 4:45 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Ink Business Preferred vs. Capital One Venture Business: Which $95 annual fee business travel card is better?

The Ink Business Preferred and Capital One Venture Business both have $95 annual fees and earn flexible travel rewards.

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May 19 • 3:49 PM EDT • Business • cnbc.com
How to watch N.Y. state comptroller debate on Spectrum News

The debate starts at 7 p.m., and will be hosted by political anchors Errol Louis and Susan Arbetter.

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May 19 • 3:25 PM EDT • Politics • ny1.com
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North Korean coach ‘focused only on winning’ ahead of historic South Korea soccer game

No North Korean sports delegation has competed on southern soil since 2018, with no soccer game between the two in the South in 12 years.

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May 19 • 1:52 PM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
With Gemini 3.5 Flash, Google bets its next AI wave on agents, not chatbots

Google launched Gemini 3.5 Flash, its most powerful coding and agentic AI model yet, at the company's annual developer conference. It is capable of autonomously executing complex tasks and building software from scratch.

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May 19 • 1:51 PM EDT • Technology • techcrunch.com
2026 NBA Playoff Odds: Why Alex Caruso Is Best Bet To Win WCF MVP

Alex Caruso is a long shot to win Western Conference finals MVP but Will Hill believes his odds are worth a wager. Here's why.

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May 19 • 1:42 PM EDT • Sports • foxsports.com
Google I/O kicks off with reveals on AI models, Gemini product expansion, and agentic features

Google I/O 2024: Alphabet highlights Gemini AI surge (3.2 quadrillion tokens, 900M MAUs), unveils Ask YouTube + Omni Flash video AI.

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May 19 • 1:28 PM EDT • Technology • seekingalpha.com
Google Revamps YouTube, Docs With Artificial Intelligence Tools

Alphabet Inc.’s Google said users will be able to ask questions of YouTube, its video product, and create Google Docs using their voices — part of a plan to improve its products with artificial intelligence.

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May 19 • 1:13 PM EDT • Technology • bloomberg.com
Unpopular opinion: The Office is insufferable!

The debate highlights the divide between cringe comedy fans and those who just want a traditional sitcom.

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May 19 • 11:44 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Preschoolers learn more science when food is part of the lesson

A new study found that preschool children learned science and vocabulary better through gardening and food activities.

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May 19 • 10:11 AM EDT • Science • earth.com
Dodgers’ Alex Freeland, Isaac Ayon win minor league weekly honors

Last Monday, Alex Freeland was the odd man out in the Dodgers infield when Mookie Betts was activated off the injured list. Freeland was optioned to Triple-A, but made the most of things with Oklahoma City, winning Pacific Coast League player of the week in his first week back in the minors. The switch-hitting Freeland […]

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May 19 • 10:02 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
2026 CJ Cup Byron Nelson odds, picks: Surprising predictions from golf model that's nailed 17 majors

Mike McClure's model has simulated the CJ Cup Byron Nelson 2026 10,000 times and revealed PGA best bets

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May 19 • 9:39 AM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
Victor Wembanyama dominates OKC in 2OT thriller; Canadiens beat Sabres in Game 7 OT to reach ECF

Plus, we preview the NBA's Eastern Conference finals between the Knicks and Cavaliers

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May 19 • 9:13 AM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
Dr. Elisabeth Ploran named inaugural dean of SFA’s College of Health Professions

Following a nationwide search, Stephen F. Austin State University has appointed Dr. Elisabeth Ploran as the inaugural dean of the College of Health Professions. Ploran will begin her tenure in July, coinciding with the launch of the new college.

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May 19 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • sfasu.edu
Sports Daily Live: NBA Western Conference Finals open with thriller; Royals stumble again

In NBA action, the first game of the highly anticipated Western Conference Finals didn’t disappoint, as a battle between the top two seeds went into two overtimes.

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May 19 • 7:53 AM EDT • Sports • kwch.com
Students With Chronic Illness Shouldn’t Have To Choose Between Health And Education

Autoimmune conditions like lupus are more prevalent among Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and Asian populations

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May 19 • 6:01 AM EDT • Health • civilbeat.org
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Why more US women are moving abroad: ‘there’s always a level of stress on your shoulders’

As many as 40% of young women say they want to migrate, citing better work life balance to Trump’s politics

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May 19 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Fall asleep faster using these science-backed tips

Experts offer tips to help you fall asleep faster at bedtime and get a better night’s rest.

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May 19 • 6:00 AM EDT • Science • washingtonpost.com
Here’s how we used AI to find gambling ads in televised sports

The Post used AI to analyze 50 televised sports games for references to betting.

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May 19 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • washingtonpost.com
Now that redistricting is dead for this year, these are the next 10 questions to ask about Virginia politics

We’re still waiting to see how the relationship between the governor and the General Assembly plays out. Plus, Lynchburg Republicans and, yes, more redistricting fallout.

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May 19 • 4:15 AM EDT • Politics • cardinalnews.org
Audemars Piguet walks a fine line between hype and cheapening brand

Fans had to endure long lines, fistfights, and even tear gas to cop the $400 Audemars Piguet and Swatch "Royal Pop" pocket watches.

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May 19 • 3:38 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Uncertainty makes science powerful — and incredibly vulnerable

Related Content Science fiction and the authoritarian imagination Thinking outside Schrödinger’s cat box: Reality as quantum Chatbots aren’t conscious, but it’s important to understand the science and philosophy of why In Silicon Valley, creationists and atheist post-libertarians have a lot in common Why thinking about aliens can help us better understand philosophy of science What […]

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May 19 • 3:01 AM EDT • Science • flux.community
CVS Health collaborates with America250 to support the nation’s 250th anniversary celebration

Omnicare has approved the sale of the Company’s business to GenieRx Holdings LLC ("GenieRx"), a joint partnership between private investment firm Milrose Capital LLC and health-care investment and management firm Integro Asset Management LLC, which does business as Integro Healthcare Services.

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May 19 • 3:00 AM EDT • Health • cvshealth.com
The women leaving the 'New Right'

Defectors from the ‘New Right’ say that sexism is a feature, not a bug of modern-day conservatism.New York Magazine’s Sam Adler-Bell published The Young Women Leaving the New Right, detailing the experiences of conservative women who say that rampant misogyny within the space is pushing them out of a community they helped build. From demanding that women stay home and out of public life to advocating for the repeal of civil rights law - some conservative women have reached their limit. But host Brittany Luse wonders: will this change of heart stick in the voting booths? Or is this just more of the same?To answer that question, Brittany is joined by Editor at Large of the 19th and NABJ President, Errin Haines. Errin helps unpack the link between the ‘new’ and ‘old’ right, white women checkered political history, and how searching for community can sometimes lead people down dark paths. Want more about women and politics? Check out these episodes:Progressive women have 'had it!' And they're fighting back.The political power of Gen Z womenEnough is enough. Is it time to leave America?Support Public Media. Join NPR Plus.Follow Brittany on Instagram: @bmluseFor handpicked podcast recommendations every week, subscribe to NPR’s Pod Club newsletter at npr.org/podclub.

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May 19 • 3:00 AM EDT • Politics • npr.org
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Northwestern professors navigate politics, pedagogy in Trump-era classrooms

As history Prof. Michael Allen lectured about the Vietnam War in his American Wars class this quarter, he drew a connection between South Vietnamese police tactics and present-day immigration enforcement in the U.S.: that police force can alienate civilians rather than winning them over. He said this comparison was not meant to tell students what...

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May 19 • 2:46 AM EDT • Politics • dailynorthwestern.com
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Is Sports Betting Getting Much Too Easy?

There are efforts at the state level to curtail it, but it’s not going away.

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May 19 • 2:19 AM EDT • Sports • governing.com
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LIRR to resume service after deal to end strike

The strike shut down North America's busiest commuter railroad, disrupting travel for daily riders traveling between Long Island and NYC.

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May 19 • 12:04 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Cannabis Linked to Lower Weight And Reduced Diabetes Risk in Mouse Study

But not THC on its own.

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May 18 • 11:15 PM EDT • Science • sciencealert.com
Google to Create AI Cloud Business With Blackstone, WSJ Says

Alphabet Inc.’s Google is set to create an artificial intelligence cloud business with Blackstone Inc., aiming to compete with companies like CoreWeave Inc. in a burgeoning market, according to people familiar with the matter.

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May 18 • 8:15 PM EDT • Business • bloomberg.com
In the Digital Health Era, Can We Do Better Than a Consent Form?

UC San Diego researchers argue that informed consent in digital health needs a reboot. Their studies show people want clarity, dialogue and real control over their data — proving consent should be a relationship, not just a form.

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May 18 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • today.ucsd.edu
Scientists found a smarter Mediterranean diet that slashes diabetes risk by 31%

A large European study revealed that a lower-calorie Mediterranean diet paired with exercise and coaching dramatically reduced the risk of type 2 diabetes. Participants who made these lifestyle changes were 31% less likely to develop the disease over six years. They also lost more weight and trimmed their waistlines compared to those following a standard Mediterranean diet alone.

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May 18 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Lone Star Politics: May 18, 2026

Early voting starts this week, Dallas sees a grudge match between Colin Allred and Julie Johnson. Then an update on congressional maps and the Supreme Courts decision.

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May 18 • 4:42 PM EDT • Politics • nbcdfw.com
The parking meter deal Chicagoans love to hate is poised for another sale

The City Council is likely to push for better terms in the concession contract under a new owner.

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May 18 • 4:25 PM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com
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Science behind sobriety field tests

Albany High students in Elizabeth Lopatniuk's health classes participated in a dynamic lesson about the effects of alcohol on the body. After taking an in-depth look at the science behind why and how alcohol slows the activities of the brain and central nervous system, students learned about how a variety of factors can impact the level of intoxication and how blood alcohol concentration can impair one's ability to operate a motor vehicle. Albany High Student Resource Officer Nick Schuler led students through an overview of field sobriety tests that are routinely performed during a traffic stop when an officer suspects a driver may be under the influence of alcohol. Officer Schuler explained the three elements of a physical sobriety test, including walking a straight line with turns and checks for motor skill patterns, standing on one foot to check for balance and following a moving stimulus with eyes only to check for Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN), an involuntary, rhythmic jerking of the eyes as they look to the side. Students volunteered to try walking a straight line both with and without alcohol impairment simulation goggles. Officer Schuler pointed out particular behaviors and patterns that would lead to a failed field sobriety test during the simulation. As prom and graduation festivities approach, we applaud our Albany High staff for empowering our Falcons with valuable lessons so they can make wise and safe choices.

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May 18 • 4:20 PM EDT • Science • albanyschools.org
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Science behind sobriety field tests

Albany High students in Elizabeth Lopatniuk's health classes participated in a dynamic lesson about the effects of alcohol on the body. After taking an in-depth look at the science behind why and how alcohol slows the activities of the brain and central nervous system, students learned about how a variety of factors can impact the level of intoxication and how blood alcohol concentration can impair one's ability to operate a motor vehicle. Albany High Student Resource Officer Nick Schuler led students through an overview of field sobriety tests that are routinely performed during a traffic stop when an officer suspects a driver may be under the influence of alcohol. Officer Schuler explained the three elements of a physical sobriety test, including walking a straight line with turns and checks for motor skill patterns, standing on one foot to check for balance and following a moving stimulus with eyes only to check for Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN), an involuntary, rhythmic jerking of the eyes as they look to the side. Students volunteered to try walking a straight line both with and without alcohol impairment simulation goggles. Officer Schuler pointed out particular behaviors and patterns that would lead to a failed field sobriety test during the simulation. As prom and graduation festivities approach, we applaud our Albany High staff for empowering our Falcons with valuable lessons so they can make wise and safe choices.

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May 18 • 4:17 PM EDT • Science • albanyschools.org
Trump says he's called off plans for "scheduled attack of Iran" after request from Gulf partners
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May 18 • 3:43 PM EDT • Politics • cbsnews.com
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Whoa! Netflix is Sending Narnia Heading to Theaters...What This Means for the Future of Film

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

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May 18 • 3:27 PM EDT • Entertainment • entertainment.substack.com
Big Bets Report: PGA Long Shot Aaron Rai Gives Pays Major Dividends

Aaron Rai's PGA Championship win gave a few bettors big paydays, while the NBA ladder legend struck again. Patrick Everson has the latest.

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May 18 • 2:49 PM EDT • Sports • foxsports.com
Why accountable Warriors coach Steve Kerr aims to have comeback year next season

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

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May 18 • 1:14 PM EDT • Sports • nbcsportsbayarea.com
DraftKings ending in-person sports betting at Wrigleyville sportsbook

DraftKings is ending in-person sports betting at its sportsbook near Wrigley Field, citing Illinois’ tax structure.

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May 18 • 12:59 PM EDT • Sports • fox32chicago.com
Greed meets greed: DraftKings to close its Wrigley Field sportsbook at the end of May over Illinois tax

DraftKings announced it is closing its Wrigley Field sportsbook May 31, citing Illinois's new per-bet tax on internet wagers as the core reason.

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May 18 • 12:33 PM EDT • Sports • foxnews.com
Meet Dr. Claw: The open-source AI assistant revolutionizing the research workflow

Lehigh University researchers have built the first “AI for Science” software tool designed to support the entire project workflow for research scientists. Dr. Claw is an open-source, full-stack AI research assistant that helps users refine ideas, conduct literature reviews, run experiments, draft and review papers, write grant proposals, and build presentations. It eliminates the need to toggle between specialized AI tools—such as deep research agents for source evaluation or code generators for data analysis—by unifying these capabilities within a single interface.

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May 18 • 12:28 PM EDT • Science • eurekalert.org
DraftKings to close sportsbook at Wrigley Field: report

DraftKings will stop taking in-person bets at Wrigley Field on May 31, blaming rising city and state sports wagering taxes.

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May 18 • 12:28 PM EDT • Sports • chicagobusiness.com
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🎥 “Salerno returns”: spine-tingling display, choreography’s viral 😍

Top-flight atmosphere at the Arechi Stadium for the Serie C playoff clash between Salernitana and Ravenna.Watch the full Serie BKT live on OneFootball for just €9.99 a month. Click here to buy the L...

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May 18 • 12:18 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Trump administration pushes narrative of Christian founding at rally

The day-long prayer event featured speakers from President Trump’s cabinet and a program that drew connections between the nation’s founding and Christianity.

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May 18 • 11:24 AM EDT • Politics • sltrib.com
Trump administration pushes narrative of Christian founding at rally

The day-long prayer event featured speakers from President Trump’s cabinet and a program that drew connections between the nation’s founding and Christianity.

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Sphere Entertainment secures $1.7B investment from Abu Dhabi for first international venue

The venue will built on a plot of land between Yas Mall and SeaWorld Abu Dhabi.

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May 18 • 11:22 AM EDT • Entertainment • musicbusinessworldwide.com
New MatterChat Model Helps AI to ‘See’ the Language of Science

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

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May 18 • 11:00 AM EDT • Science • newscenter.lbl.gov
NextEra bets $66.8B on AI power boom with Dominion Energy acquisition

NextEra Energy announced a $66.8 billion acquisition of Dominion Energy, expanding its reach into Northern Virginia’s booming AI data-center market.

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May 18 • 10:41 AM EDT • Business • foxbusiness.com
Visited coastal Connecticut town that's better than the Hamptons: Madison

Madison, Connecticut, is easy to get to from New York City and has nice beaches and as many things to do as the Hamptons, just with fewer crowds.

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May 18 • 10:37 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Grading the Washington Commanders offseason: Did Washington get better?

The health of Jayden Daniels may still be the key for Washington.

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May 18 • 10:31 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Soundbar Vs. Speakers: Which Is Better For Your TV's Audio?

Soundbars will improve dialogue clarity, while a speaker system will be more immersive, so deciding between the two is a matter of preference and budget.

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May 18 • 8:47 AM EDT • Technology • bgr.com
Better Business Bureau explains FCC router rule changes

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

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Pomegranate vs. Grapefruit: Which Is Better for Antioxidants and Overall Health?

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

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May 18 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • health.com
Elizabethtown High School wins best musical at Apollo Awards in Hershey; here are other winners

HERSHEY — The weather may have been pretty warm outdoors on Sunday night, but inside the Hershey Theatre, students from Elizabethtown Area High School were winning awards for something frozen.

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May 18 • 7:15 AM EDT • Entertainment • lancasteronline.com
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Nintendo denied touchscreen-specific patent as the legal battle against Palworld developer Pocketpair continues

Following months of legal battle over the similarities between Palworld and Pokémon, Nintendo is trying (and failing) to obtain a touchscreen-oriented patent.

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May 18 • 7:03 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Common Cleaning Chemical Could Triple Your Risk of a Dangerous Liver Disease

Scientists are uncovering a possible connection between everyday chemical exposure and serious liver damage.

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May 18 • 6:45 AM EDT • Technology • scitechdaily.com
You have more time than you think. Here are 5 science-backed ways to find it

There are 8,760 hours in a year. You can spend them better.

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May 18 • 6:30 AM EDT • Science • vox.com
Creating What's Next: ASUN and UAC Partner to Launch Unisun Sports

The Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN) and the United Athletic Conference (UAC) have announced the formation of Unisun Sports, a groundbreaking joint venture built to support the strategic alliance between both conferences that reflects a shared commitment to creating what’s next in collegiate athletics through strength and innovation.

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May 18 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • asunsports.org
Something changed at USC — and it starts with Lincoln Riley

Lincoln Riley is changing. Those within the USC football program believes the Trojans are better for it. So, too, does Riley.

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🚨 José Mourinho and Real Madrid: it’s all done! (reports)

Official announcement imminent.José Mourinho is indeed set to become Real Madrid’s next manager.Fabrizio Romano reported this Monday morning that everything has been finalized between the Madrid cl...

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Bridging Science Between Mexico and the United States – An Interview with Ragon Postdocs and Inaugural FEMSA Fellows Jonathan Padilla Gómez and Jennie Ruelas Castillo

Earlier this year, the Ragon Institute of Mass General Brigham, MIT, and Harvard welcomed Jennie Ruelas Castillo, PhD, and Jonathan Padilla Gómez, PhD, as the inaugural recipients of the FEMSA Fellowship. The fellowship, part of a broader partnership between the Ragon Institute and Tecnológico de Monterrey, supports postdoctoral researchers who have completed studies at research […]

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Watch: Ligue 1 match abandoned after ultras storm the pitch

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

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May 18 • 4:21 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
'Am I mommy or boss?': Families in business together make it work

Of all the foundational relationships in life, perhaps none is more special — and complex — than the one between mother and child. In...

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Louder than noise: Noam Bettan let music, not politics, define his performance

Israelis can take pride in Bettan, who represented the country with professionalism and restraint, blocking out all the outside noise to deliver a stellar performance.

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Guest writer: Kidney disease prevention begins with public health action on diabetes

Whatcom's 'moonshot' is within reach; it begins by making diabetes prevention a public health priority

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May 18 • 12:00 AM EDT • Health • cascadiadaily.com
Families left in limbo after Zion Memorial cemetery posts ‘closed for business’ sign on office door

WBRC is On Your Side trying to get answers after a historic cemetery posted a sign on the office door that says in part “closed for business,” leaving families in limbo.

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Five Points businesses say IRONMAN road closures hurt access, customers; city promises better communication

Jacksonville’s first-ever IRONMAN brought nearly 2,000 competitors to a route spanning parts of Duval and St. Johns counties this weekend, drawing crowds downtown, and prompting widespread complaints about traffic, road closures and access issues in neighborhoods like Riverside’s Five Points.

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Philippines to convene court for VP impeachment amid political turmoil

The Philippine Senate was due to convene as ​an impeachment court on Monday that could decide the future of Vice President Sara Duterte, with a heated ‌battle between two rival political camps set to be front and centre in the trial.

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May 17 • 9:14 PM EDT • Politics • reuters.com
‘Worst marketing in sports’: WNBA snubs Caitlin Clark in advertising graphic

Caitlin Clark is the biggest name and face in the WNBA right now, but you wouldn’t know that from a recent WNBA advertising graphic. Sunday featured a few high-profile games and matchups between some of the league’s most high-profile players with A’Ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces taking on Angel Reese in the Atlanta…

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Illinois Wesleyan University to launch first-of-its-kind interdisciplinary undergraduate Quantum Science, engineering program

BLOOMINGTON – Illinois Wesleyan University today announced the creation of the Fisher Center for Interdisciplinary Quantum Science & Engineering, a first-of-its-kind undergraduate program that brings together multiple areas of study to better prepare students for careers in this emerging field. The Fisher Quantum Center will make Illinois Wesleyan the first undergraduate liberal arts university in…

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Here's How Much A 2021 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio Has Depreciated In 5 Years

The average used price of a 2021 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio sits between $40,000 and $50,000 today, but low production means great deals are rare.

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Business investment growth in UK is less than half pace of US

There has been a widening divergence between the two economies since 2019

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‘Won’t be anything left’: Trump issues warning to Iran after national security team meeting

President Donald Trump met with top members of his national security team on Saturday to discuss the path forward on the Iran war, a source familiar with meeting told CNN, a day before he said Tehran “better get moving, FAST, or there won’t be anything left of them.”

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May 17 • 3:49 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
How Penn’s Penn Interactive Layoffs and Restructuring Will Impact PENN Entertainment (PENN) Investors

Penn Entertainment recently cut more than 75 jobs in its Penn Interactive division, affecting theScore Bet, online casino, and social gaming operations as part of a broader restructuring following pressures in the sports betting market and the fallout from its ESPN Bet branding deal. The layoffs, including several senior roles, highlight management’s push to streamline a loss-making digital segment even as online sports betting and iGaming revenues have been improving. Next, we’ll examine...

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May 17 • 3:07 PM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
I almost gave up on Google Calendar until this Gemini hack fixed my main gripe

Google Calendar gets better when I don't have to open it

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Gov. Jeff Landry arrived in Greenland on Sunday. Here’s what we know.

“I’m here to simply to build relationships and to look and listen and to learn and to see if there are opportunities to expand the relationship between Greenland and the United States and Denmark,” Landry said.

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May 17 • 3:00 PM EDT • Politics • nola.com
How a Detroit business is prepping for Game 7 between Pistons and Cavaliers
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May 17 • 2:51 PM EDT • Business • cbsnews.com
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Sony Xperia 1 VIII is official, Xiaomi 17 Max is coming - week 20 in review

Samsung begins seeding One UI 8.5, announces One UI 9 beta for the S26 series. Sony unveiled its Xperia 1 VIII flagship with a new design, but the old core...

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May 17 • 2:31 PM EDT • Technology • gsmarena.com
🚨 Lewandowski's farewell; Barça and Betis starting XIs

Barcelona and Betis go into today’s game with their homework already done: one are champions, the others have secured Champions League football, so today they only have to enjoy themselves.And bid f...

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May 17 • 2:02 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Everton 1-3 Sunderland: What Moyes said

Merlin Rohl is the very first German player to score for Everton in the Premier League and the newest nationality to strike for the Toffees in the competition since Guinea-Bissau's Beto in December 2023. Everton manager David Moyes has lost his last three Premier League meetings with his former sides.

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May 17 • 1:27 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
TST Best Bets: May 17, 2026

The final spot in the NBA Conference Finals is up for grabs tonight, as the Detroit Pistons and Cleveland Cavaliers face off in what should be a thrilling Game 7 matchup. It’s been a rollercoaster ride of a season for the Pistons, who shocked the world by winning 60 games in the regular season to take the top seed in the Eastern Conference. Their playoff run first looked to set up for disaster, as they fell down 3-1 to the Orlando Magic before pulling off the unlikely comeback to escape the firs

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May 17 • 11:29 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Knicks Bulletin: ‘I just try to look at the positives’

Nothing better than a Game 7, amirite? Actually, there’s something even better about today’s matchup, as the Knicks aren’t involved and will be just enjoying the bloodbath from afar! Here’s the latest from Tarrytown as New York patiently waits to know its ECF foe. Mike Brown On supporting Mikal Bridges amid benching questions: “I was […]

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May 17 • 10:43 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
MLB Player Props & Best Bets for Today, May 17

Check out our MLB prop picks for Sunday, May 17 baseball action with us zoning in on Mookie Betts, Cody Bellinger & Kevin Gausman.

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May 17 • 10:22 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
BBB urges online shoppers to double-check companies found in AI searches

Artificial intelligence is changing how consumers shop online, and the Better Business Bureau is urging people to take extra steps to verify businesses before m

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May 17 • 10:00 AM EDT • Business • komonews.com
'Slot is dreaming' - fans on boss' comments

Melinda: Yes, I believe we have to give Slot chance to right his wrongs in the window and I believe he will do better. Nothing against Arne Slot, I just think he isn't the man for the job. Segie: Slot is dreaming if he thinks the new transfer window is going to change things for Liverpool.

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May 17 • 9:26 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Retailers are making expensive bets that shoppers still want to go to stores

The nation’s biggest retailers are pouring billions of dollars back into their stores, even as more sales move online, in an effort to lure more shoppers and raise employee efficiency.

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May 17 • 9:00 AM EDT • Business • seattletimes.com
MRN BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: ONE Event Venue

Today on Business Spotlight brought to you by Bank of Springfield, Crissie Caccamo sits down with Garrett Riley, the new owner of ONE Event Venue, to talk about what this new ownership means for the future of the venue and to give viewers a chance to get to know Garrett a little better. ONE Event...

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May 17 • 8:31 AM EDT • Business • muddyrivernews.com
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‘Take a leap of faith and get comfortable betting on yourselves’

At Commencement 2026, outgoing Board Chair Robert C. Lamb, Jr., tells Suffolk University Sawyer Business School graduates that not taking risks carries its own risks

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May 17 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • suffolk.edu
Scientists uncover surprising health benefits of watermelon

Studies suggest watermelon could be a hidden powerhouse for better health. Researchers found that people who eat watermelon tend to have higher-quality diets packed with more vitamins, fiber, and antioxidants — while consuming less added sugar and saturated fat. Another study showed watermelon juice may help protect blood vessel function and support heart health.

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May 17 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Scientists uncover surprising health benefits of watermelon

Studies suggest watermelon could be a hidden powerhouse for better health. Researchers found that people who eat watermelon tend to have higher-quality diets packed with more vitamins, fiber, and antioxidants — while consuming less added sugar and saturated fat. Another study showed watermelon juice may help protect blood vessel function and support heart health.

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May 17 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • sciencedaily.com
The World’s Forests Won’t Be Saved by Science Alone: We Need Better Communication

Research tells us that we need sustainable forest practices. But how does this knowledge lead to action?

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May 17 • 7:30 AM EDT • Science • goodmenproject.com
I took my Wall Street skills from Goldman Sachs to a dance studio

Caila Moed, 35, went from professional dance, to arts and philanthropy, to Goldman Sachs, to entrepreneurship — and a better work-life balance.

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May 17 • 5:03 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
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Barcelona vs Real Betis – Match preview and team news

Barcelona are ready to face Real Betis on Sunday in a La Liga encounter.Hansi Flick’s men will be looking to bounce back after their recent loss and will look to win their final home match of this s...

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How Investors May Respond To PENN Entertainment (PENN) Cutting Jobs In Its Interactive Division

PENN Entertainment recently announced it will cut more than 75 roles in its Interactive division, as operators across the sports betting industry respond to competitive and technological pressures including AI-enabled platforms and prediction markets drawing customers away from traditional sportsbooks. This restructuring highlights how PENN is reassessing the cost structure and scale of its digital betting operations at a time when its long-term plans rely heavily on improving profitability...

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May 17 • 2:24 AM EDT • Entertainment • simplywall.st
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