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Knicks Stars ‘Heartbroken’ and ‘Hurt’ by Offseason News

Less than a month after winning the NBA Finals, the New York Knicks learned that Mitchell Robinson would be departing for the Boston Celtics. The post Knicks Stars ‘Heartbroken’ and ‘Hurt’ by Offseason News appeared first on HEAVY.

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Chad Lowe and wife Kim Painter’s 13-year-old daughter Fiona dies: ‘We are deeply heartbroken’

Lowe and wife Kim Painter said their daughter “loved to dance.”

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Sep 29 • 11:17 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Norway parliament probes Epstein links to politicians, diplomats

Norway's parliament begins public hearings on Wednesday on ties ​between late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Norwegian diplomats and politicians in a scandal that ‌has shaken the nation's elite.

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Sep 29 • 9:03 PM EDT • Politics • reuters.com
Rep. Mike Kennedy questions federal role in health policy

Rep. Mike Kennedy questioned the federal government's role in overseeing Americans' health while speaking at the University of Utah on Tuesday.

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Sep 29 • 9:03 PM EDT • Health • ksl.com
Andy Reid Reveals Chiefs Starter Has Been Playing Through Injury

The Kansas City Chiefs have the No. 2 ranked overall offense in the NFL through the first three games of the season. Their rushing attack has been dominant, led by Kenneth Walker III. The passing game has been explosive at times, but inconsistent as a whole. Tight end Travis Kelce and wide receiver Rashee Rice […] The post Andy Reid Reveals Chiefs Starter Has Been Playing Through Injury appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 29 • 7:50 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
A.I. Is ‘Better Informed’ Than Doctors, Kennedy Tells Industry-Backed MAHA Summit

The health secretary, Vice President JD Vance and other top officials addressed a conference sponsored by corporations, including A.I. companies and others with business before the government.

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Sep 29 • 7:41 PM EDT • Health • nytimes.com
UK business morale hits 17-month low, Lloyds says

British firms turned the least confident since April 2025 in September, according to ​a Lloyds survey on Wednesday that also ‌showed executives' view of the global economic outlook darkened as the Iran war pushes up costs.

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Sep 29 • 7:02 PM EDT • Business • reuters.com
The Streamers Tried To Conquer Labor Day…and Whiffed

(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.) What? Another Streaming Ratings Report already? You betcha. Nielsen has moved up the release of their Streaming Ratings data by two weeks, which means I’ve got two extra issues to get out. But I love this change because it will make this report more timely and easier to publish regularly. This week—with the viewership data for the week of 31-Aug—we’ve got some huge, huge topics to discuss. On the film side, two theatrical films (The Mandalorian and Grogu on Disney+ and Scary Movie on Paramount+) contend with two non-Netflix straight-to-streaming films (Mayday on Apple TV and The Runner on Prime Video). The streamers went all in to win Labor Day weekend in America. And we have a bunch of TV shows to analyze, both new shows (Netflix’s The Gentleman, Hulu’s Chad Powers, and an Alix Earle reality show) and weekly shows like Reacher, Ted Lasso, House of the Dragon and Lioness. All that, plus nepotism in Hollywood, some eye-popping fantasy football stats, all the flops, bombs and misses, and a whole lot more. Let’s dive right in! (Reminder: The streaming ratings report focuses on the U.S. market and compiles data from Nielsen’s weekly top ten viewership ranks, Luminate’s Top Ten Data, JustWatch and Reelgood interest data, Samba TV household viewership, company datecdotes, Netflix hours viewed data, Google Trends, and IMDb to determine the most popular content. While most data points are current, Nielsen’s data covers the weeks of August 31st to September 6th, 2026. You can find a link to my terminology here.) Subscribe Film - A Slew of Labor Day Disappointments? A lot of streamers released big new films this week, why? My theory is that the streamers know that four-day weekends can propel streaming films to glory. But if you’ve been reading more over the last two years, you know that big holiday weekends aren’t driving big viewership numbers the way they did post-Covid. And interestingly enough, Netflix didn’t put out a big new film this week. But four other streamers did, trying to take advantage of the holiday with some (not cheap) swings, including… The Mandalorian and Grogu on Disney+ (a Star Wars film that cost $165 million and made $177 million at the US domestic box office) Mayday on Apple TV (rumored $100 million budget, no theatrical release) The Runner on Prime Video (at least a $40 million budget, but likely $50 to $80 million, no theatrical release). Scary Movie on Paramount+ ($30 million budget, made $108 million domestically). (Paramount+ also released a made-for-streaming film based on the Thundermans IP, and I’ll discuss that later.) So…how’d they do? The Mandalorian and Grogu Leads The Way (But That Isn’t Enough) Let’s start with The Mandalorian and Grogu (which I’ll abbreviate to Mando for most of this article). 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… How Mando, Mayday, The Runner and Scary Movie performed on streaming... How the powerhouse weekly released shows (Reacher, Ted Lasso and Lioness) have accumulate a LOT of viewership… How House of the Dragon finished its run… The latest Netflix show to have a sophomore slump… Whether top creators can drive viewers to their shows… Nepotism in Hollywood and the music business... All the flops, bombs and misses for the week… And more… ...please subscribe! We can only keep doing this great work with your support. Coming Soon! Since Nielsen has accelerated their streaming data release schedule, I’ve got a lot of Streaming Ratings Reports coming your way! Next issue, I’ll be looking at the second season of Peacock’s The Paper, the latest season of Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, and a very, very expensive Daily Wire fantasy series that’s now on Prime Video. Plus Crew Girl and Dang! on Netflix, a new Tyler Perry film, and one of the biggest bombs of the summer, Supergirl. In the next two issues, I’ll take a look at the return of the NFL to streaming, Toy Story 5 on Disney+, Backrooms on HBO Max, and The Breadwinner on Netflix. On the TV side, we’ve got Netflix’s Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story, Dancing with the Stars on Disney+, Apple TV’s Slow Horses, a Reacher spinoff on Prime Video, and Paramount+’s MobLand, a Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey comedy on Apple TV, a sequel to a Cosby Show spinoff on Netflix, The Great British Baking Show, and the Unabomber film. And while doing all that, I want to take a look at adult animated shows, Ride or Die’s cancellation, and Netflix’s summer films. So much great stuff! Long term, two bits of comic book news. The X-Men cast has been announced, and go ahead and color me bull-ish, if not very, very bull-ish on this bit of comic book IP. In weirder news, HBO Max ordered a “true crime” show by Jimmy Olsen about Gorilla Grodd being falsely convicted of murder. I mean, what? I don’t know, let’s see what happens.

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Sep 29 • 5:42 PM EDT • Business • cbsnews.com
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Business After Hours October 7 at Kennon Products

The Sheridan County Chamber of Commerce will offer the next Business Before Hours event, hosted by Kennon Products, Inc. on Wednesday, October 7. Those wishing to attend can stop by between 7:30 and 9 a.m. to enjoy breakfast consisting of eggs, sausage, orange Juice and pancakes to celebrate that Kennon is an employee-owned company. Attendees […]

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Sep 29 • 5:34 PM EDT • Business • sheridanmedia.com
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Memphis offense’s top performers from the non-conference slate

Memphis didn’t play last weekend after four straight games to start the season, and it will start conference play on Saturday with a road game against Charlotte. With the non-conference slate behind them, it’s time to look at the top performers from Charles Huff’s offense through the first four games of the season.

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Sep 29 • 5:10 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Gambit's Best of New Orleans 2026: Entertainment

Design by Dora Sison / Gambit Best Bounce Artist googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('ad-1492300'); }); 1. Big Freedia (Instagram: @bigfreedia)2. Ha Sizzle (Instagram: @hasizzlethevoice)3. Subtweet Shawn (Instagram: @subtweetshawn1) Trixie Minx Photo by Sophia Germer / The Times-Picayune Best Burlesque Performer1. Trixie Minx (Instagram: @trixienola)2. Bella Blue (Instagram: @bellablueforever)3. Miss Angie Z (Instagram: @missangiez) Best Casino1. Caesars New Orleans (8 Canal St., 800-427-7247; caesars.com/caesars-new-orleans)2. Treasure Chest Casino (4550 Williams Blvd., Kenner, 504-443-8000; treasurechest.com)3. Boomtown Casino (4132 Peters Road., Harvey, 504-366-7711; boomtownneworleans.com) Best Drag Performer1. Debbie with a D (Instagram: @debbiewithad)2. Katrina Waters (Instagram: @katrinawaters504)3. Laveau Contraire (Instagram: @laveaucontraire) Best Festival (that's still around)1. New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (nojazzfest.com)2. French Quarter Festival (frenchquarterfest.org)3. Hogs For The Cause (hogsfest.org) Best Food Festival1. New Orleans Fried Chicken Festival (friedchickenfestival.com)2. Oak Street Po-Boy Festival (poboyfest.com)3. New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (nojazzfest.com) Tipitina's Photo by Sophia Germer / The Times-Picayune Best Live Music Venue1. Tipitina’s (501 Napoleon Ave., 504-895-8477; tipitinas.com)2. The Broadside (600 N Broad St., 504-766-0871; broadsidenola.com)3. The Fillmore (6 Canal St., 504-881-1555; thefillmorenola.com) Best Live Music Club1. Maple Leaf Bar (8316 Oak St., 504-866-9359; mapleleafbar.com)2. Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro (626 Frenchmen St., 504-949-0696; snugjazz.com)3. Chickie Wah Wah (2828 Canal St., 504-541-2050; chickiewahwah.com)3. Blue Nile (532 Frenchmen St., 504-766-6193; bluenilelive.com) Best Local Blues Artist/Band1. Little Freddie King (littlefreddieking.com)2. Samantha Fish (samanthafish.com)3. Tab Benoit (tabbenoit.com) Best Local Brass Band1. Rebirth Brass Band (rebirthbrassband.com)2. Hot 8 Brass Band (hot8brassband.com)3. The Soul Rebels (thesoulrebels.com) Best Local DJ1. Paul Lakeway (Instagram: @paul_lakeway)2. DJ Soul Sister (Instagram: @djsoulsister)3. ANTWIGADEE! (Instagram: @antwigadee) Best Local Funk Band1. Dumpstaphunk (dumpstaphunk.com)2. Galactic (galacticfunk.com)3. Big Sam's Funky Nation (bigsamsfunkynation.com) Kaye the Beast Provided Photo by Catherine Debuys Best Local Hip-Hop Group/Artist1. Kaye the Beast (Instagram: @kayethebeast)2. La Reezy (Instagram: @lareezymusic)3. Pell (Instagram: @pellyeah) Best Local Movie Theater1. The Broad Theater (636 N. Broad St., 504-218-1008; thebroadtheater.com)2. The Prytania (5339 Prytania St., 504-891-2787; theprytania.com) googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('ad-1492297'); }); 3. The Prytania Theatre at Canal Place (333 Canal St., 3rd floor, 504-290-2658; theprytania.com) Best Local Music Artist/Band1. Robin Barnes & The Fiya Birds (robinbarnesmusic.com)2. Trombone Shorty (tromboneshorty.com)3. Sweet Crude (sweetcrudeband.com) Best Local Rock Band1. The Revivalists (therevivalists.com)2. Better Than Ezra (betterthanezra.com)3. Cowboy Mouth (cowboymouth.com) Best Wedding Band/ DJ1. The Mixed Nuts (themixednuts.com)2. Bucktown All-Stars (bucktownallstars.com)3. Warm Advice (warmadvice.com) Doreen Ketchens Provided photo Best Local Street Performer1. Doreen Ketchens (doreensjazz.org)2. Jourdan Blue (Instagram: @jourblue)3. Sariyah Idan (ariyahidan.com) Best Local Theater Company1. The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans (504-264-2580; twtheatrenola.com)2. Le Petit Theatre (616 St. Peter St., 504-522-2081; lepetittheatre.com)3. The NOLA Project (504-302-9117; nolaproject.com) Best Local Traditional Jazz Group/Artist1. Preservation Hall Jazz Band (preservationhalljazzband.com)2. Kermit Ruffins (@ruffinsbbq)3. Trombone Shorty (tromboneshorty.com) Best Marching Band1. St. Augustine High School Marching 100 (Instagram: @staugmarching100)2. Edna Karr High School Marching Band (Instagram: @theofficialkarrband)3. The Roots of Music Marching Crusaders (therootsofmusic.org) Best Mardi Gras Parade1. Muses (kreweofmuses.org)2. Iris (kreweofiris.org)3. Endymion (endymion.org) 610 Stompers Photo by Chris Granger / The Times-Picayune Best Mardi Gras Dance Krewe1. 610 Stompers (610stompers.com)2. Amelia EarHawts (aecabinkrewe.com)3. The Jamettes (Instagram: @thejametteskrewe) Best Place to See Burlesque/Drag1. The AllWays Lounge & Cabaret (2240 St. Claude Ave., 504-218-5778; theallwayslounge.net)2. The Original Nite Cap (1300 St. Bernard Ave., 2nd floor, 504-224-2854; Instagram: @originalnitecap)3. The Country Club (634 Louisa St., 504-945-0742; thecountryclubneworleans.com) Best Place to See Comedy1. Sports Drink (1042 Toledano St.; sportsdrink.org)2. The Howlin' Wolf (907 S. Peters St., 504-529-5844; thehowlinwolf.com)3. Big Couch New Orleans (1045 Desire St.; bigcouchnola.com) Best Local Comedian1. Ryan Rogers (ryanrogerscomedy.com)2. Mark Normand (marknormandcomedy.com)3. Cyrus Cooper (Instagram: @cyrusjcooper) Best Strip Club1. The Penthouse Club (727 Iberville St., 504-524-4354; penthouseclubneworleans.com)2. Rick’s Cabaret (315 Bourbon St., 504-524-4222; rickscabaretneworleans.com)3. Larry Flynt's Hustler Club (225 Bourbon St., 504-524-0010; neworleanshustlerclub.com) Best Performing Arts Center1. Jefferson Performing Arts Center (6400 Airline Dr., 504-731-4700; jeffersonpac.com)2. Saenger Theatre (1111 Canal St., 504-525-1052; saengertheatreneworleans.com)3. Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts (1419 Basin St., 504-525-1052; mahaliajacksontheater.com) .donate-gambit-article-module-container { text-align: center; padding: 10px; /* background-color: #24da6d; */ background-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 20px; } .donate-gambit-article-module-title { font-weight: bold; color: #fff; } .donate-gambit-article-module-copy { color: #fff !important; font-size: 16px; } .donate-gambit-article-module-button { background-color: black; width: 50%; border-color: black; font-size: 16px; } .donate-gambit-article-module-button:hover { background-color: black; } @media only screen and (max-width: 600px) { .donate-gambit-article-module-button { font-size: 14px; width: 100%; } .donate-gambit-article-module-copy { font-size: 14px; } } BECOME A GAMBIT MEMBER AND JOIN OUR KREWE TODAY For more than 40 years, Gambit has covered New Orleans, for New Orleans. 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Sep 29 • 5:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • nola.com
Michael Che's new Netflix special is 'Shot in Minnesota'

MINNEAPOLIS — Everyone who wasn’t allowed a bathroom break while “Saturday Night Live” weekend anchor Michael Che was taping his Netflix special at First Avenue is about to find out

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Sep 29 • 4:10 PM EDT • Entertainment • recorderonline.com
Community Non-Profit Comprehensive Behavioral Health Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Hackensack, New Jersey-based Comprehensive Behavioral Health Care Inc. (CBH Care) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protections. The nonprofit

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Sep 29 • 4:08 PM EDT • Health • bhbusiness.com
Todd Monken has jokes before facing T.J. Watt: 'I think it's about time he retires'
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Sep 29 • 3:48 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
The Family Business Advantage: Third Quarterly Power Breakfast of 2026 explores how family businesses balance legacy and innovation

Photo by GFBJAnother successful Power Breakfast is in the books. The Greater Fayetteville Business Journal hosted its third quarterly Power Breakfast of 2026 on Tuesday, Sept. 29. Local leaders and decision-makers gathered to network and learn from the panel about how established principles drive long-term stability while allowing for operational evolution. The panel featured Managing Partner of Luigi’s Italian Chophouse & Bar, Nate Ernst; Inside Sales at Hubbard Supplyhouse, Mary Grace Hurley; Chief Operations Officer for Copiers Plus, Drew Smith; and CEO of Holmes Security Systems, Stephen Wheeler. The panel was moderated by Lauren Willets, director of the Family Enterprise Center at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. Throughout the discussion, the panelists returned to a common idea: family businesses thrive when they preserve the relationships and values at their core while remaining open to change.Each panelist shared personal stories that carried practical lessons. Stephen Wheeler emphasized the role of relationships with customers and employees, saying, “What makes a family business successful today is relationships.” Mary Grace Hurley echoed Wheeler’s sentiment, describing relationships as a lasting inheritance, including a customer connection that began when she was young and continued into her working life. “If something’s given to you, that’s going to cost you too,” added Nate Ernst. He explained this philosophy by sharing that, in his view, earning responsibility builds credibility and confidence.Another hot topic was the idea of tradition versus change. For these businesses that have been around for a century or even more, it can be difficult to escape the “we’ve always done it this way” caveat, but these speakers emphasized how change has been an integral part of their growth and longevity. A family business can honor its history without being bound by it.“Innovation and tradition–they don’t have to be competing with one another,” shared Hurley. She pointed to changes in how businesses operate, including the adoption of computers and new management practices. Ernst stressed that adaptation is essential, while Wheeler described how his family’s electrical contracting business had evolved into a security-focused company. The details of the work may change, but identifying and upholding core values is key to embracing change while maintaining the character of a business. “I think it’s just important to remember why you started in the first place. What was your mission? What are your core values? And to reevaluate those,” shared Drew Smith.In addition to the first-hand accounts and wisdom shared by panelists, Moderator Lauren Willets recommended two novels during the panel for those seeking additional educational resources. Those two novels are “Hug of War: How to Lead a Family Business with both Love and Logic”by Cathy Carroll and “In the Company of Family: How to Thrive When Business Is Personal” by Melissa Mitchell-Blitch. Preparing the next generation requires more than handing over a title or company. Wheeler argued that future leaders need genuine passion and a vested interest in the business. The panelists were in agreement that succession is a process, and there is not one clear answer for how to perfectly prepare for it. Leaders must cultivate readiness, keep communication open and make room for the next generation to earn responsibility while being sure not to neglect the business in the here and now. “Today’s Power Breakfast was one of our best events yet! Between the passion and in-depth knowledge of the panelists, the great audience questions and the guidance and expertise of Mrs. Willets, the conversation was both engaging and informative,” shared GFBJ Publisher Faith Hatton. “A lot of small businesses in Fayetteville are family-owned and grown, and it’s great to be able to spotlight some of the businesses that have stood the test of time by strengthening the next generation of leadership and preparing them for ownership. I hope everyone received some inspiration and ideas that they can bring back to their own businesses and organizations!”We thank everyone who attended this Power Breakfast and hope you’ll all join us for the next Power Breakfast on Dec. 8. Details about the event will be shared on our social media and in future email updates. To learn about becoming a Power Breakfast sponsor, contact the Greater Fayetteville Business Journal at 910.240.9697 or marketing@bizfayetteville.com.

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Sep 29 • 3:42 PM EDT • Business • bizfayetteville.com
Block pushes a two-way governor’s race, but Guckian says he’s not leaving

Early voting in Rhode Island starts Oct. 20

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Sep 29 • 2:44 PM EDT • Politics • oceanstatemedia.org
Lone GOP senator blocks bipartisan effort to prevent Trump from demolishing Kennedy Center

A bipartisan effort aimed at protecting the Kennedy Center from demolition was blocked on the Senate floor Monday night by a lone Republican senator.

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Sep 29 • 2:37 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
RFK Jr hosts MAHA Summit: Business leaders RALLY

FOX Business' Jackie DeAngelis reports on Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hosting the MAHA Summit to make America healthy again. A Steak 'n Shake executive praises the initiative,

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Sep 29 • 2:36 PM EDT • Business • foxnews.com
RFK Jr hosts MAHA Summit as business leaders rally to make America healthy again

Jackie DeAngelis reports on Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hosting the MAHA Summit. A Steak 'n Shake executive praises the initiative, while Democrat Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El Sayed outlines his proposals.

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Sep 29 • 2:23 PM EDT • Business • foxbusiness.com
China grants singer a rare exemption after she includes unapproved tribute song

Authorities in Chengdu, China, have granted a rare exemption to singer Na Ying after she performed an unapproved song at a weekend concert.

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Sep 29 • 1:48 PM EDT • Entertainment • apnews.com
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China grants a singer a rare exemption over censorship after an unapproved tribute song

Authorities in Chengdu, China, have granted a rare exemption to singer Na Ying after she performed an unapproved song at a weekend concert.

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Sep 29 • 1:48 PM EDT • Entertainment • news4jax.com
Newsom vetoes insurance-claim bills: Is it ‘petty’ politics?

California governor rejects legislation sponsored by LA fire victims, who had spoken out against his wildfire-liability effort.

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Sep 29 • 1:29 PM EDT • Politics • laist.com
Women in Business: Kenzie Biggins, founder of Worxbee

An idea that began to percolate in grad school has grown into a thriving business which matches virtual executive assistants with business leaders.

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Sep 29 • 1:17 PM EDT • Business • yahoo.com
Nursing Dean Carole Kenner participates in United Nations General Assembly health event

Carole Kenner, dean of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences at The College of New Jersey, participated in a United Nations General Assembly High-Level Week side event focused on strengthening collaboration across health professions to improve maternal, newborn, and child health. The event was held on September 21, 2026, in New York City. Titled […]

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Sep 29 • 1:11 PM EDT • Health • news.tcnj.edu
Mike Lee blocks effort to prevent Trump from tearing down memorials

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) on Monday night blocked a bipartisan effort to prevent the Trump administration from demolishing the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts without congressional approval. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) attempted to pass the Protecting Presidential Memorials Act, a bill he co-led with Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), by unanimous consent. The […]

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Sep 29 • 1:03 PM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
Curling Battles as October Looms

That was quite the curling weekend

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Sep 29 • 12:37 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Mario Lopez reacts to “Saved by the Bell ”costar Dennis Haskins’ death: ‘Heartbroken’

Lopez also shared an AI photo of the pair on the set of their sitcom.

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Sep 29 • 12:33 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
A New Agenda for Small Business Support in an Age of Uncertainty

Entrepreneurship requires accepting uncertainty. Yet today’s small businesses face multiple, compounding, and, at times, unprecedented sources of uncertainty,

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Sep 29 • 12:00 PM EDT • Business • milkeninstitute.org
Timken Co. completes sale of belts business to Gates Industrial

Jackson Township-based Timken Co. has completed the sale of its belts manufacturing assets to the Denver-based Gates Industrial Corporation.

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Sep 29 • 11:58 AM EDT • Business • indeonline.com
AIM Institute selected as approved science of reading professional learning provider in Kentucky

(FRANKFORT, KY) – AIM Institute for Learning & Research has been selected by the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) as one of three approved professional learning pathways to support the state’s new science of reading training requirements for K-5 educators. Through

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Sep 29 • 11:50 AM EDT • Science • kentuckyteacher.org
East Islip Students Take Science Class Into The Wild At Sunken Meadow

AP Environmental Science students got a hands-on look at the plants, animals and ecological role of Sunken Meadow's salt marsh.

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Sep 29 • 11:34 AM EDT • Science • patch.com
Small window for Welsh additional learning needs funding deal, politicians told

But Welsh Labour leader Ken Skates tells Rhun ap Iorwerth the money on offer is "still not enough".

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Sep 29 • 11:30 AM EDT • Politics • yahoo.com
Heart of a Fighter: A Colonel’s Journey from Silent Heart Attack to Triple Bypass at Broward Health

Dr. Alexander Justicz, Tim Irvin, Dr. Kenneth Herskowitz September 29, 2026- Tim Irvin II, a colonel with the Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO), doesn’t back down from a challenge, even when it’s literally his heart on the line. Over the course of his more than 30-year career in law enforcement, the 51-year-old husband and father moved […]

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Sep 29 • 11:26 AM EDT • Health • southfloridahospitalnews.com
The Michael Miller Show: Greater Kendall Business Association & Upcoming Business Expo

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... On this episode of The Michael Miller Show, Michael Miller welcomes Carlos Ribeiro from the Greater Kendall Business Association (GKBA). They discuss how GKBA has connected local business owners, entrepreneurs, and professionals through networking and relationship-building for nearly 20 years. 🤝 They also highlight the upcoming Greater Kendall Business […]

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Sep 29 • 11:17 AM EDT • Business • communitynewspapers.com
Packers add veterans Laken Tomlinson, Mekhi Becton to help struggling OL

Packers coach Matt LaFleur was asked if Tomlinson and Becton could help Green Bay's offensive line immediately.

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Sep 29 • 10:39 AM EDT • Sports • spectrumnews1.com
Jacob Elordi confronts paparazzi during night out with Kendall Jenner

Jacob Elordi attempted to set some boundaries with paparazzi, as he and Kendall Jenner were hounded by photographers in Paris during fashion week.

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Sep 29 • 9:56 AM EDT • Entertainment • centraloregondaily.com
Late ‘Superman’ actor’s son Will Reeve reveals cancer diagnosis: ‘Raised to share one’s struggles’

Christopher Reeve’s son and ‘Good Morning America’ personality Will Reeve announced his testicular cancer diagnosis. ‘I was raised to share one’s struggles if, in doing so, that might help others.’

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Sep 29 • 9:16 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Students Discover a 309-Million-Year-Old Creature Was Actually a New Species, and Name It After Their Moms

The ancient creature had been mistaken for another species for years — until two Field Museum interns took a closer look and gave it a very personal name

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Sep 29 • 8:59 AM EDT • Science • yahoo.com
Watch live: RFK Jr., Vance outline MAHA agenda at health summit

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Vice President Vance will headline the annual Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) summit in Washington on Tuesday. The daylong gathering …

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Sep 29 • 8:29 AM EDT • Health • thehill.com
Newsom vetoes insurance-claim bills: Is it ‘petty’ politics?

California governor rejects legislation sponsored by LA fire victims, who had spoken out against his wildfire-liability effort.

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Sep 29 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • calmatters.org
GOP senator blocks bill to stop Trump from demolishing Kennedy Center

The bipartisan effort to ban the demolition of presidential memorials was thwarted in the Senate by an objection from Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah).

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Sep 29 • 7:15 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Lesbian Bar Project Co-Founder: Purity Politics Could Destroy Our Remaining Spaces

Subscribe As a professional lesbian and Massachusetts native, I’ve recently been asked by a lot of folks what I think about the saga unfolding at Last Ditch. The now-viral story, first reported by The Boston Globe, centers on a Western Massachusetts lesbian bar that lifted its mask requirement for one night a week to help drum up business. The decision ignited an intra-queer controversy that has been feasted on by media outlets across the political spectrum—from the New York Post to LGBTQ Nation—and is even reportedly being eyed for a Hollywood adaptation. Apparently nothing is more entertaining than a bunch of lesbians and queers fighting with each other over KN-95s. What has been lost in all of the chatter and media coverage is the very real possibility that Last Ditch, which just opened in April 2025, will have to close its doors. The venue’s one remaining founder, Jackie Matellian, revealed in a community Zoom meeting that she’s working four jobs, is now solely responsible for the bar’s $50,000 business loan and is struggling to keep up with the bills. So as we laugh about the controversy’s similarity to a “Portlandia” skit and how one of the bar’s founders left to enroll in clown school, we forget that yet another lesbian bar is facing an existential crisis—and this time the call is coming from inside the house. In 2020, my friend Elina Street and I created The Lesbian Bar Project, an Emmy-, Webby- and GLAAD Media Award-winning docuseries and initiative that tells the stories of lesbian queer bars around the world. We were moved to act because at the time there were only an estimated 16 lesbian bars in the United States, and the pandemic threatened to bring that number down even further. There are now more sapphic bars than there were just before the pandemic—about 36 of them in total—but this is down from approximately 200 in 1980. Maybe that doesn’t mean much to you, but for the millions of sapphics living in the U.S., this number is calamitous. As the world laughs at lesbians and sapphics, I want to take a second and tell you what I feel when I walk into one of these bars, which are all unique and irreplaceable in their own way: I feel seen. Sometimes I think Cubbyhole in New York City’s West Village neighborhood knew I was gay before I did. When I walked in there for the first time, before I was even out, I was transfixed by the colorful array of tchotchkes hanging from the ceiling and how the women standing next to me were completely unafraid to express their desire for one another. I knew the minute I was ready to come out, I had a home. I also felt the joy of a new couple falling in love at Seattle’s Wildrose, the quiet confidence of a short king lining up her shot at the pool table at Ginger’s in Brooklyn and the kick of cayenne pepper in Julie Mabry’s crawfish at Houston’s Pearl Bar. Subscribe Lesbian bars don’t just serve lesbians; they serve queer folks across the spectrum, including bisexual, pansexual and trans people. As Elina and I traveled across the U.S. and Europe and to parts of Latin America to document the bar owners, staff and patrons that make up the ecosystems of these spaces, we also became uniquely acquainted with the factors that threaten their existence: gentrification, wage gaps, sexism, environmental disasters, gun violence, rising insurance premiums and political administrations working to annihilate queer people and their families. Lesbian bar owners, like all leaders and entrepreneurs, are imperfect. There have been significant issues over the years at lesbian bars: employee harassment, racism, lack of accessibility, sexual assault and transphobia. All bar owners should be held accountable and should listen to their communities to evolve into safer and more equitable spaces. I also acknowledge my privilege: I am able-bodied, white, cis and from a family system that loves me for who I am. Not everyone has that. Queer people, especially trans and bisexual people, are suffering from disproportionately high levels of depression, and our mental health system isn’t equipped to support them. Immunocompromised people and long COVID are real, and many of my friends are suffering to this day. The people with the least safety net are often the ones for whom a bar closing costs the most. And yet, as we’re seeing with Last Ditch, the queer community often lashes out at each other. It’s also the mainstream media taking the internal conflict and making a mockery out of it, distracting from the real possibility that this bar could close due to financial pressures. A bar that many people loved and needed is facing extinction. Perhaps it’s safer to dissent with one another than with the larger forces trying to eradicate us, but in doing so, we risk destroying the few spaces we have left. Due to the constraints of purity politics—some in good faith, some not so much—lesbian bar owners, almost all of whom are queer women themselves, are forced to be everything for everyone, similarly to how women are forced to be everything for everyone. By asking these bars to uphold impossible standards—standards very few other third spaces are asked to consider—we all end up losing. I want to move as a community toward dialogue, compassionate dissent and collaboration to make our spaces better with the goal of keeping them OPEN and thriving, rather than destroying them from the inside with expectations that are arguably unattainable. Subscribe While I have your attention—for this fleeting second of the news cycle—may I urge us to spearhead a way to keep these small businesses afloat without attacking our own community along the way? Bar owners are left with an impasse: They want to be community-centered, but they also have to make money to keep their doors open. Sometimes they might make business decisions that don’t work for everyone—and that’s partly because different patrons have different priorities and want different things—but these owners deserve the opportunity for productive dialogue**.** We have to work with them and with each other to keep our spaces open, to keep them growing. Lesbian bars raised me into the queer woman I am today. One thing I think about as I reflect on the six years of work we’ve done to document these spaces is that shared, unspoken language I have with a stranger the moment we both walk into one of these bars: the nod, the ease, the not having to explain ourselves. I don’t want to lose that, and neither should you. If objective, nonpartisan, rigorous, LGBTQ-focused journalism is important to you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation through our 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor, Resource Impact, by clicking this button: Donate

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Sep 29 • 7:01 AM EDT • Politics • unclosetedmedia.com
Anamosa Pumpkinfest adds America 250 theme this year

Catch giant pumpkins in Anamosa, join a celebrity-led ghost hunt in Monticello, and view a global soccer exhibit at the University of Iowa this weekend.

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Sep 29 • 7:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • thegazette.com
Ken Paxton calls for balancing border security, immigration reform to help labor-starved businesses

The Texas attorney general and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate blamed Democrats for standing in the way of a deal, arguing one could have been passed during the first Trump administration.

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Why MAHA wants to make health data much more accessible

At a MAHA Institute event, Kennedy and others argued that health data should be more accessible to researchers can study vaccines, chronic diseases, and autism

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‘The story is always the same’: NC officials confront broken involuntary commitment system

State leaders are pursuing reforms to cut unnecessary commitments, expand voluntary treatment and improve follow-up mental health care.

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The Right Thing: What do we owe a stranger?

What do we owe a stranger? For the past several decades, the weekend after Labor Day has been the neighborhood yard sale in the part of Boston where I live.

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Whimsical debut

New community theatre will perform ‘The Wizard of Oz’ this weekend

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Shaken Baby Syndrome: Junk science or not? When lawyers set scientific standards

Shaken Baby Syndrome has increasingly been branded “junk science,” not because the medical consensus has disappeared, but because courts, some expert witnesses, and the media have created disputes over how these injuries occur. The real question is not whether every SBS prosecution is correct, but whether uncertainty in an individual case justifies discarding a diagnosis supported by a substantial body of medical evidence.

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VP Vance & HHS Secy. Kennedy Join Admin. Officials and Health & Tech Industry Leaders at MAHA Summit

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Senate passes college sports bill that would rein in athlete payments and transfers

The overwhelming 77-22 vote to pass the legislation is the strongest effort yet by Congress to set national regulations governing payments to college athletes for their name, image and likeness and how often they can transfer.

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Former BET host and media personality Angela Stribling dies at 58

Angela Stribling, radio personality and former host of several BET shows, has died. She was 58. Stribling’s husband, Ken Washington, announced the news in an Instagram post shared on her account and in a statement to her longtime Washington, D.C., radio station, WHUR 96.3, on Sept. 27. “It is with a broken heart that I […]

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Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky high school sports scores, Sept. 28-Oct. 4

A look at Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati high school sports scores reported to The Enquirer from Sept. 28 to Oct. 4.

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Senate defeats proposal to limit ticket price increases for college sports

The Senate voted Monday evening to defeat an amendment sponsored by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) to cap ticket price increases for college sporting events to four percent a year, even as ticket prices…

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Pistons Exec Hasn’t Spoken to Jalen Duren All Summer

Trajan Langdon said he has not spoken to Jalen Duren once all summer. #Pistons

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Talarico, Paxton want to cut federal gas taxes as they court Hispanic voters in Texas Senate race
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Ostrander business shutting its doors this weekend

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A Minnesota science museum began trying to protect land around its river research station after it opened in 1989; 37 years later, the final 130 acres are protected, completing a 300-acre conservation goal

A conservation effort that began when a Minnesota science museum opened its river research station in 1989 has taken nearly four decades to reach its final stage. According to the Science Museum of Minnesota, it has permanently protected the last 130 acres around its St.

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How to get involved in research at Eckerd College

Research at Eckerd College is not a commodity limited to students with prior experience, but instead something that is available and should be taken advantage of by all students.

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Sep 28 • 6:00 PM EDT • Science • theonlinecurrent.com
Canadian Law Firms Anticipate More European Business as Ottawa, Brussels Explore EU 'Associate Membership'

Beneficiaries could include Stikeman Elliott, Osler, Fasken, McCarthy Tétrault, Blakes, Davies and Torys, along with global firms.

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Lamont, Fazio answer questions on business climate in Connecticut

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — The two men running for governor made their case to the Amity Chamber of Commerce Monday morning. News 8’s Kent Pierce was the moderator of a conversation betw…

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Circuit of the Americas celebrates grand opening of new theme park

COTALAND celebrated its grand opening weekend at the Circuit of the Americas, offering more than 30 experiences, rides and dining options.

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Beshear creates new state office to amplify Kentucky’s musical legacy, entertainment economy

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Des Moines Art Center awarded $100,000 climate grant

The Des Moines Art Center has received a $100,000 Implementation Grant through the 2026 Frankenthaler Climate Initiative to replace the original 40-year-old air-handling system in its 1985 building, which was designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Meier. The upgrade is expected to reduce energy use by an estimated 30% to 60% while improving environmental controls…

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Is Finally Making Double XP Tokens Only Active During Matches

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CDC vaccine policy recommendations grind to a halt under Health Secretary Kennedy

Federal vaccine recommendations have stalled following Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s dismissal of the advisory committee and subsequent legal challenges to his attempts to overhaul immunization policy.

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Haunted house, Oktoberfest: 4 events to attend in New Caney, Porter this weekend, Oct. 2-4

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Beshear defends stance on transgender athletes, care for minors

Gov. Andy Beshear defended his stance on transgender athletes and care for minors as Kentucky candidates weigh the issue before Nov. 3.

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Timken Completes Sale of Belts Business to Gates

/PRNewswire/ -- The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR; www.timken.com), a leader in advanced motion technology, today announced the completion of the sale of its belts...

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Ken Paxton calls for balancing border security with immigration reform to help labor-starved business sectors

The Texas attorney general and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate blamed Democrats for standing in the way of a deal, arguing one could have been passed during the first Trump administration.

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Ken Paxton calls for balancing border security with immigration reform to help labor-starved business sectors

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How Did the Cantera Rojiblanca Fare This Weekend?

Another weekend of action came and went across Guadalajara’s youth divisions. The Cantera Rojiblanca picked up a pair of important wins and played several matches in which the teams fought for a res...

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Bobby Kotick’s lawyers sent me a bad email (and later apologized)

The message I had received was unsettling—for a moment. Then it was just really confusing. Back on January 20 of this year, at 5:15pm ET, I received an email with the subject line “Legal Correspondence re Bobby Kotick.” It was from the law firm Clare Locke, a firm I’d heard had been emailing reporters in recent years about their coverage of Kotick, the former, longtime CEO of Activision Blizzard. The letter was threatening. A lawyer from the firm introduced themselves as “defamation counsel to Bobby Kotick.” They issued a “demand” that I “correct” a Game File article I’d published a week prior. The article that had irked them had been a scoop of sorts. I’d written about a a 2022 lawsuit brought by a Swedish pension fund, AP7, over Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard. The suit wasn’t news, but I was first to review and report about Kotick’s extensive pushback to the fund’s claims. The pension fund’s core contention was that the sale had been rushed by Kotick to avoid the consequences of sexual misconduct scandals swirling around the company in 2021. (He’d not been accused of misconduct himself in those suits, to be clear.) As I wrote at the time, Kotick had denied the allegations of the rushed sale. Beyond that, Kotick used a December 2025 reply to the Swedish fund’s lawsuit to assign blame for those workplace scandals, the bad press and even for the AP7 lawsuit. I’d found Kotick’s arguments novel and newsworthy. Across nearly 3,000 words, I explained Kotick’s take: that a Swedish gaming company was behind the Swedish fund’s lawsuit (the Embracer group; they denied it); that the Microsoft-Activision deal was not rushed and was secured at what Kotick felt history had proven to be an optimal price for shareholders; that he believed a conspiracy of people at unions government agencies, PR firms and the media had spun up claims of widespread workplace misconduct at Activision Blizzard in 2021. The article gave context for all of this, letting readers assess the claims and weigh their credibility. As I’d later write to Kotick’s lawyers: I would be surprised if you could point to any news article about Bobby Kotick in the last five years that has spent more of its wordcount articulating his point of view. He is welcome to do an interview with Game File any time. Nonetheless, there they were in my inbox that Tuesday evening: Clare Locke, the law firm that secured a $787.5 million settlement from Fox News over false statements about voting machines. They were emailing me, threatening that failure to comply with their demand could support a claim of “actual malice,” a legal standard for libel. Unless… Unless, they said, I added a key paragraph to my article. This was a paragraph that I already knew Kotick’s lawyers had been emailing reporters about for at least a year, and it was a paragraph that was already in my article. The paragraph they wanted is from a 2023 settlement that California’s Civil Rights Department struck with Activision Blizzard. The settlement had closed a two-year-old lawsuit over alleged sexual discrimination at the game maker. The paragraph basically said that claims of systemic or widespread sexual harassment—or of execs like Kotick tolerating such behavior—had never been proven. I’d already seen proof that Kotick’s lawyers had pushed for the settlement’s language to be added to reports about 2021 sexual discrimination and misconduct lawsuits brought against Activision Blizzard by California and, separately, by the U.S. federal government (both suits were since settled). I knew that Kotick and his lawyers felt that the California settlement language should be mentioned in the same breath as references to an article he hated and denied, a November 2021 Wall Street Journal article claiming Kotick knew “for years” of sexual misconduct at Activision Blizzard. So, in the Game File article that Clare Locke emailed me about, in the interest of ensuring I was being fair and balanced regarding the person I was covering, I had already included the following excerpt from the California settlement [emphasis added in bold]: (Kotick has repeatedly pushed back against that November article in the Wall Street Journal, citing among other things, language from a court-approved consent decree as part of Activision’s 2023 $54 million settlement over the California suit. It states: “no court or any independent investigation has substantiated any allegations that: there has been systemic or widespread sexual harassment at Activision Blizzard [or] that Activision Blizzard senior executives ignored, condoned, or tolerated a culture of systemic harassment, retaliation, or discrimination.”) On the evening of January 20, I was incredulous. How do you write a four page legal threat about a week-old article and miss this? While scrambling to also make my kids dinner, I wrote a lengthy reply to Clare Locke’s lawyers, basically asking them to cool it with the threats and to start making sense. In part, I wrote: I hope you can understand why I am having trouble understanding what you’re asking for, when the statement you’re demanding to see in Game File’s article already appears in Game File’s article. Actual malice, as you know, refers to a reckless disregard for the truth. I’m not sure what your argument is when my article already states your client’s position. Here is where I should remind you, the reader, that I am an independent journalist. I publish on Substack, and have availed myself of the Substack Defender program that provides writers on the platform with legal support. But I’m no Wall Street Journal or New York Times, nor even IGN or GameSpot when it comes to such things as, well, having a legal department. There are more fun things for me to do as an independent journalist than writing back to a powerful law firm representing a very rich person. On the evening of January 20th, I was just trying to cook some pasta, broccoli and chicken nuggets for hungry twins. Nevertheless, I wrote back to them. Two hours later, I got a reply. Summarizing: A lawyer for Clare Locke said they’d “reviewed an incomplete version” of my article and they “apologize for the confusion.” (My guess: Someone didn’t read past the piece’s paywall, even though they’d had a full week to scrounge up the funds to do so. What I’d published above the paywall was balanced, as was what came after.)1 That was almost that, but something about the situation bothered me. The letter had been marked “confidential.” I hadn’t agreed to that, and I disliked the idea that powerful people on the beat that I cover would act like they could unilaterally control what I might tell my readers about. On the morning of the 21st, having already gotten the powerful law firm to back off, I oh-so-wisely re-approached them with just one more thing. I thanked them for clearing things up the night before but noted that I’d never agreed to keep their letter confidential. I’m all for agreeing with a source to keep things off the record, but that’s the thing. We have to agree. You can’t just declare it. I’m not bound by that. I wrote to Clare Locke’s lawyer and said, in part: I trust the matter is resolved. It was disappointing to have to spend less time with my kids last night in order to address your legal letter. Family time’s precious. I will add, for clarity’s sake, that, while your letter stipulated that it was confidential, I did not agree to those terms. In the future, should you wish to communicate with me confidentially, I am happy to agree to classifying our communication as “off the record” prior to the actual communication—as is standard with any professional journalist. The firm’s lawyer replied, not directly addressing the confidentiality issue but asserting that the matter was resolved. Why I didn’t write about this until now In May, I told this story on an episode of Simon Parkin’s podcast My Perfect Console, but I held off on sharing it directly with Game File readers. I held off to avoid stepping on the toes of another reporter, the journalist Mikhail Klimentov. He’d interviewed me in the spring of 2025 about an investigation he was working on regarding Bobby Kotick lawyers pressing the media to add the California settlement language to stories referencing the 2021 lawsuits. And about how some outlets had changed their stories and how some simply deleted them. Initially, I was a third-party source for Klimentov’s reporting, providing on-the-record context about the state of the games media. I’d heard about the letters but hadn’t put the time into pursuing the story. I thought it was interesting, and I was glad he was covering it. When the outlet that Klimentov was going to run his reporting in dropped the story, I began talking to him about potentially publishing his reporting on Game File. This was tentative. Then, in January, when I got my own Clare Locke letter, I told Klimentov that I didn’t think it would make sense for me to publish him, not with me now being part of the story. I had my own version of this situation to tell. But I wished him well and said I’d refrain from telling my tale until he could get his reporting out there. Last Friday, Klimentov finally ran his investigation, in a nearly 48-minute video report for People Make Games. It covers various Clare Locke letters, how media outlets reacted to them and what to make of all this. His video weighs the merits of Kotick’s request and looks at some of the articles that were changed (one of which had a glaring error). I highly recommend watching it: (Note, I did some editorial consulting for a People Make Games video last year but nothing to do with this report.) While many outlets haven’t left any public evidence that they updated their Kotick coverage at Kotick’s counsel’s request, at least one has. Back in October 2025, the mainstream outlet Reuters applied the most transparent article update I’ve seen. On the 3rd of the month, they published an article about the state of the Swedish pension fund’s lawsuit. Days later, they added this: In an October 7 letter sent after publication of this article, Kotick’s defamation counsel disputed claims of widespread harassment at Activision. “Not a single investigation, court finding, verdict, or ruling ever concluded that there was any merit” to the allegations of widespread harassment at Activision, Tom Clare and Nick Brechbill of Clare Locke wrote. I’ve never added a statement to my article on Game File, because none was needed. Not for fairness’ sake, nor to meet any demands of Kotick’s lawyers. I’ve nevertheless wanted to be transparent with Game File readers. If someone powerful is questioning my reporting, is threatening a lawsuit over it… if that threat is part of a pattern involving other games media outlets and if, in my case, the whole thing ran into a ridiculous ditch, I want you to know about it. I also share this as a real example of how I handle threats to Game File. I stand up for my own reporting, even when it’s not comfortable to do so. (In that same category of standing up for the work I do, I’ll point to an incident in late August. Asocial media post I published to X/Twitter regarding reporting I did about Take Two and GTA VI was hit by bogus copyright claim by a firm working for the publisher. I pushed back and got it reversed; even while a bigger games media outlet let themselves be censored. This is the other reason I’m sharing this story: To emphasize that dealing with threats from powerful people is one of the costs of covering the video game industry independently and as fearlessly as possible. This is where you come in. Your support, through free and paid subscriptions (sign up here!), can help me keep doing that. It can ensure that I’ve got the back-up I need. And it can help make fiascoes like this even less of a worry, so I can spend my evenings dealing with more important things, such as making sure I steam the kids’ broccoli just right. 1 That pension fund lawsuit I wrote about in January has all but gone away. In May, the fund and Activision Blizzard owner Microsoft agreed to settle. Lawyers for the fund brokered a $250 million settlement for former Activision Blizzard shareholders. In the settlement, the fund’s lawyers changed their rhetoric. Where once they’d questioned the meaning of the California settlement language, they adopted a version of it for themselves. Several weeks ago, while seeking to get a court to sign off on the terms of the settlement, they proposed their fee for their work in the case: $60 million.

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Seattle theater has a top-flight performer in Yusef Seevers

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Food Safety Finds a Place Among ‘Kitchen-Table’ Political Issues

By Stephanie Armour The run-up to the midterm elections is turning into a food fight — literally. The summer was marred by a massive foodborne outbreak that sickened scores of people and the recall of tens of thousands of pounds of imported meat, turning the safety of the U.S. food supply into a ...

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Food Safety Finds a Place Among ‘Kitchen-Table’ Political Issues

By Stephanie Armour The run-up to the midterm elections is turning into a food fight — literally. The summer was marred by a massive foodborne outbreak that sickened scores of people and the recall of tens of thousands of pounds of imported meat, turning the safety of the U.S. food supply into a ...

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Tuchel says Czech Republic game 'not yet a must-win'

England coach Thomas Tuchel said Monday the upcoming Nations League game against the Czech Republic in Prague was "not yet a must-win" despite a 3-2 loss to Spain last weekend.The Czechs have not lost any of their last four home games against England, and they won the last encounter 2-1 in a Euro 2020 qualifier in Prague in 2019.

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20-year-old arrested, accused in multiple Fort Bend County business burglaries

Fort Bend County authorities have taken a 20-year-old suspect into custody after an investigation into a string of late-night break-ins at local businesses.

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Rod Stewart announces his 'last tour ever, ever, ever'

Rod Stewart, 81, has announced that his Final Encore tour in 2027 will be his last rock 'n' roll tour 'ever, ever, ever.'

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NinjaTech AI Launches Enterprise AI Workforce Platform Using Open-Weight Models

Built to end runaway per-token AI costs, the platform deploys into the customer’s own cloud and data centers, so data never leaves their control PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 28, 2026 — NinjaTech AI today launched SuperNinja Enterprise, an AI workforce platform that puts AI employees to work around the clock inside the customer’s own cloud, on […]

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Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky high school football Week 7 schedule

Check out Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky and Southeast Indiana's high school football schedule for Week 7 of the 2026 season.

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Senate tees up college sports bill aimed at regulating NIL deals

The Senate is due to vote Monday on the bill, which would create a national framework for name, image and likeness deals in college athletics.

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5 Things Auburn Fans Learned About the SEC This Weekend

Auburn football improved to 3-1 with its first SEC win under Alex Golesh, but Week 4 revealed much more about the conference. Florida is surging, Mississippi State has found a star in Kamario Taylor, and Tennessee showed major offensive concerns ahead of Auburn's trip to Knoxville.

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GOP senator says buildings shouldn't be named after living politicians

Sen. John Kennedy says politicians should not have buildings named after them while alive. "I think that would settle a lot of this controversy."

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Sep 28 • 12:23 PM EDT • Politics • yahoo.com
GOP senator says buildings shouldn't be named after living politicians

Sen. John Kennedy says politicians should not have buildings named after them while alive. "I think that would settle a lot of this controversy."

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Sep 28 • 12:23 PM EDT • Politics • usatoday.com
'Taken a long time to get to this result'

Former Manchester City midfielder Nigel Gleghorn told BBC Radio Manchester that Enzo Maresca "must think he has jumped into a fire" after the club were found guilty of the vast majority of 115 breaches of financial rules. "The rules put in place, I know why they're put in place to protect clubs, but I will still go to Man City and still watch them as I do," added Gleghorn.

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Sep 28 • 11:54 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Dawg Sports on the Radio

There’s a lot to talk about regarding Georgia’s 41-13 win over Oklahoma. It should be a pretty fun conversation. That’s why I’ll be listening to the glockenspiel player from MaconDawg’s favorite U2 cover band (UAndYourMama2) on WFOY in St. Augustine(102.1 FM/1240 AM) this evening around 6:45 pm Eastern to talk Georgia Bulldog football on SportsNow with […]

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Sep 28 • 11:44 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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NWSL Matchweek 23: Top goals and saves

Gotham FC’s Jaedyn Shaw and Utah Royals’ Mandy McGlynn top their respective categories, but who else stood out this weekend?

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Sep 28 • 10:25 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Rangers disappointed after stumbling on final weekend of season

What could have been a joyful moment for the Rangers turned somber as they fell one game short of a playoff spot.

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Sep 28 • 9:40 AM EDT • Sports • spectrumlocalnews.com
OMNIBUS X, a toxic proposal for health and biodiversity. MEPs should not vote for it: ECVC

Omnibus X is a legislative package which, under the usual pretext of simplification to streamline the pesticide approval system, weakens the precautionary principle at the heart of European pesticide regulation.

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Sep 28 • 9:37 AM EDT • Health • viacampesina.org
Finnish consumer confidence weakens as business morale drops

Consumers in Finland remained more pessimistic in September, survey figures from Statistics Finland showed on Monday. Separate data from the Confederation of Finnish Industries revealed that industrial sentiment stayed less positive.

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Sep 28 • 9:18 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Caleb Williams’ Injury Just Got More Concerning for the Bears

The Chicago Bears hoped Caleb Williams had escaped with a minor hamstring injury. That optimism has now taken a hit. […]

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Sep 28 • 9:04 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
American Airlines and Taiwan-Based Starlux in Codeshare Agreement

First steps are taken toward loyalty program integration

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Sep 28 • 8:30 AM EDT • Business • businesstravelexecutive.com
The Todd Monken Affect is Real with These Cleveland Browns
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Sep 28 • 8:24 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
One of Brett Favre's interception records was broken on 'SNF'

Brett Favre's record for career pick-sixes thrown was broken on "Sunday Night Football." It lasted 18 years.

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Sep 28 • 8:14 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Rift escalates as Trump targets Miami GOP Rep. María Elvira Salazar in Truth Social posts

The race for Florida's 27th Congressional District flared up over the weekend when President Donald Trump reposted on his Truth Social account more than a dozen posts excoriating incumbent Elvira Salazar.

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Sep 28 • 7:01 AM EDT • Politics • wusf.org
The 10 movies to see at this year's Houston Cinema Arts Festival

From the anticipated 'Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother' with Mahershala Ali to films starring Sandra Hüller, Julianne Moore and Kenneth Branagh, there's a lot to choose from this year.

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Sep 28 • 7:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • houstonchronicle.com