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Immigrants with legal status at risk of being dropped from Medicaid

The One Big Beautiful Bill ends eligibility for refugees, asylees, trafficking victims and others, and its impact could be larger than initially predicted.

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Sep 30 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • washingtonpost.com
California poll: Voters back a billionaire tax, but the proposal falls short of majority support

A new NBCUniversal Local/Telemundo Station Group poll shows “yes” supporters leading 48% to 38% on the California ballot measure.

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Sep 30 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Virginia Democrats warn more healthcare strains loom after November election

Christina Rivera kept her health insurance this year because she needed major back surgery. But maintaining coverage meant absorbing a monthly premium that rose from $235 in 2025 to $1,336 in 2026 — with a higher deductible. “That’s just not reasonable for anybody who is relying on the ACA for healthcare,” said Riviera, a Charlottesville-area resident and founder of the nonprofit Called to Justice. “I don’t have that sitting around. It’s not in the cushions of the couch.” Small nonprofits often depend on the Affordable Care Act marketplace because reasonably priced group coverage is out of reach, Rivera said. After enhanced federal premium tax credits expired last December, her insurance bill became another financial burden alongside groceries, gasoline and utilities.

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Sep 30 • 5:28 AM EDT • Health • virginiamercury.com
Hyundai Mobis to sell lighting business to OPmobility in W600b deal

French auto parts supplier OPmobility has agreed to acquire Hyundai Mobis' automotive lighting business in a deal valued at 600 billion won ($443.8 million), as

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Sep 30 • 5:05 AM EDT • Business • koreaherald.com
US Poised To Boot Legal Immigrants From Medicaid, Including Refugees and Sex-Trafficking Victims

The Congressional Budget Office estimated 100,000 more immigrants will be uninsured by 2034 because of Medicaid eligibility changes under President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act that take effect Oct. 1. A KFF Health News survey of nine states found many more are at imminent risk of losing health coverage.

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Sep 30 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • kffhealthnews.org
What is Alaska LNG and why does the project face doubts?

President Donald Trump could unveil plans as soon as Wednesday to tap South Korea's pledged strategic investment package for about $54 billion to build a liquefied natural gas project in Alaska, as he rolls out a series of economic initiatives ahead of November's midterm ​elections.

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Sep 30 • 4:56 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
Ex-City star Richards 'absolutely devastated' amid calls for demotion

Former Manchester City defender Micah Richards says the Premier League’s damning verdict on the club has left him devastated and heartbroken. City were found to have engaged in an almost £1 billion ($1.

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Sep 30 • 4:33 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Bills Announce Historic Josh Allen News Before Key Rivalry Game

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen is one of just four players in NFL history to record six or more rushing touchdowns in nine straight seasons. The post Bills Announce Historic Josh Allen News Before Key Rivalry Game appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 30 • 1:05 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Navy contracts boost Hampton Roads submarine industry

Navy awards $76.6 billion in contracts, with $25 billion for Newport News Shipbuilding, boosting Hampton Roads economy and shipbuilding industry.

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Sep 29 • 11:55 PM EDT • Business • virginiabusiness.com
NBA closing in on decision on expansion to Las Vegas

Three groups, including Golden Knights owner Bill Foley, remain in the bidding, which could go as high as $13 biliion.

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Sep 29 • 10:19 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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ChatGPT maker wants to be the App Store for AI as safety concerns grow

OpenAI on Tuesday launched a less expensive artificial intelligence (AI) model and tools that run continuously, as it aims to reposition ChatGPT as an app store for AI. Other companies, such as Adobe, will be able to offer their software directly within ChatGPT, which is now used weekly by 1.2 billion people.– “Disappoint Wall Street” – As speculation swirls around when OpenAI might go public, Altman told reporters on Tuesday that the company was "investing more in safety, security, alignment,

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Sep 29 • 9:38 PM EDT • Technology • finance.yahoo.com
Paramount streaming chief Cindy Holland exits studio

The announcement comes as Paramount waits for a judge's approval of its $111-billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Sep 29 • 8:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
Digital asset tax reform bill advances with broad business implications

RSM US analyzes a Ways and Means tax bill that would change taxation of digital assets, stablecoins and reporting obligations. Learn more.

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Sep 29 • 8:00 PM EDT • Business • rsmus.com
Buffalo Bills, Josh Allen Keeping Quiet About Knee Injury, Sports Doc Says

A sports doctor says the Bills and Josh Allen are keeping quiet about a possible knee injury after concerns emerged about the quarterback. The post Buffalo Bills, Josh Allen Keeping Quiet About Knee Injury, Sports Doc Says appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 29 • 6:50 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Bill Nye the Science Guy is coming to Colorado in November

Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill! If that theme song just started playing in your head, you're in the right place. Bill Nye the Science Guy is coming to Colorado this

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Sep 29 • 5:51 PM EDT • Science • kygo.com
Oklahoma rural health gets $223M from One Big Beautiful Bill as SWOSU brings care closer to home

Oklahoma rural health just got a $223 million boost, and SWOSU is using part of it to bring care closer to home for those in western Oklahoma.

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Sep 29 • 5:13 PM EDT • Health • koco.com
Now that it has passed the Senate, what comes next with the Protect College Sports Act?

The Senate has passed a bill aimed at controlling spending and addressing issues in college sports

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Sep 29 • 5:05 PM EDT • Sports • abcnews.com
Husted's data center bill collides with campaign season politics

Senate Republicans are making a last-minute push on affordability—holding a vote on legislation to rein in costs associated with data centers—that could be a win for Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, ahead of November’s elections.

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Sep 29 • 5:00 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumnews1.com
Husted's data center bill collides with campaign season politics

Senate Republicans are making a last-minute push on affordability—holding a vote on legislation to rein in costs associated with data centers—that could be a win for Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, ahead of November’s elections.

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Sep 29 • 5:00 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumnews1.com
Oregon insurance regulators warn of cheap healthcare plans resulting in high bills

Coverage through “self-funded” or “limited partner” plans can result in high costs and unexpected bills, state insurance regulators said.

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Sep 29 • 4:58 PM EDT • Health • oregoncapitalchronicle.com
Senate passes bill to reshape future of college sports

The U.S. Senate passed the Protect College Sports Act Monday night, with a final vote of 77 to 22, after a series of votes on seven different amendments.

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Sep 29 • 4:55 PM EDT • Sports • hawaiinewsnow.com
Senate passes bill to reshape future of college sports

The U.S. Senate passed the Protect College Sports Act Monday night, with a final vote of 77 to 22, after a series of votes on seven different amendments.

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Sep 29 • 4:55 PM EDT • Sports • live5news.com
Senate passes bill to reshape future of college sports

The U.S. Senate passed the Protect College Sports Act Monday night, with a final vote of 77 to 22, after a series of votes on seven different amendments.

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Sep 29 • 4:55 PM EDT • Sports • actionnews5.com
You Can 'Get Ready' for iPhone Duo Pre-Orders on October 12

People who plan to purchase an iPhone Duo can go through the "Get Ready" process starting on Monday, October 12. The new detail was added to the iPhone Duo product page yesterday, according to Reddit. Get Ready lets users select a preferred color and capacity, confirm their carrier status, choose accessories, choose an AppleCare+ plan, select a trade-in, add a payment method, and set a shipping and billing address.

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Sep 29 • 4:10 PM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Bill Nye awarded Key to Las Vegas Strip as county declares ‘Bill Nye Day’

Clark County leaders recognized the iconic science educator at UNLV ahead of his Barrick Lecture Series presentation.

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Sep 29 • 3:52 PM EDT • Science • fox5vegas.com
Pompeii Is Helping Scientists Sharpen the Clocks Used to Date Earth’s History

An ancient catastrophe is helping geologists tell time across billions of years.

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Sep 29 • 3:39 PM EDT • Science • zmescience.com
Medicaid is about to end in NC for thousands of refugees

Thousands of refugees and people granted asylum who are living in North Carolina will lose their Medicaid coverage due to cuts made in the 2025 federal spending bill.

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Sep 29 • 3:30 PM EDT • Health • ncnewsline.com
Senate passes college sports bill amid opposition from CT senators

Blumenthal’s measure could make it easier for schools like UConn to join a power conference. But he and Murphy didn't back the overall bill.

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Sep 29 • 3:05 PM EDT • Sports • ctmirror.org
‘Clarity and consistency’: Idaho senators, college leaders back sports reform bill

The school presidents at Idaho’s three most prominent public universities are beating the drum for the bipartisan Protect College Sports Act.

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Sep 29 • 2:59 PM EDT • Sports • idahostatesman.com
Then and Now: Graves helps clients buy, sell businesses

Barry Graves has brokered more than $1 billion in deals across Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri. As executive broker at Cantrell-Griffin Business Brokers he helps business owners navigate the decision of...

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Sep 29 • 2:54 PM EDT • Business • talkbusiness.net
Year-End Tax Planning: What Successful Businesses Should Do Now

Voice of Business Blog Guest post from Greater Rochester Chamber member Tiffany Brown, CPA, Bowers A profitable year is something every business owner hopes for-until they start thinking about the tax bill that comes with it. If your business is having a stronger year than expected, the good news is that you may still have…

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Sep 29 • 2:43 PM EDT • Business • greaterrochesterchamber.com
Where Academic Healthcare Meets AI

There is a version of the artificial intelligence story that everyone has heard by now: the billion-dollar campuses, the coastal cities competing for the next great tech company.

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Sep 29 • 2:32 PM EDT • Health • news.uthsc.edu
Explainer: Five things to know about the college sports bill that passed the US Senate

The US Senate passed legislation this week to regulate ‌college sports, a multibillion-dollar industry that has been upended in recent years by increased earning opportunities for student athletes.

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Sep 29 • 2:31 PM EDT • Sports • reuters.com
Explainer-Five Things to Know About the College Sports Bill That Passed the US Senate

By Nolan D. McCaskill WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - The US Senate passed legislation ⁠this ⁠week to regulate college sports, a multibillion-dollar ⁠industry that has been upended in recent years by increased earning opportunities for student athletes. Here are five things to know about the bill's ...

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Sep 29 • 2:30 PM EDT • Sports • usnews.com
New “Science Stadium” exhibit opens at the Buffalo Museum of Science

Empire State Development celebrated the grand opening of the $3 million Science Stadium interactive exhibit at the Buffalo Museum of Science (BMS). Developed in partnership with the Buffalo Bills, Buffalo

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Sep 29 • 2:07 PM EDT • Science • beenews.com
Proposed aircraft carrier redesign could delay NNS construction

The Trump administration is considering a potential redesign of the nation's aircraft carriers that could cost billions more dollars.

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Sep 29 • 2:05 PM EDT • Business • virginiabusiness.com
Elevance Health rolls out new site-of-care billing policies

Elevance Health is rolling out new billing policies that aim to ensure services are paid for at the appropriate level and drive greater transparency into where patients receive care. | Elevance Health is rolling out new billing policies that aim to ensure services are paid for at the appropriate level and drive greater transparency into where patients receive care.

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Sep 29 • 1:57 PM EDT • Health • fiercehealthcare.com
Senate passes GW, A-10-backed college sports legislation

The bill has garnered widespread support from athletes, universities and athletic conferences, including GW and the A-10, with hopes that potential regulations will lead to a more stable college athletics landscape.

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Sep 29 • 1:56 PM EDT • Sports • gwhatchet.com
Raiders-Chiefs gets top CBS billing over Broncos-49ers
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Sep 29 • 1:51 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Maureen Dowd, Karl Rove to Discuss Politics at Free Geneva Forum

Maureen Dowd and Karl Rove discuss politics at Geneva's free Stern Family Forum. Bill Whitaker moderates Friday at 7 p.m.

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Sep 29 • 1:49 PM EDT • Politics • fingerlakesdailynews.com
Giants' Matt Gage: Receives clean bill of health

Giants' Matt Gage: Receives clean bill of health

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Sep 29 • 1:45 PM EDT • Health • cbssports.com
AAR bulks up maintenance biz in $1.3B deal

Aircraft parts and maintenance provider AAR is buying a majority stake in competitor MRO Holdings for $1.3 billion.

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Sep 29 • 1:40 PM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.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
Tiny Grains From Asteroid Bennu Reveal How Jupiter Shaped the Early Solar System

The asteroid’s dust may preserve a record of how planets assembled 4.5 billion years ago.

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Sep 29 • 1:22 PM EDT • Science • zmescience.com
Midwest nonprofits HealthPartners, Essentia Health announce merger plans

Minnesota-based nonprofits HealthPartners and Essentia Health have announced plans to combine, setting the stage for an integrated 22-hospital system spanning multiple Midwest states. | The deal would yield a roughly $12.5 billion, multi-state integrated nonprofit with 22 hospitals and a 1.6 million-member insurance business.

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Sep 29 • 1:15 PM EDT • Health • fiercehealthcare.com
Trane inks business, marketing partnership with Bank of America Stadium

Trane Technologies is deepening its ties to Bank of America Stadium as a cornerstone partner that will lead HVAC upgrades as part of the $1.3 billion upgrade of the downtown Charlotte venue. The agreement will put Trane’s name on the stadium’s 300-level Silver Club section, starting in 2029, Tepper Sports & Entertainment said in a […]

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Sep 29 • 1:13 PM EDT • Business • businessnc.com
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
Princeton Equity Group secures $1.3 billion to fund franchise business

With $1.3 billion in commitments, Princeton Equity Group secured more than double the $575 million raised for its predecessor fund.

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Sep 29 • 12:58 PM EDT • Business • dallasnews.com
LDF Strongly Opposes Passage of the Protect College Sports Act, Urges House to Reject the Bill

On Sept. 28, the U.S. Senate passed the Protect College Sports Act (PCSA), an irresponsible piece of legislation that threatens the financial security and success student-athletes, including low-income Black student-athletes, have earned. The Legal Defense Fund previously issued a letter urging all members of Congress to reject the bill. Altogether, the PCSA lacks employment rights […]

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Sep 29 • 12:51 PM EDT • Sports • naacpldf.org
Findings from the EHF Texas Health Tracking Poll 2025

The annual EHF Texas Health Tracking Poll 2025 also shows how health care affordability, food insecurity, and health are closely connected. Food-insecure Texans are more than 4.5 times as likely to have medical bill problems as those who are food secure, and health outcomes steadily worsen as food security decreases. Texans who regularly run short...

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Sep 29 • 12:29 PM EDT • Health • ssrs.com
Beyond Billionaires: Small Business, Taxes, and Who’s Rich in America

Join the Center for American Progress for a conversation on business ownership as the main path to wealth in America, and what that means for the future of tax policy and the American Dream.

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Sep 29 • 12:27 PM EDT • Business • americanprogress.org
How Ted Cruz, once a Republican gadfly, became a bipartisan dealmaker

The Texas senator was the driving force behind a bill to overhaul regulation of college athletics that passed the chamber Monday night.

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Sep 29 • 12:07 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
A Google co-founder is spending $100 million to defeat California’s wealth tax. It could become one of his best investments

Google co-founder Sergey Brin has funneled just over $100 million to a group trying to defeat a one-time state tax on California’s billionaires this November.

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Sep 29 • 12:00 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Representative Nathaniel Moran introduces H.R. 10582: Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act

We have received text from H.R. 10582: Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act. This bill was received on 2026-09-24, and currently has 9 cosponsors.Here is a short summary of the bill: This bill would create a new federal tax credit for certain U.S.-based film and television productions. In general, eligible productions could claim a credit equal to a percentage of their qualified compensation costs, meaning wages and c

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Sep 29 • 11:42 AM EDT • Entertainment • quiverquant.com
Temple Health posted a $22.7 million operating profit in fiscal 2026

The North Philadelphia nonprofit's revenue climbed to $3.6 billion from $3.3 billion.

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Sep 29 • 11:42 AM EDT • Health • inquirer.com
Newsom signs bills pushing back on Trump's immigration agenda

The more than 20 bills approved by the governor Tuesday were crafted to thwart tactics used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, while others are meant to boost state oversight of federal detention centers in the state.

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Sep 29 • 11:24 AM EDT • Politics • latimes.com
University of Pittsburgh launches health sciences startup incubator in Oakland

Pitt trustees approved the incubator on the same day the university announced a $3 billion fundraising campaign to support university initiatives further.

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Sep 29 • 10:31 AM EDT • Science • yahoo.com
University of Pittsburgh launches health sciences startup incubator in Oakland

Pitt trustees approved the incubator on the same day the university announced a $3 billion fundraising campaign to support university initiatives further.

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Sep 29 • 10:31 AM EDT • Health • yahoo.com
Scientists Say Earth Needs to Shrink by Billions of People By 2200. But I Think We’re Already Screwed.

Fossil fuels have hidden the true cost of 8 billion people. Here’s what could happen when the illusion ends.

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Sep 29 • 9:00 AM EDT • Science • popularmechanics.com
Avex Increases Ownership of Brandon Silverstein's S10 Entertainment

Japanese entertainment giant Avex Inc. owns 85% of Brandon Silverstein's S10 Entertainment with a shared goal of reaching 100%.

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Sep 29 • 9:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • billboard.com
How ocean chemistry helped life keep breathing

Scientists have helped solve a longstanding mystery about how Earth remained habitable after oxygen first accumulated in its atmosphere more than 2 billion years ago.

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Sep 29 • 8:52 AM EDT • Science • news.ucr.edu
Senate passes sweeping college sports bill

The Senate overwhelmingly passed the Protect College Sports Act Monday in a bipartisan manner to bring stability to the industry.

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Sep 29 • 8:36 AM EDT • Sports • aldailynews.com
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Princeton Equity Group Raises $1.3 Billion Fund III at Hard Cap

PRINCETON, N.J. & DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 29, 2026--

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Sep 29 • 8:32 AM EDT • Business • rutlandherald.com
Long Lake, the World’s First AI Holding Company, Completes $6.3 Billion Acquisition of American Express Global Business Travel

Long Lake, the World’s First AI Holding Company, Completes $6.3 Billion Acquisition of American Express Global Business Travel

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Sep 29 • 8:28 AM EDT • Business • businesswire.com
Senate passes college sports bill that would rein in athlete payments,transfers

The House must still approve the legislation before it can become law

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Sep 29 • 8:10 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
New laws make incremental tweaks to California’s mental health court, while bigger changes nixed

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills Sunday designed to help his mental health court reach more vulnerable Californians. But two other bills that would have made much bigger, and more controversial, changes to the program died without ever making it to his desk. […]

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Sep 29 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • paloaltoonline.com
Newsom vetoes insurance-claim bills: Is it ‘petty’ politics?

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed two bills that would have helped improve the insurance-claims process for consumers but signed one that also addresses claims-related issues, leaving Los Angeles County fire survivors and others wondering whether the vetoes were retaliatory. One bill, Senate Bill 877, […]

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Sep 29 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • pleasantonweekly.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
Newsom vetoes insurance-claim bills: Is it ‘petty’ politics?

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed two bills that would have helped improve the insurance-claims process for consumers but signed one that also addresses claims-related issues, leaving Los Angeles County fire survivors and others wondering whether the vetoes were retaliatory. One bill, Senate Bill 877, […]

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Sep 29 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • mv-voice.com
Newsom vetoes insurance-claim bills: Is it ‘petty’ politics?

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed two bills that would have helped improve the insurance-claims process for consumers but signed one that also addresses claims-related issues, leaving Los Angeles County fire survivors and others wondering whether the vetoes were retaliatory. One bill, Senate Bill 877, […]

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Sep 29 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • paloaltoonline.com
Senate passes bipartisan Protect College Sports Act amid ‘chaos’ in industry

The Senate passed a sweeping bipartisan bill on Monday that would regulate college sports amid athlete payments and near-unrestricted transfers

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Sep 29 • 7:41 AM EDT • Sports • theguardian.com
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
He Picked Up Trash For $4 An Hour. Now He Runs A $1 Billion Construction Business

How a 12-year-old’s door knock connected him with now billionaire mentor —and launched a fast-growing construction empire powering tech giants like Google, Apple and Microsoft.

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Sep 29 • 6:30 AM EDT • Business • forbes.com
FTSE 100 rises as AstraZeneca lifts healthcare sector

London's FTSE 100 ​rose on Tuesday, lifted by pharmaceutical stocks after AstraZeneca agreed ‌to take a $2 billion stake in Summit Therapeutics to advance cancer research.

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Sep 29 • 5:51 AM EDT • Health • reuters.com
Inside the drama dogging Corgi, the $5 billion insurance startup

Corgi reached a $5 billion valuation. Internal messages and documents reveal the drama dogging the insurance startup.

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Sep 29 • 5:41 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Analysis | Democrats coalesce around a message about the cost of corruption

Their message accuses Republicans of flagrant corruption, tying the attack to the billions President Donald Trump has made during his second term.

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Sep 29 • 5:18 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Palm Beach residents appointed to Cox Science Center board of trustees

Palm Beach residents Deborah Norville, Bill Roberts and Thomas Rosin are among seven new board members of the Cox Science Center & Aquarium.

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Sep 29 • 5:03 AM EDT • Science • palmbeachpost.com
Notre Dame Opponent Preview: North Carolina Tarheels

Marcus Freeman chases a historic 5-0 start as the Irish face Bill Belichick’s revitalized squad. Explore how a high-powered offense and defensive shifts have transformed the Tar Heels.

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Sep 29 • 5:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Not the GPUs. This Overlooked Piece of Nvidia's Business Could Matter Most for the Stock's Next Leg Up.

Nvidia sees this area as a $200 billion opportunity.

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Sep 29 • 4:05 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Deloitte Model Explores $527 Billion Growth Opportunity in US Women's Health Through Health Promotion, Prevention and Early Detection

/PRNewswire/ -- Key takeaways Prevention could expand health span: Under a prevention and improved disease-management scenario, women's health span could...

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Sep 29 • 4:02 AM EDT • Health • prnewswire.com
Not the GPUs. This Overlooked Piece of Nvidia's Business Could Matter Most for the Stock's Next Leg Up.

Nvidia sees this area as a $200 billion opportunity.

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Sep 29 • 3:45 AM EDT • Business • fool.com
Canelo Alvarez Says His Next Opponent's Style Is 'Too Simple'

anelo Alvarez says Christian Mbilli's style is too simple ahead of their Oct. 31 title fight. Mbilli is 29-0-1 and holds the WBC super middleweight belt.

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Sep 29 • 3:27 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Senate passes college sports bill to rein in athlete payments and transfers

A 2025 lawsuit settlement uprooted the college sports landscape by allowing colleges to pay their players.

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Sep 29 • 2:18 AM EDT • Sports • nbcwashington.com
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As public worries about AI grow, Newsom's political calculus is changing

In recent weeks, Newsom has signed a series of AI oversight bills and called for stronger safeguards as some of the industry's own leaders warn about the risks of increasingly powerful AI systems.

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Sep 29 • 1:37 AM EDT • Politics • abc7news.com
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U.S. Senate passes Ted Cruz’s college sports bill that seeks to rein in NCAA “chaos”

The bill, which would regulate NIL deals and athlete revenue among other sweeping changes, now needs to clear the House. The lower chamber is out until after the midterms.

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Sep 28 • 11:16 PM EDT • Sports • ksat.com
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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Sep 28 • 11:06 PM EDT • Sports • nbcnews.com
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Indonesia to inject $1.1 billion into health insurer BPJS Kesehatan

Indonesia's ‌government will inject 20 trillion rupiah ($1.11 billion) into health insurer BPJS Kesehatan to help ​the state agency cover its ​deficit in 2026, according to a ⁠government statement.

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Sep 28 • 11:01 PM EDT • Health • reuters.com
Indonesia to inject $1.1 billion into health insurer BPJS Kesehatan

JAKARTA, Sept 29 () - Indonesia's government will inject 20 trillion rupiah ($1.11 ‌billion) into health insurer BPJS ‌Kesehatan to help the state agency cover its ​deficit in 2026, according to a government statement.

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Sep 28 • 11:01 PM EDT • Health • finance.yahoo.com
Senate passes college sports bill that would rein in athlete payments and transfers

The Senate has passed a sweeping bipartisan bill that would regulate college sports.

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Sep 28 • 10:33 PM EDT • Sports • seattletimes.com
Senate passes college sports bill that would rein in athlete payments and transfers

The Senate passed a sweeping bipartisan bill on Monday that would regulate college sports, an attempt to end “chaos” in an industry that has been upended by skyrocketing athlete payments and near-unrestricted transfers between schools.

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Sep 28 • 10:26 PM EDT • Sports • kcrg.com
U.S. Senate votes, 77-22, to pass Protect College Sports Act

The Protect College Sports Act, a federal bill aimed at reshaping the industry, took a step toward becoming law on Monday when the U.S. Senate voted, 77-22, to pass it, with Ted Cruz saying "this bill puts an end to the chaos plaguing college athletics."

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Sep 28 • 10:19 PM EDT • Sports • espn.com
Protect College Sports Act passes Senate: Historic bill takes first step, but uncertainty awaits in House

The bipartisan bill aimed at stabilizing college sports passed its first test with Monday night's Senate vote, but more hurdles must be cleared in the House before it can be signed into law

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Sep 28 • 10:17 PM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
The Senate passes the Protect College Sports Act, but the bill's future is unclear

The bill's supporters, which include the NCAA, say it will tame what they call a "Wild West" era of college sports as litigation chips away at long-held rules around eligibility, transfers and pay.

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Sep 28 • 10:16 PM EDT • Sports • npr.org
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Senate approves sweeping bill to regulate college sports, despite opposition from some Democrats
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Sep 28 • 10:10 PM EDT • Politics • cbsnews.com
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Senate passes major bill to overhaul college sports

The Senate on Monday passed a major bill to overhaul college athletics with a large bipartisan vote, 77-22.

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Sep 28 • 10:07 PM EDT • Sports • cnn.com
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Senate passes major bill to overhaul college sports

The Senate on Monday passed a major bill to overhaul college athletics with a large bipartisan vote, 77-22.

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Sep 28 • 10:07 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Senate passes bipartisan bill to overhaul college sports

President Donald Trump wants the House to clear the measure quickly.

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Sep 28 • 10:04 PM EDT • Sports • politico.com
The Senate just passed a historic bill to federally regulate college sports. What happens now?

Senate approval is a massive win for the NCAA and its conferences, but the Protect College Sports Act must pass the House, too.

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Sep 28 • 10:03 PM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
Senate approves sweeping college sports bill on athlete pay, transfers and NCAA rules

WASHINGTON – The Senate approved a bipartisan college sports overhaul that would codify athlete revenue sharing, regulate NIL and transfers, and give the NCAA limited antitrust protection. Critics say it undercuts athletes’ leverage.

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Sep 28 • 9:58 PM EDT • Sports • cronkitenews.azpbs.org