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Anime News, Top Stories & In-Depth Anime Insights

Stay on top of anime news and updates straight out of Japan with Crunchyroll News. From breaking stories to evergreen content, get all your anime and manga news updates in one place. You heard it here first!

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Oct 9 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • crunchyroll.com
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FOX54 News Huntsville

FOX54 News - Huntsville - The FOX54 News Team brings you local and national news, weather, sports, and VERIFY fact-checking on the latest trending topics, from elections to COVID-19 to online scams. Watch the FOX54 News Team Monday-Friday at 5:30 p.m. and every night at 9:00 p.m. We reserve the right to moderate or remove comments that are hateful, contain inappropriate language, or violate YouTube community guidelines. Keep it civil, folks.

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Oct 9 • 7:28 PM EDT • Business • youtube.com
Browns Called Top Trade Destination for 1,000-Yard Bucs RB

Cleveland Browns called top trade destination for Bucs' 1,000-yard running back. The post Browns Called Top Trade Destination for 1,000-Yard Bucs RB appeared first on HEAVY.

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Oct 9 • 6:27 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Player Availability Report: #SKCvPOR

Player Availability Report is SportingKC.com’s look at the latest status updates around the team ahead of upcoming matches and is presented by Saint Luke’s. All details listed are from the league’s official Player Status Report that is submitted the day prior to the match. Sporting Kansas City returns home this

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Oct 9 • 6:12 PM EDT • Sports • sportingkc.com
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Deadly 2026 heat season shatters state records for heat-related emergency calls, fatalities

The annual Maryland heat season ended with record-breaking heat-related illnesses and deaths: The 61 fatalities shattered the 2012 record of 42 deaths, and 1,657 emergency calls topped last year's 1,634, the previous record. Health experts point to climate change.

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Oct 9 • 6:03 PM EDT • Health • marylandmatters.org
Heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson drops by White House

Boxing great Mike Tyson stopped by the White House briefing room and took some impromptu questions from reporters.

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Oct 9 • 5:47 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Ex-Saints QB Suddenly Released by Eagles

In a successful and well-traveled NFL career, Andy Dalton had a stop with the New Orleans Saints. It wasn’t the most memorable or the longest, but it was substantial time on the field for “The Red Rifle” with the Saints. It came to mind again on Friday, when the Philadelphia Eagles surprisingly released Dalton after […] The post Ex-Saints QB Suddenly Released by Eagles appeared first on HEAVY.

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Oct 9 • 5:42 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Top Dawg Entertainment Wins Appeal Against Doxxing Claims by Sexual Assault Accusers

Top Dawg Entertainment won an appeal dismissing doxxing claims brought by two women who accused the label's executives of ...

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Oct 9 • 4:53 PM EDT • Entertainment • complex.com
College of Charleston graduate students study Charleston Harbor health

College of Charleston graduate students shared their research from studying topics like the Charleston Harbor at the college’s annual marine science colloquium at Fort Johnson on Friday.

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Oct 9 • 4:50 PM EDT • Health • live5news.com
Democrats believe they have a real chance at flipping four states Trump won by double digits

For weeks, top Democrats in Washington have watched with cautious restraint as Republicans dumped millions into red states like Kansas and South Carolina to defend an increasingly shaky Senate map.

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Oct 9 • 4:34 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Preview | Rapids Return Home for Western Conference Clash with San Jose

The Colorado Rapids (11-13-3, 36 pts., 8th West) return home for a crucial Western Conference matchup against the San Jose Earthquakes (13-8-6, 45 pts., 4th West) on Saturday, October 10. Kickoff at DICK'S Sporting Goods Park is set for 7:30 p.m. MT with coverage available on Apple TV, Altitude Sports

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Oct 9 • 4:00 PM EDT • Sports • coloradorapids.com
NC State Health Plan sues Atrium to block new pricing program

The NC State Health Plan (SHP) filed a lawsuit against Atrium Health in Wake County Superior Court on Friday to stop the launch of a new program for SHP members on Jan. 1, 2027.

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Oct 9 • 3:52 PM EDT • Health • carolinajournal.com
Arkansas men's cross country finishes fourth at Nuttycombe Invitational

The meet in Wisconsin included 21 of the nation's top 30 teams.

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Oct 9 • 3:48 PM EDT • Sports • wholehogsports.com
Fleet Week Yacht Rock Party on Front Street to Feature Free Oysters

A Fleet Week-themed Fridays on Front Street event is happening today (October 9), featuring bands playing yacht rock covers, a screening of Top Gun, a best mustache contest, and free oysters.

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Oct 9 • 3:36 PM EDT • Entertainment • sfist.com
Netflix’s Summer of Bummer

(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) Today, I’ve got a guest post from longtime friend of the newsletter, Brandon Katz. I’ve been trying to find time all summer to look at Netflix’s straight-to-streaming film slate, but between a pre-planned trip and Nielsen moving up their streaming data timeline, I’ve been swamped. So I reached out to Brandon, one of my favorite fellow analysts, to write about it. And I feel like he captured the tone and data focus of the newsletter perfectly. You can connect with Brandon on LinkedIn and Twitter. Enjoy! Don’t worry, folks. You’re in safe hands with me. To ease any anxieties about an interloper in ESG’s domain, I’ll start by stealing one of his best framing devices: headlines. Box office flops are covered in the same way the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles eye pizza: with cartoonish insatiability. I would know. I’m a former reporter who wrote nearly identical headlines: Yet, intentionally or not, streaming misses get treated with kids gloves, filtered through a rosy lens: In the last six years, U.S. streaming viewership has become nearly as transparent as the box office, but the data often arrives weeks later, in a number of less intuitive metrics, and with nary an official budget to be found. This plays into the Wall Street-whispering narratives major streamers have been cultivating for years. They get a pass in a way that theatrical studios simply don’t. Subscribe Netflix’s Summer Slate Not a single Netflix original film released between May and August this year opened above 20 million U.S. TV hours, per Nielsen. That benchmark usually serves as the EntStrategyGuy’s floor for a streaming hit on Netflix. None of these films enjoyed a hit-cementing single week of 20-plus million hours during their runs. Netflix’s two best films were true crime docs, Maternal Instinct (16.5 million hours) and The Crash (19.7 million), the best overall week for a film this summer. Great for most other streamers, but not necessarily what we’re used to seeing from Netflix. For an overly-dramatic comparison, Happy Gilmore 2 opened last summer to around 47 million hours (celebrity cameos, baby!). Zooming out, the picture looks even worse. In 2026, Netflix’s five biggest scripted summer films posted the lowest average (28.6 million hours) and median (28.8 million hours) eight-week viewership totals of the past four years. Now, it’s unrealistic and unfair to expect Netflix to deliver a _KPop Demon Hunters-_sized hit every year. But it’s also not ideal to see the size of their hits shrinking over the last few summers. Let’s quickly run through some of the notable summer misses. Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein’s perfectly fine romcom, Office Romance, fell off the charts after 20 million hours in its first two weeks. Top films usually last for four-plus weeks. Starry titles ideally don’t decay that fast either. Homegrown star Millie Bobby Brown couldn’t prevent the snappy Enola Holmes franchise from diminishing returns. At 14.3 million U.S. hours, the third film posted roughly half of what the first two films did in their first two weeks. What’s on Netflix calculated that per-day global views were down nearly 60% from the second movie. The Whisper Man did okay with more than 36 million hours over its first four weeks. But I expected a little more juice from a film featuring Robert De Niro, Michelle Monaghan, and Adam Scott. Kevin Hart’s Ladies First collected just 11.2 million hours total across two weeks. That’s a big miss for one of Netflix’s go-to stars. Plopping into the same bucket are Sunny Sandler’s Don’t Say Good Luck (10.3 million in two weeks) and John Cena’s Little Brother (17.5 million). Meanwhile, English-language originals Color Book (June 19), In the Hand of Dante (June 24) and Heartstopper Forever (July 17) never sniffed Nielsen’s Top 10 at all, despite needing only 2 to 5 million hours to land in the top ten most weeks. (By my count, eleven English-language scripted original films released between May and August did chart). It’s only fair to mention that Swapped (1-May) posted nearly 42 million U.S. hours over five weeks (the longest Netflix original run this summer) and is currently their eighth most-watched English-language film ever worldwide. Remarkably Bright Creatures (37 million, 4 weeks) and Voicemails for Isabelle (27 million, 4 weeks) weren’t bombs either. Still, overall, I think it’s fair to say this was a quieter summer season than we’re used to seeing from the market-leader. You might not realize that given the language commonly used in public analysis. The Twist Despite the starkly black-and-white tone of the coverage, here’s the twist: when many box office bombs arrive on streaming, their viewership looks a whole lot like many of Netflix’s supposedly successful summer releases. Hmm, where have we heard that one before? Masters of the Universe topped out at $65 million stateside against a $170 million budget_._ I’ll admit, Skeletor ripping sleeveless curls as a gym bro and bodyslamming Adam’s co-workers was funny. But, much to the chagrin of my bank account, my laughter doesn’t launch franchises. Yet the He-Man reboot opened to 19.6 million hours (from a Wednesday five-day opening instead of just one weekend), on par with Hoppers on Disney+ (19.4 million). It put up nearly 47 million hours over its first six weeks, bigger than all of Netflix’s summer releases. Pretty darn healthy and likely to land among the 25 most-watched movies on streaming this year. Sticking with Amazon, The Sheep Detectives just barely broke even at the box office with $133 million worldwide (and only $66 million domestic). I never expected cloven-hooved, cud-chewing mammals to be able to bring me to tears. Yet that’s exactly how I found myself at the end of this surprisingly affecting movie (#NoShame). It was likely the unexpected quality in a family-friendly film that powered its streaming over-performance. Sheep Detectives delivered a solid run for Prime video netting 26.2 million hours! How about franchise IP? Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu had the lowest opening ($81 million) and lowest-grossing Disney-era live-action Star Wars film ($178 million domestic). One day before release, its Heat score (19.8%)—audiences who list their interest as a 7/7—fell behind blockbusters Wicked (21%), Superman (23%), Fantastic Four: First Steps (23%), Michael (23%), Toy Story 5 (26%) and Avatar: Fire and Ash (27%), according to Greenlight Analytics. The urgent enthusiasm just wasn’t there. On streaming, Mando opened to weeks of 12.1 million, 6.1 million and 2.7 million hours (21 million total) over its first three frames. Not the numbers Lucasfilm was hoping for nor the numbers of a streaming hit. But they’re in the same vicinity as some Netflix summer releases with $345 million at the global box office to offset a smidgen of the pain. Final Thoughts So why oh why does this nuance gap exist? Four key reasons: Data Literacy: A “$100 million opening” just makes sense. After decades of box office reporting, even casual movie fans are well-versed in the benchmarks of hits and home runs. There’s an immediate shorthand. But “16.5 million” hours doesn’t land nearly as cleanly. Despite leaps of progress, the streaming ratings era is still in its infancy compared to theatrical. The EntStrategyGuy and I met thanks to a late 2010s group chat of data nerds hungry to find a shred of certainty in nebulous streaming performance. I’m not surprised to see “No. 1 on Netflix” still getting misconstrued out in the wild. Timing: By Friday morning, we have the box office’s Thursday night previews totaled, allowing us to better project the weekend’s expectations. From there, ticket sales are reported daily. By Sunday, the film’s fate is usually finalized, at least in terms of public perception. In streaming, Nielsen recently improved its delay to…two weeks. The medium isn’t forced to contend with instant gratification as harshly. Financials: Theatrical film budgets are a mere Google away. Profit and loss is calculated in the cold and unforgiving naked light of day for all to see. But finding the vast majority of streaming exclusive movie budgets requires the forensic investigation skills of a Criminal Minds detective. Also, it’s very difficult to calculate how much revenue/value a straight-to-streaming films provides a streamer. This is why there are so few stories about streaming original movies “losing X amount of money”. On top of that, marketing budgets are far greater for theatrical movies than streaming exclusive movies, which leads to earlier and better awareness. This then translates to a wider pool of potential interest. Narrative Control: Netflix is the only major streaming service to publish weekly first-hand viewership data and annual engagement reports. Naturally, some headlines borrow their first-hand framing**.** Other streamers benefit from their comparative lack of transparency. They may occasionally announce vague performance platitudes such as Apple TV’s Mayday becoming its “biggest film debut on the platform to date over its first 18 days,” and that it ranked No. 1 with left-handed viewers in its first weekend. (Fine, I made up that second one). But, for the most part, they keep first-hand viewership shrouded in mystery to avoid bad press. Especially for outlets that demand multiple articles per day from their writers, it’s an easy (and understandable) way for some reporters to hit their daily article quota by just repeating what the streamers have told them. TL:DR version: Streaming-exclusive movies are asked to do different things than theatrical movies, but that doesn’t mean they should escape judgment. Both still need to draw enough eyeballs to justify their cost within the proper performance contexts. The more cleanly we can inject a little nuance into streaming analysis, the better we’ll understand the audience and content trends that drive this industry. And that’s what all of this is really about: knowing what audiences actually want! Brandon Katz is the Director of Insights & Content Strategy at Greenlight Analytics where he focuses on evaluating the ever-fluid media landscape to unearth understanding, opportunity and value. Greenlight Analytics is the entertainment intelligence consulting company redefining how Hollywood finds, understands, and activates audiences. Prior to joining Greenlight Analytics, he served as the senior entertainment industry strategist at Parrot Analytics, and as a full-time entertainment industry reporter covering the Xs and Os of Hollywood, most notably with TheWrap and the Observer.

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Oct 9 • 3:32 PM EDT • Entertainment • entertainment.substack.com
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Indiana Pork expands disease prevention efforts as part of its Swine Health Advisory Committee

The director of producer education for Indiana Pork says protecting the health of the U.S. swine herd remains a top priority for producers in 2027. Stacy Herr, director of producer education, says disease prevention isn’t a one-size fits all approach. “PEDV virus and PRRS virus have significant impacts on production,” she says. “What would it […]

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Oct 9 • 3:32 PM EDT • Health • brownfieldagnews.com
A new “Carrie ”adaptation, “Fjord,” and “Eternally Yours” top this week’s Must List

“Coven Academy” and Remi Wolf’s “Mud” round out our picks for the weekend of Oct. 9.

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Oct 9 • 3:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Preview: Sporting KC hosts Portland Timbers on Saturday at Sporting Park as club celebrates Latino Heritage

Sporting Kansas City vs. Portland Timbers 2026 MLS Regular Season | Game 28 Saturday, Oct. 10 | 7:30 p.m. CT (7:40 kickoff) Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas Watch: Apple TV | Pub Partners Listen: 810 AM | 1340 AM | SKC App More: Know Before You Go | 5

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Oct 9 • 3:00 PM EDT • Sports • sportingkc.com
DJ Moore not seen at practice

The Bills top receiver was not seen at practice on Friday.

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Oct 9 • 2:50 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Gears of War: E-Day's Strong Reviews Haven't Translated to Big Sales, Analyst Says

Gears of War: E-Day's strong reviews haven't stopped questions about sales, as estimates point to heavy Game Pass use and fewer purchases.

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Oct 9 • 2:33 PM EDT • Technology • polygon.com
Trump says he is 'resurrecting' Christopher Columbus ahead of federal holiday

The president said the Italian explorer who landed in the Americas in 1492 is a hero

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Oct 9 • 2:17 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Layne Riggs Tops NASCAR Truck Series Practice at Charlotte

Layne Riggs, who finds himself behind the eight ball, err, the No. 11 truck of Kaden Honeycutt — in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship standings, began his quest to reclaim the point lead by pacing practice for Friday night’s Ecosave 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. With a lap time of 30.132 seconds (179.211 mph), […] The post Layne Riggs Tops NASCAR Truck Series Practice at Charlotte appeared first on TobyChristie.com.

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Oct 9 • 2:07 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Top Democrats and allies to fight a California billionaire tax

It would impose a one-time, 5% tax on the wealth of Californians whose net worth exceeds $1 billion

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Oct 9 • 1:59 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumnews1.com
Country music’s richest singer: You might be surprised by who leads with $1 billion

Dolly Parton was near the top of the list, but she wasn't number-one.

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Oct 9 • 1:56 PM EDT • Entertainment • pennlive.com
Milwaukee opens new Forensic Science and Protective Medicine Facility

The $245 million, 217,150-square foot facility features advanced crime labs, autopsy suites, evidence storage, a firing range and emergency management options.

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Oct 9 • 1:52 PM EDT • Science • spectrumnews1.com
Trump wants Talarico and Paxton to debate. Talarico couldn't be happier

When Democratic nominee James Talarico stopped holding campaign events in the Texas Senate race, his Republican opponent Ken Paxton saw an opening to pounce.

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Oct 9 • 1:33 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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Iowa's 3 top congressional races move in Democrats' favor

Cook Political Report analysts see a tougher path for Iowa Republicans in November, moving two House races to leans Democratic and another to toss-up.

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Oct 9 • 1:33 PM EDT • Politics • desmoinesregister.com
Chiefs Pass Rush Stats Lie, But George Karlaftis Proves It

The Chiefs haven't recorded a sack in three games, but the real numbers show a top-10 unit that just can't finish. Here is why the panic is overblown.

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Oct 9 • 1:25 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Four Tigers Rookies Break Into MLB’s Top 50

Led by Kevin McGonigle’s top-ranked campaign, Detroit’s rising stars dominated the 2026 rankings, signaling a powerful youth movement and a bright future for the rebuilding franchise’s core.

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Oct 9 • 1:12 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Promising Entertainment Stocks To Watch Now

Verizon Communications, Spotify Technology, Walt Disney, Roblox, Take-Two Interactive Software, SEA, and GameStop are the seven Entertainment stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Entertainment stocks are shares of publicly traded companies involved in producing, dis

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Oct 9 • 1:02 PM EDT • Entertainment • marketbeat.com
New Hampshire’s best business lawyers

Published annually, “The Best Lawyers in America®” is an exhaustive search for the country’s top attorneys. Here is a compilation of the top attorneys who practice in New Hampshire in dozens of legal specialties related to the needs of businesses, from administrative law to workers’ compensation. The complete list of New Hampshire lawyers in all specialties can be found in...

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Oct 9 • 1:00 PM EDT • Business • nhbr.com
Expert Game Picks: Raiders or Patriots?

Take a look at who the experts are picking to win Sunday's game.

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Oct 9 • 12:30 PM EDT • Health • raiders.com
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Kitt Peak National Observatory honors Tohono O’odham land, language by renaming science center

Long before the National Science Foundation ever looked up to the starry sky searching for answers about the mysterious cosmos and universe, O’odhams like Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan stood atop I’oligam Du’ag — or Manzanita Shrub Mountain.

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Oct 9 • 12:26 PM EDT • Science • kjzz.org
Getting Open: Retired Bear Kyle Long Advocates for Mental Health

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Oct 9 • 12:10 PM EDT • Health • vikings.com
Jessica Chastain's horror movie 'Other Mommy' is filled with jump scares. But is it actually scary?

Some critics say the film's nonstop attempts to frighten audiences ultimately have the opposite effect.

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Oct 9 • 11:59 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Gears of War: E-Day sells 230K copies

Gears of War: E-Day has sold 230K copies since its advance-access launch on October 1 and full release on October 6. Steam accounts for 168K of those, with Xbox (console and PC) selling 62K. But there’s more to this story, as Xbox makes up the bulk of revenue. E-Day is the best-reviewed Gears game in nearly two decades (and the best one ever made, in my opinion). The Coalition has made a banger here (it’s currently in my top 10 of the year). Despite E-Day’s undeniable quality, this is a soft result. And it’s down to the business model, really. E-Day has made $37M so far, thanks to the Premium upgrade On Xbox, Game Pass is cannibalising much of the premium revenue. Our estimates show that 1.7M folks accessed E-Day via their subscription rather than a copy. But Xbox is having it both ways – or having it halfway, at least – via its Premium Edition Game Pass upgrade. Game Pass subscribers could pay $30 (or their local equivalent) for up to five days of early access starting October 1. Our estimates show that of the 1.7M who accessed E-Day through Game Pass, 722K paid for the upgrade. Between the review embargo lifting on October 1 and the full release, E-Day managed to shift another 250K early-access upgrades – no doubt helped by the campaign’s rave reviews. So despite selling far fewer copies on Steam, Xbox accounts for almost three-quarters of the revenue (roughly $26M of the $37M, versus about $11M on Steam). So “230K copies” undersells the paying audience. Including the 722K upgrades, nearly 950K people actually paid something for E-Day. The $30 upgrade is a halfstep from cannibalisation, but will Xbox go all the way? While E-Day is a sublime game, these are soft numbers for a flagship when Xbox badly needs revenue wins. E-Day sold 62K copies on Xbox against 722K Premium upgrades, so for every one copy sold on Xbox, nearly 12 Game Pass upgrades were sold. The $70 premium SKU is – functionally – dead on Xbox. Normally you can’t see what a Game Pass player would have paid, because the game’s just there in the subscription. But the $30 early-access upgrade estimate shows that 722K people demonstrated they’ll spend real money on this game. In a world without day-one Game Pass, many of these folks would have bought E-Day at $70. They paid $30 for five days early access to something they don’t own. Xbox is, in effect, charging its most valuable customers the least, based on a hangover from a tried-and-exhausted strategy from a previous administration. Those 722K willing-to-pay players generated about $21.7M via the upgrade. If three quarters of this group – mostly US and European audiences – bought E-Day outright, that’s nearly $40M. Of course, Game Pass does bring in meaningful recurring revenue, and E-Day is adding value for hundreds of thousands of subscribers. However, Game Pass is no longer growing, so Xbox is at a crossroads. Xbox is reportedly looking to do a Netflix and bolt on an ad-supported tier to pad it further. But that will just set a new floor, and leadership keeps telling us the priority now is revenue growth, which is subscriber-speak for ARPU. Xbox has already pulled Call of Duty from day-one Game Pass after day-one inclusion hammered its sales, with new CoD titles now arriving on the service around a year late. We know that some Microsoft executives believe the service devalues games outright, and rumours (which Microsoft has dismissed so far, to be fair) suggest that day-one releases could be taken off Game Pass. Want more free estimates and insights in your inbox twice a week? Subscribe below! Subscribe When a game this well-reviewed does this softly on its home platform, the model – not the game – gets brought into question. What else E-Day’s early adopters have played (including this month so far) Looking at E-Day‘s players on Xbox, most have played the franchise before (86% have played Gears 5, 76% Gears 4), and every game on the crossover list is either a shooter or a title from an Xbox-owned studio (though Game Pass is inflating those numbers, of course, more on that later): As for what else Xbox’s E-Day players have played this month, the top three are Fortnite (16%), Roblox (7%), and Call of Duty (6%). Another 5% played Minecraft Dungeons II, which is also on Game Pass and launched a couple of days before Gears‘ advance-access date. Many Game Pass players are happy to check out most big new additions. Want more free estimates and insights in your inbox twice a week? Subscribe below! Subscribe Over on Steam, the top crossover games are also mostly shooters (slightly more PC-coded ones), including Space Marine 2, which was itself heavily inspired by Gears: Looking at what E-Day‘s Steam players are into this month shows who they are – as subscriptions don’t skew the data. The top three are Wardogs (13%), Deadlock (12%), and CS2 (10%), so you’ve got the restless shooter crowd checking out the new hotness. A little further down are Helldivers 2 and Space Marine 2, your co-op PVE shooter players who’ll feel right at home in Horde mode. Game Pass is skewing the playtime distribution on Xbox Looking at the playtime distribution in our platform, E-Day players on Steam are – relatively speaking – playing for longer: 54% of E-Day players on Xbox have played for five hours or less (versus 32% on Steam) 19% of Xbox players played for over 15 hours (versus 33% on Steam) 14% of Xbox players played for over 20 hours (22% on Steam) The absolute number of people playing for over 15, 20, and 50 hours is, of course, bigger on Xbox, thanks to the sheer volume of folks who came in through Game Pass (upgraders included). None of that is cause for alarm. Game Pass is the reason Xbox playtime skews lower, as when a game is free to try, people try it and bounce without putting in even an hour (17% under an hour on Xbox versus 6% on Steam). Want more free estimates and insights in your inbox twice a week? Subscribe below! Subscribe The subscription brings in tourists alongside the committed, dragging down the average even when the game is excellent (but also perhaps winning over the uninitiated). It’s standard across every subscription-included title, on PS Plus too. Forza Horizon 6, for instance, had 11% of its Xbox players bounce under an hour, versus just 2% on Steam. So, Xbox’s crossroads So there we have it. Gears of War: E-Day is an incredible game whose revenues have been stifled by subscription inclusion and exclusivity. It’s the best-reviewed entry in the series in fifteen-odd years, but it still turned into one of the year’s softer flagship launches, not because players didn’t want it, but because Xbox’s own storefront gave its most willing buyers a reason not to pay. Which leaves Xbox at a crossroads. Will it keep making Gears games when the financial returns are this thin and the margins this low? And if it does, does the next one arrive off Game Pass at day one – the way CoD now does, or even on PlayStation? I think it should. Alright, back to E-Day for me! The last word Reply to this email – or reach out here – if you have any feedback for the newsletter – or want to request a game for us to cover. [Alinea Analytics boasts the most accurate PC and console estimates in the business. Game makers use our platform to understand their audience, keep an eye on the competition, monitor sales trends, and spot new opportunities. We equip game studios and financial institutions with accurate data and the confidence to make smarter, data-driven decisions. Want to talk about all things games market data? We’d love to chat!]

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Oct 9 • 11:49 AM EDT • Technology • alineaanalytics.substack.com
Can this Virginia county stop Trump’s arch?

A county board in Virginia is suing to stop the construction of President Donald Trump’s “Triumphal arch,” bringing another legal challenge to the controversial 250-foot project.

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Oct 9 • 11:38 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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<i>A Different World</i> Lives Up To The Legacy Of The OG & I Can’t Stop Defending It

Can we just let the 'A Different World' reboot find its footing without all the unnecessary hate? The show is worth the watch, period. Here's why we're hoping everyone is nicer about the Netflix series in Season 2.

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Oct 9 • 11:37 AM EDT • Entertainment • refinery29.com
Scientists Have Developed a Breakthrough Energy Source to Fuel the First Humans on Mars

A NASA-backed experiment shows how engineered microbes can convert discarded water bottles into edible protein.

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Oct 9 • 11:25 AM EDT • Science • popularmechanics.com
Ring of Famer Tom Nalen, former Broncos PR executive Jim Saccomano elected to Colorado Sports Hall of Fame’s Class of 2027

A Broncos Ring of Famer and a longtime team executive have both earned a statewide honor.

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Oct 9 • 11:16 AM EDT • Sports • denverbroncos.com
5 Chiefs Players Under Pressure Coming Out of the Bye

The Kansas City Chiefs are surely doing some reflecting on how 2026 has unfolded so far. A lot of things have gone right as they sit atop the AFC with a 4-0 record. Several players have stepped up and made an impact, but others are feeling the pressure to step up during the rest of […] The post 5 Chiefs Players Under Pressure Coming Out of the Bye appeared first on HEAVY.

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Oct 9 • 11:03 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Employee development shouldn’t stop at promotion

A promotion is only the beginning. For businesses competing to retain top talent, advancing employees into leadership roles can be a powerful investment, but a new title doesn’t automatically make someone an effective manager. As Business Report writes in its Best Places to Work issue, training, mentorship and ongoing support can help newly promoted employees […]

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Oct 9 • 11:00 AM EDT • Business • businessreport.com
Pharmaceutical innovation: a strategic investment in health and growth

Governments around the world are confronting increasingly common challenges: how to drive economic growth, address demographic changes and productivity pressures, and how to strengthen national resilience. Investment in health is fundamental to achieving these goals, and medicines and vaccines are central to this effort. We are at the cusp of the next golden age in...

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Oct 9 • 10:47 AM EDT • Health • ifpma.org
Did the Zionism row lose it for Zack Polanski?

Peter Walker and Lexy Topping discuss Zack Polanski’s leadership after he lost the Holborn and St Pancras byelection

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Oct 9 • 10:41 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
New movies to watch this weekend: See 'The Social Reckoning' in theaters, rent or buy 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day,' stream 'Animals' on Netflix

Our critic's take on the week's biggest movie releases — including Aaron Sorkin's follow-up to "The Social Network."

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Oct 9 • 10:38 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Bills Week 4 Takeaways: Broken Mess or an Elite Team?

Bills Week 4 Takeaways: Overreactions and reality checks. Are the Bills broken, or are they an elite team? Is Buffalo a top team and a Super Bowl contender?

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Oct 9 • 10:26 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Virginia furniture retailer Haynes and The Dump to close

Virginia Beach-headquartered top 100 furniture retailer Haynes Furniture and The Dump will close permanently. Virginia Beach-headquartered top 100 furniture retailer Haynes Furniture and The Dump will close permanently.

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Oct 9 • 9:57 AM EDT • Business • virginiabusiness.com
Falcons Playoff Projections Show A Difficult Wild Card Matchup

The Falcons could host the 49ers in the Wild Card round. While the matchup looks tough, Atlanta's prime-time success and top run defense offer hope.

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Oct 9 • 9:31 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Microsoft wants you to "break up with your MacBook" for a Surface Laptop Ultra, and it's paying big bucks to make it happen

You can get up to $1,000 cash back on top of trade-in value if you send Microsoft a MacBook Pro and buy a Surface Laptop Ultra.

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Oct 9 • 9:26 AM EDT • Technology • windowscentral.com
Here’s a look at the Nobel Prizes for science

An icy window into the cosmos, a light switch for the brain and solving the mystery of mirror image molecules all took home the top prize.

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Oct 9 • 9:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencenews.org
John Cena reveals his soccer, basketball, football and baseball GOATs

Former WWE wrestler John Cena has now been quizzed on who the GOATs of a number of sports are. The GOAT debate is a popular topic in many sports, especially in soccer where people often speak about Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

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Oct 9 • 8:45 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
In brief: 'Stick' season 2 trailer and more

Bill Murray stars in the official trailer for A Course Called Ireland. The six-part documentary series premieres on Paramount+ on Oct. 25. The show follows Murray and his friends as they travel across the island to explore Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland's best fairways ...The Die Hard films are getting a brand-new home media release. All five of the movies will be released on physical media in 4K Ultra HD on Dec. 1. Bruce Willis stars as John McClane in all of the Die Hard films. The original movie finds the New York City policeman taking on terrorists after he flies to Los Angeles to be with his estranged wife and two children on Christmas ... TNCMS.AdManager.render({region: 'fixed-big-ad-top-asset', slot: 1, fold: "above"}); The trailer for Stick season 2 is here. Owen Wilson stars as the talented golfer who strives for second chance in the sophomore season. Peter Dager, Timothy Olyphant, Rhea Seehorn, Marc Maron, John Higgins and Billy Zane also make up the cast of the new season. The Apple TV series premieres its first two episodes on Nov. 4. A new episode drops weekly every Wednesday that follows until the season finale airs on Dec. 30 ...Copyright © 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved. Thank you for reading kmaland.comAt KMA, we attempt to be accurate in our reporting. If you see a typo or mistake in a story, please contact us by emailing kmaradio@kmaland.com.

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Oct 9 • 8:30 AM EDT • Entertainment • kmaland.com
Today in Blue Jays History: The Donaldson Dash

Ten Years Ago Today Josh Donaldson raced home from second base on a grounder to shortstop, clinching Game 3 of the ALDS for the Blue Jays and completing a sweep of the Rangers. With the game tied in the 10th, Donaldson led off against Matt Bush—whose name keeps coming up for all the wrong reasons—with […]

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Oct 9 • 8:18 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
PS5’s next big entertainment update is aimed at One Piece and Jujutsu Kaisen fans

A new PS5 hub curates top anime series, games, and original tie-ins like Ghost of Tsushima Legends on the PS5 home screen.

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Oct 9 • 8:08 AM EDT • Entertainment • makeuseof.com
California summer camp explores air quality science

Discover how Southern California summer campers used real-time air quality sensors to measure pollution in their own homes and communities.

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Oct 9 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • iqair.com
YouTube overtakes TV as top source of political news, study finds

The Center for the Creator Economy at Syracuse University—the nation's first academic center dedicated to the advancement of interdisciplinary academics, independent research, policy engagement and support ...

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Oct 9 • 7:40 AM EDT • Politics • phys.org
Orioles news: Another wave of top 100 prospects

Hey, what happened the last time the Orioles had so many top 100 guys?

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Oct 9 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Iowa Stops Hunger recap: A conversation on campus hunger

Mallary Allen empathizes with students who struggle with food insecurity because she used to be one herself. When she was in college, she became a parent and used programs like SNAP and WIC. “It was kind of scary for me,” she said. “It would have been helpful, maybe, to share what I was going through,…

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Oct 9 • 7:00 AM EDT • Business • businessrecord.com
Regulatory change opens door to one-stop mental and physical healthcare in NJ

NJ has awarded two contracts to nonprofits to make it easier for low-income patients to access mental and physical healthcare in one place.

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Oct 9 • 6:33 AM EDT • Health • newjerseymonitor.com
Dear business students, career obsession is killing your curiosity

Each year, top- and mid-tier firms have become increasingly predatory and pushed recruitment timelines earlier into our academic careers. The situation is so dire that it has become a joke among bu…

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Oct 9 • 6:00 AM EDT • Business • dailycampus.com
Lyanco shines in stoppage time, scores equaliser and celebrates result

One of the standout players in the match against Athletico-PR, center-back Lyanco played a decisive role in securing Atlético’s 2–2 draw in Curitiba. In the final moments of stoppage time, the No...

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Oct 9 • 5:51 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
NVIDIA's $1 Billion Plan Aims To Supercharge America's AI Science Race

Over the next five years, NVIDIA will invest $1B in US scientific research, embedding its hardware and software across top national laboratories.

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Oct 9 • 5:12 AM EDT • Science • hothardware.com
How Trump’s Revenge Campaign Descended Into Turmoil

The president’s allies have sought to prove a “grand conspiracy” through a sprawling Justice Department inquiry. It has buckled under staffing shake-ups, internal disputes and trouble finding evidence.

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Oct 9 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Yankees news: The ALDS loss autopsy

Is it curtains for Boone?; on Volpe’s future; the first decisions to make; optimal pitcher deployment

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Oct 9 • 5:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Bro Man's Sammiches claims top ranking in family-owned burger joints

After being recognized twice in 2025 by Mashed, Bro Man's Sammiches gets top spot in Yelp analysis by OnDeck business lender.

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Oct 9 • 4:58 AM EDT • Business • goerie.com
Lions Predicted to Land ‘Physical’ Eagles CB Before Trade Deadline

The Detroit Lions are named as a top landing spot for Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Kelee Ringo on the trade market. The post Lions Predicted to Land ‘Physical’ Eagles CB Before Trade Deadline appeared first on HEAVY.

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Oct 9 • 4:40 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Acton discusses plans for small business during Bexley campaign stop

Dr. Amy Acton promised to “give a voice” to Ohio’s small business community during a Tuesday visit to Fox’s Bagel and Deli in Bexley. The Democratic candidate for governor described several ideas including loans to help new businesses get off the ground, and suggested her plans to bring down household costs could help boost foot-traffic.

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Oct 9 • 4:00 AM EDT • Business • ohiocapitaljournal.com
Why Is the World’s Top Climate Science Body Struggling to Agree on Its Next Report?

The world’s leading climate science authority is facing an unprecedented deadlock over when to publish its next major assessment, raising concerns that governments could enter crucial United Nations climate negotiations in 2028 without an updated scientific assessment of global warming.

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Oct 9 • 2:20 AM EDT • Science • moderndiplomacy.eu
Video. 'Modern-day Thomas Edison': Trump awards Musk top US science medal

Video. Despite the president's glowing words at the award ceremony, Trump and Musk have navigated a rather volatile relationship in recent years.

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Oct 9 • 2:16 AM EDT • Science • euronews.com
'Modern-day Thomas Edison': Trump awards Elon Musk top US science medal

Despite the president's glowing words at the award ceremony, Trump and Musk have navigated a rather volatile relationship in recent years.

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Oct 9 • 2:16 AM EDT • Science • yahoo.com
'Modern-day Thomas Edison': Trump awards Musk top US science medal

Despite the president's glowing words at the award ceremony, Trump and Musk have navigated a rather volatile relationship in recent years.

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Oct 9 • 2:16 AM EDT • Science • euronews.com
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Inside the deadlock at the world's top climate science body

By Kate Abnett and Sudarshan Varadhan BRUSSELS/SINGAPORE, Oct 9 (Reuters) - The decision was expected to take minutes.

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Oct 9 • 2:09 AM EDT • Science • yahoo.com
Inside the deadlock at the world's top climate science body

The decision was expected to take minutes. But after nearly three years of debate, members of the world’s leading authority on climate change still can’t agree on a timeline to publish its next review of the latest science on the warming planet.

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Oct 9 • 2:04 AM EDT • Science • reuters.com
Inside the Deadlock at the World's Top Climate Science Body

By Kate Abnett and Sudarshan Varadhan BRUSSELS/SINGAPORE, Oct 9 (Reuters) - The decision was expected to take minutes. But after nearly three years of debate, members of the world’s leading authority on ⁠climate change ⁠still can’t agree on a timeline to publish its next review of the latest science ...

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Oct 9 • 2:04 AM EDT • Science • usnews.com
49ers Called Top Trade Destination for $205 Million AFC Star

San Francisco 49ers urged to explore trade for elite $205 million AFC edge rusher. The post 49ers Called Top Trade Destination for $205 Million AFC Star appeared first on HEAVY.

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Oct 9 • 12:50 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Man, 70, stops suspect in robbery, assault at Squirrel Hill business
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CeeDee Lamb injury update as Cowboys star WR exits vs. Buccaneers

The Dallas Cowboys may have lost one of their top pass-catching weapons in their Week 5 game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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Oct 8 • 11:01 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Indian Premier League Stands Alone at the Top as Asia Pacific Sports Rights Growth Slows, Media Partners Asia Finds

The Indian Premier League remains the only Asia Pacific sports property priced at the top of the global market, according to new research from Media Partners Asia, which expects growth in the region’s sports rights fees to slow to 1%–2% a year through 2030, down from about 10% a year since 2021. The cricket league …

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Oct 8 • 11:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Levi Sterling: The Underappreciated Pittsburgh Pirates Prospect Breakout

The Pittsburgh Pirates had multiple top prospects break out this year. Seth Hernandez, Murf Gray, and Wyatt Sanford stand out as the best. However, one of the Pirates’ 2024 early-round picks took a noticeable step forward, even if his overall performance didn’t fully reflect it. Right-hander Levi Sterling looks to be one of the Pirates’ …

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Oct 8 • 8:21 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
I Played 6 Hours of Phantom Blade Zero and Can’t Stop Thinking About It

After half a day playing Phantom Blade Zero, it’s gone from mostly not on my radar to to the top of my wishlist this fall, and I truly cannot wait to dive back in later this month to see if it can deliver beyond those first handful of hours. At least for now, though, just about everything I’ve seen and played has made me more convinced that this is going to be one of the coolest action games of 2026.

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Oct 8 • 8:00 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Dell launches Nvidia RTX Spark laptop with 18-core CPU, 3.2K 120Hz OLED display and 99 Wh battery

Dell has launched its first XPS laptop powered by Nvidia’s RTX Spark platform. The XPS 16 combines an 18-core N1X chip, 5,120 GPU cores, 32 GB of unified memory and a 16-inch 3.2K Tandem OLED touchscreen.

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Oct 8 • 7:58 PM EDT • Technology • notebookcheck.net
Detroit Tigers Named Top Landing Spot for Yankees Polarizing Star

The Detroit Tigers will be a fascinating team to keep an eye on during this offseason.After struggling immensely this season and missing the playoffs, the Tigers should be on the hunt for new talent. They have multiple needs to address on their roster, so it will be intriguing to see what moves they make.Now, with […] The post Detroit Tigers Named Top Landing Spot for Yankees Polarizing Star appeared first on HEAVY.

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Oct 8 • 7:53 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
WA Sen. Patty Murray launches effort to restore trust in public health

As the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee, Murray holds one of the most powerful roles in Congress.

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Oct 8 • 7:39 PM EDT • Health • seattletimes.com
How Trump Has Alienated Republican Voters

Plus, a big debate night in Senate battlegrounds.

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Oct 8 • 7:24 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
New Orleans business owner says Palm Street potholes are damaging cars and driving customers away

A business owner in Uptown New Orleans says potholes and flooding on Palm Street are damaging vehicles and affecting local businesses.

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Oct 8 • 6:42 PM EDT • Business • wdsu.com
President Trump awards big tech donors with nation's highest science prizes

On Thursday, President Trump awarded Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Sergey Brin, and AMD’s Lisa Su the National Medal of Science, the nation’s top science prize.

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Oct 8 • 6:33 PM EDT • Science • techcrunch.com
Florida voters express dissatisfaction with political candidates skipping debates

Political ads are saturating Florida's airwaves, with attack ads like "Byron Donalds is a liar" and "David Jolly wants to tax you more!" playing nonstop, but debate stages remain empty in some of the state's biggest races, leaving voters questioning why candidates won’t face each other.

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Oct 8 • 6:32 PM EDT • Politics • gulfcoastnewsnow.com
Bill Nye the Science Guy experiments with prevalent topics at Beyond the Conversation

Bill Nye, known to generations as “The Science Guy,” took the Beyond the Conversation stage Wednesday as Titans filled TSU Pavilions A, B and C, welcoming the legend himself with

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Trump bucks and the politics of mailing checks

The checks started going out last week, nearly one million of them, and mostly to battleground states. With a return address for the U.S. Treasury and a letter enclosed signed by President Donald Trump, these one-time checks for $500 were ostensibly government rebates for Obamacare enrollees who overpaid. In the accompanying letter, however, Trump attacks his predecessor and talks about his record in office on an important issue he’s not polling well on, which makes it seem more like the most expensive political mailer in U.S. history. The average piece of direct mail costs between 30 cents and $3, according to Mail Processing Associates, a print, mail, and fulfillment company. At $500 a pop plus roughly 50 cents each to issue the paper check, the cost of Trump’s healthcare mailer sent to more than 950,000 enrollees comes in at more than $475 million. Trump’s midterm healthcare message “For years, the Biden Administration overcharged you to fund the operation of HealthCare dot gov,” Trump wrote in the letter. “That money belongs to hard-working Americans, not the Government, and now, I am returning it to you!” In the letter, Trump makes false and misleading claims about his administration’s record on healthcare costs, an issue Democrats have a 20 point advantage on over Republicans, according to a recent poll from KFF, a nonpartisan health policy think tank. Trump touts his administration’s TrumpRX program, which he claims is “delivering massive discounts.” However, new research from KFF found that of a selection of drugs available on the TrumpRX platform, just five were the lowest price, while 13 were the highest price. Trump also falsely claims in the letter that he’s fighting to lower healthcare costs. In reality, average monthly premium payment costs for enrollees rose 58% under Trump while marketplace sign-ups declined 5%, per KFF. Under Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, it’s estimated 10 million more Americans will be uninsured by 2034. You get a check and you get a check and you get a check Trump’s long promised cash outs to his fans, from his days as a casino operator and gameshow host to his presidency. During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the first Trump administration made the unprecedented move to put Trump’s name on checks that went out under the CARES Act (notably the $500 refund checks this time around don’t feature Trump’s name). Ever since, Trump’s been chasing that high. In his second term, Trump’s promised more stimulus that never arrived, like refund checks from DOGE cuts and tariffs, while he said at his party’s convention last month that he’d give out $5,000 checks to everyone if Republicans win in November. In reality, DOGE overstated its cost cutting and Trump’s government actually now spends more than former President Joe Biden’s, while Trump’s tariffs actually grew the trade deficit. His proposal for $5,000 checks would add about $1.2 trillion to the national debt. The problem is there’s no money to give. These $500 checks — plus $90 Medicare rebate checks also going out as well as $250 deposited this week in some Trump Accounts for kids courtesy Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell and his wife Susan — represent the closest Trump’s going to get to making good on his promise to deliver cash fast. And the checks seem especially targeted. Though the $500 checks went out to enrollees in one of 30 states that use the federal HealthCare dot gov marketplace, a Reuters review found 71% of the payments, or $339 million, went to enrollees in 13 states that have the most competitive elections for governor and U.S. Senate. Most Americans don’t buy it Could Trump bucks sway the election? An Economist-YouGov poll found 57% of U.S. adults doubt Trump will deliver on his promise for $5,000 checks, compared to 21% who do. “I’m waiting on my DOGE check and I’m still waiting on my tariff check,” one 2024 Trump voter who’s since turned on him told a recent focus group. “It felt like kind of trying to buy people’s votes, which honestly felt like in elementary when the class president was like, hey we’re going to take you to the water park if you vote for me. It’s like, I don’t think it works like that.” But for voters in swing states who got a check, it could still matter. One survey published in 2022 found receiving a physically personalized check in the mail during the pandemic was associated with a much greater self-reported likelihood of voting for Trump in 2020, and those gains mainly came from out partisans. The issue for Trump comes if these checks are mostly going to Obamacare enrollees whose premiums have gone up by more than just $500 since he took office and who view the money as something like a bribe before the election rather than an actual long-term solution to lowering household costs. Spending $500.50 per mailer would be absurd as a normal campaign expenditure, but since Trump’s checks and letter are a government rebate, his campaign and super PAC didn’t have to spend a dime and he got out his message regardless. If enough voters in key states are swayed by the one-time payment, it could prove to be the best $0 the Trump campaign spent. 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Trump awards top US science, technology medals to Musk, 5 tech executives

‘There is nobody that can compete with us,’ president says at New Golden Age Summit in Washington | Anadolu

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Oct 8 • 5:43 PM EDT • Science • aa.com.tr
Trump gives top US science awards to Elon Musk and other tech executives

The National Medal of Science is annually given to scientists and engineers for major contributions in their fields.

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Oct 8 • 5:11 PM EDT • Science • aljazeera.com
What is the US Public Health Service’s Commissioned Corps? Its top leader wants you to know

The U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps is working to connect with the armed forces.

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Oct 8 • 5:06 PM EDT • Health • airforcetimes.com
Every ‘Twilight’ movie, ranked from worst to best

The air’s turning colder, which means it’s officially Twilight season. EW sat down and ranked all 5 installments in Bella and Edward’s love story — but which movie came out on top?

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Oct 8 • 5:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Bucs LB Trotter Graded Top 5 Rookie in NFL

Although the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' season has been very disappointing, rookie linebacker Josiah Trotter has been one of the best players at his position league-wide.

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Oct 8 • 4:55 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Trump honors Elon Musk, Jensen Haung and other top tech CEOs with prestigious science award
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Oct 8 • 4:17 PM EDT • Science • nypost.com
Can Nikola Jovic Replicate Miami Heat Record-Breaking History?

After Bam Adebayo eclipsed Kobe Bryant’s scoring mark, Miami Heat's Nikola Jovic claims he can top the new record as he enters a high-stakes, championship-or-bust season.

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Oct 8 • 4:17 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
USA TODAY Sports Top IX flag football players of Week 7

These nine flag football players made their mark across the country this week.

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Trump touts new AI investments, awards top science honors

President Donald Trump on Thursday announced new investments in artificial intelligence, aimed at maintaining American leadership in the technology.

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Oct 8 • 4:12 PM EDT • Science • live5news.com
Trump touts new AI investments, awards top science honors

President Donald Trump on Thursday announced new investments in artificial intelligence, aimed at maintaining American leadership in the technology.

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Oct 8 • 4:12 PM EDT • Science • wtvm.com
Kraft Sports + Entertainment Unveils New JetBlue Loft at Gillette Stadium

15,000 square feet of premium hospitality space will become the new home of the Patriots Tailgate Party presented by Bud Light and a year-round private event destination.

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