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Barry Diller’s People Inc. Plans a Takeover Bid for MGM Resorts

The mogul’s People Inc. is preparing an offer to buy the portion of the casino giant that it doesn’t already own, at an $18 billion valuation.

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Jun 1 • 8:06 AM EDT • Business • nytimes.com
Tesla Stock Drops. OpenAI Is Coming for One Line of Its Business.

OpenAI wants to get into humanoid robots, just like Tesla.

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Jun 1 • 7:33 AM EDT • Business • barrons.com
NASCAR points standings, Cup Series points update after Nashville race

Tyler Reddick is the NASCAR Cup Series points leader after the Cracker Barrel 400 on May 31 at Nashville.

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Jun 1 • 1:06 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Controversial Gene Therapy for Alzheimer’s Disease

Glial-to-neuron conversion therapy decreases inflammation and restores the brain-blood barrier in Alzheimer’s disease model macaques.

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Jun 1 • 1:04 AM EDT • Science • advancedsciencenews.com
BUSINESS MONDAY: Spotlight on Railroad St. Collective in Great Barrington

The collaboratively run marketplace connects regional artisans directly with shoppers seeking distinctive, handcrafted work.

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Jun 1 • 12:08 AM EDT • Business • theberkshireedge.com
Who won the NASCAR race today? Full results, standings from 2026 Cracker Barrel 400 in Nashville

Here's what you need to know about the final results from Sunday's race, the Cracker Barrel 400.

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May 31 • 8:49 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Hasan Piker says UK has barred him, trashes 'unbelievable...power' of pro-Israel groups

Hasan Piker faces a turbulent week after a Treasury subpoena over his Cuba trip, heckling at a Newark protest and a reported UK travel ban.​

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May 31 • 8:17 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
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Visa issues force South Africa to delay World Cup trip: ‘We are being made to look like fools’

Minister of Sports Gayton McKenzie said the situation was "embarrassing and grossly unfair" for the squad.

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May 31 • 8:47 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
J.J. McCarthy getting embarrassed early in Minnesota Vikings QB competition

The NFL has several offseason position battles underway as teams prepare for minicamps and training camp. One of the most closely watched competitions is unfolding with the Minnesota Vikings, where J.J. McCarthy is battling free-agent addition Kyler Murray for the…

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May 30 • 4:25 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Asking Eric: Memory issues threaten relationship with hairstylist

I have missed several appointments in the past year. I am so embarrassed that it happened again and I’m not sure what to do.

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May 30 • 7:00 AM EDT • Technology • mlive.com
Asking Eric: How to handle repeated missed appointments with your hairstylist

I am so embarrassed and I’m not sure what to do. Should I call to make another appointment or just slink away to another salon?

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May 30 • 7:00 AM EDT • Technology • nj.com
Rubio says Trump envoy Barrack to step down from Syria post

Trump envoy Tom Barrack to exit formal Syria post but retain key role managing US policy in Syria and Iraq.

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May 30 • 6:34 AM EDT • Politics • aljazeera.com
Castleton moving sports to MASCAC

CASTLETON, Vt. (WCAX) - After nine years in the Little East, Castleton is moving the majority of its athletic programs to the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference. 20 of the 26 Spartans sports programs will move ahead of the 2027-28 school year. Castleton previously played one football season in the MASCAC before joining the New Jersey Athletic Conference ahead of the 2025 season. The MASCAC currently includes seven state universities from Massachusetts. Castleton replaces the one private member, Anna Maria College, as it shut down permanently at the end of this school year. There are a few hurdles Castleton will have to figure out: while four of the six sports not joining the MASCAC don’t participate in a traditional collegiate conference, the tennis programs will likely need to find affiliate memberships to build schedules. And Castleton will have to schedule rival Norwich as part of its nonconference hockey slate...but athletic director Tim Barrett says it’s the right move for the Spartans, especially when it comes to football. “We’ve had ongoing conversations for the last couple of years regarding the possibilities within the MASCAC,” Barrett said. “Obviously, we had the one year relationship for football in the MASCAC, we enjoyed our time there, we felt at that point we were a natural fit for that conference. So we’re looking forward to it, we’re also looking forward to the next seasons within the Little East Conference, but I do think this was the right move at the right time.”

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May 29 • 11:18 PM EDT • Sports • wcax.com
Watch Remembering the Life and Work of Jonathan Clements: Masters in Business

Barry sits down with Jason Zweig and William Bernstein. They discuss "Money and Me" the last book of author and journalist Jonathan Clements. Jason and William also examine Clements's approach to personal finance and impact to financial journalism.

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May 29 • 8:00 PM EDT • Business • bloomberg.com
Nvidia Dropped a Cryptic Clue About Its Next Big Move Ahead of GTC Event

The post seemed to give credence to rumors that the company will make a chip for Windows PCs and announce it at the chipmaker’s GTC Taipei convention next week.

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May 29 • 5:24 PM EDT • Technology • barrons.com
Judge temporarily blocks payouts from Trump's $1.8B 'anti-weaponization' fund

Judge Leonie Brinkema also barred the government from moving forward with the fund's creation while litigation is pending to challenge it

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May 29 • 9:54 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Sports media host Stephen A Smith: ‘The audience gravitated to me’

ESPN’s highest-paid star on his plans to be the next Joe Rogan, what the Democrats get wrong — and his thoughts on a possible White House run

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May 29 • 7:30 AM EDT • Sports • ft.com
Cardiff pair in BBC's League One team of season

Cardiff City defenders Joel Bagan and Dylan Lawlor have been named in BBC Sport's League One team of the season. Both players are graduates of the Bluebirds academy and played a key role as Brian Barry-Murphy's side secured an instant return to the Championship. Bagan, 24, scored once in 52 games in all competitions during the season and recently signed a new four-year contract with Cardiff.

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May 29 • 6:18 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Marshall’s Elli Barry Taking Part In NCAA Career In Sports Forum

Marshall Volleyball's Elli Barry is currently in Indianapolis taking part in the NCAA Career in Sports Forum, which runs from May 27-30 at the NCAA Headquart...

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May 29 • 5:55 AM EDT • Sports • herdzone.com
Barrett-Jackson spotlighted as Arizona small business success story

The Trump administration is putting Barrett-Jackson in the national spotlight for small businesses.

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May 28 • 11:30 PM EDT • Business • azfamily.com
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Public Health briefs Soldiers on mold prevention at Barracks Stakeholder Meeting

The Fort Bragg Department of Public Health briefed Soldiers living in the barracks on mold prevention during the May barracks stakeholder meeting recent...

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May 28 • 6:01 PM EDT • Health • army.mil
Verra Mobility’s Toll Business Is In Focus. Why Analysts Are Downgrading the Stock.

Analysts said the loss of a contract with Avis Budget threatens the smart mobility tech company’s ties to other rental car customers.

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May 28 • 5:33 PM EDT • Business • barrons.com
Did a Brand You've Never Heard of Just Make the Ultimate Space Watch?

A new watch brand called Barrelhand spent six years developing a watch built for the next generation of space travel.

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May 28 • 5:10 PM EDT • Technology • gearpatrol.com
Camp Mystic chief health officer barred from direct patient care by Texas nursing board

The Texas Board of Nursing restored Camp Mystic’s chief health officer’s nursing license but barred her from working directly with patients after the board temp

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May 28 • 4:48 PM EDT • Health • cbsaustin.com
Camp Mystic chief health officer barred from direct patient care by Texas nursing board

The Texas Board of Nursing restored Camp Mystic’s chief health officer’s nursing license but barred her from working directly with patients after the board temp

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May 28 • 4:48 PM EDT • Health • news4sanantonio.com
Birds navigate using ‘gut feeling’, scientists find

The liver’s iron-rich immune cells act as an internal compass that helps pigeons detect Earth’s magnetic field

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May 28 • 2:00 PM EDT • Science • ft.com
Camp Mystic chief health officer barred from direct patient care by Texas nursing board

The restrictions on Mary Liz Eastland's license forbid her from working directly with patients, including "teaching, counseling, assessing the client's needs and strengths, and providing skilled nursing care," according to the order.

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May 28 • 9:22 AM EDT • Health • abc13.com
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Caesars Entertainment to Go Private in $17.6 Billion Cash-and-Debt Deal. The Stock Is Rising.

Fertitta Entertainment has agreed to acquire Caesars Entertainment in an all-cash deal, months after rumors of a bid.

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May 28 • 7:42 AM EDT • Entertainment • barrons.com
Why Google's AI can't spell Google (or anything else)

Google is embarrassing itself, again.

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May 27 • 8:17 PM EDT • Technology • techcrunch.com
25 years ago click chemistry changed science. What happened next?

Barry Sharpless and his team first introduced the concept of 'clicking' molecules together 25 years ago

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May 27 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • chemistryworld.com
Camp Mystic chief health officer barred from direct patient care by Texas nursing board

Mary Liz Eastland failed to develop proper emergency plans or properly respond to the flood that killed 25 campers and two counselors last year, the order states.

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May 27 • 7:56 PM EDT • Health • texastribune.org
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Camp Mystic chief health officer barred from direct patient care by Texas nursing board

Mary Liz Eastland failed to develop proper emergency plans or properly respond to the flood that killed 25 campers and two counselors last year, the order states.

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May 27 • 7:56 PM EDT • Health • ksat.com
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Big series for RailRiders’ Fernández earns him weekly award

Outfielders Fernández and Corona contributing at key moments for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

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May 27 • 2:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Your health app may be failing you

Many seniors struggle with health apps and portals despite wanting to use them. Learn how to overcome digital health literacy barriers and stay safe.

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May 27 • 9:04 AM EDT • Health • foxnews.com
The politics of unrealistic numbers

How to spot a load-bearing “up to”

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May 27 • 8:20 AM EDT • Politics • ft.com
'One of the great unresolved embarrassments of physics': It's been 340 years since Newton and scientists still haven't solved the secret of gravity

"The mystery is not solved."

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May 27 • 8:10 AM EDT • Science • space.com
Ebola, chemical plants and health, hantavirus, common colds, heat and more

As they say, bugs have ears. Public health has had a relentless May. Chemical plant (near) explosions, Ebola, hantavirus, and that's before you even get to the usual suspects: common colds, heat, and ticks. Here’s an attempt to keep you up to speed and, more importantly, what it means for you and your community. But first, an announcement: World Cup The World Cup starts in 15 days (not like anyone is counting down), and we are hanging TVs in the Health Security Operations Center. It’s going to be a gorgeous, chaotic celebration of basically every culture on earth. And it’s going to take a team effort—from communities to individuals, from public health to health care—to keep people healthy. That’s where you come in. If you’re going to the games or live within 30 miles of a stadium, we would love to hear from you. Sign up for a weekly survey here. Thanks to the more than 1,280 people who have already signed up…you will be hearing from us soon!! Global disease “weather report” Hantavirus: Two more cases The global count of cruise ship passengers with hantavirus has now increased to 13 cases (11 confirmed), with three deaths. The two new cases are overseas and among people who were already quarantining: A crew member in the Netherlands. A Spanish national passenger who was quarantining at home tested positive through daily monitoring. They are now in a biocontainment unit. In the U.S., everyone remains negative. There may be more cases, given that the incubation period of hantavirus (the time from exposure to infection) is 45 days. But this week, we will reach a major milestone: the median incubation window is 18 days, and that will pass on May 29. What this means for you: Your risk from this cruise ship outbreak remains essentially nil at this point. Ebola rages on in Central Africa Big thanks to Dr. Craig Spencer, a humanitarian physician who has treated and survived Ebola, for jumping in to provide the YLE community with an update. Craig, take it from here… The combined confirmed and suspected Ebola cases in DRC are now more than 1,000. All signs are pointing to a very long and catastrophic outbreak in Central Africa: This is a vast undercount. We know this because the test positivity rate is hovering around 50%, only 20% of contacts are being traced (and in some areas, no contacts at all), and more cases keep popping up with no known connection. This all points to widespread and undetected community transmission. This is in only a week of detection. Compared to previous outbreaks, the growth is very fast, as the huge West Africa outbreak in 2016 was first detected at 49 cases and rose to 208 cases a month later. It took four months for that outbreak to reach the size of the current one in the DR Congo. The cases are spread out across 16 health zones. There are now multiple epicenters, making containment very difficult. Next door in Uganda, the case count is seven. While this number is low compared to DRC, a concerning development is that two health care workers recently tested positive with uncertain exposure histories. If they weren’t treating known Ebola cases, this means it’s spreading undetected in Uganda as well. On the ground, backlash, including the burning of health centers, has emerged, a pattern seen in nearly every outbreak and rooted in deep community distrust. It often stems from outside actors working in communities without fully understanding or addressing local priorities. Affected populations may recognize the severity of Ebola while still holding other concerns as more pressing, such as where their loved ones are buried. Community trust is essential to an effective response, but difficult to build during an active emergency. It is best established long before a crisis begins. U.S. priorities are made clear, and may backfire. The U.S. Administration has shown that its first priority is keeping Ebola out, with helping end the outbreak in the DRC a secondary concern. That's meant travel restrictions broader than anything we've imposed before — covering travelers from across the region, and reportedly some green card holders and permanent residents as well. For example, just these past two days, news broke that high-risk American travelers will be subject to a mandatory quarantine in Kenya before they are allowed to return. If an American is infected, the U.S. government plans to send them to a hospital it is standing up from scratch in Kenya. (Currently, Americans who were in the area are allowed to return but are diverted to three airports—Houston, Atlanta, and DC—for further screening.) Past administrations have used travel notices and stepped-up screening; this goes much further. At first blush, these strict precautions may sound prudent. But this approach could backfire in three ways: Restrictions this blunt give people every reason to hide where they’ve been and whom they’ve been near — making the people we most need to find harder to track, not easier. They also breed a false sense that this is someone else’s problem. But diseases are humbling. They find the small cracks in even the most impenetrable-seeming defenses. Lives lost. There is no treatment for this Ebola strain, which means survival depends heavily on the quality of the health system. We have that system in the States, but we are choosing not to use it for infected Americans. This is unbelievable and infuriating. (See a deeper dive from me here.) The only real way to lower the risk to Americans — and everyone else — is to end the outbreak in the DRC and across the region. What this means for you: If you have travel plans to this region, it’s time to cancel them. This is a high-risk situation in Central Africa, and CDC released a Level 4 Travel Advisory. There is also great uncertainty if and when the Administration will let you back in. To the general public in the U.S., your risk remains very, very low right now. U.S. disease “weather report” Ticks: past peak season? Good news, especially for people in the Northeast and Midwest: tick numbers continue to decline. Though we are at the peak of the season, this unusually early year is trending favorably. Heat-related illnesses in the North Heat risk is certainly not blanketing the entire country yet, but this week it will be moderate in the Midwest and the Southeast. What this means for you: Be sure to check the CDC HeatRisk tool. A red day isn’t the best day for that soccer game for a kid with asthma, and a stretch of orange days is a great time to check on your elderly neighbor. Common colds surging As far as respiratory viruses go, the only thing really going around right now is the common cold. It is higher this year than last year, but should peak very soon before returning this fall. Spotlight: Chemical plants Over the weekend, YLE California covered the serious situation that unfolded around a chemical plant in Orange County, California. Thankfully, the worst-case scenario (a chemical explosion) was mitigated, but only through luck. The health implications in a densely populated area could have been catastrophic. As the situation was winding down, another chemical explosion struck Washington State. This one was fatal. Health officials say the risk to surrounding residents from chemicals in the air and ground remains low, though the community deserves far greater clarity. Clean air and clean water consistently rank as Americans’ top public health concerns — yet when chemical disasters strike, communities are too often met with reassurances rather than transparency and accountability. Residents near the 2023 East Palestine, Ohio train derailment, for example, are still waiting to understand the long-term impact on their health, with few clear answers. What this means for you: Many are wondering if facilities processing potentially dangerous materials are in their neighborhoods. This interactive map allows you to enter your ZIP code and see all facilities monitored by the EPA, including any violations. Good news Ebola vaccines and treatment for the Bundibugyo species are in development. Two vaccine platforms are being explored, at least one of which may be deployable in as little as 2 months. One vaccine is being developed by Oxford, and the other uses the same biotechnology as the FDA-approved Zaire species of Ebola. (It may provide cross-protection, but it’s unclear at this point.) On the treatment side, two promising monoclonal antibody cocktails are likely to be deployed, though doses are limited and logistical hurdles remain significant challenges. Anni over at The Biotech Tea had a great explainer about the Ebola vaccine gap, if you want to read more. [ The Biotech Tea The Ebola vaccine gap, reading vessel damage, & the Makary exit 🗝️ Paid subscribers get the Biotech Term of the Week at $30/year (~$2.50/month). I try to keep it intentionally accessible, but if cost is ever a barrier, send me a message. A few people asked about expensing your subscription, so I put together a short email template… Read more 6 days ago · 10 likes · Annicka Evans, PhD ](https://www.thebiotechtea.com/p/the-ebola-vaccine-gap-reading-vessel?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web) Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) has been officially renamed polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS), following more than a decade of debate and input from roughly 22,000 clinicians, researchers, and patients worldwide. This is good because the old name was medically misleading, leading to patients without visible cysts being dismissed or overlooked entirely. The WHO estimates that 70% of people with the condition remain undiagnosed. A more accurate name should improve recognition, reduce stigma, and ultimately help the millions of people living with this condition get diagnosed and treated sooner. Poll Loading... Bottom line Public health situations are everywhere right now. Staying healthy takes public health professionals and systems working tirelessly behind the scenes and each of us showing up for our neighbors and communities. Love, YLE Big thanks to Ed Nirenberg for staying on top of the Ebola vaccines, Hannah Totte for all the figures, Dr. Craig Spencer for the Ebola insight, and Dr. Matt Willis for covering the chemical situation in CA. Your Local Epidemiologist (YLE) comprises a team of experts, ranging from physicians to immunologists to epidemiologists to nutritionists, working together with one goal: to “Translate” ever-evolving public health science so that people are well-equipped to make evidence-based decisions. YLE suite of newsletters reaches over 475,000 people across more than 132 countries. This newsletter is free to everyone, thanks to the generous support of fellow YLE community members. To support the effort, subscribe or upgrade below: Subscribe

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May 27 • 7:43 AM EDT • Health • yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com
Friends make snarky comments about my wealth. Hax readers give advice.

Is a mid-40s letter writer, getting snark from friends about wealth, “supposed to be embarrassed” about early career success?

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May 27 • 12:00 AM EDT • Technology • washingtonpost.com
Governors’ Policy Actions on Behavioral Health Access

(Download) Behavioral health workforce shortages remain a significant barrier to accessing care in rural areas across the United States. According to the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) State of the Behavioral Health Workforce, (2025) substantial shortages are projected for many occupations in the behavioral health workforce over the next 15 years, including psychologists, psychiatrists, […]

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May 26 • 5:21 PM EDT • Health • nga.org
MSG Sports Stock Jumps as Winning Never Hurts. New York Knicks Make First NBA Finals in 27 Years.

The New York Knicks will face either the San Antonio Spurs or the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA Finals in June.

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May 26 • 8:15 AM EDT • Sports • barrons.com
Is it getting windier in Kentucky?

Is it getting windier? Long-time listener Barry Zalph thinks it is, at least in Louisville. And he’s not the only one. Redditors and local reporters have noticed a recent uptick in the region’s windstorms, too. But does that point to any larger trends in windiness? And if so, what could be causing it? We talked to meteorologist and extreme weather specialist Scott Gunter to find out. Plus, we dig into whether Tornado Alley is shifting into Kentucky as the climate warms. This episode is part of Nature Quest, our monthly listener-driven segment about climate and the environment. Have a question for us? Send a voice memo to shortwave@npr.org with your name, location and what you’re noticing in the environment around you… it could be our next Nature Quest!Interested in more weather and wind science? Email us your question at shortwave@npr.org.Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at plus.npr.org/shortwave.

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Oil price rises towards $100 a barrel as markets cling to US-Iran peace deal hopes

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

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May 26 • 2:44 AM EDT • Business • theguardian.com
Should the Cavaliers blow it up? Anything is on the table after embarrassing sweep to Knicks
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May 26 • 12:35 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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How ‘Epstein class’ became a populist battle-cry in US politics

Accusations of elite impunity loom over November’s midterm elections

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May 26 • 12:00 AM EDT • Politics • ft.com
Barricade case ends without incident; individual to receive medical, mental health care

An hours-long standoff on West Washington Center Road Monday ended without incident after first responders persuaded a male who said he was armed to come out.

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May 25 • 7:48 PM EDT • Health • journalgazette.net
Bonsai business grows in a Barrington backyard
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May 25 • 12:53 PM EDT • Business • cbsnews.com
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Exclusive: Trump admin shutting key US researchers out of global virus response talks, documents and sources reveal

Officials responsible for leading US research on infectious disease threats have been barred from speaking directly with the World Health Organization – effectively shutting them out of global discussions on virus outbreaks, according to documents and multiple sources who spoke to CNN.

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May 25 • 12:05 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Exclusive: Trump admin shutting key US researchers out of global virus response talks, documents and sources reveal

Officials responsible for leading US research on infectious disease threats have been barred from speaking directly with the World Health Organization – effectively shutting them out of global discussions on virus outbreaks, according to documents and multiple sources who spoke to CNN.

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What Norway’s dominance at the Winter Olympics can teach us about youth sports

The country’s focus for young people on ‘the joy of sport’ leads to much higher participation rates – and lots of Olympic gold Barry Finegold, CommonWealth Beacon EVERY CYCLE OF the Winter Olympics brings a familiar but uncomfortable storyline: The United States, with its vast population, enormous resources, and deep

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May 25 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • winchesternews.org
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Putting small businesses in the driver’s seat of Michigan’s economy

Data-driven programs in Michigan connect capital and expertise to help small businesses expand, overcome barriers and sustain long-term success.

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May 25 • 5:00 AM EDT • Business • crainsdetroit.com
Politics and Investing Don’t Mix: Why Your Political Affiliation Could Be Hurting Your Returns

n a contest between intellect and political identity, the latter all too often wins out, a new study finds.

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May 25 • 1:00 AM EDT • Politics • barrons.com
Bank lending to UK businesses falls to lowest level in nearly 30 years

Weak economic growth and tighter regulation hit credit for small and medium-sized companies

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May 25 • 12:00 AM EDT • Business • ft.com
Can Exxon build the world’s biggest carbon capture business?

Oil major bets billions on technology but backlash on US Gulf Coast threatens its ambitions

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How integrating tradition and self-care has strengthened public health in the Americas

On 13 May 2026, a regional dialogue for the Americas titled, Innovative Experiences to Strengthen Health and Self-Care through Traditional, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine, was hosted by EsSalud, the government agency responsible for social security and health care in Peru.The event brought together representatives from the World Health Organization (WHO), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), WHO collaborating centres, the health sector and academia. It presented regional perspectives from BrBolivia, Brazil, Mexico and Peru to explore how self-care and traditional medicine can strengthen public health, empower communities and support more inclusive models of care. Across all four countries, a clear message emerged: traditional medicine is not being positioned as an alternative to formal systems, but as a way to strengthen them. In the Americas region, the challenge is to consolidate intercultural and holistic care, with the aim of strengthening the healthcare system – making care more preventive, culturally relevant and community-based.Peru: institutionalizing complementary care over 28 years Dr Martha Villar López from EsSalud Peru demonstrated how integration can be institutionalized over time. With nearly three decades of investment, including a research programme dating back to 1998, traditional medicine is now embedded within public health infrastructure. EsSalud’s flagship programme, Reforma de Vida, operating as Prevenir, takes multidisciplinary teams into workplaces to reduce and detect risk factors for chronic noncommunicable diseases. Education cycles are structured around three pillars: celestial nourishment, focused on life purpose and movement; terrestrial nourishment, centred on regional food and healthy diets; and human nourishment, addressing identity, relationships, stress and spirituality. Grounded in Andean cosmovision and the principle of the ayllu, the programme aligns with local cultural values. Since 2007, it has trained over 6600 health leaders, certified more than 3100 health-friendly organizations and built alliances with nearly 11 000 employers.Bolivia: legal recognition and medical pluralism Adelino Pau Carpacheco, an 82-year-old Callawaya healer, described working with more than 220 medicinal plants, supported by deep generational knowledge. Traditional healers and plant medicine are highly respected in the country. Bolivia’s contribution also highlighted the role of policy in enabling integration. Through Law 459, traditional medicine has been formally recognized within a legal framework and led the country to medical pluralism where traditional medicine coexists with biomedicine, and both are now offered free of charge through the public health system. Mexico: preserving Indigenous knowledge and reinventing food culture Mexico presented two complementary approaches focused on knowledge preservation and food systems. In Veracruz, communities partnered with a university to safeguard Totonac traditional medicine through a diploma programme launched in 2019. This collaboration has already produced practical outputs, including manuals and a dictionary, helping to sustain knowledge at risk due to migration and generational change. Alongside this, Dr Hernán García, Directorate of Traditional Medicine and Intercultural Development – Mexico, explained how the Dieta de la Milpa programme addresses Mexico’s dual burden of malnutrition and rising noncommunicable diseases. Rooted in traditional Mayan cultivation systems and ingredients, it promotes healthier diets through community-led, intercultural approaches involving local authorities, Indigenous leaders and cooks. By reconnecting food, culture and health, it offers a practical pathway to prevention. Brazil: community therapy as a public health tool Brazil’s experience centred on Integrative Community Therapy, a methodology developed over 40 years ago by Dr Adalberto Barreto and now used in more than 47 countries. Therapy circles create spaces where participants share experiences and coping strategies, building social support networks at very low cost. Within Brazil’s Unified Health System, the approach has expanded rapidly since its inclusion in national policy in 2017. By 2025, more than five million integrative practice procedures were delivered annually in primary care, with registrations for this therapy increasing by over 500% in eight years. The main challenge now is equity, with access still concentrated in urban areas such as São Paulo. A shared regional direction against a global backdrop Drawing these experiences together, Dr Natalia Aldana of the TCIM Network of the Americas highlighted the shared outcomes of the interventions discussed. Such approaches strengthen healthy behaviours, social networks and community resilience; they are low-cost, adaptable and enable active participation in care, while showing potential to reduce the burden of noncommunicable diseases.The regional momentum mirrors a broader global shift. Dr João Paulo Souz, Director of BIREME (Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information), the specialized center of PAHO/WHO, emphasized that the Global Traditional Medicine Strategy 2025–2034 promotes a vision centred on people, evidence and integrated use. He noted that health should be understood through the relationships between people, community, nature and spirituality. Self-care interventions as a critical pathway towards universal health coverage Dr Manjulaa Narasimhan, Unit Head for Sexual Health and Well-being across the Life-course at WHO, delivered a presentation titled Advancing Self-Care in Traditional Medicine: Aligning the WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy 2025–2034 with the WHO Self-Care Framework, co-authored by Dr Geetha Krishnan Gopalakrishna Pillai, Unit Head for Research, Data and Innovation at the WHO Global Traditional Medicine Centre. WHO recommends self-care interventions for every country and economic setting as a critical path to reach universal health coverage – and traditional medicine acts as a bridge for self-care. Dr Narasimhan explained that traditional medicine contributes most effectively to self-care when embedded directly into primary health care, not operating in parallel, siloed systems. This, she stated, “is possibly the only sustainable way to deliver continuity of care that meets the needs, rights and priorities of communities and individuals”. The Global Traditional Medicine Strategy 2025–2034 is a move towards a more people-centred approach to health care that champions holistic approaches to health equity and patient autonomy.The integration of traditional medicine and self-care requires collaboration across disciplines, clear referral pathways, trained health and care workers, and strong leadership that supports integration. The WHO self-care competency framework defines 10 key competencies for health and care workers to support self-care in their clinical practice, supported by the WHO guideline on self-care interventions for health and well-being. These documents help health-care workers safeguard their own well-being and ensure that care is consistent, safe and grounded in shared standards and values.Together, the discussion through this dialogue points to a fundamental shift in how health systems are designed in the region, and globally, towards models that are more inclusive, culturally-grounded and responsive to the needs of the communities they serve. It is a move towards a system where traditional medicine is respected and responsibly integrated, where self-care provides empowerment and evidence-based care, and where health systems are supportive rather than being distant from these systems.Traditional medicine perspectives from Bolivia, Mexico and Peru - WHO's "Restoring Balance" seriesInnovative Experiences to Strengthen Health and Self-Care through Traditional, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine was streamed in Spanish, with Spanish and Portuguese subtitles. Recordings are available through the CABSIN YouTube channel with Portuguese subtitles and on the BVS MTCI Americas YouTube channel with Spanish subtitles. Dr Narasimhan’s session can be watched in English on both channels.

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May 24 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • who.int
As 007 First Light's first 13 minutes leak online, IO Interactive drops official footage of the opening mission

IO Interactive has shared a portion of the opening mission from its upcoming James Bond game, 007 First Light, after footage leaked online over the weekend.

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Markets take a collective break but politics continues

Numerous public holidays coalesce, SNP’s former CEO Murrell appears in Edinburgh court and Colombians go to the polls

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Mallon Receives Inaugural Dawn Staley Legacy Award at Philadelphia Sports Legacy Honors

PHILADELPHIA - Janet E. & Barry C. Burkholder Family Head Women's Basketball Coach Amy Mallon was one of six recipients of the inaugural Dawn Staley Legacy A...

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DNC Report Live Updates: Democrats' Autopsy Report on 2024 Election Faults Biden, Harris and Others

An incomplete report on what went wrong in 2024 was released after it had become an embarrassment for the Democratic National Committee.

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Nintendo Teases LEGO Donkey Kong, "Rolling Soon"

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Stuck in the hospital? A WA program offers a path to speed recovery, save money

On any given day in Washington, state estimates show nearly 850 patients are medically ready for discharge, but myriad barriers keep them in the hospital.

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May 21 • 9:00 AM EDT • Health • seattletimes.com
Did a Digital Lifestyle Intervention Improve Health-Related Quality of Life for Survivors of NSCLC?

They also elucidated barriers to patient recruitment for the intervention, which included “perceived low burden, low digital literacy, and uncertainty about needs after discharge."

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Todd Monken says Browns' QBs threw "embarrassing" interceptions at OTAs
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'Brady Bunch' star Barry Williams says it took 15 years to make peace with fans calling him 'Greg': 'It was a threat to my identity'

'Brady Bunch' star Barry Williams says it took 15 years for him to make peace with fans calling him 'Greg' in public: 'It was a threat to my identity.'

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May 20 • 7:50 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Free health screenings in Boston neighborhoods thanks to the Family Van

With barriers rising in health care access, mobile clinic fills critical gaps

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May 20 • 4:34 PM EDT • Health • wcvb.com
Alabama Rep. Barry Moore, former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson advance to GOP runoff in Senate race

Moore, boosted by the Trump endorsement, led the GOP primary voting Tuesday night for the seat being vacated by Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who is running for governor.

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May 20 • 3:44 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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IRS 'forever barred' from audits of Trump, his family, businesses

The IRS is now "forever barred" from auditing President Donald Trump's, his family's or his businesses' taxes, after Todd Blanche signed an order.

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Sports promoter Barry Hearn to receive civic honour

The sports promoter and founder of Matchroom says he is "honoured" to be awarded the title.

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May 20 • 1:26 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Marc Rowan accused of misusing Apollo resources for political work

Chief executive of private capital group used company email and staff for lobbying, unions say

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Big Europe and Asian private equity health funds merge to defy AI disruption

Global Healthcare Opportunities and CBC Group say $21bn investment manager will be world’s largest in sector

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May 20 • 12:00 AM EDT • Health • ft.com
Andy Barr Wins Republican Primary for McConnell’s Seat in Kentucky

Mr. Barr, who serves in the House, consolidated support among Republicans in part by securing the endorsement of President Trump.

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May 19 • 7:02 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Former prosecutor who railed against Trump’s weaponization of DOJ wins Dem primary

Zach Dembo, a former federal prosecutor and Navy JAG officer, won the Democratic primary for Kentucky's 6th Congressional District to replace outgoing Rep. Andy Barr.

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May 19 • 6:33 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
How Could We Allow Trump to Complete His Worst Con Yet?

You’d think that, by now, conservatives would be embarrassed about giving the president whatever he wants.

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Google to release smart glasses and add AI ‘agents’ to search engine

CEO Sundar Pichai says features powered by new Gemini model will close gap with Anthropic and OpenAI

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U.S. government agrees to drop tax claims against Trump in broadening of IRS lawsuit settlement

The one-page document posted to the Department of Justice website Tuesday says the U.S. is “forever barred and precluded” from examining or prosecuting Trump, his sons and the Trump organization’s current tax issues.

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State Health Coverage for Immigrants and Implications for Health Coverage and Care

Noncitizen immigrants, particularly those who are undocumented, face significant barriers to accessing health coverage and care and are significantly more likely than citizens to be uninsured. This brief provides an overview of state health coverage programs for immigrants, including among states that have taken up options in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to expand coverage for lawfully present immigrants and/or established fully state-funded programs to fill gaps in coverage for immigrants.

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Science and Immigration Are Interconnected: On Higher Education, ICE, and the Assault on DEI

One day in graduate school, I confessed to my fellow students that I had never been outside of the United States. They hailed from all over the world, so I was embarrassed to admit it. “You don’t need to leave the country,” one of them replied, “Here, the world comes to you!” In many ways, he was ri

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Traditional Medicine Innovation for Health Impact: Financing, Collaboration, and Future Pathways

This session brings together WHO, Member States, innovators, regulators and private sector partners to explore the role of integrating and advancing traditional medicine to improve health outcomes, while accelerating innovation, partnerships and collaboration. Discussions will focus on translating evidence and innovation into implementation, addressing financing and policy barriers, and identifying practical pathways to scale credible, community-rooted traditional medicine approaches to expand access, equity and health impact.Watch live on YouTube

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A hidden barrier to starting a family

Endometriosis is a widespread disease affecting at least one in eight women, often leading to infertility, which can be prevented with earlier diagnosis and treatment.

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Blocking New Medicare Home Health And Hospice Firms Won’t Stop Fraud

Barring new entrants will be good for existing firms that will avoid competition. But it hard to see how it will prevent fraud or benefit patients and their families.

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May 18 • 10:11 AM EDT • Health • forbes.com
Free sports physicals eliminating barriers, preventing future injuries

With summer approaching, it’s time for athletes to get their yearly physical.

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Helping seniors navigate digital-first health care

Discover how CVS Health is improving digital health literacy, reducing barriers, and designing more accessible health care

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BUSINESS MONDAY: Spotlight on Bizen Gourmet Restaurant & Sushi Bar in Great Barrington

The Berkshire institution is celebrating 30 years of blending authentic Japanese cuisine, ancient pottery traditions, and a philosophy rooted in craftsmanship, care, and community.

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Cambridge Science Park launches £3bn expansion plan

Hub for scientific and tech innovation aims to triple in size over next 30 years

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Pistons' refusal to swing big culminates with embarrassing Game 7 loss at home
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Crime increasingly a ‘serious barrier’ to UK growth, say business leaders

British Chambers of Commerce survey shows firms ‘are dealing with rising levels of theft, fraud and cyber-attacks’

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

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Donald Trump Jr’s VC firm flaunts political edge in investment push

1789 Capital is seeking to grow its assets to $10bn after building sprawling AI portfolio

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Opinion: When voting rights are weakened, health suffers

Communities facing voting barriers are often living with higher rates of chronic disease, shorter life expectancy, and reduced access to care.

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May 17 • 5:02 AM EDT • Health • citizen-times.com
Hearts say ‘shameful’ scenes at Celtic ‘embarrassed Scottish football’

Hearts blasted the ‘shameful, unacceptable’ scenes at Celtic which ‘embarrassed Scottish football’ as their Premiership title dream ended on Saturday.The Jambos lost the crucial away game 3-1 ...

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May 17 • 1:45 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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China launches new war on deserts with technology tested on far side of the moon

Projects meant to help Xinjiang region build ecological barrier to protect its arable land from erosion and desertification.

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May 17 • 12:00 AM EDT • Science • scmp.com
‘Never-ending’ AI slop strains corporate hacking reward schemes

‘Bug bounty’ programmes have seen a jump in spurious AI-generated submissions

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May 17 • 12:00 AM EDT • Technology • ft.com
Scientists reverse Alzheimer’s in mice with breakthrough nanotechnology

A new nanotechnology treatment reversed Alzheimer’s symptoms in mice by restoring the brain’s natural cleanup system. The specially engineered nanoparticles helped clear toxic amyloid proteins from the brain and repair the blood-brain barrier, which normally protects and regulates the brain’s environment. In one striking experiment, elderly mice treated with the therapy later behaved like healthy younger mice.

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Now What? With Carbon Pricing Eroded and Pipeline Politics Advancing, Here Are the Pathways for Climate Success

At the end of a whirlwind week of news on carbon pricing and electricity strategy, capping a madcap year of pretty much non-stop, dramatic change, the word across much of Canada’s climate and energy transition community is that climate policy in this country has been shredded. Eviscerated. Hit with a sledgehammer by policy rollbacks that have pushed the country’s 2050 net zero target “well out of reach”. That means it’s never been more important to look for the rays of hope and glimmers of possibility. To glimpse the seeds of the next set of strategies to get Canada’s climate pollution under control and the country into the accelerating global dash away from fossil fuels. And then, once we’ve spotted those possibilities, get on with the hard, day-to-day slog of trying to make them a reality. Nothing takes away from the frustration and the deep disappointment so many climate and energy hawks are expressing, the sense of betrayal by the author of Value(s) and the former UN special envoy for climate action and finance. But we knew two things as the week drew to a close. We’re looking at the world as it most definitely is. And we don’t get to give up finding the pathways to confront climate change and deliver faster, deeper carbon cuts that leave no one else behind. So really, the first question we all have to ask ourselves is: What’s next? Subscribe All the Oxygen in the Room The outpouring of anger and grief over the carbon pricing deal between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has been absolutely understandable. So much of the climate community poured years, more than a decade, into dragging the current federal pricing regime across the finish line, then defending it from a deluge of three-syllable rhymes after the Trudeau government proved utterly incapable of delivering its own message. The policy foisted on us by neo-classical economists took up all the oxygen in the room, burned through years of climate response time that we won’t get back, while cornering climate hawks into the position that the best response to the crisis of our lifetimes is a new tax…in an era of historic anti-tax sentiment. I mean, really—what could possibly have gone wrong? Against that history, let’s appreciate columnist Max Fawcett’s point that even a modest carbon pricing agreement with a government as off-the-wall libertarian/conspiracist as Danielle Smith’s—those adjectives are mine, not Max’s—is a win worth savouring (as long as Smith keeps her promises for a change). But part of living in the world as it is (no, I’m not letting that go) is to be clear-headed about what we can and can’t control. And one thing we get to decide, after seeing this week’s carbon price festivities take up all the oxygen yet again, is whether we want to keep letting that happen. Particularly when success down that road depends on a factor that no one with a climate agenda can control or influence—a provincial carbon pricing mechanism that has been manipulated and eroded beyond its lowest possible denominator. Thankfully, that’s not the way it has to go. Not when we have so many other powerful, practical tools at our disposal, including the ones still available to us through this abominable Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Canada and Alberta. Tools In Our Toolbox When I started roughing out this list, I didn’t expect it to grow to nearly a dozen bullet points. It’s probably still incomplete. Some of the greatest hits in today’s climate solutions toolbox include: • No Carbon Capture, No Pipeline: On Friday, Prime Minister Mark Carney explicitly stated that there’s been no change to the MOU provision that there will be no West Coast pipeline without an industry commitment to build its massive, $16.5-billion carbon capture and storage (CCUS) hub in Northern Alberta, and vice versa. The two megaprojects were joined at the hip when the MOU was signed Nov. 27, and the implementation agreement this week affirmed that they still are. A parade of independent analysts have spent years pointing to the economic and technical flaws in CCUS, while the industry kept postponing its investment decision until it could arm-twist the government for more “clarity” (by which it meant even more lavish taxpayer subsidies) on the project. Now the industry itself is running away from the CCUS hub and insisting the pipeline should proceed without it, but Carney doesn’t seem to be budging from a central tenet of the MOU to which Smith has signed on. • No Subsidies, No Investors: Climate analysts and advocates have quite rightly been hammering away at Carney and his team, insisting that any new capacity the industry wants to build must proceed without new subsidies. The government has responded with a growing collection of funding and financing mechanisms for the very wide menu of industrial development and nation-building projects they say they want to take on, and that menu always includes fossil fuel infrastructure. But it’s hard to see how even the combined fiscal clout of the federal and supportive provincial governments will deliver the financial backing private investors would need when the business case for new fossil fuel development is evaporating before their eyes. Particularly when… • No Market, No Demand, No Investors: As our friend Markham Hislop at Energi Media (our apparently sleepless friend, given the massive volume of great material he’s been churning out) points out this morning, the biggest vulnerability in any pipeline deal is the assumption that Asian buyers will want the oil or liquefied natural ga that our fossil industry is so keen to send them. Hislop writes in part: Ottawa and Alberta are effectively betting that countries like China and India will continue increasing oil imports for decades as their economies grow and energy consumption rises. That assumption underpins the entire economic rationale for expanding oil sands production and building billions of dollars in new export infrastructure. But Asian energy systems are changing rapidly… China, India, South Korea, and other major hydrocarbon importers are now investing hundreds of billions of dollars into electricity systems built around wind, solar, batteries, nuclear, hydro, and expanded transmission infrastructure. Domestic “energy sovereignty” is increasingly replacing the old energy-security model based on stable oil and gas imports. Those investments are expected to sharply slow oil demand growth and eventually reverse it, even as overall energy consumption continues rising. There are also refining constraints. Many Asian refineries and petrochemical complexes are already optimized to process discounted heavy crude from the Middle East and Latin America. That raises serious questions about how much additional Canadian bitumen Asian markets can absorb at profitable prices. Small wonder that there’s still no private sector investor for the project, despite Smith’s government desperately beating the bushes to put together a deal. For now, Alberta is acting as proponent and covering early start-up costs for a pitch to the federal Major Projects Office, which could actually turn into the next tough hurdle for Smith and her pipeline to jump. • Canada Day Looms: How ironic that Canada’s birthday this year could become a major chokepoint for the provincial premier who’s been working so diligently to tear the country apart! The July 1 target date for Alberta’s pipeline proposal is baked into the MOU, was reaffirmed by the implementation plan, but it hadn’t dawned on me that it cuts both ways. As one very smart colleague wrote in an email yesterday, “they’ve thrown the ball into Alberta’s court to get the project proposal on the table really quickly and to have to do a whole pile of work to put together a massive, complicated project that would typically take years to assemble, and they’ve given them weeks to do it.” That makes July 1 a looming deadline that Smith won’t be able to run away from politically, especially with the separatists in her party and her caucus breathing down her neck. (See previous ref to off-the-wall.) But if Alberta comes in with a sloppy, incomplete submission, even after Carney bent over backwards to simplify the application process and the rules that govern it, it may be harder for the province or the industry to blame Ottawa and insist on the faster process they claim their investors are demanding. (Oh, wait—which investors would those be??) • We’ll See You In Court (Then We’ll See You Again): If Carney did cave, that would be just one more reason for Indigenous and other affected communities to take the government and the process to court—Just as Alberta First Nations did, successfully, in response to Smith’s half-baked separation referendum. Veterans of the Harper era have been warning that a shoddy process around fossil fuel infrastructure or other major projects will be a recipe for the very delays that process seeks to avoid. And now more than ever, with renewable energy and energy storage eating fossil fuels’ lunch in import markets around the world, a delayed pipeline or LNG terminal may be as good as a cancelled one. • Charged Up, Ready to Go: With its goal of doubling Canada’s electricity supply to meet a doubling of demand by 2050, the national electricity strategy that Carney unveiled Thursday has a lot to like. With its explicit language about speeding the shift from fuels to more efficient and affordable electricity, global investment and deployment patterns that already favour that shift, an emerging bidirectional power grid, the role of front-line options like rooftop solar and heat pumps, the emergence of electric vehicles as behind-the-meter energy storage, and the domestic jobs and manufacturing to make it all happen, the document doubles down on the essential cornerstone of a faster shift off fossil fuels. The strategy envisions a more prominent role for gas and nuclear power. But some of those provisions were already in the Clean Electricity Regulations that climate hawks are now fighting so hard to defend, inserted as a compromise in a futile attempt to mollify the industry and its political representatives in Alberta and Saskatchewan. But once again, gas will be a tougher sell when it’s more expensive and now so much more unpredictable than the clean alternatives. The new nuclear technologies are still speculative and deeply vulnerable to cost overruns. Increasingly, utilities, developers, and investors know it. Carney declared Thursday that “it doesn’t do us good to be sitting in court all the time with provinces. It doesn’t do us good to be talking past each other. What does do us good is to come together with specific projects.” There are no guarantees, but so much of the language and narrative-building in the electricity strategy suggests the lion’s share of those projects will be renewable. • The Party Has Already Started: The electricity strategy only rarely digs down to specific projects, but provinces representing three-quarters of Canada’s population are already embracing a faster transition. Hydro-Québec is working on a 10-year, $185-billion renewable energy and grid buildout by 2035. Ontario recently brought 10 provinces and territories together in a National Energy Corridor Agreement to boost interprovincial and -territorial transmission infrastructure. And the MOU implementation agreement commits Alberta to facilitate investment in renewable energy projects, a big step back from its continuing, punitive restrictions on renewables development. The electricity strategy envisions much of the financing and infrastructure that will be needed to pull those advances together into an integrated whole. • Delivering on Affordability: The MOU implementation plan has little or nothing to say about affordability (are you surprised?), but the electricity strategy does, with a top-line pledge to reduce home energy costs for seven out of 10 Canadian households by 2050, a total saving of $15 billion across the board. It’s just a start, but it puts affordability on the government’s narrative map. If they’re serious and deliberate about patching together a least-cost energy strategy, it’ll have little if any room for oil, gas, or nuclear—not with powerful evidence, for example, that electricity prices are higher when those prices are set by gas. • Smith Proves that Canada Works: By signing a deal that makes it harder to claim the federal government is blocking a new pipeline, Smith has helped prove Carney’s constant anti-separatist refrain that “Canada works”—incurring the rage, no doubt, of her own political base. Canada also needs to work for anyone who depends on a clean environment, healthy and thriving ecosystems, and safe, stable climate. But with Smith and her separatist constituents setting up as a fifth column for annexation by Donald Trump’s United States, let’s set aside any notion that 51st state status for Canada is a recipe for anything other than climate disaster (and so much else). Resisting and withstanding Trump (just 170 more sleeps until mid-term elections, which is a damn sight better than the 730 we started with) doesn’t mean a free pass for a pipeline, but we can still appreciate it that keeping Canada whole and sovereign is still Carney’s Job One. • The Words Not Spoken: Apart from a commitment to export a million barrels of “low-emission” Alberta bitumen per day (memo to Smith and Carney: You realize that that’s less than the industry is already exporting??), the MOU implementation plan says nothing about the international trade and economic sovereignty deals that Carney has been travelling the world to negotiate. It didn’t have to. Carney doesn’t need permission from Danielle Smith, her American enablers, or her separatist allies to continue building the alliances that will ratchet down our economic dependency on our unstable, unreliable neighbour to the south. But every connection he builds with countries outside North America helps align our economy and our future with a faster shift off fossil fuels. Little if any of this was on our bingo cards a year or two ago. But it’s the pathway that has opened up to us. And if it gives Canada any climate or energy gains at all in an era still dominated by Trump and his increasingly ridiculous tariffs, his loutish trade negotiations and his continuing annexation threats, we have to take the wins. Not least because they’ll be the point of departure for what we can achieve in 2027, 2029, and beyond, as Trump’s grip and this era begin to loosen and then fade. What is Carney Doing? If this line of thought is right—and it’s a possibility, not a prediction—it means that Carney’s actions and decisions are largely about buying time. Time for Trump’s power to wane. Time for Alberta’s separatist/conspiracist virus to spread, mutate, die out, or at least die back, with help from a vaccine of federal steadiness and calm (appropriate enough, for a movement populated largely by vaccine deniers) that no conspiracy theory can dismiss. And time for the government’s trade and investment agenda to deliver results—even knowing that some of those results will bring impacts that front-line communities will not and should not accept. In the immediate moment, none of this changes the way the wider climate community has to respond, from campaigners to investors to front-line practitioners. All of our voices are still essential. But those voices will be stronger and more confident if we have a clearer sense of the brutal game we’ve been pulled into, and a plausible path (or two it three) for playing it to the win we need. This conversation also underscores our biggest task for the remaining years of what was supposed to be the “decisive” decade for climate response: if we can shift the energy narrative in Canada, make it a mainstream view that the country’s preoccupation with oil and gas has us falling farther behind a changing world, we’ll see far better results in the 2030s and beyond. For many veteran climate advocates, taking on that part of the fight will begin with recognizing that most of our friends and family, neighbours and colleagues already understand that climate change is real and right in front of us: they’re looking away and staying silent because they don’t have what climate communicator Katharine Hayhoe calls “efficacy”. As Hayhoe recently pointed out in a feature interview with The Energy Mix, it amounts to science denial to keep hammering away at the dire news about global warming without also helping audiences understand what they can do about it, with multiple studies telling us why that won’t work. Far better to open those conversations with the dominant crises like energy security, food security, emergency preparedness and business continuity, affordability, and financial security that have knocked climate change far lower on the list of public priorities, and will likely keep it there. We Knew This Would Happen Climate hawks have always known this day would come. For decades, we warned that everyone had to pay attention to climate change right now, because it would be much tougher to respond once the crisis itself started affecting our daily lives. We were right, and here we are. But now, thanks to decades of hard work, communities and countries have an alternative to doubling down on fossil fuels. “In 10 years everyone will have ‘always known’ that solar and batteries were going to win,” Morgan Solar Executive Chair Mike Andrade writes on LinkedIn. With the disruption in the Strait of Hormuz roiling energy priorities around the world, Canada and the United States are among the shrinking number of countries that are still very keen on fossil fuel development. Understanding that gap is a first, essential step in spotting the opportunities ahead, and averting the deep economic as well as environmental and social risk we face if we don’t seize them. Thanks for reading The Energy Mix Weekender! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work. Subscribe Mitchell Beer traces his background in renewable energy and energy efficiency back to 1977, in climate change to 1997. Now he and the rest of the Energy Mix team scan 1,200 news headlines a week to pull together The Energy Mix and The Energy Mix Weekender. Chart of the Week BYD Eyes 20 Dealership Locations After Canada Greenlights Chinese EV Imports ‘Sledgehammer’ Carbon Price Deal Boosts Emissions by 230Mt, Aims for Fall 2027 Pipeline Approval ‘Worse Than Harper’: Regulatory Rollback Would Stop Canada from Assessing Project Impacts, Critics Warn Electricity Strategy Aims for Doubling by 2050, Allows ‘Flexibility’ for Gas Power Plants Opposition Mounts as O’Leary’s Data Centre Approved in Drought-Stricken Utah Diluted Carbon Price Misses ‘Reality of the World We’re In’, Could Impede Diversified Trade: Climate Institute $200B in Clean Energy Investment Will Need On-Time Delivery, Reliable Policies, Trade Association Says ‘Sovereign Pipeline’: CEO Pitches to Keep Trans Mountain in Government Hands What a Supercharged El Niño Could Mean for Canada Canada’s future is electric, and here’s how a power grid superhighway would get us there (Toronto Star) The Perilous Waters of Hecate Strait (Globe and Mail) Saudi Aramco profits jump despite conflict in Middle East (The Guardian) Farmers confront rising cost of fertilizer and fuel as spring seeding under way (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) Clarkson forecasts 24% decline in offshore oil, gas capital expenditures (Oil & Gas Journal) Pipe Dreams: How Oil and Gas Fail to Deliver Economic Development in Africa (Oil Change International) Developing countries must hold the pen to script the fossil fuel transition (Climate Home News) Iran war threatens the dream of a post-oil economy in the Gulf (Washington Post) U.S. Oil, Gas Work Force Hits Lowest Level Since 2022 (Rigzone) Why Polestar Is Doubling Down on Net Zero as Rivals Pull Back on EVs (Bloomberg) Why this Michigan utility plans to sell its hydro dams for $13 (E&E News/Politico) Levees can no longer save New Orleans (Vox)

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Kyle Schwarber joins Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire in MLB history

The Phillies' slugger continues to etch his place in the history books as he finds himself in the company of Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire.

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Longtime KOAT health expert Barry Ramo awarded UNM honorary doctorate

Longtime KOAT health expert Barry Ramo was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of New Mexico due to his decades of contributions in promoting heart health.

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Trump’s Hormuz ship insurance facility has done $0 business

US president’s $40bn scheme has had zero uptake due to absence of naval escorts through key waterway

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WATCH | Vehicle barrels through window of Mechanicsburg business

Business was booming at a Mechanicsburg trailer store on Thursday when a SUV came crashing through the building's window.

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Sony's explanation for its embarrassing AI photos just leaves more questions

Sony has responded after getting roasted online over its new AI camera tool.

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Marine Corps Veteran embraces first Winter Sports Clinic

Sixteen years ago, a car accident left USMC Veteran Joe Gibson paralyzed. Through adaptive sports at the Winter Sports Clinic, he is pushing past barriers.

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