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An Orthopedic Surgeon’s No. 1 Test of Balance and Mobility for Healthy Aging

In TODAY.com’s Expert Tip of the Day, Dr. Jocelyn Wittsein demonstrates the at-home test to see how likely you are to fall as you age.

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Sep 29 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • today.com
The Beclowning of Scott Bessent

One iron law of current politics is that nobody who associates themselves with Donald Trump emerges with a shred of credibility. For some, that’s not a big loss — it’s not as if anyone respected Pete Hegseth even before he decided that the key to military success in an age of drones and AI was more testosterone. For others, however, the costs are real. I’m old enough to remember when Marco Rubio was widely considered a reasonable, thoughtful politician. Right now, however, my candidate for the biggest loser is Scott Bessent, the Secretary of the Treasury. Bessent started out with significant reputation to lose: When Trump selected him, this was the headline in the Financial Times: Jason Furman, Barack Obama’s chief economist, described him as a “credible Treasury secretary who has a real understanding of the global economy”. But Bessent has now transformed himself into the Baghdad Bob of bonds. Three weeks ago, after intervening (for reasons that remain somewhat unclear) to support the Japanese yen, Bessent boasted about his ability to move markets and dared investors to bet against his, declaring “I am the house now.” He then tried to push long-term interest rates down, buying 30-year U.S. Treasuries in a move some have compared to paying down part of your mortgage by running up your credit card balance. Here’s how that’s going so far: To get some perspective on how high interest rates have gone, here’s a longer-term perspective: We haven’t seen interest rates this high since the fading days of the dotcom bubble. Why are interest rates hitting new records? The backdrop, as I argued in last Sunday’s primer, is the huge AI-driven investment boom; more on that next week. But the immediate cause of the latest interest rate spike was Trump’s rejection of an Iranian proposal to end the war. This rejection sent crude oil prices, which for a while had fallen considerably, shooting back up: It’s notable, by the way, that oil prices remain high even though a significant amount of oil is now being shuttled through the Strait of Hormuz by night, on smaller vessels. That’s an interesting story, which has a lot to do with the fact that oil from the Hormuz shuttle runs must be transferred to larger vessels before being shipped to markets in Europe and Asia; around 15 percent of the world’s large crude carriers are now parked off the coast of Oman, waiting to be tanked up. This is creating a shipping crunch: But that’s a topic for another day. For now, the point is that with oil still high and refined products, especially diesel, still close to record levels, inflation will remain elevated. And this in turn means that the Federal Reserve will keep short-term interest rates high, an expectation that is feeding into longer-term rates. Hence Bessent’s bond-market humiliation. The truth is that Bessent might not have been able to get interest rates down even in the best of circumstances. But he certainly won’t get anywhere as long as Trump keeps believing that he can somehow convert his Iran debacle into a triumphant victory. And Trump will keep believing that as long as he is surrounded by sycophants who tell him what he wants to hear. Sycophants like, for example, Scott Bessent, who is predicting the imminent collapse of the Iranian economy, possibly within two weeks. Bessent is right to say that the embargo on Iranian oil exports is placing the country under great economic strain. But his implicit prediction that this will quickly produce a deal that Trump can call victory looks no more plausible than his boasts about the bond market. The big question now is, why would anyone with a reputation to lose work for Donald Trump? As the beclowning of Bessent shows, joining the Trump team won’t just damage your reputation; it will utterly destroy it.

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Sep 29 • 7:10 AM EDT • Politics • paulkrugman.substack.com
Lesbian Bar Project Co-Founder: Purity Politics Could Destroy Our Remaining Spaces

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

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Sep 29 • 7:01 AM EDT • Politics • unclosetedmedia.com
What Kind of Research Do You Do?

A proposed taxonomy of research could help both funders and universities determine the best way to support different kinds of research.

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Sep 29 • 6:00 AM EDT • Science • issues.org
Primetime Review: That’s Entertainment?

If you decide to see Lance Oppenheim’s Primetime, it’s important to remember the title as you watch. Yes, this is a biopic of sorts about Chris Hansen and his work on To Catch a Predator, but it is more accurately about the quest for fame and using people’s trauma to attract ratings. True crime entertainment continues to have a prominent place in many people’s television habits, and this film asks us to examine what that means both for those whose stories have become our viewing pleasure and those of us watching. Primetime starts as Chris Hansen (Robert Pattinson) is told that his show, To Catch a Predator, is moving to a 9 PM spot opposite LOST. Chris and his producer, Andie (Merritt Wever), see this as an opportunity to make the program even more sensational, looking for bigger, more horrific predators. As part of their plan, they hire a young actor, Dan Plum (Skyler Gisondo), to play “Decoy Dan,” the person who greets the would-be predators who were catfished by Xavier Von Erck (Matthew Maher). Oppenheim, along with writers Ajon Singh and Luke Dittrich, is less concerned with an accurate retelling of the show as much as they are interested in interrogating the why of it all. That decision sometimes leaves Primetime feeling less like a biopic and more like a satirical look at the nature of programming like this. Visually, the movie is impressive. Oppenheim uses light and color effectively to cast Hansen as both villain and savior. Pattinson plays Hansen in an almost comical manner, as we see him wake his two young sons to watch a clip of the show, just to brag that he was moving into a prime spot on television. Even Andie struggles to accept a “nice” job when there is so much more fame to be found producing salacious true-crime content. Wever does an excellent job showing how the hunger for fame is not just in front of the camera, but in every aspect of the production. The heart of the movie, and the standout performance, belongs to Gisondo as Dan Plum. He is someone who just wants to get enough hours to be admitted into the Screen Actors Guild, and stumbles into this job without really knowing what it is. Throughout the film, we watch him suffer one trauma after another, ending with him witnessing the suicide of a District Attorney who is about to become the next unwitting star of Hansen’s show. If there is a sympathetic character in Primetime, it is Decoy Dan, and Gisondo plays him brilliantly. If you’re a fan of programming like To Catch a Predator, then Primetime will probably make you feel uncomfortable, and I think it’s worth sitting with that feeling and examining why we turn on shows that display the worst of humanity while we judge from our couches. Yes, it is correct to want to see people who would hurt children brought to justice, but perhaps it shouldn’t be something that we watch as entertainment. Rating: 3.5/5 This review originally appeared in The Dominion Post on September 25, 2026. MacGuffin or Meaning: Film & TV Reviews and Reflections is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe

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Sep 29 • 5:37 AM EDT • Entertainment • alisechaffins.substack.com
Dengue fever surge in Florida shows the virus’ growing threat in the U.S.

The outbreak, centered on Tampa Bay, is the state’s largest on record. Experts offered several possible explanations for the high case count.

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Sep 29 • 5:30 AM EDT • Health • nbcnews.com
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How to watch 'Hokum': Where and when to stream one of the best horror films of 2026

Adam Scott is truly in his horror era.

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Sep 29 • 5:10 AM EDT • Entertainment • mashable.com
The last ‘breakthrough’ devices to get special treatment from Medicare

New medical devices deemed "breakthrough" by the FDA are no longer automatically eligible for extra Medicare payments.

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Sep 29 • 4:30 AM EDT • Health • statnews.com
Dennis Haskins, 'Saved by the Bell' principal Mr. Belding, dies

Dennis Haskins, the actor best known for playing lovable principal Richard Belding on the NBC teen sitcom "Saved by the Bell," has died. He was 75.

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Sep 29 • 2:46 AM EDT • Entertainment • centraloregondaily.com
Andi Jackson and Harper Murray lead Husker volleyball on and off the court

Nebraska volleyball has a special duo in their roster. Seniors Andi Jackson and Harper Murray have grown together through college and are showing their best volleyball.

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Sep 29 • 1:00 AM EDT • Sports • dailynebraskan.com
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Senate passes college sports bill that would rein in athlete payments and transfers

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

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Sep 28 • 11:06 PM EDT • Sports • nbcnews.com
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As Republicans break with Trump, one gets a brushback: From the Politics Desk

Plus, how Europe’s right-wing parties are dealing with Russia.

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Sep 28 • 7:30 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Rob Lowe names his best onscreen kiss: ‘I was very, very scared’

The “St. Elmo’s Fire” star has puckered up a lot on film, but there was one smooch that stands out.

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Sep 28 • 6:44 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
White House says Trump PSA that appears to look like 2024 campaign ad is 'not political'

The Trump administration published a new "PSA" that was paid for by the U.S. government that ran alongside football games, Sunday morning news shows and primetime broadcast shows. The White House defended the advertisements, saying that they were "not political." NBC News' Yamiche Alcindor reports.

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Sep 28 • 6:05 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Lost Boy Entertainment LLC Helps Artists Navigate a Crowded Music Industry

Making Culture Pop. Find the latest entertainment news and the best in music, pop culture, sneakers, style and original sh...

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Sep 28 • 6:03 PM EDT • Entertainment • complex.com
Canadian Law Firms Anticipate More European Business as Ottawa, Brussels Explore EU 'Associate Membership'

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

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Sep 28 • 6:00 PM EDT • Business • law.com
Dakota Johnson reveals root of Taylor Swift friendship, shares thoughts on Travis Kelce wedding photos

The “Verity” actress doesn’t think her longtime bestie will ever drop the pictures from her nuptials.

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Sep 28 • 5:34 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Floridians can give input on the state's new science ed standards during a listening tour this week

Some education advocates worry the subject of climate change will be phased out of Florida's science standards during the updating process.

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Sep 28 • 5:16 PM EDT • Science • wusf.org
Wembanyama, Spurs driven to complete mission of being league's best

The 7-foot-4 center worked feverishly in the offseason, including another unorthodox training excursion to improve his body, mind and spirit.

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Sep 28 • 5:15 PM EDT • Sports • spectrumlocalnews.com
These Are The Five Best Foods For Your Colon, According to Dietitians

These everyday picks help support your gut in a variety of ways.

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Sep 28 • 4:49 PM EDT • Health • goodhousekeeping.com
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Taylor Swift and Dakota Johnson were besties onstage, plus a buzzy ‘Off Campus’ reunion: Here’s what caught my eye during the VMAs

Risqué fashion choices, historic wins, onstage reunions and a slate of top-notch performances. What more could you want from the VMAs?

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Sep 28 • 4:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Casey Affleck says childhood friend Matt Damon was a ‘show-off’ when they were kids

The actor, whose older brother Ben Affleck was Damon’s childhood best friend, said there was “no doubt” that “The Odyssey” star would succeed in Hollywood.

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Sep 28 • 4:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Bobby Kotick’s lawyers sent me a bad email (and later apologized)

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

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Sep 28 • 4:13 PM EDT • Technology • gamefile.news
Q2 Rundown: PENN Entertainment (NASDAQ:PENN) Vs Other Consumer Discretionary

As the Q2 earnings season wraps, let’s dig into this quarter’s best and worst performers in the consumer discretionary - casino operator industry, including PENN Entertainment (NASDAQ:PENN) and its peers.

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Sep 28 • 4:06 PM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
Analysis | The 9 Senate seats most likely to flip party control in November

Democrats need to flip several in red states to win back the Senate majority. Here are their best chances.

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Sep 28 • 3:26 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
October Prime Day is a week away, and new early deals just dropped: iRobot, Lego, Ninja and more are up to 80% off

Before Prime Big Deal Days officially starts (and popular products sell out), Amazon loyalty members can add household basics, gifts and much-needed upgrades to their carts.

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Sep 28 • 3:22 PM EDT • Technology • nbcnews.com
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CFOs feeling more optimistic about business

Finance leaders are sounding a more upbeat note lately, according to a pair of new surveys from Deloitte and Grant Thornton.

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Sep 28 • 1:46 PM EDT • Business • accountingtoday.com
ICE awards CACI up to $150M task order

ICE has awarded CACI International a task order worth up to $149.6 million to support its nationwide tactical communications infrastructure.

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Sep 28 • 1:04 PM EDT • Business • virginiabusiness.com
Trying Gordon Ramsay frozen meals, ranked from worst to best

I tried eight options from Gordon Ramsay's line of frozen meals, By Gordon Ramsay. Some were better than others, but I loved the spicy cheese ravioli.

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Sep 28 • 12:44 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
We asked: What’s something new your organization is working on?

Compiled by Emily Barske Wood and Kyle Heim Each year the Business Record’s readers cast votes for what Des Moines has to offer in a variety of business-related categories. We asked the winners: What’s something new your organization is working on? Here’s what some of them had to say. “One of the most exciting initiatives at…

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Sep 28 • 12:09 PM EDT • Business • businessrecord.com
Prescott Reminds Residents of Political Sign Rules

Prescott is reminding residents where political signs can be placed and what restrictions apply during election season. Prescott Reminds Residents of Political Sign Rules

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Sep 28 • 12:00 PM EDT • Politics • signalsaz.com
How to submit high school sports highlights to The Palm Beach Post

The USA TODAY Network has launched a new portal that lets fans upload and share their athlete's best high school sports highlights.

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Sep 28 • 11:49 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
SMH Ranked No. 1 in Florida Among Best Employers for Healthcare Professionals

Sept. 28, 2026 – Sarasota Memorial Health Care System (SMH) has once again been recognized among the nation’s best places to work in healthcare, ranking No. 17 on Forbes’ 2026 list of “America’s Best Employers for Healthcare Professionals,” the highest ranked healthcare employer in the state of Florida. The recognition marks the second consecutive year […]

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Sep 28 • 11:31 AM EDT • Health • southfloridahospitalnews.com
How to use cybersecurity to increase your business’s value

Strong cybersecurity can also boost business valuations and inspire buyer confidence. Both sides of the transaction should treat cybersecurity as a key factor in building enterprise value.

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Sep 28 • 11:29 AM EDT • Business • nhbr.com
Sylvester Stallone Says He Had Bulimia When His Body Became a Dangerous ‘Obsession’

At 80, the star of the “Rocky” and “Rambo” franchises says he abused his body and used steroids. The actor also opens up about dealing with anxiety and figuring out love late in life.

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Sep 28 • 11:09 AM EDT • Health • today.com
2026 MTV VMAs red carpet: The best, boldest and most 'wait, what?!' outfits, from Belmont Cameli's Canadian tuxedo to Taylor Swift's stunning sparkles

Presenting the MTV VMAs' most stylish — and, OK, out-there — red carpet looks.

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Sep 28 • 11:05 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
The Best Free Shows and Attractions at the State Fair of Texas- D Magazine

There are plenty of free shows and attractions to check out beyond the music at the State Fair of Texas. Here are a few.

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Sep 28 • 11:01 AM EDT • Entertainment • dmagazine.com
It really is bleak out there, and list prices matter

Health insurance premiums are skyrocketing, private equity hospital chain goes nonprofit, and more from STAT's Health Care Inc.

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Sep 28 • 10:55 AM EDT • Health • statnews.com
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Congo Ebola outbreak tops 8,000 cases as health worker shortages worsen

According to data from the Africa CDC, the current outbreak has outpaced the two-year West Africa regional outbreak in terms of spread in the same time.

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Leak reveals new iPhone Duo features not yet announced

iPhone Duo is coming soon, and there are several unannounced features coming to its StandBy mode that were just discovered in Apple code.

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Sep 28 • 10:41 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5mac.com
Tampa Drone Company Lands $10 Million Investment as Defense Business Grows

Tampa drone developer Draganfly is raising $10 million as it expands its defense business following a Canadian military contract.

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Sep 28 • 10:25 AM EDT • Business • tbbwmag.com
The ‘Researcherization’ Of Faculty Is Distorting Business Schools

When publication becomes academic status, teaching becomes an obligation, write Benjamin Stevenin and Atish Chattopadhyay.

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Sep 28 • 10:19 AM EDT • Business • poetsandquants.com
'Healthy' food labels may not mean what shoppers think

Opting for low-fat foods and drinks may seem like the best option, but it may pay to look at the rest of the ingredients list.

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Sep 28 • 10:12 AM EDT • Health • health.yahoo.com
Houston Astros rebound from 11 games under .500 and win AL West

Houston will host the Chicago White Sox in a best-of-three Wild Card Series starting Tuesday.

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Sep 28 • 10:02 AM EDT • Sports • spectrumlocalnews.com
Houston Astros rebound from 11 games under .500 and win AL West

Houston will host the Chicago White Sox in a best-of-three Wild Card Series starting Tuesday.

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Sep 28 • 10:02 AM EDT • Sports • spectrumlocalnews.com
What's The Best Automotive YouTube Video You've Seen Recently?

The internet is a big place, with lots of cool content hiding in plain sight. Tell us about the coolest automotive video you've seen lately.

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Sep 28 • 9:25 AM EDT • Technology • jalopnik.com
Risk Of Death, Major Disease High Following Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosis

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, Sept 28, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Type 2 diabetes dramatically increases a person’s short-term risk of death or life-threatening illness, a new study says. Within five years of their diagnosis, patients with type 2 diabetes have a 33% increased risk of ...

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Sep 28 • 9:16 AM EDT • Health • usnews.com
Sustainable Healthcare Design: Q+A With Mount Sinai’s Leaders

Mount Sinai’s medical director of sustainability and vice president of infrastructure share best practices for greenhouse gas reduction.

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Sep 28 • 9:00 AM EDT • Health • healthcaredesignmagazine.com
The iPhone 18 Pro: The best and final iteration of the current form factor?

There’s a running joke that Apple always breathlessly announces that each year’s iPhone Pro is “the best iPhone we’ve ever...

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Sep 28 • 8:08 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5mac.com
Corn Nation Overreaction: Huskers Dominate Spartans, Remain Undefeated

Nebraska moved to 4-0 with a convincing 31-13 road victory over Michigan State, and Greg and Jake broke down an “ugly win” that still showed how far the Huskers have come. Nebraska didn’t play its best football, particularly in the running game, but the defense dominated with six sacks, multiple takeaways, excellent tackling, and impressive […]

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Sep 28 • 8:01 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Youngster Sullivan's numbers speak for themselves

Cavan Sullivan's performances, goals, and assists since the World Cup put him up there with the MLS's top individual stars, including Lionel Messi, Antoine Griezmann and Luis Suarez. Few players beyond those mentioned can match Sullivan's goal contribution rate in MLS since the World Cup, and there is a strong argument to say the youngster has been the best player in the league during that time. Sullivan has seven goals and five assists in MLS this season.

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Sep 28 • 7:46 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
NFL Monday Night Football best bets Week 3

The Eagles and Bears meet up with Caleb Williams inactive, and it presents interesting prop betting opportunities.

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Sep 28 • 7:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
WoW Forever Beta Player Dies to a Near Perfect Griefing Tactic That I'm Sure Blizzard Will Patch Out

World of Warcraft Forever’s beta marches on, and all evidence points to it being a massive success. But it’s worth remembering this is a beta, and a beta is for reporting issues. Enter one of the best WoW griefing tactics I’ve ever seen.

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Sep 28 • 7:19 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
NYU Langone named top US health system for 5th year in a row

NYU Langone Health became the first hospital to earn a top ranking from Vizient Inc., the largest U.S. healthcare improvement company, for five consecutive years. Vizient — which evaluates hospital performance based on quality and safety data, patient experience and mortality and infection rates — named NYU Langone the best health system in the United...

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Sep 28 • 7:01 AM EDT • Health • nyunews.com
Health Tech Keeps Choosing Violence

Last week was an absolute dump of health tech litigation mayhem, with enough new filings to make my wife seriously question my bedtime reading. Here’s what’s inside: OpenEvidence v. Doximity: Doximity didn’t wait for the deadline. It wants OpenEvidence’s case thrown out entirely, and its motion adds some awkward details about vanished Slack data and borrowed NPIs. Plus, Epic v. Apple offers a look at what a normal discovery fight looks like. Texas v. Epic: Epic took another shot at the State’s antitrust pleadings, asking the court to make Texas spell out how its employment restrictions harm competition and why Texas law reaches a Wisconsin company’s noncompetes. Veeva v. Epic: The two Wisconsin law professors finally weighed in on whether a would-be employer can challenge someone else’s noncompete. Audacious Inquiry v. CRISP: Our sleepy patent case just evolved into a much more interesting form, with CRISP firing back with attempted monopolization and information blocking counterclaims. Cognizant v. Infosys: After weeks of emails and phone calls, I finally have Judge Starr’s sealed ruling on Infosys’s antitrust counterclaims. Some survived, offering clues about where the Epic (and other system of record) antitrust cases stand their best chance OpenEvidence v. Doximity

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Fall Into Good Health

As temperatures drop and routines begin to change, fall is a great time to take stock of your horse’s health and wellness needs. From nutrition and recovery to grooming, hoof care and forage, these products can help keep horses feeling their best through the changing season and into winter.

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Sep 28 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • westernhorseman.com
River City Roundup

The best things to see and do in the days ahead

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Sep 28 • 4:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • richmondmagazine.com
Airbus probes A321neo flaw as repair plan eases disruption

Airbus and Italy's Leonardo are investigating a glitch at a privately held coatings firm ‌that triggered a quality alert affecting 500 of the planemaker's best-selling A321neo jets, people familiar with the matter said.

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Sep 28 • 3:45 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
Brock Purdy Enters Intriguing Conversation After 49ers’ Week 3 Win

The San Francisco 49ers are off to a 3-0 start after beating the Arizona Cardinals in Week 3, 36-20, on Sept. 27 at Levi’s Stadium. Moreover, this start for the Niners has one analyst recognizing starting QB Brock Purdy as arguably one of the best players at his position. Purdy went 15-for-27 on his pass […] The post Brock Purdy Enters Intriguing Conversation After 49ers’ Week 3 Win appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 28 • 2:50 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Officials praise Jim Ukrop, local business legend, who died Friday at 89

Perhaps best known for helping grow his family’s Ukrop’s Supermarkets grocery store chain into a beloved Richmond institution, Ukrop also made his mark in philanthropy, banking, venture capital and as a civic booster.

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Sep 28 • 2:00 AM EDT • Business • richmondbizsense.com
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Glamorgan welcome best ever Division One finish

Glamorgan captain Kiran Carlson says the team "would have bitten your hand off" at the start of the year to finish sixth in the Championship's top flight.

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Sep 28 • 12:03 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
White House releases new taxpayer-funded ad describing ‘final battle’

The ad is nearly identical to one Trump’s presidential campaign released in 2024.

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Sep 27 • 11:45 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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UNREAL! Columbus Crew stun Inter Miami with late winner

By Ben SteinerDid Jamal Thiaré just save the Columbus Crew's season?After allowing one of Lionel Messi’s best goals for Inter Miami CF, the Crew staged a remarkable Sunday Night Soccer presented b...

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Sep 27 • 10:54 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Best and Worst Moments of the 2026 MTV VMAs: Madonna Slays Opening Performance and More

Snoop Dogg hosted the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, September 27, where Madonna, Taylor Swift and more stars were honored

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Sep 27 • 10:34 PM EDT • Entertainment • usmagazine.com
Terry McLaurin has team-best 77 yards in Week 3

Washington Commanders wide receiver Terry McLaurin posted six receptions for a team-best 77 yards with nine targets in Week 3

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Sep 27 • 10:25 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Here’s what Sabrina Carpenter said in bleeped MTV VMAs speech

The singer accepted Best Collaboration alongside Madonna during Sunday’s awards show.

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Sep 27 • 10:08 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
The best and worst moments from the 2026 MTV VMAs

The iconic MTV awards show brought out music’s biggest names for its 42nd annual ceremony.

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Sep 27 • 9:44 PM EDT • Entertainment • aol.com
2026 MTV VMAs red carpet: The best, boldest and most 'wait, what?!' outfits, from Belmont Cameli's Canadian tuxedo to Sombr's sexy skunk

Presenting the MTV VMAs' most stylish — and, OK, out-there — red carpet looks.

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Sep 27 • 9:39 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
A Dolly Parton tribute, Madonna performs, LISA wins: What to know about the 2026 MTV VMAs

Madonna opened the starry 2026 MTV Video Music Awards and was joined by her recent collaborators Sabrina Carpenter and Charli xcx. LISA won the first award for best pop. Kacey

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Sep 27 • 8:42 PM EDT • Entertainment • lancasteronline.com
Madonna opens starry 2026 MTV VMAs, LISA wins first award: What to know about the show

Madonna opened the starry 2026 MTV Video Music Awards. She was joined by her recent collaborators Sabrina Carpenter and Charli xcx. LISA won the first award for best pop. Later

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Sep 27 • 8:15 PM EDT • Entertainment • lancasteronline.com
Madonna opens starry 2026 MTV VMAs, LISA wins first award: What to know about the show

Madonna opened the starry 2026 MTV Video Music Awards. She was joined by her recent collaborators Sabrina Carpenter and Charli xcx. LISA won the first award for best pop. Later

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WHO recognizes healthy, innovative cities across the Western Pacific Region

Nine Healthy City champions from across the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region received special recognition at an awarding ceremony during the 11th Global Conference of the Alliance for Healthy Cities in Sydney, Australia.The WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific has presented the Healthy Cities Recognition Awards every two years since 2004 to celebrate innovative and impactful city-led initiatives that improve the health and well-being of urban populations.Eight cities received awards for their best practices, and one National Forum received the WHO Regional Director’s Special Award in recognition of its long-standing leadership in advancing the Healthy Cities movement.Awardees were selected through a rigorous evaluation process and recognized for demonstrating measurable, innovative and sustainable approaches to health challenges faced by cities.Remarking on the significance of the awards, Dr Huong Tran, Director of the Division of Health Promotion, Disease Prevention and Control at the Regional Office, said that, “There is no single blueprint for a healthy city. What works in one context may need to be adapted to another. But by sharing our experiences, including what worked, what was challenging, and what we learnt along the way, we can help one another move faster and further.”Award-winning cities and initiativesThis year's awards recognize outstanding city-led initiatives that have demonstrated measurable impact, innovation and sustainability in advancing health initiatives for urban populations.Baguio City (Philippines) – Data for equity: informing action, improving healthDr Donnabel Tubera-Panes, City Epidemiologist – Medical Officer IV of the Health Services Office accepted the award on behalf of Baguio City. Photo credit: Maria BoyadgisBaguio City was recognized for developing a pioneering Livability Index that provides village-level data across all 128 barangays (villages), enabling evidence-based planning and more equitable allocation of resources. By integrating community participation and institutionalizing the index within city planning and budgeting processes, the city has demonstrated how data can drive action to reduce health and social inequities.Eunpyeong-gu (Seoul, Republic of Korea) – Communities living in vulnerable situations: advancing health equity through community engagementVice Mayor Honourable Ahn Hyoung Jun accepted the award on behalf of Eunpyeong-gu. Photo credit: Maria BoyadgisEunpyeong-gu was recognized for its inclusive health equity programme supporting vulnerable populations, including isolated older adults and LGBTQI+ communities. Through peer-led community networks, social cooperatives and inclusive service design, the district has strengthened access to care, promoted social inclusion and advanced community ownership of health initiatives.Madiun City (Indonesia) – Adapting and mitigating climate-related crises: building heat resilience and preventing flood-related health risksMs Yuni Dwi Purwani, Secretary General of the National Forum for Indonesian Healthy Cities/Regencies, accepted the award on behalf of Madiun City. Photo credit: Maria BoyadgisMadiun City was recognized for its SUPERMIE (Sustainable Public Environmental Management Initiative) – a community-based environmental governance model that addresses urban flooding, climate resilience and environmental sustainability. The initiative contributed to reductions in flood-prone areas, greenhouse gas emissions, diarrhoeal disease and dengue fever, while at the same time improving food security through neighbourhood food gardens. The programme has already been replicated in 15 cities and regencies across Indonesia.Macao Special Administrative Region (China) – Protecting communities from tobacco and alcohol-related harms: tackling commercial drivers of riskDr LO Iek Long, Director of the Health Bureau, Macao SAR, China accepted the award on behalf of Macao. Photo credit: Maria BoyadgisMacao SAR was recognized for implementing a comprehensive and integrated approach to tobacco and alcohol control. Through legislation, monitoring systems, enforcement, public awareness campaigns and multisectoral partnerships, the programme has strengthened protection against major risk factors for noncommunicable diseases and established a model that is highly transferable to other urban settings.Phnom Penh Capital City (Cambodia) – Safe, active and health-enabling transport: advancing health and reducing inequities in urban mobilityH.E. Khoung Sreng, Governor of Phnom Penh Capital City accepted the award on behalf of Phnom Penh Capital City. Photo credit: Maria BoyadgisPhnom Penh received the award for its Safe School Zone Project, which combines infrastructure improvements, speed management, enforcement, education and stakeholder engagement to protect children and communities. The initiative has demonstrated measurable reductions in crashes and vehicle speeds while providing a scalable model for safer urban mobility across the country.Quezon City (Philippines) – Transforming food environments: addressing policy, market and urban design drivers of health and nutritionMs Jirah Asa M. Sideco, Chief of the Nutrition Section of the Quezon City Health Department accepted the award on behalf of Quezon City. Photo credit: Maria BoyadgisQuezon City was recognized for its public food procurement policy that promotes healthier diets through government-run institutions and feeding programmes. Supported by strong policy frameworks and monitoring systems, the initiative improves access to nutritious food for vulnerable populations while serving as a benchmark for other local governments.Samarinda City (Indonesia) – Preventing violence and promoting gender equality: transforming urban systems, norms and spaces Mrs Rinda Wahyuni, Chairperson of Samarinda Healthy City Forum accepted the award on behalf of Samarinda City. Photo credit: Maria BoyadgisSamarinda City was recognized for its multisectoral approach to preventing violence and advancing gender equality. Responding to local evidence on violence against women and children, the city has positioned violence prevention as a public health priority, bringing together health services, schools, social welfare institutions, law enforcement, civil society and community leaders to strengthen prevention, reporting, survivor-centred support and legal protection. Through inclusive policies, community engagement and sustainable city financing, Samarinda has developed a locally owned and scalable model for creating safer, more equitable and inclusive urban communities.Singapore – Age-friendly cities: transforming systems to bridge generations for a healthier tomorrowDr Tan Weng Mooi, Director, Integrated Health Promotion, accepted the award on behalf of Singapore. Photo credit: Maria BoyadgisSingapore received recognition for its Healthy Precinct Framework, which translates national healthy ageing priorities into neighbourhood-level action. The initiative integrates preventive care, social support, service coordination and age-friendly environments while actively engaging older persons, caregivers and community organizations. Its expansion across multiple precincts demonstrates its scalability and ­long-term sustainability.WHO Regional Director’s Special AwardNational Forum for Indonesian Healthy Cities/Regencies (Indonesia)Ms Yuni Dwi Purwani, Secretary General of the National Forum for Indonesian Healthy Cities/Regencies, accepted the award on behalf of the National Forum. Photo credit: Maria BoyadgisThe WHO Regional Director's Special Award was presented to the National Forum for Indonesian Healthy Cities/Regencies (FKKSI) in recognition of its long-standing leadership in advancing the Healthy Cities movement across Indonesia. As a national platform bringing together local governments, communities, academia and civil society, FKKSI has played a critical role in promoting collaboration, capacity-building, knowledge exchange and advocacy. Its efforts have strengthened and institutionalized healthy urban development nationwide and established a model for multisectoral engagement in the Region. Healthy Cities for allThe 2026 Healthy Cities Recognition Awards highlight how cities can lead transformative action on health by addressing climate change, inequity, ageing, nutrition, mobility, social inclusion, violence prevention and the commercial determinants of health. The recognized initiatives demonstrate that local governments, communities and partners can work together to create healthier, safer and more resilient urban environments for everyone. As urban populations continue to grow across the Western Pacific Region, WHO remains committed to supporting cities in advancing health, equity and sustainable development through the Healthy Cities approach and the Alliance for Healthy Cities. ###Note to editorsSince 2004, the WHO Healthy Cities Recognition Awards have provided a platform for cities to share innovative and effective approaches to improving health and well-being. The awards recognize achievements in areas including climate resilience, healthy ageing, health equity, gender equality, tobacco and alcohol control, urban mobility, nutrition and data-driven governance. In 2026, more than 150 submissions were received from cities and local governments across the Western Pacific Region. The titles and affiliations of awardees are presented as they were at the time the photo was taken.______________For more information, or to arrange media interviews, contact: WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific: wprocom@who.int

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MTV VMAs 2026 nominations: Full list as Madonna, Taylor Swift lead the pack ahead of tonight's show

This year's Best New Artist race is also heating up, with divisive pop-country nepo baby Stella Lefty and English vocal powerhouse Sienna Spiro among the evening's buzziest nominees.

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Sep 27 • 2:18 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Sunday School: Michigan State

Nebraska's performance on Saturday was in stark contrast to recent Husker teams—in the best way.

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Sep 27 • 1:19 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Vega hails Yakin and Manzambi as Swiss head for Hampden

Former Celtic and Switzerland centre-half Ramon Vega says current national head coach Murat Yakin has "done a wonderful job" as he prepares to bring his side to Hampden Park on Tuesday. The Swiss opened with a 3-0 win on Saturday in North Macedonia, "which is not an easy place to go and they also have some good quality players". Vega pointed out that "Switzerland had a very good World Cup - one of their best in 70 years".

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Sep 27 • 1:06 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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MDARD marks National Farm Safety and Health Week

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, farming is one of the most hazardous industries in the United States

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Sep 27 • 1:00 PM EDT • Health • sooleader.com
Inside Titans vs Giants best photos in NFL Week 3

The Tennessee Titans play on the road for the first time in the 2026 NFL season. The Titans play the New York Giants.

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Sep 27 • 12:41 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Player Health & Safety Across Sports and Borders: A Conversation with World Rugby's Dr. Éanna Falvey

NFL Chief Medical Officer Dr. Allen Sills spoke with World Rugby Chief Medical Officer Dr. Éanna Falvey about how the NFL learns from and shares best practices in player health and safety with international counterparts.

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Player Health & Safety Across Sports and Borders: A Conversation with World Rugby's Dr. Éanna Falvey

NFL Chief Medical Officer Dr. Allen Sills spoke with World Rugby Chief Medical Officer Dr. Éanna Falvey about how the NFL learns from and shares best practices in player health and safety with international counterparts.

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Lifelong Management of Chronic Equine Health Conditions

How veterinarians define long-term success when curing the disease is not an option.

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Why letting Claude clean your TV's bloatware isn't the best idea

Don't let an AI bot potentially crash your TV.

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Sep 27 • 10:15 AM EDT • Technology • engadget.com
Dodjie Simon’s ‘Best of All’ enters 2027 GRAMMY® consideration

DODJIE SIMON Filipino songwriter Elzar “Dodjie” Simon has entered a collection of Original Pilipino Music into the 2027 GRAMMY® Awards process with Best of All (The Music of Dodjie Simon), a seven-track album built around four-part vocal arrangements. Simon said the album and two of its recordings were submitted for consideration for the 69th Annual GRAMMY® Awards. The album was entered…

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2006 Film, Turned Down by Denzel Washington, Named One of the 'Best Thriller Movies of All Time'
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Rogers Tries to Make El-Sayed’s Health Care Plan Scary

_Taylor, Michigan_HERE’S HOW YOU CAN TELL Mike Rogers is anxious to make up ground in the Michigan Senate race: He held a press conference on health care last weekend. Health care is usually a rough issue for Republicans, because voters associate the GOP with attacking cherished programs like Medicare and Medicaid that Democrats have historically supported. It’s a particularly difficult issue in this campaign, because a few months ago Donald Trump and the Republicans refused to extend temporary financial assistance in the Affordable Care Act. As a result of that decision, more than 20 million Americans faced higher insurance prices this year. That’s not a policy choice you want to be defending at a time when voters frequently cite the cost of health care as a top concern. Throw in the fact that Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed can draw on his credibility as a doctor and former public health director in Detroit, and it might seem like Rogers’s best bet would be to avoid health care altogether. But Rogers had his reasons to spotlight health care last Saturday. And they became apparent a few minutes before he spoke, when members of his campaign staff There’s a lot happening. Too much, some days. We can’t promise to have all the answers. But we can promise to keep asking the questions, following the facts, and figuring things out alongside people who care about where this country is headed. Read with us. Learn with us. And when it matters, stand with us. Join the side you’re already on. Join Bulwark+

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The Best Time To Eat Probiotic Foods for Gut Health and Immunity

While eating probiotic foods at a certain time of day may not impact their effectiveness, there are specific situations that could maximize their benefits, experts say.

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Sep 27 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • health.com
The Best Workout for Lowering Blood Pressure Over 45, According to New Research

A new study suggests that a circuit training routine involving cardio and strength exercises could be most effective for reducing blood pressure.

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Sep 27 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • health.com
Top Workplaces 2026: Benefit winners buck health insurance trends

As premium prices jump, many Top Workplaces are doing their best to shield workers from the storm.

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NFL Predictions, Week 3 Picks: Expert Best Bets for Sunday

If you want more Action Network content, be sure to add us as a preferred source on Google. Our football staff is focused on eight of Sunday’s biggest

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NFL Sunday Night Football best bets Week 3

Sunday Night Football brings a fascinating matchup between the Los Angeles Rams and Denver Broncos, with several key storylines shaping the betting market. Puka Nacua’s availability remains a major question, while Denver’s defense has played well through two weeks. On…

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What’s the Best Pet DNA Test? We Tested the Most Popular Ones

I sent my cats’ saliva to the lab to get health and genetic insights sent to my inbox—with very different results.

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Sep 27 • 7:02 AM EDT • Health • wired.com
25+ Of The Best Discounted Games From Xbox's Open World Sale

Big worlds, small prices

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Sep 27 • 7:00 AM EDT • Technology • purexbox.com
25+ Of The Best Discounted Games From Xbox's Open World Sale

Big worlds, small prices

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12 Of The Best Android Phones You Can Buy In 2026

Choosing a flagship Android phone used to be easy, before the market became more competitive.

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Sep 27 • 6:30 AM EDT • Technology • slashgear.com
Crystal Palace's Best Summer Signings?

With a month of the season complete, two players have stood out as Crystal Palace's best summer signings.

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Sep 27 • 6:22 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Who features in Brighton's best midfield three?

Brighton's unbelievable midfield depth has got many fans thinking: who gets in our best midfield three?

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Sep 27 • 5:54 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
In a mysterious reversal, Earth’s atmosphere has gotten less dusty

The amount of dust in the atmosphere has fallen over the last 20 years, recent research shows. Could that explain why the planet has been warming faster than expected?

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Sep 27 • 5:00 AM EDT • Science • nbcnews.com
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☕️ Who can beat Spain? and Sunday’s 5️⃣ stories

On a Sunday with a sweet hangover after the Spanish national team’s latest display, here are the five stories we’ve selected to help you start the day in the best possible way.Let’s get started!...

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Sep 27 • 3:22 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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The best NFL free agent quarterbacks available

A number of NFL teams may be looking to free agency for added depth after early season quarterback injuries.

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Sep 27 • 3:11 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
39 of the best things to do in Cincinnati this week

If you're looking for the best events happening in Cincinnati, you're at the right place. Find your next concert, game, festival or family event.

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Sep 27 • 12:15 AM EDT • Entertainment • cincinnati.com
Iowa football’s walk-off TD hands Michigan epic reality check

Big Ten football has seen absolute chaos through the first four weeks of the college football season. Saturday’s Iowa-Michigan battle at the Big House didn’t disappoint. Kirk Ferentz and the Iowa Hawkeyes pulled off one of the best comebacks of…

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