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Williamson County moves forward with plans to sell health system to Ascension St. Thomas

The Williamson County Commission voted to approve a non-binding letter of intent to sell Williamson Health to Ascension St. Thomas Wednesday night.

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Sep 9 • 11:11 PM EDT • Health • wsmv.com
Core Growth Group Releases Plumbing Business Growth Strategies Guide for 2026

Core Growth Group is addressing 2026 growth pressures in the plumbing sector with new guidance on scaling beyond revenue gains, as workforce dem...

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Sep 9 • 8:46 PM EDT • Business • markets.businessinsider.com
Oil-bubble research could lead to technological breakthroughs

Binghamton University assistant professor collaborates with Georgia Tech for a $590,000 National Science Foundation grant.

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Sep 9 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • binghamton.edu
Viewpoint: Unlocking Europe’s wildfire data

Europe is already investing in the science, technology and infrastructure needed to understand, prevent and fight wildfires. Copernicus provides satellite-based Earth observation and environmental information, while the European Forest Fire Information System provides information on fire danger and forest fires across Europe. Weather and climate systems add forecasts of heat, drought, wind and humidity; historical fire databases show where fires have occurred; and researchers generate increasingly detailed knowledge about fuels, fire behaviour, forecasting, modelling and risk management. Meanwhile, new European research projects are adding digital twins and other tools to this growing ecosystem.However, these data do not necessarily sit together, nor are they necessarily described, structured or governed in ways that allow them to be used together. Much of the information is public, but some is commercially held. Some is sensitive. Some is subject to legal, security or operational restrictions. Even when data can be legally accessed, different systems may use different formats, terminology and rules.Europe therefore faces an unusual paradox: we have vast amounts of relevant information to respond to the wildfire challenge, but not the means to bring it together. For example, a wildfire researcher or emergency service might need to ask whether a particular combination of vegetation, drought, wind and topography has historically been associated with rapid fire spread. The relevant information may exist in several institutions, using different systems and subject to different conditions of access.The challenge is to conduct an authorised analysis that interacts with these sources, combines the results and respects the rules imposed by each data custodian.An important part of the answer can be found in the Fair principles, the idea that data should be findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable. Developed more than a decade ago, these principles have become a central reference point for modern data stewardship, making it easier for people and machines to find data, understand what it means and determine whether it can be reused.Readability by machines is essential, since AI systems will be key to meeting the data challenge. Bring analysis to the dataThe proposition is not to give an AI system unrestricted access to sensitive databases. Quite the opposite. The goal is to make it possible for approved algorithms to go to the data, rather than requiring sensitive data or large datasets to be copied to wherever the analysis happens.Imagine an analysis asking a series of questions of different data stations. At one station it might examine weather and climate data; at another, historical fire records; at another, experimental measurements of fire behaviour. The algorithm does not need to download everything. It can operate within the environment permitted by each data custodian and return only the results that the rules allow to leave.This is sometimes described as data visiting, and related approaches already exist in areas such as federated analysis and federated learning.Sensitive data should therefore not be treated as a free-for-all for machines. This requires appropriate governance at multiple levels. Access needs to be authenticated and authorised. The purpose of an analysis should be defined. The code or model being run should be controlled. Data custodians should be able to specify what can be queried and what results can leave their environment. Activities should be auditable and human oversight should remain where the consequences require it.In other words, the objective is not to trust AI with the data. It is to design systems in which AI never has more access than it needs.As open as possible, as closed as necessaryFair data should also not be confused with open data. Some wildfire data should be openly available. Other information may legitimately need to remain restricted because it concerns critical infrastructure, security, commercial interests, privacy or operational capabilities. The principle should be: as open as possible, as closed as necessary.The important point is that restricted data should not automatically become unusable data. If machines can discover what information exists, understand its meaning, establish where it came from and determine the conditions under which it can be used, authorised analyses can potentially be carried out without the underlying data ever leaving the environment in which it is protected.Restricted data can still be Fair and machine-actionable.This is also an important question of data sovereignty. European institutions should not have to surrender control of their data to a handful of technology platforms in order to benefit from AI. Nor does Europe need to start again by building one giant repository for every piece of wildfire information. The better approach is to connect what already exists.This is the principle behind emerging approaches such as Tryangle, developed through the Leiden Initiative for Fair and Equitable Science. Rather than creating another centralised data warehouse, the approach seeks to provide an interoperable layer through which approved algorithms can visit distributed data sources while respecting the rules of their custodians.In this way, a data station can remain where it is. Its custodians can retain control. Existing databases and applications do not have to be abandoned. What changes is their ability to communicate with other systems through common, machine-readable descriptions, access rules and interoperability mechanisms.But approaches like this need data that meets the Fair principles. Only then can an interoperable ecosystem safely begin to turn fragmented information into collective intelligence.Data infrastructure is wildfire infrastructureThe implications of this approach are entirely practical. Firefighters could gain better intelligence about local and evolving risks. Land managers could test prevention strategies using more comprehensive information about fuels, weather and past fires. Researchers could compare evidence across ecosystems without repeatedly moving huge datasets between institutions. Smaller regions and resource-constrained teams could access analytical capabilities without having to build large data infrastructures themselves.Europe is already investing heavily in satellites, databases, research programmes, forecasting systems and scientific expertise. The question is whether we will connect those investments well enough to turn them into actionable intelligence.That requires policymakers and funders to treat data infrastructure as seriously as physical infrastructure. Data generated or supported through European public funding should be Fair, verifiable and machine actionable by design, wherever legally and ethically possible.Related articlesData Corner: Europe’s burning need for wildfire mitigation researchClimate monitoring must remain a global enterprise, experts sayIn practice, that means funding not only the production of data, but also the infrastructure that makes data usable across systems: metadata, provenance, interoperability, access mechanisms and governance. Where data must remain restricted, we should ensure that it can still be securely discovered, verified and used for authorised analysis.Initiatives such as the European Open Science Cloud offer an existing framework through which these principles can be put into practice. What is needed now is to accelerate implementation and make them a standard part of how Europe funds and builds research and innovation systems.We do not need another generation of disconnected databases. The data is already there. The opportunity is to make it work together, securely, responsibly and quickly enough to help prevent the next fire, rather than simply document the last one.Jean-Claude Burgelman is professor emeritus at the Free University of Brussels (VUB) and editor-in-chief at Frontiers Policy Lab. For more than 20 years he held leading roles in research and innovation policy at the European Commission.

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Sep 9 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencebusiness.net
SepticSmart Week features free webinar promoting septic maintenance, public health, water conservation and more

For SepticSmart Week, learn more about Michigan’s Septic Replacement Loan Program and a free webinar for homeowners.

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Sep 9 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • michigan.gov
Rhode Island could see a political wipeout next week

If Governor Dan McKee, Lieutenant Governor Sabina Matos, and Mayor Brett Smiley all were to fall, it would amount to an unprecedented upending of Rhode Island’s political establishment, and a massive rebuke that could signal a significant shift in the state’s political landscape.

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Sep 9 • 7:53 PM EDT • Politics • bostonglobe.com
Exclusive | A San Francisco Townhouse Wrapped in Steel Webbing Lists for $11.5 Million
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Sep 9 • 6:01 PM EDT • Technology • wsj.com
The shrinking NSF support for the physical sciences

The agency has awarded fewer grants in the physical sciences this year than most years in its history.

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Sep 9 • 5:50 PM EDT • Science • physicstoday.aip.org
Hollywood’s ‘new business model’ comes into view as Gen Z shows a moviegoing taste that combines ‘fast food and fine dining’

Theaters sold nearly 249 million fewer tickets than in 2019 but still set a $4.7 billion summer record. It’s not 2019 anymore.

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Sep 9 • 4:56 PM EDT • Business • fortune.com
The Case for a Psychiatric Deprescribing Clinic

Psychiatric medication prescribing practices have come under scrutiny since the Trump administration announced its plan to crack

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Sep 9 • 4:38 PM EDT • Health • bhbusiness.com
The Case for a Psychiatric Deprescribing Clinic

Psychiatric medication prescribing practices have come under scrutiny since the Trump administration announced its plan to crack

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Sep 9 • 4:38 PM EDT • Business • bhbusiness.com
Atrium Health boosted executive compensation by 21 percent in 2025

As Atrium Health seeks to combine with WakeMed, its latest compensation report shows 10 executives were paid more than $1 million last year.

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Sep 9 • 3:48 PM EDT • Health • northcarolinahealthnews.org
Ritter Communications, Great Plains Communications complete merger

Grain Management, a private investment firm focused on digital infrastructure and communications, has announced the completion of the strategic combination of Ritter Communications and Great Plains Communications to create a...

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Sep 9 • 3:36 PM EDT • Business • talkbusiness.net
Private Equity’s Next Focus: Profitable Niche Businesses

After years of targeting industries like veterinary practices and plumbing companies, experts say private equity is focusing on more profitable niche businesses.

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Sep 9 • 2:50 PM EDT • Business • forbes.com
NSF CyberTraining: Advancing the Workforce for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure

This webinar will provide an overview of the U.S. National Science Foundation Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Training-based Workforce Development for…

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Sep 9 • 2:26 PM EDT • Science • nsf.gov
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See the highest-resolution footage of a black hole jet ever taken, thanks to AI and 27 years of observations

Researchers combined 100-plus images of a single black hole into an AI-powered video to chart the activity of a mighty blazar's jet.

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Sep 9 • 1:34 PM EDT • Science • livescience.com
Americans prefer getting bitten by a mosquito or stubbing their toe than today’s politics

Respondents still prefer today’s politics over billionaires, telemarketers, health insurance companies, artificial intelligence, Elon Musk and root canals.

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Sep 9 • 1:29 PM EDT • Politics • 13abc.com
How serious is Corbin Carroll’s back injury after concerning update?

KANSAS CITY – Surviving the final weeks of the season without Corbin Carroll could be a recipe for disaster for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Only time will tell how serious Carroll’s back injury is, but the recent update isn’t a good one.

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Sep 9 • 1:25 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
MANN ROBINSON EXPANDS ENTERTAINMENT ECOSYSTEM WITH 'URBAN OPERAS', A NEW VERTICAL STREAMING PLATFORM BUILT FOR STORIES THAT KNOW US

Filmmaker, director, producer, studio owner, distributor, and streaming entrepreneur Mann Robinson is expanding his growing entertainment ecosystem with the launch of Urban Operas, a new vertical streaming platform created to bring culturally connected, mobile first storytelling directly to audiences.

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Sep 9 • 1:22 PM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
J.K. Dobbins listed as RB1 for Broncos

J.K. Dobbins is atop the depth chart ahead of Week 1.

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Sep 9 • 1:20 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Prisma Health to host free webinar on menopause

Prisma Health is offering a free webinar on Sept. 23 to help women better understand menopause, recognize common symptoms, and explore treatment options that can improve their quality of life.

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Sep 9 • 12:44 PM EDT • Health • foxcarolina.com
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Climate NGOs clash over the role of science in UN negotiations

Disagreements within Climate Action Network International have intensified over the IPCC's role in UN climate negotiations and the fairness of its models.

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Sep 9 • 10:39 AM EDT • Science • ua.news
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Bucs $14M Addition Expected to Have ‘Prominent’ Role

One of the tougher fantasy football backfields to decide is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. While many will be debating between Bucky Irving and Kenneth Gainwell as the top option in fantasy, Greg Auman of Fox Sports weighed in with a strong case for Gainwell. Auman noted that Zac Robinson has a chance to significantly improve […] The post Bucs $14M Addition Expected to Have ‘Prominent’ Role appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 9 • 9:59 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Webinar: The Massive Scale of GLP-1s: Evolving Health, Healthcare and Markets

Watch this discussion on how GLP-1 drugs for obesity are changing the shape of U.S. healthcare. From direct-to-consumer portals to pharmacy deals, how these drugs reach patients is changing—and leading to debates over pricing and coverage. Learn how your company can be both patient-forward while also maximizing revenue in this unique environment.

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Sep 9 • 9:56 AM EDT • Health • biospace.com
Baptist Health Corbin encourages community to get flu shots, offers appointment-free vaccinations

Baptist Health is reminding people of the importance of an annual flu shot and of opportunities to get vaccinated.

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Sep 9 • 9:52 AM EDT • Health • wkyt.com
New development planned for Nashville’s Second Avenue as area continues rebuilding

Two historic buildings on Nashville’s Second Avenue are slated for a major transformation as the downtown street continues rebuilding nearly six years after the Christmas Day bombing.

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Sep 9 • 9:21 AM EDT • Entertainment • wkrn.com
Prime Video introduces new lip-sync technology on ‘Maxton Hall’

Visual dubbing using AI and VFX technologies enhances the viewing experience for global customers.

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Sep 9 • 8:55 AM EDT • Entertainment • aboutamazon.com
Arsenal to wear uncommon kit combination in Napoli clash

Arsenal are set to wear an all-red kit on Wednesday night against Napoli, ditching the usual white shorts with the red shirt for the first time since 2022.Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty ImagesArsen...

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Sep 9 • 8:35 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
National Alliance: Hospice, Home Health Moratoria Curbing Access to Care

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) six-month moratoria on home health and hospice Medicare enrollment are adversely

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Sep 9 • 8:06 AM EDT • Health • hospicenews.com
Marc Overmars to step down as Royal Antwerp sporting director amid health issues

Marc Overmars has announced he will be stepping down from his job as sporting director at Royal Antwerp for health reasons.

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Sep 9 • 7:12 AM EDT • Health • espn.com
Curbing pay-to-play in Chicago politics

Close a loophole to limit political donations from city contractors. Also, data centers, ICE, right-to-die law and the Bears.

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Sep 9 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • chicago.suntimes.com
Stark contrast with McLeish shows Robinson's Dons identity crisis

On Saturday, before his team's top-of-the-table clash with Celtic, I asked St Mirren manager Craig McLeish how easy it has been to implement the style of football that is enthralling the Paisley club's supporters amid their then unbeaten start to the league season. The man who led the Saints youth team under Aberdeen boss Stephen Robinson has produced a side that plays an exciting, fast-paced brand of football with a clear identity already. Eight new signings started the narrow defeat to the champions as well as Fraser Taylor, who was on loan at Partick Thistle last season.

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Sep 9 • 6:45 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Tarr family opens new Snap Fitness gym in Nitro, combines with physical therapy clinic

The Tarr family, owners of Generations Physical Therapy, opened a new Snap Fitness gym location at their Nitro, West Virginia, clinic in August 2026.

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Sep 9 • 6:00 AM EDT • Business • wvgazettemail.com
The wildest sport you’ve never heard of has some unlikely stars: American cowboys

Nine American cowboys joined thousands of global athletes in Kyrgyzstan for the World Nomad Games, competing in Kok-Boru — Central Asia’s ancient, brutal sport of equestrian goat-grabbing.

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Sep 9 • 5:55 AM EDT • Sports • cnn.com
NEA partner Aaron Jacobson weighs in on open versus closed

Big Tech may be grabbing attention for its powerful new models, but investors like NEA's Aaron Jacobson want companies to explore their options.

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Sep 9 • 5:51 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Report that Netanyahu was warned before October 7 triggers political earthquake in Israel

An investigation published by 'Haaretz' claims the Israeli prime minister was informed by UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed, 10 days before the attack, that Hamas was planning a major operation against Israel.

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Sep 9 • 5:48 AM EDT • Politics • lemonde.fr
Non-nutritive sweeteners may aid sugar reduction without affecting weight or health

The review, led by Eva Marija Čad of the University of Ljubljana and Wageningen University & Research, alongside Professor Graham Finlayson of the University of Leeds and colleagues from other institutions in the Netherlands, Denmark, Spain and Belgium, was developed in connection with a 2025 webinar series hosted by the Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences (IAFNS).

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Sep 9 • 2:24 AM EDT • Health • news-medical.net
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UE falls in physical match against a ranked Louisville team

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEHT) — After 80 minutes, a costly foul by the University of Evansville men’s soccer team resulted in the lone goal scored by the 21st ranked Louisville Cardinals. The Purple Aces and Louisville have built quite the series over the last couple of years and Tuesday night was no different. The two teams combined […]

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Sep 9 • 12:51 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Traditional Inuit Diet: Foods, Nutrition, and Health Effects

Traditional Inuit diets combine nutrient-dense marine and terrestrial country foods that remain important sources of protein, vitamin D, vitamin B12, iron, and other essential nutrients. The transition toward market foods is occurring alongside changes in cardiometabolic health, micronutrient intake, and gut microbiome patterns, while food insecurity, socioeconomic conditions, physical activity, colonial processes, and environmental change complicate the relationship between diet and health.

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Sep 9 • 12:20 AM EDT • Health • news-medical.net
Guess Whose Back!? Dbacks 5, Royals 3. F/11

On Tuesday the Dbacks were able to get to a season high 10 games over .500 as they beat the Kansas City Royals in 11 innings. The story of the game was Corbin Burnes’ return to the team, but the guys that stole the show at the end were of an unlikely variety as there […]

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Sep 8 • 11:44 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Detmers dominates deficient Red Sox in 6-1 Angels win

Tomorrow marks the end of a stretch in which the Red Sox play 54 games in 56 days (dating back to July 17th), and I’m kind of thrilled about that because I’m extremely over these half baked games. Tonight in particular was just a bad combination of events. Reid Detmers, who has been outstanding since […]

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Sep 8 • 10:55 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Volusia County business owner recovering after stabbing

Jessica and Count Foreman, co-owners of Saute Kingz in Daytona Beach, have temporarily closed their business following a violent incident involving their 23-year-old son, Jesshuan.

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Sep 8 • 10:51 PM EDT • Business • wesh.com
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“Parachute science” is failing the tropics, home to more than 80% of insect species

Insects quietly hold much of the natural world together, yet conservation efforts are overlooking the tropical regions where more than 80 percent of insect species live. Monash University researchers have developed a global framework to close this gap by combining scientific studies with museum collections, local expertise, citizen science, social media records, and new technologies.

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Sep 8 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
D-backs @ Royals discussion

Today’s Lineups DIAMONDBACKS ROYALS Lars Nootbaar – DH Carter Jensen – C Ketel Marte – 2B Bobby Witt – SS Gabriel Moreno – C Vinnie Pasquantino – 1B Geraldo Perdomo – SS Salvador Perez – DH Corbin Carroll – RF Michael Massey – 2B Nolan Arenado – 3B Nick Loftin – 3B Tommy Troy – […]

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Sep 8 • 7:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Why was Corbin Carroll suddenly scratched from the Diamondbacks’ lineup?

KANSAS CITY – In a sudden move before Tuesday night’s matchup for the Arizona Diamondbacks in Kansas City against the Royals, Corbin Carroll has been scratched from the lineup. Jun 10, 2026; Miami, Florida, USA; Arizona right fielder Carroll (7) rounds past second base against the Miami Marlins during the first inning at loanDepot Park.

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Sep 8 • 6:54 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Three-time MVP Aaron Judge returns to Yankees

BRONX, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – Sticking with the diamond, let’s move up to the major leagues where the Yankees are set to welcome back the captain tonight. Aaron Judge is making his return in the pinstripes tonight. No. 99 ironically had a 99-day absence after he suffered a broken rib. The three-time AL MVP missed 84 […]

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Sep 8 • 5:47 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Gault Toyota Athlete of the Week is back

SOUTHERN TIER, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – With high school sports back in season, we at News 34 are bringing back the Gault Toyota Athlete of the Week. Any high school athlete can be nominated, regardless of sport. We will send out polls on our website where you can vote for the Athlete of the Week from […]

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Sep 8 • 5:35 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Fashion, food and fun combine to make this event a success

arc THRIFT STORES Denver News: “Let’s Celebrate” was the theme for arc Thrift Stores’ annual fundraiser, and it’s not a stretch to say that’s exactly what everyone did at this Sept. 3 gathering held at Denver Botanic Gardens. The crowd that filled the gigantic tent overlooking the UMB Amphitheater launched the celebration with a social hour where good conversations, along […]

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Sep 8 • 5:28 PM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
REPORT: Man had history of mental health disorders before stabbing fiancée at East Haven apartment

EAST HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — An incident report obtained by News 8 on Tuesday reveals that the suspect in an East Haven stabbing had a history of mental health disorders before allegedly assaulting h…

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Sep 8 • 4:29 PM EDT • Health • wtnh.com
Exclusive: Two of gaming’s biggest names are making a big investment in gaming’s future

The first thing to know about the Nova Games Foundation is that it isn’t about The Game Awards. And it’s not about PlayStation. The ambitious new grant program is the brainchild of Geoff Keighley and Mark Cerny. Keighley is the host of The Game Awards, Summer Game Fest and Opening Night Live. Cerny is a game designer of some 45 years and the lead architect for the PlayStation 4 and 5. But this new thing, which they’re revealing through Game File, isn’t about their day jobs. It’s an unaffiliated, standalone philanthropic project. It’s a bet on the artistic future of video games and a way, they tell me, to give back. “I’m nearing the end of my career,” Cerny recently told me over email. “I’m not done yet, but paying it forward—in the best way possible—is very much on my mind these days,” The Nova Games Foundation is a university-affiliated fellowship program, intended to offer six-figure grants to 20 young game designers each year, potentially for decades to come. It will offer no-strings-attached funding along with mentorship from games industry leaders, a combination intended to aid the development of groundbreaking new games, Cerny and Keighley told me. Nova will begin accepting applications in December, from class of 2026 and 2027 students from 13 affiliated gaming programs at universities in eight countries. The schools working with Nova include the New York University and the University of Southern California in the U.S., along with Abertay University in Scotland, Cnam-Enjmin in France, TH Köln in Germany, and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia, Cerny and Keighley said. The plan: $100,000 per recipient, with about a quarter of Nova fellows eligible for up to $500,000 more for projects that are shaping up particularly well. Payments will be delivered based on development milestones, and recipients will own their games. Nova will help promote the work, and developers will be free to pursue the publishers and platforms of their choice. Nova can help introduce fellows to publishers, but won’t take a cut. “I’ve always wanted to give back, but given my role in the industry, I’ve never felt it appropriate to commercially invest in games,” Keighley told Game File. “I’ve never owned stock in a game company or taken a financial stake in a game. Nova is philanthropy: we aren’t taking equity or looking to recoup the grants. The return we’re hoping for is creative—helping new voices make games and find their footing. “Mark and I have each made multi-million-dollar donations to establish the foundation, and we intend to keep contributing. We hope others will join us.” Cerny and Keighley have already hired an executive director, John Maconga, and a head of grants, recent Game Developers Conference director Ashley Corrigan, to help launch the effort. They’re working to recruit game industry leaders to join the effort. Keighley says “dozens of leading game directors have already expressed interest in contributing their time.” To name one, they’ve already gotten Josef Fares, lead designer from It Takes Two and Spit Fiction studio Hazelight on board with a donation and pledge to help out. “I’m proud to support Nova because it gives the next generation of creators the freedom to explore their creativity and hopefully bring their unique visions to life,” Fares told Game File. A plan forged from a friendship Keighley and Cerny have known each other a long time. It’s been so long, Cerny isn’t even sure exactly when they met. “We travel in much the same circles and I’m sure first intersected in the 90s or early 2000s,“ Cerny said. Keighley thinks it might have been during his stint writing a column about the mid-’90s console 3DO for a gaming magazine while Cerny was working on games with Crystal Dynamics or on Way of the Warrior with Naughty Dog. They became genuine friends about a 10 years ago, Keighley said, as they bonded over a shared love of games and a hope to improve the industry. “About a decade ago, we started having dinner a few times a year in LA,” Keighley said. “Just to catch up on life and the industry. Those conversations continued over Zoom during COVID. Nova grew out of that friendship and a question we kept coming back to: ‘What could we do to help the next generation of game directors get started?’” Keighley credits Cerny with the idea to figure out a way to put their money and time back into the industry. At one of those dinners, Keighley proposed the idea of a fellowship program. He’d recalled applying for a Rhodes Scholarship when he was younger. “Spoiler: I didn’t get it,” he said. He’d admired the MacArthur Foundation’s so-called “genius grants.” He liked these kinds of programs that recognized people’s talents and gave them the financial boost and the freedom to realize their potential. With Cerny, he had pondered what a game industry version of that could be. Keighley liked the idea of centering the fellowship on students, drawing inspiration from the accomplishments of Jenova Chen, the USC game design graduate who went on to lead the creation of gently moving, ambitious games such as Flower and Journey. Keighley also thought it could be useful to help promising graduates bridge the transition from student to professional. “Joining an established studio isn’t always possible—especially in today’s market—and even then, it isn’t the right path for everyone,” Keighley said. A fellowship, he realized, could give “graduates the time, resources and guidance to pursue a game of their own and not worry about the commercial viability.” As the idea took shape, Cerny also saw an opportunity to enable more games of a certain type: “The target with the grants is games as an artistic medium,” Cerny told me. “We like to say games with ‘artistic, literary and societal value.’” He added: “I’m a pretty big gamer myself, though I tend to gravitate towards the smaller and more unique or artistic titles, games like Neva, Abzu, Gorogoa, Stray or Outer Wilds. I was just playing and Roger on a flight to Japan, and was getting misty eyed to a degree that I was concerned that a flight attendant would ask me if I was OK. “So one fun benefit here is the games that will come out of the Nova Games Foundation – I can’t wait to play them myself.” Cerny believes it will also be useful for Nova fellows to hone their craft and team leadership skills. “We are looking for the next generation of visionaries,” he said. “The trick is that they will also need to have the executive function necessary to drive a small project to completion.” Game File is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my reporting, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe Going big with this Keighley and Cerny may have started Nova and may be the ones primarily backing it right now, but they’re dreaming of something that goes beyond them. “Mark and I may have helped get it started, but one of our measures of success is that Nova grows into something the entire games industry feels a sense of ownership in,” Keighley said. “Our ambition is to build a lasting endowment supported by people and companies across the industry, and an equally broad community of creators willing to give their time and experience to the next generation.” The industry has a lot of knowledge that it can pass to the next generation, Keighley said: “Nova can hopefully become a way to connect that generosity with talented young creators at the moment when it can make the biggest difference.” Cerny, who told me he believes Nova can mature “over the next 10 or 20 years,” sees an opportunity to give generations of game makers momentum. “The industry has changed immeasurably since I started in games in 1982,” he said. “These graduates have talent, training and tools that outclass what we had back in the day by an astonishing amount. But they face a tough road ahead getting traction in the industry, and many could benefit from our support. We want to be there to give it to them.” “There’s a personal side to this, too,” Keighley said. “I don’t have children, and I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about what I can do for future generations. Games have been my entire career. I’ve been incredibly fortunate, and helping someone else build a life in this industry feels like a meaningful way to give back.” Cerny’s oeuvre dates back to Marble Madness and Sonic the Hedgehog 2. He has stood on stage multiple times to reveal the future of PlayStation hardware. He’s been an executive producer for a string of modern PlayStation classics such as The Last Guardian and Marvel’s Spider-Man. Nevertheless, of Nova, he said, “It’s certainly not like anything I’ve done before.” Nova Foundation applications will be due in December and the first wave of fellows will be announced in March 2027. A full list of participating universities and steps students and recent graduates can take to apply to become a Nova Fellow is forthcoming.

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Business Aviation Insight. Reassessing Large-Cabin Value After the Falcon 900LX’s Final Delivery Year

Challenger 650 – Photo Credit: Bombardier The Falcon 900LX and Challenger 650 sit at opposite ends of a large-cabin segment that, on 2026 data, now spans nearly $19 million in …

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STHS Hosting Webinar on Prostate Health & Early Detection, Sept. 15th

Between busy work schedules, family obligations and other daily demands, many men prioritize the needs of others before their own, often postponing annual checkups and routine preventive screenin

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Robinhood Lands Crypto.com Deal, Underwriting Job For Oura. Goldman Hikes Target.

Robinhood takes minority stake in Crypto.com with prediction market deal, to underwrite Oura IPO, reports say. Goldman lifts price target.

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BUSINESS Katie Scheuber showcases their unique storytelling with Stay Tuned Productions

Almost 12 years ago, nonbinary lesbian Chicago documentary filmmaker and photographer Katie Scheuber created Katie Makes Films video, a production company to showcasing their love of visual storytelling, while still working as a social worker. In 2022, Scheuber’s wife Noemi Heras encouraged them to do the video work full time. Last year Scheuber created Stay Tuned […]

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Why a cannabis business is betting on dogs to reach FDA approval

Endovia is pursuing FDA veterinary approval for its cannabinoid drug targeting canine cancer and chronic pain in the companion-animal market.

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‘Star Trek’ and NASA have intertwined legacies – the show championed diversity and inspired generations of real space scientists

60 years of ‘Star Trek’: A cultural anthropologist on how the show’s “infinite diversity in infinite combinations” conception helped shape NASA’s vision of the future.

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Robinson's tired excuses don't cut it as pressure mounts

The latest in the line of Stephen Robinson's excuses was that the players were tired from recent travelling. It's time for excuses and talking to stop. Sadly it feels like time is already against Robinson - the fans made their feelings known at full-time on Saturday.

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Scientists discover a powerful new antivenom hidden in rattlesnake blood

Researchers discovered that combinations of toxin-blocking proteins naturally found in rattlesnake blood can powerfully neutralize venom from several dangerous snake species. In lab tests, the mixtures were about 10 times more potent than a current commercial antivenom, pointing toward a new generation of nature-inspired snakebite treatments.

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Arena for 76ers, Flyers to open in 2030, marks 'new era'

The 76ers and Flyers have unveiled renderings of their new fully privately funded arena in South Philadelphia, which is targeted to open before the WNBA season in 2030.

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Bijan Robinson projected to have record-breaking year for Falcons

Bijan Robinson could break Darren Sproles' all-purpose yards record in 2026

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“It’s normal” Kessie breaks silence on snubbing Juventus for Atalanta

Franck Kessie was widely expected to move to Juventus this summer as a free agent, and he tried his best to make the transfer happen. The midfielder waited patiently for Juve to offload some players a...

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15 years of our home: where we belong

The first time you step inside your own home is a moment you can never forget. There’s a unique feeling in the air, that scent of something new combined almost immediately with the sense that, at la...

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Microsoft said it would cut Windows 11 ads, then put a Harry Potter ad on your desktop if you use Bing Wallpaper

If you’ve set up Bing-powered wallpapers on Windows 11 (and Windows 10), you might see a full-fledged advertisement for J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter + Fantastic Beasts 11-film collection. And if you haven’t seen it yet, the ad doesn’t appear to be showing up on every PC because of how Bing chooses wallpapers, which are auto-rotated […]

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Amazon Just Restocked the Rare Pokémon TCG Destined Rivals Elite Trainer Box for Under Market Price — Here Is Why Collectors Are Grabbing It Fast

Amazon has restocked the rare Pokémon TCG Destined Rivals Elite Trainer Box for under market price.

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Leading Public Health Through Uncertainty: Insights from the PH WINS Pulse Check

State and local public health workers report growing strain amid recent sociopolitical changes that affect their day-to-day. At de Beaumont’s recent webinar, speakers shared and discussed data from the PH WINS Pulse Check, a 2026 survey designed to gather the perspectives of individual public health workers, including how workforce conditions have shifted since the Public […]

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Port of Grandview works to attract new businesses with active marketing and land development

The BriefThe Port of Grandview is actively marketing the community to attract new business development, with efforts including attendance at trade shows and conventions like Food Northwest in Portland.The Port reports strong demand for business property, with several prospective clients currently seeking space to build in Grandview.The Port recently acquired 45 acres for its new Woodworth Road Business Park, with planning underway to support the community's continued growth.GRANDVIEW — The Port of Grandview is capitalizing on strong interest in the community by actively marketing Grandview to businesses seeking locations for expansion and growth. The Port's efforts are paying off, with increased development activity and growing demand for available business property.Grandview's appeal stems from multiple factors. The community's available land and central location between the Tri-Cities and Yakima make it an attractive option for businesses looking to establish or expand operations. The Port has recognized these advantages and is taking a proactive approach to market the community directly to potential clients.Port Executive Director Randy Tucker says the Port has been actively attending trade shows and conventions to promote Grandview as a business destination. These events, including Food Northwest in Portland, provide opportunities to connect with companies actively seeking new locations."Say, hey, locate your business here and bring your customers here. And it's worked out pretty good for us," Tucker said.The Port's marketing strategy is generating results. The Port reports strong demand for business property, with several prospective clients currently looking for space to build in Grandview. This interest reflects the effectiveness of the Port's outreach efforts and the community's appeal to businesses in various industries.To support this growth, the Port recently acquired 45 acres for its new Woodworth Road Business Park. Planning is underway to determine how the property can best support Grandview's continued development and attract additional businesses to the area.The combination of available land, strategic location, and active marketing positions Grandview as an increasingly attractive option for businesses seeking to relocate or expand. As the Port continues its efforts to promote the community, Grandview appears poised for continued economic growth and development. News Three Queens Fire approaching 10,000 acres, now 11% contained Robert Desaulniers, Josh Culbreth News Two injured after rear-end crash leads to rollover near Grandview Robert Desaulniers News Grandview High School temporarily enters secure and teach for possible altercation between students Robert Desaulniers News Port of Grandview pursues economic growth with new business park development William Albert, Apple Valley News Now News Driver dies in fiery crash in Columbia Park Friday Erin Wencl ​COPYRIGHT 2026 BY APPLE VALLEY NEWS NOW. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDISTRIBUTED.

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Michoacan Gets MX$387M in Federal Health Funds for 2026

Mexico updates Michoacan's 2026 health funding agreement to MX$387.34 million, with universal vaccination absorbing 74% of the total.

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Craig Robinson reveals ‘The Office’ creator’s surprising feedback that made him panic during audition

Craig Robinson tells EW about the unprompted praise from ‘The Office’ creator Greg Daniels that sent him down an unexpected mental tailspin during his audition for ‘The Office.’

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Business of the Week: Tioga Downs

NICHOLS, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – Tioga Downs Casino and Resort is the Greater Binghamton Chamber Business of the Week. Located in Nichols, it has a hotel, pools, casino, horse racing track and man…

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Tata launches €3.82 billion Iveco takeover that could combine two major African truck networks

Tata Motors has opened its €3

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Ex-USWNT coach Vlatko Andonovski out as KC Current sporting director

Former United States women's national team coach Vlatko Andonovski has left his role as the sporting director of the Kansas City Current by mutual consent, the team announced on Monday.

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WHO Health Emergencies EPI-WIN webinar: Strengthening pandemic preparedness: from investment to implementation and impact

Pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPR) requires sustained investment to build and maintain the capacities needed to detect, prevent and respond to health emergencies. This webinar will explore practical experiences from country and regional initiatives, highlighting lessons learned on translating investments into stronger preparedness systems and more resilient health security capacities.

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WindGroove Introduces AirFi One, a Ceiling-Based Home Entertainment System Combining Hi-Fi Sound, Light, and Airflow

The new premium smart technology brand reimagines the ceiling as an active layer for immersive audio, adaptive lighting, and everyday comfort.

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Social media and youth mental health

Dr. Jeffrey Rubin, psychotherapist and psychoanalyst, joined Fox 5 DC.

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Sep 7 • 9:58 AM EDT • Health • fox5dc.com
Abington Residents and Businesses Could Receive Cash Payments Under Proposed SPS Technologies Settlement

A proposed $5 million settlement would pay out to residents, businesses, and workers within a mile of the Abington plant destroyed in a 2025 four-alarm fire.

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Ernest Bai Koroma returns home: Who be di former Sierra Leone former president wey dey Nigeria for two years and why e bin dey on exile?

More dan two years afta e run comot for Sierra Leone sake of accuse say e plan coup, Ernest Bai Koroma don return to im kontri following diplomatic intervention.

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Prairie People highlights the new hires, promotions in our region

Here are some of the latest business announcements

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Protein Pop launches 15 g protein and prebiotic soda for gut health

Rise Wellness has expanded its Protein Pop range with a zero-sugar sparkling beverage combining whey protein, collagen and five grams of fibre

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Skubala's understated confidence key to Robins' DNA

BBC Final Score's Marc Webber says Bristol City boss Michael Skubala's quiet confidence was key to their win over Burnley at the weekend.

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Sep 7 • 5:38 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
“Fascinating game” Arteta proud of his players’ performance against Chelsea

Mikel Arteta is proud of his Arsenal players after they came back from a goal down to beat Chelsea in the Premier League yesterday, describing the fixture as a game he thoroughly enjoyed.Chelsea opene...

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Farm state Republicans confront a difficult political bind

For Republicans representing agricultural states, the administration’s policies have created a difficult balancing act: They have to defend a president whose policies they broadly support while answering to constituents suffering from his decisions.

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Analyst Issues Warning For Notre Dame After Win vs. Wisconsin

The No. 4 ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish saw a disturbingly familiar trend crop up again as one analyst sees it. The post Analyst Issues Warning For Notre Dame After Win vs. Wisconsin appeared first on HEAVY.

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CPS got mental health reports on Edinburg mom a year before kids’ deaths, records show

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Nolichuckey Bluffs celebrates 31 years, recent renovations

The Greene County Partnership recently held a ribbon cutting to celebrate Nolichuckey Bluffs Bed & Breakfast Cabins’ 31st year in business, along with a wide range of new renovations across

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Robert Pattinson Is Disturbing and Alluring in Primetime, a Sordid Movie About a Sordid TV Show

Pattinson plays 'To Catch a Predator' host Chris Hansen in Lance Oppenheim's first narrative feature film.

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Phnom Penh recognised with WHO Healthy Cities Award for safer, healthier urban mobility

Phnom Penh City Hall has been awarded the World Health Organization (WHO) Healthy Cities Recognition Awards 2026 in the Safe, Active and Health-enabling Transport category, recognising its commitment to improving road safety and creating healthier urban mobility for residents. The award was presented during the 11th Global Conference of the Alliance for Healthy Cities held in Sydney, Australia, from 1-3 September 2026. Phnom Penh was recognised for the project “Safe, Active and Health-enabling Transport: Advancing Health and Reducing Inequities in Urban Mobility”, supported through the Partnership for Healthy Cities. The initiative has focused on creating safer and more accessible environments for vulnerable road users, particularly around schools. The project combines road safety data, infrastructure improvements, 30 km/h speed management, enforcement, education and community engagement to address risks around high-risk schools. Improvements have included the installation of traffic signs and road markings, smart speed limit signs, safety camera systems and strengthened monitoring in school zones. At the two intervention schools, infrastructure conditions improved from 1.0-star rating to 4.2 and 3.5 stars using the Star Rating for Schools tool. The project also contributed to lower vehicle speeds, provided road safety training for 500 students and achieved a reported 58% reduction in self-reported crashes. iRAP was proud to serve as the technical advisor to the project, supporting evidence-based approaches to infrastructure safety and helping to guide interventions that protect people walking, cycling and travelling to and from school. The WHO recognition is particularly significant given the strong level of regional participation. More than 150 cities from across the Asia-Pacific region applied for the awards, with only eight cities ultimately selected for recognition. The award demonstrates how targeted investment in safer roads and sustainable transport can contribute to healthier, more equitable cities while supporting broader goals for urban development and quality of life. iRAP congratulates the Phnom Penh City Hall and all project partners on this important achievement and looks forward to continuing to support initiatives that deliver safer roads and safer journeys for everyone. Read original article hereRead more on the project here

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Tiafoe tops Medvedev in straight sets at US Open

American Frances Tiafoe swept passed former US Open champion Daniil Medvedev in straight sets Sunday to advance to the quarter-finals of the US Open.Medvedev had won six of seven prior matches against the American, including a straight-set drubbing in the same round of the 2020 US Open.

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The core anti-Pangram constituency is phony writers

Welcome to The Closing Argument, our verdict on the news, plus everything The Argument published and appeared in this week. The Verdict, by Kelsey Piper A lot of people hate AI for drowning the internet in slop and displacing human creatives. You might think that these people would be thrilled by a program that can identify and flag AI-generated work. But many people who hate AI also hate Pangram, an impressively accurate AI detector that produces very few false positives, according to high-quality independent research. This loathing found its most recent expression in a bizarre Wired article that amplifies a wide range of false arguments from Pangram skeptics: that AI detectors are racist (they’re not) or ableist (they’re not)1 or don’t work (this one does)2. Rather than starting from the premise that it would be really valuable to have a working AI detector and scrutinizing Pangram to make sure it lives up to that promise, the article starts from the premise that Pangram obviously has bad vibes and sets out to discover why. (One answer: The CEO microwaved lunch during an interview!) Why aren’t writers who resent Pangram more eager to distinguish themselves from posters who are having ChatGPT ghostwrite all their work? There are a few different things at play, but I think one key dynamic is this: These are often the same people. A core constituency for arguments like Wired’s is “writers” who are using AI to write their posts but resent this fact being made public. They stand to lose from AI detectors because AI detectors call them out. Share When Substack announced a partnership with Pangram, a sizable fraction of the platform’s authors rose up in outrage. Some people had experience with other AI detectors that didn’t work, and some felt that AI writing ought to be encouraged — both of which are fair enough. But the fury was fueled by authors passionately insisting that Pangram kept wrongly accusing them on almost every post they published. Pangram can be wrong, especially on short passages. But in the overwhelming majority of cases where Pangram looked at a whole blog post rather than a single paragraph, the program correctly detected work as AI. Even if we can’t be 100% sure in any individual case, we can notice the trend in the aggregate. Wired quotes Sam Illingworth, a professor of critical AI literacy at Edinburgh Napier University, who said, “I don’t think [AI detectors] work. … I think that detectors are prejudiced against certain people.” This spring, he said that he used AI for research and editing; this summer he acknowledged that in addition to research and editing, he also uses it “now and then for a turn of phrase I keep.” Pangram informs us that most of his posts are 100% AI-written (some are mixed AI-and-human) and that 100% AI-written posts started appearing last year. The favorable interpretation is that, as someone whose recent work Pangram consistently mistakes for AI, Illingworth sees Pangram’s flaws firsthand. The unfavorable interpretation is that the tool’s credibility trades off against his own, because its account of who writes his posts is not consistent with his. Illingworth is not alone in insisting the detector does not work. “It’s a Monday night in late July, and I’m pasting my own Substack draft into an AI detector for the first time. Not because I’m worried. Because I’m curious. I wrote every word of it myself, the way I write everything, out loud in my head first, in a rhythm that still carries the accent of a language I learned to think in before I learned to write in this one,” begins one Substack post by an author indignant that Pangram flags her writing as AI. “That’s the part I had to sit with before I could write this.” If you, like me, have worked with AIs a lot, you won’t even need Pangram there. The author of that piece is AI. It is obviously AI! I checked 10 other posts on the blog, and they were also obviously AI! “I have spent 22 years as an award-winning author and essayist. And now this bullshit tool that learned from MY writing is going to accuse me of plagiarism,” popular Substack writer Carlyn Beccia wrote in an anti-Pangram post. “For the last and final time, AI DETECTORS DO NOT WORK.” Here’s what her writing sounded like in 2020: “Most success stories revolve around one person who believed enough in you to say — give it a try. We call these people muses, but they are so much more than that. They are the strong man giants whose shoulders we stand on so we can see the horizon. Throughout the editing process, I am sure my editor felt less like a giant of greatness and more like Atlas with the world on her shoulders.” Pangram says it was 100% human-written. (So were other articles of hers in 2020.) And here’s what it sounds like now: “And then there is the reshuffling, which sounds like paperwork until you remember that empires have always loved paperwork. The Trump regime recently moved special education oversight from the Education Department to HHS. That is not a minor bureaucratic transfer. It changes the frame.”3 Pangram says this is mostly AI. I am not convinced that Pangram is wrong. In my own experience, Pangram is very effective on long texts — if it marks a long essay as AI, the essay was either written by AI or deliberately written to sound like AI. On tweet-length or paragraph-length texts, it’s not perfectly reliable. It seems to work just as well for non-native English speakers as for native speakers. While I have seen dozens of claims of pre-2022 text returning a positive result on Pangram, I have tried repeatedly to corroborate those and have never once succeeded. To be clear, I’m absolutely not saying that complaining about Pangram suggests a writer is a cheat. There are plenty of other concerns. Most are mistakenly premised, such as the false claim that Pangram trains on work you put into it, but others are reasonable: It’s unreliable on sufficiently short text segments; it creates an internet witch-hunt mentality when there are defensible uses of AI; people who are open about their AI use are sometimes blamed, when the only people really doing something wrong are the ones who hide it; and it isn’t perfect, so a single positive result shouldn’t be taken as decisive proof of misconduct. I’m happy to concede that Pangram is imperfect and possible to over-rely on. If an author’s posts are mostly non-AI and one scans as partially AI, this could be a mistake. It’s also possible to defeat Pangram with intentional effort. If you think we need something more robust and more reliable, fine! But if you don’t like AI and don’t like Pangram, your attitude really ought to be that it’s a shame that our existing tools for AI detection are imperfect, and it’s important to invent better ones. If your stance is instead that AI is evil and so is looking for AI, then ultimately you’re contributing to the sloppification of the internet. You’re making it harder for people who write their own text to distinguish themselves, and providing cover for authors who are definitely not writing their own text. Subscribe Top stories this week, by Kobe Yank-Jacobs Commentators often worry that the decline of reading could mean the decline of liberal democracy — but deliberative governance actually predated widespread literacy. This week, Maibritt Henkel pointed out that many liberal cultures thrive on a culture of raucous, interactive debate, which can happen in-person as easily, if not more so, than in text. Read on, dear reader, to learn more. It may actually cheer you up: [ ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/reading-wont-save-liberalism) [ Reading won’t save liberalism ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/reading-wont-save-liberalism) Maibritt Henkel · Sep 1 [ Read full story ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/reading-wont-save-liberalism) It used to be bad to downplay climate change (if we mean denying its reality). Today, it’s actually good to downplay climate change (if we mean keeping the issue out of political fights so we can make real progress). This counterintuitive view is called “climate hushing,” and contributor Alex Trembath argued that it’s the key to enacting good policy going forward. Get up to speed on the latest in climate politics: [ ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/we-wont-stop-climate-change-by-talking) [ We won’t stop climate change by talking about it ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/we-wont-stop-climate-change-by-talking) Alex Trembath · Sep 2 [ Read full story ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/we-wont-stop-climate-change-by-talking) Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney is standing up for the forces of liberalism against Donald Trump’s assault on our closest ally. So, why is one prominent left-wing commenter attacking Carney? Columnist Matthew Yglesias explains: [ ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/when-economic-liberty-means-central) [ When "economic liberty" means central planning ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/when-economic-liberty-means-central) Matthew Yglesias · Aug 31 [ Read full story ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/when-economic-liberty-means-central) 🌟Abundance Wins of the Week🌟 Shout out to my home state of California, whose legislature passed two housing bills this week. One requires a housing density minimum in transit-oriented areas of the state’s most transit-rich cities (Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, San Diego, and Long Beach). Another bill closes two common loopholes used by third parties to delay housing projects, including an opportunity to challenge maps of a given lot created by the developer after a project has been approved. Shout out to our big-state rival, Texas, where pro-housing SB 785 took effect this week. The new state law requires municipalities to have at least one district permitted for manufactured housing without a special permit. This will promote zoning changes in 44% of municipalities. The company Fervo Energy signed a deal with Google for what is set to be the world’s largest enhanced geothermal facility, proving a technology can work at a scale that could be crucial to a decarbonized, energy-abundant economy. Share Worth watching… This week, forecasting legend Nate Silver joined Jerusalem, Matt, and Jeremiah on a crowded episode of the pod. It was a party. And speaking of parties, our round table debated the factional lines within the Democratic Party: Is it possible to be center-left and also anti-establishment? Watch or listen to find out: The Rio Grande Valley in Texas is one of the areas that swung hardest toward Trump in 2024, but musician Bobby Pulido is running to flip it back. Right now, The Argument/Split Ticket’s model has him running 1.1 points behind his Republican opponent in a district Trump won by 18 points. Tune in to find out how he differs from national Democrats and what he thinks he can to do win this seat. On Thursday, Bernie Sanders was among the first politicians to call for a ban on superintelligence. My guest this week, Andrea Miotti, has been lobbying to ban superintelligence for several years, most recently in the U.K., U.S., and Canada. I asked him how he gets legislators to take speculative risks seriously, and we dug into what plans might look like to actually pass a ban. Listen to learn more: What’s News with The Argument The Argument recommends, by Kobe Yank-Jacobs If we ever lose track of Justin Zuckerman, I’ll have the team split up and check all the movie theaters in the city. I’m shocked (and a little jealous) at how often he gets out to see good cinema. This week, he brings us It Ends, a “horror-ish movie,” which he described as a “Gen Z Waiting for Godot.” I was intrigued before he added that it was “funny, dark and existential” — at which point I was fully locked in. I guess I also had existential themes on the mind this week. One morning, a single line from a poem I read long ago just came to me: “Is death a stretch of time in which a life is just a flash?” The poem is called “From 20,000 Feet” by Heather McHugh. I suggest the version in The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry, which, by tradition, my best friend and I always bring backpacking, extra weight be damned. We’ll stay thematically dark for just one more rec from senior editor John Robert Thomason, whose upcoming trip to Baltimore reminded him to suggest Michael Clune’s memoir White Out (about being addicted to heroin in Baltimore in the 1990s). Ben Lerner’s blurb called it _“_Disturbing, brilliant, hilarious—it’s as if Proust had written Jesus’ Son.” John told me this “seems accurate, with the caveat that I’ve never read Proust.” I, personally, have also shelved Proust until retirement. At this point, I was a little concerned for the team since all of us tossed out such psychologically grim material — maybe we’re all down about the end of summer — but thankfully, at least a few of us were into more upbeat selections. Milan Singh recommended Made In’s 5-quart stainless clad saucier, suggesting he had some fun in the kitchen. Jeremiah Johnson asked if he could recommend yet more Carly Rae Jepsen. Once denied, he offered up Game Changer instead_,_ calling it “the most wildly creative game show, maybe in the entire history of the genre.” Eli Richman mentioned _Lucky, “_a B-tier show with an A-tier cast and an S-tier theme song.” I suppose he was recommending the song, Horns of a Bull. Still, despite these cheerier recs, I couldn’t help but be concerned that we were subconsciously worried about racing toward summer’s end — the end of swim trunks and splashing around. Then a message landed reminding me of the three-day weekend to come. A whole extra day for sunshine. One more swim in the lake. I was grateful this called to mind yet another line from a poem, one by Mary Oliver, the patron saint of every gorgeous summer day (and about whom a documentary is now out). Speaking to God in the poem “Thirst,” she wrote: grant me, in your mercy,a little more time. Love for the earthand love for you are having such a longconversation in my heart. We have merch! We have quarter-zips, keychains, hats, and stickers. Each one is a great conversation starter in its own way. Buy them here. Subscribe More to read: [ The Opening Argument ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/seeing-like-an-elite)[ Seeing like an elite ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/seeing-like-an-elite) Kobe Yank-Jacobs · Sep 4 What do Americans hear when they watch Sen. Bernie Sanders or Vice President JD Vance rail against the elite? Are they thinking of right-wing tech billionaires? Imperious college professors? Liberal magazine writers? [ Read full story ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/seeing-like-an-elite) [ The Weekly Scroll ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/god-is-back-on-the-timeline)[ God is back on the timeline ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/god-is-back-on-the-timeline) Jeremiah Johnson · Sep 5 This week, we’re talking about Substack’s new religious debates, the continuing MAGA influencer scandal, how to retire from YouTube, and aura battles. [ Read full story ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/god-is-back-on-the-timeline) 1 This was a legitimate thing to worry about, but doesn’t seem to be a problem given the actual technology: Marijke Van Vlasselaer, Filip Van Droogenbroeck, and Bram Spruyt’s 2026 paper looks at whether Pangram is less accurate when evaluating the work of non-native speakers of English. It isn’t. That’s because Pangram isn’t really looking at how “unusual” a piece of writing is but whether it has the characteristic patterns of LLMs. The Wired article makes an odd gesture at a different Pangram-is-racist argument. There were several controversies this summer during which upcoming books were canceled after being discovered to be AI-written: “The three novels mentioned earlier — Shy Girl, Daggermouth, and Call Me, easily publishing’s biggest AI-detection scandals — were all written by writers of color.” But come on! As Zvi Mowshowitz put it: “They were not primarily written by people of color. They were primarily written by AIs.” That’s the whole problem! And as my colleague Jeremiah Johnson recently observed with respect to Cambridge’s Arday scandal, a community being unwilling to call out fraud if it’s perpetuated by people of color is not an anti-racist tendency; it is ultimately quite racist. 2 Many non-Pangram detectors don’t work, but many possible airplane designs also don’t work, and no one considers this a general argument against aviation; the thing that matters is whether any detection works. 3 The phrase “empires have always loved” mysteriously became all the rage in the last few years. See here, here, here, here and here. Before 2025, the only use of that phrase I have been able to find is a single Tweet. The logic of the sentence, too, is incoherent in an AI-characteristic way. “...sounds like paperwork, until you remember that empires have always loved paperwork”? Does remembering that make it sound less like paperwork? It’s a craft-ful sentence, but what is it actually saying??

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Far right wins big in eastern German state election

Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative CDU suffers drubbing, but final outcome too close to call

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US rejects claim it sought to influence Malaysian politics

The US Embassy in Malaysia rejected a PAS leader’s claim that Washington offered help to overthrow Malaysia’s government in 2014.

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China challenges Science study on solar policy’s impact on birds

The Chinese Ornithological Society questioned a Science study linking China’s solar policy to lower bird diversity, citing potentially erroneous bird observation records.

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This lifestyle program improved cognition 55% more than basic health advice

Older adults at risk of dementia improved their memory and thinking after following lifestyle programs combining exercise, healthy eating, cognitive training, and social engagement. Those who received regular coaching and structured support improved substantially more than participants given general health advice.

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This lifestyle program improved cognition 55% more than basic health advice

Older adults at risk of dementia improved their memory and thinking after following lifestyle programs combining exercise, healthy eating, cognitive training, and social engagement. Those who received regular coaching and structured support improved substantially more than participants given general health advice.

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Robinson 'out his depth' & Aberdeen 'going backwards'

Dons fans, we asked for your views after Saturday's goalless draw against Kilmarnock. Just down the road is Simon Murray who would jump at the chance to join the Dons but the short-sighted board just do not see it. Kilmarnock looked the better team all day.

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The wrestler was working as a security guard when the incident occurred.

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Phillies news: Aidan Miller, Orion Kerkering, Corbin Burnes

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The U.S. isn’t alone in racking up big debt

Climbing borrowing costs have become a headache for Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. But the United States is not the only country grappling with the potentially destabilizing consequences of soaring government debt.

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Yankees news: Aaron Judge continues to get closer to return

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The Weekly Bobbins: An Almost Perfect Week

Eight goals scored, two wins racked up and just one conceded - not far off a perfect week for Reading.

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