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Mecklenburg County Sheriff calls for more community involvement to combat mental health issues
Repeat offenders with mental health issues stay in the criminal justice system because of a lack of resources when they leave custody.
Hinton volleyball ready to roll ahead of 2026 season
HINTON, Iowa (KCAU) – The Hinton volleyball program has its sights set on reloading ahead of a year full of opportunity. Hinton finished last season as the Class 2A runner-up with a 30-3 overall record, entering this year with a new look. The Blackhawks graduated three depth pieces and a trio of starters, including IGHSAU […]
(BPRW) USHER'S NEW LOOK, BET AND BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER DETROIT PARTNER TO EXPAND PATHWAYS AND DEVELOP THE NEXT GENERATION OF ENTERTAINMENT LEADERS THROUGH BET NEXT GEN PROGRAM
(Black PR Wire) New York, NY - Usher's New Look, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Detroit and BET Next Gen, BET's leadership development initiative, today announced a collaboration designed to expand access to careers in media, music...
Parkinson's double frustration as Wrexham denied
Phil Parkinson bemoans his team's lack of ruthlessness – and the amount of stoppage time at the end – after a 98th-minute equaliser denies Wrexham victory at Cardiff.
This compact Glorious mechanical keyboard is just $35
The GMMK 3 is a great entry point for the world of mechanical keyboards.
Oh look, it’s the new 223mph, €1m+ Brabus Bodo Cabriolet
Liked the Brabus Bodo Coupe? Here’s the limited edition droptop
'Not a crisis, but Wolves must improve to go up'
Fan writer Dazzling Dave reflects on Wolves' 2-2 draw with Blackburn and the work needed in the transfer market.
USS Washington to relieve USS Lincoln after concerns about the crew's mental health
The carrier USS Washington is on its way to the Middle East to relieve the USS Lincoln. The Lincoln has been at the center of concerns over crew mental health and a lack of fresh food and supplies.
Drive evens series with ‘Burgers with Sunday win
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — In Sunday’s Salute to the Negro Leagues game between Greenville and Hub City, the teams wore Spartanburg Sluggers and Greenville Black Spinners jerseys. The Drive (24-24, 50-61) took an early lead over the Spartanburgers (18-29, 52-61) and held on the whole way for a 10-5 win. Starting pitchers Enrique Segura (L, 1-5) and Matt Duffy both […]
City Celebrates Black Business Month on Birmingham’s Historic Black Main Street
birminghamal.gov For over a century, Birmingham’s Black entrepreneurs have been bringing dreams to life. When segregation severely limited Black Birmingham’s access to white-owned businesses …
Android 17 Pixel Update Adds Quick Settings Feature We've Dreamed Of
It's no secret that Google's Pixel phones lack many of the customization options that Samsung phones have. Even Apple's iPhone has added more features in recent years that let you fully tweak...
Amazon Clears Out Samsung's 24-Inch Curved Monitor at Its Black Friday Price, and It's Only August
The 24-inch Essentials S3 brings immersive feel and rapid refresh rate at a budget price.
Watch: Preseason practice visit with No. 4 Grafton
Check out the sights and sounds from a practice visit with our No. 4 team and the defending WIAA Division 3 state champions, the Grafton Black Hawks.
Astronomers find water in the harsh environment near the Milky Way's black hole — Space photo of the week
Astronomers detected dust and water surprisingly close to the Milky Way's central black hole, Sagittarius A*, offering a rare direct view of how evolved stars may behave in hostile settings.
Guest Commentary: ‘New weather’ reality defies politics
The climate has caused more disruptions this summer. Liberal politicians will blame the fossil fuel industries for continuing to drive up greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere; conservatives will blame regulation and lack of…
A long-held indigenous practice continues to protect the health of the Moosic Mountain ecosystem in Lackawanna County
The Nature Conservancy recently held an educational day to discuss how prescribed burns help the ecosystem on Moosic Mountain in Lackawanna County.
A black hole shredded a “super sun” — but something strange may have survived
Astronomers have witnessed a black hole violently shredding a massive star, creating one of the most energetic stellar explosions ever observed. The event, nicknamed “the Whippet,” briefly released about 400 billion times the Sun’s energy and sent a shock wave racing outward at one-fifth the speed of light. Months later, scientists spotted unexpectedly fast-moving helium, suggesting that some structure may have survived the destruction.
BVB held to a draw by Roma after a blistering first half
Black and Yellow struggled to get a grip on both the opposition and the game in the opening minutes, lost plenty of challenges and lacked organization at the back. A ball deflected unfortunately by Nm...
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced's Denuvo Has Been Cracked
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is the latest victim of voices38, who has managed to crack its Denuvo anti-tamper protection.
Panthers fall 29-14 to Bills on the road
ORCHARD PARK, NY (CAROLINA SPORTS LIVE) — Panthers starters got their reps in Saturday afternoon with their second preseason game of the season. Unfortunately, the team fell 29-14 against the Buffalo Bills on the road. After a thrilling Hall of Fame game against the Cardinals last week, the Black & Blue were looking to bring […]
Democrats' 2028 presidential calendar gives Black and Latino voters and union members an early say
The primary lineup pushes Iowa from the traditional top spot and makes South Carolina the leadoff state, voting on Jan. 22, 2028, followed by Nevada on Feb. 1.
Democrats look to states with Black, Latino voters to build momentum in 2028
Democrats on Saturday finalized their 2028 presidential primary schedule, elevating states with diverse populations to the front of a calendar that will shape their party’s fight for an open White House seat.
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Dan Ahlers says South Dakota needs to invest more in small businesses
South Dakota Democratic governor nominee Dan Ahlers says the state lacks small business support and criticizes a $69 million Sioux Falls corporate incentive.
18th & Vine tour with KC council members highlights preservation and small business
An 18th & Vine walking tour showcases preservation projects, new development and support for Black-owned Vine Street businesses in Kansas City.
Opinion: Black Atlanta must decide its own political future
Black Atlanta residents built their prosperity through hard work and discipline. The rise of democratic socialism threatens the progress made over several generations.
Twin Cities Hair and Beauty Expo helping celebrate Black-owned businesses
Your Weekly Michigan Political Brief
Abdul El-Sayed announced that he had been endorsed by the Michigan Democratic Party Black Caucus in his run for U.S. Senate, alongside the entire Michigan Democratic slate for the 2026 midterm elections. El-Sayed was also endorsed by the Planned Parenthood Action Fund. The Michigan Education Association has recommended Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s Democratic candidacy for […]
Black Women in Business NWLA to host Q4 Growth Blueprint event
Q4 Growth Blueprint event to be hosted by the Black Women in Business NWLA.
Why Editors Will Shape the Next Wave of Branded Entertainment
Little Black Book, As brands move beyond one-off campaigns and towards recurring formats and fully-fledged entertainment IP, the editors who can shape real emotion and character are becoming more important than ever, writes Alexander Jamieson, co-founder and managing partner of No Sushi
One UI 9.5 will finally bring app lock feature to your Galaxy phone or tablet
While Samsung phones offer an excellent way to secure your apps and media using Secure Folder, they lack a simple option to lock an app or game that you want to
Baltimore AFRO News celebrates 134th anniversary at expo
AFRO News is celebrating its 134 anniversary by spotlighting Black entrepreneurs and businesses.
Scientists Found a Black Mold Inside Chernobyl’s Reactor – And It Thrives On Radiation
Melanized fungi found inside Chernobyl's reactor not only survived lethal radiation but may convert it to energy - though proof remains elusive.
BREAKING: Netflix to shut down two more game studios
Netflix is sticking with video games but once again reducing the number of studios it owns making games. The streaming giant is closing Los Angeles-based Night School studio, which it acquired in 2021 and plans to close Helsinki-based Moonloot, which was founded in 2022. Just six weeks ago, Night School had released Unhinged, a novel 30-minute first-person horror game, streamable on TVs to Netflix users. The game was hailed by Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters in a call with investors. Six weeks later, Night School is closing. Prior to its Netflix tenure, Night School had developed the award-winning supernatural thriller Oxenfree. A second Oxenfree game followed after the purchase, as well as a mobile game designed to tie in to an episode of the Netflix show Black Mirror. Netflix attributed the studio closures to a prioritization around kids gaming, party games, story-driven fare and games with mainstream hooks, such as a recently released FIFA game. “We see an opportunity to be more focused in our execution, so we are making organizational changes to the business to match those priorities,” a Netflix spokesperson told Game File. Netflix is also cutting jobs from its internal games team. A rep declined to say how many jobs were being lost by these cutbacks. “We are incredibly grateful to the talented colleagues we’re saying goodbye to today. We thank them for all their contributions to Netflix, and wish them the best,” the rep said. Netflix started releasing video games, initially on mobile as a free bonus to subscribers, in 2021. By 2023, Mike Verdu, then the head of Netflix’s game operations, was telling me that the company was committed to growing carefully, as it offered more games and built up internal game studios. At the time, it hadn’t made any gaming job cuts. Since then, Netflix has altered its approach. In 2024, it shut down Team Blue, a start-up studio led by ex-Call of Duty and Halo developers that was exploring making a high-end first-person game for the service. Last October, Netflix shut down another studio, Boss Fight, shortly after Peters praised the team’s Squid Game game to investors. (One of Boss Fight’s main developers now works on the Netflix FIFA game for outside studio Delphi.) And in December, Netflix sold cozy game studio Spry Fox back to its founders. Amid all of this, Netflix has shifted from emphasizing mobile games to offering games through TVs and PCs, via streamed connections, with phones used as controllers. That’s how Night School’s Unhinged worked, along with games such as Boggle and Party Crashers that have collectively helped the Netflix game controller app chart well on mobile app stores. The studio cuts leave Netflix with a central gaming team that works with external developers, and a dedicated first party studio in, Helsinki-based Next Games, which produced many of the company’s couch-centric party games. The move away from having a roster of internal game studios aligns with Netflix’s own approach to shows and movies, which are largely produced externally. The company owns few TV/film production studios of its own. The gaming industry overall is seeing large holders of multiple studios cut back, with Sony, Ubisoft, Embracer, Microsoft and other giants closing or selling off studios. Cuts in California-based studios, where costs often run relatively high, have been particularly acute. Netflix has faced skepticism about its gaming plans for years. The moves today are likely to fuel them, and the company has few upcoming projects to counter the narrative. Among the few hinted, acclaimed independent studio Don’t Nod said last year it was working on a game tied to a major Netflix franchise.
'Look at me!' Justice fires back at critics who dare question his Blackness
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas reveals how Thomas Sowell's work freed him from isolation and gave him confidence to challenge Black political norms.
Americans’ use of social media for health information differs by race and ethnicity
Hispanic, Black, and Asian adults are more likely than White adults to get health information from social media and turn to health and wellness influencers.
States Lack Uniform Rules for AI Health Liability
CRS report reveals state law gaps in AI health liability. Discover how early lawsuits expose the need for uniform frameworks. Read the analysis.
AI needs science’s search history
“Actually, that’s where the gold is,” said Alasdair Russell, my graduate school friend who leads a pre-clinical genome editing group at Cambridge. He was talking about the winding road of science that is omitted from published papers. “When you’re discussing how to do the experiment, and why this way is better than another way, and what does the data really mean? I know what it shows, but what does it mean?” At RAAIS 2026, he described how his group has begun logging the twisting path of discovery as it happens, recording the verbal and written exchanges that normally disappear. Ideas become nodes in a living graph: they branch when a meeting produces two plausible experiments, merge when separate lines of evidence converge, and go dark when someone quietly stops pursuing them. In his implementation, one agent scores novelty, while another tries to learn “how scientists think and how they navigate through a complex world of data,” so that high-potential nodes can trigger deeper investigation. As frontier AI labs deploy agents toward scientific discovery, giving AI authentic scientific taste remains a trillion-dollar dilemma. The bottleneck is that the record we have kept for centuries of science might be insufficient to get us there. The experiments that never make the paper Peter Medawar, 1960 Nobel laureate and “father of transplantation,” asked in 1963 whether the scientific paper was a fraud, and answered yes: the form of the paper misrepresents the thinking that produced it. Sixty years on, the diagnosis is unchanged. A paper presents a clean progression from hypothesis to result to conclusion. Lost along the way are the unconventional theories, the abandoned or unaffordable methods, and the underwhelming and inconclusive data. It reads like a browser history with every dead end deleted: the ten open tabs, the four rephrased queries, the wrong turn down a subforum. All scrubbed, leaving one clean path from question to answer as the canonical path. What has changed since then is that the discarded material is now worth something. No high-impact journal wants these artifacts, but raw trial and error is the most likely source of the training data required to develop scientific intuition, or what researchers call taste. Earlier attempts to capture the discards were motivated by scientific integrity. The Journal of Negative Results in Biomedicine launched in 2002 to publish rigorous studies that disputed established models or exposed ineffective treatments. Its archive preserved negative conclusions after they had become papers, rather than the live alternatives and arguments that produced them. BioMed Central closed it in 2017, saying the mission had been served now that other journals publish null results. A less generous reading is that in fifteen years it published around 200 papers because almost nobody wants to read a negative result, let alone write one up when it will not count toward academic tenure. AI models are different. Even an uninteresting negative result can be useful, provided it is labeled. Earlier this year, Anthropic put a version of this to the test. The company pulled 129 decision points from real Claude Code sessions between January and March 2026, showed models the work up to a human detour, and asked what should happen next. Claude Mythos Preview beat the human choice 64% of the time, while Opus 4.5 managed 51%. The comparison was tilted toward the models because Anthropic deliberately chose moments where the human decision had room for improvement. On 127 further scenarios where the human action was already strong, the models improved on it only about 20% of the time. The study was possible because Anthropic’s researchers work inside a tool that logs by default. The reasoning, detours and outcome are produced in the same working environment. Biology has no equivalent. Its reasoning happens in hallways, at benches, in Slack threads and on whiteboards, while the outcome arrives weeks later somewhere else. The record has to emerge from the work itself. Ask scientists to reconstruct it afterwards and we’ll create another polished account. Subscribe A log is not a label Before any of this becomes training data, a negative result has to say what failed. The first paper published in the Journal of Negative Results in Biomedicine examined 234 negative studies across five leading medical journals. Only 30% discussed statistical power, and half clearly defined a primary outcome. Tell a model an experiment failed, without telling it whether the assay was underpowered, a reagent had degraded, or the hypothesis was simply wrong, and it will learn noise with confidence. Decision histories have a second missing label too. When a lab considers five experiments and runs one, only the chosen branch returns an outcome. The other four are experimental counterfactuals. Researchers call this the selective labels problem: the data reveal results only for the actions someone chose to take. Such a record can teach a model to imitate a lab’s taste, but it cannot establish that the taste was good. It also smuggles local constraints into general lessons. A lab that never ran cryo-EM because it did not own a microscope teaches a model that cryo-EM is rarely the right call. Alasdair’s nodes preserve the candidate set, which is the necessary first step. To be useful, each decision record needs six fields: The evidence available at that moment, and nothing that arrived later. The candidates considered, including the ones dismissed in a sentence. For each candidate: the expected result, the confidence attached to it, and the cost in time and money. The route chosen, and the reason. What happened next. How the evidence changed the scientist’s view. These must be timestamped before the outcome, because hindsight turns uncertainty into inevitability. Disagreement also has to survive. Averaging three scientists into one clean rationale reproduces exactly the information loss we are trying to fix. But there is an obvious failure mode here. Once decisions are logged and scored, people log for the record post-facto. Anyone who has watched an electronic lab notebook fill up with retrospective tidying knows how quickly a research tool becomes a compliance exercise. A record that costs a scientist ten minutes of honest reflection per decision is worth far more than one that costs an hour of performance. A publication initiative called Registered Reports offers a useful starting point. Here, researchers submit their rationale, methods and analysis plan for peer review before the data exist, and the journal commits in principle to publish if they follow the approved plan. Nature has now expanded the format across every field it covers. This approach to paper writing timestamps intent before the outcome, but it freezes one plan. A useful search history must also preserve how the plan changed, which alternatives were rejected, when, and on what evidence. Subscribe Run the runner-up Autonomous labs show what happens when decisions and outcomes are connected in a loop. Liverpool’s mobile robotic chemist ran 688 experiments over eight days in a ten-variable formulation space. A batched Bayesian search used each result to choose the next experiments and found photocatalyst mixtures six times more active than the starting formulations. Every completed experiment changed what the system did next. The robot optimized within a goal and search space that humans had already chosen. It did not decide which scientific question mattered. So what this work demonstrates is narrower, but still useful: a search history pays off when the options return standardized outcomes quickly. Open-ended biology is harder because branches can take weeks and the discarded alternatives may never be run. Some exploration therefore has to be bought. Where two branches are plausible and the stakes justify the cost, a lab should sometimes run the runner-up. Otherwise the record captures what today’s scientists usually chose and stays silent on what they systematically overlooked. A funder could ring-fence a small fraction of a grant for the branch not taken, provided that the decision record and the outcome are both deposited. That costs money, but so does having every lab rediscover the same abandoned path. Test whether taste transfers When it comes time to evaluate if our new AI system exhibits taste, the comparison should run across laboratories and fields. At selected decision points in a live research campaign, we should freeze the six fields: the evidence, the candidates, expected results, confidence, costs and the choice made. Experts then rank the options before the outcomes are known, and those outcomes are checked independently later. We could give models one of two diets - papers alone, or papers plus decision histories - and ask them to rank the next experiment on unfamiliar projects. Then, we score information gained per dollar and week, calibration, and how quickly weak branches are abandoned. If histories improve choices only inside the lab that produced them, they amount to useful organizational memory. If they improve choices on unfamiliar problems elsewhere, Alasdair’s group will have captured something science has never managed to write down: a transferable record of taste. Until that happens, a scientific search history is a promising record, not yet a training set.
The Porsche 911 Carrera S Manual Is a North America-Only Stick-Shift Special
Was the only thing keeping you from buying a 911 Carrera T a lack of power? Well, your day just got better.
Most Black business owners have the same definition of success, and it's not cashing out
Intuit QuickBooks reports that most Black business owners define success beyond profits, focusing on community impact and creating career paths for others.
Eurovision music contest will take place in Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Burgas next year
Next year's Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Burgas, Bulgaria.
Jackson proposes plan to revitalize Georgia’s historic Black business districts
From black boots to pastel suits, Italian premier's wardrobe evolves with her politics
ROME (AP) — As Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's politics have evolved — from combative outsider to pragmatic establishment leader — so, too, has her fashion sensibility.
Asia-Pacific parliamentarians urge bolder action for universal health coverage, climate resilience and responsible AI
Parliamentarians representing 16 countries from across the Asia-Pacific region concluded the Ninth Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentarian Forum on Global Health (APPFGH) today, reaffirming their key role in advancing universal health coverage (UHC) amid the risks and opportunities posed by AI and climate change. In adopting the Phnom Penh Communiqué, parliamentarians urged fellow legislators regionwide to strengthen sustainable financing for UHC to widen access to health for all, including the most vulnerable populations; promote responsible governance of AI amid ethical concerns over this fast-evolving technology; and build climate-resilient health systems to anticipate and respond to mounting pressures ranging from rising sea levels in coastal areas to air pollution and other environmental degradation.The National Assembly of Cambodia, with support from Cambodia’s Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO), hosted the Forum in Phnom Penh from 11 to 13 August 2026 – the first time the Forum has convened in a Mekong country.Parliamentarians urge action to close gaps in accessIn the Communiqué, parliamentarians recognized that at-risk and marginalized groups are the ones most severely affected by gaps in access to health services. These groups include people living in poverty, women and children, persons with disabilities, older people, migrants, refugees, and those in rural, remote or island communities. The Communiqué urges fellow parliamentarians and policy-makers to advocate for laws and policies that support sustainable financing to protect people from financial hardship, with a focus on primary health care, prevention and equity. "The Communiqué is a call to action. It sets out ambitious, concrete measures that deliver meaningful impact on the ground. We are all accountable for advancing universal health coverage and translating our commitments into tangible results. Cambodia is fully committed to advancing UHC, including the promotion of ‘healthy people, prosperous country’ campaign,” said Samdech Maha Rathsapheathika Thipadei Khuon Sudary, President of the National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia.His Excellency Professor Chheang Ra, Minister of Health of the Kingdom of Cambodia, highlighted the need for collaboration beyond the health sector. “Universal health coverage cannot be achieved by the Ministry of Health alone. It requires support, particularly from parliamentarians, across political, legislative, financial, social protection, education, infrastructure, and environmental domains. While each country follows its own path, one factor is universally critical for success: strong governance and leadership. We all believe in this principle, and in our respective political roles, we remain committed to strengthening these key success factors to ensure that no one is left behind.”Promoting responsible AI adoption Parliamentarians acknowledged that, while AI has already demonstrated its ability to improve access to health services and support delivery, careful and ethical governance is necessary to safeguard quality, safety, privacy and public trust. This underscores the importance of parliamentarians in promoting legal and regulatory frameworks addressing liability, records ownership and data governance, while embracing innovation that protects ethical practice.“Without strong governance, safeguards for privacy and data security, sustainable financing, and attention to those most at risk of exclusion, new technologies may widen existing gaps instead of closing them. This is why parliamentarians matter. We pass laws. We approve budgets. We scrutinize government action. We represent communities. We can ask whether health services are reaching rural, remote, ageing, poor, and marginalized populations. We can ask whether innovation is being guided by equity, evidence, and ethics,” said Hon. Man Hee Lee, President of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentarian Forum on Global Health.Building climate-resilient health systemsParliamentarians also reiterated that the climate crisis is a direct threat to people’s health and to achieving UHC more broadly, deepening the same gaps in access already faced by at-risk and marginalized communities. They recognized the need for WHO Member States to ensure sufficient national appropriations and oversight, and for parliamentarians to raise awareness in their constituencies and mobilize local action in building climate-resilient and sustainable health systems.“Universal health coverage, climate change and AI cannot be addressed in isolation. The same communities struggling to access health services today are often the ones most exposed to climate shocks, and most in need of the opportunities AI can offer if this technology is governed responsibly,” said Dr Saia Ma’u Piukala, WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific. “Having served previously in this Forum myself as a parliamentarian from Tonga, I recognize how the Phnom Penh Communiqué reflects the shared resolve of legislators across the Asia-Pacific region: the laws parliamentarians pass and the budgets they approve help ensure this progress reaches the people who need it most.”As the Forum drew to a close, delegates reflected on what they would carry back to their own parliaments and constituencies.“I wish to share three points here worth carrying home from Phnom Penh: we need to invest in primary health care as the foundation of coverage; we need to remove the barriers that keep people from care, whether financial, geographic or social; and we need to build systems that are inclusive by design, protecting those most at risk of being left behind,” added Hon. Ouch Borith, First Vice-President of the Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia.###Notes for editors:The Asia-Pacific Parliamentarian Forum on Global Health (APPFGH) is a platform for parliamentarians to exchange ideas, build political will, strengthen capacity and foster collaboration towards sustainable health action. This was the ninth meeting of the APPFGH, with the theme “Universal Health Coverage in the era of Climate Change and Artificial Intelligence”. Target 3.8 of the Sustainable Development Goals calls on countries to achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health services, and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all. In the Western Pacific, UHC service coverage index (SDG 3.8.1) rose from 63 in 2000 to 81 in 2023 (figures include Indonesia), and roughly one in four people in the Western Pacific have experienced financial hardship (SDG 3.8.2). Progress towards UHC in the Asia-Pacific region remains uneven, with hundreds of millions of people still lacking access to essential health services or facing financial hardship due to health-related expenses. Strengthening the role of parliaments – through legislation, financing and oversight – is central to closing this gap and accelerating progress towards UHC across the region.Parliamentarians participating in APPFGH in Cambodia this week include: Hon. Pehin Dato Adanan YUSOF, Brunei Darussalam; Hon. Rosmawatty ABDUL MUMIN, Brunei Darussalam; Hon. LORK Kheng, Kingdom of Cambodia; Hon. YOS Phanita, Kingdom of Cambodia; Hon. KHOUN Khundy, Kingdom of Cambodia; Hon. HENG Halim, Kingdom of Cambodia; Hon. KHOENG Noupheap, Kingdom of Cambodia; Hon. SENG Nhak, Kingdom of Cambodia; Hon. LY Sukry, Kingdom of Cambodia; Hon. NHOEURN Raden, Kingdom of Cambodia; Hon. Dr Ratu Atonio LALABALAVU, Republic of Fiji; Hon. Vijay NATH, Republic of Fiji; Hon. Man Hee LEE, Republic of Korea; Hon. Dr Jiho CHA, Republic of Korea; Hon. Jonghun BAEK, Republic of Korea; Hon. Youngsuk SEO, Republic of Korea; Hon. Dr Phayvanh KEOPASEUTH, Lao People’s Democratic Republic; Hon. Suhaizan Bin KAIAT, Malaysia; Hon. Dr Perpetua KONMAN, Federated States of Micronesia; Hon. Ganmaa DAVAASAMBUU, Mongolia; Hon. Charmaine SCOTTY, Republic of Naoero; Hon. Vincent Ambance KUMURA, Papua New Guinea; Hon. Dr Edwin CRUZADO, Republic of the Philippines; Hon. AUUAPAAU Mulipola Aloitafua Mulipola, Samoa; Hon. ASIATA TAVUI Tafu Salevao, Samoa; Hon. Dr Alani Petelo TANGITAU, Tonga; Hon. Paul PAOLO, Republic of Vanuatu; Hon. Franklyn Ezra WILLIAM, Republic of Vanuatu.For more information, contact: WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific: wprocom@who.int National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia (International Relations Department): ir.nacambodia@gmail.com
Jackson unveils plan for Black-owned businesses; Bottoms fires back
Jackson insists his legacy corridor plan will work. Bottoms insists she helped the same businesses already when she was mayor.
Hendersonville hospital celebrates opening of Adolescent Behavioral Health Center
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iPhone 18 Pro set to become Apple’s new default model
iPhone 18 Pro is being unveiled soon, and due to a lineup overhaul this year, it’s set to become Apple’s new default model like never before.
Google’s Pixel 11 phone preorders come with up to $350 in gift cards
We’ve got the details on how to preorder the new phones.
Georgia governor candidate Rick Jackson proposes plan to revive Sweet Auburn, other historic Black business districts
Republican nominee for governor Rick Jackson is proposing a state program aimed at revitalizing six historic Black business districts across Georgia.
Is the sky falling for the Titans defense?
How much panic should there be after the Titans lackluster defensive performance against the 49ers?
Sen. Darline Graham, Rep. Ralph Norman advance to GOP runoff in South Carolina
A first-time candidate who was always close to her brother's political orbit, Darline Graham overcame skepticism about her lack of experience in her campaign to replace him, as she moved forward Tuesday as the top vote-getter to runner-up Norman.
Astronomers discover the existence of a ‘black hole star’
The never-before-seen objects are gargantuan, immensely bright, and ancient.
Sports on TV for Aug. 17
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'Second season syndrome is lazy punditry'
"I don't think Sunderland will be anywhere near the relegation zone," says sports journalist Ian Murtagh, despite Regis le Bris' side "entering the unknown" after securing European football. The Black Cats have gone from the third tier of English football to the Premier League, and now the Europa League, in just four years. "Sunderland are entering the unknown in the sense that they won't just be playing 40 to 42 games this season, they will be playing over 50 games," Murtagh explained.
NABJ26 Unveils Signature Events Lineup: A Week of Honors, Wellness, Entertainment and Celebration in Atlanta
/PRNewswire/ -- The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) today unveiled the full slate of signature events anchoring the 2026 NABJ Convention &...
Telescope Spots Two Black Holes on the Cusp of Merging
New images from the James Webb telescope show a galaxy with a trio of supermassive black holes. Two of them appear to be locked in a tight tango.
Black Business Month: Atlanta leads nation with 10% ownership rate
Atlanta leads the nation in Black-owned businesses, making up 10.7% of all firms across the city.
Mason Rudolph Doesn’t Hold Back About Former Steelers Coaches
New Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike McCarthy has dedicated himself to developing the team’s quarterbacks, which is a welcome sight for Mason Rudolph, who opened up about the lack of tutelage under the previous coaching staff.“He brings a level of expertise that I just have not been around,” Rudolph told reporters, including Gerry Dulac of […] The post Mason Rudolph Doesn’t Hold Back About Former Steelers Coaches appeared first on HEAVY.
Our galaxy's supermassive black hole actually doesn't devour everything
Cosmic dust and water is withstanding radiation near the Milky Way galaxy's black hole, Saggitarius A*.
Alabama Republicans to pick nominee to challenge Democratic Rep. Figures in redrawn district
Six Republicans are competing in a special primary election Tuesday to challenge Democratic Rep. Shomari Figures in November. the district's Black voting age population dropped from 48% to 40%, making it more favorable for Republicans.
A 2,000-year-old recipe tested on teeth: the results shock scientists - Futura-Sciences
A Smile Steeped in History For decades, historians knew that voluntary tooth blackening was practiced in Vietnam from the late 1800s, when it was seen as a mark of beauty. But an analysis of skeletons dug up from the Red River Delta has pushed the origins of this tradition back...
Live Results: Alabama midterm U.S. House primaries after redistricting
Voters in four of Alabama’s seven congressional districts will select U.S. House nominees Tuesday under a new map that eliminates one of the state’s two majority-Black districts currently represented by Democrats.
ND Expert on democracy: Can better civics education restore voter dissatisfaction over political corruption?
This summer, America celebrated the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, widely recognized as the formal founding of our nation and one of the early stages of establishing a democratic government. Over the past two decades, however, democracies all over the world have struggled with a lack of clear support. Democracy scholars have referred to these challenges as evidence of backsliding, a phenomenon that has many political and social scientists concerned, including Notre Dame development economist Enrique Seira Bejarano.
North Carolina nurse practitioner honors legacy of son with gala for health equity
This weekend, healthcare professionals, and community leaders will gather in Raleigh for the inaugural Monumental Nurses Ball Black Tie Gala, hosted by the Varian Legacy Foundation.
A right to buy a product?
A recent story in Colorado Politics caught my eye, as I learned of a “citizen initiative” that has qualified for the November ballot. It seems supporters of Initiative 177 have collected enough signatures, 146,165 legitimate ones out of a total of 189,508 collected, to clear the hurdle needed for a proposal to appear on the […]
Saber's newest game trailer takes a shot at Gearbox's CEO, if you look closely
The first hint that something might be up with the recent debut trailer for Saber Interactive’s Rideshare Stimulator is an unusual choice of words—aside from that second one in the game’s title. “Don’t take your passengers too seriously,” the trailer’s narrator says, as he describes this upcoming game. It a car game about the gig work of driving eccentric people to their destinations, a riff on Crazy Taxi. And then, he says: “When I think I’ve met the randiest of passengers, someone even stranger gets in.” “Randiest”? That suggests “randy,” which usually means having strong sexual desire. Yet none of the oddball backseat occupants featured in the trailer seem particularly lustful. One is an old man who considers his grandson a failure, another shares the theory that birds might control traffic lights, another says he’s banned from an aquarium. A little later, there’s a license plate, shown 63 seconds into the trailer, on the front of an SUV: USB DRV It’s a Texas plate. The symbol between those letters is a cog wheel. If you know, you know. That’s a reference to Texas-based Borderlands game development studio Gearbox Software (their logo features a cog wheel). More specifically, it’s a reference to Gearbox’s CEO Randy Pitchford, who in 2018 found himself explaining the nature of video he’d saved on a USB drive that was found at a Medieval Times restaurant before being returned to the studio: “It was ‘barely legal’ porn. This girl’s handle was ‘Only 18.’” The “girl” in the video had committed a solo sex act that Pitchford, an avid practitioner of magic, found remarkable. “I realized, this is not a sex worker…This is a fucking magician.” Back then, the USB drive was central to competing lawsuits against Gearbox by the studio’s former lawyer and by Gearbox against him. A settlement in late 2019 “exonerated” Pitchford, per the Hollywood Reporter. The USB story has resurfaced at times, now in a trailer from a company that not long ago was corporate brethren with Gearbox. Saber vs. Gearbox The head of Saber told Game File that the reference is payback. “The dig is because Randy took shots at Embracer in Borderlands 4,” Saber CEO Matt Karch told me when I asked him about the license plate. “Without Embracer, Randy is performing magic tricks at birthday parties for a living.” Having interviewed Karch during a cross-country flight in late 2024, I can confirm that Karch was unimpressed with Pitchford during their time both working in the Embracer group. I’d approached him not out of surprise that there was animosity but that it was manifesting publicly now. Gearbox was founded in 1999, worked on a port of Halo early on, and developed hit series such as the loot-based sci-fi shooter Borderlands before it was purchased by The Embracer Group in early 2021 for $363 million (with a possible earn-out of over $1 billion, if certain targets were hit by 2027). Saber was founded in 2001, worked on a remaster of Halo early on, had a big hit with zombie shooter World War Z and was purchased by Embracer in early 2020 for $150 million, with a potential earn-out of up to $375 million. For a few years, the Embracer group was a voracious acquirer of game studios. Then, as investment dried up, it choked. In March 2024, Embracer sold Saber to an investment company controlled by Saber CEO Matt Karch, and it sold Gearbox in an all-stock deal to long-time Borderlands publisher Take Two Interactive. Other studios were shut down. Hundreds of developers were laid off. Gearbox didn’t say much about their Embracer experience, nothing too direct, at least. In the summer 2024, Pitchford told reporter and occasional Game File contributor Nicole Carpenter that Borderlands 4’s story was in some way thematically connected to Gearbox’s experience at Embracer: “There’s this cultural and emotional shift in me, personally, and at the studio. What does it mean to trade some autonomy for organization?” When Borderlands 4 came out, there was something stranger: the matter of “Embracer’s Bluff,” a location in the game featuring an AI-powered toilet and a large trash dump, according to a detailed Kotaku account of the place. Gearbox never commented on it; Take Two never got back to me about it when I asked them last year. By contrast, since Saber exited Embracer, Karch has been one of Embracer’s biggest defenders, casting their management as well-meaning and supportive despite the layoffs and studio closures that resulted from their excessive expansion. Like others, Saber’s Karch saw Embracer’s as a shot. With Rideshare Stimulator’s trailer, he’s returned fire. “It’s amazing to me how fast people forget those who went above and beyond for them,” Karch told Game File. A rep for Gearbox did not comment by press time. Game File is a reader-supported publication. Your backing makes my reporting—including any coverage of trailer-based beefs—possible. Good news! I’m currently running Game File’s first big sale of 2026. You can get a one-year subscription for 23% off. Click here to take advantage of the limited-time offer. And thank you for your support! Item 2: In brief… 🚫 Wal-Mart has laid off the staff of Restart, a games media outlet launched in 2024, Aftermath reports. 🟥 A GTA VI preview is on the way, at last, via an “extended look” that will premiere, unusually, on Netflix at 3pm ET on August 27, then officially go live elsewhere six hours later. Last week, Game File noted that Take Two label Rockstar Games is overdue for showing off GTA VI, based on the timing of the initial hands-off previews of GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2. During a call with investors, Take Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said pre-orders for GTA VI were “unprecedented and astonishing,” but added the company can’t predict how many of those pre-orders represent bonus sales vs. sales that otherwise would have been made at launch. During the same call, Zelnick was noticeably bullish on the future of playing games over streaming cloud connections (predicting wider adoption in three or so years). He sounded unbothered by Sony’s plans to stop making discs for new games (he said the business is 90% digital already and predicted that there could still be limited edition physical editions of games “in the same way there’s still vinyl in the recorded music business.”) 👀 Take Two wrote off $43 million in their spring quarter after deciding “not to proceed with further development of an unannounced title in its pipeline from a third-party developer.” 🤔 Some rare age-demographics from a big publisher: Capcom recently told investors that “users in their 20s account for approximately half of the users of both Pragamata and Resident Evil Requiem.” Item 3: The week ahead Tuesday, August 11 Game releases: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered (Switch 2; already out for PC, PS5, Xbox) continues the Bethesda strategy of putting Elder Scrolls games on everything; Royalty Free-For-All is a Smash Bros.-style fighting game featuring public domain characters such as Mother Goose brawling with Oliver Twist in a stage based on the original Little Shop of Horrors movie. Wednesday, August 12 Game release: Pro Jank Footy (PC, console) is an arcade-style Australian Rules Football game with increasingly ridiculous rules, the more you play (I enjoyed the Steam demo) Thursday, August 13 Game release: Super Mario Sunshine (Switch 2, originally released in 2002 on the GameCube) is released for Switch 2’s Nintendo Switch Online service. This game is the black sheep of 3D Mario games. It’s the successor to the breakthrough Super Mario 64 and the rare Mario game built around a single (vacation resort) theme. Mario’s got a water-spraying backpack, a Yoshi pal and a lot of blue coins to collect.
U.S. Lost Antarctic Research Vessel, Limiting Science Access
The U.S. lacks a dedicated Antarctic research vessel for the first time since 1968. Discover how this gap impacts climate research and what Congress is...
Flo Anthony, pioneering Black entertainment journalist and television personality, dies at 74
From Page Six to television and radio, Anthony built a decades-long career covering some of entertainment’s biggest names.
Clicks' Power Keyboard brings BlackBerry-style typing to any phone — with some compromises
Clicks’ $99 Power Keyboard brings a customizable, slide-out physical keyboard to MagSafe and Qi2 smartphones, but its added heft can make larger phones awkward to use
'Furious' episode 5: Emmy Rossum on the 'whiskey waterboarding' sequence
FBI agent Alice Black is going deep on the "anti" side of "antihero."
No-Reserve 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am Brings Bandit Style With a 400 V8 and Four-Speed
A no-reserve 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am with a 400 V8, four-speed manual, and Bandit-style black-and-gold graphics is up for bid on Hagerty Marketplace, with Hagerty's valuation tools offering a window into what this second-generation Firebird is really worth.
Roundup: AI construction jobs / Jalapeño recall / US battery production
BlackRock partnership: BlackRock and its AI Infrastructure Partnership are partnering with North America’s Building Trades Unions to connect upcoming data center and energy projects with skilled construction workers. The agreement aims to address labor shortages while promoting fair wages, job protections and training, amid concerns about AI’s impact on employment and communities affected by large […]
Black-owned Philadelphia rowing organization works to diversify the sport
BLJ Community Rowing, founded by former Division I athlete Brannon Johnson, has introduced more than 1,000 people to rowing.
AbCellera women’s health data top ‘most aggressive upside scenario,’ putting Astellas and Bayer on notice
AbCellera has reported phase 2 results “beyond even the most aggressive upside scenario” that its CEO dared to consider, boosting the biotech’s chances of challenging Astellas and Bayer for a women’s health market. The phase 2 clinical trial compared ABCL635, an antibody targeting NK3R, to placebo in patients with hot flashes caused by menopause. Investigators enrolled 92 postmenopausal women experiencing a mean of about 10 moderate or severe hot flashes per day. By Week 4, the number of moderate or severe hot flashes had fallen by a mean of 8.8 on ABCL635 and by 3.5 on placebo. That statistically significant, placebo-adjusted reduction of 5.3 hit the trial’s primary endpoint. The level of efficacy also cleared the bar set by existing drugs. While cross-trial comparisons can be misleading, AbCellera CEO Carl Hansen, Ph.D., had seen enough to start hyping the program. “We now view ABCL635 as a potential best-in-class non-hormonal therapy with strong differentiation against approved NK3R competitors across all important dimensions, including efficacy, safety, dosing and convenience,” Hansen said on a Monday morning conference call with investors to discuss the data. “We believe ABCL635 is now a highly de-risked program.” Last week, Hansen used AbCellera’s earnings call to set expectations for readout, with the CEO defining success as a clean safety profile and efficacy comparable to the two approved small molecules. The data vaulted over that bar. Astellas linked (PDF) one of the small molecules, Veozah, to placebo-adjusted reductions in hot flash frequency of 2.1 and 2.6 at Week 4 of its two phase 3 trials. Bayer reported (PDF) placebo-adjusted reductions of 3.04 and 3.29 at Week 4 of pivotal studies for its small molecule, Lynkuet. At 5.3, the placebo-adjusted reduction in AbCellera’s trial comfortably cleared the standard set by the incumbents. Veozah and Lynkuet came to market based on evidence of their ability to reduce the frequency and severity of hot flashes. AbCellera’s phase 2 study covered both endpoints, with the Canadian biotech reporting a mean reduction in severity of 1.4 points at Week 4 on ABCL635, compared to 0.3 points for placebo. Again, the placebo-adjusted result compares favorably to data on Veozah and Lynkuet. Analysts shared Hansen’s enthusiasm for the data. The phase 2 results “firmly validate ABCL635 as a potentially best-in-class treatment,” BMO Capital Markets analysts said in a note to investors Monday. ABCL635’s apparent efficacy edge “is likely attributable to the higher dosing/target engagement the asset is able to reach vs. the oral agents due to its wider therapeutic index,” the analysts added. The analysts, who model $2.3 billion in unadjusted peak sales for ABCL635, flagged the safety profile as another positive of the phase 2 readout. While Veozah carries a boxed warning for liver damage, nobody on ABCL635 in the phase 2 trial had elevated liver enzymes or bilirubin values. If replicated in phase 3, the lack of a liver signal could allow approval without the monitoring requirements imposed on Veozah. Investors appeared equally enthused, sending AbCellera's stock up 32% to $9.21 in premarket trading Monday from a Friday closing price of $6.93. Next, AbCellera will collect the Week 12 data and talk to its advisors about further development. The results open up “a wide variety of possibilities of how we might take this forward into phase 3 studies to truly maximize the value of the asset and make sure that ABCL635 is able to demonstrate its differentiation potential,” Sarah Noonberg, M.D., Ph.D., AbCellera’s chief medical officer, told investors.
'Assassin's Creed: Black Flag' Sequel Officially Confirmed for 2026 Release
Only one month after the premiere of Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced, Edward Kenway officially returns for a new sequel release.
Marantz CINEMA Series 2 Rebuilds the AV Receiver for Modern Home Entertainment
The Marantz CINEMA Series 2 upgrades premium home theater with new DACs, broader Dirac Live support, advanced gaming features, and smarter system control.
Rev. Solomon Clanton uses religion, education, politics to uplift community
Clanton also was the first Black graduate of the Baptist Union Theological Seminary in Chicago.
Why Your Brain Feels Broken All the Time (And What Science Says You Can Do About It)
It’s not just a lack of willpower—new research shows modern life creates an evolutionary mismatch that wrecks our focus, and here is how to fix it.
Health screenings are 1 way the Black Family Reunion is keeping families strong
The Midwest Black Family Reunion returns this week for its 38th celebration.
'Big decisions are on the horizon for Blackburn'
BBC Radio Lancashire sports editor Andy Bayes reflects on the EFL Cup win at Burton and says big decisions are on the horizon.
Nature Medicine Just Published the AI Mental Health Audit Framework the FDA Hasn’t Written Yet
Nature Medicine's clinically validated AI chatbot audit framework arrives as FDA still lacks generative AI mental health approval standards—here's what trial…
Common Sugar Appears to Loosen Cancer Cells And Help Them Spread
A new lever in the fight against cancer.
Aubrey Plaza welcomes first child with Christopher Abbott
The couple, who met as costars on the 2020 psychological drama “Black Bear,” have remained largely silent about their relationship.
Black Book: Australia's 2027 Health IT Market Shifts From Pilots to Proof
Post-HIC 2026, provider study finds interoperability, clinical cyber continuity and statewide EHR execution will dominate the next buying cycle NORTH SYDNEY, AU / ACCESS Newswire / August 9, 2026 / Black Book Research today announced the publication ...
Rebecca Sowden to Head Up Publicis Sport & Entertainment NZ
Little Black Book, The former New Zealand women's football representative will oversee the strategic and commercial direction of the offering
The next year Call of Duty will introduce a new sub-series to replace Black Ops and Modern Warfare
Publisher Activision is officially preparing the shooter for release. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4, which is scheduled to launch on October 23 of this year....
Discussing the 6th Annual Black Business Expo with AFRO News
AFRO News CEO Dr. Toni Draper joins Jenyne to discuss the 6th Annual Black Business Expo, coinciding with a special anniversary for the paper.
Sunday Sports: Red & Black advance to NFA title game and more
Here’s a recap of your North Country sports this Sunday.
Week-long Black-owned business celebration kicks off in Madison
Sunday the annual Madison Black Restaurant Week kicked off with a $5 food jamboree. Events will continue on Park Street throughout the week.
Bucs lack a Hall of Fame 'lock' according to CBS Sports
CBS Sports doesn't consider any current Buc a Hall of Fame lock, but Tristan Wirfs was identified as Tampa Bay's best candidate.
Our Opinion: Don’t delay studies of health, environmental impact of data centers
In so many ways, it was the opposite of just about everything one might expect from a public meeting these days. An overflow crowd of residents jammed into the Lackawanna County Commissioners’ meeting room in Scranton on Wednesday,…
Business Owners Can Dabble in Bitcoin Mining for Just $49.99
Monitor progress from the built-in touchscreen display.
Black Business Expo highlights Louisville entrepreneurs and history
The Louisville Urban League’s Black Business Expo in Louisville connected Kentucky Emancipation Day with year-round support for Black entrepreneurs.
Cole Payton not lacking for confidence despite training camp INTs
Eagles rookie QB Cole Payton is learning to balance confidence with protecting the football in the NFL.
Senate Bows to Reality, Leaving Trump’s Voting Bill Undone
The summer exit confirmed what had been apparent for weeks: that Republicans lacked the votes to pass the voting restrictions the president has made a top priority.
1-of-1 1970 Plymouth GTX 440 Six Barrel 4-Speed Discovered In Canada
A trip into Canada has turned up an extraordinary piece of Mopar history: a 1970 Plymouth GTX equipped with the 440 Six Barrel V8, a four-speed manual, and an exceptionally rare factory-painted black roof. The ... Read more
Friday Sports: Red & Black host playoff game Saturday and more
Here’s a recap of your North Country sports this Friday.
Pixel 11 Pro XL shows up in hands-on leak days ahead of launch [Gallery]
With just a few days left to go before Google’s Pixel 11 launch event, a hands-on leak has shown off...
Darline Graham tests value of a famous name vs. lack of experience in South Carolina primary
Darline Graham, the sister of the late Senator Lindsey Graham, is running in a crowded Republican Senate primary on Tuesday
Youth sports data collection lacks cybersecurity safeguards
Parents are increasingly required to submit copies of child's birth certificate for youth sports participation. This can have life-long repercussions.
PENN Entertainment (PENN) Stock Profit Rebound Faces Lingering Digital Doubts
PENN Entertainment stock barely moved on the results, edging up about 0.3% to US$20.18, even though the earnings story was anything but sleepy. Q2 flipped back into the black with basic earnings per share of US$0.25 and net income of US$33.1m. Retail casinos produced record quarterly revenue and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and rent that management highlighted on the call. The market reaction looks muted for now. The real question for investors is how...