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Prosecutors say Charlie Kirk was attacked for his politics, US judge blocks Houston's minority contracting program and more ➡️

☀️ Good morning from The Legal File! Here is the rundown of today's top legal news: 📝 EEOC stopped hearing federal workers' class action cases, union claims in lawsuit REUTERS/Andrew Kelly The U.S.

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Jul 29 • 11:01 AM EDT • Politics • linkedin.com
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Killing slime: an AI-first biotech solution | Investors Lab

We love public science lessons, like the algae debacle that turned Washington, D.C.'s Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool a vibrant green this summer after a renovation. It's not exactly a new development. Algal blooms have intermittently plagued the site for generations, including during the last big overhaul in 2012. But the latest episode lingers despite treatments with hydrogen peroxide and an ozone nanobubble system. As Bethany Brookshire makes clear for Science News, there's another option that might have managed the crisis far more effectively, had it been used from the start.

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Jul 29 • 9:30 AM EDT • Science • sciencenews.org
In Oregon, big grocery, retail companies have highest number of employees on Medicaid

Multi-billion-dollar grocers and retailers such as Walmart and Amazon were among the most listed employers on Oregonians’ applications for publicly-funded health insurance last year, according to a Capital Chronicle analysis of Oregon Health Authority data.

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Jul 29 • 9:00 AM EDT • Health • opb.org
Florida sixth grader Naboshree Santra developed biodegradable soilshade balls designed to reduce evaporation and retain moisture; the 11-year-old is now competing for a $25,000 science prize

An 11-year-old schoolgirl from Oviedo, Florida, has created a simple tool to help farmers save water during dry weather. Naboshree Santra, a sixth grader at Jackson Heights Middle School, made special soilshade balls that break down naturally.

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Jul 29 • 8:52 AM EDT • Science • timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Kaiser used an algorithm — not clinicians — to triage mental health patients, a union alleges

A therapists' union alleges Kaiser's e-visit tool screens mental health patients and issues care recommendations without real-time clinician review, which the union says violates state law.

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Jul 29 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • calmatters.org
Madjo already compared to Belgium's Lukaku

Aston Villa are still awaiting the outcome of their appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) as they try to register Brian Madjo, who joined from Metz for £10m in January and does not turn 18 until January next year. Under-18s cannot complete international transfers, but Villa have argued Madjo was born in London and should be exempt, despite having three caps for Luxembourg. Fifa does allow some exemptions for minor players to make moves, including if a 16 or 17-year-old transfers within the European Union - something the UK is no longer part of.

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Jul 29 • 6:38 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Prosecutors say Charlie Kirk was attacked for his politics, cite anti-LGBT views

Tyler Robinson, the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk, targeted the right-wing ‌activist for his political views, prosecutors said on Tuesday, citing Kirk's opposition to gay marriage and transgender rights.

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Jul 29 • 4:33 AM EDT • Politics • reuters.com
The Science Behind the AI Panic Is Shakier Than You Think

A column by Sascha Lobo Is AI making us dumb? So asked DER SPIEGEL on its cover a while ago. After a few weeks of recovery and a therapeutic intervention with the help of my AI, I feel able to respond. That’s a bit unfair, of course; the article itself is more nuanced than the loud cover, the image of a schoolkid with dull prompt questions, or the subtitle: “AI is conquering the schools, and educators fear a disaster.” The short answer to “Is AI making us dumb?” is: no. The long answer is more interesting, and even carries a preliminary glimmer of the spectacular. Unfortunately, it requires a detour into the sphere of artificial intelligence, into the mogul-field terrain of technology assessment, the attention economy, and the destructive virus of cultural pessimism. Along with narrowing the scope to AI’s effects on education and work rather than on intelligence. Because the honest version of the question would be: Does AI help us learn and work, or not? Generative AI, which set off the still-ongoing hype with ChatGPT, has only existed in relevant distribution since late 2022, early 2023. For a technology-driven transformation of people and society, that is extremely short. For that reason alone, research is still in its infancy. And technology assessment is not a fast discipline anyway. Prominent voices from Elizabeth Eisenstein to RAND to Tom Wheeler say we still cannot conclusively judge the consequences of the printing press. Its invention is a mere 580 years back, and some scholars would rather not circulate assessments that might have to be retracted in two or three hundred years. We’re Going Through Growing Pains A phenomenon that already caused upheaval in social media research makes serious assessment of AI’s consequences even harder: the “moving target” problem of LLM-ology, as the linguist Sean Trott called it in 2025. AI develops so quickly and so unpredictably that researchers often end up studying snapshots of the past. There are concepts, from morphological analysis to anticipatory governance, for keeping research, planning, and regulation halfway meaningful anyway. But even with those, universally valid statements are rare. DER SPIEGEL - The German View is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe We should therefore treat findings about the interplay between humans and AI as far more procedural and situational. Unfortunately, this challenge comes at the worst possible time. We are going through growing pains: AI’s everyday impact has grown very large very fast, and with it the longing for guidance. Annoyingly, the body of solid knowledge has not exploded along with it. Experts cannot be moved to broad consensus on even banal statements about AI. Sascha Lobo, born in 1975, is an author and strategy consultant focusing on the internet and digital technologies. Together with Jule Lobo, he explores the debates of the day in the podcast “Feel the News – Was Deutschland bewegt” (”What Moves Germany”). Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says software developers are dying out. Bill Gates considers coders one of only three professions that will survive the AI tsunami. Top tech economists find virtually irrefutable arguments both for and against an AI bubble. The same naturally applies to the structurally youth-hostile debate over whether AI is good or bad for young people. The gap between the demand for insight and the supply of solid knowledge creates an orientation vacuum. This vacuum of AI cluelessness is filled, as the attention economy described by Georg Franck in 1998 would have it, with half-knowledge (funnily enough, often AI-generated), marketing, and self-marketing. After all, infinite money is at stake, along with academia’s best current shot at global fame. But this iridescent froth of interpretation operates more by the algorithmic principles of the digital public sphere than by seriously earned insight. That is why dramatized, fear-feeding claims about AI are so promising. It tempts parts of academia into distorted drivel, and parts of the media then sensationalize the published drivel once more. Was the Research Aimed at a Desired Result? How badly this can influence academia and public perception is demonstrated by one of the most-discussed studies on AI’s effects: “Your Brain on ChatGPT.” The MIT study by Nataliya Kosmyna also gets plenty of space in the SPIEGEL cover story. What was measured and interpreted: lower brain activity in people who write with AI assistance, compared to people who only google or write without any tools. As is common with preprints, the study has not yet been peer-reviewed, and it contains substantial weaknesses that experts have sharply criticized. The first round had 54 participants in three groups, the second only 18, who reportedly also came from MIT’s own orbit. There was no preregistration (committing in advance to what you want to find out with which data). In their analysis, Stanković et al. even discovered an opposite effect that the study does not further explain. Some measurement data has not (yet) been published. And the EEG analysis method used is considered too imprecise to support such far-reaching conclusions. The biggest criticism, though, is the suspicion of an activism-driven study. In an interview with Time, lead author Kosmyna said she published the study immediately, rather than after full peer review, because she feared politicians might otherwise decide to put ChatGPT in kindergartens. She considers that absolutely harmful. It is legitimate to hold such a view. It just seems unscientific to approach a study with it, and then to design the setup so that the chance of a fitting desired result remains as high as possible. Ideologies Collide It is not easy to separate genuine AI insights from studies that trivialize and weaken well-founded AI criticism. The same goes for the opposing, AI-enthusiastic narratives, because the pro-AI side works against it with billions in resources. Ideologies collide, fed by egos, PR strategies, moral posturing, and once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. Doomsday marketing makes the search even harder: AI companies can profit from warnings about the dangers of AI, whether through the notoriety of apocalypse narratives or because, in some target groups, danger translates into power. Some seemingly negative findings are therefore quite welcome in the AI industry. If you try to get at the findings presumably less influenced by interest groups, the picture in education seems relatively clear: AI can improve educational outcomes when the right AI is used the right way, namely pedagogically. Simply dumping an AI chatbot into a classroom, by contrast, accomplishes little. Huge surprise. But something else is also obvious: whether they are allowed to or not, kids use AI for school, which is why the controlled integration of AI tools into education is, in the medium term, entirely without alternative. In the world of work, the landscape of findings is more complex and requires more differentiation. A series of serious studies points to an AI effect that suits neither the alarmists, regulation fetishists, and AI opponents, nor the trillion-dollar corporations with their armada of paid scientists, PR professionals, and ecosystems: working with AI helps the inexperienced (at least for now) considerably more than it helps the pros, in certain fields of work, and provided they know how to use it correctly. Missing Domain Knowledge Among the experienced, the professionals, and the high flyers, by contrast, despite frequent time savings, partially negative effects and new problems are emerging. Take the jagged frontier problem: AI solves task A brilliantly and fails completely at task B, even though both look similar even to professionals. Or the verification-cost problem, in which AI’s greater productivity gets eaten up by the enormous effort of checking its output. Or the illusion of competence, because AI makes new domains seem easily penetrable, until you painfully discover that deep domain knowledge is missing. Taken as a whole, the effects of working with AI do lean positive. But the promise that AI works as a turbocharger for everyone and boosts practically everything simply refuses to materialize. The AI magic the world has been feeling since ChatGPT arrived in late 2022 has so far barely shown up in most companies’ numbers. The consulting firm McKinsey has coined a term for this, the “gen AI paradox,” and believes that work processes and corporate structures would have to be rebuilt quite fundamentally to realize AI’s benefits at scale. Reuters just reported that only 3.3 percent of Microsoft’s customers have subscribed to the AI package Copilot. That may be down to the product; in other areas we continue to see soaring successes and new AI triumphs. But after the first quarter of 2026, disillusionment is the word for all too many AI projects at traditional companies: because the promised revolution of AI agents has so far failed to arrive or been postponed, and because of the leveling effect that many of the studies cited here suggest. Against Inequality The societal effects, on the other hand, appear rather encouraging. Many previous technologies operated on the Matthew principle, named for the Gospel verse about giving to those who already have: they tended to reward the more competent and more privileged. AI, however, seems more often to have an equalizing effect once a threshold of access and education is crossed. Some anecdotal insights point in this direction, for example, how an unemployed man in Leipzig successfully defended himself in court in 2025 against fraud accusations from Germany’s federal employment agency — without a lawyer, armed only with ChatGPT. The AI made mistakes and cited invented court rulings, but in the end the man walked away unpunished. And a key capability of artificial intelligence is its capacity to learn: set up correctly and fed with data, it can keep getting better. It is a question of time, or more precisely of AI innovations and training data, until even free AI chatbots write better legal briefs than law graduates with perfect exam scores. Whether that will make anyone dumb is something the world’s press will surely inform us of in due time. Subscribe Leave a comment

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Jul 29 • 4:23 AM EDT • Science • derspiegel.substack.com
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Moment of Science: Air Quality

From smoke to dust to pollen, our air is ever-changing! Dan Smith shows some of the dynamics and definitions that factor into local, national, and global air quality. 🌫‍⚠

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Jul 28 • 9:43 PM EDT • Science • 13abc.com
New York finalizes social media restrictions for kids

The regulations, which take effect in January, limit the use of algorithmic feeds and nighttime notifications.

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Jul 28 • 8:22 PM EDT • Politics • ny1.com
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WhatsApp Launches Web Browser-Based Audio And Video Calling Feature

According to a WhatsApp blog post, the new web calling feature supports both one-on-one and group calls and includes access to screen sharing, reactions, and a dedicated calls tab for history and favourites.

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Jul 28 • 2:54 PM EDT • Technology • ndtv.com
Judge orders immigration officials to release key witness in Texas ICE shooting

The witness was one of three passengers in a van driven by Lorenzo Araujo Salgado when he was shot by an ICE officer during a traffic stop.

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Jul 28 • 10:04 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Miffy Expands into Location-Based Entertainment Across Asia

Mercis and WildBrain CPLG partner to bring Miffy and Friends to theme parks, family entertainment centers and resorts across China, South Korea and beyond.

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Jul 28 • 8:45 AM EDT • Entertainment • licenseglobal.com
New images reveal Betelgeuse’s buddy star

A century of hints has suggested the famed red supergiant had a star pal but seeing it amid Betelgeuse’s brightness has been hard — until now.

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Jul 28 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencenews.org
Stellantis sells car-sharing business as CEO Filosa focuses on core auto-making

Stellantis has agreed to sell its Free2move car-sharing unit to German investment company Mutares , ​the automaker said on Tuesday, as CEO Antonio ‌Filosa continues efforts to sharpen the group's focus on its core vehicle production.

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Jul 28 • 3:19 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
UFC Belgrade Loses Debuting Heavyweight Veteran

UFC Belgrade will not see the heavyweight debut of Johnny Walker, as he is now officially off this Saturday’s fight card. Walker, who has been a UFC light heavyweight fighter since 2018, was set to make his heavyweight debut at UFC Belgrade, the promotion’s first-ever trip to Serbia. But after his opponent, Ante Delija, fell […] The post UFC Belgrade Loses Debuting Heavyweight Veteran appeared first on HEAVY.

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Jul 27 • 11:21 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
As Duke Health implements AI, oversight initiatives try to ensure ethical practices

At the center of Duke Health’s approach to an ethical use of artificial intelligence in healthcare is the flagship ABCDS Oversight Initiative, which evaluates and governs any algorithms, including AI ones, that are used in patient care.

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Jul 27 • 10:13 PM EDT • Health • dukechronicle.com
(LETTER) Don't let nostalgia blind you to present business support

Cap City News publishes letters, cartoons and opinions as a public service. The content does not necessarily reflect the opinions of Cap City News or its

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Jul 27 • 9:18 PM EDT • Business • capcity.news
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Everything We Know About MacBook Ultra's All-New Design

Apple's next high-end laptop is expected to bring the most substantial external changes to the MacBook Pro line since 2021. No renders, case leaks, or dimensions have emerged, but a series of reports have established much of what is set to change.

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Jul 27 • 9:00 PM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
A Child Welfare Algorithm Cut Bias 83%. Small Business AI Needs This

An algorithm cut racial bias 83% in child welfare. Small business owners should ask if their AI does the same before they buy.

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Jul 27 • 7:22 PM EDT • Business • forbes.com
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WVU Medicine to make "transformative contribution" to health services in Monongalia County

Announcement set for Tuesday morning in Morgantown.

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Jul 27 • 5:39 PM EDT • Health • wvmetronews.com
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Comey says seashells post was political speech — not a threat — as he presses to dismiss charges

James Comey is urging a judge to throw out federal charges against him. He's arguing that a photo of seashells he posted on social media was not a call to violence against President Donald Trump but protected political speech.

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Jul 27 • 4:47 PM EDT • Politics • ksl.com
iOS 26.6 fixes over 75 security issues with your iPhone, update now

Following the release of iOS 26.6, iPadOS 26.6, and related software updates, Apple has detailed a huge number of security...

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Jul 27 • 2:12 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5mac.com
Chevron CEO ignores history, science and modern economic realities

Nostalgia for oil wells is an odd look.

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Jul 27 • 12:00 PM EDT • Science • sandiegouniontribune.com
U.S. Senate candidates not addressing Michigan’s economic woes, political experts say

“Michigan’s economy over the past 25 years has become calcified in its nostalgia for manufacturing,” said pollster Richard Czuba, who regularly surveys Michigan residents for the Detroit Regional Chamber. “And that is, at the very core, what has caused Michigan’s economy to just stagnate. We have got to change.”

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Jul 27 • 11:00 AM EDT • Politics • michiganadvance.com
Soil carbon effectively measured by new, efficient AI model

A new model offers a proof-of-principle for how AI might be used to shed light on obscure biological processes.

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Jul 27 • 9:54 AM EDT • Science • news.cornell.edu
The Idiotic Trumpian War on Science

Dear readers, faithful companions of the lantern and the basketball, It is not easy to illustrate such a subject without descending into vulgarity. But how could one not be vulgar…

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Jul 27 • 8:11 AM EDT • Science • dailykos.com
Bulgarella to serve on governing board of nation’s leading academic medicine association

Bulgarella to serve on governing board of nation’s leading academic medicine association

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Jul 27 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • uab.edu
Revisiting Suns fandom through 1990s basketball card design

A childhood love of basketball cards turned into an offseason design project built on nostalgia.

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Jul 27 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Opinion: Expanded rail service can be Michigan’s next economic engine

A Michigan Central-Ann Arbor segment of rail service doesn’t need another study, and it’s too important to wait for federal action. The state should take the lead and fund this work.

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Jul 27 • 5:45 AM EDT • Business • crainsdetroit.com
Ukraine's new top general has an X doppelganger fooling thousands

The account on X, @Drapatyi_M, has posted 22 times in the last five days, mimicking the run-of-the-mill updates one would expect from an official.

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Jul 27 • 1:23 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Phoenix Suns’ Starting Lineup Continues To Be Underrated

Despite landing Miles Bridges and boasting Devin Booker’s elite playmaking, critics rank Phoenix’s revamped starting five in the league's bottom third, fueling intense debate over their true potential.

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Jul 26 • 11:24 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
End of the search bar: Why Utah businesses are racing to solve the 'GEO' puzzle

If you own a business in Utah, the way customers find you is about to undergo its biggest shift since the invention of the smartphone.

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Jul 26 • 5:30 PM EDT • Business • ksl.com
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Lions Free Agent Addition Receives Fantasy Sleeper Status

Isaiah Pacheco was a major disappointment for the Kansas City Chiefs last year. However, he is expected to bounce back and have a strong season in 2026 with the Detroit Lions. The loss of David Montgomery should propel Pacheco into flex territory in fantasy football, according to Kristopher Knox of Bleacher Report.“Pacheco will get a […] The post Lions Free Agent Addition Receives Fantasy Sleeper Status appeared first on HEAVY.

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Jul 26 • 2:58 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Kilmarnock sell left-back Thompson to Beveren

Kilmarnock have sold left-back Dominic Thompson to Belgian top-flight club Beveren. The 25-year-old Englishman, who has signed a two-year contract with the side who won the Challenger Pro League to earn promotion last season, joined Kilmarnock from Scottish Premiership rivals Motherwell last summer. Thompson told Beveren's website he was pleased to join a team that "comes into this with a lot of confidence after an incredible unbeaten season".

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Jul 26 • 1:41 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
9-year-old trades screen time for gardening, builds successful business

While many kids spend their summer vacation in front of a screen, 9-year-old Richard Andino is spending his days in the garden.

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Jul 26 • 12:33 PM EDT • Business • ksl.com
Kendry Rojas Continues To Impress In Short Notice Start

Rojas tossed four scoreless innings in a spot start on Saturday, a day in which he did not expect to start.

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Jul 26 • 11:41 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Med Center health offering class for soon to be big siblings

Med Center health has a new resource for soon-to-be big siblings.

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Jul 26 • 11:33 AM EDT • Health • wbko.com
Titans' Jeffery Simmons named potential MVP candidate

NFL analyst Kevin Patra names Tennessee Titans star Jeffery Simmons as a top MVP candidate under new coach Robert Saleh.

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Jul 26 • 6:06 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Lenovo launches Legion 24-1r and 27-1r 280Hz IPS monitors from $99

Lenovo has released two 1080p Legion gaming monitors with 280Hz IPS panels, 400-nit brightness and adjustable stands. China pricing starts at about $99.

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Jul 26 • 5:19 AM EDT • Technology • videocardz.com
Boil-water advisory impacts Algiers businesses and recreation

A boil-water advisory in Algiers is affecting local businesses and recreation centers after water pressure dropped during maintenance at the Algiers water plant.

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Jul 25 • 7:07 PM EDT • Business • wdsu.com
Six Years Ago, I Indulged My Husband’s Biggest Fantasy. Now It’s Eating Me Alive.

Once ... just once ... I'd like to try anything else.

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Jul 25 • 12:00 PM EDT • Technology • slate.com
Troy Jackson Picked to Replace Platner as Democratic Nominee in Maine Senate Race

Mr. Jackson, a progressive former State Senate president, clinched the nomination at a hastily arranged state party convention.

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Jul 25 • 11:30 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Science Made Ice Cream Better - And For Some, That's Worse

Nostalgia says things were always better when you were a child. Sometimes that is objectively true. McDonald's french fries were better, for example, before shoddy epidemiology and progressive

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Jul 25 • 10:43 AM EDT • Science • science20.com
F1 needs better balance between business and sport, says Norris

Lando Norris speaks up ahead of Hungarian Grand Prix with drivers feeling new regulations have cramped their speed.

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Jul 25 • 9:03 AM EDT • Business • aljazeera.com
Sewage, rat pee and toxic algae: Open water swimming is booming, but is it bad for your health?

Swimming in rivers and lakes is booming, but heavy rain, sewage overflows and farm runoff can lead to disease outbreaks. Here's how to spot when the risks to health are highest.

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Jul 25 • 5:01 AM EDT • Health • bbc.com
Andy Burnham and the rise of ‘aura farming’ in politics

Is “aura farming” the new political superpower? There are some days in TV news when you find yourself standing in the middle of a farm, surrounded by baby goats, trying to explain internet slang. Subscribe This was one of those days. There I was, in wellies, trying to unpack aura farming - a Gen Z term for carefully cultivating your image online so that you look effortlessly cool, authentic and charismatic. The trick, apparently, is that it can’t look like you’re trying too hard. Which, I’ll admit, felt slightly ironic as we filmed an entire report on a farm purely because the word farming is in the title. ‘Shaped by algorithms’ Whether you like it or not, politics increasingly feels like it’s being shaped by algorithms as much as manifestos. Take Andy Burnham. Since arriving at Number 10, he’s been impossible to miss online. One minute he’s out for a casual jog with Mo Farah. Next he’s announcing policy alongside TikTok high priestess Bus Aunty. His social media paints a very deliberate picture: less polished Westminster operator, more bloke from the North who just happens to be running the country. It’s not accidental. Burnham’s “King of the North”, New Order-loving persona has become part of a carefully constructed political brand. Authenticity is now something politicians work incredibly hard to make look effortless. But Burnham isn’t inventing this playbook. Like so many of us doomscrolling on an evening, he’s been influenced online. The digital strategy of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, pictured above right, has become a case study in viral political communication, and some of the people behind that campaign have recently been advising the Labour Party in Britain. Their message is simple: if you want to reach younger voters, you need to show up where they already spend their time. Embracing content creators And increasingly, that doesn’t mean traditional news interviews (awkward). It means speaking to content creators like Max from The Career Ladder, whose channels reach around 20 million followers worldwide. His interview with Burnham, pictured below, was posted almost immediately after he became Prime Minister. What struck me wasn’t just the audience size, but something Max told me afterwards: many people in the comments said they’d discovered Britain had a new Prime Minister through his interview. Think about that for a moment. Not through rolling news. Not through newspapers. Through a creator they were already following while scrolling. Share That’s a profound shift in how political information reaches people, one that’s been gathering momentum for some time. It also explains why politicians are embracing content creators and spending millions on digital marketing. Of course, this isn’t unique to one party. ‘Personality before policy’ In many ways, the right were quicker off the mark in building their aura online. Donald Trump built much of his political identity on social media. Nigel Farage remains one of Britain’s strongest political performers on TikTok. Politicians across the spectrum now understand that personality often reaches people before policy does. During a six-week UK general election campaign alone, overall digital ad spending routinely tops £11m. Share Channel 4 News Former Number 10 social media adviser Andrew Wong put it well when he told me that “vibes” can help someone get noticed, but they only work if they’re rooted in a genuine personality. Force it, and audiences spot it instantly. The bigger question is whether internet charisma can backfire on you - especially when you’re Prime Minister. Because behind Burnham’s carefully curated videos is a veteran politician with decades of Westminster experience. The spontaneity is produced. While the authenticity may be genuine, it’s managed. That’s not necessarily a criticism. It’s simply the reality of modern political communication. Aura farming alone is not enough to harvest change. But in the age of algorithms, winning attention may be the first battle. Subscribe Share Channel 4 News Leave a comment

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Jul 25 • 4:01 AM EDT • Politics • channel4news.substack.com
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Fort Wayne Kroger store manager recognized among top women in grocery business

A Fort Wayne Kroger leader is one of about 100 female store managers to be recognized by an industry publication among Top Women in Grocery.

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Jul 24 • 10:45 PM EDT • Business • journalgazette.net
Azzi Fudd wins WNBA All-Star 3-point contest; Shakira Austin, Elena Delle Donne, GG Banks take Shooting Stars Challenge

The No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 WNBA Draft shined in her All-Star 3-point contest debut.

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Jul 24 • 10:03 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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State Street business not worried as protests continue

After Thursday night’s vigil, protestors moved to John Nolen Drive, snaking through downtown to end up on State Street.

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Jul 24 • 7:44 PM EDT • Business • wmtv15news.com
Ryan Clark bashes ESPN over controversial layoff during emotional interview

The former NFL star is hurling serious accusations at ESPN after his recent departure.

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Jul 24 • 7:37 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
LG users complain about unwanted ads on TVs and gaming monitors

Even Microsoft is irked by LG's advertising.

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Jul 24 • 4:00 PM EDT • Technology • mashable.com
Toxic blue-green algae health alert issued for parts of Lake Okeechobee

Health officials are warning people and pet owners to avoid contact with parts of Lake Okeechobee after tests detected harmful blue-green algae toxins.The Flor

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Jul 24 • 3:29 PM EDT • Health • cbs12.com
Kansas Football 2026 Opponent Preview: Missouri

Kansas will take on the Tigers early in the season.

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Jul 24 • 2:19 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Colorado Commission prioritizes feelings over science

The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission voted Thursday and prioritized feelings over science-based management. Meanwhile, Rancher X is the beneficiary of those feelings-driven decisions. Well played, governor. The newest appointees to the CPW Commission are...

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Jul 24 • 12:45 PM EDT • Science • thefencepost.com
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Rhode Island energy costs are soaring. So are political tensions.

Governor Dan McKee directs $28M to offset winter electric rate hikes while taking aim at lawmakers, environmentalists who opposed his broader relief package.

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Jul 24 • 11:28 AM EDT • Politics • bostonglobe.com
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The anti-science movement is a quack with a bigger megaphone

The lone quack of 1979 reached patients one pamphlet, one waiting room, one late-night radio spot at a time. Today the same claims are amplified by algorithms.

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Jul 24 • 11:00 AM EDT • Science • seattletimes.com
Buffalo Bills Honor Bills Mafia in New Highmark Stadium

Standing twenty feet tall and built directly into the structure, a massive broken folding table immortalizes the Bills Mafia’s most notorious tailgating tradition in the new Highmark Stadium.

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Jul 24 • 10:47 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Cowboys Trade Bust: Jonathan Mingo 'Package' Ever Be Delivered?
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Jul 24 • 9:42 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Van Bommel appointed Belgium head coach

Belgium appoint former Netherlands captain Mark van Bommel as their new head coach on a contract running through Euro 2028.

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Jul 24 • 9:32 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
LG kills McAfee pop-up after Windows boss steps in

Advert gets the chop, but the silent app installation mechanism remains untouched

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Jul 24 • 7:29 AM EDT • Technology • theregister.com
LG Promises To Stop McAfee Spam Ads Following Pressure From Microsoft

Following user outcry and pressure from Microsoft, LG has agreed to stop showing McAfee pop-up spam downloaded from its monitors.

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Jul 24 • 7:21 AM EDT • Technology • engadget.com
Microsoft intervenes after LG gets caught installing McAfee adware onto Windows 11 PCs via their monitors

A popup window from LG that began appearing on PCs with LG monitors connected was showing ads for McAfee, and nobody, not even Microsoft, was impressed.

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Jul 24 • 7:01 AM EDT • Technology • windowscentral.com
Microsoft pressures LG into killing unwanted McAfee ads

LG says it isn’t to blame, however.

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Jul 24 • 5:20 AM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Partisan school board candidates must check their politics at the school door

Indiana school board candidates may affiliate with a political party in November. The winners, however, must check their politics at the school door.

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Jul 23 • 11:45 PM EDT • Politics • journalgazette.net
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LG to Remove Unwanted Monitor Pop-Ups, Following Nudge From Microsoft

LG monitors quietly installed an app that showed a pop-up ad for McAfee software, an example of how third-party devices can leverage Windows to install bloatware and adware.

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Jul 23 • 5:22 PM EDT • Technology • pcmag.com
Microsoft responds to LG monitors installing McAfee ads on Windows

App is installed through Windows Update when certain LG monitors connect to a PC.

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Jul 23 • 4:47 PM EDT • Technology • arstechnica.com
Different moon rocks tell different tales about a long-ago bombardment

Prior moon rock samples, including from Apollo, seem heavily influenced by one impact. The farside samples tweak the story.

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Jul 23 • 2:12 PM EDT • Science • sciencenews.org
Harvard Pilgrim, Tufts Health Plan CEO talks GLP-1 weigh-loss drug coverage

A year in, Point32Health CEO sits down to discuss insurance premiums, drug prices, and layoffs.

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Jul 23 • 8:10 AM EDT • Health • bostonglobe.com
Microsoft is cracking down on Windows 11 bloatware ads, forces LG to pull McAfee popup

LG has agreed to disable the McAfee popup in its Monitor App Installer, Microsoft's Pavan Davuluri confirms, after weeks of user complaints.

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Jul 23 • 6:26 AM EDT • Technology • windowslatest.com
Nvidia CEO to Washington: Don't fall for "science fiction" AI fear

Jensen Huang railed against AI doomerism in an interview with Axios' Mike Allen.

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Jul 23 • 5:30 AM EDT • Science • axios.com
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Nine-Year-Old RefluXFS Linux Flaw Gives Local Users Root on Default RHEL Installs

CVE-2026-64600 lets local users overwrite root-owned files on reflink-enabled XFS systems, preserving metadata and persistent root access after reboot

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Jul 23 • 4:04 AM EDT • Technology • thehackernews.com
Southeastern Mass., Azores business groups form Sister Chambers

One SouthCoast Chamber and Ponta Delgada officials signed a pact to boost trade between Massachusetts and the Azores.

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Jul 23 • 4:02 AM EDT • Business • heraldnews.com
1.3K views · 16 reactions | Sony Pictures Entertainment said that it...

Sony Pictures Entertainment said that it would reopen the Cinerama Dome, a Hollywood landmark, in 2028 after a renovation. Read more: https://nyti.ms/4x35CMZ

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Jul 22 • 11:52 PM EDT • Entertainment • facebook.com
Summit County woodworking business prepares to reopen nearly a year after devastating fire

A Summit County woodworking business is preparing to reopen nearly a year after a devastating fire burnt it to the ground.

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Jul 22 • 8:18 PM EDT • Business • ksl.com
Health officials track Arizona’s first travel-associated case of Clade I mpox

The Arizona Department of Health Services was notified this month of a state resident who contracted Clade I mpox while traveling outside the country.

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Jul 22 • 7:49 PM EDT • Health • azfamily.com
House votes to adopt Department of War renaming as part of annual defense bill

The House on Wednesday passed a defense policy bill that incorporates President Donald Trump's request for a historic $1.15 trillion in spending for national security and that would designate the Department of Defense as the Department of War.

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Jul 22 • 7:45 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Cleveland Science Center marks 30 years with celebration (photos)

The Great Lakes Science Center handed out 500 cupcakes Wednesday and showcased exhibits that have made it a regional leader in hands-on science education.

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Jul 22 • 4:35 PM EDT • Science • cleveland.com
Commissioners Grant LGRC $50,000 for Recovery House, Mental Health Board Provides Opioid Fund Updates

Three months after Geauga County awarded its first opioid settlement fund grants, Geauga Board of Mental Health and Recovery Services Executive Director Christine Lakomiak met with Geauga County Commissioners to provide updates and discuss the program’s future. Under an agreement with the Geauga County Prosecutor’s Office, $100,000 annually from the county’s opioid settlement funds is

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Jul 22 • 2:16 PM EDT • Health • geaugamapleleaf.com
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A newly found world blurs the boundary between planet and moon

The object orbits a brown dwarf that orbits a star, and astronomers aren’t sure if it’s a planet, a moon — or something else entirely.

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Jul 22 • 11:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencenews.org
Health officials investigating possible harmful algae bloom in the Charles River after dog's death

The Boston Public Health Commission is warning residents to avoid the water between Kendrick Street in Needham and Spring Street in West Roxbury after a dog died earlier this week.

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Jul 22 • 9:57 AM EDT • Health • boston.com
DOE Genesis Mission awards will advance AI-driven science

Two Cornell-led research teams have been selected to receive nearly $1.2 million through Phase I of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission.

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Jul 22 • 9:07 AM EDT • Science • news.cornell.edu
Watch China's Hanfu Boom Is a Political Tool

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Karishma Vaswani says China's Hanfu boom gives young people comfort amid economic uncertainty and the Communist Party a tool for promoting national greatness. But nostalgia cannot create jobs, revive the property market or persuade young people to start families.

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Jul 22 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • bloomberg.com
Orioles news: Is Adley Rutschman on the trading block?

Let’s play two, minor league updates, and the O’s are listening on Rutschman.

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Jul 22 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Kentucky Wildcats News: La Familia vs. The Ville Game 3

Will the Cats be able to defend home court and advance?

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Jul 22 • 6:45 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Smart Tips to Maximize Your NASCAR Weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway

At New Hampshire Motor Speedway, fans get more than just racing — they get great value. New England's only NASCAR Cup Series weekend features affordable tickets, free parking, flexible camping options and inclusive entertainment like live music and fan experiences.

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Jul 22 • 5:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • nhms.com
Police Dismantle Kratos Phishing Kit Built to Steal Microsoft 365 Sessions and Bypass MFA

Authorities seize 200 Kratos servers and arrest its alleged developer and operator; investigators estimate 15,000 campaigns ran monthly.

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Jul 22 • 2:38 AM EDT • Technology • thehackernews.com
Kaylee Hottle, deaf 'Godzilla' actor, killed in car crash at 18

Kaylee Hottle, a deaf actor known for her roles in two “Godzilla” films, has died in a car crash in Maryland. She was 18. The Frederick County Sheriff's Office reports

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Jul 22 • 12:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • journalgazette.net
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Moms Podcast Takeover: Sun, swim & science with Dr. Liza Lockwood

Summer myths are everywhere—but some can be dangerous. This week on the Mom Pod, Dr. Liza Lockwood joins the moms to separate fact from fiction on sunscreen, water safety, and hydration. From the biggest summer parenting myths to simple science-backed tips that could keep your family safer, this is one conversation you'll want before your next trip to the beach, pool, or playground.

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Jul 22 • 12:00 AM EDT • Science • acsh.org
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Trump must divulge financial details about businesses in $10bn BBC lawsuit

US judge’s ruling could open up window into first family’s multiple ventures, in drawback of lawsuit on media

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Jul 21 • 7:52 PM EDT • Business • theguardian.com
Patriots make three roster moves ahead of training camp

The Patriots reportedly made a slew of roster moves before the start of training camp.

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Jul 21 • 7:03 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Of course Matt Damon told Ben Affleck about landing the lead role in ‘The Odyssey’ before his wife

Matt Damon admitted that he told Ben Affleck about landing the lead role in ‘The Odyssey’ before his wife Luciana Barroso.

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Jul 21 • 6:49 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Which Chicago Bears position group are you most confident in?

The notion that quarterback is even in the conversation for the best Chicago Bears position group is an amazing thing!

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Jul 21 • 6:15 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Harmful algae bloom leads to health advisory for T. Howard Duckett Reservoir

Recreational areas will stay open, and boating and fishing will still be allowed, but cyanobacteria can bring risks.

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Jul 21 • 5:53 PM EDT • Health • baltimoresun.com
Palmetto Sports Daily: SEC Media Days in full swing, more early football previews

On today’s episode of Palmetto Sports Daily, the crew recaps a busy SEC Media Day, plus more early previews of SC State and Furman football heading into 2026.

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Jul 21 • 5:38 PM EDT • Sports • wistv.com
Broward Health hosts 1st Bump, Baby and Beyond Fair to help expectant parents

Broward Health is working to make preparing for a baby a little less intimidating by connecting expectant families with resources, doctors and information before delivery day.

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Jul 21 • 5:31 PM EDT • Health • local10.com
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Harmful algae bloom leads to health advisory for T. Howard Duckett Reservoir

WSSC Water has detected high concentrations of blue green algae (cyanobacteria) in the Howard T Duckett reservoir, and has issued a health advisory.

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Jul 21 • 5:15 PM EDT • Health • wjla.com
Harmful algae bloom leads to health advisory for T. Howard Duckett Reservoir

WSSC Water has detected high concentrations of blue green algae (cyanobacteria) in the Howard T Duckett reservoir, and has issued a health advisory.

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Jul 21 • 5:15 PM EDT • Health • foxbaltimore.com
Less invasive anesthesia strategies during TAVR linked to a key benefit

Long-term TAVR outcomes were comparable. When tracking 30-day data, however, researchers found that hospital readmission was much less common for patients treated with regional anesthesia or moderate sedation.

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Jul 21 • 4:55 PM EDT • Business • cardiovascularbusiness.com
Same old Cowboys offseason with one giant exception

What do you think is the biggest individual difference about this Cowboys offseason?

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Jul 21 • 4:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com