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‘Wonka the Golden Ticket’ winner talks ‘nerve-wracking’ finale and big plans for winnings

‘Wonka’s the Golden Ticket’ season 1 stars Garrison Wilson, Gabrielle Wright, and Taylor Schilling were the final three contestants competing for a lifetime supply of money.

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Sep 30 • 3:01 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Small-town athletes making it big at Nebraska

Several small towns in Nebraska have developed admirable athletic talent, some who have made it big at UNL. Athletes in women's basketball, wrestling and track and field, who came from small towns all over Nebraska.

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Sep 30 • 1:00 AM EDT • Sports • dailynebraskan.com
Dr Mike Israetel's Golden Rules for Muscle Growth – The Science-Backed Way to Actually Get Bigger

The exercise scientist also details how to spot bad science

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Sep 30 • 12:00 AM EDT • Science • menshealth.com
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8 seeds to beat a 1 seed in WNBA: Complete history of biggest first-round playoff upsets

The Liberty made history with their first-round upset over the Lynx.

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Sep 29 • 10:37 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
USC's offense looks to steady itself after first loss

The Trojans need to bounce back in a big way after falling to 5-15 against ranked opponents under Lincoln Riley.

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Sep 29 • 10:28 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Brazil football clubs face massive sponsorship blow from betting ban

Brazil's powerhouse football clubs are reeling after a ban on sports betting companies, their biggest sponsors, which has left multi-million dollar deals in limbo.Flamengo, the reigning Libertadores and Brasileirao champion, has the biggest annual sponsorship deal in South American football history with Betano, worth $46 million.

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Sep 29 • 9:46 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Trump’s made his big call on AI. Humanity’s fate may ride on him being right

President Donald Trump held court on the White House drive Tuesday, surrounded by the tech moguls who, in their own estimation, hold the planet’s fate in their hands.

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Sep 29 • 8:35 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Iowa attorney general candidates lay out goals for safety, taking on big corporations

Nate Willems is the Democratic challenger to Republican incumbent Brenna Bird.

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Sep 29 • 8:10 PM EDT • Politics • kcci.com
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Patriots QB’s Biggest Problem Revealed by NFL Coaching Legend

Former NFL head coach Bruce Arians broke down what he thinks is the problem with New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye. He spoke on the ‘Up And Adams’ show on Tuesday, and made his case.Drake Maye has had a difficult start to the 2026 campaign. He has started for 585 yards, one touchdown, and six […] The post Patriots QB’s Biggest Problem Revealed by NFL Coaching Legend appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 29 • 8:07 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Blinding us with science: Gabriela González and Hank Green lead fall talks at Natural History Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History is bringing two big names in science to Cleveland this fall. Physicist Gabriela González will discuss gravitational waves Oct. 6, followed by a Q&A with science communicator Hank Green.

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Sep 29 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • freshwatercleveland.com
Chicago Bears Week 4 power rankings roundup

The rankings are in and the Bears are moving up after a big win over the Eagles

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Sep 29 • 8:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Michigan research council predicts legal challenges if money-out-of-politics campaign succeeds

The initiative would restrict political contributions by big utilities and state government contractors. But the U.S. Supreme Court has held that campaign contributions by corporations are protected speech.

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Sep 29 • 7:30 PM EDT • Politics • michiganpublic.org
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The Streamers Tried To Conquer Labor Day…and Whiffed

(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights each week.) What? Another Streaming Ratings Report already? You betcha. Nielsen has moved up the release of their Streaming Ratings data by two weeks, which means I’ve got two extra issues to get out. But I love this change because it will make this report more timely and easier to publish regularly. This week—with the viewership data for the week of 31-Aug—we’ve got some huge, huge topics to discuss. On the film side, two theatrical films (The Mandalorian and Grogu on Disney+ and Scary Movie on Paramount+) contend with two non-Netflix straight-to-streaming films (Mayday on Apple TV and The Runner on Prime Video). The streamers went all in to win Labor Day weekend in America. And we have a bunch of TV shows to analyze, both new shows (Netflix’s The Gentleman, Hulu’s Chad Powers, and an Alix Earle reality show) and weekly shows like Reacher, Ted Lasso, House of the Dragon and Lioness. All that, plus nepotism in Hollywood, some eye-popping fantasy football stats, all the flops, bombs and misses, and a whole lot more. Let’s dive right in! (Reminder: The streaming ratings report focuses on the U.S. market and compiles data from Nielsen’s weekly top ten viewership ranks, Luminate’s Top Ten Data, JustWatch and Reelgood interest data, Samba TV household viewership, company datecdotes, Netflix hours viewed data, Google Trends, and IMDb to determine the most popular content. While most data points are current, Nielsen’s data covers the weeks of August 31st to September 6th, 2026. You can find a link to my terminology here.) Subscribe Film - A Slew of Labor Day Disappointments? A lot of streamers released big new films this week, why? My theory is that the streamers know that four-day weekends can propel streaming films to glory. But if you’ve been reading more over the last two years, you know that big holiday weekends aren’t driving big viewership numbers the way they did post-Covid. And interestingly enough, Netflix didn’t put out a big new film this week. But four other streamers did, trying to take advantage of the holiday with some (not cheap) swings, including… The Mandalorian and Grogu on Disney+ (a Star Wars film that cost $165 million and made $177 million at the US domestic box office) Mayday on Apple TV (rumored $100 million budget, no theatrical release) The Runner on Prime Video (at least a $40 million budget, but likely $50 to $80 million, no theatrical release). Scary Movie on Paramount+ ($30 million budget, made $108 million domestically). (Paramount+ also released a made-for-streaming film based on the Thundermans IP, and I’ll discuss that later.) So…how’d they do? The Mandalorian and Grogu Leads The Way (But That Isn’t Enough) Let’s start with The Mandalorian and Grogu (which I’ll abbreviate to Mando for most of this article). We’re just getting started with this issue, but the rest is for paid subscribers of the Entertainment Strategy Guy, so if you’d like to find out… How Mando, Mayday, The Runner and Scary Movie performed on streaming... How the powerhouse weekly released shows (Reacher, Ted Lasso and Lioness) have accumulate a LOT of viewership… How House of the Dragon finished its run… The latest Netflix show to have a sophomore slump… Whether top creators can drive viewers to their shows… Nepotism in Hollywood and the music business... All the flops, bombs and misses for the week… And more… ...please subscribe! We can only keep doing this great work with your support. Coming Soon! Since Nielsen has accelerated their streaming data release schedule, I’ve got a lot of Streaming Ratings Reports coming your way! Next issue, I’ll be looking at the second season of Peacock’s The Paper, the latest season of Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, and a very, very expensive Daily Wire fantasy series that’s now on Prime Video. Plus Crew Girl and Dang! on Netflix, a new Tyler Perry film, and one of the biggest bombs of the summer, Supergirl. In the next two issues, I’ll take a look at the return of the NFL to streaming, Toy Story 5 on Disney+, Backrooms on HBO Max, and The Breadwinner on Netflix. On the TV side, we’ve got Netflix’s Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story, Dancing with the Stars on Disney+, Apple TV’s Slow Horses, a Reacher spinoff on Prime Video, and Paramount+’s MobLand, a Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey comedy on Apple TV, a sequel to a Cosby Show spinoff on Netflix, The Great British Baking Show, and the Unabomber film. And while doing all that, I want to take a look at adult animated shows, Ride or Die’s cancellation, and Netflix’s summer films. So much great stuff! Long term, two bits of comic book news. The X-Men cast has been announced, and go ahead and color me bull-ish, if not very, very bull-ish on this bit of comic book IP. In weirder news, HBO Max ordered a “true crime” show by Jimmy Olsen about Gorilla Grodd being falsely convicted of murder. I mean, what? I don’t know, let’s see what happens.

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Sep 29 • 6:45 PM EDT • Entertainment • entertainment.substack.com
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Maple Leafs Announce Big Kirill Marchenko News Before Season Opener

The Toronto Maple Leafs play their 2026-27 season opener against the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday.This comes just one day after they made a blockbuster trade with the Columbus Blue Jackets to acquire star winger Kirill Marchenko.Now, as the Maple Leafs prepare for their season opener against the Canadiens, they have announced some notable news regarding […] The post Maple Leafs Announce Big Kirill Marchenko News Before Season Opener appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 29 • 6:19 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Hampden debut to forget but Pocognoli looks at bigger picture

Scotland head coach Sebastien Pocognoli hopes "we will remember this night differently later on" as his Hampden bow ends with a 3-0 defeat by Switzerland.

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Sep 29 • 6:14 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Kansas-Utah Kickoff Time Released for Big 12 Showdown

Kansas-Utah Kickoff Time Released for Big 12 Showdown

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Sep 29 • 6:13 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
There's a cure for one of California's biggest health problems. Getting it is another matter

California is eliminating a key insurance hurdle for hepatitis C treatment, part of a broader push to get a long-available cure to the hundreds of thousands of patients who need it.

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Sep 29 • 5:16 PM EDT • Health • yahoo.com
Oklahoma rural health gets $223M from One Big Beautiful Bill as SWOSU brings care closer to home

Oklahoma rural health just got a $223 million boost, and SWOSU is using part of it to bring care closer to home for those in western Oklahoma.

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Sep 29 • 5:13 PM EDT • Health • koco.com
Three Biggest Takeaways From Kings Media Day

Kings Media Day took place yesterday, giving Sacramento players an early chance to talk to the media before the new season begins. Virtually all the players spoke about their offseasons, expectations, goals, and mindsets for next year. Three Biggest Takeaways From Kings Media Day Although Media Day lasts only one day and players will always …

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Sep 29 • 5:06 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Gambit's Best of New Orleans 2026: Entertainment

Design by Dora Sison / Gambit Best Bounce Artist googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('ad-1492300'); }); 1. Big Freedia (Instagram: @bigfreedia)2. Ha Sizzle (Instagram: @hasizzlethevoice)3. Subtweet Shawn (Instagram: @subtweetshawn1) Trixie Minx Photo by Sophia Germer / The Times-Picayune Best Burlesque Performer1. Trixie Minx (Instagram: @trixienola)2. Bella Blue (Instagram: @bellablueforever)3. Miss Angie Z (Instagram: @missangiez) Best Casino1. Caesars New Orleans (8 Canal St., 800-427-7247; caesars.com/caesars-new-orleans)2. Treasure Chest Casino (4550 Williams Blvd., Kenner, 504-443-8000; treasurechest.com)3. Boomtown Casino (4132 Peters Road., Harvey, 504-366-7711; boomtownneworleans.com) Best Drag Performer1. Debbie with a D (Instagram: @debbiewithad)2. Katrina Waters (Instagram: @katrinawaters504)3. Laveau Contraire (Instagram: @laveaucontraire) Best Festival (that's still around)1. New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (nojazzfest.com)2. French Quarter Festival (frenchquarterfest.org)3. Hogs For The Cause (hogsfest.org) Best Food Festival1. New Orleans Fried Chicken Festival (friedchickenfestival.com)2. Oak Street Po-Boy Festival (poboyfest.com)3. New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (nojazzfest.com) Tipitina's Photo by Sophia Germer / The Times-Picayune Best Live Music Venue1. Tipitina’s (501 Napoleon Ave., 504-895-8477; tipitinas.com)2. The Broadside (600 N Broad St., 504-766-0871; broadsidenola.com)3. The Fillmore (6 Canal St., 504-881-1555; thefillmorenola.com) Best Live Music Club1. Maple Leaf Bar (8316 Oak St., 504-866-9359; mapleleafbar.com)2. Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro (626 Frenchmen St., 504-949-0696; snugjazz.com)3. Chickie Wah Wah (2828 Canal St., 504-541-2050; chickiewahwah.com)3. Blue Nile (532 Frenchmen St., 504-766-6193; bluenilelive.com) Best Local Blues Artist/Band1. Little Freddie King (littlefreddieking.com)2. Samantha Fish (samanthafish.com)3. Tab Benoit (tabbenoit.com) Best Local Brass Band1. Rebirth Brass Band (rebirthbrassband.com)2. Hot 8 Brass Band (hot8brassband.com)3. The Soul Rebels (thesoulrebels.com) Best Local DJ1. Paul Lakeway (Instagram: @paul_lakeway)2. DJ Soul Sister (Instagram: @djsoulsister)3. ANTWIGADEE! (Instagram: @antwigadee) Best Local Funk Band1. Dumpstaphunk (dumpstaphunk.com)2. Galactic (galacticfunk.com)3. Big Sam's Funky Nation (bigsamsfunkynation.com) Kaye the Beast Provided Photo by Catherine Debuys Best Local Hip-Hop Group/Artist1. Kaye the Beast (Instagram: @kayethebeast)2. La Reezy (Instagram: @lareezymusic)3. Pell (Instagram: @pellyeah) Best Local Movie Theater1. The Broad Theater (636 N. Broad St., 504-218-1008; thebroadtheater.com)2. The Prytania (5339 Prytania St., 504-891-2787; theprytania.com) googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('ad-1492297'); }); 3. The Prytania Theatre at Canal Place (333 Canal St., 3rd floor, 504-290-2658; theprytania.com) Best Local Music Artist/Band1. Robin Barnes & The Fiya Birds (robinbarnesmusic.com)2. Trombone Shorty (tromboneshorty.com)3. Sweet Crude (sweetcrudeband.com) Best Local Rock Band1. The Revivalists (therevivalists.com)2. Better Than Ezra (betterthanezra.com)3. Cowboy Mouth (cowboymouth.com) Best Wedding Band/ DJ1. The Mixed Nuts (themixednuts.com)2. Bucktown All-Stars (bucktownallstars.com)3. Warm Advice (warmadvice.com) Doreen Ketchens Provided photo Best Local Street Performer1. Doreen Ketchens (doreensjazz.org)2. Jourdan Blue (Instagram: @jourblue)3. Sariyah Idan (ariyahidan.com) Best Local Theater Company1. The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans (504-264-2580; twtheatrenola.com)2. Le Petit Theatre (616 St. Peter St., 504-522-2081; lepetittheatre.com)3. The NOLA Project (504-302-9117; nolaproject.com) Best Local Traditional Jazz Group/Artist1. Preservation Hall Jazz Band (preservationhalljazzband.com)2. Kermit Ruffins (@ruffinsbbq)3. Trombone Shorty (tromboneshorty.com) Best Marching Band1. St. Augustine High School Marching 100 (Instagram: @staugmarching100)2. Edna Karr High School Marching Band (Instagram: @theofficialkarrband)3. The Roots of Music Marching Crusaders (therootsofmusic.org) Best Mardi Gras Parade1. Muses (kreweofmuses.org)2. Iris (kreweofiris.org)3. Endymion (endymion.org) 610 Stompers Photo by Chris Granger / The Times-Picayune Best Mardi Gras Dance Krewe1. 610 Stompers (610stompers.com)2. Amelia EarHawts (aecabinkrewe.com)3. The Jamettes (Instagram: @thejametteskrewe) Best Place to See Burlesque/Drag1. The AllWays Lounge & Cabaret (2240 St. Claude Ave., 504-218-5778; theallwayslounge.net)2. The Original Nite Cap (1300 St. Bernard Ave., 2nd floor, 504-224-2854; Instagram: @originalnitecap)3. The Country Club (634 Louisa St., 504-945-0742; thecountryclubneworleans.com) Best Place to See Comedy1. Sports Drink (1042 Toledano St.; sportsdrink.org)2. The Howlin' Wolf (907 S. Peters St., 504-529-5844; thehowlinwolf.com)3. Big Couch New Orleans (1045 Desire St.; bigcouchnola.com) Best Local Comedian1. Ryan Rogers (ryanrogerscomedy.com)2. Mark Normand (marknormandcomedy.com)3. Cyrus Cooper (Instagram: @cyrusjcooper) Best Strip Club1. The Penthouse Club (727 Iberville St., 504-524-4354; penthouseclubneworleans.com)2. Rick’s Cabaret (315 Bourbon St., 504-524-4222; rickscabaretneworleans.com)3. Larry Flynt's Hustler Club (225 Bourbon St., 504-524-0010; neworleanshustlerclub.com) Best Performing Arts Center1. Jefferson Performing Arts Center (6400 Airline Dr., 504-731-4700; jeffersonpac.com)2. Saenger Theatre (1111 Canal St., 504-525-1052; saengertheatreneworleans.com)3. Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts (1419 Basin St., 504-525-1052; mahaliajacksontheater.com) .donate-gambit-article-module-container { text-align: center; padding: 10px; /* background-color: #24da6d; */ background-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 20px; } .donate-gambit-article-module-title { font-weight: bold; color: #fff; } .donate-gambit-article-module-copy { color: #fff !important; font-size: 16px; } .donate-gambit-article-module-button { background-color: black; width: 50%; border-color: black; font-size: 16px; } .donate-gambit-article-module-button:hover { background-color: black; } @media only screen and (max-width: 600px) { .donate-gambit-article-module-button { font-size: 14px; width: 100%; } .donate-gambit-article-module-copy { font-size: 14px; } } BECOME A GAMBIT MEMBER AND JOIN OUR KREWE TODAY For more than 40 years, Gambit has covered New Orleans, for New Orleans. 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Sep 29 • 5:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • nola.com
Chicago suburbs notch another big apartment sale with $91M Nuveen deal

The sale adds to a wave of high-dollar deals for apartment buildings in Chicago and its suburbs as the market bounces back after a slowdown caused by interest rate hikes.

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Sep 29 • 4:32 PM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com
PM Burnham vows big shake-up for UK in high-risk political speech

The prime minister promised a rethink of ties with the EU, a reform of Britain’s electoral system and a new social care service.

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Sep 29 • 4:16 PM EDT • Politics • scmp.com
Rockstar Officially Reveals 3 Big New 'GTA 6' Gameplay Features

Game Informer's cover story dishes on GTA 6's animals, the game's dynamic weather system, and Rockstar's intense approach to NPC generation

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Sep 29 • 4:08 PM EDT • Technology • polygon.com
Why Neon put a Korean-language thriller in 1,500 US theaters

LOS ANGELES — Director Na Hong-jin’s action movie “Hope” opened in 1,500 U.S. cinemas this month, marking the biggest domestic theatrical footprint for a Korean-language film since the Academy Award-winning

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Sep 29 • 3:45 PM EDT • Entertainment • recorderonline.com
Halo's Former Franchise Creative Director Sees 3 Possible Paths for Activision's Halo

Frank O'Connor, Halo's Franchise Creative Director for nearly 20 years at 343 Industries/Halo Studios, has weighed in on Halo's future at Activision, suggesting three viable paths forward for Xbox's former biggest franchise.

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Sep 29 • 3:18 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Research shows poor mental health among politicians may impair decision-making

When political leaders disclose mental health challenges—as an increasing number of high-profile leaders have done in recent years—the public debate usually focuses on politicians' personal resilience ...

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Sep 29 • 2:30 PM EDT • Health • phys.org
Research shows poor mental health among politicians may impair decision-making

When political leaders disclose mental health challenges—as an increasing number of high-profile leaders have done in recent years—the public debate usually focuses on politicians' personal resilience ...

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Sep 29 • 2:30 PM EDT • Politics • phys.org
Kalen DeBoer Reveals Biggest Worry For Alabama Facing Mississippi State

Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer revealed his biggest worry about facing Mississippi State this week.

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Sep 29 • 2:28 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Domino Data Lab and EPAM Partner to Accelerate AI Adoption in Life Sciences

Combines Domino’s enterprise platform with EPAM’s global engineering to scale compliant AI applications and advanced analytics across global biopharma SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 29, 2026 — Domino Data Lab, provider of the unified platform to build, scale, and govern enterprise AI solutions for the most consequential industries, today announced a strategic partnership with EPAM, a leading […]

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Sep 29 • 2:16 PM EDT • Science • hpcwire.com
Alabama Given Fascinating Opponent in ESPN CFP Bubble Watch

Dominant starts and an explosive offense place Kalen DeBoer’s squad in the postseason hunt, setting up a high-stakes projected collision with a vengeful Big 12 powerhouse.

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Sep 29 • 1:57 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
US drivers are finally getting the adaptive headlights Europe has had for years

Rather than switching between high and low beams, ADBs can dim or shut off only the parts of the beam that would reach another driver's eyes while...

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Sep 29 • 1:40 PM EDT • Technology • techspot.com
Q&A: Why are the world’s big sporting events coming to the US?

A Darden School of Business professor explains the economics behind the growing number of major international sporting events coming to the U.S.

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Sep 29 • 1:34 PM EDT • Sports • news.virginia.edu
Women in Business: Kenzie Biggins, founder of Worxbee

An idea that began to percolate in grad school has grown into a thriving business which matches virtual executive assistants with business leaders.

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Sep 29 • 1:17 PM EDT • Business • yahoo.com
Pages, Keynote, Numbers, and Pixelmator Pro just got new features

Today alongside a big update to Final Cut Camera, Apple announced that it’s rolling out updated versions of Pages, Keynote,...

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Sep 29 • 1:15 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5mac.com
NBC Curbs One of Fans’ Biggest MLB Playoffs Issues

Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees fans will hear friendly TV voices call their team’s Wild-Card matchup this week. In the playoffs, that’s not always the case. Year after year, MLB followers grumble about losing the local announcing booths they’ve spent their summers with in favor of national voices brought in for postseason action. …

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Sep 29 • 1:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
RI Approves Health Insurance Rate Increases of 3% to 18%

GoLocalProv.com is the “go to” local Web experience that breaks the biggest local stories – sports, news, business, weather, news, politics, arts,…

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Sep 29 • 12:44 PM EDT • Health • golocalprov.com
Fever’s Stephanie White admits mental health impact of toxic WNBA discourse

White and the Fever have had an especially trying season. Little of which has had to do with basketball.

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Sep 29 • 12:43 PM EDT • Health • sports.yahoo.com
The Nintendo 64 turns 30 today, and we're feeling old

Nintendo's new cartridge-based machine had landed in Japan three months earlier, and now it was time for North America to experience 64-bit console gaming. The hype machine...

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Sep 29 • 12:38 PM EDT • Technology • techspot.com
State Fair of Texas brings lower prices, new attractions, more value options

From cheaper rides and games to over 200 food and drink options priced at $10 or less, the fair is putting a bigger focus on affordability.

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Sep 29 • 12:28 PM EDT • Entertainment • spectrumlocalnews.com
State Fair of Texas brings lower prices, new attractions, more value options

From cheaper rides and games to over 200 food and drink options priced at $10 or less, the fair is putting a bigger focus on affordability.

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Sep 29 • 12:28 PM EDT • Entertainment • spectrumlocalnews.com
Three Biggest Questions Facing Toronto Blue Jays This Offseason

At the outset of the offseason, the Jays have a handful of things to think about following a 79-83 campaign.

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Sep 29 • 12:15 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Fifth graders pitch business ideas at ‘Swimming With the Big Fish’ competition

Students from three area schools spent weeks preparing proposals for local executives.

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Sep 29 • 12:06 PM EDT • Business • kolotv.com
First Look: A new Burgundy Dial for the Oris Big Crown x Cervo Volante

Oris' classic Big Crown Pointer Date returns with a warm burgundy dial paired with a sustainably sourced deer hide strap by Cervo Volante.

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Sep 29 • 12:01 PM EDT • Technology • monochrome-watches.com
'Digger' review: Tom Cruise swings big and misses in Alejandro G. Iñárritu's latest

Alejandro G. Iñárritu's political satire is sure to have people talking, at least?

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Sep 29 • 12:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • mashable.com
Andy Burnham pledges a big shakeup for Britain in a high-risk political speech

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has vowed to give Britain “a new social contract for the 21st century.”

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Sep 29 • 11:46 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Andy Burnham pledges a big shakeup for Britain in a high-risk political speech

LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledged Tuesday to give Britain “a new social contract for the 21st century," reform the country's electoral system and reset its relationship with its European neighbors. But he acknowledged that economic constraints make delivering his sweeping plans a ...

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Sep 29 • 11:43 AM EDT • Politics • wral.com
Warriors' Kristaps Porzingis out indefinitely with unspecified health issue

The former Celtics big man will reportedly miss the Warriors' preseason trip to Hawaii.

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Sep 29 • 11:27 AM EDT • Health • boston.com
McDonald’s is using AI to help price your Big Mac

A McDonald’s “pricing engine” analyzes millions of transactions and estimates what customers are willing to pay, Reuters reports.

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Sep 29 • 11:24 AM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com
Better Business Bureau warns of scam targeting The Big E ticket buyers

CROMWELL, Conn. (WTNH) — The Better Business Bureau is warning fairgoers of a scam targeting The Big E ticket buyers after a Litchfield man lost more than $100 trying to get tickets. The BBB said T…

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Sep 29 • 10:43 AM EDT • Business • wtnh.com
Amazon Discounting New Mac Mini and Mac Studio Alongside Early Prime Day Deals on Monitors

Amazon has brought back a few discounts on Apple's brand new Mac mini and Mac Studio, with up to $50 off select models. These deals are returning alongside early Prime Big Deal Days discounts on Samsung monitors that make nice pairings with a new Mac. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.

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Sep 29 • 10:42 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
October Prime Day 2026: The Amazon deals we're shopping from Hanes, Carhartt, Apple and more ahead of Prime Big Deal Days

We have the scoop on top pre-Prime Day discounts ahead of the October savings event, including tech must-haves, vacuums, fall style upgrades and more.

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Sep 29 • 10:37 AM EDT • Technology • shopping.yahoo.com
The part of CRISPR that keeps scientists up at night

Jennifer Doudna co-invented CRISPR. Now she's the one asking how much power we should be allowed to handle.

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Sep 29 • 9:00 AM EDT • Science • bigthink.com
Biggest Questions For Every MLB Wild-Card Series

The 2026 MLB postseason is here , and the path to the World Series is loaded with familiar contenders, unexpected arrivals, and a few teams carrying serious momentum into October. From the White Sox completing a remarkable turnaround to the Brewers chasing the first championship in franchise history, there is no shortage of intrigue .…

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Sep 29 • 8:59 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Is Applied Materials Still The Business You Bought?

You may own Applied Materials (AMAT) as a chip equipment maker that aims to hand most of its spare cash back to shareholders. A $10,000 holding a year ago is now worth about $24,500. Your stake in this business is far bigger than it was.

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Sep 29 • 8:42 AM EDT • Business • trefis.com
Rebels in the Pros: NFL Week 3

NFL for college football fans, particularly Ole Miss fans, isn’t all that fun when your best former players aren’t playing. Jaxson Dart is lost for the season while AJ Brown is likely over a month away from returning to a team that might need a new quarterback. Despite missing the two biggest producers in the […]

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Sep 29 • 8:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
New laws make incremental tweaks to California’s mental health court, while bigger changes nixed

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills Sunday designed to help his mental health court reach more vulnerable Californians. But two other bills that would have made much bigger, and more controversial, changes to the program died without ever making it to his desk. […]

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Sep 29 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • paloaltoonline.com
New laws make incremental tweaks to California’s mental health court, while bigger changes nixed

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two laws designed to help CARE Court better connect Californians with mental health care.

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Sep 29 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • calmatters.org
The Beclowning of Scott Bessent

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

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Sep 29 • 7:10 AM EDT • Politics • paulkrugman.substack.com
Florida seeks input for first science standards revamp since 2008

The big story: For the first time in years, Florida is revamping its science standards. The conversation about what’s proposed is coming to Hillsborough County this evening.

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Sep 29 • 7:02 AM EDT • Science • yahoo.com
Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max Review

It's big. It's expensive. But it's great. I've spent a few weeks with the iPhone 18 Pro Max to see just good a phone it is.

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Sep 29 • 6:22 AM EDT • Technology • trustedreviews.com
Alex ‘Big Red’ Dougherty prepares for the Baton Rouge stop of his Day Made DJing tour

Making people’s day is nothing new for Alex ‘Big Red’ Dougherty. Now, he’ll get the chance to do it in person as his Day Made Tour makes its stop in Baton Rouge. The tour will stop in Baton Rouge on Sept. 30 at Chelsea’s Live, bringing Dougherty to LSU for a night he said will...

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Sep 29 • 6:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • lsureveille.com
Cleveland Browns news: A big week in Cleveland sports

The latest Cleveland Browns news and notes from around the NFL in the September 29 edition of the Daily Dawg Chow.

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Sep 29 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
What Does Igor Show About Brighton's Recruitment?

Why did the big Brazilian ultimately fail at the AMEX?

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Sep 29 • 5:52 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Primetime Review: That’s Entertainment?

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

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Sep 29 • 5:37 AM EDT • Entertainment • alisechaffins.substack.com
Miami (Ohio) has big MAC money, bigger ambitions. Can it climb the college sports ladder?

The RedHawks have been in the Mid-American Conference since 1947. Amid college sports changes, they goals of making a leap. Here's how.

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Sep 29 • 5:30 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
‘Online sex workers literally have to bare it all’: why Patricia Nilsson is exposing the world’s biggest porn bosses

As a business journalist, Nilsson began rigorously reporting on the power players of the adult industry, who prefer to remain in the shadows. Along the way, she uncovered how porn has shaped the internet – and our lives as a whole

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Sep 29 • 5:01 AM EDT • Technology • theguardian.com
The story of Man City and 115 charges

It is the biggest disciplinary case in Premier League history. It is a battle between Manchester City and the Premier League - but who will prevail? Last week, round one went to the Premier League as an independent panel found City guilty of the majority of the 115 charges they faced.

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Sep 29 • 4:39 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Kyle Whittingham Owns Issues After Michigan's Heartbreaking Loss To Iowa

A candid look at Michigan's penalty troubles, play-calling accountability and why unity is key as Big Ten play heats up.

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Sep 29 • 2:04 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Draymond Green Says Luka Doncic & Lakers Hurt LeBron James

The Los Angeles Lakers are still forced to witness the loss of LeBron James remaining a huge talking point. Any NBA team losing an iconic figure will see this level of attention, and it is far bigger than the Lakers. Draymond Green decided to bring this back into the news by addressing something head coach […] The post Draymond Green Says Luka Doncic & Lakers Hurt LeBron James appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 29 • 1:47 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Big 12 football receiving leaders after Week 4

Here is a look at the top receivers in the Big 12 after Week 4, with Joseph Williams in the top 10 for the third week in a row.

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Sep 29 • 12:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Kyle Larson controls Chase after win at Kansas in 2026

Kyle Larson controls the Chase after his big NASCAR Cup Series win at Kansas Speedway during the 2026 season.

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Sep 29 • 12:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Case Keenum Shines as Bears Dominate Eagles in Statement Win!

The Chicago Bears delivered one of their biggest performances of the young season Monday night, taking down the Philadelphia Eagles 27-7 at Soldier Field. With starting quarterback Caleb Williams sidelined by a hamstring injury, Chicago turned to veteran Case Keenum, and the longtime NFL quarterback delivered when his team needed him most. Keenum threw for…

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Sep 28 • 11:28 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Imperial Valley Entertainment Convention draws big crowds

The Imperial Valley Entertainment Convention brought out big names, big crowds, and big smiles for every fandom from Pokemon to Marvel.

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Sep 28 • 8:50 PM EDT • Entertainment • kyma.com
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Utah football ‘whiteout' vs Kansas game time, TV announced

Morgan Scalley looks to maintain his historic undefeated streak under the lights as the Utes bring a legendary atmosphere to Rice-Eccles Stadium for this Big 12 clash.

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Sep 28 • 8:40 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Luka Doncic Gets Honest About LeBron James Leaving Lakers

Luka Doncic opened up about LeBron James leaving the Lakers and what their time together meant to him as he takes on a bigger role. The post Luka Doncic Gets Honest About LeBron James Leaving Lakers appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 28 • 8:36 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Penguins Big Forward Set For Breakout Year?
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Sep 28 • 8:31 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Former Five Year Yankees Utility Player Announces Retirement

Former Yankees utility player Tyler Wade announced his retirement from professional baseball this afternoon in a post on social media via his Instagram. Wade (age 32) spent nine years in the big leagues, making his Major League debut in 2017 for the New York Yankees and appearing in 30 games. Wade was drafted by the […] The post Former Five Year Yankees Utility Player Announces Retirement appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 28 • 7:39 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
IBM is Building a Bigger Software Business. Can Its Balance Sheet Keep Up?

On September 24, International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) announced two key capabilities designed to strengthen its digital asset infrastructure for tier-one financial institutions, governments, and regulated entities. In a new beta rollout, IBM Digital Asset Haven clients can connect to SWIFT’s blockchain-based shared ledger, linking into a cooperative network of over 12,500 financial institutions across […]

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Sep 28 • 7:36 PM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Florida Basketball: 4 Stars Fuel a Powerful SEC Repeat Bid

The Florida Gators enter the 2026-27 season with a big advantage over other teams. The Gators return their already established core. With most of their frontcourt returning, the Florida basketball program has the size, physicality, and experience to finish at the top of the SEC. Continuity does not guarantee that Florida will win the conference. …

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Sep 28 • 6:05 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Ranking Member Markey: SBA Administrator Loeffler, Trump Administration are Refusing to Answer to America’s 36+ Million Small Businesses and Workers, Leaving Main Street Behind

Loeffler canceled her scheduled Sept. 30 appearance before the Senate Small Business Committee, has not appeared before SBC in more than a year (Washington, September 28) – Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released the following statement after Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler canceled her scheduled Wednesday appearance before the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee. Administrator Loeffler has not appeared before the committee in more than a year and has consistently refused to provide substantial answers to committee members in person, in writing, or via requested briefings. In June, Ranking Member Markey led every Democratic member of the committee in calling on Administrator Loeffler to appear before the committee to answer for the Trump administration’s cruel attacks on American small businesses, entrepreneurs, and workers. The Democratic lawmakers still have not received a response from Administrator Loeffler. “It is unacceptable that Administrator Loeffler chose to cancel her appearance before the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee. The Trump administration is once again ignoring the more than 36 million American small businesses, entrepreneurs, and workers who drive our economy and enrich our communities by refusing to answer questions about this administration’s reckless economic policies. It has been more than a year since Administrator Loeffler has appeared before our committee and answered questions from both Democrats and Republicans. Since then, the Trump administration’s attacks on Main Street have only worsened. “Small businesses are facing record high gas and diesel prices, skyrocketing healthcare costs, and never-ending uncertainty from Trump’s trade war with the world. Trump has terrorized Main Streets across the country with violent ICE raids, destroying families, communities, and local economies. Meanwhile, Administrator Loeffler and the Trump SBA have been in a Witness Protection Program, ignoring the Pain on Main Street that they have created. They have chosen to make drastic cuts to SBA funding and essential, bipartisan programs, including the closure of the SBA office in Springfield and removal of the SBA office from Boston; directly attacked immigrant small business owners and destroyed the promise of the American Dream; and proposed shortsighted small business size rules that would benefit billion-dollar businesses over actual small businesses. “It’s clear that Administrator Loeffler, President Trump, and their CEO billionaire buddies want to turn the Small Business Administration into the Big Business Administration, tear down our economy, and abandon Main Street. If that is indeed this administration’s goal, Administrator Loeffler must answer to the millions of small businesses, workers, and families in Massachusetts and across the country that this administration is leaving behind.” ###

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Biggest Takeaways from Chad Tracy's Pre-Postseason Media Availability
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Sep 28 • 5:48 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
VMAs 2026 Tally Biggest Audience Since 2015 With 8.4 Million Viewers on CBS and MTV

MTV’s Video Music Awards returned to Los Angeles with a bang, bringing in its biggest audience since 2015.

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Sep 28 • 5:47 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Teens and parents can learn how to build a business together at "Side Hustle School"

Got a teen with big ideas and a passion for business? Harrisburg University is offering families with high school students a new and unique way to try out entrepreneurship together. “Side Hustle School, a new, seven-week program, begins next month, giving student entrepreneurs and their support systems a chance to work together to develop small […]

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Sep 28 • 4:25 PM EDT • Business • theburgnews.com
‘An opportunity to compete’: DC-area small businesses connect with big institutions

Small minority-owned construction businesses in the D.C. area connected with large contractors at an event at Georgetown University’s Capitol Campus Monday.

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Bobby Kotick’s lawyers sent me a bad email (and later apologized)

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

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Lincoln Riley buyout: How USC’s finish could dictate his future

Lincoln Riley is now facing a scorching hot seat.

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Bose starts adding Auracast to its headphones

It’s a big accessibility addition.

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Sep 28 • 3:31 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Celebrating small fish, and a big business now gone
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October Prime Day is a week away, and new early deals just dropped: iRobot, Lego, Ninja and more are up to 80% off

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

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Sep 28 • 3:22 PM EDT • Technology • nbcnews.com
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When Breaking the Law Becomes a Business Strategy, the Federal Trade Commission Should Step In

In a groundbreaking new legal paper, Sandeep Vaheesan argues that companies that systematically violate laws to undercut rivals are engaging in an unfair method of competition and that the FTC can and should take action. This includes Big AI copyright law violations.

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Sep 28 • 1:58 PM EDT • Business • openmarketsinstitute.org
NinjaTech AI Launches Enterprise AI Workforce Platform Using Open-Weight Models

Built to end runaway per-token AI costs, the platform deploys into the customer’s own cloud and data centers, so data never leaves their control PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 28, 2026 — NinjaTech AI today launched SuperNinja Enterprise, an AI workforce platform that puts AI employees to work around the clock inside the customer’s own cloud, on […]

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Sep 28 • 1:29 PM EDT • Science • hpcwire.com
People Are Going Completely Wild Over Fortnite's FNAF Crossover Announcement

Fortnite's post revealing the horror-themed crossover has become the game's biggest tweet ever

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Sep 28 • 12:30 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Whatley blasts 'trash poll' for showing big Cooper lead in U.S. Senate race

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley is criticizing polling that shows him far behind former Gov. Roy Cooper.

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Sep 28 • 12:04 PM EDT • Politics • wunc.org
God of War Laufey Features Kratos in an Ancient Greek Setting, Sparking Speculation Over The Game's Story — and Praise for His Big Bushy Beard

Chinstrap in.

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Sep 28 • 11:57 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
MacBook Pro redesign is coming, with three features we’ve waited years for

Apple has a big MacBook Pro redesign in the works that’s expected in October, here are three rumored features we’ve waited a long time for.

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Sep 28 • 11:55 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5mac.com
Jackson says Trump ‘owns’ Collins

Specifically, Jackson mentioned Collins’ vote to let the “big, beautiful bill” advance to the Senate floor, her support for $70 billion in funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the war in Iran.

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Sep 28 • 11:41 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Michigan State Ranks Last in Big Ten in Scoring

A stagnant offense and critical injuries to key starters have the Spartans reeling, leaving a struggling young quarterback to salvage a season spiraling toward the conference basement.

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Sep 28 • 11:29 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Survey: Floridians sour on prospects for the property insurance market

Most aren’t buying claims lawsuit restrictions are helping matters.

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Sep 28 • 11:13 AM EDT • Politics • wlrn.org
Newcastle Confirms Coca-Cola Partnership Agreement

Newcastle United continues to expand its commercial operation, with the club looking to strengthen revenue streams and broaden its reach beyond matchday football to eventually compete on equal financial terms with the Big Six. The club has confirmed a multi-year partnership with Coca-Cola, which becomes Newcastle’s official soft drinks partner and the presenting partner of […]

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Sep 28 • 11:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com