SCROLL NEWS / DISCOVERY

Search headlines

Find the stories shaping the conversation.

Search mode
Refine results
Active filters Keyword All time

Results for " une " 6,803 found 🔀 AI-powered Shuffle

RuneScape Arrives on XBOX for the First Time in 25 Years with Survival Adventure RuneScape: Dragonwilds!

Welcome to RuneScape: Dragonwilds, a survival game set in the RuneScape universe for 1-4 players, arriving in 1.0 September 15, on XBOX Game Pass.

news.xbox.com logo
Sep 2 • 10:00 AM EDT • Technology • news.xbox.com
September's first wave of Xbox Game Pass games revealed, and it brings RuneScape to console for the first time

A slow start to September for Xbox Game Pass, although it heralds the arrival of a RuneScape game on console for the first time ever. The first wave of gam

eurogamer.net logo
Sep 2 • 9:25 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Trump says he's nominating acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao for the permanent job

Cao has been serving as acting Navy secretary since John Phelan departed the job unexpectedly and without explanation in late April

spectrumlocalnews.com logo
Sep 2 • 8:31 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
HHS spins a tale of a would-be content creator child

The next DSM and the algorithm, an unexpected discovery on alpha-gal syndrome, and more health news from Morning Rounds

statnews.com logo
Sep 2 • 7:59 AM EDT • Health • statnews.com
Tyfone acquires lendtech Attune for Loanovia business

nFinia developer Tyfon acquires digital account opening and loan origination specialist Attune - find out more about the Loanovia integration here.

fintechfutures.com logo
Sep 2 • 7:50 AM EDT • Business • fintechfutures.com
Trump nominates loyalist Hung Cao to be permanent navy secretary

Cao has been serving as acting navy secretary since John Phelan departed the job unexpectedly and without explanation in late April

theguardian.com logo
Sep 2 • 7:23 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Nexus Mods acquires the popular community site SteamDB

Something quite unexpected here - the newer owners of Nexus Mods have now acquired the popular community website SteamDB, a site that many rely on.

gamingonlinux.com logo
Sep 2 • 6:45 AM EDT • Technology • gamingonlinux.com
Museums for fall 2026: Science at the MSI, women all-stars at Art Institute and the annual architecture Open House

Whether you like architecture, history, science or maybe bugs, museums around the Chicago area have your thing this fall.

chicagotribune.com logo
Sep 2 • 6:30 AM EDT • Science • chicagotribune.com
Iran attempted cyberattacks on range of U.S. infrastructure, sources say

The attempts have so far been unsuccessful, but an Iranian hacking group warned that “unexpected and critical events” would soon target American infrastructure.

nbcnews.com logo
Sep 2 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
High-Signal Publisher
Kids’ screen habits are damaging their eyes, sleep and mental health: HHS official

Dr. Stephanie Haridopolos says myopia rates are climbing as kids spend more time staring at screens.

newsnationnow.com logo
Sep 2 • 5:20 AM EDT • Health • newsnationnow.com
A search for one exotic particle uncovered two strange new structures

A search for one mysterious particle unexpectedly revealed evidence for two different structures that may belong to the bizarre family of exotic subatomic particles known as XYZ states. The findings could help physicists uncover new ways that quarks and gluons combine to create matter.

sciencedaily.com logo
Sep 1 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
‘Wheel of Fortune’ announcer Jim Thornton suspended amid ‘allegations concerning’ him

‘Wheel of Fortune’ announcer Jim Thornton has been suspended amid ‘allegations concerning’ him, a spokesperson for Sony Pictures Television tells EW.

ew.com logo
Sep 1 • 6:40 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
What Box Office Bomb Crushed Obsession on Streaming?

(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.) Before we get into this week’s issue, let me ask you for some suggestions. At the risk of coining too many names for too many things (hence my dictionary of terms...), I need a name for straight-to-streaming films that are too expensive to justify a straight-to-streaming release, but not big enough to justify a theatrical release. Like some of the films I highlighted in last week’s tally of the biggest film flops of 2026 so far: Hulu’s Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice, Pizza Movie or Never Change! They don’t feel like “made for TV movies” (think Hallmark and Lifetime movies, cheap Netflix romcoms, or Disney Channel Original movies, for example) but they don’t feel big enough for the big screen. They’re not “cinematic” enough, so to speak. As I wrote... “I still need a name for this middle zone of film that’s too expensive to go straight-to-streaming but too small to justify a theatrical release (with all the PR, distribution, marketing and whatnot costs that go along with it), the Goldilocks zone of streaming film death.” Friend of the newsletter Brandon Katz has suggested the “Bermuda Budget Triangle”, “The Platform Gap” and “The Distribution Deadzone”. I love that first one. I’d offer up the much wordier “The Streaming Budget Dead Zone” or “the Goldilocks Zone of streaming film death” but that last one isn’t accurate since, unlike Goldilocks’ porridge, these films are the opposite of “just right”. That’s the problem! Anyway, if you have any suggestions, let me know! On to today’s Streaming Ratings Report. As you can tell by today’s headline, things are going to be spicy! I’m looking at a box office bomb that did really, really well on streaming, somewhat challenging a few different narratives. And another Netflix series declined in its second season. All that, plus Wicked: For Good switching streamers, The Hawk continuing its strong run, _The Bear’_s finale season finally dropping off the charts, the WNBA posting a big viewership number, “shallow libraries”, a sitcom spinoff failing to launch, more big budget IP flopping on Paramount+, 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 July 20th to July 26th, 2026. You can find a link to my terminology here.) Subscribe Film - The Latest Theatrical Success Story on Streaming In the latest edition of “Flops, Bombs and Misses of the First Half of 2026”, I made a crucial change: I started including theatrical films with the streaming misses. The streamers have collectively—including Netflix, but not to as big of an extent—stopped making a lot of straight-to-streaming films, and the ones they do make aren’t as expensive as in the heyday of the streaming bubble. After the following two films bombed in theaters, you’d guess that they’ll be included in my next collection of flops, bombs and misses six months from now: Masters of the Universe on Prime Video (only $64 million domestic box office) Mortal Kombat II on HBO Max ($79 million domestic) But you’d be wrong! Masters of the Universe, a reboot of the He-Man franchise, a toy from the 1980s, came to streaming on 22-July and did great! This long-gestating project—it’s been at every studio for years, and came close to getting a greenlight at Netflix—then finally came to theaters in June, and showed up on streaming less than two months later. (I don’t love this short theatrical window.) It surprisingly grabbed nearly 20 million hours on its debut: That means, wait for it, Masters of the Universe is currently the eighth biggest film on streaming through two weeks. My rough bar for “hit” is shows or films in the top 15%. Ergo…Masters of the Universe is a legit, streaming hit! (One quick caveat: if it falls out of the top ten next week, it will move to 13th overall, just on the edge of the top 15.) Of course, that’s the data for just 2026. Here’s how it stacks up to Prime Video’s theatrical films: That drop into its second week is typical for Amazon films, but also a worrying sign. I have a feeling interest in this film is front-loaded and we’ll see it drop off after this. As for Mortal Kombat II, in this case, the viewership numbers roughly match the theatrical outing, with only 4.1 million hours in its first week. Here’s how it stacks up to other HBO Max films: The best defense of this number is that, as a relatively violent rated-R film, Mortal Kombat II never had a good chance at breaking out. So now it’s time for a little big of “Entertainment Nuance Guy”: First, yeah, my headline is obviously facetious, since Masters of the Universe besting Obsession says more about horror as a genre than it does that film. Second, I read and listened to quite a few “nobody wanted this IP” takes about Masters of the Universe, and that’s not really true. At least enough people wanted it to power a 20 million+ hour debut! Third, both this film and Mortal Kombat II were considered “average” by viewers, but not great films, with a 6.4 and 6.3 respectively on IMDb. That’s just shy of the level needed to be a word-of-mouth hit. Fourth, in the olden days, strong word of mouth could transform a box office miss into a cable/DVD hit, like Austin Powers or The Shawshank Redemption. We haven’t seen a lot of examples of that on streaming, though. And there are far fewer ways to monetize the post-theatrical life of a film these days. Fifth, Prime Video has shown an ability to push their own titles well, likely because they control the Amazon Fire TV ecosystem. Add it all up, and here’s my nuanced take on Masters of the Universe: it was a box office bomb, but, shockingly, a streaming hit. Unfortunately, while being a theatrical hit saves your film financially, being a streaming hit does not. Both Masters of the Universe and Mortal Kombat II had big budgets and needed to make more money in theaters to justify them. So…Straight-to-Streaming or Theaters? We’ve hit a really fun point in the streaming calendar, since the films that came out in theaters in April, May, and June are now arriving on streaming. So the “Do theatrical releases help streaming performances?” question is gonna get a fresh round of updates nearly every week. No single week will answer the question, but we may get some insights. For example, so far in 2026, it looks like theatrical films are lasting longer on the weekly Nielsen film charts. Here’s a list of films that have made the charts in their fourth or fifth week of release, separated by “for kids” and “general entertainment”: It certainly seems like theatrical films are lasting just a pinch longer on the charts, with Project Hail Mary being the current five-week champion. One Battle After Another did well for HBO Max too, and even The Sheep Detectives made it four weeks. The only exception to this trend? Obsession, which only lasted two weeks on the charts. You might tempted to overreact to this news. Don’t. Obsession is a huge horror hit, but horror just doesn’t do as well on streaming. By the way, here’s the Google Trends for various theatrical and stremaing films: Plus, when it comes to Netflix in four months, Obsession may have another big boost. Quick Notes on Film Note that when I write, “the streamers have pulled back on straight-to-streaming films” that doesn’t mean “abandoned” because Netflix is gonna Netflix. On 24-July, they released 72 Hours, a Kevin Hart comedy. Along with Eddie Murphy, Mark Wahlberg, John Cena and Adam Sandler, Kevin Hart is a streaming film star now. Did this latest one work? Not really. It only garnered two weeks of 13.2 and 12.2 million hours on its debut, well below the 20-million-hour hit threshold. It also was poorly received critically—a 44 on Metacritic—and by customers—a 5.4 on IMDb on 21K IMDb reviews. 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… The latest Netflix true crime doc to pop on the charts… How The Bear finished its run… Netflix’s latest Western to return to streaming… What Paramount+ animated film flopped… And what sitcom also missed… All the flops, bombs and misses… And a whole lot more… ...please subscribe! We can only keep doing this great work with your support. Coming Soon! I’m behind by a week, so we’ve got two issues coming your way this week, including one in a couple of days or so, then we’ll be all caught up**.** Next issue, inspired by The Super Mario Galaxy Movie coming to Peacock, I’m going to take a look at the workhouse of streaming TV: kids films. Plus The Devil Wears Prada 2 continues theatrical films’ big run on streaming. All that, plus another surprise hit on Hulu, Lioness on CBS, and a whole lot more. Long term, LeBron James is filming his own “Last Dance”-style docu-series, surprising no one. But as I’ve been writing about a lot this summer, this genre is really overrated, so whoever ends up buying it (reportedly ESPN) really shouldn’t pay too much for it.

entertainment.substack.com logo
Sep 1 • 6:15 PM EDT • Entertainment • entertainment.substack.com
'Biggest surprise of my life': Homeowner discovers Denmark's largest Viking Age silver hoard in their backyard

In Denmark, a homeowner digging in their backyard unexpectedly found the country's largest silver hoard from the Viking Age.

livescience.com logo
Sep 1 • 6:05 PM EDT • Science • livescience.com
Republicans weigh whether to vote for Rep. Max Miller amid abuse allegations he denies

The allegations have given Republican leaders an unexpected headache as they try to hold back Democrats from retaking the House.

nbcnews.com logo
Sep 1 • 5:55 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
High-Signal Publisher
😐 Neutral (-1%)
ahah
50%
wow
50%
Academy of Natural Sciences' museum is set to close this month

It's a massive and unexpected blow to Philadelphia's cultural scene, which will lose a major institution and tourist destination.

axios.com logo
Sep 1 • 3:12 PM EDT • Science • axios.com
High-Signal Publisher
Coming to XBOX Game Pass: RuneScape: Dragonwilds, SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed, The Royal Writ, and More

Coming to XBOX Game Pass: RuneScape: Dragonwilds, SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed, The Royal Writ, and more!

news.xbox.com logo
Sep 1 • 12:00 PM EDT • Technology • news.xbox.com
When a Nightmare Scenario Becomes the Most Likely Scenario

With 64 days before Election Day (although the first mail-in ballots will go out in a matter of days), Republicans should brace themselves: The three most plausible outcomes are that it will be bad, really bad, or truly horrible. Conversely, a Democrat should at least briefly consider that the good fortune they may have in November will come compliments of the president, not as a result of much that they have done.

cookpolitical.com logo
Sep 1 • 11:07 AM EDT • Politics • cookpolitical.com
New Detection In Dark Matter Experiment Has Physicists Excited – Is It An Unexpected And Rare Background Or The First Evidence Of Dark Matter?

The detection is far from the gold standard threshold, but it is also in a mass region that shouldn’t have events.

iflscience.com logo
Sep 1 • 10:00 AM EDT • Science • iflscience.com
Study Identifies Potential Therapeutic Target Protein that Drives Metabolic Liver Disease Independent of Diet

The protein appears to cause liver damage by triggering an out-of-place antiviral immune response. Blocking this pathway can protect against liver injury in human cells and mouse models, even on a high-fat diet—paving the way for therapies to prevent liver damage.

healthcare.utah.edu logo
Sep 1 • 10:00 AM EDT • Health • healthcare.utah.edu
LZ Sees Surprising Result in Search for Dark Matter

Key Takeaways Dark matter is the mysterious substance that accounts for the vast majority of matter in our universe. LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) is a world-leading dark matter detector and specializes in searching for WIMPs, or weakly interacting massive particles. A new LZ study found one particle interaction that is difficult to explain with known background processes and could potentially have been caused by a WIMP. LZ continues to run to see if additional data strengthens or weakens the hint of a dark matter interaction. For the better part of a century, people have been trying to understand dark matter. This invisible substance makes up roughly 85% of the mass in the universe but has never been directly detected. Determining exactly what it is remains one of the biggest questions about our world. Now, a new analysis from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment has recorded a single particle interaction that researchers have great difficulty explaining with known background signals from normal matter. The result does not yet meet the statistical threshold required to claim a discovery, but is the most compelling hint of dark matter reported by the experiment to date. LZ is an international collaboration of 250 scientists and engineers from 39 institutions. The detector is managed by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and operates nearly one mile below ground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in South Dakota. The experiment uses 10 tonnes of ultrapure liquid xenon to search for dark matter and is optimized to look for WIMPs, or weakly interacting massive particles. The results were presented in a scientific talk at the 2026 TeV Particle Astrophysics conference in Japan. The paper will be released on the online repository arXiv and submitted to the journal Physical Review Letters. “We’re very intrigued to see this event in the data, in the region where we expect dark matter to show up and the competing backgrounds are very low,” said Rick Gaitskell, a professor at Brown University and the spokesperson for LZ. “With only one event, we don’t want to get ahead of ourselves. We are not claiming to have seen dark matter. But we have seen something interesting that we want to share with the scientific community for their input.” The LZ collaboration studies experimental data in batches. In the new result, researchers analyzed 220 live days of data collected between March 2023 and April 2024. The collaboration had previously searched this dataset for faint signals from the simplest kinds of WIMP interactions. The new analysis searched for a broader range of possible WIMP interactions that could deposit more energy in the detector. LZ is particularly sensitive to such signals while also minimizing false positives. “This was a detailed study in a region we hadn’t explored within this dataset, and we spent months of additional effort to understand all the possible causes of background events,” said Sam Eriksen, a senior research associate at the University of Bristol in the U.K. and lead author of the study. “We understand our detector and the backgrounds so well that even a single outstanding event, like the one we found, is important. We expect dark matter events to be extremely rare, so only a handful could mark the first detection of WIMP dark matter.” If the anomalous event was caused by dark matter, the WIMP that generated it would likely have a mass of at least 200 GeV/c2 (gigaelectronvolts), or more than 200 times the mass of a proton. It would also suggest a specific type of interaction between WIMPs and ordinary matter beyond the simplest model. The LZ results have not reached “5-sigma” significance, the statistical threshold considered a discovery in physics. The new analysis is 2.6 sigma, meaning there is approximately a 0.5% chance that the event could be explained by known backgrounds. With additional data, researchers can test whether the finding continues to grow in significance or fades away. LZ has already accumulated the world’s largest dark matter dataset and will continue to accrue WIMP search data at SURF, substantially improving their search statistics. LZ searches for dark matter by looking for signature flashes of light from energy deposited in the detector. The collaboration leverages multiple methods to prevent or account for particle interactions caused by normal matter. This includes the mile of rock that shields the detector from cosmic rays from space, a water tank and outer detectors that protect the central detector from background neutrons, and a suite of computational tools that disentangle particle interactions and reject dark matter mimics. “Outlier events in the data are not unexpected, but they usually stand out as a background of some kind when you look at them deeper,” said Aaron Manalaysay, a physicist at Berkeley Lab and the chair of LZ’s Institutional Board. “This is the first example in any experiment I’ve worked on of an outlier that appears valid in every way. Of course, we’re still twisting our brains trying to think if there’s a rare background mechanism we could’ve missed, but it’s thrilling to wonder if this could be the first hint of a dark-matter observation.” LZ is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of High Energy and Nuclear Physics, and the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, a DOE Office of Science user facility. LZ is also supported by the Science & Technology Facilities Council of the United Kingdom; the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology; the Swiss National Science Foundation; the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics; and the Institute for Basic Science, Korea. Thirty-nine institutions of higher education and advanced research provided support to LZ. The LZ collaboration acknowledges the assistance of the Sanford Underground Research Facility. ### Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is committed to groundbreaking research focused on discovery science and solutions for abundant and reliable energy supplies. The lab’s expertise spans materials, chemistry, physics, biology, earth and environmental science, mathematics, and computing. Researchers from around the world rely on the lab’s world-class scientific facilities for their own pioneering research. Founded in 1931 on the belief that the biggest problems are best addressed by teams, Berkeley Lab and its scientists have been recognized with 17 Nobel Prizes. Berkeley Lab is a multiprogram national laboratory managed by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science. DOE’s Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit energy.gov/science.

newscenter.lbl.gov logo
Sep 1 • 10:00 AM EDT • Science • newscenter.lbl.gov
Dark matter detector picks up a mysterious signal

Unexplained event has just a 0.5% change of coming from an ordinary, known source

news.northwestern.edu logo
Sep 1 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • news.northwestern.edu
New York Jets Flight Connections 09/01/26

Happy Tuesday, Jets fans! Here are your links for today. Randy Lange – Aaron Glenn Assesses ‘Worst Weekend in Football’ and What It Means for the Jets Brian Costello – Jets see plenty of reasons to believe in Cade Klubnik as backup QB — even after uneven preseason Rich Cimini – Rookie Cade Klubnik is […]

sports.yahoo.com logo
Sep 1 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
9 Cassette Tapes From The '80s Worth a Small Fortune

Check your old box of cassette tapes. Some tapes cost a few dollars in the 1980s, but are now worth a lot of cash. Here are some of the most valuable ones.

financebuzz.com logo
Sep 1 • 6:00 AM EDT • Technology • financebuzz.com
Oil, the most sensitive issue in Venezuelan politics

The agreement announced by Donald Trump has sparked widespread unease in a country with a deeply rooted sense of ownership over its natural resources

english.elpais.com logo
Sep 1 • 3:59 AM EDT • Politics • english.elpais.com
Ureña continues dominant rookie campaign, offense finally wakes up

The Angels snap their seven-game losing streak on the back of another dominant performance by Walbert Ureña and an offensive breakout.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Sep 1 • 1:33 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
☹️ Negative (-7%)
love
75%
wow
25%
‘Most’ of Star Wars Zero Company studio Bit Reactor was furloughed ahead of launch

Last week was meant to be a moment of triumph for Bit Reactor, the Maryland-based game studio founded in 2021 with ambitions to create a great new tactical combat game. On Thursday, August 27, Bit Reactor’s debut title, Star Wars Zero Company, released to stellar reviews. And, from the Gamescom show in Cologne, Germany, studio co-founder Greg Foertsch was giving interviews discussing what the studio’s next game may be. But for many developers on the game, launch has been bittersweet. Fans love it. Critics prefer it to most recent Star Wars games. Zero Company, which is out for PS5, Xbox Series consoles and PC, is the top-selling game on Steam. Much of the team that made it, however, is currently going without pay. They were furloughed, just weeks ahead of the game’s launch. A rep for Bit Reactor confirmed to Game File today that the studio had furloughed many of its workers prior to the game’s release. They said it was a difficult decision and one that had been made before it was clear how launch would go. The rep emphasized that the call to do this was Bit Reactor’s alone (meaning not from publisher EA nor Star Wars license holder Disney). While the rep declined to comment on the scale of the furloughs, a previously unreported lawsuit brought by studio co-founder Alison Kelly in 2024 noted in a filing from August 12 of this year that Bit Reactor “has furloughed most of its employees and terminated contractors…” One source told Game File the furloughs impacted 80% of the team; another referred to there only being a skeleton crew left on Bit Reactor’s active payroll, ready to address any of Zero Company’s post-launch bugs. The issue is that Bit Reactor, a studio formed in 2021, had run out of most of its money just ahead of the launch of its first game. Over the weekend, Zachariah Scott, a senior technical artist who worked at Bit Reactor from early 2023 until an acrimonious exit this past May, said on LinkedIn that the studio was “concealing the fact that the team was Furloughed weeks ago.” Reached by phone today, Scott told Game File that he spoke to nearly a dozen Bit Reactor workers over the weekend. “Everybody has essentially the same story, which is, ‘Yeah, I got furloughed three weeks ago.” The Bit Reactor rep told Game File that the studio hoped to bring furloughed workers back, suggesting that a successful launch of the game could be impactful. Scott told Game File that workers he spoke to were less confident that even if there were returns, that all who were furloughed would get their old jobs again. A heated dispute Bit Reactor’s mid-2026 was almost even more tumultuous. The lawsuit by co-founder Alison Kelly that first revealed the furloughs was initially slated to go to trial in June. The suit is a she-said/he-said about whether Kelly, until 2024 the chief operating officer of Bit Reactor, was a co-owner of the studio or whether it was solely owned by Greg Foertsch. In July 2024, Kelly sued, saying she was pushed out by Foertsch. She first sued in federal court and later refiled in Maryland’s Baltimore County, alleging breach of contract and that Foertsch had unjustly enriched himself. Kelly cited damages of over $20 million, on the basis of Bit Reactor allegedly being worth more than double that. Foertsch’s side has said Kelly was never a co-owner and has countered with claims about her job performance (which she has denied). The June trial was postponed until early 2027, as both sides have been deposing witnesses and filing more claims and denials along the way. Amid all of that, filings in the lawsuit reviewed by Game File paint a picture about Bit Reactor’s origins, early aspirations around tactics games, the team’s breakthrough in drawing the attention of Electronic Arts with the help of a pitch tied to one of EA’s non-Star Wars franchises, and early fractures among its co-founders. The real story about the company behind Zero Company

gamefile.news logo
Aug 31 • 10:23 PM EDT • Technology • gamefile.news
Jane Fonda chokes up remembering Dolly Parton on the day of her funeral: ‘She meant love’

Jane Fonda got visibly emotional while speaking about Dolly Parton, hours after the music icon was laid to rest.

ew.com logo
Aug 31 • 8:50 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
From Ambition to Action: Five Years of Advancing Financial Health and Inclusion in Banking

Our new report, “From Ambition to Action: Five Years of Advancing Financial Health and Inclusion in Banking, looks at how banks involved with the Principles for Responsible Banking Commitment to...

unepfi.org logo
Aug 31 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • unepfi.org
From Ambition to Action: Five Years of Advancing Financial Health and Inclusion in Banking

Our new report, “From Ambition to Action: Five Years of Advancing Financial Health and Inclusion in Banking, looks at how banks involved with the Principles for Responsible Banking Commitment to...

unepfi.org logo
Aug 31 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • unepfi.org
Texas hospitals to lose $27 million in Medicaid funding daily

Starting Sept. 1, the Trump administration will withhold about $9.8 billion in extra annual funding that helps hospitals cover the difference between Medicaid payments and the actual cost of services.

texastribune.org logo
Aug 31 • 7:34 PM EDT • Health • texastribune.org
Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, The Bread Board

Read the release on Sen. Ernst's website HERE. Throughout this Congress, Chair Ernst plans to recognize a small business in every one of Iowa’s 99 counties. RED OAK, Iowa – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, today announced her Small Business of the Week: The Bread Board of Marion County. Throughout the 119th Congress, Chair Ernst plans to recognize a small business in each of Iowa's 99 counties. “The Bread Board has risen to the occasion, growing from Heidi’s passion for baking into a thriving Pella bakery that brings people together,” said Chair Ernst. “From serving fresh sourdough and homemade meals to supporting local businesses, schools, and community events, Heidi and her team have proven they have the perfect recipe for success.” Heidi Rozenboom grew up baking fresh bread alongside her grandmother, always using the same bread board that would eventually inspire her business’ name. Years later, Heidi started selling fresh bread to local coffee shops and cafes. As demand grew, she opened her storefront in downtown Pella in 2021 and named her bakery the Bread Board. Today, the Bread Board serves fresh sourdough bread, pastries, homemade meals, and other baked goods. Stay tuned as Chair Ernst continues to recognize outstanding Iowa small businesses with her Small Business of the Week award. ###

sbc.senate.gov logo
Aug 31 • 6:01 PM EDT • Business • sbc.senate.gov
Young Kalshi users have traded an estimated $3.9B on sports and parlay-type contracts this year, exposing a loophole that lets them bet before age 21

Critics warn prediction markets let 18-year-olds make sports wagers while bypassing state betting age limits.

fortune.com logo
Aug 31 • 5:26 PM EDT • Sports • fortune.com
Deep dive
😐 Neutral (9%)
ahah
70%
wow
30%
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s business affairs chief stepping down

Ivan Capifali, the commissioner of the city’s Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection, announced his departure internally to staff on Monday, according to two sources familiar with his decision.

chicagotribune.com logo
Aug 31 • 4:22 PM EDT • Business • chicagotribune.com
Deep dive
😐 Neutral (7%)
wow
68%
love
32%
Oregon State Hospital order draws mixed reactions over mental health, jail policy

The state hospital has been turning away low-level offenders who are deemed too mentally ill to stand trial, following a federal judge’s order from June.

kptv.com logo
Aug 31 • 3:56 PM EDT • Health • kptv.com
Microsoft Outlook Down for Thousands of Users, Downdetector Reports

Reports indicate a Microsoft Outlook outage affecting thousands. Find out more about the issues users are facing with Outlook.

gvwire.com logo
Aug 31 • 12:07 PM EDT • Technology • gvwire.com
A Massive Steam Leak Has Unearthed Thousands of Lost Game Builds

Apparently it was all just sitting there for public download.

gizmodo.com logo
Aug 31 • 11:35 AM EDT • Technology • gizmodo.com
'Lost at the Science Fair': Kyron Horman's disappearance remains one of Oregon's biggest mysteries

Kyron Horman vanished from his Portland, Oregon, school on June 4, 2010. The 7-year-old has not been seen or heard from since then, and the case remains open and active.

abcnews.com logo
Aug 31 • 9:56 AM EDT • Science • abcnews.com
Prominent Black Democrats rally behind Keisha Lance Bottoms

Republicans want to make Bottoms' record as Atlanta mayor a major liability in the governor's race, but her successor, Andre Dickens, offered an unequivocal defense on Sunday.

ajc.com logo
Aug 31 • 9:06 AM EDT • Politics • ajc.com
☹️ Negative (-4%)
5+ Best Dermatologist-Recommended Vitamin C Products in 2026

Seeing dull, uneven skin? This ingredient can help.

today.com logo
Aug 31 • 7:55 AM EDT • Technology • today.com
Business has lost the trust of a generation. I hear about it at my dinner table

A colleague told me, half-terrified, that her son's becoming a full-blown socialist. Our kids have been taking notes on the new (broken) social contract.

fortune.com logo
Aug 31 • 7:00 AM EDT • Business • fortune.com
GXO CEO: Better robot hands, not Olympic-level humanoids, are what businesses really need

Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune.

fortune.com logo
Aug 31 • 5:35 AM EDT • Business • fortune.com
31-year-old millionaire has zero sympathy for unemployed Gen Z’s ‘excuses’—he says ‘it is scarily easy’ to build a business and get rich right now

As AI kills entry-level jobs, multimillionaire Timothy Armoo has a blunt message for unemployed Gen Zers: stop making excuses and start building.

fortune.com logo
Aug 31 • 3:02 AM EDT • Business • fortune.com
Deep dive
😐 Neutral (14%)
ahah
62%
wow
38%
People walk along a street lined with bars and entertainment venues at Jomtien Beach, in Pattaya

People walk along a street lined with bars and entertainment venues at Jomtien Beach, in Pattaya City, Thailand, June 29, 2026.

lufkindailynews.com logo
Aug 31 • 2:55 AM EDT • Entertainment • lufkindailynews.com
😐 Neutral (20%)
wow
100%
Maximum Entertainment Interim Report Q2 2026

Stockholm, Sweden (August 31, 2026) – Maximum Entertainment AB (Nasdaq: MAXENT B) today released its interim report for the second quarter of 2026.Second quarter, April-June 2026 (Compared to April-June 2025)First half year, January-June 2026 (Compared to January-June 2025)Significant events during…

tradingview.com logo
Aug 31 • 1:30 AM EDT • Entertainment • tradingview.com
Deep dive
😐 Neutral (15%)
wow
45%
love
33%
ahah
22%
5 Biggest Surprises on Detroit Lions 53-Man Roster

The Detroit Lions’ initial 53-man roster included several unexpected decisions. Here are the five biggest surprises from cutdown day.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Aug 30 • 10:17 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Star Entertainment Reports Cash And Cash Equivalents Of A$267 Million, As At June 30

The Star Entertainment Group Limited ASX:SGR:

tradingview.com logo
Aug 30 • 9:51 PM EDT • Entertainment • tradingview.com
Dolly Parton laid to rest in private Nashville funeral

Dolly Parton was laid to rest in a private Nashville service attended by immediate family following her death at age 80, her great-niece shared on Instagram.

latimes.com logo
Aug 30 • 9:20 PM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
What one bird is telling us about the health of the Okavango Delta

The vulnerable Slaty Egret is an indicator of the Okavango Delta’s health. New monitoring efforts are revealing how this vital ecosystem is changing.

unep.org logo
Aug 30 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • unep.org
Scientists discover diamonds can generate electricity

Diamond was thought to be incapable of producing electricity through mechanical deformation, but ultrathin flexible diamond membranes have now shown a strong and repeatable piezoelectric effect. The unexpected discovery could open the door to diamond-powered sensors, tiny energy systems, and self-powered medical implants.

sciencedaily.com logo
Aug 30 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Meep, meep. ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ opens with $15.5 million, 'Spider-Man' stays No. 1 for fifth weekend

Three years after Warner Bros. abruptly canned “Coyote vs. Acme,” the Looney Tunes feature film that was given a new lease on life by Ketchup Entertainment debuted with an estimated $15.5 million in ticket sales over the weekend. For the fifth weekend in a row, “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” topped…

japantoday.com logo
Aug 30 • 4:50 PM EDT • Entertainment • japantoday.com
Deep dive
😐 Neutral (19%)
wow
57%
ahah
43%
UFC Champion Justin Gaethje Provides Latest Health Update

UFC lightweight champion Justin Gaethje provided his latest health update following his war with Ilia Topuria at UFC Freedom 250 in June. In one of the biggest upsets of the year, Gaethje finished Topuria via fourth-round TKO due to a corner stoppage in what was an absolute war of a fight on the White House […] The post UFC Champion Justin Gaethje Provides Latest Health Update appeared first on HEAVY.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Aug 30 • 3:29 PM EDT • Health • sports.yahoo.com
Dolly Parton laid to rest in private Nashville funeral, family confirms

Parton was laid to rest Friday in a private Nashville funeral, her great-niece confirmed. Tennessee also moved to rename Nashville's airport in her honor.

yahoo.com logo
Aug 30 • 12:46 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Meep, meep. ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ opens with $15.5 million, 'Spider-Man' stays No. 1 for fifth weekend

Three years after Warner Bros. abruptly canned the Looney Tunes feature “Coyote vs. Acme,” it has a new lease on life thanks to Ketchup Entertainment. The movie debuted with an estimated $15.5...

sfchronicle.com logo
Aug 30 • 12:41 PM EDT • Entertainment • sfchronicle.com
Meep, meep. ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ opens with $15.5 million

Three years after Warner Bros. abruptly canned the Looney Tunes feature “Coyote vs. Acme,” it has a new lease on life thanks to Ketchup Entertainment.

apnews.com logo
Aug 30 • 12:41 PM EDT • Entertainment • apnews.com
High-Signal Publisher
Apple Caught Off Guard by AI Demand for Mac Mini and Mac Studio

Apple's unusually timed announcement of new Mac mini and Mac Studio models this week was driven by unexpectedly strong enterprise appetite for AI hardware, according to The Information. Apple normally releases new Mac models in the autumn, closer to October or November, making this week's announcement unusually early, falling just before the anticipated arrival of new iPhone models. The Information says that the AI-driven boom in Mac Studio and Mac mini sales is behind the early launch.

macrumors.com logo
Aug 30 • 11:52 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Dolly Parton ‘laid to rest’ in private Nashville funeral

Dolly Parton’s friends and family gathered for an intimate funeral honoring the Queen of Country, following her death on Aug. 25.

ew.com logo
Aug 30 • 11:18 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
This baby boomer vs. Gen X Senate race emerges as key test of generational change in U.S. politics and what age is too old for Congress

Sen. Ed Markey is 80, while his rival, Rep. Seth Moulton, is 47.

fortune.com logo
Aug 30 • 11:05 AM EDT • Politics • fortune.com
The art of balancing formal business communication with authenticity

Senior Staff Writer Anna Mammarelli writes that professionalism need not come at the expense of personality.

fsunews.com logo
Aug 30 • 9:01 AM EDT • Business • fsunews.com
😐 Neutral (18%)
ahah
71%
wow
29%
Colorado Sues EarnIn For “Immoral, Unethical, Oppressive and Unscrupulous” Business Practices

Hey all, Jason here. When this hits your inbox, I should be en route to the airport — not to go anywhere myself, just to pick up my better half. I must admit, it’s been strange to be home alone (well, with two dogs) for two weeks! Really lets me “optimize” to spending more time on reading/writing/working, whether that’s healthy or not! Looking forward to getting back into a (somewhat) more balance routine. Subscribe or Support by Upgrading Compare Notes With the People Who Built Modern Fintech Partner content: Remitly CEO Sebastian Gunningham. Increase founder Darragh Buckley. Linda Du, Co-founder & President at Valon. They’ll unpack the decisions behind building and scaling major financial products: what they got right, what broke, what they would do differently, and how AI and new infrastructure are changing the operator playbook. Most events tell you where fintech is going. NerdCon puts the people who built the present in the room and asks them what comes next. Expect an operator-led conversation grounded in real products, real trade-offs and lessons earned the hard way. Fintech Business Weekly readers save 20% on Regular tickets with code FBW20 before standard pricing ends September 11. Meet the Builders Things To Know & Other Good Reads Advent and Stripe Abandon $50 Billion Pursuit of PayPal (Bloomberg) Trump Family’s New Crypto Bank Is Backed by Abu Dhabi Sheikh (Wall Street Journal) The multiplying risks of financing data centres (FT) Let the Bond Market Speak (Wall Street Journal) Did we waste a crisis? Modest proposals to reform deposit insurance. (Fintech Takes Banking) Untangling Guggenheim: How Private Credit Built Its Own Universe (Net Interest) The Hater’s Guide To Circular Financing — Part One (Ed Zitron) Fiat Ventures Rebrands to FGV Capital, Announces $35M Oversubscribed Fund II (BusinessWire) Socure Announces Strategic Growth Investment at $5.2B Valuation and Acquires Agentic Operations Platform Fravity (Socure) Listen: When Consumer Protection Disclosures Work Too Well (Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast) Colorado Sues EarnIn For “Immoral, Unethical, Oppressive and Unscrupulous” Business Practices When Andreessen Horowitz led EarnIn’s $39 million Series B in 2017, Alex Rampell, a partner at the storied venture capital firm, described EarnIn’s small-dollar advance product as “free,” relying on “entirely on voluntary contributions instead of fees.” Rampell favorably compared EarnIn’s approach to typical payday loans, writing, “Payday loans historically have had the potential to be a slippery slope for consumers into financial distress: opaque systems and steep fees that are hard to repay and set individuals back further than where they started. For many Americans living paycheck to paycheck, that kind of slide into debt can be extremely difficult to recover from.” But EarnIn’s product — which, the company says, isn’t a “loan,” legally speaking — ends up being anything but free for most users. While it is technically possible to take a no-fee advance from the company, most users incur “Lightning Speed” (instant funding) fees and/or ostensibly optional tips that combined can equate to annualized percent rates that can reach over 1,000%. With an average term of 9.77 days, even fees and tips that are small on an absolute dollar basis are equivalent to high APRs on an annualized basis. A lawsuit filed last week by Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser against EarnIn describes the company and its product and business practices quite differently than Andreessen’s Rampell; “EarnIn’s business practices are unfair because they are immoral, unethical, oppressive and unscrupulous,” the complaint, filed in District Court in Denver, Colorado, says. EarnIn’s marquee product, Cash Out, isn’t a loan, the company says, as Cash Out is not “[f]orward [l]ooking” because “[t]he money is transferred based on earnings to date,” does not carry a mandatory fee to access funds, and is “non-recourse,” meaning EarnIn cannot pursue recovery from users who don’t repay advanced funds. EarnIn is sometimes referred to as an “Earned Wage Advance” service. Though, unlike some others in the broader category, EarnIn does not integrate with employers’ payroll or time and attendance systems. Rather, EarnIn attempts to verify a user’s income and employment, by examining direct deposit transaction data in their linked external bank account, by using GPS location and Bluetooth data to estimate a user’s time spent at work, if they work in a fixed location, and/or by having a user provided a work email address. While repayment is theoretically optional, as EarnIn would have no recourse, such as reporting non-payment to the credit bureaus or a collections agency, this is anything but clear to users of the EarnIn app, Colorado’s complaint argues. During the process of taking a Cash Out, users must agree to a preauthorized debit of the amount advanced, plus any expedited funding fee and/or tips. Though users technically can revoke this ACH authorization, the fact that they have this right isn’t presented to users during the Cash Out process, but rather is included in linked terms and conditions few users are likely to actually read. And users who do wish to revoke their ACH authorization must do so three or more days before the scheduled transaction date by emailing EarnIn’s customer support. Similarly, EarnIn’s marketing claims that it carries “no interest” and “no mandatory fees” is technically true, but is not the reality for many of the app’s users, the Colorado complaint argues. Further, EarnIn has extensively marketed to users the ability to “access your pay today,” to get “instant” funds, and to get funds “the same day you work” — when, in reality, this speed of access was only possible by paying the additional, undisclosed Lightning Speed fee. The Colorado complaint highlights this contradiction specifically, noting: EarnIn tells consumers that they can ‘Make any day payday with EarnIn’ and that there no ‘hidden’ or ‘mandatory fees.’ For a consumer to access their pay on the same day requested, they would have to pay the Lightning Speed fee. In the fine print of the advertisement EarnIn discloses that ‘[f]ees apply to use Lightning Speed,’ a direct contradiction to the larger text of the advertisement, and a fact that would not be immediately understood by a consumer as ‘Lightning Speed’ is not defined nor explained. Like other small-dollar lending services, rather than explicitly charge interest, EarnIn collects a markup on the optional Lighting Speed fee, which, given the nature of the transactions, many users opt for, as well as offering users the option to leave “tips.” EarnIn leverages either Real-Time Payments (RTP) rails or push-to-card via debit rails if a user opts for the optional Lightning Speed. But while these capabilities cost EarnIn, on average, $0.075 or $0.20 per transaction, respectively, EarnIn charges users significantly more. Initially, EarnIn charged as little as $1.99 for Cash Outs up to $24. But EarnIn has hiked these fees multiple times, and now charges $4.99 for Cash Outs up to $75 and $6.99 for those over $75. According to the Colorado complaint, EarnIn leverages “dark patterns” to manipulate users and to make it more difficult to avoid tipping. Examples of these “road blocks” highlighted in the complaint include: As of 2023, in the EarnIn app, a consumer attempting to get a loan under the default settings had to make at least eighteen separate taps to complete the transaction and reduce the tip to $0. There is an alternative method to leave a $0 tip, via the “Custom tip” feature, but EarnIn made this option difficult to access by visually deemphasizing it and positioning it near devices’ “home” button. Using language and imagery such as “Tip to pay it forward,” “Your generosity supports the service + helps,” “Your tips make a difference,” and “[t]he APR for this cash out is 0%. Your tips help support us.” While Lightning Speed and tipping are, in theory, both optional, in practice, users nearly always ended up paying something. According to the Colorado suit, users were charged either a tip or an expedite fee for more than 92% of transactions, with an average APR of nearly 388%. And, although the advances are “non-recourse,” EarnIn successfully collects on nearly all transactions — 99.18%, according to the complaint, which, Colorado argues, “demonstrat[es] that EarnIn’s advances function as high cost loans, not voluntary payments.” The share of EarnIn users incurring fees — despite the product being marketed as 0% APR — is hard to reconcile with Andreessen investor Rampell’s favorable description of EarnIn vs. “opaque systems and steep fees” associated with payday loans, which, Rampell says, can be “extremely difficult” for borrowers to extricate themselves from. According to Colorado’s suit, EarnIn’s Cash Out product “trapped many consumers in extreme cycles of high-cost reborrowing.” The suit gives an example of one consumer in the state, who took out a whopping 1,151 loans, paying a total of $4,038.50 in Lightning Speed expedited funding fees on loans that averaged the equivalent of 1,421% APR. Another Colorado user, the suit says, took out 1,033 loans, paying $8,561.22 in tips and fees at an average APR of 1,539% . These types of usage patterns demonstrate “the severe and repeated financial harm caused by EarnIn’s illegal lending model,” the Colorado complaint argues. In aggregate, from January 2023 through July 2025, EarnIn extended 3.1 million loans to 56,778 users in Colorado — an average of nearly 55 transactions per person during the time period. EarnIn lent more than $300 million and collected more than $16 million from Colorado users in Lightning Speed fees and in tips. Ultimately, the Colorado complaint argues that “EarnIn’s Cash Outs are loans under Colorado law, and EarnIn’s contention that its product is not a loan based on its disclaimer of any legal repayment obligation lacks any real-world significance given how the Cash Out transactions actually operate in practice.” Colorado further argues that “EarnIn was not working with companies here in providing consumers with funds but acted as a third-party lender and charged illegally high rates, used deceptive design strategies to extract some charges, and trapped consumers in repeat borrowing. Colorado will continue to stand up for consumers and hold companies accountable when they violate our credit laws or attempt to evade them through misleading practices.” Colorado’s suit alleges EarnIn assesses finance charge in excess of that permitted by Colorado law, that EarnIn failed to make legally required disclosures to Colorado borrowers, that EarnIn made supervised loans to consumers without obtaining the requisite license, that EarnIn violated the state’s Deferred Deposit Loan Act, that EarnIn engage in unfair and deceptive trade practices, and that EarnIn made false or misleading statements concerning price. The suit seeks a court order enjoining EarnIn from violating relevant Colorado laws, for EarnIn to refund amounts charged in excess of state law, fees, costs, and penalties, and other relief the court deems to be just. Fintech Business Weekly is made possible by the generous support of paying subscribers — bringing you independent analysis of banking, fintech, and crypto without fear or favor. You can support my work by becoming a paying subscriber if you aren’t already. Paying subscribers enjoy: access to the entire archive of nearly six years of newsletters extended versions of the weekly newsletter, with additional content and analysis and (for founding member tier) quarterly personal 1:1 fintech Q&A / strategy calls with me, tapping into my unparalleled knowledge of the intersection of banking and fintech and experience working in the sector, including helping to launch Goldman Sachs’ retail bank Marcus Support Fintech Business Weekly You can also support Fintech Business Weekly by sponsoring a newsletter or podcast, putting you in front of 93,000+ of the most influential decision makers in banking, fintech, and crypto. Learn more about sponsor opportunities or request a media kit by dropping me an email. Q2 Quarterly Banking Profile: Five Quick Takeaways The FDIC released its quarterly banking profile, which is always worth a read, for the second quarter. The profile provides an aggregate snapshot about the overall health of the 4,238 institutions whose deposits are insured by the FDIC, who, collectively, hold more than $26 trillion in assets and saw a total net income of more than $90 billion in the second quarter. Net income was up 12% vs. Q1 2026, with lower provisions and realized gains on securities helping to drive the improvement, somewhat offset by increases in non-interest expense and applicable income taxes. Overall net interest margin was basically flat quarter over quarter (up 1 basis point vs. Q1 2026), though community banks saw NIM grow by 10 basis points, to 3.81%. Unsurprisingly, given that interest rates haven’t changed, unrealized losses on securities changed little, edging up slightly to $326.7 billion vs. $325.1 billion in Q1 2026. Aggregate credit quality has remained benign, with asset quality actually improving slightly in Q2. Overall, institutions reported a 9 basis point decline in their past-due and non-accrual rate, to 1.44%. Net charge off rate also declined by 2 basis points, to 0.57%. And finally, the FDIC’s deposit insurance fund stands at $161.1 billion, making the DIF reserve ratio 1.48% — above the statutory minimum of 1.35%, but still below the designated target reserve ratio of 2%. [Paid Subscriber Exclusive] Nissan Withdraws ILC App, State Associations Plan BankChain Alliance, FDIC Defines “Unsafe or Unsound Practice” For First Time Automaker Nissan withdrew its application to charter a Utah industrial loan company and its corresponding application to the FDIC for deposit insurance last week, on August 19th. Nissan’s application had been outstanding for more than a year, as it originally applied in June 2025. Recent applications to the OCC to form national banks have been decisioned, one way or the other, substantially more quickly than has historically been the case.

fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com logo
Aug 30 • 9:00 AM EDT • Business • fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com
Deep dive
😐 Neutral (6%)
wow
43%
love
35%
ahah
22%
Omni-liberalism: Why you should hold this framework in politics

Views staff writer Logan Walters examines “omni-liberalism" and argues for approaching policy with flexibility and skepticism.

fsunews.com logo
Aug 30 • 9:00 AM EDT • Politics • fsunews.com
Faith leaders: In Cook County, politics are being pursued, not justice

There is an old saying, and the Nakia Smith case again proves it true: You are better off being guilty and rich than poor and innocent.

chicagotribune.com logo
Aug 30 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • chicagotribune.com
Editorial: World Business Chicago’s latest messaging conveniently dovetails with Brandon Johnson’s reelection case

Is World Business Chicago losing its way amid mayoral politics?

chicagotribune.com logo
Aug 30 • 6:00 AM EDT • Business • chicagotribune.com
Deep dive
😐 Neutral (17%)
wow
66%
love
34%
Federal cuts lead to growing burden on Cook County health system, taxpayers

Cook County’s sprawling safety net health system is counting on the county board to fill a budget gap of $40 million this year or face potential service cuts.

chicagotribune.com logo
Aug 30 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • chicagotribune.com
Late payments threaten business license of Chicago body removal contractor

The small funeral home company that holds the lucrative contract for the city’s body removal services may soon be dissolved due to its failure to pay business license fees to the state.

chicagotribune.com logo
Aug 30 • 6:00 AM EDT • Business • chicagotribune.com
Rams WR Puka Nacua spotted dancing at a Jewish Bat Mitzvah eight months after offensive gesture backlash

Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua was seen enjoying himself and dancing at a Jewish Bat Mitzvah in LA on Sunday

sports.yahoo.com logo
Aug 30 • 2:46 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Review: OnStage Playhouse’s ‘Mensa’ a smart drama about politics and listening

Salomón Maya’s new play is a cautionary tale about finding common ground before it’s too late

sandiegouniontribune.com logo
Aug 29 • 8:00 PM EDT • Politics • sandiegouniontribune.com
Patriots Add Cardinals Running Back in Unexpected Trade Before Deadline

The Patriots added a Cardinals running back in an unexpected trade before the roster deadline, sending a future draft pick to Arizona. The post Patriots Add Cardinals Running Back in Unexpected Trade Before Deadline appeared first on HEAVY.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Aug 29 • 4:46 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
😐 Neutral (4%)
ahah
100%
Provincetown business celebrates 80 years of dune tours
cbsnews.com logo
Aug 29 • 2:02 PM EDT • Business • cbsnews.com
High-Signal Publisher
2,600 silver coins found in outskirts of Moscow may have been buried by a medieval plague victim

A hoard of silver coins has been unearthed near Moscow, revealing new information about money minting in the 15th century.

livescience.com logo
Aug 29 • 10:00 AM EDT • Science • livescience.com
Dolly Parton once turned down a song request from Elvis Presley. That was just one business decision that helped build her $650 million empire

Parton established her own publishing company in 1966, which helped her hold on to nearly all of her publishing rights.

fortune.com logo
Aug 29 • 9:14 AM EDT • Business • fortune.com
College sports and ‘amateurism’ become the new ‘professional’ as an NFL player fights to return to school

Pros going back to amateur sports? It’s not amateur in the first place, according to a sports historian.

fortune.com logo
Aug 29 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • fortune.com
Deep dive
😐 Neutral (12%)
ahah
56%
wow
44%
Movie Review: What's up, flop? The toon-human hybrid 'Coyote vs. Acme' should've stayed on shelf

Some Hollywood decisions defy logic. Like, who looked at the world of Looney Tunes, those unhinged cartoons of our youth, and thought: Let’s add a bunch of personal injury lawyers.

indianagazette.com logo
Aug 29 • 12:15 AM EDT • Entertainment • indianagazette.com
Deep dive
😐 Neutral (30%)
ahah
100%
Shohei Ohtani Makes Mysterious Decision Days Before Dodgers Pitching Return

Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani looks to be close to a pitching return, but his final step before returning to the mound had an unexpected twist.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Aug 28 • 11:15 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
😐 Neutral (0%)
Former county behavioral health director evaluating ‘legal options’ after public dismissal

The county has remained mum on deeper reasons for the termination.

sandiegouniontribune.com logo
Aug 28 • 10:52 PM EDT • Health • sandiegouniontribune.com
‘Like at McDonald’s’: Sports nurse practitioner sold opioids to athletes like ‘you gotta pay for your burger,” DEA investigation finds

Joan Rubinger had a client list that included hundreds of athletes—but the DEA found she doled out thousands of illegal prescriptions.

fortune.com logo
Aug 28 • 3:30 PM EDT • Sports • fortune.com
Deep dive
😐 Neutral (5%)
ahah
57%
wow
43%
Join us Sept. 9 in Austin and online for a discussion on the politics of data centers in Texas

Data centers are reshaping Texas communities, and the politics around them don’t break along familiar lines. Join The Texas Tribune at 9 a.m. Wednesday Sept. 9 in Austin or online for a conversation that goes beyond the headlines to examine where Texans actually stand on the data center boom, how opinions are shifting and what […]

texastribune.org logo
Aug 28 • 3:07 PM EDT • Politics • texastribune.org
Dolly Parton wanted a quiet funeral for her final send-off. But left a few surprises for years to come.

Here's what we know about plans to remember her life and legacy.

yahoo.com logo
Aug 28 • 11:40 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Dolly Parton’s advice on running a successful, sprawling business empire: ‘Rely on “higher wisdom,” look your best, and don’t boss anyone around’

“Rely on ‘higher wisdom,’ look your best, and don’t boss anyone around.”

fortune.com logo
Aug 28 • 11:19 AM EDT • Business • fortune.com
Minnesota AG gives green light to Sanford Health merger with North Memorial

The attorney general’s blessing is seen as the last regulatory hurdle to a deal in which the South Dakota-based system agrees to maintain Robbinsdale hospital for at least a decade.

startribune.com logo
Aug 28 • 10:10 AM EDT • Health • startribune.com
John Cornyn is raising money for competitive Senate races

The GOP senator said he plans to use his considerable fundraising prowess to help colleagues in New Hampshire, Michigan, Alaska and elsewhere.

houstonpublicmedia.org logo
Aug 28 • 9:40 AM EDT • Politics • houstonpublicmedia.org
Labor Department to propose expansion of association health plans, which could lower insurance costs for some workers

The agency has submitted a rule proposal to the White House that could allow more workers to get health insurance through association health plans.

cnbc.com logo
Aug 28 • 7:00 AM EDT • Health • cnbc.com
A country music legend took his $150 million fortune and retired. Here’s why

The singer played his final show this year.

pennlive.com logo
Aug 28 • 7:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • pennlive.com
Metal Gear Solid Fan Community Makes Unexpected Appearance In Master Collection Vol. 2 Executable

"The original DLC might only exist today because SaveMGO kept it available"

timeextension.com logo
Aug 28 • 6:00 AM EDT • Technology • timeextension.com
Minnesota politicians take their campaigns to the ‘ultimate town hall’

Amy Klobuchar, Lisa Demuth and Peggy Flanagan grew up attending the Minnesota State Fair. They returned Thursday as they campaign for statewide office.

startribune.com logo
Aug 28 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • startribune.com
New Seattle Seahawks owner makes unexpected Pittsburgh Steelers admission

In a surprising turn of events, new Seattle Seahawks owner Vinod Khosla declared himself to be a fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers during the introductory press conference. Vinod and Neeru Khosla became the new majority owners of the Seattle Seahawks after the NFL approved their purchase of the team at a $9.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Aug 28 • 3:23 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
😐 Neutral (12%)
ahah
50%
wow
50%
Steelers’ Will Howard Undergoes Medical Evaluation After Bills Game: Report

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review's Chris Adamski reported Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Will Howard needed evaluation from the medical staff after facing the Buffalo Bills. The post Steelers’ Will Howard Undergoes Medical Evaluation After Bills Game: Report appeared first on HEAVY.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Aug 28 • 2:02 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
☹️ Negative (-16%)
The US switch in shingles vaccines revealed an unexpected heart health pattern

In a natural experiment involving 72,920 propensity-matched US adults aged 60 years and older, recombinant shingles vaccination was associated with a 9% lower cardiovascular disease burden over seven years compared with the live attenuated vaccine. Lower burdens of ischemic heart disease and heart failure were seen in both sexes, while ischemic stroke was significantly lower only among men, supporting further clinical trials and mechanistic studies

news-medical.net logo
Aug 27 • 11:21 PM EDT • Health • news-medical.net
Rams-Chargers preseason Week 3 discussion

The Los Angeles Rams and the Los Angeles Chargers play in their final tune-up contest

sports.yahoo.com logo
Aug 27 • 9:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
😐 Neutral (3%)
wow
100%
Kiss video at center of Lyons Township FOIA fight could impact Cook County Board, Congress races

Surveillance video showing a kiss between Lyons Township Clerk Elyse Hoffenberg and Bridgeview Mayor Steve Landek has become a political flashpoint in both a Cook County board race and the race for Illinois’ 4th Congressional District.

chicagotribune.com logo
Aug 27 • 8:13 PM EDT • Politics • chicagotribune.com
Luxshare Precision Reports 40.2% Revenue Growth in First Half 2026; Business Mix Supports Margin Expansion

Luxshare Precision Industry Co., Ltd. ("Luxshare Precision" or the "Company") (SZSE: 002475; HKEX: 02475), a global provider of precision intelligent manufacturing solutions, today announced unaudited results for the six months ended June 30, 2026.

finance.yahoo.com logo
Aug 27 • 8:00 PM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Great Lakes Sports & Entertainment Network to air Loons-Lugnuts match Sunday

Fans can tune into the new Great Lakes Sports & Entertainment Network to watch the Loons game on Sunday at 1 p.m.

wnem.com logo
Aug 27 • 2:19 PM EDT • Entertainment • wnem.com
Anthropic makes first move into physical AI with new way for scientists, manufacturers to bring equipment to life

The Model Hardware Standard (MHS) works with any AI model, not just Claude, but for now only a handful of companies can access the research preview.

fortune.com logo
Aug 27 • 2:00 PM EDT • Science • fortune.com
Elden Ring Update Patch Notes Reveal Biggest Changes in Years

FromSoftware has delivered a surprise Elden Ring update, revealing the biggest changes its critically acclaimed action-RPG has gotten in years.

ign.com logo
Aug 27 • 1:42 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Woman Baffled After She Finds Photo of Herself for Sale at a Thrift Shop (Exclusive)

Ansley Martin tells PEOPLE her family was “crying laughing” after the decades-old portrait unexpectedly turned up an hour from where she grew up

yahoo.com logo
Aug 27 • 1:02 PM EDT • Technology • yahoo.com
Zohran Mamdani’s business council includes the CEOs of Chobani and Etsy. But Wall Street and Big Tech turned him down

The democratic socialist mayor is bringing leaders from Chobani, Etsy, RXR and more to City Hall—but several prominent executives didn’t join.

fortune.com logo
Aug 27 • 12:03 PM EDT • Business • fortune.com
A candidate’s guide to the Minnesota State Fair

Plus: Demuth’s dance on affordability

startribune.com logo
Aug 27 • 10:02 AM EDT • Politics • startribune.com
Lucky Strike Entertainment (LUCK) Reports Q4 Loss, Misses Revenue Estimates

Lucky Strike Entertainment (LUCK) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of -300.00% and -2.81%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

finance.yahoo.com logo
Aug 27 • 9:25 AM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
You don’t have to agree with AOC’s politics to support the public conversation she started for American women

Her politics may divide Americans, but the doctors argue the fertility conversation she started shouldn’t.

fortune.com logo
Aug 27 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • fortune.com
Lucky Strike Entertainment Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results for Fiscal Year 2026

RICHMOND, Va., August 27, 2026--Lucky Strike Entertainment today provided financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of fiscal year 2026, which ended on June 28, 2026.

finance.yahoo.com logo
Aug 27 • 7:30 AM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com