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Have scientists finally detected dark matter?

For decades physicists have been puzzling over the enigma of dark matter. We think it makes up 85% of the matter in the universe, but the mysterious substance cannot be seen or detected, and we know about it mainly through observations of the gravitational effects it has on other things. But now scientists believe they may be a step closer to detecting it. Science editor Ian Sample explains to Madeleine Finlay why, if confirmed, the finding could completely transform our understanding of the universe. And Dr Samuel Erikson, senior research associate at the University of Bristol, and first author of the research paper, explains how the finding has been received in the physics community

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Sep 10 • 6:54 AM EDT • Science • theguardian.com
Nicole Kidman opens up about making 'Practical Magic 2'

Nicole Kidman talks to The Tennessean about returning as the Owens sisters with Sandra Bullock in the long awaited \

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Sep 10 • 6:07 AM EDT • Entertainment • tennessean.com
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After 9/11, Hollywood stars were the healers we didn't know we needed

From “SNL” to “Friends,” see how TV, music and pop culture gave Americans space to grieve, escape and eventually laugh again after 9/11.

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Sep 10 • 6:03 AM EDT • Entertainment • usatoday.com
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Tunisia: Authorities must immediately release Rached Ghannouchi amid severe fair trial violations and serious health concerns

Tunisian authorities must release prominent opposition politician Rached Ghannouchi, quash his convictions and end the politically motivated prosecutions against him marred by significant due process violations, Amnesty International said today. The organization is also urgently calling for him to receive access to adequate healthcare pending his release. The 84-year-old leader of the Ennahdha party and former Speaker of Parliament has been held in arbitrary detention since his arrest in April […]

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Sep 10 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • amnesty.org
Things to do. Minerva 2nd Friday, 'Fiddler on the Roof,' game show

Fun things to do in September in the Canton area include downtown Minerva's 2nd Friday festivities and "Fiddler on the Roof" at Players Guild Theatre.

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Sep 10 • 5:56 AM EDT • Entertainment • indeonline.com
Political violence has become a twisted form of virtue signaling

For college students, the rationalization of the killing of a Charlie Kirk or a Brian Thompson is now a litmus test of your movement bona fides.

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Sep 10 • 5:10 AM EDT • Politics • usatoday.com
US sanctions are preventing Cuban businesses from growing

Cuban business owner Oscar Fernández's dream to one day sell his dried fruit in the U.S. is being stymied by sanctions on the island.

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Sep 10 • 5:07 AM EDT • Business • usatoday.com
25 years after 9/11, Rutgers still treats first responders

Rutgers has treated more than 6,500 people coping with cancers, PTSD and other conditions linked to their work at Ground Zero.

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Sep 10 • 5:02 AM EDT • Health • mycentraljersey.com
My Science Job: Christian Thompson's resume includes designs for space gear

Christian Thompson, Quinsigamond Community College alum, struggled academically until a professor turned him toward manufacturing technology. He went on to design spacesuits at David Clark.

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Sep 10 • 5:01 AM EDT • Science • telegram.com
The best way to eat flaxseed

To get the full health benefits from flaxseed, there’s a certain way experts recommend eating it.

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Sep 10 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
Cosm aims to dazzle Detroit sports fans with tech and comfort

The main attraction in downtown Detroit's Cadillac Square is an 87-foot-diameter LED Dome with plush seating, a gametime menu and multiple bars.

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Sep 9 • 10:57 PM EDT • Entertainment • detroitnews.com
600,000 Oregonians may be impacted by Medicaid work requirement changes

More than half a million Oregonians who are currently enrolled in the Oregon Health Plan could be impacted by new work requirements.

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Sep 9 • 9:19 PM EDT • Health • statesmanjournal.com
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Alaska Science Forum Time capsule: Color guard

Note: Regardless of how far they had advanced into autumn colors, all the leaves in Goldstream Valley on the morning of Sept. 3, 2026, were crusted with frost. Neither green willow nor purple fireweed leaves were spared, a first-frost possibility that Carla Helfferich explores in this week’s Alaska Science Forum time capsule from Sept. 11, 1997. Helfferich was the primary author for the forum from 1988 to 1994, when she hired Ned Rozell as her successor.

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Viewpoint: Unlocking Europe’s wildfire data

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

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Sep 9 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencebusiness.net
Most Michigan voters oppose Trump tariffs on Canada, poll shows

A Detroit News-WDIV poll reveals Michigan voters oppose President Trump's trade war with Canada and believe it will lead to higher costs for goods.

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Sep 9 • 7:00 PM EDT • Politics • detroitnews.com
New wave of healthcare fraud enforcement

In past years, federal and state authorities typically initiated healthcare fraud investigations based on whistleblower complaints and audits. While that still occurs, the model is changing. Federal enforcement agencies are increasingly using sophisticated data analytics, artificial intelligence, and coordinated investigative efforts to identify potential fraud. The Department of Justice (DOJ),…

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Sep 9 • 6:48 PM EDT • Health • mcafeetaft.com
JLF Seattle, microcosm of Jaipur Literature Festival, comes to town

JLF Seattle, based on the Jaipur Literature Festival, offers a lineup of local and international award-winning authors.

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Sep 9 • 5:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • yakimaherald.com
The Democracy We Must Protect Together

It can be difficult to grasp authoritarianism because it rarely arrives all at once. Instead, it often emerges through a series of actions that may seem disconnected on the surface: attacks on scientists who tell inconvenient truths, efforts to restrict voting access, attempts to punish nonprofit

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Sep 9 • 4:30 PM EDT • Science • blog.ucs.org
Wayne County Commission removes mental health network board member after misconduct investigation

An outside law firm investigated allegations against Kenya Ruth, a board member for the county's community mental authority accused of "erratic" behavior.

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Sep 9 • 3:14 PM EDT • Health • detroitnews.com
OCWA begins building parallel water lines to support Micron growth

Onondaga County Water Authority (OCWA) officials announced two new transmission lines on Wednesday.

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Sep 9 • 1:52 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
DOJ Official Queried a Dozen Journals on 'Partisan' Views in 2025

The Justice Department fulfilled the public records request for the letters just as their author departed the agency.

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Sep 9 • 1:32 PM EDT • Science • aip.org
Meet The Hyangle, the San Diego art gallery dedicated to mental health

Artist Stephen Williams focuses his abstract paintings on mental health and wellness topics, and he opens his gallery to a variety of organizations and events that support San Diegans’ well-being. Written by Kate Morrissey, Edited by Lauren J. Mapp Author’s Note: This story includes mention of suicide. If

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Sep 9 • 1:17 PM EDT • Health • daylightsandiego.org
Michael Phelps is raising 4 boys. Here's how he helps them navigate 'big emotions'

Amid experts' rising concerns about the “manosphere” and male loneliness epidemic, the Olympic gold medalist has a message to share.

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Sep 9 • 1:04 PM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
AG’s office says it lacks authority to investigate Choice Lanes contract

Following top state Dem’s questions over toll lane procurement process, Skrmetti’s office claims it has no jurisdiction

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Sep 9 • 1:00 PM EDT • Politics • nashvillepost.com
16 Seattle-area author events happening this fall

From national book tours to conversations with local authors, take note of these upcoming bibliophile events in the Seattle area.

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Sep 9 • 1:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • yakimaherald.com
Lawmakers question ties between Freedom 250 and Trump campaign

Lawmakers are questioning whether Republican groups used personal information collected at Freedom 250 events to build political contact lists.

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Sep 9 • 12:50 PM EDT • Politics • usatoday.com
Los Angeles Public Library Celebrates Latino Heritage Month With Eighth Annual L.A. Libros Festival Featuring Authors, Artists, Workshops, and Entertainment

Bilingual Family Event Set For Saturday, Sept. 26, at Central Library, Downtown L.A. Los Angeles Public Library Celebrates Latino Heritage Month With L.A. Libros Festival on Sept. 26, 2026 Families enjoy crafts inside the Central Library rotunda during the Los Angeles Libros Festival. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In celebration of Latino Heritage Month, the Los Angeles Public Library will present the Eighth Annual Los Angeles Libros Festival, the city’s largest celebration of

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Sep 9 • 12:48 PM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
ARPA-H to invest $62 million to develop FDA-authorized AI to help treat heart failure

ARPA-H, the government agency that funds cutting edge health research, plans to commit $62.7 million to develop artificial intelligence bots that direct

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Sep 9 • 12:01 PM EDT • Health • statnews.com
The ‘amnesia tax’: How frictionless payments fuel mindless spending

The rise of frictionless payment technology may be making it easier for consumers to lose track of their spending, contributing to what the author calls “budget amnesia,” The Washington Post reports. One single mother with $80,000 in student debt reviewed a year of bank statements and discovered that her finances weren’t being undermined by major […]

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Sep 9 • 10:29 AM EDT • Business • businessreport.com
Campaign Notebook: Remarkable Turnout | Ballot Qs Guide

Campaign Notebook: Remarkable Turnout | Ballot Qs Guide | Galvin's Authority

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Sep 9 • 10:20 AM EDT • Politics • statehousenews.com
East El Paso bakery receives near-failing health inspection score: List

See which El Paso restaurants earned perfect scores and which ones received a C grade in the latest health inspections.

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Sep 9 • 10:12 AM EDT • Health • elpasotimes.com
Bruce Lunsford, a 'bulldog' in Kentucky business and politics, dies

Bruce Lunsford had a lengthy list of accomplishments and experiences, from helping bring UPS to Louisville to running against Sen. Mitch McConnell.

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Sep 9 • 9:50 AM EDT • Politics • courier-journal.com
Bruce Lunsford through the years: Our photos of Louisville businessman

Bruce Lunsford made plenty of headlines over the years in Louisville and around Kentucky. Check out photos from The Courier Journal's archives.

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Sep 9 • 9:50 AM EDT • Politics • courier-journal.com
9/11 survivors face growing health crisis 25 years later
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Sep 9 • 8:52 AM EDT • Health • detroitnews.com
Former Sunnyvale resident pleads guilty to health care fraud

Authorities say Sevindik Huseynov aided and abetted as scheme to submit thousands of bogus claims to Medicare Advantage programs.

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Sep 9 • 8:50 AM EDT • Health • mercurynews.com
Peter Gould reads from his new novel, 'Part For The Hole'

NORTH BENNINGTON — At 7 p.m. on September 24, Brattleboro author Peter Gould will read from his new novel “Part For The Hole” at Pangaea Café, in North Bennington. The

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Sep 9 • 8:30 AM EDT • Entertainment • benningtonbanner.com
NC ranks best for business economy, dead last for workers

NC consistently ranks among top U.S. states for business. But a new ranking by Oxfam lists it dead last in this year’s 2026 Best States to Work Index.

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Sep 9 • 7:44 AM EDT • Business • citizen-times.com
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Jimmy Kimmel canceled? Here's what ABC has to say

In a so-called exclusive, Page Six reported Sept. 8 that the upcoming season of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" will be its final one.

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Sep 9 • 7:30 AM EDT • Entertainment • elpasotimes.com
FBI raided his Detroit drug rehab centers. Now he can't pay employees.

A drug rehab center in metro Detroit says the FBI has seized all of its money, causing paychecks to bounce and leaving patients with nowhere to go.

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Sep 9 • 6:58 AM EDT • Health • freep.com
Work starts on 16-acre indoor go-karting, arcade venue in Polaris

Supercharged Entertainment is marking its Midwest debut with a new go-karting concept in Polaris, slated to open in summer 2027.

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Sep 9 • 6:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • dispatch.com
Stevens wants Trump administration to address tariff refund backlog

The Michigan congresswoman helped lead a letter to the Trump administration asking it to clear a backlog she says is hurting Michigan business.

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Sep 9 • 5:31 AM EDT • Politics • freep.com
These are the best things to do in Brevard this weekend, Sept. 11-17

Find your weekend adventure! Zoo days, live music and theater auditions top our list of Brevard's best things to do.

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Sep 9 • 5:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • floridatoday.com
Southcoast Health adds seven new medical providers

Southcoast Health has expanded its medical team by adding seven new providers across several specialty areas.

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Sep 9 • 4:01 AM EDT • Health • heraldnews.com
Entertainment Agency Rep, Journalists in 3 Billion Won Stock Probe

Entertainment Agency Rep, Journalists in 3 Billion Won Stock Probe Authorities probe front-running scheme, 300 stocks, 3 billion won illicit gains

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Sep 9 • 3:20 AM EDT • Entertainment • chosun.com
Google finally brings Gemini Daily Brief to free users

Google is expanding Gemini Daily Brief to even more users in the US, including those without a Google AI Plus, Pro, or Ultra subscription.

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Sep 9 • 1:16 AM EDT • Technology • androidauthority.com
America’s New National Security Science & Technology Strategy

America’s New National Security Science & Technology Strategy Should Test Authority, Not Just Capability The White House is right to make AI, autonomy, resilient PNT, advanced sensing, cyber

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Sep 9 • 1:00 AM EDT • Science • realcleardefense.com
America’s New National Security Science & Technology Strategy

America’s New National Security Science & Technology Strategy Should Test Authority, Not Just Capability

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Sep 9 • 1:00 AM EDT • Science • realcleardefense.com
25 years after 9/11, activists continue fighting for healthcare

Lila Nordstrom, the author of "Some Kids Left Behind: A Survivor's Fight For Health Care In The Wake Of 9/11," sits down with NY1's Cheryl Wills.

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Sep 8 • 9:36 PM EDT • Health • ny1.com
Helping Children Unlock the Science of Reading

For children who struggle to read, even a single page can feel like a puzzle everyone else already knows how to solve. Certified reading specialist and author Christie Welsby is helping families na…

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Sep 8 • 7:55 PM EDT • Science • kget.com
Pollster Richard Czuba discusses September polling on Political Insider
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Sep 8 • 7:16 PM EDT • Politics • detroitnews.com
A study links prenatal acetaminophen with reproductive changes in girls. Doctors say it remains safe to use when needed

A new study found that some girls born to mothers who took acetaminophen during pregnancy developed reproductive organ changes that could affect fertility later in life. It’s a finding the study authors say should drive future research but shouldn’t yet change how certain symptoms are treated during pregnancy.

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Sep 8 • 7:05 PM EDT • Health • cnn.com
Activists detained at Oregon State Capitol protesting lithium mine

Activists from Portland, Eugene and southern Oregon were urging Gov. Tina Kotek to step in and stop a controversial lithium mining project.

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Sep 8 • 6:20 PM EDT • Politics • statesmanjournal.com
Trinity Health to slash 557 workers at Livonia headquarters

Livonia-based Trinity Health notified the Michigan Department of Economic Opportunity that it plans to cut 557 information technology jobs.

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Sep 8 • 5:49 PM EDT • Health • freep.com
Senate Set to Vote to Begin Debate on Protect College Sports Act

Background The Protect College Sports Act of 2026 (PCSA), introduced in the Senate on June 2, 2026, by Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and joined by Senators Eric Schmitt (R-MO) and Chris Coons (D-DE), represents a comprehensive federal legislative effort to reshape the governance and economics of intercollegiate athletics, including redistributing the significant media revenues generated by college sports. Reported favorably 19-9 from the Senate Commerce Committee and placed on Senate Calendar No. 449 on June 24, 2026, the PCSA was substantially revised on August 7, 2026 (Senate Amendment 6768). The PCSA arrives against a backdrop of cascading judicial decisions that have systematically dismantled the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) authority to regulate the economics of college sports.

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Sep 8 • 4:36 PM EDT • Sports • akingump.com
Meet the Candidate: Ben Ivey seeks 120th District Judge seat

The El Paso Times sent questionnaires to candidates in the 2026 Nov. 3 General Election. Here are answers from 120th District Court judge candidate Ben Ivey.

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Sep 8 • 3:16 PM EDT • Politics • elpasotimes.com
Post-World War II economy spurs small-business growth.

This week’s TALE sought out a guest author, Richard “Dick” Coyle, to share the history of one of our long-standing businesses in an article titled “C & C Oil Company: A brief history of 60 years in business.” C & C Oil Company began in 1938 as a simple one-pump service station in Bluffton, Indiana.

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Sep 8 • 3:10 PM EDT • Business • huntingtoncountytab.com
Jimmy Rolder returns as Lions boast good health ahead of opener

The Detroit Lions roster is fully healthy for practice as key players return ahead of the season opener against Saints.

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Sep 8 • 1:50 PM EDT • Health • detroitnews.com
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SEC seeks authority to expel LSU
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Six decades of politics (but little government)

The first aired episode of “Star Trek,” entitled “The Man Trap,” premiered on September 8, 1966 — 60 years ago today. I’m actually editing a political science fiction issue of The Forum right now, and it’s prompted to me think a lot about the ways that Trek deals with politics and government and what it’s offered us as commentary. The @smotus report is a reader-supported publication. To support this work, please become a paid subscriber. Subscribe The original TV series ran from 1966 to 1969. It had a loyal but modest following, but the audience grew substantially with the series in syndication for years after that. The franchise developed its first motion picture in 1979, followed by five sequels, and then a whole other series of films built around the “Next Generation” series that first aired in 1987. In recent decades, several more TV series have built up around it, including the current “Strange New Worlds,” now in its fourth season. Throughout the past six decades, the franchise has offered us a good many insights into US politics and international relations, although often disguised as science fiction yarns. The original series was largely a Cold War fable, with the United Federation of Planets (a stand-in for the US) perpetually at odds with the Klingon Empire (a stand-in for the USSR). The “Let That Be Your Last Battlefield” episode (1969) posited a planet divided into two races, largely indistinguishable to outsiders, but nonetheless constituting a brutal racial hierarchy. “Patterns of Force” (1968) showed a struggling planet where the leader had attempted to construct a benevolent dictatorship — literally Nazism without bigotry — and found that authoritarianism could not exist apart from hierarchy and oppression. (Relatedly, I’d put “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country,” high on a list of dad films about the end of the Cold War, near “The Hunt for Red October.”) Get 20% off for 1 year Indeed, the original series itself was something of a political statement, with a multi-racial crew running the Enterprise, a diverse and largely peaceful Federation mostly free from want and oppression, and protected by Starfleet, an armed force whose scientific mission was at least as important as its military one. Famously, when Nichelle Nichols wanted to walk away from the role of Uhura on the original series, none other than Martin Luther King, Jr. met with her and urged her to remain on the show, discussing the importance of viewers seeing an intelligent Black woman as part of the command team three centuries hence. Later series in the Trek franchise offered a good deal of political commentary on their own, but probably none as explicitly and incisively as “Deep Space Nine,” which ran from 1993 to 1999. The episodes surrounding the Dominion War, especially the “In The Pale Moonlight” (1998), showed the compromises, sacrifices, and moral rot associated with winning even a just war — probably better than any series would until “Andor” (2022-25). In “Far Beyond The Stars” (1998), Captain Benjamin Sisko is somehow transplanted to the role of a science fiction writer in 1950s New York. The writer is frequently sidelined and his ideas stolen because publishers don’t want to credit a Black writer. Several series have depicted the secretive Section 31 — an unacknowledged black ops security force operating within Starfleet. These episodes often end up using Section 31 as a foil to show the dangers of a lawless group within a lawful society, even (especially) when that group posits itself as essential for everyone else’s freedom to continue. The current “Strange New Worlds” has played with a few political themes. I found the first two seasons of this show among the best that the Trek franchise has produced in decades, but this season and the last have really been struggling for ideas. Yet one interesting thread is the idea that the diplomatic and enlightened leadership style of Captain Christopher Pike will not work in all situations. “A Quality of Mercy” (2022), which I wrote about here, puts Pike in the middle of a battle with a Romulan vessel in an alternate timeline, and finds that Pike’s conciliatory style would actually make a lengthy and deadly war more likely, while a quick and more violent approach might have prevented the war. This season’s opener, “Valles Marineris,” shows a pre-lightspeed civilization locked in a war to the death with a neighboring planet. The idea of an alliance or a federation hasn’t even occurred to them — their ship’s commander is curious but doesn’t see it as an option. For a franchise as political as “Star Trek,” one thing we almost never see is the government. We get occasional glimpses of Starfleet’s council — mostly uniformed people at a rectangular table — but almost no sense of how the Federation is governed. Are there elections? Who is in the legislature? How much power does the president have? What kind of factional divisions do they wrestle with and how? The shows and films are pretty silent on this. We’ve seen a few military tribunals within Starfleet, but little about how civilians deal with crime and injustice. With recent years seeing some of the franchise’s more interesting plot lines and casts, it seems clear that Star Trek is still full of energy and ideas. Given the erosion of American democracy and the reshuffling of the international order, there’s no shortage of material for future shows to comment on. I’m not sure we should toast to 60 more years, but cheers to a show that continues to teach us about ourselves. Share

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Sep 8 • 9:03 AM EDT • Politics • smotus.substack.com
Andrew Davis Returns to Mission for Inaugural Small Business Expo

Internationally recognized marketing speaker and bestselling author Andrew Davis is returning to Mission to serve as the keynote speaker at the inaugural Mission Small Business Expo, a free, daylong event that connects entrepreneurs with information, resources and opportunities to grow their businesses.

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Sep 8 • 9:03 AM EDT • Business • texasborderbusiness.com
The British author who harvested mutant, jumbo peanuts from her atomic garden

Muriel Howorth founded the Atomic Gardening Association in 1959, recruiting hundreds of members.

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Sep 8 • 8:53 AM EDT • Science • popsci.com
Ancient Roman fresco and mosaic featuring maritime city unveiled at newly restored Baths of Trajan

Authorities in Rome have unveiled what is believed to be the largest fresco and mosaic complex of ancient Rome.

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Sep 8 • 8:16 AM EDT • Entertainment • seattletimes.com
Ancient Roman fresco and mosaic featuring maritime city unveiled at newly restored Baths of Trajan

Authorities in Rome have unveiled what is believed to be the largest fresco and mosaic complex of ancient Rome | 1010 WINS

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Ancient Roman fresco and mosaic featuring maritime city unveiled at newly restored Baths of Trajan

Authorities in Rome have unveiled what is believed to be the largest fresco and mosaic complex of ancient Rome.

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Section V's Girls Athlete of the Week for Aug. 31-Sept. 6 presented by Turf Masters: Vote now

Your vote will determine who will be the Turf Builders Girls Sports Athlete of the Week for Aug. 31-Sept. 6.

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Sep 8 • 8:06 AM EDT • Sports • democratandchronicle.com
What an obesity medicine specialist eats in a day

Ever wondered what a doctor who specializes in obesity medicine eats? We asked one to share their day of eating with us.

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Sep 8 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
Life-lesson from South Milwaukee. Start with friendship.

We don't have to agree on everything to treat one another decently. Before we were divided so quickly, many of us knew how to be friends.

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Sep 8 • 6:01 AM EDT • Politics • jsonline.com
Central Ohio's Bird and Byron survived 'AGT' callbacks for live show

Will Blake "Bird" Bergere and Nick "Byron" Lorenz walk away with $1 million and a shot at headlining in Vegas? Tune in to "AGT" at 8 p.m. Sept. 8 on NBC.

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Sep 8 • 6:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • thisweeknews.com
Central Ohio's Bird and Byron survived 'AGT' callbacks for live show

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Sep 8 • 6:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • dispatch.com
Some employers let workers buy their own health insurance. Who benefits?

Some Indiana businesses reimburse employees to buy their own health insurance. Lawmakers want more to follow suit.

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Sep 8 • 5:37 AM EDT • Health • indystar.com
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Indiana has a mental health crisis. This model works

The certified community behavioral health clinic model makes it easy for people to get help when they need it.

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Sep 8 • 5:33 AM EDT • Health • southbendtribune.com
5 Android phones you should buy instead of the Samsung Galaxy S26 FE

Thinking about picking up the new Galaxy S26 FE? Before you do, you might want to consider your alternatives.

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Sep 8 • 5:30 AM EDT • Technology • androidauthority.com
Medicare now covers CBD, but Congress wants to ban it

CBD use for medicinal purposes is not a fringe movement. It is a nationwide phenomenon of informed adults seeking more choice in health care.

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Sep 8 • 5:30 AM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
Yermo School celebrates milestone grand opening of gym, health center

Silver Valley Unified School District officials and the community celebrated the grand opening of the Yermo School Gym and School-Based Health Center.

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Sep 8 • 5:30 AM EDT • Health • vvdailypress.com
Lee Health: Suicide Prevention Month – Care for ourselves, each other

September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and Sept. 17 is National Physician Suicide Awareness Day — a time to pause, reflect

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Sep 8 • 5:10 AM EDT • Health • naplesnews.com
Two well-known local political figures join the 2027 race for Knoxville mayor

The candidacies of Beau Hawk and Amelia Parker introduce an interesting dynamic to the race because both have emphasized progressive priorities.

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Sep 8 • 5:09 AM EDT • Politics • knoxnews.com
Freida Parton remembers Dolly: ‘That’s the kind of sister she was’

Dolly was more than a global superstar to Freida Parton, she was her ‘Dolly Momma,’ the sister whose kindness she hopes the world never forgets.

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Sep 8 • 5:08 AM EDT • Entertainment • knoxnews.com
Americans aren't divided on health care. Washington is.

Drug pricing. Medicaid. Medicare. The ACA. Substance use treatment. On every one of these fronts, bipartisan majorities want government to do more.

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Sep 8 • 5:05 AM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
Fall River chiropractor finds fame on 'Love Island'. Now what?

Fall River native Chaten 'Chay' Nehra reflects on his 'Love Island USA' stint and his future plans for a bi-coastal medical career.

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Sep 8 • 5:04 AM EDT • Entertainment • heraldnews.com
New voice in literature offers memoir of Syrian in political exile

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Sep 8 • 5:04 AM EDT • Politics • clarionledger.com
Former Knox County Trustee Justin Biggs' friends left office with him

Justin Biggs hired friends and inflated his office's budget to give them raises. A bunch of them quit before his successor took over.

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Sep 8 • 5:04 AM EDT • Politics • knoxnews.com
Sanford Health finalizes deal for North Memorial

Sanford Health and North Memorial Health have finalized a partnership to create an integrated health system in Minnesota.

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Sep 8 • 5:02 AM EDT • Health • sctimes.com
Amish families find uncommon ways to pay for healthcare

Amish communities avoid insurance, relying on mutual aid plans and cash to cover rising medical costs.

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Sep 8 • 5:02 AM EDT • Health • dispatch.com
Amish families find uncommon ways to pay for healthcare

Amish communities avoid insurance, relying on mutual aid plans and cash to cover rising medical costs.

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Sep 8 • 5:02 AM EDT • Health • goerie.com
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Battle Creek event offers wellness and lead safety information

Families can explore health programs, community services and lead safety information at a free Calhoun County event Oct. 10.

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Sep 8 • 4:45 AM EDT • Health • battlecreekenquirer.com
Reynolds is selling fruity new vapes unauthorized by FDA

The decision to move ahead with new products in the absence of FDA authorization could spur other big manufacturers to do the same, one tobacco-nicotine expert said.

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Sep 8 • 4:30 AM EDT • Health • statnews.com
Sununu, Pappas both face tests in quest for New Hampshire US Senate seat

NH Senate primary will see contested races on both sides, the outcomes of which could affect their party’s chances in the November general election.

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Sep 8 • 3:00 AM EDT • Politics • usatoday.com
Oil price approaches $100 a barrel after attacks on Saudi oil facilities

Saudi authorities said operations at some energy facilities have been attacked ‌by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis

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Sep 8 • 2:33 AM EDT • Business • theguardian.com
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Corewell and healthcare firm to build Sterling Heights rehab hospital

The 84-bed hospital will be dedicated to patients recovering from stroke, spinal cord and brain injuries, amputations and some orthopedic conditions.

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Sep 8 • 12:01 AM EDT • Health • detroitnews.com
When Scientists Become Commercial Influencers

Peer review in reputable journals gives scientific claims an authority that commercial speech rarely enjoys. But what happens when scientists carry that halo of authority out of the laboratory and into the marketplace, publicly attacking products while enjoying protections their manufacturers do not?

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Sep 8 • 12:00 AM EDT • Science • acsh.org
King Charles III clarifies status of Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, after their return to the UK

King Charles III authorized the release of a letter clarifying the status of Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, now that they’ve returned to the U.K. The letter on Monday confirms that the couple are no longer working members of the royal family and will not use the titles “his or her royal highness | NewsRadio 1080 KRLD

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Sep 7 • 10:22 PM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
King Charles III clarifies status of Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, after their return to the UK

King Charles III authorized the release of a letter clarifying the status of Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, now that they’ve returned to the U.K. The letter on Monday confirms that the couple are no longer working members of the royal family and will not use the titles “his or her royal highness | WBBM Newsradio 780 AM & 105.9 FM

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Sep 7 • 10:22 PM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
King Charles III clarifies status of Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, after their return to the UK

King Charles III authorized the release of a letter clarifying the status of Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, now that they’ve returned to the U.K. The letter on Monday confirms that the couple are no longer working members of the royal family and will not use the titles “his or her royal highness | 1010 WINS

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King Charles III clarifies status of Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, after their return to the UK

King Charles III authorized the release of a letter clarifying the status of Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, now that they’ve returned to the U.K. The letter on Monday confirms that the couple are no longer working members of the royal family and will not use the titles “his or her royal highness | 1080 WTIC NEWSTALK

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California Wants $7.5 Billion for Science. My Generation Will Inherit

A STUDENT’S VIEW - California may ask voters to authorize billions for scientific research after federal funding cuts. Young Californians have a particular stake in what happens next. California is c

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Sep 7 • 10:11 PM EDT • Science • citywatchla.com
With Ohio’s governorship up for grabs, a toxic race turns violent

An alleged assailant forced his way Sunday toward Democratic candidate Amy Acton at a county fair, officials and witnesses said. Authorities said he was carrying two pistols and a Taser.

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Sep 7 • 9:14 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Does Medication Abortion Cause An Increase In Mental Health Problems?

A new study published in JAMA Psychiatry looked at medication and procedural abortion and the risk of psychotropic medication use. “We examined whether medication or procedural abortion increased risk of mental health medication use,” study author Julia Steinberg told us. Steinberg is Associate Professor in the Department of Family Science School of Public Health at the University of Maryland. "Based on previous research we have conducted, we did not think medication or procedural abortion would increase risk of mental health medication use.”

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Sep 7 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • theravive.com
Burning Man explores solutions to massive energy consumption, waste

Burning Man is all about 'Leave No Trace,' but what happens to the tons of trash once it leaves the playa?

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Sep 7 • 6:56 PM EDT • Business • rgj.com
Ahoy, Knesset: Israel’s Pirate Party sets sail with Dan Ariely on its slate

The veteran fringe party filed a 25-person list for the October election, with the behavioral economist and best-selling author taking the No. 3 spot.

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Sep 7 • 6:26 PM EDT • Politics • jpost.com
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