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Chernobyl’s Wildlife Cameras Reveal How War Affects Wild Animals

A rare camera-trap study logged the effects of armed conflict on wild animals in real time.

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Jul 8 • 5:00 AM EDT • Science • nytimes.com
Khris Middleton reportedly rejoining Wizards from Mavericks in 6-team sign-and-trade deal
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Jul 7 • 10:27 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Khris Middleton reportedly rejoining Wizards from Mavericks via 6-team sign-and-trade deal
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Jul 7 • 10:27 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Top Maine Democrat Says Platner Will Have ‘No Role’ in Picking Next Nominee

A leading state party official said that Graham Platner’s team had “repeatedly” tried to “put their thumb on the scale,” but he would not influence how the party chose a new Senate candidate.

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Jul 7 • 9:39 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Charles Barkley skipped Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s nuptials because ‘I don’t do weddings or funerals’

Charles Barkley chose golfing over having to dress up to attend Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding.

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Jul 7 • 7:43 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Arizona Cardinals training camp roster preview: WR Marvin Harrison Jr.

We will preview every player on the Cardinals roster leading up to training camp. This is about WR Marvin Harrison Jr.

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Jul 7 • 6:44 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Judge rejects Justice Department's 'unreasonable' attempt to get names of 2020 election workers in Fulton County

Fulton County asked a judge to quash the subpoena, arguing it was meant to "target, harass and punish the President's perceived political opponents" and that it was "grossly over broad and untethered to any reasonable need."

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Jul 7 • 6:25 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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Liverpool urged to consider move for electric Premier League winger

David Lynch Explains Why Yankubah Minteh Could Be Liverpool’s Alternative Winger OptionLiverpool’s pursuit of attacking reinforcements remains one of the biggest talking points of the summer, and ...

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Jul 7 • 2:15 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
ABC says FCC pushing Trump politics by targeting 'The View'

Disney-owned ABC on Tuesday urged the Federal Communications Commission to reject a proposal to declare its "The View" subject to federal ​equal time rules for political candidates.

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Jul 7 • 11:58 AM EDT • Politics • detroitnews.com
ABC says Trump agency unfairly targets 'The View'

Disney-owned ABC on Tuesday urged the ​Federal Communications Commission ‌to reject a proposal to declare its ​daytime talk show "The ​View" subject to federal ⁠equal time rules ​for political candidates ​while ignoring conservative talk radio shows.

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Jul 7 • 11:20 AM EDT • Politics • reuters.com
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen cleared to run for French presidency — but under a condition she rejects

An appeals court shortened the ban on Le Pen, 57, holding public office. But it ordered her to wear an electronic ankle tag for a year, making a presidential campaign politically and logistically difficult.

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Jul 7 • 8:08 AM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Intelligent Computing appoints Philip S. Yu and Osmar R. Zaïane as new editors-in-chief

Intelligent Computing, a Science Partner Journal co-founded by Zhejiang Lab and the American Association for the Advancement of Science(AAAS), has appointed Philip S. Yu and Osmar R. Zaïane as its new Editors-in-Chief. Philip S. Yu and Osmar R. Zaïane succeed the journal's founding Editors-in-Chief at a pivotal stage of development, as Intelligent Computing continues its rapid growth as an international open-access journal dedicated to advancing the convergence of intelligence and computing.

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Jul 7 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • eurekalert.org
The dangers behind health 'maxxing'

"Maxxing" is a way of promoting extreme ways to optimize physical and mental health.

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Jul 7 • 7:06 AM EDT • Health • spectrumnews1.com
Prominent Bears defender to attend 'Sack Summit' this week

Chicago Bears pass rusher Dayo Odeyingbo is set to attend the high-profiled "Sack Summit" in Las Vegas, putting the NFL's top pass rushers together.

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Jul 6 • 3:59 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
What We Know About Senator Mitch McConnell’s Condition

The Kentucky Republican and former Senate majority leader was hospitalized on June 14. Scant details about his condition have emerged since.

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Jul 6 • 3:26 PM EDT • Health • nytimes.com
Judge tosses Edgewater residents’ lawsuit over Broadway upzoning

The plaintiffs, a group of Edgewater residents and businesses, said they plan to appeal the ruling.

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Jul 6 • 2:29 PM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com
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Bill Frist Wants to Take Politics Out of Climate Change

Bill Frist, a surgeon who also served as Senate majority leader, has emerged as an outspoken advocate for environmental health. “A healthier planet means healthier people,” he said.

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Jul 6 • 12:50 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Alabama, Auburn oppose federal college sports bill

The University of Alabama and Auburn University are urging the U.S. Senate to reject the proposed Protect College Sports Act, saying the legislation would creat

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Jul 6 • 12:49 PM EDT • Sports • abc3340.com
Why A.I. Distillation Has Become a Hot Topic in the Race with China

U.S. companies complain that competitors in China are unfairly copying their A.I. systems using a technique that has been around for years.

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Jul 6 • 12:04 PM EDT • Technology • nytimes.com
Gossip: Hull target Milinkovic-Savic

Hull City want to sign Napoli and Serbia goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic, 29, as they prepare for their Premier League return. (Corriere dello Sport - in Italian)

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Jul 6 • 2:56 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
EasyJet agrees to £5bn takeover by US investment firm

Agreement in principle with Castlelake follows several rejected offers and means UK’s biggest low-cost carrier will be taken private

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Jul 5 • 1:11 PM EDT • Business • theguardian.com
Bill Archer, Influential Texas Congressman, Is Dead at 98

Serving for 30 years, he eventually wrote virtually all tax laws considered by the House and was a major influence on budget bills as Ways and Means chairman.

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Jul 5 • 9:46 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Opinion

The evidence for needing eight hours of sleep a night is shakier than we might assume.

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Jul 5 • 9:00 AM EDT • Health • nytimes.com
Overnight News Digest: Star Spangled Science Saturday, 7/4/26

Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, JeremyBloom…

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Jul 5 • 12:00 AM EDT • Science • dailykos.com
Democrats Clash With Trump, as Political Tensions Rise on America’s 250th

Gavin Newsom and Wes Moore, potential 2028 contenders, cast President Trump’s record as a betrayal of American ideals, while the president disparaged their party as extreme.

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Jul 4 • 5:01 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Michael McDowell faces multiple penalties after three inspection failures

McDowell was forced to sit out NASCAR Cup qualifying in Chicago, the No. 71 Spire Motorsports car chief was ejected, and the team will face an in-race penalty on Sunday

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Jul 4 • 4:12 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Mariners vs. Blue Jays: Game preview and discussion

Logan Gilbert nears a career milestone as the Mariners try to find their offense

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Jul 4 • 3:47 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Stanley M. Gartler, Pioneer in Cancer Research, Dies at 102

He provided the first convincing evidence that cancerous tumors develop from a single mutated cell and later helped expose contamination by cells taken from Henrietta Lacks.

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Jul 4 • 3:31 PM EDT • Science • nytimes.com
France Lineup vs. Paraguay: Is Kylian Mbappé Playing Tonight?

Kylian Mbappé is the top goalscorer for France in the 2026 World Cup with six goals.

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Jul 4 • 3:03 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
The secret to healthy aging may be hidden in your blood

Some people live past 100 with remarkable health, and researchers may have uncovered one reason why. A new study found that centenarians have a unique chemical "fingerprint" in their blood that sets them apart from normal aging, including unusual patterns of bile acids and steroids linked to longer survival.

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Jul 4 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
The secret to healthy aging may be hidden in your blood

Some people live past 100 with remarkable health, and researchers may have uncovered one reason why. A new study found that centenarians have a unique chemical "fingerprint" in their blood that sets them apart from normal aging, including unusual patterns of bile acids and steroids linked to longer survival.

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Jul 4 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • sciencedaily.com
Argentina vs. Scotland 2026 livestream: How to watch Nations Championship for free

Live stream all the action from the first edition of this competition without spending anything.

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Jul 4 • 5:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • mashable.com
The Rolling Stones: Foreign Tongues review – stomping blues and anti-Musk politics make this another late triumph

Continuing the rejuvenated sound of 2023’s Hackney Diamonds, there’s touching vulnerability from Keith Richards while Jagger confronts war and autocracy

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Jul 4 • 4:45 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Athletics Pitching Struggles in 12-5 Loss to the Marlins

A’s Free Fall Continues

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Jul 4 • 1:04 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Trump Pardons Violators of the Clean Air Act and a Major Donor

The president used his clemency power to further undermine environmental laws and to help a political supporter who pleaded guilty in a fraud involving Jack Abramoff.

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Jul 3 • 9:32 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
EAST TEXAS POLITICS: One year later — State senator discusses findings from Texas Hill Country flood investigation

State senator discusses findings from Texas Hill Country flood investigation on East Texas Politics

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Jul 3 • 8:28 PM EDT • Politics • kltv.com
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Jaguars’ Waldron To Play Much Bigger Role This Season

Following a promotion to Assistant Head Coach, Shane Waldron aims to revive his reputation by powering Jacksonville’s elite coaching staff toward another high-flying offensive season.

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Jul 3 • 8:02 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Health officials offer tick safety tips as summer outdoor season ramps up

Mesa County Public Health is reminding residents that while tick-borne illnesses are rare in the area, taking precautions during outdoor activities can help reduce risk this summer.

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Jul 3 • 7:50 PM EDT • Health • kjct8.com
Resigning Oregon Health Director Will Get No Severance Payout, State Says

Dr. Sejal Hathi is not set to receive any severance payout connected to her Aug. 1 resignation as leader of the Oregon Health Authority, state officials said Friday.

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Jul 3 • 7:42 PM EDT • Health • wweek.com
Sports car driver killed, several injured, including 2 children, in I-45 crash involving heavy truck

A person was killed and two children were injured in a multi-vehicle crash involving a heavy truck on I-45 Friday morning, according to officials.

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Jul 3 • 7:02 PM EDT • Sports • click2houston.com
4 Former Blackhawks Among Best NHL Free Agents Left
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Jul 3 • 4:20 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
"We are profoundly disappointed by Sony's decision" – Game companies express dismay at the end of PlayStation disc production

Atari, Iam8bit, Lost in Cult, and Silver Linings Interactive are among the firms lamenting the loss of physical games

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Jul 3 • 8:22 AM EDT • Technology • gamesindustry.biz
Has the MAHA Movement Given Up?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his allies promised public-health libertarianism. The idea couldn’t survive once they took power.

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Jul 3 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • nytimes.com
Rejection of Tewkesbury business park expansion is overturned

Planning inspector approves major expansion for Brockeridge Farm business centre.

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Jul 3 • 1:22 AM EDT • Business • bbc.com
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Malik Willis Has 6 Career Starts and CBS Sports Just Ranked Him Among the NFL's Most Intriguing QBs

The NFL is a pass-heavy league, and teams rely on aerial attacks and high-scoring offenses not just to win games, but to contend for a Super Bowl championship. "After rejuvenating his career in Green Bay, Willis will get his first legitimate chance to be an NFL starting quarterback," DeArdo wrote. "It'll be a challenge, though, as Willis is joining a Dolphins team that is starting anew."

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Jul 2 • 5:39 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Trump's 'hero' justice offers roadmap after Supreme Court rejects birthright order

Justice Kavanaugh's concurrence outlines how Congress could legislatively restrict birthright citizenship, sparking immediate Republican action.

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Jul 2 • 3:47 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Oregon Health Authority director Sejal Hathi announces resignation

Hathi’s departure is a surprise and comes as OHA is preparing to cut $421 million from medicaid after years of expanding the program.

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Jul 2 • 3:22 PM EDT • Health • opb.org
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Oregon’s top public health official resigns

Oregon’s top public health official is stepping down from her role after two and a half years. Dr. Sejal Hathi, who joined the Oregon Health Authority in January 2024, will leave Aug. 1 to focus on family and personal priorities, the governor’s office announced Thursday. Hathi, who earns $265,488 per year, joined the Oregon Health […]

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Jul 2 • 2:35 PM EDT • Health • oregoncapitalchronicle.com
Oregon Health Authority Director is Stepping Down

Dr. Sejal Hathi will leave after less than three years on the job.

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Jul 2 • 1:17 PM EDT • Health • wweek.com
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Oregon Health Authority director Dr. Sejal Hathi resigns

Oregon Health Authority director Dr. Sejal Hathi resigned from her position leading one of the state's largest agencies, effective Aug. 1.

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Jul 2 • 12:42 PM EDT • Health • statesmanjournal.com
Tucker Carlson, Who Broke With Trump, Plans to ‘Help Build a Third Party’

The influential conservative commentator’s relationship with the president and the G.O.P. fractured over the war with Iran. Now, he says he is charting a new course.

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Jul 2 • 11:39 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
SEE IT: Pennsylvania Democrats boot GOP lawmaker from House floor over patriotic America 250 suit

Republican lawmaker Eric Davanzo says he was ejected from the Pennsylvania State House floor for wearing a patriotic suit celebrating America 250.

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Jul 2 • 11:02 AM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Northern Lights Forecast: Aurora Could Be Visible In Northern States Today—Days After Powerful X-Class Solar Flare

Forecasters expect a coronal mass ejection and a powerful X-class solar flare could impact the Earth starting on Thursday.

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Jul 2 • 9:46 AM EDT • Technology • forbes.com
Gen Z is discovering daytime TV's most unhinged storyline. Deidre Hall is loving every minute.

Even Elle Woods was glued to Marlena's possession. Three decades after the iconic "Days of Our Lives "storyline aired, it's finding new fans — and Deidre Hall couldn't be more thrilled.

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Jul 2 • 9:08 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Medicare's health tech spending test

Emerging technologies can improve people's health if we fundamentally change the way the system pays for care.

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Jul 2 • 5:30 AM EDT • Health • axios.com
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Red Wings Sign Backup Goaltender

The post Red Wings Sign Backup Goaltender appeared first on Detroit Hockey Now. The Detroit Red Wings have added to their goaltending stable with a contract for Daniil Tarasov. Steve Yzerman and Detroit’s […] The post Red Wings Sign Backup Goaltender appeared first on Detroit Hockey Now.

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Jul 1 • 3:55 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Justin Bieber Releases 'SWAG Live From Coachella' Album

Beliebers rejoice! A 22-track live recording of the pop star's weekend one headline performance is now available to stream.

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Jul 1 • 2:49 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Orlando Health Children’s to serve as umbrella brand for pediatric care

Orlando Health unifies pediatric care under the new Orlando Health Children's brand, serving Central Florida and beyond.

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Jul 1 • 1:59 PM EDT • Health • wftv.com
E. Jean Carroll calls for Trump to pay her $5.8M after Supreme Court rejects his appeal

Advice columnist E. Jean Carroll asked a judge Tuesday to require President Donald Trump to pay her $5 million from a jury verdict that concluded Trump sexually abused her in the 1990s and defamed her after she publicly described the attack in 2019.

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Jul 1 • 1:23 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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You won’t be able to buy new PlayStation games on discs starting in 2028

It's is a massive step toward the dissolution of physical media in games, since PlayStation holds the biggest share of the console market.

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Jul 1 • 12:49 PM EDT • Technology • washingtonpost.com
Divided Supreme Court affirms birthright citizenship

The court rejected Trump’s attempt to end the guarantee that all children born on US soil are citizens

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Jul 1 • 11:24 AM EDT • Politics • theweek.com
Victor Willis, Village People lead singer and voice behind 'Y.M.C.A.,' dies at 74

President Trump paid tribute to the Village People cofounder, who helped turn "Y.M.C.A." into one of disco's most enduring hits.

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Jul 1 • 10:04 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
This is not politics as usual

Today’s candidates for political office are finding their Jewish identity and support for Israel at the center of the conversation in an unprecedented way.

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Jul 1 • 8:23 AM EDT • Politics • ejewishphilanthropy.com
Sony will cease production of discs for new PlayStation games in 2028

New games sold for PlayStation consoles will only be available digitally and won’t be sold on discs effective January 2028, Sony has announced. The move applies to all PlayStation games released from that point on, including those made by Sony and those released by third parties. The PlayStation group calls the change “a natural direction for Sony Interactive Entertainment to adapt to consumer trends as the general preference for digital media significantly outpaces physical discs,” according to a PlayStation blog post reviewed by Game File in advance of its publication. As movies, TV and music have shifted from physical media to an age of downloads and streaming, Sony’s move could speed the demise of physical media in a gaming. The industry has offered consumers games via cartridges, cassettes, floppy discs, CDs, DVDs and Blu-Rays across a 50-year stretch. Sony has been reporting to investors in recent years that PlayStation games have been increasingly purchased as downloads, not as discs. The most recent figures show nearly four in five purchases of full games for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 were purchased digitally in the past year. Stats like that may cause today’s news to carry an air of the inevitable. But Sony’s declaration for 2028 is still likely to produce a shock, as the biggest gaming platform on the planet that uses game discs leaves them behind. Discs going away, but the fate of game boxes is unknown Sony is committing to still selling games in physical retailers even after they drop discs in 2028. Just how those games will be sold—in boxes with codes inside, as cards marked with digital redemption codes—is unclear. Digital games will also continue to be sold in the online PlayStation Store. New games released for PlayStation consoles prior to January 2028 will be unaffected by the policy change, Sony says. That means the PS5 games of 2027, be they a new Madden, a new God of War, a new Call of Duty, a new Sly Cooper (one can dream?), would still potentially be offered on disc. PlayStation 6 implications Sony’s timeline for a transition to a no-disc era will also spin up more speculation about the timing and configuration of Sony’s next-generation console, the probable PlayStation 6. “This pretty much guarantees that PS6 won’t arrive until 2028 at the earliest,” Piers Harding-Rolls, senior games research analyst at Ampere Analysis tells Game File. Harding-Rolls also concludes from today’s news that “the base version of a PS6 will not include a physical media drive,” as Sony looks to keep costs down on the device. Sony itself is saying nothing about the PS6 today: not its timing, nor how it might or might not support internal or external disc drives in order to run disc-based PS4 and PS5 games, should the console be backwards compatible. The many signs this was coming Industry support for games being released on physical media has been waning. As has consumer interest in them. PC games effectively went all-digital years ago, thanks to the popularity of playing games through Steam and other digital storefronts. The Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdowns that kept much of the global population home helped shift shopping patterns toward downloads. Sony’s own data shows PlayStation game downloads being an uncommon consumer choice a decade ago and now becoming the norm. On consoles, physical media has been in such decline that Sony and Microsoft both launched their current gen Xbox Series and PS5 consoles in 2020 with cheaper versions that lacked disc drives. In early 2024, Phil Spencer, then head of Xbox, told me that ““[w]e ship games physically and digitally, and we’re really just following what the customers are doing.” He added that the game industry had become an outlier in still supporting disc-based entertainment, even as movies and TV have bailed on discs in favor of downloads and steaming: “Gaming consoles themselves have kind of become the last consumer electronic device that has a drive. And this is a real issue, just in terms of the number of manufacturers that are actually building drives and the cost associated with those. And when you think about cogs that we’re going to go put in a console—and as you have fewer suppliers and fewer buyers—the cost of the drive does have an impact.” Last year, the Nintendo’s Switch 2, which uses cartridges rather than discs, introduced the concept of game-key cards, which are physical media that contain no game, just a prompt for a download. Even disc-based games aren’t what they once were, now frequently containing just stubs of games rather than the whole thing. The website Does It Play has tested over 3000 games and found that, for example, that the disc version of this year’s hit 007: First Light, only contained the game’s first mission, with the rest needing to be downloaded. Beyond all that, last week brought the news that Grand Theft Auto VI, likely the biggest game launch this decade, will debut for PS5 and Xbox Series without a disc-based version. Today’s big news comes to you for free. Game File is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and ensure more of my work is possible, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe Discs helped define PlayStation However the trends in entertainment may be going, it is still remarkable to see PlayStation ditch discs given their importance in PlayStation history: In the late 1990s, the first PlayStation’s support for games on relatively cheap CD-ROMs instead of traditional game cartridges allowed the upstart console to outmaneuver cartridge-based systems from Nintendo and Sega, as it drove down game prices down in the process. (The cheaper disc format even prompted Final Fantasy VII maker Square to taunt Nintendo in a magazine ad, saying that if the game was “available on cartridge, it’d retail for around $1200.”) PlayStation devices often doubled as machines for watching movies and TV on the latest disc-based formats. In the late 2000s, for example, Sony’s pricy PS3 gained traction as a go-to device for playing then-novel Blu-Ray discs. In 2013, Sony effectively roasted the digital game-sharing restrictions proposed by rival Microsoft for its upcoming Xbox One console by showing how games could be shared for the then-upcoming PS4. In a 21-second clip that has over 20 million views on YouTube, one PlayStation executive simply handed a game box—presumably with disc inside—to another, who said “thanks.” Sony’s possible motivations The PlayStation announcement today cites “consumer preferences” and a shift away from discs among “the broader entertainment industry,” but does not delve into the decision-making process that brought Sony to this point. Sony is not discussing the economics of this move (I asked!), but there are a number of potential factors: Abandoning discs will spare Sony the cost of manufacturing and shipping them, which analysts and industry veterans I spoke to said could account for $1 or so of a game’s retail price. For first-party games, that’s direct savings for Sony, though the amount is limited by the winnowing percentage of people who were even buying the disc-based versions. For third-party games, Sony could pass the savings on to partners or just retain the better profit margin for themselves. As the 2024 comments from Phil Spencer alluded to, leaving discs behind could mean leaving disc-drives behind, allowing Sony to produce consoles more cheaply. Switching to digital-only for games could diminish the risks of copies of new games leaking. It would also seemingly make second-hand sales of used games impossible, pushing more people to buy their own copies of games. These economic benefits for Sony could be boons for the games industry overall, Ampere analyst Piers Harding-Rolls tells Game File. Among other things, it could free publishers and retailers from having to worry about securing an inventory of game discs when trying to sell games, he noted. “If there is a way to streamline the business of games retail, I generally think it’s a good thing for the industry as it removes unnecessary costs,” Harding-Rolls said. “This will help offset pressure on margins from other directions – development and staffing costs for example.” Should the industry shift from game boxes that contain discs to smaller, cheaper game cards, Harding-Rolls said, that reduces pressure on publishers and retailers. “The advantage of everything going digital for the industry is that sales can be tracked much more easily and there is less commercial risk for publishers wanting to continue selling via retail,” he said. The shift to no discs will also likely impact game development timelines, as developers will no longer face the same urgency to have a build ready to submit to PlayStation for the production of a disc, as industry experts noted around GTA VI’s no-disc news last week. Instead, projects may gain weeks of development time, in the event delivery deadlines for platform approval move closer to release date. Preservationists’ likely worries While millions of gamers have shifted to digital, there are still people who associate game discs—and only game discs—with actual ownership of PlayStation games. That portion of the gaming community spoke up last week about wanting to buy a version of GTA VI that they could hold in their hands, could lend to a friend and could potentially pop into a well-preserved PS5 console three decades from now and still see it run. Such gamers didn’t want to worry that they’d merely purchased a digital copy that could lose access to the game if, say, the company behind the game someday turns of the servers that transmit downloadable copies. Digital copies of games are inherently less long-lasting, because consumers aren’t actually buying a game (on a disc), just buying access to the game. The fine print in online gaming shops notes this, as does a recent law that went on the books in California in 2025. That lasw requires game publishers doing business in the state to refrain from words like “sell” when offering digital copies of games, unless they explicitly tell consumers that what’s being sold isn’t the game itself but a potentially revocable license to access it. A Sony spokesperson noted to Game File that “[w]ith all digital content, including games, movies, and music, players are purchasing a personal license for non-commercial use.” Regarding the fears of PlayStation games being lost to time in an all-digital era, the rep also noted that Sony remains “committed to delivering experiences from past generations to the new platforms our players are using.” They noted that PlayStation has used emulation and remasters to keep offering its classic games to modern gamers. It’s true that many consumers have become accustomed to not having physical copies of new music albums or movies, but the relative precariousness of digital copies of games is in fact being highlighted today by…. Sony’s other big announcement: the upcoming closure of the PS3 and PS Vita online stores Sony said today that it will be closing the online marketplaces for its PlayStation 3 console and PS Vita handheld in most countries in July 2027 (sooner elsewhere: August 2026 for the PS3 store Mexico, Honduras and Nicaragua; late 2026 for PS3 in other Latin American countries and the Middle East). “We know this news may be disappointing to PS3 and PS Vita players who hold a special place in their hearts for this generation of gaming,” Sony said in its announcement, saying the move “was not an easy decision for us to make.” Sony said that PS3 and Vita marketplaces “are no longer able” to support modern commerce systems, prompting a “need” to close the shops and focus on more modern PlayStation platform stores. The news may spark some deja vu. Sony announced back in March 2021 that it planned to take the PS3, Vita and PlayStation Portable marketplaces offline that summer. The move would have caused some 2,000 digital-only games to become unavailable for new purchasers, according to a VGC analysis at the time. Fans complained loudly. By April 2021, Sony walked back the PS3 and Vita shop closures, with then PlayStation boss Jim Ryan saying “it’s clear that we made the wrong decision here.” This time around, Sony is giving a longer notice period in most regions. The closure of those stores is still likely to cut off access to new purchases of digital-only PS3 and Vita games. The current PlayStation 5 marketplace sells PS5 and PS4 games, as well as a selection of PS1 and PS2 games. It does not sell PS3 games, because games for that platform can’t run on the system (some are offered via a PlayStation Plus streaming option). Vita games also aren’t sold via PS5. Sony says digitally purchased PS3 and Vita games will be downloadable after the stores’ shutdowns “for the foreseeable future.” Sony’s move contrasts with Microsoft’s Xbox platform, which continues to sell and support games from all four Xbox console generations. But it puts it in line with Nintendo, which disabled purchases in the marketplace for its Wii console (a contemporary of the PS3) in 2019. Nintendo discontinued purchases in the online shop for its 3DS portable (a contemporary of the Vita) in 2023. The big questions about Sony’s 2028 post-disc era Will Microsoft follow suit, ending support for new disc-based games on Xbox platforms and therefore all game consoles, too? Whether Microsoft does or not, will third-parties that can no longer release games on discs for PlayStation, simply ditch the disc options across the board? Given the GTA VI no-disc experiment launching this November, will more game publishers decide to forgo disc-based offerings even in 2027? How will no-disc PS5/6 games be packaged and sold in brick-and-mortar retail stores? What becomes of game sharing in an all-digital era? Will Sony modify its current set-up, which currently allows some sharing of digital games across a pair of consoles, to allow more casual lending? (See for example, Nintendo’s year-old system of letting players lend a digital game to another player in a “family group” for up to 14 days.) Will there be a version of a PS6 with a disc drive? Or will a drive be offered as an add-on? And how will gamers who want to retain access to PS4/PS5 disc-based games react to whichever configurations Sony chooses to offer? What will the final disc-based PlayStation game be?

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Jul 1 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • gamefile.news
Red Sox 1B Willson Contreras tossed, benches clear against Nationals

Boston Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras was ejected for a second straight game following a heated exchange with Washington Nationals pitcher Cade Cavalli.

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White House rejects conflict-of-interests concerns as Trump’s crypto earnings soar

Spokesperson says president has ‘proudly made the US the crypto capital of the world’

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Jul 1 • 6:36 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
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Victor Willis, Village People singer, dies aged 75

The "Y.M.C.A" singer died following a "short but aggressive illness," the disco group said.

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Jul 1 • 5:21 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Azure CLI Password Spray Hits at Least 78 Microsoft Accounts in 81M+ Attempts

Huntress says attackers made 81M Azure CLI password spray attempts from June 12-26, 2026, using ROPC to bypass weak CAPs.

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Cade Cavalli blames Willson Contreras' brush by in Nationals-Red Sox dustup; Sox say Cavalli yelled 'Sit down, boy' at Contreras

Contreras was ejected, and Cavalli remained in the game to pitch a 1-hit gem in a Nationals win.

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Jul 1 • 12:12 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Warhammer: The Old World Battle March

Get the lowdown on the fast-paced game mode set in the World of Legend.

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Jun 30 • 8:00 PM EDT • Technology • warhammer-community.com
Trump calls on Congress to end birthright citizenship after court defeat

The Supreme Court's ruling in the birthright citizenship case poses a political challenge for President Donald Trump.

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Jun 30 • 3:36 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
July 2 Vallejo/Vacaville Arts-Entertainment Source: Activities

July 2: Benicia Farmers Market, 4 p.m., Downtown Benicia at First Street. July 2: Bunco Night, Vacaville Museum Guild, 5 p.m., 213 Buck Ave. To purchase tickets online, access Vacavillemuseum.org/events/. July 2: GVRD Bite Nite: 5…

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GoDaddy names San Antonio America's most entrepreneurial city

San Antonio tops GoDaddy’s 2026 list of America’s most entrepreneurial cities, with 11% small business growth and 9,232 new businesses. A new Zillow tie-in cites below-average home values and rent as key draws.

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Jun 30 • 1:30 PM EDT • Business • news4sanantonio.com
Opinion: Proposed cuts to federal funding put the stars out of reach for Alaska science students

For students at UAA and across the state, federal research support can be the difference between opportunity here and leaving for good.

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Jun 30 • 11:58 AM EDT • Science • adn.com
Pacers Sports & Entertainment hires Jas Bell to lead merch design

Pacers Sports & Entertainment's effort to appeal to global fans and cross into culture got a boost with its hiring of Jas Bell as global design and product director.

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Jun 30 • 11:58 AM EDT • Entertainment • sportsbusinessjournal.com
Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump’s proposed limits

WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. The justices relied on a long-settled understanding of the 14th Amendment, adopted after the […]

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FMOL Health pegs Cancer Institute investment at $70M, shares timeline

FMOL Health expects to invest roughly $70 million to transform the former Bone & Joint Clinic of Baton Rouge building into a new home for the Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Institute, according to E.… Already an INSIDER? Sign in. Already an INSIDER? Sign in

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Jun 30 • 10:58 AM EDT • Health • businessreport.com
Supreme Court rejects Trump's plan to limit birthright citizenship

The justices said Trump may not revise the Constitution and change citizenship laws in an executive order.

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Jun 30 • 10:48 AM EDT • Politics • latimes.com
Supreme Court rejects Trump attempt to limit birthright citizenship

The Trump administration sought to upend the historical understanding of the 14th Amendment, which has long been interpreted to extend birthright citizenship broadly.

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Jun 30 • 10:36 AM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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The Satire, Autograph Collection | The Hotel Collection

Discover The Satire, Autograph Collection an American Express Travel Luxury Property. Learn More About The Offerings & Features of The Satire, Autograph Collection in Alexandria, Virginia US.

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DEATH OF SYSTEM FOOTBALL | OPEN THREAD

Welcome to The Daily Merengue! THESE ARE YOUR MODS: Ezek XI, Valyrian Steel, KungFuZizou, NeRObutBlanco, Felipejack, and Juninho LEAST TALENTED This is the least talented generation of footballers we’re seeing world wide. Due to the lack of generational players, teams have adopted what they hope to be a generational system. Generational players are much harder […]

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Tejano singer warns of West Nile dangers after mosquito bite leaves him in wheelchair

A single mosquito bite two years ago changed Fernando Silva’s life forever and health officials are now warning that this summer’s record mosquito surge across southeast Texas could put thousands of others at risk.

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Jun 29 • 11:12 PM EDT • Health • click2houston.com
Reds' Dane Myers carted off field after ridiculous catch, scary collision with wall in loss to Brewers

Dane Myers snagged a deep shot before slamming into the wall on Monday in Milwaukee.

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Jun 29 • 10:34 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Colorado court rejects November ballot initiatives aimed at redrawing congressional districts

Colorado voters won’t get to decide this November on whether to change the state’s congressional districts to favor Democrats

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Jun 29 • 6:06 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Supreme Court ruling gives a reprieve to states with grace periods for receiving mail ballots

Election officials in states that allow mail ballots to be counted after Election Day say they are relieved that the U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an effort to outlaw the practice

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Why did Scott Patterson leave 'Sullivan's Crossing'? Inside the conflicting stories of his exit

When Harry Sullivan left the Crossing at the end of season 3, he promised to return, but Scott Patterson remains absent in 'Sullivan's Crossing' season 4. Here's what we know.

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Jodie Turner-Smith offers rare comments about co-parenting with ex Joshua Jackson

Jodie Turner-Smith says she and ex-husband Joshua Jackson are 'learning' and 'not alway getting it totally right' when it comes to co-parenting their daughter together.

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Jun 29 • 12:03 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Turtles Are Really Weird Animals. Where Did They Come From?

The origin of turtles has puzzled scientists. A new study provides more evidence that these shelled reptiles share a common ancestor with crocodiles and birds.

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Jun 29 • 11:00 AM EDT • Science • nytimes.com
Supreme Court rules states can count late-arriving mailed ballots, rejecting Trump-led challenge

The decision rejected a Republican-led attack on laws in more than half the states and the District of Columbia that permit mailed ballots to arrive and be counted some number of days after the election, provided they are postmarked by Election Day.

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Serbia's Vucic eyes new political chapter as he steps down from presidency

When Aleksandar Vucic announced that he will step down as president of Serbia, cutting short his mandate and likely triggering early elections, few believed that he would disappear from politics.

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Jun 29 • 10:26 AM EDT • Politics • reuters.com
In loss for Trump, Supreme Court keeps Lisa Cook at the Fed

The decision was a loss for Trump at the Supreme Court, which previously rejected the sweeping tariffs that were at the center of his economic policy.

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Jun 29 • 10:19 AM EDT • Politics • usatoday.com
Supreme Court will weigh Trump-backed Republican push to revive Arizona voting laws

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it will consider a Republican push to enforce strict Arizona voting laws passed in the swing state after the 2020 election. The high court has allowed some similar rules to take effect temporarily before, including Arizona's proof-of-citizenship requirement for state and local elections and a Virginia purge of voter rolls that the state said was aimed at keeping noncitizens from voting. READ MORE: Supreme Court rejects Trump's

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Supreme Court rejects legal battle over New York's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers

The dispute arose after New York's Department of Health issued an emergency rule that required healthcare workers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

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Jun 29 • 9:52 AM EDT • Health • cbsnews.com
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Supreme Court rejects Trump's push to toss $5M verdict in E. Jean Carroll case

The decision comes about two years after the court granted Trump broad immunity from criminal prosecution

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Jun 29 • 9:46 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Annette Bening Reelected Chair of Entertainment Community Fund; Kenny Leon Rejoins Board of Trustees

The Fund provides support and resources tailored to the needs of performing arts and entertainment professionals.

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Jun 29 • 8:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • playbill.com
Comcast to split its cable business from media through NBCUniversal and Sky spinoff

Comcast said it plans to split into two publicly traded companies through ​a tax-free spinoff of NBCUniversal ‌and Sky, separating its broadband and wireless business from its media and entertainment assets.

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Jun 29 • 6:11 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
Flexjet buys Steve Varsano’s The Jet Business | Corporate Jet Investor

TikTok’s favourite business jet broker has been bought by Flexjet. Steve Varsano, founder of The Jet Business will become president.

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Jun 29 • 5:56 AM EDT • Business • corporatejetinvestor.com
Could GLP-1 Drugs Help You Live Longer?

Experts are intrigued by the theory. Here’s what early research suggests.

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Could GLP-1 Drugs Help You Live Longer?

Experts are intrigued by the theory. Here’s what early research suggests.

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Polsinelli Expands Health Care M&A with Addition of New Shareholders

Polsinelli added Matthew S. Miller as a shareholder in the firm’s Nashville office and Muthuramanan “Ramana” Rameswaran as a shareholder in Dallas.

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Jun 29 • 12:09 AM EDT • Health • abfjournal.com
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