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49ers Sign Edge Rusher Ahead of Preseason Game vs. Chargers

The San Francisco 49ers spent the offseason overhauling a defensive line that finished with the lowest sack total in the league last season. Injuries to key players left the coaching staff short on options for most of the year, and rebuilding the front has been a priority since January.On Monday, with the second preseason game […] The post 49ers Sign Edge Rusher Ahead of Preseason Game vs. Chargers appeared first on HEAVY.

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Aug 18 • 10:05 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Whistleblower alleges political pressure, lack of evidence in antisemitism probes targeting schools

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Trump administration task force created to combat antisemitism pushed for settlements with Ivy League universities despite government investigations that were rushed and incomplete or that failed to establish legal violations by the schools, a former Justice Department lawyer ...

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Aug 18 • 9:03 AM EDT • Politics • wral.com
Whistleblower alleges political pressure in antisemitism probes of schools

A whistleblower is alleging that a Trump administration task force created to combat antisemitism pushed for settlements with Ivy League universities.

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Aug 18 • 9:00 AM EDT • Politics • apnews.com
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When Japan’s Hedging Meets Türkiye’s Identity Politics: India Feels the Strain

Published: August 18, 2026 Japan may cultivate Türkiye as a “secondary strategic pillar,” raising a deeper question about whether such hedging is compatible with the long‑term partnership India e…

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Aug 18 • 8:14 AM EDT • Politics • globalsecurityreview.com
A popular sleeping pill stuns scientists with unexpected Alzheimer’s breakthrough - Futura-Sciences

An Unlikely Ally Hidden in the Medicine Cabinet Alzheimer’s disease, the bane of an aging brain, might just have found itself an unexpected friend right in our own pharmacies. Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis have shed new light on the connection between sleep and brain health. They found...

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Aug 18 • 7:00 AM EDT • Science • futura-sciences.com
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Trump-inspired political cynicism continues to transform NC conservatives

Today, longstanding American political traditions in elections and lawmaking like respect for one’s adversary, self-discipline and sacrifice, abiding by established rules and roles, and commitments to open debate, widespread voter participation and honorable, nonpartisan public service are fast becoming passé. Instead, accumulating and maintaining power at all costs now trumps all other priorities.

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Aug 18 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • ncnewsline.com
Over 170,000 Nonprofits Lost All Their Data. Is Microsoft to Blame?

When the tech giant retired a popular software grant, years of nonprofit data vanished with it.

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Aug 18 • 5:40 AM EDT • Technology • slate.com
Women’s Health Is Precision Medicine’s Unfinished Business: A Q&A With Basmah Safdar

Women’s Health Research at Yale Director Basmah Safdar, MD, argues that women’s health is precision medicine’s unfinished business in a new Comment for The

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Aug 18 • 12:00 AM EDT • Health • medicine.yale.edu
Italy's far right pushed to extremes by the radical politics of former general Roberto Vannacci

The rise in the polls of the leader of National Future, a party with an identitarian and masculinist vision founded by this former member of the League, has prompted the parties in Giorgia Meloni's coalition to take a tougher stance.

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Aug 17 • 10:39 PM EDT • Politics • lemonde.fr
Hinton volleyball ready to roll ahead of 2026 season

HINTON, Iowa (KCAU) – The Hinton volleyball program has its sights set on reloading ahead of a year full of opportunity. Hinton finished last season as the Class 2A runner-up with a 30-3 overall record, entering this year with a new look. The Blackhawks graduated three depth pieces and a trio of starters, including IGHSAU […]

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Aug 17 • 9:28 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Ollie Gordon's Costly Penalty: 1 Powerful Lesson From Jeff Hafley

Ollie Gordon gave Miami Dolphins fans a serious case of déjà vu - a promising start, a spark on offense, and then one moment of frustration derails everything. This time, something changed. The penalty didn't get brushed aside. The coach didn't shrug. The standard finally snapped into place, and every fan watching felt it, recalling […] The post Ollie Gordon's Costly Penalty: 1 Powerful Lesson From Jeff Hafley appeared first on Stadium Rant.

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Aug 17 • 8:49 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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On World Humanitarian Day, INEW warns that aid and health workers are being killed by explosive weapons in populated areas

News and Press Release in English on World and 4 other countries about Protection and Human Rights and Safety and Security; published on 18 Aug 2026 by INEW

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Aug 17 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • reliefweb.int
Tracy Rietzke Inducted Into Kansas Sports Hall of Fame

Former Kansas Wesleyan standout player and coach Tracy Rietzke ’77 was inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame Sunday in Kansas City, Kansas. Rietzke was part of a KSHOF record 32-person class inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2026. KSHOF officials divided the inductions into three separate ceremonies concluding on Sunday at Sporting Park. Rietzke retired from coaching volleyball at Rockhurst University following the 2019 season, leading the Hawks for 32 seasons, amassing a 1105-229 record (.828 win percentage). He also coached eight seasons in women’s basketball at Rockhurst from 1988 to 1996, leading the Hawks to a 206-45 record and five NAIA National Championship appearances. Before heading to Kansas City and Rockhurst, Rietzke coached at Kansas Wesleyan after a stellar playing career for the Coyotes. Rietzke coached volleyball, women’s basketball and softball at KWU. In volleyball, Rietzke coached six seasons leading the Coyotes to a 172-56 record. He never won less than 25 games in a season and had three 30-win seasons, the only three in program history, culminating with a 34-9 season in his final year in 1987. He still ranks second in all-time coaching wins at KWU. In women’s basketball, he coached six seasons, leading the Coyotes to a 94-60 record. His career culminated with a 25-5 season in 1987-88, earning the program’s first KCAC Championship that season and the program’s only conference title until 2009. He ranks third all-time in career wins at KWU in the sport. In softball, Rietzke started the dynasty of KWU softball in the 1980’s and 1990’s, leading the program for six seasons, amassing a 126-40 record, ranking third in all-time wins in program history. Rietzke’s teams never finished worse than third place in the KCAC and won or shared four straight conference championships from 1985 through 1988. The Kensington, Kansas native brought his basketball talents to Kansas Wesleyan after two seasons at York College (now University) in York, Nebraska after starring at Kensington High School. In two seasons with the Coyotes, he was a two-time All-KCAC honoree and was an Honorable Mention NAIA All-American in 1976. He continues to hold the KWU school records for season field goal percentage (.771) in 1976, and the career field goal percentage record (.692 (423/611)). His .771 field goal percentage in 1976 led the NAIA. Rietzke is also a member of the Jerry Jones Kansas Wesleyan University Coyote Athletic Hall of Fame (a 1986 charter member), the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, the American Volleyball Coaches Association Hall of Fame and the Rockhurst University Athletic Hall of Fame. KWU will sponsor Smoky Hills PBS’ presentation of the induction, which will be presented on tape-delay later this fall. Stay tuned to university social media outlets for the announcement of a date and time. Release Courtesy of KWU Athletics

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Aug 17 • 5:54 PM EDT • Sports • kwu.edu
Meta files patent for AI facial recognition glasses that identify people around you and record automatically

A newly published patent from Meta suggests smart glasses could recognize faces, detect laughter and more

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Aug 17 • 2:19 PM EDT • Technology • tomsguide.com
AMS Science Preview: Earth Energy, Neighborhood Hurricane Warnings

New research published in AMS journals discusses neighborhood-level forecasting of hurricane impacts, how deforestation in New Guinea affects North American temperatures, evidence climate change is…

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Aug 17 • 11:54 AM EDT • Science • headlines.ametsoc.org
Bronx Teens See Major Health Gains — One Reverses Prediabetes, One Reverses Fatty Liver — Through North Central Bronx Program

One teenager reversed his prediabetes and shed nearly 40 pounds. Another lost 11 pounds while growing 2 inches taller and improved his liver enzymes—and

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Aug 17 • 10:59 AM EDT • Health • nychealthandhospitals.org
QED Science: Interview With VP Of Product Guy Ronen About Validating Scientific Research With AI

QED Science provides an AI validity engine that breaks manuscripts and grant proposals into individual claims, tests each against the published literature, and scores them for originality and validity. The company also publishes The 1%, a blind ranking of the strongest new preprints in life science. Pulse 2.0 interviewed QED Science VP of Product Guy Ronen to learn more.

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Aug 17 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • pulse2.com
Webb’s mysterious little red dots may be hiding entire galaxies

Astronomers may finally have a clue to what happens to the mysterious “little red dots” that crowded the early universe. By studying a spiral galaxy nicknamed the “Saguaro,” researchers found a compact, bright red center that closely resembles these distant objects—but with something Webb usually can’t see around them: a full galaxy. When the team simulated what the Saguaro would look like much farther away, its spiral structure essentially vanished, leaving only the bright red core.

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Aug 17 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
'Swans more of a finished article than Stoke'

BBC Radio Stoke commentator Mark Elliott analyses Stoke City's defeat to Swansea City and the transfer window.

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Aug 17 • 6:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Amid scorching summer, heat-related health problems spike in New Mexico

About 14% of New Mexico households don't have air conditioning, according to census estimates published earlier this year.

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Aug 17 • 12:30 AM EDT • Health • santafenewmexican.com
Elden Ring Tarnished Edition: Release Date, Pre-Order And Platform

Elden Ring Tarnished Edition arrives August 28, 2026 on Nintendo Switch 2 at $79.99 with Shadow of the Erdtree, two new classes, new armor and Torrent customization.

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Aug 17 • 12:20 AM EDT • Technology • forbes.com
Toronto Blue Jays Announced Dylan Cease News During Yankees Series

The Toronto Blue Jays took the first two games of their weekend series with the New York Yankees and had right-handed pitcher Dylan Cease on the mound for Sunday’s finale.Cease left the game with the Yankees holding a 2-1 lead in the sixth inning.He finished his outing with 6.1 innings pitched, allowing two hits and […] The post Toronto Blue Jays Announced Dylan Cease News During Yankees Series appeared first on HEAVY.

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Aug 16 • 6:57 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Todd Monken: Shedeur Sanders has "improved so much"

After Deshaun Watson started against the Bears on Saturday, Browns head coach Todd Monken detailed how he'll divide the QB reps between Watson and second-year signal-caller Shedeur Sanders on Sunday.

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Aug 16 • 5:37 PM EDT • Sports • nbcnews.com
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The Scientists Who Want to Steer Hurricanes

Over the weekend, Hawaii was lashed by Hurricane Lala, which has washed away homes, left more than 125,000 people without power, shut down two of the state’s busiest airports, threatened dangerous flash flooding and, at time of writing, has killed one person. What if we could’ve steered the storm away from Hawaii, into the vast expanse of the empty Pacific Ocean that lies all around the islands—where no one could get hurt? This scenario might sound like the stuff of science fiction. But earlier this year, a peer-reviewed study published by the Public Library of Science found that it might be possible, and sooner than we think. The study was titled: “Weather Jiu-Jitsu: Prospects for atmospheric nudging to defuse the impact of catastrophic weather extremes.” According to the paper, the controversial practice of cloud seeding could enable human beings to make hurricanes change direction. The potential results could be astounding: The authors suggested that Hurricane Sandy, which in New York City alone killed 44 people and caused $19 billion of damage in 2012, could’ve been diverted by 200 miles, missing the metropolis entirely. Cloud seeding, which first succeeded in the U.S. in 1946, is a practice whereby small particles—for example, dry ice, silver iodide, or salt—are dropped into clouds, causing moisture to condense into precipitation. In the 1960s, the U.S. government launched Project Stormfury, an experiment that saw Navy pilots flying into the heart of a hurricane, dodging winds over a hundred miles per hour, to cloud-seed inside it, in the hope of reducing the storm’s power. “The seeding,” the theory went, “would stimulate the formation of a new eyewall that would surround the existing eyewall. The new eyewall would contract, strangling the old eyewall and reducing the intensity of the hurricane.”

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Aug 16 • 4:43 PM EDT • Science • thefp.com
GIMP Making Progress On New Project File Format After Nearly 30 Years With XCF

The GIMP project has published their latest development update to highlight the interesting work that's ongoing toward GIMP 3.4 and future releases.

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Aug 16 • 4:15 PM EDT • Technology • phoronix.com
Velocity Micro Raptor Z55i (2026) Review: A Low-Key Little Gaming Leviathan

Don’t let Velocity Micro's sensible, workstation-style chassis fool you—the Raptor Z55i delivers raw muscle for serious gamers in understated style, and at a surprisingly aggressive price for the parts. It shines brightest when everything is pushed to the max.

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Aug 16 • 2:00 PM EDT • Technology • pcmag.com
San Antonio study sheds new light on dementia in Hispanics

UT Health San Antonio researchers found that a rare type of dementia that affects younger people is more common among Hispanics than was previously realized.

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Aug 16 • 1:00 PM EDT • Health • expressnews.com
Ex-Browns QB Blasts Team Over Handling of Shedeur Sanders

Robert Griffin III criticized how the Cleveland Browns have managed their quarterback battle between Shedeur Sanders and Deshaun Watson. The post Ex-Browns QB Blasts Team Over Handling of Shedeur Sanders appeared first on HEAVY.

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Aug 16 • 8:13 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Why there are no morning newspapers on August 16

Following the celebration of Ferragosto in Italy on Saturday (August 15), there will be no morning newspapers published on Sunday morning.Why there are no Italian newspapers on August 16Football Itali...

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Aug 16 • 5:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
In ‘The Brink of War,’ a Return to an Era of Razor-Edge Diplomacy

A new film depicts the 1986 nuclear arms summit in Reykjavik, Iceland, between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, which both offered and dashed hopes of a dramatic breakthrough.

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Aug 16 • 5:02 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Dana White Reacts to Edson Barboza’s UFC Retirement

UFC president Dana White shared his reaction to hearing that longtime lightweight fighter Edson Barboza has retired from MMA.Barboza, 40 years old, was finished by Esteban Ribovics in the second round of their lightweight bout that kicked off the UFC 330 main card.Following the fight, Barboza retired from the UFC with a 24-15 record in […] The post Dana White Reacts to Edson Barboza’s UFC Retirement appeared first on HEAVY.

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Aug 16 • 4:10 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
German companies cut US investment to three-year low, data show

German companies slashed investments in the United States to a three-year low in the first half of 2026, as Trump ​administration policies fed uncertainty between the transatlantic trading partners.

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Aug 16 • 2:35 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
Browns QB Shedeur Sanders Speaks Out After Brutal INT

Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders explained his brutal interception against the Bears. The post Browns QB Shedeur Sanders Speaks Out After Brutal INT appeared first on HEAVY.

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Aug 15 • 11:49 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Researchers Find That Waist Size Is a Powerful Indicator of Health Risks

Measuring waist size may be one of the simplest and most effective ways to detect obesity-related health risks, according to a study by Rutgers Health researchers. The study, published in JAMA Network Open, found that combining body mass index (BMI) with waist circumference, or using waist circumference alone, performed as well as a newly proposed obesity definition that incorporates multiple body measurements.

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Aug 15 • 6:30 PM EDT • Health • newswise.com
Science or fiction? Shadowy ‘paper mills’ let you pay to be a published author

Paper mill activity has exploded in recent years, polluting the scientific ecosystem with falsified data and compromising medical research

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Aug 15 • 4:00 PM EDT • Science • theguardian.com
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Shedeur Sanders throws for 79 yards, an interception vs. Bears

After quarterback Deshaun Watson had a so-so first half against the Bears, throwing for 126 yards, Shedeur Sanders also had a middling performance in the second half of the Browns’ first preseason game.

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Aug 15 • 3:35 PM EDT • Sports • nbcnews.com
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Democrats disagree over abolishing or reforming ICE at DNC meeting

Democrats have approved dueling messages on immigration enforcement, disagreeing on whether ICE should be abolished or reformed.

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Aug 15 • 3:00 PM EDT • Politics • journalgazette.net
Democrats disagree over abolishing or reforming ICE at DNC meeting

Democrats have approved dueling messages on immigration enforcement, disagreeing on whether U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement should be abolished or reformed.

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Aug 15 • 2:49 PM EDT • Politics • wsls.com
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Deshaun Watson throws for 126 yards in 2026 preseason debut

In competition with Shedeur Sanders, Deshaun Watson started the first preseason game for the Browns on Saturday against the Bears and played the entire first half.

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Aug 15 • 2:32 PM EDT • Sports • nbcnews.com
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Early-universe plasma may have stopped dark photons from heating cosmos

A new paper published in Physical Review Letters reveals that a leading dark matter candidate—the hypothetical "dark photon"—would not have heated the early universe as previously thought. The finding ...

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Aug 15 • 12:40 PM EDT • Technology • phys.org
Pittsfield Health Board Votes to Demolish Blighted Properties

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Blighted homes in the West Side and Morningside neighborhoods will be demolished as part of the city's yearly effort to address abandoned properties. Last...

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Aug 15 • 10:12 AM EDT • Health • iberkshires.com
Survey results: Defense is the main attraction against the Vikings

NY Giants fans want to see the defense unleashed against the Minnesota Vikings

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Aug 15 • 9:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
A disputed phone call sheds light on political maneuvering over Minneapolis public safety

Toddrick Barnette claims Council member Jamal Osman asked him for a political favor to earn his support. Osman calls it “a frickin’ lie.”

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Aug 15 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • startribune.com
Unfinished Business: Markham Practice Postponed As Crews Work To Finish Course

INDYCAR's Markham debut took an unexpected turn as an unfinished track forced practice to be postponed.

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Aug 14 • 6:14 PM EDT • Business • foxsports.com
Taking the stairs may do this for your health, researchers say

New research published Aug. 13 says regular stair climbing can do this for your health.

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Aug 14 • 3:27 PM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
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A Prominent Mexican Politician Says U.S. Revoked His Visa

Andrés Manuel López Beltrán, a former president’s son, lashed out at the Trump administration after he said it canceled his visa, another flashpoint in the tense U.S.-Mexico relationship.

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Aug 14 • 3:16 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Mike Macdonald: Seahawks’ ‘Established starters’ won’t play vs. Cowboys

Don’t expect Sam Darnold, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, and other starters to do anything but warm-ups on Saturday night against the Cowboys.

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Aug 14 • 2:54 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Google Health Update Lets You Get Rid of the Coach

Google Health was supposed to deliver us into the future of health and fitness tracking. With a refreshed app, Apple Health syncing, and a bundle of other new features, including a Google Health...

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Aug 14 • 2:38 PM EDT • Technology • droid-life.com
The new Flachbau RS is a one-off Porsche 911 GT2 RS built to look (a bit) like Moby Dick

Porsche’s means are indeed sane, but the finished object? Mad

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Aug 14 • 2:00 PM EDT • Technology • topgear.com
This bizarre star is defying physics—scientists stunned by unexplained quantum effect - Futura-Sciences

Published in Nature, the study details observations of 1E 1547.0-5408, a magnetar formed by a massive star’s supernova explosion. The star rotates once every 2.1 seconds and generates a magnetic field more than one trillion times stronger than Earth’s. Unprecedented multi-observatory campaign Testing vacuum birefringence requires magnetic fields 100 million...

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Aug 14 • 1:30 PM EDT • Science • futura-sciences.com
Porsche Turned The GT2 RS Into A Modern Slantnose. It Rules

The one-off was created through Porsche's Sonderwunsch program, and it sheds 70 pounds over the standard GT2 RS.

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Aug 14 • 1:25 PM EDT • Technology • motor1.com
APS science teacher selected as Albert Einstein fellow at Library of Congress

An Arlington educator was honored by county school leaders this week after being selected to participate in a prestigious federal fellowship program. Daniel Bernhardt, who teaches science at Swanson Middle School, has been selected as an Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow and appointed teacher in residence at the Library of Congress for the 2026-27 school

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Aug 14 • 12:45 PM EDT • Science • arlnow.com
Scientists hope to shed light on young universe by using dark side of the moon

UK team seeking to put suitcase-sized satellite in orbit around moon in search for 21cm line radio frequency signal

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Aug 14 • 11:00 AM EDT • Science • theguardian.com
49ers Quarterback Kurtis Rourke Rushed To Hospital After Preseason Opener

The San Francisco 49ers suffered a scare following their 19-13 loss to the Tennessee Titans in their preseason opener. 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan revealed that quarterback Kurtis Rourke was struggling to breathe on Thursday night. As a result, he was sent to the hospital to undergo imaging and make ...

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Aug 14 • 9:39 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
You Don’t Always Need a Student ID for Apple’s Back-to-School Deals

Apple has a hidden certified refurbished store that offers the popular MacBook Neo for $100 off.

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Aug 14 • 8:40 AM EDT • Technology • cnet.com
Robert Saleh Reflects on Cam Ward's Decision Making vs. 49ers

Despite a strong opening drive, Tennessee's quarterback struggled with rushed mechanics and inconsistent play, leaving the coaching staff to focus on correctable mistakes before the regular season.

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Aug 14 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
What American Jews want from the midterms

Though a small electorate, Jewish voters are being pushed to the center of political debates this midterm cycle.

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Aug 14 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • vox.com
Create, connect, and cultivate with hundreds of businesses at the 2026 Triad Business Expo

Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur, an established business owner, or a professional looking to elevate your success, the 2026 Triad Business Expo has something for you.

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Aug 14 • 2:18 AM EDT • Business • wxii12.com
Community calls for restrictions on warrantless immigration arrests in SoCal

Advocacy groups pushed back against what they call unlawful, warrantless arrests

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Aug 13 • 7:37 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Community calls for restrictions on warrantless immigration arrests in SoCal

Advocacy groups pushed back against what they call unlawful, warrantless arrests

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Aug 13 • 7:37 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumnews1.com
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Concrete truck overturns, crashes into Dallas business, authorities say

Emergency crews are assessing damage after a concrete truck crashed into a commercial building along West Northwest Highway.

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Aug 13 • 3:57 PM EDT • Business • cbsnews.com
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BREAKING: Netflix to shut down two more game studios

Netflix is sticking with video games but once again reducing the number of studios it owns making games. The streaming giant is closing Los Angeles-based Night School studio, which it acquired in 2021 and plans to close Helsinki-based Moonloot, which was founded in 2022. Just six weeks ago, Night School had released Unhinged, a novel 30-minute first-person horror game, streamable on TVs to Netflix users. The game was hailed by Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters in a call with investors. Six weeks later, Night School is closing. Prior to its Netflix tenure, Night School had developed the award-winning supernatural thriller Oxenfree. A second Oxenfree game followed after the purchase, as well as a mobile game designed to tie in to an episode of the Netflix show Black Mirror. Netflix attributed the studio closures to a prioritization around kids gaming, party games, story-driven fare and games with mainstream hooks, such as a recently released FIFA game. “We see an opportunity to be more focused in our execution, so we are making organizational changes to the business to match those priorities,” a Netflix spokesperson told Game File. Netflix is also cutting jobs from its internal games team. A rep declined to say how many jobs were being lost by these cutbacks. “We are incredibly grateful to the talented colleagues we’re saying goodbye to today. We thank them for all their contributions to Netflix, and wish them the best,” the rep said. Netflix started releasing video games, initially on mobile as a free bonus to subscribers, in 2021. By 2023, Mike Verdu, then the head of Netflix’s game operations, was telling me that the company was committed to growing carefully, as it offered more games and built up internal game studios. At the time, it hadn’t made any gaming job cuts. Since then, Netflix has altered its approach. In 2024, it shut down Team Blue, a start-up studio led by ex-Call of Duty and Halo developers that was exploring making a high-end first-person game for the service. Last October, Netflix shut down another studio, Boss Fight, shortly after Peters praised the team’s Squid Game game to investors. (One of Boss Fight’s main developers now works on the Netflix FIFA game for outside studio Delphi.) And in December, Netflix sold cozy game studio Spry Fox back to its founders. Amid all of this, Netflix has shifted from emphasizing mobile games to offering games through TVs and PCs, via streamed connections, with phones used as controllers. That’s how Night School’s Unhinged worked, along with games such as Boggle and Party Crashers that have collectively helped the Netflix game controller app chart well on mobile app stores. The studio cuts leave Netflix with a central gaming team that works with external developers, and a dedicated first party studio in, Helsinki-based Next Games, which produced many of the company’s couch-centric party games. The move away from having a roster of internal game studios aligns with Netflix’s own approach to shows and movies, which are largely produced externally. The company owns few TV/film production studios of its own. The gaming industry overall is seeing large holders of multiple studios cut back, with Sony, Ubisoft, Embracer, Microsoft and other giants closing or selling off studios. Cuts in California-based studios, where costs often run relatively high, have been particularly acute. Netflix has faced skepticism about its gaming plans for years. The moves today are likely to fuel them, and the company has few upcoming projects to counter the narrative. Among the few hinted, acclaimed independent studio Don’t Nod said last year it was working on a game tied to a major Netflix franchise.

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Aug 13 • 2:47 PM EDT • Technology • gamefile.news
AI needs science’s search history

“Actually, that’s where the gold is,” said Alasdair Russell, my graduate school friend who leads a pre-clinical genome editing group at Cambridge. He was talking about the winding road of science that is omitted from published papers. “When you’re discussing how to do the experiment, and why this way is better than another way, and what does the data really mean? I know what it shows, but what does it mean?” At RAAIS 2026, he described how his group has begun logging the twisting path of discovery as it happens, recording the verbal and written exchanges that normally disappear. Ideas become nodes in a living graph: they branch when a meeting produces two plausible experiments, merge when separate lines of evidence converge, and go dark when someone quietly stops pursuing them. In his implementation, one agent scores novelty, while another tries to learn “how scientists think and how they navigate through a complex world of data,” so that high-potential nodes can trigger deeper investigation. As frontier AI labs deploy agents toward scientific discovery, giving AI authentic scientific taste remains a trillion-dollar dilemma. The bottleneck is that the record we have kept for centuries of science might be insufficient to get us there. The experiments that never make the paper Peter Medawar, 1960 Nobel laureate and “father of transplantation,” asked in 1963 whether the scientific paper was a fraud, and answered yes: the form of the paper misrepresents the thinking that produced it. Sixty years on, the diagnosis is unchanged. A paper presents a clean progression from hypothesis to result to conclusion. Lost along the way are the unconventional theories, the abandoned or unaffordable methods, and the underwhelming and inconclusive data. It reads like a browser history with every dead end deleted: the ten open tabs, the four rephrased queries, the wrong turn down a subforum. All scrubbed, leaving one clean path from question to answer as the canonical path. What has changed since then is that the discarded material is now worth something. No high-impact journal wants these artifacts, but raw trial and error is the most likely source of the training data required to develop scientific intuition, or what researchers call taste. Earlier attempts to capture the discards were motivated by scientific integrity. The Journal of Negative Results in Biomedicine launched in 2002 to publish rigorous studies that disputed established models or exposed ineffective treatments. Its archive preserved negative conclusions after they had become papers, rather than the live alternatives and arguments that produced them. BioMed Central closed it in 2017, saying the mission had been served now that other journals publish null results. A less generous reading is that in fifteen years it published around 200 papers because almost nobody wants to read a negative result, let alone write one up when it will not count toward academic tenure. AI models are different. Even an uninteresting negative result can be useful, provided it is labeled. Earlier this year, Anthropic put a version of this to the test. The company pulled 129 decision points from real Claude Code sessions between January and March 2026, showed models the work up to a human detour, and asked what should happen next. Claude Mythos Preview beat the human choice 64% of the time, while Opus 4.5 managed 51%. The comparison was tilted toward the models because Anthropic deliberately chose moments where the human decision had room for improvement. On 127 further scenarios where the human action was already strong, the models improved on it only about 20% of the time. The study was possible because Anthropic’s researchers work inside a tool that logs by default. The reasoning, detours and outcome are produced in the same working environment. Biology has no equivalent. Its reasoning happens in hallways, at benches, in Slack threads and on whiteboards, while the outcome arrives weeks later somewhere else. The record has to emerge from the work itself. Ask scientists to reconstruct it afterwards and we’ll create another polished account. Subscribe A log is not a label Before any of this becomes training data, a negative result has to say what failed. The first paper published in the Journal of Negative Results in Biomedicine examined 234 negative studies across five leading medical journals. Only 30% discussed statistical power, and half clearly defined a primary outcome. Tell a model an experiment failed, without telling it whether the assay was underpowered, a reagent had degraded, or the hypothesis was simply wrong, and it will learn noise with confidence. Decision histories have a second missing label too. When a lab considers five experiments and runs one, only the chosen branch returns an outcome. The other four are experimental counterfactuals. Researchers call this the selective labels problem: the data reveal results only for the actions someone chose to take. Such a record can teach a model to imitate a lab’s taste, but it cannot establish that the taste was good. It also smuggles local constraints into general lessons. A lab that never ran cryo-EM because it did not own a microscope teaches a model that cryo-EM is rarely the right call. Alasdair’s nodes preserve the candidate set, which is the necessary first step. To be useful, each decision record needs six fields: The evidence available at that moment, and nothing that arrived later. The candidates considered, including the ones dismissed in a sentence. For each candidate: the expected result, the confidence attached to it, and the cost in time and money. The route chosen, and the reason. What happened next. How the evidence changed the scientist’s view. These must be timestamped before the outcome, because hindsight turns uncertainty into inevitability. Disagreement also has to survive. Averaging three scientists into one clean rationale reproduces exactly the information loss we are trying to fix. But there is an obvious failure mode here. Once decisions are logged and scored, people log for the record post-facto. Anyone who has watched an electronic lab notebook fill up with retrospective tidying knows how quickly a research tool becomes a compliance exercise. A record that costs a scientist ten minutes of honest reflection per decision is worth far more than one that costs an hour of performance. A publication initiative called Registered Reports offers a useful starting point. Here, researchers submit their rationale, methods and analysis plan for peer review before the data exist, and the journal commits in principle to publish if they follow the approved plan. Nature has now expanded the format across every field it covers. This approach to paper writing timestamps intent before the outcome, but it freezes one plan. A useful search history must also preserve how the plan changed, which alternatives were rejected, when, and on what evidence. Subscribe Run the runner-up Autonomous labs show what happens when decisions and outcomes are connected in a loop. Liverpool’s mobile robotic chemist ran 688 experiments over eight days in a ten-variable formulation space. A batched Bayesian search used each result to choose the next experiments and found photocatalyst mixtures six times more active than the starting formulations. Every completed experiment changed what the system did next. The robot optimized within a goal and search space that humans had already chosen. It did not decide which scientific question mattered. So what this work demonstrates is narrower, but still useful: a search history pays off when the options return standardized outcomes quickly. Open-ended biology is harder because branches can take weeks and the discarded alternatives may never be run. Some exploration therefore has to be bought. Where two branches are plausible and the stakes justify the cost, a lab should sometimes run the runner-up. Otherwise the record captures what today’s scientists usually chose and stays silent on what they systematically overlooked. A funder could ring-fence a small fraction of a grant for the branch not taken, provided that the decision record and the outcome are both deposited. That costs money, but so does having every lab rediscover the same abandoned path. Test whether taste transfers When it comes time to evaluate if our new AI system exhibits taste, the comparison should run across laboratories and fields. At selected decision points in a live research campaign, we should freeze the six fields: the evidence, the candidates, expected results, confidence, costs and the choice made. Experts then rank the options before the outcomes are known, and those outcomes are checked independently later. We could give models one of two diets - papers alone, or papers plus decision histories - and ask them to rank the next experiment on unfamiliar projects. Then, we score information gained per dollar and week, calibration, and how quickly weak branches are abandoned. If histories improve choices only inside the lab that produced them, they amount to useful organizational memory. If they improve choices on unfamiliar problems elsewhere, Alasdair’s group will have captured something science has never managed to write down: a transferable record of taste. Until that happens, a scientific search history is a promising record, not yet a training set.

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HHS Releases Report Exposing Fraudulent Insurance Coding For Sex-rejecting Procedures On Minors

HHS released a report Wolves in White Coats: How Doctors and Hospitals Pushed and Profited from the Fraud of “Gender Medicine”.

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Scientists develop innovative hybrid material for hydrogen peroxide production

Recently published research from a team led by scientists at Argonne National Laboratory demonstrates how a hybrid of biological components and technology can be used to efficiently produce hydrogen peroxide and other chemicals.

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Ahead of Bears Clash, Shedeur Sanders Addresses Possible Injury Concern

Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders has been steadily ramping up his preparations for his second NFL season. Sanders was drafted with the 144th overall pick in the fifth round of the 2025 Draft.

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Car crashes into Trap House Chicken on Normandy Blvd.; owner says business will stay open

A car crashed into Trap House Chicken on Normandy Blvd. Wednesday afternoon, sending the popular restaurant into cleanup and recovery mode — but its owner says the doors will stay open.

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How David Crowley pulled off the ‘unbelievable’: Winning in Wisconsin after dropping out

Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist, entered the primary for governor with a polling lead. But several missteps — and a key phone call — pushed Crowley to the Democratic nomination.

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Car crashes into business in Huntington Beach

Injuries were reported after a car crashed into a business Wednesday in Huntington Beach. The crash was reported in the 6000 block of Edinger Avenue. Details about what led to the crash were not immediately available. At least part of the car appeared to end up inside the store, one of several in the strip mall. Patients were transported to…

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Shedeur Sanders gets more bad news on Browns’ QB1 race

What's new on the Browns' QB1 competition?

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Precognition, A New Horror From Sam Barlow And Brandon Cronenberg, Is Confirmed For Switch 2

"We’ve pushed ourselves even harder"

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Shedeur Sanders says blister on hand has healed

In recent days, there's been chatter that Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders has been dealing with a blister on his hand that's affected his throwing.

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After Microsoft threatened legal action, a security researcher publishes a new Windows zero-day bug

This is the latest zero-day released by security researcher Nightmare Eclipse, despite Microsoft publicly threatening to take legal action against them.

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USPTO Expands Category A Patent Bar Admission Criteria to Include Biomedical Science Degree

The USPTO published a Federal Register Notice Tuesday announcing administrative updates to the General Requirements Bulletin (GRB).

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Weird Science: Flush with data, North Carolina sewage is exposing community nutrition and food insecurity

A newly published study has successfully demonstrated that analyzing residual plant and animal DNA in municipal wastewater can deliver accurate, real-time population nutrition data. Researchers say this breakthrough could fundamentally change how public health officials monitor dietary habits, food insecurity, and economic health.

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Downtown business owners plead for help as construction takes toll

Three more downtown business owners told city leaders Tuesday they appreciate the transformation of Broad Street, but are struggling to stay open long enough to see the finished product.

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UK 'joke' candidate Binface pushes serious point about politics

British politics has a long-cherished reputation for attracting the weird and wonderful. But in a pantheon of colorful characters, Count Binface, a man wearing a rubbish bin over his head, is stealing the show. The self-described "intergalactic space warrior" from the fictional planet Sigma IX takes on hardline anti-immigrant politician…

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Jays Beat Red Sox

Red Sox 3 Blue Jays 5 Despite Dylan Cease not having his usual great start, it turned out to be a good game. Cease went 5 innings, allowed 5 hits, 4 walks, and 7 strikeouts, but gave up 2 home runs. Neither one was crushed; one just barely cleared the wall. For anyone else, it […]

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NHL Tonight: Unfinished Business

NHL Tonight: The crew talks Unfinished Business and the latest news on the Dylan Larkin trade situation

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Democrats swap candidates in key metro State House race

New Mexico Democrats are swapping candidates in a key State House race in Albuquerque’s Northeast Heights where they have their target set on unseating one of the few Republicans representing a House or Senate district in Albuquerque. This story was originally published at New Mexico Political Report, a nonprofit news service covering politics and policy […]

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NASA Swift Boost Spacecraft Prepares to Continue Mission

Katalyst Space uploaded a flight software update that reestablished attitude control of its LINK spacecraft, which is set to boost NASA’s Swift observatory.

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A 2,000-year-old recipe tested on teeth: the results shock scientists - Futura-Sciences

A Smile Steeped in History For decades, historians knew that voluntary tooth blackening was practiced in Vietnam from the late 1800s, when it was seen as a mark of beauty. But an analysis of skeletons dug up from the Red River Delta has pushed the origins of this tradition back...

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Banking apps could help manage mental health, study finds

While the link between financial stability and mental health is well-established, a new University College Dublin (UCD) study reveals a major blind spot in current research: an overreliance on self-reported ...

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Elden Ring For Switch 2 Is Looking Pretty Slick In New Story Trailer

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Blending Fusion Science, AI to Predict DIII-D Tokamak Behavior

Data scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility and partner institutions have developed a deployable machine learning (ML) framework that can adaptively predict changes in a magnetic confinement fusion research machine’s hardware. The innovative method, recently published in the journal Machine Learning with Applications, promises to help make the operation of fusion devices more stable and accelerate humanity’s pursuit of a superabundant

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Joby Aviation to Scale Defense Business Through Acquisition of Resonant Sciences

Acquisition will significantly expand Joby’s defense business by adding a fast-growing company with established programs, classified capabilities and scaled manufacturing operations` Upon closing, Resonant will become Joby’s dedicated defense business, continuing its existing programs while expanding its portfolio to include Joby’s hybrid aircraft and autonomy technologies. Joby’s commercial aircraft business will remain focused on its electric air taxi initiatives Combination will create immediate opportunities to unite Joby’s dual-use aircraft, propulsion and autonomy technologies with Resonant’s radio frequency (RF), sensing and mission systems capabilities as well as its world-leading expertise in low-observability aircraft design Resonant delivered more than $100 million in trailing-twelve-month revenue, representing approximately 40% year-over-year growth, alongside strong adjusted EBITDA generation, driven primarily by long-cycle programs with the U.S. government, prime contractors and next generation defense technology programs

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The U.S. Healthcare System is Already Mostly Socialized

Now that Abdul El-Sayed is the Democratic nominee for Michigan’s open Senate seat, the outcome of this crucial race will depend mainly on two things: Whether Republicans succeed in demonizing El-Sayed because he’s brown and a Muslim, and whether they succeed in demonizing him as a left-wing radical. I will defer for the now the question of whether bigotry will be effective this year, although I will address it another day. What I want to address instead is El-Sayed’s signature issue — healthcare. Yes, El-Sayed advocates Medicare for All, a position the usual suspects denounce as “socialism.” I will get to the politics of his stance soon. Today, however, I want to talk about the substance. We should be clear that El-Sayed doesn’t even call himself a socialist. On the contrary, he explicitly disavows the label, saying “I’m a capitalist who just knows about capitalism”. In fact, as I explained in a previous post, the policies that El-Sayed advocates qualify him as a social democrat, not a socialist. Still, El-Sayed advocates a system under which the government would pay almost all medical expenses. Isn’t that socialism? Well, if that is the criterion then much of U.S. healthcare is already socialist. In fact, the government’s role is so large that U.S. healthcare is better described as partially privatized socialism than as anything resembling a free market. Let’s start with the raw numbers on health insurance, which pays the bulk of Americans’ medical expenses. Americans receive health insurance either from private companies or from public programs, overwhelmingly Medicare and Medicaid. Here’s what the breakdown of coverage and spending between private and public looked like in 2024: While a majority of Americans with health insurance get it from private companies, well over 100 million of us are covered by government programs instead. And these government programs pay more total dollars for medical bills than the private insurers do. Why do government programs that cover a minority of the population account for a majority of health insurers’ outlays? Mainly because Medicare covers seniors, and we’re expensive. Also, while Medicaid covers many younger Americans, disabled and elderly beneficiaries account for most of its spending. Even by the raw numbers, then, U.S. health insurance looks as much public as private. But that understates the government’s role: Private health insurance in the U.S. is both highly regulated and heavily subsidized. This is obviously true for the insurance coverage purchased by tens of millions of Americans through the exchanges established by the Affordable Care Act. But employment-based health insurance, which covers 161 million Americans, is far more of a government creation than most people realize. For employment-based insurance exists largely because of huge implicit government subsidies that come with major strings attached. Here’s how that works. If your employer pays you $10,000, that’s taxable income. But if your employer pays $10,000 toward a company health insurance plan that meets certain criteria, it isn’t taxable. That’s a huge effective subsidy, running at more than $300 billion a year. Take that subsidy into account, along with the more than $100 billion per year spent subsidizing policies purchased under the ACA, as well as the outlays on Medicare and Medicaid, and net effect is that the government pays for more than two-thirds of Americans’ health insurance. Granted, there are strings attached. Roughly speaking, employment-based health plans can’t discriminate based on medical history — that is, they can’t deny coverage to employees with pre-existing conditions — and they also can’t offer the plans only to highly compensated employees — a health plan that is only for the C-suite is considered taxable income. So given the restrictions of the federal tax code, employer-based health insurance is a lot like Obamacare, which also prohibits discrimination based on medical history and provides subsidies to make insurance affordable to lower-paid workers. The fact is that virtually all of private healthcare insurance is already well under some form of government control through regulation and tax subsidies. How should we think about this system? First of all, is Medicare socialist? Don’t tell anyone, but the way Medicare operates — it covers every senior’s medical expenses, whatever they turn out to be, while being funded by taxes that depend on one’s income — could be summarized by the old Marxist slogan “From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.” And back in 1961, when Ronald Reagan was the face of a last-ditch effort by the American Medical Association to block the creation of Medicare, he denounced Medicare as “socialized medicine” and warned that it would destroy our freedom. In reality, American freedom survived until Jan. 20, 2025, while Medicare is immensely popular, with an 82 percent favorable rating in the most recent KFF survey. Medicaid, government health insurance for lower-income Americans, comes in at 73 percent. This is in sharp contrast to public views about private insurers, who are widely disliked if not hated and accused of denying essential care. Furthermore, if Medicare is socialism, then the whole U.S. health insurance system, with the government paying most of the bills and placing conditions on private insurers, is almost equally socialist. If you insist on calling any program the government pays for and regulates socialist, then U.S. healthcare would best be described as a partially privatized form of socialism. And one must ask, what is the point of the part that is privatized? Do private insurers add anything positive? Or are they simply parasites, skimming off money that could have been paying for care? The case for viewing insurers as parasites is strong. Many Medicare benefits are now delivered via Medicare Advantage, that is, plans paid for by the government but run through insurance companies. MedPAC, an independent advisory commission, estimates that last year Medicare Advantage plans were overpaid by $84 billion, thanks to practices such as “upcoding,” in which patients’ health problems are overstated to get larger sums from Medicare. Assessing the waste from employer-based insurance is harder, but most evidence suggests that private insurers have substantially higher administrative costs than Medicare does. Furthermore, the complexity of private insurance, with multiple payers all trying to deny care when they can, is a huge burden both on providers — doctors, nurses, and hospitals — and on patients. What do private insurers offer to compensate for these costs? One must go through intellectual contortions to avoid the conclusion that they are, in fact, parasites. Which brings me back to El-Sayed. In supporting Medicare for All, he’s basically calling for an end to the partial, parasitic privatization of a healthcare system that is already hugely dependent on public funding. When one looks at it that way, it’s not at all a radical proposal. Admittedly, the political lift requires overcoming the opposition to higher taxes to pay for Medicare for All. Political realism rather than economics was the reason I and many other progressives supported Obamacare, with all its complexities, rather than demanding an immediate move to Medicare for All. But the political calculus may very well have shifted since the 2000s, as Americans are fed up with a system of unaffordable premiums, rampant claim denials, and byzantine claim administration. Moreover, funding healthcare insurance through taxation would allow for a much more progressive distribution of the cost. That is, compared to the present system, middle-income households would pay less as high-income households would pay more. And the U.S. would stop wasting large sums on pointless administrative costs. So let’s be clear: El-Sayed’s healthcare platform is perfectly reasonable on the merits of cost, fairness and health efficacy. And with private insurers never more hated, while millions of Americans are losing their health insurance, 2026 may be its time. MUSICAL CODA

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Eagles Star Lane Johnson Delivers Good News After Retirement Tease

Barring a Brandon Graham-like change of heart, Philadelphia Eagles star Lane Johnson is likely finished for good after the 2026 NFL season. The veteran offensive lineman made his thoughts on the upcoming season clear following his first practice of the offseason over the weekend. “The plan was always to come back,” Johnson said, regarding the […] The post Eagles Star Lane Johnson Delivers Good News After Retirement Tease appeared first on HEAVY.

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ESU volleyball carries unfinished business into new season

After coming four points shy of an MIAA championship and missing the NCAA Tournament, Emporia State volleyball enters the season with a chip on its shoulder.

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Why LA Council chief says Nithya Raman reached ‘political bottom of barrel'

Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson says despite Raman’s claims that she’s being punished for running for mayor against Karen Bass, she knew about her committee assignment change. Conan Nolan reports for the NBC4 News at 7 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 10, 2026.

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Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, Lone Arranger

Read the release on Sen. Ernst's website HERE. Throughout this Congress, Chair Ernst plans to recognize a small business in every one of Iowa’s 99 counties. RED OAK, Iowa – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, today announced her Small Business of the Week: Lone Arranger of Adams County. Throughout the 119th Congress, Chair Ernst plans to recognize a small business in each of Iowa's 99 counties. "Lone Arranger has been in full bloom in Adams County for more than 28 years,” said Chair Ernst. "One bouquet at a time, Jessica has created beautiful arrangements for countless occasions – from displays for Governors Chet Culver and Terry Branstad to serving as a longtime vendor at the Adams County Fair. Lone Arranger is beloved for its high-quality products and attentive customer service, all stemming from hard work that has not gone unnoticed." Lone Arranger got its start as the “Flower and Garden Center” founded by Dale and Caroline Jackson out of their home. Over the years, the business passed into the hands of Larry and Sherry Archer, followed by Ros and Darlene Peterson. In 1999, Jessica Wilson purchased the shop after completing two internships there and earning a degree in floriculture from Kirkwood Community College. Today, under Jessica’s leadership, Lone Arranger has continued to grow its presence both locally and beyond. The shop contributed to the award-winning Rain Bird float featured in the 2010 Tournament of Roses Parade and has provided decorations for community organizations and events, including the Adams County Chamber of Commerce. The florist is cherished by Iowans for its versatility to cater to all events, including proms, weddings, and baby showers. Jessica’s “Operation Dream Closet” helps high schoolers in need access free prom attire through donations and has made an exceptional difference in the local community. Stay tuned as Chair Ernst continues to recognize outstanding Iowa small businesses with her Small Business of the Week award. ###

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How a counterintelligence inquiry Into Trump’s Russia ties was derailed

Documents released by the White House shed new light on the demise of an often-overlooked 2017 FBI investigation.

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'A little grace': Kate Beckinsale pushes back on comments about her weight loss

Kate Beckinsale pushed back on comments about her weight, opening up about grief, loss and a health condition.

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How a Counterintelligence Inquiry Into Trump’s Russia Ties Was Derailed

Documents released by the White House shed new light on the demise of an often-overlooked 2017 F.B.I. investigation.

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New appeals board could mean fines, stronger enforcement for businesses that violate laws, county ordinances

Cuyahoga County established an Administrative Appeals Board, enabling Consumer Affairs to impose fines on businesses violating consumer protection laws rather than just issuing warnings.

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Scientists Release Biggest 2D Map of the Universe

Key Takeaways The DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys combined more than 263,000 telescope exposures to make the largest 2D map of the universe in visible and near-infrared light. Astronomers can pair the Legacy Surveys map with their own observations to explore our universe and search for rare phenomena. The 2D map serves as the foundation for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument survey to measure the universe in 3D and investigate dark energy. Hold on to your telescopes: the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys team has released the largest-ever 2D color map of the universe. The 5.6-trillion-pixel map contains nearly 4 billion celestial objects, primarily stars and galaxies. The data is available for all to use and publicly viewable through the Legacy Survey Sky Viewer. Astronomers and citizen scientists can explore the map or combine it with their own observations to better understand our universe. Researchers can search for rare phenomena like gravitational lenses, observe fleeting events like supernovae, and investigate two of physics’ biggest mysteries: dark matter, the invisible substance that accounts for most of the mass in our universe, and dark energy, the force driving our universe’s accelerating expansion. The new map builds on earlier versions from the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys that have already proved invaluable. To date, more than 1,800 science papers that reference the Legacy Surveys data have been published. “It’s part of the fabric of astronomy research now,” said David Schlegel, a co-lead of the Legacy Surveys and scientist at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). “When you’re working with astronomical objects today, you often start by pulling up the Legacy Imaging Viewer to see what you’re looking at.” Covering roughly 75% of the sky in visible and near-infrared light, the updated map provides a deep view of the extragalactic universe not blocked by the dust and stars of our own Milky Way. Researchers expect it will remain the most comprehensive 2D map of our universe for years to come. More than 160 scientists contributed to data collection for the project, and a team of 20 produced the final dataset released today. It was built by combining 263,407 telescope exposures from three ground-based sky surveys: the Dark Energy Camera Legacy Survey (DECaLS) at NSF Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, the Mayall z-band Legacy Survey (MzLS) at NSF Kitt Peak National Observatory, and the Beijing-Arizona Sky Survey (BASS) at the University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory. That was supplemented by years of data from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) satellite mission and additional public data. “For our team, these data are fundamental to our investigation of the expansion history of the universe and the formation of our galaxy,” said Arjun Dey, co-lead of the Legacy Surveys and an astronomer at NSF NOIRLab. “But the skies belong to everyone, and this survey gives everyone the chance to explore the sky and marvel at its wonders.” Here be galaxies The DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys were originally conducted to prepare for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) survey. The Legacy Surveys’ 2D map is essentially a deep photograph of the sky; it records where galaxies and stars appear and how bright they appear. This crucial step enables DESI to select objects and measure their light in different wavelengths to determine their distances, building the largest high-resolution 3D map ever made. Scientists study the way galaxies have clustered at different ages of the universe to track dark energy over time. In April 2026, DESI completed its original five-year survey ahead of schedule and with vastly more objects than expected. The early results have shown surprising hints that dark energy’s impact may be weakening over time — a paradigm shift that could potentially shape the predicted fate of our universe. DESI expects to publish improved results using their first five years of data in 2027 and is continuing observations into 2028. DESI was so efficient at observing galaxies, the Legacy Surveys map needed to expand. Early on, “it became clear we might run out of galaxies to look at and run out of sky, and we better start doing something about that,” said Schlegel, who also works on DESI. The new Legacy Surveys map has been used to select DESI targets since June 2026 and will guide the telescope’s operations over the coming years. Computing the cosmos Merging hundreds of thousands of images taken on 2,285 nights, each with unique atmospheric and telescope conditions, was a massive computational effort. It took about a year to develop the computer code and eight weeks to process all the images at the Perlmutter supercomputer at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) at Berkeley Lab. Beyond supporting DESI, the Legacy Surveys will be a foundational reference for the next generation of telescopes. As new observatories like the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory (jointly funded by NSF and DOE’s Office of Science) and NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope come online, researchers can compare their observations with one of the deepest and most comprehensive views of the sky ever assembled. The Legacy Surveys data will also help scientists train artificial intelligence tools to analyze petabytes of astronomical data and accelerate new discoveries. It will be among the datasets used in an astrophysics pilot project within the American Science Cloud, part of the DOE’s Genesis Mission. The DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys are supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of High Energy Physics; the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, a DOE Office of Science user facility; the U.S. National Science Foundation, Division of Astronomical Sciences; and the partner institutions. DESI is supported by the DOE Office of Science and NERSC. Additional support for DESI is provided by the NSF; the Science and Technology Facilities Council of the United Kingdom; the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; the Heising-Simons Foundation; the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA); the Secretariat of Science, Humanities, Technology and Innovation (SECIHTI) of Mexico; the Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain; and by the DESI member institutions. ### Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is committed to groundbreaking research focused on discovery science and solutions for abundant and reliable energy supplies. The lab’s expertise spans materials, chemistry, physics, biology, earth and environmental science, mathematics, and computing. Researchers from around the world rely on the lab’s world-class scientific facilities for their own pioneering research. Founded in 1931 on the belief that the biggest problems are best addressed by teams, Berkeley Lab and its scientists have been recognized with 17 Nobel Prizes. Berkeley Lab is a multiprogram national laboratory managed by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science. DOE’s Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit energy.gov/science.

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Business Monday: Multigenerational farm Lions Gate Coffee looking for new owners

The Lions Gate turnkey sale offers established distribution across the mainland and internationally, along with name-brand recognition.

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Big Gold Miners Agree On IPO. One Pops, One Sinks.

Barrick earnings fell short as oil prices pushed up costs.

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