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Phelps Memorial Health Center: Know your numbers and stay heart healthy
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Sep 29 • 12:00 PM EDT • Health • nebraska.tv
A New Agenda for Small Business Support in an Age of Uncertainty

Entrepreneurship requires accepting uncertainty. Yet today’s small businesses face multiple, compounding, and, at times, unprecedented sources of uncertainty,

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Sep 29 • 12:00 PM EDT • Business • milkeninstitute.org
The smuggled resource funding Sudan's civil war

Sudan has historically been the top producer of gum arabic. Experts say smuggled gum arabic is funding the civil war.

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Sep 29 • 11:38 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Wrapping up Recovery Month with Alpharus Health, formerly Gateway Foundation: Rebrand and resources

Alpharus Health, formerly Gateway Foundation

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Sep 29 • 11:32 AM EDT • Health • nprillinois.org
Amazon Discounting New Mac Mini and Mac Studio Alongside Early Prime Day Deals on Monitors

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

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Sep 29 • 10:42 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
New iPhone buyers demand refunds after $1,199 gizmo changes color just weeks after purchase

Color them surprised.

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Sep 29 • 10:02 AM EDT • Technology • nypost.com
GOP doubts about North Carolina have Republicans shifting focus

Republicans haven’t abandoned the Southern battlegrounds, though they're shifting greater resources to states they see as more competitive.

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Sep 29 • 10:00 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Sylvester Stallone sets the record straight on the real inspiration for “Rocky”

The actor’s memoir “The Steps” is available for purchase wherever books are sold.

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Sep 29 • 10:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
iPhone Duo Reportedly Facing Production Problems Ahead of Launch

The iPhone Duo is reportedly facing production difficulties ahead of its October launch, with early output expected to be limited. A person said to be close to Foxconn's supply chain told China's Jiemian News that final assembly yields for Apple's first foldable iPhone were only slightly above 60% as of September 17. The source said that, under Apple's current quality standards, it could take another six months to a year for the assembly line to reach a mature yield.

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Sep 29 • 9:16 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Mars debuts protein-filled Cheez-It crackers

Contains 7 grams of protein per serving.

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Sep 29 • 9:00 AM EDT • Business • foodbusinessnews.net
Awake Chocolate energizes trail mix

The snack contains 80 mgs of caffeine.

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Sep 29 • 9:00 AM EDT • Business • foodbusinessnews.net
Optimum Nutrition unveils multi-functional shakes

The protein shake features 30 grams of protein, 8 grams of fiber.

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Sep 29 • 9:00 AM EDT • Business • foodbusinessnews.net
Kustom Entertainment, Inc. Announces Reverse Stock Split

Olathe, KS, Sept. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kustom Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: KUST) (the “Company”), a leader in live event production and ticketing...

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Sep 29 • 9:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • globenewswire.com
How King County is preparing for Capitol Hill crisis center’s 2027 opening

Plans for a mental health crisis center in Capitol Hill are slowly but steadily moving forward, nearly a year after King County approved a building purchase.

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Sep 29 • 9:00 AM EDT • Health • seattletimes.com
Shearwater Health Names Steve Heintz Chief Operating Officer, Strengthens Global Leadership Team

/PRNewswire/ -- Shearwater Health, the founder of Clinical Process Outsourcing (CPO®) and a global leader in clinician-led healthcare operations, today...

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Sep 29 • 8:33 AM EDT • Health • prnewswire.com
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FAU/NCHA Community Health Center Earns Federally Funded FQHC Designation

The FAU/NCHA Community Health Center has received federally funded health center status through an award from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, bringing new resources to expand access to care in West Palm Beach. The center served more than 5,400 patient visits in 2025, providing primary and mental healthcare, immunizations, screenings, chronic disease management and other services regardless of patients’ ability to pay. The funding will help reach more patients and strengt

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Sep 29 • 8:30 AM EDT • Health • newswise.com
Advancing Bottomfish Research Through Community Partnerships in American Samoa

NOAA Fisheries, American Samoa’s Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources, and local fishermen recently completed a groundbreaking bottomfish survey in American Samoa! As the management of these important species evolves, we are building strong partnerships with local communities to build up our understanding of bottomfish life history.

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Sep 29 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • fisheries.noaa.gov
FAU/NCHA Community Health Center Earns Federally Funded Designation

The FAU/NCHA Community Health Center has earned federally funded health center status, bringing new resources to expand access to care in West Palm Beach.

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Sep 29 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • fau.edu
Lesbian Bar Project Co-Founder: Purity Politics Could Destroy Our Remaining Spaces

Subscribe As a professional lesbian and Massachusetts native, I’ve recently been asked by a lot of folks what I think about the saga unfolding at Last Ditch. The now-viral story, first reported by The Boston Globe, centers on a Western Massachusetts lesbian bar that lifted its mask requirement for one night a week to help drum up business. The decision ignited an intra-queer controversy that has been feasted on by media outlets across the political spectrum—from the New York Post to LGBTQ Nation—and is even reportedly being eyed for a Hollywood adaptation. Apparently nothing is more entertaining than a bunch of lesbians and queers fighting with each other over KN-95s. What has been lost in all of the chatter and media coverage is the very real possibility that Last Ditch, which just opened in April 2025, will have to close its doors. The venue’s one remaining founder, Jackie Matellian, revealed in a community Zoom meeting that she’s working four jobs, is now solely responsible for the bar’s $50,000 business loan and is struggling to keep up with the bills. So as we laugh about the controversy’s similarity to a “Portlandia” skit and how one of the bar’s founders left to enroll in clown school, we forget that yet another lesbian bar is facing an existential crisis—and this time the call is coming from inside the house. In 2020, my friend Elina Street and I created The Lesbian Bar Project, an Emmy-, Webby- and GLAAD Media Award-winning docuseries and initiative that tells the stories of lesbian queer bars around the world. We were moved to act because at the time there were only an estimated 16 lesbian bars in the United States, and the pandemic threatened to bring that number down even further. There are now more sapphic bars than there were just before the pandemic—about 36 of them in total—but this is down from approximately 200 in 1980. Maybe that doesn’t mean much to you, but for the millions of sapphics living in the U.S., this number is calamitous. As the world laughs at lesbians and sapphics, I want to take a second and tell you what I feel when I walk into one of these bars, which are all unique and irreplaceable in their own way: I feel seen. Sometimes I think Cubbyhole in New York City’s West Village neighborhood knew I was gay before I did. When I walked in there for the first time, before I was even out, I was transfixed by the colorful array of tchotchkes hanging from the ceiling and how the women standing next to me were completely unafraid to express their desire for one another. I knew the minute I was ready to come out, I had a home. I also felt the joy of a new couple falling in love at Seattle’s Wildrose, the quiet confidence of a short king lining up her shot at the pool table at Ginger’s in Brooklyn and the kick of cayenne pepper in Julie Mabry’s crawfish at Houston’s Pearl Bar. Subscribe Lesbian bars don’t just serve lesbians; they serve queer folks across the spectrum, including bisexual, pansexual and trans people. As Elina and I traveled across the U.S. and Europe and to parts of Latin America to document the bar owners, staff and patrons that make up the ecosystems of these spaces, we also became uniquely acquainted with the factors that threaten their existence: gentrification, wage gaps, sexism, environmental disasters, gun violence, rising insurance premiums and political administrations working to annihilate queer people and their families. Lesbian bar owners, like all leaders and entrepreneurs, are imperfect. There have been significant issues over the years at lesbian bars: employee harassment, racism, lack of accessibility, sexual assault and transphobia. All bar owners should be held accountable and should listen to their communities to evolve into safer and more equitable spaces. I also acknowledge my privilege: I am able-bodied, white, cis and from a family system that loves me for who I am. Not everyone has that. Queer people, especially trans and bisexual people, are suffering from disproportionately high levels of depression, and our mental health system isn’t equipped to support them. Immunocompromised people and long COVID are real, and many of my friends are suffering to this day. The people with the least safety net are often the ones for whom a bar closing costs the most. And yet, as we’re seeing with Last Ditch, the queer community often lashes out at each other. It’s also the mainstream media taking the internal conflict and making a mockery out of it, distracting from the real possibility that this bar could close due to financial pressures. A bar that many people loved and needed is facing extinction. Perhaps it’s safer to dissent with one another than with the larger forces trying to eradicate us, but in doing so, we risk destroying the few spaces we have left. Due to the constraints of purity politics—some in good faith, some not so much—lesbian bar owners, almost all of whom are queer women themselves, are forced to be everything for everyone, similarly to how women are forced to be everything for everyone. By asking these bars to uphold impossible standards—standards very few other third spaces are asked to consider—we all end up losing. I want to move as a community toward dialogue, compassionate dissent and collaboration to make our spaces better with the goal of keeping them OPEN and thriving, rather than destroying them from the inside with expectations that are arguably unattainable. Subscribe While I have your attention—for this fleeting second of the news cycle—may I urge us to spearhead a way to keep these small businesses afloat without attacking our own community along the way? Bar owners are left with an impasse: They want to be community-centered, but they also have to make money to keep their doors open. Sometimes they might make business decisions that don’t work for everyone—and that’s partly because different patrons have different priorities and want different things—but these owners deserve the opportunity for productive dialogue**.** We have to work with them and with each other to keep our spaces open, to keep them growing. Lesbian bars raised me into the queer woman I am today. One thing I think about as I reflect on the six years of work we’ve done to document these spaces is that shared, unspoken language I have with a stranger the moment we both walk into one of these bars: the nod, the ease, the not having to explain ourselves. I don’t want to lose that, and neither should you. If objective, nonpartisan, rigorous, LGBTQ-focused journalism is important to you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation through our 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor, Resource Impact, by clicking this button: Donate

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Sep 29 • 7:01 AM EDT • Politics • unclosetedmedia.com
Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra camera leak points to warmer photos and cleaner night shots

Leaker Ice Universe says the Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra moves from the Galaxy S26 Ultra's cool color profile to warmer tones, holds back small bright light sources on both its main camera and 50MP 5x telephoto, and shows less shadow noise at night.

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Sep 29 • 2:11 AM EDT • Technology • notebookcheck.net
AB Science provides an update on its development plan and financial calendar following a sponsor Good Clinical Practice inspection

PRESS RELEASE AB SCIENCE PROVIDES AN UPDATE ON ITS DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND FINANCIAL CALENDAR FOLLOWING A SPONSOR GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE INSPECTION ...

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Sep 29 • 2:07 AM EDT • Science • globenewswire.com
Harry Potter and the British business of international schools

Nord Anglia, Cognita, Inspired Education and other private equity-backed groups are profiting from history and rising global demand

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Sep 29 • 12:00 AM EDT • Business • ft.com
Springfield, Mo., approves $500K for addiction, mental health resource map

Springfield has approved $500,000 to fund a map of substance use and mental health resources available citywide.

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Sep 28 • 11:10 PM EDT • Health • ky3.com
U.S. Bank Launches Cards to Meet Small Business Rewards Demand

U.S. Bank has launched two new small business credit cards that are designed to deliver “straight-forward rewards” on everyday business purchases, the

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Sep 28 • 9:32 PM EDT • Business • pymnts.com
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The Science Behind Greener, Healthier Lawns

A healthy, green lawn can be the envy of any neighborhood, but how does someone cultivate a yard like that? Assistant Professor of Ecosystem Science Amber Churchill has been getting her hands dirty and digging into the science behind it.

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Sep 28 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • newswise.com
French student protests fuel political clash ahead of Presidential vote

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu and far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon traded barbs on Monday over high school students blockading classes to demand more resources. The students cite teacher…

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Sep 28 • 7:54 PM EDT • Politics • france24.com
Arts and Science Color the Outdoors

San Joaquin County students experience arts and science in the mountains at Sky Mountain Outdoor Education Center at the Color the Outdoors STEAM camp.

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Sep 28 • 7:18 PM EDT • Science • sjcoe.org
Dave & Buster's Entertainment (NASDAQ:PLAY) CFO Acquires 4,000 Shares of Company Stock

Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLAY - Get Free Report) CFO Cory Hatton purchased 4,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 28th. The shares were acquired at an average price of $6.50 per share, for a total transaction of $26,000.00. Following the acquisition, the chief financial officer owned 104,475 shares of the company's stock, valued at $679,087.50. This trade represents a 3.98% increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website.

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Sep 28 • 7:08 PM EDT • Entertainment • marketbeat.com
Trump personally helped orchestrate taxpayer-funded ads promoting himself and his policies, source says

President Donald Trump has personally driven the controversial, tax-payer funded video ads promoting himself and his administration’s policies, including helping select the imagery and videos used, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.

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Sep 28 • 7:07 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Impact Plastics among Unicoi industrial businesses continuing to rebuild two years later
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Sep 28 • 6:47 PM EDT • Business • wcyb.com
Perriello lays out health care platform as 5th District race heats up

With the race for Virginia’s 5th Congressional District heating up, challenger Tom Perriello brought his health care message to Lynchburg on Monday.

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Sep 28 • 6:40 PM EDT • Health • wset.com
Downtown Harrisburg businesses react to new revitalization plan
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Sep 28 • 6:39 PM EDT • Business • local21news.com
Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance to host Oct. 14 fundraiser to prevent suicide
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Sep 28 • 6:23 PM EDT • Health • news3lv.com
Highmark Foundation and Buffalo Bills Foundation Unveil “Victory Table” to Expand Access to Healthy Food and Wellness Resources Across Western New York

New mobile initiative will bring free healthy meals, nutrition education and community health support directly to neighborhoods in nee

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Sep 28 • 5:24 PM EDT • Health • buffalobills.com
Harlem Globetrotters to return to Dignity Health Arena

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Harlem Globetrotters are set to return to Bakersfield on their Rivalry Tour at the Dignity Health Arena in February. There will be new tiers of premium access for fans to purchase as well as new rivals and challenges, according to organizers. Tickets will go on sale at axs.com on Oct. […]

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Sep 28 • 4:53 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Pope Leo defends entering political fray on France end-of-life law

Pope Leo on Monday defended his decision to vocally oppose ​assisted dying initiatives while in France, acknowledging he may ‌have entered the political fray two months after the country approved such a measure, but wanted to share ​the Catholic Church's viewpoint.

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Sep 28 • 4:45 PM EDT • Politics • reuters.com
Deadline Wednesday: Free business training for Central Oregon veterans, families

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Applications are open through Wednesday, Sept. 30, for Startup Training Resources to Inspire Veteran Entrepreneurship (STRIVE), a free eight-week business training program for military veterans and their family members. The in-person program is designed to assist military-connected entrepreneurs in developing skills to create and sustain small businesses. Offered in collaboration with

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Sep 28 • 4:44 PM EDT • Business • ktvz.com
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AI is fueling a new battle over health care costs

The growing adoption of artificial intelligence in the health care system is creating another source of pressure on costs that are already climbing.

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Sep 28 • 4:40 PM EDT • Health • cbs12.com
AI is fueling a new battle over health care costs

The growing adoption of artificial intelligence in the health care system is creating another source of pressure on costs that are already climbing.

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Sep 28 • 4:40 PM EDT • Health • katu.com
Dr. Elizabeth Murray shares health tips for winter respiratory season
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Sep 28 • 4:33 PM EDT • Health • 13wham.com
Opioid settlement funds could bridge some health gaps

Back when now-Gov. Maura Healey was the Massachusetts attorney general, in July 2021, she sued opioid distributors, manufacturers, and pharmacies for their prescription practices, which the state argued contributed to a national opioid crisis. What resulted was a settlement of more than $1 billion from opioid-makers Johnson and Johnson and opioid-distributors McKesson, Cardinal, and AmerisourceBergen. […]

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Sep 28 • 4:16 PM EDT • Health • mvtimes.com
Bobby Kotick’s lawyers sent me a bad email (and later apologized)

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

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Sep 28 • 4:13 PM EDT • Technology • gamefile.news
Oct. 1 Vallejo/Vacaville Arts-Entertainment Source: Faces and Places

The Vacaville Indivisible rally, “Save Our Democracy — Register to Vote,” was held on Sept. 19 in front of Vacaville City Hall.

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Sep 28 • 3:41 PM EDT • Entertainment • timesheraldonline.com
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Buckingham buys Blossom Road property in $8M deal

Buckingham Properties and Child Care Council are equal partners in the $8 million purchase of the Blossom Road Business Center.

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Sep 28 • 3:39 PM EDT • Business • democratandchronicle.com
October 1 Vallejo/Vacaville Arts-Entertainment Source: Activities

Vallejo Hike Club’s Morning Hike is set for Friday at 7 a.m., at Mare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve, 167 O’Hara Court, Vallejo.

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Sep 28 • 3:35 PM EDT • Entertainment • timesheraldonline.com
Why do we suffer? Religion and science may now agree.

A Reflection for the Memorial of Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church, by Sebastian Gomes

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Sep 28 • 3:28 PM EDT • Science • americamagazine.org
Madonna Sparks Health Concerns After VMAs as Sources Claim She Was ‘Wobbling Back and Forth’—‘Everything Seemed to Unravel’

The singer also reportedly "looked flushed and fuzzy."

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Sep 28 • 3:27 PM EDT • Health • yahoo.com
Flutter Entertainment PLC Stock (FLUT) Moved Down by 7.20% on Sep 28: Facts Behind the Movement

Flutter halted Brazilian betting operations after a government provisional measure banned online gaming.An extended shutdown will reduce revenue, adjusted EBITDA, and impact non-cash accounting assets.Technical indicators show sell signals, while the company reported annual revenue of $16.38B.

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Sep 28 • 3:15 PM EDT • Entertainment • tradingkey.com
Flag football tournament fundraiser promotes mental health awareness; honors local man
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Sep 28 • 3:10 PM EDT • Health • wjactv.com
State drops Birmingham Highway site for new Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute

State officials say they are no longer moving forward with plans to build a newMoccasin Bend Mental Health Institute on Birmingham Highway.In a statement relea

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Sep 28 • 2:47 PM EDT • Health • newschannel9.com
Paid parental leave clears health board, heads for Allegheny County Council

Allegheny County's Board of Health approved a scaled-back paid parental leave bill, cutting leave to 12 weeks and exempting employers with 15 or fewer workers.

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Sep 28 • 2:45 PM EDT • Health • publicsource.org
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Jon Duckert Named President Texas Health Southlake

Duckert brings more than two decades experience to role SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS, Sept. 28, 2026 – Texas Health Resources today announced that Jon Duckert will be

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Sep 28 • 2:01 PM EDT • Health • fortworthbusiness.com
Maternal health fair, community baby shower to be held Oct. 24

The event is designed to improve access to maternal health information, wellness resources and parenting support.

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Sep 28 • 2:00 PM EDT • Health • greenvillejournal.com
Utica International Church to host third annual Gospel Hymn Sing

Utica International Church will host its third annual Gospel Hymn Sing on Oct. 4, featuring sacred music, local vocalists and community choirs.

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Sep 28 • 2:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • romesentinel.com
The Fitzroy Grove in Rogers sells for $51.85 million

A 250-unit luxury apartment complex east of Interstate 49 in Rogers sold recently for $51.85 million. The purchase price equals $207,400 per unit. An Arkansas limited liability company, whose manager...

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Sep 28 • 1:57 PM EDT • Business • talkbusiness.net
CFOs feeling more optimistic about business

Finance leaders are sounding a more upbeat note lately, according to a pair of new surveys from Deloitte and Grant Thornton.

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Sep 28 • 1:46 PM EDT • Business • accountingtoday.com
One of Kash Patel’s deputies resigns from the FBI

Andrew Bailey, a senior FBI official and former Republican politician, told the agency’s workforce early Monday that he is resigning to spend more time with his family, according to two sources familiar with this departure.

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Sep 28 • 1:41 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Kazakhstan nuclear scientists showcase industry potential and workforce capabilities

Scientists and industry experts highlighted Kazakhstan's scientific, technological, and human resource potential in the nuclear sector during the international conference “Atom of the Future,” Qazinform News Agency reports.

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How Nevada swim's Maddy Banic overcame mental-health struggles to become national champion
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Sep 28 • 1:00 PM EDT • Health • nevadasportsnet.com
French presidential campaign heats up as student protests fuel political clashes

PARIS (AP) — French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu clashed with far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon on Monday over the actions of high school students who are blockading classes and pushing for a nationwide spread of their fledgling protest movement for more resources.

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Sep 28 • 12:58 PM EDT • Politics • wral.com
French student protests shake up presidential campaign

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has clashed with far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon over high school protests demanding more resources for education.

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French presidential campaign heats up as student protests fuel political clashes

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has clashed with far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon over high school protests demanding more resources for education

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University of New Haven Breaks Ground on New Donor-Funded Home for Pom

Martin Family Hall, a four-story, 50,000-square-foot $45 million facility will bring the Pompea College of Business back to the University’s West Haven campus and expand experiential learning opportun

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Family Matters - Back To School & Mental Health

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U.S. Bank Launches New Credit Cards for Small Business Owners with Jessica Alba as Spokesperson

MINNEAPOLIS, September 28, 2026--U.S. Bank doubles down on its commitment to support small business owners with the launch of its U.S. Bank Business EssentialsTM Visa® Card and U.S. Bank Business EssentialsTM Plus Visa Signature® Card. The cards are designed for small business owners looking for straight-forward rewards on their everyday business purchases. Both offer unlimited 2% cash back on eligible purchases, plus the ability to earn higher cash back when paired with qualifying balances in a

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Amarillo Public Health investigating tuberculosis exposure at West Texas A&M

KVII serves the Amarillo, Texas and Panhandle region with local news, sports and weather for the city and surrounding towns, including Canyon, Hereford, Borger, Pampa, Dalhart, Dumas, Childress, Perryton, Clarendon, Texas; Guymon, Oklahoma; and Clovis, Portales, Tucumcari, New Mexico.

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Sep 28 • 12:06 PM EDT • Health • abc7amarillo.com
Fire, Smoke and Desperation After a Strike in the Heart of Kyiv

A Russian jet-powered drone hit Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, the source of almost all of the country’s major scientific discoveries.

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Sep 28 • 12:03 PM EDT • Science • nytimes.com
Gears of War: E-Day and XBOX Unleash “The Emergence Pie” with Prince St. Pizza

XBOX and Prince St. Pizza announced today a special collaboration celebrating the launch of Gears of War: E-Day, including a limited-edition pie, a pizza cutter, and more.

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Sep 28 • 12:00 PM EDT • Technology • news.xbox.com
Meta launches enterprise AI business seeking to cash in on vast spending

Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg opens a new front in his push to turn huge investment in the technology into profits

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Sep 28 • 11:54 AM EDT • Business • ft.com
UAMS-Sponsored Health & Wellness Expo Offers Free Screenings, Other Resources

The 2026 Health & Wellness Expo drew hundreds of Arkansans for a morning of health screenings, question-and-answer sessions with experts from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), and other activities.

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Sep 28 • 11:30 AM EDT • Health • news.uams.edu
Pumpkin Patch Is Open At Methodist Church

The Pumpkin Patch is back at the Bourne United Methodist Church, 37 Sandwich Road in Bourne village. The patch will be open every day through Saturday, October 31, from 10:30

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ONE WEEK AWAY: Protect Our Care’s “Sick of It! Fix Health Care Now” Bus Tour Hits the Road to Take the Fight for Affordable Health Care Across the Country

Washington, D.C. — One week from today, Protect Our Care’s “Sick of It! Fix Health Care Now” campaign will hit the road with Care Force One, kicking off in Bangor,...

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Sep 28 • 11:08 AM EDT • Health • protectourcare.org
Russian drones hit Kyiv science academy and hospital

One person killed and six injured in attack on capital, as Volodymyr Zelenskyy urges countries to do more to protect Ukraine

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Sep 28 • 11:03 AM EDT • Science • ft.com
At NASA, AI is helping scientists unlock discoveries hidden in decades of data

NASA is using AI to make its vast stores of scientific and mission data more accessible, helping uncover new discoveries.

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Sep 28 • 10:59 AM EDT • Science • news.microsoft.com
Wireless tech takes on mental health, jobs and chronic disease with Catalyst 2026 winners
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Welcoming Sunday Is Planned At St. Peter’s

St. Peter’s Church-on-the-Canal will have a special service on Sunday, October 4, at 10 AM to welcome new and returning parishioners. Those who have been away from church for a

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At Michigan Ross, A $4.9M Grant Is Connecting Business With Climate Action

Ross receives a $4.9-million gift to boost its environmental and sustainability programming and resources

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Zhongguancun Science-Tech Leasing Co To Purchase CHP Equipment For RMB71.21 Mln

Zhongguancun Science-Tech Leasing Co Ltd HKEX:1601:

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Sep 28 • 10:39 AM EDT • Science • tradingview.com
Sporting KC Weekly Schedule: Sept. 29

Sporting Kansas City II News: The official source for all SKC II news, photos, videos, highlights, and more.

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Sep 28 • 10:30 AM EDT • Sports • sportingkc.com
Mars study spotlights pet parents hesitating to adopt amid health and behavior unknowns
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Sep 28 • 10:21 AM EDT • Health • ktul.com
DR Congo Ebola emergency: Calls grow for urgent humanitarian access

Aid teams trying to keep deadly Ebola disease from spreading in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are increasingly concerned about ongoing fighting and violence that has forced thousands of people to flee a displacement camp in the vast, resource-rich east of the country.

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Sep 28 • 9:32 AM EDT • Health • news.un.org
Nvidia Stock Rises As AI Chipmaker Plans Huge Share Buyback

Nvidia signaled that it believes its stock is undervalued by announcing a huge increase to its share repurchase program.

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Sep 28 • 8:57 AM EDT • Business • investors.com
In brief: '9 to 5' headed back to theaters and more

Pour yourself a cup of ambition and head out to your local movie theater. 9 to 5 is headed back to movie theaters for a special, weeklong run starting on Oct. 9. This will be a newly restored version of the classic satirical workplace comedy starring the late Dolly Parton. Additionally, Disney is set to donate net proceeds from each ticket purchased for the rerelease in the U.S. to the Dollywood Foundation in support of its flagship program, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Disney is the parent company of ABC News ...Off Campus star Ella Bright has found her next gig. The actress confirmed she will star opposite Mason Thames in the movie Narcs in a post shared to her Instagram Story. This marks Bright's first major studio feature role. The upcoming coming-of-age comedy will be made for Sony Pictures. While the movie's plot is being kept under wraps, it will serve as the directorial debut of John Phillips, the writer of No Hard Feelings, Good Boys and Dirty Grandpa ... TNCMS.AdManager.render({region: 'fixed-big-ad-top-asset', slot: 1, fold: "above"}); Did you miss Evil Dead Burn in theaters? Not to worry. The film is set to make its global streaming debut on HBO Max on Oct. 2. Souheila Yacoub, Tandi Wright, Hunter Doohan, Luciane Buchanan, Erroll Shand and Maude Davey star in the film that was directed by Sébastien Vaniček ...Copyright © 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved. Thank you for reading kmaland.comAt KMA, we attempt to be accurate in our reporting. If you see a typo or mistake in a story, please contact us by emailing kmaradio@kmaland.com.

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Bitterroot Health highlights early breast cancer detection ahead of awareness month

As Breast Cancer Awareness Month approaches, Bitterroot Health is highlighting why early detection can make a difference.At the Hamilton hospital, 3D mammograph

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Sep 28 • 8:22 AM EDT • Health • nbcmontana.com
SunOpta opens $35 million beverage line

The Texas plant expansion is expected to increase capacity by 10%.

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Sep 28 • 8:19 AM EDT • Business • foodbusinessnews.net
General Mills brands undergo innovation and renovation

Market share improves for North American Retail business.

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Georgia governor's race: Where Bottoms and Jackson stand on health care

Where do Bottoms and Jackson stand on Medicaid expansion and health care access? Credits: Video by Miasarah Lai, Sources: AJC | CSPAN | Riley Bunch / AJC

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Sep 28 • 8:05 AM EDT • Health • ajc.com
Politics over policy: The diesel export ban and the NRDC’s hypocrisy

Last year, the Natural Resources Defense Council Action Fund asked its supporters to oppose the Trump administration’s proposal to increase exports of clean burning natural gas. But last week, when Trump suggested halting exports of dirtier burning diesel fuel, the NRDC was hypocritically silent.

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98-year-old business says 'we don't qualify' for Nashville legacy incentive proposals

Delgado Guitars has been helping Music City strum since 1928 but says none of the Nashville Mayor's proposed small business grants would help them, writing they

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How a UTC professor is helping first-year chemical engineering students explore career paths

What does a chemical engineer do? How can a student prepare for medical or pharmacy school? Where can students find people and resources to help answer those questions? Dr. Bradley Harris, head of UTC’s Department of Civil and Chemical Engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS), is helping students begin those conversations through A Moc’s First Year, a campuswide program designed to help incoming first-time, full-time undergraduates make connections to UTC, Chattanooga and one another.

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Sep 28 • 7:40 AM EDT • Science • blog.utc.edu
Tranche Update on Clean & Science co., Ltd's Equity Buyback Plan announced on September 7, 2026.

From September 7, 2026 to September 28, 2026, the company has repurchased 161,862 shares, representing 2.65% for KRW 500 million. With this, the company has completed the repurchase of 161,862 shares,...

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Clean & Science co., Ltd announces an Equity Buyback for 313,479 shares.

Clean & Science co., Ltd announces a share repurchase program. Under the program, the company will repurchase up to 313,479 shares. The purpose of the program is to stabilize stock price and enhance...

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Berrien County Health Department receives grant to cover cyclosporiasis outbreak costs

The Berrien County Health Department will be partially reimbursed by the state for costs it acquired from the cyclosporiasis outbreak this year.According to our

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Berrien County Health Department receives grant to cover cyclosporiasis outbreak costs

The Berrien County Health Department will be partially reimbursed by the state for costs it acquired from the cyclosporiasis outbreak this year.According to our

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Facianas bet big on Downtown Akron rebound with pair of office high-rises

Barbara and Gino Faciana are the city's largest landlords, thanks to their recent purchases. They say they are keeping their buildings dedicated to office use as the sector and city show signs of strength.

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Sep 28 • 5:45 AM EDT • Business • crainscleveland.com
PSA: The Witcher 3 Remastered File Size And Release Time Confirmed, Separate Purchase Required

No automatic upgrades here

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Sep 28 • 4:00 AM EDT • Technology • nintendolife.com
Amazon Business: Simplifying B2B Purchasing at Scale

Daniel Silverfield, Head of Value and Selection for Amazon Business, shares how AI tools and supplier consolidation help companies save time and money

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Sep 28 • 3:24 AM EDT • Business • procurementmag.com
California Critical Access Hospital Announces Cybersecurity Incident

Data breaches have been announced by Modoc Medical Center and Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services in California, Park Place Behavioral Healthcare in Modoc Medical Center, a California critical access hospital, has announced a cybersecurity incident and data breach. Data breaches have also been announced by Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services in California, Park Place Behavioral Healthcare in Florida, and Millstone Medical Outsourcing in Massachusetts.

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Merck's holistic HIV health hive buzzes with the help of actress Debbie Allen

Merck’s newly unveiled HIV education program “Your Hive of Whole Health” is buzzing with the help of a queen bee in famed actor and HIV advocate Debbie Allen. | Merck's "Your Hive of Whole Health" brings together a hoard of educational resources and tips to promote holistic health for those living with HIV.

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THE BOYZ’s NEW Joins ONLY NEW ENTERTAINMENT

THE BOYZs NEW Joins ONLY NEW ENTERTAINMENT Dual-Concept Photos Mark Fresh Start for Solo Ventures

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Sep 28 • 1:45 AM EDT • Entertainment • chosun.com