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Gypsy Rose Blanchard addresses 'significant tension' with Ken Urker's sister

Gypsy Rose Blanchard is responding to criticism from Ken Urker's sister following the death of Urker, the father of her daughter.

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Oct 5 • 1:39 PM EDT • Entertainment • centraloregondaily.com
God Packs are Officially Coming to Magic: The Gathering

Magic: The Gathering booster packs have gone through a lot of changes in the last decade, some of which have been awful. But Wizards of the Coast are introducing 'God Packs' to MTG, which could feel like winning the lottery.

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Oct 5 • 12:35 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
The #2 Movie on Netflix Is a Thrilling Documentary About a Charismatic Serial Killer

"The Widower: 'Til Death Do Us Part" follows the twisting story of Thomas Randolph, also known as the "Black Widower," of whose six wives, four ended up dead.

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Oct 5 • 11:57 AM EDT • Entertainment • purewow.com
No stadium has a story like the Superdome

The Superdome has weathered the highest of highs and the lowest of lows to represent the complicated and celebrated history of its city.

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Oct 5 • 11:39 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
CBS Sports Classic Tickets on Sale Wednesday

CBS Sports Classic Tickets on Sale Wednesday

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Oct 5 • 11:00 AM EDT • Sports • ukathletics.com
A ‘phoenix’ planet was born from the ashes of its dead star

Finding the potential planet hints that our sun’s death could lead to the creation of new worlds.

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Oct 5 • 11:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencenews.org
Scientists seek new ways to protect Sierra Nevada meadows

Sierra Nevada meadows may cover a relatively small portion of the landscape, but scientists say they play an important role in supporting wildlife, storing water and maintaining biodiversity. Researchers and conservationists recently gathered at the...

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Oct 5 • 10:43 AM EDT • Science • tahoedailytribune.com
Governor Ivey Proclaims Alabama Girls in Sports Day -

MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey on Monday proclaimed Saturday, October 10, 2026, as Alabama Girls in Sports Day, recognizing the female athletes throughout the state and reaffirming Alabama’s commitment to ensuring women and girls have the right to participate, compete … Continued

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Oct 5 • 10:05 AM EDT • Sports • governor.alabama.gov
Inspired By My Love Of STEM, I Collaborated With 22 Teens To Write A Kids Picture Book About Science

Teen STEM student Eliana Miao wrote a picture book about the microbiome and empathy titled "The Brave Fuzzy: A Microbiome Story"

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Oct 5 • 10:00 AM EDT • Science • girltalkhq.com
Top Athletes: J|medical Brings Excellence in Sports Medicine to Allianz Stadium

On 2 and 3 October, Allianz Stadium hosted the second edition of “Top Athletes: Where Excellence Meets Evidence”, the International Congress promoted by J|medical, which brought together in Turi...

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Oct 5 • 9:56 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
HOMETOWN HEALTH: Are you protected against measles? fifth U.S. death reported

One of the largest national medical organizations in the United States has a message it wants people to hear.

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Oct 5 • 9:18 AM EDT • Health • wdbj7.com
Flathead City-County Health Department to hold annual flu clinic

The Flathead City-County Health Department will hold its annual flu clinic Wednesday, Oct. 7, at the Flathead County Fairgrounds Expo Building.The clinic will r

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Oct 5 • 9:11 AM EDT • Health • nbcmontana.com
Ohio Democrats’ path to the governor’s office runs through rural areas that had turned against them

Democrats say their nominee for governor in Ohio, Dr. Amy Acton, represents the party’s best chance in years to win that office.

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Oct 5 • 8:04 AM EDT • Politics • ksat.com
Ohio Democrats’ path to the governor’s office runs through rural areas that had turned against them

Democrats say their nominee for governor in Ohio, Dr. Amy Acton, represents the party’s best chance in years to win that office.

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Oct 5 • 8:04 AM EDT • Politics • wsls.com
Success Supper Club

Drew native Stafford Shurden is bringing entrepreneurs together to exchange ideas America was built on the backbone of entrepreneurs. Through the centuries, visionary men and women in this country saw opportunities not only to develop and grow a business, but also to forge a path to encourage and inspire others. Drew native, Stafford Shurden […]

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Oct 5 • 7:51 AM EDT • Business • deltabusinessjournal.com
‘An anchor’: Oakshire fans celebrate, grieve as business prepares to shut down

Oakshire Public House has been a gathering space in the Whiteaker neighborhood since 2013 and holds many individual and community memories. Oakshire as a company is closing, but it plans to transition the Public House to a new company in the next two months, keeping the location open through the process.

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Oct 5 • 7:26 AM EDT • Business • lookouteugene-springfield.com
Providence Opens New Rural Health Clinic in Polson

Just over a year after breaking ground on a rural health clinic in Polson, community members, donors and hospital staff gathered Sept. 30 in front of the new building just behind Providence St. Joseph Medical Center. “Over the years we’ve heard about this need over and over again,” Chief Executive for Providence Montana Krissy Petersen […]

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Oct 5 • 7:00 AM EDT • Health • flatheadbeacon.com
Game Preview: Winnipeg Jets @ Pittsburgh Penguins 10/5/2026

Who: Winnipeg Jets (1-0-1, 4th place Central Division) @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2-0-0, 1st place Metropolitan Division) When: 7:30 p.m. eastern How to Watch: Locally televised game on Sportsnet Pittsburgh, Sportsnet+ up in Canada, out-of-market streaming on ESPN+ Pens’ Path Ahead: Up next for the Penguins will be two road games against division opponent, Washington on Wednesday […]

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Oct 5 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Business Roundup: Latham Aldi sets opening date, women-only gym expands into Slingerlands

Here's what's new in the Capital Region business scene.

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Oct 5 • 7:00 AM EDT • Business • yahoo.com
“We’re in the entertainment business. If someone uses Suno to write a lyric, it’s not a high crime or misdemeanour”: Joe Bonamassa has sympathy for up-and-coming artists using AI to get an edge

But AI ‘artists’ shouldn’t be in the same chart as humans, he says

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Oct 5 • 6:59 AM EDT • Entertainment • musicradar.com
Jobs in health care. Jobs for women. The US labour market is segmenting. Chernobyl’s radiation and Lenin’s love of literature.

Thank you for opening your Chartbook email. Elmer Bischoff, Two Figures at the Seashore, 1957 The only really dynamic job-creator in the US economy is health care: The largest crunch has come in Federal government, which has shed 2.7 m jobs. Source: tchouvkov on Twitter Tech is struggling. [ Joey Politano 🏳️‍🌈@JosephPolitano The US tech sector continues bleeding jobs in official data released today—overall, employment decreased by 17k last month and is down 69k over the last year That's nearly as bad as the worst of the 2024 tech-cession, and much worse than the 2022 boom or even pre-2020 norms 12:42 PM · Oct 2, 2026 · 15.2K Views 15 Replies · 47 Reposts · 390 Likes ](https://x.com/JosephPolitano/status/2106001807847940232?s=20) The new jobs are all for women. [ Justin Wolfers@JustinWolfers I'm not sure who saw this coming, but so far nearly all the jobs created during the second Trump administration have gone to women. 1:09 PM · Oct 2, 2026 · 33K Views 70 Replies · 146 Reposts · 644 Likes ](https://x.com/JustinWolfers/status/2106008723533533601?s=20) Meanwhile, real wages are being eaten up by modest over-target inflation. [ Heather Long@byHeatherLong The financial pain is real: Wage growth fell to 3% (y/y) in September. That's the lowest in 5 years. Wage growth: 3% Inflation: ~3.4% Inflation has eaten up all wage gains for the average worker since April. Many people are having to make hard choices about what to buy and what … 1:24 PM · Oct 2, 2026 · 37K Views 24 Replies · 275 Reposts · 533 Likes ](https://x.com/byHeatherLong/status/2106012367712620728?s=20) HEY READERS, THANK YOU for opening the Chartbook email. I hope it brightens your day. I enjoy putting out the newsletter, but tbh, what keeps this flow going is the generosity of those readers who clicked the subscription button. If you are persuaded to click, please consider the annual subscription of $60. It is both better value for you and a much better deal for me, as it involves only one credit card charge. Why feed the payments companies if we don’t have to. Subscribe Elmer Bischoff, Bathers, 1960 Americans are disillusioned with higher ed. For contributing subscribers only. Subscribe Where the Chernobyl radiation went. h/t Simon Kuestenmacher aka simongerman600 How Lenin’s love of literature shaped the Russian Revolution - Tariq Ali This, then, was the intellectual atmosphere in which Lenin came of age. His father, a highly cultured conservative, was the chief inspector of schools in his region and much respected as an educationalist. At home, Shakespeare, Goethe and Pushkin, among others, were read aloud on Sunday afternoons. It was impossible for the Ulyanov family – “Lenin” was a pseudonym adopted to outwit the tsarist secret police – to escape high culture. At high school, Lenin fell in love with Latin. His headteacher had high hopes that he might become a philologist and Latin scholar. History willed otherwise, but Lenin’s passion for Latin, and taste for the classics, never left him. He read Virgil, Ovid, Horace and Juvenal in the original, as well as Roman senatorial orations. He devoured Goethe during his two decades in exile, reading and rereading Faust many times. Lenin put his knowledge of the classics to good use in the time leading up to the October revolution of 1917. In April of that year, he broke with Russian social-democratic orthodoxy and, in a set of radical theses, called for a socialist revolution in Russia. A number of his own close comrades denounced him. In a sharp riposte, Lenin quoted Mephistopheles from Goethe’s masterwork: “Theory, my friend, is grey, but green is the eternal tree of life.” Source: The Guardian Elmer Bischoff, The River, 1953 If you’ve scrolled this far, you know you want to click: Subscribe

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Oct 5 • 6:47 AM EDT • Health • adamtooze.substack.com
Yale School of Medicine On the Science of Childhood Anxiety, Say, Anxiety Disorders Are the Most Common Mental Health Challenges In Youth

Credit: Matt Bradbury October 5, 2026 - By Isabella Backman - Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health challenges in youth. Left untreated, they can disrupt the lives of both children and their families. The good news is that with intervention, most children will overcome these conditions. Across Yale School of Medicine, scientists are working to understand anxiety at every level, from common anxious behaviors to molecular biomarkers in the brain. They are using their findings to develop and disseminate new evidence-based treatments for childhood anxiety. Today, the go-to treatment for childhood anxiety disorders is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). This is a form of psychotherapy that teaches children skills for confronting anxious thoughts and helps them practice managing situations that cause anxiety. While it is the gold-standard treatment backed by considerable scientific evidence, up to 50% of children will not see sufficient benefit from CBT alone. Wendy Silverman, PhD, Alfred A. Messer Professor in the Child Study Center, co-directs the Anxiety and Mood Disorders Program alongside Eli Lebowitz, PhD, associate professor in the Child Study Center. One of their main interests is learning how to improve outcomes beyond CBT. “We’re developing cutting-edge, research-based knowledge that can reduce the suffering that anxiety causes children and their families,” says Silverman. Changing parent behavior YSM experts are investigating how to improve CBT outcomes for children by involving the parents. Silverman’s research has uncovered two main components of parent intervention that improve childhood anxiety: not enabling children to completely avoid the things that make them anxious and taking steps to enhance their autonomy. Parents may unintentionally reinforce their child’s anxiety by allowing them to avoid what makes them anxious. They also may unintentionally limit the children’s sense of autonomy by being overly intrusive. “One of the things that we take pride in is that we’ve focused on trying to understand what parents need to do, and to test our ideas and see if changing the parents’ behaviors is enhancing the effects of CBT,” Silverman says. “Our findings thus far suggest that they do." As much as CBT can be helpful, it can also be challenging to get one’s child to do the necessary steps for CBT to work. This is one important reason why Lebowitz created a novel intervention program for parents named Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE). Existing intervention programs often teach parents to act as therapists for their child, such as training them on how to practice breathing exercises. “It makes sense, but this doesn’t work very well in practice,” says Lebowitz. “And part of the reason, I think, is that it’s not easy to get your kid to do things, especially if they’re not excited about doing it.” SPACE is unique because it focuses entirely on parent involvement and changing parental behavior—children are not involved in the sessions. For example, parents learn how to use supportive messages that convey confidence that their child can tolerate and manage distress. “It might sound like a parent saying to a child, ‘I get that this is really hard for you, but I know that you can handle it,’” Lebowitz says. The program also works with parents to identify the ways in which they are accommodating anxious behaviors. “We’ll pick one thing that parents are doing that is an accommodation and help them make a detailed plan for how they’re going to change that,” Lebowitz explains. Treating Anxiety in Children and Adolescents Much of the existing research on SPACE has focused on parents of children under age 14. Ongoing studies are now exploring its use with parents of older teens. “Both anxiety and accommodation can interfere with normative developmental shifts during the teen years, including increased autonomy and individuation from parents,” says Rebecca Etkin, PhD, associate research scientist in the Child Study Center. “In this sense, SPACE may be particularly well-suited for anxious teens and their parents. We want to see whether it is effective during this distinct developmental window.” Unfortunately, many families in need of CBT face barriers, including limited availability of services and geographic constraints. One way to improve access is digital interventions. Silverman and her team are developing an evidence-based digitized intervention program for parents that they can access directly from their computer or smart phone. “The work we’re doing will be one of the very few parent interventions that is digitized and importantly tested for effectiveness,” she says. Creating interventions for anxiety-related challenges Silverman and Lebowitz recently received a generous gift to develop and test other interventions that help parents reduce other child anxiety-related behavioral and emotional difficulties, such as restrictive eating and unexplained somatic symptoms. One of these projects in particular focuses on understanding the risks of social media and its potential benefits, including offering a sense of connection. “A lot of research has focused on the idea that social media is harmful and the less of it the better,” says Lebowitz. “But we actually see is that this is not quite right—there are negatives, but there are also positives. So, we’re trying to get a little bit more nuanced of a picture.” The team is working with teens with social anxiety and their parents over an extended period to better understand their social media habits and how their anxiety levels affect engagement with different platforms. The teens will answer questions sent to an app on their phones about mood and social media usage in an effort to capture emotional responses as they unfold. “We hope to develop interventions that can help make the best of social media while protecting against the more problematic effects,” Lebowitz says. The brain’s role in anxiety Researchers are also testing therapies to address anxiety at the neurological and molecular levels. In collaboration with Dylan Gee, PhD, professor of psychology in Yale's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Hilary Blumberg, MD, John and Hope Furth Professor of Psychiatric Neuroscience at Yale School of Medicine, Lebowitz and Silverman are using brain imaging to identify changes in a child’s brain before and after parents enroll in SPACE. In one study, children viewed anxiety-inducing images while undergoing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); the researchers conducted scans with and without the children’s parents nearby. Before SPACE, children’s brains were better able to activate the regulatory circuitry needed to turn off an anxious response when their parents were nearby. But after SPACE, children could activate this circuitry even without the parent around. “As parents work on gradually reducing some of their accommodations, you can see a child get better at regulating their own fear system in the brain,” Lebowitz says. “It’s remarkable.” Research into the molecular underpinnings of anxiety can also inform new childhood anxiety treatments. In a recent study, Lebowitz, Silverman, and Flora Vaccarino, MD, Harris Professor in the Child Study Center, discovered that a protein known as fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) could be protective from the toxic effects of stress. FGF2 levels in children and their parents were linked to the children’s risk of developing anxiety and depression, the study showed. The findings could help explain why some children who are exposed to early life trauma such as poverty or abuse are more prone to developing mental health disorders. And FGF2 could be a target for treatment. “This is very novel because it starts to give a clue to what is the molecular chain that connects those lived experiences to the actual psychological outcomes,” Lebowitz says. New ways to study and treat childhood anxiety Michael Crowley, PhD, associate professor in the Child Study Center, collaborates with Silverman and Lebowitz to study the role that attention plays in development and maintenance of childhood anxiety. There is a large body of research that shows that anxious children, like anxious adults, are prone to focus on threatening stimuli such as angry faces compared with neutral faces. This has led to innovative interventions that involve attention retraining. The idea is that if experts train children to look away from threatening stimuli, it may reduce their anxiety—especially children with social anxiety who are most prone to attend to threats. The researchers have just completed a clinical trial for attention retraining with 10- to 14-year-olds with social anxiety disorders and are currently analyzing the findings. Besides this innovative attention retraining research, as Crowly notes, “I like to design tasks that are engaging to kids,” Crowley says. “My goal is to assess something without the kids knowing what we are assessing.” With this goal in mind, Crowley has created a virtual game, named Boom, to study threat processing in children with anxiety disorders. The game is similar to that of hot potato—the child and three digital players take turns virtually passing a ball to each other’s gloves. At some point, the ball turns into a bomb, and as the bomb lands in each player’s glove, the outline of the glove turns yellow. The goal is to avoid having the bomb go off in your glove. What isn’t obvious is that the game is designed to measure different types of threatening stimuli, both ambiguous and direct. In the game, the direct threat occurs as the bomb is traveling towards your glove. The ambiguous threat is the yellow outlined glove as it is unknown where the bomb will travel next. While children play the game, Crowley’s team measures their brain activity using electroencephalography (EEG). The researchers have discovered that in kids with anxiety, the brain reacts more strongly to ambiguous threats than it does in their peers, but less strongly to direct threats. They believe that the initial abnormally large brain response to not knowing where the bomb is going impairs the brain's ability to properly respond when the threat is actually traveling the child’s way. “The brains of children with anxiety are unable to differentiate between threats you need to do something about and those that are not your problem.” Michael Crowley, PhD, develops innovative games for studying anxiety in children and adolescents.Credit: Matt Bradbury Based on these insights, Crowley hopes to study whether interventions like attention training could restore appropriate threat processing. Crowley’s team is also working on a test called the Balloon Risk Avoidance Task, which evaluates risk-taking and avoidance behaviors. It features a digital balloon that is full of air and about to burst. Kids have six seconds to let air out of the balloon. The more air they let out, the less risk they face that the balloon will pop. But at the same time, the balloon becomes less valuable as it deflates. “The more air you keep in the balloon, the more points you get,” Crowley explains. So far, the researchers have found that when the balloons pop unexpectedly, teens with social anxiety show distinct brain responses. Studying these responses can help psychologists understand the underlying pathways driving the various manifestations of anxiety. The genetics of anxiety When Thomas Fernandez, MD, associate professor in the Child Study Center and of psychiatry, was still in training, there was a lot of excitement about understanding the genetics associated with autism spectrum disorder. Since then, scientists have identified around 250 genes associated with autism. The genetic contribution to anxiety disorders, on the other hand, has historically received less attention. Anxiety is less heritable than autism, but the genetic contribution for anxiety disorders that emerge in childhood may be higher than for anxiety disorders overall. While scientists estimate the heritability of anxiety disorders in general to be around 30% to 50%, some studies suggest higher heritability for certain childhood-onset anxiety presentations. “I saw firsthand how researchers in the field went about finding vulnerability genes for autism,” Fernandez says. “So, we’re using a very similar playbook for childhood anxiety.” “I saw firsthand how researchers in the field went about finding vulnerability genes for autism. So, we’re using a very similar playbook for childhood anxiety.” Thomas Fernandez, MD Associate Professor In the Child Study Center and in Psychiatry Now, Fernandez and Emily Olfson, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the Child Study Center, are studying children and their parents to identify genetic changes that are present in the child but not the parents, known as “de novo mutations.” “All of us have some de novo mutations—maybe about 50 to 100 sprinkled throughout the genome,” Olfson says. “But when they occur within the coding regions of genes, they can be really disruptive.” Previous research shows that people with autism have higher rates of damaging de novo mutations than the general population. In 2022, Olfson, Lebowitz, Silverman, and Fernandez published a study on 68 children and their families that found that children with anxiety had similarly high levels of these mutations. Studying de novo mutations can help point the researchers to where they should be looking for genes associated with anxiety. “The end game is using the genes to steer us toward the right part of biology that we can then target to come up with better treatments,” Fernandez says. Building on those findings, the team is now studying more families to better understand how these de novo mutations, along with other genetic and environmental factors, shape pediatric anxiety disorders. They recently received a National Institutes of Health grant to enroll 750 new families over the next five years. Olfson is the principal investigator, with co-investigators Lebowitz, Fernandez, Silverman, and Shuangge Steven Ma, PhD, department chair and professor of biostatistics at Yale School of Public Health. Neurodevelopment, Risk Genes, and Mental Health Conditions - The Olfson Lab Joel Gelernter, MD, Foundations Fund Professor of Psychiatry, is interested in how different anxiety disorders differ genomically. “We are studying social phobia, panic disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder, working to understand why people differ in their risk to these specific anxiety disorders and evaluating various risk factors,” he says. Gelernter was recently involved in one of the largest studies to date of the genomics underlying anxiety disorder. The study included around 122,000 people with anxiety disorders and around 730,000 without. It found that some genetic differences associated with anxiety were linked to signaling that helps reduce overactivity in the nervous system. Many anxiety medications available today work by targeting this process. “It’s nice when the biology that you get out of a large genome-wide study ratifies things that we already know because that can help increase confidence in further findings from the study,” Gelernter says. Uncovering the neurobiology of psychiatric disorders John Krystal, MD, Robert L. McNeil, Jr. Professor of Translational Research and chair of the Department of Psychiatry, is interested in the neurobiology of psychiatric disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), of which anxiety is a major symptom. In the late 1980s, Krystal’s team discovered that the drug yohimbine activated symptoms in patients with PTSD. “This was the first time we could link a specific biological mechanism to the symptoms of PTSD,” Krystal says. At the time, he adds, this finding was highly controversial. “A lot of people felt that PTSD was a purely psychological syndrome that didn’t have an underlying biology.” Since then, Krystal has dived deep into understanding the neurobiology of PTSD to learn how to better treat it. His team is evaluating the use of ketamine and psychedelics. These would be among the first treatments to be developed specifically for PTSD. They may also be applicable for other disorders including anxiety disorders, Krystal adds. An important gap in PTSD treatment is the absence of biological tests that inform how to best help patients manage their PTSD symptoms. A doctor doesn’t diagnose cancer based on how they feel. Rather, they use tests of the biology of the cancer to determine the best course of treatment. “And we can’t do that in any psychiatric disorder other than Alzheimer’s disease,” Krystal says. “But now we are building a foundation for this approach to the treatment of anxiety disorders for the first time.” Source: Yale School of Medicine

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Oct 5 • 6:44 AM EDT • Science • goldrushcam.com
Northwest Arkansas growing pains, national concerns top issues at Springdale political gathering

Rain and overcast skies didn’t dampen the mood at the annual Chickin, Peelin’ & Politickin’ event Thursday at Springdale’s Shiloh Square as residents, business owners and elected officials networked over plates of fried chicken and shrimp.

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Oct 5 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • arkansasadvocate.com
Here's the backstory on 6 choices Zoe Kazan made in her 'East of Eden' adaptation

Zoe Kazan's 'East of Eden' covers more ground than the film version her grandfather, Elia Kazan, directed. Here's what she told us about her vision.

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Oct 5 • 6:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
Weathering uncertainty: Construction’s mid-year assessment

2026 has been unpredictable for U.S. contractors, but the market continues to strengthen

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Oct 5 • 6:00 AM EDT • Business • crainsdetroit.com
Is a ‘political’ email sent with county government resources worth a $5K fine?

Republican County Councilman Nathan Volke is championing three ethics reforms for Anne Arundel County government, with just weeks to go before the election. What’s he hoping to accomplish? How could county government actually change?

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Oct 5 • 5:30 AM EDT • Politics • thebanner.com
NC House 115 candidates split on taxes, school vouchers

Rep. Lindsey Prather and Anthony Penland differ on property taxes, school vouchers and Raleigh's role in local decisions.

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Oct 5 • 5:03 AM EDT • Politics • citizen-times.com
‘I’m here to save lives’: Inside the unlikely Biden-Trump partnership to secure a Gaza ceasefire

Secure rooms in the US Capitol are cavernous compared to the White House Situation Room. They are designed for full committees or larger gatherings, not intimate discussions. On Nov. 20, 2024, Jake Sullivan and I had gone to one of those rooms to brief our successors two weeks after Donald Trump resoundingly defeated Kamala Harris.

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HEALTH AND FITNESS: Celebrate Walktober by going for a walk

Now that the extreme heat of our seemingly endless summer weather is behind us, being active outdoors is more enjoyable. October is a great time to get outdoors and go for a walk! That is the spirit of Walktober, an initiative adopted by health organizations, companies and communities around the globe.

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Oct 5 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • postandcourier.com
Norman celebrates local music during annual Porchfest

Attendees braved the drizzly weather to attend Norman’s annual Porchfest this weekend.

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Oct 5 • 4:51 AM EDT • Entertainment • kgou.org
Kathleen Turner Has An Iconic Response As Michael Douglas Admits To Past Affair

“What a fuss...”

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Oct 5 • 4:30 AM EDT • Entertainment • huffingtonpost.co.uk
Euro zone business growth hits over 3-1/2-year high despite inflation worries, PMI shows

By Indradip Ghosh BENGALURU, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Euro zone business activity expanded at its fastest pace in nearly 3-1/2 years in September as demand remained strong despite inflation worries stemming from the Middle East war, according to a private ​su...

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Soil Science and Sea Turtles: A UToledo Senior’s Case for Hands-On Learning

From clay soil to leatherback sea turtles, environmental science senior Rosalie Cufr is turning lab, field and international experience into a path toward sustainable agriculture.

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Oct 5 • 4:00 AM EDT • Science • news.utoledo.edu
2026 BFI London Film Festival Preview: Political Messages, Animation

Kristy Matheson previews key highlights and stars featured in the 70th edition and why she doesn't agree with people having "a grumble about how it doesn't seem like a big or a good year for cinema."

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Oct 5 • 4:00 AM EDT • Politics • hollywoodreporter.com
From NC State at 14 to Baltimore Orioles President: Catie Griggs' Unique Path
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Oct 5 • 3:31 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Students, politicians gather on Beinecke to protest Trump negotiations

On Friday afternoon, protesters marched to Beinecke Plaza, where they convened with Connecticut politicians, including Sen. Richard Blumenthal LAW ’73, to urge Yale administrators against settling a federal investigation into its admissions practices.

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Oct 5 • 3:20 AM EDT • Politics • yaledailynews.com
Taking back the night: National Night Out brings police, neighbors together

Despite being rescheduled due to inclement weather from Aug. 4 to Sept. 29, National Night Out in Union Point Park in New Bern still drew in hundreds of visitors to

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Oct 5 • 2:30 AM EDT • Entertainment • newbernsj.com
Fire science class in Cripple Creek offers career path

Students can earn certification as firefighters in the fire science class at Cripple Creek & Victor High School, with training at Four Mile.

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Oct 5 • 2:20 AM EDT • Science • gazette.com
Penguins Linked To $92.8 Million Star Forward

The discussion that fans of the Pittsburgh Penguins know is coming at some point is at least a full season away, but they won’t be able to ignore it much longer.The iconic duo of Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin aren’t getting any younger, and both players are going to call it a career sooner rather […] The post Penguins Linked To $92.8 Million Star Forward appeared first on HEAVY.

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Oct 5 • 1:16 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Russia hospitalizes almost 200 people after researcher's death from plague: reports

Nearly 200 people are under medical observation in Russia’s Irkutsk region over suspected exposure to plague, according to local media reports.

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Oct 5 • 12:16 AM EDT • Health • cnbc.com
Warning Signs of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)

Fainting or nearly fainting when you exert yourself are key warning signs of HCM. Learn the red flags to look out for and when to seek medical care.

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Oct 5 • 12:02 AM EDT • Health • health.clevelandclinic.org
Connections: Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for Oct. 5, 2026, puzzle No. 742

Welcome to Connections: Sports Edition Coach — a spot to gather clues and discuss (and share) scores.

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Oct 5 • 12:00 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
Tennessee business leaders remain optimistic about state’s economy

More than half of Tennessee business leaders absorbed higher fuel costs rather than passing them on to customers, according to a new survey by the Boyd Center for Business and

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Oct 4 • 11:30 PM EDT • Business • greenevillesun.com
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Vikings Passing Game Report Card Following Win over Dolphins
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Easing constipation: A 20-minute walk can get your gut moving almost immediately

Researchers found that just 20 minutes of comfortable walking can rapidly stimulate the gut. Within one to two minutes after exercise, bowel sounds became stronger, more frequent, and lasted longer, suggesting increased intestinal movement. The boost was brief, fading within a few minutes, but it may help explain why walking can provide relief from constipation.

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Windows 11's File Explorer is finally giving the squiggly ~ key a job, sending it straight to the user folder

There’s a new Windows 11 update that will soon give the squiggly ~ key a job, and that is to quickly open folders like your user profile, Documents, Downloads, and, sometimes very importantly, the AppData folder. Right now, if you use the full path to open AppData, you need to enter `C:UsersusernameAppData` in File Explorer, […]

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Congressman: Report Shows More Needed To Help Veteran Mental Health

The Congressional Psychedelics Advancing Therapies (PATH) Caucus released a report capturing responses to a 20...

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This mysterious hole on the Moon may open into a giant cave

NASA has selected the GIMLI project to investigate whether the Marius Hill Pit opens into a vast underground cave or lava tube. Using radar, seismic sensors, gravity measurements, and cameras, researchers will search beneath the lunar surface and estimate the size of any hidden void. Such caves could preserve clues to the Moon’s volcanic history and potentially provide protected shelters for future astronauts.

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WHO joins Pre-COP31 to advance climate action that delivers for people’s health

The World Health Organization (WHO) is joining Pacific leaders, governments and partners at Pre-COP31 in Fiji from 5 to 8 October to advance health priorities in climate action and strengthen the Pacific voice ahead of the 31st Conference of the Parties (COP31) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).COP31, to be held next month in Antalya, Türkiye, marks an important step for global climate and health action. Health is one of the 10 priority themes of the COP31 Action Agenda, “Dynamic and Resilient Health Systems”, and a dedicated Health Day will take place on 9 November, the first day of COP31. The inclusion of health reflects growing global recognition that climate action and health are closely connected. The climate crisis is affecting population health globally. Across the WHO Western Pacific Region, which includes Pacific island countries and areas, the consequences of climate change include extreme heat, cyclones, floods, rising sea levels, food and water insecurity, infectious diseases and disruptions to essential health services. The Pacific in particular faces additional challenges. A recent review of 76 hospitals in 14 Pacific island countries found that 62% of health facilities are located within 500 metres of the sea or a river, leaving them particularly exposed to flooding, storm surges and sea-level rise.Bringing Pacific priorities to the global climate agendaThe Pacific Pre-COP31 provides an important opportunity for Pacific countries and partners to consolidate regional priorities and bring the experiences and leadership of Pacific communities into global climate discussions.Pacific countries have been advancing practical approaches to protect health in a changing climate, including strengthening climate-resilient health systems, improving preparedness for extreme weather events, building resilient health infrastructure and mobilizing climate finance for health. “This Pre-COP is an important moment for the Pacific, bringing global climate discussions to a region that has long been at the forefront of the climate crisis. It provides an opportunity for Pacific countries and areas to set their priorities, experiences and leadership on the global stage, and to ensure that the realities of Pacific communities are genuinely reflected in the decisions made on climate action,” said Dr Saia Ma’u Piukala, WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific.Throughout this week, WHO will co-convene and participate in high-level discussions and events focused on climate and health, climate resilience, adaptation, financing and implementation. “Climate finance is essential for resilient and healthy Pacific communities,” emphasized Dr Mark Jacobs, WHO Representative to the South Pacific and Director of Pacific Technical Support. “We must ensure that financing reaches the people, communities and essential services most exposed to climate risks, supporting locally defined priorities and investments.”WHO will work with partners to strengthen the integration of health considerations across climate policies and investments, including national climate plans and resilience initiatives.Health as a driver of climate actionAmid the risks to health and pressures on health systems, well-strategized and implemented climate action can deliver significant health benefits. Investments in clean energy, sustainable transport, resilient infrastructure, food systems and nature-based solutions have proven to reduce health risks while contributing to climate mitigation and adaptation.“Climate action is truly an investment in health. Cleaner energy, healthier food systems and climate-resilient health services can protect lives while building stronger communities. We now need to turn these opportunities into action and make health a core part of climate investments,” said Dr Sandro Demaio, Director and Head of Office, WHO Asia-Pacific Centre for Environment and Health in the Western Pacific Region. “These benefits demonstrate that climate action is not only about reducing future risks. It is also an opportunity to improve lives today while building healthier, safer and more resilient societies.”At COP31 next month, WHO will also support the Health Pavilion, which will bring together the global health community and partners to advance health and equity within climate negotiations. With COP31 poised to move health higher on the global climate agenda, WHO will continue working with countries and partners across the Western Pacific Region and globally to strengthen climate-resilient and low-carbon health systems, and ensure that climate action protects and improves people’s health.____________________Media contactsElizabeth Bennett, WHO Asia-Pacific Centre for Environment and Health in the Western Pacific Region, elizabeth.bennett@who.intJulia Dongwhan Shin, WHO Asia-Pacific Centre for Environment and Health in the Western Pacific Region, dong.shin@who.intWHO Western Pacific Communications, wprocom@who.int

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Coffee-Rich Diet May Be Linked to Better Breast Cancer Outcomes, But Experts Urge Caution

A new study is again drawing attention to a popular morning beverage: coffee. Researchers found that women with breast cancer who consumed higher amounts of polyphenols, naturally occurring plant compounds abundant in coffee and many plant-based foods, experienced lower rates of breast cancer-related death over a long-term follow-up period.

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Oct 4 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • baptisthealth.net
Training for Your First Marathon? Avoid These Common Injuries

As fall gets underway, runners, across the country begin mapping out training schedules for upcoming long-distance events. For new distance runners, however, increasing mileage can introduce an unwelcome training partner: injury.

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Giants Rookies Steal the Show in Win Over Cardinals
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Having a fine country time at WIOV-105\'s FallFest 2026 [photos]

In Lancaster County, the beginning of fall means country music. A lot of country music, with fans gathered in lawn chairs and on blankets in the open field of a

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Health fair connects peninsula families to care close to home

ILWACO — Richelle De Villa didn’t come to Ocean Beach Health’s Community Health Fair alone. She brought six family members: her father, sister, brother, sister-in-law, and a niece and nephew, […]

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Who Will Replace Pedro Guerrero as Marlins' Hitting Coach?

After a rather apathetic offensive performance in 2026, the FIsh are looking for a change

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Scientists discover 57 new marine species lurking in the depths of the South Atlantic
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Boston 25 News

A local college student’s auto detailing business has grown from helping family and neighbors to servicing the vehicles of professional athletes across New England.

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Gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds speaks to FAMU for first townhall

The FAMU community gathered at Lee Hall to ask questions and hear from Byron Donalds, republican candidate for governor.

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Scientists discover 57 new marine species lurking in the depths of the South Atlantic

A group of scientists in Argentina discovered dozens of new species in the South Atlantic Ocean, shedding new light on one of the world’s most biologically dynamic regions.

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Readers Write: Health care, AI, Minneapolis City Council and Public Schools, the death penalty

Be an informed health care voter this November.

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Oct 4 • 2:28 PM EDT • Health • startribune.com
Colts top Commanders in NFL London game

Indianapolis running back Jonathan Taylor ran for two touchdowns as the Colts defeated the injury-hit Washington Commanders 30-13 on Sunday in the NFL's latest foray in London.

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Booked, busy and really pregnant: 'Verity' star Anne Hathaway's nonstop year of blockbusters

Hathaway's Instagram bio — a casual list of the five films she's starred in this year — is further proof of how busy she's been.

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Hispanic Heritage Month has culture meet care amid AHA latest studies

Hispanic Heritage Month offers communities across the country a vital opportunity to come together in celebration of culture, art, and history. But health advocates are using local gatherings to shine a light on a critical health shift affecting millions of families nationwide.

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How Enceladus' ocean spray becomes chemically diverse ice grains

Saturn's icy moon Enceladus hides a global ocean beneath its frozen surface. From fractures near its south pole, material from this ocean is ejected into space as a plume of water vapor and ice particles. ...

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Gypsy Rose Blanchard Is Advocating For Stricter Online Harassment Laws After Fiancé's Death

Ken Urker was found dead on his 34th birthday at his home in Louisiana.

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Oct 4 • 11:46 AM EDT • Entertainment • huffpost.com
California Politics 360 full episode

In Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump gathered leaders of major tech companies this week to talk about AI rules moving forward.

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Jets fan confidence rises despite loss to Lions

The Jets might have lost in Week 3 to the Detroit Lions, but fans took real positives from the game. That statement is true if you believe our latest SB Nation Reacts poll. Fan confidence in the team fell to 48 percent a week ago in the aftermath of the Jets’ crushing Week 2 overtime […]

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Column: More than just a phase: The real science behind why teens feel everything so intensely

When a minor inconvenience feels like the end of the world, take a deep breath. Remember you’re navigating the complex reality of a growing mind.

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Halftime: Colts lead Commanders, 10-6

LONDON (WRTV) - The Colts head in to halftime leading the Commanders, 10-6. Daniel Jones had two turnovers (a fumble and an interception) in the first half. The Colts rallied though, scoring a touchdown on a 5-yard Jonathan Taylor rush late in the second quarter to get on the scoreboard and take the lead. The […]

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NAMIWalks Charleston brings community together to fight mental health stigma

People gathered at Palmetto Islands County Park on Saturday for NAMIWalks Charleston, an annual event focused on raising awareness, building community and expan

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NH's Business: Homeownership affordability across the state

Fred Kocher sits down with Heather McCann with NH Housing to talk about housing availability and affordability across the state.

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Rahm Emmanuel says Democrats should focus on ethics reforms rather than impeaching Trump

Democrats have publicly weighed wether they should pursue impeaching Trump for a third time.

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Trauma Farming: the New Politics of Public Suffering | Ash Sarkar meets Catherine Liu

The new politics of public suffering.

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Embarrassment Is A Choice

No need to throw the baby out with the bath water, but that bath water is filthy.

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From detailing family cars to cleaning rides for Patriots players: Local college student’s business

A local college student’s auto detailing business has grown from helping family and neighbors to servicing the vehicles of professional athletes across New England.

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How the shooting death of a Houston father is igniting Latino politics in Texas

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed on his way to work by ICE agents, who said he used his vehicle as a weapon. An outraged community is demanding justice — and change.

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How Americans’ Financial Health Is Faring In The “K-Shaped” Economy

Hey all, Jason here. Money20/20 is still two weeks away, but I’ve already started packing (not procrastinating for once!). My calendar is already filling up with various sessions I want to catch, meetings, and of course happy hours, dinners, and other side events. If you’ll be in Vegas and want to catch up, let me know by replying to this email, and we can try to find a time amidst the chaos of the Venetian. A big if not totally unexpected piece of news dropped on Friday: the Independent Community Bankers of America, a trade group that represents smaller U.S. banks, filed a lawsuit against the OCC and Comptroller Jonathan Gould, arguing that the regulator’s move to grant trust bank charters to firms seeking to use them to conduct substantial non-fiduciary activities exceeds the authorities granted to the OCC by Congress. I haven’t had time to fully digest the legal filing or speak to folks in my network about it, but you can expect to see coverage and analysis on it in next week’s newsletter. Subscribe or Support by Upgrading The NerdCon agenda just dropped. It’s stacked. Partner content: Nubank built an AI-first bank. Chime built its own banking core. Figure and Valon are rebuilding the mortgage stack. At NerdCon, you’ll hear from the people behind those bets: what they chose, what they learned, and what they’re still figuring out. The agenda is live, with leaders from Nubank, Chime, OpenAI, Remitly, Mercury, Figure, Valon and more. Follow the mainstage conversations, bring the problem your team is wrestling with to a hands-on workshop, or pull up a chair at a roundtable. Pick your quests. Meet us in San Diego, November 18–20. Fintech Business Weekly readers save 20% with code FBW20. Explore the Agenda Things To Know & Other Good Reads Federal Reserve Board finalizes changes to enhance the transparency and public accountability of its stress test and reduce volatility in its stress test-related capital requirements (Federal Reserve Board of Governors) FDIC Announces Conclusion of Independent Monitorship (FDIC) Modernizing Financial Regulation: Initial Observations from eSLR (Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman) The Data Version of Godzilla versus Kong: FRED Takes on AI (Fed Governor Christopher Waller) Financing the AI buildout (Brookings) Q3’26: Rules for Banks but Not for Crypto (Fintech Takes Banking) The Inevitability of Local Stablecoins (Lombard Notes) Delusions of AI Governance: The Human-in-the-Loop Comfort Blanket (Fintech Snark Tank) Stripe agrees to acquire Parafin to expand revenue opportunities for platforms and help small businesses grow (Stripe) Listen: Fighting Fraud in the Age of AI, with SEON’s Tamas Kadar (Fintech Business Weekly) How Americans’ Financial Health Is Faring In The “K-Shaped” Economy If there is one overarching theme across the economy and politics in the U.S. at the moment, it’s “affordability.” The term is vague enough to encompass a panoply of factors shaping Americans’ day-to-day lives: rising costs for the hallmarks of being “middle class,” including healthcare, housing, childcare, and education, inflation and rising interest rates, and a job market with the specter of AI hovering over it. At the same time, policy shifts under the Trump administration have resulted in reduced subsidies to those who get health insurance under the Affordable Care Act and new restrictions on qualifying for Medicaid and SNAP, the impacts of which have yet to be fully felt. These factors are contributing to declining consumer confidence and general dissatisfaction with the economy, despite continuing GDP growth and stock market records. This divergence is encapsulated in the idea of the “K-shaped” economy, in which a small proportion of Americans have seen their wealth balloon, while the majority of American households struggle to preserve the lifestyle they have. Perhaps the greatest determinant of which branch of the “K” a household is on is whether their wealth and income are primarily derived from employment vs. from assets. Nearly two decades of low interest rates and, more recently, elevated rates of inflation have benefited asset owners, while those whose income is primarily or solely derived from labor have largely seen real purchasing power stagnate or decline. This is reflected in recent Bureau of Labor Statistics data showing that labor share of U.S. GDP — the fraction of economic output that accrues to workers as compensation in exchange for their labor — dropped to just 52.8% in Q2 2026, the lowest since the BLS began keeping records. In 1947, approximately 2/3rds of economic output accrued to workers; even as recently as 2001, labor’s share of GDP was 64.1%. Against this backdrop, we’ve seen the rise of more credit and credit-like products: cash advance apps, “no-fee” overdraft, earned wage access, and buy now pay later, which are often used as small-dollar short-term borrowing mechanisms to meet immediate consumption needs or pay other bills (eg utilities, cell phone, other debt payments). With the markers of a middle class existence and, increasingly, basic financial stability seemingly out of reach for many, it should be no surprise there’s been an increase in “financial nihilism,” something industry peers like Alex Johnson and Frank Rotman have discussed and analyzed the roots of. The explosion of gambling and gambling-adjacent products and services — often marketed under the guise of being an “investment” — is inextricably intertwined with the rise of financial nihilism. Crypto, sports betting, and, more recently, prediction markets offer an escape or even hope of sorts, like a contemporary, digital version of a scratch-off lottery ticket, while leaving the overwhelming number of people who use such products worse off. Share of Households That Are Financially “Vulnerable” Ticks Up The Financial Health Network’s 2026 Financial Health Pulse® report adds context on how American households are faring. (I linked to this report in last week’s newsletter, but wanted to take time to further unpack the data in the report this week.) The Financial Health Network publishes the report annually, providing insight into how Americans’ financial circumstances are changing over time. The 2026 report is derived from a survey fielded in April and May 2026. The report leverages survey responses to assess indicators of financial health across spending, saving, borrowing, and planning/protecting and to determine a zero to 100 “FinHealth” score. Those with scores between 0 and 39 are considered “Financially Vulnerable,” consumers with scores ranging between 40 and 79 are defined as “Financially Coping,” and those with scores of 80 to 100 are “Financially Healthy.” The report found that moderate improvements in 2025 were reversed, with the share of respondents considered financially “vulnerable” rebounding to 17%. The longitudinal data reflect the impact of pandemic-era programs, like expanded unemployment, cash stimulus payments, and pauses of federal student loan payments. The positive impacts of those programs, as reflected in the Financial Health Pulse reports, had largely disappeared by 2023. While pandemic-era inflation — to be fair, in part caused by the various support and stimulus measures — had come down from as high as 9% in 2022, it has rebounded since the start of Trump’s second term, with tariffs and energy market disruptions owing to the war in Iran pushing prices back up. Specific indicators in the survey that deteriorated from 2025 to 2026 include the share of respondents spending less than their income over the past 12 months, the share paying all bills on time over the past 12 months, the share that have a manageable amount or no debt, the share that are “moderately” or “very” confident their insurance is adequate to cover them in an emergency, and the share that “somewhat” or “strongly” agree that their household plans ahead financially. Unsurprisingly, lower- and moderate-income households are more likely to struggle to pay their bills on time and have any funds leftover to save. The share of low-income households whose income exceeded their spending dropped from 35% in 2025 to 31% in 2026, while the share of upper-income households whose income exceeded expenses remained unchanged at 63%. Households with student loans or revolving credit card debt reported having “a bit more” or “far more” debt than was manageable at rates far higher than those not carrying these types of debts. The share of those with student loan debt indicating their debt load was too high to manage increased from 50% in 2025 to 55% in 2026, while the share of those with revolving credit card debt saying the same ticked up from 51% in 2025 to 54% in 2026. Households that had student loans were markedly more likely to be financially “coping” or “vulnerable” vs. those without student loans. In 2026, 27% of households with student loans were considered financially vulnerable, a jump of 6% points vs. 2025. Households without student loans saw just a 1% point increase (not statistically significant) in those considered financially vulnerable. Households’ perception of the affordability of categories of goods and services paints a stark picture, with less than one-fourth considering higher education affordable, about a third deeming childcare affordable, and less than half viewing healthcare as affordable. Fintech Business Weekly is made possible by the generous support of paying subscribers — bringing you independent analysis of banking, fintech, and crypto without fear or favor. You can support my work by becoming a paying subscriber if you aren’t already. Paying subscribers enjoy: access to the entire archive of nearly six years of newsletters extended versions of the weekly newsletter, with additional content and analysis and (for founding member tier) quarterly personal 1:1 fintech Q&A / strategy calls with me, tapping into my unparalleled knowledge of the intersection of banking and fintech and experience working in the sector, including helping to launch Goldman Sachs’ retail bank Marcus Support Fintech Business Weekly You can also support Fintech Business Weekly by sponsoring a newsletter or podcast, putting you in front of 93,000+ of the most influential decision makers in banking, fintech, and crypto. Learn more about sponsor opportunities or request a media kit by dropping me an email. Democratic Senate Report Highlights How Iran Uses Tether to Evade U.S. Sanctions Iran uses stablecoins, specifically Tether, to evade sanctions, fund regional proxies, and to purchase military drones, a report released last week by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations says. The report was authored by committee ranking member Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and the minority staff. Crypto and stablecoin proponents will often push back on criticism that criminals make use of these assets by arguing that, on an absolute dollar basis, far more illicit funds flow through traditional banking systems and payment rails than via crypto and stablecoins. And while that is likely true, it elides the reality presented in news story after news story: whether state actors — Russia, Iran, North Korea — or criminal groups, those looking to engage in illicit transactions increasingly favor stablecoins and, specifically, Tether (USDT). The report from the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released last week adds context to how Iran uses Tether has a lynchpin in its shadow banking system. The report analyzed 846 wallets that have been sanctioned or targeted for seizure, finding that 84% of them transacted exclusively or primarily in Tether. The ability to create near limitless, anonymous wallets and to move funds effectively instantaneously and irreversibly have made crypto a favored financial mechanism for bad actors. Stablecoins solved key drawbacks of bitcoin, namely, the original cryptocurrency’s highly volatile value in dollars. And while Tether (the company) has the technical ability to “freeze” or destroy funds, the company is often limited and reactive in its approach to doing so, the Senate report argues. Tether, which is nominally based in crypto-friendly El Salvador, “has stated that its compliance with OFAC sanctions is ‘voluntary’ and that it follows ‘OFAC guidelines,’” the Senate report says. Owing to these favorable attributes, Tether “became a primary cryptocurrency for Iran, Hamas, Hizballah, and the Houthis beginning in 2023 and has expanded in scale since,” according to the report. Tether’s role in Iran’s shadow banking system, the report says, is enhanced by crypto exchanges like Bybit, Kyrrex, OKX, Gate, and Binance, and through “over the counter” exchanges and hawala networks. The consequences of these financial flows aren’t hypothetical. The Senate report links Tether as a funds transfer mechanism to Iranian proxies in the region, including Hizballah, the Houthis, and Hamas. Tether has also been used to make payments to secure components necessary to manufacture drones, the report says. The report concludes by arguing that “[s]tablecoin issuers with a significant nexus to the United States, particularly those that offer dollar-denominated stablecoins, should be subject to American sanctions law rather than being allowed to hide behind foreign jurisdictions.” Stablecoin issuers like Tether must be held accountable for repeated failures to prevent illicit finance and sanctions violations by law enforcement, the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and OFAC, the report argues. [Paying Subscriber Exclusive] OUSD Goes Live, Make Your Own Neobank, U.S. Sanctions Russia’s A7 Network As “Transnational Criminal Organization” OpenUSD, the stablecoin issued by the Open Standard consortium that includes Stripe, Visa, Mastercard, core providers, crypto firms, and numerous banks, went live last week. Social commerce platform Whop raised eyebrows in fintech by offering creators on its platform the ability to launch their own neobanks, which the company describes as “great businesses that are easy to run,” in just 15 minutes. And OFAC and FinCEN target Russia’s “shadow banking” A7 Network — more on these stories after the paywall.

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Chick-fil-A wants to stay a family business even as it expands in the U.S. and abroad

Chick-fil-A has been expanding into new international markets and growing its menu under CEO Andrew Cathy.

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The Blade | Toledo's breaking news, sports, and entertainment watchdog

A Pulitzer Prize winner, The Blade covers Toledo's news, sports, weather and entertainment scene, including most of northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan

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Iconic singer’s death at 63 rocks music world: ‘Was such a powerhouse bluesy vocalist’

Her family announced her death on social media.

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Iconic singer’s death at 63 rocks music world: ‘Was such a powerhouse bluesy vocalist’

Her family announced her death on social media.

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Daughter of MP murdered five years ago says politicians still at risk

Katie Amess questions if anything has changed to protect politicians five years after her father's death.

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Daughter of murdered MP Sir David Amess says politicians still at risk

Katie Amess questions if anything has changed to protect politicians five years after her father's death.

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We Must Fight Health Misinformation With Empathy

People reported being more likely to take advice when they believe, first, that their concerns and experience have been taken seriously, writes Dr. Megan L. Ranney.

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My students are politically apathetic. Here’s what colleges can do to get them involved and engaged. (Opinion)

Although colleges might not think it’s their job to teach their students how to talk about civics, government and American democracy, it is. Instead of leaving families, the internet, and the nation’s K-12 schools to do the heavy lifting, i…

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The Youth Sports Industry Has The Recipe For Athletic Success All Wrong

Roughly 70% of kids in the U.S. have quit sports by age 13.

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Some Democrats, Scarred by 2024, Take a Harder Line on Trans Athletes

Democrats competing in historically conservative territory in the midterms are more aggressively responding to Republican attacks casting them as extreme.

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Here are 20 nominees for StarNews Athlete of the Week

It's up to you to decide the next StarNews Athlete of the Week. With 20 nominees, who's your pick?

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India report card for Asian Games 2026: Archery, Boxing A+, B for Shooting while Tennis gets an F

Here's the complete list of 499 athletes who will represent India at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya.

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Flathead Business Watercooler

Events happening related to business in the Flathead Valley

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3 Big Questions for the A's This Offseason

With a GM vacancy, a need for pitching, and veterans who may no longer fit the roster as we look ahead, the A's will have plenty of big decisions to make this offseason.

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High school sports roundup for Oct. 2-3, 2026

Friday, Oct. 2 Football Edmonds-Woodway defeated Lynnwood 48-6 Nathan Schlack scored three touchdowns and the Edmonds-Woodway Warriors defense held the Lynnwood Royals to 37 yards of total offense as the […]

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Austin Wells Mistake Costs Yankees ALDS Game 1

They teach you this in Little League. “Don’t make the third out at third base,” says a father coaching the team of kids young enough to not yet realize that their dreams of making it to the major leagues are probably far fetched. Occasionally, though, those players make it to Major League Baseball. And every […] The post Austin Wells Mistake Costs Yankees ALDS Game 1 appeared first on HEAVY.

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HSSPX: West De Pere FRCC-North Frontrunners

(WFRV) – In this week’s episode of High School Sports Xtra, we featured a thriller in our Game of the Week between West De Pere and Bayport. We also put the spotlight on our Xceptional Athlete from Bonduel, Carter Moesch, and recapped the best matchups from week 7 of the high school football season.

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XCEPTIONAL ATHLETE: Bonduel’s Carter Moesch

Bonduel, Wis (WFRV) – This week Local 5 Sports highlights our Xceptional Athlete Carter Moesch, a four year varsity football player for Bonduel High School. Moesch plays both offense and defense for the Bears, serving as a running back and a linebacker. He excels in both positions, but if he had to choose one, his […]

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Oct 4 • 12:20 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Connections: Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for Oct. 4, 2026, puzzle No. 741

Welcome to Connections: Sports Edition Coach — a spot to gather clues and discuss (and share) scores.

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Oct 4 • 12:00 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
WATCH: Midwestern State hosts senior night and military appreciation night

WICHITA FALLS – Stang Park hosted a pair of events Saturday evening for No. 3 Midwestern State men’s soccer’s conference matchup with Oklahoma Christian. Airmen from Shephard Air Force Base were welcomed for a pizza dinner and as guests of honor for military appreciation night, while senior players and athletic trainers were honored on senior […]

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Oct 3 • 11:50 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Hundreds gather in Duxbury to raise awareness for perinatal mental health support

Hundreds of people came together in Duxbury Saturday to make sure parents struggling with their mental health know they don’t have to face it alone.

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Oct 3 • 11:00 PM EDT • Health • boston25news.com
Culver City protesters demand Sony, Amazon, other studios defend democracy

LOS ANGELES — On a sweltering Saturday, around 100 people gathered in Culver City for a rally and march to deliver a message to several major media companies: Help us

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Oct 3 • 9:39 PM EDT • Entertainment • thederrick.com
WQAD News 8

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Oct 3 • 9:37 PM EDT • Health • youtube.com
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