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Flyers and NexGen Hyperbaric Announce Multi-Year Partnership Extension

Extension Builds on Multiple Seasons of Experience and Continues Flyers' Commitment to True Medical-Grade Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Player Health, Recovery and Performance.

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Sep 22 • 9:00 AM EDT • Health • nhl.com
Concern at Barcelona over Raphinha: 35,000 kilometres this break

FC Barcelona heads into this international break deeply concerned about the physical toll awaiting Raphinha. The Blaugrana winger will cover around 35,000 kilometers to fulfill his commitments with th...

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Sep 22 • 8:47 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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EPFL will celebrate its Healthy Campus certification during its upcoming "Health Days"

EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) has received the FISU’s Healthy Campus label with the highest certification level—platinum. It earned a score of 99 out of 100 in recognition of its comprehensive commitment to health. EPFL has officially—and with honours—joined the ranks of universities that make the health of their community a daily priority. To […]

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Sep 22 • 8:19 AM EDT • Health • fisu.net
MIT’s tiny flying robot gets 450% faster with AI

A new AI control system lets MIT’s tiny flying robot move with insect-like agility, boosting its speed by about 450 percent and allowing it to pull off 10 somersaults in 11 seconds. The technology could eventually enable miniature robots to search earthquake rubble and navigate dangerous spaces that conventional drones cannot reach.

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Sep 22 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Bobcat Company pledges $1M to Fargo Moorhead Science Museum

Plans for a regional science museum in Fargo received a major boost after Bobcat Company committed $1 million to the project, the Fargo Moorhead Science Museum announced Monday.

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Sep 22 • 7:51 AM EDT • Science • valleynewslive.com
Graham Nash at the Smith Sept. 23

GENEVA — After the decades of the breakups, the fights, the reconciliations, and David Crosby’s death, Graham Nash said he is at a point in his life where he is

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Sep 22 • 7:40 AM EDT • Entertainment • fltimes.com
Homebuilding permits plunge in Charlotte metro as builders face infrastructure issues, rising land prices

Building permits in Charlotte dropped 17.7% through July as zoning and infrastructure challenges constrain homebuilder supply.

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Sep 22 • 7:33 AM EDT • Business • bizjournals.com
Summer spending put Alonso in 'impossible position'

Chelsea's Xabi Alonso as well as Roberto de Zerbi of Tottenham are in an "impossible position" this season, believes The Observer's Rory Smith. The managers took charge of their clubs in the spring and oversaw a lot of activity in the transfer window, with Chelsea and Spurs ending the summer as the second and third-highest spenders respectively. Smith says the changes to their squads is why Alonso and De Zerbi need time to build coherence in their sides.

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Sep 22 • 7:14 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
There’s a Limit to How Much GLP-1s Can Do, According to a New Study

New research suggests the lifestyle perks may be overblown.

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Sep 22 • 7:10 AM EDT • Health • prevention.com
Mitchell Robinson: "Jalen (Brunson) is so dialed in. …

Mitchell Robinson: "Jalen (Brunson) is so dialed in. …

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Sep 22 • 7:09 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Everything You Know About Political Violence Is Probably Wrong

Public disagreement about whether political violence is rising and who is responsible for it stems not from ideology alone but from competing definitions about what should be counted.

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Sep 22 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • wired.com
Perkiomen's Patrese Feamster has "unfinished" business after committing to UMass

By Matt Allibone (@Bad2theAllibone) Patrese Feamster could have felt elated. He could have felt relieved. He had just accomplished a lifelong goal, after all. Instead, Feamster had a different feeling after committing to UMass earlier this month. The feeling is unfinished,” Feamster s

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Sep 22 • 6:15 AM EDT • Business • cityofbasketballlove.com
New free produce stand opens for Cudahy residents

Cudahy residents can now access free fresh produce at the health department to help address limited local grocery options.

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Sep 22 • 6:04 AM EDT • Health • jsonline.com
'Survivor 51' full cast: Meet the 21 new castaways battling for $1 million

The new season ushers in the 'Open Era' — and no twist from the show's past is off-limits.

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Sep 22 • 6:03 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Cade Smith takes consistent, disciplined approach to mound for Guardians

Closer Cade Smith continues to take a consistent and disciplined approach to the mound for the first-place Cleveland Guardians.

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Sep 22 • 5:55 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Providence is poised to have a pro-Palestine mayor. Its Jewish community is conflicted.

The win by a democratic socialist aligned with the pro-Palestine movement has prompted fears, as antisemitism is on the rise and a divestment question aimed at Israel is on the ballot.

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Sep 22 • 5:30 AM EDT • Politics • bostonglobe.com
How lip-syncing to AI let Forced Entertainment ‘play the game of theatre’

Today we have a fascinating piece by long-time Forced Entertainment fan Ben Kulvichit, speaking to Tim Etchells about their latest show Cold Sweat, how they are integrating lip-sync and AI voices into their work, the question of ‘authenticity’ on stage, and how lip-sync has even opened the door for them to make “something a little bit like drama”. This piece is a paid partnership with the Southbank Centre, where you can see Cold Sweat next month – we’re very grateful to the Southbank Centre for their ongoing support for Exeunt. Holly Williams ‘It was immediately interesting and uncanny’ **By Ben Kulvichit** “Is the microphone on?” So goes one of the opening lines of Signal to Noise, delivered by a human performer lip-syncing to an AI-generated voice. The voice is American, cheery but sluggish, slowed down into a gelatinous drawl. It repeats ad infinitum in a farce of stuckness; an answer never materialises. I find myself asking the same question as I hop on a Google Meet call with Tim Etchells, the artistic director of Forced Entertainment. We spend five or ten minutes frowning at each other, muting and unmuting, me gesticulating in semaphore into my webcam, checking if I am coming through now, restarting the laptop. To Etchells, I appear exaggeratedly mouthing words, my voice missing. In this gloopy purgatory of broken communication, life imitates art imitates life imitates art. We try a Zoom instead. Forced Entertainment, the pioneering British theatre company who have been at the avant-garde of performance since the 1980s, turned an interesting artistic corner with Signal to Noise, created on the occasion of their 40th anniversary. The whole performance employed this lip-sync technique to AI voices; on the face of it a left-field move from a company whose identity has long been grounded in the earthy, immediate presences of its performers and its unassuming, low-tech approach to theatricality. The technique, however, turned out to provide the company with a “rich new seam” of artistic enquiry, and has now spawned a trilogy of works. The second instalment, Cold Sweat, plays at Sheffield Theatres, Southbank Centre, and Lancaster Arts in October, while the third part, Everything Must Go, has been touring in Europe and is slated to come to the UK in 2027. As is often the case with Forced Entertainment shows, the main conceit for this work didn’t arrive until quite late. They were “four or five weeks into rehearsals for Signal to Noise,” Etchells recalls, and getting nowhere. Away from rehearsals, he had been playing around with feeding “weird texts” to AI voices to see how they would cope with them – “basically for my own amusement” – and was compelled by the uniformly “serviceable, benign, good-natured” tone they would read in, no matter how poetic, fractured or experimental the writing. On a hunch, he brought some examples into rehearsals and the performers gave lip-syncing a go. “It was immediately interesting and uncanny,” he recalls, with the performers having to deal in the moment with the problem of mapping themselves onto another artificial ‘performer,’ which itself was dealing with the problem of a very human text. “Almost all the writing for these projects would be useless to us unless it was done in this way,” says Etchells. “We wouldn’t know what to do with it. It’s too poetic. It’s too fictional. It’s too tangled.” But exploring lip-syncing along to the text has opened “an enormous reservoir of ways of thinking about writing and performing.” Subscribe to Exeunt, and get two in-depth pieces on theatre a week, direct to your inbox Subscribe Forced Entertainment have long been sifting through the detritus of popular culture, from daytime TV to end-of-the-pier vaudeville, magic acts and clown shows, to find frameworks for their own unusual entertainments. Lip-syncing, then, makes sense for them to experiment with. As a mode of performance, it’s wired into popular consciousness through pop stars trying to convince stadium audiences of their liveness, or those same voices as channeled through the made-up lips of contestants on RuPaul’s Drag Race, or movie dialogue spreading virally through the host bodies of TikTok users. For Etchells, lip-syncing is often about “approaching real voices and trying to take on their aura,” subsuming that original human presence into yours. “There’s a very basic, elemental sort of theatre magic to it, produced in this very easy way.” This broad approach resonates with instances of lip-syncing within contemporary performance, too. In works like Re-Member Me and Showmanism, performance artist Dickie Beau acts as a kind of spirit medium for archival recordings (this process of re-membering – as in, giving corporeal form to voices – relies on his masterfully precise actor’s technique), while Frankie Thompson is similarly possessed by a host of characters ranging from a nine-year-old Jacob Rees-Mogg to Cliff Richards, all of whom she finds compellingly nauseating, in the exorcism ritual that is her latest show, Horrible Things. What’s different about Forced Entertainment’s use of lip-syncing is that here, there is no original presence to be channeled. The performers are instead taking on what Etchells describes as “the voices of nobody,” or rather the “phantasmic, aggregated echoes” of the many many voices on whose data the AI has been trained, and which are now conjuring into existence words they never actually said. There is a sort of mournful, empty quality to these voices, having “washed up” far away from the people they originally belonged to, to find themselves in stranger’s mouths listing objects, wondering if anyone can hear them and glitching in interminable loops. There is a cold, sad anonymity to it all. Etchells remarks that occasionally the software company he used has notified him that particular people are withdrawing their voices from the platform, instructing him to cease use of those voices. Using these technologies in performance certainly brings up ethical questions around digital rights, consent, identity and ownership, although in the grand scheme of things, Etchells is fairly blasé about it: of all the purposes someone’s voice might be put to without their knowledge, “an avant-garde performance is probably the least of their worries.” [ ](https://exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/frankie-thompson-horrible-things-essay-mental-health-compulsive-behaviours-pleasance-courtyard-soho-theatre) [ Frankie Thompson: How I manage my own ‘horrible things’ at the Edinburgh Fringe ](https://exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/frankie-thompson-horrible-things-essay-mental-health-compulsive-behaviours-pleasance-courtyard-soho-theatre) Exeunt · Aug 25 [ Read full story ](https://exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/frankie-thompson-horrible-things-essay-mental-health-compulsive-behaviours-pleasance-courtyard-soho-theatre) For the performers, though, lip-syncing to these strange, artificial voices is an odd task, requiring them to bend their live, human presence into the shapes produced by machines. Politically, it mirrors processes that are already at play in the continued computational automation of human life. Etchells brings up James Bridle’s writings on new technologies as a reference point: one example Bridle gives is of “chaotic storage”, a logistics technique employed by Amazon fulfilment centres whereby items are stored not according to traditional methods of categorisation or alphabetisation, but in a way that an algorithm determines to produce the most efficient routes for ‘picking’ based on customer purchase patterns. This appears completely random and incomprehensible to humans, with paddling pools sitting next to USB sticks sitting next to blowtorches, and so for the warehouse workers, the process of picking items becomes completely reliant on technology which tells them where to go. Our world is increasingly being designed not with humans in mind, but rather machines. As Etchells puts it, “technology malforms the space, and then you end up having to live in it.” Initially, Forced Entertainment tried their best to live in the world of machines: “I was in the it’s-got-to-be-perfect school of lip-sync,” says Etchells. But with their aesthetic being so tied to the failing act, the slipping mask, the shoddy costume, “it’s no surprise really that that didn’t last.” Instead, the performers got to enjoy being late for a line, or playing games with each other, “stealing” each other’s voices. Etchells compares it to the principles of ventriloquism, in which a free-floating voice unattached to a body is fundamentally discomforting and “sort of traumatic”. That discomfort is equally as alluring to Forced Entertainment as the satisfaction of precision, the pretence of authenticity only interesting if shown to be a pretence. Lip-sync has also opened up new avenues for the company. Having been allergic all their lives to Plays-with-a-capital-P, with Cold Sweat Forced Entertainment find themselves approaching something a little bit like drama. Rather than the presentational arena of Signal to Noise’s open white stage, Cold Sweat places us more decisively in a “fictional locale”: what appears to be “the aftermath of some disastrous party or backyard drinking binge” where three figures – family members, or neighbours, perhaps – are the last ones standing. “It’s all quite acrimonious and accusatory, everyone’s talking over each other.” For Etchells, this more fictional mode is “a door that we’ve never been able to open. We’ve just never really gone there.” Perhaps it is the technique of lip-syncing, an extra buffer of mediation, that allows them to venture away from the here-and-now without feeling that they have to commit to the “psychological claptrap” that comes along with acting; to be able to “play the game of theatre, without getting one’s hands too dirty.” As I wonder how else the impulses behind Forced Entertainment’s work have changed over time, it occurs to me that over the last ten years of new creations, with the exception of If All Else Fails, the company’s performers haven’t ever spoken on stage: there were two shows without any language at all, Out of Order and Under Bright Light, and then this trilogy of lip-sync works. Etchells agrees it’s a shift away from earlier productions, that were so often about “the actual voices of the performers and their actual presences. We had a lot of money, in some ways, on an authentic approach to what it might mean to speak on the stage.” But this sense of authentic presence itself had a fakeness to it; these days, Etchells can’t stand that mode of being onstage where performers “are here to be cheeky and witty versions of themselves. I don’t want to be charmed.” Pulling back into a more anonymous space has resulted in works that feel slightly sharper-edged, more brutal in a way. “All of these shows are post-Brexit, post-Trump, post-truth, post-everything,” Etchells notes. Speech, charisma, authenticity – these things feel politically loaded, and perhaps warmth and openness just don’t feel like the right tools to reflect the world we’re living in. “It feels like the space is closing down, and we’re trying to deal with the fact that the system, the structure that you’re in, is more oppressive and more powerful. It probably always was, but I think we’re just more tuned to it now.” Yet even without their voices, the performers’ distinctive presences – ones that many audiences have followed around for years, if not decades – still, inevitably, shine through as they physically navigate whatever unending task the system of the piece has set for them. They’re still trying to keep up with the onslaught of text, still running about, changing costumes, moving stuff around. The human is always stuck in the teeth of the machine, jamming the smooth, frictionless cheeriness of the not-real, gesticulating silently, trying desperately to communicate. Cold Sweat is at Sheffield Theatres, 2 to 3 October; Southbank Centre, London, 9 to 10 October; Lancaster Arts, 14 October [ ](https://exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/exeunt-recommends-the-best-autumn-theatre-2026-lives-of-others-standard-of-living-our-friends-in-the-north-lanny-) [ Exeunt recommends... the best autumn theatre ](https://exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/exeunt-recommends-the-best-autumn-theatre-2026-lives-of-others-standard-of-living-our-friends-in-the-north-lanny-) Exeunt · Sep 16 [ Read full story ](https://exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/exeunt-recommends-the-best-autumn-theatre-2026-lives-of-others-standard-of-living-our-friends-in-the-north-lanny-) This piece was paid for by the Southbank Centre. Such support helps Exeunt to keep publishing the most interesting writing, about the most exciting theatre. Interested in partnering with Exeunt? 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Sep 22 • 5:02 AM EDT • Entertainment • exeuntmagazine.substack.com
Businesses ‘frozen out’ of Trump’s tariff channel with China

The private sector is largely in the dark about the Trump administration's plans for a "Board of Trade" to oversee reductions on billions of dollars worth of duties.

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Sep 22 • 5:00 AM EDT • Business • politico.com
A Supreme Court order could upend the price of political ads on TV. Here’s how.

During one week in early September, Sen. Susan Collins (R‑Maine), one of her joint fundraising committees and a super PAC backing her campaign each bought airtime on a Portland TV station during “Wheel of Fortune.” For each 30-second spot, both Collins’ campaign and her JFC paid $2,200. The super PAC paid $10,000 – more than […]

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Sep 22 • 4:54 AM EDT • Politics • mainemorningstar.com
Jiang Feng: The Unravelling of German & European Politics

A state election in eastern Germany has become a revealing test of the changing political landscapes of Germany and Europe, writes Jiang Feng, Professor and Chairman of the Council of the Shanghai Academy of Global Governance and Area Studies (SAGGAS) at Shanghai International Studies University. His analysis follows the decisive victory of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) (which has been classified as right-wing extremist by German authorities)in the state of Saxony-Anhalt on 6 September, in which it finished far ahead of its mainstream rivals. Jiang previously served as Minister-Counsellor at the Chinese Embassy in Berlin. The following article was published on 8 September 2026 on huanqiu.com, the online platform of the Global Times. On 6 September, the results of the state election in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, were announced. The Alternative for Germany (AfD), classified as far-right by German authorities, made history by becoming the largest party in the state parliament, winning 43.8 per cent of the vote — twice its share in the previous election. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU), which had governed the state continuously for 24 years, won just 17.2 per cent, its worst result ever in Saxony-Anhalt. On the night the results were announced, the atmosphere at the CDU gathering was unusually calm. There was neither shock nor argument, as if the defeat had long been expected. Several veteran party members who had spent years working in the state government said: “Defeat is not a bad thing. It is time to make changes.” This state election has not only upended Saxony-Anhalt’s political landscape, but also laid bare the deep tensions between Germany’s traditional party structure and model of governance, on the one hand, and an increasingly polarised society on the other. Its repercussions are already being felt at the federal level, making Saxony-Anhalt a useful case study of the broader trend towards political polarisation and realignment in Europe. Governing Difficulties after Electoral Victory The most immediate consequence of the election is a historic setback for the mainstream party order that took shape in post-war Germany. In Saxony-Anhalt, the AfD has leapt from a peripheral party to the largest political force in the state. Its electoral base has expanded beyond the traditional category of “marginal protest voters” to take on the characteristics of a cross-class coalition. The party has not only consolidated its support in rural areas, but also attracted many middle-class voters and even members of the social elite with stable jobs, their own homes, and substantial incomes. It has thus evolved from a “protest party” into one with the potential to govern. Despite its commanding lead in the vote, however, the AfD faces an institutional obstacle to governing the state: the mainstream parties’ long-standing “firewall” against it. Neither of the two potential routes to forming a government appears likely to break the current political deadlock. The first would be a coalition of establishment parties, led by the CDU and bringing together the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Greens, the Left Party (Die Linke) and the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) in a cross-camp government. In terms of parliamentary arithmetic, such a coalition could prevent the AfD from forming a government and preserve the outward stability of the traditional political order. Yet these parties are fundamentally divided over key issues including immigration, the energy transition, economic management, and cultural and education policy. Coalition negotiations would therefore be extremely difficult, and even if a government could be formed, it would most likely prove short-lived. More importantly, an alliance of establishment parties aimed at keeping the largest party out of government would play directly into the AfD’s narrative that “political elites are suppressing public opinion”. It could deepen perceptions of political unfairness, further strengthening the AfD’s political capital, and creating a dynamic in which “the more it is suppressed, the more people vote for it”. Ulrich Siegmund, the AfD’s candidate for state premier, has said that if efforts to form a government fail because other parties refuse to cooperate, the AfD will push for a fresh election, which he believes could deliver the party an absolute majority of seats. This points to more intense political battles ahead. The second option would be a coalition between the AfD and the BSW. Together, the two parties would command a simple majority in parliament, making this, on paper, the quickest route to forming a government. The BSW is the only elected party that has not ruled out cooperation with the AfD, and the two parties share some common ground, including on policy towards Russia. There is therefore a degree of political basis for cooperation. Were such a coalition to materialise, Germany would see its first state government jointly formed by a party defined as far-right and one with a far-left background, creating what might be called a “bipolar anti-establishment alliance”. Such an outcome would fundamentally break with the ideological boundaries of post-war German party politics. It is worth noting that even if the AfD ultimately fails to enter the state government, its roughly 47 per cent share of parliamentary seats would give it a powerful blocking minority. Without its consent, major decisions requiring a two-thirds majority — including constitutional amendments, significant budgetary adjustments, and state-level institutional reforms — would be extremely difficult to pass. Therefore, whoever ultimately forms the government, the AfD will be an unavoidable force in Saxony-Anhalt politics, with a direct influence on the state’s legislative process. Systemic Failures in Germany’s Governance Model The Saxony-Anhalt election result reflects a systemic failure of Germany’s post-war mainstream-party model of governance to adapt to rapidly changing socioeconomic conditions. It stems from multiple, mutually reinforcing structural tensions and highlights the existing political system’s difficulty in adapting to “an increasingly polarised society First, collective anxiety has replaced individual material hardship as a central driver of political mobilisation. The rise of the AfD can no longer be explained simply by poverty or social marginalisation. Its increasingly cross-class electoral base suggests that what is driving voters towards the party is, above all, concern about the broader direction of society. This anxiety about the future of the political community goes beyond individual gains and losses. In political discourse, economic anxiety has become closely intertwined with immigration, while immigration and refugee issues are, in essence, questions of social fairness. This perception turns conflicts over the distribution of social resources into negative assessments of governing parties, providing a broad social basis for far-right political narratives. Second, regional disparities and East German identity have undermined the strategy of addressing eastern Germany’s structural challenges at the regional level. More than three decades after German reunification, eastern states such as Saxony-Anhalt have experienced periods of economic growth, but their underlying economic structures remain weak, and household incomes and wealth remain significantly below those in western Germany. At the same time, they continue to face population outflow, an ageing population, labour shortages, and other structural challenges. At a deeper level, historical experiences — including the collapse of the former East German economic system, mass unemployment during the transition, and the westward shift of decision-making power over major issues — have left some residents with a sense of being “second-class citizens” and of being excluded. For years, the German government treated the “syndrome” of reunification as a regional problem to be gradually addressed at the local level. That approach is becoming increasingly unsustainable, as regional development disparities emerge as a core structural factor shaping national politics. Third, the erosion of institutional trust is perhaps the most decisive factor. AfD supporters tend to distrust establishment institutions, including parliament, government, and the mainstream media. Their concerns about economic security, pensions, and social fairness are significantly greater than the social average. Increasingly, their support for the AfD reflects not an expectation that the existing system can be improved, but a search for an alternative to the current political order. Such a systemic deficit of trust will be extremely difficult for the traditional parties to repair in the short term. Fourth, a generational shift in political mobilisation has amplified political polarisation. Unlike traditional parties, which rely heavily on offline rallies and mainstream media coverage, the AfD has developed a social-media mobilisation strategy built around “raising an issue — identifying who is responsible — offering a simplified solution — building a shared identity”. It turns complex social tensions into concise political narratives, rapidly channelling public sentiment into political support. The contrast on the eve of the election was particularly telling. The establishment parties, together with trade unions and churches, organised an offline march attended by more than 10,000 people, but its reach was largely confined to those present and to traditional media coverage. The AfD held a much smaller indoor event, yet livestreaming on TikTok, YouTube, and other platforms, combined with the involvement of online influencers, gave it a reach and mobilising capacity far beyond that of the march. The contrast illustrates how the traditional parties’ methods of political mobilisation are increasingly struggling to keep pace with a political environment transformed by changes in media technology. A Microcosm of Structural Political Change in Europe The shockwaves from the Saxony-Anhalt election quickly travelled beyond the state to the federal level. Calls for political accountability followed immediately after the results were announced. The governing CDU and SPD are now under enormous pressure, while Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil face an unprecedented test. Political polarisation in Germany is no longer simply a regional phenomenon. The post-war model of multiparty government by establishment parties is breaking down and being reshaped. Viewed in a broader European context, the Saxony-Anhalt election is part of a continent-wide wave of party polarisation, mainstream-party decline, and rising right-wing forces. Far from an isolated phenomenon, it is a microcosm of the structural political changes unfolding across Europe. Weak economic growth, cultural tensions over immigration, and declining trust in institutions are fuelling the rise of right-wing forces in several countries, challenging the liberal internationalist order established in post-war Europe. As a core member state of the European Union, Germany’s ability to adapt its political system and the direction of its politics will have profound implications for both European integration and the evolution of the international order. Subscribe [ Pekingnology China’s Germany watchers take stock of Berlin’s uneasy turn On 7 December 2025, nearly 50 Chinese scholars and policy researchers gathered in Beijing for the 2025年德国形势年终研讨会 “2025 Year-End Seminar on the Situation in Germany… Read more 9 months ago · 31 likes · 1 comment · YIRUI LI and Yuxuan JIA ](https://www.pekingnology.com/p/chinas-germany-watchers-take-stock?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web&embedding_publication_id=1151841) [ Jiang Feng on Germany's 2025 and beyond: no easy exit ](https://www.eastisread.com/p/jiang-feng-on-germanys-2025-and-beyond) Yirui LI and Yuxuan JIA · Jan 24 The following is an op-ed by Jiang Feng, published on 29 December 2025 at Shanghai Observer 上观新闻, the digital platform of Jiefang Daily, the official newspaper of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC). [ Read full story ](https://www.eastisread.com/p/jiang-feng-on-germanys-2025-and-beyond)

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Sep 22 • 3:04 AM EDT • Politics • eastisread.com
Cleveland to demolish J Glen Smith health center, relocate services

CMSD plans to build a new Glenville High School there. Cleveland and MetroHealth plan to move their services elsewhere in the area.

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Sep 22 • 12:03 AM EDT • Health • signalcleveland.org
MIT named the nation’s top university by U.S. News for 2026-27

MIT tops U.S. News and World Report’s 2026-27 rankings of the nation’s best colleges and universities.

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Sep 22 • 12:01 AM EDT • Science • news.mit.edu
‘College sports is in chaos’: Protect College Sports Act advances through Senate

The U.S. Senate could vote as soon as this week to move the Protect College Sports Act of 2026 to the U.S. House of Representatives after the Senate voted on Sept. 17 to advance the bill to final debate. This sweeping new bill would protect Olympic sports, reshape how universities compensate athletes and regulate name,...

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Sep 21 • 11:49 PM EDT • Sports • thedailytexan.com
UCF’s Guidance Earned Daunte Culpepper’s Commitment in 1995

While elite programs vanished as his grades plummeted, a lone coach’s academic roadmap inspired the future NFL star to choose loyalty over prestige and rewrite record books.

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Sep 21 • 11:12 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Monkey business: Hundreds line up to shop UT, Roller Rabbit pajama partnership

The line of eager faces stretched nearly a quarter of a mile. Hundreds of customers, some of whom waited almost six hours, patiently anticipated the Roller Rabbit and University of Tennessee collaborative pop-up Monday morning. The two-day event brings a limited edition collection of pajamas designed exclusively for Vols, featuring the brand’s “iconic” monkey-covered pattern...

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Sep 21 • 10:24 PM EDT • Business • utdailybeacon.com
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San Antonio VA plans fixes after OIG review of inpatient mental health unit issues

VA watchdog flags South Texas VA mental health unit issues: delayed bed reporting, gaps in involuntary commitment processes, and VA police video monitoring without policy or signage. Report makes 13 recommendations.

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Sep 21 • 10:19 PM EDT • Health • news4sanantonio.com
China’s Leader Xi Seeks to Extend Truce with Trump During U.S. Summit

Facing an American president constrained by war and politics, China’s leader may seek to lock in a tactical truce while he shores up a fragile economy at home.

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Sep 21 • 10:00 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Phoenix Suns 2026-27 Player Profile: Koby Brea

The former Kentucky marksman enters a pivotal developmental year on a two-way deal, battling defensive concerns and limited shot creation to secure his long-term future in Phoenix.

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Big Discoveries Start Small: Enroll for 2027–2028 at Brooklyn Preschool of Science (sponsored) | Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family Services

Little hands. Big questions. A lifelong love of learning. At Brooklyn Preschool of Science, children’s natural curiosity starts an extraordinary early childhood experience. We are welcoming families for the 2027–2028 school year, and we invite you to tour our school and discover a place where your child can feel loved, build confidence, make friends, and find joy

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Mike McCarthy 'committed' to offense built around Aaron Rodgers, points to offensive line play as source of unit's struggles
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Seattle Seahawks Jaxon Smith-Njigba Now In “MVP Discussion”

Seattle Seahawks Jaxon Smith-Njigba now finds himself in the MVP conversation after two outstanding weeks to being the NFL season. Last year, Smith-Njigba won the Offensive Player of the Year after tallying 1829 scrimmage yards and 10 total touchdowns. However, after two games in the 2026 NFL season, Smith-Njigba has 277 yards and 4 touchdowns. […] The post Seattle Seahawks Jaxon Smith-Njigba Now In “MVP Discussion” appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 21 • 7:09 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Man named in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools financial memo resigns from Black Political Caucus committee

Raki McGregor served as a consultant with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, according to a memo sent by Dr. Crystal Hill

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Sep 21 • 6:58 PM EDT • Politics • wbtv.com
Call of Duty YouTuber Launches Petition to Remove Skill-Based Matchmaking Following Successful Destiny Protests

Call of Duty YouTuber Tdawgsmitty has started a petition to remove skill-based matchmaking in the FPS franchise following successful Destiny protests.

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Sep 21 • 6:54 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Fargo-Moorhead Science Museum receives $1M corporate investment

Bobcat Co. has committed $1 million in financial and in-kind support to help develop hands-on exhibits for the future Fargo-Moorhead Science Museum.

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Hard Mountain Dew offers $1M bounty to anyone who can prove Bigfoot is real

The beverage brand's "Bigfoot Bounty" campaign offers adults 21 and older the chance to win $1 million by submitting verified evidence of the legendary creature.

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Texas Longhorns offer rising ACC LB commit

Texas is still without a linebacker prospect in its 2027 recruiting class. On Monday, the Longhorns dished out an offer to a new target that’s currently committed elsewhere. Prattville (Ala.) three-star LB Jason Crenshaw plays for one of the top high school football programs in Alabama. Back in June, amidst official visit season, he made […]

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Iowa Bankers Mortgage Corp. announces leadership transition

Robert Hartwig, president of Iowa Bankers Mortgage Corp. since 2023, plans on retiring in 2027, the group announced. Nathan Smithey, currently the group’s senior vice president of loan production, will succeed Hartwig. Hartwig began working at Iowa Bankers Association in 1997. (Iowa Bankers Mortgage Corp. is an affiliate of Iowa Bankers Association.) Hartwig held roles…

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Who’s building and who’s buying in Greater Baton Rouge

Here are the latest notable issued permits and property transactions in East Baton Rouge, Ascension and Livingston parishes. East Baton Rouge Parish A remodel permit was issued for Interior re… Already an INSIDER? Sign in. Already an INSIDER? Sign in

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Sep 21 • 3:23 PM EDT • Business • businessreport.com
Seahawks star JSN a Week 2 fantasy football winner

Jaxon Smith-Njigba had a huge performance against the Cardinals on Sunday that made him one of the best performers in fantasy football for the week.

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Sep 21 • 2:59 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Brownsville’s Mitte Cultural District Earns State Designation

Brownsville’s Mitte Cultural District has been designated a Texas Cultural District by the Texas Commission on the Arts, recognizing the city’s arts organizations, cultural heritage and efforts to use the arts to support tourism and economic development.

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Celebrating 50 Years of GME: Dr. Anthony Smith witness to growth, impact of care

When Dr. Anthony Smith began his medical career in 1998 through the GME program at ECU Health Medical Center, he found a place he would call home for nearly 30 years.

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Sep 21 • 2:45 PM EDT • Health • ecuhealth.org
Opinion: 'Pothole Politics' Should Mean Fixing Our Schools

"Green Schools ... connect so many of the mayor’s priorities: child care, safe work, good jobs, and fixing what’s broken in our day-to-day."

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Three Years In: How Indiana’s Abortion Ban has Weakened its Fragile Health Care System

Yet the impacts of anti-abortion policies are not limited to those who need to terminate a pregnancy, or even those who become pregnant.

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Introducing the 2026 Northeast Arkansas C-Suite Award winners

It is with great pride that we present to you the third annual Northeast Arkansas C-Suite Awards. The honor acknowledges regional leaders’ contributions, commitment to the community and exceptional professional...

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L’Humanité festival renews commitment to popular front politics in France

PARIS—“I’m always on the side of the people, of those who fight to defend their livelihoods, of those fighting for the dignity to feed their children and pay their bills,” declared Fabien Roussel, national secretary of the French Communist Party (PCF) to a crowd of thousands last weekend. “I know which side I am on when there are barricades.

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Nurses Put Maine Hospitals On ‘RED ALERT’ Status to Highlight Healthcare Cuts

Registered nurses with the Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (MSNA/NNOC) held a rally and community event on Saturday, Sept. 19 in Bangor to highlight the patient care impacts of federal health care cuts on Maine hospitals.

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Dyson Won't Say What's Wrong With Its CameraJet Toothbrush

Despite admitting to a “component issue,” the company refuses to say what went wrong, how many units are affected in how many countries, and why it won't recall its $500 AI toothbrush.

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Tennessee football offers former Mississippi State commit

Tennessee football offers 2028 four-star safety from Florida.

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PS Wallet Credit program is live, offering $10 credit on game purchases

Sony was expected to replace its PlayStation Stars program with a Wallet Credit program that now seems to be live. There are a handful of games that have been listed on the PS Store with a limited-time store credit offer.

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2026 Concessions & Entertainment Guide

Agile Ticketing Solutions agiletix.com Agile Ticketing Solutions (AgileTix) is a North America–based provider of ticketing and venue management software, serving the live entertainment industry since 1999. Headquartered in Hermitage, Tennessee, AgileTix supports cinemas, performing arts centers, museums, historic theaters, festivals, and cultural institutions with a unified platform that connects box office, concessions, merchandise, memberships, and […]

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Marquette Business to host Baum Spirit of Entrepreneurship Summit Presented by Marcus Corporation, Nov. 18

This complimentary event will feature MIT entrepreneurship leader Bill Aulet, an expert panel and the Marquette Invitational Pitch Competition.

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Studs and duds from Eagles’ last-second victory over Titans

DeVonta Smith and Darius Cooper delivered late, while turnovers and the running game created problems in the Eagles’ win over Tennessee

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NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan Convenes Eight Latin American Consulates for Health Care Summit

New York, NY - NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan recently hosted the inaugural 2026 Met Nation Summit, bringing together representatives from eight

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Small Business, Big Lessons® — That Old Time Rock & Roll or Blue Dot Fever?

This post builds on my Water Balloon Economics idea and adds a twist: knowing when it’s time to wrap up a “wonderful” career or business, recognizing your own limitations, and being honest about the experience you’re delivering.

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PlayStation Reveals New Limited-Edition Controller and Merch Collection With K-Pop Star Lisa

PlayStation has revealed a new collaboration with the K-pop star Lisa that includes a limited edition DualSense controller.

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Sony officially announces a new limited edition PS5 DualSense controller based on K-pop star Lisa

The Blackpink singer’s controller is coming next month…

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Minecraft Dungeons II gets time-limited reward ahead of launch next week

Ahead of Minecraft Dungeons II's launch on September 29, fans can unlock a unique Corrupted Creeper Cape for the game via a limited-time event.

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Pokémon Partners with the European Space Agency for World Space Week 2026

The Pokémon Company International is joining the countdown to World Space Week, taking off October 4 to 10.

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Are draws the elephant in the room for Blues?

Fan writer Kym Smith reflects on a fifth draw of the season for Birmingham City against Middlesbrough.

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Baton Rouge airport to get $7.9 million renovation, plus more permits

Here is a list of commercial and residential building permits issued by East Baton Rouge Parish Government from Sept. 14-18.

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Adam Smith Named Chairman of Direct-to-Consumer at Disney Entertainment

Disney Entertainment has announced that Adam Smith has been named Chairman, Direct-to-Consumer, with responsibility for Disney+ and Hulu including product, engineering, advertising technology, programming strategy, partnerships, and data and analytics....

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iPhone owners can now submit a claim in Apple’s $250 million Siri AI lawsuit

You can receive $25 per eligible device.

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Sep 21 • 9:36 AM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Privileges of Membership

Unlimited car washes, community cinema, you-pick farm memberships: subscriptions aren’t just for periodicals anymore.

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‘Contract Terminated’: Olympiacos Part Ways With Dani Garcia

Dani Garcia secures a swift move to Atromitos after struggling for form at Olympiacos.

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UVA Health first in world to implant new cardiac mitral valve repair device

The new device adheres more readily to the heart and allows quicker recovery after surgery.

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Got an Android Phone? Google Thinks You’ll Probably Want a Googlebook Laptop

Apple lovers have long enjoyed seamless connectivity between their iPhones and Macs. Now, Google’s bringing that experience to Android.

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Exclusive: Donatella Versace Is Back With a New Brand

The legendary designer has partnered with Revolve Group on a new independent venture that will include fashion and beauty.

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CECAS recognizes inaugural Global Scholars and Dean’s Scholar Fellows

Those recognized were: Shane Abercrombie, Sumter Archer, Tiffany-Marie Baako, Colleen Clarke, Kylie Folkes, Bryson Hedrick, Sara Henry, Joshua Hoggatt, Taylor Hopkins, Azrin Jamison, Mengdi “Hansen” Li, Robert Lowery, Quincey Miller, Ben Simon, Madison Smith, Arabella Stockdale, Steven Szachara, Tianke “Kirk” Wang and Aidan Wolynn.

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Apple’s clever software solution lets iPhone batteries skirt shipping limits

The limit just removes itself after shipment.

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Chubb names two digital heads to fill Ringsted's former remit

The insurer has split its global digital business into separate technology and partnership tracks, each with its own dedicated head

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The Savant: Jessica Chastain’s Shelved Apple TV Thriller Finally Gets a Release Date Window

Jessica Chastain’s The Savant is finally moving again after Apple TV put the thriller on hold. The limited series, which had already reached critics before its planned debut, now has a new window for ...

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Fulham 1-1 Man Utd

Joachim Andersen is causing us issues, after a great few years. Let the youngsters loose with Bernd Leno and Alex Iwobi. If we had taken Josh King off but replaced him with Emile Smith Rowe, we might have kept them more at bay and held on for the win.

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Six Girona footballers called up to their national teams

Six Girona FC footballers have been called up by their respective national teams to take part in international commitments during this September and October break.Vlad Vanat will be part of Ukraine's ...

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2 Sitcoms Premiered on the Same Monday Night 28 Years Ago; One Was 'The King of Queens' and the Other Got...

Jerry Stiller admitted he never expected his show to catch on.

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2 Sitcoms Premiered on the Same Monday Night 28 Years Ago; One Was 'The King of Queens' and the Other Got...

Jerry Stiller admitted he never expected his show to catch on.

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2 Sitcoms Premiered on the Same Monday Night 28 Years Ago; One Was 'The King of Queens' and the Other Got...

Jerry Stiller admitted he never expected his show to catch on.

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Business - US, China discuss AI dialogue mechanism and trade ahead of Trump-XI summit
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Everbridge to Convene European Business Leaders in Munich for Operational Resilience Summit

MUNICH, September 21, 2026--Everbridge, the global leader in High Velocity Critical Event Management (CEM) and national public warning solutions, today shared details of the Everbridge European Operational Resilience Summit, taking place 6th October at Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany.

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Iredell County Mobile Health Unit Makes Stop At Summit Village

STATESVILLE, N.C. (WHKY) — The Iredell County Health Department’s Mobile Health Unit is scheduled to make a stop in Statesville. The county’s current schedule lists the unit at Summit Village,…

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Asian shares rise amid optimism around US-Chinese talks on trade and AI; oil prices fall

Talks between officials in New York come ahead of summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping later in the week

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Breaking | Communist Party sets key October plenum date early, days before Xi-Trump summit

The fifth plenary session will be held from October 26 to October 29, according to state media.

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The US wants an AI-era 'red phone' with China

President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are expected to discuss AI safety and trade at their summit in Washington this week.

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Xi Jinping Health Rumors Resurface Ahead of U.S.-China Summit

Rumors of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s deteriorating health have spread again after reports emerged that he skipped a dinner at the BRICS Summit held in Indi

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Mike McCarthy Puts Entire Offense on Notice After Poor Performance

While still only two games into his first season at the helm, Mike McCarthy also knows Steelers fans aren’t always patient and he can’t wait too long to fix his team’s clear offensive issues. Coming off scoring just three points in a 20-3 loss to the Patriots on Sunday afternoon, McCarthy admitted a change in […] The post Mike McCarthy Puts Entire Offense on Notice After Poor Performance appeared first on HEAVY.

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Culturally Relevant Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Care Strategies

(Feature Impact) Driven by rising rates of obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and other risk factors, cardiovascular disease has surpassed cancer as the leading cause of death among Hispanic adults in the United States. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('fixed-big-ad-top-asset'); }); Hispanic people represent nearly 1 in 5 of the U.S. population and are the nation’s largest ethnic minority group, yet many continue to face barriers to achieving heart health and accessing high-quality healthcare. A new scientific statement published in the American Heart Association’s flagship journal, “Circulation,” revealed how social, economic, cultural and environmental factors contribute to persistent disparities in cardiovascular health, calling for culturally tailored prevention strategies, equitable access to care and greater representation of Hispanic populations in cardiovascular research.“Hispanic populations in the U.S. are incredibly diverse even within their own communities with differences in genetic ancestry, language, cultural traditions and social experiences that can significantly influence cardiovascular health,” said Johanna Contreras, M.D., M.Sc., FAHA, director of the Division of Heart Failure and medical director of the Hispanic Heart Center within the Mount Sinai Health System. “Yet Hispanic people remain underrepresented overall in the research that guides prevention and treatment strategies… Without better representation and more detailed data, we risk overlooking important differences that can help us improve care and save lives.”Hispanic Cardiovascular Health by the NumbersCardiovascular risk factors – obesity (nearly 46%), type 2 diabetes (15.5%) and high blood pressure (approximately 44%) – are prevalent among Hispanic adults and often emerge at younger ages and occur more frequently among Hispanic adults compared with white adults.According to the report, only about 1 in 5 Hispanic adults achieves ideal cardiovascular health as defined by the American Heart Association’s original Life’s Simple 7 metrics. Updated analyses using the Life’s Essential 8 framework demonstrated persistent disparities for heart and brain health, as well as suboptimal dietary quality, sleep patterns and levels of physical activity.Social and Economic Barriers MatterBiology alone does not explain cardiovascular health disparities. The environments where people live, work and age, along with social and economic challenges, impact heart health. In fact, approximately 17% of Hispanics live below the federal poverty threshold, compared with 8.2% of white adults. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('fixed-big-ad-middle-asset'); }); “Many Hispanic adults face obstacles that extend far beyond the doctor’s office,” Contreras said. “Limited health insurance coverage, language differences, food insecurity, environmental exposures and concerns related to immigration status can make it more difficult to prevent disease, manage chronic conditions and receive timely treatment.”Contreras emphasized the cultural values and practices of Hispanic people also influence how they perceive their health and healthcare options.“Family plays a central role in many Hispanic communities and can be an extraordinary source of strength, support and resilience,” Contreras said. “At the same time, family members are often called upon to translate medical information, navigate health systems and help make healthcare decisions for loved ones. Those responsibilities can shape how health information is understood and acted upon.”An Action Plan for Improving Hispanic HealthThere are practical opportunities to achieve equitable cardiovascular health and reduce disparities through community engagement, culturally responsive care, inclusive research and policies that address the underlying drivers of health.“Reducing cardiovascular disease among Hispanic populations demands action at every level,” Contreras said, “from improving access to culturally responsive care and expanding research participation to addressing the social and environmental conditions that shape health.”By addressing both medical risk factors and the social conditions that shape health, experts believe there is an important opportunity to reduce disparities and help more people live longer, healthier lives. Learn more at Heart.org.Photo courtesy of Shutterstock googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('fixed-big-ad-bottom-asset'); });

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Culturally Relevant Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Care Strategies

(Feature Impact) Driven by rising rates of obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and other risk factors, cardiovascular disease has surpassed cancer as the leading cause of death among Hispanic adults in the United States.Hispanic people represent nearly 1 in 5 of the U.S. population and are the nation’s largest ethnic minority group, yet many continue to face barriers to achieving heart health and accessing high-quality healthcare. A new scientific statement published in the American Heart Association’s flagship journal, “Circulation,” revealed how social, economic, cultural and environmental factors contribute to persistent disparities in cardiovascular health, calling for culturally tailored prevention strategies, equitable access to care and greater representation of Hispanic populations in cardiovascular research.“Hispanic populations in the U.S. are incredibly diverse even within their own communities with differences in genetic ancestry, language, cultural traditions and social experiences that can significantly influence cardiovascular health,” said Johanna Contreras, M.D., M.Sc., FAHA, director of the Division of Heart Failure and medical director of the Hispanic Heart Center within the Mount Sinai Health System. “Yet Hispanic people remain underrepresented overall in the research that guides prevention and treatment strategies… Without better representation and more detailed data, we risk overlooking important differences that can help us improve care and save lives.”Hispanic Cardiovascular Health by the NumbersCardiovascular risk factors – obesity (nearly 46%), type 2 diabetes (15.5%) and high blood pressure (approximately 44%) – are prevalent among Hispanic adults and often emerge at younger ages and occur more frequently among Hispanic adults compared with white adults.According to the report, only about 1 in 5 Hispanic adults achieves ideal cardiovascular health as defined by the American Heart Association’s original Life’s Simple 7 metrics. Updated analyses using the Life’s Essential 8 framework demonstrated persistent disparities for heart and brain health, as well as suboptimal dietary quality, sleep patterns and levels of physical activity.Social and Economic Barriers MatterBiology alone does not explain cardiovascular health disparities. The environments where people live, work and age, along with social and economic challenges, impact heart health. In fact, approximately 17% of Hispanics live below the federal poverty threshold, compared with 8.2% of white adults.#placement_976606_0_i{width:100%;max-width:550px;margin:0 auto;}var rnd = window.rnd || Math.floor(Math.random()*10e6);var pid976606 = window.pid976606 || rnd;var plc976606 = window.plc976606 || 0;var abkw = window.abkw || '';var absrc = 'https://ads.empowerlocal.co/adserve/;ID=181918;size=0x0;setID=976606;type=js;sw='+screen.width+';sh='+screen.height+';spr='+window.devicePixelRatio+';kw='+abkw+';pid='+pid976606+';place='+(plc976606++)+';rnd='+rnd+';click=CLICK_MACRO_PLACEHOLDER';var _absrc = absrc.split("type=js"); absrc = _absrc[0] + 'type=js;referrer=' + encodeURIComponent(document.location.href) + _absrc[1];document.write('');“Many Hispanic adults face obstacles that extend far beyond the doctor’s office,” Contreras said. “Limited health insurance coverage, language differences, food insecurity, environmental exposures and concerns related to immigration status can make it more difficult to prevent disease, manage chronic conditions and receive timely treatment.”Contreras emphasized the cultural values and practices of Hispanic people also influence how they perceive their health and healthcare options.“Family plays a central role in many Hispanic communities and can be an extraordinary source of strength, support and resilience,” Contreras said. “At the same time, family members are often called upon to translate medical information, navigate health systems and help make healthcare decisions for loved ones. Those responsibilities can shape how health information is understood and acted upon.”An Action Plan for Improving Hispanic HealthThere are practical opportunities to achieve equitable cardiovascular health and reduce disparities through community engagement, culturally responsive care, inclusive research and policies that address the underlying drivers of health.“Reducing cardiovascular disease among Hispanic populations demands action at every level,” Contreras said, “from improving access to culturally responsive care and expanding research participation to addressing the social and environmental conditions that shape health.”By addressing both medical risk factors and the social conditions that shape health, experts believe there is an important opportunity to reduce disparities and help more people live longer, healthier lives. Learn more at Heart.org.Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

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What the weather can teach us about health

What if predicting your future health is more like forecasting the weather than we realize? New research suggests fundamental limits to how far ahead even perfect weather models can see. That idea raises a provocative question for precision medicine: Can more data and better models ever make an individual’s future truly predictable?

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Evan Engram limited to one catch

Denver Broncos TE Evan Engram manages one catch in Week 2 win

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Sep 20 • 11:18 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Siri AI Settlement Website Now Live: Apple to Pay Some iPhone Owners

In May, Apple agreed to pay $250 million to settle a U.S. class action lawsuit over Siri AI's delayed launch, and the settlement website is now live. Apple will pay an estimated $25 per eligible iPhone to eligible customers, who can submit a claim via the settlement website between September 21 and December 21 of this year. The exact payment may be higher or lower than $25 depending on the total number of valid claims submitted and other factors, with the maximum amount set at $95.

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Warren backs TRIA renewal but flags cyber and NBCR as unfinished business

A unanimous committee vote hides a longer list of unresolved coverage gaps

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Sep 20 • 10:23 PM EDT • Business • insurancebusinessmag.com
Warren backs TRIA renewal but flags cyber and NBCR as unfinished business

A unanimous committee vote hides a longer list of unresolved coverage gaps

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1965 Rock Song, With 17-Year-Old Singer of Herman's Hermits, Is Still a Beloved Hit 61 Years Later

This beloved song was recorded when the lead singer was just 17.

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US proposes AI incident notification mechanism before Trump-Xi summit

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent proposed an AI notification mechanism for national security ahead of Trump-Xi talks.

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Sep 20 • 9:54 PM EDT • Politics • wrtv.com
DeVonta Smith torches Titans

Philadelphia Eagles WR DeVonta Smith has 10-catch masterpiece against Tennessee

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Hideo Kojima Says Sony Dropped PHYSINT During a Zoom Call and Gave No Reason

In a new interview with IGN, Hideo Kojima says PlayStation ended its involvement in PHYSINT during a Zoom call in June. He says Sony gave no reason, though he also admits he didn't ask many questions during the meeting, and that Sony hasn't been in touch since. Kojima stressed the two are "not in...

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Packers’ $13.8 Million Decision Looks Better After Jets Win

The Packers made a significant offseason commitment to a former first-round pick. His performance against the Jets made that decision look much better. The post Packers’ $13.8 Million Decision Looks Better After Jets Win appeared first on HEAVY.

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Consent decree management firm review on Fort Smith Board agenda

The Fort Smith Board of Directors will on Tuesday (Sept. 22) discuss hiring a management firm to help the city meet requirements of an expansive and expensive federal consent decree...

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Sep 20 • 7:12 PM EDT • Business • talkbusiness.net
Adam Smith appointed chairman of Disney Entertainment’s Direct-to-Consumer division

Disney names Adam Smith as chairman of Direct-to-Consumer and Joe Earley as president of TV franchise and content strategy.

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Tarik Muharemović Reflects On Leeds Start After Crystal Palace Draw

Tarik Muharemović was pleased to help Leeds United preserve another clean sheet against Crystal Palace but admitted the Whites know they can improve after an unbeaten opening five Premier League matches.

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Pulisic on ‘difficult 2026’ as Saelemaekers says Milan ‘enjoyed ourselves’

Christian Pulisic admits he had a ‘very difficult’ 2026 for Milan and the USMNT, but broke his goal drought after nine months, while Alexis Saelemaekers said they ‘enjoyed themselves’ against ...

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