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Capito Participates in West Virginia Chamber of Commerce’s 90th Annual Business Summit | U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) this week attended the...
Ancient “living fossils” may reveal how complex life began
A newly discovered microbe living inside ancient stromatolite communities may offer a rare look at how complex life first emerged. Researchers captured the first direct images of an Asgard archaeon physically connected to a bacterium, with the two microbes appearing to exchange nutrients and other compounds. Scientists think similar partnerships billions of years ago may have helped produce the first complex cells.
Getting to know Western Michigan ahead of Michigan’s season opener
A potent rushing attack and a defense with returning talent. Here’s what you need to know about Western Michigan ahead of Michigan’s season opener.
In 2001, scientists began adding 5 to 6 nanograms per litre of synthetic estrogen to an Ontario lake; after 2 seasons its minnow population collapsed
A tiny concentration of a synthetic hormone was enough to trigger a dramatic ecological change in a remote Ontario lake. In 2001, scientists began adding the synthetic estrogen 17α-ethynylestradiol (EE2) to Lake 260 in northwestern Ontario, maintaining concentrations of about 5 to 6 nanograms per litre.
Nuclear power drive boosts southwestern uranium mills — and tribal health concerns
The Havasupai, Ute Mountain Ute tribes worry that a Utah uranium mill may foul groundwater as Trump administration boosts nuclear energy.
Rich Rodriguez Shares What Made Pat White Special at WVU
West Virginia University football head coach Rich Rodriguez looks back on the character and composure that helped make White a WVU legend.
West Virginia, Coastal Carolina open season amid QB questions
Rich Rodriguez aims to rebound from a 4-8 campaign in Morgantown, while the Chanticleers kick off the Ryan Beard era with a revamped roster featuring 43 transfer portal additions.
Family-owned Westwood business Sarah Leonard Fine Jewelers closes after nearly 80 years
Sarah Leonard Fine Jewelers, one of the oldest family-owned businesses in Westwood, closed Saturday. Sarah “Sunny” Friedman and Leonard “Lenny” Friedman opened the store, located at 1055 Westwood Blvd., in 1946 under the name Crescent Jewelers.
State health department investigating potential food poisoning cases at UND
The cases may be linked to Wilkerson Dining Center from Aug. 22-24.
Federal judge blocks Trump’s newest attempt to crack down on birthright citizenship
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump’s renewed attempt to limit birthright citizenship, partially halting an executive order the president issued after the Supreme Court struck down his more sweeping effort last year.
Coverall of Gainesville Celebrates 40th 5-star Review and Perfect 5-Star Google Rating, Reinforcing Role as Best Commercial Cleaning Service in Gainesville, FL
Gainesville, FL, Sept. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coverall® of Gainesville, a leading commercial cleaning franchisor serving businesses throug...
Home sports competitions kick off at The Nest
Albany High hosted its first home sports competition of the 2026-27 season at The Nest on Tuesday evening as our boys' soccer team faced off against Schalmont! Our Falcons delivered a thrilling win, defeating the Sabres 4-0. Ahadi Wangya, Adam Rouse, Garnett Ngome Ekiti and Rajanie Morgan each scored a goal, with Ngome Ekiti also delivering an assist. Evan Bermejo recorded five saves for Albany to record the shutout. Come to Albany High tonight, Sept. 2, to pack the stands with Falcon fans! Our girls' tennis team will face off against Guilderland at 4:15 p.m. and our girls' soccer team takes on Berne-Knox-Westerlo at 4:30 p.m. Let's go Falcons!
Lack of child care still a key need for WV businesses while state slowrolls lawmakers' bill
West Virginia’s business leaders continue to beat the drum that the state is woefully short on affordable childcare spots. They say it is one of the reasons the state continues to have the nation’s worst workforce participation of a little more than 50%.
Northwestern professor talks study linking extreme heat to unusual health conditions
Inside Camelback Productions’ Plans for a New 1,400-Acre, AI-Powered Production and Entertainment Complex
Anita Verma-Lallian, founder of Camelback Productions, doesn’t see the future of film production in Los Angeles. Instead, in her vision, it is on a complex one hour’s drive west of Phoenix, complete w...
Phoenix Suns Are Being Slept on According to Former Rival
Infamous franchise villain Robert Horry defies skeptics, betting on a deep roster and elite youth movement to propel Phoenix toward a surprising top-four Western Conference finish.
Western Sussex Business Campus lands first tenant
NXT Level Sports will open an indoor sports complex at the newly-constructed Western Sussex Business Campus in Seaford.
Huntsville Offers Funding To Businesses For Mill Creek Façade Improvements
Business and property owners in West Huntsville’s Choice Neighborhood Mill Creek area will be eligible to apply for grants to improve their building exteriors.
West Virginia Chamber Business Summit underway
Day one of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce Business Summit is underway!
Western Conference power rankings: Can Suns crack top-6?
The Lakers, Suns, Jazz and Mavericks all have star power. Where are they in Kellan Olson's Western Conference power rankings?
The Newest Federalism and Population Health
American federalism involves decentralized policymaking across federal, state, and local governments.
WCU political expert explains Rep. Edwards' censure, breaks down overwhelming vote
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A strange, dark object is warping the Universe. Scientists still don’t know what it is | BBC Sky at Night Magazine
The lowest-mass dark object ever found in the Universe, discovered by using a global network of humanity's most powerful telescopes.
Former student Delgado-Pedraza returns to Calcutt as 8th-grade science teacher
CENTRAL FALLS – Calcutt Middle School’s newest 8th-grade science teacher, Desireee Delgado-Pedraza, recently expressed her joy about being back home in her community.
Santikos Far West expansion clears major hurdle
Santikos Entertainment closes on 22-acre acquisition in Far West San Antonio to build mixed-use development with entertainment center and retail.
West Ham 4-2 Wolves
We asked for your thoughts after Tuesday's Championship match between West Ham United and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Nintendo adds three more NES games to Switch Online, bringing the total to 87 in the West
Ninja Gaiden 3, Ikari Warriors and RC Pro-Am 2 join the Nintendo Classics service…
August Monthly Review: ChatGPT In Epic
Death, taxes, another frontier lab healthcare launch inspiring truly insane LinkedIn takes. As much as I want to stay away, I repeatedly am the crewman unplugging his ears whenever we pass these sirens. So it’s not the first and probably not the last time we dial up the typewriter rather than tie ourselves to the mast. The full blow-by-blow timeline: Health API Guy is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe The End of the Standalone PHR (Jan 8): ChatGPT Health arrives for consumers, at the time powered by b.well. I was bullish on the approach in that the best way for the PHR to finally solve distribution was to meet consumers were they already are (i.e. When Horizontal Meets Healthcare (Jan 9): OpenAI for Healthcare puts out the shingle for enterprises, with SharePoint ingestion standing in for the EHR integration the product actually needed. Another One: Anthropic’s Healthcare Debut (Jan 16): Claude's version, on HealthEx rails instead of b.well, with Agent Skills for FHIR development as the one true vertical-specific investment. ChatGPT for Clinicians: The Trap Sprung (Apr 24): OpenAI filled in the missing GTM middle with a free product for verified clinicians, effectively peeling the enterprise wrapper off ChatGPT for Healthcare and taking the PLG fight directly to OpenEvidence. OpenAI’s Second Attempt at Health (Jul 31): a relaunch of their patient specific app, now branded Health in ChatGPT, where the privacy partition came out, the connectors thinned, and b.well disappeared in favor of first-party FHIR work against a smaller network Beyond a Shingle So what was announced now? Today, we’re introducing a new electronic health record integration that brings authorized patient context from Epic into ChatGPT for Healthcare, along with the Healthcare Public Data plugin for direct, structured access to official healthcare datasets like PubMed, DailyMed, and CMS Coverage. Together, these capabilities bring ChatGPT closer to the systems and sources healthcare teams trust, while supporting the controls and compliance healthcare work requires. The core portfolio is unchanged from prior announcements we delineated and discussed (aside from the relaunch of patient-facing). Since trade publications still seem to be confusing them by using the wrong names: Enterprise sales motion: ChatGPT for Healthcare Protecting their core product / PLG: ChatGPT for Clinicians Consumer/patient-facing product: Health in ChatGPT So really, this is a feature release (specifically for ChatGPT for Healthcare when it comes to EHR integration). What’s cool about it, though, is that we are moving beyond just putting out a shingle. Everything in the January enterprise launch was horizontalizable: Horizontal tech companies thus generally start verticalization with their “putting out a shingle phase”. Telling the world you’re open for business as a horizontal tech company reliably attracts early inbound interest from buyers who are already trying to force-fit horizontal tools into domain-specific workflows and are eager for any signal that the vendor intends to support their use case more directly. Nothing was really vertical specific, which is exactly what you'd expect from the ultimate hypergrowth horizontal company dipping their toes into specific industries. But eventually you have to stop changing the sign on the door and start changing the product. Can you guess where the horizontal product was going to run out of road? This is the core dilemma writ large: verticalization requires differentiation, while scale economics of consumer and horizontal push toward unification. I’ve buried the lede so deep here it will be painful to some readers, but what should be shocking to no one is that my perspective is that EHR integration is the only path that meaningfully resolves this tension for ChatGPT for Healthcare. Integration with Microsoft Sharepoint is fine, but it is categorically insufficient for any product that hopes to influence clinical decision-making. SMART Money Well here we are, eight months later! Real vertical investment has begun, which surprised a few people. One friend in the industry messaged me: “Absolutely no way Epic gave ChatGPT API access.” Looking forensically at the announcements, the integration is notably read-only across appointment notes, laboratory results, medications, and specialist documentation. So while I’m not a betting man, I'd wager the house this is a SMART on FHIR launch: That sounds a lot like USCDI! The recommended path for the workflow they outline would be SMART on FHIR Their Health AI lead’s post is evocative of both standalone and EHR launch SMART, which another termed “ChartGPT” and “EHR Plugin” The implementation burden for SMART on FHIR is the lowest of the available integrative paths This is the team who literally did patient-facing SMART on FHIR with Epic last month Most importantly, if you’re a horizontal company, you generally still haven’t taken the full plunge and thus (overly) value reusability. SMART on FHIR is the logical compromise: healthcare-specific enough to matter, but standardized enough to reuse. Nobody Asked Judy Another friend asked “I thought they had to go to each health system, or did they go direct to Epic and now health systems opt in?” Given the trust paradigms in healthcare, this functionally cannot be Epic hoovering up all the data for OpenAI and shoving ChatGPT in their customers’ faces (or they would revolt). However, I do believe the aforementioned terrible coverage by TechCrunch and other outlets is probably responsible for that question, given the 325 million reference. When using FHIR as a business associate to an Epic customer, there is no EHR gatekeeping to speak of, as that isn’t how fhir.epic.com works: You register an app You pick your APIs You test against the sandbox APIs You list as “Ready for Production” Hospitals pick your app You test and go live with them Bluntly, nobody had to say yes or no in Verona (nor were they given the chance). Vendor Services (their next developer tier up that I doubt OpenAI is using quite yet in this initial release) certainly has contractual paperwork that some resent, but even there, the twin pressures of mounting antitrust and information blocking make outright gatekeeping increasingly fraught. My friend’s sentiment is, to me, representative of a broader industry neurosis, perhaps a sort of scar tissue of prior eras: people assume the gate is still there and never actually try the door. There are certainly other ways Epic (and any EHR) can put its thumb on the scale, but they are not so dumb as to stand in front of a federally mandated API and play bouncer at this exact moment in time. So I think they can and probably should go deeper, as this release is at best parity and at worst behind vertical-specific competition. OpenEvidence did a basic SMART launch with Sutter Health in February, allowing for more convenient evidence search by providers. They then add patient-context (the equivalent SMART on FHIR flow to what we see here) when Cedars-Sinai went enterprise-wide in May. UpToDate has four distinct applications across deeper workflows like patient engagement listed in Epic Showroom and announced a partnership with Epic to power Art at UGM Abridge and other ambient scribes have invested deeply into the deepest bidirectional clinical copilot workflow with integrations well beyond SMART on FHIR. In that light, the “Who is OpenAI primarily targeting here?” is clear. This release brings them into striking distance of OpenEvidence, but not the others quite yet. They are the only one of the three you can reach without building something truly Epic-specific. When will they go further? Competition is a great motivator to overcome the horizontal demons and start building things that can’t be reused: not across industries, not across EHRs, maybe not past the customer you built them for. That’s the price of actually verticalizing. The question is if and when OpenAI will be willing to pay it. Month in Review Here is the monthly review. As a reminder, this is a regular round-up of the month’s posts and other content to surface things you may have missed across regulation, litigation, interoperability, and beyond. AI assistance is used in these bullet summaries so I can focus on articles. Articles Published: None this month Video Content: The Information Exchange: Standards-based Thruple Edition (Aug 14): Back to school for us too, with Brad reporting in from the CMS Health Tech Ecosystem’s one year anniversary in DC. We get into the January CMS-0057 deadline, the fall rulemaking reading list, and why enrollment still keeps most apps off FHIR. The Information Exchange: Epic Dúnadan Edition (Aug 25): A UGM roundup with Ryan Brickner joining for the first time to check our takes against what the building actually thinks. Rangers, Ergo sitting on top of EHI, and a down-market lineup that needs some cuts. Regulatory: Stacked Deck, Bad Hand (Aug 05): ONC’s website refresh took the entire HIT Policy Committee record with it, so I rebuilt the archive and went looking for the regulatory capture story everyone assumes is buried in there. Stacking the deck and winning the hand turn out to be very different things. The Sixth Generation of Patient Access (Aug 19): A quick catalog of the five generations of patient access we’ve layered on since HIPAA, and the two candidates now competing to be the sixth. One is planned. The other is the market routing around the plan entirely. Court cases: Three Cases Walk Into a Docket (Aug 06): Two surprise settlements cleared the board in a single week, and then Judge Maddox dropped ninety-four pages on Vyne v. Henry Schein. The sleeper is a DMCA holding that makes direct-to-database a considerably riskier business model. Epic v. Health Gorilla: Into the MDL (Aug 10): Nine class actions are headed to Miami, and the Panel signaled it wants to bring the case that spawned them along too. That would leave Epic arguing the requests were obviously fraudulent in one courtroom and unknowable in the other. Amazon v. Perplexity: Agents Are Legalized! (Aug 11): The Ninth Circuit vacated the injunction against Comet, holding that the user is the one accessing the servers rather than the company that built the agent. A real win for agentic access, and a much narrower one than the headline suggests. Veeva v. Epic: Come At Me, Bro (Aug 26): Epic’s response brief wants the dismissal affirmed and, unusually, wants the opinion published as precedent. Buried in it is Epic’s own description of what its non-competes actually prohibit, which current and former employees should read closely. EHRs: The Contract Epic Would Never Sign Today (Aug 04): A 1999 SEC exhibit catches Epic licensing nearly its entire product line, Tapestry included, to the company that became TriZetto. The marketing services menu attached to it is the part that will make you blink. Forecast from Verona (Aug 07): The Epic Almanac makes one argument six different ways: the AI is only as good as the networks behind it. Emmie headlines, Art’s context stack is the most ambitious part, and Penny finally gets an autonomous coding date on the calendar. Works With Epic MyChart (Aug 17): Epic’s first new Showroom category since the death of Workshop certifies hardware instead of software, badge on the box and all. Made for iPhone, but for blood pressure cuffs, and rough news for anyone selling the RPM stack sitting in between. UGM Hot Takes 2026 (Aug 20): Everyone else covered the AI announcements, so I went after Savvy deleting the payment gateway, Rangers as Boost with the timer removed, and a down-market lineup with too many entries. Plus the Health Grid tidbits I cannot help myself on. MyChart Central Grows Up (Aug 24): Device data and Emmie turn Epic’s identity hub into a full consumer platform, which is both a logical answer to ChatGPT and a bit of a mistake. It also happens to be the best scraping target Epic has ever shipped. Industry Analysis: The Wrong Yardstick (Aug 12): Vertical software keeps getting judged against Superhuman and Notion, which is the wrong bar entirely. Your user is comparing your product to a whiteboard and forty phone calls before lunch. Primitives vs. Abstractions (Aug 27): Developers want building blocks, systems of record prefer to hand out business logic, and both sides have a real case. There’s no test from the outside that separates the engineering reason from the competitive one, which is why this keeps ending up in court. Cross-industry Comparisons: The Two Kinds of Platform Power (Aug 18): Attention power and record power are different problems that keep getting handed the same regulatory toolkit. Congress’s latest swing at Big Tech shows both what’s possible and where it falls apart. The Dogs of (Platform) War (Aug 21): A CourtListener alert turned up a property management fight with healthcare’s exact shape and none of the Cures Act. Shell prospects, ghost accounts, a notetaker bot that came back to haunt someone, and a lawyer arguing both sides of the same theory in two states. Fractals All the Way Down (Aug 31): Yardi dominates property management right up until you zoom into one segment, where AppFolio owns it outright and Yardi doesn’t appear at all. Where you draw the line around a B2B software market is about to decide an awful lot of cases. Other News: If Judy Had the Courage (Aug 13): A short eulogy for the era when software was allowed to look insane: WinAMP, bold colors, and everything the grey chatbot era has taken from us. External Media: Portland Monthly Health Tech Meetup: Erin O’Brien channeled my own feelings - maybe it’s just because it’s August and beautiful, but the monthly edition of the PDX Health community meetup was a ripper. Make sure to reach out if interested to join for the next one. STAT’s Coverage of Epic This Month: Brittany Trang of STAT did a fantastic job of breaking the FTC investigation that’s been lurking, as well as UGM related coverage, so I had to give her her wish of a meme. Fall Conferences: I’m pumped to be kicking off my fall conference season in NYC at Nabla Accelerate next month, which Chrissy provided the link to apply for. Here’s the rest of my schedule in case you want to meet up: Commonwell (Redwood Shores, CA): Oct 13-14 Open@Epic (Madison, WI): Oct 21-22 eHealthExchange (Austin, TX): Oct 27 Sequoia Project (Austin, TX): Oct 28-29 HLTH (Vegas): Nov 15-18 RSNA (Chicago): Nov 29-Dec 3 Posts I Liked: HTI-6 Should Unbundle API Certification: Josh Mandel makes the case that HTI-6 should split (g)(10) into separate authorization and data certifications, so a PACS or a genomics platform can certify only the role it actually performs. Imaging is the urgent example, but the structure solves a much bigger problem. On implementing ePrior Auth with Epic: Scott Rossignol’s field notes from a live ePrior Auth build on Epic, including the two app registrations nobody warns you about and the CPT mapping problem waiting at the end. CMS-0057 implementations are going to be such a beast. Healthcare point solutions are starting to look a lot like streaming services: Spencer Dorn runs the cable-to-streaming arc against health IT and lands squarely on the bundling half of the cycle. Bundling can be good! It can also be bad! Life is nuanced. Health API Guy is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe
Car crashes into southwest Oklahoma City business
Car crashes into southwest Oklahoma City business
Brenda Lucas: Community news for Wednesday, Sept. 2
Click for community news in the Huntington, West Virginia, and Tri-State area.
Dell’s newest laptop sounds a lot like a MacBook Neo
Dude, you’re getting a turquoise Dell.
What to Look For at Business Summit
The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce will host its 90th Annual Business Summit beginning Wednesday at the Greenbrier. Chamber President Steve Roberts joined Talkline earlier this week to preview the event. He says it promises to be an exciting few days with an equally exciting agenda. He’s right. But there’s also the question of what
St. Louis Cardinals vs Los Angeles Dodgers Game Discussion Tuesday
The St. Louis Cardinals begin a long west coast swing as they’ll take on the Los Angeles Dodgers Tuesday night. The Cardinals are starting Michael McGreevy while the Dodgers are expected to start LHP Eric Lauer. First pitch scheduled for 9:10pm central time and the game broadcast will be available via Cardinals.tv.
Beth Stelling reflects on her Midwest roots
The standup comedian will visit Indy on Sept. 4 as part of Let’s Fest 2026.
Fire destroys Forest City building, home to family business for over 100 years
A fire destroyed a piece of Forest City history Monday evening, gutting the three-story building on West Main Street.
What Box Office Bomb Crushed Obsession on Streaming?
(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights each week.) Before we get into this week’s issue, let me ask you for some suggestions. At the risk of coining too many names for too many things (hence my dictionary of terms...), I need a name for straight-to-streaming films that are too expensive to justify a straight-to-streaming release, but not big enough to justify a theatrical release. Like some of the films I highlighted in last week’s tally of the biggest film flops of 2026 so far: Hulu’s Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice, Pizza Movie or Never Change! They don’t feel like “made for TV movies” (think Hallmark and Lifetime movies, cheap Netflix romcoms, or Disney Channel Original movies, for example) but they don’t feel big enough for the big screen. They’re not “cinematic” enough, so to speak. As I wrote... “I still need a name for this middle zone of film that’s too expensive to go straight-to-streaming but too small to justify a theatrical release (with all the PR, distribution, marketing and whatnot costs that go along with it), the Goldilocks zone of streaming film death.” Friend of the newsletter Brandon Katz has suggested the “Bermuda Budget Triangle”, “The Platform Gap” and “The Distribution Deadzone”. I love that first one. I’d offer up the much wordier “The Streaming Budget Dead Zone” or “the Goldilocks Zone of streaming film death” but that last one isn’t accurate since, unlike Goldilocks’ porridge, these films are the opposite of “just right”. That’s the problem! Anyway, if you have any suggestions, let me know! On to today’s Streaming Ratings Report. As you can tell by today’s headline, things are going to be spicy! I’m looking at a box office bomb that did really, really well on streaming, somewhat challenging a few different narratives. And another Netflix series declined in its second season. All that, plus Wicked: For Good switching streamers, The Hawk continuing its strong run, _The Bear’_s finale season finally dropping off the charts, the WNBA posting a big viewership number, “shallow libraries”, a sitcom spinoff failing to launch, more big budget IP flopping on Paramount+, all the flops, bombs and misses, and a whole lot more. Let’s dive right in! (Reminder: The streaming ratings report focuses on the U.S. market and compiles data from Nielsen’s weekly top ten viewership ranks, Luminate’s Top Ten Data, JustWatch and Reelgood interest data, Samba TV household viewership, company datecdotes, Netflix hours viewed data, Google Trends, and IMDb to determine the most popular content. While most data points are current, Nielsen’s data covers the weeks of July 20th to July 26th, 2026. You can find a link to my terminology here.) Subscribe Film - The Latest Theatrical Success Story on Streaming In the latest edition of “Flops, Bombs and Misses of the First Half of 2026”, I made a crucial change: I started including theatrical films with the streaming misses. The streamers have collectively—including Netflix, but not to as big of an extent—stopped making a lot of straight-to-streaming films, and the ones they do make aren’t as expensive as in the heyday of the streaming bubble. After the following two films bombed in theaters, you’d guess that they’ll be included in my next collection of flops, bombs and misses six months from now: Masters of the Universe on Prime Video (only $64 million domestic box office) Mortal Kombat II on HBO Max ($79 million domestic) But you’d be wrong! Masters of the Universe, a reboot of the He-Man franchise, a toy from the 1980s, came to streaming on 22-July and did great! This long-gestating project—it’s been at every studio for years, and came close to getting a greenlight at Netflix—then finally came to theaters in June, and showed up on streaming less than two months later. (I don’t love this short theatrical window.) It surprisingly grabbed nearly 20 million hours on its debut: That means, wait for it, Masters of the Universe is currently the eighth biggest film on streaming through two weeks. My rough bar for “hit” is shows or films in the top 15%. Ergo…Masters of the Universe is a legit, streaming hit! (One quick caveat: if it falls out of the top ten next week, it will move to 13th overall, just on the edge of the top 15.) Of course, that’s the data for just 2026. Here’s how it stacks up to Prime Video’s theatrical films: That drop into its second week is typical for Amazon films, but also a worrying sign. I have a feeling interest in this film is front-loaded and we’ll see it drop off after this. As for Mortal Kombat II, in this case, the viewership numbers roughly match the theatrical outing, with only 4.1 million hours in its first week. Here’s how it stacks up to other HBO Max films: The best defense of this number is that, as a relatively violent rated-R film, Mortal Kombat II never had a good chance at breaking out. So now it’s time for a little big of “Entertainment Nuance Guy”: First, yeah, my headline is obviously facetious, since Masters of the Universe besting Obsession says more about horror as a genre than it does that film. Second, I read and listened to quite a few “nobody wanted this IP” takes about Masters of the Universe, and that’s not really true. At least enough people wanted it to power a 20 million+ hour debut! Third, both this film and Mortal Kombat II were considered “average” by viewers, but not great films, with a 6.4 and 6.3 respectively on IMDb. That’s just shy of the level needed to be a word-of-mouth hit. Fourth, in the olden days, strong word of mouth could transform a box office miss into a cable/DVD hit, like Austin Powers or The Shawshank Redemption. We haven’t seen a lot of examples of that on streaming, though. And there are far fewer ways to monetize the post-theatrical life of a film these days. Fifth, Prime Video has shown an ability to push their own titles well, likely because they control the Amazon Fire TV ecosystem. Add it all up, and here’s my nuanced take on Masters of the Universe: it was a box office bomb, but, shockingly, a streaming hit. Unfortunately, while being a theatrical hit saves your film financially, being a streaming hit does not. Both Masters of the Universe and Mortal Kombat II had big budgets and needed to make more money in theaters to justify them. So…Straight-to-Streaming or Theaters? We’ve hit a really fun point in the streaming calendar, since the films that came out in theaters in April, May, and June are now arriving on streaming. So the “Do theatrical releases help streaming performances?” question is gonna get a fresh round of updates nearly every week. No single week will answer the question, but we may get some insights. For example, so far in 2026, it looks like theatrical films are lasting longer on the weekly Nielsen film charts. Here’s a list of films that have made the charts in their fourth or fifth week of release, separated by “for kids” and “general entertainment”: It certainly seems like theatrical films are lasting just a pinch longer on the charts, with Project Hail Mary being the current five-week champion. One Battle After Another did well for HBO Max too, and even The Sheep Detectives made it four weeks. The only exception to this trend? Obsession, which only lasted two weeks on the charts. You might tempted to overreact to this news. Don’t. Obsession is a huge horror hit, but horror just doesn’t do as well on streaming. By the way, here’s the Google Trends for various theatrical and stremaing films: Plus, when it comes to Netflix in four months, Obsession may have another big boost. Quick Notes on Film Note that when I write, “the streamers have pulled back on straight-to-streaming films” that doesn’t mean “abandoned” because Netflix is gonna Netflix. On 24-July, they released 72 Hours, a Kevin Hart comedy. Along with Eddie Murphy, Mark Wahlberg, John Cena and Adam Sandler, Kevin Hart is a streaming film star now. Did this latest one work? Not really. It only garnered two weeks of 13.2 and 12.2 million hours on its debut, well below the 20-million-hour hit threshold. It also was poorly received critically—a 44 on Metacritic—and by customers—a 5.4 on IMDb on 21K IMDb reviews. We’re just getting started with this issue, but the rest is for paid subscribers of the Entertainment Strategy Guy, so if you’d like to find out… The latest Netflix true crime doc to pop on the charts… How The Bear finished its run… Netflix’s latest Western to return to streaming… What Paramount+ animated film flopped… And what sitcom also missed… All the flops, bombs and misses… And a whole lot more… ...please subscribe! We can only keep doing this great work with your support. Coming Soon! I’m behind by a week, so we’ve got two issues coming your way this week, including one in a couple of days or so, then we’ll be all caught up**.** Next issue, inspired by The Super Mario Galaxy Movie coming to Peacock, I’m going to take a look at the workhouse of streaming TV: kids films. Plus The Devil Wears Prada 2 continues theatrical films’ big run on streaming. All that, plus another surprise hit on Hulu, Lioness on CBS, and a whole lot more. Long term, LeBron James is filming his own “Last Dance”-style docu-series, surprising no one. But as I’ve been writing about a lot this summer, this genre is really overrated, so whoever ends up buying it (reportedly ESPN) really shouldn’t pay too much for it.
Health Right CEO Gets National Award For Charitable Healthcare Work
A West Virginia physician has been named the 2026 Patient Advocate of the Year for the work she does with a prominent free and charitable clinic.
VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System holds flag-raising ceremony to honor people lost to suicide
In honor of National Suicide Prevention Month, Nebraska and western Iowa's health care systems held a flag-raising ceremony to honor those lost to suicide.
Entertainment Lineup Announced for Grass Lake Oktoberfest October 3
Airdate: September 1st, 2026 Tom Izzo Headlines Northwest Staff Opening Day EventSeptember 1, 2026Jackson College Named as MIOSHA Training Site and Expands Corporate ServicesSeptember 1, 20262nd Annual Sickle Cell Walkathon this SaturdaySeptember 1, 2026Entertainment Lineup Announced for Grass Lake Oktoberfest October 3September 1, 2026Pride of Concord Matt Lehman and Kathy LehmanSeptember 1, 2026“Plays in Development”…
Chicago records 2 human cases of West Nile virus, 1st death of 2026: Health officials
Chicago health officials reported Tuesday the city's first two human cases and first death from West Nile virus this year.
Person dies from West Nile virus in Chicago, health officials say
A person has died in Chicago of West Nile virus, according to health officials.
Chicago Department of Public Health announces 2 West Nile cases, 1 death for 2026
The Chicago Department of Public Health on Tuesday announced two human cases and one death from the West Nile virus in the city this year, and one of those two people has died.
HFG Architecture opens Rogers office
HFG Architecture, a Wichita, Kan.-based healthcare architecture and design firm, recently relocated its Bentonville office into a 1,000-square-foot space in Rogers and named Northwest Arkansas native Josh Danish as managing...
Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra hits its lowest price since launch
Score the launch promotion just a month after release.
Santikos buys 21 acres for far West Side entertainment complex
This would be the San Antonio-based entertainment and real estate company’s farthest west entertainment complex.
First Choice Business Brokers Launches Multi-Channel Franchise Development Initiative to Meet Surging Demand for Business Broker Franchise Ownership
Las Vegas, NEVADA, Sept. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Choice Business Brokers (FCBB), a nationally recognized business broker franchise wi...
Top Western Caribbean ports on Royal Caribbean's Wonder of the Seas
I took a weeklong cruise to the Western Caribbean with Royal Caribbean and thought the best port stops were in Roatan, Honduras, and Cozumel, Mexico.
CT senior living facility changes hands for $68.25M
American Healthcare REIT purchased The Residences at Westport, at 1141 Post Road East, on Aug. 6, property records show.
NOAA scientists spot ‘outrageously tiny' fish
The unknown fish species was spotted in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean.
Western New York lawmakers propose 'Hands Off Our Great Lakes' Act
The proposed legislation seeks to block the president and other federal officials from renaming any of the Great Lakes.
Airbus A321XLR: Where you can book flights on newest long-haul plane
37 destinations, mostly in Europe and the US, are served by Aer Lingus, Air Canada, American Airlines, Iberia, Qantas, and United Airlines.
Dark matter detector picks up a mysterious signal
Unexplained event has just a 0.5% change of coming from an ordinary, known source
California to buy defunct horse track and turn it into the Bay Area's newest public park
California lawmakers struck a deal to divert $125 million in climate funding to buy the former Golden Gate Fields track and turn it into a park
Scientists added sulfuric acid weekly to an Ontario lake for 17 years, lowering pH from 6.8 to 5.2; decades later its lake trout population remains below half its former level
A lake in northwestern Ontario became the setting for a landmark experiment on the effects of acid rain. For 17 years, scientists deliberately added sulfuric acid to Lake 223 every week, gradually changing the water's chemistry to mimic the effects of acid rain that was damaging lakes across North America and Europe.
How a federal grant brought mental health services into schools across 6 North Carolina school districts
Across six North Carolina school districts, Project AWARE is helping expanded access to school-based mental health care.
Scott's Addition's newest pizza parlor, Pizzeria Delores, opens for business
After leasing the former ice cream shop last fall, Max Sayer and Jacky Welch set out renovate the space to pay tribute to pizzerias of the 1980s with wood-paneled walls and vintage Schlitz Beer chandeliers hanging over booths.
Ex-Northwestern Football Captain Gains Prestigious Role With Wildcats Program
A former Northwestern football captain is coming home to work for coach David Braun's program.
What Dyson’s First Toothbrush Says About Oral Care’s Beauty Era
The CameraJet toothbrush marks Dyson’s first step into the oral care category, which is undergoing a broader makeover.
Ice Island Survives Run-In With Joe Island
In summer 2026, a substantial iceberg calved from Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland and swiftly drifted into Nares Strait, colliding with an island along the way.
Ex-Notre Dame offensive lineman traded to San Francisco 49ers
Former Notre Dame Jarrett Patterson spent the last three seasons of his NFL career with the Houston Texans. Now, he's moving onto the west coast.
Nonbank lender finds niche in airport concession business
Los Angeles-based Lendistry recently received a $100 million credit facility from East West Bank to support loans to airport concession operators.
Police saturate entertainment district in downtown Selma
From the West Alabama Newsroom– The Selma Police Department and the Dallas Co. Sheriff’s Office conducted a joint saturation detail in downtown Selma over the weekend. The detail was conducted in the city’s entertainment district — in response to a shooting incident that happened the previous weekend. “When you have 300 and something shots that were fired, one person injured,...
Northern Colorado health officials confirm first West Nile Virus case in Weld County
On Monday, health officials confirmed the first case of West Nile Virus found in Weld County this year.
Northwest Arkansas hospital becomes latest site for state's maternal health program
A program aimed at supporting high-risk pregnancies has expanded to Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas, Department of Human Services officials announced Monday.
NWACC’s academic-credit enrollment increases 1.8% from 2025
NorthWest Arkansas Community College said Monday (Aug. 31) that its enrollment has exceeded 12,000 total students for the first time. The Bentonville-based two-year college released 11th-day figures, showing enrollment increased...
Chiefs, Hunt Midwest to create entertainment districts for new stadium, headquarters
A new formed company launched by the Chiefs and Hunt Midwest is helping develop mixed-use districts in Kansas City, Kansas and Olathe
After 45 years in business, this West Menlo Park institution is slated to shutter
Lutticken’s Deli and After 5 Restaurant, a sandwich shop and restaurant that has operated in unincorporated West Menlo Park since 1981, is set to close at the end of September.
Meet the Newest Members of Poole’s Graduate Business Community
This fall, 291 students joined Poole College of Management’s graduate business programs, bringing experience from fields including technology, education, accounting, marketing, financial services and the military. Meet six incoming students and learn about the paths that led them to NC State, what they hope to gain and where they plan to go next.
First West Nile virus case in Utah County confirmed as neuroinvasive
The Utah County Health Department confirmed the county’s first human case of West Nile virus this season.Health officials said the case is neuroinvasive, the mo
Tackling lawsuit abuse on Inside West Virginia Politics
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) – On this week’s episode of Inside West Virginia Politics, our guests join Rick Johnson to discuss giving away water, lawsuit abuse, housing children and a congressional ru…
Wellsburg Health Care Center and Red Cross host Community House blood drive in Follansbee
WTOV NBC 9 provides local news, weather forecasts, notices of events and items of interest in the community, sports and entertainment programming for Steubenville and nearby towns and communities in the Ohio Valley area including, in Ohio Steubenville, St. Clairsville, Wintersville, Cadiz, Bellaire, Toronto, Martins Ferry, Barnesville, Shadyside, Bridgeport, and Mingo Junction and in West Virginia Wheeling, Weirton, Moundsville, New Martinsville, and Wellsburg.
Cincinnati logistics company acquired by national firm
Priority Dispatch Inc. and Diamond Expedited, both owned by Jeff Thomas, will be acquired by Minneapolis-based Priority Courier Experts to expand logistics services across the Midwest.
Experience Bayou Sol: The only full service aerial entertainment company in SWLA
The Lake Charles based company is the only aerial entertainment company in Southwest Louisiana, offering performances, workshops, private lessons and entertainment for a variety of events.
Arrow Sports Club closed in Weston; seller’s permit invalid
By Shereen Siewert | Wausau Pilot & Review WESTON — Arrow Sports Club is closed, and Village of Weston officials say the business cannot operate
Man arrested for murder after prominant business owner shot and killed in West Odessa
A man has been charged with murder after a prominant business owner was shot and killed early Sunday in west Odessa.
Sony’s WH-1000XM5 headphones are back down to their lowest price
$198 through September 7th.
What If Every City Department Was a Public Health Department?
Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud is bringing health considerations into transportation, zoning, environmental policy and other everyday decisions that shape residents’ lives.
Jennifer Garner was in ‘mourning’ after losing ‘West Wing’ role — and then she got ‘Alias’
Jennifer Garner admitted to being distraught after being passed over for ‘The West Wing,’ only to soon land her star-making vehicle.
Cancer, West Nile, a heart attack — Cleveland Clinic helped him survive them all: Health Care Stories
Cancer was only the beginning of a five-year run of health crises for Scott, who says he came out the other side stronger than ever before.
Boom Ball bringing baseball entertainment tour, 2027 tryouts to NWA
A touring baseball entertainment show is coming to Northwest Arkansas, and local players have a chance to audition for the 2027 roster.
‘Ebenezer’ director Ti West explains how Johnny Depp makes Scrooge ‘an unlikable guy’ with ‘humor and charm’
Get your first look at Tramell Tillman as the Ghost of Christmas Present and Ian McKellen as Jacob Marley in Ti West’s ‘Ebenezer,’ also starring Johnny Depp.
Lithium stakeholders announce $1.5 billion deal
Smackover Lithium, a partnership between Standard Lithium Ltd. and Equinor ASA announced Monday (Aug. 31) the signing of its second commercial offtake agreement for the South West Arkansas Project (SWA...
Lithium stakeholders announce $1.5 billion deal
Smackover Lithium, a partnership between Standard Lithium Ltd. and Equinor ASA announced Monday (Aug. 31) the signing of its second commercial offtake agreement for the South West Arkansas Project (SWA...
Clashing Convictions Of Taliban And The West Is Costing Afghan Lives
Two sets of dogmas contend in Afghanistan: those of the Taliban and the West. Neither side pays the real price for their beliefs. Ordinary Afghans do with
Western training for Ukraine's troops is purposefully close to the war
Norway is leading training for Ukrainian troops in eastern Poland to preserve training time and keep lessons tied to the battlefield.
Meet Ryan Myers. The Commercial Appeal's newest high school sports writer
The Commercial Appeal welcomes its new high school sports writer as Ryan Myers joins the CA staff.
Betting odds released for Michigan vs Western Michigan
Will Michigan cover the spread against Western Michigan? Here’s a look at the betting odds.
This new North Jersey vet has unlimited visits for a monthly fee
Snoots in Clifton has unlimited visits for dog and cat care. Family Care Physical Therapy opened in Butler. PayMore Electronics is in West Orange.
West Hartford Business Buzz: August 31, 2026 - We-Ha
A round-up of openings, closings, and other news about West Hartford businesses.Business Buzz is sponsored by NBT Bank, and we are very thankful for their support!By Ronni NewtonI find myself writing the same thing at this time every year: It’s the last week of August. Today is actually
FDA alerts patients after multiple complaints at West Coast imaging center
“Some clinical image quality deficiencies were severe,” the agency said, adding that the center is now required to submit an “extensive corrective action plan to the ACR.”
Southwest inland port gets $20M state boost
The southwest Virginia inland port at Oak Park receives a $20 million state budget allocation to support site development and infrastructure.
Seahawks 53-man roster for 2026 NFL season officially announced
Meet your newest Seahawks team!
Breckie Hill Has A Surprising History With Netflix’s Newest Reality Star
The internet has a funny way of making a very big world feel tiny. Breckie Hill and Alix Earle are The Breckie Hill Has A Surprising History With Netflix’s Newest Reality Star first appeared on The Bl...
Health taxes: Overcoming technical and political challenges, including illicit trade concerns, and lessons from country experience
A virtual side event ahead of the seventy-seventh session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific will explore how health taxes on tobacco, alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverages can reduce unhealthy consumption, generate revenue and support health priorities. Aligned with WHO’s 3 by 35 Initiative, the session will share country experiences in tax modelling, revenue allocation and addressing illicit trade, while highlighting practical strategies for advancing health tax policies. The event will be livestreamed on X, Facebook, YouTube and the RCM77 web page.
Detroit Lions Make Decision on Rookie Draft Pick Tyre West
The Detroit Lions are moving on from one of their 2026 draft picks. Detroit is waiving rookie defensive lineman Tyre West, according to NFL reporter Arye Pulli, as the Lions continue trimming their roster ahead of Sunday’s 53-man deadline. Pulli…
Wisconsin High School Football Rankings: Top 25 Teams
The top five high school football teams in the state of Wisconsin remain unchanged — according to the Massey Ratings — following the second week of the 2026 season. Sixteen of the top 25 teams in the state remain unbeaten. Both No. 3 Bay Port and No. 5 West De Pere held serve with important […]
St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates Game Discussion Sunday
The St. Louis Cardinals wrap up their homestand before a long west coast swing as they’ll host the Pirates again on Sunday. Matthew Liberatore will give it a go for the Cardinals while the Pirates will start Braxton Ashcraft. First pitch is set for 1:15pm at Busch Stadium and the game broadcast will be available […]