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Kentucky enters final planning stages of on-campus entertainment district

The University of Kentucky’s plans to move forward with its on-campus Sports Adjacent Entertainment District are not only full-go—they’re approaching the final planning stages before construction begins. UK President Eli Capilouto, AD and Champions Blue CEO J Batt and JMI President Paul Archey all updated the progress of the entertainment district at the Champions Blue Board of Governors meeting in Louisville. That came with a confirmation that the school is now in phase three of planning, with only a final request for proposal and final executive summary separating the school from breaking ground. This ongoing process has included four steering […]

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Sep 17 • 10:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • on3.com
Phillies' nightmare seeding, matchup scenarios for 2026 MLB Playoffs

The Philadelphia Phillies appear headed toward October, but just getting in is no longer the goal. Their final 10 games will determine whether they begin the postseason at Citizens Bank Park or start the path to the World Series on the road. As of Thursday evening, the Phillies sit at 84-68 , one-half game behind the Chicago Cubs for the National […] The post Phillies' nightmare seeding, matchup scenarios for 2026 MLB Playoffs appeared first on ClutchPoints.

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Sep 17 • 9:24 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
WECT NEWS NOW: Bald Head Island Conservancy lands $424K federal grant to train next generation of scientists

Representatives from the Bald Head Island Conservancy joined Randy Aldridge on WECT News Now to discuss the $424,582 grant recently awarded to the organization.

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Sep 17 • 8:49 PM EDT • Science • wect.com
El Niño-driven Kelvin wave could raise Bay Area sea levels by up to 1 foot, scientists say

A little-known ocean phenomenon linked to El Niño is making its way toward California and could raise Bay Area sea levels by as much as a foot this fall, increasing the risk of coastal flooding across the region. Here's what to know about Kelvin waves.

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Sep 17 • 8:40 PM EDT • Science • abc7news.com
Octin Health Wins MN Cup Grand Prize of $76K, Looks Toward FDA Clearance

The prize money will support product development for Octin Health’s device, which is designed to maintain blood flow during surgeries.

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Sep 17 • 8:36 PM EDT • Health • tcbmag.com
Scientists are about to test Einstein’s gravity with exotic matter

Scientists have found a new way to create a controlled beam of muonium, an exotic atom containing a heavier cousin of the electron. The advance could allow researchers to test for the first time whether gravity acts on second-generation particles exactly as Einstein’s theory predicts. Any unexpected difference would be a major surprise and could potentially point toward new physics, including a hypothetical fifth force.

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Sep 17 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
St. Mary Parish business owner faces arraignment in theft and property damage case

ST. MARY PARISH, La. (KLFY) — A criminal case involving allegations of stolen and damaged property is moving toward trial after Jonathan Wayne Scully was arraigned Thursday. Joe and Michelle …

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Sep 17 • 7:39 PM EDT • Business • klfy.com
Ripple CEO Blames Democrats' 'Politics' for CLARITY Act Failure

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse criticized Senate Democrats after the CLARITY Act failed to advance Tuesday, but said crypto regulation in the U.S. could now shift toward rulemaking by the SEC and CFTC. The regulatory setback leaves Ripple and XRP largely...

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Sep 17 • 7:30 PM EDT • Politics • finance.yahoo.com
Bruins GM Don Sweeney Announces Extension For Young Forward

The Boston Bruins have made several moves so far during the offseason that they hope will help further propel them in the Stanley Cup Playoffs this season; they returned to the playoffs after missing in 2025, though they’d be eliminated in the opening round by the divisional rival Buffalo Sabres.The Bruins, who lost forward Viktor […] The post Bruins GM Don Sweeney Announces Extension For Young Forward appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 17 • 7:01 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
STScI Scientists Part of Collaboration Receiving 2027 Berkeley Prize

Scientists from the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) are members of the collaboration that has been awarded the 2027 Lancelot M. Berkeley–New York Community Trust Prize for Meritorious Work in Astronomy as part of their work with the UNCOVER project.

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Sep 17 • 7:00 PM EDT • Science • newswise.com
Pelicans forward Saddiq Bey agrees to 3-year, $55.5 million extension after successful comeback from ACL tear

Bey posted a career season last year with the Pelicans.

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Sep 17 • 6:43 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
LSU Gets New Sam Leavitt Practice Update Before Ole Miss

LSU quarterback Sam Leavitt took an encouraging step toward potentially playing against Ole Miss after being listed as doubtful. The post LSU Gets New Sam Leavitt Practice Update Before Ole Miss appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 17 • 6:22 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Palmetto Sports Daily: Staff changes made at UNC ahead of Clemson game, Vicari Swain keeps exploiting punt teams

The crew discusses what to look forward to in Gamecock's SEC opener against Mississippi State and how Clemon QB Tait Reynolds can improve his play against UNC.

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Sep 17 • 6:13 PM EDT • Sports • wistv.com
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Sep 17 • 6:10 PM EDT • Entertainment • youtube.com
Nominate The Best Operators In the Business

AGCO's award honors the custom applicators who keep ag retail running — nominations for 2026 close September 30.

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Sep 17 • 5:25 PM EDT • Business • thedailyscoop.com
Final stretch: Science Hill JROTC nears $25,000 fundraising goal

Science Hill High School's Army JROTC program has raised about $21,096 toward a $25,000 fundraising goal, with 11 days remaining in its campaign as of Thursday afternoon. The program is also seeking a 10 to 15 passenger van to help transport cadets to competitions and community events.

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Sep 17 • 5:14 PM EDT • Science • johnsoncitypress.com
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GSA Issues Notice of “Glitch” and Recommends Contractors Validate Small Business Status Representations on SAM.gov

The General Services Administration (GSA) has begun sending out email notifications of a “known glitch” affecting certain System for Award Management (SAM) registrations as far back as spring…

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Sep 17 • 4:20 PM EDT • Business • crowell.com
MIT School of Engineering faculty and staff receive awards in spring 2026

Faculty and researchers across the MIT School of Engineering were recognized in spring 2026 with prestigious awards for their contributions to research, technology, society, and education.

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Sep 17 • 4:20 PM EDT • Science • news.mit.edu
How Titans QB Cam Ward Handles Adversity in the NFL

Following a shaky home opener, Tennessee’s signal-caller relies on a rigid film-study routine and unwavering process to rebound before facing the high-powered Philadelphia Eagles in Week 2.

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Sep 17 • 4:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Inland Empire Health Plan receives 4-star NCQA Medicaid plan rating

/PRNewswire/ -- The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) awarded Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) an overall rating of 4 out of 5 for Medicaid...

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Sep 17 • 4:00 PM EDT • Health • prnewswire.com
‘Barely Breathing’ singer Duncan Sheik, 56, hospitalized in critical condition

NEW YORK — Duncan Sheik, the voice behind the 1996 single “Barely Breathing” and Tony Award-winning composer of “Spring Awakening,” is currently hospitalized. Sheik’s family offered a health update in

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Sep 17 • 3:48 PM EDT • Entertainment • recorderonline.com
Dolly Parton posthumously accepts music lifetime achievement award

Dolly Parton posthumously accepted a lifetime achievement award by way of a video recorded before her death. The Queen of Country, who died last month at age 80, was awarded

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Sep 17 • 3:45 PM EDT • Entertainment • recorderonline.com
Talarico hit with ‘blatant corruption’ allegation over hefty salary from consulting firm, campaign pushes back

James Talarico drew a hefty salary from MAYA Consulting while overseeing the Texas Education Agency that awarded the firm millions in contracts.

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Sep 17 • 3:19 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
WBNS 10TV

From its founding in 1949, WBNS-10TV has strived to bring to central Ohio the highest quality news and entertainment programming, while utilizing the best in television technology. WBNS is the most-watched news channel in central Ohio, delivering 24-hour news, CBS programming and sports, top-rated syndicated programs and award-winning local programming. WBNS stands on the cutting edge of television broadcasting as it has since its inception. On television, online and on the go, 10TV News is Central Ohio's News Leader. WBNS is part of TEGNA, a publicly traded local media company dedicated to serving the greater good of our communities.

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Sep 17 • 3:07 PM EDT • Health • youtube.com
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After the iPhone Duo, the Galaxy Z Fold 8 just got even more popular

Samsung saw an upward trend on home soil.

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Sep 17 • 3:03 PM EDT • Technology • androidcentral.com
Political party leaders contrast visions at forum

How does a nonpolitical organization help keep the public informed about political issues without getting political? The Western Institute of Lifelong Learning decided the solution was not a debate, but an event presenting the differing — and sometimes nondiffering — perspectives on certain issues held by representatives of Grant County’s major political parties. “Party Perspectives: A Conversation on the Issues” was presented Wednesday in Western New Mexico University’s Besse-Forward Global...

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Sep 17 • 3:00 PM EDT • Politics • scdailypress.com
Susquehanna awarded nearly $400K from National Science Foundation

Susquehanna University has been awarded a $388,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to fund research on aquatic microorganisms.

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Sep 17 • 2:44 PM EDT • Science • susqu.edu
IHS Awards $2.3 Million to Expand Community Health Aid Program

A program designed to bolster the mid-level medical workforce in Indian Country is getting a $2.3 million boost to bring it to the lower 48. Community health aides are providers who bridge gaps in communities where healthcare access is limited. According to the IHS website, these include conducting health assessments and screenings, providing preventive care […]

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Sep 17 • 2:15 PM EDT • Health • nativenewsonline.net
HCA Healthcare Foundation awards $25,000 grant to Feeding Southwest Virginia

LewisGale Regional Health System announced on Thursday that the HCA Healthcare Foundation has awarded a $25,000 grant to Feeding Southwest Virginia to help expa

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Sep 17 • 1:55 PM EDT • Health • wset.com
Governor Morrisey announces $855,400 award to strengthen statewide health data infrastructure

Governor Morrisey announces $855,400 award to strengthen statewide health data infrastructure

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Sep 17 • 1:50 PM EDT • Health • wtap.com
Mark Carney tries to soothe US fears in EU speech after move to become member

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney tried to soothe U.S. fears over his overtures toward the European Union, pledging that a planned new partnership wouldn’t be detrimental to the United States. Carney outlined his vision for the planned first-of-its-kind alliance with the EU in a speech to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on Thursday, a […]

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Sep 17 • 1:41 PM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
2026 MILK Business Award Winners: Three Dairy Leaders Moving the Industry Forward

A tech-forward Colorado dairy, a Wisconsin producer growing her farm and giving back to her community, and a nearly 30-year farm veteran show three sides of dairy leadership.

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Sep 17 • 1:39 PM EDT • Business • dairyherd.com
NYC Health + Hospitals and Maimonides Health Transaction Moves Forward After New York State Health Planning Council Vote

New York, NY – In a unanimous vote, the full New York State Public Health and Health Planning Council (PHHPC) today approved the proposal for Maimonides

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Sep 17 • 1:30 PM EDT • Health • nychealthandhospitals.org
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Can the Red Sox recapture their summertime magic?

Boston is likely headed towards an all or nothing October.

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Sep 17 • 1:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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New funding boosts data archive that tracks healthy aging environments

With an $11 million award from the National Institute on Aging, University of Michigan researchers will build and share national data that track how neighborhood conditions change over time, helping scientists study how local environments affect older adults' health.

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Sep 17 • 1:24 PM EDT • Health • news-medical.net
Christopher Ward Takes on the Big Brands with Its First Automatic Chronograph in Six Years

Christopher Ward introduces an automatic chronograph to the C63 Sealander collection, debuting in five dial colors.

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Sep 17 • 1:19 PM EDT • Technology • gearpatrol.com
National Book Awards: Marlon James, Louise Erdrich and Karl Ove Knausgaard make long lists

Marlon James' novel “The Disappearers,” about the persecution of gay men in 1980s Jamaica, is nominated for a National Book Award | Talk 1370

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Sep 17 • 1:09 PM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
National Book Awards: Marlon James, Louise Erdrich and Karl Ove Knausgaard make long lists

Marlon James' novel “The Disappearers,” about the persecution of gay men in 1980s Jamaica, is nominated for a National Book Award | WWL

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Sep 17 • 1:09 PM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
Wiregrass small businesses nominated for 2026 Alabama Small Business Award

DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN) — The Chamber of Commerce Association of Alabama and Business Council of Alabama has announced 40 small businesses as finalists for the 2026 Alabama Small Business Award, and sever...

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Sep 17 • 1:05 PM EDT • Business • yahoo.com
National Institutes of Health awards $3.6 million grant to study health threats from Hawaiʻi’s plantation history

Investigating a hidden environmental health threat across Hawaiʻi—pollutants left behind by decades of agricultural and industrial activity, and whether wildfires and other disasters can bring those contaminants back into the environment and into people’s bodies—is the focus of a new University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai-led research project that received a five-year, $3.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

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Sep 17 • 1:00 PM EDT • Health • mauinow.com
UWF professor’s work with chemical science students earns major national recognition

University of West Florida professor Dr. Karen Molek received the American Chemical Society's Dreyfus Award for her work in encouraging economically disadvantaged students to pursue careers in chemica...

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Sep 17 • 12:58 PM EDT • Science • yahoo.com
GW Global Health Expert: No ‘Magic Bullet’ for Malaria - Elimination Will Require a Combination of Tools

New review examines how vaccines, antimalarial drugs and mosquito-control measures could work together to accelerate progress toward a malaria-free world

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Sep 17 • 12:35 PM EDT • Health • newswise.com
Two years after Israel's pager attacks in Lebanon, teenage survivor rebuilds his life

Two years after surviving Israel's detonation of booby-trapped pagers in Lebanon, 14-year-old Ali Abbas is determined to move forward despite severe physical scars.

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Sep 17 • 12:03 PM EDT • Technology • reuters.com
Arsenal gets vindicated over Gabriel incident against Chelsea

Arsenal were perceived to have got away with it when Gabriel was not sent off against Chelsea after he kicked towards Emiliano Martinez during a goalmouth scramble and did not appear to be aiming at t...

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Sep 17 • 12:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Jian Li and Akshat Dave Among Faculty Awarded Grants From AI Innovation Institute

Ten interdisciplinary projects have received funds from Stony Brook University’s AI Small Grant Program. Selected from a pool of 63 applications, these research initiatives will advance integrated AI innovation and strategic diffusion of AI technology across Stony Brook’s campus, New York State and the world. Lav Varshney, Della Pietra Infinity Professor and inaugural director of

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Sep 17 • 11:50 AM EDT • Science • news.stonybrook.edu
Browns' Denzel Ward Hopes to Spoil Baker Mayfield's Revenge Game
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Sep 17 • 11:27 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Mbappe draws political fire over Ceuta t-shirt controversy

Kylian Mbappe has come under mounting criticism from conservative and far-right politicians in Spain and France after the Real Madrid forward declined to fully wear a t-shirt supporting residents of C...

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Sep 17 • 11:06 AM EDT • Politics • yahoo.com
MDI Health Celebrates Community at 2026 Annual Meeting

BAR HARBOR—MDI Health celebrated the people and partnerships strengthening local healthcare during its 2026 Annual Meeting and Community Celebration, held September 15 at the Bar Harbor Club. The gathering brought together patients, medical staff, employees, trustees, volunteers, supporters, and community partners to recognize the year’s accomplishments and honor those whose contributions make a meaningful difference across the organization and the communities it serves. “This celebration is an opportunity to recognize the extraordinary people who make our work possible,” said Chrissi Maguire, president and CEO of MDI Health. “Their compassion, dedication, and belief in strong local healthcare can be felt throughout our hospital, health centers, Birch Bay Village, and the communities we serve.” During the celebration, MDI Health presented its 2026 Impact Award to Mount Desert Nursing Association (MDNA), recognizing the organization as Community Partner of the Year for providing compassionate, skilled in-home nursing care across Mount Desert Island, Trenton, and Lamoine. “MDNA extends care beyond our walls, helping people remain safely at home, surrounded by the people and places they know and love,” Maguire said. “Its work lies at the intersection of healthcare and community and strengthens our entire healthcare system.” “For 77 years, MDNA has helped our neighbors recover and remain safely at home,” said Amy McVety, MDNA Executive Director. “Our longstanding partnership with MDI Health helps ensure a seamless transition from hospital to home and the continued care patients need. We are grateful for this recognition and especially proud of our talented, hardworking team.” The evening marked a transition in Board leadership. Martha Wagner, PhD, was recognized as she concluded her term as chair of the MDI Health Board of Trustees. Madeleine Braun, PhD, MBA, was introduced as incoming chair. “It is an honor to build on Martha’s leadership and serve an organization so deeply connected to this community,” Braun said. Individual honorees recognized during the evening’s program included Nancy D’Agostino, MDI Health Volunteer of the Year; George Rossi, Birch Bay Village Volunteer of the Year; Marc Woolfolk, Birch Bay Village Employee of the Year; and Beth Applebee, MDI Hospital Employee of the Year. “These honorees represent the very best of who we are,” Maguire said. The program also highlighted new initiatives and honors from the past year. MDI Health launched a free Screening Mammogram Scholarship Program to remove financial barriers to early detection, supported by a generous grant from the Maine Cancer Foundation. An in-hospital food pantry has been opened to meet rising community need and address the link between nutrition and health. MDI Health earned CMS five-star ratings for Patient Experience and Nurse Communication, top marks in the 2026–2027 Lown Institute Hospitals Index, recognition from the American Hospital Association and American Heart Association, and a third consecutive Best Places to Work in Maine designation. The hospital will open its new Main Entrance this fall, as work advances on the expanded Emergency Department and other patient-care spaces. The Building Our Future Campaign has raised more than $56 million in capital and programmatic support to date. “Everything we have accomplished reflects the strength of this community,” Maguire said. “We are grateful to everyone who has contributed their time, talent, leadership, and support to help MDI Health continue meeting the evolving needs of the region.” Subscribe Share Leave a comment

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Sep 17 • 10:46 AM EDT • Health • barharborstory.substack.com
GM delivers first Patriot missile parts amid push toward defense work

The automaker took on the work after President Trump pushed to replenish a dwindling supply of missiles and munitions.

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Sep 17 • 10:43 AM EDT • Business • crainsdetroit.com
Forward Party seeks emergency U.S. Supreme Court intervention to get candidates on Nov. ballots

The Forward Party of New Mexico is making a last-ditch effort to have their candidates for a handful of statewide races placed on New Mexico’s ballots before they are scheduled to be mailed out Friday. This story was originally published at New Mexico Political Report, a nonprofit news service covering politics and policy in the […]

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Sep 17 • 10:38 AM EDT • Politics • nmpoliticalreport.com
Dove Group moving forward with $10.7M Geismar expansion

Local commercial HVAC and mechanical contractor Dove Group has received a construction permit to begin work on a significantly larger facility in Geismar. Permit filings show plans for an approxima… Already an INSIDER? Sign in. Already an INSIDER? Sign in

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Sep 17 • 10:36 AM EDT • Business • businessreport.com
Pats say they're ready to step up with A.J. Brown on injured reserve

The New England Patriots' wide receivers are moving forward without A.J. Brown.

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Sep 17 • 10:31 AM EDT • Sports • spectrumlocalnews.com
Pollard Lecture set for Oct. 8

Dorothee Kern, from Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Scripps Research, will present the 2026 Ernest C. Pollard Lecture in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, titled “The Protein Dance: From Experiments to AI Predictions,” at 12:10 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 8, in 008 Mueller Laboratory at Penn State University Park. This free public lecture is sponsored by the Penn State Eberly College of Science.

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Sep 17 • 9:44 AM EDT • Science • psu.edu
The Champions League cloud that casts a long, dark shadow

More than a year on from one of their most embarrassing European exits, Celtic are struggling to escape from a groundhog day entirely of their own making. Amid buzz phrases like "learning lessons" and "wake-up calls" following last weekend's derby drubbing at Ibrox, an interesting yet awkward question emerges: have Celtic learned anything at all from last year's costly mistakes? Going out of the Champions League to Kairat Almaty cast a cloud over huge swathes of last season.

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Sep 17 • 9:33 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Vikings QB Kyler Murray working towards playing in Week 2

Kyler Murray was limited in practice on Wednesday ahead of Week 2.

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Sep 17 • 9:08 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Anthony Edwards Shuts Down ‘Face of the League’ Question

Anthony Edwards wants people to stop asking if he's the face of the NBA.

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Sep 17 • 9:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Finalists in the 23rd Stevie® Awards for Women in Business Announced

/PRNewswire/ -- Finalists were announced today in the 23rd annual Stevie® Awards for Women in Business, the world's top honors for women entrepreneurs,...

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Sep 17 • 9:00 AM EDT • Business • prnewswire.com
Finalists in the 23rd Stevie® Awards for Women in Business Announced

/PRNewswire/ -- Finalists were announced today in the 23rd annual Stevie® Awards for Women in Business, the world's top honors for women entrepreneurs,...

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Sep 17 • 9:00 AM EDT • Business • prnewswire.com
Finalists in the 23rd Stevie® Awards for Women in Business Announced

Finalists were announced today in the 23rd annual Stevie® Awards for Women in Business, the world's top honors for women entrepreneurs, executives, employees, and the organizations they run. Visit http://Women.StevieAwards.com for a complete list of Finalists by category.

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Sep 17 • 9:00 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Dolly Parton honored posthumously, shares prerecorded video message

Singer Dolly Parton performs, January 24, 2014 in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (Valerie Macon/Getty Images)The late Dolly Parton is sharing a new video message, which was recorded before she died in August.The Americana Music Association released Parton’s video Wednesday, which was submitted as part of her acceptance of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2026 Americana Honors & Awards.“Roots music, or what is now called Americana music, is what I grew up playing back in the Smoky Mountains,” Parton said in part in the video. “It’s that same music that drew me back to East Tennessee back in 1997 to write and record my album 'Hungry Again.' And that project really opened the door to a series of bluegrass and acoustic albums that changed the course of my career in so many ways.”“Now, new fans discovered these albums, new Americana music communities embraced them, and now looking back at it all, I see this era of my career as a musical renaissance of sorts,” Parton continued.The Americana Music Association announced in August that Parton — whose songs include “I Will Always Love You,” "Coat of Many Colors" and “Jolene” — was being recognized for her “enduring contributions as one of history’s greatest songwriters and recording artists.”Parton was in good company: Emmylou Harris, Van Morrison and Willie Nelson are among the artists who have been honored with the Americana Music Association Lifetime Achievement Award.Parton, a Tennessee native, died on Aug. 25 at the age of 80 following a private battle with cancer, according to her family.Throughout her six-decade career, Parton built a legacy that expanded beyond music into entrepreneurship and philanthropy.Copyright © 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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Sep 17 • 8:56 AM EDT • Entertainment • willmarradio.com
Florida: 2 Big Injury Updates Before Auburn Game

The Gators face a tense wait as key playmakers Eric Singleton Jr. and Emmanuel Oyebadejo head toward game-time decisions for a high-stakes SEC road test at Auburn.

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Sep 17 • 8:40 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Final Call for 2026 Entries: 16th Annual Globee® Awards for Business Invite Workplace and Business Achievement Nominations Worldwide

The Globee® Awards announced the final call for 2026 entries for the 16th Annual Globee® Awards for Business, inviting organizations and professionals worldwide to nominate workplace and business achievements before the final entry deadline.

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Sep 17 • 8:35 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Fire Awards spotlights Austin founders building satellites, AI infrastructure and next-gen healthcare

Austin's startup scene celebrates innovation with Fire Awards honoring 40 companies advancing AI, robotics, healthcare and energy technology.

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Sep 17 • 8:22 AM EDT • Business • bizjournals.com
Ball State University Receives Grant to Strengthen Rural Health Workforce, Access to Care

By Ball State Communications— MUNCIE, IN— Ball State University has received funding through the Indiana Rural Health Transformation Program to strengthen the rural healthcare workforce and expand access to health services in East Central Indiana. The $358,170 award, covering Sept. 1, 2026-July 31

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Sep 17 • 8:03 AM EDT • Health • munciejournal.com
New Orleans Pelicans Training Camp Preview: SF Trey Murphy III

A training camp preview for New Orleans Pelicans forward Trey Murphy.

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Sep 17 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Robotic lab sets up and runs optics experiments on demand

The process of building and running an optics experiment to analyze a material’s properties could one day be fully automated, MIT scientists say. Taking a step toward such a future, they developed a reconfigurable, robotic optics laboratory.

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Sep 17 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • eurekalert.org
Koumas 'a good stylistic match' for an Iraola team

Liverpool.com journalist Matt Addison has said young forward Lewis Koumas "certainly made the most" of his opportunity to start Tuesday's Carabao Cup win over Tottenham. The 20-year-old played 86 minutes, was relentless in leading the press from the front, and was denied a goal by a fine save from Spurs goalkeeper Martin Dubravka. "I thought he was excellent," Addison told BBC Radio Merseyside.

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Sep 17 • 7:59 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Wardogs has already made more money than Marathon, and its Steam launch momentum is ahead of Arc Raiders and Helldivers 2

Wardogs has successfully converted Steam Wishlists to bring in $70m from its 1.6 million active users.

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Sep 17 • 6:44 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Lena Dunham welcomes her first baby via surrogacy

(CNN) — Actress and writer Lena Dunham and her husband Luis Felber have welcomed a baby daughter via surrogate.Writing in an op-ed published by Vogue on Wednesday, Dunham, 40, who is best known as the creator of hit TV series “Girls,” revealed that the couple’s first child had arrived 13 days late, before describing the moment of her birth.“I was so focused on our surrogate — in awe at her concentration, her period of quiet followed by what sounded like a roar — I forgot to look down until I heard our baby’s cry,” she wrote.“I saw her face, gasping just as she did. Her eyes, wide and unfocused, taking in the light and shadow, blinking rapidly.”Dunham said she was “bashful and dizzy with joy.”In 2018, Dunham revealed that she’d had a hysterectomy in an attempt to end the pain caused by endometriosis.Endometriosis is a common and often painful condition that happens when tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows outside the uterus itself. It’s estimated to affect more than 11% of women between the ages of 15 and 44 across the United States.The surgery removed her cervix and uterus, meaning that she was unable to conceive naturally.On meeting her surrogate, Dunham wrote in the Vogue piece: “While I’ve been known to make friends quickly —​ airport terminals, veterinary offices — ​this was the quickest leap from first coffee to gynecological procedure I’d ever done.”Dunham said in the months before the embryo transfer date, as she “got to know our surrogate and to trust her,” she thought she would feel “jealousy” towards her, but she did not.“Instead, I felt a different kind of jealousy — toward said baby, for the chance to be tucked into someone who radiated such safety. I could just tell she knew how to steer an SUV in the snow,” Dunham added.The pregnancy came after “12 years circling the fertility drain,” Dunham wrote, and revealed how she dealt with the nerves of the intervening months.“Powerless and unable to feel the physical changes that signal a growing fetus, I horrified friends and family who adhere to the Jewish superstition prohibiting anticipatory purchases, and I started shopping,” said Dunham, before recounting her journey into the world of baby fashion.“I was looking for garments that allowed her personality to develop and express itself rather than announcing an identity she didn’t yet have,” she said.“She would be a person that we helped to dress, who made an impression on the world based on our choices, until she was old enough to do it herself.”The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2026 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.​THE-CNN-WIRE (TM) & © 2026 CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC., A TIME WARNER COMPANY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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Klopp reveals reason behind Deniz Undav's Germany omission

VfB Stuttgart forward Deniz Undav was one of the bright spots of a disappointing World Cup for Germany, which ended with elimination against Paraguay in the round of 32.However, the 30-year-old didn't...

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Klopp addresses Tresoldi's Germany vs Italy decision

Jürgen Klopp has selected a total of 44 players and divided them into two squads for Germany's upcoming four UEFA Nations League fixtures.One notable absentee was Club Brugge and Germany U21 forward ...

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Orlando Health grant assists Early Learning Coalition Brevard

The Early Learning Coalition of Brevard County (ELCB) recently announced it has been awarded more than $250,000 from the Space Coast Health Foundation to expand evidence-based social-emotional learning supports for preschool children across Brevard County.

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FDEM spent about $1 billion on immigration last year, now it'll get more

State legislators approved $250 million for the Florida Division of Emergency Management. Some will go toward hurricane relief, but a large portion will pay vendors for completed work at the immigration detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz."

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Fans' loyalty rewarded by Europa League win

Former Sunderland striker Marco Gabbiadini reflected on a "special" Europa League victory as the club made a winning return to European football after 53 years away. The winning moment against AZ Alkmaar came in the 66th minute when Enzo le Fee slotted away his penalty after being brought down inside the area. "It was very special," Gabbiadini told BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily.

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Shimano releases new SPD-SLR pedal & cleat system in first shift from SPD-SL in 20 years

New SPD-SLR cleat system claims better engagement and lower stack, but isn't backwards compatible

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Red Wings Are Showing Warning Signs of a Lost Season

The market is bearish on the Detroit Red Wings, pointing towards what seems to be a lost season for the winged wheel. The post Red Wings Are Showing Warning Signs of a Lost Season appeared first on HEAVY.

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Broncos Get Clear Message From Trevor Lawrence Before Jaguars Rematch

Trevor Lawrence left a teammate’s birthday party at halftime. What he studied afterward explains the Jaguars’ focus before facing the Broncos. The post Broncos Get Clear Message From Trevor Lawrence Before Jaguars Rematch appeared first on HEAVY.

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Team effort puts Galo trio top of the scoring charts

Galo has three of its main attacking players at the top of the scoring charts this season. And on the night Atlético needed its forwards the most, Cuello, Reinier, and Bernard stepped up to score the...

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Carbondale Area Science and Technology Club hosts STEM Night for elementary students

Members of the Carbondale Area High School Science and Technology Club hosted a “Blast Off to Summer” STEM Night for Carbondale Area Elementary students toward the end of the 2025-26 school year. Throughout the evening, students explored ex…

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NASA’s New Horizons spots signs of liquid nitrogen flowing on Pluto

Scientists have found the first evidence that liquid may have flowed across Pluto’s surface in the recent past. Dark features on the enormous Sputnik Planitia glacier appear consistent with liquid nitrogen rising through cracks from deep beneath the ice. Computer models show that nitrogen could melt at the glacier’s base and travel upward like fluid through small conduits. The finding reveals that Pluto may be much more geologically active than its frozen appearance suggests.

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Alabama awards $262,000 grant to upgrade forensic science equipment

Gov. Kay Ivey's office has awarded $262,000 to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences to enhance drug case investigations and morgue services.

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Snapchat 'willing to implement' daily time limits for children, boss tells BBC

Evan Speigel says it would be "an important step forward for the industry" in an interview with the BBC.

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HHS recognizes 2026 Behavioral Health and Children and Family Services Conference award recipients | Health and Human Services North Dakota

North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS) recognized five individuals and teams for their outstanding contributions to children, families and behavioral health services during the 2026 Behavioral Health & Children and Family Services Conference. The annual awards recognize providers and professionals who demonstrate exceptional service, innovation, leadership and a commitment to improving the lives of North Dakotans.

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Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City Named Among Nation's Best for Dining and Entertainment

(ATLANTIC CITY, NJ) -- /PRNewswire/ -- Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City continues to position itself as a premier destination for award-winning dining and world-class entertainment, earning national recognition across several of its signature venues. From Kuro's acclaimed Japanese cuisine and Il Mulino's Old-World Italian fare to the star-studded performances at Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena, the resort's culinary and entertainment offerings continue to garner praise from leading industry and consumer publications.

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UH-Mānoa awarded $3.6M to study hidden health risks from plantation era that surface after Hawaiʻi disasters

The five-year study will follow 1,000 residents to determine whether contaminants can resurface in humans and the environment following wildfires and other disasters.

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UNLV Awarded $6M from National Science Foundation to Accelerate Pace of Innovation

UNLV among select group of universities with high research output identified for potential to “unleash innovation” and create economic impact.

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Trump Wanted Canada as the 51st State. He Ended Up Pushing It Toward the European Union.

The invitation by the E.U. for Canada to become an “associate member” is a sign of Mr. Trump’s brand of diplomacy, which often involves threatening America’s closest friends.

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Palmetto Sports Daily: Expectations for SC in first SEC game, How Tait Reynolds can improve vs. UNC

The crew discusses what to look forward to in Gamecock's SEC opener against Mississippi State and how Clemon QB Tait Reynolds can improve his play against UNC.

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Bradenton entrepreneur turns love of bow ties into business

For many people, a bow tie only comes out for weddings or black-tie events. But for Bradenton entrepreneur Travis Ray, it's been part of his wardrobe since kindergarten.

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Bradenton entrepreneur turns bow ties into business

For many people, a bow tie only comes out for weddings or black-tie events. But for Bradenton entrepreneur Travis Ray, it's been part of his wardrobe since kindergarten.

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Healthy Living with Northern Health: Emergency department

Nobody looks forward to an Emergency Room visit, but it’s good to know that it is there if you need it.

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Mapping Ed Sheeran's remaining tour dates after Macklemore fallout

Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour has made over a dozen stops across the country since June, but going forward his lineup of opening acts will be different.

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17 Roaring Fork organizations receive more than $50,000 in health grants

The Roaring Fork Community Health Fund (RFVCHF) awarded over $50,000 to 17 organizations in the Roaring Fork Valley, according to a Western Colorado Community Foundation news release. The scope of the organizations covers a wide...

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Protect College Sports Act passes first vote in Senate; minority groups oppose bill

A bill aimed at regulating college sports took an important step towards becoming official this week, even as minority groups continue to oppose the bill.

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Nonprofit helps clients rebuild wardrobes after health changes

Whether it’s a health journey or any other life change, Hernandez said the closet is free.

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Governor Moore Announces $1.36 Million in Awards to Expand Prevention, Reduction of Gun Violence

Governor Moore Announces $1.36 Million in Awards to Expand Prevention, Reduction of Gun Violence

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What Does the Science of Climate Change Really Look Like?

Editor’s Note: This is the second in a three-part series on how the Right should think about environmental and climate policy. Read Chris Barnard on Reclaiming Environmental Policy from the Left. More than a decade ago, the world’s governments negotiated and signed the Paris Climate Agreement, committing to hold global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius. In the following years, climate had immense cultural power. Greta Thunberg emerged. Fortune 500 companies established net-zero plans. The U.S. got the Inflation Reduction Act. Then the pendulum swung back. President Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office, speaking of green energy as a “scam” and carbon footprints as a “hoax” and on all matters of international policy emphasizing bilateral engagement and power over globalism and cooperation. The technology companies that had been at the forefront of net-zero pledges and green leadership discovered the importance of all-of-the-above power to their visions for artificial intelligence and began quietly postponing or removing their targets. On the left side of the political spectrum, rising concerns about inflation and cost pushed climate lower down in the stated priorities of voters and stump speeches of politicians. The moment is ripe for a reset on the politics of climate change and for conservatives especially to chart a course that acknowledges and addresses the real challenges in plausible ways. So what should we think about climate change as we enter a post-peak climate era? If it is neither an apocalypse nor a hoax, what will hold up as a durable view of climate change? And how does it project onto the concerns and priorities of the right-of-center’s emerging coalition? New to Commonplace_? Subscribe below to get the magazine in your inbox._ Subscribe A Solid Foundation As the politics and economics of climate careened over the past ten years, the physics carried on regardless. In 2015, the year the Paris Climate Agreement was adopted, the world emitted 41.2 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide. By 2025, emissions had risen only 2.4%, to 42.2 gigatonnes, because falling emissions from land use offset increasing emissions from fossil fuels. But slow growth in annual emissions is not rapid decline, let alone net-zero, so carbon dioxide kept accumulating in the atmosphere, going from 399 to 426 parts per million. Global temperature kept rising too, from about 1.1 degrees Celsius above the 1850–1900 average in 2015, to 1.4 degrees above it in 2025. None of this should surprise anyone. Even most prominent skeptics, like the authors of the 2025 report commissioned by the Trump administration’s Department of Energy, accept the basic physics. Carbon dioxide added to the atmosphere at industrial volumes accumulates and traps heat that would otherwise escape to space. That heat warms the upper ocean and increases temperatures at the surface. Increased ocean heat and melting of land ice cause sea levels to rise. Changes in the climate become noticeable to us as subtle shifts in temperature and precipitation, seasons arriving early or late, changes in the surrounding ecosystem, and weather extremes. The much more meaningful debate is not about whether these things are happening, but about what it all means for human societies. (While it is a proxy measure of overall risk, no one experiences global surface temperature.) This debate invokes at least three interesting questions: how much today’s warming is showing up in regional climate trends, how much more warming we should anticipate, and how extreme weather events can be understood in the context of climate change. Recent scientific advances give us new insights into each of these, but there is still much to learn. This is the context in which the next generation of conservative leaders will be the first to deal with significant climate change as a fact, not a forecast. It will be with them for their entire careers. Our evolving scientific picture of climate change will come from weather and climate records stretching further into the past, new kinds of observations in the present, better modeling tools for the future, and simply more time to observe the emergence of climate signals and their tangible effects on ecosystems and communities in the United States and around the world. The policy landscape will be shaped by not only the impacts of changes in the climate, but also by the ways in which societies respond and by the emergence of new technologies for both altering the trajectory of emissions and adapting to new climate realities. Global climate records now show the fingerprints of warming in different phenomena around much of the world. The IPCC, in its most recent assessment report, documents warming trends over all land regions, even as natural variability adds substantial variance to local trends. And the highest temperature extremes have become more intense and frequent, almost everywhere, since the 1950s. Scientists are highly confident that these changes are attributable to human influence. But confidence in detecting trends and attributing them to human influence degrades across heavy precipitation events; drought trends are heterogeneous and not attributable to human activity with great confidence. For hurricanes, tornadoes, and other severe storms there is even less confidence in trends or their relationship to climate change. In general, a fair summary of the evidence is that for well-observed phenomena, like surface temperature or heavy rainfall, with a clear relationship to warming, our multidecadal observations are consistent with human influence overcoming natural variability over long time periods and extremes increasing. For regions that are sampled more sparsely, or phenomena with a higher noise-to-signal ratio, we will need to observe them longer to understand the magnitude of the climate signal or improve dynamical understanding using models and observations together. But for Climate For those who can’t wait, we also have new techniques that attempt to understand the role climate change has in influencing particular extreme events. When the climate is changing and disaster strikes, it is natural to ask whether that disaster was somehow “caused” by climate change. For scientists and policymakers acting in good faith, answering that question helps develop a more accurate picture of the problem, how it may be getting worse, and what preparations we should be making to respond to it. It may, at some point, give some weight to how liability is assigned by courts or adaptation funding is distributed by society. But how we ask this question is extremely important. It is easy to get the analysis wrong by discounting the role that meteorology plays. As meteorologist Theodore Shepherd explained in a clear 2016 review of climate attribution methods, “if a weather or climate event is truly extreme in the present climate, then perforce it requires unusual meteorological conditions, which means that climate change is at most a contributing factor.” Share Scientists have two ways to probe climate as a contributing factor, both of which have entered media coverage of extreme weather events. One asks a probabilistic question: How much more likely is a particular event (e.g., a temperature record over a particular area) amid global warming? The answer involves using historical records and computer simulations to estimate the likelihood of such an event in both a changed and a preindustrial climate. The findings are less about the specific event, and more about events of that nature. The other question is: How has the changed climate affected the specific event in question? Here, scientists try to understand what a similar event would have looked like in the preindustrial climate. This is sometimes called the storyline approach, where the story is the specific meteorological details of the event. These methods offer ways to test the intuition of scientists about real weather extremes. In late June and early July of 2021, a persistent high-pressure ridge, or heat dome, set up over the Pacific Northwest and an extraordinary heat wave affected the area from Oregon to British Columbia. For six days, it shattered temperature records across the region and hundreds died from heat-related causes, in an area where such high, and persistently high, temperatures were well outside of experience and many live without air conditioning. Scientists have studied its connection to climate change using multiple approaches. This specific event was created by a rare combination of meteorological factors, a strong high-pressure ridge created the conditions for extreme heat, which occurred on top of higher average temperatures in the region from global warming. Probabilistic analyses showed that climate change increased the likelihood of such an event by at least 8-fold to more than 100-fold. One standout example found that such an event had effectively zero probability of occurring in the preindustrial climate. The enormous range in these assessments reflects how hard it is to estimate probabilities of events at the tail of the historical record. Estimates of the effect on the temperature of the event are more clustered. A recent review paper documents how multiple methodologies have found a positive influence, roughly 1-2 degrees Celsius of an anomaly that exceeded 15 degrees, of climate change on the temperature magnitude of the event. Multiple studies have investigated and found some positive influence of climate change in other extreme events. Attribution studies found climate likely increased the heavy rainfall that accompanied Hurricane Helene in North Carolina and surrounding regions in 2024. The extensive fires that struck Los Angeles in 2025 illustrate how the causal chain can become messy, though. Studies do detect a positive influence of climate on the event’s likelihood, but while climate change likely contributed to underlying aridity, it would not have played a role in the heavy winds or land practices that preceded disaster. These event attribution studies will become more common for extreme, or damaging, weather events. They can be produced quickly, and often are reported before peer review. As the Pacific Northwest heatwave example shows, when multiple methods converge on a positive attribution, the finding should probably carry some weight even if you have to be careful about accepting the results from a single study. I expect that as climate change proceeds and the climate thus departs further from a preindustrial counterfactual, the influence will become more detectable across a variety of extreme events and more easily identified. This will be used to cast blame, but can also be used to inform how communities and society adapt to ongoing change. We May Still Be Surprised One positive development, insofar as less climate change is better, has been that our central estimates for future climate change should probably be revised downward. Mostly, that is because the high-end warmings that scientists regularly analyzed about ten to 20 years ago, driven by high emissions throughout the twenty-first century, now appear to be somewhere between unlikely and impossible. At one time, the upper end of mainstream climate projections extended well into 4 to 6 degrees Celsius of warming by the end of this century, which, models suggest, would have wrought enormous real-world damage. Current energy and policy trends now point toward 2.5 or 3 degrees. Damages and risks are commonly modeled as increasing steeply with more warming, so this is already a better-than-previously-expected outcome for the climate (which is independent of the physical response to emissions). But we should maintain a wide range for plausible outcomes and prepare for the possibility of being surprised. Emissions trajectories are subject to deep uncertainty, the physical climate response is still developing, and whatever change occurs in the climate will then be mediated through unpredictable economic, social, and political institutions. Over the past decade, the pace of warming surprised some keen observers and appeared to accelerate, though not yet outside the range of expectation provided by climate models. The reasons for that apparent acceleration are being actively studied (as was the apparent pause in warming from 1998 to 2012), but no single driver has emerged. Some blame it on the El Niño, variability which would have no bearing on climate. Some think it is a result of factories in East Asia and global shipping fleets cutting aerosol emissions, which in the strongest version of the argument would indicate higher climate sensitivity to carbon-dioxide emissions. Others are more measured, not yet ready to draw solid conclusions as to whether climate projections require revision. We will have to see. Long-Term Thinking Climate change asks us to think over long time scales. But the pace of human-driven warming is compressing a large global change into a century. Changing weather patterns and extreme events are already causing adjustment costs and damages and will do more. Adaptation will help, but it is not free. For some communities, these costs will erode livelihoods and well-being, and may force migration. Are we prepared for large-scale managed retreats in the United States? Thankfully, American wealth, geographical diversity, and moderate climates may leave us better prepared than many around the world. But wealthy countries can still suffer serious disruption from narrowly concentrated costs, even if they appear entirely manageable in aggregate. Readers of Commonplace are familiar with the challenges of rapidly adapting to economic forces. The displacement that came from the China Shock is barely perceptible in aggregate GDP and employment data, but it affected millions of people and those people were far less mobile than economic models tended to assume. Deindustrialization rippled through the nation with enormous effects for not only our economic vitality, but also our national security. The forces surrounding climate change may not be so different; the world gets richer and must accept some diffuse costs. Those may be modest overall, but cause all manner of unpredictable effects with which policymakers must cope. In the case of the China Shock, our faith in a growing pie served us poorly. We’ll need to do better on climate. Leave a comment

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‘Facts, science, evidence’: Commissioners OK data center health impact study

Lackawanna County commissioners awarded a contract Wednesday for a data center health impact study and could have the final report in hand by Christmas.

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