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Why the Miami Heat Should Retire Jimmy Butler's Jersey

From dragging an eighth seed to the Finals to legendary triple-doubles, Jimmy Butler revitalized a directionless franchise and cemented a remarkable legacy among the Miami Heat's all-time greats.

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Sep 18 • 12:15 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Apple Designers Explain the Thinking Behind iPhone Duo

Apple's design team reveals how notebooks helped inspire the iPhone Duo, along with interface principles and expectations for future features, in a new interview with GQ. The interview features Apple CEO John Ternus, Vice President of Industrial Design Molly Anderson, and Vice President of Human Interface Design Steve Lemay.

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Sep 18 • 12:10 PM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Ibrahim Mbaye has given Unai Emery a Tottenham selection dilemma

Ibrahim Mbaye strengthened his case for a Premier League start against Coventry and Dan Bardell believes the teenager has done enough to claim one of the two remaining places alongside John McGinn behind Nicolas Jackson as Unai Emery considers his attacking options for Tottenham.

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Sep 18 • 12:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Giancarlo Marocchi says Juventus met the demands of the fans

After two winless games, Juventus owed their fans a victory against NEC, and there was a strong sense of expectation before the start of their Europa League match.Juve were playing their first Europea...

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Sep 18 • 11:35 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Engrams Embedding Entendre: Codesign for Efficient DRAM/SSD Offloading

Engram extends standard token embeddings with learned multi-token lookups. Recurring local patterns retrieve vectors directly, reducing the need to reconstruct them through attention and feed-forward layers. With Engram model architecture optimization, it allows for lower HBM capacity to be needed for models at the same quality. This does not mean there won’t be an insane demand for HBM but it just means that model architecture will continue to innovate around constraints. This model architecture design is naturally codesigned for parameter offloading: each token accesses a few embedding rows whose addresses depend on token IDs, not hidden states. The runtime can prefetch those rows from host DRAM while earlier layers compute, keeping the table outside HBM without transferring entire weight matrices. Our Memory model contains our latest estimates of quarter by quarter HBM, DRAM, & NAND supply and demand. Offloading frees HBM for model weights and KV cache, potentially supporting larger batches or more concurrent sessions. When DRAM becomes the next constraint, NVMe offers another tier. Recommendation systems already cache frequently or recently accessed embedding rows in faster memory while backing colder rows with SSDs. After NVIDIA roadmap had to change due to massively despec’ing Rubin Ultra from 1024GB to now ~200GB of HBM per chip, model architecture optimizations like emgram maybe helpful. Our DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash configuration uses roughly 189 GiB of memory for Engram. We replace it with a memory-mapped (mmap) file and measure serving performance with offload to SSD. Later on in our report, we will show our Engram offloading experiments along with the official InferenceX agentic inference serving results on Engram models like DeepSeekv4.1 Flash across all 6 NVIDIA GPU SKUs along with MI355X. Unsurprisingly, the CUDA Moat is still mogging MI355X on the ultra popular DeepSeekV4.1 Flash model. We also show how even on high capacity HBM SKUs, offloading emgrams to DRAM could result in even better performance for most of the pareto than keeping the emgram in HBM. Our benchmark has been widely reproduced, validated and/or supported by almost every major buyer of compute from Google Cloud to Microsoft Azure to Oracle, to Meta and many more. Furthermore, it has the support of the ML community including from vLLM, LMCache, SGLang, PyTorch, Huggingface and the support of major labs like OpenAI, MiniMax, ZAI, Qwen, Moonshot Kimi, etc. Star the InferenceX GitHub repository if you find the open-source benchmark and data useful!. InferenceX is the only inference benchmark in the world to have TPUv7, Jalapeño, Nvidia Rubin NVL72, AMD, and soon, SambaNova and Trainium. Due to how realistic AgentX scenario is to real world agentic inference workloads, AMD has committed to collaborating on MI455X UALoE72 too. DeepSeek did not release the original paper’s two trained Engram models. We replicated its setup on fineweb-edu using the released code and training hyperparameters, at an estimated 6E18 FLOPs per run. We observed the same U-shape scaling: Engram improved performance over pure MoE baselines. We also reproduced DeepSeek’s results, where earlier-layer representations with Engram resembled those of later layers. Like the original Engram paper, it is possible to probe Engram’s gate scores to see what n-grams DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash makes the most use of. Our gate scan finds names, code fragments, relational phrasing, and boilerplate. These examples prioritize interesting-ness over gate strength. One unexpected result was Wright : Ace Attorney. These examples suggest learned memory optimizes the training objective, not a judgment of which facts deserve storage. Licenses, bibliography fragments, API scaffolding, and website furniture can provide prediction shortcuts, so the value of additional Engram capacity may depend on what survives data preparation. This does not show that table capacity is “wasted”: the evaluation-corpus scan establishes neither training exposure nor the capacity occupied by each category. For offloading, strong gates do not identify cache-hot rows. Low gates do not automatically save reads either: computing the gate requires the retrieved key and undoes the performance gain of a fused kernel. Skipping reads would require a separate usefulness predictor before retrieval. In the original paper’s inference-time ablation, factual-knowledge benchmarks retained just 29–44% of their original performance, while reading comprehension retained 81–93%. This is due to the training–inference mismatch. The resulting degradation therefore measures this trained model’s dependence on Engram, not the performance difference between models trained with and without it. In our ablations, suppressing Engram worsens token likelihood across all evaluated domains, especially encyclopedia text and several code corpora. Surprisingly, GSM8K accuracy stays within measured run-to-run variation and removing Engram has no effect. Engram is not a detachable dictionary beside an unchanged MoE. Removing it changes downstream features and expert selection. We tested whether rerouting hurts or compensates by holding tokens fixed in a teacher-forced experiment on CRUXEval, a code-reasoning benchmark of small Python functions where the model predicts a function’s output from its code and an input, and scoring the reference answer. Removing Engram raised answer loss from 0.2848 to 0.3093 bits/token. Forcing the ablated model to use the original Engram-on expert choices made it worse still, at 0.3375 bits/token. Rerouting partially compensates for the missing memory. Memory features and expert selection work together, rather than following a clean “memory stores facts; experts reason” division. On the same CRUXeval, removing Engram during either phase reduced accuracy and increased generated tokens; removing it throughout produced the largest changes. Keeping Engram for prefill leads to more correct answers than keeping for decode likely due to semantically richer KV cache transferred to decode workers, allowing it to mitigate some of the performance loss. Engram’s table is large, but each lookup is small. DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash requests 24 rows at each of two Engram layers, about 12.4 KiB per processed token position across the model, or 3.1 KiB per GPU when split across four GPUs. Currently as of Day 7 since Model Release, MI355X is still 2-4x worse performance per dollar compared to B200 even when normalized by Mi355X’s lower TCO. Our full total cost of ownership breakdown comes from our AI Cloud TCO Model along with monthly market surveys of over 100+ gpu clouds & gpu cloud customers. On the Day 0 release of DeepSeekv4.1 Flash, NVIDIA vLLM works out of the box with zero issues across all 6 SKUs: H100, H200, B200, B300, GB200, GB300! This was thanks to the amazing work by the NVIDIA & Interact teams! In comparison, AMD vLLM did not work on day 0 for DeepSeekv4.1 Flash.Source: SemiAnalysis InferenceX AMD’s vLLM documentation points to using vllm/vllm-openai-rocm:deepseekv41-flash-0909, but from hour 0 of the model release to hour 23, AMD has not publicly released the image. AMD claims, “SPEED IS THE MOAT,” yet it has still not released it by the 23rd hour. We wish that, going forward, the AMD team has a better process for hour 0 model releases. Eventually when they did publicly release for “day 0” image support, performance-wise, it is currently up to 14.8x worse perf per dollar than H200 and up to 42x worse perf per dollar than B200/B300. The power of the CUDA MOAT is NVIDIA’s collaboration with its massive 6 million-developer community ecosystem including most of the vLLM & SGLang & Tokenspeed maintainers which means that CUDA is optimized on day 0. Overall, AMD did make significant improvements but the performance per dollar is still currently 2-4x worse than B200. AgentX Engram DRAM Offloading Improving Performance The HBM and DRAM offload use the same GPU kernel to select and dequantize rows. With HBM, it reads GPU memory; with Unified Virtual Addressing (UVA), it reads pinned host memory directly. Both support full decode graphs. Moving the table into HBM accelerates only the sparse lookup, leaving decoder computation and communication unchanged, resulting in little overall benefit while consuming memory otherwise available to KV cache. Another benefit of Engram offloaded to DRAM which means you can reduce the communication overhead by using less HBM GPUs per replica. For example, when enabling Engram offloading on B300, we are able to switch from TP4 to now TP2 which improves the pareto curve by up to 1.6x. When iso-model quality, less HBM is required as the engrams could be offloaded to host DRAM. Thus HBM bandwidth matters way more than HBM capacity. For inference workloads where memory bandwidth matters the most, 4-hi HBM provides the best $/bandwidth and therefore lowest cost per token. If China continues to make more and more revolutionary model architecture innovations, soon it could potentially 0Hi HBM stacks. [ ](https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/long-live-the-short-king-why-4-hi) [ Long Live the Short King: Why 4-hi HBM Wins ](https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/long-live-the-short-king-why-4-hi) Myron Xie, Bryan Shan, and 3 others · Sep 13 [ Read full story ](https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/long-live-the-short-king-why-4-hi) Moreover, on B300 and week-0 stack, moving the Engram table back to HBM did not improve results and stay within run-to-run variance. This is a result of the work optimizing DRAM offload, such as async, and overlap. SSD Offloading On B200, we created a unoptimized vLLM fork and stored the Engram tables in memory-mapped files on local SSDs. File backing lets the OS reclaim table pages when other applications need RAM. Pages already cached in memory can be served without reading the SSD again. Furthermore, note that we were unable to turn on GDS The unoptimized SSD implementation changes how rows reach the GPU. It copies row IDs to the CPU, deduplicates them, gathers the requested rows into pinned buffers, copies those rows back to the GPU and dequantizes them. This work runs between segments of the GPU execution graph. Native UVA performs row selection and dequantization directly on the GPU, avoiding the CPU round trip. A warm filesystem cache removes physical SSD reads, but leaves the coordination, row gathering and transfers. This is why a file already cached in RAM can still perform worse than a pinned DRAM table. The comparison measures the whole serving path; it does not separate the time spent on each of these operations. B200 DRAM dominates both measured SSD serving curves in total tokens per dollar and P90 interactivity. Near 125 tokens/s/user, DRAM delivers 121 million total tokens per dollar versus 52 million for SSD. For production serving, SSD offloading is likely not worth the tradeoff. On the B200 configurations we measured, SSD offloading loses on both measures: every observed SSD point has a DRAM alternative that delivers higher P90 interactivity and more total tokens per dollar. The only points where Cheaper storage does not automatically produce a cheaper inference service. Moving Engram to SSD leaves the same four expensive GPUs and the rest of the server in place. Reclaiming RAM only creates an economic benefit if it enables a cheaper server configuration or additional useful capacity. The current unoptimized path provides neither benefit, and the filesystem cache still consumes RAM when table pages are resident. Next we will look at the mechanisms and specific implementation of ngrams from DeepSeekv4.1 Flash, LongCat, Qwen3.8 Flash Next.

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Sep 18 • 10:35 AM EDT • Technology • newsletter.semianalysis.com
Boston's Contreras has bruised right hand after hit by Jakob Junis pitch

Red Sox manager Chad Tracy said the first baseman's hand was bruised with some swelling and X-rays were negative.

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Sep 18 • 10:16 AM EDT • Sports • spectrumlocalnews.com
Founder Bobbi Brown Celebrates Jones Road Beauty, Brains & Business in The Heart of Silicon Valley

From better-for-you makeup to female empowerment, Bobbi Brown brought powerhouse women together to celebrate Jones Road Beauty's new store opening in Palo Alto.

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Sep 18 • 10:00 AM EDT • Business • creators.yahoo.com
Duncan Sheik, Tony Award-winning composer, dies at 56

Duncan Sheik attends 'The Broadway Legacy Foundation Launch' at the Broadway Museum on November 11, 2025 in New York City. (Santiago Felipe/Getty Images)Duncan Sheik, the Tony Award-winning composer behind Spring Awakening and more, has died, according to his Instagram. He was 56.The Friday morning Instagram post said the "father, husband, son, brother, and friend" died on Thursday night "surrounded by love."A message shared on Sheik's Instagram earlier this week by his family said he was "receiving medical care" and was "in critical but stable condition.""The world has a lost a singular talent, and deeply influential voice in music and theater," Friday's statement said. "From his Grammy-nominated hit “Barely Breathing” to his groundbreaking, Tony and Grammy Award-winning work on Spring Awakening, Duncan’s artistry touched many and leaves an indelible mark on the cultural landscape."Born on Nov. 18, 1969, in Montclair, New Jersey, Sheik rose to fame in 1996 when he released his self-titled debut album, which included his hit song, "Barely Breathing."The song peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and earned him a Grammy nomination for best male pop vocal performance.Following his debut album, he released Humming in 1998, Phantom Moon in 2001 and Daylight in 2002.While "Barely Breathing" established Sheik as a singer-songwriter, his career later expanded into musical theater, where he found success as a composer.Sheik collaborated with lyricist Steven Sater and composed the music for Spring Awakening, which opened on Broadway in 2006.He told Broadcast Music, Inc. in 2015 that around the time he was making the music for Spring Awakening, he wasn't "a huge fan" of music that was happening on Broadway and he wanted to make the music for an audience "beyond the normal crowd that would go to a Broadway musical."The rock musical, based on Frank Wedekind's 1891 play and starring Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele, John Gallagher and Skylar Astin, became a major success. It won eight Tony Awards in 2007, including best musical, best original score and best orchestrations.He went on to compose music for several other stage productions, including American Psycho and Because of Winn-Dixie. He also collaborated with Sater again on Alice by Heart and The Secret Life of Bees.In his interview with Broadcast Music, Inc., he added that working on musical theater has "helped broaden my palette."Sheik went on to release several more albums throughout his career, including White Limousine, Whisper House, Covers 80s, Legerdemain and Claptrap.In May, it was announced that Sheik's new musical, Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen, would make its off-Broadway debut this fall. The musical is based on Moyoco Anno's manga graphic novel of the same name.An off-Broadway revival of Spring Awakening is also set to open this fall. Copyright © 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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Sep 18 • 9:58 AM EDT • Entertainment • willmarradio.com
Mathematicians Build Long-Awaited Graph Sandwich

The proof of a decades-old conjecture has given researchers a new way to understand complex networks.

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Sep 18 • 9:55 AM EDT • Technology • quantamagazine.org
Employer Health Costs Surge: What it Means for EHTH, CNC & UNH

eHealth says surging 2027 health costs are pushing smaller employers toward ICHRAs, potentially expanding individual coverage demand.

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Sep 18 • 9:43 AM EDT • Health • finance.yahoo.com
Nazareth launches master’s program for women’s health nurse practitioners

Nazareth University introduces a hybrid master’s program for women’s health nurse practitioners, addressing regional demand for advanced practice nurses in Rochester.

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Sep 18 • 9:30 AM EDT • Health • rbj.net
ASML Rides on Strength in Installed Base Business: Will it Sustain?

ASML's Installed Base Management sales surge 31.8%, fueled by upgrades and a growing EUV fleet, but sustaining growth hinges on customer demand.

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Sep 18 • 9:30 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Georgia Woman Sentenced in $158,000 Business Email Fraud Scheme

GWINNETT CO. — A Decatur woman receives a 10-year sentence for laundering proceeds from a $158,000 email scam.

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Sep 18 • 9:14 AM EDT • Business • valdostatoday.com
Oregon secondary tagged with low film grade versus Oklahoma State

Oregon's line play was bad against Oklahoma State, and the Ducks' secondary wasn't any better. USC hopes the Ducks remain stuck

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Sep 18 • 9:06 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
All currently known pre-order bonuses for Zelda Ocarina of Time remake

X user estarland has put together a handy infographic showing the various regional pre-order bonuses for the long-awaited The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake for the Nintendo Switch 2.

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Sep 18 • 8:36 AM EDT • Technology • mynintendonews.com
Boardroom CEO on rising sports ticket prices: The reality of demand for a live experience

Rich Kleiman, Boardroom co-founder and CEO, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the rising ticket prices for live sporting events, the growing demand for live sports, media and streaming rights, and more.

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Sep 18 • 8:12 AM EDT • Sports • cnbc.com
Mavericks Get Middling ESPN Future Ranking Despite Cooper Flagg

The Dallas Mavericks landed 17th in ESPN's NBA Future Power Rankings, with Cooper Flagg providing optimism but questions remaining around the roster.

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Sep 18 • 8:05 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Can windows cool buildings without electricity?

Thermochromic smart windows can automatically adjust solar and thermal radiation in response to temperature, offering a passive route to reduce building energy demand and improve indoor comfort. A new review published in Science Bulletin examines why these windows have not yet achieved large-scale application, despite rapid materials progress. The authors identify key challenges in spectral regulation, switching temperature, response speed, durability, scalable fabrication, glazing integration, lifecycle impacts, and building control. They argue that future development should shift from isolated material optimization toward deployment-oriented design and system-integrated adaptive building envelopes.

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Sep 18 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • eurekalert.org
Fulton Fall Festival to offer variety of attractions, entertainment

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Sep 18 • 7:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • oswegocountynewsnow.com
Bayern could spoil Juventus long-term plan for Woltemade

Nick Woltemade is spending this season on loan at Juventus from Newcastle United, and the Bianconeri would like to keep him beyond this campaign if he proves to be a success.Woltemade struggled in Eng...

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Sep 18 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Colorado science teacher hopes his T. rex trackway discovery fuels ferocious passion for learning - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports

NORTHGLENN, Colorado (KCNC) — A remarkable discovery was recently made by a rather unlikely person.“I’m still like in this dream that I’m going to wakeRead More

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Sep 18 • 6:54 AM EDT • Science • wsvn.com
Art, music, more to do this fall in Charleston, Huntington and beyond; here's a list

Here is a roundup of events from Huntington to Charleston, West Virginia and beyond during the fall 2026.

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Art, music and more to do this fall in Charleston, Huntington and beyond

Here is a roundup of events from Huntington to Charleston, West Virginia and beyond during the fall 2026.

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Sep 18 • 6:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • wvgazettemail.com
The Bear’s Den: Health concerns for Bears, Minnesota Vikings remain

All the latest Chicago Bears news you need to know to get your day started

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Sep 18 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • sports.yahoo.com
The Bear’s Den: Health concerns for Bears, Minnesota Vikings remain

All the latest Chicago Bears news you need to know to get your day started

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Sep 18 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Detroit city airport aims to anchor an east side revival as traffic climbs

The Coleman A. Young Airport survived Detroit's bankruptcy. Now it's expanding fast, with new hangars, a helicopter HQ and plans to anchor the east side's revival.

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Sep 18 • 5:45 AM EDT • Business • crainsdetroit.com
Louisiana prepares to pay more to its remaining private Medicaid plans

The Louisiana Department of Health has proposed new, larger contract extensions for the four health insurance companies that will remain a part of the Medicaid program. The deals were shared with state lawmakers Thursday and will follow the exit of two private companies that are leaving the state — and up to 580,000 enrollees — by the end of the year.

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Sep 18 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • lailluminator.com
A DHS email raises new questions about the Trump administration's election plans

A heavily redacted email from last year, reported first by NPR, reveals that DHS personnel shared a list of jurisdictions that offer election materials in non-English languages. It's unclear why.

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Sep 18 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • kosu.org
A DHS email raises new questions about the Trump administration's election plans

A heavily redacted email from last year, reported first by NPR, reveals that DHS personnel shared a list of jurisdictions that offer election materials in non-English languages. It's unclear why.

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Sep 18 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • kgou.org
16th Asian Chief Dental Officers Meeting: Advancing universal health coverage for oral health in the WHO Western Pacific and South-East Asia Regions

Session 3 of the 100-Day Sprint BackgroundOral diseases remain among the most prevalent noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) across Asia, affecting people throughout the life course and placing a significant burden on individuals, families and health systems. Countries across the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region and South-East Asia Region have committed to strengthening oral health through regional action plans and by advancing universal health coverage (UHC). The 16th Asian Chief Dental Officers Meeting (ACDOM) serves as a regional platform for Chief Dental Officers in Asia to exchange experiences, strengthen collaboration and accelerate implementation of oral health commitments. For the first time, the meeting is being jointly organized by the WHO Regional Offices for South-East Asia and for the Western Pacific and the ACDOM Secretariat. This year's meeting introduces a 100-Day Sprint, bringing together oral health and UHC leads and technical experts to support countries in strengthening integration of oral health within national UHC benefit packages. Through the Sprint, participating countries will develop, refine, cost and operationalize country-specific essential oral health-care benefit packages using WHO tools, including the Service Package Delivery and Implementation (SPDI) Platform. The in-person 16th Asian Chief Dental Officers Meeting represents Session 3 and the midpoint of the 100-Day Sprint, providing an opportunity for countries to review progress, exchange experiences, identify challenges and refine their approaches before continuing with the remaining Sprint sessions. 100-Day SprintSession Date Format Title Session 1 (Day 0) 19 Aug Virtual Setting the Scene and Introducing Key Principles and Frameworks Session 2 16 SepVirtual Introduction to the SPDI Platform and Initial Mapping Exercise Session 3 27-29 Sep In-person, 16th Asian Chief Dental Officer Meeting, Malaysia Review and Refinement of Oral Health Service Packages Session 4 14 Oct Virtual Finalizing National Essential Oral Health Services Packages and Costing Exercise Session 5 (Day 100) 26 Nov Virtual Country Presentations and Closing of the 100-Day Sprint ObjectivesLeverage the 100-Day Sprint to define priority implementation actions for oral health in countries; Strengthen national capacity to design, cost and operationalize country-specific essential oral health care packages using SPDI platform; andExplore cross-country collaboration to expand access to essential oral health supplies and products, including harmonized specifications and pricing, and improve supply chains for essential dental preparations and medicines.Expected outcomesA draft country-specific essential oral health care benefit package developed using the SPDI platform and aligned with WHO’s Essential Oral Health Care packageA strengthened regional network in Asia of oral health and UHC leaders, fostering collaboration among South-East Asia and Western Pacific countries, WHO offices and WHO Collaborating Centres to support sustained implementation beyond the meetingParticipantsChief Dental Officers and national oral health programme leads;National focal points responsible for universal health coverage, health financing and health systems;Representatives from WHO country offices, regional offices and headquarters;WHO Collaborating Centres; andAcademic institutions and technical partners.

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Sep 18 • 4:22 AM EDT • Health • who.int
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Forgot to Pre-Order iPhone 18 Pro? Apple Store Pickup Available Today at Most Locations

Apple's new iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max models are now being delivered to customers worldwide following the pre-order period that began on Saturday, September 12. For those who didn't pre-order, there's now a 3-4 week wait time for iPhone 18 Pro Max models across all storage options and colorways in the U.S. Demand has been less strong for iPhone 18 Pro models, but you're still looking at a 2-3 week wait for any configuration.

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Sep 18 • 4:00 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Athletics: U.S. star Allie Ostrander: "You can unlock your true potential by having a healthy relationship with

A three-time NCAA track champion, Ostrander has a big following on social media, where she addresses mental health and disordered eating - especially for females. She'll compete for Team USA at the World Athletics Road Running Championships 2026.

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Sep 18 • 3:11 AM EDT • Health • olympics.com
Hawai‘i’s Quality of Life

Business leaders and the general public say the overall quality of life for Hawai‘i’s people has declined, but they remain far more positive about their own lives

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Sep 18 • 3:00 AM EDT • Business • hawaiibusiness.com
The Protect College Sports Act wants to stop a ‘spending spiral.’ It’s aimed at the wrong spot

It remains unclear how the central components of the bill would solve the central components of college sports’ so-called crisis.

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Sep 18 • 2:00 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
Rooted Architecture Studio PLLC

Founded in 2021, Rooted Architecture Studio PLLC is a client-centered and wellness-centered architecture firm proudly built and led by a woman.

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Sep 18 • 12:20 AM EDT • Business • libn.com
Cardinals Starting DL Is Surprise Addition to Thursday’s Injury Report

Three days remain until the Arizona Cardinals‘ week two battle against the Seattle Seahawks, as of Sept. 17.The game status for key Cardinals is shaping up to benefit the squad heading into Sunday, although one key surprise came about following Thursday’s practice.Read more about Arizona’s addition to the report, as well as a focus on […] The post Cardinals Starting DL Is Surprise Addition to Thursday’s Injury Report appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 17 • 11:07 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
USC defensive lineman Jahkeem Stewart ruled out for Rutgers game

For the second day in a row, a notable Trojan was ruled out for Saturday’s Big Ten opener

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Sep 17 • 10:52 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation offers lasting heart health benefits

Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation reduces hospital admissions by a third and heart attack risk by more than a quarter, as well as remaining beneficial in the long term, a new Cochrane review finds.

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Sep 17 • 10:43 PM EDT • Health • news-medical.net
Brock Bowers remains sidelined Thursday

Las Vegas Raiders TE Brock Bowers misses practice with knee injury

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Sep 17 • 10:01 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Jalen Duren’s Camp Set Max Contract Bar For Detroit Pistons

Despite overtures from the Detroit Pistons, 22-year old All-Star center Jalen Duren remains an unsigned restricted free agent

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Sep 17 • 10:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Scientists trace half the DNA in Xinjiang’s oldest tombs to Yellow River farmers

Study of Bronze Age remains uncovers a population with roots in both Yellow River farmers and Eurasian steppe groups.

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Sep 17 • 9:00 PM EDT • Science • scmp.com
Buccaneers vs. Browns: Thursday injury report for Week 2

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers continue to get encouraging news on wide receiver Jalen McMillan ahead of Sunday’s home opener against the Cleveland Browns. McMillan, who missed Tampa Bay’s Week 1 loss to Cincinnati with a knee injury, was a full participant for the second consecutive day Thursday. Safety Miles Killebrew remains limited as he works […]

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Sep 17 • 7:42 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Jakobi Meyers listed as limited Thursday

Jaguars WR Jakobi Meyers remained limited at practice because of thumb issue

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TCU Basketball Draws Challenging Big 12 Road To Open 2027

TCU opens Big 12 play at Houston on Jan. 2 before hosting Arizona State and Texas Tech as Jamie Dixon’s rebuilt roster faces a demanding 18-game slate.

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Sep 17 • 7:32 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.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
Joe Burrow remains limited at practice

Bengals QB Joe Burrow a limited participant for the second time this week

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Sep 17 • 7:09 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Maine U.S. Senate Race heats up over health care, taxes, and social security

In an interview with WABI, Democratic nominee Troy Jackson said health care reform remains his top policy priority heading into the general election.

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Sep 17 • 6:26 PM EDT • Health • wabi.tv
Kyler Murray remained limited in Thursday's practice.
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Sep 17 • 6:04 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Pa. education secretary urges trust in health professionals during measles outbreak

State Education Secretary Carrie Rowe called it “absolutely problematic” that hundreds of Pennsylvania schools have fallen below the herd immunity threshold for vaccinations, particularly as the number of measles cases statewide has surpassed 700. Still, there are opportunities for families to consult trusted medical professionals and dispel mistrust and myths

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Sep 17 • 5:29 PM EDT • Health • triblive.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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Lallemand Health Solutions showcases science-backed biotics innovations at SupplySide Global 2026

New probiotic and postbiotic solutions target healthy ageing, women’s health and active lifestyles

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Sep 17 • 5:08 PM EDT • Science • nutraceuticalbusinessreview.com
UA to use rural health money to develop Thrive Radar, online tool expanding on work of Arkansas Health Survey

FAYETTEVILLE -- More than $750,000 received through the Arkansas Rural Health Transformation Program will be used to help communities know where health resources exists, gaps remain and investment is needed, according to the director of the Arkansas Health Equity and Access Lab.

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Sep 17 • 4:30 PM EDT • Health • nwaonline.com
Kyle Harrison remains confident he can correct his issues

After another bad start, Kyle Harrison admitted his recent struggles have been difficult to deal with but also that he's confident he can bounce back.

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Sep 17 • 4:22 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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
Alice Walton says Bentonville healthcare campus to expand Arkansans’ access to specialty care

A new Bentonville healthcare campus backed by billionaire philanthropist Alice Walton will increase Arkansans’ access to specialty care and a “whole person” approach to medicine, she said at a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday.

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Sep 17 • 4:19 PM EDT • Health • arkansasadvocate.com
Employee health plans to remain unchanged for 2027, contributions to increase

When Penn State’s 2027 benefits open enrollment period begins on Nov. 2, benefits-eligible faculty and staff will continue to have access to the same high-quality health care coverage and programs. Beginning Jan. 1, 2027, employees will see an increase in their payroll contributions to keep pace with rising health care costs.

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Sep 17 • 4:00 PM EDT • Health • psu.edu
Get Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Nintendo Switch 2 Edition for Under $9 By Following This One Easy Step

We're getting close to wrapping up this trilogy.

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Sep 17 • 3:50 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
‘Godfather of AI’ warns Congress has ‘maybe a year’ left to regulate AI

There appeared to be a lot of talk about artificial intelligence and little progress on Capitol Hill this week. But members remain hopeful that Congress can act.

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Sep 17 • 3:45 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Fact-checking President Trump's N.C. speech

Some of President Donald Trump’s comments at a rally for North Carolina U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley Wednesday are receiving some significant pushback, especially his remarks on crime and the response to Tropical Storm Helene.

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Sep 17 • 3:41 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Patriots Waive Former Florida State OL Following Veteran Visit: Report

The New England Patriots are opening another spot on the practice squad, and the timing makes their recent offensive line activity worth watching.Per Andrew Callahan of the Boston Herald, New England is waiving rookie offensive lineman Jacob Rizy from the practice squad. The move comes one day after the Patriots hosted veteran interior lineman Xavier […] The post Patriots Waive Former Florida State OL Following Veteran Visit: Report appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 17 • 3:31 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Matchday 27: California rivals, Eastern Conference heavyweights & more!

By Cal MeachemWith only nine matchdays remaining until the Audi 2026 MLS Cup Playoffs field is locked in, every game is becoming increasingly important.And postseason ambitions will be a main theme th...

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Sep 17 • 3:24 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Arkansas Basketball: 2 Elite Freshmen Ready to Make an Impact

Arkansas Razorbacks head coach John Calipari has once again put together one of the NCAA's youngest, yet talented, rosters. Arkansas basketball enters the 2026–27 season with a highly touted freshman class that could play a major role right away. The Razorbacks have plenty of talent, but SEC competition demands more than potential. With several young …

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Sep 17 • 3:14 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Arizona's RJ Godfrey's NCAA eligibility remains in the air

RJ Godfrey and many athletes like him have been spending a lot of time lately in court rather than on the court as their eligibility hangs in the air.

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Trump’s Hand-Picked Fed Chair Basically Gave the Finger to Absurd Inflation Demands

It’s good to know that not everyone bows to our bumbling leader’s ego.

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Sep 17 • 2:50 PM EDT • Politics • esquire.com
I Don’t Know If I Can Watch Drew On Another TV Show After Hating On His Big Brother Performance. The Hook?

OK, this has me hook, line and sinker.

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Sep 17 • 2:45 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Health care workers picket outside San Leandro hospital

Nurses are demanding better pay and say they are dealing with shortages of medical supplies.

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Sep 17 • 2:44 PM EDT • Health • nbcbayarea.com
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An emergent model of food and health

As more Islanders than ever seek food assistance, several local organizations have risen up to meet the demand in new ways. These emergent collaborative efforts have put the Vineyard on the map as a model for food systems that contribute to better health outcomes, according to experts in the field. The model is called “Food […]

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Sep 17 • 2:16 PM EDT • Health • mvtimes.com
Arsenal turned down Jack Wilshere’s request to sign youngster

Max Dowman has remained one of the best players to come out of the Arsenal academy in recent times, but he is not getting as much game time as he would have liked with the senior team.This has led to ...

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Tua Tagovailoa remains out of practice on Thursday
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The king and AI: UK monarch Charles meets artificial intelligence leaders as safety concerns swirl

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III on Thursday urged senior leaders from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind and Nvidia to make sure that artificial intelligence remains under control and in the service of people and the planet. The gathering in Scotland was convened to discuss how AI can benefit society, and comes at a pivotal moment […]

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'$40 TRILLION IN DEBT': Political strategist Kevin Roberts says this is the ACTUAL problem

Political strategist Kevin Roberts says Americans are adjusting to inflation, but warns the nation's $40 trillion debt remains a major unresolved issue.

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Sep 17 • 1:50 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
The science of aging skin: What to expect, decade by decade

Aging is something we can see in the mirror, but many of the biggest changes are happening beneath the surface of the skin. Collagen production slows, cell turnover changes, moisture

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Sep 17 • 1:26 PM EDT • Science • bozemandailychronicle.com
Cowboys LB DeMarvion Overshown’s health continues to be a major concern

Health is already a tricky thing for the Cowboys.

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Sep 17 • 1:00 PM EDT • Health • sports.yahoo.com
Nurses put Maine hospitals on ‘RED ALERT’ status

Registered nurses will hold a rally and community event on Saturday, Sept. 19 in Bangor, Maine to highlight the patient care impacts of federal health care cuts on Maine hospitals. Nurses will also use the event to discuss their Vision for a Healthy Society, a set of broad political demands that require taking back health care, democracy, and society from billionaire and corporate control.

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Sep 17 • 12:58 PM EDT • Health • nationalnursesunited.org
Teenager Sullivan named in new-look US squad

Sixteen-year-old talent Cavan Sullivan was named in a new-look United States squad on Thursday as head coach Mauricio Pochettino begins the long journey to the 2030 World Cup.Pochettino last month signed a contract extension which will see him remain as US head coach through the 2030 World Cup.

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Sep 17 • 12:48 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Behind the Science: Reprogramming Resistance to Prostate Cancer Treatment

Prostate cancer is one of the most common – and most lethal – cancers in men. In the United States alone, nearly 300,000 new cases are diagnosed each year, and it remains the second-leading cause of cancer death among men.

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Sep 17 • 12:35 PM EDT • Science • pfizer.com
Five Things presented by Compass Minerals: Sporting remains at home to face Philadelphia

Sporting Kansas City remains at home this weekend when the team hosts the Philadelphia Union at Sporting Park on Saturday night. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. CT and will be available to stream on Apple TV, while the game will also be broadcast locally on the radio via Sports

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Sep 17 • 12:29 PM EDT • Sports • sportingkc.com
The Rogue Prince of Persia ‘Anniversary’ update now available

Publisher Ubisoft and developer Evil Empire have released the “Anniversary” update for The Rogue Prince of Persia.

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Sep 17 • 12:12 PM EDT • Technology • gematsu.com
Mathematician debunks the Parthenon’s famous optical illusions

Some of the 2,500-year-old Greek building's architectural tricks are virtually nonexistent.

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Sep 17 • 12:01 PM EDT • Science • popsci.com
Psikyo Memories announced for PS5, Switch 2

Edia has announced shoot ’em up collection Psikyo Memories for PlayStation 5 and Switch 2. It will launch in 2027 worldwide.

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Sep 17 • 11:59 AM EDT • Technology • gematsu.com
Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes I & II announced for PS5, PS4, Switch, and PC

Edia has announced RPG collection Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes I & II for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC (Steam). It will launch in 2027 worldwide.

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Toshinden Collection announced for PS5, Switch 2, and PC

Edia has announced fighting game collection Toshinden Collection for PlayStation 5, Switch 2, and PC (Steam). It will launch in 2027 worldwide.

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Sep 17 • 11:58 AM EDT • Technology • gematsu.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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How Is Warner Bros. Discovery's Stock Performance Compared to Other Entertainment Stocks

Warner Bros. Discovery has rallied other entertainment stocks, yet analysts remain skeptical about the stock’s outlook.

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Sep 17 • 10:40 AM EDT • Entertainment • barchart.com
Is Small-Business Demand Creating New Growth Levers for Mastercard?

MA is targeting small-business demand for integrated tools, cybersecurity and premium features to deepen relationships beyond card payments.

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Sep 17 • 10:29 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Can MRVL's Data Center Business Sustain Its Growth in 2027?

Marvell Technology's AI-driven data center growth is accelerating across custom silicon, optics and switching, but competition remains fierce.

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Sep 17 • 10:17 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Homeplus seeks buyer for 67 stores, online business

South Korean troubled discount chain Homeplus said it has begun to seek a buyer for its remaining hypermarket operations, including 67 stores.

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Exclusive-Pennsylvania asks for CDC help on measles outbreak, demands agency recognize measles deaths

By Yasmeen Abutaleb and Dan Levine WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - The Pennsylvania health department said it was requesting emergency support from the US CDC as it grapples with one of the country's

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Sep 17 • 9:15 AM EDT • Health • yahoo.com
Claims for unemployment benefits drop to 196,000

Layoffs remain rare and most Americans enjoy job security

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Sep 17 • 9:08 AM EDT • Business • spectrumlocalnews.com
GSU, Shimadzu host second annual forensic science symposium

Georgia Southern University’s College of Science and Mathematics (COSM) is teaming up with Shimadzu Scientific Instruments to host the second annual Forensic Science Symposium on Sept. 30. This year’s event offers an expanded list of speakers, poster presentations and a panel discussion covering a broad range of topics.

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Sep 17 • 9:06 AM EDT • Science • coastalcourier.com
Open AI and the million dollar maths problem

In early September, OpenAI announced it had solved a major mathematics problem that has stumped humans for nearly a century. The news left mathematicians reeling, and many expressed concern over what will be left for humans as AI becomes ever more adept at unravelling complex problems. Now 25 recipients of the Fields medal – often called the Nobel prize for maths – have signed an open letter expressing their fears of a ‘severe misalignment’ between AI companies and their field. To find out how AI is likely to upend maths – and how mathematicians might respond – Ian Sample speaks to Colva Roney-Dougal, professor of pure mathematics at the University of St Andrews

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Sep 17 • 9:01 AM EDT • Science • theguardian.com
Carlos Alcaraz’s Remaining 2026 Schedule: Where Will He Play Next?

It has been a rather strange season for Carlos Alcaraz, who entered the year as the World No. 1, completed his Career Grand Slam at the Australian Open, and then spent most of his time on the sidelines before returning to the tour and making a quarterfinal run at the US Open. The Spaniard now …

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Sep 17 • 9:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
What a Well-Built Capital Stack Actually Protects

A capital stack succeeds or fails on how it's sequenced, not how much sits in it. Two client stories, from opposite ends of the calendar, show what disciplined capital design actually looks like.

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Sep 17 • 9:00 AM EDT • Business • middlemarketgrowth.org
Nexus Engineering set to double its footprint and increase local hiring

Nexus is the latest firm to say it needs more space and people to keep up with strong demand.

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Kent beat Lancashire to boost promotion hopes

Kent remain firmly in the County Championship Division Two promotion race after they beat Lancashire by seven wickets at Canterbury.

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Sep 17 • 8:37 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Survey: CT businesses remain profitable, but rising costs cloud economic outlook

CT businesses remain profitable, but rising healthcare, energy and labor costs are weighing on their economic outlook.

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Sep 17 • 8:33 AM EDT • Business • hartfordbusiness.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
Can researchers trust that AI models won’t leak their ideas?

Research funders are asking how they can stop confidential scientific ideas in grant proposals from leaking out through large language models (LLMs), for example if reviewers use AI to help them judge applications. Last week, a row erupted in mathematics after OpenAI announced it had solved a notoriously difficult problem, only for another mathematician to demand answers over whether the company had used ideas he had fed into its models. The spat, and the broader issue of idea leakage through AI models, was discussed by funders at an R&D policy conference held in Paris on September 14. At worst, it threatens to undermine the correct attribution of breakthroughs, one of the foundations of modern science. The mathematics dispute around OpenAI is “certainly something we're looking at” Jason Gallo, head of the newly established Office of Metascience at the US National Science Foundation (NSF), told the Blue Sky Forum, hosted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The controversy started on September 8, when OpenAI announced it had cracked a mathematical problem that had gone unsolved for 90 years. Using a swarm of AI agents, millions of dollars’ worth of computing power and a new internal model, the company said it had finally proved that a long-used formula for modelling fluid dynamics breaks down under certain conditions. However, Tristan Buckmaster, a New York University mathematician who had been independently working with collaborators on the same problem using OpenAI’s Codex tool, hit back with a statement questioning whether the company had snooped on his Codex sessions to gain an advantage. OpenAI has always denied it looked up the “specific user data” of Buckmaster and colleagues. However, the company initially admitted that “while unlikely, we cannot rule out that de-identified data derived from their usage of our products helped improve our models⁠,” although its proofs “differ significantly” from Buckmaster’s. The firm later said that, following an investigation, it concluded that Buckmaster’s Codex prompts “could not have influenced the [OpenAI] system in any way, including through training.”Funder concernYet OpenAI’s initial admission that its model might have ingested Buckmaster’s ideas, then spat them out to its own mathematicians, has scientistsworriedthat their work could leak out if shared with AI. Some AI tools give users an opt-out option to stop their sessions from training the model. If such guarantees can be trusted, this gives scientists some confidence they can use an LLM to develop an idea without the risk of it leaking out.But there’s a bigger potential vulnerability. To win money to investigate ideas, scientists have to share them with funding bodies. These grant proposals are normally kept strictly confidential, to prevent other scientists from scooping them, or to protect commercially valuable intellectual property. To preserve this confidentiality, when the NSF uses AI models, “we have to be sure that it's not making server calls out to an external party, leaking that data,” said Gallo to delegates in Paris. Leaks through reviewersHowever, funders normally use external academic reviewers to assess proposals. And there are growing worries that these reviewers are feeding grant ideas into AI models to help them make a judgement. Research funders have noticed that peer review reports and funding recommendations have “suddenly become much longer, more detailed and complex,” said Diogo Machado, head of the data science unit at Technopolis, a science and technology-focused consultancy. “The sense is that reviewers are increasingly using generative AI in their review work, even where guidelines sometimes forbid it,” he told Science|Business. “This is very difficult for funders to control or prove.” Happening at scaleThis sharing of confidential proposals with AI models is “happening at scale already,” said James Wilson, executive director of the Research on Research Institute, based at University College London, during the debate in Paris. In response, Gallo said the NSF had “strict guidance” around the uploading of proposals to AI models. But he added the NSF was mulling new types of assessment to make sure applicants were truly the originators of their ideas, such as following a short-form proposal with an oral presentation, which would allow the foundation to “really interrogate the investigator on their intellectual contribution.” Related articlesHow can Europe cope with a flood of AI-assisted research grant proposals?The risks and benefits of AI in screening research grant proposals Viewpoint: AI could make scientific overload worse“For us as funders, a lot of the ways to ensure that the application remains the applicant's own intellectual contribution, those ways are quite regressive,” Peter Clifford, head of strategy at Research Ireland, told delegates. “They're maybe ten or 15 or 20 years old, and they don't scale particularly well.” Disputes over the origin of ideas are as old as modern science. Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz spent more than a decade arguing over who invented calculus, for example. And long before LLMs emerged, academics would agonise over how much of their early work to reveal at conferences, in case their colleagues scooped them, Jack Leahy, a senior metascience advisor to the UK government, told delegates. But AI was “accelerating” the “problems of the system,” he said.

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Scientists discover a mysterious new frog hiding in the Amazon

Scientists discovered a new frog species in the flooded forests of the western Amazon, distinguishing it from nearly identical relatives through DNA and its unique call. Adenomera varcena highlights how much Amazonian biodiversity remains hidden even as habitat loss and climate change threaten these poorly understood species.

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Women’s kidney health may be overlooked, delaying critical prevention and treatment opportunities

Statement Highlights: Diagnosis of women’s chronic kidney disease (CKD) is often delayed, and they are less likely to begin dialysis or receive a kidney transplant. Several female-specific factors impact women’s kidney and cardiovascular health...

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