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‘Marshals’ cast changes: See who’s not returning for season 2
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Oct 4 • 11:40 AM EDT • Entertainment • nj.com
Latter-day Saints women turn away from scandal-plagued Republican candidate in Arizona

Arizona Republican candidate for Congress Mark Lamb has been accused of sexual misconduct while sheriff. His controversy is turning many voters away as Democrats see an opportunity in the red seat.

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Oct 4 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • kgou.org
Latter-day Saints women turn away from scandal-plagued Republican candidate in Arizona

Arizona Republican candidate for Congress Mark Lamb has been accused of sexual misconduct while sheriff. His controversy is turning many voters away as Democrats see an opportunity in the red seat.

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Oct 4 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • wvasfm.org
Brandin Podziemski Is Reportedly Turning Heads at Warriors Training Camp

Brandin Podziemski could be in for a big season in 2026-2027.

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Oct 3 • 7:51 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Women are turning to testosterone, but what does the science actually say?

A recent BBC report described women posing as men to obtain testosterone gel, hoping to improve their menopause symptoms because female testosterone products are not easily available to them. But why ...

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Oct 3 • 3:20 PM EDT • Science • medicalxpress.com
Former Georgia QB returning to cover UGA for first time

Former Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Aaron Murray is returning to UGA for the first time as a member of the media

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Oct 3 • 9:02 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Eagles legend Don Henley puts big money into turning Texas blue

The Texas native is top donor to several statewide Democratic candidates and a major player in super PACs helping James Talarico.

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Oct 3 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • houstonchronicle.com
Food safety finds a place among ‘kitchen-table’ political issues

The summer was marred by a foodborne outbreak that sickened scores of people, turning the safety of the U.S. food supply into a topic of national conversation and a political cause.

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Oct 2 • 5:57 PM EDT • Politics • bostonherald.com
Health and wellness fair returning to Hartford on Saturday

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — The 16th annual Ollie M. Williams Community Health and Wellness Fair will be held Saturday in Hartford. The event will offer free resources, health screenings and giveaways…

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Oct 2 • 4:53 PM EDT • Health • wtnh.com
Trump revisits the scene of his political ascent as Republicans struggle

A month before the midterms, the president is returning to Alabama and other places where his movement remains strongest.

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Oct 2 • 4:48 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Health and wellness fair returning to Hartford on Saturday
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Oct 2 • 4:48 PM EDT • Health • yahoo.com
Dan Campbell: Brian Branch is close to returning
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Oct 2 • 3:15 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Kings' Projected Starting Five Ranked No. 29 in NBA

The Sacramento Kings' quiet offseason has most projections placing the franchise towards the bottom of the Western Conference. But, the team should definitely see improvements with the addition of Darius Acuff Jr. and key players returning to health.

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Oct 2 • 1:56 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Mangrove restoration is becoming big business, but benefits don't always reach local people

On Pakistan's Indus delta coast, a 350,000-hectare (865,000-acre) mangrove project is turning a growing forest into something that can be sold to companies thousands of miles away: carbon credits.

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Oct 2 • 1:00 PM EDT • Business • phys.org
Tony Romo out at CBS Sports after nine years following drunk driving arrest

Former NFL star Tony Romo will not be returning to CBS Sports after his arrest for drunk driving earlier this summer, the network said in a statement.

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Oct 2 • 12:38 PM EDT • Sports • cnn.com
From Unicorn Frappuccinos to VIP meet-and-greets: How 3 brands are turning buzz into business

As companies fight harder for consumers' attention, marketing is becoming an increasingly important tool for driving growth.

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Oct 2 • 10:29 AM EDT • Business • cnbc.com
Chiefs Reveal Potential Change in Plans for Returning Defender

Steve Spagnuolo revealed the Chiefs could use Chamarri Conner at both safety and nickel as the veteran defensive back closes in on his season debut.

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Oct 2 • 9:27 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Green Bay’s Problems Point to Coaching

There were legitimate reasons for optimism entering the Green Bay Packer's season, with Jordan Love entering the prime of his career and Micah Parsons returning from a devastating injury. However, those expectations have already taken a serious hit and it could all boil down to one reason; poor coaching.

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Oct 2 • 9:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Susan Collins turning mundane part of job into a reelection pitch

Susan Collins is relentless in promoting money she's steered to Maine — for community colleges and hospital expansions or hyperlocal examples like a program to control the spruce budworm, a threat to the state's forests and timber industry.

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Oct 2 • 8:57 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Topo Chico is finally returning to store shelves

The Topo Chico shortage of 2026 is soon coming to an end.

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Oct 2 • 7:26 AM EDT • Business • cnn.com
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Was long-awaited win a turning point for Craig Bellamy?

Has the impressive 2-1 victory over Norway changed the mood music for Wales and restored fans confidence in head coach Craig Bellamy?

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Oct 2 • 5:36 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Widow turns tragedy into triumph with new Blawnox-based baking business

A Blawnox widow is turning personal tragedy into personal triumph with a new baking business inspired by her late husband. Lisa Collins was devastated when she lost her husband of 27 years, David Collins, suddenly from cardiac arrest in 2023. The couple’s three adult children were grown, so Collins was

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Oct 2 • 5:01 AM EDT • Business • triblive.com
List of Xbox games not awarding a Mythic Achievement

Now we have the data, we can give you a list of Xbox games that are not returning anyone with a Mythic Achievement

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Oct 1 • 3:51 PM EDT • Technology • trueachievements.com
Battle of the Bays features winless Buccaneers and struggling Packers

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-3) need a victory even more than the Green Bay Packers (1-2) on Sunday. At least Green Bay has quarterback Jordan Love. Tampa Bay is turning to undrafted rookie Jalon Daniels after Baker Mayfield dislocated his right thumb in a loss to Minnesota.

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Oct 1 • 3:24 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Diamondbacks will retain manager Torey Lovullo

Torey Lovullo is returning for an 11th season as the manager of the Diamondbacks.

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Oct 1 • 3:10 PM EDT • Sports • arizonasports.com
TGL renews media-rights partnership with ESPN

The Tiger Woods/Rory McIlroy-backed golf simulator league will be returning to ESPN networks for Season 3 in 2027

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Oct 1 • 10:15 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Amazon Refreshes Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, and Kindle Colorsoft E-Readers With Flush Screens

There are also fun new colors and two page-turning accessories—a wireless remote and a cover case—that keep the e-reader fresh.

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Oct 1 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • gizmodo.com
Analysis | Trump’s playing his greatest hits. They don’t work as well as they used to.

With midterm elections a month away, the president is turning the audacity up to 11 as he labors to reverse his party’s decline in the polls.

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Oct 1 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Women are turning to testosterone, but what does the science actually say?

Growing numbers of women are using testosterone for menopause symptoms, but female-specific products remain scarce and evidence patchy.

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Oct 1 • 5:18 AM EDT • Science • theconversation.com
Vikings’ Kyler Murray Gets Blunt Message Amid Offensive Concerns

Despite getting the Week 3 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, there’s concern over how the Minnesota Vikings’ offense looked. Kyler Murray, returning from a concussion, was 15-for-29, finishing with 168 passing yards, one touchdown, and one interception. While this was Murray’s first full game as the starter, questions are emerging about whether he can […] The post Vikings’ Kyler Murray Gets Blunt Message Amid Offensive Concerns appeared first on HEAVY.

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Oct 1 • 4:59 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
September Monthly Review: Health MCP Guy?

For all the time I spend talking about APIs and data exchange, this newsletter has had embarrassingly little interoperability of its own. It’s old-school SaaS, baby - UI or bust. Not all of that is my fault! Substack, for all its popularity, is (as mentioned before) really frustrating as my system of record. The primary user it optimizes towards is the reader, whose attention feeds the app, the Notes feed, and the recommendation network that Substack is actually selling. Health API Guy is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe They’re falling into the same trap that Medium once sprinted into, albeit at a much more glacial speed. Younger generations may not remember (or never knew) it, but Medium once lured publications like The Ringer and Signal v. Noise onto its platform, only to lose them as it rebuilt itself around a paywall and an algorithmic feed. Substack’s original pitch circa 2020 was the antidote (you own your list), but every new feed feature chips away at it. I get it: writers are generic supply in the eyes of the Substack product team. Generic supply follows demand, so the consistent pressure on the PMs is to generate demand, which leads to every product cycle going toward discovery (Notes, recommendations, the app, live video). The end result lackluster author tools (laggy and broken analytics are truly crippling) all despite the premium price point. The archive is where it crosses from authorial gripes to actual reader impact, though. Across Substack and LinkedIn, I’ve published 1,218 posts and nearly 900,000 words since 2018. Substack’s native search can see only the 464 posts that live on Substack, and even there it’s woefully inadequate at surfacing relevant content (even for the guy who wrote it)! Readers have the same problem, writ large. Ask the Archive Fixing search (for both my readers and my own use) turned out to be extremely non-trivial, unfortunately: There’s no public API for readers to access content RSS exists for new content notification, but it only carries the 20 most recent posts and cuts paid ones off at the preview The only Substack MCP is an admin tool for analytics The export exists for authors, but it’s painfully awkward and slow. So I built something to work around that: the Health API Guy MCP. It’s a private MCP server holding the full text of everything I’ve written across Substack and LinkedIn. Add it to Claude or ChatGPT as a connector and you can ask things like: It pairs keyword search (for acronyms and case names, of which we have many) with semantic search. Every post is also labeled by topic, form, and court case, so you can pull a lawsuit’s (or multiple cases’) entire docket across Substack and LinkedIn in one query: Hail, Healthapiguyhydra This is also a bit of me eating my own cooking. I’ve spent the year arguing that headless healthcare is arriving and that developers want primitives over abstractions. Last week in Hail, Benihydra, I watched Salesforce plug its platform into Claude and bet that the records underneath outlive whatever interface sits on top: Salesforce must believe that the Hydra’s immortal head is the records, permissions, and business logic (in that they will survive whatever happens to the interface). It felt a bit hypocritical to keep my own archive behind a Substack search bar. The archive is the body. Substack is one head, and now whatever tool you might use is another. Will the EHRs follow my lead? Probably not imminently, but one can hope! Why Founding Members Only The MCP is available to Founding Member subscribers. A few reasons: It costs money and time to run. Hosting, the database, Clerk usage and AI compute for search and labeling are significant operational costs (that increase with usage). Substack gives me no way to automate access. There’s no API to check whether someone is a paid subscriber, so every user is manual operations for now. It’s a beta. We’ll need to improve things and parts will break. I’d rather they break for a small group of dedicated readers who will tell me about it. The Founding tier deserved a real benefit. Until now it was mostly a generous tip. Now it comes with something. If you’re already a Founding Member, reply to this email with the address you’d like provisioned. If you’re not and want in, upgrade here. Larger teams (such as companies) can get access too: group subscriptions at the Founding tier come with the group discount. The admin for the subscription can reply with the list of addresses to provision. Get 20% off a group subscription Pricing Founding membership is now a flat $200 a year, replacing the old suggested $150 that readers could adjust. Existing Founding Members will have access grandfathered in at their previous rate. Month in Review Articles Published Make Networks Dumb Again (Sep 11): AI is making old analog networks cheaper to use and flooding them with machine traffic in the process. A plea for agent-native rails with the intelligence at the endpoints, and for Washington to drag them to ubiquity. Interoperability, Unbuttoned (Sep 29): Interoperability is a series of workflows in a trenchcoat, and this post finally takes the trenchcoat off. A color-coded map shows which provider workflows went digital, which are fragmented, and which still run on fax. Video Content Antitrust’s System of Record Problem (Sep 3): The FTC’s investigation into Epic prompted a ninety-minute webinar, now posted with chapters and a smoothed transcript. We get into why market definition, missing B2B share data, and the SSNIP test leave antitrust poorly suited to systems of record, plus why information blocking may be doing more than any pending lawsuit. The Information Exchange: Cerner Milking Edition (Sep 18): This was so fucking fun. Ryan Tucker, Ryan Brickner, Brad Thorson, and I try an Around the Horn format, complete with points, penalties, and a mute button. We debate whether Oracle Health is dead, who would actually buy Cerner (IBM enters the chat), p(Doom), and why the front desk still hands you a clipboard. Regulatory Ask Not What Your Network Can Do (Sep 23): CDC’s RFI on public health data intermediaries lists use cases already served, unevenly, by eCR, lab reporting, IZ Gateway, and syndromic surveillance. The real opportunity sits in one question about AI: a network that can handle the next emergency without another interface project. Court cases Particle v. Epic: The Naughty Schoolteacher (Sep 4): After a summer-long vigil, the answer on Epic’s early summary judgment bid is two paragraphs and a remedial assignment. Particle advances to the next grade, and market definition gets another year of discovery. The Epic Discovery Files (Sep 8): Texas’s motions to compel arrive with a 251-page appendix of requests, objections, and meet-and-confer letters with Cravath. Inside: Epic using generative AI for document review, denied interoperability requests in scope, and Noerr-Pennington raised against lobbying discovery. Epic v. Health Gorilla: “Working as Designed” (Sep 9): Epic wants nothing to do with the data breach MDL, and explaining why puts fresh discovery on the public docket. The spiciest allegation: Health Gorilla told GuardDog to scrub its law firm business from its website instead of cutting off access. Veeva v. Epic: Legal Bypass Surgery (Sep 15): Veeva asks the Wisconsin Supreme Court to skip the Court of Appeals, while law professors and three policy groups line up as amici. Meanwhile, Epic’s lawyers apologize for another round of citation errors, including a quote that never existed. Texas v. Epic: Behind the Black Bars (Sep 17): The court portal served up Epic’s unredacted filings, revealing a $5 million document review budget and the AI workflow behind it. Also inside: the 200-plus company names Texas wants searched, and one very expensive Zoom invitation. OpenEvidence v. Doximity: Consequences Will Follow (Sep 25): OpenEvidence tells the court it will not comply with a discovery order, and its own lawyers at Quinn Emanuel say they won’t defend the choice. Add years of Slack reported unrecoverable, and Rule 37 sanctions come into view. Health Tech Keeps Choosing Violence (Sep 28): Doximity moves to end OpenEvidence’s case, Epic asks Texas to show its work, and a sleepy Audacious Inquiry patent fight sprouts antitrust and information blocking counterclaims. The main event is a long-sealed Cognizant v. Infosys ruling that hints where system of record antitrust claims can survive. EHRs One Verb for Oracle Health (Sep 14): Oracle’s earnings call quantifies every data center to the decimal point, while Oracle Health gets a single verb: “accelerate.” Panning the few healthcare mentions turns up an agentic care management system, a research-to-care ledger play, and the question of whether healthcare gets Larry’s patience. Epic’s Forretress Under Siege (Sep 30): Judy Faulkner tells a panel Epic paused hundreds of projects to harden its software and calls it a “shame,” while a spokesperson insists the roadmap hasn’t changed. Project Glasswing, a Pokémon-branded QAN sprint, and a trove of Jodel grievances reconcile the two Epics and preview the Jevons paradox coming for all software. Industry Analysis Scanning for a Network (Sep 1): Scan.com raises $220M to build the imaging network labs never got, speedrunning Zocdoc’s consumer-to-B2B pivot. Its wedge to network density may be the most American one available: personal injury litigation. The Front Desk Wants the Damn Whole Building (Sep 16): Hello Patient buys Converse Health, pushing its AI front desk into referrals, chart work, and prior auth. The copilot categories keep blurring, and your distribution partner is still your final boss. Cross-industry Comparisons A Different Patchwork Quilt (Sep 10): Healthcare loves to envy open banking, but the US version has no mandate, a toll booth at Chase, and data quality problems of its own. The grass isn’t greener; it’s another American patchwork quilt, and perhaps a worse one. Hail, Benihydra (Sep 21): Salesforce brings its platform into Claude, Slack, and its own agent, inviting the interfaces that might replace it. Cut off one head and more grow back, so long as the records underneath stay put. Living on A Trade Secret Prayer (Sep 22): Six credit unions are suing Fiserv, the Epic of core banking, by claiming their own member records as trade secrets. Banking has no Cures Act, so its lawyers reach for legal alchemy that healthcare has already tried. Other News None this month External Media Nabla Accelerate NYC: I kicked off fall conference season at Nabla’s Accelerate event in New York, where Delphine Groll opened by asking the room to picture the company it wants to become and the one it doesn’t. I liked her framework of bureaucracy, fear, and ego as the blockers. I also love vendor conferences/events in general - different vibe than industry biggies. Healthcare 101 with Nikhil Krishnan: I briefly guest lectured Out-Of-Pocket’s Healthcare 101 class. Appreciated Nikhil’s takeaways cover whether AI doctors can query HIEs, why healthcare’s data-liberation rules beat most industries’, and the hi-res graphic is in the comments. HCN: Epic Probed by the FTC: I joined the HCN guys to talk through the FTC’s investigation into Epic. Cedric’s new hairdo was an unexpected plot twist. The episode also covers MFN drug pricing, healthcare M&A and Eli Lilly’s acquisition streak. Fall Conferences: At eHealth Exchange’s Annual Meeting in Austin on Oct 27, I’ll moderate a panel on the tensions between AI, HIEs, and timely patient access with Jean Ross (Primary Record), Therasa Bell (Kno2), Byron Crowe (Doctronic), and Michael Marchant (Freenome). Here’s the rest of my schedule if you want to meet up: CommonWell (Redwood Shores, CA): Oct 13-14 Will be participating in a fun Jeopardy event Open@Epic (Madison, WI): Oct 20-23 Will be enjoying Verona, Willy Street, and other local adventures eHealth Exchange and Sequoia Project (Austin, TX): Oct 27-29 Yeehaw HLTH (Vegas): Nov 15-18 Groundhog Day, Venetian Edition RSNA (Chicago): Nov 30-Dec 2 See me at “Governing AI in Breast Imaging: What Health Systems Are Actually Doing” Digital Health Counsel 2026 AI Summit (Seattle): December 2-3 Will likely be speaking to a bunch of lawyers about information blocking Posts I Liked ChatGPT’s Epic integration: game changer or nothing burger?: Joshua Liu, MD offers five thoughts on OpenAI’s Epic launch, starting from the point that it rides the same open APIs available to anyone. He argues read-only access leaves ordering to Art and the ambient startups, and asks why HCA is piloting it alongside Commure. He’s sorta a must-follow at this point - consistently excellent, thought-provoking takes. Epic, Lilly, and the Discovery pass: Seth Chaney reads Epic’s first major Discovery deal (with Eli Lilly), as well as its revised developer terms on commercial displays, as the pipe finally opening between EHRs and pharma. Life sciences and health continue to collide. Scott Rossignol on EHR payer platforms and ePA fees: Scott argues the top ambulatory EHR vendors are turning the prior auth mandate into a per-member-per-year toll on payers, for an API whose operating cost has nothing to do with covered lives. His fix is two lines of regulatory text: put the CRD/DTR/PAS certification criteria in the Base EHR definition, and bring payer-facing ePA connectivity under § 170.404’s cost-based fee rules. It’s a good solution. Health API Guy is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe

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Oct 1 • 4:36 AM EDT • Health • healthapiguy.substack.com
Media Briefing: Publishers are turning GEO from an experiment into a business

Publishers are turning GEO into a new revenue stream as clients increasingly look to boost their brands’ visibility in AI-generated answers.

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Oct 1 • 12:01 AM EDT • Business • digiday.com
Scientists explore turning beach sargassum into fish food

As the world’s population continues to grow, so does the challenge of feeding it.

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Sep 30 • 10:40 PM EDT • Science • local10.com
North Dakota to use ‘anchor partners’ to manage Rural Health grants

North Dakota’s Health and Human Services Department is turning to outside “anchor partners” to manage a federal grant program for millions of dollars meant to boost rural health care initiatives.

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Sep 30 • 6:45 PM EDT • Health • northdakotamonitor.com
Looking at the Ugly Side of the Paramount-Skydance Merger...And How I’d Fix It

A Message from Our Sponsor Certified Fresh with 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, FX’s Adults is an ensemble comedy series about a group of twenty-somethings in New York leaning on each other to navigate love, work, friendship and family. Don’t sleep on “The Sitcom of the Moment” - Awards Buzz All Episodes now streaming on Hulu on Disney+. Watch The Teaser Trailer... (Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industr(Welcome to the “Most Important Story of the Week”, my bi-weekly strategy column analyzing the most important (but often not buzziest) news story of the last two weeks. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. Please subscribe.) Before we dive in, I wanted to congratulate Broadcast Now for being the first to report that Netflix’s How to Get to Heaven from Belfast has been cancelled. (I saw this in a write-up by Kasey Moore of Whats-On-Netflix.) More importantly, I wanted to note that, as of yesterday, none of the other trades had reported the news yet. I have half a guess that eventually one of them will report this. Anyways, it’s time to take a break from my deluge of streaming ratings reports to continue my analysis of the Paramount Skydance Warner Bros. Discovery (PSWbD) saga. As I noted last week, a lot of times when folks use the (sometimes cliched) “the good, the bad and the ugly” framing for an article, “the ugly” section is just more bad. Or very, very bad. In this case, yeah, I do think it’s ugly. In more than one way. Unfortunately, we’re only going to have time to tackle one of those ways today: the ugly pile of debt to finance this deal. (In a future article, I may cover the entire process for how it went down, which was very, very ugly.) Last issue, I explained why I liked this deal in a vacuum. Unfortunately, “vacuums” don’t exist outside of space. Let’s dive in. Subscribe Most Important Story of the Week - The Ugliness of the Paramount/Warner Bros. Merger More than one person sent me a note speculating that the big problem with Paramount Skydance buying Warner Bros. Discovery is the “Warner Bros.” portion of the deal. In fact, that’s a take I read a lot about Warner Bros., ever since they caught Netflix’s, and then Paramount-Skydance’s, eye. In short, multiple companies (Time, AOL, AT&T, Discovery) have bought and then regretted buying Warner Bros. Since it’s nearing Halloween, you could almost say it’s like the folks think WB is cursed! It’s a haunted studio—like the town of Derry in movie studio form—and whoever takes possession of it will fall into misery! Yet...I just don’t like that story, because it doesn’t explain the “why” behind why those deals fell through. Especially when Warner Bros. has continued to succeed as a TV and film studio in the intervening two decades. Lord of the Rings? Harry Potter? Game of Thrones? Everything HBO? Considering it never fully owned a broadcast TV channel, this media company has done pretty well. So what went wrong? Well, in recent years, companies bought Warner Bros. instead of the other, smarter option. Explaining POCD (And Applying It to Mergers & Acquisitions) As I explained last issue, one of my favorite frameworks is the POCD tool for evaluating venture capital investments: People Opportunity Context Deal The bar to invest as a VC is high. (Or I might say “was” since cheap interest rates made life easier last decade.) You review a thousand prospectuses, get pitched by a hundred, and invest in the ten best, with the hopes that one of those ten would pay for the rest. That means every element of a deal needed to pay off: you needed the right people running the companies, who could capitalize on the right opportunity, in the context of an industry that was ripe for disruption. If you could then not overpay, you could make some money in a smart deal. The analogy isn’t perfect here, but close enough. For a merger or acquisition to work, you need the combined company (which is the opportunity) to make more than the price you need to pay (which is the deal). Note: the people and context still matter, but with M&A, it’s a little more straightforward: does the opportunity exceed the cost? And usually with Warner Bros., it hasn’t. If you want to find out the single biggest mistake made by the Warner Bros. suitors over the last few years (and my simple fix) become a paid subscriber. I’ll also touch on who I think Paramount-Skydance could (shockingly) consider buying next, TBD, and more. Sign up here.

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Sep 30 • 6:41 PM EDT • Entertainment • entertainment.substack.com
What’s Different About Jürgen Klopp’s Successor Roger Schmidt?

Returning to his tactical roots, the Salzburg veteran brings a hands-on approach to Red Bull’s global network, prioritizing continuity and aggressive pressing over flashy corporate reinvention.

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Sep 30 • 2:03 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
'We Have Been Gradually Preparing': Capcom Already Has a Plan for When Its Resident Evil Remakes Catch Up With Newer Games

Capcom has a plan for when its rollout of Resident Evil remakes eventually catches up with newer games in the series, and considers Resident Evil 7 as a "turning point."

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Sep 30 • 1:10 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Microsoft Fabric is where AI agents learn how the business works

Microsoft is turning Fabric into the context layer for AI agents, feeding Power BI semantic models into Copilot by default and adding ontologies with rules.

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Sep 30 • 10:46 AM EDT • Business • thenewstack.io
Jean Arnault, Russell Wilson, and Gordon Ramsey Headline Expanded F1 Business Summit

The F1 Business Summit, announced to be returning to the Las Vegas Strip just over two months ago, finally has a keynote and a full list of panelists to round o

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Sep 30 • 10:07 AM EDT • Business • si.com
Packers sign Wisconsin native Kevin Zeitler in latest OL move

The former Badger and Wisconsin native is coming out of retirement and returning home.

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Sep 30 • 9:35 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
An MIT-Trained Engineer Spent 5 Years Using Science to Rethink How We Smell

Jasmina Aganovic is using science to rethink personal scent, turning biology and tech into a beauty product with Future Society’s Base Scent.

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Sep 30 • 9:00 AM EDT • Science • inc.com
CA Alumnus, NASA Engineer Returns for Science Night

Columbia Academy alumnus Dr. Phillip Allen is returning to campus on Tuesday, Oct. 13 as guest speaker for CA’s Science Night – and the community is invited to attend. NASA and space travel enthusiasts can attend to learn more about the recent Artemis II launch and trip around the moon. Dr. Allen served as the

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Sep 30 • 9:00 AM EDT • Science • mainstreetmediatn.com
Supernova Athena Is About To Return – And You Can Warn Your Grandkids About Supernova Ares!

Hubble is already checking the galaxy for any signs of the returning explosion.

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Sep 30 • 6:19 AM EDT • Science • iflscience.com
OpenAI's latest features take direct aim at the app store model

OpenAI is building out the pieces of an alternative to the traditional app store model, turning ChatGPT into a place where software can be discovered and used by people and AI agents alike.

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Sep 29 • 4:15 PM EDT • Technology • techcrunch.com
Erika Kirk Reveals Stance on Political Issues, Says She ‘Voted Similarly’ to Late Husband Charlie

Erika Kirk recently divulged where she stands on a few political issues. The Turning Point USA CEO, 37, spoke to Vanity Fair in an interview published Tuesday, September 29, revealing she and her late...

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Sep 29 • 12:09 PM EDT • Politics • yahoo.com
Paik makes early return to Blues

South Korea midfielder Paik Seung-ho returning to Birmingham City early from international duty due to injury.

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Sep 29 • 10:59 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Amazon Discounting New Mac Mini and Mac Studio Alongside Early Prime Day Deals on Monitors

Amazon has brought back a few discounts on Apple's brand new Mac mini and Mac Studio, with up to $50 off select models. These deals are returning alongside early Prime Big Deal Days discounts on Samsung monitors that make nice pairings with a new Mac. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.

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Sep 29 • 10:42 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Why young people are turning to peers for mental health support

OK Today reports that 47% of young people prefer talking to peers for mental health support, yet many lack the skills to handle such discussions.

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Sep 29 • 10:30 AM EDT • Health • wyomingnewsnow.tv
Rebels in the Pros: NFL Week 3

NFL for college football fans, particularly Ole Miss fans, isn’t all that fun when your best former players aren’t playing. Jaxson Dart is lost for the season while AJ Brown is likely over a month away from returning to a team that might need a new quarterback. Despite missing the two biggest producers in the […]

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Sep 29 • 8:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
‘Live’ Fans Send Support to Mark Consuelos After His Health Update

Mark Consuelos underwent foot surgery in late September, and he surprised fans by returning to 'Live With Kelly and Mark' a few days later. See how fans supported him.

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Sep 29 • 8:21 AM EDT • Health • yahoo.com
Newcastle United duo nearing returns after rejoining team training

Nico Gonzalez and Joelinton have handed Newcastle United a boost after returning to first-team training.Gonzalez missed the win over Hull City before the international break after taking a knock, whil...

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Sep 29 • 7:05 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Erika Kirk Doesn't Really Want to Talk Politics. So How's She Going to Lead Turning Point USA?

One year after Charlie Kirk’s murder, the MAGA movement is fracturing and the future of Turning Point USA—the influential and lucrative conservative youth organization he founded at 18—is uncertain. His widow now finds herself both its leader and a victim of the conspiracy mentality Kirk fomented. With unprecedented access to her world, Clara Molot set out to answer the question: Who is Erika Kirk?

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Sep 29 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • vanityfair.com
Yankees news: Aaron Judge playoff roster debate nears decision

Judge returning for Wild Card series?; Overview of Yankees-Red Sox rosters; Cam on online hate; ZiPS playoff odds

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Sep 29 • 5:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Florida Basketball: 4 Stars Fuel a Powerful SEC Repeat Bid

The Florida Gators enter the 2026-27 season with a big advantage over other teams. The Gators return their already established core. With most of their frontcourt returning, the Florida basketball program has the size, physicality, and experience to finish at the top of the SEC. Continuity does not guarantee that Florida will win the conference. …

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Sep 28 • 6:05 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Karl-Anthony Towns, Josh Hart extension talk turning Knicks vibes from immaculate to ominous
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Sep 28 • 5:56 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Food Safety Finds a Place Among ‘Kitchen-Table’ Political Issues

By Stephanie Armour The run-up to the midterm elections is turning into a food fight — literally. The summer was marred by a massive foodborne outbreak that sickened scores of people and the recall of tens of thousands of pounds of imported meat, turning the safety of the U.S. food supply into a ...

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Sep 28 • 3:27 PM EDT • Health • usnews.com
Food Safety Finds a Place Among ‘Kitchen-Table’ Political Issues

By Stephanie Armour The run-up to the midterm elections is turning into a food fight — literally. The summer was marred by a massive foodborne outbreak that sickened scores of people and the recall of tens of thousands of pounds of imported meat, turning the safety of the U.S. food supply into a ...

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Sep 28 • 3:27 PM EDT • Politics • usnews.com
JBU enrollment hits new record

John Brown University recently said its enrollment has risen to a record 473 new students. The incoming class includes a record 401 freshmen, 60 transfer students, and 12 students returning...

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Sep 28 • 3:18 PM EDT • Business • talkbusiness.net
Bears Make Risky QB Decision Ahead of Eagles Matchup

The Chicago Bears are turning to their third quarterback for a difficult Monday night matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles. Veteran Case Keenum is expected to start for Chicago on Monday Night Football , NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Monday morning. The move comes with Caleb Williams already ruled out because of a hamstring injury…

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Sep 28 • 2:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Welcoming Sunday Is Planned At St. Peter’s

St. Peter’s Church-on-the-Canal will have a special service on Sunday, October 4, at 10 AM to welcome new and returning parishioners. Those who have been away from church for a

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Sep 28 • 10:55 AM EDT • Entertainment • capenews.net
Truly Nolen of America

Truly Nolen of America is turning incremental improvements into stronger operations, smarter technology, and continued growth.

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Sep 28 • 9:59 AM EDT • Business • businessfocusmagazine.com
Fund Run Glow Lights Up the Night to Support Local Health Programs

A night race aimed at getting people moving while supporting key health programs is returning to the Mid-Ohio Valley.

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Sep 28 • 9:18 AM EDT • Health • wtap.com
Turning to AI for health answers may signal anxiety, depression among young adults

Young adults who use generative artificial intelligence to ask health-related questions are more likely to screen positive for clinically significant anxiety and depression than those who do not use AI ...

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Sep 28 • 8:20 AM EDT • Health • medicalxpress.com
Scientists develop solar tech that turns seawater to clean water

What if turning ocean water into fresh drinking water didn’t require massive amounts of energy or leave behind a trail of toxic environmental waste? Well, researchers at the University of Rochester’s Institute of Optics recently achieved this with a monumental breakthrough. The groundbreaking discovery While traditional desalination plants rely on high-energy heat or heavy pressure […] Read the original article here: Scientists develop solar tech that turns seawater to clean water

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Sep 28 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • tech.yahoo.com
One geology step closer to the Moon

As we prepare to return to the Moon, Europe’s leading geology training for astronauts PANGAEA celebrates its 10th anniversary turning extraordinary places on Earth into classrooms for space exploration.

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Sep 28 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • esa.int
Meet the Candidates: Greg Ballard on why he's returning to politics and ditching the GOP
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Sep 28 • 5:04 AM EDT • Politics • indystar.com
Navigating the American Dream: How Integrated Financial Tools, Credit and Rewards Can Help Small Businesses Succeed

(Feature Impact) Owning a small business has been a cornerstone of the “American Dream” for generations. It represents the chance to transform a passion into a livelihood and legacy. However, turning dreams into reality is rarely a smooth or easy process and requires more than ambition alone. Today’s business owners need support and access to tools that enable them to overcome challenges and keep growing.#placement_678081_0_i{width:100%;margin:0 auto;}var rnd = window.rnd || Math.floor(Math.random()*10e6);var pid678081 = window.pid678081 || rnd;var plc678081 = window.plc678081 || 0;var abkw = window.abkw || '';var absrc = 'https://ads.empowerlocal.co/adserve/;ID=181918;size=0x0;setID=678081;type=js;sw='+screen.width+';sh='+screen.height+';spr='+window.devicePixelRatio+';kw='+abkw+';pid='+pid678081+';place='+(plc678081++)+';rnd='+rnd+';click=CLICK_MACRO_PLACEHOLDER';var _absrc = absrc.split("type=js"); absrc = _absrc[0] + 'type=js;referrer=' + encodeURIComponent(document.location.href) + _absrc[1];document.write('');Recent research conducted by the Capital One Insights Center shows 75% of more than 1,000 surveyed small business owners with more than one employee and annual revenues of up to $20 million are confident about the future, and 69% believe their business is actively primed for growth.While this optimism is promising, 47% of business owners still said their operations either stayed the same or became less efficient over the past year, citing issues like back-office friction and fragmented financial systems that make it difficult to get a clear picture of the health of their businesses.If you’re a small business owner eager to grow but not sure how to get there, start with this advice from real small business owners and experts at Capital One.Identify Sources of FrictionBefore you can pour effort into growth, you must understand what barriers are holding you back. Take time to look under the hood of your business to identify where time and energy is being lost.For example, you may be among the 78% of small business owners who feel stressed and uncertain about expense management – think hours spent hunting for receipts, manually entering numbers into software and reconciling accounts. Operational challenges aren’t just a hassle; they also pull attention away from important priorities like serving your customers and planning for growth. “We were focused on making as many candles as possible, especially during the busy season,” said Katie Roering, co-owner of Fontana Candle Co. “A lot of the back-office tasks like procurement, raw material purchasing, forecasting – all the really important things – were done at 3 a.m., 8 p.m. or on Saturday and Sunday, and there really just was not enough time in the day to get everything done that we needed to. We just knew as we continued to grow, we needed to streamline our processes, build out our team and keep moving forward.”Use Integrated Tools to Manage FinancesInstead of balancing 10 different tracking and analysis tools, you can turn to one-stop solutions to improve efficiency. Time gets lost when you’re forced to manually gather and interpret relevant data before you’re able to act. You need a platform that handles the busywork for you.Integrated, or “all-in-one,” financial tools – like accounting and bookkeeping platforms with automation capabilities or business credit cards featuring built-in analytical tools – allow you to easily stay on top of cash flow and day-to-day operations. For small businesses where every hour and dollar makes a difference, consolidating and automating systems can have an immediate impact. In fact, 51% of survey respondents said integrated tools have already fueled their growth.Leverage Credit Access and Rewards WiselyGrowth requires capital, so access to credit is a game-changer for many business owners, with 77% describing it as a key factor in achieving business resilience. Having funds accessible when you need them makes your business more capable of weathering storms such as equipment failures and seasonal slowdowns. It also puts the power in your hands to act when an exciting opportunity presents itself, like an inventory flash sale or the chance to advertise in a new market.Access to credit comes with another advantage: rewards. By using credit cards for your daily business expenses, you can earn cash back, points or travel rewards. Whether you redeem these to cover everyday expenses, book business trips or reinvest in the business, they can act as a bonus source of income. Learn to maximize rewards like the 84% of small business cardholders surveyed so you aren’t leaving money on the table.To learn more about how small business owners can identify obstacles, employ integrated financial tools and use credit as a tool for growth, read the full report at capitalone.com/about/insights-center.Photos courtesy of Shutterstock

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Sep 28 • 1:00 AM EDT • Business • times-herald.com
TVXQ's Max Changmin and 2NE1's Minzy announce solo music releases

The TVXQ member will release the track “All of My Life,” while the 2NE1 singer is returning with “Calling,” both coming some five years after their last solo works.

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Sep 27 • 11:48 PM EDT • Entertainment • koreajoongangdaily.com
Seattle Mariners Manager Dan Wilson Out After Failed Season

Seattle Mariners manager Dan Wilson informed the team prior to Sunday’s game that he will not be returning as skipper for the 2027 season. The Mariners were preseason favorites to win the American League after Wilson’s squad advanced to game seven of the ALCS. The loss to the Toronto Blue Jays seems to be Wilson’s […] The post Seattle Mariners Manager Dan Wilson Out After Failed Season appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 27 • 8:28 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
How to turn your old MacBook into a home NAS server

Just because you upgraded your MacBook does not mean that the old one is now useless. Give it new life by turning it into a home NAS server.

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Sep 27 • 6:30 PM EDT • Technology • engadget.com
Drake Maye: This has to be a turning point
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Sep 27 • 6:22 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Sunday Sports: Watertown Wolves returning soon and more

Here’s a recap of your North Country sports this Sunday.

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Sep 27 • 6:17 PM EDT • Sports • wwnytv.com
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See Every Celebrity Arrival on the VMAs 2026 Red Carpet

Each look is more head-turning than the next.

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Sep 27 • 5:20 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Blazers Should Ease Damian Lillard Back Into Action

Returning from a 500-day hiatus and a torn Achilles, the 36-year-old superstar requires a disciplined ramp-up to ensure he remains explosive alongside Ja Morant for a postseason push.

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Sep 27 • 2:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
State leaders highlighting mental health resources for returning active servicemembers

State leaders are creating an action plan to help active servicemembers returning home from active duty.

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Sep 27 • 9:02 AM EDT • Health • wcax.com
Multi-pronged plan to provide mental health resources for returning Vt. servicemembers

Multi-pronged plan to provide mental health resources for returning Vt. servicemembers

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Multi-pronged plan to provide mental health resources for returning Vt. servicemembers

Multi-pronged plan to provide mental health resources for returning Vt. servicemembers

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Multi-pronged plan to provide mental health resources for returning Vt. servicemembers

Multi-pronged plan to provide mental health resources for returning Vt. servicemembers

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Multi-pronged plan to provide mental health resources for returning Vt. servicemembers

Multi-pronged plan to provide mental health resources for returning Vt. servicemembers

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Multi-pronged plan to provide mental health resources for returning Vt. servicemembers

Multi-pronged plan to provide mental health resources for returning Vt. servicemembers

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Multi-pronged plan to provide mental health resources for returning Vt. servicemembers

Multi-pronged plan to provide mental health resources for returning Vt. servicemembers

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Team News ahead of Women’s Cup clash

Leeds United Women will be looking to secure a third win of the FA WNL Cup Group T campaign with a win over West Yorkshire rivals Bradford City this afternoon.The Whites are returning to Silsden AFC f...

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Isak returns to Liverpool after sustaining knock in Sweden game

Alexander Isak is returning to Liverpool after sustaining a “minor injury” on international duty. The striker scored and played the full 90 minutes in Sweden’s 2-1 victory over Romania in the Nations League on Friday.

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Watch: 404NotFound on Turning Every Step into Meaningful Health Insights

The official communications channel of Samsung Electronics, providing all the latest stories regarding the company's products, people and businesses.

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Sep 27 • 4:31 AM EDT • Health • news.samsung.com
Turning pain into purpose: A teen son’s legacy grows into a mission reaching thousands across Louisiana

Learn about the Rain Will Bring Flowers Foundation founded by Jordan and Lisa Tabor to support youth mental health and suicide prevention initiatives in Louisiana.

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Sep 27 • 1:00 AM EDT • Health • nola.com
Julian Ward needs to recreate his biggest success at Anfield

Julian Ward has been officially announced as Liverpool’s new sporting director. The Englishman will replace Richard Hughes, who departed at the end of the summer, and is returning to a role he held ...

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Sep 26 • 4:10 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Bears OT Ozzy Trapilo not quite ready for game action

Bears offensive tackle Ozzy Trapilo has been a full participant in practice but will have to wait another week before returning to game action.

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Sep 26 • 2:20 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Microsoft Excel can now put multiple values in a single cell

Microsoft is changing one of Excel’s most familiar rules: a cell no longer has to contain just one value. The company has introduced lists, arrays in cells and nested arrays, giving users new ways to keep multiple pieces of information together without turning them into a single block of text. The features are currently rolling […]

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Sep 26 • 12:00 PM EDT • Technology • digitaltrends.com
Castlevania celebrates turning 40 by giving away the original game for free

Konami is giving away the original 1986 Castlevania for free to mark the series' 40th anniversary, alongside deep sales and a new game, Belmont's Curse.

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Sep 26 • 11:28 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
'American Idol' reveals which judges are returning in 2027

"American Idol" has secured its stars for Season 25.

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Sep 26 • 11:24 AM EDT • Entertainment • centraloregondaily.com
Two astronauts who flew farther than anyone before are taking new NASA roles

Artemis II astronauts Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman are transitioning to emeritus status at NASA after their historic journey around the Moon earlier this year. The pair will continue advising and mentoring NASA teams as preparations accelerate for Artemis III and future lunar missions. Their experience with Orion and deep-space operations could prove especially valuable as NASA works toward returning astronauts to the lunar surface.

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Sep 26 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Lionel Richie Returning As American Idol Judge Amid Health Battle
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Sep 26 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • yahoo.com
Sharks Rookie Already Turning Heads After Two Preseason Games

Fans of the San Jose Sharks have got to love what they are seeing in rookie Ivar Stenberg. The second-overall pick in the 2026 NHL Entry Draft has already recorded five points, three goals, and a plus-3 across his first two preseason games, generating even more optimism for one of the league’s brightest up-and-coming hockey […] The post Sharks Rookie Already Turning Heads After Two Preseason Games appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 26 • 1:21 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Brandi Glanville says health battle forced her to spend 'hundreds of thousands'

Reality star Brandi Glanville explains why her recent financial strain made turning down opportunities more difficult and pushed her to prove she could perform again on FOX's "Special Forces."

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Sep 25 • 4:20 PM EDT • Health • foxnews.com
Voters are turning to AI on politics. Is it up to the task?

Artificial intelligence is playing a growing role in how voters get information about politics and elections, raising fresh questions about how the technology could influence the way voters stay in…

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Sep 25 • 2:51 PM EDT • Politics • wkrn.com
Meta VR Glasses Plan Imax Entertainment Push

Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a major VR product this week, with the company turning to Disney, Imax, Dolby, James Cameron and others to help create a cadence of content.

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Sep 25 • 2:50 PM EDT • Entertainment • hollywoodreporter.com
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Music in the Park returns to Pelham with three Sundays of fr...

Pelham’s Music in the Park series is returning this October, with three separate concerts set to entertain the community at Pelham City Park.

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Sep 25 • 11:43 AM EDT • Entertainment • shelbycountyreporter.com
Iconic horror franchise officially returning after years of delays

The “Saw” franchise is officially moving forward with an 11th movie after years of delays, with Mike P. Nelson attached to direct.

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Sep 25 • 11:36 AM EDT • Entertainment • cleveland.com
Xi’s visit will fuel more scrutiny over his health

China’s Communist Party does not have clear rules of succession if a leader becomes incapacitated or dies, and Xi Jinping magnified the uncertainties by overturning retirement norms.

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Sep 25 • 9:11 AM EDT • Health • seattletimes.com
Pioneer of China NewCo model sued in US over trade secret misuse, double-dealing

A legal feud unfolding in New York is putting a spotlight on the work of a business development veteran who is credited for pioneering one of biopharma’s hottest dealmaking mechanism: the China “NewCo” model. In a lawsuit originally filed in New York state court and recently moved to federal court, China’s Lepu Medical Technology has alleged that biopharma business development consultant Su Zhang, who was hired to help shop its GLP-1 weight-loss candidates to Western partners, engaged in corporate double-dealing and trade secret leaks. According to the complaint, while acting as Lepu’s primary dealmaking liaison for a group of obesity and metabolic disease drug candidates, Zhang was secretly double-dipping as the acting chief business officer for a direct competitor, BrightGene Pharmaceutical. “She never adequately disclosed the role, never sought Lepu’s consent, and never proposed any safeguard,” Lepu alleged in its complaint, which was filed in July after Zhang’s consulting firm, CoDevCo, sought certain transaction-based success fees from its angry customer through an arbitration process in Singapore. Lepu, the parent company of Lepu Biopharma, has asked Zhang to pay back its $500,000 retainer and disgorge all benefits she received during the alleged breaches of fiduciary duty, plus other damages and relief. The company has also requested the court grant injunctions to protect Lepu’s trade secrets. The ill-fated partnership officially kicked off in December 2024, when Lepu tapped CoDevCo as its “exclusive business development mechanism” to identify collaborators for the company’s drug candidates. According to Lepu’s complaint, Zhang personally negotiated and signed the agreement as managing director for CoDevCo, which used her home address. Before the Lepu deal, Zhang made a name following a short stint as the global head of business development for Hengrui Pharmaceuticals. It was during her tenure that Hengrui signed a landmark deal granting exclusive rights for a portfolio of GLP-1 assets to Hercules, which was at that time newly established by a group of private equity and venture capital firms. In addition to the regular upfront and milestone payments, Hengrui also gained an equity stake in Hercules, which later became Kailera Therapeutics. The Hengrui-Hercules deal opened a new paradigm, where a Chinese biopharma company spins off certain early-stage assets to investors for further development through the creation of a new company abroad. The “NewCo” model quickly came into vogue as it allows Western investors to access high-potential assets originating from China at an early stage while giving the Chinese licensors an opportunity to reap long-term benefits through equity stakes in the new firms. The NewCo model proved its value when Kailera staged a record-breaking $625 million IPO on Nasdaq this April, merely two years into the Hengrui deal. Related Kailera CEO 'knew we were in a good spot' before obesity biotech's record-breaking $625M IPO On her LinkedIn page, Zhang described her work at Hengrui as “[b]uilding team and capability from the ground up,” forming NewCo and major pharma partnerships worth billions of dollars. Lepu clearly wanted that kind of track record to help boost its own cardiometabolic portfolio, which includes a range of assets for obesity, Type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease and muscle preservation during weight loss treatment. “Lepu’s pipeline is very valuable, but only if Lepu could secure the right international partner to expand into the overseas market during the available commercial window,” the company argued in its complaint. The Chinese biotech said it had little knowledge of U.S. laws, customs or business practices in the business development field, and therefore “needed to rely entirely” on the expertise of Zhang and her team as the firm’s first engagement of a U.S.-based BD consultant. “Zhang’s dominating influence on the business development strategy is further evidenced by the fact that she personally controlled the business-development communications on behalf of Lepu with potential partners,” Lepu said in its complaint. After entering the deal, Zhang introduced Lepu to her four associates. According to Lepu’s version of events, all of them were allegedly employed at different time points to perform similar jobs at other Chinese companies that Lepu described as its competitors, while having access to Lepu’s confidential information. As such, Lepu described Zhang’s team as “a roster of individuals whose primary professional loyalty, by virtue of their concurrent full-time employment, ran to Lepu’s competitors.” As well as the specific examples set out in the case, a look at Lepu’s deals over the period suggests Zhang may have been involved in at least one transaction. During their partnership, Lepu, through its subsidiary Shanghai Minwei Biotechnology, also out-licensed its GLP-1/GIP/FGF21 agonist MWN105 to a NewCo called Sidera Bio in the fall of 2025. The deal included an upfront and near-term payment of $35 million, up to $1.01 billion in milestones, and a 9.99% stake in the Danish startup. It seems likely that Zhang facilitated the Minwei deal given that Lepu is on record as having used CoDevCo as its “exclusive business development mechanism.” The big shock for Lepu came in the form of a news article on June 25, 2025. The article, reporting on phase 2 data for BrightGene’s GLP-1/GIP receptor agonist BGM0504, identified Zhang as acting chief business officer of the Lepu rival. Blindsided by her association with BrightGene, Lepu confronted Zhang in July 2025. “Lepu was given assurances that there was nothing to be concerned about and told that Zhang would explain the matter to Lepu,” Lepu alleged in its complaint. “Zhang never did.” Lepu claimed that Zhang had the motive and opportunity to steer potential prospective partners toward BrightGene or other competitors. Later, in February 2026, one of Zhang’s associates joined BrightGene as the vice president for global business development, according to the complaint. Around the same time, Lepu sent written demand letters asking Zhang to account for her BrightGene role, identify what confidential data were shared with the rival firm, and provide any conflict-of-interest or firewall policies during the engagement. According to Lepu, neither CoDevCo nor Zhang answered the questions in their responses. Related Novo vs. KBP: How a $1.3B deal turned into a fraud accusation and an international legal fight In a motion to dismiss filed with the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of New York on Sept. 4, Zhang’s legal team argued that Lepu’s agreement was signed with CoDevCo, and that an employee of the contractor does not owe fiduciary duties to the client. In its complaint, Lepu said: “That CoDevCo was the contracting entity does not insulate Zhang from personal liability for duties she personally undertook and personally breached.” Taking the argument one step further, the defending party argued that the consulting agreement “does not create a fiduciary relationship even between CoDevCo and Lepu; instead, it identifies CoDevCo as an independent contractor retained to market Lepu’s business to potential western partners.” Although CoDevCo was Lepu’s exclusive business-development contractor, there were no terms stipulating that the consulting firm should serve only Lepu, Zhang’s lawyer noted. As to Lepu’s claims that Zhang misappropriated trade secrets, the defendant argued that Lepu authorized the use of the information so Zhang’s team could perform their service per the agreement. In a rebuttal filed on Sept. 11, Lepu’s lawyer set out why they believe the Chinese biotech satisfied New York law’s misappropriation definition by alleging that the defendant used a trade secret “in breach of a duty or through improper means.” As an alternative to dismissing the suit, the defendant suggested the action should be stayed pending outcomes from the arbitration of a separate case in Singapore. While NewCo pioneer Zhang is defending her business arrangements, momentum behind the NewCo trend has continued unabated into 2026. Through August, Chinese biotech assets have spurred 15 NewCo deals this year, according to local trade publication PharmaDJ.

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Sep 25 • 8:40 AM EDT • Business • fiercebiotech.com
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