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Trailblazing former Republican Rep Kay Granger dies at 83: 'Broke barriers'

Former Rep. Kay Granger, a trailblazing Texas Republican who served nearly three decades in Congress and became Fort Worth’s first female mayor, has died at 83.

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Aug 2 • 9:53 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Tigers' Spencer Torkelson: Plates three in win

Tigers' Spencer Torkelson: Plates three in win

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Aug 2 • 8:50 PM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
Updated Vikings' 53-Man Roster Projection After First Four Practices

The first week of Vikings training camp is now in the books, and week 1 was eventful, with the QBs entering camp amid a dramatic battle, as well as a few front office moves that have already helped shake up the roster a bit. Notice that three of the players below have asterisks next to their names indicating that they are not currently on the roster, but that I feel strongly that the Vikings could sign them in the next couple of weeks. Kyler Murray is the odds-on favorite and has looked sharp getting the ball down the field in camp so far.

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Aug 2 • 8:38 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Three teenage brothers open creemee stand in Essex Junction as hands-on business education

Malachi, Messiah and Jaleel McMillan run Black Ice daily on Park Street.

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Aug 2 • 7:12 PM EDT • Business • wcax.com
New York Yankees Get Giancarlo Stanton News During Cubs Series

On Sunday, the New York Yankees and Chicago Cubs will conclude their three-game series at Wrigley Field. The Yankees won the first game by a score of 2-0. They then dropped Saturday’s game by a score of 5-2. Therefore, the winner on Sunday will take the series. New York Yankees Get Giancarlo Stanton News Ahead […] The post New York Yankees Get Giancarlo Stanton News During Cubs Series appeared first on HEAVY.

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Aug 2 • 3:34 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
REPORT: Phillies Pursuing Trade for Three-Time Batting Champion
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Aug 2 • 1:06 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Minnesota Vikings Three-Round 2027 NFL Mock Draft

Why not make a mock draft ahead of training camp?

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Aug 2 • 1:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
How to live stream Yankees vs Cubs: MLB, TV channel

The New York Yankees (62-49) and Chicago Cubs (63-48) decide their three-game series on Sunday after the Cubs evened things up with a win on Saturday night at Wrigley Field. How to Watch New York Yankees vs Chicago Cubs Pete…

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Aug 2 • 1:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
St Johnstone 4-3 Kilmarnock: What Valakari said

It was a big day for the club, to see the Championship flag and play our first Premiership game in front of our fans. It was important to win today because those three points will stay with us until the end of the season.

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Aug 2 • 12:21 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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‘Cats,’ ‘Phantom’ and ‘Les Miz’ musicals briefly reunite in New York

Three musicals that once ruled Broadway are briefly sharing New York again, though none has returned in its original form.

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Aug 2 • 10:38 AM EDT • Entertainment • amny.com
Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is running for mayor

Giannoulias sits on $22 million in campaign funds, roughly three times the total of his competitors.

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Aug 2 • 9:00 AM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com
Laboratory exposure and poor diet linked to health symptoms in young scientists

A research team has found that frequent exposure to laboratory chemicals and low consumption of antioxidant-rich foods are jointly associated with a greater likelihood of self-reported health symptoms among young scientists. Survey participants who frequently handled chemicals and consumed few antioxidant-rich foods had nearly three times the odds of reporting fatigue, headaches, pallor, or easy bruising compared with their less-exposed, better-nourished peers. The study also showed that stronge

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Aug 2 • 7:55 AM EDT • Health • newswise.com
WNBA followers enraged over three head coaches' comments on protecting women's sports in two days

Three WNBA coaches faced backlash over their answers on transgender athletes in women's sports as rallies follow the Fever and Sophie Cunningham.

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Aug 2 • 7:43 AM EDT • Sports • foxnews.com
For GLP-1 users, the in-store clothes shopping trip is back

Nora Nye, 58, is refreshing her wardrobe as she sizes down for the first time in over ​three decades after losing 80 pounds on weight-loss drug Mounjaro. Earlier this year, the Denver bankruptcy lawyer walked into a Macy's and found herself overwhelmed.

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Aug 2 • 7:02 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
Pols & Politics: Gov’s race shifts focus towards growing GOP stronghold on south coast

The south coast is proving crucial in the governor’s race as all three candidates attended the Portuguese Feast in New Bedford. This as Ed Markey and Seth Moulton are set to debate again on Monday.

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Aug 2 • 4:28 AM EDT • Politics • bostonherald.com
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Cubs and Yankees meet, winner takes 3-game series

The Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees meet on Sunday with the winner claiming the three-game series

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Aug 2 • 4:08 AM EDT • Sports • foxsports.com
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This once-a-week workout may help cut belly fat, study shows

A surprisingly small dose of exercise may deliver major health benefits for adults carrying excess fat around the waist. In a four-month trial involving 315 adults with central obesity, researchers found that completing 75 minutes of brisk interval walking in a single weekly session reduced body fat, trimmed waistlines, and improved cardiovascular fitness about as effectively as splitting the same exercise across three days.

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Aug 2 • 2:24 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Athletics' Tommy White: Three knocks in Saturday's loss

Athletics' Tommy White: Three knocks in Saturday's loss

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Aug 2 • 2:04 AM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
Dodgers acquire Tarik Skubal from Tigers, per reports

The Dodgers’ quest for the first threepeat in Major League Baseball in a quarter-century saw them shop in the high end during the free agent market. Now they’ve acquired the best player available at the trade deadline, getting two-time Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal, per multiple reports. Heading to Detroit are pitcher River Ryan, […]

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Aug 1 • 11:46 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Devin Bush 2026 Chicago Bears Season Preview

During this last offseason, the Chicago Bears made a notable change at linebacker. Tremaine Edmunds was the Bears starter last season, but now it looks to be Devin Bush. Considering that Edmunds had a good season in 2025 with four interceptions, 112 tackles, and three tackles for loss (13 games), it’s not as if he’s a bad player.

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Aug 1 • 9:03 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Holmgren: Thunder departures part of 'business of this game'

Oklahoma City's Chet Holmgren told reporters on Saturday afternoon that the departures of three contributors to the Thunder's 2025 championship team felt "like losing a family member," but at the same time, "that's how the business of this game goes."

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Aug 1 • 5:10 PM EDT • Business • espn.com
Pegula defeats Shnaider to reach Washington Open final

Jessica Pegula, seeking her third title of the year, advanced to the women's final of the WTA and ATP Washington Open by defeating Russia's Diana Shnaider 7-5, 6-4 on Saturday.World number three Pegula, who won her first WTA title in 2019 at Washington, fell behind 5-2 at the start but battled back to reach her fourth final of the year.

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Steelers announce 2026 Hall of Honor class at training camp

The team announced three more inductees during a ceremony at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe.

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Aug 1 • 12:51 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
New York Mets Announce Francisco Lindor News During Marlins Series

The New York Mets lost 5-2 to the Miami Marlins on Friday night, but star infielder Francisco Lindor continued his hot stretch at the plate.Lindor collected two hits, including a home run. He now has three home runs over his last five games after launching two on July 27.Mets Announce Lindor NewsDuring the game, the […] The post New York Mets Announce Francisco Lindor News During Marlins Series appeared first on HEAVY.

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Aug 1 • 3:35 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Gallery: Dias, Marmoush and Nunes arrive in Hong Kong!

Ruben Dias, Omar Marmoush and Matheus Nunes have all joined up with Enzo Maresca's squad in Hong Kong. Men's Team Donnarumma: We’re eager to show we’re ready Having had a three-week rest following...

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Aug 1 • 3:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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46% of Business Owners Are Invisible to AI. Over Three Years, That's Millions in Lost Revenue. Here's How to Get Seen.

The company's brand matters, but the owner's visibility is the multiplier — and nearly half of business owners have no presence in the places AI treats as credible.

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Jul 31 • 5:00 PM EDT • Business • entrepreneur.com
Princeton Engineering - Federal investment of $18 million builds on three decades of advances in materials science

The Princeton Center for Complex Materials (PCCM), a research center at Princeton University dedicated to pushing the frontiers of materials science, has been selected by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for renewed investment to build on its success in research, workforce development and public outreach

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Jul 31 • 3:48 PM EDT • Science • engineering.princeton.edu
The Streaming Bubble Keeps Popping

(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) One of my rules is “never bet against PE [private equity]”. This isn’t to say that I agree with their methods or tactics or strategies or financial innovations (aka shenanigans). Just that in the long arc of financial history, they’ve tended to return very good returns to their shareholders. That said, their forays into entertainment have left me...skeptical. I’ve written before about PE’s production company/celebrity production company roll ups, and those haven’t really worked out. Some PE groups tried to “roll up” an industry that isn’t “roll-up-able” for lack of a better term—since the barrier to entry for starting a production company is very low—often paying top dollar for celebrity production companies at the height of streaming valuations. So yeah maybe we can bet against PE when they venture into filmed entertainment. I’ve also noted that studio lots seemed to be a bubble back in 2022. Sure enough… Yikes! That sure sounds like some private equity guys lost some money. The only caveat being that holding a lot of land in Los Angeles is always valuable. But that wasn’t the pitch and likely real estate investment companies overpaid for said land. I mean, Goldman Sachs had to repossess it after all. (Technically, I’m not sure these buyers were traditional private equity, but PE was buying LA studio lots earlier this decade.) All to say: I call out bubbles when I see them, and they often pop. Anywho, my most famous bubble call was the “streaming bubble”, specifically that the major streamers were making too many shows and films. And that it could all come crashing down. Notably, I made this call before the strikes of 2023, but those strikes potentially accelerated the popping. And now it has indeed popped. One of my most popular articles of last year made that exact case. A year later, it’s time to update that analysis. The bottom line is that the streaming contraction continues. Credit where credit is due, Luminate—an analytics company whose data I use weekly in my streaming ratings report—called this out in a recent report I saw highlighted in both Bloomberg and The Hollywood Reporter. But I’m adding my data to their look, including streaming films and kids TV shows. I’ll also provide some other data that all tells the same picture. Let’s dive in! Subscribe The Number of Streaming TV Shows, Films and Specials Is Declining AGAIN in 2026 Let’s get right to the data, starting with my dataset. Specifically, each week I track every “notable” title to come out on streaming. I try to grab every title on every major streamer, meaning if it’s a first run or original or exclusive, I track it. This helps me call out the “dogs not barking” and the misses/flops each week. So that will be our first series of charts, my weekly collection data. Let’s start with the raw TV show, film and special data, by week. Note: As the years have gone by, I have actually added more sources (going from just one source to five sources) to find new titles, meaning that this data collection is, likely, more accurate now than in the past. Which means my team and I are more likely to have undercounted titles in the past rather than today. I like to cut the data several different ways. Here’s that same look, by quarter, to more sharply show the trends: And here’s the data just looking at the first half of each year. That’s the same data, just cut three different ways with three different time periods. Note that films, TV shows, and specials are all down by 25%, 42% and 17%, respectively, from 2022. The good news is that the number of films and specials actually increased year-over-year from 2025 to 2026, but not enough to offset the 25% decline in TV shows. Now, I also look at kids shows, and here they are pulled out on their own: And here’s that by quarter: This really seems to be a notable area of pullback by the streamers. Kids shows are down 80% from 2022. This reflects some formerly Disney+ shows going to cable TV first, but also pullbacks from HBO Max, Prime Video and Netflix. I also categorize the TV shows by English language and non-English language, and that also reveals a lot of where the drop comes from: And here is by the half-year: In this look, the good news is the drop for English language shows seems to have stabilized in the last year. But the bad news is the long term decline from the 2022 peak. Other Data So I wasn’t the only person to notice this decline in the number of shows. I have a few other data sources for this, though most only go through the end of 2025. As I said, Luminate beat me to the punch, so let’s look at their data. We’re just getting started with this issue, but the rest is for paid subscribers of the Entertainment Strategy Guy, so if you’d like to find out… What TV loss streaming didn’t make up for... How Netflix has changed their programming slate over time… Ten more images charting the decline of production... What type of films aren’t being made anymore... The good news (for movie theaters)… And more... ...please subscribe! We can only keep doing this great work with your support.

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Jul 31 • 2:43 PM EDT • Entertainment • entertainment.substack.com
New York Yankees @ Chicago Cubs: Will Warren vs. Shota Imanaga

The Yankees finish their road trip with three games at Wrigley.

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Jul 31 • 1:50 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Crew Ends Week with Spacesuit Checks and Science, Lab Hardware Maintenance

Expedition 75 ended July stepping up preparations for the first of three spacewalks planned for the month of August. The International Space Station residents also wrapped up the week configuring combustion research and Earth imagery hardware while continuing lab maintenance.

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Jul 31 • 12:52 PM EDT • Science • nasa.gov
A milestone year for Morgridge Summer Science Camp

On July 31, the 20th annual Morgridge Summer Science Camp said good-bye to its final group of campers. Over the course of three one-week sessions, 75 students along with their teachers, from 13 districts across the state, envisioned their futures in the biomedical sciences at the Discovery Building and UW–Madison’s campus.

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Jul 31 • 12:16 PM EDT • Science • morgridge.org
Here's an early look at Lenovo's inaugural Googlebooks

Newly leaked imagery shows off two laptops and one tablet from Lenovo, all three sporting Googlebook branding.

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Jul 31 • 11:43 AM EDT • Technology • androidauthority.com
Jensen Huang says this is the greatest time in history to start a business—and his advice is to stop overthinking it: ‘How hard can it be?’

The billionaire CEO has spent the last three decades building Nvidia —but says one simple mindset helped turn a diner-booth idea into a $4.7 trillion giant.

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Jul 31 • 11:29 AM EDT • Business • fortune.com
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‘Antizuck’ iOS app that claims to detect nearby smart glasses tops App Store chart

Vibes around Meta’s AI glasses are off lately. So much so that one of the top three paid iPhone apps...

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Jul 31 • 11:28 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5mac.com
Jeff Dunham adds second Green Bay show after first one sells out

Comedian Jeff Dunham and his well-known cast of dummies were last in Green Bay in 2024 for three shows.

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Jul 31 • 11:26 AM EDT • Entertainment • greenbaypressgazette.com
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NYU Faculty Drive Three US Department of Energy Genesis Mission Projects to Accelerate AI-Driven Discovery

Faculty across Arts and Science, Courant, and Tandon will help develop AI tools for quantum computing, decentralized scientific reasoning, and automated hypothesis generation

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Jul 31 • 11:25 AM EDT • Science • nyu.edu
Penguins extend Tommy Novak for three years

The Penguins announced a signing on Friday, tightening up Tommy Novak for three more years. Novak was set to be a free agent in 2027, his new deal will have him under contract through 2029-30. From the team: The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed forward Tommy Novak to a three-year contract extension, it was announced today […]

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Jul 31 • 10:35 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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⚾️ Y! Sports AM: A kid's dream

0-2 count. Two outs. Team down by three. A great time for a grand slam!

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Jul 31 • 9:06 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Three Recent Chrome Releases Fix 1,442 Flaws, More Than Prior 23 Updates Combined

Google fixed 1,072 Chrome flaws in versions 149 and 150, more than the prior 23 milestones combined, as AI-driven discovery accelerates bug reports.

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Jul 31 • 8:51 AM EDT • Technology • thehackernews.com
Sony's Latest PS5 Sales Data Shows Digital Pulling Even Further Ahead

Over 80% of PS5 game sold in the last three months were digital copies.

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Jul 31 • 8:48 AM EDT • Technology • gamespot.com
Federal investment of $18 million builds on three decades of advances in materials science

The Princeton Center for Complex Materials (PCCM), a research center at Princeton University dedicated to pushing the frontiers of materials science, has been selected by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for renewed investment to build on its success in research, workforce development and public outreach.

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Jul 31 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • materials.princeton.edu
FIFA wants World Cup expansion assessment amid pressure on Infantino

FIFA is seeking an independent agency to assess the expansion of the men’s World Cup to 64 teams, according to documents seen by the Press Association. FIFA’s president, Gianni Infantino, is under increasing pressure amid mounting opposition to plans to seek private investment in a company which would run the World Cup, with three confederations having rejected it and his senior adviser having quit over it.

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Jul 31 • 7:48 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
The competition passed on a flying toy. We built it into $100 million dollar business

In his new book, Spin Master's Ronnen Harary explains how three founders in their 20s took a toy everyone rejected and turned it into Air Hogs.

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Does public health *need* MAHA?

Last week, our friend Dr. Craig Spencer sparked an ongoing volatile discussion with his Atlantic article “Public Health Needs MAHA.” Some have come out in strong dissent, others are cheering, and others are simply lamenting that we find ourselves in such a divided world to begin with. We will dare to dip our toes in these controversial waters, too. Does public health need MAHA? We think in some ways yes, and in other ways, no. MAHA leaders versus the everyday MAHA supporter The vitriol in this debate mostly comes from one collapsed distinction: the leadership of MAHA is not necessarily the same as the people who support it. Say “MAHA” and most people picture RFK Jr. Fair enough, as he coined the term and holds most of the power. And, yes, some MAHA followers treat Kennedy as something close to a saint. But talk to the grassroots, and it’s not a monolith. They’re Republicans, Democrats, and Independents. People who distrust vaccines and vaccine supporters. It’s a wide, eclectic coalition. The data backs this too: 4 in 10 Americans support the movement—that’s a lot of people! But according to polls, vaccines and medical choice (the issues most tied to Kennedy personally) are cited by only 4% as their reason for supporting the movement. For many, the motivations are much broader. Many MAHA supporters are signing up for the idea that “something needs to change” with health in this country. They’re asking good-faith questions about corporate influence on our health systems, health care costs, nutrition, chemicals, and clean air and water. These are all questions that plenty of public health professionals recognize as legitimate and also care about very deeply. Blurring the lines between the leadership and grassroots does real damage in two important ways: It hands the 4 in 10 exactly the narrative already fed—that the health ecosystem doesn’t listen, doesn’t care, and paints every critic with the same brush. It gives the actual bad actor more power. RFK Jr. has done irreparable damage and can’t be trusted. What the MAHA movement gets right A healthy population is something the public health field was literally built on, and many of these topics are things we have dedicated our lives to. Yet the MAHA movement has captivated nearly half the country in a way the public health establishment has failed to achieve. So that means MAHA is doing something right. Some of it may be timing (after a Covid-19 pandemic and deep frustration and mistrust with institutions). The movement also does three other things really well: 1. It gives a new, louder voice to system failures. While MAHA is not a monolith, one theme stays consistent across their stories: the system failed them. For some, it was the system that flooded their communities with opioids and then walked away. For others, it was the system that let their business collapse during Covid with no safety net in sight. For others still, it was the system that failed to help them manage a complex chronic illness, bouncing them from physician to physician without any real answers. And in many ways, our health ecosystems are failing Americans. Why are medical bills so incomprehensible? Why do some kids get a healthy school lunch and others don’t? Why do an epidemiologist and a MD/PhD student have to start newsletters in the middle of the biggest public health emergency in a century, just so people can get straight information? Because the systems failed. This deep-seated frustration driving many Americans to search for solutions elsewhere needs to be recognized. 2. MAHA has brilliant comms central to their efforts. MAHA figured out something most health institutions still have not: the information landscape changed. It’s participatory now, not top-down; influence runs through many nodes in a community, not one institution; and storytelling and telling audiences “what you really think” moves people more than data dumps do. MAHA goes where audiences are listening, using podcasts, social media, and memes in ways most health institutions would scoff at—but it works. 3. They are very good at organizing. A MAHA meeting feels like a rally: energy, speakers, music, and most importantly, an action for everyone. Someone’s writing the next policy brief, someone’s seeding a narrative, someone knows the next legislative deadline, someone’s sending the text messages for a campaign. None of this is new (ask the civil rights movement), but MAHA knows it works and has capitalized on it. What MAHA gets wrong This list could be much longer, and this newsletter has spent a lot of time covering it, but here are a few things: Poor use of scientific evidence. This is the fundamental problem with many MAHA policies: the hype outpaces the science, and experts are often villainized for pointing this out. MAHA leadership has traded real solutions for cheap wins. For example, instead of taking on the powerful food industry and passing real reforms, it has celebrated french fries made of beef tallow and taken out artificial dyes from still very sugary children’s cereal. These changes won’t move the needle on America’s diet. MAHA leadership has tried to dismantle vaccine access in the U.S. While many MAHA supporters emphasize other issues, the effort to change vaccine policy has become MAHA’s signature effort. This is not surprising given RFK Jr.’s extensive track record campaigning against vaccines. It has rallied behind the wrong leader. RFK Jr. has a decades-long track record of villifying doctors, scientists, and public health workers, well before he became HHS secretary. He is known for his decades-long work sowing distrust in vaccines as well as life-saving treatments like antiretroviral therapy for HIV. This is not a serious person who can move the needle on health in the U.S, and he has already done serious damage. Public health needs more than defense Defending the evidence is absolutely necessary so health in the U.S. doesn’t move further backward. The public health establishment is very good at defense. The problem is this defense often sounds like defending the status quo, which has failed many people. Public health needs to offer an alternative to RFK Jr.’s MAHA—one that is rooted in evidence, truly listens to and addresses people’s frustrations, and has innovative solutions and the courage to change the systems. How do we get there? Find common ground. Do you know what most people care most about? The abysmal cost of healthcare. Start there. Fight for the human loudly. Too often, communications and engagement center on science with a capital S, funding mechanisms, or the CDC/FDA/NIH. Not the person. So the public doesn’t see themselves in it. Instead, they see people fighting for the very powerful systems that they feel negatively impact their health and well-being. Let the public feel and hear that you see their frustrations, you get it, and you’re fighting for them within the system. Recognize when pro-science messages are alienating people. Facts absolutely matter, but angrily venting only alienates people further. Our friend Elisabeth Marnik recently wrote a New York Times article about her experience growing up unvaccinated and how listening and empathetic conversation are the only ways to reach people that really work (a position backed by communication science). Her comments section was full of hateful comments from pro-vaccine individuals attacking her for daring to suggest we approach vaccine-hesitant individuals with empathy. It is possible to both stand firm behind scientific evidence and empathize with people who don’t trust it. Lean into politics smartly. Often, public health has shied away from politics: Don’t touch it, lest you get burned. But this fails to recognize that the third rail is what fuels the train: who is elected determines our budgets, our priorities, and our authority. Being political means being very savvy in strategy on both sides of the aisle, knowing your audience, and recognizing that political capital is as scarce as financial resources and needs to be allocated accordingly. Bottom line So does public health need MAHA? That’s not really the right question. Public health has a responsibility not to dismiss 40% of the country who feel heard by this movement and are frustrated that the system has failed them. And it has a responsibility to stick to the evidence and recognize MAHA leadership for what it is: a danger to our nation’s health. Both can, and should, be done. Love, YLE and KP A big thanks to Craig Spencer, who had the courage to put his neck out there to start a much-needed discussion at such a critical moment—one that is determining the identity of an entire field. Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD is completing an emergency medicine residency and research fellowship focusing on health literacy and communication. In her free time, she writes the newsletters You Can Know Things debunking health myths and rumors and The Public Health Roundup. Views expressed belong to KP, not her employer. Your Local Epidemiologist (YLE) comprises a team of experts, ranging from physicians to immunologists to epidemiologists to nutritionists, working together with one goal: to “translate” ever-evolving public health science so that people are well-equipped to make evidence-based decisions. The YLE suite of newsletters reaches over 475,000 people across more than 132 countries. This newsletter is free to everyone, thanks to the generous support of fellow YLE community members. To support the effort, subscribe or upgrade below: Subscribe

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Jul 31 • 6:30 AM EDT • Health • yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com
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As business programs struggle to find students, UMD offers a faster way to an MBA

The University of Maryland Smith School of Business will allow students to earn their degrees with three fewer courses.

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Jul 31 • 5:30 AM EDT • Business • thebanner.com
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State budget eliminates NC’s Office of Health Equity

The office spent more than three decades using data and community partnerships to address persistent health disparities.

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Jul 31 • 4:30 AM EDT • Health • northcarolinahealthnews.org
Rutgers Football Opponent Preview: Michigan Wolverines

Michigan Takes on Rutgers Under Kyle Whittingham After Three Turbulent Seasons For The Wolverines

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Jul 30 • 10:19 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Anthropic says its AI models also broke out and hacked other companies

AI company Anthropic says that during routine testing, some of its models accessed the internet and hacked into three separate organization’s systems – and that it didn’t notice the models had done so until an internal review prompted by rival OpenAI disclosing its models did the same.

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Jul 30 • 10:09 PM EDT • Business • cnn.com
Dodgers on Deck: Friday, July 31 vs. Red Sox

The Dodgers all-American League homestand continues this weekend facing the Boston Red Sox at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. The Dodgers haven’t yet named a starting pitcher for Friday, with Yoshinobu Yamamoto starting on Saturday. Presumably that means a bullpen game. Ranger Suárez starts for Boston, the first of three consecutive left-handed starting pitchers for […]

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Jul 30 • 8:48 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Learning from routine health system data builds better neuroimaging AI models

Nature Medicine - We trained a three-dimensional visual foundation model directly on 5.24 million routine clinical computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) image series so that...

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Jul 30 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • nature.com
Planned Parenthood of Michigan closes three health centers amid federal cuts

Planned Parenthood of Michigan (PPMI) says it's permanently closing three of its health centers located in Lansing, Livonia, and Warren beginning Thursday.

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49ers worked out three RBs after Jordan James' injury
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New 'Science of Speed' exhibit at the Kamin Science Center offers an immersive look at racing, 40 mph karts and all

When the Kamin Science Center’s “Science of Speed” exhibit opens on Saturday, visitors will walk straight into a three-story race track...

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Kamin Science Center’s ‘Science of Speed’ brings indoor go-karts, F1 simulators to Pittsburgh

Kamin Science Center’s brand new “Science of Speed” exhibit is off to a blistering start, ahead of its official opening on Saturday. On Thursday, dozens of early access guests were set loose upon the experience that features an indoor, three-level electric go-kart track with tightly coiled turns and railing lights

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Workshop teaches entrepreneurs to prepare finances before seeking bank funding

The Tennessee Small Business Development Center and the Holston Business Development Center hosted the first of a three-part workshop series Thursday, helping a

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Pixel 11 series leaks with seemingly official renders, includes all-matte Pixel 11 Pro [Gallery]

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Cosm Detroit sets opening date, will show NFL games, movies

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Ferris State's Tony Annese selected to Michigan Sports Hall of Fame

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The Vikings' training camp has begun, and the main buzz surrounding the team has been about the quarterbacks, but there are a lot more competitions happening on this depth chart, the most dramatic of which are happening on the bubble. Down at the bottom of the 53-man roster where guys have to fight and scrap for final roster spots often battling three or four other guys often with entire careers on the line, these fights are the unsung storylines that encapsulate the intensity and intrigue of NFL training camps. The Vikings have numerous open questions at the bottom of the depth chart, with many battles shaping up to potentially make or break the seasons or even the careers of several NFL players or prospects.

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The new "science golden age" looks suspiciously like a grift

This edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ 🚀 Subscribe to PN 🚀 The Trump regime is trying to usher in a “Golden Age in Science” where scientific research is run like a Trump family business, artificial intelligence is all that matters, profit is everything, and expertise is for chumps. Or at least that’s the vision emerging from a new 123-page “Report to the President” from Michael Kratsios, the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. In a normal administration, you could probably skip over learning about a science policy document — but this is no normal administration, and this is no normal science policy document. Instead, it’s Trump’s attempt to end the actual golden age of science that was kicked off in 1945 with the publication of '“The Endless Frontier” by Vannevar Bush. [ ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/harmeet-dhillon-portland) [ Harmeet Dhillon demonstrates danger of posting through it ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/harmeet-dhillon-portland) Liz Dye · Jul 29 [ Read full story ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/harmeet-dhillon-portland) Bush, at President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s request, laid out a vision of federal support for science that centered on funding universities to do basic research, saying that as long as those institutions were “vigorous and healthy and their scientists are free to pursue the truth wherever it may lead, there will be a flow of new scientific knowledge to those who can apply it to practical problems in Government, in industry, or elsewhere.” Kratsios’s report is supposed to be the successor to Bush’s, and even apes the format, but this isn’t really a document about science policy. It’s one about ending science research as we know it in favor of shoveling cash at big tech companies. While it might be temping to wave this away as an aspirational policy document, Trump has already begun to shift billions in research funds to AI projects and has taken a hatchet to science funding across the board. He’s teed up the shift Kratsios proposes here, and since neither Congress nor the Supreme Court seem inclined to stop him from doing whatever he wants with taxpayer money, it isn’t doomering or hyperbole to say we are staring down the barrel of a world where the only “science” the government intends to support is for-profit tech and defense advancements. Science for dummies Part of how you can tell this isn’t a document about science is that you are immediately faced with an absolute wall of business-speak of the worst sort. Did you know we must “tightly couple our science and technology enterprises to ensure that groundbreaking ideas invented in the United States are rapidly prototyped, tested, manufactured, and scaled domestically”? You do now! That tone isn’t surprising, because Kratsios has no background in science or research. He has a bachelor’s in political science and spent most of his career working for Peter Thiel at Thiel Capital. After a stint in the first Trump administration as Chief Technology Officer, where he also did not do any science, Kratsios was tasked in 2020 with overseeing the Pentagon’s research budget for a brief time, a position that, as the Wall Street Journal put it, “carries a great deal of power in terms of dictating investment allocations.” He spent the Biden years at Scale AI as “head of strategy,” which you will also note is neither a science nor a research job. But Scale AI has contracts with the Department of Defense and, as the Washington Post wrote in 2023, “has been aggressively pitching itself as the company that will help the US military in its existential battle with China.” And now you have the necessary background for our new golden age, which is going to be a golden age of taking money away from scientists and universities and giving it to companies like Scale AI. A note from Aaron: Working with brilliant contributors like Lisa takes resources. If you aren’t already a paid subscriber, please become one to support our work. 👇 Subscribe In a genuinely galling move, Katsios spends a lot of time slamming universities because of “administrative burdens on researchers” and the “well-documented inefficiencies” in academia, the message being that those damn universities waste the time of amazing researchers with paperwork. Except it’s the administration that is attempting to impose inefficient, unnecessary burdens on those researchers with a proposed Office of Management and Budget rule that would require senior political appointees to approve every science grant and ensure it aligns with Trump’s personal priorities. Researchers would also have to seek prior government approval to attend conferences or publicize their research. And political appointees could terminate any grant at any time if they feel like it. [ ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/omb-rule-science-funding) [ The murder of expertise ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/omb-rule-science-funding) Lisa Needham · Jun 11 [ Read full story ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/omb-rule-science-funding) But when it comes to AI, we’re going to “restore permissionless innovation.” The report proposes to give lucky ducky innovators a pile of cash up front for grants lasting five years or longer, saying “awards should be fully-funded in year one, with all resources earmarked upfront, to minimize administrative burdens and reduce pressure for researchers to generate intermediate results to secure continued funding.” Yeah, wouldn’t want to have to make the Very Special Tech Bros show results or get money parceled out year by year like the plebes at universities. The report also proposes that we should have “fast grants” with “simplified applications requiring just a few pages of writing” because that is definitely how science works, just writing a bit off the dome and getting some cash. [ ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-ai-action-plan-altman-llms) [ Tech elites are turning AI into ChatGPTrump ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-ai-action-plan-altman-llms) Paul Waldman · July 29, 2025 [ Read full story ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-ai-action-plan-altman-llms) Oh, and we should have prizes and challenges, where multiple teams compete. The proposed prizes include incentives like “advance procurement commitments,” which means the federal government agrees to buy whatever is being developed. There’s also “regulatory fast-tracking,” making sure all those great AI thingies don’t have to wait too long to be unleashed on a market. These aren’t incentives to do science. These are incentives to develop things with tax dollars that you can then sell to the government for more tax dollars. In the suggestion that might be the most unhinged, the most very opposite of how both government and research work, our new age will include “golden tickets.” That’s where an individual reviewer in an agency — yes, just one person — can “recommend unconventional proposals that may not pass consensus-driven review panels” because somehow this will “surface valuable ideas too divisive for committees and attract higher quality reviewers by empowering them to exercise independent scientific judgment.” Yes, that’s saying that a random person in an agency should be able to shovel money at some idea even if it can’t pass a review panel, and that the opportunity to do so will attract better employees because apparently all the best minds in science are chomping at the bit to be allowed to unilaterally fund AI research based on their personal vibes. But that isn’t at all how actual science works, and actual scientists aren’t unhappy about review panels. They work collaboratively, not siloed in some secret race to create the next AI chatbot. A 2020 study by the National Bureau of Economic Research examined whether peer review panels succeed in helping agencies predict which research ideas will best advance science. Peer review was better at finding “diamond in the rough” applicants than a single government program official. How about that. Trump always wants a taste It’s painfully clear that what Katsios is trying to do here is turn the whole of government science research and funding into the sort of “move fast and break things” paradigm that is the hallmark of big tech. That method works to line the pockets of tech executives, but it isn’t science. There’s a reason the government funds different kinds of research than private tech companies do. What Katsios either fails to understand or deliberately ignores is that the federal government is the main funder of basic research precisely because it can take a long time for it to bear fruit and is not intended to be profitable as such. “Basic” here does not mean rudimentary or simple, but rather research that is designed to advance scientific knowledge instead of achieving a specific outcome or product. Big tech companies don’t widely fund that sort of research, because it doesn’t make them money. Industry dollars account for only about 20 percent of basic research funding, while the government contributes around 60 percent. Big tech companies and startups do, however, rely on and benefit from that basic research. A 2019 study found that 35 percent of all patents obtained by venture-backed startups from 1976 to 2016 cited federally supported research. Basic research funded by the NIH contributed to every single drug the FDA approved from 2010 to 2016. [ ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-saudi-nuclear-deal) [ The Saudi nuclear farce and governance by whim and meme ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-saudi-nuclear-deal) Noah Berlatsky · Jul 27 [ Read full story ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-saudi-nuclear-deal) Unlike inventing the next ChatGPT, actual science is slow and iterative. Government funding of research that, on its face, would not appear to lead to any big new invention is actually what underpins those big new inventions. If the government hadn’t funded research into desert lizard venom, we wouldn’t know about semaglutide, and we wouldn’t have Ozempic. If research scientists hadn’t studied how bees optimize nectar foraging within a colony, we wouldn’t have the algorithm that assigns internet traffic across computer servers. The report assiduously ignores that a symbiotic, profitable relationship between the federal government, universities, and private companies already exists. Each federal research dollar generates about $1.50 to $3.00 in long-term economic benefits. The $36 billion the government awarded in NIH research funding in fiscal year 2025 generated $94 billion in new economic activity. Trump’s proposed new golden age is intended to strip those billions from universities, resulting in the dismantling of departments and the shuttering of labs. But Katsios has a plan for that: Universities should just become trade schools to churn out no-show STEM degrees! “Require universities and community colleges to embed practical technical training and externships into STEM curricula. Let hands-on experience and industry credentials count toward degrees.” It’s quite the feat to, on the one hand, strip schools of funding for scientific research while simultaneously demanding to control what is taught and, oh, also, colleges need to give degrees to employees at big tech companies just for being employees at big tech companies. The new golden age would also exacerbate the brain drain Trump’s policies have already caused. Nature found that in the first quarter of 2025, US scientists submitted 32 percent more job applications abroad than in 2024. A March 2025 poll by Nature of roughly 1,600 scientists found that over 1,200 said they were considering leaving the country. Europe is investing $565 million to make it a “magnet for researchers” and provide funding for scientists who relocate. The new golden age is also about embedding Trump’s xenophobia into the fabric of American science. The report complains of an “over-reliance on foreign students” that “creates a security challenge our institutions are ill-equipped to address” and that a “reliance on foreign talent sidelines American students.” This is, to put it mildly, nonsense. International students pay far higher tuition and often receive no financial aid. Their tuition dollars are what make it possible for American students to get financial aid. In the 2023-2024 school year alone, international students contributed $43.8 billion to the US economy and supported over 378,000 jobs. Those 1.1 million international students accounted for only six percent of the total number of students in higher education that year, but were such an economic engine that for every three international students, one job was created or supported. It’s impossible not to wonder whether part of Trump’s loathing for universities and their leading role in scientific research is that there is no way for him to corrupt the process and make money off it in the same way he can by giving millions and billions to Silicon Valley types who, in turn, give him millions in cash. There’s no way for his children to invest in universities that the government then gives no-bid contracts to, fattening the family’s bottom line, which is pretty much the Trump sons’ current venture capital practice. Trump and Katsios’s view of science is narrow, cramped, and wrong. We’re not in a crisis, we’re not a failed state. We’ve been a science superpower for decades, and the only thing that threatens that is Donald Trump. Tech bros are already living high off the hog in this administration. They don’t need any more of our tax dollars. Hopefully this new golden age never comes to pass. Thanks for reading Public Notice. This post is public so feel free to share it. Share We’ll be back with more tomorrow. If you appreciate today’s PN, please do your part to keep us free by signing up for a paid subscription. 🚀 Subscribe to PN 🚀 Thanks for reading, and for your support.

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Public Health reports first heat-related deaths in 2026 | Idaho Department of Health and Welfare

The first heat-related deaths in Idaho this year have been reported to public health officials at the Department of Health and Welfare. Three Idaho residents, all over the age of 55, died in the past week when temperatures in Idaho exceeded 90 degrees. All three lived in different communities across southern Idaho.

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UNC Health Pardee Welcomes Three New Providers to Pardee BlueMD

UNC Health Pardee Welcomes Three New Providers to Pardee BlueMD

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Man Utd transfer news: Tyler Fredricson joins Lausanne Sports on three-year deal

Man Utd transfer news: Tyler Fredricson joins Lausanne Sports on three-year deal

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Cyclospora outbreak clouds strong earnings for Taco Bell’s parent company

Taco Bell’s parent company, Yum Brands, reported robust sales and profit in the second quarter, surpassing Wall Street’s expectations by several measures. But the earnings cover the April-June quarter, or the three months before a cyclospora outbreak plunged the company’s most important brand into a food-safety crisis.

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Generation Z wants significant change in government

Good morning, and welcome to the first edition of The Feed. We are three Generation Z editors at The Hill working to understand the ins and outs of our generation’s politics. Each week, we’ll…

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Tennessee Titans Over/Under Win Total: Can Cam Ward Reach His Potential?

Check out the 2026 O/U win total for the Titans, who won three games and finished last in the AFC South last season.

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Las Vegas Raiders Over/Under Win Total: Can L.V. Finally Compete?

Check out the 2026 O/U win total for the Raiders, who won three games and finished last in the AFC West last season.

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New York Jets Over/Under Win Total: Can N.Y. Escape Futility Streak?

Check out the 2026 O/U win total for the Jets, who won three games and finished last in the AFC East last season.

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Hennessey's closes after 30 years of business in Boston: 'Our hearts are overflowing'

Hennessey's, a longtime Boston bar on Union Street, says it is closing after three decades in business.

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‘Not out of the woods’: Delaware doctor predicts more measles cases as the state’s outbreak rises to 5

The CDC and Delaware public health officials urge unvaccinated residents exposed to the measles virus to get the shots within three days.

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3 biggest takeaways from the July Federal Reserve decision

The FOMC voted to hold rates steady, but three members wanted to hike. Fed Chair Kevin Warsh laid out more of his vision for the central bank.

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West Nile Virus Detected in Mosquitoes in Coastal Georgia

When you head outside, don’t forget the bug spray – that’s the message from the Coastal Health District after three mosquito samples in Chatham County tested positive for West Nile Virus (WNV).

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FIFA opens proceedings against Argentina FA, players over Falkands banner and World Cup final scrap

Leandro Paredes is being investigated for three counts of assault, while the AFA faces charges of racism and non-sporting demonstrations.

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Bournemouth’s Eli Junior Kroupi out for three to four months after foot surgery

Kroupi, 20, was Bournemouth's top scorer in the Premier League last season with 13 goals in 33 games.

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Jays @ Nationals Game Thread

Game three of the three game series. And it is an afternoon game. Tomorrow’s an off-day, so we are going to see the Odyssey, so if you were going to bet on when the Jays first ‘deadline’ trade will happen, sometime in those three hours would be a sure thing.. Today’s lineup, no Vlad. They […]

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Gallery: City touch down in Hong Kong

Check out the best photos as City landed in Hong Kong and got straight to work… Men's Team Travelling squad confirmed for Asia Tour 2026 Enzo Maresca’s side are in the Far East for a three-match p...

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I love that the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 lasts three days, but Samsung needs to fix charging

Samsung really needs to fix this.

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Daily multivitamin may help older adults stay independent

Taking a daily multivitamin may help older adults preserve the strength and stamina needed for everyday activities. After three years, users reported better functional health than those taking a placebo, although the preliminary findings still require peer review.

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Madjo already compared to Belgium's Lukaku

Aston Villa are still awaiting the outcome of their appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) as they try to register Brian Madjo, who joined from Metz for £10m in January and does not turn 18 until January next year. Under-18s cannot complete international transfers, but Villa have argued Madjo was born in London and should be exempt, despite having three caps for Luxembourg. Fifa does allow some exemptions for minor players to make moves, including if a 16 or 17-year-old transfers within the European Union - something the UK is no longer part of.

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The Science Behind the AI Panic Is Shakier Than You Think

A column by Sascha Lobo Is AI making us dumb? So asked DER SPIEGEL on its cover a while ago. After a few weeks of recovery and a therapeutic intervention with the help of my AI, I feel able to respond. That’s a bit unfair, of course; the article itself is more nuanced than the loud cover, the image of a schoolkid with dull prompt questions, or the subtitle: “AI is conquering the schools, and educators fear a disaster.” The short answer to “Is AI making us dumb?” is: no. The long answer is more interesting, and even carries a preliminary glimmer of the spectacular. Unfortunately, it requires a detour into the sphere of artificial intelligence, into the mogul-field terrain of technology assessment, the attention economy, and the destructive virus of cultural pessimism. Along with narrowing the scope to AI’s effects on education and work rather than on intelligence. Because the honest version of the question would be: Does AI help us learn and work, or not? Generative AI, which set off the still-ongoing hype with ChatGPT, has only existed in relevant distribution since late 2022, early 2023. For a technology-driven transformation of people and society, that is extremely short. For that reason alone, research is still in its infancy. And technology assessment is not a fast discipline anyway. Prominent voices from Elizabeth Eisenstein to RAND to Tom Wheeler say we still cannot conclusively judge the consequences of the printing press. Its invention is a mere 580 years back, and some scholars would rather not circulate assessments that might have to be retracted in two or three hundred years. We’re Going Through Growing Pains A phenomenon that already caused upheaval in social media research makes serious assessment of AI’s consequences even harder: the “moving target” problem of LLM-ology, as the linguist Sean Trott called it in 2025. AI develops so quickly and so unpredictably that researchers often end up studying snapshots of the past. There are concepts, from morphological analysis to anticipatory governance, for keeping research, planning, and regulation halfway meaningful anyway. But even with those, universally valid statements are rare. DER SPIEGEL - The German View is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe We should therefore treat findings about the interplay between humans and AI as far more procedural and situational. Unfortunately, this challenge comes at the worst possible time. We are going through growing pains: AI’s everyday impact has grown very large very fast, and with it the longing for guidance. Annoyingly, the body of solid knowledge has not exploded along with it. Experts cannot be moved to broad consensus on even banal statements about AI. Sascha Lobo, born in 1975, is an author and strategy consultant focusing on the internet and digital technologies. Together with Jule Lobo, he explores the debates of the day in the podcast “Feel the News – Was Deutschland bewegt” (”What Moves Germany”). Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says software developers are dying out. Bill Gates considers coders one of only three professions that will survive the AI tsunami. Top tech economists find virtually irrefutable arguments both for and against an AI bubble. The same naturally applies to the structurally youth-hostile debate over whether AI is good or bad for young people. The gap between the demand for insight and the supply of solid knowledge creates an orientation vacuum. This vacuum of AI cluelessness is filled, as the attention economy described by Georg Franck in 1998 would have it, with half-knowledge (funnily enough, often AI-generated), marketing, and self-marketing. After all, infinite money is at stake, along with academia’s best current shot at global fame. But this iridescent froth of interpretation operates more by the algorithmic principles of the digital public sphere than by seriously earned insight. That is why dramatized, fear-feeding claims about AI are so promising. It tempts parts of academia into distorted drivel, and parts of the media then sensationalize the published drivel once more. Was the Research Aimed at a Desired Result? How badly this can influence academia and public perception is demonstrated by one of the most-discussed studies on AI’s effects: “Your Brain on ChatGPT.” The MIT study by Nataliya Kosmyna also gets plenty of space in the SPIEGEL cover story. What was measured and interpreted: lower brain activity in people who write with AI assistance, compared to people who only google or write without any tools. As is common with preprints, the study has not yet been peer-reviewed, and it contains substantial weaknesses that experts have sharply criticized. The first round had 54 participants in three groups, the second only 18, who reportedly also came from MIT’s own orbit. There was no preregistration (committing in advance to what you want to find out with which data). In their analysis, Stanković et al. even discovered an opposite effect that the study does not further explain. Some measurement data has not (yet) been published. And the EEG analysis method used is considered too imprecise to support such far-reaching conclusions. The biggest criticism, though, is the suspicion of an activism-driven study. In an interview with Time, lead author Kosmyna said she published the study immediately, rather than after full peer review, because she feared politicians might otherwise decide to put ChatGPT in kindergartens. She considers that absolutely harmful. It is legitimate to hold such a view. It just seems unscientific to approach a study with it, and then to design the setup so that the chance of a fitting desired result remains as high as possible. Ideologies Collide It is not easy to separate genuine AI insights from studies that trivialize and weaken well-founded AI criticism. The same goes for the opposing, AI-enthusiastic narratives, because the pro-AI side works against it with billions in resources. Ideologies collide, fed by egos, PR strategies, moral posturing, and once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. Doomsday marketing makes the search even harder: AI companies can profit from warnings about the dangers of AI, whether through the notoriety of apocalypse narratives or because, in some target groups, danger translates into power. Some seemingly negative findings are therefore quite welcome in the AI industry. If you try to get at the findings presumably less influenced by interest groups, the picture in education seems relatively clear: AI can improve educational outcomes when the right AI is used the right way, namely pedagogically. Simply dumping an AI chatbot into a classroom, by contrast, accomplishes little. Huge surprise. But something else is also obvious: whether they are allowed to or not, kids use AI for school, which is why the controlled integration of AI tools into education is, in the medium term, entirely without alternative. In the world of work, the landscape of findings is more complex and requires more differentiation. A series of serious studies points to an AI effect that suits neither the alarmists, regulation fetishists, and AI opponents, nor the trillion-dollar corporations with their armada of paid scientists, PR professionals, and ecosystems: working with AI helps the inexperienced (at least for now) considerably more than it helps the pros, in certain fields of work, and provided they know how to use it correctly. Missing Domain Knowledge Among the experienced, the professionals, and the high flyers, by contrast, despite frequent time savings, partially negative effects and new problems are emerging. Take the jagged frontier problem: AI solves task A brilliantly and fails completely at task B, even though both look similar even to professionals. Or the verification-cost problem, in which AI’s greater productivity gets eaten up by the enormous effort of checking its output. Or the illusion of competence, because AI makes new domains seem easily penetrable, until you painfully discover that deep domain knowledge is missing. Taken as a whole, the effects of working with AI do lean positive. But the promise that AI works as a turbocharger for everyone and boosts practically everything simply refuses to materialize. The AI magic the world has been feeling since ChatGPT arrived in late 2022 has so far barely shown up in most companies’ numbers. The consulting firm McKinsey has coined a term for this, the “gen AI paradox,” and believes that work processes and corporate structures would have to be rebuilt quite fundamentally to realize AI’s benefits at scale. Reuters just reported that only 3.3 percent of Microsoft’s customers have subscribed to the AI package Copilot. That may be down to the product; in other areas we continue to see soaring successes and new AI triumphs. But after the first quarter of 2026, disillusionment is the word for all too many AI projects at traditional companies: because the promised revolution of AI agents has so far failed to arrive or been postponed, and because of the leveling effect that many of the studies cited here suggest. Against Inequality The societal effects, on the other hand, appear rather encouraging. Many previous technologies operated on the Matthew principle, named for the Gospel verse about giving to those who already have: they tended to reward the more competent and more privileged. AI, however, seems more often to have an equalizing effect once a threshold of access and education is crossed. Some anecdotal insights point in this direction, for example, how an unemployed man in Leipzig successfully defended himself in court in 2025 against fraud accusations from Germany’s federal employment agency — without a lawyer, armed only with ChatGPT. The AI made mistakes and cited invented court rulings, but in the end the man walked away unpunished. And a key capability of artificial intelligence is its capacity to learn: set up correctly and fed with data, it can keep getting better. It is a question of time, or more precisely of AI innovations and training data, until even free AI chatbots write better legal briefs than law graduates with perfect exam scores. Whether that will make anyone dumb is something the world’s press will surely inform us of in due time. Subscribe Leave a comment

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Liverpool reveal new away kit

Liverpool have released their new away kit for the 2026-27 season, which is a white shirt with three red stripes down the arm. The away strip has been inspired by "Liverpool's away kits from the mid-80s" and is completed with red shorts and white socks. The Reds' goalkeeper away kit is predominantly purple, featuring black arms.

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Arizona Cardinals camp notes. Mixed day for Marvin Harrison Jr.

Arizona Cardinals WR Marvin Harrison Jr. had a mixed day of training camp on Tuesday, hauling in three intermediate catches but dropping an easy one.

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Jul 28 • 11:50 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Why ‘Children of Blood and Bone’ director turned down film twice

As the first trailer for ‘Children of Blood and Bone’ drops, director Gina Prince-Bythewood shares why it took three offers to get her on board.

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Jul 28 • 10:33 PM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
Bucs announce three roster moves
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Jul 28 • 7:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Elise Woodward named Washington football’s new radio voice

Twenty-three years after she started patrolling the Washington football sideline in a headset and rain gear, Elise Woodward has finally been promoted indoors. Washington Athletics and Learfield’s Huskies Sports Properties announced Monday that Woodward will ascend to the program’s radio play-by-play chair, ending her run as its longest-tenured sideline reporter. She’ll make her debut in…

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Jul 28 • 5:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
'Not alike any we've ever seen before': Three of the 12 galaxies in this cosmic string are missing a crucial component of the universe

Astronomers have discovered a third galaxy without dark matter in a strange string of a dozen dwarf galaxies. A violent collision is likely to blame.

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Jul 28 • 4:04 PM EDT • Science • livescience.com
Downtown Bend business district transitioning to new board and director

The Downtown Bend Business District is in transition. Its executive director and three board members are stepping down, as property owners vote for seven new board members this week. The […]

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Jul 28 • 1:18 PM EDT • Business • bendbulletin.com
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Vikings suspend DB coach Gerald Alexander for three weeks
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Jul 28 • 12:59 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Morning Download: Nevada basketball will reportedly open season against Robert Morris

On weekday mornings, Nevada Sports Net will recap three big headlines of the day in its Morning Download. Read below for today's topics.1. Nevada basketball wil

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Jul 28 • 12:48 PM EDT • Sports • nevadasportsnet.com
Kelly Ripa taking extended leave, will miss at least 3 weeks of ‘Live’ after surgery

Kelly Ripa will miss at least three weeks of ‘Live With Kelly & Mark’ amid her recovery from surgery, EW has learned. Multiple cohosts will fill in as the TV icon recuperates after a painful procedure.

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Jul 28 • 12:05 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Sonny Styles Highlights Commanders' Three ESPN Top 50 Offseason Additions

Hours before training camp kicks off around the league, ESPN's Matt Bowen ranked the 50 most impactful moves of the offseason. Washington earned three entries on the list: the drafting of Sonny Styles and the free-agent signings of Odafe Oweh and Chig Okonkwo. As fans eagerly await comments from coaches and players during the first week of training camp, it won't feel the same until the team is on the field in Week 1.

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Jul 28 • 12:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Judge orders immigration officials to release key witness in Texas ICE shooting

The witness was one of three passengers in a van driven by Lorenzo Araujo Salgado when he was shot by an ICE officer during a traffic stop.

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Jul 28 • 10:04 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Could Declining Cable TV Business Undo Paramount-WBD Merger?

The cable TV business is flailing, but it is one of three areas flagged as potential monopolies in a lawsuit looking to block a Paramount-WBD merger.

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Jul 28 • 10:00 AM EDT • Business • deadline.com
Three questions with Whoop's new CMO

In this edition of STAT Health Tech: A chat with Whoop's new chief medical officer, an update on CMS health tech initiative, and more.

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Jul 28 • 9:22 AM EDT • Health • statnews.com
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Biden interviews with ghostwriter reveal him discussing sensitive information

About three hours of audio and 117 pages of transcripts were released by the conservative Oversight Project

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Jul 28 • 8:58 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Biden interviews with ghostwriter reveal him discussing sensitive information

About three hours of audio and 117 pages of transcripts were released by the conservative Oversight Project

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Jul 28 • 8:58 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Repairs to Madame John's Legacy, one of French Quarter's oldest buildings, causes concern

One of the oldest buildings in the New Orleans French Quarter and a rare surviving example of French Colonial architecture is at the center of a years long dispute between local preservationists and the state, nearly three years after the two sides thought they'd worked out a compromise.

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Jul 28 • 5:00 AM EDT • Business • nola.com
Poll: Only One in Three Americans Support Iran War

Reuters/Ipsos polling has shown support for military action against Iran never rising above 40% since the conflict began on February 28.

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Jul 28 • 4:45 AM EDT • Politics • politicstoday.org
George E. Norcross III to Donate $100 Million to Cooper University Health Care/MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper in Honor of His Parents, George E. Norcross Jr. and Anne Carol Conner Norcross

George E. Norcross III to Donate $100 Million to Cooper University Health Care/MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper in Honor of His Parents, George E. Norcross Jr. and Anne Carol Conner Norcross Three Generations of Norcross Family Members Have Dedicated More Than 50 Years to Cooper Gift Is One of the Largest in New Jersey and[...]

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Jul 28 • 4:42 AM EDT • Health • insidernj.com