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Where’s One UI 8.5 beta for Galaxy S25 Edge?

The past week was a joy ride for the One UI 8.5 beta program, with more Samsung devices joining the test phase, but without the Galaxy S25 Edge. The Galaxy S25 FE, S24, S24+, S24 Ultra, S24 FE, Fold 6, Flip 6, Tab S11 series entered the beta in the latest round. Despite being limited […]

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Mar 29 • 12:56 AM EDT • Technology • sammyfans.com
Psychology says people who prefer texting to phone calls aren't being antisocial - they're protecting the quality of their thinking from the demands of real-time performance

At some point in the last decade, preferring to text became something people apologize for.

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Mar 29 • 12:44 AM EDT • Technology • siliconcanals.com
Secretary of State warns of scam involving annual business filings - 'avoid being hustled'

Kentucky Today There are several scams making the rounds throughout the state, and the Kentucky Secretary of State’s office says there is even a scam involving annual business filings required to be submitted to his office. Secretary of State Michael Adams is warning business owners to avoid being hustled, as letters notifying them to file...

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Mar 29 • 12:38 AM EDT • Business • nkytribune.com
Mercedes-Benz service tech charged for allegedly taking customer’s vehicle to sports bar

A dealership employee in Tennessee has been charged after being accussed of taking a customer’s vehicle.

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Mar 28 • 8:50 PM EDT • Sports • kxii.com
Mercedes-Benz service tech charged for allegedly taking customer’s vehicle to sports bar

A dealership employee in Tennessee is facing charges after being accussed of taking a customer’s vehicle.

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Mar 28 • 8:50 PM EDT • Sports • fox10tv.com
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Mercedes-Benz service tech charged for allegedly taking customer’s vehicle to sports bar

A dealership employee in Tennessee has been charged after being accussed of taking a customer’s vehicle.

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Mar 28 • 8:50 PM EDT • Sports • live5news.com
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At third No Kings rally in Seattle, tens of thousands decry Trump

“This to me looks like history is being made,” said Nick Brown at a massive rally in Seattle. Protesters had much to say about ICE, Iran and the Epstein files.

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Mar 28 • 8:33 PM EDT • Politics • seattletimes.com
How The Story Is Shifting For Alliance Entertainment Holding (AENT) After Analyst Target Cuts

Analysts have trimmed their price targets on Alliance Entertainment Holding by $2, while the stated fair value estimate of $9.0 remains effectively unchanged. This shift is being framed as a recalibration of risk and earnings reliability, with bulls viewing it as fine tuning and bears treating it as a signal to be more cautious. As you read on, you will see how to interpret these updates and track the evolving story around the stock. Stay updated as the Fair Value for Alliance Entertainment...

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Mar 28 • 7:03 PM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
10 Million Grill Brushes Recalled Over Concerns About Loose Bristles Being Ingested

In at least five cases, customers sought medical attention to remove bristles “from their digestive tract or throat,” a federal agency said.

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Mar 28 • 3:31 PM EDT • Business • nytimes.com
'Hannah Montana' Star Cody Linley Says It's 'Hard to Believe' People Had Shirtless Photos of Him in Their Lockers

Cody Linley reflected on his time as Jake Ryan on 'Hannah Montana' and being a teenage heartthrob, telling Yahoo Entertainment that 'it’s hard to believe that there were girls that had pictures of me with my shirt off in their locker.'

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Mar 28 • 2:29 PM EDT • Entertainment • people.com
Short-Term Rental Policy Is Politics, Not Planning

Santa Barbara’s Flawed STR ordinance is being rushed ahead.

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Mar 28 • 1:59 PM EDT • Politics • independent.com
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Machado Party Headquarters Reopens in Sign of Venezuela’s Political Shift

María Corina Machado’s party headquarters reopened on Saturday in Caracas after being shuttered in the aftermath of the contested 2024 presidential election that drove the Venezuelan opposition leader into hiding.

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Mar 28 • 11:37 AM EDT • Politics • bloomberg.com
Man dates Replika AI companion for 3 years — shares pros and cons

Ian Nicholson has had a long-term relationship with his AI companion Min-ho for years, saying it feels different from being with a human.

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Mar 28 • 8:55 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Orbán accuses crowd of ‘pushing Ukraine’s cart’ after being booed at campaign rally

The incident took place in Győr, an opposition stronghold in northwestern Hungary.

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Mar 28 • 6:20 AM EDT • Politics • tvpworld.com
Cavs extinguish the Heat 149-128

It was a tale of two games for the Cleveland Cavaliers, with the second being a lot more to their liking. Max Strus hit eight threes, Jarrett Allen had a double-double in his return to the starting lineup, and James Harden added 17 points and 10 assists as the Cavs throttled the visiting Miami Heat […]

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Mar 27 • 11:08 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Controversial star receiver named Philadelphia Eagles' most overpaid player

Earlier this month, star cornerback Cooper DeJean was named the Philadelphia Eagles’ most underpaid player by Brad Gagnon of Blecher Report. Gagnon recently released a list of every NFL teams’ most overpaid player, and for the Eagles, that distinction went to mercurial star wide receiver A.J. Brown. Brown has eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark in each of his four seasons in Philadelphia, but declining production combined with a huge contract and some distracting behavior has led Brown to being overpaid, at least in the eyes of Gagnon.

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Mar 27 • 7:33 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
The Science Behind Being One of a Kind

The Science Behind Being One of a Kind: Nature and nurture colliding

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Mar 27 • 4:30 PM EDT • Science • nautil.us
Corey Feldman reacts to exclusion from Rob Reiner Oscars tribute (exclusive)

Corey Feldman has addressed being left out of the Oscars tribute to 'Stand by Me' director Rob Reiner, calling it a 'family reunion I wasn't invited to' with costars Jerry O'Connell and Wil Wheaton.

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Mar 27 • 4:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Business Lookahead: Gauging the war's impact

STORY: From a worrying drop in stocks to a surge in energy prices from the war in the Middle East to key data on jobs and trade, these are the stories to watch in business and finance in the coming week. ::Look Ahead::War impactThe first quarter is ending with financial markets at the mercy of geopolitics.The Iran war has wiped roughly $7 trillion off global stocks since it erupted.With oil prices up nearly 70% year to date, suddenly interest rates are heading up, rather than down, and energy-hungry AI does not look like such a slam-dunk anymore.Meanwhile, gold has plunged 16% after being nearly unstoppable since the start of 2025.We’ll see whether markets roll on or rollover as the second quarter begins.::Job growth in focusThe U.S. jobs report for March comes out Friday.It will offer a crucial view into the economy's health as investors gauge fallout from the energy price surge.Monthly payrolls are seen rising by 48,000, according to a Reuters poll. February's surprisingly weak report caught Wall Street off guard, showing nonfarm payrolls fell by 92,000 while the unemployment rate increased to 4.4%.Uncertainty over the Iran war is also clouding the economic forecasts for the Federal Reserve, with Wall Street pulling back on expectations for U.S. interest rate cuts this year as the oil price surge fuels concerns about rising inflation.Other U.S. data in the coming week includes retail sales for February and reports on manufacturing and services activity.::Chip checkSouth Korea releases its trade data for March on Wednesday.It will provide an early indicator of how the global economy is holding up in the face of the war and the resulting shock to energy prices. Korea's export-heavy economy is a bellwether for global trade and one of the first to report data from the previous month.Its manufacturing fortunes are of even greater interest than usual, not just because of its dependence on Middle Eastern energy imports, but also because its world-leading DRAM chips are of critical importance to the AI sector and currently in short supply too. ::Inflation assessmentAnd flash euro zone inflation for March is due on Tuesday. After long hovering around the 2% mark, higher energy prices are now expected to push headline inflation up, as they did in 2022. The question is, how large and sustained any jump in inflation might be.Early data is not painting a pretty picture. Private sector growth in the euro zone slowed sharply in March, with input costs rising to their highest in more than three years and supply chains being significantly disrupted.Money markets are now heavily pricing in a rate hike which was almost unthinkable before the Iran war.

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Mar 27 • 3:28 PM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Findings on Entrepreneurs’ Earnings and Key Lessons - Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council

by Raymond J. Keating – While many entrepreneurs go through some tough times – particularly as their businesses are being started and during the early years – on the income front, as a business develops and grows, the anticipation is that revenue and earnings will grow, and so will the income of the entrepreneurs that […]

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Mar 27 • 1:58 PM EDT • Business • sbecouncil.org
Public Health Week focuses on well-being of URI community

KINGSTON, R.I. – March 27, 2026 – A full week of health-related activities are scheduled at the University of Rhode Island from April 6-12 to celebrate National Public Health Week. Similar events will be held nationally. Public Health Week will be hosted by the URI Department of Public Health, with support from Dean Patrick Vivier […]

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Mar 27 • 12:16 PM EDT • Health • uri.edu
PVM Scholars Recognized at Purdue One Health and Well-Being Research Event

Purdue University’s recent One Health and Well-Being Research Event: A Celebration of Interdisciplinary Health Research, put the spotlight on several scholars in the College of Veterinary Medicine. The one-day event was organized by the College of Health and Human Sciences in partnership with sever

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Mar 27 • 12:08 PM EDT • Health • vet.purdue.edu
Political consultant begins live streaming NH Executive Council meetings on YouTube

The New Hampshire State House isn’t always known for being technologically savvy, but the Executive Council moved a step further into the digital age Wednesday with a meeting live stream.

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Mar 27 • 10:19 AM EDT • Politics • newhampshirebulletin.com
New COVID 'Cicada' Variant Is Spreading — What Experts Want You To Know

By HealthDay Staff HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, March 27, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Another new COVID variant is starting to spread. Health officials say the variant — known as BA.3.2 or "Cicada" — has been quietly circulating for years but is now being detected more often in the United States and around ...

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Mar 27 • 9:25 AM EDT • Health • usnews.com
Expanse: Osiris Reborn Dev Defends Using Gen AI For The RPG

Owlcat Games confirmed that their upcoming Mass Effect-like RPG is being developed with some help from generative AI

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Mar 27 • 9:06 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Senate approves funding deal for most of DHS, ending shutdown

The deal would mean TSA staff, who screen airport passengers, baggage and cargo, would start being paid for the first time since mid-February

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Mar 27 • 7:12 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
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Police investigate homicide at business in Central Falls, RI

The death of a woman at Sue’s Salon in Central Falls, Rhode Island, is being investigated as a homicide, police said.

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Mar 27 • 12:27 AM EDT • Business • nbcboston.com
Portland kayak business searching for alternative locations after devastating wharf fire

Portland's Custom House Wharf is still months away from being rebuilt after this winter's devastating fire.

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Mar 26 • 10:32 PM EDT • Business • wgme.com
Marina and bar owner remains hopeful after Key Bridge collapse impacted business

It was two years ago that the Key Bridge collapsed in seconds after being slammed into by the Dali cargo ship.It was one of those moments those in Maryland reme

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Mar 26 • 6:02 PM EDT • Business • foxbaltimore.com
Legacy and community: How Detroit small businesses are thriving with city support

In Round 3 of the Detroit Legacy Business Project, 30 local businesses are being honored with grants totaling $310,000, helping them modernize and continue serving their communities.

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Mar 26 • 5:09 PM EDT • Business • clickondetroit.com
Apple discontinues the Mac Pro with no plans for future hardware

It’s the end of an era: Apple has confirmed to 9to5Mac that the Mac Pro is being discontinued. It is...

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Mar 26 • 5:00 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5mac.com
"Everything in the final version will definitely 100% be human made" - But Owlcat says gen-AI is being used during The Expanse: Osiris Reborn development

"We don't use it to create any assets that will be in the game," says Owlcat, developer of Mass Effecty game The Expanse: Osiris Reborn. But where is the line?

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Mar 26 • 1:07 PM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
World Cup qualifying live scores today: Playoff brackets, schedule

The final six spots for the 2026 World Cup will be decided over the next few days, with playoff games being held in Europe and Mexico.

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Mar 26 • 12:01 PM EDT • Sports • usatoday.com
2025 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow

Department Chair, Professor Alexander Spokoyny has been selected as a 2025 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in recognition of his distinguished contributions in main group and organometallic chemistry and academic community engagement and leadership. AAAS is the world’s largest general-scientific society and publisher of the journal Science. Spokoyny is among the 449 scientists, engineers, and innovators spanning 24 scientific disciplines who are being recognized for their scientifically and socially distinguished achievements. Four of the new fellows are UCLA faculty members. The new Fellows will be celebrated in Washington, D.C., in late May 2026. Read more about the new AAAS Fellows here. AAAS Fellows in the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry are Professors Kendall Houk (1988), Paul Weiss (1999), Richard Kaner (2000), David Eisenberg and Todd Yeates (2001), Juli Feigon (2002), Miguel Garcia-Garibay and Steven Clarke (2007), Heather Maynard, Carla Koehler, Xiangfeng Duan and Neil Garg (2018), Paula Diaconescu and Thomas Mason (2019), Joseph Loo (2021), and Yi Tang (2022). Penny Jennings, UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, penjen@g.ucla.edu.

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Mar 26 • 11:05 AM EDT • Science • chemistry.ucla.edu
Anthony DeMaio named global head of sales at Business Insider

Anthony DeMaio has been promoted to global head of sales and George Scordo is being promoted to Managing Director of the Finco team

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Mar 26 • 10:16 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
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Ten Johns Hopkins researchers named American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows

The 2025 class of American Association for the Advancement of Science fellows includes 449 scientists, engineers, and innovators spanning 24 scientific disciplines who are being recognized for their scientifically and socially distinguished achievements

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Mar 26 • 10:13 AM EDT • Science • hub.jhu.edu
Trump's phone number 'worst-kept secret,' with 50+ interviews in weeks

The Atlantic and Semafor reported that President Donald Trump's phone number is being traded among journalists in Washington. Was it leaked?

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Mar 26 • 9:13 AM EDT • Politics • usatoday.com
Henry’s handball, last-lap drama, Stanley Cup chaos: unjust moments in sport that could have been overturned

Following the result of the AFCON final being reversed, our writers have selected incidents where similar could have happened

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Mar 26 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
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Howard Stern says 'George' magazine cover with JFK Jr. was his worst

Howard Stern is dishing on being JFK Jr.'s cover model for 'George' magazine and his friendship with Carolyn Bessette Kennedy.

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Mar 25 • 10:11 PM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
Why Vince Vaughn thinks late-night TV 'stopped being funny'

Vince Vaughn shared his hot take on the state of late-night television during an appearance on Theo Von's "This Past Weekend" podcast.

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Mar 25 • 12:51 PM EDT • Politics • usatoday.com
Fortnite developers say there will be a huge impact on development "for the rest of the year and likely beyond" following mass layoffs

Fortnite developers are still in shock following over 1,000 colleagues being laid off by Epic Games, and the game's immediate future might look dark.

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Mar 25 • 12:47 PM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
UCLA Health receives $2.4 million from Rose and Allen Nelson to establish a fellowship in translational and clinical neuroscience

The gift is being made in memory of their son Brandon, who received his bachelor’s in aerospace engineering from UCLA in 2014.

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Mar 25 • 11:00 AM EDT • Health • newsroom.ucla.edu
Merlin joins forces with Sony Pictures Entertainment and Triotech to bring the world of Jumanji to life at Madame Tussauds

Merlin Entertainments – a world leader in branded entertainment destinations – today announces four new locations across its global estate where the World of Jumanjj is being crafted into…

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Mar 25 • 10:26 AM EDT • Entertainment • amusementtoday.com
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Do you love sleeping with your pet? Science reveals there’s a tricky trade-off

Co-sleeping with your pet produces a paradox: it feels beneficial — enhancing connection, comfort and emotional safety — but it objectively disturbs your sleep, and eventually you’re overall well-being.

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Mar 25 • 9:56 AM EDT • Science • theconversation.com
PlayStation Plus Essential headliner game for April leaks

One of the games expected to arrive along with April 2026's PS Plus Essential lineup has leaked ahead of schedule.

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Mar 25 • 7:40 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Scion of historic Fargo business dies at 98

Robert B. Herbst, who ran Fargo's Herbst department store for decades, is being remembered for his humor, passion for the outdoors, and devotion to family.

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Mar 25 • 7:23 AM EDT • Business • inforum.com
Talking about politics at work may support employee well-being, study finds

In an era of nonstop headlines and growing political division, many workplaces still follow a familiar rule of thumb: Don't talk politics at work. New research from Washington State University suggests ...

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Mar 24 • 8:40 PM EDT • Politics • phys.org
Brian Nathan edges out Josie Tomkow in SD 14 as she pledges a rematch in November

The race was being watched as a potential bellwether ahead of the November Midterms.

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Mar 24 • 8:28 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
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League personnel being able to weigh in on on-field calls among NFL's new proposals if replacement refs are used

Voting will take place at the Annual League Meeting on March 29 in Phoenix

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Mar 24 • 7:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Warriors' Moses Moody reportedly diagnosed with torn patellar tendon after being stretchered off vs. Mavs

Moses Moody went up for a breakaway dunk, but his left knee gave out in the final minute of overtime on Monday night.

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Mar 24 • 4:59 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
How AI agents are changing cybersecurity jobs and cutting workloads

Cybersecurity firms are being tasked with implementing AI agents across their teams. But the technology's capabilities remain limited.

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Mar 24 • 4:07 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Marathon has sold 1.2M copies across Steam, PS5, and Xbox

Alinea Analytics estimates show that Marathon has generated gross revenues of $55M via 1.2M copies sold on Steam, PS5, and Xbox: Looking at the split between Steam, PS5, and Xbox, Steam is clearly the main platform for Marathon, accounting for a little under 70% of the audience (800K copies sold). Meanwhile, PS5 takes about 19% (217K) and Xbox (including console, PC, and cloud) accounts for a bit over 11% or 133K. Marathon is technically a first-party Sony title, so seeing the home console struggle to break 20% of the volume is a notable data point for the ongoing platform-agnostic debate. PlayStation Studios online games will almost certainly continue being multiplatform (despite Sony reportedly pulling back on PC releases). Subscribe for free to get the most accurate games estimates in your inbox twice a week 🫶 Subscribe As for Marathon, the consensus among hardcore players who pushed through the awkward onboarding phase – myself included – is that it’s fantastic. The gunplay, aesthetic, and presentation are among the best in the shooter genre. A great game doesn’t always equal an immediate hit, though, as shown by our estimates. Things are looking lukewarm right now. But this might be one of those marathon-not-a-sprint situations. Had to, didn’t I? Why wasn’t Marathon a hit on the same level as Arc Raiders? One topic that came up in a lot of conversations at GDC this year was why Marathon hasn’t hit the same stratosphere as Arc Raiders. On paper, they’re both extraction shooters, and Marathon has the Bungie pedigree – the house that built the gold standard for gunplay in Halo and Destiny. Marathon’s neon-futuristic aesthetic also distinguishes itself from the gritty realism of Tarkov or the post-apocalyptic hope of ARC Raiders. But vibes can only get you so far for first impressions if the onboarding feels like a brick wall. Marathon is a sweaty PvP-focused experience with a first-time user experience and UI that I can only describe as dreadful. Players are dropped into a complex ecosystem where the UI, though visually striking, is functionally uninformative, forcing users to manually hover over nondescript, identical icons just to identify basic gear or weapon mods. This lack of clarity is compounded by punishing mechanics like a severe heat gauge for movement and a scarcity of vital resources, all without a clear tutorial or a low-stakes mode to learn the ropes. Most people – even top streamers and veteran shooter players – have no idea what’s going on in Marathon at first. Arc is on the complete other end of the spectrum. As we covered here and here, Arc Raiders offers a more collaborative, approachable loop where players often work together toward shared goals. And the objectives are instantly clear. To many players, this contrast only emphasised Marathon’s issues, especially during the testing period. Players understand the Arc Raiders loop within 30 minutes, while Marathon acts as a massive filter, chewing up newcomers and spitting them out before they can experience the depth of Bungie’s signature gunplay. What I’m getting at here is that the poor first-time user experience of Marathon’s Server Slam likely stifled launch sales, while the opposite was true for Arc. Let’s look at the pre-launch copies sold for each game during their respective Server Slams (launch-aligned) : Looking at the trajectory: Arc Raiders saw a massive 80% jump in copies sold during its three-day Server Slam (day -13 to -11). Players jumped in, realised the water was fine, and immediately opened their wallets. Marathon, meanwhile, saw a 49% increase in the four days following its Slam (Day -7 to -3). At the time of each game’s respective launch, Arc Raiders had nearly double the Steam footprint of Marathon – and word of mouth only continued to grow. Bungie could have had more time to fix the onboarding process had the beta happened earlier. But Marathon launched three days after the beta finished. These factors limited the launch sales quite a bit, I reckon. Marathon has found a niche audience, though Despite the friction-heavy start, the data suggests that those who survived Marathon’s onboarding are loving life. We’ve been tracking cross-platform DAUs, and while there’s the expected post-launch leakage, many players are sticking with it. After peaking at 478K total DAUs on its first Saturday, Marathon has settled into a respectable rhythm, holding 345K DAUs as of yesterday and averaging 380K DAUs across the weekend. Steam continues to do the heavy lifting here, consistently accounting for the lion’s share of the daily players. Players have been putting in the hours, too: On Steam, Marathon’s average playtime has climbed to 27.8 hours, significantly outpacing the console averages on PS5 (16.5h) and Xbox (17.3h). Even more telling than the averages: 22% of the Steam audience has surged past the 50-hour mark, and nearly 7% have already logged over 100 hours. Subscribe for free to get the most accurate games estimates in your inbox twice a week 🫶 Subscribe This data suggests that once the Bungie magic clicks, it hooks players deeper than the average extraction shooter. There’s also started to be a shift in the game’s discourse. Marathon launched as one of those games that’s cool to hate. But as Marathon’s 100-hour club grows, we’re seeing conversations around its mechanical merit outweigh the negativity. Several high-profile creators, who were initially vocal critics, have spent the last week coming around on the mechanical depth of the endgame. It’s a subtle but positive signal; the hate train is losing steam, and a new narrative about the game is emerging. Bungie faithfuls unite Another interesting metric in Marathon’s first few weeks is who, exactly, is playing. Bungie leans heavily on its prestige as the “makers of Halo and Destiny,” in its marketing, and that message has clearly hit the mark. On Steam, the gravity (hammer) of Bungie’s previous work is unavoidable. A staggering 78.2% of Marathon players also played Destiny 2. The trend carries across other platforms, with 74.2% of PS5 players and 82.7% of Xbox players also having played Destiny 2. The Halo legacy lives on, it seems. More on that in a bit. While Destiny 2 went free to play, these numbers still represent a high-intent migration of a fanbase that trusts Bungie’s specific brand of kinetic gunplay and cryptic world-building. The Xbox data adds another layer of legacy. About 85.7% of Marathon players on Xbox have played Halo Infinite, while over half of the Steam audience has spent time in Halo Infinite and 36.1% in the Master Chief Collection (a paid collection of the old Bungie-made legacy games). Interestingly, we see a 55.9% overlap with ARC Raiders on Steam. Overlap is even higher there on PlayStation (60.5%) and Xbox (66.5%). And there’s also significant crossover with Helldivers 2 on all platforms, too. Subscribe for free to get the most accurate games estimates in your inbox twice a week 🫶 Subscribe Bungie has found some of its fans with Marathon, and the challenge now is keeping this engaged in a high-stakes PvP environment when they’ve spent the last decade primarily enjoying the power fantasies of PvE. On that note… Go the full 26 miles? Or cut and run? Time for some could’ve, should’ve, would’ve. These things would have improved Marathon’s performance at launch: A more robust onboarding process, perhaps in the form of a short single-player/PvE campaign. We know Bungie fans love this stuff. A traditional arena-based mode akin to Destiny’s Crucible could have been a bridge for the cautious players who’d have been otherwise deterred by the Server Slam. It’s also a great palate cleanser after getting merked. Introducing a dedicated PvE environment would have similarly diversified the conversation and lowered the barrier for the Bungie faithful who found the pure PvP extraction loop too abrasive. PvE is safer than PvP these days. There’s an argument that a thin PvE mode would have just felt like a budget Destiny, potentially hurting the brand more. But given how dire the FTUE is, I think it would have been a net positive. Any kind of tutorialised loop that demystifies the stakes, really. While there is merit in a studio sticking firmly to a singular creative vision, and going all in on the hardcore extraction loop. Less forgiving is the technical reality is that the user interface and first-time user experience (FTUE) were not at a commercial standard for launch. Subscribe for free to get the most accurate games estimates in your inbox twice a week 🫶 Subscribe In a landscape where player time is oversaturated and the most contested currency, a flawed FTUE is a critical failure point. But it’s not all doom and gloom, as Marathon has an incredible, unique gameplay loop, suggesting that financial success is still attainable if Bungie can pivot effectively. Bungie and PlayStation now face a difficult strategic crossroads, though – one within a challenging games market. They could: Double down on Marathon with a long-term Rainbow Six Siege- or No Man’s Sky-style recovery plan, which is something I heard Last Stand Media’s Chris Maldonado mention last week. While this could be a sunk-cost fallacy in action, it could eventually yield the audience the game’s mechanical depth deserves. Shift focus toward the inevitable Destiny 3 or another project, mitigating the escalating opportunity cost and cutting their losses, so to speak. Doing both is an expensive proposition, given the high overhead and burn rate of operating out of Bellevue, Washington. With Sony recently demonstrating a lower threshold for underperforming studios and projects, the margin for error has vanished. Whatever happens, the next six months will determine whether Marathon becomes a cornerstone of Sony’s live-service portfolio or a cautionary tale of vision exceeding accessibility. I’m hoping it’s the former, because Marathon rocks. As always, hit subscribe to get updates on Marathon and other relevant games. Subscribe Want to get your hands on our data for yourself – for free? We’re offering a free trial of our platform for games companies. Send us a message here, or reply to this email, and we’ll set you up. The last word Reply to this email – or reach out here – if you have any feedback for the newsletter – or want to request a game for us to cover. [Alinea Analytics boasts the most accurate PC and console estimates in the business. Game makers use our platform to understand their audience, keep an eye on the competition, monitor sales trends, and spot new opportunities. We equip game studios and financial institutions with accurate data and the confidence to make smarter, data-driven decisions. Want to talk about all things games market data? We’d love to chat!]

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Mar 24 • 2:06 PM EDT • Technology • alineaanalytics.substack.com
Mississippi health officer Dan Edney being considered for CDC director

Mississippi's State Health Officer Dan Edney is reportedly being considered for the director position at the CDC.

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Mar 24 • 10:50 AM EDT • Health • clarionledger.com
Meet the 2026 Influential Women in Business and see the Women’s Leadership Symposium lineup

They run hospitals, build companies, fight cancer and welcome visitors to the Capital Region. Now, nine of the area’s most accomplished women are being recognized as 2026 Influential Women in Business by Baton Rouge Business Report. The honorees will be recognized May 19 at the Influential Women in Business Luncheon, which follows the fourth annual […]

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Communicating Across Disciplines in Climate Change Litigation

Climate change litigation must climb many mountains to advance justice and reshape human behaviors for the well-being of people and our planet. On this long, arduous journey, litigants, lawyers, scientific witnesses, and judges face challenges of communicating across disciplines. UCS’s new resourc

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Talking politics at work may support employee well‑being

Study challenges the conventional wisdom about avoiding talking politics at work, showing that it can sometimes benefit employee well-being.

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Nintendo cuts Switch 2 production amid weakening console sales

Output is reportedly being reduced from six million to four million units, despite the console’s record debut.

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Texas oil refinery explosion sends smoke into air, residents advised to shelter in place

An explosion and fire at a Valero oil refinery has sent smoke rising into the sky in Port Arthur, where some residents are being told to shelter in place.

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Health Care Access for Women: The Cost of Being Dismissed, March 26

The event will feature a panel and table discussions focused on strategies for women to more effectively advocate for themselves in health care settings.

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Employees are taking pay cuts in huge numbers

After getting laid off, many professionals are being forced to take jobs with much lower salaries than what they were earning before.

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From data to culture: Baptist Health’s well-being journey

A defining moment became a catalyst as Baptist Health strengthened leadership engagement, secured local champions to expand physician support across Kentucky.

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We disagreed on politics. We agreed on wine. That was enough.

At the Virginia Governor’s Cup Gala in Richmond earlier this month, a very dapper gentleman approached me and introduced himself. In his light-colored suit and bowtie, he looked very Southern in a classical sense, the sort of Virginia Gentleman you used to see south of the Rappahannock as recently as my college days. “I’m a longtime reader and fan of your writing, if not your politics,” he said. His comment was the proverbial iron fist in a velvet glove, simultaneously conveying praise and disapproval while establishing boundaries. Man, I wish we still discoursed like this instead of shouting bromides and insults to try and “own” our opponents with a funny meme and a furrowed brow. Subscribe “Well, we’ll always have wine to share together,” I said, and thanked him for his kind words. We clinked glasses, exchanged pleasantries about the delicious gold medal-winning wines being poured that evening, and went our separate ways. Our exchange reminded me that more unites us than divides us. Wine brings people together to share a meal and a few hours of joy despite our differences.1 That’s why I refer to the wine community — including readers and consumers — rather than the wine industry. Together, we are so much more than production, distribution and sales statistics. A few minutes later the evening’s awards ceremony began. Applause grew as the 12 winemakers who made the top-scoring wines for the Governor’s Case took the stage, including a loud cheer for Jonathan Wheeler of Trump Winery and his 2018 Blanc de Noir sparkling wine. All the winemakers on stage had reason to be proud, Wheeler perhaps more so. Trump Winery was the only winery to win six gold medals in the competition this year. (Wineries are limited to six entries.) Two of Wheeler’s ciders also won gold medals in a separate competition. When you cover the labels and take the sour taste of politics off your palate, the wines are pretty darn good.2 Then Gov. Abigail Spanberger, newly elected Democrat and Virginia’s first female governor, was introduced to great applause to announce which of the 12 wines had won the Governor’s Cup. She spoke for a few minutes about the importance of wine to Virginia’s economy and tourism and the international acclaim Virginia wine has received. Just two weeks earlier, she gave the Democrats’ response to Trump’s State of the Union speech, but this night wasn’t about politics. That didn’t stop several people in the crowd from speculating on the irony should she have to present the trophy to Trump Winery. In the end, Valley Road Vineyards was displayed on the screen behind Spanberger as the winning winery. Blue Bee Cidery in Richmond took top honors for that category. The crowd cheered a female governor presenting the state’s highest trophy to a female winemaker and then resumed the evening’s festivities, united by their mutual love of wine. A whiff of politics couldn’t dim the cheer of celebration and a community united by its love of wine. In Memoriam: Michel Rolland The global wine community lost a giant March 20, with the passing of Michel Rolland. He was 78. Rolland was the original “flying winemaker,” a globe-trotting consultant who helped Bordeaux regain its mojo in the 1970s and then shaped the rise of Napa Valley cult Cabernet as consultant to Simi, Harlan, Newton, Screaming Eagle, Araujo, Dalle Valle and other wineries. He was instrumental in Argentina’s rise to prominence and even had his own winery, Clos de los Siete, in a partnership with other wine families. Rolland’s career arc paralleled that of Robert Parker, the world’s most influential critic. Parker championed many of the wines Rolland consulted on, helping build his reputation and demand for his services. It also made him a target for Parker’s critics. As W. Blake Gray wrote on Wine-Searcher in his excellent tribute to Rolland: Rolland created the type of wines Parker loved: rich body, plenty of fruit, soft tannins. He sometimes faced the accusation of creating a generic international style of red wine, where the great wines he made in Argentina were indistinguishable from the great wines he made in France. Rolland chafed at that critique, as did many of his fans. He was credited with championing green harvesting and leaf pulling, as well as careful selection of grapes in the winery, practices we nearly universally think of today for high-quality winemaking. “Michel was an incredible innovator who changed how wine was made and how grapes were grown,” Napa Valley winemaker Aaron Pott wrote on Facebook. “His work has transformed the wine trade. He created new ways of looking at wine, tasting wine, evaluating ripeness and quality. … This was not just a man with a ‘style’ that he imposed on vineyards but a man that understood how to make great wine from great sites.” Rolland started his consulting company in 1973 in Libourne, in Bordeaux, with his wife, Dany. Both had graduated the year before from Bordeaux’s Institute d’Oenologie. The couple sold their majority share in the business in 2020, according to Wine Spectator. Over his career, Rolland reportedly worked with more than 100 wineries in 20 countries. He even made it to Virginia, where he consulted for Kluge Estate in the mid-2000s. (Kluge Estate is now Trump Winery.) Reader feedback, please! Last week, I did my first WineLine Live! with Dr. Laura Catena of Catena Zapata winery in Argentina. We enjoyed a fascinating discussion about her efforts to preserve the genetic heritage of old vineyards in Mendoza. I conceived of WineLine Live! for paid subscribers, as a thank you for your financial support. And while only a few people joined live, the video now has more views than I have paid subscribers, so I guess that’s pretty good. Even so, I’m considering opening future installments to anyone on Substack to reach a broader audience. So my questions to you: Should these be public? And what format do you prefer? Live gives a chat feature with the potential for viewers to interact with me and the guest, while a video post would just be that. Another alternative is a podcast, which would just be audio, without video of my chins. Please let me know in the comments. Leave a comment In the Glass A few wines I’ve enjoyed recently: Bonny Doon Vineyard Take Me to Your Liter, Le Cigare Volant, Red Wine of the Earth. 2023, Central Coast, CA. Blend of Grenache, Syrah Cinsaut and Petite Sirah. Delightful wine with expressive red fruit flavors, casual drinking. Doon lovers of a certain age will remember Randall Grahm’s Big House Red; this is more in that style than his original Le Cigare Volant, modeled after Chateauneuf du Pape. The liter bottle makes it an even better value. I see this online at about $15. Great value. Albert Bichot Bourgogne Pinot Noir Origines 2023. 13% - Textbook pinot noir and an excellent, affordable entry (regional) Burgundy. Wine Enthusiast Top 100 Wines of 2025. $24 at Total Wine & More. Loma Larga Pinot Noir 2021 “Coastal Cool Climate Wine”, Valle de Casablanca, Chile. An older sample, showing beautifully. Spicy and fruit forward. I’m seeing widely varied pricing online, from $18-$32. At the lower end, it’s a terrific value. 13.5% Dr. Loosen Riesling Dry 2016, Mosel, Germany. Found this “in the stack.” And it stacked up well, shedding some of its youthful acidity for opulent Riesling character, including a hint of the mineral oil older Riesling often features. A great value, as I’m seeing it as low as $14 online. 12% abv. Red Tail Ridge Blau Franc Blend 2024, Sans Oak, Finger Lakes. 13.4% abv. The name is a neat portmanteau of Blaufrankisch and Cabernet Franc, thus Blau Franc. The blend is 50-50, no oak involved. The Blau dominates on the palate, with the spicy caraway seed (think New York deli rye bread). The Franc adds body. The result is juicy, energetic and joyful. Sokol Blosser Estate Rosé of Pinot Noir 2025, Dundee Hills, Willamette Valley, Oregon. This first rosé of 2025 was a welcome respite to our cold, snowy winter here in the Mid-Atlantic. Oh man, I needed this! Bright and energetic, exuberant even, it perks up the mood and goes down fast. 13%. Certified B Corp. Ingredient and nutrition labeling, and in a modest way that doesn’t occupy a lot of label space. (Since it’s not required, presumably there are no minimum font size requirements.) More wineries should follow this example. Dave McIntyre's WineLine is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe Thanks for reading Dave McIntyre's WineLine! This post is public so feel free to share it. Share 1 Some restraint may be required. 2 Especially the bubblies.

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Russia in Africa: Inside the alleged operation to influence Angolan politics

A group of Russians and Angolans are going on trial in Angola after being accused of fomenting protests, which they deny.

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Mar 23 • 8:18 PM EDT • Politics • bbc.com
MacBook Neo Silences Critics Over 8GB RAM Being Inadequate; Can Open 60 Apps In Unison While Windows Laptop Powers Off Performing The Same Task

A YouTube channel decided to take the MacBook Neo for an apps stress test and opened up 60 apps at the same time to see if that 8GB RAM will be sufficient

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Health inspectors found thawed seafood, food stored in buckets leading to temporary closure of Mama Tina’s Gumbo

Houston health inspectors investigating a customer illness complaint after eating Mama Tina’s Gumbo at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo found thawed seafood labeled “keep frozen” and learned the gumbo had been moved to a freezer at an unlicensed off-site location without temperature logs before being served, according to Houston Health Department records obtained by KPRC 2 News.

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Woman dies after being shot in vehicle, collapsing in business while seeking help

A woman who was shot inside her vehicle at an Aurora apartment complex and collapsed in a nearby business while looking for help has died, and Aurora police are looking for information about the su…

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Saturn Gets 11 New Moons, Bringing Its Total To A Whopping 285 –66 Percent Of All The Solar System's Moons

There's actually a rule which stops these moons from being given proper names. Don't give them the attention.

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Finishing a video game can trigger “post-game depression,” study finds

Post-game depression is now being studied as a measurable phenomenon, with researchers identifying how finishing a video game can leave players feeling empty, reflective, and emotionally drained.

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Welcome, American scientists: Europe, a haven for researchers struggling under Trump

Initiatives are multiplying in EU countries including France, Germany and Austria to attract the talent being driven away by the US president’s policies

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Building a Culture of Health: BJACH Opens Armed Forces Wellness Center at Fort Polk

FORT POLK, La. — Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital marked a significant step forward in supporting warfighter readiness and community well-being with the grand opening of its new Armed Forces Wellness Center on March 23. The center, located on the first floor inside BJACH, provides Soldiers, Families, civilian employees and beneficiaries with access to personalized health assessments, education and coaching designed to improve overall health and performance.

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We both lost our jobs. So we started a company.

After being laid off in 2020, my husband and I launched Larroudé from home. Today, the shoe brand employs 600 people and generates millions.

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Trump whistleblower Alex Vindman: ‘Sitting on the sidelines was not an option’

Democratic Senate hopeful says experience of being key witness in Trump’s first impeachment makes him right choice for Florida

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How to beat Gigantamax Pikachu: Best Counters & Guide

Gigantamax Pikachu is a Tier 6 Max Battle in Pokémon GO. It will cost 800 Max Particles to participate in this Max Battle, which will only be consumed if you defeat Pikachu successfully. Gigantamax Pikachu can be shiny from Max Battles. Being an type, it is only weak to type moves. Pikachu can be caught […]

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There’s little information about a large measles outbreak in Florida, so we went to see it

One of the largest measles outbreaks the US has seen in decades erupted at Ave Maria University in Florida, but very little information was being shared with the public. So CNN went to the small Florida town to learn what’s driving the case count.

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Data centers under scrutiny by California lawmakers as fears rise about health and energy impacts

Due to health and energy concerns, the California Legislature is considering bills to prohibit data centers from being exempted from the state's stringent environmental law and impose new tariffs on new major energy users that strain power supplies.

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Four Jewish ambulances set on fire in London in what health secretary calls 'sickening' attack

The attack on the Jewish Community Ambulance service in north London is being treated as an "antisemitic hate crime", the Metropolitan Police says.

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Letters: Newspapers hold a position in our democracy, unlike any other business

I read with interest Duke Truby's viewpoint about a newspaper print medium being a "business" in the strictest sense. As such, that business should cater to its customers and clients.

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'Harry Potter' star details racist 'abuse' he suffered after joining upcoming TV show

Paapa Essiedu is speaking out about on 'abuse' he's endured since being cast as Severus Snape in the 'Harry Potter' TV series: 'Nobody should have to encounter this for doing their job.'

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Scientists Open Moon Rocks Locked Away Since 1972 – and Find Something Totally Unexpected

Decades after being sealed away, Apollo-era lunar samples are revealing unexpected chemical signatures that challenge long-standing assumptions about the Moon’s composition.

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Home health aides epitomize a key problem in the current job market

About 4 million people were employed as home health and personal care aides in 2024. They earn just $16.78 an hour, despite the need for their services being intense.

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Inside a rare lab that's blazing a bold trail as it hunts for new drugs

A scientist from Zambia who loves — LOVES! — chemistry runs a lab in South Africa that is being hailed for "extraordinary" work.

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Inside a rare lab that's blazing a bold trail as it hunts for new drugs

A scientist from Zambia who loves — LOVES! — chemistry runs a lab in South Africa that is being hailed for "extraordinary" work.

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Election in Slovenia Will Test Europe’s Political Mood

The center-left government is being challenged by a right-wing populist accused of launching a smear campaign in the final days of a close race.

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County Proposes Eliminating Preschool for All’s Early Childhood Mental Health Team

Unlike other cuts being made across the county in light of a budget shortfall, the decision to disband the team comes as Preschool for All sits on more than $600 million. The county says the proposed change is not driven by available funding.

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Thune, GOP blast Dems in DHS standoff as Lankford says they fear ICE over Iran

Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., accused Senate Democrats of being afraid of ICE than Iran as the DHS shutdown hit its 36th day, as Republicans again offered another compromise deal to reopen.

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You can bet on climate disasters. Business is booming.

Traders are placing wagers on the likelihood of disasters, activists being jailed and oil depots exploding.

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Katie Couric on aging, being a grandmother and the importance of early cancer screenings

Katie Couric tells USA TODAY about the joys of aging, being a grandmother and why early cancer screening is important – so others can age well, too.

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Downtown Chico business owner voices concerns over street closures for events

A DOWNTOWN CHICO MERCHANT IS EXPRESSING CONCERN OVER THE IMPACT OF STREET CLOSURES FOR EVENTS -- ON THEIR BUSINESS. ACTION NEWS NOW REPORTER BELLA BARBOSA REPORTS FROM DOWNTOWN CHICO { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "VideoObject", "name": "Downtown Road Closure Dilemma", "description": "A DOWNTOWN CHICO MERCHANT IS EXPRESSING CONCERN OVER THE IMPACT OF STREET CLOSURES FOR EVENTS -- ON THEIR BUSINESS. ACTION NEWS NOW REPORTER BELLA BARBOSA REPORTS FROM DOWNTOWN CHICO", "thumbnailUrl": "https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/actionnewsnow.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/47/c47e26d6-03c3-5f35-bf49-37925ab603d7/69bdedc4eb57d.image.jpg", "uploadDate": "2026-03-20T17:45:00-07:00", "contentUrl": "https://cdn.field59.com/KHSL/1774053903-6e1ef36dd09fbebf020833aee86b60da3b3cca3f_fl9-720p.mp4" } CHICO, Calif. - A downtown Chico business owner is voicing concerns about the impact of street closures for events on local shops. Leann Powell, owner of The Peddler’s Closet, expressed concern about events closing down streets downtown and bringing in food trucks and other shops’ products that directly compete with the brick-and-mortar stores in downtown Chico.Powell said an upcoming event held on a Saturday has brought up concerns for her and other business owners downtown, due to it being a busy day for businesses. "We're already struggling, and then to bring in more businesses on top of our businesses and shut our streets down is absolutely devastating," said Powell.Powell noted a decline in business during events like the Thursday Night Market, where street closures allow outside vendors to set up shop. She shared that while organizers for these types of events often offer booths to local businesses, it does not alleviate the burden."I don't really feel like that's a solution because you're bringing in other businesses, you're shutting the streets down. Yes, we can go down and set up a space, but then you've gotta pay somebody to run that space, plus run your own business for the day, and it's really not, it's really not helpful for us," said Powell.Applying for a street closure permit in Chico involves approval from the Public Works Department, the Chief of Police, and the Fire Chief. Permits can be denied only under a handful of circumstances, such as interference with first responders, previously scheduled construction, or existing permits for the same space.Mayor Kasey Reynolds addressed the issue, saying the city council has tasked staff with reviewing the municipal code for street closure permits with the goal of finding ways to minimize negative impacts on local businesses during events.Reynolds mentioned that any recommended changes might require further direction from the city council, depending on the extent of any changes recommended. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('ad-1514992'); });

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Towards responsible AI for mental health and well-being: experts chart a way forward

On 29 January 2026, WHO‑supported experts met at a TU Delft workshop to address the rapid, largely untested use of generative AI for mental health support. Participants warned of risks to well‑being, especially for young people, and called for stronger governance.

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Laid off from Morgan Stanley, struggling to find work, pay bills

After being laid off from Morgan Stanley, Valerie Lockhart applied to 500 jobs but is still searching. She turned to a GoFundMe as savings ran low.

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Researcher: Addressing runaway college sports spending in Virginia

This whole college sports enterprise is business development that is being financed by student subsidies, and frequently ever higher student loan debt. As a society, do we do this for any other fo…

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La Michoacána Burgos struck in hit and run crash in Elkhart

After being struck, the Buick continued through the parking lot and hit the La Michoacána Burgos.

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New dispute emerges around Subnautica 2’s early access release

Lawyers for the ousted—and now partially reinstated—leadership team of Unknown Worlds, the studio behind Subnautica 2, are crying foul over news that the game will be released into early access in May. The release announcement earlier this week was made improperly, potentially “damaging the game and sowing additional confusion among the Subnautica community,” the lawyers said in a letter sent on Tuesday to Vice Chancellor Lori Will of Delaware’s Court of Chancery. In their letter, the lawyers also floated the idea of asking Will to find Krafton in contempt of the court’s ruling. The letter was sent just one day after Will’s bombshell ruling that publisher Krafton had breached its contract with Unknown Worlds’ executive team, when it fired them last June. The new issue isn’t necessarily the May early access timeframe, but how the news was announced. The letter and Krafton’s response have not been previously reported. A quick recap of prior events: Subnautica 2 is an unreleased, underwater survival adventure and the most-wishlisted game on Steam. Last year, longtime Unknown Worlds CEO Ted Gill, along with studio co-founders Charlie Cleveland and Max McGuire, were fired by Krafton. They swiftly sued, saying the publisher had terminated them to avoid paying out up to $250 million in potential performance-based bonuses. The studio leaders had hoped to earn that with an early access release of the game, which Krafton had blocked. The publisher argued in court that Subnautica 2 wasn’t ready, which the ousted execs disputed. On Monday, Will ruled that Krafton had violated its contract, firing the execs to avoid the performance payouts, and that it had to reinstate Gill and give him full authority over any early access release for Subnautica 2. On Tuesday, IGN reported on a new memo issued that day to Unknown Worlds staff by Steve Papoutsis, the executive Krafton had put in charge of Unknown Worlds after the 2025 firings. In the note, Papoutsis said that Subnautica 2 had passed a key development milestone “last week” and that he and Krafton had determined the game “is ready for Early Access release in May.” This news appeared to catch the lawyers for Gill, Cleveland and McGuire by surprise. On Tuesday night, they sent a letter to Will expressing “serious concerns” about whether it would be possible to forge an agreement with Krafton consistent with the judge’s order. Papoutsis’ memo was a problem, they wrote. He didn’t have the authority to declare anything about Subnautica 2’s release. As of 9am ET on Monday, March 16, the effective date of Will’s order, Papoutsis wasn’t CEO of Unknown Worlds. Gill was. And, per Will’s order, only Gill could make Subnautica 2 release decisions. They continued: Krafton self-servingly announced the launch without any regard to its impact on the game, the team, or the community—let alone this Court’s Opinion. Announcing the release of a game is momentous, and it is typically accompanied by significant marketing activity, fanfare, and community coordination. And most importantly, the announcement is carefully designed to maximize excitement for the game. That entire process was supposed to be driven by Mr. Gill. However, in defiance of the Court’s Opinion, Krafton has now taken that away, further damaging the game and sowing additional confusion among the Subnautica community. The lawyers speculated that Krafton had “intentionally leaked” Papoutsis’ memo and then issued an official statement to confirm the leak. Game File is a reader-supported publication. My reporting is only possible through support from readers like you. To support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe On Wednesday, lawyers for Krafton defended their client in their own letter to vice chancellor Will, saying nothing they did violated her order nor showed contempt: Papoutsis’s message was simply celebrating the UW employees’ efforts toward a past event: Krafton’s pre-Opinion determination that Subnautica 2 was ready for Early Access release. There was nothing improper about conveying the results of the milestone review or thanking the development team for their dedication and talent. They added that Gill could still make his own call about Subnautica 2’s release: In his role as CEO, Gill will be able to assess independently his views on the state of Subnautica 2 and the appropriate release schedule; nothing in Papoutsis’s message alters Gill’s authority or discretion. Vice chancellor Will has not responded to the letters and doesn’t necessarily have to. Both parties were previously ordered by Will to confer this week and submit a proposed judgment consistent with her ruling. The letter from Gill’s attorney’s this week doesn’t indicate whether he would or would not support a May release for Subnautica 2. But it could limit his options. And, if Gill’s lawyers are right, the lack of marketing fanfare around the leak of the May date could dull the launch of the game. Any harm to Subnautica 2’s launch is an extra sensitive issue given the context of the legal dispute: millions of dollars of payouts are on the line, tethered to the scale of the game’s initial performance. In her ruling on Monday, Will noted that there was obvious “bad blood” between Gill’s side and Krafton but that the two would need to work together: “They can—and must—act in good faith to navigate their remaining contractual relationship.” Item 2: A new kind of couch co-op game A highlight of GDC each year is the Alt.Ctrl showcase that features games played with extremely experimental controllers. Perusing this year’s offerings last Friday, I found a game controlled with giant scissors, another with big toothbrushes and one that amounted to dumpster diving. My favorite was Pivot, a co-op game about collectively maneuvering a couch. It was developed by students at the University of Utah’s masters of arts and engineering games program. Players lift and tilt the physical couch in order to control the position of a virtual one. That virtual one is moving through an obstacle course on-screen, while being pursued by a giant skull. Developer Nishant Verma told me at GDC that the couch is made of styrofoam (this became more evident as I watched!) and that the name was a riff on an episode of the sitcom Friends. Item 3: In brief… 🚫 Ubisoft is laying off more than 100 workers at its Red Storm studio, as the North Carolina location known for decades for its Tom Clancy games, ceases in-house game development, VGC reports. 👀 On Monday, Nvidia’s revealed its DLSS 5 AI-driven graphics technology that purports to improve game graphics… and it has been roasted about it by the media and the online gaming public for the remainder of the week. The tech changed the faces of characters in footage from Resident Evil Requiem, Hogwarts Legacy and EA Sports FC, drawing accusations of giving carefully art-directed games the generic look of AI “slop.” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had said on Monday that “DLSS 5 is the GPT moment for graphics—blending handcrafted rendering with generative AI to deliver a dramatic leap in visual realism while preserving the control artists need for creative expression.” By mid-week, Huang was telling Tom’s Hardware that the new tech’s critics were “completely wrong” because game-makers could still “fine-tune the generative AI” to suit their game’s aesthetics.

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How the Trump administration could be hurting Israel’s already damaged brand

On two major occasions, the Trump administration has gestured at Israel being mostly responsible for major inflection points in the Iran war — even though the evidence on both counts isn’t totally clear.

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Analyst: Foldable iPhone Likely to Ship in December, iPhone 18 Plus is Possible Next Year

In a research note for investment bank Barclays earlier this month, Apple analyst Tim Long said his supply chain sources mentioned the possibility of the iPhone 18 base model being announced in March next year, rather than in September this year. This split launch has been widely rumored by multiple sources in recent months. More interestingly, Long dropped two unique pieces of information.

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Miami (Ohio) has No. 6 seed Tennessee's full attention

PHILADELPHIA -- After being shut out from scheduling a high-major opponent during the season, Miami (Ohio) finally got a crack at one in the First Four of the NCAA Tournament.

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Mar 19 • 3:19 PM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
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Mike White and Christian Hubicki have not spoken since 'Survivor 50' blindside

'Survivor 50' star Mike White says he and Christian Hubicki have not spoken since blindside, and that he wrote season 4 of 'The White Lotus' after being voted out.

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Mar 19 • 2:16 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Apple Urges iPhone Users Running Outdated iOS Versions to Update Immediately

Apple today urged iPhone users who are running iOS 13 or iOS 14 to upgrade to iOS 15 to protect themselves from being hacked through malicious web content. In a support document, Apple highlights recent reports about hacking tools that are effective against older versions of iOS. Hackers are using iOS exploit kits known as "Coruna" and "DarkSword," which can take advantage of vulnerabilities in iOS 13 through iOS 17.2.1.

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Mar 19 • 1:41 PM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
'In Good Health': Why Is Colorectal Cancer Affecting Generations Differently?

Cases of colorectal cancer in young people have risen nearly 60 percent since the early 2000s. That’s according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and the National Cancer Institute. And a new study out this month by the American Cancer Society found that colorectal cancer is now the deadliest kind for those younger than 50.But this rise isn’t being felt across all generations in the same way. People born around 1990 are four times more likely to develop rectal cancer than those born around 1950. And for those 65 and older, colorectal cancer rates have actually decreased.So, what’s going on? And what can you do to protect yourself and your gut health? For those answers and more, we turn to a panel of experts.Find more of our programs online. Listen to 1A sponsor-free by signing up for 1A+ at plus.npr.org/the1a.

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Mar 19 • 12:46 PM EDT • Health • npr.org
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Russia adds fiber-optic wires to Molniya drones, makes them unjammable

Fiber-optic cables have typically been used for smaller quadcopters. Now, the practice is being extended to larger fixed-wing drones.

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Mar 19 • 11:59 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com