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How the Military Health System is reimagining health IT from the battlefield to the exam room

AI is accelerating health IT integration, empowering providers and patients alike to more easily access and utilize data, according to Dr. Stephen Ferrara.

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May 29 • 5:22 PM EDT • Health • federalnewsnetwork.com
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Stephen A. Smith says he ‘inherited’ sports debate format

Stephen A. Smith has a ready answer for anyone who thinks he’s responsible for what sports television has become. In a new profile in the Financial Times, Smith was asked how he responds to critics who argue his format has been bad for the discourse in sports. “I didn’t create it. I inherited it,” he…

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May 29 • 12:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Stephen A.: The NCAA wants the government to fix college sports

Stephen A.: The NCAA wants the government to fix college sports

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May 29 • 11:49 AM EDT • Sports • espn.com
I regret to inform you that ‘Steph Furry,’ the sports predicting corgi is a FRAUD

With all eyes on Game 7 of the NBA Western Conference Final between the Thunder and Spurs we’re looking for insight — the deep, analytic analysis that will tell us whether Oklahoma City has a chance to go back-to-back and potentially start or dynasty, or if Victor Wembanyama will punch his first ticket to the […]

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May 29 • 10:56 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Sports media host Stephen A Smith: ‘The audience gravitated to me’

ESPN’s highest-paid star on his plans to be the next Joe Rogan, what the Democrats get wrong — and his thoughts on a possible White House run

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May 29 • 7:30 AM EDT • Sports • ft.com
UAMS College of Public Health Celebrates Class of 2026

The smiles and hugs were plenty as the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health recognized its newest graduates during its 2026 commencement at Little Rock’s Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts. There were 72 graduates in this year’s class. Stephanie Gardner, Pharm.D., Ed.D.,…

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May 28 • 11:40 AM EDT • Health • news.uams.edu
Couple who sold to Pepsi for $2 billion says going into business with your romantic partner is ‘not for the weak’

Poppi’s husband-and-wife cofounders Stephen and Allison Ellsworth will be the first to tell you “there’s no such thing as balance.”

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May 28 • 8:35 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
France to reimburse weight-loss drugs from mid-June, health minister says

France will reimburse the cost of weight-loss drugs for severely obese ​patients from mid-June, Health Minister Stephanie ‌Rist said on Thursday in an interview with TF1 channel.

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May 28 • 3:04 AM EDT • Health • reuters.com
31 hours with the spit-shined Mina the Hollower (and 34 with the four games that came before it)

To truly appreciate Mina The Hollower, an extraordinary new throwback of a game, I sent myself to Yacht Club University. That’s not a real institution of higher learning, but it’s the best way I can explain much of the past several weeks as I prepared to play Mina by playing the four biggest game previously made by studio Yacht Club Games. I had expected Mina the Hollower, in development for six years for PC and consoles, to potentially be something special. A demo I tried in March had felt great. Mina the Hollower had an old-school premise: a singular move for its hero that felt so good to control and so rich with possibilities that, in the hands of skilled designers, it could be riffed on in various ways for the length of a full game. Mina’s core maneuver, her hollowing, made her sort of an upside down Super Mario. Nintendo’s hero jumps through the air, discovering power-ups at the apex of his jump by bonking overhead blocks, then defeating enemies by landing on them. Mina essentially jumps into the ground, digging (“hollowing”) into the earth to fetch buried treasure, then burrows for a short distance to emerge on the other side of a wall that hides treasure or an enemy that needs some battering. I wanted to understand how good Yacht Club was at making games. I wanted to see how far they’d come. If Mina was terrific—as I predicted it might be—I wanted to feel how they got there, one button press at a time. On May 6, 21 days before the writing of this review, I checked with Yacht Club Games co-founder and programmer David D’Angelo, to ask which of the studio’s games I should play to truly appreciate the new one’s design. “Hmmm all of them?” he wrote back. “Starting with Shovel Knight definitely is helpful,” he continued, referring to Yacht Club’s first game. He gave me a link to a spreadsheet of over 400 cheat codes that could help me out, if I found the game too tough.1 “Most folks say Specter of Torment is the least difficult and quickest to finish in terms of playtime, and [it] refines much of Shovel Knight,” he told me. “King of Cards is a big celebration of everything we did in [the Shovel Knight compilation] Treasure Trove— might work for you better if you’re a fan of shorter, Mario-style courses. And it’s probably the closest to Mina in terms of polish.” So that was that. Four games, none of which were required. Mina is a whole new game in a whole new world, best I can tell. I’d barely played that first Shovel Knight before and never the other three. I just thought it’d help. It did. It turns out that playing a game studios major works before their latest is very illuminating.

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May 27 • 7:55 PM EDT • Technology • gamefile.news
Jimmy Kimmel rips into RFK Jr. after he says comedian 'made himself a priest': 'Get back to spreading polio'

Jimmel Kimmel called out RFK Jr. after the latter shared a social media post mocking Stephen Colbert's final 'Late Show' broadcast.

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May 26 • 11:39 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Reel Thoughts: Stephen Colbert’s final ‘Late Show’ eschews politics in favor of his signature grace, humility

In what may be the last hurrah for New York’s nearly century-old Ed Sullivan Theater, the final episode of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” didn’t feature the most uproarious jokes. Or the most biting political takedowns. Or a tearful, thank-you-filled farewell speech from its host, per the norm when late-night talk shows conclude. But...

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May 26 • 1:48 AM EDT • Politics • dailynorthwestern.com
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CBS Stands Down After Outcry Over Stephen Colbert

The network elicited backlash following Colbert's surprise return to TV as a host after 'The Late Show' ended.

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May 25 • 1:16 PM EDT • Entertainment • elpasoinc.com
CBS Stands Down After Outcry Over Stephen Colbert

The network elicited backlash following Colbert's surprise return to TV as a host after 'The Late Show' ended.

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May 25 • 1:16 PM EDT • Entertainment • hastingstribune.com
CBS Stands Down After Outcry Over Stephen Colbert

The network elicited backlash following Colbert's surprise return to TV as a host after 'The Late Show' ended.

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May 25 • 1:16 PM EDT • Entertainment • cbs19news.com
CBS Stands Down After Outcry Over Stephen Colbert

The network elicited backlash following Colbert's surprise return to TV as a host after 'The Late Show' ended.

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May 25 • 1:16 PM EDT • Entertainment • themountaineer.com
Kierra M has the latest in entertainment headlines

Stephen Colbert signs off for the last time, and Hot 107.9's "Birthday Bash" was a success

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May 25 • 11:04 AM EDT • Entertainment • fox5atlanta.com
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Stephen Colbert’s Replacement Byron Allen Sets Record Straight After ‘Late Show’ Ends

The 'Comics Unleashed' host set the record straight about taking over Colbert's time slot on CBS.

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May 25 • 8:36 AM EDT • Entertainment • cbs19news.com
Ratel Not Concerned About Latest GT3 “Evolution”

Stephane Ratel on new-breed of GT3 cars developed for the race track first...

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May 25 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • sportscar365.com
This surprisingly spacious anti‑theft convertible backpack makes traveling and commuting easier

I’ve been using this affordable backpack for long weekend trips and as my daily work bag for over three years to keep my valuables protected.

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May 25 • 7:45 AM EDT • Technology • cnn.com
Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' time slot replacement is 'not trying to replace' him: 'Not everybody's gonna love me'

Byron Allen's "Comics Unleashed" has taken over the time slot vacated by "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert."

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May 24 • 7:33 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' time slot replacement is 'not trying to replace' him: 'Not everybody's gonna love me'

'Comics Unleashed' creator Byron Allen says he is not trying to 'replace' Stephen Colbert or his 'Late Show,' after taking over the late night series' time slot on CBS.

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May 24 • 7:33 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Stephen Colbert Makes Surprise Michigan Public Access Appearance After ‘Late Show’ Farewell

The episode closed with Colbert, Jack White and Jeff Daniels destroying the set and burning it in a flaming dumpster.

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May 24 • 3:33 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Stephen Kolek's Complete-Game Shutout Ends Royals' 4-Game Skid

Stephen Kolek's complete-game shutout Carter Jensen's two RBIs led the Kansas City Royals to a 5-0 win over the Seattle Mariners end a four-game losing streak.

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May 23 • 8:54 PM EDT • Sports • foxsports.com
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Stephen Kolek pitches a CGSO, Royals beat Mariners 5-0

The guy who wasn’t ever in the Royals Opening Day plans twirls the best start so far in 2026

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May 23 • 6:52 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
WTAP+ | From 1 person to a full crew, roofing business helps families and homes across the Mid-Ohio Valley

In this episode, Stephanie Plant sits down with the owner of Rainstoppers Roofing in Marietta.

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May 23 • 1:30 PM EDT • Business • wtap.com
Stephen Colbert is back on TV on community access in Michigan along with rocker Jack White

Fresh off ending his national broadcast show on CBS, Stephen Colbert showed up on community access television in southeast Michigan.

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May 23 • 11:06 AM EDT • Entertainment • seattletimes.com
Stephen Colbert is back on TV on community access in Michigan along with rocker Jack White

From the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York to ... community access TV in Michigan?

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May 23 • 11:05 AM EDT • Entertainment • wfmz.com
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Stephen Colbert returns to Monroe public station after final 'Late Night' show

Before Stephen Colbert made his debut on "Late Night" in 2015, he stopped by Monroe, Michigan, where he interviewed Eminem on the Monroe public TV show "Only in Monroe."

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May 23 • 9:33 AM EDT • Entertainment • wxyz.com
Poppi's cofounders on building $2 billion business, navigating wealth

Allison and Stephen Ellsworth took big risks and made sacrifices to build Poppi. They're determined not to let their wealth spoil their children.

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May 23 • 6:33 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
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See All The Celebrity Cameos On The Final Night Of Stephen Colbert's 'The Late Show'

The beloved host's late-night sendoff was jam-packed with surprise celebrity guests.

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May 22 • 6:14 PM EDT • Entertainment • huffpost.com
Byron Allen says CBS has put no limits on his show replacing Stephen Colbert's

Byron Allen, the media mogul and former stand-up comedian, is gearing up for his latest venture: bringing his show Comics Unleashed to the CBS time slot long held by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.In this episode of NPR’s Newsmakers, Allen sat down with NPR’s Ailsa Chang ahead of his debut episode. He discussed his plans for Comics Unleashed in its new prime late night slot, why he thinks there’s still more than enough political comedy after the cancellation of Colbert, and why it’s important for Black Americans to own and produce media.NPR's Newsmakers is where you'll find NPR's biggest interviews. We post new episodes as soon as they're available -- any day of the week. Follow or subscribe wherever you listen or watch so you always get the latest episode as soon as possible. Newsmakers relies on supporters who value independent journalism and a free press. Join NPR+ today to support our work and get perks from the podcasts you trust. Go to plus.npr.org.

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May 22 • 5:30 PM EDT • Politics • npr.org
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Jon Batiste and Paul McCartney give Stephen Colbert a ‘Late Show’ goodbye

Here’s a behind-the scenes look at the last “Late Show” episode: “Nobody wanted to leave the stage or the theater and here’s legendary proof.”

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May 22 • 2:19 PM EDT • Entertainment • nola.com
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‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ finale’s biggest moments

NEW YORK — There were tears, love and lots of laughs as the “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” aired its final episode Thursday night, marking an emotional end of

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May 22 • 2:05 PM EDT • Entertainment • recorderonline.com
What Is Stephen Colbert Doing Next After ‘Late Show’s Ending?

The talk-show emcee has big ideas for his future, and we’re not just talking about his upcoming ‘Lord of the Rings’ film.

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May 22 • 11:19 AM EDT • Entertainment • cbs19news.com
Colbert initially avoided discussing politics on 'Late Night.' Then he leaned in | News

Last night, Stephen Colbert said goodbye to The Late Show after 11 years. We listen back to his '16 interview, in which he talked about embracing his "sharp and satirical and highly opinionated" side.

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May 22 • 9:41 AM EDT • Politics • wliw.org
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‘GMA’ Hosts Celebrate George Stephanopoulos’ Major Off-Screen Achievement

Plus, check out his 'great head of hair' in throwback photo.

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May 22 • 9:29 AM EDT • Entertainment • wyomingnewsnow.tv
Stephen Colbert’s Finale CBS Dig Might Actually ‘Cost’ Them

Stephen Colbert signed off with one final jab aimed at CBS during his Late Show farewell. The late-night host expressed mixed emotions and sarcasm as he closed an 11-season run on the network. His fin...

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May 22 • 5:11 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Colbert eschews politics during final ‘Late Show’ on CBS

Stephen Colbert largely steered clear of politics or direct criticism of President Trump during his final broadcast of “The Late Show” on Thursday night. Colbert, who repeatedly thanked…

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May 22 • 1:45 AM EDT • Politics • thehill.com
4 most striking moments from Stephen Colbert's last show

Colbert's last episode on "The Late Show" featured celebrity cameos, shots fired at CBS, and a Paul McCartney-sung farewell song.

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May 22 • 1:31 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
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“Continue to Lie About CC’s Health”: Caitlin Clark’s Injury Report Invites Fans’ Rage for Stephanie White and Fever

Caitlin Clark and Indiana Fever are in a weird spot at the moment. There is a lot of controversy surrounding the fever team in recent past.

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May 22 • 1:12 AM EDT • Health • sports.yahoo.com
Celebrities and politicians react to Stephen Colbert's final show

Stephen Colbert took over "The Late Show" from David Letterman in 2015. After 11 seasons, the show has come to an end.

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May 22 • 1:05 AM EDT • Politics • businessinsider.com
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Angry Celebs Crash Stephen Colbert's Final Monologue: 'Screw You, Colbert!'

The "Late Show" host was interrupted several times during his monologue by celebs hoping to be his final guest.

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May 22 • 12:54 AM EDT • Entertainment • huffpost.com
How to watch the final episode of 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' live tonight

The last episode of 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert' airs tonight. Here's everything you need to know if you want to watch.

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May 21 • 12:20 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Stephen Colbert's "Late Show" exit is the end of an era for celebrity interviews

Stephen Colbert's last "The Late Show" episode airs as influencers like Jake Shane and Alex Cooper reshape celebrity-interview culture.

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May 21 • 10:00 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
SFA’s JacksTeach program names second science teacher fellow

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Following the successful launch of its educator support initiative last year, Stephen F. Austin State University’s JacksTeach program has named alumna Amy Calhoun, chemistry teacher at Sabine High School in Gladewater, as the recipient of the second annual JacksTeach Science Teacher Fellowship.

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May 21 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sfasu.edu
Starting a business after both were fired tested them as a couple

A shared hobby — off-roading through the mud in side-by-sides — helps Stephanie Postell and her husband connect beyond work.

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May 21 • 12:02 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
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Knicks Legend Issues Apology for His Actions During Cavaliers Game

The New York Knicks had one of their best wins yet in a long while and team legend Stephon Marbury was so caught in the moment he almost gave the team a technical foul call.

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May 20 • 10:41 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Internet breaks after Stephon Castle posterizes Isaiah Hartenstein

Watch the Spurs' Stephon Castle elevate over the Thunder's Isaiah Hartenstein for a highlight-reel dunk in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals.

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May 20 • 9:43 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Stephen Colbert's final 'Late Show' airs Thursday. Here’s how other great late-night hosts said their goodbyes.

From Carson to Conan, there’s a long history of late-night television hosts leaving an unforgettable impression as they sign off for the last time.

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May 20 • 4:06 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
What’s next for Stephen Colbert after ‘The Late Show’?

Stephen Colbert’s final “Late Show” broadcast on Thursday will close out his run in the storied CBS late-night chair once occupied by David Letterman. What comes next remains an open

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May 20 • 1:15 PM EDT • Entertainment • wqow.com
FOX26 Kim Stephens sits down with Monty Torres for health update

We've been missing Monty Torres delivering your 10 PM news since September.I've given you a few updates since then on social media, but on Tuesday, we got to si

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May 20 • 12:08 PM EDT • Health • kmph.com
Stephen Colbert's long goodbye is coming to an end, leaving a void

Stephen Colbert's run on "The Late Show" ends Thursday, marking the conclusion of his on-air feud with President Donald Trump

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May 20 • 9:37 AM EDT • Entertainment • spectrumlocalnews.com
Stephen Colbert\'s long goodbye is coming to an end, leaving a void

Stephen Colbert's run on “The Late Show” ends Thursday, marking the conclusion of his on-air feud with President Donald Trump. Colbert began hosting in 2015 and often criticized Trump and

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May 20 • 7:20 AM EDT • Entertainment • lancasteronline.com
Stephen Colbert's long goodbye is coming to an end, leaving a void

Stephen Colbert's run on “The Late Show” ends Thursday, marking the conclusion of his on-air feud with President Donald Trump. Colbert began hosting in 2015 and often criticized Trump and his...

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May 20 • 7:20 AM EDT • Entertainment • sfchronicle.com
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Jon Stewart Celebrates Stephen Colbert as ‘Late Show’ Ends: ‘Don’t Confuse Cancellation With Failure’

The Daily Show host also brought out surprise musical guest Andra Day to perform her 2015 hit "Rise Up"

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May 20 • 2:18 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Stephen Yancey wins Democratic primary for Jefferson County sheriff

Stephen Yancey won the Democratic primary for Jefferson County sheriff on Tuesday night, securing the nomination in the race to lead one of the county’s key law enforcement offices.

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Stephen Colbert now thinks 'Late Show' cancellation may have 'saved my life'

Stephen Colbert told PEOPLE in a new interview that the 'Late Show' cancellation may have 'saved my life' after hosting the program for 11 seasons.

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May 19 • 9:33 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Dr. Elisabeth Ploran named inaugural dean of SFA’s College of Health Professions

Following a nationwide search, Stephen F. Austin State University has appointed Dr. Elisabeth Ploran as the inaugural dean of the College of Health Professions. Ploran will begin her tenure in July, coinciding with the launch of the new college.

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May 19 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • sfasu.edu
Opus Alumni Businesses Support Locals in Need - Newsroom | University of St. Thomas

Several local businesses operated by Opus College of Business alumni or students found ways to support individuals and families in their communities during a challenging time for the metro area.

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May 18 • 2:59 PM EDT • Business • news.stthomas.edu
'The Late Show' is ending on May 21. Here's what led CBS to cancel Stephen Colbert, why David Letterman says he's 'pissed off' and who the final guests are.

This week's announced guests include Jon Stewart, Steven Spielberg, David Byrne and Bruce Springsteen.

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May 18 • 1:32 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Byron Allen says ‘Comics Unleashed’ will avoid politics when moved into Colbert's late-night time slot

Byron Allen told CNN that “Comics Unleashed” will focus on comedy instead of politics as the show moves into Stephen Colbert’s CBS late-night time slot.

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May 17 • 10:02 AM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
'Tarps off' trend fires up Busch Stadium during Cardinals' winning streak: 'I'll sign up for that any day'

The Cardinals are 2-0 with the Stephen F. Austin club baseball team show goes shirtless in right field.

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May 16 • 6:59 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Now What? With Carbon Pricing Eroded and Pipeline Politics Advancing, Here Are the Pathways for Climate Success

At the end of a whirlwind week of news on carbon pricing and electricity strategy, capping a madcap year of pretty much non-stop, dramatic change, the word across much of Canada’s climate and energy transition community is that climate policy in this country has been shredded. Eviscerated. Hit with a sledgehammer by policy rollbacks that have pushed the country’s 2050 net zero target “well out of reach”. That means it’s never been more important to look for the rays of hope and glimmers of possibility. To glimpse the seeds of the next set of strategies to get Canada’s climate pollution under control and the country into the accelerating global dash away from fossil fuels. And then, once we’ve spotted those possibilities, get on with the hard, day-to-day slog of trying to make them a reality. Nothing takes away from the frustration and the deep disappointment so many climate and energy hawks are expressing, the sense of betrayal by the author of Value(s) and the former UN special envoy for climate action and finance. But we knew two things as the week drew to a close. We’re looking at the world as it most definitely is. And we don’t get to give up finding the pathways to confront climate change and deliver faster, deeper carbon cuts that leave no one else behind. So really, the first question we all have to ask ourselves is: What’s next? Subscribe All the Oxygen in the Room The outpouring of anger and grief over the carbon pricing deal between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has been absolutely understandable. So much of the climate community poured years, more than a decade, into dragging the current federal pricing regime across the finish line, then defending it from a deluge of three-syllable rhymes after the Trudeau government proved utterly incapable of delivering its own message. The policy foisted on us by neo-classical economists took up all the oxygen in the room, burned through years of climate response time that we won’t get back, while cornering climate hawks into the position that the best response to the crisis of our lifetimes is a new tax…in an era of historic anti-tax sentiment. I mean, really—what could possibly have gone wrong? Against that history, let’s appreciate columnist Max Fawcett’s point that even a modest carbon pricing agreement with a government as off-the-wall libertarian/conspiracist as Danielle Smith’s—those adjectives are mine, not Max’s—is a win worth savouring (as long as Smith keeps her promises for a change). But part of living in the world as it is (no, I’m not letting that go) is to be clear-headed about what we can and can’t control. And one thing we get to decide, after seeing this week’s carbon price festivities take up all the oxygen yet again, is whether we want to keep letting that happen. Particularly when success down that road depends on a factor that no one with a climate agenda can control or influence—a provincial carbon pricing mechanism that has been manipulated and eroded beyond its lowest possible denominator. Thankfully, that’s not the way it has to go. Not when we have so many other powerful, practical tools at our disposal, including the ones still available to us through this abominable Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Canada and Alberta. Tools In Our Toolbox When I started roughing out this list, I didn’t expect it to grow to nearly a dozen bullet points. It’s probably still incomplete. Some of the greatest hits in today’s climate solutions toolbox include: • No Carbon Capture, No Pipeline: On Friday, Prime Minister Mark Carney explicitly stated that there’s been no change to the MOU provision that there will be no West Coast pipeline without an industry commitment to build its massive, $16.5-billion carbon capture and storage (CCUS) hub in Northern Alberta, and vice versa. The two megaprojects were joined at the hip when the MOU was signed Nov. 27, and the implementation agreement this week affirmed that they still are. A parade of independent analysts have spent years pointing to the economic and technical flaws in CCUS, while the industry kept postponing its investment decision until it could arm-twist the government for more “clarity” (by which it meant even more lavish taxpayer subsidies) on the project. Now the industry itself is running away from the CCUS hub and insisting the pipeline should proceed without it, but Carney doesn’t seem to be budging from a central tenet of the MOU to which Smith has signed on. • No Subsidies, No Investors: Climate analysts and advocates have quite rightly been hammering away at Carney and his team, insisting that any new capacity the industry wants to build must proceed without new subsidies. The government has responded with a growing collection of funding and financing mechanisms for the very wide menu of industrial development and nation-building projects they say they want to take on, and that menu always includes fossil fuel infrastructure. But it’s hard to see how even the combined fiscal clout of the federal and supportive provincial governments will deliver the financial backing private investors would need when the business case for new fossil fuel development is evaporating before their eyes. Particularly when… • No Market, No Demand, No Investors: As our friend Markham Hislop at Energi Media (our apparently sleepless friend, given the massive volume of great material he’s been churning out) points out this morning, the biggest vulnerability in any pipeline deal is the assumption that Asian buyers will want the oil or liquefied natural ga that our fossil industry is so keen to send them. Hislop writes in part: Ottawa and Alberta are effectively betting that countries like China and India will continue increasing oil imports for decades as their economies grow and energy consumption rises. That assumption underpins the entire economic rationale for expanding oil sands production and building billions of dollars in new export infrastructure. But Asian energy systems are changing rapidly… China, India, South Korea, and other major hydrocarbon importers are now investing hundreds of billions of dollars into electricity systems built around wind, solar, batteries, nuclear, hydro, and expanded transmission infrastructure. Domestic “energy sovereignty” is increasingly replacing the old energy-security model based on stable oil and gas imports. Those investments are expected to sharply slow oil demand growth and eventually reverse it, even as overall energy consumption continues rising. There are also refining constraints. Many Asian refineries and petrochemical complexes are already optimized to process discounted heavy crude from the Middle East and Latin America. That raises serious questions about how much additional Canadian bitumen Asian markets can absorb at profitable prices. Small wonder that there’s still no private sector investor for the project, despite Smith’s government desperately beating the bushes to put together a deal. For now, Alberta is acting as proponent and covering early start-up costs for a pitch to the federal Major Projects Office, which could actually turn into the next tough hurdle for Smith and her pipeline to jump. • Canada Day Looms: How ironic that Canada’s birthday this year could become a major chokepoint for the provincial premier who’s been working so diligently to tear the country apart! The July 1 target date for Alberta’s pipeline proposal is baked into the MOU, was reaffirmed by the implementation plan, but it hadn’t dawned on me that it cuts both ways. As one very smart colleague wrote in an email yesterday, “they’ve thrown the ball into Alberta’s court to get the project proposal on the table really quickly and to have to do a whole pile of work to put together a massive, complicated project that would typically take years to assemble, and they’ve given them weeks to do it.” That makes July 1 a looming deadline that Smith won’t be able to run away from politically, especially with the separatists in her party and her caucus breathing down her neck. (See previous ref to off-the-wall.) But if Alberta comes in with a sloppy, incomplete submission, even after Carney bent over backwards to simplify the application process and the rules that govern it, it may be harder for the province or the industry to blame Ottawa and insist on the faster process they claim their investors are demanding. (Oh, wait—which investors would those be??) • We’ll See You In Court (Then We’ll See You Again): If Carney did cave, that would be just one more reason for Indigenous and other affected communities to take the government and the process to court—Just as Alberta First Nations did, successfully, in response to Smith’s half-baked separation referendum. Veterans of the Harper era have been warning that a shoddy process around fossil fuel infrastructure or other major projects will be a recipe for the very delays that process seeks to avoid. And now more than ever, with renewable energy and energy storage eating fossil fuels’ lunch in import markets around the world, a delayed pipeline or LNG terminal may be as good as a cancelled one. • Charged Up, Ready to Go: With its goal of doubling Canada’s electricity supply to meet a doubling of demand by 2050, the national electricity strategy that Carney unveiled Thursday has a lot to like. With its explicit language about speeding the shift from fuels to more efficient and affordable electricity, global investment and deployment patterns that already favour that shift, an emerging bidirectional power grid, the role of front-line options like rooftop solar and heat pumps, the emergence of electric vehicles as behind-the-meter energy storage, and the domestic jobs and manufacturing to make it all happen, the document doubles down on the essential cornerstone of a faster shift off fossil fuels. The strategy envisions a more prominent role for gas and nuclear power. But some of those provisions were already in the Clean Electricity Regulations that climate hawks are now fighting so hard to defend, inserted as a compromise in a futile attempt to mollify the industry and its political representatives in Alberta and Saskatchewan. But once again, gas will be a tougher sell when it’s more expensive and now so much more unpredictable than the clean alternatives. The new nuclear technologies are still speculative and deeply vulnerable to cost overruns. Increasingly, utilities, developers, and investors know it. Carney declared Thursday that “it doesn’t do us good to be sitting in court all the time with provinces. It doesn’t do us good to be talking past each other. What does do us good is to come together with specific projects.” There are no guarantees, but so much of the language and narrative-building in the electricity strategy suggests the lion’s share of those projects will be renewable. • The Party Has Already Started: The electricity strategy only rarely digs down to specific projects, but provinces representing three-quarters of Canada’s population are already embracing a faster transition. Hydro-Québec is working on a 10-year, $185-billion renewable energy and grid buildout by 2035. Ontario recently brought 10 provinces and territories together in a National Energy Corridor Agreement to boost interprovincial and -territorial transmission infrastructure. And the MOU implementation agreement commits Alberta to facilitate investment in renewable energy projects, a big step back from its continuing, punitive restrictions on renewables development. The electricity strategy envisions much of the financing and infrastructure that will be needed to pull those advances together into an integrated whole. • Delivering on Affordability: The MOU implementation plan has little or nothing to say about affordability (are you surprised?), but the electricity strategy does, with a top-line pledge to reduce home energy costs for seven out of 10 Canadian households by 2050, a total saving of $15 billion across the board. It’s just a start, but it puts affordability on the government’s narrative map. If they’re serious and deliberate about patching together a least-cost energy strategy, it’ll have little if any room for oil, gas, or nuclear—not with powerful evidence, for example, that electricity prices are higher when those prices are set by gas. • Smith Proves that Canada Works: By signing a deal that makes it harder to claim the federal government is blocking a new pipeline, Smith has helped prove Carney’s constant anti-separatist refrain that “Canada works”—incurring the rage, no doubt, of her own political base. Canada also needs to work for anyone who depends on a clean environment, healthy and thriving ecosystems, and safe, stable climate. But with Smith and her separatist constituents setting up as a fifth column for annexation by Donald Trump’s United States, let’s set aside any notion that 51st state status for Canada is a recipe for anything other than climate disaster (and so much else). Resisting and withstanding Trump (just 170 more sleeps until mid-term elections, which is a damn sight better than the 730 we started with) doesn’t mean a free pass for a pipeline, but we can still appreciate it that keeping Canada whole and sovereign is still Carney’s Job One. • The Words Not Spoken: Apart from a commitment to export a million barrels of “low-emission” Alberta bitumen per day (memo to Smith and Carney: You realize that that’s less than the industry is already exporting??), the MOU implementation plan says nothing about the international trade and economic sovereignty deals that Carney has been travelling the world to negotiate. It didn’t have to. Carney doesn’t need permission from Danielle Smith, her American enablers, or her separatist allies to continue building the alliances that will ratchet down our economic dependency on our unstable, unreliable neighbour to the south. But every connection he builds with countries outside North America helps align our economy and our future with a faster shift off fossil fuels. Little if any of this was on our bingo cards a year or two ago. But it’s the pathway that has opened up to us. And if it gives Canada any climate or energy gains at all in an era still dominated by Trump and his increasingly ridiculous tariffs, his loutish trade negotiations and his continuing annexation threats, we have to take the wins. Not least because they’ll be the point of departure for what we can achieve in 2027, 2029, and beyond, as Trump’s grip and this era begin to loosen and then fade. What is Carney Doing? If this line of thought is right—and it’s a possibility, not a prediction—it means that Carney’s actions and decisions are largely about buying time. Time for Trump’s power to wane. Time for Alberta’s separatist/conspiracist virus to spread, mutate, die out, or at least die back, with help from a vaccine of federal steadiness and calm (appropriate enough, for a movement populated largely by vaccine deniers) that no conspiracy theory can dismiss. And time for the government’s trade and investment agenda to deliver results—even knowing that some of those results will bring impacts that front-line communities will not and should not accept. In the immediate moment, none of this changes the way the wider climate community has to respond, from campaigners to investors to front-line practitioners. All of our voices are still essential. But those voices will be stronger and more confident if we have a clearer sense of the brutal game we’ve been pulled into, and a plausible path (or two it three) for playing it to the win we need. This conversation also underscores our biggest task for the remaining years of what was supposed to be the “decisive” decade for climate response: if we can shift the energy narrative in Canada, make it a mainstream view that the country’s preoccupation with oil and gas has us falling farther behind a changing world, we’ll see far better results in the 2030s and beyond. For many veteran climate advocates, taking on that part of the fight will begin with recognizing that most of our friends and family, neighbours and colleagues already understand that climate change is real and right in front of us: they’re looking away and staying silent because they don’t have what climate communicator Katharine Hayhoe calls “efficacy”. As Hayhoe recently pointed out in a feature interview with The Energy Mix, it amounts to science denial to keep hammering away at the dire news about global warming without also helping audiences understand what they can do about it, with multiple studies telling us why that won’t work. Far better to open those conversations with the dominant crises like energy security, food security, emergency preparedness and business continuity, affordability, and financial security that have knocked climate change far lower on the list of public priorities, and will likely keep it there. We Knew This Would Happen Climate hawks have always known this day would come. For decades, we warned that everyone had to pay attention to climate change right now, because it would be much tougher to respond once the crisis itself started affecting our daily lives. We were right, and here we are. But now, thanks to decades of hard work, communities and countries have an alternative to doubling down on fossil fuels. “In 10 years everyone will have ‘always known’ that solar and batteries were going to win,” Morgan Solar Executive Chair Mike Andrade writes on LinkedIn. With the disruption in the Strait of Hormuz roiling energy priorities around the world, Canada and the United States are among the shrinking number of countries that are still very keen on fossil fuel development. Understanding that gap is a first, essential step in spotting the opportunities ahead, and averting the deep economic as well as environmental and social risk we face if we don’t seize them. Thanks for reading The Energy Mix Weekender! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work. Subscribe Mitchell Beer traces his background in renewable energy and energy efficiency back to 1977, in climate change to 1997. Now he and the rest of the Energy Mix team scan 1,200 news headlines a week to pull together The Energy Mix and The Energy Mix Weekender. Chart of the Week BYD Eyes 20 Dealership Locations After Canada Greenlights Chinese EV Imports ‘Sledgehammer’ Carbon Price Deal Boosts Emissions by 230Mt, Aims for Fall 2027 Pipeline Approval ‘Worse Than Harper’: Regulatory Rollback Would Stop Canada from Assessing Project Impacts, Critics Warn Electricity Strategy Aims for Doubling by 2050, Allows ‘Flexibility’ for Gas Power Plants Opposition Mounts as O’Leary’s Data Centre Approved in Drought-Stricken Utah Diluted Carbon Price Misses ‘Reality of the World We’re In’, Could Impede Diversified Trade: Climate Institute $200B in Clean Energy Investment Will Need On-Time Delivery, Reliable Policies, Trade Association Says ‘Sovereign Pipeline’: CEO Pitches to Keep Trans Mountain in Government Hands What a Supercharged El Niño Could Mean for Canada Canada’s future is electric, and here’s how a power grid superhighway would get us there (Toronto Star) The Perilous Waters of Hecate Strait (Globe and Mail) Saudi Aramco profits jump despite conflict in Middle East (The Guardian) Farmers confront rising cost of fertilizer and fuel as spring seeding under way (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) Clarkson forecasts 24% decline in offshore oil, gas capital expenditures (Oil & Gas Journal) Pipe Dreams: How Oil and Gas Fail to Deliver Economic Development in Africa (Oil Change International) Developing countries must hold the pen to script the fossil fuel transition (Climate Home News) Iran war threatens the dream of a post-oil economy in the Gulf (Washington Post) U.S. Oil, Gas Work Force Hits Lowest Level Since 2022 (Rigzone) Why Polestar Is Doubling Down on Net Zero as Rivals Pull Back on EVs (Bloomberg) Why this Michigan utility plans to sell its hydro dams for $13 (E&E News/Politico) Levees can no longer save New Orleans (Vox)

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An Upper West Side Primary Presents a Test of Judaism and Politics

Stephanie Ruskay is seeking to become the first female rabbi to be elected to state office in New York, but the race may hinge on whether voters find her progressive enough.

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Spurs win to move into Western Conference finals

Stephon Castle stars as the San Antonio Spurs seal their spot in the Western Conference finals with a convincing win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.

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Stephen Colbert reveals his final guests on 'The Late Show'

Stephen Colbert's final week on "The Late Show" is coming into focus, with CBS revealing the schedule for the show's last stretch of episodes.

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David Letterman got in one last 'Late Show' jab at CBS when he visited Stephen Colbert: 'Good night and good luck, motherf---ers!"

David Letterman didn't hold back in his message to CBS when he joined Stephen Colbert on 'The Late Show' one last time: 'Good night and good luck, motherf---ers'

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University at Albany opens up campus, and science exploration, to district students

The semester may be over at the University at Albany but the campus is still buzzing with student learning – it just may not be the students you expect. Junior Falcon scientists from North Albany Middle School, Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School and William S. Hackett Middle School presented their experiments, and findings, to professors and graduate students at UAlbany’s Emerging Technology and Entrepreneurship (ETEC) Complex on Thursday. After the science fair, the sixth and seventh-graders explored ETEC – which houses researchers, educators and entrepreneurs – and the tour was followed by a discussion with a UAlbany atmospheric science researcher and the awards ceremony. Most will likely recognize one of the science fair judges – Damian participated in the project assessments and hopefully recruited some future Great Danes!

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The Long Fight for Small Business Lending Transparency Is Not Over » NCRC

Small businesses play a vital role in the US economy, but their ability to access credit has been a longstanding obstacle to their viability. Additionally, the CFPB's recent final revised rule implementing Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act that effectively cuts small business lending reporting requirements could lead to more lending disparities for women and BIPOC entrepreneurs.

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Stephen Colbert name-drops the 'Late Show' guest who distracted him with their beauty

Stephen Colbert is revealing the 'wildly attractive' 'Late Show' guest who was so beautiful that he didn't know where to look during the interview.

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Reality TV politics takes center stage in LA mayor’s race

Media analyst Kaivan Shroff joins The Final 5 with Jim Lokay o weigh in on Spencer Pratt’s run for Los Angeles mayor, saying his celebrity profile and wildfire frustration reflect a broader anti-establishment mood in politics. The conversation also touched on how media figures like Don Lemon, Stephen A. Smith and Tucker Carlson are using attention and personal platforms to fuel political speculation.

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Report: George Pickens not present for Cowboys' voluntary offseason work

Cowboys wide receiver George Pickens signed his franchise tag on April 29, and executive vice president Stephen Jones said soon after the team expected Pickens to show up for voluntary work.

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Stephen A. Smith Predicts LeBron James Could 'Average 20 Assists' With One Free Agent Move

Following a sweep in the 2026 NBA playoffs, the four-time MVP LeBron James faces a massive decision.

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Stephen Colbert Shares Honest Reaction To Comedian Taking Over ‘Late Show’ Time Slot

Colbert's final “Late Show” broadcast airs May 21 on CBS.

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Jimmy Kimmel Has A Sweet Tribute For Stephen Colbert On His Final Night

Kimmel made the same gesture when Colbert's predecessor, David Letterman, said goodbye to "The Late Show" in 2015.

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“Jimmy Kimmel Live” to air rerun during Stephen Colbert's final “Late Show ”broadcast

The last episode of "The Late Show" airs May 21, on CBS.

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Owner revives business in downtown IM with Revival

IRON MOUNTAIN — Holly DeGroot has returned as a local business owner, officially turning her pop-up women’s clothing boutique, Revival, into a permanent location May 1. DeGroot previously operated Bijou Lovely from 2017 to the beginning of 2024 in the same building at 310 S. Stephenson Ave. in downtown Iron Mountain. At the time she […]

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Steve Kerr returning as Warriors coach to chase another title with Steph Curry, per report

Kerr's contract expired after the season but he has reportedly agreed to a new two-year deal

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WTAP+ | Belpre business adds a splash of color, love and personality to weddings, events in the Mid-Ohio Valley

In this episode, Stephanie Plant sits down with the owner of Petunia's Floral Design.

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Former South Carolina QB Stephen Garcia changes his approach on mental health amid cancer battle

Former South Carolina QB Stephen Garcia is fighting Stage-4 colorectal cancer, sharing an emotional story about family, mental health, and his battle ahead.

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2026 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship Award

First year Materials and Nanoscience graduate student Stéphane Miaule (Tolbert group) has been awarded the 2026 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship, one of the country’s most prestigious honors for graduate students in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). The program, jointly sponsored by the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force, supports doctoral students across a broad range of scientific and technological fields of strategic importance. This highly competitive fellowship provides full tuition, fees, and a monthly stipend for three years. In 2026, only 102 fellowships were awarded nationwide, and Stéphane is the sole recipient from UCLA. Before transferring from Santa Monica College to UCLA, Stéphane interned at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and Marshall Space Flight Center, where he researched the mechanical and thermodynamic properties of lunar regolith, as well as radiation shielding materials for lunar habitation development. At UCLA, he joined the Soft Materials Research Laboratory under Professor Qibing Pei, focusing on the synthesis and characterization of hafnium oxide nanocomposite scintillators. After earning his bachelor’s degree in chemistry, he remained in the Soft Materials Research Laboratory as a post-baccalaureate researcher for one year before joining Professor Sarah Tolbert’s group as a Ph.D. student. Stéphane’s Ph.D. research is focused on improving the properties of conjugated polymers, which are a family of plastic materials that can conduct electricity. Stéphane is specifically looking at self-assembling polymers that can be processed in water to create light-weight, flexible, high-conductivity polymer devices without the need for toxic or volatile organic solvents. After completing his Ph.D., Stéphane hopes to work in a national laboratory, researching semiconducting polymers for applications in new electronic devices. “The Graduate (1967) featured a memorable scene in which the protagonist was told that ‘there’s a great future in plastics.’ We know this still holds true today, as polymer research has expanded rapidly due to the wide variety of applications these materials enable. Through my work on semiconducting polymers, I hope to contribute to the continued development of plastic electronics,” Stéphane said. Penny Jennings, UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, penjen@g.ucla.edu.

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Steph Curry Gets a Special Edition Fitbit Air

As a part of yesterday's Fitbit Air release, Google also began selling a special edition version made in partnership with Steph Curry. This specific model is the version that Curry has been...

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Fed's Miran hopes Powell staying at Fed is transitional

Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran said on Friday that he hopes current central bank ​Chair Jerome Powell will stay on as a governor ‌only for a short period of time.

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How did Meeka Owens oust a Hamilton County commissioner?

Hamilton County residents could have a new commissioner next year, in the first upset since Commission President Stephanie Summerow Dumas won in 2018.

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‘That’s a problem’: Councilor grills health commissioner over childcare workforce grant funding

Executive Councilor John Stephen pointedly questioned officials from the Department of Health and Human Services during this week’s meeting about why a childcare workforce grant program was not funded.

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Colbert on time slot not going to traditional late-night show: ‘None of my business’

Comedian Stephen Colbert demurred when asked about the time slot on CBS he will soon vacate not being replaced by a traditional late-night show. “It’s none of my business,” Colbert said…

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ORNL director to deliver 'State of the Lab' address in Oak Ridge

ORNL Director Stephen K. Streiffer will deliver his second 'State of the Lab' address on May 14, discussing missions and achievements.

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BioShock, game prices, GTA, the disappearing NFL deal and more: An interview with Take Two CEO Strauss Zelnick

In 20 years of covering the video game beat, I’d probably not spoken more than 20 words with Take Two chairman Strauss Zelnick, who’s been running the company behind NBA 2K, Grand Theft Auto, BioShock and Red Dead Redemption for, you guessed it, nearly 20 years. Last week, though, ahead of a panel I was hosting at the iicon event in Las Vegas, I had about 20 minutes to interview Zelnick. I could ask one question for each year, I joked, as we settled into our seats on opposite sides of a conference table. Take Two’s longtime head of corporate communications, Alan Lewis, was seated at Zelnick’s side. I didn’t quite conduct our chat that way, but we wound up going through a lot, including… The state of BioShock The ramifications of the rising costs of game development The fate of Take Two’s recent multi-game deal with the NFL Some hints about Take Two’s mobile plans Whether Zelnick’s answer to me about Civ VII was a good one The do’s and don’t’s of NBA 2K microtransactions Take Two’s take on the Switch 2 Oh, and GTA VI (Spoiler: if Zelnick had spilled the beans on the price of the game or a release date for a PC version or whether there will be a polka radio station, that would have been this article’s headline). Before all of that, I would learn what it’s like to interview Strauss Zelnick, who is confident, calm and focused on delivering precise answers. To wit, I thought I’d start our chat with something fun, a bit insidery but maybe safe for him to share. The team at Take Two’s Rockstar label delays their games a lot, I noted. Of course, those delays, however painful, tend to be worth it. So, I was wondering how Zelnick finds out about them. Take the most recent postponement back in November 2025, when Rockstar said that GTA VI would not hit its May 26, 2026 release date (just 20 days from now!) and would instead come out on November 19, 2026. Was that news delivered via a call? An email? How does it work? “I work super closely with my team,” Zelnick said. “It's a very thin team at Take Two. The entire senior management team is six executives who sit in one hallway and share two assistants. And then, basically, there are two people who head up each of our labels.” They meet weekly to discuss their business, he said. So no one emails him about a delay? Nothing like that? Zelnick craned his neck to look at my left hand. He asked if I was married. I am, I said. “Does your partner email you to give you information?” he asked. Fair enough. I didn’t get the sense Zelnick was going to read me the minutes of the management meeting where the GTA VI delay was discussed. Slight pivot, maybe I could get some personality insights about one of the most successful gaming execs of the last 20 years, before getting to my big list of questions about specific Take Two games, franchises and policies. I asked: How do you deal with delay news like that? Go for a run? Meditate? “I tend to default to being very calm,” he said. “I’m not a person who freaks out easily.” He noted that he has a daughter with special needs due to an illness, and he shared that that situation had gotten him worked up. It was a personal, family emergency. “But, you know, business is not that,” he said. “I have no trouble distinguishing between, like, a business challenge and an emergency.” He turned to his left to ask Lewis, his colleague of 17 years, a question. “Have you ever seen me freak out?” “Never,” Lewis replied. “You’ve seen me upset,” Zelnick told Lewis. “Have you seen me raise my voice? Maybe how many times? Be honest, because we might as well be.”

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Political analyst Stephen Maynard Caliendo weighs in on Indiana Primary
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Barack Obama encourages Stephen Colbert to run for president ahead of 'Late Show' final episode: 'The bar has changed'

Barack Obama appeared amid Stephen Colbert's final stretch of guests on 'The Late Show' before the program ends its three-decade run on May 21. The former president encouraged Colbert's tepid political ambitions.

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Barack Obama’s goal for his library: ‘I want them to put my presidency in context’

Barack Obama is expressing his hopes for what his presidential library in Chicago will achieve for his legacy, in an interview with Stephen Colbert.

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Arlington political activist who protested outside Stephen Miller's home won't face state charges

Local activist Barbara Wien will not be criminally charged for doxxing top White House aide Stephen Miller, according to a court filing.

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Skip Bayless, Stephen A. Smith to reunite for a day on 'First Take'

Skip Bayless will join Stephen A. Smith on Friday's episode of 'First Take' in what the network describes as 'a one-time reunion' on the show they once co-hosted.

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How Sen. Richard Neuberger transformed Oregon politics

Historian Stephen Forrester examines how Richard Neuberger reshaped Oregon politics and advanced conservation in the U.S. Senate.

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Pollution Politics: The Uncertain Future of American Air Quality

Nearly half of US children are breathing polluted air as aggressive policy rollbacks threaten to erase decades of progress, new report warns.

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Stephen Bienko of 42U on Fusing Human Impact and Sustainable Business

Stephen is a former USAF Academy and Villanova football and track & field athlete turned life coach and business executive. He is the co-founder and CEO of 42U. We spent two minutes with Stephen to learn more about his background, his creative inspirations and recent work he's admired. Stephen, tell us … Where did you Stephen is a former USAF Academy and Villanova Football and Track & Field athlete turned life coach and business executive. He is the co-founder and CEO of 42U.

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Writer reveals nightmare Stephen Curry free agency scenario for Warriors

The Golden State Warriors must play their cards right with their star point guard moving forward.

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Stephen Colbert’s Best & Worst Moments on ‘The Late Show’

Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ track record has not been spotless, but he’s been, by all accounts, an upstanding steward of a venerable TV institution.

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Kansas City: On the Record - How we discuss politics in a polarized climate

KCTV5 anchor Brad Stephens has a discussion with Park University professor Dr. Matt Harris and former Kansas City Mayor Sly James.

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Months after the FDA's label change for Tylenol, what's changed?

In September, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., announced it was issuing a safety change for the medicine...

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