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Ars Live: 3 former CDC leaders detail impacts of RFK Jr.’s anti-science agenda

Join us Tuesday, December 16, at 2 pm ET to hear from leaders who resigned in protest.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 1:33 PM EST • Science • arstechnica.com
Expert shares best bets, predictions for College Football Playoff

College football expert Thomas Casale breaks down his picks for the first round of the CFP, as well as two futures bets for the entire playoff

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Dec 11, 2025 • 1:30 PM EST • Sports • cbssports.com
CDC study says Covid shots continue to protect healthy kids from severe illness

Researchers found that Covid vaccines reduced the risk of emergency room and urgent care visits by 56% to 76%. It comes as some federal health officials have sowed doubt in the shots.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 1:23 PM EST • Health • nbcnews.com
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Feeling Champagne fatigue? A sommelier recommends 5 swaps that taste more expensive than they are

A wine expert shared the best sparkling wines under $30, from brut prosecco to Lambrusco, for those seeking cheaper alternatives to Champagne.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 1:22 PM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
Bulgaria Faces More Political Turmoil Just as It Adopts the Euro

Bulgaria faces a fresh wave of political turmoil after street protests over rampant corruption led to the resignation of the prime minister just weeks before the country joins the euro.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 1:15 PM EST • Politics • bloomberg.com
Harger: Washington's floods don't care about your politics

Governor Ferguson declared a statewide emergency yesterday. And you know what I'm seeing online? People attacking him. Viciously.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 1:14 PM EST • Politics • mynorthwest.com
Gaza’s maternal and newborn health system ‘decimated’, UN warns

Gaza’s health system for mothers and newborns has been “decimated”, the UN said on Thursday, with Israeli attacks destroying almost all hospitals, cutting off medical supplies and driving sharp rises in maternal deaths, miscarriages and newborn fatalities amid mass displacement and hunger.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 1:09 PM EST • Health • news.un.org
Senate rejects ACA funding and a Republican alternative with premiums set to spike

Two bills failed to secure the necessary 60 votes to break a filibuster and advance Thursday. Congress has no deal ahead of a Dec. 31 deadline to avoid premium hikes under Obamacare.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 1:05 PM EST • Health • nbcnews.com
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Disney CEO Bob Iger Says OpenAI Deal Gives Entertainment Giant 'A Way In' to AI

The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI announced a deal Thursday that will make Disney characters available through the ChatGPT maker's image and video generation tools, and see Disney invest $1 billion in OpenAI.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 1:03 PM EST • Entertainment • investopedia.com
Google debuts 'Disco,' a Gemini-powered tool for making web apps from browser tabs

Google Labs is testing a product that will work with your browser tabs to make web apps for you.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 1:00 PM EST • Technology • techcrunch.com
The 20 most beloved restaurant chains in the US, according to Yelp

Yelp ranked the most popular restaurant chains in the country according to customer reviews.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 12:55 PM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
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Einstein was right: Time ticks faster on Mars, posing new challenges for future missions

Clocks on Mars tick faster by about 477 microseconds each Earth day, a new study suggests. This difference is significantly more than that for our moon, posing potential challenges for future crewed missions.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 12:50 PM EST • Science • livescience.com
Sports360, the newest immersive exhibition at the Science Center, opens this weekend

The 9,500-square-foot Sports360 exhibition is designed to immerse visitors in the science of athletic performance.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 12:40 PM EST • Science • kidsburgh.org
CBS Sports college football awards: Best player, coach, freshman from 2025 season

College football's best and brightest are honored after an incredible 2025 season

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Dec 11, 2025 • 12:33 PM EST • Sports • cbssports.com
Game Awards 2025 LIVE — latest leaks, rumors, predictions and all the build-up to the biggest night in gaming

Geoff Keighley’s Game Awards 2025 are almost here

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Dec 11, 2025 • 12:02 PM EST • Technology • tomsguide.com
Runway releases its first world model, adds native audio to latest video model

Runway debuts a physics-aware world model that simulates reality to train agents and power video, robotics and avatar applications.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 12:00 PM EST • Technology • techcrunch.com
A Philly restaurant came clean about its Health Department shutdown. Was that the right call?

Cafe Michelangelo’s management chose to explain, point by point, the issues that led the city to close it temporarily. The restaurant also has vowed to improve its sanitation practices.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 11:59 AM EST • Health • inquirer.com
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Asked about The Donald’s national security strategy, the Commons was remarkable for its absences

You’d think MPs would be lining up to decry the US president’s threat to destabilise Europe. Instead, only backbenchers and a few junior ministers bothered to turn up

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Dec 11, 2025 • 11:56 AM EST • Politics • theguardian.com
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Southwest Airlines eyes airport lounges business

For Southwest, having lounges would attract business and frequent flyer customers, who have grown accustomed to the perk at other carriers

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Dec 11, 2025 • 11:54 AM EST • Business • qz.com
NJ senator declares war on Dem ‘machine,’ pledges primary battles against old-guard power brokers

Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., breaks with the Democratic Party establishment, citing corruption concerns after state Sen. James Beach allegedly dismissed a constituent at a hearing.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 11:38 AM EST • Politics • foxnews.com
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A guide to self-employment tax for small business owners

Self-employment tax isn't an "extra" tax — it's the same payroll tax that was always there, now just fully visible to new small business owners.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 11:09 AM EST • Business • tax.thomsonreuters.com
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Spies Solar Wind ‘U-Turn’

Images captured by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe as the spacecraft made its record-breaking closest approach to the Sun in December 2024 have now revealed new

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Dec 11, 2025 • 11:06 AM EST • Science • science.nasa.gov
Thieves break into a Woodland Hills restaurant and tunnel into neighboring business
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Dec 11, 2025 • 10:34 AM EST • Business • cbsnews.com
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Bulgarian government resigns after mass protests

Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov says cabinet stepping down before parliament had been due to hold no-confidence vote.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 10:31 AM EST • Politics • aljazeera.com
Penske Entertainment establishes formal Independent Officiating Board for IndyCar

Comprised of three members tasked with presiding over the IndyCar Series and its Indy NXT development series, the IOB reports to a new non-profit entity, IndyCar Officiating, Inc, created by Penske Entertainment.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 10:26 AM EST • Entertainment • racer.com
CNBC Sport: Utah breaks the private equity seal with historic $500 million investment

Utah may have designed a template for other schools to bring in private capital to help fund their athletic programs.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 10:15 AM EST • Sports • cnbc.com
NASA’s Webb Detects Thick Atmosphere Around Broiling Lava World

Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have detected the strongest evidence yet for an atmosphere on a rocky planet outside our solar system, as

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Dec 11, 2025 • 10:00 AM EST • Science • science.nasa.gov
NFL Week 15 predictions: Our experts pick Bucs vs. Falcons and other top games

Here are our best bets for Packers vs. Broncos, Chargers vs. Chiefs and more NFL Week 15 games.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 9:46 AM EST • Sports • cbssports.com
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Walton family fortune: How American's richest family manages their wealth

America's richest family uses a model pioneered by the Rockefellers to manage their wealth.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 9:30 AM EST • Business • cnbc.com
The Hidden Toll of Holiday Stress on Women’s Health

A recent survey suggests a widening gut-health gap, with women—often the default planners and hosts—bearing the brunt of holiday strain.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 9:24 AM EST • Health • outsideonline.com
HR's big challenge with AI will force HR people to reinvent themselves

Workers fear AI, so one of HR's biggest challenges is getting workers to trust and adopt it by building credibility and addressing employee concerns.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 9:08 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
'Ozempic' For Cats Is Coming, And Vets Are Testing It on Overweight Pets

It's still very early days.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 9:00 AM EST • Science • sciencealert.com
Man Utd financial results: Cost-cutting having an impact in first quarter numbers for new financial year

Redundancies and other cost-cutting measures at Man Utd have been reflected in their latest quarterly financial results; there have been small losses that will not be significant for a business of their size; the results will also not affect their plans for the January transfer window

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Dec 11, 2025 • 9:00 AM EST • Sports • skysports.com
How the James Webb Telescope recorded the earliest supernova ever | - The Times of India

Science News: The James Webb Space Telescope has observed the universe's earliest supernova. This event offers a rare glimpse into the early universe. It shows how

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Dec 11, 2025 • 8:41 AM EST • Science • timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Libstar divests fresh mushroom business but keeps Denny brand

The South African company is retaining the Denny brand but licensing it to the buyer of the mushroom operations.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 8:32 AM EST • Business • just-food.com
NHL Rumors: 3 Blackhawks On Latest Trade Board
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Dec 11, 2025 • 8:23 AM EST • Sports • thehockeynews.com
Live updates: Trump administration, health care vote and latest Venezuela news
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Dec 11, 2025 • 8:19 AM EST • Health • cnn.com
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Live updates: Trump administration, health care vote and latest Venezuela news
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Dec 11, 2025 • 8:19 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Trump’s affordability argument just got the unlikeliest champion

The main reason Americans are upset about the economy: They are still adjusting to high prices that surged during years of runaway inflation that took place during former President Joe Biden’s term.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 8:00 AM EST • Business • cnn.com
Entertainment this week: Tahoe Live, Holly Jolly Stroll, Blü Egyptian and more!

Friday, December 12 Friday Night Music at Cottonwood Restaurant – 6:30-8:30 p.m., Cottonwood Restaurant & Bar, 10142 Rue Hilltop. Join us each Friday at Cottonwood Restaurant & Bar in Truckee for a fun night of...

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Dec 11, 2025 • 8:00 AM EST • Entertainment • sierrasun.com
House GOP axes $645M from funds aiding infrastructure, children, vets

House Republicans invoked a rarely used tool that allows a committee to deny administration requests to carry over funding from one year to the next.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 7:59 AM EST • Politics • freep.com
Trump administration live updates: U.S. Senate to vote on dueling health care bills; Indiana Senate to consider new maps

The Senate is expected to vote on a GOP health care proposal that aims to put money in health savings accounts, alongside a Democratic bill to extend expiring ACA tax credits.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 7:37 AM EST • Health • nbcnews.com
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Superbet Group becomes Super Technologies, shaping the future of digital entertainment ecosystems

BUCHAREST, Romania, Dec. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Superbet Group, a leading company in the global technology and entertainment space, announces its rebrand as Super Technologies. The new identity, which will be simply known as Super, reflects the company’s evolution, its expanded vision for the future, and its commitment to building innovative solutions for a rapidly changing world. At the same time, the company will continue to operate its commercial brands across existing territories, with

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Dec 11, 2025 • 7:15 AM EST • Entertainment • uk.finance.yahoo.com
Game Preview: Montreal Canadiens @ Pittsburgh Penguins 12/11/25

Who: Montreal Canadiens (15-11-3, 33 points, 4th place Atlantic Division) @ Pittsburgh Penguins (14-7-7, 35 points, 4th place Metropolitan Division) When: 7:00 p.m. eastern How to Watch: Broadcast locally Sportsnet Pittsburgh, streaming on ESPN+ Pens’ Path Ahead: The long homestand rolls on with matinee games at PPG Paints this weekend against San Jose (3pm on Saturday) and Utah […]

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Dec 11, 2025 • 7:15 AM EST • Sports • pensburgh.com
Senate to vote on 2 health care proposals. And, the latest U.S. move against Venezuela

The Senate is expected to vote on two opposing health care proposals today. And, the Trump administration says it has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela in its latest move in the region.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 7:14 AM EST • Health • npr.org
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U.S. seizes oil tanker amid tensions with Venezuela and health care disagreements plague the GOP: Morning Rundown

Plus, a test of AI-powered children's toys reveals a not so kid-friendly side.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 7:04 AM EST • Health • nbcnews.com
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This Week in Sports Trivia: December 11, 2025

How closely were you following the sports news this week? Find out and test your knowledge by taking The Athletic's weekly quiz.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Sports • nytimes.com
Penn State College of Ag Sciences to offer food science short courses

In 2026, food inspectors and sanitarians, quality assurance managers, food plant managers and food engineers can learn the latest developments in food science with short courses offered by Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • psu.edu
Outstanding Seniors in the College of Science: Dylan Weaver

The College of Science is proud to recognize 10 outstanding seniors who went above and beyond during their time as Wildcats. Dylan Weaver is this semester's recipient from Chemistry & Biochemistry.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • science.arizona.edu
Healthy disagreement | Latest US politics news from The Economist

The latest news in US politics, with coverage of Donald Trump’s second term.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 6:26 AM EST • Politics • economist.com
Analysis: The Civil Rights law that Stephen Miller says ruined America

Trump’s key aide thinks the country was better off with strict quotas that sought to preserve the racial makeup of the country in the 1920s and so favored immigrants from Western and Northern Europe over what he called “third world countries.”

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Dec 11, 2025 • 6:01 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
Ed and Linda Whitacre contribute $7M to support health research, engineering and athletics at UT San Antonio - UT San Antonio Today

The Whitacres’ continuous investment in UT San Antonio demonstrates how philanthropy can advance education, discovery and health.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 6:00 AM EST • Health • news.utsa.edu
How Many Triangular Faces Does a Hexagonal Bipyramid Have?

Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Dec. 11, 2025.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 5:55 AM EST • Science • slate.com
EXCLUSIVE: Prediction markets launch coalition amid sports betting fight

Several major prediction markets are forming a coalition to promote and defend their political interests amid a growing fight over sports betting, Axios has learned.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 5:45 AM EST • Sports • axios.com
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Devlin playing 'best football of his life'

With rival fans and a few pundits claiming the air had been seeping out of Hearts' bubble after a few dropped points, the victory over champions Celtic may make them reconsider their opinion. While the spotlight has been on Hearts' new recruits this season - the likes of Claudio Braga and Alexandros Kyziridis have claimed much of the attention - the standout player is now in his fifth season at Tynecastle. Few people had heard of Cammy Devlin when he joined the club in summer 2021.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 5:37 AM EST • Sports • bbc.com
A SWFL holiday entertainment preview

Whether you are a fan of musical theatre, improv or a classic symphony, Southwest Florida is home to some of the best holiday performances around.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 5:32 AM EST • Entertainment • wgcu.org
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Thirty Years of Onion Politics: Bosnia and Herzegovina on the 30th anniversary of the Dayton Peace Agreement

The Dayton Peace Agreement ended the Bosnian War, establishing the constitutional framework of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It achieved its immediate aim of ending direct violence, yet ended up creating a state apparatus that obstructs social equality and economic sovereignty. This Spotlight argues that the evaluation of its success must take two problems into account: the cementation of ethnic categories as foundational levels of governance and the resulting failure to address or transform war legacies; and the institutionalized international involvement undermining democratic self-determination.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 5:22 AM EST • Politics • blog.prif.org
'Best player in the Channel Islands' prepares for landmark game

'The best player in the Channel Islands' - Charlton Gauvain - prepares for his 200th game for Guernsey FC.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 5:12 AM EST • Sports • bbc.com
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Better Business Bureau: Scams impersonating Amazon, retailers during holidays

Randy Hutchinson, president of Better Business Bureau, educates consumers weekly about how to avoid scams and protect investments.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 5:02 AM EST • Business • jacksonsun.com
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Billionaires are spending massive sums on politics. A backlash brews.

An anti-oligarch protest in a small Indiana town shows the depth of the national backlash against the concentration of wealth and power.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 5:00 AM EST • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Lehigh Sports Central: Women's Wrestling

On the latest episode of Lehigh Sports Central, hear from Lehigh Women's Wrestling head coach Brazel Marquez and first year Genevieve An as they discuss the ...

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Dec 11, 2025 • 5:00 AM EST • Sports • lehighsports.com
Poppin' Tags Free Store owner extends mission with funds, new business

Sonya Dembowski remembers the moment she decided to begin her Poppin’ Tags Free Store in West Deer. She was driving through Coraopolis in the height of the pandemic shutdown. She remembers seeing piles of donations left outside a closed store. Dembowski later saw on the news that because the donations

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Dec 11, 2025 • 5:00 AM EST • Business • triblive.com
Cup of Cavs: News and links for Thursday, Dec. 11

This won’t be the best night for basketball.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 5:00 AM EST • Sports • fearthesword.com
‘A new era’: Miami voters resoundingly reject the city’s political dynasties

After Tuesday’s election, four out of five Miami commissioners are serving their first term in any elected office.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 5:00 AM EST • Politics • miamiherald.com
Mental health needs of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities can't be ignored

William Skipworth’s three-part investigation in the New Hampshire Bulletin has laid bare the ongoing traumas experienced by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The community’s response has been swift — shock, grief, and a collective demand for action to prevent future harm. As the dust settles, pressing questions are emerging about oversight and accountability: Which […]

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Dec 11, 2025 • 4:55 AM EST • Health • newhampshirebulletin.com
RWS Global entertains over 7.5 million guests at worldwide attractions this winter

The company has created more than 150 custom holiday experiences, including concept, decor, show production, casting and operations

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Dec 11, 2025 • 4:54 AM EST • Entertainment • blooloop.com
Is the universe ending sooner than we thought? New physics suggests a much shorter lifespan | - The Times of India

Science News: A groundbreaking study from Radboud University suggests the universe may end in approximately 10^78 years, significantly earlier than the previously assumed 10^1100 years. By revisiting Hawking radiation, researchers argue that all compact massive objects will evaporate, altering our understanding of cosmic lifespans.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 3:54 AM EST • Science • timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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UK Sports Cardiology helps marathoner back to chasing 50-state goal

After a midrace cardiac arrest, Brian Rice was advised not to run again. But with help from UK HealthCare’s Sports Cardiology Program, Rice is back chasing his dream of running a marathon in every state.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 3:00 AM EST • Sports • uknow.uky.edu
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🎧 Bournemouth 'will be hurt' if Semenyo leaves

Jordan Clarke was joined by former AFC Bournemouth defender Joe Partington on the Cherries: Unpicked podcast. Bournemouth's star attacker Antoine Semenyo has received interest from six Premier League clubs over a January move.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 2:56 AM EST • Sports • bbc.com
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Oracle shares slide as earnings fail to ease AI bubble fears

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

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Dec 11, 2025 • 2:34 AM EST • Science • theguardian.com
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Oracle shares slide as earnings fail to ease AI bubble fears

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

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Dec 11, 2025 • 2:34 AM EST • Business • theguardian.com
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High school basketball: Boys' and girls' scores from Wednesday

CIF City and Southern Section boys' and girls' basketball results from Wednesday.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 2:12 AM EST • Sports • latimes.com
Samsung makes progress on One UI 8.5 for Galaxy S23, Z Flip 6, and Z Fold 6

The first test firmware for the Galaxy S23 Ultra, Galaxy Z Flip 6, and the Galaxy Z Fold 6 have been spotted on Samsung's servers.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 12:52 AM EST • Technology • sammobile.com
Crooks: 11-0 ISU 'battle-tested' after win vs. Iowa

Audi Crooks had another huge game in leading No. 10 Iowa State past in-state rival and No. 11 Iowa on Wednesday. After the win, which kept the Cyclones undefeated at 11-0, Crooks said, "I feel like now we're officially battle-tested."

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Dec 11, 2025 • 12:35 AM EST • Sports • espn.com
Senate to question military leaders on Trump's National Guard deployments

The Senate is set to question military leaders over President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to American cities

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Dec 11, 2025 • 12:13 AM EST • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Analysis: What Trump’s latest dramatic Venezuela move means

The Trump administration’s seizure of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela is one of the most dramatic twists yet in a military pressure campaign against Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 12:06 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Social media and ADHD diagnosis, new mpox strain in England and early firestarters

Science editor Ian Sample sits down with co-host Madeleine Finlay to discuss three eye-catching stories from the week

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Dec 11, 2025 • 12:00 AM EST • Science • theguardian.com
No one is safe from the world’s next superbugs. Is this new science the solution?

Old antibiotics are losing effectiveness — and new ones aren’t being discovered fast enough. Our best hope to save lives may be AI.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 12:00 AM EST • Science • sfchronicle.com
The New WHO Pandemic Treaty and Global Health Governance: Incorporating Common but Differentiated Responsibilities into PABS  - Georgetown Journal of International Affairs

On May 20, 2025, the World Health Assembly unanimously adopted the World Health Organization (WHO) Pandemic Agreement, an international treaty designed to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response. The product of three years of arduous negotiations, the treaty marks a new era of global cooperation in public health. However, core aspects of the agreement remain unresolved—notably the Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) System, which is intended to ensure equitable access to pandemic-related materials and benefits. To support the successful implementation of the WHO Pandemic Agreement, the principle of “common but differentiated responsibilities” should be formally incorporated into the negotiating agenda of the PABS annex. Introduction For the first time, an international treaty has enshrined the principle of “One Health,” the compelling idea that the health of animals, humans, and the environment all contribute to pandemic risks. SARS (2003), H1N1 (2009–10), Ebola (2014–16), and COVID-19 all emerged through zoonotic spillover from animal hosts—respectively, civets, hogs, and bats. Together, they underscore the need for a coordinated, cross-sectoral approach. The Pandemic Agreement responds to this call, requiring state parties to acknowledge the ecological interplay and commit to a comprehensive “One Health” strategy. Specifically, Article 5 charges governments to address “the drivers of pandemics and the emergence and re-emergence of infectious disease at the human-animal-environment interface,” including wild animal markets, deforestation, and antibiotic overuse. Yet the effectiveness of this “One Health” vision depends equally on the free flow of scientific information and data among countries and institutions. Just as environmental and animal health factors have been neglected in past global frameworks, so too has data sharing been marginalized, despite its centrality to timely detection and response. The Pandemic Agreement takes an important step by requiring governments to enhance data collection and cooperate with the World Health Organization (WHO). However, these provisions will remain aspirational without a robust Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) annex. The PABS system will determine whether countries and researchers can rapidly exchange pathogen samples and genetic data while ensuring equitable access to resulting research and development, including diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines. Without such mechanisms, the treaty’s promise to operationalize “One Health” and strengthen global preparedness will risk becoming largely symbolic, echoing earlier failures to translate shared principles into coordinated action. Equity Concerns When the 2025 Health Assembly adopted the Pandemic Agreement, it left the difficult question of access to pathogens and the sharing of resulting benefits to be addressed in a separate agreement. Negotiations on this separate agreement, PABS, are now underway in Geneva. Yet governments remain divided over fundamental questions of equity between the countries that primarily contribute to the system and those that primarily draw from it—and consequently benefit. For example, wildlife in countries bordering the equator is likely to produce PABS materials, but companies in Europe are likely to use them to develop lucrative products. The most likely contributor countries are likely to be those biodiverse countries around the equator, such as Brazil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Indonesia, where the number of human-mammalian viral host interactions is large. Conversely, countries most likely to benefit from this material are those with the technology, investors, and infrastructure to capitalize on genomic data, such as the United States, EU member states, and Japan. This imbalance reflects a broader pattern seen in prior international frameworks. Now, as in the past, the wealthiest countries in the world (a useful heuristic is membership of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)) disproportionately benefit from systems in which pathogens and genomic sequencing data are contributed to a common source. Under the International Agreement on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (the “Plant Treaty” or “Seed Treaty”) and the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (PIP) Framework, companies from Europe and North America disproportionately withdraw biological samples and data for development into lucrative medical products. Their governments and companies have both statutory and contractual claims to the products that those companies correspondingly produce. PABS appears poised to follow the same pattern. The text calls for strong language on access to pathogens and associated data, but the corresponding benefits that should flow to poorer countries are couched in equivocal or non-binding language. Common but Differentiated Responsibilities To address these inequities, the principle of “common but differentiated responsibilities” should be formally incorporated into the negotiating agenda of the PABS annex. Common but differentiated responsibilities are often a feature of climate change negotiations. The basic principle is that, even though all countries should reduce carbon emissions, governments that became rich and powerful through massive carbon emissions (e.g., France, the United Kingdom, the United States) should have a greater obligation to address the resulting crises. Applied to PABS, it would require that governments hosting and supporting companies developing lucrative products carry greater obligations toward the cost of running the PABS system; share benefits or final medical products; and transfer technology to help countries worldwide develop their own capacities to innovate and manufacture vaccines during an emergency. For example, an annex could mandate that any company based in an OECD country that withdraws PABS material would be obligated to donate the resulting diagnostics, therapeutics, or vaccines to the WHO during a public health emergency or pandemic. Questions remain about how robust those donations would be, but the principle is that they should deliver highly significant lifesaving benefits to be equitably shared. Theoretically, this approach mirrors the PIP Framework, in which companies withdrawing influenza samples are required to pay half of the operating costs. In practice, however, the framework has fallen short. The PIP Framework Secretariat has struggled to secure payments from companies, with companies often disagreeing over how much is owed. Additionally, without another pandemic influenza to test the strength of the agreement during a public health emergency, corporate compliance with sharing mechanisms remains unknown. Even if these limitations did not characterize the PIP Framework, partially paying for operating expenses does not address the inequity in access to genetic data and pathogen samples that left less developed countries last in line for COVID-19 vaccines (and, before them, H1N1). Common but differentiated responsibilities would go further, addressing governments’ legitimate grievances regarding information sharing. It would make withdrawals of PABS material and resulting products more transparent, building trust across the board. Enforcement and Enduring Success A key implication of this approach is that the governing mechanism of the PABS must have real enforcement authority. The WHO Pandemic Agreement delegates its core governance responsibilities to a Conference of the Parties (COP)—a governing body composed of one representative from each participating government, similar to those established under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. The proposed WHO Pandemic Agreement COP is charged with oversight functions but ultimately possesses no real authority to compel a government to take any action it does not wish to take. The text does not give the COP the ability to, for example, sanction a party that does not comply with either textual obligations or PABS provisions. In other words, there are no effective mechanisms in place to ensure compliance. Perhaps just as significant, establishing a meaningful enforcement mechanism within the PABS system would strengthen the WHO’s credibility and its ability to ensure compliance across global health governance. By setting a precedent for accountability, such a mechanism could enhance the organization’s authority not only within the Pandemic Agreement but also in enforcing the revised International Health Regulations and other frameworks for public health emergencies. Conclusion The PABS annex can—and should—be different. It should establish clear responsibilities for funding as well as for sharing the diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines that result from contributions to the system. The system, in turn, must include a dedicated body empowered to hold governments and the corporations they sponsor accountable for their responsibilities before, during, and after pandemics. Doing so would restore trust in the broader agreement, which was eroded as commitments were repeatedly diluted while parties scrambled to meet their own self-imposed deadlines during the Pandemic Agreement negotiations. A robust PABS Annex would cement a grand social bargain. Wealthier countries and their corporations would gain unimpeded access to scientific information essential for developing and manufacturing lifesaving medical products. As such, they would stand to gain considerable economic benefit. Yet that privilege must be matched with responsibility. The grand bargain must include not only the right to innovate, but also the duty to ensure that innovation serves all. As medical products are developed and produced through collective contributions, every person must have equal access. All human beings deserve an equitable chance to survive—to save their own life, the lives of their families, and the well-being of their communities. … Sam Halabi, JD, MPhil, is the Bette Jacobs Endowed Professor at Georgetown University’s School of Health and the Director of the Center for Transformational Health Law at Georgetown Law. He serves as the co-lead for the WHO’s Working Group on Regulatory Consideration on AI and Health’s training workstream. He earned his JD from Harvard, his MPhil from Oxford, and undergraduate degrees from Kansas State University. Lawrence Gostin, LLD (Hon.), JD, BA, is University Distinguished Professor and Founding Director and Timothy and Linda O’Neill Professor of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law. He is the author of Global Health Security: A Blueprint for the Future (Harvard University Press, 2021); Global Health Law (Harvard University Press, 2014); Public Health Law: Power, Duty, Restraint (University of California Press, 3rd ed., 2016); Public Health Law and Ethics: A Reader (University of California Press, 3rd ed., 2018); Law and the Health System (Foundation Press, 2014); Principles of Mental Health Law & Practice (Oxford University Press, 2010). He also directs the WHO Collaborating Center at Georgetown University. Image Credit: United States Mission Geneva, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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