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Nintendo Just Quietly Became a 2026 GOTY Powerhouse

The hits keep stacking up

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Aug 8 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • polygon.com
Why a child’s stuffed bunny is blowing up a political race

Many seemed reluctant to take sides in an Ohio congressman’s divorce marked by accusations of abuse, but then came the allegation he had withheld his daughter’s sleep buddy.

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Aug 8 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
New CSS Attacks Can Break Webmail Defenses to Steal Passwords and Tokens

Outlook CSS techniques can spoof Microsoft sign-in and capture passwords, while Gmail image-set() can trigger external requests from malicious email c

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Aug 8 • 4:03 AM EDT • Technology • thehackernews.com
Eureka Science Museum seeks local artists for outdoor murals

Museum looks to bring STEAM subjects to life along playground walls

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Aug 7 • 8:22 PM EDT • Science • kkco11news.com
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Eureka Science Museum seeks local artists for outdoor murals

Museum looks to bring STEAM subjects to life along playground walls

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Aug 7 • 7:59 PM EDT • Science • kjct8.com
Delaware expands health care access with new laws giving pharmacists, dental hygienists more responsibilities

A trip to the pharmacy could soon look different for Delaware patients. Governor Matt Meyer recently signed a package of healthcare legislation aimed at expanding access to care.

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Aug 7 • 5:18 PM EDT • Health • wboc.com
Pokémon's Newest DLC Still Falls Short of Palworld In One Major Way

At least my Pals care enough to help

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Aug 7 • 3:09 PM EDT • Technology • polygon.com
PhillyGoat lets you wear home team pride for all Philly sports

PhillyGoat is an apparel brand that pays homage to the founders' belief that the city of Philadelphia is the 'greatest of all time'. Brothers Ryan, Brett, and Patrick Cassidy were born in Philly and raised in Delco, and share a lifelong love of sports.

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Aug 7 • 1:27 PM EDT • Sports • 6abc.com
Blizzard Officially Reveals Overwatch's Newest Hero, D.Mon, with First Gameplay

D.Mon joins D.Va on D.Roster of Overwatch

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Aug 7 • 12:00 PM EDT • Technology • polygon.com
App Store Rejection of the Week: Dark Hours

https://blog.terrygodier.com/2026/08/07/browsers-have-standards-the-app.html

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Aug 7 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • daringfireball.net
Uberaba Geopark: A time capsule from the Late Cretaceous period nestled in Brazil's tropical savanna

Uberaba Geopark, also known as the "Land of the Giants," is a region in Brazil's Cerrado biome that preserved thousands of prehistoric fossils.

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Aug 7 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • livescience.com
Splatoon Raiders' August Update Introduces the Change Most Requested by Players

No more trouble with the tank's limiter!

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Aug 7 • 6:51 AM EDT • Technology • polygon.com
AI found a weakness in one of the world's most studied encryption systems — is your data under threat?

No, AI hasn't cracked the encryption protecting your bank account. But experts say Anthropic's latest research could change how tomorrow's cryptography is tested.

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Aug 7 • 5:30 AM EDT • Science • livescience.com
Legendary sports broadcaster laid off following battle with cancer

Longtime Bay Area sports broadcaster Greg Papa has been let go by KNBR just over a year after being diagnosed with cancer.

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Aug 6 • 4:18 PM EDT • Sports • cleveland.com
TSUS Regents approve creation of Ingram College of Engineering, College of Science at Texas State

The Texas State University System Board of Regents approved creating the Ingram College of Engineering and the College of Science, positioning TXST to expand research, innovation and student success.

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Aug 6 • 3:12 PM EDT • Science • news.txst.edu
Blue Origin narrowing in on root cause of catastrophic rocket accident

The anomaly originated at the main oxygen valve on one of the BE-4 engines."

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Aug 6 • 2:20 PM EDT • Technology • arstechnica.com
Onimusha: Way of the Sword Preview Teases More Capcom 2026 Domination

This is the way (of the sword)

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Aug 6 • 11:00 AM EDT • Technology • polygon.com
Blue Origin blames New Glenn fireball on engine oxygen valve

Small modifications under way as Bezos's rocket biz races to rebuild pad and fly again this year

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Aug 6 • 9:18 AM EDT • Technology • theregister.com
Butterfly lilies wing their way to Science

Many animals and plants show left-right differences in how their bodies or organs are arranged, but we still know little about how such asymmetries evolve or how genes control them in natural populations. Mirror-image flowers, in which female and male sex organs are deflected to opposite sides in left- and right-handed forms, provide a notable example of such asymmetry. Here, we studied South African butterfly lilies, where individual plants produce only left- or right-handed flowers. Their mirror-image flowers promote outcrossing by depositing pollen from each floral form onto a specific region of a pollinator’s body that matches the stigma position of the opposite form. This suggests that selection for efficient pollen transfer between forms maintains this natural polymorphism. Our work uncovers a hemizygous supergene that coordinates the left-right orientation of female and male sex organs in mirror-image flowers by linking two independently acting genes for style and stamen handedness in a single, nonrecombining genomic segment. This architecture ensures the coinheritance of a matched pair of organ orientations that is essential for efficient cross-pollination between floral forms. At the developmental level, we show that floral handedness emerges from the interaction between an intrinsic tissue chirality and a gravitropic response that orients the style and median stamen relative to gravity. Together, these findings reveal how a supergene, hormone and microRNA signaling, tissue chirality, and an external physical cue combine to produce and maintain a stable left-right polymorphism in natural plant populations.

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Aug 6 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • eurekalert.org
Pokémon Pokopia's new DLC finally reveals which universe the game is set in

A shared universe between spin-off games

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Aug 6 • 5:22 AM EDT • Technology • polygon.com
Perez Hilton, a medical emergency and how fans stepped in

In the age of social media, mental health crises are playing out differently. Perez Hilton's fans are one example.

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Aug 6 • 5:09 AM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
Halo remake isn't doing so hot on PS5 compared to Black Ops ports

Two old Call of Duty games are outselling the new Halo remake at more than 30:1.

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Aug 5 • 2:53 PM EDT • Technology • polygon.com
Living Magnets: Meet the Bacteria That Can Sense Earth's Magnetic Field

Long before animals evolved magnetic navigation, bacteria were using microscopic compasses to thrive in a world of varied oxygen levels.

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Aug 5 • 12:29 PM EDT • Science • iflscience.com
Untold Sports Documentary Series Returns with Vince Young, Raygun, and Mr. T

Acclaimed docuseries highlights college football legend, viral Olympic breakdancer, and cultural icon.

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Aug 5 • 12:05 PM EDT • Sports • netflix.com
Marvel Rivals season 9.5 will finally address a growing issue with NetEase's hero shooter

Season 9.5 brings a long overdue fix for Marvel Rivals' ballooning file size

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Aug 5 • 10:35 AM EDT • Technology • polygon.com
Mario Lopez faces backlash for posting, then deleting, an unsettling AI-generated video of his niece

Mario Lopez is in the hot seat for sharing an AI-generated video depicting his niece, Kalia Wong, eating two hot dogs at a Dodgers game in a manner many fans found disturbing.

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Aug 5 • 12:16 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Baldur's Gate 3 devs share more wild statistics, like what NPCs died the most

Also: Behold, Bald Lae'zel

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Aug 4 • 4:44 PM EDT • Technology • polygon.com
Steam meme game made in days almost turns teen into a millionaire

Even after refunds, a surprising number of people kept the expensive game on Valve's platform

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Aug 4 • 4:10 PM EDT • Technology • polygon.com
MrBeast Sales Slow, Angel Stock Falls, MUBI and Neon Look for Hits, and Will an NBA Franchise Set a Sales Record?

(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) You probably remember egg prices spiking a few years ago. This led to a lot of debate between the pro-market/pro-competition/antitrust/Neo-Brandesian crowd and the center/center-right/center-left/abundance/libertarian crowd over the cause, whether it was the avian flu outbreak or whether industry consolidation led to price fixing, using avian flu as a convenient cover. Basel Musharbash wrote a whole investigation at BIG looking at it. Well, two years later, we have our answer: it was price fixing. The Justice Department found proof, via emails, of price fixing. Indeed, just the threat of an investigation brought prices down two years ago: I bring this up because at least half a dozen of my favorite political writers and pundits, who were skeptical about price fixing at the time, haven’t written any mea culpas on this issue. It’s really dispiriting and makes it much, much harder to trust their work on other issues. If you take a hard stand on an issue, then you get it wrong, you need to explain how and why you got it wrong. Or update your priors. This is how epistemological bubbles are formed! All of which is to say, it’s time for another installment of “What I Got Right, What I Got Wrong”. Last issue, I mostly focused on the “wrong” side of the equation, so today’s is a bit more balanced, but with one big mea culpa (though I still stand by my original concerns). Let’s dive right in! Subscribe CORRECTION: UFC Didn’t Release Subscriber Data (But Seems to Have Bragged About It Internally) In my analysis of the viewership of UFC Freedom 250, I wrote... “Paramount has also released datecdotes bragging about their subscriber numbers. Earlier this year, they claimed that the first UFC fight on Paramount+ brought in 1 million subscribers.” Well, that datecdote did not come from a PR rep, but from great reporting from James Faris at Business Insider. The actual quote was this: “Paramount’s flagship streaming service generated about a million new subscribers on the day of its first-ever UFC event, Paramount product chief Dane Glasgow told employees in a town hall on Tuesday morning, three staffers who attended the meeting told Business Insider.“ This wasn’t the biggest goof in the world; even Faris emphasized to me that this is more a “clarification” than a correction. Still, it sounds like, internally, the folks at Paramount were very happy about this result—and I’m guessing they were happy with this news getting out—even though the gains didn’t last through the quarter, dropping to 700K adds. RIGHT: MrBeast’s Struggles Continue... I’m very skeptical about MrBeast’s burgeoning media “empire” and, in particular, its $5 billion valuation, as I wrote earlier this year and last year. Sure enough, according to Business Insider, regarding its “booming” consumer products division_:_ “US sales volume grew 13% year-over-year in 2025, following a 33% leap the previous year, according to a presentation deck dated May 2026....A February 2025 investor deck viewed by Business Insider showed Feastables’ net revenue more than doubled in 2024 from 2023, to $215 million, and was forecast to grow 74% in 2025, to $375 million.” [Emphasis mine.] If you told investors that you projected 74% growth but delivered 13%,1 that’s not ideal. But it’s not just MrBeast. Logan Paul and KSI’s Prime had sales drop in half for their energy drinks. It’s one thing to build a successful entertainment company and an entirely different thing to succeed in the heavily-consolidated-but-also-very-competitive consumer packaged goods space! CPGs are dominated by a few firms with very wide moats compared to YouTube, which has few barriers to entry. These businesses require different skill sets and have completely different business environments. WRONG: Does the NBA Have an $8 Billion Bidder? Almost as soon as I published my article about the NBA’s finances, casting skepticism on NBA expansion, I saw this Front Office Sports headline: One group “claims to have already raised $8 billion” for the Vegas expansion team. I mean, wow. That’s just $2 billion less than what the Los Angeles Lakers were valued at when they were sold just last year. And they’re arguably the most popular team in the NBA. (Side note: the new owner is now under an investigation for fraud in how he went about financing the Lakers and the Dodgers purchases.) So much for the “dried up” language I used in that article. (This is why I usually stick to my “Entertainment Nuance Guy” tone in articles...) I went off old information—from April, when I read/heard about the NBA downplaying expansion efforts—instead of doing a quick double-check for new news. That said...if you read the article, the market for Seattle is “slow”, with just one reported bidder. So I wasn’t entirely off. This goof has annoyed me since I first published it, mainly because it undercut that article’s real point, which I stand by: NBA franchises are really overvalued right now. Now, I get why NBA teams are overvalued. When it comes to owning sports teams, it’s basically never wrong to assume that some rich person somewhere will care more about owning a team (or just being part of a group since they’re so expensive) than the actual financials. There are only so many teams to own, and opportunities to buy in preferred markets don’t come along very often. This explains why the teams sell for such high multiples (usually above a 10 to 12.5 revenue multiple, which is very high). You only need one person to overpay! Beyond the ultra-wealthy luxury good explanation, I worry NBA teams are becoming speculative assets. More and more private equity investors are buying into NBA teams. But the value, in owning a team, comes from selling it later, not any meaningful relationship to revenue or profit growth. In other words, the newer NBA owners are increasingly expecting someone later to buy their inflated asset. That’s not sound economics; that’s the “greater fool” theory at work.2 At some point, actually making money has to matter. Especially since revenue growth is now below the growth of the stock market. (And this matters because the NBA doesn’t have easy levers to pull to drastically lower their costs—half of their revenue has to go to players and then you actually have to run a team, including coaching, training, travel, media expenses, and more—or raise revenues aside from one-off expansions in America and overseas.) I just don’t see how investors make their money back buying NBA teams, except for selling at a higher price later on down the line. But if revenue/profit growth continues to slow, at some point, someone will be left holding the bag. RIGHT: Baseball and Basketball are about equally popular. Related to the above, I wanted to cite two quick pieces of evidence for one of my other theories: that the NBA and MLB are about as popular as each other, but the NBA gets much, much better media coverage. One YouGov survey has that fans prefer basketball to baseball by 52% to 48%, which I’m guessing is within the margin of error for that poll. That’s virtually even, meaning they’re about the same popularity. Over on NBC, a recent Red Sox-Yankees game averaged 4 million viewers, higher than Sunday Night Basketball’s average of 3.4 million on the same network. A Yankees-Dodgers game averaged 3.9 million two weeks ago. Not every game averages this much, but it shows you that baseball isn’t far off from basketball, depending on the matchup. Altogether, the NBA is just slightly more popular than baseball, but NBC is paying MLB a fraction of what they pay the NBA, a point I’ve made before. RIGHT: Angel, MUBI and Neon Updates... I’ve long been skeptical about many of Hollywood’s buzziest startups/smaller indie studios. It’s not that they don’t make great movies—films like Anora and Everything Everywhere All at Once are amazing—or that they’re not (rightfully) pushing the majors to make better films, but...they get a ton of hype, and that hype often doesn’t live up to the reality or difficulty in scaling up. Starting with MUBI, well, The Wall Street Journal wrote a feature on MUBI’s struggles last April, best summarized by the subheader “After Sequoia valued Mubi at $1 billion, a left-wing revolt sent the indie film company into a tailspin”. MUBI lost $7.3 million on $200 million in revenue in Q4 2025, but reportedly hit a record 1.7 million subscribers at the end of Q1. As for Neon, Department M purchased a “significant stake” in the company earlier this year. How much is that “stake” worth? According to Deadline, “No financial figures for the Neon-Department M deal were disclosed.” So...that’s not great! If it was a big valuation, we’d hear about. Also, I found this curious: “Both Neon and Department M already have separate partnerships with Qatar. The Qatar Film Committee has a slate deal in place with the former, and a biopic production pact with the latter.” Color me skeptical about much Middle Eastern investment dollars. See: LIV Golf. Finally, as for Angel (formerly Angel Studios), their stock very, very slightly popped last month after Young Washington ($20 million budget) which made $45 million in the US, but their stock is still way down from its opening. Smaller Updates RIGHT: The WGA should focus on antitrust concerns! I’ve been on this for years. Post-WGA/AMTPT deal in 2023, I wrote an article for the Ankler calling on the WGA to focus and organize against industry consolidation. Sure enough, the WGA filed a lawsuit against the Paramount-WBD merger, and people are organizing around this issue now. I wish this energy had coalesced earlier (specifically to lobby Washington much earlier), but better late than never! WRONG: Actually, the chip shortage might be due to market manipulation. In my last “Long Reads for the Long Summer” article, I shared an article about how LLMs are causing memory chip prices to spike, which will make all electronics more expensive. Well, turns out, three RAM manufacturers control 90% of the market, and now a private lawsuit accuses them of price-fixing. So yeah. WRONG/UPDATE: The Odyssey will hold! Two weeks ago, I wrote, “As of this moment, we haven’t had a super-blockbuster, though The Odyssey, Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Avengers: Doomsday could all cross the $500 million mark. (At this point, The Odyssey would need a very strong hold to get there.)” Well, it’s safe to say it’s going to have that hold! It only dropped 30% in weekend two and IMAX screenings are sold out all month. Spider-Man: Brand New Day is also off to a great start. RIGHT: People are rushing to get shows out yearly. I’ve long been bullish on yearly, weekly-released shows, and Leslie Goldberg at The Ankler wrote about how many people in town are now listening. WRONG: Mark Carney reverses Canada’s stance on homegrown production. After writing about Canada installing domestic production quotas, Canada has backed off. WRONG: I don’t trust Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s online “views”. When I originally wrote about the latest Spider-Man film’s record-breaking trailer, I thought this was just YouTube views, but after watching this Corridor Crew video and doing more research, well, it’s all social views of the trailer globally. Really? That stat includes TikTok, Reels and YouTube Shorts views. Basically, I don’t trust it anymore. (This film will probably set record, but I trust the pre-sales data more.) RIGHT: Celebrity Production companies are still struggling. I’ve written about this for years, but the company that I didn’t track was Kevin Hart’s HartBeat, which was valued at $650 million but is struggling now and might just end soon, especially after Kevin Hart pulled his endorsement deals. And Bad Robot is moving to NYC. CORRECTION: SpongeBob is a “second run” title. In my 2025 recap article, I had _SpongeBob SquarePants_labelled as a “library” title, when it is still a “second run” show, with new episodes still coming out on Nickelodeon. CORRECTION: In my last “What I Got Right, What I Got Wrong” update, I offered a correction from Doug Creutz and misspelled TD Cowen. Thanks, Grammarly! 1 Though he could have increased prices to make up for the gap, he couldn’t have increased them that much. 2 There’s a theory, which I think that Daryl Morey created and Bill Simmons popularized, that, to be successful building your team, you only need a handful of bad GMs in the league to take advantage of. To be clear, Daryl Morey’s theory was also for signing bad contracts, that you could always get out of bad contracts. Basically, there’s always someone who will make a bad trade. It’s not the same exact thing, but similar enough to the Greater Fool Theory that I really like it.

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Aug 4 • 11:55 AM EDT • Entertainment • entertainment.substack.com
David Ellison says court fight over Warner Bros. is about his politics, CNN

The Paramount Skydance CEO defended his deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery and said he’s voted for Democrats and Republicans and held liberal and conservative values.

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Aug 4 • 10:20 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
3 officials rescind endorsements in Mass. Senate race

Here’s a political rarity: Three local elected officials are taking back their endorsement of an incumbent in the stretch run before the election.

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Aug 4 • 6:19 AM EDT • Politics • bostonglobe.com
Former GOP Sen. Jeff Flake backs Jon Ossoff, saying ‘character matters’

The Arizona Republican has been one of the loudest critics of President Donald Trump. He says Ossoff's character outweighs any policy disagreements they might have.

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Aug 4 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • ajc.com
Aug. 4 Home Entertainment Releases Include 'Evil Dead Burn' Digitally, 'Talladega Nights' 4K Steelbook

The slate of new releases for Aug. 4 includes Evil Dead Burn, Lucky Strike, The Isolate Thief and LifeHACK digitally, while Talladega Nights gets a 20th anniversary 4K Steelbook. New Line’s Evil Dead Burn will be available for premium digital rental and sale Aug. 4 from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment. In the latest entry in the “Evil Dead” … Continue reading "Aug. 4 Home Entertainment Releases Include ‘Evil Dead Burn’ Digitally, ‘Talladega Nights’ 4K Steelbook"

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Aug 4 • 3:07 AM EDT • Entertainment • mediaplaynews.com
Magic just revealed 25 wild cards in Mystery Booster Commander

After months of mystery, the set's original commanders are finally coming into focus.

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Aug 3 • 4:00 PM EDT • Technology • polygon.com
More Pokémon Pokopia DLC and update news revealed

Pokémon Pokopia DLC and free update include game-changing quality-of-life additions

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Aug 3 • 3:27 PM EDT • Technology • polygon.com
Full Mystery Booster Commander Edition Details, New Cards Revealed

See all the new cards coming in Mystery Booster Commander Edition

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Aug 3 • 12:28 PM EDT • Technology • articles.starcitygames.com
Google Password Manager Attacks Could Let Malware Hijack Passkey-Protected Accounts

Unit 42 details three Chrome passkey attack paths that could let Windows malware bypass verification or recover synced private keys after compromise.

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Aug 3 • 12:24 PM EDT • Technology • thehackernews.com
2026 officially has an unexpected new GOTY frontrunner

The co-op game is currently the best reviewed new release of 2026

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Aug 3 • 11:36 AM EDT • Technology • polygon.com
2026’s best multiplayer game, properly reviewed by multiple players

This is Big Walk – it's big... but no simple walk

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Aug 3 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • polygon.com
'House of the Dragon' fans have a theory about how Sunfyre came back from the dead

Intriguing.

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Aug 3 • 8:29 AM EDT • Entertainment • mashable.com
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Divinity fan discovers massive secret hiding in the game's trailer

The Lord of Chaos is coming

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Aug 3 • 5:51 AM EDT • Technology • polygon.com
St. Edward High School

St. Edward High School, a Catholic school in the Holy Cross tradition, educates the hearts and minds of a diverse group of young men to have the competence to see and the courage to act as men of hope for the transformation of the world.

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Aug 3 • 5:00 AM EDT • Business • crainscleveland.com
Twins vs Mariners Highlights ⚾️ MLB on FOX

Watch the best highlights between the Minnesota Twins and the Seattle Mariners.

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Aug 2 • 7:33 PM EDT • Sports • foxsports.com
Remember Pokemon Ruby? Game Boy Advance Remake Is on the Way

Though it won't support using vintage cartridges, the Android handheld will enable emulation of classic console titles, while retaining the general look and feel of the 2001 Nintendo handheld.

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Aug 2 • 9:14 AM EDT • Technology • pcmag.com
Henry Winkler says just 1 ‘Happy Days’ actor let fame go to his head

Henry Winkler says that the set of ‘Happy Days’ was completely ego-free — except for one recurring guest star who didn’t get the memo.

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Aug 1 • 5:20 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
The Chicks crack joke about Mitch McConnell’s ongoing absence during New Jersey concert

The Chicks singer Natalie Maines cracked a joke about Mitch McConnell’s ongoing absence from the Senate during the band’s show in Atlantic City.

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Aug 1 • 1:38 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Halo: Campaign Evolved post-credits scene sets up a twist for Xbox

Here comes the trilogy

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Aug 1 • 11:00 AM EDT • Technology • polygon.com
NASA’s Curiosity rover finds a mysterious honeycomb landscape on Mars

NASA’s Curiosity rover has entered a Martian valley covered by an astonishing “sea” of tiny polygon-shaped fractures. The honeycomb patterns, each only a few inches wide, stretch across the landscape and even wrap around a nearby 20-foot-tall butte.

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Aug 1 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Chile declares health alert for hantavirus

The Chile Ministry of Health issued a Health Alert for hantavirus and other diseases, such as some arboviruses and avian influenza. This is the first time this measure has been taken and it will be in effect until July 31, 2027 and it extends from the Atacama region to the Magallanes region. “Hantavirus causes a disease that is endemic to Chile, transmitted by the long-tailed pygmy rice rat that lives in rural and semi-rural areas throughout almost the entire country. As a ministry, we are constantly monitoring its behavior and are very concerned and actively working because this year the virus's lethality has increased, and for this reason, we decided to declare this alert. As of last week, there were 46 confirmed cases and 18 deaths, representing a 39% lethality rate,” reported the Undersecretary of Public Health, Dr. Alejandra Pizarro. Cases have occurred in the regions of Valparaíso, Metropolitan, O'Higgins, Maule, Ñuble, Biobío, La Araucanía, Los Ríos, Los Lagos, and Aysén. By comparison, in 2025, there were 44 infections and eight deaths (18% case fatality rate). The health alert, which is preventative and prepared, will allow for the granting of extraordinary powers in the event of serious health emergencies to strengthen surveillance, ensure timely resource management, hire specialized personnel, implement health control measures, and expedite the acquisition of supplies through direct procurement. The alert does not imply that there is an ongoing epidemic or that the healthcare system is overwhelmed. Subscribe to Outbreak News TV on YouTube “Hantavirus is not exclusively a summer virus, as the long-tailed pygmy rice rat is present year-round. Therefore, we urge everyone to take extreme precautions: avoid touching rodents, ventilate homes before entering if they have been closed, clean unused spaces with water and bleach, and keep garbage covered and food stored away. Furthermore, it is crucial to be aware of the symptoms: fever, intense muscle pain, and difficulty breathing. If someone experiences these symptoms and has been in rural or semi-rural areas where the long-tailed pygmy rice rat may have been present, they should immediately go to a health center and inform the medical staff so that a hantavirus diagnosis can be considered promptly,” the official added. Since December 2025, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has maintained an epidemiological alert due to the rise in hantavirus cases throughout the Southern Cone, and that the Ministry of Health had an epidemiological alert in place since November of last year. Chile eliminates leprosy As mentioned above, the Health Alert decree also covers diseases transmitted by the Aedes aegypti, Aedes vexans, and Anopheles pseudopunctipennis mosquitoes, such as dengue and Zika, which, according to the alert, “have a high epidemic potential, which could generate high demand and overload for health facilities.” For these diseases, the alert is in effect from Arica to Los Ríos. The authority stressed that it is essential to prevent mosquitoes from breeding in stagnant water and to monitor any suspected cases of people arriving from abroad infected with any of these diseases, in order to prevent any of these vectors from biting a sick person and starting to spread the disease. In the case of avian influenza, the alert was extended to the entire country, because unlike other years, the disease has been concentrated in wild and farm birds, not in poultry farms, increasing the risk of exposure for people. Outbreak News Today is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe

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Aug 1 • 7:41 AM EDT • Health • outbreaknewstoday.substack.com
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Giuseppe Costanzo, onetime phantom candidate, says he's finished with politics

Former phantom State Senate candidate Giuseppe Costanzo said today that he has no plans to seek public office again and declined to identify who recruited

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Jul 31 • 4:53 PM EDT • Politics • newjerseyglobe.com
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls releases final trailer featuring a quip-happy Deadpool

The last trailer for Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls gives us a look at the

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Jul 31 • 1:41 PM EDT • Technology • polygon.com
Stellar Blade: Blood Rain music video roasted for being "AI slop"

Shift Up's courting controversy over its Stellar Blade sequel for all-new reasons

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Jul 31 • 1:25 PM EDT • Technology • polygon.com
The TACO moments that have defined Trump’s second term so far

‘Trump Always Chickens Out’ has become a common refrain whenever the president backs off from one of his characteristically bombastic threats or promises

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Jul 31 • 12:44 PM EDT • Politics • theweek.com
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Giants Now: CBS Sports' top 100 players in NFL history

The news of the day for Giants fans on Friday, July 31, 2026.

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Jul 31 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • giants.com
Casio's Tiny Ring Watch Is Now a Full-Blown Oura Alternative

The CRW-H001 can track heart rate, blood oxygen, and sleep and vibrate when you receive a notification.

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Jul 30 • 3:30 PM EDT • Technology • gizmodo.com
Where to find Issa Rae Brooklyn tickets for Sept. 17 at Brooklyn Paramount
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Jul 30 • 2:42 PM EDT • Entertainment • cleveland.com
Rare Pokémon game that deletes itself found 20 years later

PokéPark Fishing was only accessible for a while, to a select group of fans in Japan. The 2005 game has since resurfaced, but there's a catc

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Jul 30 • 11:52 AM EDT • Technology • polygon.com
Country star breaks down in tears, cancels concert mid-show: ‘My worst nightmare’

Country star Megan Moroney broke down in tears after canceling her concert mid-show, telling fans it marked her ‘worst nightmare’ before they invaded a nearby AC/DC concert afterward.

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Jul 30 • 9:54 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Expert: Testosterone, masculinity and the politics of “low T”

The Trump administration's decision to screen U.S. military personnel for testosterone deficiency has renewed debate about the hormone's role in health and performance. The move also reflects wider

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Jul 30 • 9:31 AM EDT • Politics • mcgill.ca
States cast doubt on Trump’s claim that China hacked their voter rolls

Declassified evidence points to Beijing seeking personal data for espionage, not election interference.

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Jul 30 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Your body vs. wildfire smoke. As Boise breathes bad air, it’s a fight for good health

The negative health effects of inhaled wildfire smoke can be many, as people’s lungs and oxygen delivery in the blood can suffer.

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Jul 30 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • idahostatesman.com
Rabid bat found near playground at Renton’s Gene Coulon Park, health officials say

A bat found at a Renton park has tested positive for rabies, Public Health – Seattle & King County officials said Wednesday.

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Jul 29 • 9:00 PM EDT • Health • komonews.com
Halo: Campaign Evolved has officially restarted the console war

Players say guns are less accurate on PS5 than Xbox in the new Halo

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Jul 29 • 4:50 PM EDT • Technology • polygon.com
Pokémon Red & Blue mod transforms the RPG into a sick 3D voxel game

A new mod for the original Pokémon games adopts a new perspective, alongside a wealth of other neat graphical features

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Jul 29 • 11:45 AM EDT • Technology • polygon.com
Cities: Skylines meets Balatro in Steam's coolest new roguelike in years

Combos high as skyscrapers

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Jul 29 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • polygon.com
A tiny molecular basket unlocks a powerful new kind of chemistry

Rice University chemists have found a new way to make neodymium, a rare-earth metal, interact with oxygen. Using a specially designed molecular structure described as a “basket,” the team positioned the atoms so they could form a bond once thought unlikely. The breakthrough produced highly reactive compounds that could eventually give chemists alternatives to iron-based molecules used in biological reactions and chemical manufacturing.

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Jul 28 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Flores named chief operating officer of healthcare group

Rev. Bolívar Flores, a prominent Jersey City pastor and Latino community leader, has been appointed chief operating officer of the Sunrise Group of

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Jul 28 • 11:38 AM EDT • Health • newjerseyglobe.com
Best Back to School Accessory Deals on Anker, Sony, Samsung and More This Week

There's a big accessory sale happening on Amazon this week, with the year's best prices on Anker chargers, Samsung monitors, Sonos audio products, and much more. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.

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Jul 28 • 10:21 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
George Norcross donates $100 million to Cooper University Health Care

George E. Norcross III is making a $100 million gift to Cooper University Health Care, the largest single philanthropic donation in the Camden-based

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Jul 28 • 9:32 AM EDT • Health • newjerseyglobe.com
15 years ago, 4 letters changed Magic forever — and one new ability backfired

Magic 2012’s designers reveal how “dies” streamlined the game and why hexproof eventually gave way to ward

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Jul 28 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • polygon.com
Politics & Power: Voting rights, election fears & the battle for Congress in 2026 midterms

A former White House attorney is warning that a series of executive actions — from changes to voting rules to the removal of election oversight officials — may be laying the groundwork for unprecedented federal intervention in the upcoming midterm elections.

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Jul 28 • 8:35 AM EDT • Politics • news4jax.com
Nintendo just debuted the hardest boss in its 136-year history

Pudyin your place

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Jul 27 • 6:00 PM EDT • Technology • polygon.com
Marc Summers details the only episode of ‘Double Dare’ that never aired

‘Double Dare’ host Marc Summers recounts getting ‘physically sick’ after a kid got seriously injured while competing on the Nickelodeon game show.

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Jul 27 • 5:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Apple Releases iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6 With iOS 27 Optimizations

Apple today released iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6, updates to the iOS and iPadOS 26 operating systems that came out in September. iOS 26.6 comes a month after the launch of iOS 26.5.2, a security update. iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6 can be downloaded on eligible iPhones and iPads over-the-air by going to Settings > General > Software Update. According to Apple's release notes, iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6 include security fixes for the iPhone and iPad.

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Jul 27 • 1:27 PM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Huge PS5 sale lets you stock up on physical discs before they disappear forever

The sale includes a ton of PS5 first-party bangers

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Jul 27 • 12:50 PM EDT • Technology • polygon.com
Southern's Nelson Mandela Give Day Kick-Off Social raising money for social science education

Southern's Nelson Mandela Give Day Kick-Off Social raising money for social science education

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Jul 27 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • wbrz.com
As El Niño cooks Pacific, Calif. scientists warn ocean losing oxygen

A new study offers one solution.

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Jul 27 • 7:00 AM EDT • Science • sfgate.com
California scientists warn the ocean is losing oxygen

A new study offers one solution.

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Jul 27 • 7:00 AM EDT • Science • sfgate.com
5️⃣ transfers that collapsed at the last minute ❌

Like Yan Diomandé’s move to PSG, which fell through even though everything seemed almost in place for it to go through, others have also collapsed at the very last moments of the transfer window.So...

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Jul 27 • 6:01 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Kevin Seifert Drops Clear Message on Vikings' 2026 Season

Despite regular-season dominance, Kevin O’Connell faces a high-stakes ultimatum: secure a postseason victory or risk joining a short list of coaches who failed to survive October.

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Jul 26 • 9:10 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Which Vikings players made ESPN's All-Backup team for 2026?

Two Vikings made ESPN's all-backup team ahead of the 2026 season.

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Jul 26 • 8:55 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
How ‘Lanterns’ stars Kyle Chandler, Aaron Pierre found their Abbott and Costello vibe (exclusive)

‘Lanterns’ stars Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre talk about ribbing each other on set and how they found their on-screen chemistry.

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Jul 26 • 9:16 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Today on Pinstripe Alley

Sunday Night Baseball in Philly is on deck. Will there be a sweep?

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Jul 26 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Paul Wesley celebrates William Shatner after the original Captain Kirk’s cancer battle: ‘He seems invincible’

‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ actor Paul Wesley is currently playing Captain Kirk, but he’s continuing to pay tribute to the OG star William Shatner, who recently revealed that he won his battle with cancer.

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Jul 25 • 6:01 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Phillies Get New Update on Potential Byron Buxton Trade

The Philadelphia Phillies have received a major update in a potential move for star outfielder Byron Buxton.

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Jul 25 • 3:36 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
The Nintendo Switch 2 has finally justified its existence

It’s not a matter of more realistic graphics; it’s about filling up the screen with colorful chaos.

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Jul 25 • 12:00 PM EDT • Technology • polygon.com
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Jul 24 • 10:56 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
ESPN lines up six European preseason matches following World Cup

The World Cup may be over, but ESPN is betting that viewers are still interested in soccer by televising six preseason matches featuring European clubs touring the United States. The matches will see Liverpool FC, Wrexham AFC, Leeds United and Sunderland AFC playing in Nashville, New York City, Chicago, Tampa, and Philadelphia. Of the six…

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Jul 24 • 9:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Science Central seeks $150K to bring back iconic high-rail bike

Science Central is working to bring back one of its most recognized attractions — the high-rail bike — with a fundraising campaign aimed at installing a new, updated version of the ride.

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Jul 24 • 5:39 PM EDT • Science • 21alivenews.com
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Movie slumps are the worst. You know when you’re looking through the titles on your streaming services, but nothing sounds quite right? And as you continue to look with little success, you get

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Jul 24 • 4:33 PM EDT • Science • mcgill.ca
elrow transforms Pacha New York into an electric, larger-than-life playground

Pacha New York became more than just a nightclub last weekend as elrow brought its signature blend of music, theater and immersive entertainment to Brooklyn

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Jul 24 • 2:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • amny.com
A.J. Hinch Sends Message Following Tigers Comeback Win

Tigers Manager A.J. Hinch expresses his thoughts on the team after another tough win.

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Jul 24 • 12:39 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
US business activity, confidence surge to 8-month high: S&P Global

While U.S. exports fell this month, July 4 celebrations and the World Cup competition spurred domestic demand, S&P Global said.

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Jul 24 • 11:15 AM EDT • Business • cfodive.com
AmEx raises 2026 revenue growth forecast as affluent cardholders keep spending

American Express increased its full-year revenue growth forecast and beat Wall Street expectations for second-quarter profit on Friday as its affluent customers continued ​to swipe their cards for travel and dining despite lingering ‌economic uncertainty.

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Jul 24 • 7:05 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
Lysol Maker Reckitt to Offload Sanctions-Hit Russian Hygiene Business

The deal with Russia’s Arnest Management—which manufactures cosmetics and household goods—is expected to complete during the second half of 2026.

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Jul 24 • 5:19 AM EDT • Business • wsj.com
Reckitt to take £175mn hit from sale of Russian hygiene business

Consumer goods group began process to dispose of division more than four years ago

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Jul 24 • 4:27 AM EDT • Business • ft.com
Harrison Smith's Potential Return Could Force Tough Vikings Roster Decision

SKOR North Minnesota Sports believes the Vikings could face difficult roster decisions depending on what role the veteran safety would fill in 2026 if he decides to return.

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Jul 23 • 8:46 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
The EU Is Fighting Yesterday’s Tech War

The EU’s $1 billion fine against Google and the regulatory framework used to levy it seem like a throwback to a bygone era.

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Jul 23 • 3:01 PM EDT • Politics • worldpoliticsreview.com
Benson Boone, RockyGrass, the science behind ‘Project Hail Mary’ and more things to do in Denver

Plus Cheyenne Frontier Days wraps up with concerts, professional rodeo, a carnival and plenty of Western culture

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Jul 23 • 6:00 AM EDT • Science • denverpost.com
BP to sell 250-site Austrian c-store business

About 115 of the c-stores are company owned and franchise operated, with others either run by dealers or unstaffed company-owned sites.

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Jul 23 • 5:07 AM EDT • Business • cstoredive.com