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Brees Changes Story About Making Comeback With Broncos

Denver Broncos coach Sean Payton says he never heard about Brees contacting Broncos, and Brees backed him up.

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Sep 22 • 1:45 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
13-year-old boy accused of stealing multiple cars again, breaking into businesses in Oakland County

A 13-year-old boy was arrested after allegedly trying to steal multiple cars and breaking into businesses in Pontiac and Waterford Township.

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Sep 22 • 1:45 PM EDT • Business • clickondetroit.com
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Falcons put A.J. Terrell on injured reserve
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Sep 22 • 1:17 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Ohio State men’s basketball player preview: Lee Aaliya

Lee Aaliya was the final addition to the Ohio State men’s basketball roster this offseason, but will he have a role this season?

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Sep 22 • 11:01 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
PFF Report Cards: LSU vs Ole Miss

PFF grades are out for LSU vs Ole Miss and some of the grades are pretty surprising

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Sep 22 • 11:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Princess Kate's best red carpet looks follow a familiar formula

The Princess of Wales doesn't walk a red carpet often so when she does, she makes it count.

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Sep 22 • 10:42 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Trump to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins: ‘You should not be here’
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Sep 22 • 10:14 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
DOVBYK BACK TO TRAINING

Training resumed at Casteldebole as the Rossoneri began a three-week break from league action due to the international fixtures. The squad underwent a series of individual fitness tests, followed by t...

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Sep 22 • 9:05 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Club director denies ripping Arsenal off for summer signing

Hamburger SV sporting director Claus Costa has denied ripping Arsenal off for Fabio Vieira, but he conceded that HSV are very happy with the deal they agreed.Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty ImagesHambu...

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Sep 22 • 9:05 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Fast-paced Momentum Stock AMC Entertainment (AMC) Is Still Trading at a Bargain

AMC Entertainment (AMC) made it through our 'Fast-Paced Momentum at a Bargain' screen and could be a great choice for investors looking for stocks that have gained strong momentum recently but are still trading at reasonable prices.

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Sep 22 • 8:55 AM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
USA TODAY Sports Super 10 Alabama high school flag football rankings, Week 5

See which Alabama high school flag football teams are dominating the field as the season enters its final month of play.

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Sep 22 • 7:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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How John Green reckoned with his own fame in ‘Hollywood, Ending’

When John Green began promoting his 2017 novel “Turtles All the Way Down,” he made an irreversible decision.

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Sep 22 • 7:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • centraloregondaily.com
Is 50 the new 60?

Subscribe TL;DR: Younger generations are showing signs of worse health compared to earlier-born cohorts at the same age This backward “drift” is showing up both in mortality risk and chronic disease Worsening trends in obesity and diabetes are the most consistent signals Taking the long view, we’ve made astonishing gains in health and life expectancy in the last century. Global average life expectancy has more than doubled from 32 years in 1900 to 73 years in 2024. (But don’t forget, there were still old people when life expectancy was 32). As people lived longer, they also generally lived healthier along the way. It turns out that avoiding things that can kill you early, like malnutrition and lots of childhood infections, also keeps you healthier later in life. In a classic 2004 paper, Finch and Crimmins proposed that cohorts of children who benefited from fewer early life infections had less lifetime exposure to inflammation and cardiovascular disease later in life, accelerating mortality improvements at older ages. Poor nutrition in the womb has also been linked to a higher risk of later chronic disease. The upshot is that improvements in childhood health can pay dividends many decades later. The combination of better living conditions (nutrition, sanitation) and medical advances (antibiotics, vaccines, blood pressure meds, etc) meant that people’s healthy lifespan generally expanded, even as they lived longer. Aging researchers call this best-case scenario “compression of morbidity”—meaning we delay the onset of disease and disability even faster than the years of life we are adding. During my 20+ year research career, we could generally bank on the idea that younger generations would not only live longer but also keep getting healthier along the way. “60 is the new 50” as they say… Enter “Generational Health Drift” Sadly, this expectation of steady progress may be changing. You’ve probably heard that US life expectancy gains have slowed to a crawl in the past couple of decades. Mortality improvements are also slowing (though less dramatically) in many other high-income countries (you can read more about that in a review paper I wrote here). Mortality is a very blunt health measure, but it is often a good barometer for the broader population health trends happening underneath. And we are now seeing that younger generations may be in worse health at similar ages compared to earlier born cohorts. My collaborator Prof. George Ploubidis at University College London coined this worsening health in more recently born cohorts “generational health drift.” “Generational health drift” is bad news on multiple fronts. Most obviously, we don’t want our health progress to go backward. But the timing is also bad, since our populations are aging. In demographic terms, “population aging” means that the proportion of the population at older ages (i.e >65 years) is increasing. Fun demography fact: Current population aging is not due to the recent declines in the birth rates making the news, but declines in fertility decades ago, after the “baby boom.” As baby boomers reach older ages, the smaller cohorts behind them mean the percentage of older adults will increase. For example, the share of the population age 65 and older in the US increased from 12.4% in 2004 to 18.0% in 2024. This story of population aging was written long ago. Many worry that population aging will put pressure on health care and pension systems. But if people reach older ages in better health than in years past, those fiscal pressures would be less dire than projected. Healthy older people can also continue to contribute to society in many valuable ways, including paid work, caregiving, community service….even high political office 🤷. On the flip side, if younger generations reach retirement age in worse health and with more disabling conditions, this could magnify the societal challenge of population aging. Evidence for worsening generational health A recent paper that I LOVED in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Dr. Leah Abrams and colleagues examined which birth cohorts (aka generations) were behind worsening US mortality. Behold the Lexis diagram (cue swooning demographers). Calendar time is on the x-axis, age on the y-axis. Birth cohorts can be followed over time as they age on the diagonal lines moving up and to the right. This figure plots the year-on-year % change in all-cause mortality at a given age. Green shading indicates mortality improvements over time, white is stagnation, and gray shading indicates worsening mortality. Following the diagonal line for those born in 1950, you can see a noticeable shift from green to gray that follows this cohort for most of their lives. This gray shading shows generally worsening mortality for the 1950 to 1959 birth cohorts compared to their predecessors across all ages. Concerningly for my GenX and elder millennial peeps, there was also a deterioration in mortality for birth cohorts born in the 1970s and 1980s, visible as dark gray areas at ages 30 to 45 during the 2010s. While some of these mortality changes reflect specific shocks such as the opioid epidemic, most deaths still occur from major causes of death such as cardiovascular disease and cancer. For cancer, the gray in the top left corner of the figure below reflects the legacies of smoking for older cohorts, followed by a period of green with improvements in cancer mortality as smoking rates declined. But the white/gray shading in the bottom right corner highlights a stagnation and reversal of the cancer trends, with cohorts born around 1970 to 1985 experiencing worsening cancer mortality. This deterioration was most noticeable for colon cancer mortality, possibly linked to obesity or dietary factors. Not just dying more, but less healthy along the way. A recent paper by Dr. Laura Gimeno of University College London (of which I am a co-author), found evidence that more recently born cohorts in Great Britain have stagnating or worsening health. A stylized picture of what“generational health drift” might look like: The review paper found: Rates of childhood overweight and obesity were highest among Gen Z. Rates of diabetes in the 40s almost doubled from 3.1% among the Baby Boomers to 5.9% in Generation X. Gen Z reported higher rates of poor mental health in adolescence compared to earlier-born groups. These UK results are consistent with studies showing worsening health across generations in the US as well. A 2021 US study found that more recently born cohorts had worse biological markers (like blood pressure and blood sugar) than earlier generations at the same age. A separate 2022 study of Americans aged 50 and over found that more recently born generations had a higher number of chronic diseases, with younger age of disease onset. A 2024 Lancet paper found that in the US, women born in 1945 had 33% obesity prevalence at age 50, rising to 48.2% for women born in 1970 turning 50. So what’s going on, and can we turn it around? We don’t have a definitive answer for what’s causing the deteriorating health of younger cohorts, but circumstantial evidence points to worsening trends in obesity and diabetes in both the US and UK. Remember that cohort trends reflect lagged effects of early environments, and younger generations have faced both earlier onset and more severe obesity across their lifetimes. Despite these very concerning trends, the future is not set in stone. We’ve reversed poor generational health trends before: drops in smoking are a major reason cancer and heart disease deaths fell so dramatically in recent decades. GLP-1 drugs may finally turn the tide against rising rates of obesity and diabetes, though it is still early days. But things could also get worse…for example from a return to higher levels of childhood infectious diseases that can have a lasting impact on health. See for example: [ ](https://jenndowd.substack.com/p/dont-you-forget-about-measles-the) [ Don’t You Forget About Me(asles): The Virus That Erases Immune Memory ](https://jenndowd.substack.com/p/dont-you-forget-about-measles-the) Jenn Dowd, PhD · March 24, 2025 [ Read full story ](https://jenndowd.substack.com/p/dont-you-forget-about-measles-the) Even as an optimist, emerging data on the “generational health drift” has my full attention. For most of my research career, we took it for granted that each generation would be healthier than the last. But if present trends continue, **50 could be the new 60….**and Gen Z celebrities will soon look older than Paul Rudd :). Stay well, Jenn Share the Health! If you found this post useful, please share it with a friend. Share

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Sep 22 • 6:03 AM EDT • Health • jenndowd.substack.com
Temu Strengthens Support for Romanian Businesses in Collaboration with ABSL

/PRNewswire/ -- Temu has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Association of Business Service Leaders in Romania (ABSL), the country's leading...

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Sep 22 • 2:00 AM EDT • Business • prnewswire.com
Connections: Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for Sept. 22, 2026, puzzle No. 729

Welcome to Connections: Sports Edition Coach — a spot to gather clues and discuss (and share) scores.

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Sep 22 • 12:00 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
Mamdani: Democratic socialist policies may boost turnout
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Sep 21 • 9:16 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Susan Rice slams Trump’s ‘bombastic threats’ as US-Iran tensions rise
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Sep 21 • 8:01 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Bats test positive for rabies in North Platte, health officials urge caution

A bat collected in North Platte has tested positive for rabies, local public health officials announced.

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Sep 21 • 6:20 PM EDT • Health • knopnews2.com
Police, business owner frustrated after series of arrests made near Aliquippa restaurant

Aliquippa Police were called three times in just about 24 hours to the Good to Go restaurant on Sheffield Road between Friday and Saturday.

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Sep 21 • 5:50 PM EDT • Business • wpxi.com
M&A INDUSTRY ICON AWARD HONOREE: LAWRENCE M. BRAUN - Sheppard

M&A INDUSTRY ICON AWARD HONOREE: LAWRENCE M. BRAUN Of Counsel Sheppard Lawrence M. Braun is a partner in Sheppard’s Los Angeles office and the former

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Sep 21 • 4:54 PM EDT • Business • labusinessjournal.com
Gov. Gavin Newsom signs ‘most comprehensive data center laws’ in US

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed seven new data center regulations into law Monday, as public concerns about the facilities’ demands for water and electricity have reached a fever

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Sep 21 • 4:53 PM EDT • Entertainment • thederrick.com
Bill Bryan, Louisiana journalist, attorney and lover of the blues, dies in Baton Rouge

Bill Bryan had a lot of roles in his 67 years, and he had a “perpetual smile.”

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Sep 21 • 4:51 PM EDT • Politics • nola.com
How Epic turns America's health data into answers

Software developer Caleb Cox and chief medical officer Dr. Jackie Gerhart discussed how Cosmos, Epic Research’s database, spurred tools like health alerts.

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Sep 21 • 2:45 PM EDT • Health • captimes.com
Person with measles traveled through Kern County: CA Dept. of Public Health

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A person with measles was confirmed to have traveled though Kern County, according to the California Department of Public Health. The department said this person traveled ...

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Sep 21 • 1:51 PM EDT • Health • yahoo.com
Sunderland's Brian Brobbey stance revealed as 'top clubs' in race

Brian Brobbey celebrating a goal for Sunderland, with Regis Le Bris in a circular inset

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Sep 21 • 1:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Raiders receive “A-“ grade for win over Chargers

The Raiders pulled off a huge upset win on the road against the Chargers and have their report card reflects that.

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Sep 21 • 12:54 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Sylvester Stallone told Donald Trump ‘thank you and ciao’ after being appointed as ‘special ambassador’

Trump gave Stallone, who had no prior awareness, the title in January 2025.

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Sep 21 • 12:31 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Nets Could Land Domantas Sabonis in Proposed 3-Team Trade

The Nets could have an intriguing opportunity to turn Michael Porter Jr. into an established star and two first-round picks. A proposed three-team trade involving Brooklyn, Detroit, and Sacramento would give all three teams plenty to consider.

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Sep 21 • 12:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
ND Today: Business Highlight: Village Cooperative of Bismarck

North Dakota Today

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Sep 21 • 11:44 AM EDT • Business • kfyrtv.com
Elif Eralp: Who is Berlin’s leftist leader dubbed ‘Germany’s Mamdani’?
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Sep 21 • 10:55 AM EDT • Politics • aljazeera.com
Halle Berry Reveals Her Private Connection With Zendaya

Zendaya needs no introduction thanks to Spider-Man, as she has become a global star. Talking about Halle Berry, she has also been part of the superhero universe in two films. However, very few people ...

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Sep 21 • 10:19 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Seahawks vs. Commanders odds: Opening lines for Week 3 matchup

The Seahawks took care of business against the Cardinals, and are huge road favorites against the 0-2 Commanders.

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Sep 21 • 10:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Fuseini brings Rams hope of a revival

Derby County fan writer Amelia Warren analyses what makes Mohammed Fuseini an important summer signing for Derby County this season.

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Sep 21 • 9:01 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Kamala Harris launches into the 2026 midterms as her 2028 decision looms

Kamala Harris is diving into the midterms, campaigning with Democrats like Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan.

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Sep 21 • 8:38 AM EDT • Politics • clickondetroit.com
Marseille and Bruno Genesio make unwanted history

Olympique de Marseille head into the international break in the relegation zone, only one point ahead of bottom side Le Havre AC. It all began with promise at the Vélodrome back in August, with a 4-0...

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Sep 21 • 7:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Detroit wants more retail in its neighborhoods. Small businesses say they need more foot traffic first.
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Sep 21 • 7:07 AM EDT • Business • clickondetroit.com
Attracting retail businesses to Detroit
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Sep 21 • 6:44 AM EDT • Business • clickondetroit.com
Victory in Broncos Country

You never forget your first of the season.

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Sep 21 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Pirates Braxton Ashcraft injury has no structural damage

The Bucs got some good injury news over the weekend.

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Sep 21 • 5:23 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Will Anwar’s coalition in Malaysia implode amid Loke exit, Najib house arrest?

Observers say the numbers in cabinet remain in Anwar’s favour for now, but warn that a DAP walkout could embolden rival Umno.

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Sep 21 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • scmp.com
Brooklyn Beckham 'Building Business Empire With Help From Billionaire Father-In-Law'
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Sep 21 • 5:00 AM EDT • Business • yahoo.com
Tarrant County remains the last large 'purple' holdout in Texas

In recent elections, the county anchored by Fort Worth has swung back and forth between Republicans and Democrats. And that's why both parties are wrestling for control in 2026.

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Sep 21 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • statesman.com
Sylvester Stallone blindsided by President Trump's move to make him Hollywood ambassador

Sylvester Stallone has claimed he told President Trump that the concept "wouldn't work".

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Sep 21 • 1:19 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Brock Purdy Looks Unstoppable as 49ers Start 2-0

The San Francisco 49ers are off to a 2-0 start, and Brock Purdy looks like a quarterback ready to take his game to another level. San Francisco dominated the Miami Dolphins 35-13 on Sunday, following up its Week 1 victory over the Los Angeles Rams with another convincing performance. The 49ers have now opened the…

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Sep 21 • 12:23 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
UK urged to strengthen financial muscle of national wealth fund to aid economy

Unions, thinktanks and others say overhaul could provide investment Britain needs

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Sep 21 • 12:00 AM EDT • Business • theguardian.com
CeeDee Lamb crushes Washington again

Dallas Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb registered eight receptions for 153 yards and two touchdowns on nine targets in Week 2

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Sep 20 • 11:09 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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The Whistlestop Tour: Week 3 of Big Ten Football

The start of conference play shakes things up a little.

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Sep 20 • 10:50 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Packers vs. Falcons odds: Opening lines for Week 3 matchup

The Packers are favored by nearly a touchdown heading towards a Thursday Night Football matchup.

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Sep 20 • 8:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Rome Odunze secures four receptions

Chicago Bears wide receiver Rome Odunze posted three receptions for 43 yards on four targets in Week 2.

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Sep 20 • 5:37 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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LSU Loss to Ole Miss Reveals Truths About Team

We learned a lot during the latest Magnolia Bowl. Thanks to Lane Kiffin, we expected the stage in Mississippi to rank among the peak game backdrops in the sport, and it delivered. The raucous environment in Oxford, Mississippi, exposed the college football world to the raw energy of hatred and the passion that accompanies a …

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Sep 20 • 5:10 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
T.J. Hockenson totals three receptions

Minnesota Vikings tight end T.J. Hockenson ended up with three receptions for 29 yards in Week 2

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Sep 20 • 4:38 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Devin Booker Reaffirms Long-Term Commitment to Phoenix Suns

Amid rising league-wide volatility, the four-time All-Star embraces a dual role as franchise lifer and veteran mentor, intent on recruiting elite talent to spark a championship resurgence.

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Sep 20 • 4:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Fulham 1-1 Man Utd: What Arbeloa said

This is just the fourth time that Fulham have failed to win any of their opening five games in a top-flight campaign (with 1951-52, 2011-12 and 2020-21), while they have been relegated in two of the previous three (51-52 and 20-21). There were 26 shots in the first half of this match between Fulham (nine) and Manchester United (17), the most in the opening half of a Premier League game with no goals scored on record (since 2003-04).

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Sep 20 • 2:21 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Horror movie 'Resident Evil' tops N. American box office

"Resident Evil," a horror movie based on a video game franchise, swept the North American box office with a $60 million opening weekend, industry estimates showed Sunday."Resident Evil" displaced last...

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Sep 20 • 2:16 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Leeds 0-0 Crystal Palace: What Sage said

Maybe we deserved better but I remember that our goalkeeper made a big save, that's why in football when you have the opportunities you have to score. Among ever present sides in the Premier League across the calendar year of 2026, only Tottenham (18) have picked up fewer points than Crystal Palace (23). Palace's Anan Khalaili has made the most tackles of any player in the Premier League this season (21), while he won possession more times than anyone else in today's match against Leeds (11).

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Sep 20 • 1:26 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Ed Sheeran addresses Gaza and Macklemore controversy at Philly tour stop

At his first concert since controversy roiled his North American tour, Ed Sheeran said he is “deeply worried” by venues influencing performances after opener Macklemore was fired from the concert

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Sep 20 • 1:26 PM EDT • Entertainment • recorderonline.com
Promoted pair cancel each other out in Gelsenkirchen

Two sides that earned promotion to the Bundesliga together last season renewed their acquaintance at the Veltins-Arena on Sunday, as Schalke's defensive resilience was tested by Elversberg’s attacki...

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Sep 20 • 1:23 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Why politicians should pay more attention to the polls (reprise)

Welcome to the 231st edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), a polling newsletter that always welcomes new readers. So please don’t keep TWIP a secret; share it with your friends and colleagues: Share The Week in Polls With all the stories swirling around Reform, JL Partners and political polling, I am finally tearing myself away from talking about the regulation of polling this week - and instead re-running a previous piece reminding us why the solution to problems with polls isn’t simply to ban or ignore them. Rather, we need them to play a vital role in making our politics - and politicians - better. This is followed by summaries of the latest national voting intention polls, seat projections from MRPs and the most recent party leader ratings. Subscribers who pay for the full edition can also read ten insights from the latest polls and analyses, including: A trio of organisations and a pair of professors have been casting their eyes over the Liberal Democrats ahead of the party’s autumn conference; What impact did the summer heatwave have on views on climate change? and Which wins out between chocolate and cheese? If you are not yet a paid subscriber, you can read all ten by starting a free trial now: Get FREE 7-day trial For more polling news as it comes in ahead of next week’s edition, you can also follow The Week in Polls on Bluesky. Picking up on my doubt last week about whether or not 35% of British train travellers have tried to order a takeaway for delivery to a railway station or carriage, thank you to reader Iain, who has been in touch to say he has done just that… in India. Another quick pair of updates, this time on the controversies around Reform and polling. Politico has a further scoop - “Farage aide caught in donor sting attended Egypt retreat with JL Partners” - and Ian Dunt has written about the problems with polling too: “Seeing the response of many polling experts in the last few weeks suggests that they are nervous about what is happening and keen to mitigate against it. Seeing the response of journalists, which has been basically non-existent, suggests the precise opposite.” My usual reminder as well: please do hit reply if you’ve spotted a poll, focus group or new piece of poll-based research that you think should be in contention for coverage in a future edition. Thank you! And with that, on with the show. How politicians get public opinion wrong I have written before about the benefits that come from widespread availability of high-quality political polling. We need more polls and more good coverage of polls. However, what I’ve not dug into before is the research into how accurately politicians estimate public opinion on issues. Thankfully we have academic research to tell us. First, the bad news: We present results from a study of 866 politicians in four countries.1 Politicians were asked to estimate the percentage of public support for various policy proposals. Comparing more than 10,000 estimations with actual levels of public support, we conclude that politicians are quite inaccurate estimators of people’s preferences. They make large errors and even regularly misperceive what a majority of the voters wants. Politicians are hardly better at estimating public preferences than ordinary citizens. Walgrave, S., Jansen, A., Sevenans, J., Soontjens, K., Pilet, J.B., Brack, N., Varone, F., Helfer, L., Vliegenthart, R., van der Meer, T., Breunig, C., Bailer, S., Sheffer, L. & Loewen, P.J. (2023a), “Inaccurate Politicians: Elected Representatives’ Estimations of Public Opinion in Four Countries”, The Journal of Politics, 85(1): 209-222. The bad news is not quite as bad as that makes it sound because, when asked whether the majority of public opinion was for or against various policies, politicians picked the wrong option ‘only’ 29% of the time. However, this included getting it wrong even when public opinion is far from evenly split on an issue: They do not only get it wrong when the public is divided and hard to read (e.g., when there is a 51%:49% distribution). Seventy percent of the misplacements occur for policies with a relatively clear distribution of at least 60% (dis)agreeing citizens. Moreover, the public scored only slightly worse than politicians, picking the wrong option 2.7 out of 8 times on average, compared with 2.3 times for politicians. Turning to the other measure of accuracy (not which side is in the lead but what the percentage support is for each side), politicians on average were 18 percentage points out in their guesses. Again, this was only slightly better than the public, whose error came in at 21 percentage points.2 Further research, using the same mix of countries, gives a little more comfort about how (in)accurate perceptions are: We show that politicians have a better understanding of public opinion when they think the issue matters to voters. Further, when an issue is personally important to politicians they more accurately estimate their party supporters’ opinions. The results confirm that politicians hold more accurate perceptions of voters’ preferences when they think it is important to do so but not necessarily when the issues actually are important to voters. Butler, C., Walgrave, S., Soontjens, K. & Loewen, P.J. (2024), “Politicians are better at estimating public opinion when they think it is more salient”, Party Politics: 1–13. Even so, it’s not a good picture. The remedy for this? Politicians should spend more time reading the polls. So forward this newsletter to someone you know… Share For a more general argument against banning polls, see my 2024 piece. Is “Let Bartlet Be Bartlet” good advice or not? The latest episode of my Political Fictions podcast heads across the Atlantic for a dip into one of the political TV classics: Mark and Cory talk about a giant of American political drama for the first time this week, as they tackle The West Wing. They talk about Let Bartlet Be Bartlet, the nineteenth episode of series one. In it, Mark wonders if The West Wing is actually the epitome of the “Boris Johnson school of politics”, Cory outmanoeuvres Mark into confirming we will record a Christmas Special about Love, Actually and they debate whether the central message of this episode has been misunderstood. Cory’s email newsletter is Paperback Rioter and Mark has a family of email newsletters. Subscribe to our newsletter for some additional bonus content and to get alerted whenever a new episode comes out. Our theme tune is “Monkeys Spinning Monkeys” by Kevin MacLeod/incompetech.com and licensed under the Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. You can also listen to our episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, the web or YouTube. Elsewhere from me… [ A Lord's Eye View How to fix the problem of money in our politics Welcome to my latest update on work in the House of Lords. This time I am taking a look at how our political system is regulated, and the protections we need to keep democracy safe from becoming simply a contest to see who has the biggest bank account… Read more 5 days ago · 3 likes · 2 comments · Mark Pack ](https://lordseyeview.substack.com/p/how-to-fix-the-problem-of-money-in?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web&embedding_publication_id=1269283) If you spot a factual error… Borrowing an idea from Stuart Ritchie and others, if you spot a factual error in an edition of this newsletter, I will give you a free 12-month subscription to the paid-for version (or an extra 12 months on your existing one). Factual errors qualify, but grammatical errors or disagreements over interpretation do not, and my decision is final. Messages about both of those are always welcome, though. Voting intention and leadership ratings Here are the latest voting intention polls from different pollsters. It is all pretty static at the moment, with a small and consistent Labour lead in nearly all the polls. The table is also online here, along with explanations about what is included. It is updated regularly throughout the week as new polls are released. Next are the seat projections from MRPs, also sorted by fieldwork dates, listing those which are based on dedicated fieldwork (rather than models based on averages of other polls). Because such MRPs are published infrequently, some of the entries below are quite old. Finally, here is a summary of leadership ratings, with a graph from PollCheck: Detailed numbers from the latest polls are online here, and both that and the graph are updated regularly throughout the week as new data comes out. For historical figures on both voting intention and leader approval stretching back to the 1930s, including Parliamentary by-election polls, see PollBase. 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If you are subscribed to other email lists of mine, please note that unsubscribing from this one will not automatically remove you from the others. If you wish to be removed from all my lists, simply reply to this email to let me know. A quintet of Lib Dem polling analyses, and 9 other polling insights you shouldn’t miss The following ten findings from the most recent polls and analyses are only for subscribers who pay for the full edition, but you can sign up for a free trial to read them straight away. Ahead of the start of Liberal Democrat conference, we have a trio of organisations and a pair of professors with pieces out about Ed Davey’s party:

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Sep 20 • 1:02 PM EDT • Politics • theweekinpolls.substack.com
Carter Jensen Makes Kansas City Royals Rookie Single-Season History

Jensen added to a spectacular rookie campaign with an impressive feat on Saturday.

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Sep 20 • 12:59 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Manchester City 5-3 Sunderland: What Le Bris said

This is the reality of the Premier League and we have to learn. Brobbey for Sunderland today was the sixth instance of a player scoring a Premier League hat-trick but ending the match on the losing side, and the first since Roque Santa Cruz for Blackburn Rovers against Wigan Athletic in December 2007.

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Sep 20 • 12:37 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Bournemouth 0-1 Liverpool: What Iraola said

Liverpool have kept three consecutive clean sheets in the Premier League for the first time since September 2024 (four in a row). In five games this season (four goals), Liverpool's Alexander Isak has already surpassed his Premier League goal tally for the entirety of last season in the competition (three goals in 14 apps).

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Sep 20 • 12:33 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Bournemouth 0-1 Liverpool: What Rose said

"It's about details and right now it is really disappointing, but I am quite confident we can change the situation points-wise." This is the ninth time in their history that Bournemouth have failed to win any of their opening five matches of a league campaign (drawn three, lost two), and second in the Premier League, after 2023-24. Bournemouth have made just two changes to their Premier League starting XIs under Marco Rose this season, the fewest of any side.

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Sep 20 • 12:32 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Leeds 0-0 Crystal Palace: What Farke said

Leeds remain unbeaten in the Premier League this season across their opening five matches (won two, drawn three), the first time they've completed that feat in the competition since 2001-02. This was Leeds' fourth 0-0 Premier League draw since the start of 2026 (25 games), though two of those have now come against Crystal Palace (also in March).

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Sep 20 • 12:31 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Lake Street Taco Tour serves up support for local businesses

Businesses on Lake Street have been dealing with one thing after another after Operation Metro Surge — going back to the COVID pandemic. On Saturday, the community came together to support some of those businesses at the Taco Tour on Lake Street.

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Sep 20 • 11:20 AM EDT • Business • mprnews.org
Salas Joins Machado in MLB History With Walk-Off Hit

Ethan Salas became the youngest MLB player with a walk-off hit since current Padres teammate Manny Machado in 2012.

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Sep 20 • 11:10 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
2026’s 2nd Biggest Horror Movie & More HBO Max Releases This Week

The new movie and TV releases coming to HBO Max from September 21-27, 2026, include Backrooms and more. Directed and co-scored by Kane Parsons, Backrooms is a psychological horror film. It follows Cla...

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Sep 20 • 10:30 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Nashville Predators announce streaming service details, cost, how to watch

The Nashville Predators have announced details about their new streaming service which will begin with the 2026-27 season.

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Sep 20 • 10:27 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
The 3 Best 90s Adventure Movies, Ranked
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Sep 20 • 9:45 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Celtic suffer derby defeat at home

Scottish PremiershipSunday, September 20, 2026Celtic Park, GlasgowCELTIC…ORANGERS…1(Naderi 33)Celtic suffered a 1-0 defeat at home to Rangers for their first Premiership loss of the season and bri...

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Sep 20 • 9:33 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
How Toronto Blue Jays' Playoff Chances Stack Up Entering Sunday

After consecutive losses against the Texas Rangers, the Blue Jays have their backs against the wall.

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Sep 20 • 9:08 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Skinny dip event now a 'celebration of life'

Organiser Jax Higginson says the 14th annual event is boosting body confidence and mental health.

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Sep 20 • 7:29 AM EDT • Health • yahoo.com
Jimmy Page Reveals Why He Disliked 'Living Loving Maid' and Never Played It Live
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Sep 20 • 6:24 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
1969 Elvis Presley Gem Was the Flip Side of a No. 3 Billboard Smash

While 'In the Ghetto' dominated the radio, its soulful B-side proved to be a masterpiece of its own.

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Sep 20 • 5:50 AM EDT • Entertainment • tri-cityherald.com
1969 Elvis Presley Gem Was the Flip Side of a No. 3 Billboard Smash

While 'In the Ghetto' dominated the radio, its soulful B-side proved to be a masterpiece of its own.

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Sep 20 • 5:50 AM EDT • Entertainment • kansas.com
Townsend run over by pitch roller in Thailand

Former England winger Andros Townsend jokes that playing Stoke away "wasn't so bad after all" following a bizarre incident before a game in Thailand.

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Sep 20 • 5:12 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center returns with SEED STEM Festival

The Ruth Patrick Science Education Center’s 41st annual SEED STEM Festival was held at the University of South Carolina Aiken on Sept. 19.

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Sep 20 • 5:00 AM EDT • Science • postandcourier.com
Health boost? Hangover cure? Louisianans are turning to IV therapies, but are they helpful?

Sticking a needle in your veins has never been more popular.

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Sep 20 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • nola.com
Lib Democrats fight for a breakthrough in Britain’s fractured politics

Britain’s Liberal Democratic Party is holding its annual conference in Brighton this weekend.

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Sep 20 • 4:46 AM EDT • Politics • japantimes.co.jp
UFC 331 Bonuses Revealed After Violent Event

Following Saturday’s UFC 331 event, the promotion revealed who won the post-fight bonuses following a violent card. UFC 331 took place on Saturday, September 19, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California. Below are all the bonus winners for the latest UFC event. Fight of the Night ($100,000 to each fighter): Joshua Van vs. Alexandre […] The post UFC 331 Bonuses Revealed After Violent Event appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 20 • 3:29 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Phillies Demote 4-Year Veteran After Brutal Stretch

The Philadelphia Phillies haven’t yet clinched a spot in the MLB postseason, but after a rough loss to the rival New York Mets on Saturday evening, they’ve made a roster move that likely won’t come as a surprise to many.The Phillies have demoted pitcher Orion Kerkering after he allowed four runs as part of their […] The post Phillies Demote 4-Year Veteran After Brutal Stretch appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 20 • 1:19 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Hope Harbor Speakout Through the Decades event

Guests enjoyed an evening of entertainment, games, and heavy hors d’oeuvres as they honored Hope Harbor’s history and looked ahead to its future.

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Sep 20 • 12:49 AM EDT • Entertainment • wbko.com
Stukenholtz: Huskers Answered Questions in Workmanlike Non-Con Slate

With Big Ten play on the horizon, we did actually learn some important details about this team in their blowout wins.

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Sep 20 • 12:09 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Nets Announce Dates for Media Day and Training Camp

The Brooklyn Nets are officially getting ready for the 2026-27 season. Here’s when Media Day and training camp will take place as Sean Marks, Jordi Fernández and the rest of the roster prepare for a new campaign.

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Sep 19 • 11:19 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Byeon Woo-seok's agency warns of legal action over stalking and privacy invasions

Varo Entertainment said it may pursue legal action over invasions of Byeon Woo-seok’s privacy, including visits to staff members’ homes.

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Sep 19 • 11:17 PM EDT • Entertainment • koreajoongangdaily.com
Health officials warn of recent measles exposure at PHL Airport

A person with measles traveled through PHL Airport this week, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health announced on Saturday.

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Sep 19 • 6:40 PM EDT • Health • nbcphiladelphia.com
Topeka businesses go head-to-head in truck pull to support local pantry

Be Filled of South Topeka hosted its Annual Pull Event Saturday morning.

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Sep 19 • 6:11 PM EDT • Business • wibw.com
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Coventry: What Glasner said

Nottingham Forest have failed to score in their first three home games in a league campaign for the first time in their history. Among ever present sides since the start of last season, only Tottenham have won fewer home games (three) and earned fewer home points (16) in the Premier League than Nottingham Forest (four wins, 21 points).

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Sep 19 • 3:04 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Duke vs. Stanford live updates: Score, highlights, predictions, analysis

Duke plays Stanford in a pivotal ACC showdown. Follow live score updates, highlights, injury news, key plays, and instant analysis.

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Sep 19 • 2:01 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Michael Carrick Must Not Make Same Mistake vs Fulham

Manchester United travel to Craven Cottage needing all three points to avoid an awful start to the season.

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Sep 19 • 2:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Blaze win One-Day Cup in last-ball thriller

Emma Jones seals the Blaze's treble success with a dramatic last-ball boundary to win a thrilling One-Day Cup final and shatter Hampshire's hopes of silverware.

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Sep 19 • 1:16 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Where Does May Fit Into Brewers Postseason Rotation?

Dustin May’s surging ERA and shaky command force the Milwaukee Brewers to reconsider his October role.

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Sep 19 • 1:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Everton 1-0 Ipswich: What Moyes and Pickford said

If we get the second goal it changes the game but Ipswich clung on and it allowed them to put us under pressure late in the game. The first year in the Premier League is always tough, he has found his feet and he has started a lot better this year.

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Sep 19 • 12:53 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Newcastle 2-1 Hull: What Jaissle said

Newcastle have won three of their last four Premier League games against Hull (drawing the other), winning their first-ever home match in the competition against the Tigers. Lewis Hall's goal after just six minutes and 34 seconds was the earliest Newcastle have been 2-0 up in a Premier League home game since April 2023 against Spurs (Joelinton netting the second goal in the sixth minute).

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Sep 19 • 12:46 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Brighton 3-0 Arsenal: What Arteta said

In the first 20 or 30 minutes, the number of technical errors put us constantly under pressure. Arsenal suffered their biggest Premier League defeat since May 2023, which was also against Brighton (0-3 at Emirates Stadium). This was Arsenal's biggest league defeat in a season where they were the reigning top-flight champions since October 1989, a 3-0 loss at Everton.

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Sep 19 • 12:38 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Newcastle 2-1 Hull: What Jakirovic said

Mohamed Belloumi has been involved in four goals (two goals, two assists) in the Premier League this season, the joint-most by a Hull player in their first five matches in the competition, along with Mohamed Diame (four goals) and Dame N'Doye (three goals, one assist).

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Sep 19 • 12:37 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Brighton 3-0 Arsenal: What Hurzeler and Gross said

Brighton have now won at home against the reigning Premier League champions in each of the last three seasons, beating Manchester City in 2024-25, Liverpool in 2025-26 and Arsenal today. No player has been involved in more Premier League goals this season than Brighton's Gross (six – three goals, three assists), who scored and assisted against Arsenal today.

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Sep 19 • 12:36 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Tottenham 2-3 Aston Villa: What De Zerbi said

Second goal, we have the offside decision [disallowing Spurs' goal] but the focus had to be better. This is Spurs' worst start to a Premier League season after five games, with two points and a goal difference of -6, eclipsing their 2008-09 start (2 points, -3 goal difference).

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Sep 19 • 11:08 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Latest impressive defensive performance helps undefeated Cedar Ridge stuff Rouse

After allowing nearly 40 points per game last year, Cedar Ridge's defense has dominated so far this season. The Raiders are 4-0 for the first time since 2017.

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Sep 19 • 10:38 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
China is winning the science race while Washington freezes American innovation

Politically delayed federal research grants freeze medical trials and risk ceding American scientific leadership to China.

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Sep 19 • 10:25 AM EDT • Science • washingtonexaminer.com
Commentary: Dancing with the W2 Stars reaches far beyond one evening of entertainment

Let me tell you the “why” behind a cheeky dance competition and your friend’s relentless hints for donations: Valley Residential Services, writes Sheila Hagar.

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Sep 19 • 8:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • union-bulletin.com