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Calls for vaping to be banned inside venues

An organisation says those with health conditions should avoid second-hand vapour "like the plague".

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Sep 30 • 1:11 AM EDT • Health • yahoo.com
Concerning Report Emerges on Patriots QB Drake Maye, Shoulder

The start of the season has been a disaster for New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye. That’s, of course, led to plenty of questions about why that might be.A popular theory goes back to the Super Bowl a season ago. Maye dealt with a shoulder injury that has made him ineffective. Now, some are wondering […] The post Concerning Report Emerges on Patriots QB Drake Maye, Shoulder appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 29 • 11:58 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
OpEd: Representative Thompson chooses you over politics

Politics has no shortage of disagreement. That isn't necessarily a bad thing.

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Sep 29 • 10:15 PM EDT • Politics • cachevalleydaily.com
ChatGPT maker wants to be the App Store for AI as safety concerns grow

OpenAI on Tuesday launched a less expensive artificial intelligence (AI) model and tools that run continuously, as it aims to reposition ChatGPT as an app store for AI. Other companies, such as Adobe, will be able to offer their software directly within ChatGPT, which is now used weekly by 1.2 billion people.– “Disappoint Wall Street” – As speculation swirls around when OpenAI might go public, Altman told reporters on Tuesday that the company was "investing more in safety, security, alignment,

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Sep 29 • 9:38 PM EDT • Technology • finance.yahoo.com
Will Any Changes Be Made to Giants Coaching Staff?

Following a disastrous 65-win campaign, Buster Posey signals potential staff shakeups to revive the San Francisco Giants.

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Sep 29 • 9:27 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Julia Stiles breaks down in tears, injures rib rehearsing for “Dancing With the Stars”’ ‘Yacht Rock Night’

Stiles staged a major comeback on week 3 after a disappointing sophomore outing, dancing to “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)” by Hall & Oates.

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Sep 29 • 9:14 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
County commissioners approve switch to NDPERS for employee health insurance

Some employees were disappointed that employee contributions were not decreased across the board, as the county may have excess health insurance funds budgeted for next year.

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Sep 29 • 9:12 PM EDT • Health • grandforksherald.com
Seahawks Power Rankings Roundup: Small Tumble After Week 3 Disappointment
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Sep 29 • 8:04 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
The Streamers Tried To Conquer Labor Day…and Whiffed

(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights each week.) What? Another Streaming Ratings Report already? You betcha. Nielsen has moved up the release of their Streaming Ratings data by two weeks, which means I’ve got two extra issues to get out. But I love this change because it will make this report more timely and easier to publish regularly. This week—with the viewership data for the week of 31-Aug—we’ve got some huge, huge topics to discuss. On the film side, two theatrical films (The Mandalorian and Grogu on Disney+ and Scary Movie on Paramount+) contend with two non-Netflix straight-to-streaming films (Mayday on Apple TV and The Runner on Prime Video). The streamers went all in to win Labor Day weekend in America. And we have a bunch of TV shows to analyze, both new shows (Netflix’s The Gentleman, Hulu’s Chad Powers, and an Alix Earle reality show) and weekly shows like Reacher, Ted Lasso, House of the Dragon and Lioness. All that, plus nepotism in Hollywood, some eye-popping fantasy football stats, all the flops, bombs and misses, and a whole lot more. Let’s dive right in! (Reminder: The streaming ratings report focuses on the U.S. market and compiles data from Nielsen’s weekly top ten viewership ranks, Luminate’s Top Ten Data, JustWatch and Reelgood interest data, Samba TV household viewership, company datecdotes, Netflix hours viewed data, Google Trends, and IMDb to determine the most popular content. While most data points are current, Nielsen’s data covers the weeks of August 31st to September 6th, 2026. You can find a link to my terminology here.) Subscribe Film - A Slew of Labor Day Disappointments? A lot of streamers released big new films this week, why? My theory is that the streamers know that four-day weekends can propel streaming films to glory. But if you’ve been reading more over the last two years, you know that big holiday weekends aren’t driving big viewership numbers the way they did post-Covid. And interestingly enough, Netflix didn’t put out a big new film this week. But four other streamers did, trying to take advantage of the holiday with some (not cheap) swings, including… The Mandalorian and Grogu on Disney+ (a Star Wars film that cost $165 million and made $177 million at the US domestic box office) Mayday on Apple TV (rumored $100 million budget, no theatrical release) The Runner on Prime Video (at least a $40 million budget, but likely $50 to $80 million, no theatrical release). Scary Movie on Paramount+ ($30 million budget, made $108 million domestically). (Paramount+ also released a made-for-streaming film based on the Thundermans IP, and I’ll discuss that later.) So…how’d they do? The Mandalorian and Grogu Leads The Way (But That Isn’t Enough) Let’s start with The Mandalorian and Grogu (which I’ll abbreviate to Mando for most of this article). We’re just getting started with this issue, but the rest is for paid subscribers of the Entertainment Strategy Guy, so if you’d like to find out… How Mando, Mayday, The Runner and Scary Movie performed on streaming... How the powerhouse weekly released shows (Reacher, Ted Lasso and Lioness) have accumulate a LOT of viewership… How House of the Dragon finished its run… The latest Netflix show to have a sophomore slump… Whether top creators can drive viewers to their shows… Nepotism in Hollywood and the music business... All the flops, bombs and misses for the week… And more… ...please subscribe! We can only keep doing this great work with your support. Coming Soon! Since Nielsen has accelerated their streaming data release schedule, I’ve got a lot of Streaming Ratings Reports coming your way! Next issue, I’ll be looking at the second season of Peacock’s The Paper, the latest season of Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, and a very, very expensive Daily Wire fantasy series that’s now on Prime Video. Plus Crew Girl and Dang! on Netflix, a new Tyler Perry film, and one of the biggest bombs of the summer, Supergirl. In the next two issues, I’ll take a look at the return of the NFL to streaming, Toy Story 5 on Disney+, Backrooms on HBO Max, and The Breadwinner on Netflix. On the TV side, we’ve got Netflix’s Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story, Dancing with the Stars on Disney+, Apple TV’s Slow Horses, a Reacher spinoff on Prime Video, and Paramount+’s MobLand, a Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey comedy on Apple TV, a sequel to a Cosby Show spinoff on Netflix, The Great British Baking Show, and the Unabomber film. And while doing all that, I want to take a look at adult animated shows, Ride or Die’s cancellation, and Netflix’s summer films. So much great stuff! Long term, two bits of comic book news. The X-Men cast has been announced, and go ahead and color me bull-ish, if not very, very bull-ish on this bit of comic book IP. In weirder news, HBO Max ordered a “true crime” show by Jimmy Olsen about Gorilla Grodd being falsely convicted of murder. I mean, what? I don’t know, let’s see what happens.

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Sep 29 • 6:45 PM EDT • Entertainment • entertainment.substack.com
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Gambit's Best of New Orleans 2026: Entertainment

Design by Dora Sison / Gambit Best Bounce Artist googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('ad-1492300'); }); 1. Big Freedia (Instagram: @bigfreedia)2. Ha Sizzle (Instagram: @hasizzlethevoice)3. Subtweet Shawn (Instagram: @subtweetshawn1) Trixie Minx Photo by Sophia Germer / The Times-Picayune Best Burlesque Performer1. Trixie Minx (Instagram: @trixienola)2. Bella Blue (Instagram: @bellablueforever)3. Miss Angie Z (Instagram: @missangiez) Best Casino1. Caesars New Orleans (8 Canal St., 800-427-7247; caesars.com/caesars-new-orleans)2. Treasure Chest Casino (4550 Williams Blvd., Kenner, 504-443-8000; treasurechest.com)3. Boomtown Casino (4132 Peters Road., Harvey, 504-366-7711; boomtownneworleans.com) Best Drag Performer1. Debbie with a D (Instagram: @debbiewithad)2. Katrina Waters (Instagram: @katrinawaters504)3. Laveau Contraire (Instagram: @laveaucontraire) Best Festival (that's still around)1. New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (nojazzfest.com)2. French Quarter Festival (frenchquarterfest.org)3. Hogs For The Cause (hogsfest.org) Best Food Festival1. New Orleans Fried Chicken Festival (friedchickenfestival.com)2. Oak Street Po-Boy Festival (poboyfest.com)3. New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (nojazzfest.com) Tipitina's Photo by Sophia Germer / The Times-Picayune Best Live Music Venue1. Tipitina’s (501 Napoleon Ave., 504-895-8477; tipitinas.com)2. The Broadside (600 N Broad St., 504-766-0871; broadsidenola.com)3. The Fillmore (6 Canal St., 504-881-1555; thefillmorenola.com) Best Live Music Club1. Maple Leaf Bar (8316 Oak St., 504-866-9359; mapleleafbar.com)2. Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro (626 Frenchmen St., 504-949-0696; snugjazz.com)3. Chickie Wah Wah (2828 Canal St., 504-541-2050; chickiewahwah.com)3. Blue Nile (532 Frenchmen St., 504-766-6193; bluenilelive.com) Best Local Blues Artist/Band1. Little Freddie King (littlefreddieking.com)2. Samantha Fish (samanthafish.com)3. Tab Benoit (tabbenoit.com) Best Local Brass Band1. Rebirth Brass Band (rebirthbrassband.com)2. Hot 8 Brass Band (hot8brassband.com)3. The Soul Rebels (thesoulrebels.com) Best Local DJ1. Paul Lakeway (Instagram: @paul_lakeway)2. DJ Soul Sister (Instagram: @djsoulsister)3. ANTWIGADEE! (Instagram: @antwigadee) Best Local Funk Band1. Dumpstaphunk (dumpstaphunk.com)2. Galactic (galacticfunk.com)3. Big Sam's Funky Nation (bigsamsfunkynation.com) Kaye the Beast Provided Photo by Catherine Debuys Best Local Hip-Hop Group/Artist1. Kaye the Beast (Instagram: @kayethebeast)2. La Reezy (Instagram: @lareezymusic)3. Pell (Instagram: @pellyeah) Best Local Movie Theater1. The Broad Theater (636 N. Broad St., 504-218-1008; thebroadtheater.com)2. The Prytania (5339 Prytania St., 504-891-2787; theprytania.com) googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('ad-1492297'); }); 3. The Prytania Theatre at Canal Place (333 Canal St., 3rd floor, 504-290-2658; theprytania.com) Best Local Music Artist/Band1. Robin Barnes & The Fiya Birds (robinbarnesmusic.com)2. Trombone Shorty (tromboneshorty.com)3. Sweet Crude (sweetcrudeband.com) Best Local Rock Band1. The Revivalists (therevivalists.com)2. Better Than Ezra (betterthanezra.com)3. Cowboy Mouth (cowboymouth.com) Best Wedding Band/ DJ1. The Mixed Nuts (themixednuts.com)2. Bucktown All-Stars (bucktownallstars.com)3. Warm Advice (warmadvice.com) Doreen Ketchens Provided photo Best Local Street Performer1. Doreen Ketchens (doreensjazz.org)2. Jourdan Blue (Instagram: @jourblue)3. Sariyah Idan (ariyahidan.com) Best Local Theater Company1. The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans (504-264-2580; twtheatrenola.com)2. Le Petit Theatre (616 St. Peter St., 504-522-2081; lepetittheatre.com)3. The NOLA Project (504-302-9117; nolaproject.com) Best Local Traditional Jazz Group/Artist1. Preservation Hall Jazz Band (preservationhalljazzband.com)2. Kermit Ruffins (@ruffinsbbq)3. Trombone Shorty (tromboneshorty.com) Best Marching Band1. St. Augustine High School Marching 100 (Instagram: @staugmarching100)2. Edna Karr High School Marching Band (Instagram: @theofficialkarrband)3. The Roots of Music Marching Crusaders (therootsofmusic.org) Best Mardi Gras Parade1. Muses (kreweofmuses.org)2. Iris (kreweofiris.org)3. Endymion (endymion.org) 610 Stompers Photo by Chris Granger / The Times-Picayune Best Mardi Gras Dance Krewe1. 610 Stompers (610stompers.com)2. Amelia EarHawts (aecabinkrewe.com)3. The Jamettes (Instagram: @thejametteskrewe) Best Place to See Burlesque/Drag1. The AllWays Lounge & Cabaret (2240 St. Claude Ave., 504-218-5778; theallwayslounge.net)2. The Original Nite Cap (1300 St. Bernard Ave., 2nd floor, 504-224-2854; Instagram: @originalnitecap)3. The Country Club (634 Louisa St., 504-945-0742; thecountryclubneworleans.com) Best Place to See Comedy1. Sports Drink (1042 Toledano St.; sportsdrink.org)2. The Howlin' Wolf (907 S. Peters St., 504-529-5844; thehowlinwolf.com)3. Big Couch New Orleans (1045 Desire St.; bigcouchnola.com) Best Local Comedian1. Ryan Rogers (ryanrogerscomedy.com)2. Mark Normand (marknormandcomedy.com)3. Cyrus Cooper (Instagram: @cyrusjcooper) Best Strip Club1. The Penthouse Club (727 Iberville St., 504-524-4354; penthouseclubneworleans.com)2. Rick’s Cabaret (315 Bourbon St., 504-524-4222; rickscabaretneworleans.com)3. Larry Flynt's Hustler Club (225 Bourbon St., 504-524-0010; neworleanshustlerclub.com) Best Performing Arts Center1. Jefferson Performing Arts Center (6400 Airline Dr., 504-731-4700; jeffersonpac.com)2. Saenger Theatre (1111 Canal St., 504-525-1052; saengertheatreneworleans.com)3. Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts (1419 Basin St., 504-525-1052; mahaliajacksontheater.com) .donate-gambit-article-module-container { text-align: center; padding: 10px; /* background-color: #24da6d; */ background-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 20px; } .donate-gambit-article-module-title { font-weight: bold; color: #fff; } .donate-gambit-article-module-copy { color: #fff !important; font-size: 16px; } .donate-gambit-article-module-button { background-color: black; width: 50%; border-color: black; font-size: 16px; } .donate-gambit-article-module-button:hover { background-color: black; } @media only screen and (max-width: 600px) { .donate-gambit-article-module-button { font-size: 14px; width: 100%; } .donate-gambit-article-module-copy { font-size: 14px; } } BECOME A GAMBIT MEMBER AND JOIN OUR KREWE TODAY For more than 40 years, Gambit has covered New Orleans, for New Orleans. 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Sep 29 • 5:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • nola.com
Why Twins Must Re-Sign Veteran Hitter

Josh Bell provided a beacon of light during an otherwise disappointing season for the Minnesota Twins, hitting .255 and knocking in 96 RBI.

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Sep 29 • 4:37 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Opinion | Trump Has Become Just Another Disappointing Politician

His winning brand — outsider businessman — has withered.

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Sep 29 • 3:00 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
‘Clarity and consistency’: Idaho senators, college leaders back sports reform bill

The school presidents at Idaho’s three most prominent public universities are beating the drum for the bipartisan Protect College Sports Act.

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Sep 29 • 2:59 PM EDT • Sports • idahostatesman.com
Changes coming to Medicaid: what you need to know | Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services

Official website of the City of Philadelphia, includes information on municipal services, permits, licenses, and records for citizens and businesses.

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Sep 29 • 2:42 PM EDT • Health • phila.gov
Lone GOP senator blocks bipartisan effort to prevent Trump from demolishing Kennedy Center

A bipartisan effort aimed at protecting the Kennedy Center from demolition was blocked on the Senate floor Monday night by a lone Republican senator.

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Sep 29 • 2:37 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Mike Lee blocks effort to prevent Trump from tearing down memorials

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) on Monday night blocked a bipartisan effort to prevent the Trump administration from demolishing the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts without congressional approval. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) attempted to pass the Protecting Presidential Memorials Act, a bill he co-led with Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), by unanimous consent. The […]

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Sep 29 • 1:03 PM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
PAHO and Panamerican Trauma Society join forces to expand care for injured people during emergencies in the Americas

Five-year collaboration will strengthen training and preparedness, expand access to specialized clinical expertise, and promote knowledge exchange to help countries rapidly scale up trauma and emergency care during disasters and other health emergencies.

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Sep 29 • 12:25 PM EDT • Health • paho.org
Manchester City respond to Premier League’s seismic ruling of guilt over majority of 115 charges

The club said it was ‘disappointed and surprised’ by the independent commission’s verdict

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Sep 29 • 12:23 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
How Ted Cruz, once a Republican gadfly, became a bipartisan dealmaker

The Texas senator was the driving force behind a bill to overhaul regulation of college athletics that passed the chamber Monday night.

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Sep 29 • 12:07 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Darren Soto showcases bipartisan support in 6-figure ad buy

A conservative supporter makes a case for the Democratic incumbent — and delivers barbs at Dan Green.

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Sep 29 • 11:12 AM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Scientists Say They Know How Your Brain Clears Up Confusing Images

You walk into a dim room and swear someone is standing in the corner. A moment later, you realize it is only a coat rack. The correction happens so quickly that the mistake almost disappears from memo...

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Sep 29 • 10:18 AM EDT • Science • yahoo.com
Palisades News

#Palisades News, Events & Local Politics | Palisades News

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Sep 29 • 10:11 AM EDT • Entertainment • palisadesnews.com
Lark Voohries remembers “Saved by the Bell” costar Dennis Haskins following his death: ‘A special place in my heart’

Voohries, who played Lisa Turtle opposite Haskins’ Mr. Belding on the beloved ‘90s show, said she will miss his “warmth and laughter more than words can say.”

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Sep 29 • 9:23 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
New exhibit chronicles Tom Golisano’s business and philanthropic legacy

The Golisano Institute in Buffalo unveiled a permanent exhibit honoring founder Tom Golisano’s business, philanthropy and civic leadership legacy.

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Sep 29 • 9:15 AM EDT • Business • rbj.net
Authorities announce ‘new possible ransom note’ in search for Savannah Guthrie’s mom Nancy Guthrie

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department confirmed an investigation into the potential ransom note, nearly eight months after the “Today” anchor’s mother disappeared.

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Sep 29 • 9:03 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Keeping politics out of the courtroom

Guest columnist Mike Talia describes the importance of keeping Montana judicial elections nonpartisan.

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Sep 29 • 9:00 AM EDT • Politics • bozemandailychronicle.com
Senate passes sweeping college sports bill

The Senate overwhelmingly passed the Protect College Sports Act Monday in a bipartisan manner to bring stability to the industry.

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Sep 29 • 8:36 AM EDT • Sports • aldailynews.com
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Ukraine’s Academy of Sciences warns against Russian cooperation after attack

The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine has urged the international scientific community not to “restore or legitimise institutional cooperation with Russian state scientific and educational structures,” after a Russian drone hit its Presidium building in central Kyiv, killing at least two people and injuring several others. The drone strike took place in the early afternoon on September 28 while staff were working.The academy called the strike, one of several Russian attacks on Ukraine’s capital using jet-powered drones in recent days, an act of terrorism. “It is a strike [. . .] on the very idea that knowledge, research, and the search for truth should serve life, not its destruction,” it said in a statement.The academy thanked the global scientific community for its solidarity following the attack and warned against any temptation to normalise scientific relations with Russia.“Science cannot exist outside of moral responsibility. There can be no ‘ordinary scientific cooperation’ with a state that kills people and destroys scientific institutions of another country,” it said.“We urge not to create opportunities for Russian state institutions to return to the international scientific community as if nothing happened. There can be no ‘science beyond politics’ when science is attacked with weapons.”After the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Europe almost entirely cut institutional ties and joint programmes with Russian science, although personal academic contacts are still ongoing.Related articlesRussia widens targeting of European research centresHow geopolitical rifts cut scientific collaborationThe European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities (ALLEA), for instance, continues to exclude the Russian Academy of Sciences from its network.ALLEA condemned the latest attack as a “barbaric act” and part of a broader “systematic targeting of Ukraine’s scientific and cultural infrastructure.” This is a “deliberate attempt to erase the conditions under which free inquiry, knowledge, and democratic life are possible,” it said in a statement.Since Russia’s full-scale invasion, more than 4,650 educational institutions across Ukraine have been damaged, and a further 423 have been destroyed, according to ALLEA.National academies across Europe joined ALLEA in condemning the attack. “Science is about the pursuit of knowledge for the benefit of humanity, so this is an attack on civilisation itself,” said Paul Nurse, president of the UK’s Royal Society.Attacks on scientific, university and cultural institutions “are attacks on the foundations of society and constitute a clear violation of international law,” wrote the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.The presidents of the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine also released a joint statement condemning the attack and pledging to continue to support the Ukrainian research community.The targeting of the Ukrainian academy prompted outcry from European leaders. “Today, science became a target for Russia,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wrote on social media.“These strikes are the latest illustration of the Russian regime’s hostile contempt for science and truth,” said French President Emmanuel Macron.

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Sep 29 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencebusiness.net
Kansas City Royals News: Long way to go in 2027

2026 was a disappointment. Now the team looks toward 2027.

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Sep 29 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Senate passes bipartisan Protect College Sports Act amid ‘chaos’ in industry

The Senate passed a sweeping bipartisan bill on Monday that would regulate college sports amid athlete payments and near-unrestricted transfers

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Sep 29 • 7:41 AM EDT • Sports • theguardian.com
GOP senator blocks bill to stop Trump from demolishing Kennedy Center

The bipartisan effort to ban the demolition of presidential memorials was thwarted in the Senate by an objection from Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah).

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Sep 29 • 7:15 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Lesbian Bar Project Co-Founder: Purity Politics Could Destroy Our Remaining Spaces

Subscribe As a professional lesbian and Massachusetts native, I’ve recently been asked by a lot of folks what I think about the saga unfolding at Last Ditch. The now-viral story, first reported by The Boston Globe, centers on a Western Massachusetts lesbian bar that lifted its mask requirement for one night a week to help drum up business. The decision ignited an intra-queer controversy that has been feasted on by media outlets across the political spectrum—from the New York Post to LGBTQ Nation—and is even reportedly being eyed for a Hollywood adaptation. Apparently nothing is more entertaining than a bunch of lesbians and queers fighting with each other over KN-95s. What has been lost in all of the chatter and media coverage is the very real possibility that Last Ditch, which just opened in April 2025, will have to close its doors. The venue’s one remaining founder, Jackie Matellian, revealed in a community Zoom meeting that she’s working four jobs, is now solely responsible for the bar’s $50,000 business loan and is struggling to keep up with the bills. So as we laugh about the controversy’s similarity to a “Portlandia” skit and how one of the bar’s founders left to enroll in clown school, we forget that yet another lesbian bar is facing an existential crisis—and this time the call is coming from inside the house. In 2020, my friend Elina Street and I created The Lesbian Bar Project, an Emmy-, Webby- and GLAAD Media Award-winning docuseries and initiative that tells the stories of lesbian queer bars around the world. We were moved to act because at the time there were only an estimated 16 lesbian bars in the United States, and the pandemic threatened to bring that number down even further. There are now more sapphic bars than there were just before the pandemic—about 36 of them in total—but this is down from approximately 200 in 1980. Maybe that doesn’t mean much to you, but for the millions of sapphics living in the U.S., this number is calamitous. As the world laughs at lesbians and sapphics, I want to take a second and tell you what I feel when I walk into one of these bars, which are all unique and irreplaceable in their own way: I feel seen. Sometimes I think Cubbyhole in New York City’s West Village neighborhood knew I was gay before I did. When I walked in there for the first time, before I was even out, I was transfixed by the colorful array of tchotchkes hanging from the ceiling and how the women standing next to me were completely unafraid to express their desire for one another. I knew the minute I was ready to come out, I had a home. I also felt the joy of a new couple falling in love at Seattle’s Wildrose, the quiet confidence of a short king lining up her shot at the pool table at Ginger’s in Brooklyn and the kick of cayenne pepper in Julie Mabry’s crawfish at Houston’s Pearl Bar. Subscribe Lesbian bars don’t just serve lesbians; they serve queer folks across the spectrum, including bisexual, pansexual and trans people. As Elina and I traveled across the U.S. and Europe and to parts of Latin America to document the bar owners, staff and patrons that make up the ecosystems of these spaces, we also became uniquely acquainted with the factors that threaten their existence: gentrification, wage gaps, sexism, environmental disasters, gun violence, rising insurance premiums and political administrations working to annihilate queer people and their families. Lesbian bar owners, like all leaders and entrepreneurs, are imperfect. There have been significant issues over the years at lesbian bars: employee harassment, racism, lack of accessibility, sexual assault and transphobia. All bar owners should be held accountable and should listen to their communities to evolve into safer and more equitable spaces. I also acknowledge my privilege: I am able-bodied, white, cis and from a family system that loves me for who I am. Not everyone has that. Queer people, especially trans and bisexual people, are suffering from disproportionately high levels of depression, and our mental health system isn’t equipped to support them. Immunocompromised people and long COVID are real, and many of my friends are suffering to this day. The people with the least safety net are often the ones for whom a bar closing costs the most. And yet, as we’re seeing with Last Ditch, the queer community often lashes out at each other. It’s also the mainstream media taking the internal conflict and making a mockery out of it, distracting from the real possibility that this bar could close due to financial pressures. A bar that many people loved and needed is facing extinction. Perhaps it’s safer to dissent with one another than with the larger forces trying to eradicate us, but in doing so, we risk destroying the few spaces we have left. Due to the constraints of purity politics—some in good faith, some not so much—lesbian bar owners, almost all of whom are queer women themselves, are forced to be everything for everyone, similarly to how women are forced to be everything for everyone. By asking these bars to uphold impossible standards—standards very few other third spaces are asked to consider—we all end up losing. I want to move as a community toward dialogue, compassionate dissent and collaboration to make our spaces better with the goal of keeping them OPEN and thriving, rather than destroying them from the inside with expectations that are arguably unattainable. Subscribe While I have your attention—for this fleeting second of the news cycle—may I urge us to spearhead a way to keep these small businesses afloat without attacking our own community along the way? Bar owners are left with an impasse: They want to be community-centered, but they also have to make money to keep their doors open. Sometimes they might make business decisions that don’t work for everyone—and that’s partly because different patrons have different priorities and want different things—but these owners deserve the opportunity for productive dialogue**.** We have to work with them and with each other to keep our spaces open, to keep them growing. Lesbian bars raised me into the queer woman I am today. One thing I think about as I reflect on the six years of work we’ve done to document these spaces is that shared, unspoken language I have with a stranger the moment we both walk into one of these bars: the nod, the ease, the not having to explain ourselves. I don’t want to lose that, and neither should you. If objective, nonpartisan, rigorous, LGBTQ-focused journalism is important to you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation through our 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor, Resource Impact, by clicking this button: Donate

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Sep 29 • 7:01 AM EDT • Politics • unclosetedmedia.com
Rummenigge confirms new leadership structure for FC Bayern campus

Bayern Munich supervisory board member Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has confirmed a structural reorganisation at the Bayern campus, clarifying that sporting director Christoph Freund and campus director Jochen Sauer now hold complete operational authority over the club’s youth academy, and that Max Eberl will no longer have a say in their operations. Speaking on the executive hierarchy […]

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Sep 29 • 4:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Trump government ads draw scrutiny weeks before midterm elections

Taxpayer-funded ads featuring Trump, including spots celebrating a "golden age of America" and one with a chorus singing "love me" on repeat, are drawing bipartisan criticism and legal questions.

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Sep 29 • 3:43 AM EDT • Politics • wbkb11.com
Protect College Sports Act gains Senate approval in bipartisan vote

The Protect College Sports Act took its next step forward on Monday, with the Senate voting overwhelmingly 77-22 in favor of the proposed federal legislation reforming college athletics.

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Sep 29 • 2:53 AM EDT • Sports • reuters.com
Another disappointing performance from Colston Loveland

Colston Loveland came within inches of scoring a touchdown against the Eagles on MNF but ultimately settled for just 31 yards in the win.

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Sep 29 • 2:15 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Community Invited To October Meeting Of County Health Council Thursday, Oct. 1

BY LISA HAMPTONChairLos Alamos County Health Council I wanted to personally invite you to attend the Thursday, Oct. 1 Health Council Meeting at noon, in the Municipal Building.October is Domestic V…

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Sep 29 • 12:35 AM EDT • Health • losalamosreporter.com
Shaken Baby Syndrome: Junk science or not? When lawyers set scientific standards

Shaken Baby Syndrome has increasingly been branded “junk science,” not because the medical consensus has disappeared, but because courts, some expert witnesses, and the media have created disputes over how these injuries occur. The real question is not whether every SBS prosecution is correct, but whether uncertainty in an individual case justifies discarding a diagnosis supported by a substantial body of medical evidence.

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Sep 29 • 12:00 AM EDT • Science • acsh.org
Hawks Should Have No Regrets About Trading Zaccharie Risacher

Zaccharie Risacher can still become a good NBA player, but the Hawks were right to trade him for Luguentz Dort as they shift into win-now mode.

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Sep 28 • 11:02 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Cameron Boozer Expects More Perimeter Role With Grizzlies

Cameron Boozer expects a more perimeter-oriented role with Memphis, while Tuomas Iisalo plans to use his passing and versatility in several ways.

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Sep 28 • 10:55 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Senate passes college sports bill that would rein in athlete payments and transfers

The Senate has passed a sweeping bipartisan bill that would regulate college sports.

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Sep 28 • 10:33 PM EDT • Sports • seattletimes.com
Chamber of Maui Political Action Committee announces Its 2026 candidate endorsements

The Chamber of Maui Political Action Committee (COMPAC), a non-partisan non-sectarian committee who handles the Maui Chamber’s candidate endorsement process, announced the Chamber’s “business-friendly” endorsements for State and Maui County races this year.

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Sep 28 • 10:30 PM EDT • Politics • mauinow.com
Senate passes college sports bill that would rein in athlete payments and transfers

The Senate passed a sweeping bipartisan bill on Monday that would regulate college sports, an attempt to end “chaos” in an industry that has been upended by skyrocketing athlete payments and near-unrestricted transfers between schools.

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Sep 28 • 10:26 PM EDT • Sports • kcrg.com
Protect College Sports Act passes Senate: Historic bill takes first step, but uncertainty awaits in House

The bipartisan bill aimed at stabilizing college sports passed its first test with Monday night's Senate vote, but more hurdles must be cleared in the House before it can be signed into law

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Sep 28 • 10:17 PM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
Senate passes major bill to overhaul college sports

The Senate on Monday passed a major bill to overhaul college athletics with a large bipartisan vote, 77-22.

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Sep 28 • 10:07 PM EDT • Sports • cnn.com
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Senate passes major bill to overhaul college sports

The Senate on Monday passed a major bill to overhaul college athletics with a large bipartisan vote, 77-22.

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Senate passes bipartisan bill to overhaul college sports

President Donald Trump wants the House to clear the measure quickly.

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Sep 28 • 10:04 PM EDT • Sports • politico.com
Senate approves sweeping college sports bill on athlete pay, transfers and NCAA rules

WASHINGTON – The Senate approved a bipartisan college sports overhaul that would codify athlete revenue sharing, regulate NIL and transfers, and give the NCAA limited antitrust protection. Critics say it undercuts athletes’ leverage.

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Sep 28 • 9:58 PM EDT • Sports • cronkitenews.azpbs.org
Trump Slashes Fuel-Economy Standards in Blow to Climate, Health, EV Market

One observer called the move a "disaster for people’s health, the planet, and even U.S. automakers.”

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Sep 28 • 7:21 PM EDT • Health • insideclimatenews.org
Ranking Member Markey: SBA Administrator Loeffler, Trump Administration are Refusing to Answer to America’s 36+ Million Small Businesses and Workers, Leaving Main Street Behind

Loeffler canceled her scheduled Sept. 30 appearance before the Senate Small Business Committee, has not appeared before SBC in more than a year (Washington, September 28) – Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released the following statement after Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler canceled her scheduled Wednesday appearance before the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee. Administrator Loeffler has not appeared before the committee in more than a year and has consistently refused to provide substantial answers to committee members in person, in writing, or via requested briefings. In June, Ranking Member Markey led every Democratic member of the committee in calling on Administrator Loeffler to appear before the committee to answer for the Trump administration’s cruel attacks on American small businesses, entrepreneurs, and workers. The Democratic lawmakers still have not received a response from Administrator Loeffler. “It is unacceptable that Administrator Loeffler chose to cancel her appearance before the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee. The Trump administration is once again ignoring the more than 36 million American small businesses, entrepreneurs, and workers who drive our economy and enrich our communities by refusing to answer questions about this administration’s reckless economic policies. It has been more than a year since Administrator Loeffler has appeared before our committee and answered questions from both Democrats and Republicans. Since then, the Trump administration’s attacks on Main Street have only worsened. “Small businesses are facing record high gas and diesel prices, skyrocketing healthcare costs, and never-ending uncertainty from Trump’s trade war with the world. Trump has terrorized Main Streets across the country with violent ICE raids, destroying families, communities, and local economies. Meanwhile, Administrator Loeffler and the Trump SBA have been in a Witness Protection Program, ignoring the Pain on Main Street that they have created. They have chosen to make drastic cuts to SBA funding and essential, bipartisan programs, including the closure of the SBA office in Springfield and removal of the SBA office from Boston; directly attacked immigrant small business owners and destroyed the promise of the American Dream; and proposed shortsighted small business size rules that would benefit billion-dollar businesses over actual small businesses. “It’s clear that Administrator Loeffler, President Trump, and their CEO billionaire buddies want to turn the Small Business Administration into the Big Business Administration, tear down our economy, and abandon Main Street. If that is indeed this administration’s goal, Administrator Loeffler must answer to the millions of small businesses, workers, and families in Massachusetts and across the country that this administration is leaving behind.” ###

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Sep 28 • 5:57 PM EDT • Business • sbc.senate.gov
Are politicians using influencers to bolster their campaigns?

FOX 5 NY's Lisa Evers dives into the story to find the answers.

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Sep 28 • 5:48 PM EDT • Politics • fox5ny.com
PNB’s ‘Serenade’ made the audience gasp

PNB's 54th season began with the magical "Serenade" and a cast that didn't disappoint.

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Sep 28 • 5:29 PM EDT • Entertainment • yakimaherald.com
Iowa State Association of Counties brings on new government relations director

Emily Schwickerath has joined the Iowa State Association of Counties as the director of government relations. She comes to the team after working with U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra, who represents Iowa’s Fourth Congressional District. She has also worked in the Iowa Legislature and hopes to bring her governmental experience to ISAC to strengthen relationships between…

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Sep 28 • 5:15 PM EDT • Business • businessrecord.com
ERIC, Business Groups Back AT&T in 401(k) Forfeiture Appeal

The groups’ amicus brief argues that AT&T’s use of forfeitures to reduce future employer contributions is consistent with ERISA and regulatory guidance.

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Sep 28 • 4:29 PM EDT • Business • planadviser.com
Opinion: Brandon Johnson is wrong about Michael Sacks

As leaders of unions representing more than 100,000 working families across Chicago, we strongly disagree with Mayor Brandon Johnson’s recent attacks on Michael Sacks.

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Sep 28 • 4:19 PM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com
Bobby Kotick’s lawyers sent me a bad email (and later apologized)

The message I had received was unsettling—for a moment. Then it was just really confusing. Back on January 20 of this year, at 5:15pm ET, I received an email with the subject line “Legal Correspondence re Bobby Kotick.” It was from the law firm Clare Locke, a firm I’d heard had been emailing reporters in recent years about their coverage of Kotick, the former, longtime CEO of Activision Blizzard. The letter was threatening. A lawyer from the firm introduced themselves as “defamation counsel to Bobby Kotick.” They issued a “demand” that I “correct” a Game File article I’d published a week prior. The article that had irked them had been a scoop of sorts. I’d written about a a 2022 lawsuit brought by a Swedish pension fund, AP7, over Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard. The suit wasn’t news, but I was first to review and report about Kotick’s extensive pushback to the fund’s claims. The pension fund’s core contention was that the sale had been rushed by Kotick to avoid the consequences of sexual misconduct scandals swirling around the company in 2021. (He’d not been accused of misconduct himself in those suits, to be clear.) As I wrote at the time, Kotick had denied the allegations of the rushed sale. Beyond that, Kotick used a December 2025 reply to the Swedish fund’s lawsuit to assign blame for those workplace scandals, the bad press and even for the AP7 lawsuit. I’d found Kotick’s arguments novel and newsworthy. Across nearly 3,000 words, I explained Kotick’s take: that a Swedish gaming company was behind the Swedish fund’s lawsuit (the Embracer group; they denied it); that the Microsoft-Activision deal was not rushed and was secured at what Kotick felt history had proven to be an optimal price for shareholders; that he believed a conspiracy of people at unions government agencies, PR firms and the media had spun up claims of widespread workplace misconduct at Activision Blizzard in 2021. The article gave context for all of this, letting readers assess the claims and weigh their credibility. As I’d later write to Kotick’s lawyers: I would be surprised if you could point to any news article about Bobby Kotick in the last five years that has spent more of its wordcount articulating his point of view. He is welcome to do an interview with Game File any time. Nonetheless, there they were in my inbox that Tuesday evening: Clare Locke, the law firm that secured a $787.5 million settlement from Fox News over false statements about voting machines. They were emailing me, threatening that failure to comply with their demand could support a claim of “actual malice,” a legal standard for libel. Unless… Unless, they said, I added a key paragraph to my article. This was a paragraph that I already knew Kotick’s lawyers had been emailing reporters about for at least a year, and it was a paragraph that was already in my article. The paragraph they wanted is from a 2023 settlement that California’s Civil Rights Department struck with Activision Blizzard. The settlement had closed a two-year-old lawsuit over alleged sexual discrimination at the game maker. The paragraph basically said that claims of systemic or widespread sexual harassment—or of execs like Kotick tolerating such behavior—had never been proven. I’d already seen proof that Kotick’s lawyers had pushed for the settlement’s language to be added to reports about 2021 sexual discrimination and misconduct lawsuits brought against Activision Blizzard by California and, separately, by the U.S. federal government (both suits were since settled). I knew that Kotick and his lawyers felt that the California settlement language should be mentioned in the same breath as references to an article he hated and denied, a November 2021 Wall Street Journal article claiming Kotick knew “for years” of sexual misconduct at Activision Blizzard. So, in the Game File article that Clare Locke emailed me about, in the interest of ensuring I was being fair and balanced regarding the person I was covering, I had already included the following excerpt from the California settlement [emphasis added in bold]: (Kotick has repeatedly pushed back against that November article in the Wall Street Journal, citing among other things, language from a court-approved consent decree as part of Activision’s 2023 $54 million settlement over the California suit. It states: “no court or any independent investigation has substantiated any allegations that: there has been systemic or widespread sexual harassment at Activision Blizzard [or] that Activision Blizzard senior executives ignored, condoned, or tolerated a culture of systemic harassment, retaliation, or discrimination.”) On the evening of January 20, I was incredulous. How do you write a four page legal threat about a week-old article and miss this? While scrambling to also make my kids dinner, I wrote a lengthy reply to Clare Locke’s lawyers, basically asking them to cool it with the threats and to start making sense. In part, I wrote: I hope you can understand why I am having trouble understanding what you’re asking for, when the statement you’re demanding to see in Game File’s article already appears in Game File’s article. Actual malice, as you know, refers to a reckless disregard for the truth. I’m not sure what your argument is when my article already states your client’s position. Here is where I should remind you, the reader, that I am an independent journalist. I publish on Substack, and have availed myself of the Substack Defender program that provides writers on the platform with legal support. But I’m no Wall Street Journal or New York Times, nor even IGN or GameSpot when it comes to such things as, well, having a legal department. There are more fun things for me to do as an independent journalist than writing back to a powerful law firm representing a very rich person. On the evening of January 20th, I was just trying to cook some pasta, broccoli and chicken nuggets for hungry twins. Nevertheless, I wrote back to them. Two hours later, I got a reply. Summarizing: A lawyer for Clare Locke said they’d “reviewed an incomplete version” of my article and they “apologize for the confusion.” (My guess: Someone didn’t read past the piece’s paywall, even though they’d had a full week to scrounge up the funds to do so. What I’d published above the paywall was balanced, as was what came after.)1 That was almost that, but something about the situation bothered me. The letter had been marked “confidential.” I hadn’t agreed to that, and I disliked the idea that powerful people on the beat that I cover would act like they could unilaterally control what I might tell my readers about. On the morning of the 21st, having already gotten the powerful law firm to back off, I oh-so-wisely re-approached them with just one more thing. I thanked them for clearing things up the night before but noted that I’d never agreed to keep their letter confidential. I’m all for agreeing with a source to keep things off the record, but that’s the thing. We have to agree. You can’t just declare it. I’m not bound by that. I wrote to Clare Locke’s lawyer and said, in part: I trust the matter is resolved. It was disappointing to have to spend less time with my kids last night in order to address your legal letter. Family time’s precious. I will add, for clarity’s sake, that, while your letter stipulated that it was confidential, I did not agree to those terms. In the future, should you wish to communicate with me confidentially, I am happy to agree to classifying our communication as “off the record” prior to the actual communication—as is standard with any professional journalist. The firm’s lawyer replied, not directly addressing the confidentiality issue but asserting that the matter was resolved. Why I didn’t write about this until now In May, I told this story on an episode of Simon Parkin’s podcast My Perfect Console, but I held off on sharing it directly with Game File readers. I held off to avoid stepping on the toes of another reporter, the journalist Mikhail Klimentov. He’d interviewed me in the spring of 2025 about an investigation he was working on regarding Bobby Kotick lawyers pressing the media to add the California settlement language to stories referencing the 2021 lawsuits. And about how some outlets had changed their stories and how some simply deleted them. Initially, I was a third-party source for Klimentov’s reporting, providing on-the-record context about the state of the games media. I’d heard about the letters but hadn’t put the time into pursuing the story. I thought it was interesting, and I was glad he was covering it. When the outlet that Klimentov was going to run his reporting in dropped the story, I began talking to him about potentially publishing his reporting on Game File. This was tentative. Then, in January, when I got my own Clare Locke letter, I told Klimentov that I didn’t think it would make sense for me to publish him, not with me now being part of the story. I had my own version of this situation to tell. But I wished him well and said I’d refrain from telling my tale until he could get his reporting out there. Last Friday, Klimentov finally ran his investigation, in a nearly 48-minute video report for People Make Games. It covers various Clare Locke letters, how media outlets reacted to them and what to make of all this. His video weighs the merits of Kotick’s request and looks at some of the articles that were changed (one of which had a glaring error). I highly recommend watching it: (Note, I did some editorial consulting for a People Make Games video last year but nothing to do with this report.) While many outlets haven’t left any public evidence that they updated their Kotick coverage at Kotick’s counsel’s request, at least one has. Back in October 2025, the mainstream outlet Reuters applied the most transparent article update I’ve seen. On the 3rd of the month, they published an article about the state of the Swedish pension fund’s lawsuit. Days later, they added this: In an October 7 letter sent after publication of this article, Kotick’s defamation counsel disputed claims of widespread harassment at Activision. “Not a single investigation, court finding, verdict, or ruling ever concluded that there was any merit” to the allegations of widespread harassment at Activision, Tom Clare and Nick Brechbill of Clare Locke wrote. I’ve never added a statement to my article on Game File, because none was needed. Not for fairness’ sake, nor to meet any demands of Kotick’s lawyers. I’ve nevertheless wanted to be transparent with Game File readers. If someone powerful is questioning my reporting, is threatening a lawsuit over it… if that threat is part of a pattern involving other games media outlets and if, in my case, the whole thing ran into a ridiculous ditch, I want you to know about it. I also share this as a real example of how I handle threats to Game File. I stand up for my own reporting, even when it’s not comfortable to do so. (In that same category of standing up for the work I do, I’ll point to an incident in late August. Asocial media post I published to X/Twitter regarding reporting I did about Take Two and GTA VI was hit by bogus copyright claim by a firm working for the publisher. I pushed back and got it reversed; even while a bigger games media outlet let themselves be censored. This is the other reason I’m sharing this story: To emphasize that dealing with threats from powerful people is one of the costs of covering the video game industry independently and as fearlessly as possible. This is where you come in. Your support, through free and paid subscriptions (sign up here!), can help me keep doing that. It can ensure that I’ve got the back-up I need. And it can help make fiascoes like this even less of a worry, so I can spend my evenings dealing with more important things, such as making sure I steam the kids’ broccoli just right. 1 That pension fund lawsuit I wrote about in January has all but gone away. In May, the fund and Activision Blizzard owner Microsoft agreed to settle. Lawyers for the fund brokered a $250 million settlement for former Activision Blizzard shareholders. In the settlement, the fund’s lawyers changed their rhetoric. Where once they’d questioned the meaning of the California settlement language, they adopted a version of it for themselves. Several weeks ago, while seeking to get a court to sign off on the terms of the settlement, they proposed their fee for their work in the case: $60 million.

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Trump dines with Anthropic CEO ahead of event with tech leaders

Trump’s meetings with top tech leaders come as bipartisan concern grows over what might happen if the government does not create guardrails

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Newsom vetoes bills aimed at insurance reform sought by wildfire survivors

Supporters of the bills said would give policyholders greater transparency and accountability when insurance companies delay or underpay claims

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Sep 28 • 4:00 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumnews1.com
Senate is set to vote on a sweeping college sports bill. Here's what it would do

The bipartisan Protect Student College Sports Act would give the NCAA more power to govern national rules and regulations in college sports.

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Sep 28 • 3:37 PM EDT • Politics • latimes.com
WildBrain Unveils New Strawberry Shortcake Launches

WildBrain releases trailer for new Strawberry Shortcake series as franchise builds toward 50th anniversary with new partnerships.

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Sep 28 • 3:13 PM EDT • Entertainment • licenseglobal.com
Netflix on Building Products as Artifacts of Fandom

Netflix's Filippo Zuffada explains how the streamer is building year-round licensing momentum and why partners need to start with fandom, not format

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Sep 28 • 3:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • licenseglobal.com
SJSU Students Mentor and Support Small Business Owners at OpenAI Workshop NewsCenter | SJSU

Six San José State students served as AI mentors at an OpenAI workshop designed to help small-business owners integrate AI into their daily work.

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Sep 28 • 2:56 PM EDT • Business • blogs.sjsu.edu
COMMENTARY: What Tennessee must address before facing Auburn

How can the Volunteers correct their mistakes from Saturday's offensive disaster?

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Sep 28 • 2:41 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Vance unloads on tech titans using foreign visa holders to displace American workers

JD Vance targets H-1B visa abuse, saying large companies lay off thousands of American workers then claim they desperately need foreign labor.

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Sep 28 • 2:23 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Meta’s Smart Glasses PR Cleanup Campaign Is in Full Swing

This year's Meta Connect was all about public perception.

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Sep 28 • 2:20 PM EDT • Technology • gizmodo.com
US revokes visas from Latin American officials, including Bolivia’s top prosecutor

The Trump administration is revoking the visas of 27 Latin American officials and their families, including Bolivia’s attorney general, over accusations of corruption. The officials and their families come from

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Sep 28 • 2:11 PM EDT • Politics • lancasteronline.com
The 3 most disappointing college football teams this season

A month into the 2026 college football season, the preseason polls are already starting to look like works of fiction. For every team exceeding expectations, there’s another whose fan base is wondering what went wrong, and in some cases, whether the head coach will make it to November. Nearly every team entered the 2026 season…

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California moves closer to banning work involving countertops containing silica

An occupational physicians group says an “epidemic” of silicosis “is causing disabling disease and death” among fabrication workers.

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Sep 28 • 1:00 PM EDT • Health • safetyandhealthmagazine.com
U.S. Bank Launches New Credit Cards for Small Business Owners with Jessica Alba as Spokesperson

MINNEAPOLIS, September 28, 2026--U.S. Bank doubles down on its commitment to support small business owners with the launch of its U.S. Bank Business EssentialsTM Visa® Card and U.S. Bank Business EssentialsTM Plus Visa Signature® Card. The cards are designed for small business owners looking for straight-forward rewards on their everyday business purchases. Both offer unlimited 2% cash back on eligible purchases, plus the ability to earn higher cash back when paired with qualifying balances in a

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Sep 28 • 12:21 PM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Senate nears vote on college sports bill that would rein in athlete payments and transfers

The Senate is poised to pass a sweeping bipartisan bill that would regulate college sports.

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Sep 28 • 12:12 PM EDT • Sports • ksat.com
Senate nears vote on college sports bill that would rein in athlete payments and transfers

The Senate is poised to pass a sweeping bipartisan bill that would regulate college sports.

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Senate Nears Vote on College Sports Bill That Would Rein in Athlete Payments and Transfers

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is poised to pass a sweeping bipartisan bill on Monday that would regulate college sports, an attempt to end “chaos” in an industry that has been upended by skyrocketing athlete payments and near-unrestricted transfers between schools. Passage of the legislation would be ...

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“Off Campus ”stars Ella Bright and Belmont Cameli address feud rumors

Fans began speculating about a rift between the costars after photos of Bright disappeared from Cameli’s Instagram grid.

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Sep 28 • 12:01 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Chilean Minister of Health elected President of PAHO’s 63rd Directing Council

Washington, D.C., 28 September 2026 (PAHO) – Chile’s Minister of Health, Dr. May Chomalí Garib, was elected today as President of the 63rd Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) during the opening session of one of the Organization’s governing bodies.Dr. Chomalí assumes the leadership of PAHO’s Directing Council for the Americas, succeeding Lisa Cummins, Minister of Health and Wellness of Barbados.

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Sep 28 • 11:14 AM EDT • Health • paho.org
Business Monday: Natural disasters devastated some Big Island business, while boosting income for others

Hawai‘i County Mayor Kimo Alameda said it’s an “unbelievable yin-yang story” as some businesses have been forced to shutter while others are thriving.

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Sep 28 • 11:00 AM EDT • Business • bigislandnow.com
Defensive concerns and possible transfers

Graeme: I wouldn't bet against the club bringing in a couple of additional players to freshen up the squad, but I would envisage that, before anyone else arrives, someone is likely to leave. Hayden asked: We seem to have some decent firepower this season, but can Ipswich get away with having pretty much a Championship defence? Graeme: I share concerns about Town in that part area of the pitch, but I think 'Championship defence' might be a tad harsh, Hayden.

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Business Insider: The Hidden Sacrifices of Chasing an H-1B Career in America

Partner Aaron Blumberg discusses how proposed changes to the H-1B program could affect workers facing layoffs and families navigating dependent visa status.

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Open Call: Visa Foundation U.S. Small Business Growth and Innovation Program

Visa Foundation is investing $2M in U.S. nonprofits that support small and micro businesses. Apply for a grant of $100K–$250K by October 21, 2026.

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Sep 28 • 10:08 AM EDT • Business • rockpa.org
Rangers disappointed after stumbling on final weekend of season

What could have been a joyful moment for the Rangers turned somber as they fell one game short of a playoff spot.

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Sep 28 • 9:40 AM EDT • Sports • spectrumlocalnews.com
Official: Man Utd sign ‘excellent’ Liverpool winger

Manchester United have announced the capture of Isaac Konde, a promising teenager who developed at Liverpool’s academy.The 16-year-old is a winger blessed with ‘blistering’ pace and ‘excellent...

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Sep 28 • 9:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Bridge DePaul is making room for political disagreement on campus

The group is entering its second year with plans to focus on dialogue, voter information and student engagement with different political ideas.

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Sep 28 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • depauliaonline.com
Business Beat: Residence Inn in Longview nears opening - Longview News-Journal

A new 100-suite Residence Inn by Marriott in Longview is preparing to welcome guests. Located at 3661 Estes Parkway, the extended-stay hotel is owned by Palisades Hospitality. It was developed […]

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Sep 28 • 6:43 AM EDT • Business • news-journal.com
Klopp sees no reason for negativity after Germany's setbacks

Jürgen Klopp has refused to be hit by a resurgent wave of negativity after two setbacks in his first two games as Germany coach. Following a disappointing last-32 exit from this year's World Cup, Klopp replaced Julian Nagelsmann.

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Sep 28 • 5:48 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Bipartisan bill would protect MD small business deposits

Commentary: U.S. Senators introduce the Main Street Depositor Protection Act to raise deposit insurance for small business accounts.

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Sep 28 • 5:33 AM EDT • Business • thedailyrecord.com
New York hospitals push for exemption from federal H-1B visa fee

Hospitals warned U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that the policy could have “detrimental impacts” on the healthcare sector.

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Sep 28 • 5:30 AM EDT • Health • crainsnewyork.com
Offensive Line is Buccaneers' Biggest Disappointment

Almost everything has gone wrong for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers so far this season, but no position has been more disappointing than the offensive line.

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Sep 28 • 3:38 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
After Taxi Driver Deaths, Union Pushes Mamdani for Health Fund

Several New York City cabbies were recently found dead in their cars. A taxi union is seeking to revive a fund that would provide medical screenings, disability insurance and other benefits.

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Sep 28 • 3:00 AM EDT • Health • nytimes.com
Health officials give safety tips following rabies case in cattle

Following a rabies case in a Minnesota cow, health officials urge immediate vaccination and personal protective equipment use when handling sick livestock.

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Sep 28 • 3:00 AM EDT • Health • farmprogress.com
Is your will worthless? Here’s how to add value

A will is as valuable as you make it. Thought, intention and effort today pay off after you’re gone.

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Sep 28 • 3:00 AM EDT • Business • farmprogress.com
The New Health Care Populism

Fear over rising costs is fueling bipartisan motivation to confront drug companies, insurers, and pharmacy benefit managers directly, with candidates on both sides racing to appear stronger on those areas than their opponents rather than litigating the Affordable Care Act. Republicans have been espe

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Sep 27 • 11:09 PM EDT • Health • carolinapoliticalreview.org
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Situation analysis of disability-inclusive health systems in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Analysis in English on Afghanistan and 21 other countries about Health and Protection and Human Rights; published on 28 Sep 2026 by WHO

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Sep 27 • 10:05 PM EDT • Health • reliefweb.int
'Pseudo-journalism': Partisan 'news' sites target US midterms

It bills itself as an "independent journalism" outfit, but the innocuous-sounding North Carolinian is among hundreds of partisan sites that researchers say masquerade as local news outlets in battlegr...

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Sep 27 • 9:27 PM EDT • Politics • yahoo.com
Fauquier Health hosts ‘Pink with Purpose’ on Oct. 6

The event will feature a "Pink marketplace" with local artisans, crafters and vendors selling a wide variety of items, including jewelry, ornaments, beauty care, gifts and home goods.

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Sep 27 • 8:47 PM EDT • Health • fauquier.com
A Dolly Parton tribute, Madonna performs, LISA wins: What to know about the 2026 MTV VMAs

Madonna opened the starry 2026 MTV Video Music Awards and was joined by her recent collaborators Sabrina Carpenter and Charli xcx. LISA won the first award for best pop. Kacey

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Sep 27 • 8:42 PM EDT • Entertainment • lancasteronline.com
Madonna opens starry 2026 MTV VMAs, LISA wins first award: What to know about the show

Madonna opened the starry 2026 MTV Video Music Awards. She was joined by her recent collaborators Sabrina Carpenter and Charli xcx. LISA won the first award for best pop. Later

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Sep 27 • 8:15 PM EDT • Entertainment • lancasteronline.com
Madonna opens starry 2026 MTV VMAs, LISA wins first award: What to know about the show

Madonna opened the starry 2026 MTV Video Music Awards. She was joined by her recent collaborators Sabrina Carpenter and Charli xcx. LISA won the first award for best pop. Later

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Sep 27 • 8:15 PM EDT • Entertainment • yakimaherald.com
Why rehabilitation cannot be an afterthought in a health emergency: a new WHO toolkit is put to the test

When disaster strikes, saving lives is the priority. But what happens to the people who sustain injuries such as amputations, spinal cord damage, brain injury, or complex fractures if rehabilitation is not part of the response plan from the start? That question shaped a four-day training workshop held in Nadi, Fiji, from 14 to 17 April 2026, where 23 emergency managers, rehabilitation professionals, and partner representatives from 12 countries piloted a new World Health Organization (WHO) toolkit designed to help ministries of health build rehabilitation into their emergency preparedness planning.

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Sep 27 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • who.int
Dan Wilson out as Seattle Mariners manager

Dan Wilson will not return as the Seattle Mariners' manager next season, he and the team said Sunday. Wilson made the announcement shortly after the Mariners finished off a 7-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels, the ending to a disappointing 76-86 season that began with World Series hopes after the Mariners made it to Game 7 of the ALCS last season. “Collectively we failed to meet our own expectations this season,” Mariners President of Baseball Operations Jerry Dipoto said in a statement.

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Sep 27 • 7:22 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
John Healey to promise 'new age of industrialisation' for UK in conference speech

The chancellor will unveil policies aimed at boosting British shipbuilding in his speech to Labour's annual conference on Monday.

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Sep 27 • 7:01 PM EDT • Politics • bbc.com
Mariners manager Dan Wilson won't be back for 2027

The Mariners have been one of the most disappointing teams in baseball this year.

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Sep 27 • 6:53 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com