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The top Dallas-Fort Worth business stories of 2025 hint at what’s coming for 2026

The Dallas-Fort Worth economy is ending 2025 in a much different manner than it started this year. In a year that started with all eyes on Washington, D.C....

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Dec 27, 2025 • 1:52 PM EST • Business • dallasnews.com
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Indy Fuel face scheduling questions as ECHL starts work stoppage

The work stoppage resulted in the postponement of the Indy Fuel's scheduled road game Friday against the Fort Wayne Komets and could affect other scheduled Fuel games this weekend.

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Dec 27, 2025 • 11:24 AM EST • Business • ibj.com
Pixel 10 phones and Switch 2 games round out this week’s best deals

Deals starting at $16.

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Dec 27, 2025 • 11:07 AM EST • Technology • theverge.com
Forest analysis: Still progressing under Dyche

The feeling around the City Ground should be one of pride, and the belief Nottingham Forest are continuing to move in the right direction. The chaos of the start of the season - when Ange Postecoglou replaced Nuno Espirito Santo and barely lasted six weeks - has been replaced by the almost serene nature of the past two months under Sean Dyche. Defeat meant it is successive losses for the first time under Dyche, a testament to how quickly he got to grips with a floundering team, but Forest cannot afford to allow it to become a habit.

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Dec 27, 2025 • 10:27 AM EST • Sports • bbc.com
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The 7 top space and defense tech startups from Disrupt Startup Battlefield

Here is the full list of the space and defense tech Startup Battlefield 200 selectees, along with a note on what made us select them for the competition.

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Dec 27, 2025 • 10:00 AM EST • Technology • techcrunch.com
Google is starting to let users change their Gmail addresses — here's what you need to know

This could be huge

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Dec 27, 2025 • 9:42 AM EST • Technology • tomsguide.com
Islanders News: Having the Rangers for dinner

The Islanders and 25 other teams across the NHL return to action today and tonight (6 p.m. start for the Isles) as the league emerges from the holiday break, welcomed by a blanket of snow. It wouldn’t be the holidays without at least one visit from your awkward, overbearing relatives with an inflated sense of […]

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Dec 27, 2025 • 6:15 AM EST • Sports • lighthousehockey.com
Leam Richardson Highlights Reading’s ‘Excellent’ Start In Plymouth Win

The Royals essentially had the game won 20 minutes in, thanks to a red card and flurry of goals.

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Dec 27, 2025 • 5:51 AM EST • Sports • thetilehurstend.sbnation.com
Nvidia's Groq deal rattled Silicon Valley. Here are 5 other AI startups split apart in Big Tech's new deals.

Traditional acquisitions have become rarer. Nvidia's deal for Groq sounded familiar to many in the tech industry.

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Dec 27, 2025 • 5:00 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
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Open Thread: December 27, 2025

The Open Thread/Daily Merengue is a place where you can discuss anything and everything related to football. Feel free to discuss the topics presented here, or start your very own discussions! The Open thread will be posted every day by one of the mods you’d totally do a movie marathon night with: Valyrian Steel, Felipejack, […]

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Dec 27, 2025 • 2:58 AM EST • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Jay M. Savage, witness to disappearing frogs and builder of tropical science

In the late 1980s, something began to go wrong in places that were supposed to be safe. Protected cloud forests, buffered from chainsaws and bulldozers, started losing animals that had persisted through far rougher times. Amphibians—often abundant, often overlooked—were vanishing in patterns that did not fit the usual explanations. Field biologists, trained to distrust drama, […]

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Dec 26, 2025 • 10:38 PM EST • Science • news.mongabay.com
Bishop Verot (Fla.) reveals 2026 football schedule

Yes we know, the 2025 high school football season literally just ended, but when it comes to the prep gridiron, it never sleeps around the nation. One thing that is evident already is teams are getting a head start on putting together and even finalizing their schedules for the 2026 high school football season. It’s […]

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Dec 26, 2025 • 8:45 PM EST • Sports • on3.com
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Board Channels: AMD and NVIDIA GPU price hikes may reach AIB cards in Jan-Feb 2026

It looks like GPU price hikes are just about to start According to the post Board Channels, board partners (AIBs) are being prepped for price increases

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Dec 26, 2025 • 7:00 PM EST • Technology • videocardz.com
Bay Cliff Health Camp finds new Executive Director

Monet Borione will take over for Clare Lutgen starting at the end of the year.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 6:05 PM EST • Health • uppermichiganssource.com
My 65-year-old mom is healthy, but she started purging her stuff. Being part of the process is helping me learn about my family.

My mom began Swedish death cleaning to prepare for the future — but what she really gave me was peace, connection, and understanding.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 2:38 PM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
DHDC offers Free First Monday, Girls Who Science programs

Enjoying science just got easier as DHDC strives to meet people's budgets to start the new year.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 11:45 AM EST • Science • amarillo.com
Whiskey, Soup, Parody and Politics: Lessons from Two Key District Court Trademark Decisions of 2025

This year started with a district court decision defining the parameters of parody and trademark infringement and ended with a case that could have taken the overlap of parody and political free speech to a new level, had it not settled.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 10:15 AM EST • Politics • ipwatchdog.com
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The year human evolution’s greatest mystery got a face

A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 8:30 AM EST • Science • cnn.com
Want Powerful Relationships At Work And Home? Start With Trust

Most people want powerful long-term relationships at work and at home. Turns out creating trust first unlocks solid relationships.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Business • investors.com
Sapphire confirms RX 9070 XT NITRO+ Phantom Link specs and price

NITRO+ RX 9070 GPU with hidden power connector launches in China starting from $828 Sapphire has launched the NITRO+ RX 9070 XT PhantomLink, a new variant

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Dec 26, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Technology • videocardz.com
Eating more vitamin C can physically change your skin

Vitamin C doesn’t just belong in skincare products—it works even better when you eat it. Scientists discovered that vitamin C from food travels through the bloodstream into every layer of the skin, boosting collagen and skin renewal. People who ate two vitamin C–packed kiwifruit daily showed thicker, healthier skin. The findings suggest glowing skin really does start from within.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • sciencedaily.com
12 executives, researchers, others who left OpenAI in 2025 — mostly to Meta Superintelligence Lab

Meta poached at least seven OpenAI researchers over summer. Here are some big names who left the startup in 2025.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 6:48 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
Contributor: The 5 key plotlines in the politics of 2025

This was not a year of triumph, but of transition. A year when Trump’s dominance began to fade and successors started circling.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 6:02 AM EST • Politics • latimes.com
Contributor: The 5 key plotlines in the politics of 2025

This was not a year of triumph, but of transition. A year when Trump's dominance began to fade and successors started circling.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 6:02 AM EST • Politics • yahoo.com
Eastern Shore Family YMCA expands girls-only sports programming

It started with a simple question from a 9-year-old basketball player. “Coach Liz, can I have another girl on my team?” That moment, recalled by Liz Klenke, sports director with the YMCA of South Hampton Roads, highlighted a reality many girls face as they grow older in sports: fewer female teammates, fewer opportunities, and fewer spaces where they feel they ... Read More

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Dec 26, 2025 • 5:25 AM EST • Sports • shoredailynews.com
Read the pitch deck Scribe used to raise $75 million to fix how companies adopt AI

Workflow software startup Scribe has raised $75 million and achieved unicorn status, as it aims to reimagine AI integration for businesses.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 5:00 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
The rise of the AI wingman

Daters are using AI to slide into the DMs and craft Hinge profiles. A crop of startups and dating apps are fighting for these AI-powered daters.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 4:30 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
School, first responder uniform store closes after 62 years

Rush Uniform was started in 1963 by Edward Rush Sr., who sold clergy apparel to local churches from the trunk of his car.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 4:20 AM EST • Business • delawareonline.com
Samsung might start using Chinese OLED displays in its flagship phones

BOE already supplies display panels to Apple, it might as well take on Samsung as a customer too.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 1:43 AM EST • Technology • phonearena.com
I started jewelry brand after high school instead of going to college

Kiana Mei, 20, runs a jewelry brand and opted out of college. It's tiring, isolating work, but she says she doesn't regret it.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 12:02 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
'Just a random thought': Local business owner starts modern-day cash scavenger hunt

The prize for the lucky winners is not just the thrill of the chase but also a pocket full of cash.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 9:46 PM EST • Business • local12.com
Week 17 Injury Update: Cowboys TE Jake Ferguson

The Cowboys' starting TE injury flared up on him again.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 2:59 PM EST • Sports • cowboyswire.usatoday.com
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I cofounded my AI startup while on paternity leave. Here's how I balance work and being a dad.

Aaron Cannon thought up his startup, Outset, while on paternity leave. As his kid has grown up, so has the company.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 2:52 PM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
Family business shares tradition of holiday tamales

Nietos Mexican Cuisine is a mother-daughter business that started from humble beginnings. We caught up with the duo to talk about the tradition of holiday tamales.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 12:37 PM EST • Business • nbcdfw.com
The best distraction blockers to jumpstart your focus in the new year

Whether you need to limit social media scrolling or block off time to be productive, there are different tools that can help you stay on task

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Dec 25, 2025 • 12:00 PM EST • Technology • techcrunch.com
Houston hailed as one of America's 10 best cities for startups

Houston's favorable economic climate is enticing entrepreneurs.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 9:01 AM EST • Business • houston.innovationmap.com
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What TV channel is Vikings-Lions? How to watch Christmas game, start time, live stream

The Vikings host the Lions in a Christmas matchup in Week 17. Here's how to watch, start time and more.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 8:02 AM EST • Sports • usatoday.com
Just got a PS5? Here's 7 settings to change first

Adjust these essential PS5 settings before you start playing

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Dec 25, 2025 • 7:15 AM EST • Technology • tomsguide.com
I moved to the US from India. Here's how I landed a job at Microsoft after first misunderstanding the Big Tech hiring process.

Rishab Jolly moved to the US to get his MBA after starting his engineering career in India. He was hired at Microsoft in 2017 as a product manager.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 5:05 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
The SpaceX Mafia is here

SpaceX mafia startups are raising billions in venture capital, with ex-employees launching companies across aerospace, AI, and health.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 5:00 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
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Backed by Swifties and social media, an NC business has put its town on the map

Sparta Candle Co. started with a daughter’s loving gesture. A million followers on social media later, doing good is still the heart of the mission.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 5:00 AM EST • Business • charlotteobserver.com
From paperboy to vacuum salesman, the unglamorous early jobs of 15 CEOs

Though some of the most prominent CEOs are now worth billions, many started their careers far from the C-suite.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 4:29 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
Amazon’s After-Christmas Sale Is Stocked With Outdoor Gear Deals Up to 70% Off—Shop Cotopaxi, Osprey, and More

Amazon's after-Christmas sale is filled with incredible deals on hiking and camping gear from Osprey, Cotopaxi, The North Face, and more top brands up to 70 percent off. Upgrade your outdoor gear with high-quality tents, camping chairs, hiking boots, and more—starting at just $4.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 12:00 AM EST • Technology • travelandleisure.com
New album releases from artists with East Tennessee ties

We start with the Sedonas. If there were ever any doubt that the band ranks among East Tennessee’s most potent and proficient acts, those questions are erased by its new

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Dec 24, 2025 • 11:30 PM EST • Entertainment • thedailytimes.com
In a new deal, Nvidia hires Groq's top engineering talent, including its founder, who built AI chips at Google

A new type of dealmaking is on the rise in Silicon Valley as Nvidia reaches a non-exclusive deal with a chip startup and hires its top engineers.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 7:34 PM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
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Local sports teams triumphed in 2025 - The Chestnut Hill Local

So they aren’t from Northwest Philly -- surely just a technicality -- but we would be remiss in not starting this annual review without noting that the Eagles won Super Bowl LIX in February.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 7:00 PM EST • Sports • chestnuthilllocal.com
California vs. Hawaii prediction, odds, spread, start time: 2025 Hawaii Bowl picks from proven model

SportsLine's model reveals its Hawaii vs. Cal best bets for the Hawaii Bowl 2025 on Christmas Eve

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Dec 24, 2025 • 5:32 PM EST • Sports • cbssports.com
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Nvidia Buying AI Chip Startup Groq For $20 Billion: CNBC

This would be the Dow tech giant's largest-ever acquisition.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 4:37 PM EST • Business • investors.com
VA in 2026 looks to get EHR rollout back on track, embark on health care reorganization

VA is planning for its new EHR from Oracle-Cerner to go live at 13 sites in 2026 — starting with four sites in Michigan in April 2026.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 3:18 PM EST • Health • federalnewsnetwork.com
Free rural business accelerator launches in Central Valley 2026

Fresno Pacific University’s Center for Community Transformation (CCT) is launching a new program aimed at spurring growth for rural entrepreneurs and small business owners starting in 2026.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 3:04 PM EST • Business • thebusinessjournal.com
Week 17 NFL QB Power Rankings: Purdy back in top 10, Christmas QBs underwhelming

Evaluating the NFL's 32 starting signal-callers entering the penultimate week of the 2025 season.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 11:05 AM EST • Sports • cbssports.com
Craft Brewing Business is closing up for the holidays — thank you for another great year

As the year winds down, Craft Brewing Business is taking a break for the holidays. Before we do, we want to pause and say thank you. This year reminded us why we started this site in the first place — to cover the independent brewing industry honestly, thoughtfully and without hype. It has been anotherRead More

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Dec 24, 2025 • 9:32 AM EST • Business • craftbrewingbusiness.com
Woman Suffers AI Psychosis After Obsessively Generating AI Images of Herself

A woman working for a generative AI image startup says the tech led her into a manic bipolar episode, which triggered psychosis.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 9:02 AM EST • Technology • futurism.com
Get Ready to Start Hearing About Aileen Cannon Again

The Florida-based judge is likely to once again play a central role in politics in the new year.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 8:00 AM EST • Politics • theatlantic.com
The best moments of the sports year (in GIFs), plus a landmark NIL lawsuit

The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! We are in full holiday mode today. Inside: 🎁 GIF gifts, Part 1 ⚖️ Huge NIL lawsuit 🫘 Beans ⛳ Hickory clubs are delightful We’ve done a form of Gifmas the last two years in Pulse territory, so I decided to ask all of our newsletter writers to join the fun this year. The prompt was simple: What is the best gif gift your sport has given you in 2025? We’re starting today because some people open the majority of gifts on...

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Dec 24, 2025 • 6:13 AM EST • Sports • nytimes.com
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ICE crackdown chills sales at immigrant-owned businesses

Owners believe many customers are avoiding the businesses for fear of drawing unwanted scrutiny.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 6:00 AM EST • Business • startribune.com
After decades in St. Paul, trailblazing lawmakers reflect on what’s changed for women in politics

Sens. Sandy Pappas and Ann Rest watched as women went from being relegated to the sidelines to leading caucuses and top committees at the Capitol.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 6:00 AM EST • Politics • startribune.com
Gemini will let you keep working in other apps as it processes your request

You should soon be able to resume using an app after activating Gemini, without having to start over with Gemini from scratch.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 5:30 AM EST • Technology • androidauthority.com
Richmond startup Ohm Health launches first product: a humming, glowing "breathing lamp"

The company, founded by Temperpack cofounder James McGoff, recently began taking pre-orders for its “breathing lamp,” which allows customers to practice breathing in rhythm with the hum and glow of the light.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 2:03 AM EST • Health • richmondbizsense.com
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Broncos-Chiefs Fantasy Football Week 17 Start ‘Em, Sit ‘Em

The Broncos and Chiefs meet on Christmas Day - find out which players we plan to start or sit ahead of a pivotal NFL Week 17.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 12:51 AM EST • Sports • clutchpoints.com
Vikings claim former Colts backup QB off waivers

According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the Minnesota Vikings have claimed recently waived Indianapolis Colts backup quarterback Brett Rypien off waivers, with starter J.J. McCarthy (hand) already out this week: Before this past Monday’s primetime game, the Colts waived Rypien, who had previously been signed to the active roster a week prior to serve as […]

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Dec 24, 2025 • 12:13 AM EST • Sports • stampedeblue.com
Milwaukee food business owner starting over after fire ruins kitchen

Lupe Moreno, a small business owner, hopes for community support after a fire destroyed her kitchen, halting her operations and causing significant financial damage.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 10:25 PM EST • Business • wisn.com
Business owners stress economic damage from power outage in San Francisco

Some local business owners are just starting to figure out just how much economic damage was done by the holiday weekend outage in San Francisco.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 8:26 PM EST • Business • nbcbayarea.com
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Public Health Informatics Specialist

📊 DATA MEETS PUBLIC HEALTH! 📊Northern Nevada Public Health is seeking a PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS SPECIALIST to turn data into life-saving insights! 💡 $78,936/yr + excellent benefits & NV PERS retirement! 📍 Reno, NV | Perfect for you if you have: Bachelor’s in computer science/data sciences and 2+ years health informatics experience; OR an equivalent combination of training and experience ✅ Skills in SQL, R, Python, Power BI desired | Ready to start the new year using your tech skills to improve public health outcomes? This role combines cutting-edge data analysis with meaningful community impact! 🚀 You’ll analyze health data, support disease surveillance, and help shape public health decisions that protect our community! 🌟👉 Apply now: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/washoecounty ⏰ Application Deadline: January 30! #HealthInformatics #HealthStatistics #DataScience #PublicHealth #WashoeCounty #TechJobs #RenoJobs

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Dec 23, 2025 • 7:15 PM EST • Health • washoelife.washoecounty.gov
What is the goal now?

Let’s start with the low bar to clear: as long as our coach doesn’t assault a small child with a projectile, this season will be mostly ok. Of course, Xavier could always schedule a throwaway game so they could sternly pretend to have disciplined the coach. That kind of behavior is usually saved for guys […]

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Dec 23, 2025 • 6:48 PM EST • Sports • bannersontheparkway.com
Martinis, seafood, and a plastic cup: See some of the zanier expenses at the center of JPMorgan's latest dispute with Charlie Javice

JPMorgan no longer wants to pay Charlie Javice's legal bills. Inside the latest dispute between the bank and the startup founder convicted of fraud.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 3:14 PM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
27-year-old boosted his income from $50,000 to $432,000 at Amazon in 5 years—it allowed him to quit and start his own business

Nabeel Khan was methodical in building his career at Amazon, rising the ranks quickly from operations manager to project manager to product manager.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 12:50 PM EST • Business • cnbc.com
Mayor, council clash over Rochester’s plans for sports complex

The City Council’s decision to move forward with an outdoor sports complex has drawn the ire of DFL lawmakers.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 11:57 AM EST • Sports • startribune.com
The disunity of science is a feature, not a bug

Mathematical models wield miraculous power, but mistaking them for reality has trapped science in a destructive quest for a “Theory of Everything.” Physicist and philosopher Ragner Fjelland argues that this leads to bloated, Frankenstein theories kept alive by clumsy, ad-hoc amendments, which reduce rather than boost science’s power. Fjelland calls for a radical shift in our attitude: we must reorientate towards creating entirely new theories, celebrating rather than lamenting disunity and diversity in science. Science, from the scientific revolution in the seventeenth century to the present day, has more or less developed in a “reductionist” way. The fundamental assumption is that all sciences may be ordered in a hierarchy that can be represented as an upside-down pyramid. At the top we find the human sciences, and at the bottom physics. Strong (or “ontological”) reductionism maintains that all theories at one level can be completely reduced to the lower level, all the way down to theories of atoms and elementary particles, or whatever is “at the bottom.” In the end, all diversity in the world can be unified in one fundamental theory. Hence it is called a final theory, or a Theory of Everything.One of the central figures in developing the idea of a Theory of Everything is the Dutch theoretical physicist Gerard 't Hooft, who received a Nobel Prize in physics in 1999 for his work. He emphasizes the non-empirical status of the theory:There exists no closely resembling alternative theory. This means that any slight change brought about in the rules would make the theory unlikely or inelegant. The theory will be a "package deal": take it, or leave it. This should hold both for the local laws and for the boundary conditions.This endeavor is not new. On the contrary, it goes all the way back to the birth of Western philosophy 2,500 years ago. The Babylonians made regular astronomical observations during a period of 600 years, from 747 BCE until 150 ACE. They developed mathematical techniques to predict astronomical phenomena, but they made no attempts at explaining them. However, the Greeks developed models, both material and theoretical, to explain the observed phenomena.The best example is Plato’s late dialogue Timaeus. Here he introduces a divine craftsman, the Demiurge, who has constructed the universe according to an original plan. Plato seems to have thought that the original plan is what is actually real, while the material world is merely an imperfect realization of it. He therefore does not, in the Timaeus, reconstruct the material universe, but the original plan, which can then be used to explain the material universe.Plato’s aim in producing a theoretical model is to reconstruct the original plan. That is what he carries out in Timaeus—and some modern physicists have embarked on the same project. For example, Einstein’s basic attitude is reflected in the title of Abraham Pais’ biography: “Subtle is the Lord...,” echoing Einstein’s comment, “Subtle is the Lord, but malicious He is not.” In an interview Einstein compared our situation to a child who enters a huge library. The child knows that someone has written the books, but he does not know the languages in which they are written. He suspects that there is a mysterious order, but he does not know what it is.___“We have all been working in what Husserl called the Galilean style; that is, we have all been making abstract mathematical models of the universe to which at least the physicists give a higher degree of reality than they accord the ordinary world of sensation.”Steven Weinberg, Nobel Prize in Physics (1979)___This Platonist view is contrary to a widespread impression of science, symbolized by the picture of the “father” of modern science, Galileo Galilei, with his telescope. According to this impression, Galileo liberated himself from the dominating metaphysics of his day—basically Aristotelian philosophy—and constructed a telescope that he directed towards the sky, showing that Jupiter has four moons. He also performed experiments with bronze balls rolling down inclined planes and found the law of freely falling bodies.However, in other cases Galileo emphasized the unreliability of our senses. It is easy to see why. He defended Copernicus’ heliocentric hypothesis. According to this hypothesis, we are not at rest at the center of the universe, but moving at a tremendous speed through space. Why don’t we observe this motion? Galileo praises Copernicus because “with reason as his guide he resolutely continued to affirm what sensible experience seemed to contradict.” In other places he directly refers to Plato. SUGGESTED VIEWING The quest for a final theory With Michio Kaku Galileo’s Platonism goes back to his early writings. In The Assayer, published as early as 1623, Galileo compared the universe to a grand book that is written in the language of mathematics, and “its characters are triangles, circles, and other geometric figures without which it is humanly impossible to understand a single word of it.” Therefore, things that cannot be described by mathematics—for example, colors, smells and odors—are not real. They are merely subjective.This division into subjective and objective, advocated by Galileo and his younger contemporary René Descartes, is normally associated with a mechanistic world view, which is regarded as the opposite of Platonism. When we reduce something to, for example, molecules and atoms, we move “downwards.” In contrast, the Platonist moves “upwards,” to abstract entities. However, it only shows that when we address fundamental questions, we should be careful in applying everyday spatial metaphors like “up” and “down.”___Nature is complex, and we cannot in general construct mathematical models that adequately describe the world.___The endeavor of finding a Theory of Everything has been heavily criticized. In 2006, the theoretical physicist Lee Smolin published “The Crisis in Fundamental Physics.” He argued that one of the most fundamental principles of science is that we should only regard theories as scientific if we have the possibility to show that they are false by experiments. Although he did not refer to Karl Popper, other critics have referred to Popper and argued that a theory is not scientific if it cannot be falsified (see for example Ellis & Silk 2014).These were not the first physicists to be anti-reductionists. In 1972, the journal Science published an article by the physicist Philip Anderson with the title “More Is Different.” This is the kind of article a scientist would normally write only after he has won a Nobel Prize. However, Anderson won the Nobel Prize for physics five years later, in 1977. The article is amazing, not primarily because it argues in favor of anti-reductionism in general, but because it argues for anti-reductionism within physics itself. Anderson’s conclusion was:At each stage entirely new laws, concepts, and generalizations are necessary, requiring inspiration and creativity to just as great a degree as in the previous one. Psychology is not applied biology, nor is biology applied chemistry.We may say that Plato started the “unity of science movement,” based on Euclidean geometry as the model of all knowledge. A distinguishing mark of geometry is that all possible constructions can be reduced to a few fundamental principles. We have to acknowledge that this approach has limitations. In general, we can easily model technological systems. In addition, we may construct simplified and idealized models that capture important aspects of systems, from various perspectives and for various purposes. But nature is complex, and we cannot in general construct mathematical models that adequately describe the world. In a complex system, each level has its distinct, emergent, properties that are characteristic of this level. Therefore, a complex system should be investigated at different levels and from different perspectives. Instead of exclusively pursuing a scientific ideal based on the unity of science, we should acknowledge the diversity—or even the disunity—of science.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • iai.tv
2025: Wealthtech that Helps Advisors Expand Their Business

Startups develop advanced AI and tech solutions for financial advisors, moving past simple automation to enhance business capabilities

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Dec 23, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Business • wealthmanagement.com
It Ain’t Just Sports: Special guest Kelli Lemon, football coaching scandals, VUU standout RB

We’re back with another episode of It Ain’t Just Sports — where the games are just the start of the conversation.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Sports • 12onyourside.com
7 Rising Stars who took Wall Street by storm after starting their careers in sports, science, and engineering

From sports to chemistry to fieldwork abroad, Wall Street's Rising Stars harnessed experiences far afield to scale top banks and asset managers.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 5:08 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
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7 Rising Stars who took Wall Street by storm after starting their careers in sports, science, and engineering

From sports to chemistry to fieldwork abroad, Wall Street's Rising Stars harnessed experiences far afield to scale top banks and asset managers.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 5:08 AM EST • Science • businessinsider.com
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7 Rising Stars who took Wall Street by storm after starting their careers in sports, science, and engineering

From sports to chemistry to fieldwork abroad, Wall Street's Rising Stars harnessed experiences far afield to scale top banks and asset managers.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 5:08 AM EST • Sports • businessinsider.com
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A cheaper, easier-to-use version of Wegovy is coming to the US soon

Wegovy's new pill has been approved in the US, offering a needle-free option with a lower starting price than injections.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 1:33 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
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Business Owners: 6 Smart Moves to Start the New Year Strong

Strengthen your business for the year ahead by updating your online presence, reviewing vendors, evaluating equipment, and more.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 7:00 PM EST • Business • investopedia.com
Pillen will fully fund $15 million business startup program he had cut by 25%

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen announced plans Monday to restore funding to a state program that invests early in local startups.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 5:16 PM EST • Business • nebraskaexaminer.com
Trump’s Plan to Corrupt the Media Is Starting to Work

CBS pulled a critical story after the president complained about the network’s coverage.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 3:06 PM EST • Politics • theatlantic.com
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Governments Are Starting to Compete Like Startups — And That Changes Everything for Entrepreneurs

When states begin marketing citizenship and incentives, it often marks deeper shifts toward modernization and capital-friendly policy environments.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 1:30 PM EST • Business • entrepreneur.com
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Olympic sports weekend recap: Lindsey Vonn strong again, Kaillie Humphries' first win as mom

Lindsey Vonn made two more World Cup podiums to extend a strong start to the season.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 12:43 PM EST • Sports • nbcsports.com
Tala Health Launches With $100M to Transform Patient Care Through AI Collaboration

The funding, led by Sofreh Capital, ranks among the largest early-stage rounds for a healthtech startup this year.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 12:34 PM EST • Health • usatoday.com
New York minimum wage increasing again starting Jan. 1, 2026

Both regions will see an increase of 50 cents.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 11:35 AM EST • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Google Pixel 10 series starts at $450 in crazy last-minute Amazon deal

Just in time for the holiday, a last-minute Google Pixel 10 deal takes the starting price down to $449, way lower than Black Friday.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 10:10 AM EST • Technology • 9to5google.com
I started using Gemini to create notes in Google Keep, and it's been a game-changer

Stop typing, start prompting

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Dec 22, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Technology • androidpolice.com
A new drug could stop Alzheimer’s before memory loss begins

New research suggests Alzheimer’s may start far earlier than previously thought, driven by a hidden toxic protein in the brain. Scientists found that an experimental drug, NU-9, blocks this early damage in mice and reduces inflammation linked to disease progression. The treatment was given before symptoms appeared, targeting the disease at its earliest stage. Researchers say this approach could reshape how Alzheimer’s is prevented and treated.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • sciencedaily.com
Orioles news: One starting pitcher down, one to go

Does Mike Elias have another pitcher up his sleeve?

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Dec 22, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Michigan marijuana businesses, customers see hazy future with new tax

Dispensaries, consumers stock up ahead of levy's start Jan. 1 while industry plans to keep up legal fight.

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Dec 21, 2025 • 10:42 PM EST • Business • detroitnews.com
Uncertainty as Congress is deadlocked on health care uncertainty

While millions of Americans will see a big increase in their health care premiums starting January 1. Congress left town for the year after a deadlock on expiring health care subsidies. Chad Pergram has more from Capitol Hill.

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Dec 21, 2025 • 10:38 PM EST • Health • fox32chicago.com
When do Detroit Lions play next? Week 17 game vs Vikings on Christmas

Detroit Lions next game will be on Christmas Day vs Minnesota Vikings, one of 3 NFL games on Christmas. Here's start time, TV channel and streaming.

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Dec 21, 2025 • 8:49 PM EST • Sports • freep.com
Millennial fulfilled dream of owning food stall, with one problem

Jonas Koh fulfilled his dream of starting a nasi lemak hawker stall. But in an area filled with a frugal older crowd, he's struggling to get sales up.

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Dec 21, 2025 • 7:08 PM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
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Scotland: Scott McTominay-style finish in perfect start for Morocco

Hosts Morocco kicked off the Africa Cup of Nations with a win over Comoros, but what did we discover about Scotland's World Cup opponents?

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Dec 21, 2025 • 6:06 PM EST • Sports • bbc.com
Iowa Medicaid work requirements to start in 2027, Eastern Iowa Health Center could lose millions

Starting on January 1, 2027, people will have to work or volunteer for 80 hours a month to keep their benefits.

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Dec 21, 2025 • 4:32 PM EST • Health • kcrg.com
When 1 Is Greater Than 11

The manner of Duke’s 1 non-conference loss risks derailing a historically impressive 11-0 start.

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Dec 21, 2025 • 11:54 AM EST • Sports • dukebasketballreport.com
Wrestling starts to heat up, other high school top performers

Top performances of the week for high school sports in the Battle Creek-area, including boys/girls basketball, wrestling and swimming.

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Dec 21, 2025 • 10:36 AM EST • Sports • battlecreekenquirer.com
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How this 30-year-old turned her junk journaling hobby into a business after being laid off from her dream job

Nandi Owolo started junk journaling in June 2024. A year and a half later, she's turning the crafting hobby into her full-time business.

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Dec 21, 2025 • 10:00 AM EST • Business • cnbc.com
Jake Ferguson start or sit: Week 16 fantasy football advice

We break down the fantasy football outlook of Jake Ferguson ahead of Week 16

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Dec 21, 2025 • 7:02 AM EST • Sports • sbnation.com
Miami Dolphins to move on from Tua Tagovailoa; Offered 4 first-round picks for Joe Burrow ahead of 2020 NFL Draft

As the Miami Dolphins prepare to face the Bengals, and search for a new QB, an old rumor starts to resurface.

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Dec 21, 2025 • 6:04 AM EST • Sports • thephinsider.com
He Started a Business Legally. Now Trump's Mass Deportations Threaten Him and Other Immigrant Entrepreneurs.

Immigrants start businesses at a higher rate than native-born Americans, benefitting not only themselves but also their American workers and customers.

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Dec 21, 2025 • 6:00 AM EST • Business • yahoo.com
I drive for Uber and Lyft after retiring from Wall Street. The principles I learned as a trader help me make more money.

Sergio Avedian started his career as a Wall Street trader before becoming a rideshare driver. Now, he makes videos for The Rideshare Guy on YouTube.

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Dec 21, 2025 • 5:45 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
GOP politicians are starting to do what once would have seemed unthinkable: defy President Trump

The push to release the Epstein files over his opposition is part of a broader pattern.

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Dec 21, 2025 • 5:00 AM EST • Politics • newsday.com
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