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Giants Must Attempt to Sign Morejón

Adrian Morejón’s dominant track record at Oracle Park makes him the ideal solution for the San Francisco Giants' crumbling bullpen.

Oct 23 • 10:39 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Selig Argues for MLB Salary Cap: ‘You Have to Make Adjustments’

Selig unsuccessfully sought a cap while he was the Brewers owner.

Oct 23 • 10:17 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Jay Bhattacharya: For a Second Scientific Revolution

Most published research findings are still false, and AI is making things worse. What changes would help? Dr. Bhattacharya dreams big.

Oct 23 • 9:53 AM EDT • Science • scienceandculture.com

'We're Victims of Xbox's Change in Strategy': Dishonored Dev Has Weeks to Save Itself

Blames Microsoft for "incoherent" decision making

Oct 23 • 9:45 AM EDT • Technology • pushsquare.com

OPINION: Childhood food memories triumph over politics

The political flyers overflowing my mailbox, the pop-up videos overwhelming my mood every time I check sports scores on a website, the campaign ads overpowering my senses when I listen to my favorite commercial radio stations, they are making October a thoroughly depressing and miserable month.

Oct 23 • 9:30 AM EDT • Politics • homernews.com

Photo Gallery: Created in Columbus event brings together filmmakers, musicians, more.

Oct 23 • 9:20 AM EDT • Entertainment • ledger-enquirer.com

Pope hope, that’s entertainment, and getting ahead in the CIA

Happy Friday friends, I want to start by just breathing for all of us a big long collective sigh of relief at the news this week that the pope’s doctors have basically blown the all clear for Leo’s health. Going from knowing nothing to him declaring to the world he needed surgery, to a cancer diagnosis, to bouncing out of the hospital in barely even days, to ringing the bell in less than two weeks is whiplash inducing. But in the best possible way. We are living in a world in which the Roman pontiff, by dint of history, biography and circumstance, is once more at the epicenter of global affairs. Not just conversations about religion, or Christian and post-Christian values, but the bleeding edge of the most pressing issues of human affairs. Think I am exaggerating a touch? Consider the images of the crowds who greeted Leo in Paris just weeks ago, and juxtapose them with the absolute photo negative scenes unfolding there recently. Ask yourself how many world leaders are talking about AI right now and directly citing the pope as they do so. Try to name a country who has had as many top-ranked diplomats in and out of both Russia and Ukraine in the last three years as the Vatican has in the last three months. It has been fascinating to watch Leo XIV emerge as not just a kind of pop culture reference point or totem to be cited (Francis was often name-checked this way) but as a kinetic force in global conversation. Given the state of things, we need global figures of gravitas and values, even better if they have real wisdom behind what they are saying. So news of Leo’s illness was, it seemed to me, a tremor with potentially Richter Scale implications. That not only has the worst not come to pass but instead we’ve had the best of outcomes announced is something to really be grateful for. Humanity, it seems to me, is entering one of its irregular but cyclical phases where the pace of change — technological, social, and geopolitical — outstrips the ability of previously settled norms and received wisdom to cope. Such periods – and I think the first decades of the last century were a similar such time – throw into question the viability of all kinds of institutions. And many of ours have been straining to breaking point for a few years now. The papacy has the power and the potential to be a steadying pole in all of this. That’s my hope, anyway. It’s a lot to freight the office with, though it is arguably its ultimate purpose from its founding, to be a steadying rock on which all that matters can be anchored. It’s also, of course, an intolerable weight of responsibility to place on a single man. But I am encouraged to have hope in – and for – Leo. The apostle whom he succeeds, after all, was famously unequal to some moments, failed some tests of faith, and resiled from taking the road which led ultimately to the circus on Vatican hill. Human frailty and limitations, of health, of character, of temper, can open us to Christ, whose strength is greatest in our weakness, so St. Paul learned. That gives me hope, and I am sure it consoles Leo, too. And so I will continue to pray for him. Because we need apostles of rock right now. Here’s the news. Subscribe The News The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued yesterday a new document “Venite ad me: Considerations on the Transmission of the Faith in an Epochal Change.” It’s not a short document, and it is at pains to stress this isn’t a doctrinal note from the dicastery, either. Rather, it brings together reflections on an important issue from the Church around the world. Some of it I actually found really rather powerful. It is, however, 25,000, which is a lot for a busy reader to get through on a weekday. So, you can read our busy reader’s summary right here. — News broke yesterday of an Oct. 22 meeting of U.S. bishops with President Donald Trump. The meeting was organized by an official at the Heritage Foundation, according to several sources close to the meeting. Video of several U.S. bishops praying in the Oval Office over President Trump was posted on social media Thursday afternoon, first by White House Communications Advisor Margo Martin, and then by the official twitter.com account of the Archdiocese of Denver. The meeting has drawn sharp criticism because of its proximity to the upcoming midterm Congressional elections, in which Democrats are widely expected to win control of the House of Representatives, while control of the Senate remains closely contested. Sources close to the bishops’ conference told The Pillar that some USCCB senior officials were surprised by the existence of the meeting when video of it first emerged online. And a source close to conference president Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City told The Pillar that the archbishop was “deeply frustrated” by the occasion of the meeting. An official conference spokesperson told The Pillar that the meeting was “not organized with or by the USCCB” and was “not affiliated with the conference.” You can read the whole story here. — The next National Eucharistic Congress will be held in Indianapolis in 2029, a return to the city that hosted the last gathering in 2024. You read it here first. By here, I don’t mean this newsletter, I mean at The Pillar. We broke the story this week. It’s a big deal, in as much as the last congress was a roaring success and the next installment has the potential to be a real focal point for evangelizing efforts in the coming years. Read all about it here. — As Pope Leo prepares for the longest trip of his pontificate, Church leaders in Uruguay say the pontiff will encounter a highly secularized culture, in a country with a very different Catholic history than many of its South American neighbors. The nation has not had a papal visit since 1988, and leaders who spoke with The Pillar say it has a dire need for evangelization, even amid the prospect of a small revival in faith. This is real reporting on the Church in the country, and frankly a story you simply are not going to be able to read anywhere else. Read the whole thing. — The Archdiocese of Detroit announced this week a plan that would see the vast majority of its parish priests reassigned next summer, amid a restructuring process expected to dramatically shrink the number of parishes in the archdiocese. Archbishop Edward Weisenburger said this week that the plan “asks much of our priests,” but is a “sacrifice they are making as brothers of one, unified presbyterate.” The thing is, as JD pointed out in an analysis yesterday, pastors of parishes have a legal right to stability in office, so the only way this kind of wholesale reassignment goes ahead is if all of the archdiocesan clergy agree to resign. That creates its own kind of legal issues, though, and re-raises longstanding questions about the effectiveness of canonical due process protections for priests when dealing with coercive exercises in authority. Read the whole thing here. — More than three months after the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued its decree declaring the excommunication of the leadership of the Society of St. Pius X, questions remain about the full effects of the society’s schism. Specifically, the DDF’s July claim that marriages witnessed and confessions heard by SSPX priests are now invalid remains contested — and it emerged this week it appears that the Vatican’s own legal experts don’t agree. You can read my whole analysis of the situation and what it means here. All I would add is that the DDF’s undeveloped, some would say unsubstantiated, claim about the invalidity of some SSPX sacraments came in their July Explanatory Note on the schismatic consecrations by the society that month. It touches directly on both papal acts of governance — indeed it purports to nullify them — and the most intimate pastoral encounters possible in a parish setting. If there is one aspect of the Francis-era style of governance I would like the curia to finally cut out, root and branch, it would be these attempts to try to effect extraordinarily sensitive legislative acts via a note. — At least a dozen French bishops have spoken out following an eruption of violence on the country’s streets Oct. 17. Not surprisingly, they unanimously condemned the violence, but the length and content of their interventions varied significantly. Several sought to distinguish between the actions of rioters and what they suggested were the legitimate concerns of peaceful young protesters. Many also evoked Pope Leo XIV’s Sept. 25-28 visit to France, suggesting it offered a powerful counter-image to the scenes of looting and destruction. A number of bishops also stressed their solidarity with law enforcement officials who struggled to contain the disorder, as well as the owners of the roughly 3,000 damaged or looted businesses. What’s the background to the nationwide unrest that the French media calls “les violences du 17 octobre”? And what exactly are the bishops saying? Read all about it here. — A Polish bishop called for the firm defense of unborn children as well as compassion for their mothers this week, as the lower house of Poland’s parliament passed two bills seeking to liberalize the country’s abortion laws. The bill on decriminalizing assistance in an abortion passed by 217 votes to 213, while the abortion in cases of fetal abnormality bill passed by 233 to 203, thanks to the government’s majority in the lower house. Both bills will now move to the Polish Senate, the upper house of parliament, where the ruling coalition has a larger majority. The fetal abnormality bill is symbolically significant because if it became law, it would effectively overturn a 2020 ruling by Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal that a 1993 law permitting abortion for a severe and irreversible disability or a life-threatening incurable disease was unconstitutional. Read the whole story here. Subscribe **[The St. Paul Center App | Bible Study On-The-Go Read and understand the Bible with St. Paul Center’s new app! With today’s leading Catholic Scripture scholars as your guides, the St. Paul Center app empowers you to read the Bible](https://stpaulcenter.com/app?utm_source=pillar&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=applaunch)** from the heart of the Church. Download the app for free at either the Apple or the Google app stores. https://stpaulcenter.com/app That’s entertainment I have written before about my deep and sincere reservations about the celebrity exorcist subculture which has taken root in American Catholicism. And, because I am very ill at ease with the entire thing, I try to keep a weather eye on the phenomenon without being drawn into the kind of online back-and-forth which these figures sometimes generate. Earlier this week, JD noted that one such celebrity exorcist type, Fr. Chad Ripperger, has undertaken, on the request of his bishop, a year’s fast from interviews and public speaking. I’m sure that will be salutary for him, if for no other reason than that receiving with docility requests from one’s rightful ecclesiastical superiors always comes with graces. Then a second thing happened this week which caught my eye. Apparently, another fixture in the celebrity exorcist world, Fr. Carlos Martins, has initiated a lawsuit against two lay men — apparently associates of Rippenger, though I am unclear in what way, exactly — for allegedly defaming him and his ministry on a podcast. It seems the suit was initiated nearly a year ago and is now pending. At issue, I read, is that the two men described Martins on a podcast as “not who he says he is” with regard to his exorcism ministry and that he “doesn’t know what he’s talking about.” These statements Martins considers to be false and defamatory and, his suit claims, “directly affected the sale and reception of [his] The Exorcist Files book that was newly released at the time these episodes aired.” I don’t want to get too into the weeds of the details here, but a couple of things struck me about all this.

Oct 23 • 9:10 AM EDT • Entertainment • pillarcatholic.com

Will Pitt's Defense Contain Miami Hurricanes' Malachi Toney From Igniting?

Senior cornerback Raion Strader and the Pitt Panthers' secondary aim to stifle Miami Hurricanes elite playmaker Malachi Toney, testing whether a disciplined scheme can ground the versatile offensive threat.

Oct 23 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

More Than a Charcuterie Board: A Mother and Daughter Build a Business Around Gathering.

The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Birch Bay Retirement Village. NORTHEAST HARBOR—Food’s ability to be a social cornerstone is one of the founding premises of one of Mount Desert Island’s newest, and perhaps most unique, endeavors in cuisine based catering. From intimate gatherings to large functions, Olive & Pearl creates charcuterie boards that can not only astound the tongue but also the eye. Many would agree that food can bring people together. In fact, culinary delights, and sometimes adventures, have been utilized as the centerpiece for social and business occasions of all kinds for centuries. Often times it even has the ability to start conversation, temper differences, and build new relationships. Settings can vary, from a multi-course sit down meal, a backyard barbecue, or a couple of bowls of chips and dip in front of a television, but the result can be the same. Humans come together, they share food, and the whole process is a catalyst for thought, communication, and a shared experience. Imagined and created by the mother and daughter team of Dr. Susan Scanlan (formerly MacCready) and Kayla Musetti, Olive & Pearl was started in June of this year and has been creating, delighting, and growing since. We gave the two an opportunity to answer some questions about themselves and their new venture. The love, passion, and pride for what they are doing and the fact that they are doing it as a mother and daughter team came through so strongly in their answers that we decided to present the question and answer session in its entirety. The Interview What did you do prior to Olive & Pearl? We’re a mother-daughter team, and food, family, and hospitality have always been a big part of our lives. Susan grew up in a large family in Pennsylvania, where the table was always at the center of everything. There were multiple dishes, little bites, stories, and plenty of conversation. Food was never simply about eating. It was about gathering, celebrating, and spending time together. After living in several Southern states, Susan relocated to Maine more than 20 years ago, and Maine has truly become home. She loves its sense of community, natural beauty, and connection to local food and makers. Professionally, Susan is a registered nurse and holds a doctorate in health administration. She has worked in a variety of clinical, nonclinical, and leadership roles and currently works as a faculty academic director. Building Olive & Pearl has been an exciting creative venture alongside her career. Kayla is also a registered nurse and works in the ambulatory surgery unit at Mount Desert Island Hospital. While healthcare is an important part of both of our professional lives, Olive & Pearl has given us an entirely different way to connect, collaborate, and create something together. Tell us about the business. Olive & Pearl is a mother-daughter charcuterie business centered around beautiful food, thoughtful presentation, and bringing people together. We create curated charcuterie boards designed for everything from intimate gatherings and dinner parties to weddings, showers, corporate events, boat days, and celebrations of all kinds. We think of our boards as more than food. They’re an experience and an invitation to gather, slow down, and enjoy time with the people around you. We’re intentional about quality ingredients, artful presentation, and personalization. Whenever possible, we also incorporate Maine-made and locally sourced products, including cheeses, jams, honey, seasonal produce, and baked goods. What inspired you to start Olive & Pearl? In many ways, Olive & Pearl grew out of something we had been doing our entire lives —bringing people together around food. We’ve always loved creating beautiful spreads for family and friends. There was something special about watching people gather around a table, graze, talk, laugh, and simply enjoy being together. Friends and family began telling us, “You should do this as a business,” and one day, we stopped laughing it off and started mapping it out. We realized we had an opportunity to combine our different strengths and create something that reflected what we both value: hospitality, creativity, quality, and connection. Charcuterie felt like the perfect expression of that. It’s beautiful and creative, but it’s also communal and approachable. At its heart, it brings us right back to where the idea began, a table filled with food and people gathered around it. Do you have a business partner(s)? Our business partner is each other! Olive & Pearl is truly a mother-daughter partnership, and building it together has been incredibly meaningful and sometimes hilarious! We know each other extremely well, which can be both a strength and, occasionally, a challenge. We have different personalities and strengths, but we’ve learned to lean into those differences and use them to our advantage. There’s a lot of trust between us, and we’ve learned how to communicate, collaborate, and occasionally laugh at ourselves along the way. We’re also building Olive & Pearl while continuing our careers in healthcare and education, so we’re taking things thoughtfully and growing the business one step at a time. We all have to start somewhere. One of the most rewarding parts has been having something that belongs to both of us. We get to learn from one another, celebrate the small wins together, and create something that we hope will become part of our family’s story for years to come. When exactly did you launch the business? Recently, in June 2026, we launched Olive & Pearl, turning an idea we had talked about for years into real business. It has been incredibly rewarding to watch something that started around our own family table and begin to find a place within the community. How is it going so far? How do you feel it has been received? It has been going very well, and we’ve been incredibly encouraged by how warmly Olive & Pearl has been received. As more people hear about us, our orders have continued to increase, and we’re seeing growing interest in boards for events and celebrations. It’s exciting to watch something that began as an idea between the two of us start to grow within the community. One of the most rewarding parts is hearing from customers after their events or seeing photos of our boards being enjoyed. Knowing that something we created became part of someone’s celebration is incredibly meaningful to us. Is there a brick-and-mortar location or is it all online? Olive & Pearl is currently an online business. We’re intentionally starting this way so we can build relationships with our customers, learn what they love, and grow thoughtfully. Our long-term dream, if the business continues to grow, is to eventually have a sit-down space where people can experience Olive & Pearl in person. Do you have any future plans if things go well/keep going well? Absolutely. For now, our focus is on continuing to grow Olive & Pearl, getting to know our customers, and becoming part of more celebrations and gatherings throughout the area. Long term, we would love to have our own physical space where people can come together and experience Olive & Pearl beyond the boards themselves. We can imagine a place that combines food, hospitality, creativity, and community. Ultimately, we want to build something that continues to grow while still feeling personal and connected to the people and community around us. Is there an aspect of the business that you really love? There are so many things we love about it, but the people and the connection are probably at the top of the list. We love creating something beautiful, but what really matters to us is what happens after we hand it over to the customer. We picture our boards on kitchen islands, at backyard gatherings, on boats, at weddings, or around a long dinner table—with people laughing, talking, and lingering a little longer. We also love the creative side. Every board is an opportunity to play with color, texture, shape, seasonality, and flavor. We don’t just want to fill a board, we want to curate an experience. And supporting local makers is especially meaningful to us. Whenever possible, we love incorporating Maine-made cheeses, local jams and honey, seasonal produce, and products from nearby bakeries and businesses. It allows us to showcase some of what makes Maine so special. Perhaps most importantly, we love doing this together. Building something as a mother and daughter has given us another way to spend time together, learn from one another, celebrate small wins, and create memories. Is there anything regarding any aspect of Olive & Pearl that you may think is important that is not reflected on the website? One thing that may not always come through online is just how personal this business is to us. Olive & Pearl isn’t something we created simply because charcuterie was popular. It grew very naturally from our family, our traditions, and the way we’ve always enjoyed gathering with people we love. There is a lot of heart behind every board. We think about the people who will be enjoying it, the occasion they’re celebrating, and how we can make the experience feel special. We also want people to know that we care deeply about supporting locals whenever possible. Using Maine products isn’t just about sourcing ingredients, it’s about telling a little story about where we live and the talented people who make and grow wonderful things here. Is there anything that we have not asked that you think is important/relevant that would like readers to know? We hope people see Olive & Pearl as more than just a charcuterie business. At its heart, it’s about gathering. Our goal is to make it easier for people to create those moments when everyone gathers around the table, conversations last a little longer, and people simply enjoy being together. We also hope people see the mother-daughter story behind the business. We’re building Olive & Pearl alongside our careers, one step at a time, and there is something incredibly special about creating a shared family legacy in the process. For us, success isn’t just about how many boards we make. It’s about becoming part of people’s special moments - birthdays, weddings, weekends with friends, quiet evenings at home, or a beautiful day on the Maine coast. If one of our boards helps people put down their phones, linger a little longer, laugh a little more, and enjoy the people around them, then we feel like we’ve done exactly what we set out to do. All photos courtesy of Olive & Pearl. LINKS TO LEARN MORE Olive & Pearl website Olive & Pearl Facebook Olive & Pearl Instagram RECENT PRESS RELEASES AND BRIEFS To see all the press releases, click here. To see our news, click here. For the full archive, click here. All of these are on our dedicated website. 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Oct 23 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • barharborstory.substack.com

NFL fans blast officials for making Sunday Night Football “unwatchable”

NFL fans questioned a controversial roughing-the-passer penalty during the Packers' 23-13 win over the Cowboys on Sunday Night Football. The call erased a potential interception and reignited debate over officiating consistency, player safety and the impact of penalties on the game's flow.

Oct 23 • 7:45 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Jetmaker Bombardier doubles down on US investment in deal touted by Trump

Jetmaker Bombardier said it is "expanding its presence" in the United States as part of a $270 million investment deal praised by President Donald Trump.

Oct 23 • 7:43 AM EDT • Business • foxbusiness.com

Want to Increase Your Child's Self-Confidence and Resilience? Science Says First Focus on Their Islands of Competence

Before you give constructive feedback, make sure you've built a base of affirmation and praise.

Oct 23 • 7:30 AM EDT • Science • inc.com

Three Of The Earth’s Five Mass Extinctions May Not Have Been What We Thought

While more gradual processes may reduce how dramatic these events look in hindsight, it also makes human-induced extinction stick out more severely.

Oct 23 • 7:24 AM EDT • Science • iflscience.com

Vikings Get Strong Trade Deadline Take on Colts’ Jonathan Taylor

The Minnesota Vikings are 5-0 coming off their bye week as they prepare to face the Indianapolis Colts in Week 7. If the Vikings move to 6-0, could that entice general manager Nolan Teasley to make an aggressive trade to put this team over the top?Right now, despite being undefeated, the Vikings are likely behind […] The post Vikings Get Strong Trade Deadline Take on Colts’ Jonathan Taylor appeared first on HEAVY.

Oct 23 • 7:12 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Phillies' Bryce Harper Makes Wild Demand in Potential Trade

Oct 23 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Tennessee Titans news: A chance at a win streak

The Tennessee Titans are making a run for another victory in Week 7.

Oct 23 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

New Science Building Makes Big Progress

On January 13, 2025, a new science building was announced to be built next to Frich and Watkins Halls on the PennWest California campus, on the Monongahela river side. The construction is set to finish in the Spring 2027 semester. Executive Director of Planning and Construction, Eric Rosie, said it will likely be officially finished...

Oct 23 • 6:20 AM EDT • Science • caltimes.org

Public health experts warn lawmakers may politicize spending of opioid settlement funds

Public health experts warn that future opioid-related settlement dollars could go to waste following a decision by West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey in 2026 to give lawmakers the power to distribute most of those funds.

Oct 23 • 6:15 AM EDT • Politics • wvgazettemail.com

Preserve science-based wildlife management; ‘yes’ on Prop 137; CoCo for Colorado (Letters)

Voting “no” on Amendment 83 means preserving the flexibility to make wildlife management decisions based on the best available science, rather than permanently elevating one approach above all others in our state constitution.…

Oct 23 • 6:00 AM EDT • Science • dailycamera.com

Inside the Cleveland business keeping home winemaking alive, for now

Nestled on a residential street in a historic haven for immigrants, a tradition lives on at Collinwood Grape.

Oct 23 • 5:50 AM EDT • Business • ideastream.org

You Are What You Eat: An Alternative to MAHA for Healthy Food and Fewer Chemicals

CAP’s science-based plan would remove corporate and political influence from regulatory agencies, guarantee food safety, protect Americans from harmful chemicals in everyday products, and empower families to make healthy choices.

Oct 23 • 5:45 AM EDT • Health • americanprogress.org

Shigeru Miyamoto explains why AI won’t make human creativity obsolete

Mario and Zelda creator argues that rise of AI could make creators even more important…

Oct 23 • 5:45 AM EDT • Technology • videogameschronicle.com

Fremantle Global Entertainment Exec Chris O’Dell Retires After 19 Years At ‘Got Talent’ Maker

Chris O’Dell, one of Fremantle’s longest-serving entertainment execs, is retiring from the Got Talent and X Factor company. He has been at RTL-owned Fremantle since 2007 and left just shy of 20 years ...

Oct 23 • 5:30 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com

Dollars & Sense: Tips for health insurance open enrollment

Open enrollment season is approaching, giving millions of Americans an opportunity to review their health insurance coverage and make decisions that could affect both their healthcare and their finances in the coming year.

Oct 23 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • clickorlando.com

'Avatar: Seven Havens' pays tribute to 'The Last Airbender's cabbage merchant, with a twist

MY CABBAGES, but make it post-apocalyptic.

Oct 23 • 5:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • mashable.com

This Philly health advocate is breaking barriers to care

Following a long wait for a kidney transplant, scholar and advocate Jazmin Evans now works to make healthcare more accessible for others.

Oct 23 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • spotlightpa.org

Digging Into the Money Behind the US Healthcare System

Healthcare makes up a growing share of the U.S. economy — and household budgets. We break down how much money the nation is spending and on what.

Oct 23 • 4:00 AM EDT • Health • kffhealthnews.org

Ohio policymakers wrestle with prediction markets as wagers on sports and politics explode

With tens of millions of dollars staked on political and sporting contests, prediction markets are fueling anxiety among policymakers in Ohio and around the country.

Oct 23 • 3:50 AM EDT • Sports • ohiocapitaljournal.com

Ohio policymakers wrestle with prediction markets as wagers on sports and politics explode

With tens of millions of dollars staked on political and sporting contests, prediction markets are fueling anxiety among policymakers in Ohio and around the country.

Oct 23 • 3:50 AM EDT • Politics • ohiocapitaljournal.com

Jazz Chisholm Jr & Two Other Yankees Refused Analytics Help

The New York Yankees continue to find more reasons to make changes after the disappointing ALDS exit. Most MLB teams have analytics teams to help the players make changes, including the Yankees under General Manager Brian Cashman. Jazz Chisholm Jr was one of three players who reportedly refused to listen to these suggestions and ignore […] The post Jazz Chisholm Jr & Two Other Yankees Refused Analytics Help appeared first on HEAVY.

Oct 23 • 1:48 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

For former Rays across MLB, watching Tampa Bay make it to the World Series means a little extra

Oct 23 • 1:02 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Science challenges anti-soda activists: No, sodas won’t make you fat

new study helps clarify the weight-loss impact of diet drinks and dispel a popular myth about artificial sweeteners. As it turns out, zero-sugar beverages

Oct 23 • 12:01 AM EDT • Science • geneticliteracyproject.org

Laurel Sports Hall of Fame holds ceremony for inaugural class

After making waves through the streets of the City Beautiful, former athletic stars had their names etched in Laurel history.

Oct 22 • 11:16 PM EDT • Sports • wdam.com

WhatsApp starts testing long-awaited scheduled messages on iPhone

After years of waiting, WhatsApp is finally making one of its most-requested messaging features available to select iPhone beta testers.

Oct 22 • 9:22 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5mac.com

Marlins Could Target Veteran Free Agent Due to New CBA

With a salary floor almost certain for next season, Miami should make an offer to Ian Happ

Oct 22 • 9:14 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

RFK Jr. adviser Calley Means resigns amid growing MAHA discontent over lack of progress

Calley Means, a top adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and a chief advocate for the Make America Healthy Again movement, resigned from his position with the Trump administration Thursday.

Oct 22 • 8:51 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org

Stifel CEO Kruszewski talks sports and makes pitch for St. Louis’ future

The Stifel Charity Classic returned to Norwood Hills Country Club, with Stifel in its second year as title sponsor. The tournament is the opening playoff event on the PGA Tour Champions.

Oct 22 • 8:05 PM EDT • Sports • firstalert4.com

Florida resident arrested after threatening US Rep. Jared Moskowitz

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Boca Raton resident was arrested Thursday after making an alleged threat against U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz, the congressman announced. Just after 2:30 p.m., Moskowitz wrote

Oct 22 • 7:21 PM EDT • Entertainment • thederrick.com

White Sox Preparing to Make Key Front Office Hire

Oct 22 • 7:09 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

YouTube removing ‘Subscriptions’ bottom bar tab on Android, iOS after nearly a decade

YouTube is making a number of changes to its Android and iOS apps, including moving Subscriptions out of the bottom bar.

Oct 22 • 6:05 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com

PTI guys make their predictions for the next 25 years in sports

PTI guys make their predictions for the next 25 years in sports

Oct 22 • 5:39 PM EDT • Sports • espn.com

Handcrafted art helps fight hunger

Buy a soup bowl to help combat local hunger, visit a new spot to make pottery, and stock up on some holiday gifts when Rainbow Springs Art in Dunnellon opens

Oct 22 • 5:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • chronicleonline.com

MAHA Leader Calley Means Steps Down from Trump Administration Health Advisory Role

Calley Means, one of the key figures in the Make America Healthy Again movement, championed food policies in his role in the Administration.

Oct 22 • 4:59 PM EDT • Health • yahoo.com

MAHA Leader Calley Means Steps Down from Trump Administration Health Advisory Role

Calley Means, one of the key figures in the Make America Healthy Again movement, championed food policies in his role in the Administration.

Oct 22 • 4:59 PM EDT • Health • time.com

Patriots Playmaker Named Potential Trade Chip by FOX Sports

The NFL trade deadline is approaching, and various writers are listing their top candidates who could be traded for their respective teams. For the New England Patriots, Fox Sports’ Henry McKenna had an interesting name. Running back TreVeyon Henderson was his choice for this article. Henderson has 49 carries for 194 yards and a touchdown […] The post Patriots Playmaker Named Potential Trade Chip by FOX Sports appeared first on HEAVY.

Oct 22 • 4:51 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Sony Continues Its March Towards An All Digital Future As It Reportedly Kills Off Its Last 4K UHD Player

It's part of a larger push by the PlayStation maker to move away from making home electronics, like TVs

Oct 22 • 4:41 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com

Tiffany announces parental 'Bill of Rights' to ban transgender sports, pronoun changes

Republican candidate for governor Tom Tiffany says he’ll make Wisconsin schools more accountable by giving parents and teachers more rights.

Oct 22 • 4:32 PM EDT • Sports • wpr.org

Brewers owner didn't need a salary cap to make World Series. He still endorses it

Oct 22 • 4:22 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Apple bets iPhone Duo can remake foldable market as sales begin

By Aditya Soni Oct 23 (Reuters) - For nearly two decades Apple has made only small changes to the iPhone, its money machine.

Oct 22 • 4:03 PM EDT • Technology • finance.yahoo.com

Redesign Health, ARC Global merge in $2B deal to accelerate health system innovation

Redesign Health is making a major push deeper into health system-led innovation, merging with Sheba Medical Center’s innovation arm ARC Global. | The three organizations—Redesign Health, ARC Global and AVIA—work with more than 100 health systems on five continents, and the companies and products built across their networks have reached more than 100 million patients worldwide.

Oct 22 • 4:00 PM EDT • Health • fiercehealthcare.com

Crows may make lightning-fast decisions, sometimes twice as fast as humans, study hints

Carrion crows made decisions about their visual environments significantly faster than humans and primates tend to, according to a comparison in a new study.

Oct 22 • 3:34 PM EDT • Science • livescience.com

Gears of War: E-Day, Cancelled Last-Minute for PS5, May Have Cost Half a Billion to Make

Fenix down

Oct 22 • 3:30 PM EDT • Technology • pushsquare.com

2027 Mock Draft Makes the Lions Wait on Secondary Help

Detroit's secondary is the glaring hole, and the newest 2027 mock draft has the Lions fixing something else first. #OnePride

Oct 22 • 3:25 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

OpenAI makes its Jev competitor widely available as decision model competition heats up

OpenAI is launching its decision model to the world. Can it compete with the original Jev?

Oct 22 • 3:00 PM EDT • Technology • techcrunch.com

Canva releases its first image generation model

Canva is making its new image model available to all users, promising better, more customizable performance at lower costs.

Oct 22 • 3:00 PM EDT • Technology • techcrunch.com

Science-oriented company promotes field for women

A company that makes laboratory supplies marked the anniversary of its Mebane plant by holding an event honoring the women driving progress in STEM and advanced manufacturing careers across the

Oct 22 • 3:00 PM EDT • Science • thetimesnews.com

RFK Jr. ally Calley Means quits Trump administration amid food agenda delays

Means has been a key player in Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again movement.

Oct 22 • 2:39 PM EDT • Health • washingtonpost.com

Eagles to release E.J. Jenkins ahead of Cowboys matchup

The Eagles are releasing E.J. Jenkins, according to Mike Garafolo. The tight end appeared in all six games this season, making two starts

Oct 22 • 2:36 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Cherokee Nation signs historic filmmaking collaboration with UCLA

Cherokee Nation recently signed an agreement with the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television that will support an annual reciprocal filmmaking exchange between UCLA TFT and Cherokee Film with

Oct 22 • 2:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • cherokeephoenix.org

NFL Expert Picks for Week 7

Our panel makes their picks for this week in the NFL.

Oct 22 • 2:28 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Northeastern graduate makes eco-friendly flower arrangements that last

Mohlia’s preserved flowers last for years and cut floral waste. Founder Simran Mohinani says her Northeastern co-ops shaped how she leads.

Oct 22 • 2:14 PM EDT • Business • news.northeastern.edu

Rangers Defender Olwethu Makhanya Backed to Reach the Highest Level

Former Philadelphia Union coach Bradley Carnell has backed Rangers defender Olwethu Makhanya to continue progressing after his Ibrox move.

Oct 22 • 2:10 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Red Wings Executive Makes Troubling Admission About Dylan Larkin’s Future

Red Wings executive Jimmy Devellano admits Dylan Larkin still wants to leave Detroit despite the organization's attempts to repair their relationship.

Oct 22 • 1:45 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

State Fair of Louisiana Celebrates 120 Years with Championship Rodeo, Family Fun and Entertainment

Photo Courtesy of State Fair of Louisiana SHREVEPORT, La. — A Louisiana tradition 120 years in the making is gearing up for another exciting celebration as the State Fair of Louisiana returns to Sh…

Oct 22 • 1:35 PM EDT • Entertainment • shreveportbossierjournal.com

State Fair of Louisiana Celebrates 120 Years with Championship Rodeo, Family Fun and Entertainment

Photo Courtesy of State Fair of Louisiana SHREVEPORT, La. — A Louisiana tradition 120 years in the making is gearing up for another exciting celebration as the State Fair of Louisiana returns to Sh…

Oct 22 • 1:35 PM EDT • Entertainment • rapidesparishjournal.com

How well have past GOTY winners sold?

We’re less than two months away from 2026’s The Game Awards, and what a year it’s been for fantastic games, including Resident Evil Requiem, Forza Horizon 6, Slay the Spire II, the Blood of Dawnwalker, and Control Resonant – just to name a few. So as we approach the end of the year, we thought we’d look back on our estimates for the GOTY winners of the past four years. In terms of revenue, Elden Ring (2022 winner), Baldur’s Gate 3 (2023), Astro Bot (2024), and Expedition 33 (2025) have generated a combined $3.8B via 73M copies sold: Let’s have a look, then. Elden Ring has generated $2B in revenue Elden Ring is a phenomenon in every sense. It’s sold a whopping 36.4M copies across Steam (50%), PS5 (35%), and Xbox (15% across console and PC). Want more free estimates and insights in your inbox twice a week? Subscribe below! Subscribe Elden Ring also just passed an astronomical milestone: $2B in revenue. While PlayStation and Xbox account for half of Elden Ring’s copies sold across these three platforms, they account for 57.5% of revenue. This – as ever – is due to regional pricing and the higher relative share of PC gamers in lower-priced markets. For example, around 17.4% of Elden Ring’s Steam copies sold were in China, where the game costs about 26% less than the price in the States. There’s an … interesting narrative going around these days that console gamers are only interested in ball-and-gun games and have the patience for little else. Well, Elden Ring’s impressive sales prove that is simply not true, and across all platforms. What’s more, over 9.8M people have played Elden Ring for over 100 hours, with nearly 3.5M people getting all of the achievements and trophies. For reference, 10.9% of Elden Ring’s PlayStation players have the platinum trophy, while 10.5% of players on Steam and 3.9% of Xbox players unlocked all the achievements. Git gud, Xbox players! Of the 1.5M people who played Elden Ring on PlayStation last month, 4% also played Dark Souls 3 last month, 4% played Bloodborne, and 3% played Sekiro. There’s those Soulsborne diehards for you. By many accounts, including my own, Elden Ring is one of the best games of all time. It’s an evergreen seller that will continue to be a cash cow for Bandai and FromSoftware for years to come. Want more free estimates and insights in your inbox twice a week? Subscribe below! Subscribe Elden Ring has sold another 2M copies across Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox this year, generating almost $110M. This means it’s outperforming many of this year’s high-profile releases. Even Elden Ring’s standalone run-based PvE spinoff, 2025’s Nightreign, has sold 7.8M copies and generated $282M in revenue. Baldur’s Gate 3 is another billion-dollar-plus banger Another cross-platform phenomenon is Baldur’s Gate 3, which has sold 23.2M copies and generated over $1.2B in revenue. About 18.7M of these copies (80.6%) are via Steam, 2.9M via PS5 (12.7%), and 1.6M (6.8%) via Xbox. Around 1.3M folks on Steam bought BG3 before it hit 1.0. The PlayStation version launched about a month after the PC 1.0 release, while the Xbox version came four months later due to technical issues around developing local co-op on the Series S. Want more free estimates and insights in your inbox twice a week? Subscribe below! Subscribe Across platforms, Baldur’s Gate 3’s monthly active users have never dropped below 2M, including 2.2M MAUs last month (68.5% on Steam, 21.9% on PS5, and 9.6% on Xbox). And it still regularly brings in 280K to 400K players every day: About 1% of BG3’s Steam player base has played for over 500 hours! That’s a little under 200K people. Astro Bot is also an evergreen seller, albeit a more niche, family one Astro Bot, 2024’s winner, has now sold 4.7M copies and generated $291M in revenue. The budget, including marketing, is almost certainly under $100M, given the small Japan-based core team and three-year dev timeline. You can really see why the tides are changing toward less expensive hubs. Astro Bot is the only first-party winner on this list, but follows other first-party winners of The Last of Us Part II (2020’s winner), God of War (2018), and Breath of the Wild (2017). Around 46.6% of Astro Bot’s copies sold have been physical, which is far higher than the typical game. This makes sense for a couple of reasons: There’s a large family audience for this one, and physical boxes are an item to wrap when giving Astro as a gift. Astro has collector value for the PlayStation core (this is nostalgia-fueled platformer celebrating PlayStation’s history) Want more free estimates and insights in your inbox twice a week? Subscribe below! Subscribe Astro is another one of those games that continues selling over time, regularly selling more than 100K a month. It’s sold around 1M more copies this year ($60M in revenue) and is a popular title with families. We can see this using the Alinea platform’s MAU crossover tool: Astro Bot’s top #2, #3, and #4 games by crossover in any given month this year are Minecraft, Fortnite, and Roblox – without fail. The #1 title every month, though, is Astro’s Playroom, a pack-in with all PS5 consoles. For every month this year, between 20% and 30% of Astro Bot players also played Astro’s Playroom that month. So the free pack-in is a noice funnel for converting players to a full paid product. Expedition 33 sells 8.7M despite Game Pass cannibalisation Finally, we have last year’s winner – Expedition 33. The turn-based-RPG banger has generated $366M via 8.7M copies sold, with 58.8% on Steam, 35.7% on PS5, and 5.5% on Xbox. Xbox’s share of copies sold is this low due to Expedition 33 launching on Game Pass, where 4.3M people across console and PC accessed the game. A little under 700K Xbox players used their subscription to play Expedition 33 this year. That said, the game’s 1.5-year Game Pass deal ended last week on October 16, and we’re already beginning to see a positive trend on Expedition 33’s copies sold via Xbox (but the jury’s still out!). There’s understandably a lot of French pride behind this one, as France is the game’s #3 market on both Steam and PlayStation. Vive la France! One thing that stood out to me is that the GOTY winners aren’t $300M Hollywood productions made in the US. They’re mostly mid-budget studios outside the traditional AAA cost centres. Lots to think about there. Also, good games sell well; who’d have thunk it!? And there’s a whole load of them this year, with GTA 6 still to come, too. GTA just made the cutoff point for the VGAs this year. What a coincidence! Loading... Cool links and other stuff Our physical games newsletter from Tuesday was picked up by GameSpot, Eurogamer, TweakTown, and a bunch of others. We’re offering a free trial of our platform for games companies. Send us a message here, or reply right here on Substack/email, and we’ll set you up. Next week, we’ve got some exciting news regarding the future of our newsletter, so stay tuned! The last word Reply to this email – or reach out here – if you have any feedback for the newsletter – or want to request a game for us to cover. Want to see why these companies (and many others) are subscribed to Alinea? Get a free platform trial! [Alinea Analytics boasts the most accurate PC and console estimates in the business. Game makers use our platform to understand their audience, keep an eye on the competition, monitor sales trends, and spot new opportunities. We equip game studios and financial institutions with accurate data and the confidence to make smarter, data-driven decisions. Want to talk about all things games market data? We’d love to chat!]

Oct 22 • 1:02 PM EDT • Technology • alineaanalytics.substack.com

WATCH: Blanche and Patel announce charges for Democratic Virginia lawmaker Lucas

Oct 22 • 12:11 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org

Microsoft shuts down its beloved maker space

A key part of Microsoft’s hacker culture is going away

Oct 22 • 12:00 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com

How Pittsfield’s Reid Middle School is making STEM learning hands-on

At Reid Middle School, students built scissor lifts as Education Secretary Stephen Zrike Jr. visited during STEM Week,

Oct 22 • 12:00 PM EDT • Science • berkshireeagle.com

Political Pulse: Don Haggar runs for Public Utilities Commission as a Republican

Former state lawmaker Don Haggar is running as a Republican for the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission, pledging to be an impartial voice in quasi-judicial role.

Oct 22 • 12:00 PM EDT • Politics • kotatv.com

This Is Why You Don't Peel Off the iPhone Duo's Matte Screen Layer

A viral video shows how the iPhone Duo's nano-texture layer makes the foldable screen much more pleasant to look at than Android foldables.

Oct 22 • 11:55 AM EDT • Technology • gizmodo.com

CBS Makes J.J. Watt Announcement Before Calling Bengals-Ravens Game

While J.J. Watt will always be remembered for his illustrious playing career as one of the game’s most elite pass rushers, he’s carved out a pretty great gig as a broadcaster. Watt started his media career in 2023 as a studio analyst. He’s now in his second year in the booth as a color commentator. […] The post CBS Makes J.J. Watt Announcement Before Calling Bengals-Ravens Game appeared first on HEAVY.

Oct 22 • 11:50 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Chris Pratt says Star-Lord will return to MCU after ‘hard action’ was taken to ‘make good on that promise’

“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” ended with a cryptic teaser indicating the character would return — and Pratt says it’s almost here.

Oct 22 • 11:41 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com

Alexis Levine presents theory for why only women have been voted out of ‘Survivor 51’

Alexis Levine presents her theory for why only women have been voted out of ‘Survivor 51’ and reveals a crazy, bloody scene that did not make it to air.

Oct 22 • 11:31 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com

Witkoff faces backlash for praising Putin as a ‘humanitarian’

The comments were swiftly condemned by U.S. lawmakers who view Russian President Vladimir Putin as responsible for the brutal war in Ukraine.

Oct 22 • 11:15 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com

ESPN proposes lopsided trade between Panthers, Eagles

ESPN has cooked up a trade between the Panthers and Eagles that would have one side making out like bandits.

Oct 22 • 11:10 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Powerful Virginia Lawmaker Indicted Over Marijuana Business

L. Louise Lucas, a Democrat from Portsmouth, was the focus of F.B.I. searches earlier this year.

Oct 22 • 10:53 AM EDT • Business • nytimes.com

The science behind fall color

Ever wonder what makes fall leaves turn red, orange, yellow and purple, or why some years are more colorful than others?

Oct 22 • 9:54 AM EDT • Science • hpj.com

Doc Maker Rocky Mudaliar Signs With Verve (Exclusive)

His Abrupt Entertainment produced the celebrity documentary ‘Funny Money: The Dane Cook Story,' about the comedian and his family's stunning financial betrayal.

Oct 22 • 9:35 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com

The Case For Exclusivity When Gears Of War: E-Day Cost Over $500 Million To Make

Xbox's big 2026 console exclusive was a money pit

Oct 22 • 9:06 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com

PODCAST: ‘Muscle Memory’

Native CDFIs know where their communities need capital. Turning that knowledge into a lending program takes another set of skills. In a new episode of Difference Makers 3.0, Pamela Boivin of the Native CDFI Network and Sheila Herrera, executive director of Tiwa Lending Services, join host Brian Edwards to discuss how NCN’s FORGE Certificate Program […]

Oct 22 • 9:04 AM EDT • Business • tribalbusinessnews.com

Study Connects Caffeine, Sleep And Mental Health In Children

By HealthDay Staff HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Oct. 22, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Could just one caffeinated drink a week make a difference in your child's brain development? "Caffeine is such a normal part of daily life that it's easy to forget young people are consuming it too," said senior author

Oct 22 • 9:00 AM EDT • Health • usnews.com

Tom Brady’s unexpected comment sparks reaction on Fox

OSCAR GONZALEZ FUENTES/Shutterstock.com Tom Brady makes unusual FOX comment Former NFL quarterback Tom Brady used an unusual expression while analyzing Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams during FOX’s October 18, 2026, broadcast. The moment occurred during Chicago’s game against the Atlanta Falcons. Brady described a Williams pass using the word “gyrating,” prompting a surprised response from…

Oct 22 • 9:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

CVS Health: Thank You! 101 Factory Farmer's Market & Cul2vate Employee Appreciation Day in Nashville, Tennessee

WOONSOCKET, RI / ACCESS Newswire / October 22, 2026 / Recently, colleagues from across and Aetna came together in Nashville to support the people and organizations making a meaningful difference in the community.The first stop was Cul2vate, a local nonprofit dedicated to addressing food insecurity by growing and distributing fresh, locally sourced produce.

Oct 22 • 8:45 AM EDT • Health • finance.yahoo.com

Qlik Brings Governed Business Context and Analytics Workflows to Claude

Qlik’s MCP Server is now available through Anthropic’s Claude Directory, giving Claude users a simpler way to connect governed Qlik® data, analytical logic, and selected analytics and data workflows, so they can work with trusted business context instead of raw data alone. Key takeaways: Makes Qlik easier to discover and use inside Claude: Availability through Anthropic’s Claude Directory gives Claude users a more direct path to connect Qlik through MCP.Brings governed business context into Clau

Oct 22 • 8:30 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com

Influential Women Showcases Madison Tyler: Making Complex Biomedical Science Clear, Accurate, And Accessible

Founder of MAT Communications Brings Research Experience and Scientific Writing Expertise to Science Communications and Medical Affairs Salem, Connecticut –

Oct 22 • 8:18 AM EDT • Science • einpresswire.com

Introspection required if EU Inc fails, says start-up lobbyist

European start-ups have a new voice in Brussels. Startups for Europe, created from the merger of lobby groups Allied for Startups and the European Startup Network, is hoping to harness the momentum behind EU-Inc, a campaign that united start-ups and investors behind demands for a new pan-European company regime.At a launch event for the new association in Brussels on October 1, the mood was remarkably upbeat compared to a typical Eurobubble gathering, more Silicon Valley than Schuman roundabout.When asked whether this reflects a feeling that Europe is on the right track, chief executive Serena Borbotti-Frison said it’s a “scary” moment as the continent looks to boost its competitiveness amid a new technological arms race.“What is at stake is quite intense, and the way we can answer is by delivering, but also with hope,” she told Science|Business. “It’s what our industry does. It’s not about identifying a pain point and then saying it’s too hard.”For many in the start-up community, that sense of hope is dwindling. In March, the European Commission presented its proposal for EU Inc, naming its initiative after the grassroots campaign.EU Inc was meant to be a gamechanger: the ability to incorporate within 48 hours for less than €100 and scale up across Europe; a harmonised stock option regime enabling start-ups to compete for talent; and simplified insolvency procedures for innovative start-ups to reduce the cost of failure.However, haggling by EU governments has raised concerns that EU Inc will be stripped of the very features, including stock option harmonisation, that are meant to make it attractive for companies.“I fear we are proving to ourselves that the model doesn’t work,” Borbotti-Frison said of the policymaking process. “Everyone agrees we should have EU Inc. Everyone agrees it’s hard to scale and we need to scale to answer the competitiveness [challenge], and still we cannot deliver? [. . .] What does that say about ourselves?”The Commission has made EU Inc a cornerstone of its single market reform, and has agreed with the European Parliament and the Council of the EU to target an agreement by the end of 2026. However, several points are currently holding up an agreement, including national rules around employee participation in management decisions, and the provision that employee stock options always be taxed at the point of sale. Some EU governments have reportedly pushed back on the Commission’s choice of legal basis, contending that anything related to taxation requires unanimity in the Council.Trade unions have also protested against EU Inc, fearing it will be exploited by companies looking to undermine workers’ rights.“If this doesn’t work, it’s introspection time, on the way our institutions work, maybe the way our lobbies work, and maybe the way the cooperation between them works,” Borbotti-Frison said.“Is it in the national interest? Is it a gap between political will and technical ability to operate? Is it speed? I don't know, but something needs to be fixed.”Ahead of last week’s European Council meeting, EU-Inc campaigners tried a new strategy: appealing directly to EU presidents and prime ministers. In an open letter, they urged EU leaders to “step in and give your negotiating teams a clear mandate to change course and reverse their objections to the Commission’s original proposal.”Lessons from EU-IncLike its predecessors, Startups for Europe will represent national start-up associations, but it is also targeting investors. The founding sponsors are venture capital firm Atomico and EQT, the investor selected earlier this year to manage the €5 billion Scaleup Europe Fund.It also wants to harness the knowledge and cross-border experience of European success stories. “Take the list of the 100 biggest unicorns in Europe. We are speaking to all of them,” Borbotti-Frison said. The association plans to publish a full list of supporters following the Slush tech conference in Helsinki in November.Andreas Klinger and Simon Schaefer, two key figures in the EU-Inc campaign, are both on the board of the new association, and Startups for Europe wants to take the lessons from their campaign.What was unprecedented about EU-Inc was “how rooted it was, and how strong it was in bringing everyone on board behind one clear pain point and solution to fix it,” Borbotti-Frison said. “This is an inspiration for us, and then we need to turn it into something more systematic, more bridged in Brussels, more connected to the policymaking game, and to scale it.”If it’s possible to unite such a broad coalition, it’s because the European start-up ecosystem is now mature, she said. “Maybe it was not ten years ago. Maybe it was not five years ago. But now, it’s mature to speak with one voice.”Open and liberal EuropeThe association plans to campaign on files related to three “pain points,” Borbotti-Frison said: “start and scale in Europe, fundraise and invest in Europe, and making Europe the most innovative continent.”As well as EU Inc, she cited public procurement, the EU’s simplification push, the Savings and Investments Union, and files related to AI adoption and technological sovereignty as priorities for the coming months.What these files have in common is that they relate not to subsidies but to the framework conditions influencing the availability of mostly private, or in the case of procurement, public, funding.Related articlesEmployee participation disagreement delays MEPs’ vote on EU IncCommission urges EU governments not to water down EU IncEU’s ‘ultra-fast’ €5B scale-up fund is set up to win, says its fund managerThe budget dispute over the next Horizon Europe programme will also impact start-ups, which are supported notably through the European Innovation Council. But EU innovation funding is a drop in the ocean compared to venture capital and public procurement budgets.“If competitiveness and innovation are a priority, then the [EU budget] should reflect it,” Borbotti-Frison said. However, she added that the main question is not how much public money is invested, but “how do we create the right conditions for the market to solve the problem?”The Scaleup Europe Fund mixes both approaches, using €1 billion in EU funding to crowd in private investors and address Europe’s lack of large-scale, late-stage growth funds. “It’s a proof of concept. Ideally, then the market will do it itself,” Borbotti-Frison said.Startups for Europe is also focused on bringing an alternative political narrative. Amid competing visions for open, global markets on the one side and a protectionist Europe on the other, it wants to offer “a third voice, to say we can be proudly European and build a strong continent in a liberal economy, open to the world, and global.”It can be tempting, when thinking about how Europe can better support innovation, to look across the Atlantic. But while it’s important to compare statistics to see where Europe needs to catch up, that’s where the comparison should stop, Borbotti-Frison said. “On everything else, we need to do it our own way. We don't have the same history. We don't have the same political model. We don't have the same way of life.”Many of the key files that could benefit the start-up community, including EU Inc and the Savings and Investments Union, rely on closer integration within Europe, making it easier to operate across borders.While the Commission has made deepening the single market a political priority, support at national level is more precarious. The coming months will see pivotal elections in Spain and France, while the German government has also been coming under pressure domestically. In each country, far-right parties have been gaining ground.When asked if she was concerned the political situation could jeopardise this progress, Borbotti-Frison responded: “Of course. I would be lying if I said I wasn’t.” However, she continues to believe that cooperation is the only way forward. “Doing it alone is not the solution. It’s also not who we are, it’s not the model we are building, and it’s not the scale we need.”

Oct 22 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencebusiness.net

A revolutionary new microscope could reveal the hidden machinery of life

Researchers have developed a revolutionary microscope that uses an incredibly powerful laser to make previously invisible cellular structures easier to see. The technology dramatically improves image clarity, allowing scientists to examine small proteins that conventional electron microscopes struggle to capture. It could eventually reveal how tiny molecular machines interact inside cells, providing an unprecedented look at the hidden workings of life.

Oct 22 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com

North Pullman rehab effort touted as ‘history making’ has stalled

Six years after taking on 30 row homes north of the historic railcar factory, a developer still has at least 20 sitting boarded-up and unoccupied.

Oct 22 • 7:00 AM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com

Lawmakers eye micro-hospitals as part of New Jersey's healthcare future

A new bill would allow NJ hospitals to create micro-hospitals, smaller facilities with lower costs that are a growing trend nationwide.

Oct 22 • 6:48 AM EDT • Health • newjerseymonitor.com

The Palestinian Politician Who Could Be Israel’s Kingmaker

Opposition leaders have said they won’t ally with an Arab party, though polls show this is their only sure path to victory over Netanyahu. Mansour Abbas thinks he can change their minds

Oct 22 • 6:05 AM EDT • Politics • newlinesmag.com

Elizabeth Holmes: Why are we still fascinated by Theranos fraudster?

'You Can See Everything' raises all sorts of questions about truth, lies and documentary filmmaking, but it skirts the most obvious mystery: In a world full of con artists, fraudsters and liars, why can't we quit Elizabeth Holmes?

Oct 22 • 6:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com

Chris Pappas Could Make History in New Hampshire’s Senate Race

Chris Pappas, the Democratic nominee in New Hampshire, would be the first openly gay man in the Senate. On the campaign trail, he doesn’t dwell on it.

Oct 22 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com

Trump Dangles Rural Health Dollars To Push States To Change Hospital Laws

The Trump administration has tied billions in rural health funding for states partly to the policy commitments they make, including ending their certificate of need, or CON, laws governing the construction of new hospitals.

Oct 22 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • kffhealthnews.org