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Liberals will try to expand their majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court in a Tuesday election

One year after Elon Musk donned a cheesehead hat and unsuccessfully poured millions of his personal fortune into a judicial contest in the state, Democrats are hoping to deliver another setback to conservatives in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election on Tuesday.

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Apr 7 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Opinion | No Shy Person Left Behind

American democracy has a personality problem.

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Apr 7 • 5:03 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
‘No Labels’ Arizona Wants to Rebrand as the Independent Party

Both the Democratic and Republican parties in Arizona have been locked in a legal battle with a chapter of the group “No Labels” as it tries to rechristen itself.

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Apr 7 • 5:03 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
The Democrat vying to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene faces a tall task, but Republicans are still watching closely

A Democrat’s bid to pull off a major upset Tuesday in former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s ruby-red Georgia district will be closely watched by national Republicans trying to maintain a razor-thin House majority.

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Apr 7 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Democrats see gas prices as potent line of attack on campaign trail

Republicans won in 2024 by promising to cut the cost of living, but now high gas prices caused by the Iran war are frustrating voters.

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Apr 7 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Google Photos finally adds a feature users have been demanding for years

Google Photos is finally rolling out variable video playback speeds on Android, allowing users to adjust speeds from 0.25x to 2x.

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Apr 7 • 4:46 AM EDT • Technology • androidauthority.com
‘This is what consolidation looks like’: Eliott Rodriguez reports $312K raised in 21 days for CD 27

The longtime Miami anchor is posting strong early numbers as Democrats jockey to challenge María Elvira Salazar.

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Apr 7 • 4:00 AM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Democrats hope to increase liberal control of battleground Wisconsin's Supreme Court

Democrats are hoping to increase liberal control of the state Supreme Court in battleground Wisconsin in an election that has focused largely on abortion rights as cases affecting congressional redistricting, union rights and other hot button issues also await

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Apr 7 • 12:12 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Georgia congressional election pits Trump-backed Clay Fuller against Shawn Harris

Republican Clay Fuller faces Democrat Shawn Harris in a special election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene in Congress

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Apr 7 • 12:10 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
AI finds drug safety signals in clinical notes

Large language models were tested on cancer patient notes from two academic medical centers and seven drug trials.

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Apr 6 • 7:31 PM EDT • Health • news.vumc.org
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Local businesses face demolition as NCDOT continues Carolina Beach Road widening

The most recent business to announce they’re being affected is the Greenfield Lake Yacht Club.

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Apr 6 • 7:11 PM EDT • Business • wect.com
Annette Taddeo weighs run for her old Senate seat as Dems seek to build on recent wins

Democratic operatives say momentum from recent upsets has sparked renewed interest in a potential Taddeo comeback bid.

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Apr 6 • 7:09 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Lil Nas X gets mental health diversion in police battery case

Lil Nas X, who was arrested last August, reportedly will enter a two-year mental health diversion program in the latest step to potentially resolve a felony battery case.

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Apr 6 • 7:00 PM EDT • Health • latimes.com
Could the 25th Amendment be invoked against Trump? Here's how it works

President Donald Trump’s profanity-laced Easter Sunday social media post threatening to bomb civilian infrastructure in Iran led some Democratic lawmakers to call for his removal via the 25th Amendment.

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Apr 6 • 6:44 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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Business People: Sen. Luján given James Beard award for legislative work

Luján was honored for leading Senate Democrats in introducing legislation to prevent food aid from being withheld during the shutdown.

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Apr 6 • 6:25 PM EDT • Business • santafenewmexican.com
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Mystics reportedly fire GM Jamila Wideman after 1 season

Washington is making a major front office change on the first day of free agency.

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Apr 6 • 5:27 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Democrats face an identity crisis over taxes: From the Politics Desk

Plus, the Iran war stretches into its sixth week.

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Apr 6 • 5:00 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Cooper continues to lead Whatley in polls seven months out

Seven months until Election Day the race is trending toward the Democrat, but it's still early.

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Apr 6 • 4:45 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
With the Easter Bunny at his side, Trump won’t stop talking about Iran

The White House Easter Egg Roll has evolved with the times, weathering wars and pandemics. And on Monday, it became the site of multiple presidential gaggles as President Donald Trump fielded questions about the war with Iran.

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Apr 6 • 4:20 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
3 Things to Know: Brands and Social Issues, Adult Recreational Sports League Participation Rebounds, and Sports Betting Partnerships

CivicScience has the world’s largest proprietary database of real-time declared intent, allowing brands to activate high-performing advertising that drives up to 80% better performance. See how our partners achieve superior marketing outcomes here. 1. Consumers hold mixed expectations on brand activism, with Democrats more likely to switch or boycott based on personal values, while Republicans [...]Read More... from 3 Things to Know: Brands and Social Issues, Adult Recreational Sports League Participation Rebounds, and Sports Betting Partnerships

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Apr 6 • 4:11 PM EDT • Sports • civicscience.com
Gov. DeSantis signs domestic terrorist bill that Democrats fear will lead to crackdown on college liberals

The Governor said he expects Florida will be sued over the new legislation.

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Apr 6 • 2:07 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Dem ADMITS party 'lost the plot' amid woke politics push

2028 Democratic contenders are distancing themselves from 'woke' rhetoric, with Gov. Gavin Newsom claiming his office never used the term 'Latinx' despite video evidence as Rahm Emanuel admits the party is on the 'losing side' of the culture war.

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Apr 6 • 1:56 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Utility board elections face surge of attention as electricity rates rise

Skyrocketing power demand from massive data centers and rising household electric bills are injecting a wave of attention into who is getting elected to watch over electric utilities.

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Apr 6 • 1:48 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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‘Building a better future’: UCLA receives $33 million to address LA’s youth mental health crisis

The Ballmer Group investment will support academic and clinical training that will bring more Bruin practitioners into local communities.

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Apr 6 • 1:00 PM EDT • Health • newsroom.ucla.edu
What to expect in Georgia's special congressional runoff to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene

Democrat Shawn Harris and Republican Clay Fuller were the top two vote-getters in the March 10 special election, but neither candidate received the vote majority needed to avoid Tuesday's runoff.

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Apr 6 • 12:41 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
'Hanging curveball': Gov. DeSantis demands end to cousin marriage

'That feeds in to some of the stealth jihad that we see.'

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Apr 6 • 12:20 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Classical Music Chicago: splendid performances available on demand

Access to a computer gives you incredible access to a vast collection of material, and classical music enthusiasts know that this includes high-quality recorded musical performances (as well as live

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Apr 6 • 11:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • hpherald.com
China Expands Nuclear Infrastructure amid Global Arms Control Breakdown

Satellite imagery indicate that entire villages in Sichuan province were demolished in 2021–2022 to make way for expanded nuclear facilities.

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Apr 6 • 10:11 AM EDT • Politics • politicstoday.org
‘Passive’ screen time may raise dementia risk. How to keep your brain engaged

People who spent more time in mentally passive activities while sitting had a significantly higher risk of developing dementia later, according to a new study.

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Apr 6 • 10:00 AM EDT • Health • cnn.com
CNN will host a California gubernatorial primary debate on May 5

CNN will host a California gubernatorial primary debate next month, a potential inflection point in a crowded campaign that Democrats are concerned could provide an opening for Republicans.

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Apr 6 • 9:30 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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People-focused academic leader selected as dean of WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Clayton Thyne, an experienced administrator, researcher and educator will join the West Virginia University leadership team as the inaugural Linda and Don Brodie Dean of the WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, the University’s largest academic unit.

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Apr 6 • 8:45 AM EDT • Science • wvutoday.wvu.edu
Democrats are eager to flip Issa’s seat. But his Republican successor is a ‘formidable opponent’

Leading Democrats are throwing personal jabs to distinguish themselves in a crowded primary for the competitive district that could tilt who controls Congress.

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Apr 6 • 8:30 AM EDT • Politics • calmatters.org
SK Life Science, Inc. to Present New Data and Epilepsy Insights at the 2026 American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting

Key Facts: SK Life Science, Inc. will present multiple posters at the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Annual Meeting (April 18–22, 2026, Chicago, Illinois)...

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Apr 6 • 8:04 AM EDT • Science • prnewswire.com
Platner using trivia games, happy hours to power Senate campaign

Democrat Graham Platner is attracting support for his Maine Senate campaign from voters willing to forgive his past transgressions and embrace his populist message.

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Apr 6 • 7:04 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Healthwatch: Study shows how coffee could benefit brain health

As you’re drinking your morning coffee, you may be glad to hear that a cup of joe may help reduce your risk for dementia.

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Apr 6 • 6:10 AM EDT • Health • wsls.com
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Democrats with distinct political vibes run for Andrea Hunley's Indy Senate seat

Three Democrats are vying for the Indiana Senate seat representing Indy's core. While many of their political views align, their vibes differ.

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Apr 6 • 6:01 AM EDT • Politics • indystar.com
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Exclusive: Yuzu Health raises $35M for health benefits

As health insurance costs are rising, so is demand for different types of plans and coverage.

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Apr 6 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • axios.com
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Billionaire candidate for California governor catching heat for past business interests, wealth

Hedge fund founder Tom Steyer, among the top Democrats running for governor who has spent more than $100 million of his money on his campaign, faces questions about how he made his wealth.

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Apr 6 • 6:00 AM EDT • Business • yahoo.com
Republican Clay Fuller under pressure in Georgia race to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene

The special election runoff between Republican Clay Fuller and Democrat Shawn Harris is being watched by both parties as they consider strategy ahead of the midterms.

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Apr 6 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • ajc.com
Yankees Expected To Demote Trade Addition After Brutal Start

The New York Yankees’ offseason trade addition looks to be headed to a new role after a poor home debut.

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Apr 6 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Billionaire candidate for California governor catching heat for past business interests, wealth

Hedge fund founder Tom Steyer, among the top Democrats running for governor who has spent more than $100 million of his money on his campaign, faces questions about how he made his wealth.

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Apr 6 • 6:00 AM EDT • Business • latimes.com
I'm still betting on AI after it shrank my business and staff

A marketing CEO of 17 years says AI boosted productivity but cut demand, forced layoffs, and changed pricing.

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Apr 6 • 5:11 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
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Lori Berman, Fentrice Driskell lead flood of Dems endorsing Samuel Vilchez Santiago in HD 43

'This level of support shows just how serious and strong our campaign is.'

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Apr 6 • 4:15 AM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Is it time for both parties to bail on Colorado’s political nominating system?

Cracks are beginning to appear in Colorado’s political nominating system. Recently, Mario Nicolais, a formerly Republican-leaning pundit, and Doug Friednash, former Democratic legislator, have opined regarding the imminent demise of the caucus/assembly framework which controls partisan candidate selection. There has always been a legal detour around this process whereby candidates petition directly onto the ballot. […]

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Apr 6 • 2:45 AM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
Hungary’s illiberal democracy

Viktor Orbán has led Hungary since 2010, and has remade its political institutions. But elections this month pose a major challenge

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Apr 6 • 1:30 AM EDT • Politics • theweek.com
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From heartbreak to history: UCLA completes redemption with NCAA title
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Apr 5 • 10:24 PM EDT • Sports • ca.sports.yahoo.com
AI breakthrough cuts energy use by 100x while boosting accuracy

AI is consuming staggering amounts of energy—already over 10% of U.S. electricity—and the demand is only accelerating. Now, researchers have unveiled a radically more efficient approach that could slash AI energy use by up to 100× while actually improving accuracy. By combining neural networks with human-like symbolic reasoning, their system helps robots think more logically instead of relying on brute-force trial and error.

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Apr 5 • 8:54 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Opinion: Why Alaska may point to the future of independent politics

Rather than labeling themselves as independents in protest of dysfunctional Republicans and Democrats, the title now stands for pragmatism and common-sense.

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Apr 5 • 6:49 PM EDT • Politics • adn.com
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Artemis II Flight Day 5: Crew Demos Suits, Readies for Lunar Flyby

The Artemis II crew of NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, continue their workday aboard the Orion spacecraft.

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Apr 5 • 5:46 PM EDT • Science • nasa.gov
Democrats, Republicans Clash Over Iran War in Week 6

A swing-district Republican called the war an “incredible operation,” and President Trump drew backlash from political figures in both parties over a social media post.

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Apr 5 • 4:14 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
A new way to deliver faster, greener wireless connections indoors

Modern life depends on fast and reliable wireless connections. Video calls, streaming services, virtual reality, and smart devices all place growing demands on networks that already serve billions of ...

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Apr 5 • 2:00 PM EDT • Technology • techxplore.com
Business briefs: OE staff selected for state leadership academy

News and events around the area

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Apr 5 • 1:56 PM EDT • Business • chicagotribune.com
Politics Now: April 4, 2026

This week on Politics Now: Democratic candidate for Governor Aaron Ford unveils his energy plan, including on electricity bills & data centers. Rep. Susie Lee (D) makes a profanity laced post a…

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Apr 5 • 1:37 PM EDT • Politics • 8newsnow.com
Nvidia shows neural compression can cut VRAM usage from 6.5GB to 970MB

Consider Nvidia's work on Neural Texture Compression (NTC). In its "Tuscan Wheels" demo, the company showed VRAM usage dropping from roughly 6.5GB with traditional BCN-compressed textures to...

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Apr 5 • 12:44 PM EDT • Technology • techspot.com
Republicans who want to opt out of Colorado’s primaries get major boost from federal judge’s ruling

The judge ruled the requirement that 75% of the Colorado GOP or the Colorado Democratic Party must support opting out of the primaries before it can happen “constitutes a severe burden on the major parties’ right to association and is therefore unconstitutional."

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Apr 5 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • kunc.org
How Graham Platner is using trivia games and happy hours to help power his Maine Senate campaign

Democrat Graham Platner is attracting support for his Maine Senate campaign from voters willing to forgive his past transgressions and embrace his populist message

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Apr 5 • 7:20 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
How Graham Platner is using trivia games and happy hours to help power his Maine Senate campaign

Democrat Graham Platner is attracting support for his Maine Senate campaign from voters willing to forgive his past transgressions and embrace his populist message.

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Apr 5 • 7:19 AM EDT • Politics • wsls.com
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Who are the kings being crowned here in Colorado?

Though most of us celebrate “No Kings Day” on July 4, the Trump-deranged got a head start last weekend with rallies around the state. Attendees bravely fought oppression by blocking traffic for people with jobs. Rally-goers demanded freedom from tyranny, many right after voting to ban all but beige house paint at their HOA meetings. […]

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Apr 5 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
Opinion | Always Be Posting: The New Rules for Democratic Candidates

Is this a great way to audition and select our leaders, especially for executive offices? Not particularly.

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Apr 5 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
State rankings: How are the Durango High spring sports doing?

April is here, and that means it’s time to look at the progress of the Durango High School spring sports teams. Demons sports squads have been practicing for over a month and have been competing in ga...

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Apr 5 • 4:00 AM EDT • Sports • durangoherald.com
Democrats eye 2028 for bigger health care push

WASHINGTON – As Democrats vie to take control of Congress in the midterms this fall, their main message on health care policy is fairly straightforward: undo Republicans’ Medicaid cuts and restore the health care subsidies that lapsed at the end of last year.

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Apr 5 • 1:45 AM EDT • Health • spokesman.com
Double Take -- Giese: Free market must be part of health care solution

If there is a “next” chapter in the Democrats’ deceitfully presented, deceptively titled and unilaterally imposed “Affordable Care Act,” commonly known as Obamacare, it will be added to a law

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Apr 5 • 1:30 AM EDT • Health • telegraphherald.com
Gun sales at Academy Sports questioned in new report

Straw purchasers often supply guns to criminals through the firearms black market.

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Apr 4 • 5:38 PM EDT • Sports • houstonchronicle.com
Orange County lawyer to fill Meyer’s empty N.C. Senate seat

Jonah Garson is a Chapel Hill native and part of the state Democratic Party leadership.

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Apr 4 • 4:16 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
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Community members remember Katelyn Hall, demand change after mental health call turned deadly

The Kentucky Alliance, VOCAL_KY, and other community organizations held a press conference Saturday, following the police shooting that led to the death of a Louisville woman in a mental health crisis.

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Apr 4 • 3:20 PM EDT • Health • wlky.com
Candace Parker, Elena Delle Donne and 1996 US Olympic women's basketball team set for Hall of Fame enshrinement

The 2026 Hall of Fame class also includes Amar’e Stoudemire, Mike D’Antoni, Joey Crawford, Doc Rivers and Mark Few.

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Apr 4 • 3:16 PM EDT • Sports • nbcnews.com
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NVIDIA's Neural Texture Compression Cuts VRAM Use From 6.5 GB to 970 MB

NVIDIA has released more details about its Neural Texture Compression (NTC) technology, which significantly reduces GPU VRAM usage by up to seven times. In a technology demo presented during one of the GTC 2026 sessions, NVIDIA revealed that its Neural Texture Compression can reduce VRAM usage from ...

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Apr 4 • 1:11 PM EDT • Technology • techpowerup.com
Doc Rivers, Candace Parker, Elena Delle Donne, Amar'e Stoudemire, Mark Few among 9-member Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2026
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Apr 4 • 1:06 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
University of Kansas Health System to discontinue pediatric intensive care services

The University of Kansas Health System will discontinue pediatric intensive care services due to low patient numbers and demand for beds by other populations.

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Apr 4 • 12:36 PM EDT • Health • kctv5.com
Julie Andrews wins Best Actress at 1965 Academy Awards
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Apr 4 • 11:14 AM EDT • Entertainment • cnn.com
High-dose shot can lower seniors’ risk of dementia by 55%
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Trump Slashed Funding for Science. Now the U.S. Faces a Costly Brain Drain.

The White House’s attacks on academia and budget cuts for research have provided an opening for other countries to poach leading scientists.

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Apr 4 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • nytimes.com
Sussex Academy shows up strong at Science Olympiad

Building upon their successes last year, Sussex Academy students shined at the Delaware Science Olympiad held March 7 at the John Dickinson School. After a years-long hiatus, students relaunched a Science Olympiad team for last year's event, where...

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Democrats rebounding without learning necessary lessons

“When we fight, we win!” That, reportedly, was the chant heard over and over again at the Colorado Democratic Assembly a week ago. It suggests that pugilism has been the piece missing from the Democratic toolkit. Perhaps it was just me, but I seem to recall Democrats exhibiting plenty of fight back in 2024. The […]

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Apr 4 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
Why Can’t Politics Be More Like March Madness?

In sports we accept the rules and the outcome. Democracy depends on the same spirit.

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Apr 4 • 6:14 AM EDT • Politics • thefulcrum.us
House Democrats to hold California 'shadow hearings' on midterm election security

House Democrats will hold informal hearings in California on midterm election security, following multiple threats of intervention in state-run voting by the Trump administration.

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Apr 4 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • latimes.com
Meet the woman who wants Democrats to get hot, not bothered

A Democratic strategist started a social media account about her party running hot people as a joke. Now she's serious.

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Apr 4 • 5:01 AM EDT • Politics • usatoday.com
Pokémon cards are igniting an international crime spree

Pokémon cards have skyrocketed in value since the pandemic, making them an attractive target for smash-and-grab robberies. Small businesses around the world have been targeted.

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Apr 4 • 5:00 AM EDT • Business • cnn.com
Legacy Health, Regence standoff leaves patients in limbo as contract expires over 'unsustainable' demands
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Apr 3 • 8:43 PM EDT • Health • kgw.com
Bears’ Caleb Williams: ‘Iceman’ trademark application is to protect my business interests

He applied for a trademark last month.

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Apr 3 • 6:53 PM EDT • Business • chicago.suntimes.com
MassLive: Boston, Springfield land on top 10 list of best cities for STEM professionals

Boston and Springfield were among the "Top 10 best metro areas for STEM professionals" in 2018, according to statistics compiled by WalletHub, a personal finance website. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Boston was ranked second and Springfield eighth on the list. Worcester came in at 18th. The full results can be found here. "We made another good list," Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno said. "Glad to see our educational and workforce development are starting to pay off - this is all about a good four-letter word - jobs!" The 100 largest metropolitan areas in the country were ranked in 17 key metrics, WalletHub said. The evaluation ranged from "per-capita job openings for STEM graduates to annual median growth for STEM jobs, to projected demand for STEM workers by 2020," according to the summary. Seattle was top-rated, followed in order by Boston; Pittsburgh; Austin, Texas; Minneapolis; Madison, Wisconsin; Salt Lake City; Springfield; Chicago; and Atlanta. Original article: https://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2018/11/springfield_makes_top_10_natio.html

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Apr 3 • 5:06 PM EDT • Health • springfield-ma.gov
Voting by mail in midterms? Democrats' suit could impact how it works

A coalition of Democrat-led states filed yet another court challenge to President Donald Trump's executive order restricting mail-in voting.

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Apr 3 • 4:50 PM EDT • Politics • usatoday.com
Is there enough supply of cannabis in New York to meet the demand?

New York’s legal cannabis market continues to grow, surpassing $3 billion in total reported retail sales. As demand grows, so must supply.

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Apr 3 • 4:33 PM EDT • Business • spectrumlocalnews.com
Tiger at Blank Park Zoo euthanized after decline in health

Bronevik, a 16-year-old Amur tiger at Blank Park Zoo, was euthanized after a rapid decline in health, zoo officials said.

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Apr 3 • 4:12 PM EDT • Health • desmoinesregister.com
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The Rise of Socialism: Washington business owners slam new ‘millionaires tax’

Washington shop owners, talk show radio host Arri Hoffman and a local democratic socialist, Rep. Shaun Scott, discuss the impact of the state’s new “millionaires tax” and how socialist economic policy is impacting local business.

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Apr 3 • 2:36 PM EDT • Business • foxnews.com
Idaho Democratic leaders say Republican-led cuts are an ‘unbelievable mess’

Senate and House minority leaders railed against their Republican colleagues at a news conference following the end of the legislative session.

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Apr 3 • 2:30 PM EDT • Politics • idahostatesman.com
New CNN poll shows Democrats up big heading into midterm election season. Can Republicans claw back to avoid a blue wave?
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Apr 3 • 2:04 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Democrats see Georgia's failure to curb data centers as an electoral gift

Georgia lawmakers have ended their legislative session without addressing concerns over data centers

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Apr 3 • 1:31 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
At Acoma town hall, concerns range from health care to elections

Pueblo of Acoma residents and leaders pressed Democratic federal and state officials to rebuff federal action on immigration and elections.

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Apr 3 • 1:05 PM EDT • Health • sourcenm.com
Oregon sees drop in largest foreign tourist group following Trump political tensions

Before Oregon could rebound to its pre-pandemic international tourism levels, the state experienced another setback in 2025.

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Apr 3 • 1:00 PM EDT • Politics • oregoncapitalchronicle.com
Politics Friday: 3 congressional candidates vying for their party's endorsement

Friday at noon, a check-in on the only Minnesota congressional race guaranteed to send a new person to Washington. MPR News politics editor Brian Bakst speaks with three candidates seeking to represent the 2nd Congressional District.

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Apr 3 • 1:00 PM EDT • Politics • mprnews.org
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Gemma 4 and what makes an open model succeed

Having written a lot of model release blog posts, there’s something much harder about reviewing open models when they drop relative to closed models, especially in 2026. In recent years, there were so few open models, so when Llama 3 was released most people were still doing research on Llama 2 and super happy to get an update. When Qwen 3 was released, the Llama 4 fiasco had just gone down, and a whole research community was emerging to study RL on Qwen 2.5 — it was a no brainer to upgrade. Today, when an open model releases, it’s competing with Qwen 3.5, Kimi K2.5, GLM 5, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-OSS, Arcee Large, Nemotron 3, Olmo 3, and others. The space is populated, but still feels full of hidden opportunity. The potential of open models feels like a dark matter, a potential we know is huge, but few clear recipes and examples for how to unlock it are out there. Agentic AI, OpenClaw, and everything brewing in that space is going to spur mass experimentation in open models to complement the likes of Claude and Codex, not replace them. Especially with open models, the benchmarks at release are an extremely incomplete story. In some ways this is exciting, as new open models have a much higher variance and ability to surprise, but it also points at some structural reasons that make building businesses and great AI experiences around open models harder than the closed alternatives. When a new Claude Opus or GPT drops, spending a few hours with them in my agentic workflows is genuinely a good vibe test. For open models, putting them through this test is a category error. Something else to be said about open models in the era of agents is that they get out of the debate of integration, harnesses, and tools and let us see close to the ground on what exactly is the ability of just a model. Of course, we can’t test some things like search abilities without some tool, but being able to measure exactly the pace of progress of the model alone is a welcome simplification to a systematically opaque AI space. Share The list of factors I’d use to assess a new open-weight model I’m considering investing in includes: Model performance (and size) — how this model performs on benchmarks I care about and how it compares to other models of a similar size. Country of origin — some businesses care deeply about provenance, and if a model was built in China or not. Model license — if a model needs legal approval for use, uptake will be slower at mid-sized and large companies. Tooling at release — many models release with half-broken, or at least substantially slower, implementations in popular software like vLLM, Transformers, SGLANG, etc due to pushing the envelope of architectures or tools. Model fine-tunability — how easy or hard it is to modify the given model to your use-case when you actually try and use it. The core problem is that some of these are immediately available at release, e.g. general performance, license, origin, etc. but others such as tooling take day(s) to week(s) to stabilize, and others are open research questions — with no group systematically monitoring fine-tunability. In the early era of open models, the days of Llama 2 or 3 and Qwen pre v3.5, the architectures were fairly simple and the models tended to work out of the box. Some of this was due to the extremely hard work of the Llama, Qwen, Mistral, etc. developer teams. Some is due to the new models being genuinely harder to work with. When it comes to something like Qwen 3.5 or Nemotron 3, with hybrid models (either gated delta net or mamba layers), the tooling is very rough at release. Things you would expect to “just work” often don’t. I’ve been following this area closely since we released Olmo Hybrid with a similar architecture, and Qwen 3.5 is just starting to work well in the various open-source tools that need to all play nice together for RL research. That’s 1.5 months after the release date! This is just to start really investing more into understanding the behavior of the models. Of course, others started working on these models sooner by investing more engineering resources or relying on partially closed software. The fully open and distributed ecosystem takes a long time to get going on some new models. All of this is lead-in for the most important question for open models — how easy is it to adapt to specific use-cases? This is a different problem for different model sizes. Large MoE open-weight models may be used by entities like Cursor who need complex capabilities in their domain, e.g. Composer 2 trained on Kimi K2.5. Other applications can be built on much smaller models, such as Chroma’s Context-1 model for agentic search, built on GPT-OSS 20B. The question of “which models are fine-tunable” is largely background knowledge known by engineers across the industry. There should be a thriving research area here to support the open ecosystem model. The first step is to understand characteristics of different base and post-trained models to understand what they look like. The second step is to tune pretraining recipes for open models so they’re more flexible. Interconnects AI is a reader-supported publication. Consider becoming a subscriber. Subscribe For The ATOM Project and other Interconnects endeavors, we’ve put in substantial effort to measuring adoption trends in the open ecosystem. Everything takes a long time to unfold after a model is first publicly available — and adaptability is why. What we know for sure now, when Qwen has been going from strength to strength with its releases, is that technical staff across the industry has gotten comfortable working with Qwen models. Countless research methods and datasets were made to work with Qwen. It’ll take patience for any other model family to get to this point — a patience I’m not sure many open model builders have. This takes us to Gemma 4, Google’s latest open models. Gemma 3 was released more than a year ago, in March of 2025, and is a bit underrated. Gemma 4 comes in 4 sizes for now, with a bigger, MoE model of over 100B total parameters rumored but not released yet. The models we have today come in sizes of ~5B dense, 8B dense, 26B total 4B active MoE, and 31B dense. I’m most excited that they’re finally adopting a standard Apache 2.0 open source license. This’ll massively boost adoption. The standard of better licenses for strong open-weight LLMs was set by mostly Chinese open model labs in the last 1-2 years, and now U.S. companies are following suit. I will personally be so happy if the horrible Llama licenses and Gemma terms of service were an ~18-month transient dynamic of the industry being nervous about releasing strong open models. The Gemma 4 scores look very solid, the small models have incredible benchmark scores (especially in general domains like LMArena) and the 31B model rivals the recent Qwen 3.5 27B, which is the leading member of that class. The ~30B size range is an important one, as it’s accessible both to researchers and to enterprises looking to deploy the model in real use-cases. Where the 7B model scale is the default for tinkering and research, a 30B model is the default for seeing if an open model can unlock substantial value in your specific workflow — a good mix of intelligence, low price, tractability for downstream training, etc. This takes us back to the above adoption criteria I mentioned for open models and the bigger question — do I think Gemma 4 will be an overwhelming success? Previous Gemma models have been plagued by tooling issues and poorer performance when being finetuned. Gemma 4’s success is going to be entirely determined by ease of use, to a point where a 5-10% swing on benchmarks wouldn’t matter at all. It’s strong enough, small enough, with the right license, and from the U.S., so many companies are going to slot it in. I’m cautiously optimistic that Gemma 4 is going to work better here. Winds are shifting for open models built in America. We saw GPT-OSS go through a bumpy launch to become an overwhelming success. There’s a collective energy around the likes of Reflection, Arcee, Nemotron, Gemma, Olmo, and peers that show substantial demand for building new stacks around open models. There’s capital to be spent on AI stacks across the economy by those who want more ownership of everything, including the model. After launching The ATOM Project 240 days ago, the conversation is shifting into the next stage. Summer of 2025 was a crisis moment where the U.S. AI scene realized it can’t wait and figure out open models after building AGI. The two markets will capture different areas and proceed in parallel. Now that more companies in the U.S. are releasing strong models, we need to improve the ecosystem so that these models are easy to use, understand, and build value around. It’s the hard work to build another inflection point in these adoption plots I’ve been updating consistently, but that’s the work to be done. Join me in it. More data coming soon! Here’s a sneak peek:

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