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Former Migos rapper Offset is stable after being shot outside a Florida casino, spokesperson says

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The Boundless Deep: Young Tennyson, Science, and the Crisis of Belief by Richard Holmes

Pantheon Review by Walter Cummins The image of Alfred Tennyson I’ve carried for decades goes back to the childhood card game of Authors that depicts him with a stately continence sharpened by a jutting black beard. He’s formidable, his aura superior. Holmes opens his biography of the youthful Tennyson by describing the similar formality of the imposing Tennyson statue at Trinty College Cambridge, sharing the honor with other Trinity greats, including Isaac Newton, Francis Bacon, and Thomas Babington Macaulay. Holmes doesn’t want to chip away at that statue but rather reveal its inner youthful core of the man—tall, handsome, and talented but unformed, emerging from a disturbed family of addicted or insane male siblings and four unusual sisters struggling under a violent alcoholic clergyman father. Alfred was certainly statuesque, but would he end up a block of unformed stone like his equally promising brothers? He was youngest of three equally regarded Tennyson brothers at Cambridge, all bright, handsome, and talented, in fact Alfred regarded by some as less promising than his elders who also wrote poetry. Yet Alfred wrote one of his major poems, “The Kraken,” at twenty, revealing both his talent, his interest in geological forces, and the haunting creature that embodied his anxieties. While Holmes focuses on Tennyson of the 1830s and 1840s, he can’t tell his story without exploring his involvement with the Victorian intellectual upheaval. Tennyson was fascinated by new scientific perspectives, following the latest findings as soon as books and articles were published. He was especially taken with Charles Lyell’s deep studies of geology and the discovery of fossils and a timeline of the planet’s development that did much to question fundamental religious assumptions. The impact of these discoveries is reflected in Tennyson’s poetry and led to the crisis in belief he shared with so many contemporaries. He was especially taken by the cycles of destruction and renewal that informed the struggles he confronted in In Memoriam, Maud, and Idylls of the King. Tennyson was only one of the eventual major figures at Cambridge at the same time, young men just beginning to realize their potential. Charles Darwin was at Christ College, although there is no evidence that he and Tennyson even met as students or later in life. Yet evolution became significant in Tennyson’s thinking and the issues of his poetry. One of Tennyson’s best and most important Cambridge friends was Edward FitzGerald, who became the translator of The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám and in their on and off relationship served as Tennyson’s harshest critic. FitzGerald was also a friend of the novelist William Makepeace Thackeray, the two of them partying in Paris as undergraduates. That connection led to a friendship between Thackeray and Tennyson. Others who came to play significant roles in Tennyson’s life were Thomas Carlyle, the Brownings, and the Pre-Raphaelites. Tennyson’s deepest friend at college was Arthur Hallam, who at twenty wrote a glowing review of Tennyson’s first poetry collection, travelled on European adventures with him, and fell in love with his sister Emily. Hallam was also regarded as one more very promising Cambridge student. His sudden death at twenty-two in Vienna from a stroke while travelling with his father devastated many friends, but perhaps Tennyson most of all. He did not write immediate poems of grief but took years to compile those collected in In Memoriam A.H.H., published in 1850, almost twenty years after Hallam’s death For all of Tennyson’s early poetic successes and successes, Holmes reveals him as an often troubled young man suffering periods of depression, fearing planetary upheaval, concerned about supporting himself, disappointed in romances, and worried that he would inherit the family’s mental illness tendencies. Yet despite his seeming withdrawals, he was always writing poetry that he kept private and would not let go, constantly revising. 1850 became a transformative year for Tennyson. He finally consented to publishing In Memoriam with a last-minute prologue that acknowledged God and perhaps convinced the religious Emily Sellwood to marry him after years of pursuit.. He opened up to Emily, revealing his struggles with fears of depression and “weird seizures.” The devastating event of that time was the stillborn death of his unnamed first son. It shook him, but Emily’s faith brought them closer and convinced him to believe in an afterlife. Two later sons survived. With the death of William Wordworth in April of 1950, Tennyson was named poet laureate at age forty-one, reluctantly accepting. It’s as if Tennyson’s life split in half in that year. He lived another forty years, now a recognized success, with the prestige of being an official poet writing patriotic verse, wealthy and revered, no longer the insecure young man seeking an outlet for his immense talent. He earned a place in the Authors deck, now dignified and in 1884 elevated to the peerage as Arthur, Lord Tennyson. Richard Holmes is the author of twenty previous books on the Romantics and Victorians, several of which received awards. The Boundless Deep was shortlisted for the 2025 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. He captures the complex vicissitudes of Tennyson’s youth, illustrated by frequent excerpts from the poetry, placing that life in the full context of the shattering discoveries that led to an upheaval of thought in the Victorian age.

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Apr 7 • 12:35 PM EDT • Science • calirb.com
“The Audacity” of Billy Magnussen: See all the exclusive photos from his “Entertainment Weekly” cover shoot

EW's cover star gets punchy taking photos ahead of the premiere of AMC's new Silicon Valley satire.

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Apr 7 • 12:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Victim identified in deadly Tallahassee sports bar shooting; Police pursuing ‘all leads’

Tevin Gaines, 32, was identified Tuesday by the police department as the man shot and killed inside Zingales Billiards & Sports Bar during what officers said was a “large physical altercation.”

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Apr 7 • 11:55 AM EDT • Sports • wctv.tv
Former Migos rapper Offset is stable after being shot outside a Florida casino, spokesperson says

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Apr 7 • 11:36 AM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
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Minneapolis video refutes ICE account of shooting

The agency originally claimed the assailant had beaten one of their officers with a shovel

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Apr 7 • 11:03 AM EDT • Politics • theweek.com
Former Migos rapper Offset is stable after being shot outside a Florida casino, spokesperson says

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Apr 7 • 10:10 AM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
PS5 Remaster of Unique Shooter Out Today on PS Store

A classic RPG shooter gets a PS5 release on the PlayStation Store today since its original launch over 20 years ago.

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Apr 7 • 7:56 AM EDT • Technology • playstationlifestyle.net
Rapper Offset shot in Florida, spokesperson says he is stable

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Apr 7 • 12:02 AM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
Rapper Offset shot in Florida, spokesperson says he is stable

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Apr 7 • 12:02 AM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
Rapper Offset shot in Florida, spokesperson says he is stable

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Apr 7 • 12:02 AM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
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Rapper Offset shot and is in stable condition, spokesperson says

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Apr 6 • 11:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
String of deadly police shootings raising questions about mental health and law enforcement

There are five deadly police shootings under investigation in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, including calls tied to mental health crises.

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Apr 5 • 7:34 PM EDT • Health • nbcboston.com
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Recent string of police shootings puts mental health in focus

From Boston to New Hampshire, a series of deadly police shootings has left five people dead in just a few weeks. Some of those encounters began as mental health calls… all are now under investigation.

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Apr 5 • 6:39 PM EDT • Health • nbcboston.com
Family of suspected Raymond shooter says he struggled with mental health

Kodey Masse said the man involved Saturday was not the brother he knew.

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Apr 5 • 6:36 PM EDT • Health • wmur.com
'We couldn't adjust to it': How Michigan exposed Arizona's biggest weakness in Final Four blowout

When it was time to mount a comeback, Arizona didn't have the shooting firepower to make it happen.

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Apr 5 • 1:36 AM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
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
A Poet of Science Who Shook Faith in God

A Poet of Science Who Shook Faith in God: Eminent biographer Richard Holmes reveals how Tennyson predated Darwin and speaks to us today

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Apr 3 • 2:00 PM EDT • Science • nautil.us
LMPD to release video Friday from officers who responded to mental health crisis call

Louisville Metro Police will release body camera video Friday from the deadly shooting of Katelyn Hall.

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Apr 3 • 1:10 PM EDT • Health • wlky.com
The Best Zelda-Like In Years Gets Close To Perfection

A twin-stick Zelda-like that gets incredibly close to perfection

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Apr 3 • 11:59 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Nashville Predators Avoid Near Collapse In Shootout Win Over Kings

Evangelista's shootout heroics secured a dramatic win after Nashville squandered a three-goal lead, pushing past the Kings in a thrilling eight-round conclusion.

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Apr 3 • 2:13 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Woman shot and killed in front of her children struggled with mental health, according to mother

Authorities confirm the woman who was shot and killed in front of her two children was 32-year-old Monae Brooks. ABC13 breaks down the lead-up to the tragic shooting.

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Apr 2 • 6:21 PM EDT • Health • abc13.com
Harrisburg Police investigating shooting, robbery at local business

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM)– Harrisburg Police are investigating after someone was shot during a robbery at a local establishment. The Harrisburg Bureau of Police said officers responded to the ar…

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Apr 2 • 12:04 PM EDT • Business • abc27.com
Masked suspect shoots, wounds customer while robbing business, police say

Police said a masked male robbed a local establishment and shot a customer in the lower extremity.

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Apr 2 • 12:02 PM EDT • Business • wgal.com
Alperen Sengun Provides Positive Health Update After Rockets Victory Over Bucks

Houston Rockets star center Alperen Sengun delivered good news for the fan base Wednesday night. Sengun logged 29 minutes against the Milwaukee Bucks, finishing with 25 points on 9-of-13 shooting, including 2-of-2 from three. What makes those numbers more impressive is that Sengun has battled multiple injuries throughout the year.

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Apr 2 • 6:03 AM EDT • Health • sports.yahoo.com
Sharks Locker Room: Team of Destiny?

Randy Hahn said it. View this post on Instagram And maybe, just maybe, after a five-game losing streak around the Olympics and a recent six-game skid that really shook the faith…maybe the San Jose Sharks are a team of destiny? With 28 seconds to go, the Sharks edged the Anaheim Ducks 4-3, for their third-straight […] The post Sharks Locker Room: Team of Destiny? appeared first on San Jose Hockey Now.

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Apr 2 • 3:40 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Marathon review: Bungie’s extraction shooter is a brutal beauty

Marathon, the first non-Destiny game from Bungie in more than a decade, is equal parts frustration and elation, writes our reviewer.

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Apr 1 • 5:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • yakimaherald.com
Coral Springs Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen killed in shooting, husband in custody

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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Apr 1 • 4:42 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Most Californians still disapprove of immigration crackdown, poll says

Two-thirds of California voters disapprove of Trump's immigration policies and a majority believe those policies are biased against Latinos, a new poll finds.

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Apr 1 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • latimes.com
Firing Cop in Shooting, Did Mayor Yield to Politics?

When he peremptorily fired the Hartford police officer who shot and killed a mentally ill man who was walking through his neighborhood with a long knife and was refusing police […]

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Apr 1 • 1:48 AM EDT • Politics • ctexaminer.com
Bruce Springsteen launches political U.S. tour with 'Streets of Minneapolis'

The New Jersey rocker released “Streets of Minneapolis” in late January amid the nationwide outcry over the shooting deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal officers.

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Mar 31 • 7:23 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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Bumbershoot announces 2026 lineup; Death Cab for Cutie headlines

This band, Seattle rock royalty, will be the biggest hometown group to headline the festival in years.

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Mar 31 • 2:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • yakimaherald.com
This CBS Graduate Student Studies How Bodies Regrow

Iris Juanico was drawn to science by her innate curiosity. “I never stop asking questions,” said Juanico, with a laugh. “I was drawn to science as a child because it involves asking a lot of questions.”

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Mar 31 • 1:06 PM EDT • Science • biology.ucdavis.edu
Howard County body-camera video shows shooting during mental health call
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Mar 30 • 6:25 PM EDT • Health • cbsnews.com
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Body camera video shows deadly Howard County police shooting during mental health call
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Mar 30 • 12:59 PM EDT • Health • cbsnews.com
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LMPD officers involved in fatal shooting of woman suffering mental health crisis identified

A woman suffering a mental health crisis was fatally shot by Louisville Metro Police after charging at officers with a sharp weapon.

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Mar 30 • 12:23 PM EDT • Health • wave3.com
‘Press Your Luck’ hosted by Elizabeth Banks to shoot in Trilith Studios in April

The game show, which was rebooted in 2019, begins filming next month at Trilith Studios in Fayetteville.

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Mar 30 • 10:36 AM EDT • Entertainment • ajc.com
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Krafton shutters free-to-play PUBG spin-off after two months, in line with policy of using Early Access to "quickly validate a game’s potential"

Company abandons top-down shooter after two months of declining player counts, despite franchise delivering record revenues

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Mar 30 • 7:00 AM EDT • Technology • gamesindustry.biz
Knights' comeback wasted in 5-4 shootout loss to Capitals

Vegas rallied from a 3-0 deficit to lead 4-3 in the third period only to fail to kill off a penalty as the Caps rallied to tie and eventually prevail in the shootout.

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Mar 29 • 2:26 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Mark Kiszla: Summit’s stadium-shaking debut shatters views on women’s sports

As the stadium shook from a record 63,004 soccer fans stomping their feet, Denver Summit shouted a revolutionary statement to the world. Female sports aren’t just for little girls anymore. “When everybody was stomping their feet, it was like a giant rumble. That was so … intoxicating,” Summit goalkeeper Abby Smith said Saturday, when the […]

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Mar 28 • 8:39 PM EDT • Sports • denvergazette.com
Mark Kiszla: When Summit shakes stadium, old biased views of women’s sports crumble

As the stadium shook from a record 63,004 soccer fans stomping their feet, Denver Summit shouted a revolutionary statement to the world. Female sports aren’t just for little girls anymore. “When everybody was stomping their feet, it was like a giant rumble. That was so … intoxicating,” Summit goaltender Abby Smith said Saturday, when the […]

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Mar 28 • 8:39 PM EDT • Sports • denvergazette.com
Louisville police shoots, kills woman in mental health crisis

A woman was shot and killed by two officers in Louisville after she allegedly charged at them with a large, sharp object while experiencing a mental health crisis.

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Mar 28 • 6:42 PM EDT • Health • fox56news.com
LMPD officers fatally shoot woman experiencing 'mental health' crisis

Two LMPD officers shot a woman while responding to a call about someone experiencing a \

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Mar 28 • 8:10 AM EDT • Health • courier-journal.com
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Looking back at when football introduced penalty shootouts

No-one knew what to expect at football's first official penalty shootout - and no-one wanted to go down in history as the first to miss.

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Mar 28 • 2:15 AM EDT • Sports • bbc.com
Michigan cools off hot-shooting Alabama, outguns Crimson Tide into Elite 8

Alabama's high-octane offense kept things interesting for a half. But Michigan dominates both sides of the floor and ultimately took the game over.

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Mar 27 • 10:04 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Thousands of Corewell Health patients affected by security breach

Information including patients' names, Social Security numbers and health information was accessed.

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Mar 27 • 6:50 PM EDT • Health • detroitnews.com
Connecticut officer fired after shooting man in mental health crisis as others tried to de-escalate

Mayor of Hartford has fired a white police officer who fatally shot a Black man in a mental health crisis nine times

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Mar 27 • 6:11 PM EDT • Health • theguardian.com
Officer fired after fatally shooting man in mental health crisis — as others tried to de-escalate

The mayor of Hartford, Connecticut, has fired a white police officer who fatally shot a Black man in a mental health crisis nine times. Mayor Arunan Arulampalam announced Friday that he terminated...

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Mar 27 • 4:53 PM EDT • Health • sfgate.com
IDF fatally shoots two Palestinians in East Jerusalem, Palestinian Health Ministry says

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Mar 27 • 2:34 PM EDT • Health • haaretz.com
Hartford mayor fires officer who fatally shot man in mental health crisis after calls for justice

The moves comes just days after the mayor’s state of the city speech was interrupted by protestors calling for the firing of officers involved in two separate fatal shootings.

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Mar 27 • 2:25 PM EDT • Health • courant.com
Agent on Jill Biden’s Secret Service detail accidentally shoots their own leg, official says

A US Secret Service special agent on former first lady Jill Biden’s security detail accidentally shot their own leg at the Philadelphia International Airport Friday morning, an agency official said.

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Mar 27 • 11:11 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
'Growth' for Republic of Ireland despite Prague pain

Republic of Ireland boss Heimir Hallgrimsson says there are plenty of reasons to be optimistic following his side's World Cup play-off shootout defeat by the Czech Republic.

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Mar 27 • 2:23 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Penguins win shootout, back in second place

With just 11 games to go, every win or loss could make the difference between a Stanley Cup Playoffs berth or bitterly watching them from home.

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Mar 26 • 11:19 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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As political winds shift, this Louisiana renewable energy venture shoots for the stars

"We've spent years figuring out how to make wind blades lighter, stronger and cheaper — and we're set up at a facility that will allow us to expand quickly into production and shipping at scale. Now we're ready to apply those strengths to booming sectors of the economy."

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Mar 26 • 5:00 AM EDT • Business • nola.com
Marvel Rivals - The Super Hero Team-based PVP Shooter

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Mar 25 • 1:53 PM EDT • Technology • marvelrivals.com
Marvel Rivals - The Super Hero Team-based PVP Shooter

Play for free Now!! Get ready to Ignite the Battle with Marvel Rivals!

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Mar 25 • 12:53 PM EDT • Technology • marvelrivals.com
Person shot dead at business on Lockbourne Road

Columbus police responded to a shooting on Lockbourne Road early Wednesday morning.Few details were immediately available, but ABC6 confirmed the shooting t

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Mar 25 • 7:54 AM EDT • Business • abc6onyourside.com
Trump is expected to nominate new CDC director, as measles keeps spreading

If confirmed by the Senate, the director will inherit an agency marked by the yearlong chaos of mass layoffs, a deadly shooting and hollowed-out leadership.

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Mar 24 • 5:39 PM EDT • Health • nbcnews.com
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PlayStation Closes Shooter Studio Formed By Former Call Of Duty Lead

Dark Outlaw Games grew out of the ashes of another failed Sony project

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Mar 24 • 2:53 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
'Sports Illustrated Swimsuit' Teases Sexy New Photo Shoots with Bethenny Frankel, Ilona Maher and More

'Sports Illustrated Swimsuit' teased its forthcoming 2026 issue featuring a mix of newcomers, as well as fan-favorite veterans.

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Mar 24 • 2:50 PM EDT • Sports • people.com
Marathon has sold 1.2M copies across Steam, PS5, and Xbox

Alinea Analytics estimates show that Marathon has generated gross revenues of $55M via 1.2M copies sold on Steam, PS5, and Xbox: Looking at the split between Steam, PS5, and Xbox, Steam is clearly the main platform for Marathon, accounting for a little under 70% of the audience (800K copies sold). Meanwhile, PS5 takes about 19% (217K) and Xbox (including console, PC, and cloud) accounts for a bit over 11% or 133K. Marathon is technically a first-party Sony title, so seeing the home console struggle to break 20% of the volume is a notable data point for the ongoing platform-agnostic debate. PlayStation Studios online games will almost certainly continue being multiplatform (despite Sony reportedly pulling back on PC releases). Subscribe for free to get the most accurate games estimates in your inbox twice a week 🫶 Subscribe As for Marathon, the consensus among hardcore players who pushed through the awkward onboarding phase – myself included – is that it’s fantastic. The gunplay, aesthetic, and presentation are among the best in the shooter genre. A great game doesn’t always equal an immediate hit, though, as shown by our estimates. Things are looking lukewarm right now. But this might be one of those marathon-not-a-sprint situations. Had to, didn’t I? Why wasn’t Marathon a hit on the same level as Arc Raiders? One topic that came up in a lot of conversations at GDC this year was why Marathon hasn’t hit the same stratosphere as Arc Raiders. On paper, they’re both extraction shooters, and Marathon has the Bungie pedigree – the house that built the gold standard for gunplay in Halo and Destiny. Marathon’s neon-futuristic aesthetic also distinguishes itself from the gritty realism of Tarkov or the post-apocalyptic hope of ARC Raiders. But vibes can only get you so far for first impressions if the onboarding feels like a brick wall. Marathon is a sweaty PvP-focused experience with a first-time user experience and UI that I can only describe as dreadful. Players are dropped into a complex ecosystem where the UI, though visually striking, is functionally uninformative, forcing users to manually hover over nondescript, identical icons just to identify basic gear or weapon mods. This lack of clarity is compounded by punishing mechanics like a severe heat gauge for movement and a scarcity of vital resources, all without a clear tutorial or a low-stakes mode to learn the ropes. Most people – even top streamers and veteran shooter players – have no idea what’s going on in Marathon at first. Arc is on the complete other end of the spectrum. As we covered here and here, Arc Raiders offers a more collaborative, approachable loop where players often work together toward shared goals. And the objectives are instantly clear. To many players, this contrast only emphasised Marathon’s issues, especially during the testing period. Players understand the Arc Raiders loop within 30 minutes, while Marathon acts as a massive filter, chewing up newcomers and spitting them out before they can experience the depth of Bungie’s signature gunplay. What I’m getting at here is that the poor first-time user experience of Marathon’s Server Slam likely stifled launch sales, while the opposite was true for Arc. Let’s look at the pre-launch copies sold for each game during their respective Server Slams (launch-aligned) : Looking at the trajectory: Arc Raiders saw a massive 80% jump in copies sold during its three-day Server Slam (day -13 to -11). Players jumped in, realised the water was fine, and immediately opened their wallets. Marathon, meanwhile, saw a 49% increase in the four days following its Slam (Day -7 to -3). At the time of each game’s respective launch, Arc Raiders had nearly double the Steam footprint of Marathon – and word of mouth only continued to grow. Bungie could have had more time to fix the onboarding process had the beta happened earlier. But Marathon launched three days after the beta finished. These factors limited the launch sales quite a bit, I reckon. Marathon has found a niche audience, though Despite the friction-heavy start, the data suggests that those who survived Marathon’s onboarding are loving life. We’ve been tracking cross-platform DAUs, and while there’s the expected post-launch leakage, many players are sticking with it. After peaking at 478K total DAUs on its first Saturday, Marathon has settled into a respectable rhythm, holding 345K DAUs as of yesterday and averaging 380K DAUs across the weekend. Steam continues to do the heavy lifting here, consistently accounting for the lion’s share of the daily players. Players have been putting in the hours, too: On Steam, Marathon’s average playtime has climbed to 27.8 hours, significantly outpacing the console averages on PS5 (16.5h) and Xbox (17.3h). Even more telling than the averages: 22% of the Steam audience has surged past the 50-hour mark, and nearly 7% have already logged over 100 hours. Subscribe for free to get the most accurate games estimates in your inbox twice a week 🫶 Subscribe This data suggests that once the Bungie magic clicks, it hooks players deeper than the average extraction shooter. There’s also started to be a shift in the game’s discourse. Marathon launched as one of those games that’s cool to hate. But as Marathon’s 100-hour club grows, we’re seeing conversations around its mechanical merit outweigh the negativity. Several high-profile creators, who were initially vocal critics, have spent the last week coming around on the mechanical depth of the endgame. It’s a subtle but positive signal; the hate train is losing steam, and a new narrative about the game is emerging. Bungie faithfuls unite Another interesting metric in Marathon’s first few weeks is who, exactly, is playing. Bungie leans heavily on its prestige as the “makers of Halo and Destiny,” in its marketing, and that message has clearly hit the mark. On Steam, the gravity (hammer) of Bungie’s previous work is unavoidable. A staggering 78.2% of Marathon players also played Destiny 2. The trend carries across other platforms, with 74.2% of PS5 players and 82.7% of Xbox players also having played Destiny 2. The Halo legacy lives on, it seems. More on that in a bit. While Destiny 2 went free to play, these numbers still represent a high-intent migration of a fanbase that trusts Bungie’s specific brand of kinetic gunplay and cryptic world-building. The Xbox data adds another layer of legacy. About 85.7% of Marathon players on Xbox have played Halo Infinite, while over half of the Steam audience has spent time in Halo Infinite and 36.1% in the Master Chief Collection (a paid collection of the old Bungie-made legacy games). Interestingly, we see a 55.9% overlap with ARC Raiders on Steam. Overlap is even higher there on PlayStation (60.5%) and Xbox (66.5%). And there’s also significant crossover with Helldivers 2 on all platforms, too. Subscribe for free to get the most accurate games estimates in your inbox twice a week 🫶 Subscribe Bungie has found some of its fans with Marathon, and the challenge now is keeping this engaged in a high-stakes PvP environment when they’ve spent the last decade primarily enjoying the power fantasies of PvE. On that note… Go the full 26 miles? Or cut and run? Time for some could’ve, should’ve, would’ve. These things would have improved Marathon’s performance at launch: A more robust onboarding process, perhaps in the form of a short single-player/PvE campaign. We know Bungie fans love this stuff. A traditional arena-based mode akin to Destiny’s Crucible could have been a bridge for the cautious players who’d have been otherwise deterred by the Server Slam. It’s also a great palate cleanser after getting merked. Introducing a dedicated PvE environment would have similarly diversified the conversation and lowered the barrier for the Bungie faithful who found the pure PvP extraction loop too abrasive. PvE is safer than PvP these days. There’s an argument that a thin PvE mode would have just felt like a budget Destiny, potentially hurting the brand more. But given how dire the FTUE is, I think it would have been a net positive. Any kind of tutorialised loop that demystifies the stakes, really. While there is merit in a studio sticking firmly to a singular creative vision, and going all in on the hardcore extraction loop. Less forgiving is the technical reality is that the user interface and first-time user experience (FTUE) were not at a commercial standard for launch. Subscribe for free to get the most accurate games estimates in your inbox twice a week 🫶 Subscribe In a landscape where player time is oversaturated and the most contested currency, a flawed FTUE is a critical failure point. But it’s not all doom and gloom, as Marathon has an incredible, unique gameplay loop, suggesting that financial success is still attainable if Bungie can pivot effectively. Bungie and PlayStation now face a difficult strategic crossroads, though – one within a challenging games market. They could: Double down on Marathon with a long-term Rainbow Six Siege- or No Man’s Sky-style recovery plan, which is something I heard Last Stand Media’s Chris Maldonado mention last week. While this could be a sunk-cost fallacy in action, it could eventually yield the audience the game’s mechanical depth deserves. Shift focus toward the inevitable Destiny 3 or another project, mitigating the escalating opportunity cost and cutting their losses, so to speak. Doing both is an expensive proposition, given the high overhead and burn rate of operating out of Bellevue, Washington. With Sony recently demonstrating a lower threshold for underperforming studios and projects, the margin for error has vanished. Whatever happens, the next six months will determine whether Marathon becomes a cornerstone of Sony’s live-service portfolio or a cautionary tale of vision exceeding accessibility. I’m hoping it’s the former, because Marathon rocks. As always, hit subscribe to get updates on Marathon and other relevant games. Subscribe Want to get your hands on our data for yourself – for free? We’re offering a free trial of our platform for games companies. 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