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Entertainment is a-foot as Zeitgeist Dance Theatre presents An Evening of Contemporary Dance

Santa Fe-based Zeitgeist Dance Theatre's biggest show of the season, featuring more than 75 dancers, is Saturday, August 1, at the Lensic Performing Arts Center.

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Jul 31 • 7:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • santafenewmexican.com
Shift-Up promotes Stellar Blade 2 with AI-generated KPop music video featuring the game's main character

The video ends with Shift-Up developers interacting with an AI-generated Evie from Stellar Blade 2, chatting and eating together.

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Jul 31 • 6:59 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Atlanta teen uses Black Girl Joy grant to teach kids about dental health
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Jul 31 • 6:37 AM EDT • Health • cbsnews.com
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New York Will Regret Going Into the Grocery Business

The market, as I have noted before, is a small miracle. All these people come together — sellers, buyers, go-betweens — with different preferences, needs and resources, and they manage to come up with a price. The market clears, and everyone is better off.

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Jul 31 • 6:30 AM EDT • Business • bloomberg.com
Valens Semiconductor Appoints Dean Martin to Lead the Automotive Business Unit

/PRNewswire/ -- Valens Semiconductor (NYSE: VLN), a leading provider of high-performance connectivity chipsets, today announced the appointment of Dean Martin...

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Jul 31 • 6:30 AM EDT • Business • prnewswire.com
Sony vows to press on with discless plans, saying "digitalization is progressing" across all media despite heavy protest from players

Sony has heard your complaints, but it's done little to move the needle when it comes to PlayStation physical media and discs.

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Jul 31 • 5:35 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Majestic Care touts hospitals progress; lawmakers worry about unknown location

The New York-based developer now operating four long-term care hospitals in West Virginia -- Hopemont Hospital in Terra Alta, Jackie Withrow Hospital in Beckley, John Manchin Sr. Health Care Center in Fairmont; and Lakin Hospital in West Columbia -- says it is making progress on new builds, while state lawmakers worry that the new facilities could move elderly patients and jobs out of their communities.

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Jul 31 • 5:30 AM EDT • Health • wvgazettemail.com
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Will Launch Head-to-Head With GTA 6 in November, Nintendo Fans Believe, After Amiibo Release Date Revealed

Nintendo will launch its The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Switch 2 remake head-to-head with GTA 6 in November, fans believe.

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Jul 31 • 5:08 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Essential brain health tips as you age

Discover five simple brain health tips that can support memory, cognitive function, and overall well-being as you age

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Jul 31 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • qz.com
Big changes coming as demolition begins on former Libbey Glass site in Shreveport

A 100-year-old Shreveport plant is being demoed. Here's what will happen next at the former Libbey Glass site.

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Jul 31 • 5:00 AM EDT • Business • nola.com
Elevance Health’s CEO started her career as a pro basketball player. Now she’s the highest‑ranking woman on the Global 500, leading a $199B giant

Gail Boudreaux credits collegiate athletics with helping to shape her leadership style.

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Jul 31 • 3:00 AM EDT • Health • fortune.com
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BP Starts Process for Potential Sale of Its North Sea Business

BP Plc said it’s starting a process to market its North Sea business for a potential sale, as part of a wider review of the oil major’s portfolio.

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Jul 31 • 2:15 AM EDT • Business • bloomberg.com
Ashurst Perkins Coie Sets Up as Alternative Business Structure

The newly-merged firm has become the largest in the U.K. to obtain regulatory approvals that allow external investment, non-lawyer owners, and the provision of other professional services.

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Jul 31 • 2:09 AM EDT • Business • law.com
Steve Hilton's AI campaign ads fuel calls for new political advertising safeguards
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Jul 31 • 1:46 AM EDT • Politics • cbsnews.com
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Sony raises outlook after entertainment drives earnings jump

Sony has been shifting its resources toward accumulating entertainment assets spanning music, games and anime, while scaling back in low-margin areas in consumer electronics.

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Jul 31 • 1:15 AM EDT • Entertainment • japantimes.co.jp
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Destructive Fires Char Western Europe

Raging wildfires disrupted summer in Spain and France amid sweltering heat waves and prolonged drought.

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Jul 31 • 12:01 AM EDT • Science • science.nasa.gov
Middletown linebacker inspired to give back following brother's health battle

Middletown linebacker Mekhi Corbin used his recent commitment to the University of Delaware to returned to Nemours Children's Hospital this month for a much happier reason than in the past.

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Jul 30 • 11:42 PM EDT • Health • wdel.com
Sony Raises Outlook After Entertainment Drives Earnings Beat

Sony Group Corp. raised its profit outlook after its lucrative content holdings generated continued growth, underscoring the entertainment group’s resilience in the face of rising component prices.

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Jul 30 • 11:05 PM EDT • Entertainment • bloomberg.com
South Florida Medicaid families say kids with autism are losing therapy as state cuts and insurer pause add up
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Jul 30 • 10:23 PM EDT • Health • cbsnews.com
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Johns Hopkins public health researcher detained by ICE amid increased airport enforcement

A public health researcher at Johns Hopkins University was detained by immigration officers while boarding a domestic flight this week.

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Jul 30 • 8:53 PM EDT • Health • cbsnews.com
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In Missouri, Cori Bush and Wesley Bell's primary rematch sets up key test for Democrats

A progressive firebrand who started her political career as a Black Lives Matter organizer in Ferguson, Bush served two terms before losing a primary challenge to Wesley Bell, a moderate local prosecutor.

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Jul 30 • 7:37 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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Musikfest Photos: Thursday, July 30th, 2026

Did we see you or your friends at Musikfest 2026 in Bethlehem, Pa.? Check out our daily photo galleries from the largest free music festival in the nation!

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Jul 30 • 7:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • wfmz.com
PlayStation 5 Video Games Are Heavily Discounted During Best Buy's Back to School Sale and Amazon Has Already Price Matched Many of the Deals

Amazon has already price matched many of the deals.

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Jul 30 • 7:25 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Indoor go-kart track opening at Kamin Science Center, with special hours for adults
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Jul 30 • 7:04 PM EDT • Science • cbsnews.com
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Madison business owners urge city for long-term solutions amid encampment concerns

MADISON, (WKOW) — Businesses on Williamson Street say a nearby encampment has significantly slowed their operations, with some owners warning the financial impact could become significant.

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Jul 30 • 6:28 PM EDT • Business • wkow.com
A new law helps create entertainment districts for historic horse racing

A new law helps create entertainment districts for historic horse racing

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Jul 30 • 6:28 PM EDT • Entertainment • wyomingnewsnow.tv
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Kate's Club gives metro Atlanta's young adults who have lost parent a healthy way to grieve

What starts as grief can turn into something bigger, so metro Atlanta's Kate's Club helps young adults get into the community and grieve in a healthy way.

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Jul 30 • 6:14 PM EDT • Health • cbsnews.com
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A new law helps create entertainment districts for historic horse racing

A new law helps create entertainment districts for historic horse racing

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Jul 30 • 6:07 PM EDT • Entertainment • wyomingnewsnow.tv
Rochester businesses say sales have plummeted during monthslong road closure
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Jul 30 • 6:00 PM EDT • Business • cbsnews.com
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Howard County task force discusses response to crisis and mental health calls
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Jul 30 • 5:51 PM EDT • Health • cbsnews.com
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CBS News poll analysis on cost of living and whether Americans see answers from political parties
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Jul 30 • 5:47 PM EDT • Politics • cbsnews.com
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Cedar Crossing casino to open in mid-November, ahead of schedule; reveals first entertainment lineup

The Cedar Crossing Casino & Entertainment Center will open in mid-November, ahead of its original Dec. 31 schedule, developers announced Thursday, July 30. Developers also announced the first wave of acts booked for the venue’s event center this fall and winter. The $275 million casino, a joint project of Peninsula Pacific Entertainment (P2E) and the […]

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Jul 30 • 5:45 PM EDT • Entertainment • corridorbusiness.com
Howard County task force discusses response to crisis and mental health calls following deadly shooting

The Howard County task force was created in the aftermath of the deadly police shooting of Alex LaMorie, a man with autism, on May 1 in Columbia.

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Jul 30 • 5:38 PM EDT • Health • cbsnews.com
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First death of 2026 from rare, flesh-eating bacteria reported in South Florida, state health officials say

According to data from the Florida Department of Health, a person from Palm Beach County was reported dead on July 30 after being diagnosed with Vibrio vulnificus.

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Jul 30 • 5:27 PM EDT • Health • cbsnews.com
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Flea-borne typhus outbreak in Pico-Union prompts warning from LA County health officials

Los Angeles County health officials reported a localized outbreak of flea-borne typhus in the Pico-Union neighborhood, where five people have become ill this year.

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Jul 30 • 5:24 PM EDT • Health • abc7.com
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In the unbridled online marketplace for peptides, one vendor is sentenced to nearly 6 years in prison
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Jul 30 • 4:51 PM EDT • Business • cbsnews.com
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Apple’s Sales Disappoint in China Unit, Services Business

Apple Inc. sales grew slower than analysts anticipated last quarter in China and its services business, sparking concerns about two key markets.

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Jul 30 • 4:40 PM EDT • Business • bloomberg.com
Kamin Science Center’s ‘Science of Speed’ brings indoor go-karts, F1 simulators to Pittsburgh

Kamin Science Center’s brand new “Science of Speed” exhibit is off to a blistering start, ahead of its official opening on Saturday. On Thursday, dozens of early access guests were set loose upon the experience that features an indoor, three-level electric go-kart track with tightly coiled turns and railing lights

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Jul 30 • 4:40 PM EDT • Science • triblive.com
Influence Media Partners to Acquire Anthem Publishing for $600 Million

Influence Media Partners has set a $600 million deal to acquire Anthem Entertainment's publishing and film/TV assets; Sony Publishing ups Ari Gelaw.

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Jul 30 • 4:39 PM EDT • Entertainment • variety.com
Students Take on Airborne Field Research with NASA

The gusty wind didn’t make it easy to hold tight to a balloon so large. The balloon, a scientific instrument called an ozonesonde, was about to be released

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Jul 30 • 4:36 PM EDT • Science • science.nasa.gov
What is Disney?

Founded in 1923, Disney operates theme parks, film studios, and streaming services across more than 40 countries

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Jul 30 • 3:54 PM EDT • Entertainment • qz.com
Microsoft’s stock has biggest one-day gain since 2008, adding $480 billion in market value as cloud business booms

Azure crossed $100 billion in revenue for the first time and a new disclosure about OpenAI offered some respite.

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Jul 30 • 3:45 PM EDT • Business • fortune.com
U.S. states are all over the map on how to regulate AI therapy chatbots

Six states have split four ways on regulating AI therapy chatbots. The same product can be legal in one place and criminally exposed in another

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Jul 30 • 3:08 PM EDT • Health • qz.com
A.14 Atmosphere Several Corrections

The Earth Science Division recently released A.14 Atmosphere, soliciting proposals for data analysis and modeling of NASA supported airborne campaign data.

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Jul 30 • 2:58 PM EDT • Science • science.nasa.gov
Doctor shares 3 simple things to improve your gut health and overall health
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Jul 30 • 2:25 PM EDT • Health • cbsnews.com
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Water Safari Celebrates 70th Anniversary Aug. 7

Water Safari is marking its 70th anniversary with a one-day birthday celebration featuring giveaways, treats and special events for guests of all ages.

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Jul 30 • 1:21 PM EDT • Entertainment • wktv.com
Cosm Detroit sets opening date, will show NFL games, movies

The 70,000-square-foot, three-level venue will show the Detroit Lions game on Sept. 17.

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Jul 30 • 12:54 PM EDT • Entertainment • detroitnews.com
A unique antibody system may help explain bats' unusual tolerance of viruses

Researchers found that vesper bats use two separate sets of genes to build antibodies ‪—‬ a rare evolutionary quirk that may give them different ways to fight infection.

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Jul 30 • 12:53 PM EDT • Science • livescience.com
Bethesda Has a New Logo to Celebrate Its 40th Anniversary — and It Harkens Back to the Studio's Old Terminator Games

Bethesda has unveiled a new logo to celebrate the studio’s 40th anniversary.

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Jul 30 • 12:48 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
How to prevent common sports injuries: Tips from sports medicine experts

Doctors with FIU Medicine and Baptist Health encourage students entering fall sports and weekend warriors of all ages to do a bit of prep prior to hitting the field, course or court.

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Jul 30 • 12:42 PM EDT • Sports • news.fiu.edu
Cardio? Lifting? Which of the two is better at undergirding heart health, overall?
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Jul 30 • 12:14 PM EDT • Health • cbsnews.com
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Connections to STI & Health Services After Incarceration

Download a customizable, stigma-reducing resource that supports continuity of care and connects people to STI and health care services following incarceration.

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Jul 30 • 12:00 PM EDT • Health • astho.org
Extract From the Gyldenmist: Dark Fantasy Extraction ARPG Mistfall Hunter Arrives on XBOX

Learn about the dark fantasy world of extraction ARPG Mistfall Hunter, available now on XBOX Series X|S, XBOX on PC, and Game Pass.

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Jul 30 • 12:00 PM EDT • Technology • news.xbox.com
WPBL secures media rights deal with ESPN and Scripps Sports Network

The Women’s Pro Baseball League has secured a media rights deal with ESPN and the Scripps Sports Network to air regular-season and postseason games in its inaugural campaign.

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Jul 30 • 11:39 AM EDT • Sports • apnews.com
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See first photos of Jacob Tremblay's teen 'Unabomber' in Netflix movie

Jacob Tremblay might not be the first guy you think of to play the Unabomber, a disheveled, middle-aged killer who baffled authorities for years before being caught.

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Jul 30 • 11:19 AM EDT • Entertainment • centraloregondaily.com
Jonathan Taylor Thomas reunites with 'Home Improvement' cast in rare photo

It may not be a reboot, but the cast of "Home Improvement" is getting the gang back together.

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Jul 30 • 11:19 AM EDT • Entertainment • centraloregondaily.com
Free Play Days – WWE 2K26, Polterguys: Possession Party and Wildgate

This weekend, Polterguys: Possession Party is available this weekend for XBOX Game Pass members, while WWE 2K26 and Wildgate are free for all. Jump in!

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Jul 30 • 11:00 AM EDT • Technology • news.xbox.com
Geyserville pushing for SMART train station to drive business into community
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Jul 30 • 10:36 AM EDT • Business • cbsnews.com
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Should AI be formally recognized as a national and global security threat? In London, politicians increasingly think so

More than 125 U.K. lawmakers support ControlAI's campaign led by Luciana Berger to have non-human superintelligence officially recognized as a national and global security threat.

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Jul 30 • 10:21 AM EDT • Politics • fortune.com
Black Women's Health Month events in Detroit
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Jul 30 • 10:18 AM EDT • Health • cbsnews.com
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Astronomers Looking Through Forgotten Observations Find Bizarre And Beautiful Planet-Wide Rings On Venus

Looking at Venus, captured accidentally in old observations, the team found a truly odd feature that can only be seen in polarized light.

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Jul 30 • 10:03 AM EDT • Science • iflscience.com
Satchmo Summerfest brings music, food and celebration of Louis Armstrong to the French Quarter

"It is a celebration of where jazz comes from and the city that gave it to the world.”

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Jul 30 • 10:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • nola.com
Business

The world this week

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Jul 30 • 9:02 AM EDT • Business • economist.com
The restaurant business is changing beyond recognition

Blame technology, inflation and customers’ shifting habits

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Jul 30 • 9:02 AM EDT • Business • economist.com
In Italy, America does business on the ambassador’s yacht

A billionaire diplomat’s floating statecraft

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Jul 30 • 9:02 AM EDT • Business • economist.com
Politics

The world this week

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Japanese politics is becoming less of a turn-off for the young

Social-media-savvy politicians are drawing them in

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Jul 30 • 9:02 AM EDT • Politics • economist.com
Lego Pokémon Smart Play hands-on: A better way to build, train and battle

With its latest Smart Play sets, Lego managed put its own spin on one of the world's most popular franchises.

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Jul 30 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • engadget.com
What to stream in August 2026: ‘Ted Lasso,’ ‘Lanterns,’ ‘Michael’

Here's what's coming to Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, HBO Max, Prime Video, Peacock, Paramount+ and other streaming services in August.

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Jul 30 • 9:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • yakimaherald.com
After Playing 4 Hours of Star Wars: Galactic Racer, I’m Convinced It’s the Shake Up the Racing Genre Needs

We've been hands-on with Star Wars: Galactic Racer's fast and furious roguelike campaign, and it's looking a game changer for racing games.

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Jul 30 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Gears of War: E-Day's Multiplayer Thrives Off Its New Horde Siege Mode

After about 10 hours with the Gears E-Day multiplayer beta, Xbox's long-time shooter series is making some smart gameplay changes.

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Jul 30 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
AppMagic: Pokémon Go generates $48.5m during 10th anniversary celebrations

Weekly in-app purchase revenue reaches record high from July 6 to July 12

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Jul 30 • 8:46 AM EDT • Technology • gamesindustry.biz
Helldivers 2 x Warhammer 40,000 Castellan's Creed Legendary Warbond Fully Revealed, Weapons and Armor Shown Off, Release Date Confirmed

As promised, we have the full reveal of the Helldivers 2 x Warhammer 40,000 Legendary Warbond today, a first look at the weapons and armor it will include, and a release date.

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Jul 30 • 8:27 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Halo: Campaign Evolved's 'death barriers' and ungenerous out-of-bounds restrictions are making the 42 skull grind a real bore

42 skulls, 10 terminals, and an out-of-bounds auto-death that is frustrating even the most seasoned reclaimers.

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Jul 30 • 8:14 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Behind the science in the Nanopatterning Cleanroom

Hamish Carr Delgado, a PhD student in materials science and engineering, shares how he’s working at the nanoscale to produce more energy-efficient chips for AI data centers.

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Jul 30 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • news.stanford.edu
Michigan’s Platform for Advanced Nuclear Energy

Michigan is building an advanced nuclear platform around small modular reactors, nuclear manufacturing, research depth and coordinated project support.

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Jul 30 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • michiganbusiness.org
New KU Business microcredential helps professionals build sales expertise

Gain practical skills in prospecting, negotiation, relationship-building and more through KU's online Professional Selling Microcredential for working professionals.

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Jul 30 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • news.ku.edu
Public Health Preparedness: Experts Identified Actions to Improve Surveillance for Emerging Disease Threats

Emerging infectious diseases can pose a serious threat to national health and security. Experts we convened suggested several ways the federal...

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Jul 30 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • gao.gov
Madison County Fair returns to Brookfield this weekend

BROOKFIELD — The 187th Madison County Fair will return to the Madison County Fairgrounds, 1968 Fairground Road, from today, Thursday, July 30, through Sunday, Aug. 2.

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Jul 30 • 8:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • romesentinel.com
After Hobbes vs Rousseau: Politics must move beyond human nature

Since the great debate between Hobbes and Rousseau, our political theory has been organised around a single question: is human nature essentially good or essentially corrupt? Graham Harman, the philosopher behind object-oriented ontology, argues that this is simply the wrong question to be asking. The real forces governing our collective fate - climate change, artificial intelligence, geography, and pandemics - are non-human; therefore, questions about human nature are not the central ones. Instead, Harman proposes a politics reorganised around our relationship to non-human objects and environments, in which quasi-government institutions incentivise and deter actions with the aim of extending the survival of the human race. “It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.” This has become one of the most popular phrases among twenty-first-century intellectuals. Often misattributed to Fredric Jameson, it has been warmly embraced by such influential authors as Slavoj Žižek and the tragically departed Mark Fisher, and has fueled the notion that the major problem with the political Left is that it simply needs to become more speculative and creative. Naturally, this is never a bad idea in any human pursuit. But what if the political distinction between Left, Right, and Center itself results from a failure of imagination? SUGGESTED READING Hobbes vs Rousseau: are we inherently evil? By Robin Douglass This particular division has been with us only since the summer of 1789. During the simmering prelude to the French Revolution, it referred originally to the physical position in the National Assembly of radical figures on one side and loyal monarchists on the other. These positions are linked with two entirely different camps of modern political theory. On the Left we find a series of authors ranging from the moderate (Locke) to the supercharged (Rousseau) to the truly radical (Marx), all of them contending that exploitation of the many by the few justifies revolutionary overthrow of the existing order. On the Right they are countered by the likes of Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Schmitt, a group of thinkers convinced that corrupt human nature can be tamed only by force. In the words of the Nazi supporter Schmitt: “One could test all theories of nature and state and political ideas according to their anthropology and classify these as to whether they consciously or unconsciously presuppose [humans] to be by nature evil or by nature good.” This is the division we continue to face today, even in the daily retail politics of Western democracies.___Our species has regularly proven itself capable of both the noblest gestures and the most scathing cruelties, making it hard to define us as essentially either emancipatory or brutal in our aims.___The most refreshing feature of David Graeber and David Wengrow’s 2021 book The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity was their awareness that the forced choice between Rousseau and Hobbes (as they put it) is no longer sufficient. Our species has regularly proven itself capable of both the noblest gestures and the most scathing cruelties, making it hard to define us as essentially either emancipatory or brutal in our aims. Far from being stationed “beyond good and evil,” we seem to be fully entangled with both. We are not naturally good or evil, Graeber and Wengrow contend, but naturally experimental and imaginative. They rest their case on the archaeological record, which seems to bear witness to numerous episodes of seasonally shifting governments and festivals, which vacillate in the same society (even in the same year) between the egalitarian and the dictatorial. Such praise of political experiment makes a good fit with the generally anarchist position defended by these authors. Yet it is also what I find most disappointing in their position. Although they are right that the forced choice between Hobbes and Rousseau falls short of what our new situation requires, the authors simply replace it with praise for the human being as a political tinkerer and performer. In other words, they give us just another theory of human nature, one that would not have been out of place in the sixteenth or seventeenth century. What other options might we have?___The time is ripe for a retheorization of politics on the basis of something other than human nature… We are not just alienated and limited by objects, but also empowered and unleashed by them___One fresh approach would be to treat politics within a broader framework than human nature, given that the polis does not exist in a vacuum filled exclusively with people. When Bruno Latour went to observe the baboons of Kenya with the San Diego anthropologist Shirley Strum, they jointly concluded that these primates were more socially interdependent than our own species. Each baboon is so reliant on the dynamics of the group that they find themselves locked into constant surveillance of their potentially dangerous peers. The group structure turns out to be inherently volatile. Humans, by contrast, are able to stabilize their societies to a large degree through the mediation of inanimate objects. Although one’s position in society may seem to fluctuate over time, considerable stability is produced through such items as apartment keys, wedding rings, and identification cards, all of them serving to secure us a place distinct from that of our fellows. The Italian philosopher Maurizio Ferraris has written at length about the crucial role of documents in establishing social relations, making him a hero among notaries in his country. Proper names and license plates cement our position amidst other humans, as do symbolic achievements such as graduation from a top university or distinguished wartime service with its various medals and ribbons. None of this is found among baboons, despite their closeness to us on the evolutionary tree: after all, we did share a common ancestor just 25 to 30 million years ago. SUGGESTED VIEWING The goodness paradox With Richard Wrangham The time is ripe for a retheorization of politics on the basis of something other than human nature, whether understood in the manner of the Left or of the Right. We are not just alienated and limited by objects, but also empowered and unleashed by them. But initially, it is true, we face non-human things primarily in the form of constraints. It would be difficult, perhaps impossible, to form a human civilization underwater, deep underground, atop Mount Everest, or in outer space. Human dependence on the non-social background takes on subtler form in discussions of political geography, especially unloved on the more idealistic Left. Consider the luckless position of Poland during World War II, sandwiched between Hitler on one side and Stalin on the other. By contrast, note the good fortune of the United States in not having a military peer positioned on any land border. Anglo-American geopolitics, since the writings of the American naval commander Alfred Thayer Mahan and the British geographer Sir Halford Mackinder, has been wedded to the notion that one or more liberal offshore naval powers should prevent any authoritarian “heartland” regime from gaining effective control of Eurasia. That remains the case whether the opponent is the impatient Napoleon, the swashbuckling German Kaiser, the villainous Hitler, the murderous Stalin, or the industrial juggernaut Chinese. In their current Foreign Affairs article “Heartland vs. Rimland,” Michael Beckley and Hal Brands analyze the current and coming state of the world on the basis of these same rather durable principles. In recent years a similar outlook has been embraced, in inverted form, by the Putin-loving Russian philosopher Aleksandr Dugin, an icon of the Rightist intellectual underworld. For Dugin, the Anglo-Saxons are an evil force bent on destroying the spiritually superior people of the land: much like Athens in its failed war with Sparta, or Carthage in its eventual collapse against Rome. But the shared notion on both sides is that any strategy that fails to take geography into account is likely to end up as a defeated form of excessive optimism.___When dealing with environmental degradation, then, we are doing business with forces that promise dire effects on our species as a whole.___More striking for us today than geography is the non-human object called climate, which threatens rimland and heartland equally. Even if we contend that humans are one hundred percent responsible for triggering the climate crisis, it remains non-human in the sense of being an independent force beyond our effective control. In a major work published just before his death in 2002, The Structure of Evolutionary Theory, the American paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould noted the tendency of evolutionary theorists to focus too closely on the fate of individuals in view of their successful or failed adaptation to circumstances. With climate change, however, we confront a force that goes well beyond the scope of any individual life. Whereas Richard Dawkins extended evolutionary questions downward from individuals to the sub-individual gene, Gould pushed it upward, speaking of entire species or clades as impacted by environmental change. The asteroid that struck the Yucatán 66 million years ago is only the most famous example of this sort. In the wake of that catastrophe, large animals needing abundant supplies of food were at a fatal disadvantage by contrast with the smaller birds and mammals of the planet. When dealing with environmental degradation, then, we are doing business with forces that promise dire effects on our species as a whole. The effect is to shift our attention away from individual beings towards the survival of the group.In the United States in particular, the COVID-19 pandemic sparked considerable backlash among those who asserted a nearly absolute degree of individual freedom. In California I encountered those who demanded that their businesses be allowed to reopen, that it was enough to cover their mouths but not their noses, or that they should have the right to enter any public area despite refusing vaccination. Yet public health is probably the clearest argument against libertarianism, which often merely asserts the autonomy of individuals against any claims of the commons. In normal times the individual is worth defending; under conditions that threaten the survival of part or all of our species, compulsion may be our only resort, as with perfectly reasonable blackouts and rations in wartime. To rebuild human society under the constraints of climate change will be one of the great challenges of the century to come, as will our improvised grappling with artificial intelligence. Such phenomena pose existential risks for humanity, and leave far less room for tolerance of individual brattiness. Cases are mounting of devastating wildfires caused by arson. Recently it was reported that there is even a website where one can bet on the location of coming wildfires, raising the specter of deliberate blazes set to collect on wagers. The death penalty has steadily lost support in a world where many stress the infinite value of human life. But if we focus instead on entire ecosystems, those who purposely burn the forests may begin to look worse than serial murderers.___The politics of the future may be splintered by disagreement over such topics as how to manage our environing background and how to permit or restrict the entry of new objects into the political sphere.___So far I have spoken of force, authority, and punishment: measures sure to have greater appeal to those who identify with what we know as the Right. But other implications of the post-anthropocentric world are likely to have different backers. If non-human objects are seen as structuring political space, it stands to reason that they can no longer be introduced solely by the pace of technical breakthrough. Fields ranging from cybernetics to energy will demand increased politicization once they are reconceived not just as products of individual human investment, but as renovations of collective political geography. This need not involve world government, with its inherent risk of tyranny, but may involve quasi-governmental enforcers of prestige along the lines of a less corrupt FIFA or International Olympic Committee, punishing deviant states not with violence but with less tangible incentives.Politics will never lose its historic links with conflict and faction. But rather than factions aligned by differing theories of human nature, the politics of the future may be splintered by disagreement over such topics as how to manage our environing background and how to permit or restrict the entry of new objects into the political sphere. This will prove just as incommensurable with the modern Left/Right spectrum as a globe is with a two-dimensional map.

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Samsung Electronics posted a record profit on AI chip demand — but its mobile business swung to a loss

The South Korean tech giant's memory chip division hit all-time highs on AI server demand, while elevated component costs pushed its mobile unit into the red

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Nvidia GPUs see yet another price hike of up to 30 percent, as the generative AI hardware crisis worsens

In response Samsung announced another price increase across DRAM as the personal computing nightmare deepens.

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North Texas health experts warn parents over record measles outbreak as school year begins
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Teacher of the Week: Diamond Bibbie, science, Urbana Sixth Grade Center

In her first year at the Urbana Sixth Grade Center, math teacher Diamond Bibbie made an impact beyond her classroom, taking the lead in planning the school’s Black History Month

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Cumberland business replaces resident's stolen bake stand

CUMBERLAND – A woman whose roadside bake stand was stolen from her home on Abbott Run Valley Road says that her faith in humanity was restored last week when a

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Pediatricians and health officials are sidestepping Trump's CDC on vaccine advice

The Trump administration's upending of years of vaccine advice puts many pediatricians in a quandary. Some are steering patients away from the CDC to other authoritative websites, including their own.

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Louisiana ranks 3rd-highest for food insecure adults. See how other states compare.

Recent data shows over 18 million U.S. households faced food insecurity due to lack of resources, leading to health risks. See the data.

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Poland Likely Hit by Russian Missile, Premier Says

A Russian missile probably fell in the eastern part of Poland early morning on Thursday, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.

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Xbox revenue plunges $1.7bn, with hardware dropping 29% YoY

Platform holder also faced losses during Q4, with content and services revenue falling 10% and hardware dropping 13%

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Hawley recognizes The Daily News as historic business

BATAVIA — Recognizing 148 years of local news coverage, Assemblyman Steve Hawley, R–Batavia, presented a proclamation Wednesday formally inducting The Daily News into a statewide registry of historic businesses.

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Small Business Administration state director visits GJ to learn about local biz needs

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The Herald's weekly entertainment picks

Looking to be entertained from Thursday, July 30, through Wednesday, Aug. 5? Check out the Skagit Valley Herald’s weekly recommendations.

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A New Form of Musical Expression

Marco’s charms - the beaches and sunsets, its eateries, recreation and entertainment options - its overall ambiance has provided inspiration for many creatives, whether they express themselves visually, in prose or poetry, or musically.

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Retaining Neurodivergent Talent Will Strengthen the STEM Pipeline

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LA County health officials issue warning due to flea-borne typhus outbreak in Pico-Union

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health officials on Wednesday issued a warning to the public due to a localized outbreak of flea-borne typhus in Pico-Union, where five people were hospitalized from the infection.

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