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The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here's an offering of the best of this week's crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker.

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Jul 31 • 1:00 AM EDT • Politics • politico.com
Minnesota Twins Officially Enter Buy-Mode, Strike Trade With Mets

The Twins and New York Mets agreed to a deal late Thursday night for left-handed reliever A.J. Minter.

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Jul 31 • 12:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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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
Entering Year 4 as Packers starter, Jordan Love has adopted a habit he learned from Aaron Rodgers
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Jul 30 • 10:44 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Sphere Entertainment (SPHR) Stock Looks Reasonable On Cash Flow But Stretched On Earnings

Sphere Entertainment stock has delivered a very strong 360.9% return over the last 5 years, while the latest valuation checks are more cautious, with the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) estimate pointing to upside and market multiples suggesting the shares are already pricing in a lot of good news. Recent swings in the share price add to the debate about whether the current US$148.32 level offers enough margin of safety. Over 5 years, Sphere Entertainment has returned 360.9%, which puts today’s...

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Jul 30 • 10:07 PM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
Samsung is also working on a pair of Galaxy Buds with an ear hook design

Looks like the Korean company is ready to enter two new earbud market segments all of a sudden. Yesterday we showed you what the Samsung Galaxy Buds On...

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Jul 30 • 10:04 PM EDT • Technology • gsmarena.com
Sphere Entertainment (SPHR) Could Be 16% Undervalued Following Its Earnings Report

Sphere Entertainment (SPHR) moved into focus after its latest quarterly report. The company posted a Q2 net loss alongside higher sales, and the stock reacted positively as results topped market expectations. See our latest analysis for Sphere Entertainment. Sphere Entertainment's latest results came after a strong run, with a year to date share price return of 57.29% and a 1 year total shareholder return of 244.53%. This hints at building momentum despite a 30 day share price pullback of...

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Jul 30 • 9:07 PM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
Local advocates mark Medicare, Medicaid anniversary, push for affordable health care

13WHAM ABC Rochester provides local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, health reports, notices of events and items of interest in the community, local sports and entertainment programming for Rochester and nearby towns and communities including Greece, Victor, Pittsford, Penfield, Henrietta, Webster, Irondequoit, Fairport, Chili, Gates, Rush, Wheatland, Canandaigua, Farmington, Spencerport and Hilton.

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Jul 30 • 8:54 PM EDT • Health • 13wham.com
Grandstand Entertainment tickets on sale

Tickets to this year's Grandstand Entertainment at the SEMO District Fair are now on sale.

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Jul 30 • 8:13 PM EDT • Entertainment • kfvs12.com
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Area Events & Entertainment Community Calendar

July 30 - Veterans Coffee & Conversation at the Eagles Club - begins at 10 a.m. July 30 - Gazebo Nights at Normal Park - Opening act opens at 5 p.m., headliners Rising Star plays at 6 p.m. July …

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Jul 30 • 8:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • merrillfotonews.com
Packers signing veteran long snapper following workout

The Packers need a long snapper with Matt Orzech injured. Enter Cal Adomitis, a veteran who worked out for the Packers on Thursday.

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Jul 30 • 7:33 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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CDC, public health preparedness nominees advance in Senate

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Thursday approved President Donald Trump’s nominees to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and to serve as a key assistant secretary, two leadership roles that the administration has struggled to fill. The committee voted 12-11 along party lines to advance Sean Kaufman to serve […]

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Jul 30 • 7:28 PM EDT • Health • rollcall.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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Sphere Entertainment Co (SPHR) (Q2 2026) Earnings Call Highlights: Strong Sphere Revenue Growth ...

Sphere Entertainment Co (SPHR) reports a 30% revenue surge in its Sphere segment driven by 'The Wizard of Oz,' while advancing construction on new venues in Abu Dhabi and National Harbor.

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Jul 30 • 7:02 PM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.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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Billy V Live: Hear the latest in Hawaii Entertainment from the artists themselves

Get the latest in Hawaii entertainment on Billy V Live!

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Jul 30 • 6:12 PM EDT • Entertainment • hawaiinewsnow.com
Planned Parenthood of Michigan closes three health centers amid federal cuts

Planned Parenthood of Michigan (PPMI) says it's permanently closing three of its health centers located in Lansing, Livonia, and Warren beginning Thursday.

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Jul 30 • 6:08 PM EDT • Health • wwmt.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 • 6:07 PM EDT • Entertainment • wyomingnewsnow.tv
Visalia's Rawhide Music Festival Bringing Los Tucanes de Tijuana and Live Entertainment

Join the Rawhide Music Festival on October 24 and 25 for two days of live music and community fun at Valley Strong Ballpark.

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Jul 30 • 6:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • gvwire.com
Weekend Entertainment Roundup for July 30, 2026

Eric Harrison joins LRPR to share upcoming arts and culture events on the weekend entertainment roundup.

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Jul 30 • 6:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • ualrpublicradio.org
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
New 'Science of Speed' exhibit at the Kamin Science Center offers an immersive look at racing, 40 mph karts and all

When the Kamin Science Center’s “Science of Speed” exhibit opens on Saturday, visitors will walk straight into a three-story race track...

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Jul 30 • 5:37 PM EDT • Science • post-gazette.com
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Hometown Entertainment: Weekend events across southwest Virginia

A county fair, flower festival, live theatre and more are happening across southwest Virginia this weekend

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Jul 30 • 5:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • wdbj7.com
McGuireWoods Advises Transform Health Partners on Medical Facilities Acquisition

McGuireWoods advised Transform Health Partners, LLC, a management services organization that manages outpatient medical weight loss programs within Ambulatory Surgery Centers in its acquisition of Sound Surgeons, a bariatric and...

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Jul 30 • 5:22 PM EDT • Health • mcguirewoods.com
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Jul 30 • 5:11 PM EDT • Entertainment • clickorlando.com
Wellness event honoring OKC officers who died of cardiac events puts focus on keeping police healthy

The 49 Project is returning to the Oklahoma City Police Department next month, with officials saying this year's Health and Wellness Resource event will be the biggest the department will have.

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Jul 30 • 5:10 PM EDT • Health • koco.com
Wisconsin Department of Health Services shares Medicaid work requirement compliance plans

Wisconsin's Department of Health Services outlined how it will implement new federal

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Jul 30 • 5:09 PM EDT • Health • fox11online.com
Cedar Crossing Casino announces new opening date

Peninsula Pacific Entertainment, the company behind the casino project, previously said the casino would open around New Years Eve.

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Jul 30 • 5:09 PM EDT • Entertainment • kcrg.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
Workshop teaches entrepreneurs to prepare finances before seeking bank funding

The Tennessee Small Business Development Center and the Holston Business Development Center hosted the first of a three-part workshop series Thursday, helping a

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Jul 30 • 4:28 PM EDT • Business • wcyb.com
Live Nation Entertainment Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results

"In a world of endless screens and AI-generated everything, the one thing that can't be copied is being there. More artists are on the road than ever — and fans keep choosing to be in the room with them, driving the strongest concert ticket sales we've ever seen. More than…

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Jul 30 • 4:16 PM EDT • Entertainment • newsroom.livenation.com
LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT REPORTS SECOND QUARTER 2026 RESULTS

/PRNewswire/ -- "In a world of endless screens and AI-generated everything, the one thing that can't be copied is being there. More artists are on the road...

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Jul 30 • 4:15 PM EDT • Entertainment • prnewswire.com
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Experience the Science of Speed on the North Shore

I actually had fun driving in Pittsburgh today thanks to science. The Daniel G. and Carole L. Kamin Science Center’s new immersive experience allows

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Jul 30 • 4:05 PM EDT • Science • pittsburghmagazine.com
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What is a brand extension? 'Jeopardy!' attempts to answer TV's questionable future

"Jeopardy!" is TV's most-watched entertainment show — and its median viewer is 70. Inside Sony's push onto ESPN, Netflix and YouTube to find a younger audience.

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Jul 30 • 4:04 PM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
Ryan Todd Martin Discloses Investment at KUSTOM ENTERTAINMENT, INC. with 100% Stake

Ryan Todd Martin disclosed a 100% stake in KUSTOM ENTERTAINMENT, INC. through a Schedule 13D filing. He reported the acquisition tied to activity dated July 22, 2026, and filed on July 30, 2026. The size of the position suggests full control of the company’s common stock.Investor IntentMartin state…

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Jul 30 • 3:16 PM EDT • Entertainment • tradingview.com
iPhone 18 Pro could introduce new Apple solution for cellular, hints report

iPhone 18 Pro could make a major transition away from Qualcomm modems in favor of an Apple-designed C2. Here’s the latest update.

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Jul 30 • 3:13 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5mac.com
Sphere Entertainment’s (NYSE:SPHR) Q2 CY2026 Sales Beat Estimates, Stock Soars

Content production and distribution company Sphere Entertainment (NYSE:SPHR) reported Q2 CY2026 results exceeding the market’s revenue expectations, with sales up 11% year on year to $313.6 million. Its non-GAAP loss of $0.62 per share was 55.6% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

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Jul 30 • 3:08 PM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
Sphere Entertainment’s (NYSE:SPHR) Q2 CY2026 Sales Beat Estimates, Stock Soars

Content production and distribution company Sphere Entertainment (NYSE:SPHR) reported Q2 CY2026 results exceeding the market’s revenue expectations, with sal...

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Jul 30 • 3:08 PM EDT • Entertainment • stockstory.org
Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame to Host ‘Blotto Fest’ This November 8th

Long Island’s Blotto band member ‘Broadway Blotto’ (L) will host the upcoming Blotto Fest event. Photo credit Steve Leung. Classic Blotto Band photo (R) circa 1980's. Photo credit Martin Benjamin. Stony Brook, NY —Long Island Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame (LIMEHOF) will host Blotto Fest at its Stony Brook Village location (97 Main Street) Fest on Sunday, Nov. 8th at 3pm. The event is free for members and included with general admission ticket or $10 at-the-door concert ticket. LIMEHOF is giving local bands a chance to participate in this unique tribute to the iconic New York group.

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Jul 30 • 3:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • iloveny.com
First look: Kamin Science Center's indoor go-karts

Axios Pittsburgh took the first laps inside the new racing attraction. 🏎️

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Jul 30 • 2:46 PM EDT • Science • axios.com
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Delta partners with DraftKings for in-flight-entertainment offering

The feature is launching with Major League Baseball contests.

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Jul 30 • 2:41 PM EDT • Entertainment • ajc.com
GOP gubernatorial candidate fighting to flip blue state unveils healthcare plan to lower costs, expand access

Massachusetts GOP hopeful Mike Minogue outlines a healthcare overhaul centered on innovation, outpatient care, mental health and cutting waste.

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Jul 30 • 2:08 PM EDT • Health • foxnews.com
Tanor Bortolini and Charvarius Ward Sr. on team's health, near-retirement decision | 2026 Training camp media availability

Center Tanor Bortolini breaks down how Daniel Jones' return from injury helps the offensive line and the communication the group has with the quarterback. Then, cornerback Charvarius Ward Sr., joined by a special guest, discusses how he was 85% sure he wa

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Jul 30 • 2:08 PM EDT • Health • colts.com
Check out all of the activities at Lefty's Alley and Eats in Newark

We take a tour of the Lewes-based restaurant and entertainment center, Lefty's Alley and Eats, which recently opened a Newark location, July 30, 2026.

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Jul 30 • 2:01 PM EDT • Entertainment • delawareonline.com
Best of Santa Cruz County entertainment, arts & food events this weekend, July 30-Aug. 2

With the weekend nearly here, check out things to do around Santa Cruz County with a recommendation from Lily Belli and a specially curated list from Lookout's BOLO events calendar.

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Jul 30 • 2:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • lookout.co
How one kidney care company built a solid AI foundation

Strive Health says its successes with artificial intelligence came from solving for fragmented data, embedding intelligence into clinicians' workflows and keeping providers at the center of care. It's showing up in improved outcomes.

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Jul 30 • 1:51 PM EDT • Health • healthcareitnews.com
Summertime Learning: Real Life Heros at the Science and Discovery Center

The Science and Discovery Center Summer Camp

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Jul 30 • 1:37 PM EDT • Science • wjhg.com
Arts and Entertainment Agenda, July 31 to Aug. 6

Aspen Isis Theatre, July 31 to Aug. 4 The Isis Theatre in Aspen will screen five new releases from July 31 through Aug. 4: “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” “Hadestown: The Musical,” “The Odyssey,” “Toy Story...

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Jul 30 • 1:34 PM EDT • Entertainment • aspentimes.com
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Entertainment: Hot Times, Cool Beer and a Dog Day

There's lots of summer fun in Milwaukee this week.

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Jul 30 • 1:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • urbanmilwaukee.com
Fairground Entertainment Launches Industry's First AI-Only FAST Channel

/PRNewswire/ -- Fairground Entertainment, a first-of-its-kind AI-powered, creator-centric entertainment platform, today announced the launch of Fairground AI...

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Jul 30 • 1:28 PM EDT • Entertainment • prnewswire.com
PoetsLife Entertainment Interview

Acadiana's Local News Leader -- bringing Lafayette the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment

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Jul 30 • 1:02 PM EDT • Entertainment • klfy.com
“Clueless” TV series revived, plot details revealed for Alicia Silverstone’s return as Cher

The news comes after a failed attempt to revive the 1995 teen comedy classic “Clueless” as a series at Peacock.

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Jul 30 • 12:58 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Science of Speed, featuring all-electric kart racetrack, opens this weekend at Kamin Science Center

The 21,000-square-foot destination is located in the former SportsWorks building.

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Jul 30 • 12:50 PM EDT • Science • wpxi.com
Weekend Entertainment

The Greater Youngstown Italian Fest will take over downtown this weekend. It will open Friday and run through Sunday.

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Jul 30 • 12:43 PM EDT • Entertainment • businessjournaldaily.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
Safety a top priority as more heart procedures move to outpatient settings

The push to move certain procedures to ambulatory surgical centers is one of the biggest business trends in electrophysiology. Medical societies are watching this space closely to ensure high quality remains the goal.

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Jul 30 • 12:41 PM EDT • Business • cardiovascularbusiness.com
Scientists Figured Out How to ‘Edit’ Your Memories. It Could Free Your Mind.

For decades, memories were thought to be permanent, but new science is reshaping how we might think about our past.

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Jul 30 • 12:00 PM EDT • Science • popularmechanics.com
The Entertainment Community Fund Reveals 2026 Alex Dubé Scholarship Recipients

The Entertainment Community Fund has revealed the five recipients of the 2026 Alex Dubé Scholarship Program. These one-time awards of up to $10,000 per recipient are distributed annually to dancers enrolled in accredited graduate degree programs.

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Jul 30 • 11:47 AM EDT • Entertainment • broadwayworld.com
Science, Systems, and Communities: Turning Progress into Impact

As the AIDS 2026 conference enters its second half, one message has emerged above all others: the barriers to ending HIV are no longer primarily scientific; they are political. In one of the “most spectacular plenaries”, Raphy Landovitz argued that the field now faces “a challenge of political will” and “moral decision-making,” asking whether the world will choose […]

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Jul 30 • 11:38 AM EDT • Science • avac.org
The Politics Hour: Montgomery County pauses data centers

Montgomery County At-Large Councilmember Shebra Evans on pausing data center development, D.C.'s Shadow Representative Oye Owolewa on his recent primary win in the D.C. At-Large Council race, and what's next for aging Rock Creek Tennis Center?

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Jul 30 • 11:17 AM EDT • Politics • wamu.org
Entergy New Orleans strengthens partnerships with local suppliers to support business growth

Entergy New Orleans remains committed to expanding opportunities for local businesses and supporting economic growth throughout the city. As part of that commitment, we recently hosted a Supplier…

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Jul 30 • 11:07 AM EDT • Business • entergy.com
Department of Health advises public after report of rabid kitten in Hanover

The Pennsylvania Department of Health has issued an alert advising the public of a confirmed rabid kitten that was found in Hanover.Paws Animal Hospital confirm

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Jul 30 • 11:02 AM EDT • Health • local21news.com
West Virginia rolls out new AI and digital science framework for schools

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) – Hundreds of educators from across West Virginia gathered Wednesday at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center as the state rolled out a new artificial intelli…

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Jul 30 • 10:09 AM EDT • Science • wowktv.com
Alex Holderbaum Named Partner in Withum's Theatre and Entertainment Practice

Withum promoted Alex Holderbaum to partner in its Theatre and Entertainment practice, which provides advisory, tax and audit services to theatrical productions and performing arts organizations.

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Jul 30 • 10:04 AM EDT • Entertainment • broadwayworld.com
PENN Entertainment (PENN) Earnings Expected to Grow: Should You Buy?

PENN Entertainment (PENN) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.

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Jul 30 • 10:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
Building the future, atom by atom — NSF deploys $108M for materials science at 6 research centers

The U.S. National Science Foundation is pushing materials science beyond the state-of-the-art with an investment of $108 million in six advanced research centers. The centers will explore a broad…

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Jul 30 • 10:00 AM EDT • Science • nsf.gov
Country star breaks down on stage, abruptly cancels concert mid-show: ‘My worst nightmare’

Megan Moroney’s fans then invaded an AC/DC concert nearby: “Weirdest best night ever,” one concertgoer wrote.

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Jul 30 • 9:54 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Is PENN Entertainment, Inc. (PENN) Stock Undervalued Right Now?

Here at Zacks, our focus is on the proven Zacks Rank system, which emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions to find great stocks. Nevertheless, we are always paying attention to the latest value, growth, and momentum trends to underscore strong picks.

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Jul 30 • 9:40 AM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
Compared to Estimates, Sphere Entertainment (SPHR) Q2 Earnings: A Look at Key Metrics

Although the revenue and EPS for Sphere Entertainment (SPHR) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended June 2026, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.

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Jul 30 • 9:30 AM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
Late for Work: Sports Physical Therapist Doctor Offers Encouraging Outlook for Nnamdi Madubuike

Ravens players who have a lot at stake entering training camp. Vega Ioane and Ryan Eckley make a preseason All-Rookie Team. The Browns are ‘strongly considering’ signing former Raven Jadeveon Clowney.

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Jul 30 • 9:24 AM EDT • Sports • baltimoreravens.com
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vivenu Launches the Live Entertainment Industry's Only Ticketing-Specialized AI

/PRNewswire/ -- vivenu, the ticketing platform for live entertainment enterprises, today announced a comprehensive suite of AI features, including vivenu AI...

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Jul 30 • 9:05 AM EDT • Entertainment • prnewswire.com
Entertainment this week: Skate the Lake, Bee Gees Tribute and more

Thursday, July 30 History Talk Photography of Nome’s Gold Rush from 1900 to1905 – 4:30-6 p.m., Gatekeeper’s Museum, 130 W Lake Blvd. On the heels of the Sierra Nevada and Yukon Gold Rushes, the beaches...

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Jul 30 • 8:59 AM EDT • Entertainment • sierrasun.com
Agassi Sports Entertainment Secures $1 Million Convertible Note From Investments AKA

Agassi Sports Entertainment entered into a $1.0 million convertible promissory note to bolster working capital. The note bears 3.96% interest, defaults to 10% upon certain events, and matures on July 27, 2027. It will automatically convert at the same price as new investors in the next equity finan…

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Jul 30 • 8:33 AM EDT • Entertainment • tradingview.com
Get a LOTT out of Summer at the WET Science Center in Downtown Olympia

Visit the LOTT Clean Water Alliance WET Science Center or wade in the stream at East Bay Public Plaza with fun August activities for kids.

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Jul 30 • 8:33 AM EDT • Science • thurstontalk.com
The new "science golden age" looks suspiciously like a grift

This edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ 🚀 Subscribe to PN 🚀 The Trump regime is trying to usher in a “Golden Age in Science” where scientific research is run like a Trump family business, artificial intelligence is all that matters, profit is everything, and expertise is for chumps. Or at least that’s the vision emerging from a new 123-page “Report to the President” from Michael Kratsios, the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. In a normal administration, you could probably skip over learning about a science policy document — but this is no normal administration, and this is no normal science policy document. Instead, it’s Trump’s attempt to end the actual golden age of science that was kicked off in 1945 with the publication of '“The Endless Frontier” by Vannevar Bush. [ ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/harmeet-dhillon-portland) [ Harmeet Dhillon demonstrates danger of posting through it ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/harmeet-dhillon-portland) Liz Dye · Jul 29 [ Read full story ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/harmeet-dhillon-portland) Bush, at President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s request, laid out a vision of federal support for science that centered on funding universities to do basic research, saying that as long as those institutions were “vigorous and healthy and their scientists are free to pursue the truth wherever it may lead, there will be a flow of new scientific knowledge to those who can apply it to practical problems in Government, in industry, or elsewhere.” Kratsios’s report is supposed to be the successor to Bush’s, and even apes the format, but this isn’t really a document about science policy. It’s one about ending science research as we know it in favor of shoveling cash at big tech companies. While it might be temping to wave this away as an aspirational policy document, Trump has already begun to shift billions in research funds to AI projects and has taken a hatchet to science funding across the board. He’s teed up the shift Kratsios proposes here, and since neither Congress nor the Supreme Court seem inclined to stop him from doing whatever he wants with taxpayer money, it isn’t doomering or hyperbole to say we are staring down the barrel of a world where the only “science” the government intends to support is for-profit tech and defense advancements. Science for dummies Part of how you can tell this isn’t a document about science is that you are immediately faced with an absolute wall of business-speak of the worst sort. Did you know we must “tightly couple our science and technology enterprises to ensure that groundbreaking ideas invented in the United States are rapidly prototyped, tested, manufactured, and scaled domestically”? You do now! That tone isn’t surprising, because Kratsios has no background in science or research. He has a bachelor’s in political science and spent most of his career working for Peter Thiel at Thiel Capital. After a stint in the first Trump administration as Chief Technology Officer, where he also did not do any science, Kratsios was tasked in 2020 with overseeing the Pentagon’s research budget for a brief time, a position that, as the Wall Street Journal put it, “carries a great deal of power in terms of dictating investment allocations.” He spent the Biden years at Scale AI as “head of strategy,” which you will also note is neither a science nor a research job. But Scale AI has contracts with the Department of Defense and, as the Washington Post wrote in 2023, “has been aggressively pitching itself as the company that will help the US military in its existential battle with China.” And now you have the necessary background for our new golden age, which is going to be a golden age of taking money away from scientists and universities and giving it to companies like Scale AI. A note from Aaron: Working with brilliant contributors like Lisa takes resources. If you aren’t already a paid subscriber, please become one to support our work. 👇 Subscribe In a genuinely galling move, Katsios spends a lot of time slamming universities because of “administrative burdens on researchers” and the “well-documented inefficiencies” in academia, the message being that those damn universities waste the time of amazing researchers with paperwork. Except it’s the administration that is attempting to impose inefficient, unnecessary burdens on those researchers with a proposed Office of Management and Budget rule that would require senior political appointees to approve every science grant and ensure it aligns with Trump’s personal priorities. Researchers would also have to seek prior government approval to attend conferences or publicize their research. And political appointees could terminate any grant at any time if they feel like it. [ ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/omb-rule-science-funding) [ The murder of expertise ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/omb-rule-science-funding) Lisa Needham · Jun 11 [ Read full story ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/omb-rule-science-funding) But when it comes to AI, we’re going to “restore permissionless innovation.” The report proposes to give lucky ducky innovators a pile of cash up front for grants lasting five years or longer, saying “awards should be fully-funded in year one, with all resources earmarked upfront, to minimize administrative burdens and reduce pressure for researchers to generate intermediate results to secure continued funding.” Yeah, wouldn’t want to have to make the Very Special Tech Bros show results or get money parceled out year by year like the plebes at universities. The report also proposes that we should have “fast grants” with “simplified applications requiring just a few pages of writing” because that is definitely how science works, just writing a bit off the dome and getting some cash. [ ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-ai-action-plan-altman-llms) [ Tech elites are turning AI into ChatGPTrump ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-ai-action-plan-altman-llms) Paul Waldman · July 29, 2025 [ Read full story ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-ai-action-plan-altman-llms) Oh, and we should have prizes and challenges, where multiple teams compete. The proposed prizes include incentives like “advance procurement commitments,” which means the federal government agrees to buy whatever is being developed. There’s also “regulatory fast-tracking,” making sure all those great AI thingies don’t have to wait too long to be unleashed on a market. These aren’t incentives to do science. These are incentives to develop things with tax dollars that you can then sell to the government for more tax dollars. In the suggestion that might be the most unhinged, the most very opposite of how both government and research work, our new age will include “golden tickets.” That’s where an individual reviewer in an agency — yes, just one person — can “recommend unconventional proposals that may not pass consensus-driven review panels” because somehow this will “surface valuable ideas too divisive for committees and attract higher quality reviewers by empowering them to exercise independent scientific judgment.” Yes, that’s saying that a random person in an agency should be able to shovel money at some idea even if it can’t pass a review panel, and that the opportunity to do so will attract better employees because apparently all the best minds in science are chomping at the bit to be allowed to unilaterally fund AI research based on their personal vibes. But that isn’t at all how actual science works, and actual scientists aren’t unhappy about review panels. They work collaboratively, not siloed in some secret race to create the next AI chatbot. A 2020 study by the National Bureau of Economic Research examined whether peer review panels succeed in helping agencies predict which research ideas will best advance science. Peer review was better at finding “diamond in the rough” applicants than a single government program official. How about that. Trump always wants a taste It’s painfully clear that what Katsios is trying to do here is turn the whole of government science research and funding into the sort of “move fast and break things” paradigm that is the hallmark of big tech. That method works to line the pockets of tech executives, but it isn’t science. There’s a reason the government funds different kinds of research than private tech companies do. What Katsios either fails to understand or deliberately ignores is that the federal government is the main funder of basic research precisely because it can take a long time for it to bear fruit and is not intended to be profitable as such. “Basic” here does not mean rudimentary or simple, but rather research that is designed to advance scientific knowledge instead of achieving a specific outcome or product. Big tech companies don’t widely fund that sort of research, because it doesn’t make them money. Industry dollars account for only about 20 percent of basic research funding, while the government contributes around 60 percent. Big tech companies and startups do, however, rely on and benefit from that basic research. A 2019 study found that 35 percent of all patents obtained by venture-backed startups from 1976 to 2016 cited federally supported research. Basic research funded by the NIH contributed to every single drug the FDA approved from 2010 to 2016. [ ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-saudi-nuclear-deal) [ The Saudi nuclear farce and governance by whim and meme ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-saudi-nuclear-deal) Noah Berlatsky · Jul 27 [ Read full story ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-saudi-nuclear-deal) Unlike inventing the next ChatGPT, actual science is slow and iterative. Government funding of research that, on its face, would not appear to lead to any big new invention is actually what underpins those big new inventions. If the government hadn’t funded research into desert lizard venom, we wouldn’t know about semaglutide, and we wouldn’t have Ozempic. If research scientists hadn’t studied how bees optimize nectar foraging within a colony, we wouldn’t have the algorithm that assigns internet traffic across computer servers. The report assiduously ignores that a symbiotic, profitable relationship between the federal government, universities, and private companies already exists. Each federal research dollar generates about $1.50 to $3.00 in long-term economic benefits. The $36 billion the government awarded in NIH research funding in fiscal year 2025 generated $94 billion in new economic activity. Trump’s proposed new golden age is intended to strip those billions from universities, resulting in the dismantling of departments and the shuttering of labs. But Katsios has a plan for that: Universities should just become trade schools to churn out no-show STEM degrees! “Require universities and community colleges to embed practical technical training and externships into STEM curricula. Let hands-on experience and industry credentials count toward degrees.” It’s quite the feat to, on the one hand, strip schools of funding for scientific research while simultaneously demanding to control what is taught and, oh, also, colleges need to give degrees to employees at big tech companies just for being employees at big tech companies. The new golden age would also exacerbate the brain drain Trump’s policies have already caused. Nature found that in the first quarter of 2025, US scientists submitted 32 percent more job applications abroad than in 2024. A March 2025 poll by Nature of roughly 1,600 scientists found that over 1,200 said they were considering leaving the country. Europe is investing $565 million to make it a “magnet for researchers” and provide funding for scientists who relocate. The new golden age is also about embedding Trump’s xenophobia into the fabric of American science. The report complains of an “over-reliance on foreign students” that “creates a security challenge our institutions are ill-equipped to address” and that a “reliance on foreign talent sidelines American students.” This is, to put it mildly, nonsense. International students pay far higher tuition and often receive no financial aid. Their tuition dollars are what make it possible for American students to get financial aid. In the 2023-2024 school year alone, international students contributed $43.8 billion to the US economy and supported over 378,000 jobs. Those 1.1 million international students accounted for only six percent of the total number of students in higher education that year, but were such an economic engine that for every three international students, one job was created or supported. It’s impossible not to wonder whether part of Trump’s loathing for universities and their leading role in scientific research is that there is no way for him to corrupt the process and make money off it in the same way he can by giving millions and billions to Silicon Valley types who, in turn, give him millions in cash. There’s no way for his children to invest in universities that the government then gives no-bid contracts to, fattening the family’s bottom line, which is pretty much the Trump sons’ current venture capital practice. Trump and Katsios’s view of science is narrow, cramped, and wrong. We’re not in a crisis, we’re not a failed state. We’ve been a science superpower for decades, and the only thing that threatens that is Donald Trump. Tech bros are already living high off the hog in this administration. They don’t need any more of our tax dollars. Hopefully this new golden age never comes to pass. Thanks for reading Public Notice. This post is public so feel free to share it. Share We’ll be back with more tomorrow. If you appreciate today’s PN, please do your part to keep us free by signing up for a paid subscription. 🚀 Subscribe to PN 🚀 Thanks for reading, and for your support.

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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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Cone Health Becomes Second Health System in State with Certified Hypertension Practice Center

The designation helps people identify clinics providing advanced care for difficult-to-treat high blood pressure.

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Community Spotlight: Charm City Care Connection | Center for Mental Health and Addiction Policy

Charm City Care Connection built its East Baltimore drop-in center around health care, dignity, and belonging.

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PRESS RELEASE: Bloomington Urban Enterprise Association to Support Seven Enterprise Zone Business Participants for New “Builder’s Room” AI Business Cohort

Amplify Bloomington and the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce will hold an info session on Tuesday, August 4, at 6 p.m. at The Mill classroom, 642 N. Madison St., to introduce The Builder’s Room. The Bloomington Urban Enterprise Association (BUEA) is supporting seven spots in the cohort located within the Bloomington Urban Enterprise Zone to participate in this new hands-on cohort program that helps local businesses use AI-assisted tools to solve real operational challenges.

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The US ‘golden age’ science strategy: what Europeans need to know

The US has unveiled what officials claim is the most radical overhaul of the public R&D system in a generation, which if implemented could have significant implications for transatlantic research collaboration. Science: A New Golden Age derides universities as “legacy institutions” and instead wants to prioritise funding on technological challenges, new research labs and funding that follows individual scientists, rather than being linked to their institutions. “Too much of our research enterprise has come to serve itself rather than the scientists within it,” writes Michael Kratsios, director of the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the only named author of the report. “Federal funding agencies should support a broader range of performers.” But some critics argue that the strategy is a smokescreen, using genuine problems in academia as an excuse to further weaken US universities, which US vice-president JD Vance has labelled “the enemy..”Even as it talks of a “golden age” for science, the White House has proposed halving the 2027 budget of the US National Science Foundation (NSF), and has put forward double-digit cuts for other funding bodies, such as the National Institutes for Health. It asked for similarly steep savings in 2026, but Congress stopped them going through. Science: A New Golden Age says success will be measured by the extent to which scientists are “free” to pursue the most “vital questions,,” painting academia as currently hidebound by bureaucracy, sluggishness and consensual conservatism. And yet the Trump administration is simultaneously planning new rules that will hand political appointees unprecedented powers to screen and cancel grants. The report has pretentions to be the successor to Science: The Endless Frontier, the seminal 1945 document in which presidential science advisor Vannevar Bush set out the case for post-war government funding of basic research, helping to spur the creation of funders such as the NSF. Even the title page font is the same. But it remains unclear if the latest report will leave anything like as lasting a legacy.Here, Science|Business explains some of the biggest proposed changes in Science: A New Golden Age, and how Europeans think it might change the landscape of their biggest science partner.Universities under fireA key target of the report are US universities, which it repeatedly suggests are outmoded as research institutions. It criticises the NSF for channelling resources “overwhelmingly to a single type of performer, the university-based, principal investigator-led research group..” Universities “extract” money from researchers’ grants to support “growing administrative bloat,” alongside legitimate uses. The Trump administration has been trying to cut the overhead costs in federal research grants that flow to universities. Instead, new institutions are being built. In May, the NSF announced it would spend $1.5 billion on two new so-called X-Labs, focused on scientific instrumentation and quantum systems. The idea is that they fill a niche in the landscape, tackling problems that are too big for a university lab, but too early stage for private start-up funding. Parallel with Europe?This shift to new research organisations parallels moves in Europe to set up new innovation agencies, such as Germany’s Sprind, the UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency, and the EU’s European Innovation Council. The Dutch and French governments are looking to set up their own entities too. There’s now an emerging consensus, evident in a number of new strategies, that public R&D needs to be shaken up, Charles McIvor, an economist at the OECD, has written in response to Kratsios’s plans. “What stands out for me across these strategies [in the US, Germany, South Korea and Japan] is that governments are realising that the old ways of delivering STI [science, technology and innovation] programming no longer works,” he said in a LinkedIn post. Metascience wins?The document is, at least on the face of it, also a big win for some policy thinkers in the US who want far more experimentation with new forms of research grant and institution.It name-checks a litany of new public R&D ideas, from focused research organisations and advance market commitments to “golden tickets,” which allow grant reviewers the power to hand applicants money without requiring the consensus of other review panellists.Related articlesEuropean researchers sound the alarm that Trump rule changes will hit cooperationFocused research organisations: what are they, and how do you set them up? NIH turmoil risks reciprocal EU-US access to health research funding In addition, every federal research funding agency should set up a metascience unit, the strategy says, “with authority to run controlled experiments on review and funding mechanisms.” The UK has already set one up, the strategy points out. This mirrors recommendations to the European Commission. In 2024, a report led by former Portuguese science minister Manuel Heitor also advised the EU to set up an “experimental unit” to test out new methods of funding research. So far, however, Brussels hasn’t put forward any plans to do so. Bypass universitiesBut there’s a worry that the Trump administration is using the metascience movement to justify an overhaul of public R&D that punishes universities, which it sees as centres of political resistance. Last year, it threatened to cut Harvard University’s federal funding unless it hired and admitted a “critical mass” of new faculty and students to create “viewpoint diversity” across campus. It’s also attempted to strip academics of funding for working on politically forbidden areas, like LGBTIQ people’s health.The new strategy appears to be a “move to bypass the power of universities full stop and allow funders and political bureaucracies to handpick the projects and people who will execute them,” said Jean-Claude Burgelman, a former senior official in the Commission’s research directorate, on LinkedIn.The EU’s science counsellor in Washington, Florent Bernard, wrote that the plans risk diverting public research funding so that it “solely serves private interests.” “Who, if not independent universities, will do research that demonstrates the impact of tobacco on lung cancer or the role of human activities in our current climate crisis?” he wrote.Should we take it seriously?“I would view the overall document as a bad faith argument,” said Cole Donovan, director of science policy at the campaigning group Stand Up for Science, and a former OSTP official. “I don’t see the project itself as something that can be isolated from the broader attack on the system.” He thinks the argument that academia has become dysfunctional and in need of radical reform is being deployed as part of a “PR argument” to legitimate moves against US scientists. The strategy presents ideas like metascience units as new, whereas there were moves to set them up at the NSF during the previous administration of Joe Biden, Donovan said. The other caveat here is that the OSTP has limited power to carry out any of these recommendations. While Kratsios has issued a memo to research agencies telling them to implement the recommendations in the report, he doesn’t have direct budgetary control. “As a former OSTPer myself, this does not seem like a document that is realistic,” said Donovan.

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Research Says This Is The Best Way To Walk For Heart Health

In TODAY.com’s Expert Tip of the Day, a researcher reveals the best way to walk for a “higher, better” impact on health.

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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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Sphere Entertainment Q2 revenue rises 11% to $313.6 million

Sphere Entertainment (SPHR) reported second-quarter 2026 revenue of $313.6 million, up 11% from the prior-year quarter. The company reported an operating loss of $61.3 million and adjusted operating income of $50.9 million.The Sphere segment posted revenue of $226.4 million, up 29%, while MSG Networks revenue fell 18% to $87.3 million. The company also cited progress on Sphere Abu Dhabi, National Harbor plans, new content and an extended Formula

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Sphere Entertainment Stock Rises On Q2 Revenue Beat

Sphere Entertainment on Thursday beat Wall Street's targets for the second quarter. Sphere stock rose on the news.

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Sphere Entertainment Co. Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results

Sphere Entertainment Co. (NYSE: SPHR) (“Sphere Entertainment” or the “Company”) today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026. ...

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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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What to do this weekend: Reggae at Riverview, Science of Speed and Lawrenceville Art Crawl

Buckle up and it's off to the races at the Kamin Science Center's new "Science of Speed" exhibit, check original works at the Lawrenceville Art Crawl or chill at the Reggae at Riverview concert — here's what to do in Pittsburgh this weekend.

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Brand Marketer of the Month—Barclays Center entertainment chief on building fan experiences that resonate

Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment’s Laurie Jacoby breaks down how the owner of Barclays Center, New York Liberty and Brooklyn Nets is marketing live events and boosting fandom.

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PENN Entertainment (PENN) to Release Earnings on Thursday

PENN Entertainment (NASDAQ:PENN) will be releasing its Q2 2026 earnings before the market opens on Thursday, August 6. (View Earnings Report at https://www.marketbeat.com/earnings/reports/2026-8-6-penn-national-gaming-inc-stock/)

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Vikings Get Intriguing Message Involving Buccaneers’ Baker Mayfield

The Minnesota Vikings are having a QB battle between Kyler Murray and J.J. McCarthy to determine their starter for the 2026 NFL season. In a perfect world, one of McCarthy or Murray emerges and solves the Vikings’ issue under center for the foreseeable future.Nonetheless, there’s also the possibility that neither is the answer after having […] The post Vikings Get Intriguing Message Involving Buccaneers’ Baker Mayfield appeared first on HEAVY.

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Zacks.com featured highlights include PENN Entertainment, Carriage Services, General Motors and AMN Healthcare Services

PENN Entertainment, Carriage Services, General Motors and AMN Healthcare are highlighted as value stocks with strong cash flow metrics for the second half of 2026.

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Rolls-Royce CFO: Orders for data center energy business up over 50%

Rolls-Royce Chief Financial Officer Helen McCabe discusses half-year earnings, small modular nuclear reactors, data centers, and investing in the U.K.

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American Red Cross to Host Aug. 5 Blood Drive on Health Science Campus

Open to everyone, the blood drive is scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5, in the Morse Fitness Center on Health Science Campus.

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American Red Cross to Host Aug. 5 Blood Drive on Health Science Campus

Open to everyone, the blood drive is scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5, in the Morse Fitness Center on Health Science Campus.

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CVS Health® named Overall Winner and wins four gold awards at 2026 US Customer Experience Awards

CVS Health was named Overall Winner at the 2026 US Customer Experience Awards, earning four gold awards for excellence in customer experience.

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How Community Safety is Grounded in Access to Mental Healthcare

Law enforcement is often the default response to a mental health crisis. This approach to crisis response, however, is leaving communities without the support systems they truly need. Communities greatly benefit when mental and behavioral health services and alternative response options are prioritized. This Minority Mental Health Month, the Center for Policing Equity examines what it takes for every person to receive the appropriate care they need, from investments in equitable access to healthcare to expanding affordable and culturally responsive care.

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Jul 30 • 1:28 AM EDT • Health • policingequity.org
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The 10 largest imaging center operators in the US

RadNet tops the list with approximately 383 outposts at the time of the analysis, followed by the US Oncology Network (141), a chain of independent cancer docs backed by McKesson.

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Jul 30 • 1:09 AM EDT • Business • radiologybusiness.com
Out & About: A weekly guide to live and local entertainment

Thursday, July 30 Music

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Jul 30 • 1:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • gazettextra.com
Banijay Entertainment revenue dips as All3Media merger takes shape

Banijay Entertainment posted a first-half revenue drop of 2.2 percent to €1.37 billion amid reduced production volume, before its All3Media merger results kick in.

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Jul 30 • 1:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • northeasttimes.com