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Stevenson School hopes for more learning opportunities with new math and science building

The center will make a nice connection between Stevenson and the community but also give students a program that many schools do not have – a preparation for future research.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 1:38 PM EST • Science • montereyherald.com
Google Now Allows Users to Change Your @gmail.com Email Address

For years, one of the most persistent frustrations for Google users has been the inability to alter their primary email address without creating an entirely new account.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 12:46 PM EST • Technology • cybersecuritynews.com
Year in review: Trump’s environmental policy : The NPR Politics Podcast

As we approach 2026, the NPR Politics Podcast is taking a look back at the year that was in different political areas. Today, we look at how America’s stance on environmental policy has shifted under the second Trump administration and what the potential impacts could be.This episode: voting correspondent Ashley Lopez, senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith, climate correspondent Michael Copley, and automotive and energy correspondent Camila Domonoske.This podcast was produced by Casey Morell and Bria Suggs, and edited by Rachel Baye.Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.Listen to every episode of the NPR Politics Podcast sponsor-free, unlock access to bonus episodes with more from the NPR Politics team, and support public media when you sign up for The NPR Politics Podcast+ at plus.npr.org/politics.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 12:00 PM EST • Politics • npr.org
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AHF • AHF Rose Parade® Float Honors ‘Food for Health’ Wildfire & Hunger Relief Efforts

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the world's largest HIV/AIDS healthcare organization, currently provides medical care and services to more than 1.75 million clients in 45 countries. With more than 7,000 employees worldwide, AHF now has treatment clinics and other operations in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean, the Asia/Pacific Region, and Europe. To learn more about AHF, please visit our website: www.aidshealth.org, find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/aidshealth, and follow us on Twitter: @aidshealthcare and Instagram: @aidshealthcare.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 9:40 AM EST • Health • aidshealth.org
A surprising brain cleanup reduced epileptic seizures and restored memory

A new study suggests temporal lobe epilepsy may be linked to early aging of certain brain cells. When researchers removed these aging cells in mice, seizures dropped, memory improved, and some animals avoided epilepsy altogether. The treatment used drugs already known to science, raising the possibility of quicker translation to people. The results offer new hope for patients who do not respond to existing medications.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • sciencedaily.com
Idaho's Fort Hall is one example of how broadband gaps create health gaps, too

Tribes awarded millions in a second round of broadband funding saw their payments held up under the Trump administration.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 6:10 AM EST • Health • idahocapitalsun.com
All in the family: In 2026, a surge of politicians' kids are running for office

As voters clamor for change, a new generation of Pelosis, Kennedys, Kings and other powerful families are stepping up to keep their political legacies alive.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 5:00 AM EST • Politics • nbcnews.com
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More House Republicans are leaving Congress to run for governor than in decades amid frustration over ‘toxic environment’

Congressional Republicans have yet to break the record for most retirements in a single year, but some say it’s only a matter of time before widespread frustration with the current state of Washington leads to a tipping point as many in the party head for the exits.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 4:00 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Artist for top games gives 3 tips for landing illustration gigs

Ana Fedina made the art for Critical Role's "The Armory of Heroes," a guide to artifacts and weapons from the crew's "Dungeons & Dragons" stream.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 12:01 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
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Pediatrics group sues HHS for cutting funds for children's health programs

The suit alleges HHS made the cuts in retaliation for the doctors' group speaking out against the Trump administration's positions and actions.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 9:12 PM EST • Health • nbcnews.com
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ACA Subsidy Expiration Leaves Millions Facing Higher Health Insurance Costs
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Dec 24, 2025 • 9:11 PM EST • Health • abc10.com
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What are asteroids really made of? New analysis brings space mining closer to reality

Scientists are digging into the hidden makeup of carbon-rich asteroids to see whether they could one day fuel space exploration—or even be mined for valuable resources. By analyzing rare meteorites that naturally fall to Earth, researchers have uncovered clues about the chemistry, history, and potential usefulness of these ancient space rocks. While large-scale asteroid mining is still far off, the study highlights specific asteroid types that may be promising targets, especially for water extraction.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 7:00 PM EST • Science • sciencedaily.com
Trump warns against infiltration by a 'bad Santa,' defends coal in jovial Christmas calls with kids

President Donald Trump marked Christmas Eve by chatting with children about their holiday wishes

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Dec 24, 2025 • 6:32 PM EST • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Trump warns against infiltration by a 'bad Santa,' defends coal in jovial Christmas calls with kids

President Donald Trump marked Christmas Eve by chatting with children about their holiday wishes.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 6:31 PM EST • Politics • ksat.com
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Alameda Health System to Lay Off Hundreds in January After Massive Federal Cuts

The significant cuts to Medicaid caused by the Trump administration’s tax and spending bill are pushing Alameda Health System to lay off nearly 300 workers.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 5:00 PM EST • Health • kqed.org
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Belmont Lanterns: Depression-era business promotion unearthed after 90 years

Local history buffs attended a news conference held at The Archive on Kern last Friday for answers to the mystery of the Belmont Lanterns. A contractor on the high-speed rail project discovered 82 large painted

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Dec 24, 2025 • 3:33 PM EST • Business • thebusinessjournal.com
Judge blocks Trump effort to strip security clearance from attorney who represented whistleblowers

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a March presidential memorandum to revoke the security clearance of prominent Washington attorney Mark Zaid, ruling that the order — which also targeted 14 other individuals — could not be applied to him.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 2:13 PM EST • Politics • pbs.org
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Entertainment this week: Drinking with Clowns, Mark Mackay and New Year’s Eve celebrations!

Friday, December 26 Drinking with Clowns – 9 p.m., Bar of America, 10040 Donner Pass Rd.. Additional dates: 12/26, 12/27. For more information, visit https://www.barofamerica.com/calendar.html or call (530) 587-2626. Friday Night Music at Cottonwood Restaurant...

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Dec 24, 2025 • 12:22 PM EST • Entertainment • sierrasun.com
Inside a Bronx housing model that could grow under Mamdani’s administration

The developments integrate housing, food access, health care and education.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 12:05 PM EST • Politics • ny1.com
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Democratic-led states sue HHS over proposal targeting hospitals that offer transgender care to minors

Eighteen Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging a new Trump administration policy seeking to bar transgender care for minors at federally-funded hospitals.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 11:35 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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The US banned a former EU official's visa over Big Tech rules — and the fight is playing out on X

The Trump administration targeted EU figures over platform regulation, triggering backlash from Macron and digital regulators.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 11:23 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
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Federal Health Programs Will Cover Up To $500 Worth Of CBD For Certain Patients By April, Trump Official Dr. Oz Says

A top Trump administration health official said last week that his agency will soon launch a novel program to have Medicare cover the costs of CBD for certain patients. But while the administration has not yet released specific details about the initiative’s rollout, one cannabis company that says it’s partnering with the government on the […]

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Dec 24, 2025 • 10:37 AM EST • Health • marijuanamoment.net
'60 Minutes' segment on Trump immigration policy accidentally airs online

The segment featured interviews with migrants sent to a notorious Salvadoran prison under President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. The segment was removed from Canada's Global Television Network but still appeared on its app.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 10:17 AM EST • Politics • pbs.org
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Breakthrough Listen Searched Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS For Technosignatures During Its Closest Approach To Earth

The team found nine "events" that they investigated further. Meanwhile, another team looked at the "non-gravitational" acceleration of the comet, finally pinning down a better estimate of its size.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 9:15 AM EST • Science • iflscience.com
Maine among 19 states suing HHS over youth gender-affirming care

Nineteen states and the District of Columbia have sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, its Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and its inspector general over a declaration that could complicate access to gender-affirming care for young people.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 8:13 AM EST • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
2025 Unfiltered: Moments that marked Colorado’s decidedly off-kilter political year

From the flurry of executive orders that ushered in President Donald Trump’s second term to a blizzard of lawsuits filed by the state’s Democratic officials, the state’s political year was marked by near-constant conflict between the GOP-controlled federal government and the Democrats who run Colorado. The year saw the Trump administration step up immigration enforcement […]

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Dec 24, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
Texas comptroller GOP primary attracts big money from donors with business before the agency

One candidate received about $1 million within an eight-day span from the head of a Dallas tax firm — and 72 of his employees — that helps corporations secure tax breaks under comptroller-run programs.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 6:00 AM EST • Business • ksat.com
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‘It’s perpetuated this news cycle’: Frustration mounts in Trump’s orbit about messaging on latest Epstein documents

When the Justice Department released a first batch of Jeffrey Epstein files on Friday that included photographs of former President Bill Clinton, White House officials raced to amplify the importance of the new documents.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 4:00 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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'Palace fight will have delighted Glasner'

Former Crystal Palace forward Glen Murray says Oliver Glasner will be "delighted" with the spirit shown by his side despite their Carabao Cup quarter-final exit on Tuesday evening. The Eagles fought back after Maxence Lacroix's late own goal to equalise deep into stoppage time and force penalties away at Arsenal, before the Gunners eventually progressed by winning the shootout. "When you take into consideration the way they lost the game at the weekend against Leeds, coming away to the Emirates in the quarter-final of a cup competition and digging in in the manner that they did showed character," Murray told BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily podcast.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 3:52 AM EST • Sports • bbc.com
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Applications open for Adventist Health's new LAUNCH workforce development program for students

Adventist Health wants to inspire the next generation of healthcare professionals.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 2:09 AM EST • Health • abc30.com
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Knights take out frustrations on Sharks, 7-2

A five-goal first period set the tone for a rout that ended Vegas' three-game losing streak.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 1:35 AM EST • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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19 states and D.C. sue HHS over effort to ban transgender care for minors

The declaration issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services called treatments like puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgeries unsafe and ineffective for children and adolescents experiencing gender dysphoria.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 12:04 AM EST • Health • cbsnews.com
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Milwaukee food business owner starting over after fire ruins kitchen

Lupe Moreno, a small business owner, hopes for community support after a fire destroyed her kitchen, halting her operations and causing significant financial damage.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 10:25 PM EST • Business • wisn.com
US judge rejects business group's challenge to Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee

A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a challenge by the largest U.S. business lobby group to President Donald Trump's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers, saying it fell under his broad powers to regulate immigration.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 9:04 PM EST • Business • reuters.com
State Department imposes sanctions on former EU official, disinformation group leaders for ‘censorship’

The US State Department on Tuesday imposed visa sanctions on a former top European Union official and employees of organizations that combat disinformation for alleged censorship – sharply ratcheting up the Trump administration’s fight against European regulations that have impacted digital platforms, far-right politicians and Trump allies, including Elon Musk.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 6:38 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Fresno approves new management deal for Convention and Entertainment Center

A newly approved three-year management agreement signals for the Fresno Convention and Entertainment Center pairs national venue operators charged with driving events, tourism and revenue while addressing operational costs, labor relations and downtown activation. Leaders

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Dec 23, 2025 • 6:25 PM EST • Entertainment • thebusinessjournal.com
Science funding was hit in 2025. What does that mean for the future? : Consider This from NPR

2025 was a hard year for science. The Trump administration upended federal funding for all kinds of scientific pursuits, slashing budgets across agencies like NASA, NIH and NOAA. NPR's Rob Stein and Katia Riddle spoke to scientists and officials who worry that those cuts could cause the United States to lose its competitive edge as a global hub for research and innovation, and steer future generations away from careers in science. For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Email us at considerthis@npr.org.This episode was produced by Michael Levitt, with audio engineering by Zo vanGinhoven. It was edited by Sarah Handel, Scott Hensley and Amina Khan. Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 4:27 PM EST • Science • npr.org
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Fox News Politics Newsletter: Boasberg says Trump must provide due process to CECOT migrants

Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump administration, Capitol Hill and more Fox News politics content.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 3:06 PM EST • Politics • foxnews.com
The top Smithsonian science stories of 2025

The Smithsonian advanced our knowledge of the universe on scales big and small in 2025.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 3:00 PM EST • Science • si.edu
Samsung Developing 'Wide Fold' With iPhone Fold-Like Design Ahead of Apple's 2026 Launch

Samsung is working on a new foldable smartphone that's wider and shorter than the models that it's released before, according to Korean news site ETNews. The "Wide Fold" will compete with Apple's iPhone Fold that's set to launch in September 2026. Samsung's existing Galaxy Z Fold7 display is 6.5 inches when closed, and 8 inches when open, with a 21:9 aspect ratio when folded and a 20:18 aspect ratio when open. Samsung has used a similar size for its prior Z Fold devices.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 2:55 PM EST • Technology • macrumors.com
Strengthening its mid-Florida presence, Moss acquires Ellison Construction

'We found a partner that values culture, collaboration and the community as much as we do.'

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Dec 23, 2025 • 2:40 PM EST • Politics • floridapolitics.com
The Trump Administration's big year in health tech

In this edition of STAT Health Tech: A look back at the big changes in health tech, and AstraZeneca joins wearables study with Lilly, Novo.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 1:59 PM EST • Health • statnews.com
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A Daring Scene on Broadway This Season Has Audiences Talking, in More Ways Than One

NEW YORK (AP) — On any given evening as the lights come up on Act 2 of “Liberation,” Bess Wohl's intergenerational Broadway play about a women’s consciousness-raising group, you can hear supportive cheers of “Whoo!” and “Yeah!” — and sometimes, a round of applause. All before a single word has been ...

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Dec 23, 2025 • 1:33 PM EST • Entertainment • usnews.com
49ers Players on Team's Mindset: 'Just Handle Business Each Week'

San Francisco 49ers QB Brock Purdy, TE George Kittle, RB Christian McCaffrey, T Trent Williams, and LB Dee Winters highlighted team chemistry, preparation, and the importance of staying focused as the 49ers look ahead to the playoffs.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 1:17 PM EST • Business • 49ers.com
Sharks Sports & Entertainment's 2025 Holiday Assist

The San Jose Sharks partnered with Family Giving Tree for their Holiday Assist program this season, including a $30,000 Community Assist Grant from the Sharks Foundation.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 1:09 PM EST • Entertainment • nhl.com
Sharks Sports & Entertainment's 2025 Holiday Assist

The San Jose Sharks partnered with Family Giving Tree for their Holiday Assist program this season, including a $30,000 Community Assist Grant from the Sharks Foundation.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 1:09 PM EST • Sports • nhl.com
Duke Health nurse charged with additional sex crimes after third victim comes forward, police say

Jomil Tugado faces three felony counts each of sexual contact/penetration under the pretext of medical treatment and sex acts by a government or private institution employee. He also has three misdemeanor charges of sexual battery.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 1:04 PM EST • Health • wral.com
Opry Entertainment Group Unveils Star-Studded New Year's Eve Celebrations at Nashville Venues

Opry Entertainment Group is ringing in 2026 with an unforgettable lineup of New Year’s Eve events across Nashville’s most iconic venues.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 1:00 PM EST • Entertainment • williamsonsource.com
Meet the third-generation Louisiana gas station CEO who chairs trade group for $906B industry

Growing up in the 1990s in tiny Mansura, about 30 miles southeast of Alexandria, Annie Gauthier dreamed of becoming a historian and later toyed with the idea of law school.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 1:00 PM EST • Business • nola.com
27-year-old boosted his income from $50,000 to $432,000 at Amazon in 5 years—it allowed him to quit and start his own business

Nabeel Khan was methodical in building his career at Amazon, rising the ranks quickly from operations manager to project manager to product manager.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 12:50 PM EST • Business • cnbc.com
Trump administration’s plan to shrink vaccine schedule sends health sector scrambling

The health sector is working to navigate what could be the most significant changes to the U.S. vaccine program in decades.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 11:28 AM EST • Health • statnews.com
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Lemon Slice nabs $10.5M from YC and Matrix to build out its digital avatar tech

Digital avatar generation company Lemon Slice is working to add a video layer to AI chatbots with a new diffusion model that can create digital avatars from a single image.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 11:00 AM EST • Technology • techcrunch.com
Popstar! Best of 2025: The Fan-Voted Entertainment Rewind That Defined the Year

/PRNewswire/ -- From blockbuster premieres to viral moments, Popstar! Best of 2025 is a fan-voted celebration of the movies, shows, music, and cultural moments...

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Dec 23, 2025 • 11:00 AM EST • Entertainment • prnewswire.com
Blending Science and Indigenous Knowledge to Tell an Estuary’s Story

A new study of nutrient levels in soil cores supports oral Indigenous history, informing future estuary restoration efforts.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 9:11 AM EST • Science • eos.org
The Kennedy dynasty: the future of America's most famous political clan

All you need to know about the family’s younger generation

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Dec 23, 2025 • 8:25 AM EST • Politics • theweek.com
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The Philip Rivers comeback was wasted time for the Colts

Despite the best efforts of Philip Rivers, his comeback did not help the Colts' playoff aspirations.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 8:23 AM EST • Sports • sportingnews.com
The disunity of science is a feature, not a bug

Mathematical models wield miraculous power, but mistaking them for reality has trapped science in a destructive quest for a “Theory of Everything.” Physicist and philosopher Ragner Fjelland argues that this leads to bloated, Frankenstein theories kept alive by clumsy, ad-hoc amendments, which reduce rather than boost science’s power. Fjelland calls for a radical shift in our attitude: we must reorientate towards creating entirely new theories, celebrating rather than lamenting disunity and diversity in science. Science, from the scientific revolution in the seventeenth century to the present day, has more or less developed in a “reductionist” way. The fundamental assumption is that all sciences may be ordered in a hierarchy that can be represented as an upside-down pyramid. At the top we find the human sciences, and at the bottom physics. Strong (or “ontological”) reductionism maintains that all theories at one level can be completely reduced to the lower level, all the way down to theories of atoms and elementary particles, or whatever is “at the bottom.” In the end, all diversity in the world can be unified in one fundamental theory. Hence it is called a final theory, or a Theory of Everything.One of the central figures in developing the idea of a Theory of Everything is the Dutch theoretical physicist Gerard 't Hooft, who received a Nobel Prize in physics in 1999 for his work. He emphasizes the non-empirical status of the theory:There exists no closely resembling alternative theory. This means that any slight change brought about in the rules would make the theory unlikely or inelegant. The theory will be a "package deal": take it, or leave it. This should hold both for the local laws and for the boundary conditions.This endeavor is not new. On the contrary, it goes all the way back to the birth of Western philosophy 2,500 years ago. The Babylonians made regular astronomical observations during a period of 600 years, from 747 BCE until 150 ACE. They developed mathematical techniques to predict astronomical phenomena, but they made no attempts at explaining them. However, the Greeks developed models, both material and theoretical, to explain the observed phenomena.The best example is Plato’s late dialogue Timaeus. Here he introduces a divine craftsman, the Demiurge, who has constructed the universe according to an original plan. Plato seems to have thought that the original plan is what is actually real, while the material world is merely an imperfect realization of it. He therefore does not, in the Timaeus, reconstruct the material universe, but the original plan, which can then be used to explain the material universe.Plato’s aim in producing a theoretical model is to reconstruct the original plan. That is what he carries out in Timaeus—and some modern physicists have embarked on the same project. For example, Einstein’s basic attitude is reflected in the title of Abraham Pais’ biography: “Subtle is the Lord...,” echoing Einstein’s comment, “Subtle is the Lord, but malicious He is not.” In an interview Einstein compared our situation to a child who enters a huge library. The child knows that someone has written the books, but he does not know the languages in which they are written. He suspects that there is a mysterious order, but he does not know what it is.___“We have all been working in what Husserl called the Galilean style; that is, we have all been making abstract mathematical models of the universe to which at least the physicists give a higher degree of reality than they accord the ordinary world of sensation.”Steven Weinberg, Nobel Prize in Physics (1979)___This Platonist view is contrary to a widespread impression of science, symbolized by the picture of the “father” of modern science, Galileo Galilei, with his telescope. According to this impression, Galileo liberated himself from the dominating metaphysics of his day—basically Aristotelian philosophy—and constructed a telescope that he directed towards the sky, showing that Jupiter has four moons. He also performed experiments with bronze balls rolling down inclined planes and found the law of freely falling bodies.However, in other cases Galileo emphasized the unreliability of our senses. It is easy to see why. He defended Copernicus’ heliocentric hypothesis. According to this hypothesis, we are not at rest at the center of the universe, but moving at a tremendous speed through space. Why don’t we observe this motion? Galileo praises Copernicus because “with reason as his guide he resolutely continued to affirm what sensible experience seemed to contradict.” In other places he directly refers to Plato. SUGGESTED VIEWING The quest for a final theory With Michio Kaku Galileo’s Platonism goes back to his early writings. In The Assayer, published as early as 1623, Galileo compared the universe to a grand book that is written in the language of mathematics, and “its characters are triangles, circles, and other geometric figures without which it is humanly impossible to understand a single word of it.” Therefore, things that cannot be described by mathematics—for example, colors, smells and odors—are not real. They are merely subjective.This division into subjective and objective, advocated by Galileo and his younger contemporary René Descartes, is normally associated with a mechanistic world view, which is regarded as the opposite of Platonism. When we reduce something to, for example, molecules and atoms, we move “downwards.” In contrast, the Platonist moves “upwards,” to abstract entities. However, it only shows that when we address fundamental questions, we should be careful in applying everyday spatial metaphors like “up” and “down.”___Nature is complex, and we cannot in general construct mathematical models that adequately describe the world.___The endeavor of finding a Theory of Everything has been heavily criticized. In 2006, the theoretical physicist Lee Smolin published “The Crisis in Fundamental Physics.” He argued that one of the most fundamental principles of science is that we should only regard theories as scientific if we have the possibility to show that they are false by experiments. Although he did not refer to Karl Popper, other critics have referred to Popper and argued that a theory is not scientific if it cannot be falsified (see for example Ellis & Silk 2014).These were not the first physicists to be anti-reductionists. In 1972, the journal Science published an article by the physicist Philip Anderson with the title “More Is Different.” This is the kind of article a scientist would normally write only after he has won a Nobel Prize. However, Anderson won the Nobel Prize for physics five years later, in 1977. The article is amazing, not primarily because it argues in favor of anti-reductionism in general, but because it argues for anti-reductionism within physics itself. Anderson’s conclusion was:At each stage entirely new laws, concepts, and generalizations are necessary, requiring inspiration and creativity to just as great a degree as in the previous one. Psychology is not applied biology, nor is biology applied chemistry.We may say that Plato started the “unity of science movement,” based on Euclidean geometry as the model of all knowledge. A distinguishing mark of geometry is that all possible constructions can be reduced to a few fundamental principles. We have to acknowledge that this approach has limitations. In general, we can easily model technological systems. In addition, we may construct simplified and idealized models that capture important aspects of systems, from various perspectives and for various purposes. But nature is complex, and we cannot in general construct mathematical models that adequately describe the world. In a complex system, each level has its distinct, emergent, properties that are characteristic of this level. Therefore, a complex system should be investigated at different levels and from different perspectives. Instead of exclusively pursuing a scientific ideal based on the unity of science, we should acknowledge the diversity—or even the disunity—of science.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • iai.tv
10 Transformational Health Discoveries of 2025

From advancements in male birth control to the science of supplements, Scientific American highlights some of the most fascinating health and medicine stories of 2025

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Dec 23, 2025 • 6:30 AM EST • Health • scientificamerican.com
10 Transformational Health Discoveries of 2025

From advancements in male birth control to the science of supplements, Scientific American highlights some of the most fascinating health and medicine stories of 2025

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Dec 23, 2025 • 6:30 AM EST • Science • scientificamerican.com
How the Trump administration is recasting government’s role in regulating health technology

Federal agencies that used to set up guardrails for health technology have transformed into cheerleaders for new risky technologies like AI.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 4:30 AM EST • Health • statnews.com
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The politics of the pause: 6 things to know about Trump administration’s suspension of offshore wind

The administration’s decision highlights a growing state-federal conflict over energy policy. It could also rebound by prompting more solar in rural Virginia.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 4:15 AM EST • Politics • cardinalnews.org
Samsung Electronics unit Harman to acquire ZF Group's ADAS business for $1.8 billion

Samsung Electronics announced on Tuesday a $1.8 billion deal to acquire Germany's ZF Friedrichshafen's autonomous driving technology unit to combine it with its audio business and offer next-generation in-car platforms.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 4:11 AM EST • Business • reuters.com
US bans new foreign drone models in a blow to Chinese giant DJI

A new rule by the Federal Communications Commission will make it impossible for US consumers to buy the next generation of foreign made drones.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 2:11 AM EST • Business • cnn.com
SF Sunset businesses rally after 40-hour PG&E outage coincides with winter solstice celebration

"Without power, how can you survive?" Some Sunset District businesses reported losing $40,000 - 60,000 as they had to empty out large inventory for Sunday's Winter Solstice celebration.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 7:38 PM EST • Business • abc7news.com
Oklahoma Sooners design custom suits thanks to local business

The Oklahoma Sooners football team sported custom suits from local business Williams and Lauren, highlighting a partnership that extends beyond fashion to future career preparation.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 7:36 PM EST • Business • koco.com
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Trump denies Colorado disaster aid for wildfires, prompting accusations of ‘political games’

Colorado politicians on both sides of the aisle are pushing back after President Donald Trump’s administration denied two disaster declaration requests that would have unlocked federal funds for recovery efforts. Gov. Jared Polis said in...

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Dec 22, 2025 • 7:35 PM EST • Politics • vaildaily.com
VISN 8 Innovators Poised to Transform Veteran Care at the 2025 Veterans Health Make-a-thon | VA Tampa health care

VISN 8 continues to lead the way in health care innovation within the Veterans Health Administration.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 7:00 PM EST • Health • va.gov
Trump administration to scrap federal rule requiring transparency into health AI tools

The Trump administration wants to scrap rules that require developers to disclose how AI tools used to treat patients were developed and tested.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 6:30 PM EST • Health • statnews.com
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What cuts to research under Trump have meant for science in 2025

Trump administration officials say changes to federal agencies engaged in science were made in the interests of better science that benefits more Americans. Many scientists we spoke with disagree.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 5:36 PM EST • Science • npr.org
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Is CBS News censoring 60 Minutes?

Bari Weiss blocked a critical story about the Trump administration — as CBS’s billionaire backers seek Trump’s help.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 5:35 PM EST • Politics • vox.com
US signs new health deals with 9 African countries that mirror Trump's priorities

The U.S. government has signed health deals with at least nine African countries. These new deals reflect the Trump administration's priorities and its focus on mutual benefits.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 4:32 PM EST • Health • apnews.com
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US Signs New Health Deals With 9 African Countries That Mirror Trump's Priorities

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The U.S. government has signed health deals with at least nine African countries, part of its new approach to global health funding, with agreements that reflect the Trump administration’s interests and priorities and are geared toward providing less aid and more mutual ...

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Dec 22, 2025 • 4:32 PM EST • Health • usnews.com
Thunderbird Entertainment Group Inc. Announces Filing and Mailing of Information Circular and Receipt of Interim Order in Connection With Plan of Arrangement With Blue Ant Media Corporation

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, December 22, 2025--Thunderbird Entertainment Group Inc. (TSXV: TBRD, OTCQX: THBRF), ("Thunderbird" or the "Company") a global award-winning, full-service multiplatform production, distribution and rights management company, is pleased to announce that it has filed its management information circular (the "Information Circular") in connection with Thunderbird’s upcoming special meeting (the "Meeting") of the holders (the "Shareholders") of Thunderbird’s common shares

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Dec 22, 2025 • 4:30 PM EST • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
Judge presses Trump administration on its plans for Kilmar Abrego Garcia

An apparently frustrated federal judge pressed the Trump administration Monday to share what it was going to do next in the fast-moving saga over Kilmar Abrego Garcia days after she found he was being unlawfully held in immigration custody.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 3:47 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
Happy Holidays from Monumental Sports & Entertainment

From our family to yours, happy holidays from the MSE family!

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Dec 22, 2025 • 3:22 PM EST • Entertainment • nhl.com
The Culture War Comes for Science

The Trump administration has exploited and exacerbated the problems besetting science. Our moment demands a new contract answerable to the scientific needs of American society.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 2:47 PM EST • Science • commonwealmagazine.org
Fox News Politics Newsletter: Trump admin pausing all off shore wind project construction

Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump administration, Capitol Hill and more Fox News politics content.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 2:27 PM EST • Politics • foxnews.com
RWJBarnabas Health’s Monmouth Medical Center and Seaview Orthopaedics Partner with Operation Walk USA

Monmouth Medical Center (MMC), an RWJBarnabas Health facility, and Seaview Orthopaedics, a partner practice of RWJBarnabas Health, teamed up to give the gift of mobility to two Jersey Shore residents this holiday season through Operation Walk USA, a nationwide initiative that provides free joint replacement surgeries to uninsured patients in need.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 1:36 PM EST • Health • rwjbh.org
Vegas Golden Knights Win Clio Sports Award

This honor marks the Golden Knights’ fourth Clio recognition

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Dec 22, 2025 • 1:26 PM EST • Sports • nhl.com
Some businesses near UPS crash site resume operations—with strict rules and regulations

One business owner says Monday is the first day they’ve been able to resume daytime operations at their warehouse in more than 48 days.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 1:21 PM EST • Business • wlky.com
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Pearl of the Week: Behavioral health integration pays off

Learn how integrating behavioral health into primary care improves access, outcomes, and value-based performance.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 1:00 PM EST • Health • ama-assn.org
Tala Health Launches With $100M to Transform Patient Care Through AI Collaboration

The funding, led by Sofreh Capital, ranks among the largest early-stage rounds for a healthtech startup this year.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 12:34 PM EST • Health • usatoday.com
Nintendo News: Spread Nintendo Cheer with the Hits for the Holidays Sale!

’Tis the season, and Nintendo is offering more ways to liven up the celebration with the Hits for the Holidays Sale! From now through 11:59 p.m. PT on Januar...

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Dec 22, 2025 • 12:00 PM EST • Technology • businesswire.com
The role of business insurance for small businesses

For small businesses, the right insurance coverage is critical to your business operations. In this episode of Small Business Smarts, Victoria Jordan dives into business insurance essentials and explains what every small business owner needs to know to protect their people and their passion. For more information, visit ADP.com/SPARK

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Dec 22, 2025 • 11:46 AM EST • Business • mediacenter.adp.com
YOUR INPUT WANTED: Help shape the 2026 Delta Science Plan

The Delta Stewardship Council’s Delta Science Program has released the third iteration of the Delta Science Plan for public review. The Delta Science Plan outlines the vision, principles, and strategies guiding science in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. All members of the Delta science community and interested stakeholders are encouraged to provide input. This includes federal, state, and local agency scientists, tribes, non-governmental organizations, academic researchers, and members of the public who care about the future of the Delta. The Delta […]

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Dec 22, 2025 • 11:45 AM EST • Science • mavensnotebook.com
EPA administrator signals faster permitting, industry collaboration at LABI roundtable

The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry earlier this month hosted a business roundtable with EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, giving Louisiana business leaders a rare chance to engage face… Already an INSIDER? Sign in. We are glad you enjoy reading Business Report. Continue reading this story and get ACCESS to all our content from any […]

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Dec 22, 2025 • 10:45 AM EST • Business • businessreport.com
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The Democrats Had One Huge Shutdown Win. Trump Tried to Thwart It. He Just Failed.

Congress struck back in a little-noticed move that shifted power away from the Trump administration.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 10:00 AM EST • Politics • slate.com
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Trump administration removes dozens of career diplomats from overseas posts

The Trump administration is removing numerous career ambassadors from their posts abroad, marking the latest shake-up of the US State Department and diplomatic corps.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 9:59 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Opry Entertainment Group Reveals New Year's Eve Celebrations

Opry Entertainment Group will ring in 2026 with a lineup of various New Year’s Eve events [...]

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Dec 22, 2025 • 9:55 AM EST • Entertainment • musicrow.com
Apple Clings to Samsung as RAM Prices Soar

Apple is significantly increasing its reliance on Samsung for iPhone memory as component prices surge, according to The Korea Economic Daily. Apple is said to be expanding the share of iPhone memory it sources from Samsung due to rapidly rising memory prices. The shift is expected to result in Samsung supplying roughly 60% to 70% of the low-power DRAM used in the iPhone 17, compared with a more even split with SK Hynix in previous generations, with Micron also participating as a smaller supplier.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 9:17 AM EST • Technology • macrumors.com
How To Submit Public Comments To Oppose Proposed Rules Restricting Transgender Health Care Access

Comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services can help fight the Trump administration’s latest attempt to restrict federal funding for transgender health care for youth. This toolkit details how to submit them.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 9:04 AM EST • Health • americanprogress.org
Training the Next Generation of Health Care Workers

Addressing the shortage of health workers and ensuring those workers are connected to the communities they serve is at the heart of a San Diego training program doing just that, one graduate at a t…

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Dec 22, 2025 • 9:01 AM EST • Health • directrelief.org
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Risk, hard work and sacrifice: Hispanic small business owners fight and thrive

Hispanics across North Texas have invested their life savings into small businesses even amid economic turbulence and immigration anxieties.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 8:00 AM EST • Business • dallasnews.com
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My family's holiday budget is smaller than I'd like. Here's how I'm making sure the season is still magical for us.

My family's holiday budget is smaller this year. I'm making sure the season still feels magical through decorations, free events, and homemade gifts.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 7:17 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
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2025 Health Care Delivery Snapshot

In 2025, MSMS advanced physician interests through advocacy, collaboration, and direct support on payer, legal, and regulatory issues. MSMS submitted letters, individually or jointly, to federal and state legislators and regulators on issues including Medicare payment, Medicaid funding, telehealth, physician-owned hospitals, downcoding policies, out-of-network care, substance use disorder home health, ACA premium tax credits, immunizations, and medical student loans. MSMS met...

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Dec 22, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Health • msms.org
Kennesaw State senior earns national scholarship from CVS Health

As her journey at Kennesaw State University nears completion, senior Anna Spruill will end her penultimate semester on a high note after being awarded a scholarship from the National Retail Federation Foundation (NRF).

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Dec 22, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Health • kennesaw.edu
The DOGE mindset is still central to the Trump administration's agenda as 2025 ends

The Department of Government Efficiency effort was one of the most consequential and controversial – if not entirely successful – changes the Trump administration made in 2025.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 5:00 AM EST • Politics • npr.org
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Ministers defend ‘most ambitious animal welfare strategy in generation’ before publication

Conservatives claim government’s plan for higher welfare standards for farmed animals could undermine British agriculture

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Dec 22, 2025 • 4:26 AM EST • Politics • theguardian.com
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December 22, 2025: Rural Health Symposium Opens Registration, Announces Call for Abstracts

The Duke University School of Nursing will convene healthcare professionals, educators, researchers, community leaders, and policymakers for a 1-day symposium dedicated to reducing rural health disparities across North Carolina through […]

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Dec 22, 2025 • 4:00 AM EST • Health • rethinkingclinicaltrials.org
AI is revolutionizing business but it can’t form the leaders we need

The rush for AI in businesses risks leaving us with a leadership vacuum that no algorithm can fill. As automation grows, critical operations demand leaders...

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Dec 22, 2025 • 2:30 AM EST • Business • dallasnews.com
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