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Former Nebraska running back impressing Kansas City Chiefs

Nebraska football alum Emmett Johnson is standing out to the Kansas City Chiefs' coaching staff due to his blocking ability.

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Sep 4 • 6:15 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Cyclosporiasis outbreak exposes a weakened US public health system

During the height of the summer outbreak of cyclosporiasis, Dea Lancaster set aside her usual duties as nurse coordinator at Michigan's Washtenaw County Health Department to call patients, asking about their symptoms and tracing the contaminated food they ate.

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Sep 4 • 6:05 AM EDT • Health • reuters.com
Amorim tactics complicated things at Manchester United, says Rasmus Højlund

In a recent interview with La Gazzetta dello Sport, Rasmus Højlund discussed, among other things, his time at Manchester United.When asked about his thoughts on why things didn’t work out at Old Tr...

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Sep 4 • 5:20 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Labour asks Met police to launch criminal inquiry into Reform UK donations after undercover report

Two key aides to Nigel Farage have stepped down pending an internal investigation

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Sep 4 • 3:21 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Florida State’s Win Raises Question: Will Norvell Survive?

Florida State got the win Saturday, but the performance raised more questions than answers. With a brutal schedule ahead, the pressure on Mike Norvell is growing with people already asking if he can survive the season.

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Sep 4 • 2:48 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Editor Score Predictions: Nebraska vs. Ohio

The Daily Nebraskan's senior sports editors make their predictions for the upcoming Husker football game this Saturday against Ohio. The editors talk about both new and old players such as the new starting quarterback Anthonay Colandrea and wide receiver Jacory Barney Jr., and their projected stats for the game.

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Sep 4 • 1:00 AM EDT • Sports • dailynebraskan.com
NT government says no more ‘coddling criminals’ or ‘identity politics’ after experts walk out over ignored advice

Independent experts and organisations tasked with improving justice outcomes for First Nations people say Territorian government is not entering into ‘genuine partnership’

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Sep 4 • 12:14 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
'Al the Jelly Man,' a familiar face on the South Shore and Cape, asks for community's help amid health challenges

“I still want to get out and meet people and talk and everything. But it's just — it's something I cannot do.”

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Sep 3 • 10:11 PM EDT • Health • boston.com
Trump again appeals to Supreme Court on mail voting restrictions as midterms loom

The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to reject an order by a federal judge that halts it from implementing a new rule regulating mail ballots, hours after being unable to tell that judge whether the computer system that would govern the entire project was operational yet.

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Sep 3 • 8:25 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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Christine Taylor recalls being asked to lose 10 pounds to play Marcia Brady in ‘The Brady Bunch Movie’: ‘So ’90s’

Christine Taylor was asked to lose 10 pounds to play Marcia Brady in ‘The Brady Bunch Movie,’ she says. She notes that it ‘would never happen today.’

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Sep 3 • 8:15 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Google Photos Picks Up New Superpower

Gemini Spark, a paid feature for Gemini that allows you to run very complex, multi-step tasks in the background, is getting a big new addition this week. Google Photos is now available to use with...

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Sep 3 • 8:10 PM EDT • Technology • droid-life.com
Honors, UNMC host students for spotlight on behavioral health careers

Healing Nebraska: Talent Meets Need was held in partnership with The Foundry and gathered 200 University of Nebraska–Lincoln students to discuss community behavioral health needs and career pathways.

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Sep 3 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • news.unl.edu
Miami Dolphins Discussion: Questions You Need Answered Edition

We ask Miami Dolphins fans what questions they need answered by this years version of the team.

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Sep 3 • 8:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Former Syracuse Basketball Player Picks New School For Year Five

JJ Starling will finish his college career at a new school after spending the last three with the Orange, as long as the courts continue to rule in his favor.

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Sep 3 • 7:18 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Labor Day Weekend Eve Chat and Discussion

All last weekend, my kid told me that it was going to be Labor Day that next Monday. I kept telling her no, it was next Monday. I mean, like 10 or 12 times. Then I told this to the wife. She was very quiet, then asked “it’s not Labor Day tomorrow?” Because she kept […]

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Sep 3 • 7:10 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Nebraska State Fair Interview with Entertainment Director, Karli Bartz

Local4 News at 5

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Sep 3 • 6:55 PM EDT • Entertainment • ksnblocal4.com
Ballot initiative would base Nebraska school sports participation on biological sex

Nebraska voters will decide in November whether state law should determine who can play on sports teams in the state.

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Sep 3 • 6:54 PM EDT • Sports • wowt.com
A Miami doctor and his business were at the center of a U.S. House...

A Miami doctor and his business were at the center of a U.S. House task force hearing on Tuesday looking into what lawmakers said could be the exploitation of birthright citizenship. The business in...

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Sep 3 • 6:20 PM EDT • Business • facebook.com
Even second graders can reason like scientists—if we ask them the right way

When a child asks "Why does a blowfish puff up?" we often jump in with facts. But what if we paused and suggested that they ask instead, "How does a blowfish puff up?" It may seem like splitting hairs, ...

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Sep 3 • 5:40 PM EDT • Science • phys.org
Nate Oats' wife rejoins Alabama men's basketball team

Alex Accetta spent 2015-22 with Alabama, and returns as director of program relations after marrying coach Nate Oats in July.

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Sep 3 • 5:29 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Beyond the 'Great Divide': What we really know about political polarization

Americans are deeply divided. At least that's what we've been told for years. But how divided are we really? A new review suggests the answer may depend on how researchers ask the question.

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Sep 3 • 5:20 PM EDT • Politics • phys.org
DOJ asks Supreme Court to allow Trump’s USPS action on mail-in ballots to proceed ahead of midterm elections

The appeal came shortly before a federal judge was set to decide whether to issue an injunction blocking requirements dictating how mail-in ballots are sent.

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Sep 3 • 5:07 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Guidelines needed as AI embraced by mental health practices

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are overwhelmingly being used in mental health practices to support administrative tasks, but University of Queensland researchers have found they potentially lack privacy, ...

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Sep 3 • 5:00 PM EDT • Health • medicalxpress.com
Spinning ‘right round (like a record): Maple City Music opening downtown storefront

The new shop 12 Kingman St. is set for a grand opening this Saturday, Sept. 5. The event from 10 a.m to 6 p.m. will feature local musicians all day with hundreds of records in bins and baskets, as well as a benefit raffle.

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Sep 3 • 5:00 PM EDT • Business • samessenger.com
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow mail-in ballot restrictions

The question of whether President Donald Trump’s restrictions can move forward in time for November’s midterm elections has been the subject of a dizzying legal battle in recent weeks.

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Sep 3 • 4:52 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow Mail Voting Limits

The justices have been asked to weigh in again on the Trump administration’s efforts to restrict mail voting — this time on whether the plans violate the Constitution.

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Sep 3 • 4:39 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Austin will outsource adult sports leagues after backlash

The parks department announced it would cancel city-led adult indoor basketball and volleyball leagues, saving about $400,000 per year.

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Sep 3 • 4:31 PM EDT • Sports • austincurrent.org
Nets’ Brown Jr. Receives Praise From Fellow Louisville Alum

Donovan Mitchell draws comparisons to James Harden while hailing the rookie’s elite basketball IQ, signaling a new era of playmaking and defensive versatility for the Brooklyn backcourt.

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Sep 3 • 4:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Trump asks Supreme Court to OK sweeping changes for mail ballots

President Donald Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to give the US Postal Service sweeping power to withhold delivery of mail ballots, setting up an extraordinary showdown over voting at the high court less than two months before the November midterm election.

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Sep 3 • 4:19 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Extended Heat Could Increase Health Risks Across Eastern Nebraska

Football season may be getting underway, but the weather in Lincoln this weekend will feel more like the middl...

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Sep 3 • 4:18 PM EDT • Health • klin.com
Nebraska Department of Health and Human services detects two tickborne viruses

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services reported on Thursday detections of Heartland and Bourbon viruses in Nebraska.

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Sep 3 • 4:06 PM EDT • Health • 1011now.com
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Should you trust AI with your health questions?

If you’re concerned about your health, AI chatbots promise detailed answers in seconds. One survey found 17 percent of adults ask AI chatbots health questions at least once a month.

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Sep 3 • 3:26 PM EDT • Health • nbcmiami.com
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Smart Glasses, Smarter Small Businesses: AI Wearables Are Becoming an Entrepreneurial Tool - Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council

By Karen Kerrigan – For entrepreneurs and small businesses, valuable technologies eliminate friction. Various digital tools are helping small businesses eliminate steps, and accomplish a task or project more efficiently, in less time, and at lower cost. AI-powered smart glasses are helping small business owners eliminate operational downtime, automate content creation, and improve workplace accessibility, […]

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Sep 3 • 2:18 PM EDT • Business • sbecouncil.org
Maduro asks judge to drop federal drug-trafficking case

Attorneys for Venezuela's former president Nicolas Maduro and wife, Cilia Flores, say they have something called "sovereign immunity"

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Sep 3 • 1:07 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Maduro asks judge to drop federal drug-trafficking case

Attorneys for Venezuela's former president Nicolas Maduro and wife, Cilia Flores, say they have something called "sovereign immunity"

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Sep 3 • 1:07 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Weekend Entertainment | ‘The YO’ Film Puts City at Center of the Extreme Sports World

A good question to ask when watching a locally made movie is, would anybody outside of Youngstown want to watch this? Of course, the story or narrative, the cast, and the production quality also have to be of the highest quality. The latest offering from a Mahoning Valley filmmaker easily checked all of those boxes […]

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Sep 3 • 12:41 PM EDT • Entertainment • businessjournaldaily.com
AI suggests new physics experiments that could outperform human-designed setups

Research means asking questions of the universe. For centuries, clever minds have advanced science by devising ingenious experiments designed so their results reveal something about the laws of nature ...

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Sep 3 • 12:20 PM EDT • Technology • phys.org
Republicans ask the Supreme Court to give them a huge discount on ad spending

You are probably about to see a lot more Republican ads.

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Sep 3 • 12:20 PM EDT • Politics • vox.com
Sony’s State of Play Was Overshadowed By Angry PS5 Fan Demands

The PS5 State of Play showcase was full of angry fans asking for new policies as well as the development of Destiny 3

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Sep 3 • 12:14 PM EDT • Technology • polygon.com
Survey: 1 in 4 Kids Who Needed Mental Health Help Didn’t Get It

Carroll: New Orleans students are not getting the mental health support they need. They told us that because we asked. The least we can do is listen.

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Sep 3 • 6:30 AM EDT • Health • the74million.org
Have your say: What do you make of mixed start?

BBC Sport asks for Millwall fan views on their start to the Championship season.

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Sep 3 • 6:08 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Kennedy asked to remove Pennsylvania measles death from CDC tally, sources say

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked his new CDC director to remove a reference to two Pennsylvania deaths from the agency’s online measles tally after he questioned whether the disease contributed to the ​fatalities, three sources familiar with the situation said.

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Sep 3 • 6:03 AM EDT • Health • reuters.com
Vintage Fashion: How to Run a Successful Business Today

It’s easier than ever to shop for secondhand clothing, but harder than ever to sell it. Vogue Business asked four vintage fashion businesses — from New York to Tokyo — what it takes to stand out.

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Sep 3 • 5:30 AM EDT • Business • vogue.com
Democrats vow aggressive investigations into Trump ‘corruption’ and ‘grift’ if they win the House

Rep. Robert Garcia would most likely chair the Oversight Committee, while Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., is in line to chair the Judiciary Committee. Here’s how they would use that power.

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Sep 3 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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We asked nutrition experts what they eat for dessert. Here’s their list.

The occasional treat can actually be good for you.

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Sep 3 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • washingtonpost.com
Who are the British players in the NFL?

BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team explains who the British players are in the National Football League

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Sep 3 • 3:50 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Husker football scouting report: Ohio

Sports reporter Matthew Malloy previews Nebraska football's season opener against Ohio, including an interview with an Ohio reporter and an appearance from Frank Solich.

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Sep 3 • 1:00 AM EDT • Sports • dailynebraskan.com
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Nebraska soccer set to open Big Ten play against Indiana and Iowa

Nebraska's women's soccer team looks forward to an opening weekend of Big Ten action, hosting Indiana on Thursday and heading to Iowa City on Sunday.

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Sep 3 • 1:00 AM EDT • Sports • dailynebraskan.com
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Nebraska opens 2026 season against rebuilding Ohio

UNLV transfer quarterback Anthony Colandrea makes his Cornhuskers debut, while new head coach John Hauser leads a Bobcat squad returning just five starters.

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Sep 2 • 11:13 PM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
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Trump says he’ll campaign for Republicans in 35 races ahead of the midterms

The president said he’ll travel to help out GOP candidates in competitive contests, including the Senate races in Alaska and Texas.

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Sep 2 • 10:15 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Sony and Microsoft say they’re not obligated to pass U.S. tariff refunds to consumers, echoing Nintendo

Back in July, Sony executives told investors that the company expected to receive $508 million in refunds from the U.S. government, after tariffs that the PlayStation-maker paid were ruled mostly in 2025 were found to be illegal. “Most” of the refund would by recouped by Sony’s gaming division, its chief financial officer said. This week, Sony’s lawyers are arguing that the company is not legally obligated to pass those proceeds on to consumers who paid for recently price-hiked PlayStation consoles. That’s in the face of a lawsuit from gamers calling on them to do exactly that. “Paying fair market price for voluntarily purchased consumer goods is not a legally cognizable injury in fact,” the lawyers wrote in a legal motion filed on Monday, as they asked a judge in California’s Northern District to dismiss a potential class action lawsuit over the tariff refunds. Microsoft made a similar argument two weeks ahead of Sony’s lawyers, in a similar lawsuit brought by a gamer in federal court in Washington State. As Microsoft’s legal team put it on August 21, in their request for a dismissal of that lawsuit: “There is nothing unjust about Plaintiff purchasing an Xbox at an advertised price and getting exactly what he paid for—regardless of whatever theory he devised months later about Microsoft’s cost structure.” Both legal fights are set to go on for some time. How things got to this point U.S. tariffs impacting a wide range of imported goods, including game consoles, had kicked off in early 2025. In May 2025, Microsoft raised the price of its Xbox consoles, citing “market conditions and the rising cost of development.” They raised them again that September. In August of that year, Sony raised the price of PlayStation 5 consoles, citing “a challenging economic environment.” Sony later told investors that its tariff fees for the fall quarter were nearly $200 million. in February of this year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the 2025 tariffs illegal, prompting impacted companies to begin to request refunds. In turn, consumers began suing the likes of Sony and Microsoft to get what they said was their share. The gamers in the Microsoft and Sony lawsuits argue that the 2025 price hikes of PlayStation and Xbox consoles, which added $50 or more to their sticker price, were due to illegal tariffs and should now be returned to consumers. The Sony suit started in May, when a group of gamers sued in federal court in California, saying Sony Interactive Entertainment (PlayStation) would be unjustly enriching itself if it did not pass tariff refunds to its PS5 buyers. “Sony is poised to be paid twice for the same unlawful tariff burden: once by its customers (through elevated prices) and once by the U.S. government (through tariff refunds),” the gamers’ lawyers wrote at the time. They called for Sony to partially reimburse anyone who bought a PlayStation in the U.S. since August 1, 2025. The Microsoft suit, filed by gamer Trevor Hastings against the Xbox giant in July, made similar claims. The console makers push back In late July, Nintendo’s lawyers, facing a similar suit accusing them of double-dipping on tariffs and refunds, replied with arguments that previewed Microsoft’s and Sony’s: “Nintendo or one of its retailers set a price for each product, and consumers decided whether that price was worth paying,” they wrote. Sony has buttressed that Nintendo-style argument this week by saying that the gamers have failed to prove that tariffs were the reason for its August 2025 PS5 price hike. They call thatclaim “speculative and illogical.” Other factors, including “inflation, currency fluctuations, component costs, logistics, competitive dynamics, or demand,” could have played a role. (No, the Sony lawyers do not break down the costs and factors that officially triggered the price increases). Microsoft has also argued that there’s no proof in these lawsuits that tariffs drove all or some of the price increase, as it seeks to dismiss the tariff refund suit it’s facing: “Plaintiff provides no specific allegations that would establish any pricing differential attributable to tariffs or suggest any possibility that Microsoft applied then or could recreate now any dollar-for-dollar calculation of tariff-related pricing—any more than it could any other market factor that affects pricing.” To further skewer the gamer side’s argument in its case, Sony’s lawyers have pointed to what might be a surprising defense: yet another PlayStation 5 price hike from this past spring, after the tariffs were ruled illegal. “If the original price increase were attributable to tariffs, SIE [Sony Interactive Entertainment, aka PlayStation] would have had no reason to raise prices again after the Supreme Court invalidated the IEEPA tariffs.” … “If tariffs were the cause of the price increases, one would expect SIE to lower prices once the tariffs were eliminated—not raise them again. Instead, the timeline confirms that the pricing of PlayStation consoles includes a diverse and dynamic set of input costs.” Judges have not yet ruled on the arguments made by Sony, Microsoft or Nintendo. Last week, Panic, the company behind the small, yellow Playdate handheld said it would be passing its tariff refunds on to consumers. It is the only gaming hardware maker to have made such a pledge. Game File is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my reporting, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe Item 2: A reporter’s second Second Life Wagner James Au, who from 2003-2006 was paid by San Francisco-based tech company Linden Lab to be a full-time journalist embedded in their virtual world Second Life, is returning to the company. This time, he’ll be an editorial advisor and business development specialist, he tells Game File. The new role will involve trying to share the stories of people inhabiting Second Life’s ongoing online world with reporters and by extension the public. Au plans to continue to also chronicle some of that through his long-running blog New World Notes. I’ve known Au since the mid-2000s and featured him in a 2007 article for the Columbia Journalism Review about reporters like him opening up virtual news outlets within Second Life. As I wrote at the time: On April 22, 2003, writing as Hamlet Linden for the New World Notes blog on Second Life’s Web site, Au introduced himself. “For the next few months, Linden Lab has invited me to set aside my journalist cap, and instead, don the digital beanie of their in-house virtual correspondent.” He wasn’t paid to keep it positive. He wrote about builders and eccentrics, but then in August of that year, he reported on a tax revolt against Linden Lab (a complaint about the fees it charges users who build stuff) led by a resident whose avatar was a big cat. Second Life has always been less of a video game and more of a virtual world where people can live, hang out, make art, sell virtual items and flirt. Back in 2007, Au described touring it as “sort of like underwater lucid dreaming.” For the past two decades, Au has maintained New World Notes as an independent publication. But he said he’s been drawn back to Second Life and Linden Lab as a place to directly work. The virtual world has around 650,000 monthly active users, he said, “which is actually about what it was during the hype wave.” Au says he’s still finding rich stories in Second Life, the kind that keep him interested 20 years into the beat: “Over the last few months for instance, I wrote about an SL creator in Venezuela whose apartment was destroyed by the earthquakes, so the global SL community rallied to get him back on his feet,” he told me. “Then there’s the woman from a Middle Eastern country who explored her lesbian sexuality in SL, then earned enough from her virtual jewelry to escape her abusive family situation and country.” Au wants to beckon more reporters to give Second Life another look. He argues that it is often ahead of internet trends, noting, for example, an early backlash in the community against AI-made art. Now the platform is drawing curiosity from more of the user-generated content community who’ve grown up with the likes of Roblox, according to Au. “Second Life was too early during its hype wave in 2005-2010, but it now feels right for a new wave of interest,” he told me.

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Sep 2 • 8:21 PM EDT • Technology • gamefile.news
Adobe brings 70+ tools from Photoshop, Illustrator and more to Slack

Adobe added dozens of tools from its creative apps like Illustrator and Premiere Pro into Slack, allowing you to ask Slackbot to do the Photoshopping for you.

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Sep 2 • 8:10 PM EDT • Technology • engadget.com
Miami Dolphins Discussion: Favorite Latest Addition Edition

We ask Miami Dolphins fans which of the waiver claims made were their favorite and why.

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Sep 2 • 8:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
New Jersey asks SCOTUS to rule on prediction market regulatory authority

Right now, prediction markets are overseen by federal regulators

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Sep 2 • 5:35 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
New Jersey asks SCOTUS to rule on prediction market regulatory authority

Right now, prediction markets are overseen by federal regulators

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'We need to return immediately,' flight crew warns as pilot health emergency unfolds

Air traffic control audio captured the urgent moment a Delta Air Lines crew declared a potential pilot incapacitation minutes after takeoff and asked to return to the airport.

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Sep 2 • 4:50 PM EDT • Health • foxnews.com
Political adversaries join forces, urge Michiganders to vote "no" on state constitutional convention

The current state constitution requires asking Michiganders every 16 years to decide if they want to totally rewrite the constitution.

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Sep 2 • 4:22 PM EDT • Politics • michiganpublic.org
New UK taskforce will examine influence of political mega-donors

Government pledges to find quick ‘solution’ to party funding row under pressure from Labour MPs

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Sep 2 • 3:00 PM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Women’s Sports Leagues Have Exploded Around the Nation

Money is flowing into start-ups in softball, baseball, volleyball and basketball, and TV viewership is following.

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Sep 2 • 2:31 PM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
AZ Digest. ASU men's basketball names new sports performance coach

The latest news and updates happening around Arizona.

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Sep 2 • 2:19 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
BSU sports has a growing budget deficit. Leaders look to 'gold mine' in the parking lot

Last month, Boise State Director of Athletics Jeramiah Dickey appeared on KTIK radio and answered questions about the issues of the day. At one point, host Mike Prater asked Dickey if he’d be at the first-ever game the school would play as a full member of the Pac-12 the following day. “Well, we have the […]

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Sep 2 • 2:01 PM EDT • Sports • boisedev.com
Mental health advocate: New state standards will give students language to ask for help

Beginning this fall, the state requires Minnesota schools to provide mental health instruction for students, from fourth grade through senior year.

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Sep 2 • 1:56 PM EDT • Health • mprnews.org
Three-Star wide receiver decommits from Nebraska

Millard South three-star wide receiver Antayvion (Tay) Ellis announced his decommitment from Nebraska, per On3. Ellis originally committed to the Huskers back in Nov. 2025.

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Sep 2 • 1:35 PM EDT • Sports • dailynebraskan.com
How New York Times Reporters Traced Dark Money in Politics

About $1 billion in anonymous contributions is coursing through midterm races across the country. Figuring out where the funds are coming from is no easy task.

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Sep 2 • 12:32 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Evan Rachel Wood speaks out about being replaced in 'Practical Magic 2'

Evan Rachel Wood says she wasn’t asked to return for “Practical Magic 2” and reveals Joey King reached out after taking over her role.

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Sep 2 • 12:29 PM EDT • Entertainment • usatoday.com
First challenge to prediction markets reaches Supreme Court

New Jersey on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to shut down prediction markets in the state, teeing up a potential landmark case where the justices could decide if the highly popular but controversial industry can survive in its current form.

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Sep 2 • 12:14 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
First challenge to prediction markets reaches Supreme Court

(CNN) — New Jersey on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to shut down prediction markets in the state, teeing up a potential landmark case where the justices could decide if

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Sep 2 • 12:14 PM EDT • Politics • kten.com
New Jersey asks US Supreme Court to assess power to regulate sports bets on Kalshi

New Jersey authorities on Wednesday asked ​the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve whether ‌states have the power to police sports betting that occurs on prediction markets operated by Kalshi and competing ​platforms.

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Sep 2 • 12:01 PM EDT • Sports • reuters.com
New Jersey Asks US Supreme Court to Assess Power to Regulate Sports Bets on Kalshi

Sept 2 (Reuters) - ⁠New ⁠Jersey authorities ⁠on Wednesday asked the U.S. ‌Supreme Court to ‌resolve ⁠whether ⁠states have the power to police sports betting that occurs on prediction markets operated ⁠by ⁠Kalshi and ⁠competing platforms. The state asked the Supreme Court ⁠to overturn a lower ...

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Sep 2 • 12:01 PM EDT • Sports • usnews.com
'A clarity of path': Farhan Zaidi talks future of Los Angeles Sparks

Basketball Insider Howard Megdal sits down with Farhan Zaidi for an exclusive interview about the path forward for the Los Angeles Sparks.

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Sep 2 • 12:00 PM EDT • Sports • theixsports.com
Galaxy Z Fold 8 owner shows corners of the inner display are flexing inward

In the thread, the original poster asked other owners to check their phones and compare.

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Sep 2 • 11:24 AM EDT • Technology • gizmochina.com
Farewell Keir Starmer, a terrible politician whom we desperately wanted to be something more

‘U-turn’ doesn’t do justice to the myriad ways he found to break a pledge. Now the former PM is resigning as an MP, why did I have such high hopes? asks Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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Sep 2 • 10:02 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Microsoft Finally Backs Down: The Windows 11 Taskbar Update You've Been Waiting For

Microsoft is at last reversing one of its most hated design choices—and giving users back the control they've been asking for.

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Sep 2 • 10:00 AM EDT • Technology • pcmag.com
How will Stan Kroenke impact the Angels? We asked reporters who have covered his other teams

Los Angeles Angels fans rejoiced on Tuesday after news broke that longtime owner Arte Moreno was selling the team for $4 billion to Stan Kroenke, whose Kroenke Sports and Entertainment owns a collection of franchises across multiple leagues. Under the group’s umbrella, Kroenke owns the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams, NBA’s Denver Nuggets, NHL’s Colorado Avalanche and Arsenal in the English Premier League. He also owns MLS’ Colorado Rapids and the National Lacrosse League’s Colorado Mammoth. Each of those teams has won at least one league title during Kroenke’s ownership tenure. So what...

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Sep 2 • 9:29 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
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What is a fan really worth?

As football teams around the country begin their seasons, it’s a good time to ask a bigger question about college and professional sports: What is a fan really worth?For sports organizations, the answer starts with the ticket, but it doesn’t end there. Fans buy parking, concessions and merchandise. They attract sponsors, bolster media products and help create the atmosphere that makes live sports feel different from almost anything else.

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Sep 2 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • news.asu.edu
We Asked Experts What Healthy Brain Aging Looks Like—And Which Changes to Watch For

Healthy cognitive aging doesn’t mean having a perfect memory. Learn which changes are normal, which may signal decline, and how to support brain health.

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Sep 2 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • health.com
ATLAS publishes first paper on Public Engagement with Science

You can’t exactly take the ATLAS experiment on tour. At 7,000 tonnes and buried 100 metres underground at CERN, it’s not easy to move. So, for more than a decade, the ATLAS Collaboration has found another way to bring the experiment to people around the world: live, interactive virtual visits with the scientists who work on it. In a recent paper published in the European Physical Journal Plus, the ATLAS Collaboration documents the evolution and impact of its flagship Virtual Visits programme. The paper is the Collaboration’s first publication focused specifically on science education, communication and outreach. It traces the programme from its beginnings as an experimental outreach effort in 2010 through its growth into a global programme – connecting classrooms in the Amazon, schools in the Himalayas and even a research station in Antarctica. Drawing on data collected between 2019 and 2025, the paper examines the programme’s reach and impact. Global reach, local connection Figure 1: World map showing the number of virtual visits across participating countries from 2019 to 2025. Cooler colours (purple and blue) are used for countries with fewer visits, and warmer colours (red and orange) for countries with more visits. (Image: ATLAS Collaboration/CERN) The core mission of the ATLAS Virtual Visit programme is to connect audiences worldwide with particle physicists and engage them in accessible discussions about cutting-edge research. While visiting CERN in person is an unforgettable experience, financial and logistical barriers can make such a trip difficult for many students and public groups. Video conferencing has allowed the Collaboration to break down these barriers: between 2019 and 2025, the Collaboration hosted 698 virtual visits, engaging tens of thousands of participants across nearly 70 countries (see Figure 1). Interactivity is central to the programme. Far from simple one-way broadcasts, Virtual Visit audience members are encouraged to engage in conversation with the scientist(s) hosting the visit. Most hosts are volunteers from the ATLAS Collaboration, who bring their diverse scientific expertise, language skills and cultural backgrounds to each visit. Where possible, audiences are paired with volunteer scientists who share their native language and cultural background, making it easier to engage, ask questions and connect with the hosts. Between 2019 and 2025, Virtual Visits were held in 19 different languages. The core mission of the ATLAS Virtual Visit programme is to connect audiences worldwide with particle physicists and engage them in accessible discussions about cutting-edge research. Constant evolution Figure 2: The number of ATLAS Virtual Visits organised annually since 2019. (Image: ATLAS Collaboration/CERN) The ATLAS Virtual Visit programme has continuously evolved to enhance the visitor experience. Early sessions were hosted directly from the ATLAS Control Room before transitioning in 2014 to a dedicated space in the ATLAS Visitor Centre, equipped with modern videoconferencing technology. In 2019, the ATLAS Collaboration expanded the programme’s reach, introducing live Virtual Visits from the experimental cavern during year-end maintenance stops and long LHC shutdowns. These exclusive sessions take participants beyond the ATLAS visitor platform, offering real-time, up-close views of the towering detector. When the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted in-person gatherings worldwide, demand for virtual engagement surged. The ATLAS Collaboration adapted rapidly by introducing Open Virtual Visits streamed via Zoom and YouTube, allowing individual science enthusiasts and families to join live guided tours. Figure 2 shows that the programme reached a peak of 155 visits in 2021 and has since maintained around 100 visits per year, demonstrating sustained engagement beyond the pandemic-driven increase. More than just a tour Beyond participation numbers, the paper highlights the positive impact on participants and educators. Teachers report successfully integrating Virtual Visits into their physics curricula, sparking sustained curiosity and in many cases inspiring students to pursue STEM studies and careers. Feedback received also highlighted how the direct dialogue with ATLAS scientists has given students an authentic and personal perspective on particle physics, helping them connect what they learn in the classroom with the people behind ATLAS research. Looking ahead, the programme will continue to evolve with new technologies and communication platforms. The goal is simple: to give even more audiences the opportunity to engage directly with particle physics and make fundamental science open to all. Learn more Breaking barriers: the impact of ATLAS Virtual Visits in science communication (Eur. Phys. J. Plus 141, 874 (2026), arXiv:2601.22457, see figures) ATLAS Virtual Visit Dashboard Register for an ATLAS Virtual Visit

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Maggie Gyllenhaal Says Films Are Political at Venice Film Festival

Venice jury president Maggie Gyllenhaal was asked whether cinema should be political.

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This week in Santa Cruz County business: Leadership shakeup at Driscoll’s; Watsonville’s new distillery takes inspiration from the sea

In her weekly look at local business, Jessica M. Pasko reports on high-level departures at Watsonville-based berry giant Driscoll's, a new distillery in South County and plenty of names, numbers and dates to know.

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State employees may see health insurance premium rise amid 'challenging' budget forecast

The two boards overseeing health insurance for state and public education employees Tuesday approved plans to ask the Legislature for more funding amid growing healthcare costs and expected difficulties with the state budget.

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West Ham 4-2 Wolves

We asked for your thoughts after Tuesday's Championship match between West Ham United and Wolverhampton Wanderers.

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August Monthly Review: ChatGPT In Epic

Death, taxes, another frontier lab healthcare launch inspiring truly insane LinkedIn takes. As much as I want to stay away, I repeatedly am the crewman unplugging his ears whenever we pass these sirens. So it’s not the first and probably not the last time we dial up the typewriter rather than tie ourselves to the mast. The full blow-by-blow timeline: Health API Guy is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe The End of the Standalone PHR (Jan 8): ChatGPT Health arrives for consumers, at the time powered by b.well. I was bullish on the approach in that the best way for the PHR to finally solve distribution was to meet consumers were they already are (i.e. When Horizontal Meets Healthcare (Jan 9): OpenAI for Healthcare puts out the shingle for enterprises, with SharePoint ingestion standing in for the EHR integration the product actually needed. Another One: Anthropic’s Healthcare Debut (Jan 16): Claude's version, on HealthEx rails instead of b.well, with Agent Skills for FHIR development as the one true vertical-specific investment. ChatGPT for Clinicians: The Trap Sprung (Apr 24): OpenAI filled in the missing GTM middle with a free product for verified clinicians, effectively peeling the enterprise wrapper off ChatGPT for Healthcare and taking the PLG fight directly to OpenEvidence. OpenAI’s Second Attempt at Health (Jul 31): a relaunch of their patient specific app, now branded Health in ChatGPT, where the privacy partition came out, the connectors thinned, and b.well disappeared in favor of first-party FHIR work against a smaller network Beyond a Shingle So what was announced now? Today, we’re introducing a new electronic health record integration that brings authorized patient context from Epic into ChatGPT for Healthcare, along with the Healthcare Public Data plugin for direct, structured access to official healthcare datasets like PubMed, DailyMed, and CMS Coverage. Together, these capabilities bring ChatGPT closer to the systems and sources healthcare teams trust, while supporting the controls and compliance healthcare work requires. The core portfolio is unchanged from prior announcements we delineated and discussed (aside from the relaunch of patient-facing). Since trade publications still seem to be confusing them by using the wrong names: Enterprise sales motion: ChatGPT for Healthcare Protecting their core product / PLG: ChatGPT for Clinicians Consumer/patient-facing product: Health in ChatGPT So really, this is a feature release (specifically for ChatGPT for Healthcare when it comes to EHR integration). What’s cool about it, though, is that we are moving beyond just putting out a shingle. Everything in the January enterprise launch was horizontalizable: Horizontal tech companies thus generally start verticalization with their “putting out a shingle phase”. Telling the world you’re open for business as a horizontal tech company reliably attracts early inbound interest from buyers who are already trying to force-fit horizontal tools into domain-specific workflows and are eager for any signal that the vendor intends to support their use case more directly. Nothing was really vertical specific, which is exactly what you'd expect from the ultimate hypergrowth horizontal company dipping their toes into specific industries. But eventually you have to stop changing the sign on the door and start changing the product. Can you guess where the horizontal product was going to run out of road? This is the core dilemma writ large: verticalization requires differentiation, while scale economics of consumer and horizontal push toward unification. I’ve buried the lede so deep here it will be painful to some readers, but what should be shocking to no one is that my perspective is that EHR integration is the only path that meaningfully resolves this tension for ChatGPT for Healthcare. Integration with Microsoft Sharepoint is fine, but it is categorically insufficient for any product that hopes to influence clinical decision-making. SMART Money Well here we are, eight months later! Real vertical investment has begun, which surprised a few people. One friend in the industry messaged me: “Absolutely no way Epic gave ChatGPT API access.” Looking forensically at the announcements, the integration is notably read-only across appointment notes, laboratory results, medications, and specialist documentation. So while I’m not a betting man, I'd wager the house this is a SMART on FHIR launch: That sounds a lot like USCDI! The recommended path for the workflow they outline would be SMART on FHIR Their Health AI lead’s post is evocative of both standalone and EHR launch SMART, which another termed “ChartGPT” and “EHR Plugin” The implementation burden for SMART on FHIR is the lowest of the available integrative paths This is the team who literally did patient-facing SMART on FHIR with Epic last month Most importantly, if you’re a horizontal company, you generally still haven’t taken the full plunge and thus (overly) value reusability. SMART on FHIR is the logical compromise: healthcare-specific enough to matter, but standardized enough to reuse. Nobody Asked Judy Another friend asked “I thought they had to go to each health system, or did they go direct to Epic and now health systems opt in?” Given the trust paradigms in healthcare, this functionally cannot be Epic hoovering up all the data for OpenAI and shoving ChatGPT in their customers’ faces (or they would revolt). However, I do believe the aforementioned terrible coverage by TechCrunch and other outlets is probably responsible for that question, given the 325 million reference. When using FHIR as a business associate to an Epic customer, there is no EHR gatekeeping to speak of, as that isn’t how fhir.epic.com works: You register an app You pick your APIs You test against the sandbox APIs You list as “Ready for Production” Hospitals pick your app You test and go live with them Bluntly, nobody had to say yes or no in Verona (nor were they given the chance). Vendor Services (their next developer tier up that I doubt OpenAI is using quite yet in this initial release) certainly has contractual paperwork that some resent, but even there, the twin pressures of mounting antitrust and information blocking make outright gatekeeping increasingly fraught. My friend’s sentiment is, to me, representative of a broader industry neurosis, perhaps a sort of scar tissue of prior eras: people assume the gate is still there and never actually try the door. There are certainly other ways Epic (and any EHR) can put its thumb on the scale, but they are not so dumb as to stand in front of a federally mandated API and play bouncer at this exact moment in time. So I think they can and probably should go deeper, as this release is at best parity and at worst behind vertical-specific competition. OpenEvidence did a basic SMART launch with Sutter Health in February, allowing for more convenient evidence search by providers. They then add patient-context (the equivalent SMART on FHIR flow to what we see here) when Cedars-Sinai went enterprise-wide in May. UpToDate has four distinct applications across deeper workflows like patient engagement listed in Epic Showroom and announced a partnership with Epic to power Art at UGM Abridge and other ambient scribes have invested deeply into the deepest bidirectional clinical copilot workflow with integrations well beyond SMART on FHIR. In that light, the “Who is OpenAI primarily targeting here?” is clear. This release brings them into striking distance of OpenEvidence, but not the others quite yet. They are the only one of the three you can reach without building something truly Epic-specific. When will they go further? Competition is a great motivator to overcome the horizontal demons and start building things that can’t be reused: not across industries, not across EHRs, maybe not past the customer you built them for. That’s the price of actually verticalizing. The question is if and when OpenAI will be willing to pay it. Month in Review Here is the monthly review. As a reminder, this is a regular round-up of the month’s posts and other content to surface things you may have missed across regulation, litigation, interoperability, and beyond. AI assistance is used in these bullet summaries so I can focus on articles. Articles Published: None this month Video Content: The Information Exchange: Standards-based Thruple Edition (Aug 14): Back to school for us too, with Brad reporting in from the CMS Health Tech Ecosystem’s one year anniversary in DC. We get into the January CMS-0057 deadline, the fall rulemaking reading list, and why enrollment still keeps most apps off FHIR. The Information Exchange: Epic Dúnadan Edition (Aug 25): A UGM roundup with Ryan Brickner joining for the first time to check our takes against what the building actually thinks. Rangers, Ergo sitting on top of EHI, and a down-market lineup that needs some cuts. Regulatory: Stacked Deck, Bad Hand (Aug 05): ONC’s website refresh took the entire HIT Policy Committee record with it, so I rebuilt the archive and went looking for the regulatory capture story everyone assumes is buried in there. Stacking the deck and winning the hand turn out to be very different things. The Sixth Generation of Patient Access (Aug 19): A quick catalog of the five generations of patient access we’ve layered on since HIPAA, and the two candidates now competing to be the sixth. One is planned. The other is the market routing around the plan entirely. Court cases: Three Cases Walk Into a Docket (Aug 06): Two surprise settlements cleared the board in a single week, and then Judge Maddox dropped ninety-four pages on Vyne v. Henry Schein. The sleeper is a DMCA holding that makes direct-to-database a considerably riskier business model. Epic v. Health Gorilla: Into the MDL (Aug 10): Nine class actions are headed to Miami, and the Panel signaled it wants to bring the case that spawned them along too. That would leave Epic arguing the requests were obviously fraudulent in one courtroom and unknowable in the other. Amazon v. Perplexity: Agents Are Legalized! (Aug 11): The Ninth Circuit vacated the injunction against Comet, holding that the user is the one accessing the servers rather than the company that built the agent. A real win for agentic access, and a much narrower one than the headline suggests. Veeva v. Epic: Come At Me, Bro (Aug 26): Epic’s response brief wants the dismissal affirmed and, unusually, wants the opinion published as precedent. Buried in it is Epic’s own description of what its non-competes actually prohibit, which current and former employees should read closely. EHRs: The Contract Epic Would Never Sign Today (Aug 04): A 1999 SEC exhibit catches Epic licensing nearly its entire product line, Tapestry included, to the company that became TriZetto. The marketing services menu attached to it is the part that will make you blink. Forecast from Verona (Aug 07): The Epic Almanac makes one argument six different ways: the AI is only as good as the networks behind it. Emmie headlines, Art’s context stack is the most ambitious part, and Penny finally gets an autonomous coding date on the calendar. Works With Epic MyChart (Aug 17): Epic’s first new Showroom category since the death of Workshop certifies hardware instead of software, badge on the box and all. Made for iPhone, but for blood pressure cuffs, and rough news for anyone selling the RPM stack sitting in between. UGM Hot Takes 2026 (Aug 20): Everyone else covered the AI announcements, so I went after Savvy deleting the payment gateway, Rangers as Boost with the timer removed, and a down-market lineup with too many entries. Plus the Health Grid tidbits I cannot help myself on. MyChart Central Grows Up (Aug 24): Device data and Emmie turn Epic’s identity hub into a full consumer platform, which is both a logical answer to ChatGPT and a bit of a mistake. It also happens to be the best scraping target Epic has ever shipped. Industry Analysis: The Wrong Yardstick (Aug 12): Vertical software keeps getting judged against Superhuman and Notion, which is the wrong bar entirely. Your user is comparing your product to a whiteboard and forty phone calls before lunch. Primitives vs. Abstractions (Aug 27): Developers want building blocks, systems of record prefer to hand out business logic, and both sides have a real case. There’s no test from the outside that separates the engineering reason from the competitive one, which is why this keeps ending up in court. Cross-industry Comparisons: The Two Kinds of Platform Power (Aug 18): Attention power and record power are different problems that keep getting handed the same regulatory toolkit. Congress’s latest swing at Big Tech shows both what’s possible and where it falls apart. The Dogs of (Platform) War (Aug 21): A CourtListener alert turned up a property management fight with healthcare’s exact shape and none of the Cures Act. Shell prospects, ghost accounts, a notetaker bot that came back to haunt someone, and a lawyer arguing both sides of the same theory in two states. Fractals All the Way Down (Aug 31): Yardi dominates property management right up until you zoom into one segment, where AppFolio owns it outright and Yardi doesn’t appear at all. Where you draw the line around a B2B software market is about to decide an awful lot of cases. Other News: If Judy Had the Courage (Aug 13): A short eulogy for the era when software was allowed to look insane: WinAMP, bold colors, and everything the grey chatbot era has taken from us. External Media: Portland Monthly Health Tech Meetup: Erin O’Brien channeled my own feelings - maybe it’s just because it’s August and beautiful, but the monthly edition of the PDX Health community meetup was a ripper. Make sure to reach out if interested to join for the next one. STAT’s Coverage of Epic This Month: Brittany Trang of STAT did a fantastic job of breaking the FTC investigation that’s been lurking, as well as UGM related coverage, so I had to give her her wish of a meme. Fall Conferences: I’m pumped to be kicking off my fall conference season in NYC at Nabla Accelerate next month, which Chrissy provided the link to apply for. Here’s the rest of my schedule in case you want to meet up: Commonwell (Redwood Shores, CA): Oct 13-14 Open@Epic (Madison, WI): Oct 21-22 eHealthExchange (Austin, TX): Oct 27 Sequoia Project (Austin, TX): Oct 28-29 HLTH (Vegas): Nov 15-18 RSNA (Chicago): Nov 29-Dec 3 Posts I Liked: HTI-6 Should Unbundle API Certification: Josh Mandel makes the case that HTI-6 should split (g)(10) into separate authorization and data certifications, so a PACS or a genomics platform can certify only the role it actually performs. Imaging is the urgent example, but the structure solves a much bigger problem. On implementing ePrior Auth with Epic: Scott Rossignol’s field notes from a live ePrior Auth build on Epic, including the two app registrations nobody warns you about and the CPT mapping problem waiting at the end. CMS-0057 implementations are going to be such a beast. Healthcare point solutions are starting to look a lot like streaming services: Spencer Dorn runs the cable-to-streaming arc against health IT and lands squarely on the bundling half of the cycle. Bundling can be good! It can also be bad! Life is nuanced. Health API Guy is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe

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Portsmouth 0-2 Derby

We asked for your thoughts after Tuesday's Championship match between Portsmouth and Derby County.

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Fairmont High School selects new girls basketball head coach

A local high school has selected its new girls’ basketball head coach for the upcoming season.

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Don’t trade away our TABOR refunds

Here we go again — tax-and-spend politicians going in the wrong direction. Colorado families are being asked to believe a familiar lie: the only way to fund education is to let politicians keep more of your money — forever. Proposition NN is being sold as a solution for schools and teacher pay. But look past […]

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2026 preseason recap: Former Huskers to find their place in the NFL

These three former Husker athletes competed in the NFL preseason to prove they had what it takes and secure their spot on an NFL team. One of the most recent, Emmett Johnson, was the fifth-round pick for the Kansas City Chiefs. Other players such as Ty Robinson and Ameer Abdullah made teh NFL in previous years.

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Cubs BCB After Dark: Who will save the bullpen?

The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks who is going to step up in the bullpen.

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Osborn, Ricketts spar on health care, immigration, beef imports at Nebraska State Fair

Candidates questioned on Medicaid, ICE funding and foreign beef imports.

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3 things AHA is asking of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners

The American Hospital Association is urging a multi-industry setter of insurance standards to paint a comprehensive picture of healthcare affordability as it informs state officials about healthcare costs.

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Unfinished business: Texas women’s basketball challenges itself early through nonconference schedule

Texas women’s basketball will test its revamped roster from the start after a disappointing exit in the Final Four last season against UCLA. Head coach Vic Schaefer will get a good look at his roster prior to the Longhorns’ daunting nonconference schedule. Texas has set up exhibition games against two of college’s best programs, UConn...

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How Clinicians Can Improve STI Conversations

A Spanish sexologist says the key to better STI detection may be simpler than it seems: create a safe, nonjudgmental space and ask directly.

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Ask the expert: Building a journal on workplace science

Frederick Morgeson, Eli Broad Professor of Management in MSU's Broad College of Business, explains the impact of an academic journal he established.

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What Box Office Bomb Crushed Obsession on Streaming?

(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights each week.) Before we get into this week’s issue, let me ask you for some suggestions. At the risk of coining too many names for too many things (hence my dictionary of terms...), I need a name for straight-to-streaming films that are too expensive to justify a straight-to-streaming release, but not big enough to justify a theatrical release. Like some of the films I highlighted in last week’s tally of the biggest film flops of 2026 so far: Hulu’s Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice, Pizza Movie or Never Change! They don’t feel like “made for TV movies” (think Hallmark and Lifetime movies, cheap Netflix romcoms, or Disney Channel Original movies, for example) but they don’t feel big enough for the big screen. They’re not “cinematic” enough, so to speak. As I wrote... “I still need a name for this middle zone of film that’s too expensive to go straight-to-streaming but too small to justify a theatrical release (with all the PR, distribution, marketing and whatnot costs that go along with it), the Goldilocks zone of streaming film death.” Friend of the newsletter Brandon Katz has suggested the “Bermuda Budget Triangle”, “The Platform Gap” and “The Distribution Deadzone”. I love that first one. I’d offer up the much wordier “The Streaming Budget Dead Zone” or “the Goldilocks Zone of streaming film death” but that last one isn’t accurate since, unlike Goldilocks’ porridge, these films are the opposite of “just right”. That’s the problem! Anyway, if you have any suggestions, let me know! On to today’s Streaming Ratings Report. As you can tell by today’s headline, things are going to be spicy! I’m looking at a box office bomb that did really, really well on streaming, somewhat challenging a few different narratives. And another Netflix series declined in its second season. All that, plus Wicked: For Good switching streamers, The Hawk continuing its strong run, _The Bear’_s finale season finally dropping off the charts, the WNBA posting a big viewership number, “shallow libraries”, a sitcom spinoff failing to launch, more big budget IP flopping on Paramount+, all the flops, bombs and misses, and a whole lot more. Let’s dive right in! (Reminder: The streaming ratings report focuses on the U.S. market and compiles data from Nielsen’s weekly top ten viewership ranks, Luminate’s Top Ten Data, JustWatch and Reelgood interest data, Samba TV household viewership, company datecdotes, Netflix hours viewed data, Google Trends, and IMDb to determine the most popular content. While most data points are current, Nielsen’s data covers the weeks of July 20th to July 26th, 2026. You can find a link to my terminology here.) Subscribe Film - The Latest Theatrical Success Story on Streaming In the latest edition of “Flops, Bombs and Misses of the First Half of 2026”, I made a crucial change: I started including theatrical films with the streaming misses. The streamers have collectively—including Netflix, but not to as big of an extent—stopped making a lot of straight-to-streaming films, and the ones they do make aren’t as expensive as in the heyday of the streaming bubble. After the following two films bombed in theaters, you’d guess that they’ll be included in my next collection of flops, bombs and misses six months from now: Masters of the Universe on Prime Video (only $64 million domestic box office) Mortal Kombat II on HBO Max ($79 million domestic) But you’d be wrong! Masters of the Universe, a reboot of the He-Man franchise, a toy from the 1980s, came to streaming on 22-July and did great! This long-gestating project—it’s been at every studio for years, and came close to getting a greenlight at Netflix—then finally came to theaters in June, and showed up on streaming less than two months later. (I don’t love this short theatrical window.) It surprisingly grabbed nearly 20 million hours on its debut: That means, wait for it, Masters of the Universe is currently the eighth biggest film on streaming through two weeks. My rough bar for “hit” is shows or films in the top 15%. Ergo…Masters of the Universe is a legit, streaming hit! (One quick caveat: if it falls out of the top ten next week, it will move to 13th overall, just on the edge of the top 15.) Of course, that’s the data for just 2026. Here’s how it stacks up to Prime Video’s theatrical films: That drop into its second week is typical for Amazon films, but also a worrying sign. I have a feeling interest in this film is front-loaded and we’ll see it drop off after this. As for Mortal Kombat II, in this case, the viewership numbers roughly match the theatrical outing, with only 4.1 million hours in its first week. Here’s how it stacks up to other HBO Max films: The best defense of this number is that, as a relatively violent rated-R film, Mortal Kombat II never had a good chance at breaking out. So now it’s time for a little big of “Entertainment Nuance Guy”: First, yeah, my headline is obviously facetious, since Masters of the Universe besting Obsession says more about horror as a genre than it does that film. Second, I read and listened to quite a few “nobody wanted this IP” takes about Masters of the Universe, and that’s not really true. At least enough people wanted it to power a 20 million+ hour debut! Third, both this film and Mortal Kombat II were considered “average” by viewers, but not great films, with a 6.4 and 6.3 respectively on IMDb. That’s just shy of the level needed to be a word-of-mouth hit. Fourth, in the olden days, strong word of mouth could transform a box office miss into a cable/DVD hit, like Austin Powers or The Shawshank Redemption. We haven’t seen a lot of examples of that on streaming, though. And there are far fewer ways to monetize the post-theatrical life of a film these days. Fifth, Prime Video has shown an ability to push their own titles well, likely because they control the Amazon Fire TV ecosystem. Add it all up, and here’s my nuanced take on Masters of the Universe: it was a box office bomb, but, shockingly, a streaming hit. Unfortunately, while being a theatrical hit saves your film financially, being a streaming hit does not. Both Masters of the Universe and Mortal Kombat II had big budgets and needed to make more money in theaters to justify them. So…Straight-to-Streaming or Theaters? We’ve hit a really fun point in the streaming calendar, since the films that came out in theaters in April, May, and June are now arriving on streaming. So the “Do theatrical releases help streaming performances?” question is gonna get a fresh round of updates nearly every week. No single week will answer the question, but we may get some insights. For example, so far in 2026, it looks like theatrical films are lasting longer on the weekly Nielsen film charts. Here’s a list of films that have made the charts in their fourth or fifth week of release, separated by “for kids” and “general entertainment”: It certainly seems like theatrical films are lasting just a pinch longer on the charts, with Project Hail Mary being the current five-week champion. One Battle After Another did well for HBO Max too, and even The Sheep Detectives made it four weeks. The only exception to this trend? Obsession, which only lasted two weeks on the charts. You might tempted to overreact to this news. Don’t. Obsession is a huge horror hit, but horror just doesn’t do as well on streaming. By the way, here’s the Google Trends for various theatrical and stremaing films: Plus, when it comes to Netflix in four months, Obsession may have another big boost. Quick Notes on Film Note that when I write, “the streamers have pulled back on straight-to-streaming films” that doesn’t mean “abandoned” because Netflix is gonna Netflix. On 24-July, they released 72 Hours, a Kevin Hart comedy. Along with Eddie Murphy, Mark Wahlberg, John Cena and Adam Sandler, Kevin Hart is a streaming film star now. Did this latest one work? Not really. It only garnered two weeks of 13.2 and 12.2 million hours on its debut, well below the 20-million-hour hit threshold. It also was poorly received critically—a 44 on Metacritic—and by customers—a 5.4 on IMDb on 21K IMDb reviews. We’re just getting started with this issue, but the rest is for paid subscribers of the Entertainment Strategy Guy, so if you’d like to find out… The latest Netflix true crime doc to pop on the charts… How The Bear finished its run… Netflix’s latest Western to return to streaming… What Paramount+ animated film flopped… And what sitcom also missed… All the flops, bombs and misses… And a whole lot more… ...please subscribe! We can only keep doing this great work with your support. Coming Soon! I’m behind by a week, so we’ve got two issues coming your way this week, including one in a couple of days or so, then we’ll be all caught up**.** Next issue, inspired by The Super Mario Galaxy Movie coming to Peacock, I’m going to take a look at the workhouse of streaming TV: kids films. Plus The Devil Wears Prada 2 continues theatrical films’ big run on streaming. All that, plus another surprise hit on Hulu, Lioness on CBS, and a whole lot more. Long term, LeBron James is filming his own “Last Dance”-style docu-series, surprising no one. But as I’ve been writing about a lot this summer, this genre is really overrated, so whoever ends up buying it (reportedly ESPN) really shouldn’t pay too much for it.

VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System holds flag-raising ceremony to honor people lost to suicide

In honor of National Suicide Prevention Month, Nebraska and western Iowa's health care systems held a flag-raising ceremony to honor those lost to suicide.

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Sandia is automating Bayesian reasoning for science

Sandia's Agent Bayes project faces a nine-month test that asks whether AI can help scientists perform Bayesian reasoning.

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Sep 1 • 4:36 PM EDT • Science • rdworldonline.com
New iPhone Ultra details arrive for specs, multitasking, launch timing, more

A new Tom’s Guide interview with Mark Gurman has fresh details on what to expect from iPhone Ultra’s specs, software, launch timing, and more.

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Sep 1 • 4:25 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5mac.com
Brewery exits Newport on the Levee, the latest in a string of recent retail departures

Wooden Cask Brewing closes its Newport on the Levee location due to high rent and low traffic, joining other retailers departing the development.

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Sep 1 • 2:28 PM EDT • Business • bizjournals.com
Naomi Osaka honors Allen Iverson with US Open outfit

Naomi Osaka went all-out in paying tribute to basketball great Allen Iverson with her look at the US Open tennis tournament.

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Sep 1 • 1:03 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
DLSS 5 Officially Goes Live September 3 With NBA 2K27, Exclusive to RTX 50-series "Blackwell" GPUs

NVIDIA has confirmed that DLSS 5 will officially launch on September 3 alongside NBA 2K27, and it will remain exclusive to GeForce RTX 50-series GPUs. When asked directly at a Gamescom technical briefing whether older cards would ever receive support, NVIDIA gave a flat answer: "It's RTX...

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Sep 1 • 12:32 PM EDT • Technology • techpowerup.com
Concerts, entertainment at the Nebraska State Fair

Pure Nebraska

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Sep 1 • 11:54 AM EDT • Entertainment • 1011now.com