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Carson Valley Health Becomes Cleveland Clinic Connected Member

Collaboration expands access to clinical expertise, education and best practices to support high-quality care in Carson Valley, Nev., and surrounding areas

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Sep 23 • 12:00 PM EDT • Health • newsroom.clevelandclinic.org
10 can't miss fall festivals in GA

Fall is full of festivals and fairs in Georgia, including everything from pirate takeovers to a chili cookout with 50 samples. Here are 10 to check out.

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Sep 23 • 11:55 AM EDT • Entertainment • savannahnow.com
Uptown Columbus Fall Festival returns with pony rides, pumpkin patch and food trucks

The event will feature an assortment of activities, vendors and entertainment.

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Sep 23 • 11:42 AM EDT • Entertainment • ledger-enquirer.com
Colts’ Major Problem is ‘Real’

There’s a stat going around on social media that says the Indianapolis Colts have allowed the most yards through two games of an NFL season in 50 years. That’s not actually true, but it does make a valid point: The Colts are getting gashed. Whether the opposition decides to run the ball or throw it, […] The post Colts’ Major Problem is ‘Real’ appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 23 • 11:35 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Valkyries first playoff game marks Thrive City’s shift to permanent ‘entertainment zone,’ allowing to-go alcohol

The Valkyries are set to host their first playoff game at Chase Center Sunday and it marks the start of a permanent change at Thrive City, as full-time entertainment zone which allows customers at the bars and restaurants to take alcoholic beverages out into the 11-acre piazza outside the arena.

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Sep 23 • 11:25 AM EDT • Entertainment • sportsbusinessjournal.com
Cornell Cooperative Extension to host annual meeting, dinner

NEW HARTFORD — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oneida County will host its Annual Meeting and Stakeholders Dinner at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 22, at Valentino’s Banquet Hall, 3899 Oneida

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Sep 23 • 11:21 AM EDT • Entertainment • romesentinel.com
Pete Alonso unanimously named Most Valuable Oriole

There was only one real choice and that’s exactly who everyone picked.

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Sep 23 • 11:02 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Sep 23 • 10:46 AM EDT • Health • youtube.com
How Valley National's New 'Foundry' Merges Tech Innovation with Business Development

The bank's innovation function combines internal and external players to speed tech adoption — and discover opportunities in the tech sector.

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Sep 23 • 10:42 AM EDT • Business • thefinancialbrand.com
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St. Croix Valley Business Innovation Center receives $2.2M grant for expansion

The grant is awarded from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration.

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Sep 23 • 10:39 AM EDT • Business • weau.com
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Science Applications International (SAIC) After ORBIT Launch Narrative Puts Valuation In Focus

Science Applications International (SAIC) has recently drawn investor attention after its shares closed at US$129.69. The move comes amid steady government IT contract activity and mixed short term price performance. Recent trading has been choppy, with the share price slipping 2.7% over the last day and 3.0% over the past week. However, Science Applications International still shows building momentum, reflected in a 19.6% three-month share price return and a 33.4% one-year total shareholder...

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Sep 23 • 10:31 AM EDT • Science • simplywall.st
Marvel Rivals Has Suffered From Poor Balancing and Toxic Player Behaviour for Too Long – It’s Time for an Intervention

Poor balancing, toxic players, and a flawed approach to cosmetics have put Marvel Rivals in a bad place. It desperately needs an intervention to turn its troubles around.

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Sep 23 • 10:30 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Valencia Reportedly Unhappy with Harvey Elliott’s Fitness

Elliott is Valencia’s third-highest paid player and the Spanish club don’t believe he is yet match fit.

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Sep 23 • 10:03 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Here's what's happening in St. Helena

Here's what's happening in St. Helena in the next few weeks.

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Sep 23 • 10:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • napavalleyregister.com
Brandin Cooks back in the NFC West

Brandin Cooks signs with NFC West rival and more NFL news on a Wednesday

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Sep 23 • 9:50 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Six RGV Leaders Confirmed for ZERA Leadership Day Conference

Two additional Rio Grande Valley leaders have been confirmed as panelists for the 2026 Leadership Day Conference, bringing the total to six as organizers prepare for the Oct. 30 event in Pharr.

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Sep 23 • 9:14 AM EDT • Business • texasborderbusiness.com
UN health agency calls for investment boost to save young lives from cancer

More children and young people are beating cancer, but progress remains uneven across regions and age groups, highlighting the need for increased investment to boost survival rates.

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Sep 23 • 9:09 AM EDT • Health • news.un.org
“So… Are You Going to Law School?”: Villanova Should Support Political Science Students Pursuing Careers Beyond The Courtroom

When I tell people that I am a political science major, one of the first questions I am asked is, “So, are you going to law school?” as if political science comes with a predetermined career path: study government, graduate from college, take the LSAT and become a lawyer. While law is certainly a valuable...

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Sep 23 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • villanovan.com
How Is Carnival Corporation Stock Performance Compared to Other Leisure and Entertainment Stocks

Carnival Corporation has significantly lagged its peers over the past year, even as Wall Street analysts remain strongly optimistic about the company’s future prospects.

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Sep 23 • 7:45 AM EDT • Entertainment • barchart.com
Xbox's new Mythic achievement: full breakdown of the Platinum trophy rival

TrueAchievements can reveal more about Xbox's new Mythic achievement, an equivalent to PlayStation's platinum trophy, which will be rolling out to Xbox users soon.

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Sep 23 • 6:48 AM EDT • Technology • trueachievements.com
Revealed: Balerdi turned down Boca Juniors to join Roma

Leonardo Balerdi’s arrival at Roma wasn’t just a transfer decision, but also a personal one for the Argentine defender. The central defender, who had an excellent start to the season with the Gial...

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Sep 23 • 6:40 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Phillies Make Don Mattingly Decision After Hated Rival’s Stunning Change

The Philadelphia Phillies offered a response on their permanent manager decision after a shocking announcement from a division rival.

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Sep 23 • 6:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Trump call for supporters to cheat undermines fraud claims

Richard M. Nixon famously declared, 'I am not a crook.' Donald J. Trump, his approval rating slumping toward Nixonian levels, is urging his backers to act like crooks in November's election.

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Sep 23 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • latimes.com
Mikel Arteta to begin new era at Arsenal as club eye Premier League dominance and Champions League success

Mikel Arteta has agreed a new contract as Arsenal manager following their Premier League title triumph last season; Gunners boss has overseen a remarkable transformation of the club since his arrival in 2019, so can he build on their success?

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Sep 23 • 5:53 AM EDT • Sports • skysports.com
Barcelona director keeping an eye on experienced defensive options

Barcelona may have enjoyed a spectacular start to the season, winning every match so far and having a solid six point lead over arch-rival Real Madrid. However, there are certain weak points that must...

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Sep 23 • 5:50 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Through Oct. 9

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Sep 23 • 5:45 AM EDT • Entertainment • valleybreeze.com
Attleboro Arts Museum holding 35th Benefit Art Auction

ATTLEBORO, Mass. – The Attleboro Arts Museum announces its 35th Benefit Art Auction. The Attleboro Arts Museum’s annual Benefit Art Auction is one of the museum’s largest fundraising events of

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Sep 23 • 5:30 AM EDT • Entertainment • valleybreeze.com
8 events in Lancaster County this weekend, from art shows to the Lititz Craft Beer Fest

It's a weekend of festivals in Lancaster County.

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Sep 23 • 5:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • lancasteronline.com
Yankees news: Judge expected to miss first round

The captain unlikely to return for Wild Card Series; Rays clinch East, Yankees to host Red Sox in Wild Card round; pitchers’ steady devaluation

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Sep 23 • 5:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Google's official Googlebook demo looks a lot like Mac wearing a Chrome hoodie

Google's official Googlebook demo shows a laptop desktop that borrows ideas from rival platforms, with macOS the most obvious influence.

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Sep 23 • 3:43 AM EDT • Technology • androidauthority.com
PRINT ONLY Autumn brings a full season of events

The cooler weather brings more than fall colors — festival season is about to reach a fever pitch. Start planning your weekend excursions now. See a full list of fall

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Sep 23 • 12:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • themountaineer.com
Dan Vladar Leaves Flyers Game After Scary Scene in Boston

The Philadelphia Flyers returned to the Stanley Cup Playoffs earlier this spring and enjoyed a round one series victory over the bitter rival Pittsburgh Penguins – and they had goaltender Dan Vladar, in large part, to thank for that.However, as the Flyers continue preparations for the upcoming 2026-27 NHL campaign, fans everywhere loyal to the […] The post Dan Vladar Leaves Flyers Game After Scary Scene in Boston appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 22 • 11:48 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Why scientists still cannot say how much plastic infants are actually consuming

A systematic review of 22 primary studies and four reviews found plastic-derived contaminants across infant foods and feeding equipment, but major differences in sampling, analytical methods, and quality control made exposure estimates difficult to compare. The authors found substantial evidence gaps for nanoplastics and oligomers and concluded that better-standardized exposure assessment is needed before infant health risks can be reliably evaluated.

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Sep 22 • 11:32 PM EDT • Science • news-medical.net
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Diamondbacks take care of Rockies with survival on the line

What is the Diamondbacks' updated playoff situation after their win over the Rockies?

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Sep 22 • 11:13 PM EDT • Sports • arizonasports.com
Planning board defers David’s Burgers meat plant pending wastewater, health approvals
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Sep 22 • 11:04 PM EDT • Health • katv.com
AI political ads warp reality ahead of US midterms

A political ad depicts a US Senate hopeful remarking on God and gender while scrawling in a Bible with a crayon. But he never filmed the clip: it is yet another AI-generated video pushed by a rival ahead…

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Sep 22 • 10:23 PM EDT • Politics • france24.com
Small Business Administration announces approval of disaster loans for those impacted by Empire Towers

Governor Wes Moore announced Tuesday that the Small Business Administration has approved his request for a Small Business Administrative Declaration to provide Economic Injury Disaster Loans.

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Sep 22 • 9:10 PM EDT • Business • wmar2news.com
Merck Life Science Expands Bengaluru Manufacturing with €13 Million Investment

Merck Life Science is expanding its manufacturing capabilities in Bengaluru with an investment of approximately €13 million, strengthening the company’s ability to supply critical materials to customers across India and the wider Asia-Pacific region. The expansion at Merck Life Science’s Jigani site in Bengaluru will introduce biological buffer manufacturing alongside the facility’s established chemistry capabilities. The investment is designed to enable faster and more reliable access to critical materials used by customers across research, diagnostics, biotechnology and biopharmaceutical manufacturing. The development further advances Merck Life Science’s “in-region, for-region” approach, under which the company is expanding manufacturing capabilities closer to the markets and customers it serves. By adding biological buffer production in India, the Jigani expansion will broaden the site’s manufacturing capabilities while strengthening Merck Life Science’s regional supply infrastructure for the rapidly developing life sciences sector across India and Asia-Pacific. The company said the expansion reflects both the contribution of its teams and its collaboration with government and industry stakeholders. Merck Life Science acknowledged the support of India’s Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), the German Embassy New Delhi, and Invest India in helping strengthen life science manufacturing capabilities in the region. The investment comes as India continues to expand its role across pharmaceutical, biotechnology, diagnostics and biomanufacturing value chains, increasing demand for dependable regional access to materials supporting research and manufacturing operations. The Bengaluru expansion reinforces Merck Life Science’s focus on building manufacturing capacity within Asia-Pacific and supporting customers through a more regionalised supply network.

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Sep 22 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • biopharmaapac.com
Scientists Just Found Something Unexpected in the Pages of Medieval Books

Scientists recovered sheep pox DNA from medieval parchment, helping trace a devastating livestock disease back more than 3,700 years.

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Sep 22 • 7:27 PM EDT • Science • vice.com
Chase Center’s Thrive City Is Now a Full-Time, Boozy Entertainment Zone

Thrive City at Chase Center has been designated a full-time entertainment zone, where adults over 21 can carry open containers of alcohol outdoors seven days a week, following Valencia Street’s lead.

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Sep 22 • 6:35 PM EDT • Entertainment • sfist.com
Tempe EnVision center to teach food science classes

Join the Sustainability team each month for free classes at the EnVision Center focused on growing food, cooking, and connecting to nature! Check out our upcoming schedule and sign up early to ensure …

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Sep 22 • 6:01 PM EDT • Science • yourvalley.net
Top Reps Talk Creator Economy As New Entertainment Business Model

It's no secret that Hollywood is rapidly changing, and one of several driving forces is the arrival of the creator economy.

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Sep 22 • 5:59 PM EDT • Entertainment • deadline.com
Top Reps Talk Creator Economy As New Entertainment Business Model

It's no secret that Hollywood is rapidly changing, and one of several driving forces is the arrival of the creator economy.

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Sep 22 • 5:59 PM EDT • Business • deadline.com
NC treasurer 'profoundly concerned' by county's approval of hospital merger

Less than 24 hours after the Wake County Board of Commissioners voted to advance plans to consolidate WakeMed and Atrium Health, North Carolina Treasurer Brad Briner says he is "profoundly concerned" that the deal is proceeding.

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Sep 22 • 5:27 PM EDT • Health • ncnewsline.com
Festival of Science: Rare Plant Field Trip

Botanists from the Utah Native Plant Society and the BLM lead a morning among Utah's rare native plants, with a drive to a rare-plant-rich site and short walks. Free; registration required.

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Sep 22 • 5:16 PM EDT • Science • moabsunnews.com
Governor Moore Announces Approval of SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans for Anne Arundel County Businesses Affected by Empire Towers Structural Emergency

Governor Moore announced that the SBA has approved his request for a SBA Declaration to provide EIDL.

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Sep 22 • 5:11 PM EDT • Business • governor.maryland.gov
First-ever literary festival planned for Orange County

What happens when you bring together four Orange County writers with a goal to recognize its proud literary heritage and honor the poets, novelists, memoirists and others who have shaped

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Sep 22 • 5:11 PM EDT • Entertainment • newsoforange.com
Hola México Film Festival returns to Los Angeles

It's the 18th annual edition of the largest Mexican film festival outside of Mexico

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Sep 22 • 5:03 PM EDT • Entertainment • spectrumnews1.com
Atrium Health expands in NC after controversial merger with WakeMed gets local approval

Atrium Health is set to expand into the Triangle after Wake County leaders voted 5-2 to approve the WakeMed merger, though federal review is still ahead.

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Sep 22 • 4:58 PM EDT • Health • wxii12.com
Syracuse athletic department hires Cleveland Cavaliers exec to boost business

Chris Presson will run the business side of the Syracuse athletic department for Bryan Blair.

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Sep 22 • 4:56 PM EDT • Business • syracuse.com
From AI Users to AI Leaders: How Businesses Can Navigate Generative AI | Elmhurst University Elmhurst University Blog

Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming part of how organizations operate, compete and make decisions. Businesses not only need more AI programmers and data scientists; they also need managers, analysts and business leaders who understand what AI can do, where it can create value and how to use AI responsibly in a changing business environment.

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Sep 22 • 4:39 PM EDT • Business • elmhurst.edu
Atlético beat Internacional to enter Brasileiro Sub-17 top eight

Atlético defeated Internacional 1-0 in a match valid for the 18th round of the Brazilian U-17 Championship. The game was played at Estádio Morada dos Quero-Queros on Tuesday afternoon (22).The only ...

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Sep 22 • 4:35 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
DHR Health Enhances Ear, Nose, and Throat Care with Addition of Dr. Tess Hill

As part of its ongoing commitment to expanding access to outstanding healthcare throughout the Rio Grande Valley, DHR Health is pleased to welcome Dr. Tess Hill to its growing team of physicians. Dr. Hill joins DHR Health as an otolaryngologist (ear, nose and throat physician) and looks forward to providing compassionate, patient-centered care.

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Sep 22 • 4:33 PM EDT • Health • texasborderbusiness.com
Thrive City To Become A Year-Round Entertainment Zone

Chase Center, a state-of-the-art sports and entertainment arena in San Francisco, is home to the Golden State Warriors, Golden State Valkyries and nearly 200 events per year.

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Sep 22 • 4:17 PM EDT • Entertainment • chasecenter.com
Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas’ sets record for most weeks at No. 1

Ella Langley’s 'Choosin’ Texas' broke Mariah Carey’s Billboard Hot 100 record, with 23 weeks at No. 1.

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Sep 22 • 4:09 PM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
Motorola Signature 27 Is Coming to the US to Rival Samsung's Galaxy Phones

After an overseas-only debut, Motorola’s new Signature 27 is coming to the US with a high-end phone set to release this year.

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Sep 22 • 4:00 PM EDT • Technology • cnet.com
IV Entertainment Convention returns to Imperial Valley

The convention is set to take place Saturday, Sept. 26, from noon to 7 p.m. at the Cambria Hotel in Imperial.

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Sep 22 • 3:23 PM EDT • Entertainment • kyma.com
Kings’ Sabonis Ranked 58th in the NBA 2026 Top-100

Sabonis faces a high-stakes season to restore his trade value before Sacramento pivots toward a new era.

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Sep 22 • 3:15 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Platinum Equity Completes Sale of Global Environmental Services Business Urbaser to Blackstone and EQT for $6.6 Billion

Sale of Madrid-based environmental infrastructure platform follows multi-year transformation process LONDON (September 22, 2026) – Platinum Equity announced today that the sale of Urbaser to Blackstone and EQT in a transaction valued at approximately $6.6 billion (€5.6 billion) has been completed. Urbaser is a global integrated environmental infrastructure platform specialized in the collection, management and […]

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Sep 22 • 3:12 PM EDT • Business • platinumequity.com
Byron Donalds scrubs most Trump references from new campaign site for Florida governor’s race

Donalds’ campaign said the new site is designed to focus on policy issues. The move comes as Trump faces low approval ratings and a challenging political environment.

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Sep 22 • 3:03 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Building Your Fractional C-Suite

How do you determine when fractional leadership can add the most value? How do you find an executive with the right expertise, leadership style, and cultural fit? And how do you structure the relationship so they become a strategic extension of your leadership team rather than simply an outside resource?

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Sep 22 • 2:12 PM EDT • Business • nhbr.com
APSA Joint Statement on the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program -

The American Political Science Association (APSA) and the undersigned organizations are writing to express disappointment in the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) removal of STEM education and several major social science disciplines from eligibility for the [...]

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Sep 22 • 2:00 PM EDT • Science • politicalsciencenow.com
Susan Collins can stand up for science by voting against FDA nominee

If the senator values the general health of Mainers, she must reject Dr. Heidi Overton’s nomination.

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Sep 22 • 2:00 PM EDT • Science • centralmaine.com
Dearborn mall heads to auction with one bidder

Court documents say the mall’s value is “substantially less than the outstanding indebtedness owed."

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Sep 22 • 12:46 PM EDT • Business • crainsdetroit.com
This Week In Happy Valley: Defense Leads The Way

Penn State football’s secondary exits non-conference play as one of the team’s most dominant position groups. Who should be Penn State’s starting running back as Big Ten play begins? The most important stats behind Penn State’s quick 3-0 start. Saturday’s win over Buffalo was the lowest recorded attendance at Beaver Stadium since the start of […]

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Sep 22 • 12:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Rayman Legends Retold Doesn’t Feel Like a Necessary Remake, But It’s Still a Good Time

Rayman Legends Retold isn't breaking any new ground – not visually and not gameplay-wise, not that it should be expected to since it's a remake, after all – but it is a clean remake chock-full of content both new and old at a pretty nice value. It might be of particular interest to the Switch 2 crowd that isn’t getting the GTA 6 meteor landing in their lives this Fall (particularly in light of a new 3D Mario platformer’s continued absence and Super Mario Bros. Wonder being a couple years old now), and/or to the younger crowd that hasn’t played the series before. Here’s hoping it leads to a brand-new Rayman adventure sooner rather than later.

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Sep 22 • 12:00 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Byron Donalds strips Trump references from his campaign website

The Republican gubernatorial candidate stopped emphasizing his endorsement from Donald Trump as the presidents’ approval ratings plummet.

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Sep 22 • 11:42 AM EDT • Politics • miamiherald.com
'Arsenal game will show where we are at'

John: It's good to be ambitious, but our first target has to be survival. Qualifying for Europe would be great but could cause difficulties in the league next year as we have a pretty small panel of quality players. Pat: Unless we absolutely storm the league this season, I would be nervous of us qualifying for Europe.

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Sep 22 • 11:25 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
72-Year-Old Ohio Man Put A GPS Tracker On Pokémon Delivery Driver's Vehicle

Pokémon card value is at an all-time high

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Sep 22 • 11:22 AM EDT • Technology • aftermath.site
Kentucky to receive millions in federal funding for mental health services

Kentucky will receive $17 million in federal funding to support 988, youth mental health, addiction recovery, doula services and schools.

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Sep 22 • 11:11 AM EDT • Health • linknky.com
Earth Science Tech (ETST) Uplists to OTCQB Venture Market

Earth Science Tech uplisted to the OTCQB Venture Market effective Sept. 17, 2026, meeting OTCQB financial, reporting, verification and management certification standards.Material DetailsContext by AI AnalystThis is an early-step validation move aimed at improving market access and governance signal…

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Sep 22 • 11:08 AM EDT • Science • tradingview.com
Pokémon 30th Celebration Cards Cause Fights, Arrests And Embarrassing Displays From The Crowds Camping Overnight

It's made all the more enjoyable when you realize the cards aren't holding any value

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Sep 22 • 11:00 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
State Of Decay 3 Lives On, And Is Still Coming To Game Pass

Undead Labs has found a new publisher for its survival game but hasn't yet said who it is.

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Sep 22 • 10:15 AM EDT • Technology • gamespot.com
Scientists Found a Hidden Force That Pushes Life Past the Limits of Evolution

Organisms that reach “peak fitness” still keep evolving, even with no external pressures pushing them towards survival.

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Sep 22 • 9:30 AM EDT • Science • popularmechanics.com
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DoorDash Chief Business Officer Keith Yandell Sells 2,184 Shares

Yandell disposed of stock worth $438,460 under a pre-established trading plan, while maintaining a direct holding of 120,688 shares valued.

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Sep 22 • 8:50 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Chicago Bears Get Valuable Jalen Hurts Lesson From Titans Star

Clearly, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts taught the NFL a valuable lesson at this point. The more players and coaches from the other side taunt or challenge him, the worse off it is for defenses going up against him. The Tennessee Titans recently learned a lesson from the former Super Bowl MVP. While the Titans […] The post Chicago Bears Get Valuable Jalen Hurts Lesson From Titans Star appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 22 • 8:45 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Voices: No single organization can address Utah’s mental health crisis alone. We need a new response.

“No single organization can address behavioral health outcomes alone,” Valley Behavioral Health President and CEO Jared Sanford writes in an op-ed. “Progress depends on sustained collaborations.”

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Sep 22 • 8:05 AM EDT • Health • sltrib.com
Can AI Be Slowed Down? Stanford HAI Experts Weigh the Risks, Rules and Race Ahead

In a new series called 'Prompt Response,' Stanford’s Surya Ganguli, Diyi Yang and Rob Reich examined emergent agent behavior, recursive self-improvement, independent evaluation and whether a 'kill switch' can make advanced AI safer.

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Sep 22 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • hai.stanford.edu
Rice rises to No. 16 in US News rankings as engineering, business programs climb

Rice has climbed one spot to No. 16 in the nation in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges rankings, with the university also earning top 10 recognition for value, undergraduate teaching and student experience.

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Sep 22 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • news.rice.edu
Thrive City becomes San Francisco's first full-time entertainment zone

This weekend's playoff game for the Golden State Valkyries will mark the start of Thrive City becoming San Francisco's first full-time "entertainment zone."

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Sep 22 • 8:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Flu Vaccines Now Available at Lowndes and Hahira Health Departments

VALDOSTA – Flu vaccines are now available at Lowndes and Hahira health departments ahead of flu season.

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Sep 22 • 7:58 AM EDT • Health • valdostatoday.com
Wake County commissioners greenlight merger of WakeMed and Atrium Health

Wake County Commissioners voted 5-2 on Monday to greenlight the prospective merger of WakeMed and Atrium Health, which still needs approval from state and federal officials. The decision came after County Attorney Roger Askew and his aides briefed the commissioners on the concessions Atrium made to win support for the project — and how in […]

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Sep 22 • 7:03 AM EDT • Business • businessnc.com
🚨 Breaking: Fede Valverde suffers a serious sprain

Real Madrid have announced Fede Valverde’s injury following the tests carried out. The Uruguayan was injured by Kang-in Lee during the derby against Atlético de Madrid and, despite playing through ...

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Sep 22 • 6:21 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Photographer captures octopus riding rarely seen dolphin, provides valuable evidence for ongoing research

Citizen scientist photographs incredible encounter with a Risso’s dolphin and an octopus just off the coast of Devon

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Sep 22 • 6:15 AM EDT • Technology • digitalcameraworld.com
Is 50 the new 60?

Subscribe TL;DR: Younger generations are showing signs of worse health compared to earlier-born cohorts at the same age This backward “drift” is showing up both in mortality risk and chronic disease Worsening trends in obesity and diabetes are the most consistent signals Taking the long view, we’ve made astonishing gains in health and life expectancy in the last century. Global average life expectancy has more than doubled from 32 years in 1900 to 73 years in 2024. (But don’t forget, there were still old people when life expectancy was 32). As people lived longer, they also generally lived healthier along the way. It turns out that avoiding things that can kill you early, like malnutrition and lots of childhood infections, also keeps you healthier later in life. In a classic 2004 paper, Finch and Crimmins proposed that cohorts of children who benefited from fewer early life infections had less lifetime exposure to inflammation and cardiovascular disease later in life, accelerating mortality improvements at older ages. Poor nutrition in the womb has also been linked to a higher risk of later chronic disease. The upshot is that improvements in childhood health can pay dividends many decades later. The combination of better living conditions (nutrition, sanitation) and medical advances (antibiotics, vaccines, blood pressure meds, etc) meant that people’s healthy lifespan generally expanded, even as they lived longer. Aging researchers call this best-case scenario “compression of morbidity”—meaning we delay the onset of disease and disability even faster than the years of life we are adding. During my 20+ year research career, we could generally bank on the idea that younger generations would not only live longer but also keep getting healthier along the way. “60 is the new 50” as they say… Enter “Generational Health Drift” Sadly, this expectation of steady progress may be changing. You’ve probably heard that US life expectancy gains have slowed to a crawl in the past couple of decades. Mortality improvements are also slowing (though less dramatically) in many other high-income countries (you can read more about that in a review paper I wrote here). Mortality is a very blunt health measure, but it is often a good barometer for the broader population health trends happening underneath. And we are now seeing that younger generations may be in worse health at similar ages compared to earlier born cohorts. My collaborator Prof. George Ploubidis at University College London coined this worsening health in more recently born cohorts “generational health drift.” “Generational health drift” is bad news on multiple fronts. Most obviously, we don’t want our health progress to go backward. But the timing is also bad, since our populations are aging. In demographic terms, “population aging” means that the proportion of the population at older ages (i.e >65 years) is increasing. Fun demography fact: Current population aging is not due to the recent declines in the birth rates making the news, but declines in fertility decades ago, after the “baby boom.” As baby boomers reach older ages, the smaller cohorts behind them mean the percentage of older adults will increase. For example, the share of the population age 65 and older in the US increased from 12.4% in 2004 to 18.0% in 2024. This story of population aging was written long ago. Many worry that population aging will put pressure on health care and pension systems. But if people reach older ages in better health than in years past, those fiscal pressures would be less dire than projected. Healthy older people can also continue to contribute to society in many valuable ways, including paid work, caregiving, community service….even high political office 🤷. On the flip side, if younger generations reach retirement age in worse health and with more disabling conditions, this could magnify the societal challenge of population aging. Evidence for worsening generational health A recent paper that I LOVED in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Dr. Leah Abrams and colleagues examined which birth cohorts (aka generations) were behind worsening US mortality. Behold the Lexis diagram (cue swooning demographers). Calendar time is on the x-axis, age on the y-axis. Birth cohorts can be followed over time as they age on the diagonal lines moving up and to the right. This figure plots the year-on-year % change in all-cause mortality at a given age. Green shading indicates mortality improvements over time, white is stagnation, and gray shading indicates worsening mortality. Following the diagonal line for those born in 1950, you can see a noticeable shift from green to gray that follows this cohort for most of their lives. This gray shading shows generally worsening mortality for the 1950 to 1959 birth cohorts compared to their predecessors across all ages. Concerningly for my GenX and elder millennial peeps, there was also a deterioration in mortality for birth cohorts born in the 1970s and 1980s, visible as dark gray areas at ages 30 to 45 during the 2010s. While some of these mortality changes reflect specific shocks such as the opioid epidemic, most deaths still occur from major causes of death such as cardiovascular disease and cancer. For cancer, the gray in the top left corner of the figure below reflects the legacies of smoking for older cohorts, followed by a period of green with improvements in cancer mortality as smoking rates declined. But the white/gray shading in the bottom right corner highlights a stagnation and reversal of the cancer trends, with cohorts born around 1970 to 1985 experiencing worsening cancer mortality. This deterioration was most noticeable for colon cancer mortality, possibly linked to obesity or dietary factors. Not just dying more, but less healthy along the way. A recent paper by Dr. Laura Gimeno of University College London (of which I am a co-author), found evidence that more recently born cohorts in Great Britain have stagnating or worsening health. A stylized picture of what“generational health drift” might look like: The review paper found: Rates of childhood overweight and obesity were highest among Gen Z. Rates of diabetes in the 40s almost doubled from 3.1% among the Baby Boomers to 5.9% in Generation X. Gen Z reported higher rates of poor mental health in adolescence compared to earlier-born groups. These UK results are consistent with studies showing worsening health across generations in the US as well. A 2021 US study found that more recently born cohorts had worse biological markers (like blood pressure and blood sugar) than earlier generations at the same age. A separate 2022 study of Americans aged 50 and over found that more recently born generations had a higher number of chronic diseases, with younger age of disease onset. A 2024 Lancet paper found that in the US, women born in 1945 had 33% obesity prevalence at age 50, rising to 48.2% for women born in 1970 turning 50. So what’s going on, and can we turn it around? We don’t have a definitive answer for what’s causing the deteriorating health of younger cohorts, but circumstantial evidence points to worsening trends in obesity and diabetes in both the US and UK. Remember that cohort trends reflect lagged effects of early environments, and younger generations have faced both earlier onset and more severe obesity across their lifetimes. Despite these very concerning trends, the future is not set in stone. We’ve reversed poor generational health trends before: drops in smoking are a major reason cancer and heart disease deaths fell so dramatically in recent decades. GLP-1 drugs may finally turn the tide against rising rates of obesity and diabetes, though it is still early days. But things could also get worse…for example from a return to higher levels of childhood infectious diseases that can have a lasting impact on health. See for example: [ ](https://jenndowd.substack.com/p/dont-you-forget-about-measles-the) [ Don’t You Forget About Me(asles): The Virus That Erases Immune Memory ](https://jenndowd.substack.com/p/dont-you-forget-about-measles-the) Jenn Dowd, PhD · March 24, 2025 [ Read full story ](https://jenndowd.substack.com/p/dont-you-forget-about-measles-the) Even as an optimist, emerging data on the “generational health drift” has my full attention. For most of my research career, we took it for granted that each generation would be healthier than the last. But if present trends continue, **50 could be the new 60….**and Gen Z celebrities will soon look older than Paul Rudd :). Stay well, Jenn Share the Health! If you found this post useful, please share it with a friend. Share

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How lip-syncing to AI let Forced Entertainment ‘play the game of theatre’

Today we have a fascinating piece by long-time Forced Entertainment fan Ben Kulvichit, speaking to Tim Etchells about their latest show Cold Sweat, how they are integrating lip-sync and AI voices into their work, the question of ‘authenticity’ on stage, and how lip-sync has even opened the door for them to make “something a little bit like drama”. This piece is a paid partnership with the Southbank Centre, where you can see Cold Sweat next month – we’re very grateful to the Southbank Centre for their ongoing support for Exeunt. Holly Williams ‘It was immediately interesting and uncanny’ **By Ben Kulvichit** “Is the microphone on?” So goes one of the opening lines of Signal to Noise, delivered by a human performer lip-syncing to an AI-generated voice. The voice is American, cheery but sluggish, slowed down into a gelatinous drawl. It repeats ad infinitum in a farce of stuckness; an answer never materialises. I find myself asking the same question as I hop on a Google Meet call with Tim Etchells, the artistic director of Forced Entertainment. We spend five or ten minutes frowning at each other, muting and unmuting, me gesticulating in semaphore into my webcam, checking if I am coming through now, restarting the laptop. To Etchells, I appear exaggeratedly mouthing words, my voice missing. In this gloopy purgatory of broken communication, life imitates art imitates life imitates art. We try a Zoom instead. Forced Entertainment, the pioneering British theatre company who have been at the avant-garde of performance since the 1980s, turned an interesting artistic corner with Signal to Noise, created on the occasion of their 40th anniversary. The whole performance employed this lip-sync technique to AI voices; on the face of it a left-field move from a company whose identity has long been grounded in the earthy, immediate presences of its performers and its unassuming, low-tech approach to theatricality. The technique, however, turned out to provide the company with a “rich new seam” of artistic enquiry, and has now spawned a trilogy of works. The second instalment, Cold Sweat, plays at Sheffield Theatres, Southbank Centre, and Lancaster Arts in October, while the third part, Everything Must Go, has been touring in Europe and is slated to come to the UK in 2027. As is often the case with Forced Entertainment shows, the main conceit for this work didn’t arrive until quite late. They were “four or five weeks into rehearsals for Signal to Noise,” Etchells recalls, and getting nowhere. Away from rehearsals, he had been playing around with feeding “weird texts” to AI voices to see how they would cope with them – “basically for my own amusement” – and was compelled by the uniformly “serviceable, benign, good-natured” tone they would read in, no matter how poetic, fractured or experimental the writing. On a hunch, he brought some examples into rehearsals and the performers gave lip-syncing a go. “It was immediately interesting and uncanny,” he recalls, with the performers having to deal in the moment with the problem of mapping themselves onto another artificial ‘performer,’ which itself was dealing with the problem of a very human text. “Almost all the writing for these projects would be useless to us unless it was done in this way,” says Etchells. “We wouldn’t know what to do with it. It’s too poetic. It’s too fictional. It’s too tangled.” But exploring lip-syncing along to the text has opened “an enormous reservoir of ways of thinking about writing and performing.” Subscribe to Exeunt, and get two in-depth pieces on theatre a week, direct to your inbox Subscribe Forced Entertainment have long been sifting through the detritus of popular culture, from daytime TV to end-of-the-pier vaudeville, magic acts and clown shows, to find frameworks for their own unusual entertainments. Lip-syncing, then, makes sense for them to experiment with. As a mode of performance, it’s wired into popular consciousness through pop stars trying to convince stadium audiences of their liveness, or those same voices as channeled through the made-up lips of contestants on RuPaul’s Drag Race, or movie dialogue spreading virally through the host bodies of TikTok users. For Etchells, lip-syncing is often about “approaching real voices and trying to take on their aura,” subsuming that original human presence into yours. “There’s a very basic, elemental sort of theatre magic to it, produced in this very easy way.” This broad approach resonates with instances of lip-syncing within contemporary performance, too. In works like Re-Member Me and Showmanism, performance artist Dickie Beau acts as a kind of spirit medium for archival recordings (this process of re-membering – as in, giving corporeal form to voices – relies on his masterfully precise actor’s technique), while Frankie Thompson is similarly possessed by a host of characters ranging from a nine-year-old Jacob Rees-Mogg to Cliff Richards, all of whom she finds compellingly nauseating, in the exorcism ritual that is her latest show, Horrible Things. What’s different about Forced Entertainment’s use of lip-syncing is that here, there is no original presence to be channeled. The performers are instead taking on what Etchells describes as “the voices of nobody,” or rather the “phantasmic, aggregated echoes” of the many many voices on whose data the AI has been trained, and which are now conjuring into existence words they never actually said. There is a sort of mournful, empty quality to these voices, having “washed up” far away from the people they originally belonged to, to find themselves in stranger’s mouths listing objects, wondering if anyone can hear them and glitching in interminable loops. There is a cold, sad anonymity to it all. Etchells remarks that occasionally the software company he used has notified him that particular people are withdrawing their voices from the platform, instructing him to cease use of those voices. Using these technologies in performance certainly brings up ethical questions around digital rights, consent, identity and ownership, although in the grand scheme of things, Etchells is fairly blasé about it: of all the purposes someone’s voice might be put to without their knowledge, “an avant-garde performance is probably the least of their worries.” [ ](https://exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/frankie-thompson-horrible-things-essay-mental-health-compulsive-behaviours-pleasance-courtyard-soho-theatre) [ Frankie Thompson: How I manage my own ‘horrible things’ at the Edinburgh Fringe ](https://exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/frankie-thompson-horrible-things-essay-mental-health-compulsive-behaviours-pleasance-courtyard-soho-theatre) Exeunt · Aug 25 [ Read full story ](https://exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/frankie-thompson-horrible-things-essay-mental-health-compulsive-behaviours-pleasance-courtyard-soho-theatre) For the performers, though, lip-syncing to these strange, artificial voices is an odd task, requiring them to bend their live, human presence into the shapes produced by machines. Politically, it mirrors processes that are already at play in the continued computational automation of human life. Etchells brings up James Bridle’s writings on new technologies as a reference point: one example Bridle gives is of “chaotic storage”, a logistics technique employed by Amazon fulfilment centres whereby items are stored not according to traditional methods of categorisation or alphabetisation, but in a way that an algorithm determines to produce the most efficient routes for ‘picking’ based on customer purchase patterns. This appears completely random and incomprehensible to humans, with paddling pools sitting next to USB sticks sitting next to blowtorches, and so for the warehouse workers, the process of picking items becomes completely reliant on technology which tells them where to go. Our world is increasingly being designed not with humans in mind, but rather machines. As Etchells puts it, “technology malforms the space, and then you end up having to live in it.” Initially, Forced Entertainment tried their best to live in the world of machines: “I was in the it’s-got-to-be-perfect school of lip-sync,” says Etchells. But with their aesthetic being so tied to the failing act, the slipping mask, the shoddy costume, “it’s no surprise really that that didn’t last.” Instead, the performers got to enjoy being late for a line, or playing games with each other, “stealing” each other’s voices. Etchells compares it to the principles of ventriloquism, in which a free-floating voice unattached to a body is fundamentally discomforting and “sort of traumatic”. That discomfort is equally as alluring to Forced Entertainment as the satisfaction of precision, the pretence of authenticity only interesting if shown to be a pretence. Lip-sync has also opened up new avenues for the company. Having been allergic all their lives to Plays-with-a-capital-P, with Cold Sweat Forced Entertainment find themselves approaching something a little bit like drama. Rather than the presentational arena of Signal to Noise’s open white stage, Cold Sweat places us more decisively in a “fictional locale”: what appears to be “the aftermath of some disastrous party or backyard drinking binge” where three figures – family members, or neighbours, perhaps – are the last ones standing. “It’s all quite acrimonious and accusatory, everyone’s talking over each other.” For Etchells, this more fictional mode is “a door that we’ve never been able to open. We’ve just never really gone there.” Perhaps it is the technique of lip-syncing, an extra buffer of mediation, that allows them to venture away from the here-and-now without feeling that they have to commit to the “psychological claptrap” that comes along with acting; to be able to “play the game of theatre, without getting one’s hands too dirty.” As I wonder how else the impulses behind Forced Entertainment’s work have changed over time, it occurs to me that over the last ten years of new creations, with the exception of If All Else Fails, the company’s performers haven’t ever spoken on stage: there were two shows without any language at all, Out of Order and Under Bright Light, and then this trilogy of lip-sync works. Etchells agrees it’s a shift away from earlier productions, that were so often about “the actual voices of the performers and their actual presences. We had a lot of money, in some ways, on an authentic approach to what it might mean to speak on the stage.” But this sense of authentic presence itself had a fakeness to it; these days, Etchells can’t stand that mode of being onstage where performers “are here to be cheeky and witty versions of themselves. I don’t want to be charmed.” Pulling back into a more anonymous space has resulted in works that feel slightly sharper-edged, more brutal in a way. “All of these shows are post-Brexit, post-Trump, post-truth, post-everything,” Etchells notes. Speech, charisma, authenticity – these things feel politically loaded, and perhaps warmth and openness just don’t feel like the right tools to reflect the world we’re living in. “It feels like the space is closing down, and we’re trying to deal with the fact that the system, the structure that you’re in, is more oppressive and more powerful. It probably always was, but I think we’re just more tuned to it now.” Yet even without their voices, the performers’ distinctive presences – ones that many audiences have followed around for years, if not decades – still, inevitably, shine through as they physically navigate whatever unending task the system of the piece has set for them. They’re still trying to keep up with the onslaught of text, still running about, changing costumes, moving stuff around. The human is always stuck in the teeth of the machine, jamming the smooth, frictionless cheeriness of the not-real, gesticulating silently, trying desperately to communicate. Cold Sweat is at Sheffield Theatres, 2 to 3 October; Southbank Centre, London, 9 to 10 October; Lancaster Arts, 14 October [ ](https://exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/exeunt-recommends-the-best-autumn-theatre-2026-lives-of-others-standard-of-living-our-friends-in-the-north-lanny-) [ Exeunt recommends... the best autumn theatre ](https://exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/exeunt-recommends-the-best-autumn-theatre-2026-lives-of-others-standard-of-living-our-friends-in-the-north-lanny-) Exeunt · Sep 16 [ Read full story ](https://exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/exeunt-recommends-the-best-autumn-theatre-2026-lives-of-others-standard-of-living-our-friends-in-the-north-lanny-) This piece was paid for by the Southbank Centre. Such support helps Exeunt to keep publishing the most interesting writing, about the most exciting theatre. Interested in partnering with Exeunt? 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Week 5 schedule for Lubbock-area high school football

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Over McClure and into the blues

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Sunda Energy, Meridian Mining, Quantum Helium, Light Science Technologies, Foresight Solar, hVIVO

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EPIC Entertainment Group brings seasonal experiences to life

Halloween and Christmas events cap off the company's milestone year

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Jiang Feng: The Unravelling of German & European Politics

A state election in eastern Germany has become a revealing test of the changing political landscapes of Germany and Europe, writes Jiang Feng, Professor and Chairman of the Council of the Shanghai Academy of Global Governance and Area Studies (SAGGAS) at Shanghai International Studies University. His analysis follows the decisive victory of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) (which has been classified as right-wing extremist by German authorities)in the state of Saxony-Anhalt on 6 September, in which it finished far ahead of its mainstream rivals. Jiang previously served as Minister-Counsellor at the Chinese Embassy in Berlin. The following article was published on 8 September 2026 on huanqiu.com, the online platform of the Global Times. On 6 September, the results of the state election in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, were announced. The Alternative for Germany (AfD), classified as far-right by German authorities, made history by becoming the largest party in the state parliament, winning 43.8 per cent of the vote — twice its share in the previous election. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU), which had governed the state continuously for 24 years, won just 17.2 per cent, its worst result ever in Saxony-Anhalt. On the night the results were announced, the atmosphere at the CDU gathering was unusually calm. There was neither shock nor argument, as if the defeat had long been expected. Several veteran party members who had spent years working in the state government said: “Defeat is not a bad thing. It is time to make changes.” This state election has not only upended Saxony-Anhalt’s political landscape, but also laid bare the deep tensions between Germany’s traditional party structure and model of governance, on the one hand, and an increasingly polarised society on the other. Its repercussions are already being felt at the federal level, making Saxony-Anhalt a useful case study of the broader trend towards political polarisation and realignment in Europe. Governing Difficulties after Electoral Victory The most immediate consequence of the election is a historic setback for the mainstream party order that took shape in post-war Germany. In Saxony-Anhalt, the AfD has leapt from a peripheral party to the largest political force in the state. Its electoral base has expanded beyond the traditional category of “marginal protest voters” to take on the characteristics of a cross-class coalition. The party has not only consolidated its support in rural areas, but also attracted many middle-class voters and even members of the social elite with stable jobs, their own homes, and substantial incomes. It has thus evolved from a “protest party” into one with the potential to govern. Despite its commanding lead in the vote, however, the AfD faces an institutional obstacle to governing the state: the mainstream parties’ long-standing “firewall” against it. Neither of the two potential routes to forming a government appears likely to break the current political deadlock. The first would be a coalition of establishment parties, led by the CDU and bringing together the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Greens, the Left Party (Die Linke) and the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) in a cross-camp government. In terms of parliamentary arithmetic, such a coalition could prevent the AfD from forming a government and preserve the outward stability of the traditional political order. Yet these parties are fundamentally divided over key issues including immigration, the energy transition, economic management, and cultural and education policy. Coalition negotiations would therefore be extremely difficult, and even if a government could be formed, it would most likely prove short-lived. More importantly, an alliance of establishment parties aimed at keeping the largest party out of government would play directly into the AfD’s narrative that “political elites are suppressing public opinion”. It could deepen perceptions of political unfairness, further strengthening the AfD’s political capital, and creating a dynamic in which “the more it is suppressed, the more people vote for it”. Ulrich Siegmund, the AfD’s candidate for state premier, has said that if efforts to form a government fail because other parties refuse to cooperate, the AfD will push for a fresh election, which he believes could deliver the party an absolute majority of seats. This points to more intense political battles ahead. The second option would be a coalition between the AfD and the BSW. Together, the two parties would command a simple majority in parliament, making this, on paper, the quickest route to forming a government. The BSW is the only elected party that has not ruled out cooperation with the AfD, and the two parties share some common ground, including on policy towards Russia. There is therefore a degree of political basis for cooperation. Were such a coalition to materialise, Germany would see its first state government jointly formed by a party defined as far-right and one with a far-left background, creating what might be called a “bipolar anti-establishment alliance”. Such an outcome would fundamentally break with the ideological boundaries of post-war German party politics. It is worth noting that even if the AfD ultimately fails to enter the state government, its roughly 47 per cent share of parliamentary seats would give it a powerful blocking minority. Without its consent, major decisions requiring a two-thirds majority — including constitutional amendments, significant budgetary adjustments, and state-level institutional reforms — would be extremely difficult to pass. Therefore, whoever ultimately forms the government, the AfD will be an unavoidable force in Saxony-Anhalt politics, with a direct influence on the state’s legislative process. Systemic Failures in Germany’s Governance Model The Saxony-Anhalt election result reflects a systemic failure of Germany’s post-war mainstream-party model of governance to adapt to rapidly changing socioeconomic conditions. It stems from multiple, mutually reinforcing structural tensions and highlights the existing political system’s difficulty in adapting to “an increasingly polarised society First, collective anxiety has replaced individual material hardship as a central driver of political mobilisation. The rise of the AfD can no longer be explained simply by poverty or social marginalisation. Its increasingly cross-class electoral base suggests that what is driving voters towards the party is, above all, concern about the broader direction of society. This anxiety about the future of the political community goes beyond individual gains and losses. In political discourse, economic anxiety has become closely intertwined with immigration, while immigration and refugee issues are, in essence, questions of social fairness. This perception turns conflicts over the distribution of social resources into negative assessments of governing parties, providing a broad social basis for far-right political narratives. Second, regional disparities and East German identity have undermined the strategy of addressing eastern Germany’s structural challenges at the regional level. More than three decades after German reunification, eastern states such as Saxony-Anhalt have experienced periods of economic growth, but their underlying economic structures remain weak, and household incomes and wealth remain significantly below those in western Germany. At the same time, they continue to face population outflow, an ageing population, labour shortages, and other structural challenges. At a deeper level, historical experiences — including the collapse of the former East German economic system, mass unemployment during the transition, and the westward shift of decision-making power over major issues — have left some residents with a sense of being “second-class citizens” and of being excluded. For years, the German government treated the “syndrome” of reunification as a regional problem to be gradually addressed at the local level. That approach is becoming increasingly unsustainable, as regional development disparities emerge as a core structural factor shaping national politics. Third, the erosion of institutional trust is perhaps the most decisive factor. AfD supporters tend to distrust establishment institutions, including parliament, government, and the mainstream media. Their concerns about economic security, pensions, and social fairness are significantly greater than the social average. Increasingly, their support for the AfD reflects not an expectation that the existing system can be improved, but a search for an alternative to the current political order. Such a systemic deficit of trust will be extremely difficult for the traditional parties to repair in the short term. Fourth, a generational shift in political mobilisation has amplified political polarisation. Unlike traditional parties, which rely heavily on offline rallies and mainstream media coverage, the AfD has developed a social-media mobilisation strategy built around “raising an issue — identifying who is responsible — offering a simplified solution — building a shared identity”. It turns complex social tensions into concise political narratives, rapidly channelling public sentiment into political support. The contrast on the eve of the election was particularly telling. The establishment parties, together with trade unions and churches, organised an offline march attended by more than 10,000 people, but its reach was largely confined to those present and to traditional media coverage. The AfD held a much smaller indoor event, yet livestreaming on TikTok, YouTube, and other platforms, combined with the involvement of online influencers, gave it a reach and mobilising capacity far beyond that of the march. The contrast illustrates how the traditional parties’ methods of political mobilisation are increasingly struggling to keep pace with a political environment transformed by changes in media technology. A Microcosm of Structural Political Change in Europe The shockwaves from the Saxony-Anhalt election quickly travelled beyond the state to the federal level. Calls for political accountability followed immediately after the results were announced. The governing CDU and SPD are now under enormous pressure, while Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil face an unprecedented test. Political polarisation in Germany is no longer simply a regional phenomenon. The post-war model of multiparty government by establishment parties is breaking down and being reshaped. Viewed in a broader European context, the Saxony-Anhalt election is part of a continent-wide wave of party polarisation, mainstream-party decline, and rising right-wing forces. Far from an isolated phenomenon, it is a microcosm of the structural political changes unfolding across Europe. Weak economic growth, cultural tensions over immigration, and declining trust in institutions are fuelling the rise of right-wing forces in several countries, challenging the liberal internationalist order established in post-war Europe. As a core member state of the European Union, Germany’s ability to adapt its political system and the direction of its politics will have profound implications for both European integration and the evolution of the international order. Subscribe [ Pekingnology China’s Germany watchers take stock of Berlin’s uneasy turn On 7 December 2025, nearly 50 Chinese scholars and policy researchers gathered in Beijing for the 2025年德国形势年终研讨会 “2025 Year-End Seminar on the Situation in Germany… Read more 9 months ago · 31 likes · 1 comment · YIRUI LI and Yuxuan JIA ](https://www.pekingnology.com/p/chinas-germany-watchers-take-stock?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web&embedding_publication_id=1151841) [ Jiang Feng on Germany's 2025 and beyond: no easy exit ](https://www.eastisread.com/p/jiang-feng-on-germanys-2025-and-beyond) Yirui LI and Yuxuan JIA · Jan 24 The following is an op-ed by Jiang Feng, published on 29 December 2025 at Shanghai Observer 上观新闻, the digital platform of Jiefang Daily, the official newspaper of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC). [ Read full story ](https://www.eastisread.com/p/jiang-feng-on-germanys-2025-and-beyond)

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Redesigning healthcare for healthier women and families

Progress on many critical value-based care outcomes has stalled, with women's health most notable as an example of the gap between spending and outcomes.

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Sep 22 • 3:00 AM EDT • Health • weforum.org
What Aon-USI and Baldwin reveal about broker valuations

Broker M&A is producing huge valuations, but who actually commands them?

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Sep 22 • 2:27 AM EDT • Business • insurancebusinessmag.com
Goldman says AI agents face a crucial test: making money

AI agents are Silicon Valley's latest obsession, and Goldman Sachs says ads and subscriptions could become their biggest business model.

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Sep 22 • 2:20 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
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Giants, Saints Get Intriguing Trade Idea After Jaxson Dart Injury

The New Orleans Saints might have a valuable backup QB that teams with injured starters could call on, despite being only two weeks into the 2026 NFL season. New Orleans has its franchise guy in Tyler Shough, but its backup QB, Spencer Rattler, could be a trade piece. On Sept. 21, the New York Giants […] The post Giants, Saints Get Intriguing Trade Idea After Jaxson Dart Injury appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 22 • 1:53 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
How Avalanche’s Ilya Nabokov Has Looked Through Two Preseason Games

Ilya Nabokov’s performance on Monday wasn’t quite as strong as the one he had at Ball Arena the previous night. […]

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Sep 22 • 1:08 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Coachella expands business, entrepreneur resource center

COACHELLA, Calif. (KESQ) - The Greater Coachella Valley Chamber of Commerce and the city of Coachella will expand services at the Coachella Community Business and Resource Center, giving local businesses and entrepreneurs greater access to training, workspace and other resources, it was announced today. "This partnership gives us the opportunity to take what we

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Sep 22 • 1:08 AM EDT • Business • kesq.com
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San Antonio Spurs Get Significant Kyrie Irving Trade Update

Rival teams expect the Mavericks to trade Kyrie Irving, giving the San Antonio Spurs a potential deal for De'Aaron Fox. The post San Antonio Spurs Get Significant Kyrie Irving Trade Update appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 22 • 12:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Heritage Festival scheduled for this weekend

The sound of live music and the smell of caramel corn will fill the air at a celebration two and a half centuries in the making.

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Sep 22 • 12:30 AM EDT • Entertainment • winchesternewsgazette.com