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These Raiders Are Trending Down In First Week Of Camp

The Las Vegas Raiders have several players struggling early in camp, and two are important offensive linemen.

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Aug 5 • 9:39 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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GOP senator obtains a copy of Fauci’s phone as contempt vote looms

Sen. Ron Johnson (Wisconsin) said the phone could address many questions that Fauci declined to answer at a hearing about the pandemic last week.

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Aug 5 • 9:26 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Bears’ Left Tackle Battle Is All but Settled

Braxton Jones lined up with the first team offense at left tackle for a third straight practice on Monday, and the writing is on the wall for the Chicago Bears starting job at the position. The post Bears’ Left Tackle Battle Is All but Settled appeared first on HEAVY.

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Aug 5 • 9:23 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Trump-backed Republican loses to little-known rival who had suspended his bid

Without running a single ad or filing a campaign finance report, Tom Smith, who had suspended his bid, soundly defeated Amir Hassan, a Navy veteran backed by President Trump.

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Aug 5 • 9:19 PM EDT • Politics • seattletimes.com
Tax money would make Mamdani's food discounts 'viable'

The city is looking to contract with a private operator willing to run multiple stores.

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Aug 5 • 8:42 PM EDT • Politics • ny1.com
49ers already dealing with staggering injury totals during training camp

49ers defensive lineman Sam Okuayinonu went down with an injury during training camp on Wednesday, continuing a brutal summer in San Fran.

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Aug 5 • 8:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Penn Medicine named Alvernia University's official sports medicine provider

Care provided at the Penn Medicine - Alvernia Medical and Counseling Center will expand to include specialized sports medicine expertise.

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Nearly half of dementia cases may be linked to risks you can change

A long-term brain study found that common risks such as smoking, high blood pressure, heart disease, and high blood lipids were strongly linked to damage associated with vascular dementia. The findings suggest that healthier lifestyle choices could help delay dementia by reducing several harmful brain changes at once.

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World’s most-used weedkiller disrupts honeybee brains

Glyphosate was long thought to be safe for honeybees because they lack the enzyme the chemical targets in weeds. However, researchers found that exposed bees foraged 13 percent less after only three days and showed changes in brain chemicals linked to behavior. Across a whole hive, that decline could reduce honey production, weaken pollination, and threaten long-term survival.

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How much and why premiums are going up for small businesses in 2027 - Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker

Each year, health insurers submit rate filings to state regulators outlining their expectations for the coming year and proposing premium changes for Affordable Care Act (ACA)-compliant plans. This analysis examines filings in the small group market, which covers plans offered to small businesses (generally with 50 or fewer full-time equivalent employees). Some of this coverage is […]

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Aug 5 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • healthsystemtracker.org
Viewpoint: Europe needs a new scientific contract

The White House's new science strategy should be required reading in the Berlaymont and every European capital.Not because Europe should copy it. Parts of it should concern Europeans deeply. But because it asks the question Europe has so far avoided while steadily losing ground in the global race for technological leadership.Europe already possesses many of the world's finest universities, scientists and research-intensive companies. It produces world-leading research in fields ranging from quantum technologies and biotechnology to climate science. Yet time and again Europe generates the scientific breakthroughs while others build the companies, industries and strategic advantages around them, particularly in digital technologies. Increasingly, we find ourselves regulating technologies whose underlying capabilities were developed elsewhere.This is not primarily a scientific failure. It is an institutional one.The settlement that shaped modern science policy emerged after the Second World War. In Science, the Endless Frontier, Vannevar Bush argued that governments should invest in fundamental research while protecting scientists from political direction. Public investment was justified precisely because no government, university or company could predict where the next transformative discovery would emerge.That scientific contract served liberal democracies extraordinarily well. It underpinned decades of advances in medicine, computing, energy and communications, but the world for which it was designed no longer exists.Artificial intelligence is transforming not only technology but the production of knowledge itself. Advanced chips, computing power, data and scientific instruments have become strategic assets. Scientific knowledge now diffuses globally almost instantly. Competitive advantage increasingly lies not in making discoveries first, but in possessing the infrastructure, capital, engineering capability and institutions required to translate those ideas into products, industries and strategic advantage.The old boundaries between science, industrial policy, national security and geopolitics have largely disappeared. Dual-use technologies now underpin both economic power and military deterrence.The US has recognised this shift. In July, the White House published Science: A New Golden Age, a comprehensive attempt to rethink the relationship between science and national power. The report builds on Bush's legacy, but departs from his framework in important ways. Science is no longer treated simply as the source of future discoveries. It is presented as the foundation of economic resilience, technological leadership and national security. AI, advanced infrastructure and the capacity to build become as important as discovery itself.Yet the report also reveals a striking paradox. The same administration calling for “a new golden age” of US science has simultaneously proposed deep cuts to the federal research enterprise while expanding political influence over the allocation of public research funding. Europe should therefore distinguish between the report's diagnosis and its prescription. The diagnosis, that science has become a strategic asset, is compelling. But the prescription is self-defeating. Long-term technological leadership depends on strong universities, academic freedom and the institutional autonomy that makes scientific discovery possible. This distinction matters. Bush's achievement was never simply to make science serve national strength. It was to establish a division of labour in which governments invested in research without attempting to direct discovery itself. Scientific breakthroughs emerge precisely because researchers retain the freedom to pursue questions whose value cannot yet be demonstrated and whose conclusions cannot be anticipated.Neither China, nor the USAs science becomes more strategically important, the temptation to politicise it inevitably grows. But scientific freedom is not an obstacle to technological leadership, it is an essential precondition.China represents the opposite model. For decades it has integrated science, manufacturing, infrastructure and industrial policy into a single national strategy. Its ability to mobilise resources around critical technologies is formidable. But it does so within an authoritarian system where scientific priorities are increasingly inseparable from political power.Europe should imitate neither model. It should learn from the strategic ambition of the US without importing its growing politicisation of science. And it should learn from China's capacity to build without adopting its concentration of power.Instead, Europe needs a scientific contract of its own. Bush's scientific contract protected the freedom to discover because the defining challenge of the 20th century was producing new knowledge. Europe's next scientific contract must preserve that freedom while ensuring that scientific discoveries can be converted into technological, industrial and strategic capability. Because in a transactional world, Europe's freedom to shape its own future depends on its capacity to build it.Related articlesThe US ‘golden age’ science strategy: what Europeans need to knowEuropean researchers sound the alarm that Trump rule changes will hit cooperationNIH turmoil risks reciprocal EU-US access to health research fundingThis does not mean subordinating free science to competitiveness or industrial policy. On the contrary. Scientific autonomy remains the first principle of Europe's next scientific contract. Governments should not direct scientific discovery. Their responsibility is to ensure that Europe's scientific, industrial, financial and regulatory institutions work together rather than in isolation.Meeting that responsibility requires far more than research funding. European researchers need access to world-class computing infrastructure, advanced laboratories, shared datasets and scientific facilities. Innovative companies need patient capital, testing environments and a genuine single market in which they can scale without facing 27 different regulatory regimes. Public procurement must evolve from purchasing existing technologies to creating markets for new ones. Regulators must become partners in experimentation rather than guardians of yesterday's rules.A connecting architectureEurope does not need to invent the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) model from scratch. Britain's Aria, Germany's Sprind and Wellcome Leap already show that Europe can build institutions capable of taking high-risk, mission-oriented bets while preserving democratic accountability. The challenge now is not to create more isolated initiatives, but to connect them to Europe's broader scientific, industrial and financial system so that breakthrough discoveries can scale.Above all, Europe must stop treating research, innovation, industrial policy, finance and security as separate policy domains. The challenge is no longer to create excellent institutions in each of these fields, but to make them work as one European innovation system. Europe's strength will increasingly depend not on excellence within institutions, but on excellence across them.Europe's ambition should be neither to imitate the US nor to emulate China. It should demonstrate that scientific freedom, democratic legitimacy and technological capability are not competing objectives, but mutually reinforcing strengths. In an age of geopolitical rivalry, Europe's greatest advantage may ultimately be its ability to attract the world's best talent by combining scientific freedom, democratic openness and technological ambition.Bush's scientific contract helped define the 20th century because it protected the freedom to discover. Europe's challenge is not to abandon that achievement but to extend it. The defining task of Europe's next scientific contract is to preserve the freedom to discover while building Europe's capacity to translate scientific discovery into technological power.Kaare Nielsen is founder of Pomus, a Danish think tank on science and innovation.

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Aug 5 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencebusiness.net
Science|Business summer reads of 2026

As most people in the European research and innovation policy bubble are going on a well-deserved summer break, we have come up with a list of our favourite books, podcasts and essays from the past year that ask deeper questions about science, technology and politics.BooksPasteur’s Quadrant: Basic Science and Technological Innovation, by Donald StokesIf you haven’t read Pasteur’s Quadrant yet, now is the time. In the EU and elsewhere, we’re living through a period of dwindling faith that curiosity-driven research automatically leads to economic growth and technological progress. Pasteur’s Quadrant, published in 1997 by the Princeton academic Donald Stokes, is the most influential critique of the standard “linear model” of R&D: the idea that new discoveries made in ivory-tower labs get neatly passed on for commercialisation by start-ups. In reality, Stokes argues, practical applications often inspire more theorical lines of inquiry. Of course, we have long known that things are more complex than the linear model, but even today, it’s still often assumed in Brussels discourse. The book is a useful corrective, and is being used now to argue for new types of scientific institutions. David MatthewsThe Weaponization of Expertise: How Elites Fuel Populism, by Jacob Hale Russel and Dennis PattersonAre society’s problems solvable by technical expertise alone? “If only the benighted would listen,” say Jacob Hale Russel and Dennis Patterson, two professors at Rutgers Law School who got frustrated with how scientists and politicians handled public health communication during the Covid-19 pandemic. In the book, they argue that clichéd mantras about scientific evidence and expertise perpetrated by academics, journalists and politicians have harmed public trust in the very institutions they were trying to defend. Paradoxically, slogans such as “we believe in science,” “follow the science” and “defer to the experts” can fuel mistrust in science, experts and democratic institutions. The authors criticise “condescension” and “technocratic paternalism” in the public discourse and make the case for a more nuanced approach to scientific and expert policy advice that rests on humility, doubt, scepticism and open dialogue. “Most complex social questions in fact revolve around values, not the recitation of unambiguous facts,” they say. Florin ZubascuBreakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future, by Dan WangIn this book, Dan Wang compares the structural differences between the US and Chinese industrial policies, but raises a very timely question for innovation policy wonks: how can advanced manufacturing know-how contribute to technology-intensive economic growth? Wang says technology has three components: the tools, the blueprints and patents, and the process knowledge. The third component represents the “proficiency gained from practical experience, which isn’t easily communicated and requires years of implementation.” According to Wang, rather than seeing tools and blueprints as the ultimate ends of technological progress, policymakers should see them as milestones in the training of better scientists and manufacturers. Over the past decades, China has amassed “process knowledge” because capital flowed to complex fabrication facilities, while investors in the West have parked their money in capital-light businesses such as digital platforms or chip companies that focus on design. As it turns out, thanks to its oversized focus on manufacturing, China has gained remarkable advantages in the global technology race. Florin ZubascuBaltic: The Future of Europe, by Oliver MoodyWhat can Europe learn from the nine countries surrounding the Baltic Sea? Alongside the familiar stories about Estonia's digital transformation, the book examines how the region has used technology, resilience, education, governance and long-term thinking to respond to geopolitical, economic and security challenges. Innovation policy wonks might find fresh perspectives on how innovation can strengthen defence, societal resilience and Europe's capacity to adapt in an uncertain world. Whether or not you agree with all of Oliver Moody's conclusions, the book is a useful guide to a region that is increasingly shaping European debates on security, competitiveness and technology. Goda NaujokaityteThe Invention of Nature, by Andrea Wulf This book chronicles the wild and adventurous life of natural science pioneer Alexander von Humboldt who at some point in the 19th century seems to have been just about the most famous person in the world. Through scientific expeditions to the Andes Mountains and to the depths of Siberia, von Humboldt contributed a host of discoveries and concepts. During his life he met and formed relationships with historical figures as different as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Simon Bolivar, Thomas Jefferson, Napoleon Bonaparte and Charles Darwin. He is also claimed to be the person in the world with most things named after him, a list that includes an ocean current, a penguin and a region of the Moon. Still venerated in Germany, with numerous scientific institutions named after him, von Humboldt has slipped out of public consciousness in most of the rest of the world. For anyone not familiar with him, this book does a good job of describing his fascinating life. Ole EllekrogCareless People, by Sarah Wynn-WilliamsYou may have heard this referred to as the book Meta doesn’t want you to read. The 2025 memoir from Sarah Wynn-Williams, former director of global public policy at Meta, then just called Facebook, includes explosive claims about everything from a toxic workplace culture to how the company worked with advertisers to target vulnerable teens, and the lengths it was prepared to go to in order to break into China. It’s a fascinating insight into how and why the tech company gradually shifted its approach to policy, whether in the US, Europe or Asia. Meta has denied the allegations in the book, and last year won an emergency ruling to prevent Wynn-Williams from promoting it. In response, the author is now suing her former employer. If that doesn’t make you want to read it. Martin GreenacrePodcastsThe Europeans: Europe’s anti-ElonThis podcast is a great choice for a light-hearted dose of European policy and culture news. Most of it has little to do with research, innovation and technology, but this particular podcast features an interview with Mastadon’s founder Eugen Rochko. He talks about his experience running an open-source, federated, European-made social media platform, and leaving it all behind. The conversation, which starts 14 minutes in, gently encourages us to reflect on what kind of technology we, as Europeans, want to make. Goda NaujokaityteSolarpunk and how we escape dystopiaNew technologies are very often taken from science fiction. Alberto Santos-Dumont, inventor the airship, was inspired as a child by the adventure stories of Jules Verne. OpenAI’s attempt to build a personal assistant with the voice of Scarlett Johansson was lifted from the 2013 film Her, completely ignoring the movie’s cautionary message. So if we want better tech, we need to imagine it first. Unfortunately, the state of current sci-fi is relentlessly dystopian, giving inventors precious few ideas or hope. However, a new genre, Solarpunk, which envisages a technologically advanced but ecologically harmonious future, is now taking off. The actual tech the genre imagines, such as permaculture, renewable energy or community repair workshops, while nice, isn’t all that inspiring or ambitious. But it’s a first step towards rescuing sci-fi from its pessimistic Blade Runner rut. David MatthewsEveryday AbundanceLaunched in June, Everyday Abundance is a podcast that tells the stories of the inventions we now take so for granted that we barely given them a second thought. For example, the washing machine, which liberated women from a lifetime “bent over washtubs and washboards.” Or modern dentistry, which ended the reality that “tooth pain was simply part of human life.” Historians of technology, Virginia Postrel and Charles C Mann are very much on the optimistic end of the spectrum when it comes to the capacity of invention to improve human life. Here, they set out their case: if it wasn’t for progress, you might be hunched over a washtub with toothache rather than reading these words. David Matthews‘We will not know what we lost’: Conservation fallout a year after USAID shutdownSince his return to the White House, Donald Trump has been on a mission to undermine science. He slashed jobs at federal agencies, terminated grants in some research areas, took unprecedented control over university affairs and, within hours of his inauguration, suspended the US Agency for International Development. While its initial focus was to administer health and food aid around the world, it had since expanded to conservation projects. The result? Some of these projects were stopped abruptly. In this Mongabay podcast, environmental reporter Michelle Nijhuis tells the story of the EcoGuard conservation programme in Liberia, whose local patrols had helped protect rainforests, monitor endangered wildlife and track illegal threats. From one day to the next, these were left without salaries. Luckily, she notes, the initiative was able to get emergency funding from international NGOs, but its future remains “incredibly uncertain.” Juliette PortalaEssaysThe Mars Delusion, by Henry WismayerWhy is humankind so fixated on establishing a colony on Mars? asks London-based writer Henry Wismayer. From space evangelists promoting Martian settlement as an insurance policy, to billionaire Jeff Bezos, who said humans should settle on Mars “because it’s cool,” the mission is not running short of advocates. However, in this essay, Wismayer reminds us that some critics expect any future Mars pioneer to end up “irradiated, sick, mad and dead.” Scientists have already looked into the possible effects of prolonged exposure to Martian gravity, and it’s not pretty: muscle shrinking, bones weakening, changes to the central nervous system and other biological modifications to make us all reconsider the journey. “Some researchers have forecast that the future settler, after generations of evolutionary conditioning, will look less like an Übermensch and more like ET,” Wismayer writes. Juliette Portala

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Aug 5 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencebusiness.net
Honouring Guatemala’s Indigenous midwives and making space for Indigenous health systems

Guatemala’s Indigenous midwives won recognition of their work before the Constitutional Court. Seven years on, UN Human Rights has documented that the ruling still has not reached the health services where they work every day. This year’s International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is dedicated to them.

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Aug 5 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • ohchr.org
City warns retailers to stop selling illegal e-bikes

The mayor put companies on notice Wednesday, sending cease-and-desist letters to over 40 online retailers.

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Aug 5 • 7:20 PM EDT • Politics • ny1.com
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SEC in support of Protect College Sports Act after negotiations with lawmakers

A vote on a federal law to set guidelines for college athletes’ Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) could come as soon as this week.

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Dundalk businesses feeling impacts of back-to-back water main breaks
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Aug 5 • 6:53 PM EDT • Business • cbsnews.com
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Halo Studios is the latest Xbox Games Studio to be hit by layoffs just days after Campaign Evolved launch, as reports reveal "troubled" development

A number of developers previously employed at Halo Studios have posted on LinkedIn confirming layoffs at the studio.

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Aug 5 • 6:49 PM EDT • Technology • windowscentral.com
Nationals outlast Phillies after Painter exits post-deadline start early

Andrew Painter, who looked strong, exited early with left hamstring tightness as the Phillies’ post-deadline rotation picture grew more uncertain.

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Aug 5 • 6:45 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
New Glenn explosion linked to rocket engine valve

Blue Origin has traced the explosion of its New Glenn rocket during a static-fire test in May to a valve in the rocket’s BE-4 engine.

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Aug 5 • 6:30 PM EDT • Technology • spacenews.com
Dozens of new cyclosporiasis cases in Virginia and North Carolina; health officials warn about the risks
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Aug 5 • 6:20 PM EDT • Health • 13newsnow.com
Why fantasy managers should be excited about Luther Burden’s ceiling
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Aug 5 • 6:06 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
GOP lawmakers keep trying to defang voters in their own states

The big headline out of Tuesday’s primaries was the slim victory of former public health official Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary — proof that progressives are ascendant in the party, even in a key swing state.

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Aug 5 • 6:01 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
ENTERTAINMENT: ‘Angels in America’ and ‘Lungs’ on area stages

Dive into Little Rock's vibrant arts scene with powerful theater performances and captivating exhibitions.

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Aug 5 • 5:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • arkansasonline.com
Scandal Leaves North Carolina G.O.P. With No Candidate and Little Time

Representative Chuck Edwards’s decision to drop his re-election bid amid sexual harassment charges came as a Democratic farmer, Jamie Ager, was already making inroads.

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Aug 5 • 5:26 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Lindsay Clancy murder trial puts postpartum mental health in the spotlight
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Aug 5 • 5:20 PM EDT • Health • cbsnews.com
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HHS shutting down Kentucky organ procurement group over safety concerns

The federal government is moving to shut down the organization that manages organ donations in the Kentucky region, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. announced Wednesday, calling the organization a “bad apple.”

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Aug 5 • 5:18 PM EDT • Health • cnn.com
Brewers' Jake Bauers: Not in Wednesday's lineup

Brewers' Jake Bauers: Not in Wednesday's lineup

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Aug 5 • 5:18 PM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
CME venture with FanDuel falters as prediction startups race ahead

CME Group Inc. and FanDuel are scaling back a joint effort to take on prediction market startups after failing to gain traction.

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Aug 5 • 5:11 PM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com
House Ethics Committee has investigated nine Congressmembers so far this year

North Carolina Republican Cpngressman Chuck Edwards ended his reelection campaign on Wednesday

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Aug 5 • 4:59 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Trump files emergency motion to block BBC from getting financial details about business empire

President Trump’s attorney filed a Wednesday emergency motion seeking to block the BBC from obtaining financial records linked to his trust. The British broadcaster received approval from a judge …

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Aug 5 • 4:57 PM EDT • Business • thehill.com
Inside the Oval Office showdown between Trump and Jeanine Pirro

The showdown shows anyone who is willing to contradict a theory trumpeted by the president is in trouble, even if the dissenter happens to be among his closest family friends.

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Aug 5 • 4:48 PM EDT • Politics • seattletimes.com
Upper Arlington bakery creates cookies to support Ohio business sued by Buc-ee’s

UPPER ARLINGTON, Ohio (WCMH) — An Upper Arlington bakery is creating a special cookie to help raise funds for an Ohio corner store that is being sued by Buc-ee’s. The Original Goodie Sh…

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Aug 5 • 4:42 PM EDT • Business • nbc4i.com
Cycling organization rolls out national Bicycle Benefits program

A national program to encourage bicycling while supporting small businesses has launched in Sioux Falls.

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Aug 5 • 4:40 PM EDT • Business • siouxfalls.business
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Cyclosporiasis Map 2026, Foods to Avoid as Outbreak Spreads to 47 States

A massive outbreak of the “explosive diarrhea parasite” cyclospora has been linked to shredded lettuce. Where are cases rising, and what are the other possible sources?

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Aug 5 • 4:39 PM EDT • Health • today.com
Clopidogrel monotherapy bests aspirin when patients with diabetes undergo PCI

After an initial period of DAPT, what's the best next step? A new analysis reviewed data from the SMART-CHOICE 3 clinical trial.

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Aug 5 • 4:39 PM EDT • Business • cardiovascularbusiness.com
T-Mobile Launches New Student Discounts for Wireless Plans That Include Netflix, Apple TV, and Hulu

T-Mobile has announced three new wireless plans for students that are particularly good deals for the streaming-inclined.

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Aug 5 • 4:32 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Federal regulators invite industry, researchers, and lobbyists to closed-door meetings on clinical AI

Federal health officials invited tech companies and lobbyists to closed-door meetings as they seek to boost adoption of clinical AI.

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Aug 5 • 4:05 PM EDT • Health • statnews.com
Etsy laying off 12% of staff in bid to streamline business, position for growth

Etsy announced the layoffs along with second-quarter earnings.

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Study finds three midlife health factors that could delay dementia for 13 years

Research suggests addressing risk factors for poor cardiovascular health between the ages of 45 and 65 could help reduce risk of cognitive decline

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Aug 5 • 4:00 PM EDT • Health • theguardian.com
Dr. Erica Schwartz confirmed as CDC director, filling a leadership vacuum

Schwartz takes command of a public health agency that has lost thousands of employees, amid layoffs, resignations and leadership turmoil.

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Aug 5 • 4:00 PM EDT • Health • npr.org
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Senate confirms Dr. Erica Schwartz as CDC director, bringing new leadership to troubled agency

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Dr. Erica Schwartz as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, placing her in charge of a public health agency beleaguered by political meddling and low morale.

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Aug 5 • 3:51 PM EDT • Health • pbs.org
Senate confirms Dr. Erica Schwartz as CDC director, bringing new leadership to troubled agency

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Dr. Erica Schwartz as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, placing her in charge of a public health agency beleaguered by political meddling and low morale.

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New Golisano Children’s Mobile Health Clinic to Serve Communities Throughout Rochester

University of Rochester Medicine Golisano Children's launched its Pediatric Mobile Clinic Initiative with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by community leaders, healthcare providers, donors, and Rochester leaders.

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Aug 5 • 3:40 PM EDT • Health • urmc.rochester.edu
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Epic Discounts | Must‑have home, entertainment and tech finds

This week’s Epic Discounts features products for quick cleanups and better indoor air quality, almost endless TV programming and inspiring tech. They’re available at awesome prices, so now is the perfect time to simplify your life and leisure time with these must-have deals.

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Aug 5 • 3:18 PM EDT • Entertainment • wwlp.com
SSM Health appealing certification of union vote at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison

National Labor Relations Board staff certified the union election late last month after nurses voted 511-63 to unionize with the Service Employees International Union of Wisconsin.

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Aug 5 • 3:17 PM EDT • Health • wpr.org
Google Contacts reveals what colors Pixel 11 HiLight will support

Ahead of the Pixel 11 launch, Google Contacts for Android has gained strings detailing upcoming support for HiLight.

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Aug 5 • 3:01 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Woodfin Business Association seeks to improve the town’s visibility

A new online directory aims to increase visibility for the Town of Woodfin, making it easier for residents and visitors to navigate the communities’ offerings.

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Aug 5 • 3:00 PM EDT • Business • mountainx.com
Halo remake isn't doing so hot on PS5 compared to Black Ops ports

Two old Call of Duty games are outselling the new Halo remake at more than 30:1.

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Aug 5 • 2:53 PM EDT • Technology • polygon.com
Sanofi suspends chronic lung disease phase 2 study, tied to ‘strategic business reasons’

Sanofi halted a phase 2 trial testing a monoclonal antibody, SAR445399, in non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis, Fierce Biotech has learned. The trial, which began only back in April, was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to measure the reduction in mucus plug score following treatment with SAR445399 compared with placebo in adults aged 18 to 80 years with NCFB, a chronic lung disease. The trial was officially reported as halted on July 29, the day before Sanofi’s second-quarter earnings call. The decision to pause the trial was made “as part of a company-wide portfolio review for strategic business reasons,” and not due to safety concerns, a Sanofi spokesperson told Fierce. The move to pause the NCFB trial comes during a trying time for Sanofi following a year filled with a series of trial fails. In February, the French pharma ousted CEO Paul Hudson and appointed Merck KGaA leader Belén Garijo, M.D., Ph.D., to steer the ship. Since then, Garijo has been doing a deep dive on correcting the company’s strewn R&D and clinical strategies. On July 24, Sanofi scrapped amlitelimab for atopic dermatitis, despite its lore as being a potential $5 billion blockbuster. During its second-quarter report, the company abandoned two more assets, balinatunfib and itepekimab, following failed trial results in psoriasis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, respectively. SAR445399, only first revealed by Sanofi in 2023, is an anti-interleukin-1 receptor 3 monoclonal antibody developed to block the interleukin 1, 33, and 36 cytokine pathways. These pathways can be important in chronic immune-related dermatologic diseases, such as atopic dermatitis and hidradenitis suppurativa, as well as respiratory conditions, such as NCFB. Related Sanofi’s new CEO ‘looking deeply’ at late-stage pipeline as clinical clearout continues NCFB affects roughly half a million people in the U.S., with a global incidence of greater than one million cases. In August 2025, Insmed received FDA approval for Brinsupri, a DPP1 inhibitor targeting neutrophil activation, for treatment of NCFB in adults and kids ages 12 and older. The British biotech Infex Therapeutics showed promising NCFB phase 2a data using their monoclonal antibody, INFEX702, which acts by disabling Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacteria known to be a major pathogen of NCFB. Sanofi is currently running a separate phase 2 study testing SAR445399 as a potential treatment for the inflammatory skin condition hidradenitis suppurativa.

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Aug 5 • 2:50 PM EDT • Business • fiercebiotech.com
Fantasy Baseball Prospects Report: The 12 best prospects who were dealt at the trade deadline

Zyhir Hope among top Fantasy baseball prospects moved at the trade deadline

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Aug 5 • 2:03 PM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
Hallmark Media, NFL, Skydance Sports and the Chicago Bears announce the starting lineup for Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story

With production wrapping last month in the Chicago area, the starting lineup for Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story has been named. The film will feature cameo appearances from head coach Ben Johnson, tight end Colston Loveland, tight end Cole Kmet, al

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Swallowing faecal capsules reduces peanut allergy in six adults

Altering the gut microbiomes of people with peanut allergy using faeces donated from an allergy-free individual improved their peanut tolerance in a clinical trial

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Aug 5 • 2:00 PM EDT • Health • newscientist.com
14 Years After Its Release, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Is One of 2026's Best Selling Games, According to Analysts

The recent PS4 and PS5 ports of Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 and 2 are already some of the best-selling games of the year, according to analysts.

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Aug 5 • 1:39 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Senate confirms Dr. Erica Schwartz as CDC director

She will be in charge of a public health agency beleaguered by political meddling and low morale

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Aug 5 • 1:34 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Senate confirms Dr. Erica Schwartz as CDC director

She will be in charge of a public health agency beleaguered by political meddling and low morale

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Aug 5 • 1:34 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
North Carolina Rep. Edwards quits reelection bid after committee finds inappropriate conduct

The House Ethics Committee recommended he be censured for unprofessional and inappropriate conduct toward two young female aides in his office.

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Aug 5 • 1:33 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Gov. Stein says he'll veto early voting reduction, election changes

Gov. Josh Stein says he'll veto a bill that would shorten the early voting period in primaries. The change to early voting is part of a wide-ranging elections bill that passed the House Tuesday night along party lines.

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Aug 5 • 1:33 PM EDT • Politics • wunc.org
HOK-Designed Interdisciplinary Science Building Breaks Ground at Montclair State University

Montclair State University broke ground on an HOK-designed Interdisciplinary Science Building, marking a major investment in STEM education and research.

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Aug 5 • 1:19 PM EDT • Science • hok.com
House GOP anxiety spikes as scandals pile up in critical battleground seats

A series of serious allegations against GOP congressmen in key House districts have rattled party insiders this week, fueling Republicans’ anxiety that they could lose seats once considered mostly safe and further endanger their majority.

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Aug 5 • 1:05 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Group files lawsuit challenging mobile sports betting law

Subhead under Facebook & Twitter headlines.

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Aug 5 • 1:02 PM EDT • Sports • spectrumnews1.com
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Nothing is using AI-generated people to show off its new earbuds

Yesterday Nothing’s CMF brand launched a new pair of pretty cool open-ear earbuds, but a big part of the online...

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Aug 5 • 1:00 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Apple’s selling refurbished MacBook Neos with a $100 discount

Save a bit of cash on a new laptop for the school year.

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Aug 5 • 12:59 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Johnston & Engels can't leave before play-off

John Collins says Celtic must not cash in on key duo Alistair Johnston and Arne Engels until after their Champions League play-off. Martin O'Neill's side face LASK in Europe later this month, having failed at the same stage against Kazakh side Kairat Almaty last term. Canada right-back Johnston is wanted by Everton, while Celtic have turned down a bid from West Ham for Belgium midfielder Engels.

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Aug 5 • 12:27 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
New images of the sun show its surface in the finest detail yet

Scientists saw strange feathery patterns rippling across the surface.

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Aug 5 • 12:22 PM EDT • Science • courant.com
HotSchedules streamlines restaurant workforce management tools

Restaurants benefit from HotSchedules' AI-driven platform, simplifying labor management, reducing errors, and enhancing employee satisfaction.

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Aug 5 • 12:15 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins the Bottom Line on Fox Business Network

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last night, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined The Bottom Line on Fox Business Network to discuss the Senate’s priorities ahead of the August recess, the AI race, and how AI is reshaping government and the workforce. Click the image above for the full discussion. Key Excerpts on Senate priorities: Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): “We have a full […]

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Aug 5 • 12:09 PM EDT • Business • banks.senate.gov
Why Flutter Entertainment (FLUT) Shares Are Trading Lower Today

What Happened? Shares of global online betting powerhouse Flutter Entertainment (NASDAQ:FLUT) fell 8.4% in the morning session after the company reported mix...

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Aug 5 • 12:05 PM EDT • Entertainment • stockstory.org
Beast Of Reincarnation Dev Outlines Five Improvements Coming In First Major Xbox Update

"We take your feedback to heart"

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Aug 5 • 12:00 PM EDT • Technology • purexbox.com
Giancarlo Stanton receives injury update after trade deadline

Giancarlo Stanton receives a critical injury update and is expected to make a return in August as the Yankees look to make the playoffs

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ECU Health Medical Center begins using rapid blood culture testing tool

ECU Health Medical Center has announced that they are the fifth institution in the nation to begin using the BioMerieux Vitek Reveal analyzer, a rapid blood cul

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Aug 5 • 11:45 AM EDT • Health • wcti12.com
Freeman Health CEO highlights strategy after 4-hospital acquisition

Matthew Fry, president and CEO of Joplin, Mo.-based Freeman Health System, said through the acquisition of Springdale-based Northwest Health, the nonprofit health system has doubled its hospital bed count. But...

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Aug 5 • 11:33 AM EDT • Health • talkbusiness.net
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Jaguars’ EVP Tony Boselli talks offensive line

Tony Boselli talks with Action Sports Jax about rebuilding Jacksonville Jaguars offensive line.

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Aug 5 • 11:33 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Cyclosporiasis cases in Michigan climb to over 12,000, state health officials say

Michigan health officials reported 12,218 cases linked to an outbreak of cyclosporiasis on Wednesday, an increase of 710 cases since ​its last update a day earlier.

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Aug 5 • 11:23 AM EDT • Health • reuters.com
Cyclosporiasis Cases in Michigan Climb to Over 12,000, State Health Officials Say

Aug 5 (Reuters) - Michigan health officials reported ⁠12,218 ⁠cases linked to an outbreak ⁠of cyclosporiasis on Wednesday, an increase of 710 cases since its last update a day earlier. Michigan has reported the first two ‌deaths associated with the outbreak, ‌saying both individuals had significant ...

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Aug 5 • 11:22 AM EDT • Health • usnews.com
Uber stock drops as bookings guidance disappoints; CEO bets on robotaxi push to grow overall business

Uber reported second-quarter results on Wednesday that beat on bookings and profit, but shares fell as the ride-hailing giant's bookings guidance missed analyst projections. Uber says its robotaxi push is still well underway, with investments set to grow.

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Aug 5 • 11:07 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Pirates release Marcell Ozuna

After struggling all season, the Pirates are releasing veteran designated hitter Marcell Ozuna. A source confirmed the news to Pittsburgh Baseball Now.

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Aug 5 • 11:01 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
New York Film Festival unveils lineup to main slate. James Gray opens and Ava DuVernay closes

The New York Film Festival has unveiled the main slate of films to its 64th edition, including films from James Gray, Ava DuVernay and Tony Gilroy.

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Aug 5 • 11:01 AM EDT • Entertainment • seattletimes.com
Pixel Watch 5 leaked marketing images surface one week before launch

Google’s marketing images for the Pixel Watch 5 have sprouted up online, and they dive a little deeper into some...

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Aug 5 • 10:58 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Exclusive | Into the woods! Big Apple business exodus leaves Upstate brokers scurrying to meet 'snowballing' demand
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Aug 5 • 10:57 AM EDT • Business • nypost.com
I flew business class on a budget airline—and it wasn't what I expected

A firsthand look at JetBlue's new Boston-to-Barcelona flight, from lie-flat seats to food, service, and what's actually worth it.

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Aug 5 • 10:42 AM EDT • Business • creators.yahoo.com
Surveillance video shows floodwater rushing through Hopewell business

Surveillance video from James River Tackle Co. shows floodwaters rushing into the business from both the front and back doors quickly filling the store with more than a foot of water.

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Aug 5 • 10:39 AM EDT • Business • wtvr.com
McConnell's absence puts Trump agenda at risk as Kentucky succession questions grow

Andy Beshear says the Aug. 3 deadline has no legal impact on his options, but Mitch McConnell's absence leaves Republicans one vote short on key items.

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Aug 5 • 10:13 AM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Nintendo announces Gamescom 2026 lineup

Nintendo has shared its full lineup of games for Gamescom 2026, including a couple of titles that will finally be shown off on Switch 2.

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Aug 5 • 10:10 AM EDT • Technology • nintendoeverything.com
Gotham FC, Flamingo and the Women's Sports Foundation® Announce Built to Move, A New Study Linking Movement to Greater Body Appreciation

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (Aug. 5, 2026) – Gotham FC, Flamingo and the Women’s Sports Foundation (WSF®) announced Wednesday the findings of new research exploring the relationship between physical activity an

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Aug 5 • 10:01 AM EDT • Sports • gothamfc.com
HDMI® 2.2 Specification: More Bandwidth for Richer Color and Immersive Entertainment

Color bit depth delivers image quality by enabling how many shades of red, green, and blue can be displayed for every pixel on the screen. But it needs the bandwidth.

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Aug 5 • 10:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • cepro.com
UNC Health says new scheduling system won’t pay nurses less. Why it has critics.

The health system says it is not a “bidding model” and calls those claims “misinformation,” but that hasn’t stopped online outrage.

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Aug 5 • 10:00 AM EDT • Health • newsobserver.com
Conservative groups sue to stop online sports betting in Wisconsin

A lawsuit from conservative groups claims Wisconsin's new online sports betting law is unconstitutional and must be struck down.

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Aug 5 • 10:00 AM EDT • Sports • wpr.org
‘Say yes’: How Susanna Weir found her voice in sports as an NCAA postgraduate intern

Susanna Weir’s priority in athletics always has been to share athletes’ stories. Her coverage of the Olympics for the NCAA allowed her to do this at the highest level, building her confidence and guiding her to her passion for storytelling in the NFL.

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Aug 5 • 10:00 AM EDT • Sports • ncaa.org
This OnlyFans competitor, developed at Harvard, wants to rethink the adult entertainment industry

MintStars, an adult platform with paid subscribers and a streamlined payment system for content creators, was incubated at Harvard Innovation Labs in Boston in 2023.

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Aug 5 • 9:47 AM EDT • Entertainment • boston.com
Google’s AI Is Telling Users That Flock Cameras Are Filled With Valuable Gold and Copper

It's AI-on-AI violence.

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Aug 5 • 9:41 AM EDT • Technology • tech.yahoo.com
Google's AI Is Telling Users That Flock Cameras Are Filled With Valuable Gold and Copper

Google's AI Overview is spreading misinformation about hidden treasure inside another AI-company's surveillance cameras.

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Aug 5 • 9:41 AM EDT • Technology • futurism.com
Families angry that Baystate Health still not providing gender care, despite legal developments

In February 2026, Baystate announced it was ending most of its gender affirming care for minors, other than counseling, saying it could not risk losing millions of dollars in federal reimbursement. Since then, the legal landscape has evolved. But Baystate has not restarted gender affirming care.

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Aug 5 • 9:39 AM EDT • Health • wbur.org
Abdul El-Sayed calls for unity amid tight Senate race: "There's a lot of healing to do after a hard-fought primary like this"

Abdul El-Sayed​ has a narrow led in the state's Democratic Senate primary​ against Rep. Haley Stevens.

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Aug 5 • 9:21 AM EDT • Politics • cbsnews.com
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Broncos' backup quarterback battle heating up

Sam Ehlinger seems to be pushing Jarrett Stidham for the Broncos' backup quarterback job.

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Aug 5 • 9:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Cyclosporiasis outbreak has expanded to six more states

The CDC’s planned update marks a significant expansion in the outbreak linked to shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms.

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Aug 5 • 8:59 AM EDT • Health • nbcnews.com
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GOP Rep Chuck Edwards drops re-election bid after House ethics report recommends censure

Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards of North Carolina dropped his re-election bid in the wake of the release of a House Ethics Committee report.

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Aug 5 • 8:45 AM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Southwest Airlines is courting business travelers with a new offering: Here's everything you can get out of it

The new Business Priority program, available in early 2027, means more flexible options for frequent corporate fliers.

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Aug 5 • 8:41 AM EDT • Business • fastcompany.com
TikTok is telling people to put their phones into the fridge

I don’t use TikTok myself, but from all of the second-hand reports I see, it seems to have become a...

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Aug 5 • 8:32 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5mac.com
IAB

Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) offers leading standards and best practices for digital advertising. Developed by expert-led committees, our guidelines help members implement compliance frameworks and drive growth.

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Aug 5 • 8:30 AM EDT • Business • iab.com