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Senate passes bipartisan bill to overhaul college sports

President Donald Trump wants the House to clear the measure quickly.

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Sep 28 • 10:04 PM EDT • Sports • politico.com
The Senate just passed a historic bill to federally regulate college sports. What happens now?

Senate approval is a massive win for the NCAA and its conferences, but the Protect College Sports Act must pass the House, too.

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Sep 28 • 10:03 PM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
Golden Knights Starting Over, but Fueled by ‘Unfinished Business’

A certain energy has crackled in the air at City National Arena throughout training camp and the preseason. There is a hunger, a sense of urgency that has nothing to do with the shortened preseason. And everyone in the Vegas Golden Knights organization, from the players to the head coach to the general manager, speaks of unfinished business.

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Sep 28 • 10:01 PM EDT • Business • sports.yahoo.com
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Golden Knights Starting Over, but Fueled by ‘Unfinished Business’

A certain energy has crackled in the air at City National Arena throughout training camp and the preseason. There is a hunger, a sense of urgency that has nothing to do with the shortened preseason. And everyone in the Vegas Golden Knights organization, from the players to the head coach to the general manager, speaks of unfinished business.

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Sep 28 • 10:01 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Houston Rockets jersey history No. 32 - Francisco García (2013-15)

During his time suiting up for the Rockets, García wore only jersey No. 32 and put up 5.5 points, 1.9 rebounds, and 1.1 assists per game.

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Sep 28 • 9:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
TCR Reacts: Parting ways with Hauck the right move?

Let us know your thoughts!

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Sep 28 • 8:58 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Naughty Dog Will 'Fully Reveal' Intergalactic in 2027, but No Release Window Yet

Naughty Dog studio head Neil Druckmann concluded this year's "The Last of Us Day" by giving updates on the developer's current projects, teasing two new The Last of Us projects that "will expand the canon of The Last of Us beyond Part I and Part II" without confirming whether or not either one of them is a game, as well as saying that its next game, Intergalactic: The Heretic Project, will be "fully reveal[ed]" next year.

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Sep 28 • 8:37 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
OpenAI scraps the release of its new Astra model citing safety reasons

OpenAI canceled Astra's October launch after tests found it could exceed its scope, act without permission, and misstate its work.

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Sep 28 • 8:07 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Luka Doncic says ‘it feels great’ in Lakers’ weird media day without LeBron James

Things felt different at Lakers media day. Their megastar over the last eight years was nearly 3,000 miles away, talking about trying to win a championship in Philadelphia. It was...

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Sep 28 • 8:05 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Healthcare worker killed, 90-year-old man critically injured in southeast Houston shooting, HPD says

A healthcare worker was found shot to death, and the 90-year-old man who reportedly shot her was critically injured in a southeast Houston shooting, HPD said.

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Sep 28 • 7:19 PM EDT • Health • abc13.com
FBI grapples with fallout from massive data breach

A week after a cybercriminal group claimed to steal sensitive personal data on thousands of current and former FBI employees, the bureau is still assessing the extent of the damage while facing internal criticism about the agency’s handling of the incident.

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Sep 28 • 7:09 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Two Former Nets Still Without Training Camp Invites

Cam Thomas and Dariq Whitehead remain in free agency limbo as rosters solidify.

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Sep 28 • 7:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
[NAC] FNCS Solos Qualifiers in NA Central: Qualifier 1 Day 1 Round 1

Drop into the FNCS Solos! The competition kicks off with Round 1, featuring two three-hour sessions—Day 1 and Day 2—with up to 11 matches per session. Eligible players must rank within the top 200,000 on the overall Power Rankings Leaderboard. Players ranked in the top 2,000 may skip Round 1 and automatically qualify for Round 2; however, choosing to compete in Round 1 forfeits that automatic qualification. After both Round 1 sessions conclude, scores from Day 1 and Day 2 will be combined. The top players on the cumulative leaderboard will advance to Round 2: Top 8,000 EU; Top 4,000 NAC; and Top 2,000 OCE, ASIA, ME, BR, and NAW. Round 2 consists of one three-hour session with up to 11 matches. At the end of the session, the top 1,000 players in each region will advance to Round 3. Round 3 also features one three-hour session with up to 11 matches. In Qualifier 1, the top 100 players on the Round 3 leaderboard will advance to Fast Track. In Qualifier 2, the top 108 players will advance to Heats. Good luck and have fun!

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Sep 28 • 7:00 PM EDT • Technology • fortnitetracker.com
Gen. George Marshall's Leesburg home designated National Park Service affiliated area

The General George C. Marshall House in Leesburg, known as Dodona Manor, has been designated an affiliated area of the National Park Service.

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Sep 28 • 7:00 PM EDT • Politics • insidenova.com
Celtics’ Joe Mazzulla Sends Powerful Message About Jaylen Brown

If you thought we were going to get through the Boston Celtics‘ media day without a discussion about the Jaylen Brown trade, then you’d be wrong. Joe Mazzulla opened up his availability to the media by praising Brown and what he brought to the Celtics and the city of Boston during his 10-year tenure with […] The post Celtics’ Joe Mazzulla Sends Powerful Message About Jaylen Brown appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 28 • 6:53 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Bioblitz: Lakeshore Nature Preserve utilizes citizen science to document biodiversity

The University of Wisconsin Lakeshore Nature Preserve hosted its second annual Bioblitz event Sept. 26. The goal of the event was to document as many species at the preserve as possible over a 15-hour period, according to Lakeshore Nature Preserve Director Brad Herrick. With this documentation of everything within the 300-acre area, the preserve aims...

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Sep 28 • 6:47 PM EDT • Science • badgerherald.com
Should Mark Kotsay Return in 2027? A's Players Weigh In

Mark Kotsay has received no assurances that he'll be back in 2027 with a new GM hire on the way. His players are clear about what they want to happen.

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Sep 28 • 6:18 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
PAHO marks 50 years of strengthening health emergency preparedness and response in the Americas

Washington, D.C., 28 September 2026 (PAHO) – When two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela in June 2026, health authorities and emergency responders faced an enormous test. Within hours, regional emergency coordination mechanisms were activated to support the national and international response. Almost immediately after, health facilities were being assessed, medical supplies were mobilized, and highly trained and self-sufficient Emergency Medical Teams from across the Region were ready to deploy.

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Sep 28 • 6:13 PM EDT • Health • paho.org
White House says Trump PSA that appears to look like 2024 campaign ad is 'not political'

The Trump administration published a new "PSA" that was paid for by the U.S. government that ran alongside football games, Sunday morning news shows and primetime broadcast shows. The White House defended the advertisements, saying that they were "not political." NBC News' Yamiche Alcindor reports.

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Sep 28 • 6:05 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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AI is everywhere. Should you use it for health advice?

The following expert commentary can be used by journalists and media organizations in their own publications and news coverage. Please attribute all quotes to Xiaoqian Jiang, PhD, chair of the Department of Health Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston.

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Sep 28 • 6:05 PM EDT • Health • newswise.com
How to get involved in research at Eckerd College

Research at Eckerd College is not a commodity limited to students with prior experience, but instead something that is available and should be taken advantage of by all students.

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Sep 28 • 6:00 PM EDT • Science • theonlinecurrent.com
ODU political experts analyze new Trump messages

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — President Donald Trump told voters several weeks ago in the face of discouraging GOP polling numbers to “pretend I’m on the ballot.” That should be especially easy now that a series of new messages from the White House have begun running, though the administration emphatically denies that they are propaganda. The […]

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Sep 28 • 5:51 PM EDT • Politics • wavy.com
Dakota Johnson reveals root of Taylor Swift friendship, shares thoughts on Travis Kelce wedding photos

The “Verity” actress doesn’t think her longtime bestie will ever drop the pictures from her nuptials.

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Sep 28 • 5:34 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Collegiate sports reform bill is expected to pass in Senate, but House is unclear

The Senate is expected to pass the Protect College Sports Act to allow the NCAA to reinstate limits on athlete transfers and eligibility, opponents say it doesn't do enough to address rising spending.

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Sep 28 • 5:27 PM EDT • Sports • npr.org
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This Futuristic Body Scan Mapped 1,596 Skin Markings and Tested My Heart and Blood in an Hour. Was It Worth It?

I did the new $499 Neko scan and have thoughts.

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Sep 28 • 5:26 PM EDT • Health • menshealth.com
Should UNC be Three-Touchdown Home Underdogs vs. Notre Dame?

Bill Belichick’s North Carolina Tar Heels face a massive test as three-score home underdogs against unbeaten Notre Dame.

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Sep 28 • 5:23 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
I Never Thought “Explosive Diarrhea” Would Become a Reason to Vote Blue, but Here We Are

These foodborne illness outbreaks have certainly put the Republican party in a sh*tty situation.

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Sep 28 • 5:18 PM EDT • Politics • esquire.com
Record money, murky messaging: What Michigan voters should know about political advertisements

Hundreds of millions of dollars are being poured into Michigan’s midterm elections

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Sep 28 • 5:03 PM EDT • Politics • wilx.com
White House releases 3rd taxpayer-funded ad for Trump, raising ethics concerns

The administration defends the commercials as public service announcements

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Sep 28 • 4:59 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
White House releases 3rd taxpayer-funded ad for Trump, raising ethics concerns

The administration defends the commercials as public service announcements

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Sep 28 • 4:59 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
White House releases 3rd taxpayer-funded ad for Trump, raising ethics concerns

The administration defends the commercials as public service announcements

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Sep 28 • 4:59 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
MTA axes G train shutdowns planned for December after outcry from small businesses

The dreaded December G train shutdowns have been scrapped, to the relief of business owners and residents in North Brooklyn. Long-overdue repairs initially scheduled to stretch through the end of the year have been finished ahead of schedule, according to the MTA, and though the G still needs some work, it will run like…

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Sep 28 • 4:57 PM EDT • Business • amny.com
Trump unveils $15B planned Iowa steel project

Mesabi Metallics plans a $15 billion steel mill in Iowa using iron ore from its Minnesota mine, creating thousands of jobs and boosting us manufacturing.

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Sep 28 • 4:50 PM EDT • Business • virginiabusiness.com
Philadelphia shouldn’t give up on the Academy of Natural Sciences’ historic museum

The Academy's 150-year-old building faces roughly $150 million in deferred maintenance costs. While that may seem daunting, it is not insurmountable.

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Sep 28 • 4:41 PM EDT • Science • inquirer.com
Haunted house, Oktoberfest: 4 events to attend in New Caney, Porter this weekend, Oct. 2-4

Explore weekend events in New Caney, Porter and Cleveland from Oct. 2-4, including Halloween attractions, Oktoberfest and a heavy trash day.

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Sep 28 • 4:40 PM EDT • Entertainment • communityimpact.com
Commanders QB Jayden Daniels traveling to London, possibly playing Colts

Jayden Daniels will return to Commanders practice this week in London, though playing prospects vs. Colts are uncertain

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Sep 28 • 4:22 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
49ers Trade Pitch Brings Back History-Making Wide Receiver

Sports Illustrated's Grant Cohn believes the 49ers should bring back history-making wide receiver. The post 49ers Trade Pitch Brings Back History-Making Wide Receiver appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 28 • 4:21 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Ken Paxton calls for balancing border security with immigration reform to help labor-starved business sectors

The Texas attorney general and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate blamed Democrats for standing in the way of a deal, arguing one could have been passed during the first Trump administration.

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Sep 28 • 4:19 PM EDT • Business • houstonpublicmedia.org
Ken Paxton calls for balancing border security with immigration reform to help labor-starved business sectors

The Texas attorney general and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate blamed Democrats for standing in the way of a deal, arguing one could have been passed during the first Trump administration.

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Sep 28 • 4:19 PM EDT • Politics • houstonpublicmedia.org
Bobby Kotick’s lawyers sent me a bad email (and later apologized)

The message I had received was unsettling—for a moment. Then it was just really confusing. Back on January 20 of this year, at 5:15pm ET, I received an email with the subject line “Legal Correspondence re Bobby Kotick.” It was from the law firm Clare Locke, a firm I’d heard had been emailing reporters in recent years about their coverage of Kotick, the former, longtime CEO of Activision Blizzard. The letter was threatening. A lawyer from the firm introduced themselves as “defamation counsel to Bobby Kotick.” They issued a “demand” that I “correct” a Game File article I’d published a week prior. The article that had irked them had been a scoop of sorts. I’d written about a a 2022 lawsuit brought by a Swedish pension fund, AP7, over Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard. The suit wasn’t news, but I was first to review and report about Kotick’s extensive pushback to the fund’s claims. The pension fund’s core contention was that the sale had been rushed by Kotick to avoid the consequences of sexual misconduct scandals swirling around the company in 2021. (He’d not been accused of misconduct himself in those suits, to be clear.) As I wrote at the time, Kotick had denied the allegations of the rushed sale. Beyond that, Kotick used a December 2025 reply to the Swedish fund’s lawsuit to assign blame for those workplace scandals, the bad press and even for the AP7 lawsuit. I’d found Kotick’s arguments novel and newsworthy. Across nearly 3,000 words, I explained Kotick’s take: that a Swedish gaming company was behind the Swedish fund’s lawsuit (the Embracer group; they denied it); that the Microsoft-Activision deal was not rushed and was secured at what Kotick felt history had proven to be an optimal price for shareholders; that he believed a conspiracy of people at unions government agencies, PR firms and the media had spun up claims of widespread workplace misconduct at Activision Blizzard in 2021. The article gave context for all of this, letting readers assess the claims and weigh their credibility. As I’d later write to Kotick’s lawyers: I would be surprised if you could point to any news article about Bobby Kotick in the last five years that has spent more of its wordcount articulating his point of view. He is welcome to do an interview with Game File any time. Nonetheless, there they were in my inbox that Tuesday evening: Clare Locke, the law firm that secured a $787.5 million settlement from Fox News over false statements about voting machines. They were emailing me, threatening that failure to comply with their demand could support a claim of “actual malice,” a legal standard for libel. Unless… Unless, they said, I added a key paragraph to my article. This was a paragraph that I already knew Kotick’s lawyers had been emailing reporters about for at least a year, and it was a paragraph that was already in my article. The paragraph they wanted is from a 2023 settlement that California’s Civil Rights Department struck with Activision Blizzard. The settlement had closed a two-year-old lawsuit over alleged sexual discrimination at the game maker. The paragraph basically said that claims of systemic or widespread sexual harassment—or of execs like Kotick tolerating such behavior—had never been proven. I’d already seen proof that Kotick’s lawyers had pushed for the settlement’s language to be added to reports about 2021 sexual discrimination and misconduct lawsuits brought against Activision Blizzard by California and, separately, by the U.S. federal government (both suits were since settled). I knew that Kotick and his lawyers felt that the California settlement language should be mentioned in the same breath as references to an article he hated and denied, a November 2021 Wall Street Journal article claiming Kotick knew “for years” of sexual misconduct at Activision Blizzard. So, in the Game File article that Clare Locke emailed me about, in the interest of ensuring I was being fair and balanced regarding the person I was covering, I had already included the following excerpt from the California settlement [emphasis added in bold]: (Kotick has repeatedly pushed back against that November article in the Wall Street Journal, citing among other things, language from a court-approved consent decree as part of Activision’s 2023 $54 million settlement over the California suit. It states: “no court or any independent investigation has substantiated any allegations that: there has been systemic or widespread sexual harassment at Activision Blizzard [or] that Activision Blizzard senior executives ignored, condoned, or tolerated a culture of systemic harassment, retaliation, or discrimination.”) On the evening of January 20, I was incredulous. How do you write a four page legal threat about a week-old article and miss this? While scrambling to also make my kids dinner, I wrote a lengthy reply to Clare Locke’s lawyers, basically asking them to cool it with the threats and to start making sense. In part, I wrote: I hope you can understand why I am having trouble understanding what you’re asking for, when the statement you’re demanding to see in Game File’s article already appears in Game File’s article. Actual malice, as you know, refers to a reckless disregard for the truth. I’m not sure what your argument is when my article already states your client’s position. Here is where I should remind you, the reader, that I am an independent journalist. I publish on Substack, and have availed myself of the Substack Defender program that provides writers on the platform with legal support. But I’m no Wall Street Journal or New York Times, nor even IGN or GameSpot when it comes to such things as, well, having a legal department. There are more fun things for me to do as an independent journalist than writing back to a powerful law firm representing a very rich person. On the evening of January 20th, I was just trying to cook some pasta, broccoli and chicken nuggets for hungry twins. Nevertheless, I wrote back to them. Two hours later, I got a reply. Summarizing: A lawyer for Clare Locke said they’d “reviewed an incomplete version” of my article and they “apologize for the confusion.” (My guess: Someone didn’t read past the piece’s paywall, even though they’d had a full week to scrounge up the funds to do so. What I’d published above the paywall was balanced, as was what came after.)1 That was almost that, but something about the situation bothered me. The letter had been marked “confidential.” I hadn’t agreed to that, and I disliked the idea that powerful people on the beat that I cover would act like they could unilaterally control what I might tell my readers about. On the morning of the 21st, having already gotten the powerful law firm to back off, I oh-so-wisely re-approached them with just one more thing. I thanked them for clearing things up the night before but noted that I’d never agreed to keep their letter confidential. I’m all for agreeing with a source to keep things off the record, but that’s the thing. We have to agree. You can’t just declare it. I’m not bound by that. I wrote to Clare Locke’s lawyer and said, in part: I trust the matter is resolved. It was disappointing to have to spend less time with my kids last night in order to address your legal letter. Family time’s precious. I will add, for clarity’s sake, that, while your letter stipulated that it was confidential, I did not agree to those terms. In the future, should you wish to communicate with me confidentially, I am happy to agree to classifying our communication as “off the record” prior to the actual communication—as is standard with any professional journalist. The firm’s lawyer replied, not directly addressing the confidentiality issue but asserting that the matter was resolved. Why I didn’t write about this until now In May, I told this story on an episode of Simon Parkin’s podcast My Perfect Console, but I held off on sharing it directly with Game File readers. I held off to avoid stepping on the toes of another reporter, the journalist Mikhail Klimentov. He’d interviewed me in the spring of 2025 about an investigation he was working on regarding Bobby Kotick lawyers pressing the media to add the California settlement language to stories referencing the 2021 lawsuits. And about how some outlets had changed their stories and how some simply deleted them. Initially, I was a third-party source for Klimentov’s reporting, providing on-the-record context about the state of the games media. I’d heard about the letters but hadn’t put the time into pursuing the story. I thought it was interesting, and I was glad he was covering it. When the outlet that Klimentov was going to run his reporting in dropped the story, I began talking to him about potentially publishing his reporting on Game File. This was tentative. Then, in January, when I got my own Clare Locke letter, I told Klimentov that I didn’t think it would make sense for me to publish him, not with me now being part of the story. I had my own version of this situation to tell. But I wished him well and said I’d refrain from telling my tale until he could get his reporting out there. Last Friday, Klimentov finally ran his investigation, in a nearly 48-minute video report for People Make Games. It covers various Clare Locke letters, how media outlets reacted to them and what to make of all this. His video weighs the merits of Kotick’s request and looks at some of the articles that were changed (one of which had a glaring error). I highly recommend watching it: (Note, I did some editorial consulting for a People Make Games video last year but nothing to do with this report.) While many outlets haven’t left any public evidence that they updated their Kotick coverage at Kotick’s counsel’s request, at least one has. Back in October 2025, the mainstream outlet Reuters applied the most transparent article update I’ve seen. On the 3rd of the month, they published an article about the state of the Swedish pension fund’s lawsuit. Days later, they added this: In an October 7 letter sent after publication of this article, Kotick’s defamation counsel disputed claims of widespread harassment at Activision. “Not a single investigation, court finding, verdict, or ruling ever concluded that there was any merit” to the allegations of widespread harassment at Activision, Tom Clare and Nick Brechbill of Clare Locke wrote. I’ve never added a statement to my article on Game File, because none was needed. Not for fairness’ sake, nor to meet any demands of Kotick’s lawyers. I’ve nevertheless wanted to be transparent with Game File readers. If someone powerful is questioning my reporting, is threatening a lawsuit over it… if that threat is part of a pattern involving other games media outlets and if, in my case, the whole thing ran into a ridiculous ditch, I want you to know about it. I also share this as a real example of how I handle threats to Game File. I stand up for my own reporting, even when it’s not comfortable to do so. (In that same category of standing up for the work I do, I’ll point to an incident in late August. Asocial media post I published to X/Twitter regarding reporting I did about Take Two and GTA VI was hit by bogus copyright claim by a firm working for the publisher. I pushed back and got it reversed; even while a bigger games media outlet let themselves be censored. This is the other reason I’m sharing this story: To emphasize that dealing with threats from powerful people is one of the costs of covering the video game industry independently and as fearlessly as possible. This is where you come in. Your support, through free and paid subscriptions (sign up here!), can help me keep doing that. It can ensure that I’ve got the back-up I need. And it can help make fiascoes like this even less of a worry, so I can spend my evenings dealing with more important things, such as making sure I steam the kids’ broccoli just right. 1 That pension fund lawsuit I wrote about in January has all but gone away. In May, the fund and Activision Blizzard owner Microsoft agreed to settle. Lawyers for the fund brokered a $250 million settlement for former Activision Blizzard shareholders. In the settlement, the fund’s lawyers changed their rhetoric. Where once they’d questioned the meaning of the California settlement language, they adopted a version of it for themselves. Several weeks ago, while seeking to get a court to sign off on the terms of the settlement, they proposed their fee for their work in the case: $60 million.

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Sep 28 • 4:13 PM EDT • Technology • gamefile.news
Former MS Rep. Nick Bain shares plan to tackle state auditor backlog

After losing his state House reelection bid by two dozen votes, Nick Bain is touting that loss in his run to fill the state auditor's seat next year.

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Sep 28 • 4:12 PM EDT • Politics • clarionledger.com
Councilmember Curtis Jones Jr. is running for reelection. Some Democrats are questioning whether he should.

People close to Jones have encouraged him to reconsider seeking a new term and clear the way for State Rep. Morgan Cephas to run for Council’s 4th District.

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Sep 28 • 4:11 PM EDT • Politics • inquirer.com
White House to reopen part of Lafayette Square after eight months

Administration officials are still pursuing plans to build a permanent fence around the park.

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Sep 28 • 4:10 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Behind the Science with Paleontologist and Curator of Dinosauria Dr. Matthew Carrano

Is the 21st Century the real Age of Dinosaurs? Today, more paleontologists are discovering more dinosaur fossils from more places in the world than ever before. Our understanding of these amazing creatures has leapt forward while their popularity has surged. Museums sit at the junction of these phenomena. The Smithsonian has been a center for dinosaur research for more than a century, and its collections include many iconic and scientifically important specimens. Today, Smithsonian researchers continue to discover new dinosaurs, but they are also uncovering more information about the ones we already know and love. New techniques and approaches allow them to investigate aspects of dinosaur biology, ecology, and evolution in ways that would have been inconceivable to early paleontologists. The result is an ever-improving understanding of dinosaurs as living, breathing, and thriving animals. This month, go behind the science with paleontologist Dr. Matthew Carrano, Curator of Dinosauria at the National Museum of Natural History as he discusses new discoveries at home and abroad, in the field and in the museum. Registration is encouraged. Space is filled on a first come first served basis. ---------------- About the Series: Behind the Science A monthly after-hours series featuring NMNH scientists and researchers Each month, join the National Museum of Natural History for the new series, Behind the Science, where NMNH researchers share insights into their latest discoveries and explore the fascinating questions driving their work—from the origins of life to the future of our planet. Come learn what’s happening behind the scenes and how science shapes our understanding of the natural world. Programs take place in Q?rius, the Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center. Topics and speakers announced on a rolling basis, but save the dates now!

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Sep 28 • 3:40 PM EDT • Science • naturalhistory.si.edu
Scenes From the 2026 State Fair of Texas

Photographer Jason Janik documents the people, traditions, excitement, and well-earned naps of the Fair throughout its three-week run.

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Sep 28 • 3:38 PM EDT • Entertainment • dmagazine.com
Food Safety Finds a Place Among ‘Kitchen-Table’ Political Issues

By Stephanie Armour The run-up to the midterm elections is turning into a food fight — literally. The summer was marred by a massive foodborne outbreak that sickened scores of people and the recall of tens of thousands of pounds of imported meat, turning the safety of the U.S. food supply into a ...

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Sep 28 • 3:27 PM EDT • Health • usnews.com
Food Safety Finds a Place Among ‘Kitchen-Table’ Political Issues

By Stephanie Armour The run-up to the midterm elections is turning into a food fight — literally. The summer was marred by a massive foodborne outbreak that sickened scores of people and the recall of tens of thousands of pounds of imported meat, turning the safety of the U.S. food supply into a ...

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Sep 28 • 3:27 PM EDT • Politics • usnews.com
October Prime Day is a week away, and new early deals just dropped: iRobot, Lego, Ninja and more are up to 80% off

Before Prime Big Deal Days officially starts (and popular products sell out), Amazon loyalty members can add household basics, gifts and much-needed upgrades to their carts.

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Sep 28 • 3:22 PM EDT • Technology • nbcnews.com
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Climate System Warning: The Hidden "Multiplier" Discovery That Has Scientists Deeply Worried - Futura-Sciences

The Unseen Threat: Nature’s Own Greenhouse Gas Emissions For years, the scientific consensus has been clear: today’s climate change is driven first and foremost by massive deforestation and, above all, greenhouse gas emissions from human activities. According to the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), this...

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Sep 28 • 2:30 PM EDT • Science • futura-sciences.com
Vance unloads on tech titans using foreign visa holders to displace American workers

JD Vance targets H-1B visa abuse, saying large companies lay off thousands of American workers then claim they desperately need foreign labor.

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Sep 28 • 2:23 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
NYC business leaders renew push to ease short-term rental restrictions

(The Center Square) — New York City business leaders are urging the City Council to ease restrictions on short-term rentals they say have created a shortage of temporary housing.

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Sep 28 • 2:15 PM EDT • Business • thecentersquare.com
20-year-old arrested, accused in multiple Fort Bend County business burglaries

Fort Bend County authorities have taken a 20-year-old suspect into custody after an investigation into a string of late-night break-ins at local businesses.

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Sep 28 • 2:13 PM EDT • Business • fox26houston.com
‘Surprisingly sophisticated’: Experts discover a common houseplant can count

Can plants count? Maybe not exactly like humans do, but scientists agree that they're capable of some very clever things.

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Sep 28 • 2:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencefocus.com
The Last of Us Day Reveals Ghost of Yotei Collab Content and Ambience Video as Fans Beg Naughty Dog for TLOU 3

Naughty Dog has revealed it's celebrating The Last of Us Day 2026 with Ghost of Yotei content, player avatars on PlayStation and Steam, and an hour-long ambience video as fans continue begging for any updates on The Last of Us Part 3.

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Sep 28 • 1:59 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
When Breaking the Law Becomes a Business Strategy, the Federal Trade Commission Should Step In

In a groundbreaking new legal paper, Sandeep Vaheesan argues that companies that systematically violate laws to undercut rivals are engaging in an unfair method of competition and that the FTC can and should take action. This includes Big AI copyright law violations.

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Sep 28 • 1:58 PM EDT • Business • openmarketsinstitute.org
Company news: Michael Waterhouse joins St. Joseph’s Health anesthesiology

Board-certified anesthesiologist Michael Waterhouse has joined St. Joseph's Health to serve patients across Central New York.

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Sep 28 • 1:56 PM EDT • Health • syracuse.com
🚨Confirmed line-ups: France visit Brussels without Mbappé

Brussels' King Baudouin Stadium hosts the second matchday of UEFA Nations League 2026/27 Group A1 this Monday, September 28. France comes in on the back of a 1-0 win over Turkey in the opener, but wil...

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Sep 28 • 1:51 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Ana Navarro tried using Matt Damon to set up Ben Affleck and Shakira after actor’s 2nd Jennifer Lopez split

“I want better for Shakira though. From a dating standpoint, he seems a little messy,” Navarro’s “View” cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin added.

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Sep 28 • 1:45 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
NASA Highlights Lessons Learned From Swift Boost Mission

A commercial mission to boost NASA’s Swift observatory concluded without raising the spacecraft’s orbit, but the agency and industry vendor gained valuable experience that will benefit future in-space servicing programs.

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Sep 28 • 1:44 PM EDT • Science • science.nasa.gov
NIH Employees Lived in A Culture of Fear, So They Started Keeping Receipts

Sylvia Chou, former NIH program director, says “nobody’s OK” after massive disruptions to funding policies and infrastructure.

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Sep 28 • 1:39 PM EDT • Science • psychologicalscience.org
Detroit and Flint teens struggle with mental health – and worried adults around them feel ‘helpless’

Crystal Cederna, Michigan State University Teens in southeast Michigan go to school carrying with them far more than backpacks, books and water bottles. Many are shouldering economic hardship, exposure to adversity and discrimination, family responsibilities, uncertainty about the future and social pressures. These sentiments were shared with our research teams repeatedly during focus groups we […]

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Sep 28 • 1:30 PM EDT • Health • michiganadvance.com
An Old Paper Really Did Suggest A Mathematical "Doomsday" On 13 November 2026, But There's No Need To Worry

The paper, written in 1960, suggests "doomsday" will occur on 13 November 2026. But unless there are billions of secret pregnancies out there, you shouldn't be all that concerned.

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Sep 28 • 1:02 PM EDT • Science • iflscience.com
12 moves that illustrate the brazenness of Trump’s second term

When the Trump administration began running taxpayer-funded “public service announcements” that looked suspiciously like campaign ads for President Donald Trump last week, the White House gamely maintained they were “very clearly not campaign ads.”

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Sep 28 • 1:00 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
The safest and easiest way to debloat Windows 11

Don't put up with the clutter in Windows 11 — you can remove the most annoying pre-installed apps and tracking junk without much hassle.

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Sep 28 • 12:45 PM EDT • Technology • engadget.com
Trump paying for political ads with taxpayer money?

Taxpayers shouldn’t be paying for the president to win over voters, promote his agenda, and make a last-ditch push to win the midterms.

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Sep 28 • 12:27 PM EDT • Politics • thehill.com
Trump open to Iran sanctions relief for ‘concrete progress’ on nuclear issues, White House official says

President Donald Trump is willing to give Iran sanctions relief and release frozen funds for “concrete progress” on a nuclear deal, a US official told CNN Monday, as mediators try to bring both countries back to the negotiating table.

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Sep 28 • 12:24 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
GOP senator says buildings shouldn't be named after living politicians

Sen. John Kennedy says politicians should not have buildings named after them while alive. "I think that would settle a lot of this controversy."

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Sep 28 • 12:23 PM EDT • Politics • yahoo.com
GOP senator says buildings shouldn't be named after living politicians

Sen. John Kennedy says politicians should not have buildings named after them while alive. "I think that would settle a lot of this controversy."

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Sep 28 • 12:23 PM EDT • Politics • usatoday.com
This Is College Football’s Surprise Team of the Year

Who saw Mississippi State coming? Through four weeks, the Bulldogs have gone from an afterthought in the SEC to 4-0, 2-0 in conference play and No. 16 in the country . After winning just five games last season, Jeff Lebby’s team suddenly looks like one of the most dangerous teams in the SEC. And the…

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Sep 28 • 12:22 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
An American Cold War-era spy satellite just exploded above Earth

The defunct USA 32 (or Farrah III) satellite, which launched in 1988, broke apart without warning on Sept. 13, around 480 miles above Earth's surface. Experts are still unsure what caused this sudden fragmentation, how many pieces it created, or how the debris might impact other nearby spacecraft.

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Sep 28 • 12:19 PM EDT • Science • livescience.com
‘Princess Diaries’ Star Heather Matarazzo Fears Losing Health Insurance Without New Role
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Sep 28 • 12:05 PM EDT • Health • yahoo.com
House District 61 tests whether winds of political change are blowing in Williamson County

House District 61 lies in Williamson County, the heart and power center of the Republican establishment in Tennessee.

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Sep 28 • 11:50 AM EDT • Politics • wsmv.com
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Dawg Sports on the Radio

There’s a lot to talk about regarding Georgia’s 41-13 win over Oklahoma. It should be a pretty fun conversation. That’s why I’ll be listening to the glockenspiel player from MaconDawg’s favorite U2 cover band (UAndYourMama2) on WFOY in St. Augustine(102.1 FM/1240 AM) this evening around 6:45 pm Eastern to talk Georgia Bulldog football on SportsNow with […]

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Trump administration uses taxpayer money to air 2024 Trump campaign ad

A television advertisement from Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign is the latest in a series of ads promoting the president ahead of the midterms that the White House maintains are “public service announcements.”

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Sep 28 • 11:44 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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Compeer Rochester launches new campaign to end loneliness, improve mental health

Compeer Rochester just launched its "Scroll Less, Connect More" volunteer campaign. The group's research found American adults spend an average of 64 hours on screens per month. The campaign asks Rochesterians to put their phones on pause for just four of those hours to make a new friend and support a person struggling with a mental health diagnosis.

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Sep 28 • 11:41 AM EDT • Health • wxxinews.org
Trump administration begins airing 2024 Trump campaign ad

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is using taxpayer funds to air a television advertisement from Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign in the latest in a series of ads promoting the president ahead of the midterms that the White House maintains are “public service announcements.” The 30-second video, which is virtually identical to one that […]

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Sep 28 • 11:40 AM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
California coalition trains thousands of election monitors ahead of midterms

Organizers say they’re concerned recent federal actions could discourage some people from voting

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Sep 28 • 11:40 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumnews1.com
Man Utd Learn Conditions To Appoint Breakout Premier League Manager

As Michael Carrick’s tenure falters, the Red Devils eye Brighton’s tactical prodigy Fabian Hürzeler, though a massive compensation fee stands between the German and Old Trafford.

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Sep 28 • 11:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
How to use cybersecurity to increase your business’s value

Strong cybersecurity can also boost business valuations and inspire buyer confidence. Both sides of the transaction should treat cybersecurity as a key factor in building enterprise value.

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Sep 28 • 11:29 AM EDT • Business • nhbr.com
Top 10 transfer portal impact players of Week 4

In the new era of college football, the transfer portal has become a significant component of roster construction. Throughout the 2026 college football season, On3 is breaking down the top 10 transfer portal impact players based on weekly performances. Here are the most impactful transfer portal players from Week 4: 1. Oregon QB Dylan Raiola Raiola came […]

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Sep 28 • 11:17 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
From Mexico to Houston: Nurse turns side hustle into growing business

Houston registered nurse Joao Casiano, born in Monterrey, Mexico, launched a mobile IV hydration business as a side venture while continuing his nursing work, quickly gaining repeat customers.

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Sep 28 • 11:17 AM EDT • Business • click2houston.com
Brandon Miller Gives Major Injury Update Before Hornets Camp

Brandon Miller said he has been cleared for full contact for about three weeks after undergoing left shoulder surgery in May.

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Sep 28 • 11:07 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Candace Cameron Bure’s son Lev welcomes first child with wife Elliott: ‘Our miracle baby boy’

Now that’s a full house!

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Sep 28 • 10:11 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Houston Astros rebound from 11 games under .500 and win AL West

Houston will host the Chicago White Sox in a best-of-three Wild Card Series starting Tuesday.

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Sep 28 • 10:02 AM EDT • Sports • spectrumlocalnews.com
Houston Astros rebound from 11 games under .500 and win AL West

Houston will host the Chicago White Sox in a best-of-three Wild Card Series starting Tuesday.

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Sep 28 • 10:02 AM EDT • Sports • spectrumlocalnews.com
Childhood cancer survivors face severe mental health challenges as adults

Consultant and researcher Magnus Aasved Hjort believes that people who survive childhood cancer should receive far better support as adults.

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Sep 28 • 9:59 AM EDT • Health • news-medical.net
Speaker Mike Johnson on Trump-Xi agreements, AI regulation

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson joins FOX Business to discuss President Donald Trump's agreements with Xi Jinping. He also outlines his upcoming meeting with tech CEOs on AI oversight and analyzes a new Fox News Poll on the cost of living.

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Sep 28 • 9:48 AM EDT • Business • foxbusiness.com
Scientists Thought Venus Was Too Acidic for Complex Chemistry. It May Actually Be Weirdly Hospitable

MIT researchers recreated a Venus-like stew of 98% sulfuric acid to test complex signaling molecules, like peptides, in the lab. Looks like they passed.

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Sep 28 • 9:45 AM EDT • Science • gizmodo.com
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Stanley Parable Co-Designer Perfectly Explains Why People Play 1,600 Hours Of Dota 2 And Still Hate It

This is exactly how I've felt

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Sep 28 • 9:42 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
OMNIBUS X, a toxic proposal for health and biodiversity. MEPs should not vote for it: ECVC

Omnibus X is a legislative package which, under the usual pretext of simplification to streamline the pesticide approval system, weakens the precautionary principle at the heart of European pesticide regulation.

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Sep 28 • 9:37 AM EDT • Health • viacampesina.org
Shapiro Administration's Controversial Health Regulations Dropped, For Now

(The Center Square) – New regulations that critics said would give the state Department of Health power to enter private homes without a warrant were withdrawn late Friday. The news comes just days after the Independent Regulatory Review Commission’s public comment period for the 502-page proposal ended. In a letter…

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Sep 28 • 9:35 AM EDT • Health • politicspa.com
DR Congo Ebola emergency: Calls grow for urgent humanitarian access

Aid teams trying to keep deadly Ebola disease from spreading in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are increasingly concerned about ongoing fighting and violence that has forced thousands of people to flee a displacement camp in the vast, resource-rich east of the country.

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Sep 28 • 9:32 AM EDT • Health • news.un.org
A Front Desk That Never Sleeps

One job where AI chatbots have proven their utility is 24-hour customer service for all manner of businesses.

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Sep 28 • 9:30 AM EDT • Business • akbizmag.com
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‘Can’t even’: Man spends $168 on a birthday dinner at Disney Springs. Then the surprise arrives on an empty plate

A $168 birthday dinner should come with a decent ending. However, one man celebrating at Disney Springs got a surprise that nobody at his table seemed prepared for. Even an expensive birthday dinner c...

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Sep 28 • 9:22 AM EDT • Technology • yahoo.com
NFL Monday Night Football preview: Bears, without QB Caleb Williams, try to beat undefeated Eagles
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Sep 28 • 9:07 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Sustainable Healthcare Design: Q+A With Mount Sinai’s Leaders

Mount Sinai’s medical director of sustainability and vice president of infrastructure share best practices for greenhouse gas reduction.

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Sep 28 • 9:00 AM EDT • Health • healthcaredesignmagazine.com
Consider the risks of taking that next sports bet

A look at what consumers should look for in the fine print before accepting any offers of bonuses, promotional bets, or incentives.

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Sep 28 • 9:00 AM EDT • Sports • wdbj7.com
Cambridge redevelopment project creates sustainable opportunities

The Packing House – a historic landmark in Dorchester County – has transformed from a vacant factory into a bustling site for businesses, entrepreneurs, food production, and community programming. Originally constructed in 1920 as the Cambridge...

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Sep 28 • 8:59 AM EDT • Business • business.maryland.gov
SpaceX launches Starship on 10-hour test flight, aiming to orbit Earth 6 times

SpaceX's massive Starship rocket lifted off from Texas Sunday morning on its most ambitious mission yet, marking its first attempt at orbit.

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Sep 28 • 8:57 AM EDT • Business • foxbusiness.com
Let's Talk Public Health: New On-Demand Training Helps Make Every Message Count

Talking Health On-Demand Training is a free, six-hour course that helps public health professionals communicate clearly.

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Sep 28 • 8:52 AM EDT • Health • debeaumont.org
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