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Amazon Business Hits $60B: What Shippers Should Notice

Amazon Business is now a $60B operation serving 11 million customers worldwide. In this FreightWaves Today interview, Amazon Business exec Daniel

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Sep 16 • 3:30 PM EDT • Business • freightwaves.com
Detroit CIOs and CISOs to Examine AI Governance, Cybersecurity Resilience, Enterprise Transformation and the Rise of the 'CEO of Technology' at HMG Strategy’s September 24 Summit

FAIRFIELD, Conn., Sept. 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CIOs, CISOs and other senior technology executives from leading organizations across Detroi...

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Sep 16 • 2:57 PM EDT • Business • markets.businessinsider.com
Trump’s arch will harm historic sites but must proceed, federal officials say

National Park Service officials acknowledge that President Donald Trump’s planned arch would harm dozens of historic sites but say it must move forward anyway.

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Sep 16 • 2:43 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Deion Sanders refuses to settle for mediocre with Colorado football

Despite an undefeated start, Coach Prime demands perfection before Big 12 play while balancing a road test against Northwestern and a bold push for federal legislative reform.

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Sep 16 • 2:21 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Virginia casinos’ August take is $97.6M

August gaming revenues at Virginia’s three permanent casinos and temporary casinos in Petersburg and Norfolk totaled $97.55 million.

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Sep 16 • 2:16 PM EDT • Business • virginiabusiness.com
Christmas at the Kringles Horror Comedy Movie Trailer Turns the Holidays Into a Bloodbath

The Christmas at the Kringles trailer is perfect for those seeking a horror comedy with a pure bloodbath. The upcoming film is directed by Kevin Lewis, who previously directed Willy’s Wonderland and P...

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Sep 16 • 1:48 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Browns' Deshaun Watson Pushes Back on Week 1 Criticism

Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson pushed back on the criticism he has gotten for his performance in Week 1.

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Sep 16 • 1:43 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Limeliters will bring folk harmony and humor to the Latchis

BRATTLEBORO — The legendary Limeliters will perform at the Latchis Theatre on Friday, Sept. 25, at 7 p.m., bringing their signature folk vocal sound to the Main Theatre.

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Sep 16 • 1:43 PM EDT • Entertainment • reformer.com
STUFF Named 2026 NBA Mascot of the Year

The Orlando Magic’s legendary dragon clinches his third career title, cementing a record-breaking season of high-flying stunts, viral digital content, and unmatched comedic performances across the league.

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Sep 16 • 1:34 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Utah investor doubles down on Chicago apartments with $23.7M Streeterville deal

The deal comes about two months after Highland Real Estate Partners’ largest-ever acquisition in Chicago, when the firm paid $119 million for a River North high-rise in July.

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Sep 16 • 1:25 PM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com
NFL Screws Detroit Lions TWICE Following Outstanding Week 1 Performances

Jahmyr Gibbs and Aidan Hutchinson posted monster Week 1 numbers, but the NFL passed over both Lions stars for NFC weekly honors.

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Sep 16 • 1:19 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Ben Cosgrove to perform in Manitou Woods

WILLIAMSVILLE — Ken Burns-commissioned pianist Ben Cosgrove, the globally acclaimed, nature-inspired composer, is playing the Manitou Woods concert venue on Sunday at 4 p.m.

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Sep 16 • 1:12 PM EDT • Entertainment • reformer.com
Q2 Healthcare Technology for Providers Earnings: Evolent Health (NYSE:EVH) Impresses

Looking back on healthcare technology for providers stocks’ Q2 earnings, we examine this quarter’s best and worst performers, including Evolent Health (NYSE:EVH) and its peers.

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Sep 16 • 1:08 PM EDT • Health • finance.yahoo.com
A worth-the-drive waterfront concert is among last-chance Seattle-area outdoor shows to see

Before the Seattle area's outdoor concert venues pack it up for the year, consider these last-chance gigs.

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Sep 16 • 1:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • seattletimes.com
Fencing goes up around the main Kennedy Center building after Trump-aligned board votes to close it

Fencing has gone up around the main Kennedy Center building, a day after the Trump-aligned board voted to close most of the performing arts center for repairs | KNX News 1070 AM

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Sep 16 • 12:47 PM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
Fencing goes up around the main Kennedy Center building after Trump-aligned board votes to close it

Fencing has gone up around the main Kennedy Center building, a day after the Trump-aligned board voted to close the performing arts center for repairs | 830 WCCO

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Fencing goes up around the main Kennedy Center building after Trump-aligned board votes to close it

Fencing has gone up around the main Kennedy Center building, a day after the Trump-aligned board voted to close the performing arts center for repairs.

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Anthropic debuts Claude Docs, raising stakes for Microsoft

Frontier AI labs are unleashing products that compete with established software giants and startups alike

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Sep 16 • 12:30 PM EDT • Technology • axios.com
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Anthropic merges its Claude chat and agentic Cowork products into a single AI assistant as part of a push to build an AI superapp

Anthropic is folding its chat and autonomous task-execution products into one Claude interface, while adding collaborative document and presentation tools.

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Sep 16 • 12:30 PM EDT • Technology • fortune.com
Anthropic merges Claude chat and Cowork in one interface

Anthropic is releasing these features to Pro and Max plan subscribers initally

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Sep 16 • 12:30 PM EDT • Technology • techcrunch.com
Washington Commanders reveal interior design of planned $3.8B domed stadium with wraparound seating bowl

The Commanders unveiled interior designs for their $3.8 billion domed stadium at the RFK campus, featuring a wraparound bowl designed to maximize crowd noise and sight lines.

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Sep 16 • 12:21 PM EDT • Business • bizjournals.com
UCF Defense Focused on Stacking Good Days After Pitt Loss

Despite stifling yardage, the Knights are fixing critical third-down lapses. Senior leader Ken Talley targets a bounce-back performance against Georgia State to solidify UCF’s elite defensive standing.

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Sep 16 • 11:40 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Scene calendar: Upstage at Phillips Center, 'Free Fridays,' Chomp the Block

Enjoy two intimate nights of music as Fabiola Méndez (Sept. 18) and Bristol Lightning (Sept. 19) perform Upstage at the Phillips Center on the UF campus.

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Sep 16 • 11:04 AM EDT • Entertainment • gainesville.com
Midtown Costco closing Oct. 1 to transition into business center; what’s staying, what’s going

Changes ahead for Midtown Costco: what’s staying, what’s going in business center shift.

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Sep 16 • 11:02 AM EDT • Business • kctv5.com
iPhone 18 Pro Reviews: Excellent Yet... Meh?

The first iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max reviews have been published today by selected tech websites and YouTube channels, ahead of the devices beginning to arrive to customers and launching in stores this Friday, September 18. While the iPhone 17 Pro models featured a major design overhaul last year, the iPhone 18 Pro models look the same overall and have a set of more incremental year-over-year upgrades related to the cameras, battery life, and performance.

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Sep 16 • 10:31 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Curiosity Blog, Sols 5002-5009: Tough Planning To Learn More About Wind-Blown Sediments

Written by Benjamin Tutolo, Professor, University of Calgary

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Sep 16 • 10:26 AM EDT • Science • science.nasa.gov
UT reveals name, new renderings for planned Neyland Entertainment District

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The planned Neyland Entertainment District now has a name: 865 Neyland. Tennessee Athletics plans to transform the waterfront near Neyland Stadium with a sprawling developmen...

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Sep 16 • 10:23 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
'You feel it' - Szoboszlai on stunner against Spurs

Liverpool midfielder Dominic Szoboszlai says "everything was perfect" for his stunning strike in Tuesday's Carabao Cup win over Tottenham. Szoboszlai scored the third in stoppage time in the 3-1 win by smashing a bouncing ball into the top right corner from around 35 yards out. It was a morale-boosting win for Andoni Iraola's side, who were blunt in Saturday's 0-0 home draw with Fulham.

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Sep 16 • 10:13 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Gray knows the consequences if slump continues

The lack of consistency from Hibs is alarming, but not a surprise. Tuesday night's home defeat by Kilmarnock - Hibs' third successive league loss and sixth in a row at home in the Premiership - came after one of the poorest performances at Easter Road I can remember in recent years. The statistics show Hibs dominated possession and had more shots on goal than Kilmarnock, but they rarely troubled Max Stryjek in the visitors' goal.

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Sep 16 • 9:51 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Is DLocal Limited (DLO) Stock Outpacing Its Business Services Peers This Year?

Here is how DLocal (DLO) and Paymentus (PAY) have performed compared to their sector so far this year.

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Sep 16 • 9:40 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Bishop Hill event will feature entertainment, demonstrations

Visitors to Bishop Hill on Sept. 26 and 27 will see how the early residents of the colony harvested their crops and performed other tasks. The event, Jordbruksdagarna, is organized by the Bishop Hill Heritage Association with support from a number of other community agencies. Activities planned for both days are: — Musical performances at the… Continue reading Bishop Hill event will feature entertainment, demonstrations

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Sep 16 • 9:06 AM EDT • Entertainment • kewaneevoice.com
Scientists find an immune “false alarm” that may drive rapid aging

Scientists have discovered that some severe genetic disorders linked to rapid aging may be driven not just by damaged DNA, but by the body’s overreaction to that damage. When broken DNA fragments leak into the wrong part of a cell, an immune sensor called cGAS can mistake them for signs of a viral infection, triggering chronic inflammation and even interfering with DNA repair itself.

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Sep 16 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Ukrainian defence tech seeks new ways to scale up

Since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, Ukraine's defence sector has expanded several-fold, becoming a significant source of military innovation, especially in unmanned systems, counter-drone technologies, electronic warfare and AI-driven combat systems. But finding the funds and personnel to scale up and to reach international markets remains a challenge.Spurred on by the demands of the front-line, Ukrainian defence companies say they can develop a minor component in a couple of weeks, or major hardware or software solutions within a year. This is several times faster than the usual development cycles in the sector. Tencore, founded in 2024, is now one of Ukraine’s largest providers of unmanned ground vehicles, well exceeding the production of NATO members in this category. Odd Systems, a Ukrainian combat cameras developer founded in 2023, launched its first thermal camera in 2024. Less than two years later, it is developing the fourth generation of the product, one that has evolved into a full vision system.According to Michael Singer, managing partner at Verne Capital, a venture capital fund supporting defence companies in Europe, this speed is down to the short feedback loop between the developer and the end user. “Ukrainian companies develop technologies in close interaction with soldiers and military units, test them under real combat conditions and rapidly incorporate feedback into the next generation of the product,” he says. “Sometimes we need to react to feedback and deploy an upgrade within hours,” says Polina Tymchenko, the spokesperson for Himera, which develops electronic warfare-resistant walkie-talkies. “It means that, as a company, you have to have a higher tolerance for risk, and also design your products in a way that fosters those quick changes.”Getting a product deployed by a combat command involves no paperwork other than a purchase order, says Perry Boyle, co-founder and chief executive of Mits Capital, a Ukrainian-US investment group focused on attracting capital for Ukraine's defence tech sector. “New weapons can be developed and deployed based largely on handshakes.”Nevertheless, the speed of development is largely subject to the level of funding, says Iryna Sukhomlyn, head of business development at RMachine, a developer of unmanned ground systems. “Financial support needs to start much earlier, particularly at technology readiness level 3-5, not only when most of the technological risk has already been removed,” she says.In 2025, Ukrainian defence tech companies attracted about $129 million in investment, with the true figure likely higher given the share of undisclosed security-sensitive deals, according to a report published by the Kyiv School of Economics. These investments were primarily concentrated in the AI and software segment, as they are considered a lower financial risk.Scaling production is a major barrierAccording to Iryna Supruniuk, business development director at Odd Systems, proving a defence product in Ukraine is not the end of the development process, but the beginning of a continuous evolution, since operational requirements change rapidly. “Continuous iteration remains our highest priority,” she says.It's also when production must scale up, which represents a major hurdle. “Scaling production requires capital, manufacturing capacity, components, certification, procurement access and reliable supply chains,” Singer says. Scale-up is also hampered by demographic pressures, especially a shortage of young specialists needed to expand engineering teams. Companies have reported struggling to replace specialists lost due to Russian attacks, mobilisation and emigration. In order to meet this scale-up challenge and finance arms production, begun allowing defence technologies to be exported, assuming it has an excess capacity. It has also announced the creation of ten defence and weapons export centres across Europe by the end of 2026.According to Singer, a technology that has demonstrated its value under real combat conditions has a fundamentally different credibility than a product that has only been tested in a laboratory or training environment. But combat validation alone doesn’t automatically create an international business. “Companies still need access to foreign defence ministries and procurement organisations, international certification, financing for production scale-up and, in many cases, local industrial partners,” he says.Already in 2026, the EU has signed several agreements with Ukraine that aim at joint defence technology development and production. These include allowing Ukraine to join the European Defence Fund, signing a financing agreement under the European Defence Industry Programme, and setting up the EU-Ukraine Drone Alliance.For Singer, it is important that European defence companies don’t just see their Ukrainian partners as technology suppliers, but rather as potential innovation partners. “Ukrainian companies bring speed, operational experience and an exceptional ability to iterate. European partners can provide industrial capacity, capital, established supply chains and access to European procurement markets.”Procurement possibilitiesWhen it comes to exports, the procurement and compliance processes involved require time, taking months or even years, and money. In other words, resources that small defence tech companies need if they are to improve and scale up their technologies. According to Sukhomlyn of RMachine, if the priority is to rapidly increase available defence capabilities, then the processes need to reflect that urgency. “If Europe wants defence innovation at wartime speed, its administrative processes also need to operate much closer to wartime speed,” she says, highlighting a need for support with certification, market access and mutual recognition of relevant testing. “Otherwise, we risk having excellent technology available but spending years making it administratively eligible to be purchased.”Related articlesRussia widens targeting of European research centresEU must support research managers in central and eastern Europe, says Visegrad fund headThis is a lesson Europe’s defence sector would do well to learn, Singer says. “Defence innovation needs to be organised around the speed and requirements of the end user, not around the speed of the bureaucracy.”Supruniuk says the European defence sector should rethink the balance between quality and quantity. “In many cases, a good-enough system available in thousands of units creates greater operational value than a perfect system available in dozens.”“For decades, everyone has been looking for that all-powerful, exquisite system that can protect everyone,” adds Tymchenko. “We see in crime that only scalable, dedicated, affordable solutions can actually defend democracies.”

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Sep 16 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencebusiness.net
Syneos Health and Tufts CSDD Study Shows Clinical Trial Performance Depends More on Operating Model Design Than Sourcing Strategy

Data From 13 Leading Pharmaceutical Companies Points to Execution, Governance and Partner Coordination as Key Drivers of Trial PerformanceMORRISVILLE, N.C., Sept. 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Syneos Health®, a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization, today announced findings from a first-of-its-kind benchmarking study conducted by the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development. The research examined one of the industry’s most persistent questions: does the sourcing

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Sep 16 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • finance.yahoo.com
Greif to Exit CRB Business, Close Sweetwater Paperboard Mill

DELAWARE, Ohio, Sept. 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Greif, Inc. (NYSE: GEF, GEF.B), a global leader in performance packaging products and services, announced today it will exit the coated recycled paperboard (CRB) market with the closure of its Sweetwater paperboard mill in Austell, Georgia. The mill is expected to cease operations by the end of the calendar year. The decision is part of Greif’s broader strategy to focus its resources on businesses and assets where the company has a leading marke

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Sep 16 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
N0va Phishkit Targets US and EU Businesses: A New Challenge for Identity Security

N0va phishing abuses legitimate authentication flows to capture access and refresh tokens and establish SSO access to corporate resources.

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Sep 16 • 7:58 AM EDT • Business • thehackernews.com
Reading 1-2 Brentord

Ian: The Bees seem to be scraping results at the moment (three Premier League leads ending in draws and a 2-1 win over Reading), however, it is easy to be critical. Douglas: Every Brentford supporter expects them to win by a hatful of goals, but that can't always happen. A professional performance which shows their class.

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Sep 16 • 7:51 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Jimmy Kimmel presents a brutal montage of Trump sleeping at various events

"It's so perfect, the guy who spent four years screaming 'Sleepy Joe, sleepy Joe,' constantly falling asleep on camera,"

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Sep 16 • 7:49 AM EDT • Entertainment • mashable.com
Arsenal’s Max Dowman breaks another record amid Arteta praise

Max Dowman broke another record by scoring a brace for Arsenal against Ipswich Town on Tuesday night, and he impressed Gunners boss Mikel Arteta.Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty ImagesBy scoring two ...

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Sep 16 • 7:35 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Truth and Politics in the Age of Post-Truth

Get E-International Relations delivered to your inbox, free of charge. As you sign up, consider becoming a paid subscriber, or make a donation, to support our work. Subscribe This is an excerpt from Global Politics in a Post-Truth Era. You can download the book free of charge from E-International Relations. The term post-truth is by now so ubiquitous in describing the state of politics in the Western world and even beyond that the most pressing issue of the day appears to be about making democracy work in the era of post-truth rather than questioning the normalisation of the term itself in the first place. The critical turning point appeared to have occurred in 2016 when the term was chosen by the Oxford English Dictionary as ‘The Word of the Year.’ On its website, the Dictionary notes the transformation of post-truth from ‘being a peripheral term to being a mainstay in political commentary and connects ‘the spike in frequency’ directly with the Brexit referendum in the United Kingdom and the election of Donald J. Trump in the United States – both occurring in 2016. Paired with the noun ‘politics,’ post-truth is defined as an adjective ‘relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.’ The Oxford English Dictionary traces the first use of the term to a 1992 essay in The Nation by the playwright Steve Tesich as he reflected on the 1980s Iran-Contra scandal and the 1990–91 Gulf War: We are rapidly becoming prototypes of a people that totalitarian monsters could only drool about in their dreams. All the dictators up to now have had to work hard at suppressing the truth. We, by our actions, are saying that this is no longer necessary, that we have acquired a spiritual mechanism that can denude truth of any significance. In a very fundamental way we, as a free people, have freely decided that we want to live in some post-truth world (Tesich 1992, 13; emphasis added). He then continued, The Gulf War is over but the war at home goes on. The gulf between rich and destitute widens – between those of us who live in a modern post-industrial nation and those of us who live in the Third World countries of our inner cities. The present administration’s response to this internal crisis has shifted from benign to malignant neglect. The current levels of misery and decomposition of our cities and the economic gulags of our ghettos are acceptable. Since there is only so much hope to go around, there is a freeze on hope. The have-nots have now been reclassified as never-will-haves (Tesich 1992, 13). In the context of Tesich’s essay, truth includes both facts, as in what happens, and ‘moral absolutes,’ as in the ‘self-evident truths mentioned in our Constitution’ (Tesich 1992, 14). Together, these two notions of truth entail the obligation to both act and react. The two passages cited above show that even in the early post-Cold War years, Tesich was already deeply concerned that the American people are neither prepared to act on truth nor react to truth that is disconcerting, or what he calls ‘bad news’ (Tesich 1992, 12). Accordingly, Tesich’s insight as captured by the term post-truth is not that truth is irrelevant to what we know, but rather it is irrelevant to how we act. In contrast, ‘post-truth politics,’ as defined by Oxford as a term that pitches ‘objective facts’ against ‘emotion and personal belief’ such that the latter appears to have overtaken the former in shaping ‘public opinion’ and thereby, democratic politics. When Tesich’s post-truth politics and its current usage are juxtaposed, the two are in fact not identical in terms of what truth is and how it relates to politics. Against such consideration, this chapter provides a critical survey of selected historical events and theoretical considerations for the purpose of gaining a more nuanced understanding of the relation between truth and politics. Truth and Language One notable impact of post-truth politics is that language is being overtly deployed as a political weapon not only by politicians and those in power, but among the general population. It seems that once facts are irrelevant to the validity of what is being said, language becomes the platform for an all-out political contest in which what is said is no more than an act of will expressed as an assertion of power and/or an exercise in defiance. As early as in the writings of Thucydides (460–400 BCE), the vulnerability of logos – which is the human capacity for rational discourse in tumultuous times – was already noted. Thucydides belonged to a school of Greek thought which maintained that language is conventional and that the association between name and things is a result of ‘human use and habit’ rather than ‘nature or divine dispensation’ (Connor 1984, 99). The conventional nature of language means that it is incapable of providing its users with any independent criteria for judgement. In Thucydides’ study of the Peloponnesian War (431–405 BCE), the subversion of logos as seen in the manipulation of language was introduced through his account of the civil war in Corcyra (Thucydides 1972, 236-245). The war first broke out in 427 BCE between the pro-Athenian democratic faction and the pro-Spartan oligarchic faction before it spread to the rest of the Greek world. There was a general breakdown of law and order, resulting in extreme violence and death. Language underwent changes that were reflective of the events of the time. The English philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) translated Thucydides’ description of the situation as follows: The received value of names imposed for signification of things, was changed into arbitrary. For inconsiderate boldness, was counted true-hearted manliness: provident deliberation, a handsome fear: modesty, the cloak of cowardice: to be wise in everything, to be lazy in everything... he that had been so provident as not to need to do the one or the other, was said to be a dissolver of society, and one that stood in fear of his adversary. In brief, he that could outstrip another in the doing of an evil act, or that could persuade another thereto that never meant it, was commended (Hobbes 1839–1845, 8: 348; Thucydides 1972, 242-243). What concerned Thucydides most was that the meanings of words are no more than linguistic conventions that require logos to support them. The Corcyrean civil war was a reminder that such capacity cannot be assumed. This is why history understood as an authentic account of what happens matters. Guided by logos, the historian’s task is ‘the search after truth’, which is established through ‘the absence of the fabulous,’ including ‘the rejection of myth and unverifiable stories’ (de Jonge 2017, 2). Thus, history plays an important role in facilitating the stability of language – without which distinctions and judgements cannot be rendered communicable. Just like Thucydides, Hobbes was a nominalist who subscribed to the view that there is no inherent meaning to words. Hobbes’ state of nature, where there is no common authority, is precisely one in which distinctions cannot be made. As Hobbes put it, there is ‘no Mine and Thine distinct’ nor is there distinction between ‘the notions of Right and Wrong, Justice and Injustice’ (1968, 188; emphasis in original). This is clearly an unsustainable condition for everyone. Behind Hobbes’ famous words that life in the state of nature is ‘solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short’ is his uncompromising argument for the ‘Leviathan’, which is described by the late American political theorist, Sheldon Wolin (1922–2015), as the ‘sovereign definer’ (Hobbes 1968, 186; Wolin 2004, 238–243). Accordingly, the social contract is importantly a ‘linguistic contract’ that binds all parties to ‘general names agreed upon’ (Peters 1979, 125; Hobbes 1968, 111). Through Thucydides and Hobbes, we can identify a line of thinking that sees politics as a contestation over the use of language, which is based on shared conventions and norms. Thus understood, politics is not a collective quest for the true nature of our being or an epistemological exercise in pursuit of true knowledge. Rather, politics is about humans living with one another by finding a shared language to communicate with one another on matters that affect them all. Truth is in that sense contingent on what is being said as opposed to setting the standard for it. In other words, truth is the embodiment of shareability among us. While truth as such ensures the viability of a political entity, truth by no means represents a normative standard to adjudicate among contesting actors in what they say, let alone in what they do. During Thucydides’ times, ancient China was also experiencing a tumultuous time as the ruling Zhou dynasty deteriorated into the period of the Warring States (481–221 BCE). This was when the rulers of Zhou no longer presided over the territories brought under its control through conquest. Instead of professing allegiance to the Zhou royalty, the lords of these territories became kings themselves to rule over their own land. The period was one marked by endless military campaigns as each of the seven major states aimed to conquer the rest (Lewis 1999). Yet, the period was also known for its intellectual vibrancy as different thinkers challenged the restoring of order among these warring states – including offering ideas and advice to rulers on good governance. Among these thinkers was Confucius (551–479 BCE). His thought, which came to be known as Confucianism, went on to become the state ideology of China from the Han dynasty (206 BCE–222 CE) until the end of the Qing dynasty in 1911 when China became a republic. The founding text of Confucianism was the Analects, which is a collection of dialogues between Confucius and his students as recorded by them. One key concept Confucius advanced is the ‘rectification of names’. Though the term only appears in one exchange in the Analects, it is considered a major aspect of Confucius’ thought. Generations of Confucian scholars from past and present, including Western academics, have debated over its interpretation (Makeham 2003). The passage in question reads as follows: Zi Lu said: ‘The monarch of the state of Wei wants you to govern the country, what is the first thing you plan on doing?’ Confucius said: ‘First it is necessary to rectify the names.’Zi Lu said: ‘Is that really what has to be done? You are being too pedantic, aren’t you now? How will you rectify these names?’Confucius said: ‘Zhong You, you are too unrefined. A gentleman, faced with a matter that he does not understand, takes a skeptical attitude. If names are not correct, one cannot speak smoothly and reasonably, and if one cannot speak smoothly and reasonably, affairs cannot be managed successfully. If affairs cannot be managed successfully, rites and music will not be conducted. If rites and music are not conducted, punishments will not be suitable. And if punishments are not suitable, the common people will not know what to do. So, when the gentleman uses names, it is necessary to be able to speak so that people understand. If one can say it, one can definitely do it. A gentleman should not be careless with words’ (Analects 13:3 in Cao 2016, 148). This translation is offered by the contemporary philosopher Cao Feng. As Cao notes, the passage is what started the whole debate over ‘exactly what kind of names did Confucius... wish to rectify’ (Cao 2016, 148). Of the three major groups of interpretation examined by Cao, beginning with classical Confucian scholarship, one is arguably the most influential and certainly most pertinent to the issue of language and politics. This is the interpretation that was first associated with the Neo-Confucian master, Zhu Xi (1130–1200), who argued that the ‘rectification of names is simply the rectification of politics’ (Cao 2016, 149). Within this interpretive framework, rectification has the dual functions of correction and prescription by ensuring that predetermined hierarchical roles are strictly adhered to through following ‘the system of rites and propriety’ (Cao 2016, 151). In addition, the rectification of names entails ‘using names to rectify actuality’ (Cao 2016, 151). Yet Cao rejects this whole body of interpretive works by arguing that these were ideas developed later. Instead, Cao suggests the following: The original meaning of Confucius’ rectification of names may, then, be quite simple. Confucius did not mean to establish a concrete, normative system of “names”; rather, Confucius was simply the first person in history to realize or remark upon the importance of language in politics. As a politician, he noticed and foresaw the impact that the indeterminacy, ambiguity, and arbitrariness of names would have on politics. Confucius recognized the political consequences of language’s not accurately expressing meaning or not being accurately received by people. He realized the great role that names, as a means of distinguishing right and wrong and establishing norms, could play in society and politics (Cao 2016, 168). Scholarly debates aside, Cao’s view has the advantage of identifying an interpretation of this controversial exchange in the Analects that enables its readers to extrapolate from it the observation that the meaning of words depends as much on their users as on their interpreters; neither of which can be predetermined. Accordingly, a good ruler is someone who can speak without ambiguity to his subjects and make good his words through actions. Stated differently, Cao’s view on what concerned Confucius then, who was living through times of protracted political upheaval, is that language is an indispensable political tool for those in power and can be deployed by both good and bad rulers alike. To sum up, this historical survey shows that politics as a war of words is by no means a distinctive marker of contemporary politics nor the Western world. Be it ancient or current, east or west, language is subject to manipulation to serve political purposes and when there is an outright war of words that defies existing norms, it is indicative of a political situation in which people no longer share a language and truth becomes irrelevant. Accordingly, political order entails stability in language use. Truth and Politics As previously noted, current use of the term post-truth as an adjective to the term ‘politics’ suggests that once there was a time when politics aligned with truth. Indeed, if we start with Plato’s Republic as the key founding text of Western political thought, we see that the ideal polis (city-state of ancient Greece) is where truth and politics converge, and justice is achieved. Written around 380 BCE when Athens was still coping with its defeat by the Spartans in the Peloponnesian War, the Republic is a defence of the rule of the ‘philosopher king’, defined as someone who is ‘guided by the truth’ and is ‘always and in every way’ in pursuit of the truth (Plato 1974, 490a). For Plato, truth converges with virtues and hence, letting the philosopher take charge of politics is to let the wisest and the most virtuous lead the less wise and the less virtuous even if it requires compulsion (Plato 1974, 499b). In Plato’s words, ‘…until the philosophers attain power in a city there will be no respite from evil for either city or citizens…’ (Plato 1974, 501e). The uncompromising rule of philosopher-kings is made palatable by the claim that we are all ‘earth- born brothers’ with random mixtures of gold, silver, bronze and iron, but only the gold can rule (Plato 1974, 414–415). Understandably, academic debates over the interpretation of Plato’s Republic revolve around the question of whether truth as attained in philosophy can be realised in politics as action and whether such a connection is even desirable. Without getting into the details of these scholarly exchanges, I suggest that they all share the concern that truth acquired through the rigorous process of philosophical reasoning is not without problem when applied to the real world of living humans. This is because not all humans are philosophers – and indeed, in Plato’s view, not everyone is capable of becoming a philosopher given the protracted and arduous training that one needs to endure to become one. Hannah Arendt (1906–1975), a highly influential political philosopher of the twentieth century, notes that ‘Plato was the first to introduce the division between those who know and do not act and those who act and do not know’ and that such a separation has remained ‘at the root of all theories of domination’ (Arendt 1958, 223, 225). What Arendt points out in this remark is not the gap between theory and practice, but rather that Plato provides the normative ground for those who know the truth to tell those who do not know what to do. Arendt herself took on the challenge of understanding the relationship between truth and politics through her analysis of Nazism and Stalinism. Arendt’s insight, which was controversial when The Origins of Totalitarianism was published in 1951, was to identify Nazism and Stalinism as representative of a new form of political rule – totalitarianism – making it distinct from ‘other forms of political oppression... such as despotism, tyranny and dictatorship’ (Arendt 1973, 460). Arendt defines totalitarianism as a self- contained system of ideas driven by their ‘logic’ and marked by a mode of reasoning called ‘ideological thinking.’ Ideological thinking as such is a distinctive form of political reasoning defined by three characteristics. First, ideological thinking claims to provide a ‘total explanation’ of all historical happenings, encompassing the past, the present, and the future. Second, while ideological thinking is an attempt to account for ‘factual reality’ in its totality, this mode of thinking is paradoxically divorced from reality and experience. This is because experience, being rooted in specificity, is clearly limited in its claim to totality. It follows that as its third characteristic, ideological thinking aims to emancipate thought from the limitation imposed by experience through a ‘specific method of demonstration.’ The method involves arranging facts into an ‘absolutely logical procedure’ that starts from an ‘axiomatically accepted premise’. It is, in short, a ‘process of deduction from a premise’ – which is the only possible movement in the realm of logic that leads to one definitive conclusion. This is how the ‘logicality of ideological thinking’ provides the basis for total explanation and the ‘principle of action’ for totalitarian movement (Arendt 1973, 468–474). Stated differently, totalitarianism is a form of uncompromising idealism that exists in one’s head irrespective of shared reality as experienced. It is the perverse form of what Arendt later refers to as ‘rational truth’, which is the product of the ‘speculative mind’ that belongs to philosophy, mathematics and the sciences. The ‘speculative mind’ is the mind working on its way to generate axioms and theories by relying on the cognitive capacity of the human brain (Arendt 1977, 231). The presence of others has no bearing whatsoever on rational truth. In contrast, ‘factual truth’ is what happens when humans are ‘living and acting together’ (Arendt 1977, 231). Factual truth is therefore particular and temporal by definition. But more importantly, factual truth is ‘political by nature’ because it can only be validated in the context of the human community (Arendt 1977, 238). In other words, factual truth is about humans in their plurality rather than in their singularity. For factual truth to be sustainable, we need what Arendt calls ‘common sense’ – understood as ‘community sense’ (Arendt 1982, 72). There is also another distinction about truth that Arendt makes which is pertinent to understanding how totalitarianism works. The issue is whether the so-called totalitarian ideology is simply an unnecessarily cumbersome way of saying that it is an all-round and polished lie. Here, Arendt calls totalitarian ideology the ‘modern lie’ – in contrast to the ‘traditional lie’. The latter is restricted by two conditions: that it is a lie about the ‘particulars’ and that it deceives only the ‘enemy’ – which means that the liar is not engaged in self- deception. The modern lie, however, involves a ‘complete rearrangement of the whole factual texture’. It also intends to deceive everyone alike, to the extent that those who initiate the lie eventually ‘fall victims to their own falsehood’ (Arendt 1977, 249–254). This distinction between the traditional and modern lie is important. It indicates that not only is totalitarianism a lie, but the lie is in fact too big to fit into the standard meaning of the word. To tell a lie from truth, we need a common standard. In the case of a traditional lie, the common standard is precisely ‘the fabric of factuality’. As such, a lie always appears as a ‘tear’ to that fabric. Yet, modern lies require making a surrogate reality with a completely different context for facts to fit ‘without seam, crack, or fissure, exactly as the facts fitted into their original context’. Arendt notes that as long as those who concoct the surrogate reality are prepared to engage in self- deception to ‘create a semblance of truthfulness’, there is nothing to prevent ‘these new stories, images, and non-facts from becoming an adequate substitute for reality and factuality’ (Arendt 1977, 253–254). Totalitarianism therefore requires a person to stand outside of the system itself in order to make sense of it. Arendt points out that it is futile for us to argue with (for example) a Nazi or a Stalinist on race or class. To confront totalitarianism requires more than just a confrontation with specific facts. It is a more fundamental confrontation between reality as experienced and its total rejection. This means that Nazism and Stalinism are more than radical ways of conducting racial conflict or class struggle. Rather: Totalitarian politics – far from being simply antisemitic or racist or imperialist or communist – use and abuse their own ideological and political elements until the basis of factual reality, from which the ideologies originally derived their propaganda value– the value of struggle, for instance, or the interest conflicts between Jews and their neighbours – have all but disappeared (Arendt 1973, xv). Accordingly: The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (that is, the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (that is, the standards of thought) no longer exist (Arendt 1973, 474). Who then is the ‘ideal subject’ of totalitarianism? Although there is a revival of interest in Arendt’s observation on truth and politics since the onset of post- truth politics, not enough has been said about her reply to the question (Hyvönen 2018; Klinkler 2018; Lee 2019; Zerilli 2020). Yet if we take a look at Arendt’s portrait of this ideal subject, her view is even more pertinent to our current challenge. As a self-contained system of ideas that is detached from experience, totalitarian thinking offers consistency in ways that reality cannot. Arendt notes that this kind of consistency is especially appealing to those who have lost a sense of bearing in the world (Arendt 1973, 353). They constitute what she calls the ‘masses’. The ‘mass man’ is thus a highly isolated and atomised individual, who is ‘obsessed by a desire to escape from reality’ (Arendt 1973, 318, 352). In his ‘essential homelessness’ the mass man can ‘no longer bear its accidental, incomprehensible aspects’ (Arendt 1973, 352). This longing for escape from reality is a ‘verdict against the world’ in which one is ‘forced to live’ but ‘cannot exist’ (Arendt 1973, 352). Such a situation is ripe for the ‘revolt of the masses’ against ‘common sense,’ which is ‘the result of their atomisation, of their loss of social status’ and with it, the ‘whole sector of communal relationships in whose framework common sense makes sense’ (Arendt 1973, 352). In short, the masses are people who are considered to be ‘superfluous or can be spared … [who] cannot be integrated into any organisation based on common interest’ (Arendt 1973, 311). Whether one agrees with Arendt’s analysis of the social conditions in the interwar years that led to the formation of the ‘masses’, her portrait of the ‘mass man’ is a powerful account of what can happen to an individual who has become disposable to the society that they used to belong to. Hand in hand with this phenomenon is indeed the collapse of ‘common sense’ that leaves the dislodged individual scrambling for reconnection. By offering the masses a substitute reality validated by the ‘logic of an idea’ rather than by experience, totalitarianism makes it possible for them to live in a world where there is no condition of plurality. Between ‘facing the anarchic growth and total arbitrariness of decay’ and ‘bowing down before the most rigid, fantastically fictitious consistency of an ideology’, the masses will likely ‘choose the latter’ (Arendt 1973, 352). A world created by ideology, then, is more attractive to the masses not because ‘they are stupid and wicked, but because in the general disaster this escape grants them a minimum of self- respect’ by conjuring up ‘a lying world of consistency which is more adequate to the needs of the human mind than reality itself’ (Arendt 1973, 353). Moreover, it is precisely this ability to guarantee consistency that makes it possible for the leaders of totalitarian movements to demand ‘total, unrestricted, unconditional and unalterable loyalty of the individual member’ (Arendt 1973, 323). While this chapter is not a study of the social factors that led to specific contemporary developments such as the result of the Brexit referendum or the election of Donald Trump in 2016, Arendt’s ‘mass man’ seem to have found their counterparts among the supporters of Brexit and Trumpism. Studies of voters’ profiles in both events point to a disproportionate share of supporters from white male lower income backgrounds without university educations. These are individuals who have either already lost their jobs to globalisation or who are at high risk of losing their job with very little capacity to be retrained for the twenty-first century market economy of advanced industrialised states (BBC 2016; Pew Research Center 2018). In short, these displaced workers are part of the tapestry forming the modern equivalent of Arendt’s ‘mass man’ – ready to be the recruits of totalitarianism. Conclusion If we step back to take a more comprehensive approach to the relationship between truth and politics, both historically and theoretically, it is not so obvious that 2016 is a defining moment. From ancient China and ancient Greece to our so-called post-truth age, the indeterminacy of language appears to be a persistent political challenge. Language is always open to manipulation by its users to serve power. Nonetheless, the tendency these days is to single out the ubiquity of social media and the proliferation of Internet platforms as the incubator for the countless cyberwars of words that in turn fuel the real world of politics. In this context, language is no longer the conveyor of objective facts and accurate information, but rather the medium for expressing subjective opinions and feelings, as captured by the Oxford Dictionary’s definition of the term ‘post-truth politics’. In contrast, the historical approach used in this chapter shows that it is in fact too easy to point the figure at the Internet and digital communication for the political challenge that we face today. What is being suggested here is that with or without the Internet, language, be it used to convey facts or emotions, is simply a tool for communication that humans have invented. While language per se cannot adjudicate what is true or not true, what is right or wrong, it embodies such capacity when language is a shared norm. That shared norm cannot be sustained without some semblance of cohesion in any given community. Any war of words, irrespective of its platform, is indicative of the breakdown of such cohesiveness. Returning to the original context in which the term post-truth politics was first used by Steve Tesich helps to identify the important distinction between truth as the standard for knowledge and truth as the standard for action. The two do not necessarily coincide. Placed in the context of the history of political thought, this distinction is in fact at the heart of Plato’s Republic. Yet when the philosopher as the quintessential bearer of truth becomes king, the polis that he rules over is far from the ideal of a just state that it purports to be. Instead, it is one that is held together by lies and coercion. What Arendt reveals through her study of Nazism and Stalinism is that it is dangerous for the kind of truth that philosophy generates – ‘rational truth’ – to become the guide to politics. Politics guided by rational truth can only be uncompromising and follows a logic of its own that cannot afford the ambiguity and indeterminacy of reality as lived experiences of humans. A world of post-truth politics can be an opportunity for a new kind of politics if it is indeed about dismantling the idea that truth is the ideal that politics should strive for. But as it stands, the post-truth politics of today is more about invoking a past that never exists to judge the presence as a crisis in naming when the real crisis is about rebuilding a shared space that has room for all – be they of the left, right or centre; cosmopolitan or parochial; civic-minded or self-centred; liberal-minded or bigoted. Politics is and always will be about striving for that space, without which no human can thrive. References Arendt, Hannah. 1958. The Human Condition. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. Arendt, Hannah. 1973. The Origins of Totalitarianism. Rev. ed. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Arendt, Hannah. 1977. “Truth and Politics.” In Between Past and Future, 227–264. New York: Penguin Books. Arendt, Hannah. 1982. Lectures on Kant’s Political Philosophy, edited by Ronald Beiner. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 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Kathleen Sebelius joins The Stakes to explain how political interference, staffing cuts, and weakened agencies are undermining public health.

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Sep 15 • 6:06 PM EDT • Health • kettering.org
Testing the Creativity of Randomness

The evolutionary part of this paper relies on wishful thinking. What “could” or “might” happen occurs only in their evolutionary imaginations.

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Sep 15 • 6:02 PM EDT • Science • scienceandculture.com
Burtonsville Day Returns This Saturday With Parade, Food and Live Entertainment

A parade, live performances and a community festival will bring residents together this Saturday, September 19, for Burtonsville Day at the Marilyn J. Praisner Library and Community Recreation Center. This […]

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Sep 15 • 6:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • mocoshow.com
Use of untested 'Wolverine' peptide backed by US Health Secretary Kennedy on the rise, study finds

An experimental ​peptide backed by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and marketed online for pain, healing and performance enhancement is being ‌used for a wide range of ailments despite little safety and efficacy evidence from human studies, a new analysis found.

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Sep 15 • 5:50 PM EDT • Health • reuters.com
Use of Untested 'Wolverine' Peptide Backed by US Health Secretary Kennedy on the Rise, Study Finds

By Nancy Lapid Sept 15 (Reuters) - An experimental peptide backed by U.S. Health Secretary Robert ⁠F. ⁠Kennedy Jr. and marketed online for pain, healing ⁠and performance enhancement is being used for a wide range of ailments despite little safety and efficacy evidence from human studies, a new ...

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Sep 15 • 5:50 PM EDT • Health • usnews.com
$10.8K M5 Ultra Mac Studio benchmark shows a 6x increase in multi-core compute since M1

Apple Silicon was a gamble, and in spite of repeated reports of brain drains and executive exodus, the M5 Ultra is Apple's most powerful chipset by a long shot.

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Sep 15 • 5:49 PM EDT • Technology • appleinsider.com
agilon health (AGL) Stock Trades Up, Here Is Why

Shares of healthcare services company Agilon Health (NYSE:AGL) jumped 3.9% in the morning session after Bernstein SocGen Group upgraded the stock's rating to Outperform from Market Perform and raised its price target from $86 to $125.

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Sep 15 • 5:27 PM EDT • Health • finance.yahoo.com
Sports luminaries Brandi Chastain, Candace Parker to speak at UC Davis symposium

Two of the most celebrated and influential athletes in women’s sports, Olympic gold medalists Brandi Chastain and Candace Parker, will headline an Oct. 4 symposium at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts on leadership, resilience and the future of women’s professional sports. Tickets are on sale now.

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Sep 15 • 5:26 PM EDT • Sports • giving.ucdavis.edu
UCF's Lawrence, Harvey Post Quiet NFL Week 1 Performances

Former Knights Malachi Lawrence and RJ Harvey navigated a demanding season opener, battling defensive lapses and limited touches as they strive to cement their roles in the pros.

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Sep 15 • 5:24 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Kennedy Center board votes to close for renovations immediately

Board members argued the center’s dire financial situation required the closure. The center has seen plummeting ticket sales and cancelled performances since President Trump took control of it.

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Sep 15 • 5:00 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumnews1.com
Microsoft announces Windows and Surface event for October 7th

The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts.

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Sep 15 • 4:36 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Cheetah Chrome, Dead Boys' guitarist, dead at 71

LOS ANGELES — Eugene O'Connor, the guitarist who performed as Cheetah Chrome in the pioneering punk band Dead Boys, has died. He was 71. The band confirmed O'Connor's death in

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Sep 15 • 4:10 PM EDT • Entertainment • recorderonline.com
Maryland football’s Malik Washington shrugs off Virginia Tech criticism

COLLEGE PARK — Malik Washington refused to take the victory lap. After an uneven showing in Maryland’s season-opening 62-0 pasting of Hampton on Sept. 5, the sophomore quarterback reminded fans and opponents of what he is capable of by passing for 347 yards and two touchdowns in Saturday’s 38-14 victory over UConn at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut. That performance was a ...

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Sep 15 • 4:02 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
BYU–Hawaii Names New Deans for Faculty of Culture, Language & Performing Arts and Faculty of Business & Government

Brigham Young University–Hawaii Academic Vice President Kelly Haws announced two new academic leadership appointments, effective immediately.

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Sep 15 • 3:47 PM EDT • Business • news.byuh.edu
Wizards of Winter Bring Holiday Rock to the Niswonger

Van Wert — The Niswonger Performing Arts Center will come alive with the sights and sounds of the season when the Wizards of Winter take the stage on Saturday, December

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Sep 15 • 3:31 PM EDT • Entertainment • theeveningleader.com
Vance tells Republicans running against a Democrat who’s ‘not that crazy’ to bring up Abdul El-Sayed instead

The vice president rallied Capitol Hill Republicans Tuesday, telling them that while they can’t pretend “everything is perfect” right now — they can blame Democrats.

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Sep 15 • 3:26 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Tuchel regrets not eating Azteca turf after win over Mexico

Thomas Tuchel regrets not eating any of the grass at the Azteca Stadium after England's epic World Cup win against Mexico.

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Sep 15 • 3:25 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Iran war cost $38 billion through July, report says

The U.S. is expected to spend $2 billion to $3 billion per month as the war continues, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

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Sep 15 • 3:13 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Kennedy Center board votes to close, Trump's name addition blocked

The Kennedy Center Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to immediately close the performing arts venue's main building, a few hours after a federal judge ruled that President Trump's name could not be restored to its facade.

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Sep 15 • 2:49 PM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
What Lenders Really Look for When They Evaluate Your Business (It's More Than You Think)

Financial performance matters, but lenders are also weighing something the numbers don't capture.

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Sep 15 • 2:30 PM EDT • Business • entrepreneur.com
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Fairfax-based ITC Federal to acquire govcon business tied to ICE

ITC Federal announced Tuesday it has signed a definitive agreement to buy McLean-based Capgemini Government Solutions.

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Sep 15 • 2:10 PM EDT • Business • virginiabusiness.com
Emmy producers say John Mulaney’s bleeped joke was not rehearsed: ‘John’s gonna do John’

The comedian made a joke about oral sex, resurfacing a 2014 interview with DJ Khaled.

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Sep 15 • 2:09 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Broncos news: Denver makes move after pathetic performance vs. Chiefs

The Denver Broncos didn’t wait long to make a roster move after getting embarrassed on national television. According to DNVR’s Zac Stevens, Denver is re-signing wide receiver Lil’Jordan Humphrey to its 53-man roster following a procedural move that resulted in his release on Monday. Humphrey was not expected to play against Kansas City, but his […] The post Broncos news: Denver makes move after pathetic performance vs. Chiefs appeared first on ClutchPoints.

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Sep 15 • 2:06 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Jazz’s Defensive Overhaul Should Save Brice Sensabaugh, Not Bench Him

Utah’s newfound defensive depth provides the perfect safety net for Brice Sensabaugh. Instead of benching the sophomore scorer, Will Hardy can finally unleash his elite bucket-getting potential.

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Sep 15 • 2:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Chargers’ Offensive Line Raises Major Concerns In Season-Opening Loss

Los Angeles invested heavily in its offensive line, but a poor performance against Arizona exposed major questions that need to be answered quickly.

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Sep 15 • 2:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com