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As fires burn, Boundary Waters businesses confront lost peak season

After days spent evacuating campers from the Boundary Waters as wildfires spread, outfitters and tourism businesses are beginning to consider the financial fallout. With the wilderness closed during the height of the summer season, many are facing mounting cancellations and an uncertain future.

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Jul 16 • 8:57 AM EDT • Business • mprnews.org
Winter Sports Club responds to Nordic combined’s removal from Olympics

In a gut-punch to the Steamboat Springs Nordic combined community, the sport has been removed from the Alpes 2030 Winter Olympic games in France. Nordic combined has long been a bread-and-butter sport for the Steamboat...

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Jul 16 • 7:06 AM EDT • Sports • steamboatpilot.com
Not Politics, Just Heritage

The Interstate 40 bridge that crosses over Douglas Lake and the French Broad River now bears the name, “President Donald J. Trump Bridge.” On July 9, state officials unveiled the new bridge signs during a ceremony held at the exit 425 westbound rest area in Dandridge. This comes after the naming of the bridge was

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Jul 16 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • standardbanner.com
College grad pivots from software engineering to data analytics

Mackenzie McAllister, a 22-year-old computer science grad, said she used AI as a crutch during school. Now she's considering data analytics roles.

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Jul 16 • 5:38 AM EDT • Science • businessinsider.com
Heat-related deaths spiked in last heat wave, worrying health officials as more heat looms

Heat-related deaths jumped to 19 in the first half of the summer, with eight of those coming during the brutal heat wave around the Fourth of July, putting the state on track to record the second-most heat deaths in 15 years, new data shows

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Jul 16 • 5:23 AM EDT • Health • marylandmatters.org
U.S. and U.K. soldiers participate in Armed Forces Entertainment All-Star Soccer Tour

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to V Corps subordinate units, Scottish soldiers from the U.K. army and professional soccer players touring with the Armed Forces Entertainment Heat Wave Summer Series, pose for a group photo after completing the scrimmage game during the All-Star Soccer Tour clinic at Tapa Army Base, Estonia, July 9, 2026. The AFE summer programming brings world-class entertainers, athletes, and performers overseas to connect with service members stationed around the globe. By providing unique opportunities for Soldiers to engage with professional talent, build morale, and share memorable experiences away from the mission, the program strengthens the resilience, camaraderie and sense of community that are essential to the military. V Corps is the U.S. Army's only forward-deployed corps, serving as the senior tactical headquarters for Army forces in Eastern Europe to deter conflict and provide combat-ready forces alongside our NATO allies. V Corps is operationalizing and expanding the Eastern Flank Deterrence Initiative with Allies, rapidly integrating emerging technologies into training and tactical plans. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Aaron Kaczur, 196th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

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Jul 16 • 4:08 AM EDT • Entertainment • dvidshub.net
Reporter doesn’t flinch when cockroach lands on her, crawls around during live report

TV news reporter Rachel Menitoff’s reaction to a cockroach landing on her during a live report is going viral.

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Jul 15 • 10:37 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Business owners ask city of Richmond to address drainage after flooding

Bethany and Jason Freeman, owners of Prosigns on Big Hill Avenue, said the flooding caused them to lose tens of thousands of dollars in inventory and left nearly $20,000 in damage to their building during a city commission meeting on Tuesday.

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Jul 15 • 9:42 PM EDT • Business • wkyt.com
Fanatics Fest 2026 daily guide: Will LeBron James announce his free-agent decision during a live podcast taping?
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Jul 15 • 8:31 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
ZeniMax Online Studios leadership to exit as part of Xbox cuts

There are major changes happening atop Maryland-based ZeniMax Online Studios, developer of the Elder Scrolls Online, Game File has learned. Joe Burba, a 14-year veteran of the studio who was appointed to run it last July, is departing, along with ESO executive producer Susan Kath, studio game director Rich Lambert and production director Ala Diaz. Their roles were listed among hundreds of others cut last week from the Maryland offices of ZeniMax, in a WARN letter sent to the state by ZeniMax and obtained today by Game File. Tonight, BUrbam Kath, Lambert and Diaz notified Zenimax Online Studios workers of plans to “transition” to a new leadership team consisting of promoted ZOS veterans. That transition will occur “over the next few months,” they told workers, according to a copy of the notice reviewed by Game File. “We will remain in place during the transition period to help ensure a smooth handoff.” Last week, Microsoft laid off of 1,600 workers across its vast gaming teams in locations around the U.S. and abroad. Just who has been impacted and how hard various studios have been hit has been emerging day by day. Game File reported last week that Microsoft/ZeniMax notified officials in Maryland that 379 gaming jobs were being cut across the state. They tallied cuts in two locations: one for ZeniMax Media Inc. (covering Elder Scrolls/Starfield/Fallout-maker Bethesda Game Studios and central Bethesda game publishing) and one for ZeniMax Online Studios (Elder Scrolls Online). More than 200 jobs were cut at the latter. Last week’s totals did not reveal job titles, nor did Microsoft announce any leadership changes in the ZeniMax group. That has now happened. Earlier today, Game File obtained from Maryland officials a breakdown of the 379 impacted roles, which, extraordinarily, included “studio head.” Microsoft later confirmed to Game File which studio head that referred to: ZeniMax Online Studios’. Microsoft has since has notified studio employees and internally announced new leadership. ZOS will now be run by Josh Henderson, previously head of business operations at the studio, and Nick Giacomini, who was promoted to game director for ESO last August. Game File is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my journalism, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe Last week’s news of 200+ cuts at ZeniMax Online Studios generated public sympathy for those workers and questions about the long-term viability of the Elder Scrolls Online. ESO is a massively multiplayer online game that inherently persists on the strength of new content being developed for it. Earlier today, fans and workers in Maryland protested the cuts at the ZeniMax teams in a rally organized by the Communication Workers of America, the union that represents many of the impacted employees. Regarding concerns around the game, a community manager stated on Saturday: “The plan is still to deliver great content, and we will hopefully have an update soon.” In their note to the studio today, the outgoing leaders of ZeniMax Online Studios predicted “growth” for the game: We have tremendous confidence in Josh and Nick, the future of this studio, and the continued growth of ESO. With exciting experiences still ahead for our players as we wrap up work for Update 51 and beyond, we believe that your passion, creativity, and commitment to each other and the community will continue serving as the heartbeat of ESO. The list of jobs cut in the ZeniMax WARN notice in Maryland includes several very senior roles, including: Studio Head Studio Operations Director Studio Game Director Studio Audio Director Studio Art Manager Vice President and Controller VP, Global Sales & Business Development While some of those job descriptions match the exiting ZOS leadership team, Game File couldn’t verify if all were from that studio. The full list of cut roles shared by Maryland officials also covers workers at Bethesda Game Studios and its central publishing office. The following is an excerpt: The list of 379 eliminated ZeniMax jobs in Maryland also includes: four animators three bilingual CS (community service) leads for Chinese, Italian, and Japanese a creative director for the Elder Scrolls Online Player Life Cycle two food service workers seven producers more than 60 senior QA testers. and many others The WARN notice states that almost all of the 379 workers were notified of their layoff on July 6. In fine print, it states: “Approximately 9 employees were notified of the elimination of their position prior to July 6, 2026.” A 2021 mega-merger scaled back Microsoft announced in 2020 that it intended to buy ZeniMax and its network of game studios in 2020, and closed the $7.5 billion deal in March 2021. The purchase, which preceded Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, added several award-winning studios to Microsoft’s portfolio, including Bethesda (Elder Scrolls, Fallout), Arkane (Dishonored), and id Software (Doom). The studios’ output since then included a 2024 Game of the Year contented from MachineGames in the form of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle along with Starfield from Bethesda and the poorly-received Redfall from Arkane Austin. In recent years, a Microsoft repeatedly in cutback mode closed ZeniMax’s Tango Gameworks (which was reconstituted by Krafton) and closed Arkane Austin. The Xbox cuts last week have hit the ZeniMax group hard, with 158 jobs eliminated in Texas, many of them at id, and 379 from the ZeniMax teams in Maryland. Xbox also said last week that it would be entering a consultation process around Arkane Lyon, a process expected to end in a sale, shutdown or other form of divestment. The Lyon team has been working on a game tied to Marvel’s Blade vampire-hunting super-hero.

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Jul 15 • 7:42 PM EDT • Technology • gamefile.news
What Blanche said about Trump, Epstein files during confirmation hearing for attorney general

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche tried to assert his independence from President Donald Trump during his confirmation hearing Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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Jul 15 • 7:34 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
CDC Director Nominee Erica Schwartz Grilled by Senators About Vaccines and Political Pressure

A former deputy surgeon general, Schwartz vowed during her confirmation hearing to “never compromise on the science.”

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Jul 15 • 5:34 PM EDT • Politics • time.com
Trump weighing options for expanding military operations in Iran

President Donald Trump has been receiving options for expanding the military operation in Iran, according to people familiar with the matter, including during a Situation Room meeting on Tuesday.

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Jul 15 • 5:24 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Trump administration 'screwed up' Epstein files communication, Vance says

During a lengthy podcast interview with Joe Rogan released Wednesday, Vice President JD Vance pointed largely to former Attorney General Pam Bondi, who infamously stated that an alleged “client list” of Epstein’s was “sitting on my desk right now.”

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Jul 15 • 5:21 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
NFL Skill Guys Back From Major Injury To Monitor

Injuries are a brutal reality of the NFL, and usually it’s not a massive hit that derails a player’s season, but a misstep on wet grass or turf that puts them on the shelf. During the 2025 NFL season, several standout offensive players – some of whom were likely on your fantasy team – were either ...

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Jul 15 • 5:04 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Trump relished in being compared to dictators like Hitler and Stalin, journalist says

The New York Times journalist Jonathan Swan says the president is fixated on becoming a "great man of history" during his second term. Swan's new book, written with Maggie Haberman, is Regime Change.

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Jul 15 • 2:56 PM EDT • Politics • npr.org
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Sen. Warren blasts Fed chairman during hearing on Capitol Hill
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Jul 15 • 2:07 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
U.S. Mint making $1 gold-colored coin with Trump's image

The coin commemorates the country’s 250th anniversary and honors "the enduring legacy of liberty and a lasting symbol of patriotism,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said

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Jul 15 • 1:48 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
U.S. Mint making $1 gold-colored coin with Trump's image

The coin commemorates the country’s 250th anniversary and honors "the enduring legacy of liberty and a lasting symbol of patriotism,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said

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Jul 15 • 1:48 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Cassidy to Trump public health nominee: ‘Why would you repeat those damn lies?’

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), chair of the Senate Health Committee, grew angry with President Trump’s nominee to lead the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) during his…

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Jul 15 • 1:32 PM EDT • Health • thehill.com
Stephen Curry Wins Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award

Four-time NBA champion and two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Stephen Curry was named the recipient of the Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian award, during the ...

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Jul 15 • 12:29 PM EDT • Sports • warriors.com
AHA comments on health bills considered during House committee markup

The AHA provided a statement to the House Ways and Means Committee for a markup July 15 on various pieces of health legislation. The AHA offered feedback on the Health Care Price Certainty for All Americans Act, which would codify and expand hospital price transparency requirements.

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Jul 15 • 11:42 AM EDT • Health • aha.org
Blanche pressed to meet with Epstein survivors during confirmation hearing
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Jul 15 • 11:37 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Essentia Health encourages parents to schedule well-child/teen visits during slow summer months

As families settle into summer routines, Essentia Health is encouraging parents to take advantage of the season’s added flexibility by scheduling well-child/teen visits before school, sports and activities pick back up.

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Jul 15 • 11:32 AM EDT • Health • essentiahealth.org
Why Singing Is One of Sports' Most Enduring Rituals

Whether their team is winning or losing, people have an odd tendency to sing. Psychologists explain why.

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Jul 15 • 11:04 AM EDT • Sports • time.com
NextGen internship program offers a whirlwind tour of genetics

From working in a research lab to participating in hands-on group activities, high school students get an inside look at biomedical science during a five-week summer internship with the Department of Human Genetics.

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Jul 15 • 6:29 AM EDT • Science • news.emory.edu
Health inspections lead to 5 Central Florida restaurant shutdowns

The Department of Business and Professional Regulation shut down five Central Florida restaurants for health code violations during the week from July 5-11.

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Jul 15 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • orlandosentinel.com
Duran Hails July 15 as Defining Moment in Türkiye’s Democratic History

Duran paid tribute to those who were killed during the failed coup attempt & expressed gratitude to those who participated in resisting it.

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Jul 15 • 5:40 AM EDT • Politics • politicstoday.org
Despite Losing AJ Brown, Eagles Have Many Options for Jalen Hurts

There's a lot to like about what the Philadelphia Eagles accomplished during the offseason, even after moving on from AJ Brown.

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Jul 15 • 2:28 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Magazine Street businesses thrive during restaurant week despite summer heat

Magazine Street Restaurant Week is helping local eateries draw customers during the slow summer season, with owners and visitors sharing their excitement over the turnout.

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Jul 14 • 11:22 PM EDT • Business • wdsu.com
Popular diet trend could boost mental health among older adults, study finds

Older adults who followed a Mediterranean diet during COVID-19 lockdowns reported less decline in happiness and life satisfaction than their peers.

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Jul 14 • 11:08 PM EDT • Health • foxnews.com
Junior Caminero Hit By Pitch During MLB All-Star Game, But The X-Rays Negative

Tampa Bay Rays Junior Caminero left the MLB All-Star game after being hit by a pitch in the third inning.

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Jul 14 • 9:30 PM EDT • Sports • foxsports.com
Houston Rockets jersey history No. 21

During his time suiting up for the Rockets, Powell wore only jersey No. 21 and put up 4.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 1.0 blocks per game.

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Jul 14 • 9:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
South Omaha businesses say little to no communication creates barriers during Plaza de la Raza construction

"I think there should have been like more communication or try to rearrange something beforehand," a South Omaha business owner said.

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Jul 14 • 7:50 PM EDT • Business • ketv.com
Flow of Parkway closure detours continues to surprise local businesses

During rush hour, it took Live Drive Four nearly 40 minutes combined to cross the Rankin and Homestead Grays bridges. Despite that, business owners said things haven't slowed down.

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Jul 14 • 6:07 PM EDT • Business • wtae.com
Sen. Padilla tours Boyle Heights warehouse fire site amid community health concerns: LAFD chief says ammonia wasn't leaked

While it was originally thought that ammonia had leaked during the fire, Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Jamie Moore, who led Tuesday's tour, said the ammonia in the building was never exposed to any flames and was never a threat.

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Jul 14 • 5:39 PM EDT • Health • cbsnews.com
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Scientists show that DNA can last for up to 50,000 years in Africa ‪—‬ much longer than previously thought

Researchers extracted DNA from long-dead animals that lived in South Africa during the last ice age, revealing that genetic material lasts longer in hot climates than was previously thought.

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Jul 14 • 5:22 PM EDT • Science • livescience.com
Video: Woman, still wearing psychiatric bracelet, jailed by OKC officer during mental health crisis

An interaction between an Oklahoma City police officer and a woman in a mental health crisis is now under investigation after body camera video showed

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Jul 14 • 5:10 PM EDT • Health • koco.com
Poll: Small Business Only American Institution With Bipartisan Support

New Gallup survey shows that voters of all stripes mistrust banks, big business, tech companies, the media and Congress, but have enduring trust in Main Street.

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Jul 14 • 4:33 PM EDT • Business • forbes.com
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Trump revives his decades-old Iran warning as US ramps up military pressure: 'remarkably consistent'

A 1980 video clip shows Trump urging the U.S. to send troops into Iran during the hostage crisis, resurfacing as CENTCOM resumes a naval blockade.

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47 revelatory hours with Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced

To review this month’s supposed remake of 2013’s Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, I must first correct the record. Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced isn’t a game about pirates (and assassins) in the 18th century Caribbean. Sure, sure, that’s what the trailers would have you believe. They’ve go their clips of Edward Kenway swinging his swords and steering his pirate ship into cannon-blasting combat against British frigates. Is Resynced truly a pirate game? Of the 47 hours I spent playing Resynced over the past few weeks, I will admit I spent maybe 44 (?) of them collecting plunder with Blackbeard, drinking rum with Anne Bonny and debating the pros and cons of the lawless pirate-run settlement Nassau with Benjamin Hornigold. I may in fact have spent dozens of hours sailing to remote islands, reading treasure maps, opening messages left in bottles, sinking the odd Man o’ War with a well-timed broadside, collecting sea shanties for my crew, befriending a pet monkey, and hunting whales. I am nevertheless neither so Gullible nor so Narrow-Minded as to call the magnificent Resynced a “pirate remake.” Oh no. Forget any reviews of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced you may have read. Forget what you yourself may have played, if you’ve spent any time with the game since its launch. What Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced is really about I’m here to give you the scoop (spoilers for Resynced’s Animus menu lore, which many players are probably not going to see): Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, the new game whose development was led by Ubisoft Singapore, is set in the year 2096. It’s about a societal split, about revolution, about an old Assassin’s Creed adventure repurposed in the series’ distant future as propaganda or samizdat. It’s about the overheated future of 2096, essentially conquered by the series’ well-established nefarious Templar-run company Abstergo. (In this future, Abstergo is, among other things, remaking a 2013 pirate movie called Devils of the Caribbean, but this time in VR. The VR version will be backed by a marketing plan that involves AI influencers, a 10,000-avatar “metaverse premiere event” and that manufacturing of memes aimed at “50 million VR nodes.” See what I mean about Abstergo being evil?) Resynced is about a late 21st-century population mollified by the widespread use of Abstergo’s Animus devices which let people experience the lives of historical figures culled from “genetic memories.” It’s about an insurgent faction of Assassins. And it’s about a plan to wake the population into revolutionary fervor by showing them the memories of 18th century pirate Edward Kenway, who—as depicted in the original Black Flag and again in Resynced—gradually comes to an understanding about the Assassins of his day and their centuries old fight for freedom. Resynced is also about an AI developed within the late 21st-century Animus, called Ego. It has found a way to alter genetic memories, to create and show Animus users false ones. The game is about Ego’s efforts to tell the people experiencing Edward Kenway’s memories that Kenway was wrong, that fighting against order is folly, that we should crave a world where “compliance is rewarded with power.” Who are we in this game? We’re an unnamed Animus user in 2096 who experiences Kenway’s journey virtually. At four moments during Kenway’s exploits in the Caribbean our virtual jaunt can be interrupted for 10-15 minutes, as we explore Animus “rifts” where Ego explicitly tries to tell us how wrong Kenway was. None of this is what 2013’s Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag was about, of course. That was a different game, even if you also spent dozens of hours pirating as Kenway in that game, across missions and a map that’s been faithfully reintroduced and rebuilt for Resynced. The 2013 Black Flag was about you playing as an unnamed researcher newly hired in 2013 by Abstergo Entertainment, the video game development wing of the Templars’ evil-corp. In that game, you were assigned to use the Animus to dive into the genetic memories of Desmond Miles, a man who died in Assassin’s Creed III and who was descended from a long line of Assassins (and at least one Templar) whose adventures were featured across the prior AC games. In 2013’s Black Flag, your mission was to plumb the Edward Kenway experience for material that Abstergo could use in productions such as the motion picture Devils of the Caribbean, though the Templars had some ulterior motives for the assignment. Resynced is therefore not a remake of 2013’s Black Flag. It’s a sequel. It is a new game about a new exploration of Edward Kenway’s pirate/assassin journey, set 83 years after the framing sequences of the original game. Resynced provides a new narrative framework that, thanks to the concept of an AI that wants to alter historical memories, arrives with creative justification to tweak a now-classic 13-year old game. That makes Resynced, already a hot seller, a tantalizing hint of where Ubisoft could go with a line of Assassin’s Creed remakes. They could remake the first game, the Ezio games, even the recent ones set in ancient Egypt and Greece. And for each, they could not just modernize the graphics and controls but expand and alter their sequences of events to use them as reference points for a conflict set in the late 21st century, as rival factions try to weaponize historical memories. Game File is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, even when that work consists of ravings about Assassin’s Creed’s modern day plot, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe A story most players will probably miss If you didn’t know any of this, I’m not surprised. If you played the game and still didn’t catch it, I’m not a bit shocked. If Ubisoft has no plans to do more of this, I won’t fall down. Almost all of what I’ve described is optional and missable in Black Flag Resynced. I nearly missed it myself, as I planned for a breezy playthrough of an old Assassin’s Creed favorite. Instead, I found myself in a 40+ hour hunt for the “real” story, buried deeper in Resynced than any gold-filled chest. The story of 2096 is Resynced’s meta-story, told in two remote pockets of the game: 1) four optional playable “rifts” that players may find as they proceed through Resynced’s pirate fantasy , 2) in dozens of text files tucked three menus deep in the game’s barely-interactive Animus hub. Assassin’s Creed games have almost always had a meta-story about people in the 21st century (usually matching the game’s release year) and their connections to the main history portions you play. Those meta-stories have always been squeezed into the margins, though seldom as severely and as, uh, graphiaclly simple, as in recent games. Back in 2013, the modern-day exploits of you as an Abstergo Entertainment employee were prominent. They were portrayed via first-person portions that occasionally interrupted the third-person Kenway experience and could be explored for hours, complete with their own missions, side quests and puzzles. Resynced’s 2096 story—of Assassin “Watchers” vs. Abstergo/Tempar goons, of rogue AIs, of panicking scientists, of a woman wondering why her Animus-addicted husband is muttering about Mary Read (“What does he mean by Assassins?”), of a fight for the population’s hearts and minds via varying interpretations of Edward Kenway’s life choices—is mostly told through unlockable text files. The files are interesting. Offered via diary entries, intercepted chats and news reports, they present varied perspectives of a world in crisis. One set works as a narrative puzzle as it reveals the Rashomonic interpretations of a massacre, or was that a successful Assassin hit? Another favorite reveals the rising bitterness of a person who, through Edward Kenway’s journey, now shakes at the ignored evil around him. One surmises that Ubisoft is averse to putting the Assassin’s Creed’s meta-story in the way of more marketable pirate playgrounds and ninja/samurai epics. Instead, we get a better-than-nothing text-in-menus approach introduced in 2025’s Assassin’s Creed Shadows. In Shadows, players unlocked the meta-story text files largely via time-gated missions that called on the user to kill X number of enemy type Y, clear three enemy castles, re-win a three-phase fighting tournament, and other grinds. Time restrictions on accessing these missions and unlocking the files meant it could take players months to access the full story in-game. But even in the most hardcore Assassin’s Creed hangouts, the fanbase instead seemed to throw up their hands rather than grind to keep up. In Resynced, Ubisoft has shown some mercy, diminishing the amount of new text files that are tied to timed grinds. Now, most of the text-based 2096 lore are associated with “data file” collectibles that players can find in the world. That includes a batch of written entries that explain a historical link between the feudal Japan era in Shadows and the piracy adventures in Black Flag. Players who explore a lot will find dozens of data files, though the game does not appear to offer any in-game tracker for finding each one. You just need to keep looking for them. As of this writing, I have most of them, but not all. I can’t find any full guide for them online. And even Ubisoft’s optional $5 microtransaction that reveals lots of items in-game does not appear to reveal the locations of the text files (at least the official description omits them from its collectibles list). That’s not a huge bother, because tracking the data files down compelled me to re-explore the waves and islands of Black Flag. That was a thoroughly pleasant task to do for the first time in a dozen years. I expect many players, though, will be content to wait for the files to be reproduced in an online AC wiki somewhere, the easier to read on a web page. It may not seem enticing to play a video game in order to gradually unlock pages of text to read. Why not, you may ask, just read a book, where they put the pages in order? For one, they’ve not tucked this latest installment of Assassin’s Creed’s meta saga in a book. I also enjoy the unordered delivery, the dawning comprehension of a story about 2096’s desperate people and questionable tech, which I glimpsed first at its middle, then the end, then the front, then other moments in between1. I am also enamored with the idea of the Assassin’s Creed games I’ve previously played, including Black Flag, being repurposed for an information war. The ideas in Resynced’s meta-story, which builds off characters and ideas in Shadows’ chunks of text, are strong. The potential of where they could go with it is exciting. As for the pirate stuff? Looks great, controls pretty well, is fun to play and oh so speedy in terms of how much of a good time you can have with each sit-down. It never gets old to chase a new shanty page across a rooftop, bombard a fort with upgraded mortars or use a diving bell to explore sunken wrecks (hats off to the team at Ubisoft Barcelona that worked on the underwater portions in Resynced; that team is now facing layoffs, such is the misery of modern gaming and oft-troubled Ubisoft). New pirate missions in Resynced involving new ally characters are brief, dramatic and add more to Edward’s story, even if the gameplay perks they provide barely enhance the gameplay. A new denouement for high-class pirate Stede Bonnet is affecting; a new hunt for Blackbeard’s treasure is a welcome extra moment. A new epilogue to hunt down a pirate killer, on the other hand, over-complicates Kenway’s character. The ending credits remain my favorite of any game I’ve ever played. Black Flag provides great source material. The revisit is well-made and a great sign of what could be. It is offered in a different wrapper that hints at an opportunity for more interesting remakes to come, should Ubisoft choose to pursue such treasures—and as we brace to resist or comply with an Abstergo future. 1 The messages that Edward Kenway finds in bottles tell another out-of-order story, one about a man reckoning with the strange memories and voices he’s heard in his head since he was a boy. That tale was also in the 2013 game and develops into one of Black Flag’s most compelling character arcs. In Resynced, it has lost its climax, because the bottle story previously paid off in the halls of the first-person Abstergo Entertainment, which is exclusive to the older game. An altered resolution, written by the 2013 game’s lead writer is fine, doesn’t invalidate the 2013 version, but makes for an inferior final note.

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Jul 14 • 3:17 PM EDT • Technology • gamefile.news
Astronauts take first X-rays in space

A SpaceX crew scanned a hand and other body parts during a recent mission.

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Jul 14 • 2:21 PM EDT • Science • popsci.com
Fall sports updates and information

The fall sports season will be here before we know it! Here are some key summer details for students and families as we look forward to the coming season. Registration begins: High school football (grades 9-12): July 17 All other high school fall sports (grades 9-12): July 24 Modified football (grades 7-8): July 27 All other modified fall sports (grades 7-8): July 31 Please register via Final Forms. Sports physicals: All student-athletes interested in trying out for a fall sport must have an up-to-date physical submitted to Final Forms in advance of the first day of tryouts and practices. Families are encouraged to get a completed physical from their child's physician. If you are unable to get a physical from your child's physician, you can schedule a physical with Whitney Young's school-based health center by calling (518) 573-2556. Appointments will be available at Albany High School in room 4253 during July on the following dates: Thursday, July 16 between 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 21 between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 28 between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Thursday, July 30 between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Again, you must call (518) 573-2556 to schedule your appointment and receive instructions. Whitney Young does require paperwork that must be filled out by the child's parent or guardian in order for them to be seen by the provider. Tryouts & practices begin: High school football (grades 9-12): Aug. 17 All other high school fall sports (grades 9-12): Aug. 24 Modified football (grades 7-8): Aug. 27 All other modified fall sports (grades 7-8): Aug. 31 High school student-athletes are encouraged to take part in our open gym sessions during July and August in preparation for the fall sports season. Stay tuned for fall practice schedules and competition schedules, which will be posted on our Athletics page! If you have additional questions, please contact the Athletics Department at (518) 475-6310. Let's go Falcons!

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Jul 14 • 1:12 PM EDT • Sports • albanyschools.org
T. rex fossil sells for a monster price tag at NYC auction

One of the most complete fossils of the dinosaur that has captured humanity's imagination sold for millions during Sotheby's Natural History auction.

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Jul 14 • 11:30 AM EDT • Technology • usatoday.com
From The Sports Desk: Spain, France meet in star-studded World Cup semifinal

Spain’s teenage phenom Lamine Yamal has only scored once during this tournament. Will he rise to the occasion today against Kylian Mbappé and France?

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Jul 14 • 10:26 AM EDT • Sports • nbcnews.com
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Inside ZUCASA: ZULAN’s celebration of Argentina, music and soccer

ZULAN has been ingrained in the New York music scene ever since she was a kid. The Argentinian American grew up in both Buenos Aires and New York during her

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Jul 14 • 10:10 AM EDT • Entertainment • amny.com
Yazoo City board meeting turns contentious over city business

Several items were discussed during the meeting, including street renaming, permit issues, and the purchase of county vehicles. Some attendees directed blame at the previous administration during the proceedings.

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'This was the easy part for Alonso'

The Drake Suite at Stamford Bridge is adorned with pictures of Chelsea managers holding trophies. Many of these pictures are of Jose Mourinho, but fellow Premier League winner Antonio Conte also features. Xabi Alonso motioned to these as he answered a question on his illustrious predecessors during his unveiling news conference on Monday, saying he is "really honoured and privileged" to follow in their footsteps.

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Jul 14 • 8:04 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Netflix Docuseries Reveals Extent of Bucs’ Mayfield's Injuries Last Season

From sprained ligaments to an injured shoulder, behind-the-scenes footage uncovers the grueling physical toll Baker Mayfield endured while starting every game during Tampa Bay’s turbulent 2025 campaign.

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Jul 14 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Fatal ICE shooting in Maine comes just days after similar incident in Texas

Monday’s ICE-involved killing in Maine is at least seventh instance of a person shot dead during immigration enforcement operations since January 2025

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Jul 14 • 7:09 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Names in the News: People shaping the future of Lake Area business

Sunderbruch earns Star Award Sowela Technical Community College honored Annamarie Sunderbruch, assistant to the chancellor, with the college’s Customer Service Star Award for the spring 2026 semester during the annual […]

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Pokémon GO Fest 2026: Raid Make-Up Event

Starts Sunday, July 26, 2026, at 10:00 AM Local Time Ends Sunday, July 26, 2026, at 7:00 PM Local Time During Pokémon GO Fest 2026: Global certain areas experienced issues with raids. This led to Scopely Explore turning off Team GO Rocket to help the event run smoother. Trainers experienced technical issues when attempting to […]

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Collingswood’s vibrant downtown needs a weekday evening boost, business owners say

Haddon Avenue is hopping during the day. But restaurant owners say the dinner scene is losing out, perhaps because Collingswood, unlike some neighboring areas, is dry.

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CJ McCollum Shares Honest Thoughts on Knicks Winning NBA Championship

The Hawks guard credits the Knicks for figuring things out during their title run, but believes Atlanta proved it belongs among the East's best.

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The Top Fantasy Football Tight End Sleepers for 2026 Drafts

The best 2026 fantasy football sleeper tight ends offer late-round upside, expanding roles, and paths to outperform expectations during the NFL season.

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PRESS RELEASE: The SMOdeo is coming to town: Science Museum Oklahoma announces SMO21+: Saddle Up

Science Museum Oklahoma is trading lab coats for cowboy hats during SMO21+: Saddle Up, an adults-only evening where rodeo spirit meets hands-on science on Friday, Aug. 28

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Netflix Facing Backlash for Camera Angles During Home Run Derby

Netflix is facing backlash during the 2026 Home Run Derby.

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NASA selects four new Moon missions to build a permanent lunar base

NASA is ramping up its lunar ambitions by awarding nearly $600 million for four commercial Moon landings planned for late 2028. Each mission will carry the same trio of science instruments to improve lunar navigation, study dangerous dust kicked up during landings, and map the Moon's radiation environment. The agency also revealed plans for new rovers, communication satellites, and additional cargo missions as it lays the groundwork for a permanent Moon Base.

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North Wichita restaurant closes after ICE officers patrol parking lot during business hours

The restaurant parking lot is where a bus stops on a route from Durango, Mexico all the way to Omaha, Nebraska and back. The restaurant’s owners said many customers and

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Who Are the Players to Watch During 49ers Training Camp?

During the NFL offseason, fans and media around the league finally get the opportunity to see how teams will operate in the upcoming season. That process starts during each team’s training camp. All NFL players will report to training camp by July 28. The stretch of practices will lead right into the Hall of Fame […] The post Who Are the Players to Watch During 49ers Training Camp? appeared first on The Lead.

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Stories and song celebrate Oscar Brown Jr.'s centennial

Friday afternoon felt like a homecoming of sorts as family, friends and admirers of Oscar Brown Jr. gathered under sunny skies at Harper Court to celebrate the artist during what

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CNN duped by fake Calif. politician during Mitch McConnell coverage

The fake politician said McConnell is "so sharp."

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The Quintessential Trump-era Politician

In 2020, I wrote an article about collaboration and collaborators. The title was History Will Judge the Complicit, and it started with the story of two famous East Germans, Markus Wolf and Wolfgang Leonhard, who both landed in East Berlin just after the end of the war. Although they came from very similar backgrounds, the former stuck with the regime, eventually becoming its spy boss; the latter, horrified by the brutal reality of Soviet-style communism, escaped. By way of juxtaposition, I also wrote about Lyndsey Graham and Mitt Romney. These two men also made very different decisions when confronted by Donald Trump’s assault on the ideals that they had both grown up believing: A glance at their biographies would not have led many to predict what happened next. On paper, Graham would have seemed, in 2016, like the man with deeper ties to the military, to the rule of law, and to an old-fashioned idea of American patriotism and American responsibility in the world. Romney, by contrast, with his shifts between the center and the right, with his multiple careers in business and politics, would have seemed less deeply attached to those same old-fashioned patriotic ideals. Most of us register soldiers as loyal patriots, and management consultants as self-interested. We assume people from small towns in South Carolina are more likely to resist political pressure than people who have lived in many places. Intuitively, we think that loyalty to a particular place implies loyalty to a set of values. But in this case the clichés were wrong. It was Graham who made excuses for Trump’s abuse of power. It was Graham—a JAG Corps lawyer—who downplayed the evidence that the president had attempted to manipulate foreign courts and blackmail a foreign leader into launching a phony investigation into a political rival. It was Graham who abandoned his own stated support for bipartisanship and instead pushed for a hyperpartisan Senate Judiciary Committee investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden’s son. It was Graham who played golf with Trump, who made excuses for him on television, who supported the president even as he slowly destroyed the American alliances—with Europeans, with the Kurds—that Graham had defended all his life. By contrast, it was Romney who, in February, became the only Republican senator to break ranks with his colleagues, voting to impeach the president. “Corrupting an election to keep oneself in office,” he said, is “perhaps the most abusive and destructive violation of one’s oath of office that I can imagine.” In the wake of Graham’s unexpected death on Saturday, I wrote about him again. He was, in many ways, the quintessential politician of Trump’s Washington, a man who shifted 180 degrees. Graham had been a fervent American patriot, proud reserve officer and military lawyer; he became one of the most important defenders of a president who believes soldiers are “suckers and losers” and shows no respect for law of any kind. As his politics changed, his language grew coarser and his behavior grew worse: He urged Israel to “level the place” in Gaza, and insulted the Danish prime minister in Munich, prompting a colleague, Senator Elissa Slotkin, to issue an apology. Here’s an excerpt from the article, which you can read in The Atlantic (gift link here) Like his close friend John McCain, Graham believed that America should stand at the center of a broad democratic alliance. The few times I met him were in that context, at the Munich Security Conference or at other European-American gatherings, which he once attended with great regularity. He also took seriously the practice of American democracy at home. In a 2014 conversation with The Atlantic, he described himself as a pragmatic politician who eschewed populist slogans. “I know Washington is broken, but what’s broken about it is everybody yelling and nobody trying to fix it,” he said. “I’m trying.” When Donald Trump first appeared in U.S. politics, Graham recognized him immediately for what he was: the spokesman for an alien ideology, one radically different from the idealistic patriotism that Graham had practiced and preached since childhood. Trump privately mocked the military that Graham loved as nothing but “suckers and losers.” He put falsehoods, cynicism, and personal greed at the center of his politics, while expressing disdain for transparency, accountability, and democracy itself. In 2015, Graham described Trump as a “race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot” who should “go to hell.” Also as a “nutjob.” When Trump won, Graham understood, as did so many others, that he would have to make some important choices. For a while, he went silent. In the spring of 2016, I saw him at one of those conferences in Europe. He seemed too depressed to speak. But then, like many other Republicans—and, more important, like many other people who have lived under political occupation or experienced radical regime change—he made the decision to abandon his previous ideals, to bury the patriotism that was once so important to him, and to become, instead, a loud, opportunistic collaborator. As I wrote in 2020, it’s very hard to look in to anyone’s heart and to understand their motivations from the outside. But it does seem that Graham had a deep need to be relevant, to be in the game, to be a player, at any cost. And that, rather than any particular achievement, is what he will be remembered for. Continuing to monitor conflicts of interest, ostentatious emoluments, outright corruption and policy changes that will facilitate outright corruption. (Read my original article, Kleptocracy Inc and check out the SNF Agora Institute chart) June 27 Trump diverted funds from more than 900 projects nationwide—including safety upgrades at national parks—to finance beautification projects around Washington, including $700,000 used to fix a White House walkway. June 28 After a years-long Department of Justice investigation into Abbott Laboratories over its management of a baby formula facility where potentially deadly bacteria turned up enough evidence to criminally charge the firm, top department officials instead opted for a financial penalty—illustrating the department’s move away from strict corporate enforcement under the Trump administration. June 29 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stacked the Defense Policy Board—which is charged with providing independent national security recommendations to the Office of the Secretary of Defense—with Trump allies, including tech billionaire Marc Andreessen, who has invested in defense contractors like OpenAI and SpaceX, after purging the panel last year. Trump purchased between $1 million and $5 million worth of stock in Axon—which makes about 90% of US tasers—two weeks before ICE solicited bids for a $220 million taser contract. The White House unveiled limited-edition US passports for America’s 250th birthday, featuring a portrait of Trump overlaid on the Declaration of Independence. June 30 Trump made around $1.2 billion from his various crypto companies last year, including more than $500 million from World Liberty Financial and $600 million from sales of his meme coin. Trump is considering issuing 250 pardons to commemorate America’s 250th birthday. These are expected to be largely doled out through the Office of the Pardon Attorney’s informal network of intermediaries. White-collar defense attorneys say they can typically win pardons for clients for $2 million. Last year, Trump administration officials awarded a no-bid contract worth up to $500 million to Clark Construction for the White House ballroom—negotiations in which the president was directly involved. July 1 The Amazon MGM Studios documentary about Melania Trump earned the First Lady more than $10 million. Trump made hundreds of individual stock purchases worth as much as $12.8 million the day before his announcement pausing “Liberation Day” tariffs for 90 days sent the S&P 500 soaring nearly 10%—one of the largest single-day gains ever. Mar-a-Lago and Trump National Doral saw record surges in revenue during Trump’s first year in office, earning $77.5 million and $121.9 million respectively, compared to average annual revenues of $25 million and $75 million during Trump’s first term. Entities across the Persian Gulf paid more than $300 million to Trump’s businesses last year, including $263 million from the sale of half his stake in World Liberty Financial to a firm backed by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a top UAE royal and brother of the country’s president. Kash Patel failed to properly disclose his stock purchase of a Department of Justice contractor, MicroStrategy, worth up to $250,000 last year, despite laws requiring disclosure within 45 days of the trade. July 2 Trump has been directing administration officials to steer more government contracts—so far worth more than $2.4 billion—to Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin aerospace firm, after Amazon gave $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund, donated to the White House ballroom project, and reached a $40 million deal to license a Melania Trump documentary. Alongside the billions he made from cryptocurrency last year, Trump earned millions of dollars from real estate licensing fees, including $21 million from organizations in the UAE and $9.2 million in Saudi Arabia, along with smaller sums from merchandise sales, including $4.7 million from Trump Watches and $35,920 from 45 Guitar, a guitar brand endorsed by the president. House Democrats accused consultants tied to the Trump administration of financial fraud, alleging they gave prospective donors to America250—the bipartisan committee created by Congress to celebrate the nation’s semiquincentennial—the banking and routing numbers for Freedom 250, the White House’s fund for events like the UFC cage fight. Democrats also allege that Freedom 250’s CEO traveled to the World Economic Forum in Davos to solicit donations from foreign government officials and business leaders. The Trump administration’s proposed rollback of gun regulations would lift the prohibition on mailing handguns to individuals, a significant win for GrabAGun—the direct-to-consumer firearm retailer on whose board Donald Trump Jr. sits and in which he holds a 1.1% ownership stake. GrabAGun currently must rely on a middleman to transfer firearms to customers. Trump’s financial disclosure revealed that he made more than 21,000 securities trades during his first year back in office, growing his investment account to at least $858 million across stakes in around 1,600 companies, compared to the 13 total trades Joe Biden made during his entire presidency. July 4 Nearly 1 million people who bought the president’s meme coin—Trump Coin—collectively lost $3.8 billion on the token, while he walked away with $636 million. July 6 Shares of Dell closed up 4.4% after Trump recommended people buy the firm’s computers during a speech announcing the launch of Trump investment accounts for children, boosting the more than $1 million worth of shares the president owns in the company. July 9 Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh named crypto investor and Trump ally Marc Andreessen to a task force aimed at modernizing the Federal Reserve, including rethinking its approach to inflation—a key factor keeping interest rates elevated. Palm Beach International Airport has officially changed its name to Trump International Airport—a move that will require Florida to pay royalties to the president’s family for licensing his name. I was there a few months ago, during a trip to Barcelona. The sculptures were a revelation, I’d never seen so many together before. Each one has its own personality. Enjoy the good weather, if you are lucky enough to have it. History Will Judge the Complicit The Quintessential Politician Autocracy Inc Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe

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Gallia County Fair presents 2026 grandstand entertainment lineup

GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — Nationally recognized country and Christian recording artists, along with a hometown favorite and local performers, will take the Holzer Stage during the 2026 Gallia County Junior Fair

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Pokémon GO Water Festival 2026 Guide – Arrokuda, Cramorant, Bonuses and GO Pass

Starts Tuesday, August 18, 2026, at 10:00 AM Local Time Ends Wednesday, August 26, 2026, at 12:00 AM Local Time Arrokuda and Cramorant make their Pokémon GO debuts during the Ultra Unlock: Water Festival 2026 event! Running from Tuesday, August 18, at 10:00 a.m. to Monday, August 24, 2026, at 8:00 p.m. local time, the […]

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Trump shuts down Jake Tapper live after Iran question: ‘Don’t talk about it’

Donald Trump shut down Jake Tapper during a live interview after the journalist asked the president about the war in Iran. Trump had called in to the show for an interview about the death of Sen. Lindsey Graham.

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Indiana Fever Fans Debate Sophie Cunningham's Gesture Toward Justine Pissott

Sophie Cunningham had a brief exchange with Justine Pissott during Indiana Fever’s win over the Las Vegas Aces.

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Madonna’s Knockdown Center Set Was Sexy, Latex-Clad History in the Making

A report from the century’s most consequential confluence of gay guys and plus ones.​

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Mike McCarthy gives Aaron Rodgers a rare Steelers edge

Mike McCarthy’s reunion with Aaron Rodgers gives the Pittsburgh Steelers a rare shortcut during an important offensive transition.

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Ultra Unlock: 10th Anniversary Edition

First Partner Pokémon with special backgrounds feature during the Ultra Unlock: 10th Anniversary event! The Pokémon GO Ultra Unlock: 10th Anniversary event runs from Tuesday, July 21, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. to Monday, July 27, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. local time. The event also sees a variety of rotating daily bonuses! This guide covers everything […]

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This Oak Park ice cream salon is closing after two years in business. Here’s why

Ice cream parlor in Sacramento’s Oak Park neighborhood to close at the end of July due to lackluster business during peak season.

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I took my first Amtrak trip: 10 things that surprised me most

During a train trip from Miami to Tampa, I learned that traveling by Amtrak isn't really cheaper or faster than driving or flying.

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A heart for health

Albany High retiree Mary Kelly has a heart for health that expands beyond her professional responsibilities. Not only did she serve the City School District of Albany for over 23 years as a nurse, she also has been a faithful supporter of our food pantry here at Albany High! Since June 2022, Kelly has given a monthly donation to the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York specifically designated for Albany High. Thanks to Kelly and other individual donors and partner organizations, our students and their families can have access to nutritious food, free of cost at the Falcon Market. As someone who raised three boys, she knows how hard it can be to keep one’s shelves stocked at home. “I remember when they would sit down, three teenagers, eating a box of cereal a piece as a snack,” Kelly reminisced with a laugh. “Who can afford that nowadays?” Known affectionately as Nurse Kelly throughout her career in the district, she served our students at the elementary, middle and high school levels, and was stationed at Albany High from 2019 until her retirement. By caring for students day in and day out, Kelly was keenly aware of the negative impact of food insecurity on the lives of young people. This is what motivated her to take a proactive step towards improving access to nutritious food for our students and families. Kelly’s generosity is a way to carry on the memory of her youngest son, who passed away in 2019. “The kindnesses that I do are always in his memory,” Kelly shared. On behalf of our Albany High staff, students and families, we thank Nurse Kelly for her incredible support and wish her all the best during her retirement. For more information about how to support the Falcon Market with in-kind or financial donations, please contact Joey DiPiazza at jdipiazza@albany.k12.ny.us.

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Jul 13 • 11:32 AM EDT • Health • albanyschools.org
AHA recognizes award-winning hospitals and health systems

AHA Chair Marc Boom, M.D., presented three AHA awards during the 2026 Leadership Summit, recognizing hospitals and health systems for innovation, advancing health and excellence. See the news releases for more details on the winners and honorees.

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Jul 13 • 11:14 AM EDT • Health • aha.org
'Hunger Games' star undergoes emergency heart surgery after health scare

"Hunger Games" star Leven Rambin revealed in a recent TikTok video that she underwent emergency surgery during a procedure for her endometriosis.

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Jul 13 • 10:56 AM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
Federal health watchdog reports $5.56 billion in expected recoveries, cost savings

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General said its investigations into alleged fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement in federal healthcare programs stem from tips submitted through its hotline. During the…

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Mick Jagger against giving audiences a 'lecture' on politics during concerts

Mick Jagger, reflecting on Bruce Springsteen's outspoken approach, says he prefers to avoid political \

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Jul 13 • 10:04 AM EDT • Politics • usatoday.com
Star Orbiting Black Hole Animation

The precise data collected by NASA’s Hubble and James Webb space telescopes enabled a team of astronomers to chart the visible star’s orbital path over a 20 year-plus period. Researchers recorded this segment of the star’s orbit during its closest approach to it...

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Octopath Traveler 1 and 2 announce Nintendo Switch 2 versions, out today

The Octopath Traveler series is expanding on Nintendo Switch 2 with native versions of Octopath Traveler and Octopath Traveler 2. Both will launch as digital downloads today. News about this just dropped during an anniversary live stream. Square Enix held the event to celebrate the series’ eighth anniversary. We’re waiting to hear about what exactly will be included in these...

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A Dozen And A Half Decisive ‘Dawgs: #16 Chauncey Bowens

Chauncey Bowens quietly turned into one of the better stories on the Bulldog offense during the 2025 season, and the sophomore now looks poised to take another step forward for the Bulldogs in 2026. Bowens, a former four star recruit out of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, barely saw the field as a true freshman in […]

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Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. Reduces Holdings in Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. $LYV

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. lowered its position in Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:LYV - Free Report) by 3.6% during the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 343,718 shares of the company's stock after selling 12,652 shares d

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WOBAO SPORTS Expands Global Presence Through Triton Poker Montenegro 2026 International Project

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia--(Newsfile Corp. - July 13, 2026) - WOBAO SPORTS has announced the completion of its international content production and brand exposure project at Triton Poker Montenegro 2026, where the company participated alongside SCORE8 during the internationally recognized poker event in Europe. WOBAO SPORTS supported content production and brand exposure initiatives during Triton Poker Montenegro 2026. To view an enhanced version of this graphic, please...

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JJ Watt Makes Opinion of Joe Burrow, Bengals Very Clear

Retired NFL star J.J. Watt shared high praise for Joe Burrow during a visit to Cincinnati.

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Aaron Boone Provides Insight On Yankees Drafting Andy Pettitte’s Son

Yankees Manager Aaron Boone had plenty to say when it came to the Yankees drafting Andy Pettitte’s son Luke in the 8th round of the MLB Draft earlier today. The Yankees were coming off a series sweep against the Nationals, and Boone wasn’t aware the Yankees made the pick until during the postgame interaction with […] The post Aaron Boone Provides Insight On Yankees Drafting Andy Pettitte’s Son appeared first on HEAVY.

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Cavs Coach Gives Promising Update On Signing LeBron James

The LeBron James free agency chase has fans wondering where his next destination will be, but the Cleveland Cavaliers have a lot of reasons to be confident. Head coach Kenny Atkinson did a talking spot on television during one of the Summer League games and answered questions about the Cavaliers offseason. James obviously came up […] The post Cavs Coach Gives Promising Update On Signing LeBron James appeared first on HEAVY.

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Mitch McConnell shares health update after fall, now in rehab

Sen. Mitch McConnell says he’s recovering at a rehabilitation center after a fall last month and a mild case of pneumonia. He’s not yet cleared to return to the Senate floor to vote, but says he’s continuing to work with his staff during recovery.

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Mitch McConnell releases health update, says he is ‘regaining’ strength

The Republican senator has been absent from Congress during a weeks-long hospitalisation, spurring party concern.

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Journalism Heads San Diego On Del Mar's Opening Weekend

Journalism, one of the nation’s top older horses with more than $4.5 million in earnings, is set to make his first start in six weeks Saturday when he heads a stakes doubleheader card at Del Mar in the $300,000,San Diego Handicap (G2). The big Curlin colt, a winner of four major stakes during a ...

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Europeans Have 'Changed' Their Opinion Of America During World Cup

It's official: Europeans have changed their opinion of America during the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup. Thousands of Europeans, from countries like England, Norway, Switzerland, Spain, etc. flocked to North America for the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup. While the United States, Mexico and Canada acted as ...

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Police: speculation during Widdecombe murder investigation is ‘unhelpful and distressing’

Politicians should not comment before facts are established, says former chief constable, after Farage describes killing as ‘premeditated murder’

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Governor signs legislation expanding access to health care, relieving medical debt

These reforms — which Hawai‘i Gov. Green signed during two separate ceremonies — help ensure people receive screenings, treatment and support they need without risking financial stability.

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Jul 12 • 4:00 PM EDT • Health • kauainownews.com
Harrison Ford turns heads with toned physique during Los Angeles bike ride

Harrison Ford, 83, was spotted on a solo bike ride in Los Angeles, revealing his muscular physique and proving his fitness routine still delivers.

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Pittenger & Anderson Inc. Boosts Stake in Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. $LYV

Pittenger & Anderson Inc. raised its stake in shares of Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:LYV - Free Report) by 30.2% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 63,407 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional 14,

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Jul 12 • 1:29 PM EDT • Entertainment • marketbeat.com
AMC Entertainment (AMC) to Sell 95.25 Million Shares to Institutional Investors For $200 Million

External financing arrangements during recent weeks, along with analyst revisions to the stock’s target price, have led to optimism around AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. (NYSE:AMC), which is one of the 15 best NYSE penny stocks to buy according to hedge funds. On June 24, AMC Entertainment (AMC) entered into an agreement with some institutional investors […]

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Jul 12 • 1:21 PM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
Lindsey Graham dead at 71, leaving a legacy as a Trump booster, foreign policy hawk and powerful chairman

Graham served in Congress for more than three decades, during which he evolved from a critic of President Donald Trump to one of his most zealous supporters.

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Jul 12 • 11:12 AM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Bret Michaels concert in Dauphin County cut short by storm threat

The casino cited safety concerns after a lightning cell moved into the area during the Poison frontman's performance.

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Jul 12 • 10:31 AM EDT • Entertainment • pennlive.com
Visit the Orlando Science Center during Disability Pride Month

Meteorologist Victoria Wisniewski got a sneak peek at how every young scientist can have the best experience

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Jul 12 • 10:03 AM EDT • Science • wesh.com
Sen. Lindsey Graham dies after a 'brief and sudden illness,' his office says

The statement his office posted on social media did not provide any additional details about the South Carolina Republican, a former Air Force lawyer, and said his family “appreciates prayers at this time and asks for privacy during this incredibly difficult period.”

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Jul 12 • 9:37 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Sen. Lindsey Graham dies after a brief and unexpected illness, his office says

The statement his office posted on social media did not provide any additional details about the South Carolina Republican, a former Air Force lawyer, and said his family “appreciates prayers at this time and asks for privacy during this incredibly difficult period.”

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Jul 12 • 9:37 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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Watch cockroaches race at the Academy of Natural Sciences during Bug Fest

The Aug. 8-9 event features Bug Walks, hands-on activities, live scientists and family-friendly fun, all included with museum admission.

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Jul 12 • 8:40 AM EDT • Science • phillyvoice.com
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