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Car crashes into two Sioux City businesses on Northside

A car crashed into J-C Wholesale and Kung Fu Tea on Sioux City's Northside Sunday morning

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Oct 4 • 7:51 PM EDT • Business • ktiv.com
Rodri Studied Business by Day, Played for Villarreal by Night

Rodri combined morning training at Villarreal with afternoon business administration lectures in Castellon, cycling between the two without his flatmates knowing he played professional football. They found out only when he appeared on television wearing Villarreal’s number six shirt, a moment Rodri has called the best period of his life. The 30-year-old turned down a…

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Oct 4 • 7:36 PM EDT • Business • sports.yahoo.com
Taylor Farms and Mexico’s Health Ministry Now Make the Same Cyclospora Argument. The Produce Industry’s Own Association, FDA and CDC Rejected It in September. Here Is a Specific Request to Eight People Before the Industry Meets in Orlando.

I spent four hours Sunday morning taking the deposition of an expert retained by the defense in the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak of November 2024 – the one

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Oct 4 • 7:07 PM EDT • Health • marlerblog.com
Chicago police investigating break-ins at multiple businesses in Bronzeville

Chicago police are investigating multiple break-ins after thieves targeted at least three businesses Sunday morning on the city's South Side.

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Oct 4 • 6:17 PM EDT • Business • abc7chicago.com
This Is Where Colts-Commanders Game Is Being Played Today

The Indianapolis Colts and Washington Commanders are a long way from home on Sunday. It’s Week 4 of the 2026 NFL season, but the Colts and Commanders aren’t playing in Indy or in the nation’s capital. Instead, they’ve crossed the Atlantic Ocean for a game that kicks off in the middle of the morning back […] The post This Is Where Colts-Commanders Game Is Being Played Today appeared first on HEAVY.

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Oct 4 • 11:53 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Claim that Anaheim mayor called staffer 'dirty Mexican' is old hat in O.C. politics

Your morning catch-up: Orange County’s long anti-Mexican political history, speed cameras coming to L.A. and more big stories

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Oct 4 • 9:30 AM EDT • Politics • latimes.com
Mets Morning News: “Everything changed when I got traded”

Your Sunday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links.

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Oct 4 • 9:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Michigan got $173M to transform rural health. Where is it going?

Rural hospital leaders in Michigan say the federal program is unable to augment day-to-day operations to support frontline medical care, and is instead flowing to programs on the periphery of where the system is experiencing the most strain.

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Oct 4 • 5:59 AM EDT • Health • themorningsun.com
Local college football highlights and scores (10-3-26)

Here’s a look at our local college football highlights and scores from October 3rd, 2026: Briar Cliff 38, Waldorf 7 Morningside 56, Dakota Wesleyan 20 Dordt 42, Midland 17 Northwestern 38, Concordia 24 Simpson 51, Buena Vista 20 Wayne State 17, Winona State 14

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Oct 3 • 6:12 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Baptist Health Calhoun Hospital Foundation Golf Classic Set for Oct. 7

ANNISTON, AL. — The Baptist Health Calhoun Hospital Memorial Foundation will host its annual Golf Classic on Wednesday, Oct. 7, with proceeds benefiting the health system. The tournament will feature a four-person scramble format with a shotgun start. Golfers may participate in either the morning session, beginning at 7:30 a.m., or the afternoon session, beginning […]

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Oct 3 • 5:01 PM EDT • Health • calhounjournal.com
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Open Thread For Saturday’s Division Series Games

I’m putting this together the night before, because I’m out tomorrow morning. We have four games today. Game One: 1:00 Eastern: White Sox @ Guardians: Smith vs. Messick. Game Two: 4:00 Eastern: Braves @ Dodgers. Game Three: 6:30 Eastern: Yankees @ Rays. Cole vs. Rasmussen. Game Four: 8:50 Eastern: Padres @ Brewers. Ray vs. Misiorowski. […]

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Oct 3 • 1:50 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Israel boss shuns politics before Republic of Ireland clash

Israel boss Ran Ben-Shimon insisted he is “not dealing with any politics” ahead of his side’s behind-closed-doors Nations League meeting with the Republic of Ireland in Serbia on Sunday. Republic manager Heimir Hallgrimsson’s press conference on Saturday morning in Backa Topola ended abruptly following a confrontational conclusion, after an Israeli journalist accused Irish players of calling their opponents "monkeys" in Hungary, where the reverse fixture was held.

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Oct 3 • 1:48 PM EDT • Politics • sports.yahoo.com
A real Marine's search for forgiveness became the movie 'Atonement'

NEW YORK − In 2012, filmmaker Reed Van Dyk was doing some Sunday morning reading when he stumbled on a 2012 New Yorker article by Dexter Filkins entitled “Atonement.”

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Oct 3 • 12:12 PM EDT • Entertainment • centraloregondaily.com
Alison Hammond Shares Update After Scary On-Air Health Incident Lands Her In Hospital

Alison Hammond sparked concern after abruptly leaving ITV's 'This Morning' while visibly unwell. The 'Bake Off' host later shared an update from the hospital.

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Oct 3 • 11:29 AM EDT • Health • yahoo.com
Mets Morning News: Carson Benge makes his case

Your Saturday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links.

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Oct 3 • 9:45 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Chiefs News: Patrick Mahomes’ deep ball is back

The latest Chiefs news, brought fresh to you every morning!

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Oct 3 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Islanders Gameday News: New lines, new arena experiences

The New York Islanders have their 54th home opener tonight, and some of you remember all 54 which means some of you (g’morning, Rick!) are really freaking old. (I myself am a spring chicken, so I categorically deny pining for the days when there were rectangular goal creases and no ads on the boards, much […]

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Oct 3 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Potential measles exposure on a train in Minot | Health and Human Services North Dakota

BISMARCK, ND (Oct. 2, 2026) – A passenger with measles traveled on Amtrak's westbound Empire Builder, which departed Chicago on Sept. 23 and arrived in Minot the morning of Sept. 24. This created a potential exposure risk for passengers and anyone at the station while the train was scheduled to be in Minot from approximately 9:06 to 9:51 a.m. CT. The passenger reported getting off the train to use the restroom at the Minot station at approximately 9:30 a.m.Anyone who was at the Amtrak station in Minot while this train was stopped, as well as passengers who were traveling on this train, may have been exposed to measles. Individuals who may have been exposed and have received at least one dose of measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine or previously had measles (likely those born before 1957) do not need to quarantine but should monitor for symptoms for 21 days after exposure. Individuals who have not received a dose of the MMR vaccine should quarantine (stay home) and monitor for symptoms for 21 days following exposure.

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Oct 2 • 5:55 PM EDT • Health • hhs.nd.gov
UCA trustees approve 12% health insurance premium hike for employees

CONWAY -- University of Central Arkansas employees are set to see their health insurance premiums jump 12% after the university's Board of Trustees unanimously approved the increase Friday morning.

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Oct 2 • 4:25 PM EDT • Health • nwaonline.com
Stage 12 West opens in downtown Mesa

Stage 12 West, a new restaurant that doubles as a live entertainment venue, opened its doors in downtown Mesa on Friday morning.

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Oct 2 • 4:24 PM EDT • Entertainment • ktar.com
How culinary school shaped Victoria Monét's return to music

LOS ANGELES — This past spring, while deep in rehearsals for a European stadium tour with Bruno Mars, Victoria Monét would get up early every morning to chop, blend and

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Oct 2 • 3:18 PM EDT • Entertainment • thederrick.com
'This Morning' show host hospitalized after on-air health scare

Alison Hammond, host of the British morning show "This Morning," was hospitalized after she appeared to have a health scare during a live broadcast.

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Oct 2 • 2:02 PM EDT • Entertainment • centraloregondaily.com
'This Morning' show host hospitalized after on-air health scare

Alison Hammond was hospitalized after a health scare during the live broadcast of the morning show "This Morning" on Oct. 2.

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Oct 2 • 2:02 PM EDT • Health • yahoo.com
Bishop’s computer science chair says AI is eliminating ‘grunt work’ and reshaping digital jobs

Dr. Russell Butler, chair of Bishop’s University’s Department of Computer Science, says artificial intelligence is increasingly taking over routine digital “grunt work,” changing the skills students and workers may need in the years ahead. Photo courtesy of Bishop’s University. Click here to read our platform! Get local news like this every morning. Subscribe free below. Subscribe Pulse Newsroom Artificial intelligence is already taking over some of the routine digital work once performed by entry-level employees, according to Bishop’s University Computer Science chair Dr. Russell Butler — a shift he believes will make expertise, judgement and the ability to evaluate AI-generated work increasingly important. Butler described the change as automation reaching what he calls the “bottom of the cognitive pyramid” during an interview with The Pulse about AI, university education and the future of digital work. His argument is not that humans are disappearing from the workplace. Instead, he sees their role changing as AI becomes capable of handling more of the repetitive tasks involved in computer-based work. “Everything’s converging on just AI basically doing all the grunt work,” Butler said. The bottom of the cognitive pyramid Butler is from Lennoxville, completed his undergraduate studies at Bishop’s and later earned his PhD at the Université de Sherbrooke. He joined Bishop’s in 2019 and now chairs its Department of Computer Science. He uses AI in research, teaching and other creative work, and said the technology is increasingly capable of handling routine digital tasks that once required substantial human time. “You’ve got the grunt work, like moving things around in Excel, doing basic programming tasks,” Butler said. “That’s like the bottom grunt work that the entry-level worker would have done two or three years ago.” Butler went further, saying in his view that much of this type of work has already been absorbed by AI tools. He connected that change to a shift he sees taking place in computer science, where entry-level roles have declined while experienced workers can use AI to increase what they can produce. “A senior developer now has access to essentially an unlimited amount of junior developers on demand,” Butler said. He was describing AI systems metaphorically, not literal employees. His point was that one experienced developer can now ask AI tools to produce code or other technical work that might previously have been assigned to more junior workers. That raises a broader question for universities and employers. If some of the simpler work traditionally given to newcomers can now be done by machines, how do people gain the experience needed to become senior workers themselves? Students doing work that once required years of programming Butler said he is already seeing the change inside his classroom. He created a Bishop’s course called CS208, Coding in Plain English, to show students — including those without traditional programming backgrounds — what they can accomplish using AI. Some come from disciplines such as psychology or neuroscience with no previous programming experience. “What I’m finding is that students who have zero programming experience, they come in from another discipline like psychology or neuroscience or something, they are now able to get up and running with real data sets,” Butler said. Butler’s own doctoral work involved neuroimaging, and he said he has assigned students work he considers comparable to the kinds of analysis he performed during his PhD. He described giving students a real dataset, an expected result and instructions to use AI to complete the analysis. Butler said those students have been able to carry out work at a level he associates with tasks he once performed after years of programming experience. That does not mean a student using AI instantly acquires the same knowledge as an experienced computer scientist. But Butler sees it as evidence that AI can dramatically lower the technical barrier between having a problem to solve and producing a working result. The role of the person using the system then changes. They need to know what to ask for, understand enough about the subject to judge the answer and take responsibility for what is ultimately produced. What about AI hallucinations? One persistent concern surrounding generative AI is hallucination — when a system produces information that sounds convincing but is false or unsupported. Butler said that problem has improved substantially in newer systems and is not as severe as it was with earlier models. He pointed in particular to newer AI systems’ ability to search the web, consult scientific databases and return source links rather than simply generating a citation from their internal model. Butler nevertheless said users should verify what AI produces. “You should verify,” he said while discussing citations generated with AI. His position is that hallucinations have become less common in the systems he uses, not that incorrect AI output is impossible. Human checking remains part of the process. Hours of work compressed Butler offered another example from his administrative work at Bishop’s. The university has been comparing CEGEP courses with first-year Bishop’s courses to determine where students may qualify for advanced standing. Traditionally, Butler said, that means reviewing two sets of course descriptions and manually matching one institution’s courses with another’s. As department chair, that could require hours of reading and comparison. He said AI can now be given both sets of material and asked to generate an initial mapping automatically. “It saves me hours and hours of work,” Butler said. Butler said the AI-generated mapping can also produce a better result than he would produce himself. He sees similar opportunities in businesses. A company may receive specifications, drawings, emails or other digital material from customers and then have employees convert that information into an internal format before anything can be manufactured or delivered. AI can increasingly perform parts of that intermediate processing. In Butler’s view, the employee does not necessarily disappear. Instead, the job becomes more about checking the result. “The human is still there,” he said. Judgement could become more valuable That change is central to Butler’s view of where digital work may be headed. If AI can produce a first draft, write basic code, compare documents or process large amounts of information, he argues that knowledge and judgement become increasingly important. “The real scarce resource going forward is going to be domain knowledge, expertise, and… credentials, authority, the ability to work with other people,” Butler said. He is therefore encouraging students not only to learn AI tools but also to broaden their education. He mentioned acting, fine art and photography as examples of courses that can help develop what he described as taste and intuition — the ability to recognize what is good, what is not and what should be changed. “And that’s the skill that they need now because the grunt work has been automated and now it’s about evaluating what the AI produces and telling it how to improve or expand the output,” Butler said. That does not remove the need for technical knowledge. Butler’s argument is that the emphasis may shift away from manually completing every step of a task and toward directing, checking and improving work produced with AI assistance. He also stressed that humans remain responsible for final decisions. “At the end of the day, the human has to make the final call,” Butler said, pointing to the question of accountability. Physical work may be different Butler draws a distinction between digital work and jobs requiring people to manipulate the physical world. He expects AI to continue advancing quickly in tasks performed almost entirely on computers. He is more cautious about claims that humanoid robots will soon be able to replace workers such as plumbers or electricians. Butler said those trades would not be replaced “anytime soon” in his view and described some current robotics demonstrations as overhyped. He described the situation as counterintuitive. “It’s almost like we solved the highest level first,” he said, contrasting advances in digital AI with the harder problem of building robots capable of operating reliably in the physical world. Butler’s argument is that some digital occupations could face automation sooner than trades requiring complex physical work. The wider AI shift in the Townships Butler’s comments come as local institutions are increasingly grappling with how AI should be used. The federal government recently announced up to $162 million over five years for 10,000 AI-related placements through Mitacs. The Université de Sherbrooke told The Pulse that the number of its collaborative research and innovation projects supported through Mitacs has approximately doubled since 2018-19, while the number of placements has approximately tripled. UdeS also said it already has projects involving both AI adoption and the application of AI to other fields. At Bishop’s, Butler said part of his role involves building the Computer Science department’s local presence, connecting students with regional partners and strengthening relationships with the Sherbrooke technology ecosystem. Those developments put universities in a difficult position. They have to prepare students to use the tools employers increasingly have available while also making sure graduates understand enough to recognize when those tools are wrong, incomplete or being applied to the wrong problem. The risk of losing human skills Butler does not see AI as risk-free. Later in the interview, he raised a separate concern: as AI becomes better at reading, writing, programming and other cognitive tasks, people could lose some of the underlying skills that historically helped produce new ideas. “The other danger is that we’re going to lose the human skills,” Butler said. He specifically mentioned reading and writing and argued that people could lose some of the lower-level understanding that contributes to breakthroughs. Butler said AI systems are based on existing human knowledge and argued that they become much more powerful when paired with a capable person. That tension runs through his view of the technology. AI can remove hours of routine work. It can allow beginners to perform tasks that once required substantial technical training. It can give experienced workers significant leverage. But the more capable the technology becomes, the more important it may be for people to develop the judgement needed to decide what should be done in the first place. For Butler, that is where education may have to change. Students still need to understand their field. They still need to know when something is wrong. And they still need to be able to make the final decision. But if AI increasingly handles the bottom of the cognitive pyramid, the value of a worker may depend less on how quickly they can perform the grunt work and more on whether they understand what the work is supposed to accomplish. Don’t miss the next story that affects your community. Join thousands of readers getting The Pulse every morning—plus breaking news alerts when it matters most. If you value this kind of local journalism, consider supporting it. Subscribe, share and like! Subscribe Share

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Oct 2 • 1:57 PM EDT • Science • publisherpt.substack.com
'Brick or Treat' descends on Legoland as Halloween countdown begins

"Your Morning" learns more

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Oct 2 • 12:45 PM EDT • Entertainment • spectrumnews1.com
Alison Hammond Has Heart Check After Suffering Health Scare Live On TV

'The Great British Bake Off' host Alison Hammond went to hospital to have tests done on her heart after suffering a health scare on 'This Morning.'

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Oct 2 • 12:36 PM EDT • Health • deadline.com
The Simple, High-Fiber Breakfast a Women’s Health Doctor Eats Every Morning

Why Dr. Jennifer Ashton prioritizes fiber during menopause, and the breakfast that gives her 15 grams before her day even starts.

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Oct 2 • 11:56 AM EDT • Health • today.com
Friday Morning Football 2026: Mt. Whitney High School
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Oct 2 • 9:09 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Coastal forces shape building sciences practice

When Built Environments relocated to Wilmington, the firm’s partners weren’t looking for the lazy tranquility one hopes for when on vacation. Instead, they sought sultry heat. They wanted to understand whipping coastal winds and punishing precipitation – the kind that tropical storms produce. That’s because how materials degrade can reveal a lot about how they can be improved. “We specifically chose the Wilmington market because it does fall within Climate Zone 3A, which is a coastal warm-humid climate,” said Jarrett Davis, who joined Built Environments in 2023 to lead the company’s building science practice. “There’s not a lot of product research in that climate zone, but there are a lot of structures here that get weatherized pretty severely.” Built Environments has provided building science, material testing and code compliance consulting for 25 years, ever since principal materials scientist Steve Doggett founded the company in Minnesota. “There are very few manufacturers that understand fully how their own materials and products work, whereas we know their shortfalls and their benefits out in the real world on jobsites,” Doggett said. “That’s why the original Built Environments was formed, to make buildings better.” He said the 15-employee company is just as comfortable on a jobsite, retrofitting a high-end beachside property, for example, as it is recreating some of the coast’s most intense weather conditions in the great indoors. The company operates an A2LA-accredited ISO/IEC 17025 mechanical testing laboratory on Wright Street. The year-old facility has expanded Built Environments’ in-house capabilities, Doggett said. “We’re able to simulate that hurricane wind (and) rain and perform structural and impact testing on wall assemblies, roof assemblies and glazing assemblies,” he said. “There are certain requirements that those windows and doors need to meet as far as wind ratings and pressure ratings and things of that nature.” Standard Glass Co.-Glass Depots, of Wilmington, is currently testing a new glazing system using Built Environments’ stress testing, the partners said. One method involves what’s called a “large missile cannon.” “We take 8-foot two-by-fours, and we shoot them at assemblies, so they have to withstand that impact,” Davis said. “It’s pretty cool to see, I’m not going to lie.” In many cases, the lab can run a full, wall-scale test of a product in a matter of weeks or months, whereas “it might take midrange manufacturers years,” Doggett said. “We’re nimble. We can cut that time in half.” The lab also develops intellectual property. Doggett, for example, shares a patent with Sustant LLC, of Minnesota, on a fastener patch to increase the air and water tightness within building envelopes. “We have too many ideas and not enough time,” he said. But the partners noted that they or their fellow principals – of which the company has four total, including a principal engineer and a principal codes and standards expert – could be anywhere on a given day, including in the courtroom providing expert testimony in contentious insurance cases. “Let’s say there is a fire on a structure,” Davis said. “We can analyze all the specific materials within that assembly – an exterior wall or something like that – because there are loads that require certain heat release. And so, we can measure each one of those materials, if need be, to say if this was likely or not a code-approved assembly.” Despite what can be inferred in a lab, the partners said nothing beats learning from how materials change over time under real-world strain. Take, for instance, the curious case of the creaking condo. “We recently had a customer that came to us trying to assess a sound issue of a roof. It was making noises that no one could explain or account for. How do you tackle something like that?” Doggett asked rhetorically. “There’s really no generally agreed-upon methodologies.” The problem turned out to be a faulty installation of a commercial roof system. “The building in this particular case was not local,” he said. “In the initial installation, the commercial roofing contractor installed the wrong fasteners in the wrong locations into the deck, and essentially the solar radiation was causing the building to move quite substantially early in the morning when the sun initially hit that assembly after a quite cool evening, causing the threads on the fasteners to kind of jump within the material, within the metal.” Built Environments designed an effective repair methodology that was within budget, the partners said. “We get the bizarre,” Doggett said. “I will say that’s something that has stayed the same over 25 years.” The partners said they are hiring, and that Cape Fear Community College is one of their main recruiting grounds. Davis and Doggett look for talented people who can understand traditional methodologies yet are open to on-the-job training and new understandings, they said. After all, it’s not just weather that can ruin a building. “My favorite saying is,” Davis said, “‘What are the eight most expensive words in construction? That’s how my daddy used to do it.’”

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Oct 2 • 9:00 AM EDT • Science • wilmingtonbiz.com
Coastal forces shape building sciences practice

When Built Environments relocated to Wilmington, the firm’s partners weren’t looking for the lazy tranquility one hopes for when on vacation. Instead, they sought sultry heat. They wanted to understand whipping coastal winds and punishing precipitation – the kind that tropical storms produce. That’s because how materials degrade can reveal a lot about how they can be improved. “We specifically chose the Wilmington market because it does fall within Climate Zone 3A, which is a coastal warm-humid climate,” said Jarrett Davis, who joined Built Environments in 2023 to lead the company’s building science practice. “There’s not a lot of product research in that climate zone, but there are a lot of structures here that get weatherized pretty severely.” Built Environments has provided building science, material testing and code compliance consulting for 25 years, ever since principal materials scientist Steve Doggett founded the company in Minnesota. “There are very few manufacturers that understand fully how their own materials and products work, whereas we know their shortfalls and their benefits out in the real world on jobsites,” Doggett said. “That’s why the original Built Environments was formed, to make buildings better.” He said the 15-employee company is just as comfortable on a jobsite, retrofitting a high-end beachside property, for example, as it is recreating some of the coast’s most intense weather conditions in the great indoors. The company operates an A2LA-accredited ISO/IEC 17025 mechanical testing laboratory on Wright Street. The year-old facility has expanded Built Environments’ in-house capabilities, Doggett said. “We’re able to simulate that hurricane wind (and) rain and perform structural and impact testing on wall assemblies, roof assemblies and glazing assemblies,” he said. “There are certain requirements that those windows and doors need to meet as far as wind ratings and pressure ratings and things of that nature.” Standard Glass Co.-Glass Depots, of Wilmington, is currently testing a new glazing system using Built Environments’ stress testing, the partners said. One method involves what’s called a “large missile cannon.” “We take 8-foot two-by-fours, and we shoot them at assemblies, so they have to withstand that impact,” Davis said. “It’s pretty cool to see, I’m not going to lie.” In many cases, the lab can run a full, wall-scale test of a product in a matter of weeks or months, whereas “it might take midrange manufacturers years,” Doggett said. “We’re nimble. We can cut that time in half.” The lab also develops intellectual property. Doggett, for example, shares a patent with Sustant LLC, of Minnesota, on a fastener patch to increase the air and water tightness within building envelopes. “We have too many ideas and not enough time,” he said. But the partners noted that they or their fellow principals – of which the company has four total, including a principal engineer and a principal codes and standards expert – could be anywhere on a given day, including in the courtroom providing expert testimony in contentious insurance cases. “Let’s say there is a fire on a structure,” Davis said. “We can analyze all the specific materials within that assembly – an exterior wall or something like that – because there are loads that require certain heat release. And so, we can measure each one of those materials, if need be, to say if this was likely or not a code-approved assembly.” Despite what can be inferred in a lab, the partners said nothing beats learning from how materials change over time under real-world strain. Take, for instance, the curious case of the creaking condo. “We recently had a customer that came to us trying to assess a sound issue of a roof. It was making noises that no one could explain or account for. How do you tackle something like that?” Doggett asked rhetorically. “There’s really no generally agreed-upon methodologies.” The problem turned out to be a faulty installation of a commercial roof system. “The building in this particular case was not local,” he said. “In the initial installation, the commercial roofing contractor installed the wrong fasteners in the wrong locations into the deck, and essentially the solar radiation was causing the building to move quite substantially early in the morning when the sun initially hit that assembly after a quite cool evening, causing the threads on the fasteners to kind of jump within the material, within the metal.” Built Environments designed an effective repair methodology that was within budget, the partners said. “We get the bizarre,” Doggett said. “I will say that’s something that has stayed the same over 25 years.” The partners said they are hiring, and that Cape Fear Community College is one of their main recruiting grounds. Davis and Doggett look for talented people who can understand traditional methodologies yet are open to on-the-job training and new understandings, they said. After all, it’s not just weather that can ruin a building. “My favorite saying is,” Davis said, “‘What are the eight most expensive words in construction? That’s how my daddy used to do it.’”

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Oct 2 • 9:00 AM EDT • Science • wilmingtonbiz.com
Friday Cannon Fodder: unlikely

Happy Friday, TSFers! This extra-long international break won’t wind up until Tuesday, but it’s time to start re-focusing on Arsenal. Unfortunately, we’ve got an injury update coming later today for a couple guys who picked up issues on international duty. I don’t like international breaks. I really don’t like extended international breaks. This morning, we’ll […]

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Oct 2 • 8:13 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Mid-Michigan entertainment for the weekend of Oct. 2-5 and beyond

Check out what’s going on this weekend.

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Oct 2 • 6:46 AM EDT • Entertainment • themorningsun.com
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Islanders News: Darche on summer, Duclair on target

Good morning and happy Friday, the New York Islanders are last in the Metro. Islanders News Elsewhere Last night’s scores included the Jack Hughes getting the Devils the win in overtime after he objected to a mid-game question from AJ Mleczko about bubble wrap and plastic utensils (he was reportedly injured during a team dinner […]

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Oct 2 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
MORNING BUSINESS REPORT: Colleges offering social media influencing degree, monthly jobs report

Jane King has these stories and more from the New York Stock Exchange for your Friday Morning Business Report.

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Oct 2 • 5:59 AM EDT • Business • wfsb.com
Sereias da Vila host Carapicuíba social project Pra Ela Jogar

The Sereias da Vila welcomed, on Thursday morning (1), 30 girls from the Pra Ela Jogar social women’s football project, from Carapicuíba, São Paulo.The project, which is completely free, serves gi...

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Oct 2 • 4:20 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Charlotte 49ers game vs. Memphis moved to Saturday morning

Charlotte (0-4) is still looking for its first win since last September.

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Oct 1 • 9:59 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Black Democratic candidates talk politics during first Blue Porch Brunch

Several local Black Democratic candidates, from municipal to federal, gathered on the front porch of a house on Chester Street on Thursday morning to talk politics and the coming election.

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Oct 1 • 6:27 PM EDT • Politics • arktimes.com
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Fox Business reveals replacement for Maria Bartiromo's morning show

Fox Business Network revealed the new lineup replacing "Mornings with Maria" after Maria Bartiromo's sudden exit.

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Oct 1 • 6:10 PM EDT • Business • usatoday.com
McDowell Mountain Elementary students to attend Wacky Science assembly

McDowell Mountain Elementary School students will get a hands-on science lesson Friday morning, Oct. 2, when educational performer Graham Rogers brings his “Wacky Science” assembly to the school, …

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Oct 1 • 2:58 PM EDT • Science • fhtimes.com
Mass. native, Good Morning America correspondent reveals cancer battle: ‘It’s shocking’

A Mass. native and Good Morning America correspondent is opening up about a health battle he kept private for months.

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Oct 1 • 2:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • masslive.com
How Mainers are weighing the pay-to-play allegation involving Susan Collins

Tom McShane of Windham will likely split his ticket in November. He likes a Republican candidate running for his legislative district but plans to vote for Democrat Troy Jackson for Senate, although reluctantly since his first choice dropped out. His choice in the Senate race is irrespective of the recent corruption allegations against incumbent Republican […]

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Oct 1 • 2:28 PM EDT • Politics • mainemorningstar.com
Fox Business To Debut 'Big Money' In Bartiromo's Morning Timeslot

The show will debut on Oct. 12 after Bartiromo was pulled from the network.

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New Fox Business Network FBN Lineup Replacing Maria Bartiromo

FBN will replace Bartiromo's old timeslot with 'Big Money in the Morning,' with new co-hosts for the lunchtime program and Li Claman adding a Friday evening program.

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There’s a Secret to Safeguarding Moms’ Mental Health. Or Is There?

Life's a breeze for new and expectant mothers, right? Their bodies "just know exactly what to do" to snap back after pregnancy. Having "a really consistent morning routine" works wonders. So does "remembering to slow down and breathe" and engaging in "open communication" with family and friends. Of course, none of these things can safeguard

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Oct 1 • 9:00 AM EDT • Health • musebyclios.com
Harvest Small Business Finance, LLC Closes Its Seventh Securitization of SBA 7(a) Unguaranteed Portions - $93.1 Million of Offered Notes Rated by Morningstar DBRS

LAGUNA HILLS, Calif., October 01, 2026--Harvest Small Business Finance, LLC ("HSBF") (http://www.harvestsbf.com), one of the top non-bank originators of SBA 7(a) loans, closed its seventh securitization of the unguaranteed portions of owner-occupied primarily first-lien SBA 7(a) CRE loans. Performance Trust Capital Partners, LLC acted as sole structuring agent and initial purchaser, and East West Markets, LLC acted as co-manager for the $93.1 million Harvest SBA Loan Trust 2026-1 transaction ("H

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Oct 1 • 9:00 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Mets Morning News: Mets face offseason questions

Your Thursday morning dose of Mets and Major League Baseball news, notes, and links.

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Oct 1 • 8:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
October is already fun, plus poll results

The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! Extend your series today. Coming up: ‼️ A WNBA playoff thriller 📈 Three MLB teams advance 🔁 Late-night NFL trade We are in the midst of a beautiful time, and not just because it’s officially October (more on that in a bit). This week, we get to enjoy a three-game-playoff-series bonanza, in which every game really, really matters. The MLB and WNBA postseasons started days ago; multiple teams are already heading to exit...

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Oct 1 • 6:13 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
‘The last five years have been terrible for business.’ Why this iconic Beaufort bar closed

Hemingway’s survived hurricanes and floods for 32 years, but suddenly closed Tuesday morning. Customers are asking why.

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Oct 1 • 5:00 AM EDT • Business • islandpacket.com
More than one thousand Maine immigrants to lose Medicaid on Oct. 1

More than a thousand immigrants in Maine will lose their health insurance starting Oct. 1, due to Medicaid eligibility changes passed through President Donald Trump’s 2025 budget law. H.R. 1 made significant cuts to the national health insurance program that millions of low-income households rely on, removing certain groups of immigrants, as well as adding […]

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Oct 1 • 4:49 AM EDT • Health • mainemorningstar.com
‘Calculated’ attack caught on camera as vandals smash window of Cherokee Street business

Cherokee Street business leaders and owners are rallying to protect the neighborhood’s growing momentum after a local bar and salon became the latest target of early-morning vandalism.

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Sep 30 • 8:18 PM EDT • Business • firstalert4.com
Selma business owner makes donation to Selma University

From the West Alabama Newsroom– A Selma business owner makes a sizable donation to Selma University — to support and promote business. Selma-U President Dr. Stanford Angion was all smiles — at a check presentation on the campus Wednesday morning. “It is really wonderful when you find hometown people who is giving back to help others who are coming along...

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Sep 30 • 7:13 PM EDT • Business • waka.com
Man fatally shoots 2 co-workers at a Virginia business before killing himself, police say

A shooting at a northern Virginia business has left two workers dead. Police in Manassas say the suspect later took his own life during a standoff on Interstate 81. Manassas Police Chief Doug Keen says 37-year-old Marvin Grant opened fire at an equipment rental business Wednesday morning. Two wor...

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Sep 30 • 3:28 PM EDT • Business • wral.com
Trump administration misspells United States twice while promoting AI

The Trump administration misspelled the United States twice in images of the White House artificial intelligence memo it published following President Donald Trump‘s accord on Tuesday with the country’s biggest names in AI. On Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning, both Trump and the White House posted the “Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities,” which came from […]

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Sep 30 • 2:04 PM EDT • Politics • denvergazette.com
Trump administration misspells United States twice while promoting AI

The Trump administration misspelled the United States twice in images of the White House artificial intelligence memo it published following President Donald Trump‘s accord on Tuesday with the country’s biggest names in AI. On Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning, both Trump and the White House posted the “Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities,” which came from […]

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Sep 30 • 2:04 PM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
Ben Johnson Called Jared Goff About His Mobility Dig

Ben Johnson picked up the phone the morning after his dig at Jared Goff. #Lions

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Sep 30 • 1:45 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Chris Koza album release concert Oct. 24

Lanesboro Arts is thrilled to celebrate the release of Chris Koza’s latest album, “Millsmoke on the Skyline,” with a concert at the St. Mane Theatre at 7 p.m. on October 24. Chris Koza is a composer and performer based in Denver and Minneapolis. In his writing, Koza both honors and builds on the vast genre of Americana music. For every song that sounds like it could be strummed from a boxcar clacking slowly across a grassy midwestern plain, there’s a tune sailing from a city rooftop, echoing across a valley of streets and traffic, or a melody twisting and shimmering like a dim frequency deep into the starry night.Both as a solo artist and with his band Rogue Valley, Koza has supported and shared the stage with artists such as Brandi Carlile, Gordon Lightfoot, Ingrid Michaelson, The Jayhawks, Neko Case, Kathleen Edwards, Dan Wilson, and many more. His music regularly appears on ABC’s “General Hospital,” “60 Minutes,” and “Good Morning America.” Koza’s song, “Be Wild,” was also featured in a state of Minnesota tourism campaign.#placement_932485_0_i{width:100%;max-width:550px;margin:0 auto;}var rnd = window.rnd || Math.floor(Math.random()*10e6);var pid932485 = window.pid932485 || rnd;var plc932485 = window.plc932485 || 0;var abkw = window.abkw || '';var absrc = 'https://ads.empowerlocal.co/adserve/;ID=181918;size=0x0;setID=932485;type=js;sw='+screen.width+';sh='+screen.height+';spr='+window.devicePixelRatio+';kw='+abkw+';pid='+pid932485+';place='+(plc932485++)+';rnd='+rnd+';click=CLICK_MACRO_PLACEHOLDER';var _absrc = absrc.split("type=js"); absrc = _absrc[0] + 'type=js;referrer=' + encodeURIComponent(document.location.href) + _absrc[1];document.write('');Koza’s latest offering, “Millsmoke on the Skyline,” grants the newfound outsider perspective of the rich life and golden fleeting days throughout the rural Midwest. Weaving melody and lyrics into vignettes and narratives set in places where love is powerful, dreams are vast, and life is beautiful.The St. Mane Theatre box office will open at 6 p.m. on the day of the concert. Tickets will be sold in person at the door or can be purchased online at lanesboroarts.org. Seating at the St. Mane theatre is first come, first served. Tickets are on sale now for $25 for general admission or $22 for Lanesboro Arts members.The 2026 performing arts season at Lanesboro Arts is made possible by our season sponsor, Poet Refinery, as well as our concert level sponsors, High Court Pub, Krage Insurance Agency & Preble Farmers Mutual, Stone Mill Clothing & Gifts, E2 Boutique/Amish Experience, and The Cottage House Inn, and community sponsors, VIS Plumbing, Granny’s Liquor, Kingsley Mercantile, Batstone CPA, Clara’s Eatery, IGA, Niagara Cave, and Huntington Electric. This event is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. #placement_932489_0_i{width:100%;max-width:550px;margin:0 auto;}var rnd = window.rnd || Math.floor(Math.random()*10e6);var pid932489 = window.pid932489 || rnd;var plc932489 = window.plc932489 || 0;var abkw = window.abkw || '';var absrc = 'https://ads.empowerlocal.co/adserve/;ID=181918;size=0x0;setID=932489;type=js;sw='+screen.width+';sh='+screen.height+';spr='+window.devicePixelRatio+';kw='+abkw+';pid='+pid932489+';place='+(plc932489++)+';rnd='+rnd+';click=CLICK_MACRO_PLACEHOLDER';var _absrc = absrc.split("type=js"); absrc = _absrc[0] + 'type=js;referrer=' + encodeURIComponent(document.location.href) + _absrc[1];document.write('');

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Sep 30 • 1:18 PM EDT • Entertainment • winonapost.com
Wheeling Health Right drive fills mobile unit with essentials for people in need

People in need were able to take home everyday essentials Wednesday morning as Wheeling Health Right distributed donations collected over the past month.After a

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Sep 30 • 12:08 PM EDT • Health • wtov9.com
Latest Health Update on Steve Borden After AEW All Out Accident

A new update on the health of Steven Borden became available on Wednesday morning ahead of this week's PAC tribute edition of AEW Dynamite. At the All Out PPV e

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Sep 30 • 11:28 AM EDT • Health • si.com
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21-year-old man arrested after employee found shot, killed at Richmond business

A 21-year-old man was arrested late Tuesday night after an employee at a Richmond business was found shot and killed Saturday morning.

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Sep 30 • 11:20 AM EDT • Business • wric.com
‘GMA’ personality Will Reeve shares emotional update on health after cancer diagnosis

‘Good Morning America’ personality Will Reeve gave an emotional update on his health after revealing his testicular cancer diagnosis: ‘I worried about being a burden,’ he explained on ‘GMA.’

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Sep 30 • 10:32 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
First-Year Food Science Students Compete in Product Development

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Sep 30 • 10:28 AM EDT • Science • morningagclips.com
Morningstar joining Google at Thompson Center

The financial services firm will anchor the building alongside Google with the largest downtown office lease inked this year.

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Sep 30 • 8:52 AM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com
Car crashes into Fort Myers printing business on Fowler Street, driver injured

Fort Myers police responded to Royal Crest Printing on Wednesday morning after a car crashed into the business.

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Sep 30 • 8:48 AM EDT • Business • gulfcoastnewsnow.com
A wild playoff day in 2 sports. Plus: NHL’s No. 1 pick debuts

Good morning! A lot happened yesterday. Inside: ⚾ Postseason = on 🏀 Top seed = out 🏒 Puck = dropped The Postseason: Six stats from a massive day October started on Sept. 29 this year. All four of MLB’s best-of-three Wild Card Series got underway yesterday. Here’s a key number from each of them: 71.5 percent: The Phillies’ win probability in Game 1 against the Braves when Austin Riley, the Atlanta third baseman who had the worst season of his career, came to the plate against lights-out reliever

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Sep 30 • 6:31 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Esteban Ocon: Haas driver to leave team at end of 2026 F1 season after two years with American-owned squad

Esteban Ocon looks set to be without a drive for the 2027 Formula 1 season; the Frenchman will leave Haas after joining from Alpine for the 2025 season; watch Formula 1s return to Malaysia from Friday morning live on Sky Sports F1 as Sepang hosts the Bahrain Grand Prix

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Sep 30 • 5:10 AM EDT • Sports • skysports.com
Three Surprising Additions to the Padres’ Postseason Roster

Even though it's still September, October baseball is upon us! Today marks the start of the most exciting time of year in the baseball calendar: the playoffs. And with that time comes some interesting decisions. Teams have to decide who will and won't be on their postseason roster by the morning of Game One. The …

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Sep 29 • 11:23 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Packers, UW Health kick off 10th year of Packers vs. Cancer

The Green Bay Packers and UW Health kicked off the 10th year of “Packers Versus Cancer” Tuesday morning at Lambeau Field.

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ABC News' Will Reeve reveals testicular cancer diagnosis, chemotherapy treatment

ABC News' Will Reeve is seen on the set of 'Good Morning America' on June 9, 2026, on ABC. (Paula Lobo/ABC via Getty Images)

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Sep 29 • 12:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • kmaland.com
Health officials lower barriers with Parkersburg drive-thru flu shot clinic

Area residents rolled down their car windows and rolled up their sleeves on Tuesday morning as the Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department hosted a drive-thru flu shot clinic at the Wood County Center on Market.

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Sep 29 • 11:39 AM EDT • Health • wtap.com
3 Reasons ‘Sleep on It’ Is Actually Pretty Good Advice, According to Science

After a long day or a stressful situation, you might hear the advice of “just sleep it off” or “you’ll feel better in the morning.” And while it might seem like an invalidating, oversimplified recommendation, it has some accuracy: often, our bodies and minds are better after a good night’s rest. According to Josef Newton, […]

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Late ‘Superman’ actor’s son Will Reeve reveals cancer diagnosis: ‘Raised to share one’s struggles’

Christopher Reeve’s son and ‘Good Morning America’ personality Will Reeve announced his testicular cancer diagnosis. ‘I was raised to share one’s struggles if, in doing so, that might help others.’

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Mets Morning News: Wild Card Round begins

Your Tuesday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links.

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Sep 29 • 8:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Smart ring maker Oura postpones public listing due to 'uncertainty in the IPO market'

The digital health IPO window may be closing, at least for now. | Smart ring maker and health tracking company Oura is postponing its previously announced initial public offering on Nasdaq due to "uncertainty in the IPO market," the company announced Tuesday morning.

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MORNING BUSINESS REPORT: Parents say they're overwhelmed with school-based apps

Jane King has this story and more from the New York Stock Exchange for your Tuesday Morning Business Report.

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Chiefs News: Welcome to Raiders week!

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Catching Our Eye News Roundup, Sept. 29, 2026

Every morning in the Ohio Capital Journal’s free newsletter, The Eye-Opener, we round up the news and commentary from across Ohio and around the country and world that is catching our attention. We call this feature Catching Our Eye, republished here.

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Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics

Sunburn gives you a morning head start on Florida politics

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Cubs BCB After Dark: Is Matthew Boyd the right call?

The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if Matthew Boyd should have gotten the Game 1 start.

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Dennis Haskins, “Saved by the Bell”’s Mr. Belding, dies at 75

The actor also appeared in predecessor “Good Morning, Miss Bliss.”

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Sep 28 • 11:39 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
White House says Trump PSA that appears to look like 2024 campaign ad is 'not political'

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

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — The two men running for governor made their case to the Amity Chamber of Commerce Monday morning. News 8’s Kent Pierce was the moderator of a conversation betw…

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Wulf: Save The Academy of Natural Sciences, Save Our Soul

The Academy of Natural Sciences opened its doors to the public for what they say was the last time at 10 a.m. on Sunday morning. We parked on the other...

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Bobby Kotick’s lawyers sent me a bad email (and later apologized)

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

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Sep 28 • 4:13 PM EDT • Technology • gamefile.news
Difazio Hosts Third Annual Drum Clinic at NEK-TV

NEWPORT–On Saturday morning, a dozen or so drumming enthusiasts gathered at NEK-TV for Terry Difazio’s third annual drum clinic, sponsored in part by the Memphremagog Arts Collaborative.

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Sep 28 • 4:11 PM EDT • Entertainment • newportvermontdailyexpress.com
October 1 Vallejo/Vacaville Arts-Entertainment Source: Activities

Vallejo Hike Club’s Morning Hike is set for Friday at 7 a.m., at Mare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve, 167 O’Hara Court, Vallejo.

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Sep 28 • 3:35 PM EDT • Entertainment • timesheraldonline.com
Bears Make Risky QB Decision Ahead of Eagles Matchup

The Chicago Bears are turning to their third quarterback for a difficult Monday night matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles. Veteran Case Keenum is expected to start for Chicago on Monday Night Football , NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Monday morning. The move comes with Caleb Williams already ruled out because of a hamstring injury…

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Sep 28 • 2:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Science Museum of Virginia Opens Interactive “Rescue” Exhibit

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Sep 28 • 1:26 PM EDT • Science • wtvr.com
Hats Off to Stephanie Armour and KFF Health News: Food Safety Is on the Ballot. Now Let’s Talk About What Isn’t in the Recall Count.

This morning KFF Health News and CBS News published Stephanie Armour’s Food safety becomes an election issue as major outbreaks and recalls

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Sep 28 • 12:30 PM EDT • Health • marlerblog.com
Tybee Island Marine Science Center releases loggerhead sea turtle ‘Ossie’ back into ocean

Biologists at the Tybee Island Marine Science Center released resident loggerhead sea turtle “Ossie” into the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday morning.

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Sep 28 • 12:18 PM EDT • Science • wtoc.com
UAMS-Sponsored Health & Wellness Expo Offers Free Screenings, Other Resources

The 2026 Health & Wellness Expo drew hundreds of Arkansans for a morning of health screenings, question-and-answer sessions with experts from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), and other activities.

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Sep 28 • 11:30 AM EDT • Health • news.uams.edu
CT Business Blend: Sept. 28, 2026

Hartford Business Journal’s Greg Bordonaro and WTIC’s Brian Shactman explore the people, companies and trends shaping Connecticut’s business scene every Monday at 8:30 a.m. on WTIC 1080 AM.

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Sep 28 • 10:35 AM EDT • Business • hartfordbusiness.com
Carmen Southgate experiencing facilities issue, asks that students be picked up

Carmen Schools of Science and Technology announced on social media that Carmen Southgate is experiencing a facilities issue on Monday morning and asked that students be picked up as soon as possible.

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Sep 28 • 10:04 AM EDT • Science • tmj4.com
SpaceX launches Starship on 10-hour test flight, aiming to orbit Earth 6 times

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

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Sep 28 • 8:57 AM EDT • Business • foxbusiness.com
Better Business Bureau explains personalized pricing

Jo Ann Deal with the Better Business Bureau of Monroe joined Good Morning ArkLaMiss to talk about personalized pricing.

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Sep 28 • 8:53 AM EDT • Business • knoe.com
Mets Morning News: End of the Line

Your Monday morning dose of Mets and Major League Baseball news, notes, and links.

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Sep 28 • 8:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
September 28 Playbook: Vaccination Regulations Rescinded

Reignited public outrage toward restrictive pandemic-era policies. This is the PoliticsPA Playbook. ☕ Good Morning. 36 days until the midterms. Let’s go. 🎶 Your Morning Pick Me Up. I Love It. Icona Pop featuring Charli XCX PA Weather☁️ Pittsburgh | Cloudy, 68☁️ Harrisburg | Cloudy, 70☁️ Philadelphia | Cloudy, 67…

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Sep 28 • 8:13 AM EDT • Politics • politicspa.com
Do Red Sox fans still hate the Yankees?

Good morning! There is no baseball today. Normally that’s a sad phrase to read and write. But when you’re gearing up for the playoffs, a day of rest isn’t the worst thing in the world. Especially when you’re gearing up to face the Yankees in the playoffs. Having said that, we can all acknowledge that […]

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Sep 28 • 8:06 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
England suffer double injury scare ahead of Czechia clash

Nico O’Reilly and Ezri Konsa are doubts for England’s UEFA Nations League clash against Czechia at Fortuna Arena on Tuesday evening.O’Reilly and Konsa missed group training on Monday morning, wi...

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Sep 28 • 7:55 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
MORNING BUSINESS REPORT: Costco passing along tariff refunds, inflation update, McDonald's Playplaces

Costco passes tariff refunds on to customers, when to expect an inflation update, and McDonald's looks to bring back playplaces. Here's the Morning Business Report for Sept. 19.

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Sep 28 • 6:27 AM EDT • Business • wfsb.com
Morning Roundup: 1 stabbed in Pittsburgh’s Central Business District

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Monday, Sept. 28: 1 stabbed in Pittsburgh’s Central Business District One man was stabbed and another arrested early Monday morning in Pittsburgh’s Central Business District. Police responded to Sixth Avenue at Coffey Way for a reported stabbing around 12:45

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Sep 28 • 6:01 AM EDT • Business • triblive.com