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Outcome of suit against Department of Labor could boost skimpy employer health plans
A long-running lawsuit challenging what it means to be an employee and therefore have access to work-based health plans is being closely watched by health policy analysts.
Important Games to watch: Week 3
Week 3 is here and the matchups for this week really set the tables for whats to come next week.
Plan to bring more maternal health care to Alabama
IN-DEPTH WITH SARAH WALL: Health officials say one in three counties in Alabama is considered a maternal health desert. That means there are no health services in the counties for pregnant women or new moms. But, a plan is underway to change that. We’re talking to the folks at the March of Dimes about their Mom and Baby Mobile Health Units - why they are so important, how they work and how you may be able to use them. For more information on the Mom and Baby Mobile Health Units, you can go to the March of Dimes website: www.marchofdimes.org/our-work/mobile-health-centers. If you would like to sign up for an appointment with the mobile health unit, you can click here: https://www.healthservicesinc.org/. And, for more information on UAB’s mobile unit that works in other areas of Alabama, you can go to: https://www.uab.edu/nursing/home/partnerships/clinical/moms-and-kids-mobile-health-unit.
Economist says jobs still out there despite regional health care cuts
Vermont labor economist Mathew Barewicz says despite the cuts, health care workers are still needed and jobs are out there.
Where disciplines meet: UTulsa scientists, conservators unlock secrets of centuries-old manuscripts
UTulsa and Gilcrease Museum researchers use Raman microscopy to analyze pigments in 16th-century Indigenous Mexican manuscripts, uncovering historical and scientific insights while preserving cultural heritage.
Where is 'The Traitors: New Blood' filmed? Inside the historic castle with secrets of its own.
The reality show's Scottish home is real — but what viewers see on TV is only part of the picture.
Bye, protein powder — for a better workout, new science says to... sniff chocolate?
A new study found that something surprising happens in your brain the moment you smell chocolate. Here's what we think is going on.
A haunted corn maze in Mississippi and 'Harvest Hues' in Texas: Here are 6 Southern fall events
Discover a variety of fall activities, from pumpkin patches to haunted corn mazes.
Paid influencers are everywhere in US politics. We need transparency
Secret coordination between politicians and social media creators is a form of astroturfing. But there are few legal regulations
Andrews on 'special group', Schade's form and Chelsea
Brentford boss Keith Andrews has been speaking to the media before Friday's Premier League game against Chelsea at The Gtech Community Stadium (20:00 BST). Mathias Jensen, Nathan Collins, Sepp van den Berg and Josh DaSilva will miss the game but they are targeting a return after the international break, while there are no new injuries to report.
Sports Media Winners and Losers From the Football Week
There were plenty of sports media happenings across college and the NFL.
Microsoft patch gives domain-joined Windows PCs trust issues
Machine Identity Isolation policies can reject valid credentials unless controllers meet the Server 2025 functional level
New children\'s museum to open in Strasburg later this fall
There will be a new way for kids to learn and explore in Strasburg, as a children's museum is slated to open there later this year.
Are Business Services Stocks Lagging Ralliant Corporation (RAL) This Year?
Here is how Ralliant (RAL) and Remitly Global, Inc. (RELY) have performed compared to their sector so far this year.
Scientists Found Tiny Ancient Arrowheads Where Humans Weren’t Supposed to Be
They weigh just grams—yet they show that modern humans reached Eurasia 35,000 years earlier than previously thought.
Carlos Alcaraz’s Remaining 2026 Schedule: Where Will He Play Next?
It has been a rather strange season for Carlos Alcaraz, who entered the year as the World No. 1, completed his Career Grand Slam at the Australian Open, and then spent most of his time on the sidelines before returning to the tour and making a quarterfinal run at the US Open. The Spaniard now …
Barcelona make major decision regarding teenage defender’s playing position
Pau Cubarsi’s technical ability is useful to Barcelona, but Hansi Flick’s coaching staff appear to have drawn a fairly firm line over where they want the teenager playing.According to RAC1 (h/t FC...
NFL Week 2 games of interest for the Cleveland Browns
Beyond the Browns matchup in Week 2, there are several games that deserve fan’s attention
Roma in contact with free agent Matteo Darmian
A new name has been linked with Roma.According to TUTTOmercatoWEB.com, in recent weeks there have been contacts between Roma and Matteo Darmian, a defender released after several positive seasons with...
Cities won’t survive on the moon as there isn’t enough water, scientists say
If, like Elon Musk, you have been dreaming of a future in which large populations of humans can live on the moon, you’re likely to be disappointed.
Alaska Science Forum: Getting to the bottom of copper’s rise to the top
Kennecott has been spruced up quite a bit since my last visit there nearly 30 years ago.
Business Briefs: Sept. 18, 2026
Greenfield Cooperative Bank celebrates employees and milestone anniversaries at Employee Appreciation Dinner WHATELY — Greenfield Cooperative Bank recently gathered employees for its annual Employee Appreciation Dinner at Whately’s Quonquont Farm. The evening offered a way for employees to come together outside of the workplace to recognize the people who make the co-op what it is. […]
Spurs Have Less Pressure Than Thunder Heading Into NBA Season
After running through the Western Conference last season, the San Antonio Spurs have imposed themselves as the best team out there. The OKC Thunder, on the other hand, have to play catch-up.
NFL Week 2 Survivor/Eliminator Picks
Here are a couple excerpts from last week’s Week 1 NFL Survivor article, just as a quick little “previously on” segment: “There will be some wild game in Week 1 that knocks out a significant percentage of players. Let’s try…
With US measles deaths on the rise, local officials are stepping in where RFK Jr won’t
As the country’s top public health official spends his time in office undermining science, doctors and advocates mount an urgent campaign for childhood vaccines
Can researchers trust that AI models won’t leak their ideas?
Research funders are asking how they can stop confidential scientific ideas in grant proposals from leaking out through large language models (LLMs), for example if reviewers use AI to help them judge applications. Last week, a row erupted in mathematics after OpenAI announced it had solved a notoriously difficult problem, only for another mathematician to demand answers over whether the company had used ideas he had fed into its models. The spat, and the broader issue of idea leakage through AI models, was discussed by funders at an R&D policy conference held in Paris on September 14. At worst, it threatens to undermine the correct attribution of breakthroughs, one of the foundations of modern science. The mathematics dispute around OpenAI is “certainly something we're looking at” Jason Gallo, head of the newly established Office of Metascience at the US National Science Foundation (NSF), told the Blue Sky Forum, hosted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The controversy started on September 8, when OpenAI announced it had cracked a mathematical problem that had gone unsolved for 90 years. Using a swarm of AI agents, millions of dollars’ worth of computing power and a new internal model, the company said it had finally proved that a long-used formula for modelling fluid dynamics breaks down under certain conditions. However, Tristan Buckmaster, a New York University mathematician who had been independently working with collaborators on the same problem using OpenAI’s Codex tool, hit back with a statement questioning whether the company had snooped on his Codex sessions to gain an advantage. OpenAI has always denied it looked up the “specific user data” of Buckmaster and colleagues. However, the company initially admitted that “while unlikely, we cannot rule out that de-identified data derived from their usage of our products helped improve our models,” although its proofs “differ significantly” from Buckmaster’s. The firm later said that, following an investigation, it concluded that Buckmaster’s Codex prompts “could not have influenced the [OpenAI] system in any way, including through training.”Funder concernYet OpenAI’s initial admission that its model might have ingested Buckmaster’s ideas, then spat them out to its own mathematicians, has scientistsworriedthat their work could leak out if shared with AI. Some AI tools give users an opt-out option to stop their sessions from training the model. If such guarantees can be trusted, this gives scientists some confidence they can use an LLM to develop an idea without the risk of it leaking out.But there’s a bigger potential vulnerability. To win money to investigate ideas, scientists have to share them with funding bodies. These grant proposals are normally kept strictly confidential, to prevent other scientists from scooping them, or to protect commercially valuable intellectual property. To preserve this confidentiality, when the NSF uses AI models, “we have to be sure that it's not making server calls out to an external party, leaking that data,” said Gallo to delegates in Paris. Leaks through reviewersHowever, funders normally use external academic reviewers to assess proposals. And there are growing worries that these reviewers are feeding grant ideas into AI models to help them make a judgement. Research funders have noticed that peer review reports and funding recommendations have “suddenly become much longer, more detailed and complex,” said Diogo Machado, head of the data science unit at Technopolis, a science and technology-focused consultancy. “The sense is that reviewers are increasingly using generative AI in their review work, even where guidelines sometimes forbid it,” he told Science|Business. “This is very difficult for funders to control or prove.” Happening at scaleThis sharing of confidential proposals with AI models is “happening at scale already,” said James Wilson, executive director of the Research on Research Institute, based at University College London, during the debate in Paris. In response, Gallo said the NSF had “strict guidance” around the uploading of proposals to AI models. But he added the NSF was mulling new types of assessment to make sure applicants were truly the originators of their ideas, such as following a short-form proposal with an oral presentation, which would allow the foundation to “really interrogate the investigator on their intellectual contribution.” Related articlesHow can Europe cope with a flood of AI-assisted research grant proposals?The risks and benefits of AI in screening research grant proposals Viewpoint: AI could make scientific overload worse“For us as funders, a lot of the ways to ensure that the application remains the applicant's own intellectual contribution, those ways are quite regressive,” Peter Clifford, head of strategy at Research Ireland, told delegates. “They're maybe ten or 15 or 20 years old, and they don't scale particularly well.” Disputes over the origin of ideas are as old as modern science. Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz spent more than a decade arguing over who invented calculus, for example. And long before LLMs emerged, academics would agonise over how much of their early work to reveal at conferences, in case their colleagues scooped them, Jack Leahy, a senior metascience advisor to the UK government, told delegates. But AI was “accelerating” the “problems of the system,” he said.
Canada looks to deepen research and education links with the EU
Canada is looking for deeper research and education links with the EU, according to its prime minister, Mark Carney. His comments followed hard on the heels of an offer from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to give his nation associate membership of the EU, a status that currently has no legal status or definition. Both sides have yet to detail how this newfound political enthusiasm will translate into concrete action.Addressing the European Parliament on September 17, Carney cited both the Horizon Europe research and innovation programme and the Erasmus+ student mobility scheme as areas for future collaboration.Association with the next iteration of Horizon Europe “would allow us to pool resources, cooperate on frontier technology, leverage our world-class research institutes and universities,” he told MEPs. Canada joined the present programme in 2024, but only takes part in Pillar 2, which supports collaborative research projects. Carney also said that young people should be allowed to work, study and live where they want, on either side of the Atlantic. “Canadian membership of Erasmus+ would give your students and ours more opportunity to learn at some of the world’s top universities, to broaden their horizon and to build those lasting ties that will sustain our alliance,” he said.Limited exchanges with Canada are already possible, for example in the Erasmus Mundus strand of the scheme, which supports joint master’s programmes. This would be considerably increased if the country became a full associate member, a club currently limited to nations neighbouring the EU.Most favoured nation?As for the offer of associate membership of the EU, the aim would be to build “an alliance for the future to create a common prosperity and economic security base,” von der Leyen said during her state of the European Union address, also in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, on September 16.“We will work on intelligent manufacturing,” she went on. “We will create a tech alliance. We will integrate defence industrial bases. We will make the Arctic a flagship joint project. We will work on energy-critical minerals and batteries, on [artificial intelligence], quantum, cyber and economic security.”Mona Nemer, Canada’s chief science advisor, told Science|Business that the political speeches by Carney and Von der Leyen will open the door to even more scientific cooperation between Canada and the EU. She even attributed the broader political partnership to the scientific diplomacy of Horizon Europe association. “The science and research collaborations have predated this political rapprochement,” she said.While she is not part of the government decision-making process, Nemer thinks Carney’s speech in the European Parliament is more than “political posturing” and the Canadian government is likely to come up with more practical ideas for how to boost collaboration in the near future. “The prime minister mentioned Horizon [Europe] and Erasmus+, maybe there is something more concrete around this,” she said.She went on to suggest that Canada and Europe could also work more closely together on setting international standards for emerging technologies, AI safety, data sovereignty and joint research infrastructures, such as particle accelerators and marine research fleets.Nemer confirmed that science cooperation will be on the agenda at an upcoming EU-Canada summit in October. She met recently with EU ambassadors to Canada to "see where the possibilities are, to signal that there is interest."Room for expansionLike other countries outside Europe that are associated to Horizon Europe, such as South Korea, Australia or Japan, Canada is not allowed to host European Research Council (ERC) grantees. However, Canadian universities hint they would like re-open that discussion. “Canada’s participation in Horizon Europe, the world's largest research funding programme, has been a big success,” said Robert Asselin, the chief executive of U15 Canada, an umbrella body for some of the country’s biggest research universities, in a statement. “Ensuring swift re-association to the next research programme, will be vital to maintain this momentum. We would welcome efforts to explore further opportunities to collaborate with European partners, such as through the European Research Council,” he said. Related articlesHow a new multilateral defence bank could boost innovationEurope’s independence hinges on innovation, von der Leyen saysBut so far, there are no details from the Commission on how von der Leyen’s proposal would boost Canadian access to the ERC or other sensitive research calls in Horizon Europe. And it is unclear how other non-European associated countries, such as New Zealand or Australia, would react if Canada was given better access than them. The same questions may arise closer to home. “How would a new category of associate member of the EU differ from Norway’s participation in EU programmes through the European Economic Area?” asked Jan Palmowski, secretary general of the Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities. “And how does this proposal for Canada change discussion for the UK, Norway and Switzerland for the next Multiannual Financial Framework?”Another area for discussion is how far Canadian organisations can participate in sensitive projects. “I would expect some of the most crucial issues at hand to be whether Canada can participate more closely and predictably in calls that are deemed sensitive on research security or EU preference grounds, on critical technologies, for instance,” Palmowski said. Canada’s participation in other parts of Horizon Europe, as well as the European Competitiveness Fund, might also be discussed, he added.Whatever the details, closer cooperation between the EU and Canada represents a “substantial” opportunity, according to Mattias Björnmalm, secretary general of the Cesaer university group. “Scientific excellence depends on talented people being able to work together, exchange knowledge and access complementary expertise and infrastructure,” he said. “A closer EU-Canada partnership would strengthen these conditions and provide greater certainty for long-term collaboration.”
There's a New Ni no Kuni Game, Kind of, and It's Now Confirmed for PS5
Bloomwalker drops Xbox exclusivity
3 bold predictions for Michigan Football vs UTEP
Michigan Football will enter Big Ten play 3-0 if it takes care of business against UTEP on Saturday. Here are our 3 bold predictions for this matchup:
Another look at college football roster spending
Yesterday The Athletic published an extensive report on college football roster budgets and includes some handy graphics to give you an idea of how schools stack up within each league. There are lots of disclaimers that come with these numbers (same with the ones 247Sports published last month), and The Athletic only goes so far […]
Plenty of Bad Investments In This Broncos Stock Report
The Denver Broncos had plenty of fallers and losers against the Kansas City Chiefs, here's the rundown.
Jim Cramer Believes Sphere Entertainment (SPHR) Is “Amazing”
Starting the lightning round of the September 11 episode, a caller asked if they should keep their “best winner” Sphere Entertainment Co. (NYSE:SPHR). Jim Cramer replied: Oh yeah, Sphere is really, I got to tell you, everyone at one point was telling… Dolans that they’re not geniuses. I question that. I think Sphere is amazing. […]
A UCLA-led study published in Science Advances in 2025 found that African forest elephants are indispensable planters of ebony trees — the wood traditionally used for piano keys and guitar fretboards — and in parts of the Congo Basin where elephants have been hunted out, there are 68 percent fewer ebony saplings
The disappearance of African forest elephants from Congo Basin forests is quietly unraveling the future of the wood that lines piano keys and guitar fretboards.
Zocdoc CEO: I’ve watched Walmart, IBM, and others try to ‘disrupt’ healthcare. Here’s why they failed
For too long, we have mistaken disruption for progress. Patients still struggle to find a doctor who takes their insurance.
Exploring the ocean depths: FIU scientists descend to world’s deepest hydrothermal vents
An FIU research team recently returned from a month-long expedition in the Caribbean where they explored how shrimp find their way to this extreme environment without sight.
Which iOS 27 CarPlay Features Actually Work in Your Car?
In iOS 27, available now, CarPlay gets its biggest update in years, but some features depend on what type of car you have rather than your iPhone model. Some of the biggest additions won't do anything in the vast majority of vehicles on the road today. Here's how the new features pan out. Works in any CarPlay Vehicle Custom widgets: In iOS 27, CarPlay is no longer limited to Apple's handful of stock widgets.
Rep. Andy Ogles: There's a race to quantum computing
House Homeland Security Cyber Subcommittee Chairman Andy Ogles warns that heavy-handed government regulations on artificial intelligence could stifle U.S. innovation and allow China to win the quantum computing race.
Roundup: All The Reveals From The Xbox Showcase At Tokyo Game Show 2026
Missed the event? Here's a recap
Scientists Finally Figured Out How Much Groundwater There Is Under the US and It Is Enough to Fill the Great Lakes 13 Times Over
Researchers used 1 million data points and a machine learning algorithm to estimate groundwater stores with higher resolution than ever before.
These Democrats won over working-class voters. Here’s their advice for candidates.
A new report explains which topics they emphasize — and which they don’t.
Who's playing on Thursday Night Football tonight? Lions vs Bills
What channel is Thursday Night Football going to be on this week? Here's how to watch Lions vs. Bills.
Lena Dunham welcomes her first baby via surrogacy
(CNN) — Actress and writer Lena Dunham and her husband Luis Felber have welcomed a baby daughter via surrogate.Writing in an op-ed published by Vogue on Wednesday, Dunham, 40, who is best known as the creator of hit TV series “Girls,” revealed that the couple’s first child had arrived 13 days late, before describing the moment of her birth.“I was so focused on our surrogate — in awe at her concentration, her period of quiet followed by what sounded like a roar — I forgot to look down until I heard our baby’s cry,” she wrote.“I saw her face, gasping just as she did. Her eyes, wide and unfocused, taking in the light and shadow, blinking rapidly.”Dunham said she was “bashful and dizzy with joy.”In 2018, Dunham revealed that she’d had a hysterectomy in an attempt to end the pain caused by endometriosis.Endometriosis is a common and often painful condition that happens when tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows outside the uterus itself. It’s estimated to affect more than 11% of women between the ages of 15 and 44 across the United States.The surgery removed her cervix and uterus, meaning that she was unable to conceive naturally.On meeting her surrogate, Dunham wrote in the Vogue piece: “While I’ve been known to make friends quickly — airport terminals, veterinary offices — this was the quickest leap from first coffee to gynecological procedure I’d ever done.”Dunham said in the months before the embryo transfer date, as she “got to know our surrogate and to trust her,” she thought she would feel “jealousy” towards her, but she did not.“Instead, I felt a different kind of jealousy — toward said baby, for the chance to be tucked into someone who radiated such safety. I could just tell she knew how to steer an SUV in the snow,” Dunham added.The pregnancy came after “12 years circling the fertility drain,” Dunham wrote, and revealed how she dealt with the nerves of the intervening months.“Powerless and unable to feel the physical changes that signal a growing fetus, I horrified friends and family who adhere to the Jewish superstition prohibiting anticipatory purchases, and I started shopping,” said Dunham, before recounting her journey into the world of baby fashion.“I was looking for garments that allowed her personality to develop and express itself rather than announcing an identity she didn’t yet have,” she said.“She would be a person that we helped to dress, who made an impression on the world based on our choices, until she was old enough to do it herself.”The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2026 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.THE-CNN-WIRE (TM) & © 2026 CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC., A TIME WARNER COMPANY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
The Strange New Politics of AI. Plus. . .
It’s Thursday, September 17. This is The Front Page, your daily window into the world of The Free Press—and our take on the world at large. Today: Douglas Murray asks, why do we allow terrorists to die of old age? The American nonprofits backing Hamas. A conversation with Dara Horn and Coleman Hughes. And much more. But first: inside the unlikely coalition warning that AI may kill us all. Last week, an AI researcher named Jacob Coxon made headlines around the world after saying that he had resigned from Anthropic because he believes AI might cause human extinction—and his co-workers do, too. Unlike the rest of us, potentially, the story just won’t die. The Pro-Human Assembly, a conference held Tuesday in Washington, D.C., about the existential dangers of artificial intelligence, couldn’t have come at a better time—or with a more eclectic coalition. The Archbishop of San Francisco was there. So was Steve Bannon, screaming about the Chinese. Bernie Sanders did a quasi-dramatic reading of messages posted to an online forum by rogue AI agents. Ashley Judd paraphrased a graphic Andrea Dworkin quote for reasons that remain a mystery to me still. It was odd. People in the AI industry have talked openly about the possibility of this technology causing human extinction for years, but it hits differently in the wake of the Hugging Face incident. If you don’t know what that is, all the more reason to read my dispatch today. As the doomers see it, the best-case scenario is a future in which humans are basically kept as pets: well cared for, but with zero autonomy. The worst-case scenario, obviously, is the everyone dies thing. What should be done? I heard lots of ideas but no easy answers. There are currently zero federal regulations on AI, which is sort of strange even to think about. After all, we regulate microwaves, and the people running the microwave industry have never once refused to rule out the possibility that their products will end all human life on Earth. What I saw in D.C. left me even more convinced that you would be hard-pressed to find anyone who believes nothing should be done. You know, except for President Trump. — River Page River Page • Tech and Business [ The AI Doomers Have a Plan to Save Us. I Went to Find Out What It Is. ](https://www.thefp.com/p/the-ai-doomers-have-plan-save-bernie-sanders-bannon) Read story How Robert Kraft Made Macklemore a Martyr—and How to Better Fight Antisemitism On Monday, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and a group of other NFL owners banned Macklemore from performing at their stadiums after the rapper delivered a “Free Palestine” speech while opening for Ed Sheeran. Kraft cited the rapper’s “broader history of antisemitic rhetoric and imagery.” Once multiple venues refused to host shows with Macklemore on the lineup, the tour’s promoter officially dropped him. Today, Josh Kaplan says that the move was counterproductive, arguing that though well-intentioned, Kraft’s decision turned an irrelevant footnote into a martyr. “You cannot cancel people into liking you,” Josh writes. Read his column on what a better response to Macklemore would have looked like. Read [ Robert Kraft Made Macklemore a Martyr ](https://www.thefp.com/p/robert-kraft-made-macklemore-martyr-antisemitism-palestine) This raises the question: What actually works against antisemitism? On the latest episode of Conversations with Coleman, recorded in front of a live audience in New York, Dara Horn joins Coleman Hughes to talk about her new book The Final Solution to the Jewish Question. She argues that antisemitism is a script that has repeated itself across countries and ideologies, and that most people don’t understand that well enough to fight it. Don’t miss their conversation. Watch [ The Lie at the Center of Antisemitism, with Dara Horn ](https://www.thefp.com/p/the-lie-at-the-center-of-antisemitism-coleman-hughes-dana-horn) Listen now Douglas Murray • U.S. Politics [ Douglas Murray: The 9/11 Failure That Still Haunts America ](https://www.thefp.com/p/douglas-murray-911-failure-justice-terrorist-guantanamo-bay) Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, the men who planned them have still not faced trial. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and most of the accused have been locked up in Guantanamo Bay since 2002. Judges have retired, and plea deals have collapsed. Today, Douglas Murray examines how this happened and argues that a justice system that allows terrorists to die of old age in an interminable pretrial process is one that has failed. Read his latest column on what that failure says about our unpreparedness for the era we are now living in. Read story The Editors • U.S. Politics [ When Nonprofits Support Terrorists ](https://www.thefp.com/p/when-nonprofits-support-terrorists) A newly declassified CIA brief from 1998 found that Osama bin Laden used nonprofit shell organizations—including U.S.-based Islamic groups—to fund his terror plots. Today, a similar story is unfolding as multiple organizations on American soil present themselves as nonprofits, taking advantage of tax-exempt status while seeking to advance the ideological mission of terrorist groups like Hamas. Read our editorial on the latest evidence of this dangerous trend—and why there’s no excuse for making the same mistake the CIA revealed 28 years ago. Read story Simon Sebag Montefiore and Bari Weiss Live in New York For decades, the Middle East has shaped American foreign policy and loomed large in the public consciousness. Few understand its influence on our politics better than Simon Sebag Montefiore, who argues that America’s quagmires in the Middle East stem from a deep misunderstanding of the region—on both the left and the right. Join him October 1 as he sits down with Bari Weiss live in New York City to kick off his U.S. book tour for The Cauldron: The Making of the Modern Middle East. Get Tickets Now MORE FROM THE FREE PRESS [ Sydney Sweeney’s Naked Truth ](https://www.thefp.com/p/sydney-sweeneys-naked-truth-caitlin-flanagan) Caitlin Flanagan Read story [ I Thought Ukraine Was Losing. Then I Was Almost Hit by a Russian Drone. ](https://www.thefp.com/p/elliot-ackerman-ukraine-drone-gas-station-train) Elliot Ackerman Read story [ The Dangerous Ideology Behind the AI Warnings ](https://www.thefp.com/p/dangerous-ideology-effective-altruism-artificial-intelligence) Shyam Sankar Read story [ Amanda Knox: Patrick Clancy Can’t Win ](https://www.thefp.com/p/amanda-knox-patrick-clancy-grief-internet-crime) Amanda Knox Read story THE NEWS The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter point, its first hike since 2023, signaling that another increase could follow as the central bank tries to bring inflation under control. President Donald Trump fired back by demanding that rates be cut sharply, though he stopped short of criticizing Fed Chair Kevin Warsh by name. The Houthis fired drones and missiles at Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, including a major oil port on the Red Sea, and Saudi jets struck back with air strikes across Yemen in an escalating front of the Middle East war. (For more on the Houthis, read Zineb Riboua’s column from earlier this week.) A sweeping Russia and Iran sanctions bill passed the House in a 262–159 vote and is now heading to Trump for his signature. Named after the late senator Lindsey Graham, the legislation would hit countries that purchase large volumes of Russian oil and gas with tariffs of up to 100 percent, and is aimed at cutting off revenue that funds Russia’s war in Ukraine. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen proposed making Canada the European Union’s first-ever “associate member,” drawing a standing ovation from European lawmakers. The proposal, framed as a response to a world grown more hostile, faces an uncertain path as EU member states would have to approve it, and one diplomat said that “nobody really knows what it means.” The House voted unanimously to send billionaire Leon Black a criminal contempt referral after he defied a congressional subpoena to testify and hand over documents related to his connections to Jeffrey Epstein. Black chose to fight the subpoena in court rather than comply. Charlie Kirk’s family filed a wrongful death notice Wednesday against Utah Valley University, alleging that a series of security failures left him exposed to a rooftop sniper. The notice is a required legal step before the family can sue. Merriam-Webster added 1,400 words and definitions to its dictionary, including looksmaxxing, vibe coding, and cuffing season. The publisher said the new entries offer “a window into the world today.” The Free Press earns a commission from any purchases made through all book links in this article.
Poll finds close Michigan Senate race. Here’s how El-Sayed lags his party.
A Post-Schar School finds 53 percent of Michigan’s likely voters say they want Democrats to control the Senate, but 48 percent support Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in the Senate race.
Arts and entertainment events happening September 17th-20th across the Mid-Ohio Valley
Here is a look at all the arts and entertainment events happening this weekend across the Mid-Ohio Valley.
Television Q&A: Can my grandkids still visit 'Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood'?
You have questions. I have some answers. Q: I would love it if my toddler grandchildren could watch reruns of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” but I can’t find them anywhere. The
Valakari? Lennon? McGlynn? - fans on next Hibs manager
Simo Valakari is top option from here. What he has done with limits at Stenny this season, he could excel at Hibs. Scott: Gray will forever be a legend for Hibs and we all love him for what he has done for the club.
Five exciting Europa League players to watch in 2026/27
The Europa League has returned this week and promises another exciting season. Though the competition does not command the same spotlight as the Champions League, there are some serious talents well w...
Austrian bank Raiffeisen’s Russia business is ‘very active,’ Grizzly CEO says after short-seller report
Siegfried Eggert, CEO of Grizzly Research, discusses the short seller’s report on Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI), which alleges that the bank was involved in activity that helped evade sanctions. A spokesperson from RBI told CNBC: “We stand by the strength of our compliance systems, which have been reviewed many times - both prior to and since the start of the full scale invasion." They added that there are "a number of factual wrong and misleading statements.”
CT adds guardrails on AI use in some health plans. It could expand to all
In January, Comptroller Sean Scanlon will recommend lawmakers require all state-regulated plans to adhere to the same policies.
America has more millionaires than you think. Here's how most of them got rich.
Probiotics are wildly popular. But there’s a better way to help your gut.
Fiber-rich plants — not supplements — are the best fuel for your gut microbiome.
How to vote by absentee ballot in New Hampshire
In New Hampshire, you can only vote by mail if you vote by absentee ballot, and you can only do that if you meet certain criteria. Here's how it all works.
Where Mount Pleasant business meets community: Chamber expo returns for 16th year
More than 1,000 people are expected to walk through the doors of the Omar Shrine Convention Center Thursday for an event designed to connect the Mount Pleasant community with local businesses, employers and resources.
Wisconsin vs Eastern Michigan Prediction: Who Are the Real Badgers?
Wisconsin still hasn't shown any identity yet. Will the Eastern Michigan game show what the team might be? Here's the CFN preview and prediction.
Why OneRepublic is performing halftime show at Lions vs. Bills
Here's a look at the Bills'.decision to have OneRepublic perform at halftime.
Dollywood’s billionaire owners plot future without Dolly Parton
Since it opened in 1986, Dollywood has been both monument to Dolly Parton and a bustling venue where visitors can wander through a replica of the two-room log cabin where
🚨 44 players are in, this is Klopp's first Germany squad
There had once again been plenty of leaks and speculation beforehand, but now the cat is out of the bag: new Germany head coach Jürgen Klopp has named his first squad.It includes numerous new players...
The science behind Florida football’s physical transformation starts with Jake Sankal
Nutritionist Jake Sankal is the science behind some of Florida football's body transformations. Here's how it works.
The science behind Florida football’s physical transformation starts with Jake Sankal
Nutritionist Jake Sankal is the science behind some of Florida football's body transformations. Here's how it works.
Today’s Papers – Poor Milan, Juventus chance for Woltemade
La Gazzetta dello SportRoma beat Inter, a richer transfer windowIn the last two years, since Gasperini and Chivu’s arrivals, the Giallorossi have invested €211m against €186m.There’s no MilanE...
911 Fails People in Mental Health Crises. Here's a Plan to Fix It.
911 calls related to mental health are the most likely to involve police use of force. A new book offers a blueprint for a 911 redesign that could save lives.
‘Same Circus, Different Belt’
Alex Pereira is not a fan of Ciryl Gane. The Brazilian will tell anybody willing to listen how Gane only defeated him because of illegal shots to the back of the head (watch the finish here). He’s campaigned for a rematch and to have referee Herb Dean sacked. Despite Gane having won the first round, […]
Has Your Business Banking Experience Fallen Behind? Here’s How to Catch Up
Design what users want, rather than focusing on your existing architecture and how it can be made fixed.
Unaffiliated voters’ political power depends on where they live
An election doesn’t have to change party control to change how a party can govern.
Georgia Tech vs Mercer Prediction: The Yellow Jackets Need This
After a 0-2 start and with the ACC schedule starting, Georgia Tech desperately needs a big win to get the season going. Here's the CFN preview and prediction.
Blue Jays’ Spencer Miles Doing Something No One Else Is
The word faith means, by definition, belief without evidence. The Toronto Blue Jays had faith in Spencer Miles. He had hardly pitched in professional baseball when the Blue Jays took him in the Rule 5 Draft. As far as evidence goes, there wasn’t a ton. Toronto clearly had pitch data that they liked, but sample […] The post Blue Jays’ Spencer Miles Doing Something No One Else Is appeared first on HEAVY.
Sphere Entertainment (SPHR) Following Lyft Deal Has Its Valuation Back In Focus
Sphere Entertainment (SPHR) just signed a multi-year marketing deal with Lyft that makes the rideshare service the official partner across its venues, highlighting how transportation partnerships can shape the broader entertainment ecosystem. Sphere Entertainment’s recent Lyft tie-up lands at a time when momentum has cooled in the short term but remains strong over a longer horizon. The share price is down 15.8% over the past month, while the year-to-date share price return is 53.2% and the...
Weekly Entertainment Report: Live music and lively arts for Southern NH, Sept. 17-20 » Nashua Ink Link
If you like the night life, and have to boogie, then you are going to want to get out there and find some live music.
The Political Context of Rebuilding the Federal Regulatory Infrastructure
Politics will inevitably shape how U.S. regulatory agencies can be restructured for better performance in the future.
State of Higher Education Breakfast Forum: The Importance of Partnerships
Join The Business Press for the 2026 State of Higher Education Forum, where local college and university leaders will join business and community leaders to dis
Get a first look at Monster Hunter Wilds running on Nintendo Switch 2
Some of the first gameplay of the new Nintendo Switch 2 version of Monster Hunter Wilds has now emerged. Capcom recently showed off this version ahead of its appearance at the 2026 Tokyo Game Show. Thanks to GameSpot, we have 17 minutes of footage. Everything shown here is for handheld mode, so we’ll need to wait a bit longer to...
Bats Cold as Astros fall to Royals 5-2.
So much for the winning streak, it’s been halted at one. Kansas City 5 Houston 2. It was another three hit night for Jeremy Pena. Unfortunately, there was little else. Over the course of two nights against the Royals, Pena has six of the Astros 12 total hits. Yikes. Aside from the […]
India in action at FIDE Chess Olympiad, East Bengal draw in AFC CL 2; Asian Games preparations: Indian Sports LIVE, September 17
Here are all the updates from Indian sports on September 17, 2026.
Jets news: Connor Hellebuyck suspended amid ongoing trade request
The Winnipeg Jets are working through the Connor Hellebuyck trade situation . Hellebuyck has not been traded at this time. However, the Jets star made his trade request public before training camp opened. Now, there is another twist in the story. Winnipeg has announced that Hellebuyck has been suspended by the team. He has not reported for training […] The post Jets news: Connor Hellebuyck suspended amid ongoing trade request appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Gering adds zoning restrictions for adult entertainment enterprises
The Gering City Council this week approved a zoning ordinance that would limit where adult entertainment businesses could operate in the community. At the start of a public hearing Monday on the…
Gering adds zoning restrictions for adult entertainment enterprises
The Gering City Council this week approved a zoning ordinance that would limit where adult entertainment businesses could operate in the community. At the start of a public hearing Monday on the…
Nick Sirianni Delivers Clear Reason For Eagles’ Andy Dalton Decision
Following training camp, the Philadelphia Eagles stunned many when they kept four quarterbacks on the roster. There was an assumption that Cole Payton could have a hard time staying on board if the Eagles didn’t cut or trade one of Andy Dalton or Tanner McKee. Everybody stayed on board, which then raised the important question: […] The post Nick Sirianni Delivers Clear Reason For Eagles’ Andy Dalton Decision appeared first on HEAVY.
Photographer Tyler Stalman reviews the iPhone 18 Pro’s camera
Here’s what Tyler Stalman had to say about the iPhone 18 Pro’s new variable aperture, photographic styles, Apple Reference Image, and more.
Tracking visits to public points of interest can inform community health measures
It's not so much where people live, but where they frequently spend their time, that can provide useful information for predicting community health measures. A team led by geographers in the Penn State ...
Bring open science into the classroom
To truly change science, the next generation of researchers must understand not only open science practices but also the values behind them. Find three ways to introduce them to students
Training tomorrow’s citizen scientists in introductory science courses
Faculty who teach large introductory STEM courses often experience burnout, writes Michael Evans. Thinking of yourself as a trainer of citizen scientists and seeing your field in the world around you can help keep teaching fresh
Nevada regulators move to define HOA ‘health and safety’ fines, but critics warn there could be risk to homeowners
Nevada regulators move to define HOA ‘health and safety’ fines, but critics warn there could be risk to homeowners
Le Fee provides stardust on Sunderland's special night
You have to go back to a second-round exit at the hands of Portuguese side Sporting in the 1973-74 Cup Winners' Cup for the last time Sunderland played in a major European competition. There were no shortage of individual displays to galvanise them from Robin Roefs with his crucial saves, Granit Xhaka pulling the strings from deep to full-back turned winger Trai Hume causing chaos in the opponents' box one moment and throwing in a crunching tackle to end an AZ break the next. The 26-year-old worked tirelessly off the ball, nicking the ball back for his side time and again, but it is in the final third that the Sunderland playmaker really comes to life.
How smart are cats? Here’s what science says
Cats show intelligence through memory, object permanence, independent problem-solving, sensory awareness, learning, and their ability to respond to humans.
Takeaways from Michigan women’s basketball’s finalized Big Ten schedule
In conjunction with the Big Ten Conference, the full Michigan Women’s Basketball Big Ten schedule has been announced. Here is the Wolverines’ conference schedule and some takeaways:
The Fed hiked rates. Here's what economic experts say could come next.
The Fed raised rates for the first time in three years, and smart voices in finance are weighing in on whether more hikes are coming.
Syracuse Football Learns More Information About 2027 Schedule
We already knew that the Orange were going to play Wake Forest in Toronto, but there's more on the table now.
Healthy Living with Northern Health: Emergency department
Nobody looks forward to an Emergency Room visit, but it’s good to know that it is there if you need it.
Iowa Basketball: Instant Reaction To Big Ten Schedule Release
The Big Ten released the conference schedules for Iowa men's and women's basketball on Wednesday. Here's our early reaction to the slate.
Here’s everything new in Android 17 QPR2 Beta 5 [Gallery]
Android 17 QPR2 Beta 5 is rolling out today to continue the development cycle ahead of the stable December launch.
Kentucky health officials confirm 50 measles cases statewide. Here’s what counties near us have reported cases
Dozens of measles cases have been reported across Kentucky. Officials say there are 50 cases reported.