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A coffee-table-size scorpion roamed Earth before forests existed

A meter-long scorpion with massive pincers stalked ancient Britain 415 million years ago, long before forests and the better-known age of giant insects. Its surprising size and possible semi-aquatic lifestyle could reshape ideas about how early arthropods became giants.

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August Monthly Review: ChatGPT In Epic

Death, taxes, another frontier lab healthcare launch inspiring truly insane LinkedIn takes. As much as I want to stay away, I repeatedly am the crewman unplugging his ears whenever we pass these sirens. So it’s not the first and probably not the last time we dial up the typewriter rather than tie ourselves to the mast. The full blow-by-blow timeline: Health API Guy is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe The End of the Standalone PHR (Jan 8): ChatGPT Health arrives for consumers, at the time powered by b.well. I was bullish on the approach in that the best way for the PHR to finally solve distribution was to meet consumers were they already are (i.e. When Horizontal Meets Healthcare (Jan 9): OpenAI for Healthcare puts out the shingle for enterprises, with SharePoint ingestion standing in for the EHR integration the product actually needed. Another One: Anthropic’s Healthcare Debut (Jan 16): Claude's version, on HealthEx rails instead of b.well, with Agent Skills for FHIR development as the one true vertical-specific investment. ChatGPT for Clinicians: The Trap Sprung (Apr 24): OpenAI filled in the missing GTM middle with a free product for verified clinicians, effectively peeling the enterprise wrapper off ChatGPT for Healthcare and taking the PLG fight directly to OpenEvidence. OpenAI’s Second Attempt at Health (Jul 31): a relaunch of their patient specific app, now branded Health in ChatGPT, where the privacy partition came out, the connectors thinned, and b.well disappeared in favor of first-party FHIR work against a smaller network Beyond a Shingle So what was announced now? Today, we’re introducing a new electronic health record integration that brings authorized patient context from Epic into ChatGPT for Healthcare, along with the Healthcare Public Data plugin for direct, structured access to official healthcare datasets like PubMed, DailyMed, and CMS Coverage. Together, these capabilities bring ChatGPT closer to the systems and sources healthcare teams trust, while supporting the controls and compliance healthcare work requires. The core portfolio is unchanged from prior announcements we delineated and discussed (aside from the relaunch of patient-facing). Since trade publications still seem to be confusing them by using the wrong names: Enterprise sales motion: ChatGPT for Healthcare Protecting their core product / PLG: ChatGPT for Clinicians Consumer/patient-facing product: Health in ChatGPT So really, this is a feature release (specifically for ChatGPT for Healthcare when it comes to EHR integration). What’s cool about it, though, is that we are moving beyond just putting out a shingle. Everything in the January enterprise launch was horizontalizable: Horizontal tech companies thus generally start verticalization with their “putting out a shingle phase”. Telling the world you’re open for business as a horizontal tech company reliably attracts early inbound interest from buyers who are already trying to force-fit horizontal tools into domain-specific workflows and are eager for any signal that the vendor intends to support their use case more directly. Nothing was really vertical specific, which is exactly what you'd expect from the ultimate hypergrowth horizontal company dipping their toes into specific industries. But eventually you have to stop changing the sign on the door and start changing the product. Can you guess where the horizontal product was going to run out of road? This is the core dilemma writ large: verticalization requires differentiation, while scale economics of consumer and horizontal push toward unification. I’ve buried the lede so deep here it will be painful to some readers, but what should be shocking to no one is that my perspective is that EHR integration is the only path that meaningfully resolves this tension for ChatGPT for Healthcare. Integration with Microsoft Sharepoint is fine, but it is categorically insufficient for any product that hopes to influence clinical decision-making. SMART Money Well here we are, eight months later! Real vertical investment has begun, which surprised a few people. One friend in the industry messaged me: “Absolutely no way Epic gave ChatGPT API access.” Looking forensically at the announcements, the integration is notably read-only across appointment notes, laboratory results, medications, and specialist documentation. So while I’m not a betting man, I'd wager the house this is a SMART on FHIR launch: That sounds a lot like USCDI! The recommended path for the workflow they outline would be SMART on FHIR Their Health AI lead’s post is evocative of both standalone and EHR launch SMART, which another termed “ChartGPT” and “EHR Plugin” The implementation burden for SMART on FHIR is the lowest of the available integrative paths This is the team who literally did patient-facing SMART on FHIR with Epic last month Most importantly, if you’re a horizontal company, you generally still haven’t taken the full plunge and thus (overly) value reusability. SMART on FHIR is the logical compromise: healthcare-specific enough to matter, but standardized enough to reuse. Nobody Asked Judy Another friend asked “I thought they had to go to each health system, or did they go direct to Epic and now health systems opt in?” Given the trust paradigms in healthcare, this functionally cannot be Epic hoovering up all the data for OpenAI and shoving ChatGPT in their customers’ faces (or they would revolt). However, I do believe the aforementioned terrible coverage by TechCrunch and other outlets is probably responsible for that question, given the 325 million reference. When using FHIR as a business associate to an Epic customer, there is no EHR gatekeeping to speak of, as that isn’t how fhir.epic.com works: You register an app You pick your APIs You test against the sandbox APIs You list as “Ready for Production” Hospitals pick your app You test and go live with them Bluntly, nobody had to say yes or no in Verona (nor were they given the chance). Vendor Services (their next developer tier up that I doubt OpenAI is using quite yet in this initial release) certainly has contractual paperwork that some resent, but even there, the twin pressures of mounting antitrust and information blocking make outright gatekeeping increasingly fraught. My friend’s sentiment is, to me, representative of a broader industry neurosis, perhaps a sort of scar tissue of prior eras: people assume the gate is still there and never actually try the door. There are certainly other ways Epic (and any EHR) can put its thumb on the scale, but they are not so dumb as to stand in front of a federally mandated API and play bouncer at this exact moment in time. So I think they can and probably should go deeper, as this release is at best parity and at worst behind vertical-specific competition. OpenEvidence did a basic SMART launch with Sutter Health in February, allowing for more convenient evidence search by providers. They then add patient-context (the equivalent SMART on FHIR flow to what we see here) when Cedars-Sinai went enterprise-wide in May. UpToDate has four distinct applications across deeper workflows like patient engagement listed in Epic Showroom and announced a partnership with Epic to power Art at UGM Abridge and other ambient scribes have invested deeply into the deepest bidirectional clinical copilot workflow with integrations well beyond SMART on FHIR. In that light, the “Who is OpenAI primarily targeting here?” is clear. This release brings them into striking distance of OpenEvidence, but not the others quite yet. They are the only one of the three you can reach without building something truly Epic-specific. When will they go further? Competition is a great motivator to overcome the horizontal demons and start building things that can’t be reused: not across industries, not across EHRs, maybe not past the customer you built them for. That’s the price of actually verticalizing. The question is if and when OpenAI will be willing to pay it. Month in Review Here is the monthly review. As a reminder, this is a regular round-up of the month’s posts and other content to surface things you may have missed across regulation, litigation, interoperability, and beyond. AI assistance is used in these bullet summaries so I can focus on articles. Articles Published: None this month Video Content: The Information Exchange: Standards-based Thruple Edition (Aug 14): Back to school for us too, with Brad reporting in from the CMS Health Tech Ecosystem’s one year anniversary in DC. We get into the January CMS-0057 deadline, the fall rulemaking reading list, and why enrollment still keeps most apps off FHIR. The Information Exchange: Epic Dúnadan Edition (Aug 25): A UGM roundup with Ryan Brickner joining for the first time to check our takes against what the building actually thinks. Rangers, Ergo sitting on top of EHI, and a down-market lineup that needs some cuts. Regulatory: Stacked Deck, Bad Hand (Aug 05): ONC’s website refresh took the entire HIT Policy Committee record with it, so I rebuilt the archive and went looking for the regulatory capture story everyone assumes is buried in there. Stacking the deck and winning the hand turn out to be very different things. The Sixth Generation of Patient Access (Aug 19): A quick catalog of the five generations of patient access we’ve layered on since HIPAA, and the two candidates now competing to be the sixth. One is planned. The other is the market routing around the plan entirely. Court cases: Three Cases Walk Into a Docket (Aug 06): Two surprise settlements cleared the board in a single week, and then Judge Maddox dropped ninety-four pages on Vyne v. Henry Schein. The sleeper is a DMCA holding that makes direct-to-database a considerably riskier business model. Epic v. Health Gorilla: Into the MDL (Aug 10): Nine class actions are headed to Miami, and the Panel signaled it wants to bring the case that spawned them along too. That would leave Epic arguing the requests were obviously fraudulent in one courtroom and unknowable in the other. Amazon v. Perplexity: Agents Are Legalized! (Aug 11): The Ninth Circuit vacated the injunction against Comet, holding that the user is the one accessing the servers rather than the company that built the agent. A real win for agentic access, and a much narrower one than the headline suggests. Veeva v. Epic: Come At Me, Bro (Aug 26): Epic’s response brief wants the dismissal affirmed and, unusually, wants the opinion published as precedent. Buried in it is Epic’s own description of what its non-competes actually prohibit, which current and former employees should read closely. EHRs: The Contract Epic Would Never Sign Today (Aug 04): A 1999 SEC exhibit catches Epic licensing nearly its entire product line, Tapestry included, to the company that became TriZetto. The marketing services menu attached to it is the part that will make you blink. Forecast from Verona (Aug 07): The Epic Almanac makes one argument six different ways: the AI is only as good as the networks behind it. Emmie headlines, Art’s context stack is the most ambitious part, and Penny finally gets an autonomous coding date on the calendar. Works With Epic MyChart (Aug 17): Epic’s first new Showroom category since the death of Workshop certifies hardware instead of software, badge on the box and all. Made for iPhone, but for blood pressure cuffs, and rough news for anyone selling the RPM stack sitting in between. UGM Hot Takes 2026 (Aug 20): Everyone else covered the AI announcements, so I went after Savvy deleting the payment gateway, Rangers as Boost with the timer removed, and a down-market lineup with too many entries. Plus the Health Grid tidbits I cannot help myself on. MyChart Central Grows Up (Aug 24): Device data and Emmie turn Epic’s identity hub into a full consumer platform, which is both a logical answer to ChatGPT and a bit of a mistake. It also happens to be the best scraping target Epic has ever shipped. Industry Analysis: The Wrong Yardstick (Aug 12): Vertical software keeps getting judged against Superhuman and Notion, which is the wrong bar entirely. Your user is comparing your product to a whiteboard and forty phone calls before lunch. Primitives vs. Abstractions (Aug 27): Developers want building blocks, systems of record prefer to hand out business logic, and both sides have a real case. There’s no test from the outside that separates the engineering reason from the competitive one, which is why this keeps ending up in court. Cross-industry Comparisons: The Two Kinds of Platform Power (Aug 18): Attention power and record power are different problems that keep getting handed the same regulatory toolkit. Congress’s latest swing at Big Tech shows both what’s possible and where it falls apart. The Dogs of (Platform) War (Aug 21): A CourtListener alert turned up a property management fight with healthcare’s exact shape and none of the Cures Act. Shell prospects, ghost accounts, a notetaker bot that came back to haunt someone, and a lawyer arguing both sides of the same theory in two states. Fractals All the Way Down (Aug 31): Yardi dominates property management right up until you zoom into one segment, where AppFolio owns it outright and Yardi doesn’t appear at all. Where you draw the line around a B2B software market is about to decide an awful lot of cases. Other News: If Judy Had the Courage (Aug 13): A short eulogy for the era when software was allowed to look insane: WinAMP, bold colors, and everything the grey chatbot era has taken from us. External Media: Portland Monthly Health Tech Meetup: Erin O’Brien channeled my own feelings - maybe it’s just because it’s August and beautiful, but the monthly edition of the PDX Health community meetup was a ripper. Make sure to reach out if interested to join for the next one. STAT’s Coverage of Epic This Month: Brittany Trang of STAT did a fantastic job of breaking the FTC investigation that’s been lurking, as well as UGM related coverage, so I had to give her her wish of a meme. Fall Conferences: I’m pumped to be kicking off my fall conference season in NYC at Nabla Accelerate next month, which Chrissy provided the link to apply for. Here’s the rest of my schedule in case you want to meet up: Commonwell (Redwood Shores, CA): Oct 13-14 Open@Epic (Madison, WI): Oct 21-22 eHealthExchange (Austin, TX): Oct 27 Sequoia Project (Austin, TX): Oct 28-29 HLTH (Vegas): Nov 15-18 RSNA (Chicago): Nov 29-Dec 3 Posts I Liked: HTI-6 Should Unbundle API Certification: Josh Mandel makes the case that HTI-6 should split (g)(10) into separate authorization and data certifications, so a PACS or a genomics platform can certify only the role it actually performs. Imaging is the urgent example, but the structure solves a much bigger problem. On implementing ePrior Auth with Epic: Scott Rossignol’s field notes from a live ePrior Auth build on Epic, including the two app registrations nobody warns you about and the CPT mapping problem waiting at the end. CMS-0057 implementations are going to be such a beast. Healthcare point solutions are starting to look a lot like streaming services: Spencer Dorn runs the cable-to-streaming arc against health IT and lands squarely on the bundling half of the cycle. Bundling can be good! It can also be bad! Life is nuanced. Health API Guy is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe

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Sep 2 • 5:05 AM EDT • Health • healthapiguy.substack.com
Celebrity entrepreneur Emma Grede talks business in Portland
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Celebrity entrepreneur Emma Grede talks business in Portland

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portland entrepreneurs and small-business owners gathered at Powell’s Books Tuesday night to hear Emma Grede talk about the realities of building a business — from overcomin…

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Sep 2 • 1:28 AM EDT • Business • koin.com
Deadline day: Enzo Fernandez makes £125m Manchester City move

Manchester City have equalled the British transfer record by signing Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez for £125 million ($169 million) at the end of a dramatic deadline day in the Premier League. From title contenders to relegation candidates, teams across the division spent big to bolster their squads before summer window closed at 11 pm (2200 GMT) on Tuesday.

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Sep 1 • 8:49 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
11 celebrities who weren’t amused by their ‘SNL’ impressions

Not every celebrity is flattered by an ‘SNL’ impression. EW looks back at 11 stars who made it clear they weren’t in on the joke.

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Sep 1 • 2:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Man City agree joint British record Enzo Fernandez move

Chelsea have agreed to sell midfielder Enzo Fernández to Manchester City for £125 million ($169 million), as Mykhailo Mudryk and Tosin Adarabioyo prepare to make deadline-day moves to rivals Tottenham. With the 11 pm (2200 GMT) deadline fast approaching, the Press Association understands a British record-equalling deal has been struck to take the Argentina international to the Etihad Stadium.

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Sep 1 • 2:18 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Nicki Minaj joins Trump administration’s small business pitch competition as judge

The rapper will serve on the panel for the SBA’s “Million Dollar Pitch Competition” alongside business executives and other celebrities.

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Sep 1 • 1:50 PM EDT • Business • yahoo.com
Tamron Hall teases ‘big celebrities,’ beloved segments will return in season 8 of her talk show

Tamron Hall teases season 8 of her talk show will focus on ‘romance.’

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Sep 1 • 12:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Patriots signing veteran LB to practice squad after roster cut

The Patriots are reuniting with veteran linebacker K.J. Britt after cutting him from the main roster.

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Sep 1 • 10:21 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Trump says US position on Falklands 'one of many' under review

The UK says Falkland islanders "are British with a right to determine their own future".

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Sep 1 • 8:54 AM EDT • Politics • bbc.com
Entertainment News: Movies, Music, TV and Books

The latest news in entertainment from USA TODAY, including pop culture, celebrities, movies, music, books and TV reviews.

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Sep 1 • 6:19 AM EDT • Entertainment • usatoday.com
The Department of the Navy’s Science and Technology Board: Building on 250 Years of Naval Innovation

In September of 1776, an enormous British armada lay anchored in New York Harbor. A month earlier, British forces under General William Howe had defeated the Continental Army and gained control of New York City and Long Island. Now this fleet of 400 ships, including 10 ships-of-the-line, 20 frigates, and 170 transports among many others

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Sep 1 • 4:24 AM EDT • Science • centerformaritimestrategy.org
Almost half of terrorism arrests in Great Britain since 9/11 have been in past year

Increase coincides with proscription of Palestine Action last year which has led to thousands of arrests for allegedly supporting the protest group

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Sep 1 • 3:00 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Reports: U.S. striker Folarin Balogun is headed on transfer to Premier League club Everton

United States striker Folarin Balogun is set to head to Premier League team Everton on a transfer from Monaco, British media reported on Monday. The transfer fee offered by Everton is reported to be in the range of 40 million pounds ($54 million) on a four-year deal, the British Press Association said. It said personal terms had yet to be worked out before the deal could be completed prior to Tuesday's transfer deadline.

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Sep 1 • 12:18 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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WATCH LIVE: House returns after August recess to tackle stopgap spending bill and more
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Aug 31 • 9:41 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
British tight end Traore makes Dolphins roster cut

British tight end Seydou Traore is included in the Miami Dolphins' initial 53-man roster, meaning he can play from the start of the 2026 NFL season.

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Aug 31 • 6:33 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Scientists found 149 new deep-sea species — and a 22-million-year shark-tooth graveyard

At one site, they also recovered roughly 1,000 shark teeth.

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Aug 31 • 3:23 AM EDT • Science • zmescience.com
Celebrity sightings in Connecticut in August 2026

In August, celebrities were seen getting married and taking the stage with local fans.

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Aug 30 • 1:31 PM EDT • Entertainment • newstimes.com
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UK science breakthroughs are being exploited overseas, minister says

Chris McDonald says British discoveries are being developed abroad because start-ups cannot find enough investment or laboratory space at home

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Aug 30 • 1:00 PM EDT • Science • thetimes.com
UK Science Museum drops BP as a sponsor

Leading British tourist attraction was long criticised by environmentalists over its ties to the oil and gas major

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Aug 28 • 3:07 PM EDT • Science • ft.com
Business Class Is Being Subdivided Into Different Categories

Leading airlines such as American, British Airways, and United are competing with new super suites positioned among regular business-class suites.

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Aug 28 • 10:00 AM EDT • Business • robbreport.com
Celebrity impersonators gather in Orlando for Sunburst Convention Sept. 25-27

The Sunburst Convention of Celebrity Impersonators returns to Orlando this September for a three-day gathering.

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Aug 28 • 9:39 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Moses Itauma brushes off 'school' jibes as he aims to be youngest heavyweight champ since Mike Tyson

Facing an opponent who has pledged to “smash the kid” and “send him back to high school,” Moses Itauma is looking more mature than his 21 years. The undefeated British heavyweight (14-0) is aiming to become the second-youngest heavyweight champion in history when he takes on Filip Hrgovic (21-1) for the IBF title in London on Saturday. If Itauma can beat Hrgovic, he'd become the youngest heavyweight champion since a 20-year-old Mike Tyson stopped Trevor Berbick in 1986.

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Aug 28 • 6:53 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
UK business confidence hits highest since March, Lloyds says

British businesses turned the most confident since March this month, bolstered by a ​rosier view of the economy, according to ‌a survey that echoes other signs of an improving outlook.

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Aug 27 • 7:04 PM EDT • Business • reuters.com
UK business confidence hits highest since March, Lloyds says

LONDON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - British businesses turned the most confident since March this month, bolstered by a rosier view of the economy, according to a survey that echoes other signs of an improving

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Aug 27 • 7:04 PM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Canada recruits dozens of foreign scientists and researchers, many from U.S.

The researchers are being hired by universities across the country, including the University of British Columbia, McGill and the University of Toronto.

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Aug 27 • 7:01 PM EDT • Science • globalnews.ca
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The Intersection Debuts with Get TO The Point, New Sports Culture Podcast Hosted By Terrell Owens and Chris Spencer

Premiering on September 1st across all podcast platforms, the twice-weekly series will launch as the first show from SMAC Productions and AMP Media’s podcast network, and will feature celebrity guests, NFL and sports coverage, and the hottest entertainment debates NEW YORK, NY – August 27, 2026 – The Intersection, the sports and entertainment podcast network...

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Aug 27 • 12:02 PM EDT • Sports • sbgi.net
I'll send Itauma back to high school

Filip Hrgovic tells British heavyweight Moses Itauma he will "send him back to high school" when they fight for the vacant IBF heavyweight world title on Saturday.

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Aug 27 • 9:22 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Tim Curry, of 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' and 'It' fame, dies at 80

The legendary British actor reportedly died Tuesday night at his Los Angeles home at age 80.

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Aug 26 • 12:13 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Ricky Schroder posts transphobic, anti-vax tribute to Dolly Parton, stars react: ‘Oh shut up!’

Celebrities slammed Ricky Schroder’s transphobic, anti-vaccine tribute to Dolly Parton after her death: ‘Oh shut up,’ Boy George wrote, while Katie Couric simply replied, ‘Ick.’

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Aug 26 • 10:09 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
How Dolly Parton became the one thing most Americans could agree on

The cultural icon was one of the rare celebrities adored by Americans of all ages, races and political persuasions.

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Aug 26 • 4:11 AM EDT • Politics • bbc.com
Canadian premier has 2 ideas to hit back at Trump: F-35s and coal

British Columbia Premier David Eby wants Canada to target US fighter jets and coal as it looks beyond tariffs in its trade war with Trump.

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Aug 26 • 2:15 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
British Business Bank’s small business loans hit £4bn

Executive pay jumps at the state-owned bank amid questions over its underwriting of commercial banks’ lending

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Aug 26 • 12:00 AM EDT • Business • ft.com
Eating less of common ingredient early in life may slash cancer risk decades later

Researchers found that early-life sugar rationing in post-war Britain correlated with lower cancer risk and slower aging roughly 50 years later.

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Aug 25 • 10:18 PM EDT • Health • foxnews.com
Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5 was uniting the country

At a time when no American celebrity seems immune from the country’s many divisions, Dolly Parton was a crossover icon who stayed neutral in the culture wars while still speaking her mind.

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Aug 25 • 7:54 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Dethroned Miss North Carolina USA files defamation lawsuit against Miss USA pageant

Brittany Boltinhouse, who was stripped of her Miss North Carolina USA title just over a month after winning the pageant, is suing the Miss USA organization, claiming she was defamed as a ‘racist’ and a ‘homophobe.’

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Aug 24 • 6:41 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Rupert Lowe set to be paid as much for divisive posts on Elon Musk’s X as for being MP

Restore Britain leader paid up to £1,476 an hour by platform, which critics say is financially incentivising inflammatory content

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Aug 24 • 12:41 PM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
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Why politicians are punchlines at the Edinburgh Fringe

There was a time when satire had an easier gig. Politicians said something ridiculous, comedians made fun of them, audiences laughed, and everyone went home. Subscribe Now the joke is often the headline. In a world where the unbelievable regularly makes the news, where politics can veer into parody before the comedians have had time to write the punchline, you might reasonably wonder: is satire running out of material? Not in Edinburgh. At the Fringe, I can confirm satire has a pulse, even in a relentless and rapid news cycle. Politicians as punchlines Take NewsRevue, the world’s longest-running live sketch show, where politicians are turned into punchlines at industrial speed. Its latest target? Andy Burnham - or, more accurately, his doppelganger, pictured below in the middle. The joke, he tells us, is that there have been so many politicians coming and going that even satire risks suffering from political fatigue. But perhaps that revolving door is precisely why comedy matters. When the news cycle moves faster than our ability to process it, comedians can hold up a mirror - and make us think twice. Small talk Take Ayoade Bamgboye, the Saturday Night Live UK star who won the Best Newcomer prize at last year’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Her Fringe debut was critically acclaimed; this year she is turning her attention to one of Britain’s most baffling social rituals: small talk. Share It’s a reminder that satire doesn’t always need a politician in its sights. Sometimes the target is simply us civilians - the strange little rules and rituals we have collectively agreed to pretend are normal. Politics and Palestinian identity For British-Palestinian comedian Sami Abu Wardeh, pictured below, comedy has a more urgent job. His new show, Sami Abu Wardeh Hates You, asks who gets to hate, and whether anger belongs to everyone, not just the far right. His comedy confronts politics and Palestinian identity while refusing to surrender the simple business of making people laugh. Shakespeare meets climate crisis And then there is HAM: an “eco-hijacking” of Hamlet, which its creators describe as “a sordid wrestle between a vegan and a sausage-lover”. Shakespeare meets the climate crisis. Meat meets moral panic. The end result? You’ll leave promising to become vegan and swiftly bulk buying Linda McCartney sausages. HAM was created by theatre company Hotter Project, aka Ell Potter and Mary Higgins, pictured below. They say comedy helped them avoid the preachiness sometimes associated with climate activism - using Shakespeare as a vessel for uncomfortable questions about the planet, politics and the way we live. Perhaps that is satire’s secret weapon. It doesn’t necessarily make the world less absurd. It makes the absurdity crystal clear. And at a moment when reality increasingly feels like it has been written by a sketch writer, the Fringe is proving there is still plenty to laugh and cry at. Satire isn’t dead. It’s alive, subletting and having the time of its life at the Fringe. Subscribe Share Channel 4 News Leave a comment

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Aug 24 • 12:02 PM EDT • Politics • channel4news.substack.com
Colombian Entertainment Unites in Solidarity to Raise Funds After Earthquake

Colombian entertainment figures are joining other celebrities in a fundraising campaign for affected by the earthquake that struck Colombia

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Aug 23 • 10:43 AM EDT • Entertainment • colombiaone.com
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British professor Jason Arday and higher education's new politics of plagiarism

The controversy over Arday’s work reflects an ongoing trend of ideological opponents levying plagiarism accusations to undermine one another.

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Aug 22 • 4:33 AM EDT • Politics • kansasreflector.com
MPs ‘failing to learn lesson’ over freebies after accepting £400,000 of hospitality

Tickets included £858 to a Harry Styles concert at Wembley; £1,839 to the Chelsea flower show and £3,432 of hospitality at the Brit Awards

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Aug 21 • 1:58 PM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
A Celebrity Death and a Murder Trial Shine Light on Postpartum Mental Health

Hayden Panettiere and Lindsay Clancy are drawing heightened attention to maternal mental illnesses.

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Aug 21 • 12:55 PM EDT • Health • wsj.com
Prince Harry, Elton John, others ordered to pay $13M after losing privacy case

Prince Harry and six others have been ordered to pay an initial 9.5 million pounds ($13 million) to the publisher of Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper following their failed invasion of privacy case.

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Aug 21 • 9:45 AM EDT • Entertainment • scrippsnews.com
Retail sales in Great Britain fall despite heatwave increasing food and drink demand

Volume of goods sold in stores and online dropped 0.5% in July, ONS says

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Aug 21 • 4:58 AM EDT • Business • theguardian.com
BlizzCon 2026 Sets T-Pain, Simu Liu, deadmau5, YOASOBI and More Celeb Guests

T-Pain, Simu Liu, deadmau5, YOASOBI and more celebrities will be making special appearances for the return of Blizzard’s BlizzCon fan event this September in Anaheim, California. Presented by Blizzard...

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Aug 20 • 12:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
DEA joins Hayden Panettiere death investigation

The investigation of actress Hayden Panettiere's death gains steam, as the Drug Enforcement Administration reportedly joins the celebrity case.

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Aug 20 • 11:43 AM EDT • Entertainment • usatoday.com
Meet the men applying for the 'hardest job in British politics'

Labour MSPs Michael Marra and Joe Fagan are making their pitches as they aim to succeed Anas Sarwar.

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Aug 20 • 11:25 AM EDT • Politics • bbc.com
Co-Host of Side Dish, Headkrack with the latest in entertainment headlines

Scammers are targeting celebrity podcasts in a new elaborate ruse. Plus Cosmopolitan has a new trend with some funny candidates.

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Aug 20 • 11:18 AM EDT • Entertainment • fox5atlanta.com
Racism and sexism have become normalised in Britain, says equalities minister

Exclusive: Bridget Phillipson says politicians have helped fuel hatred and that police are not taking violence against women and girls seriously enough

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Aug 20 • 10:00 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan's shock UK return

LONDON – Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan are returning to Britain, and with that comes a lot of questions.

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Aug 19 • 7:50 PM EDT • Entertainment • centraloregondaily.com
Readers Write: Mining near the BWCA, Medical Assistance, health coverage, celebrity birthdays

Good news for the Boundary Waters.

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Aug 19 • 7:00 PM EDT • Health • startribune.com
Entertainment Weekly's first look at Chris Evans in Sacrifice looks like a bad angle from the Met Gala

Entertainment Weekly's first look at Chris Evans in Sacrifice looks like a bad angle from the Met Gala and celebrity social media for August 19, 2026

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Aug 19 • 2:37 PM EDT • Entertainment • laineygossip.com
How Kelly Rowland And Tina Knowles Helped This Black Business Surpass $500K In Sales

Celebrity hairstylist Kahh Spence ventured into a new sector and is now seeing the gains.

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Aug 19 • 2:12 PM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
US ally on Putin’s doorstep braces for war as Russia tensions take ominous turn

Russia's embassy in Britain threatened "consequences" over reported British drone use in Ukraine as Moscow escalates rhetoric against NATO allies.

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Aug 19 • 10:57 AM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Ian Foxx Celebrates 30 Years of Black Entertainment History in New “Heroes & Legends” Book

Veteran Los Angeles celebrity photographer Ian Foxx reflects on decades documenting Black entertainment, culture and community while celebrating his new "Heroes & Legends" collector's edition, featuring 30 years of photographs and a powerful message about preserving Black history for future generations.

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Aug 19 • 9:23 AM EDT • Entertainment • lasentinel.net
What 3,600 adults with diabetes revealed about lifestyle and heart health

In 3,612 British adults with type 2 diabetes, greater adherence to the Mediterranean Lifestyle Index was associated with lower risks of major adverse cardiovascular events, cardiovascular death, and all-cause mortality over more than a decade of follow-up. Dietary patterns, physical activity, rest, and social habits all contributed to the observed associations, although the observational study cannot establish causality.

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Aug 19 • 12:54 AM EDT • Health • news-medical.net
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Tales From the Beat: Episode 144 - Jane Owen on Entertainment and Celebrity PR

Jane Owen, CEO of boutique entertainment/celebrity PR firm, Jane Owen PR, gives her unfiltered views of how PR works in that segment, challenges, dealing with egos, AI deep fakes, changing media lands...

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Aug 18 • 1:29 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Derry Brownson, founding member of ‘Unbelievable’ band EMF, dies at 55

Rock musician Derran "Derry" Brownson, best known as the keyboardist for the British band EMF, has died. He was 55.

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Aug 17 • 8:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • centraloregondaily.com
Hayden Panettiere tributes include Connie Britton, Viola Davis and Selma Blair

Stars are paying tribute to Hayden Panettiere after the actor's death at 36, including her “Nashville” co-star Connie Britton, Viola Davis, Melissa Barrera and Bethany Joy Lenz, along with podcaster

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Aug 17 • 5:06 PM EDT • Entertainment • yakimaherald.com
British PM Burnham duped by White House impostor
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Aug 17 • 12:48 PM EDT • Politics • aljazeera.com
D23 2026 Disney Entertainment Showcase: Celebrity Style [PHOTOS]

Sadie Sink, Anne Hathaway, Samara Weaving, Andra Day and more hit the red carpet for the next chapter of Disney entertainment.

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Aug 17 • 12:36 PM EDT • Entertainment • wwd.com
Baller League loses live coverage contract with Sky Sports for next season

Sky Sports is dropping its live coverage of next season’s Baller League, the celebrity six-a-side competition

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Aug 17 • 6:34 AM EDT • Sports • theguardian.com
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Biggest August fall in British house prices since 2018

British house prices expected to fall this year, despite ‘Burnham bounce’, Rightmove reports

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‘New weather’ changing the nation, defying politics

OPINION — I have never done political consulting. So, it was novel to me when a candidate in the midterms asked me what he should be worried about in 2027. I repeated what Harold Macmillan, British prime minister from 1957 to 1963, is believed to have said, “Events, dear boy, events.”

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Aug 16 • 6:00 PM EDT • Politics • yourvalley.net
Box Office: ‘Spider-Man’ stays on top while two dino movies battle for third

Two dinosaur movies made a modest impact at the North American box office this weekend.

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Aug 16 • 12:35 PM EDT • Entertainment • seattletimes.com
Age slower without dieting: this cultural habit stuns scientists worldwide - Futura-Sciences

Savoring Culture: A Surprising Health Ally Picture this: according to a British study involving more than 3,500 adults, a weekly dose of culture—be it through visiting museums, browsing in a library, humming along in a choir, or wielding a paintbrush—was linked to knocking one year off participants’ biological age, and...

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Aug 16 • 10:30 AM EDT • Science • futura-sciences.com
MRN BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Tim Lohmeyer Home Inspections and Improvements

On the MRN Business Spotlight brought to you by Bank of Springfield, Tim Lohmeyer with Tim Lohmeyer Home Inspections and Improvements joins Brittany Boll to talk about his business and the experience and trust he brings to one of the biggest financial decisions most of us will ever make: buying or selling a home. One...

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Aug 16 • 8:30 AM EDT • Business • muddyrivernews.com
Perez Hilton created the internet culture that watched his mental health crisis unfold

The celebrity gossip blogger became as famous as the stars he covered before social media upended his business model.

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Aug 16 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • latimes.com
In 1948, scientists left a giant fossil on an Arctic island because they could not carry it; 78 years later it became a record-size new predator

Nearly 80 years ago, a British expedition discovered the battered remains of a giant fossil on the peak of an Arctic island. Unable to take it with them, they snapped some pictures, took some bones and left the fossil to be ravaged by the icy winds and rain.

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Aug 16 • 5:10 AM EDT • Science • timesofindia.indiatimes.com
How one couple built an online business to hit financial independence

Kelan and Brittany Kline founded The Savvy Couple blog in 2016. It's evolved into a business that generated $1.3 million in 2023.

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Aug 15 • 5:30 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
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In the News: Britt Cruz and Christopher Wong Michaelson on Responsible Business - Newsroom

Britt Cruz and Christopher Wong Michaelson explore how global perspectives can reshape business ethics and corporate responsibility.

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Aug 14 • 6:05 PM EDT • Business • news.stthomas.edu
Rob Gronkowski played matchmaker at Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding for this ‘beautiful’ celebrity

Rob Gronkowski said he played matchmaker for former Patriots teammate Julian Edelman at Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding.

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Aug 14 • 12:58 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
These celebrities gave up smartphones. What science has to say

These celebrities decided life was better with fewer notifications

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Aug 14 • 10:46 AM EDT • Science • creators.yahoo.com
Alabama senators in limbo over college sports bill

Alabama U.S. Sens. Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville have yet to pledge full support of the Senate's Protect College Sports Act.

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Aug 14 • 9:15 AM EDT • Sports • aldailynews.com
Selena Gomez Accused of Fraud by Mental-Health Startup Investors

Pop star Selena Gomez is being accused of fraud by investors who claim she failed to deliver on promises to leverage her global celebrity and social-media following to promote her mental-health startup, which collapsed last year.

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Aug 13 • 1:38 PM EDT • Health • bloomberg.com
Selena Gomez Accused of Fraud by Mental-Health Startup Investors

Pop star Selena Gomez is being accused of fraud by investors who claim she failed to deliver on promises to leverage her global celebrity and social-media following to promote her mental-health startup, which collapsed last year.

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Aug 13 • 1:38 PM EDT • Health • finance.yahoo.com
EJ Swift wins the 2026 Arthur C Clarke award for science fiction

The writer – who was also shortlisted in 2023 – has won the prize for her book When There Are Wolves Again, a speculative work of eco-fiction set in near-future Britain

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Aug 12 • 4:00 PM EDT • Science • theguardian.com
Perez Hilton’s Mother Files For Temporary Custody Of His Children After Hospitalization

Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton was hospitalized late Tuesday after fans called the police during a disturbing TikTok livestream.

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Aug 12 • 2:56 PM EDT • Health • forbes.com
We're Live at Made By Google Sharing Every Pixel 11, Pro Fold, and Watch 5 Announcement

Several celebrities are set to make appearances on Aug. 12 to help introduce Google's 11th-generation flagship. Here's what to expect from the Pixel 11 and Pixel Watch lineup.

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Aug 12 • 12:04 PM EDT • Technology • pcmag.com
Count Binface, the man in a can with a plan, seeks Parliament seat in Britain’s wackiest election

Binface, a self-described intergalactic space warrior, has landed in the center of the U.K.’s political universe ahead of a special election against Trump ally Nigel Farage, among others.

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Aug 12 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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UK PM Burnham promises business help within 'difficult' financial outlook

Britain's government will do what it can to help lower costs for business but against the backdrop of a "difficult financial ​outlook", Prime Minister Andy Burnham said in an interview on Wednesday.

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Aug 12 • 12:33 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
UK 'joke' candidate Binface pushes serious point about politics

British politics has a long-cherished reputation for attracting the weird and wonderful. But in a pantheon of colorful characters, Count Binface, a man wearing a rubbish bin over his head, is stealing the show. The self-described "intergalactic space warrior" from the fictional planet Sigma IX takes on hardline anti-immigrant politician…

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Aug 11 • 11:00 PM EDT • Politics • japantoday.com
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Insight: US fuel sales to Cuban business bring a glimpse of capitalism to Havana

Gasoline at $38 a gallon sold from cramped apartments. Diesel hawked on Instagram by a celebrity model to a reggaeton soundtrack. Six decades after Fidel Castro’s revolution, all of a sudden, capitalist cracks are appearing in Cuba’s communist energy sector.

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Aug 11 • 6:05 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
Celebrity bald eagle Jackie has died after weeks of deteriorating health

Jackie the bald eagle, who became famous for raising several eaglets in Big Bear, California, with her partner Shadow, has died following weeks of deteriorating health.

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Aug 10 • 4:31 PM EDT • Health • ksbw.com
Celebrity bald eagle Jackie has died after weeks of deteriorating health

Jackie the bald eagle, who became famous for raising several eaglets in Big Bear, California, with her partner Shadow, has died following weeks of deteriorating health.

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Aug 10 • 4:31 PM EDT • Health • kcci.com
Celebrity bald eagle Jackie has died after weeks of deteriorating health

Jackie the bald eagle, who became famous for raising several eaglets in Big Bear, California, with her partner Shadow, has died following weeks of deteriorating health.

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Aug 10 • 4:31 PM EDT • Health • wbaltv.com
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Count Binface, the man in a can with a plan, seeks Parliament seat in Britain's wackiest election

Count Binface, an intergalactic comedic candidate with a garbage can on his head, is at the center of the U.K.’s political universe

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Aug 10 • 12:12 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Count Binface brings comedy to British politics in special election

Count Binface, an intergalactic comedic candidate with a garbage can on his head, is at the center of the U.K.'s political universe.

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Aug 10 • 12:03 AM EDT • Politics • apnews.com
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Count Binface seeks Parliament seat in Britain's wackiest election

Count Binface, an intergalactic comedic candidate with a garbage can on his head, is at the center of the U.K.'s political universe

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Aug 10 • 12:03 AM EDT • Politics • abcnews.com
Perez Hilton Needs Surgery After ‘Significant Blood Loss’ And Injuries, Family Says

Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton was hospitalized late Tuesday after fans called the police during a disturbing TikTok livestream.

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Aug 9 • 3:48 PM EDT • Health • forbes.com
Copying Taylor Swift's everyday habits could make you happier, according to science

Science suggests the everyday gestures Swift practices can boost happiness for everyone, not just celebrities

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Aug 9 • 10:30 AM EDT • Science • creators.yahoo.com
Miss North Carolina USA organizers deny politics, faith behind stripping winner of crown

Brittany Boltinhouse, who won the Miss North Carolina USA pageant in June, was stripped of her title weeks later after organizers reviewed past online posts.

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Aug 9 • 10:19 AM EDT • Politics • livenowfox.com
Anthony Scaramucci, Podcast Star, Explains U.S. Politics to the World

He spent 11 days in the Trump White House nine years ago. Now he has a hit podcast, helping the British public, among others, understand what’s going on.

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Aug 9 • 5:01 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Sabalenka and Norrie exit Canadian Open in last 16

World number one Aryna Sabalenka suffers a surprise defeat at the Canadian Open, while Britain's Cameron Norrie also bows out in the last 16 in Toronto.

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Aug 9 • 2:54 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Spanish teen Jodar ousts eighth seed Lehecka at Montreal

Spanish teen Rafael Jodar defeated Czech eighth seed Jiri Lehecka 6-3, 6-3 on Saturday to reach the quarter-finals of the ATP Montreal Masters.Jodar will play for a semi-final berth against French 18th seed Arthur Fils, who defeated Britain's Cameron Norrie 6-2, 7-6 (10/8).

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Aug 9 • 12:01 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Exclusive | Nip-buck! Celebrity plastic surgeon reveals shocking difference between $30K and $300K facelift
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Aug 8 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • nypost.com
South Florida celebrity entrepreneur buys Naples apartments for $90M

Grant Cardone’s firm bought a 282-unit apartment community in Collier County.

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Aug 8 • 6:05 AM EDT • Business • businessobserverfl.com
US accused of meddling in British politics with $500,000 grant scheme promoting ‘shared values’

Documents published on US embassy’s website prompt claims of attempt to export Maga propaganda to UK

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Aug 8 • 3:00 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
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Britney Spears says she ‘failed as a mother’ because son believes in science, slams parents

In a new social media post, Britney Spears says she ‘failed as a mother’ because her son believes in science and also slams her parents, saying she was ‘brainwashed into an ignorant system.’

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Aug 7 • 8:27 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com