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WATCH LIVE: Trump announces effort to train veterans as truckers amid undocumented driver crackdown
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Jul 30 • 1:30 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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Science of Speed, featuring all-electric kart racetrack, opens this weekend at Kamin Science Center

The 21,000-square-foot destination is located in the former SportsWorks building.

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Jul 30 • 12:50 PM EDT • Science • wpxi.com
How to prevent common sports injuries: Tips from sports medicine experts

Doctors with FIU Medicine and Baptist Health encourage students entering fall sports and weekend warriors of all ages to do a bit of prep prior to hitting the field, course or court.

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Jul 30 • 12:42 PM EDT • Sports • news.fiu.edu
Why Some Family Health Insurance Is Now Pricier

LDI/CHOP experts estimated the potential effect of the expiration of enhanced ACA Marketplace subsidies on family premiums across income levels.

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Jul 30 • 12:11 PM EDT • Health • ldi.upenn.edu
Senate committee advances nomination of Dr. Erica Schwartz for CDC director

Dr. Erica Schwartz’s nomination to be director of the nation’s top public health agency advanced on Thursday, setting aside concerns that she will not stand up to political meddling.

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Jul 30 • 12:03 PM EDT • Health • pbs.org
Senate committee advances nomination of Dr. Erica Schwartz for CDC director

Dr. Erica Schwartz’s nomination to be director of the nation’s top public health agency advanced on Thursday, setting aside concerns that she will not stand up to political meddling.

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Jul 30 • 12:03 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
San Antonio high school students participate in hands-on research during summer Texas Biomed program

While many teenagers took a break from learning this summer, dozens of San Antonio high schoolers spent their time studying in a professional-grade laboratory.

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Jul 30 • 11:47 AM EDT • Science • ksat.com
The Entertainment Community Fund Reveals 2026 Alex Dubé Scholarship Recipients

The Entertainment Community Fund has revealed the five recipients of the 2026 Alex Dubé Scholarship Program. These one-time awards of up to $10,000 per recipient are distributed annually to dancers enrolled in accredited graduate degree programs.

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Jul 30 • 11:47 AM EDT • Entertainment • broadwayworld.com
Trump says he may temporarily pull Blanche's nomination for attorney general as Republicans seek concessions

President Donald Trump said Thursday he may pull acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general, looking to avoid concessions to holdout Republicans.

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Jul 30 • 11:34 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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Will Philly-area emergency rooms have to share your personal data?

A new investigation shows health officials voicing their concerns about the CPSC and KONZA Health. But what are they?

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Jul 30 • 11:27 AM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
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Trump touted his tariffs in Michigan despite rising costs. Even some of his supporters are worried

During President Donald Trump's rally in Milford, the crowd was adoring. But even some of his ardent supporters said prices are too high and tariffs had caused short-term economic pain.

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Jul 30 • 11:17 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Tigers reportedly calling up top prospect Max Clark
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Jul 30 • 10:50 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Dr. Faisal Khan Named St. Louis City Health Director

Renowned public health expert brings over 25 years of public health leadership to the City

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Jul 30 • 10:07 AM EDT • Health • stlouis-mo.gov
Alex Holderbaum Named Partner in Withum's Theatre and Entertainment Practice

Withum promoted Alex Holderbaum to partner in its Theatre and Entertainment practice, which provides advisory, tax and audit services to theatrical productions and performing arts organizations.

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Jul 30 • 10:04 AM EDT • Entertainment • broadwayworld.com
How Louisiana colleges will use an infusion of tax money for their sports programs

Scholarships and budget balancing are the main ways athletics programs at Louisiana colleges plan to use their allotments of tax revenue

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Jul 30 • 10:00 AM EDT • Sports • lailluminator.com
Satchmo Summerfest brings music, food and celebration of Louis Armstrong to the French Quarter

"It is a celebration of where jazz comes from and the city that gave it to the world.”

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Jul 30 • 10:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • nola.com
This Week in Jacksonville - Business Edition: Experts urge tighter HOA oversight after $11 million fraud

Kent Justice tackles a question a lot of HOA homeowners are asking after the “Hammocks” case in South Florida: could HOA fraud happen here — and would anyone catch it in time? Kent’s guest is Marc Rodriguez, EVP of Market Operations at RealManage, who breaks down how financial oversight can fail inside volunteer-run boards, what practical controls can stop fraud before it starts, and how technology can add real transparency for both board members and homeowners.

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Jul 30 • 9:36 AM EDT • Business • news4jax.com
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Faith is back in Democratic politics

After decades of watching Democrats dodge the God question, I think they finally have an answer.

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Jul 30 • 9:30 AM EDT • Politics • anabaptistworld.org
Federal tariff refund portal offers relief for small businesses hit by import costs

Businesses across the U.S. may be in line for a significant financial boost after federal agencies launched an online system allowing importers to apply for tariff refunds.

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Jul 30 • 9:22 AM EDT • Business • ksat.com
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Science proved there's a reason people pick the longest line at the airport

A study may change the way you pick a line before your next flight

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Jul 30 • 9:10 AM EDT • Science • creators.yahoo.com
Robinhood shares edge lower after record quarter for prediction markets business

Predictions markets is now the fintech's second largest trading business.

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Jul 30 • 8:18 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Robinhood shares edge higher after record quarter for prediction markets business

Predictions markets is now the fintech's second largest trading business.

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Jul 30 • 8:18 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Cyclospora outbreak clouds strong earnings for Taco Bell’s parent company

Taco Bell’s parent company, Yum Brands, reported robust sales and profit in the second quarter, surpassing Wall Street’s expectations by several measures. But the earnings cover the April-June quarter, or the three months before a cyclospora outbreak plunged the company’s most important brand into a food-safety crisis.

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Jul 30 • 7:44 AM EDT • Business • cnn.com
iPhone 18 Pro: Twelve Changes Coming to Apple's Next Flagship

We're less than two months out from the launch of Apple's premium next-generation smartphone lineup, and while we're not expecting a dramatic change in terms of functionality, there are still several enhancements rumored to be coming to the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. One thing worth noting is that Apple is reportedly planning a major change to its iPhone release cycle this year, adopting a two-phase rollout starting with the iPhone 18 series.

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Jul 30 • 6:43 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
25% of small business financing applications delayed by avoidable mistakes: Bluevine study

A new Bluevine survey showed that small business financing challenges are often created by a gap in preparation and financial literacy.

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Jul 30 • 5:26 AM EDT • Business • roi-nj.com
Trump’s support for Graham’s sister stirs GOP backlash in South Carolina

A field of Republican challengers is setting up another test of Trump’s political clout.

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Jul 30 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Scientists say this is the reason some relationships flourish and others flop

How attachment styles influence our interactions with others — and how to change them.

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Jul 30 • 5:00 AM EDT • Science • washingtonpost.com
Louisiana ranks 3rd-highest for food insecure adults. See how other states compare.

Recent data shows over 18 million U.S. households faced food insecurity due to lack of resources, leading to health risks. See the data.

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Jul 30 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • nola.com
Berlin and the Contradictions of Identity Politics

On July 25, twenty-one-year-old Abdul Ballout drove a van into a crowd at Berlin’s Pride festival before stabbing attendees with a machete. One woman was killed and twenty-nine people...

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Jul 30 • 2:26 AM EDT • Politics • firstthings.com
The White House’s science vision is no blueprint for Europe

Individual talents need the ecosystem of strong research universities to flourish, says Kurt Deketelaere

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Jul 30 • 2:00 AM EDT • Science • researchprofessionalnews.com
Mobile business owner claims self defense in fatal shooting

Investigators say 25-year-old Evan Bagley came to the business, got into an argument with another man, and pointed a gun at him.

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Jul 29 • 11:34 PM EDT • Business • fox5vegas.com
Mobile business owner claims self defense in fatal shooting

Investigators say 25-year-old Evan Bagley came to the business, got into an argument with another man, and pointed a gun at him.

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Jul 29 • 11:34 PM EDT • Business • fox10tv.com
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Mobile business owner says he shot and killed man in self defense

A Mobile business owner says he shot and killed a man who came to his business, calling it self-defense.

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Jul 29 • 10:26 PM EDT • Business • fox10tv.com
Saints give Taysom Hill a hero's sendoff with tribute video narrated by Drew Brees: 'Forever a legend'
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Jul 29 • 9:42 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Business owner criticized over picture with Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson

People are calling for a boycott, but the owner says it's not an endorsement.

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Jul 29 • 9:21 PM EDT • Business • wsbtv.com
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St. Louis Development Corp. hires Gerard Hollins Jr. to oversee city's real estate pipeline

Gerard Hollins Jr. joins St. Louis Development Corp. as executive vice president of development, overseeing the city's real estate projects and business investments.

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Jul 29 • 9:20 PM EDT • Business • bizjournals.com
Uganda declares itself Ebola-free as Congo continues to struggle with the outbreak

Authorities in Uganda declared the East Africa nation free of Ebola on Tuesday following the discharge of the country's last patient in mid-June, a delicate milestone as the virus continues to plague neighboring Congo.

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Jul 29 • 8:42 PM EDT • Health • pbs.org
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Meta stock drops 10% as free cash flow gets crushed—and Zuckerberg hints at launching cloud business with few details

Meta's quarterly results showcased the strength of its core social media business, as well as the gap in its business model in the AI arm's race.

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Jul 29 • 8:40 PM EDT • Business • fortune.com
St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs Game Discussion Wednesday

The St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs will play again Wednesday night with hopefully better results (for the Cardinals) than the previous two nights. According to MLB.com, Dustin May will make the start for the Cardinals while LHP Matthew Boyd will take the mound for the Cubs. First pitch scheduled for 6:45pm central time […]

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Jul 29 • 7:20 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Jacksonville business owners say unsafe Northside building ruined their dreams

Two former Jacksonville business owners say they invested thousands of dollars into their dreams, only to watch them collapse — along with the ceilings above them.

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Jul 29 • 6:29 PM EDT • Business • news4jax.com
NBA's Kawhi Leonard investigation reportedly might not resolve until 2027
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Jul 29 • 5:53 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Wisconsin judge says voters who have returned absentee ballot for state primary cannot get a new one

Wisconsin voters who have already returned their absentee ballots for the state's primary are not allowed to void those and request a new one, a judge ruled Wednesday.

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Jul 29 • 5:46 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Packers great Ahman Green reveals that he has Parkinson's disease

Green, who was diagnosed in 2025, advocated for awareness and early detection of Parkinson's disease.

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Jul 29 • 5:13 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Can you eat lettuce safely during the cyclospora outbreak? Advice from an infectious disease expert

Rather than avoiding fresh produce, adopting a few sensible food safety practices can help you significantly reduce your risk of getting sick while continuing to enjoy the many health benefits and flavor perks of salads and fresh veggies.

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Jul 29 • 5:11 PM EDT • Health • pbs.org
Science with Stevie: Scud Clouds

Meteorologist Stevie Daniels breaks down the eerie fog-like clouds that formed in the wake of strong thunderstorms in this Science with Stevie article!

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Jul 29 • 5:03 PM EDT • Science • wmar2news.com
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WATCH: Trump, Duffy announce $22.5 billion Dulles Airport renovation
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Jul 29 • 4:48 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Microsoft’s cloud business boosts sales as AI investment climbs to $41bn

Revenue in the tech group’s intelligent cloud segment surges 32% to $39.3bn

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Jul 29 • 4:30 PM EDT • Business • ft.com
Xbox revenue drops 10 percent as Microsoft’s cloud and AI business surges

Xbox’s woes continue.

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Jul 29 • 4:26 PM EDT • Business • theverge.com
Xbox revenue drops 10 percent as Microsoft’s cloud and AI business surges

Xbox’s woes continue.

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Jul 29 • 4:26 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Person of the Year + TCB 100 Celebration

Featured Event Person of the Year + TCB 100 Celebration December 03, 2026 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm Directions Location Minnesota Orchestra Hall 1111 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis 55403 Description Each December, Twin Cities Business unveils the TCB 100 list, our annual "list of all lists" recognizing the business leaders, innovators, and changemakers poised to

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Jul 29 • 4:21 PM EDT • Business • tcbmag.com
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Local teen fighting hunger through detailing business

“I kind of just threw it out there,” he said. “I’d be donating the proceeds; it was pay what you want."

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Jul 29 • 4:13 PM EDT • Business • whio.com
Microsoft tops quarterly cloud growth estimates, easing spending concerns

Revenue at the company's Azure cloud-computing business rose 43%.

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Jul 29 • 4:04 PM EDT • Business • reuters.com
Can Knicks overcome NBA history to repeat as champs? East title threats + Warriors shaky future
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Jul 29 • 3:42 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
WATCH: Sen. Lindsey Graham returns home for South Carolina funeral
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Jul 29 • 3:12 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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Some Louisiana lawmakers backing out of NDAs as questions arise over data centers, other deals

The use of nondisclosure agreements for projects, including with companies like Meta and Hyundai, has drawn community criticism and concern about transparency. But some state officials say they’re necessary for closing economic development deals.

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Jul 29 • 2:15 PM EDT • Politics • nola.com
Google begins global rollout of age verification API in Google Play

Google's new API relies on parents to set age ranges in Family Link.

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Jul 29 • 2:08 PM EDT • Technology • arstechnica.com
New health office opening in Ocoee on August 3

Access 14 public health programs at the new DOH Ocoee office, opening Aug 3 on Story Road. Weekdays 8-5.

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Jul 29 • 2:03 PM EDT • Health • wftv.com
Health-ISAC warns of rising ShinyHunters data theft attacks on healthcare

Health-ISAC is warning healthcare and medical technology organizations of an observed increase in successful attacks by ShinyHunters, which are using social engineering to compromise single sign-on accounts and steal data from cloud services.

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Jul 29 • 1:54 PM EDT • Technology • bleepingcomputer.com
WATCH: Sen. Paul says he will hold a contempt vote after Fauci invokes 5th Amendment
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Jul 29 • 1:46 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Texas health issues alert after 4 Montgomery County residents infected with measles

Texas health officials are warning residents and health care providers to stay alert after four cases of measles were confirmed in an unvaccinated Montgomery County family.

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Jul 29 • 1:18 PM EDT • Health • click2houston.com
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Northeast State Community College launching Small Business Series

BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) – Officials with Northeast State Community College are hoping to equip residents with the tools they need to successfully grow a small business. From artificial inte…

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Jul 29 • 12:33 PM EDT • Business • wjhl.com
Wellstar Health System lays off 761 corporate, administrative staff

Wellstar Health System laid off 761 workers yesterday “following a comprehensive review of our organization,” the Georgia nonprofit confirmed to Fierce Healthcare. | The cuts translate to about 2% of the nonprofit system's headcount, and do not include frontline care roles.

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Jul 29 • 12:30 PM EDT • Health • fiercehealthcare.com
Lincoln Crime Stoppers seek tips on trailer theft, groping at massage business

LCS is asking for the public’s help identifying suspects in two separate cases — a trailer theft and a sexual offense at a south Lincoln massage business.

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Jul 29 • 11:42 AM EDT • Business • 1011now.com
Generate Autonomous Business Insights with AI Agent and MCP Servers

Learn how Amazon Bedrock AgentCore delivers autonomous, cross-system business intelligence through configuration rather than custom code. Using pre-built MCP server connectors, fine-grained access control, and persistent memory, enterprises can query multiple data sources with natural language while enforcing role-based boundaries automatically.

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Jul 29 • 11:34 AM EDT • Business • aws.amazon.com
Should you trust AI to answer your health questions?

More people are turning to ChatGPT and other AI tools for health questions. The answers are fast, and they often sound reassuring and trustworthy, but, as Consumer Reports says, they aren’t always accurate.

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Jul 29 • 11:15 AM EDT • Health • news4jax.com
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Sharks' Macklin Celebrini becomes NHL's highest-paid player with 5-year, $94M extension

Celebrini $18.8 million salary cap hit takes the title from Leo Carlsson, who will earn an average of $18 million a season over the next five years.

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Jul 29 • 10:56 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
K-pop powerhouse BTS say they will not submit music for 2027 Grammys

K-pop powerhouse BTS say they will not submit their music for consideration at the forthcoming Grammys.

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Jul 29 • 10:27 AM EDT • Entertainment • ksat.com
Orlando ranks first in small-business growth among midsized U.S. cities

Orlando ranked first in a new analysis of midsized U.S. cities for small-business growth, beating out McKinney and Frisco.

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Jul 29 • 9:53 AM EDT • Business • wftv.com
WATCH: Fauci invokes 5th Amendment, declining to answer questions in GOP-led hearing on COVID-19
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Jul 29 • 9:46 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Welsch Set to Represent Tigers on USA Sports International Tour

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Reyna Welsch of the Colorado College women's basketball program will join the USA D-3 Basketball Blue Team on a ten day international tour in Brazil, ahead of the 2026-27 academic year.

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Jul 29 • 9:00 AM EDT • Sports • cctigers.com
How I Got My Career in Foreign Policy: Andrea R. Flores

Andrea Flores has spent more than fifteen years working on immigration policy, including at DHS, the White House, and the ACLU. She spoke with CFR about how her 360-degree perspective has shaped her understanding of the issue and the challenges of advancing immigration reform.

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Jul 29 • 9:00 AM EDT • Politics • cfr.org
WATCH LIVE: Senate panel questions Fauci on ‘diary entries’ about COVID-19 origins
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Jul 29 • 8:38 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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Woman facing prostitution charges after investigation at Evansville business

Woman facing prostitution charges after investigation at Evansville business

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Jul 29 • 8:30 AM EDT • Business • wbay.com
Woman facing prostitution charges after investigation at Evansville business

Woman facing prostitution charges after investigation at Evansville business

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Woman facing prostitution charges after investigation at Evansville business

Woman facing prostitution charges after investigation at Evansville business

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FIFA puts the World Cup up for sale

FIFA wants to sell a minority stake in a new commercial entity that values the organization at $20 billion.

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Jul 29 • 8:23 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Lauren Foote Named Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Medicine

Hoboken, N.J. – Stevens Institute of Technology Assistant Vice President and Director of Athletics and Recreation Russell Rogers announced the hiring of Lauren Foote as Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Medicine Wednesday.

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Jul 29 • 8:19 AM EDT • Sports • stevensducks.com
AI doctor startup Doctronic acquires Summer Health to move into pediatric care

AI doctor startup Doctronic aims to broaden its reach beyond adult primary care by acquiring text-based pediatric care platform Summer Health. | AI doctor startup Doctronic aims to broaden its reach beyond adult primary care by acquiring text-based pediatric care platform Summer Health.

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Jul 29 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • fiercehealthcare.com
‘The Cardinal Countdown: 39 Days Until Kickoff’

HAYDEN TRAVELSTEAD #39 Height: 6’0” Weight: 210lb Position: LS Class: RS Junior Hometown: Acworth, GA Summary: When someone says “Travelstead” you think Louisville football special teams. The specialist family sent Brock through the program a few years ago kicking balls like a madman (he was highlighted as the cover photo yesterday), and for a brief […]

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Jul 29 • 7:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
SAPD officers suspended after man in mental health crisis brought gun into hospital, records show

Two San Antonio police officers were handed a month-long suspension after records show they failed to search a man experiencing a mental health crisis who was carrying a stolen gun, according to records reviewed by KSAT Investigates.

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Jul 29 • 7:18 AM EDT • Health • ksat.com
Why you might need reverse Kegels, according to pelvic floor therapists

There are multiple ways to do these pelvic floor exercises, and focusing your efforts on the wrong one can backfire.

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Jul 29 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • washingtonpost.com
Scientists look to shark DNA for the genetic signature of time

Aging leaves telltale marks on DNA, and for the first time, scientists have used those molecular signatures to create a model that predicts the age of sharks.

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Jul 29 • 6:00 AM EDT • Science • news4jax.com
East Texas community advocate shares passion for technology, politics

Cody Grace is a technology entrepreneur and community advocate. He ran ran as the Democratic party candidate for Texas House District 6. He was born and raised in Tyler, TX. Tonight, we discuss his connection to work, community, and technology.

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Jul 29 • 5:22 AM EDT • Politics • kltv.com
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The Trump administration is halting a Medicare drug subsidy. Will premiums rise?

A temporary subsidy that reduced monthly premiums will end, and insurance companies are examining the impact.

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Jul 29 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • washingtonpost.com
Analysis | What the midterms mean for Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s 2028 hopes

A Democratic sweep of Pennsylvania’s competitive U.S. House and state legislative races could boost the case for Shapiro in his party’s presidential primary.

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Jul 29 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
The Science Behind the AI Panic Is Shakier Than You Think

A column by Sascha Lobo Is AI making us dumb? So asked DER SPIEGEL on its cover a while ago. After a few weeks of recovery and a therapeutic intervention with the help of my AI, I feel able to respond. That’s a bit unfair, of course; the article itself is more nuanced than the loud cover, the image of a schoolkid with dull prompt questions, or the subtitle: “AI is conquering the schools, and educators fear a disaster.” The short answer to “Is AI making us dumb?” is: no. The long answer is more interesting, and even carries a preliminary glimmer of the spectacular. Unfortunately, it requires a detour into the sphere of artificial intelligence, into the mogul-field terrain of technology assessment, the attention economy, and the destructive virus of cultural pessimism. Along with narrowing the scope to AI’s effects on education and work rather than on intelligence. Because the honest version of the question would be: Does AI help us learn and work, or not? Generative AI, which set off the still-ongoing hype with ChatGPT, has only existed in relevant distribution since late 2022, early 2023. For a technology-driven transformation of people and society, that is extremely short. For that reason alone, research is still in its infancy. And technology assessment is not a fast discipline anyway. Prominent voices from Elizabeth Eisenstein to RAND to Tom Wheeler say we still cannot conclusively judge the consequences of the printing press. Its invention is a mere 580 years back, and some scholars would rather not circulate assessments that might have to be retracted in two or three hundred years. We’re Going Through Growing Pains A phenomenon that already caused upheaval in social media research makes serious assessment of AI’s consequences even harder: the “moving target” problem of LLM-ology, as the linguist Sean Trott called it in 2025. AI develops so quickly and so unpredictably that researchers often end up studying snapshots of the past. There are concepts, from morphological analysis to anticipatory governance, for keeping research, planning, and regulation halfway meaningful anyway. But even with those, universally valid statements are rare. DER SPIEGEL - The German View is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe We should therefore treat findings about the interplay between humans and AI as far more procedural and situational. Unfortunately, this challenge comes at the worst possible time. We are going through growing pains: AI’s everyday impact has grown very large very fast, and with it the longing for guidance. Annoyingly, the body of solid knowledge has not exploded along with it. Experts cannot be moved to broad consensus on even banal statements about AI. Sascha Lobo, born in 1975, is an author and strategy consultant focusing on the internet and digital technologies. Together with Jule Lobo, he explores the debates of the day in the podcast “Feel the News – Was Deutschland bewegt” (”What Moves Germany”). Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says software developers are dying out. Bill Gates considers coders one of only three professions that will survive the AI tsunami. Top tech economists find virtually irrefutable arguments both for and against an AI bubble. The same naturally applies to the structurally youth-hostile debate over whether AI is good or bad for young people. The gap between the demand for insight and the supply of solid knowledge creates an orientation vacuum. This vacuum of AI cluelessness is filled, as the attention economy described by Georg Franck in 1998 would have it, with half-knowledge (funnily enough, often AI-generated), marketing, and self-marketing. After all, infinite money is at stake, along with academia’s best current shot at global fame. But this iridescent froth of interpretation operates more by the algorithmic principles of the digital public sphere than by seriously earned insight. That is why dramatized, fear-feeding claims about AI are so promising. It tempts parts of academia into distorted drivel, and parts of the media then sensationalize the published drivel once more. Was the Research Aimed at a Desired Result? How badly this can influence academia and public perception is demonstrated by one of the most-discussed studies on AI’s effects: “Your Brain on ChatGPT.” The MIT study by Nataliya Kosmyna also gets plenty of space in the SPIEGEL cover story. What was measured and interpreted: lower brain activity in people who write with AI assistance, compared to people who only google or write without any tools. As is common with preprints, the study has not yet been peer-reviewed, and it contains substantial weaknesses that experts have sharply criticized. The first round had 54 participants in three groups, the second only 18, who reportedly also came from MIT’s own orbit. There was no preregistration (committing in advance to what you want to find out with which data). In their analysis, Stanković et al. even discovered an opposite effect that the study does not further explain. Some measurement data has not (yet) been published. And the EEG analysis method used is considered too imprecise to support such far-reaching conclusions. The biggest criticism, though, is the suspicion of an activism-driven study. In an interview with Time, lead author Kosmyna said she published the study immediately, rather than after full peer review, because she feared politicians might otherwise decide to put ChatGPT in kindergartens. She considers that absolutely harmful. It is legitimate to hold such a view. It just seems unscientific to approach a study with it, and then to design the setup so that the chance of a fitting desired result remains as high as possible. Ideologies Collide It is not easy to separate genuine AI insights from studies that trivialize and weaken well-founded AI criticism. The same goes for the opposing, AI-enthusiastic narratives, because the pro-AI side works against it with billions in resources. Ideologies collide, fed by egos, PR strategies, moral posturing, and once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. Doomsday marketing makes the search even harder: AI companies can profit from warnings about the dangers of AI, whether through the notoriety of apocalypse narratives or because, in some target groups, danger translates into power. Some seemingly negative findings are therefore quite welcome in the AI industry. If you try to get at the findings presumably less influenced by interest groups, the picture in education seems relatively clear: AI can improve educational outcomes when the right AI is used the right way, namely pedagogically. Simply dumping an AI chatbot into a classroom, by contrast, accomplishes little. Huge surprise. But something else is also obvious: whether they are allowed to or not, kids use AI for school, which is why the controlled integration of AI tools into education is, in the medium term, entirely without alternative. In the world of work, the landscape of findings is more complex and requires more differentiation. A series of serious studies points to an AI effect that suits neither the alarmists, regulation fetishists, and AI opponents, nor the trillion-dollar corporations with their armada of paid scientists, PR professionals, and ecosystems: working with AI helps the inexperienced (at least for now) considerably more than it helps the pros, in certain fields of work, and provided they know how to use it correctly. Missing Domain Knowledge Among the experienced, the professionals, and the high flyers, by contrast, despite frequent time savings, partially negative effects and new problems are emerging. Take the jagged frontier problem: AI solves task A brilliantly and fails completely at task B, even though both look similar even to professionals. Or the verification-cost problem, in which AI’s greater productivity gets eaten up by the enormous effort of checking its output. Or the illusion of competence, because AI makes new domains seem easily penetrable, until you painfully discover that deep domain knowledge is missing. Taken as a whole, the effects of working with AI do lean positive. But the promise that AI works as a turbocharger for everyone and boosts practically everything simply refuses to materialize. The AI magic the world has been feeling since ChatGPT arrived in late 2022 has so far barely shown up in most companies’ numbers. The consulting firm McKinsey has coined a term for this, the “gen AI paradox,” and believes that work processes and corporate structures would have to be rebuilt quite fundamentally to realize AI’s benefits at scale. Reuters just reported that only 3.3 percent of Microsoft’s customers have subscribed to the AI package Copilot. That may be down to the product; in other areas we continue to see soaring successes and new AI triumphs. But after the first quarter of 2026, disillusionment is the word for all too many AI projects at traditional companies: because the promised revolution of AI agents has so far failed to arrive or been postponed, and because of the leveling effect that many of the studies cited here suggest. Against Inequality The societal effects, on the other hand, appear rather encouraging. Many previous technologies operated on the Matthew principle, named for the Gospel verse about giving to those who already have: they tended to reward the more competent and more privileged. AI, however, seems more often to have an equalizing effect once a threshold of access and education is crossed. Some anecdotal insights point in this direction, for example, how an unemployed man in Leipzig successfully defended himself in court in 2025 against fraud accusations from Germany’s federal employment agency — without a lawyer, armed only with ChatGPT. The AI made mistakes and cited invented court rulings, but in the end the man walked away unpunished. And a key capability of artificial intelligence is its capacity to learn: set up correctly and fed with data, it can keep getting better. It is a question of time, or more precisely of AI innovations and training data, until even free AI chatbots write better legal briefs than law graduates with perfect exam scores. Whether that will make anyone dumb is something the world’s press will surely inform us of in due time. Subscribe Leave a comment

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