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Paramount Settlement Talks With California Moving Forward
The two sides will sit down to discuss a deal resolving the case at the end of October.
The Crunchyroll and Fox One Bundle Hits Prime Video
The anime and live sports streaming services come together for a limited time for $23 per month.
iPhone 18 Pro vs Pixel 11 Pro: How Apple and Google's flagships stack up
Google and Apple's latest flagships feature more AI, better cameras and few reasons to switch ecosystems.
SD Urban Indian Health launches Monday walk-in clinic in Sioux Falls
Getting care just got more flexible for patients at South Dakota Urban Indian Health.
Mental Health Webinar Series: Your Vote. Your Voice. Your Health.
Join APHA for an important conversation about voting, health, disability, and civic participation.
Kenya’s quest to host Africa Recording Academy hub gets boost from Grammy organizers
Kenya’s quest to host an Africa Recording Academy headquarters has received a boost, with Recording Academy officials saying key milestones have been completed.
Kenya's quest to host Africa Recording Academy hub gets boost from Grammy organizers
Kenya’s quest to host an Africa Recording Academy headquarters has received a boost, with Recording Academy officials saying key milestones have been completed | 830 WCCO
Bloomberg states reasons why Sony decided to cancel Physint, Hideo Kojima's newest IP and Metal Gear Solid successor that's coming soon to Xbox and PC
Going over budget, not meeting deadlines, and fear of investment are the major reasons why Sony has recently tried to cancel Hideo Kojima's new IP, 'Physint',
9 accused gang members barred from downtown Nashville entertainment district
Nine people accused of being part of a gang that targets downtown Nashville visitors through cell phone payment scams are now under a temporary court injunction barring them from the entertainment district.
Samsung gets 'Tim Cook' to praise the Galaxy Z Fold 8
Samsung has published a new advertisement for the Galaxy Z Fold 8 that features "Tim Cook" promoting the foldable.
Data Center Boom Brings Health Hazards, Former EPA Officials Warn
Experts warn of dangers from fossil fuel expansion and federal carveouts for the AI industry.
Oregon Gets Interesting Oklahoma State Game Prediction From CFB Analyst
The Oregon Ducks could have some trouble with Oklahoma State, according to one CFB analyst.
Journey's biggest hits, ranked from worst to best
Ahead of the band's show Saturday night in Los Angeles, here's a critical rundown of Journey's best-known songs.
Heckler at GOP convention says of Abdul El-Sayed: 'He should be shot'
An attendee at the GOP midterm convention called for Democratic Senate candidates Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan and James Talorico of Texas to be shot.
Scientists Tested a 'Credit' Score for Gut Health. 3 Things Can Improve It
Researchers are testing whether gut health can be tracked with one composite number, much like other health metrics.
Arkansas Department of Health getting rid of 71 positions in new restructuring plan
The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) said Friday that they are implementing a reduction of work force effective Nov. 1.
New business, developments: Read 5 stories about Bryan-College Station
Catch up on Bryan-College Station news, including a Kristen Distributing expansion, a new city budget, Asia Wok opening and road projects.
Liberty Science Center Breaks Ground On $40M Expansion With New Exhibits
Liberty Science Center in Jersey City is getting a $40 million expansion with new exhibits, a goat playground, river otter habitat, and more.
'Antigone' review: Sophocles tragedy transposed to Aztec Empire
The Getty Villa production of Evelina Fernández's 'Antigone: In the Language of Kings," co-produced by Latino Theater Company, resets Sophocles tragedy to pre-conquest Tenochtitlan, Mexico.
New Images Show A Detailed View Of Meta's Upcoming Mixed Reality Headset
The device known as Project Phoenix is a new form factor for Meta.
Identical Twins Once Had the Perfect DNA Alibi. Here's How Forensic Scientists Found a Way Around It
There was a time when criminals with identical twins could commit serious crimes and still get away with them.
Scientists Watched Two DNA Double Helices ‘Zip’ Together for the First Time
Metal ions may help DNA molecules overcome their mutual electrical repulsion.
Wilmington health tech founder launches new venture
Several years after launching his health tech startup Artemis Immersive, founder Adam Isley is setting his sights on new horizons. Co-founded in 2023 by husband-and-wife Adam Isley and Kaylan Barbrey, along with Matthew Raffa and Bill Blakesley, Artemis Immersive began as a spatial medtech company that created digital renderings of medical scans for viewing in augmented reality (AR). Isley said the firm, which won an NC Tech award in the Biotech + HealthTech Innovation category last year, has raised $1.2 million in total in seed funding since launching. Isley has since created a new venture, Research and Me, building on the Artemis platform. Like Artemis Immersive’s core software, VoxScan, Research and Me combines health data with artificial intelligence in a 3D interactive environment to help patients better understand health outcomes and provide integrative wellness support. While the Artemis product is no longer Isley’s primary focus, he said the company’s technology and ambitions have evolved into different ventures, like Research and Me. "It's a different venture building on the Artemis platform, and there'll probably be more,” Isley said. He added, "I was very disappointed in the quality of the information available to general patients about their healthcare... I wanted to give patients more and a better plate of choices." Research and Me is still in its beta phase, Isley said, with usability testing ongoing in partnership with the firm’s partner, Medicap Pharmacy and Wellness Center, owned by Barbrey. "As someone who's kind of dedicated their life to working in healthcare, I've tried to bring this spirit and passion to it,” he said, “and a lot of the resources that we'll be providing are free — like a base level of free care for any patients, or medical education if they've got specific conditions." Isley describes Research and Me as a “patient-first” platform designed to securely store and pseudonymize health data and use AI and medical literature to generate insights. The insights are presented in an interactive 3D environment for patients and providers to explore conditions, treatments and wellness plans together. "It's almost like a democratization of understanding medical information," Isley said. "We take a whole bunch of clinical data, we take a whole bunch of peer‑reviewed, published studies on PubMed, and we try to turn them into chunks of information that normal humans can understand." Like VoxScan, the Research and Me platform lets users interact with 3D anatomical models for visualization. The platform provides a space for tracking, notes and insights. The platform also supports video conferencing, Isley said, allowing providers or coaches to examine models and data together. "We wanted to create a safe environment where you can start to learn and experiment with new features about your health, using agents to do that,” Isley said. While Research and Me is in beta-phase testing with Medicap Pharmacy, Isley said he envisions the platform serving a wellness-oriented community, working with sports performance clinics and hormone optimization. Isley, who is working towards a wellness-coach board certification, also plans to offer functional wellness consults through the platform. Long‑term, Isley says he wants the platform to embody an “integrative health practitioner” approach, “connecting experts of different fields and specializations in a way that they can make a greater impact in people's lives.” “For people in the state of North Carolina, it's already a win,” Isley said of the Medicap rollout, noting that partner clinics get “immediate resources for learning about their health and wellness conditions… out of the box.” Isley plans to launch Research and Me’s provider portal in 2028 and begin pursuing integrations with larger systems, he said.
India’s 'Freebie' Politics May Have Reached America
Trump’s $5,000 “dividend” to Americans if Republicans retain Congress sounds outrageous in the U.S. But across the developing democratic world, election-time cash and freebies have long been entrenched in politics. India offers a cautionary precedent.
Central Health board approves tax increase to fund mental health programs
The hospital district’s budget sets aside $127.5 million for those services. $54 million of that will be for “new investments to begin building a connected system of mental health care.…
Apple sets cutoff time for getting faster iPhone 18 Pro pre-order
Here’s the deadline for when iPhone 18 Pro purchase decisions need to be locked in with Apple for a faster pre-order experience.
McLean County launches alert system for sharing weather, traffic and public health information
The system is similar to notifications set up in Bloomington and Normal, with some overlap, used to share pertinent information county-wide or by quadrant. The county can now send push notifications to automatically alert cell phones in a targeted area of weather and public safety emergencies.
Routine Reset: How to Prioritize Your Mental Health This Fall
School is back in session and life is getting back to normal, so psychotherapist Niro Feliciano stops by TODAY to share tips for resetting your routine. See her advice for dealing with shorter daylight hours and packed schedules, which includes “progress over perfection,” limiting phone use, going for walks, and more.
U.S. health officials declare an end to record-setting cyclospora outbreak
Health officials have declared the food poisoning outbreak over and said all recalled iceberg lettuce linked to it is off the market.
Arkansas Department of Health plans dozens of layoffs in November
The Arkansas Department of Health will eliminate 71 positions on Nov. 1 to better align its resources with the agency’s budget priorities and long-term goals.
Nashville airport to officially be renamed honoring Dolly Parton
The official name of the airport hasn’t been decided yet, according to the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority.
Record-setting cyclospora outbreak is over, U.S. health officials declare
The U.S. Open turned exclusivity into a half-billion-dollar business, and the $23 Honey Deuce is just the beginning
The tournament pulls in more than $500 million a year by selling prestige as much as tennis—from $800 million in luxury renovations to a cocktail that moved 738,459 units.
Nintendo's Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Gets More Pre-order Bonuses
There's a version of the Switch 2 game that looks like the original Nintendo 64 Zelda box cover, and it's a region exclusive pre-order
Canal Street Chronicles welcomes new writer, Andrew Lotz
Get to know the newest member of the CSC team
What are we watching against Richmond
It’s been a long wait for this day to get here, but now we can finally turn the page to (I hope) more constructive play and move on from the UVA debacle. So what are we keeping our eyes on in the bigger picture tonight? 1.) Find at least the beginnings of an identity offensively. […]
Justice Department secures deportation of Afghan woman through secretive ‘Alien Terrorist’ court
In a victory for President Donald Trump, the Justice Department announced Friday that it secured a first-of-its-kind deportation through the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, a secretive tribunal that had never been used before the administration activated it this summer.
As diseases loom, CDC's response to measles deaths stirs fears about agency's reliability
The worst U.S. measles outbreak in decades is growing and flu season is imminent. Experts are fretting about federal health data reliability after the CDC questioned two Pennsylvania measles deaths.
Cowboys’ Bold Week 1 Prediction Would Expose Their ‘Beatable’ Defenders
The Dallas Cowboys are hoping to get off to a fast start in Week 1 against the New York Giants.Dallas has one of the NFL‘s best offenses entering the 2026 season. The big concern, though, is whether the defense can pick up its end of the bargain and play better after finishing in the bottom […] The post Cowboys’ Bold Week 1 Prediction Would Expose Their ‘Beatable’ Defenders appeared first on HEAVY.
Pirates Roster Moves: O’Hearn Back From Injury
The Pirates are getting a key piece of their lineup back on Friday as first baseman/outfielder Ryan O’Hearn has been […]
Gophers football adds new commercial logo on helmets
The Gophers athletic department has opened up a new revenue stream, via a sponsorship sticker for its football helmets this season, sources told the Pioneer Press. With a new NCAA rule allowing a few spaces for commercial logos on jerseys, apparel and equipment this year, the bottom rear “bumper” of Minnesota’s helmets will now have branding for Visible, a budget mobile phone carrier owned by ...
Entertainment News: September 11, 2026
Get caught up on the latest in Hollywood, technology, and more with FOX 17 Morning Mix's Entertainment News.
London Theatre Drops Duke of York Name After More Than 130 Years
A historic theater in London’s West End is getting a new name after more than a century as the Duke of York’s Theatre. Owners ATG Entertainment said renaming the playhouse as the Tom Stoppard Theatre ...
This Fan-Favorite Netflix Show Was Canceled, But Now It’s Getting a Spin-Off
Though the fan-favorite show will end after its fifth season airs in 2027, "The Lincoln Lawyer" is getting a spinoff starring an unexpected character.
Federal Contracts to Disabled Veteran Businesses Surpass Goal
Federal SDVOSB prime contract awards reached $32.5B, hitting 5% goal. Discover why subcontract awards still lag behind targets. Read more.
Muramasa: Revenant Blades resolution and frame rate targets revealed for PS5, Switch 2, and Switch 1 docked
Marvelous reveals the resolution and frame rate targets for the console versions of Muramasa: Revenant Blades.
Sweden's election could mark major milestone for Europe's populist right
Once shunned over its extremist roots, the Sweden Democrats could enter government for the first time as voters weigh immigration, crime and Sweden's political transformation.
Alejandro Balde: Man United’s hopes of landing Barcelona star skyrocket
1Manchester United’s former transfer target Alejandro Balde is yet to play a minute for Barcelona this season after the Red Devils attempted to sign him on loan during the summer window.The Manchest...
URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography to host Science Saturday
KINGSTON, R.I. – Sept. 11, 2026 – The public is invited to a family-friendly day on Saturday, Sept. 26 at the University of Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay Campus, home of the Graduate School of Oceanography, Department of Ocean Engineering, and numerous other organizations, which together create a world-renowned community of coastal and ocean scientists, engineers, […]
Meet the 27-year-old democratic socialist on track to lead Providence
There are few surer signs you’ve made it as a progressive Democrat than getting a call from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after winning your primary. A story in The Washington Post doesn’t hurt either.
Cancer Is Now The Leading Health Threat For 9/11 Survivors 25 Years On
By Ellyn Vohnoutka HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, Sept. 11, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Twenty-five years after the World Trade Center attacks, cancer has become the defining health problem among survivors who breathed the toxic dust. The number who are getting help paying for cancer treatment has roughly ...
Ronaldo Book Recommendations: Top 5 Picks
Not every book about Ronaldo covers the same career, and a search for a Ronaldo book can quickly get confusing. Some biographies follow Cristiano Ronaldo from his childhood in Madeira to his time at A...
Johan Manzambi return can unlock Aston Villa's new-look attack
Dan Bardell believes Johan Manzambi's return could transform Aston Villa's new-look attack, with the summer signing offering the ball carrying, creativity and versatility Unai Emery has been missing as he looks to knit together a significantly changed team.
Uniting sequence and structure to map the protein universe across billions of years of evolution
An international team of researchers, including those at the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at the Institute of Science Tokyo, has developed a protein language model that brings together two fundamental ...
Weekly Rundown: Cleveland Clinic taps Luminai for AI automation; Quest brings lab testing to Apple Health
Stay up to date on the latest in health tech, digital health and health AI news with this weekly brief. Read below for news from the week of Sept. 7 to 11. | The latest news from Suki, Apple, Cleveland Clinic, Luminai, Rainfall Health and more.
Ending soon: These two Chase Ink Business card bonuses are worth $1,000. Should you apply?
Two of Chase’s primary business cards currently offer a bonus of $1,000, but it’s ending soon.
OU Health’s Tulsa cancer center gets $1M gift
Founders of Doctors’ Hospital has given $1 million to support the expansion of OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center in Tulsa.
PlayStation Ditched Hideo Kojima’s ‘Physint’ on Budget Concerns, Missed Deadlines
The legendary Japanese creator of ‘Death Stranding’ will take his new game to Xbox
Top Texas Republicans target Islam in GOP midterm convention speeches
Texas Republicans took anti-Muslim remarks to the national stage during speeches at the GOP midterm convention.
Proposed Head Start Rule Would Further Undermine Child and Family Health
Head Start, a federal program that supports young children in low-income families, is headlining news in the early childhood policy and health worlds. Early last month, the Trump Administration released a monumental proposal to alter the program’s framework. Head Start is an essential investment in children’s wellbeing that works alongside Medicaid in child care centers, […]
Did Lakers Get Better or Worse During 2026 Offseason?
Taking a look at the Los Angeles Lakers' offseason.
Health Toll of WTC Attacks Still Unfolding 25 Years Later
Overview: Nearly 3,000 people died from the attack on the World Trade Center. But the lingering physical and mental health effects have reached far beyond that number. As the nation commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center’s twin towers, the health fallout from the attack still affects […]
What Upgrading to iPhone 18 Pro From iPhone 17 Pro Gets You
Apple's new iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max largely build on last year's models with a series of targeted upgrades rather than a major redesign. The most notable changes dial in better performance, camera capabilities, battery life, and wired charging speeds. Several key specifications remain unchanged from the iPhone 17 Pro models.
‘The Europe she fought for will miss her’: Politicians pay tribute to Emma Bonino
The Italian civil rights activist and former European commissioner has died at the age of 78.
Mets Morning News: Never Forget
Your Friday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links.
Bridge to Recovery Walk supports mental health and substance use recovery
Concord Hospital Health System (CHHS) invites community members to come together in support of individuals and families affected by mental health and substance use disorders at the annual Bridge to Recovery Walk, taking place Sunday, September 20 at Concord Hospital – Franklin. The approximately two-mile walk brings together people in recovery, their families and friends, […]
9 Foods With More Fiber Than a Pear
Pears aren’t the only food packed with fiber. Foods like chickpeas, raspberries, and chia seeds contain even more fiber than a pear.
Apple's iPhone Handoff Feature Will Cost You $5 A Month On T-Mobile
Apple will release iPhone Handoff with iOS 27 this month, but it will only be available to T-Mobile subscribers in the US at launch.
ClickFix attacks infecting PCs and Macs are going viral
Simplicity—combined with the difficulty of getting stuff done—makes ClickFix ideal.
Crystal Dionne, 2026 Outstanding Women in Business Recipient
Crystal Dionne, CPA, is an experienced finance professional with more than 25 years in leadership roles. She specializes in government finance, financial and strategic planning, treasury management, budgeting and risk management as well as human resources management.
‘GLOW’ forum brings women together to talk mental health
The Junior League of Mobile held a forum Thursday night focused on women’s mental health, hormones, sleep and burnout.
What makes young people reduce their social media use
Parents concerned about their kids’ use of social media should consider the findings of a new study on the effectiveness of warnings about these online platforms.
How 9/11 Helped Shape Our Politics Today
"The Sept. 11, 2001 attacks transformed global politics as Western democracies abandoned many liberal principles and older conflicts over empire, decolonization, immigration and culture resurfaced in the far-right movements," writes Faisal Devji.
Pierre Sage Calls For Togetherness Ahead Of Ipswich
Pierre Sage has spoken to the media ahead of Palace vs Ipswich this weekend, and shed light on his squad fitness and their approach to the game.
Just across the Hudson, the Western Hemisphere’s largest planetarium is getting a massive $40M upgrade—adding a 90-foot upside-down balloon, river otters, and a touching 9/11 Memorial Garden
Liberty Science Center's massive $40M expansion brings a 90-foot upside-down balloon, a touching 9/11 Memorial Garden, and epic planetarium upgrades.
How Flex Pay Launch At Six Flags Entertainment (FUN) Has Changed Its Investment Story
Six Flags Entertainment introduced Flex Pay by Upgrade in September 2026, letting eligible guests buy Season Passes and other products of US$49 or more online and pay over time through fixed monthly installments, with immediate access to pass benefits after activation and no prepayment penalties. This financing option could influence how visitors budget for trips, with more spending potentially shifting toward recurring passes and planned visits rather than one off ticket purchases. This...
Maybe the Rams needed more sleep. Plus, NASCAR’s curse-word money
The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! Get some sleep today. Coming up: 😴 49ers blast snoozy Rams 🎾 Rybakina, Sabalenka set for showdown 🙏 Remembering 9/11 There was once an NFL team with an embarrassment of talent amassed on its roster. It was the easy, trendy pick to win a Super Bowl. Its backup quarterback was a former NFL Rookie of the Year and two-time Pro Bowler. This was a super team, or as that QB, Vince Young, called it, a “dream team.” These were...
Chris McDonald’s ‘unrelenting’ science focus raises concerns
Concern among senior arts and humanities leaders follows new science minister’s 'very odd' comments suggesting that he will exclusively make the case for science R&D
Everyone hates data centers. Lawyers love them
Jason Morris spent years helping housing, office and industrial developers cut through red tape and NIMBYs around Phoenix. Occasionally, the land-use attorney advised data center builders.
Fetterman’s GOP convention appearance raises questions about his political future
Sen. John Fetterman’s (D-Pa.) surprise video appearance at the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) first-ever midterm convention is roiling Democrats in Washington, who are growing ex…
Trump keeps telling voters he doesn’t care much about affordability
The president is engineering a pre-midterms price spike.
Four Islamic polymaths prove breadth beats specialisation
The fathers of Islamic science hold lessons for students: breadth over specialisation, and never let constraints get in the way
Miami-area hospital to get new kids’ cancer center. How Palace founders are involved
The new center, made possible by a $15 million donation from Palace founders Helen and Jacob Shaham, will serve as a one-stop shop for care.
Ontario Science Centre lays off 30 employees, including the entire science department
The Ontario Science Centre has laid off its entire science department as part of cuts that resulted in 30 employees losing their jobs. The Canadian Press was able to get a recording of a conference ca...
How concerned should big-spending Tottenham be after winless and goalless start to Premier League season?
Spurs are yet to win or score in the Premier League this season despite a big summer of spending; Roberto De Zerbis side also failed to have a shot on target last weekend; watch Tottenham vs Everton on Saturday, live on Sky Sports Premier League from 5pm; kick-off 5.30pm
Diesel costs more than $6 a gallon for the first time. Here’s how that affects you
The price of diesel, the workhorse fuel that powers the world economy, topped $6 a gallon on Friday for the first time ever.
Asian Captive Conference 2026 Highlights How Captives Are Utilised as Businesses Navigate Risks
The 8th Asian Captive Conference (ACC) 2026 yesterday brought together more than 300 risk and industry professionals from the region and beyond to explore how captive insurance is enabling businesses to refine their risk management strategy amid an uncertain and multi-faceted operating environment. The conference was co-organised by Labuan IBFC Incorporated Sdn. Bhd. (Labuan IBFC Inc.) and the Labuan International Insurance Association (LIIA).
Chimp convalescence, ant amputation: the wild world of animal doctors
When people are sick, we seek out medications and treatments to help heal. For a long time, scientists thought that was a uniquely human ability. But it turns out, many other animals do a version of it too! And since the late 1980s, western researchers have been trying to get a peek behind the curtain. And aside from just cataloguing all the cool examples just to know, there’s a real hope that studying animals’ medical cabinets may be the most promising way to expand our own. We get into the weeds with freelance science journalist Mandy Nguyen.Interested in more animal stories? Email us your ideas and questions to explore at shortwave@npr.org. They may become a future episode!Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org.
Fantasy Bundesliga: Scout squads for Matchday 3
Bulinews' Fantasy Bundesliga writers have each put together a squad of 10 outfield players for Matchday 3 of the 2026/27 season.Managers have full freedom with formations, but squads can’t exceed 11...
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (NYSE:FUN) Given Consensus Rating of "Hold" by Analysts
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (NYSE:FUN - Get Free Report) has been given an average rating of "Hold" by the sixteen ratings firms that are covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, six have given a hold r
Leeds MD Robbie Evans Q&A: Daniel Farke contract, transfer business and SCR situation
Leeds United managing director Robbie Evans spoke to the media after the end of the transfer window
The haka, and the cultural battleground over sport’s most famous pre-match ritual
The All Blacks' ceremonial pre-game dance will be showcased in Baltimore tomorrow, and comes freighted with history - and controversy
Even if it’s real, Trump’s new Ukraine push is already being undermined by events
Events since the United States revived its Ukraine peace bid say more about its chances than the sunny rhetoric that accompanies it.
Elena Rybakina stops Coco Gauff’s U.S. Open surge to face Aryna Sabalenka in the final
The new world No. 1 came back from a set down to meet the player she will replace at the top of women's tennis.
Postpartum politics: What it means to run for government as a new mum
Victorian Greens candidates Nina Crawley and Lini Fernando reflect on their experiences running a political campaign just months after giving birth. From the challenges and compromises to the support networks that wrapped around them, and why showing up vulnerably in public space matters. Subscribe In 2024, when my second child was four months old, I decided to run for local government. Fast forward two years, I am again four months postpartum, with my third child, and this time running in the state election. But this time has hit differently. Going through pregnancy, birth and postpartum while being a political candidate has had a more profound and personal impact than I ever expected. I reached out to my fellow Greens candidate for the state election, Lini Fernando, who gave birth 20 days before me, and her experience closely mirrored mine. Postpartum has its own unique challenges that we’ve not seen reflected in stories about women running for office. When people discuss the “juggle”, they’re usually talking about the practical mechanics of looking after small children - childcare arrangements, pumping schedules and logistics. As mums of multiple children, we were both aware of the logistical changes and difficulties that accompany giving birth and the months after. We assumed that combining this with running for election would be hard, but that we could organise our way out of any problems. What neither of us anticipated was the intense vulnerability that comes with putting yourself into the spotlight of a state election campaign at a time when you are physically exhausted and navigating things like breastfeeding and feeling like a stranger in your own body. There have been challenges that neither of us anticipated. Firstly, needing to buy new clothes because the supportive leggings that are a staple of the postpartum wardrobe weren’t going to cut it for community events. Lini held her first fundraiser - a trivia night - just three weeks postpartum. A business-casual wardrobe, several sizes bigger than pre-baby, was needed, and fast. As women, how we look is closely scrutinised, and the internalised fatphobia is loud. We are conditioned from our earliest days to believe that our appearance is tied to our worth, and taught how we are allowed to show up in public. Women who dare to put themselves into the spotlight also receive more abuse than their male counterparts, including criticism of their appearance. To stand in front of members of your community and try to convince them that you’re the best person to represent them in parliament is a challenge in and of itself. To do it with leaking breasts, a pelvic floor that could betray you at the first sign of a sneeze, a body that still feels unfamiliar, and with half your hair falling out (hello postpartum hair loss!) is another thing altogether. It requires courage, allowing yourself the grace to be vulnerable in public, and the belief that showing up, however imperfectly, matters. And the vulnerability isn’t just physical; it also includes factors like having to ask a campaign team to accommodate the realities of having a baby. Asking for help is hard, and it’s a skill that both new parents and hopeful political candidates need to become comfortable with. Parents understand the disappointment that comes when a call for help or connection is rebuffed, like a friend cancelling a much-needed coffee. That rejection is amplified for political candidates calling dozens of people each week. Many people don’t realise running for Parliament, when you aren’t the incumbent, is a volunteer role supported largely by other volunteers who have to squeeze volunteering in around their paid work. Calls need to be made and meetings held after work hours - usually during “witching hour” (5-8 pm), that special time of night when babies cry for no reason. I found that I was struggling to make these commitments, or having to tap out and ask for them to be rearranged. When I spoke to Lini, we realised that she had had a similar experience, this push-pull of being the candidate and wanting to show our faces at meetings and help recruit new volunteers at ‘calling parties’, but also being the only people who could settle our newborns. Sometimes we could merge the two worlds; Lini and I realised that we had both attended 7:30pm meetings online, sitting in a dark room, struggling though breastfeeding and settling our babies. Although we’re both committed to breaking the stigma around breastfeeding, it can be hard to keep your composure while trying to feed a young baby as they try to latch, spew and fuss. Ultimately, Lini and I agreed that showing up vulnerably in public space matters. Leaders should possess empathy and understanding for those who feel raw and in transition; from the dad who just got evicted to the teen who acquired a disability - anyone who feels they aren’t the version of themselves they expected right now. The patriarchy tries to tell us otherwise, but women shouldn’t have to wait until they’re ‘recovered’, no longer vulnerable, before they feel entitled to participate in public life. In fact, we could all benefit from our leaders being a little more vulnerable. *This piece was cowritten, but has been presented in the first person for the sake of style. About the authors Nina Crawley is former teacher and community organiser who now works in human rights and inequality advocacy for a non-profit. She’s a mother of three keen to get back to running as soon as her pelvic floor allows! She’s contesting the seat of Ivanhoe for the Greens in this year’s state election. Lini Fernando is a lawyer working in diverse areas of law including anti corruption and public law. She’s a mother of two and a gardening and good policy enthusiast. She is currently contesting the seat of Croydon for the Greens in this year’s state election. Thanks for reading Cheek Media Co. ! This post is public so feel free to share it. Share
CNBC Daily Open: 'Welcome to Foldables' Samsung roasts Apple for being late to party
Samsung trolls Apple's foldable debut; oil back above $100, pushing the Fed toward a hike next week.
Cocktail Thursday: Western Kentucky Edition.
Are your Georgia Bulldogs getting ready to kick off in Sanford Stadium and looking to avoid a letdown after a sterling week one performance? Then you could probably use a drink. I can help you with that. It occurred to me earlier this week that I was in Sanford Stadium the last time the Western […]
Fact check: Trump, RFK Jr. and others make false claims on night 2 of GOP convention
(CNN) — President Donald Trump delivered another rapid-fire series of false claims on the second night of Republicans’ midterm convention on Thursday. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. did his own barrage of wrongness. And various other speakers uttered statements that were untrue, misleading or missing critical context.Here is a fact check of some of the assertions from the final day of the convention. This is not intended as a comprehensive list of Thursday’s falsehoods.Trump’s many false claimsTrump made numerous false claims, some of which he also made in his longer speech Wednesday.Trump claimed that there were “no empty seats” in the Dallas arena as he spoke Thursday, which was visibly untrue. CNN White House correspondent Alayna Treene, who was there, wrote in a live chat right after Trump made the claim that “I’m looking at rows of empty seats” and that “the idea that there are ‘no empty seats’ is just laughably untrue,” though she also said the room was mostly full. Trump has for years made false claims about supposedly never having had an empty seat.Trump further inflated one of his favorite fictional figures, claiming Thursday that “$22 trillion” in investment has come into the US; on Wednesday, he had put it at “over $20 trillion,” and even that lower figure has no apparent basis in reality. As of the time he spoke Thursday, the White House’s own website claimed there had been “$11.2 trillion” in “major investment announcements” this term, not “over $20 trillion,” and the White House figure was itself a major exaggeration of actual investment.Trump, talking about elections, lied that “there’s never been bigger cheaters” than Democrats; there is no basis for broadly describing Democrats as election cheaters. For the second straight night, Trump falsely claimed that the Biden administration allowed “25 million people” to pour into the country, though that number is nowhere close to correct. Trump again falsely claimed that former President Joe Biden and other Democrats “created the worst inflation in American history,” though even peak Biden-era inflation, 9.1% in June 2022, was far from the all-time record of 23.7%; it was a 40-year high, but the rate then fell sharply before Trump returned to office.Trump also baselessly claimed that Democrats would “defund the police” and give “voting rights and welfare to 25 million illegal aliens” if they won the midterms. Republicans will still control the White House in 2027 and 2028 and the president would be in position to veto any such changes if a Democratic-controlled Congress sought to make them, but there is no indication that Democrats want to do so. Also, even groups favoring strict immigration policies estimate that the total undocumented population is far less than “25 million” or even 20 million.As he did Wednesday, Trump claimed the US now has the world’s lowest prescription drug prices. The assertion is so broad that it is unclear what exactly Trump is referencing. But experts told CNN they highly doubt that the prices for brand-name drugs in the US are generally less than they are in other countries, and the Trump administration has not provided details to prove the claim.“It’s tough to claim that you’re getting the lowest prices anywhere in the world and then also not have any evidence to support that,” said Andrew Mulcahy, a senior health economist at RAND, while Diederik Stadig, senior healthcare economist at financial institution ING, said, “To say that the US now has the lowest drug prices in the world is at this moment not true.”And as he did Wednesday, Trump said “more Americans are working today than ever before” – which is true but nearly meaningless, since the number of people working in the US generally rises over time simply because the population rises over time.“There are more Americans working because there are more Americans. That’s the entire analysis,” Justin Wolfers, a University of Michigan professor of public policy and economics, wrote in his newsletter in August.RFK Jr.’s false claims on the pandemic, Trump’s record and moreFalse claim about Democrats and the 2024 electionKennedy unsuccessfully ran for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination before withdrawing to run as an independent and then eventually endorsing Republican candidate Donald Trump. In Kennedy’s Thursday convention speech, he complained of how the Democrats handled the nomination race.At one point, he said, “For the first time in history, they cancelled their own convention. No voter ever cast a primary ballot for Kamala Harris, no elected delegate was ever consulted; the party of ‘No Kings’ simply anointed a queen.”Kennedy is entitled to express unhappiness about how quickly Democratic leaders coalesced around then-Vice President Harris after Biden unexpectedly dropped out of the race in July 2024, after the primaries were over and less than four months from Election Day. But it’s not true that the party canceled its convention or that delegates didn’t get any say.The convention was held; it was a four-day event in Chicago in August 2024. Democratic convention delegates officially nominated Harris in a virtual roll call vote in advance of the convention. It’s true that Harris was the only candidate on the roll call ballot, but that’s because she was the only candidate who gathered enough delegate signatures to appear on the ballot.It’s clear that party elites’ backing of Harris played a key role in the unusual nomination process. But Kennedy’s specific allegations that the convention was abandoned and delegates were cut out of the process are not true.False claim that Democrats closed ‘every church’ during the Covid-19 pandemicWhile attacking Democrats, Kennedy claimed that, during the Covid-19 pandemic, “They closed every church in our country for a year.”It’s not true that every church in the country was closed for a year, nor even that every church in a Democratic state was closed for a year.Every state issued some type of guidance or order about social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic, but many states – including some led by Democrats and some led by Republicans – incorporated religious exemptions into those limitations on social interactions.According to a Pew Research Center analysis from April 2020, 15 states allowed religious gatherings to continue without a limit on their size. That set of states included Colorado, Michigan and Pennsylvania, which all had Democratic governors. And at least two states with Republican governors, Alaska and Idaho, were among the states that prohibited religious gatherings at least briefly.False claim that Trump ‘ended nine wars’Trump has repeatedly claimed that he has ended “eight wars.” Kennedy went one higher on Thursday, declaring, “President Trump has ended nine wars.”That’s false. Trump hasn’t even ended eight wars.Trump’s list of eight includes two situations that were never actually wars during his tenure: a diplomatic dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia and a mysterious supposed situation between Serbia and Kosovo. The list also includes a war, involving Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, that hasn’t actually ended despite a peace agreement brokered by the Trump administration.In addition, the list includes the war between Israel and Hamas, but Israel continues to conduct frequent attacks in Gaza despite a US-brokered ceasefire agreement. And it includes the brief 2025 conflict between Israel and Iran, though Israel proceeded to join the US in starting another war against Iran in 2026.Claim about reversing a decline in longevityKennedy speaking of the Trump administration, claimed Thursday: “We have now reversed a 30-year decline in longevity. “Kennedy referenced preliminary data that he said he had received from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week, but it’s unclear what metric of longevity he’s referring to.CDC data shows that US life expectancy had been steadily increasing for decades before a sharp drop during the Covid-19 pandemic. Life expectancy had already started to rebound in 2022, under the Biden administration, and reached a new record high in 2024 before Trump’s second term began.Preliminary data shared by the CDC in July suggests that life expectancy probably hit another record high in 2025.CNN has reached out to HHS for clarification on Kennedy’s comments.Claim that Democrats ‘lost 360,000 children’Speaking about Democrats, Kennedy said: “They somehow lost 360,000 children and they turned our federal government into the biggest child trafficking operation in world history.”Trump and other Republicans have made similar claims. But there’s no basis for the assertion that Democrats “lost” so many children or that the federal government was engaged in human trafficking.A 2024 report from the inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security said Immigration and Customs Enforcement had reported that more than 32,000 unaccompanied migrant children failed to appear as scheduled for immigration court hearings after being released or transferred out of custody between fiscal years 2019 and 2023 – a period that, notably, includes two years and four months under the first Trump administration. The report also said that 291,000 unaccompanied migrant children during this period were not given notices to appear in court.The report said that ICE had “no assurances” these children “are safe from trafficking, exploitation, or forced labor.” But it did not say all the children were actually “lost” and did not definitively assert that any of them were trafficked – let alone that the government was somehow involved in a trafficking operation. And, again, the report spanned parts of both a Republican administration and a Democratic administration.Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, senior fellow at the American Immigration Council, told CNN in 2024: “Long story short, no, there are not 320,000 kids missing. 32,000 kids missed court. That doesn’t mean they’re missing, it means they missed court (either because their sponsor didn’t bring them or they are teenagers who didn’t want to show up). The remaining 291,000 cases mentioned by the (Office of the Inspector General) are cases where ICE hasn’t filed the paperwork to start their immigration court cases.”Vance on inflation, crime and taxes on Social SecurityA false claim about the media and Biden-era inflationVice President JD Vance mocked the media during part of his speech on Thursday. But he made a false claim about Biden-era inflation while lampooning how the media supposedly challenged him over another false claim on that subject.Vance said: “The president and I would go during a campaign, we’d say, ‘You know, inflation is as high as it’s been in 100 years,’ and the fake news would say, ‘No, no, no, it’s as high as it’s been in 68 years.’ That ain’t good, ladies and gentlemen.”Mainstream journalists, at least, wouldn’t say that inflation under Biden was as high as it had been “in 68 years.” Rather, CNN and others noted that peak inflation under the Biden administration, 9.1% in June 2022, was the highest in about 40 years.Vance is entitled to make his general point that this correction still doesn’t make Biden-era inflation sound good, but his specific number was, again, wrong. And he didn’t acknowledge that inflation fell sharply under Biden after hitting the 40-year high, declining to 2.9% in Biden’s last full month in office, December 2024, and 3.0% in January 2025, when Trump and Vance were inaugurated.The rate was 3.4% in July 2026, the most recent month for which data is available.Trump didn’t end taxes on Social SecurityVance claimed, “We’ve ended taxes on Social Security.” Several other convention speakers, including Rep. Lisa McClain of Michigan, Rep. Ryan Mackenzie of Pennsylvania and Ohio House candidate Derek Merrin, similarly said the administration has achieved “no tax on Social Security.”It hasn’t. The big domestic policy bill Trump signed in 2025 did create an additional, temporary $6,000-per-year tax deduction for individuals age 65 and older (which phases out for individuals earning $75,000 per year or more), but as the White House has implicitly acknowledged, millions of Social Security recipients will continue to pay taxes on their benefits even before the temporary new deduction expires after 2028.The Social Security Administration said in 2025 that “the bill ensures that nearly 90% of Social Security beneficiaries will no longer pay federal income taxes on their benefits.Claim about violent crime rate under BidenWhile criticizing the Biden administration, Vice President JD Vance claimed Thursday that the US “became a country where violent crime exploded, unless, of course, you could afford private security.”But violent crime did not explode under Biden. In fact, as FactCheck.org reported last month, data collected and published by the FBI shows that the national violent crime rate was at a lower level in 2023 and 2024, the last two full calendar years of Biden’s term, than it was in 2020, the last full calendar year of Trump’s first term. The year 2020 was highly unusual in many ways – violent crime jumped amid the Covid-19 pandemic – but Biden nonetheless left office with violent crime lower than it was when he took over. In fact, the 2024 violent crime rate was even lower than the 2019 rate under Trump before the pandemic.There was an increase in violent crime during the earlier part of Biden’s term. But given the subsequent decline, it’s misleading at best to claim violent crime “exploded” with no further context.Asked earlier this month about Trump’s similar previous claims to have reversed a Biden-era upswing in violence, crime data expert Jeff Asher said in an email: “No, crime began dropping significantly in 2023 during the Biden administration. Murder fell at record rates in 2023, 2024 and 2025 and, while 2026 may not feature a record decline nationally, it is still on track to see a sizable double-digit decline this year. Violent crime similarly fell nationally in 2023 and 2024, though the drops were more muted than the decline that was recorded by the FBI in 2025.”Other GOP speakersMike Johnson’s false claim about the inflation Republicans inherited from BidenSome other speakers at the convention took aim at inflation under Biden. House Speaker Mike Johnson claimed that “Republicans inherited from the Biden administration record-high inflation.”That’s not true. The inflation rate was 2.9% in Biden’s last full month in office, December 2024, and 3.0% in January 2025, when Trump took over. That’s lower than the most recent rate, 3.4% in July 2026, and nowhere close to the all-time record of 23.7%, which was reached in 1920, or the highest point of Jimmy Carter’s presidency, 14.8%, which was reached in 1980.Johnson correctly said moments later that inflation reached “a 40-year high of 9.1% inflation” under Biden. But a 40-year high is not an all-time record. More importantly, Johnson didn’t explain that 9.1% was much higher than the rate Trump inherited or that the 9.1% rate occurred in June 2022, with roughly two-and-a-half years left in Biden’s term.The cumulative increase in prices from the beginning of the Biden administration to the end was also not the highest in US history. Federal figures show that beginning-to-end inflation under Biden was less than half of that during Carter’s term.What Johnson left out of his claim about a congressional resolutionWhile attacking Democrats as extreme, Johnson said: “Just last week, nearly every Democrat in the House of Representatives voted against condemning socialism and Marxism. They voted against it.”But the resolution didn’t use the word “Marxism.” And Johnson didn’t mention that the resolution wasn’t only about condemning socialism. Rather, it contained other language that Democratic leadership said was the focus of the party’s opposition to the resolution.The resolution’s first provision said it “condemns and denounces socialism in all its forms, including the Democratic Socialists of America, and opposes the implementation of socialist policies in the United States.” But its fifth provision said it “calls for enactment of the SAVE America Act,” Trump’s favored elections bill, which contains various provisions opposed by many Democrats.So while it’s very possible many Democrats would have opposed the resolution even without its expression of support for the SAVE America Act, the call to pass this elections bill served as a poison pill that ensured most Democrats wouldn’t support it.“House Resolution 1490 explicitly calls for enactment of the so-called SAVE America Act, which is the top legislative priority of far-right extremists,” Democratic House leader Hakeem Jeffries said in a statement last week.A New Mexico candidate left out key context in an attack on his opponentGreg Cunningham, a Republican House candidate in New Mexico, used some of his Thursday speech to criticize his Democratic opponent, Rep. Gabe Vasquez. Cunningham said of Vasquez: “He even voted against a resolution honoring the sacrifices and service of the brave men and women in law enforcement who protect, every day, our communities.”But Cunningham left out important context about the resolution. While its focus was expressing support for law enforcement, its preamble contained statements praising the Trump administration and criticizing “leftist activists,” “progressive politicians” and “sanctuary city policies” for allegedly making law enforcement less safe.In other words, a House member might vote against such a resolution, as the vast majority of Democrats did, because they disagreed with conservative components of it, not the general expressions of support for law enforcement. (CNN has reached out to Vasquez’s campaign and House office for comment on his vote.) It’s common for parties to write resolutions in a way that would make it difficult for opponents to support but would open those opponents to campaign attacks if they voted “no.”An Ohio candidate’s misleading attack about Democrats and votingMerrin, the Republican candidate running against Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur for a House seat in Ohio, claimed in his speech, “While Democrats talk about letting illegal immigrants vote in our election, Republicans fight for proof of citizenship, photo ID and fair elections.”It’s a big country, so it’s possible some Democrat somewhere is talking about letting undocumented people vote in some election. But Merrin’s claim is misleading at best. There is no proposal from Democrats in Congress to let undocumented people vote in the 2026 midterms – the election Merrin appeared to be referring to when he said “our election” – or vote in future federal elections.CNN has reached out to Merrin’s campaign for an explanation of his claim.House Majority Leader Steve Scalise invoked a similar theme in his speech Wednesday, claiming that Democrats had voted last week “to allow illegals to vote in our federal elections.” But there was no congressional vote on letting undocumented immigrants vote in any elections.Rather, there was a vote on the non-binding Republican resolution that included multiple provisions, including one that “reiterates the notion that American elections are for American citizens only,” one supporting Trump’s favored elections bill and one denouncing socialism.Opposing that multi-clause resolution doesn’t necessarily mean someone supports voting by any non-citizens, let alone non-citizens in the country illegally.This article has been updated with additional items.CNN’s Deja Oliver contributed to this report.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2026 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. 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