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Samples for two suspected Ebola cases in Nigeria turn out negative
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 1 () - Health authorities in Nigeria investigating two suspected Ebola cases in the country's northeast region confirmed that the samples tested negative after two rounds of testin...
Yakima County health officials report second avian influenza case
YAKIMA, Wash. — The Yakima Health District, working with the Washington State Department of Health, announced a second Yakima County resident tested positive for avian influenza after exposure at a
Business Owners Have a Window. Most Aren't Ready to Use It. by Tully Ryan
I spend my working life on both sides of a business sale. As an M&A advisor based in Wilmington, I help lower middle market owners across North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia sell what they've built. As the founder and CEO of IQExit, I work with the bankers, wealth advisors, CPAs and attorneys who sit beside those owners for years before a sale ever comes up. From both seats, I keep seeing the same thing. The market is ready for our owners. Too many of our owners aren't ready for the market. Start with our own backyard. Wilmington's metro area added more than 12,000 residents between July 2024 and July 2025, a 2.6% jump that ranked seventh in the country. It also posted the highest job growth rate of any metro in North Carolina. I see the same pattern in the growth markets I work in across the Southeast. New residents mean new customers and new workers. They also mean new buyers: people who moved here from corporate jobs and want to own something, private equity groups looking for add-ons in HVAC, electrical, landscaping and other trade services, and younger entrepreneurs who would rather buy a running business than start one from scratch. The ownership numbers are hard to ignore. About half of North Carolina's small businesses have an owner who is 55 or older, and roughly 85% of those owners have no succession plan, according to the North Carolina Employee Ownership Center. Nationally, more than half of Baby Boomer business owners have no documented transition plan. That isn't a crisis yet. It's a timing problem. A lot of businesses will change hands over the next decade, and the prepared ones will get the better buyers and the better terms. Buyers have money and they're using it. But an active market doesn't mean a fast one. The IBBA's latest Market Pulse survey found that Main Street deals took six to 10 months from engagement to close in the second quarter, and lower middle market deals took 11 to 12 months. That clock starts after the owner decides to sell. In my experience, the real preparation has to start years before. Two clocks, two playbooks When I sit down with an owner or their advisor, my first question isn't “What's it worth?” It's “When?” The answer puts the owner in one of two groups. If the owner wants out within 24 months, we're in execution mode. There's no time to rebuild the business. The work is cleaning up what a buyer will test: three years of financials that tie to the tax returns, an add-back schedule you can prove, customer and vendor contracts in writing, a lease that can be assigned, and a price the market will actually pay. The goal is certainty to close. If the exit is two to five years away, the owner has something worth more than time. They have choices. That window is where most value gets built, and most owners waste it by waiting. What kills deals In the lower middle market, deals rarely die over the headline price. They die in diligence, or they get retraded late in the process. I see the same causes again and again. The owner is the business. If every key customer relationship runs through the owner's cell phone, a buyer sees risk and a lender sees more of it. The books don't hold up. Buyers spot weak accounting fast. Statements that get revised mid-process, a revolving door in the bookkeeper's chair, revenue tracked on a side spreadsheet, and margins that slip while sales climb with no clear reason all make a buyer nervous. So does an owner who pushes back when asked for documents. And plenty of private owners run personal expenses through the company. Add-backs are normal. Add-backs you can't document turn into a lower offer. The real estate isn't sorted out. Many owners hold their building in a separate LLC. That's fine, but the lease terms or the property sale should be settled before a buyer shows up, not halfway through diligence. Revenue sits in too few hands. Picture a contractor with 40% of its work coming from one builder, or a service company running on handshake deals. Buyers will still look, but the terms shift toward more seller financing, an earnout, or less cash at closing. Owners and advisors: if your exit is three to five years out • Get a baseline now. Find out where the business really stands today: what a buyer would pay, who that buyer is likely to be, and which gaps would hurt you in diligence. You can't fix what you haven't measured, and the answer is often different from what the owner expects. • Make yourself less necessary. Spend the next few years building a manager or small team that can run daily operations and own customer relationships. Put handshake deals into written contracts. A business that runs without its owner is worth more and is far easier to finance. • Clean the books for three straight years. Buyers and lenders look back at least three years. Separate personal expenses, keep the financials tied to the tax returns, track every add-back as you go, and settle the real estate plan early. A word to CPAs CPAs often see a sale coming before anyone else, and you're usually the most trusted voice an owner has. Year-end meetings are the right time to start this conversation. Here's what I'd ask every CPA to do this season with business owner clients over 55: • Ask the timing question. “Do you see yourself owning this business in five years? If not, who takes it over?” Write down the answer and bring it up again at next year's meeting. • Run a proof of cash and review revenue recognition. Make sure the cash in the bank ties to the revenue on the books. Pay close attention to contractors with work in progress and to companies selling memberships or service plans. These issues are easy to fix with years of lead time and painful to fix a month before closing. • Pair the tax return with an exit readiness review. Invite clients to complete IQExit's Exit Readiness Intelligence (ERI) process as part of year-end planning. It gives you and the client a shared picture of readiness gaps and an indicative value range, and the results come back to you as the advisor. That turns a tax meeting into a planning relationship, and it puts you in position to bring in tax and M&A help early, when choices like purchase price allocation can still save the client real money. Changing the conversation For bankers, wealth advisors and attorneys, the hard part is raising the subject without seeming to nudge a client toward the door. I understand that. Nobody wants to tell a 60-year-old owner it's time to sell. So don't. Ask a different question: “If a buyer called tomorrow, what would they find?” That's a planning question, not a pitch, and it's useful whether the exit is two years out or 15. It's the question we built IQExit to help advisors answer. Whether you're in Wilmington, Raleigh, Charleston, Richmond or anywhere else, owners have a real opening right now. The buyers are out there and so is the capital. The owners who come out ahead will be the ones who start getting ready before they're ready to sell.
The Best Time to Fix Your Business Is When Things Are Going Well by Nathan Tayloe
There's a pattern I've noticed working with growing businesses over the years. Conversations about what needs to change rarely happen when things are going well. They tend to happen when growth slows, a competitor starts winning business, or something that used to work stops producing the same results. By then, the decisions are often harder, more expensive, and more urgent than they needed to be. It's understandable. When revenue is growing, customers are coming in, and employees are busy, there's little incentive to question what's working. Leaders have plenty to manage without creating new challenges for themselves. Running my own business has taught me that it's easy to get caught up in what's happening today and put off improvements you know will matter tomorrow. Those periods of success may actually be the best opportunity a business has to make meaningful improvements. When Success Makes Change Less Urgent Most businesses have things they know could be better. The challenge is finding a compelling reason to address them when everything appears to be working. Maybe the company has outgrown its original positioning. Perhaps internal processes haven't kept pace with growth, or the customer experience has become inconsistent as the organization has expanded. These issues don't necessarily prevent a business from growing. Strong demand can make them easier to overlook, especially when teams are focused on keeping up with the work already coming in. Over time, small inefficiencies become accepted ways of operating. Outdated processes remain in place because they've always worked well enough, and opportunities to improve get pushed aside in favor of more immediate demands. The business continues moving forward, but some of the things supporting that growth aren't getting stronger along with it. The Advantage of Acting Early When a business is performing well, leadership has something valuable: options. There's more flexibility to invest, experiment, develop people, and make thoughtful decisions without the pressure of an immediate problem that needs solving. Compare that with trying to make the same changes when revenue is declining, or the market has shifted. Investments become harder to justify, timelines get compressed, and decisions that could have been made strategically become urgent responses to circumstances. I've seen businesses postpone improvements for years because there was never a particularly good time to address them. Eventually, circumstances decide for them, often when they have fewer resources and less flexibility to respond. Growth Changes What a Business Needs This is especially relevant in a growing market like Wilmington, where new businesses, new residents, and continued investment are creating opportunities across the region. As organizations grow, the expectations placed on them change. Customers expect greater consistency, employees need clearer processes and opportunities, and leadership has to make decisions that support a larger, more complex business. What worked when a company was smaller may still work today, but that doesn't necessarily mean it will support where the organization wants to go next. Sometimes the most valuable improvements are the ones that prepare a business for demands it hasn't experienced yet. That might mean: Strengthening internal processes before they become bottlenecks Developing leaders before the organization depends on them Improving the customer experience before inconsistencies affect retention Revisiting positioning before the market outgrows the company's story None of these changes requires a crisis. They require recognizing that a growing business needs to keep evolving, even when current performance gives leadership little reason to worry. Use the Good Years Wisely Successful businesses don't need to constantly reinvent themselves. There's value in knowing what works and having the discipline to build on it. There's also value in occasionally asking whether the business is as strong as its current performance suggests. Are there problems we've learned to work around instead of solving? Are we still operating the way we did several years ago, even though the business has changed? What would we improve today if we weren't waiting for something to go wrong? Success creates the freedom to ask those questions and act on the answers. The businesses that make the most of that opportunity are often better prepared for whatever comes next. The strongest businesses don't need a crisis to recognize an opportunity to improve. They use the good years to prepare for the years ahead. — Learn more about how we help organizations strengthen their positioning, align their strategy, and prepare for what's next at tayloegray.com, or reach out directly at nathan@tayloegray.com.
Once Upon a Farm to Host Business Update Conference Call on Monday, November 2, 2026 at 8:30 a.m. ET
BERKELEY, Calif., October 31, 2026--Once Upon a Farm, PBC (NYSE: OFRM) (the "Company"), a leading high-growth company driving systemic improvement in childhood nutrition, today announced that John Foraker, CEO and Co-Founder, will host a business update conference call and webcast on Monday, November 2, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. ET to discuss the Company’s voluntary recall issued on October 30, 2026.
State attorneys call Trump legal demand to segregate ballots in Alaska’s Senate race ‘not even possible’
U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason granted permission for the case to be considered on an expedited basis, raising the possibility of a ruling before Election Day.
Casa Grande shooting leaves 1 dead, 1 injured after fight outside businesses
A 49-year-old man died and another was injured following a three-man altercation along East Florence Boulevard in Casa Grande. A 40-year-old suspect is in custody.
Rumor: Persona remake footage appears online
A video reel showcasing what appears to be work-in-progress footage of a Revelations: Persona remake has surfaced online.
The Science Zone presents annual Trick-or-Treat Trail to costumed kiddos
CASPER, Wyo. — On Saturday, The Science Zone hosted its annual Trick-or-Treat Trail and, as always, this year's event was a rousing success. Kiddos and
Republicans are about to find out whether their gerrymanders backfired
As analysts forecast a possible 'blue wave' of support for Democrats, election experts are watching whether Republicans’ gerrymandering efforts could backfire, turning out to be a 'dummymander.'
Reacting to Michigan Football’s lackluster win at Rutgers
Another lackluster performance resulted in a way-too-close win for Michigan Football at Rutgers. We react to the game on this week’s Postgame Podcast:
Science Spooktacular Returns to Elkhart County 4-H Fairgrounds for Halloween
WSBT CBS 22 provides news, sports, entertainment and public interest programs to the South Bend, Indiana area including Mishawaka, Notre Dame, Granger, Osceola, Elkhart, Jimtown, Dunlap, New Carlisle, Goshen, Middlebury, Bristol, New Paris, Nappanee, Howe, Lagrange, Topeka, Bourbon, Milford, Syracuse, North Webster, Warsaw, Bremen, Plymouth, Walkerton, Argos, Tippecanoe, Culver, Grovertown, Delong, Rochester, Akron, Winamac, North Judson, LaPorte, North Liberty, Wakarusa, Lapaz, Millersburg, Knox, and Michigan City, Indiana – and these areas of Michigan: St. Joseph, Benton Harbor, Buchanan, Niles, Three Oaks, New Buffalo, Harbert, Bridgeman, Stevensville, Watervliet, Berrien Springs, Dowagiac, Marcellus, Cassopolis, Decatur, Vandalia, Constantine, White Pigeon, Galien and Edwardsburg.
Boones Mill family farm closes doors after decades of business
A family-owned Boones Mill farm officially closed its doors after decades of serving the Roanoke Valley and beyond.
The dachshund is the muse in an exhibition showcasing the sausage dog’s history in art
Museum director Christoph Grunenberg believes it's the world's first exhibition dedicated to the dachshund in art, rather than dogs in general.
North Carolina early voting tops 2 million as voters cite economy, health care concerns
More than 2 million North Carolinians cast ballots during early voting ahead of Election Day.
El-Sayed, Rogers exchange barbs in final stretch of Senate campaign
More than 2 million votes have already been cast ahead of Tuesday's midterm election in Michigan as the Senate rivals make their closing arguments.
Cascade of court rulings rebuffs Trump administration's election efforts
Federal judges have repeatedly rejected the Trump administration's efforts to wrest control over state voting processes and intimidate state and local elections officials.
Sperm whale carcass towed from Honokōhau Harbor; potential health and safety risk for Kona coast
A sperm whale carcass first seen drifting along the Kona Coast Tuesday, Oct. 27, may pose health and safety risks to boaters, fishers and beachgoers in the days to come.
Queen Anne’s County Department of Health Announces Positive Rabies Case In Stevensville
The following is a press release from the Queen Anne County Department of Health Public Health Risk Remains Low The Queen Anne’s County Department of Health has announced that a deceased fox from the area of Love Point Road and Old Love Point Road in Stevensville has tested positive for rabies. Residents in the area […]
Nancy Guthrie task force meets with Florida DNA scientists as case nears 9-month mark
Authorities continue to investigate the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie as members of the task force travel to Florida to push forward DNA analysis.
When will we know 2026 midterm election results? It may take some time, but that’s normal
In past elections, elected leaders, candidates and social media users have spread falsehoods that “late night” arrivals of “ballot dumps” or “suitcases” of ballots are signs of fraud, or that only Democratic-led cities take days to count votes.
Disney Lays Off at Least 100 Theme Park Employees, With Imagineers and Disney Live Entertainment Among Those Cut - This and More In The Top 10 Stories of the Week for October 31, 2026
The Top 10 Stories of the Week for October 31, 2026
Nancy Guthrie task force meets with Florida DNA scientists as case nears 9-month mark
Guthrie, 84, the mother of “TODAY” co-host Savannah Guthrie, went missing from her Tucson, Arizona in February.
Spotlight on: Advocacy
••• SPONSORED SECTION ••• MAKING THE CASE Helping policymakers understand how their decisions affect the communities they serve. Advocacy means taking action to support a cause deemed worthy, influencing public policy and supporting one’s community. Businesses are increasingly learning the importance of making their case in a transparent, positive manner. This section features three organizations […]
Mark-Paul Gosselaar says late ‘Saved by the Bell’ costar Dennis Haskins helped cast feel ‘safe’ on set
Mark-Paul Gosselaar tells ‘EW’ that late ‘Saved by the Bell’ costar Dennis Haskins helped the young cast feel ‘safe’ on the set of their ’90s sitcom, but that he stopped responding to their outreach in his final years.
Dachshund is muse in exhibition showcasing sausage dog's history in art
The humble dachshund is taking center stage in a new exhibition in Germany that explores the history of the sausage dog in art.
Vic Mensa can’t live without the Voice Memos app
Between his music, acting, podcast, activism, and businesses, Vic Mensa wears a lot of hats.
UCSB Researchers Develop Climate Model for Infant Health
UCSB researchers develop a climate-based forecasting model to predict low birthweights in West Africa and curb malnutrition.
Federal appeals court lifts Idaho ruling permitting abortions for women’s health
A federal appeals court paused a judge’s earlier ruling that ordered Idaho to allow exceptions to its abortion ban in cases where a doctor deemed it necessary to protect the mother’s health. …
Featured Interview on BRN: Kerrigan on CHOICE Arrangements - Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council
BRN Interview Featured on TheStreet, Yahoo Finance, MSN and Other National News Platforms SBE Council President & CEO Karen Kerrigan joined Jeffrey Snyder of the Broadcast Retirement Network (BRN) to discuss the state of America’s small businesses and a promising solution addressing the persistent challenge of affordable health coverage: CHOICE Arrangements (formerly ICHRAs). Kerrigan highlighted […]
NANCY GUTHRIE | After 9 months, investigators turn to Florida scientists for new DNA leads
Arizona investigators working on the Nancy Guthrie case are continuing DNA testing with laboratory partners, according to authorities.
NANCY GUTHRIE | After 9 months, investigators turn to Florida scientists for new DNA leads
Arizona investigators working on the Nancy Guthrie case are continuing DNA testing with laboratory partners, according to authorities.
Meet the democratic socialists likely on their way to Congress
There’s been a lot of talk this midterm election season about socialism. But only a handful of candidates running for Congress actually align with the far-left wing of the party
MKBHD drops a blunt verdict on Apple's touchscreen MacBook Pro
A top tech reviewer has a clear take on Apple's first touchscreen Mac, and it may change what you pay for.
Villa to take legal action against Carragher over podcast comments
Aston Villa have announced plans to take legal action against Jamie Carragher following his “unacceptable insults” about the club and its supporters. Carragher told Villa fans to “shut the f*** up” after facing criticism for suggesting Unai Emery should consider taking the Manchester United job.
Sports on TV/radio listings: Oct. 31
Where to watch and/or listen to today's sporting events that will be televised or broadcast on the radio.
Fergus County Polling Locations
There are 72 hours left before Election Day on Nov. 2. On that day, non-absentee voters in the following precincts should cast their ballots at the Fergus County Trade Center
When does “The” “Rings of Power” season 3 premiere? All about the war for Middle-earth — and the “Stranger Things” star joining the cast
The Amazon Prime series’ third season features a major time jump.
Republicans pour millions into once-safe House seat in bid to save Max Miller
In the closing days of the race, Rep. Max Miller is making the case to voters that divorce is messy and the controversies that surrounded him this summer are behind him.
BBC Sport pundit predicts more misery ahead for Newcastle United
Interesting comments from this BBC Sport pundit on Newcastle United. Chris Sutton speaking as United prepare to play their twelfth match of the 2026-27 season.
Local voters and political analysts predict busy last day of early voting
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Are you still searching for Halloween plans? Well, how about handling your civic duty? If you haven’t cast your ballot for the upcoming election, you still have a cha…
The Jack Grealish Situation at Everton
Everton winger Jack Grealish has missed their last two games, with the club confirming he was unavailable for the Newcastle clash due to a disciplinary issue.
This new Texas theme park has record-breaking roller coasters
Theme parks come in all shapes, sizes, and locations. One of the newest to open in the United States is tucked away in a corner of the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) campus in Austin, Texas. Dubbed COTALAND, the park is themed around the thrilling world of high-speed car racing, which seems fitting since COTA is the country's only purpose-built Formula 1 track.
Millersville alumna stars in \'Boop!\' Broadway tour, which stops in Philly next month [Q&A]
Actor Ashley Calderon dressed as Betty Boop for Halloween just months before she auditioned for a role in the Broadway tour based on the famed cartoon.
November theater includes holiday fare, Shakespeare, Sondheim on Lancaster County stages
While we’ve barely left Halloween behind us, the winter holiday season is upon us.
Excellent Ephrata production of \'Spring Awakening\' brings back memories [column]
“We are so ‘Track 15.’”
Buffalo weather forecast for Bills vs Ravens game conditions
Bills Mafia should be able to enjoy a "great day to be outside" when the Baltimore Ravens come to town
Business spotlight: Casey’s Garden Shop
Casey’s Garden Shop and Florist has been in Bloomington-Normal since 1949. It began as a family-owned business and has gone through multiple generations of owners since.
Meet the \'socialist\' progressive Democrats likely on their way to Congress
There’s been a lot of talk this midterm election season about socialism. But only a handful of candidates running for Congress actually align with the far-left wing of the party
10/30/26 – HEALTH AND SAFETY RISKS FOR KONA COAST AFTER SPERM WHALE CARCASS TOWED FROM HONOKŌHAU HARBOR
JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR RYAN K.P. KANAKAʻOLE CHAIRPERSON HEALTH AND SAFETY RISKS FOR KONA COAST AFTER SPERM WHALE CARCASS TOWED FROM HONOKŌHAU HARBOR KAILUA-KONA, Hawaiʻi – A sperm whale carcass first seen drifting along the Kona Coast Tuesday, October 27, may pose health and safety risks to boaters, fishers and beachgoers in the days to […]
Austin police seek suspect in string of East Austin business burglaries
Austin police are asking for the public's help identifying a man suspected of breaking into several East Austin businesses and stealing money from safes and cas
Health officials add mosquito prevention to Halloween safety checklist
According to state surveillance efforts, 485 locally acquired dengue cases have been reported in Florida this year, including 385 in Hillsborough.
Trump insists Republicans ‘have a shot’ in midterms as rallies resume
Trump revived cancelled swing-state rallies as early midterm voting set records, with Pope Leo casting a historic US ballot from Chicago.
Starz Entertainment (STRZ) Q3 Earnings Narrow Losses As Cash Flow Improves
Starz Entertainment came into this earnings print as a cheap, loss‑making streaming play, with the stock down over the past month and quarter despite a price tag of about 0.3x sales. Q3 2026 results landed with more bite than the long term story suggests, featuring total revenue of US$322.4m and adjusted operating income before depreciation and amortization of US$44m that beat expectations. The market reaction was muted, with the share price up just 1.6% today, while the underlying message...
Nelly says Taylor Swift paid him $50K in a McDonald’s bag to perform at her concert
Nelly says Taylor Swift once paid him a fat load of cash for a brief guest appearance at a concert: ‘I would’ve did it for free.’
Bass and Raman make final case to voters ahead of Election Day
In the final days before the Nov. 3 general election, Mayor Karen Bass and Councilmember Nithya Raman were out in Encino speaking with voters
Unsolved: Amarillo police seek tips in 2003 Halloween killing of local business owner
More than two decades after an Amarillo business owner was shot and killed inside his home on Halloween night, investigators say they still do not have a clear motive or a suspect in the case.
The world mourns the passing of 'Star Trek's' Patrick Stewart with a galaxy of tearful tributes
"He wore his heart on his sleeve, which made him a man to rely on, to admire and, in my case, love."
Scaring Up Customers for Halloween Streaming
(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) Way back in 2022, I did a deep dive into each streamer’s horror offerings, looking at the top horror film and TV shows, and which streamers had the best library titles and best Halloween landing pages. If you’d like to check out those articles... Way back in 2022, I ranked all the streamers’ Halloween landing pages. I updated my thoughts in 2023... ...and 2024. After taking last year off, I’m back at it again this year. My theory—then and now—is that Halloween landing pages provide a subtle but surprisingly valuable insight into how the streamers position themselves, and what they do well and what they don’t. They show who relies on libraries, whose libraries across TV and film have the most value, who understands how customers want to access those libraries, and, being blunt, which product teams actually put the time in to make a quality holiday user experience. Plus, three “horror” TV shows had big debuts this month! So today, I’ll answer the questions... What are the all-time biggest horror shows and films on streaming? What streamer has the best library? What streamer has the best landing page? And what does this say about the streaming wars today? But first, let’s look at three big new horror shows on streaming... Subscribe Horror TV Has Dominated October So Far In a fun twist this month, three different streamers released three different horror TV shows. Many scary stories come out every October, but the twist is that all three did well: Two of the shows got over 20 million hours, which is just good. You can see that Below is helping Netflix start October/Q4 off well: And that Carrie is a top seven show for Amazon through two weeks: But here’s the crazier note: even though it doesn’t look huge, Crystal Lake is Peacock’s biggest debut yet: Let’s discuss the streaming elephant in the room: two of these shows are based off classic horror IP: Jason and Carrie. So once again, IP works, in theaters and on streaming. It just does. Oddly enough, horror IP doesn’t draw a tenth of the ire that other IP does, even though, arguably, horror films are the original franchise films, starting in the 1930s and continuing on through the slasher film 80s. So horror TV shows are off to a great start. While I’ve written before that horror films do NOT over-perform on streaming, TV shows are a different story. The Top Horror Films and TV Shows on Streaming All Time To start, here are the top first seasons for all streaming TV shows since 2020 (the start of the Streaming Ratings Era): First take: yep, that’s some power laws at work right there. The biggest TV show hits aren’t just bigger than other hit shows, they’re orders of magnitude bigger. Wednesday dwarfs The Last of Us (a big hit!) and is ten times bigger than the next six most popular horror shows. Wow! So yes, horror or horror-adjacent shows can do as well as the top shows on streaming. Wednesday is proof of this. (Though, even Wednesday is more horror-adjacent than proper horror.) Also, note that Below, Carrie and _Crystal Lake_could/should keep moving up the charts. That said, there is some weakness in these numbers. Only eighteen horror first seasons made the charts, which is low. For context, 541 season ones have made the Nielsen originals charts since 2020. Eighteen out of 541 isn’t great! Plus, again, the IP issue. Wednesday and The Last of Us came from popular IP, and It: Welcome to Derry and Goosebumps are spinoffs. Next up, every horror show from season two on: The bad news here? Besides one iconic example, horror shows don’t last long i.e. generate very many seasons. While many straight-to-streaming horror shows were limited series, many weren’t and only four horror shows got to a second season or beyond. That’s a bad hit rate. And yeah, only one horror show made it to a fifth season! This genre is just not elite (on streaming). Okay, on to the top horror films all time (er, since 2020): We’re just getting started with this issue, but the rest is for paid subscribers of the Entertainment Strategy Guy, so if you’d like to find out… ...What streamers have the most horror films... ...And how FASTs have embraced horror films... ...How many elite horror films are on linear TV or aren’t on TV at all… ...How streamers make it very, very hard to find horror films… …And a lot more... ...please subscribe! We can only keep doing this great work with your support. If you’d like to read more about why you should subscribe, please read this article about the Streaming Ratings Report, why it matters, why you need it, and why we cover streaming ratings best.
Lancaster stations make rare move to pull misleading Scott Perry ad
Lancaster-area television stations are making the rare decision to pull a Scott Perry campaign ad that accuses Janelle Stelson, his political opponent in the 10th Congressional District, of public nudity
Fox News Entertainment newsletter: Prince Harry making ‘big mistake’; Meghan Markle suffers major blow
Royal expert says Buckingham Palace was 'blindsided' by Thomas Markle allegations
Starz Entertainment Corp. reports results for the quarter ended September 30
FORECAST CHANGESRECOMMENDATIONSThis summary was machine generated from LSEG data October 30 at 09:23 p.m. UTC. All figures in US dollars unless otherwise stated. (For questions concerning the data in this report, contact Estimates.Support@lseg.com. For any other questions or feedback, contact Refi…
Get Real With SOMD Politics: Mike Alderson Discusses Housing, Local Control And His Independent Reelection Bid
ST. MARY’S COUNTY, Md. — St. Mary’s County Commissioner Mike Alderson Jr. says expanding access to homeownership, protecting local control over development and completing infrastructure projects are among his priorities as he seeks another term representing District 3. Alderson discussed his record and campaign during an appearance on The BayNet’s podcast “Get Real With Southern […]
Make November a month to remember with entertainment, dining and special events in Mesquite
(Sponsored) November brings plenty of reasons to make plans in Mesquite, Nevada, with the CasaBlanca Resort & Casino and Virgin River Casino & Lodge both offering a full calendar of
Sun coach’s fate revealed amid move to Houston
The Connecticut Sun have played their final season at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville as the team is moving to Houston and rebranding as the former Comets for the 2027 WNBA season. One of the biggest questions surrounding the team amid the move was the future of head coach Rachid Meziane. That question has now been answered as Meziane will […] The post Sun coach’s fate revealed amid move to Houston appeared first on ClutchPoints.
TCAI’s Jai Jaisimha on artificial intelligence and mental health: How should AI be used? — Transparency Coalition. Legislation for Transparency in AI Now.
Transparency Coalition Co-founder Jai Jaisimha recently sat down with Rachel Harrison, host of the podcast “The Mental Health Evolution,” to talk about how AI is affecting health care.
Universal Health Services, Inc. to Present at The UBS Global Healthcare Conference
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Oct. 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) is scheduled to present at the UBS Global Healthcare Conference on November 10, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time. A live audio webcast of the presentation and a webcast replay will be available at the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website (www.uhsinc.com). About Universal Health Services Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS is one of the nation’s largest and most respected provid
Women's sports bars are having a moment, and the WNBA Finals are proof
Valkyries fans showed out at Rikki's in the Castro, despite a 9:30 a.m. tip time.
14 New Things Your iPhone Can Do in iOS 27.2
Apple released iOS 27.2 on October 26, bringing enhancements to Siri AI, adding Suggestions in Messages, and sneaking in a string of smaller additions across Photos, Podcasts, Games, Apple TV, and FaceTime. iOS 27.2 is available to download to your device now via Settings ➝ General ➝ Software Update. Note that some features may not be available in all regions or on all iPhone models. Apple maintains a feature availability list with all the details.
A Resurgent Justice Democrats Could Reshape a Democratic Congress
Justice Democrats, which gained prominence backing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, is on track to see more of its candidates elected. Will the party listen to them?
Phoebe Bridgers, My Chemical Romance and all your Halloween club needs
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The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by the Don & Beth Straus Center at Birch Bay Village. BAR HARBOR—The children had come to see the axolotls, those odd little salamanders with pink frills around their heads and the remarkable ability to grow back what they lose. But also there were stickers. There were crafts. There was the kind of excitement that makes a roomful of kindergarteners forget, for a little while, that sitting still is ever a requirement. And then there were the animals themselves, alive in their clear cases at the MDI Biological Laboratory, where 12 children from Pemetic Elementary School got to meet the creatures they had been learning about in class. “Do you love them?” their teacher, Carol Null, asked. The answer came back in a chorus. “I do!” “I do!” “I do too,” Null said, smiling. “I love them even more now.” That was the thing about a day at the lab. Science was no longer a picture in a book, or a word on a classroom wall. It had a face, a tail, and a set of extraordinary powers. And for a child, sometimes that is where wonder begins. Sometimes learning about science is about stickers. Sometimes it’s about bright pink feathers and getting super excited about that glow in the dark. Sometimes learning about science is joy—pure and simple joy. That’s how it was October 28 at the MDI Bio Lab as Miss Hannah (known in the lab as Dr. Hannah Lust, director of STEM, undergraduate and graduate Training), other scientists, graduate students, and MDI Bio Lab staff, hosted 12 students from Carol Null’s Pemetic Elementary School’s kindergarten class. The 2.5-hour program created by Dr. Lust focused on axolotls, a species of mole salamanders, a superhero in the animal world: a superhero with some scientific-study worthy superpowers. One of those superpowers come from the axolotls’ ability to regenerate body parts, including entire limbs. But also, they’re cute. This fall, before coming to the internationally renowned lab nestled in Salsbury Cove, Null has been integrating axolotls into her class. They’ve been part of the kids’ vocabulary and their storytelling. They’ve been part of science. They’ve been part of the children’s learning about facts vs opinions. The Pemetic Elementary kindergarten students learn about invasive species and the impact on the ecology and one student related it to their dad, who lobsters, and his worries about green craps, an invasive species in Maine. “Are they bigger or smaller than you thought they’d be?” the children are asked after the scientists show them multiple see-through cases of axolotls, lined up on a table that they’re told not to jiggle. “Bigger!” “I think they’re bigger.” “Smaller!” The bio lab opening its doors to the collaborations and to students and families is a norm, but this is the first program of this kind. It’s meant to encourage kindergarten students about axolotls. But when the students come to the bio lab something else happens too—something beyond Null’s child-focused teaching—the students see science—and the regenerating creatures in real life. They do crafts. They speak with them. They meet people who know all about them: scientists and educators who talk to the kids like they’re equals. That’s a superhero power, too. Null speaks about meeting the kids where they’re at in her classroom, letting their interest and hearts lead her in their learning. That requires recognition of interests, of individuality, of empathy. Some would argue that’s a super power, too, but it’s also in those 12 students as they listen to the storybook, encounter those live axolotls, and hear about how axolotls might help advance society’s understanding of human health. As Eddie Seckeler (comparative animal models, CORE facility manager), carefully puts the axolotls on a cart and rolls them away, some of the children stop what they’re doing to watch. “Bye axolotls.” “Bye!” “Bye!” The axolotls are not just images in a book, Hello, I’m an axolotl by Hayley and John Rocco; they are real and cool. MDI Biological Laboratory scientists Dr. Prayag Murawala and Dr. James Godwin who both feature in the Roccos’ book. The kindergarteners get to meet them in real life, off the page, in the world, doing science. They learn from them, laugh with them. “The visit is about more than meeting an unusual animal. By introducing children to scientists working in their own community, the experience helps make science tangible and accessible. Students can see that science is not just something they read about in books or learn about at school. It is something real people do every day by asking questions, making observations and working to understand how the world works,” explains MDI Biological Laboratory Director of Communications Rebecca Woods. While the students make axolotl-related crafts around tables, graduate students and staff help out. Ryan holds up his construction paper setting and axolotl to show Omar Maged, a graduate student. “Do you like it?” Ryan asks, eyes wide, turning from his axolotl to look up at Omar. Omar studies the construction paper for a moment, smiles and says definitively, each word important. “It is beautiful.” Null says that she’s so thankful for all the “amazing” community partners that her school and her students get to interact with as they learn and grow and live, but emphasized how the MDI Bio Lab goes out of its way to create something meaningful, something that allows her young students to build their own agency, to know that they can be impactful in their community, to show them how how things they learn about in text is connected to themselves and their community. Woods explains, “Axolotls have an extraordinary ability to regenerate, or regrow, certain body parts, including limbs. Scientists study these animals to understand how regeneration works and what their biology might teach us about tissue repair and healing in humans.” The children enter the space for “a memorable introduction to a big scientific question,” Woods said. “How can some animals regrow body parts? The encounter encourages children to look closely, wonder about what they see and begin to understand how scientists use observations and experiments to investigate questions.” “For the students, the visit is an opportunity to explore a fascinating animal and meet scientists in their own community,” Woods explains. “For MDI Biological Laboratory, it is a chance to share the excitement of research, nurture curiosity, and help young learners discover that science begins with asking questions.“ At the beginning of the school year, Pemetic kindergarteners didn’t know what the axolotl was—at least not exactly—now they know all about the axolotl’s life cycle. “It’s different than a butterfly,” one student told Mrs. Null. It is. The change and knowledge might seem small**,** but it offers a glimpse of what happens when a subject moves beyond the pages of a book and into a child’s world. The children have been learning about butterflies at the Charlotte Rhoades Park and Butterfly Garden. At both the garden and the MDI Bio Lab, the children see the animals, meet the scientists who study them and at the lab encounter a question that researchers are still working to answer: how can some creatures regenerate body parts, and what might that teach us about healing in humans? They leave with gift bags, paper-plate salamanders, new things to wonder about and a connection between the science they learn in school and the work happening in their own community. The axolotls may be remarkable for their ability to grow back what they have lost. For these young students, the day offers something different: a chance to discover how much there is to ask, observe, and imagine. When Null’s students had time to use chalk and draw whatever they want, in the beginning of the year, they drew rainbows. Now? They’re using that chalk and choosing to draw axolotls instead. About MDI Bio Laboratory For more than 125 years, MDI Bio Lab has been a center for training and research in comparative biology. In the last two decades its biomedical research has focused on aging, regeneration, and environmental toxins. The Laboratory houses 11 research groups staffed by an international team of world-class scientists and graduate students. It also leads a statewide network of colleges, universities and research institutions that collaborate to provide training, research experiences and financial support to help young Mainers play a bigger role in today’s biomedical revolution. Located on Maine’s rugged coast, the Laboratory’s 100+ acre campus houses research facilities, cottages and dorms that house visiting scientists and students. It is also home to MDI Bioscience, a subsidiary working to design innovative techniques to speed the drug discovery process. The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Rick Osann Art. LINKS TO LEARN MORE NIH INBRE MDI BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY Pemetic Elementary School Hello, I’m an Axolotl Photos: Carrie Jones/Bar Harbor Story HELP SUPPORT THE BAR HARBOR STORY When we started The Bar Harbor Story, we didn’t know if anyone would read it. But you showed up. You shared. You sent tips. Now—over 400,000 views every month later—it’s clear: people here care about their community and each other. We’ve kept everything free because news should never be out of reach, but every one of our stories takes time to write, and your support keeps The Bar Harbor Story going. If you value our work, please consider a paid subscription, a founding membership, or a sponsorship. It truly helps us cover one more meeting, tell one more story, shine one more light. Even $5 a month makes a difference. Click here to become a one-time supporter now. Thank you so much for being here. Founding member information can be found here. Have questions about sponsorships? 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