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PWHL teams release 2026-27 camp rosters as expansion nears
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PWHL teams have released training-camp rosters ahead of the 2026-27 season, with expansion clubs including San Jose, Las Vegas and Detroit evaluating signed players, draft picks and camp invites before play begins. The league is still discussing whether to expand standard roster sizes or retain reserve positions.
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PPG Announces $70 Million Aerospace Expansion in Huntsville
Business
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PPG will invest $70 million to expand its aerospace transparencies operations in Huntsville, Alabama, including a new 112,000-square-foot facility for production support that will free space for additional manufacturing. The multiyear effort aims to increase capacity and meet growing demand for aircraft cockpit and passenger windows.
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Collins Aerospace expansion
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— Sep 29, 2026
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7 Brew Plans Drive-Thru Expansion in Lindale, Ames
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7 Brew plans to add drive-thru locations in Lindale, Texas, and Ames, Iowa, as the beverage chain expands. The Lindale project is slated for construction in spring 2027, while the second Ames stand is targeted to open by the end of 2026 and is expected to create about 75 jobs.
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Was NIH’s Trans Kids Research Russ Vought’s Last Straw?
Emily Kopp · 8 min · 1h
North Carolina Zoo Plans Asia Exhibit Opening in 2027
Environment
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The North Carolina Zoo’s 12.5-acre Asia expansion is set to open March 1, 2027, marking its first major development in more than 30 years. It will add nearly 50 species, including endangered animals, alongside new habitats and botanical features.
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Most Influential Women in World History
Yourlist
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From ancient queens who ruled empires to modern activists who changed laws, these women left indelible marks on politics, science, and culture. Vote for who you think shaped history most profoundly.
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AirTrunk plans A$43 billion Japan data-centre expansion amid AI surge
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AirTrunk plans to invest up to A$43 billion (about US$30 billion) in Japan over five years, more than doubling its data-center capacity to over 1 gigawatt as demand for AI and cloud computing grows. An additional US$1 billion investment at its Inzai campus will support liquid cooling and high-density AI workloads.
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Dolly Parton Hotel, Museum Open in Nashville
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Dolly Parton’s SongTeller Hotel and Life of Many Colors Museum have opened in downtown Nashville, offering a hotel, live entertainment and an expansive exhibition tracing her life and career. Parton helped shape the project, which also highlights her philanthropy and connection to the city; early museum tickets are reportedly selling out.
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UNC Health Begins 48-Acre Campus Construction
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UNC Health has broken ground on a 48-acre campus near Cary and Research Triangle Park to serve the region’s fast-growing population. Plans include a medical office building opening in 2028 and a community hospital with roughly 144–152 beds expected in 2032, alongside broader expansions by competing Triangle health systems.
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TC Energy Advances Coastal GasLink Phase 2 Expansion After LNG Canada Decision
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— Sep 29, 2026
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Corrie ten Boom's Sister Betsie Prays for the Guards
Prisoner intercedes for her Ravensbrück tormentors
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Raising Cane’s Opens, Plans Restaurants Across U.S.
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Raising Cane’s is continuing its nationwide expansion, with new or planned restaurants in Tampa, San Francisco, Springfield, Oregon, and Rib Mountain, Wisconsin. The openings include the chain’s second San Francisco location and first Lane County restaurant, while local officials and the company point to community and business benefits alongside attention to traffic management.
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Breeze Airways announces multistate route expansion
Travel
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Breeze Airways is expanding service at several U.S. airports, adding routes from Dayton, Burlington and Vero Beach and restoring year-round nonstop flights between Louisville and New Orleans. The additions offer travelers more direct and one-stop options, including connections to Florida, the Northeast and other leisure destinations.
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New York Pizza vs Chicago Deep Dish
Yourlist
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The foldable slice versus the fork-and-knife casserole — America's longest-running food fight.
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AT&T and Partners Form Joint Venture to Expand U.S. Fiber Network
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AT&T, Global Infrastructure Partners and CPP Investments agreed to combine AT&T’s Gigapower venture and the fiber assets and operations acquired from Lumen in a wholesale, open-access joint venture to speed fiber expansion across the U.S. The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2027; analysts say its financial impact will depend on the venture’s valuation, cash proceeds and debt structure.
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Rare-Vinyl Shops Span Five States
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Five distinctive U.S. record stores—from Seattle and Texas to Florida, Alabama and Colorado—offer expansive, ever-changing collections and immersive browsing experiences that celebrate vinyl and local music culture. Features range from a barbershop inside Birmingham’s Seasick Records to the sheer scale of Texas’ Josey Records.
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JPMorgan Hires Sweeney, Adds 1,000 Bankers Globally
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JPMorgan Chase has appointed former Goldman Sachs and Sycamore executive Rob Sweeney as a global chair of investment banking, where he will advise major clients—particularly in consumer and retail—and support key relationships and security initiatives. The hire is part of a broader expansion as the bank competes for business in a recovering deal market, following a 30% year-over-year rise in second-quarter investment banking fees.
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Cartel Lieutenant’s Capture Could Provide New Links to Former Mexican President’s Son
Ildefonso Ortiz and Brandon Darby · 4 min · 1h
Washington Judge Permanently Blocks Key Sheriff Law Provisions
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Judge Christine Schaller permanently blocked WA rules raising sheriff candidate age to 25 and experience to five years, calling the qualifications too expansive to uphold.
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Nicole Hardy
Sheriffs should face clear eligibility standards to ensure professionalism rather than leaving everything up to elections alone.
Can you actually read a map?
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Fifteen world-geography questions. Most people miss at least three — the AI grades you and names your traveler rank.
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PowerCompute Boosts Mississippi Data Center to 11 MW
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PowerCompute’s Mississippi subsidiary increased contracted power at its Columbus data center from 8.5 to 11 megawatts under a new utility agreement, moving to a data-center rate while avoiding capacity commitment charges and utility capital contributions. The company plans to use a returned $300,000 deposit for site expansion; the facility supports Bitcoin mining and may also serve high-performance computing projects.
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NC Ports Seek Pause in Wilmington Harbor Expansion
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North Carolina’s Ports Authority has asked the Army Corps of Engineers to pause consideration of a proposed $1.3 billion Wilmington Harbor deepening, saying more research is needed on environmental risks, particularly possible PFAS contamination in dredged sediment. The authority acknowledges the project’s potential economic benefits, while federal officials say next steps will be determined by the Army’s civil works office and Congress.
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Theme Parks Plan Expansions, Face Closures
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Walt Disney World plans to add Nomad Lounge’s popular gluten-free churros to mobile ordering, while California’s Great America faces a planned closure between 2028 and 2032 as its land is redeveloped; a Universal-branded resort in the U.K. is also reportedly planned for 2031. A recent Universal Orlando review praised the parks and Epic Universe, while this week’s operations update highlights Halloween Horror Nights and several attraction refurbishments and closures.
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Communities Weigh Data Center Projects and Impacts
Tech
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Data center expansion is drawing concern in rural communities over farmland loss, water and power demands, noise and residents’ role in local approvals. Supporters say the facilities provide critical infrastructure for agriculture and the wider economy, while officials and developers point to power infrastructure and are considering ways to address community concerns.
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Was NIH’s Trans Kids Research Russ Vought’s Last Straw?
About a month before the White House considered an executive order giving it greater control over the National Institutes of Health, outside experts close to the administration learned of an NIH-backed project advocating sex-change procedures in children, according to a former administration official. Reversing the tide of transgender surgeries in minors, including securing the closure of five top
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AT&T, Corning Sign $3B Fiber Expansion Deal
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— Sep 29, 2026
AT&T signed a multi-year deal worth more than $3 billion with Corning for fiber and cable toward a 60 million location goal by 2030.
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Jared Kim
Hitting 60 million locations by 2030 is a solid goal if they can actually deliver without raising rates.
Cities Revive Police Programs, Expand Patrols
Politics
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Cities are debating how police staffing, enforcement and budgets affect public safety: Duluth is restarting volunteer patrol and reserve programs, while Columbia plans a tax-funded expansion of its force even as advocates dispute whether increased enforcement explains rising downtown crime reports. Elsewhere, Minneapolis neighborhood organizers favor investing in community services over more armed officers, while Seattle and Burlington leaders face pressure to fund police alongside non-police alternatives.
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Renault plans over €10 billion France investment for EV expansion
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Renault plans to invest more than €10 billion in France over the next five years to expand electric-vehicle production and develop more affordable cars, provided political and social conditions remain supportive. The company says the investment will build on recent factory modernization and expects French production to rise at least 25% by 2026.
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Canada GDP flat in July after expansion pause, August seen up 0.2%
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— Sep 29, 2026
Canada’s GDP held flat at 0.0% in July as a southwestern Ontario refinery outage helped drag manufacturing down 0.9%; StatCan sees August up 0.2%.
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Rachel Meyers
The July flat spot looks like a real slowdown in manufacturing and resources rather than a temporary blip.
Meta’s Muse Gains Users Amid AI Expansion Concerns
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— Sep 21, 2026
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Flock Deal Pulls Back Curtain On 20 Small-Town Cameras Wired Into Nationwide Network
Dylan Kresak · 4 min · 3h
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