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Turning Point USA, group founded by Charlie Kirk, announces Super Bowl halftime counterprogramming

Turning Point USA, group founded by Charlie Kirk, announces Super Bowl halftime counterprogramming

Turning Point USA, the organization founded by the late right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, announced on social media that it will be hosting its own Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 8, 2026, to counter the NFL’s choice of Bad Bunny. On the flyer shared on social media, Turning Point USA is calling the initiative “The All-American Halftime Show,” celebrating “faith, …

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Turning Point: Finding a championship favorite from here — is there one? – NASCAR.com

Turning Point: Finding a championship favorite from here — is there one?  NASCAR.com NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying order for Las Vegas playoff race  NASCAR.com NASCAR paint schemes preview: Kyle Larson, Zac Brown Band and four fresh looks for Las Vegas  Hendrick Motorsports Good news, bad news for NASCAR Cup drivers ahead of Las Vegas Round of 8 playoff race  NBC Sports NASCAR Cup Series …

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Clams That Live For 500 Years Just Tipped Off Scientists That Atlantic Ocean Currents May Be Approaching A “Tipping Point”

Clams That Live For 500 Years Just Tipped Off Scientists That Atlantic Ocean Currents May Be Approaching A “Tipping Point”

How can we predict the future? A good way is to look into the past, and who better to ask than one of Earth’s longest-living animals: the quahog clam. These modest mollusks don’t look like much, but their shells tell a staggering story as they store a record of the environmental conditions across their lifespan. For quahog clams, that can …

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Hotspots of human mutation point to clonal expansions in spermatogonia

Hotspots of human mutation point to clonal expansions in spermatogonia

Lawson, A. R. J. et al. Somatic mutation and selection at population scale. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09584-w (2025). Maeda, H. & Kakiuchi, N. Clonal expansion in normal tissues. Cancer Sci. 115, 2117–2124 (2024). Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar  Bernstein, N. et al. Analysis of somatic mutations in whole blood from 200,618 individuals identifies pervasive positive selection and novel drivers of …

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A new ‘Answer’: Iverson discusses lowest point in life, sobriety

A new ‘Answer’: Iverson discusses lowest point in life, sobriety

Allen Iverson, talking about his new memoir “Misunderstood” on ESPN’s “First Take,” discussed the lowest point of his life — and it didn’t involve anything that happened on a basketball court. “It was self-inflicted,” Iverson told host Stephen A. Smith. “But it was when Tawanna divorced me.” Allen Iverson has a new book, “Misunderstood,” that details the NBA superstar’s meteoric …

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James Franklin and Penn State Reach Breaking Point After UCLA Disaster

James Franklin and Penn State Reach Breaking Point After UCLA Disaster

It may be time for Penn State and head coach James Franklin to ponder parting ways on a mutual basis in the wake of the Nittany Lions’ debacle of a 42–37 loss Saturday to previously winless UCLA.  They should use that long plane ride from Los Angeles to State College, Pa., to plot out what exactly should happen as soon …

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Mothman Festival draws visitors to Point Pleasant West Virginia : NPR

Mothman Festival draws visitors to Point Pleasant West Virginia : NPR

(Left) Mothman masks and other cryptid-related items are on sale at vendors’ kiosks along Main Street at the Mothman Festival in Point Pleasant, W.Va. (Right) Selah Miller, of Charleston, W.Va., poses for a portrait along the Ohio River while attending the festival. Rich-Joseph Facun for NPR hide caption toggle caption Rich-Joseph Facun for NPR POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Every September, …

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