How Civic Partnerships Are Powering Local News: Lessons From El Tímpano’s Playbook
El Tímpano, a Oakland‑based newsroom targeting hard‑to‑reach Latino and Mayan immigrants, has turned civic partnerships into a core revenue engine. Starting with a modest $6,000 census‑outreach grant, the model generated roughly $350,000 in 2025, becoming its second‑largest income source. The approach pairs the newsroom’s trusted community channels with nonprofits, government agencies, and mission‑driven groups that need to reach specific audiences. Partners contract El Tímpano to distribute public‑health alerts, resource guides, and civic‑engagement content.
House Settlement’s NIL, Revenue Share Caps Face California Suit
Stanford and USC football players Charlie Mirer and Talanoa Ili have filed a lawsuit in California federal court challenging the House v. NCAA settlement that caps name, image, likeness (NIL) revenue shares at 22% of media and sponsorship income. They...
Isaacman Responds to Criticism of All-Male Artemis III Crew
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman defended the all‑male Artemis III crew selection, noting the four astronauts were chosen for their specific mission experience. The crew—NASA’s Randy Bresnik, Frank Rubio, Andre Douglas and ESA’s Luca Parmitano—will conduct Earth‑orbit docking tests ahead of a 2028...
Dodge Momentum Index Up 6.2% in April
The Dodge Momentum Index rose 6.2% in April to 264.2, rebounding from a revised March low. Commercial planning grew 8.1% and institutional momentum improved 1.5%, driven largely by data‑center projects. Notable new projects include a $500 million Google data center in...
Katalyst’s Link Rescue Spacecraft Installed on Pegasus Rocket
Katalyst Space’s LINK robotic servicing spacecraft was integrated into Northrop Grumman’s final Pegasus XL launch on June 9 at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, targeting a launch later this month. The mission will attempt to grapple the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory— which lacks dedicated...
Construction Spending Rises in March
Construction spending in March 2026 rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $2.185 trillion, a 0.6% increase from February and 1.6% higher than a year earlier. The first quarter totaled $479.4 billion, marginally above the same period in 2025. Private construction...
OFAC Unveils Sweeping Framework for Venezuela Oil, Gas and Mineral Exports
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control released seven updated general licenses that reopen large segments of Venezuela’s oil, gas, petrochemical and mineral sectors to U.S. and allied firms. The new framework explicitly authorizes maritime services, insurance, and logistics...
Lockheed Martin Cannot Say when US Allies Will Get Patriot Missiles
Lockheed Martin announced it cannot provide a definitive delivery schedule for the Patriot air‑defence system to U.S. partner nations. The company cited a mix of domestic production demands, component availability, and each ally’s unique procurement process as variables that prevent...
Novosense Launches Fully Domestic CAN Transceiver
Novosense unveiled the NCA1043D‑Q1, an automotive‑grade CAN transceiver fabricated entirely within a domestic supply chain. The chip earned the top Class III rating in every EMC test item during certification by the European IBEE/FTZ‑Zwickau authority, without special conditions. It also complies...
Should a Firefighter Hurt Playing Wallyball Be Given Workers' Comp?
On August 16, 2023 a firefighter injured his lower back while playing wallyball at his fire station. The workers’ compensation board initially denied the claim, citing a policy that excludes sports injuries. On appeal, the panel ruled the game was pre‑authorized, aligned...
Pentagon to Launch ‘Cyber Mastery Incentive Pay’ Program
The Pentagon announced a new Cyber Mastery Incentive Pay (C‑MIP) program to modernize compensation for its Cyberspace Operations Forces. The two‑tier system—Skill Incentive Pay and Special Duty Assignment Pay—aligns earnings with skill mastery and demanding cyber duties. Developed in just...
Xbox Admits It’s “Over‑extended” As Leadership Signals a Major Rethink of Its Studio Strategy
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and CCO Matt Booty disclosed in an internal memo that the company’s studio system has become over‑extended, hindering speed and innovation. The leadership plans a major strategic reset over the next 100 days, prioritizing investment in...
Former Director of Rio’s Museu De Arte Moderna Ordered to Pay Breach-of-Contract Fine
A Rio de Janeiro court ordered former Museu de Arte Moderna director Fabio Szwarcwald to pay a 100,000‑real (about $20,000) fine for breaching a contractual confidentiality clause. Szwarcwald, who led the museum from 2020 to 2022, resigned after publicly warning...
EV Sales Just Hit Their Best Month Since Federal Tax Credits Ended
In May, U.S. electric‑vehicle sales topped 85,000 units, the strongest month since the federal tax credit was eliminated in the third quarter of 2025. The average transaction price fell to $54,532, a 4% year‑over‑year decline and the 11th consecutive month...
Oracle Health Targets Double-Digit Growth with New AI EHR
Oracle Health aims for double‑digit revenue growth in fiscal 2027, driven by an AI‑powered overhaul of its Cerner electronic health record platform. The company reported record fiscal 2026 results, with total revenue of $67.4 billion, up 17 percent year over year. CEO Mike Cecilia...
How Far Away Is the "Affordable Era" For All-Solid-State Batteries?
All‑solid‑state batteries remain 3‑5 times pricier than conventional lithium‑ion cells, costing roughly $0.22‑$0.31 per Wh versus $0.06‑$0.07 for LFP packs. Industry leaders CATL, BYD and Gotion target small‑scale production by 2027 and limited mass production by 2028, but high material costs—especially...
Formal Law Firm Mentorship Programs Are At Death’s Door
Formal mentorship programs, once a staple of large law firms, are increasingly seen as ineffective and even detrimental to associate development. A 2019 survey revealed only 29% of millennial attorneys consider a formal mentor crucial to their career, underscoring the...
AI With Caveats
Jacobs Media’s 2026 Techsurvey of 506 U.S. radio listeners reveals a strong aversion to AI‑generated music, with nearly three‑quarters labeling it a deal‑breaker. Gen Z is the most resistant demographic, as 81% say AI music would be a major problem....
Hospital-Nursing Home Cost-Cutting Collaborations Grow, Lowering Readmissions but Driven by Referral Volume and Geography
Post‑Acute Network (PAN) collaborations between hospitals and skilled nursing facilities are expanding as a way to cut costs and improve quality. Advocate Health’s PAN program, launched in 2010, embeds physicians and advanced practice nurses in 62 SNFs across Illinois, Wisconsin...
Mixed-Use Development Tied To Peyton Manning Gets $5.5M In Incentives: The Denver Deal Sheet
Littleton approved a public‑private partnership for 1st Street Farms, a 5‑acre mixed‑use development co‑founded by former Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning and owned by the Gastamo Group. The city is offering $5.5 million in incentives—a $2 million loan from business‑use tax revenue and...
Lodestone Energy to Begin Construction on 31.5MWdc Solar PV Plant in New Zealand
Lodestone Energy and Centralines will invest NZ$50 million (≈US$29.5 million) to build a 31.5 MWdc solar PV plant on the Ruataniwha Plains in Central Hawke’s Bay. The 49,000‑module facility is slated to start construction this spring, with commercial operation expected by late summer...
Indonesia Energy Targets Late-June Spud of K-29 Well
Indonesia Energy Corporation (IEC) confirmed that its K‑29 well in the Kruh Block will be spudded in late June after completing rig mobilization, setup, and safety inspections. Function testing is slated for mid‑June, with a Pertamina EP government inspection to follow...
Chevron Joins YPF, Pluspetrol in Backing $3 Billion Vaca Muerta NGL Venture
Chevron Corp. is joining state‑run YPF and private Pluspetrol to sign supply contracts for a $3 billion natural‑gas‑liquids (NGL) project in Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale basin. The trio will provide roughly 80 % of the plant’s capacity, moving the venture toward a final...
California Supreme Court Declines to Hear Rooftop Solar Billing Case
The California Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal challenging the state’s Net Energy Metering 3.0 (NEM 3.0) policy, leaving the lower‑court ruling that upheld sharply reduced export rates for rooftop solar in place. The policy cuts export credits by...
GAO: Tanker Fleet Struggling with Readiness Due to Parts Shortage, KC-46 Delays
The Government Accountability Office reports that the Air Force tanker fleet missed its availability and mission‑capable targets from fiscal 2019 through 2025, largely because of spare‑parts shortages and delays fielding the KC‑46A. In fiscal 2024 the legacy KC‑135 posted just...
AI and Healthcare Jobs: 5 Predictions From Economists
Economists surveyed by the Wall Street Journal argue that AI will reshape healthcare employment rather than eliminate it. AI is expected to lower entry barriers for certain clinical roles, such as nurse practitioners using diagnostic tools, while amplifying high‑expertise positions...
Anthropic Wants the Government to Be Able to Shut Down AI that Threatens Hospitals
Anthropic released two policy frameworks urging the U.S. government to grant regulators authority to block or deter deployment of frontier AI systems that could threaten critical infrastructure, especially hospitals. The Advanced AI Framework calls for mandatory safety testing, independent evaluation...
AI Model Challenges Genomic Classifiers in Early Breast Cancer Risk Stratification: Nancy Lin, MD
Artera’s multimodal AI (MMAI) model was directly compared with the Oncotype DX Recurrence Score in a real‑world cohort of HR+/HER2‑negative early‑stage breast cancer. In patients with intermediate RS (11‑25), the AI split 66 % into low‑risk and 34 % into high‑risk groups,...
What the Space Force Is Eyeing for Its Future GPS Enterprise
The U.S. Space Force is accelerating a two‑track overhaul of its Global Positioning System to counter rising jamming, spoofing and kinetic threats. Near‑term, it will field 12 additional GPS III‑F satellites starting in 2028 with stronger military signals, while a...
Morning Headlines 6/11/26
The article argues that the 2009 HITECH Act functioned as a de‑facto subsidy for electronic health‑record (EHR) vendors, rather than a pure health‑care reform measure. It highlights that the act’s incentive payments effectively boosted vendor profits while modestly improving adoption...
Judge Rejects Meta And Google Bid To Overturn 'Addiction' Verdict
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge rejected Meta’s and Google’s YouTube attempts to overturn a jury verdict that found their platforms designed to be addictive, harming a young woman’s mental health. The jury awarded $6 million in damages, assigning 70% of...
American Airlines Seeks Widebody Order to Take On Delta and United
American Airlines CEO Robert Isom announced that the carrier is weighing a new wide‑body aircraft order from Boeing or Airbus. The move aims to restore international capacity lost after pandemic‑era retirements and to match rivals Delta and United, which have...
Bipartisan US Energy Permitting Talks Lose Momentum
Two senior U.S. senators say the bipartisan effort to streamline permitting for large‑scale energy projects is losing steam. The slowdown is tied to the Trump administration’s deliberate delays in approving wind and solar projects. Lawmakers fear the gridlock will hamper...
AtlantiCare Promotes CIO
Jordan Ruch has been promoted to executive vice president and chief information and digital officer at AtlantiCare, expanding his duties to include the health system’s data analytics function. Ruch joins AtlantiCare after a 22‑year tenure at RWJBarnabas Health, where he...
Ero Copper Sees Resource Growth Potential in Brazil
Ero Copper announced new drilling at its Furnas polymetallic project in Pará, Brazil, that pushed mineralization beyond the current resource model, including a 90‑metre intercept with 0.74% copper, 0.5 g/t gold and 3.18 g/t silver. The step‑out results extend the Southeast zone...
Mujin Develops Robot Software for Warehouses and Factories
Japanese robot‑software startup Mujin is extending its $233 million Series D round, pushing its valuation above $1 billion as it prepares for a potential IPO by 2030. The company’s AI‑driven operating system, MujinOS, powers robots for clients such as Toyota, Fast Retailing, Denso...
Steam Controller Review
Valve’s new Steam Controller retails for $99 and blends a conventional gamepad layout with large capacitive trackpads and built‑in gyro sensors. The design draws heavily from the Steam Deck, offering a wireless charging puck and solid‑feeling buttons, while the trackpads...
AI Training and Fair Use
Recent U.S. court rulings are shaping the copyright landscape for generative AI, largely siding with developers who train models on unlicensed data under the fair‑use doctrine. Landmark cases such as Bartz v. Anthropic affirmed that transformative outputs can qualify as...
Louie Auchincloss, Jackie Kennedy Onassis, and Lucy, Lady-Duff Gordon Walk Into A Bar
In 1978 junior associate Louis at Hawkins, Delafield & Wood was asked by partner Louis Auchincloss whether Jackie Kennedy Onassis was legally bound by a casual letter promising jewelry. Louis explained that modern contract law can enforce informal promises when consideration exists, citing...
Third Circuit Affirms COGSA’s One-Year Time Bar Applies to Fraud Claims and Joins Majority in Limiting Deviation Doctrine
On May 28, 2026 the Third Circuit affirmed that the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act’s (COGSA) one‑year statute of limitations bars a shipper’s fraud claim when the claim is essentially a breach of contract. In *SLT Imports Inc v....
Trump’s Return-to-Work Mandate for Feds Helped Drive MetTel’s GSA Upgrades
MetTel announced the completion of network upgrades at 11 General Services Administration (GSA) offices, installing software‑defined wide area network (SD‑WAN) technology, 22 high‑capacity circuits, and Voice over IP services. The work falls under GSA’s $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) contract,...
SpaceX’s Secret ‘Starfall’ Capsule Wins FAA Approval for Pacific Reentry Tests
SpaceX has secured FAA approval for two prototype re‑entry flights of its secret Starfall capsule, a low‑profile, flat cylindrical vehicle designed for mass‑produced payload return. The 3.1‑meter‑diameter capsule can carry up to 1,000 kg from low‑Earth orbit, relies on nitrogen cold‑gas...
Appropriations Bill for FY 2027 Advanced by House Committee
The House Appropriations Committee approved its FY 2027 version for Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education by a 34‑28 vote. The bill allocates $110.8 billion to HHS, about $4 billion less than FY 2026. Within HHS, HRSA receives $8.35 billion, down $873 million, but workforce...
CRTC Warns Telus Its Planned $15 SIM Card Purchase Fee May Violate New Rules
The CRTC warned Telus that its planned $15 fee for physical SIM cards and eSIMs could breach the commission’s new rules banning activation fees. Telus intended to roll out the charge on June 11, just one day before the prohibition...
AHA Provides Input on Price Transparency Legislation for House Subcommittee Hearing
The American Hospital Association (AHA) submitted formal comments to the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health during a hearing on expanding price‑transparency policies. While acknowledging hospitals’ commitment to compliance, the AHA warned against codifying rules that may deliver only...
Red Willow Hospice Unveils New Psychedelic Treatments
Red Willow Hospice in northern New Mexico will begin offering psychedelic‑assisted therapies, including psilocybin and ketamine, to terminally ill patients starting in December. The initiative is funded by a $500,000 grant from Healing Hearts Changing Minds and supported by a...
Increasing Defense Spending Isn’t Enough. The US and Its Allies Must Also Guarantee Interoperability.
The United States and its allies confront a new strategic challenge as Russia, China and North Korea deepen military ties, creating a risk of coordinated global conflict. Defense budgets in Europe and the Indo‑Pacific are surging, with NATO allies pledging...
Volvo’s Monterrey Plant Builds First Batch of Test Vehicles
Volvo Group has built its first batch of test trucks at the newly opened Monterrey plant, its inaugural truck‑manufacturing facility in Mexico. The $700 million, 1.7‑million‑square‑foot site will begin production lines in July, initially supplying low volumes for VTNA’s North‑American exports...
U.S. to Bomb Iran for Second Straight Night: Hegseth
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a second night of airstrikes against Iran, aiming to pressure Tehran into a nuclear‑deal framework. The strikes focused on Iranian radar and air‑defense installations, calibrated to limit casualties while demonstrating resolve. President Trump convened...
RuneScape: Dragonwilds 1.0 Will Also Launch on Nintendo Switch 2 in September
Jagex announced that RuneScape: Dragonwilds 1.0 will launch in mid‑September across PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and the newly revealed Nintendo Switch 2. The survival‑crafting title, the first Jagex game on consoles, offers solo or four‑player co‑op in the open‑world continent of...