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Twenty-five years later, the children of 9/11 are finally getting the health study they missed

Roughly 25,000 children lived or went to school near Ground Zero. A federally funded effort will now build the long-term cohort that was never created after the attacks.

On the 25th anniversary of September 11, a major gap in the medical record is finally being addressed: children exposed to the World Trade Center disaster will be studied as a distinct long-term cohort. The CDC-backed effort is expected to launch by July 2027 with up to $50 million in funding.

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California just moved from warning about addictive tech to banning specific features for children

A new 13-bill package targets infinite scroll, autoplay and AI companions — and could become a template for how states regulate products rather than just content.

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a sweeping child-safety technology package that restricts addictive social-media features for users under 16, imposes new chatbot safeguards and temporarily bars AI companion toys.

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A flesh-eating parasite once eradicated from the U.S. has now reached an American horse

The first confirmed U.S. equine New World screwworm case raises the stakes for a livestock threat that can spread through wounds and carries a potentially enormous agricultural cost.

USDA data confirmed New World screwworm in a working ranch horse in Presidio County, Texas. Authorities restricted movement of warm-blooded animals from designated areas as they try to contain a parasite the U.S. eradicated in the 1960s.

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Atlanta

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Atlanta education leaders are putting Georgia's school-funding formula under the microscope today

A City Changing convenes policymakers and educators at the National Center for Civil & Human Rights to examine whether QBE funding still matches student and workforce needs.

RedefinED Atlanta's A City Changing event runs today from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and focuses on Georgia's Quality Basic Education formula, how resources flow to schools and whether the framework aligns with…

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Technology

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Oracle's AI backlog has swollen to $664 billion — now comes the hard part

More than $30 billion of new AI-cloud contracts pushed the backlog above forecasts, but investors still need to see data-center capacity turn commitments into revenue and cash.

Oracle reported more than $30 billion in new AI cloud contracts and a total revenue backlog of $664 billion. The execution challenge remains bringing enough data-center capacity online to convert those commitments into…

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Money

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The 10-year Treasury is knocking on 5% again

A global bond selloff and renewed inflation pressure have pushed borrowing costs toward a threshold that matters for mortgages, valuations and the Fed.

The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield approached 5% Friday as global bonds sold off and traders raised the probability of a near-term Federal Reserve rate increase. This is a material update to yesterday's bond-market story.

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National League East

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Away	L10
Braves	86	61	.585	-	49-26	37-35	4-6
Phillies	82	65	.558	4.0	41-34	41-31	5-5
Marlins	72	75	.490	14.0	43-32	29-43	3-7
Mets	68	78	.466	17.5	34-40	34-38	7-3
Nationals	67	81	.453	19.5	33-40	34-41	2-8

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Mississippi State Bulldogs vs Auburn Tigers

Record 5-4 · 10th in SEC · Sat, November 14th at 12:00 PM EST

Auburn visits Mississippi State in SEC play Oregon's 'Shoe Ducks' jab at Ohio State tops college football Week 10 trolls

Sports

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Braves restore a 4-game NL East lead just in time for Philadelphia

Atlanta beat Tampa Bay 3–1 while Philadelphia lost in Houston. The Phillies arrive tonight for the division's most important series of the month.

The Braves are 86–61 and exactly 4.0 games ahead of the 82–65 Phillies in the NL East. Atlanta rallied in the eighth inning Thursday to beat Tampa Bay 3–1, while Philadelphia lost 2–1 to Houston. Chris Sale…

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Science

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NASA and IBM built an AI model specifically to read the Moon

The open-source Lunar Foundation Model combines data from multiple missions to identify ice, craters and volcanic features more accurately.

NASA and IBM released an open-source lunar foundation model trained on more than 30 data layers from nine instruments across four missions. In benchmarks, the system improved identification of lunar features by as much as 23%.

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Curious

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A 'swimming head' worm is rewriting the textbook version of metamorphosis

Stanford researchers tracked 87,000 cells and found that many larval cells appear to survive metamorphosis by changing into entirely different cell types.

A Stanford-led study of the acorn worm Schizocardium californicum found extensive evidence of cellular reprogramming during metamorphosis.

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THE LIGHTER END

The Curious Page

News of the Weird

Paleontologists have reported what they identify as the first known adult Tyrannosaurus rex trackway: four enormous three-toed footprints spanning roughly 23 feet in North Dakota.

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Stanford researchers found that many cells in an acorn worm appear to change into entirely different cell types during metamorphosis, challenging the assumption that larval cells simply die or retain the same function.

This Day in History

September 11 is remembered foremost for the 2001 terrorist attacks. The date also marks Alexander Hamilton becoming the first U.S. Treasury secretary in 1789, the start of Pentagon construction in 1941, and Pete Rose breaking Major League Baseball's career hits record in 1985.

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VIRGO

Today's horoscope

Patience is the advantage today. Avoid emotional spending or rushed decisions, especially around money and personal commitments. Quiet, detail-heavy work is favored early; confidence improves later in the day, making the evening better for practical decisions and clear conversations.

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USEFUL THIS MORNING

What to Watch Today

Patriot Day / 9/11 remembrance

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. A traditional moment of silence is observed at 8:46 a.m. ET.

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Georgia AI Alliance lunch

Atlanta-area AI professionals meet in Sandy Springs from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.

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Air Supply at Atlanta Symphony Hall

A Matter of Time Tour, 7:30 p.m. tonight at Atlanta Symphony Hall.

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