PRMA Conference Notebook: Aon’s Jason Ott

Aon's Jason Ott shares his perspective on climate change, cyber risks and other challenges in insuring his high net worth clients. At the recent Private Risk Management Conference in New Orleans, Dan Reynolds, editor in chief of Risk & Insurance,...

Virginia General Assembly approves proposed mid-decade redistricting amendment

Welcome to the Monday, Nov. 3, 2025, Brew. By: Lara Bonatesta Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Virginia General Assembly approves proposed mid-decade redistricting amendment How to vote tomorrow What ballot measures will NYC...

What might lie ahead for tropical forests (analysis)

Heading into COP30, where tropical forests are set to be a central theme, Mongabay founder and CEO Rhett Ayers Butler offers a thought experiment—tracing today’s trajectories a little further forward to imagine where they might lead. What follows...

'Wouldn't necessarily say I'm trash': A tale of four journeyman QBs and their 15 schools

When you're a veteran college quarterback transferring to your fourth school in six years, you know what to expect if you check the internet comments. He's still around? Geez. Isn't he like 30 years old? He needs to move on with his life. He isn't...

Water conservation groups push petition for DEQ to pause permits amid loosened standards 

GRTF among groups urging caution around new ‘narrative standards’ as state rolls back numeric pollution review By Jack Reaney SENIOR EDITOR On Wednesday, Oct. 29, nonprofit water activist group Upper Missouri Waterkeeper launched a petition...

5-at-10: Weekend winners (Dodgers repeat) and losers (Commanders), AU fires Freeze, SEC power poll

Weekend winners › The Dodgers. Los Angeles became the first team in a quarter-century to win back-to-back World Series titles. It was a classic finish with an all-time Game 7 capped by an all-time performance from Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who pitched a...

Seed Coating Materials Market Size And Forecast (20252032): Rising Adoption Of Eco-Friendly Coatings

(MENAFN- EIN Presswire) EINPresswire/ -- Global Seed Coating Materials Market Overview (2025–2032): How Bio-Based Innovations and Precision Agriculture Are Revolutionizing Sustainable Farming Worldwide Global Seed Coating Materials Market is...

China's rare golden monkeys debut at European zoos, possible successors to panda diplomacy

With their distinctive shaggy orange manes, pale blue faces and dense fur covering their hands and feet, it's hard to mistake China's endangered golden snub-nosed monkeys for any other animal. These rare and charismatic monkeys, unique to the...

The top 10 storylines to watch as the men's college basketball season tips off

While Purdue eyes first national title, defending champion Florida has the pieces to repeat, while 2025 runner-up Houston is reloaded. Highly touted freshmen like AJ Dybantsa at Brigham Young and the Boozer twins at Duke are expected to make a...

SNAP Benefits Government Shutdown: Full list of what states are doing to help families

WASHINGTON - As the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program faces a weekend cutoff due to the U.S. government shutdown, states are stepping in to support low-income families who depend on the aid for food. Here's what each...

Q&A: Troy Nash grew up in public housing; now he’s leading real estate innovation at UMKC

Editor’s note: The following story was written and first published by the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Click here to read the original story. Executive MBA professor named new real estate center director With more than two decades of...

As Trump awaits an early verdict with Tuesday’s elections, next year’s midterms are already on his mind

By Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — Even as Tuesday’s elections hang in the balance, President Donald Trump has bluntly suggested that he is already looking ahead to the 2026 midterm races with a sense of dread. “We’ve had success like nobody, but for...

Texas Democrats urge Gov. Abbott to direct emergency funds to offset looming food crisis

Texas Democratic lawmakers have urged Gov. Greg Abbott to use his executive authority to provide emergency state funding — a move he has done before — to offset the looming federal suspension of SNAP benefits this weekend for 3.5 million...

Using Streetlamps as EV Chargers

Power Electronics INSIDER A team of Penn State researchers created a scalable framework to develop, analyze and evaluate using streetlights as a low-cost, equitable EV charging option. (Image: XB Hu/Penn State) Electric vehicles (EVs) can have...

Big Ten Breakdown: Refreshed rosters with chances to end an exhausted drought

It’s been more than 25 years since Michigan State cut down the nylon and claimed the most recent NCAA Tournament Championship by a team in the Big Ten. Within that winless span, Jason Richardson, one of the leaders of Tom Izzo’s 2000 championship...

A tool tracking billion-dollar disasters is back after the Trump administration retired it

Reading Time: 4 minutes Are you getting our free newsletters? Listen: An online database that tracks billion-dollar weather disasters throughout the United States is back. The Mississippi River Basin Ag and Water Desk’s Héctor Alejandro Arzate...

3I/ATLAS viewing in US: When and where to spot interstellar comet in America? Check date, time and other key details

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has sparked a wave of curiosity among scientists. Comet 3I/ATLAS was discovered on 1 July 2025, and since then, astronomers have been doing everything they can to learn as much about it as they can. Reason? This is...

Judge Cuts Greenpeace Pipeline Protest Penalty In Half to $345 Million

"BISMARCK, N.D. — A North Dakota judge has ordered Greenpeace to pay damages of $345 million, reducing an earlier jury award after it found the environmental group and related entities liable for defamation and other claims in connection with...

NRCC Claims Democrats Are Out Of Gas One Year Out From Midterms

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), the House GOP’s campaign arm, is arguing that Republicans are well-positioned to maintain control of the lower chamber — one year out from Election Day 2026. Though midterm elections tend to...

<![CDATA[Pharmacists Can Improve Clinical Services, Patient Outcomes as Payer Models Evolve | NCPA 2025]]>

With fee-for-service payer models gradually becoming commonplace in community pharmacy, as well as value-based care on the rise within health care as a whole, it’s on pharmacists to navigate the medical billing landscape with the proper...