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USC Star Receiver Mosley Out With Knee Injury — 1dUSC leading receiver Trent Mosley (255 yards, 4 TDs) is out for the Big Ten opener at Rutgers with a knee injury; Riley called the timeline inconclusive, not extremely long term.

Elena Vasquez Rutgers should take advantage with Lonergan likely in and USC missing a star on offense.

Americans Value Press Freedom, Back Some Restrictions — 3d73% of Americans call press freedom extremely or very important, yet 53% would limit it to stop inaccurate reporting, Pew finds.

Jared Kim The party split is no surprise these days, though letting government police false info risks more bias than it solves.

Shelton Defeats Alcaraz in Record-Late US Open Match — Sep 9, 2026Ben Shelton shocked defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in a dramatic, late-night five-set US Open quarterfinal, advancing to the semifinals and delivering the tournament’s latest finish in history. The match showcased extreme physical toll on Alcaraz, including moments of vomiting and relentless defending, underscoring Shelton’s breakout performance on home soil.

Dana Whitfield Alcaraz looked exhausted from defending so many points, and Shelton's serve kept the pressure on all night.

Lula Edges Bolsonaro in Tight Brazil Poll — 6dBrazil’s presidential race between Lula da Silva and Flavio Bolsonaro remains extremely close, with polls alternating between Lula leading narrowly and a statistical tie, keeping a runoff scenario possible. The contest unfolds amid corruption scandals, judiciary tensions, and campaign dynamics across regions, influencing voter support and strategy.

Rachel Meyers The judiciary issues are making it harder for Bolsonaro to gain ground even in his strongholds.

Home Insurance Costs Surge, Strain HomeownershipFinance — Sep 9, 2026Global home insurance costs are rising driven by extreme weather, high construction costs, and evolving risk, as Canada reports a $439 million insured-loss event with a coverage gap for sewer backups, Australia sees premiums up about 51% over five years, and U.S. mortgage holders face a near-80% rise in insurance costs since 2020 while switching carriers can yield savings. Disparities persist in the U.S. and nationally, with Hispanic and Black homeowners paying substantially more for identical policies due to redlining legacies and related factors, highlighting ongoing inequities in home insurance affordability and access amid climate-driven risk.

2026 Summer Sets Global and U.S. Heat Records — Sep 7, 2026Arizona's monsoon produced rainfall near normal in Flagstaff, while Albuquerque posted the hottest August on record and a hotter-than-normal, drought-plagued summer across the region; Grand Junction also logged a scorching summer with numerous 100-degree days. Hawaii experienced an unusually wet August—the second-wettest on record due to Hurricane Lala—after which Northwest Arkansas faced potential Labor Day heat records and a stretch of extreme heat dates.

Poorest Americans Face Housing Shortage, Vacant Units — Sep 7, 2026Nonprofit developers and national data show that creating housing for the poorest renters is financially unviable without subsidies that do not exist, while vacancies rise as affordable units near market-rate rents. About 4 million affordable rentals remain for roughly 11 million extremely low‑income households, and only about 12% of 2024 LIHTC financing went to that group, highlighting a severe funding and supply gap for the neediest renters.

DuSable Lake Shore Drive bridge stuck in heat, previously flagged as deficient — Sep 3, 2026Extreme heat caused thermal expansion in Chicago’s movable bridges, leaving the DuSable Lake Shore Drive and Torrence Avenue bridges stuck open or unable to fully close and triggering hours of traffic disruption. Firefighters sprayed water to cool metal components, allowing engineers to close the DuSable bridge and restore normal movement after several hours amid heat advisories.

Chris Dalton Glad they got it closed before it caused a bigger mess, but this is going to keep happening as summers get hotter.

Filipiñana Wins Sundance Award, Examines Philippine InequalityEntertainment — Sep 3, 2026Filipiñana, Rafael Manuel’s satirical feature about a 17-year-old tee girl at an exclusive Manila country club, uses extreme heat and a lush golf-course setting to critique colonialism, inequality, and the slow pace of social change, earning Sundance’s Special Jury Award for Creative Vision. The film foregrounds climate stress and a climate-poverty trap while drawing connections between land privatization, elite privilege, and deeper Filipino societal issues, with festival exposure and distribution plans expanding its international reach.

College Football Faces Playoff, Eligibility, Scheduling BattlesSports — Sep 4, 2026Amid a push for reform, college football scheduling is being rethought to combat extreme heat with earlier start times and later finishes, fewer cupcake games, and more meaningful nonconference opponents. At the same time, the sport is grappling with broader Playoff debates—from former professional players’ eligibility and roster rules to bold playoff projections for nontraditional programs and ideas like G6 promotion/relegation.

Heat Deaths Rise Across U.S., KoreaHealth — Sep 4, 2026A nationwide NPR investigation highlights that heat kills thousands in the U.S. annually, with undercounting in official records and heightened risks for residents in manufactured housing like mobile homes in hot regions such as Arizona; meanwhile, a Stanford study shows extreme heat reduces older adults’ life space, potentially hindering healthy aging. Internationally, Korea’s heat-related deaths have surged over five years, disproportionately harming people aged 60 and older, underscoring global vulnerability to worsening heat waves.

Tech giants claim new cooling systems could slash data centers' water use — Sep 7, 2026Public scrutiny over the water and electricity used by data centers is pushing tech giants to pursue lower-water cooling, led by Nvidia’s DSX closed-loop system that pumps warmer liquid directly through servers to cut water use. While this can dramatically reduce water consumption (with 2025 global use around 222 billion litres and potential growth to 644 billion litres by 2030 if unchanged), the trade-off is higher energy use in cooling and the need for robust heat management in extreme conditions, as the industry weighs efficiency gains against total environmental footprint.

Dana Whitfield Liquid cooling has been used in supercomputers for years, glad it's finally trickling down to regular data centers.

Galaxy Z Fold 8 passes extreme durability test in new review — Sep 7, 2026

Utah family details extreme weather, chaos witnessed during Hurricane Lowell — Sep 9, 2026

Dana Whitfield The family's account of the flooding and damage makes me wonder how prepared inland states really are for these storms.

Farmers Explore Perennial Grains Amid Weather ExtremesEnvironment — Sep 4, 2026Across the globe, farmers are increasingly turning to perennial grains like Kernza to build resilience against drought and erratic weather, aiming to cut replanting needs, labor, and water use, though adoption is slow due to yield, harvest, and market challenges. At the same time, climate risks such as El Niño threaten future grain seasons in South Africa, signaling broader volatility for staple crops.</summary

El Niño to Reach Record Strength Through 2027 — Aug 30, 2026El Niño is strengthening toward a potential super-El Niño as Pacific waters warm rapidly, a development complicated by a warmer global climate that skews the relationship between ocean temperatures and atmospheric responses. Experts from UM Rosenstiel, NOAA, AccuWeather, and WMO warn of widespread weather disruptions this fall and winter across the United States and other regions, including extreme heat, heavy rain, drought, and shifts in storm tracks, underscoring the need for preparedness.

Iceland Rejects Restart of EU Talks; Security Ties Emphasized — Aug 29, 2026Preliminary tallies from Iceland’s referendum show an extremely close split on whether to resume EU accession talks, with reports ranging from a slight yes to a slim no as counting continued. Regardless of the advisory vote, any path to membership would still require lengthy negotiations and a subsequent referendum before becoming actual membership, reflecting deep national divisions over sovereignty, fisheries, and security.

No. 49 Navone ends Djokovic's 78-match Grand Slam opening streak — Aug 31, 2026Novak Djokovic’s bid for a record 25th major collapsed with a historic first-round exit at the US Open, as he battled illness, vomiting and extreme fatigue before losing in five to Mariano Navone, with tears on court and his family watching in New York. The marathon match underscored Djokovic’s fragile health and Navone’s upset victory in what was his longest first-round major match in the Open era.

August short interest surges across microcaps — Aug 25, 2026Multiple small- and micro-cap stocks saw extreme jumps in short interest in August, including NWS Holdings, SHF Holdings, Wanderport, XChange TEC.INC, and Tsingtao Brewery, with percentage increases ranging from thousands to over a million percent and varied days-to-cover. The reports also note minimal trading activity for some of these names, with days-to-cover values spanning from 0.0 to 10.7 days depending on the issue.

Narwhal Tusk Reveals Double-Helix StructureLifestyle — Aug 28, 2026New imaging shows narwhal tusks are not a simple spiral but consist of a double-spiral structure with outer left-handed cementum and inner right-handed dentine that counterbalance growth stresses, giving the tusk its toughness and enabling extreme length. Researchers also note the tusk’s long cultural history, from medieval Unicorn Horn lore and monarchs’ coronation chairs to ongoing questions about its original biological purpose.

Trump Allies Plan Noncitizen Voting ClaimsPolitics — Aug 29, 2026President Trump and his allies are intensifying claims that noncitizens are voting to influence the midterms, advocating measures like citizen-only mail ballots and citing a controversial census analysis to bolster their position. While experts note that noncitizen voting is extremely rare, the heated rhetoric is fueling distrust and could lead to legal challenges over election administration and voter rolls, as various officials analyze and respond to the alleged gaps and policy proposals.

August Short Interest Surges Across Municipal Bond ETFs — Aug 25, 2026August saw pronounced moves in short interest for several municipal bond and Treasury-focused ETFs: Fidelity Systematic Municipal Bond Index ETF (FMUN) surged in short interest, while SPDR SSGA My2028 Municipal Bond ETF (MYMH) posted an even larger spike; by contrast, WisdomTree's 7-10 Year Laddered Treasury Fund (USIN) and WisdomTree High Income Laddered Municipal Fund (WTMY) registered notable declines in short interest. Overall, the month featured extreme shifts in short-seller activity across fixed-income ETFs, with some funds experiencing multi-fold increases and others substantial decreases.

Europe’s fish farms suffer drought-driven lossesEnvironment — Aug 28, 2026Extreme drought and record heat across Central and Eastern Europe have shrunk rivers and ponds, threatening juvenile fish and causing multi-million-euro losses for the region’s fish farms while prompting calls for better water management amid ongoing climate pressures. The crisis spans Hungary, Serbia, Slovenia, Romania, and beyond, with reports of pond drying and mass die-offs, and a Norwegian study highlighting parasite diversity on coastal aquaculture as an indicator of broader ecosystem stress rather than isolated outbreaks.

Drought disaster designations expand across US Virgin Islands, Puerto RicoEnvironment — Aug 25, 2026The USDA has designated drought disaster areas in Puerto Rico, enabling emergency loans and additional FSA assistance for farmers in 26 municipalities, following a Fast-Track request supported by the PRFAA; separate declarations open up up to $500,000 in emergency loans for the US Virgin Islands’ primary disaster areas as drought conditions persist. Officials say these actions aim to help agricultural producers cope with extreme to severe drought, urging farmers to document losses and apply within outlined timelines while monitoring ongoing drought conditions across the territories.