Ryan Day worked under Urban Meyer for four seasons -- including three as a full-time ****** istant. After taking over as the head coach at Ohio State, he took those lessons and the mentorship of Meyer with him. But recently, he's leaning on a key piece of advice when replacing members of his coaching staff.
Day has had to replace his offensive coordinator in each of the last three seasons, and that coincided this year with losing one of the top recruiters on his roster: Brian Hartline. Hartline, who served as Ohio State's offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach last season, left to take the head coaching position with USF this offseason.
So what did Day do? He remembered what Meyer told him years ago.
"When you're at Ohio State you get to go hire the best," Ryan Day said on The Pat McAfee Show. "I remember one of my first recruiting meetings, I was the quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator and Urban Meyer was the head coach here. And we walked in, and the recruit and the family says, 'Well, we really like coach Day, but what happens if he leaves?' I thought coach was going to say, 'He's going to be here for a long time, you don't need to worry about that.' He just said, 'We'll just go get the next best guy out there.'"
Day went out and added Cortez Hankton as the wide receivers coach and Arthur Smith as the OC.

#meyer #urban

KIRKLAND, Wash. – All the West Suburban 14-Under softball team needed was an opportunity.
And twice with two outs, they capitalized.
With timely hitting and strong pitching, West Suburban defeated Asia-Pacific (Bacolod City, Philippines) 2-0 Wednesday at the Junior League Softball World Series at Everest Park.
"We knew coming in it was going to be a tight game," West Suburban manager Rick Roberts said. "... We grinded out enough at-bats to get it done."
The East Region representative out of Johnstown will face Hudsonville, Michigan, the winner of the Central Region, at 7 p.m. Thursday in the quarterfinals. West Suburban's lone loss was to the West Region (Palo Cedro, California) by a 2-0 decision Monday.

#asia

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Jeff's Bagel Run, the fast-growing bagel brand known for making its bagels from scratch in every shop throughout the day, has awarded a 10-unit franchise agreement covering Eastern and South Central Pennsylvania.
The agreement marks Jeff's Bagel Run's entry into Pennsylvania and establishes a development corridor extending from the Harrisburg area east through Reading and the Lehigh Valley to suburban Philadelphia. Site selection is now underway, with the franchise group actively evaluating real estate opportunities and leadership resources across the territory.
"Pennsylvania knows its bagels, so we know we'll have to earn our place here," said Jeff Perera, co-founder of Jeff's Bagel Run. "Plenty of bagel brands are growing. We may be the only one doing it the hard way—starting with flour and mixing, boiling and baking every bagel in every shop throughout the day. There are certainly easier ways to scale, but we haven't found one that makes a better bagel. Now we're looking for multiple sites and neighborhoods to bring that experience to Pennsylvania."
The expansion will be led by experienced multi-unit franchisees Jay and Amy DeLuca, along with operating partners Eric Clark and Nadia Hankin who reside in Harrisburg. The group brings extensive experience in site selection, new-store development, building strong teams, marketing and community involvement.

#bagel #pennsylvania #site

Jordan Herrera, an attorney, Air Force veteran and former Missouri **** istant attorney general, won the Democratic nomination Tuesday in Missouri's newly redrawn 4th Congressional District, defeating better-funded democratic socialist Hartzell Gray in a seven-way primary.
Herrera prevailed over Gray, the 33-year-old former Kansas City radio host and tenant organizer who drew national attention after appearing on Hasan Piker's Twitch livestream and blasting "sell-out Democrats."
The result puts a more conventional Democrat on the November ballot against Republican Rep. Mark Alford in the GOP-leaning district, rather than Gray, who had framed his campaign as a left-wing challenge to the party establishment.
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The new 4th District takes in part of Kansas City before extending south through a broad swath of suburban and rural Missouri. While the map made Alford's district less Republican than it had been, it remains a solidly GOP seat.

#missouri #city

Carson Beck had "no clue" he was going to start the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game until this week. He was the last to know.
As (almost) everyone knows, veteran quarterbacks don't generally play in the Hall of Fame Game.
The third-round rookie is new to this thing, though.
"I thought I was going to play, but I had no expectations," Beck said Tuesday, via Darren Urban of the team website. "Obviously our schedule has been crazy right now. But I'm looking forward to it."
Coach Mike LaFleur has not publicly addressed playing time for his quarterbacks, but with Jacoby Brissett and Gardner Minshew expected to spend the night on the sideline, Beck likely sees most of the playing time. Fourth-stringer Kedon Slovis also could play.

#going #quarterbacks

Little League Softball World Series schedule: Full bracket, times, channels, live streams, scores for every 2026 game originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Little League Softball World Series is here and chock-full of action during the eight-day, 22-game sprint from Greenville, North Carolina.
Teams from across the United States and the world will be competing for a shot at the ***** le, starting with a four-game slate on Sunday, Aug. 2. Action wraps up with the championship game a week later.
Twelve teams — eight representing regions across the U.S. and four international outfits — are divided into two brackets for tournament play. The winners of each bracket will meet in the championship game.
Last year, West Suburban Little League of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, captured the Mid-Atlantic Region's first LLSWS championship, defeating Floyds ***** s Community Club Little League of Floyds ***** s, Indiana, in the ***** le game. Neither squad returns for 2026, as new regional champions have punched their tickets to Greenville.

#championship #sporting

From the tragedy of losing his son to persevering through his failures as a player, Troy Townsend opens up about his storied career in football in an exclusive Urban Pitch interview.
Turning pro isn't in the cards for most young footballers, but that doesn't mean that they can't have a career in the sport altogether.
Troy Townsend is a gleaming example of one such case. He's worn many hats across his six decades in the sport, from coach, to pundit, to advocate, and in 2024, he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for his work with Kick It Out to help end racism in football.
Townsend was obsessed with football from an early age, yet despite playing for the Crystal Palace and Millwall academies, breaking through to a senior team wasn't in his tea leaves.
He'd make the jump to coaching, earning his badge at 19 and working with the university teams at Middlesex University and youth side Redwood FC, as well as launching Ultimate Sports alongside Steve Browne, which focused on providing physical education teachers and after-school programs to East London schools.

#university

Little League Softball World Series schedule: Full bracket, times, channels, live streams, scores for every 2026 game originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Little League Softball World Series is here and chock-full of action during the eight-day, 22-game sprint from Greenville, North Carolina.
Teams from across the United States and the world will be competing for a shot at the **** le, starting with a four-game slate on Sunday, Aug. 2. Action wraps up with the championship game a week later.
Twelve teams — eight representing regions across the U.S. and four international outfits — are divided into two brackets for tournament play. The winners of each bracket will meet in the championship game.
Last year, West Suburban Little League of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, captured the Mid-Atlantic Region's first LLSWS championship, defeating Floyds **** s Community Club Little League of Floyds **** s, Indiana, in the **** le game. Neither squad returns for 2026, as new regional champions have punched their tickets to Greenville.

#little #World #floyds

The Cardinals drafted defensive tackle Walter Nolen with the 16th overall pick in 2025. He played six games with no starts and totaled 11 tackles, two sacks and five quarterback hits.
"I don't feel like I did enough," Nolen said, via Darren Urban of the team website. "Being healthy is a big part of it."
Nolen had a calf injury early and a meniscus tear in his left knee late.
He was limping on the sideline during Friday's practice, but Nolen is healthy.
"I'm great. It was just a little hiccup," Nolen said. "We got a long season ahead, so just doing what's best for me. I'm faithful in the work that I put in. I'm faithful in the Lord, and I feel like everything good."

#healthy #darren

Little League Softball World Series schedule: Full bracket, times, channels, live streams, scores for every 2026 game originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Little League Softball World Series is here and chock-full of action during the eight-day, 22-game sprint from Greenville, North Carolina.
Teams from across the United States and the world will be competing for a shot at the ***** le, starting with a four-game slate on Sunday, Aug. 2. Action wraps up with the championship game a week later.
Twelve teams — eight representing regions across the U.S. and four international outfits — are divided into two brackets for tournament play. The winners of each bracket will meet in the championship game.
Last year, West Suburban Little League of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, captured the Mid-Atlantic Region's first LLSWS championship, defeating Floyds ***** s Community Club Little League of Floyds ***** s, Indiana, in the ***** le game. Neither squad returns for 2026, as new regional champions have punched their tickets to Greenville.

#league

Back on July 21, BYU finally got a big man when Polish forward/center Jakub Urbaniak committed to BYU. BYU hasn't announced the signing, but things seem to be moving in the right direction. Jakub's Pro Club announced last Thursday they have to a buyout of his contract.
Jakub will compete to start at the four or five spot, depending on who BYU brings in to fill out the roster. While Urbaniak isn't the prototypical 7-footer fans were clamoring four (he is 6-foot-9), he is a Big 12 caliber front court player and brings a high motor, rebounding tenacity, some offensive skill, and the ability to switch and guard on the defensive end. Arman Jovic is a European Scout and gave the below breakdown of Urbaniak. One of Urbaniak's best qualities is that he can make an impact with low usage rate.
Assuming Urbaniak makes his way to campus, BYU has two roster spots to fill. The bomb that dropped Friday in the US District court of Colorado granted class-wide preliminary injunction that requires the NCAA to declare eligible all HS class of 2022 athletes eligible. That essentially means that all four-year players, across all sports, who lost their eligibility are now eligible to play this next season. The NCAA can and still likely will appeal this, but the court decisions have not been going in their favor.
Many coaches around the country have been actively recruiting graduated seniors over the past couple weeks with the expectation that they will be eligible. There is still the risk for players and schools the NCAA will get federal courts to overturn the rulings, but for now many schools are full steam ahead in recruiting the impacted players.
Even with the influx of players, there is still questions schools need to answer outside of the uncertainty if the NCAA's appeal will be successful. How much money do schools have left? Many schools have exhausted most of their budgets. How many roster spots to schools have left? Will graduated players count against the 15-player limit, or will they get an exemption? Is it worth adding a one-year player this late and potentially disrupting team chemistry and displacing other players? Lots to consider, and the money one if the most practical and relevant out of all of them.

#urbaniak #ncaa #eligible #four

Nicole Kidman is rumored to be in a budding relationship with wealthy businessman Michael Reinstein.
The pair, who were first photographed together at a luxury hotel, were seen again enjoying a car ride, with the actress all smiles, seated next to her new man.
Nicole Kidman's new romance comes less than a year after her divorce from country music singer Keith Urban made headlines, leaving many in shock.
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As seen in photographs obtained by the Daily Mail, the 59-year-old actress was spotted enjoying a drive through Los Angeles with affluent financier Michael Reinstein on Thursday.

#enjoying #keith

Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell admits harsh reality entering make-or-break season in Madison originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Wisconsin head coach Luke Fickell took the podium at Big Ten Media Days with a transparent ***** sment of his program's trajectory, boldly confronting the shortcomings of his first three seasons in Madison.
"Obviously for what we're here for, like the last two years for us have not been up to the standard. I'm not shying away from that," Fickell said, acknowledging that the struggles extended well beyond simple win-loss records into the fundamental identity, toughness, and physicality of the team.
Drawing on wisdom from his former mentor Urban Meyer, Fickell recalled the mantra "don't sleep on the game," explaining that survival in modern college football requires recognizing the rapid evolution not just of tactical schemes, but of every single facet of the sport.
Over the past eight to nine months, Fickell noted that Wisconsin undertook an exhaustive internal review of training methods, practice intensity, and player health to correct critical injuries that hampered past campaigns.

#source

WINDBER, Pa. – With the West Suburban 12-Under team winning the 2025 Little League Softball World Series, seven members of the squad moved up to the next age level.
Stars Reagan Bills and Adalyn Hines from the 2025 world championship team made a successful transition to the 14-Under level. This year's 14U squad is 12-0 in the postseason after winning four games, three by shutout, at the East Region Tournament.
West Suburban begins play in the Junior League Softball World Series at 4 p.m. Sunday against Canada in Kirkland, Washington.
Many talented players vied to make the 14U team, but only 12 were chosen. Those dozen advanced through the district, section, state and regional tournaments unscathed thanks to a very competitive league overall.
"We had 20 good girls," West Suburban 14U manager Rick Roberts said. "To get down to the final 12, it's not easy because you're looking at 15 or 16.

#west #suburban #World #team

How will the Jon Sumrall era live on in Florida football history? With about a month to go before the Gators kick off the 2026 season, the biggest hope for now is that it's at least an improvement over the Billy Napier one.
The plug got pulled on Napier seven games into his fourth season, a barrier that no UF coach has crossed since Urban Meyer. The Gators haven't been in the College Football Playoff rankings since Dan Mullen coached them to the 2020 SEC championship game.
To turn that around, maybe a coach freshly removed from leading Tulane to the CFP will help. He knows he's got a stud at running back in Jadan Baugh, he of 1,170 yards and eight touchdowns in what was otherwise a dismal 4-8 campaign. Who starts at quarterback is a whole different manner: Georgia Tech transfer Aaron Philo is one of six transfers projected as starters at Ourlads, but redshirt freshman Tramell Jones Jr. could just as easily win the job.
There's still time to decide who best fits in new offensive coordinator Buster Faulkner's Air Raid scheme. The first two games of the season will (barring disaster the likes of the South Florida loss last season) serve as mere tune-ups for the SEC opener at Auburn and former USF two-way QB Byrum Brown. Then it's the big early test: a showdown with Trinidad Chambliss, Kewan Lacy and an Ole Miss team fresh off a CFP semifinal appearance.
If the Gators can tread water through the gauntlet of Texas, Georgia (in Atlanta as Jacksonville updates its stadium) and Oklahoma, there's hope they could lock down a solid bowl résumé against Florida State on Black Friday. And hey, maybe UF can end the year back in the CFP rankings.

#Florida #gators #season #Football

Nicole Kidman's recent appearance with financier Michael Reinstein in Italy has le to fresh romance speculation.
The outing also sparked renewed interest in her relationship with her ex-husband, Keith Urban, with insiders saying both have quietly moved on since finalizing their divorce earlier this year.
The reports come months after Nicole Kidman spoke publicly about focusing on family and moving forward following the end of their nearly 20-year marriage.
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Urban is reportedly unfazed by recent photographs linking ex-wife Nicole Kidman to another man, according to a source who claims both stars have been quietly moving forward with their lives since their split.

#recent #moving

Keith Urban isn't beating himself up about Nicole Kidman's new man, a source tells the National Enquirer.
On Friday, July 24, Page Six published photos of the Big Little Lies star, 59, lounging by the pool in Portofino, Italy with private equity investor Michael Reinstein. One day earlier, the pair were also photographed at a hotel, per the outlet.
"Among their friends, it's common knowledge they've both been moving on in their own ways," spills the source. "They'd just been very stealthy about it."
As the Enquirer previously reported, Urban, 58, has gone to extreme lengths to keep his own post-divorce dating life on the down-low, refusing to meet dates out in public and even having them sign strict non-disclosure agreements.
"It's become this cat-and-mouse game because Keith does not want to be the one who goes public with someone before Nicole does," the source reveals.

#keith #nicole #national #page

The Arizona Cardinals, after a day off on Monday, were back at practice at State Farm Stadium on Tuesday. The pads went on and quarterback Jacoby Brissett took over first-team reps with the offense.
What happened on Tuesday?
While Paris Johnson has been activated, there is nothing new with the other three players. Josh Sweat, Garrett Williams and Tip Reiman still haven't been cleared to practice.
Harrison had some injury issues on Sunday. It appeared he might have had back and ankle issues. However, head coach Mike LaFleur said that he was cramping.
According to ESPN's Josh Weinfuss, Harrison had a couple of drops. Per Cardinals.com's Darren Urban, "he found himself wide open about five times in the heart of the defense, Brissett delivering the ball each time. When the Cardinals were running 13 personnel, Harrison was the wideout with the three tight ends."

#josh #practice #three #arizona

Health policy has quietly become a stock-moving variable in 2026, and the figures are significant enough to matter. Approximately 2.6 million Americans discontinued ACA marketplace coverage this year after increased pandemic-era subsidies ended at the end of 2025, with health policy experts predicting that total enrollment would decrease to between 16.5 million and 17.5 million by year-end. Meanwhile, the Urban Institute has projected that 4.8 million more people will be uninsured in 2026 as a direct consequence of the lapsed subsidies, with certain HealthCare.gov-reliant states witnessing enrollment losses of 20% or more.
Whether this translates into fewer elective medical treatments is now a hotly debated topic in the healthcare industry, with Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISRG) emerging as the evident casualty. The company's shares plunged more than 12% before the bell on July 17, despite Intuitive maintaining its global procedure-growth prediction for its da Vinci surgical robots. Instead, the selloff was driven by the company's own admission that changes in insurance coverage could impact demand.
US da Vinci procedure growth slowed to roughly 12% in the second quarter, down from where Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISRG) expected to be at the beginning of the year, with a focus on surgeries that patients may defer. On the July 16 call, CEO David Rosa told ******* ysts that customer conversations indicated that fluctuating patient coverage and premium dynamics affect "when patients seek care," as opposed to if they seek it at all.
That reaction came at an awkward time, as a highly public disagreement was already taking place in the sector. Abbott, a major medical device and diagnostics manufacturer, had argued recently that blaming industry-wide procedure weakness on ACA disenrollment was a "flawed ******* umption." HCA Healthcare, the largest for-profit hospital operator in the United States, took the opposite stance, warning earlier of lower surgical demand and an increase in uninsured patients when pandemic-era subsidies expired.
Intuitive's own results now appear to support the HCA side of the argument, at least in procedures when patients can choose to delay. Stifel's response immediately reflected the tension: the firm reduced its price objective to $550 from $670 on July 17 while keeping a Buy rating on the company's shares, despite Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISRG) exceeding expectations in revenue, earnings, system placements, and procedure growth in the same quarter. Both US procedure and installed-base growth have slowed since the 2020-2021 COVID era, with management blaming the slowdown on ACA disenrollment and the basic law of large numbers as the installed base matures.

#NASDAQ #Growth #healthcare

LIV Golf Michigan, the league's $40 million team championship, is set to be officially canceled after the status of the 2026 season finale had come under serious doubt last week, sources tell Front Office Sports.
An official announcement on the cancellation is expected on Wednesday, according to golf media personality Tom Hobbs, who runs the Flushing It social accounts, which first reported the news.
LIV Michigan had been scheduled for Aug. 27-30 in suburban Detroit at The Cardinal at Saint John's Resort, which is owned by the Pulte Family Charitable Foundation. Spokespeople for LIV Golf, Saint John's Resort, and the Pulte Family Charitable Foundation have yet to respond to a request for comment from FOS.
As of early Tuesday afternoon, there had not been any internal announcement or memo to players about the cancelation, one source told FOS. But the news does not come as a surprise to anyone inside or around LIV.
The team championship was one of two events FOS sources had pegged last month as being at the most risk of being canceled as a sentiment grew among those in and around LIV that the funding from the Saudi PIF—which has announced it would stop funding LIV after this season—could dry up even earlier than expected. The other event at most risk, per sources, was LIV's regular-season finale in Indianapolis Aug. 20-23, but that is currently scheduled to still take place.

#saint #resort

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The Sonder name is getting a second chapter: Vancouver-based TravelAI announced today it is acquiring Sonder's brand and intellectual property, including its trademarks and domain names, according to a Monday news release shared with Hotel Dive.
The acquisition, which did not include "Sonder's operating business, including its properties, leases, inventory, or staff," per the release, follows Sonder's November 2025 split from Marriott International and subsequent bankruptcy filing.
The move relaunches Sonder.com as a "curated, AI-enabled guide," powered by "the memory infrastructure TravelAI is building for the travel industry," which collects users' tastes, preferences and history over time, rather than starting from scratch, per the release. The website is live as of July 27.
The new Sonder provides travelers with a curated selection of boutique hotels and urban accommodations in major cities around the world chosen for their design, neighborhood and quality, per the release.

#dive #including

Charlotte could one day host a Super Bowl, but NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the city will need more hotel rooms before it can make that happen. Goodell made the comments to Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper on Thursday night.
The Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority said the Charlotte region currently has more than 46,000 hotel rooms across 442 properties, including more than 32,000 rooms at 263 hotels in Mecklenburg County. The city's urban core includes nearly 3,900 luxury and upscale hotel rooms.
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CRVA Chief Communications and Advocacy Officer Gina Sheridan said attracting a major event like the Super Bowl requires more than just increasing the number of hotel rooms.
"When you look at destinations that regularly host events of this scale, success isn't measured by room count alone," Sheridan said. "It's about having the right mix of hotels in the right locations to meet the needs of visitors, event organizers, sponsors and media while creating a seamless experience."

#sheridan

Interested in Archer Aviation Inc.? Here are five stocks we like better.
Archer Aviation and Anduril unveiled Thunder, a hybrid-electric autonomous rotorcraft aimed at defense applications.
The defense pivot could give Archer a second path beyond the slower regulatory timeline for civilian air taxis.
Archer still faces heavy cash burn, certification risk and a long commercialization runway despite its strong liquidity position.
The civilian electric vertical takeoff and landing market remains trapped in a regulatory holding pattern. Developing a functional urban air-taxi network requires deep consumer adoption, local infrastructure overhauls, and grueling Federal Aviation Administration approvals.

#here

This is a crucial time of the year for retirees who receive Social Security benefits. Each fall, the Social Security Administration (SSA) issues a cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, to account for inflation's impact on living expenses. What happens in the economy this summer will determine what next year's COLA looks like.
The latest forecast from The Senior Citizens League calls for a 3.8% COLA this year. That's not an official number, but it does signal that retirees may see a larger increase than last year's 2.8%. Here are some factors retirees should watch before the formal COLA announcement later this year.
Missed Nvidia in 2009? This Rare Signal Is Flashing Again. In 2009, a "Double Down" signal flashed for a little-known chipmaker called Nvidia. For the first time in years, that same "Total Conviction" signal is flashing for a company 1/100th the size of Nvidia. Continue »
The SSA bases the COLA on the performance of the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, or CPI-W, in July, August, and September of each year. The SSA averages the CPI-W's value over those three months and compares it to the same months of the prior year. In 2025, the index averaged 317.265 in the third quarter, which drove that 2.8% COLA.
Rather than focusing on headline inflation numbers in the news, retirees should keep their eye on the index. To get a 3.8% COLA, the CPI-W would need to average approximately 329.321. The SSA will announce the index's July average next month, kicking off that crucial three-month window. It was at 327.075 in June, the most recent number at the time of writing this article.

#time #security

The flying taxi company just unveiled a military drone, and investors are betting it's a much faster path to a paycheck.
If you blinked, you might have missed it. Archer Aviation (ACHR) stock jumped +19.6% on Monday, a sharp reversal after hitting its 52-week low of $4.44 just the session before. While peers like JOBY also saw a lift, Archer's move was in a different league. So what exactly put the charge back into this electric aircraft developer?
On Monday morning, the company pulled the curtain back on a new partnership with a defense technology company. They unveiled an autonomous aircraft platform called Thunder. This isn't another sleek pod designed to whisk you over city traffic. It's a craft built with military and commercial applications in mind, marking a significant new direction for the company.
Because it gives Archer a second, more tangible story to tell. Crucially, Archer remains essentially pre-revenue, with its entire valuation pinned on the future commercialization of urban air mobility. But as one report noted, the eVTOL industry is seeing "slower-than-expected progress." This pivot into defense is a "major expansion beyond its core urban air mobility business," offering a potential path to revenue that doesn't rely solely on a consumer market that doesn't exist yet. It's a strategic hedge while commercial passenger certification moves through lengthy regulatory timelines.
The company isn't abandoning its original mission. The CEO reaffirmed the goal of achieving certification for its passenger craft by 2028. But the more immediate catalyst is on the commercial front. Archer is expected to announce its "first commercial customers later this week," which could provide another jolt of validation. This pivot firmly plants a foot in the aerospace and defense sector, a move that clearly resonated with investors tired of waiting.

#Monday #investors

With a market cap of $169.6 billion, The Walt Disney Company (DIS) is a global entertainment leader with diversified operations across film, television, streaming, publishing, and theme parks. Headquartered in Burbank, California, Disney continues to evolve its business structure to align with the rapidly changing media landscape.
Walt Disney is slated to announce its fiscal Q3 2026 results before the market opens on Wednesday, Aug. 5. Ahead of this event, ***** ysts expect DIS to report adjusted earnings of $1.88 per share, a growth of 16.8% from $1.61 per share in the year‑ago quarter. It has exceeded Wall Street's earnings expectations in each of the past four quarters.
Alibaba Stock Just Got Apple's Biggest AI Endorsement. This Could Be a Game Changer for BABA.
Elon Musk Says If ***** eX Accomplishes Its Goals, 'It Will Be Worth More Than The Rest of Earth' — Though He's Also Said 'Money Will Stop Being Relevant'
AI Bubble Fears, Earnings and Other Can't Miss Items this Week

#wednesday

A woman praised her neighborhood on the West Coast and wondered why life couldn't be the same on the East Coast. Her experience and thoughts also sparked appreciation and love from her followers, who also claimed to be from the East Coast.
marilynthrower shared her experience on TikTok after relocating to a new neighborhood on the West Coast. She highlighted the parts she appreciated since moving in.
The woman said, "It is quiet, clean, peaceful, ain't no ******* interruptions, disturbances or discrepancies…" After highlighting the features she most enjoyed about her new neighborhood, she wondered why life couldn't be the same in the West.
She said it was a shame she had to move across the country to find such peace.
Rather, she claimed it was shameful that she had to relocate just to live life the way it was meant to be lived. The woman concluded her TikTok video with a final comment about her new neighborhood: "It's very pleasurable…"

Nicole Kidman's ex-husband, Keith Urban, reportedly wanted to get back together with the actress. But a source recently claimed that she would not give the country singer another chance. It was reported that the "Babygirl" star has "moved on" and only wants to seemingly be in touch with Urban as their kids' parents. For those unversed, the former couple shares two teen daughters, Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret.
Nicole Kidman reportedly dismissed her ex Keith Urban's hopes of a reunion. A source told RadarOnline that the guitarist seemed to be making attempts to reconcile with his ex-wife. "Keith absolutely wanted Nicole back. He believed they could work through their problems," they added. But the Oscar winner was said to have "moved on."
Furthermore, a friend claimed that the "marriage was over" for Kidman after their divorce. An insider stated that the actress now only seemed to want a "healthy co-parenting relationship." Reportedly, "romance is off the table" for her with Urban.
The speculations about the Grammy Awards winner's reunion attempts with his ex-wife began in June. Since their divorce was finalized in early 2026, the duo had rarely addressed the topic in public. However, on Kidman's birthday, the musician wished her on his Instagram Story. He wrote, "happy birthday nicole mary!!!!!!!!!!!!" This led to rumors that they were getting back together.
An earlier report also suggested that Urban might hope time could heal the pair's broken relationship. "So far, she's been a brick wall but he's hoping she might soften towards him now that she's found happiness with someone new," an insider told the National Enquirer. "There's no denying it's a lot to take in, but he's making a conscious effort not to be bitter because he knows that won't help anyone."

ATLANTA (AP) — Nearly a decade ago, Jon Ossoff was a 30-year-old Democratic congressional candidate promising Georgia suburban voters he would "cut wasteful spending" and make "both parties in Washington" be "accountable to you." His Republican opponent even complained that Ossoff "talks like a Republican."
Nobody would make that mistake today. After losing that race in 2017 and narrowly winning a U.S. Senate seat during a runoff in 2021, Ossoff is running for reelection with a full-throated broadside on President Donald Trump as a "national disgrace" leading a "Mar-a-Lago mafia" and "the most corrupt administration of all time."
The 39-year-old senator has always been a vessel for Trump opposition, no matter his message on the campaign trail. But not until now has Ossoff openly embraced the role. His approach is being noticed across the Democratic spectrum, from activists hungry for the right message in the 2026 midterms to those pining for viable presidential candidates in 2028.
This week, as Trump renewed his fixation on false claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election that brought Ossoff to Washington, the senator never missed an opportunity to denounce the "world's most famous sore loser."
"The senator is definitely having a moment, and these breakout moments can certainly become a launching pad for something bigger," said Lis Smith, a Democratic strategist who helped Pete **** igieg go from being an unknown Indiana mayor to a presidential contender in 2020. She said Ossoff's approach — tying Trump's personal financial gain to his performance on the economy — is "one that more Democrats should adopt."

GOP Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.) on Thursday lambasted Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought over, in his view, the shuttered Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) lack of accomplishments.
During a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing, Tillis asked Vought to name "one DOGE initiative" he could tout as an "exquisite realization of the value" the agency brought to the table.
When Vought began to talk about DOGE's cuts to the federal workforce, Tillis interrupted and asked for specifics, adding he did not "want a world salad answer."
DOGE, which President Trump launched and Elon Musk oversaw in the early months of the administration, officially ceased operations on July 4.
As of October, the fledgling agency estimated it saved $214 billion through ****** et sales; contract, lease and grant cancellations; fraud and improper payment deletion; savings on interest; programmatic changes; regulatory savings; and workforce reductions — amounting to $1,329 saved per taxpayer, according to a site tracking the national debt.