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The NHL has canceled its new "Hot for Hockey" audiobook campaign and removed the romance-themed stories from Spotify after negative fan feedback.

A Bay Area father left his three young kids at home before walking into a hospital and allegedly confessing to brutally murdering his wife on Monday morning.

West Virginia Wants Nuclear's Benefits, Somebody Else Can Handle The Waste

When West Virginia first announced that they had joined the race to host Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses (NLICs), the central bargain was already clear: nuclear investment comes with responsibility for used fuel. 

We’ve covered this concept a couple times now, highlighting states like Texas and New Mexico that back nuclear investment while fighting storage of out-of-state spent fuel.

Now, West Virginia has joined the club of pro-nuclear pretenders.

Governor Patrick Morrisey signed an exploratory agreement with DOE and announced West Virginia's entry as the sixth contender in the first week of September. The governor claimed he and his staff went above and beyond to be considered for an NLIC.

It's not surprising, considering over half the states in the country applied for the program with the knowledge that the campuses could attract up to $50 billion in investment and create nearly 25,000 jobs, each.

The frustrating part is that the expectation to take in used nuclear fuel wasn't some secret buried in the fine print. West Virginia's submitted NLIC proposal made temporary used fuel storage a top priority, alongside research into longer-term disposal. Its September agreement explicitly anticipated addressing out-of-state spent fuel and other radioactive waste.

This all only came to light on September 25th when the Charleston Gazette-Mail reported what the administration had actually proposed, using documents obtained through a public-records request. The sales pitch suddenly had an inconveniently readable paper trail.

Multiple lawmakers, even pro-nuclear Republicans, raised concerns about constituents being blindsided. Delegate Josh Holstein said Boone County's elected representatives had not been informed that the former Hobet mine was among the proposed sites.

By September 27th, Morrisey put out a formal statement declaring a hard flip from his previous posturing: "West Virginia will not be a dumping ground for nuclear waste. Period."

The Gazette got it wrong. This Friday’s story intentionally misrepresented my administration’s energy plans without giving me a chance to address their claims and slanted coverage. Here's the truth: We are pursuing nuclear generation and manufacturing to bring high-paying jobs to West Virginia. Our recent application to the U.S. Department of Energy was part of that effort. We want to build on our existing strengths in coal and natural gas to create more jobs and opportunity, stronger communities, and a higher standard of living. But West Virginia will not be a dumping ground for nuclear waste. Period. I have directed my Office of Energy to ensure that every site identified in our final Nuclear Campus application is considered only for nuclear generation or manufacturing - not as a dump. I will keep fighting for investments that can bring thousands of high-paying jobs to our state. I will also protect West Virginia’s beauty and heritage. We can pursue new opportunities without becoming a dumping ground. More energy jobs and manufacturing jobs are on the table. Nuclear waste dumps are not. We've had enough fake news.

— Governor Patrick Morrisey (@wvgovernor) September 27, 2026

By September 30th, the NLIC hosting deadline, state energy director Nicholas Preservati told DOE West Virginia was "unable to execute the Hosting Agreement and commit fully to its requirements." The letter still surprisingly proclaimed support for a national nuclear renaissance.

It’s just somebody else's responsibility, apparently. As with Texas and New Mexico, the enthusiasm looks considerably thinner once nuclear's less glamorous obligations enter the conversation.

West Virginia has not banned nuclear development, but it has walked away from this attempt to connect the industry's benefits with its lifecycle responsibilities.

Tyler Durden Mon, 10/05/2026 - 21:20

Which Lakers aren’t playing in the team’s preseason opener against the Kings?

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MLB may be headed for a rough year starting with the Dec. 1 lockout.

To be part of the big moment, together with other people in this great, vast and complex city. 

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National inflation went up by 47.7% between January 2011 and January 2026, but home prices rose faster in all 50 of the largest metros.

“There is an overwhelming need to send a message to people who come to the US to commit crimes," the judge said, before doling out the max allowable sentence to Mora Nunez.

Harbaugh has his fingerprints all over this 3-1 start, which comes with sole possession of first place in the NFC East.

Against a team that famously puts the ball in play often on a home turf that famously can be difficult to adjust to, the Yankees looked as if they had never played on this stage of the ALDS or at this locale of Tropicana Field.

Pentagon Raises Combat Pay For First Time Since 2002 As Iran War Persists

Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com,

The Pentagon has raised combat pay for US troops for the first time since 2002, Task & Purpose has reported, as the Iran war continues and another round of escalation between the US and Iran appears to be coming.

Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell announced the pay increase last week. "Our troops in harm’s way deserve compensation that reflects their risk. For the first time in over two decades, the Department of War is increasing Hostile Fire Pay and Imminent Danger Pay," he wrote on X.

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Parnell said that Hostile Fire Pay, which troops can receive if their base or unit comes under enemy fire, has been increased to $450 per month, double the previous amount.

Imminent Danger Pay, provided to troops "subject to the threat of physical harm or imminent danger," has increased to a maximum of $275 per month, up $50 from the previous rate. US troops can receive either Hostile Fire Pay or Imminent Danger Pay, but cannot receive both simultaneously.

While increasing combat pay, the Pentagon is also reducing the maximum amount troops can receive in Hardship Duty Pay-Location from $150 to $100 per month. The benefit compensates troops stationed in areas with particularly difficult living conditions, rather than for exposure to combat.

After the Iran war started, the Pentagon expanded the locations that are eligible for Imminent Danger Pay to include Arab states that host US bases, Turkey, Cyprus, the Greek island of Crete, the US base at Diego Garcia, and the waters of the Arabian Gulf, Arabian Sea, and Gulf of Oman.

Throughout the war in Iran, US bases across the Middle East have been pounded by Iranian missiles and drones, resulting in a significant number of US casualties, which have been downplayed by the Pentagon.

According to the Pentagon’s official numbers, since the US and Israel started the war with a sneak attack on Iran on February 28, at least 19 US troops have been killed, and 861 have been wounded.

——> Pentagon doubles combat pay for troops under fire • Hostile-fire pay jumps from $225 to $450 a month starting today • Imminent-danger pay rises to $275 as U.S. forces stay in Iran-related danger zones https://t.co/RxEXmaq53p

— Odisus (@Odisus) October 1, 2026

According to a recent report from The Washington Post, the Pentagon has not reported all of the US military deaths in the region since the conflict began. The report put the number of deaths of US service members at up to 23, though it said not all undisclosed deaths were directly tied to the conflict, and it also said that three civilian contractors have died.

Tyler Durden Mon, 10/05/2026 - 20:55

The Los Angeles Clippers’ preseason injury toll took another blow on Sunday, after veteran forward Max Strus exited Sunday’s preseason 104-101 victory in Hawaii against the Golden State Warriors with a non-contact injury. On Monday, ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania reported that Strus suffered a partial plantar fasciitis tear in his right foot and will...

Gov. Kathy Hochul still can’t protect New Yorkers from subway violence, as last week’s unprovoked knifing murder on a Queens J train reminded us. 

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Canada Has The Nuclear Technology. Why Buy The Dependency?

Saskatchewan’s recent announcement envisages two large reactors supplying more than 2,000 MW in the northwest, potentially starting in 2042, plus at least 600 MW from small modular reactors near Estevan.

The ambition makes sense. The willingness to acquire more foreign dependencies… does not.

The list of potential vendors for large reactors is short:

• Westinghouse and its AP1000
• AtkinsRealis and Canadian CANDU technology

Will Canada import Westinghouse and their American reactor technology, or keep everything in-house with AtkinsRealis and the CANDU?

In today's era of national energy security, it's not exactly clear why Canadian leadership is taking more than 3 seconds to make the logical choice.

Saskatchewan is choosing between building their own homegrown reactor technology with an almost fully domesticated fuel and manufacturing supply chain, or instead, importing American nuclear technology and becoming reliant on US fuel and supply chain support for the next century.

Decisions, decisions…

While Westinghouse does wear a metaphorical red leaf on their collar (given their Canadian company ownership with Cameco and Brookfield), the AP1000 reactor technology is still American-based and is subject to export controls from the US.

On top of that, one of the biggest dependencies Canada will find themselves with is an additional need for uranium enrichment. They've already incurred a small amount of this pain with the BWRX-300 project at Darlington, but otherwise, the country runs on natural uranium due to the design of the CANDU reactor fleet.

One of the best features of the CANDU reactor is its heavy water moderator that allows it to use uranium enriched to as low as under 1% U-235, which is similar to the enrichment level of uranium that is pulled straight out of the ground. This allows the Canadian nuclear industry to largely skip the need for uranium enrichment, which is a painful bottleneck which will likely hold back the nuclear renaissance both in the U.S. and abroad.

The majority of the rest of the reactors in the world require the uranium that's used inside their cores to be enriched to somewhere between 3% and 5% U-235.

Why voluntarily add a strategic bottleneck to a system that already avoids it?

And while it's not exactly an apples-to-apples comparison, the recent history of major nuclear projects in the two countries is painful to look at side by side.

The AP1000 reactors at Vogtle 3 and 4 in Georgia came in tens of billions of dollars over budget and years late. The sister project, VC Summer, wasn't even finished and was abandoned.

Compare that to the recent nuclear mega project of heavily refurbishing four CANDU reactors at the Darlington site. The project finished 4 months early and CAD$150m under budget. A similar refit at the Bruce site finished 7 months early and also under budget.

There may also be a political calculation here with the ongoing tariff fight. Canadian leaders could see an AP1000 order as a way to keep Trump happy and buy some breathing room. Westinghouse’s Canadian ownership would help sell the decision at home, while its American reactor technology would give Trump an export victory to advertise.

Tyler Durden Mon, 10/05/2026 - 20:30

Stanley toured his new surroundings on Long Island’s North Shore and walked into a cute neighborhood shop to grab a coffee. “I think it cost me like nine dollars,” Stanley said with a smile.

The opinion editor of Daily Trojan, USC's student newspaper, says that fraternities across the country should be shut down because they have become a hotbed of sexual assaults rather than an outlet for young men to build community.