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Eight US Navy personnel assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group attempted suicide during its extraordinarily long deployment, Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao disclosed in September 2026. No service members died by suicide. The disclosure followed months of concern from sailors’ families and lawmakers about the psychological toll of extended combat operations and conditions at sea. Stars and Strips

A major new study by D. Daneshvar and C. Nowinski et al., published on August 25, 2026, on the prevalence of CTE at death in NFL players added urgency to a question football has faced for two decades: How much risk to the brain are we, as parents, coaches, healthcare professionals, and neuroscientists, willing to accept for the sport that is widely loved?

The University of Michigan is preparing to introduce a pass/no credit grading pilot for first-year students in its College of Literature, Science, and the Arts beginning in fall 2027. The controversial plan is intended, in part, to reduce college student stress and support mental health—but critics question whether it could lower academic standards and leave students less prepared to cope with adversity.

Are you aware, like I am as a Master Neuroplastician, that your children are born with “Mirror Neurons,” a 21st century neuroscientific finding, which is why children copy parents and mimic everything they say and do, both positive and negative?

Are you excited about FIFA coming to your town in the US and all the hype and promise it has for business, American society, solidarity between nations, especially during wartime, and for the sheer love of the game of soccer? As a peak performance coach, who works with Mindful Toughness skill sets to assist young people to succeed, I am!

Among all the hoopla and celebration that occurred before, during, and after the finals of the 2026 Knicks Championship Game was the incredible story of Jalen Brunson.

Do you know that reading skills and literacy are on a downward slide in the US, and declining standards and low expectations are destroying education? Well, it is, according to journalist Idrees Kahloon in a 10/2025 piece in The Atlanta.