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The Las Vegas Aces face the Golden State Valkyries in Game 2 of their WNBA playoff series, with attention on how the Aces bounce back. Star guard Chelsea Gray said the team 'could be a ton better' and pointed to their biggest area of improvement as they look to level the series. Fans are debating whether Las Vegas can adjust after a costly Game 1.

Class action lawyers are investigating reports of a data breach at Graybar Electric Company, the St. Louis-based electrical distributor. The probe, publicized via ClassAction.org, seeks affected individuals as a possible lawsuit is weighed. Details about the scale of the breach or the data exposed have not been confirmed.

A bipartisan coalition of US states has asked the Supreme Court to let them regulate prediction markets, which allow trading on the outcomes of future events. The states argue they should have authority over these platforms, which currently sit in a regulatory gray area overseen largely at the federal level. The case touches on ongoing disputes over gambling laws and the rapid growth of event-contract trading platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket.

Leaked documents allege the Sudanese army has supplied weapons to forces aligned with the TPLF as fighting in Tigray flares up again. The claims, reported by Horn Review, point to a covert weapons pipeline across the Sudanese border, potentially deepening regional tensions between Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea at a moment when the Tigray conflict is reigniting.

A programmer has constructed a Photoshop document by hand, just 390 bytes containing two gray layers with the top one set to Soft Light, sharing the experience with the developer community. The exercise highlights how the PSD format encodes details that Photoshop's own interface never exposes, sparking interest among coders curious about file formats, reverse engineering, and what software really does behind its UI.

The NFL has told courts that prediction markets should be treated as a form of sports gambling, arguing that regulation should rest with individual states rather than federal oversight. The league's position escalates its fight against prediction market platforms offering sports event contracts, which have operated in a regulatory gray zone. Sports leagues and state regulators have increasingly challenged these platforms as unlicensed betting operations.

A Chinese maritime militia vessel has been detected for the first time in waters off Taiwan's east coast, a previously rare area of activity. The sighting suggests Beijing's gray-zone operations are expanding beyond the Taiwan Strait and waters near the Kinmen Islands. Analysts say the move could signal a new phase in pressure tactics around the island, raising concerns in Taipei and among regional security watchers.

Atlanta Dream All-Star guard Allisha Gray will miss Game 2 of the team's playoff series against the New York Liberty due to a hand injury. Gray, one of the Dream's key players and a recent All-Star selection, had been picked as a starter, making her absence a significant blow as Atlanta fights to stay alive against New York.

A new report from The Verge's Optimizer newsletter examines the booming gray market for peptides, unregulated compounds popular in fitness and wellness circles. The piece argues the 'wild west' market is hard to quantify, with little reliable data on what these products actually contain, their dosages, or their long-term health effects for users.

A box score from September 23, 1942 shows the Homestead Grays defeating the New York Black Yankees 9-0 in a Negro Leagues game, now listed in MLB's Gameday archive. MLB has incorporated Negro Leagues statistics and scores into its official records, drawing renewed attention to historic teams and players.

Wildlife officials in Wisconsin have lethally removed nine gray wolves after determining the animals posed threats to human safety. The decision is drawing attention from hunters, conservationists and rural residents, reflecting ongoing tension in the state over wolf management, depredation concerns and how authorities should respond when wolves come into conflict with people.