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It’s that time of year for the Dahls, the close-knit Christian family at the center of ’s bleak and biting new play . Christmas is their favorite holiday, an occasion for the four adult children (plus their spouses) to convene at the elder Dahls’ house and imbibe on batch Manhattans, gorge on dense confectionaries, stow away extra figgy pudding and sing carols exalting their Lord and savior Jesus Christ. No matter that a handful of the Dahls are having a crisis of faith, that one might be losing their memory, that another is in active recovery from drug addiction and a third might be buckling under the weight of their mental health issues. The Dahls, in service of their own self-image, prefer to lie and deny. Produced by Second Stage and now at The Helen Hayes theater in New York, (directed by Headland’s longtime collaborator Trip Cullman) observes the Dahls as they celebrate a Christmas threatened by buried secrets and unacknowledged truths. The production completes the Seven Deadly Plays by Headland ( , ), which she began writing in 2006 with the IAMA Theater Company in Los Angeles. The writing is sharp in considering the shape pride takes within a deeply devoted family, filled with cutting observations about religious hubris and finely timed jokes about what this sin, considered the first and most deadly, breeds. The star-studded cast, which includes Broadway debuts by and , deliver committed performances that demonstrate a sincere relationship to the material. is here, too, as is Rebecca Henderson from and star Roberta Colindrez, all in fine form. But the narrative itself can be a mixed bag, an ambitious text with some moments of true profundity and others still reaching for meaning. opens with one of the Dahls’ preferred activities: singing carols. Like the family at the center of Joshua Oppenheimer’s delightfully strange apocalyptic musical , the Dahls find a more honest register when singing. The carols, a mix of familiar Christian holiday tunes deftly supervised by Jacinth Greywoode, becomes a portal through which we can better see their desires for mutual understanding. Bill (David Rasche), the patriarch, plays the “The Cherry-Tree Carol” at the piano and is soon joined by his wife Ginny (an excellent Marie Winningham). The children follow. While Evie (Rebecca Henderson), the eldest Dahl daughter, belts with her mother, her wife Pippa (Roberta Colindrez) stays silent. Mark (Zachary Quinto), the eldest Dahl son, and his wife Rachel ( ’s Molly Bernard) participate too. As does James, Diana’s husband (Christopher Lowell). But it’s Diana (Shailene Woodley), the youngest Dahl daughter who is pregnant with her second child, who steals the show with her melodic voice. When the song ends, so too does the congeniality. The Dahls devolve into a grumbling mass, lodging bitter complaints about the youngest son Johnny (Christopher Sears, in top form) who, as usual, is late. Ginny doesn’t want to start dinner without him, which forces the other siblings and their spouses to stave off hunger with more cookies and wine. As the group waits for Johnny, threads of various secrets reveal themselves; like Branden Jacobs-Jenkins in Headland explores how secrets warp reality and keep families in distressing prisons of their own making. also recalls Stephen Karam’s play and later film , which recasts a family holiday gathering (this one Thanksgiving) as a psychological thriller. All of these works explore reunions as a fraught encounter between past wounds, present realities and future desires. But Headland’s play distinguishes itself from the others by investigating these confrontations alongside pride: How does this sin, defined by blinding self-absorption and lack of humility, distort the Dahls’ love? The answer is more searching than certain. , which feels like the more impressionistic , confidently builds schematic portraits of the Dahls. It’s not concerned with establishing an obvious narrative thread. Revelations are found within interactions between characters who end up in small configurations — pairs or trios — to whisper about what’s really going on. All of the drama in this skillfully paced 100-minute play takes place in Ginny and Bill’s Connecticut farmhouse. The cozy scenic design by John Lee Beatty — a chimney lined with colorful stockings, rustic themed furniture and wood paneled walls — and lighting design by Heather Gilbert gently steer us through the moods of Christmas Eve. Surrounded by reminders of childhood, the Dahls feud about the present in a futile attempt to preserve a future together. Rachel wants her family to acknowledge the cruel homophobia directed at her and her wife Pippa. The two recently got married in a wedding barely attended by the Dahls, and plan to start a family. Mark, whose lapse of faith drew him to the law, is struggling in his marriage (Evie is rightly unhappy) and career (he recently clerked for Justice Roberts but isn’t sure what’s next). Both worry about their father, who’s exhibiting signs of dementia, and Diana, whose mental health issues have been routinely ignored by their parents. Her husband James also seems on edge, so we know there are secrets there, too. With so many characters on stage, Headland must tend to an array of themes: homophobia, religious doubt, aging parents, mental health and even drug addiction. It’s no small feat that each character is distinctly drawn and that audiences can keep up with the rhythm and speed of the rapid, overlapping dialogue. Still, Headland handles some threads with more finesse than others. Those shortchanged include Johnny and Loren (Barbie Ferreira), a friend from his recovery program. Sears does an excellent job with his role, capturing Johnny’s frenetic desperation to remain afloat in the clan’s fetid storm, but this critic, at least, wanted more for this character. Ferreira struggles a bit more to find the depth in her role; her character comes off as merely a cipher, a stand-in for an audience similarly positioned as outsiders. The other supporting characters in the Dahl show could have benefited from more shading as well. Colindrez flexes her comedic chops and makes the most of her time on stage but Pippa, like Bernard’s Rachel, remains a relatively opaque figure. is at its best when focused on Ginny, Mark, Evie and Diana, who represent different forms of pride. Through them, the playwright, who was raised in a similarly devoted home, wrestles with charged questions about faith and hubris. Ginny catastrophizes any comments about her mothering, insisting that her love is absolution. Winningham’s micro-expressions — especially her whimpering lips at any hint of criticism — are painful in their accuracy. Mark and Evie share similar issues, in that both have intellectually turned away from religion but can’t complete the emotional severance. Diana, whose religious psychosis worsens throughout the play, is one of the more tragic characters, and Woodley is pitch perfect in a role that requires balancing the comedy with these darker undertones. Headland’s efforts with these characters can be messy at times, but for this critic, who grew up in similar Christian conditions, the results are undoubtedly electrifying. With scary precision, the playwright captures the delusion that roots itself in families who use faith to control. She shows how an aversion to doubt and rejection of questions that might threaten sanctity narrows a family’s field of vision, making it harder to see the tragedy unfolding around them. 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30th Palmolive Sindh Women’s Swimming Championship 2024KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Freshman Justus McNair made a 3-pointer from midcourt just before the final buzzer to cap Valparaiso's game-closing 29-4 run and the Beacons knocked off Western Michigan 76-73 on Friday. Valpo trailed 69-47 with 6:51 remaining. Tied at 73-all, Western Michigan's Donovan Williams came up short on a 3-pointer from the corner and McNair grabbed the rebound with about four seconds left before racing the other way for a one-footed runner at the horn. Cooper Schwieger scored 17 of his 19 points in the second half for the Beacons (6-5). Jefferson Monegro scored 13 points while going 4 of 15 from the floor, including 0 for 3 from 3-point range, and 5 for 9 from the line. McNair had 13 points and went 5 of 7 from the field (2 for 4 from 3-point range). Chansey Willis Jr. finished with 16 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for the Broncos (3-8). Owen Lobsinger added 14 points for Western Michigan. Brandon Muntu finished with 12 points. Monegro scored eight points in the first half and Valparaiso went into halftime trailing 42-26. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .Sri Lanka to soon formulate national policy on visits by foreign research vessels: Sri Lanka’s Foreign MinisterIllumen Capital is doubling down on its support for fund managers and founders from underrepresented communities. The firm is an impact fund of funds that has previously supported ways to address racial bias in investing. Yesterday, the firm, founded by Daryn Dodson, announced the raise of a $32.75 million “Catalyst Fund “to once again support emerging fund managers and founders, especially those hailing from underrepresented backgrounds. The news comes during a fraught time for many diverse funding managers and founders, who are seeing less financial support than in the years before. Black founders raised less than 1% of venture capital funding last year, according to Crunchbase, and as of H1, was on track to continue seeing a funding decline. Speaking to TechCrunch, Dodson said, “During terms of economic uncertainty, political polarization, and concerns of ongoing inflation, we’ve seen biases increase,” Dodson told TechCrunch, adding that these biases are also playing out in the venture space, where billions of capital are still going to the same people. When asked about fundraising, Dodson said that the firm was fortunate enough to have “established deep relationships,” with limited partners that are “committed to backing the next generation of VC and PE managers.” The firm has approximately $285 million in assets under management, it said. It last raised a $168 million Fund II in 2023 to also address racial and gender bias in investing. Dodson said the Catalyst Fund is a complementary strategy to its first two funds. “Whereas our Fund I and Fund II focused on more established managers, the Catalyst Fund prioritizes first-time managers and early-stage founders,” he continued. “It was intentionally a smaller vehicle, and we were fortunate that two of our anchor investors from our Fund II – Ford Foundation and Health Forward Foundation – backed this latest fund.” The Fund hopes to invest at least 65% of capital into first-time venture managers and up to 35% of capital as direct co-investments into companies sourced through any of its active funds. “At least 90% of the fund will likely be focused domestically,” Dodson continued. “And up to 20% in emerging markets.” The fund will look generally at managers working in education, health and wellness, financial inclusion, climate, and sustainability, he said. Dodson hopes to deploy the fund within the next year and a half. “We see our Catalyst Fund taking advantage of a market inefficiency,” he said. “With the Catalyst Fund, we hope to demonstrate the intrinsic value of backing diverse-led funds, and identify the best of the next generation of venture managers.”

David Hilzenrath, Jodie Fleischer, Cox Media Group | (TNS) KFF Health News In March, newly installed Social Security chief Martin O’Malley criticized agency “injustices” that “shock our shared sense of equity and good conscience as Americans.” He promised to overhaul the Social Security Administration’s often heavy-handed efforts to claw back money that millions of recipients — including people who are living in poverty, are elderly, or have disabilities — were allegedly overpaid, as described by a KFF Health News and Cox Media Group investigation last year. “Innocent people can be badly hurt,” O’Malley said at the time. Nearly eight months since he appeared before Congress and announced a series of policy changes, and with two months left in his term, O’Malley’s effort to fix the system has made inroads but remains a work in progress. For instance, one change, moving away from withholding 100% of people’s monthly Social Security benefits to recover alleged overpayments, has been a major improvement, say advocates for beneficiaries. “It is a tremendous change,” said Kate Lang of Justice in Aging, who called it “life-changing for many people.” The number of people from whom the Social Security Administration was withholding full monthly benefits to recoup money declined sharply — from about 46,000 in January to about 7,000 in September, the agency said. Asked to clarify whether those numbers and others provided for this article covered all programs administered by the agency, the SSA press office did not respond. Another potentially significant change — relieving beneficiaries of having to prove that an overpayment was not their fault — has not been implemented. The agency said it is working on that. Meanwhile, the agency seems to be looking to Congress to take the lead on a change some observers see as crucial: limiting how far back the government can reach to recover an alleged overpayment. Barbara Hubbell of Watkins Glen, New York, called the absence of a statute of limitations “despicable.” Hubbell said her mother was held liable for $43,000 because of an SSA error going back 19 years. “In what universe is that even legal?” Hubbell said. Paying down the overpayment balance left her mother “essentially penniless,” she added. In response to questions for this article, Social Security spokesperson Mark Hinkle said legislation is “the best and fastest way” to set a time limit. Establishing a statute of limitations was not among the policy changes O’Malley announced in his March congressional testimony. In an interview at the time, he said he expected an announcement on it “within the next couple few months.” It could probably be done by regulation, without an act of Congress, he said. Speaking generally, Hinkle said the agency has “made substantial progress on overpayments,” reducing the hardship they cause, and “continues to work diligently” to update policies. The agency is underfunded, he added, is at a near 50-year low in staffing, and could do better with more employees. The SSA did not respond to requests for an interview with O’Malley. O’Malley announced the policy changes after KFF Health News and Cox Media Group jointly published and broadcast investigative reporting on the damage overpayments and clawbacks have done to millions of beneficiaries. When O’Malley, a former Democratic governor of Maryland, presented his plans to three congressional committees in March, lawmakers greeted him with rare bipartisan praise. But the past several months have shown how hard it can be to turn around a federal bureaucracy that is massive, complex, deeply dysfunctional, and, as it says, understaffed. Now O’Malley’s time may be running out. Lang of Justice in Aging, among the advocacy groups that have been meeting with O’Malley and other Social Security officials, said she appreciates how much the commissioner has achieved in a short time. But she added that O’Malley has “not been interested in hearing about our feelings that things have fallen short.” One long-standing policy O’Malley set out to change involves the burden of proof. When the Social Security Administration alleges someone has been overpaid and demands the money back, the burden is on the beneficiary to prove they were not at fault. Cecilia Malone, 24, a beneficiary in Lithonia, Georgia, said she and her parents spent hundreds of hours trying to get errors corrected. “Why is the burden on us to ‘prove’ we weren’t overpaid?” Malone said. It can be exceedingly difficult for beneficiaries to appeal a decision. The alleged overpayments, which can reach tens of thousands of dollars or more, often span years. And people struggling just to survive may have extra difficulty producing financial records from long ago. What’s more, in letters demanding repayment, the government does not typically spell out its case against the beneficiary — making it hard to mount a defense. Testifying before House and Senate committees in March, O’Malley promised to shift the burden of proof. “That should be on the agency,” he said. The agency expects to finalize “guidance” on the subject “in the coming months,” Hinkle said. The agency points to reduced wait times and other improvements in a phone system known to leave beneficiaries on hold. “In September, we answered calls to our national 800 number in an average of 11 minutes — a tremendous improvement from 42 minutes one year ago,” Hinkle said. Still, in response to a nonrepresentative survey by KFF Health News and Cox Media Group focused on overpayments, about half of respondents who said they contacted the agency by phone since April rated that experience as “poor,” and few rated it “good” or “excellent.” The survey was sent to about 600 people who had contacted KFF Health News to share their overpayment stories since September 2023. Almost 200 people answered the survey in September and October of this year. Most of those who said they contacted the agency by mail since April rated their experience as “poor.” Jennifer Campbell, 60, a beneficiary in Nelsonville, Ohio, said in late October that she was still waiting for someone at the agency to follow up as described during a phone call in May. “VERY POOR customer service!!!!!” Campbell wrote. “Nearly impossible to get a hold of someone,” wrote Kathryn Duff of Colorado Springs, Colorado, who has been helping a disabled family member. Letters from SSA have left Duff mystified. One was postmarked July 9, 2024, but dated more than two years earlier. Another, dated Aug. 18, 2024, said her family member was overpaid $31,635.80 in benefits from the Supplemental Security Income program, which provides money to people with little or no income or other resources who are disabled, blind, or at least 65. But Duff said her relative never received SSI benefits. What’s more, for the dates in question, payments listed in the letter to back up the agency’s math didn’t come close to $31,635.80; they totaled about a quarter of that amount. Regarding the 100% clawbacks, O’Malley in March said it’s “unconscionable that someone would find themselves facing homelessness or unable to pay bills, because Social Security withheld their entire payment for recovery of an overpayment.” He said that, starting March 25, if a beneficiary doesn’t respond to a new overpayment notice, the agency would default to withholding 10%. The agency warned of “a short transition period.” That change wasn’t automated until June 25, Hinkle said. The number of people newly placed in full withholding plummeted from 6,771 in February to 51 in September, according to data the agency provided. SSA said it would notify recipients they could request reduced withholding if it was already clawing back more than 10% of their monthly checks. Nonetheless, dozens of beneficiaries or their family members told KFF Health News and Cox Media Group they hadn’t heard they could request reduced withholding. Among those who did ask, roughly half said their requests were approved. According to the SSA, there has been almost a 20% decline in the number of people facing clawbacks of more than 10% but less than 100% of their monthly checks — from 141,316 as of March 8 to 114,950 as of Oct. 25, agency spokesperson Nicole Tiggemann said. Meanwhile, the number of people from whom the agency was withholding exactly 10% soared more than fortyfold — from just over 5,000 to well over 200,000. And the number of beneficiaries having any partial benefits withheld to recover an overpayment increased from almost 600,000 to almost 785,000, according to data Tiggemann provided. Lorraine Anne Davis, 72, of Houston, said she hasn’t received her monthly Social Security payment since June due to an alleged overpayment. Her Medicare premium was being deducted from her monthly benefit, so she’s been left to pay that out-of-pocket. Davis said she’s going to need a kidney transplant and had been trying to save money for when she’d be unable to work. A letter from the SSA dated April 8, 2024, two weeks after the new 10% withholding policy was slated to take effect, said it had overpaid her $13,538 and demanded she pay it back within 30 days. Apparently, the SSA hadn’t accounted for a pension Davis receives from overseas; Davis said she disclosed it when she filed for benefits. In a letter to her dated June 29, the agency said that, under its new policy, it would change the withholding to only 10% if she asked. Davis said she asked by phone repeatedly, and to no avail. “Nobody seems to know what’s going on” and “no one seems to be able to help you,” Davis said. “You’re just held captive.” In October, the agency said she’d receive a payment — in March 2025. Marley Presiado, a research assistant on the Public Opinion and Survey Research team at KFF, contributed to this report. ©2024 KFF Health News. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec. 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Recursion”) (NASDAQ: RXRX), a leading clinical stage TechBio company decoding biology to industrialize drug discovery, today announced that on December 19, 2024, the Compensation Committee of Recursion's Board of Directors approved the grant of inducement restricted stock unit (RSU) awards covering 7,952,836 shares of its class A common stock in the aggregate to 230 new employees under Recursion's 2024 Inducement Equity Incentive Plan (the “2024 Plan”). Each award was granted as an inducement material to the employee's commencement of employment with a subsidiary of Recursion in connection with Recursion's acquisition of Exscientia plc and pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). Each inducement RSU award will vest as to 1/16th of the shares subject to the award quarterly on each of February 15, May 15, August 15, and November 15, beginning with February 15, 2025 until the inducement RSU award is fully vested, subject to the inducement RSU award recipient’s continued employment through the Company Vesting Dates. Each inducement RSU award is subject to the terms and conditions of the 2024 Plan and the grant agreements covering the awards. About Recursion Pharmaceuticals Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: RXRX) is a leading clinical stage TechBio company decoding biology to industrialize drug discovery. Enabling its mission is the Recursion OS, a platform built across diverse technologies that continuously generate one of the world’s largest proprietary biological and chemical datasets. Recursion leverages sophisticated machine-learning algorithms to distill from its dataset a collection of trillions of searchable relationships across biology and chemistry unconstrained by human bias. By commanding massive experimental scale — up to millions of wet lab experiments weekly — and massive computational scale — owning and operating one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, Recursion is uniting technology, biology and chemistry to advance the future of medicine. Recursion is headquartered in Salt Lake City, where it is a founding member of BioHive, the Utah life sciences industry collective. Recursion also has offices in Toronto, Montréal, New York, London, Oxford area, and the San Francisco Bay area. Learn more at www.Recursion.com , or connect on X (formerly Twitter) and LinkedIn. Media Contact Media@Recursion.com Investor Contact Investor@Recursion.com Ryan Kelly Recursion Pharmaceuticals media@recursion.com