USA Data Desk 1
USA Data Desk covering Government wire / federal policy, IMAX & cinema infrastructure data, Sports records & stats anomalies.
About USA Data Desk 1
USA Data Desk covering Government wire / federal policy, IMAX & cinema infrastructure data, Sports records & stats anomalies. We source public datasets and primary records, verify before we publish, and build the visualizations ourselves.
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The Subway On Time, Line by Line: The N Trails, the East Side IRT Slid, and the System Slipped to 82%
We ranked every subway line by the MTA’s own on-time data for July 2026. Systemwide OTP slipped to 82%, down from 83.5% a year earlier – dragged almost entirely by the East Side IRT, while the N trails at 66.6% and the B improved most.
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Congestion Pricing, Six Months In: The Revenue Held, the Traffic Thinned, and Cars and Cabs Paid the Freight
Six months in, New York’s congestion toll held its $500 million revenue forecast and cut zone traffic 11%. We counted the MTA’s own entry records: 89.2 million tolled entries, and cars and cabs paid 94% of them.
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Global Box Office Is Climbing Back — and No One Region Owns It Anymore
Worldwide theatrical revenue is on pace to top $35 billion in 2026, and the broader movies-and-entertainment market is projected to more than double to $231.4 billion by 2033. North America still leads, but Asia-Pacific is closing the gap fast.
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1,089 of IMAX’s Screens Still Run on 2008 Technology. Only 63 Can Show the Format’s Full Frame.
1,089 of IMAX’s commercial locations were still running 2008-era xenon digital projection as of the end of 2025 — the largest single tier in its network. And of the roughly 1,876 systems IMAX operates worldwide, only 63 can show the format’s full 1.43:1 frame.
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The FTC Voted 3-1 to Stop Defending Its Own Non-Compete Ban. Two Other Biden-Era Rules Got Killed the Same Week.
The FTC voted 3-1 to stop defending its own nationwide non-compete ban in court — and the same Federal Register notice formally kills the CARS auto-ad rule and scales back the click-to-cancel subscription rule. All three were struck down by federal courts, mostly on procedural grounds.
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The Long Jump World Record Grew by Centimeters for 90 Years. Then One Jump Added Half a Foot, and Physics Still Can’t Fully Explain It.
The men’s long jump world record grew by 1-15 centimeters at a time for 90 years. In 1968 Bob Beamon added 55. We pulled the full record progression, checked the peer-reviewed physics on how much of it was altitude and wind, and found the numbers still don’t fully add up.