Month: August 2020

A view from Sterling Library at Yale University. Stan Godlewski | The Washington Post | Getty Images Yale University’s undergraduate admissions process “illegally discriminates” against White and Asian students, the Department of Justice said Thursday. A two-year investigation into the Ivy League school found that “race is the determinative factor in hundreds of admissions decisions
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Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. Kevin Dietsch | Reuters If the U.S. allowed the coronavirus to spread unchecked in an attempt to try to achieve so-called herd immunity, the
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Project Power is the big-budget popcorn flick you’ve been aching to see. The superhero actioner provides a much-needed cinematic jolt to a barren summer. Star lead performances, a better than expected plot, and truly impressive visual effects add up to a high entertainment value. Minor drawbacks, mostly centered on the poorly defined antagonists, are negligible.
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A powerful push in innovation is creating excitement among venture capitalists. Early stage angel investor Nidhi Chadda of Enzo Advisors finds the coronavirus fallout is producing a seismic shift in how the world does business, and she believes much of it will be permanent.  “Over the past several years regardless of which industry we’ve been
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The World Health Organization said Thursday there is “no evidence” the coronavirus is being transmitted through food. Researchers in China are studying the issue, and the international agency is tracking their findings, Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO’s emergencies program, said during a press conference at the agency’s Geneva headquarters. But right now
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EXCLUSIVE: The Broadway production company behind the upcoming Michael Jackson musical MJ and the stage adaptation of the hit 2000 film Almost Famous has hired The Old Globe Theater’s Travis LeMont Ballenger as producer to help oversee both high-profile projects. Ballenger, most recently the Associate Artistic Director at the Globe in San Diego, also will
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WASHINGTON — Mike Griffin, the former NASA administrator who stepped down as undersecretary of defense in July, has joined the board of directors of small launch vehicle company Rocket Lab as that company seeks to grow its government business. The company announced Aug. 12 that it added Griffin to its board, joining company founder Peter
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — President Donald Trump on Thursday announced that the United Arab Emirates and Israel agreed to establish normal diplomatic relations in a development that will put on pause Israel’s efforts to annex parts of the West Bank claimed by Palestinians.  The president released a joint statement from the two countries and the
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Ciara is back with a new song called “Rooted.” The track features Ester Dean and was produced by Hudson Mohawke and Stargate. Check out the accompanying music video—conceptualized by Ciara and directed by Annie Bercy—below. “I am blessed to be able to carry seeds of new life into this world,” Ciara, who filmed the “Rooted”
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Courtesy of USPS, Parks Project, and @ClaraBelleUK Style Points is a new weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. Merch, like so many things, comes in waves. While the right band T-shirt has always been reliably cool, music merch’s fashion cred arguably crested with Cali Thornhill DeWitt’s T-shirts for Kanye West’s The
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The 2020 Emmy nominations, like any other year, delivered many disappointments and surprises. One of the surprises was the success story of The Mandalorian. Who would have thought the Star Wars-themed series about a bounty hunter would snag 15 nominations? The Mandalorian receiving Emmy love has a positive side. Its nominations, along with the nominations
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