U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds her weekly news conference with Capitol Hill reporters in Washington, D.C., May 20, 2021. Ken Cedeno | Reuters A group of Democratic and Republican House members on Tuesday endorsed the bipartisan infrastructure framework crafted by senators and the White House, but potentially complicated its path to passage along
Month: July 2021
News Watch Dry Cleaning’s NPR “Tiny Desk (Home) Concert” They performed tracks from their debut LP New Long Leg By Madison Bloom July 6, 2021 Facebook Twitter Still from Dry Cleaning’s NPR “Tiny Desk (Home) Concert” Facebook Twitter Dry Cleaning performed a “Tiny Desk (Home) Concert” in the latest installment of NPR’s live music series.
Intelligent life may exist elsewhere in the universe besides Earth, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said in an interview Tuesday, and NASA is actively searching for signs. “If you have a universe that is 13.5 billion years old — it is so big — is there another chance for another Sun and another planet that has
Ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, Simone Biles is starring in a seven-part docu-series on Facebook Watch, Simone vs Herself, about her journey preparing for the games. In the latest episode, “What More Can I Say,” Biles opens up about being a survivor of sexual abuse. Biles is one of many young women who suffered at
College is a place where young people find themselves. Motherland: Fort Salem Season 2 Episode 3 proved that War College amped up that discovery process big time. Abigail, Tally, and Raelle came together as a unit during basic training on Motherland: Fort Salem Season 1. Now, just like at a regular university, these sisters are on
If you enjoy reading Electric Literature, join our mailing list! We’ll send you the best of EL each week, and you’ll be the first to know about upcoming submissions periods and virtual events. Aptly named after the ritual in the Black church of passing a basket down each aisle so that worshippers can give monetary
In this article AXP DVN AMZN AAPL After stocks took a dive to open the trading week Tuesday, CNBC’s Jim Cramer explained three ways investors can find buying opportunities. “Remember the three types of stocks to buy on down days: The ones that rallied anyway, the ones where you’re finally getting a long-awaited pullback, and
Company, Marianne Elliott’s reimagined production of the Stephen Sondheim/George Furth musical starring Katrina Lenk and Patti LuPone, will begin Broadway performances a month earlier than previously announced, with the new preview date now set for Monday, Nov. 15. The official opening night is now Thursday, Dec. 9 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, a full
by Trevor Kimball, July 5, 2021 (Netflix) Bailey’s music career has been cut short again. Netflix has cancelled Country Comfort so, there won’t be a second season of this multi-camera comedy series. Created by Caryn Lucas, Country Comfort stars Katharine McPhee, Eddie Cibrian, Ricardo Hurtado, Jamie Martin Mann, Pyper Braun, Shiloh Verrico, and Griffin McIntyre,
A trader works during the IPO for Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Global Inc on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) floor in New York City, U.S., June 30, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket. Didi — Shares of Didi sunk about 20% in premarket
In its recently launched summer issue, World Literature Today — the University of Oklahoma’s award-winning magazine of international literature and culture — presents a historic cover feature devoted to Palestine Voices. The issue, guest-edited by writer and photographer Yousef Khanfar, can be found in U.S. and Canadian bookstores and online at www.worldlit.org. To launch the
WASHINGTON — The James Webb Space Telescope is one step closer to launch after a review of its Ariane launch vehicle, while NASA continues a separate review of the name of the spacecraft itself. The European Space Agency announced July 1 that it, along with Arianespace, had successfully completed the final mission analysis review for
Twitter is reportedly getting ready to launch emoji reactions for tweets. Earlier reports suggested that Twitter is indeed working on emoji reactions but back then only two emoji reactions — ’hmm’ and ‘haha’ — were uncovered. The social media platform’s reactions to tweets will include ‘like,’ ‘hmm,’ ‘haha,’ ‘cheer,’ and ‘sad,’ as per a tipster. Twitter is
Author Nikole Hannah-Jones speaks on stage during the 137th Commencement at Morehouse College on May 16, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. Marcus Ingram | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images The journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones said Tuesday that she had denied a tenure offer from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and will join the
Britney Spears is hangin’ up the mic and intends to retire from the music business … so says her longtime manager Larry Rudolph, who just submitted his resignation. Rudolph sent an email Sunday night to Britney’s personal conservator, Jodi Montgomery, and the conservator of her estate, Jamie Spears, saying, “It has been over 2 1/2
Dr. Scott Gottlieb believes people who have previously been infected with coronavirus would still benefit from receiving Covid vaccines. In Tuesday’s interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” the former Food and Drug Administration commissioner acknowledged that some individuals may think their antibodies generated from having the disease offer enough protection against future infection or illness and, as
Netflix’s expansion of The Witcher franchise is starting to take shape. The streamer on Tuesday announced it had cast Michelle Yeoh in the role of Scían in forthcoming spinoff The Witcher: Blood Origin. “Scían is the very last of her nomadic tribe of sword-elves,” reads the official character breakdown. “No one can come close to
If you enjoy reading Electric Literature, join our mailing list! We’ll send you the best of EL each week, and you’ll be the first to know about upcoming submissions periods and virtual events. “We will never find the pieces to put them back together,” concludes Jeffrey Eugenides’ debut novel, The Virgin Suicides. The narrators, a
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