Month: August 2021

Dr. Peter Hotez told CNBC that he’s glad the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidance and urged pregnant women to get vaccinated, especially in light of the widespread misinformation campaigns geared toward pregnant women.  “Unfortunately, the bad guys, the anti-vaccine groups, put out a lot of fake information claiming that Covid-19 vaccines
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After the industry’s and Black Widow star Scarlett Johansson’s ire over Disney’s day-and-date strategy, Disney returns to the theatrical-window form this weekend with Free Guy, the video game-inspired romantic comedy starring Ryan Reynolds and directed by Shawn Levy. It’s Disney’s first wide release respecting a theatrical window since 20th Century Studios’ horror pic The Empty Man
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Battlegrounds Mobile India has banned over 336,000 players for using illegal programmes to gain advantage in some form. Krafton shared the development on the game’s official website and said that it has investigated cases between July 30 and August 5. Additionally, the game has crossed 48 million downloads, which is the first phase of its
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Yella Beezy is in police custody in Texas, where he’s been arrested on weapon and drug charges … TMZ has learned. The rapper was busted Wednesday for possession of a controlled substance and unlawful carrying of a weapon … according to records. The drug charge is a felony and the weapons charge is a misdemeanor.
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Grey’s Anatomy has done it again. The veteran ABC drama that we always think is approaching the end of its run is bringing back another fan favorite. Deadline dropped the bombshell announcement on Thursday afternoon that Kate Burton would be returning to the series during its 18th season. The outlet confirms Burton will be playing
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Electronic paper using ambient light. Image: Marika Gugole/Chalmers University of Technology Thinking of taking your e-reader on holiday this summer? Sitting around in the sunshine catching up on all the books you haven’t had time to read may soon be even more enjoyable thanks to a new reflective screen technology that works without a backlight.
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Rama Panda performing a Naga dance in Puri, Odisha State / Photo courtesy of the author “Gouranga has been diminished by fate,” writes Jitendra Nath Misra, “so let us give him a home.” In the following essay, the author celebrates the legacy and magic of this night drummer, “the sacred geographies of his body and
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The coronavirus pandemic was difficult for all college students, but it was particularly hard on Native American students. Many saw the coronavirus rip through their tribes, and they struggled with lack of internet and other limitations on their reservations. Covid-19 among American Indian and Alaska Native persons was 3.5 times that among non-Hispanic white persons,
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As Klarna’s billionaire founder Sebastian Siemiatkowski prepares to stage one of the biggest-ever European fintech company listings, a feast of capitalism, he credits an unlikely backer for his runaway success: the Swedish welfare state. In particular, the 39-year-old pinpoints a late-1990s government policy to put a computer in every home. “Computers were inaccessible for low-income
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News Watch Big Red Machine Perform “Phoenix” on Colbert With guests Anaïs Mitchell and Robin Pecknold, the group played another new song called “New Auburn” By Madison Bloom August 11, 2021 Facebook Twitter Anaïs Mitchell, Aaron Dessner, and Robin Pecknold (Still via YouTube) Facebook Twitter Big Red Machine, the collaborative project of the National’s Aaron
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