President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris at the transition team’s Covid-19 advisory board Nov. 9, 2020 meeting in Wilmington, Delaware. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Major U.S. business leaders on Monday urged that Congress this week certify President-elect Joe Biden‘s Electoral College victory over President Donald Trump, who has refused to recognize his
Open Mike Eagle has posted a new freestyle in tribute to the late MF DOOM, whose death was announced on New Year’s Eve. Over a beat by Illingsworth, Eagle reflects on hearing KMD’s “Peachfuzz” in his youth, as well as working with DOOM on “Phantoms” and “Police Myself.” “Who the fuck ever gets to rock
A man wearing a face mask walks past the U.S. Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Dec. 2, 2020. Liu Jie | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images The Federal Reserve enters the new year with a fresh challenge on its plate, namely whether its commitment to higher inflation will bring power
Throughout election week, all eyes were on a handful of swing states that flipped blue and delivered a win for President-elect Joe Biden. One of those essential states? Georgia, where a Democratic presidential nominee hadn’t won since 1992. The shift was thanks, in part, to the tireless work of Black organizers—women like Stacey Abrams and
Lucasfilm has released a new trailer for Star Wars: The High Republic. The latest look at the upcoming story event shows just how massive it will be when all is said and done. The stories all take place centuries before The Phantom Menace and the start of the Skywalker Saga, which means we will be
When news of the Dexter revival broke earlier this year, fans of the series have been split down the middle. The original series wrapped its run with one of the most controversial series finales in history, something that seemingly tarnished what was once one of the biggest shows around. Now, series star Michael C. Hall
As someone whose job it is to help people understand and appreciate physics, I absolutely hate the way most people talk about Isaac Newton and how he developed his theory of gravity. It’s not the apple bit that I have a problem with; that’s an important part of the story, and even historically accurate! The thing
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. Hope is irresistible. A dozen years ago hope got us a president, and against all logic we’ve continued hoping ever since. But
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Alonso Lugo helps a patient try to stand inside the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) unit at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas, U.S., December 30, 2020. Callaghan O’Hare | Reuters It’s been a year since Chinese health authorities said they were investigating a small cluster of pneumonia-like cases with an unknown cause linked to a
The specialty box office space entered 2021 with two fresh titles and one under-the-radar pic with Vertical Entertainment’s Shadow In The Cloud, Netflix’s Pieces of a Woman and Amazon Studios’ Herself. In general, reporting on box office numbers has been tricky ground considering circumstances and that will continue in 2021 — especially with the specialty box
WASHINGTON — A NASA small launch vehicle competition attracted bids from 10 companies, but half of them were effectively disqualified because of deficiencies or other problems. NASA announced Dec. 11 it was awarding contracts to Astra Space, Firefly Aerospace and Relativity Space for its Venture Class Launch Services (VCLS) Demo 2 program. The contracts, with
Samsung Galaxy M02 launch in India is on January 7 and it will be priced under Rs. 10,000, Samsung has confirmed. A dedicated microsite for the phone is also live on the Samsung India website. The company has shared some of the specifications of the Galaxy M02. The upcoming phone has also been spotted on
Exclusive The Black teenager who was falsely accused of stealing a woman’s phone is now in need of therapy because the incident has seriously scarred him … this according to his parents. Keyon Harrold tells TMZ … he and his ex-wife, Kat, are currently vetting therapists and looking to get their son — 14-year-old Keyon
U.S. government debt prices were lower Monday morning as investors prepare for the start of a new year of trading. At around 4:10 a.m. ET, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note climbed to 0.9265% while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond rose to 1.6556%. Yields move inversely to prices. The Dow and
In light of the capacity crisis facing Southern California hospitals due to the COVID pandemic and an anticipated post-holiday surge of COVID cases, SAG-AFTRA and organizations representing commercial advertisers and advertising agencies and independent film and television producers have reached agreement on recommending a temporary hold on in-person production in Southern California. The major studios
It was time again for that quarterly episode detailing what all the team members are up to and/or feeling. There was even a little case of the week tucked inside NCIS: Los Angeles Season 12 Episode 7. Muy poco. That’s all right, though. It wasn’t meant to focus too deeply on the implications of cybernetic soldiers,
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE U.S. stock futures opened along the flatline on Sunday night ahead of the first session of 2021 following a volatile year of trading. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were down just 37 points, or 0.1%. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures dipped marginally.