WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force awarded L3Harris Technologies a $120.7 million contract to upgrade a ground-based communications jammer used to block adversaries’ satellite transmissions. The contract, announced Oct. 22, is for upgrades to the Counter Communications System Block 10.2 that currently operates at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado; Vandenberg Space Force Base, California; Cape
In this article SAM Boston Beer Chairman Jim Koch told CNBC on Friday the company decided to throw away excess supply of Truly hard seltzer, instead of discounting it, in response to a categorywide sales slowdown. “We were very aggressive about adding capacity, adding inventory, buying raw materials, like cans and flavors, and, frankly, we
Scream Queen, Actor, Author, and Americas Audition Coach Lar Park Lincoln is starring in Deborah Vorhees’ new “13 Fanboy” film that is now available in select theaters and VOD. Extremely well known in the horror genre for her portrayal of the super-powered final girl Tina Shepard in Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood,” “13 Fanboy” is
Circa 1021: reconstruction of the Viking settlement at L’Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland. (Courtesy: Dylan Kereluk/CC BY 2.0) In the 1960s the Norwegian archaeologist Anne Stine Ingstad along with her explorer husband Helge Ingstad discovered the remains of a Viking settlement at L’Anse aux Meadows, which is on the northern tip of Newfoundland in Canada. The
Singer/songwriter Ryan Cassata has just released his first self-produced/self-recorded LP “Magic Miracle Mile” which is now available worldwide. It was recorded in the Miracle Mile district of Los Angeles throughout the pandemic. Ryan Cassata (he/him) is an award-winning singer-songwriter, actor, performer, writer, LGBTQ activist and motivational speaker based in Los Angeles. With over 600 performances
After a long Covid delay, The French Dispatch opens this weekend with distributor Searchlight Pictures and the industry hoping the whimsical Wes Anderson’s film brings a touch of Grand Budapest Hotel-ish coin to the specialty box office. Hoping, but not counting on it, as the box office take beyond studio tentpoles has been largely dour
Apple has expanded its MacBook Pro lineup this week by introducing new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models. The new MacBook Pros have not just some design-level changes but all-new silicon choices that come in the form of the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips. These new proprietary system-on-chip (SoC) units are designed to take
Pro-choice activists hold a banner outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. Stefani Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to a Texas law that bans most abortions after as early as six weeks of pregnancy, the court said Friday. Abortion-rights advocates
Elton John says his childhood traumas can still control him today and, in addition to shaping his parenting style … they can make him erupt in anger without warning. Sir Elton had already revealed in his 2019 memoir that his parents had beat him as punishment for things as simple as taking off his school
Pork and beef products are displayed on a shelf at a Safeway store on October 4, 2021 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images There’s been a great deal of chatter of late in financial papers, broadsheets and business television on how to exactly describe, and deal with, the economic environment in which
Hailey Bieber dressed up yesterday in a leather little black dress ensemble truly perfect for hot girl fall—and an Ellen DeGeneres Show appearance. Hailey paired a Khaite strapless patent leather top with a sweetheart neckline with a matching mini skirt from the brand. Stylist Karla Welch put the look together, and both she and Hailey
Can you be incredibly excited and totally bummed at the same time? If we’re talking about A Discovery of Witches Season 3, the answer is yes. Sundance Now, Shudder, and AMC+ released today the trailer for the third and final season of A Discovery of Witches. There is nothing worse than something you love so
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. If I were to list the topics the poems in my new collection Machete dig into, that list would include colonialism, faith,
[The stream is slated to start at 11 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks Friday to the Virtual Bank for International Settlements’ South African Reserve Bank Centenary Conference. The format is a question-and-answer session with the central bank
WASHINGTON — SpaceX performed a static-fire test of a Starship vehicle Oct. 21 as debate continues about an environmental assessment of the company’s proposed launch operations in Texas. SpaceX performed two brief firings of a single Raptor engine mounted in a Starship vehicle called Ship 20 at its Boca Chica, Texas, test site. The tests
Firefighter Matt Smither is seen working alongside critical care nurses in the Intensive Care Unit at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth, southern England. ADRIAN DENNIS | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — An increasing number of doctors in the U.K. are warning that the country, and its health service, are facing a renewed health crisis
Since being screened to great fanfare before the press since late August, Warner Bros. and Legendary’s $165M sci-fi epic Dune finally lands in U.S. theaters as well as 40 overseas markets, including China with an eye on a global weekend in the $70M+ range. Already, the Denis Villeneuve directed epic, which carries a Rotten Tomatoes of 87%
Redmi Note 11 specifications have been suggested through teasers shared online ahead of the October 28 launch. The new Redmi phone will come alongside the Redmi Note 11 Pro and Redmi Note 11 Pro+. Early teasers show that it will carry triple rear cameras and a glass back in matte finish. One of the teasers