Gary Gensler, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), speaks during a Senate Banking Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, July 30, 2013. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images The confirmation hearings for President Joe Biden’s choices to run the Securities and Exchange Commission and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — Gary
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Dr. Nita Patel, Director of Antibody discovery and Vaccine development, lifts a vial with a potential coronavirus, COVID-19, vaccine at Novavax labs in Gaithersburg, Maryland on March 20, 2020, one of the labs developing a vaccine for the coronavirus, COVID-19. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration could authorize Novavax‘s
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s been a significant uptick in violence against Asians and Asian Americans. The organization Stop AAPI Hate collected more than 2,800 reports of verbal abuse, harassment, and physical assaults against Asians in the United States from March to December 2020. These reports depict a disturbing reality, especially for
We have some new Godzilla Vs Kong goods that help further preview what is shaping up to be easily the fight of the year. Legendary Pictures has revealed a couple of new international posters for the movie, in addition to a new TV spot. In both cases, the heavyweight monster matchup promised by the title
San Diego Comic-Con is foregoing an in-person event for the second year running. Comic-Con International revealed Monday that the upcoming convention would, once again, be virtual. The news is hardly surprising given the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. Large gatherings are still very much off the table, and with the ever-changing rules surrounding how businesses
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. In a time when Afghan women have been forgotten from the world’s consciousness and priorities, it feels more vital—either as an act
Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center registered nurse Patricia Stamper looks at a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine before administering it to a health care worker at the hospital on December 16, 2020 in Aurora, Colorado. Michael Ciaglo | Getty Images The rapid development of vaccines for Covid has led to some debate over
Refresh for latest…: Warner Bros’ hybrid live-action/animated feature Tom & Jerry began offshore rollout in mid-February, and this session became the first studio title to hit China in the wake of the Lunar New Year, as well as adding a host of other new markets. The Hanna-Barbera rascals scampered off with a further $19.4M from
WASHINGTON — It is increasingly likely that a NASA astronaut will fly on a Russian Soyuz mission to the International Space Station in April as the agency finalizes an agreement with its Russian counterpart. In a Feb. 25 statement, Roscosmos said that its director general Dmitry Rogozin, spoke that day with NASA Acting Administrator Steve
India’s tablet market has recorded a pandemic-driven 14.7 percent year-on-year (YoY) growth after a continuous decline for four consecutive years, according to the data revealed by International Data Corporation (IDC) India. With a total shipment of 2.8 million tablets in 2020, the consumer shipment marked a 59.8 percent growth over 2019, thanks to the increased
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks to reporters during a news conference at a COVID-19 pop-up vaccination site in William Reid Apartments in Brooklyn, New York City, U.S., January 23, 2021. Mary Altaffer | Reuters New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday backed off his plan to appoint a former federal judge, who has a
The classic white, ruffled shirt Prince wore in the climax of “Purple Rain” could be dripping off you … IF you can pony up tens of thousands of dollars. The iconic screen-worn wardrobe item is up for grabs, along with the rock legend’s personally played and owned bright yellow Cloud Guitar … from his “Diamonds
2022 BOLT EUV Source: Chevrolet DETROIT – General Motors’ pivot to become an all-electric vehicle company by 2035 is starting to take shape as the automaker prepares to release two Chevrolet Bolt models this summer ahead of a flagship $113,000 GMC Hummer EV pickup later in the year. The all-electric Bolts – a redesigned hatchback
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s sit-down conversation with Oprah has been teased as an explosive, honest, and intimate conversation the likes of which royal fans have never seen. But it also marks the first joint televised interview the couple has done since stepping back from their duties as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and
Tom & Jerry wins this weekend’s box office battle after earning $13.7 million. The latest release from Warner Bros. has scored the second-highest grossing debut of the pandemic. It was estimated that the family movie would bring in just over $12 million, but it was able to exceed expectations. Wonder Woman 1984 still holds the
Nolan and the gang were dragged into the world of a true-crime docuseries on The Rookie Season 3 Episode 7. Other shows have gone down this interview the characters route with mixed results. Castle did it once and I absolutely hated it. But this installment of The Rookie felt like just the light-hearted episode that we
A medical worker takes care of a newborn baby lying inside an incubator at Jingzhou Maternity & Child Healthcare Hospital on the eve of Chinese New Year, the Year of the Ox, on Feb. 11, 2021 in Jingzhou, Hubei Province of China. Huang Zhigang | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s decades-old