Spencer Platt | Getty Images Desy’s is one of the last bars left standing in Morrisville, North Carolina. Owner Desislava Nikolova made her American dream come true by opening Desy’s and another bar in nearby Cary after immigrating to America from Bulgaria 11 years ago. While the coronavirus pandemic forced the majority of her counterparts in the local
The fight for freedom of the press and against the oppressive political regime in the Philippines takes center stage in Ramona S. Diaz’s A Thousand Cuts, which opens in theaters and in virtual theaters nationwide. As journalists around the world face threats and the term “fake news” is thrown around recklessly by world leaders, A Thousand Cuts puts Filipino
WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the latest set of the company’s Starlink satellites, along with two BlackSky imaging satellites, Aug. 7 after weeks of delays. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center at 1:12 a.m. Eastern. After a pair of burns, the upper stage deployed BlackSky’s
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) (R) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (L) leave after speaking to reporters following continued negotiations with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on a new economic relief bill in response to the coronavirus pandemic on Capitol Hill on August 6, 2020
Chika has shared a new song called “U Should.” The single follows the rising 23-year-old’s seven-song debut EP Industry Games, which arrived via Warner Records earlier this year. Take a listen to the new track below. Chika, who debuted in 2019 with her self-released single “No Squares,” gained prominence in 2018 after she posted a
Fake morgue bags and coffins are seen near the entrance of United Federation of Teachers as symbol of students dead by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as people take part in a march and rally during the National Day of Resistance to schools re-opening in New York City, U.S., August 3, 2020. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters
Style Points is a new weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. In the early evenings, Esther Povitsky heads outside to begin her meditation. This being Los Angeles, you might think that involves crystals or ashwaganda, but, she says, “‘Sit down, hold your back up, close your eyes and think about nothing’—that’s
The Mandalorian is far and away the most popular show offered by a new streaming service. This, according to a new study that was conducted by the folks at Parrot Analytics. It found that the live-action Star Wars series, which debuted on Disney+ last year, was a cut above the competition, with none of the
Yellowstone continued to hurl curveballs at viewers on Yellowstone Season 3 Episode 7. Titled “The Beating,” it delved deep into the character of Jamie. Jamie learned that he is adopted, and was understandably blindsided by the development. If you watch Yellowstone online, you know he confronted his father John about it, and is now questioning
Electric Lit relies on contributions from our readers to help make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. Please support our work by becoming a member today, or making a one-time donation here. . When the poet Jorie Graham heard Matthew Aucoin, then her student, intended to adapt James Merrill’s epic poem The Changing Light at
Anne Boden, CEO of Starling Bank, speaking at Web Summit 2019 in Lisbon, Portugal. Harry Murphy | Sportsfile for Web Summit via Getty Images British digital challenger bank Starling said Thursday that its losses doubled in 2019, but that it now expects to break even by year-end amid a rebound in activity from the coronavirus
by Regina Avalos, August 6, 2020 There has been a huge shake-up at the E! Channel. The cable channel has cancelled three of its entertainment news programs, E! News, Pop of the Morning, and In the Room. E! News is the channel’s longest-running program. The news series has aired since 1991, but there have been
Close shave: electron microscope image of a razorblade cutting human hair. (Courtesy: Gianluca Roscioli/Tasan Group/MIT) New insights into why a hard steel razor blade is dulled by cutting soft hairs have been gained by a trio of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Gianluca Roscioli, Seyedeh Mohadeseh Taheri-Mousavi and Cemal Cem Tasan did a
On today’s earnings call for the No. 1 financially challenged exhibitor AMC, CEO Adam Aron took the high road in not damning Disney for their recent seisimic-shifting choice to take Mulan to Disney+ instead of theaters where the streaming service is available. “You might thing I’m disappointed that Mulan is moving, but AMC has no bigger friend
WASHINGTON — As small satellites become more powerful, manufacturers say they need better ways to manage excess heat generated by their electronics systems. Small satellites are increasingly handling more data, be it collecting remote sensing imagery or routing traffic for ground-based sensors and smart devices. Planet’s optical-imaging cubesats increased in onboard memory from 16 gigabytes
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine tested positive for the coronavirus Thursday before he was scheduled to greet President Donald Trump upon his arrival in Cleveland, a statement from DeWine’s office said. DeWine, a Republican, has no symptoms of the virus, but plans to quarantine at his home for the next two weeks, according to the statement.
Breaking News Someone on President Trump‘s campaign team is painfully tone-deaf, opting to crank “Live and Let Die” before his Ohio event … as about 1,000 Americans are killed daily by COVID-19. The White House is playing “Live and Let Die” before Trump’s arrival at a thinly disguised campaign event in Ohio that the state’s
President Donald Trump said he signed a proclamation Thursday to reimpose 10% tariffs on aluminum imports from Canada that had been suspended more than a year earlier. “Canada was taking advantage of us, as usual,” Trump said during a lengthy, campaign-style speech at a Whirlpool manufacturing plant in Ohio. “The aluminum business was being decimated