U.S. president elect Joe Biden and Vice president-elect Kamala Harris appear on video screens as they hold a virtual meeting with their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advisory council in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. November 9, 2020. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters WASHINGTON — Top advisors on President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team spoke of their growing concerns Friday over
Exclusive Quando Rondo didn’t come looking for trouble when his crew got into a violent altercation with King Von that ended in a fatal shooting … at least according to Quando’s camp. Sources close to Quando Rondo tell TMZ … the rapper wasn’t seeking out a fight with King Von the night Von was shot
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot told CNBC on Friday that she understands people are growing weary of coronavirus restrictions, but she urged the city’s residents to comply with her stay-at-home advisory in order to prevent additional deaths from Covid-19. A day earlier, Lightfoot issued a 30-day advisory for the country’s third-largest city, which asks residents to
After a spine-tingling escape from a killer spider-inhabited ice planet in episode 2, Mando, The Child and Frog Lady are plunged straight into the deep end in episode 3, “The Heiress.” Luckily, there are a few Mandalorians more than willing to help their brethren, and their arrival not only provides further insight into our eponymous
In 2012, fresh off the success of his indie superhero venture Chronicle, wunderkind director Josh Trank was brought on board to direct Fox’s reboot of Fantastic Four. Trank’s version of the film was released in 2015 to poor reviews and even poorer box-office performance. In an interview with Collider, Kate Mara, who played the role
Once upon an ABC schedule, Adam Horowitz and Edward Ktisis wrote a little show about fairy tales. Once Upon A Time spanned seven seasons, and at least three of them were really good! While that last good season, Once Upon A Time Season 3 was airing, Horowitz and Kitsis made another show set in the
Just outside the town of Oracle, Arizona, nestled between the seemingly endless plains of the Sonaran desert and the cactus-pocked foothills of Mount Lemmon, stands an enormous glass ziggurat: Biosphere 2. Built in the late ‘80s at the behest of an oil tycoon, the structure was intended to be a small-scale model of a self-contained
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. . I heard about Emma Cline’s 2016 debut, The Girls, as many of us did—through a whirlwind of praise and accolades, from literary
William “Bill” Hillman is a featured guest on The Mike Wagner Show on iHeart Radio. Director/Writer/Producer/Actor William Byron Hillman has directed, produced and written 14 feature films, including Quigley, which was named in the Top 20 Family Films of All Time, numerous TV commercials, several music videos and has sold 32 screenplays to date. He
Volunteers distribute food to the needy in Orlando, Fla. Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images Continuing claims Continuing claims for unemployment benefits are the best available proxy for the total number of people receiving jobless aid. Claims have fallen by more than 10 million since the early summer. There were around 21 million continuing claims through
Examples of patients with large vessel occlusions correctly predicted by the deep-learning model. Top row: CT angiography slices; middle row: maximal intensity projection images; bottom row: heatmaps showing the most discriminative regions, which strongly correlate with occlusion location. (Courtesy: RSNA) Strokes are life-threatening medical emergencies where urgent treatment is essential. They occur when part of
Grocery shoppers are trading canned goods and bags of dried beans for specialty chocolate and gourmet pasta sauce as coronavirus cases rise across the country, new research shows. In the early months of the pandemic, in the spring, Americans filled up their grocery carts with bulk purchases of food and household staples, and grocers raced
A decision from Warner Bros. on Wonder Woman 1984’s Christmas Day theatrical fate is imminent, I hear, either tomorrow or by Monday at the latest. The internet is in a tizzy over a Bloomberg article tonight that the sequel to the $821M-plus grossing 2017 DC hit, which broke several records for women at the box office,
WASHINGTON — Rideshare launch service provider Spaceflight Inc. announced a new version of its Sherpa tug Nov. 12 equipped with electric propulsion that can send smallsats to high orbits or cislunar space. Spaceflight announced the first flight of its Sherpa-LTE orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) will take place in mid-2021. The vehicle is based on the
Apple has released the first developer beta of iOS 14.3 that suggests a series of features coming to iPhone users. These include ProRAW photo format for the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max, a new Home app, and an option to consider Ecosia as a new default search option. The iOS 14.3 beta
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) speaks during U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., October 13, 2020. Tom Williams | Pool | Reuters Top Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley on Thursday said President-elect Joe Biden should be receiving classified intelligence briefings from
Morrissey and David Bowie’s live cover of T. Rex’s “Cosmic Dancer” has been officially released. Listen to their duet below. Morrissey issued his 13th solo studio album I Am Not a Dog On a Chain in March of this year. In 2019, he released California Son, which featured a number of guests including Grizzly Bear’s
U.S. Treasury yields fell on Friday as confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the U.S. reached a record high on Thursday. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note sunk to 0.882% at 5:02 a.m. ET, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond fell to 1.635%. Yields move inversely to prices. Treasury yields tumbled