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Calling a video of western New York cops pushing a 75-year-old man to a sidewalk “fundamentally offensive and frightening,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo applauded the resulting suspension of two Buffalo police officers on Friday. Cuomo told reporters that he spoke on the phone with the man, who “is thankfully alive” after being knocked to the ground
Beyoncé was among the speakers for Barack and Michelle Obama’s YouTube “Dear Class of 2020” virtual graduation ceremony today. During her commencement address, she discussed the protests surrounding the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery. Watch her entire speech below. “Thank you for using your collective voice and letting the worlds know
Dear Class of 2020 LivestreamYouTube President Barack Obama gave his third virtual commencement speech today for YouTube’s Dear Class of 2020 graduation special. The former U.S. president urged the grads to get involved, vote, and to use this time during a global pandemic to “think about the values that matter to [them] most.” The former
A view of the fearless girl wearing a mask in front of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City USA during coronavirus pandemic on April 25, 2020. John Nacion | NurPhoto | Getty Images U.S. stock futures rose slightly on Sunday night following last week’s sharp gains amid optimism over the economy reopening. Dow
ISOLDE’s CRIS: the Collinear Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy on ISOLDE at CERN. (Courtesy: Maximilien Brice/CERN) The first spectroscopic study of radium monofluoride suggests that the radioactive molecule could be used to perform high precision tests of the Standard Model of particle physics. The study was done by an international team of physicists working in the ISOLDE
Elmer Fudd no longer holds a rifle while hunting wascally wabbits. HBO Max has launched their new version of Looney Tunes and it shares a lot of similarities to the original. However, the gun violence is something that the studio won’t do anymore, even though fans are a little angry about the situation. For now,
Michaela Coel has created something pretty special with I May Destroy You. Her exploration of a sexual assault in may different incarnations is deeply personal to Cole, whose story sounds very similar to Destroy’s protagonist, Arabella, played by Coel. Arabella is a force of nature. She and her friends live on the edge with a
The question of whether to reopen schools in the fall has a “complicated answer” and the decision will depend on the coronavirus’ transmission in certain regions of the U.S., White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Friday. “It has to be a bit of a — and I don’t mean lengthwise — a bit of
An employee and a patient at an intensive care unit at the Republican Clinical Hospital treating patients with confirmed or suspected coronavirus infection. Yegor Aleyev | TASS | Getty Images Hospitals across the United States are desperately trying to ramp up volume after months where they saw far fewer patients than usual. In March and
A June 5 solicitation for a “tracking phenomenology experiment” is a step in the development of a sensor network in space to track hypersonic missiles. WASHINGTON — The Space Development Agency is soliciting bids to integrate a missile-warning sensor with a satellite bus and launch it to low Earth orbit by late 2021. The June
The tech industry has generally wished that structural discrimination would go away, while pretending that it already has. But technology can be used by anyone for anything. And so, the world has watched video after video of police brutality against Black people in a real-time stream that plays through the closing days of quarantine, culminating
Citigroup’s Ray McGuire appears to be moving closer to running for mayor of New York. He has held court with several high-profile political strategists recently, and at least one city political power player seems to be working the phones on his behalf. McGuire, one of the most prominent black executives in finance, is vice chairman
Play video content Exclusive The man who got an earful from a woman upset about being detained did not lose his job, despite her best wishes and awesome lyrical skills … he tells us he’s still gainfully employed!!! The man behind the badge in the viral ‘Lose Yo Job’ video is Julius Locklear, and he
The Last Jedi actor who portrayed Temiri Blagg, aka “Broom Boy,” believes there’s a future in the Star Wars franchise for the character as a Jedi. Rian Johnson’s second installment in the sequel trilogy is by far the most divisive out of the bunch, with “Broom Boy” being an element that many fans were not
While scripted originals are scaling back due to the lack of produced episodes available, there are still some great offerings out there. Additionally, more reality TV and movies are coming to the small screen, so there will always be something to watch. The 90 Day Fiance franchise appears to be taking over TLC, with more
People take a selfie during a drive-in concert of popular Greek singer Natassa Theodoridou, following a nationwide lockdown against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the suburb of Glyfada, in Athens, Greece, June 2, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis ATHENS (Reuters) – Hundreds of Greeks danced and sang from their cars at a drive-in music
Spencer Platt | Getty Images The unemployment rate in the U.S. improved last month as millions of people returned to the workforce. But the official 13.3% unemployment rate, while still high relative to any point since the Great Depression in the early 20th century, likely understates the economic damage wrought by the coronavirus pandemic. The