The United States is the dominant space power and the “gains we possess are being threatened,” said Defense Secretary Mark Esper WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Aug. 20 presided over a ceremony at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, where Space Force Gen. John “Jay” Raymond relinquished command of U.S. Space Command and handed
WASHINGTON – Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden accepted his party’s nomination Thursday with a pledge to serve “all Americans” as a uniter and a healer. “I’ll be a Democratic candidate,” said Biden, but “I will be an American president. I’ll work hard for those who didn’t support me, as hard for them as I did
Play video content Breaking News Megan Thee Stallion isn’t dancing around it anymore … she just came flat out and accused Tory Lanez, by name, of shooting her. It’s the first time she’s actually used his name and she blasted him late Thursday, saying … “Yes, this n***a Tory shot me. You shot me, and
U.S. government debt prices were lower on Friday morning, as investors closely monitored flash readings of purchasing managers’ index data for further clues about the pace of the economic recovery. At around 2:15 a.m. ET, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note was higher at 0.6525%, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was
Sandra Mansour’s job is turning dream worlds into dresses. She pulls clouds down to earth via billowing tulle; she sews dawn dew from gardens into glass-beaded gowns. It’s a gift, as they say, but it comes with a cost—like, literally—because the hand-crafted pieces by the Swiss-born, Beirut-based designer are roughly (and rightly) the cost of
Sony is continuing to press forward with its own Marvel movie universe. The studio has set its sights on director J.C. Chandor for a Kraven the Huntermovie. It was initially revealed back in 2017 that Sony, who still controls the movie rights to Spider-Man and his surrounding cast of characters, was looking to develop a
Zavion Davenport, a performer who rose to fame by appearing on RuPaul’s Drag Race under the stage name Chi Chi DeVayne, has died at 34. EW revealed the news. Chi Chi opened up to fans in July about being hospitalized via an Instagram Live. “They think that I’m going through kidney failure.” She was also
This x-ray map is much more than a beautiful desktop background. By Allison Kubo On June 19, the eRosita instrument aboard the Russian-German “Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma” (SRG) mission finished cataloging more that 1 million high energy x-ray sources more than had ever been recorded before this study. The image above shows our sky illuminated in x-rays, the
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. . There is a knot at the heart of South Asian America. Racism against Black people runs deep within our communities, some of
An array of piezo-electric patches modulated in time. Credit: Amir Ardabi Researchers have succeeded in controllably propagating sound waves along the boundaries of topological metamaterials using a modulation technique that breaks time-reversal symmetry. This feat, which was accomplished by a team of researchers based at Georgia Tech and the City University of New York (CUNY)
National Development and Reform Committee announced that we are ready to launch iron ore futures in Beijing, China. TPG | Getty Images Iron ore prices have soared to multi-year highs this week as Chinese government stimulus spurs infrastructure building, boosting prices of the commodity even amid a global pandemic. Spot iron ore prices rose to around $130
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during the afternoon of October 14, 2015 in New York City. Andrew Burton | Getty Images News | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after hours on Thursday: Ross Stores — Shares of the discount retailer rose about 0.5% in after-hours trading
by Trevor Kimball, August 20, 2020 (TV Land) It seems that the end is near for the Younger TV show. According to one of the show’s actors, there won’t be an eighth season of the TV Land series. A romantic comedy, Younger stars Sutton Foster, Debi Mazar, Miriam Shor, Nico Tortorella, Hilary Duff, Molly Bernard,
Paramount has decided that the Dylan O’Brien movie Love and Monsters ne Monster Problems isn’t going to hit the big screen, rather PVOD on Oct. 16. The movie will be available on VOD platforms for a 48-hour rental period at a suggested rental price of $19.99 in the U.S. The film will also be available for early digital purchase for
WASHINGTON — Fleet operator SES on Aug. 20 said it selected SpaceX to launch four recently ordered O3b mPower broadband satellites. The agreement means SpaceX will launch all 11 of SES’s O3b mPower satellites to medium Earth orbit across four Falcon 9 launches. Boeing is building all 11 mPower satellites. SES chose SpaceX in 2019
Former Vice President Joe Biden, Democratic presidential nominee, left, and wife Jill Biden stand on stage during the Democratic National Convention at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. Stefani Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty Images Among them are former Democratic primary candidates who have coalesced around Biden: Cory Booker,
Fred Armisen, Tim Heidecker, and John C. Reilly are starring in a new TV series called MOONBASE 8. The show, produced by A24 and Heidecker’s Abso Lutely Productions, premieres on SHOWTIME in the fall. Armisen, Heidecker, and Reilly created, wrote, and executive produced MOONBASE 8 with the show’s director Jonathan Krisel. According to a press
July was a whirlwind for international students in the United States. On July 6, 2020,the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, also known as ICE, announced that foreign students would have to leave the country if their colleges and universities went online-only for the fall semester because of the coronavirus pandemic. A little over a week later the decision was reversed