A small bottle labeled with a “Vaccine” sticker is held near a medical syringe. Dado Ruvic | Reuters The U.S. has doled out billions to develop a vaccine against the coronavirus that has infected more than 5.1 million people across the country, locking in a minimum of 800 million doses as soon as the immunizations
AMC Entertainment said it will charge 15 cents a ticket when it reopens theaters at more than 100 locations on August 20, celebrating the chain’s 100th anniversary. For a “Centennial Celebration, all AMC U.S. theatre locations that open on August 20 will offer all available seats for all movies that day for the 1920’s admission
WASHINGTON — Arianespace on Aug. 15 launched two communications satellites and a satellite servicer on an Ariane 5 rocket, completing the company’s first launch since the reopening of the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. Ariane 5 lifted off at 6:04 p.m. Eastern and deployed the spacecraft into geostationary transfer orbits over the course
President Donald Trump in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Aug. 3. Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images) President Donald Trump is “ready to send” more coronavirus stimulus money. But it remains unclear if that is enough to move stalled Congressional negotiations forward so that Americans can see more money in their pockets. On Friday, Trump
Forget we’re in the middle of a make-or-break election … Cardi B is already setting her sights on 2024, because she’s got her eye on AOC. Cardi just tweeted that she wants Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to throw her name in the ring for President when she turns 35 … the required age under the Constitution.
A pedestrian wearing a protective face mask walks past the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, on Saturday, March 14, 2020. Elijah Nouvelage | Bloomberg via Getty Images The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention clarified on Friday that its updated quarantine guidance does not imply people who are
In July, Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas became first-time parents when they welcomed a daughter, Willa, into the world. But Willa isn’t the only one who’s celebrating a birthday this summer. Today, Jonas turns 31 years old. To celebrate, Turner posted a black-and-white photo of her and Jonas on Instagram and added the caption, “Happy
Jon Favreau has revealed the influence he took from Marvel Studios when crafting The Mandalorian. Disney+ has a major hit on their hands with the first live-action Star Wars series and fans are eagerly awaiting season 2, which airs this fall on the streaming service. There were some worries that the public health crisis was
Memphis is the ultimate wildcard. He made it to the final two of Big Brother 10 without winning a single HOH competition. That’s pretty impressive, and whether he wanted to win the competion or not, he’s the person in charge of the nominations this week. Ahead of his nominations, he was adamant about targeting duos
Recreating the Sun: the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator (Courtesy: Gwurden/CC BY-SA 4.0) A new mechanism that could reduce plasma turbulence in stellarators has been identified in computer simulations done by researchers in the US and Germany. A similar effect has already been predicted to occur in tokamaks, which like stellarators, confine hot plasmas using magnetic fields.
Robert Federico waited more than four months for his unemployment benefits to arrive. In the end, the payout was more than $23,000. But he endured financial hardship in the interim. Robert Federico Robert Federico’s situation was bleak — dire, even, by his telling. In March, the 52-year-old lost his job at a New York design
When the Covid-19 pandemic struck the U.S., young biotech company Verve Therapeutics was just months away from a pivotal development: studies in animals of its gene-editing approach to lowering cholesterol that would lead it to be heralded as a potential “cure for heart disease.” But Chief Executive Dr. Sekar Kathiresan had a problem: this isn’t
Update: 101 Studios is moving The War With Grandpa to Oct. 9. The Robert De Niro family comedy moves off the Sept. 18 weekend where it was against Disney/20th Century Studios’ The King’s Man and to a weekend where there aren’t any wide releases. Given how movie theaters are reopening with auditorium capacity restrictions, few titles will be occupying
WASHINGTON — NASA announced Aug. 14 that the first operational SpaceX commercial crew mission to the International Space Station will launch in late October, a delay to accommodate other spacecraft flying to the station. The agency said it has set a date of no earlier than Oct. 23 for the Crew-1 launch, which will send
President Donald Trump agitated Friday for coronavirus aid, after Congress left town following more than two weeks of flailing in efforts to boost the U.S. economy and health-care system. Trump, who has not personally joined in pandemic relief talks this month, pushed for direct payments to Americans, small business loan funding, state and local government
A judge in the United States District Court Central District of California has dismissed a countersuit against Lizzo seeking royalties from her song “Truth Hurts,” according to documents viewed by Pitchfork. Lizzo originally sued Justin Raisen, Jeremiah Raisen, and Yves Rothman in October 2019, seeking “a judicial declaration” that they “did not co-author ‘Truth Hurts,’
WASHINGTON —The Pentagon is forming a new task force to investigate UFO sightings that have been observed on several occasions by U.S. military aircraft. The creation of the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force, or UAPTF, continues an effort begun in recent years to investigate unexplained aerial incidents encountered by the U.S. military. “The Department of Defense established
A new fan theory for The Mandalorian season 2 may reveal the connection between the Child (Baby Yoda) and Ahsoka Tano. It has been heavily rumored for months that Tano will be involved in season 2, though it has yet to be officially confirmed by anyone at Lucasfilm. Since the first live-action Star Wars series