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Policies intended to help workers by empowering trial lawyers have become their worst enemy.

Wondering how much you’re paying in property taxes relative to other states? The personal-finance website WalletHub has released its 2020 Property Taxes by State report, which offers a comparison of annual property taxes across the U.S.

Renamed as "The Conners," the program has become a mainstay of the ABC Tuesday night lineup. And as I found out during a recent trip to Los Angeles, that's due to the perseverance of one of its executive producers, Sara Gilbert.

The first Snapdragon 5G VR headsets and AR goggles are coming soon, according to Qualcomm

The US military is looking for a rifle that fires accurately at longer range, and with different caliber bullets. This is the weapon it wants.

There are at least 70 phones in the works using Qualcomm's Snapdragon 865 technology for 5G phones.

We’re learning that humans can bond, form attachments and dedicate themselves to non-conscious objects or lifeless things with shocking ease.

HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – 26 February 2020 – Chubb announced the launch of Group Critical Illness Insurance in Hong Kong SAR. With rising medical inflation, ensuring sufficient coverage for critical illnesses is challenging and gaps are likely to emerge. Employers stepping up to fill this gap will be seen as employers of choice with a […]

This appointment and other initiatives underline the Assentis focus on growth in the APAC market.   SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 26 February 2020 – Assentis Technologies, a Swiss-based global leader in Customer Communication Management (CCM) solutions, announced today that Dominique Equey was appointed as the new General Manager, APAC Region. Dominique joins Assentis from Zurich-headquartered banking software […]

The coronavirus epidemic is a black swan that has severely disrupted the outlook for the global oil market, and at this moment it remains unclear how large the destruction in demand will be because of the outbreak. Various estimates project that the coronavirus will shave 250,000 bpd to 500,000 bpd off global oil consumption this year. However, viruses can take uncertain turns, spreading wider and linger longer than initially thought. Since the beginning of 2020, the deadly covid-2019 virus has ripped... Читать дальше...

Augusta, NJ - The 2019 Can-Am League Regular Season Champion Sussex County Miners are announcing that there will be two job fairs this spring. Taking ... - FL Sussex County Miners

SAN JOSE, CA- It's time to saddle up at Excite Ballpark! The first Friday night of summer for the San Jose Giants will be a roping good time as the or... - CalL San Jose Giants

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Today’s game is a field day for the visiting Japanese media, as Shogo Akiyama and Shohei Ohtani face off for the first time in MLB. He’ll be in the Angels lineup along with a formidable cast of foes, with Mike Trout, Anthony Rendon, and Albert Pujols playing today as well.

Over 40 basketball players from across the Golden State Athletic Conference have been awarded Scholar-Athlete Honors. To qualify, for this award an athlete must be a sophomore, junior or senior academically and obtain at least a 3.5 GPA or greater. To see the complete list of the 2020 honorees, use the links below: 

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus gives a press conference on the situation regarding the COVID-19 at Geneva's WHO headquarters on February 24, 2020.

National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Director Nancy Messonnier speaks during a press conference today at the Department of Health and Human Services.

Finding parking is always a hassle, but perfectly parallel parking? That seems almost impossible.

Qualcomm has revealed a host of new 5G technologies as well as the vendors adopting its chips for 5G-enabled smartphones.

Here are three custom fantasy Baseball cards I made featuring the Dodgers version of the "Killer B's" -- Mookie Betts, Walker Buhler and Cody Bellinger. All photos were taken by Jon SooHoo during Photo Day this spring. Go here to check out a bunch of pics from the day. Below are some notes from spring training, as provided by a Dodgers press release:

• The Dodgers and the White Sox played to a tie Monday afternoon as Chicago rallied from a one run deficit to end the game in a 2-2 draw. The... Читать дальше...

All seven SailGP teams were on the start line today in Sydney for the first round of practice races for the second season, including the winner of season one, Australia.

• In a viral video, Quaden Bayles, an Australian boy with dwarfism, shared how relentless bullying has affected him.
• In response, celebrities reached out to Quaden, and supporters raised nearly $470,000, part of which is being used to send the boy to Disneyland.
• John Young, an advocate who has dwarfism, was concerned when he saw donations going toward short-term fixes, instead of long-term solutions — like community education.
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Most of us, even those without mind-numbingly boring existences, have pondered the “Is that all there is?” existence question. It’s what leads to cinematic reality explorations like Inception and The Matrix. A bit less intense than Neo’s journey, but just as confusing, is Jason Segel’s new series Dispatches From…

Just opened, the Arctic Bath is a hotel and spa designed frozen into a river in northern Sweden.