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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker made for a controversial and divisive end to the sequels, but it setup a better trilogy to come in the future.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Public health officials in three Kansas counties say a new state law is hurting their efforts to trace the contacts of people infected with COVID-19 by making it easier for them to refuse to cooperate.

China announces sanctions on prominent Republican Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, along with four other Republican lawmakers, though it doesn not target any Trump administration officials

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There are many vaccines currently being tested.

The World Health Organization has said that there are “green shoots of hope” in the months-long battle against the coronavirus, even as global cases eclipsed the grim milestone of twenty million. 

Coronavirus case numbers have skyrocketed exponentially since the first virus was reported in China late last year. The world recorded one million cases about three months later and then reached... Читать дальше...

The group asked a court Monday to be allowed to add the industry's voice to a lawsuit opposing the ban, saying it's causing irreparable harm on businesses and the nation's economy

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea In my synthetic chemistry lab, we have worked out how to convert the red pigment in common bricks into a plastic that conducts electricity, and this process enabled us to turn bricks into electricity storage devices. These brick supercapacitors could be […]

Former attorney general of California turned first-term senator is the first black woman and first person of Indian descent to be nominated for national office by a major party

Rees, Reagan, and the Digest Smear: The Spy Who Came Down on the Freeze August 16, 1983 “Certainly, while he was campaigning, and in the...

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Frank Vogel could be in the market for a new assistant coach soon with how much attention Jason Kidd is getting from other teams.

ASHDOWN, Ark. (AP) - Paper company Domtar will not restart operations on its paper machine in Arkansas, putting about 109 employees out of work, the company said.

RENO, Nev. (AP) - The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning south of Lake Tahoe and lake wind advisories in northeast California and western Nevada ahead of a potentially dangerous storm brewing in the Sierra.

A wreath was placed on behalf of the IAF

Cardi B urges everybody offended by her new single "WAP" to check out some vintage Florida rappers, including Trina, Khia, and Jacki-O.
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Country singer Lindsay Ell is confronting childhood trauma and grief on her vulnerable new record, "heart theory." She talked about what made her decide to open up about her experience with sexual assault. (August 11)

Jason Garrett was the Cowboys offensive coordinator in Tony Romo’s first full season as a starter. He was the head coach of the Cowboys when Romo’s back injury forced rookie Dak Prescott to start in 2016. Garrett takes over as the Giants offensive coordinator this season, getting Daniel Jones in his second season. “Since I’ve [more]

NISKAYUNA, N.Y. (NEWS10) — One parent of St. Kateri Tekakwitha Parish School was struggling to keep food on table, after she lost her job and contracted the coronavirus. The school stepped in to help. “I started having a sore throat and then two days later I was pretty much bedridden. I couldn’t get out of […]

Trump became the 18th first-time winner to fail to retain the crown since the event moved to its present venue in 1977.

with a goal of reaching 50 million women worldwide by 2025

This week marks the first stage of President Trump's attempt at dealing a final, fatal blow to President Obama's Iran deal. America's United Nations team expects a Security Council vote on a draft resolution mandating an indefinite extension of a global ban on Iran's ability to legally buy and sell weapons. A previous council resolution the only legal document backing Mr. Obama's nuclear deal with Iran contains several "sunset" clauses phasing out Iran sanctions. Barring an exten...

The district on Tuesday reported 69 new Covid-19 cases and one death, pushing the coronavirus tally to 2,260 while the toll increased to 20.

shutter/uproxx The dream of the '90s is alive in Bend, Oregon.

A brief inquiry that might have been pointless. Judge for yourself!

Halo: Combat Evolved's multiplayer mode was almost axed in the interest of expediency and cost-saving -- a move that may have altered Microsoft's early status in the hardware race. ...