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The Royals were in Cincinnati to play the Reds, but unfortunately fans didn’t get a look at old friend Mike Moustakas with hew new team after the All-Star third baseman was placed on the Injured List. Nor will they get a look at Lorenzo Cain later this year when the Royals play the Brewers, after Cain opted out of the season. And while we were originally scheduled to see Eric Hosmer and the Padres this year, under the new shortened schedule... Читать дальше...

Five Black women on working yourself sick.

A total of 211 people recovered from the novel coronavirus in Azerbaijan over the last day, bringing the total number to date to 31,269, the Task Force under the Cabinet of Ministers told AZERTAC. Azerbaijan saw 91 new cases of COVID-19 over the past day

Chrisley knows...popcorn? In this exclusive clip from one of tonight's back-to-back episodes of Chrisley Knows Best, brothers Chase Chrisley and Grayson Chrisley work together to...

A service member who died in Bahrain earlier this week was a noncommissioned officer that friends remembered as a model Marine.

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The expansion side beat FC Dallas in Dallas in front of a handful of fans.

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Bethe Correia and Evan Dunham have been cut from the UFC.

Iran reportedly seized a Liberian-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz and then let it go, the AP has reported, quoting a U.S. military official. According to the official, who remained unnamed as the information they shared was not yet public, the Iranian special forces boarded the vessel from a helicopter and held it for five hours before releasing it. The U.S. Central Command has released a black-and-white video purporting to show the seizure. According to the AP source, the vessel, MV Wila... Читать дальше...

Located in the city of Asunción, the Red House was raised out of the need for a residence that can be connected with nature within the city. Based on this premise, the implantation of the house arises from the dispositions of the existing trees, without invading their spaces, rather articulating the noble materiality of the construction with the natural environment, further enhancing the landscape.

Noting a summer uptick in people looking for “places to go on vacation,” Google is providing travel trendlines and other information when you search for hotels and flights. It’s meant to “help you make travel decisions with confidence.”

If you optimize your offer to take advantage of your prospect's natural brain chemistry, you'll see better results and happier customers. Here's how to craft an offer that will cause your prospect's brain to release dopamine.

Reach more people through compelling video content.

Mahr Inc. has released the updated MarSurf CM mobile portable optical surface metrology tool. It now features a 16-bit HDR camera that improves data density by five times and low light sensitivity by 256 times, the manufacturer states. The tool also offers acquisition speed up to 100 frames/sec....

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Every single day, it’s the same. Just like Groundhog Day. Around eleven, eleven-thirty, I start to get hungry, but I don’t end up actually eating lunch until one, sometimes two. During that timespan, I’m probably not very productive (sorry Jillian!) because there’s one thing on my mind: what should I eat for lunch? Once I actually decide, I then have to make it. 

While economists in the August survey see a bigger third-quarter rebound than they did a month earlier, they still expect the recovery to take a long time.

NBA 2K 'NBA 2K21' announced gameplay changes for this year's game, most notably a much more detailed Pro Stick shooting and dribbling system.

“George Floyd’s murder was ultimately a reckoning. It was a recognition that I can’t do this. I can’t put my children through this.”

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MLB could learn a thing or two from the WNBA’s response to the Coronavirus and the murder of George Floyd

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The test was a true mix of early Cold War technology with state-of-the-art twenty-first-century innovation.

There is little denying that hypersonic weapons could be a major game-changer for whatever power can develop the technology. Such missiles could travel several times faster than the speed of sound, be capable of maneuvering with computerized precision, and because their speed and force are so significant such a weapon could inflict damage through... Читать дальше...

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• Former Mariner Thyago Vieira became the 2nd pitcher in NPB history to reach 101 MPH on the radar gun.

Ex M's alert. https://t.co/q4QBQnAKJm

• Just JP doing what JP does.

.@jp_crawford is so smooth. pic.twitter.com/XdbNQzk9fB

• The Mariners keep climbing in Baseball America’s farm system rankings... Читать дальше...

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Snap knows that people post videos with its augmented reality lenses to multiple platforms, and today, it’s launching lenses specifically to be used on TikTok. The company is partnering with four TikTok stars, including Jalaiah Harmon, who created the Renegade dance, to launch Snapchat lenses that track people’s bodies as they move and change in response. One lens, made in collaboration with Dixie D’Amelio, places rain around the subject along with cartoon lightning bolts and fireworks, depending on how they move. Читать дальше...

Tech giants shouted for change, but their donations were a whisper

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The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the travel industry, but Google is trying to help by adding new tools to its travel tools that flag pandemic-related information for users, like local COVID-19 case counts and whether the hotel offers free cancellations.