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Several hours after students at Columbia University set up a “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” in the middle of campus on Wednesday—demanding “divestment and an end to Columbia’s complicity in genocide”—the Ivy League school’s president was questioned by a congressional panel in a fiery back-and-forth about antisemitism among the student body.

Tom Harrison is this year's Richard O’Brien and the Mary Ferrario O’Brien Public Service Award winner.

Whitey Herzog, 1987 (John Mena / Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license)

Dorrel Norman Elvert “Whitey” Herzog was born on November 9, 1931 in New Athens, Illinois. As a left-handed outfielder, he was originally signed by the New York Yankees, but was traded to the Washington Senators in 1956 and went on to make his major league debut with the Senators in April of that year. As a player, Herzog played for the Senators (1956-1958), the Kansas City Athletics (1958-1960), the Baltimore Orioles (1961-1962)... Читать дальше...

2024-04-17 21:36 'The House has been sitting on a $91 billion package'

Lisa Armstrong and Ant McPartlin split six years ago after two decades together, with their divorce less than amicable, but it looks like a truce has manifested over recent days

"In an atmosphere of feverish desperation, the only one who seemed to make light of the situation was Shannon’s mum Karen Matthews - I watched as playfully flicked a tea towel at a man’s bottom before howling with laughter"

The Biden administration has reimposed crushing oil sanctions on Venezuela in a rebuke to President Nicolas Maduro’s attempts to consolidate his rule just six months after the U.S. eased restrictions in a bid to support now fading hopes for a democratic opening in the OPEC nation. In October, the U.S. granted Maduro’s government relief from sanctions on its state-run oil, gas and mining sectors after it agreed to work with members of the opposition to hold a free and competitive election this year. Читать дальше...

Eli Lilly's Zepbound showed promise to treat obstructive sleep apnea in two late-stage trials. It's yet another reason to stay invested in the drugmaker.

Cellulose nanofibers represent a promising resource for multiple industrial sectors, but what is their impact on the marine environment? A study published in Environmental Science: Nano recently addressed this issue in a study on marine organisms considered sentinels of sea health: mussels.

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Hollywood actor Will Ferrell surprised a couple of Wrexham players once by joining them in the club's physio room, and true to form, he started cracking everybody up

Electron spin states can now be probed at much higher resolution and more efficiently, opening new opportunities in materials analysis and data processing technologies.

When a single bacterial cell divides into two during periods of rapid growth, it doesn't split in half once it reaches a predetermined size. Instead, data has shown, a cell will divide once it has added a certain amount of mass.

In a significant expansion of healthcare services, the Uusimaa Medical Helpline will begin offering remote appointments for children starting April 19, 2024. This service allows parents in Uusimaa, excluding Helsinki, to access medical consultations via video for their children, enhancing the convenience and accessibility of pediatric care.

AI2 has released an update for its open source language model OLMo 1.7-7B with a new Dolma 1.7 dataset and two-stage training curriculum.

Supergiant Games will soon be selecting a handful of players to be the first to try out Hades II. The hotly anticipated sequel to 2020’s roguelike darling is on the top of a lot of gamers’ wishlists, but not everybody will get a chance to try out the technical test. To spread the love to those fans who aren’t…

The Fanatics Sportsbook new customer offer lets new users get up to $1K in bonus bets.

Jonathan Agnew is one of the greats, but he’s fighting a losing battle against the term “batter” in modern cricket at a time when authorities want to get more women and girls playing the game.

James Tedesco isn’t moving from fullback, leaving Trent Robinson with a tactical conundrum his coaching rivals would love to have.

Silver has been outpacing gold’s gain so far this year, and an annual report from the Silver Institute predicts that the global market for the metal is poised to mark a fourth straight yearly supply deficit.

Oklahoma is the two-time defending champion and has won five of the past seven national titles, but Cal and Stanford enter the championships posting some of their best scores of the season.

The first House-passed article of impeachment against Mayorkas was deemed unconstitutional.

Arizona House Republicans blocked an attempt Wednesday to repeal the state’s 1864 near-total abortion ban, the second time in as many weeks Democrats were unable to get a vote on their repeal bill. The move came despite pressure from prominent conservatives including former President Trump and a top Trump ally, Senate hopeful Kari Lake, who...

Congress's KC Venugopal -- candidate from Kerala's Alapuzzha -- has expressed confidence that the party would have a better performance this time, despite contesting the lowest number of seats ever...

Billionaire Elon Musk, the world’s third-richest person, hinted he could revive short-form video app Vine.