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Nigerians in New York Worry Expanded Travel Ban Will Hurt Family Ties

The Trump administration’s expansion of the nation’s contentious travel ban on Friday to include Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, and several other countries deeply rattled immigrants, leaving some Nigerians in New York worried that it would break family ties and have a negative effect on both countries. “Africans have very strong family ties,” said Henry […]

Pics From Emotional Night – Hollywood Life

Pics From Emotional Night – Hollywood Life

It was a highly emotional night at Staples Center, as the Lakers played their first game since the death of team legend Kobe Bryant. We have pics ranging from heartbreak, to the celebration of his life. There wasn’t a dry eye in the house at LA’s Staples Center on Jan. 31. The Lakers played their […]

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China coronavirus toll rises to 259, U.S. imposes border curbs By Reuters

© Reuters. A woman wearing a face mask enters a supermarket, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus, in Beijing By David Stanway and Winni Zhou SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The number of deaths from a coronavirus epidemic in China has risen to 259, the country’s health authority said on Saturday, […]

The Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 12 Episode 10

The Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 12 Episode 10

This is a RE UPLOAD……. Since NBC is claiming our content as their own and doesn’t want us to be great **To any claimant seeking distortion, removal or review of owned content is surely mistaken, and should primarily review the original content in comparison to ours. Which, is covered under the fair use Act for […]

Coronavirus freezes return of China’s legions of migrant workers

Coronavirus freezes return of China’s legions of migrant workers

Wang Feng embarked on the 1,000km journey home to celebrate the lunar new year uncertain whether she would return to Kunshan, near Shanghai, where she had worked at a large smartphone factory for the past year. The 24-year-old said she was tired of screwing tiny plastic parts together. Like millions of other migrant workers all […]

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Roku, Fox arrive at new distribution deal – Roku, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROKU)

Roku (NASDAQ:ROKU) and Fox (FOX, FOXA) have settled their pre-Super Bowl distribution dispute. The companies have a new deal to keep Fox channels on Roku devices. Cord Cutters News reported the new deal earlier. That means a direct 4K streaming option for the Super Bowl for owners of Roku players and TVs. Roku shares closed […]

Warm water melting Antarctic glacier could raise sea level 10 feet

Warm water melting Antarctic glacier could raise sea level 10 feet

The water just beneath the ice was found to be 32º Fahrenheit—more than 2º above freezing temperature in the Antarctic region. The findings have “huge implications for global sea level rise,” NYU scientist David Holland said in a statement. […] Scientists refer to Thwaites as the “doomsday glacier” due to the dire implications its rapid melting could […]

The Bouqs, a US-based flower delivery startup, raises M from Japanese company Yamasa to expand in Japan, bringing its total raised to M (Sarah Buhr/TechCrunch)

The Bouqs, a US-based flower delivery startup, raises $30M from Japanese company Yamasa to expand in Japan, bringing its total raised to $74M (Sarah Buhr/TechCrunch)

Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch: The Bouqs, a US-based flower delivery startup, raises $30M from Japanese company Yamasa to expand in Japan, bringing its total raised to $74M  —  The Bouqs plans to take a slice of Japan’s $6 billion flower market this year with a $30 million strategic growth round from Japanese enterprise business investor […]

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Donald Trump doesn’t know who’s playing in the Super Bowl

No, this doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things. Senate Republicans are letting the man off the hook for trying to obtain foreign interference to win an election. His administration is taking food assistance away from people who need it to survive, relaxing restrictions on the use of landmines, accelerating climate change, and so […]

Coronavirus: Search for close contacts of first UK cases

Coronavirus: Search for close contacts of first UK cases

Image copyright Getty Images Officials are trying to trace people who had close contact with two Chinese nationals diagnosed with the new strain of coronavirus in the UK. Public Health England (PHE) said anyone who had close contact – defined as being within two metres of those infected for 15 minutes or more – will […]

Sports Illustrated to unveil redesign at pricey Super Bowl party

Sports Illustrated to unveil redesign at pricey Super Bowl party

Sports Illustrated’s highly anticipated magazine redesign will debut at a Super Bowl party on Saturday that in and of itself is a sign of changing times at the 66-year-old sports publication. In perhaps the starkest indication that Sports Illustrated is under new ownership, the companies behind it are throwing a public Super Bowl party at […]

Trump heads for expected acquittal after witnesses blocked | USA News

Trump heads for expected acquittal after witnesses blocked | USA News

The United States Senate narrowly rejected Democratic demands to summon witnesses for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial late on Friday, all but ensuring Trump’s acquittal in just the third trial to threaten a president’s removal in US history. But senators pushed off final voting on his fate to next Wednesday. The delay in timing showed […]

Brexit: Celebrations and commiserations – BBC News

Brexit: Celebrations and commiserations – BBC News

The UK has officially left the European Union. It’s been three and a half years since the country voted to leave in a referendum and as the clock struck 2300 GMT there were celebrations for some and commiserations for others. Nigel Farage, the leader of the Brexit Party, declared “the war is over” in a […]

Trump Administration Adds Six Countries to Travel Ban

Trump Administration Adds Six Countries to Travel Ban

Representative Jerrold Nadler, Democrat of New York and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and Zoe Lofgren, Democrat of California, said in a statement on Friday that the committee would discuss legislation to repeal the ban, which excludes “large classes of people, without adequate justification, and in some cases, to implement sweeping changes that contradict […]

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Antonio Brown issues apology to Hollywood Police Department

Antonio Brown on Friday apologized to the Hollywood (Florida) Police Department, saying his emotions in recent weeks clouded his “better judgment.” The apology, made in an Instagram post, came a week after the free-agent receiver was arrested by Hollywood police and charged with felony burglary with battery, burglary of an unoccupied conveyance and criminal mischief […]

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Kobe Bryant Honored at First Los Angeles Lakers Game Since His Death

Tonight is the night to celebrate the life of Kobe Bryant. On Friday evening, the Los Angeles Lakers returned to the Staples Center for their first basketball game since the death of Kobe. They will play against the Portland Trail Blazers. Before any ball was dribbled and shot was scored, the venue along with the […]

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Trump Throws A Fit Because He Won’t Be Acquitted Before SOTU

Trump believes that Mitch McConnell got rolled and thinks that the Senate should have stayed in session through Saturday to acquit him before the State Of The Union. The White House said that Trump signed off on the Senate deal: WH official confirms McConnell and Trump spoke about deal to end trial next week […]

Santorum Hammers CNN Lefties Bashing GOP, ‘Sham’ Witness Vote as a ‘Travesty’

Santorum Hammers CNN Lefties Bashing GOP, ‘Sham’ Witness Vote as a ‘Travesty’

With rare exceptions, the litany of liberal journalists, lefty analysts, and former Obama officials have free rein on CNN to pontificate without pushback.  Unfortunately for legal analysts Preet Bharara and Jeffrey Toobin on Friday after the Senate impeachment trial’s witness vote, senior political commentator and former Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) was on set to push […]

Huntington’s disease: I’m taking a test that will reveal my future

Huntington’s disease: I’m taking a test that will reveal my future

Eighteen years ago, Danielle’s mum, Lisa, started having aggressive outbursts, stumbling a lot and feeling anxious. She’s now in the late stages of Huntington’s disease and requires full-time care. Huntington’s disease is caused by a faulty gene that causes parts of the brain to become damaged over time. Because her mum has the disease, Danielle […]

Nike’s Vaporflys are like ‘doping,’ critics say

Nike’s Vaporflys are like ‘doping,’ critics say

Kicking off the latest scandal in sports: a sneaker so powerful its users have been accused of cheating. Nike’s Vaporfly shoes, said to improve elite athletes’ race times by up to two minutes, were worn by 31 out of 36 of 2019’s top marathon runners at the six biggest races in the world. The shoe […]

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Rudy Giuliani Admits That Bolton Meeting That Trump Denies Happened

Rudy Giuliani is admitting that the meeting with John Bolton that Trump claims never happened actually did happen. The New York Times reported: Mr. Bolton left the Oval Office after 10 minutes and returned to his office, he wrote. Shortly after, two aides came into his office, saying Mr. Trump had sent them out […]

Pelosi Names Senate Republicans Accomplices In Trump’s Cover-Up

Pelosi Names Senate Republicans Accomplices In Trump’s Cover-Up

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi labeled Senate Republicans accomplices in Donald Trump’s Ukraine crimes cover-up. Pelosi said in a statement provided to PoliticusUSA:The Senate Republicans’ vote against calling witnesses and compelling documents in the impeachment proceedings makes them accomplices to the President’s cover-up. The President was impeached for abuse of power and obstruction […]

US bars entry to foreigners recently in China on virus fears

US bars entry to foreigners recently in China on virus fears

The US declared a public health emergency on Friday and barred entry to foreign nationals who had recently travelled to China, while Wall Street suffered one of its worst days of the year as concerns over the coronavirus outbreak continued to mount. A temporary order signed by President Donald Trump will prohibit foreign nationals — […]

honesty will ‘piss off’ people

honesty will ‘piss off’ people

Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the F8 Facebook Developers conference on April 30, 2019 in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Friday said the social media company is going to stand for principles it believes in whether or not people like it. “This is the new approach, […]

Amazon rainforest: The 90-year-old trying to stop destruction

Amazon rainforest: The 90-year-old trying to stop destruction

Newsnight was given rare access to a once-in-a-generation meeting of indigenous groups trying to save the Amazon. Environmental campaigners and indigenous groups say the policies of Brazil’s populist leader Jair Bolsonaro have heavily contributed to the destruction of the rainforest. Now, Chief Raoni Metuktire is visiting the UK to try and raise international support for […]

The patients inspired to take up parkrun by their GPs

The patients inspired to take up parkrun by their GPs

Image copyright Parkrun Image caption Parkrun can help with a number of health conditions, including high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, anxiety and depression In the past 18 months, some 1,500 GP surgeries have signed up to encourage patients to take part in their local parkrun. Those who never thought they could run 5km (3 […]

Brexit leads to sharp drop in au pairs from Europe, agencies say

Brexit leads to sharp drop in au pairs from Europe, agencies say

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption An au pair agreement was signed in Europe in 1969 to regulate the “cultural exchange” The number of au pairs from EU countries working in the UK has fallen by as much as 75% since the Brexit vote, according to the industry’s representative body. The British Au Pair Agencies […]

On a terrible day for stocks,  One Medical sees its stock pop 47% from the IPO price

On a terrible day for stocks, One Medical sees its stock pop 47% from the IPO price

While markets were roiled Friday over fears about the Chinese coronavirus epidemic, an unprofitable healthcare unicorn had its trading debut—and was a rare bright spot in a day where many sectors were deep in the red. On Friday, healthcare provider One Medical raised $245 million in an offering of 17.5 million shares priced at $14—at […]

Adam Schiff And House Managers Deliver A Chilling Warning To Mitch McConnell

Adam Schiff And House Managers Deliver A Chilling Warning To Mitch McConnell

Lead House Impeachment Manager Adam Schiff and his fellow impeachment managers warned Mitch McConnell that the truth couldn’t be denied for long. In a statement provided to PoliticusUSA, the House managers said: Senators just voted to make this the first impeachment trial in the history of the United States without witnesses and documents, which […]

Could you handle the most remote campsite on earth?

Could you handle the most remote campsite on earth?

In order to gain a clearer understanding of how sea levels can rise worldwide, scientists are camping out in Antarctica. Everything is a chilly struggle, from keeping your feet warm to using the toilet. It’s one of the most remote places on Earth so the BBC’s Environmental Correspondent Justin Rowlatt went to find out what […]

Scientists question White House measures to limit coronavirus

Scientists question White House measures to limit coronavirus

As U.S. officials declared the new coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency — imposing measures such as temporary quarantines for people possibly exposed to the virus, and barring entry of foreign nationals who have recently visited China — some experts questioned whether the approach would be effective.  A steep rise in the number of cases […]

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Jordan Davis Opens Up About Being a ‘Girl Dad’ | PEOPLE.com

Jordan Davis Opens Up About Being a ‘Girl Dad’ | PEOPLE.com | PEOPLE.com Top Navigation Close View image Jordan Davis Never Expected to Be a ‘Girl Dad’ — but Now He Can’t Imagine Life Any Other Way this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Source link

Disney+ Series Warns of ‘Cataclysmic Demise of This Planet’

Disney+ Series Warns of ‘Cataclysmic Demise of This Planet’

Disney’s new streaming service “Disney+” is still rolling out new original programming, and one of the newest ones for this year is Diary of a Future President. The series is a comedy following 12-year-old Elena Cañero-Reed (Tess Romero) as she navigates middle school and works to someday be president of the United States. As seen […]

Brexit at last: Britain leaves the EU as champagne corks fly

Brexit at last: Britain leaves the EU as champagne corks fly

LONDON (Reuters) – The United Kingdom finally cast off from the European Union on Friday for an uncertain future, with Brexiteers claiming victory and popping champagne corks for an “independence day” they said marked a new era for the country. In its biggest shift since losing its global empire, the United Kingdom slipped away at […]

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Brexit: Flag lowered at Senedd as the UK leaves the EU

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The moment the EU flag is removed from the Senedd building The European Union flag has been lowered outside the National Assembly as Brexit formally takes effect. The UK left the EU at 23:00 GMT, three-and-a-half years after the June 2016 referendum. Earlier on Friday, First Minister Mark Drakeford […]

Adriana Lima debuts sunglasses line

Adriana Lima debuts sunglasses line

Her eyes are up here. Adriana Lima, once a star strutter on the now-cancelled Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, is shifting focus from her figure to her face. The Brazilian model — and prescription-glasses wearer; who knew? — tells Women’s Wear Daily that she has a new collection with eyewear brand Privé Revaux. Featuring four styles […]

Nidec bets on electric cars and acquisitions to triple sales

Nidec bets on electric cars and acquisitions to triple sales

(Reuters) — Japan’s Nidec plans to more than triple its revenue over the next five years by focusing on electric vehicle powertrains and buying specialists in motor technologies, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The world’s leading maker of precision motors which supplies parts for Apple’s iPhones is expected to detail its plans […]

‘Queer Eye’ expert Tan France’s new show is ‘ultimate dream’

‘Queer Eye’ expert Tan France’s new show is ‘ultimate dream’

“Queer Eye” fashion expert Tan France, who’s co-hosting “Next in Fashion” on Netflix, says he’s living a lifelong dream. “Funny enough, when I signed with my agency when I first got ‘Queer Eye,’ they asked me what my dream job would be. I said a fashion competition show,” France, 36, tells The Post. “Being the […]

‘The Bachelor’ is hitting the road with a live show

‘The Bachelor’ is hitting the road with a live show

The “Bachelor” universe is taking the idea of hometown dates to another level. Starting Feb. 13, in Mesa, Az. — and moving to 65 cities thereafter including Salt Lake City, San Diego, Seattle, Chicago and Boston — “The Bachelor Live on Stage” tour will bring aspects from ABC’s long-running reality series to life in a […]

Brexit: UK officially leaves the European Union | UK News

Brexit: UK officially leaves the European Union | UK News

London, United Kingdom – The flags outside embassies have been lowered, the countdown clocks have stopped. The United Kingdom is no longer a member of the European Union. The country’s 47 years of membership officially ceased at the stroke of 23:00 GMT (midnight Brussels time), more than three and half years after an in/out referendum […]

In a carriage dispute, Roku drops all Fox apps from its platform ahead of the Super Bowl; NFL confirms that Roku's free NFL app will still stream the game (Jared Newman/Fast Company)

In a carriage dispute, Roku drops all Fox apps from its platform ahead of the Super Bowl; NFL confirms that Roku's free NFL app will still stream the game (Jared Newman/Fast Company)

Jared Newman / Fast Company: In a carriage dispute, Roku drops all Fox apps from its platform ahead of the Super Bowl; NFL confirms that Roku’s free NFL app will still stream the game  —  Last night, Roku made a surprise announcement that it was dropping all Fox apps from its platform, claiming that the […]

Trailer drops for ‘F9’ — yet another ‘Fast & Furious’ movie

Trailer drops for ‘F9’ — yet another ‘Fast & Furious’ movie

The Fast family is back together in the first trailer for Universal Pictures’ “F9,” the ninth mainline entry in the “Fast and Furious” series. The footage shows Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and Letty Ortiz (Michelle Rodriguez) living on a farm and raising Toretto’s son Brian, named after the character played by the late Paul Walker. […]

Cropped Out Of A Photo But Behind A Climate Movement In Africa

Cropped Out Of A Photo But Behind A Climate Movement In Africa

world Vanessa Nakate says she hopes being cut out of a photo featuring Greta Thunberg is a watershed moment for climate crisis activism, and how it is reported. Ikran Dahir BuzzFeed News Reporter Posted on January 31, 2020, at 10:07 a.m. ET Isaac Kasamani / Getty Images Being cropped out of a photo featuring Greta […]

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Sofia Carson Sunk to the Floor After Beyoncé Golden Globes Run-In

A lifelong idol and fashion icon commends your outfit during an award show. What’s your next move? When the scenario played out for Sofia Carson at the 2020 Golden Globe Awards—and the idol in question was Beyoncé—she reacted the way most of us might. “I just gently sunk to the floor,” the 26-year-old musician, silver screen […]

The most iconic outfits from the Super Bowl halftime through the years

The most iconic outfits from the Super Bowl halftime through the years

January 31, 2020 | 5:20pm 1 of 13 Perhaps even more memorable than the Super Bowl winners are the halftime performers. With past performers like Prince, Katy Perry, and Diana Ross, the music is typically the focus but, as Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson proved in 2004, wardrobe (and it’s malfunctions) can often take center […]

Echo Show devices can now add items to your shopping list by barcode

Echo Show devices can now add items to your shopping list by barcode

If you manage your grocery list using Amazon’s Alexa, good news: It just became easier to add items in need of restocking. Amazon today announced that Alexa on select Echo smart displays — the Echo Show 5 and Echo Show 8 — can scan the barcodes of common grocery items to add to Alexa’s built-in […]

US military can resume landmine use as Trump cancels policy

US military can resume landmine use as Trump cancels policy

United States military forces will once again be able to use landmines on the battlefield after President Trump overturned an Obama administration ban on the controversial deadly devices. The White House announced the new landmine policy on Friday after the Department of Defense found the restrictions put American soldiers “at a severe disadvantage during a […]

Coronavirus: In quarantine after being repatriated from China

Coronavirus: In quarantine after being repatriated from China

British man, Matt Raw sent this video of his accommodation at Arrowe Park Hospital after he was flown out of Wuhan where there is an outbreak of coronavirus. Eighty-three British passengers must stay in quarantine at an NHS staff accommodation block for 14 days, where they will be in “supported isolation” with “all necessary medical […]

Watch Out for Coronavirus Phishing Scams

Watch Out for Coronavirus Phishing Scams

On Thursday, as coronavirus infections spread, the World Health Organization classified the outbreak as a global emergency. On Friday, United States officials placed 195 people in a two-week federal quarantine at a California military base after evacuating them from Wuhan, China. Amid international efforts to contain transmission of the virus, online scammers have already begun […]

Twitch Is Slowly Losing Some Major Streamers

Twitch Is Slowly Losing Some Major Streamers

Hello, and welcome to Replay, where every week we run down the biggest stories in gaming. This week, it’s streamer culture and more news about E3. Let’s check it out. Twitch Is Slowly Losing Its Major Streamers As you might know, Ninja, that huge Fortnite streamer who appears in news stories way more frequently than […]

What to do in NYC if you don’t care about football

What to do in NYC if you don’t care about football

Sure, the Super Bowl always gets a lot of interest. Last year’s game, for example, saw 98 million people watch the New England Patriots beat the Los Angeles Rams on TV. But not everyone is planning to drop everything Sunday for the 2020 Super Bowl pitting the Kansas City Chiefs vs. the San Francisco 49ers, […]

Harvey Weinstein trial: Accuser says ‘No’ was a trigger for him

Harvey Weinstein trial: Accuser says ‘No’ was a trigger for him

Image copyright AFP Image caption Jessica Mann said she “entered into what I thought was going to be a real relationship with him” A one-time aspiring actress says Harvey Weinstein subjected her to “degrading” abuse, in some of the most graphic testimony shared in his trial so far. Jessica Mann detailed a catalogue of abuse […]

U.S. to Quarantine 195 Americans Evacuated from Wuhan

U.S. to Quarantine 195 Americans Evacuated from Wuhan

U.S. health officials said Friday they would quarantine 195 U.S. citizens who were evacuated from Wuhan, China, amid an outbreak of a novel coronavirus—the first time in 50 years the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has taken such action. The order will be effective for 14 days from the date of evacuation. Dr. Nancy […]

The RetroBeat — Warcraft III: Reforged is a harsh lesson in reviving classic games

The RetroBeat — Warcraft III: Reforged is a harsh lesson in reviving classic games

Warcraft III: Reforged came out earlier this week, and the response online has been full of negativity and angst. Part of it is a reaction to some scaling back that Blizzard Entertainment did for the project. When it announced Warcraft III: Reforged in 2018, it promised things like upgraded cinematic cutscenes with movie-like camera angles, […]

The Unexpected Draw of Pete Buttigieg’s Iowa Campaign

The Unexpected Draw of Pete Buttigieg’s Iowa Campaign

OTTUMWA, Iowa — No presidential campaign is spared its awkward moments: overlong hugs from supporters, groaners about the Iowa weather, white lies about the caliber of the local cuisine. But Pete Buttigieg — who came to Iowa a year ago suggesting it might help that he was “not a household name” and is now a […]

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Ajit Pai: Carrier sales of phone-location data is illegal, FCC plans punishment

Getty Images | Nakhorn Yuangkratoke/EyeEm Mobile network operators who sold their customers’ real-time location data violated US law and the Federal Communications Commission will try to punish carriers that did so, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai wrote today. “[T]he FCC’s Enforcement Bureau has completed its extensive investigation and… it has concluded that one or more wireless […]

Neanderthal Genes Hint at Much Earlier Human Migration From Africa

Neanderthal Genes Hint at Much Earlier Human Migration From Africa

In recent years, millions of people have been astonished, even thrilled, to learn from those popular genetic tests that their DNA is laced with Neanderthal genes. Those genes were first discovered in 2010, in a study of Neanderthal fossils. From DNA recovered from the bones, researchers deduced that modern humans interbred with Neanderthals some 60,000 […]

Native Americans Abandoned Cahokia’s Massive Mounds — But the Story Doesn’t End There

Native Americans Abandoned Cahokia’s Massive Mounds — But the Story Doesn’t End There

The mound-building society that lived at Cahokia is one of America’s most famous — and mysterious — ancient civilizations. The Mississippian people thrived for centuries in what is now Illinois’ Mississippi River valley, just outside of St. Louis, until they mysteriously vanished sometime around 1400 A.D. It’s a tempting story, one that plays on the […]

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The Dolan Twins Talk YouTube Break & New Fragrance Company – Hollywood Life

The Dolan Twins spoke to HL revealing the incredible plans they have for 2020, what it was like building a business and how they’ve grown in the last year. Grayson and Ethan Dolan announced they were stepping away from their demanding film schedule and emotionally revealed they both were struggling and needed to find their […]

The Biggest Apple Maps Change Is One You Can’t See

The Biggest Apple Maps Change Is One You Can’t See

Apple yesterday touted a “new” version of Apple Maps, one that includes faster navigation, more detailed roads, real-time transit updates, lists of favorite places, and access to Look Around, street-level 3-D imagery that’s similar to Google’s Street View. Despite the fanfare, the Maps app won’t look dramatically different; most of these new features were available […]

Coronavirus Research Is Moving at Top Speed—With a Catch

Coronavirus Research Is Moving at Top Speed—With a Catch

Jonathan Read admits to being something of a dinosaur when it comes to publishing his work. An epidemiologist at Lancaster University in the UK, Read had always followed the old ways—submit to a journal, get accepted, get comments and edits from peer reviewers, revise the article, publish. But a few years ago, something started nagging […]

Senate Republicans vary from tortured to triumphant in abetting the Trump/McConnell cover-up

Senate Republicans vary from tortured to triumphant in abetting the Trump/McConnell cover-up

That’s Rubio using his “thoughtful” face. Senate Republicans are taking various approaches in rationalizing their decision to cover up impeached president Donald Trump’s crimes, depending on how much they care about their reputations. Sen. Marco Rubio, the Bible-verse-touting Republican from Florida, pretends to be thoughtful and statesmanlike in his statement. “For purposes of answering my […]

Trump’s Own Lawyer Pat Cipollone Is a Witness To His Crimes

Trump’s Own Lawyer Pat Cipollone Is a Witness To His Crimes

In case you’re not clear just how much of a sham the Republican-led Senate “trial” sans witnesses and evidence of Donald Trump really is, consider this: His own lawyer failed to disclose that he is actually a witness to the very crime from which he is defending Trump. In the New York Times story […]

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49ers and Chiefs healthy entering Super Bowl LIV

MIAMI — Barring some sort of setback or incident over the next two days, the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers will have their full complement of players available Sunday for Super Bowl LIV. Both teams unveiled their final practice reports for the week on Friday afternoon, and neither team had a player with […]

A new roadmap shows how the U.S. could be carbon-neutral by 2050

A new roadmap shows how the U.S. could be carbon-neutral by 2050

The United States can reduce its carbon footprint to zero by 2050 — but only if the country invests swiftly and deeply in emerging technologies that draw carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. Federal funding of a range of carbon removal technologies, amounting to as much as $6 billion per year over the next 10 […]

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Amazon Could Hit $3,200 in Bull Case: RBC By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Yasin Ebrahim Investing.com – Amazon (NASDAQ:) has weathered the selling storm Friday, underpinned by its blowout quarterly results. But the e-commerce giant’s rally is far from over, with one analyst laying out a bull case for the stock to rally nearly 60% over the next two years. RBC Capital’s raised its price […]

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The New Coronavirus Outbreak: What We Know So Far

Special Report Special Report A virus that originated in Wuhan, China, has sickened thousands in the country and spread to numerous other nations Public Health A woman from China infected a person in Germany before she began displaying symptoms 2 hours ago — Andrew Joseph and STAT Public Health The parallel dos and don’ts for […]

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Overheard during Super Bowl week

6:50 AM ET Dan Graziano Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2011 New Jersey native and author of two published novels Jeremy Fowler Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN staff writer Previously a college football reporter for CBSSports.com University of Florida graduate MIAMI — After seven Uber rides, four parties, countless trips through radio row, […]

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Balanced action by bettors on Super Bowl LIV

Two days before kickoff, sportsbooks around the nation were reporting balanced action on the Super Bowl, with big bets on both teams. The Kansas City Chiefs were holding steady as 1.5-point favorites at most sportsbooks and -125 on the money-line, with the underdog San Francisco 49ers around +105. The Chiefs were attracting anywhere from 60-70% […]

China scolds ‘mean’ US for coronavirus travel warning

China scolds ‘mean’ US for coronavirus travel warning

SHANGHAI/BEIJING — The United States drew China’s wrath with a travel warning on Friday while businesses struggled with supply problems from the coronavirus epidemic that has killed 213 people and been declared a global emergency. Russia, Britain, Sweden and Italy all reported their first cases, Rome declaring its own national emergency as it sought to […]

Google open-sources LaserTagger, an AI model that speeds up text generation

Google open-sources LaserTagger, an AI model that speeds up text generation

Sequence-to-sequence AI models, which were introduced by Google in 2014, aim to map fixed-length input (usually text) with a fixed-length output where the length of the input and output might differ. They’re used in text-generating tasks including summarization, grammatical error correction, and sentence fusion, and recent architectural breakthroughs have made them more capable than before. […]

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6 Best Madewell Styles to Shop on Sale at Nordstrom | PEOPLE.com

6 Best Madewell Styles to Shop on Sale at Nordstrom | PEOPLE.com

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‘The Sinner’ star Bill Pullman dishes on ‘violent’ crash scene

‘The Sinner’ star Bill Pullman dishes on ‘violent’ crash scene

Harry Ambrose is at a crossroads at the beginning of Season 3 of “The Sinner.” The veteran detective, played by Bill Pullman, could retire easily. Some of his colleagues in the police department in Dorchester, NY, particularly the younger ones, would applaud that decision. The wear and tear of the job — Harry suffers from […]

What the Earliest Toilets Say About How Human Civilization Has Evolved

What the Earliest Toilets Say About How Human Civilization Has Evolved

For more than 200,000 years humans were nomadic foragers, living in small groups spread over vast lands. Then, about 10,000 years ago, in several corners of the globe, some people settled down and started farming. Villages sprung up and grew into densely populated cities. And that’s when poop became a problem. Urbanites could not do […]

Celebs flock to Florida ahead of Super Bowl 2020

Celebs flock to Florida ahead of Super Bowl 2020

January 31, 2020 | 2:42pm 1 of 14 Shakira and Jennifer Lopez are set to take to the stage at the Super Bowl 2020 Halftime Show making for double the star power in Miami Gardens. But they aren’t the only celebs flocking to the sunshine state for the big game. Getty Images 2 of 14 […]

Mega-constellation firms meet European astronomers

Mega-constellation firms meet European astronomers

Image copyright Victoria Girgis/Lowell Observatory Image caption SpaceX’s Starlink satellites have been leaving streaks in telescope images Leading satellite mega-constellation companies SpaceX and OneWeb have met with astronomers in Europe to discuss the impact their operations could have on observations of the Universe. There’s concern that the size and brightness of the firms’ planned fleets […]

Xbox Adaptive Controller add-on turns power wheelchairs into joysticks

Xbox Adaptive Controller add-on turns power wheelchairs into joysticks

The Xbox Adaptive Controller is one of the most powerful devices for enabling anyone to play games despite differences in how their body functions. But a lot of the capabilities of the Adaptive Controller come its expandability. And one of the best examples of that is the new Freedom Wing Adapter that turns a power […]