HONG KONG (AP) — Tear gas is among the new flavors at a Hong Kong ice cream shop. The main ingredient is black peppercorns, a reminder of the pungent, peppery rounds fired by police on the streets of the semi-autonomous Chinese city during months of demonstrations last year. “It tastes […]
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Police in south Florida are trying to find New York Giants cornerback DeAndre Baker and Seattle Seahawks cornerback Quinton Dunbar after multiple witnesses accused them of an armed robbery at a party, authorities said Thursday. Miramar police issued arrest warrants for both men Thursday on four counts each of armed […]
WASHINGTON — Three satellite operators whose fleets have at least some C-band coverage of the United States are taking the Federal Communications Commission to court over their exclusion from an upcoming spectrum auction that stands to transfer billions of dollars to competitors with larger shares of the market. Bermuda-based ABS […]
The Venus flytrap rewired existing genes to allow it to eat meat. Pascal Goetgheluck/Minden Pictures By Elizabeth PennisiMay. 14, 2020 , 3:20 PM How does a plant develop a taste for flesh? In the play Little Shop of Horrors, all it takes is a drop of human blood. But in […]
Don’t expect Grey’s Anatomy to come back for season 17 with the same four episodes that were planned before production shut down. Showrunner Krista Vernoff, who also helms Station 19, has not yet met with the writers or made plans for season 17, whenever it happens, but she could tell […]
Nintendo has announced that four more titles are joining the library of classic games offered at no additional charge to Nintendo Switch Online subscribers. The titles, which include three SNES titles and one NES title, will hit on May 20. Once these titles go live, Nintendo Switch Online subscribers have […]
When many were rushing to rewatch “Contagion,” the eerily prophetic 2011 Steven Soderbergh film about the outbreak of an easily transmitted virus, I was searching for more comforting escapes. I reached for “North by Northwest” the way a baby grasps for a pacifier. Even in a pandemic, it’s incredibly hard […]
As the world knows by now, much of the United States is finally reopening again following the onslaught of coronavirus cases throughout the nation. For months, the United States was on lockdown to thwart the spread of COVID-19, and many of the American states are finally opening at last. Regardless, […]