Photograph: Patrick Semansky/AP Election day in the US is officially 3 November, but amid the coronavirus pandemic, Americans are being encouraged to take advantage of early voting initiatives that open as soon as September to decrease the risks to themselves and others. From voter suppression to polling and debates, here […]
Daily Archives: August 1, 2020
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Sheffield Wednesday have been docked 12 points for a financial irregularity committed when the owner, Dejphon Chansiri, bought the Hillsborough stadium from the club for £60m in June 2019 and the profit was backdated to the previous season’s accounts. Crucially, the points deduction will take effect next season, 2020-21, not […]
A social media weather report that predicts outbreaks of propaganda is on its way. It can’t arrive soon enough, says Annalee Newitz Technology | Comment 29 July 2020 By Annalee Newitz Will Heath/NBCU Photo Bank/NBC A FEW weeks ago, I noticed that a foul and offensive hashtag was trending on […]
A showy Rhododendron is one of some 3000 alpine plant species found in the Hengduan Mountains. YAOWU XING/XTBG/CAS By Erik StokstadJul. 30, 2020 , 2:00 PM The Hengduan Mountains adjoining Asia’s massive Tibetan Plateau are a place of superlatives. Four major rivers, including the Mekong and the Yangtze, flow through […]
When he was about 26 and just beginning what would be a four-season run on Stargate: Atlantis, fate brought them together one night at a jazz club in Los Angeles. “We just happened to be at the right place, right time, mutual friends,” Momoa said. “I actually had dreaded my […]
He added: “We are moving from a chess game – a mere intellectual strategy – to a war strategy: attack and contention. “Adrenaline is within Money Heist’s DNA. Every thirty seconds things take place and disrupt the characters, a turn of the screw to the action. “The adrenaline mixed with […]
Hedgehogs, along with the wildcat, red squirrel, water vole and hazel dormouse, are just some of the eleven mammals which have been placed on the UK’s endangered species link. This marks the first time the hedgehog features on the list. Fiona Matthews, chair of the Mammal Society and professor at […]
Photo: Christian Wiediger (Other) Featured Deal: Get 3 Blu-rays for the Price of 2 Amazon Prime Day 2020 is coming … eventually. The annual mid-summer sales event, which delivers two days of wide-ranging, oft-amazing deals, is now planned as a fall event due to the pandemic. Once the dates are […]