The mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, announced his plans to resign Tuesday after apologizing for an “inappropriate messaging relationship” with a local TV news reporter who had posted what she said was a partially nude photo of him on Facebook. In a statement, Mayor Ethan Berkowitz attributed the resignation to “unacceptable […]
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London startup Notpla is making an alternative to plastic made from seaweed. The plastic-like casing is edible and biodegradable within six weeks, compared to several hundred years for synthetic plastics. Single-use plastics account for more than half of the 300 million tons of plastic made every year. View more episodes […]
Photograph: Ricardo Arduengo/Reuters Twitter has suspended a network of accounts claiming to be owned by Black supporters of Donald Trump and his re-election campaign due to spam and platform manipulation, it said Tuesday. The company is investigating the activity and may suspend additional similar accounts if they are found to […]
Gareth Southgate has lost Kieran Trippier for the Nations League tie against Denmark on Wednesday night as the full-back must attend a Football Association disciplinary hearing to answer charges relating to the breaking of betting rules – a situation that the England manager described as an unwanted distraction. Trippier was […]
SAN FRANCISCO – Planet announced a series of products including frequently updated SkySat imagery and automated change detection during Explore 2020, the San Francisco company’s second user conference. Planet unveiled Rapid Revisit, a product that offers customers 50-centimeter-resolution SkySat imagery updated for any latitude between seven and 12 times per […]
Kelvin Droegemeier arrived at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy in January 2019. Stephen Voss By Jeffrey MervisOct. 13, 2020 , 3:25 PM For most U.S. researchers, President Donald Trump’s decision to wait 18 months before nominating meteorologist Kelvin Droegemeier to lead the White House Office of […]
chrish1990|2h ago|Review|2| ▼ Info Add Alt Source PP: Budget Cuts has been a long time coming for PSVR players, and thankfully it has been worth the wait. It’s not perfect, but it’s a solid stealth game with some lighthearted humour to keep things light, despite the tense gameplay. Budget Cuts […]
Some of entertainment’s biggest names from Nicole Kidman to George Clooney shared encouraging words for aspiring young creators whose organizations were collectively granted millions by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer October 14, 2020, 2:04 AM • 3 min read LOS ANGELES — Some […]
“We live in an attention economy. And attention equals power. And we still, as a country, have not fully been able to reckon with what that means.” That’s what Nancy Gibbs says in the first 30 seconds of “Enemies of the People,” an hour-long documentary premiering on Vice TV this […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — Google employees are not shy about speaking up. In the last few years, they have openly confronted the company about building a censored search engine in China, the handling of sexual harassment claims and its work with the Pentagon on artificial intelligence technology for weapons. But there […]
“If you look back at my trajectory, I’ve always sort of said, like, ‘Yeah, why not?’” said Mr. Newbold, sitting in the deserted lobby of the Mercer Hotel on a recent Tuesday morning. Dressed in an army jacket, a sweatshirt that read “When We All Vote” (a collaboration between Mr. […]
Seeing with rose-colored glasses! Clare Crawley has a message for skeptics who don’t believe someone can find love in a short amount of time. “My question would be to the people that are saying that — to the people that question it — what exactly is the formula for falling […]
British firms will build parts of the Lunar Gateway space station set to orbit the Moon as part of NASA’s Artemis mission to return humanity to the lunar surface by 2024. The UK Space Agency has signed the ‘Artemis Accords’ with NASA and other nations on the future of space […]
Nathaniel Clyne ‘on the verge’ of sealing Crystal Palace return on a free transfer after Liverpool release having proven fitness to boss Roy Hodgson Nathaniel Clyne has been training with Crystal Palace for the past month The full-back came through an Under 23 game against Aston Villa unscathed It was […]
More than 80% of hospitalized coronavirus patients have neurological symptoms, study finds – but White House doctor insists Trump has NO mental fogginess from COVID-19 Researchers looked at more than 500 patients with COVID-19 at 10 hospitals for neurological symptoms About 42% had neurological symptoms when their symptoms began, 63% […]
Rents outside London hit record high of £964 per month as families look for more space during the pandemic By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 23:05 BST, 13 October 2020 | Updated: 23:05 BST, 13 October 2020 Rents outside London hit a record high of £964 per month […]
Sister Aimee Semple McPherson was a Pentecostal evangelical preacher and entertainer in the 1920s who founded the Foursquare Church denomination and built America’s first megachurch in Los Angeles Almost six decades after her death, ‘Sister’ Aimee Sempel McPherson – the legendary Pentecostal phenomenon of the 1920s and founder of America’s […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to wind down population counting for the 2020 U.S. census earlier than planned, in a blow to civil rights groups concerned about an undercount, particularly of racial minorities. The justices blocked a lower-court ruling that had […]
The Democrat meets senior voters in the battleground state, a day after the president held a rally. source: bbc.com
A pumped-up President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he “felt like Superman” after he got his experimental drug treatment for Covid-19, and he pulled a page from the Bill Clinton playbook, telling people suffering from the coronavirus: “I feel your pain.” “To everyone fighting to recover from the virus, I […]