NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Fallout from the coronavirus pandemic is threatening a company’s plans to retrieve and exhibit the radio that had broadcast distress calls from the sinking Titanic, according to a court filing made by the firm. The company, RMS Titanic Inc., said Monday that its revenues plummeted after […]
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The U.S. State Department canceled the planned Taiwan visit by its U.N. ambassador that has drawn strong opposition and a warning from China. The department announced it was canceling all senior-level overseas travels, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s planned trip to Belgium, in a decision […]
India’s cricket board has reportedly complained to Cricket Australia about several aspects of the Brisbane bubble that Ajinkya Rahane’s team will call home until the Test series ends. The tourists had been reluctant to travel to Queensland’s capital for the series decider that begins at the Gabba on Friday, worried […]
Update: This article was updated on Jan. 12 at 1:09 pm Eastern time with information about initial thruster testing. SAN FRANCISCO – French startup Exotrail announced Jan. 12 that its miniature Hall-effect thruster ignited in orbit, and propelled a NanoAvionics R2 cubesat to change its semi-major axis by 700 meters. […]
Cages of lab mice at an unnamed institution unoL/iStock By David GrimmJan. 12, 2021 , 5:00 PM The most numerous mammals in U.S. research are also the most invisible. Mice and rats comprise the vast majority of lab mammals, yet no one knows exactly—or even approximately—how many are used in […]
One Tree Hill star Hilarie Burton Morgan, the real life wife of Negan himself Jeffrey Dean Morgan, will also be portraying the ruthless leader’s dead other half, Lucille. Now somewhat reformed and joining the fight alongside Hilltop, Negan was initially introduced at the end of season six as the cultish […]
DC Universe Online is celebrating 10 years of its incredible MMORPG experience by gifting players with a few in-game freebies. Earlier this week, Dimensional Ink Games revealed how the studio is giving back to the gamers that have enjoyed the DC Universe experience, starting with an offer of over $50 worth […]
Two former National Book Award nominees, Deesha Philyaw and Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, are among this year’s finalists for the 17th annual Story Prize for short fiction ByThe Associated Press January 12, 2021, 5:32 PM • 1 min read NEW YORK — Two former National Book Award nominees, Deesha Philyaw and […]
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Tuesday announced the new measures, which the Foreign Office says are designed to ensure that all British organizations “are not complicit in, nor profiting from, the human rights violations in Xinjiang.” The UK government will also review which British products can be exported to […]
Stefan Thomas, a German-born programmer living in San Francisco, has two guesses left to figure out a password that is worth, as of this week, about $220 million. The password will let him unlock a small hard drive, known as an IronKey, which contains the private keys to a digital […]
Headliner Rolo’s Four former Gramercy Tavern alumni have collaborated, with two partners, to open this restaurant. “We all got fine dining out of our systems and wanted to do something modest and simple, like the restaurants we want to go to, like Frankies Spuntino,” said Howard Kalachnikoff, a former chef […]
Playing it safe! Alec Baldwin has been quarantining at a separate house from his wife, Hilaria Baldwin, and their kids “for months” amid the coronavirus pandemic, a source confirms to Us Weekly. The 30 Rock alum, 62, has been staying in a different house “while he goes back and forth […]