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Enough with Ryders and Penskes - our long drought of U-Haulwww.universalhub.com Roving U-Haul photographer Paul Kafasis reports he was inbound on Soldiers Field Road down by Harvard Stadium today when he "hit a wave of traffic and saw a mangled U-Haul backing up." He adds that if...
Republican lawmaker calls for next president to 'work our way back' to 1960swww.rawstory.com Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI) blamed the "angry feminist movement" for emasculating men and called for the nation to "work our way back" to the 1960s if former President Donald Trump wins reelection.In a...
Shelley Duvall, Robert Altman Protege and Tormented Wife in ‘The Shining,’ Dies at 75www.hollywoodreporter.com The versatile actress, also memorable in 'McCabe & Mrs. Miller,' 'Nashville,' 'Popeye' and '3 Women,' produced TV series for kids as well.
A Daughter of Hollywood Royalty Appeals to Los Angeles: No Mask Banswww.nytimes.com Violet Affleck, the eldest child of Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck, called for greater access to masks in a short speech during which she revealed her own “post-viral condition.”
‘Wall Street Journal’ sued by star reporter for discriminationwww.npr.org The Wall Street Journal has conducted multiple rounds of layoffs this year. In a lawsuit, former reporter Stephanie Armour says the paper tried to shed employees with significant health-care costs by ...
Pop Culturewww.wheresyoured.at A week and a half ago, Goldman Sachs put out a 31-page-report (titled "Gen AI: Too Much Spend, Too Little Benefit?”) that includes some of the most damning literature on generative AI I've ever seen. ...
Wildlife Protections Take a Back Seat to SpaceX’s Ambitionswww.nytimes.com A New York Times investigation found that Elon Musk exploited federal agencies’ competing missions to achieve his goals for space travel.
The histamine receptor H1 acts as an alternative receptor for SARS-CoV-2 | mBiojournals.asm.org In addition to human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2, severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can utilize alternative cofactors to facilitate viral entry.
In this study, we discov...
Someone you care about was just outed as a sex creep: a beginner’s guidemedium.com Hello. I’m guessing you’re a Neil Gaiman fan and you’re trying to figure out how to process the news that he’s just been accused of being a…
Project 2025 was supposed to boost Donald Trump's campaign — but now it may be backfiringwww.salon.com Trump's authoritarian game plan is breaking through to people who haven't heard of it — and it's scaring them
Hackensack Meridian sues HHS secretary in wake of Chevron rulingwww.beckershospitalreview.com Learn about the recent lawsuit filed by Hackensack Meridian Health against HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra challenging his interpretation of Medicare statutes.
EXCLUSIVE: Interview w/ President Joe Biden (Hour 1)civicmedia.us <p>Earl debuts his exclusive interview with President Joe Biden on a special Independence Day broadcast. He asks the President about the importance of the black community, the economic accomplishments...
She exposed how the nation's poorest state spent federal welfare money. Now she might go to jail.www.nbcnews.com "The rabbit's got the gun now," said a lawyer for former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, who is trying to force reporter Anna Wolfe to reveal her sources.