(Reuters) – The sister of an African-American man who died shortly after a white Minneapolis police officer pinned him down with a knee to the neck called for justice on Wednesday, saying the firing of four policemen over the deadly incident was not enough. The four officers were dismissed from the force on Tuesday, a … Read more
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to regulate or shut down social media companies for stifling conservative voices, a day after Twitter attached a warning to some of his tweets prompting readers to fact check the president’s claims. Without offering evidence, Trump again accused such platforms of bias, tweeting: “Republicans feel … Read more
PARIS (Reuters) – Restaurants, bars and hotels across France set empty tables and draped chef’s aprons outside on Wednesday to protest against continuing lockdown restrictions and demand more state aid. Dozens of chef’s aprons, chef’s hats, and restaurant trays are displayed on the ground of a bank of the Seine river in Paris during a … Read more
Achanta et al. – iScience To help tackle those issues, the team mapped the locations of those neurons in a rat’s heart in vivid 3D detail. “In effect what we have created is the first comprehensive roadmap of the heart’s nervous system that can be referenced by other researchers for a range of questions about … Read more
Paige Spiranac’s roast of Tom Brady on Sunday could have gone seriously awry. While commentating on Brady’s golf game during “The Match,” Spiranac revealed she nearly put herself on the line with an NSFW bet around the time Brady redeemed himself with a miracle shot following a rough start. “I was about to tweet I’ll … Read more
This is the moment two Russian pilots made an “unsafe” intercept of a US Navy surveillance plane flying in international airspace over the Mediterranean Sea, according to a report. “Two Russian Su-35 aircraft unsafely intercepted a P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft assigned to U.S. 6th Fleet over the Mediterranean Sea May 26, 2020,” the US Navy … Read more
FILE PHOTO: The NFL logo is pictured on a football at an event in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 30, 2017. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo When NFL teams vote on the proposed rule change to adopt an alternative to the onside kick on Thursday, the language will be different from … Read more
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Two diplomats are quietly leading Iran’s push to influence politics in Iraq, in a departure from the more blunt enforcement employed by Qassem Soleimani, a top commander slain in a U.S. air strike. FILE PHOTO: Mourners attend the funeral procession of the Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force … Read more
A universal experience when it comes to dating: after a while, it’s hard to go out without getting roped into a murder mystery. The Lovebirds, a new Netflix movie starring Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae, follows a couple with this terribly relatable problem in one of the funniest romantic comedies of the year so far … Read more
President Trump will be briefed by senior Pentagon officials in the coming days on plans for pulling all US troops out of Afghanistan by the November election, according to multiple reports. The Pentagon is currently prepping multiple options for the commander-in-chief to consider, the New York Times reported Tuesday, and plan to advocate for a … Read more