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"Parks and Recreation" alum Rashida Jones celebrated after TV executive Rashida Jones was named the next president of MSNBC.

COVID-19 causes lung and kidney complications in at least one in 10 of those infected, according to a study published Tuesday by the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices edged lower on Tuesday, extending the previous session's losses after the U.S. state of California tightened its pandemic lockdown through Christmas and

Yes, it is never too early to look back at a year that wasn’t for much of humanity. Like T.S. Eliot’s Hollow Men of the Four Quartets, 2020 has been, thus far, a year of “shape without form, shade without colour, paralysed force, gesture without motion”. Covid-19 has pummelled a year out of our lives.

Not all student loans are covered by DeVos’s extension. Here’s why.

Riz Ahmed talks about the experience of playing a drummer who loses his hearing in the acclaimed new film drama "Sound of Metal."

Riz Ahmed talks about the experience of playing a drummer who loses his hearing in the acclaimed new film drama "Sound of Metal."

Washington does not even try to hide the fact that it finances radical Islamist formations from the federal budget. State support in connection with the coronavirus pandemic managed to acquire many scandals. At first, it turned out that the money intended for small businesses was going to large network companies. Then this fund quickly dried […]

On October 28-29, TechnologyAdvice hosted its first Hackathon. The event gave teams time to step back from their regular schedule and attack projects that had been pushed back or problems that needed to be addressed. The company has a retreat every year, but this fall’s retreat focused on projects that departments hadn’t had much time […]

The Tibetan Plateau once hosted a "Shangri-La"-like ecosystem -- wet, warm and rich in biodiversity. The ancient ecosystem was revealed by a trove of plant fossils, discovered by a team of scientists in the Bangor Basin.

1. Coronavirus UK: Oxford vaccine 62% OR 90% effective based on dosage  Daily Mail
2. Oxford Covid vaccine 'safe and effective' study shows  BBC News
3. Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine efficacy  The Lancet
4. In England, William Shakespeare receives a COVID-19 vaccine  Reuters UK
5. Oxford Covid-19 vaccine has good safety record and 70.4% efficacy, tests show  Evening Standard
6. View Full coverage on Google News

Amid signs the three-year blockade of Qatar may soon ease, Abu Dhabi and Cairo say they back rapprochement.

"This is probably the best day we've had in 2020," Oxford University's professor Sarah Gilbert told reporters.

1. Oxford-AstraZeneca announces first peer review Covid vaccine study — but questions remain  NBC News
2. Coronavirus updates: Russians asked to abstain from drinking for 8 weeks; Third vaccine, from AstraZeneca and Oxford, shows promise  USA TODAY
3. Studies suggest AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine safe, effective  News 12 Bronx
4. Build public trust in the vaccine  The Boston Globe
5. AstraZeneca vaccine details published in Lancet, but data suggests need for more trials  The... Читать дальше...

What is a sports car? Forget about lap times, forget about 0 to 60s, forget about quarter miles and top speeds. At its essential core, a sports car is a focused machine built for the sole purpose of connecting driver and road.

Meet Margaret Keenan, 90, of Coventry, England. Today the whole world did, because she became the first patient on the planet to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

While we already have Silent Hill rollercoasters in the form of therapy sessions where you confront the shadowy horrors of your most painful life experiences and personal memories, the world has still not given us a more enjoyable, literal kind of thrill ride based on the revered video game series. The closest we’ve…

BARCELONA face Juventus tonight as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo go head-to-head. The Spanish giants ran out 2-0 winners against the Old Lady in October, with goals from Ousmane Dembele and Messi doing the damage. A second successive win over Andre Pirlo’s side would see Barca seal top spot in Group G, which they currently […]

TEHRAN, Dec. 08 (MNA) – Iranian President Rouhani announced that the country is producing coronavirus vaccine and has supplying it on the agenda.

December Pop Up Book Sale Canceled Due to increased cases of COVID-19, the Friends of the Williamson County Public Library will not hold the Pop-Up Book Sale scheduled for Dec. 11-12.   BUT WAIT! The Friends are compensating by loading up their bookstore with the category planned for the pop-up – Christmas books, tabletop books, […]

EXCLUSIVE: Katie Price has vowed to take Carl Woods’ surname when she marries him despite refusing to take change her name for any of her previous three marriages

The lawmaker is expected to announce his move tonight, a few days after Knesset voted to dissolve itself in a preliminary reading

This year, Bill Gates’ recommended reading list covers a wide range of subjects. He shares his anticipated annual selections on Gates Notes, where he remarks that the act of exploring diverse subject matter helped him get through a difficult year. “In tough times—and there’s no doubt that 2020 qualifies as tough times—those of us who…

In the 1960s, quarterbacks would call the plays in the huddle. In the 1970s, as coaches took more control of what was happening on each play, teams would rotate players into the game and the new player would bring the play the coach had instructed from the side line. In the 1980s, with a shorter […]

Corals that are partnered with certain kinds of symbiotic algae are able to recover from bleaching, even while marine heatwaves are ongoing