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The vice president's To Do list: lock down the nomination, pick a running mate, make the case against Trump.

Mosquito-borne viral infections once confined to tropical regions are spreading. Dengue virus infects up to 400 million people worldwide each year according to World Health Organization estimates, and no available treatments exist for this disease.

Dogs experience emotional contagion from the smell of human stress, leading them to make more 'pessimistic' choices, new research finds. The University of Bristol-led study, published in Scientific Reports on 22 July, is the first to test how human stress odors affect dogs' learning and emotional state.

Woodstock '99 was sold as a follow-up to the "three days of peace and music" ethos of the original event in 1969 but chaos awaited.

Venice Critics’ Week has unveiled the selection for its 40th edition running from August 28 to September 7. The seven titles in Competition include U.S-French filmmaker Alexandra Simpson’s debut feature No Sleep Till, set against the background of a Florida coastal town in the lead-up to a hurricane. It is produced Tyler Taormina under the […]

CBC has confirmed the identities of some of the people behind a secretive organization that says it’s targeting the “radical left” in Regina’s upcoming municipal election — three men with significant ties to the federal Conservative Party and the Saskatchewan Party.

Over the past couple of years, the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank has been running a presidential transition project called “Project 2025,” a 900-page “policy bible” detailing a game plan for how the next Republican president should curb the First Amendment ...

This June and July, temperatures in Southern Nevada have hit historic highs. Extreme heat advisories have been posted regularly, warning people to minimize or simply avoid optional daytime activities, especially hiking and boating ...

I am racking my brain to figure out why anybody would need a rifle capable of accuracy at greater than 100 yards. For home invasion? Nobody has a 100-yard-long property. For hunting? Give the poor deer a chance! ...

In the Notes: HomeAid Southern Nevada, Shine A Light Foundation, Signs of HOPE, Monster Energy, Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada, UnitedHealthcare Plan of Nevada Medicaid and more ...

According to Arash Ghafoori, CEO of the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth, about 12% of all youths experiencing homelessness in the U.S. resided in Nevada as of 2022.

A new book addresses unresolved tensions pertaining to the pope’s authority to dismiss a bishop from his diocese.

Here’s the context of the coconut trees, Venn diagrams, and brat memes that the Kamala Harris campaign is unburdened by.

Nottingham Forest’s Murillo enjoyed an outstanding debut Premier League campaign, which has attracted interest from various clubs, including Tottenham and Chelsea. Murillo won Nottingham Forest’s... The post Report: Tottenham and Chelsea have been scouting Premier League defender appeared first on The Spurs Web - Tottenham Hotspur Football News.

The Beloved Books, Faithful Fans, and Hidden Private Life of Marguerite Henry By Lettie Teague Marguerite Henry’s name has inspired immediate recognition and pronouncements of admiration over the decades. As an author she was prolific with 59 books published, millions of copies sold, and nearly 80 years of her life ...

At a rally in Michigan over the weekend, Donald Trump uncorked one of his longest rants ever in praise of the world’s autocrats, strongmen and dictators. He hailed Xi Jinping of China as “brilliant” for controlling 1.4 billion people “with an iron fist,” and described Xi, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Hungary’s Viktor Orban as “tough” and “smart.” We talked to Rick Wilson, the prominent Never Trumper and Substacker, about Trump’s explicit campaign promise of authoritarian rule, the GOP’s enthusiastic embrace of it... Читать дальше...

What's the secret to Homo sapiens' success as a species?

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Cavs news and links for Monday, July 22.

Sable Yong’s debut book comes with some unusual marketing merchandise—a perfume to match.

According to a recent poll by Monster, 48% of workers self-identify as a personality hire. Here’s what that means.

Workers are suffering, not because they aren’t productive enough, but because the current paradigm of work is fundamentally flawed. 

Banks must change to address consumer lending issues.

Banks have found themselves at an inflection point. After a period of rapid innovation, including mobile-first customer experience, the growth of nonbank lenders, and the rise in popularity of point-of-sale (POS) financing, consumer lending has become a commercialized space.

Used properly, big data improves sustainability, real estate, retail, and other business needs.

Here are four big changes afoot.

The rise of Sora, DALL-E, ChatGPT, and other generative AI platforms likely has some companies wondering if they still need content creators, graphic designers, videographers, or copywriters. Those roles have made the business world go around for decades. Now, some agencies are even trying to go without them. 

Dozens of emails expressing outrage, disgust and disappointment poured into the inboxes of Nova Scotia’s premier and justice minister after Brad Johns said he didn’t consider domestic violence an epidemic, and he now says that reaction influenced his resignation from cabinet.