The New York Police Department has begun the process of cleaning up the remaining protesters from a camp in downtown Manhattan’s City Hall Park, where the group has been camping in tents for the past few weeks, according to police and social networks. New York police moved in shortly before …
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A Serious Number of Coronavirus Deaths Projected in Sweden Following a Lax Approach to the Pandemic
Swedish health officials said Tuesday that at least 3,000 other deaths from the coronavirus are likely in the country, known for its softer controversial approach to curb the spread and the death toll much higher than its neighbors. The projection comes from one of three potential scenarios presented in a …
Read More »How much will the planet heat up if carbon dioxide levels double?
How much, exactly, will greenhouse gases heat the planet? For more than 40 years, scientists have expressed the response as a range of possible temperature increases, between 1.5 and 4.5 degrees Celsius, that will result from carbon dioxide levels doubling since pre-industrial times. Now, a team of researchers has dramatically …
Read More »Chiefs star Tyreek Hill ran against Terrell Owens, 46, in a 40-yard dash and was surprisingly close.
Terrell Owens has been saying for years that he could still play in the NFL and as a result, he could be right. Although TO hasn’t played in an NFL game in nearly a decade, he apparently still has NFL speed and he showed it this week during a 40-yard …
Read More »Tim Bray isn’t done with Amazon
SEATTLE – Tim Bray, an internet pioneer and former Amazon vice president, sent shock waves through the tech giant in early May when he quit what he called “a streak of toxicity” running through his culture. Within a few hours, his resignation blog post drew hundreds of thousands of visits, …
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