Monthly Archives: August 2020

Two of Hasbro’s remastered Super Soakers are recalled

When Hasbro brought back three classic Super Soakers this spring, I was pretty pumped – but now two of them are being recalled. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced that the Super Soaker XP20 and XP30 used too much lead in the ink when the manufacturer printed …

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Ex-Green Beret arrested, accused of collusion with Russia

A former Green Beret man was arrested on Friday and charged with plotting to assassinate Russian intelligence chief in connection with a crackdown on Russian national security forces. Peter Rafael Dzibinksi Debbins, a 45-year-old ex-Green Beret from northern Virginia, suspected a collusion with Russian operatives and provided them with sensitive …

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Gilead: FDA could extend the use of remdesivir despite mixed data

(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration was able to update its emergency use authorization for Gilead Sciences Inc’s (GILD.O) brakesivir of drugs to admit patients admitted to hospital with moderate COVID-19, despite mixed test results, the company’s top study said on Friday. FILE PHOTO: An ampoule of Ebola …

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Rogue planets could make the stars bigger

High resolution illustration of the Roman spaceship against a starry sky background. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center An upcoming NASA mission could find that there are more vicious planets – planets that float in space without orbiting a sun – then there are stars in the Milky Way, a …

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Bulls NBA Draft Board: Break potential goals at no. 4

The Bulls saw a lottery draw favor them Thursday night, when they paid in 8.5 percent odds to jump from their no. 7 pre-lottery slot to the no. 4 general choices. Who should (or will) take them? It is difficult to fully measure the new front office at this point, …

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