Jam Master Jay, born Jason Mizell, was fatally shot in a recording studio in Jamaica’s Queens neighborhood when he was 37. The crime has not been solved for almost 18 years. The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York will hold a 2:30 p.m. press conference on Monday …
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Bethesda Games announces death of board member Robert Trump
Robert Trump, brother of President Donald Trump, died on Saturday at the age of 71. While this has made national news because of his connection to the White House, Robert also sat on the board of ZeniMax Media, parent company of Bethesda Games. The studio has now released a statement …
Read More »COVID-19 makes pepperoni disappear
Grab some pepperoni pizza while you still can.Photo: Aimee Levitt In the past few months we have been writing about COVID–besibbe the food shortage many times, and one of the most consistent connections between those stories is that manufacturers scale up production. Now, that same problem affects one of America’s …
Read More »Britain encourages risk groups to sign up for COVID-19 vaccine studies
PHILO PHOTO: A worker takes a blood sample from a man during a clinical trial of coronavirus antibodies (COVID-19), at Keele University, in Keele, UK 30 June 2020. REUTERS / Carl Recine LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Monday urged parents and volunteers of Black and Asian minority groups to sign …
Read More »Schools reopening: The state of play for K-12
This is the first installment of the Coronavirus Schools Briefing, a new newsletter sent out every Monday, Wednesday and Friday that brings you the latest developments on the seismic changes to education taking place during the pandemic. Sign up here to receive the briefing via email. The state of play …
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