Anti-Trump activists are organizing protests and a concert to make noise in downtown Washington, DC, with the intention of disrupting the president’s planned foreign acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention on Thursday night. President Trump will formally accept the Republican nomination from the White House and deliver a speech …
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Utah woman, 50, bought bacteria to infect roommate
A Utah woman has pleaded guilty to multiple charges after police said she bought antibiotic-resistant bacteria on the dark web to harm her sick roommate in an attempt to get care of the woman’s son with special needs. Janie Lynn Ridd, 51, was arrested in December 2019 on suspicion of …
Read More »Scientists “swap bodies” of friends and discover that they also swap personalities / Boing Boing
Scientists from the Brain, Body, and Self Laboratory at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden equipped a couple of friends with video glasses so that they could see things from each other’s point of view. “To promote the illusion,” Science Daily reports, “they simultaneously applied touches to both participants on matching body …
Read More »Eagles lose Andre Dillard left season after season with biceps injury in last O-line shake, per report
Watch Now: Time to Schein: Expectations for Eagles defense in 2020 (1:35) The plan was for Andre Dillard to replace longtime Philadelphia Eagles star Jason Peters as the team’s left tackle in 2020, but it turns out Dillard won’t even get one game to step into Peters’ shoes. After multiple …
Read More »Organized Crime ‘Holds for 2021 – Deadline
NBC is the latest broadcast network, announcing a regular schedule for the fall of 2020, to make changes in the lineup as the coronavirus pandemic continues to grow the majority of new and recurring TV series. The peacock network plans to return script series to launch in late October. NBC’s …
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