EXCLUSIVE: Founder Aislinn Pulley, Black Lives Matter Chicago, says the recent looting in Chicago sent messages that the organization was trying to convey, while Mayor Lori Lightfoot was guilty of slow-pedal reform in the city’s police department. While not referring to the looting and damage to property, Pulley acknowledged that …
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El Paso breaks record with 540 reported cases; 7 more virus deaths
Coronavirus EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – The Department of Public Health explained the apparent difference in data that showed an increase of 540 new cases Tuesday morning, a new daily record for El Paso County. At 9:44 a.m., more than two hours after announcement in a news release that there …
Read More »Phillies share with last man in Cole Hamels’ trade, demote Nick Pivetta, add reliever Connor Brogdon
BOX SCORE They do not get much crazier than this. The Phillies lost, 10-9, to the Baltimore Orioles in 10 innings at Citizens Bank Park on Tuesday night. Baltimore’s Austin Hays led the 10th with a two-run, in-park homer against Phillies reliever Deolis Guerra. The Orioles, as mandated by MLB’s …
Read More »WWE may be planning a big run for one of the top games at SummerSlam
Several weeks ago we noticed that there was strong consideration for having Randy Orton win the WWE Championship from Drew McIntyre at SummerSlam so he could defend the title in a rematch against McIntyre at the Royal Rumble or at WrestleMania 37 around McIntyre giving the grand coronation to thousands …
Read More »Poor chemistry turns ordinary bricks into appliances for storing electricity
The Research Letter is a short take on interesting academic work. The big idea In my synthetic chemistry lab, we worked out how the red pigment can be converted into ordinary bricks into a plastic that conducts electricity, and this process enabled us to transform bricks into electricity storage devices. …
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