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Austin, Texas became the last city to defend the police on Thursday when the city council unanimously approved a $ 150 million cut to its budget for the police department – about 34% of its current total – and reinvested the funds in other services. , reported The Texas Tribune. …

Computer scientist Russell A. Kirsch, the inventor of the pixel and an undisputed pioneer of digital imaging, died Tuesday at his home in Portland from complications caused by a form of Alzheimer’s disease. He was 91 years old. Russell Kirsch may not be a name you recognize immediately, but his …

If flu vaccines produced more plasma cells from bone marrow (pictured here) that live long lives, immunity would last much longer. Gopal Murti / Scientific Source By Jon CohenAugust 13, 2020, 2:00 p.m. The annual flu vaccine saves lives and saves many people from serious illness, which is why governments …

Has the widespread unemployment benefits discouraged many workers from returning to work? A big drop in people seeking or receiving benefits in the past two weeks after the end of a $ 600 federal grant suggests that the answer may be yes. Early unemployment fell to 963,000 in early August, …

One of her patients, a 55-year-old woman named Joanne who asked that her last name not be used because she was afraid of appearances, said she had been considering getting work on her face for years. But the pandemic eventually made it possible, because in its recovery period it could …