Copyright Reuters Image by image Alexanda Kotey (left) and El Shafee Elsheikh were taken prisoner by Syrian Kurdish troops The US has told the United Kingdom that two Islamic State suspects will not face the death penalty if convicted of killing Western hostages in Iraq and Syria. Alexanda Kotey and …
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Black newborns are three times more likely to die than white newborns if they are cared for by white doctors, but their mortality rate decreases when their doctors are Black, a study found. The findings are consistent with previous research showing that higher mortality rates among women and infants of …
Read More »NASA passes ‘major milestone’ en route to Mars
NASA has surpassed a ‘major milestone’ on its last mission to Mars, as the space agency was able to successfully attach the helicopter to the Perseverance rover, known as Ingenuity. The six lithium-ion batteries that support Ingenuity and were charged on August 7, NASA said in a statement. It took …
Read More »5 Things Learned at Packers Training Camp – Aug. 19
“I want to be great. I want to be great like ‘Sweetness’ (Walter Payton), like he was and his work ethic in the offseason. I want to run hills and make sure I work hard like it’s training camp, but even harder. “ On a personal level, Williams was also …
Read More »Postal Service receives tribute from Ben Gibbard of the Postal Service: Watch
The U.S. Postal Service has been at the forefront of the political conversation for the past few weeks. And incidentally, so has the Postal Service’s ongoing indie-pop project, Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello, mostly because it’s hard not to make a joke about the duo when the postal service arrives. …
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