WASHINGTON – Top White House officials are blocking strict new federal guidelines for the emergency release of the ronavirus vaccine, objecting to a provision that would almost certainly guarantee that the vaccine would not be given before the Nov. 3 election, according to sources familiar with the approval process. Facing …
Read More »Kyrgyzstan elections: Protests in Bishkek over allegations of harassment
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media CitationThousands of protesters took to the streets of the capital, Bishkek Police in riot gear stormed a rally in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Sunday, removing hundreds of protesters by truck. Police went to nearby streets using the Ala-Too square, thousands of opponents to …
Read More »The family says the man was killed by Texas police after intervening in the dispute
A former Hardin-Simmons University football player was shot dead by police after intervening in a fight between a man and a woman at a gas station in Texas, his family said. Jonathan Price, 31, was shot Saturday night at the Quick Check gas station on Santa Fe Street in Wolfe …
Read More »Scientists have found evidence of foreign matter in candidate material for quantum computers
The diagram of the crystal formation of ruthenium trichloride shows a simple honeycomb lattice of ruthenium ions and chlorine ions. The octahedrons formed by chlorine around the electron spin of each ruthenium atom are mirror images of each other. This twist is key to the unusual behavior of the compound, …
Read More »Texans now fire Bill O’Brien? Strange times, his rocky tenure and Barnwell on the future of Houston
Monday’s news that Textons was firing head coach / general manager Bill O’Brien after a 0-5 start was a spectacular one and that’s not surprising. I doubt O’Brien’s decision-making, as he took over staff power in 2019, is either a lack of long-term vision or a failure to understand how …
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