New York Governor Andrew Cuomo launched an investigation into a Concert “illegal and reckless” Organized by the electronic duo The Chainsmokers during the coronavirus pandemic. The “Closer” musicians led a “drive-in concert” in the Hamptons on Saturday (July 25), but faced a backlash after it became clear that fans did …
Read More »Hilary Mantel Rises to Third Booker Prize When 2020 Long List Announced | books
Hilary Mantel’s “masterful” conclusion to her Thomas Cromwell trilogy, The Mirror and the Light, has been featured on the long list for the Booker Prize, putting the British novelist on the run to win an unprecedented third time. Mantel’s 900-page novel, which opens after Anne Boleyn has been beheaded in …
Read More »Why are your USPS packages delayed
Image by Jackie Ramirez from Pixabay Last week, an independent business owner, Cassie LaBelle, posted a Twitter thread about the delay of her packages. Like many small business owners, LaBelle relies on the United States Postal Service to deliver mail, including packages, in a timely and affordable manner. The thread, …
Read More »John Oliver explains the “egregious” treatment of Uighurs in China | Television and radio
John Oliver returned to last week tonight on Sunday with a segment demanding attention to the persecution of China and the forced detention of the Uighurs, a predominantly Muslim ethnic minority in the country’s northwestern Xinjiang region, more than a One million of whom have been detained by the Chinese …
Read More »Rock from Mars Returns Home After 600,000 Years of Space Odyssey | Science
This week a small piece of rock will be thrown into space on one of the strangest interplanetary trips ever attempted. A small piece of 10p coin-sized Martian basalt will launch aboard an American robot probe on Thursday and propelled toward the red planet on a seven-month journey to its …
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