Новости за 25.08.2024

Six years ago, 19-year-old Ashlyn Renneberg was diagnosed with a brain tumour that led to vision loss. At that point, she wondered what sports she might be able to do with her more limited depth perception, but she's since discovered javelin throwing and qualified for her first Paralympics.

NEW YORK - MAY 11: Scottie Pippen #33 of the Chicago Bulls dunks against Patrick Ewing #33 of the Chicago Bulls in Game Two of the Eastern Conference Semifinals during the 1994 NBA Playoffs at Madison Square Garden on May 11, 1994 in New York, New York. The Knicks won 96-91.  | Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images

Taking on a guy a half-foot taller must be both exhilarating and terrifying at the same time.

An AT&T customer (@bigmilk) says he is considering changing to T-Mobile after his monthly phone bill increased by $10 without anyone notifying him.

A federal judge appointed by Donald Trump dismissed criminal charges for machine gun possession this week, citing the Second Amendment and Supreme Court precedent.

How many husbands has Jennifer Lopez had? Why her divorce from Ben Affleck (following a questionable documentary) has left fans like me with questions.

Judge Kenneth King of Detroit has been sued after he yelled at a sleeping teenager in his court on a field trip and had her put in a jail jumpsuit and handcuffed.

Christians for Kamala is one of the latest groups to support the Democratic presidential nominee . It could help break the stronghold the GOP has on evangelical voters.

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Few things have bedeviled education policy researchers in the US more than public school teacher strikes, driven by educators on the vanguard of resurging labor activism. While union membership nationwide continues to decline, nearly one in five union members in the US is a public school teacher — and their high-profile, disruptive strikes generate significant media […]

On a small boat in Thailand, a young Korean tourist showed me the word High tattooed on his torso. “It’s because I like to get high,” he said.

For Sunday

Today’s college students will have ample time to figure out their careers. Before that, encourage them to take risks.

Sundays are for more cat. She’s flop and headbutt-level comfortable around me now, but she still seems a bit terrified of my house in general. I’m going to hang out with her a bunch and see if I can instill some sort of object permanence re: my presence in the home. Before that, let’s read this week’s best writing about games (and game related things!)

Space photo of the week: 1st-ever close-up of Neptune is Voyager 2's final portrait of a planet  Livescience.com

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A little spark plug that could go a long way for the Penuins

Voyager 2, NASA's longest-running mission, explored Neptune during a historic encounter on Aug. 25, 1989, sending back humanity's first close-ups of the planet.

Watching “The Bear” while cooking. Nodding off during “House of the Dragon.” Doing my nails while watching “Emily in Paris.” Why, I wondered, can’t I sit still and watch anything anymore?

Everything you need to know for the upcoming week.

Simon Jordan believes that it will take an offer of around £80m for Tottenham Hotspur or any other club to sign Eberechi Eze at this... The post Pundit thinks Spurs would have to pay a huge £80m to sign reported target appeared first on The Spurs Web - Tottenham Hotspur Football News.

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Vice President Harris’s campaign raised $82 million during the Democratic convention and has brought in a staggering $540 million since she entered the presidential race roughly one month ago. Harris campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon in a memo shared with reporters on Sunday highlighted a surge in donations and volunteers from last week’s convention in...

Democrats are leery about the prospect of Vice President Harris putting out anything close to a fleshed-out agenda, believing they must make the 2024 election about the former president — not the current vice president. Instead, they’re hoping Harris will run a largely atmospheric campaign — one with limited policy substance — to make the...

Alaska Republicans are looking to avoid a repeat of the midterms, when they lost the state’s lone House seat to Rep. Mary Peltola after the party failed to coalesce around a single opponent in the Last Frontier’s ranked-choice system. Peltola finished first in this week’s top-four nonpartisan primary, followed by Republicans Nick Begich and Lt. Gov...

Health experts are urging school staff and families to take active steps to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 amid rising infections as school districts stick to their previous plans to combat the virus similarly to how they would the flu or strep throat. Weekly deaths from COVID-19 have steadily risen in the United States since...

Local election officials in key swing states are taking on new power heading into 2024, worrying some legal observers who expect attempts to slow down the certification process in favor of GOP candidates. In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, which former President Trump baselessly claimed was rigged against him, local bodies, which typically...