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Conservationists Cry Foul After Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence Put at Risk
The New York Times - 4 Dec 2020 12:03
The Artemio Franchi stadium in Florence is considered a seminal example of 20th-century architecture. But the new American owner of the soccer team there says it no longer does its job.
'Wendy Williams: The Movie' Trailer: "I'm Gonna Come In Like A Hurricane"
Deadline - 4 Dec 2020 05:00
Trailblazer. Shock jock. Media mogul. Icon. Those descriptions of syndicated talk veteran Wendy Williams flash across the screen in the first trailer for Lifetime’s Wendy Williams: The Movie. Yes, the “Queen of Gossi...
Chicago architecture in 2020: In a year like no other, anxiety soared about the future of downtown Chicago, but so did new skyscrapers
Chicago Tribune - 4 Dec 2020 15:00
In architecture, 2020 was a year like no other. Anxiety soared about the future of downtown, but so did new skyscrapers.
A New Way to Invest for the Vengeful and the High-Minded
The New York Times - 4 Dec 2020 22:07
Big investment managers are buying up companies that help with so-called direct indexing, which offers clients a way to boot individual companies from their portfolios. It has tax benefits, too.
Trump Was Never Very Popular, But How Will Americans View Him (And Biden) Now?
FiveThirtyEight - 4 Dec 2020 14:00
Welcome to Pollapalooza, our (mostly) weekly polling roundup. Poll(s) of the week On a very basic level, one big reason why President Trump lost reelection is that he wasn’t very popular. As of Nov. 3, his job approval...
Florida man under investigation for registering to vote in Georgia
New York Post - 4 Dec 2020 05:01
A Florida lawyer is being investigated for trying to illegally register to vote in the Georgia runoff election and encouraging others to do the same, according to a local report. Bill Price, of Panama City, allegedly fil...
Trump's 2017 travel ban may be linked to preterm births in women from targeted countries, study says
CNN - 4 Dec 2020 05:25
The 2017 travel ban imposed by the Trump administration on seven Muslim-majority countries may be associated with an increase in preterm births among women from those countries residing in the United States, according to...
Biden Says He Will Ask Americans to Wear Masks for 100 Days to Fight COVID-19 Spread
Time - 4 Dec 2020 05:18
The President-elect stopped just short of the nationwide mandate he's pushed before
UPS limits some large retailers to pace itself as pandemic shopping surge tests capacity
NY Daily News - 4 Dec 2020 04:00
United Parcel Service (UPS) is limiting shipping capacity for some large retailers as online shopping balloons in tandem with the coronavirus pandemic.
Chiefs' Tyreek Hill Headlines Madden 21 Week 12 Player Ratings Update
Bleacher Report - 4 Dec 2020 01:05
Big performances lead to big Madden boosts, and nobody had a bigger Week 12 than Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill...
Down syndrome symposium highlights clinical, fundamental progress
MIT - 4 Dec 2020 22:45
Speakers describe studies to address Alzheimer's disease, sleep apnea, and to advance fundamental discoveries in cell and chromosome biology.
Schizophrenic woman who slit girl's throat cleared of murder charge
New York Post - 4 Dec 2020 17:12
A paranoid schizophrenic woman who slit the throat of a 7-year-old girl in a gruesome daytime attack on Mother’s Day has been found not guilty of murder due to her mental illness, according to reports. Prosecutors on F...
Could Trump pardon family members and other close associates? His prior pardons may set the stage for more
USA Today - 4 Dec 2020 15:49
As President Trump weighs granting more pardons during his final days in office, experts say the politicization of his broad clemency powers is a fait accompli.
Paris Jackson on Her Indie-Folk Debut Album, 'Wilted': 'It Just Makes My Heart So Full'
Variety - 4 Dec 2020 05:00
The last time most of us saw Paris Jackson, she was 11 years old and crying. Taking the stage at Staples Center in June 2009 at her father's star-studded memorial service, her famous aunts and uncles told her to speak up...
Fauci warns post-Thanksgiving COVID-19 peak hasn't happened yet: 'It is likely we'll see more of a surge'
The Week - 4 Dec 2020 15:20
As COVID-19 cases continue to climb in the United States, Dr. Anthony Fauci is warning "we're in a very precarious situation," even before the country experiences the "full brunt" of a post-Thanksgiving surge. Fauci, the...
House passes 'Tiger King' bill to outlaw private ownership of big cats
New York Post - 4 Dec 2020 08:58
A new bill passed by the US House of Representatives would outlaw private ownership of big cats -- potentially preventing any new “Tiger King” successors from emerging. The law, which was dubbed the “Tiger King” ...
Lupin Trailer
15 Minute Fun - 4 Dec 2020 04:03
Inspired by Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar a man seeks to avenge his fathers untimely death int he new series Lupin.
TikTok paint magician, canned by Sherwin-Williams, finds a new job in Florida
USA Today - 4 Dec 2020 15:56Pfizer Scaled Back 2020 COVID-19 Vaccine Production Targets From 100 Million to 50 Million Doses
Time - 4 Dec 2020 05:33
A Pfizer spokeswoman said that multiple factors slowed the company down, including the time it took to source large quantities of the raw materials needed.
Trump Associates Said to Have Been Scrutinized in Suspected Pardon Scheme
The New York Times - 4 Dec 2020 04:55
A billionaire from San Francisco sought clemency for a psychologist convicted of monetary crimes. The Republican donor Elliott Broidy and a lawyer who has also represented Jared Kushner were enlisted.
Fallout 76 - Brotherhood of Steel Launch Trailer
15 Minute Fun - 4 Dec 2020 04:01
Fallout 76 - Brotherhood of Steel moves to the Appalachia where join forces with Paladin Leila Rahmani and help the Brotherhood to take control of ...
'Superstore': NBC Comedy To End With Season 6
Deadline - 4 Dec 2020 00:00
Cloud 9 is closing for good as NBC's Superstore is coming to an end with its sixth season. The network is ending the show after this current run - taking the total number of episodes of the single-camera comedy to 113. I...