Comedian John Oliver got his first take on the strike out, exuberantly returning Sunday night to his ‘Last Week Tonight’ show on HBO and delivering full-throated support for the strike.
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There’s a scourge on the Connecticut River. It could threaten a billion-dollar asset
Scientists found a previously undiscovered, genetically unique and exceptionally robust strain of the invasive weed hydrilla that so far has not been found anywhere else in the world.
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Feeling Lucky? The Powerball jackpot is $1.04 billion
An estimated $1.04 billion Powerball jackpot will be up for grabs, tempting players to spend a couple dollars on a longshot chance at instant riches
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
Health officials propose using common antibiotic as a ‘morning-after pill’ against STDs
The proposal comes after studies found some people who took the antibiotic doxycycline within three days of unprotected sex were far less likely to get chlamydia, syphilis or gonorrhea.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Trump seethes at start of trial in New York lawsuit accusing him of lying about his wealth
The lawsuit could cost him control of Trump Tower and other prized properties in New York.
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Nobel Prize in medicine goes to scientists whose work enabled mRNA vaccines against COVID-19
Gunilla Karlsson Hedestam, part of the panel that chose the winners, said of their work that ‘in terms of saving lives, especially in the early phase of the pandemic, it was very important.’
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California governor names Laphonza Butler, former Kamala Harris adviser, to fill Feinstein’s Senate seat
In choosing Butler, a Democratic strategist, Gov. Gavin Newsom fulfilled his pledge to appoint a Black woman if the late Dianne Feinstein’s seat should become open.
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Suicide bomber detonates device in Turkish capital; second assailant killed in shootout
Turkey’s interior affairs minister says a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device near his ministry while a second assailant was killed in a shootout with police
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U2 concert uses stunning visuals to open massive Sphere venue in Las Vegas
Two helicopters zoomed through the starlit skies before producing spotlights over a Las Vegas desert and U2 frontman Bono, who kneeled to ground while singing “Vertigo.”
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Groundbreaking choreographer Rudy Perez, a trailblazer of postmodern dance, dies at age 93
Perez died of complications from asthma.