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CLOSE Gov. John Carney discusses the latest on Delaware's coronavirus response Monday, May 11. Delaware News JournalEditor's note: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated the number of deaths confirmed on Tuesday. Health officials confirmed 12 coronavirus-related deaths Tuesday.After confirming 12 additional deaths related to the coronavirus, Delaware announced on Tuesday the start of…
Jacques Nienaber (Getty Images) There's a light at the end of the rugby tunnel ... but perhaps it is a rumbling, in many respects, All Black freight train that leaves the current world-champion Springbok locomotive trailing rather helplessly in its wake.SIGN UP | Click to receive Rob Houwing's weekly 'Rucking with Rob' newsletter!The revelation on Thursday…
By Michael Le Page Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images MUCH attention in the UK was last week focused on whether the country could meet its end-of April target of conducting 100,000 tests for coronavirus a day. While increasing testing capacity is important for countries that failed to contain the virus and now have massive outbreaks,…
Google may start adjusting the quality of video captured by your Nest security camera to help ease the strain put on broadband networks. The company is making the changes at a time when more people than ever are using internet-connected devices at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. “To answer the global call to prioritize internet…
Laurence Olivier, Wuthering Heights (1939) United Artists Laurence Olivier’s performance embodies Heathcliff’s dichotomy of hard and soft. Oliver’s presence on screen is distinguished and sympathetic, given his deep, dark eyes, knife-sharp jaw, and a background in Shakespearean productions that made him a household name. In the 1930s, masculinity was in a crisis (Isn’t it always?).
4 min read The following story contains spoilers for The Pitt season 2, episode 6, "12:00 P.M." LIKE SO MANY other viewers of The Pitt, I watched the show's first season in a binge. And for a show that's so fast-paced and where each episode truly bleeds directly into the next, that felt right. For
6 min read Kimmie Ng, M.D., a Boston oncologist, started noticing an alarming trend in her work a few years ago. Men in their 20s, 30s, and 40s—runners, CrossFitters, lifelong nonsmokers—were streaming through her door at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. They all appeared lively and strong—yet there they were, battling colorectal cancers, a family of