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Raiders running back Kenyan Drake had his 2021 season end prematurely when he suffered a broken ankle in Las Vegas’ Week 13 loss to Washington. While Drake hadn’t been cleared for the team’s minicamp last month, he’s expecting to be Read more
Prenatal diagnostic examinations provide information about possible anomalies, hereditary diseases and malformations of the fetus long before birth. However, the procedures are not without risks. The Austrian Institute for Health Technology Assessment (AIHTA) has now analyzed the regulation and financing Read more
Porsche Chief Executive Oliver Blume will take over from Herbert Diess as CEO of Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE), the carmaker said on Friday, after a supervisory board vote forced Diess to step down from his four-year tenure following a series of missteps Read more
There had been rumblings amongst the gaming community that Motion Twin’s roguelike Dead Cells was coming to the end of its lifespan. Thankfully, this is not the case. Rather, the developer has released a new roadmap for the game that Read more
An Idaho man enlisted the help of colleagues at a work conference to recapture the Guinness World Record for longest throw and catch of a hot dog into a bun. David Rush, who has broken nearly 250 Guinness World Records Read more
It’s part of the annual NFL calendar, a key piece of the rhythm of the league. The slow time. As of today, the slow time ends. Not that it will end with an avalanche of news. But the fact that Read more
Researchers at the Vancouver Prostate Center have developed a new blood test that provides unprecedented insight into a patient’s cancer make-up, potentially allowing doctors to better select treatment options that will improve patient outcomes. The technology was outlined in a Read more
Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) on Friday blamed its ongoing battle to close its $44-billion acquisition by Elon Musk and a weakening digital advertising market for a surprise fall in quarterly revenue and a net loss. The results come as Twitter has Read more
Following from its release on PlayStation, Xbox and PC last year, publisher Microids has announced that Oddworld: Soulstorm is coming to Switch. Specially ‘oddtimised’ to run on the Switch’s hardware, the game follows series protagonist Abe after the events of Read more
Animal control officers in Virginia were summoned to the home of a resident who discovered an escaped alligator taking a swim in their backyard pool. Chesapeake Animal Services said in a Facebook post that animal control officers suspected the animal Read more