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Receiver Ryan Switzer has announced his retirement on Monday. “Unfortunately, in light of a recent injury, I feel I’m no longer able to meet the physical demands of the game,” Switzer said in a statement released on social media. “That Read more
A team of researchers from the University of Washington’s Department of Global Health and the Resolve to Save Lives project, working with colleagues from the World Health Organization and Nanjing Medical University, is proposing an 80-80-80 target as a national Read more
.S. crude prices settled below $95 a barrel for the first time since April in choppy trading on Friday after the European Union said it would allow Russian state-owned companies to ship oil to third countries under an adjustment of Read more
BAFTA Award winner Inscryption now has a release date on PlayStation. Publisher Devolver Digital has announced that the deck-builder roguelike game will be out on 30th August on PS4 and PS5. As we’ve previously reported, the game will have PlayStation-exclusive Read more
Animal rescuers in Florida said a turtle with a fishing hook caught in its mouth was safely captured after several days of attempts. The Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife in Sanibel said in a Facebook post that the turtle Read more
With a new head coach and a first-year starter at quarterback, the Eagles didn’t go into the 2021 season with the highest expectations for success on the field. A 2-5 start seemed to confirm those opinions, but things came together Read more
Exactly 80 years ago, a group of starving Jewish scientists and doctors in the Warsaw Ghetto were collecting data on their starving patients. They hoped their research would benefit future generations through better ways to treat malnutrition, and they wanted Read more
Independent truckers protesting California’s new “gig worker” law blockaded California’s No. 3 seaport for the third straight day on Friday, stranding cargo at the state’s top agricultural trade hub and adding to U.S. supply chain headaches. Truck gates at all Read more
A contestant on the Netflix dating show “Love is Blind” is suing the streaming service for being forced to film drunk, hungry and sleep-deprived. Jeremy Hartwell is suing Netflix and production company Kinetic Content for “inhumane working conditions” and paying Read more
A server at a Pennsylvania restaurant was surprised with a $3,000 tip on a $13 bill from an out-of-town customer. Mariana Lambert said she recently waited on a customer at Alfredo’s Pizza Cafe in Scranton and received the $3,000 tip Read more