Look out Captain America … Soldier Boy is on your left. Season 3 of the blockbuster superhero satire The Boys — now playing on Prime Video — introduces internet heartthrob Jensen Ackles as a demented version of Marvel’s stalwart Star-Spangled Avenger. But where Cap is virtuous to a fault, Soldier Boy revels in violence and other bad behaviors, which makes him the perfect addition to The Boys‘s roster of gleefully profane “heroes.” And Ackles knew exactly what he was getting into when… Source link
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Yahoo DFS Hockey: Tuesday Picks
This article is part of our Yahoo DFS Hockey series. The Colorado Avalanche are now waiting for their opponent in the Stanley Cup Finals. They’ve swept the Oilers, leaving us with one series going in this round. Tampa Bay hosts New York for Game 4 on Tuesday. We know this series won’t end, but what will happen? And who will be in your DFS lineup? You have $130 for your lineup of five players. Your superstar gets you 1.5 times the points. Here’s a lineup to consider. SUPERSTAR Nikita… Source link
Read More »Yandex Dashboard, First Search Project, Launched By Alliance For Securing Democracy 06/08/2022
The Alliance for Securing Democracy (ASD) created a dashboard that launched last week showing the type of information a Russian citizen inside the country or a Russian-language speaker outside Russia’s borders sees on the Yandex.ru in an effort to better understand the type of news and information seen. “We wanted … Source link
Read More »Recession will be ‘hard to avoid’ as stagflation risks rise
The World Bank warned Tuesday that the global economy faces the risk of dreaded “stagflation,” with this combination of high inflation and low growth tipping some countries into recession. “The war in Ukraine, lockdowns in China, supply-chain disruptions, and the risk of stagflation are hammering growth. For many countries, recession will be hard to avoid,” said World Bank President David Malpass. In its updated Global Economic Prospects report, the World Bank slashed its forecast for… Source link
Read More »Texas teacher whose 11 students were killed says active shooting training set the children up ‘like ducks’ for the shooter
Flowers and photographs are seen at a memorial dedicated to the victims of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on June 3, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas.Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images A Uvalde teacher said active shooter training set children up “like ducks” for the gunman. Arnulfo Reyes told Good Morning America that he had his kids hide under a table before the massacre. The shooter killed 11 of his students, as well as another 8 children and two adults. A wounded Texas teacher whose 11… Source link
Read More »Dustin Johnson resigns from PGA Tour
Days after announcing he would play in the inaugural LIV Golf event this week in London, Dustin Johnson indicated he has resigned from the PGA Tour entirely. Johnson, a two-time major winner and former world No. 1, is the biggest name to officially defect from the PGA Tour. Sergio Garcia, Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel and Branden Grace have also resigned their memberships, joining Kevin Na, who did so over the past weekend. Phil Mickelson, who announced Monday that he is playing on the… Source link
Read More »The OpenInfra Foundation launches ‘directed funding’ as a new way to support open-source projects
The OpenInfra Foundation, the open-source foundation that used to be the OpenStack Foundation until it expanded its scope beyond its flagship project a few years ago, today announced an interesting new way for companies to fund open-source projects inside the foundation. Traditionally, corporate members of open-source foundations support the organization by paying a membership fee, which, for the most part, the foundations then distribute as they see fit. Now, with its new ‘Directed Funding’… Source link
Read More »Former Missouri Fiji pledge Danny Santulli is back home but ‘blind’ and ‘unable to walk,’ attorney says
Former University of Missouri Fiji pledge Daniel Santulli is back in the care of his parents, but his condition hasn’t improved, the family’s attorney said Monday. Danny Santulli is back in his parents’ home in Minnesota after several months in a rehabilitation hospital in Colorado, said attorney David Bianchi. Santulli is in the care of his parents, but his condition hasn’t changed, Bianchi said. “He has massive brain damage,” Bianchi said. “He’s blind. He’s unable to walk or… Source link
Read More »Georgetown Law professor who said Biden was picking a ‘lesser Black woman’ for Supreme Court resigns after 4 months
Ilya Shapiro.Screenshot/C-Span Ilya Shapiro tweeted that Biden would pick a “lesser Black woman” as Supreme Court justice in January. Georgetown Law reinstated his role on June 2 after an investigation and monthslong suspension. But he resigned on Monday, saying Georgetown Law “doesn’t value free speech.” A Georgetown University Law Center professor who tweeted that President Joe Biden would pick a “lesser Black woman” for the Supreme Court resigned on Monday after four months in his job. Ilya… Source link
Read More »The stock market’s next big problem? Corporate earnings.
This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Tuesday, June 7, 2022 Today’s newsletter is by Myles Udland, senior markets editor at Yahoo Finance. Follow him on Twitter @MylesUdland and on LinkedIn. Earnings season may be done, but corporate results are set to be the stock market’s next big problem. Again. In a note to clients published Monday, Morgan Stanley strategist Mike Wilson noted… Source link
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