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“There’s a fine line between perseverance and insanity. I’m still trying to figure… Source link

An interview that was intended to be funny quickly turned disturbing. The Good Liars — a progressive comedy duo that typically plays pranks on conservatives and interviews people at far-right political rallies — went to the National Rifle Association’s annual convention last weekend in Houston. While there, one member of the Good Liars, Jason Selvig, was interviewing people in attendance when he approached a man wearing a Confederate flag T-shirt that said “Keep It Flying.” “Why do… Source link

Manchester City, just hours removed from its title-winning comeback victory over Aston Villa, issued an apology on Sunday to Aston Villa goalkeeper Robin Olsen for being “assaulted” when fans invaded the pitch. Manchester City would like to sincerely apologise to Aston Villa goalkeeper Robin Olsen, who was assaulted after the final whistle at today’s match when fans entered the pitch. Video of the incident shows Olsen, walking off the field, being attacked as Man City fans stormed the pitch… Source link

Adreian Payne, the former Michigan State big man and 2014 first-round pick of the Atlanta Hawks, has died at age 31. According to a press release from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office in Orlando, Fla., Payne was shot early Sunday morning and was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital. The alleged shooter, Lawrence Dority, stayed at the scene of the crime and cooperated with police. After questioning, he was arrested and jailed on a charge of first-degree murder. Payne, originally… Source link

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 Wednesday, December 15, 2021 ‘Spider-Man’ and a high-class inflation problem Donning my Captain Obvious hat, I’ll connect a few dots that by now are fairly apparent: inflation remains implacable in the face of rising COVID-19 infections. That is likely to make the Federal Reserve announce that it’s slowing the spigot of monetary policy,… Source link

A volunteer receives an injection from a medical worker during the country’s first human clinical trial for a potential vaccine against the novel coronavirus, at Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, South Africa, June 24, 2020. Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters A Florida family of an unvaccinated man will hold a vaccine and testing site at his funeral. Marquis Davis wanted to get the vaccine after he was hospitalized but it was too late, his wife told WFTV. The family, along with their church, will offer the… Source link

Elon Musk, the world’s second-richest man, told Twitter he rented a $50,000 house in Texas. He’s speculated to be living in a prefabricated home made by the housing startup Boxabl. The billionaire appears to be keeping a promise he made in May last year to “own no house.” Visit Insider’s homepage for more stories. Tesla CEO Elon Musk – the world’s second-richest man, with a net worth of about $185 billion – said in a tweet in June that he rented a home in Boca Chica, Texas, that costs $50,000. On… Source link

It’s not your usual cover coup, but a coup nonetheless: The charismatic Chinese retailer known to every chief executive officer in the biz as Mr. Ji is on the cover of the next issue of System magazine, photographed remotely by Juergen Teller no less. The chairman of SKP, widely considered the best luxury department store operator in China, Ji Xiao An gets 34 pages in the issue, including a long and lively conversation with Prada honcho Patrizio Bertelli, moderated by editor Jonathan… Source link

British designer Thomas Heatherwick is designing Google’s new buildings in California and London. Getty In 2012, British designer Thomas Heatherwick found himself having dinner with Google co-founder Larry Page at the billionaire’s house in California. Page wanted to discuss the future of Google’s sprawling headquarters in Mountain View, as well as some of the company’s other offices around the world. But the dinner very nearly didn’t happen. “I’m embarrassed to say I didn’t, we didn’t, really… Source link

From left: Study volunteer and virologist Joseph Hyser, Chanei Henry, senior research coordinator of molecular virology and microbiology, and Dr. Robert Atmar, the principal investigator on the study. Baylor College of Medicine Scientists in the US are starting a booster shot trial, giving fully vaccinated people another jab. Participants are given a booster shot of the Moderna vaccine – whether they previously got 2 shots of an mRNA vaccine (from Pfizer or Moderna) or 1 adenovirus (J&J)… Source link