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Bill Shaikin of The Los Angeles Times reports that Dodgers pitcher Jimmy Nelson will undergo lumbar surgery on his lower back on Tuesday. Nelson, 31, signed with the Dodgers on an incentive-laden one-year, $1.25 million contract with a vesting 2021 option back in January. With incentives, Nelson could have pushed his 2021 option from $2 […]
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In the cover article of the June 11 issue of the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, a team of researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina, led by Sherine Chan, Ph.D., and James Chou, Ph.D., reports that a new vitamin K-based drug has proved effective in mouse models of medication-resistant seizures. Chan and Chou, both […]
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Sunrun Inc (RUN.O) said on Monday it will buy Blackstone-backed peer Vivint Solar (VSLR.N) for about $1.46 billion in an all-stock deal, as the top U.S. residential solar installers look to solidify their market position. The deal will also help Sunrun compete better with Tesla Inc’s (TSLA.O) SolarCity in a residential solar market, which, according […]
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On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to approve a bill that would weaken Section 230 protections to ensure social media companies remove child abuse imagery from their platforms. Introduced in March by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), the EARN IT Act is intended to curb the spread of child abuse images […]
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Authorities in Berlin are discovering how hard it can be to close one problematic chapter of the city’s tumultuous history without opening another. In the wake of a worldwide reckoning with the deep-seated legacies of historical racism, Berlin’s public transit authority BVG announced on Friday that it would rename the Mohrenstrasse (“Moor Street”) stop on […]
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Outfielder Andrew McCutchen only spent a couple of months with the Yankees in 2018, but that was enough time to understand how antiquated the Yankees’ grooming policy is. As NJ.com’s Brendan Kuty notes, the Yankees don’t allow players to wear their hair past the collar of their jersey and their facial hair can’t extend beyond […]
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Motherhood takes over the brain’s decision-making regions to prioritize caring for offspring, according to new research in rats published in eNeuro. Making decisions requires the medial prefrontal cortex filtering and repressing multiple streams of information. This often involves picking between powerful, conflicting stimuli, such as when drug-using mothers must choose between their new child or […]
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Indian airline Vistara is in talks with planemakers and leasing companies to delay taking delivery of some aircraft, the carrier’s chief commercial officer said on Monday, as COVID-19 hits demand for air travel. Vistara, owned by India’s Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines (SIAL.SI), placed an order for 13 A320-neo family aircraft from Airbus SE (AIR.PA) […]
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BMW has detailed an overhaul to the digital systems that power its luxury vehicles, including a new map and navigation system, a revamped digital assistant, a “digital key” (first shown off at Apple’s annual developer conference last week), and wireless Android Auto. But the most interesting thing BMW shared about the changes is that the […]
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Adoption of football jersey by Jair Bolsonaro’s radical right has inspired a campaign for new colours Tom PhillipsTom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro Tue 7 Jul 2020 06.00 BSTLast modified on Tue 7 Jul 2020 10.28 BSTShares105Supporters of Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, wearing the national football team’s shirts at a demonstration in Brasilia.Supporters of Brazil’s […]
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