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Apple is among several major companies in the process of implementing a retail reopening strategy after Covid-19 containment efforts kept storefronts closed for nearly two months. In short, the company is taking several precautions and will only move forward with reopening a store after evaluating local conditions.In a recent letter to customers, Deirdre O’Brien, Apple’s […]
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A man who forced a ticket into a parking warden’s mouth and made him eat it has been jailed for 23 months. In a bizarre series of crimes spread over two months, Alex Owers, 40, also drove to a petrol station, licked a protective screen separating him from cashiers, downed a miniature bottle of wine […]
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One of the complaints from players about the “bubble” concept for restarting NBA play was how long they could be essentially stuck in a hotel away from home. From training camp deep into the Finals, players could spend three months in this “bubble.” While their family would be there and the players could go outside […]
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A newly identified biomarker could help scientists pinpoint which cancers are vulnerable to treatment with biguanides, a common class of medications used to control blood sugar in Type 2 diabetes. Biguanides, particularly a medication called metformin, have long been of interest to cancer researchers because of their ability to target cellular metabolism, which fuels the […]
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Panasonic Corp’s (6752.T) finance chief said the company is seeing strong demand for battery cells from U.S. partner Tesla (TSLA.O) and they are in talks to expand their joint plant in Nevada, which is now profitable. The positive outlook comes after production troubles and delays at Tesla strained the company’s partnership with Panasonic over the […]
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A trial date has been set for two people who were charged after human remains were found stuffed in two suitcases in the Forest of Dean. Gareeca Conita Gordon, 27, is charged with murdering a woman at her home address in Birmingham. Mahesh Sorathiya, 38, of Wolverhampton, is accused of assisting an offender – Gordon. […]
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Horrible news: Noelia Marte, the wife of Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Starling Marte, has died of a heart attack. Jon Heyman reported that it occurred at the hospital while she was awaiting surgery for a broken ankle. Marte announced his wife’s death on social media last night, saying, “It is a moment of indescribable pain. On […]
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Seeing someone do something good for someone else motivates witnesses to perform their own helpful acts, an insight that could help drive cooperative behavior in communities navigating through the health crisis. In a new study, psychology researchers at The University of Texas at Austin confirmed that people can be heavily influenced by others, especially when […]
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Thyssenkrupp’s (TKAG.DE) powerful labor representatives are open to consolidation talks in the steel sector, a leading union official said. “It is clear that the search for strategic partners is being expanded to all parts of the company,” Knut Giesler, who heads IG Metall, Germany’s largest union, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, where Thyssenkrupp is […]
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Minecraft wasn’t simply an overnight success for Microsoft. The game was already immensely popular when Microsoft scooped it up and they’ve continued to steadily invest in the IP over the years to build it into the powerhouse that it is today.Microsoft’s landmark $2.5 billion acquisition of Minecraft creator Mojang (now Mojang Studios) in 2014 was […]
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