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A strange package police found in front of a restaurant on the Groene Hilledijk in Rotterdam on Monday morning turned out to be a grenade. The Explosives Disposal Service (EOD) secured the area and is now looking into the matter. On December 30, 2020, a shooting took place in the same street. Police are now […]
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The Texans and Janice McNair gave $500,000 to the Houston/Harris County 2021 Winter Storm Relief Fund. Their rivals have made a contribution, too. The Jaguars, Titans, and Colts have announced that they have jointly contributed $100,000 to the effort. The NFL Foundation has added another $100,000, increasing the amount to $200,000. Last week’s extreme and […]
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Australian researchers have called for additional services for survivors of intimate partner violence—warning those who have these experiences are more vulnerable to elder abuse. Women who survive domestic violence continue to experience negative effects well into their older years but they are also more vulnerable to elder abuse, says Flinders University researcher Dr. Monica Cations, […]
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Britain’s Supreme Court will rule on Friday in a battle over workers’ rights at taxi app Uber that could have ramifications for millions of people in the gig economy. In a case led by two drivers, a London employment tribunal ruled in 2016 that they were due entitlements such as the minimum wage, paid holidays […]
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Anna Spearing started baking when she was about eight or nine, making ginger biscuits in the family kitchen in Southampton and watching endless YouTube videos full of “really yummy ingredients”, in a period she refers to as “the simpler times”. Now 15, she is still baking, though the recipes have become more diverse, and the […]
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A total of 11 suspects were arrested over the past months in connection with the theft of two shipments of iPhones at Schiphol Airport, the Koninklijke Marechaussee said on Monday. A total of 18.5 million euros worth of iPhone devices were stolen. The Koninklijke Marechaussee, a policing force that works as part of the Dutch […]
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After battling through injuries as a rookie, Seahawks defensive lineman L.J. Collier had a solid second season. While he started all 16 games and Seattle’s wild-card matchup with the Rams, Collier needed to have something addressed in the offseason. In an interview with NFL Network’s Good Morning Football, Collier said he had an ankle procedure […]
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Many big pharma companies were able to roll out vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 in record time by retooling their existing experimental mRNA gene therapies to carry a new payload. Whereas these cancer vaccines originally coded a single RNA molecule neoantigen concatemer that could be optimally presented on specific HLA receptors to enhance CD8+ T cell anti-tumor […]
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Tension, irate questions, people talking over one another, and a cat photo. Thursday’s five-plus hour U.S. congressional hearing on GameStop had all of that, as top hedge fund managers, the head of Robinhood, and Roaring Kitty himself answered a barrage of questions over who was at fault in January’s trading frenzy. GameStop rose more than […]
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So, are you on Clubhouse, the social-media sensation du jour? No? Me neither. But – I hasten to add, lest there should be any doubt about my social status – that’s not because I wasn’t invited to join. A generous friend had a few invitations to extend, and she offered me one. After that, she […]
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