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The standoff between six-time Pro Bowler Myles Garrett and the Cleveland Browns reached new heights this week as reports surfaced about a meeting that ultimately did not happen. Last month, the star pass rusher recently informed the Browns of his desire to be traded to another team. Garrett then asked to meet with Browns owner…
A 47-year-old South Carolina man faces federal charges after he allegedly threatened to kill President Donald Trump. Travis Keith Lang, 47, of Irmo, South Carolina, was arraigned on federal charges Friday in a Columbia courthouse after being arrested Thursday. He pleaded not guilty and was denied bond. Lang is being held at the Lexington County…
Australia’s Murdoch Children’s Research Institute is helping scientists use stem cell medicine and artificial intelligence to develop precision therapies for pediatric heart disease, the leading cause of death and disability in children. Around 260,000 children die from heart disease around the world each year. In the U.S., a child is born with a heart defect…
The biggest YouTuber in the world is looking beyond videos to build a multibillion-dollar empire. For the last several months, Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast, has been talking with investors about raising $200 million in a funding round that would value his holding company, Beast Industries, at more than $5 billion. An investor pitch deck Iâve…
Reddit’s automatic moderation tool is flagging the word “Luigi” as potentially violent — even when the content isn’t. Earlier this week, a moderator from r/popculture saw Reddit’s AutoModerator system flag a post about the video game Luigi’s Mansion 3 because it included the word “Luigi,” giving them instructions to “check for violence.” A Reddit spokesperson,…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently announced he will mirror the Trump administration’s return to work mandate for federal workers in requiring all state employees to return to the workplace. Abbott, a Republican, announced this week that he will require all state employees to return to the office full-time, in person, five days a week. The…
An NFL quarterback was spotted at the White House with President Donald Trump Friday. Atlanta Falcons veteran Kirk Cousins and Trump posed for a photo in the Oval Office that has since gone viral on social media. The picture, posted by Margo Martin, Trump’s special assistant and communications advisor, had the caption, “#18 [handshake emoji]…
The Las Vegas Raiders have their new quarterback, and it’s someone head coach Pete Carroll is very familiar with. Geno Smith has been traded by the Seattle Seahawks to the Raiders in exchange for a third-round pick, according to multiple reports. Las Vegas was always expected to add a quarterback this offseason after releasing Gardner…
This means the watch’s EKG features won’t face the same issues as its blood oxygen sensor. AliveCor has suffered another setback in its long-running patent case against Apple. Today, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld a decision that the medical device maker’s EKG patents are not actually patentable. As a…
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