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Duke says Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski will return to the sideline Saturday for the 21st-ranked Blue Devils’ game against Wake Forest. Krzyzewski missed Wednesday’s win against Boston College while completing a COVID-19 quarantine protocol. The 73-year-old coach said earlier this week he and his wife were placed into quarantine after a family member […]
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A new study of liver transplant centers confirms that non-Hispanic white patients get placed on liver transplant waitlists at disproportionately higher rates than non-Hispanic Black patients. However, researchers went a step further as they identified key reasons for that disparity: disproportionate access to private health insurance, travel distance to transplant centers, and a potential lack […]
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There is no question that we are all more dependent on technology than ever. So what happens when that tech does not work? In the past, Emily Dreyfuss used an old-school strategy: She yelled. When Amazon’s Alexa spat out wrong answers or misunderstood questions, Dreyfuss let the virtual assistant have it. “I used her as […]
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Substack is adding a long-awaited new feature today: the ability to change the look of newsletters. Writers will now be able to choose their background color and accent color and set different fonts for the title and body of posts. It’s a limited set of customizations, but it should allow Substack newsletters to stand out […]
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A teen has been found guilty of murdering a 15-year-old schoolboy after he allegedly threatened to expose their relationship. Matthew Mason, 19, was accused of beating Alex Rodda, 15, to death with a wrench in a remote woodland in Ashley, Cheshire, on December 12 last year. Mason burst into tears in the dock when the […]
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Ohio State entered the game at No. 15 Rutgers without its senior leader in point guard C.J. Walker and 0-3 on the road in the Big Ten. The Buckeyes left with a win, but another injury. Duane Washington Jr. scored 17 points and Justice Sueing addded 12 points, 10 rebounds and five assists as Ohio […]
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A new study by investigators at the Shriners Hospital for Children—St. Louis suggests the damaging effects of obesity are not due to body weight but rather come from something much smaller—biochemical signals released by fat cells. The study focuses on the link between overweight or obesity and the development of osteoarthritis, a painful disease of […]
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Deutsche Bank will not do business in the future with U.S. President Donald Trump or his companies in the wake of his supporters’ assault on the U.S. Capitol, the New York Times reported. Deutsche Bank is Trump’s biggest lender, with about $340 million in loans outstanding to the Trump Organization, the president’s umbrella group that […]
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Madden now has a SpongeBob SquarePants-themed field so you can live out your dreams of playing football in a virtual Bikini Bottom. The SpongeBob Reef-Top, which will only be available in Madden’s arcade-style The Yard mode, will offer challenges that you can complete to unlock Nickelodeon-themed content as well as gear inspired by the famous […]
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Two young children whose parents died holding hands as they were suffocated in the trailer of a lorry still look at their photo every day, a court has heard. Harrowing statements were read to the Old Bailey today from families of the migrants who died as they were smuggled in a container from Belgium to […]
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