#COVID safeguards stopping spread of other diseases: experts

#COVID safeguards stopping spread of other diseases: experts

“#COVID safeguards stopping spread of other diseases: experts” COVID-19 put not just humanity into quarantine, but also every other transmittable disease.  As an unintended result of social distancing precautions enacted to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, virtually all other respiratory viruses have, at least for the moment, hit record-breaking low rates.  “Almost every…

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#Pot stocks soar on renewed hopes of legalization

#Pot stocks soar on renewed hopes of legalization

“#Pot stocks soar on renewed hopes of legalization” Cannabis industry stocks soared on Tuesday as industry leaders made groovy predictions about their financial prospects and marijuana legalization in Washington. Shares in Canadian grower Tilray finished up more than 40 percent on Tuesday after Chief executive Brendan Kennedy mused to Bloomberg Television that he now expects…

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#Here’s what’s on the Oscars 2021 shortlist

#Here’s what’s on the Oscars 2021 shortlist

“#Here’s what’s on the Oscars 2021 shortlist” An expose about government corruption around a Bucharest nightclub fire, a look into the extent of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr. and an exploration of the origins of the disability rights movement are among the documentary films that are advancing to the next round of…

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#Jerry Seinfeld and more celebs to voice NYC subway PSAs

#Jerry Seinfeld and more celebs to voice NYC subway PSAs

“#Jerry Seinfeld and more celebs to voice NYC subway PSAs” The “stand clear of the closing doors” announcement is getting a star-studded makeover — with a dose of gritty New York attitude. Starting Friday, a collection of New York City’s notable natives including Jerry Seinfeld, Debi Mazar and Whoopi Goldberg will be voicing the MTA’s…

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#Tense times at the Times and other commentary

#Tense times at the Times and other commentary

“#Tense times at the Times and other commentary” Media watch: Tense Times at the Times A “tense debate” on a Facebook group for New York Times staffers “provides a window onto the latest racial controversy roiling the paper,” reports The Washington Free Beacon’s Aaron Sibarium. Star science ­reporter Donald McNeil Jr. was “ousted” after staff…

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#Marilyn Manson’s sick, abusive world with Evan Rachel Woods

#Marilyn Manson’s sick, abusive world with Evan Rachel Woods

“#Marilyn Manson’s sick, abusive world with Evan Rachel Woods” In his keynote address for the 1997 College Music Journal Music Marathon, Marilyn Manson — the goth-metal shock-rocker whose controversial “Antichrist Superstar” album debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard charts a year earlier — took a moment to discuss his inspiration. “The character Lucifer in…

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