#New Orleans to allow live music indoors for first time since pandemic began

#New Orleans to allow live music indoors for first time since pandemic began

“#New Orleans to allow live music indoors for first time since pandemic began” Bourbon Street could soon be bustling again as New Orleans will allow the return of live music indoors starting Friday for the first time since the pandemic began.  “Live entertainment may be performed at bars, concert halls, music halls, live [performance] venues, and event venues following the…

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#Uber, Lyft team up on database to expose abusive drivers

#Uber, Lyft team up on database to expose abusive drivers

“#Uber, Lyft team up on database to expose abusive drivers” Uber and Lyft have teamed up to create a database of drivers ousted from their ride-hailing services for complaints about sexual assault and other crimes that have raised passenger-safety concerns for years. The clearinghouse unveiled Thursday will initially list drivers expelled by the ride-hailing rivals…

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#NASA finds proof of particle jet coming from black hole

#NASA finds proof of particle jet coming from black hole

“#NASA finds proof of particle jet coming from black hole” Astronomers at NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have found evidence of a particle jet coming from a supermassive black hole in the early universe. The source of the X-ray jet is a quasar, or a fast-growing supermassive black hole, named PSO J352.4034-15.3373 or PJ352-15. The quasar sits at the center of a young galaxy and is…

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#Myanmar’s searing smartphone images flood a watching world

#Myanmar’s searing smartphone images flood a watching world

“#Myanmar’s searing smartphone images flood a watching world” The images ricochet across the planet, as so many do in this dizzying era of film it, upload it, tell it to the world: scenes from a protest-turned-government crackdown, captured at ground level by smartphone users on the streets of Myanmar. Images shot across barricades and furtively…

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#NASA releases audio recordings of first wind sounds on Mars

#NASA releases audio recordings of first wind sounds on Mars

“#NASA releases audio recordings of first wind sounds on Mars” NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) released two historic audio recordings from the surface of Mars on Wednesday. In the first audio clip, recorded using the Perseverance Mars rover’s two microphones, listeners can hear wind.  In their post on SoundCloud, NASA described the sound as “listening to a seashell or having a hand…

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#Andrew Cuomo groping allegation referred to Albany police

#Andrew Cuomo groping allegation referred to Albany police

“#Andrew Cuomo groping allegation referred to Albany police” The Albany Police Department has been formally notified about the allegation that Gov. Andrew Cuomo groped a female staffer in an incident that may amount to a crime, a source familiar with the matter said Thursday. Cops haven’t launched an official probe but have “reached out to…

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