#Every iPhone and Android user should know these commands

#Every iPhone and Android user should know these commands

“Every iPhone and Android user should know these commands” Look up next time you’re outside and guess where the airplane above you is headed. Los Angeles? New York? Paris? Ask Siri this phrase, “What flights are overhead?” You’ll see the carrier, flight number, and altitude in seconds.   I love sharing simple digital life tips that…

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#NYS Board of Regents is no place for racist Shino Tanikawa

#NYS Board of Regents is no place for racist Shino Tanikawa

“NYS Board of Regents is no place for racist Shino Tanikawa” Maybe the Legislature’s leaders’ reluctance to renew mayoral control of New York City’s public-school system is more than just an effort to torture Mayor Eric Adams. Their latest pick for the Board of Regents, which controls the State Education Department, is certainly a grim…

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#lives lost in tragic fire

#lives lost in tragic fire

“lives lost in tragic fire” It turns out that extreme anti-COVID measures have a real, and deadly, cost. Such as the 17 lives lost (eight of them children) along with dozens injured in the January fire at the Twin Parks North West building in the Bronx. The head of the fire inspectors’ union now says…

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#Actor William Hurt dead at age 71

#Actor William Hurt dead at age 71

“Actor William Hurt dead at age 71” Oscar-winning actor William Hurt died Sunday, his family said. Hurt — who starred in flicks such as “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” “Children of a Lesser God” and “Broadcast News” — was 71. The onetime on-screen erudite Romeo had suffered from prostate cancer that spread to the bone,…

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#’The Power of the Dog’ wins best picture at BAFTAs

#’The Power of the Dog’ wins best picture at BAFTAs

“‘The Power of the Dog’ wins best picture at BAFTAs” Sci-fi epic “Dune” won five prizes and dark Western “The Power of the Dog” was named best film as the British Academy Film Awards returned Sunday with a live, black-tie ceremony after a pandemic-curtailed event in 2021. Jane Campion was named best director for “The…

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#Letters to the Editor — March 14, 2022

#Letters to the Editor — March 14, 2022

“Letters to the Editor — March 14, 2022” The Issue: Russia’s bombing of a maternity and children’s hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine last week. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov admitted that Russia had bombed the maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, but justified it by saying it was housing Ukrainian militants — and not the pregnant women…

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