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TV favors the young — but Betty White only got more famous as she got older. White’s career began in the earliest days of television, and she was active until her death at the age of 99.
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Author: Kyle Norris
Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour share what’s bringing them joy. This week: the trailer for The Northman, the novel The School for Good Mothers and more.
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Author: Glen Weldon
CES has dropped the last day of its 2022 tech conference in Las Vegas, and the show will now end on January 7th, the Consumer Technology Association announced today. The shorter schedule is “an additional safety measure” in the face of a surge of COVID-19 diagnoses.
Over the last two weeks, a number of large companies — including BMW, Intel, AMD, GM, Google, T-Mobile, Amazon, Microsoft and the company formerly known as Facebook — have dropped their physical presences at the conference. It’s the largest tech conference in the world, which typically pulls more than 10,000 people in each year.
Yesterday the US set a grim new record in COVID: the highest number of…
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Author: Elizabeth Lopatto
The US will continue to work with other countries’ space programs on the International Space Station through 2030, NASA announced today. That will allow for an uninterrupted transition to a planned commercial space station (or stations!) in the late 2020s.
Funds for the ISS have already been approved through 2024. NASA administrator Bill Nelson told The Verge in May that he wants to continue work on the ISS through 2030.
The ISS’s future was called into question in 2018, when a draft budget proposal from President Donald Trump’s administration had scheduled ending support for the space station in 2025. More recently, escalating tensions between the US and Russia have threatened the…
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Author: Elizabeth Lopatto
Devastating fires in Colorado cap off a year of awful drought across the US. Dry conditions helped set the stage for blazes that scorched hundreds of homes and forced tens of thousands to evacuate just ahead of New Year’s Eve.
The fires have been raging through suburbs near Denver since December 30th. Strong winds fanned the flames and knocked out power. About 6,000 acres and at least 500 homes had burned by Friday morning. But there were no casualties, which Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle called “miraculous” given the severity of the fire in a press briefing. Families had “minutes” to evacuate their homes, Governor Jared Polis said.
More than two-thirds of Colorado’s land is experiencing “severe” drought, according to the US Drought…
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Author: Justine Calma
After Nirvana, Grohl considered quitting music. But, he says, “Music was the one thing that had healed me my entire life.” His memoir is The Storyteller. Originally broadcast Nov. 24, 2021.
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Author: Terry Gross
The Apple TV+ satire series Schmigadoon! centers on a couple who gets trapped in a town where people burst into song. Originally broadcast Aug. 9 and Aug. 23.
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Author: Terry Gross
Starting today, eligible US residents can apply for help with their internet bills under the new Affordable Connectivity Program. The program launched today with $14.2 billion from the bipartisan infrastructure law passed in November.
Households can apply to take up to $30 a month off their internet service bill. For households on qualifying Tribal lands, the discount is up to $75 per month. The program could help to connect millions of people to the internet who haven’t had access to it at home, especially in communities that have historically faced more barriers to getting online.
Almost a third of people living on Tribal lands lacked high-speed internet at home in 2017, according to a report by the Federal Communications Commission…
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Author: Justine Calma
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Author: Rhett Allain
From souped-up jet skis to an Air Jordan-themed riding mower, Mansory can give any transportation mode a stunning overhaul. But the German customizer cut its teeth decking out supercars like this murdered-out McLaren 720S.
Motor 1 reports that body benefits from weight-saving carbon fiber componentry, including a new rear diffuser with an integrated brake light, side skirts, fenders, side mirror housings, engine cover, performance wing, and bumpers.
The blacked-out job continues inside, where buyers can choose between wood, carbon fiber or leather finishes with an upgraded steering wheel, pedals, seats, and paddle shifters.
Mansory doesn’t name a powertrain, but Motor 1 believes the build is based on the 720S First Edition that premiered at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show with a twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V8 producing an uprated 755 horsepower and 575 pound-feet of torque.
There’s also no word on price, so contact Mansory here to learn more.
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Author: Maxim Staff