FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. The National Park Service is opening a rare opportunity for skilled shooters to help reduce the number of bison roaming the far reaches of northern Arizona. Come Monday, potential volunteers will have 48 hours to submit an application to lethally remove the massive animals from ...

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Newsmax had baselessly accused Dominions security director Eric Coomer of working with antifa to rig the election.Newsmax had baselessly accused Dominions security director Eric Coomer of working with antifa to rig the election...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/joewalsh/2021/04/30/newsmax-apologizes-to-dominion-exec-as-it-settles-lawsuit-over-false-voter-fraud-claims/

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NEW YORK Newsmax apologized on Friday for airing false allegations that an employee for Dominion Voting Systems manipulated machines or tallies on Election Day to the detriment of former President Donald Trump. Eric Coomer, security director at the Colorado-based firm, in turn dropped Newsmax from a...

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SAO PAULO, May 1 Brazil raked in a larger-than-expected US$4 billion (RM16.38 billion) yesterday auctioning the operating rights to the Rio de Janeiro water and sewer system, a win for President Jair Bolsonaro and his privatisation agenda. The...

President Jair Bolsonaro attended the auction in ...

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Toyota Is Building Its Own Autonomous City Next To Mount Fuji

Many auto executives have said the "missing link" for autonomous success has been cities being wired to funnel datato carsfor them to be able to meaningfully drive themselves. So Toyota, the world's largest automaker, is now setting its...

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Malcolm Campbell, a longtime sales executive for national music publications including SPIN, Blender, the Fader and Rolling Stone, died on April 29 at his home in City Island, New York, surrounded by his family. Campbell, 61, had been battling a recurrence of pancreatic cancer that had first been ...

https://variety.com/2021/music/obituaries-people-news/malcolm-campbell-spin-fader-blender-dies-dead-1234964215/

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Like its namesake character in HBO's latest fantasy action series, there's more to the network's promotion for The Nevers than first meets the eye. A "gifting experience" with a tongue-twister of a title--Penance's Curiosities + Cocktail Compendium--takes branded swag to a new level, essentially ...

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Emerging storage-class memory promises to fill the performance and density gap that currently exists between DRAM and SSD solutions.
The post Storage-Class Memory for Fast, Affordable Data Storage appeared first on EETimes.
Data creation is skyrocketing, propelled by trends such as edge computing, ...

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Restaurant Brands International (TSX:QSR)(NYSE:QSR) reported Q1 results today. Heres what that means for investors looking to buy RBI post-earnings.
The post Should You Buy Restaurant Brands Post-Earnings? appeared first on The Motley Fool Canada.

Restaurant Brands International (TSX:QSR)(NYSE:QSR...

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Blue-chip money is choosing not to invest for now in the art worlds non-fungible tokens, despite brisk business at recent auctions. Zachary Small explores the nascent market...

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/buy-nft-crypto-art-collectors-b1839586.html

Local officials and epidemiologists fear that the disparity could seed more outbreaks as the economy fully reopens.As the Bay Area pushes toward community immunity from COVID-19, experts worry that the region could be held back by younger people whose vaccination rates so far trail other groups.
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Chlorine Prices Explode Just In Time For Peak Pool Season

Here's another example of the butterfly effect.

By now everyone knows that a March fire at a plant owned by Japanese chipmaker Renesas was the straw that broke the semiconductor camel's back, and what were already stretched chip supply ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/chlorine-prices-explode-just-time-peak-pool-season

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Seattle startup Headset, which provides a business intelligence platform for the legal cannabis industry, announced $1.8 million in new funding. Headset will use the funds to expand into recently legalized markets. In the U.S., 16 states and Washington, D.C., have legalized recreational marijuana ...

https://www.geekwire.com/2021/marijuana-data-platform-headset-raises-1-8m-expand-recently-legalized-markets/

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The last time Buchner played games that counted, he led the country in total yards and ranked No. 3 all-time for a single season while passing for 4,474 yards and 53 touchdowns and rushing for 1,610 yards and 28 more scores.The last time Buchner played games that counted, he led the country in total...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeberardino/2021/04/30/notre-dame-wants-a-closer-look-at-freshman-quarterback-tyler-buchner/

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From smaller footprints to cheaper real estate opportunities the president of 14-unit Mesa, Ariz.-based Angry Crab Shack reflects on pandemic-era restaurant design...

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Actress/director Soleil Moon Frye and singer songwriter/producer Linda Perry talk about the art of collaboration and the role of music in the new Peacock reboot of the hit 80s sitcom 'Punky Brewster' and the Frye-directed Hulu documentary 'Kid 90.'Actress/director Soleil Moon Frye and singer ...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimryan1/2021/04/30/linda-perry-and-soleil-moon-frye-on-role-of-music-in-punky-brewster-reboot-kid-90-documentary/

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The most recognizable ghoulish spirit presented itself in the Mets wasting another outstanding effort from Jacob deGrom, who has been so stupendously good that allowing one run on three hits and a walk and recording nine strikeouts over six innings qualifies as a subpar start.The most recognizable ...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jerrybeach/2021/04/30/how-much-longer-will-it-still-be-early-for-francisco-lindor-and-the-slumping-new-york-mets/

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U.S. gold exports topped imports by more than $1 billion in February, the latest government data available, suggesting American traders in the precious metal are increasingly confident in the U.S. economy.U.S. gold exports topped imports by more than $1 billion in February, the latest government ...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenroberts/2021/04/30/with-1-billion-monthly-surplus-us-gold-trade-shaking-off-wild-2020/

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We continue to work on deals around customer care and transformation using artificial intelligence and machine learning, and these are all becoming part of the large deal construct...

https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/interview-milind-kulkarni-tech-mahindra-cfo-fy22-will-primarily-be-driven-by-a-lot-of-transformation-deals/2243293/

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Without silver, we may not have solar panels, one of the greatest boons to clean energy generation we've yet seen.
Silver has been playing second investment fiddle to its more popular cousin gold for some time, but that doesnt mean it isnt a vary valuable commodity in its own right.

It also ...

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A screenshot from Onward. | Image: Downpour Interactive

Facebooks Oculus division has snatched up yet another popular virtual reality game developer. On Friday, the company announced it has acquired Downpour Interactive, the studio behind the hit multiplayer military simulator Onward.
Weve seen ...

https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/30/22412882/facebook-oculus-studios-onward-developer-downpour-interactive-acqusition

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Should you buy this TSX stock today?
The post Buy Alert: This TSX Stock Has Gained 140% Since May 2020! appeared first on The Motley Fool Canada.

Several stocks have made a comeback since the bear market of 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated multiple sectors, including retail, transportation...

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3M Co.lost the first lawsuit to go to trial over the safety of earplugs it sold for years to the military, with a federal jury Friday awarding $7.1 million to three veterans and finding the company failed to warn about defects in the product...

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Digidog will be returned to its Boston Dynamics owners The New York Police Department has ended its $94,000 contract testing a robot canine named Digidog and is returning it to its makers, Boston Dynamics, after facing harsh criticism from residents and top politicians...

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. NASAs little Mars helicopter has gotten a reprieve. Instead of wrapping up flight tests at the beginning of May, NASA is giving its Ingenuity helicopter at least an extra month to tackle tough new terrain and serve as a scout for its companion rover, Perseverance. Officials ...

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During the suo moto hearing on Covid crisis, a Special Bench comprising Justice DY Chandrachud, LN Rao and SR Bhat asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that has the Centre considered to invoking Section 92 of Patents Act and issue compulsory licences so that drugs can be manufactured while royalty ...

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Four years ago, one of the key promises that helped the NDP end 16 years of Liberal rule was that the party would massively overhaul B.C.’s beleaguered child care system, promising parents affordability though a universal $10-a-day program.

While the NDP has spent hundreds of millions since ...

https://vancouversun.com/life/parenting/b-c-ndp-fee-cap-reduces-child-care-costs-but-also-shrinks-spaces-critics

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NEW YORK The Grammy Awards have changed its tune and voted to remove its anonymous nomination review committees groups that determined the contenders for key awards at the coveted music show. The Recording Academy made the announcement Friday after the board of trustees met and approved the change. ...

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LOS ANGELES Game of Thrones actor Esm Bianco sued Marilyn Manson on Friday, alleging sexual, physical and emotional abuse. In the lawsuit filed in federal court in Los Angeles, Bianco says that Manson violated human trafficking law by bringing her to California from England under the false pretenses...

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RALEIGH, N.C. U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris visited North Carolinas capital city on Friday to promote the Biden administrations infrastructure and COVID-19 relief agenda. Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff and Buttigieg were in ...

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SANTA FE, N.M. State legislators bristled on Friday at vetoes by New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham that block legislative authority over new federal pandemic aid, and said they may seek a court ruling to defend Legislatures authority over that spending. Pandemic relief legislation signed...

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Discovery Chief Executive Officer David Zaslavs total compensation fell more than 17 percent in 2020, topping out at $37.7 million. That was down from the $45.8 million that Zaslav pulled in the previous year and significantly down from the massive $129.4 million in compensation that the ...

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/discovery-david-zaslav-2020-pay-1234964285/

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The biotech is slated to provide updates to investors on its vaccine development efforts next week.Shares of Vaxart (NASDAQ: VXRT) surged 17% Friday, furthering a sharp rally in the biotechnology company's stock price in recent days.Vaxart released a study on April 22 indicating that almost 19 ...

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The owner of the Santa Monica Place mall has filed a lawsuit seeking to evict the ArcLight Theatre for non-payment of rent. Macerich, the real estate investment trust that owns the mall, served an eviction notice on April 13, the day after Pacific Theatres announced that it would permanently close ...

https://variety.com/2021/film/news/arclight-santa-monica-eviction-1234964252/

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SAN DIEGO The Biden administration said Friday it will begin work to address the risks of flooding and soil erosion from unfinished sections of the wall on the U.S. border with Mexico and provided answers on how it will use unspent money from shutting down one of President Donald Trumps ...

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Officials in the nations capital are questioning the results of the 2020 census, which show a large boost in population but not as high as they had expected. The city government and members of the D.C. Council are suggesting an undercount something that plays into local sensitivities, as ...

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SEATTLE A Seattle police sergeant who drove an unmarked SUV onto a sidewalk toward protesters during last summers demonstrations violated the departments policy to preserve life and safety, a police oversight agency said in a report released Friday. His operation of his motor vehicle ...

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The Baltimore Ravens have exercised the fifth-year option for quarterback Lamar Jackson. The team announced the decision Friday, a few hours before the second and third rounds of the NFL draft. Jackson will make $23 million as part of a tiered system under the new collective bargaining agreement. ...

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The latest on the second and third rounds of the NFL draft on Friday night. (all times EDT): ___ 5:45 p.m. While Commissioner Roger Goodell was busy announcing the names of players from Alabama (six) and the SEC (12) in the first round of the NFL draft, a bunch of schools that usually provide big-...

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COVID-19 Means Good Times For The Pentagon

Authored by Mandy Smithberger via TomDispatch.com,

In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Washington has initiated its largest spending binge in history. In the process, you might assume that the unparalleled spread of the disease would have led to a ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/covid-19-means-good-times-pentagon

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MINNEAPOLIS The Minnesota Twins reinstated outfielders Max Kepler and Kyle Garlick from the COVID-19 injured list and recalled catcher Ben Rortvedt from Triple-A St. Paul before beginning a three-game series against Kansas City on Friday. The return of Kepler and Garlick cleared the last of the ...

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. A year ago, the Florida Legislature ended its annual session several days late amid fears for the future as the coronavirus pandemic was taking hold. This year, lawmakers closed out their session by midafternoon on the last of 60 days, passing a $101.5 billion budget on Friday. ...

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When you are looking at a 15-year playoff drought, by far the longest in the NBA and punctuated this week by arguably the most humiliating loss in franchise history, its probably time to open up to some new lines of thinking. For the Kings, that should mean a radical choice for a new coach.When you ...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/seandeveney/2021/04/30/becky-hammon-is-the-risk-the-sacramento-kings-really-need/

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Wisconsin spent spring practice looking for consistency in its passing game after last seasons up-and-down performance in quarterback Graham Mertzs first season as starter. Injuries left Wisconsin without Jalen Berger and other running backs for much of the spring. But the Badgers did ...

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SOUTHAMPTON, England Leicesters bid for Champions League soccer suffered a minor setback when it had to settle for a 1-1 draw with 10-man Southampton in the English Premier League on Friday. Jonny Evans 68th-minute header earned third-placed Leicester a point on the south coast following ...

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