Half Mag / Half Zine
Kurt Benkert is set to have his moment to shine as a starting quarterback for the Packers. Jordan Love “dinged” his right shoulder in the first Packers preseason game last weekend and missed multiple practices, but head coach Matt LaFleur said on Wednesday that Love would have “every opportunity” to show he was well enough […]
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A cholera epidemic has claimed 35 lives in Niger, the health ministry of the poor Sahel nation said Thursday. More than 800 cases have been recorded across the West African country including in the capital Niamey, it said. The highly contagious disease is caused by bacteria transmitted by dirty water, resulting in severe diarrhoea which […]
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Brazilian prosecutors asked a bankruptcy court on Wednesday to compel miners Vale SA (VALE3.SA) and BHP Group Ltd (BHP.AX) to fully pay offtheir Samarco joint venture’s 50.7 billion reais ($9.47 billion) debt. Samarco filed for bankruptcy protection in April as it struggled to restructure its debt, which it stopped servicing after a dam burst at […]
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Scientists are learning more about quantum mechanics every day. Despite all the advancements that have been made to date, it’s hard not to feel like we’ve just barely scratched the surface of a very bizarre field that might not be fully understood for decades to come. A team of Austrian researchers have managed to create […]
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A Wisconsin woman accidentally shot a friend while using the laser sight on a handgun to play with a cat, authorities said. A criminal complaint charging the 19-year-old woman with negligent use of a weapon said she was visiting a Kenosha apartment on Tuesday afternoon when she picked up a handgun that had been brought […]
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Carl Lawson has been the subject of much praise at Jets training camp, so there are a lot of people in the organization holding their breath on Thursday about his condition. According to reports from the Jets’ joint practice with the Packers in Green Bay, Lawson has been carted off the field. Lawson suffered an […]
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A child’s educational success depends on the genes that they haven’t inherited from their parents, as well as the genes they have, according to a new study led by UCL researchers. Funded by the Nuffield Foundation, the study confirms that genes a person inherits directly are most likely to contribute to their achievements in education. […]
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Wall Street’s main indexes edged lower on Wednesday as renewed fears about the pace of a post-pandemic recovery dented demand for economically sensitive sectors, while investors awaited the release of the Fed minutes for clues on the path of monetary policy support going forward. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) fell 33.1 points, or 0.09%, […]
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Microsoft is about to launch a new gaming headset for Xbox consoles. Similar in design to the Xbox wireless headset, the new stereo headset from Microsoft uses a wired connection and loses some features that made the wireless headset stand out from the crowd, but it comes at a lower price to compensate. With the […]
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The beach-side landmark, Lucy the Elephant, is having all of its metal skin replaced because more than 50% of its exterior has degraded beyond repair. The six-story high elephant statue in Margate, New Jersey, will close Sept. 20 after architects determined it would be more cost effective to replace the metal siding than to try […]
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