81-year-old rookie powerlifter breaking records, inspiring community
Ron Brunner is proof that it’s never too late to try something new.
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A video game has reinvigorated a long-running debate about fascism and satire
Helldivers 2, a hit video game from Arrowhead Game Studios, challenges players to work together as an elite team of soldiers to save Earth by pushing back invading hordes of space bugs, cyborgs and robots.
Inside Biden’s Protective White House
Aides have President Biden take the shorter stairs to board Air Force One. When it comes to news conferences, they yell loudly — and quickly — to end the questions, sometimes stealing a classic awards show tactic and playing loud music to signal the conclusion of the event. And forget about regular interviews with major news publications, including a traditional presidential sit-down on Super Bowl Sunday.
Secrets of ancient Herculaneum scroll deciphered by AI
ROME — Buried in ash after Mount Vesuvius’ cataclysmic eruption in 79 A.D., hundreds of papyrus scrolls have kept their secrets hidden for centuries. But archeologists have now been able to decipher some of the ancient text with the help of artificial intelligence.
In ‘Bharat Ratna’ Karpoori Thakur, Modi govt may have another winner
IN ITS sixth Bharat Ratna nomination in nearly 10 years in power, the Narendra Modi government on Tuesday chose former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur for the country’s highest civilian honour.
How Winston Churchill became a mascot for anti-woke warriors
‘Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts,” Ron DeSantis said, as he pulled out of the race to lead the Republican party. It was a strange way to announce that what counts – the continuing bit – is the thing you don’t have. Also, it is quite contestable, for such a short statement; failure isn’t necessarily fatal, but it does depend on what you have failed at. Still, what set most pedants afire wasn’t the substance but the attribution: DeSantis said it was Winston Churchill; the International Churchill Society disagreed. Meh, let’s not split hairs. It is a sort of obvious notion, made of words, so it is surely the kind of thing Churchill would have said, had he said it.
These 20 Baby Names Are Going Extinct
Year after year, news about popular and rising baby names captivate parents and non-parents alike. But the ones falling out of use get significantly less attention.