Those with 4K monitors and capable PC hardware will be treated to a sneak peak of what Respawn has put together for the PC port of Titanfall 2. There’s three minutes of uninterrupted action, from Pilots battling it out mano-a-mano, Titans fighting at both range and melee, and a firsthand look at the game’s bounty game mode. There’s nary a hitch in the smooth 60fps throughout the entire trailer, as well....
Of the 1,100 strikes, 110 occurred in the Bay Area. Additional flashes between clouds were too numerous to count and not factored into the total, the Associated Press reported. Firefighters working to fight the extensive Caldor Fire south of Lake Tahoe were sent to combat the new fires ignited by the lightning in El Dorado County, according to the local unit of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection....
With fresh faces (and some familiar ones), a new attitude and several new matchups, this should be an exciting affair. While at first glance, NXT Takeover: Chicago is not the strongest card that NXT has stitched together, NXT has a track record of spinning gold from hay. That being said, let’s analyse the card at Chicago, and make our predictions for the matches at hand. #5 Hideo Itami’s big make-or-break moment In the NXT media call before this event, Triple H made no bones about this match being Hideo Itami’s big opportunity to prove himself and about how, if this match did not go according to plan, Hunter had no idea about Hideo Itami’s future....
At the end of the show, however, we saw that Aleister Black had been ‘attacked’ in the car-park, and as a result, it looks as though he will not be competing for the belt in Brooklyn. Of course, this was an angle designed to write Black out of the match. The former champion picked up an injury last week and will be unable to compete in the contest. While there is the possibility that the WWE will just go with Tommaso Ciampa Vs Johnny Gargano as the night’s main event, logic would suggest that the company are holding off on their third and final encounter until a later date, which means that the WWE is likely going to replace Black in the match instead....
This show features two WarGames bouts that headline the event, and they will have a tough legacy to follow. WarGames has a long history of delivering incredible matches. The build to the show has felt rushed, but the card has still shaped up well. On paper, Sunday’s show has the potential to be comparable to past WarGames events. Here are our picks for the final NXT TakeOver of 2020:...
Toni Storm delivered on her promise as she defeated Rhea Ripley to become the NXT UK women’s champion, while the Grizzled Young Veterans — James Drake and Zack Gibson — beat Trent Seven and Tyler Bate, together known as Moustache Mountain, to become the inaugural NXT UK tag team champions. The main event saw Pete Dunne outlast Joe Coffey in a physical war to retain the NXT UK championship, extending his amazing 601-day reign as champion....
In an effort to better respond to mental health crises, last month, New York City launched their Behavioral Health Emergency Assistance Response Division, also known as B-HEARD. This change arrives just over a year after George Floyd’s murder, which pressured states to find ways to curb violence and systemic racism in policing. During certain nonviolent situations, in lieu of police, the city is now dispatching B-HEARD teams, which consists of emergency medical technicians (EMS) or paramedics and mental health professionals from NYC Health + Hospitals....
Colin de Grandhomme was last man out for 57 – his maiden test half century – after lunch as New Zealand upped their run rate. The players took tea at the fall of the wicket. De Grandhomme had joined wicketkeeper BJ Watling after lunch following Mitchell Santner’s dismissal for 41 in the final over before the break. The situation was tailor made for the fast-scoring right hander, with New Zealand needing to increase their run rate after struggling against a tight South Africa attack in the first session....
Following the words “not guilty,” the street outside the courthouse in downtown Los Angeles rippled with an emotional tremble. The cops–mostly white–stared blankly as a swell of “Amen” and “Thank you Jesus” suffocated the TV microphones. Anxious faces waited to speak to the camera . . . “the folks” spewed forth. Some cried out in joy while others pointed at the camera and reporters in mockery . . . “heh, heh you were wrong....
The Milwaukee Bucks, who are the worst team in the NBA, were hosting the Denver Nuggets, meaning J.R. Smith and his shoelace antics were not involved. More to the point, what's worse, O.J. Mayo not playing defense or the Nuggets not going directly at him. (H/T Basketball Insiders)
Kirkpatrick was fired on February 20, 2020, after serving for three years as the department’s first female police chief. The commission voted for her firing unanimously but provided no specific reason for it. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf approved the commission’s decision “out of respect for the community,” according to the SF Chronicle. The commission is a seven-member civilian watchdog group that oversees the city’s police department’s adherence to national standards of constitutional policing....
A surge in youth voter turnout propelled Obama to victory in Iowa and South Carolina, where the kids picked him over Hillary three-to-one. But the campaign can’t possibly devote as much time and energy to mobilizing young voters in 22 states that vote on Super Tuesday as he did in the handful of early contests–meaning that the next five days will be spent targeting the ‘utes where they can really make a difference....
In an excerpt from his upcoming memoir published Monday by The New Yorker, Obama wrote that when the World Health Organization declared the H1N1 virus—also known as swine flu—as the first global pandemic in decades, he ordered his team to evaluate how prepared the United States was for a “worst-case scenario.” “It was too early to tell how deadly this new virus would be,” he said. “But I wasn’t interested in taking any chances....
That sound you hear: the starting gun on the general election. Flying to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia aboard Air Force One earlier today, George W. Bush adviser Ed Gillespie took the time to answer a few questions from the White House press corps. The topic of discussion? The president’s speech yesterday to Israel’s parliament in which he accused “some” people “seem[ing] to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals,” comparing them to those who “appeased” Adolf Hitler during World War II....
That isn’t some kind of editorial. Lucasfilm itself is well aware of the bigotry problem it faces with an unfortunate number of its fans. Sexism is one problem on its own, even affecting the protagonist of Jedi: Fallen Order, who was originally intended to be a woman. But racism has plagued the fandom for some time, and Lucasfilm decided to get out in front of it with one of its upcoming Star Wars series....
It was not always thus. Even in cosmopolitan Hong Kong, women wanted only padded polyester bras and quilted dressing gowns when beauty expert Marguerite Lee opened the city’s first boutique for fancy lingerie in 1978. But Western pop culture has transformed Asian women’s idea of beauty. Today the chain Lee founded sells $75 thong panties and $150 push-up bras. The trend is so clear that WonderBra, the brand that popularized the super-push-up brassiere, next month will launch a special product line sized for the slim Asian body....
Djokovic, who was playing for the first time in six weeks after not being able to compete in the US, struggled on his first clay-court match of the season. The 34-year-old was broken nine times throughout the contest as his opponent, ranked 45 places lower, claimed a memorable win. “This win is so special to me because I grew up watching Nole [Djokovic] and I’m a big fan of his," Fokina said post-match....
And on the final Sunday of the 2021 US Open, Djokovic’s bid came to an end as Daniil Medvedev won in straight sets 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. “I want to say sorry for you, the fans, and Novak because we all know what he was going for today,” Medvedev said on court after the win, reminiscent of when Canada’s Bianca Andreescu apologized for beating Serena Williams in the women’s final two years ago....
The case, which is continuing in Melbourne, saw Judge Anthony Kelly rule that the 34-year-old Serbian was able to stay in Australia and that the government must pay his legal costs and had to release Djokovic from detention within half an hour. However, the Australian government warned that the tennis player could still face deportation. Djokovic flew into Melbourne last Wednesday hoping to defend his Australian Open crown and seal an unprecedented 21st Grand Slam title....
All of this is indeed fine, superfine, except for one thing–it’s not true. Pashmina, say textile experts, is actually regular old plain vanilla you-know-what. “Pashmina is just cashmere,” says Karl Spilhaus, president of Boston’s Cashmere and Camel Hair Manufacturers Institute. “It’s been very aggressively marketed, but there’s no difference. Pashmina is simply the Indian word for cashmere.” There’s scientific evidence to back this up. Kenneth D. Langley, a professor of textile sciences at the University of Massachusetts, has run tests....
