The Metropolitan Museum of Art built a substantial exhibition last year around a new acquisition, a golden-sheathed coffin from the 1st century B.C. that was inscribed for Nedjemankh, a high-ranking priest of the ram-headed god Heryshef of Herakleopolis. But the exhibit, “Nedjemankh and His Gilded Coffin,” shuttered earlier this week …
Read More »The Real Reason They Hate Nuclear Is Because It Means We Don’t Need Renewables
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who called for a transition away from nuclear energy, and Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), who has been working to close his state’s Pilgrim nuclear plant, announcing a “Green New Deal” proposal on February 7, 2019. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP/Getty Images)Getty Why is it that, from the U.S. and …
Read More »Woman smashes restaurant windows because they ran out of beef patties
New York police are seeking help to identify a woman they say slugged out the windows of a Bronx restaurant when it didn’t have beef patties. The incident last month began when the unknown suspect entered Back Home Restaurant, a Jamaican and American eatery, and ordered a beef patty with …
Read More »Hill’s Pet Nutrition recalls pet food because of toxic vitamin D levels
Hill’s Pet Nutrition voluntarily recalled 25 products last week over concerns of excessive vitamin D, a problem that could be deadly. Varieties of the company’s canned Prescription Diet and Science Diet foods were affected in the recall. Hill’s Pet Nutrition said in a statement that a complaint about a dog …
Read More »Crypto-Exchange Says It Can’t Pay Investors Because Its C.E.O. Died, and He Had the Passwords
He noted that various online sleuths had been searching the blockchain, a ledger that can be updated by decentralized networks, for evidence of where Quadriga had stored its assets, but had found none, which raised red flags. When it shut down, Quadriga’s platform had 363,000 users, and 115,000 of them …
Read More »He Knows the Stars’ Dirty Laundry. Because He Washes It.
BERLIN — One afternoon in November, Hans-Jürgen Topf walked through the backstage area of the Mercedes-Benz Arena, where dozens of crewmembers were unloading the equipment for the final stop of U2’s “Experience + Innocence” tour. After enthusiastically greeting and hugging several of the workers, Topf, 62, came to a sweltering …
Read More »Stop Doing The 10-Year Challenge Because Mariah Carey Already Won
Mariah Carey has a lot to worry about these days (messy legal drama with a former assistant, cashing checks from “All I Want for Christmas” residuals, an upcoming Las Vegas residency, etc.), but she remains unbothered by a little thing called aging, dahling. The legendary diva tried her hand at …
Read More »Walmart pharmacies likely to leave CVS network because of pricing dispute
Walmart pharmacies are expected to leave the drugstore networks offered by CVS because of an ongoing pricing dispute. Anyone with CVS-administered drug benefits and Medicaid enrollees with CVS drug coverage will be affected if the split happens, CVS said Tuesday. That means prescriptions filled at a Walmart pharmacy might not …
Read More »Netflix Won’t Film Series In North Carolina Partly Because Of Anti-LGBTQ Law
Nearly three years after the controversy over North Carolina’s “bathroom bill” hit fever pitch, the legislation’s impact on the Tar Heel State lingers. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Netflix has scrapped plans to film a new series, “OBX,” in North Carolina. Though the coming-of-age drama is set in North Carolina’s Outer Banks (or …
Read More »Drew Barrymore Won’t Try Heroin Or Plastic Surgery Because She’d ‘Be Dead Really Soon’
Drew Barrymore spoke about her “extremely addictive personality” ― and why it makes her avoid two things in particular ― in a new interview for the cover of Glamour U.K.’s January issue. “I’ve never done heroin,” she said. “And I don’t want to get plastic surgery because I feel like …
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