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Jesse Eisenberg and Alexander Skarsgard play cousins in this unexpectedly engaging tale about Wall Street.

Basic used a four-run second inning and a solid start on the mound from junior Demetrius Vigil to roll to an 8-3 road win over Palo Verde in a nonleague game Tuesday.

Los Angeles is so eager to honor former President Barack Obama that he will now have two roadways named for him.

The new feature will also roll out animated stickers and doodles that will be included in WhatsApp sticker packs

A child watching a wolf through a window in a wildlife reserve in Moritzburg, Germany.

Ashley Yeager, The Scientist
In December 2012, an 80-year-old man in Florida went to his doctor to have a bulge on his eyelid examined. Tests showed that the bump was a rare form of skin cancer called Merkel cell carcinoma. Despite treatment, the man's cancer spread, first to lymph nodes under his jaw, then to lymph nodes in his abdomen.

An amended lawsuit filed by the Connecticut attorney general alleges that the owners of pharmaceutical giant Purdue Pharma illegally shuffled hundreds of millions of dollars to other Sackler family-owned properties and downplayed the addictive nature of opioids to doctors while pressuring sales reps.

An important lesson learnt is that reconstruction in the aftermath of a major disaster is not just a technical issue.

Marcia Dunn, AP
SpaceX has suffered a serious setback in its effort to launch NASA astronauts into orbit this year, with the fiery loss of its first crew capsule during testing.Over the weekend, the company's recently flown Dragon crew capsule was engulfed in smoke and flames on an engine test stand at Cape Canaveral. SpaceX was testing the Dragon's abort thrusters when Saturday's accident occurred.

Almost two years after Iraqi forces recaptured the city of Mosul from Islamic State (IS), small shops selling alcohol are reopening their doors and new ones are appearing. Customers purchase bottles or cans of liquor which are then placed in black plastic bags, or emptied out into nondescript plastic bottles. Mosul was home to two million people before being overrun in 2014 by IS, which proclaimed a "caliphate" stretching into neighboring Syria. It held Mosul for three years. Under the militant group's strict rule... Читать дальше...

Farah Mohammed, JSTOR Daily
BBC's Planet Earth is among the most popular and most well-known nature documentaries ever created. At its debut, it drew an astonishing 11.4 million viewers per episode, and was credited with a massive spike in BBC's Home Entertainment Sales in 2008.

Anyone who hasn't yet tuned in to <em><a href="https://screenrant.com/tag/this-is-us/">This Is Us</a></em> has sorely missed out on a few good cries thanks to the ridiculously good writers. The show tells the story of a broken family, whose past and current lives intertwine to teach life lessons. Each episode delivers a new change, epiphany, or loss to the Pearson family that makes hearts ache and opens the floodgates. Even the manliest of men will be reaching for a tissue by the end of one of Jack Pearson’s monologues.

Ross Pomeroy, RealClearScience
Netflix brought in $15.8 billion in revenue in 2018 in part because the streaming service floods subscribers with a deluge of binge-worthy content. That's all fine and well when the show is Stranger Things or The Great British Baking Show, but when it's a media production that mangles science and spreads misinformation, it's a problem.

The third day of no change in domestic prices comes as crude oil rates eased overseas, after hitting 2019 highs earlier this week.

<a href="https://screenrant.com/tag/captain-america-4/">Captain America</a>’s journey in the MCU has been a long one, and he’s been through a lot. He started out his story in these films as a young, sickly kid in 1940s Brooklyn who wanted so badly to help fight in World War II. From there he has been a hero, a fugitive, and more. While we don’t yet know Captain America’s fate in <a href="https://screenrant.com/tag/the-avengers-4/"><em>Avengers: Endgame</em></a> and what... Читать дальше...

Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld talks with Lawrence O'Donnell about his work on impeaching Richard Nixon and how it shapes his view of what's in the Mueller report as he prepares to challenge Trump for the GOP presidential nomination.

TNCC chief questions PMK leader’s stand on green corridor

It’s difficult to believe that any show could still be going strong after 22 seasons. Very few shows even make it to a fraction of that longevity, and the ones that do, like <em><a href="https://screenrant.com/tag/the-simpsons/">The Simpsons</a></em>, have <a href="https://screenrant.com/every-season-simpsons-ranked/">gone downhill long before season 22</a>. But that’s <a href="https://screenrant.com/tag/south-park/"><em>South Park</em></a> for you... Читать дальше...

The Eastern Sierra Tour Opener is this Saturday... :luxhello::luxhello: The Ice on Silver Lake broke up last week and the boats and dock look ready...

Twitter Chief Executive Jack Dorsey had a whirlwind day Tuesday, with the social network’s shares surging on a strong earnings report followed by an impromptu trip to Washington to mend fences with President Trump. Dorsey and a contingent of Twitter executives flew to the nation’s capital for a 30-minute powwow with the president — mere...