Jimmy Kimmel spends a field day with Ted Cruz’s Cancun saga

[ad_1] It was a tailor-made story for Jimmy Kimmel, who never shied away from his outright hatred of Ted Cruz. And Thursday night, he spent most of his monologue about the Texas senator for fleeing his frigid and devastated home state for what ended up being a short-lived Cancun getaway. “On behalf of all of … Read more

Caregivers are missing from the long Covid conversation

[ad_1] MThe edia reports describe the compelling, albeit impractical, circumstances that follow us into the second year of the Covid-19 pandemic: in addition to the hundreds of thousands of Americans killed by the disease, thousands of those who are are “recovered” develop Covid for a long time, a syndrome marked by symptoms such as cough, … Read more

Texas power grid was minutes away from darkness for months

[ad_1] A rare winter storm hit Texas, causing massive power outages statewide. But the entity that operates the state’s electricity grid said the outages could have been much worse. If the grid operators had not acted quickly, parts of the state could have been without power for months. Visit the Insider home page for more … Read more

Tsitsipas and Medvedev: the story to date | Australian Open 2021 – Australian Open TV

[ad_1] Tsitsipas and Medvedev: the story to date | Australian Open 2021Australian Open Come To Papa: How a Father’s Sacrifice Spurred Stefanos Tsitsipas’ SuccessATP Tour World reacts to ‘Greek god’ Tsitsipas after epic victory over Rafael Nadal – GreekGreekCityTimes.com Medvedev and Tsitsipas: battle of the new generation | Australian Open 2021Australian Open Tsitsipas wants Greek … Read more

Google Meet fixes the worst thing about video calling

[ad_1] One of the biggest problems with video calling is when someone freezes in the middle of a sentence. But Google has a plan to make these interruptions less frequent. Google Meet is about to receive upgrades to improve the quality of video calls for people with low bandwidth connections. In the coming months, Google … Read more

New look at first black hole detected shows it’s bigger than expected

[ad_1] By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A new examination has revealed new details about the first black hole ever detected – which was spotted in 1964 and was the subject of a friendly bet between renowned scientists – including that it is larger than what was known before. Researchers said on Thursday that new … Read more

‘Longest week of our lives’: Texas food banks in crisis as storm disrupts supplies | Texas

[ad_1] Texas food banks have gone into disaster mode as they scale up operations to fight rising hunger after unprecedented freezing conditions that disrupted nearly every element of the state’s food supply chain . Grocery stores are empty, school lunch programs suspended and deliveries interrupted by untreated treacherous roads that have left millions of Texans … Read more

CDC chief issues urgent COVID warning now

[ad_1] While COVID-19[female[feminine infections, hospitalizations and deaths are on the decline after months of flare-ups, Dr Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is still incredibly concerned that the worst could yet be to come. In an interview on Wednesday with JAMA, she discussed the biggest threat to society at … Read more

Halsey details the impact of pregnancy on her body image and her perception of gender “entirely”

[ad_1] Halsey offers a glimpse of her state of mind while expecting her first child. The 26-year-old “Closer” singer took to Instagram on Thursday, February 18, to post a photo carousel, including a photo showing her growing bump and several photos of food. She included a post about how her pregnancy makes her feel about … Read more