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Lions head coach Dan Campbell called the team’s offensive plays for the second half of the 2021 season and he’s not ready to say if he’ll be continuing in the role this year. The Lions hired Ben Johnson as their Read more
New research by the Daffodil Center, a joint venture of Cancer Council NSW and the University of Sydney, shows the rate of obesity-related cancers in Australia almost quadrupled between 1983 and 2017, foreshadowing a growing preventable cancer crisis unless urgent Read more
A railroad strike or lockout could cost the U.S. economy $2 billion per day in output, threaten supplies of food and fuel, and stoke already red-hot inflation, according to an industry report released on Thursday. President Joe Biden this summer Read more
The third season of Netflix’s The Witcher show has now wrapped filming. Geralt himself, Henry Cavill, shared a special message with the cast and crew on the last day. “What a season this has been! I just wanted to thank Read more
An Arizona sheriff’s office said a loose goat “terrorized” a community for hours before being apprehended — and promptly urinating on a deputy. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office said in a Twitter post that the goat, which they dubbed Billy, Read more
Von Miller is about to play his third consecutive game in SoFi Stadium, but under very different circumstances than his last two games: In his last game, SoFi was a neutral field, and Miller and the Rams were winning the Read more
The dangers of inhaling smoke are well established. Many people do their best to avoid breathing it in. But what about when the smoke comes to you? As wildfires burn in record numbers, their smoke can infiltrate homes, creeping through Read more
Ernst & Young (EY) said on Thursday it was planning to split its audit and consulting units into two companies, as the professional services firm looks to ease regulatory concerns over potential conflicts of interest. The Big Four accounting firms, Read more
Fall Guys developer Mediatonic has revealed details and the launch date for its space-themed season two. Season one was called Free For All, and was (obviously) related to the free-to-play soft relaunch Fall Guys had back in June. Season two Read more
Old Kernville is a town that appears to be taken right out of a Western movie — because it was, serving as the backdrop for many classics, featuring the likes of John Wayne, Gene Autry, Hopalong Cassidy and more. While Read more