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What’s wrong with this picture? This was no book the august Book Review was writing about. It was-Luddites alert!-a CD-ROM, those five-inch silver discs that you slip into a computer, containing the entire collection of London’s National Gallery, accompanied by millions of words of text. For better or worse, it marked the first time the Review had opted to judge a work that can’t be smudged. Horror of horrors? Book editor Rebecca Sinkler concedes the section’s “confirmed print junkies” will probably look at it that way....

“@BarackObama visiting Cuba is equivalent to visiting North Korea [sic] Embracing communism is anti-American,” Mercedes Schlapp wrote on Twitter at the time, arguing the former president “is giving Castro dictators a pass.” Schlapp has served as the White House director of strategic communications under Trump, announcing on Monday that she would leave that role to serve on the president’s reelection campaign instead. It’s unclear whether her sentiments toward North Korea have changed since she attacked Obama on Twitter back in 2016, but a sitting U....

On January 6, Pence declined Trump’s demand that he block the certification by Congress of Biden’s election as the 46th U.S. president. In a three-page letter to congressional members, the then-vice president said that he didn’t share Trump’s belief that he possessed the power to reject Electoral College votes. Trump criticized Pence’s decision in a new interview on Real America’s Voice, arguing that there would be a “different president right now” if he had refused to certify Biden....

Not Kyler Murray, the first overall pick of the draft. Not anyone else. Instead, Trump went out of his way to congratulate Bosa, who has been a well-spoken supporter of the president. Bosa has also had some other controversial tweets involving Colin Kaepernick, Beyonce and Black Panther. He received so much negative feedback for those tweets that he actually deleted all of them before the draft. “I had to (stop tweeting politics),” he told ESPN....

Speaking on Fox News on Tuesday, the counselor to the president took a shot at former President Barack Obama, suggesting that he—unlike Trump—did not deserve to receive the honor, Grabien reported. Trump became the first U.S. president to set foot in North Korea when he met Kim Jong Un at the border town of Panmunjom on Sunday. The meeting could prove to be a shot in the arm for stalled talks on North Korea denuclearization and reciprocal sanctions relief....

Vice President Mike Pence has been pressed to invoke Section 4 of the 25th Amendment to have Trump’s presidential powers stripped, with him then to become acting president for the remainder of the tenure. Democrat figureheads House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called Pence on Thursday morning to discuss this point, though they did not speak to him and in a recent statement said he had not been in touch with them....

As he arrived outside Trump Tower in Manhattan at roughly 9 p.m. Sunday night, the ex-president was reportedly welcomed by one supporter standing across the road alongside members of the press. He waved at the supporter from inside his SUV, before entering the skyscraper. Protesters gathered outside the building calling for his arrest on Monday morning. Some held signs that read, “Florida Man Go Home,” “Indict Trump” and “Arrest Trump,” according to the Independent....

According to CREW, which is tracking the president’s many conflicts of interest, Trump has promoted his businesses on 217 occasions since coming to office back in January 2017. The president has, at the time of writing, held office for 1,011 days. That’s a 4.66 average. Among those occasions were 81 promotions of his golf courses, 39 promotions of his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, 29 promotions of his old reality TV show The Apprentice, 29 promotions of his international properties, and 35 promotions of Trump Tower....

Only days after being appointed acting defense secretary, Christopher Miller announced the U.S. would reduce its troop numbers to 2,500 in both Afghanistan and Iraq by January 15. This was followed by national security adviser Robert O’Brien saying how Trump wanted “to put a stop to America’s endless wars.” While such a rapid withdrawal has sparked concern among Senate Republicans, such as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who said it would be a “mistake,” such a move could be a fitting end to the tenure of a president whose perceived belligerence has not extended to the battlefield....

According to the social media giant’s ad tracker, Trump has spent more in Texas, Iowa, Ohio and Nebraska as he aims to target more specific blocs of voters in states that could tip the election result. Through his Make America Great Again Committee, Trump’s team spent just over $195,000 in Texas last week, while Biden’s Victory Fund spent around $173,000 there. Both joint fundraising committees raise money for the individual campaigns and either the Democratic or Republican National Committees....

Michael Jackson owned an apartment in Trump Tower in Manhattan through the 80s and 90s and reportedly had numerous playdates with Ivanka, Trump Jr. and Eric who lived just next door. Trump Jr. recounted the experience as mostly positive, but said he was devastated when his father gave away a copy of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to the icon. “So this is sort of a cool story,” Trump Jr. said....

If you didn’t already know, you would never be able to guess that the Puerta a las Misiones youth outreach center is smack dab in the middle of a danger zone. Here in Rivera Hernández, one of the toughest neighborhoods in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, and perhaps one of the toughest neighborhoods in the world, streets are divided into five smaller districts, each under the control of a different gang....

An assassin, a thief, an archeologist, and a human with Time Lord DNA, the mystery of River Song spread across seasons and different incarnations of The Doctor. Her story was cyclical, with her beginning also being the end of her story, and the show eventually caught up with her timeline. With her character being dead in the show, will River Song ever make a return to the TARDIS? RELATED: Karen Gillan Would Return To Doctor Who, But Under One Condition....

There are plenty of terrifying episodes throughout the revival, but not all of them are necessarily sci-fi horror. Stories that define this crossover subgenre use sci-fi elements — aliens, rogue technology, experiments gone wrong — to not only scare its audience, but explore the things we fear and why they’re frightening. These episodes of Doctor Whoare peak examples of revival-era stories that keep viewers on the edge of their seats, peeking through their fingers as the events unfold....

The woman in her 30s, who does not wish to be named, went in for a gynecological procedure at Yeovil District Hospital, South-West England, in 2018. However, she was given a spinal rather than general anesthetic ahead of the procedure, meaning she did not fully go under, according to law firm Irwin Mitchell. The woman also claims the doctors were unable to hear her when she screamed for help because she was wearing an oxygen mask....

MLB announced the decision Saturday. “My office has completed its investigation into the allegations that Julio Urías violated Major League Baseball’s Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy," commissioner Rob Manfred wrote in a press release. “Mr. Urías cooperated fully with my office’s investigation. Having reviewed all of the available evidence, I have concluded that Mr. Urías violated our Policy and that discipline is appropriate.” In the alleged incident, Urias was reportedly seen shoving his girlfriend in public following an argument....

While it might not seem like much, gaining 5 just pounds has been shown to worsen asthma control and quality of life. In one study published in the journal Respiratory Medicine, gaining 5 pounds, compared to those who gained less or lost weight, was associated with: 22% poorer self-rated asthma control 18% poorer self-reported quality of life 31% increase in the odds of requiring a steroid burst The authors concluded that “strategies to prevent weight gain could help patients achieve better asthma control and improve asthma-related quality of life....

In terms of the bigger picture, there is nothing more important for Chelsea in the final weeks of the season than securing a top-four finish. Ensuring the club will be in the Champions League next season was a must for Thomas Tuchel when he took the job in January, and after victory over Manchester City on Saturday, the Blues find themselves sitting third with three games to play. And yet, the narrative around the last-gasp win at the Etihad Stadium will be framed around one thing: what it means for the upcoming Champions League final meeting between these two sides....

Physical Benefits in the Brain Some studies have shown that cocoa, the primary ingredient in chocolate, improves the actual health of the brain. For example, MRI testing has shown increased functioning in the hippocampal area—an area typically affected in early Alzheimer’s disease—with high levels of cocoa consumption.​ Another study on drinking hot cocoa demonstrated increased cognitive scores for the participants who drank hot cocoa twice a day. The people involved in this study did not have dementia and were over the age of 65 years....