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Coca-Cola, Breweries and Automakers Prepare for Trump’s Tariffs
Coca-Cola could produce more plastic bottles in light of incoming aluminum tariffs. Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Leaders of soda makers, local breweries and major automakers across the U.S. are scrambling to prepare for the impacts of incoming tariffs on steel and aluminum imports that are essential to their production. Announced by the Trump…
Read MoreDua Lipa Has Priceless Reaction to Death of Duolingo’s Owl Mascot – E! Online
Way to break Dua Lipa's heart. After language-learning app Duolingo jokingly killed off its mascot Duo after referencing the "One Kiss" singer in TikTok videos with the green owl for years, the… Source link
Read MoreBird flu found in black vultures near New Braunfels
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Empty shelves and surging prices are the problems consumers are facing as the egg supply feels the effects of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), commonly known as the bird flu. Detected in all states across the U.S., HPAI is a highly contagious zoonotic virus that transmits easily among wild and domestic birds.…
Read MoreLaser lab stashed beneath the University of Texas could power future space travel
Phillip Franke explains the basics of laser physics. (Credit: Todd Bailey/KXAN) AUSTIN (KXAN) — Deep beneath the surface in a quiet corner of the basement of the Physics, Math and Astronomy building of the University of Texas at Austin, lasers blast electronics with simulated cosmic rays. TAU Systems builds laser-plasma accelerators, capable of stripping atoms…
Read MoreQatar Will Build a Permanent National Pavilion in Venice’s Giardini della Biennale
The entrance to the Giardini, the Venice Biennale’s original and still primary venue. Photo by Giuseppe Cottini/Getty Images) Clearly, the Gulf countries have grasped the power of culture and the arts as both a tool of soft power and a means of economic expansion, positioning themselves as global destinations rather than economies solely reliant on…
Read MoreOctomom Natalie Suleman Claims She Was Once “Most Hated Person” in America – E! Online
Natalie Suleman is sharing her story. The so-called Octomom is looking back at the media frenzy that surrounded her when she made history by becoming the first person to give birth to octuplets who lived in 2009—earning her the famed moniker—with a new biopic I Was Octomom: The Natalie Suleman Story, premiering March 8. Before the trailer…
Read MoreDripping Springs ISD community to vote on $402.3M bond package in May
DRIPPING SPRINGS, Texas (KXAN) — The Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees unanimously voted on Feb. 6 to call a bond election, which will put a $402.3 million package in front of voters this May. The bond comes amid the continued growth of the city and the county. Hays CISD is also putting a bond…
Read More‘Captain America: Brave New World’ Review: No Cure For the Marvel Malaise Here
Anthony Mackie in Captain America: Brave New World. Courtesy of Marvel/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Marvel Fatigue has been a thing long enough that we’re now experiencing “Marvel Fatigue Fatigue,” in that critics and lapsed fans like myself are not only tired of Marvel movies, we’re tired of complaining about them. I’d hoped — though…
Read MoreKhloe Kardashian Shares “Hard” Lesson She Learned From Lamar Odom Marriage – E! Online
While accepting the 2018 Woman of the Year Award by the Peggy Albrecht Friendly House, a residential program for women recovering from substance and alcohol abuse, Moore spoke about the “self-destructive path” that nearly derailed her career. “I feel like there’s a defining moments in our lives that shape who we are and the direction…
Read MoreNa Kim’s Hauntingly Luminous Portraits Are a Study in Subjectivity
Na Kim in her studio. Courtesy the artist In an increasingly loud and worrisome world, painter Na Kim is grateful to have an outlet—a metaphorical place she can go to reflect and ground herself. “Painting is a place of respite where the subject becomes my mantra,” she tells Observer. “Flow state feels a lot like…
Read MoreAudio from Titan submersible implosion released by NOAA
(NewsNation) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Wednesday released an audio recording of what it suspects is the moment the Titan submersible imploded on June 18, 2023. NOAA says the sound comes from a moored passive acoustic recorder approximately 900 miles from the site of the implosion, which killed all five people on…
Read More15 Phenomenal Black-Owned Hotels Around the World
The hospitality world has a puzzling habit of pushing a one-size-fits-all approach—think neutral artwork, beige walls and “continental” breakfasts that blur from one city to the next. Here’s the thing: rote uniformity doesn’t spark a traveler’s imagination. Exceptional journeys often unfold in spaces with the confidence to showcase distinct visions, and Black-owned hotels have championed…
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