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Gabby Thomas to miss World Track and Field Championships due to injury

Gabby Thomas to miss World Track and Field Championships due to injury

Gabby Thomas will miss the World Track and Field Championships due to an Achilles injury. Thomas, a triple gold medalist at the 2024 Paris Olympics (200m, 4x100m, 4x400m), has dealt with an Achilles injury since May. It exacerbated in July. Worlds are Sept. 13-21 in Tokyo. “I understand that it will be disappointing for some track fans to hear this …

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Xbox Next May Cost Twice as Much as PlayStation 6 Due to Magnus APU and Third-Party Stores Support; Xbox PCs Won’t Support Backward Compatibility

Xbox Next May Cost Twice as Much as PlayStation 6 Due to Magnus APU and Third-Party Stores Support; Xbox PCs Won’t Support Backward Compatibility

The Xbox next-generation system could cost significantly more than the PlayStation 6 due to the Magnus APU and the potential support of third-party stores that would deprive Microsoft of the 30% cut on every game sold on the system. Commenting on the next-generation system on the NeoGAF forums, known AMD leaker Kepler L2 reiterated that the leaked AMD Magnus APU …

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Chris Columbus says ‘Harry Potter’ reunion ‘impossible’ due to J.K. Rowling

Chris Columbus says ‘Harry Potter’ reunion ‘impossible’ due to J.K. Rowling

Chris Columbus says a Harry Potter reunion with the original cast is “impossible” due to J.K. Rowling’s identity politics. “Everyone in the cast has their own opinion,” the filmmaker said. Rowling’s anti-transgender views have caused widespread controversy and elicited pro-trans statements from Harry Potter stars like Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson. Harry Potter fans shouldn’t get their hopes up for …

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Flesh-eating bacteria: Vibrio vulnificus cases, which cause necrotizing fasciitis, rising due to climate change, scientists say

Flesh-eating bacteria: Vibrio vulnificus cases, which cause necrotizing fasciitis, rising due to climate change, scientists say

NEW ORLEANS — Just southwest of New Orleans, in a tranquil fishing village on the Louisiana bayou, Linard Lyons spent the morning on his 19-foot boat, preparing crab traps for his grandchildren just like he had done thousands of times before. This time, he noticed a tiny scratch on his leg – a scratch that nearly cost him his life. …

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It really sucks” Battlefield 6 technical director bummed out about those unable to play due to Secure Boot requirement, believes anti-cheat cat-and-mouse game will “never end

It really sucks” Battlefield 6 technical director bummed out about those unable to play due to Secure Boot requirement, believes anti-cheat cat-and-mouse game will “never end

The Battlefield 6 open betas proved exceptionally popular earlier this month for many, but a significant portion of the PC playerbase were met with a daunting wall to play thanks to the game’s Secure Boot requirement. This technical hurdle is in place for the game’s anti-cheat, a kernel-level bit of software dedicated to curbing a rising cheating problem across online …

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George Clooney Misses ‘Jay Kelly’ Press Conference Due To Infection

George Clooney Misses ‘Jay Kelly’ Press Conference Due To Infection

George Clooney had to miss the press conference for his new Netflix movie Jay Kelly, which launches this week at the Venice Film Festival, due to what the festival moderator described as a “bad sinus infection.” The press conference moderator said Clooney “should” be at this evening’s world premiere screening but the conditional tense left the door open to him …

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Ground stop at Newark airport due to Air Traffic Control communication issues

Ground stop at Newark airport due to Air Traffic Control communication issues

NEWARK, New Jersey (WABC) — A temporary ground stop was issued for incoming flights at Newark Liberty International Airport on Thursday morning because of Air Traffic Control communication issues. ATC controllers in the center told ABC News they lost their radio frequencies. Officials said incoming flights to Newark and Teterboro airports were ground-stopped due to equipment issues at the FAA …

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