The average price of a gallon of regular gas in the U.S. reached its lowest late-summer price of the past four years this month — but not in Oregon, where gas prices rose over the same time period. So far this month, the U.S. average for a gallon of gas has been about $3.13, a 3-cent drop from August 2021, …
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Nasa halting 41 key missions due to Trump’s fund cuts, agency’s funding at lowest since 1961 – Firstpost
The US government science programmes face a reckoning under the Trump administration and Nasa has emerged as one of the most prominent casualties. The administration’s proposed budget reductions would slash Nasa’s resources to levels not seen since before the first human spaceflight in 1961. The cuts are the steepest percentage drop in a single year ever proposed for the agency …
Read More »Japan core inflation dips to lowest since March as rice prices cool
Residential and commercial properties near the Shibuya district of Tokyo on May 4, 2023. Richard A. Brooks | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s core inflation rate cooled to 3.1% in July, coming down from 3.3% the month before as rice inflation continued to ease. The figure — which strips out costs for fresh food — was higher than the 3% …
Read More »The States With the Highest and Lowest Adult Literacy Rates
While some people may define literacy in strict terms as proficiency in reading comprehension, there’s often much more to it than that. To be literate opens the door to parse information, think and act with credulity, and make inferences using written text. According to several metrics, the country’s overall ability to do that may be in decline. Adult Literacy Levels …
Read More »Vaccine panel fired by Kennedy had lowest rate of financial conflicts since 2000, study shows – Reuters
Vaccine panel fired by Kennedy had lowest rate of financial conflicts since 2000, study shows Reuters Healthy Returns: New study casts doubts on RFK Jr.’s reasons for gutting key vaccine panel CNBC Conflicts on vaccine panels were at record lows before Kennedy’s firings NBC News Conflicts of interest among federal vaccine advisors were ‘historically low’ through 2024 Endpoints News A Former Member of ACIP …
Read More »US homebuilder sentiment dips back to lowest level since late 2022 – Reuters
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Read More »Durham County faces lowest vaccine rates in central NC as school year approaches :: WRAL.com
The countdown to the return to school is on for many major Triangle-area traditional school systems, including Wake County and Durham County. Pediatricians say now is a critical time for parents to make plans to bring their children to see their family doctor for vaccinations. The North Carolina Department of Human Services Kindergarten Immunization Dashboard reports 93% of kindergarteners statewide …
Read More »Spike Lee on ‘Highest 2 Lowest,’ Denzel Washington, and A$AP Rocky
Leave it to Spike Lee to explode the typical high-stakes remake. His new film, Highest 2 Lowest, which opened Friday, flips Akira Kurosawa’s mannered 1963 staple, High and Low, into a rowdy, topical, laugh-out-loud romp (starring Denzel Washington, Jeffrey Wright, and A$AP Rocky) that’s as beautifully jarring as a dissonant sax solo. On a recent call from New York, Lee …
Read More »See ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ in theaters, rent ‘Superman,’ stream ‘Night Always Comes’ on Netflix
Hello, Yahoo readers! My name is Brett Arnold, film critic and longtime Yahoo editor, and I’m back with another edition of Trust Me, I Watch Everything. Two very different movies hit theaters this weekend, and I think both are worth seeing on the big screen: the latest work from prolific filmmaker Spike Lee, Highest 2 Lowest, starring frequent collaborator Denzel …
Read More »Matthew Libatique On The Secrets Behind Shooting ‘Highest 2 Lowest’
“He’s like a jazz musician,” Matthew Libatique explains when quizzed on his longtime collaborator Spike Lee. The two filmmakers, both native New Yorkers, have worked together on five features: Inside Man, She Hate Me, Miracle at St. Anna, Chi-Raq, and, most recently, Highest 2 Lowest, which opens today in U.S. theatres. Only Ernest Dickerson, the great cinematographer behind Lee’s most …
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