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While public service announcements have become very popular throughout the pandemic, using the significant platforms that celebrities and athletes have to spread awareness about the virus has become more prevalent over the past few days. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was one of the first to use well-known actors such as Ben Stiller, Danny DeVito and Robert De Niro, as well as La La Anthony, TV personality and wife of NBA player Carmelo Anthony....

While the pandemic prevented our team from meeting in-person with victims of religious persecution, abusive governments around the world do not get a free pass to deny the fundamental right of freedom of religion or belief. After visits to Azerbaijan, Laos, Malaysia and Sudan in early 2020, we quickly adapted to virtual meetings, events and public hearings to gather information and hear concerns from witnesses and experts around the world....

“Last night we saw disturbing, violent clashes amidst protests right here in New York City, in Brooklyn, and we all saw the video last night. I am asking Attorney General [Letitia] James to review the actions and the procedures that were used last night because the public deserves and answers and they deserve accountability,” Cuomo said at his daily coronavirus press briefing Saturday. Protesters in Brooklyn gathered in support of George Floyd, who died in Minneapolis Monday after a police officer knelt on his neck....

Canada-based TikTok user Florence has racked up 35,000 followers and 1.5 million likes sharing videos of her cats, Mulan, Theo and Bernard, and often posts videos of Bernard’s movements through his GPS tracker. One video which received nearly 800,000 views and over 20,000 likes showed Bernard’s lengthy route, recorded through a device attached to his collar, which saw him travel a huge 16 miles. The social media user shared the clip in April and received nearly 700 comments from users, with one writing: “Your cat took a city tour of Montreal, beautiful city....

As the hours tick away before the bombs drop on Baghdad, Americans are acclimating to life under Code Orange for the third time since September 11, 2001. But Code Orange has a darker hue to it this time around. Raised from Code Yellow’s “elevated risk” after President George W. Bush told Iraqi president Saddam Hussein he must leave the country within 48 hours or face military action, Code Orange indicates a “high risk” of assaults on the United States....

Here is how the teams that acquired players at the deadline fared based on ratings in “Madden NFL 19.” Philadelphia Eagles: traded third-round pick for WR Golden Tate By picking up the 89 Overall-rated Tate, the Eagles now have a dynamic playmaker with the ball in his hands to pair with a more traditional No. 1 receiver in Alshon Jeffery (rated 90) who is skilled at contested, down-field catches. That duo will make the Eagles’ offense much more difficult to slow down....

Granderson, an unrestricted free agent, reportedly has reached an accord on a four-year, $60 million contract with the New York Mets. He leaves the New York Yankees, for who he played the past four seasons. Also on Friday, Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano reportedly reached agreement with the Seattle Mariners on a 10-year, $240 million contract. Joel Sherman of the New York Post and Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports both tweeted word of the agreement....

Misti Jamrowski lost her daughter Jordan Anchondo, 24, and son-in-law Andre Anchondo, 23, in the deadly attack that took the lives of 22 people at a Walmart in the Texas city. Both parents died attempting to protect their two-month-old baby, Paul, who survived. Skylin Jamrowski and her sister Victoria, Jordan’s children from a previous relationship to who Andre was a stepfather, were not at the Walmart during the shooting....

The 21-year-old winger has been linked with a move away from the club several times in the last year, reportedly due to a lack of first-team football, with Tottenham and Everton said to be particularly interested in him during the close-season. Gray 7/2 to score v Stoke In just under two years at the club, Gray has made only 12 Premier League starts, with Riyad Mahrez and Marc Albrighton generally preferred to him by Claudio Ranieri and then Craig Shakespeare....

Exactly how an awkward little man like Moby (a.k.a. Richard Melville Hall, a true descendant of Herman Melville) became one of contemporary music’s coolest icons is still a mystery. He is bald, soft-spoken and small enough to fit into the trunk of a Volkswagen. There’s also nothing traditional about the music he makes, or how he makes it. The 36-year-old Moby is a one-man operation: a singer, producer, pianist, songwriter and DJ who makes genre-defying music in a small home studio....

Last October, scientists from non-profit OCEARCH tagged the 12 foot, four-inch-long shark with a monitoring device in the waters off West Ironbound Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Since then, data indicates that the nearly-thousand-pound male has traveled more than 2,700 miles, a journey that has included two separate trips to the Florida Keys. According to OCEARCH, which collects data on shark movements, this type of behavior is not usually seen among the great whites they monitor....

Ocearch, an organization that observes marine animals with satellite trackers, has been tagging great whites off the East Coast for over a decade. The team now follows over 80 white sharks in the Atlantic and over the years has built up a picture of their movements throughout the year. With winter approaching, the sharks that feed in the northern regions, such as Cape Cod, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, over summer make their way south....

The Hella Mega Tour, presented by Harley Davidson, will start on June 13, 2020, in Paris, France and will finish on August 29, 2020, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Green Day will release its new album on February 7, 2020, with the title track “Father of All” now available for streaming or download. Announced yesterday (September 10) Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer delivered the revelation in a parody of Anchorman’s News Team Fight scene on YouTube....

Between the second and third rounds, Hardy asked for his inhaler and no one stepped in and stopped him. Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year ESPN commentators pointed out he shouldn’t have even been allowed to have the inhaler inside the Octagon, but somehow it was there and he used it. The UFC’s vice president of regulatory affairs Marc Ratner told the broadcast “that is against all of the rules....

Leakes married NeNe, a former star of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, in 1997 before getting divorced in 2010. They later remarried in 2013. Leakes is survived by his six children: Daryl, Damian, Dexter, Denton, Katrina and Brentt. He was also a stepdad to NeNe’s son, Bryson, whom she had from a prior relationship. Leakes’ publicist Ernest Dukes shared a statement about the news. “Today the Leakes family is in deep pain with a broken heart....

Johnson was speaking at a virtual climate change summit on Earth Day organized by President Joe Biden when he made the remark that’s currently in Thunberg’s bio. Though he wasn’t criticizing the activist, his particular phrasing garnered attention. “It’s vital for all of us to show that this is not all about some expensive politically correct green act of ‘bunny-hugging’ or however you want to put it,” Johnson said of measures to tackle climate change....

The Swedish climate activist said the U.K. government, which is hosting the COP26 summit, should postpone the event until vaccine rates have risen worldwide. Thunberg, 18, wrote on Twitter: “Of course I would love to attend the Glasgow COP26. But not unless everyone can take part on the same terms. “Right now many countries are vaccinating healthy young people, often at the expense of risk groups and front line workers, mainly from the global south, as usual....

If you are unsure whether you are experiencing grief or finding it challenging to work through bereavement, grief counseling can offer support and helpful ways to bring meaning to the loss and allow you to move forward through your grief. This article will define grief, provide an overview of grief counseling, and offer ways to find a grief therapist. How Grief Counseling Helps You Process Emotions Grieving is hard. However natural it may be, working through loss can take a toll on a person’s mental, emotional, and physical well-being....

Griezmann gave a mesmerising individual display for Atletico on Wednesday, scoring all four goals in a 4-0 demolition of Leganes that saw Diego Simeone’s men move within four points of La Liga leaders Barcelona. A second hat-trick in four days after a treble against Sevilla on Sunday indicates Griezmann is one of the world’s hottest players, with his first strike against Leganes bringing up his 100th Atleti goal in all competitions....

I just read your cover story on the next wave of high technology (“The New Digital Galaxy,” Science & Technology, May 31), and while I have been a daily Internet user for four years, I don’t want the Net emanating from every pore in my house. I don’t want my refrigerator to order food for me, or a computer in my toilet to examine my stool and talk to other computers about it behind my back....