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Oura Ring biometric tracker. Last Wednesday, President Biden was widely praised in mainstream and health-care–focused media for his call to create a “new biomedical research agency” modeled after the US military’s “high-risk, high-reward” Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA. As touted by the president, the agency would seek to develop “innovative” and “breakthrough” treatments for cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and diabetes, with a call to “end cancer a...

The fourth great-nephew of the Confederate general says it is “a celebration of white supremacy.” Published 18 hours ago Written by BET Staff Residents of Iredell County, N.C., are fighting to remove a statue of  Confederate General Robert E. Lee and they now have the support of one of his descendants. According to the Raleigh News & Observer, the fourth great-nephew of Lee, Rev. Robert Wright “Rob” Lee IV, is joining a multiracial lawsuit to remove the statue of Lee in Statesville, N...

Descendant of Robert E. Lee Joins Fight to Have Confederate Statue Removed 16237 People from all backgrounds are coming together to get a statue of Robert E. Lee removed from a North Carolina site. Including one descendant of the confederate war general. Rev. Robert Wright “Rob” Lee IV, the fourth great-nephew of Robert E. Lee joined a multiracial lawsuit filed on Tuesday to have his great uncle’s statue removed from the Government Center in downtown Statesville, The Raleigh News & Obser...

A multiracial lawsuit demanding the removal of a Confederate monument in Iredell County, North Carolina, offers a historic family twist. One of the residents supporting the move is a descendant of Robert E. Lee. The Rev. Robert Wright "Rob" Lee IV of Statesville, a fourth great-nephew of the Confederacy's commanding general, is among a group of residents and organizations calling on Iredell ...

In New York, a Wait-and-See Attitude Even With a Reopening Businesses will begin to reopen in weeks, but in residential buildings, no one seems quite ready to abandon pandemic protocols. Last year, the staff at 150 West 58th Street routinely sanitized packages outdoors before delivering them to residents. That precaution may — or may not be — a thing of the past very soon.Credit...Robert Wright for The New York Times By Joanne Kaufman May 6, 2021, 8:00 a.m. ET On Monday, Gov. Andrew M. Cuom...

This Biden Proposal Could Make the US a “Digital Dictatorship” Published: May 6, 2021   Last Wednesday, President Biden was widely praised in mainstream and health-care–focused media for his call to create a “new biomedical research agency” modeled after the US military’s “high-risk, high-reward” Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA. As touted by the president, the agency would seek to develop “innovative” and “breakthrough” treatments for cance...

Alerts The sun rises behind the Robert E. Lee statue, where streets are closed ahead of expected protests in Richmond, Virginia on January 17, 2021. - Security officials have warned that armed pro-Trump extremists, possibly carrying explosives, pose a threat to Washington as well as state capitals over the coming week. Photo: Ryan M. Kelly (Getty Images) That we even have to debate whether a statue of Robert E. Lee should exist tells us how backwards many people in America are. Of course, four...

Response to "What is Progressive Realism" ["But the article was essentially about describing the differences between schools of thought while obviously giving evidence the author thought supported a different school than has predominated and was making a case for trying something different"] Robert Wright in the 2nd paragraph makes "realist" a synonym for Kissingers cynical "realpolitik", thus loading any "realist" with the baggage of Kissingers policies in Vietnam, turning a blind eye to dis...

After Day 2 of the inaugural Texas State $1M GTD Main Event at the Lone Star Poker Series, 17 players are left in search of the first-place prize of $355K.

| 01/30/2004 (4 out of 5 stars) "GRAND HOTEL is still one of the most ambitious Broadway musicals ever written. The lovely score by Maury Yeston (NINE, TITANIC) as well as Robert Wright and George Forrest is simply sublime. One of the best ensemble musicals ever written.The story concerns the various guests and employees at a well-to-do hotel in Berlin: the ageing ballerine Elizaveta (Liliane Montevecchi - NINE) and her lesbian companion Raffaela (Karen Akers - NINE); the dashing Baron Felix...