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On Monday, Senate Republicans blocked a bill passed by the House of Representatives that would have provided funding—because it also raised the debt ceiling, which has become a focus of partisan division. An agreement to avert a shutdown could still be reached. The last shutdown was only partial but it was the longest in U.S. history, running from December 21, 2018, to January 25, 2019. As Congress has not yet passed any funding bill, this would be a full shutdown....

That being said, there are some Assassin’s Creed protagonists that are undeniably more influential to the creed that they collectively serve when compared to others. When considering the most influential assassins, none are quite as important as AC1’s Altair and AC Origins’ Bayek. RELATED: Fan-Made Assassin’s Creed Infinity Video Imagines a Persian Setting Using Unreal Engine 5 Assassin’s Creed Origins - Bayek of Siwa With the game in which he stars outlining the initial origins of the organization that would go on to become the Assassin Brotherhood, it is inherently clear as to why Bayek of Siwa is so important and influential to the assassin movement....

The argument that Test debutants always fare badly in their first outing doesn’t really hold. Only West Indies (vs England) and Pakistan (vs India) conceded innings defeats in their debut Tests. Afghanistan’s cumulative total of 212 runs is, however, worse than what both West Indies and Pakistan managed. While all Test debutants (except Australia and Zimbabwe) lost their first game, many teams gave their opponents a good fight. England, playing Australia in the first ever Test match, lost only by 45 runs....

Google Under Siege: U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr is going to bring antitrust charges against Alphabet Inc., the parent of Google, before Election Day. Bet on it. As you may already know, there’s been a lot of chatter about Barr pushing the Justice Department staff to wrap up its work early. Is that a bad thing? I’ll leave that discussion for others. But here’s what I’m really wondering about: what would the remedies be?...

Concentration and language skills don’t change much with age. The ability to store and retrieve information declines slightly but steadilty from the 20s on. By age 50, lifelong thickening of the lens causes a noticeable loss of night vision and close-in focus. After 20, the heart becomes less adept at accelerating in response to exertion. Bars show maximum rate in beats per minute. As the body’s ability to deliver oxygen declines, the capacity for physical work falls....

With the COVID-19 lockdown still in force in most parts of the country, Americans remain shut up in their homes, Zooming their work or school and waiting for signs of relief. Quarantining doesn’t make much sense, however, if they still run out to the market to buy food and supplies. That’s why many consumers have turned to online stores that can deliver right to their door. Families stock up on food and household staples, including toilet paper and hand sanitizer when they can find those precious commodities....

The atlas is the first bone of your neck; it sits on top of the axis. (The skull sits on top of the atlas.) The dens projects into a central space in the atlas and this is how the bones of the atlantoaxial (atlanto relates to atlas, and axial relates to the axis bone) joint fit together. Unlike most other spinal vertebrae, the atlas does not have a vertebral body....

Now, in an unlikely alliance between Bungie and Riot Games, both companies are taking a huge step towards taking down the suppliers of cheat software. The makers of Destiny 2 and Valorant have filed a joint lawsuit against GatorCheats, among others involved in cheating, to cease their distribution of cheats/mods. This comes in the wake of both games seeing a significant rise of cheating in each game’s respective competitive modes....

Only 18 matches have been played thus far in this tournament and it has broken the record of the most abandoned games in a Cricket World Cup. In the 11 World Cups played earlier, the fans never witnessed 4 matches getting abandoned in the same edition. The cricket fans who were waiting for this mega-event since the last 4 years and the ones who have specially travelled to the United Kingdom to support their team are now questioning ICC’s decision of hosting the World Cup in England....

In November of last year the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) explained that mobile phone providers would begin to shut down their 3G networks in 2022. This move comes as mobile carriers attempt to improve their 5G network services. AT&T has been communicating with its users to let them know about upcoming changes. “For nearly two years, we’ve proactively sent numerous communications via direct mail, bill messaging, emails and text messages to help customers transition to next-generation networks before 3G services end on February 22,” an AT&T spokesperson told CNN Business....

A-T requires a team approach, typically including a primary care professional, immunologist (specialist in the immune system), pulmonologist (lung specialist), and neurologist (specialist in the brain and nervous system). Your current symptoms, medical history, and overall health condition will be considered in your treatment plan. Common treatments include fighting respiratory infections and controlling the spread of and severity of dilated blood vessels. This article discusses treatment options for people with ataxia-telangiectasia....

One example is Michigan punter Blake O’Neill, who fumbled the punt which allowed Michigan State to score the winning touchdown on the final play of the game. Also, Florida State (my alma mater) lost on the last play of the game when kicker Roberto Aguayo’s had an attempted field goal blocked and Georgia Tech returned it for the winning touchdown. You can imagine how those two players feel? MORE: CFB’s most incredible plays | Midseason All-Americans | SN Power Rankings...

MORE: Finally, it’s Chris Paul’s time to play for an NBA championship That sequence encapsulated the entire contest. The Bucks bullied the Hawks on the interior throughout Game 5 in cruising to a 123-112 win and 3-2 series lead in the Eastern Conference finals. “It was one of the main priorities, just to be aggressive out of the gate,” Holiday said during his postgame media availability. “Be the aggressor, be more aggressive than they were....

Even among players who love Destiny, many aren’t sure exactly why the game is so addictive. Still, they can’t stay away. The game’s satisfying, fluid combat probably has a lot to do that. Before developing Destiny, Bungie spent over a decade working on the groundbreaking Halo franchise, and it shows. Destiny has its share of disappointments; the gunplay is not one of them. In a talk at this year’s Game Developers’ Conference, senior animator David Helsby shared the secret to why Destiny feels so good....

Exciting as that may be, it raises many questions about the first game. Was Calamity Ganon what players thought it was? How could this incarnation of Ganon be in two places at once, buried underground and conquering Hyrule? The answers may point to Breath of the Wild 2 featuring a stronger Ganondorf than Link has ever faced before. RELATED: The Complete Chronological Order of Legend of Zelda Games The Curious Case of Calamity Ganon There is no questioning Calamity Ganon’s remarkable power....

Through Warzone’s massive popularity as a battle royale, it seems the Call of Duty franchise may be taking a page out of Fortnite’s book. Considering rumors and leaks have reached an all-time high, that usually signifies an official reveal by Activision is coming soon. Most recently, there’s been datamines and leaks of Black Ops-related content being added to Warzone, possibly as a tease for the next game which is reportedly called Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War....

But there’s another Reebok question, one with a new significance: just who was responsible for the “Dan and Dave” idea. Before The Miss, Mark Bossardet, a Reebok promotions director liked to say, “There are probably a lot of people taking credit for it.” Not anymore. Actually, but for the embarrassment, Dan Reebok move a lot of merchandise. But the ads never should have included the tag line “To be settled in Barcelona....

The proposal, currently being assembled by House committee chairs, is expected to be roughly $2.4 trillion—a compromise between the $1 trillion Republican-proposed HEALS Act and $3 trillion Democrat-proposed HEROES Act. The fresh measure is the first sign of movement toward a deal after at least six weeks of stalled-negotiations amid a pandemic that has left millions of Americans in desperate need of aid. “When you are talking about $2.2 trillion and $1....

A July 16 memo from Secretary of Defense Mark Esper was aimed at banning the Confederate flag from being flown at U.S. military bases but also resulted the prohibition of many other flags that had been previously allowed, including the LGBTQ pride flag and flags of sovereign Native American nations. On Friday, a group of over 30 Democratic House members sent a letter to Esper, urging him to revisit the policy and explicitly ban the Confederate flag....

A resident of the Akron suburb told authorities that an unknown person damaged a window and siding after shooting at the sign behind the window as another person took a different anti-Trump sign from their yard, according to WEWS. Deputies reportedly recovered two shotgun shell casings from the property. Before the shooting, the resident told authorities that photos of the signs had been placed in their mailbox alongside pro-Trump mailers....