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Always a huge event, Metro expects well over 1,000 fans to attend! With 5,000 comics to give away, a Huge Storewide Sale, and photo ops with the 501st Legion Troopers and Costumed Cosplayers, this Free Comic Book Day could be the biggest of all time! Metro Entertainment hosts Saturday, May 3RD 11am-9pm Please Contact: Bob More
Although there are other established genetic and environmental contributors to NCD risks, a modifiable lifestyle plays a vital role at an individual level [1, 2]. Dietary choices also contribute to the risk of developing inflammation, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, and overweight/obesity. All the risks mentioned above increase diseases associated with severe morbidity and mortality, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer [3]. The marked rise in chronic NCDs links to global dietary patterns that are becoming increasingly westernized [4]. Nowadays, diets are characterized by high saturated fats, fatty and processed meats, refined grains, salt, and sugars but lack fresh fruits and vegetables. WHO…
It was an action-packed showing on Tuesday as the 2022 Winter Olympics neared the end of its first week of competition.Team USA got off to a promising start on Day 0 but had a subdued showing on Day 1. But the U.S. got back on track during Day 2 and Day 3, earning three medals — all silver — heading into Tuesday.It was a huge day for Team USA figure skating, as Nathan Chen skated his way to a new men’s world record.Ten medal events took place on Day 4, which is tied for the most in a single day…
Washington — PBS CEO Paula Kerger said Sunday that “we have never seen a circumstance like this” after President Trump issued an executive order last week aimed at cutting federal funding to the two major public broadcasting systems — PBS and NPR.”This is different. They’re coming after us on many different ways,” Kerger said on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.”On Thursday, Mr. Trump signed an executive order instructing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the private nonprofit that serves as the steward of the funding to public media, to cease federal funding for PBS and NPR. The executive order dictates…
The result is an over four percentage-point improvement over the party’s vote share in GE2020.[SINGAPORE] The Workers’ Party (WP) has retained Sengkang GRC against the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP), with 56.31 per cent of the votes.This is a more than four percentage-point improvement over the party’s vote share in the last election, when the team won with a narrower margin of 52.12 per cent of the votes against the PAP.The WP team comprises incumbents He Ting Ru, Jamus Lim and Louis Chua, as well as Abdul Muhaimin Abdul Malik, who replaced former MP Raeesah Khan. They were up against…
There may be a changing of the guard in men’s tennis as Carlos Alcaraz defeated Novak Djokovic in five sets, 1-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4, to win the men’s singles title at Wimbledon on Sunday in England.The 20-year-old Alcaraz won his first Grand Slam title at the 2022 US Open and was ranked No. 1 in the world and the top seed coming into Wimbledon. But Djokovic, the two-time defending champion, was the -190 betting favorite (bet $10 to win $15.26 total) coming into the final match.Alcaraz, the youngest male player in history to be ranked No. 1 in…
NEW YORK — Marvel Studios’ “Thunderbolts” opened with $76 million in domestic ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, kicking off the summer box office with a solid No. 1 debut that fell shy of Marvel’s more spectacular launches.All eyes had been on whether “Thunderbolts” — a team-up of antihero rejects similar to “Avengers” – could restore the Walt Disney Co. superhero factory to the kind of box office performance the studio once enjoyed so regularly. The results – similar to the debuts of “The Eternals” ($71 million) and “Ant-Man and the Wasp” ($75 million) — suggested Marvel’s malaise won’t…
The votes are in and residents of a small swath of southern Texas are in favor of Starbase becoming a real city. The newly-designated city is home to SpaceX and many of its employees, and it’s where Elon Musk’s company builds rocket engines, launches spacecraft and manufactures other space-related tech. According to the final vote tally, 212 residents voted in favor of incorporating as Starbase, while six voted against the measure — but, it’s worth noting that most of the eligible voters in the locale are SpaceX employees and only 143 votes were needed to make Starbase a city. on…
The Indiana Fever signed free agent guard Sydney Colson on Thursday, adding yet another WNBA champion to play behind All-Star point guard Caitlin Clark.Colson spent the last three seasons in Las Vegas, the franchise that has won the last two league titles. She also was a key player on the 2011 NCAA champion Texas A&M Aggies.”Sydney is a proven veteran in our league and throughout her career, delivered for her teams in many big moments,” general manager Amber Cox said in a statement. “She brings a championship pedigree to the Fever, adding depth to our point guard position. We have…
Following that minor hiccup in rollout, Samsung is pressing ahead with the One UI 7 updates to all of the devices expecting it. We’re now into the tablet arena and Samsung is updating the Galaxy Tab S10, Galaxy Tab S9, and Galaxy Tab S8 at the same time to Android 15 and the latest in One UI. We know for sure that the carrier models are seeing the update, but that should mean WiFi-only models aren’t far behind in the US. For carriers, that currently includes the Plus versions on Verizon, which should hit Ultra and regular versions too. Here…