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How to Trigger Spiderman's Spider-Tracer in Marvel Rivals

Marvel Rivals characters come with unique skills, and you might not know some of their names. One of these skills is Spider-Tracer, a passive ability you can trigger in Marvel Rivals as the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. While you might not want to try Spidey as your default hero, one of the missions in the new Midnight Features event requires you to do so. Don’t worry! You are on a safe web.…

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How Do You Convince Consumers to Eat Plant-Based Meat?

Not too long ago, imitation meats, including plant-based products from brands like Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods, appeared poised to help save the world from the environmental, health and ethical harms that often go along with eating animal flesh. But that was before concerns grew that the products were “ultraprocessed,” a message amplified both by adherents of whole food diets and meat…

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David Lynch, ‘Twin Peaks’ and the American Art of Television

Is “Twin Peaks” the most American TV series ever made? It is, maybe, not the first series that a nation would happily choose as its calling card: a murder mystery, surreal and haunted, that involves the sacrifice of the innocent against a backdrop of mountain majesties and small-town diners. In it, David Lynch, who died at age 78, jimmied up the floorboards of the American dream and loosed a…

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L.A. Officials Warn of Compromised Drinking Water in Fire-Ravaged Areas

As fires across Los Angeles County start to wind down, health officials are warning about risks related to water systems in the area. Municipal water pipes damaged by fire can lose pressure, causing them to suck in smoke and harmful chemicals. Those chemicals can make their way through the water system and linger for years. Plastic piping, commonly used to carry water in quake-prone states like…

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Wendy Williams' Attorney Says Star Is Still Suffering From Dementia, Despite Interview

Wendy Williams has some good and some bad days … but people shouldn’t assume she’s fine just because she calls into an interview show — so says her lawyer. We spoke with Roberta Kaplan, Wendy’s attorney, who tells us … Wendy’s dealing with frontal lobe dementia — a neurological disease with no cure. Because of this, Roberta explains, a state court found her unable to make legal and financial…

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Darrin Bell, Pulitzer-Winning Cartoonist, Faces Child Pornography Charges

Darrin Bell, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, was arrested in California on Wednesday on charges that he possessed more than 100 videos of child pornography, some of which was computer-generated, according to the authorities. Investigators connected Mr. Bell, 49, to an online account that had shared 134 files of child sex abuse, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.…

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Trump Taps Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone and Jon Voight as Hollywood ‘Ambassadors’

President-elect Donald J. Trump has added Hollywood to his fix-it list, saying in a social media post on Thursday that Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone and Jon Voight would be his “eyes and ears” in the entertainment capital. He said the goal was “bringing Hollywood, which has lost much business over the last four years to Foreign Countries, BACK — BIGGER, BETTER, AND STRONGER THAN EVER…

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What do opposing coaches think about Notre Dame’s chances against Ohio State?

It’s not just a lot of college football fans who have warmed up to Notre Dame these days. Rival football coaches seem to love Marcus Freeman’s team too. “I don’t think people realize how good of a team Notre Dame is,” said one defensive backs coach who faced the Irish in the Playoff. “I didn’t realize it till we played them. They’re f—— really good. Their DBs, man … their defense is aggressive.…

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3-time World Champion would love to revisit popular feud with CM Punk in WWE

CM Punk has a vision for 2025, and he’s set to compete at WWE Royal Rumble in 2025 for a shot to headline WrestleMania. Meanwhile, Jeff Hardy stated he’s interested in revisiting his popular feud with The Second City Saint. In 2009, CM Punk and Jeff Hardy were in a heated feud that blurred the line between fiction and reality in different instances. The storyline was one of the most talked about…

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Apple Plans to Disable A.I. Summaries of News Notifications

Less than six months after rolling out a series of artificial intelligence features, Apple is disabling one of its signature capabilities: aggregating and summarizing news notifications. The company revealed the change on Thursday in a software update for developers. It follows an outcry from British media outlets that Apple’s software was misrepresenting news reports. In December, the BBC was…

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Biden Administration Creates Final Limits for Oil Drillers in Alaska

The Biden administration announced new protections for 1.3 million acres in the North Slope of Alaska, a final effort to shield it from oil companies eager to drill in the ecologically sensitive Arctic environment. President-elect Donald J. Trump returns to the White House on Monday, and he has pledged to grant fossil fuel companies broad access to American land and federal waters. The new…

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Wendy Williams Breaks Silence on Guardianship: ‘I Feel Like I am in Prison’

Wendy Williams, the former daytime television host who was given a diagnosis of dementia and placed under a guardianship, insisted in an interview on Thursday that she was not cognitively impaired and complained about the restrictions she faces living in a care facility. Williams last filmed her popular talk show in the summer of 2021, and a year later a court appointed a legal guardian to…

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New Fire Threatens Los Angeles, as Death Toll Rises to 10

Cathy Smythe stood on the grounds of what had been her home on Altadena’s Alta Pine Drive, sifting through ash and rubble. She and her husband had left in a hurry before the flames swept down from the nearby San Gabriel mountains, consuming their home of 24 years along with most of the surrounding houses. Now she surveyed the damage. “There’s a lot of memories in this house,” Ms. Smythe said,…

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Kid Cudi's Home Broken Into, Man Makes Food, Uses Bathroom, Takes Shower

Kid Cudi‘s residence sounds like it needs a deep cleaning … because police say an unwelcome visitor really made himself at home. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … the rapper’s Los Angeles area home was burglarized by an intruder who they say helped himself to Kid Cudi’s food, used the bathroom, and freshened up in the shower. Our sources tell us the intruder was discovered Wednesday around 5…

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Biden Tightens Cybersecurity Rules, Forcing Trump to Make a Choice

President Biden issued an executive order on Thursday requiring software companies selling their product to the federal government to prove they included ironclad security features that can thwart Chinese intelligence agencies, Russian ransomware gangs, North Korean cryptocurrency thieves and Iranian spies. But it is unclear whether the Trump administration, intent on deregulation even while it…

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Southwest Pilot Is Removed From Flight and Charged With D.U.I.

A Southwest Airlines pilot was removed from a plane at the airport in Savannah, Ga., on Wednesday and charged with driving under the influence, according to the authorities and jail records. Mark Howell, a regional spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration, said on Thursday that one of its officers at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport contacted law enforcement after…

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Stark: My 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot — the 10 players I voted for, and why

Ichiro! How many votes will he get — and how many flights are there from Tokyo to Cooperstown? Billy Wagner! The last time he threw a pitch was in 2010 … when he struck out the side in the ninth. But will he strike out Tuesday, in his final appearance on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot? CC Sabathia! Dustin Pedroia! Félix Hernández! They’re all on the ballot for the first time. Not so long ago,…