Author: KnowledgeHippo

Many gun owners in the United States do not safely store their guns, even when the gun is loaded and there are children in the home, according to a report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The report, which was based on 2021 and 2022 data from eight states, found that many gun owners kept their guns unlocked and loaded in their homes despite rising rates of gun suicides and gun deaths among children. Gun storage practices varied across the eight states: Alaska, California, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, and Oklahoma.Of those surveyed in Ohio…

I never take off my eye makeup and I don’t wear foundation or concealer. I just splash water on my face in the morning and use Environ Retinol Serum 1. If I’m a good girl I use Garnier Vitamin C Daily UV Brightening Fluid and then put more makeup on my already made up eyes. I use any black eyeliner on my waterline. It’s always a pencil — you can smudge it a lot easier and I like my makeup to look a little effortless. I’m currently using one from Givenchy, the Khôl Couture waterproof pencil. I get eyelash extensions…

For two months at the beginning of his captivity in Gaza, fighters tied Andrei Kozlov’s hands and feet, leaving marks on his body. They tried to convince him that the outside world, including his parents, had abandoned him.”Your mom is on vacation in Greece,” the fighters told him. “Your mom doesn’t know anything about you and she doesn’t want to know.”The account of Mr. Kozlov’s eight months in captivity, given by his parents in an interview, came after he and three other hostages were rescued by Israeli commandos on Saturday in central Gaza, in an operation that left many Palestinians…

House Republicans used words like “violence,” “piracy” and “chaos.” They asked university leaders why so few protesters had been suspended. They showed videos and handled a document with a bright red ‘F’ grade.Leaders at Northwestern, Rutgers and the University of California, Los Angeles responded with phrases such as “due process,” “appropriate penalties” and “task force.”At the third congressional hearing with college presidents on Thursday, Republicans asked them a pointed question about pro-Palestinian encampments that student protesters have set up on college campuses and campuses across the country in response to the Israel-Hamas war.But university leaders appeared to learn lessons from…

If you or someone you love talks almost exclusively in Internet references — “Energizing Your Golden Retriever Friend” or “Show Me Rachel” — you may be suffering from a condition known as “brainrot.”The term mainly refers to low value internet content and the effects caused by excessive time consumption. Example: “I’ve watched so many TikToks, I’m out of my mind.”Online discussion of brainrot has recently become so widespread that some social media users have begun creating parodies of people who appear to embody the condition.Several videos from TikTok user Heidi Becker show her facing the camera as she rapidly merges…

Tesla’s shareholder vote on Elon Musk’s pay is in some ways a referendum on the performance of the company and its CEO.But even before the vote is completed on Thursday, Tesla’s share price shows that investors have plenty of doubts about Mr. Musk and the automaker’s prospects.Tesla shares are down nearly 30 percent this year, even as the broader stock market is up 14 percent. At its peak in 2021, Tesla’s market value was $1.2 trillion, putting it in the company of tech giants like Microsoft, Apple and Google. Its value has since sunk to about $576 billion, ranking it…

Akira Endo, a Japanese biochemist whose research on fungi helped lay the groundwork for widely prescribed drugs that lower a type of cholesterol that contributes to heart disease, died on June 5. He was 90 years old.Chiba Kazuhiro, president of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, where Dr. Edo was an emeritus professor, confirmed the death in a statement. The statement did not give a cause or where he died.Cholesterol, produced mainly in the liver, has important functions in the body. It is also a major contributor to coronary heart disease, a leading cause of death in the United States,…

Air Force One is quite comfortable if you’re its most privileged frequent flyer, with a comfortable bedroom and a spacious office.However, most US presidents will try to avoid making two round trips to Europe, separated by about 60 hours on the ground at home. Yet that’s what President Biden is doing this week.”The president’s schedule is full. It is,” said White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. “There is much to be done on behalf of the American people.”Mr. Biden left the United States for D-Day celebrations in France last Wednesday, June 5. Stayed over the weekend for a state dinner…

Julio Frenk, a public health expert who has led the University of Miami since 2015, was named Wednesday as the next permanent chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles. He will oversee an elite public institution still reeling from intense protests and a violent attack on student protesters this spring.Dr. Frank will become the first Latino to lead UCLA, whose student body is one of the most diverse in American higher education. He will succeed Gene Block, who will step down at the end of July.The 17-year tenure of Dr. Block saw the university boost its academic reputation by…

Sony Pictures Entertainment is acquiring Alamo Drafthouse Cinema and will operate its 35 locations, a rare example of a traditional Hollywood studio owning a theater chain.The deal, announced Wednesday, followed the Justice Department’s decision in 2020 to void Paramount’s so-called consent decrees — film distribution rules dating back to 1949 that forced Hollywood’s biggest studios to sell their film holdings. These rules were intended to prevent studios from controlling the film business, from creation to exhibition.In 2019, the Justice Department’s then-head of antitrust, Makan Delrahim, said changes in the entertainment industry “made it unlikely that the remaining defendants would be…