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Carson Wentz is heading to Indianapolis. The Eagles have agreed to trade the 2016 No. 2 overall pick to the Colts, according to a report from ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Chris Mortensen. Philadelphia will receive a 2021 third-round pick and Read more
A potentially dangerous side effect of testosterone therapy for transgender men is an increase in red blood cells that can raise the risk of blood clots, heart attack or stroke, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Read more
Electricity and gas provider Just Energy warned that the financial impact of the Texas winter storms could force it out of business. Just Energy said Monday that it could lose about $250 million from Texas’ deep freeze that left millions Read more
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is getting another helping of free post-launch content – including a “highly replayable” new River Raids mode – as part of its latest title update, arriving tomorrow, 16th February on all platforms. Ubisoft hasn’t shared much in Read more
A Philly art teacher has set a new world record—creating the largest single drawing by an individual at 6,509 square feet. At the Crayola IDEAworks exhibition, Dyymond Whipper-Young has made her piece 400 square feet larger than the work of Read more
Tom Brady is better than this. Or maybe he isn’t. Maybe, just like the rest of us, Tom Brady is petty and vindictive. Maybe he needs to embellish and/or fabricate “haters” in order to continue to work as hard as Read more
An abnormal suppression of the immune system linked to the onset of numerous diseases has been associated with poor functional regeneration of traumatic bone injuries. Levels of immune cells and proteins circulating in the blood following traumatic injury combined with Read more
Hayley Arceneaux, a 29-year-old cancer survivor and physician assistant at St. Jude children’s hospital, got an out-of-the-blue question from her employer last month: Would she like to go to space? “I remember laughing,” Arceneaux said. “And then, I just said Read more
Keiichiro Toyama – the creator and director of Silent Hill, Siren, Gravity Rush, and more – has teased his new studio’s upcoming horror project, sharing a few tantalising hints and some suitably unnerving concept art in a new developer video. Read more
Cotswold villagers have been busy creating colorful nighttime window displays to cheer up the neighbors’ who are on their daily walks during lockdown. Around 500 windows in the picturesque English town of Wotton-under-Edge have been transformed, with residents decorating their Read more