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The Newport Police Department shared a family’s act of kindness on Monday. Police said Longview Police Officer Kevin Sawyer and his family were visiting Newport on vacation, when they noticed one of the memorial benches had been vandalized with graffiti. Read more
The Vikings dispatched a linebacker on Monday in order to make room on the roster for a defensive back. On Tuesday, they cut a defensive back to make room for a linebacker. The team announced the signing of linebacker Hardy Read more
A new study on the role of touch and gaze in sexual pleasure, by Bangor University and Royal Holloway found that we instigate a mirroring-move during sexual interactions by touching our partners where we want to be touched. This effect Read more
The U.S. government is considering changes to policies for oil companies operating in the offshore Gulf of Mexico that might allow existing platforms to lengthen extensions to remote wells, a U.S. official said on Monday. Oil companies operate 68 offshore Read more
Twitter is making its reply-limiting feature available to all users starting today, and it’s for real this time: You can finally say goodbye to the reply guys. The company’s director of product management, Suzanne Xie, writes in a blog post Read more
A kindergarten teacher in Texas went above and beyond to make her classroom a fun and safe environment for her students amidst social distance guidelines. When Jennifer Birch Pierson learned the desks would have plastic shields she transformed each one Read more