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Jewher Ilham—the daughter of jailed Uighur academic Ilham Tohti—said she is deeply concerned by what she described as China’s slow response to the coronavirus outbreak, particularly with regards to the western Xinjiang province where the Communist Party is suppressing majority-Muslim minority groups. Up to 3 million people are thought to have been detained in the re-education camps there, which critics argue is part of a cultural genocide against the Muslim minority....

Chavez describes himself as a “revolutionary,” but until recently he’d pursued a fairly orthodox economic policy. Not anymore. Since the end of the business-led strike, which contributed to a 29 percent collapse in economic output in the first quarter (worse than Argentina at the height of its recent economic crisis), Chavez has greatly increased the state’s role in the Venezuelan economy, dealing a blow to private companies. Overtly political retail-price and foreign-exchange controls have ravaged normal commercial trade and hobbled manufacturing firms that were already reeling....

Despite the apparent talent that the little Lego-man has, we all know how this ends though, right? Unable to cope with the fact that he isn’t the real Johnny Depp, the real Batman, or at the very least, Hayden Christensen, Lego-man falls into a terrible depression and downward spiral. He’ll later be seen on an E! or VH1 special with a title that starts “Whatever happened to…” where he’ll be seen rambling incoherently about having used so many different body parts that he doesn’t even know which parts of him are really him anymore....

Also called glucocorticoids or just “steroids,” they mimic a hormone called cortisol that the body produces at times of stress. Steroids rapidly reduce inflammation and an overactive immune response. Corticosteroids can be taken by mouth, applied to the skin or eyes, inhaled, or injected into a muscle, joint, or vein. While extremely effective, they are typically used for a short period of time to avoid potentially serious side effects....

Cortisone shots are very safe, and side effects tend to be rare and minor. However, there are a few things you should know before getting one. This article explains what cortisone shots are and the types of pain they usually treat. It also takes a deeper look into the side effects of the shots, as well as some cases when caution may be needed. How Cortisone Works Your body makes steroid hormones naturally....

“We’ve got to laugh,” Cosby told Dan Rather on the “CBS Evening News,” varying the theme of laughter-as-healing throughout the interview. His 27-year-old son, Ennis, had been shot on a Los Angeles roadside. Autumn Jackson, 22, became a tabloid star days later for claiming to be Cosby’s daughter and allegedly attempting to extort $24 million from him. Cosby admitted adultery (though not paternity), making the sin sound classier by calling it a “rendezvous....

The inspiration for this jacket comes from the popular game Cyberpunk 2077, a retro-future game that shares the same name of the science fiction sub-genre it is based on. It has been nearly seven years since the game was first announced and it seems this jacket’s arrival is just in time for the game’s release in November. RELATED: Cyberpunk 2077 Plush Collection From J!NX Announced The designer goes by the name Valentine Costumes on social media, and he is a costume maker and international cosplay guest....

Grass-roots Gore loyalists have been buzzing for weeks about the Nobel Prize announcement scheduled for Oct. 12 in Oslo, Norway. Gore was nominated for his work on global warming, and several longtime Nobel observers believe this could be the year that a champion of climate change gets the prize. “We feel that if [Gore] wins the Nobel Prize … then he can’t not run for president,” says Roy Gayhart, a San Diego-based organizer of a California draft Gore group....

IQ retold Volume 1 of RWBY only to spend the remaining episodes on a new story involving Weiss being possessed by a Nightmare, prompting her friends to rescue her. As the season came to a close, the opening moments of Volume 2 were recreated, signaling that the original story was recommencing. In an interview with Anime News Network, the creators of IQ didn’t deny the possibility of a sequel, so long as the series was received well....

While the most important part of the 2015 Senior Bowl was the practices, the game provides ample value for NFL teams to watch live and request game video. Some players thrive on game day, others need to solidify a strong week and others are at positions including running back and linebacker where video is more important than practice reps. Learn more on which players improved their draft stock and who stumbled....

It’s been nearly 600 days since a Roush Fenway Ford entered victory lane in the Sprint Cup Series. Like driver Carl Edwards, those days are gone for RFR. MORE: Ranking Sprint Cup driver lineups | 2016 schedule | Junior’s heart racing over wedding Despite running the same engines as their Ford counterparts with Team Penske, Roush drivers Greg Biffle, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Trevor Bayne had nine top-10 finishes in 2015 with a dismal 23....

Refugio Manuel Jimenez Jr. and Angela Renee Jimenez have pleaded not guilty to all charges related to the El Dorado Fire, San Bernardino County District Attorney Jason Anderson announced at a Tuesday news conference. The charges include one felony count of involuntary manslaughter, three felony counts of recklessly causing fire with great bodily injury, four felony counts of recklessly causing fire to inhabited structures and 22 misdemeanor counts of recklessly causing fire to property of another....

For New York state resident Karen Mahoney, the presence of her 96-year-old grandmother at the wedding was crucial to the event. “She’s my only living grandparent, the only grandparent I’ve ever known, so it was very important for me for her to be there to watch the happiest day of my life,” explained Mahoney to CNN. Mahoney’s grandmother, however, lives just across the Canadian border, along with the rest of their family....

However, it’s worth noting that the judge also permitted the Fortnite developers’ request to block Apple from limiting the game developer’s ability to provide Unreal Engine and key graphics technology to other apps for the time being. She stated how Apple’s wishes to restrict Unreal Engine usage in the wake of this lawsuit would hurt third-party developers that utilize Epic Games’ technology. Judge Rogers added how, although Apple and Epic Games are allowed to prosecute each other, their dispute “should not create havoc to bystanders....

The ruling allows the father to attempt to block his two daughters from being adopted by their maternal grandparents after they took custody of them after their mother was killed. The state Supreme Court ruled in his favor because he had a good reason for not contacting the children: he was following a judge’s order, the Associated Press reported. Under Ohio law, adoptions don’t need parental consent if there is proof the parent has had little to no contact with the child for a year before filing adoption papers....

Cousins completed all four of his passes in the Vikings’ 42-28 exhibition victory Saturday night, including a 1-yard touchdown strike on a quick slant to Stefon Diggs . “I think it was a smooth first drive but it is a small sample size and the next couple of weeks will be a good test for us,” Cousins said. Diggs called it a good first step. “He’s a good quarterback,” Diggs said....

Researchers in Brazil looked at 81 patients with Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, from March 23 to April 5 to see whether the drug chloroquine could be an effective treatment for the highly contagious disease. Forty patients were given a low-dose of the drug; 41 others, a high dose. They were also given the antibiotic azithromycin. The researchers found that 13 people in the low-dose group died, as did 16 in the high-dose group....

Said to be a bit of a reboob… err… reboot of the Dead or Alive series, DoA: Dimensions will still maintain the most buoyant qualities of the past games while still bringing the series to a new handheld audience. The high profile game will also have the task of trying to stimulate the rather flaccid sales that Nintendo’s new handheld hardware has been experiencing. Hopefully, DoA: Dimensions’ punches and kicks can translate into the rock hard unit sales that Nintendo expects from its portable devices....

Just weeks ago many pundits were predicting another issue would dominate the agenda for New Jersey residents today: corruption. Early last month, Democratic Sen. Robert Torricelli abruptly dropped out of a tight re-election race against Republican Doug Forrester. The first-term senator had fallen behind in the polls, unable to shake off the taint of a federal investigation into whether he took bribes and gifts from a campaign contributor. He was quickly replaced by former senator Frank Lautenberg, a 78-year-old self-made millionaire who retired just two years ago....