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According to USA Today, less than a dozen people participated in the demonstration, with protesters wearing face masks and carrying signs telling U.S. residents to “stay at home.” The protesters blocked the DeConcini border crossing with their vehicles, refusing to let drivers pass. While the demonstrators wanted Americans to “stay at home,” their primary message was for Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who is facing growing scrutiny over his handling of Mexico’s response to the coronavirus pandemic....

About 40 activists arrived outside Pelosi’s San Francisco home on Saturday, just hours before the moratorium’s last extension expired leaving more than 10 million Americans facing the prospect of being told to leave their homes. The notice, one protester told KCBS Radio, read: “Dear Speaker Pelosi, you are hereby given immediate notice that millions of Americans will face eviction tonight when the eviction moratorium expires. “We call upon you to immediately call Congress to session to vote to extend the eviction moratorium and keep people in their homes....

Over a dozen women draped in plastic resembling a beauty salon smock showed up to Pelosi’s house in Pacific Heights, San Francisco and hung blow dryers in the trees outside her home. Pelosi has been the center of criticism from California salon owners and customers after footage of her Monday visit to a San Francisco salon was released. The surveillance video shows the congresswoman getting her hair done indoors with her mask around her neck....

After spending the night in Kingman, Arizona, protesters got back on the road Thursday after some weather delays to continue their journey to the U.S. Capitol, driving east on I-40 towards the city of Lupton, Arizona, where the convoy is expected to stay overnight. While national media attention has largely shifted onto the conflict in Ukraine beginning late Wednesday—when the Russian invasion began—photos and videos of the convoy, which is mimicking the Canadian Freedom Convoy, show that the group is still on track to reach the nation’s capital by March 5....

The political movement Vesna said demonstrations in the center of Russian cities would take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday evening, opposing Putin’s decree to mobilize the population partially. Such protests carry a significant risk as the Russian authorities have clamped down heavily on dissent since the start of the war. Spreading information that goes against the government’s narrative can carry a prison sentence of up to 15 years. In a Twitter thread, Vesna wrote that Putin’s decree would mean “thousands of Russian men—our fathers, brothers and husbands—will be thrown into the war grinder....

McInnes was blocked from using the platform, which facilitates the sale of short messages from celebrities to fans, on Monday. Although the specifics of what caused the suspension were not revealed, the company cited terms of service that prohibit hate speech and inciting violence. “Following a thorough investigation, Gavin McInnes has been suspended from Cameo due to violations of our Acceptable Use Policy,” a Cameo spokesperson said in a statement obtained by Newsweek....

The Trump administration was forced to deny that Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio had been officially invited to the White House ahead of a large MAGA rally taking place at the capitol on Saturday. Posting on social media site Parler, Tarrio uploaded a photograph of himself inside the White House gates adding he had a “last-minute invite to an undisclosed location.” “He was on a public White House Christmas tour,” White House spokesman Judd Deere said in a statement....

How you treat it depends on what’s setting off the itching. Find out about the causes, symptoms, and treatment for chronic itchy skin known as pruritic dermatitis. Pruritic Dermatitis Causes According to your brain, itching and pain are close relatives. Pain makes you pull back, like when you touch a hot burner. Itching makes you scratch, and may be an evolutionary development that helped our ancestors get rid of skin parasites....

Since the PS5 was released in November 2020, there have been varying accounts of this “drift” on the DualSense controllers. For those unaware, “drift” is when the controller thinks its analog stick is being moved, when it’s not, which can cause a number of problems in-game. This has infamously been a problem for the Nintendo Switch’s Joy-Con controllers since its release in 2017 and has been dubbed “Joy-Con drift.”...

The news arrived via a PlayStation Blog post Saturday morning, titled “Watch Live: PlayStation 5 Showcase on Wednesday, September 16.” In less than 100 words, Sony outlined what fans can expect to see from the 40-minute digital presentation. We’ve copied the source in its entirety below. Before PlayStation 5 launches this holiday, we wanted to give you one more look at some of the great games coming to PS5 at launch (and beyond!...

Aguero looks on as Man City fire again Willy Caballero started a Premier League game for the first time since Bravo moved to the Etihad Stadium from Barcelona in August when City thrashed West Ham 4-0 at London Stadium. Bravo has failed to convince from a debut error in September’s 2-1 Manchester derby win onwards and conceded from each of the past six top-flight attempts on his goal before being taken out of the firing line in midweek....

Addressing these gamers on Thursday, one Redditor wanted to know: “What is your favorite video game of all time?” The question was posed by u/tanz_7 in the “Ask Reddit” forum. Already, the post has received over 44,000 votes and more than 46,000 comments. Here are some of the top answers: Age of Empires II This strategy-based computer game was published by Microsoft and released for Windows and MacOSX in 1999, said the Age of Empires Series Wiki....

On social media, thousands of people are agreeing that another well-known figure would have made a better choice for the prestigious award—the singer Dolly Parton. “This is the man who aspires to save our planet and get us a new one to inhabit: clown, genius, edgelord, visionary, industrialist, showman,” Time gushed. However, Musk has many vocal critics who are questioning his worthiness due to his views on taxation, and his opposition to unions and vaccine mandates....

That is the assertion being made in a Hungarian study from November composed of research that spanned two decades. In dissecting the relationship between “celebrity worship and cognitive skills,” this particular study intended to test a large adult sample size while simultaneously investigating celebrities’ power as it pertains to cognitive performance. The cross-sectional study involved 1,763 Hungarian adults, with 66 percent of them male. The sample group averaged 37 years old and included adults ages 18-79 years....

The Spaniard, in his sixth season with the club, suffered yet another dose of European disaster as City was stunned by a late Real Madrid comeback in the decisive second leg at the Santiago Bernabeu. In explaining the defeat, he confirmed that this competition has begun to show him the true meaning of chaos, and he’s not one to shake his fist at the football gods. “We were close but football is unpredictable,” Guardiola said to BT Sport after the loss....

Harvin was among 14 Seahawks listed on probable on the team's injury list. He was a full participant in Friday's workouts, the Seattle Times reported, marking the second day he has been with coach Peter Carroll's team. "He made it through practice [Friday]. We'll see how it affects him tomorrow and we'll call it, but he looks good," Carroll told the Times. "Practiced, did everything. He's asked me about returning kickoffs already, so he's all over it....

The Astana team leader pointed a finger skyward as he burst out of a breakaway bunch at the end of the 201-kilometer (125-mile) ride over nine rolling ascents and through the heath of northern England. Belgium’s Greg van Avermaet was second and Michal Kwiatkowski of Poland was third, each two seconds behind. Over the last six kilometers, several of the pre-race favorites to win the three-week race played a cat-and-mouse game, quickly exchanging leadership of the breakaway bunch....

Unlike pleural mesothelioma that is strongly associated with asbestos exposure, the causes of pericardial mesothelioma are uncertain. Treatment options may include surgery for cancers that have not spread, chemotherapy, or clinical trials. Basics Mesothelioma is a tumor that arises in tissues called mesothelium, and may occur in four primary regions of the body: Pleural mesothelioma is a tumor of the lining of the lungs (the pleura) and accounts for 65% to 70% of these cancers....

Peroneal Tendon Anatomy and Function The two major peroneal muscles (peroneus longus and peroneus brevis) are situated on the outside of the leg, just adjacent to the calf muscles. The peroneal tendons course along the outer side of the ankle and attach to the foot, connecting these muscles to bone. The peroneal muscles are important at everting the foot—the motion of rocking the foot outward from the ankle. In normal gait, the motion of the peroneal muscles is balanced by the muscles that invert the foot (rock the foot inward from the ankle)....

The reclusive billionaire and two-time presidential candidate on Friday spent hours huddled in his Dallas office tower with his top political adviser, Russell Verney. Perot had until tomorrow to allow himself to be drafted for the Reform Party ballot.With Pat Buchanan on the verge of controlling the party and molding it in his image, longtime-Reform members had been begging Perot to jump in and try to take the nomination away....