So far, there are only three works in this month-old library – excerpts from the writings of Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng, Indonesian novelist Pramoedya Ananta Toer and Iranian writer Esmail Fassih. But Jonas hopes to have many more available. In the first three weeks, Jonas says, 25,000 people logged on for free (the Internet address is gopher.iia.org). ““The Internet,’’ Jonas predicts, ““will spread the American ideal of liberty.'' Whether or not Jonas’s project succeeds in its lofty goals, the Internet is turning into a powerful communications weapon because it can bypass governmental restrictions and provide instant communications....

But “24” is fiction—or at least it was. This year, reality is finally catching up with Hollywood. Now that the candidacies of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are forcing us to examine feelings about race, gender and power, there’s much insight to be gained from studying their fictional ancestors. After all, the part of the president of the United States is one of the few that could always be cast as a white male, so any time a woman or a person of color has been put into that role, it was done purposefully....

One of Trevor Lawrence’s top targets, wide receiver DJ Chark, left the field after suffering a reported ankle fracture on the third play of the night. IYER: Why New England stands no chance against Tampa Chark had his leg rolled up on at the end of the play. He was placed on a cart and taken to the locker room. The Jaguars have not announced the severity of the injury but NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported that Chark suffered a fracture and would be out indefinitely....

The space agency chief said he was aware of Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) accounts provided by pilots and that these reports often came back after test flights. Rogozin said in an interview with the Rossiya-24 news channel that 99.9 percent of all reports were later identified as “atmospheric and other physical phenomena” but also considered that “we might be a subject to some external observation.” “We can study bacteria, but we can also be studied just like bacteria,” he added, according to the Russian state-controlled TV network RT....

Cortisone is a powerful medication that may be injected directly into the area of your body experiencing discomfort. These shots may be helpful for a variety of short or long-term conditions that impact the bones, joints, or muscles. This article explores how painful cortisone shots may be, as well as where they tend to hurt the most. It will also discuss ways to manage the injection pain. How Painful Are Cortisone Shots?...

NEWSWEEK: As you know, we’re in the middle of one hot political season. I hear that any political office holder who attends your service will be recognized, but they are not allowed to address your congregation, and that any current candidates will likely not be recognized at all. Why the policy? Joel Osteen: Well, I think it started back with my father. Really, it was the size of the church....

MORE: NFL’s all-time worst trades To their credit — the credit of the new brain trust — they’re considering it, according to one report. This is so logical, it’s a waste to attach the poetically polarizing buzzword “analytics” to their names to describe the notion. This is just a matter of knowing the value of the pick and the state of your roster … and the enormity of the construction job ahead of you....

The innovations in audio for sleep extend from apps and audio content to speakers and earbuds. Both Endel’s AI soundscapes or Bose Sleepbuds are great examples. And, judging by my inbox, I can tell that companies are increasingly competing to figure out the best way to use audio as a sleep aid. A new entry into the space of nighttime audio is the Kokoon Nightbuds. The product is a pair of Bluetooth earbuds specifically designed for use while sleeping....

Symptoms and Causes Allergies to horses have been reported for nearly a century, with most people experiencing respiratory symptoms such as allergic rhinitis and asthma as a result. In fact, 50% of people with exposure to horse barns report respiratory symptoms such as wheezing, coughing, and shortness of breath at least once within the past year. Some people also experience urticaria, angioedema, and even anaphylaxis as a result of exposure to horses....

Quarantines aim to reduce the risk of spreading infection by separating those who might have been exposed to the virus from others. Depending on your destination, those traveling from New York may be required to quarantine themselves and follow other protocols issued by local authorities. Those heading from New York to Florida are directed to quarantine for 14 days from the time of entry or for the duration of their stay, whichever is shorter, under an executive order issued by Florida Gov....

Dr. Jeffrey Cohen, the president of Allegheny General Hospital, lived across the street from the synagogue. When asked about treating Robert Bowers, the accused shooter, Cohen said: “It’s not easy. There’s a lot of mixed emotions with it.” Cohen, who is Jewish, told CBS that he heard the shootings the morning it started. In addition to the gunshots, Cohen said, “You could hear him yell, ‘We have to kill all the Jews,’ and he said it again, when he got off the ambulance at AGH....

Taylor gave the Dodgers a two-out baserunner in the top of the ninth of a tie game Saturday and looked ready to set the team up with runners on the corners after a single by Cody Bellinger, but he made a last-second decision to turn back to second and was tagged out in a rundown to end the inning. The next half-inning, Braves third baseman Austin Riley singled down the left-field line to score second baseman Ozzie Albies and walk off the Dodgers 3-2 in Game 1 of the NLCS....

Ross Stripling took a no-hitter into the eighth inning in his major league debut in rainy San Francisco, but with one out the 26-year-old right-hander issued a walk to Angel Pagan. MORE: Relive MLB’s no-hitters from 2015 There were baseball reasons to remove Stripling from the game: The walk brought the tying run to the plate in a 2-0 game, and it was the second hitter out of five who Stripling had walked....

At its congress next week, the Chinese Communist Party is expected to appoint Xi to a third five-year term, after he engineered the removal of the two-term limit. What is happening is the result of a summer of jostling among the 25 members of the Politburo. Xi is not a dictator, but rather what the Party wants. If indeed appointed, in three years Xi will pass Ziang Zemin to become the longest-serving party chief after Mao; he has given himself an exception to the age limit of 68 for running for new office; he has taken to occasionally wearing Mao-type clothing and is promoting a personality cult unlike his post-Mao predecessors; the state media seems about one step away from starting to call him “Great Leader” as well....

MORE: Ranking college football’s uniforms A post shared by Sporting News (@sportingnews) on Apr 13, 2019 at 7:11am PDT What you see is not Michigan State’s permanent uniform (thankfully), but rather an alternate uniform for 2019. It features an oversized “STATE” on the front along with large numbers. The “STATE” is displayed with a neon-green color, which is also seen on the pants and in the logo on the helmet....

But not even my mother’s hard work, dedication and persistence could get us the health insurance we needed. It was just too expensive. American health care then, in the 1980s, was already broken and out of reach for too many working families. In the decades since, it has only gotten worse. The major driver of spiraling costs and diminished coverage has been Washington, D.C., which made things worse with nearly every “reform....

Unlike some rashes, which you may be able to tolerate for a short period of time, psoriasis is a lifelong condition. It can flare up at any time and lead to changes in the skin that can be uncomfortable, aesthetically undesirable, and embarrassing. In some instances, its symptoms—including itching—can be so bad that they interfere with your quality of life. Fortunately, there are things you can do to help thwart the itch....

While some reports have stated Regeneron’s antibody cocktail contains embryonic stem cells and human fetal tissue, directly conflicting with the President’s pro-life platform, Soma Mandal, MD, a board-certified internist at Summit Medical Group in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, says that’s not the case. “The drug’s potency was tested in a lab using HEK 293T cells,” Mandal tells Verywell. “This is a cell line which was originally derived from the kidney tissue of a fetus aborted in the Netherlands in the 1970s....