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The Daily Beast reported that the Republican legislator joined a group of fellow GOP lawmakers at a demonstration in Augusta, Maine. A crowd of around 400 people were gathered at the State House to protest Democratic Governor Janet Mills’ recent mandate that all health-care workers in Maine get vaccinated against COVID-19. Johansen has long been a vocal critic of public health measures aimed at reducing the spread of COVID-19. The Bangor Daily News reported neither he nor his late wife Cindy had been vaccinated against COVID....

“The White House counter-proposed the Republican counter-proposal by saying it would come down to $1.7 trillion for infrastructure,” Roberts said on his show Monday. “So there’s still a tremendous amount of real estate between the Republicans and the White House. And in the White House counterproposal, they take away almost $40 billion from the traditional infrastructure of roads, bridges and the like. Is there ever going to get a deal done here?...

Dan Patrick, who turned 70 this month, faced a social media backlash in March for telling Fox News that many of his generation were willing to “take a chance” and return to work because an economy that was shut down by the coronavirus would harm future generations. As parts of Texas started to reopen this week following weeks of restrictions, Patrick defended his comments on Monday, telling anchor Tucker Carlson again that the recent economic hardship had left him “vindicated....

Voters in the state will settle two runoffs on January 5 that will determine control of the U.S. Senate. Pro-Trump Republicans took to Parler, the self-styled “free speech” social media network, to discourage members of their own party from voting. Some referenced a conspiracy theory about “rigged” ballot machines as reason not to take part. Bookmakers said incumbent Republican candidates David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler have pulled away from their Democratic challengers, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock....

Gordon visited with teammates and Hall of Famer Jim Brown a day after ending his three-week absence from training camp and missing the first two exhibition games to work on his mental health and sobriety. The former Pro Bowler appeared to be in a good mood — and in excellent shape — as he stayed to the side and worked with trainers on his conditioning. Gordon, who has missed most of the past four seasons because of violations of the NFL’s substance-abuse policy, has not been cleared to practice....

The Wisconsin third-year sophomore will enter the 2014 season as a Heisman candidate after announcing Friday that he will return for another season. “After talking it over with my family and my coaches, I have decided to come back next year,” Gordon said. “I love the University of Wisconsin and feel that there is still a lot of room for growth. Academically, another year in school will help me get closer to completing my degree and on the field I hope to help my team get back to the Big Ten championship....

At 12:30 a.m. on the Friday after Election Day, the phone rang in the Tallahassee hotel room of Ron Klain, a top Gore aide. It was Al Gore, calling from Washington, D.C. Gore had not only been thinking about the problem, but he’d done something about it. He’d called Erin Brockovich. Not Julia Roberts, who played Erin Brockovich in the movie about a town’s legal fight with a polluter–but the real Erin Brockovich....

PlayStation owners may already be familiar with some of the zones available in Destiny, but Xbox owners won’t get to take their first steps off-planet until the beta extends to Microsoft consoles in late July. In anticipation of the beta launching later this month, Bungie has released a batch of panoramic images that show off five locations, including a few that will even be new to the alpha players....

Here we look at some great DIY plant stand ideas for interiors and the garden, with tips from gardening experts. DIY Outdoor Plant Stand Ideas Shelves and Shoe Racks Michael Perry, a horticulture expert from the Mr Plant Geek website, told Newsweek that simply changing the height of your displays can showcase your plants better. “Elevating your plants allows you to see them from more optimum angles, especially with some plants where flowers hang down such as the houseplant Medinilla....

Given the Arkham games’ knack for granting players control over all sorts of heroes and villains alike, it wouldn’t necessarily be a stretch to learn Gotham Knights has more playable vigilantes on the way. The developer has yet to confirm this one way or the other, but considering the long list of allies the Bat-Family has accrued since Batman debuted over 80 years ago, it’s not hard to imagine a few suitable candidates who could provide much-needed backup to the heroes revealed so far....

One other concern about Gotham Knights is that its moment-to-moment gameplay may be reduced to a loot grind, particularly in players’ open-world leisure or pursuit of new suit skins. Indeed, most open-world action-RPGs feel the need to populate their environments with filler content in order to occupy each area, where much of the game’s content can result in an unsatisfying bloat. If Gotham Knights does revolve around a loot grind in its open-world it may not necessarily be a detriment, but it will need to make its grind exceptionally engaging and rewarding if so....

Today, the next step in the project was unveiled via Twitter, with THQ Nordic announcing that it’s formed a new studio to work on the remake of the cult-classic RPG. Named Alkimia Interactive, the team will be based in Barcelona, Spain, with the publisher claiming it will primarily focus on “high-quality RPGs.” RELATED: Final Fantasy 7 Remake PS5 Upgrade Confirmed With Release Date The first in this lineup of role-playing games will be the reimagining of Gothic, which THQ Nordic states is already well into development and could be shown to the public within the next couple of months....

You may have heard Jet’s single “Are You Gonna Be My Girl” in the new iPod commercial and figured it was by some brilliant ’60s band that never got its due. Unabashedly derivative, Jet’s debut CD, “Get Born,” not only borrows from the Stones, Beatles, Kinks, T-Rex and AC/DC, but lifts licks from their equally sticky-fingered predecessors Oasis. They funnel the stolen goods into tight song structures, add Nic Cester’s sweetly raspy vocals and deliver the most compelling rock performances this year....

Overseas are placed third in Group B, whereas Gozo are currently languishing at the bottom of the table. The former have won two of their four games while the latter have managed only one win from six matches so far. On that note, here are three potential captain or vice-captain candidates for your Dream11 team for the ECS T10 Malta League fixture between Gozo and Overseas. #3 Sandeep Sasikumar Gozo fast bowler Sandeep Sasikumar has grabbed six wickets in this edition of the ECS T10 Malta so far....

GQ Magazine noticed McDavid’s presence in the hockey world and has dubbed him, along with other nine other athletes, a part of its “The Anointed Ones: The 10 Greatest Athletes of the Future” list. GQ defines the group as ‘10 [athletes] who are well on their way of joining the next wave." The next wave being the top 50 athletes in the world. McDavid is at the forefront of the NHL’s youth movement after he was named the youngest captain in league history....

Destiny faced almost impossible expectations when it launched last September. It’s the first new IP from Bungie in over ten years, and leading up to its release the company pushed the title’s next-gen bona fides, promising unique multiplayer and a universe that would “take on a life of its own.” Destiny cost Activision around $500 million to develop and promote, making it the most expensive video game of all time....

As seen below in the video courtesy of Nick Luciano, the older gentleman, who happens to also be the YouTuber’s father, takes on the task of mimicking the movements and sounds of nearly all of the Overwatch heroes available in the game, with Reinhardt, McCree, Reaper, Pharah, Bastion, Lucio, Soldier 76, Junkrat, Tracer, Winston, Hanzo, Roadhog, Torbjörn, Zarya, Mercy, Widowmaker, and Symmetra all being parodied. Although the likes of Genji, Sombra, Mei, D....

At £469 it’s undoubtedly a great deal that adds even more value for money to an already low asking price for everything that the Nord packs. The Nord is a near-flagship handset. It’s so impressive our deputy editor Dominic Preston called it “the best mid-range phone in the world right now” in his full five-star review. The OnPlus Nord eschews the extra nice-to-haves available in its more premium phones (like the OnePlus 8 Pro and 8T), but this keeps prices nice and low....

The offer saves customers $47.94 from a separate Disney+ subscription, which costs $7.99 per month for unlimited access to Disney classics as well as Marvel, Lucasfilm, Pixar and National Geographic content. If you already have Music Unlimited or are a returning customer, you can get 3 months of Disney for free instead, a $23.97 saving. Those outside the US and Canada might be able to access the deal too using a VPN....