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The “Tribute in Light”—two beams shining four miles into the Manhattan sky—is created using88 7,000-watt xenon light bulbs positioned into two 48-foot squares on the roof of a garage just south of the 9/11 Memorial. But every year, the intense searchlights pull approximately 160,000 migrating birds off course, the New York Times reports. Between 2008 and 2016, the light show distracted 1.1 million birds, according to Kyle Horton at the Cornell Ornithology Lab....

The visitors were 85/4 in reply to India’s first innings total of 316, with stand-in skipper Ross Taylor (30) in the middle, as early tea was taken due to rains after Luke Ronchi (35) departed in the fourth delivery of the 20th over about 80 minutes after lunch. The drizzle left the outfield soggy and the covers were rushed in. New Zealand were 231 runs adrift of India, whose first essay ended 87 minutes into the pre-lunch session....

The shocking discovery was made at around 5 a.m. Saturday outside of a Chicago fire station located on the 1000 block of North Orleans Street, the Chicago Tribune reported, adding that the bag was found “covered with snow.” It is unclear how long the baby had been outside before being discovered by authorities, per People magazine. Speaking to the Tribune, Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said that under the Illinois Safe Haven Law, the baby’s parents could have contacted someone inside the fire station and surrendered the baby without being questioned....

The club managed by Eddie Howe has one of the league’s worst defenses, with 42 goals conceded in just 19 matches and an all-time worst total of 80 goals allowed in the 2021 calendar year. But he has helped address those shortcomings by adding England international Kieran Trippier in a $16.2 million transfer from Atletico Madrid. Trippier can play either fullback position and will bring quality, tenacity and leadership to the club....

This partnership could potentially see players exchanged between Newcastle and Audax Italiano and the link used as a gateway into the booming CSL due to the Jets’ Chinese owner Martin Lee. The Jets are in talks with Audax Italiano, who sit third in the 2016-17 Clausura championship in Chile, over hosting a pre-season clash at McDonald Jones Stadium in July as part of a wider relationship between the clubs....

The club released a statement saying: “Newcastle United can confirm that Willie Donachie has resigned from his position as reserve team manager with immediate effect. The club will be making no further comment.” It is believed that Newcastle United had suspended Donachie for disciplinary reasons, but it was Donachie’s decision to resign. Apparently Donachie was very disappointed at Remie Streete, who had conceded a penalty and a heated exchange of comments between the two led them into a fight....

In their last English Premier League fixture against Arsenal, the Magpies got a 2-1 victory to end talks of relegation, after surpassing the 40-point mark. However, regardless of the feat, the midfielder wants Rafael Benitez’s men to retain their work ethics when they meet the Toffees on Monday evening as a win at Goodison Park would see the tenth-placed side swap positions with their hosts who are ninth. “Rafa gave us two days off but he told us we needed to work hard back in training,” Diame told The Chronicle ....

Currently, a standard Xbox Game Pass subscription goes for about $15 per month. However, Newegg is offering a 3-month subscription to the service for $44.99. The deal includes an additional 3 months for free for that price, and Newegg is also offering a promo code that slashes $5 off, making the final price $39.99 for 6 months access. To use the promo, players must click the link provided below, and enter the code: EMCUTVY32 upon check out....

The next release in the Sherlock Holmes adventure series will be Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One, it has been announced. Set to be released in 2021 on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X, it will be a prequel title that features a much younger version of the world-famous detective. Frogwares describes the protagonist as being “more volatile” than in other games in the series, this version of Sherlock Holmes will be working with a companion named Jon (who isn’t Dr....

New Features to Check with Siri in iOS 16.2 Update If you are not living under a rock or in a cave, you might already know about the virtual assistant ‘Siri’ and its use cases if you are an iPhone user. Right? Like, you can use it to assist you with a variety of things, including creating reminders and sending messages as well as offering answers and instructions. Siri is built to be conversational and that you can converse with it just like you would a natural person is one of its many wonderful features....

Despite less travel in the past year due to the pandemic, car sales have increased by 9 percent in the first quarter of 2021 compared to 2020 due, in part, to the lack of social distancing possible in public transportation. Although one-person trips provide isolation, there are more cars on the road, increasing traffic congestion and the demand for fuel. “The statistics in the past 1.5 years show that the overall traffic is down by about 10 percent due to the reduced commute traffic by working remotely....

Further information about the Help feature, actually referred to as Demo Mode, was released via a Nintendo Europe press release: The feature is optional, of course, intended to make the game more accessible to players of any age or skill level. New Super Mario Bros. Wii is not going after the hardcore market (we aren’t talking about Ninja Gaiden 2). Players who will be taking advantage of Demo Mode are children and grandparents....

It’s the latest episode of the internet doing weird things, but the TikTok trend claims it is a “healthy alternative” to the popular carbonated drink. It comes after one woman, who dubs herself the “balsamic vinegar girl” was shown the recipe by her pilates instructor. Now, internet users are trying it themselves and reactions are split. Amanda Jones introduced the drink to TikTok in a video that now has almost 6 million views....

The internal report was written by Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force, according to The Washington Post, which obtained the report. “We are entering the most concerning and most deadly phase of this pandemic … leading to increasing mortality,” Birx wrote in the report, according to The Post. “This is not about lockdowns—It hasn’t been about lockdowns since March or April. It’s about an aggressive balanced approach that is not being implemented....

RELATED: Every New Game Confirmed At E3 2021 If there’s anything people love about MMORPGs, it’s the ways players can customize their characters. Naturally, players are already planning out their New Worldarmor sets. There are several gear sets to choose from, regardless of whether a character wears cloth, leather, mail, or plate. The best armor set is always the one that players are able to customize for themselves. Updated on November 11th, 2022, by Kristy Ambrose: New World has had an interesting year following an explosive initial launch followed by some unique problems and equally interesting solutions....

This might be the case in one of the newest cases of a player getting banned from online games. Twitch streamer was recently banned for using abusive language while casually farming for hemp in New World. RELATED: New World: How to Defeat Ancient Guardian Regent The notification came as a surprise to Dyrus, and he isn’t exactly sure what he did to warrant the ban in New World. However, there is a theory this is all due to a recent joke he made....

RELATED: The Pokemon Company Releases Statement on Ukraine, Makes Charity Donation The tech giant Apple is no longer selling its products in Russia in an attempt to provide pressure on Russia to stop the attack on Ukraine. Development on the long-awaited STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl has been completely halted by its Ukrainian developer, Kyiv-based GSC Game World, until the war is over. Until then, GSC Game World reports that it is focused on ensuring the safety of its employees and their families, which may not be a surprise given the impact the invasion has had on Ukraine’s gaming industry....

A series of gold duplication glitches and related exploits have led to a lot of trouble in New World throughout 2021. The developers eventually resorted to disabling server transfers and wealth trading in an attempt to clamp down on the issue. Unfortunately, this decision appears to have led to a lot of frustration in the game’s player base. RELATED: New World Companies Use Exploit to Keep Territory Control The most recent New World patch is adding some small but important changes to the MMORPG’s endgame portion....

Think about that forecast again: $200 by 2010. Even at $112, the closing price last week, oil is transforming the world. Americans are switching to small fuel-efficient cars, and all manner of alternative energies are becoming economically viable. Forgotten regions like Canada’s Alberta province are awakening as frontier boom provinces. On the downside, energy prices are a major driver of the food price inflation that is now producing riots, and toppling leaders, across the developing world....