Years after investing in the small biotechnology company Vertex to encourage the development of drugs to fight cystic fibrosis—a deadly disease that attacks the lungs and digestive system—the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation announced Wednesday that it has sold its royalties for the medication that resulted from that investment for $3.3 billion—the largest windfall ever made by…
HAMMOND, La. – NFCA Hall of Famer (’05) and former LSU and Louisiana-Lafayette head coach Yvette Girouard will be inducted into the Louisiana Softball Hall of Fame on Oct. 29, announced the ASA/USA Softball of Louisiana organization. Girouard is one of 12 inductees that will be recognized and put into the hall at 5 p.m. at…
NEWARK, NJ — A “frequent flier” took an uninvited trip aboard a Spirit Airlines flight headed to Newark Airport last week, leaving a bunch of low-hanging fruit for internet pun artists in its wake. On July 31, Peter Scattini, a passenger aboard a Spirit Airlines flight from Charlotte, North Carolina posted a video of a…
WWE sent us the following press release announcing that WWE.com and the WWE mobile app will have a free stream featuring a “Best Of” programming marathon of the WWE Network. WWE® NETWORK CELEBRATES FIRST BIRTHDAY WITH FREE 24-HOUR MARATHON ON WWE.COM AND THE WWE AP STAMFORD, Conn., February 23, 2015 – In celebration of WWE…
Game of Thrones isn’t normally a feel-good show. The writers like to tease us with the prospect of something amazing happening (Arya’s reuniting with Nymeria! Rickon’s returning home to Jon!), only to have it thwarted at the last minute by some terrible unforeseen circumstance, like Rickon being stabbed in the back with an arrow. Granted,…
Elle est la dernière petite-fille de la reine Elizabeth II en âge de se marier à ne pas s’être encore fait passer la bague au doigt. Mais d’après les dernières rumeurs outre-Manche, Béatrice d’York, 30 ans, devrait bientôt (et enfin) convoler avec son fiancé, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi. Si l’on demandait à n’importe quel sujet du…
Double Olympic Champion (2012 and 2016) Alistair Brownlee was named Olympic Athlete of the Year and Elite Male Athlete of the Year at the British Triathlon Federation’s annual awards dinner. Advertisement “This year was all about the Olympic Games, so to achieve that goal was fantastic – and this award is just the cherry on…
In July 2018, the United States introduced a series of new tariffs on goods being imported from China. How will these new tariffs affect you if you are importing goods from China into the US? There is still much uncertainty around this subject and the situation is continuing to unfold however here are the main…
by Paul Fontaine for WrestlingObserver.com Prior to the weigh-ins, UFC held a special Q and A for the fans, featuring UFC Commentator Jon Anik, #4 ranked welterweight contender Tyron Woodley and unbeaten Bantamweight from Team Alpha Male, Cody Garbrandt. Here were the highlights of the Q and A: Elias Theodorou made a cameo. “How…
Click:tubing hangersCe mardi 23 octobre, le prince Harry et Meghan Markle ont atterri aux îles Fidji. Emu, le futur papa en a profité pour faire une tendre clin d’oeil à ses grands-parents, la reine Elizabeth II et le prince Philip. Le prince Harry a fait un très joli clin d’œil à sa grand-mère, Elizabeth II….