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The “Star Trek” Universe unveiled several first looks of its Paramount+ TV series at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday, including an extended clip from the fifth and final season of “Star Trek: Discovery,” a trailer and premiere date for the fourth season of “Star Trek: Lower Decks,” and a trailer for the upcoming musical episode of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” currently streaming its second season. The panel ended with a screening of the “Strange New Worlds” episode featuring the stars of the animated “Lower Decks” — which will be available on Paramount+ early, starting at 4 p.

Updated 35% of employees reported having called in sick to work when they felt totally fine. Some reasons for taking the day off, however, sound more realistic than others. These strange and outlandish excuses for calling in sick to work may get you the day off, but they'll also raise a few eyebrows.Here are 19 funny and ridiculous excuses people have used to call in sick.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.

During the second step of her hair tutorial, Hailey Bieber said, "I'm going to take texturizing spray, and I'm going to spray my hair all over. I like to do a little bit of texturizing spray before [styling]," the model shared, adding, "After I just shower, my hair is really clean and kind of slick. I have to sometimes add a bit more of texture spray as I'm doing my hair so that adds a little bit more of like a grip.

Celebrity Angelina Jolie makes her debut on Instagram. In her first post, she shared a powerful letter from a teenage girl in Afghanistan. Published on August 21, 2021 2 min read The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan has been one of the world’s biggest topics lately. It has caused waves around the world, while the U.S. troops were finishing up their operation to return home. The Taliban took over each major city.

Sen. Bernie Sanders‘ family is in mourning after his daughter-in-law, Dr. Rainè Riggs, died over the weekend. She was 46. The mother of three had been diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer two days earlier, according to her obituary from the Lee & Martin Funeral Home in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania. The family said that Riggs, who was married to Sanders’ son, Levi, had fallen ill three weeks ago but her condition left doctors “stumped.

The most important rule, the rule you can never forget, no matter how much he cries, no matter how much he begs, is never feed a Mogwai after midnight. The second most important rule is don’t get Joe Dante started on Baby Yoda. The Gremlins auteur spoke to the San Francisco Chronicle ahead of the fall release of a new animated HBO Max spinoff series, Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai.

Vampire Veek May the power of Cullen compel you. Vampire Veek May the power of Cullen compel you. Warmhearted and sweet are not adjectives typically used to describe vampire movies. But both apply to Amy Heckerling’s Vamps, the 2012 comedy set and partially shot in New York about a pair of vampy besties (Krysten Ritter and Alicia Silverstone) who, thanks to their immortality, are perpetually stuck in their 20s.

RussiaObituaryMetropolitan Anthony of SourozhRussian Orthodox patriarch who balanced the interests of his flock against the complexities of religious politics in the Soviet UnionThe following correction was printed in the Guardian's Corrections and Clarifications column, Monday August 18 2003 His talks on radio and television, unfailingly presented with charm and substance, drew thousands of people close to him, resulting in a significant number of conversions, especially among intellectuals. The late BBC religious affairs correspondent, Gerald Priestland, once called him the single most powerful Christian voice in the land.

Minimum-wage workers in 22 states are going to see more money in their paychecks in the new year. Those increases will affect an estimated 9.9 million workers, according to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), which estimates that those bumped wages will add up to an additional $6.95 billion in pay. See the full list of increases. In addition to those 22 states, 38 cities and counties will also increase their minimum wages above state minimums on Jan.