ARTS
GamesRadar
Diablo 4, released June 6, 2023 for PC, PlayStation, and Xbox, returns players to the dark world of Sanctuary with a story centered on the return of Lilith, daughter of Mephisto. Reviewers praised the narrative as the first in the franchise that players would genuinely want to follow, anchored by strong writing and a standout performance from Ralph Ineson. Seamless transitions from gameplay to in-engine cinematics heighten immersion, and the open-world structure invites exploration across five distinct regions.
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SPORTS
U.S. Soccer
The U.S. Men's National Team entered the summer of 2023 with significant momentum after interim manager B.J. Callaghan guided the squad to the 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League title, defeating Mexico 3–0 and Canada 2–0 in the finals without conceding a goal. The victory was widely seen as validation of the program's player pool heading into a critical World Cup cycle.
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STEM
Smithsonian Magazine
A team of astrophysicists published a study in February 2023 in PLOS Climate proposing an unconventional geoengineering strategy: launching millions of tons of lunar dust into space each year to act as a sunshade for Earth. The proposal involves mining dust on the Moon and propelling it toward a gravitationally stable point between Earth and the Sun, where it would remain for roughly a week before dispersing, reducing the amount of sunlight reaching Earth's surface by approximately 2%.
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LOCAL
U.S. Department of Justice
Cedric Lodge, the manager of the Harvard Medical School morgue, was indicted and later pleaded guilty to interstate transport of stolen human remains after an investigation revealed he had been selling body parts taken from donated cadavers. Between 2018 and at least March 2020, Lodge removed organs, brains, skin, hands, and other parts from bodies donated to Harvard for medical research without the knowledge of the university, the donors, or their families.
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