These are the top maybe-not headlines from the past 84-hours presented by The Conversation Project from raw engagement data from our social media to the headlines posted over the past weekend.
The 8 topics that our followers ranked as the most conversational are:
DISNEY PLUS REVEALS 3 MORE MARVEL SERIES: SHE-HULK, MS. MARVEL AND MOON KNIGHT
In the comics, She-Hulk, or Jennifer Walters, is the cousin of Bruce Banner, whose superhuman powers transferred to her when she received a transfusion of Banner’s blood.The Ms. Marvel character was first incarnated by Carol Danvers, who later took up the identity of Captain Marvel, and the name was most recently passed on to Kamala Khan, a teen protege of Danvers who is Marvel’s first Muslim character to headline her own comic book. The character Moon Knight, or Marc Spector, is a former mercenary and CIA agent who has multiple personalities and is imbued with powers from an Egyptian god.
[SOURCE: cnet.com]
‘BREAKING BAD’ MOVIE HAS FINISHED FILMING
We know that it was filmed in the New Mexico area and its working title is Greenbrier, but in terms of detail that’s pretty much it. One thing we can be relatively confident about though – the dynamic, and unlikely, protagonist duo of Breaking Bad will be in the film together. Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul, who play Walter White and Jesse Pinkman, tweeted out identical photos from their Twitter accounts at the exact same time, all but confirming they are working on something together.
[SOURCE: ladbible.com]
JONAS BROTHERS END TORONTO SHOW EARLY, FANS CONTINUE TO PARTY
Fans at the band’s “Happiness Begins” tour stop at the city’s Scotiabank Arena, took to Twitter immediately expressing their disappointment — especially considering that they didn’t hear the bands’ most famous hits; their 2008 single, “Burnin’ Up,” and 2019 reunion hit, “Sucker.” However, videos shared to social media showed fans keeping the show going by singing “Burnin’ Up” a capella. The impromptu sing-a-long later headed into the hallways of the venue.
[SOURCE: pagesix.com]
DOCTORS FIND VENOMOUS BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER INSIDE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI WOMAN’S EAR
“I woke up Tuesday morning hearing a bunch of swooshing and water in my left ear,” Susie Torres told KSHB-TV. So Torres went to a clinic in the Northland where a medical assistant first checked her out. “Ran out and said ‘I’m going to go get a couple more people’ and said’ I think you have an insect in there’ I didn’t panic because I did not know exactly what is was until she came back in and told me it was a spider. They had a few tools and worked their magic and got it out,” said Torres. Once it was out, Torres surprisingly had a few questions about her eight-legged guest. “Just why, where, what and how? I never thought that they would crawl in your ear or any part of your body,” she said. That’s when doctors told Torres it was a brown recluse – a venomous spider.
[SOURCE: abc7.com]
AFRICAN AMERICAN EMPLOYEE’S OFFICE VANDALIZED INSIDE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
The incident happened at the department’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, the employees and the aide told NBC News. The department said the employee had been out of the office for several days and reported the incident on Tuesday afternoon. The poster, which was pulled off the wall and damaged, was believed to depict Ruby Bridges, an African American schoolgirl who became an icon of the civil rights movement, sources told NBC News. Some of the employee’s co-workers are now looking for copies of the poster to put up in their own offices to show solidarity, they added.
[SOURCE: nbcnews.com]
FAA ASKS PUBLIC NOT TO ATTACH GUNS, BOMBS, OR FLAMETHROWERS TO DRONES
The agency helpfully reminds everyone in the notice that operating a drone that’s wielding a dangerous weapon is a violation of Section 363 of the 2018 FAA Reauthorization Act, which can result in fines of up to $25,000 for each violation — unless, the FAA says, the drone operator receives “specific authorization from the Administrator of the FAA to conduct the operation.” (By the way, if you know of any of these approved flights, please don’t hesitate to let me know.) Other state and federal laws restricting the use of weapons could also apply to these dangerous drone flights, the FAA adds.
[SOURCE: theverge.com]
PENTAGON IDENTIFIES 2 SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIERS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN
Master Sgt. Luis F. DeLeon-Figueroa, 31, and Master Sgt. Jose J. Gonzalez, 35, both died in Faryab Province from wounds sustained from small arms fire, the Pentagon said in a press release. The incident is under investigation. DeLeon-Figueroa, of Chicopee, Mass., and Gonzales, of La Puente, California, were both posthumously promoted to master sergeant. They were assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) out of Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
[SOURCE: taskandpurpose.com]
HOSPITAL DRESSES NEWBORNS IN ADORABLE ‘WIZARD OF OZ’ OUTFITS IN HONOR OF FILM’S 80-YEAR ANNIVERSARY
In a Facebook post, West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh shared images of the newborns dressed up as Dorothy Gale, The Scarecrow, The Tin Man and The Cowardly Lion. The images showed the newborns lying on beds adorned by a gold covering similar to the Yellow Brick Road. “The Wizard of Oz” debuted on Aug. 25, 1939 and starred Judy Garland as Dorothy. It remains a favorite among movie buffs.
[SOURCE: fox4news.com]
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