Dove Cameron has opened up about the reasons the  live-action   Powerpuff Girls   pilot is being reshot after it was revealed the show   was being "overhauled"   because CW executives decided it was "too campy." Read More https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/eleanorbate/dove-cameron-cw-live-action-powerpuff-pilot-reshoot?bftwnews&utm_term=4ldqpgc#4ldqpgc

  In a major development for patients and the biotechnology industry, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of a new drug, Aduhelm (aducanumab), for treating early   Alzheimer's disease. "This is the first time we have any new approved treatment for Alzheimer's disease over the past two decades," said Dr. Babak Tousi, who led Cleveland Clinic's study site for the multicenter clinical trials. Read More https://abcnews.go.com/Health/alzheimers-drug-1st-kind-fda-approved/story?id=78128617&cid=social_twitter_abcn

  Jeff Bezos will be flying to space on the first crewed flight of the New Shepard, the rocket ship made by his space company, Blue Origin. The flight is scheduled for July 20th, just 15 days after he is set to resign as CEO of Amazon. Blue Origin said Bezos' younger brother, Mark Bezos, will also join the flight. "Ever since I was five years old, I've dreamed of traveling to space," Bezos, 57, said in a Monday morning Instagram post. "On July 20th, I will take that journey with my brother. The greatest adventure, with my best friend." Read More: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/07/tech/jeff-bezos-space-blue-origin-new-shepard-flight-scn/index.html?utm_source=twCNN&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2021-06-07T11%3A00%3A08&utm_term=link

As the Civil War neared its end, Union General William Sherman had been convinced that newly emancipated slaves needed their own land to secure their freedom. He issued  Special Field Order  No. 15, setting aside  400,000  coastal acres of land for Black families and stating that, “…no white person whatever, unless military officers and soldiers detailed for duty, will be permitted to reside.” A provision was added later for mules. In three months, the potential of Sherman’s order vanished with a single shot. That April, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, and in the fall President Andrew Johnson  reversed Sherman’s order , allowing Confederate planters to regain the land. It demonstrated a ruthless appropriation that would be repeated for decades to come. Still, Black Americans created pockets of wealth during the Reconstruction years and into the early 20th century. Yet where Black Americans created a refuge, White Americans pushed back through political maneuvering and viole

  The rising popularity of cryptocurrencies such as   bitcoin   is “of great concern,” according to Derville Rowland, one of the top officials at Ireland’s central bank. “Crypto assets are quite a speculative, unregulated investment,” and people should be “really aware they could lose the whole of that investment,” the central bank’s director general for financial conduct said in an interview. Rowland, whose department at Ireland’s central bank is known for having imposed heavy fines on some of the nation’s biggest financial firms, joins  a host of  central bankers who have raised the alarm on crypto investments. Read More  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-31/crypto-assets-a-great-concern-says-central-bank-enforcer?srnd=premium-europe&sref=ZVajCYcV